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Our History
For almost 190 years, McCormick Theological Seminary has enjoyed a rich and storied history as a noted center of theological education.
Hanover, Indiana
Like many pioneers, McCormick Theological Seminary was born in a log cabin. With a handful of students and a faculty of two, McCormick held an inaugural celebration on June 29, 1829. The Seminary was originally established in Indiana, and remained there until the beginning of the Civil War when it relocated to Chicago, Illinois.
At that time, Chicago was a city of 100,000 people and a strategic center of national growth. It was home to many successful entrepreneurs, including Cyrus H. McCormick, an industrialist and ardent Presbyterian layman. Cyrus McCormick's vision for the city included the establishment of a Presbyterian seminary, and from 1859 until well into the twentieth century, McCormick, his wife Nettie, and their heirs were the school's financial mainstay. Shortly after McCormick's death in 1884, the school was renamed McCormick Theological Seminary.
Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois
The Seminary's first Chicago location was in Lincoln Park on the city's north side, where it remained for over a century. By the middle of the twentieth century, McCormick's urban location placed it in the swirling center of American societal conflict and change. In 1968, news of Martin Luther King Jr.'s tragic assassination led to the eruption of rioting and burning in Chicago. McCormick students and faculty joined other "Seminarians for Racial Justice" in providing services for the displaced and injured. In the late summer of that same year, a McCormick student was seriously injured as he and other seminarians, joining with area clergy, sought to be a buffer between police and citizens during the Democratic National Convention. In the spring of 1969, McCormick's new administrative/academic building was occupied by several minority groups to protest the plight of the poor in Chicago.
Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois
By 1972, the Board of Directors initiated a series of studies concerning relocation of the Seminary. The studies focused on two possibilities: joining Garrett Theological Seminary and Seabury-Western Theological School on their Evanston campus or moving to Hyde Park, where there was already a thriving cluster of theological institutions and the remarkable resources of the University of Chicago. McCormick chose to relocate to Hyde Park and began offering Masters level programs there in 1975. Relocation to this area opened the way for greater ecumenical contact and experience and allowed McCormick to share academic, library, and housing facilities with the near-by Jesuit School of Theology, and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
In 1973, McCormick began a program for Latino/a ministries, soon followed by development of an African-American ministries program. In 1988, the Seminary also made a commitment to Korean-American ministries, and to achieving a balanced ratio of male to female students.
In 2003 McCormick built a new administration building that forms an architectual connection with the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. This building extends the decades-long collaboration with LSTC, through cooperative use of facilities, academic programming, joint classroom space, and a shared library.
Today, the McCormick community is so diverse that no one racial/ethnic culture constitutes a majority. This diversity, together with an urban environment, continues to embody McCormick's commitment to a Reformed theological education that integrates scholarship, ecumism, with an unceasing commitment to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.


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OSHA #502 - Update for Construction Industry Outreach Trainers
06/21/2016 07:30 AM to 06/23/2016 04:00 PM (US/Central)
United States
OSHA #502 - Update for Construction Industry Outreach Trainers
This course is designed for personnel in the private sector who have completed OSHA #500 Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry and who are active trainers in the outreach program. It provides an update on such topics as OSHA construction standards, policies and regulations. A laptop is strongly recommended.
Outreach trainers are required to attend this course once every four years to maintain their trainer status.
Note: Per OSHA's Outreach Training Program Requirements, there is a 90-day grace period after the expiration date of the trainer's authorization status to take OSHA #502. The 90-day grace period is designed to allow for unexpected circumstances like course cancellations, illness, and other unavoidable obligations such as jury duty. During the grace period, the trainer will be unable to conduct Outreach training and receive student course completion cards. After the grace period, a trainer's authorization status may only be reinstated by retaking OSHA #500. Extensions to the grace period will not be granted.
Outreach Trainer Cards: Students in this class must successfully pass both a written and performance evaluation in order to earn/renew their trainer card and the authorization to conduct 10-hour and 30-hour OSHA training. Any student not successfully passing BOTH portions will be issued a letter of attendance but not a card or certificate. Outreach trainers are required to attend OSHA #502 at least once every four years to maintain their trainer status. Need a replacement card?
Course Benefits
- Locate and apply recently adopted or revised OSHA construction industry safety and health standards, policies and procedures
- Recommend current OSHA construction requirements and policies
- Describe new construction standards
- Identify training material resources
- Apply techniques and resources used by other construction outreach trainers
- Provide a general overview of construction safety practices
- Earn 1.8 CEU or 3.01 CM
Course Topics
- OSHA inspection policy updates
- OSHA procedures and standards updates
- Safety and health program management
- Training techniques
Pre-requisites for OSHA #502:
- OSHA #500: Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry
Please note: Withdrawing from a course due to the participant's failure to meet course pre-requisites will result in the participant being assessed a processing fee. Please check the course pre-requisites carefully!

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Karla Munger
|I've been with JA since 2003; I'm the resident hermit. I'm also a freelance digital artist. My avatar is one of my creations. I started out at JA as tender of The JAVE (Just Adventure Virtual Encyclopedia, which is not currently part of the site), and also wrote reviews. In 2008, JA's former owner, Randy Sluganski, invited me to become the site's webmaster. I continued to maintain the site and The JAVE until JA was sold to Shane. Fortunately, I got to stay and became website administrator. I love games. Adventure games are my first love, followed by RPG, FPS and RTS. But if a game is good, the genre doesn't really matter to me. I especially like games that are dark, scary, creepy, sickening, disgusting...you get the idea. My favorites are The Cat Lady, Scratches: The Director's Cut and Still Life (the first one only). In the realm of my favorite non-scarys are Syberia I and II, TLJ, Dreamfall, Culpa Innata and the older Nancy Drew games. I absolutely detest Windows 8, 8.1 and 10, Microsoft in general and Dell computers.
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This week in Pickstarter, we zero in on a proposed revolution in gaming, a new process to express yourself in your clothing, and a WWII-era graphic novel that doesn't pull its punches.
Pick #1 – Ouya- A New Kind of Videogame Console
The games market is supposedly suffering a "brain drain" wherein all the talented developers are running off to create mobile and tablet games. We don't necessarily believe that, but there has been an uptick in iOS development and fewer indie houses building games for consoles. Ouya would like to fill that alleged gap with an affordable home console designed for open source development and games that won't break players' bank accounts. According to the creators of the new console, every game on the system will require a free component, whether it be a demo or a free-to-play model. At $99, the Android-based console has the potential to break a lot of barriers, but can developers come up with the AAA titles that gamers would hope for to support a new gaming eco-system on a system designed to cut the price tag for the end-user? Time will tell, as the system's Kickstarter has obliterated its goal. This gaming revolution will definitely be televised.
Pick #2 – Lumi: Print on Fabric Using Sunlight
If you've ever wanted to screen-print your own shirt but found the task too daunting with all the screens and squeegees, Lumi has an alternative for you that will potentially make things easier and more detailed. Using photosensitive dyes and negatives you can print on transparencies, any image can now be made into a shirt. That artistic pic of cosplay from Comic-Con? A shirt. That pic of your cat looking totally adorbs? Now a duvet pattern. If you can take a picture of it, it can be put on fabric in a much easier way than before. Alas, poor iron-on technology… We knew it, Horatio.
Pick #3 Duster: The Graphic Novel
A small town crop-duster is forced to contend with Third Reich kidnappers in her small Texas town in the closing days of World War II in this epic adventure graphic novel. At 240 pages, this tome is definitely giving you a lot of bang for your buck. Writer Micah Wright has worked in animation and comics for quite some time, and is turning to crowdfunding to make his latest project a reality. The art of the book seems to fall smack in the middle of Frank Miller and Milo Manara, with grit and grace to spare, and the pacing keeps you turning page after page to see what's coming next. The creators believe in the book so much they're even letting you check out the first 40 pages for free. Wonder what's going to happen when someone tries to get on heroine Jo's plane with "No Ticket?"


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WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- Oil production from five Western U.S. states increased as much as 64 percent since 2010 in part because of new drilling methods, the Energy Department said.
The U.S. Energy Department's Energy Information Administration reported in its monthly petroleum supply report that onshore oil production rose more than 2 million barrels per day from February 2010 to February 2013.
The EIA said much of the recent focus on U.S. oil production gains have centered on Texas production, which doubled during the reporting period, and North Dakota, where output nearly tripled. Developments were expanding further west, however.
"Five western states in particular -- Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Colorado and Utah -- account for 15 percent of the increase," the report said. "Production in each of these states increased between 23 percent and 64 percent over the same three years."
The EIA said oil production gains were achieved largely through the use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing of underground onshore shale deposits.
The EIA reported in its short-term energy outlook, published last month, that U.S. crude oil production is expected to "grow rapidly" through 2016. The EIA said it expects U.S. crude oil production to go from an average of 6.5 million barrels per day recorded last year to 7.9 million bpd next year.


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Editor's note: Do you have a weight-loss success story to share? Tell us how you did it and you could be featured in our weekly weight-loss story on CNN.com.
(CNN) -- There are workout horror stories and then there's Kathleen Riser, who was mocked by the most unlikely of sources: a fitness trainer at the gym.
"There's another one who will break our equipment," she overheard one trainer say 2½ years ago, pointing at her 350-plus pound frame.
It was only a confirmation of her fears. Riser had spent years avoiding fitness establishments out of embarrassment.
"I hadn't been to a gym since I was in college, and every time I try to get enrolled I would feel uncomfortable," she said. "I would feel like people were watching."
People now point to Riser as an inspiration. The 54-year-old has lost 200 pounds.
"When I first started this journey two and a half years ago, I was desperate. ... I actually thought this was the end of my life," she wrote in her CNN iReport.
"I was determined not to die like this."
A downward spiral
Riser has dedicated her professional career to others.
As a middle school teacher, she helped children enter her classroom and leave as knowledgeable, well-rounded teenagers. After school, Riser spent long hours as a band director, including nights and weekends traveling to competitions.
Unfortunately, the teacher, who is now retired, was unable to apply the same dedication toward her personal life.
"Every morning it was a McDonald's sausage biscuit or fast-food breakfast," she said. "I ate a lot of French fries, and a bunch of white bread.
"Really I was just a constant eater."
At 5 feet 4 inches tall, Riser realized her weight was destroying her knees. She needed four surgeries, and each seemed to take a bigger toll on her body than the last.
She knew she was robbing herself of a productive life.
"It was hard for me to stand up without rocking or without leaning or something," she said. "I couldn't fly without getting a (seat-belt) extension for myself. And all those little things, like not being able to go on amusement park rides, were starting to get to me."
The breaking point: Riser struggled to climb the stairs to get to her school classroom.
She estimates her peak weight was 383 pounds.
"I was on a one-way street to dying."
Riser decided to find a judgment-free gym, change her eating habits and give healthy living another shot. Thanks to a tough-loving accountability group, her personal trainer Shaun Lloyd and her own dedication, Riser has achieved what she calls her goal: proving that middle-aged women can lose weight.
"People say that when you get older, it's harder to lose weight," she said. "Or that I was always going to be large. It became one of my inspirations to prove people wrong."
Lloyd credit's Riser's success to one simple fact: "She just doesn't take no for an answer."
The transformation
Lloyd knew he would have to gain Riser's trust after she was scarred by the hurtful comments about her weight. But that was not especially difficult: Riser just needed someone to listen.
"She was a stress eater," Lloyd said. "Things that were heavy on her heart translated to things that were heavy on the plate. I wanted to give her different avenues that could help her heart process."
And so began the mental transformation, unlocking Riser's determination and belief that she could lose weight.
Riser began to plan her meals with Lloyd: a supplement shake for breakfast, lean protein and veggies for lunch and the same for dinner. Snacks of junk food were replaced with raw almonds or hummus. And Riser completely eliminated processed foods, white flours, sodas and sweets from her diet.
Instantly, she began to see results.
"The treadmill was going at one of the slowest speeds, and I lost three pounds," she said. "I knew if I could get myself moving, it was possible."
Two years later, Riser is still moving, and the weight has continued to fall off. She's exchanged her 42W clothing for size 18. Riser now weighs under 180 pounds and expects to hit her target weight by the end of the year.
She works out six days a week and plans healthy meals for herself and her parents -- sometimes cooking a week's worth of meals in one day.
"I believe in myself again," she said. "Yes, there are of course days I get discouraged, but that is why it is so important to have someone around to help hold you accountable and love you."
Riser's parents are both fighting serious diseases. She said she believes her transformation has been critical in allowing her to be a good caregiver.
"My father has cancer, and my mother has dementia," she said. "And now I have the energy and strength to help my father get up and down. That's definitely been important."
Riser credits her family, friends and personal trainers for helping spur her lifestyle changes.
"They saved my life," she said.


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Stocks are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street after a report showed that the U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in December.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 120 points to 13,965 shortly after the opening bell Thursday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is up three points at 1,512 and the Nasdaq composite is up 12 points at 3,178.
Stocks are slightly lower for the week, with Dow down 0.3 percent and the S&P 500 also 0.3 percent lower.
The trade deficit fell nearly 21 percent in December from November to $38.6 billion, the Commerce Department said Friday. That's the smallest in nearly three years. The smaller trade gap means the economy likely performed better in the final three months of last year than first estimated last week.
Shares of LinkedIn, the online professional-networking service, jumped $21.32, or 18 percent, to $145.70 after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results late Thursday.


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Fostering great minds to lead us into the future is an all-encompassing task and one at which the University of Wollongong excels, from providing world-class education to opening the minds of our students to infinite possibilities.
We endeavour to provide our under-graduates and graduates access to every opportunity to reach their potential, to become global citizens and make their own impact on the world with scholarships, bursaries, support funds and outstanding facilities.
Our statistics show that most UOW students who receive a donor-funded scholarship graduate with a credit average or above, immediately find employment in their field.
Establishing a UOW scholarship is a long-term investment that impacts the student's life for many years to come. Giving to student scholarships is the seed to positive, productive futures.


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Recipe (Serves 4) :
Pork tenderloin - 8 oz
salt - 1/2 tsp, divided
White pepper - a pinch
Cornstarch - 1 tsp
Hot red chilli pepper - 1
Celery stalks - 8
Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp
Minced garlic - 2 tsp
White vinegar - 2 tsp
Sugar - 1 tsp
Light soy sauce - 1 tsp
Sesame oil - 2 tsp
Cut the pork into thin matchsticks 2 by 1/8 by 1/8 inch.
Toss in a bowl with 1/4 tsp salt, the pepper and cornstarch.
Cut open the chilli pepper and remove the seeds, then cut into thin 2" strips.
Remove and discard the celery leaves and the stringy stalks.
Cut the stalks into 2 by 1/4 inch.
Heat a wok or skillet over high heat and add the vegetable oil, garlic, celery and remaining 1/4 tsp salt.
Stir fry for 30 seconds and add the marinated pork strips.
Turn the heat down to medium and stir-fry for an additional 2 minutes.
Add the vinegar, sugar, soysauce, sesame oil and chilli pepper.
Stir fry over high heat for 1 more minute.
Serve hot or cold.
Source: Everyday Chinese by Leeann Chin and Katie Chin.
- Chicken can be used instead of pork, in this recipe.
- I used a small serrano pepper in place of hot red chilli.
- Distilled vinegar was used as the white vinegar.
- It is a good accompaniment to Noodles with Peanut sauce which I will share with you once I try it out!
Try this out friends, you wont be disappointed.
I was tagged by Sailaja of Sailaja's recipes for a meme. Since I did the meme just a week back, I am hereby redirecting eveyone to that post. Read my meme here. Anyone who is interested can take up this meme.
My blog was given a giant bear hug by Vani of Illatharasi. Thank you sooo much Vani, I am so happy that you like my blog!!
I would like to pass the hug to,
Ranji of Ranji's Kitchen Corner
Bhags of Crazy curry
Shubha of Chutki Bhar Pyar who badly needs a hug
Laavanya of Cookery Corner
Sailaja of Sailaja's recipes
Once again, have a great weekend everyone! Oh, one more thing, my wrist is feeling much better now, thanks for all your concern! Your comments themselves made it all the more bearable! :-) Hugs!
I am sending this to Eat Healthy - Protein Rich event at Sangeeth's Art of Cooking Indian Food.


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Man Struck, Killed By NJ Transit Train
New Jersey Transit says a man was struck and killed by a train in Aberdeen.
The accident occurred around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, as the southbound North Jersey Coast Line train pulled into the Aberdeen-Matawan station. The man was taken to a hospital, where he died a short time later. His name has not been disclosed.
NJ Transit spokeswoman Courtney Carroll tells the Asbury Park Press that a preliminary investigation determined the man circumvented downed railroad gates to enter the track area, but his reason for doing so remains unclear.
No one aboard the Long Branch-bound train was injured. Carroll says the 200 passengers aboard were transferred to another train to complete their journey.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved)


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Marvel Comics Retro Backpack
The gang's all here!
- Backpack covered with images from classic Marvel comics
- Inside features a greyscale comic book print pattern
- Section for your laptop: 11 1/2" wide x 14" high x 1" deep (360° padding)
This looks like the ultimate (lowercase U) Marvel team-up to us. The Incredible Hulk, Wolverine, The Human Torch, Spider-Man, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Colossus, Cyclops, The Silver Surfer... and possibly more that we missed. As a group, they possess superhuman strength and intellect, the ability to cling to improbable surfaces, fly at supersonic speeds, manipulate fire and physical matter, and teleport. They have extra acute senses and reflexes, plus infrared vision and danger sense, none of which they'd probably need because of their resistance to physical damage, temperature, mind control, poison, disease, sonic or energy damage, and good, old-fashioned TNT. And, oh yes, they have regenerative healing abilities. If you're a villain, this is not a group you'd want to take on.
Using this collection of superheroes to decorate a bag, however, is... super. Unfortunately, it doesn't come with any of the abilities listed above, but it does have some water resistance, so that's something. With two main zippered sections, this backpack is ready to defend your homework, books, or laptop from the elements, so long as it falls within the guidelines below.
Product Specifications
- Backpack covered with images from classic Marvel comics
- Officially-licensed Marvel Comics product
- Inside features a greyscale comic book print pattern
- Padded dividers, back, and adjustable straps
- Top loop handle
- Water-resistant
- Main compartment, front compartment, front document pocket, and front pocket all zip closed
- Materials: Front panel 100% PU (polyurethane, not plutonium), lining 100% polyester
- Care Instructions: Spot clean with a damp cloth and mild detergent
- Dimensions: 11 1/2" wide X 16" high x 5" deep (exterior)
- Main compartment, farthest back section: 11 1/2" wide x 14" high x 1" deep (360° padding)
- Main compartment, forward section: 11 1/2" wide x 14" high x 1" deep (hook & loop strap closure)
- Front compartment: 11 1/2" wide x 14" high x 3" deep
- Front document pocket: 11" wide x 13 1/2" tall
- Front pocket with side zipper: 6" tall x 5" wide
"Will my laptop fit in this bag, ThinkGeek?" Let's find out together!
|Laptop Fitting Guide
|Measure your laptop.
Like TVs, laptops are listed by their measurement on the diagonal. Bags, on the other hand, are measured on the edges. Not all 17" laptops are the same size, so you'll need to measure the length & width of your closed laptop.
"But my laptop is at home, ThinkGeek!"
If you can't wait, Google has superpowers to tell you the dimensions of your laptop if you ask it nicely. Just input the make and model of your laptop and ye shall receive.
"I've got the measurements! Now what?"
Compare your laptop's measurements to the measurements of the bag. If the laptop's measurements are smaller than the bag, it fits! If one or more of the laptop's measurements are bigger, you're out of luck with this bag. Try another.


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Cracks are begining to appear in councillor Iain Malcolm's new look administration which is set to be ratified at the Labour party's annual gathering of the pigs round the trough meeting on Saturday May 9th before being confirmed by the full council on May 12th.
Rumours have been circulating for weeks about who's been given what and Mr Monkey can now confirm that Miss Piggy, aka council leader Iain Malcolm has told all those in line for a goodie bag what they've got when he summoned them to his ivory tower last week.
But some people were far from happy at what they saw as a demotion and others felt that they were being moved sideways. Unfortunately for Miss Piggy, councillor Tom Hanson who represents the Bede ward took umbrage at being offered what in his opinion was a derogatory role within the administration and has now decided to quit his £10,000 a year position in the council's decisionmaking cabinet to embarrass the council leader Iain Malcolm.
Mr Monkey can't help wondering whether councillor Emma Lewell is being used by Miss Piggy to keep former leader Paul Waggott from making a return to the council chamber in 2010 and what better way to do it than by promoting Emma Lewell whose seat Paul Waggott is rumoured to be interested in. This would almost certainly anger some of the Jarrow group including Tom Hanson who hates Emma Lewell with a passion.
Seems that councillor Malcolm is determined to recreate the in fighting of the 80s and 90s that saw a split between Jarrow and South Shields Labour parties and the creation of the A and B teams .. I nearly forgot the C team!


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MagpieRSS (Magpie for short) is a powerful RSS parser written in PHP by Kellan Elliott-McCrea. It's freely available for download via http://magpierss.sourceforge.net/ and is distributed under the GPL license. Magpie offers developers an amazingly practical and easy means for retrieving and rendering RSS feeds, as you'll soon see. In addition, Magpie offers users a number of cool features, including the following:
Simplicity: Magpie gets the job done with a minimum of effort by the developer. For example, typing a few lines of code is all it takes to begin retrieving, parsing, and converting RSS feeds into an easily readable format.
Nonvalidating: If the feed is well-formed, Magpie will successfully parse it. This means that it supports all tag sets found within the various RSS versions, as well as your own custom tags.
Bandwidth-friendly: By default, Magpie caches feed contents for 60 minutes, cutting down on use of unnecessary bandwidth. You're free to modify the default to fit caching preferences on a per-feed basis. If retrieval is requested after the cache has expired, Magpie will retrieve the feed only if it has been changed (by checking the Last-Modified and ETag headers provided by the Web server). In addition, Magpie recognizes HTTP's Gzip content-negotiation ability when supported.
Installing Magpie
Like most PHP classes, Magpie is as simple to install as placing the relevant files within a directory that can later be referenced from a PHP script. The instructions for doing so follow:
- Download Magpie from http://magpierss.sourceforge.net/ .
- Extract the package contents to a location convenient for inclusion from a PHP script. For instance, consider placing third-party classes within an aptly named directory located within the PHP_INSTALL_DIR/includes/ directory. Note that you can forgo the hassle of typing out the complete path to the Magpie directory by adding its location to the include_path directive found in the php.ini file.
- Include the Magpie class ( magpie.php ) within your script:
That's it. You're ready to begin using Magpie.
{mospagebreak title=How Magpie Parses a Feed}
Magpie parses a feed by placing it into an object consisting of four fields: channel , image , items , and textinput . In turn, channel is an array of associative arrays, while the remaining three are associative arrays. The following script retrieves the blog.xml feed, outputting it using the print_r() statement:
$url = http://localhost/book/20/blog.xml;
$rss = fetch_rss($url);
This returns the following output (formatted for readability):
Magpie_Feed Object (
[items] => Array (
[0] => Array (
[title] => Killer Firefox Tip #294
[title_detail] => Array (
[type] => text
[value] => Killer Firefox Tip #294
[link] => http://opensource.apress.com/article/190/
[links] => Array (
[0] => Array (
[rel] => alternate [href] =>
[author] => W. Jason Gilmore
[description] => Like most of you, I spend bunches of time
downloading large files from the Web,
typically podcasts and PDF documents…
[1] => Array (
[title] => Beginning Ubuntu Linux wins Linux Journal Award!
[title_detail] => Array (
[type] => text
[value] => Beginning Ubuntu Linux wins Linux Journal Award!
[link] => http://opensource.apress.com/article/189/
[links] => Array (
[0] => Array (
[rel] => alternate [
href] => http://opensource.apress.com/article/189/
[author] => Keir Thomas
[description] => Woo hoo! My book, Beginning Ubuntu Linux, has
won an award in the Linux Journal Editor's Choice
2006 awards! More precisely…
[2] => Array (
[title] => Forms Validation with CakePHP
[title_detail] => Array (
[type] => text
[value] => Forms Validation with CakePHP
[link] => http://opensource.apress.com/article/188/
[links] => Array (
[0] => Array (
[rel] => alternate
[href] => http://opensource.apress.com/article/188/
[author] => W. Jason Gilmore
[description] => Neglecting to validate user input is akin to foregoing
any defensive gameplan for containing the NFL's
leading rusher. Chances are sooner or later…
[feed] => Array (
[title] => Inside Open Source
[title_detail] => Array (
[type] => text
[value] => Inside Open Source
[link] => http://opensource.apress.com/
[links] => Array (
[0] => Array (
[rel] => alternate
[href] => http:// opensource.apress.com/
[feed_type] =>
[feed_version] =>
[_namespaces] => Array ( )
[from_cache] =>
[_headers] => Array (
[date] => Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:11:12 GMT
[server] => Apache/2.0.58 (Win32) PHP/5.1.4
[last-modified] => Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:10:41 GMT
[etag] => "ad43-4f5-37c15b77"
[accept-ranges] => bytes
[content-length] => 1269
[connection] => close
[content-type] => application/xml
[_etag] => "ad43-4f5-37c15b77"
[_last_modified] => Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:10:41 GMT
[output_encoding] => utf-8
[channel] => Array (
[title] => Inside Open Source
[title_detail] => Array (
[type] => text
[value] => Inside Open Source
[link] => http://opensource.apress.com/
[links] => Array (
[0] => Array (
[rel] => alternate
[href] => http://opensource.apress.com/
An object named Magpie_Feed is returned, containing several attributes. This means you can access the feed content and other attributes using standard object-oriented syntax. The following examples demonstrate how the data is peeled from this object and presented in various fashions.
{mospagebreak title=Retrieving and Rendering an RSS Feed}
Based on your knowledge of Magpie's parsing behavior, rendering the feed components should be trivial. Listing 20-2 demonstrates how easy it is to render a retrieved feed within a standard browser.
Listing 20-2. Rendering an RSS Feed with Magpie
// RSS feed location?
$url = http://localhost/book/20/blog.xml;
// Retrieve the feed
$rss = fetch_rss($url);
// Format the feed for the browser
$feedTitle = $rss->channel['title'];
echo "Latest News from $feedTitle";
foreach ($rss->items as $item) {
$link = $item['link'];
$title = $item['title'];
// Not all items necessarily have a description, so test for one.
$description = isset($item['description']) ? $item['description'] : "";
echo "
$title
$description
";
Note that Magpie does all of the hard work of parsing the RSS document, placing the data into easily referenced arrays. Figure 20-2 shows the fruits of this script.
Figure 20-2. Rendering an RSS feed within the browser
As you can see in Figure 20-2, each feed item is formatted with the title linking to the complete entry. So, for example, following the Killer Firefox Tip #294 link will take the user to
http://opensource.apress.com/article/190/ .
{mospagebreak title=Aggregating Feeds}
Of course, chances are you're going to want to aggregate multiple feeds and devise some means for viewing them simultaneously. To do so, you can simply modify Listing 20-2, passing in an array of feeds. A bit of CSS may also be added to shrink the space required for output. Listing 20-3 shows the rendered version.
Listing 20-3. Aggregating Multiple Feeds with Magpie
p { font: 11px arial,sans-serif; margin-top: 2px;}
// Compile array of feeds
$feeds = array(
"http://localhost/book/20/blog.xml", "http://news.com.com/2547-1_3-0-5.xml", "http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot");
// Iterate through each feed
foreach ($feeds as $feed) {
// Retrieve the feed
$rss = fetch_rss($feed);
// Format the feed for the browser
$feedTitle = $rss->channel['title'];
echo " "
$feedTitle
";
foreach ($rss->items as $item) { } ?>
$link = $item['link'];
$title = $item['title'];
$description = isset($item['description']) ? $item['description'].
"
" : "";
echo "$title
$description";
echo "
";
Figure 20-3 depicts the output based on these three feeds.
Figure 20-3. Aggregating feeds
Although the use of a static array for containing feeds certainly works, it might be more practical to maintain them within a database table, or at the very least a text file. It really all depends upon the number of feeds you'll be using and how often you intend on managing the feeds themselves.
Please check back next week for the continuation of this article.


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Introduction to Fieldwork
Entry level education for occupational therapists requires the successful completion of both academic and fieldwork components. Fieldwork provides the opportunity for students to gradually become independent practitioners and to achieve entry-level competency. All students must participate in both Level I (practicum) and Level II fieldwork experiences. The SJSU OT curriculum is rich in the number of practicum and fieldwork experiences offered to graduate students. Each experience builds on the previous one, and provides an essential learning opportunity for students to apply theory to practice in the "real" world.
Questions? Please contact:
Academic Fieldwork Coordinator
Department of Occupational Therapy
San Jose State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0059
Direct: 408-924-3078
Fax: 408-924-3088


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It's always a bit comical to read the mainstream media reports about someone who gets lost in the woods for more than 24 hours and somehow miraculously manages to "survive" without some kind of major assistance, a monstrous grocery store within sight or little else but a gun, bow and their wits.
The latest comes from California. We could say a lot about that state but it might take days. Suffice to say that to the majority of folks in the big cities there, someone getting lost while hunting and surviving on snakes, lizards, water and whatever else is big news. Given the fact that a bazillion vehicles, Nancy Pelosi and the possibility of an earthquake shearing off much of the state to create a long, skinny island all exist out there, living in the woods doesn't sound like a bad idea.
But folks do, including hunters, which is where this tale unwinds. Gene Penaflor, 72, of San Francisco, was hunting for deer with a friend in the Mendocino National Forest in northern California. They split up for a few hours and Penaflor hiked about 2½ miles in some tough terrain. He fell, woke up a few hours later and couldn't make it back to meet his buddy.
That began an 18-day ordeal in which Penaflor survived by drinking water he found and eating lizards, snakes and whatever he could kill or find. He was smart enough to have something with him to create a fire (always pack for emergencies) and keep that going during his ordeal.
Even when deer hunting, for what we think might be just a short trip or even an evening sit, if nothing else at least have a good flashlight and a way to start a fire. A lighter, some waterproof matches in a container, maybe a few small chunks of waxed fire-starter or dryer lint … something that can help you create a fire for cooking, warmth and peace of mind.
If you have a backpack or waistpack, definitely plan accordingly with any other gear you may need.
Penaflor was found by other hunters and carted out of the woods on a makeshift gurney. He survived his ordeal through wits, woodsmanship and a bit of luck.


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Directed by Mike Leigh
Fineline Cinema
Now playing
Angelika Film Center, Loews Lincoln Square
An Abortionists Tale
Mike Leighs Vera Drake, finely observed, may be the years best film
By DAVID NOH
Mike Leigh comes up with his finest film yet in this story set in post-Word War II London. Vera (Imelda Staunton) is a housemaid with a loving blue-collar husband (Philip Davis), and two grown children, mousily shy Ethel (Alex Kelly) and breezily confident Sid (Daniel Mays), a tailor.
She seems a pretty normal woman, if inordinately goodhearted and generous, except for one thing. She performs illegal abortions, gratis, for various women who find themselves in trouble. This action is motivated by nothing more than Veras deep empathy for, and desire to help, those in need, but when one of her abortions goes amiss and nearly kills a girl, she is arrested and sent to trial.
With a simplicity rare for himor, indeed, any other filmmakerLeigh draws a full, behaviorally rich picture of these workaday lives, marked by a sensitivity to detail which practically pulls you under his characters skins. Its certainly his best work since Secrets and Lies, marked by a kind of unvarnished truth which that earlier absorbing, at times hysterical, film lacked.
I was not as much of a fan of his Gilbert & Sullivan film, Topsy-Turvy, as many were. Despite its painstaking period recreation and research, there was a slightly fusty museum quality to it, and the dialogue was irritating, far too pretentiously literary, straining for a bon mot-filled Victorian élan which rang false to me. In Vera Drake, what comes out of the characters mouths always has a vivid authenticity, with the spontaneity of real life, in a wondrously intriguing variety of accents, ranging from pure East End to poshest Mayfair. Leigh, born in 1943, was obviously a keenly observant child during the 1950s in which this film is set. Leigh achieves a masterly nostalgia worthy of Proust. If the film has any flaw, its only in the too-obvious, ominous music underlining Veras abortion activities and their dire outcome.
Vera is the sort of character who could easily be tiresome, with her seemingly one-note do-good-ism and eternally cheery optimism, even given her laborious lot in life. But Staunton invests the character with such recondite humanity that you completely succumb to the modest charm of this bustling little sparrow of a woman. Shes an unstoppable life force, a bringer of cheer and comfort to all she encounters, which makes her ultimate destruction all the more searing. Her performance will be the benchmark against which all other female performances this year will be rated, and its particularly gratifying to see Staunton, a real character actress along the lines of the late Shirley Booth, who has done so much fine work on stage and screen, get such a full-bodied opportunity to shine.
Staunton is terrific, but she is far from the whole show. Leigh has directed a dazzling ensemble of actors with nary a false note among them. Davis attains a lovely chemistry with Staunton; their tender scenes, chatting in bed, constitute one of the truly rare, most convincingly contented marriages ever filmed. Mays gives a star-making performance as the irresistibly charming, cherubic Sid, whose bonhomie masks a rather terrifying conformity when the family chips are down. Kelly evokes Tracey Ullman doing Kay, her mousy Brit secretary routine, but Eddie Marsan as her nerdy, all-too-likely suitor is very touching.
Memorable bitches have always figured strongly in Leighs oeuvre and there are three absolute ripsnorters here. A wonderfully strong and toxic Ruth Sheen recalls the great Kay Walsh as Lily, Veras black marketeering friend, who secretly exacts graft from the patients. Lesley Sharp lives up to her surname as the mother of the girl who nearly dies, viciously biting off her syllables as she reports Vera to the police. In just a few scenes, Heather Craney creates a full portrait of Veras vain, venally bourgeois sister-in-law, forever peering down her nose at her supposed inferiors.
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The Lady Bucs host Stetson on Friday at 4/6 p.m., while taking on
ETSU (12-20, 1-3) has won three of its last four games - including its last two against Appalachian State on Wednesday. The Lady Bucs got strong pitching performances from all four of their hurlers, while some clutch hitting from freshman Sam Lower (
Stetson (19-14, 1-1) will be making its first road trip outside the Sunshine state for the first time in 2010. The Hatters have played 32 of their first 33 games at home with the lone road contest being a trip to
The Hatters are led by the strong arm of senior righty Amanda Lindsey, as she is 12-7 with a 0.95 ERA (17 ER/125.0 IP). Lindsey boasts the third lowest ERA in the conference, while Stetson's 1.64 team earned run average ranks third. Lindsey is also getting it done at the plate, as she leads the club with a .373 batting average and has recorded a team-high six home runs and 16 RBI.
On Saturday, the Lady Bucs will host their second straight opponent from the Sunshine state as the Eagles of Florida Gulf Coast visit
FGCU (15-21, 4-2) won the A-Sun regular season title back in 2008 and fell one-game short of tying
The Eagles play a doubleheader at USC Upstate on Friday before making the trip to
Fans who come out to the softball stadium this weekend can participate in two special promotions. On Friday, the ETSU Marketing Department has announced a Crazy Hat promotion, meaning the fan who wears the wackiest attire on their head will have an opportunity to win VIP seating and free food. Saturday is a special Father/Daughter Day promotion, as daughters who attend the game with their dad will receive 2-for-1 admission and a complimentary hot dog.
Fans unable to make the trip to the park this weekend can follow all the action online via live stats, courtesy of ETSU Athletics. To access live stats, visit www.ETSUBucs.com or click on the link above.
For more information on Lady Buccaneer softball, visit www.ETSUBucs.com.


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- Gail Carmichael muses upon What Your Identity Has to Do With Learning including how this affects women in technology.
- Open to Everyone: How Open Source Communities Can Benefit from Diversity Without Disunity:
Open source is at once a type of software licensing, a community model, an ideology, and a social movement. As a movement aiming not only to promote open source software within the software development community, but also to change the attitudes of commercial users, it can benefit from lessons learned by earlier social movements.
- Under The Microscope: Feminism, Scientists and Sexiness: Sheril Kirshenbaum considers the fallout of being named a "sexy scientist".
- Teachers can close gender gap in classroom leadership during medical school, study finds / UCLA Newsroom: Half of first-year medical students in the U.S. are women, yet a new UCLA study shows that they volunteer for leadership roles in the classroom significantly less than their male counterparts. Subtle encouragement from teachers, however, can even out the playing field by boosting female students' willingness to identify themselves as leaders.
- Study Examines Gender Stereotypes In Job Applications:
The researchers' prediction that modest male applicants would face hiring discrimination was not supported, however, and she speculates that because men's status is higher than women's, meek men are afforded the benefit of the doubt and are less likely to encounter hiring discrimination than dominant women.
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Elizabeth Bennett
Elizabeth Bennett left this world on Dec. 8, 2009, surrounded by her loving friends and family at the Jamestown home of her sister after a year-long struggle with leukemia.
Born Sept. 4, 1932, in Framingham, Mass. to Howard and Hope (Hodder) Bennett, she had recently returned to R.I. after living in Florida for 15 years. Prior to that, Betsy had lived in Bristol County for more than 40 years.
A professional floral designer, she worked for the former S. Kinder & Bro. florist of Bristol until its closing. She then toiled for many years as a clerk at the Bristol P.O. She was an accomplished gardener, grower of orchids and patron of the arts. She was also fond of travel.
Betsy was an artisan and craftsperson who worked in various media over the years. During the last decade, her prevalent passion was in the fiber arts, mostly weaving and specialty knitting projects, where her talent for design and her extraordinary color sense were readily apparent.
She is survived by her sisters, Rebecca B. Gunn and husband, Dennis, of Jamestown; Deborah Buckley of Portland, Ore.; her brothers, Peter Bennett, and wife, Christianne, of Ft. Pierce, Fla.; James R. Bennett and wife, Linda Scott, of Jamestown; 18 nieces and nephews and many friends.
Funeral arrangements are private. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Blithewold Arboretum, 101 Ferry Rd. Bristol, RI 02809 or to Home and Hospice care of RI.


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Fans of John Woo action movies will be excited to learn that the continuation of the classic action thriller, "Hard Boiled, will make its appearance today on the Xbox 360 platform.
Initially, Midway had indicated that the often delayed game would ship for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC at the same time, but after missing the initial ship date by a week, only the Xbox 360 version arrived. We have been told that the delay on the Playstation 3 and PC version will be minimal and it will ship for these two additional platforms later this month.
"Stranglehold" is rated "M" for Mature and is available in the standard edition for US$59.99 and a special collectors' edition that includes a behind-the-scenes documentary, along with extended cut scenes that will retail for US$69.99. You can currently download the demo on Xbox Live, but no word as to when you will be able to download the PC version of the demo.
The initial buzz on the 360 version is that the game is well crafted and looks very good with a very interactive environment that can be destroyed in just about any way that a player can imagine. Many reviews have suggested that the multiplayer mode is pretty useless and the game play is pretty short in the single player mode. It has been called a "Max Payne" rip off, but we think "Stranglehold" deserves better than that kind of description.
Also shipping is "Medal of Honor: Airborne," which is being released for both Xbox 360 and the PC. (The Playstation 3 version will ship in November.) Based on our experience with the 1.27GB PC demo version of "MOH: Airborne" we can say that this should be quite a popular title on the PC, at least from our experience with the single play version (the PC demo did not include the multiplayer for testing).
The game offers a good mix of action and an impressive design that sets it apart from other MOH games of the past. Early reviews have indicated a strong multiplayer to be a part of the overall package, but issues with the aiming of weapons and hit detection might leave some scratching their heads until the first patch is released. The game is rated "T" for Teen and is currently available for US$59.99 for the Xbox 360 version and US$49.99 for the PC version. If you like WWII shooters, the fact that the levels are not strictly linear and the strong multiplayer slant could make this game a big departure from MOH disappointments of the past, and worth picking up.


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American Flag Cake with Mascarpone Whipped Frosting
In a small mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside until needed. In an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes; this is called "creaming."
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together egg whites, milk, vanilla and almond extracts. Reduce mixer speed to low; add 1/3 of flour mixture to creamed butter. Increase speed to medium, and add half of milk mixture. Repeat process until all of flour and milk mixture have been added in, ending with the last addition of the flour mixture. (Throughout the mixing process, turn off the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed.)
Pour batter into prepared pan; smooth top of cake with a large, metal offset spatula to level batter. Tap the pan on the counter one or two times to remove any air bubbles. Bake until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 25 to 30 minutes.
Remove cake from oven, and transfer to a cooling rack. Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a rack. Remove parchment paper and cool completely. Using a large, metal offset spatula, spread about 2/3 of frosting over top and sides of cake. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip with the remaining frosting.
Arrange a small square of blueberries in top left-hand corner of cake, about 7 to 8 blueberries down and 9 to 10 blueberries across. Pipe small rosettes on top of blueberries to represent stars. Pipe large horizontal stripes across cake (one on each of the long sides of the cake and three in the center), all evenly spaced apart. Do not pipe stripes over blueberries. Fill in spaces between stripes with strawberries, sliced or whole, or raspberries. Serve immediately, or place in refrigerator until ready to serve.
Makes one 13 x 9-inch cake