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COM111 Introduction to Mass Communication (3 crs.)Studies the structure and functions of the mass media in the United States. Examines from both theoretical and practical viewpoints the nature of the communicator, the nature of the audience, and the nature of the mass communication experience.
COM112 Media Writing (3 crs.)Introduces the variety of mass communication mediums students may encounter in their professional careers. Focuses on preparation and presentation of various mass communication formats. Examines message construction, framing and interpretation from the perspective of print and electronic media, public relations, and advertising. Study of grammar, spelling, and Associated Press news style also a focus. A proficiency exam will be given during the semester. Students must pass the proficiency test with a C or better to pass the course.
COM201 Principles of Public Relations (3 crs.)Introductory course dealing with role and function of public relations in society. Emphasizes the application of theory and principles to thepractice of public relations.
COM224 Electronic Media Writing (3 crs.)Opportunity to write for radio and television including news, commercials, public service announcements, editorials, and radio musicscripts. Keyboard skills required. Prerequisite COM 112.
COM241 Public Relations Writing (3 crs.)Provides public relations majors with a variety of public relations writing experiences most likely to be encountered in business, government,education, journalism, and community organizations and offers practical exercises in progressive sequence. Prerequisite: COM112.
COM245 Diversity and the Media (3 crs.)Focuses on the diverse nature of mass media and the legal and ethical issues raised by race-, class- and gender-related representations of individuals and groups by the media. Course examines media's influence on various populations within the United States as well as globally.Develops students' critical thinking skills in regard to message framing, message interpretation, and message presentation.
COM284 Electronic Media Basic Production (3 crs.)Required Electronic Media Professional Emphasis course. Allows students to learn the key elements of the media production process,as well as the proper use of media production tools and equipment. Provides knowledge and skills necessary to become part of a mediaproduction team. Students will learn basic production skills necessary to successfully participate in upper-division production courses,qualify for production-based internships, and assist in student media productions. Prerequisite for COM370, COM451, and COM452.
COM285 News Writing and Reporting (3 crs.)Introduces concepts of gatekeeping and agenda-setting in the selection and processing of news and information. Explores different storystructures and the various forms of newswriting journalists use in their profession. Explores newswriting and reporting skills needed ininterviewing sources and covering speeches and meetings. Provides in- and out-of-class writing experiences. Keyboard skills required.Prerequisite: COM 112.
COM290 Advertising Copywriting (3 crs.)Emphasis on writing advertising copy and headlines. Also examines design and layout for print and electronic media. Prerequisite: COM112
COM293 Editing (3 crs.)Devoted to the many responsibilities of the copy editor, including copy editing, head writing, and dummying pages. Prerequisite: COM285.
COM335 Media Advertising and Sales (3 crs.)Examines sales function of advertising in commercial media including newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and the Internet. Theoryand practical application in media advertising, sales, and research are explored. Media competitive advantages and disadvantages as well assales techniques of each mass medium discussed.
COM345 Communication Law (3 crs.)Familiarizes students with legal and self-imposed regulation of mass communications in the United States. Deals, at a minimum, withlibel, privacy, obscenity, free press/fair trial, contempt of court, copyright and legal and quasi-legal provisions, and agencies affecting advertisingand radio and television. Prerequisite: junior standing.
COM355 Practicum (3 crs.)In this course, students will spend the semester working in one of the five student-run media groups on campus, which are operated through the Communication/Journalism Department: The Slate, SUTV, WSYC, the Cumberland yearbook, or SUPR/PRSSA. Practicum will provide a hands-on, assessed laboratory learning experience for students, affording them the opportunity to learn the inner workings of various media industries and their companion Internet entities.
COM360 Basic Digital Photographic Communication (3 crs.)Introduces principles of photography and teaches basic competencies to produce black and white photographs. Students study historyof photography, the techniques of photographic composition, and the basic processes of producing camera images in the darkroom. Assignments designed to teach how creative visual communication is achieved through use of black and white photography. Emphasis on practical technique of processing and printing black and white negatives. Students expected to develop an understanding of the relationship of photography to their professional goals.
COM362 Photojournalism (3 crs.)For students who have an understanding of basic photographic equipment and photographic techniques. Examines and explores useof visual communication techniques in print media and websites. Covers history of photojournalism, technical aspects of photojournalism,and modern visual communication production techniques in both traditional and digital formats. Assignments designed to teach how to produce and edit visual elements and combine them with text for both print and web-based publications. Prerequisite COM 360 or permission of instructor.
COM370 Television Studio Production (3 crs.)Introduction to fundamentals of television production. Students obtain experience in the various roles of the television team including producer, director, floor manager, cameraman, etc., in correlated laboratory sessions. Prerequisite: COM284.
COM375 Public Affairs Reporting (3 crs.)Provides instruction in methods of gathering and reporting in the mass media information about government and politics, law enforcementagencies and the courts, labor, business and finance, and agriculture. Prerequisite: COM285.
COM381 Promotional Publication Design (3 crs.)Offers writers and designers study in print and web-based communication with primary emphasis on desktop publishing (Macintosh)and web-based publishing (DreamWeaver and other web software). Examines practical application of basic contemporary design to printedand web-based materials such as newsletters, booklets, pamphlets, and advertising messages.
COM384 Electronic Media Producing and Performance (3 crs.)Develops skills in both production and on-air performance for electronic media, and develops understanding of how each area affectsthe other. Students will develop news judgment in selecting information to place before an audience, further develop writing skills introducedin Electronic Media Writing, learn production formatting and style, learn the specialized professional language of television production,understand and apply legal and ethical obligations and limits of a television producer. Students will produce a live television programduring the course. Prerequisite: COM224 and COM284.
COM395, 396 Internship I and II (1-3 crs.)Internship of three credit hours can be earned for service in an approved field. Qualifications include junior or senior class standing;2.5 or higher QPA overall and 3.0 in the major; completion of at least five courses in the major, including courses necessary for successfulwork in the internship position; completion of a written analysis of the experience as prescribed by the faculty supervisor; approval of thecommunication/journalism faculty. Applications must be processed in advance through the Department of Communication/Journalism.Prerequisite: junior standing and departmental permission.
COM410 Women and the Media (3 crs.)Introduces overview of the many and varied contributions of women in mass media. Through slide lectures, documentary videos, and studentresearch presentations, students explore the lives and work of women media professionals, explore some of the notable historical obstacles to women in this once male-dominated field: sexist attitudes, stereotypes, lack of women in management, and conflicts between job and family. Also examines the ethnic diversity of women in this important professional field. Will explore how women's style and vision differs from their male counterparts. Prerequisite: basic coursework in communication/journalism, including a media writing course or permission of instructor.
COM424 Electronic Media Producing and Performance (3 crs.)This course serves as the culminating experience for students in the Electronic Media emphasis and includes a professional project. Develops skills in both production and on-air performance for electronic media, and develops understanding of how each area affects the other. Students will develop news judgment in selecting information to place before an audience, a further develop writing skills introduced in Electronic Media Writing, learn production formatting and style, learn the specialized professional language of television production, understand and apply legal and ethical obligations and limits of a television producer. Students will produce a live television program during the course.
COM425 Feature Writing (3 crs.)Deals with specialized writing for newspapers and magazines and offers instruction and practice in developing ideas for articles, usingresearch methods, and writing for mass audiences. Keyboarding skills required. Prerequisite: Basic coursework in communication/journalism,including a media writing course or permission of instructor.
COM432 Public Relations Research and Campaigns (3 crs.)Explores the theory and philosophy of promotion as it pertains to public relations. Examines basic quantitative and qualitative researchmethods (survey, content analysis, focus group, etc.) that can be used effectively to design a campaign plan. Explores the various componentsof a public relations campaign plan, which students will draw upon to produce a public relations campaign for a corporation or non-profit organization. Prerequisite: basic coursework in communication/ journalism, Including a media writing course or permission of instructor.
COM445 Senior Capstone: Professionalism and Ethics (3 crs.)Required of all graduating seniors, this is the capstone experience for all professional emphases offered by the department. Focuses ondeveloping students' understanding of the ethical and professional parameters of their specific career plans or focus. Students explore casestudies as well as current ethical and professional issues facing mass media in America. Students will study the nature of professionalism,develop an understanding of professional expectations in each career field, and produce a professional employment portfolio. Prerequisite:senior standing.
COM451 Electronic Field Production (3 crs.)Designed to develop and train visual essayists — single-camera videographers who link pictures, words, and sound to create electronicstories. Creates, develops, and polishes skills and techniques needed to produce video documentaries, corporate videos, and live event productions.Skills and techniques include telling the visual story without words; writing and shooting long-form TV stories, interviews and features; learning visual grammar; perfecting video editing; and developing on-camera performance abilities. Prerequisites: COM224 and COM284, or permission of instructor.
COM452 Electronic News Gathering (3 crs.)Focus is preparation for careers as professional electronic journalists. emphasizes development of news judgment, journalistic responsibilities,and journalistic ethics. Students work in classroom and television environments to acquire and improve reporting, writing, and technicalskills needed to succeed in the electronic newsroom. Introduces the culture of the broadcast news environment, including meeting deadlines and working in a team environment both in the field and in the newsroom. Prerequisites: COM 224 and COM 284, or permission of instructor.
COM460 Case Studies in Public Relations (3 crs.)Reviews current public relations principles and practices as related to business, governments, institutions, and associations. Examines theapplication of PR principles and practices in the management of contemporary public issues and problems. Prerequisite: Basic coursework in communication/journalism, including a media writing course or permission of instructor.
COM470 Advanced Digital Photographic Communication (3 crs.)Introduces principles of digital photography and teaches basic competencies to apply standard photo concepts to the realm of digital imaging. Includes history of digital photography, techniques of composition, and basic processes of producing digital photographs from electronic and traditional camera images. Emphasis on practical technique with electronic equipment (cameras, scanners, photo CDs, and other methods of image acquisition) and the manipulation of images through applications like Adobe Photoshop. Students are expected to develop an understanding of the relationship of digital photography to their professional goals. Prerequisite: COM360 or permission of the instructor.
COM476 Magazine Design (3 crs.)Provides opportunity to examine, discuss, and create periodical publications (magazines) in a variety of specialized formats. Develops skillsin understanding and creating periodical publications by focusing on writing and design. Examines a variety of magazines to provide anunderstanding of content, typography, design, layout, and production. Students learn to create promotional materials necessary to develop audience for periodical publication. Students write and edit several stories for their own publication, which is final course project. Students produce a 32-page magazine as this final project. Graduate students conduct market research analysis and a strategic promotional plan in addition to standard coursework. Prerequisite: basic coursework in communication/journalism, including a media writing course or permission of instructor.
COM478 Digital Journalism (3 crs.)Focus on the changing nature of technology and its use in news organizations to gather, analyze, synthesize, and disseminate information. Focuses on developing, researching, and writing specialized stories for newspaper and magazine websites. Students learn to approach stories as packages, developing story ideas that can be presented in written, audio, and video formats. Focuses on writing and editing, written narrative, and capturing and editing digital audio and digital video segments, developing accompanying links, and designing a story package to be presented in print and on a website. Prerequisite: basic coursework in communication/journalism, including a media writing course or permission of instructor.
COM481 Interactive Media Design (3 crs.)Study in interactive communication with primary emphasis on web design and content; course focuses on practical application of contemporaryinteractive web design software to create online materials and messages. Different evaluation criteria applied to graduate/undergraduate students.
COM482 Internet Communication (3 crs.)Introductory course with fundamental knowledge concerning the construction, use, and importance of world wide web media for thecommunications industries. Students construct an actual website concentrating on the usability of web pages and websites while applying skills gained in class to work with real world clients. Prerequisite: basic coursework in communication/journalism, including a media writing course or permission of instructor.
COM484 Electronic Media Programming and Management (3 crs.)Provides students with insights into the programming and management of: local TV and radio stations; local cable TV systems; national TV, radio, and cable TV networks; national DBS, DTH, and wireless cable services; and international Internet program providers. Emphasis on issues involving program creation and development, program scheduling, program distribution, audience evaluation of programs, and the management of station/system/network personnel. Prerequisite: basic coursework in communication/journalism, including a media writing course or permission of instructor.
COM490, 491, 492 Selected Topics in Communication/Journalism (1-3 crs.)Opportunity to offer courses in areas of departmental major interest not covered by the regular courses. Prerequisite: basic coursework incommunication/journalism, including a media writing course or permission of instructor.
COM500 Communication Theory (3 crs.)
Analyzes communication theory as it relates to media and audiences and studies the effects of communications on the attitudes and actions of society.COM505 Public Relations Foundations (3 crs.)This course zeroes in on two elements of PR that have come to the fore in the last few years: an emphasis on the international PR and loin PR tactics, particularly social media. The other two elements of the course have, and will continue to be, the concern of PR professionals: ethics and research.
COM510 Communication Studies Professional Seminar (3 crs.)Designed to be a forum for the systematic analysis of the communications profession. It will guide students through the process of developing and implementing strategies for intelligent and effective media engagement with audiences, any company's or corporation's primary obligation.
COM511 Modes of Film Communication (3 crs.)Reviews the theory, history, and criticisms of films; analyzes the content and roles of various modes of film such as documentary, exposition, etc.; provides writing opportunities for the film medium.COM516 Photographic Communication (3 crs.)
Surveys the history of photography; studies the theory of photography including light, exposure, optics, photographic chemistry, color and composition, and provides background in using photography as a communication tool.COM526 Emerging Mass Media Technologies (3 crs.)
Reviews and analyzes the role of developing and future telecommunications media technologies and their implication for today's media and society.COM527 Digital Storytelling (3 crs.)Professionals with an understanding of writing to the digital content consumer are high in demand. The course aims to prepare students to produce content for digital formats such as web and mobile platforms. Students will spend time researching and collecting information on a specific topic and produce a digital narrative that will entice consumers to explore the message.
COM530 Law and the Media (3 crs.)In-depth study of the law that affects media. Focuses on the reasoning behind regulation, the impact of the laws, and the need for changes in current regulatory schemes. Legal research skills and methods are stressed.COM536 World Broadcasting Systems (3 crs.)Comparative study of international broadcasting program policies, economic systems, control, and organization. The use of broadcasting in international affairs as an instrument of propaganda, culture, and information dissemination. Monitoring of overseas broadcasts, and discussions with representatives of domestic and foreign broadcast agencies.COM544 Advanced Communication Problems (3 crs.)
Students identify a communication problem related to their professional project or to their thesis. Students then suggest possible solutions and produce or procure the materials needed to implement the solution chosen. Prerequisite: COM500.COM561 Press and Public Affairs (3 crs.)
Investigates the relationship between print and electronic mass communication systems and local, state, and national governments, including regulatory agencies and barriers to the free flow of information. Considers the roles and functions of the press in reporting public affairs in the light of topical issues.
COM570 Fund Raising and Association Public Relations (3 crs.)
Introduction to the fundamentals of raising funds for education, religious, health, and social welfare organizations. Study includes a review of the conventional techniques used in reaching traditional funding sources. Association organization, membership development, and volunteer support round out the course.
COM594 Selected Topics (1-3 crs.)
COM600 Introduction to Mass Communication Research (3 crs.)
Surveys major trends in mass communication research, including sociological and psychological perspectives, which have built our knowledge about how communication systems work. Through the examination of classic studies in the mass communication field, the student is introduced to a variety of research settings and techniques including readability, persuasion, content analysis, interviewing, questionnaire design and sampling. Prerequisite: COM500.COM603 Professional Project in Mass Communications (3 crs.)
Students design a project of professional and intellectual interest that contributes both to their knowledge and to the field of communication/journalism. Prerequisites: COM500, 544, 561, 600. (This is an individualized instruction course open only to students who are working with an adviser on the professional project option.)
COM609 Internship I (1-3 crs.)
COM610 Internship II (1-3 crs.)
COM612 Thesis I (3 crs.)
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The line of storms were out of the Houston area and in the Gulf of Mexico by 5 a.m.
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Topic: TO all Moderators on this Board and all my Friends Here
thanks for helping out while iWas absent for a couple of weeks.
First, I am fine, as Lainy's. poem quoted below;
I asked for strength.
God gave me difficulties to make me strong.
I asked for wisdom.
God gave me problems to solve.
I asked for prosperity.
God gave me brawn and brain to work.
I asked for courage.
God gave me dangers to overcome.
I asked for patience.
God placed me in situations where I was forced to wait.
I asked for love.
God gave me troubled people to help.
I asked for favors.
God gave me opportunities.
I received nothing I wanted.
I received everything I needed. By Aaron Hoopes.
My cancer has returned and resection at this point is not an option at least for now. So if you or the caretaker hear about this DX. You will like me, at that moment , after hearing such a disappointment answer, my heart sinks almost down on the floor for a while, I don't know what to do, and hopeless for a moment since I have learnt a lot from this web site and know the odds are not in my favor. So,I ask for a living will and power of attorney for medical directive,oh, and a five wishes to fill out at home. But after a while, when I think about Lainy's poem. I think, let me get a couple other opinions first, I wrote to University of Maryland for an IRE consult; I drove to a nearby hospital that I have worked for and make an interventional radiologist (IR) consult hoping that they could do something for me.( my new tumor is located near the diaphragm and very close to the only major hepatic vein left, so that is the reason for no resection, last time ( the second resection 18months ago, the IR doc. said no for RFA, ) ; so my hope was not that much better for that procedure can be done this time.
Well to my surprise, she the IR doctor said she can do the RFA this time along with chemoembo and one month later, she may do a sectional radioembo too.i will discuss the use radioembo on me more with her before the procedures since the result is not that great among our members.
BTW , Dr Roberts At Mayo would like me to send the Scan discs to him for a 2nd opinion before their multidisciplinary team. I did not ask for that, I just want to donate my tissue to them just in case resection is possible. He is very kind to personally offer this 2nd opinion for me, He also asked for my blood sample , so thanks for everyone who involved in this process for me. At least physically I can do something actually may be of benefit down the road to benefit others who will come after me in addition to what I am doing now on this message board.
At the end, what I try to say is ,yes, this cancer is tough, and most of the time this disease will throw a few curve balls at you, it is tough to swallow, but, as long as you try the best you can and appreciate the friendship and love of your family and friends, keep an open mind and a positive outlook of your future,enjoy whatever you can , keep up to date of knowledge about this cancer , do not force yourself to accept what other people tell you,( that is including me, remember ,i am only a patient like you after all.);and follow what the Holy Spirit will guide you if you are a Christian. Seek spiritual comfort what ever your religion is; Then some how ,some where, you will always be with all of us no matter what the outcome will be.
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THE Adver's website recently welcomed a whole host of bloggers - and they have been busy sharing their views. Here are some extracts from their first blogs. To read them in full log on to swindonadvertiser.co.uk/yoursay/blogs/
Glenn's Changing Weighs
Like many people I started 2013 with the goal of planning to get rid of this 'excess muscle that I no longer needed' as I didn't like to use the word fat!
My main drive for this change was my wife and children as over the last six years, I had gained nearly six stone and the stark reality that if I didn't change then indeed the chances of my children growing without a father could increase... It's definitely something you don't want to hear.
So I am now at the start of a turning point in my life and this will be my journey and challenge to 'change my weighs' and become a healthier and fitter person by 2014.
A Teen's View
I didn't have a great start to life, as I was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer, called Neuroblastoma, when I was just three months old. Luckily though, the doctors found it early and were able to perform an operation to get it out. I have been left with a scar across my stomach, but I call it my medal, as I am completely fine now! Well, I may be a bit crazy sometimes, but that's normal!
I have two deaf parents, which some people would think is hard, but it is completely normal for me. I know sign language, even though my mum has two cochlear implants, and I don't need to use it often.
The Undomesticated Goddess
I live in a house with three examples of the male species – one little one, one teenager and one of the middle aged variety.
I like to think they're all well balanced, likeable human beings who have been brought up to have nice manners, to be considerate to others and to be aware of their surroundings and their environment.
So, why is it then that none of them can flush the blasted toilet? We have three in our house and not a day goes by when I don't find one or more in a state that would put those old-style Parisien pissoirs to shame.
The Swindon Salon
Now is the Winter of our Discontent – I Tweeted earlier today that I thought it rather ironic that on the day that we reclaim a despicable king from history, we have likewise been subjected to the sight of a despicable former cabinet member changing or perhaps reclaiming his own truth. It seems that no matter what the century there have always been men and women who lie, scheme and cheat their way into power.
Lights, Camera, Action
With the premise giving Tarantino the revenge spin he loves flowing in his films and allowing him to structure a truly unique and magnificent cast in his western playground, led by Jamie Foxx who plays the titular Django bringing enough suave and cool to drown the audience. While Foxx's Django is perfectly cast you'd think the show was his, yet Christoph Waltz again, like he was in Inglourious Basterds, is giving a performance which makes you laugh, gasp and leaves you in awe.
The Business of Life
My name is Paul and I used to be the average British male. My age was the mean average, my weight average, my salary the mean average, my car the UK's most popular and qualifications were average.
This was an interesting realisation for me as I sat reading the Daily Mail all those years ago that I was "average". Although I had no real issue with being average, it did cause me to stop and reflect on my life. It made me realise that in actual fact at 26, I still had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.


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Flying High – 230 Years Ago Today
'All the Conversation here at present turns upon the Balloons' Benjamin Franklin (France, 1783) Our galleries cover a period that witnessed many great scientific and technological discoveries and achievements. One of the most visually spectacular of these was the development of balloon flight. Ballooning was a scientific feat that caught popular imagination across Europe in […]Keep reading


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Did you know?
Evidence of early Stone Age life has been found at Boschendal Wine Farm.
Boschendal wine farm is renowned for its award-winning noble red varietals. The modern winery incorporates the original cellar for Le Rhone Manor House built in 1795. Here the past blends with the future as winemakers use cutting-edge technology to create their wines.
Jean le Long, a Huguenot refugee, planted the majestic Boschendal wine farm, in Franschhoek's Drakenstein valley, with vines in the late 1680s. But the farm was occupied long before as attested by artefacts found on the mountain slopes dating back to the early, middle and late Stone Ages.
The Huguenot Abraham de Villiers bought this Franschhoek wine farm in 1715. It would remain in his family until 1879, and soon thereafter was purchased by Cecil John Rhodes. It changed hands a number of times after that before being acquired by Anglo American Farms in 1969.
In 1746 Jean de Villiers built a house on the Franschhoek wine estate that over the centuries developed into a typically magnificent H-frame Cape Dutch mansion with external wooden shutters. Soon after acquiring it, Anglo American restored the house and replanted the vineyards.
With baroque and neo-classical touches, it is furnished in the early Cape tradition, making it one of the few authentic historical buildings open to the public in the region. Of particular interest are the old-fashioned rose garden and the friezes exposed during the refurbishment.
The Boschendal Restaurant has for many years been a feature on the culinary map of the Western Cape. If you prefer lighter fare there is Le Café or a French-style picnic beneath the pines (Le Pique Nique). And before you leave, pop into the Waenhuiswinkel gift shop for a memento from this special place.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Boschendal Wine Estate
To book at restaurant or for a picnic
Tel: +27 (0) 21 870 4272/3/4/5
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
To book wine-tasting
Tel: +27 (0) 21 870 4210/11
How to get here
Boschendal wine farm is easily accessible by road, on the R310 from Stellenbosch. The area is well sign-boarded and there are maps readily available.
Best time to visit
All-year although it's prettiest in autumn and spring.
Around the area
You are in the heart of the winelands so don't make this your only stop.
Length of stay
Give yourself at least half a day for Boschendal. If you wish to visit other Franschhoek wine farms then set aside a full day or more.
What to pack
Comfortable clothes and walking shoes. In summer it is very hot so dress accordingly. Winters can be cold and wet, so warm clothes and an umbrella or raincoat are essential.
Where to stay
Franschhoek and neighbouring Stellenbosch have numerous establishments catering for all budgets.
What to eat
The Boschendal Restaurant offers a legendary Cape cuisine buffet while the more laidback Le Cafe offers light meals, refreshments and picnic baskets. Franschhoek itself is known as the culinary capital of South Africa so you will not starve.
Best buys
Wine and mementos from the Waenhuiswinkel gift shop on the farm.


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SALES of the Big Issue magazine sold by the homeless have dropped since Bournemouth council launched a campaign against beggars, said a member of staff.
Simon Chilcott, area service broker for Dorset and Hampshire at the Big Issue, said that while they fully endorsed Bournemouth council's Your Kindness Could Kill: Begging Awareness campaign, people should not confuse 'beggars' with magazine vendors.
He added that sales had been hit following the campaign. He stressed the Big Issue aims to offer a meaningful alternative to begging, with the vendors buying the magazine for £1.25 and sell it to the public for £2.50.
He added: "This opportunity to start and earn their own money on their own terms is a vital first step for a person as they begin their journey away from homelessness.
"We make the public aware as much as possible to help us help them, by ensuring they buy a copy from vendors bearing valid Big Issue badges and jackets."
Mr Chilcott said all vendors had to sign a code of conduct and there was a disciplinary procedure in place should this be seriously or continuously broken.
He added: "Please buy a copy of the Big Issue from official sellers with badges or those wearing Big Issue tabards and take what you pay for."
Lorraine Mealings, head of strategic housing at Bournemouth Council, said: "We do not view Big Issue vendor activity as begging.
"As part of our campaign, we want to raise awareness amongst the public that by giving money direct to people who are begging, they can perpetuate the problem.
"We want to encourage people to divert their donations to established services which are focused on getting people into accommodation, support and employment.
"The begging awareness campaign will divert money into the town's rough sleeper team, which will enhance services to help people come inside quickly."


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Success of marriage is 'give and take'
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MALVERN couple Dot and Geoffrey Walker celebrated 60 years of happy marriage on Saturday, March 15, at home with family members.
Mr Walker was born in Colwall in 1929, and brought up in Ledbury , and his wife-to-be was born in Overbury, near Tewkesbury, in 1926.
The couple met at when both were working at the engineering company Stone Chance, in Pickersleigh Road, Malvern, next to the Morgan factory, in 1952. He was in charge of the machine shop and and she was one of the machine operators.
"I didn't have a girlfriend at the time and we started to get talking," Mr Walker said. "After about a couple of months, I asked her out and she said 'yes'. We went to the cinema, the Odeon in Worcester, although we can;t remember what the film was."
That first date led to a blossoming relationship, and two years later the couple got married at Holly Mount Church in the town centre.
"We've lived in Malvern ever since," said Mr Walker. "We've now got two sons and a daughter, seven grandchildren and two-great grandchildren, so it's quite a lot of family members to keep track of."
But many of them managed to come to Mr and Mrs Walker's home in Barnards Green on Saturday afternoon for a party marking the milestone.
"I think the secret to a successful marriage is give and take," said Mr Walker. "We take things at they come and if there are difficult times, we pull together."
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Jan 24 (Reuters) - The LPGA Tour has created an eight-nation tournament that will identify the best team in the world when it makes its debut in 2014, two years before golf returns to the Olympic Games.
The inaugural International Crown, a biennial matchplay event featuring four-player teams, will be held at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland, outside Baltimore from July 24-27.
"We celebrate great players from all over the world on a weekly basis, but this is the first time we'll pit country versus country for global bragging rights," Ladies Professional Golf Association Commissioner Michael Whan said in a statement.
"Only countries that have produced the best female teams can compete and only four players from any one country will be invited. The International Crown will take women's golf to the next level and allow fans to rally behind their homelands."
Players will be selected based on world rankings and teams will be split into two brackets for the $1.6 million event.
After three days of fourball matches, the top five teams will advance to the final round of singles matches on the Sunday. Points accumulated over all four days will determine the champion team.
"It's like preparing for the Olympics," world number one Yani Tseng of Taiwan said. "In Taiwan and in Asia, we don't have a team event like this. This is a good opportunity for us to play for our countries. It's really going to be awesome."
Based on current world rankings, South Korea, the United States, Japan, Sweden, Australia, Spain, Taiwan and England would compete for the inaugural title. (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes in San Diego; Editing by Gene Cherry)


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Muslim scholars and all Muslims have been striving for Islamic years for 100 years, since the time of SultanAbdulhamid. Thousands, tens of thousands of Ottoman gold were spent. Meeting were held and units set up, but no results were obtained. Because they did not adhere to our Prophet's (saas) word. Our Prophet (saas) said that Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) was essential for Islamic Union. There can be no Turkish-Islamic Union without Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). It will still be impossible even if a century goes by. Not even if hundreds of people, hundreds of groups work for it. The happiness and excitement that the way of the Mahdi will lead to will be bestowed by Allah. Allah has made Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) a precondition. Almighty Allah says, "Bring Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), find Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and I will bestow happiness and draw you all together." If people say, "We feel no need for what Allah and the Prophet say. We can unite ourselves and there is no need for those things," then they can never achieve results. Of course, there is a judgment about failing to act on this, and they will have to account for themselves in the hereafter. You cannot have Islamic Union that sidelines our Prophet (saas).
Some 20 Companions are in agreement when they report the very detailed hadiths of our Prophet (saas) concerning Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). Twenty or so Companions do not even report matters of religious law in such agreement. If someone says the way of the Mahdi is unimportant, that means he is saying the Prophet (saas) is unimportant. It means he is saying the words of our Prophet (saas) are unimportant. In that case, all the hadiths that constitute the basis of Sunni belief will be sidelined. If some denies the completely trustworthy hadiths about Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) reported by some 20 Companions, then he must already be rejecting the other hadiths, too. In that case, all the provisions regarding the law cease to apply. If you deny the way of the Mahdi, you are rejecting the revelation of the Prophet (saas) of Allah. Some people say, "There is no such thing as Islamic Union." They have no such intention. "The Prophet (saas) would have done it," they say. They imagine they are being very clever by putting forward the Prophet (saas). Such a person is showing he is under satan's influence. So what they are saying is; "Since the Prophet (saas) could not do it, neither can Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). So disbelief is going to defeat us, that is fine." What kind of logic is that? How wrong that is. What a devilish way of thinking! What is the truth? Allah reveals it to our Prophet (saas) by way of the angel Gabriel. The Prophet (saas) imparts that revelation to us. Our Prophet (saas) says that the happiness and union of the Islamic world is only possible with Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), him and his followers."
We will win. Not the repulsive types who repel everyone by saying, "they are all unbelievers, heretics or Godless." We will treat people with love and win, insha'Allah. Nobody should harbor any intention of seeking to gain the good opinion of bigots and fanatics and get them to say what a wonderful teacher he is by spitting words of hatred and bloodshed. The important thing is peace and love, and victory. Some people would gradually, step by step, cause Islam to melt away by saying, "they are all heretics," thus denigrating them and not treating them like human beings, by accusing women of being irreligious or heretics because they wear only the headscarf instead of the full chador, or suggesting that other people have gone mad, adopting a policy that would alienate everyone. But Allah has preserved it and this corruption has disappeared. It is just a trick, the trickery of the antichrist. The antichrist first splits Muslims up into groups. And then into even smaller groups. They also try to divide Muslims by calling them heretics, Godless or apostates. They fragment immaculate Muslims and serve within the army of the dajjal. That is why Muslims must not fall for such a trap. Muslims must be on their guard against spied who spread hatred and accuse others of disbelief and apostasy, who declare them to be irreligious, who represent a very small number of Muslims and thus prepare the way for Muslims across the world to be rejected, who prepare the groundwork for Muslims across the world to be slaughtered en masse.
A Muslim must be inclusive, love all Muslims, respect them all, whether their heads are covered or not, and strive to make all people love Allah and the Qur'an. In addition, the life of our Prophet (saas) is there for all to see. He walked through the tents of Uqaz and the markets. Verses tell us that people wondered what kind of a prophet he was. He walked around in order to preach. Freemasonry is an ancient organization dating back 3000 or 4000 years. It was around in the time of our Prophet (saas). Our Prophet (saas) preached to the masons there. He preached to many masons. He preached to Jews and Christians. There were the Knights Templar at that time, and he preached to them, too. He preached to everyone, making no distinction between them. Allah does not tell us to discriminate, but to preach to everyone, sinners or those in error or whoever. But some bigots are trying to isolate these people and to smother Islam. They deny the existence of such a thing as preaching. But one cannot choose who to preach to. One must preach even to Pharaoh or Nimrod. One must preach patiently, again and again, with powerful evidence, insha'Allah.


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Topic: My Best Friend My Mother Sanilee
As hard as this is I am sad to say my Mother(49) left us Friday 8-10 @ 8:24pm. She had fought this terrible cancer since Feb. 2006. She left a wonderful husband, 5 children and 9 grandchildren. She will be deeply missed. This site has been a get comfort to me over these months and I want to thank you all. Best of luck to all who are still fighting this terrible cancer.


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Elegant and Modern Apartment Overlooking Lake d'Orta
Size90 m²
Floor No.
- Kitchen
- Parking available
- Smoking allowed
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There are several historical sights around the lake. The Borromeo Islands offers a stunning baroque palace and park. Monastry Eremo Santa Caterina del Sasso is situated at the slope of a mountain above the lake. At the north west shore there is the famous devotional complex Sacro Monte di Ghiffa. It is an UNESCO world heritage. In the south you can visit Arona and see the giant Statue of San Carlo Borromeo.
There is even a vibrating metropolis nearby. Milan, one the fashion capitals of the world is just one hour away by car.
House rulesThe guest can occupy the room from 3pm (when check-in starts) until 11pm (when check in finishes), and he have to go out from the room before 12am on the day of check out.
To guarantee the reservation we ask credit card details with expiration date and/or a deposit of 40 % of the total rate. In case of cancellation, no-show, or modify of the date from the period booked, the deposit will not be refunded. We only accept written cancellations that you have to do within 7 days before the date of the arrival. In case of no show, cancellation, modify or advanced departure, will be charged a fee equal to the value of a night.
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Hello, nice little house right on the lake. Do not expect luxury, everything is pretty Spartan furnishings, typical Italian flat. But still recommended, extremely convenient location! Own garden, Boat house, terrace, Wozi, bathroom, and bedroom. Greetings to all Nina & Benni
Hallo, nettes kleines Haus direkt am See.
Luxus darf man keinen erwarten,
alles ist recht Spartanisch eingerichtet, typisch Italienisch eben.
Aber dennoch empfehlenswert, absolute Toplage!
Eigener Garten, Bootshaus, Terrase, Wozi, Bad, und Schlafzimmer.
Grüße an alle Nina & Benni
Hello everyone on Wimdu has all worked out perfectly and it was beautiful. Please full credit, and with best regards, Rolf Mayer Barbara Haug
Hallo an alle bei Wimdu,
hat alles hervorragend geklappt und es war wunderschön.
Bitte volle Punktzahl, mit freundlichen Grüßen, Rolf Mayer u. Barbara Haug
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It's always lovely having a nutritious treat on the table, and this Strawberry Almond Meal Cake is extra special. It has a nice earthy flavor with a heavenly whipped topping and strawberries. I got the recipe from The Sprouted Kitchen cookbook by Sara Forte. I HIGHLY recommend this cookbook and am sure to reference it many times. Also, if you're a parent, don't be afraid of getting the kids into the kitchen with you. Both Joshua and Olivia love putting measured portions into the bowl and stirring it a few times.
Here are a few adjustments I made/tips for this recipe:
This cake calls for both baking soda and baking powder. Since I did not have baking powder I used a tiny bit more baking soda (baking soda equals 1/3 of what baking powder typically equals, or you can use 3x the amount of baking powder then baking soda calls for). Use a little less salt in a recipe that you have to substitute baking soda for baking powder in, because the baking soda has a salty flavor.
This recipe also calls for almond flour. I like to make my own by grinding almonds into a food processor until smooth. This usually takes just a minute or two. If you process too long it will start to turn into almond butter.
This recipe also calls for a minor amount of flour. I used Williams Sonoma Cup4Cup Gluten-Free Flour. I have this readily available for spontaneous baking desires.
For the cake (not whipped topping), I substitute the sugar in this recipe with coconut palm sugar. This is coconut tree sap that has been crystalized. It has potassium, iron and other vitamins with an earthy, sweet flavor. I use it all the time and highly recommend that you keep this stocked in your pantry.
If you are dairy free you can make a coconut whipped topping. It's not as thick as the heavy whipping cream version, but it is delicious. To make, refrigerate a can of full fat coconut milk overnight, scoop out the thick creamy part that rises to the top * and whip it with a little vanilla extract and stevia or sugar. For both the dairy and coconut topping, I suggest you make more than you think you will need. My guests and I all wanted an extra dollop when served.
*reserve the coconut water in the bottom of the can for smoothies, curries, etc.
I hope you love it!!
If you come up with an egg free version or add a new flavor that turns out well, I'd love to hear about it!


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I am pleased to announce that we have made the first build of Flex SDK "Hero" available today on the Adobe Open Source site.
The "Hero" release development practices have changed somewhat from the Flex 4 release – the biggest change is that "Hero" is built atop the latest (and as of yet, unreleased) Flash Player and AIR runtimes. Because of this tight coupling, we have been unable to provide nightly builds that showcase in-development Flash Player and AIR features. Once the current in-development Flash Player and AIR runtimes are showcased in a public release, nightly builds will resume. In the interim, we are releasing semi-regular stable builds that showcase "Hero" feature work not dependent on features under development in the latest Flash Player and AIR runtimes – the first of these builds has now been posted!
This build showcases in-development work like the Spark DataGrid (Tier 1), Spark Image, Spark Form, enhancements to RSLs, OSMF 1.0 integration and the SWF Size Report compiler option. Please download the build and play with the features and provide us feedback through JIRA.
Next, we are also announcing our first "Hero" Open Source Iteration meeting! This meeting is a gathering of the product team and the Flex community where we share work that has been completed in past iterations as well as discuss whats in store for upcoming iterations. The first meeting will be on October 1, 2010. You can find more details here.
And lastly, a collection of new "Hero" feature specifications have been posted! This includes:
We are eager for feedback through commenting on feature specifications and filing bugs in JIRA.
Deepa Subramaniam, Flex SDK Product Manager
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Darmstadt, Germany, 12/10/2012
Software AG (Frankfurt TecDAX: SOW) today pre-announced its key figures for the 3rd Quarter, 2012 after an initial consolidation of its financial numbers (all figures preliminary, rounded and subject to change).
Development of license revenues
Software AG reported software license revenues, the key growth indicator, of around €81 million in the third quarter. This represents an increase of ca. 8 percent over the very strong previous year's third quarter (€74.7 million) and significantly exceeds market expectations.
In Business Process Excellence (BPE), license sales rose by 20 percent to ca. €50 million (previous year: €41.7 million). This positive development was based on all regions reporting double-digit revenue growth. The sales offensive in North America, in which the company has been investing since the beginning of the year, delivered strong growth for the second consecutive quarter. Europe also continued its positive development. Moreover, the "Big Data" products from Terracotta continued their dynamic growth and contributed some €5 million license revenue in the 3rd quarter, repeating the record sales of the 2nd quarter record.
In the traditional Enterprise Transaction Services (ETS) division, license revenue was approximately €30 million, almost at the high level of 2011 (€31.6 million), contributing to the further stabilization of the classic database business.
Development of maintenance and services revenues
Group maintenance revenue increased in the 3rd Quarter of 2012 by ca. 4 percent to about €98 million (previous year: €94.2 million), with both the BPE and ETS divisions contributing approximately €47 million each. Group services revenue in the quarter amounted to approximately €78 million (previous year: €105.2 million) of which one third was contributed by IDS Scheer Consulting, implementing SAP solutions. The background to this sales decline is the concentration of the consulting business on process-driven SAP solutions in selected core markets.
Total revenue and income for the 3rd Quarter 2012
Due to reduced services revenues, total Group sales amounted to €257 million (€274.6 million in Q3, 2011) but reached the high level of the seasonally stronger 2nd quarter of 2012 (€258.6 million). The operating result (EBIT according to IFRS) was €60 to €62 million, above the level of the previous quarter of the current year (€57.1 million). Due to the currently higher expenses based on the development and expansion of the marketing and sales organization for the new growth products, particularly in the U.S., and this year's charges arising from the focus of the consulting business, the operating profit was below the extraordinarily strong previous year's quarter (€72.0 million).
Development of the first 9-months 2012
Dynamic BPE license sales was approximately €131 million (previous year: €112.1 million) in the first 9 months. This is an increase of about 17 percent. The ETS business 9-month license revenues were slightly above the previous year at €89 million (€87.2 million). Product revenues (licenses and maintenance) at the group level climbed in the 9-month period by about 6 per cent to around €515 million (previous year €484.7 million). Marked by the consolidation of the consulting business, sales and earnings in the services business were below the previous year's. Accordingly, consolidated sales in the first 9-months were €770 million (previous year €804.3 million). The operating result was in the range of €172 to €174 million (previous year: €190 million).
The dynamic growth in license sales, driven by the innovative BPE and Terracotta products and strengthened by stable ETS development positively impacted the first 9 months of fiscal 2012 and is expected to continue in the 4th quarter. Therefore Software AG confirms its forecast for the full year. The company will provide refined guidance with the full disclosure of its quarterly results on 30 October 2012.
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Did you know?
Lesedi and its cultural experience was co-founded by African explorer, Kingsley Holgate, who ensures that every attraction is not only fascinating, but enriching.
Lesedi African Lodge & Cultural Village is the perfect venue for those seeking a taste of
Situated in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site area, Lesedi is just 45 minutes' drive from
Lesedi Cultural Village comprises 5 traditional homesteads inhabited by Zulu, Xhosa, Pedi, Basotho and Ndebele tribes. Guests can enjoy a 2.5 hour cultural experience that comprises a visit to the Ndebele village craft market, a multi-visual presentation on the history of South Africa's people, a guided tour of the 5 homesteads, and traditional singing and dancing. This can be followed by a meal in Nyama Choma restaurant where you can taste impala, ostrich and crocodile meat.
Conference facilities and African team building activities make Lesedi an ideal venue for corporate outings. It has 5 well-equipped conference rooms decorated with African murals. The stories of these murals are explained and the conference blessed by Lesedi's sangoma.
For groups that wish to stay the night, Lesedi has 38 luxury huts, decorated in traditional cultural style but with modern conveniences. For larger groups, neighbouring properties can cater for an additional 140 guests.
For those seeking unusual team building experiences, Lesedi won't disappoint. Learn the art of stick fighting and spear throwing before going into mock battle against your team mates. Try your hand at cattle herding, gumboot dancing and African drumming, or take part in a cultural quiz.
Fully inclusive package options include overnight accommodation with African team building exercises tailored to each company's specific needs.
Lesedi also offers a variety of dining experiences. Try the buffet with traditional African dishes in the Nyama Choma Restaurant; dine cross-legged on floor cushions in the North African Nile Room; enjoy an authentic South African braai; host a gala dinner in the Tswana Letsatsi open air boma; or have a light African-styled lunch in the shebeen.
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A man who assaulted his girlfriend after a night of heavy drinking and then threatened to kill the two police officers who arrested him got a break in court today.
Arifullah Amin, 30, received a nine-month sentence after he pleaded guilty in provincial court to the charges but will serve no more time after getting credit for time already served while awaiting trial.
Court was told Amin and several friends went to the Opera night club on Main Street on the night of May 27, 2012 but were thrown out by security.
Amin claimed to have been injured by security during the incident and remained on the street in front of the club, yelling obscenities and pacing back and forth. When a woman, who identified herself as his girlfriend, tried to calm him down, he slapped her hard against the head, sending her staggering along the sidewalk.
The incident was captured on the club's video surveillance and shown in court.
A passing police cruiser was flagged down and Amin was picked up, initially for being intoxicated. Court was told Amin spewed a stream of obscenities at the two arresting officers and after being handcuffed and placed in the rear of the cruisers he coldly threatened to kill both of them.
"He leaned forward (and told the first officer) I'm going to hunt you down and kill you and your family," Crown prosecutor Daniel Chaput told the court of what Amin had said. Chaput said Amin then turned to the second officer and said: "When I'm done with him, I'm coming for you and your family."
Chaput said the assault and threats warranted a combined nine-month sentence but defence counsel Sheldon Pinx countered that Amin's actions were out of character and fuelled by alcohol.
Amin has a lengthy criminal record dating back to 2000, including assaults and robbery. Amin just started serving a one-year sentence for assault causing bodily harm for an incident in B.C. back in September 2010.
Amin told the court he didn't remember anything that happened that night in front of the night club and never intended to harm or threaten the Winnipeg police officers.
Amin said he didn't know the woman he had struck, denying she was his girlfriend and that he was married to someone else.
"I would never speak to officers like that," Amin said. "I've been arrested many times and I've always been respectful. I do apologize."
Provincial court Judge Wanda Garreck said Amin's actions were "completely abusive, threatening, vulgar and disgusting."
Garreck gave Amin two months for the assault and seven months for the threats, both to be served concurrently. Because she gave him credit for the time attributed to waiting for the charges, he will not serve any additional jail time for these convictions.


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- "What y'all waitin' on?! Somebody cap this nigga, man!"
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Ice Cold Killa is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that protagonist Carl Johnson does independently from his garage in the Doherty district of San Fierro.
Carl goes to his garage in Doherty looking for material to make a Silenced 9mm; shortly, Cesar Vialpando arrives and gives Carl his own silencer. Wu Zi Mu has left a message about a Loco Syndicate meeting with the Ballas; Carl has to kill Jizzy B. and take his phone in order to find out about where this meeting will take place.
Carl drives over to The Pleasure Domes club at Battery Point and crashes Jizzy's party. After a brief argument, Jizzy attempts to escape with a bodyguard, setting the other guards on Carl; Carl manages to kill them all and makes his way outside the club. Outside, Jizzy attempts to escape, and Carl gives chase, eventually killing him and taking his phone. Carl calls Cesar and tells him to come to Pier 69, the location of the meeting, where they'll take down the Loco Syndicate.
Mission Objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Go pay Jizzy a visit at the Pleasure Domes club
- Use the Skylight to get into the club
- Sneak up on Jizzy, you need to get that number
- Jizzy's escaping, hunt him down
- Jizzy's escaping with the phone, hunt him down
- Now collect the phone
- Jizzy B. - Killed by Carl Johnson in order to take his phone and learn about the meeting between the Loco Syndicate and the Ballas.
The rewards for this mission are $12,000 and an increase in respect. The mission Pier 69 is unlocked.
- Before entering the skylight, it helps to blow up Jizzy's Broadway, as he will grab a randomly spawning Pizzaboy and the player can easily ram him off using one of the unique black Stretch nearby or a randomly parked car in the lot. Make sure the player had killed the guards first as they will shoot at Carl as soon as a gun goes off, or if one is killed, the other will shoot at CJ.
- Do not blow up the Broadway Jizzy is riding in because the player needs the phone intact. An explosion will destroy the phone and fail the mission.
- The song heard playing in the background in the garage is "Jungle Fever" by The Chakachas, the song can also be heard on Master Sounds 98.3.
- The songs playing in the background in the Pleasure Domes are "It Was A Good Day" by Ice Cube" and "Hood Took Me Under" by Compton's Most Wanted. The songs can be heard on Radio Los Santos, or any other time the player accesses the interior of the club.
- The song playing in the mission cutscene in Jizzy's club is "I Can Make You Dance" by Zapp, which can also be heard on Bounce FM.
- This is the only time in the game Jizzy's club is accessible to the player, unless entered through the Hidden Interiors Universe at the Ganton Gym with the Jetpack exploit.
- Also note that one of the unused Crack Dealers name Bogman, makes an appearance in this mission. He briefly appeared in Madd Dogg's Rhymes.
- This mission marks the only appearance of Bettina and Hispanic Crack Dealer.
- This mission also featured Black Crack Dealer. Because Black Crack Dealer only spawned in Los Santos.
- When Jizzy B runs (equipped with a Micro SMG), he will shoot with his arm up, firing into the air.
- If the player destroys the Broadway outside of The Pleasure Domes by a weapon before Jizzy B and his security guard can enter it, Jizzy will escape on a unique green Pizza Boy without a security guard. It can be obtained during the mission. Strangely, if Carl decides to destroy the Broadway by moving it into the water or even driving it to a safehouse garage with its mint condition at all before getting into the club, the mission will fail.
- There is sometimes a glitch where Jizzy will run for the destroyed Broadway and disappear. The mesage that says the phone has been blown up will be shown and the mission will fail, too.
- Originally, Cesar gave Carl a Desert Eagle instead of a Silenced Pistol.
- A safe tactic is to use the silenced pistol to shoot out all four of Jizzy's tyres before entering the club.
- To get on the roof at Pleasure Domes Club, Carl needs to climb at the catwalk at Gant Bridge and jumps to the roof.
- The player doesn't have to kill anybody at the Pleasure Domes. Once the player goes through the skylight, they can simply jump down from the catwalk. The game will go into the cutscene right before the player hits the ground, thus saving the player from any falling damage, as well as having to kill any of the guards.
- The easiest way to complete this mission is to move Jizzy's Broadway to the side of the club and push it up to a wall so that when Jizzy B. and his guard try to escape, they will drive back and forth in which Carl can pull him out and shoot him, completing the mission without having to go through a car chase across the hills and sharp bends of San Fierro.
- The weather will always be foggy when the player leaves the Pleasure Domes and the car chase begins, regardless of the weather before the player enters the club.
- The name of this mission might be a reference to a Big Smoke's quote when Carl practices his pistol aiming early in the game. The quote is "Ice Cold, baby!". Big Smoke also joins the Loco Syndicate, and in this mission, Carl makes his first steps of destroying it.
- If the player attempts to enter the Pleasure Domes via the front door, a brief cutscene will play in which one of the guards will say "Jizzy must not be disturbed"; however, if the player attacks or kills one or both of the guards or destroys the Broadway before interacting with the guards, the cutscene will not be played as the two guards are already attacking CJ.


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PHILADANCO Performs the Philadelphia Premiere of Matthew RushingÂ's Moan, Dec. 7-9
Renowned contemporary dance company Philadanco performs an evening of works, entitled …BACK TO BLACK (What is so called 'Black' dance anyway), at the Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater, Friday-Sunday, December 7-9, 2012. Program highlights include Philadelphia premiere of Matthew Rushing's Moan, Milton Myers' Echoes: A Celebration of Alvin Ailey and Philadanco's signature performance pieces that highlight their bold, precise dance style, Ronald K. Brown's Exotica, and George Faison's Suite Otis.
The program begins with Milton Myers' Echoes: A Celebration of Alvin Ailey, a full company ballet piece focusing on the styles and traditions of Joyce Trisler and Alvin Ailey that serves as a commitment to honoring and preserving their legacy Matthew Rushing's Moan honors the musical genius of Nina Simone by illustrating the passion and truth of her timeless vocal expressions. Choreographer Ronald K. Brown's Exotica follows with a dramatic excerpt from the larger piece entitled Lessons. The final performance piece is George Faison's Suite Otis, a ballet widely considered an American Masterpiece that derives inspiration from the genius of the late Otis Redding.
Philadanco founder Joan Myers Brown's outstanding leadership was recently recognized with the Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania (October 2012), Philadelphia Magazine's Ten Best Philadelphians Award (July 2012), the Tribune Leadership Award.
Tickets for Philadanco are currently on sale at kimmelcenter.org, 215-893-1999, or at the Kimmel Center Box Office located on Broad and Spruce streets, Philadelphia, Pa. (open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., later on performance evenings). Tickets are available for $29-$46, plus applicable service charges.


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A9 TV, March 20th, 2012
Matters will be settled not with clashes, but by love. They insist on thinking that they will handle issues with fighting. Fighting brings forth more fights. Human beings are arrogant beings. If you try to give shape to a person by force, the other person also tries to do the same for you. A balance can never be accomplished. But love makes people be at peace. Everyone is in favor of goodness, everyone is self-sacrificing. Everyone gives up his interests. In egoism, everyone protects his own interests. They do not want the best for others.
(Mr. Adnan Oktar interprets Surat an-Nisa)
Verse 42
"On that day those who were disbelievers" in other words, Darwinists, Materialists, atheists "and disobeyed the Messenger will wish that they were one with the level earth." They would want to be reduced to earth. "They will not be able to hide a single circumstance from Allah."
Verse 43
"You who have faith! Do not approach the prayer when you are drunk, so that you will know what you are saying, nor in a state of major impurity – unless you are traveling – until you have washed yourselves completely. If you are ill or on a journey, or any of you have come from the lavatory or touched women, and you cannot find any water, then do abloution with pure earth, wiping your faces and your hands. Allah is Ever-Pardoning, Ever-Forgiving."
Notice how Almigthy Allah makes things easy for us.
Verse 51
"Do you not see those who were given a portion of the Book having faith in idols", Allah says that they believe in idols, "and false gods and saying of those who are disbelievers, 'These people are better guided on their path than the believers'?" For instance, he is of the People of the Book, but he has swerved from the People of the Book. Moreover he has gone astray. He is not normal. There are those members of the People of the Book and those who have lost their minds and attack Muslims. Almighty Allah draws attention to this. There is no provision against those People of the Book who are not involved in acts against Muslims.
Verse 47
"You who have been given the Book! Have faith in what We have sent down confirming what is with you, before We obliterate faces," Allah makes their faces disappear, their eyebrows, eyes, mouths and noses. As a punishment, his face turns into a piece of flesh. This is a scourge given to the people of hell in the hereafter. His face becomes flat, no eyes, no nose, no mouth. Just a flat piece of flesh. This aside, Allah turns their faces back, but their faces are blank.
"...or We curse you as We cursed the Companions of the Sabbath. Allah's command is always carried out." Almighty Allah wants us to believe in Him. People say that the People of the Book are not responsible from the Qur'an.
"...have faith in what We have sent down (the Qur'an) confirming what is with you (the Gospel and Torah)" says Allah. This means that the People of the Book are responsible for believing in the Qur'an. However, they go and call Prophet Jesus (as) Allah. For this reason, ninety-nine percent of Christians have no faith. While there is the pure true religion, Islam, what is the point of being adrift in such misery?
Verse 48
"Allah does not forgive anything being associated with Him" If you call someone Allah, you would be ascribing partners to Allah. "but He forgives whoever He wills for anything other than that. Anyone who associates something with Allah has committed a terrible crime."2012-04-16 11:01:22


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Christmas/ New Year - 10 days
Spend Christmas in the festively decorated Baden-Baden, with a beautiful Christmas market which is opened until 30.12.2015 and start with us in the new year 2016.
Let spoil yourself in our restaurant with festive menus enjoy with us the best time in the year.
The 10-days Christmas / New package includes:
- 10 overnight stays with breakfast buffet
- Christmas Eve: 4-course menu (5 pm - 8 pm)
- Chrsitmas day: 4-cousre menu
- Boxing day: 4-course menu
- New Year's eve: New Year´s eve 4-course dinner, inclusive free entry for the EQUIPAGE at the Kurhaus Baden-Baden
- New Year: 3-course menu
(The 4-course menus can be taken alternatively on any other day of your choice)
The price for the "Christmas / New Year special (10 days)" is:
988,- € in single room*
798,- € per person in double room*
898,- € per person in double room superior*
1088, - € / person in a Junior Suite *
Extension night incl. breakfast buffet: 59,-€ per person in double room*, 79,- in single room*
Extension night incl. breakfast buffet and half pension: 79,- € per person in double room*, 99,-€ in single room*
Half pension at the days without menus: 23,00,- € / person / day.
* All prices are plus the customary visitor's tax of Baden-Baden, which is presently 3,50 €uro per person and night.
Please book extended nights direct at the hotel.


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Malita Gondwe* needed shelter. The single mother of two had been living behind a few crumbling brick walls in the remote Nelesani Village of Neno District, Malawi. There was no floor, only dirt and rock covered with straw. There was no roof, again only straw, which Gondwe bundled together and wedged into the corner.
Gondwe, who receives health care at the PIH-supported Lisungwi Community Hospital, is HIV-positive. For someone with a compromised immune system, a sturdy, dry, well-ventilated shelter could be the difference between life and death. In 2012, Gondwe met with representatives from the Program on Social and Economic Rights (POSER), a project managed by PIH's Malawian sister organization Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo (APZU). After a detailed review and consultations with other village members, the POSER team decided that renovating the dilapidated structure wasn't an option. Gondwe needed a new home.
POSER bolsters PIH/APZU's clinical efforts by providing social and economic accompaniment to families and individuals in the greatest need. To ensure our efforts are integrated with broader development goals, POSER, like all of APZU's departments, works closely with various government ministries. We've partnered with the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology to equip students with necessary school supplies. The District Office of Social Welfare has helped POSER staff run an economic-empowerment program for women that gives participants paid, real-world experience managing a set of small restaurants.
If we treat a patient for pneumonia and he goes home to a damp hut with a leaky roof, he's going to get sick again.
POSER staff also addresses substandard housing, a critical issue in Neno. "Poorly constructed houses, poorly ventilated houses can raise the risk for pneumonia. Other houses in poor shape can be a breeding ground for malaria because there are so many mosquitos. If we treat a patient for pneumonia and he goes home to a damp hut with a leaky roof, he's going to get sick again," POSER Program Manager Victor Kanyema says. Another trip to the hospital means additional strain on the health system and missed days of school or work or both for patients and their families. "But if we are creating a good environment for the patient to live in, then we contribute positively to the health of a particular individual and the community," Kanyema says. (Read more about Kanyema and his work.)
POSER identifies families and individuals to accompany through two main channels. Families can request POSER assistance directly, and clinicians can refer patients to POSER. Poverty is pervasive in Neno, and it can be difficult to specify a family's greatest needs. That's why after the initial connection is made, a small team from POSER makes a home visit and conducts an in-depth survey, involving extensive patient input on their needs. This field-based fact-finding allows staff to gather qualitative evidence and tailor the assistance.
Due to the high level of poverty and limited resources in Neno, upwards of 30 percent of the people who are visited qualify for housing support. While POSER may not have the capacity to help everyone in need, its achievements are impressive. To date, more than 70 houses have been built through POSER, and another 120 homes have been renovated.
Renovating a home or providing a new one can alleviate stress for the inhabitants, making it easier for people to focus on new pursuits. "We were living in fear of the house collapsing when the rains come," said Mphatso Malichi, a 62-year-old who lives in upper Neno with his wife and two children. "When we received the news to say they will construct the house, we stopped getting worried. So it helps us to improve our mental health."
After POSER decides to renovate a home or build a new one, local contractors are hired and the necessary supplies are acquired locally. While construction is under way, POSER staff is in constant communication with the families and continues to provide support. For instance, Gondwe, the above-mentioned mother, was able to get school supplies for her daughter.
Now that the house is completed, POSER and APZU village health workers continue to work with Gondwe. With a home of her own, Gondwe is focused on new opportunities. "Because I am not being bothered by the issue of the house, I can use money for other things," Gondwe says, noting that she's saving to start a small business selling clothes. "It becomes a motivation."
*POSER participant names have been changed.


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Hikes with Tykes
Hikes with Tykes
Guidebooks for day hiking with kids.
Day hiking with kids isn't quite as simple as taking them onto a trail and walking. Many parents have no idea where there even is a trail. They wonder how to keep their kids properly dressed for the wilds and how they'll ever carry their infant all those miles. They struggle to figure out how much water and food to bring. They ponder what to do when their children get bored on the trail or start to misbehave. They know there must be a better way to cross rough terrain than the balancing act they're attempting. They want to understand how to treat injuries from blisters to broken bones, of what to do if they're lost or even forced to stay the night in the woods. The books in the Hikes with Tykes series covers all of that and more.
Hikes with Tykes author Rob Bignell is an avid hiker, long-time editor, and former infantry grunt who's been taking his son on day hikes for nearly five years. Together they've scaled summits almost two miles high, crossed America's driest deserts, and walked beneath trees soaring 15 stories over their heads. Now he shares his knowledge and experience with you to ensure you and your children enjoy the perfect day hike.


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Gamers Fight Hunger
At Action Against Hunger, we're amazed by the creative ways that hunger fighters show their support. Recently, we received some incredible support from Humble Bundle, Sid Meier and 2K games, as well as members of the gaming community. Through the sale of the Humble Sid Meier Bundle, gamers raised $1.2 million to help us fight malnutrition around the world!
What is Humble Bundle?
Humble Bundle is an awesome online gaming platform that releases limited edition games and allows gamers to name their own price for a "bundle" of games, all the while supporting a nonprofit with their purchase.
The legendary game designer Sid Meier handpicked Action Against Hunger as the designated nonprofit for the bundle that included a fantastic collection of games from the iconic Civilization series. In less than two weeks, over 400,000 bundles were sold, making it one of the most successful Humble Bundle promotions to date.
"To date, the Humble Sid Meier Bundle is one of our most successful bundles and we were thrilled to not only deliver wonderful games to you but also contribute to the fight against world hunger."
- The Humble Bundle team
Humble Bundle helps save lives
Thanks to effective and affordable nutrition treatment, $45 is all it takes to save a malnourished child's life. This means that the Humble Bundle community's generosity will help us save more than 26,000 young lives!
What else can their support help us achieve? Check out the video our staff made and read our impact report to find out.
On behalf of everyone at Action Against Hunger, thank you to the gamers who purchased the bundle and for helping us do what we do best: save lives.


text: The Gulfcoast Loss Prevention Chevrolet will sport a special tribute on the hood for the victims. T.J. Bell and the No. 50 Gulfcoast Loss Prevention MAKE Motorsports team will be teaming up with the Toomer's for Tuscaloosa Organization to honor those who lost their lives during the tornado outbreak that begin on April 27, 2011.


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This year, Russian Council of Muftis has organized the 4th Poetry Contest which is named as 'A Blessing to all the worlds: the Prophet Muhammad (saas)'. Russian poet Nikolai Pereyaslov is the winner among all 112 contestants throughout the country.
After the ceremony, Poet Nikolai Pereyaslov told the journalists about his source of inspiration which was related to his vacation in Antalya, Turkey. Pereyaslov stated that he visited the tomb of Saint Nikolai (a Saint who is still beloved and respected in Russia) in Turkey with a group of people and expressed his feelings by saying: "We were surprised to witness Turkey's holding high esteem to Saint Nikolai although it is a Muslim country. The cleanliness and the situation of the churches also cause high admiration without any question." Pereyasloy also explained that he has started to take an interest in Islam and read the life of the Prophet Muhammad (saas) when he returned to his country. He also clarified that he was especially impressed by our Prophet's (saas) 'Farewell Speech' by saying: "I was mostly impressed by Farewell Speech and saw nothing contradictory in terms of our own religion. The speech was so inspiring to me and thus, I wrote down my emotions in a poem. Muhammad (saas) is a Prophet who scatters light to all the worlds."


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I am writing this simple web app that produces CSS pages (views) based on user input.
My predicament:
.foo { height: 50px; }
.baz { height: 22px; }
.bing { height: 13px; }
.foo { height: 50px; }
.bing { height: 13px; }
.baz { height: 22px; }
.bar { height: 48px; }
A third page might be a combination of the above two css pages:
.foo { height: 50px; }
.baz { height: 22px; }
.bing { height: 13px; }
.bar { height: 48px; }
Note: Duplicate css has been merged.
In terms of data, page1.css and page2.css are both generated from multi-dimensional arrays. With that said, page3.css will be a combination of page1.css and page2.css array data.
With me so far?
My question:
In terms of database storage, should I store the 1) original array data, 2) raw CSS, or 3) a delimited string?
In other words, when my script creates the third page, it has to combine pages one and two... How should I store the data from the first and second pages in the database in order to generate a third, combined, css page?
I hope that makes sense...
I am not looking for code, I am just curious 'bout best practices. Seems like maybe a delimited string would be a good option... Or would storing the full CSS page and applying string replace functions be just as fast? Or, would storing the original arrays be the best option? It seems like storing the original arrays would be the option with the least amount of fuss (I already have the PHP to parse the arrays and generate a CSS page), but is storing array data in the DB not good practice?
Any tips ya'll could send my way would be great!
Many TIA!
store the array, but don't store it ~as~ an array (databases don't directly support arrays anyway), just as rows in a normal table
for page 1, store 3 rows, for page 2 store 4 rows, and then when you go to do page 3 you will retrieve rows WHERE page = 1 OR page = 2 and use DISTINCT to get 4 rows
Hi r937! Many thanks for the help, I totally appreciate your pro help.
Ah, interesting! I did not even think about doing that! Thanks for kicking me in the right direction.
So, in terms of what the CSS table might look like:
| page | val |
1 | 01 | 50 |
2 | 01 | 22 |
3 | 01 | 13 |
4 | 02 | 50 |
5 | 02 | 13 |
6 | 02 | 22 |
7 | 02 | 48 |
8 | 03 | 50 |
9 | 03 | 22 |
10 | 03 | 13 |
11 | 03 | 48 |
And the query might be something like:
SELECT DISTINCT page, css
FROM css
page = 01
OR page = 02
Please keep in mind, I am just learning this stuff... Please do not laugh if I did anything wrong in the above pseudo logic/code.
Thanks again r937!!! I really appreciate your help and expert advice! :spf:
I should clarify:
Does this info change the approach you suggested?
Thanks again for the help!
I think that is a bit of an overkill. I don't see any problem with storing a serialized array for each page of CSS. So given 3 pages you would have three rows. Each row would contain a serialized array of the CSS data.
Hi oddz! Thanks for the reply and for sharing your pro advice!
I did find some interesting info on stack overflow:
$title = base64_encode(serialize($array) );
$title = unserialize(base64_decode($mysql_data) );
So, in that case, the data might look like:
| page | val |
1 | 01 | serialized encoded array |
2 | 02 | serialized encoded array |
3 | 03 | serialized encoded array |
I plan on caching the css pages (using CodeIgniter framework) so maybe the overhead of parsing serialized/encoded array would not be that bad?
One concern I have is the comment about database normalization on the Stack Overflow site:
Arrays do violate normalization; ...
Thanks to both of you for the expert feedback.
storing a serialized array has the disadvantage that it makes searching for a particular value cumbersome and slow -- you basically have to retrieve every row and inspect it to see if it contains the value you're looking for
in database terms this is painful, although i daresay that for only a few hundred rows, you won't really notice the difference
but who here among us has not asked at some point "gee i wish i knew which page uses this particular css class" and then had to look at each one -- tedious, innit
Hmm, those are some good points.
I am just learning mysql, so I can use all the feedback and pro advice that I can get... I think I will experiment with both approaches for the sake of learning new things.
Either way, I will post a link to my app if/when I get it to a usable point.
Thanks again!
Normalizing CSS is going to become a disaster. If there is no need to ever access declaration or rule data at the database level then separating everything out into separate tables is a huge overkill and will be management nightmare. If all you need to do is store the data to rebuild the page then just store the array in a serialized format. You'll thank yourself later.
Hi oddz! Thanks for the reply.
I have tried the serialized approach to start out with... So far the table is looking well organized:
Both 'container' and 'margin' are primary keys. I opted to not include an primary key "id" column (not sure if this is good practice or not):
CREATE TABLE my_table(
container INT NOT NULL,
margin INT NOT NULL,
data TEXT NOT NULL,
tm timestamp NOT NULL default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
PRIMARY KEY(container, margin)
Essentially, the user will input a container/margin and the css page is based on those values. When the next user requests a page, if it (container/margin) is not already in the table, then a new entry gets added.
I am still experimenting with both your guys ideas... Thanks so much to both of you for the feedback. :spf:
How many sets of css are there? If each css set stays the same, perhaps one possibility would be to store the css in separate files in a BLOB field in the database.
Hi SpacePhoenix! Thanks for the reply, I really appreciate your help.
Here is an example of what the encoded "data" array looks like:
[container] => 990
[margin] => 10
[foundation] => Array
[0] => 990
[1] => 970
[78] => 15
[79] => 10
So, for each container/margin, the "foundation" array is different.
Because I am storing the original array, I can generate (and cache) the third page (i.e. combine the css, like I wanted to do in my original post) via the controller and/or the view (I am using the CodeIgniter php framework).
With that said, do you think I should use a blob? Or, do you use a blob to store static stuff (like CSS that does not change, but is needed on every page)?
Thanks for the help!Cheers,Micky
How much of the css is common to all the pages? Keep the common css stuff in a normal css file on the server and for each pages css, keep the CSS stored in a BLOB field. echo the css specific for the page to the style section of the HTML page.
Ah, I see! Thanks for the clarification.
I am currently storing the common css in an external file (like you suggest), but I have yet to look at using blobs. Hmmm, maybe I could store both the blob'ed css and the orignal css array -- The best of both worlds!
Thanks for the tips! I may be back with more questions.