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ASP.NET 4.0 is neither a revolutionary change nor a refactoring of the existing ASP.NET. Instead, it consists of a number of small-scale changes that allow developers to have a strong control of certain frequently used events. What makes ASP.NET 4.0 more effective than the already existing versions of ASP.NET are its rich features and powerful enhancements.
ViewState Control Enhancements
One of the major drawbacks of ASP.NET Webforms is ViewState, which can add significantly to the page size and slow performance. While initially you could set the EnableViewState property to true or false, all the controls, by default inherit and so if you set it at the control level, the behavior was inconsistent. However, with ASP.NET 4.0, the new ViewStateMode property helps to determines every control whether the ViewState should be enabled, disabled, or inherited.
Data Control Enhancements
Another interesting new enhancement in ASP.NET 4.0 is that the LayoutTemplate of the ListView data control is now optional – so you can just use the ItemTemplate of the control to display data. Here's an example:
<asp:ListView ID="ListView1″ runat="server"DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1″
Student Code:
<asp:LabelID="lblStudentCode" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("StudentCode")%>' />

Student Name:
<asp:LabelID="lblStudentName" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("StudentName")%>' />

<asp:ListView ID="ListView1″ runat="server"DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1″ClientIDMode="Predictable"><ItemTemplate>Student Code:<asp:LabelID="lblStudentCode" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("StudentCode")%>' />
Student Name:<asp:LabelID="lblStudentName" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("StudentName")%>' />
</ItemTemplate></asp:ListView>
In ASP.NET 3.5, you can achieve the same but you need to specify the layout template using the <layouttemplate> tag as shown below:
<asp:ListView runat="server" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1″ DataKeyNames="StudentCode" ItemContainerID="SqlDataSource1″>

<asp:Label runat="server"
Text='<%# Eval("StudentCode") %>'/>
<asp:Label runat="server"
Text='<%# Eval("StudentName") %>'/>
Also, the RadioButtonList and the CheckBoxList controls now include a new property called RepeatLayout.
Webform Routing
Routing is a feature in ASP.NET 4.0 that enables you to use URLs to map specific resources. These URLs can then become more descriptive and user friendly. Here is an example of an URL that is descriptive:http://server/mywebapplication/Students/View/NewStudents
Reading the routing information in an ASP.NET page is as simple as the following code:
String data = Page.RouteData.Values["Item"] as string;
ASP.NET Routing was originally developed as part of ASP.NET MVC but factored out into its own assembly (System.Web.Routing) as it is useful beyond the bounds of MVC. It is used in ASP.NET Dynamic Data for example and it's even possible to use it in webforms with a bit of work.
In ASP.NET 4.0 all the necessary components to use ASP.NET Routing are inbuilt. These include theIRouteHandler implementation (PageRouteHandler class) that serves up the right IHttpHandler to service the request and a couple of expression builders to help capture parameters from routed requests and also generate route URLs. You simply need to set up your route patterns in Application_Start() as you do for ASP.NET MVC.
For a full details see ASP.NET 4.0 Routing .
SEO Enhancements
In addition to Webforms Routing, there are a couple of minor additions to ASP.NET 4.0 to make it easier to set the Keywords and Description meta tags on a page. The page class in ASP.NET 4.0 now has two new properties, namely, Keywords and Description. These can be set either in markup code or from the code behind so that you can generate the meta tags dynamically.
Here's an example that illustrates how you can use these properties using code:
public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
Page.Keywords = "ASP.NET 4.0";
Page.Description = "Authors: Joydip Kanjilal and Bhupali Khule.";
And here's how you can do the same using markup code:

<title>Programming ASP.NET 4.0</title>
<meta content="Authors: Joydip Kanjilal and Bhupali Khule." />
<meta content="ASP.NET 4.0″ />
Simplified Web.Config File
One of the most striking features in ASP.NET 4.0 is web.config minification – a feature that allows you to have a web.config file that is much smaller in size with fewer configuration elements compared to what we used to have in the earlier versions of ASP.NET. Most of the configuration elements now have been moved to the machine.config file resulting in a minified web.config file for your applications. Your applications can easily inherit the settings specified in the machine.config file. So, you can have a web.config file that is either empty or, much smaller in size. Here is how you can specify the target framework for your application's web.config file in ASP.NET 4.0:–
<?xml version="1.0″?>
<compilation targetFramework="4.0″ />
Caching Enhancements
Until now, any page output is stored in memory in a private area of the ASP.NET cache. However, in the long run, the output cache puts additional pressure on the web server by consuming memory and generating frequent updates to the cache object. In ASP.NET 4.0, the output caching subsystem gives an opportunity to the developers to store page responses outside the ASP.NET worker process, by fully supporting the provider model. In ASP.NET 4.0, the Cache API enables you to use any of the following cache storages:
· Disk-based output caches – store cache data in disk
· Custom object caches – store cache data using custom cache providers
· Distributed object caches – store cache data on a separate server
· Cloud-based object caches – store cache data on a cloud database
To configure your custom output cache provider; you can specify the following in your application'sweb.config file:
You can also use a new feature called Output Cache Substitution to cache the output of web pages that contain dynamic data. For example:
<asp:Substitution ID= "cacheSubstitution" runat="server"MethodName="Test" />
Session State Improvements
In ASP.NET 4.0 you can use compression for out of process session state providers. Here is what you need to use this feature:
<sessionState mode="SqlServer" sqlConnectionString="data source=joydip; Initial Catalog=aspnetstate" allowCustomSqlDatabase="true" compressionEnabled="true"/>
Better Control over ClientID's of Controls
ASP.NET 4.0 provides support for customizing the Client ID that is generated by the ASP.NET engine for the controls in the web pages of your application. The new ClientIDMode property is now available for setting the client ID at either the Page, Application or Control levels. Note that you can set the ClientIDMode for any controls on your web page. You can even set the ClientIDMode for your web page. To set the ClientIDMode property at the page level, you can use the following code:
<%@ Page AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" ClientIDMode="Predictable" %>
The ClientIDMode property can hold one of the following possible values:
· AutoID – This is the legacy property, i.e., this will cause a client ID to be generated the same way as earlier versions of ASP.NET.
· Inherit – Inherit the clientID for a control from its parent. This is the default behavior for all controls.
· Static – This is used to specify the clientID of a control statically. So, whatever clientID you specify for the control will remain the same and the parent control's ID and not be concatenated while generating the clientID for a control.
· Predictable – This option is used for specifying the clientID for controls that use repeating templates. In essence, this option is used to specify the clientID for controls to make the generated clientIDs unique and also


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DNR sport license system gets faster
The days of carbon copy license books and lick-and-stick wildlife stamps are gone. There's now a better way to buy an Indiana fishing, hunting or trapping license.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is launching an electronic licensing system that is faster, more accurate, and provides the DNR better fish and wildlife management data.
Known as Indiana Outdoor, all annual Indiana sport licenses will be available from local license retailers. Most Indiana residents need only a valid driver's license to use Indiana Outdoor. Residents without a driver's license will need current address information and a Social Security number.
People may find the nearest license retailer, purchase a license online, or sign up to become an authorized Indiana Outdoor retailer, by calling 866-859-0028 or going on-line to: http://www.indianaoutdoor.IN.gov
"We are very excited to bring Hoosiers this quicker, easier licensing system through Indiana Outdoor," said Glen Salmon, director of fish and wildlife. "Gone are the days of searching for a license because retailers have a "no more deer licenses" sign on their door. Our folks can get the license they need in less than two minutes so they can get out into the woods or onto the lake."
Almost 600 bait shops, sporting goods stores, DNR offices and even grocery stores across the state will offer Indiana resident and non-resident hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses as well as sport stamp privileges from Indiana Outdoor.
Lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses are not available through Indiana Outdoor.
The new system will allow people to purchase licenses more quickly, as information for multiple license types can be entered electronically and printed on one easy-to-carry sheet of paper. Licenses may also be purchased online with no additional user surcharges.
"The web-based system designed by DNR to sell hunting & fishing licenses is extremely easy to use," said Jim McArdle, manager of store operations at Fort Wayne Bait & Hook Store, Winchester Road. "Our store especially likes the ability to have the customer's information recalled for an even faster transaction when they come back next season to renew their license."
The new system also will be available at the 2005 Indianapolis Boat, Sport and Travel Show, February 18-27 in the DNR booth of the Blue Ribbon Pavilion.
How much are your trees worth? Most likely more than you think. Homeowners invest a lot of time, care, and money into landscaping their property, expecting beauty and shade in return. But the unexpected "return" on that investment is that trees have monetary value as well.
When you stop to consider that landscaping can be worth up to 20 percent of your home's total property value, you'll understand why it's worthwhile to protect the investment you've made in your greenery. According to the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), a tree's value is based on four factors: tree size, tree type, tree condition, and overall tree location based on its functional and aesthetic purposes. A professional tree and landscape appraiser can determine where your trees or plants fall under these categories.
While it's impossible to prevent storms, accidents, and air pollution from causing damage to your trees and plants, it is possible to recapture your landscape losses through an insurance claim, or as a deduction from federal income taxes, advises ISA.
If your trees and landscape are damaged, ISA recommends that you:
Contact your homeowner's insurance company. Have the insurance company send a professional tree and landscaping appraiser out to your property immediately after the damage has occurred. Have the appraiser determine your financial loss, including the cost of removal and repair.
Contact a local ISA Certified Arborist if repair or replacement is needed.
Just as you would with any other valuable asset, document your investment in landscaping to help establish its worth. ISA suggests taking pictures of trees and plants while they are healthy to make insurance processing simpler with "before and after" examples.
The International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), headquartered in Champaign, Ill., is a nonprofit organization supporting tree care research around the world. As part of ISA's dedication to the care and preservation of shade and ornamental trees, it offers the only internationally-recognized certification program in the industry. For more information, contact a local ISA Certified Arborist or visit www.treesaregood.com.

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What an awesome festival! Looks like you all had a fantastic time! Love your cauliflower salad recipe, looks so good! I'm trying to get more creative with my salads, so this is good inspiration!Reply
Love this recipe! And that looks like a fun place – lots of tasty foods!! 🙂Reply
I don't know how I missed this fabulous salad-but so glad I found it! I am really intrigued by the flavors you used in this dish. I don't think I have ever had apricot and cauliflower together.
I would love to go to this Earth Festival. It looks like such a fantastic event and your kids are absolutely adorable!Reply
Such a lovely combination of flavors, this is such a tasty salad! Thanks for sharing this with Summer Salad Sundays, look forward to seeing you again soon.Reply
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Gardner introduces bill for tax relief to flood victims
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The proposed legislation follows approval by the Internal Revenue Service of an extension for flood victims to file income taxes from April 15 to Oct. 15, after flooding struck the Front Range in September.
Gardner's legislation would amend the Internal Revenue Code to let Coloradans immediately deduct disaster expenses.
"There are people who suffered life-changing catastrophe and have spent their life savings, and more, to recover from this flood," Gardner said. "One other way we can help the people of this country is to allow immediate extension this tax year of expenses going toward flood repair."
Similar legislation was passed as part of a disaster relief package after Hurricane Katrina. Gardner's bill also lifts the cap on tax deductions for charitable contributions made for disaster relief.
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William & Mary Commencement
May 12-14, 2017
Commencement is a weekend-long series of events celebrating students who are graduating. Communication with students and families before and during the weekend is very important. Graduating students will automatically receive email announcements leading up to Commencement. Families may also sign-up to receive regular email updates. We also recommend students and families sign-up to receive text alerts in order to receive inclement weather updates throughout the weekend.
The main ceremony is Saturday at 10:00 a.m. in Kaplan Hall. Departmental events (where diplomas are given to students) will take place on Sunday. The full weekend schedule will be available and posted on this website in early October.
Preparing for Commencement
What our graduates and their families need to do to prepare for Commencement - registration for the ceremony and guest tickets, regalia, diplomas, accommodations, disability services requests and more.
Commencement Weekend Guide
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quite a weekend!
I feel quite accomplished this weekend!
First, DH and I secured the venue in which we will be hosting baby's Christening and First Moon Birthday! A first moon birthday is a Chinese tradition in which the family celebrates the "survival" of it's first full moon cycle. It's now evolved into a debut or introduction of the baby to the rest of the family. We will be combining this celebration with his RC baptism so that both sides of the family can come together (all 90 heads of them-oy vey!). I'm so excited, it's like a mini wedding project :)
Second, we also secured our doula! We had known who our doula would be for almost a year now. She happens to be my sister's mother in law. During my IUI/IVF treatments, I was exploring all sorts of ways to improve my fertility and so I went to her for some massage therapy. Yes, she is both a massage therapist and during her sessions, I noticed she had so many pictures of babies on her wall. I learned at that time that she was a certified doula. It was like a sign that I would get pregnant! I held my excitement until a month ago when I finally asked her to be my doula. We just had our first appointment and discussed the logistics and signed the contract. She was a bit pricey at $950 but even DH was happy to pay that amount for her support and it is still cheaper than hiring a doula closer to NYC.
And finally, DH painted the baby's/guest room! It's a nice, light coffee color. Very neutral color but we're going to add greens and blues to the decor. I can't wait to dot it with globes and maps!
That's all for now. Just had to share my excitement that things are falling into place :)


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Cronister, Amy MS1; Teicher, Jennifer MS2; Rohlfs, Elizabeth M. PhD2; Donnenfeld, Alan MD1; Hallam, Stephanie PhD2
From 1Genzyme Genetics Genetic Services, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and 2Genzyme Genetics Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Westborough, Massachusetts.
Supported by Genzyme Genetics.
Corresponding author: Amy Cronister, MS, Genzyme Genetics, 9042 N. Arroya Vista Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85028; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Financial Disclosure The authors are employees of and hold stock in Genzyme Genetics (Westborough, MA).
OBJECTIVE: To document fragile X allele frequencies in a national referral population and evaluate CGG repeat expansion in mother-offspring transmissions.
METHODS: Fragile X DNA analysis by Southern blot and polymerase chain reaction was completed for 14,675 women, aged 18 years or older, and 238 mother-offspring pairs between January 1999 and June 2004. Carrier frequencies were compared between groups referred for different clinical indications. Direct comparison of the FMR1 gene CGG repeat size in mother-offspring pairs determined intermediate and premutation allele stability.
RESULTS: Intermediate fragile X alleles (45–54 CGG repeats) occurred in 257 (1 in 57). The combined total number of patients with a premutation (55–200 CGG repeats) or full mutation (more than 200 CGG repeats) numbered 208 (1 in 71). One in 3.5 women with a family history of fragile X and 1 in 10 with premature ovarian failure had a FMR1 mutation. This compared with 1 in 86 for those with a family history of mental retardation and 1 in 257 for women with no known risk factors for fragile X. Among 238 mother-offspring pairings, the smallest allele to expand to a full mutation in one generation contained 60 CGG repeats. Although 6.6% (4 of 60) of intermediate repeat alleles did expand, none jumped to a clinically significant full mutation–sized allele.
CONCLUSION: Based on these data and other published literature, offering invasive prenatal diagnosis for fragile X syndrome is not indicated for women with intermediate alleles. Invasive prenatal diagnosis is warranted for those women with a fragile X allele containing 55 or more CGG repeats.
Fragile X syndrome is the leading inherited cause of mental retardation, affecting approximately 1 in 4,000 males and 1 in 8,000 females.1 Based on a review of nine population-based studies among low-risk women (those with no family history suspicious for fragile X), the carrier frequency is estimated to be 1 in 303.2 The prevalence is similar among most racial and ethnic groups3.
In 1991, the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene and the underlying mutation associated with fragile X syndrome was discovered.4–6 The mutation was shown to be an unstable CGG trinucleotide sequence located in the 5′ untranslated region of the FMR1 gene. Most people in the general population have stable alleles that range from 6 to 44 CGG repeats. Alleles in the 45–54 CGG repeat range may show some instability and are described as "intermediate." Intermediate alleles have not been observed to expand to full mutations in one generation. Premutation alleles range in size from 55–200 CGG repeats and are generally unstable, resulting in an expansion of the CGG repeat sequence when passed from mother to child. Offspring of women who are premutation carriers are at risk to have fragile X syndrome. Expansion of the repeat region to more than 200 CGG trinucleotide sequences, called a full mutation, leads to methylation of the expanded allele resulting in nonexpression of the fragile X gene and hence the absence of the FMR1 protein. Both males and females who fail to produce FMR1 protein develop the classical fragile X phenotype associated with mental retardation.
Carrier testing recommendations, as outlined by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee on Genetics,7 include patients with a family history of mental retardation or a history of fragile X mental retardation, known carriers of the fragile X premutation or full mutation, and any woman who has ovarian failure or an elevated follicle-stimulating hormone level before age 40 years without a known cause. An increasing number of centers are routinely offering fragile X carrier screening to their entire prenatal population.
Although molecular advances have allowed for reliable diagnostic testing, our understanding of the factors that influence the risk of expansion remains limited. For the purposes of genetic counseling today, risk of expansion estimates are limited to one factor, the number of CGG repeats found in the maternal allele.8 Genetic counseling for individuals shown to have an intermediate allele has proven especially challenging. To date, there is no report of a CGG repeat less than 59 expanding to a full mutation in one generation. However, instability of intermediate alleles has been reported, including expansion to a full mutation in two generations.9
Genzyme's Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory is a referral center for patients seeking DNA analysis for many genetic conditions. In this investigation, we report our national experience with samples sent for fragile X testing and examine expansion of intermediate or premutation alleles in mother-offspring transmissions. Although the intermediate allele data presented is the primary focus, fragile X allele detection rates among a large cohort of women referred for various clinical indications are included. This adds to the body of literature available to clinicians and is useful when counseling patients for whom fragile X carrier testing is being considered.
This study included patients referred for fragile X DNA analysis between January 1999 and June 2004. Institutional review board approval was obtained from Lankenau Institute for Medical Research. Samples originated from a wide geographic distribution throughout the United States. DNA testing was completed for 14,675 women referred for fragile X carrier testing. Results, including the number of CGG repeats for each sample tested, were documented. All patients included in the carrier frequency comparison analysis were age 18 years or older and provided informed consent for testing. Obligate carriers and women already known to have an intermediate or premutation allele at the time of the referral were excluded for purposes of frequency determination but were included for mother-offspring transmission analysis. The study population was divided into four groups based on the primary referral indication provided by the referring physician. Comparison groups were as follows: 1) family history of fragile X; 2) family history of mental retardation of unknown cause, developmental delay, or autism; 3) personal history of premature ovarian failure; and 4) no family history suggestive of fragile X syndrome. Women for whom we did not have personal or family history information were excluded. Although this study population was not intentionally preselected, we acknowledge that it may not represent the general population of the United States; some samples sent for a positive family history may have been selected using screening criteria established by the referring physician.
To examine expansion of the fragile X CGG repeat, DNA from 238 mothers and their offspring was analyzed and the FMR1 gene characterized. All women included in this aspect of the study had CGG repeats in the intermediate or premutation range and were requesting fragile X prenatal or postnatal DNA evaluation of their fetus or child. Transmission of the intermediate and premutation allele was documented as stable (no change in the number of CGG repeat sequences), expanded (an increase in the number of CGG repeat sequences), or contracted (a reduction in the number of CGG repeat sequences). The change in the number of CGG repeats was documented. The referral indication for maternal fragile X carrier testing was also recorded.
Extracted DNA was tested by Southern blot and polymerase chain reaction analysis to determine FMR1 gene allele size(s) and methylation status. Polymerase chain reaction analysis was performed using the method of Brown et al,10 with modification. The region surrounding the FMR1 CGG repeat was amplified using primers from Fu et al.4 The resulting amplification products were separated by electrophoresis through a 6% acylamide gel, immobilized on nylon membrane, hybridized with a 32P-labeled 15-mer CGG probe, washed, and exposed to film. The amplification products were sized by comparison with a 32P-labeled size standard that was included on the gel. Southern blot analysis was performed by the method of Rousseau et al,11 with modification. The extracted DNA was digested with EcoRI and EagI for 4 hours at 37°. This was followed by separation of the DNA fragments through a 0.8% agarose gel by electrophoresis for 16 hours at 100 volts. The DNA was transferred to nylon membrane, immobilized by exposure to ultraviolet light, and hybridized with a 32P-labeled StB 12.3 probe. After washing, the nylon membrane was exposed to film to visualize the bands. FMR1 allele size was interpreted as normal (fewer than 45 repeats), intermediate (45–54 repeats), premutation (55–200 repeats), or full mutation (more than 200 repeats) in accordance with the American College of Medical Genetics' Technical Standards and Guidelines for fragile X.12 Precise comparison of maternal and fetal alleles for each mother-offspring pair was performed using side-by-side analysis of their samples on the same polymerase chain reaction gels.
Among the 14,675 women who underwent fragile X carrier testing, 2.6% had a family history of fragile X syndrome, fewer than 1% had a personal history of premature ovarian failure, approximately 30% had a family history of mental retardation, developmental delay, or autism (increased-suspicion group), and approximately 65% had no family history suggestive of fragile X syndrome (low-risk group). Data are provided in Table 1. Poisson regression technique,13 with χ2 testing to compare the groups, was applied. Overall, 1 in 71 women were found to have a premutation (55–200 CGG repeats) or full mutation (more than 200 CGG repeats). As expected, carrier identification was highest among women with a family history of fragile X and women with a personal history of premature ovarian failure. The difference in combined carrier frequency between these two high-risk groups and the remaining two groups (those with a family history of mental retardation, developmental delay, or autism, as well as those women at low risk with no known risk factors), was statistically significant (P<.001). Among women with a known fragile X family history, 97 (1 in 4) had a premutation, and 15 (1 in 26) had a full mutation, for a combined carrier frequency of 1 in 3.5. Six (1 in 10) women referred because of premature ovarian failure were identified as premutation carriers. Five had CGG repeat sizes under 100 (56, 64, 67, 80, 80), and one had a CGG trinucleotide repeat number of 120. There was also a significant difference between carrier frequencies in those with a family history of mental retardation, developmental delay, or autism and the low-risk (no family history) group (P<.001). Among those with a suspicious family history, 48 (1 in 93) had premutations, and 4 (1 in 1,117) had full mutations (combined carrier frequency of 1 in 86), whereas 38 (1 in 257) women with no family history had a CGG repeat in the premutation range.
The observed overall intermediate allele frequency in our study population was 1 in 57 (1.8%). Intermediate allele frequencies between the referral groups were compared using a Poisson regression technique with a χ2 test. Detection rates were highest among women with a family history of fragile X syndrome (1 in 26) and significantly different (P<.001) from those with a suspicious family history (1 in 77). Women with a family history of fragile X had a 2.28-fold higher risk to be an intermediate carrier (95% confidence interval for relative risk: 1.36–3.80) than those with either a family history of mental retardation, developmental delay, or autism or those with no known family history.
Among the 238 mother-offspring pairs tested, 111 involved transmission of the normal allele from the unaffected X chromosome. Of the remaining 127 pairs, 60 mothers had intermediate alleles (45–54 CGG repeats), and 67 were premutation carriers (55–200 CGG repeats). Further details of the transmission data are shown in Tables 2 and 3.
The vast majority of the intermediate alleles (56 of 60 or 93.4%) remained stable through transmission from mother to fetus or child (no change in CGG repeat size). Of the 6.6% (4 of 60) of intermediate repeat alleles that expanded, none jumped to a clinically significant full mutation–sized allele. Thirty-nine of 40 (97.5%) alleles with 45–49 CGG repeats remained stable during transmission; one expanded from 46 to 47 CGG repeat sequences. Of the 20 transmissions involving maternal CGG repeats in the 50–54 CGG repeat range, three were unstable. Two expanded into the premutation range; one mother with 52 CGG repeats expanded to 55 during transmission to her fetus, and another mother with 54 CGG repeats expanded to 59 fetal CGG trinucleotide sequences. One contracted from 52 repeats to 51 repeats.
Premutation allele instability in mother-offspring transmissions (maternal CGG repeats ranged in size from 55 to 120) was 73.1% (49 of 67). Of those that demonstrated instability, 10 premutations (all less than 80 CGG repeats) remained in the premutation range when transmitted from mother to offspring while 39 expanded to a full mutation. None of the premutations contracted. The smallest premutation to expand to a full mutation in a single transmission step was 60 repeats. All mutations of more than 85 CGG repeats expanded to a full mutation.
As expected, premutation and full mutation carrier frequency was highest in women with a family history of fragile X syndrome. Our study also demonstrated a relatively high frequency of premutation carriers (1 in 10) in women with a personal history of premature ovarian failure. This is consistent with previous reports that estimate the premutation carrier frequency as 2% among women with sporadic premature ovarian failure and 14% for women with familial premature ovarian failure.14 Our data supports the current screening recommendations for this subset of women. Our investigation is consistent with previous reports that document the risk for premature ovarian failure to be directly proportional to the number of CGG repeats. The risk of premature ovarian failure increases as CGG repeat size expands from 59 to 99 CGG repeats, but then decreases with alleles greater than 100 repeats.15
Numerous studies have proven the efficacy of fragile X testing for women with a family history of mental retardation, but only recently has the feasibility of general population screening been evaluated.16–19 Toledano-Alhadef et al19 reported a premutation carrier frequency (more than 55 CGG repeats) of 1 in 113 among 14,334 Israeli women with no family history of mental retardation. Most other studies report a carrier frequency in the 1/250–1/300 range.2 In our study population of 9,759 low-risk women with no suspicious family history of fragile X syndrome, mental retardation, developmental delay, autism, or premature ovarian failure, 38 (1 in 257) had a premutation. It is apparent that, for a prenatal fragile X screening program to be effective, screening of all expectant mothers (regardless of background risk) is necessary.
Current clinical practice is to estimate the risk of expansion based on the number of maternal CGG repeats and interpret this in the context of the family history. In a large multicenter study, Nolin et al8 evaluated mother-offspring transmissions in women with 49–65 CGG repeats who reported no family history of fragile X. Among the 84 women with 49–54 CGG repeats, 19% of the transmissions demonstrated instability, with the largest expansion being from 50 to 66 CGG repeats. Comparing data from women with 50–54 repeats, the instability rates are remarkably similar: 17.6% (3 of 17) in our data set compared with 17.3% (14 of 81) in the Nolin et al8 data. In addition, this study concurs with the findings of Nolin et al8 and Strom et al20, in that no intermediate allele expanded to a full mutation, and the smallest-sized CGG repeat to expand to a full mutation was 60 (compared with 59 in the Nolin study and 64 in the Strom study).
The intermediate frequency noted in our study was 1 in 57. This compares with the 1 in 72 to 1 in 145 reported by Murray et al.21 As this study shows, identification of fragile X intermediate repeat alleles is an issue for all referral populations. The fact that intermediate alleles were significantly more frequent in women with a family history of fragile X is of interest. Intermediates identified within fragile X families are presumed to not be segregating with the fragile X allele, but this needs to be further evaluated.
A frequent concern associated with fragile X prenatal population screening is the follow-up and counseling for women who are identified as carriers of intermediate alleles (45–54 CGG repeats). Expectant parents may experience significant anxiety and fear associated with this finding and are often given the option of invasive prenatal diagnosis to determine fetal CGG repeat allele size(s). Our data and that of others demonstrate that some intermediates are unstable, but the magnitude of the instability is minimal: only a few CGG repeats. The research question under investigation by many is why some of the intermediates are stable, generation after generation, and why others of the exact same size expand. If the intermediates that expand can be further characterized, the hope is that clinicians could have a clinically applicable test that distinguishes intermediate alleles that are precursors in future generations to a fragile X premutation from those that are not. In the absence of this knowledge, clinicians can be reassuring and stress that an intermediate allele, regardless of family history, is of no immediate clinical significance. Patients with intermediates are not at increased risk for medical problems, and their offspring are not at immediate risk for classic symptoms of fragile X syndrome. Genetic counseling should stress that the presence of an intermediate mutation of fewer than 55 repeats is not associated with a significant risk of expansion to more than 200 CGG repeats and, therefore, there is little risk of the fragile X syndrome phenotype in offspring. Regardless, many women may proceed to a chorionic villus sampling (CVS) or amniocentesis once informed that they are an intermediate fragile X carrier. Based on our investigation and the previously cited Nolin study8 of more than 1,500 women with intermediate alleles and Strom et al study20 of 307 prenatal cases, the risk of expansion to a clinically significant full mutation is likely to be extremely rare and has not yet been documented for an allele with fewer than 59 CGG repeats.
A basic principle of any effective prenatal screening program is that it leads to the identification of a fetus with a clinically significant disorder.22 Performing a CVS or amniocentesis on a woman with an intermediate fragile X expansion does not meet these criteria because there is an extremely low risk of fragile X syndrome in the fetus. Our analysis demonstrates that there is poor clinical utility in offering invasive prenatal diagnosis to women with intermediate alleles because expansion to a full mutation has not been demonstrated. Invasive prenatal diagnosis should be offered only if the mother possesses a premutation or a full mutation. By avoiding invasive prenatal diagnosis in intermediate allele carriers, the cost of a fragile X screening program and the iatrogenic pregnancy loss from CVS and amniocentesis can be significantly reduced.
In conclusion, these data, as well as information from other published reports, reveal that identification of all fetuses at risk for fragile X–related mental retardation requires general population prenatal screening because many affected fetuses are borne by women with no known risk factors for this disorder. However, invasive prenatal diagnosis for fragile X syndrome is not indicated unless the CGG repeat size is in the premutation or full mutation range (more than 55 CGG repeats). Performing invasive prenatal diagnosis in women with intermediate range alleles exposes women to the risk of miscarriage from the procedure that is not justified, given the extremely low probability that a CGG repeat of less than 55 will expand to a clinically significant full mutation.
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Alex Cross, the Washington, D.C., police psychiatrist who has appeared in several of Patterson's books, has a new job - with the FBI - in "The Big Bad Wolf" (Little, Brown). Cross' first case involves a series of kidnappings by a band that brazenly abducts successful, upstanding men and women and, it's feared, sells them as slaves. While Cross pursues the Wolf, a former KGB agent suspected of being the kidnapping mastermind, he is trying to keep his younger son's mother from gaining custody of the boy.
Child custody problems are foreign to longtime bachelor Adam Dalgliesh, the London police commander in charge in James' "The Murder Room" (Knopf). Dalgliesh's dilemma is that his pursuit of his beloved, Emma Lavenham, keeps getting sidetracked by his investigation into the murder of a trustee of a small, private museum, a crime that resembles a historical homicide on exhibit in the museum's Murder Room.
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The first step in the easy way of installing a Java program on your cell phone is to connect to the Internet. There should be some tab for Games or Applications in your cell phone's menu. Under this menu will be the option to get new programs.
In the early days of cell phone Internet applications, users could buy programs for a flat one-time fee. Now, cell phone companies have wised up and charge a monthly subscription fee for the program. For games, it is usually low (less than $5) for 30 days of access, and charged to your cell phone bill. If you don't renew, the application fails to work and you stop being charged.
Be wary of third-party games you get from text messaging a special code you see on late night TV, or from accessing the web with your phone outside of your carrier's main web area. It's not that these programs carry viruses or anything, thankfully yet, but they can become virus-like on your cell phone bill. It can be tough to get rid of them! When you purchase these games or services, a simple call to your cell phone carrier may not cancel the service. This can be difficult since you have to find a way to contact the third-party vendor you authorized to charge you for in the first place, and cancel through them.
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Most of the time, it's pretty easy to tell what a movie is about: Lincoln is about Lincoln. The Hangover is about some dudes who get a hangover. Tree of Life is about ... you know, things. However, sometimes a movie you've seen a million times will convince you it's about something very simple, when, in fact, there was a hidden meaning all along that the director intentionally put there, but for some reason didn't want you to find. For instance ...
5 Aliens is a Metaphor For the Vietnam War
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James Cameron's Aliens, the godfather of sci-fi action movies, is about as straightforward as a film gets (except for the part where the aliens are actually giant penises, but that was already there when Cameron came in). It's just a simple story about a bunch of American soldiers sent to a faraway land where they are led to their senseless deaths by incompetent leaders. What could that possibly be a metaphor for?
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Yeah, according to the Alien: Quadrilogy box set special features, everything in the movie is designed to trigger one huge Vietnam War flashback ... and considering the movie came out just 11 years after the war ended, it wouldn't have been that far from the audience's mind. First, we have the dropship, which was modeled after U.S. combat aircraft of the era:
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After mating them with giant crabs.
Then we have the general design of the soldiers: Their weapons, outfits, and even the designs they paint on their gear are based on the ways that American soldiers used to decorate theirs during the war.
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"This platoon has a minimum 15 pieces of flair."
But the similarities aren't just cosmetic; they are also all over the plot. Like in Vietnam, the technologically superior soldiers soon find themselves overtaken by an enemy that tends to sneak up on them in the dark. Obviously, Cameron isn't saying that the Vietnamese were penis-headed rape monsters -- it's more about the attitude of the soldiers towards them, which goes from "I'm the ultimate badass!" to "Game over, man!" over the course of the conflict.
Then there's the way the movie portrays figures of authority: They're all corrupt, useless morons, basically. The Weyland-Yutani Corporation, like many major companies during Vietnam, is putting their soldiers in jeopardy just to make a profit. The commanding officer, Lieutenant Gorman, is not only elitist (he chooses not to eat with his men, which pisses off Hicks), but laughably incompetent: He gets himself knocked out during the very first fight, and Ripley has to rescue everyone. This is most likely based on what most people think of American officers during Vietnam: that they got a bunch of young Americans killed without ever actually getting their hands dirty.
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The scene where Paul Reiser does an impression of Nixon for 10 minutes should have tipped us off.
It's probably safe to say that Cameron doesn't think Vietnam ended too well, considering how the colony on LV-426 is engulfed in a thermonuclear explosion at the end. And those poor marines didn't even get to do any surfing.
4 X-Men is All About Gay Rights
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If we asked you what the X-Men movies are a metaphor for, a lot of you would probably say "growing knives out of your hands and stabbing people." Others would point out that the comic was originally about the 1960s civil rights movement and racism, so the movies must be, too. That's close, but no cigar: The X-Men films are actually one big metaphor for gay rights. Says who? Well, the director, for starters. And both screenwriters for X2. And Magneto himself, Ian McKellen. All of whom are gay.
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The shirt was proof enough, sir. But thank you.
Now, you probably noticed some of the more obvious clues in the movies but took them as isolated jokes -- like the scene in X2 where Iceman "comes out" to his parents and they ask him "Have you tried not being a mutant?" or the one in X-Men: First Class where Beast is in a similar situation and says "You didn't ask, so I didn't tell." Or, you know, that slightly homoerotic scene with young Magneto and Professor X in the same movie.
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Pick one.
But those are just stray moments where the metaphor-frosting got a bit lumpy on top of the storytelling cake -- and let us tell you, this is one super gay cake. Let's go through the similarities between mutation and homosexuality: Both "manifest in adolescence" (in the first movie, the first time Rogue realizes she's a mutant is also the first time she kisses a boy). Both are controversial social issues that lead to scare-mongering politicians talking about "saving our children":
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We're not sure that "moon" plan has been properly thought through.
In fact, William Stryker, the baddie from X2, also represents homophobia: He sent his mutant son to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters thinking it was a "Pray Away the Powers" camp where his son could be cured, but Xavier responds by pointing out that "mutation is not a disease," again mirroring arguments surrounding homosexuality. When Stryker finds out that his son has been going to a mansion filled with fabulous people dressed in totally killer outfits (another similarity), he gets extremely pissed. Some fans have taken this whole thing about as well as Stryker did -- to the point where the screenwriters stepped in and confirmed that, yep, the X-Men are about gay rights.
Can we pay this guy to come to our comments section, too?
And finally, we leave you with this scene from the first X-Men movie where Magneto kidnaps the anti-mutant Senator Kelly and forces him to undergo a procedure that involves a machine that looks like this:
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Magneto making a face like this:
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And a lot of milky white fluidy stuff that spurts out the machine's tip:
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there is an orthogonal matrices nxn,in which all of its members are
whole numbers (like -1 ,-7,4,8,..).
also there is vector b its members are whole too.
prove that for the system Ax=b we have a single solution "c"
where c=(c1,..,cn) and c1 .. cn are whole numbers
tonio, i think that invoking the determinant is misleading. orthogonal matrices exist that have non-integral entries, example:
[-1/√2 -1/√2]
[ 1/√2 -1/√2].
more pertinent is the fact that for an orthogonal matrix A, A^-1 = A^T, and clearly A^T has integer entries iff A does.
asking, relations between the transpose of a matrix and its inverse and , which usually are studied
within the frame of vector spaces with inner product, could still be far away from him.
sure, i understand, but how do you go from that fact that det(A) = ±1, to conclude that A^-1 has integral entries?
i exhibited an orthogonal matrix for which this is NOT true. in other words, i am wondering what YOU were thinking as the answer
to the question: "Why (does A^-1 have integer entries)?. What's the determinant of an orthogonal matrix?".
because if your answer is "because det(A) = ±1", that's not correct. having a determinant of ±1, does NOT imply integral entries.


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Getting started: Doctrine database models
Starting with Icinga Web 1.5, the external Icinga-Api will be replaced by an iternal database layer using Doctrine to assure cross-database compatibility.This section gives you a short overview about how to access data in Icinga-Web. Later parts of this document will also explain how to create DataStores on serverside, which let you easily export your datamodel to the client, allowing you to use predefined grid and tree functions to display and evaluate your data.
The database files are located in your icinga-web folder under app/modules/Api/lib/database. The models contain all fields available by ido2db and their relations to each other. If you're looking for a field or relation name, that's the place to go.
Database model Structure
If you look at the models (here the BaseIcingaHosts Model) you'll notice it consists of two parts: setTableDefinition and setUp.
The first one handles the structure of your table and can be automatically generated from your database by doctrine:
The setUp class handles definitions of your database relations
Here, three relations are defined:
- 'object' points to the object reference in the IcingaObjects class
- 'parents' points to other hosts defined as parents in the IcingaHostParenthosts class, using host_id for the local side and host_object_id for the foreign side (the idField is an icinga-specific doctrine patch in icinga to use foreign keys in this table as the reference column).
- 'services' points to every service defined for this host
Using doctrine models in icinga-web
The ApiDataRequestModel class
The ApiDataRequestModel class is an agavi model which handles request creation for you.
This code will create a ApiDataRequestModel which returns a IcingaDoctrine_Query object for the database "my database", which can then be accessed in various ways discussed now:
Accessing as arrays
This is the solution if you have large datasets which you don't want to change, extend, etc. with further request.:
This will return a result like:
Pretty good for 3 lines of code, isn't it?
Accessing as records
Record access requires a little more memory overhead than array access but offers you more possibilities like saving, modifying records or browsing through the data (while doctrine fetches missing entities from the db).
Record is now an instance of Doctrine_Collection containing Doctrine_Records. You can use get or set functions to access data like in a normal object:
Grouping, Joining, Ordering, etc.
The focus of this documentation lies on icinga-web, for advanced queries refer to the official doctrine documentation.
API models
ApiDataRequestModel only provides basic functionality, which is good for generic requests or creating your own helpers. There are several subclasses that provide methods to access services, hosts, hostgroups, etc.
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CARLSBAD, Calif. - May 10th 2013 - Chris Roberts, founder of Cloud Imperium Games, visited Razer´s global headquarters in Carlsbad last month. Roberts is a celebrity at the deepest levels of the gaming industry, most notably for his work with the groundbreaking, popular space combat simulation series Wing Commander, the first game to integrate live-action footage into play. Most recently, he made headline news by eclipsing the record for revenues raised on Kickstarter, garnering more than US$8 million in support of his upcoming AAA title´s development. Roberts also had a remarkable stint in Hollywood as a motion picture producer, credited with such films as Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Lord of War (2005), The Big White (2005) and The Punisher(2004).
Ever the gaming fanatic and technorati, Roberts and business partner/actor/model Sandi Gardiner toured the Razer facilities and talked about some of their favorite Razer products, including the Edge tablet, Blade laptop, Naga MMO mouse, Orbweaver mechanical keypad, Sabertooth Xbox 360 controller and Hydra PC motion-sensing controller. Videos of the interviews with Sandi and Chris anaylsing the Razer Edge, can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMFMm6mVJuc and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wszyiKc-E5o
Roberts is currently developing his next space combat simulation game, Star Citizen, and spoke with Razer´s Heath Hatcher, in passing, about the game´s potential merits when paired with the Edge.
"It´s pretty awesome how (well) Crysis 3 is running on the Razer Edge. It´s up there with some desktop stuff, which is pretty impressive," Roberts said. "You´ll definitely be able to play Star Citizen on (the Edge). It looks fantastic."
The visit wasn´t just about the merits of Razer´s high-end gaming products, however. Travis Wannlund of Razer gave Sandi the scoop about Razer´s voracious cult-like community (2.3 million Facebook fans, 165k Twitter followers), and shared his excitement for Cloud Imperium Games´ upcoming title.
"We have pooled together (at Razer) some of the most hardcore, passionate gamers out there," Wannlund said. "We´ve all been waiting for a game like this."


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Šime Vrsaljko
Vrsaljko in 2015
|Personal information
|Full name
|Šime Vrsaljko[1]
|Date of birth
|10 January 1992
|Place of birth
|Rijeka,[2] Croatia
|1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
|Playing position
|Right back
|Club information
Current team
|Atlético Madrid
|Youth career
|Dinamo Zagreb
|Senior career*
|Dinamo Zagreb
|→ Lokomotiva (loan)
|Atlético Madrid
|National team‡
|Croatia U15
|Croatia U17
|Croatia U18
|Croatia U19
|Croatia U20
|Croatia U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 April 2016.
Šime Vrsaljko (pronounced [ʃiːmê ʋrsaːʎko]; born 10 January 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Spanish club Atlético Madrid and the Croatia national team.
Club career[edit]
Early career[edit]
Vrsaljko started his senior career at Dinamo Zagreb's feeder team, Lokomotiva, where he spent the 2009–10 season on loan. He debuted for Lokomotiva in the Croatian top level in the match against Rijeka on 26 July 2009 at the age of 17.[3] Vrsaljko was in the starting lineup in each of the 17 Lokomotiva's league matches in 2009, being substituted only once.[4]
Dinamo Zagreb[edit]
He rejoined Dinamo Zagreb's squad on 22 December 2009 before the winter break and appeared in his first match for Dinamo Zagreb on 27 February 2010 against Croatia Sesvete in the Prva HNL. He made nine more appearances by the end of the season for Dinamo, making a total of 27 league appearances throughout the whole season. Vrsaljko also made one appearance in the semi-finals of the 2009–10 Croatian Cup.[5]
Vrsaljko missed the opening matches of the 2010–11 season, as he was called up for international duties with the Croatian under-19 team. He made his first appearance of the season on 31 July in a league match against Rijeka which Dinamo Zagreb lost 2–1. Vrsaljko then made his debut in European competitions, featuring in their defeat to Sheriff Tiraspol in the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League.[6] In August that year he was linked with a transfer to Olympique Marseille for a fee of €4 million, but executive vice-president of the club Zdravko Mamić turned down the French club's offer.[7] On 29 August he scored his first league goal for the club in the match against Cibalia which Dinamo Zagreb won 2–0.[8] Due to his impressive performances for Dinamo under the coach Vahid Halilhodžić, he was named Croatian Football Hope of the Year for 2010. By the end of the season, he won the double with Dinamo.
He started the 2011/2012 season by providing an assist for Ivan Krstanović in UEFA Champions League qualifier 3–0 victory against Neftchi Baku in Zagreb. In August 2011, he was sent off during the away match of 2011–12 UEFA Champions League play-off round against Malmö FF, as Dinamo managed to qualify for their first UEFA Champions League in 12 years. He was banned with 3 matches absence in Champions League. He made his 2011–12 UEFA Champions League debut on Matchday 4 against AFC Ajax, and made another appearance in the final match against Olympique Lyonnais on Maksimir Stadium. In domestic league, he made 22 league appearances and provided 5 assists in process, as Dinamo won another double – Prva HNL and Hrvatski kup titles.
After his return from Poland, where he was a part of Croatian team at UEFA Euro 2012, he helped Dinamo to qualify for another UEFA Champions League. He made 4 appearances as right full-back in 2012–13 UEFA Champions League as Dinamo finished bottom of their group with only one point. He also made 25 league appearances, providing three assists.
On 12 July 2013 Vrsaljko joined Serie A side Genoa for €4.6 million.[9][10] In his first season in the Italian top flight, Vrsaljko was a frequent member of the starting XI, playing in various roles on the right flank – including right-back and right wing. He made 22 appearances in total, missing rounds 24–33 through injury.
On 22 July 2014 Vrsaljko signed for Serie A side Sassuolo for €3.5 million plus bonuses of €2 million.[11][12][13] He became a key part of Sassuolo's defence under manager Eusebio Di Francesco, and eventually helped the team to achieving their first ever Europa League qualification after finishing 6th in Serie A courtesy of a Juventus Coppa Italia win over Milan as Milan would have gone to Europe instead if they had won the final.[14][15]
Atlético Madrid[edit]
Vrsaljko signed for La Liga club Atlético Madrid, penning a five-year deal with the outfit.[16]
International career[edit]
He received his first call to the Croatia national football team on 2 November 2010 for the Euro 2012 qualifier against Malta. He made his national team debut on 9 February 2011 in a friendly match versus the Czech Republic. He made 3 more appearance before May 2012, when he was named in Croatia 26 players preliminary squad for UEFA Euro 2012. After the friendly match against Estonia in May 2012, Croatia manager Slaven Bilić withdrew him from the final list for UEFA Euro 2012.[17] However, just a week after being withdrawn from the final list, he was called up again due to injury of Hamburger SV player Ivo Iličević.[18] He was unused substitute in all 3 Croatia matches at UEFA Euro 2012. During the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying phase he made only one appearance, in the match against Belgium in Zagreb. In May 2014 he was named in Croatia 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.[19] Due to injuries of in Croatian squad just before the opening match against Brazil, Vrsaljko filled in at the left-back position instead of injured Danijel Pranjić.[20] He reprised his role as a left back in Croatia pivotal game against Mexico. On 12 November 2014, at the age of 22, he was the captain of the national team in a 2–1 loss against Argentina, playing for the entire game. He became one of the youngest captains in the history of the national team, with Darijo Srna being rested for the game against Italy.
- Dinamo Zagreb
- Croatian First League (4): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
- Croatian Cup (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
- Croatian Super Cup (1): 2010
- ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 12. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ "Svaki šesti reprezentativac je Zadranin". www.zadarskilist.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Vrsaljko Šime". Nogometni magazin. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- ^ "Šime Vrsaljko, igrač NK Lokomotiva" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ "Croatian Cup 2009/10". Dinamo Zagreb. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- ^ Attias, Vedran. "Šerif s kreča "ubio" Dinamo" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ "Sammir: Novi trener je puno stroži od Zajeca, rekao nam je da 'ovo' ne smijemo izgubiti!" (in Croatian). Sportske novosti. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- ^ "Vaha 'mister 100 posto': Dok smo imali svježine, jako puno smo pokazali!" (in Croatian). Sportske novosti. 29 August 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
- ^ Genoa C.F.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2013 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
- ^ Grifo Altro Colpo Vrsaljko Genoa C.F.C. Official website (in Italian)
- ^ Ufficiale: Sime Vrsaljko è un calciatore del Sassuolo U.S. Sassuolo Calcio Official website (in Italian)
- ^ U.S. Sassuolo Calcio S.r.l. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2014 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
- ^ U.S. Sassuolo Calcio S.r.l. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2015 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
- ^ "Sassuolo in the Europa League". Football Italia. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "Sassuolo: 'Italian success story'". Football Italia. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "Vrsaljko signs until 2021". Atlético Madrid. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "Otpali Lovren, Vrsaljko, Kalinić i Blažević". Večernji list (in Croatian). 29 May 2012.
- ^ "EURO: Iličević otpao, pozvan Vrsaljko". Nacional (in Croatian). 7 June 2012.
- ^ "Modric, Mandzukic lead Croatia's World Cup squad". fifa.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Kovač otkrio taktiku za Brazil: Vrsaljko definitivno mijenja Pranjića". dnevno.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 9 July 2014.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Šime Vrsaljko.
- Šime Vrsaljko profile at Soccerway
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Zadar
- Croatian footballers
- Croatia under-21 international footballers
- Croatia international footballers
- Croatian expatriate footballers
- Croatian First Football League players
- Serie A players
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- NK Lokomotiva players
- Genoa C.F.C. players
- U.S. Sassuolo Calcio players
- Croatian expatriates in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Association football fullbacks
- UEFA Euro 2012 players
- 2014 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2016 players


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Sundown Towns
The horror of ethnic cleansing may seem a dreadfully common part of today's global news stories, but America's own history of ethnic cleansing is still waiting to be told, James Loewen contends. In Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, Loewen exposes, explores and explains the forceful establishment of towns, cities and suburbs that would not let the sun go down on African Americans—and in some cases not on Jews, Chinese Americans, Mexican Americans or Native Americans either.
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By Darrell Todd Maurina
A county commission candidate wants to get the county's road policy amended to make it easier for residents to see her campaign signs.
Gloria Wicker asked the Curry County Commission on Wednesday to allow candidates to put signs in the right-of-way, which extends 30 feet from the center of county roads on each side. With the present rules on signs, Wicker said it is difficult to find locations where she can legally put up signs that will still be seen from the road.
But a county official said changing the road policy could pose safety concerns for drivers.
Danny Davis of the county road department said the setbacks exist for auto safety and the county could get sued if two cars crashed because they couldn't see each other due to a campaign sign placed at an intersection without stop signs.
County attorney Steve Doerr cautioned the commission about making exceptions to policy for political candidates.
"I don't see you can just carve out an exception here without changing the policy," Doerr said. "If you're going to allow signs in the right-of-way for candidates, you need to allow them for everybody."
The commission didn't vote on Wicker's request Wednesday.
"It sounds like there are just too many questions and concerns about this for me to support it," Commissioner Tim Ashley said.
Wicker said she accepted the decision even though she disagreed.
"I don't think it's right that in someone's own driveway you can't put up a sign on the road," she said.
Wicker, a candidate for the District 4 seat covering most of southwest Curry County and part of the city of Clovis, said campaigning in the county is very different from her previous campaigns for the Clovis City Commission.
"In the city, you can maybe talk to 50 constituents a day, but out in the county because of the distances, you might only be able to talk to five constituents in some day," Wicker said. "In my opinion, the only way you can have your constituents know what is going on is to have a sign."
She added: "If these people give you permission to put a sign by their driveway, do you still need to put the sign 30 feet from the center of the road? I don't see the need for that."
In other county business:
• The county received a report from the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration noting that the Adult Detention Center now accounts for 45.6 percent of the county's general fund expenses, up from 30.5 percent in the 2001 fiscal year.
"During the 2005 fiscal year general fund revenues must be monitored carefully and expenditures may require adjustments during the year to maintain the solvency of the county's budget," according to the report.
The report also noted that "the county may wish to increase property tax levels for the ensuing fiscal year" and that "cash balances in all the county's major funds are decreasing and the Department of Finance and Administration will monitor this as the year progresses."


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RUSH: Now, it was just yesterday at the fundraiser in Harvey Weinstein's fashionable West Village home in Manhattan. Again, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were in the audience. This morning on Good Morning America, here is portion of Jonathan Karl, the White House correspondent's report about the IRS scandal -- and, lo and behold, I end up being in this report.
KARL: That's not good enough for some conservatives, who point to past references the president has made to Tea Party groups.
OBAMA: I've been a little amused over the past couple of days where people are having these rallies --
FOLLOWERS: (laughing)
OBAMA: -- about, "Taxes! Taxes!" You would think they would be sayin', "Thank you."
FOLLOWERS: (laughing)
RUSH ARCHIVE: The Obama regime is using government to investigate people.
KARL: And now some of those who say they were unfairly targeted are speaking out about their experience and those inappropriate requests.
WOMAN: The IRS wanted to see my personal Facebook page. They wanted to see my personal Twitter account with pictures of my children on it.
KARL: There are almost certainly more shoes to drop.
RUSH: And one of them dropped this morning in the Washington Post: "IRS
Officials in Washington were Involved in Targeting of Conservative Groups." It was IRS officials in Washington, not "low-level employees in Cincinnati."
This, of course, is my fault, too.
RUSH: Now, ladies and gentlemen, a random act of journalism from the Washington Post, of all places. The Washington Post has found that the IRS's scrutiny of conservative groups was not contained among low-level workers in the Cincinnati office. Now, the Cincinnati office, by the way -- I have since learned -- is exclusive to tax-exempt status and tax-exempt organizations. It's not some insignificant little satellite office off the beaten path that handles a few things here and a few things there.
This is THE place where every application for tax-exempt status goes through. So Obama and the administration said, "Well, it's just, you know, a bunch of low-level rogue people. They're acting on their own, pretty much, in Cincinnati." However, the Washington Post today: "Internal Revenue Service officials in Washington and at least two other offices were involved with investigating conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, making clear that the effort reached well beyond the branch in Cincinnati that was initially blamed, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.
"IRS officials at the agency's Washington headquarters sent queries to conservative groups asking about their donors and other aspects of their operations, while officials in the El Monte and Laguna Niguel offices in California sent similar questionnaires to Tea Party-affiliated groups, the documents show." So some of the scrutiny came from IRS headquarters. What a shock! What an absolute shock! Who would have believed this?
Now, "IRS employees in Cincinnati told conservatives seeking the status of 'social welfare' groups that a task force in Washington was overseeing their applications, according to interviews with the activists." In other words, even the low-level workers in Cincinnati were being told what to do by a task force in Washington. So this whole story that it was a bunch of low-level people in Cincinnati that were acting pretty much on their own, is totally blown up now by the Washington Post.
"Lois G. Lerner, who oversees tax-exempt groups for the IRS..." Did you hear what she said shortly after this story broke? "Well, I'm not very good at math." Well, that's helpful. A chief officer of the Internal Revenue Service is admitting, "I'm not very good at math." "Lois G. Lerner, who oversees tax-exempt groups for the IRS, told reporters Friday that the 'absolutely inappropriate' actions were undertaken by 'front-line people' working in Cincinnati to target groups with 'tea party,' 'patriot' or '9/12' in their names," all of which we now know was a series of lies.
These actions were not done by "front-line" or "low-level" people, and not just in Cincinnati -- and they were not just targeting names but anything indicating they were conservative. Ms. Lerner also lied about when she found out about this. She actually learned about this in June of 2011. Now, you try lying to the IRS and see what happens to you. "In one instance, however, Ron Bell, an IRS employee, informed a lawyer representing a conservative group focused on voter fraud that the application was under review in Washington.
"On several other occasions, IRS officials in Washington and California sent conservative groups detailed questionnaires about their voter outreach and other activities, according to the documents. 'For the IRS to say it was some low-level group in Cincinnati is simply false,' said Cleta Mitchell, a partner in the law firm Foley & Lardner who sought to communicate with IRS headquarters about the delay in granting tax-exempt status to True the Vote." So we know now that the woman in charge of this division at the IRS did not tell the truth on practically every single point.
These actions were not done by front-line or low-level people, and not just in Cincinnati. Lois Lerner also lied about when she found out about this scrutiny. She actually learned about it in June of 2011. We also now know, thanks to the Washington Post story, the IRS was even lying to senators and congressmen who wrote to them to ask about the tax-exempt applications of conservative groups. We also know now that the IRS was not just targeting keywords in the groups' names.
They were targeting anything that indicated they were conservative. In fact, the Washington Post even points out, quote, "Although some of the groups were explicitly labeled 'tea party' or 'patriot,' others that came under intense scrutiny were focused on challenging the Affordable Care Act -- ... Obamacare -- or the integrity of federal elections," which is kind of disturbing here, folks, since the IRS is going to be the enforcement agency of Obamacare.
Andrea Mitchell (NBC News, Washington) said, " "The fact they went after the Tea Party here ... feeds the Republican critics, and this is one of the most outrageous excesses I've seen in all my years in journalism." Andrea Mitchell (NBC News, Washington) is calling this "one of the most outrageous excesses" that she has ever seen in all of her years of journalism. You know, it begets the question. I said yesterday that over the weekend I was asked constantly, "Rush, how come the media is so anti-IRS in this?"
Folks, I'm gonna tell you. This may describe you. American conservatives are so jaundiced by this administration and the media today, that many of them -- and again, this may describe you -- fully expected the media to support the IRS in targeting Tea Party groups, groups that had "patriot" in their name or groups that were forming to fight Obamacare. Such is the corruption in Washington today that many, decent, good, old-fashioned American citizens when this story happened actually expected the media to encourage the IRS, to keep looking further at conservatives.
They were shocked that the IRS would be criticized by the media, and they were asking me why I thought that was. I said, "I can understand why you're perplexed by it. It is a mystery. But I think the answer is that the IRS is the collection agency of the statists. The IRS is the collection agency of socialism." Remember, these people are all about as much money as possible flowing to government. They are all about tax increases. They are all about the government getting bigger.
Anything that happens that encourages people to be suspicious of their collection agency is not good. So they're gonna take this on, and they're gonna try to pile on the IRS just to limit the damage. Because, unlike you, they don't really fear the IRS. They think the IRS is key; the country can't get along without it. It's the collection agency of socialism. Socialism needs all the money. It needs a majority of all money flowing into Washington and being spent and redistributed by Washington.
Anything that might corrupt that whole process, they can't allow to fester. Now, this IRS thing. This is going to hit a nerve with increasing numbers of people in the public -- I think much more so than Benghazi, because this is something people can identify with. People understand this, like the House Bank Scandal. That was so easily understandable. The House Bank Scandal was very simple. Members of Congress could go to the bank... Most people didn't even know there was a bank specifically for members of Congress.
But there was, and members could go there and write checks for money they didn't have. It turned out that their salaries were irrelevant. It didn't matter what they earned. They could get checks cashed any time they wanted, and they were able to run those deficits, those bills that they owed the bank, and there was very little pressure ever to repay it. Once people learned that, that was easily understood. You can't do that at your bank. You can't go cash a check for which you don't have money and get away with it and then go do it again and again and again.
Well, same thing here.
This one is easily understandable: The IRS targeting people.
People suspect this anyway. Now this is confirmation of it. I'm not saying it's more important than Benghazi, don't misunderstand. I'm just saying that people can identify with this easier. So you have this. You have Benghazi. You have the media ticked off now because the AP was targeted for almost Soviet-style treatment by the administration, by the Department of Justice. I don't know how long any of this is gonna last, but I guarantee you it's gonna last longer than the regime thinks or wants it to.


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By Helena Rodriguez: PNT Staff Writer
It may not be hot enough outside to fry an egg on a sidewalk, but to many in Portales it has felt that way lately.
According to the National Weather Service, Portales has only hit the three-digit temperatures a few times this summer and came up short of an expected high of 101Thursday. According to the weather station at Cannon Air Force Base, the Portales area had a recorded high of 97 degrees on Thursday.
Temperatures over the last two weeks have been hovering in the high 90s, and the temperate was at 101 degrees on June 19. The hot streak is expected to continue through the Fourth of July Weekend, although there are a few chances of isolated showers.
With ongoing heat, it's necessary to take precautionary measures when venturing out into the sun, even for a short while, according to Janet Kelly, a registered nurse at Roosevelt General Hospital.
Children and the elderly are particularly susceptible to the heat, but it's also important for everyone to protect themselves.
"The first thing we tell people is to wear loose fit(ting) clothing, light weight with light colors, nothing dark or tight. The tighter your clothes, the more heat you retain," Kelly said.
"You also need to limit your exercise during the hot part of the days. Schedule those rigorous activities during the cooler part of the morning or evening," Kelly said.
She also said people should drink plenty of fluids, before, during and after being in the sun, and to avoid caffeinated beverages because it helps to dehydrate the body. She also noted people should avoid alcohol in the heat.
Beginning signs of heat exhaustion are extreme fatigue, muscle aches, fever, clammy skin, a rapid pulse, nausea and weakness.
To keep cool indoors, Ruth Cox of Cox Refrigeration & Electric Inc., recommends that people change their air conditioner filters once a month. She suggests people find a common date to do this, such as when they get their electric bills. That helps them stay on schedule. This also may help prevent their air conditioner from going out when the heat kicks in.
"I think a lot of air conditioning problems could be avoided if people took care of their filters, " Cox said. "Some air conditioners have washable filters."
Felicia Corrales works at the "Snowi" snowcone stand outside of Wal-Mart Supercenter in Portales. She thinks it has been so hot that some people don't even want to venture out into the heat to get something to cool down with.
"It's been so slow here during the day," Corrales said. "We get busy more like in the late afternoon, around 7:30 and 8 p.m. By then, it is starting to cool down."
Corrales herself admits that she prefers the indoors this time of year.
"We have a pool at home," Corrales said, "but when it's this hot, we mostly stay inside and play video games."
Local lifeguard Clay Hawk said that the city pool in Portales has been averaging about 200 to 300 people a day.
According to a spokesperson at the National Weather Service in Albuquerque, June has typically been the hottest month of the year for Portales. However, the highest recorded temperature in Portales for July 1 was recorded in 1957, when the temperature got up to 104 degrees.


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