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OK. My 'logincontainer is hard coded HTML in the index.html page and is shown when a 'placeorder' button is clicked. The client enters their e-mail address in the only input visible and javascript addevent onchange checks to see if it is a valid e-mail or not. Above the input id 'login' is a span tag id 'loginrequest' which serves as server responceText. When the 'login.value' is a valid email address the second input is made visible id 'pass'. The 'pass' input addevent onchange query's the database with 'SELECT id FROM members WHERE login= '".($login)."' AND pass='".($pass)."'". The problem is
ResponceText span id 'loginrequest'
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in D:\\use_ide_1\\UniServer\\www\\getmember.php on [B]line 26[/B]
MyDb Members Table Columnsid|status|started|name|login
Ajax call in index.js
var emailformat=/^\\w+([\\.-]?\\w+)*@\\w+([\\.-]?\\w+)*\\.(\\w{2}|(com|net|org|edu|int|mil|gov|arpa|biz|aero|name|coop|info|pro|museum))$/;
var lrq=document.getElementById('loginrequest');
var login=document.getElementById('login');
var passwordlist=document.getElementById('passwordlist');
var temail=document.getElementById('temail');//html table cell written to
function logincheck(){
var p=login.value;
if(p==' '){
lrq.innerHTML='Please Enter Your E-mail Address to login and register.';
return false;
lrq.innerHTML='Please enter Your password.';
return false;
lrq.innerHTML='Please Enter a Valid E-mail address.';
return true;//works
var pass=document.getElementById('pass');
function getmember(p){
if(p==' '){//if 'pass.value' is empty?
lrq.innerHTML=' ';
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
else{// code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
xmlhttp.open('GET','members.php?q='+p,true);//+p being 'pass.value'? no +e login.value?
addEvent(pass,'focus',function(){lrq.innerHTML='Minimum 8 characters, Maximum 12.';},false);
var e=login.value;
var p=pass.value;
getmember(p);//Ajax call
1. <?php
2. $q=$_GET["q"];//p or 'pass.value' variable? no 'e' or 'login.value'
3. $link=mysql_connect("localhost","root","root")or die(mysql_error( ));
4. mysql_select_db("bwi",$link) or die(mysql_error( ));
5. $query=mysql_query("SELECT id FROM members WHERE login= '".($login)."'
6. AND pass='".($pass)."'")or die(mysql_error());
7. if($query_num_rows==0){
8. echo 'You must register';//responceText gets the echo?
9. }
10. else if($query_num_rows ==1){
11. while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query))
12. {
13. echo "Welcome back " . $row['name'] . ". You may change relevant items.";
14. }
15. mysql_close($link);
16. ?>
//no line 26?
I've got quite an elegant get php that returns beautiful html to a main display div from MyDb but post is probably smarter and the 'SELECT id FROM members' syntax is the issue. Please help me if you can. I can't get the gist of the other posts as they involve starting sessions etc. :nono:
In getmember. Remove your
Else if and just use if on line 10
Gman thanks for the responce, I will check it out now and get back.
Gman Got the same responceText error. If I use ' php $e=post['login']; ' is that the input id 'login' that I'm posting or it's value? I've seen quite a few javascript like php 'if else' like statements but I'm not sure if the server excepts the value of the input as just the input id/name?Something like this.
$e=post["login"];//e or 'login.value' variable? 'login' is the input id
$p=post["pass"];//p or 'pass.value' variable? 'pass' is the input id
$link=mysql_connect("localhost","root","root")or die(mysql_error( ));
mysql_select_db("mydb",$link) or die(mysql_error( ));
$query=mysql_query("SELECT id FROM members WHERE login= '".($e)."'
AND pass='".($p)."'")or die(mysql_error());
if($query_num_rows ==0)
echo "You must register, no such email address was found";
else if($query_num_rows ==1)
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query))
echo "Welcome back " . $row['name'] . ". You may change relevant items.";
This returned
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in D:\\use_ide_1\\UniServer\\www\\mexicali.php on line 3
I'm guessing that post variables need to be initialized or something.
$login = $_POST["login"]; //We use the $_POST array
$password = $_POST["pass"]; //
$link = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "root") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("mydb", $link) or die(mysql_error());
$query = mysql_query("SELECT id FROM members WHERE login = $login AND pass = $password") or die(mysql_error());
// Get the row count
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($query);
if ($num_rows == 0) {
echo "You must register, no such email address was found";
} else {
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
echo "Welcome back " . $row['name'] . ". You may change relevant items.";
Gman doesn't that mean the ajax call has to be changed to post from get
function members(p){//take p out of members(p)?
if(p==' '){
lrq.innerHTML=' ';
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
else{// code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
xmlhttp.open('GET','mexicali.php?q='+p,true);//change 'GET' to 'POST'?
Does Heinz Stapff here = THEFOOL over at webdeveloper.com?
If so, does the solution posted there for your request for help (which is a copy and paste of the op here) work?
webdev1958 one and the same, soon to be 'OMA'. I replied to that post just a minute ago. I've never seen that syntax before and it seems like an all rounder crossbrowser solution for 'GET' and 'POST' methods that doesn't help me with 'SELECT id FROM members WHERE login='".$login."' AND pass='".$pass"' syntax or posting variables in php like '$num=mysql_num_rows($query)' as it applies to the php if and else statements with comparison operator '==0' and '==1' so that the 'responceText' can return a statement in either case.:lol::rofl::nono::x
Gman and webdev1958Just to let you know where I'm at. Thanks for your help. I will post back as soon as I got a solution.:lol:
007Julien @webdeveloper.com thanks for that, I posted on DaniWeb my thoughts that passing two variables with 'get' method was not possible. You are saying that it is? I guess I'll do some research on Mr. Peter Paul Koch to see if I can get a better understanding of using 'get' with multiple variables which might have been a better title for this post. I used the same post title on Daniweb, and Sitepoint so I'm going to copy and paste this reply to them.
Gmanat SitePoint.com and webdev1958at SitePoint.com As I posted at WebDeveloper.com, I'm really struggling here. Please help me if you can. I'm struggling to add multiple variables to a get Ajax call and adding a function that returns a different response if the database values don't match the input values.I'm going to copy and paste to DaniWeb.com where I have posted under the same title. Thanks for any consideration in advance.007Julienat WebDeveloper.com. well I'm realy strugling with this. I tried the article syntax to add multiple variables to the getmember.php but I get this error as responce text
Notice: Undefined variable: _Get in D:\\use_ide_1\\UniServer\\www\\mexicali.php on line 3
$pass=$_Get['pass'];//line 3 Error?
$link=mysql_connect("localhost","root","root")or die(mysql_error( ));
mysql_select_db("bwi",$link) or die(mysql_error( ));
$query=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM members WHERE login='".($login)."' AND pass='".($pass)."'")or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query))
echo "Welcome back " . $row['name'] . ". You may change relevant items.";
Ajax call
function getmember(){
var p=pass.value;
if(p==' '){
lrq.innerHTML=' ';
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
else{// code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
//This works all the time even if the password and login don't match
//do I need an if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==404)
//i.e. when the values doen't match the database values?
var loginvalue=encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById('login').value)
var passvalue=encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById('pass').value)
//added as the article indicated but throws undefined variable error on
// $pass=get['pass']; line 3?
I know I've simplified the variables and not stripped slashes or sanitized or MD5'd the password etc. but I'm just trying to understand what's going on. The dbase field 'login' is mysql phpadmin varchar(30) and the 'pass' field is varchar(12) but adding $login=(varchar)$get['login']; like the article showed for (int)$get['age']; produced an 'unexpected T error on line where I used (varchar)'? I still have to insert new members so I have to know what I'm doing before I proceed. For sure the insert members function will be a post onsubmit.
The downside of posting for help on multiple websites is that if you get discovered, as in this case, you risk not getting as much help as you otherwise would because some people are put off spending time posting a suggested solution on one of your websites when you might have already received a solution on another website.
webdev1958 You are right again but I don't have time to mess around and I have to get answers.
you have $Get['pass']; should be: $GET['pass'];
Gman roger that, already fixed. Working on hideing and showing different fields by testing xhtml.responceText in readystatchange function of Ajax call. It's driving me nuts. Will post results manyana.:nono:
OK. Thanks for the advice? 'Search: "Manipulating Form elements with xmlhttp.responseText" or "Handling xmlhttp.responseText" would have been good advice if the searches where not so convoluted with cryptic scenario solutions like this statement. At least it would have pointed me in the right direction! It makes me wonder whether the geniuses can actually speak English as their demonstration and communication skills appear to be left wanting'.To others that suggested that posting to multiple forums "won't earn you friends or answers!" I will say that I have one too many friends already but I lack the education needed to enhance future prospects and that is why I spend my 'extra' time in multiple forums searching, not just for answers and certainly not for 'friends' but for 'direction' and 'education'! Given that the current geniuses seem to lack the ability to grasp this simple concept, 'free education for all who are willing to put in the time to be educated', I've felt like it is some kind of secrete technology that others don't want to share and that I should throw in the towel.Then I realize that that is the true power of the web, 'You can't hide a lit candle in a hay stack'.
THEFOOL a.k.a HEINZ PAUL STAPFF. :nono:
One more try? I've been trying to manipulate the login form with the xmlhttp.responseText written to a p tag id="loginrequest". I know the three responses I expect, that do work. I even wrote them to an array and called the last member of the array added with .push using .split(-1) but checklogin()/response handler will alert the innerHTML of 'loginrequest' or the .split(-1) of the array and still ignores 'if(loginrequest.innerHTML==' Something'){//do something}if(loginrequest.innerHTML=='Something Else'){//do something else}. The separate ifs are supposed to reveal extra form fields but don't. 1.)For a new member ie. not found on the db, 'loginrequest' reads, 'Not a member? Please register to submit your order.' A confirm password input should appear. 2.)For correct login and wrong password, ie. members login found but password is wrong, 'loginrequest' reads, 'Your password is wrong, you have 3 more attempts to get it right.' No other form fields appear until the input is entered correctly. If the third attempt fails a link should appear with id='emailpass'.3.)For members found ie. when both login or password is found, 'loginrequest' reads, 'Welcome back " . $row[2] . ". You may change relevant items.' 3 links allowing them to change their password, billing and shipping info.
This appears to be standard site login, so the question is, "Can I use the responseText, either stored in an array or directly from the p tag to alter the form by checking against the innerHTML of the p tag or the value.slice(-1) of the array written to using a php get or does it have to be a post?"
I've tried three methods with getmember.php. a.)if(xmlhttp.responseText=='Welcome back...b.)if(loginrequest.innerHTML=='Welcome back...C.)if(arrayvalue.slice(-1)=='Welcome back...
all three alert correctly but none affects the html output.:x:nono::eek:


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From the age of 12 to just before she started college this semester, Allison Aaron has devoted her Friday nights to helping lead Shabbat services at senior living residence in Montgomery County.
Mitzvah Heroine: Allison Aaron, 18, a Cheltenham native and freshman studying music and psychology at Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, Pa.
What She Does for Love: From the age of 12 to just before she started college this semester, Allison devoted Friday nights to helping lead Shabbat services at Sunrise of Abington, a senior living residence in Montgomery County. She intends to resume volunteering at Sunrise during school breaks.
Not a One Time Thing: It started out as a project for her Bat Mitzvah at Congregation Adath Jeshurun in Elkins Park, but turned into so much more. She had a revelation, she says, of the power of music and the mind "when I was singing a song to a resident — few of the residents there have dementia, but this one did — and he started singing along." It was a revelation that led her to the field she wants to study at Bucknell: music therapy.
How She Did It: With assistance from Debbie Miner, the Hebrew school director at A.J., and her parents, Bonnie and Doug, Allison kept her six-year Friday night schedule on course. Sunrise management eventually hired her to waitress there and then promoted her to activities and the front desk, but she always kept the Friday night services separate as a volunteer mitzvah.
Good for Her: She got as much as she gave, it turns out: "At first I think the residents benefitted more. But as I continued," says Allison, now involved with Bucknell's student opera company, "I realized I was the lucky one."

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CHICAGO -- Injured Brewers infielder Jeff Bianchi remains in rehab mode after a second opinion on his right elbow did not yield a new diagnosis, manager Ron Roenicke said Wednesday.
Bianchi has been sidelined since July 18 with a strained right elbow. He underwent Tommy John surgery on the same elbow in Spring Training in 2010 and missed that entire season, but his current issue is not necessarily related, according to Roenicke.
"He's in Arizona and had a second opinion; they said it was basically what we thought [in] the first opinion," Roenicke said. "He's been taking ground balls there. It still is a little bit ... I don't want to use the word 'sore,' because they said 'achy.'
"I don't know exactly what that means, but it's still there a little bit, and that's why they wanted a second opinion, because it's not coming along like they thought he would. They said they're going to start pushing things for him. The history with the elbow seems to be fine."
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I will not leave this poor woman alone
Posted by Lizzie on 09/03/10
The movie of Eat, Pray, Love commences with the kind of moment that, depending on your outlook, leads you to find memoirist Elizabeth Gilbert either deeply appalling or appealing. In a chatty voice-over, Julia Roberts tells us the story of her psychologist friend, Deborah, who's daunted when asked to counsel a bunch of recently deposited Cambodian boat people.The boat people, Julia tells us, have suffered "the worst of what humans can inflict on each other—genocide, rape, torture, starvation, the murder of their relatives before their eyes." How can a privileged American—a mere Philadelphia shrink—possibly relate to their suffering?
But luckily for Deborah, boat people have no interest in discussing their years in refugee camps or having to feed expired fellow travelers to the sharks. Instead, their worries comprise a sort of deposed-dictator, PTSD season of The Bachelorette: "I met this guy when I was living in the refugee camp, and we fell in love. I thought he really loved me, but then we were separated on different boats, and he took up with my cousin. Now he's married to her…"At this punchline, the audience at my screening chuckled at the oh-too-truthiness of it all. It's not surprising Hollywood chose to launch the movie thus. It is a moment pure Gilbertian, exactly the kind of psychic pass those troubled by uniquely unspeakable acts require. Sure, life is filled with nasty inconveniences like rape and having to pitch a corpse or two overboard when you least expect it! But never fear. At the end of the day, all we all really care about is if that guy is going to call.
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Making Human Connections, A Powerful Response to Vulnerability, and Sage Words to Propel Us Into the Week
"When you have no hope that it will ever change, do you follow a big news story less closely?"
The NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) asked this question a couple of weeks ago on Twitter. It's a good one.
I think he's pointing at a truth many of us are remiss to admit to ourselves — and each other. Somehow we can build up a mental callous to certain news events like the ongoing tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. When we're doing our job properly, we feel we can create an opening, a sliver of space that allows you, our listeners and readers, to move past the headlines of despair and hopelessness by presenting you with personal stories that create a human connection and, in the case of this week's show, an emotional connection — as witnessed in Krista's exchange with Swanny:
The Parents Circle – Bereaved Families Forum, Israelis and Palestinians who transmute pain into hope together.
Your interview with Ali & Robi is so valuable! I wish every American listened. And I love you for it.
@YoSwanny Thank you. That photo of them on our site is on my desktop. They give me courage – so do you.
Listen to Robi and Ali's story. Share their story with others. Talk about it with your family and friends.
Andrew Solomon (perhaps you remember our show The Soul in Depression"?) is making similar connections too. In his new book, Far from the Tree, he explores stories of identity and love in difference as experienced through family in his most recent work, :
Watch this video showcasing the love between parents and children grounded in the grit of experience.
It's a powerful set of testimonials that'll make you forget the video is a trailer for a book, which I'm now reading with zeal.
Listening to @kristatippett interview @BreneBrown is like watching Batman and Superman work the same case.
Love the analogy from Minna Bromberg (@minnabromberg)! This is representative of the overwhelming response to last week's show on vulnerability and shame with Brené Brown. As is typical, people who listened to the show bring their own insights and wisdom to the subject — like this one from Dan Phillips (@dannyboy), a sustainable design consultant based in London:
Leaning in to our vulnerabilities takes not only our own strength but the kindness of others and wider society.
We were also received, as Krista tweeted, "an important critique of my conversation with Brene Brown" from Davina Allen (@_dee_minor). She reminds us that there are many perspectives we need to consider when discussing shame, especially when it concerns race:
"People of color in the United States have been contending with these kinds of messages for literally hundreds of years now. Shame is absolutely nothing new to the experience of a person of color in the United States. On quite the opposite hand, resisting the ongoing onslaught of overt and covert messages designed to shame people of color is merely a normal part of our daily existence."
Ms. Allen continues:
"White people often have an inordinate amount of difficulty in being able to be vulnerable and honest with people of color when having conversations about racism. I believe this is so because they simply do not know how to effectively handle and confront the guilt and shame that they experience when they are forced to confront white privilege, to accept their complicity in benefiting from that privilege, and to accept that society is as unjust and painful for people of color as they say it is."
This sparked a courageous admission from Tamara B:
"It is exactly as you said — the inability to handle the guilt and shame of white privilege, to accept that my own complicity in benefiting from that privilege, to accept that society is as unjust and as painful for people of color as they say it is. I would add that, for me, it is also the fear of losing the benefit or status of white privilege. What would happen to me without this shield of protection?"
I encourage all of you to read Ms. Allen's full comment and the conversation thread that resulted. It's a fruitful dialogue worth engaging in.
In the same vein, Jonathan Tran has written an article for The Christian Century (@Christiancent) I highly recommend reading. It contains some heavy-duty theology and historical references, but as Krista says:
A fascinating, important piece on black theology claiming and enlivening church tradition in a new way.
Moving forward, we're in the throes of our December/January show production, which includes an interview with Andy Revkin about the "knowosphere" — converging wisdom from the 20th-century French Jesuit paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and 21st-century science journalism:
Wrapping my mind around this: "Matter is spirit moving slowly enough to be seen." ~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
And yesterday Krista had a 90-minute conversation with Seth Godin on the new entrepreneurial paradigm taking shape today:
"We are all artists now." ~Seth Godin. Godin and Heschel hanging out together in my head via overlapping production. Intense… and fun.
And what better way to conclude this column that with these sage words from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel from a 1972 NBC interview:
"…remember that the meaning of life is to live life as it if were a work of art. You're not a machine. When you are young, start working on this great work of art called your own existence."
I also received some insightful responses to last week's request about ways of giving thanks. I'll share some of the responses next week.
And, please continue to send us your feedback. Contact us any way you like: send your thoughts on our website or share your suggestions and critiques on Facebook or Twitter (@beingtweets).


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Dixie Reign Schram - October 02, 2013To Kye and Shannondoah Schram of Gothenburg on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013, at Kearney, a daughter, Dixie Reign, weighing 7 pounds, 9 ounces. She was welcomed home by sisters, Harlie, Liberty and Serenity.
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Fukushima plant leaks radioactive water
The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant says at least 45 tonnes of highly radioactive water has leaked from the facility, possibly into the Pacific Ocean.
The operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant says a rat is probably to blame for a short-circuit which took out cooling systems at the plant.
The glitch knocked out the cooling system at four of Fukushima's nuclear pools, which contain thousands of used fuel rods.
Temperatures in the pools then began to rise gradually, and it took the plant's operator Tepco more than 24 hours to get all the cooling systems back up and running.
The company says it found burn marks on a makeshift power switchboard, and has blamed a "rat-like animal" for short-circuiting it.
The cooling shutdown highlights just how vulnerable the shattered plant remains, two years after the nuclear meltdowns.
"Don't be a chicken" mayor tells parents who are concerned their children are eating radioactive lunches
http://enenews.com/dont-be-chicken-mayo ... ting-japan
Japanese mayor says students are gaining knowledge by eating radioactive food in school lunches
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Tokyo official blasts parents who want kids to avoid ingesting radioactivity at school: "It is important to share the pain"
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After Fukushima, Japan beginning to see the light in solar energy
... People here tended to support clean energy projects even before the nuclear disaster, but now there is "more interest in natural energy," said Moriaki Yoshikawa, the head of an environmental NGO, Eco Plan Fukui, which has helped build five solar plants in a region of Japan that hosts four nuclear plants.
This year, Japan's total solar capacity – 7.4GW at the end of 2012 – is set to roughly double, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said in a recent report. Such growth would make Japan the second-fastest growing solar market behind China and leave it only behind Germany and Italy as measured by total installed capacity. A gigawatt can supply power to an estimated 250,000 homes.
The feed-in tariff is the legacy of Naoto Kan, prime minister at the time of the Fukushima disaster, who decided after the meltdowns that atomic power was too dangerous for this earthquake prone-country. So Kan made a deal with the opposition party. He'd resign only after Japan's parliament co-operated to pass several bills including a renewable energy bill that established the tariff. Japan, Kan said, should boost renewables to account for about one-fifth of Japan's energy mix by the 2020s. At the moment, they account for about 10%, most of that coming from hydroelectric sources. ...
Steam rising from Fukushima reactor
Kim OHara wrote:Steam rising from Fukushima reactor[/b]
No-one can get any closer to the site to check what's going on because radiation levels around the number three building are so high workers can't get near it.
Nevertheless, the operator of the crippled Fukushima plant, TEPCO, insists there's nothing to worry about.
manas wrote:We really need to phase out this dangerous & outdated form of energy generation.
The extraordinary inability of Japan's antinuclear movement to make any inroads into national politics has also aided the Liberal Democrats, whose pro-business platform calls on Japan to return to nuclear power.
poto wrote:Nuclear power isn't being phased out. With this recent election, Japan should be restarting the rest of their idled reactors soon.The extraordinary inability of Japan's antinuclear movement to make any inroads into national politics has also aided the Liberal Democrats, whose pro-business platform calls on Japan to return to nuclear power.
Kim OHara wrote:Scary!
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Sometimes it pays to be a pumped-up loudmouth.
The famously thick fog in my Maine home waters is the classroom for many tutorials in marine safety. I've lived my share of those lessons, and one even left me grinning. On that particular August afternoon, I was at the wheel of an unfamiliar but well-equipped and lovely 50-foot schooner, bound from Camden with a party of inexperienced sailors. The boat's radar was inconveniently far below at the nav station, but I'd had a peek before we slipped into the pea soup and knew that a number of vessels were gathered around the entrance bell buoy. It was nearly calm, and folks in these waters tend to take it slow and careful, so I wasn't overly anxious.
I did, however, engage the boat's foghorn. It was an unusually large model driven by compressed air, and darn if it didn't emit a powerful "blooooooooooonk" that made us sound like a tramp steamer. And darn if our unseen neighbors didn't whip into action. We could hear powerboats clink into neutral and winches grind as sailboats changed course. The fleet parted before us like the sea before Moses. I quite liked that, and have henceforth valued the concept of sounding (and looking) large.
The lesson is relevant to the more dangerous world of passagemaking. If you are in the vicinity of big ships traveling at speed in dark or fog, a big horn is not going to cut it. What you want is to paint a significant target on everyone's radar screens, and the sooner the better. When delivering yachts, I spent many a nervous watch passing through shipping lanes and amongst fishing fleets, wondering just how good a radar signature I was making. Sometimes I asked other vessels, and the results weren't always encouraging.
Wooden and fiberglass sailboats know they have a radar problem, and most are equipped with one of the various passive reflectors, which are essentially geometric shapes that put as many perpendicular metal surfaces around the horizon as possible. Unfortunately, they don't work very well, as was thoroughly documented by a U.S. Sailing Association testing program several years ago. Powerboaters tend to think that their vessels are substantial enough to reflect back a reasonable amount of radar pings, and often they're right; a lot of vessels sport enough metal hardware and internal machinery to do a fair job. There's also the half-truth that if you are running a radar yourself it will generate a signature. The whole truth is that sometimes one radar will pick up interference from another's pulse; but a radar's interference rejection (IR) filters remove that interference, and most operators use IR in busy traffic.
Times are also changing. Boats and ships are faster, and there are more of them out there. Bridges are more lightly manned making the use of radar more critical for collision avoidance. Modern automated radar tracking usually won't lock onto a target unless it appears in at least half its sweeps. The bottom line: I'm not satisfied to even look my size when in traffic with ships that are galloping elephants compared to my 50-foot mouse. Humble as I fancy myself, I want to swagger onto the radar screen of a ULCC (ultra large crude carrier).
It turns out the International Marine Organization (IMO) shares my sentiments. In its safety requirements for international commercial (SOLAS) vessels, the IMO requires boats under 150 gross tons to carry a reflector that meets certain standards of what's called Radar Cross Section (RCS).
To measure RCS, radar echo measurement equipment is calibrated to a precision steel sphere. Then a reflector is tested from every angle around the horizon, resulting in a plot of effective RCS in the form of an irregular circle. (The classic cornered radar reflector generates flower pedal plots.) The IMO requires a mandated vessel to show a 10-square-meter RCS area from at least some angles and a minimum of 2.5 square meters everywhere else. Amazingly, only one passive reflector currently meets this standard, the Cyclops 3. Within its 10"Hx17"Wx18"L fiberglass case, the Cyclops has "di-electric lenses" capable of refocusing and returning radar pings. The technology was invented by the British Ministry of Defense and during the Falklands war was hung beneath helicopters and worked well enough to lure radar-guided Exocet missiles away from their targets.
Given British weather and Channel traffic, it's no surprise that another innovative radar reflector also comes from the U.K. The Sea-me radar target enhancer, produced by a small company of the same name, sells in the same $500-to-$600 range as the Cyclops 3, but looks and works quite differently. Proprietor Peter Munro was an early-retired aerospace engineer when a heart-stopping 150-foot close call with a coaster off the island of Jersey in fog "inspired" him. He chose an "active" technique, in which a receiver listens for incoming radar pulses, amplifies them, and sends them back out. The technology is not new, but Munro's goal was to improve the level of performance versus size and price. He feels he has achieved this goal with the Sea-me.
The Sea-me has been tested at 63-square-meter maximum RCS with no point showing less than 10 square meters, easily exceeding the IMO's present requirements for passive reflectors. Real world users quoted on Sea-me's Web site report noticeable effects, like being seen at 12 miles even in wave-cluttered seas. Another feature is the red "activate" light on its control box, which will provide a head's up if traffic enters a radar-quiet part of the ocean. The Sea-me is not perfect. Though installing its 18"x2" antenna wand on a powerboat should be trivial, I'd be inclined to paint over its rather emphatic branding beforehand. More importantly, Sea-me only works with X-band radar. X-band is far and away the most common type of radar, and all SOLAS ships are required to carry it, but many also carry an S-band set, which they tend to use more in rainy conditions.
So, should you go out and buy a high-powered radar reflector? Not necessarily, but it's certainly prudent to check out your own vessel's inherent RCS. The ideal is to go out with a friend who also has radar and target each other at different ranges and headings. Remember that performance may be considerably diminished in rough seas. Ultimately, it's up to you how big you want to look, but bear in mind that the IMO is concerned enough that it may soon triple its already challenging RCS minimums. Very few yachts are SOLAS vessels, but we all share the same oceans.
It's also worth considering that for some boaters out there you might be the scary vessel that doesn't see them. Study the RCS of any "small" boats you come upon when the visibility is good; excercise may teach you how to get the optimum target images from your set, and what might be missing when the fog does roll in.
On a final note, I'd like to issue a disclaimer. It seems I've written a string of columns concerning gloomy safety issues, but I certainly do not want to scare anyone away from boating. Being offshore, even at night, even in fog, can be beautiful and memorable and safe. Statistically, messing around in canoes or PWCs is more dangerous. But what the statistics don't record are yachtsmen's anxiety levels; inexperience, weather, and poor equipment can all conspire to suck the pleasure out of pleasure boating. If my cautionary columns help anyone increase their knowledge and confidence at the helm, that's a good thing.
Phone: (44) 01963 34184. Fax: (44) 01963 32604. www.sea-me.co.uk.
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Phone: (631) 757-7169. www.northseanavigatorinc.com.
This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Park Yoochun Confirmed To Be Getting Married With A Non- Celebrity This Fall
Park Yoochun keeps getting headline in many media. After his case with some reports from women accusing being raped by this idol, he made great news saying that he would get married soon.
Park Yoochun is the former member of TVXQ. Deciding to leave the group and SM Entertainment together with other two members to form JYJ, many fans have recognized his great singing and dancing skill. But many people know him more of his acting as he has starred in some dramas.
Park Yoochun recently was in a big problem after being accused of doing rape to some women. They filed a lawsuit against him, accusing for being forced to do sex. It was big news as he has been known to be a nice idol. Fortunately, there was no strong evidence and was proven to be fake accusation. The accuser then got prison sentence for it, Soompireported.


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Bezoar Ibex hunting is an incredible hunt for one of the most sought after big game trophies in Asia. Their beautiful coats and extraordinarily long horns, which can exceed 50 inches & entice hunters from around the world. Bezoar Ibex have the longest horns of any animal in the world relative to their body size.
Like most wild goats, bezoar ibex are mountain dwellers and prefer the steep alpine zone of the mountains. it is highly recommended to be in good to great physical shape while Ibex hunting. However, this doesn't mean that you have to hunt at 9000 ft elevation as steepness and altitude have little correlation in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey. Often times, hunters encounter them in altitudes as low as 2500 feet.
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Two is always better than one, right? Two steaks at dinner, two sports cars in the garage, two passes to the Rolling Stones' farewell concert — at least until their next farewell tour.
With wireless speakers, having a left and right channel makes sense. You can place them a set distance apart — say, four to six feet — to achieve the intended stereo experience your music was mixed for.
The Supertooth Disco Twin speakers let you do just this. You can stream from any Bluetooth-enabled device or connect with a 3.5mm audio jack. The portable speakers last about 10 hours per charge at normal volume, or about three to four hours at max volume.
While the quality of the audio stream isn't going to make Polk Audio or Sonos nervous, the Disco Twin offers passable stereo sound, handy portability, and a unique design. Supertooth makes a high-quality speakerphone for the car that does a great job picking up your voice, even with a lot of background noise. They've essentially ported that technology to the Disco Twin speakers.
The twin speakers are black with a dark silver base. Each weighs 19.5 ounces and stands 7 inches tall. There are two 8-Watt speakers inside each unit, pumping out 32 Watts in total.
Setup is easy as long as you do it in the correct order. Printed in light text on the dark silver bass of the left speaker you will see the word "master." That's important. When you sync to the left, the Disco Twin automatically adds the right speaker. If you pair to the right speaker first, however, you'll have to pair to both speakers.
There are no frills here: Supertooth does not offer a mobile app for adjusting EQ. In fact, there are no "approved" apps at all. Once you sync, you're on your own as far as music.
I paired the twins with a Samsung Galaxy S4 in about five seconds. A voice announces left or right when you sync. I even paired the speakers with a Dish Hopper to play stereo television audio. That's a handy arrangement because you can set the speakers on either side of your HDTV. You can't pair multiple gadgets and switch between them, however. And there are no presets for EQ settings — or any way to adjust EQ at all — on the speakers themselves.
At a desk, I also paired the speakers with a Sony Vaio Duo 11 running Windows 8. Once again, setting the speakers about six feet apart worked well to create an enveloping listening experience you can't get from a speaker like the Sony BTX-500 with drivers built into one main unit.
Although the Disco Twin uses aptX technology to increase the bandwidth of the audio stream, most of our test tracks sounded a bit distorted. (And the codec is only supported on newer devices like the Galaxy S4 and not on iOS devices.)
Two hundred bucks isn't a bad price for two Bluetooth speakers. They are small, which makes them portable. You can arrange the set for a true stereo experience — something you won't get close to with many other wireless speakers. Still, the Disco Twin proves all the audio separation in the world can't mask sub-par sound.
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National Signing Day 2013 has come and gone, and the biggest-name, unsigned college football recruits have announced where they are headed this fall. Sporting News' rundown of all the day's action provides context to the biggest news and the teams with the biggest hauls.
It has been an especially good day for Ole Miss, as the school's war room rejoiced more than once after seeing so many players say yes to the Rebels. DE Robert Nkemdiche, SN's No. 2 prospect, was the first. He was followed by OL Laremy Tunsil and DB Antonio Conner. That haul was enough to get the Rebels into our top 10 recruiting classes for 2013.
MORE: Team recruiting rankings—how the Top 25 classes stack up
But it wasn't all good news for Ole Miss on Wednesday. Before securing Nkemdiche's commitment, the Rebels lost one. DE Elijah Daniel, a 5-star prospect according to 247Sports and SN's No. 68 player, dropped his commitment to Ole Miss and faxed his letter of intent to Auburn.
A list of Sporting News' top recruits who have made their decisions Wednesday:
SN's Recruiting Central: Your one-stop shop to all of Wednesday's news, analysis
(All player quotes from ESPNU's coverage)
DE Robert Nkemdiche (No. 2). Selection: Ole Miss | Our story
"I feel like this is the right place for me," Nkemdiche said. "I feel like (Ole Miss) can do special things and they're on the rise. Plus playing with my brother will be special."
OL Laremy Tunsil (No. 3). Pick: Ole Miss | Our story
"I told you since Day 1 that it's all about relationships," Tunsil said. "And that's what me and (recruiting coordinator/assistant coach) Chris Kiffin had."
DE Eddie Vanderdoes (No. 7). Pick: Notre Dame | Our story
DT Montravius Adams (No. 10). Pick: Auburn | Our story
"Auburn was a team that I already liked," Adams said. "When all the coaches got fired, I kind of (thought I was) not going to go there, but I gave 'em a second chance, and my second chance, I ended up going there."
LB Reuben Foster (No. 14). Pick: Alabama | Our story
DB Antonio Conner (No. 32). Pick: Ole Miss | Our story
"I feel more comfortable down here playing back in my home state instead of going out of state," Conner told ESPNU. "I wanted to do something in my state that puts Mississippi on the map."
DT A'Shawn Robinson (No. 36). Pick: Alabama
WR Stacy Coley (No. 38). Pick: Miami | Our story
Coley showed raw emotion before his pick, but technical difficulties kept him from commenting on his decision. His Hurricanes hat read, "Swag."
LB Matthew Thomas (No. 43). Pick: Florida State | Our story
Family was a big key for Thomas' selection. Thomas is from Miami. "I just want them to come and see me play and support me, so I think Florida State is a good spot for me to do that," Thomas told ESPNU.
DE Dee Liner (No. 55). Pick: Alabama | Our story
"What I think about Alabama is that they compete for championships every year and put people in the league (NFL)," Liner said. "But you know, it's not all about that. It's all about getting my education and getting down there to go grind."
DE Kylie Fitts (No. 56). Pick: UCLA
S L.J. Moore (No. 96). Pick: Oklahoma
RB Alvin Kamara (No. 112). Pick: Alabama | Our story
"Bama is just where I felt more comfortable. Georgia is the home-state team, and that's all great, but Alabama, at the end of the day, was where I felt most comfortable and where I feel like I can be most productive in the future. So, Roll Tide."
OLB Quinton Powell (No. 116). Pick: USC | Our story
"Everytime I heard about it, I really just shook it off," Powell said of other recruits jumping off the Trojans' ship. "I was thinking about myself. Everybody decommitted because of the way they felt. I just wanted to commit based off of my opinion of the school."
OG Tyrone Crowder (No. 125): Pick: Clemson
Sporting News' Top 125 recruits: Nos. 1-25 | 26-75 | 76-125
While we sometimes hear chatter about programs having fax machine trouble as they await signed letters of intent, this one is very much out of the ordinary: South Plantation (Fla.) High RB Alex Collins, who had committed to Arkansas on Monday night, canceled his signing ceremony, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. His mother is the apparent reason behind it. Where does Collins go from here?


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This easy and delicious recipe comes from Deena of Stay at Home Foodie. Deena is a reluctant stay at home mom with a passion for food and an even bigger passion for – what she calls – Family Fooding. For her, Family Fooding is about providing her family real, whole, delicious food. And it translates into her pledge of getting her kids in the kitchen to make sure that they grow up learning how to cook, identify and eat good, REAL, actual food. (There is a family debate over which is better, Peanut Butter or "Fake" Peanut Butter. Deena only stocks one in the house.) You can find her daily rants about food and her thoughts on family fooding at her blog: http://www.stayathomefoodie.com.
Hearty Vegetable Lentil & Barley Soup
- 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 3 cloves Garlic, sliced
- ½ White Onion, small dice
- 2 Carrots, small dice
- 2 cups Bob Red Mill Vegi Soup Mix
- 1 large can Crushed Tomatoes
- 6 cups Chicken Stock (can substitute vegetable stock for vegetarian option)
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 2 tsp Fresh Thyme
- Salt/Pepper to taste
- In a large, heavy bottom soup pot, heat olive oil and brown garlic, onion and carrots until soft.
- Add Bob Red Mill Vegi Soup Mix, crushed tomatoes and chicken stock. Stir to combine.
- Add bay leaf and thyme.
- Let simmer for at least an hour and up to 3 hours. Be sure that the lentils and barley are cooked through – yet still al dente for best texture.
- When ready to serve, taste to adjust salt / pepper.
- Serve hot with parmesan cheese for sprinkling on top and a side of crusty bread.


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HintIt is type G2.
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A MUM has taken her 13-year-old daughter out of school after claiming she has been bullied for more than a year.
Toni Blake, 32, said Megan had been spat at, verbally abused and had a chair thrown at her during lessons at Colne Primet Academy.
Police were also called to the school after the teenager was threatened by a boy with a plastic knife.
Officers from Lancashire Police issued 'words of advice' to a male pupil after teachers said the knife was 'pretend'.
The Dent Street academy said it had a 'zero tolerance' approach to bullying.
But Ms Blake said she had twice attended meetings with Megan's head of house and the problems have continued.
She said: "It's the same group all the time. They're having a laugh if they think that's zero-tolerance."
Ms Blake said the incident was just the latest in a campaign of bullying that prompted her to withdraw Megan from the academy.
She said: "I've been complaining to the school since Megan started in year seven but they haven't done anywhere near enough to stop it.
"Megan has been moved out of classes but then she gets put in lower sets, which isn't fair, it seems that it is Megan being punished for this.
"She is adamant it was a real knife. It was absolutely terrifying for her and she was badly affected by it. She has been put on tablets for anxiety and panic attacks since. "The school didn't even tell me about the incident.
"It's been going on for over a year now and something has to be done to stop it. It is name-calling, throwing things at her, things like that."
Megan, whose sister Trudi is in year 10 at the same school, is now being schooled at home by her family, with guidance from the Education Otherwise charity.
"I can't have Megan going to that school with the situation as it is," said Toni. "I would rather do it this way and know she is safe.
"It was one boy who was doing most of the bullying but some of his friends are also involved now.
"Whenever Megan retaliates she is put in isolation or detention. I'll be keeping her off school until the situation changes."
A police spokesman said they had been called about the 'knife' incident in March and were satisfied that it was not real.
Officers spoke to the boy involved and issued 'words of advice' about his actions, the spokesman added.
Anita Ghidotti, executive principal at Colne Primet Academy, said the school was unable to comment on any individual student.
But she said: "Parents can be assured that we take any reports of unhappiness or problems that our students are experiencing very seriously and deal with them immediately, as we did in this instance.
"We are a small, family orientated school and at all times the needs of our students and their parents are at the heart of what we do.
"We have a zero tolerance policy towards bullying and poor behaviour and work closely with students and their parents to resolve any concerns that they might have.
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Electric utility fleet optimization through process control
By John C. Kapron & Sumanth K. Makunur
A well-run business needs to know and control its process costs, optimize its performance, monitor its asset health and enhance its market value. This is a challenge for an electric utility like ours that must deal with assets and discrete technologies that span decades across multiple locations.
Detroit Edison is the largest operating subsidiary of DTE Energy. It generates and distributes electricity to 2.3 million customers in southeastern Michigan. Detroit Edison has an 11,080 megawatt system capacity and uses coal, nuclear fuel, natural gas and hydroelectric pumped storage to generate its electrical output.
In February 2004, the Fossil Generation Organization of DTE Energys Detroit Edison company was given the charge by senior management to be the Best Process Control Company in the World and bring the best value to it customers and share holders. Using existing technology assets, Fossil Generation developed a multi-layered strategy and developed a totally integrated solution across our 19-unit fossil fleet.
The Technology Framework
The framework illustrates the processing of data through technology. Development continues in each layer with horizontal and vertical integration to support ther objective of achieving performance excellence.
Process Implementation
Our technical solutions work in conjunction with our EPRI Plant Reliability Optimization business model and are coupled with our enterprise business systems (SAP/Maximo). SAP is our enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and Maximo is our work management system. All of these solutions are organized in a hierarchical system index (HSI) for reporting consistency.
All of these technologies are implemented consistently throughout our fossil fleet with the same information available to all sites, disciplines and organizations. Although there is still work to be completed, at this time each layer of the organization has at minimum a working pilot.
To optimize our fleet operations and its assets, a fleet-wide Performance Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., was put into 24x7 operation in 2005. The Performance Center analysts work closely with the power plants to help identify developing problems. The Performance Center analysts and the Merchant Operations Center analysts work side by side to make accurate capacity and cost assessment of our units when offering them to the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator.
We started by defining a multi-layered strategy that would build on our present investments in technology and would also allow us to expand and drive performance excellence. This multi-layered integrated infrastructure would measure and optimize the performance of 19 fossil generating units across seven power plants. Our strategy requires us to use solutions from technology leaders and adherence to standards. The final goal is total integration among applications, the process and end users.
In implementing this strategy, it became evident that no single vendor was an industry technology leader across multiple layers. Our challenge was to select the best vendors, minimize the total number of vendors and install the solution fleet wide.
Historian Foundation Layer
DTE-Detroit Edison standardized on an ABB distributed control system (DCS) across our fleet, and this standardization is nearly complete. The DCS provides the source for a large set of real-time and historical process data.
OSIsofts PI data historians were installed at each plant to collect DCS data and also to collect data from our many non-DCS systems. The data historians are our primary data source of real-time and historical process data and provide a common user interface to access data from multiple systems.
PI is not only a valuable technology to store data, it is also an integral part of many process and business applications. PI also serves as an effective data communication conduit for many applications through its PI-to-PI interface. How does one get the most value out of 300,000 data points? By turning discrete data into actionable information.
Engineering Applications Layer
This layer brings value to the discrete data with powerful applications. These fleet-wide applications standardize analysis and reduce support costs. Applications include:
- Digital Fuel Tracking Systems (DFTS) developed by Engineering Consultants Group (ECG) were installed on major units with online fuel analyzers. The Monroe Power Plant is a 3,100MW four-unit coal fired plant with a modern coal-blending system and is an example of a plant where all coal passes through an online analyzer. The coal characteristics of each sample are tracked by the DFTS through a series of cascaded belts that feed coal into one of 28 silos supplying fuel to four boilers. The DFTS lets plant operators and combustion engineers know the characteristics of the fuel entering the boiler. Although designed as base-load units, the generation output is normally reduced during off-peak times and fuel blends are adjusted for economics.
- Included in the application suite developed by EGC is eNotification, which provides pager and email notification alerts for any user-selected and configured PI data points. But more than that, users can easily configure reports and trends that can then be emailed at a scheduled time or by a triggered event.
- Matrikons ProcessGuard collects all plant alarms from multiple sources into a common plant database. This application includes statistical tools for alarm analysis and management. User selectable subsets of these alarms are sent to the fleet-wide Performance Center.
- Scientechs PMAX system prepares real-time thermal unit performance calculations across our 19 units. Individual system and equipment performance data is continuously written to the PI historian.
Web Portal User Interface Layer
This layer, implemented across the fleet, provides a uniform method to access process data and applications. We use Matrikons ProcessNet because it is a robust Web Portal application that can connect to PI historians and any ODBC compliant databases. ProcessNet enables users to develop graphics and trends and share them with other users.
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Why Jeff Swanton Bombed his Career
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August 25th 2009 - That'll be the date etched on Jeff Hardy's memory, that's the date he wrestled his final match for World Wrestling Entertainment, in that match he'd main event the show in a Steel Cage match for the WWE World Title in a losing effort to CM Punk.
All through 2009 the rumour mill was going into overdrive about whether or not Jeff was going to re-new his WWE contract, many conflicting and often contradicting reports would come out almost daily, one thing was for sure, Hardy was gaining momentum and interest that only one other man in the business (John Cena) was garnering at the time, his stock was sky high, yet somehow he managed to flush it all down the drain.
His rise to prominence was predicted long before the WWE seemingly decided to pull the trigger on him but he himself would appear to be his own worst enemy on numerous occasions.
Since his arrival as a regular in the WWF as a member of the Hardy Boyz in 1999 he (and Matt) tapped into the Emo market, whether it was intentional or coincidental is a matter of opinion but one thing is for certain, they gained a pretty strong following from the beginning and that following only got bigger as time passed.
In 2002 after the 'Heyday' of his Tag Team glory days he was given an opportunity to Main Event Monday Night RAW in his first World Title match, a match against The Undertaker, there was no-way it was ever going to be a successful challenge but the hope was that he'd do enough to capture the imagination of his loyal followers and an opportunity to see if he could work the bigger matches against the higher standard of Pro Wrestler's the WWF at the time had to offer.
I think it's fair to say that match was a resounding success and surely gave everyone watching a glimpse of what the future may hold, while it was a losing effort, Hardy looked a million bucks against one of the strongest WWF/E characters of all time, he was shown to have guts and heart, while not enough on its own, when added to ability and recklessness it does have an alluring quality that we as fans/viewers buy into, even if we don't always like the guy portraying these characteristics.
Jeff Hardy was a vulnerable character and as was mentioned previously often portrayed as quite reckless, we'd be told how he would put his body on the line, unfortunately that recklessness would follow him in his personal life too, a recklessness that would have serious consequences on his future career and how it would go on to pan out.
His recklessness would come into play more prominently after that Undertaker match, his drink and drug use became more frequent as his stock rose, he was living the dream and was out partying every night to milk as much of that dream as possible, ironically, if Milk was what he was drinking he'd have been in a far better physical and psychological condition, still it all added to his character, here was this flawed genius that his fans watched in the ring and on TV and here he was partying with them, it all added to their belief he was 'One of us', strangely the more damage he did to his career the more the fans seemed to love him.
By 2003 Vince McMahon had enough, at that time you could pretty much get away with whatever you wanted to get away with so long as the standards you set yourself didn't drop, Jeff's out of hours antics were not only bringing in bad publicity but they were without question effecting his game and most importantly caused him to no-show events, possibly the biggest no-no in McMahon-land, at this time the WWE where so overloaded with talent that McMahon didn't want or need someone that brought so much negativity to the table when despite his popularity wasn't close to being the star his fans thought he should be.
It was over 3 years until he was seen again in the WWE, the landscape had changed dramatically, gone where The Rock, Steve Austin, Brock Lesnar, Chris Jericho and Goldberg, Eddie Guerrero had died, Kurt Angle and Christian had signed for TNA, JBL had retired from in ring activity and Shawn Michaels had made it clear he wasn't interested in a World Title run, Cena, Batista, Orton and Edge had been promoted as the new guys to lead the WWE, numbers didn't match up though, Hardy sensed opportunity would come his way this time around.
His biggest win of his singles career came almost a year and a half later, he had some pretty big wins over Shawn Michaels and Umaga as well as John Morrison but he managed to beat Triple H clean at Armageddon 2007, it was presented as a fluke but a clean win over HHH is a clean win, many cynics believe Triple H only did this to derail the hype surrounding Chris Jericho's comeback and it certainly pushed Hardy higher up the ladder, it led to a main event feud over the WWE title with Randy Orton that would climax at the 2008 Royal Rumble, before this match Hardy's in ring recklessness was again highlighted and his lack of concern for his own well being was once again the focus of how much he wanted to win the WWE Title, it also served to re-establish that unique bond he has with his fans, many old fans still loved him and at this time many new fans began to warm to him, he was still considered a 'spot monkey' but that was often overlooked.
Once again his WWE Title opportunity was a losing effort, it's believed he was going to be given the belt that night right up until a few hours before the show when John Cena declared himself fit for action, that move was enough to keep the title on Orton (the Cena/Orton feud hadn't been allowed to finish due to Cena's injury) but Hardy went from strength to strength, he again beat Michaels in a great singles match on RAW, he also looked extremely strong in the Elimination Chamber at No Way Out 08, he pinned Jericho and hit finishers on Umaga and Shawn Michaels before others else got the pins, he was eliminated last in that match.
He then qualified for the WrestleMania XXIV Money In The Bank match and by all accounts was the heavy favourite to win that match and go on to win his first World Title, true to form though Jeff Hardy became his own worst enemy again, he failed a Wellness test 7 days before the biggest night of his life, he subsequently dropped the IC Title and lost the chance to win the MitB at WrestleMania, as it was his second violation he was suspended for 60 days.
When he returned he had lost all his momentum although to be fair he was so hugely over that it wasn't going to take much to rectify that, he returned beating Umaga on two occasions, not the achievement it would have been a year earlier but for a comeback feud it done the job it was required to do.
Surprisingly he was drafted to SmackDown! This to many suggested that the WWE had run out of patience with him but when you take a closer look you can see why it was done, SmackDown! was moving to a new channel, one that demanded more star power, that was why Edge and The Undertaker remained on SD! while Jim Ross and most shockingly Triple H were drafted, rather than being a demotion, it was actually a show of faith, they believed him to be a big name, that was a major boost for Hardy.
Having arrived on SmackDown! Hardy immediately became involved in the World Title scene, he recommenced his 'respect feud' with Triple H that they touched upon in late 07 and this time there was more edge to it, while Hardy still appeared vulnerable, he was once again shown to have heart, guts and determination and to his credit his in ring ability considerably improved during this period, he was involved in PPV title matches on 3 PPV's in a row and despite coming up just short it only heightened the fans belief that he'd finally make it, he was due to compete in the Title match at Survivor Series but was 'taken out' having been found unconscious in the stairwell, many had feared Hardy had blown his last chance but it was revealed it was a storyline, poor taste given his own past and what had transpired in the WWE in the recent past, still, it was a storyline and fans could breath a sigh of relief.
He was back in contention for the Title at Armageddon 08, a year after beating Triple H clean, this was the match they finally pulled the trigger on him, Jeff Hardy won the WWE Title on this night beating Triple H and Edge in a triple threat match, this only told half the story though, while his fans thought he smashed through the glass ceiling he didn't, for one reason or another he barely appeared on WWE TV and didn't wrestle throughout his first Tenure, in fact his first defence came at the Royal Rumble and he lost the title due to the shambolic heel turn of his brother, this of course was Vince McMahon's reaction to fans working out that the 'guy' behind Hardy's stairwell attack was due to be a returning Christian, this set everyone back, it gave new Champ Edge no-one to feud with until after No Way Out 09, it turned Matt Heel when he was enjoying his best run as a singles, it left Christian in limbo and subsequently stuck in ECW and demoted Jeff from World Champion and main eventing PPV's to mid-card feuds with his brother, horrible decision that hurt Jeff more than anyone.
After a feud with Matt, one I personally believe he lost he was finally given the chance to reclaim the Title, he entered a feud with Edge, it was an exciting feud and once again he came up just short, the more he lost the more the fans seemed to love him, his vulnerability was his greatest asset.
The re-match at Extreme Rules gave the fans the moment they where all waiting for, having hooked Edge through the ladder in a mimic crucifixion pose, Hardy was able to stand over Edge and all his fans knew at that point that Jeff was going to clinch the World Title, the fans went crazy for him, but just when the fans thought they where seeing the beginning of something special CM Punk would appear, lay him out and win the World Title a mere minutes after Jeff realised his dream, the drama was fantastic, the victim was perfect.
Hardy would beat Punk for the title two PPV's later leading into SummerSlam, Hardy was hot as anyone in the business at this point, it was widely accepted though that Jeff just wasn't interested in re-signing on another long term contract, at the time it was suggested that Hardy wanted time off to heal from numerous injuries, Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) and two herniated discs in his lower back, it'd be fair assumption to think he'd need time off but Hardy was never a big fan of being tied to the Wellness policy the WWE had and he himself saw this as an opportunity to 'be free' of that for a few months before re-signing again in early 2010 and sticking to the regulations everyone contracted to the WWE is bind too.
It's almost impossible to imagine that anyone would wait until they where on the brink of being considered into that top bracket level by WWE then decide to take time away to 're-charge', Hardy had put his body through torture on numerous occasions to become a top guy, then when everything began to fall into place, despite the Wellness violations and the fact his contract was running out, the WWE choose to stick with him, but like he has all through his professional and personal life choices, the recklessness shown through again.
He went from the brink of Superstardom to a guy who was charged and convicted of "trafficking in controlled prescription pills and possession of anabolic steroids, after a search of his house yielded 262 Vicodin prescription pills, 180 Soma prescription pills, 555 milliliters of anabolic steroids, a residual amount of powder cocaine, and drug paraphernalia" and was damn lucky not to be given jail time longer than the 10 days he got.
His first 14 months in TNA was shambolic, he lived the life he wanted to when he declined the WWE offer and it wasn't exactly a shrewd move, he was a bloated joke and a shadow of his former self, it peaked when he got so wasted he wasn't in any fit state to compete in the Main Event of a PPV, one of the most unprofessional things done by a full time performer in a main stream Wrestling promotion in the last 15 years.
I think it's fair to say in the last year Jeff Hardy has turned his life around and physically he's probably back in his best shape and mind-set since around 2007 but for me he'll never again have the opportunity to be that true blue chip star that he could have become in late 2009/early 2010 and whether you love him or hate him, like him or are just indifferent toward him that's a shame considering how much he put his body through and how close he came.
In my own view I find it ironic that the recklessness and vulnerability that got him so over was the very same thing that annihilated his career.


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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's relationship with offensive coordinator Todd Haley remains one to watch closely.
Roethlisberger's mind-set is crucial after Monday's meeting with coach Mike Tomlin. The Steelers are fighting for a playoff berth heading into Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
— Bengals at Steelers, 1 p.m. ET | Fantasy Source matchup | Linemakers
Tomlin met with Roethlisberger after the quarterback sounded off following Sunday's overtime loss to the Dallas Cowboys. Tomlin said it wasn't a special meeting — they talk every week.
However, it's easy to see why Roethlisberger might be miffed. Bruce Arians, Roethlisberger's friend and former offensive coordinator, is flourishing as interim coach of the Indianapolis Colts, while the Steelers are 7-7 and suffering through an inconsistent season with Haley as their coordinator.
Roethlisberger sounded like he was taking a shot at Haley's play-calling after the loss when asked why tight end Heath Miller was not targeted in the second half against the Cowboys.
"I just don't think we called the right plays to get him involved," Roethlisberger said. On Wednesday, Roethlisberger apologized for his comments.
The relationship between a quarterback and his play-caller is one of the most critical on Sundays. It's hard enough to play quarterback if you feel good about the offensive scheme and the plays being called. It gets harder if you don't.
— NFL Week 16: starts Saturday night; get full schedule and more
The Steelers' decision to jettison a coordinator with whom Roethlisberger worked well remains easy to second-guess. Roethlisberger isn't just any quarterback. He's a two-time Super Bowl winner. As successful quarterbacks gain experience, they feel entitled to more say in the offense.
Arians recently thanked the Steelers for letting him go, because if he had stayed in Pittsburgh he would have missed the opportunity to work with Andrew Luck. If the Steelers miss the playoffs, you won't hear Roethlisberger thanking them for letting Arians go.
Cutler's window of opportunity
The next two weeks represent a defining period in Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler's career.
This is another chance for Cutler to be the franchise quarterback the Bears need him to be. The team's late-season freefall could cost it a playoff spot and possibly coach Lovie Smith's job.
The Bears need Cutler at his best in winnable games against the Arizona Cardinals and Detroit Lions.
— Bears at Cardinals, 4:25 p.m. ET Sunday | Fantasy Source matchup | Linemakers
Sure, Cutler needs help from a shaky offensive line and his teammates. But championship quarterbacks raise their level of play in must-win games. That's what the Bears need from Cutler. Leadership. Sound decision-making. Big-time throws, not big-time temper tantrums.
Cutler had the right take Monday on his Chicago radio show. Instead of blasting Bears fans for booing as Brian Urlacher did, or chastising Brandon Marshall for calling out teammates, Cutler put the onus where it should be — on the Bears.
"The fans they have a reason to boo; we're not playing well," Cutler said. "You can't blame them. The media, we're giving them a lot of ammo right now, guys are doing a lot of talking and we're not playing very well. And the end of the day, it falls back on us."
The Bears acquired Cutler to deliver in times like this. They miss Urlacher, who is done for the season. The defense looks tired. Last season, Cutler was injured down the stretch and couldn't help keep the Bears from collapsing. This season, he can.
These are the moments that define quarterbacks.
Given every opportunity to remain a starting quarterback, the New York Jets' Mark Sanchez imploded. Cutler is far better than Sanchez, but the season's final two weeks aren't about Smith's future. They are about Cutler and whether he is really evolving as a quarterback and a leader, or whether he's doomed to a career of frustration, playing second fiddle to Aaron Rodgers in the NFC North.
MNF needs late flex option
Thanks to Sanchez's meltdown, Monday's Jets game became compelling theater. But Jets vs. the Tennessee Titans in mid-December on national TV? That's a way to make viewers click off, not click on.
The league should flex schedule late-season Monday night games, maybe from Weeks 12-15. Travel must be taken into consideration, because teams traveling long distances might be put at a disadvantage the following week.
However, last Sunday was loaded with compelling games kicking off at the same time. For example, flexing the Green Bay Packers vs. Bears to Monday night would have put that game in the spotlight, instead of starting at the same time Sunday as the New York Giants vs. Atlanta Falcons, and Colts vs. Houston Texans.
In this age of parity, give fans late-season Monday night games in which both teams have playoff ramifications at stake.
Eagles must re-think Vick
If Michael Vick is done with the Philadelphia Eagles his hefty contract for next season, at $16.5 million, will play a huge part in that decision. That's too much money for a quarterback who is injury prone and whose performance is in decline.
However, here's the mystery about Vick that must be answered. During a 10-game stretch in 2010, the Eagles were 8-2 and Vick had a passer rating of at least 90.8 in nine of those 10 games. Just two years ago, Vick was playing at high level and led the Eagles to the playoffs. At age 33, is he too beat up and injury prone to perform at that level again? Or could another coach, team and system get that kind of production from Vick, especially if he is playing behind a stronger offensive line than the makeshift crew this season?
— Redskins at Eagles, 1 p.m. ET Sunday | Fantasy Source matchup | Linemakers
I don't think Vick is done yet as a starter, not when I look at the terrible quarterback situations with the Cardinals, Jets and Kansas City Chiefs. Not with a weak 2013 draft class at quarterback.
Vick is being mentioned as a possibility for the Buffalo Bills or Jets next season. Before cutting Vick loose, the next Eagles coach must have a conversation with Vick about his contract, health and desire to stay in Philadelphia.
Nick Foles is a work in progress. If Vick is not starting in Philadelphia next season, my guess is that he will be starting elsewhere.
Seahawks still a long shot
Even if the Seattle Seahawks beat the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night, I can't see the 49ers also losing to the Cardinals in Week 17 and losing the NFC West title. The Seahawks will have a tough road to the playoffs as a wild card, and they could lose cornerback Richard Sherman to a four-game suspension for a banned substance if he loses Friday's appeal.
No division title and no Sherman mean no Super Bowl run for the Seahawks. However, I'm also sure Russell Wilson doesn't care what I think.
— 49ers at Seahawks, 8:20 p.m. ET Sunday | Fantasy Source matchup | Linemakers
Schwartz should be on hot seat
Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz signed a contract extension after last season, so he'll probably be back next season. But in last week's blowout loss to the Cardinals, the Lions looked like a team that had tuned out its coach.
All season the Lions' play has been undisciplined and marked by foolish penalties. They squandered potential wins with late-game mistakes. Even before the season, too many players were involved in off-field incidents.
The Lions front office and ownership better be convinced Schwartz can be a stronger coach next season. Schwartz should try to convince young stars including Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson to take a bigger role in keeping the locker room in line.
The Lions are better than they appear. If Schwartz can no longer get the most out of them, plenty of coaches would love the opportunity.


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Officials set up Flood Helpline for flood victims to find help
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New York officials say they have activated a toll-free telephone line that flood victims can call to find help.
Residents can call for local contact information for the Red Cross and Salvation Army, health and safety advice, locations for receiving tetanus shots, guidance on dealing with oil spills or power outages, mental health assistance and other recovery needs.
New York State Flood Helpline number is 1-888-769-7243.
They advise calling 911 for life threatening emergencies.
State officials listed nearly three dozen road closures Tuesday from flooding, washouts and mud slides Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Madison, Essex, Cortland and Chenango counties.
Red Cross shelters were open in Utica, Herkimer and Oneida counties.


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alan wrote:One way of dealing with this is to go live in the tropics, but if you can't, the next best thing is to buy a lamp which replicates the sun. Fullspectrumsolutions.com has some products which will help.
Faith (saddha)
Joy (pamojja)
Rapture (piti)
Tranquillity (passaddhi)
Happiness (sukha)
Concentration (samadhi)
Knowledge and vision of things as they are (yathabhutañanadassana)
Disenchantment (nibbida)
Dispassion (viraga)
Emancipation (vimutti)
Knowledge of destruction of the cankers (asavakkhaye ñana)
meindzai wrote:I know Retro has said that he's been diagnosed as having Seasonal Affective Disorder, so he has to decide whether to ignore this and try to simply do inner work or whether he should perhaps try to effect his outside environment in a way that helps. I think it's worth at least thinking about - whether that would qualify as a medical requisite for somebody with S.A.D. is perhaps a matter of controversy.
alan wrote:You need 10,000 "Lumins" to get the positive effects of light therapy. Without it, no amount of essential oils will help.
Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:Suitability of a dwelling place, food, clothing, and medicine are factors for succesful practice, but where does craving end if we keep projecting the causes of suffering onto external causes? If we live in high lattitudes, the winter nights are long. When things cannot be changed, look at your mood swings, and free yourself from dependency on external conditions. If you can only practise when conditions are ideal, you will do very little practice at all.
As a bhikkhu, sometimes one gets suitable requisites, and sometimes one does not. Sometimes one gets none at all. As a lay person, if you have enough money you can pick and choose, but if that just makes you more picky and choosy, how will suffering ever come to an end? If you don't have enough money — as is usually the case — then you're forever concerned about getting more money to satisfy all your wants (not just your needs). That is one way to go, but learning to be content with whatever you have is another route to consider. Which of those two paths is more likely to lead to the cessation of craving?
meindzai wrote:Should I stop taking my medication for my Acid Reflux or should I just deal with burning pain in my esophogus?
PeterB wrote:I think we cant generalise about allopathic medicine Anna.
Some is very specific with few side effects for many subjects.
I would agree that some conditions like hyperacidity do not need allopathic medicine unless they are chronic and very painful with possible ulceration, in which case they will certainly need powerful antacids.
Conditions like Hiatus Hernia should also be investigated.
For generations it was assumed that all ulceration of the digestive tract was a result of stress. It has now been conclusively shown that it is bacterial in origin, and can be cured without surgery by a course of antibiotics administered together with acid blockers. The result is a complete cure. People are being cured of ulcers of many years standing.
When this was first announced in medical journals it was greeted with scepticism. The fact that ulcers are caused by bacteria is now universally accepted.
Allopathic medicine has its place.
Another natural remedy that can be effective for mild cases of hperacidity due to diet inbalance is Umeboshi Plum. They are Japanese pickled plums, and for many people a pinch of Umeboshi can relieve acidity by restoring the balance of the digestive tract.
...Ulcers....It has now been conclusively shown that it is bacterial in origin
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