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New Mexico Gov Committed To 'Full Repeal' Of Illegal Immigrant License Law
There are 15 comments on the CBS Local story from Jan 24, 2013, titled New Mexico Gov Committed To 'Full Repeal' Of Illegal Immigrant License Law. In it, CBS Local reports that:
Gov. Susana Martinez said Wednesday that she remained committed to "full repeal" of a New Mexico law that allows illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses despite signaling a willingness to compromise with state Democrats a day earlier.
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#1 Jan 24, 2013
Give them nothing. Throw this human garbage out of the US.
#2 Jan 24, 2013
It's funny, legal Hispanics not wanting rights for illegals ...seems they know them better than we do, and realize giving them anything always turns into a big joke. Stay the course Martinez, no licenses for illegals.
#4 Jan 24, 2013
We need to contact her, either through email or phone call. SHOW YOUR SUPPORT for people who are fighting the battle! Let them know that a majority of Americans are behind them.
Illegal aliens, through smaller in number, yell loudly! The only thing we have in our favor are our voices, votes and the law! USE THEM!!!
#5 Jan 24, 2013
#6 Jan 24, 2013
Talk is cheap and that's all she's been doing.
#7 Jan 24, 2013
If a majority of Americans were behind your cause, these would be no illegals in the USA so I hate to inform you... you're the minority here.
#8 Jan 24, 2013
right on Magi, I wish she were president! Maybe NOW THESE ILLEGALS WILL MOVE ALONG TO CANADA or anywhere else BUT HERE!
#9 Jan 24, 2013
You are either illegal yourself or an anchor whose parents are in danger of being DEPORTED.
#10 Jan 24, 2013
All over America, people spend hours each and every day, down on their knees, praying to the Almighty to please, please open the hearts of any American who opposes giving citizenship, nay, not just citizenship, but also welfare benefits, rent subsidies, healthcare benefits, college scholarships and free Obama phones, to the hard-working illegal aliens, excuse me, undocumented immigrants, just like our grandparents were. I have news for you, Rico, you and your fellow scum are so ignorant, do delusional and so useless you have NO idea how hated and despised you wetbax are in this country. Oh, you get nice Americans who smile as you as you now their lawns or clean their toilets, but even to liberals, illegal aliens are subhuman leeches and roaches. Coincidentally, this is the exact same opinion their own government has of them because they send them here. Send us more liars, thieves, cheats, self-centered, greedy, lawbreakers Americans pray. Please send us more of this human garbage. Laugh now, greas er, your days in the US are numbered.
#11 Jan 24, 2013
canada will shoot first,before they let the invasion start
#12 Jan 25, 2013
You are a clueless individual. The majority of the USA citizens are fed up with illegal immigration.
Americans are tired of providing for this lawbreakers.
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#14 Jan 25, 2013
the wallstreet bankers hirer the people to post these polls,every citizen ive came across,do want these illegal mexicans here,thoese polls dont reflect,the american citizens
#15 Jan 25, 2013
good post 2 thumps up,your feeling,are the americans feelings
Since: Apr 10
#16 Jan 25, 2013
"59% of likely voters believe that the policies and practices of the federal government encourage illegal immigration. Only 23% disagree (Rasmussen, September 2011).
72% of likely voters believe parents should be required to prove they are legal residents when registering their child for public school; only 21% oppose such a requirement. Only 32% believe that children of illegal aliens should be allowed to attend public school in the U.S., opposed to 53% who disagree (Rasmussen, August 2011).
81% of likely voters oppose granting in-state tuition to illegal aliens in their state, with 12% supporting tuition breaks for illegal aliens (Rasmussen, August 2011).
66% of likely voters say that gaining control of the border is more important than amnesty for illegal aliens. Only 27% believe amnesty is more important (Rasmussen, July 2011).
43% of Americans believe that immigration to the U.S. should be decreased, 35% believe that it should be remain at its present level, while only 18% believe that it should be increased (Gallup, June 2011)."
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Tan X.,U.S. National Cancer Institute |
Anzick S.L.,U.S. National Cancer Institute |
Khan S.G.,U.S. National Cancer Institute |
Ueda T.,U.S. National Cancer Institute |
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Human Mutation | Year: 2013
Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer and DiGeorge syndrome (DGS) is the most frequent interstitial deletion syndrome. We characterized a novel balanced t(9;22)(p21;q11.2) translocation in a patient with melanoma, DNA repair deficiency, and features of DGS including deafness and malformed inner ears. Using chromosome sorting, we located the 9p21 breakpoint in CDKN2A intron 1. This resulted in underexpression of the tumor suppressor p14 alternate reading frame (p14ARF); the reduced DNA repair was corrected by transfection with p14ARF. Ultraviolet radiation-type p14ARF mutations in his melanoma implicated p14ARF in its pathogenesis. The 22q11.2 breakpoint was located in a palindromic AT-rich repeat (PATRR22). We identified a new gene, FAM230A, that contains PATRR22 within an intron. The 22q11.2 breakpoint was located 800 kb centromeric to TBX1, which is required for inner ear development. TBX1 expression was greatly reduced. The translocation resulted in a chimeric transcript encoding portions of p14ARF and FAM230A. Inhibition of chimeric p14ARF-FAM230A expression increased p14ARF and TBX1 expression and improved DNA repair. Expression of the chimera in normal cells produced dominant negative inhibition of p14ARF. Similar chimeric mRNAs may mediate haploinsufficiency in DGS or dominant negative inhibition of other genes such as those involved in melanoma. © 2013 WILEY PERIODICALS, INC.
Grimsley-Myers C.M.,University of Virginia |
Sipe C.W.,University of Virginia |
Wu D.K.,National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders |
Lu X.,University of Virginia
Developmental Biology | Year: 2012
Development of the mammalian inner ear requires coordination of cell proliferation, cell fate determination and morphogenetic movements. While significant progress has been made in identifying developmental signals required for inner ear formation, less is known about how distinct signals are coordinated by their downstream mediators. Members of the Rac family of small GTPases are known regulators of cytoskeletal remodeling and numerous other cellular processes. However, the function of Rac GTPases in otic development is largely unexplored. Here, we show that Rac1 and Rac3 redundantly regulate many aspects of inner ear morphogenesis. While no morphological defects were observed in Rac3 -/- mice, Rac1 CKO; Rac3 -/- double mutants displayed enhanced vestibular and cochlear malformations compared to Rac1 CKO single mutants. Moreover, in Rac1 CKO; Rac3 -/- mutants, we observed compromised E-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion, reduced cell proliferation and increased cell death in the early developing otocyst, leading to a decreased size and malformation of the membranous labyrinth. Finally, cochlear extension was severely disrupted in Rac1 CKO; Rac3 -/- mutants, accompanied by a loss of epithelial cohesion and formation of ectopic sensory patches underneath the cochlear duct. The compartmentalized expression of otic patterning genes within the Rac1 CKO; Rac3 -/- mutant otocyst was largely normal, however, indicating that Rac proteins regulate inner ear morphogenesis without affecting cell fate specification. Taken together, our results reveal an essential role for Rac GTPases in coordinating cell adhesion, cell proliferation, cell death and cell movements during otic development. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.
Faroqi-Shah Y.,University of Maryland University College |
Kling T.,Johns Hopkins University |
Solomon J.,Medical Numerics |
Liu S.,National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders |
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GPS Solutions | Year: 2014
Background: Three aspects of language production are impaired to different degrees in individuals with post-stroke aphasia: ability to repeat words and nonwords, name pictures, and produce sentences. These impairments often persist into the chronic stages, and the neuroanatomical distribution of lesions associated with chronicity of each of these impairments is incompletely understood.Aims: The primary objective of this study was to investigate the lesion correlates of picture naming, sentence production, and nonword repetition deficits in the same participant group because most prior lesion studies have mapped single language impairments. The broader goal of this study was to investigate the extent and degree of overlap and uniqueness among lesions resulting in these deficits in order to advance the current understanding of functional subdivision of neuroanatomical regions involved in language production.Methods & Procedures: In this study, lesion-symptom mapping was used to determine if specific cortical regions are associated with nonword repetition, picture naming, and sentence production scores. Structural brain images and behavioural performance of 31 individuals with post-stroke left hemisphere lesions and a diagnosis of aphasia were used in the lesion analysis.Outcomes & Results: Each impairment was associated with mostly unique, but a few shared lesions. Overall, sentence and repetition deficits were associated with left anterior perisylvian lesions, including the pars opercularis and triangularis of the inferior frontal lobe, anterior superior temporal gyrus, anterior portions of the supramarginal gyrus, the putamen, and anterior portions of the insula. In contrast, impaired picture naming was associated with posterior perisylvian lesions including major portions of the inferior parietal lobe and middle temporal gyrus. The distribution of lesions in the insula was consistent with this antero-posterior perisylvian gradient. Significant voxels in the posterior planum temporale were associated with a combination of all three deficits.Conclusions: These findings emphasise the participation of each perisylvian region in multiple linguistic functions, suggesting a many(functions)-to-many(networks) framework while also identifying functional subdivisions within each region.


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In the search for ways to efficiently pack a radiation shield to protect manned spacecraft on deep space missions, Nasa is looking to the public for help
Sales of origami are surging, as more people look for alternatives to technology after the success of adult colouring books last year
Freddie Krueger, Frankenstein, the Addams Family … Marc Hagan-Guirey has taken a blade to them all. The dark king of kirigami gives Stuart Jeffries a crash course in the Japanese paper art. Will there be blood?
How the Japanese art form is reshaping home accessories
Folding paper sculptures is the perfect distraction for anyone tired of their grownup's colouring book
Surface to Structure: Folded Forms is a New York exhibition of origami artwork that brings together the work of 88 artists from five continents
At first glance these look like legitimate designs for European football kits from the 1990s, but in fact they're cigarette packets torn and folded to look like the real deal
Built to a 1/100th scale, these papercut models by Japanese artist and designer Naoki Terada are wonderfully minimal and delicate representations of sport.
Other lives: Founder member of the British Origami Society, he did much to popularise the pastime
In Margaret Wertheim's classes for the Wide Open School she looks at concepts of space as understood by mathematicians and physicists, as well as teaching business card origami
US lawsuit alleges that Sarah Morris produced her abstract paintings by colouring in between the creases of their patterns with household gloss
From nudes in Salford to urban origami in west London, we have the lowdown on the best art shows to see this week
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Lily Davis demonstrates how to fold your Stephen Jones-designed Guardian origami hat
Japanese scientists are preparing to unleash a hi-tech paper plane from about 250 miles above Earth on the International Space Station
Scientists prepare to launch high-tech origami planes from 250 miles above the Earth
Obituary: Japanese craftsman who singlehandedly revived the art of origami.
An estimated 100m paper birds were released yesterday on the birthday of Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej as a goodwill gesture by the predominantly Buddhist kingdom towards a mainly Muslim region mired in communal violence.


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Players in the insurance sector may have high hopes from the upcoming Union Budget 2015. After all, soon after taking charge the government had decided to raise the FDI cap from 26% to 49%.
"The expectations from Union Budget 2015 are quite high, given that public-private sector as well as people at large expects the BJP-led government to ensure that India is on a high-growth trajectory. The mood of the insurance sector has been on an upswing ever since the ordinance bill increased the limit of FDI in insurance from 26% to 49%," said Alok Bansal, co-founder and CFO of PolicyBazaar.com.
However, not all is hunky-dory at the consumers' end. Insurance, as an investment option is considered to be a tricky business. Most consumers find it hard to trust an insurance company and often have issues while buying an insurance product.
"Currently an insurance buyer has to undergo a lot of paperwork. E-policies and E-claim process can go in a long way to bring them under one umbrella of financial inclusion. This will also bust the mental block that insurance is a complicated process and it is best to stay away from it. A common KYC, in fact an electronic KYC has the potential to revolutionize the financial inclusion plan," added Bansal.
Besides, the Government needs to reform the tax policies for insurance products such as pensions and annuities, in order to make it an attractive option among the insurance buyers.
It should be noted that while planning one's retirement, pensions and annuities are a less preferred option among the many available security instruments. This is so because the current tax doesn't allow huge returns on the annuity offered by the insurance companies.
"One of the important customer needs which drives savings behaviour is retirement planning. This becomes even more important in a country like India because of increasing life expectancy and inadequate social security measures. Insurance industry plays a very important role through pension and annuity products," said Deepak Mittal, managing director and CEO of Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance Company Limited.
Apart from making pensions and annuities attractive options, the government could also relook its tax policies for life insurance product. Life insurance has increasingly become unattractive as the tax benefits offered on these policies are available only in cases where the sum assured to premium ratio is at least 10.
"While this provision was made with the intention to increase the cover provided by life insurance companies, it also ends up making the policies unattractive for middle and higher age groups given that there is an exponential rise in the cost of mortality in later years. We look forward to some relaxation in these guidelines either in form of tax benefits linked to the tenure of the policy or lower multiples for higher age customers," stated Mittal.
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Chandigarh, India (PressExposure) July 26, 2008 -- Vegetables are a great way to provide the necessary vitamins and minerals to your family. However, how many times have you told your children to eat their vegetables? Probably a lot.
Most children seem to have an aversion to vegetables. They will push them around their plate, refuse to eat them and cry. Whether you are trying out vegetable soup recipes or good vegetable grill recipes, children know when you have sneaked healthy vegetables into their meal, and they will probably kick up a fuss.
Vegetables do not have to be the enemy. All you need to do is find a creative way to cook them and your family will love them - guaranteed!
When you stop and think about it, when you were a child and your mother dropped a droopy, soggy, green hunk of broccoli on your plate, would you eat it? Probably not.
There are ways to make your children eat their vegetables. Broccoli, for example, is very high in both vitamins and minerals and there are various ways of preparing it. Good vegetable grill recipes usually turn out great and a lot of kids love these but what if that is not enough and your child still complains? Here are some tips:
Raw - you can put a plateful of raw broccoli in bite size pieces in the refrigerator, arranged around a little dish of salad dressing. Children love to dip their food and serving it in this way is something new for them. Leave the tips of the broccoli on the plate and either encourage your child to eat some or make a game of it. Grilled vegetable recipes are not the only way to prepare veggies.
If all else fails, bribery often works. Tell your child that they will get a special treat if they finish their vegetables. Make sure you have a treat for them afterwards.
Use cheese. Cheese and broccoli go very well together. If you pour a cheese sauce over the broccoli, you are adding texture and changing the flavor. You might find your children eat the broccoli in cheese before whatever else you have served with it.
Lasagna and Pizza - you can add broccoli to lasagna and cover it in cheese and sauce. Your children might not even realize the dish contains broccoli. You could also use a vegetable pizza recipe to make a delicious and nutritious vegetable pizza. Kids think of lasagna and pizza as fun foods and will be more likely to eat them without a fuss and without questioning the contents.
Chop it up - if all else fails, pre cook the broccoli and let it cool a little and put it in a food processor. Chop it up until it is not recognizable and add it to whatever dish you are cooking. Your children will not even know it is there.
Shakes - make a milkshake using ice cream milk and a lot of chocolate syrup. Add the broccoli to the shake as you are blending it. The taste of the chocolate will hide the taste of the broccoli. Just make sure that the ice cream that you use has chunks of something in it that is not hard to find in grocery stores.
There are so many ways that you can get your children to eat their vegetables. It is a very important part of their nutrition.


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Everyone has hopes and dreams. Be it for the money, the fame, or just the love of being the best at what you are passionate about – you want to win. A craving to succeed and be the very best we can be runs through the body like a life force, nourishing the ego and inspiring drive.
Oftentimes, people have a hard time accepting that the only thing keeping someone from their dreams is a lack of belief and will to reach them. These 10 celebrities know what it means to see the lowest of low. They struggled to survive, slept in harsh climates, starved for the sake of their aspirations and guess what? They made it.
You might watch the Golden Globes or ogle at your favorite music video and bow down to the talent and status of your favorite high-profile personalities but the truth is, many of Hollywood's A-listers made their way from nothing.
There is truly nothing like the struggle, the bottom of the barrel, the insistent rumble in your stomach and loss of all hope to inspire greatness. At some point the dream becomes the only way out and either you put in work and way for your relentless efforts to pay off to reap the limitless benefits or you accept failure and lose the will to thrive. In this fast-paced society there is no room to sit back and wait for things to happen. Be the change. Follow your dreams. Manifest your reality see what the power of positivity and perseverance will do for your future.
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CGI of approved scheme in Victoria Way
Planning permission has been granted to deliver a new mixed-use regeneration project including 660 homes at the old Powergen site at Victoria Way in Ashford, Kent.
The scheme was approved by Ashford Borough Council's planning committee last night (15 June), and will be delivered by U+I, in partnership with Canterbury-based developer Quinn Estates and specialist private rented sector operator, Neighbour.
The site was previously occupied by Powergen in the 1990s, but has lain derelict for well over a decade. However, now the scheme will the see the brownfield parcel of land regenerated into 660 new homes, new public realm and a café.
The homes are designed by local RIBA award-winning architect, Guy Hollaway, and will consist of one, two, and three-bedroom flats and 25 houses. 400 of the apartments will be delivered by Neighbour, a specialist provider of private rented sector homes.
The regeneration project is located close to Ashford International Station, with its fast trains to London St Pancras and also Lille, Brussels and Paris. It is hoped the scheme will help to link Ashford town centre with Victoria Park to the south, creating a new residential community and injecting new life into a currently unused site.
U+I has also exchanged contracts to acquire a second site, almost six acres in size, located opposite Ashford International train station, from the Homes and Communities Agency. The proposed development could create over 165 new jobs, and would house approximately 200 new homes, a 120-bed hotel, an Aldi food store and a new brewery and visitor centre for local wine and beer maker, Chapel Down.
Richard Upton, Deputy CEO of U+I, said: "It is great news that planning permission for the first of two sites at Victoria Way has been granted. Ashford's thriving local economy, excellent transport links and the council's ambitious regeneration plans reinforce its position as an important town within the London City Region and we're excited to be working here. U+I is an established regeneration partner and we're looking forward to providing much needed job opportunities and high quality housing for the local community in Ashford."
Cllr Gerry Clarkson, Leader of Ashford Borough Council, said: "We welcome the planning consent on this key town centre project, which has excited residents. Ashford continues to be a real draw for the very best commercial enterprises and remains the obvious choice for expanding, thriving and established businesses. This housing development on a brown field site, so close to the International Station, should greatly assist the revitalising of Ashford town centre."
Mark Quinn, Quinn Estates said: "Ashford is a dynamic and growing town and this scheme will give the community a real economic boost. The site itself has long been derelict and ticks all the boxes in terms of building in brownfield land. We have consulted heavily with a variety of stakeholders so that now we have consent we can move swiftly into the delivery phase of this exciting project."
Kirk Pickering of Neighbour said: "We are looking forward to delivering our first 400 units of a 1,000 rental unit pipeline in Kent alone. The Neighbour component of the Ashford project will comprise a mix of one, two and three bed apartments purpose-designed for long-term rental according to the "Neighbour Design Code" taking best in class design elements from rental product in the US and across Europe."
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The category of motor involves 2 wheelers, private vehicles and also commercial vehicles. Before deciding on the motor insurance policy that one would like to buy it is an important step to obtain the quotes first. These can be done easily by visiting
For Private and Commercial car insurance.
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Here the applicant is required to provide details of the vehicles they intend to insure. Some of the details that are required are as follows
- Vehicle owner- Whether the vehicle is owned by an individual or by any organization
- Vehicle details- Next requirement is to enter the details of the vehicles for which motor insurance policy has to be bought. The required details include the date and the place from where the vehicle was bought, the vehicle manufacturer, the model, the showroom price etc.
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For 2 wheeler insurance.
One has to provide details like:
- The city where the vehicle is registered
- The age of the vehicle (i.e. if the vehicle is less than 2 years old or 2 – 6 years old or 6 – 10 years old)
- The cubic capacity of the 2 wheeler
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Attending the Austrian Embassy-AJC Chanukah reception on Dec. 29 are, from left, Marina Garzolini, Svetlana Oberegger, Olga Solomina and Barton Goldenberg. Photo by Susan Sloan
Austrian Ambassador Wolfgang Waldner, second from left, greets guests at the Embassy of Austria's Chanukah reception with the AJC on Dec. 29. Standing nearby are, from left, Thorsten Eisingerich, the embassy's minister of press and information; ACCESS DC Board President Adrianne Malasky; and AJC Washington Regional Director Alan Ronkin. Photo courtesy Embassy of Austria
A 10-foot-tall menorah built from hundreds of bagels toasts itself on Dec. 29 in downtown Bethesda. The "bagel-norah" was the highlight of the Chanukah Family Spectacular, spon-sored by Chabad of Bethesda.
More than 100 people attended the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington's New Year's Klezmer Concert, held Dec. 29 at the Holy Rosary Church's Casa Italiana. Photo provided
Magen David Sephardic Congregation's Sephardic Roots Talmud Torah holds its first Chanukah concert on Dec. 18. Children ages 5 to 16 years old sang a medley of songs and explained their origins and history. Photo provided
Ugly sweaters were few and far between at Israeli House's Ugly Chanukah Sweater Party on Dec. 17. Photos courtesy of Israeli House
From left, Sivan Azouri, Ayelet Levi, Gefen Chazen, Rena Ableman, Ella Tesler and Shira Gaba are among those who came out Dec. 17 to the Ugly Chanukah Sweater Party, spon-sored by Israeli House.
Delegates from United Synagogue Youth's (USY) Seaboard region, including the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, pose at USY's 66th International Convention, held Dec. 25-29, in Dallas.


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A. The ADA prohibits employers from asking applicants questions that are likely to reveal the existence of a disability before making a job offer.
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I just read a New Scientist article about the Multiverse -- the quantum-linked theory that there are an infinite number of universes, each one inhabited by an equally infinite number of Didges? It sounds whacked out to me but I know that many scientists believe it to be literally true. I lack the education to make any realistic judgement. Would some of you care to check the link and comment, please? https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329880-400-multiverse-me-should-i-care-about-my-other-selves
I've not read the article, but I have watched documentaries about the universe and this is a subject that came up in a few of them. Kind of wild. And these were not questionable scientists, these were well known respected astrophysicists. I'm book marking it for reading tomorrow.


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Evidence Based Practice . Nurse to Patient Ratios Ferris State University March 2012. Group Members. Heather Nowak Sofia Warren Catherine Buckel Jessica Dematio. Introduction.
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|Conference Poster
|Content analysis of ecosystem service concepts in comprehensive plans for Malmö municipality in southern Sweden
|Schubert, Per ; Ekelund, Nils G. A. ; Roth, Andreas ; Bramryd, Torleif ; Jönsson, Ingemar ; Palo, R. Thomas ; Wamsler, Christine ; Beery, Thomas H. ; Brink, Ebba ; Johansson, Michael ; Stålhammar, Sanna
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|Supported by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency a research project is developed in close collaboration with seven coastal municipalities in the county of Skåne in southern Sweden. Since the municipalities along the coastline face a range of environmental challenges, several case studies are aimed at understanding local municipality planning processes. The overall research objective is to understand the premises of implementing the Ecosystem Service (ES) approach in municipal planning and decision making. This case study examines to what extent ES concepts are accounted for in Malmö municipality comprehensive plans through a content analysis of ES concepts in the 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2012 plans. The ES concepts were categorized according to the 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment into supporting, provisioning, regulating and cultural services. Preliminary results show that the "ecosystem service" concept itself is not used before the 2012 comprehensive plan. Quantitative analysis of the total number of different ES concepts used in the comprehensive plans shows a large increase from 1980 to 1990 and thereafter a gradual decrease to 2000 and 2012, where 2012 is lower than 1980. The introduction of the Swedish natural resources law in 1987 could explain the peaking number in 1990. If latter comprehensive plans build upon former, the concept usage can be interpreted as increasing from 1980 and forward. These results indicate a shift into using the ES approach in municipality planning processes. Qualitative analysis shows that there is a change in the ES concepts used, e.g. "land use" and "green areas" in 1980 and "biological life cycle" and "biodiversity" in 2000 indicates a shift in municipality planning processes towards a more holistic view of the importance of ecosystems for a sustainable society and healthy life. Although somewhat uncertain, these results could indicate an introduction of the ES approach in the Malmö municipality planning processes.
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Throughout the month of September award winning singer and actress Cherine Anderson is on a mission to make her supporters 'Feel Good'. Anderson will engage fans via an online promotion titled #cherine30days of September.
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before starting my article, at the outset I would like to say that I am very addicted to reading articles on CodeProject. Also, I am a small contributor in this community and have given a couple of articles to it. I try to read almost all good articles in this community. Sometimes, I found that I have time but I don't have my laptop to browse article (usually on long drive to my native place), so I surf CodeProject site in my mobile browser, which is not attractive. So in the process of solving my problem, I decided to make a native app for CodeProject and finally I developed an application which is known as "CPDroid" in the Android market. I would like to thank Luc Pattyn for his beautiful effort in CPVanity tool for CodeProject as I get most of the ideas from his article for CPDroid. You can install it from Android market here.
Anyway let's start a little introduction for CPDroid. CPDroid is a native application for Android based mobile phone. I divided the application component in three parts.
- The first part consists of author search on the basis of their CodeProject member id. It will fetch author information and respective data in a neat and clean format.
- The second part gives latest feed of CodeProject articles and tips.
- The third part is just about me ? and license.
CPDroid Functionality
Functionality of CPDroid is very simple and straightforward. Let us summarize it as:
- Search result of author is very handy and attractive. User will get author information with their respective points and other details like number of articles, messages, etc. along with list of articles and reputation graph.
- User can read every article on click of listview and it will open article in best readable format of webview.
- Get latest feed of CodeProject articles using Android SAX parser technique.
Main UI
Main user interface is navigator for different parts. This is Android activity which calls three different component buttons. Intent is used to fire associated activity for search author and latest feeds. Because Main UI consists of simple functionality, then I would not go too much in this section and it is better to give how I made rounded buttons in UI for navigation to section.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <item android:state_pressed="true" > <bitmap android:src="@drawable/btnsearchall_pressed" android:gravity="center" /> </item> <item android:state_enabled="true" > <bitmap android:src="@drawable/btnsearchall" android:gravity="center" /> </item> </selector>
In Android, we can highlight the button through custom images. To indicate the different button states (focused, selected, etc.), you can define a different image for each state. E.g., a blue image by default, an orange one for when focused, and a yellow one for when pressed. An easy way to do this is with an XML drawable "selector." In this code, when button is pressed, it will call drawable source image button pressed and when it is not, it will call different drawable. UI is simply delegated by the Android operating system by mapping it elegantly. And this is the beauty of Android OS which attracts me to jump in Android.
Search Author
This is my favourite section and USP of CPDroid. User can perform search author with respective member Id. Though it is very tough to search author with id instead of name, I can't put in more effort on custom URL and complex Regex operation to get required data of author. Actually life is easy if CodeProject would have any web service for this. Every data is coming from parsed HTML which I must say it is not good for a stable application. And this is the big fear of application for down as well. Anyway, I hope CodeProject will provide some web service in future to extend the community.
Anyway Search author result is separately handled by the model and parsing of HTML is handled by thread which delivers to view by
Handler class. A
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public void GetCpAuthorSummary(final ICPAuthorSummary cpAuthorNameCallback) { new Thread(new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { try { summaryList = cp.GetAuthorSummary(); cp.GetArticlePage(); authorName = cp.GetName(); handler.post(new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { cpAuthorNameCallback.AuthorSummaryResult (true, authorName, summaryList); } }); } catch (Exception ex) { cpAuthorNameCallback.AuthorSummaryResult(false, authorName, summaryList); } } }).start(); }
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ICPAuthorSummary for getting results from thread and further implement interface in Search author Activity. Boolean result of Interface ensures when to publish data in view.
Image Viewer
Once search is performed, it will gives Author CodeProject profile Image with other relative details. For image viewer, I used to download image from URL which extracts image from application context and HTML, then downloads to stream and generates
Drawable Image source.
public Drawable ImageOperations(Context ctx, String url, String saveFilename) { try { InputStream is = (InputStream) this.fetch(url); Drawable d = Drawable.createFromStream(is, "src"); return d; } catch (MalformedURLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); return null; } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); return null; } } public Object fetch(String address) throws MalformedURLException,IOException { URL url = new URL(address); Object content = url.getContent(); return content; }
Author Stats, Articles and Reputation
This section will have three tabs associated with it. First tab "Stats" gives listView of stats of articles. Here, I put in more effort to get regular expression for stats.
Articles will gives article for respective searched author. All articles will be published with their article details like View, Bookmark, votes, Popularity and Ratings. You can directly click on any article and read it in webview. Reputation is not very attractive, it just gives the reputation graph.
Latest Article Feed
For this section, thanks God!! CodeProject gives RSS feed for latest article. So I used Android SAX parser to get feed in view. I'm not going to give details on Android SAX parser because for this, it must be covered in a full phase article which I will surely give you in a separate effort of an article thread.
CPDroid is a simple, attractive and easy to use native application in Android. However, I did not implement a lot of functionality in the application because of absence of CodeProject Web service. It's really hard to parse HTML content and get data using complex regular expression. But if this application becomes popular, I will defiantly release next version of CPDroid.
Future Component
The future idea of few components is running in mind to add more functionality in CPDroid. But I would like to release it in the next version if application will give good response from Android market. Some components are below:
- Bookmark functionality to bookmark favorite author
- Save article in PDF
- Menu Control navigator
- Show Famous Author Awards
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Panzanella, Carrboro's community-owned Italian eatery, is celebrating North Carolina beer and food with a Monday night dinner.
The cost of this event is $40/person; space is limited, so reserve early. Please pay in advance and pick up a ticket for this tasting at either Panzanella or the Customer Service Desk at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro.
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Teacher of English, Wigan
Job details
|Lowton CofE High School
|Qualified Teachers Pay Spine, TLR2a (£2,640) – temporary
|Contract type
|Full Time
|Contract term
|Closing date
|Applications are closed
|Job starts
|September 2017
Are you passionate about teaching English? Can you transform the life chances of our students? We are looking for a dynamic, forward-looking, inspirational teacher of English to join a consistently outstanding department on a permanent basis. A TLR2a responsibility point (working as Pupil Premium KS3 Co-ordinator for English) is linked to this role on a temporary basis to cover long term sickness.
The successful candidate will be:
- An inspirational, passionate teacher.
- An excellent practitioner and have a passion for their subject.
- An inspirational teacher with experience of teaching at KS3 and KS4.
- A good communicator with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Contribute towards transition, curriculum developments and understand data.
- Able to work as part of a team and have real passion and ability to form effective relationships at all levels.
- Able to motivate, inspire and enthuse students to develop.
- Willing to contribute to the extra-curricular life of the school.
- Ambitious and constantly looking to improve their own performance.
For application forms and further details please contact the Headteacher's PA, Mrs S Goodland at the school or visit our website: www.lowtonhs.wigan.sch.uk. Candidates are encouraged to visit the school prior to submitting their application. Applicants are welcome from both newly qualified and experienced teachers.
Tel: 01942 767040
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Closing date: Monday 22 May 2017 at 3pm
Interviews will take place: Thursday 25 May 2017
This post is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures.
The employer is committed to safeguarding.
Lowton Church of England High School
Newton Road
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Melbourne don't have any special plans for gun Brumbies flanker David Pocock, backing their men to match him in their crunch Super Rugby clash.
They will be bolstered on Friday night by the return of some injured players including former Test fullback Mike Harris, who hasn't played since suffering a quad injury in round one.
Flanker Colby Fainga'a, set to start at AAMI Park against his former side, said his team weren't treating it as a do or die affair.
But it was a match they want to win to try and build some momentum heading into the back end of the season.
To do that they need to stop Pocock but Fainga'a said the Rebels backrow of Sean McMahon, Adam Thomson and himself were up to it.
"David's obviously one of the best in the world and has shown it consistently over the years so it will be a good test for our backrow," Fainga'a said.
"We pride ourselves on our breakdown as well so we know that he's there but I don't think we're going to change a whole lot."
Fainga'a said it would be to his team's peril to single out Pocock with so many other good players in the Brumbies line-up.
The Rebels had a breakthrough win in Canberra when they met last year although have only won three of 10 meetings.
After a brief stint at the top of the Australian conference the Rebels dropped back to third and face a tough run home to the finals.
But Fainga'a said the team wasn't putting too much pressure on themselves just yet.
"There's still a few games to go so it's not going to be end if we don't win this game but I know we've put a lot of effort into this weekend," he said.


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How it drives8.0/10
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very reliable.
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While it was under warranty, I received excellent service from Subaru. This car has excellent stability and drives really well in wet weather. The cruise control could be better located. I would purchase a Subaru again as it has proved to be of high quality and reliability. It is very suitable for a suburban woman driver and has the interior room to carry both children and groceries. The higher clearance means that off road/gravel roads are more accessible.


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About Estragon
Estragon Tapas Bar: your slice of Spain in the South End. Estragon is owned and operated by Julio de Haro and Lara Egger. Chef Julio was born and raised in Madrid and his cuisine reflects the fresh simplicity of traditional Spanish fare. Many of the dishes are family recipes, served straight from Abu Luisa's kitchen to your table. To complement Estragon's extensive tapas menu, you'll find a unique cocktail list featuring oft' forgotten classic cocktails, a selection of over twenty local and craft beers, and an all-Spanish wine list with more than 100 references spanning both the country's established and emerging wine regions. An evening at Estragon is unlike any other dining experience. The decor-- art deco meets vintage chic-- provides an inviting, sophisticated setting perfect for any occasion. The Estragon family: Brian, Loren, Joseph, Sahil, Fluffy, Sean, Tony, Whitney,Paula, Charissa, Mama, Duber, Freddy, Yesi, Pedro, Lara & Julio welcome you to their home.
Boston, MA 02118
Dining Style:
Casual Elegant
Spanish, Tapas / Small Plates
Hours of Operation:
Dinner: Monday - Saturday: 5:00pm - 11:00pm
Cross Street:
East Brookline
Dress Code:
Casual Dress
Price Range:
$30 and under
Payment Options
AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Phone Number:
(617) 266-0443
Parking Details:
A public parking garage is situated across the street, on the opposite corner of Harrison Av. and E. Brookline St.
Executive Chef:
Julio de Haro
Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Outdoor dining, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
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Estragon Ratings and Reviews
Unfortunately, our evening at Estragon did not make for a pleasant date night. The service was slow and inattentive--looked like the one waitstaff had the bulk of the work while various busers/host did little to help out. I can deal with poor service if the food makes up for it, but it was really the terrible quality food that made for an unfortunate experience. My husband and I orders 6 things and not one was enjoyable. In fact, my husband took one bite of the calamares tapa and couldn't stomach any more. The waitress just asked if we were 'done' with the dish but never asked if something was wrong with it.....isn't it obvious with just one bite missing that the dish was left purposefully? Needless to say, we won't be returning to Estragon.
This is some of the best tapas in boston - the food is almost always very good
My last visit, though m, was disappointing. Both the bar tender and waitress seemed confused and inattentive. It was nearly impossible to get drinks.
Most of the food was excellent, but the paella came back badly burned on the bottom - the sure sign of an overworked and undertrained kitchen since paella requires constant care.
The truly disappointing part was that when the waitress finally came by again, I pointed it out. She scowled and angrily returned to the kitchen without asking if we wanted anything else.
The promptly came back and said "that is how it is supposed to be"
I've eaten Palleiko
The snapper and moon fish taco appetizer were fresh and delicious as were the Brussels sprouts with sausage crumble.
Excellent service.
The Fideua was a huge disappointment. Bland, fishy (not a compliment for a seafood dish), and overcooked.
The chocolate mouse with sea salt didn't need the olive oil float.
Estragon shows that quality food and friendly service is a recipe for a successful restaurant. I took a group of friends there during restaurant week and we had a fantastic time with delicious tapas that were very reasonably priced and some great wine. They continue to remain on top of my list of favorite restaurants in town for their food quality and consistency.
Overall things were good, not blow your socks off amazing, but good. I came here after being in Spain for two weeks and apparently not getting enough?! 😉 They had a wide variety but the server steered us toward the specials. I guess I wasn't understanding him or didn't hear that the one (shark I think) was fried but oh well, it did taste decent. I would come back to try more things though, it's nice to have Estragon as alternative to the usual French/Italian restaurants that are so ubiquitous in Boston.
This place is great for a date or hanging out after work to have a drink and a bite. The food was good and some plates were great, but they need to work on consistency.
Service was good and the waiter offered us some great advice on the best meals we had, but food came very slow for Tapas.
This place can certainly improve, there is a lot of potential
Estrogen remains one of my go-to places; the selection of small plates/tapas is interesting and I always find something I've just got to have on the menu or among the specials. Servers are friendly but professional; I went on a slow night and they hit a great relaxed pace with the meal.
I had previously been to Estragon and had an incredible experience, but that was years ago and I suppose things have changed. On this visit, the food just didn't pop, and portions were small for the price, even for tapas. Bread came out basically at the end of the meal. Cocktails were good, though! The cons could've just been a fluke; there's clearly a lot of potential for a good experience there when things go right. But I do think I'll probably go elsewhere next time.
Absolutely loved the food! The chef is from Madrid, so he made us feel like we were experiencing this authentic Spanish culture without the jetlag and expensive airfare. The waiters were so hospitable, giving us a welcoming plate of potatoes and aoli on the house as soon as we sat down. Great drinks, beautiful decor, and delicious food, so all in all a 10/10!
My husband and I ate at Estragon for my birthday. The wine list is excellent with many great wines to choose from. Also, the tapas were very good. The portion size of the tapas vary. Some are larger than others, however, the waiter was very helpful in assisting us with our order to ensure that we didn't over order. Best plate we had was the dates with blue cheese. Prices are very reasonable. I definitely recommend this restaurant to others.
To me, Tapas are always romantic/good for a date. Just the act of ordering together and sharing. Estragon has a laidback, intimate ambience. The food is delicious and there are lots of choices for different dietary restrictions. The cocktails are great too with one of the friendliest bartenders around!
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(September 3, 2014) Various media outlets reported on Wednesday that Patrick McEnroe would be resigning his position of general manager of player development for the United States Tennis Association (USTA). The USTA held a news conference after the completion of the Kei Nishikori – Stan Wawrinka match in which McEnroe did step down.
The following is the official transcript of a news conference in which Dave Haggerty, Chairman of the Board and President of the USTA, Gordon Smith, Executive Director and COO of the USTA and Patrick McEnroe participated.
Wednesday, September 3
Press Conference
Patrick McEnroe
Gordon Smith
Dave Haggerty
An interview with
PATRICK McENROE
GORDON SMITH and
CHRIS WIDMAIER: Good evening everybody. I'm Chris Widmaier, Managing Director of Communications for the USTA. I know everybody has a lot to write tonight, especially after that grueling five-set match. I do want to thank you for taking the time. Obviously we're going to open this up, talk about Patrick McEnroe and his future and the future of USTA Player Development. But before we go to questions and answers, I think Patrick had a few words.
PATRICK McENROE: Thanks, Chris. Thanks everybody for coming. You reporters are pretty darn good, so you figure stuff out maybe before we had planned to announce it. Just to be able to talk to my staff and just talk to some other people. But the reality is that I will be stepping down from my position. Over the course of the last couple of months, as we have been looking ahead to what our plans will be in Orlando at Lake Nona for the USTA and specifically for player development, I think Gordon and I both kind of reached the same conclusion. Gordon, my boss, and Dave, his boss, that the head of player development, with the new direction that we're heading in continuing what we have already started with our inclusive efforts and working with the developmental coaches in the private sector a little bit more, trying to do a little bit more in that area, it made all the sense in the world that the person in this position to be full-time based in Orlando. I think we both looked at each other over the course of obviously quite a few discussions over the last few months and realized that that probably wasn't going to be me for a variety of reasons, both professional and personal, but I certainly felt, as did Gordon and Dave, that it was crucial for this person to be down there full time with the amount of resources and efforts that we're putting into the new facility and the new programming in Orlando. So we felt that this was the right opportunity to start a transitional phase so that hopefully I can be involved somewhat over the next few months, however long that may be, to help with the direction that I think we're going in, which I believe is extremely positive. I'm lucky enough to have a couple members of my team here. Again, I couldn't get to a lot of them because of just the way this transpired, but they have really done tremendous work on our team and in player development. They're going to continue to do that and continue to push forward with the direction we're going.
CHRIS WIDMAIER: Gordon, anything to add?
GORDON SMITH: Yeah. When Patrick came to me and told me he wasn't going to be making the move to Orlando, you know, I really reflected back, because I hired Patrick way back whenever it was. We hired him for a pretty narrow job there. It was elite player development. It was just about a very few players. Patrick realized that the United States really needed a broad-based, organized regional and national program. So now we are in such a different place because of what Patrick has done, what he's brought to this country in terms of player development. We have a set of regional training centers around the country. We have a very organized coaching education program to raise the level of all coaches. We have much more outreach than we have ever had before. From where we started to where we are has been quite a journey, and I will tell you that Patrick has really created a foundation that we will build on. Patrick will be actively involved for the foreseeable future on the transition. He realized, came to me and said, Look, we are building this new place. We're making all these plans. If I'm not going in, the person who is needs to be involved in that process along the way. In the meantime, Patrick will be involved in helping us find who that person will be and helping us with that transition as we continue forward.
DAVE HAGGERTY: Just to add, I think the last few years we have been focused on trying to reach out, be more inclusive, think about Team USA and think about doing what's right for American tennis. Patrick has done a fantastic job. He's answered everything that the board has asked. He's really taken us in that direction. That will continue. That's very important, that we continue to do what we're doing. We have had some good success. Thank you for all that you've done. Patrick will be very helpful in helping guide us as to where we go in the future in succession.
CHRIS WIDMAIER: Opening it up to questions.
Q. Why now a full-time a person? ^ with the salary grade that you have been getting, wasn't this a full-time salary position before? Why the change now?
PATRICK McENROE: I don't think it's a full time. I always saw this job as full time. I mean, pretty committed to doing what's right for the USTA and for player development in general. Obviously I did some other things, still. Do some other things, as well. That's obvious. I think when I initially took the job that was really seen as a positive. I know there have been critics about that over the years, and it certainly comes with the territory. But what I think it wasn't so much about time commitment, it was more about the location and the resources being put into what we're doing in Orlando, trying to make that really the centerpiece of player development moving forward. As you know, we have a home here that we didn't have when I first started here. Obviously we have a presence in Southern California that we partner with. So the job really encompasses I believe the whole country, but I believe that moving forward, not just for player development but for community tennis as well, that it's going to be moving down to Orlando. I just think it's even more important. You could certainly argue that I should have been in Florida, living there, that I didn't do the job. That's your right to do that. But I think moving forward that I felt that the position needed to be in Orlando on a full-time basis. I certainly felt that I was doing the job from here over the last six years because, you know, I was able to use my energies in a lot of different places. You know, the job, as Gordon said, changed a lot over time. It changes from year to year as far as what your focuses are based on what's happened in the field, based on different priorities. But I do think we're headed in a very positive direction. Obviously when you look at the top of what we deal with, which is what a lot of people are interested in, is how are our top players doing? Obviously we are doing pretty well in the women's side. We have a lot of work to do on the men's side at the top, but I think we have a great group of youngsters coming up. I think we are all very optimistic about the future for them. So there is a lot of tentacles that go into this job. Certainly more than I realized going forward. That's why having a great team in place and some of them here is, to me, probably the most important of having the right people in place to do the job.
Q. Dave is there any component or Patrick is there any component of this based on the fact the results haven't been what you hoped in terms of on the court, particularly on the men's side?
GORDON SMITH: The answer to that is no. If you look at where we are and where we have come from, I think, as I said we have a great foundation. Frankly, I think we are going to see results of that. We have 12 women in the top 100; 12 more in 100-200, far more than any other country. Many, many of those we have had a positive influence on. We are not as far along on the boys. Look at Wimbledon, we had seven out of the sixteen in the Round of 16; three out of four semifinalists, and both finalists. So we are really gaining steam, and I'm very happy with the foundation. Make no mistake, we're going to continue the course. This is not a change in direction.
DAVE HAGGERTY: Just to add to that, I think the driving force is what we are going to be doing at Lake Nona. It's really a change. I think this is Patrick saying, Look, I know this is going to be happening. We have to do what's right. We have to plan for it, make a transition. And you don't do that so soon that you can't react and have the plan in place that you want to have. I think that's really the key driver here.
Q. What would you say over the last six years you're most proud of and what would you do differently if given the opportunity?
PATRICK McENROE: I'm most proud of the team that's in place and the commitment and passion of the people working in the program and the outreach I think more recently. I think Dave was a big impetus towards pushing us in that direction to put more structure to that. We always felt that we, meaning player development, were doing that, but I think it forced us to look in the mirror and realize we needed to do things better in our outreach. I think there is a real sense that that's headed in a positive direction. What would I do differently? You always look back and say there are things I'd like to do us to do even better in coaching education. I think that's a huge issue for our country in general. The fact we are only governing body in world that doesn't certify its own coaches. I think that's a big issue. So there are always things you could have done better. I would love to see if every male player we work with was in the second week of the US Open. I'm also realistic. I also see what the world looks like. Overall, I'm just very proud of the people that have worked under me and that are dedicated to what they do. I believe I have had some influence on them and some positivity towards them. I expect that to continue from them.
Q. As a follow to that, what's next for you?
PATRICK McENROE: Well, what's next for me is, you know, we have a full staff meeting that we have in October with our whole team that we do every year. That was certainly a big impetus for me to announce this now, because the last thing I wanted to do would be to go with the 54 people that work in player development under false pretenses, to not let them know what was going on. That really started this discussion that I want to get this out. I want to go down there. I'm not very good at lying, so I'm pretty good at being straightforward and honest. (Smiling.) I want to continue to do that and work with the team moving forward. As much as these gentlemen want me to be to be involved I will stay involved and keep this train headed in the right direction.
Q. When we spoke a month ago in San Diego, you were making the rounds; you'd been to six sections…
PATRICK McENROE: Nine sections, but who's counting. (Smiling.)
Q. And you were very candid. You said there was a sense that we were pissing a lot of people off trying to do it our way. Even though we thought we were doing our regional training centers the right way, a lot of people thought… This sense of having pissed off a lot of people, how did that play into your decision?
PATRICK McENROE: Oh, that didn't play into my decision at all. I think that comes with the territory. I think that's part of me learning on the job. I learned a lot of things. I believe I got better at what I did. Certainly I made mistakes, as we did within the program and as probably a lot of private coaches did, you know, when they are trying to work with kids. It's difficult. It's very difficult to create top-level players. I think I have a newfound respect for what my parents did, you know, to create two players, one who was really good and another who was pretty good. (Smiling.) But also for parents of junior players, for coaches of junior players, for the whole process, I think I never really understood it as a player. And now when you get to really see it and you see the work that goes into it and the dedication, et cetera, you realize it's pretty hard, you know, to get to the promised land, so to speak, to play at the US Open. Obviously the world has caught up to us when it comes to the highest level of tennis. I think that's a great thing. It's great for tennis. It's a global sport. We're trying to do things better, and I think that means all of us. That means we in player development. That means in the private sector, et cetera. We've all got to work together. Maybe that's one thing I wish I had grabbed on to a little bit earlier, because I do think it's really paying off for us — not just for us, but for American tennis in general.
Q. Do you think those nine sections are ready to work with your successor?
PATRICK McENROE: Absolutely. Absolutely. There is a lot of people and a lot of dedicated people. This is not about — this program has never been about one person. It's never going to be. It's too big. Are is too many entities. Not just within our program, but with the sections, with the private sector, et cetera. So it has to be — to me, the job is one mostly of leadership and of vision. I think I was successful in some of those areas. As I said, coaching education has come under player development. That was something that I was certainly supportive of. I think that's a positive. Us and my friend, Kurt Kamperman, who runs community tennis, we have worked side by side a lot more than we ever did. I think that's a positive for tennis. I think that has to continue.
Q. What does this mean for José, Jay, and Jorge ^ ?
GORDON SMITH: Look, Patrick said it. Patrick's created a great team and a great staff. They're moving in the right direction. We want them to continue to move in that direction. We don't see changes in what we are doing or who's doing it.
Q. Thanks for all the sweat and the work.
PATRICK McENROE: Thank you.
Q. Used to be when Andre was around, whether it was in Zimbabwe or California, he was meeting the team. You know as well as anyone Roddick was a charismatic leader pulling for America. Now when you talk to John and Sam, terrific people, even all the way down to Koslov and Rubin, there is more of a culture of I'm working on my own game; that's what I'm interested in. There isn't that urgency of the, Hey, we've got to make this happen for America today. Could you comment about that? Do you sense that? Do you think that's an issue of any kind?
PATRICK McENROE: I mean, it's not up to the individual player to do it for their country, so to speak. It's up to them to do it for themselves. I mean, as a Davis Cup captain for 10 years I spent a lot of time with Andy Roddick; he had an incredible energy and intensity level that was from him. That was him. Obviously he loved playing for his country. He loved supporting American tennis. I think that we have a lot of kids and a lot of players that have that. I think we just need to get better. I mean, our players need to get better. The coaching needs to get better. We want to be as much of a support as we can and a resource for all things tennis where our best players, our young coaches, we're people getting people in the pipeline, for junior and collegiate tennis we created a separate position in the last few years just to focus solely on collegiate tennis and do what we can support the best players coming out of college. The answer to that question is I believe we have some of that. Great players obviously have certain individuality to them. I mean, look at Michael Chang out there coaching now. His intensity and energy has made a tangible difference in someone like a Kei Nishikori. We can always get better at that. I hope I answered your question. I'm not trying to skirt it. I just don't see that it's — I don't look at that and say, That's our issue. I look at it and say, We need to get better as coaches, as mentors, as players. We need to play tennis better. We need to train better. We need to be smarter, et cetera.
Q. It's early on, but do you have any sense of a description of the job or the replacement of Patrick? Say, does it have to be a former player or just a great developmental coach? Somebody maybe with who has a business background a little bit? Do you have a sense of that yet?
PATRICK McENROE: Are you going to knock my business background, too? (Laughter.)
GORDON SMITH: Many of you saw John went to the ESPN set immediately before he came here. John said he was not a candidate for the job, so I know it's not going to be John. Well, can we clone Patrick and get him to move to Nona? It's going to be hard to replace Patrick. I was involved with the search when we hired Patrick. It's a damn hard job, and it's going to be hard to find somebody. But start with a lot of his talents and you'd have a good candidate.
Q. Would José be considered at all? Do you want a big name like Patrick?
GORDON SMITH: You know, honestly hadn't thought about it. If you want to know the truth, the reason being Patrick and I had this discussion, we were in no rush. We simply — because he wanted it to come out on his terms. As things began to break we decided to talk tonight. We haven't gotten that far down the road.
Q. How do you think your tenure in this sort of era of American tennis should be remembered?
PATRICK McENROE: Well, I hope it will be remembered when we have a bunch of players that will be at the top in a few years, because I think, as you have probably learned in your years now of covering tennis, it's a long road to get to the top. It takes a lot of time and a lot of effort. You know, José and I have, and I fully expect Mark just to at least chime in on that for José to be involved. I'd like him to be on the court more, to be honest. I think that's his No. 1 role is to be on the court working with players. We had already had discussions about him doing more of that in the near future, particularly some of our young boys that are coming up. But what we always talked about s wanting to put a structure in place, a structure that would help us create a good succession of high-quality players. I have said from the start in taking the job that I never suspected that we or any one person or program can create Serena Williams or John McEnroe or Pete Sampras. But I do believe that if you create a good system and a good program that's organized, that has a coaching philosophy which we have that reaches out with the great private sector that's out there that are in this game, that are in this world. Which there are not that many of them, by the way. There are some great ones, but there are not that many of it. That if you do that, this is a 15- to 20-year project. There is some disappointment in me to not see the whole thing through, but I have to be realistic about it about. When I first went to Orlando two years ago, as we were looking potentially for sites just for player development at that time before it became a much bigger deal for the USTA, you know, I wanted to do what I thought was right for the USTA and for tennis in the country. I'm going to continue to do that. So I would hope that some of those things have set some of the parameters in place and put some good things motion. Again, it's a complete team effort. I hope that I have led some of that charge, that we can't really just sit back, I believe, anymore and rely on, Jeez, we used to have half the draw at the US Open. Well, guess what? I mean, the world has changed.
Q. How much, if at all, have you tried to pick up things from other countries in the way they develop players?
PATRICK McENROE: You always try to find that balance of being we are the United States and we do want to do things our way. We do want to have the individual obviously be emphasized. But I do think that we wanted to get a bit more organized in the way we approach coaching and coach educating, et cetera. But at the same time, obviously you always look at what countries are doing that are having success, whether it's France, Spain, Russia, et cetera. But at the same time, I don't think we ever want to lose what we do well, which is, you know, be aggressive players, serve big, be attacking-type players. But you also have to realize that the game has changed. The game is played from the back court. You need to hit a lot of balls and be able to run and be very athletic. We have clay courts here. We have clay courts in Florida. We are going to have I a lot more clay courts – and some will be red, which will be nice – in Orlando; we have clay courts at our facility in California. We changed the Orange Bowl back to clay. You know, so there is a lot of things that tie into that to try to help our kids develop better so that they become better players.
Q. Is the transition anything more than you helping to find a successor? What's the timeline for finding a replacement?
DAVE HAGGERTY: To me, I think, you know, a lot of this is new news. It's something — you know, we are in the middle of the US Open, which is something that needs a lot of focus. But we will begin to plan and come up with something that really makes sense. This is not about change in strategy. We think the inclusiveness, what we are doing and how we are trying to work to develop American champions is the right formula. We have a great team. We just have to continue to move forward. How that looks, you know, I think we need a few months to figure that out. And the role that Patrick will play in it and the guidance that he'll give us, you know, he's learned a lot. Sometimes you have to take that learning and use it to make your decision-making.
Q. A year? Longer than that?
GORDON SMITH: I would say that's an unknown, but if four to six months, could be longer. He will have much broader involvement than just finding a successor. He's running the show. He's in place. He's going to be there to do that until this happens. He's going to be involved in the search. He's going to be involved in transferring the knowledge and the lessons learned. So it will be a broad involvement going forward in the transition.
Q. You talked about the developmental process, but what hasn't been mentioned is our junior competition structure in this country. In my opinion, and in a lot of people's opinion, that's kind of an underlying issue with why we're not seeing more of the top players emerge.
PATRICK McENROE: Yeah, I think it's safe to say we've got some issues in junior comp. There is no doubt about that. We are certainly trying to tackle it in the best way we can. I will say — and I have sort of said this before and said it the wrong way and pissed some people off — but I will say that I don't think that's the reason we don't have players at the top of the professional game. Just like I don't think we need to have better coaching and education. All the things combined matter. I think junior competition matters. At the same time, you know, if you're going to make that argument, which you're welcome to make, then you might want to look at, well, how are we doing in girls? We seem to have a lot of girls in the top 100 and a lot more coming. They sort of play under the same system, as well. I think the premise of your question and statement is accurate, that we need to do a better job in that area, but I do think that it's one of many issues.
Q. Last couple of years when you were out there looking at the Orlandos and whatever, were you aware from the start that you were basically looking for something that was going to take you out of a job, or was there a point where you thought you'd be able to stay with it?
PATRICK McENROE: I think a little bit of both. I mean, you know, obviously I feel like I have been able to do the job from here. If I didn't think I'd be able to do the job I wouldn't have kept doing it. But I do think — look, my interest was always in what I think was best for the program. That's the bottom line. As I said, Gordon and I discussed potential directions to go, and I think we both looked at each other and we have worked well and we have been honest with each other for all these years. Dave since he became president, as well. I said, Look, I think this is going to work best for this position at this point to be based there. So, yeah, I guess I was my own worst enemy if I said I wanted to keep the job for as long as I could. I never looked at the job from that perspective. I looked at it as a great opportunity. I was paid well, obviously. I did my best and will continue to do my best. I made some mistakes, but I think generally speaking I'm proud of the fact that I have been able to be part of Davis Cup for ten years and this job for, you know, six-and-a-half years. Maybe it will seven by the time I sort of officially step aside. Whatever it is, that's a pretty good run. They have treated me, the USTA, great. They have always been very honest with me. I have been very honest with them. I'm going to continue to do that.
Q. The last I guess 40 years, professional football, professional basketball, to a lesser extent hockey, baseball, has been pretty shrewd in using colleges to basically be a very seamless pipeline, cheap. Some could say exploited. But do you think that you, tennis, has done or could do a better job of exploiting the sort of infrastructures already in college?
PATRICK McENROE: There is no doubt we could do a better job. That's why we assigned one of our coaches to specifically follow college tennis and specifically work with the players and the coaches. At the same time, I like to deal with reality, as well: If you look at the reality of the rankings of men's and women's tennis, the majority of the players didn't go to college. It's just a fact. It's just a reality. That being said, we're seeing some darn good players come out of college, particularly on the men's side. Even a few on the women's side that are doing well. That's great. What I would really — what rang true with me is when I did some of my travels around the country and I heard from a lot of parents that that was important to them, that college tennis be a viable option. Because, you know, at nine or ten it's pretty hard to say if you're going to be a pro or not. So that sort of reenergized me to say, Hey, we need to make sure and do what we can to help college tennis, because a lot of — we might lose a lot of players when their kids are eight, nine, or ten that do other sports and get involved in other things and the parent says, Jeez, college tennis is, I don't know. It's not really viable. I think we need it to be healthy, and the healthier it can be it's better for tennis in general. And I think it can be a pipeline, but it's not going to be like football.
Q. Between public and private, could you talk a little bit about that relationship in terms of how that's grown?
PATRICK McENROE: I think it needs to get better. That's obviously been a huge push for us recently. The reason I say that is because it's so much harder to make it. The private sector, you know, the tennis world has changed. I don't mean professional tennis. I mean the business of tennis has changed to where clubs and academies, et cetera, they have — it's more financially based now. It's economics of how they can just stay in business. So the better a junior tennis player gets as a kid, 11, 12, 13, up to 17, 18, the more resources it takes for them to continue to develop. That's where I believe the USTA can play a huge part in helping that process, be part of the process. And certainly not be the only part. We definitely know that. But at the same time, we need to send that message to those coaches out there, and they also need to receive the message I believe from the USTA that the — you may very well need us at some point, and that can be a good thing. If you think you can do it all alone, God bless you and good luck, but it's pretty darn tough. The USTA can be a valuable resource in that process.
Courtesy of ASAPSports and the USTA.
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