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Peavy's quality outing goes for naught
Righty limits damage, but Sox unable to cash in scoring opportunities
HOUSTON -- There they were -- manager John Farrell, Mike Napoli and David Ross -- all talking about how good Jake Peavy is. And there was Peavy, talking about how he needs to be better for his team.
The three Red Sox complimented Peavy's work ethic, or his performance Saturday, or how he's not letting any distractions impact his performance. After all, his name has been a popular one in trade rumors leading up to the All-Star break.
For at least seven innings Saturday, however, Peavy was a Red Sox, and he pitched well. Then came the leadoff double he gave up in the eighth inning to Jose Altuve that led to Boston's demise, as Altuve would go on to score and the Astros would snap the Red Sox's three-game winning streak in a 3-2 loss at Minute Maid Park.
"It's not even the run support, it's just finding a way to win on that day," Peavy said. "I've pitched in tight games my whole career and found a way to put us in better situations to win those tight games."
Peavy walked out to the mound in the eighth inning to face Altuve, and Farrell said they planned for him to come out after facing the All-Star second baseman. Altuve ended up on second and Peavy walked to the dugout amidst a smattering of applause from Red Sox fans understanding his time with the club may be running out.
Two outs later, Chris Carter hit a grounder up the middle that Brock Holt stopped and flipped to second. Yet a speedy George Springer beat out a barehanded catch from Dustin Pedroia and Altuve scored to break a 2-2 tie.
For seven innings, Peavy dueled against the Astros, consistently avoiding any serious trouble and limiting any Houston opportunity. He struck out a season-high nine batters, and gave up six hits and one walk against a young, aggressive lineup.
"He's a leader," Ross said. "He's in the game when he's not playing, he studies, he goes over scouting reports probably more intense than any pitcher I've ever played with."
Yet Peavy's record fell to 1-8 with an ERA of 4.59. In Peavy's six June starts, the Red Sox averaged 1.5 runs. Saturday was no different, as Boston's 13 hits resulted in just two runs.
After Friday's 8-3 series-opening win against the Astros, Farrell harped on the timing of his team's hits leading to the surge of runs for a Red Sox team that's last in the American League in runs scored. On Saturday, it was back to missed opportunities.
Take the ninth inning, when Mookie Betts and Holt hit one-out singles to put runners on base with Pedroia and David Ortiz next in the lineup. Pedroia grounded into a double play on a call that was challenged and confirmed to end the game. It mirrored a situation in the fifth inning, when Ortiz grounded into an inning-ending double play to halt a promising rally.
"Once again, we built a great opportunity for ourselves with a couple guys on, and unfortunately as we did in the fifth, in the ninth inning we roll into a double play that keeps us cashing in on any opportunities," Farrell said. "In key moments we didn't get a hit."
In the clubhouse, Peavy asked if the Orioles had won and if the Sox had lost any ground in the division. He then also addressed the fact that his name will be brought up in rumors prior to the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline.
"I don't want to leave a man in this room," Peavy said. "At the same time, I would never be upset with an organization doing what they think is best."
Mike Vernon 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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Dear All,
I totally confess to getting myself tied in knots with a coding issue and am appealing for help in establishing if my approach is correct or if I have I am off track and missing some really simple solution.
I am not sure if I should be posting here or in the php forum but I have opted for this forum first.
I wish to create a float based layout to display some mysql data. In order to make this dynamic and flexible 'ex' units have been used to size elements with in the layout and this works fine.
The trouble comes when attempting to size various elements in 'ex' units relative to elements sized in 'px' units. As far as I can establish there is no php function which returns font metrics of a given font without invoking Imagick or PDFlib and Javascript is not appropriate as I want to effect the sizing as I construct the html/css in php.
So I have built a couple of tables of Aspect Ratios assuming a default dpi of 96 with which I can convert from 'ex' to 'px' and visa versa. This works but it feels clumsy and I can't help thinking that there should be a more elegant approach to this.
The tables assume:
font in pixels = font in pts / 72 * 92font in ex = font in pixels * aspect ratio
I note also that whilst my tables hold true to provide an approximate conversion for W3C compliant browsers they do not hold true for IE. I am concluding that IE uses a different default dpi or in some other way renders 'ex' units differently. Obviously using an appropriate assumed dpi resolves the problem with in my function but I would still like to understand why 'ex' units behave differently in IE.
I feel sure that relating 'ex' to 'px' must be a common layout issue so I am hoping that someone has a view on this an can guide me appropriately.
Many Thanks.
Yeah. That's always going to be trouble.
Your problem isn't so much that IE (likely just your copy) is different, but that how a font is displayed and what its relative size is, is heavily influenced by the desktop environment's settings on that machine, as well as browser settings. The font you choose to render must be available on all the platforms you want to reach, and if you look around this forum you'll see a recent thread where someone is exasperated by different rendering of a font at different sizes even. Some fonts may have a size where they are displayed "jaggedly" instead of smoothly.
Many browsers may start with "default px size" at 16, but this in turn is influenced by desktop settings, and may not actually render at 16px at all (such is the case with my machines).
It's a common issue on the front end for sure, but the solutions so far have been lots of math based on shaky default user assumptions.
I think you may have to decide when you want the information to be in a flexible unit relative to user settings (ex, em... btw I have no idea how well supported ex is, have you tried em?) and when the rendered font size is more important. In those cases, you may be simply writing the CSS (if CSS is doing the display) directly into pixels (and not converting but simply stating, "this tag gets displayed at this px size" etc). This still won't be absolutely the same cross-machine (as mentioned above, the font you choose has influence and odd-sized fonts may get slight rounding differences in browsers) but it should be close enough to satisfy.
In which case, you'll be looking at your flexible version and just look at the ratios between your different sizes (if you have a Heading size vs a plain-data size) and the spacing you have between lines and things. When you try a px version, you'd try to make the ratio of sizes look about the same.
I think we'd also need to see the data and the effect you are trying to accomplish. If it's tabular data is should be a table anyway but I'm wondering if you are over-thinking this and whether you need to size all the containers. It all depends on the data of course and the structure that you require.
No-one uses ex (not that I know of anyway) and you should use em for more reliability.
Echoing what Stommey said... Converting units is a bit like adding apples and oranges only worse.
When It comes to web design is not a really wise idea, and whatever methods get you close usually entail some sort of accessibility boondongle.
for example
font in pixels = font in pts / 72 * 92 assumes a monitor setting of 92px/inch which is not always the case ( and I thought 96px /inch for flast screen was more common anyway... I could be wrong about that). In any case EX/ EM are relative to FONTSIZE.
Am not certain on how the entire page would work together... so this is conceptual suggestion. You COULD wrap entire layout in container the width of the sum total of all your EX measurements, and with a padding-left the width of all your PX measurements. Give the outermost (holding element) of your layout a negative margin-left of the sum total of all our PX measurements; this would suck it into the padding area of the wrapper. It's kinda convoluted, but it does work when adding apples and oranges. I hope that helps and I didn't miss what you were trying to say entirely.
Hi All,
Thank you for your input. I do see that mixing and matching these units is fraught with difficulty and prone to error or unexpected/inconsistent results across all browsers. Then when we add in the influence of the rendering attaining consistency appears to be impossible or least hopelessly overly complex.
Yes I agree that outputting the data as a table is robust and consistent but it is also rigid which was not what I was looking for.
I am interested in knowing why em's are favoured over ex's it is not clear to me why one should be more less reliable than the other.
From your input I have indeed applied the same units to the containers thus removing the need to compare ex's to px's I can't think why I didn't see that was the obvious thing to do before. I can of just as easily work in em's but I am not sure why I should be doing so.
It is obviously a whole field of study in its own right and it has been very interesting looking into this.
Apparently browser vendors made ex units even less consistent between each other than with ems. With some not really supporting it at all. zcorpan mentioned in an old thread that specifically IE and Gecko used two different measurements for the unit.
You can see why ex units are not as reliable as ems from the details in the specs:
ex unit
Equal to the font's x-height. The x-height is so called because it is often equal to the height of the lowercase "x". However, an 'ex' is defined even for fonts that do not contain an "x".
The x-height of a font can be found in different ways. Some fonts contain reliable metrics for the x-height. If reliable font metrics are not available, UAs may determine the x-height from the height of a lowercase glyph. One possible heuristic is to look at how far the glyph for the lowercase "o" extends below the baseline, and subtract that value from the top of its bounding box. In the cases where it is impossible or impractical to determine the x-height, a value of 0.5em must be assumed.
There are various ways a UA can determine the x height so even though they all may do it differently and come up with slightly different values they may all still be following the specs.
em on the other hand can be found more easily.
em unit
Equal to the computed value of the 'font-size' property of the element on which it is used.
Hi Paul O'B
Yes I had seen that specification whilst reading around the subject the piece of the puzzle that I had not understood was that each browser does it's own calculations to establish x-height. One must assume therefore that the same applies for ascender descender and capital heights.
Sorry to keep displaying my ignorance but I thought that the TTF or Postcript or other file held all the Metrics for the given font and that there are various utilities for accessing these Font Metrics.
That being the case I had made the assumption that all the browsers would access and apply this data to achieve a consistent result. I can understand that the resulting displayed font will be function of this data and the method used by the browser to render this on the screen and this will result in minor differences. But now we are saying that we can't even rely on the value of x-height (or ascender or ....) being consistent.
So yes I see the difference in the reliability of ex and em.

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Given the smorgasbord of issues Congress has piled onto its plate for the next round of fiscal cliff negotiations, we should all convey this message: If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Go back to the negotiating table, focus your energies on addressing the wasteful spending and not where they'll do more harm than good.
Given the smorgasbord of issues Congress has piled onto its plate for the next round of fiscal cliff negotiations, we should all convey this message: If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Go back to the negotiating table, focus your energies on addressing the wasteful spending and not where they'll do more harm than good.
Let me offer a pertinent example — Medicare Part D.
While there's no question certain issues must still be addressed as they relate to Medicare, Medicaid and the skyrocketing costs in health care more generally, a lingering proposal to implement Medicaid-style rebates for the Medicare Part D component is not one of them. Part D — the prescription assistance program that is arguably the only portion of Medicare which comes in under budget — is surpassing all expectations, delivering results below budget expectations. The recent open enrollment period, which ended Dec. 15, demonstrated this point exactly.
What is meant by a Medicaid-style rebate anyway, and is it a responsible cost-saving measure for Medicare as a whole?
Unlike the mail-in-rebates most consumers are familiar with — the kind you might receive when purchasing a new retail item — the proposed Medicaid-style rebates serve more like a tax on the manufacturing and research and development of new medicines. If such a levy were to be imposed on the industry producing the medicines, budget experts predict 20-40 percent increases in Part D premiums, reduced plan choices and more restrictive formularies.
Why increase prices on a program that is already working well?
In March 2012, the Congressional Budget Office reduced its Medicare Part D 10-year spending projections for 2013-2022 by $107 billion — the second consecutive year Part D projections were reduced by more than $100 billion. During this same period, the CBO increased its projected spending for the rest of Medicare. In addition to the overall spending reductions, Part D Plan Bids are lower today than they were in 2006, the first year of the program's operation.
Furthermore, additional statistics from a recent survey by Medicare Today found that:
While overall Medicare costs have gone up, Part D projections remain 43 percent below expectations during the initial 2004-2013 forecast.
Ninety percent of Medicare Part D enrollees report being satisfied with the coverage offered through the program.
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) concluded that Part D results in $1,200 per year reduction in non-drug medical spending for each individual who previously had limited drug coverage — $13.4 billion in savings during the program's first year alone.
When Congress resumes negotiations on the next round of fiscal cliff talks, it needs to remember: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Medicaid-style rebates would increase monthly expenses on fixed income senior citizens and render the program less effective, despite a successful history of saving taxpayers billions of dollars. Sounds like a classic case of tampering with something that is better left alone. In fact, nearly 350 organizations agree and recently signed a letter urging Congress to preserve Medicare Part D as fiscal cliff negotiations enter their critical stages.
I join them in this effort. Part D ain't broke. Please don't fix it.
Dr. Randy Brinson is a gastroenterologist in Montgomery. He is also chairman of the Alabama Christian Coalition and a former health care adviser to Republican governor Fob James.


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American Yachts and Shipbuilding's Genesis — By
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January 2003
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|Part 2: At the end of the day, a profusion of genuine thanks flew from every direction.
Nothing was needed in the saloon--and nothing about it emulated what I envision when I hear something is handicapped-accessible. The design and build teams recognized that the traditional placement of furniture to each side of the room or scattered across it would present obstacles. Therefore a large conversation area was created amidships, aft of a center island containing the pop-up 32-inch television. This permitted wider passageways to port and starboard and a setup that later allowed all of us to comfortably gather and discuss our day.
NAYS turned traditional space planning on its ear in the galley, too. It's huge, combining a large banquette area aft (much like the type in a country kitchen) and a large sit-at bar that lets guests watch the chef in action. During my first tour, NAYS's Tim Smith, who has owned a few yachts (and still owns a 118-footer), described how he envisioned a yacht owner inviting his or her favorite restaurant chef to come aboard and dazzle guests. During my second tour, Horgan's father cracked jokes about how his son should whip up some scrambled eggs for everyone, thanks to a lower counter behind the bar that was also positioned comfortably for someone standing. The aft banquette was also positioned to accommodate a wheelchair.
While it's become increasingly common for master staterooms to be located fully forward on the main deck and the captain's cabin located aft of the pilothouse, the reverse is true onboard Genesis. (In an interesting move, the chef gets his or her own cabin as well, next to the captain's cabin and galley.) The reason the master is up one deck? As Smith put it, "This is the best real estate on a boat!" A spiral staircase leads up here from starboard on the main deck, as does an elevator. Forget what you've seen or heard about elevators on other yachts--this elevator is anything but claustrophobic, accommodating about six adults or one person in a wheelchair and two adults.
By combining the master with a sky-lounge-size library, NAYS created a 2,000-square-foot private domain (literally--the owner can lock the doors). Just like on the main deck, furniture here is arranged to seamlessly minimize obstacles. A 42-inch flat-screen television hidden behind sliding panels, a fireplace (with an MCA-approved gas feed, although it is nonoperational), and a bar that yields views into the pilothouse via a window create an ideal getaway. Aft, what upon first glance appear to be artfully curved bulkhead panels are actually doors that yield access to the stateroom, quite an unusual feat. The aft-facing master bed benefits from a dramatic vista through floor-to-ceiling windows and over a balcony-like alfresco area containing a hot tub and deck chairs.
The master suite generated the most exchange of ideas between Horgan, de Basto, Hoogs, and Lottino. While the doorways to the separate his and her heads were each navigable via wheelchair, the MSD was in its own compartment with its own door in the port-side head. When Horgan asked simply, "Why is there a door here?" Hoogs acknowledged, "Maybe we got carried away with the privacy issue." The shower, a traditional all-glass design, posed a challenge as well, as Horgan pointed out that a caregiver would need to lend a hand. Hoogs and de Basto traded a few ideas before Hoogs realized an open shower design a friend of his had in his home might work: Despite the lack of a door, the shower apparently prevented water from splashing out. The team made a note to check it out for the next NAYS project, another 153-footer under construction.
Recognizing that the future owner of Genesis might be able-bodied and have a guest in a wheelchair, NAYS made all of the guest staterooms--two twins, a VIP, and an adjacent study that doubles as a stateroom thanks to a pull-out couch--accessible. With a subtle stroke of his pen, de Basto designed each entryway on a diagonal instead of the traditional right angle. The VIP stateroom features a particularly wheelchair-friendly head, with a tub that allows a person to shift himself or herself onto its ledge.
At the end of the day, a profusion of genuine thanks flew from every direction--from the NAYS team to Horgan for his insight and from Horgan to the team for addressing an often-overlooked need. The biggest thanks of all, however, came during the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, where the yacht sold to an owner in a wheelchair and where Hull No. 2 found an owner as well.
A few weeks before my tour, Horgan told me, "When we developed the Freedom Independence 20-foot sailboat in 1986, it was the first daysailer designed for the handicapped. It's not that we designed anything revolutionary. We just designed something practical."
Sounds just like the philosophy of the NAYS team.
North American Yachts & Shipbuilding Phone: (252) 638--6646. www.nays.cc.
Special thanks to Shake-a-Leg Miami Phone: (305) 858-5550. www.shakealegmiami.org.
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This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Quentin Tarantino thinks Lindsay is the best
Quentin Tarantino has officially lost his shit. Yesterday at the 68th Annual Golden Globe nominations ceremony he told OK! Magazine he would love to work with Lindsay Lohan:
"[Lohan] is one of the best actresses in Hollywood."
When asked if he'd ever cast Lindsay in a Kill Bill-type role, Tarantino said, "I could cast Lindsay in almost anything!"
A coffin. With both of them inside. Then I'd drop it somewhere deep within the Pacific. Now let's go watch Sister Street Fighter and get ourselves some tasty milkshakes.
[Flashback to a minute ago.]
Do you know what I'd like to see Quentin cast Lindsay in? You're going to want to sit down for this one, daddy-o.
Directed by Quentin Tarantino. He hates chronology.
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text: News Article Mobile videoconferencing drives unified communications systems demand Heather Clancy Published March 19, 2013 in SearchITchannel Right now, some of Baroan's small business customers use Skype for basic videoconferencing. But requirements for better mobile support and the need to connect with other systems are driving more small businesses to consider products such as those offered by Lifesize Communications, a division of Logitech, Baroan said. See the Report


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Jean Pope shared her version of huevos rancheros on Cooking Channel's Facebook wall. It has everything you'd expect from the classic Mexican breakfast dish—a corn tortilla, refried beans, a fried egg on top—but she pushes the flavor envelope with a couple surprise ingredients.
Her secret is Asian-style ground chili paste, which gives bright heat and intensity to the dish—"It lends a sharp, moderately spicy bite to whatever it accompanies," she says—and fish sauce in the salsa.
Jean's recipe is her attempt to recreate a breakfast she's never forgotten in Tulum, Mexico; the fish sauce "was the best way to replicate the savory notes of the tomato sauté." We salute you, Jean!
See the recipe on her blog. And check out more Mexican breakfast recipes on Cooking Channel.


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With talks between Mexican and U.S. tomato growers still alive to resolve escalated trade tensions, the U.S. government is initiating a review of the existing suspension agreement.
The sunset review by the U.S. International Trade Commission was publicized in the Dec. 3 Federal Register, but the date was set years ago as part of the agreement's five-year review, said Lance Jungmeyer, president of the Nogales, Ariz.-based Fresh Produce Association of the Americas.
"That is something that we expected to happen," Jungmeyer said.
The deadline for comments to the commission is Jan. 2.
The sunset review is separate from ongoing negotiations to resolve issues with the current tomato suspension agreement. Talks between Mexican growers and U.S. interests are confidential, but Jungmeyer said parties close to the negotiations are hopeful for a resolution.
"Certainly our hope is that the two sides can come to an agreement and that the agreement will continue," Jungmeyer said. "We think that is the best thing for the growth of this tomato category for retailers to have access to a wide variety and volume of tomatoes," he said.
This summer, the Florida Tomato Exchange cited unfair trade practices and requested the U.S. end the tomato suspension agreement with Mexico.
In August, the Department of Commerce said it would take comments on the request. The agreement has governed the price of imported Mexican tomatoes since 1996.
The department announced a preliminary decision Sept. 27 to terminate the suspended anti-dumping investigation, effectively killing the 16-year-old suspension agreement.
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PHILADELPHIA - The College Swimming Coaches Association of American (CSCAA) announced its 2014 Spring CSCAA Scholar All-American Team supported by Nike Swim, and both the University of Pennsylvania men's and women's teams were recognized for their efforts in the classroom.
The CSCAA Scholar All-American Team Award is presented to college and university swimming and diving teams that have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
The Penn men's team had a cumulative GPA of 3.16, a mark that tied for 39th among all NCAA Division I institutions. Only 71 teams in the nation met the standards required to be eligible for this award.
On the women's side, Penn had a combined GPA of 3.21 which placed the Quakers in a group of 150 NCAA Division I teams that reached the grade-point average necessary to receive the Scholar All-American Team recognition.
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We are very proud to announce the 1.4 release of Crystal Space and CEL.
This is the final 1.x version of Crystal Space, and should be mostly compatible with 1.2.
The next release will be 2.0 which will remove a lot of deprecated features and no longer be 100% backwards compatible.
Major Changes
|Animesh is a new mesh object for animated meshes, integrating vertex based animation with skeletal animation. Skeletal animations are blended together using an extensible and flexible blending tree allowing different parts of the skeleton to be influenced by different animation sequences in a controlled manner. Animesh utilizes volume preserving dual quaternion skinning to give high quality meshes.
|Building on the work done in the old bruteblock terrain engine "terrain2" improves rendering and handling of large outdoor areas by providing an unified framework for efficient data loading, rendering and collision detection.
|The Crystal Space Speex plugin brings support for the playback of Speex compressed audio streams. The FOSS Speex codec is optimised for voice compression and brings disk space and memory savings over other codecs (e.g. ogg vorbis) while maintaining acceptable sound quality.
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Collections provide a solution for the problem of keeping relationships between resources and also for making it easier to remove an object or groups of related objects. When you load a group of related resources (such as a map) you can provide a Collection to keep this grouping information. When you are finished with a map and wish to unload it, you simply destroy the Collection. Unneeded objects are automatically removed and objects that are still in use somewhere else are kept. Collections also provide search functionality for improved lookup time vs searching in the engine lists.
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|Also new in 1.4 is the OpenAL sound renderer plugin for 3D sound using the OpenAL library.


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SMWC President speaks about leadership
April 1st, 2014 | SMWC
Although 89 percent of adult Americans report being comfortable with women in leadership, only 18 percent of leaders in America are female. This is just one of the eye-opening facts about women leadership that Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) President Dottie King cited as keynote speaker at the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Hamilton Country Leadership Luncheon. The luncheon, which took place at Oak Hill Mansion in Carmel, Ind., on March 11, 2014, benefitted the Girl Scouts' capital campaign to build women leaders – a campaign that will result in the construction of a Leadership and Learning Center at Camp Dellwood in Indianapolis.
As keynote speaker, King discussed the differences between the ways men and women perceive themselves and experiences, the need for women in leadership positions and similarities between the mission of SMWC and the Girls Scouts of Central Indiana. She described the Girls Scouts and SMWC as "the girl experts and the women experts."
"I am the mother of two daughters and four sons," began King. "And I can tell you that boys and girls are different. You can raise them in the same home and provide, as much as you can, the same experiences, and you get a really, really different result. We went through a time in our history as women when we were pushing forward, and it was all about equality. But equal experiences do not equate to equal outcomes. We can put boys and girls or men and women in very similar experiences, and they will not perceive them the same. They will not take away the same thing, and we will get a different result. And I think it's okay to start saying that."
King acknowledged that this kind of dialogue is still relevant today, maybe even more so than previous years. She cited statistics including: only 17 percent of congressional seats are currently held by women; 4 states have never sent a woman to Congress; half of the states have never elected a female Governor; and only 3 percent of Fortune 500 companies have female CEOs. What is so important about the statistics King cited is that all of the metrics are down since recent years.
As a former mathematics professor, King related the importance of encouraging women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. She provided an example that if a young man is looking at a math problem he can't solve, understanding 50 to 60 percent of it provides him with a feeling of confidence. A woman, on the other hand, has to understand 100 percent of it before she feels confident.
"Dropping out of the math pipeline too early, even if you're not a [mathematics] major, like saying to yourself 'I can never take Calculus I,' that's a career ceiling," stated King. "You have just eliminated a lot of jobs. You've just guaranteed a lower starting wage, and your ladder is not as high."
King concluded with a quote from SMWC's foundress, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. "Perfect abandonment of ourselves in all things for the future is not easy, but we ought to aspire to it."
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One Beautiful World is to Save the Arts
by Danielle Prieto | printable version
Fall 2009 | Volume XXII, Number 3
The ultimate goal of this organization is to provide assistance and education to those in need. Their unofficial motto is that we want to make the world a better place, one child at a time. One Beautiful World devotes it time to the planet Earth and the children on it. OBW wants a cleaner environment and more well-rounded and intelligent children. All beach clean-ups, garage sales, car washes, music classes, and nursing home visits are all done by volunteers at any age. One Beautiful Worlds teen board is very active within the organization and is always brain storming to collect money and get more teens and children involved with helping our Mother Earth and the people that are living on it.
The founder and president, Jess Cabillot is filled with joy and excitement because her new non-profit organization is not only cleaning and helping the people in the world, but also saving something that is important to her, the arts. Her secretary and right hand is Valentina Prieto. She organizes and plans out event. She hands out service hours and information on OBW. Her amazing and enthused teen board consist of a president, Danielle Prieto and vice president, Heather Maranges . The two girls have put a lot of time and effort into OBW and getting it to be very well- known. OBW uses the Weston Library a lot, to teach children about music and hold educational book clubs.
One Beautiful World wants to add a new flavor to the organization, the arts. The teens and adults have been disillusioned knowing that the arts are now getting a cut to its funds. They have taken a stand for music by having educational classes in the spring time at the Weston library. Now the board has constructed a fine arts class for the season of fall. The class will be aiming at children and teens, which are our next generation and hope for saving the arts.
This fine arts class will combine the three senses of touching, seeing, and hearing to make teens and children aware of how beautiful and important art is. The class will allow kids to make their own art with different techniques, view different types of art, and learn about artist and the history of art. This class is just one small step that will hopefully make the huge impact in the art world.
Not only does the organization want to inform children about the arts but, they also aim to show off the work of the young artists of today. On the website one-beautiful-world.org you can either view or broadcast work on One Beautiful Worlds very first online art gallery.
One Beautiful World is always looking for more people to join the organization and lend a helping hand to our community and the planet Earth. This organization although small now, will have a huge impact to this beautiful world. It will give its part in helping the horrible economic situation that is effecting our next generation of children in the United States. For information and generous donations please visit One-Beautiful-World.org, e-mail Jess Cabillot at firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit their Facebook page to view ongoing events and developments.
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The Anchor: Becky Quick
As of 2007, CNBC's Squawk Box coanchor Becky Quick had spoken to Warren Buffett only briefly at his annual meeting. Interviewing him on the phone that same year and knowing he had an imminent trip to China, she boldly asked, "Can I come?"
"There was this long pause," she says. "He's so nice, he probably felt bad saying no." On the flight over, they had a 12-hour conversation, and now she's one of the Berkshire Hathaway founder's go-to reporters, giving Quick dibs on Buffett-related news breaks.
After spending close to a decade at the Wall Street Journal, where Quick was "put through the paces on how to write about finance," an opportunity arose for a TV gig at CNBC. Now a coanchor on one of the network's highest-rated shows, 38-year-old Quick is known for asking insightful questions of formidable characters, including former treasury secretary Hank Paulson and BlackRock's Larry Fink. How does she quell on-air jitters? "I always have a pen in my hand, even if I don't have paper," she says. "It's my security blanket."
The Analyst: Meredith Whitney
What was Meredith Whitney's first big break on Wall Street? Getting reassigned to another boss. The equity research analyst, famous for downgrading Citigroup in 2007, suspects her then 40-year-old superior thought Whitney, then 23 and a recent Brown grad, wanted his job at Oppenheimer & Co. Regardless of the reason, the move allowed Whitney to take a position with legendary financial services analyst Steve Eisman. "It was the best thing that ever happened to me," Whitney says.
Married to former professional wrestler John Layfield, Whitney was eventually named a managing director at Oppenheimer, where she covered banks and brokers and made her bold call on Citi (predicting correctly that the bank would have to stop paying dividends to shareholders) almost a year before the height of the financial crisis, which garnered her media attention and death threats. In 2009, Whitney founded her own research firm, Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, and made another controversial prediction in late 2010: that as many as 50 to 100 cities in the U.S. may default on their municipal bonds in the next 18 months. ("The math was there," she says.)
As someone who has withstood attacks from colleagues and strangers, Whitney offers some simple advice to anyone starting out on the Street: "Don't stick with something that you don't like," she says. "The money is never worth it if you go to a firm that destroys your soul."
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James Gandolfin's hometown paid tribute to the late "Sopranos" star by naming the street he grew up on in his honor and to recognize his commitment to Park Ridge even after he was a star.
Park Avenue way was re-named "James Gandolfini Way" in a ceremony on Sunday that drew a huge crowd of family, friends and cast members of the HBO series that made him famous as Tony Soprano. Steve Schirripa, Vincent Curatola, Tony Sirico, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Pastore, John Ventimiglia and director Timothy Van Patten were all on hand according to the Bergen Record along with Gandolfin's wife Deborah Lynn and 14-year-old son Michael to see a sign installed in front of the Park Ridge Diner.
Word of praise for the the 51-year-old actor, who died of a heart attack while vacationing in Italy, came from all facets of his life. His son Michael recalled visits to Park Ridge and hearing "every story about every place here."
Lori Joachim Fredrics, Gandolfini's classmate from the Park Ridge High School Class of 1979, who was behind the idea posted on her Facebook page that the ceremony "was a celebration of James Gandolfini's life and a great day in Park Ridge." She noted that Gandolfini remained active in the town after he became famous and that "James Gandolfini Way" is a way that Park Ridge can "communicate this pride in a visible way".
Co-star Chianese was encouraged to take the stage by the crowd. "All I can say is I thank God that Jimmy Gandolfini was in my life," said the actor who played Uncle Junior on the"Sopranos."
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Jessica Yu (b. 1966 USA) is an accomplished film director, writer, producer and editor. Yu graduated from Yale University with a BA in English and moved on to film making where she quickly rose to fame with her short film, Sour Death Balls. Her films have premiered all over the world and have received numerous honors. In 1997, Yu won the Academy Award for Best Documentary/Short Subject film for her film Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien, a portrait of the poet-journalist who lived for forty years confined by polio into an iron lung. Her first feature length film, The Living Museum, documented an art community at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens, New York, and aired on HBO in the summer of 1999. In The Realms Of The Unreal, Yu's celebrated feature documentary about "outsider" artist Henry Darger, debuted in competition at Sundance in 2004. The film won awards at the Vancouver International Film Festival, the Newport Beach Film Festival, the Atlanta Film Festival and a Gotham Award nomination for Best Documentary. Yu was also nominated for the Writers Guild Award for Documentary Screenplay. Released by Wellspring Films and broadcast on PBS' P.O.V., Realms was nominated for P.O.V.'s first Primetime Emmy Award (Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking). Her 2007 documentary, "Protagonist," a story about destructive obsession, featured a Greek chorus of wooden puppets, also premiered at Sundance.
Jessica Yu has also directed episodes of Grey's Anatomy, ER and The West Wing.She has written articles and fiction pieces, which have appeared in Los Angeles Times Magazine, Buzz, Worth, and the Pacific News Service. She is a recipient of the Murrow Award for Journalism from the Skeptics Society, the DREAM Media Award from the Western Law Center for Disability Rights and ACV's Asian American Media Award. Jessica Yu lives in California.
Jessica Yu spent September 2000 in the artist apartment editing a fundraising trailer for her new film about the life and work of Henry Darger. Darger lived a reclusive life and died alone in a Catholic mission in 1973. For more than 60 years, he created a massive literary and graphic body of work in his apartment, including The Realms of the Unreal, an epic, fifteen-thousand-page novel with hundreds of paintings that recounts the wars between nations on an enormous unnamed planet. Yu returned in March, 2001 to premier the trailer and talk about making the film. Darger's room and belongings had been left undisturbed in his apartment after he relocated to the mission that provided a unique portal into his world. In March 2005 Yu returned again to show the finished film entitled, A Cast of Thrillions: Documenting The Life and Art of Henry Darger and do a Q&A.
During her visit in 2001, Jessica Yu also worked with Jeremy Ward's third grade class from the Lawrence School. Before Yu arrived the students visited the museum and explored the Gothic Room and the Long Gallery. Each student chose an object that interested or excited them, and wrote a poem inspired by it. Yu filmed the students as they recited their poetry in the galleries and edited the footage, juxtaposing the readers with a time-lapse film of the courtyard, objects from the collection, and recordings of music sung and played by the students at school. On the fourth day, the students were shown the completed film while Yu discussed the process of how she made it.


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Funding Opportunities at NIH - Dear Colleague Letter
A letter to the community from Dr. James Deye and Francis Mahoney
Fall 2002
Dear Physicist:
As attendees at the recent workshop sponsored by the APS in Boston on opportunities for physicists in biology, we were struck by the degree of interest and the depth of the existing research in this interdisciplinary area. It is clear that biological research has developed to the point where the quantitative methods, measurements and instrumentation of physics are critical to further progress in this field. However, it was also evident that few physicists are aware of the central role played by the National Institutes of Health in funding biological and medical research and training.
The NIH is comprised of 27 individual units, usually called "Institutes". The National Cancer Institute is the largest and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering is the newest. These Institutes will have an aggregate budget of about $27 billion in Fiscal Year 2003. The NIH can also be divided into an intramural and extramural research component, the former represents about 15% of the total NIH budget and involve NIH employees conducting research in NIH's own labs and clinics, located mostly in Bethesda, Maryland . The extramural component funds the majority of federally-sponsored biomedical research around the USA. Thus the NIH offers very significant funding opportunities for physicists who wish to work at the biomedical interface.
The extramural program staff of the NIH can be a very valuable resource to physicists in navigating a complex bureaucratic system to obtain research and training grant funding. Toward that end, we are always willing to answer your questions by phone or email or to direct you to more specifically appropriate people within NIH. Below you will find some web sites that should be helpful to scientists who want to apply for funding at the NIH.
- Funding Opportunities
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We appreciate the efforts of the APS and its Division of Biological Physics in bringing these disciplines together and we look forward to more productive interactions in the future.
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I would like the background colour of my links to change on hover.However, I don't want this effect on images. The background colour should not change when you hover over them.How can I achieve this?
I tried targeting images like with a:hover img, but I still see a blue line along the bottom edge when I hover over them.
a:hover img
Here's a bare-bones example to illustrate my problem:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
a:hover img{background-color:transparent;}

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Thanks in advance.
Just add this:
img {vertical-align: bottom;}
By default, images align themselves to the baseline of any text they might end up sitting next to, which leaves space below them for the descenders of any letters (like the stick of a "p"). The code above aligns the image to the bottom of the descenders.
Thank you Ralph, both for the fix and for the concise explanation.Suffice to say, that worked a treat.
You're welcome. That issue used to drive me bonkers, and I think img {vertical-align: bottom;} was pretty much the first thing I learned about in these forums, so I have a soft spot for it now.
Thanks for posting such a clear working example. I wish everyone could do that!
Okey that works great and you don't see the hover on the image but it still is there. Mabye try being more specific on your selectors. Adding an ID to your link will make your CSS only target that link and not the image.

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1) do note that vertical-align:top ; works just as well. Essentially you just want to align the image with its white space.
Yes, it's true. The solution above works by getting rid of extraneous white space.
This is why THINKING OUT your code is important. Let's break it down:
a:hover{background-color:#AFD6FF; } will target the anchor element on hover. Any anchor element, and specifically THE anchor element, regardless of it's content. As selectors cascade DOWNWARDS you can select a (contained) tag based on it's container , but not the other way around.
if you gave the anchor explicit dimensions which were lager than the image you will see the BG color is still there!
so the solution is to code differently:
1) TARGETING THE ANCHOR. We need to add a class to anchor containing images , and set the background to transparent there.a.image:hover{background-color:transparent; } (note am NOT targeting the IMG, as the IMG has no baring to the bg color of it's parent element. Note also that a class might be better suited than an ID , far less heavy handed and allowable to use elsewhere int the code.
2) CHANGING THE SOURCE. Les desirable, but just as effective is to wrap all non IMG content of anchors in spans and then target via a:hover span. of course now you have to redo your markup and your CSS
3) ralphs solution. but if your anchors are ALWAYS text OR imgs, and they shringk wrap what raplh suggested is quite adequate.
Remember CSS is basically trickery. No solution is actually 'right' , it merely get the job done for that specific situation.. which is why situational thinking is important when coding.
Thanks that was a good interesting read. Understanding that there are many different ways to go about CSS is important I agree. The more techniques you know the better "future proof" it will be. I like how you pointed out why setting a:hover img to transparent was not having an effect, haha I did not even notice.:p
Thank you dresden_phoenix, for taking the time to explain this in more depth.
In my current situation, the images with the unnecessary hover background are part of an image gallery generated by Wordpress.It would be a pain in the neck to add an individual class name to them by hand, the same goes for wrapping them in a span.Also, if the client wants to add more images, this is an unnecessary step that is likely to confuse.Therefore I opted to use Ralph's solution. It is simple to implement and des exactly what I want.
I like this quote
Thanks again.
Anything other than its default "baseline" will do it.
yup, 100%.


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Winner Named For Summer Anthem Contest [VIDEO]
A country band, After The Reign, was declared the winner Thursday of a state-sponsored contest to create an original song that captures the New Jersey shore's resilience following the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy.
After The Reign, whose six members live near the Jersey shore, bested more than 235 entries in the contest, which was created by the "Stronger than the Storm" campaign to highlight the state's comeback from the storm and restoration of major tourist areas.
Members of the group live in the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township in Monmouth County.
Their winning song, entitled "Jersey Strong," was written by band member John Strevens.
"Our song pays tribute to the hardships that everyone endured as well as the progress we have made as loud, proud New Jerseyans," he said.
The Stronger than the Storm campaign said the group's song best captured the shore's "strength, spirit and resilience."
The song recalls how Sandy "may have knocked us down but not for long. We're Jersey strong."
As the contest winners, the group will perform their song live ahead of the Spin Doctors at the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park on Sept. 7. Tickets to the free show were snapped up shortly after the announcement.
Jersey Strong by After The Reign
Mother Nature dealt a harsh blow
Coupled with the wrath of God
The tides rose up and hell rained down from above
Washed away our coastline
A hundred thousand lost their homes
Leaving many stranded and alone
It may have knocked us down
But not for long
We're Jersey Strong
From the tip of Cape May County
To Sandy Hook and straight on through
And every town along the way we'll remember you
We're gonna build it back
We'll right the wrong
We're Jersey Strong
We'll stand and deliver
And we may not pick our fights
We'll finish what's been started
We'll soldier on through the night
You see the devastation in our fellow states
We'll pull together and make `em great again
We'll work side by side like brothers in arms
We're Jersey Strong
We'll stand and deliver
While we may not pick our fights
We'll finish what's been started
We'll soldier on through the night
We may have lost our boardwalk
Leveled to the sand
But I promise you we're gonna bring her back
We'll walk the boards again
And it won't be long
We're Jersey Strong
Mother Nature dealt a harsh blow
Coupled with the wrath of God
But we're gonna survive
We're Jersey Strong
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved)


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Tidworth Freeride takes off this weekend
The Bike Park, which features seven trails for riders of all ages and abilities, numerous jumps, drops and berms, has already been attracting enthusiasts, both civilians and the forces at the nearby garrison towns.
With the future of the site put in the balance by concerns that the trails on site were too challenging, CTC, the national cycling charity stepped in to support Tidworth Freeride and now welcomes the Park to the CTC Bike Park Network. It joins four others in the charity's partnership mountain bike sites across the UK.
The Tidworth Bike Park will be officially opened by Lt Col David Barron, the Deputy Commander of Tidworth, Netheravon and Bulford Garrison on behalf of the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) which is running the site in partnership with CTC and Tidworth Freeride.
Phil Potts founder of the Tidworth Freeride club says, "It's a milestone in Tidworth Freeride's history - I've never doubted that we'd be back riding officially on the site and there are so many people to thank for making this possible.
It's great to see the hard work put in by our volunteers rewarded in this way and we look forward to working with CTC and DIO to get more people riding here."
Phil Potts
Tidworth Freeride
Far too many people have helped for me to name them all individually, but we are especially grateful to 26 Engineers Perham Down in the guise of Staff Sgt Justin Lane and his men who have helped build the car park."


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• obdurate •
Pronunciation: ahb-dyu-rêt • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: 1. Intractable, unrepentant, adamantly and unshakably stubborn. 2. Stubbornly and unrepentantly mean or nasty.
Notes: Writers have done a lot of experimentation with the noun from this adjective. Obduracy, obdurateness, obdurance, and obduration have all been tried but obduracy seems to have emerged the favorite with obdurateness running a close second. You may also use this word as a verb if you pronounce it slightly differently: [ahb-dyu-rayt], that is, pronouncing the last syllable fully: "The treatment Cinderella received from her mom and stepsisters obdurated her against them forever."
In Play: Today's Good Word tends to turn up in certain phrases, like obdurate heart and obdurate sinner: "Basil, you obdurate sinner, I just saw you dealing from the bottom of the deck!" However, obduracy does not have to refer to stubborn sinfulness: "Mildred, why do you so obdurately oppose my taking the checkbook when I go out with the guys?"
Word History: Today's word comes from Late Latin obduratus, the past participle of obdurare "to harden," a verb based on the adjective durus "hard." Yes, the root of that word, dur- is also visible in the English borrowings endure and durable. Durus was originally PIE *deru-/doru- "solid, tree" which emerged as daru "wood" in Sanskrit, a word that devolved into Modern Hindi daru and Persian dâr. Elsewhere the stem underwent liquid metathesis (the [r] and the vowel switched places) so that in Serbian it emerges as drevo "tree, wood" while in English it evolved into both tree and true. Druid, by the way, is probably a reduction of a Celtic compound *dru-wid- "strong seer," where wid is a relative of the root in video and vision.
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And if you remain callous and obdurate, I
Shall perish as he did, and you will know why
Though I probably shall not exclaim as I die,
"Oh willow tit willow tit willow"
W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado, 1885
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Shall perish as he did, and you will know why
Though I probably shall not exclaim as I die,
"Oh willow tit willow tit willow"
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Exciting midway fun for the whole family! Rides & games galore. Staff member James, Accent Inns BurnabyMore Info View on map
Exciting midway fun for the whole family! Rides & games galore. Staff member James, Accent Inns BurnabyMore Info View on map
Other than the famous Hot Spring Pools, they also offer boating, fishing, hiking and so much more.More Info View on map
They have the biggest waterslides, fun for the whole family.More Info View on map
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Winter Sowing is an easy seed germination method that allows you to start many seedlings for little cost. During the Winter months seeds are sown into mini-greenhouses that you make yourself from recycled containers, such as milk jugs, soda and juice bottles, take out food containers, etc. After sowing, the mini-greenhouse is placed outside to wait for the end of Winter. The seeds will begin to germinate at their own right time when weather warms. (Courtesy of WinterSown.Org)
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I discovered Winter Sowing only a couple of years ago, but I jumped in with both feet (and 85 recycled containers) my first year and was rewarded in the spring with some wonderful surprises (who would have thought you could start tomatoes sucessfully this way?) and more hardy seedlings than I had the time to nestle into the ground.
I am looking forward to getting to know other Winter Sowers and sharing tips for success.
If you haven't winter sowed before - try it this year! I have posted step-by-step instructions which can be tweaked to suit your needs.
OK everyone - what's your count of WS containers so far? I am at 30, but hoping to do some more this weekend if I can gather a few more containers. I'm forcing milk and soda on everyone and tonight I suggested we order Chinese for dinner just so I…Continue
Started by Michele Lawrenson, Z6A. Last reply by Tammie M McInnis Jan 17, 2014.
Step 1 - Gather recycled containers - milk jugs, soda and juice bottles, take out containers, etc. Choose only items that are clear and let the sunlight in! Continue
Started by Michele Lawrenson, Z6A. Last reply by Michele Lawrenson, Z6A Jan 26, 2013.
Started by Michele Lawrenson, Z6A. Last reply by Michele Lawrenson, Z6A Nov 15, 2012.
Here's a list of seeds that should do well being winter sown:AgeratumAlyssumBachelor's ButtonsCalendulaCelosiaCoreopsisCosmosDelphiniumGaillardiaImpatiensMarigoldNicotianaNigellaPetuniasPoppyScabiosaSunflowerViolaZinniaAsterAstilbeBee BalmBlazing…Continue
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So glad to find this group! Looking forward to learning and meeting people who enjoy the same things as I do! Looking forward to summer! Hopefully I will have lots of things growing from seed!Continue
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Here's a list of suitable containers for Winter Sowing - feel free to add your own! 1 or 2 ltr soda/pop bottles (smaller sizes ok too)1/2 or 1 gallon plastic milk jugsClear plastic take out food containersFoil take out containers with clear plastic…Continue
Started by Michele Lawrenson, Z6A Jan 26, 2012.
I still have to start mine. Just in a winter funk, it's been snowing since fall here in IL. and I guess my body just isn't used to it.
Well, I am on my 3rd year of winter sowing! We look forward to doing this all winter. It is something to do when it is cold outside, and it gives us great enjoyment the rest of the year too.Have 90 bottles done so far and we do more every weekend.
I discoverd last year when I was doing a lot of winter sowing that my lettuce did better in the milk jugs than when I planted the seeds right into the ground. Even though I use Sluggo I still have quite a slug population and they love eating my new seedlings. So today I started a few jugs of lettuce and spinach.
I don't think I will do any flower seeds this year.
Vicky, I really dislike styrofoam anything. I have tried the toilet paper rolls a grow pots though and they work well.
You can make newspaper pots too. I like the peat rounds for getting started under lights indoors. Then move them to cups. I have a book and those fellows use styrofoam cups and put holes in the bottom and slits up the side they claim to get the best starts. I tried the winter sow last yr but didn't get the jugs outside and everything sprouted on me too quick indoors. Our weather is ok here to just stick the seeds in ground and they come up when they are ready.
Wouldn't toilet paper rolls work better than eggs? Just cut them in half and fold up one end. My egg shells all get nuked for 20 secs smashed and sprinkled all over the gardens.
I started winter sowing but didn't try the egg idea, I have more jugs so I will see if hubby wants to help. He can carefully break the eggs for me. Maybe we'll make egg dumplings...lol
Robin, You would have to make sure that you have holes in the bottom of your egg shells for drainage, it might work? I wouldn't do allot of them but experiment and write good notes and be sure to share here.
I wonder if mixing the egg shell starters with winter sowing would work.
I haven't started yet,but hope to within the week.
Welcome new members! Who's wintersowing this year??
The one thing I will do differently this year is go back to taping the containers together instead of using twist ties. I found that using the ties left too much of a gap for moisture to escape and I was watering too often (this is supposed to be low maintenance growing right?).
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Expert patients are live with a long-term health condition, but are able to retain control over their health by understanding and managing their conditions, leading to an improved quality of life.
As the NHS website says - expert patients...
- Feel confident and in control of their lives
- Aim to manage their condition and its treatment in partnership with health care professionals
- Communicate effectively with professionals and are willing to share responsibility on treatment
- Are realistic about the impact of their disease on themselves and their family
- Use their skills and knowledge to lead full lives.
The ability to achieve this is sometimes enhanced by attendance at an Expert Patient Programme.
See alsoEdit
- Department of Health. The Expert Patient: A new approach to chronic disease management in the 21st Century. The Stationery Office 2001.
- Lorig K, Sobel DS, Stewart AL, Brown BW, Bandura A, Ritter P et al. Evidence suggesting that a chronic disease self-management program can improve health status while reducing hospitalization a randomized trial. Medical Care 1999; 37(1):5-14.
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Security firm KnujOn (backwards for No Junk, reflecting the small outfit's anti-spam roots) has a new report out this morning, pointing a finger at website registrars for facilitating a wide range of internet crime.
My story in today's FT centres on the case KnujOn makes against eNom, the No. 2 seller of domain names and a profitable unit of Demand Media, which would probably prefer that any stink wait until after its anticipated IPO.
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"If you hear of anyone who could benefit from my services, I
would appreciate the referral."
How many times have each of us used this expression? It sounds
like a good way to generate referrals. It is not too aggressive, it
is broad enough to encompass all of the services we provide and it
expresses appreciation for the act of making the referral.
In general, however, requests like this are unlikely to produce
the referrals we want. With e-mail, Facebook, LinkedIn,
advertising, traditional media and even the old-fashioned
telephone, we are all inundated with a lot of "noise." General
requests for referrals have a hard time cutting through all that
noise. General requests do little to differentiate you from anyone
else who might provide similar services.
If you have one meeting with another professional and understand
what that individual does, you may remember what they do for a day,
a week or perhaps a month. But if no opportunity to make a referral
happens in that relatively short period of time, it is unlikely
that you will think of that individual unless you do something to
continue to cultivate the relationship.
The general rules of relationship building apply here. The
better you get to know someone, the more likely it is that you will
think of that individual at the appropriate moment (i.e. when you
hear about someone who may need those services -- and of course,
visa versa).
The way to overcome this problem is that you should always be
thinking of a next step. What can you do to continue to cultivate
your relationship with that individual and when will you do it?
What that next step is depends largely on where your common
interests lie and how it is that you think that you can be helpful
to each other.
On a personal level, for example, if you both enjoy doing
something recreational, make a point of scheduling that activity on
a regular basis so that you have the opportunity to connect with
the individual. If your common interests simply rely on having
common sets of clients that you would like to share with each
other, make sure to mark on your calendar a date to follow up
within two months. In the meantime, continue to think of ways that
you can be helpful to that individual. Be aware of their interests.
Forward them articles or links of interest.
In the short run you may simply be following up on making an
introduction that you promised to make in your initial meeting. Two
months down the road it may be following up to see if that initial
introduction was of any help to that individual.
Come up with specific ways to cross-market together (co-author
articles, give joint presentations or participate together in trade
association activities). It is critical to mark something in your
calendar that reminds you to circle back to the individual so that
you can continue working on that activity. Real work has a way of
derailing us from our marketing and relationship building
Writing an article together or giving a presentation to a common
set of potential clients, can be an effective way to cultivate your
relationship with each other and get to better understand each
other's capabilities. Of course the expectation is that you may end
up finding opportunities to identify clients for each other. But
just as important, you are spending time getting to know each other
and doing this will dramatically increase your chances of thinking
of that individual at the appropriate moment.
It is very easy to make broad sweeping promises about making
referrals. But in general they are not effective. Look for specific
ways to connect with the individuals in your network
and over time your opportunity for leads will grow
significantly. If you leave it to chance, "let me know how I can be
of help to you" becomes a platitude that has little effect on your
marketing success.
Tip courtesy of Stephen Seckler, president, Seckler Legal
Consulting and Coaching.
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For all those who are using Dreamweaver CC that was released in June, 2013, here's some awesome news! The Adobe team has put together great enhancements and features in just three months and has released an update yesterday.
The latest update, Dreamweaver 13.1 is packed with the following features and enhancements:
- New color picker
- Live Highlight to easily identify elements affected by a specific CSS Selector
- Keyboard shortcuts and Workspace settings synchronization with the cloud
- Code View enhancements: Line number highlighting, tag, and attribute highlighting, and more.
- Modernized Live View that is rendered by Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF)
For detailed information, see this article.
How do I upgrade to the latest version? Well, all it takes is just a click. Open the Adobe Application Manager. You will see a blue color 'Update' link against Dreamweaver CC. Click Update and follow the on-screen instructions.


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About the Book
150 Cartoons created for the electronically-biased among us.
Certified GE-free, animal-friendly, lactose-tolerant and partially carbon-neutral. Probably ESD-safe and ROHS-compliant too.
About the Creator
OhmArt is humour based or biased, depending on your view, on electronics. I'm passionate about electronics because, some might say, "Ohm is where the 'art is". As well as on a book, you can get your favourite cartoon on a shirt, mug, mousepad etc by visiting Zazzle or CafePress - they have some different styles and stuff. Links are on the OhmArt site. Prices are reasonable given how much it would cost to buy a new car. Irrelevant, but true. If you're a publisher, academic, or electronics company interested in using some of my work, you're welcome to contact me to discuss this. How do you contact OhmArt? Simple. You can leave a comment on the blog. I do love to hear from people – even moreso if they buy a book or T-shirt. Just kidding. No, I'm not. No really, I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Thanks.
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Mark Robichaud enters his eighth season as head coach of the UMass Dartmouth football program with a career record of 23-46 (.333). Robichaud was named the third football coach in program history in June 2007.
During his seven seasons on the Corsairs sideline, Robichaud has mentored 30 all-conference selections, including the 2010 New England Football Conference Offensive Rookie of the Year in Jaron Hargrove. UMass Dartmouth has garnered regional distinction under his watch, when John Cordasco was named to the 2011 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III North, second-team and J.J. Harold was selected to the 2007 D3Football.com All-East Region, second-team.
The Corsairs have also prided themselves on the fulfillment of the Division III philosophy, providing student-athletes with a well-rounded educational and athletic experience. Under his direction, UMass Dartmouth has received a total of 57 All-Academic Team citations. Two Corsair student-athletes earned Capital One Academic All-District honors, most recently when Nick Hiou was named to the 2012 team.
In 2013, UMass Dartmouth posted an overall record of 3-6, including a 3-5 mark in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference. Robichaud led his charges to home victories over Plymouth State, Bridgewater State, and Worcester State to place sixth in the program's inaugural season in the MASCAC. The wins over the Bears and Lancers produced two strong individual performances. Sophomore Derek Tarpey registered a career-high 22 tackles to spearhead the Corsairs defense past Bridgewater State, while freshman DaVon Fuller established a new single-game program record with four interceptions against Worcester State.
Prior to joining the UMass Dartmouth coaching staff, Robichaud served as an assistant coach at Bishop Stang High School since 2004. During his tenure with the Spartans, Bishop Stang captured two Eastern Athletic Conference championships, two Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) playoff berths, and an appearance in the 2005 MIAA Superbowl.
In 1992, Robichaud began a nine-year stretch at Shepard University, a NCAA Division II perennial power in West Virginia, serving as defensive line coach, recruiting coordinator, and athletic-academic advisor. Robichaud helped the Rams compile an overall record of 54-31 (.635), eight winning seasons, five West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships, and three NCAA Division II tournament appearances, including advancing to the second round twice.
Robichaud, a 1985 graduate of Springfield College, sandwiched a pair of stints at his alma mater around a stop at Milford Academy. He also served as the inside linebacker coach at Wesleyan University (Conn.) before accepting the defensive coordinator post at the University of Chicago. Robichaud also gained valuable experience as an assistant coach at Division I Brown University during the 2000 season.
Robichaud and his wife, Tricia, reside in Little Compton, R.I. and are the proud parents of Erik and Kara.


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We have heard a number of customers who run into duplicate sessions error in LCDS/BlazeDS. To understand why and how it could happen, please see explanation here.
Basically, here are the causes and solution:
1. Cookies are disabled on the client.
solution: turn the cookies on the client.
2. Citrix had a policy to block session cookies.
solution: if you are using Citrix, need to turned it off.
3. The flex app makes two subsequent requests to the server before a session is established on the server for the first request.
solution: there are two options (See details here.):
a). the flex app should make the initial request and waits for its response (so a session is established) before making new requests.
b). trap the duplicate session error on the client and reissue the request. (See details here.)
4. Load balance tool cause subsequent requests to send to different server.
LCDS is a stateful server. This means that when a client makes an initial request to a server, the environment needs to make sure that all the requests from that client ends up on the same server from then on. In this case, you have to make sure your Load balance is configured so that all the subsequent requests from the same client is going to the same server. fail to do so will end up with this duplicate session error.
solution:: Make sure all the subsequent requests from a client end up at the same server.
Note, Some users may want to disable the duplicate session detection to get round the problem. Disabling the duplicate session detection is not an option because it's a security risk. A single FlexClient is supposed to be associated with a single HTTP based session. If this is not enforced, your app could have some security risk. So, LCDS is checking the duplicate session for you and it should not be ignored. You should always find out and fix the underline problem instead of try to disable the duplicate session detection.


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Competed in 14 matches…Participated in 31 sets…Collected three kills…Gathered three assists…Aced six serves…Amassed 78 digs (2.52 D/S)…Assembled season-high 29 digs against Regis (09/10/10).
Alexander attended Jensen Beach HS and played four varsity seasons under the tutelage of Mike Sawtelle…During her freshman season, Alexander's team won the regional championship…A year later, the squad earned another regional crown and a 4-A State Championship, while Alexander was named Offensive Hitter of the Year…During her junior campaign, the team earned their third-straight regional championship…Individually, she earned the Unsung Hero award…Her senior year was the most impressive as the team earned their fourth-consecutive regional title, as well as their second 4-A state crown…She received the Best All-Around Award, was named First Team All-Conference, and a member of the All-State Team…She played with the Treasure Coast club team which was helmed by Lori McCaughey.
Born December 15 in Stuart, Fla. ...International Hospitality and Tourism major...She lists her hobbies as playing volleyball, going to the beach, and fishing…She wants to be successful in whatever she decides to do in life and eventually play beach volleyball on the AVP Tour…Believes her upbeat attitude, dedication, and offensive abilities as her best assets to the team…Names Misty May her favorite athlete and the Miami Dolphins her favorite team…She chose Saint Leo because of the location, the people and the entire volleyball program…Daughter of Charlie and Kathleen Alexander…Has two brothers, Michael and Charlie…Michael was a member of the UCF surf team.