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Our short handyman program is tailored to suit the needs of those wanting to learn the fundamentals of the various trades. This program is taught through a combination of lab training and related classroom instruction. This two pronged approach to training permits a person beginning their career to advance quickly while becoming an ever increasingly productive member of a crew. Students will build confidence with the materials and tools commonly used through a mix of theory and practical experience. All courses start an introduction to the craft, health and safety, and identification and proper use of tools.
Some people want to learn a little bit of everything for home maintenance; some want to specialize in particular areas like bathroom or kitchen installation so we train in those subjects relevant to those jobs but there are people out there who want to be able to offer more than the next man (or woman) and therefore want to learn everything!
A career as a Handyman gives you the freedom to provide a complete repair or refurbishment service to your customers. What better way of impressing potential customers than showing them that they only need one person to complete the work to be done, saving them time and money.
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This course introduces you to the plumbing trade, providing you with the opportunity to learn basic skills. The course includes work in the classroom and workshop type environment. You will learn how to install shower body, toilet bowl & tank. Students will work with PVC/DWV copper, galvanized and cast iron pipes. You will be able to identify PVC/DWV, copper and threaded fittings, job safety and isometric drawings are also included in this course.
Basic Electrical
This course introduces the fundamental concepts of "AC" current Emphasis is placed on "AC" circuits, components and operation, and testing equipment; and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to conduct, verify, troubleshoot, and repair minor problems.
Wall & Floor Tiling
Our course is designed with a practical, quick learner in mind. The course involves assessing wall space, measuring and leveling, minor problem solving with full hands-on experience. You will be put to the test working around vanity, cabinets, baths/toilets and on occasions you will be challenged with uneven wall surfaces. During the week's training you will be assessed and assistance will be given in areas which you may find difficult. Training includes installing walls and floor tiles.
Plastering is a highly useful skill and for those who are fully qualified a highly lucrative trade. In addition to the fundamentals of mixing and applying plaster. This course covers the correct method of cutting and fixing plasterboard (known as sheet rock), the preparation of surfaces in readiness to receive tape and plasters. You will also learn the various typees of sheet rock and their purpose. also included in this course is lead abatement certification.
Painting and Decorating
The aim of this course is to cover the basics in handling materials, problem solving, protecting surrounding areas, preparation of surfaces, filling and degreasing and preparing timber, metal and cement surfaces. To finish off you will work on the application of paints by brush and roller on absorbent and non-absorbent materials and backgrounds.
Bathroom Installation
This is another popular DIY course in which students will learn the fundamentals of bathroom installation. Dealing with the most common fixtures, this course will include many elements of plumbing to enable you to feel confident in the installation of those fixtures.
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The South African pacers, Morne Morkel and Makhaya Ntini may be included in the playing eleven for the final ODI against Australia on Friday. The duo walk into team at the expense of fast bowler Wayne Parnell and the off-spinner Johan Botha. The fourth ODI saw the Proteas clinch the ODI series against Australia with an unassailable lead of 3-1, while Botha's bowling came under scrutiny and was reported to have a suspect action. The South African captain Graeme Smith said that their recent successes against Australia and England were immensely satisfying. He said "If I look back at the highlights over the past 18 months, I have to put the away Test series victories over England and Australia at the top of the list." "These have been the two toughest assignments for South African cricket in the past and to have achieved both of those successes in the space of six months has been very special for this team," the captain added. Smith, while praising the youngsters in the team, said "On an individual level the most pleasing aspect has been the way the younger players have come through. You need a hard core of experience on which to base a top team and we now have the ideal balance of youth and experience coming together." "The emergence of these young players has also enabled us to develop our one-day brand and the type of cricket we want to play," he mentioned.
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Team USA vs. Best Basketball Players of Europe, Asia & South AmericaPosted: September 15, 2014 Filed under: College basketball (non Hogs), Pro basketball | Tags: Basketball World Cup, Best African Players, Best Asian Players, Best Australian Players Plus Steven Adams, Best European Players, Best South American Players, FIBA World Cup, Tony Parker 2 Comments
OK, rest of the world. It's time to cry "uncle" already.
I'm an American, who appreciates winning, steak, Will Ferrell, and all the rest. But I am tiring of the headlock Team USA has every other nation in. On Sunday, the United States beat Serbia 129-92 in a FIBA World Cup title game that after six minutes held about as much drama as "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues." The U.S. has now reeled off 63 straight wins, a run that was cool at first, when we had something to prove in basketball after losing three Olympic games a decade ago. Yes, the whole "Redeem Team" thing was fantastic. Millions of Americans tuned in to see the U.S. make a resounding statement in the 2008 Olympics to reclaim Gold.
Less enthralling was the "Confirmation Team" of the 2010 FIBA World Cup. Or Confirmation Team 2.0, or 3.0. We get it: America is unequivocally the sport's King once more. It's clear that since American basketball powers actually put their mind to it, the U.S. simply has too large a pool of hyper-skilled, hyper-athletic players – headlined by hyper-athletic, hyper-skilled young superstars ( e.g. Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis) – that no other single nation can hope to match.
Spain, of course, appeared to pose a threat this summer. They boasted multiple NBA All-Stars, and a roster that in total had logged more NBA games (3,223) than even the American roster (3,213). But the host nation went cold at the wrong time, against a French team with enough athletic wing players to disrupt the Spanish perimeter offense. With far more disruptive, quicker players, the Americans would have beaten Spain too.
Now that the sun is setting on Spain's Golden Generation, as it already has with Argentina's, the United States is accelerating beyond the teams that have hung with them in recent years. "If anything, the gap is widening," ESPN announcer Fran Fraschilla said last week during the Americans' semifinal win against Lithuania. To the point where no nation poses a legit threat to Team USA at the 2016 Olympics.
France could look best on paper, but they would need four Nicolas Batums to hope to slow a team with firepower including Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Paul George. If the San Antonio Spurs, a favorite to repeat as NBA champions this coming season, were allowed entry they would pose the biggest threat. But despite the Spurs' Texan roots, they appear unlikely to seek political autonomy any time soon.
Instead of messing with the Olympics, it's time to form another major international tournament that provides actual compelling and competitive basketball. Provide a venue in which the best players from non-U.S. nations team up by continent. Call it basketball's "Pan-Continental Cup."
On their own, Marc Gasol, Rudy Fernandez, Ricky Rubio et al won't beat the U.S. in the coming years. Spain doesn't have wing players big and athletic enough to defend the likes of LeBron James and Kevin Durant. But with France's Tony Parker, Nicolas Batum and Boris Diaw on their side, they have a legit shot. Add long, imposing players like Joakim Noah, an intermittent French national team member, or England's Luol Deng to the mix, and the U.S. would finally face a foe that rivals it in terms of skill, athleticism and size.
Pan-continental teams work. Look at golf, where the Ryder Cup has pitted a Team USA vs. a Team Europe since 1979. Meanwhile, bowling has its own USA vs. Europe competition. In each sport, over the years, the two sides have proven to be pretty much even.
The idea is already a reality at the youth basketball level. FIBA sanctions the Nike Global Challenge, an annual event in which a Pan-Asian team has competed against other nations including the U.S., and a Pan-African team still does. Another event, the Nike Hoop Summit, goes one step farther: It pits some of the United States' best high school players against the best similarly aged players from all other nations. Just like in golf and bowling, this setup helps raise the game of both sides and provides better competition. Each side has won three games each in the last six years.
Who is in Malik Monk's Inner Circle?Posted: August 21, 2014 Filed under: Arkansas high school basketball, College basketball (non Hogs), Razorback basketball Leave a comment
Great work by the folks at Courtside Films, who put together an authoritative summer highlight package on Malik Monk – the springy Bentonville High junior who is developing into one of the most highly recruited players in state history regardless of sport.
Here are two interesting take-aways from an interview in the video:
1. It's unclear exactly how high Malik can jump these days, but he had a running vertical jump of 42 inches in the eighth grade. He told me last spring he helped develop some of that extraordinary leg power by running through the mud that would form in the rural backyard after it rained.
2. His home – before 10th grade – was in Lepanto, Ark., the Monks' native town to which Malik gives a shout out in the above video. He also gave an shout out to The Woods, the neighborhood he grew up in (across the street from his cousin, Razorback guard Ky Madden). Finally, he gave props to "SYM," which is something I want to find out more about.
"SYM" stands the Lepanto friends of Malik and his older Marcus Monk, Marcus told me via text. Marcus Monk, as well their mother Jackie, are definitely at the top of the Malik Monk Inner Circle Hierarchy (which I refuse to henceforth refer to as the I.C.H.)
Back in Lepanto, the family has a lot of close friends and relatives, including the Maddens (Indeed, Ky Madden often Tweets out #sym) and Malik's brothers Byron and Aaron Scales. On Malik's Twitter page, Malik pays homage to his cousin Troy Tucker, who died three years ago from complications of sickle cell anemia. Next week, in an interview for Letterman Magazine, I'll ask him and Marcus more about who/what "SYM" are, but Malik might have thrown out a clue by mentioning two people below:
do it for the woodz @RodWinkler @Dero7_GH pic.twitter.com/Hmzz0JcG3l
— Kilam (@AhmadMonk) August 21, 2014
I don't know who @Dero7_GH is, but it appears that Rod Winkler is a University of Arkansas student who loves himself some basketball. Based on the profile image of his Twitter account, this appears to be the same Rod Winkler who caused a minor stir last January by getting into a heated, impromptu defensive positioning tutorial with Kentucky guard Aaron Harrison after UK lost to Arkansas in Fayetteville:
It doesn't appear Winkler is from Lepanto (his Twitter feed and this article cite Little Rock as his hometown), but I don't want to speculate. Maybe he lived in the Lepanto area earlier in life, after all. He probably never lived in Auburn Hills, Michigan, as the following image created by Kentucky Sports Radio of Winkler taking his game to the proverbial next level would have the simpletons among us believe.
Thank you for your explosive dunking, Malik Monk. And so long as you don't get involved in actual Malice in any sort of Palace, I also give thanks to you, Rod Winkler, for making our world a less boring place.
Nolan Richardson's Official HOF Enshrinement Program Profile Part 2Posted: August 19, 2014 Filed under: College basketball (non Hogs), Razorback basketball | Tags: Basketball Hall of Fame, Mike Anderson, Nolan Richardson Leave a comment
As far as I know, this is the only version of the 4-page thing available online. Here's the first half. Below's the second:
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He coached five seasons at Tulsa, going 119-37 for a searing .763 winning percentage. But every great character in American literature faces adversity … faces heartbreak. And so it was for Nolan Richardson.
"It was Monday, right after the NCAA pairings were released (in 1985) and we thought our daughter Yvonne was sick with the flu," he said. "We were getting ready to play UTEP in the NCAA Tournament…
Sidney Moncrief on Nolan Richardson's Basketball Hall of Fame InductionPosted: August 8, 2014 Filed under: Arkansas high school basketball, College basketball (non Hogs), Razorback basketball, Uncategorized | Tags: Basketball Hall of Fame, Nolan Richardson, Sidney Monrief Leave a comment
In the late 1990s, Sidney Moncrief was nominated to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame four straight years. The Little Rock Hall High alumnus wasn't voted in, though, and now stands as the one of the top two non-inducted guards in the game's history. "I think in time that will happen," Moncrief, a former Razorback All-American, told me on the phone today. "There's a time frame for everything." Former NBA commissioner David Stern, who's being inducted today, told me Moncrief deserves to join him one day. I believe such a moment will happen sooner than later but that's a story for a different time.
In the meantime, let's focus on a Razorback who got in on his first try: Nolan Richardson. Few Division I coaches not named Roy Williams or Jim Boeheim have won 500 games in shorter time than he did, and nobody before or since has taken the University of Arkansas to the same heights. Tonight is Richardson's night, and here's Moncrief's take on it:
"I was very excited for Nolan. The impact he's had on the game of basketball and people-wise … It goes beyond basketball; It's overall impact on people, more specifically when you're a college coach, it's all about the young men you are leading and the impact that you have on them. And he's done that for years. I'm very proud he was [chosen to be] inducted."
PS – Moncrief now lives in Dallas, where he runs his own business and has written five books. He's currently working on a book called "Your Passport to Manhood," the latest in a Passport-themed series. Last season, he worked as a Milwaukee Bucks analyst but he said it isn't set if he will return to that position.
Only List of Arkansan National Team Basketball Players & Coaches Known to ManPosted: July 31, 2014 Filed under: College basketball (non Hogs), Pro basketball, Razorback basketball | Tags: Archie Goodwin, basketball world championships, Bobby Portis, FIBA World Cup, Gordon Carpenter, James Anderson, Jim Barnes, Marvin Delph, Nolan Richardson, Sidney Moncrief, U.S. Reed 3 Comments
As you know, Hamburg native Scottie Pippen made the original Dream Team in 1992 and the 1996 Olympic team which grabbed Gold in Atlanta. Pippen made by far the greatest splash of any national team Arkansan, but he wasn't the first to do so in an Olympics. That honor goes to Gordon Carpenter, native of Ash Flat in northeast Arkansas. And there are plenty others who have made national teams for other competitions. Below, I present the first (and I will bet you $25 only) comprehensive list anybody has ever bothered to assemble on the topic:
1. Gordon Carpenter
Carpenter, a 6'6″, 200-pound big affectionately known as "Shorty," was one of Arkansas' first great basketball players. He led Ash Flat in northeast Arkansas to the 1939, upsetting much bigger teams in Little Rock and Pine Bluff, and then went on to star on the University of Arkansas' first Final Four team in 1941. He led the Hogs to their first undefeated SWC record and ended his college career on the All-SWC team.
He then played for the Phillips 66 powerhouse basketball team, which was technically amateur and allowed him to retain eligibility for international play (the Olympics were then off-limits to paid professional athletes). The Phillips 66 team was on par with the best professional teams of the era, and Carpenter helped lead them to six straight national titles. He made the AAU All-America team each year from 1943-1947 and helped his team qualify to represent the U.S. in the 1948 Olympics by beating the University of Kentucky in a Madison Square Garden (weird, I know).
In those London Olympics, Carpenter had a turn as hero, according to this book. In a game against Argentina, the U.S. was trailing by six points with four minutes to go. Coach then inserted Carpenter and he scored 10 points in two minutes to help the Americans turn the tide and win. The final score of the game was 59-57, according to linguasport.com.
Two years later, Carpenter became head coach of the national team at the first basketball World Championship (now called the basketball World Cup) in 1950. The host nation, Argentina, took Gold and the U.S. took Silver.
A native of Tuckerman in Sharp Co., the 6'8″, 240-pound Barnes trumps Corliss Williamson, Andrew Lang (and so far Bobby Portis) as the most dominant collegian big man the state has produced. He was dirt poor as a child, often playing in socks because his family couldn't afford shoes. Around 18 years of age, he moved to Oklahoma to finish high school. Barnes then dominated junior college competition for two years, and then did the same at Texas Western. He averaged 29 points and 19 rebounds his senior year, and a few months later became the first of two Arkansans ever drafted #1 overall in an NBA or NFL draft.
Before his pro career, though, Barnes traveled to Tokyo with other top collegians like Larry Brown and Bill Bradley. He was the fifth-leading scorer on the Gold-winning team. In the Finals, the U.S. squared off against the U.S.S.R. Barnes' speed and agility, like center Bill Russell's four years before, was a big reason the Soviets could not hang with the Americans.
That team's head coach was Henry Iba, who happened to the mentor of Barnes' college coach Don Haskins. Coincidentally, Haskins became the mentor to Nolan Richardson, one of Barnes' Texas Western teammates. Richardson thought highly of Barnes' character: "Jim was one of those men who was thrilled to play for their country. He took the opportunity seriously and played every possession hard."
3, Sidney Moncrief
When it comes to Moncrief and Larry Bird sharing the same court, the headliner will forever be their legendary showdown in the Elite Eight of the 1979 NCAA Tournament. Before these two All-Americans clashed in front of a national audience, though, they had two summers before joined forces to topple other countries.
In 1977, the Little Rock native represented the U.S. in the World University Games (similar to what would be a U-21 competition today). Moncrief helped the U.S. tear through the event, in Bulgaria, with an 8-0 record. He led the Americans with 16 points in the finals against the U.S.S.R.
Undoubtedly, Sid shot the ball at a high clip that tourney. It's amazing to think that as a freshman, the 6'4″ forward led the entire nation in field goal percentage, as this July 26, 1977 article points out:
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NB: You'll notice one of the assistant coaches was none other than Bill Vining of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia. The national team program wanted coaches from all levels of college basketball, and Vining, being the small college level bad-ass he was, was selected to rep that segment.
4. Marvin Delph
Another one of Arkansas' famed Triplets, Delph was a part of a wonky 1978 World Championship team made up of neither college or professional players. College players should have filled out its roster but by October – when the event occurred – they were already in preseason and prohibited from competing.
So the U.S. sent a squad made up mostly of Athletes In Action (a religious organization) ballers, and finished 6-4. This isn't all that bad considering many of the communist national teams were made up of essentially professional players who had state-provided sinecure jobs.
Delph, a Conway native, averaged only 5.5. points in the six games he played. But hey, the U.S. was 5-1 in those games (losing only to the U.S.S.R.), so that's something.
LeBron James Teaches Arkansan Malik Monk to ExcelPosted: July 28, 2014 Filed under: Arkansas high school basketball, College basketball (non Hogs), Razorback basketball, SEC | Tags: Anton Beard, Archie Goodwin, John Calipari, LeBron James, Malik Monk, Marcus Monk, Ron Crawford, U17 National team Leave a comment
In terms of basketball talent, Arkansas is in a golden era, producing elite players at a clip not seen in decades. But when it comes to national team recognition, the state is in a bit of a drought. Since 1996, only one native Arkansan has made a U.S. senior national team. In recent years, two of the state's best young players – Anton Beard and Malik Monk – were in the running to make junior national teams at the U16 and U17 levels but were both cut multiple times. Monk's most recent exclusion, which occurred last weekend, is the most surprising.
Monk, a consensus Top 15 player in the class of 2016, had a memorable summer torching foes as a headliner with the Arkansas Wings in Nike's prestigious EYBL circuit (essentially, the Champions League of prep basketball). The 6'3″ shooting guard broke scoring records and put up 40 and 59 points while making a strong case that Arkansas, for likely the first time ever, is home to the nation's most electrifying high school player*. The Arkansas Wings founder Ron Crawford, who has coached in the U.S. youth developmental system, said last week he believed there was "no doubt" Monk would make the U17 national team.
But after a three-day audition in Colorado involving 33 players, Monk was among the first cut. If the experience becomes a valuable lesson, this isn't necessarily bad thing for Malik. He strives, after all, to become a world-class point guard, and none other than John Stockton – one of the top point guards of all time – was cut from the 1984 Olympic team. Monk already is one of the most athletic prospects we've ever seen at the guard position. Two of the most freakishly athletic forwards in the history of the game, Charles Barkley and Blake Griffin, were also cut from national teams.
Stockton, Barkley and Griffin all bounced back from their disappointments to become NBA All-Star caliber players. For Monk to one day do the same, he'll have to keep improving. He must become a more consistent shooter and better decision maker, his older brother Marcus Monk said. "He's really been working on his distribution as far as his passing skills and making better decisions with the ball. He's improved in that area some."
But Malik isn't yet the well-rounded player his coaches and (potential) national team coaches want him to be. In the five games he played in the EYBL Finals, the only standard statistical category he led the Wings in was points (18.8 ppg). He finished second in blocks (0.4) and assists (2.6), third in steals (1.6) and fifth in rebounds (3.5).
Honing shot selection, though, is the biggest task right now. Squaring off against fellow Arkansan KeVaughn Allen, Monk scored 40 points on 14-for-20 shooting against Memphis-based Team Penny. But in the other four games, he shot 11% from 3-point range and 21% overall from the field.
Marcus Monk has been working on helping his brother cut down on bad shots. They break down film of his game to sharpen Malik's court awareness and make him a better teammate, Marcus said. "It's more discussion as far as how to read screens and looking at that second and third level of defense. Like a quarterback, you know."
In early July, Monk had a chance to learn firsthand from one of the world's most efficient basketball players when he attended the LeBron James Skills Academy. James is "really active with his camp. He takes time with all the players," recalled Marcus Monk, who attended the event as an observer.
New Financial Disclosures for Arkansas' Division I Athletic ProgramsPosted: June 5, 2014 Filed under: College basketball (non Hogs), College Football, In-State Competition, Razorback basketball, Razorback football, SEC | Tags: Arkansas colleges, Arkansas State, athletic budgets, UALR, UAPB, UCA Leave a comment
USA Today just released the most up to date financial reports for all 230 Division I athletic programs in the nation. In terms of total revenue, the University of Arkansas sits 14 spots from the top. Ten spots from the bottom you'll find the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff (the nation's largest intra-university system disparity). In between sit three other Arkansas schools.
I'll break down these numbers later, but for now, let's simply celebrate in the splattering of them on the wall.
Take what you will:
No. 14 nationally ($99.77 million revenue)
No. 131 ($16.28 million revenue)
No. 194 ($10.77 million revenue)
No. 206 ($9.4 million revenue)
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(PS – Notice how the total revenue plummeted from 2010 to 2011. That's what an NCAA Tournament appearance and win will do for you.)
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Final Score: Delaware 83, Penn 60
Newark, DE (Sports Network) - Jamelle Hagins posted a double-double as the Delaware Blue Hens routed the Penn Quakers, 83-60, in a non-conference bout at the Bob Carpenter Center.
Hagins scored 18 points and collected 13 rebounds for Delaware (4-8). Jarvis Threatt added 18 points of his own and Devon Saddler and Terrell Rogers scored 12 points a piece.
Greg Louis had a double-double of his own with 19 points and 11 rebounds for Penn (2-8). Fran Dougherty scored 18 points and was a rebound shy of a double- double.
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I'm having some issues with trying to put the WP-Twitip-ID plugin into the final version.
Right now, the beta version stores the twitter ID in the post meta for each post but that's not really ideal because it can only show the twitter id on the comments of the post that the user has already commented on. New post comments require the user to add their twitter id again. Not too much trouble because if they have entered a twitter id in a previous comment then the plugin sets a cookie on their machine and adds it to the field when they comment again.
What I'd rather do is store the twitter id in the database so it's accessible outside the post meta. I could store the id's in wp_options but that would probably cause loading time issues because wp_options values get loaded automatically and considering the amount of comments a blog gets, it would bloat it out massively.
My solution is to create a new table on the database and add the twitter id and email address in there, that way I only have to update the db once when a new twitter id is entered.
The problem I am having is creating the table! for some reason, it's not adding it. I've even copied and pasted another plugins code to do it and it still wont work!
here's my code :
function atf_install() {
global $wpdb;
global $atf_db_version;
add_option("atf_db_version", $atf_db_version);
$table_name = $wpdb->prefix . "wptwitipid";
if($wpdb->get_var("show tables like '$table_name'") != $table_name) {
$sql = "CREATE TABLE " . $table_name . " (
id mediumint(9) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
email varchar(120) NOT NULL,
twitid varchar(120) NOT NULL,
KEY email (email)
require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php');
$atf_db_version = "1.0";
register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'atf_install');
There's a problem with the $atf_db_version too. It adds an option to wp_options for the key of "atf_db_version" but no value and it's really starting to piss me off!
anyone out there in geek land that can help me here?
A massive thanks to @clearskynet who answered and solved the problem within minutes of me posting this.
Your SQL should be:
$sql = "CREATE TABLE $tablename (
id mediumint(9) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
email varchar(120) NOT NULL,
twitid varchar(120) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id),
KEY email (email)
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but with $table_name instead of what I put above
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bless you and all your geekles. that did it.
thanks awesomely!
What a fantastic world that we live in! The next time that I need some geek help, I shall post a request here!
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The reason why you dont get the value to wp_options can be found here:
It says "If you're using global variables, you may find that the function you pass to register_activation_hook() does not have access to global variables at the point when it is called, even though you state their global scope within the function".
So if you define $atf_db_version inside the function it should work.
anttiJN: I found that article after much searching! thanks for pointing it out. I ended up putting the version in another function.
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This seems like the right blog to post my question, with all the WordPress experts here!
I know this probably doesn't belong in this thread, but I will try to get some help anyway.
On my blog http://www.healthydietweightloss.com something very strange has happened. I tried to upload the sociable plugin through WP 2.7's new direct plugin uploader, and got an error message. It didn't work. But ever since on my home page the writing has gone to italic. Everything but my posts which I did since trying to upload the plugin. If you click through on any of the posts, it's fine, it seems to be just the index page. Can anybody offer help? – I looked at the theme files, nothing seems to have changed there. I know also that when you view source there seem to be a lot of em tags there, but they are not visible in the theme files. I am out of my depth here.
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Been awhile since we've heard from the Brooklyn homie, but he returns with a brand new freestyle entitled "Family Back". Hopefully this means we'll get more tunes soon, and a official project as well.
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N.O. – Dope Introduction (prod. Clams Casino & V Don)
Here's a brand new single " Dope Introduction", from Brooklyn's own N.O. His forthcoming mixtape Dope Dreams will be released next month. Been waiting on this project, but with this Clams Casino & V Don produced single, it continues to keep me hyped for it.
Listen after the jump.
Premiere: N.O. – Hands Up (prod. V. Don)
Been awhile since we've heard from the 21 year old Brooklyn, NY artist N.O. Today he's back with not one, but two records. First up he teams up with V-Don over a down south feeling instrumental, for the very catch "Hands Up", but switches up on "Face The World". The "Face The World" record is produced by 9th Wonder for Nipsey Hussle. Glad to see N.O. back, and he shows great on that "Hands Up".
Off The Upcoming Mixtape Dope Dreams Coming Late 2013.
N.O. – Hands Up (prod. V. Don)
N.O. – Face The World (Freestyle)
N.O. – When She Shuts Her Eyes / No Longer / Devil In A New Dress (Unreleased)
Been awhile since we've from the Brooklyn emcee, but N.O. shoots over some unreleased records. Make that three unreleased great records. He releases "When She Shuts Her Eyes", "No Longer", "Devil In A New Dress". The track "No Longer" features Boogz Boogetz while Airez joins in on the Kanye West backed "Devil In A New Dress". Yes, that is Iggy Azelea in the photo.
Be on the lookout for his forthcoming mixtape, Dope Dreams dropping in September.
N.O. feat. DJ V.I.P. – When She Shuts Her Eyes
Check out the rest of the unreleased records after the jump.
N.O. – Dope Dreams (Freestyle)
Since releasing the Ace Dizzy Flow produced "My Angels", the homie N.O. is back with another freestyle record entitled "Dope Dreams". He rocks over U.O.E.N.O / Rock Superstar instrumentals. The mixtape of the same title will be released in Summer 2013.
Download: N.O. – Dope Dreams (Freestyle)
N.O. – My Angels
The homie N.O. is prepping a mixtape and here's the first offering. Using "Breath Of Life" produced by yours truly as a backdrop, the Brooklyn rapper spits about his angels on "My Angels." His forthcoming mixtape will be entitled The Dope Dreams and will be released in the summer.
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Premiere: N.O. – Watch Me Go/ Karate Chop (Freestyle)
Not one but two premieres from our good rapper friend, N.O. The first record is called "Watch Me Go," and is produced by Johnny Juliano. We're really feeling that record.
Download: N.O. – Watch Me Go
Also after the jump, N.O. decides to hop on Future's latest hit, "Karate Chop," which was deemed a controversial record but N.O. holds his own once again. Check that record after the jump.
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Premiere: N.O. – Turn The Tide (Ignorant S****)
The Brooklyn rapper who hasn't sold down with the current freestyles and dope records out. N.O. has shot over his latest record, "Turn The Tide (Ignorant SH*T)" this one is produced by arrabMUZIK.
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2009; 19 (1): 53-62
The integration of targeted therapies such as cetuximab to radiation therapy has revolutionized the management of head and neck cancers in the last decade. However, the use of targeted therapies raised several clinically relevant questions that have yet to be answered. These questions include the optimal patient and tumor profile for biologically targeted therapy, the optimal radiation fractionation to use with targeted therapies, how to integrate them into standard or new chemoradiation regimens, their schedule and duration of administration, their toxicity, and which direction to consider for novel targeted treatment. In this review, we highlight several of these important issues, discuss the clinical trials that are designed to address these issues, and introduce some novel targeted therapies that may contribute to the improvement of the therapeutic ratio for head and neck cancer therapy.
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The U.S. Justice Department says a woman who worked for Detroit medical service companies has pleaded guilty in a $24 million Medicare home health care fraud scheme.
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"3 books needed"
Be prepared to buy all 3 books. Read them sequentially.
I found the premise good, the story interesting -- a PG version of something like "Battle Royale" (Japanese film). Interesting characters who are developed, if you read the trilogy. Content is certainly aimed at a young audience, but still good enough for adults.
The interview with the author at the end of book 3 is interesting for the literary-minded folks.
"Hungry for more?"
This is an intelligent, well-written novel set in a clearly devised dystopian future. There are clear similarities with 'Battle Royale' but the American setting is, perhaps, more easily recognisable to a Western audience. Characters and clearly drawn and, while not always a comfortable listen, it is enjoyable and thought-provoking. The narration and character voice created work well.
What a great listen! This book grabs you from the beginning and does not let you down. The narrator does an excellent job in bringing Katnis to life. I also like her take on the other characters as well.
The plot is well developed and you find yourself really sucked into the whole story. I think Collins has just the right amount of blood and guts to make the story believable without it seeming gory, although I think to some people it might be. After all, it is about a bunch of kids killing in other in cold blood!
The relationships that Katnis develops throughout the story are interesting. There is definitely a weird love triangle at play but it doesn't over shadow the rest of the story or the underlying message.
Definitely a book to get you thinking about society and cruelty as a source of pleasure. I also liked the interview Collins does at the end where she talks about how she got the idea for the book.
Couldn't wait to read Catching Fire after I finished this!
I like fantasy type books that almost seem to blur the lines of fantasy and reality.
"A surprising delight"
I bought this book after seeing that it was on sale and also had good reviews. I'm glad I did. The book made me tense up at times, at others I wanted to cry. I felt emotions for the characters and the story kept my interest through out the entire book. It left me wanting more. Needless to say, I purchased the second book of the trilogy.
There were only a few things missing in it that prevented it from giving 5 stars. The characters didn't pop out at me as much as I would have liked and I found myself making up most of their features. (this could have been due to me missing out on parts due to interruptions at home). Also, the narrator was odd. She sounded angry and sharp at parts that I thought would sound better said in a less forcefull way. Still, I got used to her tone and it was only a slight disruption in the story.
Overall a good book to listen to. I would recommend.
"Adults should read this book!"
My teenager convinced me to read this book because she was reading it in class, and I am so glad she did. This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. The author is a great storyteller. It is sad and exciting and gripping. the story of a girl trying to survive against all odds being against her. The characters grab your imagination and hold on. I recommend this book to all adults, its not just and adolescent story.
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"A wonderful creative book"
Such an interesting morality tale, filled with description, tragedy and characters. This is the best book in the series. I didn't realize it was juvenile fiction, and it really didn't matter. This is a book that is entertaining for adults. I thought the narration was wonderful, and the characters realistic and sufficiently complex. There is enough fantasy in this to be interesting to those who like to read stories that are "other worldly" but it is not a true fantasy, so those who like active drama will like it too.
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After doing a little research to find a book a little more intellectually challenging for my 12 year old son I settled on The Hunger Games. I wanted to read the book with him, but he lives 200 miles away with his mother, so I dropped the credit here on Audible and listened on my commute to work. The book is obviously geared towards a younger crowd than this 43 year old, but let me tell you....I couldn't get enough! I really looked forward to my hour long commute so that I could find out what happened next. Highly recommend. And my son? He had already finished and was 3/4 of the way through the sequel Catching Fire before I finished The Hunger Games! We will definetely be discussing all three books in the series.
"Don't normally like this genre, but LOVED this"
What a fascinating story of life in the future imitating art - reality TV that is. I've never been attracted to reality TV shows, but this story shows how that fascination can go totally awry when integrated into a greedy government that exhibits maximum control over its subjects.
Katniss is strong and heroic and utterly human. I can't wait to read the next one in the series.
"Gratuitous violence distracts from good writing"
There are very few books that I wished I hadn't read, but this series falls into that category.
I'll try to make this short, and what I wished someone had told me before I started book one. I was uneasy with the plot line of kids killing other kids for the entertainment of a debauched population, but I hoped that the violence would be PG since this was a teen book. Not the case. If you like constant graphic gratuitous violence, you'll love this! The mutilations and deaths start right away, and build and build throughout the series. By book three everyone is getting shot and burned and beaten and tortured and killed. Awesome!
The main character is self-centered and emotionally stunted and does not develop at all in the course of the books. I'm embarrassed that I kept reading to find out what happened. Really not worth it.
"Sensational yet modest...."
This book was excellent. It took exactly 10 minutes to be completely sucked into the story. It is easy to relate to the herione and easy to share her emptions. This is an exciting story for teens and up!


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JimHenderson / Eyewitness Sports Director
NEWORLEANS-- The post game laments of Falcon fans Sunday were those of Saints fans in the 'Bad Ole Days' 'We abandoned the run too quickly, we got out-coached, we just can't beat those guy.'
The Falcons were 'those guys' for the Saints all too often in a rivalry the Falcons dominated for long stretches of time. In the late 70s and early 80s Atlanta won nine of 10. In the late 90s, the Falcons won 10 of 10.
But now, under Payton/Brees, the pendulum has swung decisively the other way, defying the odds as odds were defied and thankfully for the Saints reinforced in Sunday's win.
In winning for the ninth time in 11 games against the Falcons in the Payton/Brees era, the Saints rushed the football for just 41 yards and a 2.6 yard-per-carry average. And yet, with virtually no running threat, Brees was completing 17 of 19 off play action for 212 yards and two touchdowns. That's 89 percent against a Falcons defense that was allowing just a 56 percent completion rate against play action.
As the Saints were losing the coin flip to begin overtime, the 11th time in 11 flips this season the opposition has won it, the Falcons' chances of winning increased. Fifty-nine percent of the coin flip winners in overtime win the game.
But, after a three-and-out for both offenses and an exchange of punts, Falcon coach Mike Smith made his second bold and some would say foolhardy decision.
A failed onsides kick with over four minutes to play in regulation and trailing by three had been the first. A penalty on Jimmy Graham that negated a Kasay field goal bailed Smith out in regulation.
He would not be so fortunate in overtime with the temerity to go for it on fourth and inches at the Falcon 29.
It'll go down in the annals of this fierce rivalry as 'fourth and dumb.' To convert would have marginally increased the Falcons' chances of winning. To fail to convert would mean almost certain defeat.
A statistical analysis shows that the Falcons' chances of winning the game in overtime after giving the Saints the ball there were just 18 percent.
One stop and three plays later, John Kasay was putting the game-winner from 26 yards away 'right down Peachtree.' In the Falcons' path to the playoffs, Mike Smith had dug himself a pretty substantial pot hole.
Something the folk in New Orleans are far more used to encountering and navigating in the NFL than our friends in the ATL.


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Luck of the Irish follows Sandy Coggan Erickson into her labors for La Jolla
Sandy Coggan Erickson attended La Jolla Elementary School, graduated from La Jolla High School in 1962 and received a bachelor's degree from the UCLA in 1965. She married Dave Erickson and worked for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services. She returned to La Jolla in 1973 when her husband accepted a job at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).
During the 1970s, she coordinated the early childhood education program at Pacific Beach Elementary School, served on the Board of San Diego Junior Theatre in Balboa Park, was a Girl Scout troop leader, and a volunteer with the Boy Scouts. During the '80s, she owned Erickson Consulting, a computer training company. She offered her classes through Computerland of San Diego owned by La Jollans Norm Dinnsen and Dave McDonough.
Erickson has been a volunteer at La Jolla High School for more than 20 years. She founded the LJHS Alumni Association in 1991 and is president of the Foundation of La Jolla High School. This year marks the high school's 90
anniversary and she is chairing the "Celebrating Ninety Years on Nautilus" committee.
The Ericksons, along with Rita and Richard Atkinson, are honorary co-chairs of the La Jolla Historical Society's "Partners for History" capital campaign to raise funds for the restoration of Wisteria Cottage, donated by Ellen Revelle and family. To date, the campaign has received more than $1.6 million toward its $2 million goal.
What brought you to La Jolla?
My father was hired as manager of Convair in San Diego in 1952 so my family moved from Detroit to La Jolla. My brother Barry and I thought we had arrived in paradise.
What makes this area special to you?
The beautiful Pacific Ocean, fascinating sea life, spectacular sunsets and the amazing Green Flash were special to me as an eight-year-old and will be forever.
What would you add, subtract or improve in the area?
I would add more funding to ensure the conservation of our fragile coastline, remove the people (both pro and con) from the seal controversy circus at the Children's Pool so one could walk the coastline in peace, and improve safe public access to our beaches.
Who or what inspires you?
My father, by example, inspired me to use my time and talents for the support of the things I care about … my family, my alma mater (La Jolla High School) and our unique community (La Jolla Historical Society).
If you hosted a dinner for eight, whom (living or deceased) would you invite?
My parents, Bonnie and Sandy Coggan; their parents, Bernard and Blanche Coggan and Carl and Leota Creagan; and my husband, Dave, so I could hear the answers to the questions I failed to ask when they were ALL alive. I now have only my mother who can no longer communicate, and my husband who is my best friend. I truly regret not having more family oral history.
What are you five favorite movies of all time?
Bambi – the first movie I saw in a theater.


text: ^^^ That is old. 60s definitely... possibly 50s. Check the Union Label. If it has an "R" in a circle in the lower left of the graphic, 1962 - 1976(?) - ish. No "R" in a circle, 1949 - 1962. Different graphic that seems more "busy" possibly even older. Nice find if it's in good condition.