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Sunday afternoon and evening was definitely a good, good time for pregnant Fergie: The first-time mom-to-be was the guest of honor at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills July 28 for an over-the-top, A-list-packed "gay-by" shower thrown by her gay BFFs, featuring drag performers, Patron tequila cocktails from Cuca Fresca, Tallarico Vodka and Ferguson Crest Wine (for everyone not with child), a pop/hip-hop soundtrack, a onesie-decorating station for guests and much more!
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Title: 시크릿 가든 / Sikeurit Gadeun / Secret Garden
Chinese Title : 秘密花园
Genre: Romance, comedy, fantasy, melodrama
Episodes: 20 + 1 Special
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2010-Nov-13 to 2011-Jan-22
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:45
The drama tells the story of Kim Joo Won (Hyun Bin), an arrogant and eccentric CEO who maintains the image of seeming perfection, and Gil Ra Im (Ha Ji Won), a poor and humble stuntwoman whose beauty and body are the object of envy amongst top actresses. Their accidental meeting, when Joo Won mistakes Ra Im for actress Park Chae Rin, marks the beginning of a tense, bickering relationship, through which Joo Won tries to hide a growing attraction to Ra Im that both confuses and disturbs him. To complicate matters further, a strange sequence of events results in them swapping bodies.
Hyun Bin as Kim Joo Won
Ha Ji Won as Gil Ra Im
Yoon Sang Hyun as Choi Woo Young/Oska (Joo Won's cousin)
Kim Sa Rang as Yoon Seul
Lee Philip as Im Jong Soo
Lee Jong Suk as Han Tae Ssun
Yoo In Na as Im Ah Young
Kim Ji Sook as Moon Yeon Hong
Park Joon Geum as Moon Boon Hong
Kim Sung Oh as Kim Sung Woo (Joo Won's secretary)
Choi Yoon So as Kim Hee Won (Joo Won's sister)
Kim Sung Kyum as Moon Chang Soo
Lee Byung Joon as Park Bong Ho
Sung Byung Sook as Park Bong Hee
Yoon Gi Won as Choi Dong Kyu
Yoo Seo Jin as Lee Ji Hyun
Kim Gun as Yoo Jong Heon
Baek Seung Hee as Park Chae Rin
Jang Seo Won as Hwang Jung Hwan
Kim Dong Gyoon as director
Kim Mi Kyung as guest house ahjumma
Nam Hyun Joo as Director Nam
Lee Tae Woo as Ra Im's son
Song Yoon Ah as herself (cameo)
Lee Joon Hyuk as himself (cameo)
Beige (베이지) (cameo)
Baek Ji Young as herself (cameo, ep 13)
Han Ye Won as Cherry (cameo, ep 15)
Son Ye Jin as herself (cameo, ep 20)
Kang Chan Yang
Kim Sung Hoon
Sa Hee
Production Credits
Producer: Oh Se Kang
Director: Shin Woo Chul, Kwon Hyuk Chan
Screenwriter: Kim Eun Sook
2011 koreandrama.org's Awards
2011 "Prime Minister" award – 'Boardcasting Movie Grandprix' category
Kim Eun Sook
2011 Korea Contents Award by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Korea
Secret Garden
2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA)
Best O.S.T.: Baek Ji Young– "That Woman" (Secret Garden O.S.T.)
2011 Grimae Awards
Drama of the year: Grand Prize (Daesang) (Secret Garden)
Best Actress (Ha Ji Won)
Cinematography category: Camera directors (Huh Dae Sun and Lee Seung Chun)
2011 4th Korea Drama Awards
Drama of the year – Grand Prize (Daesang) (Secret Garden)
Best Scriptwriter (Kim Eun Sook)
2011 6th Seoul International Drama Awards – Hallyu Drama Categories
Best Hallyu Drama Director (Shin Woo Chul)
Best Hallyu Drama Scriptwriter (Kim Eun Sook)
Best Hallyu Drama Soundtrack: Baek Ji Young- "Secret Garden" OST – "That Woman"
2011 47th Paeksang Arts Awards – Television Categories
Actor of the Year – Grand Prize (Daesang) (Hyun Bin)
Best Scriptwriter (Kim Eun Sook)
Serial Drama of the Year (Secret Garden)
Best New Actress (Yoo In Na)
2010 SBS Drama Awards
Top Excellence Award, Actor – Drama Special (Hyun Bin)
Top Excellence Award, Actress – Drama Special (Ha Ji Won)
Top Ten Stars Award (Hyun Bin)
Top Ten Stars Award (Ha Ji Won)
Netizen Popularity Award (Hyun Bin)
Netizen Popularity Award (Ha Ji Won)
Netizen Popularity Award – Drama (Secret Garden)
Best Couple Award (Hyun Bin and Ha Ji Won)
Romantic Kiss Award (Hyun Bin)
Episode Ratings
|16.1 (2nd)
|16.5 (2nd)
|15.0 (5th)
|15.6 (4th)
|17.9 (2nd)
|18.9 (1st)
|20.0 (3rd)
|20.8 (3rd)
|25.4 (1st)
|26.3 (1st)
|25.2 (3rd)
|25.6 (3rd)
|24.2 (2nd)
|24.7 (1st)
|24.6 (3rd)
|24.8 (2nd)
|27.0 (1st)
|27.8 (1st)
|28.0 (2nd)
|28.7 (2nd)
|27.0 (1st)
|28.2 (1st)
|28.2 (2nd)
|29.2 (2nd)
|24.4 (2nd)
|25.0 (2nd)
|26.5 (3rd)
|27.1 (2nd)
|23.0 (1st)
|29.3 (1st)
|23.9 (1st)
|29.9 (1st)
|23.8 (1st)
|30.0 (1st)
|27.4 (1st)
|34.1 (1st)
|29.1 (1st)
|35.0 (1st)
|31.4 (1st)
|38.6 (1st)
|15.9 (4th)
|19.9 (4th)
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2,650 Responses to "Secret Garden"
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2601Startulle Says:
January 18th, 2014 at 12:42 pm
I'm still obsessed by this drama!!! Dashing JW and talented RI ! And How can I forget fabulous Oska?!?!?
2602suzyfan Says:
January 24th, 2014 at 10:11 pm
excellent drama i love it
2603cheri_philippines Says:
February 11th, 2014 at 4:04 pm
i've watch this for 3x already but still cant get over it,.. my one greatest possesion on my kdrama's collection. 🙂 alongside with yellow boots, the innocent man, whats up fox and my gf is gumiho.. wishing there will be season 2 of this drama ra im and joo won together with there kiddos. that would be fun, lol.
2604ada Says:
February 15th, 2014 at 10:23 am
until now icant get over to this drama…i love it so much…i hope there are part 2…godbless SECRET GARDEN..
2605ilanaru Says:
February 19th, 2014 at 7:15 am
Me to love this drama!
2606a boy Says:
March 13th, 2014 at 2:53 pm
So do I..^^
2607ANJELL Says:
March 27th, 2014 at 8:42 am
chumalll dumoo eapuoooooo love it love it, love hyun bin
2608sewabagus Says:
April 7th, 2014 at 12:04 am
i love this drama 🙂
2609commie Says:
June 5th, 2014 at 9:40 pm
3 years passed, i watched the bits and clips in youtube, especially the OSTs, i love Reason and That Man, can never get over it! Really miss it.
2610dinklik Says:
June 26th, 2014 at 12:55 pm
secret garden is my fav
2611Diyan Says:
June 26th, 2014 at 5:03 pm
Love love love ♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡ this drama… ^_^
2612Syahirah Shamsul Says:
August 1st, 2014 at 1:29 am
Secret Garden is the best korean drama ever that i had watch.I really want the special episode on aired.where can i watch the special episode?
2613venny Says:
August 3rd, 2014 at 5:16 am
…..i ril lyk the drama..the way people are acting.,wish to get the knowldge on how to do it and technology used…I A M A BIG FUN….
2614hufflepuff Says:
August 10th, 2014 at 9:35 am
I'm watching empress ki right now but my mind flies to kim joo won and gil ra im. hope this drama will be re-played in PH. ^_^
2615Marietta Says:
August 18th, 2014 at 6:14 pm
Nice post, Marietta is a
huge interest I have!
2616cars Says:
August 18th, 2014 at 7:25 pm
i love this drama.. thnks for share this
2617ayu Says:
September 2nd, 2014 at 6:37 pm
secret garden is some of big drama. that still make me always fly when every time i see it. again n again. never borring. n always wanna see it. i love you secret garden (joo won n ra im).
2618Huey Says:
September 10th, 2014 at 10:24 am
Secret Garden always is my first choice.. I really love this drama… My top 1…
2619Storm Says:
September 10th, 2014 at 8:39 pm
I watched this after I saw the Big bang parody 🙂 Such great characters. Never a dull moment.
2620kpop Says:
September 13th, 2014 at 7:43 am
this is the best drama for me
2621lis handayani Says:
September 26th, 2014 at 4:04 pm
never got sick and tired of watching this drama. what a masterpiece!!!
2622Nafissa Says:
September 28th, 2014 at 6:23 am
The role that Ha Ji Won has played in this drama is very strong & amazing, I loved her character & the story as a whole ^_^
2623humae Says:
October 19th, 2014 at 6:24 am
SEGA >> Addicted Drama ever..
Great fantasi story..
2624Manashree Sahoo Says:
October 25th, 2014 at 10:03 am
From where can i download these episodes????? pls somebody help me to download
2625tevfik demir Says:
October 30th, 2014 at 3:14 pm
izlediğim en güzel kore dizilerinden birisi
2626jinjin Says:
November 14th, 2014 at 1:54 pm
Just celebrated the 4th year anniversary of this drama and still re-watching it. Great drama with HJW and HB. Oska, Secretary Kim, Ah Young and even Joo Won's grandfather and the down to earth step grand-mum have me in stiches in scenes where they put on their dead-pan faces. Just love it.
2627Dave90 Says:
November 27th, 2014 at 2:49 am
Best drama EVER!!!!!
2628humae Says:
December 9th, 2014 at 5:23 am
Thats right.. d best korean drama ever and forever
2629humae Says:
December 9th, 2014 at 5:28 am
Thats right.. d best korean drama ever and forever
and d best Fantasy drama ..
2630MayaF Says:
February 12th, 2015 at 11:12 am
Love this drama…. Great story great actor and actress… Good director…. One of the best drama I ever seen! Hyun Bin so funny^^
2631hputri Says:
February 16th, 2015 at 10:37 pm
Best korean drama i've ever seen! HB&HJW they have a good chemistry
they look like a real couple 🙂
2632ANJELL Says:
February 17th, 2015 at 11:16 am
best drama ever seen love it love it love it
2633mae chan Says:
February 21st, 2015 at 10:32 pm
after watched Boys before flower i found some simillar scene or line with sega..
1 The little mermaid
2 The man gave d girl his glove couse the cold winter.
3 both hyun bin and gu jun pyo mother is meant
4 Hyun bin d jun pyo lost their memory about their girl.
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2635Aina Nabilah Says:
March 20th, 2015 at 12:17 pm
i watched secret garden this year although it was aired 5 years ago. Seriouslyyy i love this drama with all my heart. I love everything about it; the osts, the actors/actresses and the places where they acted. I didn't regret watching this drama serious talk.
2636JCW Says:
March 28th, 2015 at 2:11 am
Just finished watching Secret Garden for the 3rd time since I last watched it 3 years ago. A really captivating storyline which makes me addicted no matter how many times I watch it! One of the best dramas I've watched!
2637mae Says:
June 17th, 2015 at 1:10 am
unforgetable drama indeed
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2639Shellsbells Says:
October 27th, 2015 at 8:01 pm
SO IN LOVE WITH THIS DRAMA. This happens to be the very first drama I've ever seen and of course I was hooked by episode 3. I've watched it many times will watch it many more. I'm so glad this was my first because it blew the K-Drama door wide open for me. If it had been another I may have stopped right at the first try. I love the cast the story the music I am oh so in love and will remain in love with K-Drama's due to my undying love for this very first one.
2640Inda Says:
November 23rd, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Alright guys 🙂 When you visit Korea, U can at a 'The Cafe which took a CAPPUCCINO KISS SCENE of Jiwoon and Hyunbin's' in Pyengchang-dong. U can get some information and illust stamp of secret garden in a App 'Stamp pop.' That's so Coooooool
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2644raymond Says:
April 21st, 2016 at 2:28 am
i watch this masterpiece every single years 🙂
2645Azziris Says:
May 15th, 2016 at 5:06 pm
Best drama korea
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2649Secret Garden Says:
April 30th, 2018 at 11:02 pm
I watched this after I saw the Big bang parody 🙂 Such great characters. Never a dull moment.
2650yani Says:
June 10th, 2018 at 6:06 pm
i finally watched it.. love the story.. i never feel like this lately
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Joshua Wright, a Federal Trade Commission nominee who is considered a Google ally, will reportedly vow to recuse himself from any cases involving the search giant for two years if his nomination is approved.
Wright, a law professor at George Mason University and the Obama administration's nominee to fill a Republican place on the FTC to replace retiring J. Thomas Rosch, is expected to make a statement to that effect during his confirmation hearing on the Senate Commerce Committee tomorrow, two sources told political site Politico.
Wright, who has already faced scrutiny for accepting academic research funds -- albeit indirectly -- from the search giant, has written research papers that have been used in Google's defense during the U.S. government's current antitrust probe into allegations that the company "cooked" search results to favor its own products and services over rivals.
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Now there's a new study, once again, showing the same thing. Professors Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang (from Carnegie Mellon and Heinz College) have added some more evidence -- and it again suggests the "problem" isn't that the law isn't strong enough or that enforcement isn't draconian enough. It's that the industry still refuses to give customers what they want:
Our research suggests that Hollywood is leaving money on the table — and is in turn failing to address a root cause of piracy — by preserving its separate release windows. Based on our analysis of seven large nations, we find that in most countries, every week customers have to wait before they can buy a DVD translates into, on average, 1.8 percent lower DVD sales. Given that good-quality pirated versions are available close to 14 weeks before the legal versions, the losses can be in the millions of dollars. Not surprisingly, a 14-week delay also translates to a 70 percent increase in pirated movie downloads in those countries.The study basically found what many of us have been pointing out for ages: making things not available doesn't drive sales. It drives infringement. This is such a fundamental point, and it seems so obvious to many of us... but those in the industry still refuse to believe it. Now, some of the problem with the delays come from the theater owners, who flip out at any attempt to shorten windows, even if the "competing" options are priced ridiculously high.
But the studios themselves are frequently guilty of this same self-defeating thinking. Many are really pushing for rental delay windows, such as denying new movies to Netflix or Redbox until 28-days after they go on sale. One studio has broken ranks here: Paramount. That's the only studio that has made it clear that delaying movies doesn't increase sales. The other studios, though, still don't seem to get it, and don't realize that for people who want to see a movie, but are stymied due to a stupid release window, that they do have a few other options: (1) simply go away and forget the content entirely or (2) go find the content elsewhere. Neither scenario is good for the studios.
But the professors make the key point that the studios are going about this entirely backwards based on the data:
Together these results suggest that delaying content in the presence of digital channels is likely to cause consumers to lose interest in the product at best, and lead consumers to alternate pirated channels at worst. A better strategy would be to do the opposite: Make it easier for consumers to buy the content in physical and electronic channels. For motion picture studios this might mean selling content in theaters, on DVD and on digital services at around the same time, perhaps at different price points.Shocking. We've only been arguing for many years that you should be able to buy the DVD of the movie you just watched as you walk out of the theater (and if you show the ticket, you get a discount). It still amazes me that this is still not really being done -- even as the evidence piles up that moves like that would increase, not decrease revenue.


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This is the boat with a built-in barbecue grill, umbrella, and trolling motor that provides waterborne cookouts for up to 10 adults. The boat's 24"-diam. steel charcoal grill is surrounded by an ABS table with 10 place settings that each have a recessed plate holder, three beverage holders, and silverware tray. Six compartments beneath the ABS seats store food and supplies for all-day cookouts. The 11'-diam. nylon umbrella can be retracted when using the grill. Its 30-watt electric trolling motor enables operators to maneuver up to 2 1/2 mph through calm water and alongside docks for loading/unloading. The motor's four rechargeable batteries provide up to eight hours of continuous use from a 10-hour charge. Polyethylene hull. Special conditions and guarantee limitations apply. Please call 1-800-227-3528 for details. 11' 9" Diam. x 9' 2" H. (1,102 lbs.)
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You'll love AAA's improved AAA Auto Buying. We've taken the hassle out of buying a car – new or used – making it easy for you to research and shop for the car of your dreams online. Choose from thousands of cars available through our certified dealer network.
First, select the model, options and color you want, then see how our price compares with what others are paying for the same car. The next step is easy. Simply print out your AAA Member Savings Certificate, complete with your upfront price, estimated member savings and dealer name. The dealer will contact you to arrange a test drive. If you love it, buy it – without the worry or pressure.
Between 7/1/15 and 9/30/15, the average estimated savings off the Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price ("MSRP") presented by TrueCar Certified Dealers to users of TrueCar powered websites, based on users who configured virtual vehicles and subsequently purchased a new vehicle of the same make and model listed on the certificate from Certified Dealers, was $3,279, including applicable vehicle specific manufacturer incentives. Your actual savings may vary based on multiple factors including the vehicle you select, region, dealer, and applicable vehicle specific manufacturer incentives which are subject to change. The MSRP is determined by the manufacturer, and may not reflect the price at which vehicles are generally sold in the dealer's trade area as not all vehicles are sold at MSRP. Each dealer sets its own pricing. Neither TrueCar nor AAA brokers, sells or leases motor vehicles.
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Wareagle Ministries Praise and Worship Center invites all to come and worship. Come as you are.
A hymn/gospel sing will take place on the first Saturday of each month at 6 p.m. starting in June. Bring CDs or instruments and join along.
Sunday services are 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Austin Munoz is the pastor.
The center is located at 201 N. Second St., Berry, Ky., (behind the data center). For more information call 859-954-1573 or email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Juanita and Richard Dennis celebrated 65 years of being married on May 15.
They have four children, Janet Skidmore (Ron), Morehead, Randall Dennis (Barbara), Berry, Jerry Dennis (Brenda), Berry and Jennifer Jackson (Mike), Cynthiana. They also have seven grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, two step grandchildren and five step great-grandchildren.
They celebrated the day with their family.
The 66th annual Arnold reunion will be held Sunday, June 9 at the Mt. Caramel Christian Church on U.S. 27 South at 12:45 p.m.
The Hatfield-Workman reunion will be held at Flat Run Veterans Park (shelter area) on June 9. A potluck meal will be served at 12:30 p.m.
For directions or more information call Royce Hatfield at 859-298-8160.
Descendents and friends of the David Evans McCauley family will meet for the annual reunion at Biancke's Restaurant on Saturday, June 15 at noon.
Season 6 of Cynthiana Idol started with 11 hopefuls competing to be the next Cynthiana Idol. The competition was more difficult this year as the contestants had to sing from themes starting the first week. This was a change from the usual singer's choice of the past.
David Gauze, 18, of Cynthiana, breezed through the first week of 80's hair bands and continued to be in the top during Country Music Hall of Fame week and Beatle's week. During the finals he once again faired well with Broadway and the much anticipated singer's choice.
Kamryn Rae Burns was born to Justin and Kristin Burns of Cynthiana on April 24, 2013 at Harrison Memorial Hospital.
She weighed 6 lbs. 9 oz. and is welcomed by her brother Caleb Burns and sister Kendyl Burns.
Maternal grandparents are Johnny and Kitty Curtis of Cynthiana; maternal great-grandparents are the late William and Thaddues Brown of Cynthiana, and the late Clarence and Christia Curtis of Cynthiana.
* Cynthiana Democrat, Feb. 23, 1928 -- (Cromwell's Comments) - "In 1878, J. A. Brown purchased what was then known as the 'Broadwell' home, later known as the Elks' Home, now the site of several beautiful residences (corner of Pike Street, Clifton Road). At that time it was an ideal location for that which it afterwards became, 'Harrison Female College' as the old residence had many rooms of ample size and the surrounding grounds were spacious and well shaded."
10 years ago . . .
Births announced this week are: Brooklynn Paige Gaunce, May 10, daughter of Tony and Christin Gaunce; Hunter Dwayne Linville, May 18, son of David and Angela Linville; Tommi Ann Russell, May 9, daughter of Robbie Russell and Melody Morgan.
Snappy Tomato, a Northern Kentucky pizza delivery chain, opened in Cynthiana on June 2, and is located at 219-9 Walnut St. (Bridge Street Shopping Center). Mike Gayhart is the owner of the new business.
A Water Aerobics class will begin Monday, June 17 and continue through Monday, Sept. 2. Classes will meet at the Cynthiana Country Club pool from 9-10 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Fees for the class are $50, payable to the Cynthiana Country Club, plus $1 for each class attended, paid to the instructor.
The $50 fee is waived if the participant is a full or limited member of the Country Club. Registration will be immediately before class on June 17.
For more information call Kelley Brunker at 859-234-4898.
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) will continue to accept SURE applications for 2011 crop losses through June 7, 2013. The SURE Program provides payments to producers when crop revenues are less than the crop guarantee.
For more information call the Cynthiana FSA Service Center, 103 Rodgers Park Dr., 859-234-2646.
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2 tractor-trailers collide in NC; 1 injured
2 tractor-trailers collide in NC; 1 injured
A roadway has been closed after the collision of two tractor-trailers near Shelby.
State troopers say a tractor-trailer carrying a load of toilet paper was headed east at about 4 a.m. Friday when it ran off the road and struck a guardrail.
The truck then crossed over into the westbound lanes and was struck by a second tractor-trailer. The driver of the second truck was injured.
Fire department officials poured sand to contain a diesel fuel spill.
Authorities are still investigating, and troopers said Highway 74 west of Shelby would likely be closed most of the day Friday while crews cleaned up the crash site.


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New York: A new study shows heart attacks and strokes are more common in women infected with human papillomavirus, or HPV.
The research only included a small number of women with heart disease, and it doesn`t prove that the sexually transmitted infection is to blame. In fact, it`s still unknown whether the women already had the virus before they suffered heart attacks and strokes.
Previous studies have suggested an increased risk of heart disease in people with certain infections, including HIV, hepatitis C and one strain of Chlamydia -- but also haven`t been able to prove cause-and-effect.
"It is unclear what is the underlying mechanism for such risk, though the infection itself, (the) body`s reaction to infection or a general milieu of inflammation may account for a part of the risk," said Dr. Adeel Butt, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, in an email to Reuters Health. He was not involved in the new work.
The report includes data from a national health survey that was analyzed by Dr. Hsu-Ko Kuo and Dr. Ken Fujise from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
Close to 2,500 women between age 20 and 59 took vaginal swabs for HPV testing and told researchers whether or not they had ever been diagnosed with a stroke or heart attack.
About 47 percent of the women tested positive for HPV. The infections were evenly split between strains that can cause cervical cancer and non-cancer strains.
Sixty women reported a history of heart disease -- 39 who also tested positive for HPV, and 21 with no HPV. Women with HPV were more than twice as likely to say they`d had a stroke or heart attack, once researchers accounted for other heart risks including smoking, drinking and high blood pressure.
Breaking down the data further showed that it was only the cancer-causing HPV strains that were linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The researchers couldn`t distinguish between chronic and short-lasting infections.
Because women were only tested and surveyed at a single time point, Kuo and Fujise also couldn`t be certain if they got infected with HPV before or after suffering heart attacks and strokes.
In an editorial published with the study, Dr. Joseph Muhlestein from Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, pointed out that most women who get cardiovascular disease are over 60, so it`s unclear how the findings in this younger group apply to them.
He added that larger studies that follow women over time are needed to clarify the link between HPV and heart disease.
So far, whether chronic infections play a role in heart disease remains "neither proven nor disproven," Muhlestein wrote in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
"Those who have HPV infections do not have to panic at all," Fujise told Reuters Health in a phone interview.
"More extensive vaccination may potentially prevent ... the incidence of coronary heart disease, heart attack and stroke, but this needs to be tested" in a bigger trial, he added.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists advises girls and women age nine to 26 to get the HPV vaccine, with the first vaccination typically starting at 11 or 12, to prevent future cervical cancers.
"Women should be evaluated for HPV vaccination whether or not HPV association with heart disease is proven," said Butt.
On Tuesday, U.S. vaccine advisers recommended that 11- and 12-year-old boys should be routinely vaccinated against HPV as well.
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Who's Got Next? Kentucky Adds Two More Studs; Selden Decides For Kansas…Posted by CLykins on October 17th, 2012
Who's Got Next? is a weekly column by Chad Lykins, the RTC recruiting guru. Once a week he will bring you an overview of what's going on in the complex world of recruiting, from who is signing where among the seniors to who the hot prospects are at the lower levels of the sport. We also encourage you to check out his contributions dedicated solely to Duke Basketball at Duke Hoop Blog. You can also follow Chad at his Twitter account @CLykinsBlog for up-to-date breaking news from the high school and college hoops scene. If you have any suggestions as to areas we are missing or different things you would like to see, please let us know at email@example.com.
Young and Lee Join Historic Kentucky Class
If your familiar with the phrase "the rich get richer", that describes Kentucky basketball recruiting. After landing a pair of top-five prospects from the class of 2013, twin brothers Aaron and Andrew Harrison, the Kentucky Wildcats received verbal commitments from two more highly ranked 2013 prospects, in the form of James Young last Thursday and Marcus Lee on Wednesday afternoon. Young is a 6'6″ shooting guard out of Rochester High School (Michigan) and is the No. 5 ranked prospect in the ESPN 100. Lee, a 6'9″ power forward out of Deer Valley High School (California), is the No. 28 ranked recruit. Along with Kentucky, Young listed Kansas, Michigan State and Syracuse in his final four while Lee had just listed California as his only other possible destination. Young and Lee will now join the Harrison twins and unranked prospect Derek Willis as a part of Kentucky's 2013 recruiting class.
"Kentucky has always been my dream school," said Young, who revealed his choice by holding up a "Kentucky Bound" blue T-shirt. "I'm not just looking for the NBA. I'm looking for an education and a national championship and that's about it." Young emerged as a prime recruiting target for the Wildcats in the spring and had listed Kentucky as the team to beat for his services since the summer. Young has made two consecutive visits to Lexington, once for Kentucky's alumni weekend and the other this past weekend for "Big Blue Madness."
Kentucky will now possess the most lethal perimeter trio in all of college basketball for the 2013-14 season with the addition of Young to complement the Harrison twins. In the left-handed Young, the Wildcats are getting one of the best pure scoring guards in the country. An aggressive scorer who can stroke it from deep or utilize his mid-range game, Young is exceptional at scoring off the catch and has a plethora of moves to get to the rim. On the defensive end, he uses his athleticism and length well to disrupt the opposition. The one aspect of his game that needs the most work is his ball-handling. In transition, he can fill lanes but with improved ball security, he could be even more deadlier running the fast break and making plays for either himself or his teammates.


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Register Now for Kindergarten if Your Child Was Born in 2000
UH Manoa Center on the Family promotes benefits of early registration for kindergartenUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Arlene Abiang, (808) 956-5637
External Affairs & University Relations
HONOLULU — February marks the beginning of registration for kindergarten at Hawaiʻi's public schools for children born in 2000. Registering early is simple and extremely important according to the Learning to Grow Project at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Center on the Family.
"Unfortunately, many parents wait until late summer or even the first day of school to register their keiki for kindergarten," says Grace Fong, Learning to Grow principal investigator. "Registering early is helpful for children and their families because they will be able to participate in kindergarten transition programs and stay informed about school-related requirements and activities."
Spring or summer transition programs are provided by most public schools for children who will be entering kindergarten. These programs provide an opportunity for children to get acquainted with their new school and to interact with others who may be in their class.
Early registration also helps the schools to be more effectively prepared for the students. The problem of overcrowded classrooms can be alleviated when schools are able to anticipate an accurate count of incoming students, and hire a sufficient number of qualified kindergarten teachers.
Parents with children born in 2000 should call or visit the elementary schools in their area. Office staff can help parents determine if their street address falls in the school's district.
Once parents know which school their child should attend, they will need to take the following documents to the school to register their child:
· Health records (Form 14) — children must have a physical examination, written documentation of required immunizations, and tuberculosis clearance to enter school on the first day.
· Birth certificate — an original or certified copy is required to verify the child's age.
· Legal documents — if there were changes to the child's name, custody arrangement, or guardianship, the legal documents that verify the changes are needed.
· Proof of current local address — a document such as an electric, telephone, or cable bill, or a housing or rental agreement that shows the address of the child's home.
For more information about registering children early for kindergarten, call the nearest elementary school, or check the Department of Education website at http://doe.k12.hi.us/parents/index.htm.
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The most wonderful time of the year can unfortunately include a sidetrip to the most aggravating time of the year if you still haven't found the right gift for someone special on your list. Here's where giving the gift of entertainment, or arts and entertainment if you like, can come in very handy.
The most wonderful time of the year can unfortunately include a sidetrip to the most aggravating time of the year if you still haven't found the right gift for someone special on your list. Here's where giving the gift of entertainment, or arts and entertainment if you like, can come in very handy.
A CD box set, DVDs, concert tickets are always out there, of course, and virtually every retailer of arts and entertainment offers gift cards and gift certificates — including most if not all of Gainesville's major arts and entertainment providers.
Best of all, some of the best-known entities also offer some special packages, deals or memberships that can make for perfect presents under the tree — and produce some genuine smiles upon receiving.
Here's a look at some of what's available:
GAINESVILLE ENTERTAINMENT SAMPLER: This sampler is a package of tickets offering admission to performances from five area presenters — the Hippodrome Theatre and Cinema, Gainesville Chamber Orchestra, Dance Alive National and the University of Florida's School of Theatre and Dance.
For $89, subscribers will receive seven vouchers with one each good for a performance at Dance Alive, the Hipp Theatre and Gainesville Chamber Orchestra, and two each for admission to the Hippodrome Cinema and UF's School of Theatre and Dance.
Subscribers receive a brochure with 45 different events offered by the organizations to choose from. For details and to peruse what's included, see www.gainesvillearts.com. The package can be purchased at the Hipp box office or by calling the Hipp at 375-4477.
HIPP TRIPLE PLAY: Just in time for the holidays, the Hippodome also is offering its "Holiday Triple Play" package, which includes three pairs of tickets to mainstage productions that are packaged and ready for giving.
The tickets can be used for any of the Hipp's upcoming productions, which include "Venus in Fur," "King O' The Moon," "Robin Hood" and "Avenue Q." The pairs of tickets can be divided up and given to different people as gifts, and at $89 for a total of six tickets, costs less than $15 per ticket.
To purchase, call the box office at 375-4477.
HARN MUSEUM OF ART MEMBERSHIPS: A membership to the Harn Museum of Art includes admission to member pARTies offered over the next year as well as a year-round discount to the Harn store.
A host of membership packages are available starting at $25 for UF and Santa Fe students, $50 for individuals and $75 for couples. Other levels of memberships include perks from the Southeastern Reciprocal Membership Program, which provides free admission to more than 100 museums, and the North American Reciprocal Membership Program, which provides free admission to more than 500 museums.
For more information, see www.harn.ufl.edu/membership.
FLORIDA MUSEUM HOUSEHOLD MEMBERSHIPS: Packages available for membership at the Florida Museum of Natural History include the Household level of membership, which offers free admission and perks for two adults and an unlimited number of children in the same household. For $125, the entire family receives free admission to the Butterfly Rainforest and temporary exhibits as well as sneak previews to temporary exhibitions and discounts in both gift shops as well as early registration and discounts to such fee-based programs as the School Holiday Camp program.
Single and dual memberships also are available respectively for $50 and $85. For more information, send www.flmnh.ufl.edu/getinvolved/membership/levels. You can also email the museum's membership coordinator at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Contact Entertainment Editor Bill Dean at 374-5039 or at email@example.com, and follow on Twitter @SceneBillDean.


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Please join the Albumism team in celebrating Edie Brickell's musical legacy and share your personal memories of her with us in the comments below!
Born: March 10, 1966
Biography (AllMusic): Edie Brickell was born in 1966 in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas. She attended Southern Methodist University for a year-and-a-half before mustering the courage in a bar one night in 1985 to get up on-stage with a local band, the New Bohemians. She joined the band and wrote songs over the next year as the band changed and evolved. They finally settled on the personnel of Brad Houser (bass), Kenny Withrow (guitar), and Matt Chamberlain (drums) before taking off for Rockfield Studios in Wales to record their debut album. That album, Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, released by Geffen Records, revealed Brickell to be a songwriter with a unique perspective and a singer with an intimate, conversational style. The album was hailed by critics and became a massive hit, selling over a million copies and producing the Top Ten hit "What I Am."
After the disappointing performance of their follow-up album, Ghost of a Dog, the New Bohemians disbanded. Brickell married Paul Simon and the couple had a child. After several years of remaining artistically quiet, she released her first solo album in late summer 1994. While Picture Perfect Morning was pleasantly received, it wasn't a return to the million-selling heights of the New Bohemian zenith. This was fine with Brickell, who had burned out from the press attention and touring that followed Rubberbands' success, and was content to quietly issue the record while focusing on her and Simon's young son. Geffen naturally thought otherwise, but Brickell was resolute.
She wouldn't return to recording until almost ten years later. In the interim, two greatest-hits packages appeared: Best Of on MCA International and Hip-O's Ultimate Collection from 2002. Of these, the latter was most comprehensive, drawing on material both with and without the Bohemians, and featuring seven previously unreleased tracks.
Brickell finally hit restart on her solo career in 2003 with Volcano (Cherry/Universal). Produced by Charlie Sexton, the LP explored some new stylistic avenues inside the familiar rootsy landscape, and showed off Brickell's newly acquired acoustic guitar skills. She supported the effort with the usual round of late-night TV appearances and a brief tour. In 2006, she reunited with some of the original members of the New Bohemians for Stranger Things, the first studio album from the group in almost 16 years.
Tragedy struck the band a year later when keyboardist Carter Albrecht was shot in the head and killed in a bizarre misunderstanding involving his neighbor. Two Brickell projects were released in 2011, an eponymous solo album (her third) and a collaboration with Steve Gadd, Pino Palladino, and Andy Fairweather Low called the Gaddabouts.
Love Has Come for You, a collaboration with Steve Martin that featured her lyrics and singing over Martin's banjo-composed melodies, appeared in the spring of 2013. Reaching number one on Billboard's Top Bluegrass Albums chart, Love Has Come for You was a major success, landing a Grammy Award and spawning a tour -- documented on a 2014 live set -- and a sequel, So Familiar, which appeared in October 2015. Love Has Come for You also inspired Martin and Brickell to write a musical, the Walter Bobbie-directed Bright Star. Set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina just after World War II, the show debuted in 2014, and in 2016 Ghostlight issued the Original Cast Recording.


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July 12. 2013 11:19PM
Voting & residency: A Shaheen proves a point
AG won't recuse himself from probe of voter fraud allegedly facilitated by Portsmouth senator
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's daughter Molly inadvertently helped make the case last week for the sort of voter registration law Republicans passed in the last legislative session: one clarifying that only New Hampshire residents may vote in New Hampshire elections.
Molly Shaheen, 28, is co-founder of a business in California. Buzzfeed.com reported last week that the business, a lingerie company called Naked Undies, is actually registered at Sen. Shaheen's Madbury home, though its website describes it as a local Los Angeles-area business.
This newspaper's senior political reporter, John DiStaso, found that Molly Shaheen has regularly voted in New Hampshire elections in recent years, including three elections last year. But doesn't she live in Los Angeles, as her company website and her personal Facebook page say?
"I split my time between New Hampshire and Los Angeles," Shaheen told DiStaso. "I'm not permanent in Los Angeles."
Shaheen said, "I was living at my parents' house when I voted in the last election. And I was in school in San Diego before that."
As long as she did not vote or register to vote in California while she was voting here in New Hampshire, Molly Shaheen did nothing wrong. In fact, she voted exactly the way she should have: at her permanent residence. That is just what Republicans have been saying everyone should do because it is required by law. In the last legislative session, Republicans passed a law clarifying that claiming "domicile" for voting purposes made one a state resident.
The law always intended that link, according to Secretary of State Bill Gardner, a Democrat. In an affidavit for a court case in which the residency clarification was challeneged, Gardner wrote last fall, "To suggest that there is a separate definition of 'domicile' for voting purposes is wrong."
In his affidavit, Gardner made this point: "It cannot be that non-residents can somehow claim domicile for voting purposes only and be able to change the foundation of New Hampshire and its government by voting for its lawmakers and proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot."
That is obviously true. Yet Democrats say that one can and should be able to vote in New Hampshire without being a resident of New Hampshire. They claim that requiring people to vote only where they are legal residents disenfranchises them. Was Molly Shaheen disenfranchised by voting in New Hampshire while starting a life in California? Of course not. All that Republicans ask is that everyone vote as the younger Shaheen has. It is hardly a burdensome or unreasonable request.


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1. Re: Receiving trace()-statements in the TestRunnerSimeon Bateman Mar 17, 2010 8:33 AM (in response to wdeboer)
You should be able to run the FlexUnit runner in debug mode and get all your normal trace statements from the code that is involved with testing.
Am I missing something about your workflow?
2. Re: Receiving trace()-statements in the TestRunnerwdeboer Mar 17, 2010 10:00 AM (in response to Simeon Bateman)
Hmm, then I have to be doing something wrong because it's not displayed...
I am using the flexUnit ant task in the following action as noteed below. The DEBUG_MODE is variable is currently set to true and works in the normal application as expecteed.
<target name="unittest"> <echo message="Loading the FlexUnit ant task at location: ${BUILDER_DIR}/flexUnitTasks.jar..." /> <echo>Executing the unit tests of the project in /tests directory...</echo> <mxmlc file="${TESTS_DIR}/src/TestRunner.mxml" output="${TESTS_DIR}/TestRunner.swf" actionscript-file-encoding="UTF-8" incremental="false" debug="${DEBUG_MODE}" strict="true" optimize="true" use-network="${NETWORK_ACCESS}" default-frame-rate="${FRAME_RATE}" default-background-color="${BACKGROUND_COLOR}"> <source-path path-element="${APP_ROOT}" /> <source-path path-element="${LIBRARY_SRC_DIR}" /> <library-path dir="${LIBRARY_SWC_DIR}" append="true"> <include name="*.swc" /> </library-path> <library-path dir="${TESTS_DIR}/lib" append="true"> <include name="*.swc" /> </library-path> <compiler.verbose-stacktraces>true</compiler.verbose-stacktraces> <compiler.headless-server>true</compiler.headless-server> </mxmlc> <flexunit swf="${TESTS_DIR}/TestRunner.swf" toDir="${TESTS_REPORTS_DIR}" haltonfailure="false" verbose="true" headless="true" localTrusted="true" /> </target>
If I execute this task I am getting the following output from Apache Ant:
unittest: [echo] Loading the FlexUnit ant task at location: E:\project1\workspace\flash/../dev/automation/flash/flexUnitTasks.jar... [echo] Executing the unit tests of the project in /tests directory... [mxmlc] Loading configuration file C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 3 Plug-in\sdks\3.5.0\frameworks\flex-config.xml [mxmlc] E:\project1\workspace\tdd\TestRunner.swf (818409 bytes) [flexunit] Validating task attributes ... [flexunit] Generating default values ... [flexunit] Using default snapshot file path [E:\project1\workspace\tdd\reports\snapshot.jpg] [flexunit] Using the following settings: [flexunit] haltonfailure: [false] [flexunit] headless: [true] [flexunit] localTrusted: [true] [flexunit] player: [flash] [flexunit] port: [1024] [flexunit] snapshot: [false] [flexunit] snapshotFile: [E:\project1\workspace\tdd\reports\snapshot.jpg] [flexunit] swf: [E:\project1\workspace\tdd\TestRunner.swf] [flexunit] timeout: [60000ms] [flexunit] toDir: [E:\project1\workspace\tdd\reports] [flexunit] verbose: [true] [flexunit] xcommand: [xvfb] [flexunit] Setting up server process ... [flexunit] Starting server ... [flexunit] OS: [Windows] [flexunit] Opening server socket on port [1024]. [flexunit] Waiting for client connection ... [flexunit] Launching player: [flexunit] Executing 'rundll32' with arguments: [flexunit] 'url.dll,FileProtocolHandler' [flexunit] 'E:\project1\workspace\tdd\TestRunner.swf' [flexunit] The ' characters around the executable and arguments are [flexunit] not part of the command. [flexunit] Created local trust file at [C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerTrust\flexUnit.cfg] [flexunit] Client connected. [flexunit] Setting inbound buffer size to [262144] bytes. [flexunit] Receiving data ... [flexunit] Sending acknowledgement to player to start sending test data ... [flexunit] FlexUnit test testDecimals in suite tests.CurrencyHelperTests failed. [flexunit] FlexUnit test testRoundingEqual in suite tests.CurrencyHelperTests failed. [flexunit] FlexUnit test testRoundingBelowWithinMargin in suite tests.CurrencyHelperTests failed. [flexunit] FlexUnit test testRoundingAboveWithinMargin in suite tests.CurrencyHelperTests failed. [flexunit] FlexUnit test testThousands in suite tests.CurrencyHelperTests failed. [flexunit] FlexUnit test testDecimalsAboveMargin in suite tests.CurrencyHelperTests failed. [flexunit] FlexUnit test testRoundingBelow in suite tests.CurrencyHelperTests failed. [flexunit] [flexunit] Stopping server ... [flexunit] End of test data reached, sending acknowledgement to player ... [flexunit] Closing client connection ... [flexunit] Closing server on port [1024] ... [flexunit] Analyzing reports ... [flexunit] [flexunit] Suite: tests.CurrencyHelperTests [flexunit] Tests run: 8, Failures: 7, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0 sec [flexunit] [flexunit] Results : [flexunit] [flexunit] Tests run: 8, Failures: 7, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0 sec
I am missing the trace()-statement I have in the class which gets tested by the unit test:
trace("decimals=" + ( value - int( value ) ) + " == " + decimalsRounded );
3. Re: Receiving trace()-statements in the TestRunnerSimeon Bateman Mar 17, 2010 10:15 AM (in response to wdeboer)
Ah, see now I get it. I missed that you were using ANT in the first reply.
When using the Stand Alone player you wont get trace output in the command line where the ANT task is running. You can however configure Flash Player to output the trace statement using a trace file. It has to do with setting up your mm.cfg file and telling it where to put the output.
At least that is your best bet anyhow. I have always felt like getting those trace files to work is a vodoo art Maybe someone else will have more input for you on that topic.
4. Re: Receiving trace()-statements in the TestRunnerlegrosb Mar 17, 2010 10:39 AM (in response to wdeboer)1 person found this helpful
@wdeboer - Try creating a file in your home directory named mm.cfg. Then try putting the following into that file:
I think all trace and error output is now directed to the flashLogs.txt file under
since you're using Windows.
Hope this helps.
5. Re: Receiving trace()-statements in the TestRunnerwdeboer Mar 17, 2010 11:06 AM (in response to wdeboer)
Thanks! Maybe the flexunit task can forward the output stream from standalone player? Because when I launch the standalone player via Eclipse it shows the trace()-statements nicely without any hassle. If I find time I will give it a shot myself.
For now, I will use the logging file. Thanks again.
6. Re: Receiving trace()-statements in the TestRunnerlegrosb Mar 17, 2010 11:36 AM (in response to wdeboer)
@wdeboer - The integration between Flex/Flash Builder and the Flash movie is much tighter than the integration with the FU4 Ant task. There is TextListener in the core that works with the Flex logging framework that you could probably write a UI for to see tests data as it's run. If you're working with Flex I'd suggest using it over the TraceListener or trace() statements since its more flexible. If you have time and would like to see something custom, send us a feature request in JIRA and ask others to vote on it. Best of luck.
7. Re: Receiving trace()-statements in the TestRunnerwdeboer Mar 18, 2010 1:05 AM (in response to legrosb)
Hi Brian,
Yes, I am currently using the TraceListener() together with the FlexUnit ant script. I am considering to update the FlashPlayerCommand in the ant task so it uses:
Execute(ExecuteStreamHandler streamHandler)
Instead of the simple Execute()-method I think if I keep listening to the output stream of this ExecuteStreamHandler and output it to the task output stream via the LoggingUtil-method then it should all work. I think... I will be experimenting with it with some help from a colleague at work.
8. Re: Receiving trace()-statements in the TestRunnerlegrosb Mar 18, 2010 7:18 AM (in response to wdeboer)
@wdeboer - Thanks for offering to dig in, any help is always welcome. I encourage you to give it a shot, but I'm unsure if you'll be able to get ahold of the trace output stream from the Flash Player since it's decoupled from the Ant task It's launched indirectly so you don't have a handle to its pid to do anything with the process. There maybe be a flag to launch the stand alone Flash Player with the trace output dumping to console, but I have yet to find it. I know there is a way to attach a debugging session to a Flash Player instance which is probably what Flash Builder does it. Maybe that would be a good option to try out.
If you do have to roll your own thing, we could make a custom socket logger that works with the Ant task and just listens on a separate thread in the Ant task so it can dump to console. You could probably extend TextListener to make it happend more easiliy; just having to add the socket functionality.
In any case, best of luck. Let me know if I can be of any help.
9. Re: Receiving trace()-statements in the TestRunnermlabriola Mar 18, 2010 8:44 AM (in response to legrosb)
Could you explain what you are trying to accomplish. Generally using the trace data is not something I would try to do with Unit tests. If you gave us an idea of what you are trying to accomplish we might be able to offier an alternate approach.
10. Re: Receiving trace()-statements in the TestRunnerwdeboer Mar 26, 2010 8:05 AM (in response to mlabriola)
First of all my apologies for the late reply.
My idea is to write a failing unit test after a ticket with testable issue comes in and then I would like to continously run the unit tests until the issue has been fixed. Instead of running and building the actual application (this has nothing to do with the huge amount of needed mouse clicks ) only then I need to have trace outputs to check debug loggings. For example, I am having a class which formats currency amounts in the proper locale and now I am having an issue with the rounding by five cents. Now I would like to output the differents amounts to spot the error and a few trace()-statements would make that easy.
Now I can use flashlog.txt but just seeing it in the console panel in Eclipse is a lot easier and using something like my friends De MonsterDebugger might be overkill for this. Now I have to admit I would love to be able to use breakpoints but my application never stops on breakpoints when using Apache Ant build scripts and Flex Builder.
What kind of workflow would you suggest instead?
11. Re: Receiving trace()-statements in the TestRunnerflashquartermaster Nov 24, 2011 11:26 AM (in response to wdeboer)
A straight forward flexunit task e.g.
<flexunit player="air"
with Dconsol ;http://code.google.com/p/doomsdayconsole/
in your library path will output to the console if you use debug/info/warn/error/fatal() instead of trace()
import com.furusystems.logging.slf4as.global.debug


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Biotech and immigration topics generate more e-mail responses to commentaries than any other topics.
The last one on the on the Mexico-U.S. border wall elicited a wide range of e-mails.
The following are excerpts from many. They came mostly from California; others from Texas, Illinois and Georgia. These e-mails are mostly simplistic solutions to a very complex problem. They're emotional and from a narrow perspective. I also believe each can be effectively challenged. Several are as ludicrous as the border wall.
I could not help but wonder how these opinions were formed. One conclusion must have been derived partly from newspapers and television sound bites. That is unfortunate.
What is missing is compassion for fellow human beings. Most who cross the border do it to survive. I also believe they take jobs American will not do. I do not think it is an issue of wages. Farmers or any employer must pay workers minimum wage or more to people they hire. The people elected by the writers of the e-mails below set the minimum wage. Farmers or any employer cannot ask a prospective employee if he/she is an American citizen.
I am now going down a road that will unquestionably get me branded as something less than a scumbag. Let's say wages are raised to $15, $20, $30 or $50 per hour to attract American workers to replace minimum wage illegals in agriculture, construction and the service industries. One question: Could Americans afford to buy the food those workers harvested or the homes they built?
Americans must take responsibility for the immigration morass. We want the good life and are willing to pay the cheapest price we can. Who is making it cheap? Not people earning $40 per hour harvesting lettuce, pouring concrete, framing homes, serving us food from a fast service drive up window.
I am not saying the system we have is right, but it is the system we Americans created.
Read on and see what others have to say about immigration.
I read the article on the Internet, "Labor crisis of perfect storm proportions brewing." Why is there such a farm labor shortage? Because the industry is about greed. Instead of providing appropriate wages the industry seeks to import an endless stream of a virtual slave class, one they can abuse, underpay and overwork. But now that these "slave"-like workers can leave the fields to take factory type jobs – since immigration laws are not being enforced – they disappear into the cities for jobs. Why can't the farm industry recruit from among the millions and millions of unemployed American citizens? Oh, because the farm industry cannot abuse and underpay an American citizen the way it can abuse an illegal alien. The outrage here is that the illegal alien farm workers have children and family members that the taxpayer must take care of. The taxpayer is forced to subsidize the farm slave labor! The taxpayer must care for the children of the slave-like farm worker — the health care, etcetera, so that growers can enjoy bigger profits. Just as the article states: "There is no second generation of farm workers," said Mason, explaining that children of illegal immigrants born in the United States are not becoming farm workers. And neither are the children who cross the border with their farm worker parents."
The corporate grower industry should clean up its work standards. They should recruit from among the millions of unemployed American citizens — they could do so if they paid them the right amount and treated them fairly. The corporate grower industry needs to stop viewing its goal as finding a slave class to do its work.
Robin Hvidston Upland, Calif.
Has anyone in Washington thought of the following? Start a program whereby those wanting to come to this country to work would apply and be accepted on the following conditions: speak English, pass a medical and criminal background check, come alone (no family) and come on a temporary basis.
They must also sign a document stating they would only work in the agricultural business. Those hiring them would be responsible for their medical needs – not the taxpayer. They would pay for their own needs before sending remittances home and again expecting the American taxpayer to foot their bills. If they wanted to come badly enough, they would adhere to these stipulations.
This would not be a government-sponsored program. That would really mess it up. This would be run by an independent council of businessmen who would also be required to keep records and report earnings to the IRS. Another council would oversee this to avoid any bribery, graft and corruption. Surely, we can find some honest people in this country who would see that this was done on an honest and legal basis.
Then, begin deportation of all illegals. They have broken the law and do not deserve any consideration. We know the president overlooks their crimes and is eager to make them citizens, but are they the kind of people we want in this country?
I think the November 7 election told the president that we do not agree with this immigration policy. And we aren't fooled with the fence signing. He will never allocate money for it. By 2008, we'll have 20 million more illegal aliens invading this nation. Deportation will avoid all the confusion of who stays, who goes, etcetera. The 14th Amendment needs to go back to its original meaning. The children of illegals are also illegal. They go with the parents and it is retroactive.
If this crime of overlooking lawbreakers continues, what other crimes will be overlooked?
Why can't this administration open its eyes? It has remained silent while invaders and their supporters marched in our streets waving foreign flags and threatening to take over. That's a clear declaration of war. The American people see it, why can't our leaders?
June Venable
You state in your column that Mexicans in Mexico aren't breeding as they once were, and how this somehow affects or will affect the number of illegal alien farm workers in the United States. This is non-sensical trash! Millions of illegals from Mexico and other Latin American countries are breaking through our border every year. There are, contrary to your quoting the open borders party line figure of 12 million illegals (as per the left-wing Pew Study and grossly unreporting CENSUS figure of 11 million), more than 30 million illegals in the United States.! Did you ever read Bear Stearns Report of January 2005?
These are not "underground" psychobabble reports.
What you and your farmer buddies are clearly worried about is the huge number of illegals who refuse to do hard work anymore, and have vied for construction, hotel and other service industry work instead of toiling in the fields. What you and your farmer friends refuse to admit is the fact that farm workers are paid so poorly it's no secret why they can't get American citizens to work in the fields. If they paid, say, $13 per hour, you'd see thousands flocking to the fields! But greedy growers and farmers won't pay those kinds of wages. They want cheap, illegal, slave labor.
Shame on them!
David Levin
California means nothing to Georgians. I have 13 grandchildren. We will import our food rather than Mexican labor. Where do you think these 20,000,000 illegal immigrants will go during the 2007 economic recession. I hope Congress has more sense than to dump 20,000,000 illegals on America during a recession
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Harry: A true masterpiece. Probably the best editorial you have even written. Congratulations.
Paul Eberhardt
If farmers want a guest worker program, they should be working with congressman Tancredo, who proposed the only honest guest worker program that's on the table.
All the other proposals are amnesty programs masquerading as guest worker programs.
As the expert you cited, Bert Mason, pointed out, the children of farmworkers don't want to do farm work.
Thus, amnesty programs do not solve the ag worker problem.
Only a TRUE guest worker program of the type that Tancredo has proposed would stand a chance of doing that.
And that means:
1) No citizenship for the children of guest workers
2) Guest workers are true "guests" who return home after their visa expires and if they try to remain the get rounded up and deported.
3). Economic incentives to assure that they go home. Deduct part of their pay that is payable to them after they have returned to their home country.
4). Crack down hard on illegal immigration so that illegal aliens don't take jobs that are supposed to go to guest workers.
By the way: You seem to sympathize with the idiots who equate a border wall to keep illegals out with the Berlin Wall, which was to keep enslaved citizens in.
Get a grip, sir.
Lance B. Sjogren
Pull the other one. If farm labor were in such short supply, we wouldn't have instances such as the recent one where an employer of H2-Bs underpaid workers and gave them far fewer hours of work than agreed to when they were brought over. Furthermore, a major reason for the supposed dearth of farm workers has been that they left for higher paying jobs in construction. With the housing market slowing down, you can bet that many illegal aliens will be returning to the fields.
As for subsequent generations not wanting to work in the fields, well, that should be a clue to farmers. Americans will do dirty backbreaking work if it pays well enough, although mechanization would surely help.
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Mr. Cline,
Everything about immigration has been done in a wrongheaded manner for decades.
Too much legal immigration, out-of-control illegal immigration, and foolish, half-hearted (at best) attempts to control the borders. This crisis has been building for years, and all the growers, and their organizations, are partly responsible. If the subject weren't so serious, I would be tempted to laugh at your hand wringing.
Citizens like me have been griping about this mess for a very long time. We were brushed off, called racists, alarmists. isolationists, etcetera – every name in the book. Now (finally!) Washington is feeling some heat, and a few paltry measures are being implemented. This is just enough to cause some growers a few problems. That is just the beginning.
I am totally against amnesty of any sort. If we grant illegals (trespassers) another one-time amnesty, millions more will come, knowing that America has backed down again.
The destiny of this nation is far more important than your business concerns. And don't try to say we will pay more for our food without illegals - we are paying $75 billion per year in social costs (while watching our country slowly descend to third-world status) just to subsidize a bunch of employers who want the cheapest labor possible. The states and communities get all the problems and costs associated with the presence of large numbers of illegals, and greedy employers get the benefits. They really need to start thinking about what kind of country they will be leaving their kids. It won't be as good as the one they got from their fathers. Guaranteed.
The only answer that protects this country in the long run: an actual guest worker program of temporary workers. You don't amnesty (surrender to) millions of lawbreakers and call them guest workers. Only idiots like Bush believe that. We need to send all the illegals home. We'll give them six months to go. In the meantime, we set up recruiting stations in Mexico for legal guest workers. It would be for Mexicans only, men only, (for obvious reasons) and for agriculture only. When the deadline expires, we begin the sweeps. All illegals caught here would be taken into custody, IDd (DNA, photo, fingerprints, etcetera.), deported, and forever be disqualified from returning as a legal guest worker or legal immigrant. Most will self deport.
Employers don't want all the hassles of such a program. Perhaps they prefer the hassles of bankruptcy as the labor supply begins to dry up.
The answer is a real guest worker program, and not surrender because it's "easier."
This is our nation, our homeland, and our special place in the world. It is more than a bleeping business zone.
Alex Landi
I just read your story interesting! Let me share with you two facts (and I mean facts) from my personal life. 1. Some members of my family farm in southern Illinois, my grandparents and parents were farmers...they have never, ever, even once used illegals to help them boost their profits (they are honest and decent Americans, unlike the chamber of commerce, big-business types).
2. I own my own small company, I have never, ever, even once, thought about using illegals to boost my profits. Here's hoping a lot of businesses will go broke, if they lose their illegal labor force. No one in my family ever thought, "Oh, I must do something illegal in order to be profitable." I don't recall the government ever passing any loopholes for me, or lobbying (buying off) politicians, so I can make a living.
Here's hoping that more and more people will not buy into these nonsense "boo-hoo" stories about how we need illegals or the world will come to an end. Although I am not registered with either party, have no PAC affiliation, or any influence whatsover, I have enjoyed the tremendous backlash against the open-borders whack jobs. And I will re-double my efforts to expand the backlash against illegals even further, now that the Democrat-open-border-Jorge-Bush team in on the job.
Paul Bennett Houston, Texas
All of us in the produce industry here in the desert (Yuma, Imperial, Coachella) agree with you 1,000 percent.
Oh, and on the 6 million deportees…the same 100 guys 60,000 times
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Posted February 20, 2012
Within minutes of walking off campus, Bowdoin students can be sitting in an old-growth pine forest or watching ducks from a small footbridge. But too often, distracted by their academic work or the myriad activities happening on campus, they don't get outside to explore.
Leah Wang '12, an environmental studies and economics major, is trying to change this and broaden students' natural history experience. Last summer as a Gibbons fellow, she created a guide of the trails, parks, nature preserves and recreational opportunities in and around Brunswick. The Gibbons Summer Research Program pays students $3,200 to pursue a technology-related project over eight weeks in concert with faculty research.
"We are lucky to have our outing club, but left to our own devices, we would probably stick to going to the gym, or if you have a car, going shopping, when really, there are so many beautiful spots right off campus that will leave you more relaxed," Wang said.
After her summer fellowship was over, Wang decided she was obligated to continue her work. "It was just something sitting in the computer," she said, about her trail guide. "It doesn't do any good to keep it to myself."
So Wang was hired by the IT department to distribute the guide and get it into students' hands. The guide is available online, and Wang is also creating an interactive Google map. Plus she will develop a hard-copy trail map as an addendum to the campus map that she'd like to place around the college by spring. She's looking for a small amount of funding to pay for the printing fee.
Wang had four advisers on this project: Nat Wheelwright, professor of biology; Jeff Ward, director of athletics; Jennifer Snow, educational research consultant for IT; and Eileen Johnson, program manager/GIS analyst and environmental studies lecturer.
Wheelwright said he had been pushing for a trail guide like Wang's for 20 years. "One of my missions has been to unplug students — first from their Sony walkmans, and now from their iPhones — to open their eyes to the natural splendors of Maine and learn something about natural history and the plants and animals around them," he said.
Wheelwright commended Wang for doing great research this summer and pulling together information from a number of sources. Ward also praised Wang's work, and says it could lead to more map resources in the future. "We've got very good GPS coordinates for all the trails, thanks to Leah and others, and I hope we can build on that to have more and more interactive tools for people to use," Ward said.
Wang, who's from Newton, Mass and is graduating in May, will work as an apprentice this summer on an organic farm in Newcastle, a half hour north of Brunswick. Following this, says she'd like to stay in Portland and possibly work with a nonprofit, land trust or town planning department.
Leah Wang '12 on her 2011 Gibbons Fellowship Experience: "I got to produce something that included places I already knew about and tell other people about how they're so beautiful and easily accessible. I got paid to explore more and find new places — places to swim or to sit in silence. I got paid to talk to students about where they bike and walk. I got to hone my skills in respect to GIS and [Adobe] Illustrator. And I got to work independently, which was great."
"One of my missions has been to unplug students — first from their Sony walkmans, and now from their iPhones — to open their eyes to the natural splendors of Maine and learn something about natural history and the plants and animals around them."


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P/E equals current share price divided by earnings per share
The P/E (or "Price to Earnings ratio") is the most common measure of the cost of a stock. The P/E ratio can be calculated one of two ways, either as a stock's market capitalization (total shares times cost per share) divided by its after-tax earnings, or as the current share price divided by earnings per share.
For example, the P/E ratio of company A with a share price of $50 and earnings per share of $5 is 10.
The higher the P/E ratio, the more the market is willing to pay for each dollar of annual earnings. In general, a low P/E is considered a sign that a stock may be undervalued, or that investors expect poor future earnings. By contrast, a high P/E is thought to indicate an over-valued stock, or one that is expected to post significant earnings increases.
It should be noted that there is no mathematical basis for what a company's P/E should be. Rather, a high or low P/E is defined only in relative terms. Historically, P/E ratios for US listed companies have averaged between 14 and 16, though functionally, stocks with P/E below about 12 are considered "low" while P/Es above 40 or 50 are considered "high", in absolute terms. A P/E's significance (i.e. "high" or "low") on more general terms is dictated by a company's P/E in relation to its industry and competitors. In other words, the industry a company is in often has as much to do with its P/E ratio as the company's performance, and therefore the metric may be useless unless taken in context. Thus, because of the major discrepancies in earnings results across sectors, P/E ratios are most useful when comparing companies in the same industry.
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This makes it difficult to use P/E ratios to compare different companies with different amounts of leverage. As a result, ratios of EV / EBITDA, which are unaffected by capital structure, are a more effective way of comparing the "price" of two different companies.