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It's always nice to see a dragonfly or a bunch of them flying gracefully near a pond or lake, but they're not always around all the time when we want to see them. Here's something that'll ensure there's always at least one dragonfly around to be viewed. Not a real one, but an electronic dragonfly that is.
This dragonfly can't actually fly like the living one can, but is capable of floating on water as it comes with an inverted cup that acts as the floating platform for the dragonfly. Within the floating enclosure is a solar charging circuit which allows the dragonfly to charge its batteries using sunlight in the day and give off light via colored LED bulbs in its body.
With a light sensor, the dragonfly will be able to light up automatically when it's dark, as long as there's available power in its batteries derived from charging itself up during daytime. As it glows, it will cycle across a range of hues, where it will add a serene and faerie-like ambience to a water feature in the garden.
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- Solar panel to recharge the built-in battery
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A nice eco-friendly lamp decoration that is suitable for a garden pond. The electronic floating dragonfly solar LED light retails for $12.99 from Gadgets-N-Gizmos.


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As if I needed more of a reason to immigrate to New Zealand, now I'm presented with some of the beautiful work of Dalman Architects. Located in the city of Christchurch, the firm's commitment to sustainability and adaptive designs make it one of New Zealand's top residential architects.
I was particular drawn to a house created for the firm's lead architect and his family. Constructed from honed concrete block and Zincalume, a metallic-coated sheet steel, this home has a distinctly modern, streamlined look. Featured in the book Top Houses From Down Under by Robin Beaver, it has also been widely published in architectural journals, and also won the NZIA and Master Builders awards in 2004.
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My bf and I recently got a young cockatiel pair - one that's 4 weeks old and the other 2 weeks. (I'm assuming the seller meant "out of nest"? 2 weeks hatched sounds a little too young.) We've had them for over a week and though I have had lots of experience keeping cockatiels in the past, it was never more than one at a time. We want them to bond with us as well as with each other. So far, they seem to have bonded with one another already - they preen one another, prefer to be together at all times, and so on.
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They have a very roomy cage but we only place them in it at night and if we're leaving the house to go out. For the majority of the day, they are on their playpen that sits beside our desk area and the living room area - the places where we spend most of our time. They are never left unsupervised when out on their playpen. We interact with them as much as we can. They are accustomed to being on the playpen since the pet store we bought them from had them with other tiels and small parrots on one huge playpen and similarly, they were only caged for the night there as well.
We feed them mainly when they're out on the playpen. They know to come to the entrance of the door of their cage for breakfast in the morning, but they're wary of hands so it takes some time to pick them up and place them safely on their playpen since we're careful not to chase them around and stress them out. The only time they will voluntarily "step up" is if they can't reach a perch or if they have managed to really wobble off a perch and need help climbing onto the playpen again. Any other time a finger or hand approaches them and no matter how slowly, they tend to move back right away.
Just yesterday, we began picking up one tiel each and going in separate rooms to spend individual time with each one since we noticed that when in the same room they're too distracted trying to get back together. But maybe that's too early for this stage... Not sure...
A lot of the forums and articles I've read through recommend separate cages entirely, but we're concerned that it will just stress them out to be separated completely. We want them to bond with each other, but also to bond with us. We're wondering if anyone out there has any successful methods for training cockatiel pairs. We really wanna do right by these two babies and any advise from experienced handlers would be much appreciated!


text: CATAWBA TRADITION. In her commitment to creating quality work and her insistence that her fellow potters and students share that commitment, Georgia Harris helped transform Catawba pottery from utilitarian vessels that became trade- and later tourist- ware into works of art recognized by scholars and art collectors. Folklorist Henry Glassie has defined tradition as the creation of the future out of the past. In this regard, Georgia Harriss work is quite traditional, for in her art we find the past, present, and the future of the Catawba people.


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Teachers with consecutive poor ratings will first get help, then could lose their tenure.
The push for reform stems from a growing bipartisan consensus that systems advancing teachers solely on seniority, and protecting them with tenure, needed reform. Critics say they protect bad teachers and block young talent.
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Profile by Sharon Barnhardt, MPA '03
After less than three years since graduation, Gretel Figueroa (MPA 2000) is already a seasoned microfinance practitioner. She is also enthusiastic about her field, "I am convinced that microcredit works. It is a powerful tool to change people's lives."
Gretel did not intentionally pursue a gender-related career. "I studied anthropology and economics and was interested in development and in finance. Then, I interned with PRODEM in Bolivia and saw how women's management mattered so much. I saw the women behind the families. We didn't lend specifically to women, but they were our best clients. I kind of stumbled into it."
Gretel has worked with well-known microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Latin America such as Pro Mujer and as a consultant for the Latin American Challenge Fund, as well as with Oxfam-UK. She joined Women's World Banking (WWB) in New York in 2001 as a Technical Program Assistant for Latin America and the Caribbean, later becoming a Microlending Services Associate. In this role, Figueroa travels the world providing technical advice according to the needs and requests of WWB's 40 Associated MFIs. She has paid special attention to improving middle-level management in growing organizations.
When asked to describe a typical workday for her—both in New York and when traveling—she laughs, "Now that is really two very different things!" At headquarters, she spends a high percentage of her time in meetings with colleagues either preparing for a mission or reviewing a completed mission. "There is a lot of shared knowledge. We're debriefing and consolidating it so everyone learns." They also share this knowledge outside of the organization with donor agencies and remain connected with their field partners through regular E-mail and phone contact. There is also an ongoing effort to manage a global 'Talent Bank' of specialists.
In the field, "Most assignments start with meeting the Affiliate and going over the game plan. Then, the team (often they travel in pairs) works with loan officers, talks to clients and conducts research, depending on the demands of the assignment. At the end, there is a wrap-up session in which the whole team shares observations." The writing of formal reports is usually done in New York.
Typically, microcredit programs make small loans to women or groups of women who use the capital to fund self-employment activities. While their lending models differ, the common link among WWB's Affiliates is that "they are helping low income women and their families to get out of poverty and to live a better life. We want to work with the top institutions," she explains. WWB describes its mission as expanding "low-income women's economic participation and power by opening access to finance, information and markets." However, WWB also specifically promotes women's leadership both in its headquarters and in its partner network. This explicit focus helps to change the way people work and perceive women. "If women see other women in leadership positions and working for women, it is a very powerful statement."
Gretel's travel schedule is demanding and does require personal sacrifices at times, but she takes great pleasure in the time she spends with Affiliates and their clients. "The variety of tasks is the biggest reward. WWB hires people from all over the world with a high level of expertise. The conversations you can have are amazing."
She emphasizes the hard skills that are necessary in her "business." When asked what advice she would give to someone considering a career in microfinance, Gretel stressed that microcredit professionals need to have an ease with numbers. "Clients may know the business inside out, but when I go there I only have a few minutes to understand it. One needs to be comfortable with a balance sheet, to understand clients' needs and to spot the "red lights." When I came [to this field] there were mostly NGOs who were providing financial services to the poor. Increasingly, complex skills are needed to connect growing institutions to capital markets. Donor funds are not enough to sustain their growth. Organizations need to think like a bank."
The experience that Gretel has gained has propelled her to a new position with WWB. She will soon be moving into the role of Relationship Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean.
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On Sunday night, I couldn't cry. I didn't know how to — it was as if every resource I had to deal with deep, inescapable grief had been disabled. I felt short-circuited, wired and rewired out of my current plane of existence.
On Monday, I started breaking down.
A part of me feels like I'm infringing upon other people's story. I'm not from Orlando and didn't lose anyone, so I can't possibly understand what my Orlando counterparts, those who are and did, are going through. And yet on Monday, I began to feel the grief someone feels when they lose a loved one: the void of anger and anguish and the thick fog of confusion. This complex entanglement of emotions weaved together, like vines climbing and suffocating a wall, …


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A reveler carries a young woman on his shoulders in Ayuntamiento square, in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Friday during celebrations at the start of Spain's most famous bull-running festival.
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PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) – Tens of thousands of revelers showered each other with sparkling wine and waved red kerchiefs Friday as the blast of a small rocket signaled the start of this year's running of the bulls.
Spain's most famous summer festival kicked off in the jam-packed and cobblestoned main square of the northern town of Pamplona. People from around the world, many wearing the traditional red kerchief and white shirt and pants, roared their approval as an official on a city hall balcony declared the San Fermin festival under way. He then lit the rocket, its boom echoing through the plaza.
Revelers sprayed each other with white wine, water and other liquids, and pelted each other with flour, making for a pasty but merry mess. Huge plastic balls used to advertise products and services bounced atop the crowd.
"It looked like a giant food fight," said Andrea Smith, 33, a member of the U.S. military stationed in Italy. A native of Coxsackie, New York, she had come to Pamplona on leave just to watch all the fun — not to test her luck with the 1,100-pound beasts that are the stars of the show.
Lindsay Erdall, a 25-year-old nurse from Montana, called the opening the party "the craziest thing I have ever seen."
"I have been here for the setup, and now that it has started it is amazing. Not sure I will run because it is way too crowded," she said.
The first of eight runs in which daredevils dash through the streets with six powerful fighting bulls begins Saturday.
The bulls thunder along with six bell-tinkling steers meant to keep the bulls running in a pack, making the run allegedly safer. An isolated bull can get spooked and disoriented, becoming much more likely to charge at people.
Since record keeping began in 1924, 15 people have been killed by bulls in the early morning festival runs. The most recent such tragedy came in 2009 when a young Spaniard was gored in the neck as he tried to escape a bull by sliding feet-first under a fence separating the course from the crowd watching the run. It was the first death at San Fermin in nearly 15 years.
The party allegedly honoring San Fermin, the patron saint of Pamplona, was immortalized in Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises.
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Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs - Remarks at Yale School of Public Health Commencement
Remarks as Delivered of Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.
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May 24, 2010
Dean Cleary, distinguished faculty, proud parents and grandparents, siblings and spouses, family and friends — and, above all, the class of 2010.
We gather here today in this historic chapel to celebrate the transition state, to borrow a science term, that is Commencement. Today is your victory dance between the end of one journey and the beginning of the next. And I am honored to be here to share it with you.
This is actually the second time that I have been invited to give the commencement address at the Yale School of Public Health. Only the first time I never made it. Because of inclement weather I sat in the airport waiting. Commencement managed to go on without me, but no one was happy. So I was delighted, albeit a little surprised, to be given another chance … and this time I took the train.
Unfortunately, I have never experienced this campus as a student. I earned my degrees at Harvard before moving to New York for my medical training … I hope you'll excuse my mistakes — we all make a few in our lives …
But, in all seriousness, I've always felt a close bond with this university. In fact, my mother, Beatrix, was the first African-American woman to graduate from Yale Medical School. Which means I have heard about, and have deeply admired, this institution ever since I was a child. And from everything I've heard about this dynamic and diverse class, I deeply admire all of you, too.
I have also long admired the world-class professors here at Yale who guide you and push you; who inform your opinions and refine your worldviews; and who have inspired you day after day.
Take Professor Schlessinger, who teaches the popular Health Policy and Health Systems course — and whose beard is the stuff of Facebook legend. Or Professor Desai, who was selected as 2009's Teacher of the Year and who, Dean Cleary noted then, is even able to "make SAS [software] entertaining." And so many others — the work you do everyday, in your research and in your teachings, will help to shape public health for generations to come. They may not be graduating today, but they definitely deserve our serious thanks.
Now, let me speak for a moment to those of you in the audience who raised the scholars earning degrees today — the parents, the grandparents, the uncles, the aunts. I know how proud you are — I have two children of my own — but I imagine many of you may also have a few questions about what exactly your children have been doing at this School of Public Health for the past year or two … I certainly received questions of that sort from my family when I began my career in public health almost 20 years ago.
I had always thought that I would pursue a career in academic medicine, but I soon found myself drawn to public health, which allowed me to work at the intersection of science and medicine with broader social, legal, economic and ethical issues. In 1991, I was given the opportunity to become New York City's Health Commissioner.
My great-aunt Winnie, who was like a grandmother to me, was baffled … in fact truly upset. She complained to my father that she just couldn't understand why I would give up the opportunity — especially after all that training — to be a "real doctor."
My father tried to offer her some consolation. He told her that I would still be a real doctor, but that instead of having one patient at a time, I would have about eight million. And now, as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, I guess I have more than 300 million.
Aunt Winnie didn't buy it — but I did. I embraced the idea of being a public health professional back then, and I have continued to throughout my career. Why? Because I see public health strategy and action as the key to achieving meaningful and enduring solutions to the serious problems that affect the health and well-being of our nation and our world.
The Institute of Medicine defines the mission of public health as "fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy" … which means the field of public health is uniquely positioned to address the complex interdisciplinary challenges of our world and to impact them in a substantial, sustainable way.
This mission has its roots in the earliest of civilizations. The Romans, for one, understood the connection between good health and proper disposal of human waste. The Chinese developed variolation to inoculate against smallpox and other diseases. The practice of quarantine was used in the Middle Ages to contain infectious disease.
And, as you graduates now well know, we've come a long way since the early pioneers of modern public health … since John Snow removed the handle from the Broad Street pump to stop a cholera epidemic and established the science of epidemiology; since Edward Jenner and Louis Pasteur developed the first vaccines for smallpox and anthrax; since Sara Josephine Baker led a team of nurses door to door in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen to educate mothers, treat blindness, prevent sexually transmitted diseases, train midwives and provide pasteurized milk; and since the seminal bacteriologist and public health figure, Charles-Edward Amory Winslow, founded the Yale Department of Public Health within the School of Medicine back in 1915.
But it's worth remembering that public health as a field of study has not always been the visible, highly regarded discipline it is today. In fact, even as I began my career in public health this was still the case. Clinical medicine and biomedical research were the fields that people understood and so respected…just like my Aunt Winnie.
But public health is something to be reckoned with. During the 20th century, the dramatic increase achieved in average lifespan is widely attributed to public accomplishments … thanks to such things as vaccination campaigns and sanitation, but also safety programs ranging from seat-belt use to occupational and environmental safety, to smoke free programs and nutrition education.
Public health has a way of inserting itself into almost every aspect of our lives and activities, and the benefits are truly felt. Finally, the public and policy-makers really do get it.
Over the past decade or so, I have watched an enormous shift take place, giving public health the importance and support it needs and deserves. As people have come to understand the most pressing threats to health today, the central role of public health approaches becomes clear.
In the words of a distinguished former Surgeon General, Dr Everett Koop, "Health care is vital to all of us some of the time, but public health is vital to all of us all of the time." So true, but not always appreciated.
I knew that public health was coming into its own when The New Yorker referenced it in one of its great cartoons — this one depicting a fashionable Manhattan cocktail party. In the foreground, one female guest is saying to the hostess: "And it was so typically brilliant of you to have invited an epidemiologist."
An epidemiologist featured in The New Yorker, and as someone socially attractive, no less … need I say more?
I suppose some might say that we had finally arrived.
But it's no secret, and it's probably why many of you chose to study here, that despite the victories of public health — the eradication of smallpox, the control of polio, the dozens of successful campaigns against deadly diseases — we still have a very long way to go.
In developing countries, infectious diseases, malnutrition and poverty-related illnesses still kill millions every year and there is still more preventable disease and disability. Here in the United States, we too suffer needlessly from preventable illnesses. In fact, chronic diseases, like diabetes, heart disease and hypertension have grown into full-blown epidemics. Complex cancers and genetic diseases still elude treatment. And we find ourselves grappling with emerging disease threats, including new environmental health concerns, pandemic disease and the possibility of deliberate manipulation of biological agents to do harm in the form of bioterrorism.
I understand that President Clinton was here at Yale yesterday and spoke eloquently — and extemporaneously — about many of these issues … and that he issued a call to service and to action. He understands the importance of public health. And he is right.
You are the generation — you are the graduates — who must grapple with this transformed, and increasingly difficult, world. I know you may have been hoping for something simpler.
But if there was ever a generation poised to unravel the complexity of science and globalization, to confront the challenges of implementing healthcare reform, and, frankly, to address the future of all the arenas that impact public health: the financial climate, the national security climate, the political climate and, well, the climate climate — I can say without a doubt that it is yours.
Of course, as many of you are thinking right now, this is easier said than done. You're right. But you're also right where you need to be — sitting in Battell Chapel minutes from receiving your degree from the Yale Public Health School. All around you, there are pioneers with ideas powerful enough to solve the daunting problems before you.
Last month, for example, a team of top professors from Yale and Rwanda — including your own Professors Currie, Taylor and Bradley — wrote a paper for the journal International Health about a new prism through which to address the world's greatest public health challenges. They call it, as some of you know, "grand strategy" — "the development and implementation of comprehensive plans of action to achieve large ends with limited means."
This is a rich and interesting paper — but I want to touch on one idea in particular.
The paper tells us: Start with your ultimate goal — your end — firmly in mind. And then, while taking an ecological view of the world, carefully determine, almost like a great military tactician, what changing resources and approaches you will need to achieve your unchanging end.
In other words, dream big but think small. Not small in the sense of unimportant, but small in the sense of defining the realistic and discrete steps that will take you where you want to go.
This caught my eye because, at its core, it's the way I've tried to approach public health problems in my capacities as NYC Health Commissioner, Asst. Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department Health and Human Services, and, now, as FDA Commissioner. As you can imagine, I am overwhelmed every day by competing interests from industry, constituency groups, patient advocacy groups, Capitol Hill — the list goes on. And my job, often, is to juggle all their priorities while furthering the mission of our agency … to promote and protect the health of the American people.
But by keeping my end firmly in mind — to ensure the safety, effectiveness and quality of the food, drugs and other products we regulate for the American consumer and to use the best available science as a basis for decision-making — I can make everyday tactical decisions with a clearer mind and a more powerful compass. And in this way, I can hopefully make the right decisions.
In that spirit, I encourage every one of you — before too long — to find your "big thing" … the goal or idea that you want to spend at least the first stage of your public health career working toward. Find it, and hold it in your mind.
But as each of you proceeds forward, it is the other part of the equation…focusing on the little things — the execution details — that I believe holds the key to ushering in a new era of public health.
Many of you have already begun to do just that.
Molly Rosenberg traveled to Haiti to study the role of microfinance economic empowerment on HIV risk behavior in women.
Sara Bodner focused on the public health issues closer to home through her work with the grassroots start-up Farmers Market network, City Seed, in New York.
Javier Cepeda, the world traveler who won $12,500 on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" last year, evaluated the relationship between HIV risk perception and trust among injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Trang Thach worked this past summer measuring chloroform levels in local residences in Cluj, Romania and developed a questionnaire to measure exposure data from the study participants.
That's what I'm talking about when I say "the little things" … little things that really matter.
We may not all be running our own foundations, agencies or empires but, in my experience at least, it's the single-minded focus of caring and talented people like all of you to these little things that enables progress and heals people.
Consider the number of steps it took to eradicate smallpox — one of the grandest of public health goals and achievements. A vaccine was developed, surveillance and reporting practices were created, funding was secured, volunteers were recruited… and then community by community, village by village, people were vaccinated.
There's no way that smallpox would or could have been eradicated without careful attention to the many, many steps that went into it.
I've seen this myself. As health commissioner in New York City, I made it my goal to defeat the epidemic of resurgent TB in the city. It was an enormous task fueled by poverty, homelessness, AIDS and the erosion of the public health infrastructure — it was formidable.
So we focused. We defined our goals, and set out to achieve them one step at a time: ensuring that patients took their medication, monitoring hospitals and homeless shelters and other areas where people congregated, adopting humane isolation procedures, building a state-of-the-art infectious disease control facility at the Rikers Island prison.
And in just five years, we managed to reduce the number of TB cases in the city by almost 46% and the number of drug-resistant cases by 86%.
Many had warned that we could not meaningfully combat TB without first addressing the poverty, homelessness and concurrent disease that fueled it. But taken in pieces, solving the problem became possible.
That's why every day, beginning today, I would encourage each of you to ask not only whether you are being true to your big public health idea, but whether you are being truthful about the small steps it will take to achieve it. Immerse yourself in the details and you can always answer yes.
The good news is that despite the challenges of the world into which you're graduating, you have the tools to determine your grand ends and execute your smaller means.
You are in a position to make a real difference when the country and the world need you most.
And there are plenty of domains for you to work in: government, academe, industry, civil society, policy, health care administration, global health, development … And you can.
You are not just public health professionals, but sociologists, nutritionists, epidemiologists, scientists, psychologists, anthropologists, physicians and more.
You are talented, you are tireless, you are innovative and you are committed. Who could ask for anything more?
So I want to leave you this afternoon with something that my former boss and yesterday's Yale Class Day speaker, President Clinton, said in 2000 when he was addressing a gathering of Heads of States at the United Nations — for the final time as President. It was a rather different forum, but his words ring true today.
"The leaders here assembled can rewrite human history in the new millennium," he said. "But we must believe the simple things — that everywhere in every land, people in every station matter. Everyone counts, everyone has a role to play, and we all do better when we help each other."
What sets you apart, graduates, is that you already know this … you believe it. You've internalized it. And, now, you're ready to act on it.
You are armed with everything it will take to change public health forever — and for the better. You are exactly what our world needs.
Congratulations, Class of 2010, and good luck.


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Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition three
Christchurch Earthquake bulletin edition three
The Labour Party's Christchurch electorate MPs, Clayton Cosgrove (Waimakariri), Ruth Dyson (Port Hills), Lianne Dalziel (Christchurch East) and Brendon Burns (Christchurch Central) have started a regular bulletin to keep people in their electorates and media informed about what is happening at grass roots level.
Many constituents have told me over the weekend how totally shocked they are by the pictures coming out of Japan. If anyone understands what Japanese people are going through, it is the people of Canterbury, even if not on the scale of what's happening there. Today I am conducting a series of clinics in my mobile bus, and visiting schools that are opening to see if they have what they need. I am writing to the Mayor today, on behalf of my electorate and my colleagues' electorates, about the possibility of a rent freeze on council-owned properties.
A number of these are in a bad way, and people are paying rent while they can't live in them. I am also attending a meeting of Kaiapoi businesses today focused on reconstruction, and what impediments are in their way. I will also be contacting the Ministry of Education to discuss what arrangements are in place for schools that are now effectively co-ed, and to discuss the installation of temporary tanks as the long-term use of portaloos is no longer satisfactory.
Over the weekend my electorate office coordinated door knocking around city council and Housing New Zealand homes across Christchurch. We were able to supply food parcels, water and register issues such as broken hot water cylinders. Some constituents were upset that late fees were being charged by international organisations such as Visa as a result of unpaid bills due to undelivered mail.
I intend to inform organisations charging late fees of the situation in Christchurch--- if perhaps it has not been fully released. I have confirmed a meeting for Lyttelton business owners next Monday at midday which comes as a relief to many who are still without access to their businesses. More generally, Red Cross forms and work and income forms are in short supply as the demand has been so high. People who never expected to need assistance are suddenly in a position where they need that helping hand. The services these organisations are providing are immediate and much appreciated. Tonight Lianne Dalziel and I will attend the memorial service at Kings College for the students and staff who lost, or are presumed to have lost, their lives in the quake.
On Saturday I met with a local GP to have a serious discussion about the immediate and on-going health needs of constituents. At the moment we are still in the response phase but looking forward we will need to provide on-going support services. I've written a paper for the Christchurch welfare planning group that is meeting today on these issues. There is still too little information available on chemical toilets and a lack of common sense on the allocation of portaloos. You can see the logistical reality people face in maintaining these toilets on my Facebook page where I am pictured emptying my own chemical toilet: http://on.fb.me/hCFYUz. There are some serious hygiene issues and while we need to stay positive, the situation remains urgent. I also had the good fortune of meeting with the Earthquake Commission's Rapid Assessment Team on Saturday who came to my property in Bexley to survey damage.
The team are using a 'system of triage' to categorise residential homes giving families certainty as to what they can expect in coming months. Today rapid assessment teams will be visiting Westhaven, Shirley, New Brighton, Woolston, Richmond, Phillipstown, Linwood and Ferrymead. All the information about the way in which the EQC are categorising homes is detailed in their recent release: http://canterbury.eqc.govt.nz/releases/110311. On Sunday I spoke at two church services at the Spreydon Baptist Church passing on gratitude from Christchurch East for all the support they have received from the wider Christchurch community.
I'll be meeting
the Civil Defence controller this morning with businesses
which are concerned about the need to shore up buildings in
the CBD. This afternoon I am having my fourth meeting with
Avonside constituents to discuss progress on the restoration
of services and other issues, and this afternoon I will be
taking my caravan to Papanui for my first visit to that part
of the electorate.
There are a number of specific issues I am following up, including a report of a family living in a garage in Linwood, and a number of cases where parents are confused or annoyed about decisions concerning their children changing schools. I will also be contacting the council to discuss the removal of rubble. Individual homeowners have been told they can take their own rubble, such as bricks from chimneys, away, but this is not practical for many people, particularly elderly people. People need to be assured the council also has a process for taking rubble away itself.


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Best Of :: People & Places
This little seen but deftly mounted exhibit, organized at the now-moribund Tachmes space by indie curator Jorge Hulian, featured 37 haunting photographs by Venezuelan artist Luis Brito. The shutterbug transported viewers into the bizarre world of his compatriot Armando Reverón, who died in 1954 following a steady decline into dementia. One of Latin American art history's most enigmatic figures, Reverón was known for creating a harem of life-size, anatomically correct muses out of burlap sacks and sundry detritus scavenged from garbage heaps. Clad in a loincloth, he lived in a ramshackle compound he christened El Castillete, created from palm fronds and trash, where he communed with nature and led a near-aboriginal existence. Hailed as one of the first multimedia artists of his era, the mad genius used his dolls as models for his paintings and was rumored to have consummated his relations with the moldy muses, later claiming to "fathering children" with them. Brito documented the fetid, moth-eaten carcasses of Reverón's harem for posterity, and the results on view at the Tachmes space, painted in gloomy twilight tones for the occasion, were hair-raising.
What you need is a weekend away. But alas, Miamians, you're already living in the very place most Floridians vacation. So where to go? If you answered the Keys, go ahead and line up in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the Seven Mile Bridge. (Besides, it's the same pastel motels, just more coconuts.) Instead, steer the car north like you're heading for Disney, but bypass all the mouse-touting exits and that spooky biblical theme park called the Holy Land Experience. Deep in the Ocala National Forest is Wekiwa Springs State Park, where you can spend the weekend camping in a backcountry Florida Shangri-la. Here's the scene: Moss-draped oaks canopy the park's springs, and pristine blue water nestles in natural rock that, thanks to the Floridan Aquifer, is always a cool 72 degrees. As for lodging, choose one of the campsites in the inner circle for the best shade, and kayak the Wekiwa Lagoon for some guaranteed gator watching. Camping costs $24 a night, or for primitive camping, $5 a person. Otherwise, park admission is $6 per car. For noncampers, the park is open 8 a.m. to sunset.
Most TV news talking heads, even the dudes, look and act like failed beauty queens trying to make a second career for themselves. But WSVN's Belkys Nerey bucks that trend. The 42-year-old Emmy winner is a solid, straight-up anchorwoman — telegenic but still intelligent. Born in Havana, Nerey spent her childhood in Long Island before tripping down I-95 to South Florida. Once here, she studied radio and television at Miami Dade College and Florida International University, got her start in cable news, and earned a spot in the Magic City's media parade as cohost of local gossip institution Deco Drive. Today, Nerey is cruising through the post-Deco phase of her career, holding down WSVN's nightly newscasts alongside Craig Stevens. And whether it's a celebrity sex scandal or a political con job, she always delivers the day's stories with appropriate seriousness. Case in point: Unlike some of the lesser faces populating the public airwaves, Nerey never falls prey to that annoying TV anchor tic of flashing a vacant smile after reporting Miami's latest murder.
Without warning, a woman brandishes two bushels of tree limbs and proceeds to beat our friend Lourdes from toes to shoulders. Between sweeps of the soggy branches, the woman dumps bucket after bucket of cold water on our friend. No, she's not swabbing the deck of a fishing boat. She's helping Lourdes relax with platza, one of the traditional spa treatments available at the Russian and Turkish Baths on Miami Beach. The baths attract Miami's ultimate relaxation-seekers, those who are willing to abandon modesty, vanity, and sometimes plain old comfort if it gets them closer to bliss. Women and men in barely-there bathing suits, heads wrapped in towel turbans, endure the volcanic heat of the schvitz as if sweating were a way to absolve past sins. A skeletal older man stands under a heavy waterfall that pounds on his bony shoulders. He raises his head, eyes closed, waiting to be beamed up to the mother ship. Make your way through the rest of the grotto-like rooms and hear the cries of those jumping into the icy polar tank; catch glimpses of red flesh, pores screaming from the extreme heat, and shield your eyes from the meaty woman having the mud hosed off. What are you looking at, you perv? Pass the wet branches and wait your turn. A day pass costs $30, and the baths are open from noon until midnight.
Michael Putney doesn't tweet. He doesn't pop up when we search his name on Facebook. And as far as we can tell, he doesn't blog. No, sir, Michael Putney is decidedly old school, and in this Internet age, we couldn't appreciate him more. While most TV reporters seem to come and go, Putney has been covering local government and politics in South Florida for nearly 30 years. Add to his incisive reporting a hosting gig on This Week in South Florida, one of the few must-watch local programs, and his occasional columns in the Miami Herald (which often upstage the newspaper's regular gaggle of columnists). There are few voices on local airwaves we trust as much as Putney and who report on politics with such authority.
Miami is a town where clubs spit out adjectives like exclusive, VIP, and upscale like an overchewed piece of Juicy Fruit. But WALL Lounge is actually one of the few places that can blow hard without bursting its own bubble. Jessica Alba, Gabrielle Union, the All American Rejects, Erykah Badu, Swizz Beatz, Jamie Foxx, Jason Binn, and Selita Ebanks are just a few of the celebrities who have walked through WALL's infamous doors. Other guest sightings have been rumored, but unless the press snaps a picture, they're almost impossible to confirm. In fact, it's nearly impossible to get a photo of the place, period. WALL's success lies in its size; it is so boutique it does not merit a VIP section — the lounge itself is the VIP. So if you're lucky enough to get in, keep the video phone ready — you might catch a TMZ-worthy moment.


text: For the younger guys that are in school do any of you guys do that. For the older wiser guys, is it a good idea, like would business bewteen a certain teacher chnage the grade she/ he gives me? I have had alot of teachers ask me in teh past to mow. Most of them live like 5 minutes by car, but they are crossin main roads so i can;t use my current set-, which is teh golf cart, but for next year i told i would give them an estimate. So basiclly i am asking, am i gunna screw myself in the long run with mowing for teaqchers? like is it gunna affect my grade if we get into a money iussee . Anyways a past teacher asked me to come by today to do a clean-up, said she would by $100 a hour without me even saying my hourly rate. She is a good tacher so i won;t charge here to much lol.... Let me get ur take on it. Thanks LawnInOrder


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LG's first portable projector can throw an image of up to 500in
LG's latest HS102 projector is a portable device measuring just 5 x 15.4 x 11.7cm (hxwxd), weighs 780g, and is small enough to slip into a laptop bag or handbag.
It uses an LED bulb which LG claims will last the lifetime of the projector, and uses less energy than a conventional bulb.
The £550 HS102 is finished in black, with red touch-sensitive buttons that mirror those used on some of LG's other portable products such as its mobile phones.
Embedded DiVX technology enables the user to play video, MP3 and photo files directly from devices connected via the USB input. The unit can project an image up to 60in, and speakers are built in.
The aspect ratio is 4:3, resolution 800 x 600 and contrast ratio 2000:1.


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Lumber magnate William Goodman (1848-1936) hired architect Howard Van Doren Shaw to design this tomb in 1919 after the death of his son. Lieutenant Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, a playright, died in 1918 of influenza while in Naval training.
The Goodman tomb was built into a hillside on the shore of Lake Willowmere. A concrete platform in front, just above the water level, permits access to the front door. The ground slopes upward away from the lake, and, at the rear of the mausoleum, is level with its roof. Visitors may step onto the roof from the rear, protected by a granite railing on the other three sides. In the center of this railing is a marble panel featuring relief carvings in the classical style. To either side are the words from the Song of Solomon, "Until the Day Breaks and the Shadows Flee Away." (4:6)


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|Bachelor of Arts in Dance with Business Cognate
|Submitting Dean
|James Lynn
|Submitting College
|Fine & Applied Arts -- Dudley Turner x6518
|Departments Generating the Proposal
|Objection Deadline
|November 29, 2006
|Proposal Status
|Final Approval Granted
|Proposal Last Updated
|February 02, 2007 by PR Amy Sheldon
|Effective Date
|Fall 2007
|Brief Summary of Proposal
|This is a proposed additional track to the BA in Dance which is aimed at serving future dance teachers/owners of private dance studios. It provides rigorous technical training at the intermediate technique level in ballet, modern, jazz, and tap, with experience in world and somatic dance forms as well as the full history and philosophy core of study. In place of a language, a business cognate is required which will better enable graduates to compete in the market. (see also FAA-07-10, FAA-07-11)
|Type of Proposal
|New program
|Graduate School Endorsement Status
|Not required
|Graduate School Endorsement Updated
|November 01, 2006 by GS Heather Blake
|Institutional Research Status
|IR Status Updated
|November 29, 2006 by IR Dolores Bezilla
|Library Status
|Library Status Updated
|November 01, 2006 by UL Diana Chlebek
|Distance Learning Review Committee Status
|Not required
|DLRC Status Updated
|General Education Advisory Committee Status
|Not required
|GEAC Status Updated
|November 03, 2006 by FA Dudley Turner
|Resource Requirements
|No additional resources
|Resource Requirements Updated
|September 26, 2006 by FA dean's ofc Gerry McElliott
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Some lab tests (especially antibody and antigen tests) report
results in titers. A titer is a measure of how much the sample can be diluted
before the antibodies or antigens can no longer be detected.
titer of 1 to 8 (1:8) means that antibodies or antigens can still be found when
1 part of the blood sample is diluted by 8 parts of a salt solution (saline),
but they can no longer be found at a dilution of 1 to 16 (1:16). A larger
second number means there are more antibodies or antigens in the sample. So a
titer of 1 to 128 (1:128) means more antibodies or antigens in the sample than
a titer of 1 to 32 (1:32).
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Edgar Degas
Before the Race
Edgar Degas
French, 1834-1917
Before the Race, ca. 1885
Pastel, gouache, and graphite over charcoal on tracing paper
56.5 x 65.4 cm (22 1/4 x 25 3/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth 42.214
The racetrack as a subject intermittently occupied Degas's attention during most of his mature life as an artist, providing him with a focus for his study of the interaction of form and movement. His Before the Race is built upon three horizontals—the fence, the friezelike disposition of the jockeys' heads, and the horizon line. These elements create a rhythmic contrast to the horses' curved forms and the prominent vertical strokes of the landscape, which Degas achieved with multiple layers of pastel. Key to the composition is the rigid fence in white gouache, which stands out from the surrounding textures and softer hues of the chalk. The fence pushes the group forward, contributing a sense of excitement and anticipation as the contestants prepare to race.


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This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Tobacco consists of at least 3,800 chemical constituents. Among them, rutin is an important polyphenolic secondary metabolite in tobacco, which has positive actions such as antiallergic, anti-inflammatory and vasoactive, antitumor, antibacterial, antiviral and anti-protozoal properties. A high performance liquid chromatography method was used to analyze rutin in tobacco and filters, mainstream smoke, and burned ash of ten varieties of cigarettes made in China. The chromatographic analysis was performed on a Hypersil ODS2 column with a gradient elution of acetonitrile and water at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. Detection was carried out at 350 nm using a photodiode array detector. The calibration curves for the determination of analytes showed good linearity over the investigated ranges (
It is well known that the cigarette smoking is a major source of particles in indoor air and potentially causes human respiratory diseases, due to the presence of hazardous substances in tobacco smoke, e.g., trace metals, carbon monoxide and nicotine [
Generally, a larger solvent volume can dissolve constituents more effectively, leading to an improved extraction yield [
Data shown in
Effect of extraction conditions on the yield of rutin.
The effect of ultrasound power on UAE was explored with a solvent to solid ratio of 45 mL/g and extraction time of 30 min. As shown in
In the present work, the HPLC method for the analysis of the crude sample was established first. In order to select an appropriate elution system for the HPLC separation of crude sample, different kinds of solvents (methanol–water, acetonitrile–water) were employed. The results indicated that when acetonitrile–water was used as the mobile phase, major peaks can be observed and each peak had baseline separation. Next the separation conditions of the analytes were optimized by systematically adjusting the acetonitrile content in the mobile phase.
The HPLC chromatograms of the standard solution and brand 2 samples. (
A series of standard solution with six different concentrations were analyzed by the established method in triplicate with an injection volume of 20 μL. The calibration curve for rutin was constructed by plotting the peak area (
Linear regression equation, correlationcoefficient and linearity of rutin.
|Regression equation
|Linearity range
The precision of the method was determined by the analysis of six consecutive injections using the same standard solution (0.06 mg/mL). The relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) for rutin peak areas was 0.59% (
Reproducibility of tobacco was evaluated by six replicated analyses. The R.S.D.s. for rutin level in six replicated tobacco measurements was 1.53% (
In the recovery test, three different concentrations of rutin were added to known amounts of the pre-analyzed tobacco sample solutions, and then the spiked samples were analyzed three times (
Recovery test of the rutin fromtobacco (
|Original amount (μg)
|Amount spiked (μg)
|Amount found (μg)
|peak height
|Standard deviation σ (min)
|Recovery (%)
|4.15 ± 0.11
|3.26 ± 0.13
|7.39 ± 0.23
|36985 ± 866
|0.17 ± 0.01
|99.19 ± 0.35
|1.58 ± 0.21
|4.15 ± 0.11
|4.18 ± 0.20
|8.37 ± 0.19
|42153 ± 539
|0.25 ± 0.02
|100.84 ± 0.47
|2.64 ± 0.91
|4.15 ± 0.11
|4.93 ± 0.16
|9.01 ± 0.50
|43379 ± 933
|0.24 ± 0.02
|98.47 ± 0.34
|2.29 ± 0.59
The data has been presented as average of three determinations; Recovery (%) = 100 × (amount found – original amount)/amount spiked.
Amount of rutin in tobacco, filter, smoke and burned ashof ten brands cigarettes (
|Contents (μg/per cigarette)
|Mainstream smoke
|Burned ash
|brand 1
|49.42 ± 0.90 b
|0.19 ± 0.01 d
|0.14 ± 0.00 b
|brand 2
|20.76 ± 0.64 d
|0.23 ± 0.02 c
|0.13 ± 0.01 bc
|brand 3
|20.84 ± 0.75 d
|0.14 ±0.00 f
|0.06 ± 0.01 e
|brand 4
|15.55 ± 1.25 e
|0.22 ± 0.01 c
|0.12 ± 0.01 c
|brand 5
|27.57 ± 1.03 c
|0.26 ± 0.01 b
|0.08 ± 0.01 d
|brand 6
|17.38 ± 1.34 e
|0.32 ± 0.01 a
|0.16 ± 0.02 a
|brand 7
|10.20 ± 0.30 f
|0.15 ± 0.01 e
|0.12 ± 0.01 c
|brand 8
|29.21 ± 1.77 c
|0.16 ± 0.01 e
|0.08 ± 0.01 d
|brand 9
|28.79 ± 1.16 c
|0.14 ± 0.01 ef
|0.08 ± 0.01 d
|brand 10
|63.98 ± 2.43 a
|0.10 ± 0.01 g
|0.07 ± 0.01 de
ND, not detected.
The optimal conditions were applied to quantitative analysis of rutin in tobacco, filters, mainstream smoke and burned ash of ten varieties of cigarettes made in China and the results are presented in
All organic solvents used for rutin extraction were of analytical grade and purchased from Tianjin Chemical Factory (Tianjin, China). Acetonitrile used for HPLC was of chromatographic grade (Fisher Scientific, Fair Lawn, NJ, USA). Water used was redistilled water, and passed through a 0.22 μm filter prior to use in all the studies. Rutin was purchased from the National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products (No. 2 Tiantan Xili, Chongwen District, Beijing) with a purity of over 98%. Packs of the ten varieties of Chinese made cigarettes were purchased from local convenience stores.
The high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) equipment used is a Waters 600E system (Waters, MA, USA) including a 4-solvent delivery system, 600E start-up kit and a 600 pump, 0–20 mL/min, a 2996 photodiode array detector, an Empower Add-on Single System (Waters, MA, USA), a 4-chamber in-line degasser and a 600E controller. The chromatographic analysis was performed on a Hypersil ODS column (250 mm × 4.6 mm i.d., 5 μm) at ambient room temperature with gradient elution of acetonitrile (A) and water (B) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. A gradient program was used as follows: 22% A at 0–10 min and 22–61% A at 10–35 min. Detection was carried out using a 2996 photodiode array detector at 350 nm.
The installationfor simulating human smoking.
All solutions were filtered through 0.45 μm membrane filter before direct injection into the HPLC system.
Stock solution was prepared by dissolving rutin (14.5 mg) in methanol (50 mL). Then, the solution was diluted step by step with methanol to give six different concentrations of working standard solutions to establish calibration curves. All solutions were filtered through 0.45 μm membrane filter prior to analysis.
In the present paper, a HPLC method was employed to detected rutin content in tobacco. The results indicated that the considerable amount of rutin ranging from 10.20 to 63.98 μg/per cigarette was found. However, only a low amount of rutin was found in filters and mainstream smoke with a content range of 0.10–0.32 μg and 0.06–0.16 μg/per cigarette, respectively. Rutin was not detected in burned ash, probably because that rutin was degraded after burning, which is supported by the results of previous studies [
Financial support from the College of Shandong province of science and technology plan (J11LC24) is gratefully acknowledged.


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hii have a booking form online for bands to book a studio for rehearsing or recording. (php and mysql)Once they submit the form, they receive a summary email with an activation link.When they click on the activation link, it goes to a login area where they can login to see if their booking has been activated. no probs.They can log in at a later date and check to see if management has confirmed the booking.
The database table "bookings" contains the usual columns "names, phone, email , dates, time wanted etc.," and an activation column and a confirmation column.The confirmation column is boolean, so when I confirm the booking it will display the number 1 in a display table (and an array of other stuff associated with the booking that I want to display to them).
My problem is that when the user is logged in, the persons booking data is displayed with every other users data.
For example if I log into my bank website i dont see everyone elses savings accounts.
How do i code the mysql command to display the current logged in user and NOT the other users data????
the activation page with most of the coding:
include 'includes/connect.inc.php';
$id = $_GET['id'];
$query = "SELECT * FROM bookings WHERE activated='1' AND confirmation='0' ";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die("Query failed robbo:".mysql_error());
$qProfile = "SELECT * FROM bookings WHERE id='$id' ";
$rsProfile = mysql_query($qProfile);
$row = mysql_fetch_array($rsProfile);
$username = stripslashes($username);
$day_contact = stripslashes($day_contact);
$date_contact = stripslashes($date_contact);
$month_contact = stripslashes($month_contact);
$year_contact = stripslashes($year_contact);
$start_contact = stripslashes($start_contact);
$hour_contact = stripslashes($hour_contact);
echo "<form method=\\"post\\" action=\\"layout\\" >\\r\
echo "<fieldset>\\r\
echo "<legend>Activated Bookings List</legend>\\r\
echo "
\\r\
echo "
Welcome ". $_SESSION['first_name'] ." of ". $_SESSION['band_name'] ."!
\\r\
echo "This page Only displays Activated Bookings.
\\r\
echo "Username: ". $_SESSION['username'] ."
Day: ". $_SESSION['day_contact'] ."
Date: ". $_SESSION['date_contact'] ." ". $_SESSION['month_contact'] ." ". $_SESSION['year_contact'] ."
Starting at: ". $_SESSION['start_contact'] ." for ". $_SESSION['hour_contact'] ."

Please check information above with table below and verify if necessary with management.
\\r\
echo "
\\r\
echo "
Activated Bookings Database Table
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echo "
\\r\
echo "
\\r\
echo "Database List of Activated Only Bookings	\\r\
echo "
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echo "
\\r\
echo "
\\r\
echo "
\\r\
echo "Day	\\r\
echo "Date / Month / Year 	\\r\
echo "Start Time	\\r\
echo "Username	\\r\
echo "Booking Activated
[ Yes = 1 ] [ No = 0 ]	\\r\
echo "Confirmed by Management [ Yes = 1 ] [ No = 0 ]	\\r\
echo "
\\r\
while($line = mysql_fetch_array($result,MYSQL_ASSOC)){
echo "
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echo "".$line['day_contact']."	\\r\
echo "".$line['date_contact']." / ".$line['month_contact']." / ".$line['year_contact']." 	\\r\
echo "".$line['start_contact']." for ".$line['hour_contact']."	\\r\
echo "".$line['username']."	\\r\
echo "".$line['activated']."	\\r\
echo "".$line['confirmation']."	\\r\
echo "
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echo "
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echo "
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echo "</fieldset>\\r\
echo "</form>\\r\
The above script works great if ya want to show everyones data!Any help greatly appreciated!
You've forgotten the third part of the Database Creation Trinity.
1: Identify Entities (User, Picture, Comment, etc) [These will be your main tables]2: Identify Properties of the Entities (User's Name, Email, etc) [These will be fields in your tables]3: Identify Relationships Between Entities (A Comment is posted by a User) [These will be Foreign Keys and/or Join Tables]
How is your bookings table related to your user table?
Hi, just letting you know that i'm not qualified or have studied Mysql..... so i don't know how to identify relationships etc.,
(with the following info i think i should have not called or named my database "users"...lol)In my ISP's control panel...i click the database folder....its shows 1 database which is called users..after clicking users...its shows "Users for database users on domain example.com"....1 database user called "robbo".I then click the Webadmin button....which displays my bookings table ( /localhost/users/bookings |phpMyAdmin 188.8.131.52 ).
When clients book online, all text inputs (required fields), the username, email, dates, times etc., are altogether in the one form.... so when the form is submitted, all these details are listed in the table bookings.I dont have a separate user table so to speak, so therefore I cant relate it to the bookings table.
Q. Do i need to create a user table?... (and then relate it somehow??..(which i dont know how to do)).
I done some researching last night and came up with the following command, which still needs implementing and tesing in my webpage.
in the activation webpage.....SELECT user_name, day_contact, date_contact, month_contact, year_contact, start_contact, hour_contact FROM bookings WHERE id='$id' AND activated='1' AND confirmation='0'
in the confirmation webpage.....SELECT user_name, day_contact, date_contact, month_contact, year_contact, start_contact, hour_contact FROM bookings WHERE id='$id' AND activated='1' AND confirmation='1'
Ok ... so i'm going to try this now and get back to this thread later....cheers
Ok, after seeing a sitepoint thread with this link in it http://www.databaseanswers.org/data_models/bands_and_gigs/index.htmand this one http://www.databaseanswers.org/tutorial4_db_schema/tutorial_slide_5.htm explains heaps.
My new data model wont be as comphrensive as the one displayed in the link, but i see what ya are saying now.Primary keys and foreign keys and how they relate to each other.
After i posted this thread, i ran into a friend the other day who is a database guru and he is going to help us out.Will be doing a complete overhaul of me old database n tables.
Thanks to everyone that replied to my thread and were willing to help me out. cheers!!
Once my new data model etc., is complete, will post the new code up to help newbie database designers like myself and hopefully get the answers that they seek.cheershave a great day!
P.S. tried the select statements above in my 2nd post and obviously they didn't work...also user_name was meant to be username.
As pointed out by StarLion for a database to be effective (and therefore efficient) and to just plain work for the modifications that your client will throw at you over the coming months years it has to be optimised. Data should NEVER be repeated in a database, enter the data once and then piece that info together by joining tables and using condition statements to limit the results to what you need.
Your problem with putting everything in one table is that you cant use the database to retrieve parts of information or to easily link data together and several pieces of data (ie the band details) are being repeated. In your scenario you should have at least 3 tables
Table_1 Band_tBand_ID (this will be a numeric field that auto increments so every band has a different ID)NameAddressContact..... ie all the info about the band
Table_2 bookings_tThis table wil be a diary of your bookingsBooking_ID (Auto incremented same as for the bands ID, each booking has a unique ID) DateStart_timeDurationPriceConfirmed..... ie all details specific to the booking
Table_3 Band_Booking_tBand_IDBooking_ID
You'll appreciate that this is done without a lot of thought on my part, and that you may require even more tables to accomodate other features of your site, but at least your getting the drift (hopefully).
So a band only has to enter their details once and these are stored in the Band_t
When they come to make a booking the details of the booking are entered in the booking_t and a reference entry linking the booking to the band made in the cross reference table. Now a band can make multiple bookings without reentering all the band info each time and you can retrieve all bookings for one band only. and of course you can do useful things like find all the bands contact details that are booked for the coming week/month/day whatever.
Hope that helps a bit
Thanks heaps Mandes, i appreciate your time and explaining things clearly....and yes, i'm slowly getting the drift...lol....cheers......i'll be back next week sometime with latest updates etc.,..have a great day!


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Drug delivery company
Acrux's lead product is Axiron, an underarm spray that is used to treat low or no testosterone in men.
In January, the US Food and Drug Administration said it would investigate whether testosterone replacement therapy increased the risk of heart attack and stroke.
The FDA has not advised patients to cease their treatments, but the regulator's move has affected the sector.
In an announcement on Monday Acrux said unless the US testosterone replacement therapy market improved or Axiron's market share increased "the next milestone may not be met in calendar year 2014."
Nervous investors wiped off a third of the company's value on Monday. Acrux stock fell 55¢ to a five-year low of $1.105. The plunge took the stock's decline to 74 per cent in the past year.
The admission comes after Acrux said in February that it was on track to receive its 2014 milestone payment of $50 million.
Australian Ethical fund manager Andy Gracey said it was "disappointing" that Acrux had backflipped on its guidance. The news "rocked" investors' confidence, he said. "We've been encouraged to believe that market share will be strengthening and it really hasn't done much," he added.
Canaccord analyst Matthijs Smith said Acrux had delivered five quarters of stable market share at 14 per cent.
The company and medical professionals have criticised the two studies upon which the FDA based its decision to reassess the safety of the therapy. But the decision has been followed by a review in Europe as well.
Dr Smith said even if the therapy was found to be safe, consumer caution would mean the effect would be long-lasting. "Regardless of the merit of the safety concern which we will find out in due course, people are worried about it and people have stopped using the drug," he said.
Acrux said the next $50 million payment "remains payable in the first calendar year that the global sales hurdle is met".
The company received a $25 million payment from Eli Lilly after meeting its 2013 target.
Global net sales reported by Eli Lilly in the three months ended March 31 increased 6.5 per cent to $US39.5 million ($42.5 million), Acrux said.
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Creamsicles and Gravity
As children, certainly for those of us to the Dixie Manor born, we didn't think much about the heat. Even on days where the man in the little box shouted warnings about record high this or that and the humidity was so high you choked on it the second you stepped outside, we still carried on. Summertime seemed to evaporate in the blink of an eye and the heat wasn't going to keep us from enjoying even a second of it.
Sweating and slicking on my second creamesicle… one mama had given me, the other I swiped from the freezer in the pantry when no one was looking… I sat on the back porch one afternoon tying on one of my birthday presents… a shiny new pair of roller skates. I had more balance then that I do know, thank God. Joined by a few friends, we set off to terrorize the neighborhood. There were no knee pads or helmets in those days, at least none that found their way into our house, not that I would have worn them anyway. Every time someone went down we all laughed, we got back up, and off we went again.
Down the street Widow McCann lived in what we called "Spook House"; it looked like every other white columned antebellum house in the neighborhood. Mrs. McCann lived there alone and clearly struggled to maintain it. One son lived in a few hours away in Memphis and the other married a yankee and followed her to Virginia. Yes, for those of us from the true heart of Dixie, anyone outside Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama or Georgia was a yankee, or a foreigner, or both. The house, which is thankfully still standing today, was in need of a little… ok, a lot… of TLC. But, her yard was a shortcut on the way to the local drugstore, where for money we wouldn't bother to bend over and pick up now, we could belly up to a long polished mahogany bar and have one of the best coke floats on the planet.
It was on this shortcut that the theory of gravity became, well, very real. Across a little man made stream was a five or six foot wooden bridge; it was nice and flat and in my infinite wisdom I decided to get a running go and skate across it to the cobblestone path on the other side. I remember grabbing the handrails and propelling myself forward and then, somehow, felt the earth tilt on its axis. The next thing I remember was looking up at the blue sky through the canopy of a giant live oak, unable to breathe. At least my epitaph would read "he went out with his skates on". After a couple of minutes of laughter from my buddies and God snatching me back from what I thought was the cusp of death, I was able to breathe again, so I got up, dusted myself off, and we headed to get that coke float none the worse for wear.
I'm a little wider than I was then. I'm shedding brain cells and hair faster than I can count, and I'm certainly a lot less resilient than I was four-plus decades ago. As they say, oh, but for a time when life gave more than it took. I know Kathy's going home at the moment she did was part of Gods perfect plan. She's no longer in pain and suffering and for that I'm grateful. I know we'll see each other again soon and I take great comfort in that, too. March 11, 2013 at 4:33PM, however, knocked the wind out of me. I haven't fully regained it and I'm not sure I will. Time has made some things easier and yet so much hasn't changed. For so long my purpose was quite clear and I was happy to fulfill that role. Now, I'm rudderless and drifting and, admittedly, not so patiently waiting on my call home.
I'm still here, so my purpose isn't fully realized just yet. I'm struggling with not knowing what that is, and with forgiving myself for not knowing more or being able to do more and for those moments when I didn't realize just how short time could be. I'm not as active on social media at the moment because I just don't have anything to say… that anyone would want to hear. Thank you to everyone that has called or messaged me. Please forgive me if I haven't responded yet. I'm still trying to get my wind back.
Mingo Falls
We came across Mingo Falls by accident while riding around on some of the back roads near Cherokee, North Carolina. We're told it's the highest single drop waterfall in the state. It was a fair hike up to the base of the falls, but very worth the wobble to the top.
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Fields of Fireweed
As beautiful as it is to look at, fireweed holds a secret many Alaskans don't like to talk about. The blooms on the fireweed act as a seasonal clock… the closer the blooms are to the top of the plant, the closer we are to saying When the flowers finally reach the top, we know that it's time to say goodbye to summer and hello to fall, and *shudder* winter.
Naptime for Santa
With the last present and lump of coal delivered, it's time for dear 'ol Saint Nick and his cadre of elves to take a little break. That does bed the question though… just what does the jolly fat man do to unwind? Sunbathing in Fiji or maybe touring a chocolate factory in Switzerland. It was a good, happy Christmas at our house. We hope yours was as well and you're off to a good start to 2012. Just don't tell me if you've already broken any resolutions. I'm hoping to hold out one more day 🙂
Home Sweet Home
Originally designed to be a hotel near Denali National Park, the building project has long since been abandoned. It had been completely boarded up for years but the doors are open for anyone willing to wander in. The interior is a patchwork of framed walls and graffiti from years of neglect. It's a landmark on the Parks Highway that you just can't miss, or resist stopping to get a picture of.
A night out on the town…
And just where do you think you're going?
Safe harbor…
The Lady Ann returning to her home port at River Dunes near Oriental, North Carolina.


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Reades Residential is delighted to for rent this truly stunning semi detached house located along Kennedy Drive on the outskirts of the picturesque and highly sought after village of Hawarden, Flintshire.
Available fully furnished to a very high standard, to the ground floor this property briefly comprises entrance hall, downstairs WC, two large reception rooms and a high specification fitted kitchen with breakfast bar and integrated whitegoods. Stairs lead for the entrance hallway to the first floor landing and on to two large double bedrooms, a further single bedroom and family bathroom with modern style white suite and bath with mains pressure shower over.
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A Watford bar manager is preparing to have either his head shaved or legs waxed in a bid to raise cash for charity.
Chris Hutchison, who runs Riley's in The Parade, is vowing to go to extreme lengths to show his support for Children in Need.
The 35-year-old said: "Last year we held a similar event and I was forced to have my legs waxed.
"It wasn't a pleasant experience; I think I understand a bit more what women have to go through in the name of beauty.
"We managed to raise £1,000 from that, so I thought we'd do it again.
"I'm not particularly looking forward to having either done, perhaps my boss Ian Huett will save my hair like he did last year, by paying more money for me to get my legs done."
Mr Hutchison of Prestwick Road, South Oxhey, said staff were inspired to hold the fundraiser again for Children in Need because of resident DJ Chris Mullins.
The father-of-three explained: "Chris' daughter Amber Lee was diagnosed with Leukaemia.
"Thankfully she is in remission now, but as a father myself, I can't imagine what Chris and his family went through, from diagnosis to treatment.
"That's why it's so important to support a cause like this, to help Children in Need."
On Friday, November 16, as well as losing either the hair on his legs or on his head, Mr Hutchison and his staff will be hosting a fundraising event at Riley's.
There will be a disco, an X Factor-style karaoke, a pool competition, and a raffle with prizes including hampers, restaurant and hairdressers' vouchers, and a digital camera up-for-grabs.
The event will be held from 7.30pm and entry is free, with a year's free membership to the sports bar included.
All money raised on the night will be given to Children in Need and the amount raised will be matched by the bar.
Mr Hutchison added: "It's all a bit fun, but if we can turn that fun into raising a bit of money for a good cause, then everyone will benefit."


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booyeah, shits gettin cleaner ever since i got these prismas
booyeah, shits gettin cleaner ever since i got these prismas
Ian - It looks pretty good, maybe separate the O and I a little bit more to make it flow better and the bottom of the E just looks off to me
Last edited by pez 1794; 04-21-2011 at 10:58 PM.
Yes I know I'm a toy and everyone else is better then me. Quit pointing it out.
Ian that looks sick
didn't know silver was so hard to use, i won't be making that mistake again
crits please
critty critty bang bang
i know my bars are off in spots, im still tryin to get the hang of this line thickening business, and the picture doesnt do it proper justice, looks better in real life, but im happy with the way it turned out
GETH work on keepin those bars consistent, also try to straighten out your letters more, theyre all goin off at weird angles, just doesnt look good IMO
^if your going to do a dark outline do make your second outline/forcefield or whatever it is you call it, a lighter color
word, its lighter in person so you can see it better but i gotchu
yup yup, and usually when i decide to put hash marks/lines/blocks of color in my 3d i make it a diiferent shade of the 3d color and I hardly ever use outline color for it unless its black and white... that 1 is more personal preference though
yeah dawg thats the first time i ever tried usin those
ian- 1st pic-drop some of the extensions, and dont bother connecting the letters (yet), other than that ts looking pre clean.
2nd pic-too many extension and bends in the letters... and imo it wouldve looked better with the I being seperate from the connection between the M and N... and the D is pre wack, sorry man
geth- your letters are leaning too far over, and shorten the top extension on the E and make the bottom extension on the G go farther.
dent- make your letter size more equal... your D and T need work, and your drop shadow is pre off.. but, your E and N are lookin pre good
new stuff, crits always appreciated
any crits on dis?...
ian - I notice an improvement in all your stuff, any painting recently?
tasty - why do we never see alot of color from you? otherwise bars have good consistent width.
dent - that is a good look, but is there any reason the n and t are smaller than the first 2 letters?
ewl - i'd say ur gettin a little better bit by bit but on this peice your t got too close to the h.
thanks... and ya i dont use colour because i wanted to get structure down... ill do a quick fill on some of those actually and re-post later
EDIT: im digging that tempo, my only complaint is the A doesnt look like an A and your L should be bigger... but keep it up
tasty i like ur shit for the soar i would put more spacing between the s and o as for the throws my fave is the far right
tempo yeah fix up the l and a good work dude
crits please.
the I is kind of hurting the flow, the PE flows really well together though, im feeling it.
yeah im seeing that now thanks bro
any constructive thoughts people? ...
@Mippi - I see why weed said the I throw it off cause it not as wide as the rest but reguardless that dont stand out bad enough to ruin what you got goin on. I think its dope.
Tempo pretty cool, try to just go straight with it tho,
nice mippi, but yah the i is a little small and bad cuts
soar, i like tha throw up
this a little shit i just did, effects came sloppy but its all cool
Hulk- alright like i said go simpler work on making it cleaner before you work on connections and style and Rask i like it, the 3D on the curved bar at the bottom of the A is a little bit off and i wud suggest trying to bring that arrow at the end of your piece a little bit tighter but keep it up it looks sick bro
tried 2 fix some of the drop shadow, still not how I want it to look though. oh well


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 1/6/2012 (1881 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
What would you say if someone reminded you how little time you have left to live?
Not because you're dying.
But because you've already lived more years than you have left.
More importantly, what would you say about how you've lived your life so far? And how you plan to spend what precious time remains?
-- -- --
He introduced himself this way.
"I'm a 97-year-old veteran."
The voice on my newsroom phone was strong, the tone determined
"I can still think," he continued, "but I can't write."
And with that, the man I came to know as "Digger" Joe Kutcher said he wanted me to write something for him.
A letter.
Joe wanted to be reimbursed by Veterans Affairs for the more than $200 worth of acupuncture treatments he'd undergone to help manage the pain of arthritis. In the end, he managed to get the money back without my writing a letter, but before the cheque arrived, I paid "Digger" Joe a visit at his studio apartment in a St. Boniface assisted-living centre.
It is here where Joe sits each morning with the audible chiming and ticking of time as his only companion. By my count, there are 13 clocks that decorate the walls, tables and shelves, all but one of which he made himself. But then Joe has always been good mechanically, which is how, in 1935, he started his first of many loosely related careers, as a Royal Canadian Air Force aviation mechanic.
The clocks in his apartment, testaments to his gift with gadgets, are interspersed with framed photos of his family, his three children, and his once-young and so beautiful wife, Molly. Today she resides in a St. Norbert nursing home, where at 95 her heart still ticks, but her brain won't remember. When I ask Joe to remember -- to recall his favourite moment in his long life -- he answers without hesitation.
"My wedding day."
As for the favourite of his many jobs, it wasn't really a job, although he treated it like one. It came along in 1980, after he retired from his last position, as supervisor of construction and maintenance for Riding Mountain National Park. Actually, it was more of a hobby that he treated like a job, and earned him his "Digger" Joe nickname. For more than 30 years, starting with a metal detector he bought at a Main Street pawn shop, Joe has been mining for lost objects; some worthless, some semi-valuable, and some priceless to the person it belonged to.
And so Joe and his metal-detecting equipment have inched their way along boulevards, through parks, campgrounds, playgrounds and even in the shallow water along beaches. Searching and digging for what's buried just below the surface.
He says he didn't do it for money, even though he has a scrapbook full of found coins from 27 countries. In fact, much of what he's found in the ground he's sold and turned into donations for children's charities.
"It was to see what was in there," Joe explains. "To see what I could find."
And, when he found something of sentimental value, such as an engraved ring, there's nothing he enjoyed more than playing detective and tracking down the owner.
"It's sure nice, by golly, calling them to say you've found it, and then to present it to them and to see the expression on their faces."
He keeps their written expressions of gratitude, next to their photos, in another scrapbook.
"I prize that book," he says, "those thank-you notes, more than anything else I've got."
Anything, but not anyone.
Molly is the most precious of all his finds. And every afternoon he gets behind the wheel of his maroon 2006 Malibu and drives from St. Boniface to St. Norbert to find her again. The wife who can't remember him, but he won't forget.
-- -- --
Near the end of our visit, as one of his 13 clocks chimes in the background, I ask Joe if he has ever noticed the irony. How, less than three years from 100, with so little time left, he has surrounded himself with the constant chorus of time ticking down.
"I know the time is coming," he answers. "And I know I'm on borrowed time, and I'm very lucky. What comes, comes. I haven't got time to worry about it."
Finally, I ask him about the past.
"I think I did what I wanted to do," he says, quietly. "Jack of all trades, master of none."
Actually, by the sounds of it, Joe Kutcher mastered one thing many of us won't, not even if we live to be 100.
How to live a life that mattered to himself and to others.