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Bastrop's 1st Annual NatureFest Celebrates New Paddling Trail Nov. 3
BASTROP, Texas– City and state officials will come together Saturday, Nov. 3, to officially launch the newest Texas Paddling Trail. El Camino Real Paddling Trail is a six-mile long route along the Colorado River that begins at Fisherman's Park in downtown Bastrop. The trail will become the fourth inland paddling trail in Texas.
To celebrate the launch, the City of Bastrop will also host NatureFest, a day-long celebration of the rich outdoor ecosystem that encompasses the Lost Pines Region of Texas. The event will take place at Fisherman's Park in historic downtown Bastrop, at Willow and Farm, which lies at the heart of the Lost Pines. Admission is $3, children 12 and under are free.
Proceeds will benefit the Bastrop Education Foundation and Environmental Stewardship, a Bastrop-based nonprofit organization whose purposes are to protect, conserve, restore and enhance natural resources.
"Bastrop's rich natural and cultural heritage make it a great place to visit and live, and the addition of these paddling trails will only add to the appreciation many nature enthusiasts already have for the Lost Pines Region," said Mayor Tom Scott. "We are honored to be working with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department on a program that will enhance the nature tourist's knowledge of the Colorado River and its rich history through our historic downtown, our state parks and natural areas and throughout the Lost Pines."
With the backdrop of the lower Colorado River, the launch ceremonies will begin at 11:00 a.m. with the music of Bill Oliver, "Mr. Habitat," followed by a few words from TPW Commissioner Margaret Martin and a keynote presentation by Rep. Lloyd Doggett.
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El Camino Real Paddling Trail is the first of six potential trails to be designated on the lower Colorado River, and begins where the legendary El Camino Real crossed the lower Colorado River in Bastrop. Next year, the "Wilbarger Creek Paddling Trail," a 14-mile trail, is planned from FM 969 Utley Bridge to Fisherman's Park in downtown Bastrop. Future trails include the "Red Bluffs Paddling Trail," and several more trails downriver to Smithville.
About NatureFest
NatureFest is the first annual event in Bastrop celebrating the rich outdoor heritage of the region. Festival-goers will enjoy a variety of outdoor activities, including canoe/kayak paddle events, children's fishing contests, nature hikes, photo scavenger hunts, pony rides, Native American drumming, bug and reptile shows, storytelling, arts & crafts, food and much more. In addition to Texas Parks & Wildlife, other organizations involved include Bastrop and Buescher State Parks, Texas Master Naturalists, LCRA's McKinney Roughs, Bastrop County Audubon Society, Boy Scouts, Sierra Club, Pines & Prairies Land Trust, and Friends of the Lost Pines States Parks.
Environmental Stewardship is managing the event on behalf of the City of Bastrop. In addition to helping to provide educational resources for the natural sciences department at Bastrop Independent School District, funds raised will also be used to establish additional paddle trails in Bastrop County and develop the Lost Pines Recreational Hike & Bike Trails at the end of the El Camino Real Paddling Trail.
About Bastrop
Bastrop's roots run deep with its historic downtown district, the tranquility of the Colorado River and beautiful view of "The Lost Pines" surroundings. In 1979, the National Register of Historic Places admitted 131 Bastrop buildings and sites to its list, earning Bastrop the title of "Most Historic Small Town in Texas." In 2007, Bastrop was one of four cities named a "Texas Main Street City."
With a rich harvest of classic Texas folklore and architecture, downtown Bastrop represents a unique blending of the old and new. Visitors can pass along the old historic Main Street that is lined with century-old structures housing antique shops, specialty stores, galleries and restaurants. One piece of history is the 1889 Bastrop Opera House, which offers an array of entertainment.
While preserving its history, Bastrop offers the tranquility of the Colorado River. Visitors can fish or kayak down the river or have a picnic at Fisherman's Park. The area is also home to the majestic "Lost Pines" in Bastrop State Park where one can enjoy a leisure hike or drive through miles of pine trees. Take the time to stay at a number of bed-and-breakfast inns or hotels in the area including the newly built Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa. At the resort, families can enjoy golfing, horseback riding, hiking or swimming in addition to its beautiful setting in a pecan grove along the Colorado River.
About the Texas Parks & Wildlife Paddling Trails Program
The Texas Paddling Trails program was created to develop public inland and coastal paddling trails throughout the state and support these trails with maps, signage and other information. The trails provide well-mapped accessible day trips in a variety of settings for all levels of paddling experience. There are currently seven coastal paddling trails in Texas, and the Bastrop trail will be the fourth inland paddling trails, with several communities in the process of applying for participation in the program. Complete information is available on the TPWD Web site.
EDITORS: Kayaks and canoes will be available to the public for $20/person at the event. Thirty-minute introductory floats starting at Bob Bryant Park will be offered at no cost all day long. Members of the public are welcome to bring their own boats; please see the http://www.Environmental-Stewardship.org/NatureFest site for preferred launch sites.
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The Accidental Good Birth
The first and most dangerous intervention is when you step over your home's threshold to give birth. Or, maybe I should say it's when you step inside a hospital for a normal birth, because birth centers are a great option for birth. Hospitals, it seems, are in the business of making more business. The philosophies held by many physicians and some of the nurses are pure myth. It is so sad to read the many horror stories lately as mommas send in their articles. Most times they have discovered midwives and followed up a bad experience with a good one, like I did.
I did hear a great hospital birth story this week, though. I call it the "accidental good birth." My friend told me this story:
My friend was to accompany a young woman from our church during her birth. The young woman (I'll call her Mary) went to the hospital in what she thought was labor, but the midwife and nurse sent her home because it was too early. Now, sending someone home is something they used to do all the time, but recently hospital staff is more likely to just admit the woman too early, induce or augment the labor, and start the "cascade of interventions." But this blessed woman got sent home. She did this three times and was sent home each time. My friend was with her most of this time. When Mary started to get the catch in her breath that indicated possible pushing, my friend (who has four children!) knew it was really time to go. They got to the hospital and Mary had her baby about 30 minutes later. Mary is just beaming these days at church. She is happy with her baby and her birth.
Now, if we had more of those points of light working in the hospital, sending women home instead of hooking them up, wouldn't we have a totally different birthing system? Or at least a good start! Thank you to those practitioners who work in the belly of the beast to make things better for birthing families. You know who you are, and we owe you a debt of gratitude.
— Jan Tritten, mother of Midwifery Today
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Questioning the Widespread Use of Synthetic Oxytocin
The most common medical intervention is undoubtedly the use of drips of synthetic oxytocin. Most women who had a non-operative delivery by the vaginal route had a drip of oxytocin. Most women who had an operative delivery by the vaginal route also had hours of drip before the use of forceps or ventouse. Most women who had an in-labor c-section also had synthetic oxytocin before the decision to operate. Furthermore, the rates of labor inductions are very high in many countries and, in practice, labor induction implies hours of intravenous drip.
One should first wonder why the use of intravenous oxytocin during labor is perceived as a detail not worth mentioning in statistics. The main reason might be that the nonapeptide oxytocin is not considered a real medication because, from a chemical perspective, the synthetic form is not different from the natural hormone. Another reason might be that oxytocinases (enzymes that metabolize biologically active peptides) have been found in the placenta. This might have led to the tacit conclusion that synthetic oxytocin does not cross the placenta.
On the day when we realize that most women, all over the world, receive synthetic oxytocin when giving birth, we'll give paramount importance to new questions, particularly about placental transfer of peptides. Paradoxically, there is only one serious published article on this issue.(1) After measuring concentrations of oxytocin in maternal blood, and also in the blood of the umbilical vein and of the umbilical arteries, and after perfusions of placental cotyledons, a team from Arkansas came to the conclusion that oxytocin crosses the placenta in both directions. More precisely, the permeability is higher in the maternal-to-fetal than in the fetal-to-maternal direction. We must add that 80% of the blood reaching the fetus via the umbilical vein goes directly to the inferior vena cava via the ductus venosus, bypassing the liver, and therefore immediately reaching the brain: it is all the more direct since the shunts (foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus) are not yet closed.
Since there is a high probability that a significant amount of synthetic oxytocin can reach the brain of the fetus, we must raise questions regarding the permeability of the blood-brain barrier at this phase of human development. Australian researchers have presented evidence that the permeability to small lipid-insoluble molecules is greater in the developing brain and that specific mechanisms, such as those involved in transfer of amino acids, develop sequentially as the brain grows.(2) Furthermore, it appears that the permeability of the blood-brain barrier can increase in situations of oxidative stress(3–5)—a situation that is common when drips of synthetic oxytocin are used during labor.(6) We have, therefore, serious reasons to be concerned if we take into account the widely documented concept of "oxytocin-induced desensitization of the oxytocin receptors."(7–10) In other words, it is probable that, at a quasi-global level, we routinely interfere with the development of the oxytocin system of human beings at a critical phase for gene-environment interaction. In such a new situation, the priority is to phrase appropriate new questions at a cultural level—questions that would induce a new generation of research.
— Michel Odent
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A: The longest second stage that I have witnessed as a childbirth professional was five hours. The mother was 42 weeks LMP and consented to induction by release of membranes. Labor progressed beautifully to second stage without issue. Upon being diagnosed as complete by the nursing staff and feeling the urge to push, the mother actively participated in birthing her baby. Position changes included upright, squatting, toilet, hands-and-knees, side lying and lithotomy without fetal progress past +2. About three hours into the second stage, the mother started to experience uteral pain at the placental site during each push. Epidural anesthesia was the next option, and gave the mother time to rest while her body pushed. Pitocin was started at a low drip, but the baby did not tolerate the addition of Pitocin.
A surgical birth was consented to at five hours after the start of active pushing. While the provider diagnosed cephalopelvic disproportion, the baby was found to have a short cord that went from belly, over fetal shoulder to the placenta which was at the baby's back. The placental pain was due to the baby's body pulling the umbilical cord down on each push, pulling on the placenta. Both mother and baby did fine. Baby tolerated the second stage beautifully until the Pitocin. This mother went on to have three VBACs! Her last baby was ounces bigger than her first baby, who was 9 lb 4 oz at birth.
— Chantel Haynes, LPN, doula, ADNS
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Henry Morgan, a 20-year-old Welshman, crossed the Atlantic in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three decades, his exploits in the Caribbean in the service of the British became legendary. His daring attacks on the mighty Spanish empire on land and at sea determined the fates of kings and queens, and his victories helped shape the destiny of the New World.
Morgan gathered disaffected European sailors and soldiers, hard-bitten adventurers, runaway slaves, and vicious cutthroats, and turned them into the most feared army in the Western Hemisphere. Awash with bloody battles, political intrigues, and a cast of characters more compelling, bizarre, and memorable than any found in a Hollywood swashbuckler, Empire of Blue Waters brilliantly recreates the passions and the violence of the age of exploration and empire.
©2007 Stephan Talty; (P)2007 Books on Tape
"Before he became rum, Cap'n Morgan humbled the Spanish Empire.... Talty's well-researched account weaves together myriad political and financial interests in the New World." (Booklist)
"Talty strips away the legend to recreate a pivotal era in this accessible portrait of the pirates of the Caribbean." (Publishers Weekly)
"Morbid Terrorists?"
Captain Morgan and his motley crew were certainly outcasts of that society but also the unofficial attack arm of the early imperialistic aims of the English government. Without his actions, the Spanish would have made a stronger foothold in North America and the history of the USA would have been very different. The book and narrator is excellent. The description of the earthquake is vivid and interesting.
"Informative and Exciting"
I was woefully ignorant of the times and life of Henry Morgan. This book is a pleasant cure. The author delves into the political aspects of the privateers(or pirates) of Port Royal, somewhat of a surprise how important these characters were beyond the Carribean. Morgan was clearly a colorful and charismatic leader. The author presents the material in an exciting and informative manner. If you enjoy history, this book brings it alive. The reader is above average.
"Fitting Title as it was Morgans Empire"
I only knew a little of the Admiral Captain Morgan, but Morgan was the right man to manage the unruly pirates, or privateers as they thought of themselves. They even had positive names for there ships, Endeavor, and Satisfaction. The pirates had all the advantages, surprise, sanctioned by England, and they got all the loot. While the Spanish were inexperienced and underpaid.
If you like history, and to get a true version of pirates (not Hollywoods) then this is a great book for you. I read it quickly, and I will seek out the narrator in the future.
Really enjoyed this book. Great look at Henry Morgan, and the society of Port Royal, and how privateers operated and organized.
I particularly enjoyed the narration of John H. Mayer. Best narrator I've heard.
"Excellent listen"
Great book. I learned not only a lot about Henry Morgan, but also about privateer and pirate origins. If you like European history, this is also a great book and it connects new work and old world issues of the time impressively.
"The Last of the Mythic Giants"
The 17th century Pirates could easily be written off as simple men of singular thought and to some degree that would be true, but the most successful among them were not just ruthless, calculating and complex but incredibly loyal and the first to demonstrate and embrace democratic actions.
The depth of character exhibited by a few notable leaders who dared to lead a vagabond group of cut throats and murders.
yes, excellent again.........
It can be said of all great men and those of the lowliest of character, they all die, and there was an odd unsettling sense when you saw these men die of their self induced illnesses and infirmities after living life so robustly outside societal expectations. They finally engaged a foe they could not conquer.
This is a more historical read than just fictional.
long commute=audible reading time
"Great for a trip to Caribbean"
I got this story for a trip to the Caribbean. It was great to listen to sitting on the beach. Also, I hadn't ever read a history of the region or the pirates. It was enjoyable. Good mix of adventure, politics and history.
C B Stewart
"Adventure wrapped with History"
If your looking to get lost in adventure, this will get you there. Great read or listen. I would reccomend it for any vacation.
"Generally Enjoyable"
The true story of Captain Morgan (the man, not the rum) and piracy in the Caribbean. Morgan was one of the truly successful buccaneers, who not only captured lots of loot but also lived to retire, enjoy his riches...and turn on the bretheren. It is also the story of Port Royal, Jamaica, which was one of Britain's earliest footholds in the Caribbean and an interesting tale in its own right.
If you enjoy this book, you may find "The Pirate Hunter" by Richard Zacks (the story of Capt. Kidd) an interesting complement.
Horrifying and shocking...the real story of the Pirates of the Caribbean. You'll never romanticize these morbid terrorists again.
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Yamaha is trickling out its Thailand-built models, and while we wait for the debut of the Yamaha YZF-R25 250cc sport bike, the tuning fork brand has an interesting new scooter for the world market: the Yamaha Tricity.
A three-wheeled leaning scooter, the Yamaha Tricity features a 125cc motor with a continuously variable transmission (CVT). Designed to sell primarily in Thailand, the Tricity is a fairly premium and feature-packed scooter for that market, and Yamaha hopes to sell over 10,000 of them in Southeast Asia, Japan, and Europe.


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Hotel Owner Wants Self-Storage Space In Former Yacht Club of Bethesda
The owner of the DoubleTree Bethesda space once home to the Yacht Club of Bethesda wants to convert the property into a self-storage facility. Jeff Randall, vice president of asset management for the firm that owns the hotel, says the property's location and surrounding competition make another restaurant or bar venture too risky. Randall presented his idea for a self-storage space geared toward residents of downtown Bethesda apartments on Friday morning at a meeting of the Woodmont Triangle Acting Group. He is hoping for WTAG's support. The group, made up of residents, business and development representatives and officials from the Bethesda Urban Partnership, advises Montgomery County land-use officials and policymakers on issues in downtown Bethesda. Randall said he came up with the idea when he moved to the Palisades apartment building near the space, at 8111 Woodmont Ave., where there is also a back entrance to the DoubleTree. He found one bedroom in his apartment quickly became a de facto storage space for him and his family, as the apartment does not offer self-storage. He estimated just 10 percent of the nearly 600 residents at the Palisades and Triangle Towers could fill the roughly 55 caged storage bins he wants to build in the basement space. His company would not advertise the facility. All business would come through word of mouth. The facility would provide key cards to customers and would charge $100 a month. Randall envisioned people storing christmas lights, bikes or ski equipment in the cages, which at roughly 50 square feet each would not be large enough for furniture. "You might frown on self-storage in Bethesda, but I would say this is not your typical self-storage," Randall said. "Food and beverage there is I think a pretty high-risk endeavor given the location and the competition." While members of the WTAG liked the idea, there was a discussion of the zoning issue that remains. Randall must get a zoning text amendment to allow for it, meaning he'll have to get the Montgomery County Planning Board and the County Council on board with a self-storage facility in a downtown area made up of restaurants, retail and apartments. The Yacht Club opened in 1989 and closed in 2006 when DoubleTree took over the hotel space. In between, it earned quite a reputation. Owner Tommy "The Matchmaker" Curtis claimed he brought together 181 couples who frequented the venue, known around the area as perhaps the only place that catered exclusively to the over-30 and over-40 crowd.


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Terry Aguiar
Diesel Mechanic
Age: 37
Height: 5'9" Weight: 185 lbs.
Galt, CA
Since high school, I've been interested in bodybuilding. I was able to keep in shape during school and through four years in the US Army. As I got older, I found that it wasn't as easy to keep my muscular build and I found that things really got away from me.
My wife started Weight Watchers about a year and a half ago. I saw the results she obtained from it so I tried it myself. The weight was coming off, but my muscular build was still lacking.
I tried several protein and creatine products but found that A-Bomb (muscle builder) by MHP, Nano Vapor (nitric oxide pre-workout drink mix) by MuscleTech and a thermogenic diet formula containing glucomannan fiber, in conjunction with Weight Watchers, truly helped me achieve my goals.
As you can see from the before and after photos, I've come a long way. The before picture was taken in September 2007 when I weighed 220 pounds. The after picture was in April 2008 when I reached my current weight of 185 pounds.Thanks, Nutrition Express, for having the products I needed to reach my muscle-building goals. Now I feel great and much healthier!


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The enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 is ushering in changes to the health care system that impact individual consumers and employers alike. The law includes major health insurance market reform provisions that will expand access to coverage for many more Americans beginning in 2014.
A number of important provisions, however, will have an impact on the marketplace in 2012. What follows is a brief description of the key issues we are tracking for 2012. The list is not meant to be exhaustive, and other ACA-related issues may be of equal or greater concern to different individuals and businesses:
Scheduled for 2012
Summary of Benefits and Coverage: Insurers and group health plans must provide a summary of benefits and coverage document to enrollees/potential enrollees at specific times, including during enrollment and re-enrollment. The new rules also require 60-days-prior-notice to enrollees when a health plan or issuer modifies the terms of the plan or coverage and the change impacts a previously issued SBC. Per the final rule released by the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (the Departments) on February 14, 2012, the requirement is effective for open enrollment activity that begins on or after September 23, 2012.
An FAQ issued jointly by the Departments related to SBC documents released on March 19, 2012 says that the Departments will not impose penalties on plans and issuers during the first year of applicability, as long as they are working diligently and in good faith to provide the required SBC content in an appearance that is consistent with the final regulations. A subsequent FAQ released on May 11, 2012 says that the Departments will not impose penalties for failure to provide the SBC or uniform glossary on plans and issuers that are working diligently and in good faith to comply.
MLR Reporting: The medical loss ratio (MLR) provision requires health plan issuers to meet new minimum medical spending requirements – 85 percent in the large group market and 80 percent in the small group and individual markets. Using 2011 data, insurers in 2012 begin to face the possibility of paying rebates to policyholders if the MLR thresholds are not met. In most instances, insurers/plan issuers must issue rebates to group health policyholders rather than to subscribers. Rebate process simplification in the new final rules released in December 2011 should help employers effectively manage rebates on behalf of their plan beneficiaries. Plan issuers must issue a notice of rebate to policyholders and subscribers, and rebates must be paid by August 1, 2012 for the 2011 experience year. Reporting and payment of any rebates that are due will occur annually thereafter.
W-2 Reporting: Employers must begin preparing this year to report on employees' 2012 W-2 forms – to be issued in January 2013 – the aggregate cost of their employer-sponsored coverage. Employers, however, may have chosen to report earlier on employees' 2011 W-2 forms issued in January 2012. For purposes of this reporting requirement, "applicable employer-sponsored coverage" includes coverage under any group health plan made available to an employee by the employer, regardless of whether the employer or the employee paid the cost. Applicable coverage as defined includes major medical and employer flex credits contributed to a health flexible spending arrangement (FSA), if the flex credits exceed the employee's salary reduction to the FSA.
Employers are required to report the cost of coverage provided under hospital indemnity, other fixed indemnity or specified disease or illness policies only if the employers contribute to the cost of that coverage or if the coverage is purchased by employees on a pre-tax basis through a cafeteria plan. Employers do not need to report the cost of wellness programs, employee assistance programs (EAP) and on-site clinics unless the employers include the cost of these benefits when charging COBRA premiums.
Definition of a Full-Time Employee: A key definition for the employer mandate that becomes effective in 2014 is the definition of full-time employee. The number of full-time employees will determine application and cost of the employer mandate. The definition of full-time employees is also relevant to ACA's automatic enrollment provision, which will become effective after final regulations are issued (anticipated to be 2014).
For purposes of the employer mandate, the ACA defines full-time employees as those who work an average of at least 30 hours per week. However, it is unclear how this definition is measured and over what time period it is measured. When determining the number of full-time employees relative to the employer's affordable coverage requirement, employers will be allowed to exclude those full-time seasonal employees who work less than 120 days during the year. Part-time employees are counted as full-time equivalent employees in determining whether an employer is subject to the employer mandate, but part-time employees are excluded from the penalty calculation.
The ACA does not define full-time employee for purposes of the automatic enrollment provision. The agencies have announced that they intend to coordinate the definition of full-time employees for purposes of the employer mandate with the definition for purposes of automatic enrollment.
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Conrad Brunner
Q. The Pacers were considered a potential championship caliber team before "the trade," and the team is playing incredibly well after the trade (even better than before). The Pacers are playing without three of their potential starters in Jermaine (O'Neal), (Jamaal) Tinsley and (Austin) Croshere. When they come back the Pacers will have an energized (Scot) Pollard, a healthy (Jeff) Foster and an up-and-coming (David) Harrison in the middle; O'Neal, Croshere and (Danny) Granger at the power forward; Peja (Stojakovic) and Granger at the small forward; (Stephen) Jackson and (Fred) Jones and the shooting guard; Tinsley, (Anthony) Johnson and Saras (Jasikevicius) at the point. I see a very deep team with a lot of talent. With wins over Detroit and a near victory over San Antonio, could the Pacers be considered a potential championship caliber team (again)? (Jeff in Louisville, Ky.)
A. In the spirit of Valentine's Day, let's let our minds wander and entertain this romantic notion. The Pacers have played very well, for the most part, since acquiring Stojakovic from Sacramento. Considering their level of play in the immediate aftermath of the trade, it's reasonable to expect it to get better as time passes and Stojakovic's familiarity with his teammates (and vice versa) increases.
From a health standpoint, Croshere should be back soon after the All-Star break, with Tinsley not far behind. Both of those players certainly fit into the more free-flowing offensive system. In fact, assuming Tinsley can return to full strength, he should flourish. Croshere's ability to cause frontcourt defensive matchup problems with his shooting also will be welcome.
It remains to be seen, however, if O'Neal will be back at all during the regular season. There have been reports that he might miss the rest of the year, and there have been reports that he could return sooner than the original projection of eight weeks. Should he return late in the year, there will be the inevitable adjustment period while he regains conditioning and rhythm. At that point, the coaching staff must decide whether to continue with the current system or return to the halfcourt, inside-out approach built to showcase O'Neal's talents. However, acknowledging and agreeing with your points about the team's depth and talent level when at full strength, and taking the rather large leap of faith in assuming that, at some point, the team will actually be at full strength, it certainly is possible the Pacers could indeed be a scary team come playoff time. Detroit has been dominant but no one else in the East will carry an air of intimidation into the postseason. It could well depend on how the Pacers are able to position themselves in the bracket. The longer they can avoid the Pistons, the better.


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Don Heinzman
ECM Columnist
Voters of the Sixth Congressional District have an obligation to understand the issues and the importance of their decision to elect their representative in November.
This is a race the nation will be watching because it involves Rep. Michele Bachmann who has become a darling of the right wing of the Republican Party and a lightning rod on controversial issues with questionable evidence.
Michele Bachmann is running for a fourth term. She is endorsed by the Republican Party and has two primary election opponents: Aubrey Immelman and Stephen Thompson.
She will most certainly win the primary and her opponent in November will be James Graves, a founder of the AmericInn Hotel chain from St. Cloud, who is endorsed by the DFL Party. He has no primary election opponent.
The realigned Sixth District includes all or most of Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright, Anoka and Washington counties. Some of its cities include: Elk River, Forest Lake, Woodbury, St. Cloud, Andover and Blaine.
Residents must register to vote either at their county court houses or by filling out a form they can find online by Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. to be on the roster. In Minnesota, voters can also register on election day.
This race has drawn national attention because Bachmann has become a leader of the Tea Party movement. She also organized a Tea Party Caucus of the House of Representatives.
She was a contestant for nomination for President of the United States until she dropped out of the race Jan. 4 of this year.
Rep. Bachmann, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, is drawing criticism for claiming that the Muslim Brotherhood is infiltrating the government. She and four other congressional members are asking the inspector general to look into "potential Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of the U.S. government."
She also is questioning how Huma Abedin, an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, received a security clearance. She claims Abedin's deceased father of two decades did business with someone who headed an organization who had connections with the Muslim Brotherhood.
This accusation drew a condemnation by Sen. John McCain who said it had no logic, no basis and no merit.
McCain said, "These allegations about Huma Abedin and the report from which they are drawn are nothing less than an unwarranted and unfounded attack on an honorable citizen, a dedicated American and a public servant."
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Michigan, who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, told a reporter for USA Today that Bachmann's remarks of Muslim Brotherhood infiltration are false.
Minnesota Third District Congressman Eric Paulson, a Republican, says her allegations are not appropriate and not true.
When Rep. Keith Ellison, a Democrat and the only Muslim in the U.S. Congress, challenged Bachmann to show proof that Abedin had ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, Bachmann attacked him. On the Glenn Beck radio show, she said Ellison has a long record of being associated with the Council on American Islamic Relations and with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Rep. Ellison has denied any connection with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Graves, Bachmann's DFL opponent, said her charges are based "on nothing but conjecture and wild conspiracy theories."
Meanwhile, Bachmann's backers continue to support her and await results of requests for investigations.
Some critics question why the Sixth District continues to re-elect someone who makes such reckless charges, with little evidence to support them.
Voters of the Sixth District have a duty to cast an informed vote when they go to the polls in November. Examining these latest charges is a good place to start.


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DANNY Thomas has challenged his Chippenham players to carry on fighting for each other and build on their crucial victory over Avonmouth Old Boys last weekend with another triumph this Saturday.
A hard-fought 8-7 win in Bristol saw Thomas' men bring their ten-match losing streak to an end and notch up their first away win of the season so far.
Chippenham, who now have three victories to their name this campaign, have leapfrogged Avonmouth into 12th-place in the National League Three South West table and now they have got the monkey off their back, Thomas has called on his side to throw everything into staving off the threat of relegation.
"It was a tight game and it wasn't much of a spectacle but the difficult weather conditions dictated that. We had a bit of luck at times but in the end, I thought that we deserved to win," said the Chippenham coach.
"It's a big result for us but we've got to back it up with another good performance this weekend (at home to Barnstaple.
"It's all about having a settled squad and having boys that are going to work for each other. They showed that in abundance on the weekend and it's important that they keep that going.
"We know that we've got some tough fixtures coming up, especially a few away from home, but we've got to be confident that we can carry on picking up points.
"It doesn't matter if it's a point, four points or five points – we've got to keep on getting them on the board to put pressure on the sides above us and the ones below us."
Chippenham opened their account around the half-hour mark as Tom Knight crashed over the whitewash from close range after Avonmouth's Phil Dickinson was shown a yellow card for preventing a quick penalty.
The hosts were caught offside on the stroke of half-time, allowing Sam Saunders to land a penalty and put Thomas' men 8-0 up.
Avonmouth roared back in the second period and almost pulled back a try when Andy Taylor looked to have made it over the line but the referee was unconvinced and the home side were denied the score.
But, ten minutes from time, the deficit was reduced to a whisker as a Harry Hone try was converted by Eamonn Rees but Chippenham held on to claim a vital win.
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BROMSGROVE Sporting are set for a final showdown at their Victoria Ground home on Saturday when they take on Paget Rangers in the Smedley Crooke Memorial Cup (3pm ko).
Tuesday's 2-1 victory over Pilkington XXX, sealed by Mark Bellingham's double, means The Rouslers can end their wait for silverware at their home ground.
Since the club's birth fourth years ago the fans have been waiting for some silverware to celebrate.
With manager Adrian Mander's side in excellent form to secure second place in the Midland Combination Premier, a cup win would be the icing on the cake.
Paget were reinstated in the cup after Malvern were unable to fulfil the fixture on this date and a large crowd is expected to back the hosts, who will be favourites to defeat their Division Two rivals.
"The support has been really good this season, so it would be nice if we could reward them with some silverware," said Mander.
"It was great to finish second and a cup would be the icing on the cake."


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Rockies let lead slip away in Flande's MLB debut
Five-run fourth inning builds early cushion for 28-year-old rookie
DENVER -- Rockies right-handed reliever Adam Ottavino finished the eighth inning with his hands gripping his head as Matt Holliday's fly ball managed to stay in the yard.
But it was just a snippet of good luck for Ottavino during a rough Wednesday afternoon, the latest day to forget in a nightmarish June.
Daniel Descalso and Matt Carpenter bested Ottavino for RBI doubles -- neither hit hard -- to erase a one-run lead as the Rockies fell for the eighth time in nine games, 9-6, at Coors Field in front of 34,635.
"I don't know," Ottavino said. "I don't have any answers for today. I feel horrible."
Ottavino (0-3) had a 1.46 ERA through the end of May. In June, it's 12.20. When you're going that badly, there are home runs and hard-hit balls. But there are also hits like Descalso's -- to left, with the outfield shading him to right -- on a ball that seemed foul off the bat, but barely landed fair.
Then there was Carpenter's, up the middle and off the glove of diving shortstop Troy Tulowitzki.
"Honestly, I thought [Descalso's hit] was a foul ball, until the moment that it wasn't," Ottavino said. "I wasn't even worried when it was in the air. I thought it was foul. You look at the tape and he thought it was foul, too. But the guy [Mark Ellis] was running on the pitch. Perfect spot.
"We had [Carpenter] shaded up the middle, but that didn't matter."
The inning gave the Cards a 7-6 lead. They added two unearned runs in the top of the ninth to make a winner of Pat Neshek (2-0). Trevor Rosenthal went 1 1/3 innings and threw 41 pitches for his 23rd save. He fanned Tulowitzki after an 11-pitch at-bat on a 100 mph fastball, then forced a Justin Morneau fly ball.
It was a fitting end to the Rockies' downer of a homestand -- 1-5, after going 3-7 during their previous stand against the D-backs, Dodgers and Braves. They were shut out Monday by Lance Lynn and the Cards' bullpen, but in every other game, the Rockies scored at least four runs.
"We're in a tough stretch, no doubt about it, but the resolve hasn't wavered at all," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "None of it is coming easy."
Significant numbers of fans were wearing red and supporting Cardinals left-hander Marco Gonzales, who hails from Fort Collins, Colo. He is the son of the Rockies' short-season affiliate Tri-City pitching coach Frank Gonzales, and he was making his Major League debut.
Rockies lefty Yohan Flande also was making his debut, but Gonzales' reception made him practically a visitor in his home park.
But that didn't sway Flande, not after having chased his chance for most of the last 10 seasons -- the first four just trying to graduate from the Dominican Summer League. He had spent the previous years in the Phillies and Braves organizations, and he nearly made the Braves' bullpen at the start of 2010.
But when the Rockies needed a Majors-leading 12th starting pitcher because of multiple injuries, they reached to Triple-A Colorado Springs and called up Flande, who gave up four runs and six hits, struck out four in five innings and left with a 5-4 lead. Three scored in the fifth, two on Matt Adams' ninth homer of the season.
"I was relaxed because I've been pitching for a long time," Flande said, with fellow pitcher Jorge De La Rosa interpreting. "I treated it like all those days in the Minors."
Gonzales, the Cardinals' top Draft pick last year, pleased his supporters by retiring the first eight and finishing with five innings, seven hits and five runs, with three strikeouts. He fanned Drew Stubbs and Tulowitzki in the first inning.
"The one against Tulo was pretty memorable," said Gonzales, who struck the National League Home Run Derby captain out on three changeups. "That's my pitch and that's what I'm going to."
But the Rockies figured him out in a five-run fifth that included Stubbs' sixth homer of the season and second in as many games to open the inning, Corey Dickerson's two-run double, DJ LeMahieu's RBI single and Flande's slug-bunt fielder's choice with one out.
"Both young starters gave their team a chance to win the game," Weiss said. "Flande was outstanding. He gave up three in the fifth. I thought he was very good. Gonzales was outstanding the first time through the lineup. We got a few off him, but he hung in, gave his team a chance to win."
Charlie Blackmon added an RBI double off reliever Seth Maness in the Rockies' sixth.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: Lawyers given more time before Monsanto settlement By Kate White July 25, 2012 Story Share WINFIELD, W.Va. -- The judge presiding over the Monsanto class-action dioxin lawsuit has given attorneys more time to submit materials for and against the proposed settlement agreement reached in February on the eve of trial.Circuit Judge Derek Swope signed an order Tuesday with the revised schedule, citing other issues, which have arisen in the case, which, he said, made the previous schedule "impracticable."Attorneys have been ordered to submit proposals for the court's ruling on the fairness of the settlement agreement and will now do so by Aug. 27. The settlement has been challenged by a group of Nitro residents represented by Arlington, Va., attorney Thomas Urban.Before an agreement in a class-action lawsuit is finalized, the members of the class must be notified of the proposed settlement and given a chance to object to its terms.Expert testimony must be presented to prove the settlement is appropriate and that the testing procedures of the medical monitoring match the benefits that originally were sought, among other things.The judge must decide if the settlement reached Feb. 24, after nearly a decade of litigation, is fair, reasonable and adequate.In another order Tuesday, Swope also ruled he won't consider the opinion of Charleston lawyer Thomas Flaherty that the settlement is fair and adequate. Flaherty, who served as mediator in the case and has also been named as administrator to handle implementation of the medical monitoring if it is approved, had given the opinion in testimony at the fairness hearing June 18.However, Flaherty, who was the only one to testify in favor of the proposed settlement at the fairness hearing, later objected to answering discovery questions submitted by the objectors, citing confidentiality rules, which govern mediation. Swope found Flaherty's confidentiality objection well founded, but said he didn't believe it would be fair to the objectors to allow his opinion but deny them an opportunity to challenge it. The judge also ruled on other discovery issues, directing that certain documents from expert witnesses in support of the settlement be provided to the objectors by July 30.After the lawyers submit "proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law" to the court by the end of August, Swope will rule on the issue of whether the settlement is fair and adequate.Under the tentative agreement, chemical giant Monsanto will provide class members up to $93 million. The company has agreed to a 30-year medical monitoring program with a primary fund of $21 million for testing, and up to $63 million in additional funding, if necessary. It also has agreed to spend $9 million cleaning 4,500 homes.The settlement also would allow residents to retain their right to file personal-injury lawsuits against Monsanto if medical tests turn up illnesses potentially related to dioxin exposure.Word of the settlement emerged on the eve of an expected six-month trial in a case in which Nitro-area residents sought medical monitoring for dioxin-related illnesses and a cleanup of what they argue is a contaminated community.In their lawsuit filed in 2004, Nitro residents said Monsanto unsafely burned dioxin wastes and spread contaminated soot and dust across the city, polluting homes with unsafe levels of the chemical. For more than 50 years, the Monsanto plant in Nitro churned out herbicides, rubber products and other chemicals. The plant's production of the defoliant Agent Orange created dioxin as a toxic chemical byproduct.Reach Kate White at email@example.com or 304-348-1723. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Derek Redd: Marshall thinks outside the cable box for broadcasts 2 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 3 DHHR report: No neglect, criminal charges in death of ResCare client 4 'Heroin(e)' spotlights women helping combat Huntington's drug crisis 5 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County Colorado movie theater shooting suspect doesn't speak in first court appearance Previous Story Democrats' tax-cut bill passes in Senate Next Story


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You have a key ring that's big enough to be the janitor's.
Khakis and polos are the only attire you own.
You have permanent sunglass tan in the summer as well as a complete farmer's tan.
You speak in radio language even when you are not on the radio…10-4?
The beach is a far off land where you heard some lucky people vacation.
You pick up any piece of trash on the ground whether you're working or not.
You point with two fingers or a full hand no matter what.
If you aren't speaking in radio language you are speaking in abbreviation…ML, AP, SP, TMO, MCR, FB&G, MH, UROC, EE, ACW, BB…
You've heard the words….Winner Winner Chicken Dinner and you don't wonder what it means.
You don't even hear, "Watch the Tram Car please" anymore.
You know it is dangerous to cross the boardwalk on foot between the hours of 9:00 and 11:00am.
Seagull poop is an accessory that you've worn more times than you'd like to admit.
You know a corndog is a complete nutritional breakfast especially if you use ketchup.
You've gotten sunburn, windburn and soaking wet all in the same day (you're just lucky it hasn't snowed…oh wait).
And finally your job is to make sure everyone is safe and having a great time and that makes everything else worth it when you see a child smiling and laughing on his/her first ride or down a slide in the waterpark!
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I was pleased to learn that Jane and Neil Golub of Price Chopper Supermarkets would be among the honorees at the Housewares Charity Foundation gala.
The Golubs and Price Chopper are household names where I come from: Schenectady, NY, one of the Tri Cities, along with Albany and Troy, that anchor New York's Capital Region.
I was born about a mile from Price Chopper's current headquarters, and I witnessed as a child and adolescent the chain's expansion throughout the region in the 1970s and 1980s.
Grand Opening
The supermarket was an unlikely place to capture the imagination of a kid forced to tag along on mom's weekly grocery visits. Then Price Chopper opened a new flagship store in Schenectady in the mid-1970s, billing it as a supercenter, unfamiliar retail nomenclature at the time. The fanfare behind that store's grand opening captivated the whole region. I'll never forget unsuspectingly seeing television sets for sale in the store, and how cool I thought that was.
Fast-forward some 40 years. Price Chopper and many similar supermarket operations across the country are among the last strongholds of regional retailing. Those that have remained closely intertwined with their hometown communities, while advancing their distribution and marketing capabilities and efficiencies to support steady regional expansion, have been able to fend off the influx of national mass merchants angling for more grocery share.
Local Support
Regional supermarkets have cemented trust and loyalty among their core shoppers over the years through a focus on homebred selections and community-centric marketing campaigns. That's a significant advantage in the battle to capture and hold consumers once again embracing the virtues of supporting local businesses.
Grocery supercenters looking to inflate their shopping carts with consumer electronics, housewares, garden products and myriad other general merchandise staples might not be as startling as they were back in the 70s. The channel's best operators, though, continue to refine their general merchandise strategies to balance traditional impulse goods with distinctive in-line programs that advance the stores as one-stop-shopping destinations.
Opportunity Hot Bed
This has become a hot bed of new sales opportunity for housewares suppliers that can overcome the channel's impatience for slow-turning goods.
Landing an in-line slot at supermarkets is no easy accomplishment, but more such positions are opening for determined housewares suppliers. Meanwhile, hardline buyers at supermarkets seem eager to explore new, creative merchandising solutions that optimize every available nook and cranny in the stores.
Regional supermarket operators, such as Price Chopper's Golub family, don't always get a chance to share the stage with the national retail powers. That doesn't mean they don't deserve credit for die-hard commitment to merchandising innovation and community that has kept them vital links in the retailing food chain.
Congratulations to Jane and Neil Golub from that former kid who had to tag along with his mom every week. I've been away from Schenectady and the Capital District for more than two decades. But I'll never forget seeing TV sets for sale at a supermarket for the first time… and how important Price Chopper was to my family and me.


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The Fantastic Four's lovely Sue Storm...
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Kotobukiya has release images of their latest Marvel Bishoujo statue: the Fantastic Four's lovely Sue Storm, aka: the Invisible Woman.
Sue stands on her defeated opponent, shedding her protective force field and reappearing from invisibility. Casually walking toward you with one hand on her hip, the fantastic heroine twirls her long blonde hair with the other. The Invisible Woman is dressed in her iconic Fantastic Four costume, an ultra skintight bodysuit showing off all of her sexy curves in blue and black with the team's logo on her chest. To highlight her powers a mix of clear PVC has been used on Sue's legs, hands, and hair, while the force field shards around her are a contrasting pale blue.
Invisible Woman stands just over 9 inches tall (in the current Marvel Bishoujo 1/7th scale) on a georama base depicting the hand of the gigantic green monster from the cover of Fantastic Four #1, "The Mole Man's Monster".
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The Woodmont Christian Church in Nashville took its youth group to Guatemala on a CFCA mission awareness trip in 2008. Since then the youth group has made a commitment to return to Guatemala every three years so that all its members may experience at least one journey. Here is Jim Thomas' account of the group's 2011 trip (you can see more photos at http://woodmontkids.smugmug.com).
During our journey a group of 15 Woodmont youth heard the sobering story of a 17-year-old Guatemalan boy.
He had to leave high school to work, and for three years carried rocks on his back at a bridge construction site to support his family.
Today with CFCA scholarships for high school age students, he had resumed his studies to resume a heroic path out of grinding poverty.
His perseverance, passion for his family and education, and the contribution he will make to the future of his country are inspiring.
He was one of the thousands of Guatemalans of mostly Mayan ancestry that our group had the extraordinary privilege to encounter.
Hosted by the CFCA Center in San Lucas Toliman, we humbly represented the face of hope provided by the hundreds of thousands of CFCA sponsors who offer solidarity and encouragement to the world's poor and marginalized citizens.
Monthly sponsorship contributes to the basic needs of 98,000 young and elderly friends in Guatemala; an additional 200,000 CFCA sponsored friends live in 21 countries around the world.
Time after time we were warmly embraced by descendants of the woman who gave Jesus her last penny.
The love and generosity that enveloped us the entire week were epic: a faith-affirming, life-changing encounter with the Holy Spirit incarnate.
Often it seemed we were unworthy of the love and generosity that we encountered, but our introduction to a broader and deeper understanding of the universal body of Christ was rock solid.
Each day as our world became smaller, the Woodmont church family increased exponentially.
While sponsorship is the cornerstone of CFCA's worldwide ministry, a mission awareness trip is not about fundraising.
It is the most powerful argument you could imagine to follow Jesus' commandment to unconditionally love each other as He loved us.
For those with the resources to commit to sponsorship ($30/month), the little that is shared is dwarfed by what is received in return.
We had the pleasure of spending an unforgettable day with 19 of the 25 children that are sponsored friends of Woodmont's members and ministries.
Our youth did a superb job of representing Grupo Woodmont, where despite language and cultural barriers they were the smiling faces, open arms and a personal connection to someone who cares for these children and families.
For our youth who had studied Spanish, the bonds were immediate and deep!
By the time we lifted off on Tuesday afternoon the journey had inspired our group to add eight new sponsored friends and their families to the Woodmont flock. Thom's lyric, "Feel that special love sent down from God above," took on a profound new relevance.
Plans are already under way for Woodmont youth to return in 2014.
Today's freshmen will be the 2014 senior class mission leaders, following the example of the 2011 seniors who accompanied Woodmont's inaugural CFCA Mission Awareness Trip in 2008.
With God's grace the day will come when the children you see on the steps every week during the Children's Moment meet face to face the boy our children now sponsor.


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Im trying to select in h3 classes when the tab is generated a page. any ideas anyone?
// random dynamic classes for Job Description heading title$rand = rand(1,50);$jd = 'jd-';$jd .= $rand;
// random dynamic classes for main content$rands = rand(50,100);$maintitlesjd = 'maintitles_jd-';$maintitlesjd .= $rands;
echo("
" . 'Job Description' . '
');
Should be possible and there are a number of options, but I'll be able to help more if you can post some HTML (i.e. whatever is generated by your PHP script)
Here are the code im using:
if(isset($_POST["qsurvey"]) && isset($_POST["qjobnumber"])){
$x = new aj_xml($_POST["qsurvey"],$_POST["qjobnumber"]);
$x = new aj_xml('LOCL','10.02',true);
if($x->file_does_exist == true){
echo("
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echo("
" . 'Job Description' . '
');
echo("
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foreach($x->values as $key=>$value){
if(is_numeric($key)) echo "
" . $value . "
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if(!is_numeric($key))echo "
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echo("
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echo("
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Job Description

SURVEY JOB NUMBER10.01

SURVEY JOB TITLE GENERAL MANAGER

ALTERNATIVE TITLEManaging Director

JOB PURPOSEResponsible for running the UK diagnostic company/division. To be responsible for providing strategic direction to the UK business. To plan for and to ensure the achievement of targeted sales revenue and profit and growth plans for the company.

TYPICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

To be a Director of the UK company

To have full P&L responsibility for the business

To plan and implement the growth objectives for the company

To ensure the senior management team are fully supported and aware of their own and their teams' objectives

To work closely with the management team in achieving the company objectives, planning, budgeting

To ensure appropriate staff training and development for all members of staff

To set appropriate targets and rewards for staff

To ensure implementation of competitive pricing policy for all products to maximise sales and to achieve the Business plan

To identify any possible new business opportunities that may complement company portfolio

To ensure UK company compliance to group company objectives, e.g. continuous improvement

To maintain the Health & Safety policy for the Company

EDUCATION, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Graduate level education

Post-graduate business qualification

In depth knowledge of the relevant markets

Proven ability to manage a profitable business

Hi there,
Presuming all of the
 tags you want to select have ids starting with "jd-", this sounds like a job for the attribute starts with selector.
So, in your case, this would be:
A further example:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Unbenanntes Dokument</title>

Job Description 1

Job Description 2

Job Description 3

Job Description 4

Job Description 5

$(document).ready(function() {
$headings = $('h3[class^="jd-"]')
Do you know how to create toggle div img plus and minus when click on that heading?
I've been trying to use this code below but it doesnt work properly.
$(".dad h3").click(function(event){ //event.stopPropagation();
$(this).next(".dad .maintitles_jd").stop(true, true).slideToggle()
.siblings(".dad .maintitles_jd:visible").stop(true, true).slideUp();
$(this).stop(true, true).toggleClass("active");
$(this).siblings(".dad h3").removeClass("active");
the first toggle when clicked worked correctly but when clicked on the second one it keeps toggle up and down.
I'm probably missing something, but this works for me:
$(".dad h3").click(function(){
Could you post a link to a page where I could see this in action?
Here's a standard tree-view plugin for jQuery, that is very successful at doing what it does.http://mbraak.github.io/jqTree/
it works ok on first toggle but when clicked on the other ones it just keep toggle up and down repeatedly :/
joeboo: Could you post a link to your site?
There's also a slightly older tree-view that uses plus and minus signs on each branch, at https://github.com/jzaefferer/jquery-treeview
sorry Pullo i cant as we running as internal web server for our company see.
Okay then. Please let us when there's a way for us to experience the same problem that is being experienced there.We will then be able to more easily provide you with assistance for the issue.
As Paul says, we need to really see the problem to be able to help further.
The only other thing which might work is if you go to the page where you are having the trouble, inspect the source code of the page (e.g. Ctrl + U in Chrome), then paste the source code here.If you do that, please be sure to use code tags.
thanks for the help guys but I've managed to fix it now


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It's difficult to think of my husband as a grown man. When we met, he had blonde hair that was kind of long, big green eyes and was on the skinny side; he looked like a surfer and was oh, so cute. We were barely in our 20s and he was my boyfriend, not my manfriend. Now, my husband still has blonde hair – OK, with a little gray mixed in – he still has beautiful, big green eyes and he has added some nice muscle to that skinny body. He is still oh, so cute. But I don't remember him turning in his boy badge for a man badge. He's still the same guy I met 24 years ago. He looks a little different, but it seems that time has stood still for him.
When something gives, something takes, and while time has stood still for my husband, time has sped up for my son. In just four short years, my little boy will technically be a man. I'm catching my breath from saying that.
I savored the moments with my baby as best I could in anticipation of the time he would no longer fit on my lap or when his voice would change so much that I'd hardly recognize it on the phone. I dismissed all of the advice directing me to let go and make him be independent, even if he wasn't ready. I knew back then that time was going to fly by, and I held my son a little closer every time an older parent reminded me of that rude fact. With all my might, I held on to our time.
But the time still slipped through my clutched fingers, and now I find myself fighting even harder to slow it down. I spent most of my summer waiting for the reality of my son starting high school to hit me, hard. At the same time, I braced myself with the understanding that my perception of life is up to me. If I could keep focused on each day's words and moments, I could slow time a bit. If I really listen to my son talk instead of listening while reading mail or cleaning the kitchen, I could attach the inflections in his voice to the slight movements of his face. I could take note of the subtle changes instead of being shocked when they'd developed behind my back.
I'm glad to have stumbled on to this new way of thinking, now, when I still have another lifetime ahead of me. My son and my beautiful daughter, who I can't even begin to think of as a woman, still have many phases to go through and will always need my husband and me. Maybe we can't wipe their tears away in a rocking chair anymore, but we can soak it all in, even when they are just talking about their day.
Coincidentally, as I write, I am listening to Dave Matthews Band. My husband, my manly husband, and I have been fans since before our son was born. The song playing right now, "Everyday," is one my son loved and sang when he was 2 years old. We have been taking our children to Dave concerts since they were toddlers, and when we saw the band again a few months ago, we were taken back through the years with every song.
I am thankful for the times I can watch my children sleep, or gaze out of the window at my husband in the garden, or dance with all three of them to Dave songs. The years are flying by, but I will do my best to observe with deliberation as my children grow into adults, by taking the time to focus every day.


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A DOCTOR is swapping his surgery for the saddle next week to embark on a 970-mile charity cycle.
Dr Ian Maudsley, who acts as Burnley FC's matchday crowd doctor at Turf Moor, will pedal from Land's End to John O'Groats in aid of Pendleside Hospice.
The 46-year-old, who also works at the Parkside Surgery, in Colne Road, has already raised more than half of his £2,000 fundraising target.
Dr Maudsley, of Stephenson Drive, Ightenhill, will set off from Land's End with three friends next Tuesday.
He said: "I've worked for Pendleside Hospice for about 17 years as one of their out-of-hours doctors.
"What a lot of people don't realise is that it's not just somewhere people go to die.
"It's about improving the patients' quality of life and, for the vast majority of people admitted to the hospice, they will see an improvement in their symptoms. For many years I have been privileged to be able to help the hospice provide fantastic care to many patients and their families."
The distance from Land's End to John O'Groats is 603 miles, but sticking to classified roads extends it to 838 miles.
Dr Maudsley and his team will undertake a 970-mile route over nine days, staying at B&Bs and hostels along the way.
He said: "The training has been going very well.
"I'm just hoping I have done enough.
"I took up cycling a few years ago and always wanted to do one of the larger events.
"I'd be doing this anyway so I thought I might as well do it for the hospice.
"We're all doing it for different causes and hopefully we all make it back in one piece."
To sponsor Dr Maudsley, whose cycle begins on April 2, visit www.just giving.com/docdoeslejog


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Q. I have several large bottles of liquor that have been opened. I would like to transport these bottles to a friend's house. Is there a legal way to do this? � Will keeping them in my trunk while I am driving sober be enough, or can I still get ticketed for that?
– Christina Hoots, Orange
A. Adults must keep open containers of booze out of the passenger compartment, so tucking them into the trunk is fine. So is putting the stuff in the back bed of a truck, said Todd Kovaletz, a spokesman and officer for the California Highway Patrol at the Santa Ana headquarters.
Minors, well, you need an accompanying, qualifying adult to have any booze in a vehicle with you. So not only would open containers have to be out of the passenger compartment, you would need a qualifying adult, such as a parent, legal guardian or "responsible adult relative," to play chaperone to the hooch, according to state law. Never-opened liquor containers, with the qualifying adult, can be in the passenger compartment. Minors can deliver liquor for work in some scenarios.
Q. What happens to the good stuff that falls onto the freeways? On my commute along the 57 each day, I see almost-new ladders, paint cans, carpets, etc.
– Mario Luna, Anaheim
A. Honk loves nifty stats, so let's start with that. Street sweepers for Caltrans' Orange County division drove 12,168 miles last year to pick up 154 tons of sediment and debris from freeways and highways. An additional 3,397 cubic yards of trash were scooped up as well.
The CHP is often called to get big stuff like couches and ladders that tumble from vehicles. An officer performs a traffic break, hops out and drags the bulky item to the side of the road so Caltrans can collect it.
"Interesting items picked up include wallets, cash registers and movie scripts," said Gloria Roberts, a Caltrans spokeswoman for Orange County.
The agency's maintenance manual lays out in detail what can happen to the lost or discarded items. Most notably, the cleanup crew can keep absolutely nothing. If possible, the owner will be found. Eventually, owner-less items will meet such fates as being destroyed, donated to charity or handed over to the cops.
So if you lost something out there in the asphalt jungle, start by calling the local Caltrans office.
Got a question? Contact Honk at email@example.com.


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Hampshire, U.K. -- Retailers are predicted to spend $55 billion on mobile marketing by 2015, which is almost double the $28 billion expected this year, according to a new study by Juniper Research.
The study, "Retail mCommerce: Mobile & Tablet Marketing, Advertising & Coupon Strategies 2013-2017," found that the development of a mass tablet market had created new opportunities for brands seeking to enhance engagement with consumers. With e-commerce migrating to mobile and nomadic devices, ad spending on both tablets and smartphones is continuing to grow strongly as retailers migrate their own spend to digital in general, and mobile in particular.
The report found that mobiles were driving retail traffic through coupons, with couponing apps becoming an increasingly popular mechanism of distribution and coupon storage. It also highlighted the increasing trend towards the development of additional distribution channels – such as AR (augmented reality) and NFC (near field communications) – as mobile becomes increasingly integrated into in-store retail strategies.
But Juniper cautioned that while retailer engagement with mobile channels had increased dramatically, many had still not optimized their sites for mobile browsing, registration or payment.
"If retailers truly want to maximize the mobile monetization opportunity, then optimization is critical," stated report author Dr. Windsor Holden. "If you are using mobile advertising for consumer acquisition, you need to push users to a site with which they can comfortably interact; retailers that fail to respond to consumer demand will fall behind."
Other key findings from the report include:
Brands are increasingly seeking to integrate campaigns across mobile social networks such as Foursquare and Facebook; and
Brands and retailers need to ensure that mobile ads are frequency capped to prevent overexposure.