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I want to start to learn and use python but I have a task at work I need to complete before I learnt it and I´m not to keen on doing the task manually
Symantec is adding new places for their CRL handling so they have more than 100 new places.
My task is to check that I can access each of them from my company so they aren´t blocked in the FW.
I was thinking a python script would be the way to go here;
Test page is like this one and I have more than 100 to check, http://188.8.131.52/test.html
I need to check if I get the output like below which says success or if I get HTTP 404 not found I would guess.
"Success! You have reached the test page for CRL access.
If you can see this message, your firewall is configured appropriately to allow CRL access. "
How can I do this with Python? Maybe someone has found something similar which I could reuse?
/As fresh as they can get on Python


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THE authority of doctors at AFL clubs has been sidelined and must be restored to safeguard players and clubs from potentially renegade employees, the players' union has said.
AFL Players' Association chief executive Matt Finnis said that as doctors were legally and professionally bound to independent standards - by threat of deregistration - they provided a voice players could trust on issues of drug safety and on the supplements recommended to players by health and fitness staff at clubs.
Finnis said he did not rule out the idea of establishing a help line for players to be able to call for independent advice that products they were being asked or told to take - or the methods by which substances were being administered - were safe and legal.
But Finnis said that doctors, as professional consultants to clubs, should already be providing that information and reassurance.
''The first step is to restore doctors to the position they should hold in the conditioning staff at clubs,'' Finnis said.
''Doctors are normally part-time and have their own practices they run so they are around the club a little less than the full-time conditioning and sports-science staff.
''So the players deal more often with the other staff and develop a trust in them, and the clubs begin to listen more to them because they are around more.
''Obviously it is not the case at all clubs, but I think at all clubs the primacy of the doctor is the first thing that needs to be restored.
''Doctors are bound by their professional obligations and registrations in a way the other officials are not.''
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority provides a service where athletes can check whether a product is on the banned list, but it is a website that requires an athlete's name and his or her sporting code, and some players have expressed concerns at a perceived lack of anonymity. The issue of the footballers' and football clubs' unquestioning trust in the people they have managing the players and telling them what substances to take has been highlighted by the Essendon scandal.
Many players at other clubs not connected to this issue have noted they have often taken substances without knowing what they were but had done so in good faith, trusting the staff member.
That unquestioning obedience needed to be challenged, Finnis admitted.
Under the World Anti-Doping Authority and ASADA code the explanation that an athlete was simply taking what their coach handed out was no excuse. Athletes were responsible for whatever went into their bodies.
Meanwhile, a body representing sports scientists has recommended the compulsory accreditation of health professionals or fitness staff working in the sports area.
''The ongoing media attention around alleged sports scientists highlights the need for compulsory accreditation standards for sports scientists involved in professional sport,'' Professor David Bishop, a board member of Exercise & Sports Science Australia and sport research leader at Victoria University said. ''We continue to question how individuals with such significant responsibility for the health and wellbeing of professional sports people can operate in an environment that does not demand professional accreditation as a means of verifying their veracity.''
The Australian Crime Commission report was critical of the role of sports scientists - and doctors - in facilitating the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sporting organisations.
''In many Australian sporting codes, sports scientists have gained increasing influence over decision-making within the clubs. Some sports scientists and doctors are experimenting on professional sportspersons in an effort to determine if particular substances can improve performance without being detected,'' the report stated.
It later said: ''Complicit medical practitioners are a key conduit through which peptides and hormones are being supplied to athletes and other individuals on prescription. In some cases, medical practitioners who are prescribing peptides, hormones and other PIEDs [performance and image enhancing drugs] are engaging in lax, fraudulent and unethical prescribing practices, such as prescribing controlled drugs in false names.''

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Matheus Assis finishes fifth in 50 yard freestyle final; Men tied for 15th
GENEVA, Ohio – Saint Leo University's representatives at the NCAA Division II men's and women's swimming and diving championships began competition today at the SPIRE Institute. Four men and two women made the trip to take part in the four day event.
Highlighting today's competitors for the Lions was Matheus Assis who finished fifth in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 20.06. Assis advanced to the final with a eighth place finish, and a time of 20.29 in the preliminaries.
Also competing in the 50-yard freestyle was Milton Alberto-Requejo who finished 42nd with a time of 20.85 and Gabriel Keown who finished 45th with a time of 20.93 in the preliminaries.
The men finish the first day in a tie for 15th in the team standings with 14 points. They are joined by Southern Connecticut State and Indianapolis.
On the women's side, Stephanie Martinez recorded an 18th place finish in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:19.07.
Nicole Weber also competed and posted a 19th place finish in the 200 intermediate with a time of 2:06.44.
The championships continue tomorrow and run through Saturday.
For more on the Saint Leo University swimming teams visit SaintLeoLions.com. Also be sure 'Like' the Lions on Facebook and 'Follow' the Lions on Twitter and Instagram.
Saint Leo head swimming coach Paul Mangen congratulates Matheus Assis after his fifth place finish in the 50-yard freestyle finals.


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This article was published 15/4/2012 (1956 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
HALIFAX - A sombre but historic memorial service was held Sunday in Halifax amid 121 black headstones, the most tangible and sorrowful link the city has with RMS Titanic, the opulent luxury liner that sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic 100 years ago to the day.
Under a cloudless sky, the interfaith service at the Fairview Lawn cemetery brought to a conclusion a weekend of events commemorating the demise of the massive steamship in the early hours of April 15, 1912.
"Today we gather to remember, not just this legendary ship, but the lives she took with her," said Andrew Murphy, chairman of the Titanic 100 Society.
"We also remember our hometown heroes, the volunteers who put their own lives at risk to bring our victims ashore and the people who responded then as we do now with dignity and respect."
Some 1,500 passengers and crew died after the pride of the White Star Line struck an iceberg south of the Grand Banks and foundered. There were just over 700 survivors, all of them taken to New York aboard the Cunard ship Carpathia.
In all, there are 150 Titanic passengers and crew buried in three Halifax cemeteries. Of these, 42 victims remain unidentified.
Halifax resident David Treffler said he came to the ceremony to pay tribute to the passengers in steerage whose optimism for a better life was dashed by disaster.
"They wanted to turn a new page and give a better life to their families, and they never made it," he said. "They scraped and borrowed and begged to get this trip. And I think that, at one time or another, we all have taken trips where we had to scrape and borrow to get there. You can identify with that."
Treffler's wife, Catherine, said the Titanic's legacy is the lesson its sad fate teaches us about human pride.
"It's a good example of the pride ... they had in building something that was supposedly unsinkable — and it sank. It's a good example for your own life. You better take notice of what you take pride in. It could sink, too."
Lorraine Brooks, visiting from Belleville, Ont., said Sunday's events made her wonder what would happen if a similar tragedy happened off our shores.
"If it happened today, would it be women and children first?" she asked. "Would we put the first-class (passengers) higher than the rest? That's what really makes it interesting."
The most notable headstone in the Fairview Lawn cemetery is that of Titanic's "unknown child." DNA analysis revealed only last year that the tiny body in the grave was that of 19-month-old Sidney Goodwin, an English toddler whose entire family perished in the sinking.
In another grave is James Dawson, a young crew member who worked in Titanic's grimy engine room lugging coal to its gigantic boilers. Typically, his grave is strewn with flowers, left by tourists who confuse him with the fictional character Jack Dawson, the hero of James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster film "Titanic."
The Halifax commemoration, which included a candlelight procession through the city's downtown the night before, were among several events held around the world to mark the grim anniversary.
Far off Nova Scotia's coast, cruise ship passengers and crew said prayers Sunday at the spot where the Titanic sank.
Aboard the MS Balmoral, which had been retracing the route of the doomed voyage, passengers watched as three floral wreaths were cast onto the waves as the ship's whistle sounded in the dark.
In Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the Titanic was built, a memorial monument was unveiled Sunday at a ceremony attended by local dignitaries, relatives of the dead and explorer Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreck on the ocean floor in 1985.


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My list of must-have Mac apps & plugins
There are lots of must-have Mac applications and plugins out there, but a good thing of each one of them is that, in the end, they are quite subjective: the software we use depend on what our work and leisure is about. So there goes my personal list:
Open Source – Freeware – Shareware:
- Adium: the best instant messaging application for Mac. Integrates most of the protocols available out there: MSN, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, Jabber, GTalk, Facebook and many more. There is even a Skype plugin. Largely customizable.
- Celtx: filmmaking and media pre-production tool, with collaborative support. Quite complete and versatile.
- Disk Inventory X: graphical disk usage viewer. Useful to see at a glance what the hell is going on with the hard disk free space.
- ffmpegX: graphical wrapper for mencoder. Really useful for converting videos.
- Growl: notification system that can be used by many other programs, like Adium, Skype, Safari, iTunes and so on. Many configuration options.
- Inquisitor: Safari plugin that overrides and greatly improves the Google search box.
- i-Installer: LaTeX installation manager. Already out of support, but still very useful.
- Plex (OSXBMC): great replacement for Front Row. It's a port of the Xbox Media Center.
- Quicksilver: if I were to choose only one of the list, this would be it. Some people think that it's only an application launcher, but it's so much more than that. Optimizes the launching of applications and the execution of scripts (lots of them) using only the keyboard.
- Transmission: a really nice, simple and lightweight BitTorrent client.
- VirtualBox: x86 virtualization software. Lacks of 3D acceleration support, but it's a great choice among others like Parallels.
- ComicBookLover: a catalog manager for electronic comic formats (CBR, CBZ), and an excellent viewer as well.
- OmniFocus: a GTD task manager. Well used, it's a great tool to organize oneself.
- Papers: this is a great application for researchers. Organizes papers and articles by a wide criteria, and integrates a lot of search engines like Google Scholar or ACM, and is able to export a collection of papers in some formats, like BibTeX.
- TextMate: the ultimate text editor. For anything that is not writing Java code, this is what I use. Has lots of scripts for a huge amount of programming languages and text formats that really help in, for example, writing a large document in LaTeX or coding a Ruby on Rails application. Also incorporates a fair amount of keyboard shortcuts for those vi or Emacs addicts.
- viPlugin: it's a plugin for Eclipse that allows for using almost all of the vi commands, therefore fixing one of the main drawbacks of this excellent IDE 🙂


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ORGANISERS of this year's Burnley Canal Festival have announced a 'raft' of events as part of the programme for this month's three-day carnival.
Free street theatre, boat trips and behind-the-scenes tours will be on offer to visitors over three days, with council chiefs hoping to boost the town's tourism sector.
A new addition for the Bank Holiday weekend festival, now in its third year, will see raft racing take place for the first time along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
Canoeing taster sessions, karaoke and food stalls will also be on offer, while the main attraction is set to be a giant puppet procession at midday on Saturday.
Council leader Mark Townsend said the waterway was 'a marvellous asset for Burnley'.
The Labour councillor added: "The festival will be another great way to boost Burnley's image. The town has been receiving positive coverage for its exciting transformations in recent months and events such as this can only add to our reputation as a vibrant town with a great lifestyle offer.
"Visitors will also have the opportunity to see the huge regeneration project underway developing, 'OnTheBanks', one of the largest heritage-led regeneration projects in the country, sensitively regenerating this historic area to create a mixed use waterside leisure, business and education centre."
The festival has been co-ordinated by The Prince's Charities, Burnley Council, Reedley Marina, Foulridge Cruises, The Inn on the Wharf, Weavers' Triangle Visitor Centre, the Canal and River Trust, The Canalside Association and Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society.
It runs over the August Bank Holiday weekend, from 11am to 4pm, Saturday August 23 to Monday August 25.
The Prince's Charities' North West cluster manager Barbara Trencher said: "We're really excited to have so much support from the local community for the festival. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is truly at the heart of Burnley and its wonderful how so many people want to celebrate this important part of their local heritage."


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The concept behind the Japanese art of origami is inspiring a new form of weight loss surgery.
Surgeons are trying develop a new approach to help obese patients lose weight. The latest experimental procedure is called stomach plication.
"Instead of dividing the stomach, in gastric plication, we take the stomach and we fold it in upon itself," said Dr. Garth Jacobsen, assistant professor of surgery at the University of California San Diego.
Unlike gastric bypass surgery, stomach plication is, in theory, reversible. It's performed laproscopically through small incisions.
Surgeons don't use permanent staples to decrease the size of the stomach, and they don't reroute the small intestine.
"What we are seeking to do is to minimize that risk," said Jacobsen.
The procedure can reduce the stomach's size by as much as 70 percent, but experts caution, it's still a surgery with significant risks, including intestinal obstruction, separation of the stitched areas and perforation, which can cause bowel contents to leak into the abdomen.
Some patients also experience gastric reflux, although doctors said that decreases over time.
Another major downside -- because it's still experimental, unlike some other weight loss surgeries, the cost of stomach plication is not covered by insurance.
"I'm not sure that this procedure is going to be a replacement for most standard procedures, but it could be. We're still early on in the investigation, but we like the option of leaving the patient's native anatomy intact," said Jacobsen.
The procedure is being tested in obese patients whose attempts at weight loss have been unsuccessful and who are willing to make major lifestyle changes.
Courtney Gileo is one of those patients. She decided to undergo stomach plication after her weight climbed from 120 pounds to 330 pounds.
Gileo has lost 40 pounds in five weeks.
"I'm not hungry. I don't have the same hunger signals," said Gileo.
Surgeons said most patients can expect to lose two pounds per week with stomach plication.
For now, the procedure is only being offered as a part of a clinical trial at a few selected institutions.
To learn more about stomach plication at the University of California San Diego, click here.
To learn more about stomach plication at the Cleveland Clinic, click here.
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TAIWAN TOURISM BUREAU HOSTS 2ND ANNUAL "TASTE TAIWAN" CULINARY EVENT Featuring Los Angeles Chef Anthony Jacquet of The Whisper Restaurant and Lounge
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By Published January 15, 2014
Los Angeles, California, January 14th, 2014 – The Taiwan Tourism Bureau hosted the "Taste Taiwan" Culinary Tour Show Premiere at Executive Chef Bryant Wigger's Trattoria Neapolis in Pasadena, California, from 5pm to 6:30pm on January 14th, 2014.
This event was the result of Taiwan Tourism Bureau's Taste Taiwan campaign, a Chef Nomination contest launched in October 2013. The contest selected three award-winning chefs from Los Angeles, New York and Vancouver, Canada, to participate in the culinary tour. Chef Bryant Wigger of Trattoria Neapolis, Chef Michael Ferraro of Delicatessen in New York and Chef Thomas Heinrich of Mosaic Bar and Grille at Hyatt Regency in Vancouver recently returned from an eight-day culinary trip in Taiwan, which was documented and produced as a Taste Taiwan 30-minute show to air on the Discovery Channel in February 2014.
More than 125 guests, including media, tour operators, travel agents and consumers, attended this event to watch the Taste Taiwan show which follows the chefs visiting Taiwan's finest restaurants, fresh produce markets, street foods, and culinary institutes as well as partaking in other adventures along the way. In addition, Chef Bryant introduced his new special Taiwanese dish inspired by the trip. The guests were the first to taste this dish, infused with Taiwanese influences, which will be available at Trattoria Neapolis for the month of January.
Chef Bryant shared with the guests his behind-the-scene photos and personal experience of the trip: "Taiwan is a country of beauty and proud culture. The things that impressed me the most are the quality of the markets with the amazing seafood, produce and meat that is available on a daily basis. The people are happy to share their culture with you and their way of life to help you to understand what their daily life is like…. I would recommend Taiwan to anyone because the people are so friendly, the food is some of the best that I have had and the scenery is so amazing."
The chefs featured in the Taste Taiwan show are:
Los Angeles: Chef Bryant Wigger of Trattoria Neapolis
After earning his degree in Culinary Arts, Chef Bryant worked in the kitchens of various 4- and 5-star hotels throughout southern California. Under his direction, the Four Seasons Resort Aviara in San Diego's Vivace restaurant was awarded the Four Diamond award three years in a row and was voted Best Italian Restaurant in San Diego. Chef Bryant was most recently at the prestigious Four Seasons Los Angeles, where he took the helm of the renowned Four Seasons Sunday Brunch and started the much- admired farmers-market-driven station. With nearly 20 years of experience, Chef Bryant brought his experience in Italian fine dining to Trattoria Neapolis. While paying respect to the culinary traditions of southern Italy, he creates dishes inspired by his love for California's locally-grown and seasonal ingredients.
New York: Chef Michael Ferraro of Delicatessen
Chef Michael Ferraro's interest in food began around his family's kitchen table. His experience in New York's most prestigious kitchens includes the Beacon Restaurant, Jean-Georges restaurants, Fifty Seven Fifty Seven at the Four Seasons Hotel, the Biltmore Room and Café Centro. Chef Michael began his work at Delicatessen in 2008, elevating the restaurant's cuisine and keeping the menu fresh and fun season after season. He also serves as Executive Chef of macbar, Delicatessen's single-concept sister restaurant fully dedicated to gourmet macaroni and cheese, which opened in 2009. Chef Michael was selected as a member of the inaugural class of Zagat's 30-Under-30 New York in 2011. He has appeared on numerous national television spots, such as the Travel Channel's Food Paradise, CBS's Saturday and Sunday morning shows and Cooking Channel's Food(ography). He has also competed on Food Network's Chopped and Iron Chef America. Most recently, Chef Michael took home the grand prize at the New York City Wine & Food Festival's Soup'er Sandwich competition.
Vancouver: Chef Thomas Heinrich of Mosaic Bar and Grille, Hyatt Regency
An Australian native, Chef Thomas Heinrich began his career in Sydney before moving to New York City, where he honed his culinary skills as Sous Chef at the prestigious Fifty Seven Fifty Seven restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel. Returning to Australia, he accepted the role of Executive Chef at one of Sydney's most respected fine-dining restaurants, Deep Blue Bistro. He was honored as one of Australia's "most creative chefs" and later found his way back to the United States as Chef de Cuisine at the Michelin-star-awarded Seasons Restaurant in Chicago. Chef Thomas was then recruited by Hyatt Regency Chicago as Executive Sous Chef for Hyatt's flagship property. After quickly displaying his talents and abilities, he was promoted to Executive Chef at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver. Quality ingredients, meticulous preparation and a genuine love for flavor allow his culinary dishes to speak for themselves.
Los Angeles
Chef Bryant's Taiwan-inspired Dish Five Spice Roasted Pork Belly - Organic Polenta, Sautéed Chinese Broccoli, Meyer Lemon, Fried Baby Shrimp This dish is inspired by the chef's lunch at the Luoshan organic farm's lunch, and other pork dish he tasted along the trip. He added in dried baby shrimp which he also had tried in the market for a special flavor
For more details, visit: www.tastetaiwan2013.com
About the Taiwan Tourism Bureau:
The Taiwan Tourism Bureau is the official government agency responsible for domestic and international tourism policy development and execution. The bureau has three North American branch offices, in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
For information about Taiwan, please visit: www.go2taiwan.net
Press contact:
Yalun Ho
Account Executive
Myriad Marketing
6033 W. Century Blvd. #900
Los Angeles CA 90045, USA
Tel: (310) 649-2900
Fax: (310) 649-7713


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FWC: Cedar Key man killed while hog hunting
Published: Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 6:22 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 6:22 p.m.
A Cedar Key man was killed Saturday evening while hunting hogs near Rosewood, authorities said.
John F. Alford, 63, was hunting on private property off of State Road 24 with a 17-year-old Cedar Key resident, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigators.
At some point during the hunt, the hunters traveled in separate directions.
The juvenile watched several hogs cross a narrow road west of him and fired once at the hogs with a 16-gauge shotgun loaded with number 1 buckshot, the FWC reported.
Alford was within 220 feet of the juvenile and was hit by the buckshot, according to investigators.
Alford was transported to Shands at the University of Florida, where he was pronounced dead.
No charges have been filed against the teen, whose identity was not revealed, but the investigation is continuing, officials said Sunday.
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Employers are using technology to monitor underperforming workers, giving new meaning to the old adage "time is money".
In one case, a new timesheet mobile app helped the operators of the Wakefield Park Raceway in Goulburn, NSW, catch two employees forging timesheets.
The managing director, Matthew Ronke, was on his way to the track, about 10 minutes away, when he drove past one of his employees, taking a leisurely stroll when meant to be at work.
Pulling out his iPhone, Ronke checked the staff sign-on sheets via a productivity app called Deputy 2.0 installed the previous week. The staff member had been fraudulently signed on to work by a colleague. The pair were fired.
Fraud such as this had once slipped through the folds of the old paper-based system, Mr Ronke said.
"I don't think it was a big problem but obviously it was a problem that we didn't catch them doing it," he said.
Raceway staff are asked to register their arrival at work via iPads installed at the racetrack cafe.
"The majority [of staff] are quite happy with it ... and seem to like they can actually go in and check [that] their hours are correct; and they know that's going into the payroll [system] and that's what they'll get paid."
It's not technically spying, according to Deloitte Digital lead partner Frank Farrall, who last year used Twitter to catch an employee – no longer with the team – who was struggling to deliver outcomes on a project.
"They were saying, 'I'm working all this time, doing all this and whatever,' and we didn't feel confident he was being truthful with us," Mr Farrall said.
The employees' Twitter feed included numerous Foursquare check-ins at coffee shops around Melbourne when he was supposed to completing the project already behind schedule.
"He was not meeting his end of the bargain and lying about it. The technology exposes that's happening. It's not spying, just reconciling the truth."
Some companies are using such apps to improve service or logistics rather than just keep an eye on employees. Google extended its Maps app with Maps Coordinate for enterprises in June, for example. The tech giant bills it as providing "real-time visibility" of team members and an ability to better manage job allocation .
Users say the technology provides a more granular way to measure worker output, and shifts the focus away from the number of hours in the office.
Apart from keeping an eye on staff and recording their hours, Mr Ronke said the biggest advantage of a smartphone-based timesheet management software was the ability to allocate tasks.
In Victoria last week for the V8 Supercar championship race - organised by Wakefield Park parent company Winton Motor Raceway – Mr Ronke was notified of a burst water pump. The push notification to his iPhone meant he could immediately organise it be fixed.
The last-minute requests and fluctuating business demand create extra opportunities for employees who make themselves available, he said.
"I believe strongly that outcome-oriented work is much better than time-based work, rather than someone punching the punching clock who's just not adding value," Mr Farral said.


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WASHINGTON - Nine companies are recalling about 2 million bottles and jugs of the gel fuel used in outdoor patio decorations known as firepots because of the risk of serious burns.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the gel fuel has been linked to several dozen cases in which people were burned when they couldn't tell whether the flame was out. Pouring more gel on a burning pot can lead to dangerous flares or burns.
The companies are: Bird Brain Inc. of Ypsilanti, Mich.; Bond Manufacturing of Antioch, Calif.; Sunjel Company of Milwaukee; Fuel Barons Inc. of Lake Tahoe, Nev.; Lamplight Farms Inc. of Menomonee Falls, Wis.; Luminosities Inc. of St. Paul, Minn.; Pacific Decor Ltd. of Woodinville, Wash.; Real Flame of Racine, Wis.; Smart Solar USA of Oldsmar, Fla.
The commission says Marshall Group of Elkhart, Ind., pulled out of the public announcement at the last minute. The agency was continuing talks with the company about a voluntary recall.
The commission's head, Inez Tenenbaum, said Thursday the agency wants to make consumers aware of the recall with the approaching Labor Day weekend. She urged people to stop using the pourable gel fuel and to contact the manufacturer or distributor for a refund.
"It's a dangerous product that we want to warn consumers to stop using," she said. "Stop, drop and roll or trying to smother it (the flames) does not work."
Flash fires created by the thick, alcohol-based gels are difficult to put out with water and more effectively stopped with dry powder extinguishers, she said.
The commission began investigating firepots a few months ago and issued a flash fire hazard warning on pourable gel fuels in June.
Last year, Local 4 did a story with a Farmington woman who said she was severely burned by one of the firepots. You can watch the original report here:
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My father was know and loved by everyone he met. Michael worked at the Dubuque Packing Co. as a butcher. It was a company where many individuals went to buy quality meats. Unfortunately he was an alcholic and a lousy provider for his 9 children. Dad loved his children and bragged about them to everyone he met or knew. Mom taught us to love him regardless but it is so sad that he wasted what could have been a wonderful life with his 9 successful children. May he rest in peace. Your daughter, Lorraine


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HOUSTON - A former city official has been arrested on child pornography charges.
Ryan Kelley, 55, the former city administrator in Magnolia, has been charged with four counts of possession of child pornography.
"I can't imagine any person, male or female, having a sexual attraction to children," Montgomery County Precinct 5 Constable David Hill said.
Detectives said they zeroed in on Kelley after he lost his laptop computer.
Investigators said Kelley put his laptop computer on the hood of his car, got distracted and drove away without realizing he didn't put the computer inside his car.
A woman found the laptop in the parking lot of the Magnolia Historical Society last week. Detectives said she turned it on and found sexually-explicit images of young boys and girls. She then turned over the computer to authorities.
Kelley was arrested about 8:30 p.m. Thursday, in the same parking lot where the computer was found, officials said.
Kelley was previously an attorney, but he was disbarred because he did not complete continuing education requirements, according to records obtained by KPRC Local 2.
Kelley worked for the city of Magnolia from January 2008 to July 2010. His employment was terminated when he was arrested during a drunken-driving crackdown, city officials said. Kelley pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated, served three days in jail and was required to pay a fine, according to court records.
Investigators said they discovered that Kelley recently moved. They said they planned to get warrants to search that home.
Kelley is being held in the Montgomery County Jail with bond set at $400,000.
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Ely Walker Women's Floral Embroidered Western Shirt
Boot Barn Item #: 2007717
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- 100% cotton
- Long sleeves
- Solid color with floral embroidery
- Small butterfly embroidered accents
- Button down placket
- Front and back embroidered western yoke
- Machine wash cold with like colors
Go to town with this Floral Embroidered Western Shirt by Ely Walker. A beautiful depiction of western culture, this shirt has floral embroidery on the front, sleeves, and back. While the shirt does not have yokes, it has a beautiful embroidered outline of western yokes. Small butterflies loop in and out of the artwork. The perfect addition to a cowgirl closet, this is a must have.
Style(s): 33324540BK, 33324540BK-PLUS
Lifestyle: Western
Material: Cotton/Polyester
Color: Black
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A teenager from Epsom has been named Cadet of the Year by St John Ambulance.
Arun Dawson, 17, from Pams Way, will represent the first aid charity's south district in 2014 after impressing judges during a national competition.
The Sutton Grammar School student has volunteered for St John Ambulance for six years, attending public events including the Diamond Jubilee, the changing of the guard, the London Marathon, the London to Brighton bike ride, the Lord Mayor's parade and Wimbledon.
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It's beginning to look more and more like the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will not host the 2014 Grey Cup but will wait a year later and attempt to secure the 2015 championship game.
A report in the Vancouver Province today suggests the Bombers are not in financial shape to host the 2014 game.
"With Ottawa unable to stage the game it was awarded in 2008 and no certainty of a rebuilt stadium in 2014 for Hamilton, the only other bid reportedly in the running at present is from Winnipeg, which is moving into a new facility this year, but is believed to have cost issues stemming from stadium construction," wrote veteran Province football reporter Lowell Ullrich.
Lions president Dennis Skulsky says the Lions are prepared to host the game and the other candidates, Ottawa, Hamilton and Winnipeg are unable to make it happen."This opportunity came up because of the number of teams putting up their hands," Skulsky said.
Bombers CEO Garth Buchko is out of town and was unable to comment; however, club spokesman Darren Cameron offered the following statement.
"No decision has been announced regarding the host city for the 2014 Grey Cup. I can tell you from the Winnipeg Blue Bomber perspective that any reports that suggest we wouldn't be able to host the 2014 Grey Cup due to financial restrictions are incorrect. What is factual is that it is sometimes better for the overall status of the organization when you are dealing with a brand new facility, to work out the kinks and get fully acclimated to the new facility before hosting a major event such as the Grey Cup. But financial drawbacks on us possibly hosting in 2014 were not and are not a concern whatsoever. We are in a great financial position to host this event whenever it is appropriate for us to do so."
Scuttlebutt around the league is that the Lions will get the 2014 game with an upcoming announcement merely a formality.
CFL commissioner Mark Cohon promised Winnipeg a Grey Cup shortly after the opening of its new statement when the building project was formally announced.


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Goal-setting theory has become one of the most popular[How to reference and link to summary or text] theories in organizational psychology.
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Edwin A. Locke began to examine this idea in the mid-1960s and continued researching goal setting for thirty years. Locke derived the idea for goal-setting from Aristotle's form of final causality. Aristotle speculated that purpose can cause action; thus, Locke began researching the impact goals have on individual performance.
For goals to increase performance, one must define them as difficult to achieve and as specific.[How to reference and link to summary or text] Easily-attained goals tend to correlate with lower performance than more difficult goals.[How to reference and link to summary or text] A vague goal does not seem likely to enhance performance.[How to reference and link to summary or text] A goal can become more specific through quantification or enumeration (specifying a certain number or a list), such as by demanding "increasing productivity by 50%"; or by defining certain tasks that need completing.
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Goals can affect performance in three ways:
- goals narrow attention and direct efforts to goal-relevant activities, and away from perceived undesirable and goal-irrelevant actions[How to reference and link to summary or text]
- goals can lead to more effort; for example, if one typically produces 4 widgets an hour, and has the goal of producing 6, one may work more intensely than one would otherwise in order to reach the goal[How to reference and link to summary or text]
- goals influence persistence.[How to reference and link to summary or text] One becomes more prone to work through setbacks or to work harder if pursuing a goal.[How to reference and link to summary or text]
There are 4 factors affecting the goal-directed efforts. Goal difficulty is the level of difficulty to achieve the goal. Goal Commitment is the extent to which a person is interested to reach the goal. Goal specificity means the goal should be relatively clarity and precision to the target. Goal acceptance is the extent to which a person adopts a goal as his or her own.
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- goal-commitment, the most influential moderator[How to reference and link to summary or text], becomes especially important when dealing with difficult or complex goals. If people lack commitment to goals, they will lack motivation to reach them. In order to become committed to a goal, one must believe in its importance or significance.
- attainability: individuals must also believe that they can attain — or at least partially reach — a defined goal. If they think no chance exists of reaching a goal, they may not even try.
- self-efficacy:[1] the higher someone's self-efficacy regarding a certain task, the more likely they will set higher goals[How to reference and link to summary or text], and the more persistence they will show in achieving them[How to reference and link to summary or text].
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The enhancement of performance through goals requires feedback[How to reference and link to summary or text]. Goal-setting may have little effect if individuals cannot check where the state of their performance in relation to their goal.[How to reference and link to summary or text] Note the importance[How to reference and link to summary or text] of people knowing where they stand in relation to achieving their goals, so they can determine the desirability of working harder or of changing their methods.
Advances in technology can make for giving feedback more effectively. Systems analysts have designed computer programs to track goals for numerous members of an organization. Such computer systems may maintains every employee's goals, as well as their deadlines for achieving them. Separate methods may check the employee's progress on a regular basis, and other systems may require perceived slackers to explain themselves, and/or account for how they intend to improve the perception.
Goal-setting theory has its limitations. In an organization, a goal of a manager may not align with the goals of the organization as a whole. In such cases, the goals of an individual may come into direct conflict with the employing organization. Without aligning goals between the organization and the individual, performance may suffer. Moreover, for complex tasks, goal-setting may actual impair performance. In these situations, an individual may become preoccupied with meeting the goals, rather than performing tasks.
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- Latham, G. & Edwin Locke, (2002) "Building A Practically Useful Theory of Goal Setting and Task Motivation," American Psychologist, (57) 9:705-17.
- Locke, Edwin A. (1968) "Toward a Theory of Task Motivation and Incentives" Organizational behavior and human performance, (3)2: 157-189.
- Locke, Edwin A. (1996) "Motivation Through Conscious Goal Setting," Applied and Preventive Psychology, 5:117-124.
- Locke, Edwin A. (2001) "Motivation by Goal Setting," Handbook of Organizational Behavior, 2: 43-54.
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- ↑ Goal-setting theory might define "self-efficacy" as an impression that one has the capability of performing in a certain manner or of attaining certain goals. Or one could define "self-efficacy" as a belief that one has the capabilities to execute the courses of actions required to manage prospective situations. Unlike efficacy (defined as the power to produce an effect — in essence, competence), self-efficacy consists of the belief (whether or not accurate) that one has the power to produce that effect. For example, a person with high self-efficacy may engage in a more health-related activity when an illness occurs, whereas a person with low self efficacy may succumb to feelings of hopelessness. Compare David Sue, Derald Wing Sue, Stanley Sue, Understanding Abnormal Behavior, 8th edition, p. 214. — Note the distinction between self-esteem and self-efficacy. Self-esteem in this context relates to a person's sense of self-worth, whereas self-efficacy relates to a person's perception of their ability to reach a goal. For example, take the case of an incompetent rock-climber. Though probably afflicted with poor self-efficacy in regard to rock climbing, this hypothetical person could retain their self-esteem unaffected — most people don't invest much of their self-esteem in this activity. Compare http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/efftalk.html, retrieved 2007-11-24
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Oil and metals prices retreated this week on worries for the global economy owing to signs that the United States could end its cash stimulus programme and amid a worsening outlook for the eurozone, analysts said.
Oil prices fell on worries of an end to the US stimulus programme amid global economic strains and week demand for oil in top consumer nation the United States, traders said.
Oil contracts had tumbled more than $US2 on Thursday as traders absorbed poor US jobs data, signs of weaker-than-expected US crude demand and a fall in eurozone business activity.
It was the second day in a row in which crude prices fell sharply. Analysts said there was a general sense that the oil market had become too buoyant given the brittle state of the economy.
"The market had some vertigo at these high levels, and the market is now correcting," said Andy Lebow, senior vice president for energy futures at Jefferies Bache financial group.
Brent crude had hit nine-month highs above $US119 a barrel two weeks previously on healthy economic data in the United States and China -- the world's two biggest economies.
But on Thursday, the US Labor Department said initial jobless claims rose to 362,000 in the week ending February 16, more than the analyst consensus estimate of 358,000.
Lebow said the oil market was also watching the Federal Reserve for any potential shift in policy.
Minutes released Wednesday by the Fed's Open Market Committee (FOMC) showed a vigorous debate on whether to continue a bond-buying programme that many analysts believe has supported higher oil prices.
Concerns over the eurozone economy also resurfaced late in the week. A leading growth indicator on Thursday showed that private business activity across the bloc hit a two-month low in February, signalling a steepening of the economic downturn.
And on Friday, the European Commission said the eurozone faced another full year of recession in 2013, as millions more people living across the region become unemployed.
By Friday on London's Intercontinental Exchange, Brent North Sea crude for delivery in April slid to $US114.19 a barrel from $US117.69 a week earlier.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) or light sweet crude for delivery in April stood at $US93.02 a barrel compared with $US96.77 for the March contract the previous week.
Precious metals
The price of gold hit a seven-month low point at $US1,555.55 an ounce on Thursday, while sister metal silver reached a six-month nadir at $US28.29 an ounce.
"The release of the January FOMC minutes on Wednesday brought about gold selling," said Austin Kiddle, analyst at broker Sharps Pixley.
Platinum prices were volatile amid fresh violence at a South African mine.
Workers at Siphumelele mineshaft near Rustenburg went on strike Tuesday after 15 of their colleagues were injured when a 1,000 strong mob besieged a rival union's office prompting guards to open fire.
Anglo American Platinum -- the world's number one platinum producer -- has been crippled by rolling strikes over wages that have hit South Africa's mining sector.
By late Friday on the London Bullion Market, gold slid to $US1,576.50 an ounce from $US1,612.25 a week earlier.
Silver dropped to $US28.79 an ounce from $US30.18. On the London Platinum and Palladium Market, platinum fell to $US1,611 an ounce from $US1,676. Palladium slipped to $US732 an ounce from $US754.
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Base metals prices retreated as renewed Chinese buying failed to offset high stockpiles.
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"We are still convinced that China will require large quantities of commodities over the coming months as its economic activity picks up. This should be evident in climbing metal prices. At the moment, however, supply appears to be plentiful," they added.
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Celebrities, alumni to come out for Thunderbirds in Feb. 23 Hockey Challenge
Updated: February 11, 2013 4:32 PM
The Seattle Thunderbirds and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska present the 2013 Hockey Challenge on Saturday, Feb. 23 at the ShoWare Center.
The T-Birds will play the Everett Silvertips at 6:05 p.m., followed by the local Celebrity and T-Birds Alumni All-Star Game.
The local celebrities scheduled to appear in the All-Star game include: Bill Wixey (KCPQ 13 news anchor), Dennis Bounds (KING 5 news anchor), Ian Furness (KJR 950 AM Host), and Steve The Producer (BJ Shea Experience on 99.9 FM KISW).
T-Bird alumni playing in the All-Star game include Jamie Huscroft, Blake Knox, Brett Duncan, Regan Mueller, Danny Lorenz and Ryan Gibbons. Former professional player Doug Kirton and former Tacoma Rocket Tavis Hansen will also participate in the game.
There will be a 30-minute autograph session with the local celebrities, T-Birds alumni and select T-Birds players from the time doors open at the ShoWare Center until the beginning of warmups for the T-Birds vs. Silvertips game.
The Hockey Challenge began in 1998, when hockey-playing Microsoft employees, with the help of the Thunderbirds, took an in-house rivalry public and decided to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska (RMHC). Since the inception, the challenge has raised more than $4.2 million for RMHC, which provides a "home-away-from-home" for children and their families during medical treatment, making each day a little easier.
A ticket to Hockey Challenge gives fans access to all events, including the local Celebrity and T-Birds Alumni Celebrity Game, all other Challenge games and the T-Birds game that night.
The Celebrity autograph session starts at 5 p.m. and will go until 5:30. The T-Birds encourage fans to line up early for the autograph session. The Celebrity
Game is scheduled to start after the T-Birds game ends.
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Saturday, Feb. 23
Game 1 - Manny's Mayhems vs. Lucille's Lightening (Georgetown Brewery Sponsored Microsoft Women's teams), 8:55 a.m.
Game 2 - Microsoft Finance and LCA vs. Xbox Live, 10:35 a.m.
Game 3 - Windows vs. Exchange, 12:15 p.m.
Game 4 - Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB) vs. Tiny Zamboni Hockey Club, 1:55 p.m.
Game 5 - MS IT vs. DevDiv, 3:35 p.m.
Game 6 - Seattle Thunderbirds vs. Everett Silvertips, 6:05 p.m.
Game 7 - Local Celebrity and T-Birds Alumni All-Star Game, immediately following T-Birds/Silvertips game
To purchase single game tickets to the Hockey Challenge, fans should go to the ShoWare Center box office or go to tickets.seattlethunderbirds.com/
T-Birds group tickets are also on sale. Group tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.


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The U.S. Senate today passed an amendment to add the RESTORE Act and the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to the Senate transportation bill. The RESTORE Act would ensure that 80 percent of fines and penalties from the Gulf oil disaster would be dedicated to Gulf Coast restoration.
"Today's bipartisan vote is a ray of hope for the people, wildlife and ecosystems hurt by the Gulf oil disaster that began nearly two years ago," said Larry Schweiger, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation. "It's now up to the House to follow through on promises to make the Gulf whole again by passing this critical legislation to restore the Gulf Coast's wetlands and ecosystems, the lifeblood of the Gulf economy. Final passage would represent one of the great conservation achievements in recent memory, protecting and restoring land, water and wildlife along our coasts, in our oceans and our public lands across the country."
The April 20, 2010 blowout on the Deepwater Horizon rig killed 11 workers and the Macondo well would eventually release nearly 206 million gallons of oil along with huge quantities of hydrocarbon gases, providing a new setback to a Gulf ecosystem already struggling with years of wetlands degradation and the destructive power of Hurricane Katrina.
More than 6,500 birds, 1,100 endangered sea turtles, and more than 100 marine mammals (mostly dolphins) were found dead or captured alive in the disaster zone in the months that followed. Hundreds more dolphin deaths have been tracked since then as part of a NOAA Unusual Mortality Event. Dr. Doug Inkley, senior scientist with the National Wildlife Federation, updated the status of Gulf wildlife in an April 2011 report, The Long Road to Recovery, detailing the Gulf oil disaster's impacts on key species and habitats, what to watch out for in the months and years ahead, and how we can help aid recovery.
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The Korea Times is the oldest of three English-language newspapers published daily in South Korea, along with The Korea Herald and The JoongAng Daily. It is part of the same newspaper group as Hankook Ilbo, a major Korean language daily. The group also publishes Sports Hankook and Seoul Economic Daily.
Since its inception on November 1, 1950, The Korea Times has seen itself as a gateway to South Korea for English-speaking visitors and the diplomatic corps. Its coverage includes politics, society, business, finance, culture and sports. In recent years, The Korea Times has also published weekly "Foreign Community" section, as well as a weekender on Friday. It also publishes licensed content from the Los Angeles Times World Report and The New York Times.
In May, 2006, "The Korea Times" switched the McCune-Reischauer system to the official Romanization system revised by the Korean government in writing names of Korean places. The switch aims at helping readers wipe out confusion arising from the difference between the two systems.


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A judge sentencing a "fantasy fraudster" for duping Harrods out of a £200,000 watch pilloried him for wearing a Ralph Lauren shirt in the dock and asked "what's wrong with M&S?"
Phillip Buffett, of Fairfield Road, Croydon, wanted people to think he was a high-flying businessman but was told by the outspoken judge: "You are neither rich nor successful".
"Your 48 (previous) convictions show me you are completely unsuccessful in all that you do."
Judge Simon Oliver had earlier heard how Buffett used a cheque from a closed bank account to leave the world-famous Knightsbridge store with the £216,000 pounds Hublot timepiece.
He also stole a second watch, a camera and clothing worth a further £28,000 pounds.
The 49-year-old admitted the offence and a further six frauds against businesses and individuals, totalling another £119,000 pounds.
He also admitted as breaching a ban on acting as a company director.
In the past he had fleeced elite British athletes with the promise of lucrative sponsorship contracts in the build up to the London Olympics in 2012.
Judge Oliver told him today: "How you ever thought you could buy a watch worth £216,000 pounds stuns me.
"Why anybody would want a watch worth £216,000 pounds also stuns me."
He added: "I don't wear a watch, and haven't for 30 or 40 years. I don't need one."
Buffett had carried out the fraud on April 20 last year by using a personal shopper service offered by the world famous department store in Knightsbridge.
Tim Starkey, prosecuting, told Reading Crown Court the other offences, committed between January and May last year, involved cheating companies out of goods and services and also defrauding two men who had applied to Buffett for work.
One of the firms, Alford Technologies, which is a market leader in counter-explosive and IED (improvised explosive device) products and training, was conned out of more than £27,000 pounds.
In another fraud the defendant tried to get a luxury package to watch the Monaco Grand Prix, including hospitality on the Mercedes F1 yacht.
All of the offences were committed through a number of firms set up by Buffett under the umbrella of Über Intelligence - in breach of a seven-year company directorship ban imposed on him at Croydon Crown Court in 2011 after similar frauds.
The conman, who had previously used the names Mark Cas and Mark Castley, was able to get around the prohibition by changing his name by deed poll.
In mitigation John Lyons said: "He doesn't want to appear before the court.
"He tells me he wants to mend his ways.
"Whether or not that is true is something I can only hope."
Judge Oliver told Buffett: "I've got a psychologist's report on you and it talks about you as a man who thinks it may be important to be perceived as important, successful and wealthy.
"Your behaviour has all the hallmarks of a Walter Mitty character.
"In the fantasy world in which you live you think you are rich, you think you are successful."
The judge attacked Buffett for wanting to "flash the cash" and even criticised the clothing the defendant was wearing in court - a red Ralph Lauren polo shirt.
"What's wrong with M&S?" he asked.
He said sending Buffett to prison had not worked in the past and said it was a waste of state funds.
Instead he passed a two-year prison sentence but suspended it for two years.
He also ordered Buffett to carry out 200 hours of community work, to be placed under a supervision order for two years, and to pay the victim surcharge of £120 pounds.
In addition he imposed a further directorship ban, to last for 10 years.
The watch was recovered but was said to be at the centre of a battle between Harrods and Borro, a short term loans company which had given him a loan of £77,000 secured against the watch.
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Well I guess he can't throw away another season finale.
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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Damn, that sucks. I've always liked his talent and I really feel that he was going to come through on Sunday. Sucks that he won't get that opportunity.
Well this weekend just got boring.
this is why they paid orton the big bucks. hey kyle, you haven't played in two years, now go win the division in a winner-take-all
I am considering putting down money on Orton and the Cowboys winning. He's started before, nearly threw for 4,000 yards one year, I feel like they are gonna win
I just said yesterday the Eagles should bring Koy Detmer back. Battle of the neckbearda for the NFC East.
Kyle Orton actually plays well against the Eagles I'm actually considering changing my pick now.
This might be a blessing in disguise for the Cowboys.
He hasn't played a game in nearly 2 years...
Kyle Orton looks like Dave Grohl...
I now return you back to your thread...
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
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Neither did Peyton Manning last season the NFL is really unpredictable.
You just never know. It would be hilarious if the Cowboys end up beating the Eagles.
I do think with Orton they'll be more likely to run the ball which is something they should have done against the Packers.
Too bad for Romo, I actually have a lot of respect for him. He toughed out a pretty awesome performance, and back issues are the worst, I know.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
cause Kyle Orton = Peyton Manning.
The Cowboys were likely to be underdogs with Romo.
Nick Foles and McCoy are gonna dominate the cowboys.
Of course not but just because you haven't played in a couple years doesn't mean he's forgotten how to throw a football. He probably has gotten reps in he played briefly during the season opener against the Giants when many thought Romo was hurt then.
getting reps and having to be the starter week 17 with a playoff spot on the line are two very different things. as much as I love to bash Romo, in no way does Orton starting give them an edge or increase their chances at winning. If that were the case, Orton would have been starting this entire time.
It's Kyle Orton. The guy who got benched for Time Tebow. And Rex Grossman.
I'm a little surprised he would go from finishing the game (he did finish it didn't he?) to being automatically out for the weeked. Back injuries are weird and can linger, cannot respond to treatment, etc. or respond remarkably well and clear quickly. I'd think he'd be on treatments all week and they'd make a gametime decision. Obviously, they would make contingency plans in any case.
With a back problem he could be sore all week and wake up Sunday fine. Unless there's something drastic that requires surgery. But there again, surgery is typically not the first line of treatment and other things are tried first.
I wouldn't be surprised if ESPN has jumped the gun a bit...
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
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Interesting that the Cowboys are still denying these reports. What would be the point of denying them if they were 100% true? I suppose you could say that they are trying to throw the Eagles off, but the Eagles will already be prepared for all scenarios. When Rodgers was injured, the Packers said pretty quickly that he would be out for a while, right?
"All I'm saying is he has back spasms, symptoms that we're treating as we go along in the week to see if he will play,'' Jones said, via David Moore of the Dallas Morning News. "There is nothing structurally that will rule him out if he feels good and is cleared to play. Nothing.''
Just dallas trying to throw philly off. I don't think Schefter would be on SportsCenter saying it's a herniated disc and he needs surgery if he wasn't 100% on it.
He was able to keep playing on Sunday because they didn't realize the severity of the injury most likely. And yeah if he feels good enough he could play, but it would be a gigantic risk in doing so.
Pretty much. Dallas has a playoff spot on the line, no reason not to try and get any advantage you can. But Romo's not playing.
Slipped or herniated discs are no joke. I've struggled with back issues and it can literally stop you from moving, period. Extremely debilitating, I could tell he was in terrible pain and I'm absolutely shocked he carried on and made the plays that he did. Throwing a football requires a million parts in your back. You would never know until you damage your spinal column, that's when you feel *everything*.
Movements just halt, your body locks.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
Yes he finished it he threw the GW TD and that's what caused it.. dude has the worst luck.
I think the best thing for Romo would be finding another team that has QB shortage and play there if they can get a good offensive line that can protect him. I respect his passion for the game and that he has played well through injuries and he is just tough as nails, but if it is a major disc issue I would have him on the IR and if it needs surgery get it done right away so he will be ready by training camp.
I wonder if Romo seriously is considering playing, Ian Rapoport on NFL network reported that Romo will try to play Sunday. Obviously if thats true the doctors had to have told him there is a chance he could play. I don't know a lot about herniated discs, but either thats not the injury, or its not a severe one if he is trying to play


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Hi folks,
I hope someone might have an idea or two about what might be going wrong here ...
One of the sites belonging to the place that I work had Google Analytics running just fine, then one day traffic stats nosedived to ZERO and it's stayed like that. The day that it happened we had not made any changes to the site. Nothing significant about that day; it just stopped working.
I did notice that we had the old style tracking code in place, but I updated to the latest version of the analytics code. I mean, it's a copy/paste job, should be a no-brainer.
This is the site:
And you can see the Google code at the end of the page.
Traffic tanked:
I have checked the code/references etc and they are correct:
And, according to GA, it is receiving data:
But there is NOTHING being reported at all.
I have checked filters in GA to see if anything there is causing a problem, but there's nothing there that gives me any concern, very simple filter for a small IP address range to remove traffic from internal company source and that's it.
I am at a loss to understand a) why it suddenly stopped reporting and b) what is wrong with the settings. The thing is, people just don't tinker with the GA settings once they are up-and-running and neither was there a release to the site on the day that the stats died. So if any GA gurus out there are able to make a suggestion or tow, I'd appreciate it!
Validation errors if fixed may make a difference:
Maybe ... but this is one of the things that hasn't changed. No pages were released, no template changes made, so the validation issues were there before the tracking code stopped working, so I'm 100% it's not that which is the cause. Also, it's universally breaking across the site, not just that page, and each page has differing validation errors.
Any other thoughts?
Google has recently introduced their new Panda algorithm which has caused many site rankings to be reshuffled.
It looks as though your site has been adversely affected. There are many articles available on this SEO reshuffle and lots of solutions offered.
Something has changed and your site is affected. Removal of the HTML errors will at least eliminate the possible problem.
You could resubmit your site but vague memories that Google will maybe respond with a standard reply stating their algorithm has changed.
I would agree with fixing at least one validation howler...
Your code ends with
Your code ends with
and near the top you have (summarised):
It wouldn't surprise me at all if the complete and utter mess you've got of illegally nested, repeated and mangled elements there was to blame for the script not running.
The only other thing I can see that's different is that the code sample they have given you has function() but you've got a space in there – function (). I'm not too hot on Javascript so I don't know off the top of my head whether that makes a difference.
The only other thing I can see that's different is that the code sample they have given you has function() but you've got a space in there – function (). I'm not too hot on Javascript so I don't know off the top of my head whether that makes a difference.
I don't think that's the problem. If I've read the problem right, Ian is not saying that his traffic has dropped, he's saying that Google Analytics has stopped recording it.
@lloydi replied to the effect saying that he had not changed anything and suddenly the "tracking just disappeared". The common factor here is that recently Google has introduced their new algorithm. To me this is more than a coincidence that the site tracking has stopped working and the SEO can no longer be checked.
As I suggested and you also highlighted the html page results and the new algorithm appear to conflict. If removing the validation errors does not rectify the problem then maybe Google can supply the correct answer.
It has also happened with one of my website i think you have mistakenly remove your analytic code from your website. DO try to resubmit your website in Analytic and soon you will get your statistic back
DO read the thread properly before posting, please. In his first post, lloydi explained that the code is correctly in place and even supplied a link which verifies that fact.


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The clients wanted an exciting story about themselves, in a visually arresting graphic format. The challenge was, "Brand us with an instant history." My design approach is to steal from as many places as possible and mangle through faulty interpretation. The design solution was to create a world with its own rules, where every element dictates the next. The illustrations in the book were originally created as posters. The size was reduced and layout altered slightly to accommodate the smaller book format. The impact has been huge, all the way from validation of creativity for the artist to business PR value.
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There are lots of experiences in life that people will tell you are "unmissable". Don't wait till you're old before trying to tick them off - start now!
99+ Things to do before you die... is not as serious as you might expect. It contains a selection of those things that everyone should do in their lifetime.
Each page lists an idea along with an inspirational picture and interesting fact about the suggested activity. To help you keep track and remember these activities, there are additional spaces in which you can add your personal notes and feelings as a memento of each accomplishment.
The last section allows you to enter your own personal targets to complete your dreams and ambitions. Over time it will build into an individual account of your life experiences and serve to remind you of all those things you have attempted - whether successful or not.
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By this time of year, you've probably already sampled a few pumpkin baked goods and thrown back a few of your favorite pumpkin-spiced beverages. Of all the pumpkin-spiced treats to choose from this season, you might have noticed that we have a particular weakness for pumpkin cheesecake. So when we saw Pepperidge Farm Pumpkin Cheesecake Soft Dessert Cookies, there was nothing to do but sample.
Do these pumpkin cheesecake cookies deliver on their promise? Are they "a perfect blend of warm fall spices" and "a soft-baked, rich, melt-in-your-mouth experience?"
In an word: Yes.
Upon opening the bag, you'll be greeted by a pleasant waft of autumn. When you sample a cookie, you might notice that these cookies are soft — softer, even, than regular soft-baked Pepperidge Farm cookies. They may be too soft for some, but this taste-tester didn't mind. The cookies' soft texture almost melts in your mouth, as the copy on the bag promises.
When sampling a pumpkin-spiced product, it's easy to feel that one is consuming a Yankee candle. This cookie, however, strikes a warm and subtle balance that will take you on a journey to a Thanksgiving dessert table that dreams are made of.
If I had a complaint, it would be this: Where's the cheesecake? The cheesecake white chips taste nothing like cheesecake. Though delicious, they're more similar in taste and texture to white chocolate than cheesecake, but white chocolate is not an ingredient in these cookies. So what are these mysterious delicious sugar chips? Perhaps we'll never know, but since they taste good, we're okay with it.
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Town recently had a bid rejected by Bournemouth for the striker, which the Advertiser understands was turned down by the Championship club on behalf of the player.
Thomas will link up with Millers boss Steve Evans, with whom he worked at Crawley Town, after Swindon's League One rivals paid an undisclosed fee to secure his services.
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe previously told the Bournemouth Daily Echo: "Wes has six months left on his deal here and has a desire to play regular football."
"At the moment, I can't offer him that guarantee and, because of where he is with his contract situation, I think he will probably move, whether on loan or permanently.
"It has been difficult to get him much game-time due to the form of our front players. Wes will feel he needs to earn himself a new contract at the end of this season and, unfortunately, that will not be with us.
"We have had a number of clubs contacting us regarding his availability and although things will have to be agreed with us, it will be very much up to Wes to decide where his future lies."


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We were feeling a bit nervous as we knocked on the back door of the veterinary clinic last week.
And by "we" I mean me and my beloved long-haired miniature wiener dog, Zoe, who enjoys a trip to the vet as much as I enjoy visiting the dentist for a root canal.
A trip to the clinic feels a bit like a mission behind enemy lines for me and the wiener dog, because our longtime vet, Dr. Jim Broughton, owns Exclusively Cats Veterinary Hospital on Corydon Avenue.
Adding to our stress level was the fact Zoe was there for her first official weigh-in since being placed on a strict new diet and exercise regime. Last month, Dr. Broughton diagnosed my little buddy as "grossly obese."
According to the breed standard, she should weigh about 12 pounds at most, whereas she tipped the scales at 19 pounds, meaning she was seven pounds, or 36 per cent, over her ideal weight.
It's not the kind of recognition you want for a family member, but Zoe's weight issue has made her the "spokesdog" for our Fit Pet Project, a once-a-month series of articles focusing on the issues surrounding portly pets.
The project sprang from the mind of deputy editor Julie Carl, who rightly suspected Zoe's weight problem was merely the tip of an iceberg, which, when flipped over, would reveal an epidemic of overweight and obese pets.
Experts told us up to 40 per cent of pet dogs are likely overweight or obese, while 60 to 70 per cent of owned cats may potentially have a serious weight problem.
This growing legion of pudgy pets is at risk of myriad health problems, ranging from diabetes, heart disease and respiratory issues to back problems -- especially in dogs like Zoe -- senility and behavioral issues.
After her first checkup last month, Zoe was placed on a prescription diet and ordered to get 10 minutes of exercise at least three times a day.
For the first 10 days, the goal wasn't so much shedding pounds as blending her calorie-reduced kibble with her old food to make sure the change in diet didn't lead to gastrointestinal distress.
The good news -- Zoe has already lost almost a full pound, down from 19 pounds to a shade over 18 pounds. We've been a little lax on the exercising, but our marginally lighter pet is already acting perkier, jumping up on the couch in the den, something she was unable to do before the project began.
"She's already starting to get her hourglass figure back," is how my wife, who places the blame for Zoe's weight problem entirely on my shoulders, puts it.
For his part, Dr. Broughton was delighted with -- and surprised by -- any weight loss this quickly.
"I'm happy with her weight loss at this point," our vet for the last 25 years said, beaming. "My goal at this point was to get her system adapted to the new food. We weren't even really measuring the amount, but she's already lost about five per cent of her body weight, which is good.
"Our target for now is for her to lose anywhere between one-quarter to one-third of a pound a week. That's what we're aiming at."
Now that we know the weight-loss kibble -- not only calorie-reduced but formulated to maintain her metabolism -- won't make her sick, the real diet begins.
That means my miniature friend is allowed exactly one cup of food a day, half in the morning and half in the evening. If she seems hungry, some low-cal options, such as shredded carrots or green beans, can be added to the mix "to bulk up the food and make her feel fuller."
It's critical to remember that weight loss should be gradual and monitored closely. Sudden weight loss, especially in cats, can lead to irreversible liver damage.
"That's the big issue with rapid weight loss -- the potential for liver damage, especially in cats, but it can apply to dogs as well," Dr. Broughton warned as Zoe puttered around the clinic and made a stealth attack on an unprotected bowl of cat food.
Along with reducing the number of calories entering your pet, it's essential to increase the amount of energy going out. Which means owners need to stop showing love for their animals through food, and get off the couch and get active with their pets.
"Our pets become as sedentary as their owners," the vet said. "Dogs love to play, so it doesn't take a lot of encouragement. It's getting the owner motivated to get off the couch."
While dogs love to walk or fetch, exercising a cat can take a bit more expertise. Dr. Broughton urges owners to become familiar with the Indoor Cat Initiative, an online campaign promoting active indoor lifestyles for felines.
"What a lot of people don't realize is cats will play fetch," he said. "You get little toy balls for cats. A great thing for cats is laser pointers and flashlights. Cats will chase these things for long periods of time."
One of our experts from Pet Valu, the sponsors of the Fit Pet Project, said it's time for owners to realize that obesity has become the top concern among vets and is dramatically shortening the lives of cats and dogs.
Sandy Waldner, owner-operator of the Pet Valu at 1670 Kenaston Blvd., warned that simply following the standard instructions printed on most food bags can lead to overfeeding your pet.
"Most people aren't just feeding dog food; they're feeding treats, too," said Waldner, who has spent the last 19 years in the pet industry. "When people come in the store, they say, 'My pet is overweight, but I'm feeding what the bag says,' and I'll ask if they're feeding treats, because treats have calories."
She echoed Dr. Broughton, saying it's vital to measure your pet's food exactly to guarantee gradual weight loss. "I would say people don't measure the food in a lot of cases," she said. "They say, 'Oh, I think that's a cup.' "
The Pet Valu expert said the difference between half a cup and five-eighths of a cup is 20 per cent more food than your pet requires to stay healthy.
It's literally a matter of life and death, she noted. "We're going to live longer if we're not carrying around excess weight," Waldner said. "It's the same with pets. You're losing time with your pet if you let them get obese."
She also said the problem seems most acute in smaller dogs like Zoe. "With small dogs, people forget how much food their dog actually needs," she said. "If you take an average size dog biscuit and give it to a small dog, they say it's like giving a small child a full watermelon. A 20-pound dog has a small stomach.
"And I don't think small dogs get as much exercise as big dogs. They tend to be house companion animals."
Zoe will be heading back to the vet in about two weeks, and along with chronicling her journey, we're reminding owners to send photos of their pudgy pets, along with their names, ages, current weight and target weight to our special email address -- email@example.com.
The response so far has been incredible. Zoe and me were inspired by an email from owner Rose-Ann Lavery that included a picture of her beloved hound, The Dude, logging a few kilometres on the treadmill.
Remember, human or animal, we're all in this together.


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Our team of healthcare professionals believes in the importance of providing compassionate, family centered care in a respectful environment. As a result, each patient, parent and family member is invited to ask questions, make suggestions and offer comments about the care being given. We want to provide you with the medical information you need to make educated choices about your child's care. If there is something you do not understand, please let us know so we can direct you to the person who can best answer your questions.
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