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Hi, my name is Roxanne Kenison, and I'm a member of the team that publishes Help content about Word. You can get to this content by pressing the F1 key in Word, and also by going to the Help and How To page for Word 2007 on the Office Online site.
My team publishes new and updated content every month, based on what's hot, what's new, or what appears to be causing confusion with Word 2007. Because Word 2007 has a lot about it that's new (new UI, new file format), much of our efforts have gone into publishing content that addresses these areas. But there are some areas in Word that people need help with perennially, every version. One of these is mail merge.
Writing instructions for mail merge is a bit like writing instructions for a craft project, where you need to start out by telling the reader all the items they need to assemble before they even begin working on the project. Along the way, you need to place signposts to keep the reader on track. Mail merge is complex. But, when people get it, they're thrilled that Word has such powerful capabilities. We find that our mail merge content is particularly appreciated at holiday time, when businesses and families alike send out those ubiquitous holiday newsletters.
We recently published a series of demos that show how to do mail merge with labels. We have found demos to be a very popular type of content on our site--maybe it's easier to see something in action than it is to read about it. Still, videos are indeed a linear format. If you have a specific question about some detailed aspect of the mail merge process, you may not want to watch a whole video, let alone a series of them.
For example, the demos that show how to create mail merged labels walk through the whole process, end to end. But something that I think is especially confusing with mail merge labels is how Word uses a table to create the layout, and you have to remember to use the Update Label command to make all the cells update.
Here's how this works:
You've begun the merge, having selected the data source and the labels you want to work with. You add the Address Block to the first label. Your document looks like this:
Now, you must click Update Labels to populate all the labels with the content of the first label (<<AddressBlock>> is added to each label):
Clicking Preview Results shows you the data on each label (Of course, this is a pretend mailing list!):
To view each entry, you click the forward arrow in the Preview Results group of the Mailings tab (tool tip label is Next Record).
Because Word is using a table to lay out the sheet of labels, clicking Next Record can be an odd experience. Word uses the top left label to display the "current" record, and this can give you the wrong impression that something screwy is happening to how the sheet of labels will be printed. The preview here is a preview of the data, not of the sheet of labels. To really see what the sheet of labels is going to look like, go to the Finish & Merge button, and then click Edit Individual Documents. This will copy the data into a standalone document (no longer linked to the data source), and you can preview it as you would any Word doc.
Oh, and if you're using a Tablet PC and the Update Labels command doesn't seem to be working, you may be experiencing a problem that's documented in this KB article.
I hope this takes the mystery out of mail merge labels for you. If you watch the demos, be sure to leave feedback with the "Was this information helpful?" buttons. My team uses this feedback to gauge what further content to publish on Office Online.
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Most urgent problem with mailings for advanced users is there's no way to put a "Page 1 of X" into the footer that will work in every case: If you use Numpages-field for X and then finish with "Edit Individual Documents" then X will contain the total number of resulting pages instead of the number of pages for each recipient on print out. If you use Sectionpages-field for X instead it won't work if the mailing already has multiple sections before finishing - X will only contain the number of pages for a part of the letter. However first method (Numpages-field) works fine with output to printer. I'm sure this is by design but imho an improvement is worth discussing. @Jonathan: Could you please give an update for the wrong converting issue (Arial->Times New Roman) with the DOCX-Compatibility Pack for Word 2000? When can we expect a fix? Problem would occur here with every single document during roll-out. :-( And roll-out time would be several months because of the new interface...
Stefan – We're tracking the issue internally. Unfortunately I am not able to disclose when/if a fix will be available. One thing to note is that 'mainstream support' for Office 2000 ended on June 30th, 2004 (support.microsoft.com/default.aspx). This means that Office 2000 is now in 'extended support' until July 14, 2009. A breakdown of 'mainstream' vs. 'extended' support is available at: support.microsoft.com/.../lifepolicy. Have you tried opening one of the affected documents in Word 2007 and converting it there? I.e. Instead of converting the document in Word 2000…try converting (command found on the Office menu) in Word 2007. -Jonathan (MS)
Jonathan - first please let me answer your question: Yes, the issue occurs when you open the .DOC file with Word 2007, use the Convert-Command from the Office Menu (or simply save it as DOCX) and then open the .DOCX file on another PC with the installed Office 2007 Compatibility Pack in Word 2000. (like described here: pschmid.net/.../viewtopic.php ) Second, I want to point out that the issue is NOT caused by Word 2000. The bug IS in the "Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats" that was initially released in November 2006. This Office Compatibility Pack explicitely was released for use with Word 2000. The compatibility pack suffers of not being able to determine the correct font of lots of DOCX-files and this is an issue that could of course be fixed. So it would be very irritating for customers not to correct this major bug because of the life cycle of Word 2000. This might seem to them almost like if this Compatibility Pack wouldn't allow to read any DOCX-files with Word 2000 at all and Microsoft would say "We don't fix this, because Word 2000 is since 2004 in extended support phase". Huh? Third, I want to remind Microsoft that not fixing the issue would be against your goal for the Compatibility Pack:
"Our goal here is to make compatibility with the new formats as close to a non-issue as possible." like described here: blogs.msdn.com/.../774087.aspx Also I wonder how long the "mainstream support" cycle of the Compatibility Pack for the Office 2007 system will last. I could not find anything about that. Isn't its life cycle attached to the life cycle of Office 2007? Thank you for your answers. Stefan
Hi Stefan – I apologize for the pain this is causing. You'll note that this issue does not repro in fully updated Word 2003…it is an issue with Word 2000. Anyone can open .docx files and not experience this issue (for free) by installing the Word Viewer, the Compatibility Pack, and all updates offered on Microsoft Update. -Jonathan (MS)
So my current advice to companies trying to migrate from Office 2000/XP to Office 2007 is: Thoroughly examine if the Office Compatibility Pack is an working option to use during roll-out phase for interoperability (reading, editing, writing). The Compatibility Pack is published with support for Office 2000 and Office XP but any – even mission critical - issues when using it might not be fixed if they occur only with Office 2000 or Office XP. @Jonathan:
I still don't get what the life cycle of the Compatibility Pack is. It would seem quite unlogical to me if this tool was released by MS to ease the transition from Office 2000/XP/2003 to Office 2007 but bugs in this tool when used with Office 2000 or Offic XP would not be fixed. So the life cycle of the Compatibility Pack still has to be defined in a reasonable way I guess. What's the best way to pass this on to the responsible staff?
While on the mail merge command--
When merging a document to e-mail, is there any way to select which e-mail address the merge is sent from? I often use merge for e-mail surveys, but have to remember to open Outlook and change the default e-mail address prior to sending so that returned surveys land in the appropriate survey inbox. Also, any news on the field issues I reported (heading text cross-refs reproducing text preceding heading referenced, above/below cross-refs broken in footnotes, less-than symbol in STYLEREFs for bibliography headers, spaces before commas in bibliographies?) Incidentally, by replacing all frames with text boxes, I've totally gotten rid of the line- and page-breaking problems (missing syllable and lines), positioning, de-framing, and table corruption problems as well as 90% of the crashes I experienced.
Hi Stefan - support.microsoft.com would be your best bet as it is the hub for all things support related. -Jonathan (MS)
QUESTION - Has mail merge changed in any way between 2007 and 2010 (except for the obvious Office button being replaced by the File tab).
Yes... it seems to be on the path of becoming more obscure as it tries to be all things to all people. The posting by Roxanne Kenison is evidence of just one aspect of this - who on earth thought of putting in a preview of the labels you've generated that bear no resemblance to the labels that will, er, be printed!! Thank you Roxanne - I was tearing my hair out and wondering why it's suddenly become impossible to do something even my earliest PC (running CP/M) could do with ease.
I've followed the merge widget over and over again... but my excel data will not populate the labels on the screen when select "Preview Results".... I must be missing something...Help!!...
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Michael Hammer, One World Trust Executive Director and researcher Brendan Whitty, spoke about the challenges of applying the organization's work to research bodies, which is the focus of a new project funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Hammer and Whitty were at IDRC's head office in Ottawa to provide a progress report. The One World Trust has its roots in an all-party advisory group founded in 1951 by members of the British parliament to educate politicians and the public in the UK on global governance issues. Continuing its long standing mission the Trust today conducts research into the changes required within global organizations in order to achieve the eradication of poverty, injustice, and war, educating and advising decision-makers in government and international institutions on opportunities for cross-sector learning and institutional reform. Measuring accountability IDRC's Evaluation Unit and the One World Trust are currently partnering to adapt the latter's Global Accountability Project framework for use by research institutions. The framework was developed over four years of research and stakeholder workshops by the One World Trust. It is a principles-based tool that enables organizations to develop accountability systems that take into consideration multiple stakeholders. One World Trust's 2006 Global Accountability Report used the GAP framework to create an index that annually measures and ranks the accountability of 30 powerful organizations from across the public, non-profit, and private sectors. 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Speaking at the IDRC meeting, Hammer said the new project will set guidelines to help research groups ask and answer deceptively simple questions about themselves. They include defining their own accountability; deciding to whom they're most accountable; and what they need to do to become truly accountable. It's in these groups' best interests to make themselves accountable to their stakeholders, even the ones that aren't big players, or obvious at first glance, he said, adding, "One of the things we're saying is that power alone should not define the terms of accountability," The project will build on the GAP's original consultations with about 400 organizations, which led to the framework that zeroes in on organizations' transparency, participation, evaluation, and complaint and response mechanisms. A new global public sphere Overall, the One World Trust's work is aimed at improving the understanding of the role power plays in an increasingly interconnected and new global public sphere which accompanies economic globalization. "In the end citizens of this world, independent of where they live, should not be simply subject to power, but be part of a relationship with global organisations and decision makers which is just and democratic", Hammer remarked. "People connect across international boundaries," he said. "In that global public sphere we see IGOs, NGOs, and transnational corporations alongside each other, affecting the same people and engaging with each other." For example, he said, all three types of organizations delivered drinking water to refugees during post-tsunami reconstruction in Indonesia's Aceh province. "The organization that has a strong relationship with me has a very strong interest in me accepting what they are offering as services.... if I feel that an organization has related to me in a good way, then I will be happy to continue my relationship with them." Balancing accountabilities Researcher Brendan Whitty observed that it may not be clear whether a policy researcher's greater responsibility is to policymakers, or to the people whom a policy affects on the ground. However, setting an evaluation framework for policy research suggests an ethical responsibility to the people who are ultimately affected. Other stakeholders may exist. "If you purport to work on behalf of somebody else, what accountability mechanisms ought you have in place? What sort of participation processes should you go through before you start lobbying under their name? Most often, it's been brought up with the question: "Who elected the NGOs?" It's really an open question, and it's something I'd like to take forward and investigate in the course of the research," he said. The challenge for members of policy communities may be in settling on degrees of responsibility for policy impacts to their different stakeholders, such as decision-makers, those affected by a policy, and those in between who bring it about. Whitty added that while there's a lot of literature on organizational accountability, there's almost none balancing all stakeholders of policy-research groups. The IDRC/One World Trust project, at four months in, is still working to ground itself in the arena. "It's quite difficult to draw much in the way of conclusions at the moment," said Whitty. "There's just a series of questions." "The challenges, I think, when we're going forward with the research, are going to be to capture, on the one hand, the complexity of the subject. And at the same time, to boil it down into some really practical tools which can be used by research institutes without incurring a great deal of cost, without involving resource-heavy methods," he said. The One World Trust will be hosting an e-forum for parties interested in the framework discussions, beginning on February 25, 2008. If you are interested in participating in this forum, please contact Brendan Whitty at bwhitty at oneworldtrust.org K.J. Shore is an Ottawa-based writer. For more information: Michael Hammer Executive Director One World Trust 3 Whitehall Court London SW1A 2EL United Kingdom Tel: +44-(0)-20-7766-3470 Fax: +44-(0)-20-7839-7718 Email: mhammer at oneworldtrust.org Web: www.oneworldtrust.org For interest in the online forum: Brendan Whitty Programme Officer bwhitty at oneworldtrust.org Tricia Wind, Senior Program Officer Evaluation Unit International Development Research Centre PO Box 8500 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1G 3H9 Tel: +1-613-236-6163 Fax: +1-613-234-7457 Email: twind at idrc.ca Keywords associated to this article: accountability


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Supes vote to suspend public health layoffs for two months
By Rebecca Bowe
Department of Public Health employees who are affected by budget cuts have reason to breathe a temporary sigh of relief after today's Board of Supervisors meeting. Eight supervisors, the two-thirds majority needed to pass the item, voted to spend roughly $1.8 million in the Department of Public Health to push back pending layoffs until the end of January. Sup. David Campos suggested the compromise move, emphasizing that job loss is particularly bitter when it strikes during the holiday season.
Although the supervisors -- excluding Sups. Carmen Chu, Sean Elsbernd, and Michela Alioto-Pier, who all voted no -- have expressed their intentions to keep the public health workers in their jobs for now, many questions still remain.
The biggest one: What will Mayor Gavin Newsom do? He could veto the move, or, he could simply decide not to appropriate the money, as Sup. Elsbernd made very clear during the meeting.
In the corridor just outside the Board Chambers, City Controller Ben Rosenfield told the Guardian that he believes the layoffs will still go into effect. "Everything the mayor has indicated to me is that they do not intend to spend the funds," he said. "This could be seen as partially an academic exercise."
But several feet away, SEIU spokesperson Carlos Rivera sounded more optimistic: "Right now, we are just going to celebrate this, and hopefully the mayor will come around and not be the Grinch who Stole Christmas," he said. "I know he has a big heart."
The mayor's discussions with the controller's office would presumably have been in reference to the roughly $8 million that the board was scheduled to vote on today, not the $1.8 million that eight members did end up voting to spend. Even as Rosenfield spoke with reporters outside the board meeting, a delegation of SEIU Local 1021 members were reportedly meeting with Mayor Gavin Newsom's chief of staff, Steve Kawa.
The discussion before the Board's vote was impassioned and emotional. Sup. Michela Alioto-Pier chided members of the Budget & Finance Committee for not doing enough to prevent salary cuts and layoffs earlier in the year, when the budget was under review, and criticized them for revisiting spending decisions that were already made. "We are not living in a fantasy land," she said. "In the future, we have to take responsibility."
Sup. John Avalos, chair of the Budget & Finance Committee, shot back, saying he kept possible revenue measures in play as long as he could until it was clear that there would be no support for placing them on the November ballot.
Sup. Campos, meanwhile, framed the whole debate as an issue of fairness: "The question is, with the little money that we do have, what is the fairest way of allocating it?" Campos said. "It isn't fair to say to one group, 'you have to sacrifice more.'"
Sup. Sophie Maxwell's comments seemed to speak directly to those who'd piled pressure upon her in the weeks preceding the vote. "This is a very, very difficult decision," she said, referencing the vote on the full amount that was meant to prevent layoffs and reverse demotions entirely. "I know these women -- I am these women. When I make a decision, it will be because I think it's the right decision," she said. When it came time to vote on the $1.8 million that would push back layoffs for two months, Maxwell's "yes" vote prompted a round of applause from SEIU members in attendance.
At Sup. Chris Daly's request, the Board voted 7 to 4 to continue discussion about whether to spend the remaining amount, roughly $6.2 million, till Dec. 15 (Sups. Chu, Alioto-Pier, Elsbernd and Avalos dissented). By then, Daly reasoned, there may be more information in hand about when San Francisco can expect to obtain funding generated by recently passed state legislation, which has to go through a circuitous approval process before the city gets the cash.
At the end of the day, the Supes sent a clear message to the mayor about their priorities by voting to extend the jobs of these city workers at least through the holiday season. For now, the ball is in Newsom's court.
If government needs to shrink during slack times then the shrinkage should not occur by cutting jobs across the board, rather by cutting hours across the board.
Yeah it sucks, but everyone will get to keep their jobs and some degree of local stimulus effect will be preserved. Its not like these workers stash away their paychecks. They spend it largely in the local economy. Take that away and you spite small business along with SEIU. If you have a better idea than Keynsianism, other than liquidate, liquidate, liquidate, then I'd like to hear it.
In general, we need government to scale with the size of the problems it needs to address. So long as there are gargantuan corporations we need a government strong enough to challenge them.
marcos, again the entertainment value and hypocrisy of liberals are an enjoyment.
Marcos you will note that we are posting on the message section of the Bay Guardian, a paper as ridiculous as Fox new has ever been. I read the articles before I post.
Your next point in your no wrong answer style of the progressive will be...
I don't know if you can top your back peddling on the shrinking government thing ?
Jason Grant Garza here ... to Gray651 ... to answer your question regarding how many people has SF General mamed ... please read ( www.sfbg.com/entry.php?catid=85&entry_id=3956) and there you read how SF General broke the law, TESTILYIED IN FEDERAL COURT to have my case dismissed, then sign a settlement agreement with the Office of Inspector General admitting fault and guilt yet no restitution, contrition, NOR humanity for its victim. Please don't ask me who my doctor was at the time ... could it have been the current Director of Public Health? Your comment is right on regarding Public Health, accountablity, and lack of humanity. Please read the article and KNOW that you are not alone; however, just as in my case the other side would have taken NO PRISONERS, used SCHORCHED EARTH tactics and then told you that they cared unless of coarse they are busted ... then they HAVE NO CONTRITION, HUMANITY or desire to investigate to truly fix ... it is all an illusion so's that they can retire to live the good life on your taxes and mine and never be accountable. Read where I won, was left for DEAD and even after vindication ... no JUSTICE since the game was set up that way ... delay, deny, deflect and most importantly deceive.
Regarding fairness ... would you like a copy of my paperwork to the Mayor's Office, BOS, or any of the countless agencies that I have been to with a signed confession requesting an investigation with me telling the truth all along and pointing it out in the paperwork? Well at least I still hear how much they care ... NOT TO CHANGE ANYTHING, CONTINUE THE ILLUSION, and naturally GET THEIR PAY that is.
DEAD RIGHT, LEFT FOR DEAD and the LIVING DEAD since right and the oath "TO DO NO HARM" are meaningless at SF General, DPH, and CCSF.
I just couldn't get past the part about "Glen Beck," "Orange County" and "too liberal."
You defame the memory of the sex pistols.
Come back when you realize that FoxNews is comedy.
"Liberals" are so entertaining, the opinion piece doesn't say to give up unions, it says to stop giving the state away to them.
It mentions such unpopular unions to the liberals as the ones for law enforcement. I would think such an innovative, change inspired, thinker from outside of the box, who organically constructs valuable insights into the paradigm of new thinking would be all for limiting loop holes.
It's interesting that SF progressive seem to think that if another liberal asks for something, and is also hopefully "outraged," and maybe a minority, they should get it.
When I recently appeared on Glenn Beck's TV show to discuss California's dreadful fiscal situation, I mentioned that in Orange County, where I had been a columnist for the Orange County Register, the average pay and benefits package for firefighters was $175,000 per year.
Isn't OC a rib rock conservative example of fiscal discipline?
We'll give up the unions just as soon as you give up the corporations.
how your tax dollars get burned off
"chief's disease,"
Hey Gray what does that have to do with this posting?
Do you even understand the concept of progressive discipline or even due process?
I can't speak for anyone but myself. Two summers ago at San Francisco General I had to remind the staff who I was, they were ready to operate on the wrong person, me. I say get rid of workers like this. Had I been operated on as planed, I'd own the hospital. SF General: get your records straight before you do, and how many people have you mamed oe injured because of faulty bookwork? And some of the health clinics run by the city are staffed by idiots and I personally backed out after seening how the clinic was being run. Some health workers are only interested in holding a job, qualified or not.
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Malmesbury man took own life (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)
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8:00pm Sunday 23rd September 2012 in News By Craig Jones
A man who found the body of his cousin when he called round to see why he had missed a week of work and failed to meet his family, told an inquest into his death he had no idea the Malmesbury man was contemplating suicide.
Trevor Geoffrey Constable, 55, was found with a rope around his neck hanging from a loft hatch at his home in Park Road on Friday, February 3 by his cousin Steven Baker and Jonathan Wilkins, the partner of his daughter Amy.
During the hearing, held at Trowbridge Town Hall on Tuesday last week, grandfather Mr Constable was described as a private man who loved his family dearly.
Mr Baker, who worked with Mr Constable at Dodington Park, in Gloucestershire, leading up to his death, said: "I went to Trevor's home address and saw Jonathan Wilkins looking for the spare key. We decided to force the rear door into the utility area attached to the house.
"Jonathan went in and came out; he appeared to be in shock. I went in and saw Trevor hanging from the loft hatch and called for the police. I can't think of any reason Trevor would have done this."
Mr Constable wasn't seen from the Sunday before his death and the self-employed joiner hadn't come to work at Dodington Park all week, although this was not considered unusual.
Police found two notes in Mr Constable's house, one written in 1997, following the breakdown of his marriage and another suspected to have been written near to his death while there was also a board in the lounge of the house telling family not to enter and to call the emergency services.
Daughter Amy Constable said: "I think it was quite clear that he didn't want to be here anymore."
A pathologist found that Mr Constable, who had no history of mental illness, had died from compression of neck structures with ligature.
Ian Singleton, assistant deputy coroner for Wiltshire, said: "From regards to the evidence I've heard my conclusion is that Mr Constable took his own life. I pass on to you my sincere condolences to his family for their loss."
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2013-12-25T8:00 AMDecember 25, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
City Hall and other non-emergency city offices will be closed Wednesday, December 25, 2013 in observance of the Christmas holiday. Garbage and recycling collections will not be affected by the holiday.
The NRH Centre, Public Library, Senior Center and Iron Horse Golf Course are also closed on Christmas Day.
2013-12-12T5:00 PMDecember 12, 5:00 PM
Keep NRH Beautiful annually recognizes residents for beautifully decorating the outside of their homes during the holiday season. Residents are encouraged to nominate neighbors by calling 817-427-6651 prior to 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 12, 2013. Judging will take place on Sunday, December 15. Nine winners will be recognized at the January 13, 2014 City Council meeting.
2013-12-26T8:00 AMDecember 26, 8:00 AM, 2013 - January 9, 2014, 5:00 PM
Bare Christmas trees can be dropped off December 26, 2013 through January 9, 2014 at Green Valley Park at 7701 Smithfield Road, or at the parking lot at 4131 Rufe Snow Drive, just north of Glenview Drive. Please place trees in the dumpsters.
In order for trees to be recycled they should be free of tinsel, ornaments, bags, plastic and stands. Mulch from the recycled trees will be available for residents to pick up at the two drop-off locations January 11 through 15, 2014 while supplies last. Please bring your own container and shovel to load the mulch.
2013-12-14T9:00 AMDecember 14, 9:00 AM @ Richland Tennis Center
Richland Tennis Center will host a Toys for Tennis Tournament on Saturday, December 14, 2013 starting at 9:00 am. Participants are asked to donate a new, unwrapped toy for the NRH Santa Cops program. The Richland Tennis Center is located at 7111 NE Loop 820. Call 817-427-6680 to sign up or get more details.
2013-12-14T9:30 AMDecember 14, 9:30 AM @ Iron Horse Golf Course
Enjoy breakfast with Santa at Iron Horse Golf Course on Saturday, December 14, 2013. Reservations are required for 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. seatings. Prices are $10.95 for adults, $6.95 for children under 12 and free for kids under 3. Bring your camera for free photos with Santa. Call 817-485-6666 to reserve your seats.
2013-12-14T3:00 PMDecember 14, 3:00 PM @ NRH2O Family Water Park
Run Run Rudolph has been cancelled on Saturday, December 7, 2013 due to winter weather. The event has been rescheduled for Saturday, December 14 starting at 3:00 p.m. in the parking lot of NRH2O Family Water Park. This year's event will benefit the North Richland Hills Animal Adoption & Rescue Center, which is raising funds to build a new animal shelter. Visit www.nrhtx.com/RudolphRun to get more information and register online.
Stay after the run/walk to enjoy holiday activities from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. for the entire family at NRH2O Family Water Park including: holiday scenes for photo opportunities, photos with Santa, kids crafts and marshmallow roasting.
2013-12-31T6:00 PMDecember 31, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM @ NRH Centre
The NRH Senior Center will host a New Year's Dance on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. in the Grand Hall at the NRH Centre. Entertainment will be provided by "Two for the Show." Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Tickets can be purchased prior to the event at the Senior Center. For more information, please stop by the Senior Center at 6000 Hawk Ave or call 817-427-6695.
2013-12-17T4:00 PMDecember 17, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM @ City Council Chambers, City Hall
The North Richland Hills Planning & Development Department is hosting two open houses regarding the establishment of a new Freeway Corridor Overlay District along Northeast Loop 820 and State Highway 121/183 (Airport Freeway). All property owners along the corridor are encouraged to stop by the City Council Chambers on Tuesday, December 17 between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. or Wednesday, December 18 between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. to learn about the proposed Overlay District.
The proposed Freeway Corridor Overlay District will impact new development and redevelopment along the corridor. It will not affect existing development, businesses or uses in place today. For more information, please attend one of the open houses or contact the Planning & Development Department at 817-427-6300.
2013-12-18T9:00 AMDecember 18, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM @ City Council Chambers, City Hall
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The North Richland Hills Planning & Zoning Commission meets at 7 p.m. on the 3rd Thursday of each month in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. A work session may be held prior to the start of the regular meeting.
Regular Planning & Zoning Commission Meetings are broadcast live on the city's website, Charter Cable Channel 27 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99. Meeting videos are also archived on the city's website and available to watch on demand at your convenience.
2013-11-28T8:00 AMNovember 28, 8:00 AM - December 20, 5:00 PM @ Police Department located at 7301 NE Loop 820 or any NRH Fire Station.
NRH Santa Cops and the NRH Firefighter's Association are holding a holiday toy and food drive to benefit those who are less fortunate in our community. Residents are encouraged to share in the holiday spirit by dropping off new, unwrapped toys and nonperishable food items to the NRH Police Department located at 7301 NE Loop 820 or any NRH Fire Station. Donations will be accepted from Thanksgiving through December 20, 2013. Donations will also be accepted from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, December 14 at NRH2O Family Water Park. Donated toys will be delivered to children in need who attend Birdville ISD and food donations will go to the Community Enrichment Center to help needy families.
2013-12-28T1:00 PMDecember 28, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM @ NRH Fire Administration
Due to winter weather, the Dec. 7 CPR Class has been rescheduled to Dec. 28. Learn CPR and save a life! The NRH Fire Department conducts CPR classes each month for the community. Classes are American Heart Association approved and each participant receives a book and course completion card. Three levels of training are offered:
• Heartsaver CPR – Learn basic CPR skills for infant, child and adult and learn how to use an AED. Cost is $30.
• Heartsaver CPR / First Aid – Learn CPR skills and how to use the AED, plus basic first aid such as helping someone with a broken bone or sprain. Cost is $35.
• Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers – This course is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals the ability to recognize life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner. Cost is $40.


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(born March 7, 1945), American journalist and commentator who was a liberal op-ed columnist for The New York Times (1993–2011). Herbert grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. He began his career in journalism in 1970 as a reporter for The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey; three years later he became the publication's night city editor. From 1976 to 1985 Herbert worked as a reporter and an editor for the New York Daily News, where he joined the editorial board and became one of its columnists. He received a B.A. ... (100 of 274 words)


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French Beauty Icon Carine Roitfeld Teams Up with MAC Cosmetics
By Melissa Willets
Former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld, whose approach to beauty, namely her eye makeup, has risen to iconic status, has teamed up with MAC Cosmetics to create an exciting new collection. If you want to create the ultimate smoky eye, her Full Face Kit is the key.
According to the official press release, Roitfeld's collection for MAC allows you to recreate her much emulated look with just the right tools and products. The Full Face Kit includes chic colored blush, eyebrow enhancer, kohl power eye pencil, two mascaras, Tropical Mist Lipstick, face and body foundation, Mineralize Concealer, Nail Lacquer, and brushes.
The star of the look you will create with Carine Roitfeld's kit is the dramatic eye. Check out this video of the French beauty showing off the looks you can achieve with the kit. As you can see, Roitfeld's signature style is her eye makeup--in addition to her famous bold eyebrows which really make a big statement too. A la Brooke Shields, Roitfeld's brows are full and natural-looking, not overly plucked or fragile. If you truly want to get her look, bold eyebrows are a must.
In the video you will also get a sneak peek of the luscious products, available online August 30 through October 4, 2012 and in stores September 6 through October 4, 2012. Interestingly, the video is shot in black and white so it's hard to see the richness of the colors of the lipstick and blush. But you will see an artful, dramatic smoky eye look that you can recreate in a few easy steps.


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The Charlotte Bobcats are the NBA's youngest franchise, an expansion team that was granted to Charlotte shortly after the Charlotte Hornets left for New Orleans in 2002. In December 2002, a group led by Black Entertainment Television founder Robert L. Johnson was awarded the franchise. Johnson was a significant choice because he became the first African American majority owner of a team in one of the major North American sports.
The team was named the Bobcats after a name the team contest picked a different name, the Charlotte Flight. There was always speculation that the name "Bobcats" was favored by Johnson because it included a shortened form of his first name.
In any event, the Bobcats will become extinct—at least in terms of Charlotte basketball—at the end of the 2013-14 season. The team has already announced plans to reclaim the Hornets name after it was abandoned by the New Orleans franchise—now known as the Pelicans—at the end of 2012-13.
On the court, the Bobcats in their first nine seasons have the worst winning percentage of any active NBA team at .346 and in 2011-12 set an NBA record for futility by posting a .106 winning percentage in the lockout-shortened season, going just 7-59.
That came just two seasons after the team made the postseason for the only time in franchise history under coach Larry Brown. In 2009-10, the Bobcats were 44-38—the only winning record to date—and were swept in the first round.
The team began play in 2004-05 under coach and general manager Bernie Bickerstaff. The team's expansion draft in June 2005 yielded little in terms of long-term contributors, with one notable exception, the selection of forward Gerald Wallace from the Sacramento Kings. In 2010, Wallace became the first Bobcat—and still the only one—selected for an All-Star Game. Center Primoz Brezec spent a little more than three seasons in Charlotte after he was chosen from the Indiana Pacers. No one else from the expansion draft played more than a year with the Bobcats.
The first draft choice in franchise history was Connecticut center Emeka Okafor, taken second overall.
So who are the best players by position in the history of the Charlotte Bobcats?
NOTE: Players must have appeared in 250 regular-season games with the franchise to be considered for this list.
Small Forward: Gerald Wallace (2004-11)
Gerald Wallace had been a spare part for his three seasons with the Sacramento Kings, averaging less than 10 minutes a game and starting just nine times and he was left unprotected in the NBA expansion draft in June 2004.
What Charlotte got in Wallace was the best player in the albeit brief history of the franchise. Wallace was an All-Star in 2010 and was named to the All-Defensive first team that season. He led the NBA in steals per game and steal percentage in 2005-06, as well.
In parts of seven seasons with Charlotte, Wallace averaged 16.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.2 blocked shots per game.
He is the Bobcats' career leader with 7,437 points, 827 steals and 454 games and is also second with 3,398 rebounds and 531 blocked shots and fifth with 1,110 assists and 267 3-pointers. His 16.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 36.8 minutes per game are all second on the franchise's all-time list and he is also fourth with 1.2 blocks per game, fifth with a 47.7 field-goal percentage and seventh with 2.4 assists per game. In advanced metrics, Wallace's 17.9 player efficiency rating and 103 defensive rating are the best in franchise history.
He holds single-season records with 2.5 steals per game and a 21.3 PER in 2005-06 and 41 minutes per game and a 99.7 defensive rating in 2009-10.
Here are some of Wallace's highlights with the Bobcats:
At the February trade deadline in 2011, Wallace was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for Dante Cunningham, Sean Marks, Joel Przybilla, cash and first-round picks in 2011 and 2014. He has since played for the New Jersey and Brooklyn Nets and in July was part of a major trade that sent him to the Boston Celtics.
Apologies to: No one, since Wallace is the only SF to meet the 250-game requirement.
Power Forward: Boris Diaw (2008-12)
Boris Diaw came to Charlotte in December 2008 along with Raja Bell and Sean Singletary from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Jared Dudley, Jason Richardson and a 2010 second-round pick. What the Frenchman brought to the Bobcats was experience and the ability to play a stretch-4 role.
In parts of four seasons for Charlotte, Diaw averaged 11.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game and shot 34.6 percent from long distance.
Diaw is third on the Bobcats' career list with 1,381 rebounds and is also fourth with 1,107 assists, fifth with 3,010 points and 166 blocked shots, sixth with 260 games and seventh with 237 3-pointers and 204 steals. His 48.1 field-goal percentage and 34.3 minutes per game are fourth on the franchise's all-time list and he is also fifth with 5.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, sixth with 11.6 points per game, eighth with 0.8 steals per game and ninth with 0.6 blocks per game. His 52.7 effective field-goal percentage is the highest in franchise history.
Here are some of Diaw's highlights:
Diaw, who also played for the Atlanta Hawks prior to coming to Charlotte, was waived in March 2012 and was signed by the San Antonio Spurs just two days later. He is signed with the Spurs for the coming season.
Apologies to: No one, since Diaw is the only PF to meet the 250-game requirement.
Center: Emeka Okafor (2004-09)
Emeka Okafor was the first player ever drafted by the Bobcats after completing a three-year career at the University of Connecticut that included first-team All-America honors and the Final Four Most Outstanding Player award after leading the Huskies to a national title.
Okafor went on to earn Rookie of the Year honors in 2004-05 and was a solid contributor with the Bobcats.
In five seasons in Charlotte, Okafor averaged 14 points, 10.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocked shots per game while shooting 50.6 percent from the floor.
Okafor is the leading rebounder and shot blocker in team history with 3,516 boards and 621 blocks and is also third with 4,630 points and fourth with 251 steals and 330 games. His 10.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocked shots per game are franchise career records and he is also second with a 50.6 field-goal percentage, fourth with 14 points per game, fifth with 34 minutes per game and ninth with 0.8 steals per game. He is also the franchise record-holder for total rebound percentage (18.3) and defensive rebound percentage (25.3).
Here are some of Okafor's highlights:
In July 2009, the Bobcats traded Okafor to the New Orleans Hornets for Tyson Chandler. Okafor is currently with the Washington Wizards.
Apologies to: No one, since Okafor is the only C to meet the 250-game requirement.
Shooting Guard: Matt Carroll (2005-09, 2010-12)
Matt Carroll was an NBA nomad having been signed and released by the New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs prior to landing with the Bobcats as a free agent in February 2005. An undrafted free agent out of Notre Dame, Carroll emerged as a valuable bench player prior to being traded to the Dallas Mavericks in January 2009, enough so that they brought him back in a trade with the Mavericks in July 2010.
In parts of eight seasons in Charlotte, Carroll averaged 7.4 points and shot 39 percent from 3-point range.
Carroll is third in franchise history with 338 3-pointers and 397 games and is also sixth with 2,923 points and 214 steals and eighth with 831 rebounds. He is second with an 84 percent mark from the free-throw line and fifth with a 39 percent mark from 3-point range.
Carroll's signature play was this 3-pointer against the Washington Wizards in 2010:
Carroll was traded to the New Orleans Hornets for Hakim Warrick in November 2012 and waived by the Hornets a week later. He does not yet have a deal in place for this season.
Apologies to: No one, since Carroll is the only SG to meet the 250-game requirement.
Point Guard: Raymond Felton (2005-10)
Raymond Felton was the fifth overall pick by the Bobcats in the 2005 NBA Draft, shortly after he helped lead North Carolina to a national championship.
Felton seized the reins at point guard rather quickly, taking over as the starter early in his rookie year and helping Charlotte to its lone playoff berth in 2010.
In five years with the Bobcats, Felton averaged 13.3 points, 6.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game.
Felton is the franchise's career leader with 2,573 assists and 375 3-pointers and is also second with 5,311 points, 565 steals and 399 games and fourth with 1,366 rebounds. He is second on the franchise's list with 6.4 assists per game and is also third with 34.9 minutes per game, fifth with 13.3 points and 1.4 steals per game and eighth with a 78.2 free-throw percentage.
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In July 2010, Felton left as a free agent to sign with the New York Knicks and has also played for the Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers before returning to the Knicks as part of a July 2012 trade.
Apologies to: D.J. Augustin.
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@Keith Collantine
Watch again when Vettel comes up to Vergne after the first safety car, he jumps out the way. You can not honestly still believe that Vergne was treating Vettel as he would any other driver – even the commentators where joking about it.
There is nothing preposterous about Torro Rosso looking after Redbulls interests – in fact I find it preposterous that they would not.
I think that if Hamilton has any chance of winning his last race with mclaren, there is no way in hell he would give it up. Even if it was to help his own brother, he wouldn't move aside. He's a race driver, and cares about winning races more than us mortals could possibly understand! He also probably has it in his head that he will not be able to win a race for a while after this year, so he'll take every opportunity to win it, regardless of what's happening behind him. Will Hamilton move aside for Alonso? No. Will he fight Vettel a little harder than Alonso? Possibly – but purely because he has more respect for Alonso on track.
@dot_com i agree
There is nothing preposterous about Toro Rosso looking after Red Bull's interests
That's not what I wrote.
Nor realise how preposterous it is to allege that Toro Rosso were sufficiently prepared to help Vettel by ordering their drivers to dive out of Vettel's way
I am not sure I understand you then, looks to me that is exactly what Vergne did…..
@Cronies I neither wish to be rude nor to give you a lesson in English comprehension, but try reading the entire sentence instead of stopping at the comma.
Just curious – who do you think the other F1 drivers favor between Vettel and Alonso?
If they have a chance to block one of the drivers or let another go by who do you think they would block?
I'm leaning towards Vettel as it's hard to say that he hasn't been handed the championship on a silver platter this year. Alonso should/would/could have been 10 pts ahead were it not for Spa and Suzuka, yet he's now fighting for his life.
They won't.
@freelittlebirds You seem to have a habit of posting a lot of factually dubious things, such as now you're implying Alonso is the one who lost a lot "if not for race X or race Y". Are you purposefully applying a double standard, or do you really have problems with short-term memory and you do not remember Malaysia,Valencia,Italy,Abu Dhabi?
I suspect you're just making a knee-jerk claim based on the fact that Toro Rosso and Red Bull share the same owner without bothering to consider the details of the race. Nor realise how preposterous it is to allege that Toro Rosso were sufficiently prepared to help Vettel by ordering their drivers to dive out of Vettel's way, yet not sufficiently prepared to make sure Ricciardo didn't catch Vettel out with his braking behind the safety car.
I am afraid you will have to give me a English lesson, it was never my strong point anyway so no offense will be taken. I still believe Toro Rosso were sufficiently prepared to help Vettel by ordering their drivers to dive out of Vettel's way (look at Vergne after the first saftey car). I doubt they where sufficiently prepared to plan for the event of Vettel being behind Ricciardo or even thought it would be necessary to tell Ricciardo how to drive in such a situation. Nor do I think imy comment was a knee-jerk reaction but a fair comment to make – judging by what i saw when Vergne nearly drove off the track to allow Vettel through.
This is a very weird and confusing discussion you're having.
The only drivers that would yield to give either Alonso or Vettel a better shot at the championship are their teammates: Massa yields for Alonso (no doubt about that, as they have been disgracefully doing this all year long: Italy, Korea and USA for example), Webber, and possibly Vergne and Ricciardo yield for Vettel.
Apart from these cases, there simply is no chance that a driver would let either Alonso or Vettel pass. All 24 drivers are professionals, and it is their job to separate driving an F1 car from any off-track issues. If for instance Hamilton would yield for Alonso, then this leads to a lot of negative publicity: for Hamilton, for Alonso, and for Formula 1. Hamilton has not been that much of a professional McLaren driver this year, but messing with the championship by yielding for Alonso is in a different league. In my opinion, not one of the non-Red Bull and -Ferrari drivers would even consider doing so.
@Cronies, Vergne almost drove off the track when Schumacher passed him, too.
@mnmracer Well, let me look back:
In Malaysia, a PATRIOT missile exploded in front of Vettel and the shrapnel blew out his tire In Valencia, Vettel swerved to avoid a beached whale, garnering praise from all global environmental groups In Italy, the Mafiosi banded with the Tifosi to take down Vettel In Abu Dhabi, Vettel was kidnapped in Q3 and then forced to start from the pits by the cold-hearted stewards
Am I close? Were any of those 4 incidents caused by other drivers' mistakes?
Forgive me, I stand corrected…
Hamilton has not been that much of a professional McLaren driver this year, but messing with the championship by yielding for Alonso is in a different league.
Interesting comment, care to clarify?
@freelittlebirds You are right on Malaysia and Italy and only partially on Abu Dhabi. You still have to figure Valencia though
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The Michigan House is starting a two-week break without acting on legislation that would impose regulations on amateur mixed martial arts events in the state.
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Several times I have seen posts where a user wants to have a member group with access to a certain board, but when person x is also in another group they want that person because they are in this additional group to be denied access to 1 or more boards which at this time is not possible. I was wondering if in the future it would be possible to add the ability to deny access to boards if you have deny permissions enabled in the admin panel.
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I have suggested the same actually in the past :) I believe this will not happen for 2.0 though, but possibly for the following releases then ;)
sounds good ;) and i think could be very helpful by that time.
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I did actually write a mod that would make it possible, but too many people didn't bother to read the instructions so there was no way I was going to maintain it (you can try manually installing it though, look for View/Enter Board Permissions, which effectively turns board access into a real permission and promptly removes the access thingy from the board configuration, it isn't elegant but it worked when I first wrote it)
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Carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine are indicated as first line drug for generalised tonic clonic seizures, however, in some specific generalised epileptic syndromes which may have generalised tonic clonic seizures as part of the presentation the use of these drugs may agravate the condition with worsening seizures. A good example of this would be Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy, which often presents with generalised tonic clonic seizures and in which carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine are best avoided.
Competing interests: FRG has received honorariums and travel expenses from UCB, GlaxoSmithKline, and Eisai; JWS has received research support, honorariums, and travel expenses from UCB, Janssen-Cilag, GlaxoSmithKline, Viropharma, and Eisai; JWS and FRG are based at University College London Hospitals/University College London, which received a proportion of funding from the Department of Health's National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centres funding scheme.
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I believe there is an error in the table entitled "NICE guidelines on antiepileptic drug treatment" as carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine are shown as being both "first line treatment" and in the "do not consider" category for the treatment of Generalised Tonic Clonic Epilepsy.
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21 July 2012
Dear Editor,
In the section of other non-epilepsy drugs which may later the seizure threshold, it is important not to forget fluoroquinolones which are commonly used by clinicians who may not be aware of this. They are thought to increase seizure risk by inhibiting the GABA receptor complex (1). Central nervous side effects from fluoroquinolones are more likey with increasing age and when taking NSAIDs (2). Cases are also more likely to occur when there are electrolyte imbalances, failure to adjust to a "renal" dose and when co-prescribed with other agents reducing the seizure threshold (3), for example theophyllines, which are another commonly used drug not mentioned in this group worth remembering, which may cause seizures via free radical generation and adenosine-independent mechanisms(4).
1) Unseld E, Ziegler G, Gemeinhardt A. Possible interaction of fluoroquinolones with the benzodiazepine-GABA-receptor complex. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1990; 30:63-70
2) Medford AR, France AJ. Psychosis due to ciprofloxacin and diclofenac combination. J Royal Coll Phys Edinb 2004; 34(1): 79.
3) Kushner JM, Peckman HJ, Snyder CR. Seizures associated with fluoroquinolones. Ann Pharmacother 2001; 35(10): 1194-8.
4) Methylxanthines, seizures, and excitotoxicity. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2011; 200: 251-66.
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ATAS Extends Primetime Emmy Contract With Big Four Networks Through 2018
The new eight-year deal is worth $66 million; Mark Burnett has come on board to produce this year's show, which airs Sept. 18 on Fox.
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said Wednesday night that it has reached an agreement with the Big Four networks over the Primetime Emmy Awards telecast.
ATAS' contract with ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC to televise the ceremony has been extended through 2018. The new deal continues the "wheel rotation" among the four networks, starting with Fox this year.
In addition, Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Celebrity Apprentice) will executive produce this year's show, which airs Sept. 18 on Fox.
The networks will pay a license fee of at least $8.25 million for the program -- up from $7.5 million last year -- for a guaranteed $66 million over the course of the eight-year deal.
ATAS and the networks have been negotiating a new deal for more than eight months, ever since the previous eight-year contract ran out after the last show in August.
In the face of rating declines, the networks have expressed a desire to shorten the show, which would mean cutting categories, especially those for writing and directing. But moving the writers or directors out of primetime and onto the Creative Arts Emmys, which air on cable, would violate the current contracts the academy has with the WGA and DGA.
ATAS said Wednesday that the numbers and categories of on-air awards for the 2011 telecast will remain the same. However, for the following seven years of the deal, the network airing the show along with the TV academy will "give due consideration to reviewing the award categories and the manner of presentation of the awards, taking into account the interests of various constituencies of the academy."
"We thank Ken Ziffren for his leadership, as well as all those involved from both the Television Academy and the broadcast networks in bringing the negotiations to this successful conclusion," ATAS chairman and CEO John Shaffner said. "We are excited about the continued collaboration with our broadcast partners, and look forward to working with Fox and -- for the first time -- with Mark Burnett on this year's telecast."
Added Burnett: "As an Emmy Award winner, I know the excitement of standing on the Emmy stage before your peers and the American public to receive that statue. My mission in producing this year's Emmys is to provide the absolutely most memorable television experience for the nominees, the winners and the viewing audience."
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