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I am having big problems trying to move my 560Mb vBulletin database to a new shared host. The hosting company does not support Shell access for security reasons so i tried to use bigdump to upload the .sql file to a new database on the new host. Bigdump gives me an error when i try to upload:
At this place the current query includes more than 300 dump lines. That can happen if your dump file was created by some tool which doesn't place a semicolon followed by a linebreak at the end of each query, or if your dump contains extended inserts or very long procedure definitions. Please read the BigDump usage notes for more infos. Ask for our support services in order to handle dump files containing extended inserts.
Does anyone know how to turn off extended inserts or deal with long procedure definitions in phpMyAdmin? Im hoping this will finally get it sorted but the whole process of uploaded the .sql file to a server takes about 4 hours so its a laborious task
It probably would be best if you contacted your host about the issue.
Remote MySQL connections allowed? You should be able to turn those on in your control panel. Create a simple php script that uses fgetcsv to run individual inserts into your db after createing the tables that are within that sql file.
I agree with the others. If you are going to host a database of this size then it's essential that you choose a hosting company that allows some form of remote db access, otherwise you are limited to db administration through unreliable PHP applications. As a last resort you might try SQLyog - it allows remote connections through HTTP tunneling. I've never tried it so I don't know how well it works.
I got in contact with my host and they can upload it for me. Now the problem is corrupted .sql files. They have tried it twice and it's failed twice with 2 .sql files i have uploaded to my FTP. When i looked at the first one it was very short and clearly was missing most of the file. The second one i tried to look at in my browser and it seemed to be much much longer but eventually i think my browser had a problem with it because the file was too big. Next i'll attempt to do it with a .sql.gz. The first 2 attempts had no compression.
Well, so your primary problem is to repair your sql dump first! I would suggest to first test it locally - install mysql and try loading the dump to your server on localhost. It can be tough to fix such a large dump but if you are lucky to find a spot with the error you can use a hex editor like Hex Editor Neo to edit the file (an ordirary notepad can corrupt data if the dump contains binary segments).
There is also one small hope - it is possible that you dump file contains queries too long for the server to accept. If that is the case you can try increasing max_allowed_packet.
This does not sound good. I am a MySQL novice so by the looks of things i could be in trouble here? Im too busy with other projects to spend a week trying to fix this. When you say it can be tough to fix a large dump is it likely that i will just not be able to transfer the file at all?
It's a vBulletin forum that's been running for about 7 years. I dont like the idea of starting from scratch and losing just over half a million posts
So i finally got a working .sql copy uploaded to the new database. I got the old host company to do a download with shell access which has worked. Looks like phpMyAdmin export doesn't work so well on large files.
Glad you managed to do it. A few years ago I also got burned with a corrupt phpmyadmin export and since then I know to avoid this tool.


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A BUSINESSMAN wants to revive Blackburn's former Utopia nightclub to boost the town's evening economy.
Leon Kelly believes the re- opening could play a key part in the council's strategy for the future, with a projected opening date of summer next year.
Next Thursday, January 16, he will present his idea to council leader Kate Hollern and her regeneration supremo Andrew Lightfoot.
The proposal would involve spending more than £500,000 on the shell of the old nightclub building, on the top of The Mall, originally the Cavendish Club.
Mr Kelly, who runs the 'Level One' nightclub chain, said: "Because Blackburn's nightlife has taken a serious downward spiral, I want to build on the nostalgia for the Cavendish Club, Peppermint Place, and Utopia.
"The only way the council could regenerate the town would be to re-open the thing that made Black-burn synonymous with a night out.
"A lot of people have got an enormous amount of love and affection for it.
Mr Kelly has already contacted Mall bosses, who would need to repair the building, and will ask Coun Hollern for Blackburn with Darwen Council backing and cash.
Blackburn-born Mr Kelly, 36, who lives in Wilpshire, would split the proposed new club into Utopia, aimed at 18 to 25s, and Peppermint Place for older clubbers. It would host live bands.
He said: "If I can pull together a plan with The Mall and the council, I have a significant amount of my own money I could invest."
Coun Hollern said: "I am looking forward to meeting Mr Kelly. The council wants to revive Blackburn as an evening destination and we will do whatever we can to help."
Mall general manager Loraine Jones said: "This is an interesting idea, but he would need a viable fin-ancial package to go ahead."
Mr Kelly currently runs a 'Level One' club in Accrington, plans to open one in Darwen on January 31, and ran a similar venue in Burnley, which closed on New Year's Eve.

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PHILADELPHIA – Coming off without question its best overall performance of this young season, the University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team hopes to keep the momentum going with a Thanksgiving weekend trip to Lafayette. It's another reunion of sorts for Penn head coach Jerome Allen, as he once again matches wits with one of his coaches from his Penn playing days, Fran O'Hanlon.
GAME 6 - PENN (2-3) at LAFAYETTE (0-5)
Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013 * 2 p.m.
Kirby Sports Center (Easton, Pa.)
TV: Patriot League Network
Radio: WFIL 560 AM (Brian Seltzer, Stan Pawlak)
The Penn-Lafayette Series
*The Quakers lead the series, 40-6, but have gone just 3-3 against the Leopards over the last six meetings.
*One of Penn's most regular non-conference matchups, the Quakers and the Pards have played every season since 1988-89 with the exception of 2006-07. After Ivy League and Big 5 opponents, Penn has played only Navy (81 times), Penn State (48) and Syracuse (47) more often.
*Last year, Lafayette came to The Palestra in Philadelphia and gained an 85-83 win. Dau Jok led Penn with a career-high 18 points, while Darien Nelson-Henry had 17 and Tony Hicks scored 12.
*Penn is 162-53 all-time against the programs that currently make up the Patriot League. (American 6-0, Army 21-12, Boston University 1-0, Bucknell 4-1, Colgate 7-1, Holy Cross 3-3, Lafayette 40-6, Lehigh 22-5, Loyola (Md.) 0-1, Navy 57-24)
Quaker Notemeal From Niagara
*Penn won for the first time at The Palestra this season (now 1-2).
*Penn scored 85 points, the most in the Jerome Allen coaching era and the most since a 97-94, double OT loss to Delaware on Nov. 21, 2009.
*The last time Penn scored 85 points in a regulation game was March 7, 2008, a 94-92 loss to Cornell.
*Penn also set new team highs in the Allen coaching era in field goals (34) and blocked shots (9).
*Penn set season highs in field-goal percentage (54.8) and assists (22), and tied for its season high in rebounds (43).
*Penn is 2-0 when leading at the half so far this season.
*Penn also is 2-0 against MAAC teams this season (0-3 against all others), and 2-0 on Tuesdays (0-3 on other days).
*Penn outrebounded its opponent for the first time this season.
*Penn and Niagara matched each other in both three-pointers made (4) and turnovers (15).
*Sophomore Tony Hicks scored 33 points, a career high and also the most by a Penn player since Dec. 2, 2006 (Mark Zoller 33 vs. Villanova).
*Hicks also matched his season/career high with five assists.
*Jamal Lewis set season highs in points (6), assists (5), and three-point FG made (2).
*Senior Fran Dougherty set a new career high in assists (3) and led Penn with a season-high eight rebounds.
*This marked the first game a player other than Darien Nelson-Henry led the Quakers in boards.
*Senior Cameron Gunter had season highs in points (5), rebounds (4) and minutes (9).
*Freshman Matt Howard scored the first four points of his collegiate career.
*Junior Greg Louis saw his first game action of 2013-14 and set a new career high with two blocked shots.
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from the players' union:
To start up second round, NHLPA will be matching fan pledges
…Proceeds go towards Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada purchasing AEDs for Canadian arenas
TORONTO (April 28, 2011) – Following an exciting first round of the playoffs, the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) and the Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) are pleased to announce that the NHLPA Beard-a-thon has already raised over $50,000. The money raised goes towards the Foundation purchasing Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) for local hockey arenas and communities across Canada. As the second round is set to begin, the NHLPA will be matching the first $50 pledge that each beard growing participant receives prior to May 14th.
The NHLPA Beard-a-thon continues until the final game of the playoffs and both organizations are optimistic the amount of money raised will continue to grow.
NHL players such as Scott Hartnell ("Chairman of the Beard"), Patrice Bergeron, Dan Cleary, Dan Hamhuis, Ryan Kesler, Brooks Laich, Jamal Mayers, Mason Raymond, and Martin St. Louis continue to participate in the NHLPA Beard-a-thon by growing out their playoff beards and seeking pledges. Close to 500 people – consisting of both NHL players and fans – are registered to grow a beard as part of the NHLPA Beard-a-thon, with over 1,000 pledges made so far for a total of more than $50,000.
"It is great to see hockey fans across Canada support the Heart and Stroke Foundation through the NHLPA Beard-a-thon," said Dan Hamhuis, Vancouver Canucks defenceman, who has currently raised the second most among all beard growers in Canada and the most among NHL players. "Hopefully, more people will sign up to grow a beard or pledge someone so that we can keep the dollars increasing!"
"With hockey fever gripping Canada, the Heart and Stroke Foundation is thrilled that more than 1,000 pledges have been made already by participating fans in the NHLPA Beard-a-thon to help us raise $50,000 in just the first round of the playoffs," says Irfhan Rawji, Chair, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. "Contributions from our donors over the course of the 2011 playoffs will go a long way towards ensuring we create a cardiac safe Canada for everyone."
Hockey fans can grow a beard of their own and seek out pledges, or make a pledge to their favourite beard grower – player or fellow fan – simply by visiting www.beardathon.ca. Remember, it is never too late to join in supporting the cause.
Starting today and continuing until 11:59 PM ET on May 13th, the NHLPA will make a $50 donation to the online profile of the first 200 NHLPA Beard-a-thon participants who increase their donations by $50 or more, matching up to $10,000 in total pledges among beard growers. The NHLPA intends for this matching program to help beard growers reach their fundraising goals and, more importantly, help save lives across Canada. The opportunity to grow does not stop there, as there will be a great prize for the most money raised during the second round. The fantastic prize will be an authentic, autographed jersey of the fan's choice!
Proceeds raised in the NHLPA Beard-a-thon will go towards HSF purchasing AEDs to place in local hockey arenas and community centres nationwide, and will be allocated based on the local province where each donation is made; donations made outside of Canada will go towards the home province of the player or fan who is receiving the pledge. As many as 45,000 cardiac arrests occur each year across Canada. Research shows that the first three minutes are the most important when helping someone who suffers cardiac arrest. The use of an AED with CPR before the arrival of Emergency Medical Services can increase the chance of survival by up to 75 percent.
Hockey fans everywhere can log-on to www.beardathon.ca or www.nhlpa.com for more information on the NHLPA Beard-a-thon. Every day during the playoffs, a "Beard of the Day" is chosen online, with the winner receiving a prize. The fan who raises the most money in the NHLPA Beard-a-thon will receive the grand prize: an all-expenses paid trip for two to watch Scott and his team play next season where they will meet Scott and will also receive signed jerseys and spending money. There are other great prizes to be won as well, including merchandise, signed photos and jerseys.
FINAL REMINDER: Those who want to enter our second-round series predictions contest, scroll a couple of threads down, read the rules, and join before 9 p.m. or forever hold your peace. You must enter your predictions in that particular thread only.
And those who joined our Paul Mara Beard contest with "before" photos, I need your "after" photos by 9 p.m. tonight. Include your screen name. Send them to me at email@example.com


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Museum History
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is dedicated to the art and artists of the United States. All regions, cultures, and traditions in this country are represented in the museum's collections, research resources, exhibitions, and public programs. Colonial portraiture, nineteenth-century landscape, American impressionism, twentieth-century realism and abstraction, New Deal projects, sculpture, photography, prints and drawings, contemporary crafts, African American art, Latino art, and folk art are featured in the collection. More than 7,000 American artists are represented, including major artists such as John Singleton Copley, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, Robert Rauschenberg, Nam June Paik, and Martin Puryear.
History of the Collection
The collection began modestly in 1829 when a Washingtonian named John Varden set out to form a museum in the nation's capital for his collection of European art. At first, the art was placed in a room he added to his own house near the U.S. Capitol.
In 1841, Varden's collection was displayed in the newly constructed Patent Office Building—coincidentally, the museum's home today. Along with Varden's works came Varden himself as "curator" of the newly created "National Institute" for government-owned artistic and historic items. Paintings and sculptures shared space in a large exhibit hall with the Declaration of Independence and Benjamin Franklin's printing press.
The establishment of the Smithsonian in 1846 eclipsed the prestige of the institute, which later disbanded. By 1858, a majority of the items on view at the Patent Office Building were moved a few blocks to the newly completed Smithsonian Castle. The remainder of the collection followed in 1862. But a destructive fire there in 1865 increased the Smithsonian's reluctance to build cultural collections. For the rest of the century, most of the artwork was placed on loan to the Library of Congress and to the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
A Turning Point
A turning point in the history of the collection came in 1906. That year the probated will of Harriet Lane Johnston, an art collector and niece of President James Buchanan, forced an important decision in a federal court: the recognition that the Smithsonian's collection formed a "National Gallery of Art."
Coined during a national art-collecting boom, the official name soon attracted major gifts. Highly prized were diverse artworks owned by John Gellatly and American impressionist paintings and Barbizon landscapes collected by William T. Evans.
A Permanent Home
Plans to build a permanent home for the museum on the National Mall came and went, among them a prize-winning modernist structure that shocked federal officials and was never built. The competition had been organized after Andrew Mellon gave his European-focused art collection to the nation in 1937 with the stipulation that his new museum be called the "National Gallery of Art" in emulation of the National Gallery of Art in London.
To comply with Mellon's wishes for a National Gallery of Art to house his European collection, the Smithsonian museum known as the National Gallery of Art for thirty-one years was renamed the National Collection of Fine Arts in 1937. It assumed new responsibilities in promoting the work of living artists and building a national audience.
The interest in historic preservation after World War II ultimately was responsible for giving the first Smithsonian art museum a new home—and preserving an architectural treasure. In 1957, a bill was introduced in Congress to demolish the elegant Patent Office Building to make way for a parking lot. Deteriorated but still one of the purest examples of Greek Revival architecture in the nation, the structure was saved when Congress transferred the building to the Smithsonian. In 1968, after an extensive interior renovation, the museum opened to the public. To learn more about the history of the building, visit the online exhibition for Temple of Invention: History of a National Landmark.
In 1972, the Renwick Gallery opened to the public as a branch museum featuring American crafts.
In 1980, the museum's name was changed to the National Museum of American Art as part of a Smithsonian initiative to standardize the names of its many museums and to reflect the museum's primary focus on American Art. Since then, the museum's exclusive mission has been the acquistion, promotion and interpretation of the work of artists in the United States. Twenty years later, the museum proposed that it be called the Smithsonian American Art Museum as an easy-to-remember name and a straightforward presentation of its mission. Congress approved this change in October 2000.
Adapted from History of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, n.d.), brochure, copyright by Smithsonian Institution.


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More than one in five adults in the U.S. has a tattoo. Celebrities such as Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp have lots of them! David Beckham boldly flaunts his tattoos in an H&M commercial. And fan websites for celebrities such as Justin Bieber and Rihanna are totally devoted to the singers' tattoos and what they mean.
Big or small, tattoos are now mainstream, but recent outbreaks of tattoo-related infections are cause for concern.
Getting a tattoo does pose health risks. The Centers for Disease Control recently issued a report on tattoo-related skin infections in several states caused by contaminated ink. And Consumer Reports' medical adviser says concerns go beyond skin infections.
In tattoo parlors that don't follow good infection prevention practices, there can be a risk of contracting HIV and hepatitis. But there are ways you can reduce your risks. First, keep a clear head and never drink before you ink. And avoid homemade tattoos.
Instead, find an experienced tattoo artist. Check that the artist uses individually packaged single-use kits with disposable needles and tubes and wears sterile, disposable gloves. Consumer Reports advises if you do see any sign of a rash or infection, consult a doctor.
And remember, tattoos aren't easily removed. You don't want to be stuck with something that's really ugly or down the line you're going to regret.
Since January 1st of this year, tattoo artists in the state of Florida have been required to have a valid license. The rules require mandatory testing, hygiene standards and instruction in the prevention of communicable diseases. This new law also allows for state inspection of tattoo parlors and provides that licenses must be renewed yearly.
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Area football players to play in War of the Border
Published: Friday, January 18, 2013 at 8:25 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 18, 2013 at 8:25 a.m.
Thirty-one area senior football players will play for Florida tonight in the annual War of the Border All-Star Game against Georgia at Lowndes High in Valdosta, Ga.
The Florida team has been practicing all week locally at Buchholz, and this will be the second of three games. Orange Park Oakleaf coach and former Bradford coach Derek Chipoletti is Florida's head coach for this game.
Kickoff is set for 8 p.m.
Just this past Saturday, in Game 1, Florida beat Georgia, 21-14, in Moultrie, Ga. The third game of the all-star series, which will have a different roster, takes place on Feb. 2.
To see a list of area participants, look in the scoreboard section on this page.
High School Football
War of the Border All-Star Game
Tonight at Lowndes High, Valdosta, Ga.
Area roster: D'Karas Fields, WR, P.K. Yonge; Damien Strange, WR, Williston; Mark Cato, QB, Gainesville; Kenny Scott, RB, Buchholz; Cedric Stokes, RB, Trenton; Grant Godwin, PK, Buchholz; Larry Prunty, RB, Gainesville; Michael Mulberry, WR, Fort White; Felix Woods, LB, Columbia; Walter Mabrey, DB, Union County; Freddy Holmes, DB, Gainesville; JR Bass, DB, Lafayette; David Heinkel, DB, Williston; Kiaundric Richardson, LB, P.K. Yonge; Kurt Oehlbeck, LB, Buchholz; Alex Gonzales, LB, Gainesville; Keon Jenkins, LB, Gainesville; Hal Weaver, OL, Suwannee; Murphy Allen, OL, Bradford; James Henderson, OL, Eastside; Joshua Moore, DL, Gainesville; Rick Johnson, OL, Eastside; Laris Page, OL, Union County; Lyndell Hampton, DL, Bradford; Austin Morgan, OL, Bradford; Nicholas Davis, OL/LS, Buchholz; Blair Armagost, DL, Gainesville; Tyus Williams, TE, Williston; Shaquille Johnson, TE, Columbia; Carl Alexander, DL, Union County; Phillip James, DL, Bradford
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MIU Stainless-Steel 15-Inch Magnetic Knife Storage Bar
Those magnetic knife bars always look so cool in the movies. I would love to actually have one in my house. If I were to indulge, this would be the one for me. It is reported to have the perfect level of magnetic strength - whereas others have poor reviews of it being too strong or too weak. The bar will hold 6 - 8 knives, and keep you from having to rustle through that knife drawer every time you're cooking!


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DETROIT - General Motor is on the comeback trail, says CEO Dan Ackerson.
Ackerson believes the company is stabilized and on its way to the kind of profitability no one has seen in a generation.
"We had to kind of take a deep breath after we emerged from bankruptcy, generate some cash -- we've done that -- and with a reasonably "old" portfolio we are now going to really come into some good days," Ackerson said.
He said he is grateful for the hand taxpayers and the federal government gave the company. Now, he says, it's time to move forward.
When the federal government sells GM its shares by the end of March 2014, the government likely will take a severe hit. However, at least for the company, it can shed the moniker "Government Motors."
More: Automotive headlines
"It's good in the sense that it says this chapter in our history will close and we'll become a company that's owned by the market, not by, partially, by the government. I think that's a good thing for our employees, a good thing for our share holders and I think it's a good thing for the market more broadly," Ackerson said.
He said GM's market share, at just less than 18 percent, should stabilize and even grow a bit in the coming year. However, it's profitability is what Ackerson is more concerned with. That requires a new and better product.
Ackerson says 70 percent of the North American portfolio will get refreshed or remade in the next year or two.
"Yeah, I'm optimistic, and with this new product onslaught, if you will, it's going to be a renaissance for us in the next couple of years," he said.
Ackerson says his next big project is to get GM bonds out of junk status, where they have been for the past eight years, and get to investment grade. But GM needs to remain greatly profitable in everything it does.
Ackerson will not be doing interview at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next week.
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murder 'MIST'....
Why was every thing in sepia or darkness in Poirot's penultimate show?
blackout 12:53pm Sun 10 Nov Report Abuse
A lifelong fan but this one must be he worst I have ever seen, boring and dull.
bemused 9:57pm Wed 6 Nov Report Abuse
Allo Allo
Poirot ROCKS. Go you little Belgian sleuth you.
Oui Oui 9:04pm Thu 19 Sep Report Abuse
the FitzGerald (himself of that ilk)
BAFTA-Oscar-whatever this dersaervs them all and more simply brilliant theatre, intimate, close up superb thespianship, production as crowned by attention to reproducing the historical period with consummate accuracy...all hail writer, director and cast!
The FitzGerald (Himself) 9:43pm Sun 9 Jun Report Abuse
David Suchet
DS is the only true Poirot - never ever tire of it, repeats and all. However the rapport with Hastings and also Japp and Miss Lemon is a great miss.
doubletake 10:49pm Tue 19 Jun Report Abuse
Who wrote the summary? They obviously didn't watch the episode.
maggot 6:12pm Sun 19 Jun Report Abuse
Poirot..... (nearly) always a delight to watch - except for the later overdone 'Chorion' ones
Telly addict 2:40pm Sun 5 Jun Report Abuse
voice over
... it was the 'audio description' on the tv, silly me. Poirot's excused.
Mintpark 5:21pm Fri 15 Apr Report Abuse
what's going on?
What's that contrived voice-over? I can't watch this. Loved every single Poirot I've seen so far but this Blue Train episode is wrong.
Minpark 12:16pm Mon 11 Apr Report Abuse
Well this must be the worst Poirot ever made have they changed the director, or just run out of money? The story has been distorted and cut if you did not know the story you would have had even less of a chance of understanding the plot. Miss cast characters no wonder most actors are usually unemployed, dam good job it was on freeview otherwise I would demand my money back. A poor performance from Suchet and the hole thing was a dissapointment.
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On April 18, 2005, Mayor Greg Nickels signed the Covered Moorage Fire Protection Ordinance requiring fire protection improvements for existing Seattle marinas with covered moorage.
The ordinance will result in most existing covered moorage structures being equipped with smoke and heat vents and draft curtains. The addition of these built-in features will help to slow the spread of a fire by allowing heat and smoke to escape more rapidly. Boathouses and marinas without covered moorage are not affected by the ordinance.
Additional ordinance requirements deal with standpipes, hydrant proximity, signage, emergency planning and fire extinguishers. A few of the covered moorage facilities may be required to install fire sprinklers.
The ordinance was drafted by the Seattle Fire Department following a number of high property loss fires at covered marinas. Prior to Seattle City Council approval of the ordinance, there was considerable input and involvement by a stakeholders' workgroup comprised of marina owners, marine-related associations, yacht clubs and boat owners. The stakeholders' workgroup ultimately supported passage of the ordinance.
Marina owners impacted by the ordinance will receive an official letter from the Seattle Fire Department instructing them to submit a plan to comply with the new fire protection requirements. There are varying compliance times allowed for the each element of the covered moorage ordinance ranging from one to ten years from the date the Seattle Fire Department approves the marina owner's plan for compliance.
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Nothing Belt
From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
The nothing belt is a little known mass of land between east and west United States. This land is home to large amounts of Nothing. It consists of 19 states, plus Alaska and Hawaii.
edit Purpose
The nothing belt is a natural defense evolved over millions of years by the United States. Its first and primary purpose is to protect the rest of the states from the harmful effects of California. It has been argued that with the invention of modern transportation, humans are weakening this essential defense and could soon suffer from global boring. The second purpose is to defend against nukes from Russia, by giving them empty space in which to crash and asplode. A lesser known purpose is to hide secret government buildings which dont really exist.
edit Usefulness
There is little use for the nothing belt as there is nothing in it. Recently, the United States has considered giving it to Mexico. "By letting Mexico have the nothing belt, illegal immigration will no longer be an issue." said a politician "the Mexicans will simply keep moving up until they reach Canada, and then they're Canada's problem." His opponents on the matter disagree (obviously). "If we're sending them to Canada, why not just give the whole thing to Canada?" This argument was later defeated when a study by the government proved that while the nothing belt contains mainly nothing, Canada exports large amounts of cold. This cold is essential to the economy, and Canada simply does not have the economic strength to contain such massive quantities of nothing.
The Anti-Treehugger association has suggested completely destroying the nothing belt. "It's just unnecessary travel time" said some dude. "We should blow it up with a spacetime bomb, thus creating a rip in space and shortening the travel time significantly." This plan was met with harsh opposition, with opponents claiming that this would mix the two incompatible ecosystems and likely cause the universe to explode.
edit Inside the nothing belt
As the name implies, there's almost nothing here. Just look at the states, there's no borders so they just make them straight lines. This is so the U.S. can look like it owns more stuff than it actually does, thus increasing its power. It is believed that Oklahoma's "panhandle" is the result of boredom, a disease affecting all travelers who pass through the area.
75% of all buildings are secret government-owned property, with the other 1 building being the shack which operates Runescape servers in the US. This building was saved from demolition by an angry mob, who insisted it had great historical value. This is because Runescape is known to have revolutionized the definition of a game, changing it from "An amusement or pastime" to "A pastime", thus proving even something with absolutely no fun such as Runescape could still be called a game.
The belt is used primarily for deporting unwanted idiots, including politicians, school staff, celebrities and Microsoft, who are then eaten by Eurgs. This is because Eurgs are nobodies of Grues, and thus thrive mainly in conditions lacking in everything. They are the only known animals that can digest such large amounts of the nothing common throughout the area, and also the only animals that live in the nothing belt.
edit Exports
The primary export of the nothing belt is nothing, obviously. This nothing is exported in large trucks made of nothing. It is an essential component of space. It is also the currency of the nothing belt, and used to buy products that are free. The area supplies the nothing which fills up the human brain. However, nothing is used by terrorists to create boredom bombs, and the government is currently considering a ban on nothing. A minor export of this region is boringness.


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CALLS are being made to scrap the closure of a Worcester walk-in clinic - with politicians uniting to pledge a rethink.
Worcester City Council has voted to back a motion saying it believes the case has not been made to shut the Farrier Street walk-in.
As your Worcester News revealed last month, health chiefs want to close the facility to focus care services elsewhere.
Under the proposals the GP service, which has 4,400 registered patients, would remain open but the walk-in aspect of the site, which deals with 15,000 inquiries a year, would close.
During a full council meeting Councillor Joy Squires, Labour's city parliamentary candidate, said she had serious concerns over it.
She said: "We're talking about a pretty significant health provision right in the centre of the city.
"It amounts to a huge number of people who would be adversely affected by this."
She said the centre offered 50,000 appointments last year and over Christmas, 165 hours of "extra capacity" was created there to take the pressure off Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
Other councillors agreed to back her motion, which says there has been "no detailed rationale" for the move.
It means managing director Duncan Sharkey to write to the South Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (SWCCG) to ask for it to be "put on hold" pending a further review.
Senior management at the SWCCG will also be asked to appear before the council's scrutiny committee to answer questions on it.
Councillor Marc Bayliss, deputy Tory group leader, said: "This walk-in centre plays a very useful role in our health care system, I have used it in the past and always found it a good service."
Councillor Roger Berry, from Labour, said: "We know the pressures at A&E are already overloaded.
"If people start using that as their port of call it will make those problems worse.
"It's very hard for people to get to the hospital if they don't have the means or the application to reach it."
If the plans are given the go-ahead the centre will stop accepting 'walk-in' patients from August.
A public consultation on the Urgent Care Strategy runs until Wednesday, April 9.
The strategy says shutting the walk-in would free up money to improve GP surgeries.
To view the plans visit southworcsccg.nhs.uk/get-involved/urgent-care


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Barbagia is a large mountainous area in the central-eastern part of the Italian island Sardinia with beautiful nature and little isolated villages where people still lives respecting traditions working most of sheep-farming and breeding.
In the village of Sedilo every year a hundred of the most daring and brave horse riders participate in a wild and unrestrained race; S'ardia.
They don't run for money or glory but to show their devotion to a warrior saint, Saint Constantine. Actually he is not a saint according to the Vatican Church that never approved him, but he is to Sedilo's people, who celebrate his deeds.
The dust filled air, the smell of gunpowder and the crowd' s frenzy bring Sedilo and its inhabitants back to a time long gone.
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Mattia Vacca is an italian photojournalist. He was born in Como in 1978, he works and lives in Como and Milan. In 2003 he graduated with a BA in Science of Communication and a MS in Cinema and Journalism. He was selected for two editions of the Masterclass FSS Film Studies and Documentary Filmmaking in Locarno. Since 2006 he covers daily news events in Lombardia for Corriere della Sera. His work has been pubblished on major Italian daily newspapers and internationals magazines. His work has been honored with numerous awards, including Sony World Photography Awards, Unesco Humanity Photo Awards, International Photography Lucie Awards, Foto 8 Summershow, NPCI Nikon Photo Contest International, Hasselblad Masters.
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First win by St. Albert after eight losses to the Calgary Hornets in premier men's rugby
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 06:00 am
After eight straight frustrating losses to the Hornets, pride was on the line for St. Albert�s fantastic firsts when the powerhouses of Alberta Cup rugby collided Saturday in Calgary.
When the dust settled, the premier men�s team celebrated its greatest victory since the 2010 Labatt�s Cup provincial championship.
�It was a massive team performance,� said head coach Jo Hull of the 24-23 come-from-behind thriller over the winners of three provincial titles in a row and four in the last five years. �It was a massive landmark for us.�
In five trips to the final in six years, the first 15 suffered heartbreaking losses to the Hornets in 2009 (24-22 upset of the undefeated firsts), 2011 (31-13 to snap an 11-game winning streak) and last year�s disappointing 47-10 effort.
�Mentally it was a huge, huge win for us. It was the bridge we had to get over mentally,� Hull said.
At halftime the firsts were down but not out, trailing 20-11.
�The guys showed massive character to turn that game around from what it was to winning the game,� Hull said. �Ultimately our boys believed they could do it. There is a real sense of belief in the team this year and that is massive. The boys basically went out there and believed they could turn the game around and they did.�
In the first half the firsts were plagued by penalties and they gifted the Hornets two tries from poor defence.
�We gave away some ridiculous penalties and we were sloppy for sure. I think two of their tries came from us turning the ball over,� Hull said. �In the second half we changed a few things tactically and I think that got us the win. We tried to focus on winning our own ball and just better execution basically. What we did was keep the ball in hand.�
The big scoring play by the firsts in the opening half started with Shea O�Hallahan�s break through the middle of the Hornets� defence before passing the ball off to Antony Fitch. Johnny Moloney then reeled in Fitch�s over-the-shoulder pass but last year�s team MVP was held up in the try area. The firsts would eventually score off a five-metre scrum with Kyle Gilmour inflicting pain on the Hornets at the try line.
About 12 minutes into the second half Moloney was yellow carded for a high tackle and, despite being a man short on the sin-bin infraction, the firsts kicked a penalty to pull within six.
When Moloney returned to the pitch, Gilmour stole a lineout ball around the Hornets� 22-metre line and the firsts mauled their way into the try area with Moloney touching the ball down. The try was converted as the firsts took the lead for the first time at 21-20.
The paced of the match intensified after the try and with under four minutes remaining the Hornets slotted a penalty from in front of the posts to regain the lead at 23-21.
The next minute the Hornets were penalized after a Brett Kelly tackle and the kick was good to put the firsts back on top by one.
With about a minute to go, the firsts were penalized after a Hornets� lineout ball around the 22 but their kicker pushed the ball left from a bad angle to end the match.
�The one thing I wasn�t happy with was our discipline. It started to show on both sides actually because it was such a high-tempo game and I think both sides started to break down a little bit,� Hull said.
Gilmour, who is at the national team camp this week with Duncan Maguire of the Team Canada sevens (Maguire subbed on in the second half against the Hornets), Paul Flynn in the forwards, Adam Higgins in the centres and O�Hallahan in the backs were among a very long list of standouts in the win.
�Someone from the opposition said, �Your boys really look like a team.� That�s what people are seeing. We�ve upped our game and our own expectations,� Hull said. �The win shows our intention for this year and what our focus is. It�s something that we'll build on. We�ve set the benchmark now.�
Saturday the firsts (2-0) battle the scrappy Lep/Tigers at 2 p.m. at Ellerslie Rugby Park.
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St. Albert�s second division men scored all their points in the first half in Saturday�s hard-fought 15-13 loss to the Pirates at Alpine field.
Tries by Mitch Millett in the 10th minute (set up by Aaron Millard�s run into contact off a penalty play) and Matt Herod in the 30th minute (off a lineout ball by Christian Otto in front of the 22) and Neil Coghlan�s penalty kick in the 17th minute from outside the 22 (after a Byron Elliott run past the halfway line) did the honours against the top men�s team at the Pirates Rugby Club.
It was 13-5 at the break and in the second half the Pirates scored a converted try in the 45th minute and five minutes later took the lead on a long penalty kick.
�It was a very good defensive game. I think we were tired playing so much defence that our offence suffered a little bit,� said Millett, an outside-centre who shone in the loss. �We played well as a team in spots, really well actually. It was impressive to see, especially defensively.�
The bruising affair saw two Pirates whisked away by separate ambulances at halftime. There was also a brief melee in the second half when Millett was punched in the face.
�It was definitely rough. The energy was there,� said Millett, 24.
The former Bellerose Bulldogs� football standout was among several players on the second 15 who battled through injuries in the loss.
�It was good to see the guys coming out and playing through pain. Everyone was doing that today,� said the Sturgeon Composite High school alumnus.
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WITH local youngsters enjoying the Easter holidays, Annemarie Field is spending a few days with her little treasures, so one of our other Herald reporters steps in to try and fill her sizeable shoes. He hopes you don't hate him for not being her.
AS SOMEONE relatively new to Eastbourne the news that the Red Arrows would not be coming to this year's Airborne did not quite stir the same emotions in me as some of my locally born and raised colleagues. A blow, to be sure, but was it really THAT big a deal? Just book some jump jets and move on. Apparently though, it IS that big a deal.
Eastbourne, it seems, has until now enjoyed a special relationship with the flight team. It was evident when one of the Arrows died last year as the town hall flag hung at half mast.
And it is evident each year as thousands of locals head to the seafront to watch their acrobatic exploits over the pier. This year though, when Eastbourne is enjoying the 20th anniversary of Airbourne, the Red Arrows will fly over Red Square, no doubt delighting the crowds of Moscow.
Airbourne will go on without them and while it may not be quite the same spectacle, the loyalty of its audience will probably mean visitor numbers don't suffer too much this year.
The town needs to hope its love affair with the Arrows is not unrequited for too long. A prolonged absence might start to eat away at the annual boost Airbourne gives the local economy.
ANOTHER thing which has surprised me about Eastbourne – a town incidentally I am becoming more fond of every day – is it is not twinned with anywhere. My last job was in Hastings which was, quite simply, mad about twinning. Dordrecht and Hastings in Sierra Leone were official overseas links, while the local council was even invited to tie-in with Xiangsheng in China. I may have been wrongly informed about Eastbourne's lack of a twin town (and if I have been, blame my colleagues...) but it seems strange a town which so benefits from foreign tourists has never bedded down with a town on the continent. Thousands of students head to the Sunshine Coast each year, bringing millions of pounds with them. Isn't about time Eastbourne branched out and found a town to twin with?
LAST time Annemarie was off I wrote about getting an ice rink here in Eastbourne. Admittedly I have a vested interest. As a big ice hockey fan I would love to see a team based here in Sussex rather than have to trek to Guildford to get my fix.
The idea seems to have sparked something in some locals because the Herald has been receiving letters saying what a great idea it would be. With a growing population of young people and so many foreign students, a rink would be a brilliant asset for Eastbourne. It wouldn't even need to be that big, just large enough to house a hockey rink, seats for the crowd and a changing area for public skaters. Come on Eastbourne Borough Council, make it so.
I HAVE been covering the long-running saga surrounding the Wish Tower and the council decision to demolish the restaurant and have been amazed at how little people think they are being listened to. Councillors on the planning committee have a difficult job. They have to abide by strict guidelines and by the time the plans reached the town hall last week, there really was nothing the councillors could do but vote in favour of knocking it down. That said, more could have been done BEFORE then to engage local people and the fact the temporary replacement – which looks like something you imagine seeing the Telly Tubbies chilling outside – might end up smack bang in the middle of the Western Lawns is only going to annoy people all the more.
There needs to be a culture shift at the council which sees residents listened to more before applications end up at planning meetings because, to put it bluntly, by the time it gets voted on, it is often already too late.


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Little is known about acupuncture's efficacy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). This trial uses a manualized acupuncture treatment format that closely follows clinical practice and allows flexibility in designing individualized treatments. In addition, a second parallel qualitative study will follow a subgroup of patients throughout the trial to explore the relationships between patients' interpretations and understandings (what anthropologists call "meaning") of irritable bowel and their response to treatment. Cortisol levels (an important stress hormone) will also be assessed.
This will be a 3-arm trial: Active acupuncture, placebo acupuncture, and wait list.
|Irritable Bowel Syndrome
|Device: Acupuncture
|Phase 1 Phase 2
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Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double
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Diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome based on Rome II criteria, including at least 12 weeks of abdominal discomfort or pain in the last 12 months with at least 2 of the following features:
- Relief with defecation
- Onset associated with a change in stool frequency
- Onset associated with a change in form/appearance of stool
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- History of severe or intractable IBS, defined as continuous, unremitting and several abdominal pain greater than 12 hours/day
- Previous acupuncture treatment
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- History of laxative abuse
- Previous abdominal surgery (uncomplicated appendectomy, hysterectomy or cholecystectomy at least 6 months prior to entry acceptable)
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Keywords provided by National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH):
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Hailing from the Golden State, the former California Republican Party chairman works to advance conservatives in leadership throughout the state, country, and world because he knows the value of liberty. The only child of German immigrant parents who experienced the Cold War, Ron appreciates the light and delight that the "City on the Hill" brings to the world.
As California Republican Party (CRP) chairman, Ron and his team raised more than $73 million, permanently retired more $4 million in debt, and instituted a wide array of management and financial reforms in his four years before stepping down earlier this year due to term limits.
"Leadership Institute training dramatically improves the effectiveness of any candidate, campaign staff member, or activist who attends. Every day I take the principles we teach at the Leadership Institute and put them into practice," Ron said.
"The Leadership Institute had a direct and very positive impact at every level of my career, starting with the very first LI training I attended as a 19-year-old College Republican in 1990," Ron said.
"While I studied political science in the classroom, the Leadership Institute taught me the value and importance of organization and communication, and how those skills directly contribute to individual success, as well as the advancement of the conservative movement," Ron said.
The Leadership Institute's grassroots department of four men trained 4,127 conservatives in 103 trainings across 33 states this year in activism and candidate/campaign training.
The grassroots department offers seven types of training: Campaign Management School; Communications Workshop; Custom Workshop; Fundraising Workshop; Future Candidate School; Get-Out-The-Vote Workshop; and Grassroots Activist School.
"As I have traveled the country this year, I've gotten to meet so many great candidates running for office," said Robert Arnakis, senior director of domestic and international programs. "They truly appreciate what our organization does in preparing them for effective leadership and activism."
"My best memory this year was working with my staff," Robert said. "Their energy and dedication to LI speaks volumes. Having traveled more than 180 days, this year was real tough, but my staff kept focused and their positive attitude got us through the months were we saw a hotel room more often than our homes. Working together we met every goal we set for 2011. This next year—2012—will be an interesting year for our department. We intend to stay very busy as the election approaches."
In 2011 the Leadership Institute's Youth Leadership School, known as the "boot camp of politics," trained 1,042 young conservatives – setting an all-time LI record for this department.
This two-person YLS team trained 1,042 students in 33 trainings across 21 states this year.
The Youth Leadership School is an intense, two-day training that teaches students to organize and lead mass-based youth efforts for the candidates and causes of their choice. The flagship training of the Institute launches more careers in politics than any other LI program. Notable YLS graduates include Senator Mitch McConnell; Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity; and Governor Terry Branstad of Iowa.
The record-breaking year for the YLS department is thanks to LI's generous donors who support these programs and volunteer faculty who travel on weekends to share their expert political knowledge.
"The YLS can be life-changing," said Kent Strang, Youth Leadership School director. "I've seen former students elected to office, featured on print and broadcast media, run successful campaigns, and become colleagues. These success stories make every weekend away from my family well worth the effort."
Frank Scaturro is no ordinary candidate. Born to an Italian immigrant who made the American Dream reality as an entrepreneur, his son Frank knows the value of hard work and high ethics.
These principles drive Frank to restore freedom back to the citizens and businesses of Long Island and away from the federal government. Conserving liberty is why Frank is running for Congress.
"In New York, it's still early in the campaign season, so I will typically make lots of phone calls to actual and potential supporters during business hours when I am not handling case work or attending an event," Frank said.
Frank is active in his community, and one can often find him distributing clothing and supplies to veterans or talking to seniors about the Constitution or speaking at Kiwanis clubs, chambers of commerce, historical-preservation groups, or Republican women's clubs. When the weather warms, Frank is out knocking doors and greeting voters.
In August 2008 Frank attended LI training in St. Paul, Minnesota where he learned grassroots lobbying and campaign management tactics, such as: campaign plans, messaging, voter ID, and debating.
Frank's campaign Communications Director Akeem Mellis is also an LI graduate, taking a Grassroots Communications Workshop and a Campus Action Workshop.
"The Leadership Institute provides the kind of training that is indispensable to winning a competitive election," Frank said. "There are so many impressive policy think tanks out there that deal with policy, but the Leadership Institute is unique in devoting itself to process—a dimension of education that is necessary for us to be in a position to build a better future through public policy."
For Frank, Congress isn't something new; this legislative body captivated him at age seven.
Every year across America thousands of people run for public office. Many lose, and do so from common errors that can be avoided by learning from campaign experts.
This week 28 conservatives gathered at the Leadership Institute's Future Candidate School to learn effective campaign techniques as they consider a bid for public office.
This training helps conservatives thoughtfully consider and proactively strategize their campaign aspirations as well as encourage them to plan ahead.
The training began with a day dedicated entirely to candidate development. Holly Davis, co-founder and vice president of Gauge Market Research started it off with a simple question—"Are you ready to run?"
John Paul Wagemann is running again for the Washington State House of Representatives in the 28th district. He lost by around 600 votes with no campaign training.
"My original plan was not as well-written as it could have been. All four days of LI training reinforced the importance of having a solid plan going into a campaign," John said.
John says the lectures on the Leesburg Grid and public speaking were particularly encouraging. "I learned much more about public speaking and how to articulate what is important to me and my constituents," John said.
Yesterday 43 people braved the wind and the rain to hear Mark Mix, the president of the National Right to Work Committee and National Right to Work Foundation, who spoke at the Leadership Institute's December Wednesday Wake-Up Club Breakfast.
Mark Mix credits the Leadership Institute's techniques with his start in politics. He said a member of a conservative campus group at his college stood in front of a table, shook his hand, and invited him to their meeting.
In the following years, Mark went on to take LI's Legislative Project Management School, newspaper training, television training and other Institute trainings he could make. "I probably have more LI diplomas than most," he joked.
Standing before conservatives and supporters of the Institute, Mark spoke about his organization's efforts to establish right to work laws across the nation.
Rachel Hoff's passion for politics and international affairs has been a journey in the making, and is certainly quite distinguishable.
A daughter of expatriates, who worked in Japan, Rachel attended Tufts University and then went to work for the American Enterprise Institute, United States Congress, National Republican Congressional Committee, and, now, at the Foreign Policy Initiative as director of government relations & outreach.
"Leadership Institute training was absolutely formative in the early stages of my career," Rachel said.
"The lessons I learned at LI schools taught me how to do the leadership positions I held in the Young Republicans as national field director and director of media relations. Working hard at these volunteer positions during my first several years in Washington propelled my professional journey in a way that focusing solely on my day jobs could never have done," Rachel said.
Rachel was born in Japan and grew up near Tokyo as her parents taught at the U.S. military base school. After high school graduation in Japan, Rachel attended Tufts near Boston, where she majored in political science and philosophy and was an active member of the Tufts College Republicans.
And so began the integration of her international experiences living abroad, her formal political education, and her hands-on political training and experience.
The Phillips Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2012 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program. Print and online journalists with less than 10 years of professional experience are eligible. The Foundation created this program to provide fellowships for writing projects by journalists who share its mission to advance constitutional principles, a democratic society and a vibrant free enterprise system.
The Phillips Foundation awards $50,000 full-time and $25,000 part-time fellowships to undertake and complete a one-year project of the applicant's choosing focusing on journalism supportive of American culture and a free society. In addition, the Foundation offers separate yearlong fellowships on the environment, on the benefits of free-market competition, and on law enforcement. There are also Alumni Fund Fellowships funded by donations from current and former Novak Fellows. Alumni Fund Fellowship winners write one magazine-length article on their topic.
Richard Dur, the Leadership Institute's graduate of the week, helped bring home a victory for conservatives in Canada.
"Your training and tutorship was absolutely invaluable. Thank you! Putting much of what I learned from and at LI made for a victory of the Wildrose Alliance Party in the 2009 Calgary-Glenmore By-election in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It's a party that is now a real force in Alberta politics," said Richard.
Richard and another LI graduate, Tony Reznowski, teamed up to work on the successful campaign.
Richard first came to the Leadership Institute in May 2008 for the week-long Campaign Manager School and then for the Internet Activist School.
"LI graduate and Canadian Member of Parliament Rob Anders said it well when he described LI training as 'taking a drink from a fire hose,'" Richard said. "I would encourage all conservative activists to take LI training, work on a campaign, take more training, and do more campaigns. This method I found grew my understanding of campaigns and increased my ability to put that understanding into practice."
Workaholic Washington does stop. I've witnessed it today.
This morning I commuted to work in a record-breaking 12 minutes, when it usually takes 30-45. Commuters left the Beltway for the holiday. My well-attended Wednesday morning meeting in the district was sparse, and cut short. It's quiet in the office this afternoon. Many of my fellow Leadership Institute co-workers have ditched me for home (I don't blame them).
But before I leave the office to start cooking for tomorrow's feast with my boyfriend's family, I pause to reflect.
What a privileged joy this past year has been working at the Leadership Institute.
I have met some of the most thoughtful, intelligent, and passionate people while here.
These folks I have worked alongside many an hour. They have been fellow LI employees, volunteer faculty for our trainings, and students who have given up weekends and nights to learn political technology. The donors who support our mission to train conservative activists, students, and leaders give a priceless gift, and do so voluntarily, because it's their delight.
In my year here, I have seen many walk into our building with nothing more than a great passion to make a difference within the public policy process. They've left armed with the tools to make that dream a reality.


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Governor Daniels Names SMWC Professor A Distinguished Hoosier
November 4th, 2010 | SMWC
Kathryn L. Myers, coordinator of paralegal studies and associate professor at Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC), was named a "Distinguished Hoosier" on October 29, 2010, at the 29th Annual Conference of the American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE). The conference was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 27-30, 2010.
The Distinguished Hoosier is one of the highest awards given by the state of Indiana to its citizens. It is awarded at the discretion of the governor to Hoosiers who have brought honor to the state through their character and accomplishments. The award was issued by Governor Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., and presented by Chief Justice John G. Baker of the Indiana Court of Appeals.
Myers received the award for recognition of her more than two and one-half decades of service in delivering quality paralegal education, promoting the paralegal profession, and fostering access to justice to citizens not only in Indiana but also across the nation. Baker noted that Myers, when she was an SMWC adjunct and on the Paralegal Advisory Board in 1983, began Law Day on the SMWC campus by hosting the Indiana Court of Appeals along with area middle and high school students. Since that time, and because of her efforts, hundreds of students have learned about the courts and the legal system in our state. Baker told the attendees that Myers was the inspiration for the Court taking its business, which he named "Appeals on Wheels", "on the road" to schools and other institutions across the State of Indiana.
Myers presented a session titled, "Internships, Externships, and the E-Portfolio" which gave attendees a look at new and exciting ways to provide opportunities for work experience to both traditional and non-traditional students and provided an outline of the portfolio system used at SMWC. Other members of the panel included Jami Michelle Myers of SMWC, who presented the student's view of being involved in the internship and in the preparation of her portfolio; Ann Murphy Brown from Ursuline College in Ohio, presenting about e-portfolios; and Caroline Murray of Elms College in Massachusetts, who presented on the new federal guidelines for internships.
In addition, Myers a consultant for Pearson/Prentice Hall, presented two technology showcases on Pearson's Course Connect, a series of 13 courses designed for online learning. She was the curriculum subject matter expert on all 13 courses, wrote two courses, and wrote three instructors resource guides for the program.
For the 11th year, Myers served as the conference chairperson, creating 47 sessions with more than 130 speakers along with her four-member committee. The conference had more than 300 attendees from across the United States and Canada.
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Artie Lange stabbed himself 9 times in suicide attempt
Comedian Artie Lange was hospitalized over the weekend and his reps have now confirmed it was a suicide attempt involving several stab wounds. Page Six reports:
Lange's frantic mom called 911 Saturday morning after she entered his Hoboken apartment and found the bloodied funnyman, a law-enforcement source said. Lange sustained six "hesitation wounds" and three deep plunges. A source close to Lange's management team confirmed that the Howard Stern sidekick stabbed himself, adding that his mother had come to visit him that day to drop off food. Surgeons managed to save Lange despite heavy bleeding.
"We all have our demons," Stern said on-air this week, referring to Lange's past battles with addiction.
Considering Artie Lange spends 98% of his day turning his body into a massive tankard of barbiturates, I'm having a hard time feeling sorry since he probably didn't feel a thing or remembers what the fuck happened. To put things in perspective, I guarantee you this is a man who's woke up at least once with a harpoon sticking out of his chest only to shrug it off and order 20 pizzas.


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HOUSTON - A local World War II veteran is enjoying his newly-renovated home after vandals broke in and trashed it.
Last month, Elbert Woods, 93, found his home in ruins.
Houston police said two teens burglarized and vandalized his home. On Tuesday, the Marine returned home to a much different picture.
After hearing his story, more than 60 business and more than 300 volunteers, including Marines, renovated his home. It was all coordinated by radio talk show host Michael Berry.
The renovations did not cost Wood a dime.
"Everything has been done. All the mechanicals are new. The roof and the siding are new. The paint is done. There's a standby generator. There's nothing in the house we haven't touched," project manager Bert Harvey said.
The renovations and warm welcome will be something Wood will never forget.
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Wood stayed in a nursing home free of charge while all of renovations were being done.


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Thanks to Tim Gunn teaming up with Weight Watchers, you can look fabulous at every stage of your weight loss journey.
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For those awesome Bettys who've been sticking to their weight loss goals in the New Year, getting dressed in the morning has probably become a major frustration. With a shrinking body, nothing in your closet fits or looks good on you anymore. You may feel like you've lost your fashion sense along with those unwanted pounds.
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It's not that we don't appreciate you following along with the orchestra's adventures on this blog - we do, immensely - but did you know there's a lot of other great coverage of the LA Phil's International Residency at the Barbican? And the sources...well, they're not exactly surprising, since the fine organizations also blogging are longtime friends, cohorts, collaborators and compadres of ours.
First off, the very excellent Barbican Centre is doing their own blog, which makes sense, since this whole event is happening right there. They're on the scene and they're doing it right - from audio clips of keynote speeches to photos of Gustavo leading the Discover Dudamel event, they've got things covered across the pond.
Another great source - not to mention knowledgable about the LA Phil - is KUSC's blog. Ace on-air talent Brian Laurtitzen is embedded with the orchestra for the London leg, and he's applying his considerable LA Phil-related smarts to that blog, as well as tweeting like mad. And you never know - you may even see him show up over here sometime soon.
Finally, our Walt Disney Concert Hall co-residents, tourmates and friends, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, is also covering the tour over at THEIR blog. As you may know, the Master Chorale is an integral part of The Gospel According to the Other Mary and its Music Director, Grant Gershon, has been intimately involved with the production, conducting staging rehearsals both here and abroad and even leading the second performance here in LA on Friday, March 8.
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If Grindelwald had the Elder Wand (undefeatable) how was he defeated by Dumbledore for him to take posession? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 18.104.22.168 (talk • contribs).
- Read the article. 184.108.40.206 21:47, September 10, 2010 (UTC)
The more important question is: How was Harry still the master of the Elder Wand? Voldemort beat him!--Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure. (talk) 02:25, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
- No, Harry planned to let Voldemort kill him, similar to how Dumbeldore intended for Snape to kill him. It doesn't count as "defeat" if it's intentional. - 188.8.131.52 03:15, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
Lol I figured it out right after I posted.--Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure. (talk) 03:51, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
Yeah semantics, the Elder wand is not unbeatable and therefore does not make one invincible or impervious to defeat. What is said is that it makes the wielder near unbeatable in a duel no one has ever said someone with it couldn't possibly be beat...........after all if that were true how did the first brother lose the wand in the first place. It is clear explicitly in the legends that to gain possession of the wand you must defeat its last owner22.214.171.124 09:55, June 22, 2012 (UTC)
It requires a duel for it to win. You have to see it coming. So sneaking up on them or stealing it... But how did Dumbledore not outright defeat Voldemort in the order of the pheonix?
The Elder wand is not all powerful and it does not make you invincible or an undefeatable duelist. The Elder wand like all other wands is a tool and as such does not make one a more adept wizard. At the end of the day skill and determination can overturn any obstacle.188.8.131.52 09:59, August 17, 2012 (UTC)
Did Grindelwald defeat in a duel Gregorovich to get his Elder Wand ? It seems to me that Grindelwald obtained the Elder Wand by stealing it. So how come he became the master of the wand ?Shengtom (talk) 14:56, March 10, 2013 (UTC)


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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A last-minute team cancellation shuffled the schedule of this weekend's SBU Purple Bash and has resulted in some schedule changes to the Saint Leo volleyball team's portion of the events.
The Lions will still face Drury to start the tournament on Friday at 11:30 a.m. CDT (12:30 p.m. EDT) and will now face Pittsburg State in primetime later that evening. The start time for Saint Leo vs. Pittsburg St. is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CDT (7:30 p.m. EDT).
Saturday keeps the Lions running on the same time schedule, but they will now face Harding at 9 a.m. CDT (10 a.m. EDT) and Northwest Oklahoma St. at 1:30 p.m. CDT (2:30 p.m. EDT).
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(Reuters) - SoftBank Corp would appoint a "security director" to Sprint Nextel Corp's board if its takeover bid succeeds and give the U.S. government right of approval on the appointment in hopes of easing national security concerns raised by the proposed deal.
Sprint said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1 that the new director appointed by Tokyo-based SoftBank would oversee public safety concerns related to Sprint's wireless and wireline operations.
Chinese telecommunications equipment suppliers like Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world's second-largest maker of routers and other gear, and ZTE Corp, the fifth largest, have been blocked from making big pushes into the United States due to the national security concerns.
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By Julia Perez
Many find it difficult to believe an estimated 300-400,000 American children work in U.S. agriculture legally. They work 10-14 hours days without protections afforded other children due to an exemption in the 1938 labor laws. Aside from the backbreaking work, the children face discrimination, a drop-out rate four times the national rate, pesticide exposure, and generational poverty.
I was one of these children. While I defeated the odds, dreams of myself as a voiceless child compelled me to try to change the law by advocating for the CARE Act H.R 2234. In the process of navigating D.C. politics and failing, I encountered U. Roberto Romano, international human rights advocate and director. This led to a three-year adventure and a stunning documentary, The Harvest [now on Netflix].
The documentary team included an incredible Executive Producer, Eva Longoria and Shine Global, a non-profit dedicated to films that raise awareness.
During filming across the U.S., what I found most startling is the children who replaced me in the fields were still facing similar conditions I escaped. The housing was substandard, with bathrooms often outside and barely shielding of the harsh elements.
The educational and health concerns, especially for children, are difficult to quantify because some of the effects are long-term.
Research indicates that children are less able to metabolize and excrete most toxic substances and their organ systems are more vulnerable because they are rapidly growing and developing.
In California, Jesus "Chuy", age twelve, understands pesticides on a personal level given he lost his mother to lymphoma cancer in June 2010. In a series of interviews Chuy shared his fear of pesticide exposure knowing he might return to the cherry orchards of Oregon.
Unsafe work environment:
Aside from the hazardous equipment there's nature itself. Sandy of Texas said "I don't know what I'd do if one of us was bitten by a rattle snake. The nearest hospital is more than an hour away." Interviews with several out of school youth of Watsonville, California revealed disconcerting images of workers collapsing in the strawberry fields due to heat exhaustion.
Impact of moving, switching and/or missing school:
Studies show it takes a child 4-6 months to recover academically after switching schools. If a child switches in high school, they are 50 percent more likely not to finish. We interviewed siblings who followed the crops in Texas, switching schools accordingly. Maribel, age fifteen shared "To be honest, I still don't understand division. I've felt behind since fourth grade." Her brother Victor was so behind his teachers suggested he drop out, he did at age seventeen. Victor said "I always felt like I had to choose between school and work. I couldn't do both."
The pay is low, the hours long, and the work backbreaking. I thought of my own parents, as I took this picture of an elderly man still working in the fields. My parents continued working, in pain, until I became an engineer and could provide financial assistance. If I hadn't been an exception to the rule, would I face the same fate, would I be old and gray, hunched over in the cold?
Yet, despite the realities many are unaware of the impact to minors or worse yet, oppose the CARE Act H.R. 2234 which simply seeks to provide equal protections for all our children.
What can we do? Become informed; host a screening or simply watch The Harvest if you don't already understand this issue. Read about the laws which exclude the most vulnerable from equal protection. Learn more about the film, the policies, and possible actions at www.theharvestfilm.com
Anyone can take a few minutes to write their representative and/or senator and ask them to Co-Sponsor the CARE Act H.R. 2234. Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard will re-introduce the bill in the 112th Congress. Let's ensure our elected officials reflect our concerns.
While agriculture is often rural and isolated, anyone who eats may take pause to wonder if a child picked the food on their plate. People have privately told me there's worse in other countries. Frankly, this is the United States of America, we can do better. I wish, I hope, I dream – we do. If we don't speak for the voiceless, who will?
The above article first appeared in the National Latino Children's Institute's newsletter in December, 2012.
Julia Perez is an electrical engineer, writer and Associate Director of The Harvest. She is currently writing Among the Forgotten which describes the behind the scenes challenges of filming and the untold stories of children in agriculture who are treated as separate and unequal.