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Saint Leo men and women look to win conference titles
DADE CITY, Fla. – The 2014 Sunshine State Conference Golf Championship is set to return to Dade City's Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club Sunday, April 13 – Tuesday, April 15. Eckerd College is serving as host for this year's tournament.
The tournament will consist of 54 holes for both men and women. For the second-straight year, the event will be broken into three days of 18 holes. There will be split tee times off of hole No. 1 and hole No. 10 beginning at 8:15 a.m. each day.
Live scoring for the championship will be available on Golfstat.com and can be accessed at the Golf Championship Central page here.
The SSC Championship has always promised to be a competitive even with the majority of the conference teams ranking among Division II's best.
In the latest Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches' Division II Men's Poll, the SSC has five teams ranked in the top-20 and two others receiving votes. Barry and Lynn rank No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in Division II while Nova Southeastern is also in the top-10 with a No. 8 national ranking. Florida Tech (No. 17) and Florida Southern (No. 19) also rank in the national poll. Saint Leo received 36 votes and Rollins received 21 votes in the latest rankings.
In the recent Golf World/NGCA Coaches' Division II Women's Poll, the SSC has seven teams ranked in the top-14. The conference claims the top four spots as Lynn ranks No. 1 followed by Barry (No. 2), Florida Tech (No.3) and Rollins (No. 4). Nova Southeastern ranks No. 7, while Florida Southern (No. 13) and Saint Leo (No. 14) round out the top-14.
The SSC has dominated the national competition in women's golf by winning all 14 of the NCAA National Championships since Division II began its own championship event in 2000. From 1996-99, Division II and III competed in a combined championship. In 11 of those 14 championships, SSC teams also finished runners-up. Lynn is coming off its first national title in 2013. Nova Southeastern won four-straight from 2009-12. Rollins won five national titles in the time span, including four-straight from 2003-06, and Florida Southern claimed three-straight from 2000-02 and one in 2007.
On the men's side, Barry defeated Lynn in the 2013 NCAA Championship to win its seconds since 2007. Nova Southeastern won in 2012 to sweep both the men's and women's national titles. Florida Southern last won in 2010, but the Moccasins won five of the six national titles from 1995-2000 and have claimed a total of 12 national titles. Rollins claimed its second national title in 2002.
Combined, SSC men's and women's golf teams have won 37 national titles and earned national runners-up 26 times.
In last year's conference tournament, Florida Southern won the women's title to end Nova Southeastern's consecutive conference titles at three. The Moccasins and Sharks both have four conference titles, while Rollins has won the other seven since the first championship in 1999.
On the men's side, Barry claimed its first SSC Championship in 2013 to end the Sharks' run at two straight. Florida Southern leads the conference with 16 conference titles, while Rollins and Nova Southeastern both have five. Lynn has claimed two.
Admission to the SSC Golf Championship is free. Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club is located at 12900 Lake Jovita Boulevard, Dade City, FL 3325.


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Norton trainer Malcolm Jefferson will bid to make it back-to-back Rowland Meyrick Chase victories at Wetherby Racecourse with Cape Tribulation.
The eight-year-old is one of 17 entries for the £40,000 Boxing Day contest and Jefferson is hoping he can follow in the footsteps of According To Pete, who won last year's renewal of the three-mile, one-furlong race.
Cape Tribulation has been running both over hurdles and fences in the past 12 months and also raced on the Flat at York in October.
He recorded a memorable double in the spring when successful in the Pertemps Final at the Cheltenham Festival and then in a valuable handicap hurdle at the John Smith's Grand National meeting at Aintree.
His latest appearance at Wetherby came at the start of November when he was fifth to Tidal Bay in the John Smith's West Yorkshire Hurdle."All being well, Cape Tribulation goes for the Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase," Jefferson said. "His run on the Flat at York in October (when he was second in a two mile, two furlong handicap under top weight) was all right but nothing went right for him at Wetherby.
"He is in good form now and we'll just see how things go for him. I just wish it would dry up a little bit! There has been so much rain about up here."
Other entries include Helpston and Midnight Chase, who were second and third respectively in the race last year. Bingley-based handler Sue Smith has two possible starters in Mr Moonshine and Auroras Encore, while Fergal O'Brien has made an entry for the progressive Alvarado.

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A drinking game where you are to stand in any configuration chosen for the game. (Best to be played in the garage) For every two people present in the game one golf ball must be used. For every grollf ball bounce missed you must drink. If you catch two grollf balls at one time then the opponents that bounced them must drink. If a apponent is to miss the two grollf balls bounced to he/she then they must take two drinks. Tips: Circle configuration, Smooth pavement, golf balls, lots of beer, psyche bounces, palm touch passes .
Hey Matt
You have the beer.
You have the grollf balls. (golf balls)
You bring the ladies
You have the beer.
You have the grollf balls. (golf balls)
You bring the ladies
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Blueant Interphone Motorbike Bluetooth Headset : Finally a bluetooth solution for bikers!
Well bikers take heart, Blueant have now release a bluetooth headset especially for you : the Bluetooth Interphone. If you're a biker, you'll now be able to communicate while on the road whether it be to your passenger, another bikie with an Interphone or most commonly over your mobile phone.
To top it all off it's water-resistant, windproof and can be used up to 80mph / 130km!
Blueant Interphone Motorbike Bluetooth Headset available here at Mr.Gadget Australia.
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He describes himself as a fish out of water, a "50-year-old fat white guy" thrown in jail after a high-profile slaying for which he was later cleared.
Now, former government adviser Mark Stobbe is speaking out about his stint behind bars in a book to be released this year. The Free Press obtained an advance copy of Lessons From Remand.
Stobbe, 54, writes little about the circumstances surrounding the October 2000 killing of his wife, Beverly Rowbotham, in the backyard of their home in St. Andrews just north of Winnipeg.
She was struck 16 times in the head with a hatchet, her body moved to a parking lot in Selkirk and left inside her vehicle. At the time, Stobbe was working as a communications adviser with the provincial NDP government.
Stobbe's book includes plenty of first-person quips about encounters with bikers, gang members and career criminals who mostly treated him as a "figure of respect" and looked to him for guidance.
"My position within the Winnipeg Remand Centre was an odd one. I stood out from almost all the other inmates. I had much more education than most and I was clearly unscarred by the long-term lash of poverty, alcoholism or drug abuse," Stobbe writes.
Stobbe -- who lives in Saskatoon with his two teenage sons -- wasn't arrested until May 2008.
He was released on bail six weeks later and went on trial last year. Jurors found him not guilty in a circumstantial case in which there was no direct evidence linking him to the crime.
"There's an old joke in classical detective fiction that the butler did it. In today's law enforcement and media circles, the modern version is that the husband did it," Stobbe writes of his arrest.
Stobbe thanks the jurors for their work, praises Queen's Bench Justice Chris Martin for how he handled the case and dedicates the book to his team of lawyers, two of whom have since been appointed provincial court judges.
Stobbe maintains he wrote the book to shed light on the plight most prisoners face upon arrest. He says he takes issues and incidents he observed and "examines them from the perspective of sociological, psychological, theological theory."
The 134-page narrative includes chapters titled: I didn't do nothing wrong, The problem with today's youth and Jail as community.
He attacks issues such as overcrowding and lack of programming and says the federal government was wrong to recently eliminate the controversial two-for-one credit judges routinely awarded for pre-trial custody.
The book is sprinkled with criminal statistics and includes a forward from Catherine Latimer, executive director of the John Howard Society.
"(Stobbe) presents a fascinating account of his pre-trial detention experience, and he provides insights that should prompt serious thought about much-needed reform to this part of the Canadian criminal justice system," Latimer writes.
"Many may be surprised to learn more than half of the men, women and young persons behind bars in this country have neither been convicted nor sentenced for their alleged crimes. Despite being presumed innocent, they are denied their most fundamental right to liberty, being warehoused in remand centres waiting for an overburdened justice system to bring them to trial and reach a verdict."
In Stobbe's book, he talks of the routine boredom of incarceration, where the highlight of the day involves peering out the windows of the downtown remand centre, hoping a young woman on the street will flash her breasts.
"The display of naked breasts would always draw a crowd," he says.
Card games, bad food and crowding around old television sets to watch the news were also daily staples.
Stobbe writes he often asked other inmates what they planned to do upon their release. One fellow prisoner said he was going directly to Portage Place to buy drugs from a regular. Another was heading straight to the liquor store for tequila. Many others spoke in vulgar terms about sexual conquests they had planned.
Stobbe writes he got a "standing ovation" from about 70 inmates on the day he got released on bail. He said correctional officers were also friendly, even warning him to be wary of potential snitches within the facility.
Stobbe says his only real issue came when a bulky biker mistook him for a sex offender and threatened to teach him a lesson in the shower.
"I decided that silence was golden," Stobbe writes.
Stobbe was accused of killing Rowbotham in a violent rage because of ongoing stress in their marriage, then riding a bicycle to his home after leaving his wife's body in Selkirk to try to make her death look like a robbery. The Crown called Rowbotham's killing a "near-perfect murder" but told jurors there was overwhelming circumstantial evidence against Stobbe.
Stobbe testified in his own defence and denied any wrongdoing. He said he was home at the time Rowbotham was killed but couldn't explain why he didn't hear the attack or who would have killed her.


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FROM Wembley to Charfield, refereeing legend Brian Stevens will celebrate 50 years of whistleblowing this weekend.
The 73-year-old veteran man in black will cross the white line for a staggering 2,921st time to take charge of Charfield's Stroud League Division Two clash at home to Taverners Reserves on Saturday.
The long-serving referee even keeps a record of every game - dating back to 1963 to the present day. "The log book has seen better days and I am in the middle of transferring all the stats to a new book," said Stonehouse-based Stevens.
He may have called time on a career that took him to the very top, but his love of the game at grassroots level remains steadfast.
He added: "I still love the game and also help mentor young referees for the FA. " I have managed to win Referee of the Year for the last three years, so I must be doing something right and my next goal is to get to three thousand matches, which I should get to within one or two seasons."
Born and brought up in Eastington, a young Brian was pretty much pre-destined to become a football official, as his father ran the line for Eastington.
At the age of 13, he began playing as a striker for Eastington Reserves and later Saul.
"We would get beaten 20-0, but it was a good grounding - it taught me to lose."
Brian then played for Hoffmans Colts and in one season smashed a staggering 70 goals. He then progressed to the senior side in the Western League.
"In those days we played the likes of Bath City and Stonehouse and when we played Stonehouse it was not unusual to get crowds of three thousand."
Three seasons followed at King's Stanley before Brian hung up his boots at the age of 23, having suffered two fractured cheekbones in one season.
While combining his job as a toolmaker and eventual supervisor at Stonehouse firm Hoffmans, Brian took up his refereeing career in 1963.
He progressed quickly and made his league bow in 1970 as a linesman for the Preston versus Halifax clash before moving up to become a referee. However, Brian never once forgot his roots.
"I could be refereeing Liverpool on a Saturday and then the following day a local youth match," he said dryly and without ego.
"I have always been a bit laid back and humble, because when you're on the way up you've got to be humble - because you soon come back down."
At the age of 47 - the retirement age for referees - Brian was expected to come off the league, but fortunately he was allowed to continue until 52. His day job at Hoffmans may have been his bread and butter, but his football-mad boss was very flexible on Brian's behalf.
"My boss was great and one time allowed me to travel at short notice to referee the Kuwait FA Cup.
When I arrived at Heathrow I was handed an envelope and was told to open it on the plane. To my surprise the letter said I had to spend 10 days out there!"
During his trip Brian came close to a football riot that was only averted due to his nationality: "I awarded a penalty and the crowd were far from happy.
I was told if I was a Kuwaiti referee they would have rioted." Closer to home Brian was particularly proud of refereeing three times at Wembley. He said: "I officiated England versus Scotland in a schoolboy international in front of 75,000 people and the FA Trophy Final the week after Forest Green appeared at Wembley in the FA Vase and also the Full Members Cup final," he remembered.
Brian also refereed Wales against Eire, with stars such as Liam Brady and Terry Yorath in action.
The FA Cup Final eluded him, but he did have the honour of refereeing two FA quarter-finals, which propelled him to national television prominence, as he took charge of a number of cup shocks.
"I refereed the 1984 FA Cup third round clash involving Manchester United and Bournemouth.
"Bournemouth beat Manchester United 2-0 and when I returned to the car park my headlights had been smashed on my car."
Brian was then involved in the next cup upset when mighty Liverpool were humbled.
"I took charge of the first Sunday live televised Cup fourth round clash between Brighton and Liverpool in 1984.
The Liverpool side had the likes of Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness and Alan Hansen in their side.
Brighton pulled off a shock 2-0 win and after the game the Liverpool manager Joe Fagan came to see me and said the result had nothing to do with me."
However, Brian was in for a shock when he returned home and picked up a phone call: "A voice on the line said 'I know were you live and we are going to smash all the windows in your house '. I put the phone down and took the dog out for a walk."
The following season Brian was under the microscope again.
"I sent Watford's Tony Coton off for swearing at the linesman after he had given away a penalty against Arsenal. Three weeks later they were drawn in the FA Cup quarter-final and I was handed the game.
"Watford were leading when the linesman flagged for a penalty, I waved play on and Luther Blissett broke forward as the Arsenal players were protesting, Blissett ran clear and scored.
"That night on Match of the Day Jimmy Hill put a circle around me and said I was in a great position to see the incident and said I had made the correct decision. However, I do think these incidents prevented me from getting a final."
Brian has never taken any pleasure in sending a player off.
"I always try and talk to a player, but I must admit I did have to send Dennis Wise and Andy Gray off in one match and the game was fine after that.
I had to sent two off in the Stroud League last week for swearing. I warned them before it wouldn't be tolerated."
Brian counts the enigmatic Paul Gascoigne as the most gifted player he refereed and remembers Brian Clough fondly.
"Gazza was a super player. I never had a problem with Brian and he would often come into my dressing room for a chat after the game."
The future for Brian will continue to involve football.
"I play golf at Minch Old Course three times a week, but football will always be with me, it is in my blood."
Brian keeps a keen eye out on Forest Green's progress and is backing them to attain Football League status.
"I was wary when the new owner (Dale Vince) came in as you wonder how long he would stick around, but he seems a genuine man who is passionate about the club and he certainly looks like he's in for the long haul.
"The manager (David Hockaday) is a gentlemen and never any trouble from the sidelines, so I wish all at FGR well."


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Geelong coach Chris Scott has declared that neither the Cats nor their often-suspended star Steve Johnson are in denial about the need to adjust his game, and said that no consideration had been given to internal disciplinary measures despite Johnson incurring a third suspension for 2013 and fourth in his past 13 games.
Scott said Johnson had not been asked to front the club's leadership group - of which he is a member - and that the Cats didn't fine their players or treat them like schoolchildren. He said Johnson was more aware than anyone of what was required of him, and had made a commitment to eliminate from his game the sort of play that saw him outed for one week for kneeing Nathan Jones.
"They don't 'sit him down', we're not as school here," Scott said on Wednesday. "He doesn't need to go to the principal's office.
"We all sit down regularly, every single day at the footy club, and talk about the issues as adults, we treat them as professional athletes. They're across it, he's across it, it's a very mature discussion.
"Any discussion that he gets hauled into the office and berated by the leadership group and the coach is so far off the mark it's not funny."
Carlton fined Jarrad Waite after the key forward copped a week for headbutting Demon Tom MacDonald in round six - he subsequently missed the narrow, upset loss to St Kilda - but Scott said additional punishment for Johnson had never been considered.
"Fine system? He's a 30-year-old professional athlete who's shown his commitment to his club over a long period of time. We don't fine players, we don't treat them like kids."
Scott said the message to Johnson was no sterner than before, and that he didn't need media commentators "to reinforce how silly he's been". He described the Jones incident as another case of overstepping a fine line that isn't well understood by football critics and watchers.
"He will need to adjust, there's no question of that. We're not in denial, he's not in denial. He'll take the week off and come back hopefully a better player.
"No, the message has been similar. But there needs to be an understanding - and this is not a defence of Steve in any way, shape or form - footy's a fine line. There is a very poor understanding of that out there in the football community.
"Of course it was (another small overstepping of the line), but we can't ignore the fact that there have been several small oversteppings of the mark. We've got to face up to reality, and so does Steve. But again, no-one's more acutely aware of that than Steve."
Johnson now has 71 demerit points hanging over him and his poor record would result in a 30 percent loading being applied to any additional points if he is charged again this season. Scott reiterated that he believes there are flaws in the system, but said Johnson's situation was a concern.
"But it's the same concern that it was before this one as well. I don't think that changes this situation at all. It's a serious penalty that he has hanging over his head."


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PAOLO Di Canio says he no longer has any desire to further Chris Martin's stay in Swindon.
The striker returned to parent club Norwich on Saturday at the end of his loan spell, having informed Di Canio that he has been made aware of new opportunities for him at a higher level.
When asked whether he would want to resign the forward in the emergency loan window, the Town boss said: "Absolutely not. He took one month to get him fit and see him as an athlete as he was in the past. Even if I had an intention to keep him, in the last few days before the transfer window finished, he said to me he had a chance or he still has a chance to move to a different club - maybe the Championship.
"How and why do I persuade a player who was telling me before he desperately wanted to stay and then in the last few days maybe received the news from his agent that he has the chance to go somewhere else.
"Thanks to him for what he has done. I wanted to keep him even if he didn't affect my team too much. He scored one goal, he won one penalty when we were already on top with Tranmere, he challenged one ball at Bournemouth but in 12 games it was very, very poor in some way.
"I was sure he would give something more until the end because he's got quality and I believe that I could help him, but once he told me there is a chance I thought - even if he lost this chance - I didn't want to keep him.
"The fact he had already thought about a move to another place that is not for me."


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Mystery surrounds the discovery of an abandoned kayak washed up at a beach in Melbourne's south east.
The yellow kayak was found 100 metres west of the Lifesaving Club at Hampton Beach about 7am on Thursday.
The kayak was a one-person vessel. Fishing gear was also found nearby.
The Water Police have asked the owner of the kayak to come forward and anyone with information is asked to phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.


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SMWC ranks among best colleges for veterans
November 21st, 2013 | SMWC
"U.S. News & World Report" recognizes Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in its inaugural issue of Best Colleges for Veterans. SMWC ranks sixth for Best Regional Colleges (Midwest) for helping veterans pursue a college education under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. The new rankings provide data and information on colleges and universities that offer federal benefits, including tuition and housing assistance, to veterans and active service members.
"We are grateful to the women and men in the military. In honoring their service, we developed programs and policies designed to boost academic success of veterans, student service members and their families," said Dottie King, Ph.D., president of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. "We offer educational benefits and customized support services making it a smooth transition to earn a high quality education on campus or in our online program - accessible from anywhere in the world."
To qualify for the new rankings, the schools had to be certified for the GI Bill and participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program and Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium. All of the Best Colleges for Veterans scored well in terms of graduation rate, faculty resources, reputation and other markers of academic quality in the 2014 edition of the U.S. News Best Colleges.
Additionally, SMWC offers a tuition discount for military students and spouses enrolling in its distance education program, Woods Online. Those who have served in the military will receive the special tuition rate of $250 per credit hour.
"While all prospective students seek a good education from a reputable institution, our military veterans can take advantage of expanded educational benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill," said Brian Kelly, editor and chief content officer for U.S. News. "We developed these rankings to help them find a top-quality institution that also offers federal benefits that ease the burden of applying, paying for and completing a college degree."
In total, there are 234 ranked schools across all 10 categories: National Universities, National Liberal Arts Colleges, Regional Universities (North, South, Midwest and West) and Regional Colleges (North, South, Midwest and West).
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Nearly 97 percent of Florida teachers were rated as "effective" or "highly effective" under a controversial new evaluation system and for the first time, it was published on the Internet, until it was quickly pulled.
The State Department of Education sent out a media advisory on Tuesday saying the data would be available on its website on Wednesday. According to a department spokesperson, the data was posted for a short time, but was removed because it had factual errors and discrepancies.
The scores released by state officials Wednesday varied widely among school districts, leaving critics to question their validity. Each school district was allowed to determine their own scoring system, including student performance goals.
The teachers union plans to lobby the Legislature to revise the law it passed last year requiring the new value-added model. The new system has Central Florida teachers riled up, too.
"We've said all along it's not a valid way to teach teaching skills," said Diana Moore, president of the Central Florida Teacher's Association.
State education official Kathy Hebda said Wednesday the tool is a valid assessment and officials were expecting such discrepancies among districts in the first year. She says schools were cautious in assigning baseline grades this year and she expects the grades will gradually improve.
Education officials say the system will hold teachers accountable for student performance.
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1 Million Cups (1MC) is a dynamic, diverse entrepreneurial community conceived in partnership with UW Tacoma, UW Tacoma's Veteran's Incubator for Better Entrepreneurship (VIBE), the City of Tacoma and the Kauffman Foundation.
Each week, 1 Million Cups offers two local entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their start-ups to a diverse audience of mentors, advisors and entrepreneurs. Presenters prepare a 6 minute educational presentation and engage in 20 minutes of feedback and questioning after they present.
Entrepreneurs gain insight into possible ways they can improve their businesses, gather real-time feedback, connect with a community that truly cares about their progress, and walk away feeling like they have advanced their business. Audience members gain insight into local start-ups and connect with a local community committed to entrepreneurship.


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My body is beautiful
Ok, that wasn't so bad. Let's say it again. "My body is beautiful."
"I love and appreciate my body."
"I thank my body for strength, courage, and protection."
"I am grateful for the good food that nourishes my body and fuels my life, love, and work."
Yesterday, I had the distinct pleasure of facilitating a workshop on the intersections of sexual violence and eating disorders at the PA Coalition Against Rape's Annual Conference. Thanks to the incredible research prowess of Liz Zadnik (PCAR Trainer), my talented co-facilitator, a group of dedicated PA advocates explored research findings related to Eating Disorders and Sexual Violence and how to provide effective prevention and response. For more information on the intersections, check out the resource pages on this topic.
One of the major themes for this workshop was the value and importance of connecting with and celebrating the body. In the landmark resource Our Bodies, Ourselves, a section on body image, weight, and size analyzes issues of media representation, racism, ability, and social expectations as elements that influence our health, relationships with and perceptions of our bodies. There are some things that we simply can't change when it comes to risk factors for sexual violence, eating disorders, and body image issues. Examples include a family history of sexualized violence, genetic links to eating disorders, or the longstanding history of systems that dictate beauty and value.
What we can change are the environmental influences that fire up these pre-existing risk factors. One approach is to understand, critically evaluate, and disrupt harmful media messaging. I'm not totally convinced that bikinis and celebrities are going to win this one for us, but I do really like the idea of real images, honoring our bodies, and raising media savvy youth.
Jean Kilbourne in Killing Us Softly 4 says that the first step to the widespread problem of harmful media representations is educating ourselves on the issue. I might need something a little closer to home to get started on this one. For me, the first step is an affirmation.
"My body is beautiful."


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Hi all,My name is Julian, I am new to this forum and I send you all greetings from really down here....New Zealand I have an issue with my php mail function, I have asked my provider but they told me that they can`t help with coding.I have a page, success.php which does not output to screen. A successful credit card transaction is redirected here, the MySql database is queried 2 times to get details to insert in email and an email is sent out, at the moment to me, customer and website owner. Also the session is destroyed (will clear the shopping cart) and all ends with a redirection to the next page.The issue I have is that all 3 emails arrive in 2 copies each. This will be not so important if I will not send a copy out to customer. I noticed that all my other mail functions (which do not query the database, from other pages) are send out in one copy each.The code with comments is bellow if you can be bothered to have a look. Any suggestions are welcome.Thank you in advance,Julian
/* No output to screen is generated from this page. A succesfull credit card transaction is redirected here with customers email and order number attached to url
2 database queries are executed to obtain the products in order and customers details. The retrieved data is emailed to 3 addressess at the moment:
customer`s email, me for testing purpose and owners website. All emails arrive in 2 copies. The linked pages have no email functions
//database credentials
include ("../cp/kiaora.dora");
include ("../cp/db.dora");
//obtain customer details
$sql = "SELECT email, fname, lname, phone, street, suburb, city, postCode, country, fnameShip, lnameShip, streetShip, suburbShip, cityShip, postCodeShip, countryShip FROM customers WHERE email='" . $_GET['email'] . "'";
$result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
while ($results = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$orderno = $results['orderno'];
$email = $results['email'];
$fname = $results['fname'];
$lname = $results['lname'];
$phone = $results['phone'];
$street = $results['street'];
$suburb = $results['suburb'];
$city = $results['city'];
$postCode = $results['postCode'];
$country = $results['country'];
$fnameShip = $results['fnameShip'];
$lnameShip = $results['lnameShip'];
$phoneShip = $results['phoneShip'];
$streetShip = $results['streetShip'];
$suburbShip = $results['suburbShip'];
$cityShip = $results['cityShip'];
$postCodeShip = $results['postCodeShip'];
$countryShip = $results['countryShip'];
//start creating the email`s body
$orderItems = "Status: Payment received, thank you.

Bill to
$fname $lname
Address: $street $suburb
$city $postCode
Country: $country

Ship to
$fnameShip $lnameShip
Address: $streetShip $suburbShip
$cityShip $postCodeShip
Country: $countryShip

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//items in order query
$sql = "SELECT orderno, item_id, item_name, item_price, item_qty, total FROM shopping_cart WHERE orderno='" . $_GET['orderno'] . "'";
$result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
$orderItems .= "
Items in order

Item	Price	Quantity

";
while ($items = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$orderno = $items['orderno'];
$name = $items['item_name'];
$price = $items['item_price'];
$qty = $items['item_qty'];
$total = $items['total'];
//define shippingCharge to add it to email body if there is post charge
//if total different price of all items together will set shipping charge to a message that $ 5 from total is shipping charge
if($price!==$total){$shippingCharge="(Includes 5 \\$ shipping charge)";}
//adding the order items to email and finishing the email
$orderItems .= "
$name	$price NZD	$qty
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}$orderItems .= "

Total: $total \\$ $shippingCharge
Your order will be shipped next business day.
Any enquiries contact email@example.com
Phone: 07 849 3805 Please quote order number $orderno
The team at Everhealth Pharmacy";
//getting new zealand times
$date = date("l, F jS, Y");
$time = date("h:i A");
//email to customer
$to = $_GET['email'];
$subject = "Everlife Pharmacy ORDER NO. $orderno placed. Credit Card Order";
$message = $orderItems;
$headers = "From: [email]email@example.com[/email]\\r\
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\\r\
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
//email to developer
$to = "firstname.lastname@example.com";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
//email to website owner
$to = "email@example.com";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
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unset ($_COOKIE["PHPSESSID"]);
setcookie("PHPSESSID", "", time() - 3600, "/");
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If you're getting two copies of each email, then either the page is loading a second time or your email system is CC'ing each other, which seems unlikely. Have you checked your server mail log to confirm that PHP is actually sending two copies of the email?
Your while loop ends before the mail is sent, so I don't see how multiple copies would be sent from this snippet of code alone.
Just to be sure add " LIMIT 1" to the end of the $sql variable for obtaining customer details, cant quite figure out why there is a while loop in there at all...
and take a closer look at the page calling the mail script for a misconfigured event trigger.
Sure will add Limit 1 thanks ....About the loop....What are you using to get just one result out of a MySql table?
I usually find it's helpful to echo the mail command to see exactly what's happening:
echo "mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)";
If you do that for every mail() you'll be able to see if it's sending twice or the problem is elsewhere. Also might be worth checking the full headers once you receive the email, to see if there are any clues there.
As for getting the result of one row only, just omit the while():
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
Hi Guys,Thank you all for your help. Looks like the "double" is caused by the page calling the success.php page That one is modified by me from a sample given by the credit card company. Is functional but looks a bit messy at the moment. if anyone has time and mood to have a look at it let me know.Anyway thank you all for your time, I really appreciate it.


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SWEDE Simon Gustafsson was happy to hush a few of his critics following his display at Eastbourne on Saturday night.
Gustafsson's place in the Robins side had been in significant doubt following a string of below-par performances, but the Eastbourne asset roared back with 15 points against his parent club as the Robins went down 54-37.
Not only did his points tally impress but also the manner in which he got them, with a handful of good passes on his former teammates, leading to a positive answer when asked by the Advertiser if the real Simon Gustafsson had been on display at Arlington.
"Yes, I hope so," he said. "That's where I want to be and obviously that is where I can be so I have to stay calm and keep banging in some points.
"I'm really happy with my performance although it's a shame we lost because it's always sad to lose a meeting, but we have to take positives and thankfully for me there are a lot of them.
"It was a case of me being on it because I've been struggling a little with my confidence and have been dropping points in Poland and Sweden, and obviously over here too. I had a good one in Sweden on Tuesday and now here, so hopefully it's back.
"Confidence does a lot for people and that's what it's all about in this game.
"You want to have a winning team and you can't keep riders who aren't scoring, that's the name of the game.
The next job for Gustafsson is to produce the good around his home track, starting tonight when Belle Vue come to Blunsdon, and the Swede is already tentatively looking at the play-offs.
"We have to do it every week now and I want to show the home fans what I can do," he said.
"I've had good meetings there before so I'm not too worried, I just need to calm down a bit and do what I can do.
"It should be a win and must be a win and, if we all do what we need to do, we should be reaching the play-offs I reckon "It's a long season and we haven't done many home meetings so if I can fire and we can get our reserves going again then we are in with a good chance of doing something."


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Love Poems
de Mary Yuill
Acerca del libro
"Pairs" is Mary Yuill's second collection of heart-warming poetry. In it she captures the joys of fresh new love, the comforts of everyday love, and the heartbreak of saying goodbye to love. You will want to keep this delightful little book close by… to read again and again.
What others are saying about "Pairs:"
"Such magic with mere words!" - Jean G.
"Over the years, I've trained myself not to cry but PAIRS broke the dam. A second reading even better than the first. I shall take it to bed and wallow. AT THE WAR MUSEUM, WAITING FOR YOU and A WORD FOR SHORT ROMANCES. Oh, me, oh my, oh myline! As Lillian Beckwith used to say, 'Beautiful just!'" - Jo M.
"A copy of 'Pairs' was a well-received gift to some friends on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary - couldn't think of anything more appropriate. - Julie C.
"Sensitive and right on!" - Arlene K.
For more information go to www.MaryYuill.com
Características y detalles
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Mary Yuill writes for daughters, wives, aunts, mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers… and all those who love them. She is a native of Saint John, New Brunswick, and raised her family on the west island of Montreal, Québec. She now lives in Ottawa, Ontario, where she counts her blessings, and smiles at the ever-increasing number of pictures on top of her piano.
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Q & A — October 2001
By Capt. Ken Kreisler
Oily Matters
| Part
2: An electrical leak, shore-power cord corrosion
I have a battery that seems to be continually discharging, and I suspect I may have an electrical leak somewhere aboard. How can I check this out? J.W., via e-mail
An electrical leak is when unwanted current flows to ground, often in amounts too small to produce a short circuit. Some common causes include corrosion, a poor connection, dampness, and worn insulation.
To troubleshoot this problem, first turn off all your boat's circuits and remove your battery's positive cable. Set your multimeter to "d.c. volts," and measure the voltage between your battery's positive terminal and the positive battery cable. If the voltage on your meter reads 12 volts, there is still a load on the circuit. If all loads are disconnected and the meter still registers a voltage reading, you've got an electrical leak.
Switch your meter to "d.c. amps" to measure current, and set it to the highest range so it won't be damaged should there be a high-amperage leak. Measure the amperage between the positive battery terminal and the positive battery cable. A reading of more than 1.0 amperes means there is still a load on the circuit. Readings between 1.0 and 0.001 amperes indicate a major electrical leak. A reading of less than 0.001 amperes is a small leak.
If you detect a leak, first check and clean your battery terminals, cables, switches, and connections. Then, one at a time, pull each fuse or shut off each circuit breaker until your meter reading drops to zero. When it does, you've found your leak.
I'm currently living aboard my boat and want to know how to prevent corrosion from accumulating on my shore-power cord. C.P., via e-mail
Corrosion is an ongoing problem with marine electrical equipment and left unchecked can lead to dangerous shock, stray-current corrosion, and equipment damage and failure.
As part of your regular maintenance regimen, you should check all your connections weekly, if not daily. If you are going to be away from your boat for any length of time, have someone make sure your plug is free from corrosion.
One common source of corrosion is the inadvertent dunking. If your power cord is kicked overboard, immediately shut off the power. Wash the cord with fresh water, and let it dry thoroughly. (If you don't have a spare cord, this may be the time to invest in one.) Once it's dry, spray the contacts with contact cleaner. This will also help to remove any moisture. Also, using the cord's sealing collars--especially between an adapter and the cord--will prevent rain water and minor splashes such as when you or your dock neighbor are washing down from getting inside the connector.
While you cannot see inside a properly sealed shore-power cord, you should be aware that corroded terminals may be symptomatic of internal problems such as loose terminals and inferior wire stripping, any of which can lead to overheating and even fire. For this reason periodically check both male and female connections for signs of overheating such as discoloration.
Marinco Phone: (800) 307-6702, one of the industry's largest manufacturers of powercords and connectors, publishes its Boater's Guide to AC Electrical Systems, which will give you some additional information.
Need help with a maintenance problem? Write to Maintenance Q & A, Power & Motoryacht, 260 Madison Ave., 8th Fl., New York, NY 10016. Fax: (917) 256-2282. e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. No phone calls, please.
Previous page > Q & A, Part 1 > Page 1, 2
This article originally appeared in the June 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Founded in the 17th century and family-run for generations, St. Croix's Buccaneer is the Caribbean's longest running resort. Both historic and modern, the resort blends old world charm with warm hospitality and the amenities expected by today's traveler. Featured on ABC's The Bachelor, The Buccaneer is a premier destination resort for golf, tennis, water sports, weddings, honeymoons and family vacations.


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First-grade students in Chico, California — considered picky eaters by their parents — literally ran to eat bok choy (a Chinese cabbage) after planting and growing the vegetable as part of a school garden program.
The Western Growers Foundation supported 20 school gardens throughout California with $30,000 from the Monsanto Fund. Each garden site received $1,500 plus a drip irrigation kit and a box of educational resources to help teachers transform gardens into outdoor classrooms.
Teaching students about agriculture and nutrition gives them the foundation to make lifelong healthy food choices.
This article is excerpted from Monsanto's 2010-2011 Fund Report. To see the full report, please visit MonsantoFund.org.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 11/2/2013 (1654 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My husband Mr. Tightwad is already starting up his excuses for not honouring me this Valentine's Day with a gift. Today he was ragging on about the commercialization, and how stores have been full of Valentine junk since Christmas. Finally, I shouted, "Shut up already, you miserable unromantic tightwad!" and he shrunk back into his recliner for the rest of the night, watching sports. I scared myself. I shouted for 12 years' worth of not getting decent Christmas and Valentine's and birthday gifts and I cried in the bedroom, big sobs he must have heard. My younger sisters and my girlfriends and many of my co-workers get treated like queens by their men, and they reciprocate. I happen to know my sister feels sorry for me. Her husband likes to go all out with flowers and chocolates and she dresses up in special new lingerie for him and they have a special sex night. My husband doesn't want to squeak open his wallet for anything more than a dollar-store card after I cry at supper time. I always give him a gift. He said this morning, through tight lips, to stop doing that. Then what are we left with? Nothing. Why won't he honour me when everybody else is being honoured? -- Hurt and Humiliated, Winnipeg
Dear Hurt: You know the answer. Because he's cheap and lazy and doesn't know what to pick, and feels like it's something he "has" to do. When boys are immature, they balk at anything that they feel forced to do. Your husband is immature. He knows that the no-gift issue hurts you, but it's still more important for his ego to balk, than to give you what you want. Don't be ashamed of finally making a big fuss. In fact, make it even bigger so he doesn't win his let's-forget-the-day bid. Don't buy him a gift for the first time, and go out with your single friends for dinner and some nightclub fun. Let him feel the cold breeze. He's the one who left the door open.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I have had two interesting boyfriends since Christmas and it is difficult enough juggling the two under ordinary circumstances. Now both of them want to take me out to dinner on Valentine's Day. I like them both equally. They both know I am not exclusive to either of them, so I told one of them I could go to lunch, but I am busy for dinner. He is very unhappy. What else can I do? -- Torn between Two, River Heights
Dear Torn: Damage control? You have made the two dates. Now keep them, aware you may get dumped by lunchtime's dessert. That's the danger of juggling two significant non-exclusive boyfriends. Let's hope you chose the right one to get the lower billing -- as I'm betting you may lose him altogether, unless it makes him feel competitive. Are you sleeping with both of them? Not fair and not safe. If you are, you'd better be using good quality latex condoms each and every time. It's definitely time to make up your mind, girlfriend! But usually, indecision like this means neither one is the real answer.


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Messing with tax relief on pensions for high earners has not gone down well with some of the UK's big savings organisations.
The FT today reports that the bosses at Legal & General and Friends Provident both claim that cutting tax relief might discourage saving. Alistair Darling announced in last month's Budget that people earning more than £150,000 a year will be restricted to basic rate tax relief on contributions.


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ARMED forces personnel from all over the country will be converging on Malvern tomorrow (Saturday) for the second annual Coltman Stretcher Carry race.
About 150 soldiers, sailors and airmen will be taking part in the gruelling ten-mile race, starting in the town centre and
taking in some of the major peaks on the Malvern Hills, to raise money for the British Legion.
The event starts in the grounds of Malvern Library, Graham Road. Mayor Julian Roskams and organisers of the armed forces week will welcome the contestants before the race starts at 11am.
Event organiser Susan Buxton said: "Last year's inaugural running of the stretcher carry had seven teams and raised £2,500. This year we have seventeen military teams, coming from as far afield as Catterick, Plymouth and Belfast, and hope to raise over £6,000 for the British Legion Poppy Appeal. The route is pretty gruelling, and I hope everyone who sees them on their way will give them a big cheer."
Nick Martin, community fundraiser for the British Legion in Worcestershire, said: "This is a fantastic community event. We are so grateful to the teams who take part and fundraise for the Poppy Appeal. We would also like to thank the Malvern Hills Conservators, the district council, the mayor and volunteers from the Jesus Christ Church of the Latter Day saints who all make this event possible."
The Coltman Stretcher Carry is named after the most highly decorated British ordinary soldier, lance-corporal Bill Coltman, a stretcher-bearer in World War One. His strict Christian beliefs prevented him from carrying weapons, but he risked his life at the front many times to bring in wounded comrades.
Among his decorations were the Victoria Cross, Distinguished Conduct Medal and Bar, Military Medal and Bar, and the Croix de Guerre.
Mr Martin said: "The modern-day stretcher bearers or more properly, combat med techs, go out under fire and treat casualties with the same spirit and selflessness of Bill Coltman. These young men and women, sometimes only months out of training, are part of the medical operation that enables 25 per cent more casualties to survive serious injury than ten years ago."


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It's more than just alliteration; it's a statement, a proclamation that Thursdays are when the weekend should really start. Kicking it off right is the key, and what better way than with a cocktail that not only takes the edge off, but tastes good too.
Served throughout Latin American, think of the michelada as a Mexican bloody mary. It's not quite as heavy, and made with beer instead of tomato juice, but still packs the spicy punch we've all learned to love. So pour yourself a glass, or a pitcher if you're with company, and squeeze in a little extra lime juice to make it all the more refreshing.
Get the Recipe:
Pair it with:
David Rocco's Onion and Chile Pizza
Tyler Florence's Chicken Enchiladas with Roasted Tomatillo Chile Salsa
Michael Symon's Pork Tenderloin with Bacon, Chile Flakes, Toasted Almond and Parsley
Tyler Florence's Mexican Grilled Corn
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Take advantage of our poolside-dining menu where you can enjoy light fare and sip specialty cocktails, furnished with radiant fire pits.
Kil@wat® is also a great place for a special event. Our Executive Chef prepares customized menus for an experience to remember. From an intimate rehearsal dinner to an executive board lunch, Kil@wat® creates an exclusive Las Vegas American dining experience for groups of up to 80, in impeccable VIP style.


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Arizona Auditors Find Low Medicaid Program Signup Error Rate
June 15, 2012 by in Business News | Economy | Healthcare
State auditors say Arizona's Medicaid program gets it right nearly all of the time when determining whether people applying for government-paid health care are eligible. The Auditor General's Office estimates that the Arizona Health Cost Containment System's error rate is just over 1 percent. The office says that means the Medicaid program pays between $3.5… Read More →


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CONCERNS have been raised over a missing 70-year-old man who may be in the Dorset area.
Police are concerned for the welfare of 70-year-old William Haines, who has been reported missing by his family.
His son Stephen appealed for anyone who may spot Mr Haines to contact police as soon as possible.
He said: "We believe he is in Dorset and we just want everyone to keep an eye out and if they see him to report it to police on 101 immediately.
"Any help at all would be great."
Mr Haines was last seen leaving his home in Warwickshire on Sunday June 15 and is believed to have travelled to the Dorset area driving a grey coloured Skoda Octavia car with the vehicle registration BT62 ZZH.
He was known to be in the Swanage area in the early hours of Monday and may be visiting the Christchurch area.
Mr Haines is described as white, 5ft 10ins tall and of slim build, he has short greying brown hair and a moustache and beard. He was last seen wearing green/grey zip off style shorts.
Officers are keen to hear from anyone who has seen Mr Haines or has any information on his whereabouts to contact Warwickshire Police on 101 quoting incident number 23 160614


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NUMBERS were slightly down at the Penn Seven at the weekend, with organisers putting it down to the late night football match the previous evening.
There were 290 runners in the Penn Seven at 11am on Sunday morning from the Tylers Green Common, which is about 100 down from last year.
But numbers picked up in the afternoon for the three mile super fun run at 2.30pm with 600 runners.
Race organiser, Phil Duffy, said: "It was a successful event. Numbers were slightly down on numbers for the main race but we put that down to the late night football on the Saturday night.
"Numbers increased dramatically from lunch time onwards."
England played Italy in the World Cup on the Saturday night at 11pm.
The annual Penn Seven was back in its usual spot of Father's Day. For the past few years it was moved due to other races taking place.
Ben Sutherland came in first with a time of 41m05s and he also won the fun run.
The first woman home in the Penn Seven was Jessica Downs with a time of 46m18s.
Phil said: "It was a bit of an overcast day- there was no rain or wind as we had last year and we didn't lose any gazebos- everything stayed on the ground."
The day finished with a very competitive tug of war, which the local scouts group won.
Lord Howe awarded the winners with their trophies.
All money raised will be split between Rennie Grove Hospice Care and Wycombe Homeless Connection.


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This screen on the left is what greeted visitors to Wikipedia on Wednesday, as the online encyclopedia site began its 'blackout' protest of two controversial intellectual property bills currently being discussed in the US Congress.
For 24 hours starting from 5am GMT on Wednesday, Wikipedia blocked users from viewing or editing all of its English-language pages except for the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect Intellectual Property Act, the bills it is protesting against. Read more


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Bed wetting at home
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Bed wetting (or enuresis) is when children:
- Continue to wet the bed more than twice a month after age 5 or 6
- Begin to wet the bed again after they are toilet trained for a period of time
Children learn to fully control their bladder at different ages. Nighttime dryness is often the last stage of toilet learning.
Parents and caregivers need to use a positive approach in helping a child who wets the bed at night.
Alternative Names
Enuresis - bedwetting
Home Care
Do not punish a child who wets the bed. Bed wetting does NOT occur because a child is lazy or trying to act out.
- Shaming a child for wetting the bed can lead to poor self-esteem and feelings of low self-worth.
- Reassure your child that bed wetting is common and can be helped. Telling the child about parents or other close relatives who also wet the bed often helps the child feel less stressed about the situation.
You can also have your child take an active part in cleaning up from the bed wetting (such as helping to strip the bed and put the sheets in the laundry).
Reward your child for dry nights. Some families use a chart or diary that the child can mark each morning. Although this may not solve the problem completely, it can help. Try the chart before you use medicines. It is most useful in children ages 5 to 8.
Make some changes in your child's urination and drinking habits:
- Encourage your child to use the bathroom at regular times during the day and evening. Teach the child not to hold urine for long periods of time.
- Be sure that the child goes to the bathroom before going to sleep.
- You can reduce the amount of fluid the child drinks a few hours before bedtime, but this alone is not a treatment for bed wetting. You should not restrict fluids too much.
- Also have your child avoid drinks that contain caffeine.
You can buy an alarm system at the drugstore.
- You place a sensor either in the child's underwear or on a pad underneath the sleeping child.
- If the sensor detects moisture, an alarm is set off. This alarm can be placed around the child's wrist or near the ear. The alarm may vibrate or make a loud sound.
- Parents or caregivers must make sure the child wakes up if the alarm goes off.
Certain drugs, such as a nasal spray or pills, may also be prescribed to control bed wetting.
Call your health care provider if
Call your doctor if:
- Your child has had repeated episodes of bed wetting after age 6
- Your child has begun to wet the bed after he or she was toilet trained for a period of time
- Your child complains that it hurts to urinate
- Your child has been drinking excess amounts of fluids
- Your child has been showing strange behavior changes (becoming unusually withdrawn or shy, or suddenly behaving in a sexually suggestive way)
What to expect at your health care provider's office
The health care provider will take a medical history from the child and parents, and may ask:
- When did the bed wetting begin? How often does the bed wetting occur? Have there ever been "dry" periods?
- Can the child feel the need to urinate? Does bed wetting cause the child to wake up?
- How often does the child urinate during the daytime?
- Does the child have a problem controlling urine while awake?
- Do stress or liquids containing caffeine make the problem worse?
- What factors make the problem better?
- Is the bed wetting punished? Does the bed wetting cause shame?
- Have other family members had this problem?
- What other symptoms are present?
- What treatment methods have been tried?
Katz ER, DeMaso DR. Enuresis (bed-wetting). In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 21.3.
Robson WL. Clinical practice. Evaluation and management of enuresis. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:1429-1436.


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They say you can't understand how someone else feels until you have walked a mile in their shoes. After walking for three hours in the shoes of a waitress, my feet were covered in blisters; my legs felt like they were about ready to fall off; and my head was spinning.
Last month I started working at the new cafe in Princeton, Four and Twenty, as a waitress. I helped to get it ready by painting and doing some training, so to be all set the first day. When the first day came, it was crazy. I was supposed to work from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. I am used to waking up at 9 a.m., so the 5 a.m. alarm was shocking.
After I got there, everyone was doing the prep work. This involved checking the bathrooms, filling the butter dishes, making the coffee, cleaning the door and tons of other small tasks nobody thinks about. The doors opened at 6:30 a.m. We were expecting a slow crowd that morning, so those new to waitressing could shadow the experienced ones. Around 7:30 a.m., things got really crazy, really fast. I wasn't able to shadow anyone and was just thrown into doing it.
I got my first table, and they thought it was safe because it was just one person. However, she was quite grumpy. She kept picking things apart saying, "I need more water and is my food almost done?" She wasn't the ideal first customer, and I was already tired. I tried to keep smiling and make her happy, but I was dying inside and couldn't wait for 9 a.m. to come. When it did arrive, I barely made it into the car before I was bawling. I had only waited on that one customer, and I was dead tired.
When I learned that I had gotten the job, I was told what we would need to wear. I had none of the requirements in my wardrobe, so I got to go on a shopping trip. They wanted us wearing black on the bottom and a red, white, yellow or black top. I was so worried that I wouldn't find anything that I would really want to wear, but there were a ton of options. Red and yellow are the colors this fall, and I found great tops. I also found the cutest pair of red flats to wear from The Gap. They were on sale, and they would look perfect with all the other adorable tops I found.
Those shoes went out the door on the first day. They gave me terrible blisters. I replaced them with a comfortable pair of practical shoes. I also gave up on a couple of my cute tops because they just don't work. Waitressing is not about looking cute. It is about being comfortable and serving the customer well.
I am about seven weeks into my job, and I love it now. I have not had another grumpy customer, and in fact, they have all been extremely nice. I love it when they interact with me and have fun. I appreciate customers who don't leave a big mess, and the best ones are those who order the salad bar! I have also been amazed at how many people know me through my columns. It is exciting to know that people are reading them.
The best part of waitressing has been the tips. They have been overwhelming. My parents don't give us allowance or pay us for chores, so I have never had much money. My siblings are impressed with my huge stack of one dollar bills I had in my room before going to the bank. I also have a jar on my dresser that I am putting all the loose change into for a special occasion. Last night, my sister, Faustina, came into my room with a huge smile on her face and said, "Let's count some money." I had over $20 in change alone. So far I have put it all in the bank to save for the stuff every teenager wants and college!
I will never take a waitress for granted ever again. I will always try to smile, be friendly and leave a great tip when it is deserved, and I will wonder how badly her feet are hurting.
Amelia Bystry, 14, is a home-schooled student who resides in rural Princeton. You can contact Amelia in care of this newspaper at P.O. Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356.


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Skullduggery Ironing Board Covers
oh goodie, a new find for the skull list. Tons of ironing board covers! Fed up with boring florals? Why not add an edge to your kitchen style with these fantastic ironing board covers designed by Bombarock. Famous for her gorgeous Skullduggery chair (also on this list) , Georgina has used her fantastic textile designs for some household objects including ironing board covers, aprons and oven gloves. The designs include: Skullguggery, Spiders Web, Green Skull & Crossbones, Skulls & Roses and Pirates. The ironing board covers are available in 3 sizes as follows: Small - 95cm x 45cm - £19.00 Medium - 115cm x 50cm - £21.50 Large - 130cm x 45cm - £24.00


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This is very odd – instead of talking about how the last year has destroyed the efficient markets hypothesis and its friend modern portfolio theory, here's someone pointing out that they couldn't have been disproved because Nobody Believed In Them anyway.
It's not the first time someone has pointed this out, but it is a nice succinct summary. This disposes very usefully of a strawman that has been brilliantly used by both sides to divert attention from the real problem, which is that markets have always been and always will be inefficient and clever greedy people like to capture the economic rent from this fact.


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The Drifting Starfish 3
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Without discreet GPU MacMini becomes extremely overpriced piece-o-shi. For 700$ (lowest option with 8Gb of ram) it is only good for office work... lolwut?
I used to love these little buggers when they had nvidia in them. Now? Useless in too many ways a way too steeply priced for what is it good for.
This mini is a godsend for many smaller environments.
Please learn: what you want, may not be what's best in every situation, kid. Or better yet, stop posting.
Hint: Calling some kid without knowing who are you writing to at all makes any valuable thoughts in your post degrade to the non-existent level.
You obviosly fail to read and comprehend what was written, re-read last sentence of my previous post as many times, as you need to understand the meaning of it.
My 2007 mini serves ejabberd, potfix+dovecot, nginx (hosting roundcube) along with tomcat (hosting alfresco) and murmur. Moreover it acts as a wi-fi router. But only because i have upgraded to more recent hardware and had no other use for it. You may guess what OS is installed on it.
P.S. Re-read hint number one yet again, and again if you need to.
P.P.S. And oh yes, again, new mini for the price it is priced is useless.
I do have to say what is it with people on the Internet and their obsession with apostrophes? The word is aimed. I don't know what aim'd means. The apostrophe is nowhere near the e on a keyboard, so it can't be a typo.
Don't forget that you are probably in less than 1% of their target audience by doing all of this nonsense. Most people don't care to have a [overpriced] domain at their house and if they spend $700 on a computer they want to actually use it however they like, lol. Get off your high horse, this doesn't make you look smart in any way, you just look like a playground bully.
What kind of specs, components, and wattage do you think those tasks need? See how I can turn a pointless question around? You don't need massive specs or specialized components for that type of functionality.
GA-Z77N-WIFI, Intel i3-3225, IN WIN IW-BQ656T (the case), Crucial Ballistix sport 8GB (kit of two 4GB) lastly Hitachi GST Travelstar 7K750.
Thats: 130 + 145 + 50 + 35 + 60$ = 410$
In which i have used probably THE most expensive mini-itx motherboard, with two gigabit ethernet ports (meaning it, unlike mini without thunderbolt-to-ethernet anything, can go wired router right away). I have a slightly better clocked CPU with the same HD4000 intel integrated, have same amount of RAM and 7200 RPM hdd vs. 5400 in Mini. With slightly larger case, and 95W vs. 85W of Mini's.
What can i do with the additional 290$? Well, go check yourself to that of your liking.
Want OSX on it? Add three drivers available from the community and about an hour of reading the installation instructions, but... who in seriousness would make "domain/vpn/mail/router/teamspeak/etc..." server out of OSX?
Oh, and don't forget, that apple, with their leverage, buy hardware much cheaper than i, average consumer, from reseller of reseller.
I, myself, unless it is clear from my info, use Apples alongside with non-Apples. So anti-apple/fanboy/whatever arguments are a waste of everyone's time.
I found out the hard way how good were displays in desktop Macs trying to find a decent replacement, that would not cost thousands of dollars (like Eizo/Nec's), when my 24" 2008y model died out of GPU overheat and took display assembly with it.
Building temporary hackintosh was one-day job, but the display...
I did say that my gaming machine, which cost me $1200 and runs Windows btw, is capable of doing everything on that list while gaming. So why would you spend $700 for a machine dedicated to those tasks? Which implies that you have another system for gaming/productivity and I'm sure the two together cost well over the price of my single desktop, especially for an Apple fanboy.
It is overpriced for what it is no matter how you spin it. I understand you might want to waste your money, but my point is don't try to belittle the people who don't want to.


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Medal of Honor Citation
30 September 1918 — Atlantic Ocean
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve Force
Born: 20 May 1884, Jersey City, NJ
Appointed from: Mississippi
For exceptionally heroic service in a position of great responsibility as commanding officer of the U.S.S. Ticonderoga, when, on 30 September 1918, that vessel was attacked by an enemy submarine and was sunk after a prolonged and gallant resistance. The submarine opened fire at a range of 500 yards, the first shots taking effect on the bridge and forecastle, 1 of the 2 forward guns of the Ticonderoga being disabled by the second shot. The fire was returned and the fight continued for nearly 2 hours. Lt. Comdr. Madison was severely wounded early in the fight, but caused himself to be placed in a chair on the bridge and continued to direct the fire and to maneuver the ship. When the order was finally given to abandon the sinking ship, he became unconscious from loss of blood, but was lowered into a lifeboat and was saved, with 31 others, out of a total number of 236 on board.
Notes: He was later promoted to the rank of Commander and was also entitled to the World War I Victory Medal with "Transport" clasp. The original citation had the date listed (incorrectly) as 4 October 1918. The German U-Boat that sank the Ticonderoga was the U-152.


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A CHALFORD family are ramping up the red for heart disease on Friday.
Charlie Robbins, five, was born with critical aortic stenosis, a heart condition which prevented a steady flow of oxygenated blood from being pumped around his body.
"As soon as they cut the umbilical cord he went very blue and was struggling to breathe," said Charlie's mum Claire, who has two other children, Beth, 10, and Lauren, 13, with husband Mark.
Charlie, who attends Chalford Hill Primary School, was rushed from Cheltenham General Hospital to St Michael's Hospital in Bristol, which specialises in maternity services, where he spent the first two weeks of his life.
He was then sent to Evelina London Children's Hospital for 12 weeks.
Charlie underwent two open heart surgeries in the first weeks of his life to access the problem with his heart and when he was eight months old he had a valve replacement.
He has now outgrown that first valve and next year will be going back under the knife to have another replacement valve fitted.
It is estimated that he will then need two more operations, at the age of 11 and then 18, until his body is fully grown and replacements are no longer needed.
"We are hoping however that with research we won't have to go down the open heart surgery route," said Claire, who works part time as a disability nurse.
To raise money for the British Heart Foundation, Claire has asked Charlie's school to organise a 'dress in red' day on Friday to coincide with Ramp up the Red – an event which encourages people across the country to wear red to raise money for heart disease.
"The children will make a donation to wear red and hopefully we will raise some money for a very worthy cause," said Claire.
Charlie's older sister Lauren also asked for her class at Stroud High School to make the Evelina hospital their charity for the upcoming term.
"This is a heart condition that will affect Charlie his whole life," added Claire, who has been married to Mark for 14 years.
"Even between the surgeries he will always need to take medication but for the most part he is like any other five-year-old and as difficult as it is we just have to let him be one.
"Unfortunately he will never be able to play any contact sports so for now we are trying to get him interested in swimming and cricket."
To find out more about Ramp up the Red events or to make a donation to the British Heart Foundation please visit www.rampupthered.org.uk or bhf.org.uk


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Federal funding for Johne's Disease programs has been in decline for a number of years, resulting in states receiving little to no federal money to support their programs. The disease, however, is not gone.
An article in the November 2012 Penn State Dairy Digest addresses important management factors that can reduce a calf's exposure to the bacteria that causes Johne's Disease, including:
- How to reduce exposure of calves to manure in the calving area.
- Feeding management of newborn and pre-weaned calves.
- Testing of cows using milk, blood, or manure MAP tests (Mycobacterium avium ssp. tuberculosis, a.k.a MAP).
The article was written by Ernest Hovingh, Penn State Extension veterinarian, and Dave Wolfgang, senior research associate.
Source: November 2012 Penn State Dairy Digest


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|This article is about helicopters in general. For helicopters assuming the "Helicopter" name, see Helicopter (disambiguation).
Helicopters (also referred to as Choppers) are recurring aircraft first introduced in Grand Theft Auto 1 as non-controllable vehicles, and available as controllable vehicles since Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Helicopters complement fixed-wing aircraft, and possesses advantages and drawbacks. Due to similar attributes, gyrocopters, such as the Little Willie, are included in this article, even though gyrocopters/autogyros are distinct from helicopters. Both fall under the broader category of rotorcraft.
Helicopters are vertical take-off aircraft which utilize one or more horizontal rotors to control height and one tail rotor to stabilize the aircraft from spinning out of control from the force of the horizontal rotor(s). As a result of its construction, helicopters are more capable of executing vertical takeoff and landing, as well as hovering in the air, but is slower in speed than fixed-wing aircraft as horizontal movement is dependent on the tilt of the vehicle rather than the propulsion of the rotor.
The player can control the speed of the rotor using the acceleration and brake commands, while banking, which requires the use of both the steering commands for side banks and two sets of directional commands for forward/backward leans and turning. Since Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, helicopters typically support between one to four occupants.
In Grand Theft Auto V, helicopters are now significantly harder to fly - they sway constantly even in good weather. This relaxed stability does not extend to pitch control, as the game will automatically correct and limit the downward pitch of a helicopter - it is no longer possible to fly a helicopter upside down.
Helicopters can sustain damage and crash or explode as a result. The earliest known helicopter to possess this weakness are the Police Helicopter and Helicopter in GTA III, which are vulnerable to gunfire or a rocket launcher. By the time helicopters were controllable in GTA: Vice City, helicopters may also suffer damage from impact on hard surfaces (with the exception of landing) or other solid objects, and cease to function outright in water if they do not have pontoons (i.e. the Sea Sparrow). The degree of damage on a helicopter is only indicated by the presence of smoke or fire appearing from the horizontal rotor.
An exception to this are the helicopters flown by the police. These helicopters are scripted to take damage differently than flyable helicopters. They do not emit smoke and fire if they are heavily damaged. However, if the helicopter sustains too much damage, it will begin to spin in circles and gravitate towards the ground. Once it hits the ground it will disintegrate immediately, and parts of the helicopter can be seen flying in random directions. Also, the entire tail boom of the helicopters can be severed with the use of powerful weapons (such as a rocket launcher), resulting in it spinning in circles rapidly.
In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the damage system has been improved when compared to its predecessors. If the player heavily damages a helicopter, the rotors will weaken in power (indicated by some loss in the ability to climb as well as a lowered pitch in the engine sound (the same applies to planes for their engines)), making flying more difficult. If the helicopter sustains even more damage, the rotors will weaken further and will emit smoke, and the helicopter starts to rotate in circles, making it even harder to control. The main rotor at this point has been damaged to the extent where the player can no longer climb. Eventually, the main rotor will either catch fire, or parts of the helicopter will explode several times. These are the game's last signs of the helicopter's imminent destruction. From this point on, the player will have almost no control over the helicopter, as most of its control surfaces have been heavily damaged. Around 15 seconds after the initial fire, the helicopter will inevitably explode violently, destroying it completely and killing the player. However, it is worth noting that the models of helicopters still remain unchanged despite heavy damage.
As Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories reuse GTA: Vice City's engine, they revert to its damage engine. This system remains unchanged until Grand Theft Auto IV.
In GTA IV, the damage mechanics of helicopters have been improved greatly. If the helicopter blades hit a wall too much, the blades will be ripped apart and the helicopter, devoid of its ability to maintain lift, will fall, inflicting various damage (depending on the fall height) on both the helicopter itself and the protagonist, up to killing him. Also, the entire tail boom can snap off if the player strikes it against a building or barrier with enough force. With the tail boom destroyed, the player has little control over the rotation of helicopter. The tail rotor is used for stabilizing the helicopter by providing a force against the rotational force of the main rotor as well as rotating the helicopter through the use of the rudder pedals so the lack of one causes the helicopter to spin in circles rapidly. While in a helicopter, beeping can be heard once the helicopter sustains too much damage. If the helicopter sustains more damage after the beeping alert is heard, it can either explode (which will be evidenced by the engines being on fire) or the tail boom will break off. Also, though hard to make happen, instead of the entire tail boom being severed, the tail rotor may shatter, resulting in the same realistic spin effect.[1] Less commonly, enough damage can be inflicted on the helicopter to cut the engine. This can cause the helicopter to fall out of the sky, similar to losing its main blades.
In GTA V, the tail and rotors can break as they did in GTA IV, but now a helicopter crash is usually lethal, as they will now usually explode upon impact with a solid object, much like a plane will. This also makes an emergency ejection harder, as the player will usually be caught in the explosion as they jump out. Unlike GTA IV, breaking the tail will simply make the helicopter plunge towards the ground, as the helicopter becomes very unstable in this situation. For the Cargobob, the same problem is present when losing one of the main rotors.
The damage is represented by a more advanced behaviour: A slight damage will cause a louder hiss coming from the helicopter, usually caused by small gunfire and/or accidental crashes and it will be easily ignored by the pilot. However, more damage will result in a smoke coming from the engines, as well as a more noticeable hiss that adverts a warning over it. If still ignored, the smoke will become progressively darker and denser, and the engine starts losing more power, thus affecting the basic piloting. As is the case with a damaged plane, the helicopter will suffer multiple shutdowns, until the engine is turned off indefinitely, indicated by an alarm that starts to sound in the cab. Despite these effects, the player can land safely on the ground if executed properly, as the rotors can still spin after the shutdown.
Much like fixed-wing aircraft, the weather has a noticeable effect on helicopters in GTA: San Andreas and GTA: Vice City Stories. In windy or rainy conditions helicopters will bank and sway in the direction of the wind, which makes flying at low altitudes dangerous. Players can avoid accidents by flying at higher altitudes, where there is plenty of room to maneuver.
Usage as a weapon
Helicopters can be used as a weapon. Since GTA III, police helicopters will shoot at the player if the player receives a wanted level of three or more. In GTA IV, actual police officers will shoot from the helicopters instead.
Mounted weapons may be available on certain models, including the Sea Sparrow, Hunter, Annihilator, Buzzard and Savage. From GTA III to GTA: Vice City Stories, mounted guns can auto-aim at targets to a certain extent while rockets need to be aimed by the player. Since GTA IV, mounted guns can no longer auto-aim and has to be manually aimed. In order to make aiming easier, holding the spacebar (PC version) switches to a first-person aiming mode with crosshairs in the middle. However, the helicopter must be physically pointed towards the target, and since pitching the nose up and down causes the helicopter to move forwards and backwards, actually hitting targets with any accuracy can be difficult.
The main blades of the helicopter can be used to instantly kill any pedestrians. Until GTA IV, players could not kill themselves using the blades of their own helicopters or police helicopters, though GTA IV and GTA V now allow this to happen (which makes it advisable to wait until the blades come to a stop before exiting a helicopter in some awkward-landing scenarios). Games prior allow only the horizontal rotor to inflict such damage, while helicopters in GTA IV and GTA V allow the player to kill using the tail rotor as well. Kills using the blades of the helicopter do not warrant the player attention from the police in the 3D Universe and GTA IV. GTA IV introduced additional damage with the blades by being able to collide with vehicles and throw them around using them.
- Despite the fact that most real-life helicopters are piloted from the right-hand side, all flyable helicopters in Grand Theft Auto are piloted from the left. Although the choppers are modelled with dual controls as in real life, they cannot be flown from the right-hand seat in the game. Furthermore, in The Ballad of Gay Tony mission "Dropping In", when Luis exits the chopper, Timur shifts from the right-hand seat to the left to take over the controls. Similarly, in the case of the Hunter and the Savage, these are piloted from the co-pilot gunner seat while the rear seat isn't able to control the vehicle, opposed to their real-life counterparts.
- On game box art from Grand Theft Auto III onward (besides Grand Theft Auto Advance and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars) a helicopter is always depicted in the top-left corner.
3D Universe
- In the original PlayStation 2 version of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, entering a Pay 'N' Spray in a helicopter will result in the helicopter acquiring wheels.
- In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, shooting at certain places on the skids will make a pop sound, as if shooting out a car's tire.
- Also in GTA: Vice City, when the "invisible cars" cheat is enabled, the helicopter will appear with a set of wheels, just like all other vehicles. In this case, the wheels are generic car wheels.
- Again in GTA: Vice City, there is a second variant of the Police Maverick (internally named "chopper", the normal variant is named "polmav") which is flown by the police. When spawned, however, it is invisible. As it is technically a remote-controlled vehicle, entering it will crash the game. Even if it is controlled, it has no acceleration and is therefore useless.
- In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, there's a glitch that occurs frequently when the helicopter catches smoke: it causes the chopper to instantly explode upon player's attempt to leave it, making it impossible to eject and parachute down. The only way to survive is to land in water (doesn't work with Sea Sparrow and Leviathan), which prevents the helicopter from exploding. Therefore, the slow main rotor movement is the last warning for the player to avoid being trapped inside.
HD Universe
- In Grand Theft Auto IV, when you have a three star wanted level, if you can shoot the chopper pilot while the chopper is over water, causing it to crash into the water, it will remain there and no other choppers will appear until you leave the area or when destroyed with a grenade (if the player is able to throw one).
- In GTA IV, all helicopters have scripted flight patterns, and will only spawn to fly over a small set distance before disappearing. However, a bug exists: if you have a wanted level, a civilian helicopter will sometimes break from its script to chase and threaten you as if it were a police helicopter at 3 stars. If you don't have a wanted level, doing something like shooting a Helitours Maverick will cause it to act as a Police Maverick and it will hover over you, as if it had police officers in it. Despite the fact it isn't owned by the LCPD, it will give you a 3 star wanted level if you shoot and kill the pilot, just like if you were killing a cop. This works with Helitours Mavericks and Annihilators. This is because, for some reason, helicopters are scripted to spawn a police officer inside.
- In GTA IV, if the player follows an helicopter that spawns on the bridge, the NPC helicopter will start to gain altittude indefinitely, until it reaches the maximum height limit.
- There is a rare glitch with HD Universe helicopters, sometimes when taking off in one, it may automatically accelerate backwards or forwards without the player controlling it. It is unknown why this happens.
- There is a rare issue in the HD Universe helicopters where some wheeled helicopters, when turning sideways, the wheels seem to become "stuck" or "turn" for a brief moment before returning to their normal positions. This issue is very hard to notice, as not all helicopters have focus on their wheels with the cinematic camera, and those that do require an exhaustive observation for the issue to become apparent. For example, in GTA IV or Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City the issue is noticeable on the Annihilator, and in Grand Theft Auto V with the Skylift (observing the front gear in both cases). Apparently, it only affects the ones located on the front (depending of the helicopter).
- In Grand Theft Auto Online, as of patch 1.17, players flying a helicopter will be indicated on the minimap by a special helicopter icon. It is the same as the Police Maverick HUD icon but white.
- Oddly, all helicopters in GTA V are able to land in the water if still piloted and if not forced to land. While it isn't dangerous, some helicopters, especially the Police Maverick, tend to lose their tail rotors when the sea is very turbulent, as the waves will cause damage to the tail rotor, similar to when forcing them into a building.


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Former Men's Basketball Coach Shares Talents with Others
SAINT LEO, Fla. – Community involvement is still on top of the list for former Saint Leo University men's basketball Coach Mike Madagan as he taught his skill to other coaches around the area.
Boys and girls and coaches, who are a part of the basketball division of the Wesley Chapel Athletic Association found this to be all so true last month when the Lions put on a clinic for 43 of the male and female coaches at the Marion Bowman Center on Monday, February 7 and a productive afternoon clinic at the association courts for just under 100 boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 14 on Sunday, Feb. 13.
Matt Morris, one of the directors of the league, said he wanted to pass along his thanks to the team and Coach Madagan for two great events. "Several coaches and parents approached me during the clinic with very positive feedback," said Morris. Parent Eric Handman added: "Just want to say the players' clinic was 'Great' and a lot of fun.
Jeremy really enjoyed participating. The players were great with the kids. All in all, it was just a 'Great idea', and we are thankful to be a part of it."
Madagan spent a little over two hours earlier in the week with the coaches, going over all basic things to teach players with as they moved along in their practice sessions. The Lions' players illustrated all parts of Madagan's teachings. "You want to start slowly, especially with the real young ones," said Madagan. "Some times not even using basketballs as you teach. Keeping everyone involved during practice is difficult for the real young ones, but as long as you involve them in the process, their interest will be there."
During the Q&A one coach raised his hand and voiced: "I don't have a question, because you really covered it from A to Z. Now if I can only get a tape of your presentation I will be in great shape."
Madagan said his players had a great time working with the youngsters in small groups on Sunday afternoon. "We shared basketball fundamentals for two hours," Madagan pointed out. "We taught the young players how to shoot lay-ups, passing drills, defense, foot work and dribbling."
It was a nice chance for Madagan to leave his coaching impression with many others as he leaves the profession behind after 30 years.


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What's happening here?
...tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, clink.
"Forty Two?"
HintWho taps, feels, waits and speaks?
AnswerA visually impaired (blind) person going to a bus stop and waiting for a number 42 bus. Using his cane he finds the bus stop, checks the braille on the time table, makes sure it's the right bus stop, then asks each bus driver as the bus stops if it is the forty two number bus.
I really respect what lengths sight impaired people must go through to perform even the simplest of tasks, and recognize how more can be done to aid impaired people.
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