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It's tough to be a Canadian Football League fan in Winnipeg this July, thanks to the Blue Bombers' woeful zero-and-three start.
The offence needs a GPS unit to find the end zone. The defence looks softer than a bowl of pudding. The injury bug has gotten nastier than Norwalk. There are serious concerns about player-personnel decisions.
Happily, there is a silver lining amid this blue-and-gold mess: The disaster on the field this season may be distracting many fans from the disaster in the offices of the Winnipeg Football Club, which appears to be offering public-relations students an object lesson in what not to do.
As most of Winnipeg is very much aware, the CFL team's new stadium, Investors Group Field, did not open in June as originally planned.
It also won't open on July 26, when the Bombers play their first home game of the season after four games on the road. Nor will it open this year at all, thanks to construction delays the club brass has blamed on that most unusual of Manitoban weather events -- wind.
At the risk of stating the obvious, there are few members of the Bomber faithful who bought this breezy explanation when rookie football-club president and CEO Garth Buchko trotted it out in March. While it's plausible high winds did delay specific aspects of the Investors Group Field construction, it's disingenuous to suggest that alone is responsible for backing up completion by half a year or more.
The football club has not denied reports of poor construction-site planning hampering access for some workers and equipment. There are also questions about why more work wasn't conducted during evenings or weekends -- when labour costs are of course higher -- or during the winter, when the use of insulated fencing also drives up costs.
Is the delay due to the project's guaranteed maximum price of $190 million? If I knew the answer to that question, this would be a news story, not a column.
Regardless of the specific reasons behind the delay, the entire project-management team can be called to task for either failing to observe the stadium work was behind schedule or failing to report this fact to the football club's brass, as well as its board of directors.
The former scenario suggests incompetence, while the latter amounts to a coverup. Generally speaking, incompetence is far more common in any industry than deliberate wrongdoing.
What I'm suggesting here may be counterintuitive to angry fans who want to pin the delay on some particular scapegoat: It's entirely possible everyone involved in the oversight of this project had no idea how messed up it was last fall, when the club went ahead and started selling season-ticket packages to fans who believed the Bombers would be playing at the University of Manitoba in 2012.
This in no way amounts to an apology on behalf of Buchko or the befuddled folks at Stuart Olson Dominion Construction or former project manager Ossama AbouZeid, now a member of the Bomber board.
AbouZeid, by the way, has the dubious distinction of being associated with not one but two messy Winnipeg construction projects this year: He's also worked on the conversion of the former Canada Post building on Graham Avenue into a new headquarters for the Winnipeg Police Service.
That project now has a $193.6-million price tag, thanks to a combination of incomplete due diligence when it came to the state of the building and imprecise cost projections that led to a $35-million jump in the overall cost between 2011 and 2012.
But just as is the case with Investors Group Field, it's also unclear who precisely is to blame for the police-headquarters hiccups, as a number of police and civilian officials at city hall, outside consultants and elected officials can take credit for the job.
As anyone who ever worked on a failed group assignment in high school can tell you, the diffusion of responsibility involved in a team effort can makes it difficult to dole out credit or blame.
But the Winnipeg Football Club should assume responsibility for compounding the stadium-delay fiasco with a bone-headed public-relations effort of its own.
Last week, the club mailed notices to thousands of season-ticket holders, informing them about the difference in cost between a season where the Bombers split their 10 home games between Canad Inns Stadium and the new Investors Group Field, and a season played entirely at Polo Park.
On average, tickets at the U of M venue will be higher than Canad Inns Stadium tickets. But in some cases, fans wound up with more expensive actual seats at Polo Park than their intended seats at the U of M.
This means hundreds of season-ticket holders -- all of whom believed they were completely paid up for 2012 -- were asked to pony up more cash, mid-season, to play at the old stadium.
"We have made any necessary adjustments to all our season-ticket accounts to reflect the entire 2012 season being played at Canad Inns Stadium," the club announced, noting it has mailed additional invoices "to our season-ticket holders where the cost of their season tickets at Canad Inns Stadium is at a higher price point than the seats selected in Investors Group Field."
To add insult to injury, the club sent out another email late in the week, thanking fans for their support this year and urging them to continue their support in 2013. As far as marketing goes, this is at best emotionally tone-deaf, at worst utterly deluded.
The good news, of course, is most fans are more concerned with the lousy record on the field so far this year. Hooray for that, you're probably thinking.
Some readers may wonder, justifiably, whether any of this is important, given the wide range of serious issues facing this city.
But with $190-million worth of public funds underwriting the stadium construction in the short term -- and no less than $105 million in the long term -- it matters to all of us what the Winnipeg Football Club does and how it does it.


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Like a lot of stand up comedians, Chris Clobber's audience can be real animals.
"I wrote and perform a thing called the Lighter Side Tour, which is a comedy tour of the San Diego Zoo," Clobber said during a recent phone interview. "It's in place of your sort of the generic 'and then right there's an elephant' kind of thing. I love working with everyone at the San Diego Zoo, with the people and the information and everything they've put together over there but mostly I like making the visitors laugh."
Known as the Zoo Man to San Diego families, Clobber has been entertaining locals and tourists for years with his animal sounds and lighthearted humorous take on animal education. Though he loves his job as a comic naturalist, Clobber always will be just that - a comic.
Chris Clobber
When: 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday
Where: Aces Comedy Club, 39745 Avenida Acacias, Ste. B, Murrieta
Tickets: $15-20
Phone: (951) 525-5653
Online: laughyouraceoff.com
"They call me Zoo Man over at the zoo during the day but they call me Chris Clobber, stand up comedian by night, and the guy at the comedy club and the guy at the zoo have very different approaches," Clobber said. "The guy at the comedy club can be more adult because it's not a family friendly venue."
Clobber always knew he wanted to be a performer and his first big break was working as a collaborator on programs for the much beloved puppeteer and children's performer, Shari Lewis.
"I was a backstage guy on that show and I wrote things for sock puppets. I had the funniest laundry ever," he said.
From there, Clobber paid his dues before working his way up to being the largest name on the marquee.
"I just worked really hard, writing material and opening for other comics until finally I was a headliner," he said. "I was on the road for nine years, headlining all over the country and the world doing everything from cruise ships to touring for the troops; the whole nine yards."
In addition to his extensive tour schedule, Clobber has made television appearances on Comedy Central and Showtime and was featured in commercials and sitcoms including "Malcolm in the Middle."
Locals can see Clobber this weekend as he takes the stage at Aces Comedy Club in Murrieta, where the audience has a chance to see him perform without his furry wildlife friends.
"I do characters and sound effects and basically anything else you can imagine under the sun," Clobber said. "Unlike a lot of comedians who stick to standard material, I'm very unusual because I have a lot of bits and pieces I put together. It's sort of a bipolar character that you see on stage but you can't be a performer without having a small degree of yourself up there."
Clobber describes himself as sort of the opposite of most comedians performing today.
"You have a lot of people who are the certain kind of comics who do very funny humor based on the idea of a normal guy in a crazy world," he said. "I'm sort of backwards in that I'm more of a crazy guy in a more normal world."
One guy you won't see on stage in Murrieta is a potty-mouthed comic.
"Even though I cover adult topics, I don't have all the profanity so people can come see me and have a great time without worrying about being offended," Clobber said. "I think it's one of the things that has added to my longevity. I do a PG-13 show instead of an X-rated show without sacrificing any of the humor."
Whether he's giving tours as the Zoo Man or just being himself, Clobber hopes that avid stand up lovers and newcomers alike will come and check him out.
"I've had people who have been coming to watch me for the past six years and they say they've never seen the exact same show twice," Clobber said. "I know some people think that comedy is silly but there's an old adage that says the greater the intellect the greater the need for play. So come on out and enjoy yourself."Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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So the Mets have finally come to this: Lucas Duda, playing first base. The guy isn't a right fielder, he isn't a left fielder. Not his fault: he doesn't have the raw skills to cover remotely enough range.
Now, playing him at first base has to do with, one figures, showcasing him for a trade. After all, his bat is sufficient at first base or designated hitter, but the Mets have a first baseman in Ike Davis, and do not employ a designated hitter.
Here's the thing: if we assume that Davis is the 2013 first baseman, and Duda is trade bait, I would absolutely play Duda and Davis in a strict platoon from now until the end of the season. But the Mets appear ready to play Duda against tough lefties, and Davis against righties.
If the idea is to trade Duda, that's crazy.
If the idea is to showcase Duda, specifically to show off his bat, playing him against lefties (career OPS of .650) makes a lot less sense than playing him against righties (career OPS of .814). If the intention is simply to get Davis some time off, there's nothing to be gained by doing it in a way that hurts Duda's perceived trade value. And letting Davis hit against lefties, a skill he needs to improve (.531 OPS this year, .633 career against them) should even help ahead of playing every day in 2013.
The flip side of this could well be that the Mets view Duda is the starter at first base, and want to maximize Davis's offensive numbers ahead of the offseason. This isn't the craziest idea, if the Mets believe Davis will get them more in trade. Personally, I think Davis has the far higher upside than Duda, so I wouldn't approach things that way, nor do I think Davis will earn the kind of return that makes up the difference between the two players. But that remains to be seen.
Anyhow, whoever the Mets plan on trading this offseason, Davis or Duda, shouldn't be facing tough lefties they don't hit over the last three weeks of the season.


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The Sling underpinnings of CRX and CQ allow for complex, conditional, rendering of content. That is fine and good, but what if you are just wanting to render a simple HTML page? CRX/CQ can serve static content as well. This includes any HTML files, images, SWFs and PDFs. This is a quick description of three ways to add this sort of content to your repository.
Using cURL
The most basic way to get static content into the CRX/CQ repository is to place it there using HTTP. Here is a simple example showing how to upload a page, sample.html, to a CRX server using curl:
curl -u admin:admin -T sample.html http://localhost:8080/content/sample.html
The resulting page is accessed at the same URL it was placed to.
Using WebDAV
By default, CRX/CQ allow WebDAV connections. With any WebDAV client, point to the CRX/CQ WebDAV endpoint at http://<host>:<port>/crx/repository/crx.default. I have a laptop with Windows 7 64 bit. WebDAV does not work with that operating system so I had to download a WebDAV client. My personal preference for a WebDAV client is CyberDuck (http://cyberduck.ch).
Once you connect to your CRX/CQ instance you can place your static content within the repository.
Using Package Manager
The third way to add content to your repository is to create a package and import the package. The advantage of this method is that your content becomes a single file that is portable and able to archived. Packages can be created using tools such as Maven. The method I describe here uses no build tools.
First, create a folder node to contain your content within your repository using CRXDE Lite. Right click on the node you want to contain your new node and select the Create->Create folder… from the context menu.
This will bring up a dialog to name your new folder.
Once you have created and named your new folder, be sure to press the Save All… button within CRXDE Lite. Any changes are lost if you leave the page before saving.
At this stage go back to the main screen by pressing the CRXDE Lite logo at the top and the screen. On the main screen, select the Packages link to go to the Package Manager.
In the Package Manager you can create a new, empty, package for the folder you just created in your repository. Select the Create Package button.
This will open a dialog. Enter the name and version of your package. The group of the package should be the default, my_packages. Press OK.
The package is listed within the Package Manager. Right now this package is completely empty. Within the listing for the new package select the Edit… button.
Within the dialog that is opened, select the Filters tab and press the Add Filter button. Specify the root path of the package. Press the search button next to the root path field and select the folder within the repository for the Web pages. Press OK to select the folder and press the Save button in the Edit Package dialog.
In the listing for the new package press the Build button to the right of the Edit button. The Activity Log at the bottom of the page will show you the progress of the build. Once built, press the Download button in the package's listing to save a copy to your computer.
This package file will be a zip file with content directories and manifest files. At this stage we finally get to your content. Place the content you want to include in your repository inside the package file. Place the content inside the directory of the zip file that matches the folder in the repository you wish to place it. Once the package file contains all of your content you can upload it to any CRX/CQ repository.
To upload the package, go once again to the Package Manager. Within the Package Manager is the Upload Package button.
A dialog to select a package file appears after the Upload Package button is pressed. Select your package file. Pressing OK adds the Package you selected to CRX/CQ. The package will be listed in the Package Manager. It very important to know that the package itself has not been applied to the repository. To apply the content changes found in the package file, press the Install button within that package's listing.
Once the package is installed the content can be access through your CRX/CQ instance.
See Also
Apache Sling – Discover Sling in 15 minutes has instructions on how to use the curl command to add and edit content within the Sling instance. This works the same way in CRX/CQ.
The documentation site for CRX/CQ, dev.day.com, contains documentation on WebDAV access to CRX/CQ and how to work with packages.


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PATIENCE ALEXANDER, who showed off her paces in impressive style at York last month, can hit the heights at Royal Ascot today for Welsh trainer David Evans.
A nine lengths winner on her debut at Wolverhampton, Patience Alexander stepped-up considerably on that performance on Knavesmire next time when landing Listed race glory in the Marygate Stakes, which was a very competitive race.
In second place that day was Tiggy Wiggy, subsequent winner of the National Stakes at Sandown and runner-up in the Queen Mary Stakes at this meeting earlier in the week. The form looks rock-solid and Patience Alexander, who promises to be at least as good if not better over this sixth furlong, should be a tough nut to crack. Adam Kirby takes the mount.
Malton trainer Richard Fahey saddles Sandiva in the Coronation Stakes and is hopeful that Frankie Dettori's mount, who finished ninth in the 1,000 Guineas, can improve on that performance and make a telling blow in the in this Group 1 event.
It is, though, going to be difficult. Lightning Thunder, who finished second in the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket and also second in the Irish equivalent, will be a tough nut to crack, while Kiyoshi and My Titania, both of whom are making their seasonal debuts after proving themselves very smart last season. The vote goes to Kiyoshi, runaway winner of the Albany Stakes at this meeting last year, beating Sandiva into second place.
Fahey runs four in the Buckingham Palace Handicap and while Heaven's Guest may prove the best of the quartet, Russian Realm will be hard to beat under Ryan Moore, pictured.
Trained by Sir Michael Stoute, the four-year-old was most impressive when winning easily at Goodwood last month. He has since gone up 8lb in the ratings, but he is a horse with bags of potential and is expected to prove equal to this task.
Stoute is enjoying a fine week and the Newmarket trainer can also land the King Edward Vll Stakes with Snow Sky. The mount of James Doyle, the three-year-old won the Lingfield Derby Trial after finishing second to Western Hymn on his reappearance at Newbury. Western Hymn may beat him again, but he had a hard race when sixth in the Derby less than a fortnight ago and that gives Snow Sky the chance to gain his revenge.
Just The Judge may prove the answer to the Wolferton Handicap.
Winner of last year's Irish 1,000 Guineas, Charlie Hills' filly ran a fine race to finish third in Group 3 company at Epsom last time and is fancied to benefit over this stiffer test of stamina.
The Queen's Vase over two miles looks tricky, but John Gosden's Marzocco makes plenty of appeal after good runner-up efforts on his previous two outings. This marked step up in distance is fancied to bring out significant improvement in him and this likeable colt is napped to come good under William Buick.
At Redcar. Push Me can lift the Racing UK Anywhere Available Now Handicap.
A Hamilton winner three outings ago before being inconvenienced by soft ground next time, Push Me was narrowly beaten at Carlisle on Monday back on her favourite quick going. Iain Jardine's mare will be well handled by 5lb claimer Shane Gray.
Related (4.10), a good scond at Goodwood last time, and See Vermont (5.50), who shaped well on his reappearance, are two others to note at the seaside course on the first of their two-pronged fixture.
Racing selections
Royal Ascot today
2.30 Patience Alexander, 3.05 Just The Judge, 3.45 Snow Sky, 4.25 Kiyoshi, 5.00 Marzocco (NAP), 5.35 Russian Realm.
Redcar today
2.20 Potent Embrace, 2.55 Reet Petite, 3.30 Magnolia Ridge, 4.10 Related, 4.45 Aqua Ardens, 5.20 Push Me, 5.50 See Vermont.
Today's other meetings
Market Rasen, Goodwood, Newmarket
Tomorrow's meetings
Royal Ascot, Ayr, Haydock, Lingfield, Newmarket and Redcar.


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SO HERE'S THE PROBLEM:== When you drink polyjuice potion, does your voice change to that of the person you are impersonating?
1. Chamber of Secrets- Harry and Ron DO NOT get Crabbe and Goyle's voice
2. Goblet of Fire- Barty Crouch, Jr. DOES get Mad-Eye Moody's voice
3. Deathly Hallows- Seven Potters DO NOT get Harry's voice
4. Deathly Hallows- Hermione DOES NOT get Bellatrix's voice
Can anyone explain this?
I'm pretty sure that in all the books, the voice DOES change to the person you're impersonating. In the movies, it DOES NOT. Why? I don't know:( Hope that helps.
In the books it is SURE that the voices changes. One theory from me is, that the filmmakers feared that the children who look the film, could not understand this when there is a total transformation and also changing of the voice. The voice of Harry to the body of Gregory Goyle seems to them more plausible, possibly. But they can't do that with Alastor Moody and Barty Crouch, Jr. A whole year and never forgotten to change the voice? Even when he is stressed or angry? That's impossible. Bellatrix in Gringotts with Hermione Granger's voice. The goblins would have known at once what is wrong. That also could not be. They changed when they must and they don't when they think it is possible and easier to understand. But that is only my opinion and must not be true. Harry granger 19:53, July 14, 2011 (UTC)
When using the polyjuice potion in the films you do not get the voice of the person you become, Barty Crouch Jr in the film imitates Moodys and shows he is good at imitating peoples voices by doing an impression to Harry of Hargrid saying 'marvellous creatures dragons aren't they' sort of mocking hagrid, as soon as Crouch lets slip about the graveyard even though Harry did not mention it. In deathly hallows part II Hermionie does not get bellatrixes voice if you remember she asks harry and ron how she looks and it is deffinately her voice, but you are right in the books it allows you to take on the voice of the person you change into they obviously did it because children watching would forget whos changed into who and what not, hope this helps. Grace Catherine 01:06, July 18 2011 (BST)
I think it has something to do with biology. Your body is transformed into someone elses, so your mouth, teeth, tongue and vocal cords would also change. But you are not used to use them like the person you are impersonating, so when first talking, you would achieve a voice resembling your own. Also, intonation and dialect / accent may need some getting used to. For example, Ron and Harry advise each other how to move properly like Crabbe and Goyle. And Barty Crouch Jr. kept Alastor Moody prisoner to get more information out of him, and perhaps also to copy him more thoroughly. I agree that the films intend to let the casual viewer know when someone is impersonating someone else. 18.104.22.168 17:10, March 27, 2012 (UTC)
I always assumed that in tthe movies, the potion always changes people's voices, and the movies just show the characters using their original voices for the audience's benefit. Malfory wouldn't be dumb enough to not notice the Crabbe and Goyle were talking in Harry and Ron's voices, and Griphook would have pointed out that the Gringotts Goblins would notice if Bellatrix was talking in a different voice than usual. Most likely, the characters always hear the voices changing, even if the audience doesn't.Icecreamdif 06:12, March 29, 2012 (UTC)


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>Racing>How to prepare for a 1 mile race?
Running is stupid
Hawt and sexy
Um, your supposed to do the mile first, all out. The next day you run the half, all out race pace, and then you do a few push ups, right before you cross the finish line.
I'm touching your pants.
Um, your supposed to do the mile first, all out. The next day you run the half, all out race pace, and then you do a few push ups, right before you cross the finish line.
Seems like a solid plan. Probably is more effective when you can run under 69 for the half though.
Guess it's good for the old physique though.
They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. Golf is more complicated than that. "If I am still standing at the end of the race, hit me with a Board and knock me down, because that means I didn't run hard enough" If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death. "Don't fear moving slowly forward...fear standing still."
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I ended up going the psychological comfort route before my race. Two days before I did 4x400m around mile pace (77-80s each) with 200m recovery and then 4x200m a little faster than mile pace with 200m recovery. I think it was helpful to get a little more comfortable with the turnover. I ended up racing a 5:08. Now I want to race another mile, but my fall calendar is full of longer races already. For race day warmup I did an easy mile, some strides, and some butt kicks, skips, lunges, etc.
According to our calculator, with 18:27-5k performance, you should be able to run a mile in 5:20 so you had exceed it by quite a bit. Congratulations!!
That said, however, there are a few suggestions I could offer:
Suppose this mile WAS your target race, I would suggest something a lot less in volume to prepare. You had run a fast (at your target pace) run of total of a mile (and some more) only 2 days before the race. In other words, it's almost like you ran 2 races that week (which a lot of well-trained elite middle distance runners do). Usually, 2 days before is not a good one; it usually takes 48-hours to recover particularly from a fast workout, not the day after. So ideally, it would have been better if you did the above mentioned workout 3 days before with 2 easy jog days before your race. The week of the race, it would have been better if you did something more on the line of 3-4 X 200m FAST; perhaps a race or time trial (run quite hard) of 800m (600-1200m) about 7-10 days before.
Looking at some of the responses, I can't help but think that most people don't quite understand the difference between workouts that WORK YOU to race vs. workouts that GET YOU READY for a race. It is quite common for a miler to do such workout as 15 X 400m or some sort of ladder like 3 X 400 + 3 X 800 + 5 X 200...something like that with good volume of fast runs. But those are a kind of workout that would have had to be done weeks before. Just as you wouldn't run 20+ miles the week of the marathon, you don't want to exert yourself with such workouts the week, or a few weeks leading up to, of the race. In your case, however, I'd say that you didn't quite do such PREPARATORY workouts that you needed to do that somewhere, which happened to be 2 days before. But I'd say, once again, that you probably would have done much better if you had some good structure leading to the race(s) so you wouldn't have to scramble things together a few weeks before the race. It seems to me, your stamina is your weakness--with 18:27 level, you should be able to run the half marathon a few minutes faster and, with 5:08 mile, you should be able to run a 5k in 17:35 (and 1:20 half). But I'd put my foot in my mouth and say that you should be able to crack 5-minutes easily if you "do it right".
Ilene, here's a timely article from RW on doing a "harder" warmup:
Good luck and enjoy
Ilene, here's a timely article from RW on doing a "harder" warmup:
Good luck and enjoy
The late Ron Daws, in his last book, "Run Your Best" published back in 1985, he had suggested to include a fairly hard 200m in your warm-up. For shorter races, or when you know you would start out fairly fast at the start, you would create "anaerobic pathway" with 200m run to get your body ready for such a stress. In fact, I used this a few years back with a young lady I was coaching to be an 800m runner and she actually could tell the difference in her workout/time trial/race immediately. However, as I'd said, this is for a race that you'd expect to start out fairly hard like 800m or a mile or even a 5k. If you're RACING a 5k not much faster than your training run, you'd be better off not do it so you WON'T start too fast.
I'm a bit surprised, as smart of a man as Scott Douglas, that he didn't know about this. Or, as smart of a man as he is, he pretended that this is a "new discovery" or "newly-discovered research" to get attention...??? ;o)
Actually, I'd agree with Willamona. A rule of thumb (of course, it's just a "rule of thumb", or I may get criticized for generalizing...) is; that it's okay to do a fast run or a race the day before a long easy aerobic run; but it's not okay to do a long run the day before your fast run or a race. A long run tend to tighten up your muscles. That's the kind of condition you do not want to have if you don't want to face the possibility of getting injured. It's alright to go for a long easy aerobic run the day after the race--if anything, that'll slow you down and you'll be warmed up by the time you go a half way anyway.
Now I'm not sure about the push-up part though...
Good stuff, Nobby!
The Logic of Long Distance
There's the training to prepare for a 1 mile race, the warmup to prepare for a 1 mile race, which have been pretty well described here.
But to mentally prepare for a 1 mile race...to know what it's going to feel like - I think that, like any distance, just comes from experience, from actually racing them. I think that's the scary part for someone who maybe has never raced a mile...what's it going to be like? How do I do it? (not so much race strategy, but how do I know that I'm doing it right) - which is a legitimatly scary thing, as it's such a compressed race - it happens so fast - that mistakes are amplified, etc., and all of a sudden it's over and you're like - 'wait a minute, what happened? I want a do-over! I nailed those intervals 2 weeks ago!'
Intervals and such get you used to the speed, and maybe the fatigue, but, the only way to remove the mystery about what it's going to be like is to do it for reals.
I have extremely limited (but recent) experience with this distance. Whatever I write is probably romantic nonsense, so take it with a grain.
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HA! Nobby agrees with me! I haz won the internetz. Christian Hesch did that recently. I know, a random nobody, but hey, we are at the time of year where we hear more about local elites as those who can compete internationally are recovering from some big event in London. The mile race and the half were a day or a day and a half apart. And the push ups are for flair. I think he said something about not taking running so seriously all the time. Ilene has been winning age group awards for so long now, she needs to add flair.
But if she is really doing a half the day before the mile, I got nothing.
Well there is a half marathon I wanted to race that is the day before the mile race....but on the advice of many here and in my real life, I have decided to volunteer at that 1/2 instead.
Gville, you are so right, what it will be like is the mystery!
A good one that my coaches have us do are 3 to 4 sets of 400m with 1 minute of rest in between. The 400s should be at mile race pace and you get about 5 minutes in between sets.
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Well there is a half marathon I wanted to race that is the day before the mile race....but on the advice of many here and in my real life, I have decided to volunteer at that 1/2 instead.
Thank goodness, I'm getting very, very tired....I'm old, ya know.
I've done my best to live the right way. I get up every morning and go to work each day. (for now)
Well, it turned out they had a mock 10k that I could run instead of the half, so I did that.
Yeah, getting old is rough.........so I hear.


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Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers had three gold medals winners at the British Championships in Birmingham this weekend, with Yamile Aldama, Zane Duquemin and Allan Smith tasting success.
There were also a further five medals winners for the club across the weekend at the Alexander Stadium.
Zane Duquemin took gold in the discus with a season's best distance of 60.38m on Sunday afternoon.
The 22-year-old finished 12 centimetres ahead of Brett Morse in second place and also beat club-mates Nicholas Percy (58.61m) in fourth, Angus McInroy (55.13m) in sixth place and seventh-placed Greg Thompson (55.04m).
An hour later, Smith came out on top in the men's high jump final with a height of 2.24m.
The 21-year-old Scot attempted 2.28m but could not make the height. Second-placed Chris Baker also managed 2.24m at the second attempt before falling short at 2.28m.
On Saturday, veteran Aldama won the triple jump as she continued her build-up to next month's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with England.
The 41-year-old took gold in the women's final with a distance of 13.60m in her sixth and final attempt, enough to see her finish two centimetres ahead of Laura Birchfield in second.
There were also silvers for Jade Lally in the women's discus and Dan Bramble in the men's long jump, whilst Sebastian Rodgers (400m hurdles), Nathan Fox (triple jump) and Louisa James (hammer) all came away with bronze.
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Seven would-be Cinderellas had a ball during a recent photo shoot on the 20th floor of a Portage Avenue skyscraper.
The septet had spent the morning being professionally styled, their hair perfectly coiffed and their makeup expertly applied as part of their transformation into glamorous, alluring subjects for the camera. The untrained models, in splashy outfits personally chosen from an Academy Road clothing store, posed for the photographer like fashion icons. They raised flutes of champagne in celebration.
The focus of all that VIP attention was an unlikely group of seven female playwrights -- Jessy Ardern, Ginny Collins, Trish Cooper, Carolyn Gray, Cairn Moore, Debbie Patterson and Alix Sobler -- each debuting a new play during the 2013-14 theatre season. Attention must be paid to such an unusual convergence of local premières.
"The theatres came together to pamper us and make this a big deal, because it is a big deal," says Collins, whose new play, Good Intentions, debuts Oct. 9 at Winnipeg Jewish Theatre. "Seven local female playwrights opening new plays in one season -- I'm not sure that will ever happen again. It's kind of a historical moment."
New locally written plays by women are not a rarity. A couple debuted last season, which is still noteworthy, but seven is off the charts. The pool of working female dramatists is probably no more than a dozen to 15, so to have half of them debuting new scripts is unprecedented.
"I really look forward to the day when tons of female playwrights being produced in the city is not special," says Sobler, the pen behind The Secret Annex, which opens at the RMTC Warehouse Feb. 20. "In the meantime I think it is important to celebrate these victories."
It's never been an easy go for female playwrights, whether in Winnipeg, the rest of Canada, the United States or the Western world. The latest Canadian statistics reveal that only 23 per cent of plays were penned solely by women and 61 per cent solely by men.
"That sucks," says Patterson, on hearing how under-represented women are in Canadian theatre. "The demographics of the theatre is probably the opposite of that, 61 per cent female. If most of the plays are written by men and the majority of the audience is female there is a disconnect. I want to balance that."
Younger female theatre students are shocked by the gender divide, because in their classes they are surrounded by as many females as males. Something seems to happen once they graduate into the theatre world, where the male writer still reigns. Is that because there a gender bias?
"Of course," says Sobler. "I think it's everywhere. I think it's a subtle, ingrained bias."
No one is saying that women can't write as well as men, she says. It has to do with the common perception that men's stories are universal, while women's stories are for women. That thinking is rooted in the culture.
"It's really hard to overturn that paradigm," says Sobler.
Michael Nathanson, artistic director of WJT, recognizes the continuing imbalance created by the primacy of male playwrights and that a change is overdue.
For 11 years, FemFest, organized by artistic director Hope McIntyre, has been the only venue to see a wide spectrum of female writing for the stage. Moore, who co-wrote Jail Baby with McIntyre for Sarasvti Productions last season, is unveiling her first full-length solo, Shiksa, for WJT in April. It was first read at FemFest.
"Hope McIntyre has mentored so many female writers and continues to do so quietly and with great modesty," says Moore. "She truly is the Nellie McClung of theatre. She gives voice also to women/people that are marginalized and aren't often heard."
The photo session was a rare opportunity for the group of seven to spend time with each other and share common insecurities. That sisterhood was in evidence when it became apparent that Arden, who recently moved to Edmonton to study acting at the University of Alberta, wasn't going to be able to afford to return to Winnipeg for the Sept. 15 première of Harold and Vivien Entertain Guests. That was unacceptable to her fellow dramatists, who took a up a collection and, with a contribution from the Manitoba Association of Playwrights, sent her the money for a plane ticket home. They all remember being in her position.
"I always regretted not seeing my first show," recalls Gray, who was away at school when Sophie and the Wiener Man opened at Theatre Projects in 1995. "I wanted Jessy to have that experience."
Most of the women are cautiously optimistic that the dramatic boost in the female playwriting this year is not just a one-off but an evolving trend that will allow women their rightful portion of the theatrical pie. Four of the seven are seeing their first professional full-length plays produced.
Collins picked up the pen after realizing as an acting student at the University of Winnipeg that there were few interesting scene for budding actresses.
"In my playwriting class, I wrote The Good Daughter, which I did later at the fringe," says Collins. "The aim was just to have juicy, fun roles for women. Now the girls at U of W do these scenes all the time."
The seven are still talking about their moment in the spotlight, and although there weren't any glass slippers, there was footwear that could have passed for Henry Moore sculptures.
All the hoopla, however, couldn't shake the thought that they had all somehow crashed the ball.
Says Ardern: "You could tell we were all playwrights, because we all felt like we didn't quite deserve it."
The Sweet taste of success
Last year's Bake-Off at FemFest was a piece of cake for budding playwright Jessy Arden.
Her comedy Harold and Vivian Entertain Guests won the inaugural Bake-Off, in which five local writers are given identical plot ingredients (the play must include a slap, a cake, a rink and a surprise visitor) and two weeks to cook up a play. The 23-year-old was the top vote-getter and won a full production of her script at this year's FemFest, opening Saturday, Sept. 14.
"Harold and Vivian was very easy to write," says Arden. "I spent the first 11 days of my two-week time limit trying to write a different play. It was dark, it was edgy -- it was really bad. So I just tossed it out and let myself have fun. Fun things are always easier to work on."
Arden is the youngest of the seven playwrights debuting new plays this season. She is the first to have her work seen, on Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. and again at 9 p.m. Sept. 16, and 4 p.m. Sept. 21 at the University of Winnipeg's Asper Centre for Theatre and Film.
"I realize I'm their token emerging playwright but I'm very happy to be so," says Arden, who is a first-year acting student at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. "You have to start somewhere."
Harold and Vivien introduces an agoraphobic couple who live in St. Boniface; when their new yuppie neighbours come over, chaos ensues.
Since last September, she has worked to enhance the clowning.
"There's a lot more food-fighting in it now," says the 2008 Vincent Massey Collegiate graduate, who has co-written a couple of fringe festival productions, including this year's The Hound of Ulster.
She didn't realize how serious the Bake-Off was until it was over. That's why the work is as light-hearted as it is. But that doesn't leave her wishing she had conceived something more weighty and significant.
"I don't believe I ought to go into anything with the idea that I have something to prove, that I have to write Hamlet," she says. "I love making people laugh. I love making people think. I do more of the former in this play. I think if I had sat down trying to impress, my play would have come out as a pretentious wankfest."
FemFest opens Sept. 14 at 1 p.m. with a reading of Perfect Love by Winnipeg's Talia Pura. Former Winnipegger and 2006 Governor General's Award nominee Lisa Codrington returns to perform her play The Aftermath, being staged Sept. 20 and 21 at 7 p.m. Another ex-local, Bahai Watson, has co-written Pomme is French for Apple, which bows 9 p.m. Sept. 18.
For FemFest's complete lineup and ticket information go to http://sarasvati.ca/
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Tim Hamulack has been added to the roster.
Miguel Rojas to the 7 day DL (right rotator cuff.)
Jason Braun back to Dayton.
Mudcat's radio reports Brian Barton was released today. Sorry if this is already posted somewhere.
Alonso with a 3-run shot. Bats lead 5-1 after eight. Volquez went 6.2.
Yorman drove in a run with a triple. Dayton leads 4-2 after eight.
Carolina falls 4-3. Adkins (2 IP) and the new kid, Hamulack, combined for three scoreless innings with 4 K. Kahaulelio homered.
Dang it! I've been putting these in the wrong thread! D'oh!
Mike Costanzo activated. No accompanying move.
Nothing needed with Jas going on the DL.
Tom Cochran cleared waivers and has been outrighted to Louisville.
I am glad to see that Tom Cochran cleared waivers. The Reds need all the pitchers they can get right now on the organizational depth chart.
The Cincinnati Reds have announced that LHP Aroldis Chapman will be joining their Double-A affiliate Carolina Mudcats on a major league rehab assignment beginning tonight in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I just missed out.
Sounds like he'll still be with them for the next home series. I hope you guys get a chance to see him.
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Shape Memory and Superelasticity: From Scientific Curiosity to Life Saving Technology
Dieter Stoeckel, Nitinol Devices and Components, Inc.
Friday, April 22, 2011, 3:30pm
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This seminar is part of the Jones Seminars on Science, Technology, and Society series
Shape Memory and Superelasticity are effects associated with the thermo-elastic martensitic transformation in equi-atomic or near equi-atomic Titanium-Nickel intermetallic compounds, commonly called Nitinol. While the term shape memory is used to describe the phenomenon of restoring a predetermined shape through heating, after having "plastically" deformed that shape, the term superelasticity refers to the enormous elasticity of the material. During the past 20 years Nitinol has evolved from a scientific curiosity into the material of choice for medical devices and implants. Its unusual properties allow the miniaturization and functionality of instruments for minimally invasive therapies, and its pronounced stress hysteresis makes implants biomechanically compatible with the body's structures. Nitinol also exhibits excellent corrosion resistance, biocompatibility and MR compatibility. It has found particularly wide spread use in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, where it is used for self-expanding stents, filters, occlusion devices, heart valve frames, and various other devices. The presentation will focus on the engineering aspects of shape memory and superelasticity, as well as the material specific properties of Nitinol medical devices, like biased and temperature dependent stiffness, kink resistance, durability and fatigue.
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Dr. Dieter Stoeckel has been involved in the development and commercialization of advanced materials for over 40 years. He became interested in the shape memory effect during the late 1970s while researching alternatives for thermostatic bimetals. Ever since, he directed material research, process development and product innovation with shape memory and superelastic alloys, specifically Nitinol. He is currently Senior Advisor and a Member of the Board of Directors of NDC (Nitinol Devices & Components, Inc.), Fremont, CA, whose medical materials and components business he started in 1993, and where he served as president from 1995 until 1997, when the company was acquired by Johnson & Johnson. While at Johnson & Johnson, he was instrumental in the development and production of the market leading self-expanding Nitinol stents and filters for the Cordis franchise. In 2008 he co-lead the management buy-out for J&J's Nitinol business, which is now privately owned again. Dr. Stoeckel is also co-founder of Euroflex GmbH (1993, a Nitinol semi-finished materials manufacturer) and Admedes GmbH (1996, a producer of Nitinol medical components) in Germany. Prior to NDC, he worked at Raychem Corp. in Menlo Park, CA, an early pioneer in Nitinol technology, and at G. RAU in Pforzheim, Germany, a diversified metals producer. Dr. Stoeckel received an M.S. and Ph.D. in Physical Metallurgy from the University in Stuttgart (Max Planck Institute for Metals Research), Germany, in 1969 and 1972, respectively.


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Optune is a portable, battery-operated medical device that connects to the scalp. It is comprised of two main components:
Essentially, Optune creates an electric field around the tumor to disrupt the growth and reproduction of cancer cells in the brain.
First, insulated transducer arrays (electrodes) are placed on the scalp using special adhesive material. The transducer arrays deliver low intensity, alternating electrical fields (called tumor treating fields, or "TTFields") to the brain to disrupt tumor cell division and inhibit tumor growth.
Depending on your treatment plan, your oncologist may have you wear the device for at least 18 hours per day, for at least four weeks. After charging the battery, you may be able to carry the device in a special shoulder bag or backpack for a few hours at a time to receive treatment without disrupting your daily routine.
Optune provides a noninvasive option for patients with a recurrence of GBM for whom treatments like surgery, radiation or cancer drug therapy didn't work.
The TTFields have been shown to have little effect on normal adult brain cells. And, since the TTFields are only applied to the brain, they do not affect rapidly multiplying cells in the rest of the body.1
The most commonly reported side effect from Optune is a mild-to-moderate scalp rash (beneath the electrodes).
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Patients with an active implanted medical device (e.g., a pacemaker), a skull defect (e.g., a missing bone with no replacement) or bullet fragments are not eligible to use Optune.
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I don't know whether that's a good thread title or not, but we'll go with it anyway!
Ok, so I'm slightly confused regarding the dynamic nature of JavaScript and how it outputs content in the HTML markup source code.
If we want to add any dynamic content to a Web page with PHP (in PHP tags obviously) then we can. If we view the source of the Web page then we'll see the content within the markup, whether the PHP is inline or has been written to the page through a templating system.
However, I've had a look around the Internet and done a few little experiments myself and have come to the conclusion that any content coded within JavaScript won't appear in the actual source code of the HTML markup / page. A simple example is below:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

function addLoadEvent(func) {
var oldonload = window.onload;
if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {
window.onload = func;
} else {
window.onload = function() {
function currentDate() {
var dayName = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");
var monName = new Array("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
var now = new Date();
var dateString = dayName[now.getDay()] + ", " + monName[now.getMonth()] + " " + now.getDate() + ", " + now.getFullYear();
document.getElementById("dateField").innerHTML = dateString;
Now, if you load up date.html in the Web browser and view the source code everything appears as normal however, nothing appears within the

tags. If you had a similar date script written with PHP then it would appear in the view source code.
So I guess my question is - Can someone explain to me exactly HOW dynamic JavaScript is?
What content will appear in the markup source code of a document and what won't? Is there a way to have the content within a JS script appear in the source code as it usually would?
If the content within the JS code doesn't exist in the actual source code after the Web page has been fully loaded, does that mean that the said content won't appear to search engines? Doesn't this mean that, like Flash content, the content within a JS script is not search engine friendly?
Hope I can get some clarification and help on this. Thanks.
Andrew Cooper
You can also use Firebug; the HTML tab will show the same thing, but with nice indentations.
From what I gather, HTML added by JavaScript isn't seen by search engines, but hopefully someone else can confirm this - I don't know how much they've progressed in recent times.
I forget if rendered is the actual term for it, but there's the page's DOM and there's the browser's rendered DOM. View-source shows the page's DOM, although last I knew there was a Firefox plugin (Firebug? I have it disabled now so I can't check) that could let you look at the rendered DOM too.
AFAIK search engines don't have javascript, although I've heard rumors of that changing, so no, they won't see the rendered DOM, only the page DOM.
This is best approached by working and thinking about the page as if it were being viewed purely as HTML.
After you have the HTML content that you need for the page, you use CSS to adjust its presentation.
Finally, you use scripting to affect the behaviour of the page.
That is correct. Some smart search engines like Google might scan the rendered page after scripting has been applied, but you cannot guarantee on this occurring with a majority of search engines.
That is right. This is why some sites sniff the user agent, so that if they recognise a search spider they can provide a text/only content version of the page.
When using scripting, the best solution is to leave the page content on the page, where it belongs, and then to use scripting to affect the behaviour of the page, which can include hiding parts of the page content until some event occurs later on.
I agree with this 100% Much better to have everything there and use javascipt to hide it than to not have everything there and use javascript to show it.
Although if you're showing different content to users and Google, Google might not like it too much so be careful. Although AFAIK someone needs to report the page before they take any action against it.
The first 3 pages uses a good analogy to help clarify the serverside vs clientside distinction.http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/advanced-web-design-primer
Sorry for the late reply. I kept meaning to reply to this thread but I procrastinate! :nono:
I see. So that means that no markup or content will be inserted into the actual HTML Source unless you use document.write, but then we wouldn't use that. So JavaScript is unable to insert any markup or content into the actual HTML Source. I get that then. Cheers.
Yup, it seems so. So JavaScript isn't search engine friendly then. I kind of knew that already regarding JS powered navigation menus and all the fuss surrounding it, but I didn't know the extent of it. Now I do.
Yea, you're absolutely right there. That does help when you think of it that way. Helps remind you of the structural, stylistic and behavioural layers.
Thanks, this is especially helpful. I'm going to make a new thread specifically on this to gain a better understanding of where JavaScript should be used and when it crosses over with PHP and the like. Thanks though for that particular sentence!
Cheers, it's a good read for anyone, even if you've already read it before. You often forget things when there's so much to learn about Web Design as a whole!
Thanks guys, really appreciate the help. You should help me out in the next thread I'm going to post on JS
I see. So that means that no markup or content will be inserted into the actual HTML Source unless you use document.write, but then we wouldn't use that. So JavaScript is unable to insert any markup or content into the actual HTML Source. I get that then. Cheers.
I mean when you click on "View Source" in any Web browser, the normal view source without any special plugins / add-ons etc. From the different ways of inserting markup / content into the Web page the only method that actually inserts markup / content into the "HTML Source" / "View Source" is when using document.write, but of course we don't use that. So technically speaking, JS can't insert markup / content into the "HTML Source" / "View Source", yea?
Thanks in advance for confirmation. :tup:
No, document.write does not insert HTML into the text you see with "view source". You can test this yourself.
So technically speaking, JS can't insert markup / content into the "HTML Source" / "View Source", yea?
Yea. JS can only insert content into the DOM.
"Special" representations of the DOM will include this stuff added by javascript, such as Firebug or the "view selection source" in Firefox.
In terms of what you see in any "view source" scenario, document.write is no different to the better DOM methods.
Using document.write to insert markup / content into the HTML document. As for my interpretation, document.write has inserted markup / content into the HTML Source dynamically.
Using the DOM methods way of createElement() and createTextNode() to insert markup / content into the HTML Document. As for my interpretation, the DOM methods way has not inserted markup / content into the HTML Source in any way.
But I understand that it doesn't matter which way you use or even if its innerHTML - Search engines will still ignore the content. I just meant that document.write inserts it into the actual HTML View Source, but of course that wouldn't happen because we never use document.write anymore anyway. It doesn't matter about document.write anyway, I'll never be using it.
My point is, is that there isn't any way to insert markup / content via JS and have it appear with the rest of the static HTML markup and content when viewing the HTML View Source. Correct?
The browser can choose what it shows you in a "view-source" window. It can show the original text document downloaded, or a textual representation of the current state of the DOM at the time that you choose to "view source". In Firefox this is achieved by selecting a chunk of the document (or all of it) and choosing "view selection source" in the context menu.
I don't think I can be any clearer than this.
Ok, I understand what you're saying here.
I think I get you here too. JS can add, manipulate and remove items in the DOM but at the end of the day the HTML text file on it's own, with or without any JS files attached to it will remain the same.
I know you're trying and thanks for being patient. It's just me, sometimes I like making life harder for myself (and others it seems!) by complicating things. I thing we misunderstood each other when Firefoxs' "View Selection Source" came into things.
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kyuu - Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - linkExcellent. Thanks for being so responsive to the feedback! Reply
skiboysteve - Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - linkI see what you did there Reply
Zandros - Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - linkYay! Thank you! Reply
bobbozzo - Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - linkHi,
I noticed this earlier today (about 5 hours ago); I'm not sure if that was before or after the zoom changes:
The new design mis-detects my laptop as a mobile device.
OS: Fedora 17 64-bit
Computer: Dell Latitude e6410 laptop
Screen res: 1440x900
Browser: FireFox 22
Furthermore, I get an error when clicking About - Show Full Site (it does work though, despite the error). Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - linkIs your browser running full screen? What error do you get? Reply
aryonoco - Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - linkYes it is also mis-detecting my desktop as a mobile device.
22" monitor with a 1680x1050 resolution
OS: Ubuntu 12.10
Browser: Chrome 28 running full screen Reply
aryonoco - Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - linkShow full site worked fine for me though. Reply
bobbozzo - Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - linkHi,
It was full-screen except for the Gnome 3 'start bar' at the top of the screen.
I don't remember the exact error message, but it was something like "request failed". It did work though.
thanks Reply
Devfarce - Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - linkReally loving the mobile theme, however one thing I noticed is the iOS webapp/springboard icon functionality will load the page in fullscreen mode without Safari controls for the home page however clicking on any link will exhibit a multitasking switchover to regular Safari. It looks like apple-mobile-web-app-capable meta flag may not be implemented on all pages which causes the switch to mobile Safari. Reply
summat - Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - linkiOS constrains websites using 'full page' loads from home screen icons to a single 'page' meaning you can't link to other pages, only change anchors at the end of the URL - like after a #.
All navigation must be done using asynchronous requests, otherwise it'll do exactly what you see there, which is load the initial page as a full screen site without address bar/controls but then push you back into full Safari as soon as you hit a link. I guess the site isn't quite fully Apple'd in doing navigation on mobile quite yet.
Still, works nicely on my Nexus 4 :) Great work! Reply
miahshodan - Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - linkSo it will think my Lumia 920 is a tablet? Seems to work ok though Reply
abrowne1993 - Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - linkI'm getting the two smartphone views shown above on my 920. Reply
wavetrex - Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - linkAwesome !
I'm a web designer and find this idea wonderful... It switches automatically even while you re-size the desktop browser to smaller and bigger width.
My next website will possibly include something somewhat similar ( if time permits... ) Reply
skiboysteve - Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - linkHow do you guys do smartphone portrait vs landscape? I thought iOS and IE9 /10 don't report rotation. I think android and IE 11 do though. Reply
Flunk - Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - linkI noticed this yesterday when I visited the site on my tablet, the sidebar was missing. It seems to work great, as a developer myself I realize how hard it is to create a proper responsive layout (having done so a few times myself) so it's really nice to see a major site like this one going that way.
Responsive sites are the best way to support a large number of different clients with the best possible experience/least amount of work. Reply
jimbo2779 - Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - linkIs there any chance we can get a desktop view option for mobile devices? I have yet to see a mobile wesite that is as good as the desktop version and I hate to say it is the same here.
I just find things so much easier when a website s not "dumbed" down for the device. All mobile devices have pinch to zoom and you can focus on a specific div on a website by ouble tapping so you get that section full screened instantly when you want it.
The first thing I look for on pretty much all mobile sites is a link to the desktop view due to there being less info on the mobile version.
I never struggled to navigate any website with a mobile device for the past 4 or 5 years as mobile browsers have become excellent at providing a great experience on desktop centric sites across the board (iOS, Android, WP and Win8 touch) now so there really isn't any need for mobile versions of websites at all IMO.
Hopefully this is taken as a serious request and not just the ramblings of an old fart unwilling to come to terms with current trends. Reply
mgc8 - Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - linkI must say I tend to agree with the above sentiment -- mobile sites are almost always a downgrade in content, although they improve the usability. Case in point here: there is no "DailyTech" column on the homepage in the mobile view, which is 50% of my reason to visit this website while mobile. Can you please fix that by adding it back?
On another note, @jimbo2779 -- there actually *is* a "desktop" view button, it's just very well hidden under the "About" tab => "Show full site".
Unfortunately there is another problem with the "full site" view -- at least on the two Android devices I use almost exclusively to browse Anandtech: the left-right padding is way off. On the Nexus 10 using Chrome, there is too much space on left and right (instead of the page nicely filling up the browser like it used to). On a Samsung GS3 using the default Browser (not Chrome since it's unusable on phones), there is no padding whatsoever, therefore the text starts directly from the left margin and is quite difficult to read. Please look into fixing this (I'm sure Brian Klug can test this on his myriad Android phones) as it makes reading AnandTech a chore; I wouldn't care if it wasn't my main tech site, but as it is I'm starting to look at alternatives :-/ Reply
jimbo2779 - Thursday, July 18, 2013 - linkThanks for the tip about switching to full website mode, I am just used to there being a permanent "full desktop" link at the bottom of mobile sites that I can use, I didn't think to look in "About".
I'm surprised you have issues with the desktop site on your Andy devices though, my WP7 and WP8 devices and wife's iPhone 4 (with iOS4) seems to handle it just fine. I haven't had an Andy device for most of this year, don't remember how it was when I did but I don't remember having any issues though.
Thanks again, I have my anandtech back on my phone now. Reply
Kill16by9TN - Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - linkI really wish that I could force-lock "desktop mode" and get the H-scrollbar back for a browser window width of 1920px/2=960px, instead of losing the right-hand side PIPELINE STORIES and Dailytech News column or being forced into overlapping estimated some 1028px wide browser windows. Reply
prophet001 - Thursday, July 18, 2013 - link"Box"
No. You can't haz my stuffz. Reply


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- Having to learn a lot in a short amount of time
- Support system? The difficulty of raising three kids on your own with one having medical dependence.
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- Recurrence risk for next child = 1-2%
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What Is It?Edit
- A specific set of birth defects that are found in a single child. The letters of CHARGE represent the different anomalies that are found.
- C- coloboma in 80-90% (a keyhole shaped cleft in the pupil, iris, or disc)
- C- cranial nerve anomalies
- CN I - olfactory 40%
- CN II - optic
- CN VII - facial palsy 40% (usually one sided)
- CN VIII - sensorineural hearing loss
- CN IX, X - swallowing difficulties
- H- heart defect in 70-85% (usually a VSD, PDA, Tetralogy of Fallot, or DORV - double outlet right ventricle)
- A - atresia choanae 50-60% (blockage or narrowing of the passageway that connects the nose to the throat and allows a person to breathe through their nose. Extremely dangerous because newborns are obligate nose breathers until 4-6 weeks old.)
- R - retardation of growth 80-90%
- G - genitourinary anomalies in 70-80% of males (small penis, hypospadias, undescended testicles)
- E - ear anomalies/deafness (80-85% have sensorineural hearing loss)
What Are Other Manifestations?Edit
- Feeding problems are common/swallowing difficulties
- Developmental delay in 100%
- Mental retardation from mild - profound in 80-95%
- Visual impairment
- Cleft palate in 20-30%
- Tracheomalcia and laryngomalcia
- Characteristic facial features in >50% (square face, large eyes, small nostrils, small mouth, facial asymmetry with or without paralysis)
- Usually there is not growth retardation parentally. Typically babies are born with an average weight and then linear growth starts to shift below the third percentile by 6 months of age.
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- This is unknown, but suspected to be heterogeneous. Also, it seems that it may be a result of arrested development between days 35-45 after conception. This is based on the developmental pattern of each of the birth defects related to CHARGE.
- Additionally, it seems that the involvement of cranial nerves IX and X cause the majority of the neurologic function of swallowing resulting in gastroesophageal reflex and aspiration pneumonia.
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- 1/10,000 - 1/12,000
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- Recurrence of an affected sibling with two unaffected parents = 1-2%
- Recurrence to an affected person is expected to be slightly increased. Until a specific gene change is determined, it is difficult to predict the recurrence risk to an affected individual. However it would not be greater than 50%.
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- Placement of a G-tube for feeding if reflux is severe.
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- CHARGE Syndrome Foundation, Inc.
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- Contact: Marion Norbury
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- CHARGE Syndrome: A management manual for parents. Hefner, M & Davenport, SLH. CHARGE Syndrome Foundation, Inc. 1999.
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- CHARGE Syndrome: A management manual for parents. Hefner, M & Davenport, SLH. CHARGE Syndrome Foundation, Inc. 1999.
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