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In all my years working at Oakland Zoo I have never attended one of our events in which food is donated to the animals. When the Zoo asked if I was interested in writing a blog for one of these bi-annual events (that have become a tradition over the last decade) I was game. The event – now a tradition – is called "Feast for the Beasts."
"Feast for the Beasts" is an event that not only allows people to donate fresh produce to the animals but also gives them the opportunity to learn about the creatures that reside here at the Zoo. At first, the event was intended for Zoo members only. However, it became so popular that the Zoo decided to turn it into a public event. People bring bananas, grapes, kiwi, apples, cabbage, lettuce, and other fresh produce for the animals to snack on.
Baboons climbed on poles to get their donated food while meerkats poked their heads into enrichment bags. And while the alligators consumed dead rats, the otters enjoyed their dead fish meal. As the Zoo keepers fed the animals, docents were on hand providing information about those animals. Watching the animals eat their food was fun but it was nothing compared to what happened at the Elephant Exhibit.
The biggest highlight of "Feast for the Beasts" was the feeding of theelephants. Twice a year guests come to the Zoo with their produce to receive a ticket to enter the Elephant Exhibit and spread out food. I was one of the many people who received a ticket. The keepers allowed us the pleasure of placing food virtually everywhere around the elephant habitat. Some people left the food in plain sight (i.e., on top of the rocks) or out of sight (i.e., inside a tube). We turned the dirt/grass area into a luscious, colorful buffet. After leaving the produce in the exhibit, we waited outside the area for the elephants to arrive.
Waiting in anticipation for the elephants to arrive, I didn't even bother to think about what was on everybody's minds as we waited for the elephants to enter. As I looked at the food that we placed inside the exhibit I kept thinking and thinking that this was going to be cool.
Then the elephants finally arrived and wasted no time getting their snack on. Once they spotted something (watermelons, carrots, apples, you name it) the elephants would quickly go in for their beloved sweet treats. Some would eat the food in its entirety while others would munch on it. The elephants also wrapped their trunks around a sponge-like object shaped like a sandbag and they turned over a tub to find more hidden food. No one could stop the beasts from enjoying all of that produce.
We were ecstatic to see the elephants munching on our produce. One person said, "May the melon be with you," another person said, "Enjoy your fruit salad." These behemoths ate their food like there's no tomorrow. And to think all of this happened because the Zoo invited us to be involved in this festive event.
"Feast for the Beasts" is a great experience. It gave me the chance to view the animal feedings as well as become a part of the process in feeding the animals. I was happy to be part of this event and have the experience it provided me. I hope that the Zoo keeps the "Feast for the Beasts" tradition for many years to come.


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About 10 days ago I finally took my 3-pound package of flank steak out of the fridge. I had cut it into 3 pieces when I bought it but packaged them together, which meant I had to come up with a way to use all of it.
For 2 pieces I pulled a couple of marinade recipes from Paul Kirk's Championship Barbecue: garlic-mustard and Bloody Mary.
I let the steaks marinate for 5 or 6 hours before grilling them direct over lump charcoal.
I need to find flank steak more often! I sliced it somewhat thin against the grain and while the pieces did have a little bit of chew they weren't at all tough and the flavor was really good. Of the 2 marinades I think I preferred the Bloody Mary.
That left me with 1 other piece so I chose Garlicky Ancho Flank Steak from Rick Bayless' Mexican Everyday. The recipe is originally for a rub but I added enough olive oil to make a paste and smeared it on the steak with the idea that I would grill it for tacos the next night.
However, things didn't go quite as planned so it turned out to be 1 day later before I could get it to the grill, which meant it essentially cured for 50+ hours.
There were some red bell peppers in the fridge so I took one and charred it directly on the coals before cutting it into strips.
After charring the pepper the grill was ready for the steak and I picked a good Wisconsin cheese for shredding.
At first I was going to cut the meat into strips but then it occurred to me that it was be easier to eat the tacos if it was in smaller pieces.
We didn't have any lettuce but we did have some spinach, so that's what we used along with some grilled corn tortillas.
They were really good tacos, although my wife said the ancho chile rub made the meat a bit too spicy for her liking. Which meant it was just right for everybody else.

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Cow-calf producers are well aware that no two calving seasons are the same. In some years, the percentage of cows delivering viable calves is quite high. In other years, there seem to be a greater number of cows who, for various reasons, lose their calves soon after birth.
For producers faced with cows who lose calves at or shortly after birth, a common thought is to direct the mothering and milking ability of that cow towards another calf. In some cases, a calf is available within the herd for this purpose (a twin or calf whose mother is not milking, etc.). In other cases, producers are tempted to source a calf from another operation or a sale barn to graft on to the calf-less mother.
Many health problems can result from the practice of bringing in a calf from an outside source, the least of which may be limited to the new calf itself. Infectious agents that are not native to the operation have the potential to spread through the herd and affect calves already on the ground as well as those yet to be born. A good case report documenting this phenomenon is available in the 2003 SDSU Beef Report.
There are several reasons why foster calves from outside sources present risks to an operation. Different cattle operations have different sets of native organism present in their animals. Viruses, bacteria, and protozoa that may be part of the normal environment of one operation may prove highly pathogenic to another operation, in which the animals have no prior experience or immunity.
In addition, calves from outside sources usually undergo varying degrees of stress. The stress of being born, transported, auctioned, and grafted all contribute to the level of stress the calf experiences. Stress has the effect of dampening the immune system, so that any potential pathogens the calf has in his system has a great chance to multiply within the digestive tract. Often these calves have questionable colostrum consumption early in life, contributing to the growth and shedding of potential pathogens to herdmates.
A common, and the best, recommendation regarding foster calves is to avoid them. If it's decided that this must occur, a producer should first consult with their veterinarian about the proper way to bring the calf into the herd.
The following guidelines should be discussed:
- Isolation. The new calf and his "stepmother" should be strictly isolated from the rest of the herd for at least four weeks. This gives the new calf time to recover from stress and drop his level of shedding possible pathogens. This also has the effect of allowing more calves in the destination herd to become older and more resistant to new pathogens when the new calf is introduced.
- Ear-notch for BVD virus. Your veterinarian can advise you with this—it's easy and inexpensive. Bringing in a calf persistently infected with BVD virus will have devastating consequences on the herd for years to come.
- Be realistic about the risks that will remain. Johne's disease is an example of a disease that can be brought in with a young calf, without any good way to test for it until the animal is older.
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CCCC Mayor's Cricket Festival
Corporate Canada Cricket Club (CCCC) is hosting its first of three annual Mayor's Cricket Festival in Ajax, Ontario on Saturday, July 30.
The festival will have three corporate teams from BMO, CIBC, and Loblaw participating to win the coveted Ajax Mayor's Cricket Trophy. In partnership with Cricket Canada, the Heart and Stroke Foundation (H&SF) and Canadian Cancer Society (CCS), CCCC will donate funds raised to these two charities.Cricket is the fastest growing sport after soccer in the Greater Toronto Area and CCCC is pioneer in establishing Corporate Cricket in Canada and promoting junior cricket in partnership with Durham Cricket Academy and Qasra Sports.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International (ODI) cricket and is the world's third largest (with only the FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics exceeding it), being televised in over 200 countries to over 2.2 billion television viewers. Television rights, mainly for the 2011 and 2015 World Cup were sold for over US$1.1 billion, and sponsorship rights were sold for a further US$500 million. The International Cricket Council (ICC), which has its headquarters in Dubai, UAE, is the international governing body of cricket and it has 104 members: 10 Full Members that play official Test matches, 34 Associate Members, and 60 Affiliate Members; Canada is an Associate Member since 1968.
Date: Saturday, July 30, 2011
Time: 09:00 a.m. (junior cricket games from Durham Cricket Academy)
10:00 a.m. (greetings by CCCC, Mayor, CIBC, CCS, H&SF)
11:00 a.m. (first corporate cricket game will be played between CIBC & Loblaw)
05:00 p.m. (greetings by Joe-Dickson, MPP, Ajax-Pickering & Awards Ceremony)
Highlights Face Painting
3-In-1 INFLATABLE Jumping Castle
Location: Ajax Cricket Club
615 Monarch Ave, Ajax, Ontario
Contact: Fasih Masood, (647) 822-0910
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Company: Sonoran Rain Landscape Creations | Sonoran Waters Custom Pool and Spa
Title: Owners
Web: www.sonoranrain.com | www.sonoranwaters.com
Est.: 2003, 2005
Mike Johnson took the saying, "If you want something done right, do it yourself," to heart when he started his own business.
Johnson began his career in landscape maintenance in 1983, and 20 years later, in 2003, he launched Sonoran Rain Landscape Creations to do the work he enjoyed most. "I wanted to get into completely custom work so I could be creative," he says. "At this point, my goal is to just build really amazing stuff, just do all custom work, no more cookie cutter, because it's more rewarding for me personally."
As his business developed, Johnson became frustrated with mistakes in inadequate pool designs. He put the word out that he was looking for someone with expertise in water features and found Cody Howard, a licensed pool builder. Howard is now the owner of Sonoran Waters Custom Pool and Spa, founded in 2005, which works in tandem with Sonoran Rain.
Johnson says his partnership with Howard has "given us the resources to offer all backyard services under one roof."
"What we wanted to do was create an opportunity for people to have their entire project managed by one team," Johnson says. "This way, there's no dealing with prior design mistakes or omissions or anything like that."
The Sonoran Rain and Sonoran Waters team tailors each design to the client's specific needs and desires. Clients can even see their backyards redone in a full 3D digital rendering before even an inch of dirt is shoveled.
"That's really the whole process in a nutshell — (listen) to people, find out what people want and provide exactly what they want, because, when it comes to the end of the day, it's their yard, their project," Johnson says.
Although the home building industry has taken a massive hit, Sonoran Rain and Sonoran Waters were able to switch gears from new home landscaping to renovating and remodeling existing landscapes. The companies have continued to be profitable in a tough economy by focusing on homebuyers who are "eager" to invest in their homes.
These homebuyers "have a long-term goal of making their homes exactly what they want them to be because … they are going to stay in them," Johnson says.
He strives to give clients their own personal desert oasis on a budget and time scale that works for them. Clients can break up the remodel into phases, which "makes it easier in these times," Johnson says.
"We do this because we absolutely love it," he says. "We love to just get involved from the ground stage and develop something and carry it to the end, and build something we're all proud of."


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This article was published 20/8/2014 (1099 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Brian Bowman vowed to make life easier for small business owners if elected mayor.
Standing inside the popular Exchange District restaurant Shawarma Khan, Bowman said he'd increase the small business tax credit to $30,000, from the current $23,800, and ensure annual reductions in the business tax rate to offset corresponding increases in annual rental rates – effectively freezing the amount of business tax paid by individual operators.
Bowman said the measures would save small business operators about $1,700 annually but only cost the city $1.7 million in total.
"The city's current business tax is an especially onerous burden on our small businesses," Bowman said during the morning news conference, adding that business owners already pay property tax and see no return for the business tax.
Currently, businesses whose annual rents are $23,800 or less are exempt from paying business tax. Under Bowman's scheme, he would raise the limit to $30,000.
Restaurant owner Obby Khan, the former Blue Bomber who owns Shawarma Khan, said that would be a significant improvement on his bottom line, which would amount to about $5,000 over four years.
"For a small business starting off, the potential to save over four years $5,000 is huge," Khan said, adding he supports Bowman and hopes to see him elected mayor.
Bowman said he'd prefer to eliminate the business tax entirely – it's expected to raise $60 million in 2014 – but said that's not realistic. However, Bowman said that by lowering the tax rate to corresponding increases in rental rates, that will ensure businesses will not pay more in business tax next year than they do now.
"The business tax is counter-growth," Bowman said. "I'll eliminate the tax burden on as many small businesses as possible and for those larger businesses that continue have to pay, at least freeze the actual amount that's collected by the city."
Bowman took a swipe at Judy Wasylycia-Leis' plan to freeze the business tax rate, saying businesses will continue to pay more business tax under her scheme as their rental rates increase.
Bowman also promised to hold an annual small business summit, allowing business owners a forum to suggest how they'd like to see the business tax revenue spent.
The small business tax was a target for another mayoral candidate, funeral home operator Mike Vogiatzakis, who also promised to cap the total amount of business tax collected at the 2013 level and allocate $3 million every year to help grow new business.


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HEARTFELT tributes have been paid to the teenager who lost her life after a crash in North Dorset on Monday.
Ellie Jackson, 16, was in a silver Volkswagen Polo being driven by a 20-year-old man from Blandford when the crash happened on the A30 Sherborne Causeway late on Monday night.
Ellie, from Shaftesbury, suffered serious head injuries and was taken to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol in a critical condition.
Despite bravely fighting for her life for two days, she died on Wednesday as a result of her injuries.
Her family is now being supported by police family liaison officers and there has been an outpouring of emotional tributes on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.
Ellie's mum, Jemma Moodey, wrote that "despite a vigorous fight she has been regretfully taken by the angels".
She thanked all who had sent their messages of love.
Later, she wrote: "I'm amazed and taken some comfort today in the amount of love, flowers, balloons, cards and messages so many of u have sent for my baby, I know now how truly loved she was and hopefully she's up there looking down on us all. Thank you xxx."
Heartbreakingly, Jemma later posted that she was supposed to have been getting married today.
Friends of Ellie also added their words.
Emily Walter said: "Rest in paradise to my beautiful angel, you weren't just my best friend you were my sister. You knew me better than I knew myself, which I will treasure till I join you to party up there. Watch over us all as we pray for you and keep me safe and guide me my baby, I love you more than you'll ever know. Sleep tight."
Mason Metcalfe wrote: "People always say this but Heaven has gained an angel."
Ryan Lee Cundick added: "My love goes out to your family, I know we had our ups and downs but you don't deserve this. Rest in peace and watch down on us all Ellie Jackson."
Police continue to appeal for witnesses to the crash. Anyone with information should call 101, quoting incident number 444:30.
The coroner at Bournemouth said that a date for an inquest opening had not yet been set.


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Mersin TV, September 5th, 2008
Adnan Oktar: Turkey is going to be a big country with Allah's permission. The Turkish-Islamic Union is going to be established. TURKEY WILL EMBRACE all of the Middle East, ALL OF THE BALKANS and Asia WITH THE SPIRIT OF BEING AN ELDER BROTHER, INSHA'ALLAH. And, if you pay attention, a good system will be accomplished. The Caucasian Pact is being established and there is also the railroad project you know; there are the oil pipeline and natural gas pipeline projects. Meetings for the Islamic Union are being held. There is work done in order to make the Turkish Union even stronger. There are all very good, insha'Allah. Our Anatolian region has always been a cradle for civilizations you know; that's how Anatolia is. You know in the Ottoman period, THEY RULED ALL OF THE MIDDLE EAST, THE BALKANS AND THREE CONTINENTS FROM HERE. THAT IS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE AGAIN BUT THIS TIME IT WILL BE WITH LOVE, FRIENDSHIP AND SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD.
Azarbaijan, Novoye Vremya, October 6th, 2008
Adnan Oktar: The Balkans have always been Ottoman soil, far into the inlands of Italy. Those places in the vicinity of Italy, they are all the lands of the Ottomans. There are the signs of the Ottomans, the beauty of the Ottomans everywhere. Those places will be cities of peace, territories of peace within the Turkish Islamic Union; the Turkish Islamic Union offers them abundance, plentifulness and peace. The Turkish Islamic Union will offer peace and happiness to Bosnia, Albania, to all places insha'Allah.
MPL TV Satranç Tahtası Programı, December 19th, 2008
Adnan Oktar: Adnan Oktar: We are the elder brother of this whole region, their friend. All of them are our neighbors, as we have been living together for ages, for centuries. There is a false separation between us. LET THESE BORDERS BE OPENED, LET THE VISA NECESSITY BE REMOVED, LET US DO BUSINESS WITH EACH OTHER, LET US EMBRACE EACH OTHER. LET THERE BE JOY, CELEBRATION AND ABUNDANCE EVERYWHERE. Let the whole world see the ugliness of treachery, egoism and selfishness so much that they want to imitate us instead
4 May 2013, Ntvmsnbc
The mosque built in the city of Rijeka, Croatia is opened for service with a ceremony. Many people, including the senior representatives of the state, attended the ceremony held for the opening of the mosque which is the first one opened since the era of the Ottoman Empire.


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CHAIRMAN Neil Blackmore admits postponements could cause Chippenham Town to feel the pinch but insists that it's too early for his club to have any financial headaches.
The Bluebirds have lost out on matchday revenue twice this week as both Tuesday night's clash with Arlesey Town and last weekend's game against St Neots Town fell foul of the recent torrential rain, with the Hardenhuish Park pitch waterlogged.
Home fixtures remain Chippenham's primary means of generating funds but while Blackmore is hoping the Bluebirds can return to action as soon as possible, the chairman is not sweating over money troubles just yet.
"We are wary of the fact that we've just gone through a run of away games and when we play away from home, we don't make any money,'' said Blackmore.
"We were hoping to get some matches on at home but that hasn't happened."
"It is a shame but, so far, we've only lost two home games, so it isn't too much of a problem yet. What it really does is affect your cashflow, so to speak.
"We don't budget an allowance for the weather and we really just deal with things as they happen. The club is a business and if it becomes a problem, then we'd look at things.
"The one thing about re-arranged games is that when you have a match called off on a Saturday, it's usually played again on a Tuesday, and the crowds aren't as big as they would have been.
"I feel sorry for Mark (Collier) and the players because no matter how much you train, you don't get the same match sharpness.
"When games keep getting pushed back and back, then you can end up playing two or three times a week at the end of the season – but there's nothing we can do about it all."
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So what we have here is failure failure to communicate
I have two CSS sheets failing to communicate. (LOL dy'a like how I got Gun's N Roses line in there? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_N%27_Roses a line originally from > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_we've_got_here_is_(a)_failure_to_communicate
Any way back to the CSS prob
I got a Google clone top nav bar free - Here it is if it is of use to you to > http://blog.geotitles.com/2011/09/creating-the-new-top-black-bar-found-in-google-and-all-its-products/
Here is one of the pre black version > http://praveenfrancis.com/design/googles-new-top-navigation-bar-css-tutorial/
Now I decided due to some recent results on some SE's that I need to do some linking to
My Site that is I need to link up one of my other sites and update my site
So I started playing with
This new version
Which has the Google top bar clone and also another bit of code I picked up and used elsewhere like here
I have stripped out and adapted a part of that and got it working elsewhere but
on the new version of my site I have some CSS conflict going on
So what we have here is as I said failure to communicate
So would any one please be so kind as to give me a tip or two.
I am likely only couple of CSS edits away form the page displaying and then the only problem I see arising is there will likely be a larger than liked gap under the cartoon strip which I will then most likely need to address
Oh and the other things I half hitched for this are
Dynamic Drive > http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/ whose site / page design there I nicked off with (I did write to DD and tell them I didn't want their menus I wanted their page and would leave a credit link in and if there was a problem let me know - that was about 2 years ago and have not heard so hey ho).
The other thing I used was another free html5 (so it said) template but I will have to post the link for that later as I can't find it presently
So it will be apparent I am not really a web designer as all I do is learn from putting others codes together and it is a brilliant way to learn IMHO.
So can anyone help me make sense of this please?
Does anyone know if it is the .clearfix and if that is the conflict due to it being in both the cartoon teddy bear style and the main kdmstyle?
If so, any tips on how I fix this? Pretty please
I read what you had to say and I looked at your site.
To be honest I am not sure where the communication fail is and what look your trying to accomplish.
You have a style sheet called google_menu.css, which is dictating all the styles of your top menu. Using firebug I can see that there are no other style sheets that are able to 'communicate' with your menu. The only big problem I can see is that you have hard coded the 'current' class on all the list items. You should be using javascript or a server side language to set that class for you.
Not sure if this is what you where having problems with. Maybe post the code that is not showing the way you want it to so we can have a look at it?
It is not the Google bar that is the problem that is fine. The problem is (I think) a conflict between this > http://www.kd-mains.com/test-site/kdmstyle.css and this > http://www.kd-mains.com/test-site/css/dtt-cartoon-teddy-bears-style.css
If you check [this you will see where the cartoon part came from and how it got adapted is [URL="http://tvworlds.co.uk/"]here](http://tted.com)
So as you can see I got the cartoon display right much wider and from four images to six but I just can't get it to display right on this
I have a feeling it is the .clearfix command but not completely sure as it could be that and another thing combined but I think that is how far away from displaying properly that it is. I mean maybe 2 or perhaps 3 or just the one edit away from displaying correctly.
Am I on the right track? If so any pointers would be much appreciated. It is very frustrating to be a couple of edits away from a fix
The .clear fix is not the problem, it has a property called 'clear' in it, this just effects floating elements which it does not look like you need to worry about. What browser are you using? You might have better luck trouble shooting your site if you tried out the browser development tools available to you. With developer tools you can turn off different css properties or add properties to see how they effect your site without refreshing or changing your code.
Just to clear things up, you want the cartoon section to display like it does on the other sites, with a curled paper background and center the cartoon on the page? If that is so it looks like you might not have all the styles in your style sheet that are required to recreate that look.
hmm that's strange I have that working elsewhere hence why I am baffled - I will see if adding another stylesheet that is used on one of the other sites has any effect
Yes it is the curled effect I am trying to recreate again
TBH this will likely be the last page I do any design on (not that I am claiming any designing other than putting others codes together) so I don't really want to be learning how to use new things in regards to tools.
I know that might sound a bit mad but I have a lot to do and a book to finish writing so once this page is displaying properly as I have two other pages that match with different design structures but the same look etc other than learning how to do a form page which I shall likely also just grab a free copy of and then see about getting it to work, as far as web design goes (hands on) that's me done for a few years. As I will then have the site designs I need for pretty much all my sites and can concentrate on SEO, writing and over seeing things which I am far better at than this web design stuff that I would rather find someone I can outsource to as now I have so many page 1 SEO SERPS I will definately be needing a contact for that.
I will see what effect the other stylesheet connected to the other version of this has but I was sure the code was all in that stylesheet
Oh and I use Chrome
You are missing this whole css file.
/** Add CSS rules here */
/* CSS Document */
/* Small reset */
footer,section {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
color: #6F3736;
/* Clear floats */
visibility: hidden;
display: block;
font-size: 0;
content: " ";
clear: both;
height: 0;
*zoom: 1;
/* Layout styles */
/* --------------------------------------------------- */
text-align: right;
width: 100%;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 10px 0;
/* --------------------------------------------------- */
margin: 1px auto 0 auto;
width: 965px;
float: center;
width: 965px;
position: relative;
padding: 5px;
margin: 0 0 50px 0;
text-align: center;
background: #fff;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #999;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #999;
box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #999;
article:before, article:after
z-index: -1;
position: absolute;
content: "";
bottom: 15px;
left: 10px;
width: 50%;
top: 80%;
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 15px 10px rgba(0,0,0, 0.7);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 15px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
box-shadow: 0 15px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
-webkit-transform: rotate(-3deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-3deg);
-o-transform: rotate(-3deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(-3deg);
transform: rotate(-3deg);
-webkit-transform: rotate(3deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(3deg);
-o-transform: rotate(3deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(3deg);
transform: rotate(3deg);
right: 10px;
left: auto;
article footer
text-align: center;
width: auto;
article footer span
padding: 0 10px 0 12px;
margin: 0 0 0 12px;
background: #bbb;
color: #fff;
font: bold 12px/24px tahoma, arial, helvetica;
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #999;
-moz-border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;
border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff, 0 1px 0 #999 inset;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff, 0 1px 0 #999 inset;
box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff, 0 1px 0 #999 inset;
article footer span:before
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: -12px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-color: transparent #bbb transparent transparent;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 12px 12px 12px 0;
article footer span:after
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 10px;
left: 0;
width: 4px;
height: 4px;
-moz-border-radius: 2px;
border-radius: 2px;
background: #fff;
-moz-box-shadow: -1px -1px 2px #777;
-webkit-box-shadow: -1px -1px 2px #777;
box-shadow: -1px -1px 2px #777;
margin: 1em 0;
margin: 0.5em 0;
font-style: italic;
font-size: 0.9em;
color: #777;
ul.gallery {
list-style-type: none;
ul.gallery li {
border:1px solid #BBBBBB;
ul.adverts {
list-style-type: none;
ul.adverts li {
border:1px solid #BBBBBB;
LOL thanks Paul O'B
What a complete an utter wazok I am I added the wrong style sheet
That's what you get for having two stylesheets with the words teddy bears in
I have sorted that look it's fixed here
All I need do now is fix the amount of space beneath and other than the bizarre "current thing in the G nav bar I think that's me sorted, well once tht gap is fixed
ah almost I do have a conflict though as my text on the old Dynamic Drive part is now all way to big hmm
under the Google top bar I have

If I remove either of these BR's to get rid of too much gap above the thing overlaps with the Google bar
What can I do instead here?
To fix the over lap, remove from '.menu'
And if you want a little bit of breathing room, you can add a margin bottom:margin-bottom:5px;
Just give a mrgin top to the div to avoid the absolute nav.
#content {
margin: 4em 0 0;
OK I did what ckdesign said and it looks cool there now
All I have left now is to fix the space underneath the cartoon strip and I think I should be there (fingers crossed)
Which is best of the two above just out of interest EG Paul or ck or does it not really mater too much?
Shall I remove the Google Custom search and just make it a free one (it never makes money and so why bother people won't like and I cant use it) if so that must be fairly simple but how to do so really easily without upsetting how it displays now?
I don't know about anyone else but I feel these days Google custom search is really a complete newbie only thing and is off putting to everyone with half a bit of savvy as to what's going on with do others think?
The code suggested by Paul will fix the problem, but I am all for removing unnecessary code other wise you can just add and add then you end up with a big mess that can be difficult to keep track of. It is like stacking a house of cards, you don't know if adding more to the top might cause your site to come crashing down or make it difficult to adjust. It did not look like the position absolute was necessary for your site layout, so that is why I felt confident in suggesting to removing it.
To fix the spacing, look at this part of your code:
article {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;
border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #999999;
margin: 0 0 50px;
padding: 5px;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
Adjust the margin to a number you find visually acceptable:
margin: 0 0 10px;
Thanks ckdesign
Do you know sometimes I am a real idiot. My own worst enemy as I had this exact same problem the other day and went and took the same stylesheet with the 50px margin that I had to do the same thing on.
So what do people think about the Google search?
I have a plain one here but am not sure whether to just leave it as an Adsense search or forget that idea bwecause it is off putting and put that clean one in anyone any thoughts?
I'm not sure about google search, do you want your users to see other adds by google when using the free search or see custom/no adds? I think that is a personal preference.
If your wondering about advertising and making money I think you may want to ask this question else where, if you look around you might find a discussion section that is more appropriate, this is the CSS form and css gurus hang out here waiting to answer css questions.
No I am not wondering about advertising and making money ck the cartoons are cartoon adverts (or will be down the line - presently they are designed to advertise their selves).
I was just wondering how off putting a Google Custom search comes across to people?
I don't allow links or adverts on my sites other than ones using the cartoons. If you look at the only two adverts (well they are adverts in that they are in effect banner ads) they are to two of my other sites.
I had been considered allowing one strip of something like Google ads but that won't work with my plans for the cartoons really.
I am really not building for Adsense so really in saying that I think I have answered my own question EG remove the Google Adsense search
scuse the off topic a bit there
Yes, that's a better approach. I just assumed that the menu was absolute for a reason that I hadn't noticed yet
I erm winged that "absolute" mark up tbh
It was originally a "fixed" menu so it didn't move when scrolled
I remembered reading somewhere on a forum that someone had been told to change "fixed" to "absolute". It was just a vague memory from my reading on the net.
So I changed it to absolute after trying it empty (which I think didn't work). If I remember correctly it did work but when I tried to remove the little bit of script referencing the fixed menu in the header it broke everything so I just left it as "absolute".
I did say I am not a designer and I am pretty much just winging some things (a point in case here). So just to clarify what that code was there for. Especially for other using the Google top bar in the first post. The menu comes as fixed and what has been gone through above (in regards to the absolute code and that I said it started as fixed) addresses that issue and makes the menu move with the page.
Absolute elements are removed from the flow and are like little islands on their own. They don't care about other content and other content doesn't know they are there.
Therefore when you use them yo have to control the flow around them so that elements don't overlap which is a pain and why absolute positioning is only the right choice in certain situations. Most of the time static (non positioned) elements are the best because they react to each other and get out of the way when needed so you need do nothing special to control them You just let the flow of the page take over. Preserving the natural flow of a page (one element follows another) is an important concept and results n layouts that can adapt to the content that precedes or follows them without having to do much at all.
Imagine if you had to write a paragraph but each word in the paragraph was absolutely placed into position. It would be very fragile and break if you changed one word as you would have to re-position all the other words. This is what happens to absolute layouts and they are very fragile and cannot cope with changes very well.
There are times where absolute positioning is useful and where the flow is already controlled by another larger element (or if you need elements to overlap) but most times floats and static positioning are the way to go.:)
Nice to know Paul
We learn every day
I thought I might mention at this juncture that AS PLANNED (by me) since the first post in this thread
Sitepoint now resides on page 1 of the big G for
"Cool Free Code" (I know I "pointed the site" there Pointed the site site point get it?)
As Dire Straits would say
That's the way to do it. Get your ....... well not money for nothing but cool free code LOL
It is only a suggestion but maybe people would be able to continue this adding "Cool Free Code" related to any of the above?
After all anyone looking for "cool free code" could end up reading and see also how easy it is to actually get constructive help here on SP
How does that help anyone? Anybody searching for those terms and landing on this thread is likely to be confused and disappointed. Fortunately, it's not likely to be on page 1 for long.


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The huge windows that line one wall of the space that was formerly home to Park Tower offer a pretty generic facade. But within, the colourful photographs of Santorini on Aegean blue walls and the bright accents of white, sail-like triangles that hang from the ceiling make a statement. Almost certainly there will be souvlaki. Possibly some other Greek specialties as well.
The menu, with a few variations, is replicated in Greek-owned neighbourhood restaurants all over town, offering the classic lineup of burgers, sandwiches, soup, salads as well as -- yes, inevitably -- gyros and souvlaki. It's a relatively short list but -- and it's a big but -- many of those familiar offerings are better than average and, particularly noteworthy, include one terrific dish I'd never seen on any other local menu.
That was the Ntako salad, the description of which is reminiscent of the Italian panzanella bread salad. But (although you may need to eat it with a knife and fork) this one isn't really a salad, but more like a bruschetta, based on a rusk that is topped by juicy, ripe tomatoes, sprinkled with mild feta, moistened by olive oil and seasoned with oregano ($6.99). I tried it twice to be sure it was as delicious as it had been on my first visit, and it was.
Some of the best dishes I tried happened to be starters. The quality of the calamari was another surprise -- not those all-too-frequent big, tough, heavily breaded strips but tiny, tender ones in remarkably light breading ($9.49). The soups were also top-notch ($4.79 la carte, or an included choice with the dinner entrées). One frequent du jour is a hearty beef and barley soup, but the standout was the always available avgolemeno -- lighter than many starchy versions I've had, with pieces of chicken and just the right dose of lemon juice. The la carte Greek salad was mostly lettuce, with only two olives and not a lot of feta, but the olives and the feta were good, and the dressing was lovely ($7.99, or included with the entrées).
Not all the good starters were Greek. The wings were meaty, moist and wonderful, whether in a barbecue sauce or breaded, fried and seasoned simply with salt and pepper -- hot sauce, of course, is another alternative ($10.99 for 12). Other starters included chicken fingers and nachos, as well as tiropita and spanakopita (neither house-made).
There are only a few entrées, among them souvlaki of chicken or pork, both nicely marinated and tender (two skewers for $17.99). With them, soup or salad, delicious lemon roasted potatoes, flavourful rice pilaf, and a decent mixture of carrots, broccoli and mushrooms. It may not be Greek but the fish and chips -- two huge slices of lightly breaded and greaselessly fried haddock -- were equally good ($15.99). Spaghetti with meat sauce, baked under a slab of mozzarella, was tasty despite a slightly watery sauce ($13.99).
You can have your burger with cheese, bacon, mushrooms, chili and /or all the other usual suspects. Since Gus Vailas (co-owner, with son Tony) once owned Daly Burgers on Corydon, we expected a good burger, and we almost got it -- a single, in our case, with chili, onions and a pickle, that was generous and juicy, but with whatever flavour it might have had lost under a serious overdose of salt ($4.20).
The cheese may have been mozzarella instead of swiss, but the thickly packed reuben sandwich was still delicious ($6.75). The clubhouse was good too, distinguished by moist, flavourful chicken that tasted a lot like the souvlaki chicken ($6.75). Our gyros was less successful. Possibly the chicken filling might have been as good as the marinated chicken in the clubhouse, but our beef/lamb filling needed a lot more tzatziki and veggies to adequately disguise the fact that the meat was dry, dense and flavourless ($6.99).
The fries, though, were fresh and crisp ($3.75) -- great with just salt and vinegar, and also available with gravy or as poutine. But we went whole hog (so to speak) and had ours blanketed in the meaty house chili with chunks of feta -- an addictive and guilty pleasure ($6.50).
The best bet for dessert is ice cream. The baklava, which wasn't house-made, was a dryish disappointment, with far too much phyllo in relation to the meagre filling, and a Saskatoon berry pie (also made elsewhere) had a nice enough filling but a dreadful crust.
The restaurant is divided into two rooms, and although I don't know about the inner room, I do know that when the outer room is full the noise can be deafening. However, I did discover that a window table is much quieter than those in the middle of the room. Reservations are accepted for six or more only, and the place is usually packed by meal times, so if you want to be sure of a table, come early -- before noon if for lunch, before 6 if for dinner. Service, though, remains unflappable, efficient, and really, really nice.
To see the location of this restaurant as well as others reviewed in the Winnipeg Free Press, please see the map below or click here.
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That's what I told my fiancee as he ohh'd and ahh'd about a bland shredded pork sandwich covered in Store brand Barbeque sauce. The name of the establishment we were eating at I will not disclose for fear of a lawsuit. "You have no idea what Barbeque actually is.." I told him. A week later, I took him a state over to my hometown of Madison, Alabama and stopped in at Thomas Pit BarbeQue. To me the taste was nothing new - I grew up on it. Anything less than what I remembered as a child would only illicit evil remarks to the ownership. But as always they delivered as promised. Pulled pork, seasoned with a little salt and pepper with an apple cider vinegar base (so I assume), topped with a sweet slaw minus the mayo sandwiched between good old fashioned store variety burger buns. Comes with your choice of "white" or "red" sauce. Simply heaven on earth. On most days, a line of cars waiting to get into the place blocks up traffic pretty good. They serve other bits of Que - ribs and whatnot - but the pulled pork and chicken are my favorites. They are now my fiancee's favorites too. To this day he brags about knowing where to get the best BBQ in the country...just goes to show it's hard to make it with out a woman...
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Did you know?
In 2012, the Saxon was named Africa's leading boutique hotel in the World Travel Awards for the sixth consecutive year.
Tibetan sound therapy is an ancient treatment that is now available in the heart of one of Johannesburg's snazziest suburbs.
It forms part of the 'signature therapy' offering at the Saxon Boutique Hotel and Spa in Sandton, one of South Africa's best-known boutique hotels.
You won't find Buddhist monks wandering around about in saffron robes playing the drums or banging their gongs but the spirit of their ancient healing secrets is now accessible to those living and staying in the city's northern suburbs.
One of the reasons that the Saxon is constantly singled out for awards is because it continually reinvents itself – and the fact that something as offbeat as its 'Signature sound therapy' is on offer is a tribute to the forward-thinking of this establishment.
As you walk into the carefully designed sound room, you notice an enormous copper gong and a number of metal bowls, varying in size. Originally from Tibet, the treatment uses a combination of bona fide Tibetan singing bowls, gongs and bells.
The bowls are placed on various chakra points and the sound reverberates with the chakras, creating a system of balance in the physical body. This sound vibration is said to penetrate deep into the cells (and cellular memory) which increases circulation in the body and creates a sense of well-being.
Sound therapy at the Saxon is not just about sound: in this case the sound therapy takes place on a heated water-bed with built in colour therapy enhancers that makes the healing experience even more powerful. The entire treatment lasts just one hour.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Contact The Saxon on +27 (0) 11 292 6000 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Alternatively visit their website at www.thesaxon.com
How to get here
The Saxon is at 33 Saxon Road in Sandton. One of the most common routes is south along William Nicol Drive, turn left in to Cromartie Road, follow the road until you reach a T-Junction. Turn right into Saxon Road, the hotel is on your left hand side.
Best time to visit
The Spa is open from Monday through to Sunday and is open to non-guests too. It is imperative that you book your Tibetan Sound Therapy treatment in advance.
Around the area
Sandton City, Nelson Mandela Square, Hyde Park – are 3 shopping malls that are very close-by. Great restaurants are on offer and loads of shops from designer boutiques to chain stores.
Get around
Having a car in Johannesburg is always a bonus, but the Saxon will also arrange a reliable taxi or shuttle for you if you need to get around.
What will it cost
It's best to view the updated spa menu (and prices) on the website prior to your choice of treatment.
Length of stay
The treatment takes an hour, but stay to enjoy some fresh juice around the relaxation area – or book a few other treatments and make a day of it.
Where to stay
If you're planning a trip to Johannesburg, then why not stay at The Saxon – it is an award-winning boutique hotel known for its excellent accommodation and 5-star service.
What to eat
There is a light health menu available at the Spa.


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The Mosquito Coast
Mosquito Coast! This is a terrific movie from the 80's starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren and River Pheonix that I need to watch again. Ford plays a married man who charismatically lectures on the hypocrisy and corruption of America to anyone who will listen. Especially his family. So He decides to take his family back to nature and live off the land in the rural rainforest of South America. Trouble arises when he buts heads with missionaries and bandits. The movie is kind of told through the eyes of the son played by Pheonix as he sees his father become unglued and his family threatened.


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At the end of a private tree-lined drive, Carpenter's Tinney is the perfect holiday retreat on the edge of the owner's small holding and just 8 miles from the North Cornish Coast. Outside you will find the hot tub, and from the courtyard you can wander the 11-acre grounds.
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Fla. eagle family becomes famous on internet
Published: Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 1:03 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 1:03 p.m.
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Florida is hatching some new reality TV stars.
Two bald eagles — nicknamed Ozzie and Harriet — and their two eggs are becoming viral video sensations from their nest in Fort Myers.
North Fort Myers real estate agent Richard Pritchett put the camera near the nest and within a few months, has gotten more than 2 million views.
On Wednesday, one of the birds — with its majestic white head — could be seen sitting in the large nest, which is 60 feet above the ground in a tree.
One of the eaglets recently hatched and the second is close to hatching. Viewers will soon see the birds learn to fly, forage and leave the nest.
The link to the live eagle cam is http://www.ustream.tv/SouthwestFloridaEagleCam .
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The Olympics are finally here and the web is awash with interactive graphics and visualisations.
Here are the ones it's worth taking a second look at:
Dressed for a world record?
This is a must-view for swimming fans. The invention of slick, hi-tech bodysuits enabled a series of world records to be broken, but since the suits were banned in 2010 few records have been beaten. The Washington Post looks at the evolution of Olympic swimwear and tracks this against world records in each swimming discipline. Read more


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Important warning: The default argument value is evaluated only once. This makes a difference when the default is a mutable object such as a list, dictionary, or instances of most classes. For example, the following function accumulates the arguments passed to it on subsequent calls:
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i didn't get the second part...
As they say default value is evaluated only once and since lists are mutable....in the second part after one iteration, since L is not None now, it will surpass if statement and a will be appended onto L of last iteration......but this is not happening......why???


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100% cotton with a beautiful soft, matt finish. This yarn knits to a standard DK tension on 3.75mm needles. It comes in a stunning selection of colours from soft pastels through to jewel like brights.
100% Wool, this yarn is hard wearing yet soft to touch, making it ideal for all family and homeware projects. Available in 22 shades of the original Pure Wool DK with the addition of 10 brand new heather shades developed specifically for this new yarn.
Baby Alpaca, Super Fine Alpaca, Extra Fine Merino Wool and Nylon, blended together creating a super soft extra lightweight yarn with the meterage of a 4ply weight. The chainette construction gives the finished fabric a beautiful soft weightless feel, to knit and wear.
Cotton Lustre is an interesting blend of cotton, linen and modal which gives it a wonderful drape with a soft handle. This yarn encorporates the essential summer shades and knits on 6mm needles making it perfect for a quick summer knits. The colour palette encorporates the essential summer shades.
Tetra Cotton is a unique modern construction of four shades, creating an interesting yet delicate colour palette. Interchangeable with truesilk and Cotton Glace this yarn has lots of pattern support available.
Soft 100% Superwash Wool, machine washable worsted weight yarn, available in 62 lovely shades ranging from soft neutrals to mid tone brights and deep darks.
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SEATTLE, Wash. – The Saint Leo University men's basketball team plays in the toughest Division II conference in the nation according to BennettRank. The Lions are one of nine institutions that participate in the Sunshine State Conference, which was rated the toughest college basketball conference combined from top to bottom during the 2013 season.
BennettRank's college conference rankings for the Division I, Division II, and Division III level men's and women's basketball teams strictly use statistical data obtained from actual team play during the season. This data is based on the average team ranking within each conference for the 2013 season.
The Sunshine State Conference totaled 104 points, 13 better than the second-place, 10-school Lone Star Conference from Texas. The Great Northwest Athletic Conference finished in third place with 10 teams from around the Northwestern United States, including Alaska and Simon Frasier in Canada.
Founded in 1975, the Sunshine State Conference has risen from a single sport organization to the Division II "Conference of National Champions." Since its inception, the conference has grown steadily in sports played, membership and national prominence.
See more at: http://bennettrankbasketball.com/blog/basketball-conference-rankings-released-by-bennettrank/#sthash.B2adihIo.dpuf
Basketball College Conference Rankings – 2013
D2 Men (303 Teams)
- Sunshine State, 104
- Lone Star, 117
- Great Northwest Athletic, 117
- Northeast-10, 122
- Peach Belt Athletic, 123
- Great Lakes Valley, 128
- Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic, 132
- Northern Sun Intercollegiate Athletic, 133
- West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic, 137
- Gulf South, 139
- Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, 139
- Conference Carolinas Athletic, 139
- Heartland, 140
- California Collegiate Athletic, 143
- Great American, 144
- Pennsylvania State Athletic, 152
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Several Gators compete at U.S. nationals on Day 4
Published: Friday, June 28, 2013 at 11:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, June 28, 2013 at 11:59 p.m.
Several Gators were in action at the 2013 Phillips 66 National Championships Friday. Florida also had swimmers competing over in England, where freshman Jessica Thielmann has qualified for the Great Britain National Team.
Across the Atlantic Ocean in Sheffield, England, Thielmann is representing the Gators at the 2013 British Nationals. After a second place finish in the 1,500m free, she has qualified for the Great Britain National Team that will compete at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona. Thielmann clocked in second in the 1,500m free with a time of 16:19.92.
Making his second event final was sophomore Matt Elliott. During the finals, he made a strong surge in the last 50 to almost catch the leader and finished second with a time of 1:02.34. Elliott swam his way into the B-Final of the 100m breast with his prelim time of 1:02.90.
Swimming a great race in the 400 free A-Final was former Gator Conor Dwyer, but after a review the officials ruled that he was disqualified for a false start. Dwyer has already qualified for the World Championships in the 200m free.
In prelim action, junior Alicia Mathieu competed in the 400m free for the Gators. She finished 14th overall after clocking in with a time of 4:14.41, but did not compete in the finals. Also swimming the 400m free was freshman Arthur Frayler. Frayler touched the wall in 4:00.29 to finish 26th overall in prelims.
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TAYLOR, Mich. - A police officer once named officer of the year was killed Friday and another man was hospitalized after a shooting in Taylor.
Police said the shooting happened around 6 a.m. at the Coppertree Apartments, which are located in the 12400 block of Pine Street Road.
The tragic turn of events began when a woman called 911 to report a home invasion in progress.
When officers arrived at the apartment, they said they noticed a man attempting to jump through a window, Cmdr. Daniel Crowell said.
Police said Cpl. Matthew Edwards, 31, confronted Tyress Mathews and then Mathews shot him numerous times.
Edwards partner returned fire and struck Mathews, Crowell said.
"It was crazy. I was just shaking. I never seen anything like this," said witness Valdez Green.
Both Edwards and Mathews were taken to Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn where Edwards was pronounced dead.
Crowell said this is the first officer death in the history of the Taylor Police Department.
Mathews, 36, underwent surgery and is expected to survive.
Mathews has an extensive criminal record, which includes convictions of fleeing and eluding, armed robbery and assault with intent to murder.
He could be arraigned as soon as Saturday.
"Officer Edwards made the ultimate sacrifice. Something we all take for granted as we put on our uniforms everyday. As law enforcement officers, we all expect to go home at night to our families. Please pray for Officer Edwards' family in the coming days and weeks and please pray for the Taylor Police Department," said Crowell.
Police said Edwards has been with the department since 2005 and was named Officer of the Year in 2008 by the Police Officers Association of Michigan for his professionalism in a life-and-death situation.
Edwards leaves behind a wife and two young children.
The public can make donations at any PNC Bank branch to the Cpl. Matthew Edwards Memorial Fund.
Residents told Local 4 they heard the gunshots.
"I heard nine or 10 gunshots. When I got up and looked out, I saw the police officer laying on the ground near the police car," said Nicole Green. "It's just a sad situation."
Michigan State Police are investigating.
Neighbors said drugs and crime are common in the area.
A woman was fatally shot two days after she moved into Coppertree several years ago.
Wendy Meinke, 36, was killed in 2007 during a dispute involving her son and others at an apartment complex in Taylor.
Police at the time said she tried to intervene and two people shot in her direction.
Neighbors said police said in the past few weeks they have seen another flare up of crime in the area.
"For the last few days it has been pretty terrible. I want to pack my stuff up and leave. I never seen this much crime in one place in a long time," said Coopertree Apartment resident Theresa.
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If you're not sure what to do over the weekend, here's a few interesting mods for Morrowind and Oblivion that you can check out from Planet Elder Scrolls. To start things up, Rougetet from our forums pinged me about his new resource he worked on for Morrowind modders called the Morrowind Mod Grid Use Map. Reading about it, it looks like a useful tool for recognizing potential conflicts that different fan-made mods for the game can cause. Here's how he explains it:
The Morrowind Mod Grid Use Map ("MMGUM") is an ongoing attempt to capture all exterior grids changed by mods that have been released for Morrowind ("MW"). With an estimated 7,500+ mods created for MW, many of them that change the exterior cells in the game environment, conflicts (one mod places things in the same specific "real estate" used by another mod) that utilize the same game locations often occur. This often necessitates modders doing rework on their mod creations to remove these "real estate" conflicts, or, if that does not occur, mod users often make a choice to use one mod or the other (but not both together) in order to prevent awkwardness in game play or the view that is presented to them in the MW game. These conflicts often result in reduced usage or download of a mod if it is thought to have conflicts with other popular mods. This modder's resource will assist with minimizing those conflicts and consequently stimulate use of their mods.
Switching to Oblivion, Dragonblade has created a Lord of the Rings-inspired mod that creates a Tolkan race (as in Tolkien, for those of you living under rocks). The armor definitely brings me back to Helm's Deep, but I'm not sure the ladies will find the screenshot above as dreamy as Orlando Bloom. Still, very impressive for a first-time modder.
On the topic of creating character mods, Hatsutoli has delivered a new playable race for Oblivion, the Tieflings, which some of you might recognize from your D&D days. According ot Hatsutoli, the Tieflings are generally despised by others in Tamriel and are known for their destructive nature. With this mod, you'll have the power to transform into a demon and even go on a quest where you deal with the issues associated with transforming. Kind of reminds me of Teen Wolf 🙂


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If you attended the Saturday sessions for WC Philly 2014, could you help us out by filling out our attendee survey so that we can make next year's WordCamp that much better? We'd be much obliged.
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October 23, 2012
Fullerton, Calif. – Women's volleyball swept the Royals of Hope International (3-16, 1-8 GSAC) Tuesday night in three sets (25-17, 25-14, 25-21), improving their overall record to 21-4 and 6-3 in the Golden State Athletic Conference.
Sam Dougherty (Madera, CA) led TMC with 18 kills, nine digs, two block assists, and a .438 hitting percentage. Britney Jones (Northridge, CA) had eight kills, six digs, three blocks assists, and a .429 hitting percentage. Tori Callihan (Simi Valley, CA) and Rachel Taylor (Sun Valley, CA) both chipped in six kills apiece. Rebecca Peluffo (La Crescenta, CA) led the Mustangs with 19 digs.
The Royal beating began as HIU started off with a 2-0 lead. However, the Mustangs quickly closed the gap and never let the Royals regain the lead. In fact, the Mustangs' largest lead in the first set was a nine-point difference as TMC held a 19-10 advantage. The Lady Mustangs capitalized off a string of offensive miscues on the part of Hope, bringing the first set to 25-17.
Set two concluded in favor of the Mustangs, 25-16. The match remained close and even saw the Royals take the lead at 7-6. However, TMC regained the lead shortly after with the help of six collective kills by Dougherty. Set two also featured an evening-high 16 kills and a hitting percentage of .538.
TMC made quick work of HIU in the third set and concluded the evening with a 25-21 victory. As a team, the Mustangs outplayed the Royals 43-29 in kills and held the opposition to a collective hitting percentage of .084.
With six left games on the schedule, TMC looks to continue its most successful campaign in over a decade. For the second time this season, the Lady Mustangs will face No. 21 Vanguard (15-12, 5-4 GSAC) on Saturday night at 7:00 in Bross Gym.


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Spreading the AU Pride
AU Pride Alumni Alliance, celebrating LGBT and ally community
The Office of Alumni Relations, in partnership with the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, is continuing its commitment to alumni outreach with the American University Pride Alumni Alliance ("AU Pride"), the newest affinity group for AU alumni.
AU Pride, which celebrates our LGBT and ally community, aims to connect alumni through educational, social, and service activities while encouraging interaction and mentoring with current students. In 2012, successful events included a happy hour event at Nellie's Sports Bar in Washington, Night OUT at the Nationals Ballpark, and participation in Capital Pride activities.
These exciting opportunities are already creating visibility among the AU LGBT and ally community and the growth of AU Pride will only emphasize this success.
Isaac W. K. Thweatt, director of alumni outreach, shares, "It's an exciting time to be an Eagle. Many universities have LGBT alumni organizations, but few have the energy to connect students with alumni like AU." Thweatt joined AU's alumni relations team in January 2012 and expects AU Pride volunteerism to increase greatly in the coming year, particularly as events are launched across the country.
In addition to AU Pride, the new Center for Diversity and Inclusion is working hard to enhance the LGBT and ally student community.
Their annual events during LGBT Awareness month in October provide opportunities for engagement, learning, and awareness for the entire university. Partnering with the Center for Diversity and Inclusion will help connect current students to successful alumni who are either actively working for LGBT social equality or are open about their identity while working in a professional field.
The upcoming 2013 Lavender Languages Conference is another occasion for students and alumni to come together and celebrate scholarship and activism surrounding LGBT languages and linguistics.
AU Pride is just one more example of American University's efforts and dedication to enriching diversity and inclusion, not only for students, but for the alumni who wish for continued connection and involvement.
Many alumni have already expressed their interests in volunteering, and we invite you to join us too.
For more news and information about AU Pride, join us on LinkedIn or become a Facebook group member.


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Liberty Men's Soccer Host IUPUI Jaguars in Home Opener
After starting the season with a road win, the Liberty Flames men's soccer team will open their 2013 home schedule, Friday evening. The Flames, 1-0, will welcome the IUPUI Jaguars to Osborne Stadium for a 6 p.m. non-conference match.
The match will be the first meeting between the two teams in Lynchburg. The two schools met for the first time in Indianapolis, Ind., to begin the 2011 season.
How to Follow the Flames
Live stats powered by StatsBroadcast will be available for the contest by clicking the appropriate link on the men's soccer schedule/results panel of LibertyFlames.com.
A Look at Liberty
A solid performance by goalkeeper Scott Sutarik and a goal by midfielder Jonatan Torres helped propel the Liberty Flames past host Georgia State, 1-0, this past Friday in their 2013 season opener.
Sutarik posted the 12th shutout of his career by making seven saves at Georgia State, Friday. The junior's save total was the second highest in a contest in his career. His single-game high of eight came last season against Campbell in a 1-0 shutout at Liberty's East Campus Fields on Oct. 5.
Torres, who is in his second season with the Flames, scored his first goal of the year off a crossing pass from Jamie Foxwell in the 81st minute to break the scoreless tie at Georgia State. For Foxwell, the assist was his first collegiate point.
The win moves Liberty alumnus Jeff Alder's record to 117-86-22. Alder is in his 13th season at the helm of the Flames.
The Flames return several key players from last season, including seven players who started 12 or more games. Among the returnees are two-time team captain Sam Duininck, goalkeeper Sutarik and last year's leading scorer Kyle Breitmeyer. The trio is joined by midfield returnees Tim Harbison, Juan Nino, Blessing Tahouna and Torres.
Last season, Breitmeyer earned all-conference and VaSID All-State second team honors. The forward compiled team-highs with 15 points and seven goals. Meanwhile, Sutarik, a two-year starter in goal for the Flames, posted a 1.13 goals-against average and five shutouts.
For the 2013 campaign, Liberty will have to rely on underclassmen. Eighteen of Liberty's 25 players are either a sophomore or freshman.
A Look at IUPUI
Located in Indianapolis, Ind., the IUPUI Jaguars have opened the year with two ties. The Jaguars opened the season with a 0-0 tie at Detroit this past Friday, before battling to a 2-2 tie with Butler this past Tuesday.
IUPUI is under the direction of former Liberty player Isang Jacob began his collegiate career as a teammate of Flames head coach Jeff Alder at Liberty in 1988 under then head coach Bill Bell. Jacobs then transferred to Indiana Wesleyan where he was a three-time All-MCC pick and two-time NCCAA All-American from 1989-1992. In his third season, Jacob has led the Jaguars to a 12-20-4 overall record.
IUPUI has been picked to finish third in the Summit League. Jacob's squad should have a decidedly new look in 2013 with the possibility of six newcomers cracking the starting 11.
The most recognizable holdover is sophomore goalie Eduardo Cortes, who earned Summit League Goalkeeper of the Year honors as a freshman in 2012. He recorded a 1.34 goals against average in 16 starts and finished the year with five shutouts. Cortes has already recorded a shutout this season and was Summit League Defensive Player of the Week, this past week.
On Tuesday, IUPUI erased a 2-0 deficit against Butler, as sophomore Lance Davis and freshman Jonny Williams each scored second-half goals in the tie.
Former Liberty Head Coach Bill Bell to be Honored
Former Liberty head coach men's soccer coach and Athletics Hall of Famer Bill Bell will be honored prior to Friday night's match. Both Liberty head coach Jeff Alder and IUPUI head coach Isang Jacob played under Bell at Liberty.
One of two coaches in Liberty Athletics history to guide his program for 20 or more seasons, Bill Bell was integral in the men's soccer program's growth, as it moved from the NCCAA to NCAA The longest tenured coach in program history, Bell led Liberty to winning seasons in 12 of his 21 years as its head coach. Liberty posted a winning record in eight of its 10 Big South Conference seasons with Bell at its helm, reaching three Big South Men's Soccer Championship games (1994, 1998 and 1999).
In 1985, he was named the South Atlantic Coach of the Year and was voted the Big South Coach of the Year in 1992 and 1999. During his tenure, he coached two All-Americans, 14 NSCAA South Atlantic All-Region players, Liberty's only Big South Men's Soccer Player of the Year and 22 Big South all-conference players.
Duininck's Answers Call
Defender Sam Duininck enters Friday's match, having started every Liberty match the past three seasons. The two-time team captain has notched 39 consecutive starting assignments.
Breitmeyer Breaks Out
Forward Kyle Breitmeyer became a consistent scoring threat for the Flames last season. Breitmeyer finished 2012, as Liberty's leading scorer with 15 points and goal scorer with seven.
The forward scored at least one goal in four consecutive games from Oct. 5 to Oct. 23, posting his first career multi-goal game in 2-1 win at Presbyterian College on Oct. 12.
Breitmeyer scored five of his seven goals in Big South Conference games, helping Liberty post a 6-1-3 conference record and go unbeaten over a nine-game stretch (6-0-3) to end the regular season.
A Look Ahead
Liberty will head out on the road for a three consecutive games, starting next Wednesday with a non-conference match at Wofford. The Flames will start their Big South schedule at Gardner-Webb in the middle contest of the stretch, next Saturday. Liberty will finish the span at American in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 21.


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Join local authors K.D. Mason (Killer Run) and Kathleen Lockwood (Major League Bride) as they read from and discuss their latest works here at Rye Public Library.
Kathleen Lockwood and her husband ,former Red Sox pitcher Skip Lockwood, currently live in Rye, NH. During Skip's career in the major leagues, Kathleen spent twelve years in the company of exceptional women on six different teams as her husband was periodically traded, sold, sent down, brought up, and released. Her memoir, Major League Bride: An Inside Look at Life Outside the Ballpark, is a diary of growth, a journal of struggle, and an account of bizarrely truthful stranger-than-fiction events involving eccentric teammates.
Doug Zechel, former owner of Saunders at Rye Harbor, is a lifelong runner and sailor. With a new endeavor, writing under the pseudonym K.D. Mason, Zechel lives on the New Hampshire seacoast with his wife of over 40 years and two cats, Molly and Sweet Pea. They have two grown children, a son who lives in Las Vegas with his wife and step daughter, and a daughter who with her husband and their daughter now live in California. Recently retired from a lifetime of working in the restaurant business, he now weaves compelling tales of mystery, romance and suspense set on the NH Seacoast.


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Outdoor Channel HD now available across nation's top 25 markets
Following a deployment in Cox's Arizona system, which serves Phoenix and Tucson, the Outdoor Channel said this morning that Outdoor Channel HD is now available in the nation's top 25 markets.
"Phoenix is one of the top 10 most-populated cities in the U.S., and we are thrilled that our industry-leading outdoor programming is now available not only to the Phoenix community, but also to residents of all of the top 25 media markets in the U.S.," said Tom Hornish, chief operating officer of Outdoor Channel. "In 2012, we will continue to work with our key affiliate partners to further expand Outdoor Channel and Outdoor Channel HD's reach and expose the Outdoor Channel brand to new populations of avid fans with a passion for the outdoors."
The Outdoor Channel first launched its HD service four years ago. Last year, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications rolled it out in additional systems.
"Outdoor Channel HD has seen rapid growth in the last 30 months, since committing to 100 percent original HD content, adding more than 8 million homes," said Randy Brown, executive vice president of affiliate sales and marketing at Outdoor Channel.


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The Australian dollar was nursing losses against its US counterpart on Thursday following a jobs report and the currency backed off four-year peaks on the yen after recent hefty gains.
The Aussie briefly jumped a quarter of a cent to a session high of $US1.0333 after data showed Australian employment rose by more than expected in January to help hold the jobless rate steady at 5.4 per cent. However, all the jobs growth was in part-time work with full-time jobs lower.
Later, the currency faded back to $US1.0314, a level very close to a near three-month trough of $uS1.0296 hit overnight.
"The 9800 drop in full time jobs number was quickly sighted as a negative... Traders decided it (the report) wasn't quite as up-beat (as initially thought)," said a Westpac note. "Bottom line, a disappointing reaction to a mixed report."
The Aussie had already fallen sharply on Wednesday as investors took weak retail sales as an excuse to trim long positions, prompting option-related hedging as well.
Traders noted export buying around $US1.0300 with offshore speculator bids closer to $US1.0250.
Interbank futures eased a touch on the day as the data did little to add to the chance of a further cut in interest rates. Swap markets pricing implies a near 50-50 chance of a quarter point easing in March to a record low of 2.75 per cent.
The Reserve Bank left rates unchanged at 3.0 per cent this week but left the door open for more easing to support the economy.
"We expect that the RBA will need to see further evidence of a softening labour market and domestic demand and will delay cutting rates until April," said Janu Chan, an economist at St George Bank.
The dollar also pulled back from recent four-year peaks against the yen with the Aussie changing hands at 96.27 yen, from a high of 97.42. The Aussie has gained more than 16 per cent since November and scaled fresh highs this week after Bank of Japan governor surprised by announcing he would leave three weeks early on March 19.
Australian government bond futures edged up from nine-month lows hit on Monday. The three-year bond contract was up 0.030 points to 97.190 and the 10-year contract 0.055 points higher at 96.555.


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The infographic below about small businesses is interesting overall, but one factoid stuck out at me. And that's the connection between being a self-employed business person and being healthy.
Apparently 53% small business owners believe that their personal health is better because they run their own business. The infographic seems to be based on this Bank of America study [3] that also shows that 49% say they get between seven to eight hours of sleep at night and 35% report exercising regularly.
The infographic was created by Dealstruck [4], a crowdlending site for small business owners.
-- By Arundhati Parmar [6], Senior Editor, MD+DI
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Neurophysiological Characterization of Postherniotomy Pain
This study has been completed.
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Eske Kvanner Aasvang, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: July 17, 2008
Last updated: April 4, 2014
Last verified: October 2012
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Sensory function is different in persistent postherniotomy pain patients than in operated controls, suggesting this to be a neuropathic pain syndrome. By performing quantitative sensory testing, the specific changes in pain patients will be revealed, thereby aiding in designing future treatment trials. MRI scans of the groin regions in pain patients and control patients will be evaluated by senior MRI specialists assessing potential pathology to the region (Mesh, inflammation, edema, funicle etc.) Assessors will be blinded to clinical status, and surgery.
|Postoperative Pain Postherniotomy Pain Neuropathic Pain
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
|Official Title:
|Quantitative Sensory Testing in Persistent Postherniotomy Pain Patients
Further study details as provided by Eske Kvanner Aasvang, Rigshospitalet, Denmark:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Sensory function [ Time Frame: actual ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
pain-free control
Pain-free controls from previous prospective study (KF 01294867), operated >2 years previously
Pain Patients
Patients with persistent postherniotomy pain lasting >1 year and pain related impaired daily function
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
persistent posthenriotomy patients
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male patients >18 yrs
- Inguinal herniotomy >1 yr previously
- No sign of hernia recurrence
- Unilateral chronic groin pain lasting more than 3 months
- Moderate/severe pain related impairment of everyday activities.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Other causes of persistent pain in groin region (hip, other surgical procedures)
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00719368
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00719368
|Danish Pain Research Centre
|Aarhus, Denmark, 8000
|Section for Surgical Pathophysiology
|Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100
Sponsors and Collaborators
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
|Study Director:
|Eske K Aasvang, M.D.
|Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Denmark
|Principal Investigator:
|Henrik Kehlet, M.D., Ph. D.
|Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Denmark
More Information
Keywords provided by Eske Kvanner Aasvang, Rigshospitalet, Denmark:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 23, 2017
Aasvang EK, Brandsborg B, Christensen B, Jensen TS, Kehlet H. Neurophysiological characterization of postherniotomy pain. Pain. 2008 Jul;137(1):173-81. Epub 2007 Oct 31. Erratum in: Pain. 2012 Jan;153(1):253.
|Responsible Party:
|Eske Kvanner Aasvang, M.D., Rigshospitalet, Denmark
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00719368 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|July 17, 2008
|Last Updated:
|April 4, 2014
Keywords provided by Eske Kvanner Aasvang, Rigshospitalet, Denmark:
Groin hernia
quantitative sensory testing
Persistent postoperative pain
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pain, Postoperative
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Postoperative Complications
Pathologic Processes
Signs and Symptoms
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
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source GAIA package: Sx_MilitaryTimes_M6201310306070015_5675.zip Origin key: Sx_MilitaryTimes_M6201310306070015 imported at Fri Jan 8 18:18:10 2016
A Federal Claims Court judge agreed Thursday with the Navy's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by about 300 sailors separated by the 2011 enlisted retention boards — a suit that sought either restoration of the sailors' Navy service or compensation for lost wages and benefits.
Judge Lynn Bush, who served as a civilian Navy lawyer in the 1980s and '90s, dismissed the case, stating that the Navy acted rationally and that the court cannot "intrude upon the Navy's power to manage its active-duty workforce."
E.W. Keller, the lawyer for the ERB'd sailors, told Navy Times he plans to appeal the decision to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He says the appeal will be successful based on two key factors — part of the wording of the opinion casts doubt on the accuracy of the ERB process, and the next judge likely won't have Bush's employment history.
Keller said Friday that he had yet to read the entire ruling, but he cited passages in the 30-page document that call the ERB process "speculation." He said the Navy was aware this speculation — based upon a belief that the fleet needed to reduce its manning — was inaccurate well before the discharge date of the ERB'd sailors.
"Instead of correcting that mistake, they went ahead and discharged them," Keller said, adding that "if this decision were to stand, the Navy would be able to discharge anybody at any time ... just on erroneous speculation. I just do not think the courts would uphold that."
The ruling states that the 2011 ERB process, which separated 2,946 sailors on or before Sept. 1, 2012, was "rational in its inception and in its fulfillment of assigned tasks," and that "it is of no consequence that some of the factual underpinnings of the ERB process might have been erroneous." It also states "at a minimum, the facts adduced by the Navy were reasonably conceived, and the predicted success of the ERB to address over-manning issues was a rational speculation."
Further, it agrees in full with nearly all of the Navy's assertions in requesting the dismissal. The ruling stated that "nothing in the creation of the ERB or the discharges that ensued exceeded the authority" cited by the Navy in making the manning cuts. It also criticized Keller's case, stating that the "challenges to the ERB process are not always clearly set forth or logically organized."
The ruling also denied the plaintiffs' motion to include supplemental exhibits that were "offered to show that the Navy should not have decided to discharge plaintiffs." These included three Navy Times articles on the Navy personnel matters and a ratings quota chart, the ruling says. Other supplemental information was allowed by the judge, including affidavits from ERB'd sailors and a letter one wrote to his congressman outlining the ERB process.
Even with that added evidence, the court ruled that "plaintiffs' claim for back pay and allowances is dismissed with prejudice based on the court's view of the administrative record," and that other claims, including those of retirement benefits for sailors separated before reaching the 15-year retirement-eligibility mark, fell outside the court's jurisdiction.
In a statement, the Navy defended its decision to use the ERB process to remove sailors from overmanned ratings.
"Sailors who were not retained as a result of the board were offered the opportunity to apply for conversion to an undermanned rating they were qualified [for], or for transition into the Reserve component," Cmdr. Kathy Kesler, special assistant for public affairs for the chief of personnel, said Friday in an emailed statement. "In addition to the wide range of transition assistance benefits already afforded to Sailors who separate, the Navy provided several enhanced transition assistance benefits to ERB separating Sailors."
Momentum from dismissal?
Keller filed the suit Aug. 2 on behalf of 105 sailors — more joined as it progressed. The Navy filed its motion to dismiss Oct. 15, asserting that, among other reasons for dismissal, the U.S. Federal Court of Claims did not have jurisdiction over the ERB proceeding.
Keller also filed a motion asking Bush to recuse herself. It was denied.
A former Navy spouse who created the "Sailors Against ERB" Facebook page was not surprised by the ruling, nor did she express any disappointment.
"This is just the best news for our case that we could have possibly expected," said Jennifer Beasley, wife of former Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class (AW) Walter "Beau" Beasley, one of the plaintiffs. "I think we're going to gain more momentum with this decision.
Jennifer Beasley said the Navy's recent personnel moves, including the discontinuation of Perform to Serve and the ease of re-enlistment being promised to some sailors in ratings that once were staffed by ERB'd sailors, have helped her side's argument. She also reiterated Keller's concerns about Bush's prior Navy employment.
The Facebook page had more than 2,800 "likes" as of June 7.


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By Terry Stanton
Posted: August 23rd, 2017 9:34 AM
If we are locked into ancient so called master plans,...
By Tom MacMillan
Posted: August 23rd, 2017 9:27 AM
How do you get a "back out" ticket in the...
By Kevin Anderson
Posted: August 23rd, 2017 6:43 AM
The really sad part (to me)... went to the planning...
By Ada Johnson Tikkanen
Posted: August 22nd, 2017 10:25 PM
Yes it most certainly is the breed. People who...
By Jerry Runner
Posted: August 22nd, 2017 8:09 PM
How about everyone come out with their BB gun once a...
By Ken Stucken
Posted: August 22nd, 2017 7:48 PM
Wow, what a crazy story. I'm glad you are OK.
By Ken Stucken
Posted: August 22nd, 2017 7:39 PM
Errol, I appreciate your comment on Coach Zembal. The...
By Melvin Tate
Posted: August 22nd, 2017 2:49 PM
A funny/curious list of "legendary" Coaches...
By Errol Penfield
Posted: August 22nd, 2017 2:17 PM
What a glowing review! I've never even had...
By Sammie Pearce
Posted: August 22nd, 2017 1:20 PM