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Mark Keenum has always impressed me as a man of many talents. But it wasn't until a recent meeting that I would have included being a salesman among them.
Keenum, who began his career as an agricultural economist with Mississippi State University, has served as Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran's agricultural aide, helping write the 1990, 1996 and 2002 farm bills and other ag legislation, and, more recently, as Cochran's chief of staff.
At the meeting, Keenum was selling his boss's decision to leave the chairmanship of the powerful Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee to become chairman of the even more powerful Senate Appropriations Committee.
Anything having to do with money in Washington is a step up, but Mississippi farmers and others in the Mid-South were just getting used to having one of their own serving as chairman of a committee with oversight of all farm programs and other ag issues.
The chairmen of the ag committees in both houses will play major roles in the writing of the 2007 farm bill and, in the Senate, the ratification of the new Doha Round of the World Trade Organization — whatever that turns out to be.
But, as Keenum pointed out, the appropriations committee chairmen are likely to have an even greater say with what happens to farm programs and other issues given the expected emphasis on deficit reduction in the second Bush administration.
"The president has said he plans to reduce the federal deficit by one-half over the next five years," said Keenum. "There are only two ways to do that: (1) raise taxes or (2) cut spending."
Saying the latter is more likely, Keenum noted Cochran will be in a key position to help decide how to allocate what's left when the Senate and House budget committees make their cuts.
"Sen. Cochran is respected on both sides of the aisle," he said. "Considering him to be thoughtful and deliberate, other senators look to him for leadership. We are fortunate to have Sen. Cochran in the role of dealing with a $2 trillion budget if he is named chairman of the committee."
In a sign of things to come, House and Senate members agreed to an across-the-board spending cut of 0.75 percent in the fiscal 2005 omnibus spending bill they passed last month.
Washington sources say government agencies have been instructed to trim their spending requests for fiscal 2006 by 5 percent for the budget plan the president will submit shortly after his inauguration.
Keenum noted Cochran has also recommended that Undersecretary of Agriculture Bill Hawks replace departing Secretary Ann Veneman. Hawks, who currently oversees the marketing and regulatory program areas at USDA, owns a farming operation near Hernando, Miss.
White House officials reportedly are continuing to seek additional candidates for the position, but they might think twice before they start off on the wrong foot with the new Senate Appropriations Committee chairman.
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Because of default in the payment of the indebtedness, secured by a Security Deed executed by Ignacio Pina to Centex Home Equity Company, LLC dated March 2, 2004 in the amount of $35,000.00, and recorded in Deed Book 388, Page 138, Appling County, Georgia Records; as last transferred to Nationstar Mortgage, LLC by assignment; the undersigned, Nationstar Mortgage, LLC pursuant to said deed and the note thereby secured, has declared the entire amount of said indebtedness due and payable and pursuant to the power of sale contained in said deed, will on the first Tuesday in February, 2012 , during the legal hours of sale, at the Courthouse door in Appling County, sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, the property described in said deed to-wit:
Tract One: All that tract or parcel of land situated in the City of Baxley, Appling County, Georgia, in Land Not 293, Second Land District of Appling County and being a part of Lot 2 in Block D, according to the Owens Survey of the City of Baxley, which plat is recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Appling County, Georgia, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning on the Westerly side of Holmesville Avenue at the point where the Northerly line of Lot 11, Block D, of the said Owens Survey intersects Holmesville Avenue, which beginning point is 44 feet North 12 degrees 30 minutes West from the point where the Northerly line of Brannen Street, if projected in a straight line across Holmesville Avenue, would intersect the Westerly line of Holmesville Avenue, and thence running South 72 degrees 30 minutes West along the Northerly line of said Lot 11 a distance of 150 feet to the property of Mrs. Blanch Patterson, thence running North 72 degrees 30 minutes East a distance of 150 feet to the Westerly side of Holmesville Avenue, thence running South 12 degrees 30 minutes East along the Westerly side of Holmesville Avenue a distance of 50 feet to the Point of Beginning.
Tract Two: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the City of Baxley, Appling County, Georgia, fronting on Holmesville Avenue for a distance of 72 feet 6 inches, and running back Westward in a strip of equal width for 150 feet, being bound; North by land formerly belonging to Lynell G. Bradley; East by Holmesville Avenue; South land formerly belonging to Dewey Green and West by lands now or formerly belonging to Mrs. Blanche Fossett Patterson. This being a portion of what is now known as Lot 11 of the Owens Survey and is more particularly described according to the courses, metes and bounds of a certain survey and plat thereof by W. L. Woodard, dated July 19, 1947, recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 213 of records in Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Appling County, Georgia.
Tax ID: G004-070
Which has the property address of 284 Holmesville, Baxley, Georgia, together with all fixtures and other personal property conveyed by said deed.
The sale will be held subject to any unpaid taxes, assessments, rights-of-way, easements, protective covenants or restrictions, liens, and other superior matters of record, which may affect said property.
The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the security deed.
Notice has been given of intention to collect attorneys' fees in accordance with the terms of the note secured by said deed.
Said property will be sold as the property of Ignacio Pina and Maria L. Perez and the proceeds of said sale will be applied to the payment of said indebtedness, the expense of said sale, all as provided in said deed, and the undersigned will execute a deed to the purchaser as provided in the aforementioned Security Deed.
Nationstar Mortgage, LLC
Attorney in Fact for
Ignacio Pina
McCurdy & Candler, L.L.C.
(404) 373-1612
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Publication Dates:01-11-2012, 01-18-2012, 01-25-2012, 02-01-2012
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Science National Honor Society is now accepting applications!
Click to see Member Requirements as well as the Application Form.
Science National Honor Society is now accepting applications!
Click to see Member Requirements as well as the Application Form.
Welcome to the ASK High School Office Blog. Our purpose is to communicate important events and information to our community. If you have questions or comments, please contact us:
Dr. Cassandra Hazel, Principal
2266-4341 (ext. 2133)
Mrs. Monique Livsey, Assistant Principal
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Mr. Nathan Walker, Assistant Principal
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We look forward to a great year.
26 August: High School Office Opens
3 September: New Students Orientation
4 September: First Day of School
27 September: High School Open House
1. Learning is a reflective practice.
2. We expect success and believe in learning.
3. We expect rigor.
4. We are all in this together.
We will continue our NHS tutoring in the 2018-2019 school year. Start date TBD.
NHS Study Hall is open to all students on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:15 – 3:00.
Sundays: Study Hall
Mondays: Peer Tutoring
Wednesdays: Focused Topic Study Sessions
In Study Hall, you can do any or all of the following:
o Get help from NHS tutors
o Study or do homework
o Work on group projects
o Access computers
o Print
o Buy healthy snacks!
We encourage students to seek help from expert students who have experienced the classes before.
Dr. Cassandra Hazel is from Atlanta, Georgia and has over ten years experience working in both secondary and post-secondary education. Dr. Hazel joined the American School of Kuwait in 2015. She obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, a Master of Science degree in Mental Health Counseling, a Doctorate degree in Psychology as well as post graduate certification in Educational Leadership & Administration. In her spare time, Dr. Hazel enjoys spending time with her family and traveling.
Mrs. Monique Livsey is from Atlanta, Georgia and has 20 years of experience in education. Mrs. Livsey has been a part of the ASK community for the past 17 years taking on roles and responsibilities of teacher, parent, and administrator. She taught Mathematics at the American School of Kuwait for 6 years, at the American University of Kuwait for 10 years, and is back at ASK for her second year as an Assistant Principal. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Secondary Math Education at Vanderbilt University and later earned a Masters of Architecture Degree from GA Tech University. In her spare time she likes to spend time with her family, learn about new cultures, and travel.
Mr. Nathan Walker is from Seattle, Washington, and has 12 years of experience in education. He came to the ASK HS as a member of the English department in 2013. Before that, he taught in South Korea and the United States. Mr. Walker earned his Bachelor's degree in English Literature from the University of Washington and his Masters of Education from Washington State University. He completed his Educational Leadership training at the University of New England. In his spare time, Mr. Walker enjoys games, music, art, travel, and family.


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There Isn't Too Much To Curing Your Insomnia | How To Cure Insomnia
There Isn't Too Much To Curing Your Insomnia – How To Cure Insomnia
Insomnia is truly a nightmare that some just seem not to be able to shake. It can be caused by a trauma or may just seem to come out of seemingly thin air.
Insomnia seems to show up when people are stressed, angry or excited. The tips below should help you deal with insomnia and sleep better at night. Here we go… How to cure insomnia.
A brief massage from your partner may help you to relax and fall asleep, as to might this guided meditation.
This is a fantastic way to make yourself sleepier and get drowsy. Don't think during the massage; just get into it and get ready for a wonderful sleep afterwards.
Keep to a regular sleep schedule if you can. Your body's internal clock which will cause you to be sleepy at around the same times each night. If you stick with it, you're more able to deal with insomnia.
Computers Don't Help Insomnia
Turn off your television and computer at least half an hour before you try to go to sleep. These kinds of electronics are quite stimulating.
Shutting them down helps you prepare your body to get rest. Make it a habit of staying away from electronics after a certain hour.
If you can't sleep, computer time and video games should be avoided prior to bed as these will stimulate the mind into action. This will interfere with your being able to attain restful sleep.
Make sure your bedroom is actually comfortable if you are struggling with sleep concerns.
Avoid an alarm clock with displays that are far too bright. Get a good mattress that supports your body well.
RLS or Restless Leg Syndrome is where your legs feel uncomfortable.
They may hurt or just feel that you cannot stop moving them. Seek medical advice if this continues and is very uncomfortable.
Meditation Music is Ideal For Insomnia
Meditation Music or classical music might help you fall asleep.Many people have used this type of music and other insomnia programs with success – Some have said this is the best way on how to cure insomnia. This type of music helps them sleep. It is relaxing and help bring on the z's.
There are plenty of YouTube videos that can help you with insomnia. Here is one of them aimed at helping insomnia and here is another one. Try them out. This music helps!
A regular schedule is the best way to get the sleep every night. If you wake up and get into bed at the exact same time nightly, then your body knows its job.
You can sleep a lot better if you limit your bedtime hours to around eight hours.
Your bed may be the reason for why you can't sleep issues.
You should have a comfortable while you sleep.If your bed is too soft and hurts your back, this could be the problem with why you cannot fall asleep.
Since you spend about a third of your life in your bed, it is important to own a comfortable bed and mattress.
If you feel your mattress is too soft, buy a new one.
A firm and supportive surface to sleep on will make it easier for a good sleep. When your body spends an entire night fully supported by a good mattress, you are sure to feel better overall in the morning.Mattresses may be costly, but they are an important investment.
Insomnia is often caused by the sleep environment you choose. Is your bedroom cool, quiet and cool?If outside noise is disturbing you, like a fan, such as an electric fan. The fan can also cool as well. Use blackout curtains or a mask to block light.
Don't consume anything with caffeine in the six hours of bedtime. Try switching to a decaf version or herbal tea with some soporific effects.
Fresh Air Helps With Insomnia
Do you experience a stuffed up nose as soon as you lay down? You might also replace your pillows or getting an air filter.
Fresh air can often be the best thing for a better night's sleep.
With an open window that allows the ambient temperature in your bedroom to be about 60 degrees Fahrenheit, you will have a prefect recipe for falling asleep.Keep extra blankets nearby if this is cold to you.
Try positioning yourself on your back. This is a great way to make sure that you are in the optimal position for rest.
Sleeping on the stomach can put undue pressure on the lungs and major organs.
Sleeping on the side puts pressure put on your heart.Sleeping on your back is the best position for the most restful night's sleep.
Avoid eating a heavy meal before your bedtime.Heartburn after the meal can keep you up all night.
Eat your last meal several hours before going to sleep. This allows your food to settle before bed.
It's easy to wind up insomniac when your mind is constantly racing with all the day is busy to think about it over and over while you're working on a given day.
Try focusing on peaceful thoughts or imagining calming scenery. Clear your mind of all other things; only think about things which are peaceful.
It's hard to get over insomnia without some advice.
You can do it, but you should never have to do it alone. Fortunately, reading these tips was an excellent starting point. All that's left to do is experiment with these ideas to find the solution for you.
Need More Help in Getting To Sleep?
If you've tried all of the above and nothing seems to be working, I can personally recommend Sleep Salon's guided MP3 tracks.
They use scientifically proven brainwave entrainment (Please note, brainwave entrainment is NOT to be used for people who may suffer from seizures, those who wear pacemakers or those who are under 16 years of age).
The music is similar to what I produce, however they have added much more research to their music than I have ever done.
Their program is cheap at only $37.00 at the time of writing this post, and comes with an unconditional 60 day money back guarantee if you're not happy and it's not helping. (My bet is it WILL help you – please let me know if you do get it!)
Click here to be taken to the official and trusted page of Sleep Salon
Failing this, please don't leave it until you are totally sleep deprived. Ultimately, this is really detrimental to your health. Seek medical aid if it continues. I hope this article on how to cure insomnia may help you find a better nights sleep.
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At its heart, this engaging biography is a tale of how a particular slice of the other half lived - in today's parlance, that's the 1 percent - in the mid-20th century. With its focus on class, events of the day, and love affairs, it's a one-woman "Downton Abbey" for the Yankee political class.
Dubbed an "American Lady" by biographer Caroline de Margerie, Susan Mary Alsop (1918-2004) certainly fits both words. She was a descendant of John Jay, a Founding Father and the first chief justice. Educated at the Virginia boarding school Foxcroft, she immersed herself in East Coast society and its elegant homes and parties to prepare for an adult life of privilege and security.
For a woman in the mid-1930s, that life usually meant marrying well, supporting a husband and raising children. De Margerie notes that Susan Mary Jay had too quick a mind and too much restless intelligence to be satisfied with such limits.
Her marriage in 1939 to William Patten, a Bostonian once the roommate of her friend and future husband Joseph Alsop, promised intellectual excitement. Asthma kept Patten out of World War II, but a family connection led to a posting at the American Embassy in Paris in late 1944.
Her years in Paris burnished Susan Mary's skills as a confidante, hostess and dinner-table diplomat. She educated herself in French customs and politics, which added sheen to her already captivating personality. Thus she was well prepared for the role of Washington hostess in 1961 when, a widow not quite a year, she became Alsop's wife at the dawn of John F. Kennedy's Camelot. Her new husband was already one of the nation's top political journalists. She presided at their home in tony Georgetown, hosting dinners that attracted everyone who was anyone, from Jack and Jackie on down.
The roles of diplomat's wife and journalist's wife appear to have suited Susan Mary far better than those of caregiver to an asthmatic husband and of mother to a son and daughter. She once told the illicit love of her life, British politician and author Duff Cooper, that she would without question choose him over her young children if faced with a choice. She seemed to have plenty of time for a rendezvous with Cooper or his successor, another literature-loving British diplomat, while Patten quietly counted down the years to a premature death.
De Margerie doesn't depict Susan Mary's choices as stemming from a revolt by a brilliant and talented woman whose ambitions were stunted by a sexist culture. Nor does the author cast her subject as a self-centered opportunist - the marriage to Alsop, who was gay, was convenient for both. And, to her credit as a biographer, de Margerie doesn't contend in her slender book that Susan Mary Alsop was influential in American policymaking beyond determining the seating arrangements at dinner.
A fine writer who makes the most of letters and diaries, de Margerie leaves the judgments to God and her readers. Yet it's difficult not to conclude that Susan Mary Alsop was little more than an articulate and charming hanger-on. Yes, she witnessed history, but her biggest choices in life tend to make her seem terribly small.


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While I normally don't write stand-alone reviews for Community, I enjoyed last night's episode so much that I think it is warranted. "Origins of Vampire Mythology" struck just the right chord of funny, sweet, and weird, and pretty much summed up the essence of all the main characters. Having been slightly underwhelmed by the two-part blanket/pillow fort battle that preceded "Origins of Vampire Mythology" (maybe I just don't like to see Troy and Abed fighting), this week's episode was a perfect example of why I love Community so much: the genuine wackiness and heartfelt earnestness of the characters.
Everybody is earnest in what they do: Annie genuinely wants to help Britta, even if she goes about it in a questionable way; Shirley is there for her friend Jeff in his time of need; Troy is lovable and loving, and is sometimes a doofus; Abed is Abed. Even Jeff, who is egotistical and self-serving to the extreme, pursues his egoism and self-promotion with conviction and zeal. The show doesn't apologize for who these characters are, and as a result their study group/friendship is both believable AND a barrel of laughs.


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Federal judge rules EPA overstepped authority trying to regulate water as pollutant in Virginia
Virginia officials scored a key victory Thursday in their battle with the Environmental Protection Agency over what EPA critics describe as a land takeover.
U.S. District Judge Liam O'Grady in Alexandria ruled late Thursday that the EPA exceeded its authority by attempting to regulate stormwater runoff into a Fairfax County creek as a pollutant. O'Grady sided with the Virginia Department of Transportation and the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, which challenged EPA's stormwater restrictions
"Stormwater runoff is not a pollutant, so EPA is not authorized to regulate it," O'Grady said.
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says the ruling could ultimately save Virginia taxpayers more than $300 million.
An EPA spokesman could not be reached for comment after business hours.
The EPA, citing an abundance of stormwater runoff, had proposed a plan that Virginia officials said could cost homeowners and businesses their private property.
The EPA contended that water itself can be regulated as a pollutant if there's too much of it. The agency says heavy runoff is having a negative impact on Accotink Creek and that it has the regulatory authority to remedy the situation.
Cuccinelli, a Republican, argued what the EPA has proposed is "illegal," and he's not alone in the fight. He was joined in the lawsuit against the federal agency by the Democratic-controlled Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
In legal filings, the EPA says that its plan is "in harmony with the broader purposes" of the Clean Water Act, including "reducing the water quality impacts of stormwater."
"There is no possibility of homes being removed in this process," Simon Rosenberg, founder of the New Democrat Network, said. He called the claim by Cuccinelli an "overstatement."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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T-Mobile Data Plans Revamping November 3rd
To be honest, I'm still trying to make sense of these images we received but as expected, T-Mobile is preparing a revamp of their data plans beginning November 3rd. That $10 200MB plan we talked about on the 16th? That's in there as well as a little bit of data plan overage talk which leads back to the whole, "what happens after 5GB of transferred data" question? T-Mobile handsets will … [read full article]


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Blood's A Rover
The above quote comes directly from the back cover of the ARC. I figured I'd get the hyperbole out of the way, and who better to sell this gargantua than the Demon Dog himself? The man is his own best critic, and as a reader, I tend to agree with him.
It's been eight long years since The Cold Six Thousand bludgeoned the face of the literary landscape, and the concluding volume of the Underworld USA Trilogy is finally here. Let me preface my review by saying Mr. Ellroy and myself are in complete agreement on this- it does not disappoint.
I wanted to prepare myself for Rover by going back and re-reading the first two epic volumes of the trilogy. Eight years is a long time, especially in book years, and I was worried I'd get lost in Ellroy's parallel historical universe without a refresher as ballast. But a collective 2000 plus pages and my looming deadline put the kibosh on that, so Wikipedia it was. Nevertheless, those new to the scene need not despair. Despite being a threequel, Rover stands on its own, and Ellroy wisely fills in the gaps where necessary.
At almost 650 pages, there is no point in trying to summarize the byzantine chain of events comprising Rover's complex plot. After a brief prologue involving a daring armored-car heist, the book picks up where The Cold Six Thousand left off- the year 1968. Wayne Tedrow Jr., surviving protagonist of The Cold Six Thousand, is joined by Dwight Holly and newcomer Don Crutchfield, completing Ellroy's signature triumvirate of flawed badasses. But this is not strictly a boy's club. Not by a long shot. Enter The Red Goddess Joan, Ellroy's most realized female creation to date. This mysterious woman permeates the hearts and minds of all three men, influencing events on a global scale over the next four years.
Who exactly is The Red Goddess Joan? In an interview with Sarah Weinman (check out the video HERE,) Ellroy calls Rover- the only work of fiction I've ever written that is entirely directed at one human being- the transcendent woman Joan. That woman, who Ellroy brazenly named the character after, must have really done a number on the notorious skirt-chaser. He goes on to say that his reason for doing so is because it didn't work out and, I quote, because I want to derail her world every time she sees it in a bookstore. Wow.
In spite of this, Ellroy, who has unjustly been branded a misogynist in the past, treats The Red Goddess with much reverence. Her's is the character that wields all the power, especially over the men of the novel. Ellroy is making no secret of the fact that this woman ruled his world and left him reeling. As an act of revenge, it is not an unflattering portrayal. Just a reminder of the past.
In addition to showing us his softer side, we also get a peak behind the curtain at the great and powerful wizard of Ellroy's politics. While in his larger-than-life persona, Ellroy espouses all sorts of conservative political views, Rover belies this rhetoric with a subtle criticism of the Right. Despite his claims of living in a vacuum, Rover's seeming indictment of the infringing of privacy rights by the government could almost be an allegory of Patriot Act America. Almost. But I'm sure he'd deny it.
Stylistically, Rover continues in the tradition of its predecessors, employing short, staccato sentences punctuated with all manner of period specific slang and pejorative epithets. The resulting effect is like a shotgun blast filled with words, rather than buckshot. It takes some getting used to, but once overcome, helps keep the densely plotted novel moving along with urgency.
My only real complaint would be the familiarity of it all. The middle of the novel, especially, exhibits some paunch, with the resurrection of Tiger Kab and the fixation on the anti-communist cause in Cuba. It feels like a rut, and slows the momentum down. Thankfully, that slowdown doesn't last very long. Rover picks up steam like a freight train, threatening to derail as it barrels down the tracks towards climax and a confrontation with The Red Goddess.
I feel like I'm preaching to the choir. Longtime fans know what to expect. Detractors should as well. There aren't any real surprises here. Expect lazy reviewers to trot out the same tired lines of praise and dissent, which will have little sway on existing opinions. If you have never read Ellroy and are captivated by the aesthetically pleasing green and yellow cover, this is as good a place to start as any. According to Ellroy, this is his masterpiece. They are all masterpieces, so you really can't go wrong.


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Okay so this really isn't a post but a beautiful picture. What woman doesn't love a pic of a man holding a baby.
Now this is special because well it's my hubby holding his little nephew. Uncle Jimmy and Baby Michael
What makes this special you ask? Well this baby was a little blessing for our grieving family. Here's a little snippet of how it came about. My husband lost his brother 2 years ago to a freak 1 car accident, he was only 30+. Jimmy, my hubby is the oldest and we have one daughter who is 23. His middle sister Dana did not have any children at the time of the accident and wasn't sure she really wanted children. Steven was our baby brother and had no children either. So the parents have one granddaughter who is grown and didn't think they would ever get another.
So surprise when my 41 year old Sister-in-law decided to have a baby. She named him after her brother and his best friend who both lost their lives at an early age. We call him Michael but his official name is Steven Michael. Michael has brought joy into the lives of a grieving family and I hope in time shall heal the deep wounds of sadness. So bless baby Michael and my SIL who has made me Auntie TaTa.


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Re: KotOR 1& 2 Help desk
I'd start a new game, and see if you encounter the problem again. That's what I did when I was stuck. Try to do stuff from a different side.
―Boba Fett
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I'd start a new game, and see if you encounter the problem again. That's what I did when I was stuck. Try to do stuff from a different side.
I need help please with KOTOR II.
I have not long started so I have got to the asteroid and I am on the planet trying to locate my ship (LOL I have forgotten the name) I went in for the racing in the cantina and even though I did it in 37 seconds he still said that I had not complete it.
I cannot work out if it is a problem in the game or I am doing something wrong.
You're in Telos? Oh, and the ship's name is Ebon Hawk.
Thank you I knew the ship was the Ebon Hawk though (I think that is a great ship) Now I just need to get the race to work now.
damn racing on KotOR II is hard.....or at least it was for me. I hardly ever tried it myself. Some courses weren't too bad, but I remember that one was tough; don't think I ever beat it *didn't try all that hard, but I seriously would have had to if I was determined to beat it*
You have to beat the best record then talk to him...like 35 seconds or something. That was my problem too, and that's how I solved it.
damn racing on KotOR II is hard.....
I agree. I've never beaten the best time.
In Telos,Devil Girl,go talk to Luxa. She's in the cantina.
Okay, I don't think that you have win a swoop race in KotOR 2.....you should be able to do stuff for the Ithorains or Czerka to get a ship to the actual surface of Telos.
One there your going to have to fight through Mercanaries....litsen to the Zabrak....he knows stuff....soon after you fight through the Mercs, you have to fight through lot of droids again, Yes, again....NOTE when you activate the Power Genorater in the Base a large Tank driod appears and trys to kill you...I stayed my distance and got him with lighting and ion stuff. After that you have to fight the HK 50 droids......Or you could run like Heck and try to reach the entrence into the enclave...but you will have serch for more parts for HK 47
Thank you about the racing It may not be part of the main plot but I had hoped it would be a good way to make some money.
Thank you Karson, that is very helpful
Your welcome
I need more help please.
I am fighting Malak at the moment and the battle is getting to the really tough part. I am near the end and not matter what I do I keep getting killed (what gets me is that he stuns me so much so I am not able to heal myself)
Can you give me some tips on how to finish Malak please? (LOL it seems that I am so close yet so far from the end)
Do you have the force power Drain life? If you do you can suck the life out of the dead jedi and get it all before Malak can use them. But only use them when your heath of force is low.
I have got that now thank you Karson (I have got many saves from various points in the game) so that meant I was able to go back to when I was level 19 to gain the skill. When I get the chance to play the game next I will see how I get along then.
You welcome once again.
Yeah, the ending was HARD. Took me forever to beat it, and was only able to do it by running around the room popping med pack after med pack *They're easy to get just before you get in there, and I tend to horde them anyway, so I had plenty.* Even then it must have taken me a dozen tries to beat that last fight... or if not it sure seemed like that many or more
I only had to try 3 times....or was it 4?
3 times? TWICE. I followed Malak's lead with the force drain first time I played...I killed Malak at the same time he killed me *he hit me, I poisoned him*. At the movie, it said I had died, so I got to fight him again, which was th reason for two times.
Don't let your health drop below a quarter, EVER. The same thing happened then for me, and I'm not sure if my game glitched or that's all games, but just a tip.
Thank you very much for the tips Ralin and Mandalore I am facing Malak again at the moment. Is there anything that is good for softening him up?
I am just going to make sure that I save the fight often and do a little bit at a time (I do not like end of game fights) but it seems a shame to get so close to the end without finishing (I also want to see Revan and Carth go off into the sunset together)
They kinda do....Have you read any of the walk through? Tip: use mines around the jedi bodies...use them any where as long as you can make him run through them.
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Keeping Summer Membership Strong
Your summer marketing should emphasize the importance of beginning fitness now! Just because it's summer doesn't mean physical activity will automatically penetrate an otherwise inactive lifestyle. Since fitness is a lifestyle change, the idea of dropping out for the summer becomes ludicrous. If this fitness thing is indeed a new lifestyle, then life goes on in the summer as well...and three months is too long a time period to be without it.
So how do we send our message? We create programs that complement the great things about summer we love. Here are a few ideas.
* Warm weather is great, but come inside to the controlled temperature of the health club to work out safely and effectively.
* Outdoor activities are fun. They are also inconsistent in their effect on the body, and if one is not properly conditioned, they can lead to injury. Sports-conditioning programs or personal trainers should be marketed as ways to prevent injury, especially as we get older and continue to enjoy such pastimes as softball, volleyball, etc.
* Lighter summer cuisine, ice cream and water ice are all great and can be featured at a "member appreciation" day held in late May to welcome the summer season. It's fun to socialize, and this will remind your members that they really do like each other and will miss one another in the summer. They also need to keep up with their workouts to enjoy that ice cream.
* Plan a picnic event for the third week of July, after the 4th of July and before the high vacation season kicks in during August. This will reunite the members and make them want to stay around and keep active. Remember that these events have to build momentum and must be well promoted. Take a lot of pictures and make a scrapbook to show off in the fall when you have a natural influx of new members.
* Water, as in recreational water sports, often draws our members away. Members think that they will be spending the summer at the pool and won't need to stay active at the club. What makes them think that they will actually be active while lying on their backs in the sun? To compete with the outdoor swimming pools, plan some summer field trips to area amusement parks or attractions that are family-oriented and make sure the members know about them way in advance, so they are aware if they drop out, they miss out.
* Vacations are truly a great aspect of summer. However, they are generally not long enough to justify quitting for the entire summer. So decide what your policy will be and let your members freeze for one month only, not the entire summer. Remind them that vacations are generally more physically active and require one to be in top condition to survive the long days of sightseeing or other physical challenges.
* Summer fashions make the season both fun and stressful. Lighter clothing often means less clothing, and we really want to be in great shape to pull off wearing those shorts or sundresses. All year long we work on our healthy glow and physique, and then just when we need them most, we drop the workouts! Summer fashions are just the motivation our members need to get and stay in shape.
* Finally, summer brings us the opportunity to spend more time with our kids. If yours is a family club, then encourage the kids to come. Even if your club is not family-oriented, if the kids come to the club with their parents for an hour three times a week, they will survive in the play area and will be learning a lifelong good habit from this fine example.
If they want the outdoors all summer, give it to them! Meet their every need with your services and partner to get them the ones you don't have. They will be grateful and stay active, and you will all be happy campers.
--Linda Mitchell is 20-year veteran in the industry. She is the director of marketing and public relations for the Newtown Athletic Club in Newtown, Pa., and the executive director of the Delaware Valley Alliance of Health and Sportclubs.


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A traffic stop led to the seizure of 492 grams of methamphetamine and the arrest of a Newton man Wednesday morning.
A traffic stop led to the seizure of 492 grams of methamphetamine and the arrest of a Newton man Wednesday morning.
Lincoln County Sheriff�s deputies pulled over a pickup truck just before 10 a.m. in the parking lot of the Lincolnton Plaza Shopping Center on Aspen Street to tell the driver that he had a burned out brake light.
Eloy Hernandez was driving the vehicle.
He did not have a driver�s license, according to deputies.
A deputy searched the truck and found a gray plastic bag in the back seat. Inside the bag, officers say they found nearly a pound of meth.
As Hernandez was being taken to a patrol car, he tried to pull away and run, according to the Sheriff�s Office.
Narcotics officers apprehended Hernandez when he fell against a truck parked in the lot. He was treated for a small cut on his face.
Hernandez, 26, of 650 E. First St., Newton, was charged with trafficking by possession, trafficking by transportation and maintaining a vehicle for a controlled substance, carrying a concealed weapon and resisting arrest. He was jailed under a $300,000 secured bond.


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Sharing the Gospel with Muslims
While it may have been the Apostle Paul who first preached the unadulterated gospel in Arabia and Damascus (Gal. 1:15–17), the following centuries witnessed the introduction of various brands of Christianity ranging from orthodoxy to a number of heretical …Read More
Can God Bless America?
In this era of terrorism, poverty, oppression and a few less-distinct enemies, waves of patriotism occasionally revive the slogan "God Bless America." Sadly, though, the sentiment long ago became a cliché to which people rarely give serious thought. The …Read More
The Days of the Dead
September 11, 2001, was, in many respects, a rather ordinary day. I began the day working at my desk, writing. But my plans quickly changed. Many of us spent hours staring not at our computer screens but at our television …Read More
The Gospel for Muslims
In 2005, I make my first trip to the Middle East. I was there to engage in a Christian-Muslim dialogue sponsored by a local university's Muslim and Christian student associations. As far as we knew, it would be the first …Read More
Loving Our Enemies
A Pakistani Christian woman is sentenced to death for defiling the name of Muhammad. A suicide bomber outside a church in Egypt kills twenty-one people and wounds many more. An attack on a church in northern Nigeria by a thirty-strong …Read More
A Pastor's Reflection
What do you do when the world falls apart? When the planes struck, I was in my office overlooking Columbia University on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, eight miles north of Ground Zero. I listened helplessly to news reports …Read More
Ten Years Later
The world has changed. We are not the same people we were on September 10, 2001. The events of September 11, 2001, and the events that followed in ensuing years have not only changed America but nations and peoples throughout …Read More
Answering Islam
Islam is one of the most rapidly growing religions in the world today, its one billion adherents second only to Christianity. Many Christians who only decades ago would never have heard of Islam now have friends, family members and co-workers …Read More
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Deskpet pre-proto
I ordered a Nordic-FOB from Sparkfun to make the coding for the wireless module easier. While I'm waiting, I decided to hack together a pre-prototype of the deskpet using a Baby Orangutan from Pololu, that has an ATMega168 and an LB1836M, the same motor driver that the real board will use. If you want one of those Baby-O's, get it quick, because they upgraded the motor controller on it, and the old version is going fast. On a good note, they added the LB1836M to their IC page for me, so they should be much easier to get now.
Here's a pic of the prototype:
P.S. If you are looking for a cool off-the shelf 'bot, the 3pi from Pololu looks really nifty. Can't wait until it comes out…


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A woman from Florida has been sentenced to life in prison in the killings of her millionaire husband and mother-in-law.
Narcy Novack of Fort Lauderdale was not in the White Plains courtroom to hear the sentence on Monday. She waived her right to appear, just as she did when the verdict was delivered in June.
Her brother and co-defendant, Cristobal Veliz of Brooklyn, was also sentenced to life in prison in federal court in White Plains.
They were convicted of hiring hit men to carry out the 2009 beating deaths of Ben Novack Jr. in New York and Bernice Novack in Florida. Ben Novack was the son of the man who built the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach.


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Smush Parker was the Lakers' point guard the last time the Timberwolves beat them? I've got news for you. Smush would start for this year's edition too. And he'd look so good next to the rest of the turkeys they've got playing that Bill Plaschke would be touting him for the All-Star game.
Harry Turtledove
Getting Steve Nash for two firsts and two seconds while paying him $18 million is the worst signing in the history of the franchise. In actuality, Nash cost them three first-round picks because the Lakers did not sign Ramon Sessions, who cost them one.
Nash needs to do the right thing and either retire or accept a buyout. I don't blame him for accepting a trade to the Lakers and signing the contract, but Mitch Kupchak and Jim Buss should accept full responsibility for the damage the signing has done. If the Lakers had their picks and had the money that Nash has cost them, this team would be set for the future. Instead, the trade has set them back at least three years, and maybe up to five.
Geno Apicella
Just a thought: Maybe Mike D'Antoni should sit out back-to-back games with Steve Nash.
Joseph Kereta
We can talk until we're blue in the face, but the hard truth is that the Lakers need to unload anyone and everyone, Kobe too, hit bottom, win the lotto, get a game-changing superstar and put an end to all this Clippers nonsense.
Marty Foster
A heavily favored horse named Kobe's Back came in a distant second on Sunday at Betfair Hollywood Park. I hope this doesn't bode badly for the Lakers, but judging by their performance against the Timberwolves on Sunday, maybe it did.
Vaughn Hardenberg
I wholeheartedly agree with last week's letter writer Dave Moore that Kobe might just answer the phone in five rings, but if you are calling to talk to another family member, will he pass them the phone?
George Sands
Perhaps the Lakers would have the best overall league record if The Times cut back to one reporter at each home game and also stopped covering their road games altogether.
Silly, you say? It seems to be working for the Ducks.
Libby Macmin
Los Angeles
Special Ks
Sandy Koufax's and Clayton Kershaw's side-by-side three-year stats offer a perspective of how great and dominant a pitcher Koufax was. Arguably, Kershaw is currently the premier pitcher in baseball, Koufax arguably the premier pitcher in baseball history. Sadly, Koufax's brief but brilliant career was abbreviated by injury.
As a Dodgers fan I hope Kershaw many years of success, Cy Young Awards and no-hitters, to allow today's comparison between the two lefties to transcend beyond the first letter of their last names.
Paul Shubunka Sr.
Santa Clarita
It occurred to me that the lone writer who placed Clayton Kershaw second with his Cy Young vote must be the same guy who left Willie Mays off his Hall of Fame ballot.
Bud Chapman
I wonder if Matt Kemp would have run into the wall if he had not gotten his big contract? I doubt it. Andre Ethier has only warning-track power; gee, I wonder why? Carl Crawford has what to offer? I did not see anything that would get me cheering this past season. Overrated? Absolutely! Let's see which teams are interested in getting damaged goods.
Imelda Carranza
He disagrees
I can't think of a Dodgers play-by-play announcer less deserving of induction into the Radio Hall of Fame than Charley Steiner except, perhaps, the late Jerry Doggett. Steiner's a blatant homer, can't distinguish between a high pop fly and a deep drive to the outfield, is incapable of describing what's happening on the field with any pacing or rhythm, laughs at his own tired jokes and frequently has to correct himself. His presence on the air is a distraction when it should be an enhancement. This is Hall of Fame material?
I'll take Rick Monday over Steiner any day. Steiner going into the Radio Hall of Fame makes a mockery of such an honor.
Bob Moody
Thousand Oaks
That's enough
Since my freshman year at UCLA in 1971 I've attended basketball games and have been a season-ticket buyer for a quarter of a century. After this year, no more. Exorbitant ticket prices, ridiculous starting times and a suspect new coach make it a losing proposition. What a waste of money!
S.R. Fischer
Los Angeles
Tough loss
It is somewhat ironic in this period when it seems Richie Incognito confirms our worst suspicions about football player mentality that we lose a former player of eloquence. Todd Christensen was a man to whom words meant a great deal. This was the hallmark of his education, his career in football and later as a broadcaster.
There has long been this image of the dumb jock, and Todd Christensen proved intelligence and sports were not mutually exclusive. The paradox of his passing at this juncture, when the very culture of the football locker room has come into question, is that one of the top college teams in this country represents one of the top academic institutions, Stanford.
This is the standard to which we should aspire and current turmoil in pro football should perhaps bring into question the concept of drafting students before graduation, perhaps giving them more time to mature as players and as individuals.
Todd Christensen's death is a sad loss but a reminder that not all pro football players are mindless brutes and many bring thoughtful intelligence to the game, their lives and ours.
Michael Solomon
Canoga Park
Not sweet tweet
Bill Plaschke's condemnation of Matt Barnes "...for tweeting the most despicable of racial epithets..." was way over the top. A black person calling black teammates the N- word in the context of a heated moment is hardly the egregious infraction he tries to make it out to be.
Barnes was fined a token amount precisely because the NBA needed to issue some response while also recognizing this "crime" barely moved the PC needle.
Social media does a good enough job of blowing these things out of proportion. I would expect a good journalist to offer some balance rather than adding fuel to the fire.
Ron Ovadia
Matt Barnes, take some time this weekend and go see the movie "12 Years a Slave." It will help you appreciate how far our society has come, and that your recent Twitter tirade was shameful, and not a step in the right direction.
Virginia Conrad
Beyond belief
I'm sorry to report an error in your otherwise excellent coverage of the two local college football teams. We all know that UCLA lost to Stanford and Oregon on consecutive weeks on the road. However, you have USC listed as playing Stanford at home and not playing Oregon at all.
Obviously such an imbalance in scheduling could not possibly be the case in a year when the Trojans are at home to take on the Bruins. I would respectfully ask that you correct future editions. Thank you and keep up your overall great work.
Ron Reeve
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There are a growing number of availability solutions to choose between and knowing which technology to deploy based on requirements can be a difficult choice.
This session will provide an overview of the technologies available, comparing and contrasting these and discussing common combinations of complementary technologies.
SQL Bits was started by a group of individuals that are passionate about the SQL Server product suite.
There is a breadth of knowledge in the SQL Community that will benefit everyone in the community.
We want to spread that knowledge.
We all work with the SQL community, some of us for many years. We have a range of skills and experiences from being given the MVP award by Microsoft, organising user groups and speaking at events around the world.
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Last month, visualizing.org organized an event in Brussels to gather European dataviz folks. As far as I'm concerned, the main output of that is that a handful of those present decided to create an informal discussion group to share ideas and promote data visualization. The group as it currently stands includes @datavis (@wiederkehr), @FILWD, @infosthetics, @janwillemtulp, @moritz_stefaner, @visualisingdata and myself (@jcukier).
Before going any further I invite you to follow any and all of these accounts you don't yet follow on twitter. You would be in great company (see below).
This week I was looking at the Twitter API and had the idea to compare our respective friends and followers on twitter. We have very different profiles.
First, we are all based in a different country, except for @filwd and @moritz_stefaner who are both in Germany. Also the interest of our audiences are different.
Still, I was suprised to see that there was not that much overlap among our followers. For each of us, at least one third of our followers do not follow any of the other accounts. So, even for @infosthetics which has over 8000 followers, the collective audience of the group is approximately twice as much.
So anyway, I conducted some further analysis to answer some questions such as:
- which accounts follow several of us, but not one specific account?
- among the followers unique to an account, which have many followers? (ie @datavis is being followed, and occasionally RT'd, by @alyssa_milano!)
- which accounts are being followed by many of us?
you can find the detail here.
So the 22 accounts that currently follow our 8 accounts are:
@JeffClark, @visualizingOrg, @akaiving, @BrianBBrian, @eagereyes, @densitydesign, @bestiario140, @krees, @cmulbrandon, @googlea, @pciuccarelli, @mathieubastian, @geovisual, @dominikus, @seedataltd, @thewhyaxis, @algonpage, @richard_jong, @SeeingStructure, @songobong, @2aziz1, @adizi.


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Q: When my friend's 4-week-old baby developed a fever, she was admitted to the hospital, where they did blood tests and a spinal tap to see if she had meningitis. The procedure upset my friend a lot. Was it really necessary?
A: Yes. Meningitis is an infection and inflammation of the meninges, which is the lining that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. The proximity of these membranes to the brain makes this infection potentially very dangerous: It can cause serious residual damage and, though rarely, death. The viral type is much less serious and, fortunately, much more common.
Because evaluating a fever in a very young baby is difficult, most doctors agree that the safest approach is to assume the worst and perform a spinal tap. (This is true for older babies, children and adults as well.) The procedure involves inserting a needle between two vertebrae to withdraw fluid for evaluation. While it's understandably upsetting to parents, it is safe.
To be on the safe side, I usually treat with antibiotics until the results of the spinal tap are known.


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The Lift Web Framework, which recently released v. 2.5.1, is one of the most popular and powerful Web frameworks. Lift, which is written in Scala, takes full advantage of many of the language's features including its straightforward construction of Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs), built-in support for the Actor model and asynchronous messaging, and excellent scalability. However, Lift doesn't take the typical Model-View-Controller (MVC) approach, and its unique model is worth learning about, even if you don't plan to use it. In this first article in a short series dedicated to Lift, I'll explain some of these interesting features.
A Complex Web Page Is More Than a Single HTTP GET
The main goal of Lift was to make sure that static templates are strictly used for display only; thus, designers can manipulate them using standard design tools without undesired noise. With Lift, static templates can never contain business logic.
Lift uses an approach called "View First" to bind logic to templates. In MVC frameworks, a specific URL triggers a controller method. As you might guess, in Lift, the view comes first, so a URL is bound to a specific page and there is no particular component on the page that is dominant. Once Lift checks that access control for a specific URL is granted, it resolves the path to a related and localized version of the view and loads it. Lift processes the view as a template to transform it into the dynamic content you want to return in response to the URL request. The template is a valid HTML page with makers that tell Lift how to interpret some pieces. Editing and maintaining the pages using design tools doesn't cause any problems.
Lift's design treats a complex Web page as more than a single HTTP GET, which enables it to handle pages using its View First approach. One of the main problems of most Web frameworks is that they treat a Web page as a single HTTP GET, but this approach works well only for the simplest pages. When you start working on complex Web pages, the HTTP GET approach isn't an ideal fit and you end up with different pieces of code everywhere without good support at the framework level for the evolving requirements.
To simplify rendering complex Web pages, Lift provides the following features out of the box:
- Ajax. Lift makes it easy to work with Ajax forms and multipage input screens (wizards). You don't need to leave Scala to work with Ajax behavior. You can get rid of unnecessary JavaScript or jQuery in your views.
- Comet. Server push updates are made easy and take advantage of Scala actors. You need only take care of updating the component when something changes. It's really easy to push content from the server to the Web browser.
- Parallelized rendering. With just a very simple change in the markup code, you can instruct Lift to render different snippets required for a single Web page in parallel.
- Lazy loading. You can use specific markup code to instruct Lift to display a spinning icon until a snippet finishes computation and delivers the HTML to the Web browser. You don't need to make changes to your code to provide support for lazy loading, you just need to activate it when you consider it necessary.
- Wiring. Lift borrows a common practice from spreadsheets and allows you to declare interdependent items. When any of the related elements change, the dependent elements update automatically. If you have ever coded a Shopping Cart, you can imagine how much simpler it can be to update totals in many places with a framework that provides this feature.
If you are accustomed to working with MVC frameworks, you'll find it easy to understand Lift after you shift your view to its unique implementation. First, you need to focus on the view and all the content you want to be displayed in a Web page. A single view can include the necessary markup code to render many pieces of dynamic content in Scala methods. Then, you can decide the best way to render the dynamic content based on your performance needs and the desired user experience. For example, if the rendering takes too much time, it might be a good idea to take advantage of lazy loading or parallelized rendering. I'll provide easy-to-understand examples that use these features in this series.
Working with Lift in Eclipse
To start working with Lift, you just need to download the latest release. Decompress the download file and go to the scala_210 folder where there are four subfolders that target Scala 2.10:
- lift_basic
- lift_blank
- lift_json
- lift_mvc
The simplest project is included in the lift_blank subfolder. From this subfolder, you can launch the Simple Build Tool (also known as SBT). In Linux, execute
./sbt; and in Windows,
sbt.bat. The scala_29 folder contains the same four projects but targeting the earlier Scala 2.09; however, I always want to work with the latest version.
Once you launch SBT, type the
container:start command and after SBT downloads and updates the necessary content you will be able to go to
http://localhost:8080 to see the home page of the blank Lift application (Figure 1).
Figure 1: The home page of the lift_blank project in a browser.
You can run the
eclipse with-source=true SBT command to create the Eclipse project files for the project.
Once SBT creates the Eclipse project files, you can import the project in Eclipse with support for Scala. Because the Scala IDE is a special version of Eclipse, you can also import the project in a Scala IDE. You just need to follow these steps in order to import the project:
- Select File | Import… and then choose General | Existing Projects into Workspace in Select an import source.
- Click Next and enter or browse to the lift_blank folder as the root directory. The project name (Lift 2.5 starter template) will appear in the Projects list. Select it and click Finish. Eclipse will import the project and you will be able to navigate through its elements in Package Explorer (see Figure 2).
Figure 2: The elements of the lift_blank project in the Eclipse Package Explorer.
The simplest way to start working with Lift is to use the lift_blank project as a baseline for your Lift Web application. You just need to make the necessary changes to the configuration file and add the files you want for your application.
Boot.scala: The Lift Configuration File
src/main/scala, you will find a
Boot.scala source file that is part of the
bootstrap.liftweb package. This file defines the
Boot class with a
boot method. When you start a Lift application, Lift instantiates this class and executes the
boot method once to allow you to configure Lift's environment, in a process known as "Lift's boot." Thus,
Boot.scala is the Lift configuration file, written in the Scala programming language.
One of Lift's main goals is to reduce the number of programming languages a developer is required to use to develop and maintain a Web application. To this end, you can perform the configuration using Scala code instead of defining the properties in an XML file. You can also define values for properties that change according to the specific environment in text files with the
.props extension. For example, some properties will be different for test and production environments. By default, an empty
default.props file is located at
/src/main/resources/props. Let's dive deep on the way you can change the configuration using the
Boot class.
Listing One shows the initial code that defines the
Boot class in the
lift_blank project:
Listing One.
package bootstrap.liftweb import net.liftweb._ import util._ import Helpers._ import common._ import http._ import sitemap._ import Loc._ import net.liftmodules.JQueryModule import net.liftweb.http.js.jquery._ /** * A class that's instantiated early and run. It allows the application * to modify lift's environment */ class Boot { def boot { // where to search snippet LiftRules.addToPackages("code") // Build SitefoMap val entries = List( Menu.i("Home") / "index", // the simple way to declare a menu // more complex because this menu allows anything in the // /static path to be visible Menu(Loc("Static", Link(List("static"), true, "/static/index"), "Static Content"))) // set the sitemap. Note if you don't want access control for // each page, just comment this line out. LiftRules.setSiteMap(SiteMap(entries:_*)) //Show the spinny image when an Ajax call starts LiftRules.ajaxStart = Full(() => LiftRules.jsArtifacts.show("ajax-loader").cmd) // Make the spinny image go away when it ends LiftRules.ajaxEnd = Full(() => LiftRules.jsArtifacts.hide("ajax-loader").cmd) // Force the request to be UTF-8 LiftRules.early.append(_.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8")) // Use HTML5 for rendering LiftRules.htmlProperties.default.set((r: Req) => new Html5Properties(r.userAgent)) //Init the jQuery module, see http://liftweb.net/jquery for more information. LiftRules.jsArtifacts = JQueryArtifacts JQueryModule.InitParam.JQuery=JQueryModule.JQuery172 JQueryModule.init() } }
The code changes many of Lift's execution rules by calling methods and setting values for fields of the
net.Liftweb.http.LiftRules singleton. The code calls the following four methods:
In addition, the code sets values for the following fields.
After Lift executes the
boot method, the parameters you changed will be frozen. As with many other modern Web frameworks, Lift searches for items in certain locations by convention. Lift looks for the classes that implement snippets in the different packages defined in
LiftRules with the
addToPackages method with the
.snippet suffix. The
boot method makes a single call to
addToPackages to add the code package, so Lift will look for snippets in
HelloWorld.scala is defined in the
code.snippet package and located in
/src/main/scala. Thus, the first two lines of this source file define its package:
package code package snippet
If you also want Lift to look for snippets in the
drdobbs.scala.code.snippet package, you should add the following line to the
boot method:
The following lines set values for
ajaxStart and
ajaxEnd, which define the JavaScript to execute at the beginning of an Ajax request and when it ends. The default behavior is to show the spinny image during an Ajax call and to make it go away when the call ends. Both
ajaxStart and
ajaxEnd are
Box[() => JsCmd], where
Box is the
net.liftweb.common.Box class and
JsCmd is the
net.liftweb.http.js.JsCmd trait.
LiftRules.ajaxStart = Full(() => LiftRules.jsArtifacts.show("ajax-loader").cmd) LiftRules.ajaxEnd = Full(() => LiftRules.jsArtifacts.hide("ajax-loader").cmd)
As you might guess,
JsCmd represents a JavaScript command in Lift. However, the
Box class is very important in Lift and requires further explanation. The
Box class is a container that is able to declare that it is either
Full or an
EmptyBox. You can think of Lift's
Box as an improved version of Scala's
Option, which provides a mechanism for being explicit about a value existing or not existing without using nulls. When a
Box is
Full, it means it contains a single non-null value. On the other hand, when a
Box is an
EmptyBox, it can be any of the following:
ParamFailure is a
Failure with an additional typesafe parameter that allows you to store information related to the failure. Lift's philosophy inherits from Scala regarding exceptions; so in Lift, exceptions are for exceptional conditions. For example, Lift uses exceptions when an external resource isn't available, but it encourages working with the
ParamFailure value offered by
Box when a parameter isn't supplied. Thus, both
Failure and
ParamFailure contain information about why the
Box is empty and include exception information, chained failures, and a
String message. The
Box provides many methods that make it easy to transform it to
Failure and chain failure messages. As happens with Scala's
Option, the
isEmpty method indicates whether the box contains a value.
For example, the following lines define a
Box[String] with an
Empty value and then generate a new
Failure based on the empty box by calling the
x~ method with a message explaining why it became a failure:
val x: Box[String] = Empty val failure = x.?~("Empty means failure")


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The results of Eileen's maternal haplogroup tested at 23andMe is T1a1, a subset of T1, which comes from her mitochondrial DNA. This DNA is passed from the maternal line, so it comes from her mother, her mother, her mother, etc. all the way back.
The example populations of British fits nicely with Eileen's very European Ancestry composition results.


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Gold Standard projects
Planting trees won't provide a long-term solution. That is why we follow the policy of the World Wide Fund for Nature and compensating through renewable energy projects awarded the Gold Standard.
The Gold Standard
This is the highest-achievable sign of excellence in CO2 compensation, awarded to projects that are most effective in reducing emissions and developing clean, renewable energy sources. Gold Standard projects are CO2-friendly renewable energy projects that would not have been realized without CO2 compensation investments.


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The new Leeville Bridge on La. 1 has been a story of amazing political success and astounding mechanical failure.
The new Leeville Bridge on La. 1 has been a story of amazing political success and astounding mechanical failure.
The bridge represents the culmination of an unprecedented political push executed by a broad coalition of business groups, government entities and local people.
The cooperation of all those people and interests paid off in a huge success and a quick — by federal standards, anyway — turnaround on a huge transportation project that enhances the quality of life for the thousands of workers and residents who use the bridge on a daily basis.
As part of an even larger project that will eventually upgrade much of La. 1 and provide a much more dependable lifeline to those who must use the road to evacuate in the event of storms, the bridge could even be a life saver.
As a toll system for collecting money to repay what was spent building the bridge, though, the project has been an unmitigated failure.
Actually, it has been a series of failures.
Various mechanical and technological problems have kept the toll system from working properly, resulting in tickets being sent to some motorists who paid the toll and often no ticket being sent to those who did not pay it.
The roadside kiosks set up to sell toll tags for the bridge resulted in confusion and delay for the drivers who used them.
Now, toll booths on the bridge itself have led to frustrating traffic jams and backups that can cost motorists valuable time as they try to do the right thing and pay the tolls.
The ultimate result has been a toll system that has left frustration and has failed to collect enough money to repay the loans that made the bridge possible.
The setbacks have come despite the hard work by local and state officials who have tried again and again to make the system better. The most recent effort has the La. 1 Coalition volunteering to pay the $12 signup fees for motorists to participate in the Geaux Pass program that allows them to cross without stopping at the toll booth and delaying the drivers behind them.
That is a step forward, but clearly, more must be done to make the system work smoothly for those who use it, particularly those who use it frequently for travel to and from work.
Eventually, as more people sign up for the pass, fewer people will have to stop at the booth and fumble with paying the correct amount to cross the bridge.
The process of perfecting a toll system, though, should not be taking this long. Toll bridges and roads are not a new idea, and they have been implemented elsewhere with success and efficiency.
Here's hoping we can eventually call the mechanical part of the local project a success as well.
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This is not how an economic recovery is supposed to work: The average American still earns less now per hour after inflation than he did five years ago when the U.S. exited its worst recession in decades.
The lack of wage growth goes a long way in explaining why the recovery is the weakest since the Great Depression. Consumer spending drives about three-quarters of U.S. economic activity and it's been unusually weak. Absent rising incomes, consumers can't spend much more than they already do without depleting their savings or going deeper into debt, neither of which seems likely.
In May, the real average hourly wage fell 0.2%, the government said Tuesday. Real wages have fallen thee straight months amid a sudden surge in consumer inflation over the same time frame.
As a result, the average hourly wage for a typical American worker registered just $10.28 in May, adjusted for inflation and measured in constant dollars. The real hourly wage totaled $10.31 in June 2009, the last month of the 2007-2009 recession.
A partial saving grace is that the economy has improved enough to keep people working longer each week. So the average weekly paycheck has risen an inflation-adjusted 1.8% from June 2009 to May 2014.
What might be surprising is that the slow growth in inflation-adjusted wages is nothing new. Real wages also grew less than 2% overall from the start of the recovery after the 2001 recession to the end of 2007. Americans supported an unsustainable rate of spending last decade by using the proceeds from a soaring stock market, obtaining home-equity loans amid a bubble in real-estate values or by relying on cheap and easy credit.
Most economists believe faster job creation and falling unemployment should soon put upward pressure on wages, forcing companies to pay more in a scramble to attract workers as the labor market tightens. Yet so far there's little evidence to suggest that the workers' share of the economic pie is growing.
-- Jeffry Bartash
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San Francisco Night Owls Workshop
Note: we almost always do our Marin Headlands and Night Owls workshops back to back, so you can book both to make this a 2-day workshop.
Photos from the last few workshops
Just because the sun has gone, it doesn't mean your day of photography has to end!
Night Photography is fast becoming one of the most popular forms of digital photography. Join the award winning Aperture Academy team as we take you on a journey of San Francisco after dark...we'll shoot at fantastic locations such as Treasure Island, the Palace of Fine Arts, The Embarcadero and Lombard Street!
One of the nicest aspects of night photography is that our images are not dependent on a "good sunset" or sky "conditions" in order to be spectacular. Every location offers a chance to be great, every time we visit.
We will meet in Sausalito, have a quick orientation, and begin our journey just after the sun has set. We'll start by photographing the iconic Golden Gate Bridge from several amazing vantage points, and we'll move on through the night, helping you properly compose and expose images you can be proud of!
With Marin in our rearview mirror, we'll head into the city to photograph a couple views of the Bay Bridge, lights along the piers, and whatever else the city throws our way before going deeper into the city to work on longer exposures in and around Lombard Street.
This workshop is designed to teach you what you need to know in order to head out and photograph the world at night. We work on using long exposures to properly expose a scene and bring the glow of the city to life in your images.
Whether you're a newbie to the world of night photography, or have done it for years and are simply looking to get a few tips on composition (and hang out with a great group of people), this workshop will give you what you need.
The possibilities are endless! Depending on conditions and time of year, the route and locations we photograph may change. But, no matter where we end up, you'll be sure to receive the same quality, personalized instruction we offer at all of our workshops!
See you there, Night Owls!
Equipment To Bring (No filters are needed for this workshop)
What's Included/Not Included
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Aperture Academy is a professional organization dedicated to safe, quality, positive experiences for our students, and a responsible stewardship for the breathtaking locations and beautiful wildlife we enjoy at every workshop.
We work with the United States Department of Interior, the National Park Service and the US Forestry Service to obtain all the proper permits to operate safely, conscientiously and legally. We carry much more than the required minimum of insurance, and our skilled instructors are certified as Wilderness First Responders, in CPR, as well as in the Leave No Trace Outdoor Ethics program. They are qualified and rated to drive Class B vehicles. And, have we mentioned that each is an accomplished, successful professional photographer?
Every "ApCad" member is dedicated to ensuring our students receive the best care and guidance possible, so each of them have the opportunity to get the most remarkable, enjoyable and enriching photography experience available anywhere in the world.
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All workshops are designed to help you learn how to take better photographs and offer a complete immersion into digital landscape and/or wildlife photography. You will learn important photography techniques such as how to properly expose a composition, when to use a filter for best effect, and how to understand and adjust camera settings for optimum results.
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Digital photography offers unique opportunities for in-field photography workshops. By reviewing captured images as soon as they happen, we can examine exposure, composition and histograms, and instantly learn what works--and what doesn't.
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Bring it all if you can! You never know what you might see. On many workshops we focus on landscape photos, but you never know when wildlife might enter the scene and provide the perfect opportunity to photograph them in their natural habitat. It's always better to go into the field with too much gear, rather than miss an opportunity because of not enough equipment.
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EU Commission Sued For Refusing To Reveal Trade Agreement Documents They Shared With Lobbyists
from the right-to-know dept
A recurrent theme here on Techdirt is the lack of transparency when international agreements and treaties are being drawn up. That's increasingly recognized not just as problematic, but simply unacceptable in an age when the Internet makes it easy to provide both access to draft documents and a way for the public to offer comments on them.
Despite this growing pressure, nothing much has happened on either side of the Atlantic as far as providing greater openness for major negotiations is concerned. Perhaps frustrated by this lack of movement, the transparency organization Corporate Europe Observatory decided to take legal action against the European Commission back in February over the secret trade talks between the EU and India.
As the detailed history of this case (pdf) explains, the European Commission was apparently quite happy to pass on copies of certain documents to industry associations, but when Corporate Europe Observatory asked for the same, they only received censored versions. The lawsuit accuses the European Commission of discriminating in favor of corporate lobby groups and of violating the EU's transparency rules. As the Corporate Europe Observatory asks:
how can documents that the Commission has already shared with the business community at large suddenly become confidential and a threat to the EU's international relations when a public interest group asks for their disclosure? This is the core question raised by the lawsuit.
And it points out:
What is at stake in the lawsuit is whether the Commission can continue its habit of granting big business privileged access to its trade policy-making process by sharing information that is withheld from the public. This practice not only hampers well-informed and meaningful public participation in EU trade policy-making, it also leads to a trade policy that, while catering for big business needs, is harmful to people and the environment in the EU and the world.
The European court will be handing down its verdict on 7 June. If the judges side with transparency, it could have a major impact on how the imminent TAFTA/TTIP negotiations between the EU and US are conducted. If they don't, then the battle for the public's right to know what is being agreed in its name will doubtlessly continue.
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I'll have a go Kev.
In an open race 2, I'm rather keen on Ive Gottalife (currently $3.20 but I'm gonna hang out for $4+ on betfair). Hoping Hancock heads to the fence to follow the likely leader Sam Douglas. If he gets a run, he should be in the finish.
Like another one of D Hancocks in the 5th who should again trail the leader. Panella will probably get trucking early on the leader/fav making it hard to make up ground out wide. Hoping Comply Or Die can hang on to its coat tails to PLACE currently at $2.35.
Im going to play around with both horses to win & place in a multi.


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ACLs can optionally specify the authentication method that the server must use when processing the ACL. There are three methods:
The basic and digest methods require users to enter a user name and password before accessing a resource. The ssl method requires the user to have a client certificate. The Web Server must have the encryption turned on, and the user's certificate issuer must be in the list of trusted certificate authorities (CAs) to be authenticated.
By default, the server uses the basic method for any ACL that does not specify a method. If you use the digest method, the server's authentication database must be able to handle digest authentication. Authentication databases are configured in server.xml with the auth-db element. For more information, see auth-db.
Each authenticate line must specify the attribute (users, groups, or both users and groups) that the server authenticates. The following authentication statement, which appears after the ACL type line, specifies basic authentication with users matched to individual users in the database or directory:
authenticate (user) { method = "basic"; };
The following example uses ssl as the authentication method for users and groups:
authenticate (user, group) { method = "ssl"; };
The following example allows any user whose user name begins with sales:
authenticate (user) allow (all) user = sales*
If the last line is changed to group = sales, then the ACL will fail because the group attribute is not authenticated.


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Acadians Overtake The Pembroke
Escape Deportation and Exile
But Die From An Epidemic in Quebec.
The photocopied page below is one of many listing the names of the Acadians who died in 1757 in Quebec. These Acadians had managed to escape the deportation in 1755 when the British set out to exile all of the Acadians from their lands. Some of those Acadians who died in 1757 were among those who were about to be deported on the ship Pembroke when it was overtaken by the Acadians. They then set sail for the St John River/Rivière St-Jean where they remained until they heard the British were coming to capture them. They set fire to the Pembroke and headed up to Miramichi. Food was scarce at Miramichi and some were dying of starvation so many of those Pembroke Acadians decided to continue on to Quebec only to be decimated during the epidemic that ensued. They had been through so much and in the end when their freedom was assured so many of them died.
Here are few:
On the twelfth of December seventeen hundred and fifty-seven was buried Rosalie Girouer (Girouard), Acadian, who died the previous day, having received the sacraments, approximately fifteen years of age, daughter of Germain Girouer and Marie Arseneau, his spouse; present Jean Vallée, Guihaume Taphorin and many others.
On the twelfth of December seventeen hundred fifty-seven was buried Suzanne Bussièere, Acadian, widow of Pierre Comeau, who died theprevious day, having received the sacrements, eighty years of age.
On the twelfth of December seventeen hundred fifty-seven was buried Jean Baptiste Forais (Forest), acadian, who died theprevious day at the age of six years, son of Jean Forais and deceased Marie Josephte Pitre, his spouse.
On the twelfth of December seventeen hundred fifty-seven was buried Pierre Cormier, Acadian, deceased the previous night sixteen years of age, having received the sacrements, son of deceased Pierre Cormier and Marguerite Cyre, his spouse.
This information comes from "Recherche Historiques" published by Pierre-Georges Roy, Volume Thirty-Six published in 1930.
These Acadians remnants of an unjust war have no tombstones but the lack of such should not allow us to remember them any less even though they lay in unmarked graves.
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Lucie's Legacy
Lucie LeBlanc Consentino