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Andrew Frank: Ponce's voyage wasn't the real beginning
Published: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 4:40 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 4:40 p.m.
As Floridians, we approach two milestones: This year is the 500th anniversary of the 1513 landing of Juan Ponce de Leon, and 2015 is the 450th anniversary of the founding of St. Augustine. These historic events present Floridians with a tremendous opportunity to think about Florida and its place in the world.
Yet I am conflicted.
I hardly want to stand in the way of anything that gets Floridians interested in history or Americans interested in Florida. I've spent too many years studying and teaching our past to waste this teachable moment. How we remember the past tells us something about the community in which we live, and I hope that we won't observe these anniversaries in ways that contort the past to allow for a comfortable present. I hope we remember the histories that preceded these dates and the native peoples who experienced these events differently.
Too often we have been taught to remember 1513 as the beginning, as a starting point for the history of Florida. Yet, it wasn't a beginning; it was a midpoint. The ancestors of the Native Americans whom Ponce attempted to conquer had been in Florida for more than 12,000 years. The arrival of the Spanish altered the lives of these early Floridians, with unseen pathogens and Spanish swords rapidly cutting them down. This reduced the native presence, just as now claiming 1513 as a beginning erases their presence from our collective memories.
Ponce also provided the peninsula a name (La Florida), but he hardly deserves credit for discovering something. This is more than semantics. He — and countless native peoples — knew land was somewhere near where he headed. He did not sail in search of something unknown; he sailed with a strong belief and a general direction. Spaniards in Cuba and Puerto Rico had explored the region for several years before Ponce's voyage, and native informants and perhaps Spanish fisherman or slave raiders had apprised him that the peninsula (or island) was but a few miles away.
More importantly, in the context of the day, Florida was one of many New World outposts that promised to enrich the Spanish crown and the explorers credited for their conquests. The venture into Florida took place a decade after the Spanish had established footholds in Mexico, Peru and much of the Caribbean. Remembering the 1513 voyage as the beginning detaches Florida from its Atlantic or global context. It isolates us from our Spanish past, even as our 500th anniversary observance this year emphasizes this connection.
The commemoration of 1565, the founding date for St. Augustine, also requires close examination.
St. Augustine is routinely called the "nation's oldest city." For this moniker to stick, we embrace contorted facts about the past and the present. Native American communities existed for thousands of years in and out of Florida before 1565. Some villages in New Mexico, such as Acoma Pueblo and Taos Pueblo, were established around 1000 A.D. and still remain occupied today. Still others would have likely remained occupied had they not been conquered. As a result, St. Augustine often bills itself as the "oldest permanently settled European settlement." Pre-existing Indian communities are accounted for but lost is the irony of crediting St. Augustine with outlasting the various other Indian villages that the forces of conquest and colonialism destroyed.
And yet calling St. Augustine our nation's first European city is misstatement as well — one that once again tells us about our collective selves rather than the history itself. St. Augustine is not the oldest city established by Europeans in the United States. San Juan, Puerto Rico, was established in 1521. Ignoring its founding — or more importantly its current status as a U.S. Commonwealth — reminds us of the idiosyncrasies of how we understand the past.
I hope all Floridians take time to remember 1513 and 1565. These dates remain important moments in the conquest of Florida and the history of the Americas. Rather than thinking of them as isolated beginnings, we should remember the broad contexts from which their meanings derive. Together, they helped marginalize the Indian presence in Florida and otherwise erase the early Natives from our collective memories.
Let's make sure that our anniversary commemorations recognize the importance of Florida's first peoples and include their stories as part of Florida's story.
Andrew K. Frank is the Allen Morris associate professor of history at Florida State University. This column was provided by the nonprofit Florida Humanities Council as part of Florida's 500th anniversary commemoration this year, marked from 1513 when Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon first set foot on the state's east coast.
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GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. - A 30-year-old Jacksonville man was convicted Tuesday evening on charges of traveling to meet a minor to do unlawful acts, unlawful use of a two-way device, and solicitation of a child's guardian to allow a sexual act.
Steven Scharfenstine was arrested in March in Operation Don't Play in Clay. As part of the undercover sting, multiple agencies -- the Clay County Sheriff's Office, the FBI, and the Florida Department of law Enforcement -- corresponded with people online.
After three days of online conversations with undercover officers, Scharfenstine set up a meeting to have sex with two young girls, ages 12 and 14, in Clay County.
Deputies arrested Scharfenstine when he arrived at the arranged meeting location.
Scharfenstine faces 15 years in prison when he's sentenced Jan. 10.
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My name is Michael Karl Medina, though most of my friends just call me Karl. I recently graduated from Glenwood High School in Chatham, Illinois. Since grade school, and especially since the second half of middle school, I have developed a passion for mathematics. Over the last few years, I have grown interested in the application of math to physics and engineering and have discovered how different fields overlap and affect each other. I plan to double major in Applied Physics and Chemical Engineering at Yale and am very excited about the opportunities to do research in science and engineering. Being able to apply new knowledge and concepts in physics and engineering to the field of aeronautics is high on my list of educational goals. I am looking forward to a summer internship at NASA following my sophomore year. I believe that my educational goals and plans will incorporate my passion and interests in math, physics, and engineering.
Outside of my studies, I enjoy a variety of activities. In high school I competed in math team, scholastic bowl, speech team, and science and engineering competitions (WYSE). I also played recreational sports and took piano lessons. My chief other hobbies are watching movies, working out, and video gaming.


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ATI's 2004 Plans Unveiled: R420/423 Specs Insideby Anand Lal Shimpi, Kris Kubicki and Wesley Fink on 2/13/2004 3:37 AM EST
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KnightBreed - Monday, February 16, 2004 - link"any word on All-in-Wonder variants yet? It'd be quite lovely if they finally made a version with their new HDTV chipset."
An AIW with an integrated HDTV tuner? *drools* Reply
sarreq - Sunday, February 15, 2004 - linkany word on All-in-Wonder variants yet? It'd be quite lovely if they finally made a version with their new HDTV chipset. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Sunday, February 15, 2004 - linkRegs is correct. NVIDIA has more software engineers than hardware engineers.
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Regs - Saturday, February 14, 2004 - linkThat's a fair point Trogdor, but video cards are more than the hardware they lay on. Don't forget about the programming of the core of how the GPU processes game instructions are also very important to consider. T&L I believe, hopefully some one will correct me if im wrong. Reply
TrogdorJW - Friday, February 13, 2004 - linkCall me crazy, but it seems to me that the changes ATI is making with R4xx are much less drastic than what Nvidia is doing with NV4x. Nvidia is claiming 3X perfomance increase over NV3x, and up to 8X performance increase in Pixel Shader operations. Yeah, it's all theoretical at this point, but it's something to think about. Of course, if you compare R3xx to NV3x, it appears that ATI just had a better design than Nvidia, for the most part, so they didn't need to change as much.
Regardless of which chip you favor, it's shaping up to be an interesting battle come springtime! (Or more likely summer for those of use that don't get the very first cards direct from the manufacturers.) Can't wait! When these cards get released, I'll finally be able to afford a Radeon 9800XT. :) Reply
Regs - Friday, February 13, 2004 - linkThanks for the info Anand, Kris, and Wes ;) Reply
milohenke - Friday, February 13, 2004 - linkThe reason is:
The core on 9600XT is 500Mhz, not 400Mhz (as Anandtech:s roadmap says).
Pete - Friday, February 13, 2004 - linkStraight from the horse's Powerpoint presentation, eh? :) Reply
KristopherKubicki - Friday, February 13, 2004 - linkWe just write what it says in the roadmap. We notice inconsistancies too :)
Kristopher Reply
Pete - Friday, February 13, 2004 - linkQuestion: how will R420 offer "twice the pixel fill rate" of an R350 with the same number of pipelines and a 30% core clock increase over the 9800P? Twice the pixel shader rate, I can understand, but twice the fillrate doesn't seem to add up. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Friday, February 13, 2004 - link#4: RV380 is just an overclocked RV360.
Kristopher Reply
Icewind - Friday, February 13, 2004 - linkWow, its gonna be an expensive summer. Owell, lifes short.
Amd Athlon 64 939 pin $450
A64 DDR2 Mobo $180
DDR2 1 Gig $400
= $1530
Bah, no problem :D
StormGod - Friday, February 13, 2004 - link"RV380 seems to keep the same core clock as the Radeon 9600XT..."
A 25% bump from 400 to 500 isn't the same as a 0% speed increase. Either the text or the chart is wrong. Reply
CrystalBay - Friday, February 13, 2004 - link#2 My guess is around a $1000 give or take a couple hundred... Reply
britneyLA - Friday, February 13, 2004 - linkok, spring will be crazy for upgarding (though word "upgrading" seems not to be actually apropriate): new Intel sillicon, new graphics, new mobo (with new chipset and sockets) and maybe even some new DDR sticks... i am wondering, how much would this kinda a new system, lets say in medium range, cost?! any ideas? Reply
sipc660 - Friday, February 13, 2004 - linkthe rv -370 will be built on a 0.11 u process
but in the table you wrote 0.13 u process.
P.S: try and get hold of that win2k and winnt source code while you still can.... Reply


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Students create a STELLA model of the radioactive decay process.
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The Coke vs. Pepsi Taste Test Challenge has students design and carry out an experiment to determine whether or not students are able to correctly identify two brands of cola in a blind taste test. In the first ...
Reese's Pieces Activity: Sampling from a Population part of Examples
This activity uses simulation to help students understand sampling variability and reason about whether a particular samples result is unusual, given a particular hypothesis. By using first candies, then a web applet, and varying sample size, students learn that larger samples give more stable and better estimates of a population parameter and develop an appreciation for factors affecting sampling variability.
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This group activity illustrates the concepts of size and power of a test through simulation. Students simulate binomial data by repeatedly rolling a ten-sided die, and they use their simulated data to estimate the size of a binomial test.
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This activity has students use Fathom to test the correlation between attendance and ballpark capacity of major league baseball teams by taking a sample of actual data and scrambling one of the variables to see how the correlation behaves when the variables are not related. After displaying the distribution of correlations for many simulated samples, students find an approximate p-value based on the number of simulations that exceed the actual correlation.
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Students will utilize an applet to further expand their knowledge of confidence intervals.
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The link between a set of taxes and income distribution is an important, but difficult, concept taught in economics principles courses. The Tax Game simulation requires a student to set tax rates for an income tax, a property tax, a wealth tax, a payroll tax, a corporate income tax, a sales tax,and an excise tax. The student can choose any rates he or she wishes, but must achieve a given revenue target.


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U.S. Bank Offers Customers FreeMonee Gifts from National Retailers
U.S. Bank, in partnership with FreeMonee Network, has announced that it is now offering FreeMonee Gifts.
"U.S. Bank is continually looking for ways to reward our loyal cardholders," said Clifford Cook, chief marketing officer for U.S. Bank Retail Payment Solutions. "FreeMonee Gifts are a simple and safe way for us to give free cash incentives to our cardholders to use at their favorite major retailers."


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I have mild PH for 2 years now. I have had bronchitis four times since March 2009. Can PH make it easier to get bronchitis?
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An appeal has been launched by Wiltshire Council to raise £260,000 to get the county's second mobile chemotherapy unit rolling.
It is part of Wiltshire's Big Pledge, a campaign to encourage people to make a difference to their community, and funds will go to the charity Hope for Tomorrow.
It runs the mobile chemotherapy units that reduce the long distances and waiting times for treatment that cancer patients often endure.
Council leader Jane Scott said in launching the appeal: "We all know people who have been affected by this dreadful disease. A number of council staff and officials were diagnosed, some of them have their brave battles including Councillor Linda Conley who died from breast cancer in October 2013.
"In a rural county like Wiltshire many face long journeys to the hospital for chemotherapy. The units provide a pleasant and friendly atmosphere for people to receive treatment."
The council will be holding a number of events to raise money, including a quiz and curry night for council staff on September 16. It is also urging people outside of the council to get involved and arrange their own fundraisers.
Coun Jon Hubbard, leader of the Liberal Democrat group on the council, said: "I stand squarely behind Jane on this. Cancer is a scurge and we must do all we can to fight this disease.
"I lost my mother to cancer and spent time taking her to hospital in Bath for chemotherapy."
Each mobile chemotherapy unit costs the charity £260,000 to build and maintain for the first three years, but staff are provided by the NHS. The units treat up to 20 patients a day.
Wiltshire's first unit was launched in May 2012 and named Kayleigh in memory of Kayleigh Louise Wicks from Christian Malford who lost her battle against cancer in 2011, aged 23.
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In a battle between two undefeated teams and heated rivals, No. 2 Cal (7-0, winners of 14 straight dual meets carrying over from last season) visits No. 8-ranked and Bay Area rival Stanford (7-0) Saturday at 11 a.m. at Avery Aquatics Center in a televised dual meet on the Pac-12 Networks (live, Cal Olympic standout Nathan Adrian, analyst; Michele Mitchell, diving analyst; Jason Knapp, play-by-play)
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Escobar's triple boosts Ventura to victory
Shortstop drives in tiebreaking runs after starter's stellar seven innings
KANSAS CITY -- Yordano Ventura's night began with conspicuous befuddlement.
Four pitches into Thursday's start, Ventura stared quizzically back at the spot where Danny Santana had launched a leadoff home run. His batterymate, Salvador Perez, hovered over the plate, peering out into cavernous Kauffman Stadium, equally baffled.
But any trouble for Ventura stopped there, as the Royals rookie bounced back to manhandle the Twins for the remainder of his seven innings in Kansas City's 6-3 win.
"It's the first batter of the game; I can't get out of my game plan because of one home run," Ventura said.
Santana's home run would be the only earned run on Ventura's final line. His electric stuff culminated in a second straight seven-strikeout game. Those 14 strikeouts in the last two contests nearly trump the 15 he recorded in the five starts that preceded them.
"I thought he threw the ball really well," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "It took him a couple innings to get his curveball going, but once he got it going, he was real affective with it."
The win did not come without a significant blow. Kansas City first baseman Eric Hosmer exited the game in the sixth inning when he aggravated his injured right hand. Postgame X-rays revealed a stress fracture of the third metacarpal, an injury that Yost estimated would take three to six weeks to heal and require a disabled-list stint.
"Any time you lose a player of his caliber, it hurts, but you got to find ways to overcome it and we did tonight," Yost said.
With Hosmer removed from the game, the Royals rattled off a four-run seventh inning to break a 2-2 tie. Alcides Escobar headlined the inning with a go-ahead, two-run triple.
Jarrod Dyson provided the fifth and sixth runs. He plated Escobar with a single up the middle, stole both second and third, then scored on a throwing error to make it 6-2.
"My job is to rip off bags and put pressure on the defense, and I was able to do a great job of that," Dyson said.
The usual suspects, relievers Wade Davis and Greg Holland, took care of the eighth and ninth innings, respectively, with one slight caveat for Davis: He allowed his first extra-base hit of the season. Kurt Suzuki slugged an RBI double off Kansas City's setup man, ending his season-long streak at 45 2/3 innings and 178 batters faced.
"I've never seen anything like it, I mean never," said Yost of Davis' streak.
After the Santana homer, Minnesota tacked on its second run on Kansas City third baseman Mike Moustakas' successive throwing errors in the third.
Moustakas bungled a potential double-play ball with one out, sailing a throw past Omar Infante. Then Moustakas, attempting to cut down a run at the plate, airmailed his second straight throw. That error resulted in the Twins' second run of the game.
Twins starter Kevin Correia kept the Royals off the board until the fifth. Back-to-back doubles by Raul Ibanez and Moustakas created the first run. Dyson produced the second when he reached on an error by the Twins that scored Moustakas from second to tie the score at 2.
Kansas City inched to within four games of first-place Detroit after the Tigers fell Thursday. The Royals completed their homestand at 5-2 and have now won three straight series.
"This game was a big win for us. It got us to four behind Detroit," said Yost, unaware of the Tigers' loss earlier in the night. "We want to keep pecking away at that."
Jackson Alexander is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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FAIRFORD manager Paul Braithwaite is looking for his side to go 100 per cent until the end of the season in a bid for promotion.
Braitwaite's side are unbeaten in the league since the start of December and are looking to overtake Shortwood in the promotion places in the Hellenic Division One West.
Shortwood are two points ahead of Fairford, and Braithwaite is looking forward to the meeting of the two clubs in Gloucestershire at the end of March as a pivotal point in the season.
"We have to be picking up three points this weekend. We're confident then that we can take maximum points till the end of the season.
"It's something we did last season and we've set out as our goal again this season but the only way we'll do that is by winning games.
"I think the Shortwood game will set the precedent for the season, if we can get maximum points before then that it will give us a massive boost."
Talk of maximum points may sound as if Braithwaite is getting ahead of himself but the Fairford boss was keen to stress that his team weren't taking anyone for granted, including this Saturday's opponent Tuffley.
"I think it will be a hard game, the pitch will be a factor, and who plays the conditions best will win.
"We've got a good squad that can adapt to most conditions. They're an intelligent bunch and we can ask them to play a few different systems.
"We'll continue to try and play the way we play, through a three in midfield where we can and get it quickly up to our strikers.
"We can't take anyone for granted. It's a league where anyone can beat anybody.
"The teams at the bottom are all capable of taking points off the teams at the top."
Saturday's game with Tuffley appears to have a realistic chance of going ahead with Cinder Lane surving the wet weather better than some of the clubs in the surrounding area.
The weather has also meant that Braithwaite is able to call on a full squad and he might be looking to add a midfielder and a 'keeper to his squad before Saturday.


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1st some background: We run an online news magazine where the news is reported by the People.
So people can load the articles from their PC, Laptops, any device with a Web connection.This means our reporters have all different size Web browsers & Screens.Also they can add fotos to the articles which fotos are floated using CSS.
The problem that we are trying to address is how to get the same consistent line wrapping, keeping in mind that we parse the article to hyperlink any included URLs. An example would best describe the problem we are having, please look here:
as you can see the lines are not wrapping the same for the 1st few paragraphs and thus causing awkward display of the text. Well this awkward gap in the lines consists through out our article pages but is worse regarding lines that are next to CSS floating images.
Do you have suggestion as to what we can do to cause the lines to wrap nicely. No matter where our reporters clicked on the Enter key to cause a new line since again we have no control over the reporter since they are the public at large.
Your data is nasty. Clean it up.
Your post likely includes some weird characters, probably a new-line symbol everynow and then. This is what is causing all the line-breaks.
You should be able to fix this by copy-pasting into a plain-text editor like notepad, and then copy/pasting back into your file and re-saving over itself. In the long-run though, you need to make sure your data is clean.'
EDIT: Okay, re-read your post. If your reporters are doing this, I would make sure they are composing their articles in a plain-text environment where they can't accidentally introduce odd symbols/line-breaks. Maybe they are going from Microsoft Word to Wordpress? I am not sure exactly how they may be accidentally introducing the broken characters.
Yes, thats the thing. We have no real control over what the People (aka Reporters) use to compose their articles.As this SitePoint has not control over what people use to compose their Questions & Answers.So just as this SitePoint still displays the Text nicely. My question is is there a way, a Php code, that will forcethe Text to display nicely, evenly, no matter what Text Editor they used to compose their articles and thenpasted that into the RealNewsPost.com page from where they submit their Articles.
That is the Question?
FYI: from what I hear most People (reporters) just type their articles right into the TEXTAREA form fieldof the article submit page.
Thats a good question. There is the method htmlentities() which returns a non-html containing version of a string. That may remove those '<br>' tags.
Use a responsive theme from WordPress, problem solved
If you are using Wordpress, there is a "paste from Word" feature in the editor that you can use to clean up anyhidden formatting from Word documents. It's in the middle of the second row of icons. Would that help?
We are not using WordPress.This site is entirely built inhouse with Php, MySQL, etc.
keywordsear.ch , just wanted to let you know that I tried your suggestion ofhtmlentities()and it does not work at all, which you can see here:http://www.realnewspost.com/sa_new.php?a=63177
You have to identify "real" line breaks and remove all other line breaks to let user's browsers do the proper line breaking. That's a tough job indeed. It might require you to identify the sender's software. How is the data uploaded? If by file upload you know the file's extension/application which is a good start.
The data is uploaded via a Web browser form, just as it is here in SitePoint.
So the People just type in their articles in a Web browser form, that is into <textarea> field and submit it like that.
That does make life more difficult for you. I have an idea: visit tumblr, create an account. They too accept cut and paste into a text area but a Javascript (I think) script edits the html to conform to some standard of theirs. That might give you an idea. You see, the author sees what tumblr does to their input and they can edit it until both author and script come to a standoff and the author hits the send button.
Well if you want just the text, strip_tags the text.If you're wanting to turn BR's into Newlines, str_replace multiple BR's into one, and then str_replace the single BR's into \'s. (or \r\'s, if you're feeling fancy)need to force the text into a given word wrapping? wordwrap().
PS: Your original example looks fine to me.
Perhaps adding editor functionality to the textarea that they are typing their article in will help - for example http://www.tinymce.com/
That will allow them to use formatting buttons to define how their article is supposed to be formatted and will hopefully discourage them from entering their own improper formatting.
TinyMCE also has a plugin that provides a paste option that will strip out all the junk when pasting from Word.
Can you post/send/upload the original "blurb" that you would like inserting and I will endeavour to use format the "blurb" correctly.
First attempt: http://www.johns-jokes.com/downloads/sp-b/realnewspost/
FYI: The original example I gave you looks fine because we manually corrected the Text of that article.But of course that is not a viable option for us to manually correct all submitted articles.
Now as to the 1st part of your answer, I played with that idea but results were worse.


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Unbeatable warmth and comfort with the cozy look of sheepskin. Hat & mittens fit average lady; scarf approx. 7.5in 19cm x 50.5in 128.5cm. Shown in Patons Classic Wool 202 Aran & 227 Taupe. 4.5mm (US 7) & 5.5mm (US. I or 9) crochet hooks. (Patons Yarns)
Skill Level: Intermediate
Patons® Classic Wool (100 g / 3.5 oz)
Hat, Scarf and Mittens
Main Color (MC) (00202 Aran) 3 balls
Contrast A (00227 Taupe) 6 balls
Materials are sufficient to make the set
Sizes 4.5 mm (U.S. 7) crochet hook for Mittens and 5.5 mm (U.S. I or 9) crochet hook for Hat and Scarf or size needed to obtain tension.
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Prestigious Institution located in Chicago is seeking a SharePoint Web Administrator with at least 6+ years of Web Administration and 4+ years of MOSS 2007/SharePoint 2010 administration and operations. This environment is a 20 server farm and this individual will be tuning and tweaking the environment to ensure optimal performance. Web Application Server experience is required for this role.
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- Must have at least 6 years of hands-on experience in web administration, operations, support and deployment processes.
- Must have advanced level of knowledge in administration and operations of MOSS 2007 and SharePoint 2010 Servers.
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- Must have good general knowledge of network architecture.
- Knowledge of Weblogic and Apache/Tomcat is highly desired.
- Knowledge of Unix and Linux Server operating systems is highly desired
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- Must have excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work with user community as a liaison to provide direct customer support, report status and follow up to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction.
- Penchant for ownership of customer issues and to be accountable for service provided.
- Ability to provide leadership and mentor team members in the implementation of the web team's SDLC process as it pertains to administration and operations.
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Italian American Hall, Eveleth, 1920.
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J. H. Thomas, head of the Grange in Young America, 1873.
Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist, ca. 1913. Burnquist was governor of Minnesota from 1915 to 1921. He also served as president of the St. Paul chapter of the NAACP in the 1910s.
J.C. Burbank's Residence, Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN. Engraving of the house from An Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Minnesota, by A. T. Andreas, 1874.
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J.R. Watkins Company, Winona, 1956. Photographer: St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press.
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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
By RICHARD PLINKE
Editor's Note: This is the first installment in a 10-part series of excerpts from Richard A. Plinke's upcoming book, "How to Sell the Plague (Without Being a Rat and Other Cheeky Musings of an Unrepentant Salesman)." The series humorously explores how Plinke ended up in sales, the last place he ever thought he'd be and what he learned during those early days that carried over through his 35-year sales career. Subsequent installments will be posted each Monday.
I was fresh out of college and it was my first professional job. The interviewing process was a new and foreign experience and a whole other job onto itself, and even though I had been advised along the way by the disingenuous, bottom-feeder sales puke from the employment agency, I had no idea what I was getting into. I didn't have a clue where those first few steps were taking me, but the sales puke had told me I could make $14,000 a year if I worked hard. Fourteen thousand dollars! In today's runaway economy, $14,000 may seem like chump change, but in 1975, $14,000 a year was almost twice the national average, and $14,000 is just about all I heard during those interviews.
Yea, like I wanted to be a salesman. Right. Big smile, firm handshake and shiny shoes, ala Willie Loman; slap you on the back and tell-you-what-I'm-gonna-do fast talking, no-low-is-too-low creeps like the one that sucked me into the employment agency in the first place. Not me, pal. No way. A year or so, make a bundle and move onto my real calling in life.
Oh yea, I was smarter than all of them and I would use this banal and uninspiring interlude for my higher purposes and then discard the wing-tips and three-piece suits after I had taken all I could get, like throwing a crumpled cigarette pack out the window at 65 mph, moving down the highway on my way to glory, immortality and beautiful babes. Oh yea, we all smoked and threw empty cigarette packs out the window in 1975 because we were the first generation of the masters of the universe, only we didn't know it yet and we were, at that time, simply pigs in training.
What I didn't know was that once I got through all the misconceptions, blind alleys and unrealistic expectations, I was embarking on the adventure of a lifetime, and I've spent a lifetime – 35 years – dancing in the jaws of the dragon and loving every minute of it. And one more thing, I made $20,000 that first year and never looked back.
Go Ask Alice
I graduated from Rutgers University in Camden in June 1975 with a bachelor of arts in English. Oh wow! In the business world, an English degree was like telling everybody you're a smart guy but not smart enough to have a plan. And I didn't. Loosely, I was going to take a year off and make some money, and then go to graduate school and then teach at the college level and then be the next William Faulkner. Enlightenment, fame and babes were waiting around the corner and all I had to do was show up, eventually. But along the way I met the Buddha and he told me enlightenment doesn't come cheap and happiness is definitely better with a pocket full of cash; contemplation of the existential nature of the known physical universe was not readily available to those preoccupied with paying the rent. Who was I to question the Buddha?
Like William Tecumseh Sherman plowing through the last vestiges of ol' Bill Faulkner's antebellum South, I went through college in two-and-a-half years, seven straight semesters. To do so, I needed 24 credits my last semester, so I was wasted, burned out and numb when I graduated.
While I was in college, the drinking age in New Jersey was 18 and we had a tavern on campus that served beer and wine drinks, creatively named the Tavern, where I worked and ended up managing my senior year. It was a great place for me to drink beer and meet girls, two of my favorite collegiate pursuits, outside of becoming ostentatiously erudite. So I stayed on as manager of the Tavern after graduation to decompress and continue the pursuit of two of my three objectives.
And at some point in those undefined and unfocused halcyon days of post-hippie, pre-yuppie transformation (who can remember with all that decompressing going on), I started looking for a real job. But first I needed to educate myself on how to look for a job because I certainly didn't get any of that in college. What with all the beer and the girls and the Faulkner, who had time for those kinds of pedestrian details? So after proving I could get through a Henry James novel, drink myself silly and woo the ladies with my silver tongue (a training that would become one of my greatest assets as I entered the dragon's cave), I put on a clean, pressed shirt and ambled off into the deep black hole of responsibility and the end of my Alice in Wonderland trip where the new dormouse was definitely not interested in feeding my head.
Next Up: "Baby We Were Born to Run"
"If I knew then what I would come to learn over the years about job hunting, or if I had taken some time to find some effective directions, I could have saved myself a great deal of time, energy and frustration, but I was still too preoccupied with other aforementioned objectives and finding a job was only important relative to supporting those more highly prioritized initiatives."
Read it here: http://www.salesandmarketing.com/article/baby-we-were-born-run
Learn more about the author and read his blog and here: http://www.howtoselltheplague.com/Home.aspx.


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I'm annoyed with Leonardo Del Vecchio, founder of Luxottica, the sunglasses and spectacles-maker. By retaking the executive reins at 79, he has undermined a recent column in which I contrasted his enlightened approach with the benighted version of family ownership and management practised by Rupert Murdoch. Worse, his decision looks like a step back for the company itself.
Mr Del Vecchio apparently has no intention of installing any of his offspring as chief executive, now the well-respected Andrea Guerra has stepped down. That is good. But when you give yourself the title of executive chairman and you own two thirds of the company, it is hard to say that you have kept the operational and shareholder aspects of your business separate, which I still consider to be the best model. As I wrote in March, "maintaining both ownership and management of a large family business more often than not leads downhill into further confusion, uncertainty and internecine conflict". Read more


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Finishing the Job: How marriage is moving forward in the final 13 states
Postedon Feb 18, 2015 at 10:30 am
Here's what's going on in the 13 states where same-sex couples continue to be denied the freedom to marry. Every day of denial in these states is a day too long - and the past year of momentum demonstrates more clearly than ever: America is ready for the freedom to marry.
Finishing the Job: how marriage is moving forward nationwide
Postedon Oct 14, 2014 at 03:58 pm
Now, as momentum surges across the country, it is more important for supporters to do all they can to speak out for the freedom to marry nationwide. Here's what's going on in the 4 other states set up for the freedom to marry soon, plus the 15 where same-sex couples continue to be denied the freedom to marry.
Ask Evan Wolfson Anything on Reddit
Postedon Jun 17, 2014 at 02:14 pm
On Wednesday, June 25 at 12:30 EST, Evan Wolfson will be doing a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA).
Southerners for the Freedom to Marry expands in Tennessee and Kentucky
Postedon May 30, 2014 at 12:34 pm
Jake Loesch, Campaign Manager for Southerners for the Freedom to Marry, traveled to Kentucky and Tennessee to work on the ground with partner organizations as Freedom to Marry expands it's work in both states.
Gov Pat Quinn signs Illinois marriage bill into law
Postedon Nov 21, 2013 at 01:24 pm
Yesterday, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed the state's marriage bill into law.
New Jersey United for Marriage Launches
Postedon Jul 24, 2013 at 09:48 am
New Jersey United for Marriage, the campaign to secure the freedom to marry for all loving and committed couples in the state, launched today.
Marylanders cast historic vote on ballot measure, affirming the freedom to marry!
Postedon Nov 07, 2012 at 12:35 am
Tonight, the Vote For 6 campaign won, extending the freedom to marry to all loving and committed same-sex couples! Maryland is now the eighth state in the United States to end the exclusion of same-sex couples from Maryland!
Colorado civil unions bill fails in the House because of legislative inaction
Postedon May 09, 2012 at 09:10 am
Late last night, the Colorado Civil Union Act failed in the Colorado House when lawmakers did not bring the bill to a vote.
New Jersey Legislature scheduled to vote on marriage next week
Postedon Feb 09, 2012 at 02:27 pm
Votes on the marriage bill are scheduled for next week in the New Jersey Assembly and Senate
Defeating the amendment in Minnesota
Postedon Jan 25, 2012 at 02:13 pm
Nine months out from a critical vote on a constitutional amendment that would ban marriage for committed gay and lesbian couples, the Minnesotans United for All Families Campaign is working day and night to defeat this hurtful and unnecessary amendment. Freedom to Marry's Regina Clemente explains how you can get involved in defeating this attack on Minnesota families!


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It was a night of firsts as the Mets capitalized on four Braves errors to beat them in the opening game of the series. Ike Davis got his first Major League home run, launching a bomb into the Pepsi Porch on a windy night.
This happened on a night when Jose Reyes batted in the three hole for the first time in his career. It seems to have suited him as he went 2-for-4, including a triple.
Not to be outdone, Hisanori Takahashi got his first win after he came into the game to relieve John Maine, who left early due to muscle spasms and pain in his non-throwing arm. He had pitched 3 2/3 innings, allowing one run before exiting the game. Takahashi struck out seven batters in three innings and gave up one run. He even got his first hit.
Jason Bay also contributed with an RBI triple. Finally, the 3-4-5 hitters contributed. David Wright also had an RBI.
In a crazy play in the seventh inning, Reyes hit a pop-up prompting the infield-fly rule to be called. However, Chipper Jones missed the pop-up and it rolled toward the Mets dugout. Angel Pagan, who was on second, advance to third after the drop. There was then confusion by the Braves, who didn't need to throw the ball to first to put out Reyes. So, Pagan took advantage and stole home.
Francisco Rodriguez got his first three-out save to wrap things up, even though he made things interesting by allowing two base runners.
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Take a look at some of the first Super Bowls played in the late 1960s and early '70s, and you'll find there are some things missing: gloves, bulky elbow pads and knee braces.
Many of the necessities worn by today's players — most notably sturdier helmets and extra padding to protect the shoulders, ribs, back and hands — didn't become available until years later.
In many ways, the old uniforms were primitive — especially the thinly lined plastic helmets that are the topic of much discussion these days as they relate to player safety.
In the more than four decades between New Orleans' first Super Bowl on Jan. 11, 1970, in old Tulane Stadium and Super Bowl XLVII, to be played Feb. 3 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, almost everything — from head to toe — has changed.
Since players are bigger, stronger and faster — and their salaries have grown up, too — it's almost a necessity to have a virtual suit of armor on when players take the field. That's why NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has made player safety a priority since he accepted the job in 2006.
But when Super Bowl IV came to New Orleans for the last true AFL/NFL championship game before the rival leagues merged, uniforms weren't quite what they were in the early days of the NFL.
That's especially true of the helmets, which were made of hard plastic and had protective facemasks as opposed to the crude leather headgear that became mandatory in the 1930s.
Still, uniforms had a long, long way to go.
Protection where it counts
Former LSU standout Roy "Moonie" Winston, who started at linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl IV, said he didn't use a lot of padding because it was too restrictive.
Winston said the few pads available back then were made of heavy plastic or thick foam, and they didn't exactly fit with the jerseys and pants of the day.
"I never thought much about it when I played," said Winston, who participated in four Super Bowls and played in 202 games with the Vikings from 1962-76. "I didn't play with hip pads or any of that stuff. I wanted to play with as little as possible to be light and mobile."
That's the goal of the linebackers, defensive backs, running backs and wide receivers, who all need to roam the field quickly and easily.
"If you did wear some kind of pad, you wore whatever you wanted to protect the most," Winston said with a laugh.
Former Southern receiver Frank Pitts, who played in Super Bowls I and IV with the Chiefs, agreed.
"There has been a big change," he said. "We didn't have the stuff they do now, but we just got out there and got ready to play. We weren't particular about what we wore. We were concentrating on winning more than anything else."
Seeing it all
New Orleans Saints head equipment manager Dan "Chief" Simmons has seen the evolution of the modern uniform up close and personal.
After a stint in the Navy, which included a tour of duty in Vietnam in the late 1960s, he joined his father, Bill, a longtime equipment manager for the then-St. Louis Cardinals.
Simmons said he walked into his father's equipment room in 1971, the first of his two years with him before the Saints hired him away, and can only laugh now at what he saw then.
"The biggest thing is the number of players and coaches and people you have on the staff," he said. "You had seven coaches back then, 40 players, the trainer, video guys and my dad and myself."
Now, Simmons, who just completed his 40th season with the Saints and is the longest-tenured employee in franchise history, has to outfit 61 players and close to 100 people.
When he started, he said every player had a helmet, shoulder pads, jersey, pants and two pair of shoes — and little else. Now, he has to stock those essentials, as well as socks and jocks and all manner of pads to offer maximum protection for players, whom organizations have invested millions of dollars in.
Safety first
One of the biggest changes Simmons has seen is in the helmets and face masks, which is not a surprise given the rise in head and neck injuries.
In the early 1970s, most players used single- or double-bar facemasks for a helmet that had no real padding — just a support strap attached to the inside of the crown to protect the top of the head.
"There was a little string in there that you tied into a knot," Simmons said. "In the mid- to late 1970s, they came out with a helmet that at least had a little padding in it. But you couldn't inflate (the padding) in them like the ones we have now."
"They hardly had anything in them. It basically was like a plastic shell," Winston said. "All you had was that suspension, just a little circle, in the center of the helmet."
At the opposite end of the spectrum are the shoes. In 1971, Simmons said most players had a pair a practice shoes and a pair of game shoes, and he and his father would regularly change out the laces and polish them for the players.
Now, most players have stacks and stacks of boxes containing all types of shoes for various types of field and weather conditions.
"We didn't have the shoe contracts we have now," Simmons said with a laugh. "Guys have 20 pairs of shoes in their lockers, for crying out loud. It's crazy."
New technology
The fabric used for the jerseys and pants has changed, too. The uniforms of the 1960s and '70s featured jerseys with short sleeves flapping in the breeze and baggy pants held up by belts with buckles.
"The biggest thing is the change in the material and the way they're cut," Simmons said. "All of the jerseys are smaller and tighter, even on the offensive and defensive linemen."
Over the years, players have looked for every advantage they could get, and having form-fitting jerseys with sleeves that contained elastic made it difficult for opponents to lock on.
"Back then, the linemen didn't get their jerseys tailored. … Nobody did," Simmons said. "You got them off the rack, and you only had one or two styles that were used. You didn't have all the tight-fitting sleeves and stuff like that."
Simmons said when All-Pro guard Conrad Dobler joined the team in 1978, the offensive linemen went to shorter, tighter sleeves, which dramatically cut down on the number of sacks they gave up.
"Now, everybody on the team wants their sleeves tighter and shorter," Simmons said.
Heavier cloth gave way to lighter fabric and, eventually, the new Nike duds — called Elite 51 uniforms — that were trotted out last spring and used for the first time this season. According to the Buffalo Bills' website, the sleek uniforms feature Nike's Flywire fabric in the neckline. It allows the jersey to stretch but regain its form to prevent it from slipping off the shoulder pads when a player is tackled.
Pants also were redesigned for maximum comfort, with lightweight padding added to "hit zones" in the base layer of the uniforms. The goal was to amplify speed and give players greater range of motion — just the latest tweak Simmons has seen over the years.
"Oh my gosh, it's changed," he said. "It's changed a lot."


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Networking is one of the best ways to find a job or jump-start a business that's stuck in a rut. Yet, many people don't do it because they find it intimidating or scary.
If this describes you, here's a tip: make it fun. There are many ways to network, especially if you're willing to get a little creative.
I applied this advice to my own business in 2009, and as a result landed a portion of a large government contract that would boost my company's annual revenue to more than $4 million in 2010, up from less than $100,000 in previous years.
Frustrated with the hiring downturn brought on by the Great Recession, I figured a networking event would be a terrific way to build new contacts for my business. But to shake things up a little, I invited friends, acquaintances and clients, and staged the event as a cocktail party in my home.
Inviting a mix of friends and clients, and holding the event in my home, helped me stand out. The personal setting also allowed my guests to feel more connected and more invested in the success of each other.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 70 percent of all jobs are found through networking. Here are some of my other favorite tips for using business networking to the greatest advantage:
- Join a professional association and build relationships with key leaders within the organization. Recruiters often contact local chapters of professional organizations to learn which members are looking for jobs or wanting to make a change.
- Join the local chapter of your university's alumni association. There's an automatic instant bond between people who attended the same school. This is a great choice for people who are normally shy about going to networking events.
- Volunteer your time. Whether it's working with a charity where you have a personal interest, or on a pro bono project within your regular line of work, you'll gain a feeling of fulfillment and new connections who may yield returns down the road.
- Attend networking events. Find out about them by conducting a web search. After the event, send a hand-written follow up note to people whose business cards you collected during the mixer.
- Use social networking. Expand your social network when you meet someone at a networking event by connecting with them on LinkedIn.
- Get involved in the Southwest Job Network. The Southwest Job Network is an all-volunteer program that meets twice a month in Phoenix. You can get involved by participating as a volunteer, attending their events or by doing both.
- Offer to sponsor a meeting of your local professional association. Meeting sponsorships help the group defray costs and gets you in front of your target audience.
- Host your own networking event, either in your home or in a restaurant meeting room.
One of the easiest ways to find a new job or a build a new business connection is simply to bring up the topic in conversation.
Don't be shy about talking about the fact you're looking for a job. Once you start doing that, you may be surprised. Your best chance of finding a position is knowing someone who can connect you to someone else within a company.


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A COMMEMORATION service took place yesterday in memory of a Blackburn man killed in World War One.
Immanuel Church in Feniscowles hosted the event to remember Corporal Edgar Haydock who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
The 24-year-old, who lived in Springmount, Pleasington, was a member of the 11th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, known as the Accrington Pals.
He died with 600 others from his regiment in the assault on Cerres Fortress and is buried at Thiepvall War Cemetery nearby.
The ceremony, in which a bird bath was dedicated to him, was attended by his two nephews Malcolm and Edgar and niece Pat.
Mayor of Blackburn, Coun Allan Cottam, also attended the event which saw the names on the church's cenotaph read out.
The relatives donated £100, £1 for each year since the outbreak of the war, to buy and install the bird bath.
Malcolm, 85, who lives in Mellor Brook, said: "This was such a special event for all of us.
"It's great that so many people attended and the whole thing was absolutely fine. It was a very special occasion for us and I'd like to say thank you to everyone who came."
Rev David Roscoe, who led the ceremony, said: "The family approached us with the view to providing a feature for our church garden in memory of their uncle.
"We came up with the idea of a bird bath because for one we had not got a birdbath for our garden but secondly we thought that it was a fitting tribute to the freedom and joy and peace that it symbolises with the birds in the water.
"During the ceremony we remembered Edgar, blessed the birdbath and also remembered all those from this community who are on our church cenotaph as we remembered this important occasion in the life of our country and rededicated ourselves to the freedom and peace for which these soldiers fought and died."


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Gathering in remembrance of 9/11
September 2nd, 2011 | SMWC
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America with a ceremony Monday, September 12, 2011 at 4 p.m. on the front lawn of the Rooney Library or at Sacred Heart Chapel in Le Fer Hall in case of inclement weather. The campus community will gather for a remembrance service of sacred readings, reflections and song.
All are welcome to attend.
For more information contact, Malia Hoffman, Coordinator of Campus Ministry, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College at 812-535-5244.
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text: According to the Thursday, May 8, 1945 Union-Sun & Journal, Lockport, NY, "Second Lieut. Charles W. Rowley, son of Mrs. Beulah E. Rowley, 229 Pine St., has been held a prisoner in a Japanese interment camp since the fall of Bataan." This paper is in the Niagara County Historians Office.


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Dog-friendly Instow Cottages & 2 People
Fabulous waterside views can be enjoyed from this stunning house which is literally a stone's throw from the beach - an ideal all year round hideaway. Furnished in a New England style, the well-appointed holiday cottage adjoins another property and is a stylish retreat for family and friends.
Situated literally a stone's throw from the beach, this cottage enjoys fabulous views and is the ideal all year round hideaway. Furnished in a New England style, this well appointed cottage adjoins another property and is ideally situated for sitting on the beach or to use as a base to explore the surrounding…
'Impressive and spacious' are the first words that describe this period seaside villa.
Inspired by the garden, this cosy hideaway offers a secret holiday bolthole to escape from the pressures of modern life, set in the stunning North Devon countryside. Views out over the garden and a patio herb garden can be enjoyed in the summer months. This semi-detached holiday property is the perfect romantic retreat…
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Felco 912 holster, cone-shape, belt or pocket clip (F912)
Heavy-duty grain leather with, waxed thread and extra riveting for long lasting use. This holster was specially designed to fit all Felco pruners and one-hand wire cutters. Can be used on belt or pocket with clip. Also known as the F93. Holds any Felco pruner except the F13. Can also hold the F600 pruning saw, any one-hand Felco wire cutter or the F-CP all-purpose cutter.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - For some Jacksonville homeowners, it's become a nightmare. A house they thought they owned now has someone else living in it, claiming to be the new owners.
An old law on the books allows the "new owners" to take possession, but with foreclosure now, the old law has turned into a new concern for homeowners, police and the state attorney.
Legally, it's called adverse possession. Those familiar with the situation call it modern-day squatting.
For example, people have moved into a $1 million riverfront home on the Northside and have paid practically nothing.
The Northside home has been going though foreclosure proceedings for more than a year. The owner, Dale Cole, said he had moved out of the home and was working with a mortgage company to sell it, but he learned from a potential buyer that other people had moved in, claiming they owned the property.
"We started seeing people show up and open the front door in the house. Did not know what was going on," said a neighbor who did not want to give his name. "Never went over to talk to anybody, but it's the darndest thing."
Police were called, and they learned the people moving in filed paperwork for adverse possession. It does not cost anything to file, but the "new owners" claim it allows them to move in and take over the property because it was vacant.
Jacksonville police have been involved in the investigation. Every page of a police report provided by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has been redacted. Police say it's an active investigation.
So what are the procedures for adverse possessions?
The old law allows someone to take over property that has been abandoned by a homeowner. The person filing the claim must be upfront on what they are doing and notify the owner that they are taking over the land. They must pay the taxes for seven years and live on the property the whole time. The title will then be transferred to them.
"It's a provision that used to be on the law for people to go squat on property and acquire the property after paying taxes for seven years," said property appraiser Jim Overton.
The latest twist is how people are getting in the homes. Police and the state attorney's office would not comment, only to say the Northside case is an active investigation. But they are trying to find out if those involved broke into the property.
There are currently 17 cases like this in Duval County and hundreds more throughout the state and country.
"I heard of one case in South Florida where one individual filed 100 cases," Overton said. "It is not a big thing here yet, and hopefully it won't be. As the market clears out, this problem should go away."
The man who filed the adverse possession on the Northside home has said in phone interviews that he has followed the rules and has every right to take over the house.
The house is currently empty, and the state attorney's office is checking to see who really owns the property and if there was any criminal intent behind the takeover.
Channel 4 has learned that citations have been issued in this case, but it appears this is the tip of the iceberg. In fact, lawmakers are trying to change these laws so something like this can't happen again.
To read the state statutes regarding the adverse possession laws, click here.
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text: Still can't buy whiskey in TX on Sunday and beer sales start at noon...counties can still vote to vary the times, but not the Sunday Whiskey sales. Hunting on Sundays in the East is similar on being religious and resting on the Sabbath. We could legally hunt on Sundays, but parents wouldn't allow it.


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I'm a bit new to the concept of OOP, but slightly I'm getting there. I do however have a question.
Suppose we have a class called Helloworld where you can input a string that is supposed to read a message to the world. The string is displayed with a function displaystring inside the class Helloworld. Nothing to fancy.
However, when I define an object msg1 containing the message I want to send to the world I'm unable to display it with displaystring without explicitly putting the message in the functioncall. Why is this? I already assigned my message to msg1 through Helloworld(message). By calling msg1.displaystring one would assume it would display the message which object msg1 contains. What am I doing wrong here?
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#! /usr/bin/env python3.4
class Helloworld:
def __init__(self,string):
self.string = string
def displaystring(self,string):
return (string)
message = "Hi there folks!"
msg1 = Helloworld(message)
print (msg1.displaystring)
print (msg1.displaystring(message))
<bound method Helloworld.displaystring of <__main__.Helloworld object at 0x7fba059cb860>>
Hi there folks!
Added note: By using msg1.displaystring(message) you're actually calling for print(Helloworld(message).displaystring(message)). I find it strange I'd have to insert the message I want to display twice.


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Prize Recipient
Christian Zollner
Cornell University
My name is Christian Zollner, and I will be a sophomore studying Engineering Physics at Cornell University (School of Applied and Engineering Physics, College of Engineering). I am from Las Cruces, New Mexico. My love for physics was inspired by my father, also a physicist, who taught me to love science from a young age. After graduating, I hope to one day earn a PhD. In addition to physics, I am interested in materials science, especially in semiconductors and applications in renewable energy technologies. In my free time I love to play sports like soccer and basketball, and play music. I can play several instruments including guitar, and used to play bass in a band. I am very grateful and excited for the opportunity to be an APS Minority Scholar.


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Player InformationFlames Home > Football Home > Football Roster > Roster Detail
Desmond RiceClass: Junior
Position: RB
Height: 5-8
Weight: 195
Previous School: Liberty Christian Academy
Hometown: Lynchburg, Va.
2012 (So.)
• Competed in 10 games, starting once at running back
• Rushed for 41 yards on 11 carries, while totaling 109 receiving yards on eight catches
• Caught three passes for 42 yards against Gardner-Webb (Oct. 6)
• Rushed for 23 yards on five carries at Presbyterian College (Oct. 13)
• Scored 49-yard receiving touchdown against Stony Brook (Nov. 10)
2011 (Fr.)
• Appeared in nine games as a running back during his true freshman season
• Liberty's fourth-leading rusher, with 158 yards on 35 carries and two touchdowns
• Named Big South Freshman of the Week three times in a row – Oct. 3, Oct. 10, Oct. 17
• Raced for 37 yards on his first career carry, against Robert Morris
• Had seven carries for 40 yards against Kentucky Wesleyan
• Scored two rushing touchdowns, the first of his career, versus Coastal Carolina
• Graduated from Liberty Christian Academy
• Finished his career by rushing for 3,136 yards and 40 touchdowns
• Helped LCA to a state championship as sophomore
• First team all-conference and second team all-state honoree as a junior
• First team all-conference and all-state as a senior
• Rushed for 1,315 yards and 21 touchdowns during his senior season
• Son of Eric and Vanessa Rice
• Born on May 5
• Business major


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RAIDS were carried out on 10 homes and businesses as part of a major investigation into cocaine and amphetamine dealing in East Lancashire.
Detectives swooped on a farm conversion, luxury flats, a town centre bar and warehouse in East Lancashire as six men were quizzed, also in connection with money laundering claims.
Police moved in swiftly after reports of a £100,000-plus drugs deal being conducted between two suspects who had been under surveillance.
Suspects from Barrowford, Blackburn, Cheadle and Sale, aged from 42 to 49, were being quizzed by officers from Lancashire Police's Serious and Organised Crime Unit last night.
Another two suspects, aged 36 and 39, have also been questioned regarding similar allegations. Det Insp Martin Kane confirmed that the investigation, codenamed Operation Victor, was targeting 'high-end drug suppliers' instead of street-level dealers.
Several items were removed yesterday from one of the properties, the Coach House, in Colne Road, Barrowford, including a flatscreen television and table.
One neighbour said the police operation was a 'surprise' and added: "The police came last night and told us someone had been arrested."
Neighbours said that police had raided premises belonging to Castle Contract Packers, in Castle Clough, Hapton, and officers also attended Bar Mojito, in Ormerod Street, and premises in nearby Sandygate, as part of the inquiry.
Police said they had also searched premises in Brandy House Brow, Blackburn and other businesses in Sale and Wythenshawe.
A raid was also conducted at Clough Springs, a luxury flats complex built on the site of the former vinegar factory in Wheatley Lane Road, and homes in Sale and Cheadle, police said.
DI Kane said: "These raids are part of our ongoing commitment to tackling drugs. The activities of drug dealers can have such a negative effect on our communities.
"They can ruin lives, fuel other crime, and can instil fear in our neighbourhoods and we are determined to tackle that."
Neighbours of Castle Contract Packers said eight police cars descended on the premises, off Castle Street, Hapton, on Tuesday.
One resident, who asked not to be named, said: "It was chaotic - the police just swooped down. They were in plain clothes and, as soon as they came, they went straight into the storage place. They were there until after 6pm.
"During the day, a blue van turned up and the officers were in uniform, and then later another van turned up with dogs.
"The lane was closed off. We all had to give our names and where we lived. Nothing like this has happened in 20 years."
Dennis Berry, who jointly owns Mojitos, said that police had attended the bar on Tuesday but had only checked money in the till.


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NEW YORK CITY, Ny. - YouTube vs. TV? YouTube says the battle - if there ever was one - is over.
In a flashy presentation to advertisers Wednesday night, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt declined to forecast that Internet video will displace television watching. Instead he declared: "That's already happened."
Schmidt says "the future is now" for YouTube, which recently passed the milestone of 1 billion unique visitors every month. But, he adds, if you think that's a large number, "wait until you get to 6 or 7 billion."
YouTube billed the event, which was part of a week of digital media "NewFronts," as a "brandcast." YouTube presented itself as a new video entity unlike TV, one with global reach, community engagement and more 18- to 34-year-olds than any cable network.
Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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I think I found proof the White Tomb will be in Deathly Hallows.
See the white board next to Voldemort and the Elder Wand? I think that is the White Tomb. Anyone disagree?--L.V.K.T.V.J.(Send an owl!) 03:46, June 29, 2010 (UTC)
I agree with you. It is also seen in this scene:
I think they are the same scene: when Voldemort takes the Elder Wand from the White Tomb, he tries to cast a spell.
--El Profeta Vespertino 12:24, June 29, 2010 (UTC)
If I recall, I remember seeing a concept drawing for the tomb on the HBP page at one point. Can't seem to find it now though.
Does this mean that a berial scene will feature at the start of DH1? - bearing in mind Harry handles the wand in Dumbledore's study at the end of HBP. HallowsProductions (talk) 08:06, July 6, 2010 (UTC)
Is Voldemort casting any specific spell or just testing the power of the wand?Ravenclawstudent


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hello all,
i know adobe photoshop, i want to learn more deeper website designing. what should i go for
Do tell the priority i should give to three of them.
If you want to get into web design then the first two things to learn would be HTML 4 and CSS 2.1 (which are the current standards).
Where you go from there depends on what areas you intend to specialise in.
I know both of them and photoshop too, but i had to decide from flash and html5. Advice please
Well Flash is already a complete product - admittedly a proprietary one from Adobe.
HTML 5 is still at an early draft stage and may be significantly different by the time it finally becomes a standard. Anyway it just adds a few additional tags to what is already in the HTML 4 standard (even though 95% of people are still using HTML 3.2 that has been obsolete for over 15 years). Some of the proposed new tags for HTML 5 have already had their reason for being added disappear - eg IE6 was the last browser being used to not understand the standard object tag making the embed tag unnecessary and the pattern attribute in HTML 5 makes the required attribute that was also proposed in HTML 5 unnecessary.
Also Flash will take longer to learn as it is a new language. HTML 5 is just a few extra tags added to the current standard HTML 4.
The most recent change to the standards for how basic web pages work was the new standard for JavaScript that was adopted in 2011.
The fancy stuff in HTML5 and CSS3 is likely to work on almost all browsers eventually, and you can provide graceful fallback options for browsers that don't support it all. Flash is unlikely to ever work on any iOS device, which renders it pretty pointless in a world where iPhones and iPads have an ever increasing market share.
As has been said, as a web developer, you'll not get around to learning HTML5. And it's not true that HTML5 is just a bunch of extra tags. It's a lot more than that and it will be of great importance to get to know HTML5, if you want to have a sustainable business in the web development world.
Flash still has its advantages in some areas like animation, for example, but the newer technologies are gaining ground at a mind-boggling speed, so I'd definitely opt to go with what will be a requirement in this industry unless you just do it for a hobby.
you have to give much priority HTML5 cause html is base for website designing than u can focus on adobe Photoshop , illustrator and flash
All that HTML consists of is tags for marking up content. Everything else that is being promotted as HTML 5 is actually NOT HTML at all but us actually something else. I have seen people refer to large sections of the current JavaScript standard as being HTML 5 but they are not HTML they are JavaScript and they are not in draft, they are actually a part of the current standard.
HTML (all versions) is just a bunch of tags.
HTML5Google removed flash on android !
Flash for web is the past, but it's still a useful tool at least for sketching animations and interactions. And there's still countless online games that use it.
Flash software is just great for making cool animations for your web site so if you miss it then you`ll miss a lot,so go for it=>:cool: i have learned it in my web designing course and i give it a thumb up.good luck!


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Booby Traps Series: Attack of the giant bulb syringe.
This is the 21st in a series of posts on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. My doula once attended a training in which the presenter shoved a giant bulb syringe in the faces … Continue reading
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Forums: Index > Help Desk archive > The Dark Arts teacher in the 70s...?
Who do you reckon was the DADA teacher when the Marauders (James, Remus, Sirius, Peter...) were in their school years? We only know those in Harry's time, but I don't recall it was ever mentionned who he (or they) might be. Any idea? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Myrddin75 (talk • contribs).
- It hasn't been mentioned yet. Hopefully Pottermore will clear this up. - Nick O'Demus 20:26, August 7, 2011 (UTC)
- I don't know, but could it be Professor Merrythought? (I'm not sure if that's spelled right.) Merrythought taught something during Tom Riddle's years at Hogwarts.188.8.131.52 14:32, August 13, 2012 (UTC)Laura
- Tom Riddle heard in his schooltime that she will retire. The Marauders went to school after Tom had already left, so I think she was not teaching any more. Harry granger Talk contribs 14:38, August 13, 2012 (UTC)
- Galatea Merrythought retired in 1945, after having been Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher for 50 years, since 1895. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 14:42, August 13, 2012 (UTC)
- Lord Voldemort cursed the DADA teacher job, so every teacher from around 1956 until 1998, and therefore also during the marauders' school time, would only hold the position for a year, so a lot of different teachers were teaching the marauders DADA. SorenaJ (talk) 16:53, August 13, 2012 (UTC)


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So, the International Monetary Fund is upbeat on the growth outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa. But its biannual outlook for the region flags some big bumps on the way – not least that it is increasingly vulnerable to external shocks. Here are five key points from the paper.
1 – "Africa rising" is on track
The region will account for 2.63 per cent of the global economy in 2014 (measured by purchasing power parity). While that might not sound like much, it will be the largest share it has taken for more than three decades. However, the region's population accounts for 13 per cent of the global total, underscoring just how far there is to go. Read more


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Has anyone seen this script before:
I stumbled on it a couple of days ago. I'd love to hear if anyone has had any experience using it. I love how professional the script appears. There's a demo at:
The only thing that puts me off is the price. But then again, if I want to have a professional looking directory, maybe that's the price I need to pay.
Has anyone seen anything as good as this before? I'd be keen to hear everyones thoughts as to whether the script seems like value for money, etc...
I'm just starting to learn php / mysql myself and I know it will be ages before I'll have the skills to be able to do anything like this myself. Can someone who knows about databases / scripting have a quick look at this for me and tell me if it's any good and also whether someone fairly amatuer (like me) would be able to manage it themselves. That is if I purchased the script instead of just having it hosted by this company.
Thanks a lot everyone.
Thank you. This seems to be an old thread about a "new directory script" that is no longer "new". We just released a new version of phpLD.
Anyone else have any feedback from this source? TIA
Seems no, at sitepoint forum. But I saw something on others,also there is an always active forum on their site
Before deciding on a directory script, be aware that google is starting to penalize spam directories..... check out this:
This looks like a good directory script as it seems to have more features than regular scripts, it would be easy to manage from what i can see even without much knowledge.
What kind of site are you going to be using this for ? That will help me give you more recomendations.
Hi Para
Thanks for taking a look at that script.
My intention is to start a directory of pet products and services. I want to make it international, so for example, if someone is looking for a pet store in Auckland New Zealand they'll be able to find it easily. And I don't want the site just to be a huge series of links. I want each company that submits their details to be able to explain about their products and services as well as providing users with images of their product / service. And I want to be able to take payments from customers.
I hope that helps you understand where I'm coming from.
Given your status on the forums, you must have significant knowledge of coding, etc... Can you give me some idea of how big of a job it would be for someone fairly new to databases / scripting to make a directory such as the one available at www.edirectory.com ? I'm trying to work out if putting together something like this would be possible if I dedicated a couple of months to it.
I've had a look at other directory scripts, such as phpmydirectory, phplinksdirectory, etc but feel that they are lacking.
The URLs are not working. I have tried opening both of them buet I get "Page Not Found" for both links.
costly, tables, no dtd, otherwise looks interesting
I'm still pretty keen to get some feedback to my earlier posts if anyone can add something. Thanks in advance.
I'm thinking of buying this script. Can anyone find any reason why it might not be a good purchase. Thanks
I search for a good directory to install on PHP/MYSQL. In case of a sudent problem I want to be able to reinstall keeping the content as it previously was. Where could I download such a stable script and fpr free?
Well if you are looking for a directory portal script, you could try this
Demo http://www.indexu.net/
This is my personal favourite
The one u are looking at is a bit expensive and well havent seen it used...Interact a lot with dirs
Both 'edirectory' and 'indexu' are nice scripts. The 'edirectory' demo is excellent and it is good to see some effort in projecting a script in its best light.
Fully optioned, Edirectory seems to more of a portal with a very good directory capability. I question the cost of edirectory in light of other good scripts. If you purchased the full options and unencoded, expect to be out of pocket for at least $3000.
Once you start talking these amounts, it is worth creating your own script.
If you check-out edirectory's recently created website links, you will find all of these look decidely amateurish compared to the demo. If you're interested in buying, I would question how close to the demo is the script that you are purchasing as it would cost considerably more money to get a new template created that combines the clean design and typography that the demo projects.
way too pricey for that edirectory script. Would definitely rather invest in a proprietary script myself.
Can someone give me a roughidea about how much I could expect to pay for a proprietory script of the quality of edirectory?
Also, can you let me know where I would go, or who I would talk to about doing a proprietory script.
Is rentacoder.com the best place to seek script coders?
What's wrong with indexu, by the way. Or, is the concern more about changing the default html/web page formatting / look and feel?
I'm considering INDEXU in addition to ESYNDICAT PRO (the new version 2, just released).
These seem to be pretty flexible, or am I missing something?
I would be reluctant to build a site like edirectory from scratch.
Unless you have good knowlege of the coder and a long pocket, I would get someone to check the coding on the edirectory script and purchase the unencoded version. It would be less pain and probably cheaper in the long run.
Scriptlance.com is another alternative. I have had good results and bad from their coders.
Too much expensive! I would definitely go with phpMyDirectory for $99.95 & alsmot the same features, if not more.


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Provides commentary on law, politics and justice. By Professor Darren Hutchinson.
Edited by Martha F. Davis, Margaret Drew, Lauren Bartlett, Carrie Bettinger Lopez, Leigh Goodmark, Brian Howe, Deena Hurwitz, Risa Kaufman, Sital Kilantry, Mariah McGill, Fran Quigley, Katherine Schultz, David Singleton, Cindy Soohoo, Jonathan Todrews, Penny Venetis and Lesley Wexler.
Covers international laws of war, international law, related human rights topics, international NGOs, and the theory of the just war. By Professor Kenneth Anderson.
Covers courts-martial (domestic and international), law changes, military commissions and other items of interest to military law practitioners and scholars worldwide.
Covers global poverty, welfare and current affairs. By Professors Ezra Rosser and Lowell Kent Hull.


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The whole family is sure to love a classic one dish pasta that's filled with cheesy goodness: baked ziti. It's easy to prepare on a weeknight and reheats deliciously the next day. Though the below version is a classic cheese creation, you can experiment by swapping in your favorite cheeses or adding in ground beef or roasted vegetables. Serve it on the side with homemade meatballs or as a main dish.
Combine 16oz ricotta cheese with one egg and a handful of chopped parsley.
Add one cup of grated Parmesan cheese and one cup of grated mozzarella cheese.
Make sauce from scratch or take a shortcut and combine one jar of store-bought sauce with one can of crushed tomatoes.
Add one pound of al dente cooked ziti to the cheese mixture and pour into a baking dish. Top with remaining mozzarella cheese and any leftover sauce.
Bake in a 350 degree oven until bubbling, about 30 minutes.
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