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The head of communications for the troubled Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena died late on Wednesday in what police are investigating as an apparent suicide.
His death adds an element of tragedy to a scandal that has already had a devastating effect on the community of Siena, reverberated throughout European banking and played a role in Italy's recent political shake-up.
David Rossi, 51, was found dead on a street under his office window at the bank's headquarters in Siena on Wednesday evening, a local police official said.
An employee of the bank found Rossi's office window open and called an ambulance, but Rossi was already dead when emergency service workers arrived.
Police found several notes crushed in Rossi's trash basket that magistrates seized to analyse, but they said there was not yet an explanation for his death.
The bank's chairman, Alessandro Profumo, and its director general, Fabrizio Viola, issued a joint statement on Thursday praising Rossi's "human qualities, his sensitivity, professionalism and his bond to the bank".
"For all these reasons, we confirmed and renewed our trust in him as head of communications, a role he has fulfilled with utmost competence and dedication, even in this particularly delicate phase," the statement said.
"This event, albeit tragic, renews and strengthens the intensity of our determination to move on in the journey that we undertook."
Rossi, who was married and had a stepdaughter from his wife's first marriage, had been under severe stress because of official investigations into the circumstances that forced the bank, the world's oldest, to accept a €4.1 billion ($5.2 billion) bailout from the Italian government.
Executives at the bank were once among Siena's most respected citizens, but have suffered from shame and even scorn since the bank's problems came to light last year.
Rossi had been spokesman for Giuseppe Mussari, the former chief executive of Monte dei Paschi who is blamed for the bank's problems and is a target of the investigation. Although Rossi was not accused of wrongdoing, police had searched his office and home last month.
Under Mr Mussari, Monte dei Paschi in 2008 acquired another Italian bank, Antonveneta, for €9 billion, a price that was considered wildly inflated and left the bank financially weakened. Later, Monte dei Paschi sought to conceal growing losses by way of complex transactions with Deutsche Bank and Nomura, which were not disclosed to regulators.
Last week, Monte dei Paschi sued Nomura and Deutsche Bank for damages in connection with transactions. The Italian bank said it was also suing Mr Mussari and Antonio Vigni, the bank's former chief executive, because of their role in the deals.
The bank is seeking compensation for "damages sustained and to be sustained by the bank as a result of the challenged transactions", Monte dei Paschi said in a statement last week.
The scandal has been exploited as an issue by the right and left in Italian politics. At a meeting of the bank's shareholders in January, Beppe Grillo, a comedian turned populist political leader whose strong showing in recent elections has scrambled prospects for forming a new government, delivered a tirade about the bank's longtime connections to the Democratic Party, which for decades was the dominant political force in the city.
Before the bank's problems came to light last year, profits from Monte dei Paschi financed an enormous array of city projects, including ambulance services and child care. The sudden end to the largesse, distributed by a foundation that is the bank's largest shareholder, has already led to cuts in services, and more are likely as civic organisations use up money they had received in the past.
Rossi's death is at the very least a psychological blow to the bank as it seeks to recover under its new chairman, Alessandro Profumo. Mr Profumo, former chief executive of UniCredito, Italy's largest bank, has negotiated job cuts with bank staff and has not ruled out selling the bank, something many Sienese consider unthinkable.
It is unlikely that the bank, founded in 1472, will ever be able to provide as much financial support or jobs to the city of Siena as it once did.
New York Times
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Sometimes in fashion it's hard to see the trees for the forest. The dramas at Dior and Balmain have taken up so many column inches they have pretty much overshadowed everything else, including designer Vanessa Seward leaving Azzaro and now creative director Mauro Orietti (along with his father, production director Mario Orietti) leaving Zagliani, the Italian handbag company that achieved outsize notoriety for Mr Orietti's patented use of Botox to make reptile skins particularly malleable. Except the latter is not going gently into that good night, and in his story lies a particularly contemporary moral.
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I'm looking for a free hosting site to upload my project for my short course in web designing. Would be great it has cPanel also
Did you try searching the forums? There have been anumber of threads on the subject, such as:
Thanks for the info. Sorry for not searching for a similar thread
It's always a good idea to search before posting. Sometimes, you can find the answer straight away and not have to wait for replies. :)
It's always a good idea to search before posting. Sometimes, you can find the answer straight away and not have to wait for replies. :)
I would not trust free cpanel hosting offer. cpanel is paid software. how they can achieve it unless they have some massive ads, on your site.
It is good free web hosting
Its better to go for the review before choosing free hosting site and if there are matter of credentialy of your contents then its better avoid free hosting.
Please avoid using Free hosting sites .Free host are not good for your site, this can kill your site, because you wouldn't get good uptime and their server is slow. You will also find their ads on your cpanel or on your site.My opinion is free hosting is not good but if you want to use free hosting you can try byethost.com
If you're fine to have external ads and promotions displayed on your webpages and feel comfortable with that - ok, you can easily google for a free hosting. But I doubt there will be any cPanel account for free available to the world.. Better to get in touch with some good hosting company and ask for cheapest or even free account
@ezzie i will be only using it for my student project.
So much hate However although I started a free hosting project a long time ago and still have it I do agree that in the main there are just no stayers, it's all about money for most and that's why they don't last because they simply do not make any. There are a lot of reliable ones around but you need to wary of the majority.
x10hosting.com, heliohost.org, awardspace.com and freehostia.com
Just came across byethost.com/free-hosting , their plan includes cPanel and everything you need for your project. Good luck!
There are so many out there. Just choose one that has your requirements like PHP or ASP,etc.
You can try heliohost.org. It has cpanel and no ads.


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A joint media statement by Cancer Council Australia, Quit and Action on Smoking and Health.
Leading health groups have urged the public to support a trust fund established to help Rolah McCabe's children.
The establishment of the trust fund to help the McCabe children with day to day expenses was announced today by Slater and Gordon, the law firm who represented Mrs McCabe in her case against British American Tobacco, and are now representing the McCabe's family in the appeal process.
The trust fund aims to ensure that Jamie McCabe (21), Brenton McCabe (17) and Dylan McCabe (16) can continue to live together following the tragic loss of both parents recently. Mrs McCabe died from lung cancer in October, and her husband John died unexpectedly of a heart attack just a few weeks before.
Speaking on behalf of health groups, Executive Director of The Cancer Council Victoria's Quit program, Todd Harper, said the trust would be an important support for the family at a difficult time.
'Christmas is a time to show compassion, especially to people in difficult circumstances,' Mr Harper said.
'Unfortunately, Rolah McCabe's family have been shown no compassion by multinational tobacco giant British American Tobacco - a firm that makes billions in profits each year by manufacturing and marketing a deadly and addictive product.'
'Health groups understand that the McCabes are involved in an important battle that will have widespread implications for Australia's Number One health problem.'
'This year the McCabe family will be one of many families celebrating Christmas without their parents.'
'Sadly, thousands of other families will also be approaching the festive season without loved ones who have died from smoking related illnesses.'
'Every day, four young Australians lose a parent to smoking. The Cancer Council has calculated that in Victoria alone, in 1999 over 3200 families lost a parent to a smoking related illness.'
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JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. - Firefighters on Wednesday afternoon battled a fire at a home in the 500 block of First Street South in Jacksonville Beach that had threatened a multistory condominium building next door.
Jacksonville Fire-Rescue initially issued a second-alarm due to the exposure to neighboring buildings, but that was canceled when the fire was contained to the one house.
IMAGES: Fire consumes Jacksonville Beach house
According to JFRD, two people in the home were alerted when a smoke detector went off and were able to get out safely, but one dog and a bird died in the fire. Firefighters say the fire was caused by a kerosine space heater.
The structure is likely a total loss.
A VyStar account has been set up for the residents of the home, Shannon and David Hewitt. The account number is 702968426 and is in their daughter's name, Ashleith Brown.
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My favorite fast food burger is the White Castle "slyder" and they're griddled with onions, and onion burgers are an Oklahoma specialty in places like El Reno. So while I'm not the biggest fan of onions I thought I'd give my own version a try.
I started with a pound of ground beef and a regular yellow onion, which I sliced into rings and tossed with olive oil.
I put my perforated grill sheet over charcoal and when it was good and hot I spread out the onions and put the burgers on top. The onions sizzled nicely and gave off a great aroma, but they also shielded the burgers from the grill sheet and kept them from getting a nice crust.
The burgers were good but didn't have as much onion flavor as I expected, so topping them with raw or grilled onions really helped.
The next time I grill burgers this way I'll use a stronger, more potent onion. In the meantime, the closest White Castle is in Kenosha...


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JURORS in the Lydia Bishop trial have seen CCTV footage allegedly showing children playing unsupervised on two occasions on the slide on the day the youngster was fatally injured.
They have also seen footage of a rope lying on the mound topped by the slide on six occasions between 8.05am and 9.06am, on September 17, 2012.
PC Nicola Dunn told the jury she had viewed 12 continuous hours of footage from two cameras overlooking the York College nursery's playground starting at 7.59am. The first time she saw an adult in the playground was at 9.25am.
Asked by the prosecution whether she had seen anyone "interacting" with the rope, PC Dunn said she had not.
Later that day, three-year-old Lydia died when she was strangled by a rope while playing unsupervised on the slide.
The jury has heard the nursery had health and safety rules that children should always be supervised when playing on the slide or with ropes and that ropes should be tidied away after use.
York College, in Sim Balk Lane, denies failure to ensure the health and safety of children at the nursery between August 1 and September 18, 2012.
One of the nursery staff, Sophee Redhead, denies manslaughter through gross negligence of Lydia.
Under cross-examination, PC Dunn said she had seen on the CCTV footage Lydia playing on the slide at 10.50am, leaving the slide and returning to the slide area at 10.54am, and that she had seen a boy on the slide at 11.25am and him being escorted by a member of staff one and a half minutes later away from the slide.
The jury has heard Lydia was found lying without breathing on the slide shortly before 2.30pm with a rope around her neck.
They have also heard details of efforts made by the staff to resuscitate her, of ambulance paramedics arriving at 2.39pm on a priority one call-out and using 100 per cent oxygen, among other methods, to help her as they rushed her to York Hospital where a full hospital resuscitation team met her, and of continued treatment by medical staff including an accident and emergency consultant until 3.27pm when she was declared dead.
David Yearley, head of play safety for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, called as a prosecution expert, said he rated the risk of harm from the rope higher than that given in the college's risk assessment.
He said the control measures laid out in the assessment would have protected the children against the risk if they had been carried out in full.
He also said that if either the children had been supervised at all times or the rope put away when not being used under supervision, that would also have protected the children.
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New Building for CR Downtown Classes
Faculty and staff at College of the Redwoods are still unpacking boxes at their new location on D Street in Eureka. The Professional Development Center is replacing the old downtown location on 6th and K Street.
Classes at this location are different than the main location because they are designed for students who don't want to earn a full two year degree.
"These are primarily classes that are non credit or not for credit classes. A lot of the business classes here are short term," said Paul DeMark, Director of Marketing and Communications at College of the Redwoods.
The location offers classes in basic computer skills, real estate and even art and Spanish.
Medical Assistant student Alison Ehrstrom said the program will only take her a few months to complete, and the college will help her find a job afterwards.
Ehrstrom said the downtown location is easier for her to get to since she lives in Arcata.
"When I was going to the main location it took me almost 45 minutes to get out there because I took morning classes, and here it's only a twenty minute drive," said Ehrtrom.
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Audio: Higgins and Kovalev after practice
Following practice today at the Bell Centre, audio from:
• Christopher Higgins, seemingly bound for a reunion with Saku Koi
Audio: Canadiens on a sort-of off day
The Canadiens were in the gym today, having enjoyed a day off on Sunday with Tuesday through Thursday to prepare for back-to-back games Friday and Saturday in Columbus
Watch NHL all-star voting as it happens
NHL all-star balloting begins Nov. 12 and runs through Jan. 2, and this time, for the first time in any major sport, fans will be able to
Good start for Habs I/O
Our October page views were up 150 per cent from last season's.
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Game 10: Canadiens win in stunning comeback
Canadiens' Alex Kovalev celebrates his second goal of the game, the game-winner in the third period, with teammates Tomas Plekanec (left) and Mike Komisarek.
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There were hundreds of fans wearing Canadiens jerseys at the Nassau Coliseum last night and they made themselves heard during the pregame wrapup. They booed former Canadiens Mark
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This was the FT's live blog on the Leveson Inquiry on May 10th, 2012. Andy Coulson, former News of the World editor and head of communications at Number 10, was testifying. Written by Kiran Stacey (KS) and Jim Pickard (JP).
4.34pm KS: The Andy Coulson session has now wrapped up. Ben Fenton has written this story for the FT. He writes:
Andy Coulson, the former tabloid editor who became David Cameron's spokesman, rejected on Thursday the idea that politicians in Downing Street had become too close to the press.
These are the other interesting details to emerge from today's session:
- Coulson admitted he "may have" seen Top Secret documents and definitely did attend National Security Council meetings, even though he did not have top-level security clearance.
- Coulson had shares worth around £40,000 in News Corp while working for Number 10. This story was broken by the Independent on Sunday, whose editor was summoned to Leveson today to explain how they had got the story.
- David Cameron did not ask Coulson about his knowledge of the phone hacking activites of Glen Mulcaire and Clive Goodman even after the Guardian revealed the practice was more widespread than originally claimed.
This is Ben Fenton's conclusion:
Andy Coulson was never going to be asked the toughest questions about his time at Number 10 because they would have conflicted with his status as a man on police bail.
But while he played a dead bat to everything, with a litany of "I don't believes…I don't recalls…" there were still some difficult moments in his verbal and written evidence.
We know he saw top secret material without supervision, which he shouldn't have done, that he held News Corp shares but didn't imagine there was any possible conflict of interest and that David Cameron did not ask him for further assurances that he knew nothing about the phone hacking offences at his paper even after The Guardian, in July
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I just got back from a whirlwind trip to Montgomery, Alabama, and took the opportunity while there to try some Bama BBQ. I got samples of just about everything, and I thought I'd share my 'reviews'
First was Dreamland:
Great hickory smell walking up to the place, and a really great open pit inside, smoke everywhere, but the good kind.
Chopped pork was decent, but nothing special
Spare ribs (all the places had spare vs. babyback).. very good, nice crust
Chicken was excellent, smoky, moist
Brunswick stew was also very good.
Sides are small at Dreamland, though
The Smokehouse in Millbrook:
Interesting building... I liked the look inside, nothing fancy at all, but fit the bbq.
Pulled pork was excellent.. smoky and moist
Turkey breast was ok, but it was processed turkey loaf of some sort
Ribs were smoky and very good
Sauce was cattleman's with some variations
Beans had shredded pork in them, were spicy, and excellent
Fat Boy's in Prattville
Stacks of wood and a big smoker outside were pretty cool. A customer in front of me asked if they had lowfat dressing for salad, and the guy responded, 'You're at Fat Boy's.. there's nothing lowfat here!'
Brisket was ok
Chicken was excellent, but just a little dry
pulled pork was very good
Ribs were GREAT
Coleslaw had pickles in it.. no thanks
Brunsick stew was pretty good
Out of the three places I got to, this is how I'd rate them per item
Ribs... Definitely Fat Boy's
Pulled Pork... Smokehouse
Chicken... Dreamland
Brisket... My house!
Brunswick stew... Dreamland
Any of the places are woth a visit, though I think I can do at least as well at home, though I'm cooking for me, not for a restaurant full of people.
Sauce is definitely an afterthought in the area, which is fine by me... in Ohio, most places tend to think sauce IS bbq, so they load it on.


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I get these thick, 1.5-3 inch, steaks (from Costco) and it has been a little hit and miss in terms of cooked, undercooked, over cooked.
I use a Weber and my general formula is:
High High High until both sides are seared (grill lined)
Medium Off Medium until the steaks "feel" (using the "nose method") medium.
I grill all year long so I might be outside when it is 95 degrees I might be outside when it is 15 degrees (what? I like steak!)
I am trying to get consistent to avoid being called "the incinerator" by my wife and being the first family to die of e coli on my block.
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Asset managers like to boast of their lovely cushiony profit margins, but their profitability is another matter entirely. According to a survey by SimCorp Strategy Lab, nearly half of investment management businesses are struggling to break even.
They calculate a cost rate by subtracting ebit (earnings before interest and tax) from gross revenue and expressing the result as a percentage of gross revenue. Less than 20 per cent managed to keep that cost rate below 85 per cent, while 41 per cent saw it rise to 99 per cent or above.
FTfm reports the results of the survey but we would like to know what you think. Is asset management industry really this difficult to make a profit in? Is this a reasonable way to think about profitability? And are investment managers really as clueless about cost control as the survey authors think?


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By Steven FenbergJesse Jones, who grew up on his father's prosperous tobacco farm in rural Tennessee, later claimed, "I got my first business training and business principles from my father in the tobacco business, and his standards and principles have been my guiding influence in all my business and public life." Jones left school after the eighth grade, and his father put him in charge of one of his tobacco processing factories. Young Jones questioned his ability, and his father assured him he could do the job. Jones recalled, "When he told me I could do it, I felt I could." In addition to transmitting business skills and principles, his father instilled enduring confidence in the struggling teen.
Woodrow Wilson and Jesse Jones: (left to right) Jesse Jones, Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Joseph Tumulty and President Woodrow Wilson marching down Fifth Avenue during the immense American Red Cross fundraising parade on May 18, 1918
Jones outgrew the farm, and in 1894 at the age of 20, he moved to Texas to work at one of his Uncle M.T. Jones's large lumberyards. M.T. Jones owned thousands of acres of East Texas timberland, sawmills to process the timber and lumberyards throughout the state to sell the finished products. He was known as a "double-ender." Today he would be called vertically integrated. When M.T. died in 1898, Jones moved from Dallas to Houston to manage his estate.
Around 40,000 people lived in Houston then, the city covered nine square miles and everything, including the banks, newspapers and insurance companies, was locally owned. The businessmen knew they would prosper only if their community thrived, and they simultaneously nurtured their businesses and their city.
Jones quickly embraced their approach, which echoed his father's, and it infused everything he did in business and public service for the rest of his life.
Jones also saw government as a partner, not as an opponent. In 1906, after he had started his own lumber business, he extended M.T.'s double-ender status by adding construction to the mix and convinced the City of Houston to pay half the cost of "grading and graveling" streets just south of downtown (in today's Midtown). Jones paid for the other half, then built small houses on what had once been muddy streets and sold them on long-term installment plans so those with modest incomes could afford to buy a home. The judicious use of credit supercharged his efforts from then on, and the steady secure mortgage payments provided him with the means to begin building Houston's first skyscrapers. His first three, built between 1907 and 1908, were ten stories tall.
The Houston Chronicle Building brought Jones a half-interest in the paper and a platform from which to express his views. (He would buy the other half in 1926 from publisher M.E. Foster after Foster continued to endorse "Ma" Ferguson for governor against Jones's and the editorial board's directives.) The Texas Company Building helped make Texaco and the petroleum industry a permanent part of the city's business community.
And the luxurious Bristol Hotel, with its rooftop garden that caught Gulf Coast breezes while patrons danced and dined, elevated Houston's stature.
Just as Jones had convinced the city government to pay half the cost of improving streets, in one of the first partnerships between the federal government and a municipality, a local delegation went to Washington, D.C., and convinced the U.S. Congress to pay half the cost of developing the Houston Ship Channel. Jones raised Houston's half of the funds, became the first chairman of the Houston Harbor Board and oversaw the construction of the wharves and piers that welcomed ships from around the world. The success of that early partnership, known as the Houston Plan, reverberates today. Now the Port of Houston is the second largest in the nation and sixth largest in the world, and it accounts directly and indirectly for more than 800,000 jobs in Texas.
In 1914, the port's opening internationalized Houston almost overnight, spurred the South's still struggling post-Civil War economy and filled up all of Jones's buildings, including several more ten-story office buildings and his new Rice Hotel. The latter was financed in large part by Rice Institute (now Rice University) and built on a block of land leased by Jones from Rice for 99 years.
Captain James A. Baker, president of Rice's board of trustees, agreed
to Jones's request that both men's signatures be on all of the hotel's work orders, changes and contracts.
During his first 16 years in Houston, Jones had nurtured a reciprocal relationship with his community, intent on both building his business and improving his city. To Jones, the intentions were connected—only if the city prospered, would he succeed. The nearly concurrent openings of his lavish Rice Hotel and the expansive Houston Ship Channel epitomized the best of Jones's
diligent efforts to use capitalism to improve the common good and increase his wealth. Thousands found employment, the community flourished, and Jones's wealth grew.
Seeing these positive outcomes, Jones would later use this same approach in public service to benefit the people of the United States and other parts of the world. The only difference was that the tangible and intangible wealth that resulted from his efforts to improve communities belonged to each nation's citizens.
Jones's successful development of a once small southern city and the Houston Ship Channel, his urge to simultaneously build his businesses and his community and his embrace of government as a partner appealed to President Woodrow Wilson, who offered Jones ambassadorships and a cabinet position. Jones continuously turned down the president until Wilson asked him to organize and manage battlefield and home front medical aid as director general of military relief for the American Red Cross during World War I. Jones accepted the call to duty, assigned his power of attorney to Fred Heyne, whom he called his "other self," financed his venture by selling the stock he held as an original owner in Humble Oil Company, and headed for Washington, D.C., and the national stage.
Jesse Jones's unique contributions during both World Wars and the Great Depression will be covered in the fall edition of the Jones Journal. Jones became the most powerful person in the nation, next to President Franklin Roosevelt, during FDR's administration.
Steven Fenberg is the author of "Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism and the Common Good," a biography recently published by Texas A&M University Press. Fenberg was the executive producer and writer of PBS's Emmy Award-winning film "Brother, Can You Spare a Billion? The Story of Jesse H. Jones," which was narrated by Walter Cronkite. He produces Houston Endowment's annual report and makes frequent presentations about the foundation and Jesse Jones.
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We already know that the Boy Scouts of America can and will kick out gay Scouts and Scout leaders. Lawsuits against the Scouts date back to 1981 when 18-year-old gay former Scout Tim Curran sued for the right to be a Scoutmaster. And in each case, courts — including the U.S. Supreme Court — have ruled that the Scouts have the right to exclude gays.
That discriminatory policy was in the spotlight here locally again when gay father Jon Langbert was "decommissioned" from his role as the "Popcorn Colonel" — leader of the annual effort to raise money by selling popcorn — for his son's Cub Scout troup.
Now there's this story to prove that the Boy Scouts' homophobia isn't gender specific.
After six years playing an active role in her son's Boy Scout troup in Potomac Falls, Va., Denise Steele has been kicked out after another Scout's mother discovered Steele is a lesbian.
Steele started out as a den leader for her son's Cub Scout troop in elementary school when no one else would do it. Over the next six years, according to the Loudon Times, Steele's son's troop excelled at everything, winning the Blue and Gold Award — one of Scouting's highest awards — for five years running. And when her son moved on up to the Boy Scouts, Steele moved with him.
All was fine until June this year when Steele accompanied her son and his troop on a Saturday-through-Monday camping trip. Because Steele had to work on Monday, her partner, Jackie Funk, showed up on Sunday night to pick her up. Assistant Scout Master Skip Inabinett then asked who the woman was that picked Steele up, and when she found out that Steele is a lesbian, and the woman giving her a ride was her partner, everything changed.


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King County stinks at animal care business
Heres what King County calls proper treatment of animals in its shelters:
Dismal shelter conditions and animal-care protocols, resulting in lack of humane care that borders on animal neglect.
Continual outbreaks of disease that indicate lack of proper cleaning and vaccination protocols.
Animals allowed to suffer for lack of medical treatment.
Missed opportunities to save the lives of animals or properly respond to calls for service.
Its no wonder that a consultant has called for the county to get out of the animal care and control business and let a private agency do the work.
Nathan Winograd, who runs the No Kill Advocacy Center in San Clemente, Calif., issued a blistering report this week on the sad state of the countys animal care operation. His 147-page report, complete with photographs, paints a shocking picture.
(To read the consultants full report, go to www.kingcounty.gov/council.aspx.)
Winograd made two visits to the countys shelters in Bellevue and Kent. The first, unannounced, was on Jan. 30. The second, pre-scheduled, came Feb. 18-21. The news was dreadful on both occasions.
Animal holding spaces were inadequately cleaned, staff displayed ignorance of basic animal care and behavior, and some animals went more than 24 hours without food and water, Winograd said in his report.
Winograd added that the countys executive branch has overlooked and ignored well over a decades worth of neglect and poor leadership at animal control.
During this time, the executives office was assuring the County Council that the agency had a model animal control program and was a recognized leader in animal control.
The exact opposite appears to be the case. As Winograd notes, animals are not being fed, care is poor, and suffering is the norm.
None of this is new. The same problems that plagued the shelter 10 years ago plague the agency today, Winograd said.
Part of the problem apparently rests with the facilities themselves. The Kent shelter was built in 1975 as a place to warehouse and kill dogs away from residential areas of the county. Its now in an industrial zone, making it difficult to attract people to come and adopt dogs.
At both the Kent and Bellevue facilities, the outside grounds are dirty and in disrepair. Winograd uses the word filthy to describe them.
Inside things are worse. Winograd notes there are few systems in place to prevent animals who healthy from becoming sick; in fact, many practices at the shelter make illness nearly inevitable, he said.
We would like to believe that the county is prepared to fix the problems, but given the years of inattention, that seems unlikely. If King County cant or wont do the job right, the task needs to be given to those who will. As Winograd notes, the countys animal control operation has failed the animals.
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I read the fan translated manga and I was wondering if in the original Japanese text she uses ai shiteru or daisuke. Anyone out there know?
- To quote User:ShounenSuki:
- Hinata says 「私はナルトくんがーー大好きだかた…」 ("Watashi wa Naruto-kun ga~~ daisuki dakara..."), meaning something like "Because... I love Naruto-kun a lot~~".
- ~SnapperTo 03:32, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
(this was right before she fought Pain) Her complete confession was "I'm here because I want to be. This time I'm going to save you Naruto! I was always crying and running away before even trying. I made the wrong turns so many times. But you helped me find my way and take the correct path, Naruto. I always chased after you. I wanted to catch up to you. I wanted to walk beside you all the time. I wanted to be at your side always. Your smile is what saved me. Thats why Im not afraid to die if it means I can protect you. Because . . . I love you, Naruto."
- What episode did this happen i need to watch this.Scott swag (talk) 20:49, October 23, 2010 (UTC)


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WINTER PARK, Fla. – Saint Leo sophomore Matheus Assis has been recognized as the Sunshine State Conference Men's Swimmer of the Week Presented by VALIC for the period ending December 22.
Assis collected two NCAA automatic qualifying times and two NCAA provisional qualifying times at the Nova Southeastern Invitational. He swam the 50-yard freestyle preliminary with an NCAA automatic qualify time of 20.02 seconds. This time also tied his original SSC and Saint Leo school record set last year, while also setting a meet record. In the 100-yard freestyle preliminary, Assis set another conference, school and meet record with an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 43.89 seconds. Both his 50- and 100-yard freestyle times are currently the fastest in Division II this season.
The native of Brazil recorded an NCAA provisional time in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 48.32 seconds. His time also set conference, school and meet records. Assis was the lead leg for the 400-yard freestyle relay team that captured an NCAA provisional time of 3:00.29 for second place in the race.


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Welcome to Tuesday's The Crap We Missed which lacks an Easter Egg like we left for you yesterday, but let's be fair, there are only so many stand-ups willing to perform completely sackless. Wait, someone get Dane Cook on the line. Anyway, today we do have January Jones just before getting randomly selected for additional screening, as well as Tom Daley invoking the mythical power of Hamm Hog, and finally, just when it was looking like Mitt Romney's celebrity endorsements couldn't get any classier, he pulls out the hillbilly ace-in-the-hole.
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♦ Gillian Tett speaks to Alan Greenspan and finds he is prepared to admit that he got it wrong – at least in part.
♦ The White House glitches have gone further than Obamacare, as the administration has been continuously caught off guard by recent crises from Syria to spying, says Edward Luce. And the president gives few signs of having found a learning curve.
♦ France's central bank governor, Christian Noyer, says Europe's financial transaction tax poses an "enormous risk" to the countries involved.
♦ Spain's mini gold rush in the country's north is part of a broader movement by foreign investors seeking to turn Spain's woes to their advantage. It also shows some of the difficulties of investing despite a more positive outlook.
♦ Ikea has sent self-assembly huts to Ethiopia to house Somali refugees – and they could soon be used as alternatives to tents elsewhere.
♦ Josef Joffe, editor of Die Zeit, looks at the history of top-down capitalism and wonders whether China can sustain its astounding growth.
♦ The art world may be marvelling at China's booming market, but many transactions have not actually been completed and the market is flooded with forgeries. Read more
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Colluders often support patriarchy by pushing a submissive role for women in heterosexual relationships. They think that we will be blind to this submission because they couch it in the "how to get a man" discourse. Let us put aside the argument that all women are desperately in search of a man for fulfillment and look at some of the common suggestions that are offered. I had the misfortune to stumble across The Divine Caroline and her "Top 10: What Every Man Loves In A Woman."
You are an independent woman, not a clinger.
Men love it when you include them in your life, but do not make them your life. Keep your gym routine, your friends, your family and make sure you never let him see you sweat if he can't make it. Your life goes on with or without him; and if you act like this, you will never be without him!
So far so good Caroline. Yes women should always keep their own identity regardless of their status of single or engaged.
You are sexy, hot, but not slutty.
That's right, men like it when you turn the head of every guy in the room, as long as you are on his arm and let everyone know it. Don't ever flirt with his guy friends, and always make sure you let him know he's the apple of your eye.
Don't you dare step out of line. Make sure that your sexuality conforms to what he finds acceptable otherwise you are a dirty slut. Even though you may be stunningly attractive, it is important that he not feel the threat of competition for your attention. The male ego is fragile, and it is your job to continually prop it up. He needs to be sure that his girlfriend (read:possession) is sufficiently obedient. Any sign of autonomy will be viewed as traitors and desirous of the slut label.
You remember to do the little things, just like you did in the beginning.
You don't expect him to take you out to dinner every night, a home cooked meal is always a nice surprise. You surprise him with his favourite Starbucks drink when he gets up in the morning. And, you never, ever forget those special occasions: Superbowl Sunday, NCCA Final Four and the NBA finals!
Notice how the home cooked meal is the job of the woman. A man may purchase your faithfulness and allegiance but you a mere woman must return the favour by dutiful servitude in the household. Most of all make sure that his interests are a top priority, because anything that might get your attention is necessarily unimportant and trivial anyway.
You let him pursue you.
The Geico commercials have it right, there are still cavemen out there and they love the hunt. That means: don't call him first, don't text, and don't try to find where he is going to be. If he wants to see you, nothing will stand in his way…nothing.
This of course falls under the category of don't be slutty. You may have desires all of your own, but it is your job to make sure that he feels the thrill of conquest. A woman is to be conquered by a man thus setting the correct tone for her future role of complete submission of will. The more people perform essentialist gender roles the better for society anyway. It worked for June and Ward Cleaver, so it can work for you. Forget that they were a TV couple and that the 50's domesticity wasn't as idyllic as presented. Remember the movie Field of Dreams…"if you build it they will come"
You never utter the words "where is this going?"
We call those "The Final Four." Enough said. Let him dictate the pace of the relationship. If you don't, you will forever be asking that question.
Now this is absolutely a vital piece of advice. Only the man can set the terms of the relationship and decide if he will honour you with the presentation of the gold ring. Don't think about the fact that you are wasting your time with someone that won't commit, eventually he will reward you for you obedience and patience. Remember you always give your pet dog a treat when he does a trick and hopefully the same will apply to you, if you cross your little fingers.
You demand respect.
This is not just for your guy, it is also for yourself. That means you don't sleep with a man on the first date, or even the second. You wait until you know the time is right. And if he is the right kind of guy, he will wait too.
Of course respect can only be gained by monitoring your sexual activity. This again falls under the don't be a slut category. The more chaste and pure that you are, the greater the chance that you will be rewarded with your new slave name in marriage. Remember sex only happens on his terms.
You impose a two-drink maximum on yourself when you go out.
No man likes a sloppy drunk party girl. Those girls are fun to play with, not to stay with.
Decorum and propriety are an absolute necessity in a future wife. He of course may drink as much, and at any time without arising a sense of anger in you. Anger of course is another unattractive female emotion.
You never humiliate him in front of friends, family, or co-workers.
Ever been standing between that couple who likes to throw cutting remarks at one another? It's not only uncomfortable for third parties, it's damaging all around. Avoid being those people, be loving, kind and never try to degrade a man for a cheap laugh.
This one falls under making sure the male ego is always supported. Of course he cannot take a joke at his expense made by you. It would signify to the world cannot control his woman. If he cannot control you that would mean that *gasp* you are equals. No real man is the equal of a woman. King of the jungle remember.
Watch your language.
That means let him take the lead when it comes to words like: puppies, babies and marriage. Take those words out of your vocabulary, at least until you are wearing the ring.
Don't talk about your future goals, as that might scare the poor baby off. Better to present a dishonest image of yourself so that you can have the honour of wearing "the dress and train". Heaven forbid that he understand that you are interested in more than sharing a sports illustrated magazine subscription together.
You say yes.
That's right, the sex doesn't go away once you get the guy. There is nothing more frustrating to a man than a woman who is sexual in the beginning, and then uses it as a weapon. Make sure you don't play games.
Don't ever have a headache or feel the least bit disinterested in sex. It is your job to make sure he achieves his mandatory 3x a week orgasm. Remember he didn't commit to a relationship with you to masturbate. Keep the penis dancing, and it keeps the man delighted. That is why God put a cum receptacle between your legs in the first place. It certainly isn't about your sexual satisfaction.
Okay colluders I will be sure to avoid all of your relationship advice because once again it is based on suppressing my agency and autonomy to "catch" a man. The way to happiness is not in the complete submission in everything about me that makes me who I am. At the end of the day, if a relationship means the loss of personal identity it is not really a relationship, it is rather a slave and master contract wherein the man rules without question. Given a choice between owning the yolk of oppression in my private life and the buzzing of a vibrator I think that a little self love is certainly a choice that would make me happier.


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Florida students break reading marathon record
Published: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 8:32 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 8:39 a.m.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida's public school students have broken the Million Minute Marathon reading record they set last year.
State education officials Monday announced that 1.5 million students racked up nearly 30.1 million minutes of reading time on Jan. 14.
That shattered last year's 23 million minute record by more than seven million minutes.
The event was part of Florida's 5th annual Celebrate Literacy Week.
Susan Snyder's "Grandma's Crazy Chickens" was the official 2013 marathon book. But students could read any book, magazine, blog site or newspaper article of their choosing.
Fifty-eight of Florida's 67 school districts participated. So did seven early learning coalitions.
Kevin Smith, deputy director of the state's Just Read, Florida! program, said research shows children can become stronger students just by reading an extra 20 minutes a day.
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Hi all,
We are currently migrating our coldfusion mx 7 to a new environment/server. Can anyone give some guidelines on how to do this? We tried simple copying of the files from the old server to the new server, but we encounter lots of errros. I wonder if there is a tool similar to Archive and Deployment (in other CF version). Our version is Coldfusion MX 7, and I can't see any tool to help me accomplish this. Hope to hear from you. Thank you.
Going to need some more info to help...
What kind of errors and when you say you just copied the files across do you mean your projects files or ColdFusion itself?
You'd need to run the installation .exe for your copy of ColdFusion or download it from Adobe.com to get the basics up and running.
Hi James,
Thank you for the reply.
Coldfusion was installed in the new server. The administrator link was also set-up and we are able to update some configurations like datasources.
After installing Coldfusion, we would like the reports to run in the new server. What we did was copied the project files, exactly to the new server. We created the same structure of folders in the new server, and copy the project files from the old server to the new server.
Our report files have .thml and .cfm. We can view the report pages of .html in the new server, but the pages of .cfm displays "page cannot be displayed" error althoughwe are certain that the .cfm file exists.
I hope I was able to explain. Is the procedure we did correct? We can't seem to find any packaging and deployment tool in Coldfusion MX 7 and searched the net but still can't find any. I learned that in Coldfusion 8, there is Archive and Deployment tool to do this. But how can we do this in MX 7?
If your getting HTML but not CF then it sounds like the Web Server isn't talking to ColdFusion yet. What are you using? IIS, Apache? etc.?
Hi, we are using IIS. Thanks so much again!
You need to connect IIS up to ColdFusion and that's done via the WSConfig tools that come with JRun (the underlining application server that ColdFusion runs on top ).
You should find it in your Start > Programs > ColdFusion > Web Configuration Tool.
Just fill out the form and it'll do all the basic connect work needed for you. Test it after that by launching a basic .cfm file in a browser and see if you're getting a result.
Thanks for the reply James, but we don't have Coldfusion in our Program groups in Windows. ie. theres no Coldfusion when we click
Start > Programs >
It's probably because you did this...
We tried simple copying of the files from the old server to the new server, but we encounter lots of errros.
Download a fresh copy from Adobe.com, install it and you should see it after that. You can transfer your serial number from your old server across to your new one. That can be found in the CFAdmin System Information pages.
we installed Coldfusion in the new server using a licensed installer. (what we only copied are the project files..)
And even in the old server where the report runs properly, it also does not have Coldfusion in Program groups of Windows...
Ah ok! In which case you'll need to find it in the JRun / ColdFusion directory. More information on using it here:


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Previous spotlight: Dr. Kathie Voigt
For Dr. Kathie Voigt and family, Shelby feels like 'coming home'
Dr Kathie Horrace-Voigt is a 1986 University of Alaska Fairbanks alumna.Ā She has returned to Fairbanks each fall for the past three years to provide UAF students with insight into the processes of going from a four-year college through medical school, internships and residencies.Ā In October 2009, she held a workshop for the UAF Pre-Med Club and was also the guest speaker for a Leadership Program Luncheon cosponsored by the alumni office.
The following article is reprinted with the permission of the publisher, The Shelby Promoter and columnist Melanie Hoggan.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:00 PM MDT
When Dr. Kathie Voigt was eight years old she moved with her mother and brother to Anderson, Alaska, population 500.
Lost somewhere in the middle of a state known for it's remote landscapes and wilderness, her contact with the outside world came through her hobby of stamp collecting and from her mother, who held no boundaries about what a woman could accomplish.
In July of this year Voigt stepped down as Chief Resident as she completed her residency in Family Practice at Bay Area Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas and is now "coming home" to the rural lifestyle she knew growing up. However, this time she is Kathie Voigt, DO, the newest physician at Marias Healthcare Clinic.
After expressing an interest in practicing somewhere in the Northwest in a rural setting, Voigt was flooded with thousands of inquiries from under-served geographic areas throughout the entire U.S.
Dr. Voigt and her husband, Rex, went through a painstaking process to narrow the offers down to 100, then 40, and then 20 - six of which were in Montana.
"Rex set up phone interviews for me for the final 20-every half hour for one whole day. I was on rotations and in between patients I talked to each of the top 20. There were some that were easy to rule out. The opportunities most appealing to our family seem to always come back to Montana choices. I knew spring break was coming up with my kids and time for travel was short. I told the Montana recruiters you have a week to decide. They jumped at the opportunity and put all of us on a plane and flew us to Montana in March of this year," offered Voigt.
The Voigt family had scheduled interviews with clinics and hospitals in Great Falls, Helena, Choteau and Shelby.
"We interviewed in Shelby first. We really liked it. When we came here, I just felt like I was coming home; I felt that way from the beginning. The small town atmosphere, the people from the hospital and administration were all so down to earth. It was very emotional. It was an 'I have to be here' kind of feeling. I felt that way, Rex felt that way, the kids were so excited."
After making the rounds to other interviews across the state the Voigts settled on Marias Healthcare Clinic and the Hi-Line as the place they would make their new life.
Re-inventing a life is not something new to Voigt, in fact, she could be considered an expert. When her family moved to Alaska her mother, a certified electrician, master carpenter, airline pilot, seamstress, and cook, often with a 44 Magnum on her hip, decided they would build their own cabin.
"I had a Frontier mother, the ultimate Renaissance woman, who was out there with her rifle shooting moose and caribou for our food. We grew vegetables in the summer and went to town (80 miles away) about every three months. My mom's dream was to build her own log cabin and my brother and I spent most of our childhood peeling logs, cutting firewood, and hauling water for survival."
When Voigt was 25, circumstances left her homeless and living in a shack on the tundra with only an outhouse in the back. "I lived there for eight months until the snow fell because my first husband and I couldn't afford to pay rent at that time. It was made from plywood and from materials scavenged at the landfill... no water, no electricity, no phone, and no plumbing. I cooked on a Coleman stove and took a shower at the university or at work."
Dr. Voigt never winces when she shares her stories. In fact she wears them as a badge of honor, evidence of a life lived and challenges overcome.
Overcoming homelessness, poverty, and her mother's death, she made the move that for most would seem impossible - to apply to medical school. "I had received my B.S. in Biology in 1994 but knew I would have to go back to improve my grades. I did a post-back year in 1997 and started applying to med school. I knew it was a long shot but had nothing to lose."
She spent the next three years applying for acceptance, had her second child in the process and while laid up on bed rest and in the hospital studied for the Medical College Admission Test. Finding herself divorced and in her late 20s with two young children, 5 and 2, she applied, was denied, applied, was denied, and finally....
"I remember the day I got my acceptance letter to medical school. I had spent my last $500 for a plane ticket to go to Erie, Penn., do the medical school interview and come back. I was literally down to my last $100. The letter said you have two weeks to come up with $1,500 to hold your spot in your class - a month's worth of pay."
Voigt continued, "It was impossible, I had two kids to feed. I was fortunate to work at the hospital and I called one of my friends who is a doctor. He said come to the house, I have it here and I will loan it to you."
Another friend, Dr. Linda Garcia from Fairbanks, Alaska, was not only a mentor to Voigt, but her champion and friend.
"Before I left she gave me a card and said open it when you get to your new house. Lost among the boxes in the move, it reappeared after we got to Erie. Rex and I were literally down to our last reserves; he was struggling to find work and the student loan checks didn't come for another three weeks. We opened Linda's card; inside was a check for $1,000. We never cried so hard in our lives, it was unbelievable. Every Christmas and birthday she would send $500, $1,000; I don't know how we would have gotten through without her generosity and faith in us," shared Voigt.
Dr. Garcia met Voigt in 1995 at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital where Voigt worked as a Ward Secretary. Garcia was struck by Voigt's uncanny memory, her ability to not only remember, but to accurately apply information, along with her scrappy attitude of overcoming challenges.
"She has a tremendous memory, I like to play trivia and asked her one day who Cecil Rhodes was; she knew it. No one else knew who he was. That was one of her demonstrations of what a tremendous memory she has. In medicine you have to know many things. She has a great memory for facts and takes that information and puts it to good use."
Though her path to D.O. is not the typical story, Voigt believes her strengths as a physician lie in her life experiences. "I know what it is to struggle. I just know. I didn't come from a family of doctors. I didn't come from wealth. It doesn't bother me to cry. I can relate to just about everyone because I have been down that road."
Dr. Garcia, an M.D. with a specialty in Internal Medicine who also performs Orthopedic surgery, believes Voigt's contribution lies in her training as a D.O (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine). "D.O.'s have the skill in their hands to realign the body and to enhance the body flow by manual therapy. The DO and the Osteopathic manual manipulation they provide can enhance the quality of life for people who are ill and need help. She brings to your community the ability to address the physical ailments plus the concept of the holistic approach as a D.O.; it makes her an outstanding addition to any community," said Garcia.
Twenty-one years since she first enrolled at the University of Alaska Fairbanks as an undergraduate, Dr. Voigt's journey has come full circle with a new chapter opened. "It is so amazing. It's been 20 years of dreaming, struggling and working. We finally made it! I started med school at 32, poorer than dirt - with nothing. When I moved to Erie I had never even driven on the interstate before. I wanted this for me, as well as my children."
A Renaissance woman all her own, Dr. Voigt sums it up by saying, "My practice will be shaped by my personality as I have a hard time believing that I would ever let someone else dictate my future. It hasn't happened yet."


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I've been wanting to do some more cedar planked meals since like forever. In less than a weeks time I saw two different recipes for cedar planked burgers, so I figured it was assign. I also figured if these were as good as they locked, I might just make them again for Memorial Day weekend. So this was a bit of a qualifying round for these burgers. The cedar planked hamburger recipe came from the Internet podcast called Cooking Everything Outdoors and the thing that really intrigued me is they also made cedar planked steak fries to go along with it. I will let the captions describe the rest of the cook other than to say that the burgers pass their audition and will be on the menu next Saturday.
**Let me also mention that my website as well as the folders that hold all the photos I've posted here on this site are being moved to a different server on Saturday. This means for about 24 to 48 hours the site will be off-line, so if you view this post on Saturday afternoon into Sunday all of the pictures maybe missing. My apologies, it will be a temporary thing.**
My wife's favorite coffee cup is filled with water and makes a perfect device to hold down the planks for soaking. The plank soaked for about six hours total.
Step one was to prepare the Russet potatoes. I cut them in half, then I quartered them and then I cut them into eighths.
Here's one of the potatoes cut into eight pieces. It is now time to head out to the grill.
While the first cedar plank is heating on the grill, I prepped the potato wedges. I added about 2 tablespoons of Olive oil to the bag and sprinkled in some Cajun seasoning. I tossed the potato wedges around until the olive oil & cajun seasoning were evenly distributed.
The first cedar plank is out of the grill. It is well charred and has been brushed with olive oil. The potato wedges were arranged on top of the plank, which then went back on the grill. You will notice in this picture, that due to the narrow plank width, some of the potato wedges were sticking out beyond the edge of the plank. More on this later. The potato wedges on the grill for approximately 45 minutes.
Next up were the burgers. The 85/15 ground beef was formed into two 1/2 pound patties. The patties were depressed slightly in the center to form a concave shape, which counters the rise of the burgers on the grill. They then get seasoned with a rub. In my case I used Montréal Steak seasoning. The second plank is off of the grill and has been brushed with olive oil prior to receiving the burgers. the burgers go back on the grill for approximately 20 minutes.
Here the burgers have been added to the grill, joining the steak fries which have been cooking for about 20 minutes now.
Here's a close-up of the burgers as they were placed on the grill. The 1/2 pound patties were thick enough that I was able to slide in the temperature probes for my remote read the thermometer. This proved to be handy, because the burger in the back was cooking faster than a burger in the front. Since I was able to keep track of the readings, I simply rotated the burgers 180° midway through their cooking time. This served to even out the cooking temperature.
Here the steak fries are done after approximately 45 minutes on the plank. One thing that happened is the pieces of potato that were sticking out beyond the edge of the plank were much farther along than the parts of the potatoes that were over the plank. Next time I will use a wider plank and make sure that the potatoes are completely over the plank before putting them on the grill. This is why I do dry runs like this to perfect things before I cook them for others.
The the burgers have hit 155°. I'm going to add cheese on them for two minutes and hopefully the burgers will rise to my target temperature of 160 before I pull them off the grill.
Here the burgers are cheesed and ready to come of the grill.
Time to eat!! From left to right, you see the two 1/2 pound cedar planked burgers, toasted Kaiser rolls and the cedar plank steak fries.
Here's a close-up of the burgers. They were very moist and had a great beef flavor. I will admit I didn't get too much of the cedar smoked flavor but my wife did. I think it was because I was outside standing in and getting cedar smoked myself the whole time. This may have desensitized me to smoke flavor. My wife said the cedar flavor was definitely there without being too pronounced.
Here are the finished cedar planked steak fries which were excellent too. Just be careful not to burn your mouth on these puppies. They are so meaty and the meaty pulp retains a lot of the heat. Once again I couldn't detect too much of the smoke flavor, but my wife could. For me the steak fries were great with or without the cedar smoked flavor. I do know I took in a lot of smoke because I'm still coughing three hours later.
The burgers got seasoned with some barbecue sauce and a ready to eat. The meat was juicy, tasty and beefy flavored. They have definitely made the cut for Memorial Day, and will be for supper Saturday night.


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Did you know?
The SA Boerperd is an indigenous horse that can be traced back to the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck at the Cape.
Horse trails in the Cape Winelands are as varied as the landscapes they allow equestrian enthusiasts to explore. The natural beauty of the Cape Winelands region makes it a popular horse riding destination, with the added bonus of being able to visit wine and olive farms, and enjoy a leisurely lunch along the way.
Guided horse riding trails are available across virtually the whole of the Cape Winelands, with each region offering different riding and sightseeing experiences.
In the Overberg, between June and November, it's possible to ride along Walker Bay, with Southern Right whales breaching just metres away; while the Klein Karoo promises freedom and wonder as you gallop across its wide-open plains.
Stellenbosch is another favourite horse trail destination offering a combination of protected fynbos landscapes, vineyards, nature reserves and mountains to explore, with plenty of wine farms in close proximity. Franschhoek and the Breede River Valley are also sought-after horse trail destinations.
Though best suited to riders with some previous time in the saddle, Cape Winelands horse trails can be tailored to suit all levels of riders.
Shorter, two-hour to half-day trips on easy-going terrain is recommended for novices or families with young children. For those who prefer not to mount up at all, some operators offer horse-drawn carriage and wagon rides. Enjoy a nostalgic, wind-in-your-hair outdoor experience with none of the saddle-sores.
For longer and multi-day horse riding trails, riders need to be over a certain age (typically no under 12s unless experienced) and riding fit.
In season (April to September), the Cape Hunting Club offers exciting drag hunts, where expert riders can experience the thrill of the chase, across farmlands usually closed to the public, and, best of all, no foxes are harmed.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Horse About Trails
De Heuvel Estate, Tulbagh
Cell: +27 (0)82 884 9881
Email: email@example.com
Fynbos Trails
Diemersfontein Wine Estate, Wellington
Cell: +27 (0)82 335 8132
Email: email@example.com
African Horse Company
Farm 215, Overberg
Cell: +27 (0)82 667 9232
Email: email@example.com
Wine Valley Horse Trails
Rhebokskloof Wine Estate, Paarl
Tel: +27 (0)21 869 8687
Cell: +27 (0)83 226 8735
Email: email@example.com
Cape Winelands Riding
Off the R45 to Franschhoek
Cell: +27 (0)72 160 3462
Email: email@example.com
How to get here
Your guide will provide directions on how to reach the stable or starting point of the trail. Self-drive or employing the services of a shuttle operator, to and from the venue, are probably your best options.
Get around
Horse trail options range from ponies for the kids to Arabian thoroughbreds and horse-drawn carriages. If you're skipping horses altogether, it's easy to drive between wine estates. Some areas, such as Franschhoek and Hermanus, offer a hop-on, hop-off wine tasting shuttle.
What will it cost
Trails range from a few hundred rands per person for a day outing to a few thousand rands for a catered multi-day outride.
Length of stay
Horse trails range in duration from one hour to several days.
What to pack
Guests should preferably bring their own riding gear. Some operators can assist with chaps and helmets. Livery will be provided by the operator. Sunglasses, sunscreen and insect repellent would come in handy.
Where to stay
A number of operators offer packages that include accommodation, and will tailor a package to suit you – from five-star luxury hotels to casual self-catering cottages.
What to eat
The Cape Winelands abounds with good restaurants and picnic options. Most packages include a certain number of wine tastings, but check if the price includes meals.


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The Administrator closed the costume thread
And while I agree that some posters were being snarky and rude closing the entire thread seem an overreach and, well, frankly passive-aggressive. There were other ways to solve that. I took a long time composing my comments on that thread and they are gone.
So. Now I am gone too.
Ive decided that this company shows little regard to fan feedback. Id already decided that I wasnt going to spend any more money on the Vampirella title until the current direction is mercifully ended.
I am leaving the forum as well . . .
good bye, it's been fun.
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Thread: Holiday Seasons & Events
Really though I still feel that one-time anything has no place in a persistent game. Reoccurring or evolving events like Halloween year-on-year are fine, but to throw something out there and have it be gone forever is arguably a waste of time for the players who never saw it, or whose experience was ruined by bugs. Why throw that developer time away when you can use it to build the game, permanently. Even permanent 'one time only' additions can be presented as flashback content.
My opinion was further coloured by the nature of this event - what consequences are there for wiping out the karka queen? Why was this event given such importance when defeating Zhaitan is a repeatable instance with no repercussions? In acknowledging the massive impact on the game world that destroying Zhaitan would have, they undermine the extremely local impact cleansing Sunset Cove has. The importance of the event given that it's essentially destroying a giant beehive seemed wholly artificial in retrospect.
This turned into a longer rant than I expected... I was more polite and didn't embellish so much on my survey response, I hope!
I have no problem with one-time events, I just wish they would learn and get some more servers. I logged in, only to have a ping of ~6000 and get a d/c within minutes. I then played some Starcraft 2 fun maps with friends, which was much more fun, but didn't give exotics. Oh well.
The fractals are totally awesome though.
Cheers for the survey link Screwie.
I don't have a huge problem with one time events although if I wasnt able to attend I suspect I would feel differently. The technical issues majorly marred the experience and the fact that it was so long was also a major negative.
I say it regularly and will keep saying it until someone learns: more health does not equal more fun, nor does it mean your content is more challenging (except possibly to my patience)
PS to answer the earlier question - I got a precursor - the worst precursor ever!
Got the Bard, managed to get 10g for it so not all bad but still felt like a kick in the teeth when I consider that I got a precursor but it could have been a shiny one I could have gotten a 100+g for.
I got 2 gold out of the items. Don't complain.
I got... oh well, nevermind.
I didn't get anything for mine (I'm using them).
ps. one way of getting around the lag would be to have the one time events in all the starting areas not just Lions Arch. Although that wouldn't really work for opening new areas of the world such as Southsun Cove.
Instancing the characters in part 2 would also have helped.
I was going to put this as a suggestion in the survey but Anet didn't have an additional comments box.
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28-11-2012, 10:16 AM #68This year the city of Lion's Arch will host the asuran Toymaker Tixx as their special Wintersday guest of honor. Before Tixx arrives in Lion's Arch in his massive airship toy workshop, he'll visit every major city in Tyria to deliver Wintersday toys and holiday cheer.
Yeah, me too -- Lion's Arch has been getting too much of the attention IMO...GW2: Saphnabylni & co.
The Wintersday schedule is now online:
December 14 The Wintersday celebration begins! You'll find the customary snowmen, presents, and holiday cheer all over Tyria and in the Mists during Wintersday, but Lion's Arch is really the place to be. Each year the citizens of Lion's Arch deck the halls with festive décor and fill the air with holiday carols.
Even Zommoros, the eccentric djinn trapped within the Mystic Forge, loves Wintersday. He's transformed the Forge into a giant snow globe that holds three brand-new holiday activities:
- Winter Wonderland It'll take more than a good pair of snow boots to get you through this Wintersday's jumping puzzle. Speak to the Festive Youth near the snow globe in Lion's Arch to test your luck—and your balance.
- Snowball Mayhem If you've got holiday spirit and a good throwing arm, visit the Festive Lionguard near the Lion's Arch snow globe to try out the new snowball fight PvP activity!
- Bell Choir Ring in the season with this new musical activity inside the Lion's Arch snow globe, accessed through the Bell Maestro. It doesn't matter if you have rhythm—Wintersday is all about harmony.
December 15 10:00 AM PST (7:00 PM CET)
The Grove The Toymaker's first stop of the season is on the home soil of the sylvari. Inside the airship, you'll meet Tixx and his somewhat unstable golem Toxx and experience a series of unique new events that feature a brand-new toy. What magical marvel has Tixx created for the sylvari?
December 16 10:00 AM PST (7:00 PM CET)
Divinity's Reach Tixx's airship floats above the spires of the Krytan capital on the second stage of his Wintersday tour. Board Tixx's floating workshop and play brand-new events based on the fancy new toy he's made just for the noble humans.
December 17 10:00 AM PST (7:00 PM CET)
Black Citadel Even the charr love Wintersday in their own ferocious way. The Wondrous Workshop of Toymaker Tixx hovers in the smoky skies over the Black Citadel for one day only. Climb aboard to see what kind of toy Tixx and his Funwerks Krewe have crafted for the charr.
December 18 10:00 AM PST (7:00 PM CET)
Hoelbrak The norn welcome the toymaker's airship for its brief visit to the great lodge of Hoelbrak. What toy is cute and tough enough to endure the hearty norn? Enter Tixx's workshop and find out!
December 19 10:00 AM PST (7:00 PM CET)
Rata Sum Tixx returns to his home turf on the penultimate stop of his Wintersday tour. This year he's created a unique toy that only an asura could love. Board his floating workshop for more toy-centric events and holiday havoc!
December 20 10:00 AM PST (7:00 PM CET) until January 3, 2013
Lion's Arch Toymaker Tixx finally arrives at Lion's Arch! As the Wintersday guest of honor, Tixx and his workshop will remain in Lion's Arch for the rest of the holiday. He has a special Wintersday gift for everyone who visits him while he's in Lion's Arch. So, stop by, play through all the previous toy events inside the workshop, or try out the new Toypocalypse event!
- Toypocalypse The toys in Tixx's workshop have gone haywire! They're trying to take over the gigantic toymaking machine in the center of the workshop, and if they succeed, Wintersday will be ruined! Defend Tixx's present-delivering dolyaks and the gigantic toy-making machine from waves of maniacal toys in these challenging and fun events.
The transition of the airship departing and arriving is at 10 AM PST each day, but all of the actual content is available at-will, all day long.If you miss any of the days in a specific city, you can re-play that days event all over again once Tixx arrives in Lion's Arch. He will let you do this the entire time he is in Lion's Arch, from his arrival there until the Wintersday event comes to an end.
Source: the official webpage, which also has this trailer:
That sounds really good! Sadly I won't have a lot of time to play on the weekend, but I need to squeeze in half an hour here and there to see the different capitals during the visits. We should also form guild groups for those daily events.
GW2: Saphnabylni & co.
Did the jumping quest . It was a really toned down difficulty. I won't complain, it seems like a waste that it's just there for jumping though. Reminds me of those Sonic Bonus level where you spin around and grab the gem.
The daily Tixx workshop stuff seems OK. Only had one bug out where the 40th doll to be painted can't be found. Oh well, did it daily and never felt the need to repeat due to DR.
The presents spawn around the world can be a bitch though. If they spawned the princess dolls, get the hell away ASAP. 16 instant stacks of confusion was no joke.
I made a Toy Princess and was kinda meh about it. I guess that's it for Xmas huh.
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I find the jump puzzle pretty fun. The timer (health degen) and collapsing platform mechanic serve well to push you into doing it in one big run rather than constant stop, line up, jump, stop, line up, jump, stop....
The one bit that I struggle with, for some reason, is the two candy cane bars half way through the first section. Half the time I miss the jump from the first to the second, especially when on the path where there the same level.
PVP was an amusing distraction but the one that I've spent more time on than I would expect is the bells mini game. I think it's triggering some sort of guitar hero flashback syndrome.
I feel like I'm on a bit of a downer about gw2 at the moment so apologies if this comes across as overly whiny but...(you knew that was coming!)
The airship dungeon thing is rubbish. Its not even remotely challenging - with a full group you may as well leave things to auto cast - 2 manning was a bit more of a challenge but the fact we could do that without any wipes says to me that the content is not hard enough. Also, painting 40 dolls? Because running around pressing 1 is huge amounts of fun...
The jumping puzzle is pretty cool. Although I was somewhat disappointed it was so forgiving compared to clocktower - particularly when they've addressed some of the visibility issues by having multiple paths
Well it was meant for casual play. I can't really fault them for toning down the difficulty, but for the paint 40 dolls is definite shit, yes.
I must say the event does felt pretty 'over' too soon for me.
Well, there's still "Toypocalypse" to come... this event was always going to be front-loaded in terms of content since it's designed to account for the fact that people won't be able to play for large chunks of time over Christmas.GW2: Saphnabylni & co.
Merry Christmas everyone! See you soon again in Tyria!


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Atlantic Cape to host health career session
Atlantic Cape Community College will hold a Health Career Planning Session to provide valuable tips for choosing a health career. The session is free and open to the public from 5:30 to 7 p.m. March 13, at Atlantic Cape's Mays Landing Campus, 5100 Black Horse Pike, in C-Building, Cafe B.
The session will provide information on opportunities for advanced technical training and degree programs in the health field. The session is designed for those thinking about pursuing a health career, as well as those considering changing careers, returning to school or those currently enrolled in prerequisite courses for an allied health degree.
The sessions will detail the educational requirements, clarify the training needed to enter or advance in health professions, review roles and responsibilities within various job titles and explore training options and alternate career routes. Shorter technical training certificates and entry-level positions will be explored as career advancement opportunities.
For more information, or to register, call Glenda Stogel at 609-343-5048, 609-463-4774, ext. 5048, or email email@example.com.


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LOS ANGELES - As the sixth season of AMC's "Mad Men" draws to a close Sunday, Matthew Weiner, its creator and executive producer, has a surprising response when asked if there's a tie that binds the show throughout the turbulent 1960s.
It's neither Don Draper's philandering nor Pete Campbell's toadying.
It's not Roger Sterling's snide humor nor Joan Harris' magnetism.
Nope. The show, which focuses on a group of Madison Avenue execs in their heyday, is -- in many ways -- an advertisement for historic preservation even as it bulldozes through 1968.
"If there's a message, it's 'stop tearing stuff down,'" said Weiner in an interview from the Los Angeles Center Studios located in the old Unocal Building at 5th and Bixel just east of the Harbor Freeway downtown.
Draper, the show's central character played by actor Jon Hamm, is an imposter. For Weiner's purposes, so too are Los Angeles and Pasadena.
Because -- as it turns out -- locations from San Pedro to Pasadena do a great job pretending to be mid-century New York City.
"I love that we get to use (the area's) responsible behavior towards (the) past," said Weiner, who cut his teeth writing episodic television for David Chase's "The Sopranos."
Early on in his writing career, Weiner had his eyes set firmly on the '60s and the styles of the decade.
"It was the 'Mad Men' script that got me my job on the 'Sopranos,'" Weiner said.
It's actually an impressive pedigree. Chase wrote many episodes of the "Rockford Files," the contemporary mid-century cop drama that celebrated Los Angeles locations for what they were back then.
Don't doubt that the connection is a strong one. When asked early on who should play Don Draper, Weiner said his ideal would be James Garner, who played Rockford in the series.
That Hamm is able to project a Garner-esque charisma on screen amid all the period distractions of time and place speaks volumes about his acting abilities, Weiner said.
"Jon Hamm's got his own thing, but it's because he has a lot of those same qualities -- a charismatic inner virtue and sensitivity. He's a moral person in a situational way."
Which, in many ways, lends an air of authenticity to a series that revived the coolness of skinny ties, smoking in restaurants, soaking in three martini lunches and skirt-chasing on the job.
It could only really work in Los Angeles.
So much so that in 2011, Weiner was honored by the Los Angeles Conservancy for his commitment to preservation.
For good reason. Film L.A., a nonprofit which coordinates the permitting process for studios working on location in Los Angeles, indicates that U.R.O.K. Productions, Weiner's company, has pulled 125 different permits for the show since April 2008. Among the recognizable L.A. locations which have stood in for mid-century New York?
- Griffith Park, above Los Feliz;
- The Biltmore Hotel, at Pershing Square;
- Cole's Restaurant, downtown;
- Rod's Grill in Arcadia;
- and Musso and Frank in Hollywood.
Los Angeles isn't just impersonating New York City in "Mad Men." The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion was cast as Rome for Don and Betty Draper's last vacation as husband and wife.
The pilot was filmed in Manhattan, while Weiner was still writing for "The Sopranos," but it was clear -- almost from the start -- that preservation efforts in Southern California would benefit "Mad Men" once the show went into production, Weiner said.
"You know, we finished the pilot in New York City in 2006, and the next day they were taking the windows out of the office building," he recalled. "Other than the Lenox Lounge, every other location where we filmed in New York City was destroyed by the time we went into production."
Being a part of the '60s is fun for local businesses too, said Ed Mysliviec, owner of Beckham's Bar and Grill on Walnut Street in Pasadena, which doubled as a midtown English Pub in Season Five.
"It's really fun to observe what it takes to film even just a two-minute scene," he said. "If I didn't know, I wouldn't have recognized the place because the scenes are closeups."
Mysliviec said he was impressed by the show's attention to detail.
"They make changes to the scenery to make sure that everything is authentic. If there's a picture on the wall that would not have been hanging on the wall back then, they take it down," he said. "They're very thorough. Even down to the shape of a liquor bottle."
Tonight's episode brings 1968 to a close. Via the cast, viewers have seen the American Dream come apart at the seams. Various episodes have dealt with the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, growing opposition to the war, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, the riots outside the Democratic Convention in Chicago, the election of Richard Nixon and the explosion of violence and squalor on the streets of New York.
"We've gone through eight years of these people's lives," Weiner said. "The actors have grown."
The '60s? "It was a time of a lot of drama and unpleasantness," he added. "And the show? It gets to be its own example of how time passes for all of us."
Staff Writer Libby Rainey contributed to this story.


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Did you know?
SanWild has saved animals from circuses, from culls, and those injured in capture operations.
SanWild Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre offers a safe refuge for rescued and rehabilitated wild animals, including impala, greater kudu, blue wildebeest, red hartebeest, waterbuck, reedbuck, grey duiker, nyala, giraffe, zebra, steenbok, rhino, hippo and elephant.
Leopards and cheetahs, too, roam the 6000-hectare sanctuary and a pack of African wild dogs are being introduced. Many small predators like caracal and civets can also be seen in the reserve and the Cats' Rescue Centre is home to 19 lions.
This South African wildlife rehab centre is situated between Tzaneen and Phalaborwa in Limpopo, South Africa's northernmost province. SanWild's objectives include acquiring habitat and saving individual wild animals that need help.
All land acquired through their fundraising efforts falls under the SanWild Wildlife Trust. The end goal for the centre is to establish a 15 000 hectare sanctuary and to incorporate adjoining farmlands to form an ecologically viable wildlife reserve that protects this unique wilderness area.
Apart from the animals that have been cared for and released into the wild bush of the sanctuary, the game area of the SanWild Wildlife rehabilitation centre is also home to resident species like genet, civet, porcupine and elusive nocturnal creatures such as the pangolin and aardvark. You can search for the animals on guided walking trails or on a game drive
Visitors can overnight in the Savannah Private Bush Camp, exclusive accommodation that helps fund this South African animal rehab centre.
This fenced camp is set in beautiful gardens with a rock pool where guests can escape the heat while keeping a close eye on animals that come to drink at a waterhole, which is only metres away. There is also the Bukisa's Safari Tented Camp, which is ideal for people that prefer self-catering accommodation.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
SanWild Wildife Rehabilitation Centre
Tel: +27 (0)15 383 9958
Cell: +27 (0)83 310 3882
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
How to get here
SanWild is situated in the Limpopo province between the towns of Tzaneen and Phalaborwa, and is close to the world-famous Kruger National Park. It is easily accessed by road.
Best time to visit
The centre can be visited any time of the year.
Around the area
SanWild is close to Phalaborwa, where visitors can enter the world famous Kruger National Park and enjoy a wide range of eco-tourism activities.
What will it cost
SanWild's exclusive Savannah Private Bush Camp offers accommodation starting around R950 per person per night (minimum two-night stay).
Length of stay
The Savannah Private Bush Camp is a perfect weekend getaway destination. Day visits are also possible if you are passing through the area.
Where to stay
A stay at the Savannah Private Bush Camp makes for a perfect weekend away and helps support the important work of the rehab centre. Bukisa's Safari Tented Camp is ideal for people that prefer self-catering accommodation.
What's happening
See the centre's website for the latest news and how you can help save Africa's wildlife.


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Hi all!I need a little direction and was wondering if you guys can maybe point me on the right path. I'm a digital media major who has always enjoyed web design and decided that I would take the leap this year and begin learning the craft of web design/code. The issue I'm having at the moment is that there seems to be a lot of programming choices one can learn and I'm kind of jammed up on which direction I should be heading in...
My ultimate goal would be to create a site that is interactive yet clean, kind of like the site below...
Problem is I have no idea what programming languages are required to make something like that.
I'm just starting to learn Html/Css but could seriously use a blueprint on what I should be learning next to reach my goal by the end of the year.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
HTML and CSS are the bread and butter of web design and development. Whatever direction you eventually take, you really must start by getting a good grasp of those two technologies.
The third item on the list should be JavaScript. You might end up not needing a deep knowledge of JavaScript, but you should definitely be familiar with the basics.
After that, you should choose a server-side development tool. That might be PHP, or .NET, or one of several other possibilities. But I would advise you not to make that choice until you are more familiar with the fundamentals.
Hi ScotchTape88. Welcome to the forums.
You are right to start off with HTML and CSS, as they are what you see when you visit a website, and without them, you can't do much. But then, to get things happening on the site, it's worth learning a server-side language like PHP, and also some client-side JavaScript if you need fancy things to happen like slideshows.
In terms of JavaScript and PHP, they take time to learn, but you can also skip a lot of steps by 1) using a ready-made content management system (CMS) that comes with the server-side code (normally in PHP) you need to do things like search forms and so on. And instead of learning JavaScript, you can use ready-made scripts that come along with libraries like jQuery. For example, you can have a very fancy slideshow on your web page in a matter of minutes by using code that others have written already. So you don't have to be an experienced programmer to build that site you linked to, but the more programming experience you have, the better.
I agree with most of what you say, but I wouldn't want ScotchTape to get the idea that JavaScript is only for fancy things like slideshows. As I'm sure you'd agree, it can help you perform all kinds of basic tasks, such as showing messages in their own windows, selectively hiding and revealing content, performing simple form validation, displaying alerts, and so forth.
I would rank JavaScript below HTML and CSS in terms of importance, but above (or perhaps equal to) a server-side tool like PHP.
If you are just beginning there are many web tutorials you can consult. Personally, when I started, I used a web editor and went back and forth between the HTML view and the WYSIWYG view. It helped me to learn the tags and how certain commands looked within the code. Once you have a good handle on CSS and HTML then I would start on PHP.
Yep, all those fancy things too. :lol:
I'm not too keen on most of that stuff, but most of it is fine as long as the page works tolerably with JavaScript turned off. To me, it's a real fail if important content is inaccessible with JS off ... not to mention with JS on!
My main point is that JavaScript is less important than the HTML / CSS in terms of what a beginner should learn, but perhaps more important than server-side languages.
You may well be right, although I've lately turned from learning JS to PHP, as I'm starting to see it as more useful and reliable ... though it depends on what one needs to do. The advantage of HTML + CSS + JS is that you are pretty much a complete "front-ender" (so to speak) which makes sense.
Wow thanks for the insight all! Okay, so I decided to just learn hmtl/css until I'm super comfortable with them and then I'll figure out what my next move will be....
Do you guys have any suggestive reading on the topics? Any must read books or videos tutorials that I should check out? Are Css3 and Html5 just upgrades to css and html or are they completely different languages?
HTML5 is completely different and still mainly non normative so typically you'd be better using HTML 4.01 regarding the markup aspect.
so I decided to just learn hmtl/css until I'm super comfortable with them
Good plan, but don't worry too much about the "super comfortable" thing. The main thing is to get a good grounding rather than learning everything there is to know about it.
Are Css3 and Html5 just upgrades to css and html or are they completely different languages?
They're progressions along the same path. I wouldn't worry too much about them for now. Again, it's a matter of learning the basics first. Come back to them when you are ready.
Do you guys have any suggestive reading ... ?
Yes, I have lots of it, but I won't mention it here in case there are children present. (Sorry, I couldn't resist that.)
It really depends what you need/want to do, but I would put Javascript and server-side languages at the same level. In my day-to-day job, they are both indispensable.