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Police descended on a Walmart store in Eufaula, Ala., Tuesday morning after a report of an active shooter. Full story »
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On heels of Jonathan Taylor's dismissal from Alabama football team, accuser recants domestic violence claimOn heels of Jonathan Taylor's dismissal from Alabama football team, accuser recants domestic violence claimTuscaloosa, Alabama, police said in a news release Wednesday that the woman, who has not been identified, was arrested on a charge of False Reporting to Law Enforcement. Full story »
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min(array(48, 9, 52, 183));
I can find the smallest value in an Array with the code above which is helped by guido2004 and logic_earth in the former post.
Now I like to find the 2nd smallest value which is 48 in the Array.
I guess I have 2 ways.
The 1st way is that finding the 2nd smallest value directly if there is any code or function in PHP.
The other way is that creates a new Array with the removing or deleting the smallest value which is 9 in the Array.The new Array will be newArray[48, 52, 183) and the code below will find my target value 48.
min(array(48, 52, 183));
How can I find the 2nd smallest value directly(the 1st way)?How can I get remove an array value which is 9 for finding the second smallest value(the other way)?
How can I get my target result?
sort( $array, SORT_NUMERIC );
$smallest = array_shift( $array );
$smallest_2nd = array_shift( $array );
Thank you very much, logic_earth.
use sort() and access the 2nd array item.
$e = array($a, $b, $c, $d);
sort( $e );
echo $e[1]; // 48

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Combination Chemotherapy Followed By Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Women With Breast Cancer (CTC)
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy followed by peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating women who have breast cancer.
|Breast Cancer
|Drug: Carboplatin Drug: Cyclophosphamide Drug: Thiotepa
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Study of Cyclophosphamide, Thiotepa, and Carboplatin (CTC) as a Preparative Regimen for Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients With Breast Cancer
- relapse-free survival [ Time Frame: five years post transplant ]relapse free survival determined by the Kaplan-Meier product-limit method
- Rate of Grade III/IV toxicities [ Time Frame: five years post transplant ]rate of grade III/IV toxicity
|Study Start Date:
|July 1995
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2001 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
CTC Conditioning Regimen
Cyclophosphamide Thiotepa Carboplatin
Drug: Carboplatin
Carboplatin will be given at a dose of 267 mg/m2 in D5 W IV over one hour daily on days -6, -5, and -4. (Total dose 800 mg/m2)
Other Name: Paraplatin(R)Drug: Cyclophosphamide
Cyclophosphamide will be given at a dose of 2000 mg/m2 in NS IV over one hour daily on days -6, -5, and -4. (Total dose 6000 mg/m2)Drug: Thiotepa
Thiotepa will be given at a dose of 167 mg/m2 in NS IV over one hour daily on days -6, -5, and -4. (Total dose 500 mg/m2 )
Detailed Description:
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine long term remission rates as measured by disease free survival in women with breast cancer treated with cyclophosphamide, thiotepa, and carboplatin followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. II. Determine the safety and efficacy of this combination chemotherapy regimen in this patient population.
OUTLINE: Peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) are collected. Patients sequentially receive cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour, thiotepa IV over 1 hour, and carboplatin IV over 1 hour on days -6 to -4. PBSC are reinfused on day 0. Patients are followed at 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and then annually thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: At least 40 patients with 4-9 positive lymph nodes and at least 50 patients with 10 positive lymph nodes will be accrued for this study.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|15 Years to 64 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed breast cancer Stage II with greater than 3 positive axillary lymph nodes following standard induction chemotherapy, as well as surgery and/or radiation as clinically indicated Stage III following standard induction chemotherapy with an anthracycline based regimen, and surgery and/or radiation as clinically indicated Inflammatory carcinoma following standard induction chemotherapy with an anthracycline based regimen, and surgery and/or radiation as clinically indicated Stage IV metastatic disease that has demonstrated a complete response to an anthracycline containing regimen, or no evidence of disease after surgery or radiation Hormone receptor status: Not specified
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 64 and under Sex: Female Menopausal status: Not specified Performance status: ECOG 0-1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL SGOT/SGPT no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal No history of severe hepatic dysfunction Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min Cardiovascular: No evidence of severe cardiac dysfunction Ejection fraction at least 50% by MUGA No major heart disease Essential hypertension controlled with medications allowed Pulmonary: DLCO at least 50% of normal No symptomatic obstructive or restrictive pulmonary disease Other: Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception No psychosocial disorder that would preclude study compliance No concurrent active infections No insulin dependent diabetes mellitus No uncompensated major thyroid or adrenal dysfunction No significant skin breakdown from tumor or other disease HIV negative
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Prior total dose of doxorubicin or daunorubicin less than 450 mg/m2 unless endometrial biopsy shows less than grade 2 drug effect Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Surgery: See Disease Characteristics Other: No concurrent nitroglycerin preparations for angina pectoris No concurrent antiarrhythmic drugs for major ventricular dysrrhythmias
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00005798
|United States, Florida
|Halifax Medical Center
|Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, 32114
|Florida Cancer Specialists
|Fort Myers, Florida, United States, 33901
|H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
|Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612-9497
|Principal Investigator:
|Claudio Anasetti, MD
|Moffitt Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00005798 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
IRB-3898 ( Other Identifier: University of South Florida )
NCI-G00-1760 ( Other Identifier: NCI )
|Study First Received:
|June 2, 2000
|Last Updated:
|October 24, 2012
Keywords provided by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute:
stage II breast cancer
stage IV breast cancer
stage IIIA breast cancer
recurrent breast cancer
stage IIIB breast cancer
inflammatory breast cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antirheumatic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Myeloablative Agonists
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 23, 2017


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Own a car dealership? Run an automotive repair shop? Whatever sector of the automotive industry you're in, you need to constantly be marketing to two kinds of people: those who know cars, and those who don't. This can cause some complexities when it comes to online automotive advertising ideas and strategy, but by keeping these eight golden rules in mind, you may just find yourself ahead of the curve.
1. Accept that the Internet is a new kind of showroom
The recent 2013 Automotive Buyer Influence study conducted by the folks at Autotrader.com and Polk found that car buyers are spending less and less time shopping for cars online. Now, this might seem to indicate that the Internet is a diminishing trend for car shoppers. But that couldn't be further from the truth, according to automotive marketing blog The Dealer Geek.
The news source points out that websites are simply more efficient than they were two years ago. The clearest indication comes from the 2013 Automotive Buyer Influence study again. When surveyed for the most-used information source during the car buying process, both new car and used car shoppers overwhelmingly stated that the Internet was their primary go-to. In fact, the web came in at 75 percent on average for shoppers, compared to newspaper and print ads, which languished at about 3 percent.
Simply put, the Internet is your dealership's newest – and largest – showroom.
2. Groom your website and go mobile
Just like your physical showroom, you don't want to let your online one fall behind the times. Updating and tweaking your website is absolutely essential, but you want to keep the variety of online shoppers in mind when you do so.
First and foremost, make sure your pictures and graphics are large, high resolution and dynamic. You want to catch eyes. Next, make sure that your user-interface is clean and clear. Visitors should be able to navigate your site without trouble, and your information should be clearly listed on every page. Finally, ensure that your site is optimized for mobile devices. If there's another growing Internet trend beyond online car shopping, it's doing so on tablets and smartphones.
3. Know your audiences
You have two primary audiences at any given time, and possibly more. The first are the car nuts. These may be auto hobbyists or just people who really like cars. There's even a sector of folks who are fascinated with buying and selling cars rather than just driving them. Make sure your website appeals to this sector. Include a forum where enthusiasts can chat with one another, or provide plenty of high-res photo collections, manufacturers' videos and under-the-hood peeks.
The other audience is the average buyer. They know they like this or that manufacturer, and what matters most to them is expediency and making sure they get the product they need rather than just the one they want. Your website should be optimized for these folks first and foremost, since they won't want to get lost in the nitty-gritty. Clean design with helpful directions is key.
4. Use social media to build a fan base
One thing that everyone can get behind, whether it's an auto enthusiast or your average Joe, is social media. Facebook and Twitter are just two ways to develop a fan base, but both take some work. You'll need to stay current with your followers and make sure you're part of the daily conversations going on in your industry.
Once you've developed your brand on social media, you can use it as an advertising platform. Got a sale coming up? Facebook is free advertising! New models just come in? Post a few Instagram shots to your Twitter feed for followers to get excited over.
5. Reward that fan base with giveaways
You've got a loyal following made up of car nuts and regular folks alike – now you want to make them feel like they're part of your inner circle. One of the best ways to do this is with some free giveaways. Not a car, of course, but a few quality promotional products.
You can find a bunch of automotive promotional items that make for great giveaways to loyal followers and shoppers. Windshield sun shades, license plate frames, safety kits and other popular products can all be personalized for your business. But there's no reason to stick to car-related items alone. Dealership T-shirts or ball caps bearing your repair shop logo are sure to be appreciated and make customers feel like part of your automotive family.
6. Have excellent and informed customer service
The customer is always right, and that's a golden rule you'll want your customer service reps to know by heart. But having excellent customer service isn't enough – you want the people answering calls to be informed as well. Offer primers and workbooks to employees coming from outside the automotive industry.
7. Don't get too stuck down the online rabbit hole
The internet is great, but it's not the beginning and end of your car advertising. Remember to keep up a presence in your showroom or your repair shop. Put out occasional ads for cheap in local papers – that way you can continue to draw in those regulars who aren't web-savvy.
And keep in mind that as convenient as the internet is for car shoppers, nothing compares to a warm smile and handshake.
8. Bring the physical and the digital together
Sometimes you've got to advertise your website itself. Search engine optimization, YouTube videos, blogging and other tips and tricks can help you out. But another great tactic is to advertise your URL on promotional products, like custom pens or magnets. Items like these can be sent out in mailers or dispensed at local events, like festivals or fundraisers. Customers may not check out your site immediately, but they'll be carrying your business's name and info around in their pocket everywhere they go.


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Director of Rugby Ruddock has brought in just four new faces this season in Willie Walker, Adam Black, Olivier Sourgens and Calum MacRae and believes that continuity in the squad will be crucial.
He said: "If you look many Directors of Rugby or Head Coaches have changed in the Guinness Premiership and a lot of clubs have experienced high turnover with players.
"We have been through that phase and made a lot of changes in the club, so we are hoping this year that stability will help us and be key.
"We have brought in four players and one of them played for us the last few months of last season in Willie Walker, he did a fantastic job for us. It doesn't feel like he is a new player to us.
"We have two new props and we weren't going to bring in anyone else until Hal Luscombe retired so we went for Calum MacRae."
Warriors start away from home for a third successive season and for a second successive campaign at Franklin's Gardens in front of the Sky cameras.
Ruddock admits the clash with Saints will be a tough encounter but wants his team to put right the result from last season.
"If I am honest, I would have liked to have played at home the first game of the season, this is my third season going into it and we haven't played at home yet," he added.
"Last year we were building a new stand so the first two games were away from home, that is a tough start and can knock you around a bit.
"If we could get a result at Northampton that would set us up for a really good season. We want some big performances early on and to perform better than we have in recent seasons in the early weeks.
"The Saints are not easy to beat at home, only Newcastle managed to do that last season, and they have a fantastic record. But having said that, these are the games you build yourself up.
"We have had a bit of edge in training leading up to the game, we had a first fight this week and that shows the boys are ready to go, it was handbags really but it was good to see people showing they want to be in the team.
"We want that sort of edge but in a disciplined manner, we want to show we mean business and we are hoping we have enough quality on the park to get results.
"We want to go to Northampton with a physical edge because unless we do that they will beat us."
Warriors showed the talent in the Sixways squad last season by completing the double over then champions London Wasps and local rivals Gloucester.
But Ruddock admits his team must play with more consistency to gain further impressive results.
He said: "We want a more consistent level of performance this year, we feel if we can do that the top six is a target. In the ideal world we want to win the Guinness Premiership, but a lot of things are going to happen down the road.
"Last year we beat Gloucester home and away and also did the double over London Wasps. That showed this squad has got the capability to beat the best teams in the league, not just once but twice. What we have got to do is back that up more consistently.
"We have a good chat with the squad the other day and hammered that point home, we hope we have learnt our lessons.
"We have had one of our best pre-seasons and Chris Latham has gone on record and said it has been his best pre-season in ten years of professional rugby, we have got to look to make sure those things coming together will give us something we haven't had in recent years."


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The Davis Fire Station is a LSFD station located on Macdonald Street in Davis, San Andreas, likely servicing the south and central Los Santos area.
It is a modern building with 3 bays. In the garage to the far left is an unusable fire pole used to help the crew get to the bay from the top floor. A practice tower is located at the rear of the building. Fire Trucks can spawn inside, outside the front and outside the back of the station.
This station is likely based on the Compton Fire Department station as Davis, the incorporated city in which the firehouse is located, is based on Compton.
- If the player is in a Fire Engine, the middle garage door will open so he can back it in there.
- Like most other fire stations, Los Santos Rock Radio can be heard in the garage. The station is most likely playing from the living quarters above with an echo effect.
- When switching to Franklin, the player may sometimes find him just outside this fire station. Players can use this to their advantage to grab a Fire Truck.


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UPDATE: Three suspects have been arrested in connection with this crime. Read more here.
A 26-year-old gay man says he was the victim of a brutal hate crime early Sunday in Reno, Texas — a small town just east of Paris and about 100 miles northeast of Dallas.
Burke Burnett said he was at a private party at about 1 a.m. when four men suddenly attacked him, stabbing him at least twice with a broken beer bottle before throwing him onto a fire. His attackers yelled things like "pussy-ass faggot," "gay bitch" and "cock-sucking punk," Burnett said.
Burnett said it took 30 stitches to close stab wounds to his back and forearm, as well as a cut above his left eye. He also sustained second-degree burns and severe bruises.
"They knew I was gay," Burnett said Monday. "I'm convinced they were trying to kill me."
Jeff Sugg, interim chief of the Reno Police Department, released a statement Monday afternoon saying: "The Reno Police Department is currently investigating an aggravated assault that took place last weekend. The investigation is ongoing and additional information will be provided when available."
Reno police officials declined to further discuss their investigation.
Burnett said the officer investigating the case told him the attack will be classified as a hate crime. But Burnett said his attackers, whose identities are known, remain at large, and the officer told him it could be two weeks before they're arrested.
"I'm scared for my life," Burnett said, adding that he's staying with a family friend. "I'm scared to go home. These guys have nothing to lose."


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Kevin Millar, the Red Sox first baseman, as he has been called since the discovery of an embarassing high school video of him singing "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen. The video has been played late in close games on Fenway Park's video boards to spur on Red Sox rallies, like the Rally Monkey for the Anaheim Angels.
Believe in the power of the Rally Karaoke Guy.
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Alright, I have the best trade for us. It is a little farfetched but here it is. The salaries work too. Here we go.
Indiana trades
Ron Artest and John Bender to Boston
Jamaal Tinsley ot Houston
Houston trades
Tracy McGrady and Bob Sura to Indiana
Boston trades
Paul Pierce to Houston
Why for Indiana?
We would recieve T-Mac and do I have to explain him. Also we would get a solid bench player in Bob Sura who can play the 1 or 2 spot.
Why for Houston?
They finally get the PG that they need in Tinsley. Also they still will have the scorer in Pierce.
Why for Boston?
They recieve Ron ARtest who always out performs Pierce anyways and he would help with their defense. They also get an expiring contract in Bender since he is retiring( I saw it on the New York Post website but i can't find the link because the site the like was on is down now, but i will post it when i find it) so that will free up cap room for them so they can go big in FA to get someone like Ben Wallace.
This trade benefits every team. If this were to go down I think that all Pacers fans would love it. The hardest team to convince would be Boston, but they have to think about the future so they can get Ben Wallace or another big FA. What are your thoughts and opinions on it?


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Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer have more on their minds than raising money for the school trip to Washington, DC.
"We all know what you did," Emily confronts Ian after finding out who the last person Alison was seen with. In the next "Pretty Little Liars", the Rosewood High dance-a-thon brings about surprises and suspicions for the Liars. As the school gets ready for the dance-a-thon, Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer have more on their minds than raising money for the school trip to Washington, DC.
Hanna is having a hard time finding a job to help her family's financial situation, but when "A" has a job for her, will Hanna be able to refuse? Emily can only think of Maya and is desperate to speak to her - so much so that she enlists the help of Caleb, the new bad boy in the school.
And as an important piece of property goes missing, Spencer finds being in close quarters with her new brother-in-law, Ian, more difficult than ever. Meanwhile, Aria's former babysitter, Simone, comes back to town for a surprise visit. But what should be a happy reunion quickly becomes a nightmare for Aria when Simone sets her sights on Ezra.
"Veronica Mars" alum Alona Tal plays Simone who is introduced to Ezra through Aria's mom, Ella. "I interact with [Ella] a bit, especially in recent episodes," Ian Harding who plays Ezra said. "We've had similar storylines where we intersect. She introduces me to [Simone], who becomes another complication."
"Careful What U Wish 4" airs Monday, January 24 on ABC Family.


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Michael Sommers is an expert on Brazilian life—he's lived there for 13 years. In Moon Living Abroad in Brazil, he provides firsthand tips on everything from climate to culture, all in an easy-to-understand manner.
Moon Living Abroad in Brazil is packed with essential information and must-have details on setting up daily life, including obtaining visas, arranging finances, gaining employment, choosing schools, and finding health care—plus practical suggestions for how to rent or buy a home for a variety of needs and budgets, whether you're moving to a metropolis or a more rural location. With color and black and white photos, illustrations, and maps to help you find your way, Moon Living Abroad in Brazil will help you tackle the big move with confidence.
Here's what author Michael Sommers loves about Brazil:
- Luminous blue skies.
- All the crazy, wonderful stories that people tell (Brazilians are great raconteurs).
- Tropical fruits such as cupuaçu, mangaba, and bacuri.
- Keeping the windows open 365 days of the year.
- Nursing a hangover with água from a freshly machete-cut coconut.
- How frequently and easily I can go barefoot.
- How frequently and easily I can go dancing in the streets.
- Once in a while a hummingbird flies into my living room.
- Brazilian music provokes the soundtrack to my life.
- I never have to rush.
- The lyrical, colorful, and impossible-to-remember idiomatic expressions of the Portuguese language.
- Dozing off in a hammock.
- The heady perfume that rises from the earth after a sudden tropical downpour.
- Easy getaways to unspoiled, natural paradises.
- Breezes rustling in palm fronds.
- The number of beijos (kisses) and abraços (hugs) I can rack up on any given day.
- Brazilians' disarming ability to take a dire, dark situation and make it seem lighter: all about life and living.
- Knowing that when I'm burned out, stressed out, down and out, I can walk down the street and hurl myself into the embrace of a perpetually warm, blue ocean.
Michael Sommers
Michael Sommers first traveled to Brazil at the age of four. His only memory of Rio de Janeiro is that of being served a glistening orange wedge of papaya in the grand dining room at the Hotel Gloria. Twenty years later, he returned to Brazil, where he was seduced by the intense, colorful landscapes, rich cultures, and warm people. Michael eventually settled down in Salvador, the baroque capital of Bahia, where he has worked as a writer and journalist for over a decade.
Born in Texas and raised in Toronto, Michael grew up with travel on the brain—the result of time spent in the backseat of Oldsmobiles, Mini Mokes, and Pan Am jets under the influence of his Gourmet-addicted mother and his father's roving zoom lens.
When Michael turned 18 he took flight, setting down temporary roots in cities such as Bordeaux, Paris, Montreal, New York, and Lisbon. During this time, he earned a BA in Literature from McGill University and an MA in History and Civilizations from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where his thesis was "The Image of Brazil and Brazilians in Hollywood Cinema." He also worked as a writer and editor at magazines and newspapers and freelanced for publications such as The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, and The Globe and Mail.
In addition to authoring Moon Brazil and Moon Rio de Janeiro, he blogs about Brazilian travel and culture on Moon.com (Moon.com/blogs/brazil). While he has yet to master the art of preparing feijoada (Brazil's national stew of beans, salted beef, and pork), he does make a mean caipirinha.


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Late last year, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee took a significant and much-needed first step forward in modernizing our nation's telecommunications laws. CenturyLink commends Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden for launching an important initiative that will better reflect the changing marketplace and encourage the development of new, faster services at lower costs for consumers.
The various titles and major amendments to those titles in the Communications Act were adopted to address specific technologies and market conditions that existed at the time. While they were coherent and reasonable frameworks for those technologies and market conditions in 1996, they no longer make sense or serve the public interest because of the vast changes in technologies and market conditions.
Most of the Communications Act's market-opening and consumer-protection provisions have now become impediments to competition and innovation. If the Communications Act is not substantially reformed and harmonized, the legislative framework can only harm the public interest and hold our nation back as we compete in the global marketplace. We must also realize, consumer demands and technology are evolving so rapidly, Congress should move quickly to make sure laws keep pace with on-going changes.
CenturyLink believes Congress should forge a new Communications Act founded on three basic principles:
- Competitive and Technological Parity. Similar services, meaning those that are used interchangeably, should be subject to the same regulation, regardless of technology and provider. In particular, Congress should modernize incumbent provider-specific regulation, which threatens to slow the ongoing IP transition and dampen further competition and innovation for customers.
- Narrowly-Defined Public Interest Principles. While Congress may not be able to "future-proof" new communications legislation, it can dramatically increase its staying power by grounding it in fundamental narrowly-defined public interest principles, rather than detailed prescriptive regulation.
- Meaningful Periodic Review. All the Communications Act's provisions should be subject to automatic sunset provisions, by which statutory obligations would cease to be in force after a certain date unless affirmatively retained and justified by the FCC.
CenturyLink believes that communications legislation rooted in these principles will successfully guide the industry, enabling it to provide yet unforeseen communications technologies and services to the benefit of all Americans.
You can read the full text of the comments CenturyLink submitted to the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee here.


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The Huskies have revamped their uniforms.
It's a new era in Seattle, as Chris Petersen was hired away from Boise State to replace Steve Sarkisian. Petersen is regarded as one of the top coaches in the nation, so it's no surprise there is plenty of excitement around the program in 2014.
The Huskies continued to build on their offseason momentum with the release of new uniforms and helmets for 2014.
And by all accounts, these new uniforms are a hit with the players and fans.
Check out the full gallery of the new uniforms here and below are a few selected images from today's release:
Full Washington Huskies new uniform set pic.twitter.com/ucJXSQzolA— Phil Hecken (@PhilHecken) April 18, 2014
New uniforms for the Washington Huskies pic.twitter.com/favQU1X9FR— Heidi Burgett (@heidiburgett) April 18, 2014
Northwest Frost: pic.twitter.com/hNAv5Tf0KP— UW Football (@UW_Football) April 18, 2014


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Hervey Bay holiday 2010Among tuxcomputers' albums
At the front
On our way out to see the whales. I think in the distance is a tail print, that's when the whale's tail makes the water at the surface really flat and calm, looks like an oil patch.
About to be passed
I was on the inside here, Alex had the advantage and over took me on the next corner.
Alex after overtaking me
On the way home from our Hervey Bay holiday we called into the Go-Kart track. Alex and I raced around for 20 minutes having a ton of fun.
Big splash
Big splash of a whale breaching. It was just swimming along and out of no where it breached. I only caught the splash as it landed :(
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GENTLEMEN do lunch: The next Lunch Club for 60-plus men will be held on Monday, February 17, at 12.30pm, at Westside Community Centre, in Paddock Road. Why not come along, enjoy a meal and meet and make friends? There is a charge of £3.90, which covers dinner, a piece of cake and coffee or tea. After lunch, there will be an opportunity for a game of dominos, cribbage, cards, darts or just a chat with friends. Contact Nicky on 464571.
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Damon Albarn Says Blur and Gorillaz Are Probably Finished
He's one of the most prolific artists in modern rock, and he's built an extensive discography over the last 20-plus years as a member of such popular acts as Blur and Gorillaz — but when he releases 'Dr. Dee' next month, Damon Albarn will be stepping out as a true solo artist for the first time since he put out the double EP 'Democrazy' in 2003. That milestone could be what had Albarn in such a reflective mood during a wide-ranging recent interview with The Guardian that found him musing on his past, present, and future — as well as the apparent demise of both Blur and Gorillaz.
As far as Blur are concerned, the future has been cloudy for years — the band went on hiatus after 1999's '13' album, followed by guitarist Graham Coxon's departure from the group. Though they entered a quasi-reunion state in 2009, appearing for sporadic live dates and singles, a new album has been slow in coming — and Albarn discussed the reasons for that with the Guardian, saying "I find it very easy to record with Graham [Coxon]," but saying of bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree, "With the other two, it's harder for them to reconnect. You know what I mean? It's fine when we play live – it's really magical still – but actually recording new stuff, and swapping musical influences… it's quite difficult."
Asked if Blur would record again, Albarn said "No, I don't think so," and said "No, not really" when asked if they'd perform live after their show at Hyde Park in August. Asked point blank if Blur were finished, Albarn responded, "In all likelihood, I would say."
Gorillaz, the genre-busting pop collective founded by Albarn and illustrator Jamie Hewlett, seems to have run their course as well. Asked if we'd hear another album from the group, Albarn said, "Er… unlikely," alleging that Hewlett walked away from the project. "I think we were at cross purposes somewhat on that last record, which is a shame," he explained. "So until a time comes when that knot has been untied…"
The news will be sad for fans of either group, but it's fitting — change has been a recurring theme in Albarn's work from the beginning, and his restless muse has taken him into some unexpected areas over the last 15 years, including next month's 'Dr. Dee,' the soundtrack to an opera about the life of 19th century British mathematician/spy John Dee. As he told the Guardian, "I'm just doing what I always do. It's a bit daunting sometimes, but it's important to keep challenging yourself. Maybe that's really old-fashioned."


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- June 26, 2011, 7:45 AM
Cleveland-based Constant Aviation received STC approval for installing the Aircell Cabin Wireless Access Point (CWAP) system, which provides Gogo Biz airborne broadband service, in an Embraer EMB135 corporate shuttle. The completion of this STC marks the first ever CWAP installation in an EMB135 corporate shuttle as well as the first ever such system installed in a corporate aircraft. Constant Aviation previously has a similar STC for the Gulfstream IV and Embraer Legacy 600 aircraft, and it has CWAP STCs pending for the Citation X, Beechjet 400A, Hawker 800A/XP, Phenom 300 and Boeing Business Jet.


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Studio replay: The art of brainstorming
Our USGBC Studio blog offers some terrific resources for the marketing and design aspects of green building business. Staff experts speak to the challenges and solutions that can help your website, social media campaigns and marketing be as effective and up-to-date as possible. This blog was originally posted on July 6, 2015 as "Intro to Design Thinking Series: The Art of Brainstorming."
We're familiar with brainstorming as being a collaborative group discussion where the participants all contribute ideas that will ultimately create a solution to a problem. This is indeed true… but what constitutes a great brainstorming session? What is the formula for making amazing ideas? Where do you start?
Rally the troops
No brainstorming session is complete without a good team. Grab a couple people from each area involved in project production: creative team, project managers, content strategists, client/task manager, marketing associate, etc. You want a diverse group that can contribute different perspectives on the project. Definitely have a moderator, someone to keep everyone on track when the idea wheels start churning.
Ready, set…
…a time limit. One to two hours. Enough time to get some steady creative juices flowing and not too much, where you run the risk of burning out or overthinking. You can always have follow-up sessions. Prep the team before the meeting, so that everyone arrives on the same page when the session starts.


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There are many definitions
of a herb but to cut to the point, in terms of cooking, a herb is typically a plant which provides flavor when
added to food before, during or after cooking.
Culinary herbs are different from vegetables in that
they are not the base of the meal, but added in small volumes to provide an enhancement of
The Great Use of herbs
Herbs, especially
easy to grow herbs that are fresh simply add all the goodness into food and literally transform a piece of cooking.
A great emphasis that many people bypass is the fact that they complain about gaining weight due to bland
This can be understandable but there is no excuse for keeping your food bland. There are so
many herbs available out there to completely change this and even more so, to
grow herbs is such a lot of fun. If you don't use the majority of them, don't worry, simply dry them out and use
dried herbs as well.
Herbs are so easy to grow in the garden,
and not only do they add all the benefits of a colourful garden, but they can be used in the kitchen to aid in your
cooking as well. Furthermore to adding flavor to food such as stews, soups, and general recipe dishes etc,
they provide great health and medical advantages also.
The general success of a herb garden is a plan. Doesn't have to be too detailed but simply thoughts
on what herbs you will use the most, how much of specific herbs you would desire and implementing this into your
available space. You will also have to consider their cultural needs and the general nutrition you need to provide.
If you want a small amount for certain times, you could blend this into your normal flower bed, but if you want a
huge amount to cultivate all year round, you would more than likely require a dedicated section of your garden for
Most modern herb gardens basically blend small amounts of
herbs mixed in with all their other flower beds. This keeps in good practice with a garden and not a small
farm. People are also having small herb gardens within their homes, due to little modern inventions creating
miniature like green houses. So there is no excuse, give it a go.
Have a look at the fresh herbs and how to grow an indoor herb garden / outdoor herb garden and further down the line, try growing the most
popular herbs like Basil, Chives, Mint, Oregano and Parsley. Also read up on Anything
On Herbs.
There are numerous varieties of natural herbs and the first thing when planning for a
backyard garden would be to pick the types you would like to raise. In case you are a new comer to botanical
herb horticulture you should probably begin with the ones you will get most use out
It is advisable to maintain those natural herbs that need superiority of water levels at
independent ends on the herb garden.
Several herbs usually do not call for the maximum amount of sunlight as many other herbs, and may
possibly be grown in close proximity to taller sorts which will filter immediate sun rays, or even, if it is
possible to identify the bed where a single segment may acquire much less time regarding sunshine on a daily basis
in comparison with the remainder of the herb bed.
Should you decide to plant seed-stock of gradual
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early in the year, approach spacing for the entire back garden in the Autumn and cautiously, again, cultivate the
actual bed early in the year so that you will not disrupt the germinating perennials.
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User ID deleted from Tivoli Integrated Portal before user roles are removed.
Technote (troubleshooting)
A user ID was removed from the Object server, TIP GUI and the LDAP group that TIP synchronizes with. But the user still shows up in the ListUsers command via tipcli.sh.
Because of a WAS limitation, deleting users/groups does not delete the role associations in TIP. Because TIP cannot enforce this process, the role associations always need to be removed first, since the user was in an external repository ( LDAP and the Object Server),
Tivoli Integrated Portal Version 2.1 and 2.2
Diagnosing the problem
After deleting the users/groups ran the tipcli.sh script and still see user A001047:
$ tipcli.sh ListUsersFromRole --roleName ncw_admin
User Name
CN=A001047, OU=USR, O=REWE, O=rewe
CTGWA4017I The command completed successfully.
$ tipcli.sh ListUsersFromRole --roleName ncw_user
User Name
CN=A001047, OU=USR, O=REWE, O=rewe
CTGWA4017I The command completed successfully.
Try and delete the user: A00107
$ tipcli.sh RemoveUsersFromRole --username tipadmin --password ****** --roleName ncw_admin --usersList A001047
we get an error:
CTGWA4039E User name: A001047 is illegal.
CTGWA4080I Failed to execute the command, exiting...
Check logfile /opt/IBM/TIP/tipv2/profiles/TIPProfile/bin/logs/tipcli.log for more messages.
Resolving the problem
There are two options to resolve this issue:
1. Edit these files removing the specified user and restart the TIP server.
RPS%3Ahref%3ATIPCell%2Fisc%3Aroles%3Ancw_admin.xml RPS%3Ahref%3ATIPCell%2Fisc%2FOMNIbusWebGUI.war%3Aroles%3Ancw_admin.xml
2. Re-create the user with the same user ID and then first delete all the user-role and user-group associations. Check that the user is no longer present in the xml files listed in #1, then use tipcli.sh to remove the user:
$ tipcli.sh RemoveUsersFromRole --username tipadmin --password ****** --roleName ncw_admin --usersList A0010470
Document information
More support for:
Tivoli Components
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Software version: 2.1, 2.2
Operating system(s): AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Reference #: 1576167
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At Purina, we believe that cats are capable of a lot more than we might think. There are many preconceived notions about cats, like they aren't social or can't be trained. The truth is - cats are built for activity, and training can provide them with mental stimulation. That's why we're always looking for new ways to train cats to unlock their true potential.
Most cats will respond to food rewards, which are a type of positive reinforcement. If you use soft moist cat food or dry food as a treat, you will lessen the chance of disturbing a properly balanced diet. If your cat has performed a certain task you have asked of her, make sure you not only reward her with a food treat but with verbal praise as well. You will have more success if you work with one command at a time. As with any kind of training, you have to be consistent and let your cat work at her own speed. When you see even the slightest glimmer that your cat understands the behavior you are trying to teach, reward her enthusiastically.
Some veterinarians and behaviorists recommend clicker training for cats. With the aid of a small "clicker" device, which you click audibly when the cat performs the desired task, a cat can learn quite a few commands. The first step is to cause the cat to associate the clicker with something positive. Get your cat's attention, click the device, and then reward the cat with a small piece of food or a treat. (Make sure to account for these treats and food in your cat's normal nutritional allowance for the day.) When your cat associates the sound of the clicker with something positive, she's ready to start clicker training to learn commands. Any time a cat demonstrates the desired behavior, click the clicker while the behavior is occurring. Only click once for each time the cat is successful. Too much clicking is confusing for the cat. At the beginning you will have to use the clicker and the food rewards. Eventually, just the sound of the clicker will be enough to act as a reward.
Use your cat's name followed by the command "come." When she comes, praise her lavishly and give her a treat or use your clicker. Eventually, your cat will associate the food, treat, or clicker with the command, and she'll readily come when called.
Training a cat to walk on a leash is not only possible, but can open a window to a whole new world for your cat. Leash walking can strengthen the bond between you and your cat and allow her to explore the outdoors safely.
We hope these tips helped further the bond you share with your cat.
Learn how to properly socialize your cat, and discover fun ways to train her to do more.
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Falcons tennis team looking to learn on the fly
The Connellsville girls tennis team is much a work in progress, especially considering the team lost all seven of its regular starters from last year's team.
With so much uncertainty, it is admittedly difficult for coach William Ricks to determine how this season may go.
"I'd say it's 50-50," Ricks said. "I really don't know."
What Ricks does know is that last year's top seven — Kasey McIntosh, Justine Waggel, Nicole Carnes, Rachel Shepler, Rachel Oplinger, Alexandra Berger and Haley Lowry — are gone but the Falcons seem to have an up-and-coming group of young players who may step into starting roles sooner rather than later.
Sophomores Morgan Berger, Gretchen Beatty, Shaye Traynor and Hannah Lowry have a good chance of entering the season as starters, although much will be decided based on how the team performs during a scrimmage against Brownsville on Saturday.
Seniors Jerrica Medvec and Krista Ritenour are also strong candidates to start, while freshman Leah McIntosh has also shown some ability in the early practices leading into the season.
"I just have to take them out and see how they move around and how they hit," Ricks said. "I want to see who has been working (in the offseason) and who has improved. And for the new ones coming out, I want to see if they can catch on and learn this game."
Gaining a deeper knowledge of the game will be critical for a team with limited varsity experience, but so will a willingness to improve through practice. The Falcons went 3-13 overall and 2-12 in Section 1-AAA last season.
"Obviously we have to work hard," Beatty said. "We definitely have to practice hard to keep up good work because practice makes perfect."
Beatty was one of a handful of players who competed extensively throughout the summer as part of the Connellsville recreation board's summer sports program.
Ricks said due to the short season, only so much can be done in terms of improvement during the scheduled matches. That's why he feels offseason work is critical in a player's development.
"The season is over in two months," Ricks said. "So we want to see how much they are willing to learn and who can learn the fastest. Hopefully we will have a better season than we did last year."
Connellsville will open the season Monday with an exhibition match at Southmoreland.
Jason Black is the Local Sports Editor of the Daily Courier. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I was really excited to see the recent announcement that Colorado Software Summit is going to take place again this year. The last week of October already blocked on my calendar in the hope that I can be there. If you are a programmer and/or web developer who enjoys a cordial environment where you can meet and listen to really great people without any marketing "fluff" getting in the way this might be a conference for you. I have been a regular speaker at the event and also have learned a tremendous amount from the other folks there over the years.
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A few thoughts on my use of social networking
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I try and keep my two blogs from overlapping. This one is where I try and discuss technical stuff and my personal blog is where I discuss things going on in my life outside of work (for the most part). However yesterday I posted a few observations on my use of social networking that I think is also of interest (I hope) to folks that follow me here.
I would be interested in feedback as to what other folks are using and why.
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Forrester: WS-Security Achieves Critical Mass Of User Adoption
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I was pleased to come across this article today. As the co-Chair of the Technical Committee at OASIS responsible for creating the WS-Security standard I have always believed in the need for this type of message level security. I'm pleased to see that there is a feeling that adoption of the standard is now reaching critical mass.
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Best wishes to all in 2009
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I took most of December off to try and finally get my strength back after spending half of 2008 undergoing chemotherapy for colon cancer. Thankfully I am still around as we enter 2009.
It's back to work for me on January 5th. I do feel somewhat refreshed after my nice break.
I plan to start posting regularly here on technical topics once the work year gets underway.
Here's to a great 2009 to all who may come across this posting (and even those who don't!)
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CIO Magazine: 7 Things IT Managers Should Know About Lotus Notes
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I enjoyed reading this piece by Thomas Duff in CIO Magazine on Lotus Notes. A lot of people think of Notes as just an e-mail client when it is really so much more.
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Blogging less and Tweeting more
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Lately I have found that I am updating my status on Twitter (I'm @gfxman) and on Facebook more and I am updating both my personal and work blogs (this one) quite a bit less. Several of my friends and colleagues seem to be observing the same phenomenon...so is this the end of blogging as we know it? I actually hope not as I enjoy going back to my blog and reading what I was doing a year or so ago. I need to find some time over the next few days to get both this blog and my personal one up to date.
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A week in the virtual World
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Last week we held a large conference that brought together many of our top technical leaders from around the planet. What made this event different was that no one got on a plane, no one got in a car, no one stayed at a hotel, in fact I did part of the meeting in my pajamas! No the IBM dress code has not hit an all time low, we of course, held a "virtual meeting". We used a large number of collaboration tools to enable everyone to meet. One of the tools we used was Second Life. Several months ago I had been quite active in Second Life but over time got distracted by other things - so this was a second go at it for me. Back then Second Life was missing one key feature - voice support. It has that now and (so long as you have a headset to avoid microphone feedback) it seems to work pretty well. Talking to people is way better than typing text messages. I am a self confessed technology geek and also a video gamer so Second Life feels natural to me. For some of my colleagues it perhaps did not feel so natural but, by the end of the multi day meeting I think many of them were starting to see the value that a well run virtual meeting can offer. Given we could not all be in the same place at the same time in the physical World, I enjoyed being able to "run into" colleagues from far away countries and have a casual chat. Much the same way as I would have at a "real" meeting. What I also really liked about doing the meeting in Second Life was that I could fly around (wish I could do this in the real World) from each of the running-in-parallel presentations and drop in on them, visit for a while, and then go to the next one. At the end of the meeting we held a large virtual party and said our goodbyes. It's odd, but I felt the same sensation of sadness I often feel at a real meeting when saying goodbye to colleagues that I only see occasionally.
If I can find the time I will try and write a longer posting about what worked and what didn't but for now, I was sufficiently energized by the meeting last week that I now want to start thinking about how we can apply these tools to the smaller but more regular meetings I have in my "day job".
Maybe a future standards committee meeting could be held in the virtual World? Food for thought anyway.
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Building a "Smarter Planet"
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IBM CEO Sam Palmisano made a significant speech today in which he outlined ideas for a Smart Planet. You can read the transcript of his remarks and a lot more here
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Sorting the list of newsgroup subscriptions in Thunderbird
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I use Mozilla Thunderbird as my news reader and off-line RSS reader. It has long bugged me that there is no option in Thunderbird to sort the list of news groups that you have subscribed to alphabetically.
Today, I discovered this tip on how to do what I wanted and I can verify it works very well. In my case I followed the instructions and used Vim to edit the .rc file and sort it. I hope this tip helps a few of you the same way it has helped me.[Read More]
Useful new SOA Web site - SOASocial
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In case you have not already run across it, I wanted to provide pointers to a new Web site that has a lot of interesting content that is pertinent to SOA
The site is called SOASocial
The site currently offers a customizable news feed of SOA related topics as it relates to academia, business, architects, analyst firms, and user groups. Some interactivity is also offered by allowing users to "Take a Position" on various SOA questions. I believe even more interesting features are planned for the near future.
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Colorado Software Summit - Day 5
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I'm completely worn out and sadly I also think I'm getting sick (sore throat etc.) but it has been another fantastic week at the Colorado Software Summit. As I mentioned yesterday it is going to take a long time to digest all of the things I have learned here this from so many great sessions and stimulating discussions. There are several things I have seen explained here this week that (time permitting) I can't wait to try for myself when I get home. I also really enjoyed the discussions we had in the BOFs that I ran on Rich Web UI and Social Networking. I am very grateful to Simon Phipps for joining me to co-host the latter.[Read More]
Colorado Software Summit - Day 4
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I am exhausted from so many excellent conversations, presentations and BOFs here this week. My head is spinning as I try to let it all soak in. As always the conference has been fantastic and my technical genes feel truly refreshed![Read More]
Colorado Software Summit - Day 2
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I'm spending the week at the Colorado Software Summit. It's my favourite programming conference bar none and one I try to attend whenever I can. As always it has been great to meet so many interesting people from around the World and to have so many really useful discussions about emerging technology. I have attended several really good presentations and tonight I'm running a BOF around the subject of building rich web applications which should be a lot of fun. Tomorrow night I am running a BOF on social networking applications which I also hope will provoke some interesting discussion.
The conference is held in Keystone, Colorado. It's about a 90 mile drive up into the mountains from the Denver airport. After a couple of uneventful flights on Sunday morning, the front right tyre on my rental car blew out at about 70mph while driving through the mountains. I very nearly lost control of the car and only just avoided going off the side of the road. After all I have been through in the past year the last thing I expected was to be suddenly faced with another life threatening experience !
By the way, if you use twitter, I'm posting regular updates during the week. You can find me as @gfxman and please feel free to follow me.
The second day of the conference is now well underway and I'm off to join Denise Hatzidakis as she talks about REST so I'll end this post now.
PS - Sorry I have not posted for a while, life has been very busy. I'll try and post more updates soon.
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Twitter first impressions
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Continuing my explorations into social networking, for the last few weeks I have been playing around a bit with Twitter. If you want to find me I am @gfxman
As I have discussed here before I have been taking a close look at some of the more popular social networking tools to try and get a better feel for what they offer and how people use them. I have spent quite a lot of time now looking at Facebook, LinkedIn and Plaxo so I figured it was about time to have a look at Twitter. If you follow those links you'll get to my page on the respective site by the way.
So far, my initial reaction from a few weeks of Twitter use is that I have found more of the people I know on Facebook (a mix of work connections and friends from outside work) and on LinkedIn (work connections) than I have on Twitter. Maybe that's just because the user names are more obscure and it's harder to find people or maybe it's simply because a different set of people are on Twitter. I'm not yet sure about Plaxo. It seems a lot of the people I know are there but are mostly redirecting to Plaxo from other places (Twitter, blog posts, photos etc.) rather than using it as their primary "meeting place".
One thing that does bug me a bit is the way people use Twitter to update other sites, such as Facebook. While this is clearly convenient for them, it does raise the question of if I make a comment to your posting on Facebook (that you made from Twitter) are you really going to see my response? Well, probably not, unless you are also watching for comments on Facebook. Of course the same is true in reverse. There are people that update Twitter from places like Facebook.
I could go on a lot more about the things I like and don't like about each of these tools but that's probably good fodder for a future posting.
I'm curious...if you are reading this...what social networking tools do you use (and why) ?
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Colorado Software Summit - full agenda posted
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I have posted here before many times about the Colorado Software Summit and how much I have enjoyed participating in prior conferences both as a speaker and a regular attendee. This year's conference is rapidly approaching and I am really excited to be going. Last year I had just been diagnosed with cancer and missed the conference. Thankfully I am still around to attend this year.
I'm really looking forward to the diverse menu of sessions and not sure how I am going to attend all of the ones that appeal to me. I am also planning to run a couple of BOFs while there. One will be on emerging web UI technology choices and the other on REST and Web Services.
I hope to see many of you there. This really is one of the weeks of the year that I really look forward to.
Here is a link conference agenda .
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Features: Boat ramp, Swimming area
More in this neighborhood: Tarpon Springs
Not on your average tourista's radar, Sunset Beach juts into the gulf at the end of Gulf Road in Tarpon Springs. It's nearly a perfect spot to sit in the shade of the palm trees gently swaying in the breeze and watch the sunset. Amenities include picnic pavilions, grills, bicycle racks, and boat ramps. The beach is open from sunrise to 10:00 PM.


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RootsTech said Monday that 14 sessions from its family history and technology conference this week will be webcast over the Internet.
RootsTech is a conference designed to bring technologists together with genealogists to discuss family history research. The event is sponsored by FamilySearch, a service of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and groups and businesses.
The conference is Thursday and Friday in Salt Lake City.


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For Greg Wilson, one of the greatest pleasures in DJing is the ability to share – to discover new music, fall in love with it, and pass it on to other people. When he started out as a 15-year-old in the clubs of northwest England, back in 1975, not all of his peers had the same attitude towards their craft.
"In the '70s especially, it was very much about DJs having very exclusive records, and keeping them to themselves in a sense," Wilson says. "I was always wanting to let people know what I was into, saying, 'Have you heard this? Listen to this!'"
The compulsion to share has never left Wilson, not even when he had a 20-year hiatus from DJing from 1983. After eight years of working five to six nights per week, without the financial and international travel perks enjoyed by today's most successful DJs, Wilson decided, after securing a residency in an esteemed Manchester club, that he'd achieved everything he'd wanted to. By this stage he'd also become the first DJ to perform on UK television, the first UK DJ to have a remix pressed on vinyl and had taught a young Fatboy Slim how to scratch records.
The next 20 years were spent working as a producer, listening to music he hadn't had a chance to listen to, and reading. With the explosion of rave culture in the UK in the late '80s came the beginning of the serious documentation and analysis of dance culture in books and newspapers, and Wilson was alarmed at what was being reported.
"The people who were writing about it in many instances hadn't been into dance music previously, but like a lot of the kids on the scene, they'd taken ecstasy and they'd had this amazing experience and they saw dance music as a new thing that completely negated everything that had gone before," he says.
Wilson, a self-described "black music specialist", saw dance music not as radically new or something that had been brought back from Ibiza, but as stemming from the soul and funk that was popular in the 70s, music that would lay the foundations for disco and everything that came afterwards.
To set the record straight, he started a blog "which was basically dealing with that early 80s period - what led up to it, what came from it" and was enticed back behind the decks to educate the punters in the most meaningful way possible - through his DJ sets that pay homage to the 70s and early 80s disco pioneers.
Word of mouth saw the born-again DJ tour internationally, release a number of respected compilation CDs and eventually be asked to record a coveted BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix in 2009, which was later named one of the "top ten classic mixes" of the show's 17-year history.
Currently touring to promote Schooled in the Classics, a series of "groove-based dance tunes", Wilson has a few gripes with the current state of dance music, and music in general, not least the distracted ways in which we now consume music - "it's not supposed to be just something you put on in the background as you're chatting with your friends" - and the shift in focus from the dance floor to the DJ.
"In the old days nobody looked at the artist, they just started dancing with each other, and that's what it's about," he says. "It's not about the DJ, it's about the music that comes out of the speakers and how it moves you and people getting into their groove."
Greg Wilson plays a DJ set at New Guernica on Sunday, March 10. moshtix.com.au
Stevie Wonder - Superstition (Todd Terje Edit)
Rufus Feat Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody (Frankie Knuckles Mix)
The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want (Soulwax Remix)
S.O.S Band - Just Be Good To Me
Gwen Guthrie - Seventh Heaven (Larry Levan Mix)


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Waimairi School Dressing Up for 100th Year
Waimairi School Dressing Up for 100th Year
Waimairi School opens its doors for the 100th time on Tuesday 4 February. Staff and students will be dressing up to represent the decades past and one hundred years into the future.
In addition to the traditional start of year community BBQ breakfast from 8:15am onwards the children and staff have been invited to dress up to mark the 100th first day. "The theme of 'one hundred years - looking back and thinking forward' will be the foundation of many of the curriculum learning contexts this year" says Principal Mike Anderson. "On Tuesday the children and staff can choose to dress from any decade of the past or their imaginative ideas for what Waimairi pupils might be wearing in 2114" he says.
Waimairi School was established in 1914 on School Road (now Tillman Ave) having to battle stray cattle on the local gravel roads. A stream near where Bounty Street now sits was a frequent school frog collection area. Many initial pupils came from two local orphanages. After World War II Bryndwr and Burnside experienced massive urbanisation. In the 1990s the school once again doubled in size to its current 500 pupils as 'townhouse' infill housing expanded.
The Canterbury earthquake impact will see a significant re-development and reconfiguration of the school in coming years but 2014 is all about celebrating one hundred years of this community school. The formal centenary celebrations will be held over Labour Weekend. Past pupils, staff members and friends of the school can register for the centenary celebrations at www.waimairi.school.nz or at the school office. With several prominent former pupils, including Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel, the school expects a big turnout in October.


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I Cant Take It Anymore
I will continue to go to every GATOR home game (including the Florida Georgia game), watch every game that is left in the season as intensely as I did last year, the year before, and 5 years ago, and get depressed as I can be if we lose again. But one thing has got to happen and I dont think I am the only one who believes this. Steve Addazio has got to go! I cant take it anymore! Watching a Gator football team as talented as they are and not doing anything at all on offense. You dont have a top 5 recruiting class with tons of 4 and 5 star recruits for the past 5 years and not be able to do anything at all on offense. Unless your play calling is coming from Steve Addazio. His play calling is so predictable its sicking! When your at a game and hear 50 year old women and 8 year old kids yelling and screaming about why we keep running the dive play (which never goes for more than 2 yards) and why do we keep running the damn option with Brantley as QB. Dont get me wrong I think Brantley is a great QB, he is just being used the wrong way in the wrong system. Let him throw down field. We all know he can sling it. A good offensive coordinator would adjust his play calling to Brantley's strength and he is not doing that. I could go on and on and on about this but Im not going to. The bottom line is Steve Addazio has got to go! Not fire him but he should not be the offensive coordinator. Thank god we have a bye week. We can get our $&%@ together, coaches can adjust, and we get Chris Rainey back which I think really will help out. So next saturday its time to stomp Georgia into the ground and the Gators get back on track! If we win out in the sec we actually make it to the SEC Championship. And you never know what could happen. I was at the Mississippi State game and it was awesome until the final kick (minus all the terrible play calling). If your a real fan keep going to the games and keep getting loud and crunk! Cause the teams needs us. We aint out there practicing, they are out there busting there @$$! So lets stay with them! LETS GO GATORS!


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Paphiessa Hotel and Apartments
Paphos, Cyprus, Cyprus
Paphiessa Hotel and Apartments Introduction
This impressive holiday complex is a holiday playground for couples and families. Not only is it welcoming and packed full of amenities and comforts, it's also family-run, so you can really count on the friendly staff to make you feel right at home. Location-wise, the Paphiessa lies in a residential area, far enough away from the lively resort centre of Paphos - with its open-air restaurants and nightlife - to enjoy the peace and quiet, yet near enough to enjoy days and evenings out. As for the complex itself, it's cheery, modern and best of all boasts a lovely relaxed ambience that continues throughout. Away from sunbathing around the delightful pool, there are activities for everyone, from a tennis to a work-out in the gym. Or, maybe you need to de-stress, in which case the sauna will have you soon relaxed. Once you're ready to explore, why not take the short stroll to the Old Town or seafront.
- All Inclusive
- Bed and Breakfast
- Half Board
- Self Catering
Paphiessa Hotel and Apartments Facilities
• Hotel room (located in the main building) for up to 3 (max 2 adults/1 child) consists of • Twin beds • Extra bed suitable for a child up to 12 years • Satellite TV • Bath, shower and wc • Safety deposit box • Balcony or terrace • Studio for up to 3 adults consists of • Twin beds • Sofa bed • Bath, shower and wc • Kitchenette • 2 cooking rings • Microwave • Fridge • Satellite TV • Safety deposit box • Air-conditioning • Balcony or terrace • Maid service 6 times a week • One bedroom apartment for up to 4 adults similar to a studio with • Twin room • Lounge area with 2 sofa beds • Single rooms available for a supplement
• Games room • Video games • Pool tables • Darts (over 18 years) • Gym • Tennis court • Sauna • Jacuzzi • Massage • Health club
• Regular evening entertainment 5 times a week • Karaoke • Disco • Bingo
Extra Value
• Christmas and New Year gala meals included on Bed & Breakfast
• Swimming pool • FREE sunbeds and parasols • Indoor swimming pool • TV room • Internet access • FREE WiFi access in public areas
For Children
• Separate children's pool • FREE cots
Key Facts
• Nearest beach: 1.5 kms • Main resort area: shops, bars and restaurants 500 metres; Paphos harbour 900 metres • Nearest supermarket: opposite • 46 rooms (hotel); 30 studios; 26 apartments • Lift: 1 • Child age: 2-12 years • Official rating: 3 star (hotel); A class (apartments) • Some facilities and activities may incur a local charge
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• Restaurant serving buffet-style breakfast and 3-course dinner with set menu & waiter service • A la carte restaurant • Pool bar serving snacks • Snack bar • Bar
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Fun in the sun: Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review by BlueSky SandyBeach
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Fun in the sun
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Port Canaveral (Orlando)
The day before our cruise we drove to Kennedy Space Center and spent over 5 hours there enjoying the displays and the bus tour. It seemed a little on the pricey side for what they have to offer and I was taken aback to find that they charge $10 to park there. You can't exactly walk there from any hotel and there is no public transportation to the center. Even with that we were awed by the rockets and the well presented history of space exploration. I felt it was worth the extra day in the area to enjoy the cruise.
Embarkation was easy. There were six in our party so we had two rental cars. We decided that the best More option would be to drop off the luggage and majority of the party at the pier and return the cars. So a few minutes before 11am we dropped off my mother and son who were sharing a JS along with out spouses and drove over to drop off the rental cars and ride the shuttle bus back from the rental agency. By the time we got back to the pier (about 30 minutes later) my mom and son were already up in the Windjammer! We rendezvoused with are spouses and minutes later were enjoying lunch as well.
We chose to use the "My Time" dining option with a 7:30 pm dining time. When we arrived at the MDR we were taken to a table near the back. The waiter and assistant waiter really wowed us on this first night so we asked for the same table the next night and ate there every dinner of our cruise. Those two gentlemen were engaging and friendly and made dining with them a pleasure. They learned our traits, and who drank wine and coffee and kept us well supplied with rolls and butter. The waiter had a recommendation each night. On one of the final nights I ordered the steak, and he urged me to try the lamb and ended up bring me both. The lamb was excellent (should have listened!) and the steak was just okay. Our waiter's name was Shahib Fazeez and he has been working for RCL over 20 years!
My sister and I are fans of the trivia games and attended numerous of those, even managing to win a couple of times! We had opportunities to sit in on many of the onboard activities. One of the cutest was on the last sea day (as we were taking advantage of the 2 for 1 Margaritas in the On Air Club) was watching the Barbie at Sea fashion show put on by the young ladies in that program. We also watched one of the Nintendo Wii challenges and found that also to be fun.
The Solarium on FOS is indeed an adult retreat. As you go through the doors from the main pool area the noise level drops dramatically. We were very pleased to watch a crewmember very nicely but firmly ask two young men (about 10-12 years old) to exit the Solarium hot tub and redirected them back to the family pool area and its hot tubs! Kudos to RCL to enforcing this!
The ports are all that you would expect in the Caribbean islands. There are many great shore excursions available but we did not do any of them on this cruise. Coca Cay was a delightful relaxing beach day. We were near the inflatables on the water and got tired watching the kids play on them. In St Thomas we walked into the main part of town on the convenient walkway, and took our own self guided walking tour that I had come across on the Fommer's travel website. It was fun and interesting and ended in the shopping district.
In St Maarten we had a goal planned for the day. Upon disembarking we went to the taxi stand and took a taxi to Maho Beach. There we rented an umbrella and two chairs for $20 at the Sunset Bar and waited for the planes. While waiting we took advantage of the beach and the very clear blue waters. When a plane was sighted people got up and got their cameras ready. In the early afternoon the big jets begin taking off and it is fun to watch the brave hearted ones stand along the fence in the path of the jet blast. There were ample cabs around to grab for the ride back to the ship.
The promenade is quite something on the FOS. At first I though that it was just primarily a shopping arcade. The one night we walked out of dinner and were able to enjoy the kids Adventure Club's "Pirate Parade". The last evening of the cruise of course features the spectacular parade of characters. We arrived early enough to get ringside seats and a glass of wine at Vintages and enjoyed this spectacle as well.
The only show that we sat all of the way through was the Ice Show and I must say that if you haven't had the opportunity to see it, make the reservations and take the time. It is fun and energetic and on such a small ice rink! The parts of the other shows that we saw were good, but our dining time made it awkward to get to them. We did take advantage of watching one of the 3D movies offered in Arcadia.
Four of us booked cabins 9332 and 9334 which are internally adjoining cabins on the hump. 9334 is a JS and it had a lot more space than the standard balcony cabin. The balcony had two chairs and two loungers to relax in and enjoy the sea going by. Our steward, Carolyn Gunn, had the balcony divider and intra room door open when we arrived which really made for a spacious arrangement. And of course being on the hump we could like right up the side of the ship and see where we were headed with out leaning way out over the railing. Less
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Cabin review: 9332
Nice room that really goes well with the adjoining JS 9332
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As foreshadowed in Street Talk, the Melbourne real estate fund manager edged out short-listed rivals
The unlisted fund has six industrial assets in Victoria and South Australia and two office properties in Sydney.
Under the APN plan, an initial public offering of up to $200 million would be used to cash out investors who wish to exit the unlisted fund currently managed by Australand.
Macquarie and National Australia Bank, which are advising APN Property on the proposed initial public offering, are also expected to underwrite the raising.
Based in Melbourne, APN has greater ambitions for the new listed trust, with plans to bring in assets from two other funds in its stable.
The new listed vehicle would have a market capitalisation of about $260 million, with total assets of $400 million.
Gearing would be at 35 per cent and the initial yield at 8.2 per cent. But there are also some question marks surrounding APN's plan, which will require support from unit holders in the Australand-run fund.
APN controls 20 per cent of the fund while Australand has the biggest stake at 28 per cent. Charter Hall is another big investor.
Overall, there are 95 investors in the unlisted fund, many of which are keen for a liquidity solution.
Another set of complexities involves APN's eventual plan to merge a group of assets held in its unlisted funds. Those assets could simply be stapled to avoid a complex equalisation process.
Finally, the deal with Australand depends on the APN proposal winning support in the equity market. Recent ventures there have had mixed fortunes, including the Pacific Retail REIT proposal which fell short of its target.
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The twin sisters Agnes Lewis (1843-1926) and Margaret Gibson (1843-1920) were pioneering biblical scholars who became experts in a number of ancient languages. Travelling widely in the Middle East, they made several significant discoveries, including one of the earliest manuscripts of the four gospels in Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic, the language probably spoken by Jesus himself. Originally published in the Horae Semitica series, this fascicule contains the Arabic text of the apocryphal acts of the apostles. Originally published in 1904 by Agnes Lewis, the text chronicles the lives, adventures and deaths of important figures like Paul, Thaddeus and James, the brother of Jesus. This fascinating volume features extraordinary tales of peril and persecution - one town's sinful population places a naked prostitute at the town gate to deter the apostles, but the archangel Michael levitates her out of their way - and is of great historical and theological interest.
Acta Mythologica Apostolorum in Arabic was published by Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) in August 2011. The ISBN for Acta Mythologica Apostolorum in Arabic is 9780511732140.
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Today's news
'CAN YOUR FINES': Some Hillsborough school librarians waive students' fines for late books if the kids donate a can of food to charity. (Image from North Carolina Wesleyan College)
NOTHING IN THE BIBLE SAYS IT: Tampa-area Christian school leaders don't find anything in scripture banning girls from playing sports on boys' teams. With sidebar.
STOP GAMING THE SYSTEM: Rather than criticize the court for ruling against the Florida Schools of Excellence, voucher groups should try to find constitutional ways to help Florida schools, FSBA attorney Ron Meyer writes in the Tallahassee Democrat.
SAVED: The City of Palm Bay in Brevard agrees to let a troubled charter school refinance its debts so it can remain open, Florida Today reports.
BE SMARTER THAN THAT: Florida's school districts should stop looking for federal bailouts and instead work with the feds to create a better education investment program, the Sun-Sentinel editorializes.
LEARNING LITERACY: Literacy coaches in Okaloosa keep looking for new ways to help students comprehend material, the Destin Log reports.
JUST SAYING NO: Top Palm Beach administrators are rejecting their raises and asking the teachers to do the same, the Palm Beach Post reports.
FREE SPEECH VS. SCHOOL RULES: A Broward charter school student gets suspended from school from things she writes about a teacher on her social networking site, so she sues the school. Welcome to the new legal frontier, the Sun-Sentinel reports.
NO SPECIFIC MENTION: Alachua board members reject a proposal to ban bullying specifically based on sexual orientation or gender identification, the Gainesville Sun reports.
MORE CELL TOWERS, PLEASE: Neighbors might not like them, but Manatee schools see cell towers as a possible source of revenue, the Herald-Tribune reports.
STUDENTS IN NEED: Sarasota Booker High has plenty of them, so teachers there hold a food and clothing drive to help, the Herald-Tribune reports.
EXTENDED: Judy Bense will stay an extra year as UWF's interim president, the Pensacola News Journal reports.
Visit the Gradebook at noon for an interview with state Rep. Will Weatherford, chairman of the House state colleges and workforce development appropriations committee.


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