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The FairTax would be included in the marked selling price of all new goods sold at every retail outlet, and would be collected at the cash register as ones checks out.
A FairTax would also be included in the service provided by a plumber, air conditioning service company, dentist, doctor or any other service provider and will be collected at the point of sale or service.
There is to be no tax on the sale of used goods -- items which were taxed before. Nothing is to be taxed more than once.
Want a monthly tax refund?
Well its not a tax refund exactly; its even better. Its called a Prebate.
Its what makes the FairTax truly progressive. The Prebate comes to every resident head of household having a valid Social Security number. The FairTax Prebate is determined only by size of household.
The 2013 figures for a 2-adult family are shown in the table.
Does everyone receive this Prebate; even the very rich? The answer is, yes! The FairTax treats everyone exactly the same.
Some havent given the FairTax serious consideration. Its often thought of as an ordinary sales tax which weighs heavily on the poor.
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The rebate, more properly called the Prebate, makes the FairTax a progressive tax system.
The Prebate shows compassion for the poor and economically challenged. The FairTax eliminates the direct taxation of income from wages, which is very hard on the working poor.
Any income tax withheld from their paycheck might be returned as a refund in the next year. Not so with the 7.65% FICA payroll tax. This is also withheld from their paychecks. Most workers, including all the working poor, will realize an immediate 7.65% increase in disposable income.
The federal government will no longer deduct any money from any workers paycheck. Plus, economists predict lower prices of U.S. produced goods because the FairTax eliminates hidden and embedded taxes estimated to be an average of 22 cents per dollar.
With the Prebate, no individual or family pays federal taxes on purchasers of goods and services up to the poverty level.
The disposable income of the entire working class will improve substantially under the FairTax.
The attached figures show the yearly taxes paid (as a percentage of spending on new goods and services) by a family of 2 adults and 2 children under the FairTax system.
From the attached table, the poverty level for this family of 4 is $31,020.
If the family spends exactly this figure on new goods and services, no money they have earned goes to fund the federal government.
Very low spenders may realize a net gain with the Prebate being more than the FairTax tax they would pay. Another benefit: the tax punishment for working hard and saving has been removed. The FairTax also removes the reward for ones debt.
With the FairTax, working families could earn and taxably spend $46,000 and still pay less in federal taxes than the 7.65% FICA tax alone under the existing income tax!
Disposable income will increase with the Prebate and the elimination of pay deductions for income and payroll taxes.
Consider too, with lower prices resulting from removal of hidden taxes, the increased disposable income will purchase even more with the FairTax.
Youre thinking, This is just too good; it cant possibly be true! but it is true; in part because now tourists, those in the country illegally and the more than $1 trillion underground economy (which pays no tax with the income tax system) will pay taxes just like you.
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My new favorite dress to wear! I omitted the sleeves because it's summer where I am and sleeveless feels much better. I have the French version of BS, but I am a beginner sewer so… thank goodness I can download the digital english version instructions for free from burdastyle.com! Or else all that new sewing vocab can be a but overwhelming. There were no instructions for the top inset, so I just sewed it and ignored the buttons. I also split the front skirt panels in two where the pleats begin because I wanted there to be a bit of contrast in the skirt as well.
I was tempted to omit the zipper since I think I could have pulled this dress over without any openings… but I decided to not risk it and sewed the zipper in anyway.
It is also a good biking dress, FYI, doesn't ride up too high but has enough space for the legs to pedal.
I wrote more in my sewing journal: http://cathywu.com/journal/treadling/2013/02/03/burda-122012-dress-130/
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Mar 19, 2013, 10.26 PMby calatrava92
Wow you made an amazing dress!
Feb 5, 2013, 01.29 PMby lucyl12
Wow this is amazing. So bright cheerful and the contrast red looks just amazing. I really liked this pattern but thought it might be too much effort. Yours shows it would be totally worth it. Great with no sleeves too.
Feb 5, 2013, 02.50 AMby Gabriela Alejandra
your smile and happines make the dress so much beautiful !!!
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Feb 10, 2013, 02.57 PMby cathytxtwfr
thank you! when i am wearing something i've sewn, i can't help but just be happy
Feb 4, 2013, 06.11 AMby bethmaryharley
Another beautiful dress! Love the colours and photos too! :)
Feb 3, 2013, 10.17 PMby smallone
wow what a wonderful rendition!!….love this site for that with all the talented people who take a concept and reinvent it for themselves….I never for the life of me would have thought to use two colors….and look what a fabulous dress that makes!! thanks for the inspiration.
oh and i just read your great blog.
I loved the view into Benin via the fabric store….not the view of Africa as it's usually presented to the outside world :)
and I laughed out loud at you comment on burda instructions. i wonder if any of the German speakers on this site can let us know if they are any better in German?!!
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Feb 10, 2013, 02.56 PMby cathytxtwfr
maybe! in any case i'm thankful there are other patterns with great instructions, otherwise i'd never be able to complete a burda project
Feb 3, 2013, 06.33 PMby schnui
I agree with Laracrj, your dress is better than the original. For a person who is a beginner at sewing, you are very clever. I love your combination of the two fabrics and the detailing of the red bias. Your dress is beautiful and looks perfect for hot weather.
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Feb 10, 2013, 02.53 PMby cathytxtwfr
thank you! i actually sketched out 7 possible ways i wanted to make this dress, and it really helps for playing with ideas rather than trying to imagine it in my head
Feb 3, 2013, 06.33 PMby schnui
I agree with Laracrj, your dress is better than the original. For a person who is a beginner at sewing, you are very clever. I love your combination of the two fabrics and the detailing of the red bias. Your dress is beautiful and looks perfect for hot weather.
Feb 3, 2013, 01.32 PMby laracrj
This is lovely, I much prefer your version to the original! x
Feb 3, 2013, 11.27 AMby nookie
love the contrasting fabrics. This pattern looks great sleeveless as well.
Feb 3, 2013, 10.45 AMby Mary Athey
Smashing dress, the fabric you choose is lovely. I love your photos as well x
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The goal of the department is to prepare students for challenging careers and positions of leadership in both the private and public sectors. Specific objectives of the department are:
1) to create a professionally oriented learning environment in which disciplinary competencies and professional ethics develop and grow,
2) to emphasize conceptual knowledge and the development of analytical and problem-solving skills,
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Upon completion of a Bachelor's degree through the College of Business and Management, students will meet the following goals and objectives:
- Demonstrate knowledge of key concepts in the major business disciplines
- Knowledge in the key business disciplines including accounting,
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legal and social environment of business
- Able to systematically analyze a business problem using appropriate
- Interpretation of evidence
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Demonstrate the ability to learn how to learn in order to maintain core competencies and knowledge for employability.
New students must contact the department for initial advising to plan a program of study that satisfies degree requirements and reflects their interests. Students are also required to access the Degree Audit Reporting System (DARS) throughout their college career to verify that degree requirements are being met.
The bachelor's degree prepares students for careers in business, government, and nonprofit organizations. The objectives of the curriculum are to develop technical competencies in each of the major areas of accounting (financial, managerial, auditing, and taxation) and to provide students with educational qualifications needed for the professional certifications of certified management accountant (CMA), certified internal auditor (CIA), certified information systems auditor (CISA), and foundational knowledge required for certified public accountant (CPA).
Foundation requirements
All majors in the College of Business and Management require foundation knowledge in accounting, economics, mathematics, statistics, and the behavioral sciences. Students must earn a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 across all foundation courses. UIS courses that satisfy the foundation knowledge requirements include:
ACC 211 Introduction to Financial Accounting and
ACC 212 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
ECO 213 Statistics for Business and Economics
MAT 113 Business Calculus (or other calculus)
ECO 201 Introduction to Microeconomics and
ECO 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics
or ECO 315 Economics for Administration
Behavioral science course (only psychology or sociology)
Coursework equivalent to the above may be accepted upon approval by the student's advisor.
College Core (21 Hrs.)
The college core is required of all undergraduate College of Business and Management students. Students must earn a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 across all college core courses.
ACC 335 Accounting Information Systems 3 Hrs.*
BUS 302 Principles of Financial Management 3 Hrs.
BUS 312 Principles of Marketing 3 Hrs.
BUS 322 Principles of Operations Management 3 Hrs.
BUS 331 Business and Society 3 Hrs.
MGT 310 Managing Organizational Behavior 3 Hrs.
MGT 488 Strategic Management: The Capstone 3 Hrs.**
*Accountancy majors must take this course to fulfill the Principles of MIS 352 requirement for the college core.
**Prerequisite: All college core courses, and within 12 hours of graduation or during the student's last semester. A minimum grade of C (2.00) is required in MGT 488.
Major Requirements (21 Hrs.)
To earn a Bachelor's in Accountancy a student must:
-Complete at least 54 semester hours from a 4 year baccalaureate-granting institution;
-Complete at least 48 semester hours of upper-division (300-400 level) coursework;
-Complete at least one half of his or her business coursework at UIS (college core and major); and
-Earn a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00 across all courses required for the major.
Students enrolled prior to Fall 2009 may substitute an equivalent 3 hr. Accountancy or equivalent CBM course for a 4 hr. course requirement by use of a Student Petition. All Accountancy majors must complete 21 core credit hours to fulfill the Accountancy core requirements.
ACC 321 Intermediate Financial Accounting I 3 Hrs.
ACC 322 Intermediate Financial Accounting II 3 or 4 Hrs.
ACC 324 Intermediate Financial Accounting III 3 Hrs.
ACC 433 Intermediate Managerial Accounting 3 Hrs.
ACC 443 Federal Income Taxation 3 Hrs.
ACC 464 Auditing Concepts and Responsibilities 3 Hrs.
ACC Elective 3 Hrs.
General Elective 4 -5 Hrs.
Engaged Citizenship Common Experience (ECCE) 13 Hrs.
*Note: Freshmen and sophomore students should be aware that the internship through the Experiential and Service Learning Programs (EXL) is classified as part of the Engagement Experience and the Elective categories in ECCE. If you wish to do an internship during your senior year, you should not fulfill either the Engagement or the Elective requirements with lower division ECCE courses. You should wait to enroll in 6 hours of EXL, which will then fulfill these requirements.
With advisor approval, community college transfer students who complete coursework equivalent to ACC 321, 322 and 324 with a grade of B or better, may not be required to complete these courses at UIS. Acceptance of Accountancy core transfer credit is subject to departmental approval.
Students must complete a minimum of 12 hours in Accountancy prefix courses (ACC) at the UIS College of Business and Management.
To earn a minor in accountancy, students must complete at least 15 hours of Accountancy courses, including three upper division Accountancy courses at UIS. An overall GPA of 2.00 in Accountancy coursework is required to earn the accountancy minor.
ACC 211 Introduction to Financial Accounting (or equivalent)
ACC 212 Introduction to Managerial Accounting (or equivalent)
ACC 321 Intermediate Financial Accounting I
ACC 433 Intermediate Managerial Accounting
One upper division accountancy course from UIS
Students should consult their academic advisor to ensure that the requirements for a minor are met.
Transferring in College Core Courses
(BUS 302, BUS 312, BUS 322, BUS 331, MGT 310, MIS 352, and MGT 488)
The following requirements must be met in order for transfer credit to fulfill an upper division college core course requirement:
-The course must be an upper division course
-The course must have been completed within six years prior to admission
-A grade of C or better must be earned in each course requested for transfer
-No more than 3 courses or 9 hours of transfer credit may be used to fulfill CBM college core
-MGT 488 Strategic Management: The Capstone, must be completed at UIS.
In addition to providing advanced studies in professional accountancy, the master's degree provides coursework in research methods and related disciplines chosen by the student based on his or her objectives. The degree is largely taught in the seminar and case study format, which serves to enhance communication and critical thinking skills. The master's degree enables students to achieve professional careers in accountancy, as well as to assume leadership roles in both the public and private sectors. It also serves students who wish to meet the 150-hour requirement to sit for the CPA examination.
Graduate Learning Objectives
After completing the Masters in Accountancy, graduates will be able to:
* Demonstrate the ability to conduct original empirical research into an accounting issue/question and be able to effectively communicate the results of that research.
Entrance requirements
Applicants must have taken the following coursework: introductory courses in financial and managerial accounting, college math through business calculus, principles of economics (micro and macro), statistics, and computer applications (recommended).
Students interested in sitting for the Illinois CPA examination should be aware of the Illinois Board of Examiners' requirement of 24 hours of business courses. Further information about the exam can be found at http://www.illinois-cpa-exam.com.
Students can be admitted conditionally until all admissions requirements are met. Students receiving financial aid must be fully admitted after one year in order to maintain their eligibility.
The following undergraduate accountancy courses or the equivalent are also required.
ACC 321, 322 and 324 Intermediate Financial Accounting I, II and III (or equivalent)
ACC 335 Accounting Information Systems (or equivalent)
ACC 433 Intermediate Managerial Accounting (or equivalent)
ACC 443 Federal Income Taxation (or equivalent)
ACC 464 Auditing Concepts and Responsibilities (or equivalent)
An overall GPA of 2.70 in Accountancy prerequisite courses is required for full admittance into the master's degree program.
Degree requirements (30 Hrs.)
Accounting topics courses 21-24 Hrs.
Business and administrative topics 3-6 Hrs.
ACC 583 Accountancy Capstone 3 Hrs.
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I've been learning web development and design for about 2 years on my own (self-taught) and I just want to know the steps that I have to take in order to get a job or be a freelancer in the field. I have no experience in this filed I work in sales.
What is the right path to take?
You can start as freelancer and build your portfolio. We seen many freelancers hired full time
Create some websites???
You need examples of what you can do, so make some sites on topics that interest you. Help a local charity for free.
I agree,
Start with making your own website if you don't have one already.Ask friends, family, local businesses if they need a website.
Practice making as many sites as you can.
In addition to working on sites, you should also take a look at web development books and languages. This will help you avoid "reinventing the wheel" or getting frustrated by problems by seeing suggestions on generally accepted techniques. Sitepoint actually has a good collection of introductory and intermediate materials on the main site.
Web development isn't just another day job, but if that's what you're looking for, I would suggest looking elsewhere. Web development is a hobby that you really need to have an serious interest in, otherwise you'll hate it and drive yourself crazy with all the details and problems you will encounter.
Look on local forums or freelance sites and bid on projects to get a portfolio built up. I had to work on the cheap for a couple hundred USD$ for some static sites to get a portfolio built up before I was comfortable enough to apply for some design jobs. I used craigslist and googled "freelance design jobs" to get my experience for my first office job.
First of all create your own website so you can show your clients and maybe find clients online, the next step could be doing 5 reference websites for free or very low price so you will have references
Freelancing is a start.You can create dummy webpages for your portfolio, or start small selling your services in sites like http://www.peopleperhour.com/hourlies. It is a new one, but you get better prices for your services that you get in fiverr etcHope it helps
Create a website with your portfolio. Spread over social media. Join free lancing sites. Make others know about your experiences. Get references and contacts. Build your own reputation in the end
The way I started - with no work prospects at all - build your portfolio (which will be empty), then rebuild it, then rebuild it again differently, then rebuild it again. Then, if you're struggling for work, you've just built 4 sites, 3 of which you can showcase on your fourth portfolio site, and you would have learnt a hell of a lot more than not designing/building anything. I got told by a company I freelanced afterwards that the main reason they took me on was because that showed dedication and a determination to improve my skills in the light of having no work! Give it a go!
You can create small site for your personal detail, and put this site on google.It is not interesting one but people seeing your profile and personal info then you have chance for get a job thanks
This is actually the best advice. It is how I started and I have have a job because of a similar method. I would advise you to build up yourself a nice portfolio - Spend time on this, nurture it as if it's your baby. It will do all the magic and show your clients what you are and what you're made of. Once you have this up and running it's time to try find some references. You may need to start at a low price - believe me we have all been there, but the more items you have down on your portfolio the better it looks, eventually more jobs will come and potentially bigger ones at that.
Everyone has to start somewhere - build yourself from the ground up and keep adding stuff to your portfolio. Also try to blog and write good content, if people browsing your portfolio see a blog and also notice you are very keen and have a passion, people love that kind of stuff.
Where to find work you are probably asking yourself? Your best bet is to google web design freelance jobs, it is going to be a tough cookie getting your first job on a freelance website with small credentials, I remember trying to get my first job on one, it was tough. But in the end I got there, it's good writing a good cover letter when applying to freelance jobs, show them how passionate you are about web design and how really are the person for the job. When I got my first freelance job I was over the moon, quite literally! But once the first comes in, it gets a whole lot easier. Some clients come back for more, maintenance for their website etc.
About your experience, I wouldn't worry about that. Web Design is a weird one, I have read all kinds of articles of how people have gone off to University etc doing degrees in all kinds of stuff non-related to web design and then go off and do some freelance build up a portfolio and when they are ready they go out and apply to a company and get the job. The truth is about web design, you get the most experience and understanding on the job and most of the time that is by reading blogs, tutorials and community websites like SitePoint.
At the end of the day! Don't give up, keep going at freelance websites and applying for projects. It will all come in time
tr;dr - Get a portfolio, find jobs on the cheap, add to portfolio, apply to more freelance websites, find a job at the end of it all when you're ready.
it is very important for you to build your portfolio first. your clients will ask for it everytime you are being interviewed


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|From: Matthias Felleisen (matthias at ccs.neu.edu)
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Wooks, it is unkosher to post solutions to student exercises on the Web. There are high school teachers all over the world who rely on the solutions being protected and not published (at least not with explanations and on a `reliable' source). I must ask you to refrain from posting HtDP solutions on this mailing list. -- Matthias, for SK On Jul 28, 2006, at 7:10 PM, wooks . wrote: > My solution to 27.5.5 accomplished the switch by moving the top row > to the bottom of the matrix. > > However coming to Ex 27.5.6 I can see that if all the remaining > first row cells are zero I will infinitely loop. Now ok I could > check if thats the case and handle it in some way. Alternatively I > could pre sort the matrix by descending 1st colmumn which would > eliminate the need for any switching, but I am getting an uneasy > feeling about this solution esp since the fact I didn't recourse to > the hint in 27.5.5 shows some divergent thinking from the authors. > > Have I or am I about to take a wrong turn. > > Here is what I have as the result of 27.5.5 (I have annotated the > code with some extras that I felt were needed). > > > ;triangulate : [[num]] -> [[num]] > ;produces a matrix in lower echelon form > (define (triangulate matrix) > (cond > [(empty? matrix) empty] > [else (local ((define top-row (first matrix))) > (cond > [(zero? (first top-row)) (triangulate (append (rest > matrix) (list top-row)))] > [else (cons top-row > (triangulate (map (lambda (current-row) > (subtract top-row current-row)) > (rest matrix))))]))])) > > ;subtract: [number] [number] -> [number] > ;repetitively subtracts the 1st list from the 2nd until the 1st > cell of the 2nd list is eliminated > (define (subtract lista listb) > (cond > [(empty? listb) empty] > [(zero? (first listb)) (rest listb)] > > ;;ensures that 1st cell in listb is a multiple of the first cell > in lista > ;;otherwise we will infinitely loop trying to eliminate the cell > in listb > [(not (zero? (remainder (first listb) (first lista)))) > (subtract lista (map (lambda (cell) (* (first lista) cell)) > listb))] > > ;;determines whether elimination is accomplished by addition or > subtraction > [else (local ((define op (if (or (and (< (first listb) 0) > (< (first lista) 0)) > (and (> (first listb) 0) > (> (first lista) 0))) - +)) > (define (subEach lista listb) > (cond > [(empty? lista) empty] > [else (cons (op (first listb) (first lista)) > (subEach (rest lista) (rest > listb)))]))) > (subtract lista (subEach lista listb) ))])) > > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
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Passed down from generation to generation, this legendary rock bestows its colossal powers of social ineptitude upon the lucky few. The Awkward Rock may neither be thrown nor tossed nor had fun with in any form... although several scholars argue that some fondling has occurred over the millennia. Some geologists have postulated that it came perhaps from space, however; more conventional theorists insist that this majestic rock was born of a Titan's sneeze, during the dawn of the world. Either way, none may argue the joy and fulfillment that the Awkward Rock has brought to countless people over the ages, at the comedic expense of the blessed few.
Sally could only look on in horror as Austin stumbled and bumbled over compliment and innuendo alike. No! She did not care that she reminded him of his night elf twink. No! She knew what Austin meant by having a cream-filled sausage feast.
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CASTLE Combe Circuit has a packed race programme at the Fathers' Day meeting on Saturday There are 13 races in rapid fire succession throughout the afternoon plus the morning's qualifying sessions.
In the four-class Castle Combe Saloon Car Championship, the battle to be outright champion is currently between the Bristolians, Mark Wyatt and David Rose, at the top of classes B and D respectively.
Just two points behind is the man who has the experience of two championship titles behind him, Calne's Tony Hutchings.
Renault Megane pilot Charles Hyde-Andrews-Bird from Shepton Mallet is the closest in terms of speed, but has yet to develop the car to be a regular high points scorer.
This has elevated the class A Astra Turbo of Swindon's Julian Ellison to second place in the class, with Westbury on Trym's David Challenger third in his SEAT Leon Cupra.
Bath's Dave Scaramanga in his VW Bora and Keynsham's John Barnard in his Turbo Astra are among the other A class contenders.
The class C cars are headed by Stroud's Rodney Apperly in his Peugeot 106 Gti and Chard's Carl Loader in his Saxo VTS, with Bath's Guy Parr in the Fiesta.
The Gloucester-based 'Kevin Mills Racing Team' seems to have the Castle Combe Formula Ford 1600 championship pretty much under its control this year, with three of its drivers taking most of the big points on offer so far.
Wiping up most of them in the last two rounds has been Ashley Crossey, from Flax Bourton in a Spectrum 011B, some of his main opposition coming from his own teammates, Langford's Roger Orgee and Coventry's Nathan Ward.
Chippenham's Adam Higgins and his Riadro Racing teammate and brother, Richard, from Burnham on Sea, have joined in battle in class A this year, Richard currently outscoring his reigning champion brother.
Ed Moore, from Melksham, will be hoping for a clean run in his Van Diemen JL013K, while Plymouth's David Cobbold is in a class of his own in his Pre '90 Van Diemen RF89 and in a remarkable fourth place overall. Tewkesbury's Paul Barnes leads the class B cars built before 1996.
After breaking the circuit record for the most number of wins at the last meeting, Bournemouth's Gary Prebble is back in the circuit's Sports and GT Championship in an attempt to put it even further out of reach of anyone else.
His 37th victory was at the wheel of his Mitsubishi Evo, the second car he has won in this year at the circuit, having taken the saloon car race in May in his friend's SEAT.
Another south coast driver, Torquay's Barry Squibb, leads the standings in his 'Evo', with Droitwichs Keith Dunn second overall and the top of his class in his Caterham C400 and Tim Woodman from Westbury on Trym not far behind.
The rest of the programme is comprised of races for championships organised by the 750 motor club.
After a four-year break, the Formula Vee championship returns with its unique VW Beetle engined single seaters.
There's also a pair of races for the 5Club Racing Mazda MX5 Cup, which has local entries from Chippenham's Kelly Williams, Warminster's Matthew Short and Swindon's James Canfer.
The Stock Hatch & Classic Stock Hatch races include Swindon's Gordon Macmillan in his Peugeot 205 Gti and Chippenham's Edward Cooper in his Fiesta XR2i.
Trowbridge's Josh Harvey, Bristol's Mike Tovey and Westbury's Owen Hunter are the West Country participants in the BMW Compact Cup races and there are also two packed races for equally matched MR2s.
Saturday's action starts at 8.30am with qualifying, racing getting under way from 11.50am.
Admission prices are £15 for adults and £10 for seniors, while accompanied children under 17 years are admitted free. Paddock Transfer is free if the tickets are booked in advance.
For further information, visit castlecombecircuit.co.uk or telephone the circuit on 01249 782417 during normal office hours.


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Hi, been a while since I posted here (before this forum was installed, anyway). I have been *ahem* "volunteered" to do a couple of briskets for a Saturday party. The problem is, when I did them last, I was living in a house with a fenced yard, allowing me to do the rub, marinate, and then smoke them for abou 10-14 hours very slowly, which I've found gives methe best results. I'm now in an apartment, and don't have this luxury.
Does anyone have any suggestions for how to tackle this? I think the party is happening in the afternoon. The possible solutions I thought of are:
1) Move a gas grill into my apartment next to a window and smoke overnight (potentially dangerous, and smoky)
2) Start cooking at about 2AM on Saturday and stay next to the grill all day (no thanks)
3) Start the cooking process on Friday, smoke heaily for a number of hours, remove, wrap, refrigerate, and finish the process on Saturday.
Option 3 seems like the most convenient for me, but don't know if it's possible. Anyone have any experience with this start-stop-start method of barbecuing, or have any suggestions for apartment barbecue?


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Tooth Extraction vs. Braces
Does any one still opt. to remove the I teeth instead of braces? My parents had this done to me and my teeth are not perfect, but there close enough. I would like to do the same for my child and can`t find someone to do this. Why is every one so opposed to it?
Removal of teeth without the application of braces afterwards is not predictable. Sometimes you get lucky and have a good result but most of the time the result is not up to today's standards for fit and appearance of the teeth.
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As 2014 dawns, it could be a very important year for one campaigning mum from Wiltshire.
Becky Martin is the parent behind Frack Free Families which campaigns against the removal of shale oil or gas from the ground – even if it's for exploration purposes.
Already Becky can be seen handing out leaflets in town centres across Wiltshire, as well as joining forces with other concerned groups. She recently spent the day at a protest at Barton Moss near Irlam, Manchester, where drilling took place in November and December.
"I became interested in this subject some time ago as a scientist. I'm a biologist and had a career in cancer research before having my son.
"I looked into hydraulic fracturing and did what research I could and I was horrified. I just had to do something about it.
"This is entirely outside my comfort zone. I've never campaigned about anything before or taken such a strong stance on any issue."
Becky often takes her two-year-old son Aidan with her when she hands out leaflets to make the point that families will be affected by this search for a new energy source.
"Being a mother has been the driving factor behind this. What are we leaving behind for our children? We could be risking their health with this process.
"Even taking that into account, it isn't even going to deal with our long-term energy needs. Even if shale gas was magnificent, it isn't going to solve our energy problems," Becky said.
The extraction of shale gas and oil – and in some cases coal bed methane – is likely to become a familiar theme here during 2014. It's a process which has been used in America for many years, but is still in an exploratory phase in the UK. It is just one measure the Govern-ment is looking at to ensure energy sustainability in the future. Renewables is another.
Becky said: "We have to look at, and invest more in, renewable energy such as solar, wind and tidal power. Shale gas is just too risky and we could be spending money on the burgeoning renewables sector. It's crazy to me that we're not looking more seriously at offshore wind farms or tidal power. We're an island, and that could create a sustainable energy future. We must move away from fossil fuels.
"Apart from anything else, shale gas will not help us with our main addiction when it comes to energy use – our cars."
A licensing round for exploratory work is due to be held in the first six months of this year. These licences could allow boreholes to be drilled and/or well pads to be created in Wiltshire, subject to planning permission and relevant permits from the Environment Agency and HSE.
This means companies involved in this exploratory work – such as IGas, Cuadrilla and Celtique – will be able to bid for the licences.
For Becky this is must not happen. Like many anti-fracking campaigners, she is concerned about the potential for contamination of water sources caused by the process of drilling. She's also concerned about the long-term health effects for communities living around drilling sites.
"Fracking fluid for the process is an unpleasant mix of chemicals. I've been told it contains nothing more than that which is under my kitchen sink. However, these cleaning fluids are incredibly toxic and we'll be pumping that into the ground in large quantities. Some of the chemicals used are very dangerous, such as oxirane.
"There are also risks around what could be released by the process itself. There are naturally occurring radioactive materials in the earth which we would not want to contaminate our water."
She wrote to her own MP, John Glen, expressing her concerns. He replied: "It is worth mentioning that the deposits of shale gas identified by the British Geological Survey in Wiltshire are extremely minimal – and located in the north west tip of the county. The majority are in central and northern England.
"I'm afraid that I'm strongly in favour of fracking. I welcome the potential it has to provide a vitally needed new energy source, and to catalyse a new industry in the UK."
However, Becky disputes that there will be any significant creation of jobs for local communities. She claims that in the Fylde area near Blackpool, where the first UK explorations were carried out, only 11 per cent of the workforce was recruited locally. John Glen also says there is little credible evidence to show that contamination of water sources could occur if proper procedures are in place.
"It's important to note the differences between water systems here and in the USA. In the UK, most aquifers lie within the first 300m below the surface. Fracking operations will taken place some 2km down – migration of methane or fracking fluids could therefore only occur through fractures in the rock which would allow the chemicals through."
Becky claims research from America suggests this method of obtaining energy is having adverse health effects on nearby communities – effects which emerge after a period of time. She believes this is not being taken seriously at home.
"There is evidence from Pennsylvania which suggests that children are having frequent nosebleeds, headaches and other problems when they live very close to the drill sites. I would also urge anyone to seek out the film Gasland which looks at the experiences of families living close to sites where shale gas and oil are extracted."
Becky also claims there are a number of myths around fracking. The most common one, she claims, is that obtaining shale oil or gas will bring down the price of energy.
Many politicians have now openly said that this will not happen, including Ed Davey, David Kennedy and Lord Sterne.
Claire Perry, the MP for Devizes, has a different point of view. She said: "Britain's energy system will face significant challenges in the coming years.
"The previous government failed for a whole decade to drive the necessary investment in our energy future leaving consumers vulnerable to sharply rising prices.
"I do not think we can afford to be complacent and the reforms this government is making through the Energy Bill and the Gas Generation Strategy are aimed at plugging any gap to keep the lights on."
She talks about needing a diverse energy mix to meet the UK's needs and that shale gas should be seriously considered.
A spokesman for the Department of Energy and Climate change said: "The Government is keen to explore the potential for shale gas in the UK as it could bring major benefits in terms of growth, jobs and energy security.
"According to current evidence, Public Health England considers fracking to pose a low public health risk providing operations are well-run and regulated. The UK has a strong track record robustly regulating the energy sector and any chemicals used in fracking would be carefully risk assessed prior to use."


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In LiveCycle ES it is possible to track the dependencies of parent forms to form fragments and vice versa using the functionality in Workbench ES.
In LiveCycle ES2 it is also possible to view the form fragments used by a parent form in Workbench > Form Design > Properties:
It is not possible to track the dependencies from a form fragment to see in which parent forms the fragment is used. This is due to the architectural changes related to the new application model in LiveCycle ES2.
In LiveCycle ES3 it is again possible to track the dependencies of parent forms to fragments and vice versa.
If you have a requirement to track the dependencies from fragments to parent forms in LiveCycle ES2, then you can do this using the LiveCycle API using code similar to below:
ResourceRepositoryClient repositoryClient = new ResourceRepositoryClient(myFactory); String fragmentUri = "/Applications/TestApplication/1.0/fragments/AddressFragment.xdp"; List relations = repositoryClient.getRelated(fragmentUri, false, Relation.TYPE_DEPENDANT_OF);
Here is a full sample class you can execute to test this functionality against a running LC server (you will need to adjust the settings for your environment): ListDependencies.java
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Between the piles of presents, decadent decorations and massive meals, the high costs of the holiday season can make anyone feel like Scrooge. As a result, some people are considering postponing their celebrations a few days, or even a week, to save big-time green.
A new CouponCabin.com survey reveals that more than one-quarter (29 percent) of those who celebrate Christmas are at least somewhat likely to consider postponing their celebration to a later date so they can save money.
In a news release, CouponCabin.com said, in addition, more than one-third (34 percent) of U.S. adults would consider waiting until January to do most of their holiday shopping in order to save money.
For some, postponing their holiday celebration can be a way to reduce the inevitable money anxiety associated with the season. Three-in-four (75 percent) are at least somewhat concerned with holiday expenses (buying gifts, entertaining, attending holiday parties) this year; furthermore, 19 percent are very concerned. Only one-quarter (25 percent) report not being concerned at all with holiday expenses this year.
Many of those who celebrate the holidays are open to changes in their get-togethers. More than eight-in-ten (82 percent) U.S. adults report they are flexible when it comes to holiday celebrations. Nearly one-third (32 percent) said it doesn't matter what day their family and friends celebrate or exchange gifts.
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Meet Niall Leonard, the Man Who's Married to 'Fifty Shades' Author E.L. James
Ever wonder what the spouse of the author of '50 Shades of Grey' is like? Ladies and gents, meet Naill Leonard.
-Lyah M. Alphonse, Yahoo! Shine
You may think that being married to the woman who wrote the BDSM Fifty Shades trilogy might mean a long parade of expensive trips, jealous fans, and plenty of erotic toys. But according to Niall Leonard, E.L. James' real-life husband of more than 20 years, the couple's "lifestyle" has little in common with the book.
"We're mostly, for all intents and purposes, just a regular family," Leonard, a screenwriter and novelist, told CNN in an interview.
Their two teenage sons have to put up with plenty of fallout from their mom's steamy Twilight fan fiction.
"They can look after themselves and they don't take any crap from anyone who wants to tease them about it," Leonard says. "People do, but… deep down they're really proud of what she's done and they're really proud of her."
Read Bride and Groom Marry on Twitter. Deeply Romantic or Deeply Depressing?
While the idea may make their sons squirm, Leonard says that he does see aspects of his wife in her Fifty Shades characters, Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey.
"I see my wife in the emails that they exchange," he says. "That's very much my wife's amazing ability to flirt via e-mail."
Does she like the color red? Collect Madonna-and-child pictures? Say "Jeez" a lot or refer to the "apex" of one's thighs? Leonard's not saying. He wasn't her editor, though he did proofread Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, and Fifty Shades Freed as his wife (whose real name is Erika) was writing them.
"She'd write a new chapter every week or so, and I would proofread it, checking her spelling, punctuation and occasionally suggesting a tweak if I thought the meaning was unclear," he told The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. She was posting chapters at Fanfiction.net at the time, under the user name "Snowqueens Icedragon," he said. "One night a week we'd sit at her laptop and go through her latest installment, and somehow we managed that for 18 months without killing each other."
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Published: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 1:53 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 1:53 p.m.
Are you a teenager age 13-18 who is concerned about friends and peers engaging in risky behavior with no one to turn to for information and help?
What: Training session for Peers Advocating for Unified Services and Education.
When: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 23; registration deadline is Feb. 15.
Where: Alachua County Health Department, 224 SE 24th St.
Information: Call 352-334-7972 or email email@example.com.
If so, then you may want to participate in the Peers Advocating for Unified Services and Education, or P.A.U.S.E., a program that provides eight hours of training so peer advocates can provide accurate and up-to-date information and resources about issues that include domestic/dating violence, drug/alcohol abuse and other health issues.
Peer advocates receive community service, college preparation, leadership skills and other benefits.
The next training session will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Alachua County Health Department at 224 SE 24th St. The registration deadline is Feb. 15. To register and for more information, call 352-334-7972.
Teresa Mercado White, regional minority AIDS coordinator for Area 3/13 at the Alachua County Health Department, said statistics show that young teens depend on their friends and other teens for advice and information, and what they usually get is the wrong information.
"Teens don't know who to turn to, and the peer advocate provides positive feedback to counteract peer pressure," White said. "They connect fellow teens and friends with services."
White said P.A.U.S.E. participants must complete an application, serve as an advocate for a full school term and attend monthly meetings, which are held from 4-6 p.m. the second Sunday of the month at the Health Department.
Besides the satisfaction of helping friends and other teens, White said peer advocates will earn community service hours, social networking skills, college preparatory information, leadership skills, and other tools to make them more competitive for college admission and scholarships.
White said the P.A.U.S.E. program was created by the Alachua County Health Department Minority AIDS program to train teens to advocate for their friends and peers and to provide them with community resources. She said her daughter, Keiyesa Parker, was in middle school when she came up with the idea in 2010 to provide a vehicle to help teens.
White said peer advocates carry badges so that other teens know they are available to discuss concerns. They also carry information they may need.
"The badge serves as a talking point," White said.
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Stargazer was established in 1978 with the opening of a stall in the Great Gear Market in the Kings Road London. Kings Road was the centre of the punk fashion in London at the time and it was this attitude towards colour and the outrages that moulded many of the company's ideas behind the ranges that we produce. We are still based in the UK, in Croydon on the outskirts of London.
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Twentieth-century science revealed this principle as a result of various experiments on living things. All their efforts to produce a new species through cross-breeding were pointless, revealing that there are insuperable walls between living species. It was definitely impossible to livestock breeders breeding new variations of cows to turn cows into another species altogether, as Darwin had claimed was possible.
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The new MacBook Air is yet again pegged as the latest and greatest thing coming out of Apple. While I can tell you that the MacBook Air is definitely something to behold simply based on its light weight and overall performance. The simple fact is, that Apple has pulled their typical move of introducing a new and ?improved? version of the product while simultaneously launching a smaller 11.6? version of the original 13.3? MacBook Air.
Our complaints don?t really lie with the implementation of SSDs, which we heartily welcome. Nor is it their implementation of an nVidia GeForce 320M GPU [9400 replacement] outputting at a improved higher 1440×900 resolution. The biggest beef is with Apple?s decision to continue their milking of the already four year old Intel Core 2 architecture. Other publications out there are focusing on the new features like instant on, which we definitely agree is a good thing for Apple to have done? But they have completely ignored the fact that Apple is using a dated refresh of a 4-year old architecture in a product that is launching almost towards the end of 2010. How can Apple consider their products to be innovative, cutting edge, and magical [their words, not ours] if they can?t even use remotely recent technology in their newest products?
The new Macbook Air models
The simple fact is that Apple has done this for quite some time and has typically lagged behind PC makers in their implementation of new technologies. Apple prefers to take a more refined approach to their form factor rather than implementing new technologies, using an old CPU and architecture on a brand new product is simply unforgivable. Many of Apple?s older products [with the exception of the 13? and smaller MacBooks] feature Intel?s newer Core i3, i5, and i7 processors? and yet, Apple chose to go ?back to the Mac? and release a laptop with some seriously dated hardware.
In a way, we find it funny that a CEO of a multi-billion dollar operation goes out and attacks Research In Motion[RIM], makers of the Blackberry – while both companies do the very same thing: think of form factor only, instead of thinking what format factor could be designed if newest technology is used. After all, all MacBooks and now majority of notebooks use Intel's patented – chiclet keyboard which sucks the air from the keys, runs them through the heated components and exhausts away from the user.
The Instant on is perhaps the key feature of the MacBook Air is Instant On technology, thanks to the built-in SSD technology. We're glad to see companies such as Apple and OCZ "challenging" the establishment by putting NAND Flash chips on non-standard form factors [2.5" case] and going with SO-DIMM [OCZ] or a DIMM [Apple] approach. That should ease up any RMA requests and save on materials as well as labor.
At the end of the day, it is up to the consumer to decide whether Apple can justify charging $1,599 for an upgrade from their old MacBook air with only a bigger SSD and Instant On technology to show for. Some sites, though, in their excitement are already talking about upgrading from their old MacBook Airs to this one? we don?t really see why.


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I've hurt my knee recently and can't really go out. I've seen doctor twice and now it's recovering. "Thank God!"
But I still manage to search a few old photos to post on blog, JUST FOR YOU.
Here goes...
This is me when I'm sixteen. Very adorable rite? Maybe I'm not so pretty, but I think I look cute in that dress rite?
This is me in my early twenties. I love wearing mini skirt. Very hip during those days.
Okay, enough of those old days. Let me tell you about my singing. All the K-places you have suggested, I will go and try it out one day. But don't know got songs for me to sing or not.
You ask me to sing Jay Chow? Aiyo, I think you want to kill me.
Anyway, I have no time to go practice. I've been called up during the weekend to do the rap demo. I've spent hours in the recording studio. It was so difficult to rap... don't know who came up with this idea.
The golden hair man is the Music Director. He warn me not to take pictures in his studio. But I don't care lah, I secretly snap some without his knowledge.
This the lyrics, I see until I fainted.
This is me singing in the studio. Aiyo, the room damn crampy. But the Music Director was kind enough to let me sit on the chair because he knew I've hurt my kneel. How sweet!


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We do not support Nessus in BackTrack due to licensing issues. But someone may be able to provide more info.
H'all people from BT Forum,
I'm kinda new here, but I'm no too newbie in BT and Linux (General).
The point is: Nessus, when started, displays an message: 'The daemon shut down the communication'. Tried to re-install it but no love. Login out and re-login (rebooting too) seems to have no effect.
After this message, if I try to start a scan, it says:
Connection ended by the SIGPIPE server
Nessus had returned an empty report.
Nothing more.
Another strange thing is that my connection sometimes goes down, restarting the service seems to correct, anyway this is not happening anymore (I didn't really try anything to fix it) but I'd like to know what was resulting in this difficulties to handle the connection.
Thanks in advance,
We do not support Nessus in BackTrack due to licensing issues. But someone may be able to provide more info.
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
If you are new to Back|Track
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Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
I'm going to take a shot in the dark at this
have you used the command line and registered the key that you got by putting in your email?
i have just installed nessus into bt4 r2 and it seems to be working fine for me.
also you may want to try asking in the forums dedicated to nessus
Thanks a lot for the answer!
It's installed and set up correctly, as the official Nessus Documentation say me to do.
It's registred too.
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218 flood alerts as snow melts in the UK
Published: January 27 2013 - 5:24PM
MORE than 200 flood alerts are in place across the UK as heavy rain mixed with melting snow marks the latest weather battle.
There have been more reports of flooding in south Wales overnight on Sunday, weather experts said, as the downpours replace almost two weeks of snow.
Norfolk Police have reported flooding caused by melting snow and ice, which has closed a number of roads in the area.
Wales, central England, and the southwest will be the worst-hit areas where at least one inch of rain is expected to have fallen by mid-morning, while the rest of the UK can expect around half-an-inch.
Rising temperatures of up to 12C have sparked a rapid thaw of the snow and ice which has built up in the recent cold snap, further exasperating potential flooding problems.
The Environment Agency has issued 30 flood warnings, urging people to take immediate action against predicted flooding, in the Midlands, the west of England, central England and Wales.
A further 218 flood warnings are in place across England, Scotland and Wales affecting all but the east of England and north of Scotland.
Chris Burton, a forecaster for MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said that the heavy rain will return on Monday along with the risk of flooding as the surface water and river levels build up ahead of an unsettled week.
An EA spokesman said: "Emergency teams from the Environment Agency will be out in force throughout the weekend shoring up defences, monitoring river levels and clearing blockages from watercourses."
Meanwhile, heavy snow storms on Friday night into Saturday left hundreds of people stranded for hours on motorways in the north of England.
The M6 was blocked in both directions between junctions in Lancashire when a sudden burst of snow brought drivers to a standstill from around 8.30pm local time, the Highways Agency said.
A number of accidents including jack-knifed lorries also blocked lanes.
Mountain rescue workers were drafted in to help with rescue operations and check on the condition of drivers stranded by the snow.
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HOUSTON - Boy Scouts from the Sam Houston Area Council are teaming up this weekend with Souper Bowl of Caring to collect food throughout the city this weekend.
The council said an estimated 12,000 scouts and their leaders will be collecting food and delivering it to local pantries.
The cub scouts said they were prepared for a morning of service.
"It's important to me because I get to help other people that really need food," said Xavier Medinger, a cub scout.
Residents who received a door hanger last Saturday were encouraged to place non-perishable items outside their doors by Saturday morning.
The scouts headed out to pick up canned food donations that people left on their porches.
"In cub scouts, one of our biggest goals is to help serve and help other people," said Ericka Medinger of Cub Master Pack 1127.
The scouts will deliver all donations directly to food pantries served by the Houston Food Bank, Montgomery County Food Bank and Brazos Valley Food Bank.
There was, however, a little bit of friendly competition going on as well on Saturday.
"We have a small wager, that the winning den that gets the most food gets to have a pizza party."
The council said the door-to-door effort is supported by Papa John's Pizza of Houston.
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As a Federal Gov worker it really pisses me off when people have to bash on me. Why do you hate me because I spent 4 years in the Marine Corps fighting for your freedoms? That's the only reason I have this job. I got it on A Veterans Recruitment Appointment. Now I ship ammo to all military around the world that are still fighting for you. I can assure you I am not overpaid not even close and I do work a full 40 Hrs a week just as hard or harder then most of you.
Luckily my work is funded by different funds then what is affecting everyone else right now and I am still working. I did however get furloughed not even a month ago and guess what I didn't get back pay for it.
It's a shame that there is actually people out there that say we should be furloughed because were over payed and don't work. I guess I am glad to say that I have never or will ever wish that upon anyone. I hope that karma doesn't get you.


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Corn was supported by slow planting prospects Monday. Although some farmers may have been able to rush some corn planting late last week, the advent of wet, chilly weather over the Corn Belt over the weekend reportedly encouraged buying. Little corn is likely to get planted during the next two weeks, which suggests diminished harvest potential next fall. May corn inched up 0.75 cent to $5.0775/bushel as Monday's pit session ended, while December added 0.75 cent to $5.07.
Monday's events supported soy complex divergence. The potential for planting problems weighed on deferred soy prices, since delayed corn plantings can cause acreage shifts into beans during late spring. Meanwhile, the weekly Export Inspections report showed a surprisingly larger result, thereby suggesting export demand remains quite robust. May soybeans climbed 10.25 cents to $15.0825/bushel Monday afternoon, while May soyoil dropped 0.30 cents to 42.62 cents/pound, and May soymeal advanced $6.3 to $496.9/ton.
Weather forecasts apparently moved the wheat markets. Today's Export Inspections report seemed supportive of nearby wheat futures, but CBOT wheat ended the day quite mixed. The fact that large portions of the Corn Belt are being blessed with rain may explain the relative Chicago weakness, whereas persistent southern Plains dryness may have supported Kansas City. May CBOT wheat futures closed unchanged at $7.0025/bushel Monday, while May KCBT wheat futures ran up 7.5 cents to $7.8325 and May MWE futures gained 2.75 to $7.5025.
The COF report boosted cattle futures. Last Friday's monthly USDA Cattle on Feed report was viewed as supportive because March placements proved surprisingly small and pulled COF as of April 1 down nearly 1% from last year. Traders may also have thought the discounts already built into summer futures are too large. June cattle futures crept up 0.05 cents to 136.82 cents/pound late Monday afternoon, while December surged 0.80 cents to 142.57. Meanwhile, May feeder cattle leapt 1.10 cents to 181.10 cents/pound, and August soared 1.72 cents to 186.35.
Surging pork prices sparked Monday's hog bounce. Lower cash and wholesales pork prices have recently undercut the futures market. CME prices moved still lower in early trading, but bounced substantially later the day. The rebound was very likely triggered by midsession pork reports indicating big wholesale gains. June hog futures closed just 0.30 cents lower at 124.22 cents/pound in late Monday action, while December rallied 0.17 to 91.45.


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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved giving $500,000 in matching fund assistance for boat ramp construction to the City of Corpus Christi.
The City of Corpus Christi requested a 75-percent matching share grant for the construction of a new two-lane boat ramp, three docks, utilities, roads and parking, and signs. The project is located on land leased from the Texas General Land Office as a component of the North Padre Island Damage Reduction and Environmental Restoration project in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The facility is located on the north side of the Packery Channel off Zahn Road and SH 361.
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This question is part Web-Design and part Web-Content, but I decided to post it here to get a fresh set of eyes and perspectives!
My website is basically an online newspaper, and so it will have tons of articles about Small-Business.
Beneath each Article, is the ability for users to post Comments about the article. (Similar to what you'd see on a site like The Washington Post.)
1.) Would you rather see all of the Article-Comments on ONE PAGE beneath the Article, or would you rather have Article-Comments "paginated" maybe 20 comments per page? (In the second scenario, the Article and Comments would still be on the same page, but a user would only see 20 Comments at a time.)
2.) Would you limit the number of Article-Comments that can be made? For example 100 in total?
Why do this?
For me, I find - even on SitePoint - that after 40-50 posts the conversation either "splinters" or dies out, and anything after that consists of a.) Trolls, b.) People starting new conversations, or c.) People trying to get involved in a conversation that is now "ancient history"!!
I prefer all comments on the one page so I can read the whole conversation
I wouldn't limit the number of comments, but instead use an optional closing date after which no more comments can be added. On some sites I work on we close comments 30 days after the entry date. Of course you could still have a setting not to allow comments at all on an entry as an option for the editor/author.
If my comments look similar to posts on SitePoint (i.e. Text + Member Thumbnail), how much bandwidth would I suck up doing everything on one page?
It seems to me that page load time could go way up, and I might get a big bill from my web host for all of the extra data people are using by viewing all comments at once.
Image if every time someone wanted to read an article of mine, that had to also download 100 thumbnails?! :eek:
Why do you say that?
Don't you think conversations go downhill after 30-40 posts?
And if I did have a time limit, I'd more inclined to go with 7-10 days. (Especially since a lot of my content is "news" and so it is time sensitive.)
Sitepoint use Disqus which is a widely used 3rd party comments services and worth considering since you don't pay for the bandwidth, all images come from their servers
If you host your own comments I wouldn't worry too much about downloading a bunch of thumbnails. Unless you're getting serious traffic the bandwidth will be minimal in the grand scheme of things. Put it this way, if you have a 100kb photo in the page story then that's the equivalent of 40 commenters' thumbnails @ 2.5kb each (measuring total file size for the page). Also it's fairly rare to get lots of comments on an entry page since many responses happen via social media nowadays - look at Sitepoints own articles - even though they are very popular most have less than 10 comments, only occasionally do you see more.
Depends on the topic! the 30 day cutoff I mentioned is what the site owner prefers as they found few people responded after that amount of time, and it's tied in with their marketing schedules. Using a time limit it's really up to you what to use, 7-10 days sounds good, try it and see how it goes, if a topic proves popular there's nothing stopping you opening comments back up for another 7 days to allow your visitors more time to have their say
I have noticed that some newspapers only keep comments open for a matter of hours. With some of the ones I have seen they have several thousand comments by then. No one is going to read through that many comments to see if what they want to say has been said already so probably a lot of them are all just repeating what someone else has already said. So how long you keep commenting open for depends on the expected volume of comments and also how long you expect the entry being commented on to be relevant
I have also noticed with forum posts that once a given thread gets onto its third page that a lot of the new posters are simply repeating what has already been said on a previous page. Only where there is a conversation between two or three posters going on is the third page of a thread likely to be contributing anything new. Since you don't get conversations between commenters on blogs (at least not usually) there seems little point in having the comments go to more than a couple of pages.
If you are adding the comments under the article they relate to then it may be worthwhile just placing a small number there and going to a second page for the rest. If they are on their own page then a single page should be sufficient. If you allowed 10 comments under the article and a further 40 on a separate page then you could close comments after 50 if the time limit has yet to expire. If you are getting lots of repetitive comments then you may want to consider not displaying the ones that just repeat what has already been said.
It all depends on how active you expect comments to be, how long the articles to be commented on will be relevant, how likely you are to get spammers trying to post their spam on really old articles, and how much work you want to go through in deciding which comments to allow.
The Washington Post is one of them. (It's actually cool to watch in "real-time", because they use AJAX, so you'll be reading a post and it keeps moving down and down and down the page as other people make posts as you read!!)
My thinking too.
So what constitutes "Page 3" in # of Posts?
Below you mention "50" as a number...
So you didn't really answer Question #1 in my OP, which deals with this...
The more I think about it, the more I am leaning towards having one long, vertical page with everything on it.
Personally, I hate it when websites make you navigate pages to read one article, so having the entire Article on one page is a must!
And following that logic, why not do the same for Comments?
The only downside I can see is if there was no Comment limit, because you would NOT want an Article + 1,000 Comments all on one page?! (And I sure as heck wouldn't want to pay for that much data usage!!!) :eek:
So my preference would be have everything on one page - including Comments - and limit them to maybe 100 by default. (There could be an option for the Admin to keep Comments open longer if the conversation was good.)
You could ajax them/lazy load them.
This means each visitor's request for the page maybe loads 10 comments (or whatever, you'd choose this number based on your average comment load per article), but for those who'd like to read more, add a "more comments" button... the user stays on the page but more comments get loaded at the bottom of the last comment. This can be a nice load compromise though your server may end up with more separate requests (prolly not a big deal here).
While I'll allow that on Twitter I'm scrolling in order to get more content, I usually get frustrated with sites less simple than Twitter assuming my scrolling is a request, rather than maybe I want to see the footer or something.
but I tend to like obvious user request actions, personally.
There might also be some reason why many news sites don't auto-load on scroll but use a button, but I don't know what that reason may be.