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You may already have heard friends talking about massage therapy and how wonderful it is.
With fast moving life and the continuous chase to meet deadlines, your tired mind and body be likely to seek for stress relief.
Massaging can help you to get relaxed and unwind.
Massage therapy is one of the most important techniques of complementary and alternative medicine.
You can find different types of massage therapy and each of them can deal with their own philosophy and practice.
Most of the massage therapies can show positive effects on your body. They can help in mood control, relief of stress, pain control, and relaxation. In most of the massage therapies, the unknown factor is some form of "life force" which the therapy frees from blockage.
Massage therapy can be used by early physicians to treat fatigue, chronic illnesses, and injuries and contribute to a higher sense of well-being. It can be done by hand or with an instrument to aid circulation, to stimulate nerves, to relax muscles, or even to move the joints.
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Reiki is a Japanese massage therapy that involves elements from many other alternative healing practices. This practice involves transformation of energy from healer to you during massage and manipulation. It is a holistic system that includes for only one element but this is the most well-known element. Reiki maintains the balance of flow of life force and energies in your body, and treat mind, body, and spirit at a time. It helps to lessen the physical pain and emotional stress.
Sports massage:
Other than a treatment method for muscle and back pain, promoting relaxation and healing, some companies are using massage therapy for work-related benefits, and to prevent workplace accidents and injuries through stress relief.


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Economics333: Look people -- study after study from Universities and Govt agency's under both parties has shown that Voter fraud in Less than .0000003% of all votes cast--mainly because a persons 1 vote will not change an election result-- but if caught and convicted of voter fraud, it carries $10,000 dollar fine and Years in Jail. It will basically wreck your life and can't change any election results. So you would have to be an idiot to try--and the chances of getting caught are high due to Pre-Registration and Parking lot cameras. If you show up trying to vote for a Dead person you have to hope they were not already Marked with a "Deceased" Stamp on the voter rolls, or if you think you will vote for a Neighbor but the neighbor voted before you--In both cases you will feel a gentle but firm grip from one of those many policemen standing around. Please Google the studies so you know the Truth. The Truth is voter ID's are a way of suppression minority votes. So it is not only un--patriotic, it is racist--but popular in the South--E

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Cool concept.
I like the idea, I feel sorry for the little turtle there! Nice dramatic effect, got my vote!
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I dig. It's not a pretty thing that's going on there, 3,000 dead sea turtles or something ridiculous? It shouldn't be a "happy" shirt.. it should make people think.
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Want to add a little twist of chic to your wedding day look? Get adventurous in the material department and stand out from the crowd! Finding a gown with unconventional fabrics is a great way to define your bridal style with a dress that is uniquely you. How do you know when you have found a novelty fabric in this market that seems to be absolutely saturated with swoon-worthy stuff? All I can say is you'll know it once you see it because you aren't going to find it anywhere else. It screams originality! Here are a few inspirations from designers and artists working with novelty materials that I love:
A World of Cottons
Not every bride wants the formality of silk on her wedding day, and there are quite a few designers offering cotton options such as eyelet and Dotted Swiss in their spring/summer collections. High quality cottons like these have always been a stylish choice for summer and garden weddings and I personal adore them!
The Wool Wedding Dress
I've always loved the wool wedding dress concept. Ordinarily when we think wool we zone in on coats and suits for winter. But in fact, these weaves drape beautifully and are excellent choices for the bride who wants a more modern feel for her wedding gown. The wool dress is also an excellent choice if you're considering re-wearing after the wedding and it isn't just for winter - you can wear it in spring and summer quite comfortably!
Knitted, Crocheted and Macremed
These fabulous materials can run the gamut from 'art to wear', to folksy, and even to haute couture wedding gowns. Crocheted dresses have been a personal fave of mine for years, (my closet is proof!) and I'm sure you will love these as well!
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Samantha Harris welcomed her second daughter, Hillary Madison Hess, on Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 11:04 p.m. The baby girl, who joins big sister Josselyn Sydney, 3, weighed in 7 lbs., 11 oz. and is 20.5 inches long.
"It's a girl! Jossie has a little sister now," the Entertainment Tonight correspondent, 37, said in a statement to her show.
Mom is said to be doing well, with dad Michael Hess jokingly adding, "It didn't hurt ME a bit!"
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This will be the second child for the former Dancing with the Stars co-host and husband Michael Hess.
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"The show is going to miss her," DWTS judge Carrie Ann Inaba told PEOPLE at Sunday night's Grammy Awards. "I was really shocked and I was really sad to hear that she's moving on."
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It was a perfect day for chili this year at the South Fayette Chili cookoff. I needed something spicy to keep me warm! The sun only broke through the clouds for a few minutes the whole day and the large and enthusiastic crown of chili lovers shivered from one booth to the next. There were over 20 different kinds of chili represented in restaurant, business, non-profit and individual categories. Part of the fun is how the chili and cooking teams are named. Rick Hanzlik and the the Amigos served up "Blazing Saddles" and "Chicken Dance" chili. the folks from Bethany Presbyterian also had two entries – "Fire" and "Brimstone." Very funny. There was everything from chicken and vegetarian, pork and beef to elk! But with all that, there were only one or two that had the pepper power to raise a sweat. I guess they were producing for the masses. It was all for the good cause of the Bridgeville Rotary and the work they do in the community. This is one of those home grown, community events, that make living in Pittsburgh so wonderful. It's a piece of Americana that I am happy to support whenever I can. Here are some pictures I took of the various chili teams.
It made me want to go home and make chili. I think I'll head down to Reyna's in the Strip to get some of those beautiful dried peppers. they keep them in bright little galvanized pails in the back of the store. I put them in the pot and let them soften with time. Then I take them out and process them with a little of the chili liquid until they form a paste. That goes back in the chili for a deep rich pepper flavor. It also gives a nice creamy texture to the sauce. It beasts the heck out of chili powder, which is just a mixture of powdered chilis, oregano, cumin and garlic. Some of it has been in the jar so long that it makes for a flat tasting chili. If you're going to go through all that time and trouble, you want a batch you can be proud of. Hot stuff!


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FORMER PENN STATE quarterback Kevin Newsome has given Temple a verbal commitment that he intends to transfer, sources told the Daily News.
Newsome took part in spring practice with the Nittany Lions last year but left the program in August. He will have 2 years of eligiblity, and can play immediately because he did not play last season.
The Owls' starter is Chris Coyer, who also has 2 years left on North Broad Street. He took over late in the season and looked impressive running a similar spread offense to the one Steve Addazio ran as the coordinator at Florida. Coyer was the Most Outstanding Offensive Player in Temple's 37-15 New Mexico Bowl win over Wyoming.


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Like a dash of cream or sugar dropped into coffee, networking can add that extra bit of flavor to one's business needs.
Take the West Branch Human Resource Society.
Once a month its board members gather and bat around ideas that might help each other with their business or organization.
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Members of the West Branch Society of Human Resource Management meet at the Tower Square Cafe for a meeting Wednesday.
"I can learn about things I would not otherwise know about," said Tracy Haas, communications and community outreach chairwoman.
Haas is marketing coordinator with AlbrightLife, a day care center for senior citizens, and just one of many companies and other groups affiliated with West Branch.
There's also people such as Tom Ruhl, vice president of Keystone Staffing, and Kristen Avery, a human resource manager at Jersey Shore Steel.
In essence, there are people involved from so many corners of the local community.
"We offer professional development to the local human resource professional as well as networking opportunities," said Avery, the board's president.
Ruhl, membership chairman, called the group a resource for development and networking in the human resource field.
Sitting down with other members, he said, allows for the sharing of ideas.
Haas sees the the group as a valuable tool for representatives of smaller businesses that can't dedicate much to human resources.
"I can learn about things I would not otherwise know about," she said. "Everyone comes at it in a different way."
She said the entire group, which includes more than 90 people, goes beyond sharing ideas about personnel looking for jobs.
It extends to helping professionals have tools for the workforce, she said.
"It's a forum for topics," said Amanda Wright, a business development manager at Spherion Staffing who serves as programming chairwoman.
Meetings are held monthly, and it's not uncommon for someone to drop in at a board meeting and discuss a topic of interest.
Most recently, the group was visited by a social networking expert.
"We had about 40 people attend that," Haas said.
Upcoming topics are to include workman's compensation, the emerging workforce, labor relations, legislative issues, and Marcellus Shale-related issues.
The group is not strictly about human resource networking and information. It also emphasizes giving back to the community.
The group offers $500 scholarships to assist local college students pursuing careers in human resource management or business administration.
The Favors Forward program reaches out to the public, assisting people facing challenging circumstances.
"We hope to strengthen (the organization) and reach out more," said Marianne DePasqua, client development specialist, Pennsylvania College of Technology.
The group seems to have a lot of synergy, she noted.
"Everyone does a phenomenal job," Avery said.
Ruhl noted that the group is in the midst of a membership drive.
"If we get the word out we can all get stronger," Ruhl said.
Added Haas: "Joining our group solidifies those ideas of what human resources is."
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GROOM - Ray Austin Pool, 86, died Saturday, April 7, 2007, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. David Kelly, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Groom Cemetery by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Mr. Pool was born Sept. 5, 1920, in Groom to Jinks and Thelma Mae Slay Pool. He was employed by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in Indian Springs, Nev., from 1950 to 1984 when he retired. He married Gaynelle McElroy on Sept. 4, 1994, in Groom. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II, was a Master Mason and a member of the Masonic Lodge and had been a member of the First Baptist Church in Groom since 1933.
He was preceded in death by a son, Max Pool; and a granddaughter.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Deane Dodson and Marylin Beck, both of Las Vegas; a son, Bobby Owen Pool of Las Vegas; a sister, Maurine Strickland of Amarillo; a brother, Bob Pool of Groom; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
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A bottle of "Ram-a-liar" truth syrup would be ideal. However, this isn't the world of make believe and lying is a learned behavior that can get out of hand if not addressed.
Being the mother of two boys, ages 17 and 8, I've had ample opportunity to fine tune my lie-radar skills. The boys are so much alike it's almost amazing. I generally know when they're lying and they don't have a clue how. Knowing your child's behavior can tune you in to these lying episodes and possibly curtail this behavior before it gets too out of hand.
Just the other day I asked my 8 year old son if he had any homework. His response was that he had completed his assignment at school and left it in his desk to turn in the following morning. I knew this didn't sound like something a 3rd grader would normally do. Heck, they can hardly complete their in-the-classroom assignments without outbursts of talking, giggling and other short attention span behaviors synonymous with this age group.
I asked him if he was being honest and told him how disappointed I would be if I found out he wasn't. He told me he was telling the truth. Oh, how sweet and precious he looked standing there lying like a rug!
Wonder how I know? Well my boys have this nervous "tick". It only occurs when they're lying, scared or having a bit of anxiety about something. They have their hands down at their side and continuously flex and extend their fingers - kind of like playing an imaginary piano.
As he little phalanges danced away, I wondered how to best handle the situation. So, I gave him opportunity #2. I asked him if I would find out anything different if I stopped by his school to ask his teacher about his homework. Nervous finger tick again. Again, he lied and said no.
I gave him the rest of the night and the next day to come clean. Never happened. Finally, 2 days later, I made an unexpected visit to his school. In these situations, the element of surprise it's worth it's weight in gold. It was right as the children were leaving the cafeteria heading to their classes for the day. He saw me! The smile he had plastered across his face disappeared...then reappeared as he made a beeline my way to give me a heart-felt hug.
I spotted his teacher and asked if she had a moment. By the time we made it to her class, my little man's fingers were exhausted. He had banged his last tune on his imaginary piano. The lie was revealed for just what it was - a lie.
After school that day, I gave him a list of the things he wouldn't be allowed to do as a punishment for lying - explaining to him that his revocation of privileges was a consequence of his decision to lie when telling the truth could have been so much easier. He accepted his sentence and we settled in for a nice quiet evening at home.
I'm not going to say it won't happen again because I'm sure it will. What I do know is he is aware that the good ole checks and balances system is alive and well. This particular system was a great deterrent for my oldest.
Another key ingredient in stamping out this behavior is to lead by example.
- Stop telling your children to tell people you aren't home when the phone rings and it's not someone you want to talk to.
- Don't accept excuses for lying
- Tell them that you value the truth far more than a lie told to make us happy
- Enforce the fact that their are consequences for their deceitful behavior
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1933 Philadelphia Eagles Stock Certificate Issued to and Signed by "Bert" Bell
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Exceedingly rare and historically significant Philadelphia Eagles stock certificate issued to, and signed by, team co-founder Bert Bell during the club's inaugural season of 1933. The certificate, numbered "19" and dated December 15, 1933, certifies that "de Benneville Bell" is the owner of two hundred shares of Common Capital Stock of the Philadelphia Football Club Inc. It has been signed in black fountain pen (grading "9") along the base by "de Benneville Bell" and by the team's treasurer. The Philadelphia Eagles are one of the NFL's most storied franchises and Bell is one of the game's legendary figures. Bert Bell was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1963. This stock certificate originates directly from Bell's estate and is one of a lot of eight that was sold at auction many years ago. Of those eight, this was the only one that had the important distinction of dating from 1933, the club's inaugural season. Over the years our consignor eventually parted with the other seven, but he held on to this one because of its extraordinary significance. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only Philadelphia Eagles stock certificate known dating from 1933. This is an extremely desirable and rare NFL document, commemorating not only the birth of the Eagles but also the important legacy left behind by the legendary Bert Bell. De Benneville Bell, known as "Bert" Bell, was one of the most important figures in NFL history, first as an owner and later as league commissioner. Bell, who was a former college quarterback at Penn, co-founded the Philadelphia Eagles in 1933 with two of his college friends. In 1936 he took a more active role with the team by assuming the duties of head coach. The following year he purchased the team outright, but financial woes later resulted in his switching franchises to become part owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers with Art Rooney. In 1946 he sold his interest in the Steelers and became NFL Commissioner, a position he held until his death in 1959. As an owner, Bell was instrumental in establishing the NFL draft in 1937, the same year in which he established the Maxwell Football Club, which to this day continues to recognize the nation's top college football player with its issuance of the Maxwell Award. As a Commissioner, he oversaw the merger with the AFL and negotiated the first television rights for the League. He's also famous for coining the phrase "On any given Sunday, any team can beat any other team." The certificate (12 x 9 inches) displays a light paper clip impression in the upper left corner and is otherwise in apparent Near Mint condition. Matted and framed to total dimensions of 18 x 15 inches. LOA from James Spence/JSA. Reserve $300. Estimate $500/$1,000. SOLD FOR $1,410.00
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The Bourne Supremacy
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Seen in The Bourne Supremacy
Berlin, Germany Matt Damon Franka Potente
The Bourne Supremacy
Color, 109 minutes
US Film Rating: PG-13
DVD Chapter List: Berlin Scene-by-Scene
Berlin ist eine Reise wert (Berlin's worth a trip)
BERLIN has always been a popular location for Hollywood and international film productions. Especially during the Cold War era, West Berlin was home to spy films like the Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) thriller Funeral in Berlin (1966) and The Quiller Memorandum (1966) with Alec Guiness and George Segal. More recently, Wings of Desire (1982) and Lola rennt (1999, Run Lola Run) featured Berlin locations to wonderful effect. The Bourne Supremacy pays homage to the old Berlin spy movies by sending Jason Bourne to the German Hauptstadt (capital).
Some of the old Berlin spy movies (notably The Spy Who Came in from the Cold) were set in part in Berlin, but not actually filmed there. Not only was The Bourne Supremacy filmed in and around Berlin, but even some of the scenes in non-Berlin locations (Naples, Munich, Amsterdam) were filmed in Berlin or nearby Potsdam. The modern filmmaking facilities of Studio Babelsberg, the former UFA studios near Potsdam, were also used for the Supremacy production.
Shaky Berlin
Before we get into the Berlin locations, I'd like to get one big complaint off my chest. Why do some filmmakers today seem to think that bad home-movie camerawork is cool? Yes, I understand the whole amnesia, disorientation theme in the Bourne films. But director Paul Greengrass and cinematographer Oliver Wood overdo it to the point that many Berlin scenes might as well have been shot on a Hollywood studio set, for all we see of the German capital city in Supremacy. The frenetic, shaky-camera photography/editing zooms through Berlin like a ricocheting bullet. Sometimes we filmgoers would actually like to SEE what's going on and have a sense of place, not get just a brief glimpse or impression. Greengrass and his ilk seem to have spent too much time watching music videos.
Okay, I feel better now. Let's move on. Thanks to the "Pause" feature on a DVD player, it was possible to isolate and identify a few key Bourne Supremacy locations.
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Berlin bleibt Berlin (Berlin remains Berlin)
When Jason Bourne drives into Berlin, we see him driving north on the 115 (Avus) Autobahn in Berlin-Charlottenburg (photo below), within sight of the historic Funkturm (radio tower, completed 1926). But before actor Matt Damon gets to Berlin in the movie, Berlin has already served as a double for other places. Film scenes set in Naples, Munich, and Amsterdam were actually filmed in and around Berlin. Some of the later Moscow scenes in The Bourne Supremacy were also filmed in Berlin. You can read the details on the Berlin Scene-by-Scene pages and on the Bourne photo pages that follow.
|BERLIN - Bourne takes the 115 (Avus) Autobahn past Berlin's ICC convention center and the radio tower.
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Street Photography In "Grand Theft Auto V"
Fernando Pereira Gomes takes artful photos in the most expensively built fake city in video game history.
Fernando Pereira Gomes is a Brazilian photography student at New York's School of Visual Arts. Instead of shooting random pedestrians in "Grand Theft Auto V," he shoots street photos of the virtual city with his in-game cellphone (there's even an Instagram parody app called Snapmatic). The result is jarringly elegiac for a video game often trotted out as Exhibit A of the medium's violence.
Below are a few of his shots depicting daily life in San Andreas.
Construction Worker, Los Santos.
Palomino Avenue, Los Santos.
Alhambra Drive, Sandy Shores.
Nikola Avenue, Los Santos.
Carson Ave.
Marathon Avenue, Los Santos
While Gomes takes a street photo approach, others have grown enamored with its lush landscapes, and it's not surprising the game's city looks so gorgeously alive: "Grand Theft Auto V" had a development budget of over $137 million.
You can follow Fernando's ongoing project at Street Photography V.
And for comparison, these are Gomes' non-virtual street photos. You can see a lot of the same spare aesthetics at work:
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Kylen, my 6 year old son, is really into world flags. At home we have a sheet of around 200 flags from across the globe, and he's pretty close at reciting all of them (and certainly much better than Mom and Dad!).
Spending a couple of hours over labor day last month, I set myself a task of building a "Flag Matching" application for Windows Phone 7 (WP7). My goal was twofold: Build a simple application that he can use (and that I can offer on the marketplace), and at the same time, look into some of the TDD best practices for developing a WP7 application.
The application itself is simple enough. As shown above, the player gets presented with a picture of a flag, and four possible countries (of which only one is correct). A game consists of 20 flags, and the application maintains a high score table.
During development of the application, this is what I found:
Setting up TDD for Windows Phone 7
As a new developer for Windows Phone 7, one of the first things you'll quickly discover is that there is no option for a test project within the IDE. After creating a WP7 solution, I searched for the "WP7 Test Project" template, but to no avail…
A quick search on the Web will offer up a few alternatives and chances are, you'll quickly reach Jeff Wilcox's session on Unit Testing Silverlight & Windows Phone Applications from MIX10. This is a really good session, however the recommended approach (using a Silverlight-based unit test framework) can be somewhat limited.
In my opinion, although it works well for small numbers of tests, not having unit tests outside the emulator makes it difficult for large test suites, using any continuous integration, and integrating with the IDE.
If unit tests in the emulator don't work for you either, here's a workaround:
In your solution, create a new project of type Windows Phone Class Library.
Name it appropriately (I called mine FlagMatch.Test) and include a reference to the original Windows Phone project (FlagMatch). Add the NUnit unit test framework library as a reference (I'm using v2.0.50727) and write your tests as you normally would (of course, specific to the NUnit syntax).
public class FlagModelTests
public void TestFourRandomFlags_AllUnique()
Assert.AreEqual(4, Flag.FourRandom.GroupBy(f => f.Name).Select(f => f).Count());
Once you have a set of tests, you can then integrate these within Visual Studio. I've had reasonable luck with Visual NUnit, a free IDE plug in that works well with many versions of Visual Studio.
Alternatively, if you use ReSharper, you'll find that their IDE integration works great also.
My preference is to use ReSharper as it works well with with another JetBrains product called dotCover – for which you can use to analyze test code coverage in your Windows Phone application.
Although you'll find the majority of your unit tests will work great, you may well come across some strange errors. Most of these will be related to operations on the phone that cannot be replicated outside the emulator. For example, accessing isolated storage or referring to embedded resources/images as part of the project works well within the emulator, but not so much from a class library.
To get around this, you'll need to create some mock objects to handle these operations. In my test project, I have a MockStorageProvider that I use in place of calls to isolated storage:
public void TestResumeButton_NotVisibleOnStartup()
MainViewModel viewModel = new MainViewModel(new MockStorageProvider());
Assert.AreEqual(Visibility.Collapsed, viewModel.ResumeGameButtonVisibility);
As you can see, I pass the mock object to the view model (more on this in the next section) as an optional constructor parameter. All storage operations then use this MockStorageProvider instead of writing to isolated storage (which would have generated an exception during the tests). This also has the advantage that I can add additional tests within the mock object to ensure that the storage provider is being called correctly from the application.
Using MVVM with WP7
For anyone with experience of testing Silverlight projects, you'll know that although XAML provides a code separation layer, testing parts of the UI (e.g. actions when a button is pressed) can still be difficult. This can be overcome by using a pattern called MVVM (Model View ViewModel). I'm not going to go into the details of MVVM here (there are plenty of other resources that do a great job) other than to say it can be used for WP7 applications with a little tweaking. The core reason is that WP7 is based largely on the SL3 codebase, which does not contain a complete commanding event model.
There are a couple of approaches in order to get MVVM working on WP7. The first would be to reuse one of the existing samples/libraries available today. Your mileage may vary (as I found some were designed for pre-RTM versions), although I've heard good reviews about Laurent Bugnion's MVVMLite project.
If instead you'd like to learn how implement this yourself, here is how I achieved it:
First, you should create a view model base. Assuming you are going to have multiple view models (I ended up with one per page), it's a good idea.
public class ViewModelBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public void NotifyPropertyChanged(String propertyName)
if (PropertyChanged != null)
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
Next, create your view model, inheriting from ViewModelBase.
public class MainViewModel : ViewModelBase
public string NewGameButtonTitle
get { return AppResources.NewGameButtonTitle; }
public NewGameCommand NewGameButton
return new NewGameCommand();
For the purposes of this sample code, let's imagine that we have a single page with a "New Game" button. As you can see above, the view model contains two properties – one for the title of the button, the second for the command that this button will be bound to.
In order to implement the commands, you'll need a couple of things. The first is a command service:
public static class CommandService
private static readonly DependencyProperty _commandProperty;
static CommandService()
_commandProperty = DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("Command", typeof(ICommand), typeof(CommandService),
new PropertyMetadata(OnCommandChanged));
public static ICommand GetCommand(DependencyObject dependencyObject)
return (ICommand)dependencyObject.GetValue(_commandProperty);
public static void SetCommand(DependencyObject dependencyObject, ICommand value)
dependencyObject.SetValue(_commandProperty, value);
private static void OnCommandChanged(DependencyObject dependencyObject, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs dpceArgs)
if (dependencyObject is Button)
string parameter = dependencyObject.GetValue(_commandProperty).ToString();
Button button = (Button)dependencyObject;
ICommand command = (ICommand)dpceArgs.NewValue;
button.Click += delegate(object sender, RoutedEventArgs arg) { command.Execute(parameter); };
There are a good number of examples of this around (just search for MVVM) – this one I found in a great post from the Coding Solutions blog.
After this, you'll need to create event handlers. Here's a simple handler for when the new button is pressed.
public class CommandEvents
public static EventHandler NewGameButtonPressed;
Your command itself simply implements the ICommand interface:
public class NewGameCommand : ICommand
public NewGameCommand()
public bool CanExecute(object parameter)
return true;
public event EventHandler CanExecuteChanged;
public void Execute(object parameter)
if (this.CanExecute(null))
if (CommandEvents.NewGameButtonPressed != null)
CommandEvents.NewGameButtonPressed(this, new EventArgs());
With all these in place, you can now bind the command to the actual button in your XAML file. On your XAML page, you'll need to add the following namespace:

xmlns:Commands="clr-namespace:FlagMatch.Commands"

And on the button itself, simply bind to the command using the following:
button name="button1" margin="134,505,0,0" verticalalignment="Top" commands:commandservice.command="{Binding Path=NewGameButton}" content="{Binding NewGameButtonTitle}" height="72" horizontalalignment="Left" width="227"
Notice how the content of the button is bound to the NewGameButtonTitle in the view model, and the command is bound to the NewGameButton command. More importantly, notice also how there are no traditional event handlers needed here.
The final piece of the puzzle is to register the view model and the button event handler in the XAML code behind. To do this, in the code behind, we create an instance of the view model:
private readonly MainViewModel _mainViewModel = new MainViewModel();
Then in the constructor, bind the view model to the datacontext and register the button event handler.
LayoutRoot.DataContext = _mainViewModel;
CommandEvents.NewGameButtonPressed += new EventHandler(StartGame);
The StartGame method simply performs a navigate action for us. This is something that just can't be moved into the view model.
private void StartGame(object sender, EventArgs e)
NavigationService.Navigate(new Uri("/GamePage.xaml", UriKind.Relative));
Other than that, there is no additional UI logic required in code behind – which means for a slightly more complex implementation, but one that provides great test coverage.
A final point worth noting is designer support. As you start building out controls using the MVVM paradigm, you'll likely find that the designer ends up being difficult to use.
Because we are binding content directly to the view model, the designer doesn't know where to pick up values to be shown at design time. Fortunately, there is a way around this. Simply add a reference to the view model in your App.xaml file:
<local:mainviewmodel x:key="MainViewModel" xmlns:local="clr-namespace:FlagMatch.ViewModels"></local:mainviewmodel>
Rebuild the project, and you'll see that the designer picks up the default values from a instance of the view model class:
Localization and MVVM
Finally, I wanted to make sure that my MVVM model could be used for multiple languages.
You may have noticed that in the previous code sample, the title of the button is returned as AppResources.NewGameButtonTitle (instead of returning "New Game").
public string NewGameButtonTitle
get { return AppResources.NewGameButtonTitle; }
This is to make localization easy (well… easier!). Under my Locales namespace there are two files:
AppResources.resx is a resource file that contains default (in my case English) string values. In there, you'll find that NewGameButtonTitle refers to a string called "New Game".
As you may have guessed, AppResources.es-ES.resx is the Spanish version of this resource file. In there, you'll find that NewGameButtonTitle refers to a string called "Nuevo Juego"
In order to enable the Spanish localized version, we need to do a few things:
Firstly, create separate resource files for all your languages, using the AppResources.[lang].resx format as stated above.
Next, in the .resx file, ensure that the access modifier is set to public.
(Otherwise, you'll find that it just doesn't offer the localized version).
Them edit your .csproj file outside Visual Studio (using Notepad or similar). Add the supported country code in the SupportedCultures tag.
Save the file and reload the project in Visual Studio.
Once this is done, deploy the application to the emulator, and set the language of the emulator appropriately (Settings / Region and Language / Display Language). The emulator will restart.
Finally, test your application. You should find that the new language strings are now used:
(My Spanish isn't that good, so apologies for any mistakes above!).
One word of caution: The testing process on the Windows Phone Marketplace is strict when it comes to supporting multiple languages. If you submit an application that supports multiple languages, you really need to make sure that all strings are localized (and you provide localized screenshots and product descriptions) in order to pass the testing certification.
Update: I've recently moved the source code for the project - you can now find it on http://github.com/simonguest/flagmatch


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Robert Smith, 90 - November 30, 2011
Robert "Bob" Smith, 90 of Cozad, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, at his home in Cozad.
Services will be held on Monday, Dec. 5, at 1:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Cozad with the Rev. Doug Smith officiating. Burial will be in the Cozad Cemetery.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Berryman Funeral Home in Cozad.
Smith was born Feb. 16, 1921 at Cozad to Hans and Leah (Harrington) Smith. He graduated from Cozad High School in 1939.
In 1941, he entered the U.S. Army Air Corps where he served in Europe. During his tour of duty, he met his future wife, Gwen Chard, while serving in England in 1943. He and Gwen were married on May 5, 1945, at South Bank, England.
After Smith was discharged, his wife joined him in Cozad. They resided on a farm north of Cozad, where they raised their family. The couple were the parents of four boys—Robin, Kent, Tony and Tim.
Smith was a good athlete in his younger days, family members said. He enjoyed playing golf, tennis and ping-pong among other things. He always enjoyed feeding his cattle and traveling. He loved spending time with his family, and thoroughly enjoyed when his English relatives would come to the U.S. to visit, according to the family.
Smith was a long-time member of the First United Methodist Church in Cozad. He was a charter member of the Cozad Elks Lodge #2250 and was a member of the VFW. He was a true gentleman, and never had a bad word to say of others, the family said. He will be remembered as a kind and loving husband, father, grandpa and friend.
?He was preceded in death by: his parents; grandson, Jason Smith; daughter-in-law, Deb Smith; brother, Juhl Smith; sister-in-law, Vera Smith; and half-sister, Betty Carr.
Smith is survived by: his wife of over 66 years, Gwen Smith of Cozad; four sons—Robin (Karen) Smith of Cozad, Kent Smith of Phoenix, AZ, Tony (Ann) Smith of Cozad, Tim (Patti) Smith of Cozad; grandchildren—Amy Smith of Lincoln, Matt Smith of Cozad, Ryan Smith of Oakland, CA, Dustin (Jennie) Smith of Cozad, Nic (Becka) Smith of Cozad, Kevin (Lisa) Smith of Cozad, Corey (Courtney) Smith of Bennington; nine great grandchildren—Kylie, Erika, Emily, Jaylee, Callie, Autumn, Cassie, Krasen and Chase; and many other relatives and friends.
A memorial has been established in his memory.
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SO, Mamphela Ramphele is all set, it seems, to announce this week that she is starting a new political party. I can't wait and I'm sorry it's taken her so long to do what she has to do. I also feel sorry for Helen Zille and the Democratic Alliance (DA) because I am certain she has put a big effort into trying to recruit Ramphele. That, for the moment at least, is off and it is equally certain that the DA would shed some votes (mainly in the black middle-class market it is targeting) to her in the general election next year.
That should not matter too much. Ramphele has always done things herself and in her way. It is all very well writing her off as too intellectual or too aloof but that is to forget how tough she is. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela became a celebrity when she was banished to Brandfort in the Free State. Mamphela opened a clinic when she was banished to an isolated shack outside Tzaneen.
And if she is to be true to herself and her black consciousness background, she could not really enter formal politics through a party still run, if not led, by white people. If she and the DA are ever to sit down and talk, it simply has to be after Ramphele has tested herself in political battle. It is just about a year away.
For a while after Mangaung, I had new ANC deputy leader Cyril Ramaphosa down to deal relatively easily with Helen Zille, making it difficult for her to make more progress among African voters, at least in 2014, before it becomes apparent that he cannot rescue the ANC from itself. Ramphele's arrival would complicate that picture. She can give as good as she gets, and more. She will make it hard for the DA in urban and rural African areas and she'll provide a home for middle-class and even poorer Africans, who can no longer stomach the thought of voting for a party led by Jacob Zuma. All in all, she is a much worse prospect for the ANC than the DA.
The way this works in democracies is that a party as dominant as the ANC takes a while to topple. The opposition simply has to go through all kinds of name and leadership changes as it continues to plug away at the beast. The DA is by far the best-organised opposition party (in fact, it is the best-organised party in the country, period), which means that, at some stage, any black-led opposition political leader of serious intent, including Ramphele, will need access to the DA party machine.
In the aftermath of next year's elections, we'll be witness to a great realignment in the opposition. Remember, the idea isn't to knock the ANC out of government — that would take an extremely long time — but to force it into coalitions because it can no longer take more than half the vote. Nothing will do more to get policy action and common sense back into our politics than real political competition, so let us all hope that when Ramphele stands up to speak this week, it is to tell us she is starting a party.
For a clue as to what kind of politician she might be, I recommend you to the website www.dinokengscenarios.co.za. The Dinokeng Scenarios, released in 2010 by a team of the great and the good, led largely by Ramphele, consisted of three possibilities for South Africa: a "Walk Apart" scenario, where we are today and which ends in calamity, a "Walk Behind" scenario, into which we are currently headed, with greater state involvement in the economy and which ends with intense prescribed asset laws forcing people where to invest, increased state borrowing at high rates to fund a growing deficit, an election run on a "growth and redistribution ticket", an IMF loan conditional on sharp spending cuts, and a government crackdown in the face of widespread discontent and protests.
Last, there is a "Walk Together" scenario, which ends more happily, and which is, I presume, where Ramphele wants to take us. Healthcare and parent associations spring up around South Africa, service delivery improves, the ANC runs on a "clean government" ticket but has to rule in alliance with other parties. The economy begins to turn and a "Citizen's Charter" is born, along with a social pact between parties, unions, citizens and business. The unions back measures to combat youth unemployment.
What's not to like?


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"17th Annual Committee of 100 Conference - A Personal Journey with Michelle Kwan"
Great Interview. On the eve of Michelle's 28th birthday, I created a Playlist of the four part interview on YouTube and put them in a Player that streams it as a continuous program. It is currently offered in it's entirety on my skating news blog, Blazing Blades.
I believe this is the best interview ever done with Michelle! Thank you Lisa Ling.


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Bonjour, Guten Tag, Hello,
I have just finished watching some videos from a project I was involved in a while back now.. in a few months I shall be able to share this with you! But for now, i'm gonna have a rant at how angry I am.. cause thats what I do best on here.
I just finished watching them and although it is so inspiring and informative finding out how others cope..and I know that this site is going to HELP so many people because the researcher Dr Ben Simmons has completely caught the right angle on the whole thing and captured nothing but the truth. It kinda angers me at how much arthritis ruins things for people, myself included. I mean most of us are cool with it now, we have our down days but most of the time can handle that... but its just so sad that it ruins peoples dreams and stops them from doing things they enjoy... i dont care how much the doctors give it "you can lead a normal life" A) theres no such thing really is there? and B) no you bloody well cant.
I'd like to see them lead what they think is a "normal" life whilst trying to balance medication, hospital visits, pain and fatigue. Keeping up with an illness and keeping up with an active life is near to impossible!
Anyway the reason it angers me so much is because it ruins lives and yet people still just thinks its some "aches and pains".
Anyway on another note, I saw my physio today... dont have to go see her again! She's put me on a discharged sos.. so if I wanna go see her, I can just ring up..otherwise im free! Now I just need to get free from the other physio! Oh life!
I would just like to point out although this seems like a massive moany post, i'm actually currently really happy - I fell up the stairs and landed on my bad hip today (metal stairs!) I DIDNT EVEN CRY. told you i was happy..
Love C xox


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Vaccination requirements?
I think thats it as long as she is not in school or daycare then she is okay I hate that they push that on you about getting them. My kids have the waiver for the next 3 years
I hope your pediatrician doesn't force it on you. We are the parent and should be able to choose for our own child. I have known of some who have done the delayed vaccination, and they never had an issue with their doctor. It may help just to let your doctor speak what they think (as long as more of a discussion versus them becoming forceful and confrontational) just so they feel like they gave you information? Just an idea. Good luck!


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"Oh my gawd! Ive been *giggle* attacked *giggle* by the *giggle* rawragoogleasarus!" *rolls into fits of laughter and everyone joins in*
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Jeff Tohl endured testing, five months of chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant during the three years that followed his cancer diagnosis — a rare form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. With a clean bill of health and regained strength, he thought he was out of the woods.
But when his white blood cell count dropped again in November 2009, Tohl, who was treated for mantle cell lymphoma, discovered he was part of an unlucky minority: Following a stem cell transplant, 7 percent of patients are at risk for developing leukemia. To keep the leukemia at bay, he'd need another stem cell transplant, this time from a donor. But as a Jew, he soon discovered that finding a donor would prove nearly impossible.
After three years of illness and worry, Tohl's family decided it was time to take action. They have since become active in organizing events to raise awareness about stem cell donation with the hope of finding a possible match for Tohl.
"Suddenly I realized, we [can] be more proactive," said Ellen Pressman, Tohl's wife.
Upcoming drives to register potential stem cell donors include Temple Isaiah on March 21, the Israel Independence Day celebration in Woodley Park on April 25 and Valley Beth Shalom on May 2.
Stem cell transplants replace a patient's unhealthy blood cells with those of a healthy donor. The transplant process involves harvesting cells from the donor's blood — called peripheral blood stem cells donation — or from bone marrow; the harvested cells are then injected into the patient. Over the course of several weeks, the cells duplicate and eventually account for all of the patient's blood cells.
The transplants are often used to treat diseases and blood cancers like leukemia.
In order to find a viable donor, a person's human leukocyte antigen (HLA) tissue type must match the recipient's. The closer the match, the less likely that the recipient's body will reject the transplant.
Often, doctors will first seek a donor from within the patient's family. But those matches occur only about 30 percent of the time. The next option is to find an unrelated donor, and that can take time — which is often the last thing a cancer patient has.
In order to expedite the search for a match, nonprofit organizations like the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) keep lists of donors and their HLA tissue types on file. Be the Match Foundation, part of the NMDP, is one of the largest such registries in the country, with more than 8 million names on file.
And yet, said Sharlene Risdon, community outreach specialist at Be the Match, "When it comes to Jewish patients, we have a really hard time finding a match."
Tohl's family was devastated when they learned about the odds they were facing. But rather than sit back with fingers crossed, the family began to spread the word about Jeff's diagnosis. Pressman and her children started by knocking on neighbors' doors. They contacted their synagogue and other community organizations. Determined to do everything they could, the family held its first donor drive in January. At the drive, potential donors got cheek swabs to determine their tissue type.
"We were expecting about 200 people," Pressman said. Instead, nearly 600 people showed up — an unprecedented turnout, Risdon said.
"It restores your faith in humanity," said Tohl, who wasn't able to attend the drive.
The drive didn't turn up a match for Tohl, so his relatives' efforts to find a donor continued, particularly within the Jewish community.
Jay Sanderson, president of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, has stood behind the family's work.
As Jews, he said, "We have a responsibility to take care of our own and to take care of our neighbors. If we have the ability to help somebody by giving blood or by swabbing, I hope that everybody does it."
The Federation plans to incorporate information about donating stem cells or bone marrow at many of its upcoming events.
"We need to get more people tested," Sanderson said.
Since January, Tohl's family has held several drives. Jeff's brother David and his brother's children have set up what Pressman calls a "campaignlike" workspace, in which they reach out to Jewish organizations around the country to spread the word about the need for donors.
Meanwhile, Tohl waits, along with his wife and children, and it doesn't get any easier. Pressman has spent years propping up her family and is getting tired. For their three children, she said, the experience has been extraordinarily painful. There was a trip to look at colleges with their son that didn't happen, and questions no parent wants to hear.
"At 7:30 in the morning, they would ask, 'Is my dad gonna die?' " Pressman said. "How am I supposed to answer that?"
As for Tohl, fatigue is setting in. "I'm tired all the time," he said. "You get through one thing, and something else happens."
To that end, Sanderson believes that becoming a donor is something that the Jewish community must take on as a whole. "It isn't a question of Jews not doing it," he said. "It's a question of every Jew doing it."
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20 Children's Books You Should Read Aloud to Your Kids This WeekJen at PIWTPITT
We are a reading house. We loooooovvvveee to read. In our house we believe that readers are better positioned for success at school and in life. We think that reading is a way to boost our children's imagination (and we're all about imagination around here) so we read a lot.
We've read to our kids since they were babies and even though Gomer, 7, can read on his own now, he still loves to have me read to him and his sister at night before they go to bed. We've moved on from Goodnight Moon and The Napping House (two favorites) and we need some new books. So I did an informal poll with my friends and I came up with a great list of 20 books that you should read out loud to your kids this week:
- The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss – Who doesn't love Dr. Seuss? This book is one of my favorites, because it covers a very intense topic in a way that kids (and grownups) can easily understand.
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr.
- Walter the Farting Dog by William Kotzwinkle & Glenn Murray – Any book with the word "farting" in the title needs to be read out loud in my house just so we can laugh hysterically.
- Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner – I love to read this one out loud because "Chihuahua" just rolls off the tongue so easily.
- Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
- Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
- How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen – This whole series is great for any dino lovers.
- Everybody Poops by Taro Gomi – This is a perfect companion book to Walter. "Farting" and "pooping"?! Start reading early so there's plenty of time for everyone to settle down after laughing so much.
- Go Dog Go by P.D. Eastman – Once upon a time this was Gomer's favorite book. I think it will always be in the bedtime rotation.
- The Paperbag Princess by Robert N. Munsch
- If Dogs Ruled the World by Faith McNulty – This is one that Adolpha loves. She's crazy about dogs and this book imagines a world where we are the dogs' pets. Her dream come true!
- Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin – Dear Farmer Brown, this is a cute book with a funny twist at the end that kids love.
- Giraffe and a Half by Shel Silverstein – I grew up reading Shel Silverstein and whether it's silly poems or heartfelt stories, he's always perfect.
- Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas
- How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
- The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems – The Pigeon series is a wonderful series to read to your kids. So are the Knufflebunny books. Mo Willems can take such a simple idea and turn it into brilliance that kids want to hear again and again.
- The Day the Babies Crawled Away by Peggy Rathmann
- Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
- Too Many Toys by David Shannon – We can all relate to the mom in this book who just wants to clean out some of her son's toys. My kids love to look at the pictures and see their favorite toys depicted in the illustrations.
Find the entire list of recommended children's books here and feel free to add your favorites in the comments. Be sure to read my daily rants at People I Want to Punch in the Throat where you're sure to laugh and/or might be offended (it's where you can find my R-rated rants).
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Bard High School Early College Queens
QUEENS NY 11101 Map
Bard High School Early College Queens
Buses: B62, Q100, Q101, Q32, Q39, Q60, Q66, Q67, Q69, Q99
What's special:
The downside:
Our review:
Bard High School Early College Queens has small classes, engaging class discussions and a challenging curriculum that prepares students equally well in the humanities and in science. Like its sister school in Manhattan, Bard Queens compresses the work of four years of high school and two years of college into four years, and students graduate with both a high school diploma and a two-year associates degree.
It's a serious place. Even at lunchtime in the cafeteria, we saw some kids studying rather than relaxing with friends. But some kids said that for them, school work is fun. In nearly every class we visited, students were engaged in lively discussions. They talked about what it means to be human in a class on the Epic of Gilgamesh and pondered why people vote for corrupt politicians in Caribbean literature class on Jamaica Kincaid's A Small Place. Most of the teachers have PhDs. They are passionate about their work and experts in their fields. Students may choose Latin, Chinese or Spanish. Founding Principal Valeri Thomson, who was director of a science research program at Bard College, encourages students to take part in their professors' research projects. Most classes have about 20 students.
Housed in leased space on the 6th and 7th floors of an office building that also houses the High School of Applied Communication and the Academy of Finance and Enterprise, Bard Queens has sunny rooms and well-lit corridors that circle an interior atrium. White walls and dark green lockers give the space a crisp, clean feel. There are dance studios, an art room and a small theater, but no gymnasium. Physical education is taught in an exercise room.
About three-quarters of the students come from Queens, and they reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the borough. Students speak 34 languages at home. There is a nice mix of black, white, Latino and Asian among both the students and the faculty. While most kids wear standard teen apparel of blue jeans and T-shirts, Muslim girls feel comfortable wearing headscarves.
Homework is demanding, and students often spend three hours a night or more studying. "Most kids find it's more than they expected, even though they expected a lot," said Pat Sharp, dean of students. Each year, a handful of students who cannot keep up with the workload are asked to leave.
Students say the extracurricular activities are limited. For example, a group of girls interested in starting a Step team said they couldn't find a faculty adviser. However, there are a number of sports teams, including soccer, track, wrestling and basketball.
Special education: No special education services are offered, although a few students receive extra time on tests to compensate for mild learning disabilities.
Admissions: Students must have an 85 average and 3's or 4's on 7th grade state math and ELA exams to be admitted. Students must also complete the school's own writing and math assessment. A joint admissions committee screens applications for Bard Queens and the original Bard High School Early College in Manhattan. (Clara Hemphill, September 2010)
At a glance
Number of Students 600
Average Daily Attendance 97%
Uniforms? No
Metal detectors? No
Students at this school
Free Lunch
Special ed
English Language Learners
|1 = Far below grade level
|2 = Below grade level
|3 = At grade level
|4 = Above grade level
Safety & vibe
Number of students in an average english class19 25 CITYWIDE AVERAGE
How many students say their teachers inspire them to learn?81% 63% CITYWIDE AVERAGE
How many teachers say the principal is an effective manager?80% 82% CITYWIDE AVERAGE
How many students say they feel safe in hallways, bathrooms and locker rooms?99% 85% CITYWIDE AVERAGE
How many teachers say order and discipline are maintained in the school?87% 82% CITYWIDE AVERAGE
How Many Students are Chronically Absent?3% 36% CITYWIDE AVERAGE
Who graduates
Class of 2015
How many students graduated within 4 years?98% 69% CITYWIDE AVERAGE
How many graduates earned an advanced regents diploma within 4 years?0% 11% CITYWIDE AVERAGE
How many students graduated within 6 years?99% 77% CITYWIDE AVERAGE
How many graduates dropped out within 4 years?0% 10% CITYWIDE AVERAGE
College prep
Does this school offer a college preparatory curriculum?
How many students took an AP or IB class and scored at least a "3" on the AP exam or a "4" on the IB exam?0%
How Many Students took a College Course and Got a "C" or Higher?100%
How many students passed a Regents exam for algebra 2, physics or chemistry?1%
Are students ready for college?
How many students graduated in four years with test scores high enough to enroll at CUNY without remedial help?98% 32% CITYWIDE AVERAGE
SAT reading scores598
How many students graduated in four years and enrolled in college?92% 64% CITYWIDE AVERAGE
SAT math scores631
Is the guidance counseling helpful?
How many students say that this school provides helpful counseling on college or job-seeking?81% 76% CITYWIDE AVERAGE
Special ed & ELL
How well does this school serve students with disabilities?
How many special ed students graduated within 4 years?NA 48% CITYWIDE AVERAGE
How many special ed students graduated within 6 years?NA 57% CITYWIDE AVERAGE
This school does not offer team teaching and does not offer self-contained classes.
How many students with disabilities spend most of the day with non-disabled peers?0% 68% CITYWIDE AVERAGE
How many teachers say students with disabilities are included in all activities?90% 97% CITYWIDE AVERAGE
How well does this school serve English language learners?
How many English language learners graduated within 4 years?
How many English language learners graduated within 6 years?
Programs and Admissions
School admission priorities:
- Open to New York City residents
Bard High School Early College Queens
Inquiry and critical thinking promoted across all subject areas.
Selection Criteria
- English (Scores 85-100) , Math (Scores 85-100) , Science (Scores 85-100) , Social Studies (Scores 85-100)
There may be additional selection criteria, see the High School Directory for more information
EXTRACURRICULAR: Anime, Art, Ballroom Dancing, BHSEC Cares, Book, Community Council, Computers, Technology, Dance, Debate, Film, Gardening, Habitat for Humanity, Knitting, Math Team, Medical, Model UN, Mock Trial, Movie, Mural, Music, Music Camp, Literary Magazine (‰Û÷HYPE‰Ûª), Newspaper (‰Û÷B.Q. Broadside‰Ûª), Outing, Peer Counselors, Peer Mentors, Peer Tutors, Ping-Pong, The Alliance, Seekers, Step Team, Student Ambassadors, Student Government
BOYS PSAL SPORTS: Basketball, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Wrestling
GIRLS PSAL SPORTS: Basketball, Cross Country, Flag Football, Rugby, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball
Other schools sports: Basketball, Cross Country, Fencing, Flag Football, Track and Field, Ultimate Frisbee, Weightlifting; Girls: Soccer, Volleyball


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Game cards trigger memories, stories in 'Lotería'
In an institutional room in California, the aptly named Luz ("light") tries to make sense of the trauma and tragedy that has befallen her family. She has only a journal, the presumed attention of You, the God or higher power she addresses, and a deck of Lotería cards.
In "Lotería: A Novel," debut novelist Mario Alberto Zambrano makes the cards, used in a Mexican game as the visual counterpart of the numbers in bingo, serve as writing prompts. They're not instruments of divination like tarot cards, but, like the tarot deck, the simple, traditional design of the Lotería cards gives them a touch of the archetypal. (Large images of the cards begin each of his novel's short chapters.) »Read Full Article
Martin Short, his alter egos get big laughs
An evening with Martin Short at the Pabst Theater on Saturday night wasn't just an evening with Martin Short.
Ed Grimley was there, Short's famed SCTV creation, with his pants as usual pulled impossibly high up to his chest. So was Franck Eggelhoffer, Short's eccentric, difficult to understand wedding planner from "Father of the Bride." »Read Full Article
MSO blends musical vocabularies of composers, orchestrators
Listening to a piece of music by one great composer that has been orchestrated by another great composer is a bit like hearing the music through that second composer's ears.
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and music director Edo de Waart presented two pieces that offered just that chance on Friday evening, along with the heartbreaking Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Alban Berg, inspired by the death of his friend's daughter. »Read Full Article
Jim DeVita paints portrait of Rothko in Forward Theater's 'Red'
Madison — Before becoming one of the last century's great artists, Mark Rothko thought hard about a career as an actor, and he habitually referred to his pictures as "dramas." In his Tony-winning "Red," John Logan brings that drama on stage.
Madison's Forward Theater has now brought "Red" to Wisconsin, where it opened Friday night under Laura Gordon's direction, in an 85-minute, intermission-free production featuring Jim DeVita as Rothko and Nate Burger as Ken, Rothko's young, fictionalized assistant. »Read Full Article(1)
Cafe 1505 in Mequon will expand its footprint and add a bar
The breakfast-and-lunch restaurant Cafe 1505, at 1505 W. Mequon Road, Mequon, plans to move the grab-and-go deli part of the business to a vacant space across the hall in East Towne Square.
The move is expected next week. It will allow the cafe to expand deli seating by about 20, up from the current five, so more guests can linger over coffee and laptops if they don't wish to sit in the full-service dining room. It also will expand its lineup of prepared foods for takeout. »Read Full Blog Post


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Prof. Murchison Reviews U.S. Supreme Court Term for Federal Bar in Roanoke
Professor Brian Murchison reviewed the 2013-14 U.S. Supreme Court Term as guest of the Federal Bar Association chapter in Roanoke on August 21, 2014. This was Murchison's third annual review for the FBA. Among the cases he discussed were: Kaley v. United States (rejecting, as destructive of grand jury independence, an indicted party's challenge of a pre-trial order freezing assets for legal fees); Riley v. California (deciding that the Fourth Amendment requires police to obtain a warrant to search digital contents of cellphone seized incident to a lawful arrest); NLRB v. Noel Canning (finding that the President's appointment of agency heads during a three-day Senate adjournment violated the Recess Appointments Clause); Town of Greece v. Galloway (rejecting Establishment Clause challenge to a town council's practice of allowing sectarian prayer by clergy at the opening of council meetings); and Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Inc. (finding that HHS regulations imposing ACA's contraceptive mandate on closely held corporate plaintiffs violated Religious Freedom Restoration Act).
Prof. Mark Drumbl Teaches at Monash University School of Law
Washington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl was recently appointed Visiting International Fellow at the Monash University School of Law in Melbourne, Australia. Professor Drumbl taught a course to JD and LLM students titled 'Victims, Law, and Mass Atrocity'. The course explored "the tensions that may inhere between various communities of victims, between victim involvement and due process, and also how narratives of victimization may enfeeble as much as they protect."
While in Melbourne, Professor Drumbl also presented at the University of Melbourne.
New Publications from Prof. Todd Peppers
Visiting professor Todd Peppers has completed a number of new scholarly works this summer addressing the role of Supreme Court law clerks.
Professor Peppers authored two essays entitled "Form Your Battalions and Fight: The Story of Justice Holmes, His Law Clerks, and Saucy French Novels" and"The Care and Feeding of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr." will be published in Supreme Court Historical Society Quarterly. These writings draw on the personal papers of Justice Holmes, and examine different aspects of the professional and personal relationships that Justice Holmes had with his law clerks.
"Surgeons or Scribes? The Role of United States Court of Appeals Law Clerks in "Appellate Triage", co-authored with Bridget Tainer-Parkins, will be published later this year by the Marquette Law Review as part of a symposium issue on law clerks. The essay examines how Court of Appeals judges select and utilize their law clerks, and it is based on original survey data of Court of Appeals judges.
The co-authored article "The Mysterious Decline of En Banc Review in the U.S. Courts Of Appeals" will appear in the Justice System Journal. Using original data, the paper tests hypotheses as to why circuit courts decide to grant en banc review.
Lastly, Professor Peppers is co-editor of a forthcoming book published by the University of VirginiaPress. The book is a collection of essays written by former law clerks, judicial biographers and social scientists. The essays explore the hiring and employment of Supreme Court law clerks, as well as the personal bonds which form between law clerks and their justices. The introduction of the book is written by former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
Prof. Jost publishes in New England Journal of Medicine
Washington and Lee law professor Timothy Jost has published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine titled, Subsidies and the Survival of the ACA — Divided Decisions on Premium Tax Credits. The article was online published on July 30, 2014.
An excerpt:
In rapid succession on July 22, two federal courts of appeal reached opposite conclusions on the single most important outstanding legal issue affecting the Affordable Care Act (ACA): whether the federally facilitated insurance exchanges that serve two thirds of the states can grant premium tax credits to individuals purchasing health insurance plans.
Professor Jost frequently publishes in the New England Journal of Medicine. Additional articles may be found here.
Prof. Shannon interviewed by Legal Funding Central
Washington and Lee law professor Victoria Shannon was interviewed earlier this summer by Legal Funding Central, a litigation funding broker for their blog LFC360. The blog features writings about legal funding through news, informational guides, and resources.
Professor Shannon was interviewed as an expert on the topic of legal funding laws in the United States and abroad. The article appeared on LFC360 on July 31, 2014: Victoria Shannon Discusses The State of the Legal Funding Industry at Home and in International Arbitration.


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Friday, May 25, 2012 12:07 PM
Reverend Moore's daughter, Ariel, played by Da'Chelle Porter, lied to her parents so she could meet her boyfriend, Chuck Cranston, played by Eric Floyd, center, in a scene from the All-City Musical production of "Footloose." The show is being presented June 1-3 at the Ohio Theatre at PlayhouseSquare.
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Robert (Bob) Dooling is currently focused on penetration testing - identifying and exploiting network- and application-level vulnerabilities in order to illustrate risks and provide prioritized recommendations to clients.
Bob has worked professionally in the information security field since 2000. In addition to his professional experience, he has actively experimented with and participated in various aspects of information security for over a decade.
Bob is a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and has obtained GIAC (SANS) certifications related to auditing, firewall analysis, web application penetration testing, and incident handling. He is also a member of the GIAC Advisory Board, and has written papers on email encryption, firewall auditing, and wireless network analysis. Bob has a BBA in Computer Information Systems and Finance from James Madison University.
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I provide independent security services on a freelance contracting basis, specializing in the following areas of expertise:
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* Log analysis & security information management (SIM)
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Global Information Assurance - SANS Institute
GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester Honors
Awarded: 2010
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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
Awarded: 2010
Global Information Assurance - SANS Institute
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Awarded: 2007
International Information Systems Security (ISC2)
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Awarded: 2007
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Awarded: 2006
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GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC) Gold
Awarded: 2004
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GIAC Systems and Network Auditor (GSNA) Gold
Awarded: 2003
James Madison University
Computer Information Systems & Finance - B.B.A.
1997 - 2001
Dooling Information Security Defenders, LLC (DISD)
Founder, Principal
2009 - Present
Provide information security services on contract basis. Specializing in network security assessments, perimeter defenses, log analysis, information security monitoring, and risk analysis. Performed on-site and remote internal, external, wireless, and web application penetration tests for a diverse set of customers. Developed security information management (SIM) system device integration modules for intrusion detection and credit card processing applications.
Texas State Department of Information Resources
Penetration Tester
2008 - 2011
Conduct over 25 self-directed external penetration tests annually for Texas state agencies. Utilize commercial, open source, and custom-created software to assess and attempt to infiltrate customers' networks, systems, and applications. Create detailed reports containing prioritized findings, demonstrations of exploits, explanation of compromise impacts, and recommendations for mitigation and remediation. Validate customers' remediation activities upon request.
Symantec Corporation
Senior Security Analyst
2003 - 2008
Performed Incident Identification and Escalation in a 24x7 Security Operations Center (SOC) environment. Monitored correlated security device log data for several hundred organizations through use of Security Information Management (SIM) platform and tools. Performed triage on correlated security events; responsible for identifying, escalating, and validating security incidents in accordance with customer-specific Incident Management procedures. Provided customers with best practice guidelines and practical suggestions to protect against or mitigate threats; provided remediation recommendations as needed; coordinated with Engineers on customer device changes to enhance security posture in response to potential threats and realized incidents. Developed, tested, and maintained 'event collectors' to read and parse data from various security product logs into standardized schemas, with appropriate security values. Installed, configured, tested, and analyzed output from multiple point products to generate sample integration data, using both commonly available and customized host and network attack tools. Conducted quality review of event collectors developed by remote team. Developed correlation logic rules to identify certain combinations of events as 'Incidents' indicating attacker activity, generating alerts for enterprise Incident Management and Response teams from within a Security Information Management (SIM) solution.
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