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Incidents of corruption, mismanagement and poor planning have spurred not only voucher opponents, but some supporters as well, to call for voucher schools to ensure greater accountability for their academic and fiscal performance. An overwhelming majority of taxpayers polled in Cleveland—whether or not they support vouchers—believe voucher schools should be required to report the results of annual audits, budget decisions and status, teacher qualifications, curriculum, standardized test scores, teaching methods and more.33
However, voucher advocates and legislators continue to block accountability measures for private schools participating in Cleveland's voucher program. In the 2000 legislative session, state Senator C. J. Prentiss (D-Cleveland) sponsored a bill that would have required the Ohio Department of Education to make at least one on-site inspection of participating schools each year. While the bill passed the Senate, the House Education Committee did not vote on it.34 Similarly, a loophole in the voucher law gives the state superintendent of public instruction the authority to exempt schools in the voucher program from meeting state standards for nonpublic schools. From the start of the program, five voucher schools were granted an exemption from standards that include: open records provisions, requirements that teachers be certified and subject to background checks, and compliance with fire, health and safety inspection laws. Legislation has not closed this loophole. As a result, these schools have been afflicted with fire code and safety violations, inadequate instruction, classroom health hazards, a lack of faculty background checks, falsified report cards and more.35
These same five schools collected about $1 million in vouchers prior to completing their application processes; three of the five schools were still in the voucher program as of December 1999.36 That year, one of the two schools that ceased to participate in the program was the Islamic Academy School of Arts and Sciences (IASAS). This school was allowed to operate for two years despite the fact that its 110-year old building had no fire alarm or sprinkler system and was under a "fire watch," requiring staff to check for fires every 30 minutes. Lead-based paint, which can cause brain damage in children, was found at a level eight times greater than generally accepted as safe. Eight of the 12 instructors at IASAS lacked state teaching licenses, and one had been convicted of first-degree murder in a 1964 shooting. State officials acknowledged oversight problems only after learning about school conditions from a Cleveland Plain Dealer article.37
Safety was only one of the major problems at the Academy. The state auditor subsequently released an audit of IASAS, ordering the voucher school to repay nearly $70,000 in tax dollars because IASAS accepted voucher payments for students who were not attending the school, or who had only attended for part of the year. In 1999 alone, over half (32 of 56) of the students for whom the school received voucher payments did not attend the Academy at all or did so for only part of the school year. Many of these students actually attended Cleveland public schools for some or all of that year. The audit also reported that the school would not initially provide student files to the state, and, when IASAS finally did comply, student files had been deliberately falsified to mask the fact that some voucher students had never attended the school: "[I]t appeared that report cards provided for students who we had identified as having attended the Cleveland Municipal School District were duplicates of other report cards for students who did attend the IASAS, the difference being the names were altered."38
The IASAS officially closed its operations at the end of the 1998-99 school year.39 State Auditor Jim Petro indicated that the state had been unable to locate the school owners and hold them accountable for restitution. However, by early 2000, a group of anonymous voucher supporters repaid the nearly $70,000 of tax dollars—plus an additional $11,000 in unpaid utility bills incurred by IASAS—to the Ohio Department of Education.40
Similar problems at the Golden State Christian Academy were compounded by inadequate classroom instruction. Led by an unpaid director, the school is a parent-run "video school." Students sit in front of a television and watch recorded lessons given by an on-screen teacher. The video lessons and workbooks are produced by the Pensacola Christian Academy, which features "a faculty of master [video] teachers that are dedicated to serving the Lord through Christian education." After receiving nearly $150,000 in public funds, it was discovered that the school had no fire safety or health certificate, lacked immunization records for any of its students, and had failed to post emergency procedures. Furthermore, the school's gym was found to have exposed electrical wiring. Golden State's voucher privileges were finally revoked for gross non-compliance as the school was beginning its third year in the voucher program.41
Additionally, accounting problems and lack of financial controls have plagued the program from the start. An independent auditor contracted by the state to evaluate the program found almost $2 million in questionable expenses for the first year. Of this figure, $1.4 million was spent on transportation, predominantly for taxis to transport voucher students at a cost of $15-$18 per student per day. This compares to the average cost of a school bus at $3.33 per day.42 The January 1999 audit found that $419,000 in over-billing by taxi companies since 1997 was largely due to billing for absent students.43

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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (922 votes).
In short: Flat Fast and plenty of wide roads Date of review: April 1, 2013
In short: Good for first half marathonIn full: The race was friendly and well-organised, and I enjoyed the course - in particular the Portway section, which I found better than the City Centre section which doubled back on itself too many times for my liking. My only minor gripe was that they had run out of of small or even medium t-shirts when I arrived at the finish at 2hr20 (I ended up with a large which swamps me)!! I'm not sure why they bothered asking your size on registration really. Other than that I can't fault it.Date of review: January 6, 2013
In short: Brilliant for a first timerIn full: My first ever HM which has really inspired me.Very well organised event with plenty of water and energy stations. The crowd were amazing. I enjoyed it so much and my time wasn't too bad. Good marshalling. In fact it was lots of fun and I'm sure I'll be doing it again.Great medal and a very nice t-shirt and goodie bag. Date of review: November 5, 2012
In short: BRILLIANT RACE!In full: this was my first half in bristol and thoroughly enjoyed it.race started just down from the aquarium and was well signposted and hard to miss.ideal cool running conditions.the start went out and under the suspension bridge and i nice scenic view up the river and looped to come back under the bridge and into main bristol city centre.well marshalled and organised.nice friendly atmposphere with other runners encouraging walkers to keep running.nice goody bag at the end with nice tech tshirt and brilliant medal.ran like clockwork and will def be back to bristol to run again.pb potential for sure as was only a couple minor inclines.also lovely to see ss great britain.well done bristolDate of review: October 19, 2012
In short: Great race plenty chance of P.BIn full: Brilliant race and a PB possibility, the start is a bit messy with two starts with two waves also the results service could had been better as results given on the Run Britain site only goes up to the 3000 finisher also gun times weren't given and when contacted reason given is that how the organizers wanted it. Date of review: October 9, 2012
In short: Good but should be betterIn full: The Portway 7 miles are a bit dull - even if they do have the Clifton Suspension Bridge - but it is useful to spread the pack and maintain your target pace. The oggy, oggy, oggy tradition in the tunnel is good fun. The last 3 miles through town seem under-supported and the twists and turns break your stride. It can be very difficult to get back across to the University side of town after the race.Date of review: October 8, 2012
In short: Slick organisation, good crowd support, nice view of suspension bridge with PB opportunity.Date of review: October 5, 2012
In short: Undoubtedly a Big Race, but none the worse for it.In full: Overall, this was a very good event.There was ample car parking and the bag storage was a nice touch. The loo-queue was very long, but that was partly my fault for arriving late.The White start seemed to be a right mixed bag, as there must have been 95+ minute runners in it, even though there were the elites at the front,so the 1st mile was by far the slowest. No worse than many other big races though.By the Portway, people spread out and it was mostly a test of pacing one's self. The course then got more urban and interesting after about 7M. I didn't like the short, sharp inclines and sliproads, but lively crowd support made the last 5 miles seem that little bit easier. Gels on route was also nice, and I managed to set a PB.After the race, the organisation was good, though a lot of us never got the promised Costa vouchers in out goody bags and the T-shirts seemed to be very big. I got a Small and it's a great technical T, but as an average sized bloke I feel sorry for any small runners!Date of review: October 2, 2012
In short: I love the City of Bristol so wanted to run itIn full: I thought the race was superbly organised, only my second half, being on a par with Bath. I loved the race village, lots of loos and no crowding, good starting pens. Lost the will to live going out along the Portway, notmuch support and bit of a slog, preferred it back in the city.Fab marshall ( lady )on the home straight who was very encouraging even though I was in the last 1000 back she was still very vocal ! would deff do it again. Date of review: October 2, 2012
In short: Very good race, well organised and friendly defo do again!!Date of review: October 2, 2012
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Reading a book is a physical act, writes Andrew Piper on Slate, arguing that an e-reader just isn't the same. Every night, he reads his children a bedtime story.
As I begin to read, the kids begin to lean into me. Our bodies assume positions of rest, the book our shared column of support. No matter what advertisers say, this could never be true of the acrobatic screen. As we gradually sink into the floor, and each other, our minds are freed to follow their own pathways, unlike the prescribed pathways of the Web. We read and we drift. 'The words of my book nothing,' writes Walt Whitman, 'the drift of it everything.'
Reading sets minds wandering, the best way to discover new ideas, writes Piper. "New connections, new pathways, and sharp turns are being made as we meander our way through the book, but also away from it."
. . . We may be holding the book together, but our minds are no doubt far apart by now. The fairy tale is the first story of childhood because it tells of such leaving behind (parents and home), of entering the dreamscape of the woods—and the mind. It tells of the crooked path of change. How can one know where reading books ends and dreaming in books begins?"
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Do readers' minds wander less with an e-reader? I prefer to read a real book, if I'm not traveling, but reading a screen is still reading.


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What is Golf Club Bounce? Technical Director Jeff Summitt Explains
Bounce angle is a term generally associated with wedges, but any golf club can have a bounce angle. Besides the golf shaft, bounce angle may be the next most misunderstood concept of a golf club design. Part of this lies in the definition. I have seen many places where the writer defines the bounce as:(Old definition) The measurement of the number of degrees from where the club rests on the ground and the club's leading edge.While the definition above may have been true in the past, it is technically not correct anymore. Before I explain why, let us lead you gradually in this discussion by examining the anatomy of the sole.
First, there are four factors that go hand-in-hand in understanding this design parameter of a golf club; sole radius (if at all), sole width, leading edge height and contact point on the sole.If you look at a barrel of old irons, there will be two things you will notice about the sole of a golf club: they were very narrow and they were flat (or almost). Going through my collection of clubs, even game improvement irons as late as the end of the 1990s exhibited relatively narrow soles (0.75" wide or less) and very little radius compared to custom golf clubs offered today. Take one of these clubs and place it on a table with the shaft being perpendicular to the ground. A toe view of the club should look something like the following diagram.
Looking at the anatomy of the sole, there are a couple important terms to know. The outermost dimensions of the sole are the leading edge (positioned at the bottom of the face) and the trailing edge (positioned along the back edge of the head). The distance between the leading and trailing edges is the sole width. Note that the trailing edge of the sole may be tapered, so the sole width may vary along its' length. Most manufacturers will reference the center point of the sole for this dimension. It is also important to realize that few irons are perfectly flat on the sole although it may look that way. In addition, head manufacturers will normally grind or radius the leading or trailing edge so that it is not a sharp point.
The next term to mention is the contact point or where the sole makes contact with the ground line when the hosel or shaft is perpendicular to the ground. In the diagram above, the contact point is in the center of the sole meaning that both the leading and trailing edges of the sole are parallel to the ground. If the sole were perfectly flat, then the contact point would be the entire sole width.
What happens when the contact point is not in the center of the sole? To start out the understanding of bounce let us use our example where the sole is perfectly flat, contact on the sole is not in the center and yet the hosel is perpendicular to the ground. In this case, there are only two possible positions that the sole can rest on; the leading and trailing edge of the sole.
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In the case where the contact point is on the leading edge, then the trailing edge with rest above the ground line. The sole angle relative to the ground line forms the bounce angle. In our example, a 0.75" wide sole has the trailing edge measuring 0.052" above the ground line, which creates a 4° sole angle pointed toward the ground. When this condition occurs, it is referred to as a negative bounce angle or also referred to as a "digger" sole. A digger sole does just that as it has a tendency to dig into the ground, which could be considered a negative design characteristic for any club designed to hit off of the ground.
Conversely, if the contact point is on the trailing edge, then the leading edge with rest above the ground line again forming a sole angle relative to the ground line. The bounce angle with a 0.75" wide sole with the leading edge measuring 0.052" above the ground line creates a 4° sole angle pointed upward from the ground. When this condition occurs, it is referred to as a positive bounce angle.
Why would a golf manufacturer design a golf club with bounce in the first place? It is important to understand at impact that the club may not return with the hosel perpendicular to the ball or that the golfer starts out with the club positioned as the manufacturer measures the loft of the club, but perhaps with a forward press. Whenever the ball is positioned on the ground, it may be necessary for the golfer to hit "down" on the ball in order to make solid contact and achieve getting the ball airborne and with increased back spin. For a further explanation why it is important to hit down on the ball, please reference the Angle of Attack article. To account for the downward angle of attack, manufacture's needed to create some bounce into their designs in order to avoid the club from burying into the ground conditions.
Here is an example of the same flat-soled iron with a 4° bounce angle with the shaft parallel to the ground and next to it, the same club at impact with a 4° angle of attack. By creating the bounce leaving the leading edge above the ground at address, avoided the club from digging into the ground at impact. As the angle of attack matched the bounce angle, the contact point of the sole on the ground is in the center of the sole. If the angle of attack had been any less than 3°, then the trailing edge would have made contact with the ground, thus the ball would make contact on the face closer to the leading edge of the face. However, if the golfer struck the ball with an angle of attack greater than 5°, then the leading edge would have made contact with the ground first.
Luckily manufacturers have done away with flat soles as the margin for error is small. The modern iron looks more like the following diagram and as you can see has a sole radius from front to back with no well defined trailing and leading edges to reference. Sole radius accounts for variable angles of attack with minimal contact of the sole on the ground
Producing a radius on the sole, the clubs could conceivably make contact with the ground line at several different positions not possible with a flat sole. Examine the next diagram in regards to the sole radius and the contact point. With a flat soled club, contact made with the center of the sole touching created no bounce as the leading and trailing edges would be level with one another. Therefore on a radius soled club, 0° bounce occurs when the contact point is made in the center of the sole when the shaft is hosel is perpendicular to the ground. A positive bounce angle occurs when the leading edge is higher than the trailing edge. For this to occur with the shaft perpendicular to the ground, then the sole contact must be made rearward from the center of the sole. A negative sole angle occurs when the trailing edge is higher than the leading edge. Again, with the shaft perpendicular to the ground, the contact point on the must be forward of the center of the sole.
However, this is the very reason why the original definition does not apply anymore. For example, the contact point could be located in the very center of the sole. By the old definition, it was the angle created by the contact point and leading edge. When the sole was flat, this was true, but not with a radius sole. Look at the following diagram to see the reason why. As mentioned before, if the contact point is in the center of the sole on a club with a radius, then there is 0° bounce therefore this drawing doesn't accurately depict what sole bounce really is.
(Correct definition) The measurement of the number of degrees between the clubs's leading and trailing edges in relationship to the ground line when the club is in the square position and with the hosel perpendicular to the ground.
This leads us to the next part of the discussion to understand how bounce is made / measured on a club with a radius sole. In order to produce a radius, there first needs to be a circle. For example, let's say the circle on the right has a diameter of 4" so the radius of the circle is half of that or 2". The radius of the sole can only be as wide as the sole itself. Scaling to the diagram, the sole radius will be 1.25" (as indicated by the solid red line), which is extremely wide, but selected to better illustrate the basic idea.
Look at the two pie-shaped segments within the circle. At the base, each is one-half the width of the sole. Where they connect would be the contact point on the ground line which would be in the center of sole. Due to the radius of the arc, only one point along the circle can make contact with our ground line, therefore the outermost positions of the pie shaped pieces along the circumference of the circle will be higher than the ground line. These are labeled "leading edge" and "trailing edge", which the red line depicting the "sole width" which is parallel to the ground line. Using our example with a 2" radius and a 1.25" wide sole width, the leading edge will be 0.1" above the ground line, yet the bounce is 0°.
A flat soled club with a 1.25" wide sole and 0° bounce, the leading and trailing edges would be on the ground. It is important to understand effect of sole width on the distance from the leading edge to the ground line. There is a faint dotted orange line above and parallel to the red line. If the sole width was 2", then the leading trailing edges would be 0.268" above the ground. Contrarily, the shorter the sole width, the leading edge would not be as high given the same sole radius. The importance of this statement will come later.
Now that we have established the sole radius and sole width, the next thing is to select the degrees of bounce to create the leading edge height and contact point on the sole. To help understand this part, let's take the two pie-shaped pieces and the solid red line out of the circle. In the diagram below it looks like we now have four tiny ships. The one on the furthest left is our original model from the diagram above. The second model is the same segment of the circle, but rotated 4° counterclockwise from the center of the circle so that leading edge is higher than the trailing edge. The dimension to the right of each segment is the dimension from the leading edge to the ground line. This would be considered positive bounce because the contact point is now located rearward of the center of the sole. Again, it is not the contact point that determines the bounce it is the difference between leading and trailing edges in relationship to the ground line.
The third model in the diagram shows when the segment of the circle is rotated 4° clockwise from the center of the circle so that trailing edge is higher than the leading edge. This creates a negative sole angle, but due to the radius, the leading edge is above the ground line (0.052"). The last model represents what happens more on a sand wedge where the bounce is much higher than typically the rest of the set (in this case 12°). The contact point is much closer to the trailing edge, which also raises the leading edge higher off of the ground. A situation where the leading edge is too high can lead to shots that can be bladed in certain situations.
As mentioned earlier, the narrower the sole, the less height the leading edge is above the ground line. By narrowing the sole from 1.25" to 0.781" (closer to a normal sole width), the leading edge lowers substantially with the same 2" sole radius. The model on the far right illustrates just how bounce itself does not tell the whole story. There is a term called effective bounce, which is the bounce measurement, along with the leading edge height and sole width. Even though the fourth model in the two diagrams have 12° bounce, the leading edge height is a little over 0.1" difference. While this may not seem that great, it can make a big difference in the playability from a tight lie versus a fluffy lie, with the former being better for tighter lies or firmer terrain.
In addition, sole radius plays a factor in how the leading edge can be up off of the ground. Let's use the same 0.781" sole width as above, but increase the radius to 1.5" (remember the smaller the circle the more radius occurs). Incorporating a greater radius on the sole allows the leading edge to be higher off of the ground. Look at the difference between first two models in the two diagrams as both of these have 0° bounce. Where the difference really shows up is when the sole is rotated clockwise, the same as if the head was de-lofted due to a descending angle of attack, the leading edge is not as low to the ground and less likely to dig in. This is one of the reasons why normally you find more bounce on narrower soled clubs as often the sole has more radius than a wider sole model.
A prime example of this (although it does not exist in any head that I am aware of) is if the radius was very small (0.625" radius) and the width was extremely narrow (0.5" wide). Even if the club had 30° bounce, the leading edge would only be 0.25" above the ground line! Below is a quick guide to factors and how they affect leading edge height:
|More radius (think of a smaller circle)
|The higher the leading edge will be off from the ground
|Wider sole with the same radius
|The higher the leading edge will be off from the ground
|Greater degree of bounce
|The higher the leading edge will be off from the ground
|Ascending angle of attack
|The higher the leading edge will be off from the ground
|Less radius (think of a larger circle)
|The lower the leading edge will be off from the ground
|Narrower sole with the same radius
|The lower the leading edge will be off from the ground
|Lesser degree of bounce
|The lower the leading edge will be off from the ground
|Descending angle of attack
|The lower the leading edge will be off from the ground
To better illustrate the effect of sole width and radius on the bounce angle, examine the following chart. The chart represents two different width soles (0.781" and 1.25") and three different sole radii (flat, 3" and 1.5"). Note: the leading edge has not been ground off in these cases leaving a sharp distinctive point of reference. In addition, these are not necessarily recommendations or fitting examples, rather more for the purpose of explaining their relationships.
The most common sand wedge bounce is 12° on a medium width sole (0.781"). Looking at the Leading Edge Height from the Ground Line chart, we can see that the distance to the leading edge would be 0.163". The same leading edge height occurs with the flat sole and the one with the 1.5" radius. Remember we said before that the club may not end up in the exact same position? Let's say a golfer was to use each of the clubs and had a 5° angle of attack. When the club returns to impact, now the leading edge has been lowered by the golfer. The underlined values at the 7° bounce (12° bounce minus the 5° angle of attack) show the new leading edge height. The head with the greater radius has the leading edge height higher than the other two heads with the same sole width (0.096" vs. 0.110").
|Leading Edge Height from the Ground Line
|Sole Radius
|Sole Width
You might have noticed that most wide sole cavity back wedges do not have the same amount of bounce as a narrower blade-style model. To have the same effective bounce, less measured bounce is needed and here is the reason why. Let's say we have a 1.25" wide sole wedge with a 3" radius. This will effective make the leading edge 1.81" above the ground. The same golfer with the 5° angle of attack will now return the club at impact with a leading edge height of 0.102" or the equivalent of the narrower sole clubs with greater bounce.
In an extreme example of where there is a very wide sole (1.25") and has a high sole radius (1.5") the manufacturer may select a bounce for the sand wedge may appear low on paper, for example 4°. This still leaves the leading edge height 0.183" above the ground. Even if the golfer returned the club with a 5° angle of attack, then effectively it has a negative 1° bounce. But due to the high radius sole, the leading edge will still be approximately 0.125" above the ground.
You might even see long irons with negative bounce as part of their specifications. Once considered that the head was inaccurately manufactured if the bounce was negative is no longer true. Often times the #1, 2 and even 3-irons are used off of a tee. Thus any time the ball is off the ground, then an upward or ascending angle of attack occurs which will add both loft and bounce to the club at impact. Even if clubs with negative bounce are hit of the ground with a level swing, the modern sole radius will prevent the chance of a "fat" shot as the leading edge will be above the ground line.
Most manufacturers do not provide bounce specifications other than for the wedges, perhaps for good reason as it can be quite confusing to the customer. Even if they did, sole radius and sole width specifications will not be included. So it is really up to the manufacturer to understand these relationships when designing a particular model to make it playable.
Very few times you see the exact same head, but in different bounce option from a fitting situation. The only time multiple bounce options are available occurs with only a few name brand manufacturers who will sell enough to make it a worthwhile investment in tooling. The two leaders in the wedge category (Cleveland and Titleist) offer some high bounce and even low bounce options for the different conditions and the golfer's angle of attack. Otherwise it will require a skilled clubmaker to grind the sole or alter the loft to customize the effective bounce.
By reading this article, hopefully you have gained a better understanding and comprehension of what exactly the bounce angles mean and how the manufacturers derive at their final product. Bounce can be more complicated than this when you factor in any maladjusted lie angle, if the face is opened or closed or if the sole was produced with multiple radii or intricate grinds or bevels on the sole. However, the basics regarding sole width, leading edge height and contact point on the sole still apply.
Jeff Summitt, Technical Director has been part of the design, research and development of custom golf clubs and golf components for over 26 years.


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Nina (nee Muscaella) DiNunzio
Nina (nee Muscarella) DiNunzio of Tonawanda, N.Y., died Tuesday, April 16, 2013, with her family by her side.
She was born Dec. 20, 1958, in Silver Creek, N.Y., and was the devoted daughter of Dr. Joseph L. and Louella A. Muscarella.
Raised in Fredonia, N.Y., she was a 1977 graduate of Fredonia Central High School and earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Niagara University in 1981. She had been employed as a cardiac nurse at Buffalo General Hospital.
She is survived by her beloved children: Thomas J., Lia M., Elizabeth A. and Gina M. DiNunzio; and was the dearest sister of Dr. Joseph L. Jr. (Donna), Michael J. (Christyn) and John (Stacey) Muscarella.
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Wildcats finish 12th at GLIAC track meet
ASHLAND, Ohio – Northern Michigan University placed 12th in the three-day GLIAC Outdoor Track and Field championships that concluded Friday in Ashland, Ohio.
The Wildcat women totaled 16 points.
On Friday, NMU senior Colby West placed seventh in the 400-meter hurdles with a 1 minute, 4.52 second clocking. A day earlier in qualifying, she broke a Northern record by coming in at 1:04.19.
In Friday's triple jump, junior Cheyenne Stewart came in fifth with an effort of 36 feet, 7 inches, while junior teammate Delaney Lovett was sixth with 35-10.75. On Thursday, Stewart was seventh in the long jump in 17-4.25.
Also Thursday, senior Mariah Beaman was seventh in the javelin with 110-4, while junior Mallory Celaya was eighth in the three-kilometer steeplechase.
In the heptathlon on Wednesday, senior Brooke Granquist of Powers finished seventh with 4,039 total points.
Granquist came in 10th during qualifying for the 800 to miss the top-eight finals by 1.4 seconds.
In addition, sophomore Brittni Wirtz missed qualifying for the finals in the 100 and 200 dashes, coming in ninth in the 100 and missing a top-eight finals spot by 0.01 of a second.
Sophomore Olivia Howard was 12th and junior Chelsea Farquhar 13th in the 10,000, each less than a minute from scoring points for a top-eight finish, while senior Rita Woitas was 21st in the 5,000.
NMU was 11th in the 4-by-400 relay.
Grand Valley ran away with the women's team title, scoring 220 points to 109 for runner-up Ashland. Lake Superior State was ninth with 35 and Michigan Tech 14th with 11.
For the men, Ashland outpointed GVSU, 199-169, for the title as LSSU was eighth with 35 and MTU 10th with 28.
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Topic: Rails app inside another SSL Rails app
Hello all.
We currently have a production rails 3 site running using phusion passenger. It is running on SSL.
However our client also wants a test site and it must also use SSL. We do not have the time, free IPs or money to setup a separate SSL app on a different sub-domain so I have been told to try and put a clone of the main app under the /test path.
My first thought was to setup the test app on a different port and reverse proxy to it inside a location directive of the main site's virtual host.
<LocationMatch "/test.*">
ProxyPassMatch http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080/test/$1
ProxyPassReverse http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080/test/$1
However this does not appear to work correctly. I believe that the test app's generated urls always cut off the /
(I haven't been able to access the app proper since I cannot login beause of the redirect to the slash'less route and accessing the correct route still results in a redirect)
Because this is a Rails 3 app I cannot use the config.action_controller.relative_url_root (or whatever it was) so I am, for the moment just sticking all the routes inside a large
scope '/test' do
...routes here...
If anyone has any experience or suggestions on how to proceed they would be most appreciated, I am not an apache expert and have never had to do this (frankly PITA) setup before.
Note that I cannot use a self-signed cert on a separate subdomain; the only option available is to stick the test applicaton in the /test path/
EDIT: I have tried every method on this page without success
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3181 e-url-root
EDIT: I am pretty sure the apache config is ok, it is just why the "#$!% rails app urls are missing the /
trying to access
ends up with a redirect to
This URL is being generated by a before_filter pointing to a devise login route
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After a series of car break-ins in the Thomasville, GA area, Grant Carney and his wife finally decided to set up their trap to catch the thieves. Carney planted a phony purse in his truck that was stuffed full of paper, and an empty wallet with a single dollar sticking out as bait. There was also a sensor in the car, that when broken, would alert Grant of the break in and a motion detecting camera.
"So I'm looking out the window getting a description of him while my wife is on the phone with 911 and the whole time I see the flash going off in the truck," laughed Carney.
Grant knew that once the thief got his picture taken, he would try to take the camera with him to avoid getting caught. This is why they chained the camera to the car, giving the police enough time to arrive there before he finally got it off.
"Right now we're charging him with seven counts of entering autos. We have more we'll probably tie him to soon," said Carney.
All the vehicles investigators say Harper stole from were unlocked. A reminder to keep your car doors locked.
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I am walking again this year in this great event on August 27th.
Last year the company I work for, Dealer Tire, was the top fund raising company.
We are looking to repeat that performance.
My department has a guy who loves his beautiful head of hair and has offered to shave it if we hit a specific dollar amount. A few people have already donated to my personal page and that is greatly appreciated.
Here is the link for our latest efforts. Thanks in advance to all.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cup
Calories 201
Total Fat 2 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Cholesterol 101 mg
Sodium 141 mg
Potassium 344 mg
Total Carbohydrate 11 g
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 33 g
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Turkey breast with bones 6 pounds (with at least 2 cups meat)
Medium onions 2
Celery stalks 3
Dried thyme 1 teaspoon
Dried rosemary ½ teaspoon
Dried sage ½ teaspoon
Dried basil 1 teaspoon
Dried marjoram ½ teaspoon
Dried tarragon ½ teaspoon
Salt ½ teaspoon
Black pepper to taste
Italian pastina or pasta ½ pound
- Place turkey breast in large 6-quart pot. Cover with water until at least three quarters full.
- Peel onions, cut into large pieces, and add to pot. Wash celery stalks, slice, and add to pot.
- Simmer covered for about 2-1/2 hours.
- Remove carcass from pot. Divide soup into smaller, shallower containers for quick cooling in refrigerator.
- After cooling, skim off fat.
- While soup cools, remove remaining meat from turkey carcass. Cut into pieces.
- Add turkey meat to skimmed soup, along with herbs and spices.
- Bring to boil and add pastina. Continue cooking on low boil for about 20 minutes, until pastina is done. Serve at once or refrigerate for later reheating.


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GIST Support International - GIST In the News
Managing Sutent side effects
|Posted by Julie Royster (jroyster) on Oct 28 2006
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A practical paper written by oncology nurse Laura S. Wood, RN MSN OCN has been published online with free access by the journal Community Oncology. The paper, which covers side effects from sunitinib and sorafenib (in trials for GIST), deals with fatigue, hypertension, diarrhea, mucositis, skin conditions, and hair changes. Patients taking thes drugs or considering doing so might get helpful hints from this publication. Link here to read it.
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Vicks: How to Sell Thermometers When No One Gets the Flu
June 4, 2013
Lara Peterson, vice president of marketing, healthcare at Kaz, Inc., and Sarah VanHeirseele, vice president of digital at Blue Chip Marketing Worldwide, discussed a fully-integrated campaign for Vicks which featured a hyper-targeted mobile experience to drive moms to retailers to purchase their new thermometer during the lowest flu season on record.
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Kennedy Swann and Ashley Czarnecki joined the Clemson roster in January
First signee of the Hester era.
Clemson team finishes 13th out of 18 teams
Clemson in 12th place entering final round
Hewson Leads Clemson with 73
Senior Sloan Shanahan makes her final appearance
Hewson Finishes fourth, Valdes ninth in medalist race.
Hewson and Valdes in top 10 entering final round
Clemson competes in Regional Preview Monday and Tuesday
Hewson leads way with 219 total
Sophomore fired even par on Monday
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A perplexing situation
After the Emancipation Proclamation, the stream of slaves running to freedom swelled to a flood. Gen. W. Sooy Smith, who commanded Union troops in Tennessee, faced a dilemma. Men loyal to the Union wanted their property returned. But Smith's orders were to refuse such requests. This letter asks how to avoid "the charge of furnishing Asylum to the Servants of loyal men." The War Department usually advised that runaways be employed by the Army.
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Summer is the time to take advantage of rooftop bars and lounges as event venues. With some of the best views of the city, these new spaces offer amenities such as a private elevator, outdoor fireplaces, and special menus.
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Gene Seroka, executive director at the Port of Los Angeles, said 2016 was an "epic" year, and in 2017, the port will focus on improvements in process management, information technology and land use.
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Norway edges Eagles, 20-18
STEPHENSON – Norway's Taylor Bonetti threw three touchdowns to Austin Grayvold in the second quarter and the Knights held on for their first win of the season, 20-18, in non-conference football Friday.
"It was a big win for us," said Norway coach Bob Madigan. "Stephenson is a good, physical team. We took some gambles and they paid off."
Trailing 20-16, Stephenson drove the Norway 2-yard-line with under a minute to play, but Pat Guffey fell on an Eagles fumble to end the threat.
Later, facing fourth down with 20 seconds remaining, the Knights took a safety to complete the scoring.
"We had two nice defensive stands in the fourth quarter," Madigan said. "It was a real good high school game. The kids really stepped up and played."
An earlier red zone possession by the Eagles was stuffed at the eight-year line after a fourth down pass was tipped by Jack Rossato and fell incomplete.
Bonetti completed eight of 16 passes for 140 yards with one interception. The touchdowns came on plays of 10, 54 and 9 yards.
A bad snap on a punt set up the final Knights touchdown.
Norway's defense was led by Zavier Gonzalez, 22 tackles; Grayvold, 20 tackles; Cody Spade, 12 tackles; and Bonetti, nine tackles.
Norway (1-2) hosts Manistique on Friday.
Norway 0 20 0 0 – 20
Stephenson 0 8 8 2 – 18
Second quarter
S – David Hartges, 7-yd. run (Alex Starzynski run), 11:28.
N – Austin Grayvold, 10-yd. pass from Taylor Bonetti (pass failed), 5:57.
N – Grayvold, 54-yd. pass from Bonetti (Bonetti run), 2:01.
N – Grayvold, 9-yd. pass from Bonetti (run failed), 1:09.
Third quarter
S – David Hartges, 12-yd. run (pass good), 6:16.
Fourth quarter
S – safety.
Norway rushing: Jordan Neumann, 11-60; Grayvold, 4-24; Bonetti, 4-24.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 5, 2010) – U.S. Men's National Team outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) scored 18 points for his Italian Serie A League team Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia as it defeated M. Roma Volley, 3-1 (25-18, 16-25, 28-26, 25-21) on Oct. 31 in Vibo Valentia.
Anderson finished with a match-high 15 kills (0.42 hitting percentage), one block and two aces.
In other Italian league matches, U.S. middle blocker Theo Brunner (Ridgefield, Conn.) scored 10 points on eight kills (0.64 hitting percentage), one block and one ace as his Italian team Marmi Lanza Verona defeated U.S. middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) and his team Copra Morpho Piacenza, 3-1 (26-24, 25-21, 23-25, 25-22) on Oct. 31 in Verona.
Brunner started all four sets for Verona while his teammate U.S. outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.) played as a substitute but did not score. Holt substituted in two sets and started the fourth for Piacenza and scored four points on three kills and an ace.
U.S. outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) suffered his first loss with his Italian team Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza on Oct. 31 as it fell to Lube Banca Marche Macerata, 25-22, 25-28, 25-21 in Monza. Rooney started all three sets and led his team with 13 points on 13 kills (0.38 hitting percentage).
Zenit Kazan, featuring Lloy Ball (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) went on a road trip and won two more matches in the past week, to remain undefeated at 3-0 in the Russian Super League.
On Oct. 31, Kazan defeated Dynamo-Yantar Kaliningrad, 3-2 (25-20, 23-25, 25-19, 24-26, 16-14).
Priddy started all five sets and scored 13 points on 12 kills (0.42 hitting percentage) and one block. Ball also stated all five sets and scored eight points on two kills, a team-high five blocks and one ace.
On Nov. 3, Kazan defeated Lokomotiv-Belogorie Belgorod, 25-17, 25-21, 25-21. Priddy scored nine points on eight kills (0.32 hitting percentage) and one block. Ball had four points on one kill, one block and two aces.
U.S. setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) and his Russian team Fakel Novy Urengoi have won its last two matches in the Super League. On Oct. 31, Fakel beat Yaroslavich Yaroslavl, 3-1 (25-13, 16-25, 25-20, 25-20). Hansen started all four sets, scoring two points on one kill and one ace. He also set his team to a 0.53 hitting percentage.
To view photos from the match, click here.
On Nov. 4, Fakel defeated Dynamo Krasnodar, 3-1 (22-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-21). Hansen scored one point on a kill and set his team to a 0.42 hitting percentage.
U.S. opposite Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawaii) and his team Ural Ufa won their first match of the season on Nov. 3, defeating Dynamo Moscow, 25-23, 25-23, 25-23. Stanley led all scorers with 13 points on a match-high 11 kills (0.42 hitting percentage) and two blocks.
On Oct. 31, Ufa fell to Gazprom-Ugra Surgut, 3-2 (23-25, 25-22, 20-25, 25-22, 15-7). Stanley led his team with 24 points on 16 kills (0.36 hitting percentage), three blocks and a match-high five aces.
U.S. middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) and his Russian team Kuzbass Kemerovo have lost their last two matches.
On Oct. 31, Dynamo Moscow beat Kemerovo, 25-22, 25-23, 25-14. Lee scored seven points on four kills and three blocks. On Nov. 3, Kemerovo fell to Lee's former Russian team, Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, 3-2 (25-16, 22-25, 12-25, 25-22, 15-13). Lee scored eight points on five kills and three blocks.
U.S. setter Jonathan Winder (Irvine, Calif.) has won his last two matches with his Hellenic League team PAOK Thessaloniki.
On Oct. 31, PAOK defeated Apollon Kalamarias, 25-22, 25-18, 25-21. Winder started all three sets, scored one point with a block and set his team to a 0.41 hitting percentage.
On Nov. 4, PAOK beat EA Patron, 3-1 (23-25, 29-27, 25-21, 29-27). Winder started all four sets, scoring five points on five kills and setting his team to a 0.50 hitting percentage.
GS Lamia, the Greek team of U.S. opposite Will Price Gaithersburg, Md.) and middle blocker Andy Hein (Carol Stream, Ill.) went 1-1 in its last two matches.
On Oct. 31, Lamia defeated ESOP Epikouros, 25-16, 21-25, 25-16, 25-23. Price led all scorers with 23 points on 20 kills (0.50 hitting percentage), one block and two aces. Hein added eight points on seven kills (1.0 hitting percentage) and one block.
On Nov. 4, Lamia fell to AO Kifisias, 25-21, 25-16, 25-16. Price started all three sets and led Lamia with 13 points on 12 kills (0.63 hitting percentage) and one ace. Hein started all three sets and scored seven points on four kills (0.67 percent), two blocks and one ace.
Iraklis Thessoloniki, the Hellenic League team of U.S. opposite Brook Billings (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and outside hitter Ryan Jay Owens, lost its Oct. 31 match to AO Kifisias, 3-1 (25-20, 26-24, 19-25, 25-19). Billings started all four sets and led his team with 14 points on 12 kills (0.27 hitting percentage) and two block. Owens started all four sets and scored eight points on eight kills (0.33 hitting percentage).
However Iraklis came back on Nov. 4 to defeat Olympiakos Piraeus, 3-1 (33-31, 25-23, 23-25, 25-14). Olympiakos is the Greek team of U.S. outside hitter Jayson Jablonsky (Yorba Linda, Calif.).
Billings started all four sets for Iraklis and led the team with 19 points on 17 kills (0.47 hitting percentage), one block and one ace. Owens added 15 points nine kills (0.50 hitting percentage), four blocks and two aces. Jablonsky started all four sets for Olympiakos and scored eight points on eight kills (0.42 hitting percentage).
Jablonsky scored 13 points on 12 kills (0.32 hitting percentage) and one ace in Olympiakos' Oct. 31 loss to Ethnikos Alexandroupolis, 3-1 (25-19, 26-24, 21-25, 31-29).
Another U.S. player on a Greek team to note is Kris Berzins, who is the son of 1984 Olympic gold medalist Aldis Berzins, and is playing for Panellinios Athens.
U.S. middle blocker Ryan Millar (Alpine, Utah) started all five sets and scored 10 points as his Polish team Asseco Resovia Rzeszów defeated Jastrzębski Węgiel on Nov. 3, 3-2 (16-25, 25-20, 17-25, 25-20, 15-12. Millar scored on five kills and five blocks.
U.S. outside hitter Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.) substituted in three sets and started the fourth, scoring two points on one kill and one ace as his German league team SCC Berlin defeated evivo Düren, 3-1 (23-25, 25-22, 32-30, 25-23) on Nov. 3.
SCC Berlin is leading the German league.
U.S. middle blocker David Smith (Saugus, Calif.) is back with Unicaja Almeria this season and the team is 2-1 after three matches in the Spanish League.
Smith was named an "outstanding player" in the third round as Almeria defeated Cajasol Juvasa 3-1 (32-34, 25-23, 25-20, 25-16) on Nov. 4. Smith scored 14 points on eight kills (0.62 hitting percentage), five blocks and one ace.


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Demand Response (DR) is a class of demand-side management programs in which utilities offer customers incentives to reduce their demand for electricity during periods of critical system conditions or periods of high market power costs. Realizing the benefits of demand response has not been as easy as hoped, and challenges remain in both wholesale and retail markets that complicate the use of DR as a capacity resource. This paper examines these challenges, chronicles some DR experiences to date, and illustrates how various barriers to successful DR programs can be overcome. An overview of DR is presented for the commercial sector, design components, end-use and facility targets for load reduction, and enabling technology options. Utility costs and system benefits, reasons why customers participate and barriers to participation are then discussed. Next follows some lessons learned and, based on successful programs around the country, and recommendations for the best practices in program design.
Additionally, this paper touches on energy efficiency as a second element of demand-side management, and explores the relationship between efficiency and demand response.


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Re: The "best" Rails IDE for Windows
Was there really any need for that?
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Was there really any need for that?
ok ummmm.....yeah.....if anyone has a useful answer to my question please step forward. otherwise remain silent!
Yes- if you want to use Ruby in Steel, you will need a full version of a Visual Studio. Express doesn't work.
gVim is great on windows. I use it on linux at home and "gVim portable" when i'm away from my own computer.
It has fancy color schemes, code completion, and with some plugins, it gets much of the niceness of textmate for rails development. Stuff like shortcuts for moving between the method you're in of a controller, and the associated views, tests, and helpers. I'd say it's a very viable competitor to textmate, although it doesn't have the ease of use or "intuitiveness" that textmate has.
If you're interested, I'd recommend picking up the rails plugin, the project plugin, and perhaps the database plugin that the rails plugin can co-operate with (I've forgotten the name)
lamdk wrote:
Was there really any need for that?
lol sorry, just trying to be purposely obnoxious
Yes- if you want to use Ruby in Steel, you will need a full version of a Visual Studio. Express doesn't work.
We'll have some news on an 'all in one' solution (i.e. a version of Ruby In Steel that comes complete with a Rubyized version of Visual Studio 2008 at no extra cost) in the New Year... ;-)
Come on, someone has to mention Aptana!
If you're looking for a good development platform with code completion, syntax highlighting, clean integration of the language, gems, plugins etc... try NetBeans 6.0 (http://www.netbeans.org)
Even though it is known primarily as a Java editor/tool, the latest version (6.0) has received a great deal of attention from its development team to ensure you can use NetBeans to develop Ruby and JRuby based applications.
Not only that, but it's cross platform (Windows/Linux/Mac), Open Source and free.
You can find more Ruby-specific information about NetBeans here:
-- Tor
I'd say the most popular programs for writing ruby code in windows are:
- e-Texteditor and cywgin (www.e-texteditor.com)
- InType (intype.info)
- Aptana (www.aptana.com)
I use the first combination (e & cygwin) which I think is the closest to MAC.
Here's also a great tutorial on how to set such an environment on your PC - http://garbageburrito.com/blog/entry/39 on-windows
Come on, someone has to mention Aptana!
RadRails is now merged with Aptana, so since the original poster said he was already using RadRails -- may be it meant he already knew about Aptana.
- spike
intype unstable is the best editor I found for win.
Tomorrow (Monday) SapphireSteel Software will announce a new, low cost version of the Ruby In Steel IDE which will come complete with Visual Studio 2008 (Ruby language plus ERb/HTML and JavaScript support) at no additional cost.
I'll give you more details after the official launch. Or visit the site this time tomorrow... ;-)
best wishes
I'm using NetBeans and absolutely love it.
can someone tell me how to make the NetBeans editor use tabs instead of spaces?
Oh and I love Aptana, although I started trying out e and it's pretty nice. I love the bundles. I don't really need code completion I know what I want so the bundles saves me a lot of time.
Hello all,
I am new to these forums and first would like to say 'hi'.
I saw this thread and it got me interested.
I must say that being a Windows user I got really disappointed in my editors after watching Ryan's 94 Railscasts all in TextMate. Aside from not understanding why all rails programmers use macintosh (when it is clear as glass that mac's are just overpriced pc's) I also got angry at not having such an editor as TextMate.
At first I got a false impression that the advantage of the textmate was it's pretty interface. This proved false, because there are even prettier text editors with prettier interfaces for windows (the names escape me now, but I had them installed at one point).
Now, the advantages of TextMate it seems lie in:
1. Ability to operate on the whole directory structure (ie. rails project)
2. Useful shortcuts (things like automatically surrounding text with <%= %>, indenting a few lines at a time with keyboard etc...)
3. Fast load/startup time and small memory footprint (at least that's how it seemed to work)
4. Integration with Rails (e.g. ability to extract partial, switch to a related view of a controller etc..)
It is only after identifying these advantages, and seeing which ones are important to you, can you start looking for editor in Windows that's suitable.
By looking at the most common editors we see them fail in at least one point of the above. The most common is 3) - They take LOONG time to load (o.g. aptana, netbeans, Visual studio + plugin) and/or hog a lot of memory/or are slow while running.
Editors such as E, lack the 1) - operation on the whole rails project, instead opening few files at a time.
If the conditions 1) and 3) are satisfied it is almost certain that the condition 2) - useful shortcuts is absent. Leaving us with indenting each line separately or aligning the "end" clause manually (by the way Aptana is horrible with letting users indent code themselves).
What I would say is that there is NO Ruby on Rails IDE (or text editor) for Windows that satisfies all the 1-4 requirements above. That is for normal people, at least.
There is ONE alternative. But it is not meant for an average windows user. It is an editor called Vim. It's windows alternative is dubbed GVim. It satisfies all 1-4 requirements above.
1) There is a rails+project plugin that opens the whole rails project
2) Shortcuts are at the heart of vim, + plugin called "surround" takes care of surrouding with things like <%= %>. TextMate cannot even compare in terms of shortcuts.
(Can textmate copy a line and paste it 20times over in 4 keystrokes?)
3) Gvim loads instantaneously, takes about 10-20 megs of ram, works fast
4) I'd say the integration with rails is even better then with TextMate. Watching Ryan do a partial extraction in one of his screencasts, he had to manually create a "collection" for a "for" loop. Whereas my vim did this automatically by detecting there was a for loop in there.
Furthermore it supports Generation, Migration, Rake tasks all from WITHIN gvim editor itself. But this is just a little bonus to make up for the lack of a normal terminal in windows.
So, there you have it. If you are a normal person and not on Mac - then go with any of the editors out there. All of them are equally (more or less) sucky.
Should you happen to want to spend a month or two on just learning the IDE, or already familiar with Vim - go with Gvim. It sure beats TextMate. (Even better in vim Linux - you get a Terminal too!)
Forgive my blabbering,
Netbeans is great. It's a great product, definitely will not disappoint. It's all I use at work.
There is ONE alternative. But it is not meant for an average windows user. It is an editor called Vim. It's windows alternative is dubbed GVim. It satisfies all 1-4 requirements above.
If you have some time, could you please write a little tutorial on how to install all these plugins and scratch the surface on how to use them?
Under WinXP using gvim, I was totally unable to install any plugin at all. And I love vim so much!
Last edited by Johnson (2008-02-28 06:34:04)
I am sure there a tons of install instructions out there, but here is a brief one.
1. Install gvim
2. To install a plugin simply unzip it in the C:\Program Files\Vim\vim71 folder.
Sometimes you may have to unzip it into "plugins" it really depends on the plugin.
3. Rails-vim
Extract into your Vim71 folder, so that the zip puts all the files into right subfolders.
4. Rails-project (allows for having a project tree of your rails application
Install the same way as above.
5. Surrounding (allows for inserting things like <%= =%>
Install the usual way.
6. After you install all these you need to regenerate your help - otherwise you can't get some sweet docs like ":help Rscript"
Inside vim navidate to your vim71 directory, just do:
:cd E:\Program Files\Vim\vim71
Then do:
:helptags doc
Some commands:
-to create a new project in the current folder issue command :Rails appName
-:Rproject - when at least one of your rails-project files is open(or when you are in your applications folder), opens the whole rails application
-To surround code with <%= => , select it in visual-mode then type
Note: The above works only in Views! Where you actually need <%= =>
This works for other things (like h1 tags):
-Select text to put into a tag
Sorry I couldn't write more, if your really need it I can post one up in more detail. Cheers!
Last edited by drozzy (2008-02-28 11:37:51)
In my search for some information on how to integrate payment processing I came across this forum and felt compelled to join and ad my tuppence worth to this discussion.
As a relatively new Ruby/Rails developer but with 18 years desktop development I went on a search for a decent windows IDE for Ruby and came across RadRails which I have found to be totally AWESOME and comeing from a traditional IDE (VB/Delphi) platform I have found it to be extremely simple to get into and the community edition is extremely well supported and totally free with everything I could wish for (at the moment)
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Kodak's loss is a nice gain for Microsoft, Apple, Google …
Being first doesn't always mean being strongest or best. Case in point, let's look at a new analysis of the digital imaging patent landscape as it relates to mobile devices. A new report by India-based IP consulting firm iRunway regarding the various big players in the digital imaging market points out that while Kodak may have been first out of the gate – inventing the digital camera in 1975 – it wasn't necessarily the 800-pound gorilla of the field. Kodak earlier this month got U.S. Bankruptcy Court OK to sell roughly 1,100 patents for $525 million. The buyers of the patents in turn is licensing them to a slew of tech companies, including Google, Apple and Microsoft. And no matter how you slice it, Kodak faced some big competition in the digital imaging world, according to iRunway:
- In terms of sheer volume, Kodak's 1,100 digital imaging patents were easily dwarfed by the 1,900 held by Canon or the 1,800 by Microsoft. When you start slicing up the patents by use, Kodak had some particular strengths in image acquisition, image manipulation and image display. Canon, meanwhile, is particularly strong in acquisition, storage, manipulation and networking, though not so much in display. Samsung is a particular IP powerhouse when it comes to image acquisition patents. Same goes for Sony in image storage.
- In terms of quality, while Kodak had 3.2 percent of all the digital imaging patents, its share of patents that could be considered seminal was 1.4 percent, below that of Ricoh (2.4 percent), IBM and Samsung (each 3.1 percent), Sony (6.6 percent) or Canon (4.4 percent). "Kodak has some breakthrough technology patents which are very important and significant in the digital imaging landscape," according to the iRunway analysis. "However, many of the seminal patents are improvements and additions to pre-existing technology."
According to iRunway, Kodak's patenting activity has been on the decline since 2005, even as the competition was spending more on technology. And that slide is true "even in the image acquisition and image manipulation sub-domains which have been Kodak's forte in the past decade." Which would make sense as it was at that same time that Kodak was going through a massive restructuring, the Great Recession and then its post-recession struggles.
The Kodak patent sale may have worked out particularly well for Microsoft, which was itself somewhat weak in the areas of image acquisition, image enhancement and image display; Apple, which itself has a negligible digital imaging patent portfolio; and Google as they bolster Google's holdings in image acquisition, storage and manipulation.
There's plenty of Monday-morning quarterback speculation as to why Kodak's patent sale didn't generate nearly as much as the company obviously had wanted: Kodak was in no position to negotiate and all the buyers smelled blood, the patents were heavily encumbered already with numerous licensing agreements, Kodak was far too pie-in-the-sky in its own estimates and hopes. But the issues raised by iRunway – maybe what Kodak had just wasn't all that important in the marketplace – add another layer to that question.


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About the Author: Rebecca Morgan is the Desk Officer for Nepal and Bhutan in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.
Rising Nepali filmmaker Anup Poudel accomplished his dream, becoming the South and Central Asia region's winner for the Democracy Video Challenge Award. The award includes an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, New York, and Los Angeles to meet leaders in film, democracy, and government. The challenge is part of the State Department's "Democracy Is..." campaign, which includes video, photo, and social media contests. More than 150 U.S. embassies and consulates have participated in the challenge since the Bureau of International Information Programs launched it in 2008, with more than 1,600 videos from 111 countries submitted. This is the second year in a row that Nepal has won for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.
The idea of the challenge is for participants to interpret the meaning of democracy through a film no longer than three minutes. Anup and the five other regional winners were presented with their awards in a special ceremony featuring Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale on September 10. In her remarks, Secretary Clinton highlighted Anup's observation, "Democracy can exist in all countries, and it doesn't have a fixed shape or size."
At the reception following the ceremony, I caught up with Anup. Anup hails from Kavre, Nepal, where is the youngest of four children and is currently a film student. He said his father, a politician, inspired him to produce the film.
Nepal is a country that only transitioned to democracy 20 years ago and that signed a Comprehensive Peace Accord four years ago. Anup explained to me that he had chosen to explore the theme of democracy through the cultural symbolism of color. He said, "My father says that democracy is blue. Blue for freedom. My brother, he says democracy is yellow, for unity. My sister says democracy is green, the color of peace. And my mother says that democracy is red, for love." At the end of the video, Anup combines all of the colors to make black -- the color of power, the power of a nation.
On only the second day of his two-week trip to the United States, Anup said he had already learned so much and was looking forward to onward stops in New York and Los Angeles, before returning home to share his experiences with his family.
You can view Anup's video here. Watch all of the winners' short films on the Democracy Video Challenge YouTube Channel.
Kenneth C. in Virginia writes:
My mom says democracy is green for peace. Now are we done with dumb game to field the real truth!
Pamela G. in West Virginia writes:
This is such an exciting program. To hear what democracy means from so many young people from all over the world gives the world great hope for the future.


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Craig,I made my second batch of starter-based (Camaldoli) dough yesterday using your specs. Previously I posted about my "failure" using a poolish-based dough using Varasano's recipe. Turns out TEMPERATURE of the ferment was the problem there. So I have my bulk dough fermenting at a nice 68 degrees right now and will follow your recs over the next 24 hours as well.But as I was following your technique I noticed that there was a BIG difference in percentages of starter between you and Varasano. I think its 1.3% (You) vs 9% (Varasano). Can you tell me how you arrived at the 1.3%? And what your opinion is regarding higher vs. lower percentages of starter in your dough?Thanks,John
Craig,To ball the dough after the bulk ferment --- bench flour or no? I used just enough flour to get nice dough balls with tight skins. Less than 0.0001% of original flour amount. I did not see that discussed in your technique post.John
Would you say the 24 hours balled is more important than a full 24 hours bulk? I'm thinking 17 hours bulk, 24 hours balled, and 3 hours room temp. Also, would more time at 65F yield more formation of gluten or is it simply to achieve the maximum sourdough flavor?


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The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that Union College has received a $1.5 million grant to aid in the renovation of the new Health and Natural Sciences building.
The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Matt S. Erskine made the announcement Thursday morning before the annual Fall Convocation ceremony held in Robsion Arena on Union's campus.
According to Erskine, the Economic Development Administration wants to invest in projects that lead to fiscal growth. He added that approved programs must meet what he termed "the four C's": be competitive; be a true local collaboration; be a co-investment; and a catalyst for economic growth. The new Health and Natural Sciences Building, he said, perfectly meets the criteria.
"This is a co-investment for the future that supports the American worker," Erskine said, noting how the grant will help provide the means to train the workers, who in turn will give back by entering the local workforce while providing their services to the community.
"The EDA grants announced today will help establish a new…facility at Union College to train workers for jobs in the region's growing health care sector," Erskine said in a press release from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
In the same release, U.S. House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers also applauded the investment. "These EDA grants go a step further, helping us prepare for a greater healthcare workforce and address infrastructure improvement needs, " he said.
Erskine was joined by Earl F. Gohl, the federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission, Barbourville Mayor David Thompson, Knox County Judge-Executive J.M. Hall and Union College President Marcia Hawkins, all of which also offered brief words of gratitude and congratulations.


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Proponent's Argument for voting Yes:
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. RICK BOUCHER (D, VA-9): Fully 6.5 million households are totally unprepared for the transition on February 17; these 6.5 million households will lose all of their television service, and that number represents about 5.7% of the total American television viewing public. If almost 6%of the nation's households lose all of their television service, I think that most people would declare that the digital television transition has been a failure. In recognition of that reality, this legislation would delay the transition until June 12.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. JOE LINUS BARTON (R, TX-6): The majority is trying to fix a problem that I do not think really exists. We have sent out 33 million coupons: 22 million of those coupons have been redeemed, and 11 million coupons are outstanding. The outstanding coupons are being redeemed, I think, by about 500,000 a week, something like that. In my opinion, you could keep the hard date and not have a problem, but if you think there is a problem, it is not from lack of money. We have appropriated $1.3 billion. About half of that is still in the Treasury, so the redemption rate is only about 52%. Even though we are delaying this until June 12 if this bill becomes law, according to the acting chairman of the FCC, 61% of the television stations in America are going to go ahead and convert to digital. 143 television stations already have converted, and in those areas where they have converted, I am not aware that there has been a huge problem.
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AZ Gubernatorial:
Doug Ducey
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AZ Senatorial:
Jeff Flake
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Left 113th Congress, 2013-2014:
AL-1: Jo Bonner(R,resigned)
FL-13:Bill Young(R,deceased)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R,arrested)
IL-2: Jesse L. Jackson(D,convicted)
LA-5: Rodney Alexander(R,resigned)
MA-5: Ed Markey(D,elected)
MO-8: Jo Ann Emerson(R,resigned)
NC-12:Mel Watt(D,appointed)
NJ-1: Rob Andrews(D,investigated)
SC-1: Tim Scott(R,appointed)
Newly-elected special elections 2013-2014:
AL-1: Bradley Byrne(R)
FL-13:David Jolly(R)
FL-19:Curt Clawson(R)
IL-2: Robin Kelly(D)
LA-5: Vance McAllister(R)
MA-5: Katherine Clark(D)
MO-8: Jason Smith(R)
NC-12: Pending Jul.15
NJ-1: Pending Nov.4
SC-1: Mark Sanford(R)
Won primary 2014:
GA-11:Barry Loudermilk(R)
MA-6 :Richard Tisei(R)
TX-4: John Ratcliffe(R)
VA-7: Dave Brat(R)
AL-6 :Gary Palmer(R)
AR-4 :Bruce Westerman(R)
CA-11:Mark DeSaulnier(R)
CA-33:Ted Lieu(D)
CA-35:Norma Torres(D)
CA-45:Mimi Walters(R)
CO-4 :Ken Buck(R)
GA-1 :Buddy Carter(R)
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IA-1 :Pat Murphy(D)
MI-4 :John Moolenaar(R)
MI-12:Debbie Dingell(D)
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MN-6 :Tom Emmer(R)
NC-6 :Mark Walker(R)
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NJ-12:Bonnie Watson Coleman(R)
NY-4 :Kathleen Rice(D)
OK-5 :Steve Russell(R)
PA-13:Brendan Boyle(D)
TX-36:Brian Babin(R)
UT-4 :Mia Love(R)
VA-8 :Don Beyer(D)
Retiring to run for Senate in 2014:
AR-4: Tom Cotton(R)
CO-4: Cory Gardner(R)
GA-1: Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1: Colleen Hanabusa(D)
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MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0: Steve Daines(R)
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GA-11:Bob Barr(R)
MA-6: John Tierney(D)
TX-4: Ralph Hall(R)
VA-7: Eric Cantor(R)
MI-11:Kerry Bentivolio(R)
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CA-35:Gloria McLeod(D)
ME-2: Mike Michaud(D)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
VI-0: Donna Christensen(D)
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AZ-7: Ed Pastor(D)
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PA-6: Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4: Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8: James Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
WA-4: Doc Hastings(R)
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