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Sitting through your baby's immunization-induced meltdown can be as painful for you as it is for her. That is, if the nagging worry that these routine shots could do more harm than good doesn't get to you first. No wonder a recent study from the University of Michigan found that 93 percent of pediatricians had at least one parent who refused a vaccination for their child during the past year.
Why are vaccines under fire? Some experts say it's due to their success. "It's the natural evolution of a vaccine program," says Paul Offit, M.D., chief of infectious diseases and director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "As you eliminate the diseases, people are not as compelled to get vaccines." Adds Kathryn Edwards, M.D., spokesperson for the National Network for Immunization Information, "Many diseases are out of sight and then out of mind. So people don't see the value of vaccines."
Yet high immunization rates are necessary to keep diseases like measles and even polio from making a dangerous comeback. Here are ten myths about vaccines—and the truth behind them.
Myth 1: Getting so many vaccines will overwhelm my child's immune system.
No doubt about it, the immunization schedule recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) can seem daunting. Your child can receive up to 23 shots by the time she's 2 years old and as many as six shots at a single doctor visit. So it's not surprising that many parents have concerns about how vaccines might affect a child's developing immunity and often cite these as a reason to refuse a vaccine.
But it should be the least of your worries. "Children have an enormous capacity to respond safely to challenges to the immune system from vaccines," says Dr. Offit. "A baby's body is bombarded with immunologic challenges—from bacteria in food to the dust they breathe. Compared to what they typically encounter and manage during the day, vaccines are literally a drop in the ocean." In fact, Dr. Offit's studies show that in theory, healthy infants could safely get up to 100,000 vaccines at once.
The bottom line: It's safe to give your child simultaneous vaccines or vaccine combinations, such as the five-in-one vaccine called Pediarix, which protects against hepatitis B, polio, tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (also known as whooping cough). Equally important, vaccines are as effective given in combination as they are given individually.
Myth 2: As long as other children are getting vaccinated, mine don't need to be.
Skipping vaccinations puts your baby at greater risk for potentially life-threatening diseases. "The ability of immunizations to prevent the spread of infection depends on having a certain number of children immunized," says Thomas Saari, M.D., professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison. "Scientists refer to this as 'herd immunity.' Unfortunately, the level of immunization required to prevent diseases such as measles from spreading from child to child is high—95 percent." In 2003, the national vaccination rate in children ages 19 to 35 months was only about 80 percent—though that number increases to the mid-90s when children reach school age.
These rates may not be high enough to provide herd immunity, especially as exemptions from school vaccines are on the rise. In studies from Colorado, where residents claim high numbers of vaccine exemptions for medical, personal and religious reasons, kids who are not immunized are at greater risk for disease. Case in point: They're 22 times more likely to come down with measles.
Myth 3: Now that major illnesses have largely disappeared, we really don't need vaccines anymore.
Don't bet on it. Despite our relatively high vaccination rates in the U.S., many American communities still have outbreaks of diseases like measles and pertussis, a respiratory illness characterized by spasms of coughing that can last for weeks or even months. In 2003, 13 children died of the infection.
Unvaccinated children can also spread infection to vulnerable family members. "Those children are more likely to give a disease to those who can't fight it off, such as a six-month-old or a grandparent living at home," says Dr. Saari. The incidence of whooping cough has been increasing since 1980, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently recommended a pertussis booster shot for 11-year-olds because the risk of passing the disease to a vulnerable relative is so high.
What's more, diseases are spread by people from foreign countries who travel here. "Air travel has extended the range of diseases from countries where people aren't immunized," says Dr. Saari. "We're no more than one airplane ride from being exposed to many diseases."
Myth 4: Vaccines cause autism and other disorders.
Concerns about a link between a combination vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella—called the MMR vaccine—and the developmental disorder autism got kicked up by a case report from England seven years ago. But it has been roundly discredited. The notion has persisted because autism tends to emerge around the time that the vaccine is given—when a child is a year old. Experts stress, however, that this does not mean the vaccine caused the problem. "Not only is there no evidence that it causes autism, there's evidence that it doesn't cause autism," Dr. Offit says. "In fact, there have been 14 studies that show your risk of getting autism isn't any different if you got the MMR vaccine or if you didn't."
The Institute of Medicine backed up that conclusion in a report issued last summer. Worries linger, Dr. Offit adds, because "it's hard to unring the bell. People reasonably assume that if there is nothing to it, why was there so much smoke?" Parents have expressed similar fears about vaccines and the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). "Numerous vaccines are given to little babies over that first year, just when a lot of developmental changes are occurring," says Dr. Edwards. "If something happens around the time a vaccine is given, it's easy to think the vaccine caused it."
Myth 5: My baby might get the disease it's supposed to prevent.
"Most vaccines we give today, such as meningitis and DTaP, contain killed vaccines—not live agents that could replicate," says Dr. Edwards.
That's true of the scariest diseases doctors vaccinate against, such as polio, which was once made with live weakened polio virus. Until this type of vaccine was phased out, around 1994, a tiny fraction of people—one in 2.4 million—contracted polio from the vaccine itself. But since then, children in the U.S. have received polio vaccine made from killed virus, so there's no risk of contracting the disease from the shot. A few vaccines that are on the schedule do, however, contain live weakened virus to provoke an immune response. These include the MMR and chicken pox immunizations. "These vaccines have the potential to cause some mild illness—a little fever and rash," explains Dr. Edwards. "But the illness is much less severe than if a child naturally contracted measles or chicken pox."
Myth 6: Vaccines can contain preservatives that are dangerous.
Until recently, many vaccine concerns centered on the safety of thimerosal, a compound that prevents the vaccine from being contaminated by bacteria and contains a form of mercury called ethylmercury. Mercury in large quantities is known to be harmful to a child's developing brain. Worries about thimerosal's effect on children prompted its removal from nearly all childhood vaccines in 1999. (Thimerosal is still present in some flu vaccine—though you can ask your doctor for a thimerosal-free shot.)
Yet it's become clearer since then that ethylmercury does not pose the same health hazard as its cousin, methylmercury, a metal found in the environment that's known to accumulate in the body and cause harm to developing children. "The body is able to eliminate ethylmercury much more quickly than it can eliminate methylmercury," says Dr. Offit.
University of Rochester researchers confirmed that when they compared mercury concentrations in the urine, blood and stools of children who got vaccines containing thimerosal with those of kids who received only thimerosal-free vaccines. All the children had mercury levels well below the EPA's most stringent public safety limits.
Even if your baby received a vaccine that contained thimerosal, the overwhelming majority of data support a lack of association between the substance and neurological problems, says Margaret Rennels, M.D., the chair of the committee on infectious diseases of the AAP, who points out that children are exposed to mercury from many environmental sources. "The reality that a lot of people seem to miss is that the largest source of organic mercury is the environment: the air we breathe, the water we drink and the fish we eat. That's due to the burning of coal," she says. You can lessen your child's mercury exposure by limiting the amount of fish she eats. The Food and Drug Administration says that it's safe for young children to eat albacore tuna once a week and fish that are lower in mercury (such as "chunk light" tuna, pollack, salmon, and catfish) twice a week. (Shark, swordfish, king mackerel and tilefish, which have high mercury levels, are off the menu.)
Myth 7: You shouldn't give a vaccine to a child who has a cold.
It's reasonable to think that a sick child would be more likely to have a bad reaction to a vaccine or that it might present an added burden to her immune system if she's fighting off a cold. Yet studies show that having a mild illness doesn't affect a child's ability to react appropriately to the vaccine.
"Certainly if a child comes in with a fever of 102 and a rip-snorting ear infection, it's not the best time for a vaccine," says Dr. Rennels. "But a low-grade fever, mild respiratory infection or a little diarrhea shouldn't be reasons to delay one, especially if the illness is on the way out."
Of course, vaccines can themselves trigger side effects, including fever and rash, as well as soreness at the site of the injection, but these are rarely cause for alarm. The five-in-one Pediarix is more likely to cause a low fever than the individual shots are, but many moms say the fewer injections for their child, the better. Call your doctor right away if your child has hives (which can indicate an allergic reaction), a fever of 105 degrees or higher, or convulsions.
Myth 8: I had chicken pox when I was a kid and it isn't a big deal.
Like several common childhood diseases, chicken pox isn't a big deal for most kids. "But on rare occasions children can die from it," Dr. Rennels observes.
Before the vaccine was introduced, many children were hospitalized each year with serious complications, including pneumonia and dangerous skin infections. "Chicken pox lesions can become infected with staph, including necrotizing fasciitis—the 'flesh-eating' bacteria," says Dr. Rennels. Getting the vaccine is especially important now that less of the chicken pox virus is in circulation. "Children who don't get chicken pox or the vaccine are at risk of getting it as an adult, which is a much more serious illness."
Myth 9: Vaccines can provide 100 percent disease protection.
Not quite. The best vaccines are those made with live weakened virus, such as MMR and chicken pox, which are about 95 percent effective. The effectiveness of vaccines made with killed, or inactivated, virus is between 75 and 80 percent. That means there's a chance you could be vaccinated against a disease and still get it. But, says Dr. Edwards, if all children are vaccinated against an organism, it's less likely to hang around. That's why vaccinating an entire population is so important. "Not getting vaccinated is like failing to stop at a four-way stop," Dr. Edwards says. "If three people get vaccinated but one doesn't, the risk is not bad. But if two people don't get vaccinated, the burden of risk is greater on everyone."
Myth 10: It's best to wait until children are older before starting to give them vaccines.
Immunization schedules are designed to protect the most vulnerable patients from disease. If you wait to give the vaccine, you may miss the window when a child is most vulnerable. "When you get off the schedule, you really put your child at risk," Dr. Saari says.
Case in point: Last year in Wisconsin 300 children under age 1 came down with whooping cough, 177 of them less than 6 months old. Of these, half were hospitalized and three died. Yet, says Dr. Saari, "for a child to die from whooping cough in this day and age is criminal."
As our readers know, we supports parents' rights to make up their own mind about how to raise their kids. We try our hardest to avoid using the word "should"—except when it comes to safety. You should put your baby to sleep on her back, you should strap her into her car seat and, yes, you should make sure she gets every vaccine on the schedule
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Posts that violate one or more of the above policies are removed. Sometimes we see posts on our own that we remove. Most often, we respond to abuse reports. A user will be banned after the first violation. There are no second chances.
We'll now expand upon each of the seven policies:
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Developers who want to run a Java Spring application using Postgres and a Spring AMQP calculation using RabbitMQ on Micro Cloud Foundry will need to sign up for a CloudFoundry.com account and download the new 1.1 release of Micro Cloud Foundry. Developers will also need to login to Micro Cloud Foundry (using CloudFoundry.com credentials) and download the new Micro Cloud Foundry VM.
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"Do you live around here?" Friel asked the approaching man as the smoky, high-speed winds blew all around them.
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At 31, Leah McCarty, is, by her own description, really tense. "Everyone tells me I need to do yoga,'' she said during a break from her job as a receptionist at a Brookline salon. "But it's too boring, and I don't have time.''
For years, McCarty's arguments have failed to silence the proselytizers. But in early January, help arrived. "How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body,'' read a headline in The New York Times.
Adapted from a forthcoming book by New York Times senior writer William J. Broad, "The Science of Yoga; the Risks and Rewards,'' the long magazine cover story warned of yoga-related injuries, some mild, and others, while rare, quite frightening. Brain and nerve damage, degenerated hips, back problems, torn Achilles' tendons. ''Many come to yoga as a gentle alternative to vigorous sports or for rehabilitation for injuries,'' the article read. "But yoga's exploding popularity - the number of Americans doing yoga has risen from about 4 million in 2001 to what some estimate to be as many as 20 million in 2011 - means that there is now an abundance of studios where many teachers lack the deeper training necessary to recognize when students are headed toward injury.''
The story enraged the yogaverse. Some devotees said it lacked enough research, or lumped all kinds of yoga together, or sensationalized rare problems. And yet, for those who've felt guilty or lazy or out of step for avoiding the fitness trend, the report was the best yoga-related news ever.
"I'm off the hook,'' said McCarty, at last in her Zen place. "I'm going to throw [this story] at them.''
Finally, she and other non-practitioners got the stress relief that yoga promises actual practitioners. (From a national mental-health perspective, word that yoga may not be the cure-all it's made out to be could be good news. A 2008 Yoga Journal study found that more people want to practice yoga than actually do practice yoga - 18.3 million wannabes compared with the 15.8 million parading around with yoga mats slung over their perfectly squared shoulders.)
Never mind that endless reports praise yoga's psychological and physiological benefits, offering relief from everything from hot flashes to back injuries. Now that the unspoken commandment - Thou Shall Not Speak Ill of Yoga - has been broken, the yoga-free say, the shame of never having done the child's pose has been eliminated.
Gone, too, is the need to splurge on lululemon yoga pants, to buy Groupons for yoga classes that will never be taken, the pressure to resolve, New Year after New Year, to do a downward-facing dog.
"I was kind of relieved,'' said Tonielise Tepfer, 26, a preschool teacher in Boston. "Everyone always talks about how great yoga is, but I feel like it's not all it's hyped up to be.''
Tepfer takes spinning, zumba, and pilates classes, but never felt right after doing yoga. "You always hear no pain, no gain,'' she said, "but maybe pain isn't so great in that situation.''
"I felt so vindicated,'' said Zayna Gold. She's the cofounder of Boston Body Pilates, and a former yoga teacher and practitioner who stopped for fear the poses would damage her spine and joints. For years she's felt that to say something bad about yoga was to reveal a weakness within.
"If you speak negatively about yoga - if you say, 'When I do this pose my hip joint hurts,' it's because you have a physical/emotional/spiritual resistance which you should be working through. That's what a lot of yoga instructors will tell people,'' Gold said.
But Justine Wiltshire, director of Down Under Yoga, in Newton, sees it differently.
"It's not a shocking revelation that you can hurt yourself if you don't know what you are doing,'' she said, "but any article like this does more to scare people than educate them.
"The reason yoga has so many millions of practitioners is that it works,'' she explained. "It is well documented by the medical community now that yoga, well instructed, not only makes the body strong, flexible, and healthy but is now a doctor's first prescription for a whole range of health issues from lower back pain, respiratory and cardiac issues, arthritis, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression, and more.''
What's a yoga novice - or an aspiring yoga novice - to do? Dayna Macy, Yoga Journal's managing editor of international editions, advised people to look for a good teacher - and also look out for themselves. "Consumers need to be their own best advocates,'' she said. "Don't check your critical capacities at the door.''
If you can even get yourself to the door, that is. Jeffrey Brown, an instructor at Harvard Medical School, with a therapy practice in Arlington, often sees clients who worry about not doing yoga. "There tends to be a very noticeable social pressure facing some individuals,'' he said.
Even as patients fret about not doing yoga, he explained, the prospect of actually doing it can cause even more anxiety. "Sometimes people fear that it is not going to work for them in the way they hope it will,'' Brown, coauthor of "The Winner's Brain,'' said. "By avoiding it, they can always hang onto the hope that it might work for them, therefore they never run out of options. But if they try it, and it doesn't work, hope is gone.''
But many people have tried, of course, and decided that yoga simply isn't for them, even though everyone around them insists it will ground them and turn them into all around better people.
"Yoga stresses me out because it's so slow,'' said Gina Grieshaber, 40, a district manager for J.P. Licks. "I'm going to forward [the article] to people.''
Meanwhile, as the conversation continues, perhaps the two sides can find some common space. Macy, of the Yoga Journal, reports that even serious practitioners feel guilty. "Sometimes,'' she says they confess, "I only do it four times a week.''
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Abel Lago (SPA RRD), Jose Luengo (SPA, LIQUID FORCE), Alvaro Onieva (SPA, BEST) and Antoine Auriol (FRA, KITELOOSE) participated in the men's competition. With the final between the two Spanish riders, Alvaro and Abel doing their absolute best with the heavy boards in front of an excitable crowd!
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The wind had dropped off by 18h00 and an attempt was made to run the women's first elimination rounds. Unfortunately there was not enough wind and after heat one the day was called off. What a fun and unique day on the KPWT Movistar Kite Pro Tarifa 2009!
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Race One Men:
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Race One Women:
1. Fabienne D'Ortoli (FRA, NAISH)
2. Licariao Aguiar (BRA, TRUZZ)
3. Ainhoa Garcia (SPA, AIRUSH)
Race Two Men:
1. Bruno Sroka (FRA, CABRINHA)
2. Sean Farley (MEX, NORTH)
3. Abel Lago (SPA, RRD)
Race Two Women:
1. Fabienne D'Ortoli (FRA, NAISH)
2. Licariao Aguiar (BRA, TRUZZ)
3. Kari Schibevaag (NOR, OZONE)
Race Three Men:
1. Abel Lago (SPA, RRD)
2. Sean Farley (MEX, NORTH)
3. Bruno Sroka (FRA, CABRINHA)
Race Three Women:
1. Licariao Aguiar (BRA, TRUZZ)
2. Kari Schibevaag (NOR, OZONE)
3. Fabienne D'Ortoli (FRA, NAISH)
Race Four Men:
1. Bruno Sroka (FRA, CABRINHA)
2. Sean Farley (MEX, NORTH)
3. Jesse Richman (USA, CABRINHA)
Race Four Women:
1. Licariao Aguiar (BRA, TRUZZ)
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Rep. Steve Stockman's contempt for President Barack Obama knows no bounds. But House leaders have boundaries, and they say Stockman has crossed them.
House leaders today vetoed the Texas Republican's attempt to visually display his displeasure with President Obama's job creation efforts.
Stockman was ordered to take down his "Obama Failometer", a 10-foot-long scoreboard, from its temporary home in a Cannon House Office Building hallway this afternoon.
The House Office Building Commission has a policy that prohibits and displays or items in the hallways, according to a spokesman for the Sergeant At Arms. The House Superintendent is in charge of making sure this policy is enforced.
The House Superintendent Office could not be reached to confirm whether the order came through the office.
The contretemps came a day after Stockman made national news by announcing that rock musician and gun-rights activist Ted Nugent, who lives in Texas, would be his guest at Obama's State of the Union speech tonight.
The Friendswood Republican said he was disappointed by the order to take down the meter.
"Washington needs more free speech," Stockman said in a statement. "Millions of Americans are waiting for Obama to reverse his course and create jobs. The Obama Failometer is an objective, mathematical measure of Obama's failure to create jobs. It is an important tool to focus attention on black and Hispanic unemployment and spur discourse on actions that create jobs for everyone."
The meter uses statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the score is calculated using the number of monthly jobs created, the monthly civilian labor force participation rate and the gap between Hispanic and black monthly unemployment against the monthly rate for all American combine. President Obama's calculated score is 1,194.
Stockman is an ardent critic of President Obama's job creation and recently chastised the president to visit Texas where he will "teach him how to create jobs" following Obama's closure of his jobs council at the beginning of February. The national unemployment rate currently sits at 7.9 percent.
The failometer is a 10-foot-long billboard constructed of paper and foam board and is affixed to the wall with temporary adhesive tape.
Despite the setback, Stockman says the failometer won't be gone for long.
"The Obama Failometer may not be allowed in Congress but it will be back somewhere, and bigger," said Stockman. "Tearing it down created more labor than Obama has."
The billboard is currently being stored in Stockman's office.


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Management and Marketing Program: Career Facts - Credit Union Manager
Other Careers:
Resource Manager
International Business Manager,
Labor Relations Specialist,
Marketing Manager,
Sales/Marketing Specialist,
Business Manager/Administrator
Credit Union Manager
What is a credit union manager?
Credit union managers are responsible for the smooth and efficient functioning of their members' organization. Credit union managers rely on the latest technology and are actively involved in administrative and policy matters. As the economy strengthens, employment forecasts for financial management careers are good.
What types of skills are required?
Skills in communication, accounting, legal aspects, management, human relations, marketing, public relations and finance are required for success in a financial services career.
Where are they employed?
Credit union managers may work in various types and sizes of credit unions and other financial institutions.
What certificate and degree is available?
A certificate of completion is available in Credit Union Management. Also, a degree program is offered in Credit Union Management/Associate Degree in Business.
What is the salary range?
Locally, the starting salary range is $18,000 to $26,000 per year. Nationally, credit union managers can expect annual earnings starting at $18,000 and increasing to as much as $60,000 at the highest management levels.
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Wednesday, 18 July 2012
Hyde Park
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Vintage Rug Mini XIIVintage Kilim
Gorgeous one-of-a-kind vintage Turkish rug, circa the 1960's or earlier!
Woven of wool using traditional techniques and hand dyed with all natural dyes.
Approx. 3' x 1'7" – the perfect size for an entryway, kitchen, vanity, tabletop, or wall hanging!
Care Tips: [these rugs are outstandingly durable and professionally cleaned before being sold, but we recommend following these tips when caring for your rug]
- Secure your rug to the ground with rug tape or on top of rug pad.
- Spot clean with water and 100% natural soap, lay flat to dry outside.
- Avoid using the roller brush on a vacuum cleaner around fringe ends.
Because of the vintage nature of these textiles, they may show slight imperfections which are a sign of their authenticity.
We try our very best to depict the truest colors in our photos. We feel that these photos are an excellent representation of the real piece. Please keep in mind the colors of the rug vary slightly in different lights.
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ECDC Vaccine Scheduler
The Vaccine Scheduler is an interactive tool that shows vaccination schedules for individual EU/EEA countries and specific age groups. With this tool comparisons can be made for vaccination schedules between two countries or by disease for all or a selection of countries.
- Diphtheria
- Europe
- Hepatitis A
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- Human papillomavirus infection
- Immunisation
- Influenza in humans, seasonal
- Invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease
- Measles
- Meningococcal disease
- Pertussis
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Peer-Reviewed Publication
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1/2 ounce High Quality Romantic Musk Premium Grade Fragrance Oil
Romantic Musk Fragrance Oil is an alluring and sensuous scent, sweet and warm, a very wearable scent, excellent with bath products, potpourri and candles. Skin safe Romantic Musk Oil is packaged in a clear perfume vial.
You may use this oil for direct application on skin as well as use in your oil diffusers, light rings, simmering pots, oil warmers and aromatherapy jewelry. Properly stored out of direct sunlight and well sealed, your fragrance oil has a shelf life of 1 year; many will last longer.
Fragrance Oils are normally made up of a number of synthetic imitations of essential oils creating a fragrance that will smell like a particular flower, herb, plant or other fragrance; many times when cost prohibitive to make an essential oil.
Premium Grade fragrance oils are used to add fragrance to melt and pour soap bases, cold processed soaps, all candle waxes but especially soy wax, unscented incense sticks and cones, bath products and sea salts. Premium Grade oils can be used in aroma burners and are skin safe. Premium grade fragrance oil is an enhanced formula to provide additional concentration of the top note while sustaining the middle and base notes in fragrance oils. If scenting soaps, waxes, lotions, less oil is required while still providing superior aroma qualities.
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The municipality pay for the card
The municipality pays the senior card for you. In some municipalities, you will need to pay a one-time fee for the card.
If you live in a municipality that offers senior card you will receive a letter a few weeks before you turn 65 or 75 years. After you receive the letter, you can order a card.
The municipality decide whether to offer senior card from 65 years, or 75 years.
Age: From 65 years
Area: Tranemo municipality zone
Validity: Around the clock
Lines: All Västtrafik's lines and Närtrafik.


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No doubt, many of you who have started playing this game will find NoEL to be quite unique to other simulation games like Tokimemo. For one thing, all the interactions are done using your computer. Basically the object of the game is to find out as much as possible about the three girls- Kaho, Yuka, & Emi - using everything resource your computer has as its disposal. Ultimately, your goal is to win someone's heart by Christmas day. I have only started playing this game myself, so I will try to give a rough sketch of the game's controls and highlights as a way of introducing the game to new users.
Introduction to the Rabbit OS v.1.00:
W. Phone
When you start playing the game for the first time and after you have viewed that gorgeous demo, you will be contacted by Kaho Shimizu through the VDO phone, which will be your primary means of contacting the girls. Move the rabbit cursor to the lower right hand corner of the screen to the command circle and click on W. Phone, which is the VDO phone. Click on Interactive to start talking to Kaho right away. During the talk mode, there is a re-sizable data window in the middle of the screen. The data which goes into this window comes from this black bar at the lower left hand corner of the screen right below the timer. As you talk with Kaho or any other character, topic icons stream across this bar, so click on them and they will be transferred to the data window. If you want to ask Kaho about a particular topic, just click on the topic icon from your data window. In general, the more you ask the more clues you will get. One helpful tip I've found is not to use all the topic icons the second you get them, but to use them slowly, perhaps once every 30 secs and use only the recent ones.
You can also leave the topic icons in the data window for later conversations. Of course, you may not get a connection every time you call someone and even you do, if you don't have enough data (more on gathering data later), she might cut the conversation short, so it's helpful if you collect enough data first before you call.
In the W. Phone mode, there's also the pool"Delete.. mode which allows you to delete data acquired from conversations by clicking on the topic icons to be deleted. This is useful if you get repetitive data and the icons are starting to hog up screen space :). Be warned though that there is no undelete command for this, so be careful!
This is the second command in the command circle which is your means of finding data about the three girls outside of conversations (and this data can aid conversations as well). Once this command is selected, you will see two large squares, one with the Rabbit OS logo (for viewing data) and the other filled with data search icons (the square can be rotated by using the arrow keys on the left). There's also a bar at the bottom of the screen lined up with 5 "search rabbits". To collect data, simply click on the data icons you want to find. For example, if you click on the icon "K" and then the cat icon, you want to find out info about Kaho's pet. You can select up to four topics to search for at any one time per rabbit. To initiate search, just simply click on one of the search rabbits and it will disappear into the cybernet and may or may not appear with the data you need (if it does, you'll see it holding a new data icon). The availability of each new data icon depends on where you are in the game, so keep on trying! Here is a brief overview of the 6 sides on the data search square:
First side: has the half-black half-white open book as the first icon. The icons here deal with your relationship status with the three girls, whether it's about dating, money, etc.
Second side: has a wavy line as the first icon. The icons here deal with the personal aspects for each of the three girls. You normally would not get much info here yet until late in the game because the data you get are things like personal photos, maps to their houses, and time schedules (mighty useful for timing phone calls!).
Third side: has an arrow pointing upwards as the first icon. The icons here deal with latest happenings, for example, weather reports and news. You will use this side the most as the data you get here will be your basis for conversations. For example, if you wanted to ask someone out for a date you need to know weather report first.
Fourth side: has the K letter as the first icon. The icons here contain information directly dealing with the three girls. You can find out things like their personal profiles, their airline schedules (if they are traveling overseas) and their school sports day activities.
Fifth side: has the lock with the letter S as the first icon. Mostly misc. stuff here like cosmetics, gifts, etc. But the icon which has an arrow with a D in it is useful because at one point the girls will go to an amusement park and you can use this icon to talk to them.
Sixth side: has this thing that looks like a chip as the first icon. Again, mostly misc. stuff like clothes, etc. The tree icon is very useful during Dec. 23-24 as it contains vital information about Christmas activities.
Once you have collected all the data you need and you wish to view them, click on the Program button on the right side. The Rabbit OS logo screen will enlarge and from here, click on the search rabbit(s) carrying the data to view that item. You can also click on Text to view the text data of that file.
There are four commands here that deal with your computer. They are:
Time Control - allows you to jump ahead in time in increments of minutes, hours, and days. You can't jump back, so use this command with caution. Time control is useful when you don't want to spend anymore time collecting data and want to jump ahead to events, like dates or times of the day when one of the girls is at home and you want to call her. To jump, just use the arrow keys to fix the future time and click on Jump to execute.
Account Meter - allows you to see various game settings like speech rate but you aren't allowed to change anything.
Sound - allows you to change various sound settings.
Shut down - quits and saves the game. You are allowed to save only one game, and this is loaded automatically every time you boot up NoEL.
Supposedly stands for "Video Mail" which isn't far from the truth as this command will allow you to view whatever video clips you may have acquired. You automatically start out with one clip (which is the demo animation) and will gain more later as you progress.


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9071 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 75 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
We are an educational tour operator.
Our mission is to offer, simple, safe and stimulating educational travel experiences in North America, and the world. We organize student group travel for teachers, kids and their parents ( on occasion).
Our travelers are students ( 10-18 and up) but the buyers are often the teachers and the parents. We need a look that speaks to them. Specifically we are targeting the USA.
Teachers need to feel they are engaging with a solid and reliable company and the parents need to feel that their kids are safe and also will have the opportunity to discover and learn in their travels.
The kids / students need to feel they are also having fun while learning.
While I do not wish to to stifle the creative process or influence it, there a few features we might want but we are open to all new ideas. obviously the globe or a globe tested well as an image that refers to travel. I like the Pan Am logo, but don't necessarily want that. Perhaps a stylized version.
The colors for screen resolution are : R0 G121 B 193 and R0 G175 B239.
But we are open to other colors also. It should not be limited to these. variations can be presented with other colors.
need to be simple, explain what we do in the blink of an eye, create an emotional link with the client profiles as per above. it must be easily converted to various media ( t shirts, or jacket embroidery also..)
I hope this helps guide you here.
While we have a logo in our other division I would prefer it not influence the future designs for now.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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At B FISH N Tackle, we have never concerned ourselves with creating the next "flash in the pan" lure or having the glitziest packaging intended to catch more fisherman than fish. Our focus has always been, and will always be on making high quality lures that have been refined through years of field testing before they are ever released to the public. We don't believe in having our customers test our products. When you make a purchase of a B FISH N Tackle soft plastic, jig or blade bait, you can count on receiving the high quality product we know how to make. And you can count on it catching fish.


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A hot an humid day off. After working at the pound Sue agreed to ride the Westport point route. We drove to Village Cycle, and embarked on a 30 mile ride around the county and seaside sections of Westport Point.
The ride began in the farmlands of the town, Charlotte White (pronounced, cha lott' ay) by the locals. It's kind of a code to let them know who is native and who is tourist from NY or Conneticut. Funny thing is though, the out of state people have had family in Wesport for many more generations than the natives. The "point" has always been a summer getaway for the big money families of those states.
The area is mostly quiet country roads that criss cross the southern part of the town. Westport is large town that in it's heyday was mostly farms. Dairy and some crops, but mostly dairy. Many of the large farms have been broken up and sold off as housing developments. Clusters of these pop up in what initially seems, the strangest out of the way places.
The country road loops back to Main Rd and Westport point, and the Paquachuck Inn. It's an area of old Yankee money. Most of the homes were summer getaways for the well-to-do city folk. One can easily visualize horse and carriages traveling the narrow streets among the stately 18th and 19th century homes.
The pier at the tip of the point is filled with lobster boats. They are all back from a days work by noon and the captains are making deliveries to wholesalers or directly to some restaurants. Although there are some pleasure craft, it's basically a working pier.
To get to the beaches it is necessary to back track a half mile to Drift Rd. the original access road to the point from the town of Dartmouth. A short stretch of highway riding before crossing the Rt88 bridge that access Horseneck Beach State reservation.
The far end of the reservation is East Beach. It's another summer spot where residents move thier trailers onto their lots for the season. The town requires them to remove them during the winters because of the severity of the ocean storms.
The turn from East Beach to Horsneck Rd was made just in time to have lunch at the The Bayside. A light lunch complimented with a sweet Reisling served as a great break. Roy the cook struck up a conversation when he saw the bikes and took the time to fill our supply of water.
The loop was completed one rolling hills thru the wine district and finally crossing the Westport river over Hix Bridge.
Riding the back roads and main street of Westport proved to be a great way to spend a summer's day away from the daily grind of work.
The slideshow of the day is HERE


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One of the reasons I enjoy working for a company like TopRank Online Marketing is our dedication to the clients have been with us on our journey, and the way in which we are able to work side by side as a team.
In fact, our agency mantra is simple: Client, Company, Community, Self. What does that mean? In every situation that we are faced with we must ask ourselves:
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With thousands of varieties of wine in stock, each Cellar 70 has an enthusiastic staff of wine aficionados to offer you the best advice in selecting the perfect wine to pair with dinner or to make your special event unique and memorable.
Cellar 70 got its name from our first location in Minocqua on Highway 70. Originally a small section within the store, Cellar 70 became an entire department dedicated to wines, craft beers, and spirits. The popularity of Cellar 70 has led to expanded selections at all Trig's stores.
The Cellar 70 experience is a relaxing, pleasant interlude in a beautiful environment of arched cedar ceilings and subtle lighting. Stop in during one of our wine tasting events (call for schedule), or just stroll around and shop to discover new wines.


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Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
St. Petersburg, FL 33705 United States
The Nature Preserve
Lake Maggiore Island
Shaded by spreading live oaks, the island looks out on Lake Maggiore. Perched on dead branches, anhingas fan their wings out to dry, turtles sun themselves on tussocks and alligators drift by.
Willow Marsh
Coastal willows' slender leaves provide food for orange dancing viceroy butterflies. The boardwalk passes over the bowing flower spikes of lizards-tail. Rich muck provides a home for a variety of ferns, hinting of an almost prehistoric flavor. Twelve-foot fronds of leather ferns lift above the boardwalk. Look for lizards on the trees.
Swamp Woodlands
Winding along a creek, the path and boardwalk are shaded by bay, sugarberry and red maple trees. Box turtles hide in the leaf litter on the forest floor. The star-bellied spiders weave their perfect web between the branches.
Pine Flatwoods
Like the columns of a forest mansion, tall pines shade the path. This is borderland between the scrub and the broad-leafed forest. Southern oaks provide a canopy for blue jays and cardinals and a food source for fox squirrels. Lizards flash through the sunlit patches in their pursuit of an insect meal.
Sand Scrub Trail
More than 12,000 years ago Florida was almost twice its current size. This place was the center of a vast scrubland stretching from horizon to horizon. Today, turkey oak, sand pine, and wiregrass hint of that distant time. Fall wild flowers cover these fields with color. Boyd Hill Nature Preserve is the home of the gopher tortoise. This is one of the most endangered habitats in the world.
Pioneer Settlement
The Pioneer Settlement is a living history museum experience where visitors can observe and take part in the skills, crafts and social customs of late 19th century life in west central Florida. Visit the Pioneer Settlement.
Environmental Studies Area & Rentals
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve offers a natural, picturesque setting with a variety of options for individuals, groups and businesses looking for a unique location for an event, meeting or retreat. There are many types of rental facilities to accommodate your youth or adult group. More about rentals.


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I have loads of ideas and resources for Valentine's Day in the classroom! Find more information and access to these activities by clicking on each of the pictures. Love Bug Write and Wipe Cards will help your students segment cvc words.
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Your students can write about things they love in this sweet flippable cupcake book.
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Send a loveable owl home with your students with a list of things they love!
Or make a Hug Bug to give to someone special!
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In the year 1912, 19-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves home to teach school in the Smoky Mountains – and comes to know and love the resilient people of the region, with their fierce pride, their dark superstitions, their terrible poverty, and their yearning for beauty and truth. But her faith will be severely challenged by trial and tragedy, by the needs and unique strengths of two remarkable young men, and by a heart torn between true love and unwavering devotion. And don't miss another heart-soaring best seller from Catherine Marshall: Julie.
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By Pamela Heiniger on 06-11-10
This is a wonderful story - based on Catherine Marshall's mothers life - you feel you are there in those mountains living life alongside Christy. I read the book many years ago and this audio of the story was excellent. Highly recommend it.
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By MEH on 15-10-10
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If you loved the TV series, you'll love the novel. Although the ending is very disappointing, which is the only reason I didn't give this five stars, the audiobook begins with a interview with the author's son that explains how the story is based on the true story of his grandmother. He also explains that the ending of the novel is not exactly based on the true story, but was changed to surprise the reader on purpose. Knowing that made it better. If the author had stuck to the her mother's true story, it would have made for a happier ending. Other than that, the story of Christy and her Mountain People is charming and entertaining. That fact that Kelly Martain reads it, who played Christy on the hit TV show, only makes it that much better. She get's the accents of the characters down so well, you feel like you are taken to the Mountains of Tennessee. Kelly's voice telling this story, really pulls at your heartstrings. It was worth the download!
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By Kaylene on 16-01-12
One of the greatest books of all time!
What did you love best about Christy?
I have read this book about 4 times since I was a teenager. Now I'm in my fifties and I love it just as much as the first time I read it. Listening to the story is even better. You feel as if you are really there with Christy as she lived that time in her life. It is a very compassionate and loving story revealing the way of life in the appalachian mountains in the early 1900's. It is a very enjoyable and spiritual Christian story that takes you through many emotions as felt by Christy and the other individuals she meets in the story.
Who was your favorite character and why?
I love Christy for her youthfulness, excitement, vision, eagerness, vitality, innocence, and bravery.
Have you listened to any of Kellie Martin's other performances before? How does this one compare?
Kellie Martin's narration of this book is terrific! I remember her when she played Christy on television and she played the role very believably. Her voice was very clear and it was very easy to follow the story and to distinguish the difference in each character. She was able to create the emotions felt by each character.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
When you read this book you experience various emotions, including: love, hate, disgust, admiration, compassion, etc. It is very difficult to put the book down and I was sad to have the story end. I wanted to go on and on finding out what else was happening to and around Christy.
Any additional comments?
I recommend this book to everyone! A one time read is not enough. It's an enjoyable story for teenagers through older adults.
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By Tara on 10-12-11
What did you love best about Christy?
I loved the characters. The narrator was perfect for the story. I laughed, had tears, it was great!
What about Kellie Martin's performance did you like?
Her betrayal of all the characters was second to none! OUTSTANDING!
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
I enjoyed most all moments of the book.I loved how she interacted with the children, how she eventually fit in with the women and learned the mountain folk ways.
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By KSH on 11-09-17
A great book made even better!
I have read Christy over a dozen times, and it remains one of my top ten all-time favorites. It is a beautiful a and inspirational story of a young girl's growing up and growing love for God, for others, and for one special man.
Many reviews have been written giving a synopsis of this book, so my goal is to thank Kellie Martin for her flawless narration of this book. She brought to life the lyrical, descriptive prose that so often sounds like the most beautiful music / poetry ever written.
I have never enjoyed "spending" a credit more than when I purchased this book. I know that I will be listening to it many more times!
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By Jennifer on 11-06-14
This is a timeless, encouraging story that I have always loved. I wondered about the reader since I am not a fan of hers but she did justice to the book, to the story and the characters. I was there, in the area with her, seeing the people, the landscape and beauty.
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By rhonda on 29-05-13
Surprising-Love it
What did you love best about Christy?
Always Questioning herself
Who was your favorite character and why?
Fairlight & Christy as friends
What three words best describe Kellie Martin's performance?
The tone of her voice is Tranquil
If you could rename Christy, what would you call it?
Appalachian Tales
Any additional comments?
Since this audiobook is 19 hours of unabridged book...It leaves you on a Cliffhanger
Christy comes out of a COMA and hears the Dr. Praying about his Love for Her. NOW which Book do I read or say Listen to next? I cant figure out the next one???? Please Someone Help me??????
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By Alison on 21-04-13
Love it.
Any additional comments?
I love the Christy story. Have enjoyed the TV/ movie series and thought it was brilliant to bring Kellie Martin in to narrate, who was the original Christy on screen. Could not say a bad thing about this collection. Wish there were more.
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By Nancy on 21-07-11
Loved it!
This was very enjoyable on a long road trip! It made it even better that the voice reading it was "Christy!" :o)
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By Julia Swingle on 26-09-10
This was a compelling and inspirational book. The author was convincing in making one believe that there are individuals that are courageous and determined enough to follow through with their convictions.
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Book Review (Book 10) - The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
This is a continuation of the books I challenged myself to read to help my career - one a month, for year. You can read my first book review here, and the entire list is here. The book I chose for March 2012 was: The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick. I was traveling at the end of last month so I'm a bit late posting this review here.
Why I chose this book:
My personal belief about computing is this: All computing technology is simply re-arranging data. We take data in, we manipulate it, and we send it back out. That's computing. I had heard from some folks about this book and it's treatment of data. I heard that it dealt with the basics of data - and the semantics of data, information and so on.
It also deals with the earliest forms of history of information, which fascinates me. It's similar I was told, to GEB which a favorite book of mine as well, so that was a bonus.
Some folks I talked to liked it, some didn't - so I thought I would check it out.
What I learned:
I liked the book. It was longer than I thought - took quite a while to read, even though I tend to read quickly. This is the kind of book you take your time with. It does in fact deal with the earliest forms of human interaction and the basics of data.
I learned, for instance, that the genesis of the binary communication system is based in the invention of telegraph (far-writing) codes, and that the earliest forms of communication were expensive. In fact, many ciphers were invented not to hide military secrets, but to compress information. A sort of early "lol-speak" to keep the cost of transmitting data low!
I think the comparison with GEB is a bit over-reaching. GEB is far more specific, fanciful and so on. In fact, this book felt more like something fro Richard Dawkins, and tended to wander around the subject quite a bit. I imagine the author doing his research and writing each chapter as a book that followed on from the last one. This is what possibly bothered those who tended not to like it, I think.
Towards the middle of the book, I think the author tended to be a bit too fragmented even for me. He began to delve into memes, biology and more - I think he might have been better off breaking that off into another work. The existentialism just seemed jarring.
All in all, I liked the book. I recommend it to any technical professional, specifically ones involved with data technology in specific. And isn't that all of us? :)


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WHITESBURG, Ga. -- The video popped up on YouTube over the weekend showing a remarkable stunt: A young man attached to a bungee cord leaps from a 100 foot tower. As he free-falls, he hurls a basketball toward a goal set up on the ground.
The ball swishes through the net. A cheer erupts.
"Harder than it looks," said Ethan Dennis, who witnessed the feat. Dennis is a zip line and free-fall instructor at Historic Banning Mills, a resort in Carroll County which claims to have the world's largest array of zip lines.
The stunt was arranged and performed by The Legendary Shots, a crew of young men based in Hoover, Alabama. "They're just a bunch of 18 to 20 year olds, and they've been doing this
since middle school-- going around (to) places, making crazy basketball
shots," said Dennis.
Dennis said the crew set up at Banning Mills last weekend, spending all day Saturday and most of Sunday trying to make successfully make the basketball shot. They tried "probably close to 200 times," said Dennis.
Dennis said members of the group took turns ascending the tower, often barely missing the shot. The man who successfully made the shot was identified as John Massey.
Dennis says they also tried to complete a shot while soaring on a zip line. "They never made the zip line shot. They were very close, but they never made it," Dennis said.
A compilations of basketball videos by the Legendary Shots is posted here.


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New York, September 30, 2013--An appellate court in Azerbaijan should reverse the conviction and five-year prison sentence handed on Friday to Hilal Mamedov, chief editor of the independent newspaper Talyshi Sado.
A court in Baku, the capital, convicted Mamedov of treason, incitement to hatred, and selling illegal drugs, and sentenced him to five years in prison after a closed-door trial, according to news reports. Mamedov was arrested in June 2012 and initially charged with drug possession. One month later, he was also charged with treason and incitement to ethnic and religious hatred, according to news reports. The journalist is appealing the conviction.
"Given the wide range of charges thrown at Hilal Mamedov, it's as if Azerbaijani authorities are desperate to keep him from practicing journalism," CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Nina Ognianova said. "His conviction should be overturned on appeal and Mamedov set free immediately."
In a statement in 2012, Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry said Mamedov had undermined the country's security through his articles for Talyshi Sado, interviews he had given to Iranian broadcaster Sahar-2, and unnamed books he had allegedly translated and distributed. The statement also accused the journalist of spying for Iran.
Local and international press freedom and human rights groups, including the independent Baku-based Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, have unsuccessfully called for an investigation into allegations by the journalist and his lawyer, who reported having seen bruises on his client's body, that he was tortured and that his defense motions were summarily denied in court.
In 2008, Novruzali Mamedov, editor of Talyshi Sado and no relation to Hilal, was also convicted of treason and sentenced to 10 years in jail after a closed-door trial. A year into serving his sentence, Mamedov died in prison. News reports said he had been denied adequate medical treatment for several illnesses. After his death, human rights and press freedom groups, including CPJ, called for an independent investigation into his death, but none was conducted.
Hilal Mamedov, then deputy editor of the paper, was on the forefront in criticizing authorities for not conducting an investigation. Local human rights defenders said Hilal Mamedov's efforts provoked the government, the Russian news website Gazeta reported.
Azerbaijan, which holds at least nine journalists behind bars in retaliation for their work, is due to assume the rotating chairmanship of the Council of Europe in 2014.


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Working with Styles
The Android SDK allows you to specify styles and themes in XML resources separate from the XML that defines the UI layout. Scaloid takes a different approach providing the necessary helpers to allow you to define styles with Scala code.
You can change the values of the properties for both the widget and its related
LayoutParams object by calling different methods. Scaloid mimics the XML attributes and also provides new methods that reduce the code required to specify values for common properties. For example, the following line sets the text color, the background color, and the text size for the
EditText widget. In addition, the code calls the
margin method for the related
LayoutParams object with a single
25 dip parameter to specify the same value for the margin in the four directions: top, right, bottom, and left.
SEditText().inputType(TEXT_PASSWORD).textColor(Color.BLUE).backgroundColor(Color.WHITE).textSize(30 sp).<<.margin(25 dip).>>
This one line made changes to an individual widget. Scaloid allows you to use a
SViewGroup.style(View => View) method to apply styles by taking advantage of Scala's pattern matching and type safety. The style specification must return the view component that has to be shown on the screen; therefore, you can even return a completely new widget. The following lines show a new version of a simple Scaloid UI that uses the
style method to set the values of different properties according to the matching widget type and return the actual component that has to be shown on the screen. This way, the style information is in a different block, separated from the UI definition.
import android.graphics.Color import org.scaloid.common._ class HelloScaloidActivity extends SActivity { override def onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) contentView = new SFrameLayout { this += new SVerticalLayout { style { case b: SButton => b.textColor(Color.RED).textSize(40 sp).<<.margin(30 dip).>> case e: SEditText => e.textColor(Color.BLUE).backgroundColor(Color.WHITE).textSize(30 sp).<<.margin(25 dip).>> case t: STextView => t.textColor(Color.YELLOW).textSize(30 sp).<<.wrap.>> } STextView("Enter your password") SEditText().inputType(TEXT_PASSWORD) STextView("Repeat your password") SEditText().inputType(TEXT_PASSWORD) SButton("Sign in") }.<<.fill.>> } } }
Figure 3: An Android device emulator displaying the UI generated with the Scaloid code and the styles applied to each widget.
You can easily override any property value by calling the necessary methods for each widget. For example, the following line would make the text size of the
TextView larger than the default value specified by the style pattern matching:
STextView("Enter your password").textSize(45 sp)
As seen in the code, you can easily work with the
dip and
sp units by adding them after the value. Scaloid defines an internal
UnitConversion class and a
ConversionImplicits trait that makes it easy to convert from either
dip or
sp to pixel units. For example, the following line converts
45 sp to pixel units:
val textSizeInpixels:Int = (45 sp)
Scaloid provides other useful implicit conversions such as
String to
Uri and
Int resource IDs to the following types:
Working with Listeners
The listener interfaces in the Android API allow you to code actions in callbacks that will be executed when you're notified that a specific event occurs. Scaloid uses many shortcuts to simplify the code required to append code to listeners. For example, the following line defines the code that has to run when the user taps the "Sign in" button. The
openUri method opens the URI in a Web browser or in a view assigned to the HTTP protocol. Remember that Scaloid provides an implicit conversion from
String to
SButton("Sign in").onClick(openUri("http://drdobbs.com"))
onClick method is a listener-appending method that provides a shortcut to the more complex
setOnClickListener. As you might guess, Scaloid listener-appending methods remove both the
set prefix and the
Listener suffix; therefore, you can use
onTouch instead of
setOnTouchListener and
onKey instead of
setOnKeyListener. The previous line is equivalent to the following longer code:
SButton("Sign in").setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener { def onClick(v:View) { openUri("http://drdobbs.com") } })
If you have Android development experience, you already know a
toast provides simple feedback about an operation in a small popup. The following code uses the default listener callbacks and a call to
Toast.makeText to display "You pressed the Sign in button" in a small popup with a short length when you click or tap the "Sign in" button (see Figure 4). Again, forgive me for using hardcoded strings that should be string resources.
SButton("Sign in").setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener { def onClick(v:View) { Toast.makeText(context, "You pressed the Sign in button", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show() } })
Figure 4: The popup displayed with the toast method.
Scaloid provides a
toast method that displays the popup that will be displayed for a brief period of time by default. The following line uses both the click-listener-appending and the
toast methods to reduce the code to a single line:
SButton("Sign in").onClick(toast("You pressed the Sign in button"))
You can call the
toast method without worrying about the thread in which you are running because the method makes sure that the call to
Toast.makeText runs on the UI thread. This way, the code is easier to read because you don't have to make calls to the
Activity.runOnUIThread method.
Scaloid is a good example of how you can use Scala's features to simplify code and implement a new way of creating Android apps with a DSL. Scaloid provides many interesting features to simplify asynchronous task processing and the execution of methods from system services. I'll explore them in the next article. I'll also discuss important classes and traits that you must understand when working with Scaloid. This way, you will have a good idea of many important features offered by Scaloid and can decide whether it is a good fit for your Android projects.
Gaston Hillar is a frequent contributor to Dr. Dobb's.


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Now that I settled into a new home, it is time to carve out a nook for my stuff. I have been having this old Lego set, with me which I was yet to open. This is my first ever lego set, the #75015 Star War Corporate Alliance Tank Droid. It is a 2013 model, now retired. It […]
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Quote:No reasonable person would suggest acting before all the facts are in. However, the great fear is that the officer might get a pass regardless of the facts. That happens often enough. It amazes me how many people I have already heard making excuses for why this copper may have acted as he did--they aren't waiting for the facts, either. I mean, how @#$% obvious does the abuse have to be befor people see there might be a problem? Civilians never get this kind of consideration.
Quote:I don't agree with that. Rodney King? Video can most certainly be used as evidence of improper action - as it seems to be in this case. Again, the situation is totally different in this case than what you are referring to.
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How to choose
Gorgeously golden Asian pears look like round, plump apples; sometimes skin appears slightly freckled. Choose firm, fragrant pears; they're tree-ripened and ready to eat when purchased. Keep these hardy fruits at room temperature for ten days, or refrigerate up to three months.
Preparation tips
The crisp, slightly grainy flesh holds up beautifully in salads and sautés. Poach slices in white wine or green tea with fresh ginger and cardamom; serve drizzled with vanilla-flavored whipped cream. For a classy and simple appetizer, serve wedges with top-quality blue or goat cheese.
Health benefits
These juicy fruits provide vitamins A, C, and B-complex, plus fiber, calcium, and potassium.
Curried Shrimp Salad with Asian Pear
(Serves 6)
1/4 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup low-fat mayonnaise
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1-1/2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
1 pound cooked medium shrimp (deveined and shells removed)
3 cups diced Asian pears
1 cup diced fresh mango
1/2 cup thinly sliced sweet onion
1/4 cup chopped pecans, lightly toasted
8 cups mixed salad greens
1. In a medium bowl, combine yogurt, mayonnaise, curry powder, lime juice, and ginger and mix well. Add shrimp and toss until shrimp is coated.
2. In a large serving bowl, combine diced pears, mango, onion, pecans, and greens; toss. Add shrimp-curry mixture to the greens mixture and toss until everything is lightly coated. Serve on chilled salad plates.
Nutrition Facts Per Serving:
Calories: 239 calories
% fat calories: 27
Fat: 7g
Saturated Fat: 1g
Cholesterol: 150mg
Protein: 21g
Carbohydrate: 24g
Fiber: 5g
Sodium: 170mg
This recipe is provided by James Rouse, ND, the creator of Optimum Wellness and The Fit Kitchen, seen weekly on NBC's KUSA television news.


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Call of Duty 5: World at War is the 5th game in the venerated series of "real war" shooters. Treyarch decided to take a step back in time, back to W.W.II and doing so, abandoned the momentum of the previous COD release. With the current world climate, Treyarch had a real opportunity to place the new COD in diverse modern conflicts. Somolia, Afganistan, Iraq just to name a few. And they could have done this without ever making it look like they were copying COD 4. Obviously, the Modern Warfare genre is huge and I'm afraid Treyarch might have missed the boat this time. Understandably, coming on the heals of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, 2007 Game of the Year, is a tall order to beat, but I don't know that Treyarch really tried. There are some new game play modes, but for the most part, it's COD 4 without the modern conflicts or the modern weapons.
Set in the closing stages of W.W.II on the German and Japanese fronts, you will play as both an American Marine taking Okinawa and a Russian Private, taking Berlin. There is a bit of real history here, mostly played loose and very one-sided. Opening credits, and cut scenes in-between missions give a pale idea of what was really going on there. And I think that is were the game ultimately left me a little cold.
The two characters you play as are for the most part boring and inconsequential. I just didn't care about them or the story and believe me, I really tried. Treyarch tried to up my interest by making the game a more bloody, trying to ramp up the carnage and playing on the vengance of all the sides involved. But because I didn't really care about the characters, the ramped up bloodshed and vengence, didn't sell it to me.
Part of the problem is the W.W.II genre itself has been so played out in the video game world. There are so many W.W.II games, it's really hard for any one game to stand out. The other problem is I can't relate. I wasn't there and neither were any of the kids playing games these days. Which is why I think the modern games are doing so well. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and even the highly anticipated and (IMHO) worst shooter of the year SOCOM: Confrontation, are based in places and a time that we can all relate to. Just turn on the news and you can see footage of the real thing that looks and sounds like the game you are playing. And honestly, after running around shooting M16's, AK47's, G36c's and Baretta 50 Calibur Sniper Rifles, it's really hard to go back to bolt action rifles and Thompson machine guns.
Single player mode includes 15 missions from running and gunning, to tank and airplane mission. Inclusion of a flame thrower for some of the missions was cool at first, but got old real fast. AI in the new game seems to have taken a step backward from COD 4. Meaning they are stupid and unhelpful. Walking past enemies in the big wide open only to get stabbed in the back by said enemy. Don't expect any help killing all those Japanese and German soldiers either, your comrades are lousy shots, leaving much of the work for you.
Invisible "plot lines" are overly apparent here as well, meaning you have to cross an invisible line in the game to move the action along. Because of this, game play can feel jerky and very linear at times, with periods of crazy action and then nothing, until you trigger the next wave of enemy AI. A couple of the missions did stand out though, including "Heart of the Reich" and "Breaking Point." There is a special 16th mission that opens up when you finish the game, but I won't spill too much about that. Lets just say, it's awesome and should be played at night, with all the lights out and the sound up really high. NAZI ZOMBIES!
All the standard game modes established by COD: Modern Warfare are here in online play, including leader boards and challenges. The coolest new addition is Cooperative mode, where you and up to 3 friends can play the single player missions together, and collect XP that helps you level up for your Prestige in Multiplayer mode. Yep, Prestige mode is still here along with perks for weapons and gear.
Online play is solid and there are lots of game modes to choose from. Another new addition although not nearly as cool, is drivable tanks on some of the online maps. Death Cards are scattered around the maps that let you unlock special game modes in single player. Kill perks are back, get 3 kills and call in the UAV, get 5 and call in the Air strike, 7 kills in a row lets you call in the dogs. I felt a little weird about shooting dogs, but after getting killed by them a couple times, I got over it. Menus are easy to figure out and navigate. Controls are intuitive and unchanged from the last game, which is a good thing.
Graphically Call of Duty 5: World at War is really amazing. With video quality up to 1080p and the right TV, it can and does at times look almost real. The maps are beautiful and expansive from the jungles and tunnels of Okinawa, to house to house fighting in Berlin. If you have a surround sound system, I recommend turning it up, way up. Online play has so far been glitch free with all game modes running quite smooth. It seems Activation learned some valuable lessons from COD 4 and watching Slant 6's botched release of SOCOM: Confrontation. From day one this game worked, and for that I commend Activision and Sony. I just wish I could say the same for online play in Little Big Planet, but that is perhaps another review.
Overall, Call of Duty 5: World at War is a solid shooter and if not for the W.W.II theme, could have been the best yet. SIngle player mode felt too linear, a little rehearsed at times and action is a little jerky, but I still wanted to finish every mission. Playing the single player missions with my friends in Co-Op mode, made the game much more enjoyable. If liking and caring about the characters is important to you, the single player story line might not appeal to you. But stick with it till the end, you will be rewarded! Online play is probably the best out there. With lessons being learned by developers with every new release, online gaming is just getting better and better and Call of Duty 5: World at War is an excellent example.
Call of Duty 5: World at War website
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