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ORANGE PARK, Fla. - Officials have agreed to delay a pregnant woman's prison sentence until her baby is born.
The Florida Times-Union reports Shatraya Anatricia Watson is due to give birth Jan. 20. U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton and prosecutors agreed Monday to let Watson report to jail on March 1 to serve an 18-month prison sentence for her part in a scheme that generated millions in false income tax returns.
The newspaper reports Watson and six others used stolen identities to file 880 bogus returns. According to court documents, Watson is required to make restitution for the $425,000 she helped steal.
About 25 people showed up in court to support Watson, including her fiance and a pastor.
Tax scheme ringleader Bryan Copeland was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
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Everyone these days is throwing their opinion at Win8. I certainly read a bunch of reviews, both negative and positive.But, as with most everything in this life, trying stuff is better then reading about it.So, I figured I just install Win8 on my laptop and see what's the fuss all about.
INSTALLINGThe installing process went fine and smooth. It begins with a Win7 feel, but then it's shorter at the end, less unwanted info and settings.
STARTING UPIt starts with the Start screen. Immediately, I felt lost. But I remembered the "mouse pointer in the top-right corner" info presented during the install process. It goes to show a sidebar on the same right side. A useful one, where you can reach the Control Panel by way of Settings cog icon.
But then I discovered the Desktop tile and things started to look familiar... almost. What, no Start button? Again, my feel was that something is not right.
I start looking into IE10. Nothing spectacular. And then I go and install Firefox.
GETTING USED TOAfter a few minutes, things start to click. I get the hang of the WinKey, it's what you use to switch between the Start screen and the Desktop.
Then I start to play with the tiles in the start screen. Right click on them and you get a bottom bar with options (the context menu). Right click on another one to form a tile group. The options in the bottom context menu are now for the grouped tiles.
After a while it's starting to make sense. I need more time with the Start screen, but I think I like it now. Still, 75% of the initial tiles are gone now.
HARDWAREIt's still not quite right. The problem is with the video cards drivers (I have a Intel HD 3000 and a GeForce 540M). I go and download the latest drivers, and things start to be even more attractive.
Nothing else more I need. It's snappy and smooth.
MORE SOFTWAREI begin prospecting the use of Win8 as a replacement for Win7 now. So I install a few more things: Skype, K-Lite. It turns out the video experience is better on Win8. I delete a few new tiles in the Start screen and reorder a few things there. It's starting to look like Win8 is not that bad after all.
GOING BACK TO WIN7It's time to get back to Win7. A restart shows something interesting. Win8 boot loader starts Win8 and a screen let's you choose between Win8 and Win7 (I installed them as dual boot).
Choosing Win7 results in a reboot, this time straight into Win7.
WIN7 SUCKSThat was my first impression.
It turns out the desktop in Win7 in unattractive now. Too many icons, gadgets and so on. Win7 feels now like the overweight and slow relative of Win8.
Sure, it has the Start button... but after a while, it appears I'm no longer missing it in Win8.
FINAL THOUGHTSWhile running the Win8 tests, I was under the impression that there were some lags. My laptop is pretty well rounded, it has 8Gigs of RAM, an 2.4 GHz Intel i5 Sandy CPU.
But returning to Win7, now it seems like Win7 runs slower instead. It seems that the tile interface and animations may have something to do with my perception. Manually installing video drivers seem to also have a part in it.
CONCLUSIONAt start, it may seem like it's missing out on some stuff like the Start button, or the bottom bar in Android.
But, after what, 30 minutes of use, even though I have to admit I started a little biased against Win8, and after returning to Win7 from Win8, it seems like Win8 managed to change my mind and it looks like an improvement from Win7.
That's my personal opinion, of course. Feel free to add more info from your own experience.
Interesting! Would you mind posting a screenshot of your start screen/desktop? It'd be interesting to see what it looks like after someone has tweaked it away from defaults. I might give it a try. I am sceptical but it sounds like you were too so perhaps it can win me over yet!
It's possible that win7 was slower after using win8 because of some way the two interact, to be a fair test each windows version would have to go onto its own computer (both identical hardware), with a brand new hard drive so that there's not any remnants of another os to have any affect.
I haven't used Windows 8 for long, but I found the jarring of moving between the metro and aero ui's really bad.At first glance, it felt like Windows 7 with a fancy new dashboard but I'm sure there's deeper changes than that.
frankly speaking i never used windows 8 and after this thread i think i will never even try)))thanks)
Here you go: http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s490/itmitica/itmitica-win8-test.jpg
Now I'm installing BitDefender Internet Security 2013 Trial. I guess I have 30 days now to decide upon both.
I tried to install Kaspersky Internet Security 2012, but it denied it, based on some compatibility issues.
Could you be more specific, please? I'm not sure how an offline OS would get in the way...
Looks like *****. a start screen with tiles? stupid. the start button has always worked perfectly fine. if you want to change that adapt a dock system like Mac OS (for the record im not a fan of Mac in general - but there are elements i do like). this whole tile thing looks like the xbox dashboard. Im fairly sure the Xbox dashboard was a prototype/pre-launch version of win 8. The tile system does not make sense for a desktop (or game console) OS.Tiles like that belong on touch screen devices only.
Win8 looks fresh and interesting. I'll definitely give it a try, but only after it goes through a half year testing phase )
Hey! No need to get so fired up.
Your classic windows desktop with classic shortcuts is the same with the Start screen with tiles. The fact that you can scroll the tiles in the Start screen looks pretty good, as opposed to the rigid desktop.
It still does. If you want your desktop experience together with a Start button, it can happen: http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s490/itmitica/itmitica-win8-start-menu.jpg
But that's not the way. Win8 tries exactly this: a separation from of these three classic concepts: desktop, taskbar, shortcuts.
I'm not so sure about that.
Tiles can be big or small.Tiles can be grouped in distinct tile screens, that can be swiped or scrolled individually.Just like Android 4 screens or Linux multiple desktops, only in a different manner. Which is good. If it's a plus, we'll have to wait and see.
You can easily access all your apps by right clicking the Start screen and clicking on the "All Apps" in the bottom context bar: http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s490/itmitica/itmitica-win8-all-apps.jpg, where you can pin/unpin, uninstall, along with a whole lot more other operations.
Everything seems like it has a whole lot more space to bread. You just have to understand things in screens and tiles as opposed to a single desktop with shortcuts.
The Start screen and the clutter free Desktop and the much clearer taskbar certainly add more dynamics to Win8. I admit it's a little confusion to be fought against at first, but I still haven't given up yet because it's not that hard really, to understand this new way.
For me, performance wise, it's something like Win7 is Win'95 and Win8 is Win'98. Let's wait and see if it needs a Second Edition.
You should learn a thing or two from Android users. They don't take the changes so badly, like, for example, from Gingerbread to ICS. In fact, they welcome every new version with great enthusiasm. And I certainly enjoyed my jump from Gingerbread to ICS.
I am an android user (phone), i just dont think my LG Optimus+ can upgrade to ICS.
it just seems to me win8 is better suited to touch screens than desktop pc's.
As much as i have issues with Apple, i think they proved a good point with Lon - Multiple desktops works extremely well (something linux has done before, i know) and the dock system (in all OS X versions) seems to be a very reliable way to keep your desktop uncluttered. i think Win should adopt a dock-like system where you can put shortcuts to your most used programs/apps and have a start button on the left end like they have always done with their toolbar.
I think it would be much better suited for desktop devices and they can still run their xbox-dashboard-style win8 for touch screen devices.
oh and Win98 was CRAP. it was still better than vista but it was the vista of its day. 98 had so many errors and necessitated so many re-installs it was pathetic.
I don't have much experience with OSX, so I can't really make a valid comment on that. But it seems to me like you're saying "dock it" while I'm saying "pin it".
A "pin it" that's different from Win7, with a lot more real estate (the Start screen) in Win8 and with a lot more options.
There were a lot of improvements from Win95, and Win98 SE certainly was a successful OS in my book. It's just that Win98 got off on the wrong foot, the famous BSoD. After all, if you don't make mistakes, then you're not working on hard enough problems.
On a PC, I feel like the metro interface will only be useful to casual users. I often have several programs and windows open, and I need the taskbar to flip between them easily, in addition to needing those programs to not be full screen. Do you know if Win8 will allow us to skip the metro start screen and just boot straight into the desktop app?
The Desktop tile gets you to the desktop. The only thing missing is the Start button. You can have your shortcuts on desktop as in previous versions. You can have stacked windows in the desktop, the same way you did in previous versions. And the taskbar is there too.
Or tools like Classic Shell: http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/
It looks like this: http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s490/itmitica/itmitica-win8-start-menu-classic-shel.jpg
It seems that Accessories, for example, is missing from the Program menu in the Start menu. I don't think is a big issue.
After you install Classic Shell, Win8 starts with the Start screen but it automatically switches, after a few seconds, to Desktop. You still have access to Start screen, but not with the WinKey, which now opens up the Start menu, the classic behavior, but by moving the mouse in the upper right or lower right corners to reveal the side bar.
It seems to be under Windows Accessories now.
...or the charms bar as they call it, each token there is a charm.
My experience so far, is that even thought the Start screen has somewhat replaced the Start button, there are still too many clicks involved in the Start screen to get things done properly, every new program installation adds too many garbage tiles to the Start screen and accessing the full Apps screens is, again, a few too many clicks away by default.
I really like the ICS few buttons that make the difference: the Menu button in the upper right corner is one of them.
Win8 is looking pretty awful from a business and IT standpoint. It seems like a fisher-price operating system.
Somehow, I see Windows 7 taking a similar position to that of XP until Windows 9 arrives.
I suspect they're going to make a few changes in the distros until October.
OSX has been playing that card for years and getting away with it. Most users aren't competent professionals. They need hand holding and things to be as simplistic (yet limiting) as possible.
I agree. Simple is better for the average user. Not sure if power users would accept it as a default from Windows though. But I am a little attracted to keeping things separate like the Start screen tries to.
And there is the question of whether or not those paying for an upgrade from Win7 to Win8 are in fact paying for what should be a free Win7 SP2.
I've tried another one, Start 8 from Stardock: http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/
It's actually a very good one. It brings the Start screen as a Start menu callable by the added classic Start button:
It may be just what I need if I want to keep the Desktop experience when switching to Win8. Looks pretty stable so far and it has the option to boot into Desktop, bypassing the Start screen.


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Camp Runs from August 13-14; Open to 8th Grade Through Seniors
SAINT LEO, Fla. - Saint Leo Baseball School, Inc. is proud to announce the Lions Summer Showcase Camp running August 13-14, 2011.
Open to 8th graders through seniors, the camp will provide instruction and evaluation in the areas of baseball mechanics and will encompass hitting, fielding, throwing, base running, etc. The Lions' baseball staff is second-to-none, consisting of Head Coach Russ McNickle, Pitching Coach Keith Strickland and Assistant Coach Lee Parks.
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Supervisor Bill Horn's first campaign event of the 2014 election was, in terms of stagecraft, Pattonesque.
Speaking in a cavernous jet hangar at busy McClellan Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, intermittently interrupted by planes taking off, framed by a U.S. flag so large it could fly over an auto park, General — er, Supervisor — Horn was looming larger than life.
You half-expected Big Bill to strap on his old Marine steel helmet, whip out a riding crop, and exhort us not to die for North County but to make (expletive deleted) sure the enemy to the south died for their godforsaken urban homeland.
Billed as the "State of the North County Address," this super-sized opening shot in his sixth supervisorial campaign was memorable for a number of reasons:
• At 70, Horn appears as comfortable in his political skin as I've ever seen him (and I've been covering him off and on for two decades). Sure, Moby Bill has a bunch of old rusty harpoons hanging off his back — unsquashed rumors of an affair with his former chief of staff, embarrassing worker conditions and building permit issues on his Valley Center ranch, evidence that developers would stoop to any tactic to funnel money into his re-election — and yet, here he is, touting the county's Triple A bond ratings, making San Diego "the first or second most financially sound county in the country."
Derisively called "Bulldozer Bill," here he is, an environmental statesman of sorts, touting one of his pet projects, park land along the San Luis Rey River.
• Though board chairman of the North County Transit District, Horn consciously sidestepped a steaming pile of dung. After a pro-Carlsbad opening video in which Horn appeared to be run over by a north-south Coaster train in mid-sentence, he elicited knowing chuckles when he said, "I won't get into the east-west (train) at the moment."
He noted that Matt Tucker, NCTD director, was not in the crowd. "He's out riding a bus," Horn cracked.
• Horn welcomed dramatic changes in county leadership: After nearly 14 years, a new CAO; after 18 years, a new supervisor in Dave Roberts, who was in the audience. To refute the inference that revolution is in the air, Horn repeated that the county "is still on the same course." His course.
Horn could have been looking right at Oceanside Mayor Jim Wood, sitting in one of the front rows. Wood, serially humiliated on his council, has that lean and hungry look for the highest office in the northern land.
• Horn's genius has always been that he thinks in practical, not lofty, terms. He brings home bacon in slabs and throws it in front of voters. His big 2014 trophy would be an extension of the Carlsbad airport, a magnet for larger, quieter aircraft.
All about business, Horn created the San Diego North Economic Development Council to be his personal megaphone for growth. He's put similar marks on gang task forces and libraries. As a transactional politician, he's got some trophies and he's not shy about displaying them.
• An ideological foe of big government, state and federal, Horn promises to fight the sequestration-related closing of the Ramona Airport tower. He painted a picture of Cal Fire tankers struggling without air-traffic control, a prescription for disaster. He called federal budget-cutting priorities "foolish," a view that resonates like electronic bagpipes among Republicans.
• After 18 years in office, Horn has become a virtuoso at playing North County against the city of San Diego, arguably the most durable political thread in the region. Horn said that North County and the city have become roughly equal in population and therefore, North County should be the same "powerhouse." "We have almost enough to combat the city of San Diego," he said. "We shouldn't allow them to do what they've done in the past."
• Mellowing his macho Christian soldier image, Horn went out of his way to reach out to Roberts, a gay Democrat. "I'm going to show him what a taco shop looks like," he joked.
• Before each election, conventional wisdom suggests that Horn, of all the incumbent supervisors, is the most vulnerable. In past elections, that view has been largely borne out by narrow victories.
Frankly, I don't think that wisdom is still wise.
If he runs for re-election, the other Supervisor Roberts (Republican Ron) will face a tougher test in a city that keeps getting bluer.
After deflecting one negative hit after another, it just may be that Horn's skin, always thick, has hardened into armor that no IED could pierce. His most virulent critics have punched themselves out.
He may be a son of a gun, but he's our big son of a gun who gets stuff done and doesn't mince words.
No matter who runs against Horn — Wood, San Marcos Mayor Jim Desmond, county Planning Commissioner Peder Norby or someone else with the money and the moxie (in that order) — they'd better know that, like the gigantic American flag mounted behind him Thursday morning, Horn has grown in office to the point where it would require a battle-hardened army (with planes and tanks) to defeat him.


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Tiger off to a hot start at 4-under for the day and 7-under for the tournament after 7 holes in the second round. He sits just two strokes off the lead. Is it just me or are there a ton of good golfers these days. The leaderboard shows Dufner, Woods, Watson, Garcia, Singh, Poulter, Rose and Choi all in the top ten. Nevermind that McIlroy, Westwood, Donald and Mickelson aren't in the field. Just a bunch of players that can go low out there now. Graeme McDowell was at even par after the first round and cards a nine-under on Friday to grab a share of the lead.
Tiger must have that putter going. He has hit every green in regulation today through seven holes. He has birdied 4,5,6 and 7. He averaged 2.0 putts per hole yesterday. Today, so far, he is at 1.571.
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EAST Lancashire has seen record A-level results – and here colleges pick out their most outstanding pupils.
Burnley College Lucy Durkin got an A*, A and B. She will now study midwifery at the University of Manchester.
Nathan Bend achieved an A*, A and B in his history, business studies and ICT and heads to the University of Leeds to study history.
Nelson and Colne College Emily Boocock, of Winewall, got an A* and two As and will read classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Emily Cannon, of Barnoldswick, who has gained 4 As, will study history at Pembroke College Oxford University.
Nabila Azam, a former student of Marsden Heights, achieved an A* and two As and is going to study optometry at the University of Manchester.
Sahira Khurshid is off to study medicine at Lancaster University after getting an A* and two As in her A-levels including biology, chemistry and psychology.
Emma Mitchell got an A* and two As and heads to King's College London to read Maths.
Thomas Whitham Sixth Form Brogan Robertson, Aisha Hashmi, Holly O'Brien and Tanya Mussawer all achieved three A/A* grades Daniel Byrne, Lewis Foster, Alexandra Wood, Safia Bibi, Tom Medley and Sohail Marcola achieved two A*s.
St Mary's College Patrick Scott,18, of Whalley, got two A*s in history and English language and literture plus three A grades in mathematics, physics and critical thinking. He is off to Worcester College, Oxford Univesity to read English John Bolton, 18, of Burnley, gained two A*s in mathematics and further mathematics with an extra A grade in computing and an A grade for mathematics in his advanced extension award.
Sajeel Khan, 18, of Blackburn, got two A*s in chemistry and Information and commun-ication technology plus a further two A grades in Biology and Mathematics.
Peter Kellaway, 18, of Whalley, achieved two A*s in mathematics and further mathematics plus an A grade in economics. Peter is off to Durham University to read Natural Sciences Mohammed Rafiq, from Blackburn, got two A*s in chemistry and mathematics plus an A grade in mathematics. He heads to Manchester University to study Pharmacy Tom Waddington,18, of Blackburn gained two A*s in graphics and digital photography with another A grade in physics. Tom is off to Liverpool University to study Architecture.
St Wilfrid's Cof E High School and Technology College.
Twins Annie and Joe Barnes gained A,A,A and A*,A,A repsectively and are both going on the study at Leeds University Twins Rebecca and Charlotte Gregory got A*, A,A and A*, A, B respectively. Rebecca is going to study history at Newcastle University while Charlotte will be reading English Language with linguistics at Sheffield University. Daniel Haydon gained three A*s in maths, physics and art and an A in chemistry and will be studying physics and Astronomy at Durham University.


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Radar Sounding and Imaging of Glacial and Sea Ice: Status and Future
Prasad Gogineni, University of Kansas
Friday, February 24, 2012, 3:30pm
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This seminar is part of the Jones Seminars on Science, Technology, and Society series
Satellite observations are currently showing that parts of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are undergoing rapid changes, including glacier speed-up in Greenland and ice shelf disintegration in Antarctica. The disintegration is followed by the speed-up of glaciers buttressed by the ice shelves. Information concerning bed conditions and topography is crucial to understanding the processes causing rapid changes and developing improved ice-sheet models. Satellite observations are also revealing that sea ice extent and thickness are decreasing. Thickness of snow over sea ice is important to estimating sea ice thickness from free-board measurements. Radars coupled with advanced signal processing techniques operated on long-range aircraft can be used for characterizing the ice bed and determining snow thickness over large areas. CReSIS developed radar instrumentation that includes systems operating over the frequency range from 140 MHz to 18 GHz. We have been operating these radars on a variety of aircraft to collect data over key areas of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, as well as over Arctic and Antarctic sea ice. We successfully sounded the three most challenging glaciers in Greenland and generated bed topography maps for these glaciers. To reduce surface clutter, we used synthetic aperture radar (SAR) processing in the along-track direction and Minimum Variance Distortionless Response (MVDR) array processing in the cross-track direction. Radars with SAR and array processing enabled the sounding of more than 3-km thick ice from a jet aircraft flying at 9000 m above the ice surface. We demonstrated that we can map near-surface internal layers with fine range resolution of about 5 cm. We also mapped snow thickness over sea ice with radars being operated on long-range aircraft. In this talk, the scientific requirements for acquiring the data needed to develop next-generation ice-sheet models and associated technical challenges will be presented. I will show sample results obtained with current radars over glacial and sea ice. I will also discuss improved systems that can be developed to support future polar scientific research and operational applications.
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Dr. Gogineni is the Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Kansas with more than two decades of research and teaching experience in radar remote sensing of the Earth, including polar regions. Dr. Gogineni served as the Director of the Radar Systems and Remote Sensing Laboratory at the University of Kansas before serving as Manager of NASA's Polar Research Programs during 1997-1999. He is currently the Director of the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS). Dr. Gogineni and his colleagues at CReSIS have successfully demonstrated SAR imaging of the ice-bed interface and generated fine-resolution 3-D topography of an ice bed. Gogineni received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, in 1984. He has authored or co-authored over 90 archival journal publications and more than 200 technical reports and conference presentations. His research interests include the application of radars to the remote sensing of the polar ice sheets, sea ice, ocean, atmosphere, and land. He developed several radar systems currently being used at the University of Kansas for sounding and imaging of polar ice sheets, and has also participated in field experiments in the Arctic and Antarctica. Dr. Gogineni is a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of URSI Commission F, the American Geophysical Union, the International Glaciological Society, and the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society. He was given the NASA Terra Award in 1998. In 2002, he received the Louise Byrd Graduate Educator Award at the University of Kansas and conducted research at the University of Tasmania as a Fulbright Senior Scholar.


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Since I started buying organic food, I have become more conscious than ever of wasting any precious (and expensive) nutritious food. This has resulted in some creative uses of leftovers which – even if I say so myself – have been delicious and many times downright inspired.
Today's lunch was a simple gem of leftovers and summer herb garden alchemy.
I had some leftover roasted tomatoes from Sunday and some left over garlic bread from Monday night. Both too good to waste. So I made my own roasted tomato bruschetta.
I chopped up the tomatoes which had been roasted in olive oil, balsamic, salt and pepper, added some finely chopped red onion and picked some fresh basil from the garden.
I fried the leftover garlic bread in a frypan on medium heat until both sides were golden brown.
Then I added the basil – torn into small pieces – to the tomato and onion mix, stirred it well and spooned it on the top of the garlic bread
It turned out remarkably well, I even indulged a little la dolce vita and poured myself a small glass of red vino to wash it all down – another rustic and delicious meal of leftovers!


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PHILADELPHIA - The Penn men's and women's swimming teams will send squads to the University of Virginia this weekend for the Cavalier Invitational, a two-day meet on Friday and Saturday that follows a prelims/finals format. Racing will start at 10 a.m. each day with the finals to begin at 6 p.m. each evening.
Unlike some competitions Penn has raced in past years, this weekend's race will be scored as opposed to a meet designed simply for best times. The other six schools that the Quakers will compete against are Drexel, Duke, James Madison, Old Dominion, Virginia and William & Mary.
A total of 14 men will represent the Red and Blue, with seven seniors - Conor Blackwood, Ryan Carey, Christopher Delafuente, Chris Fleming, Nick Johnson, Ryan Littlefield and Logan Ware - making their collegiate send-off. They will be joined by 13 members of the women's team, including two, Tatiana McLaughlan and Erica Pangilinan, who will also be making their final appearance for Penn.
Eighteen events - all swimming - are on the docket over the two days of competition. Penn will take to the blocks in five relays along with 13 individual events.
This weekend marks the end of the regular season for both teams, with the Ivy League Championships to follow. The women's championship will be held February 28-March 2 at Princeton's DeNunzio Pool. The men's championships will follow a week later, from March 7-9, at Brown's Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center.


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New Orleans — Two teenagers accused of raping a Garden District woman earlier this week during a robbery and kidnapping will find out if they will be tried as adults next week.
Judge Amy Kern granted attorneys representing Sheldon Jefferson, 15, and Joseph Davis, 16, a delay until Monday morning before she rules on whether there is probable cause to hold both defendants on armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated rape charges.
Kern made the ruling Friday after court-appointed attorneys Greg Lewis and Peter Hamilton asked for the delay in order to review their clients' cases. If probable cause is found on the rape and kidnapping charges, both teenagers would be immediately sent to Orleans Parish Criminal Court to be tried as adults, and they could face as much as 60 years in state prison.
The two juveniles are accused of kidnapping, robbing and raping a 30-year-old woman on Feb. 4 as she was getting out of her car in front of her home on Eighth Street.
Police also have arrested Christopher Davis, 18, for aggravated rape, aggravated battery and armed robbery in the case. Davis was booked as an adult and is being held on more than $1.5 million bond.
Joseph Davis and Christopher Davis are not related.
Lewis said he needs time to review his client's case to see if there are any challenges that need to be made to the probable cause provided for Jefferson's arrest.
Jefferson turned himself in at the urging of his mother shortly after police released a photo taken from an ATM during the alleged robbery.
Hours after New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas announced Jefferson's arrest, police arrested the other suspects.
Lewis noted that if probable cause is found, state law mandates that the juvenile suspects be handled as adults by the court system because of the severity of the charges against them. He acknowledged that Jefferson's decision to turn himself in does impact the proceedings.
"It makes it very difficult to challenge probable cause," Lewis said.
In addition, court records show that after Jefferson's mother brought him to police, he confessed to police his involvement in the crimes. According to Magistrate Court records, Jefferson told police that he and the other suspects picked up the victim in front of her home at gunpoint, and then drove her to multiple ATMs so they could withdraw money using her credit card.
While they were driving through the neighborhood, the teenagers raped the victim multiple times, according to the court records. They then threw her out of a moving vehicle back in her neighborhood, the records state. Jefferson also implicated the other suspects in the crime.
Serpas called the crime "ruthless" and "terrible" on Thursday, and Mayor Mitch Landrieu said it's the type of incident that will not be tolerated in New Orleans.
Serpas also praised the work of detectives who he said worked around the clock to find the suspects. He added that although Jefferson is facing several decades in prison, his family made the right choice in turning him in to police. Jefferson's mother was at court but did not speak to the media.
"A message to the relatives of the 15-year-old suspect who encouraged him to turn himself in: Please know that you did the right thing. Thank you," Serpas said in a release.
Lewis said the juvenile court system is designed to give juveniles a chance at rehabilitation because of the idea that children are still capable of change. However, those options are more limited when the accusations are so severe.
"I believe we need to afford them a chance at saving themselves, even if the mistake they've made may be really rough," Lewis said.
The case has attracted massive media attention and resident support, Serpas has noted. Police received numerous tips from the public about the crime, and he and Landrieu praised citizen involvement. The crime shocked the victim's quiet Garden District neighborhood both for its savageness and random nature.
Francesca Brennan, a friend of the victim, described the community as very safe and close-knit. She said the victim appears to be handling the ordeal well.


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Thunder smash!
12 Monkeys
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
What was your route?
a nice easy 10 with a couple fellow monkeys.
S&M Collector
I like how you call that easy.
I like how after 10 miles of listening to me tell you that you should be running your long runs much easier (and you agreeing) you still ran your long run at your marathon pace. Well done Candice.
Well ... maybe that's not my marathon pace anymore??
Oh and...I told you i'd have to ask you again so that I could write it all down. About the speedwork, I mean.
tell you that you should be running your long runs much easier
Do you have a race that you can base a realistic new MP on? Either way, if you were burnt at mile 13 of a long run that's supposed to be easy (obviously that depends on your training plan) then you were going too hard. Do you have a training plan for the monkey yet? If not, you should start to formulate one. Are you going to have ST or something coach you, or just going at it yourself?
Trent, speaking of monkey training (which is obviously futile), I put on my Saturday best and ventured to the south side on Saturday. Anyway, driving back from Brentwood, I came upon an intersection that looked very familiar to me. I THINK it was the place that you, me, Silke, and Shelly began our run on that one weekend mornning. It was snowy and hilly and memorable. Pehaps HWY 31 and Moore's lane?
Do you have this course mapped out? I'd like to run it again sometime.......maybe somewhere between Tupelo/HOA and the K2K weekend.
...so it really doesn't matter if I run my training runs too fast at this point. I'll train correctly for Boston.
50,000 Miles Later
Speaking as one of the growing crowd of people who have enjoyed stress fractures to one of the people who is worried about getting one...Suddenly doing a run that is substantially faster and longer than anything you've been doing is truly the most wondrous way to proud ownership of your very own stress fracture.
At least it was for me. That's exactly how I got mine years ago. And it took me about 4-5 months to get back to where I'd been. So, just to say, it may actually matter a lot if you run your training runs too fast even 7 months before Boston.


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HOUSTON - Two pilots who were wrongly detained for nearly a year and a half in a Panama jail returned home to Houston on Wednesday to a heroes' welcome.
Carl Moody and Kenneth Chonoski were greeted with cheers and hugs at Bush Intercontinental Airport.
The men were held in Panama for 17 months after being accused of money laundering. The charges were dropped last week, allowing them to finally come home.
"We've missed you all. Missed everybody. Nice thing is we're home and we don't have to go back," Moody said.
The trouble began in May 2011 when the two were piloting an American Jet International charter flight from Honduras to Panama.
"We had just finished a concert in Central America and were flying the promoters back to their home country and the passengers actually had a suitcase full of cash," said Roger Woolsey, AJI president.
The suitcase had more than $2 million in cash and Panamanian inspectors began asking questions.
"Then they immediately asked whose bags are these and the passengers quickly said they didn't know," Woolsey said.
Everyone on board was detained.
"It's a cumbersome system and it takes a while to work your way through it. But we got through it and innocence prevailed and we're home and we're ready to go back to our lives," Chonoski said.
The ordeal forced Chonoski and his fiancé to postpone their wedding three times. They plan to finally have their wedding.
Moody said he and his wife are also moving on.
"Relax. Take a couple of months. Joann and I are going to get in our motor home and we're going to tour around in the bus and see some people. And if we still have a job, go back to work," Moody said.
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Tory Burch Fall 2012
"It's the story of a prim girl who is interested in the wrong guy," Tory Burch said backstage at her show on Valentine's Day, appropriately enough, moments before it started. "She ends up going off with him on the back of a bike. I'd been watching [Kar Wai Wong's] In the Mood for Love, so I was thinking about this idea of looking very polished and pulled together. This prim girl, then. . . Burch gently interrupted my comment with a laugh—"Well, she's not that prim. . . . " So it would seem. When it comes to romance, no tale is more compelling than that of love on the wrong side of the tracks, of the previously virtuous and good going way off the primrose path, simply because it always means that there is an alluring shadow to all the sweetness.
That, in essence, is what Burch was thinking about for fall: How you can take a pretty and decorous idea of dressing, all lace and brocade and plissé tulle and chiffon, and render it so that at any minute that very same girl might let her hair down and go a little crazy? Or even maybe a whole lot crazy? For all its idea of refinement, with its neat tweed skirt suits, and floral appliqué sheath dresses, and silk cardigans, Burch's boudoir chic hinted at some potential badass biker chick attitude, too. The silhouette was lean, but every now and then it would flare out with a peplum here and a hem with a fan of feathery pleats there, as if releasing all that suppressed erotic tension with the clothing equivalent of a deep sigh. There were pants as tight as a hairpin turn, worn with coats in a glossy oxblood patent leather or gold lamé. A second-skin leather suit in a metallic blue was worn with tack-sharp pointed slingback pumps, along with one of Burch's fine new purses swinging at the hip, which were rendered in pretty brocades and with tortoiseshell chain straps.
Yet the collection's look also tells one of the bigger narratives that's emerging for fall—concealment. Burch tapped into this story of how to adorn and cover up from head to toe, starting with the hair decorations, through the buttoned-up clothes that shone and fluttered, and which only rarely revealed a flash of skin, to the elbow-length gloves, to the legs dressed in black or plum tights. While coming at it from an entirely different place, Marc Jacobs explored a similar theme only the night before. Clearly, then, there is more than love in the air right now.
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This probably wouldn't happen, but I'm interested to hear some thoughts.
I'll preface this by saying that I love Brandon Rush.
The specific deal:
Brandon Rush and Earl Watson
Ramon Sessions and Wayne Ellington
We'd probably have to throw in a pick.
I know that Minnesota probably wouldn't be interested in this. However, Sessions is a very well paid bench player at this point and Rush would be the most talented wing on their team by far. Rush is a good long-term pairing with Flynn since he's big and not ball-dominant at all.


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COUNCIL relocation plans from North Quay in Weymouth have been backed.
Officers will now consult widely about the proposed front of house office relocation plans and will seek support from unions for the recommended proposals prior to implementation.
Last year Weymouth and Portland Borough Council agreed to dispose of the North Quay site which has been its base for more than 40 years. Refurbishing the offices would cost more than £2 million.
Councillors on the management committee debated the issue and heard proposed plans to relocate operations to three different sites – including moving almost 100 staff to Dorchester.
An amendment by Labour councillors to investigate costs further and refer the issue to a scrutiny committee while also waiting for a decision by the new chief executive was lost on a 6-3 vote.
After much debate the committee agreed to recommendations to relocate 'front office' facilities to the upstairs Mulberry Suite at Weymouth Library, this would be to provide front of house services and areas could be converted for council meetings.
The Crookhill Depot in Chickerell could be used for local and some back office facilities, including hosting the Parking Section cash counting and back office services.
The remaining North Quay staff, including those covering HR, legal, finance and other similar functions, would then move to West Dorset District Council's South Walks House in Dorchester. This is subject to an agreement with the district council.
Relocating would save £220,000 a year.
It was agreed that consultations would be done with the public and unions, stakeholders and staff in respect to the recommendations and that the results should be reported back to a future Management Committee meeting.
A Unison representative raised concerns about the difference between consultation and communication.
Coun Ian Roebuck said that consultation was 'absolutely crucial.' One elected member from each of the three political parties will sit on the project group as part of that consultation process.
Putting the decision into context, Coun Peter Chapman said that between 2010-20 they had a reduction in budget of £9 million, so far they had achieved £6million but there was the 'toughest' £3million to go.
He said: "The end goal is a substantial saving that will protect jobs and protect services."
He added that no-one particularly liked the North Quay building aesthetically and called it an 'eyesore.' The final plans were not in front of them, Mr Chapman said and consultation would be carried out to create the final idea.
He said: "The final decision is not in front of us, but the idea is feasible."
David Clarke, borough council chief executive, sought to reassure members and said that the 'consultation starts now.' Concerns had been raised that with staff moving from working in Weymouth to working in Dorchester, there could be economic repercussions.
But he said: "The real economic effect is based on where people live. We are not changing that."
Poundbury architects Ben Penreath and Associates have been appointed by Weymouth and Portland Borough Council to produce an outline planning application for a 'sympathetic' mixed development for North Quay. They have created an indicative artist's impression of what the site could look like, which complements the work already being done at the nearby old fire station site.
THE Pavilion's Ocean Room will be the temporary site for council meetings until more permanent arrangements can be made.
Councillors had to look at a range of options to house future full council meetings in view of the likelihood that the sale of the Guildhall being concluded by June 2014. The site or venues will house the full council meetings until a new base is created alongside the North Quay move plans, possibly at the Mulberry Suite site.
Many venues had been looked at including schools, and hotels.
A report to councillors suggested that if they wanted the same venue for all meetings between June 2014- May 2015, that the Ocean Rooms was the only option- to which councillors agreed.
Speaking in the public participation section, Councillor Kate Wheller said it would not be appropriate for the council to roam about different places 'like a bunch of travelling clowns' and that the Ocean Room was a good option, with good facilities and parking.


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HOUSTON - When KPRC-TV, Local 2's Morning Cam photojournalist Damon Sales was interviewing residents in Brookshire, Texas, who woke up to the sound of hail hitting the windows of an apartment complex, Michelle Clark had one word for what she said sounded like a shotgun blast: "Kabooyow!"
Now Clark has gone viral. In the age of social media, she's joining the ranks of Internet sensations like Antoine Dodson ("Hide 'ya kids, hide 'ya wife" )and last year's Sweet Brown ("Ain't nobody got time for that").
Four different hashtags on Twitter made their appearance Wednesday:
And Clark has made her way to Buzzfeed, as well.
"We had a hail party at 2 o'clock this morning," Clark said. "Everybody was outside."
"Becoming an overnight internet star isn't easy," said Sara Patterson, Local 2's Social Media Producer. But, Patterson says, there is a recipe for success. Want to go viral? Follow these easy steps.
1. Be interviewed on television.
2. Have a larger than life personality.
3. Use a catch phrase like "KABOOYOW!"19414966
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Gianfranco Zola admitted Watford's failure to keep possession was the major reason why Blackpool were able to come from two behind and draw with his side this afternoon.
The Hornets were relatively comfortable going into half time following two goals in the opening 21 minutes.
But during the second half, Blackpool enjoyed wave after wave of attacks as Watford were unable to retain possession, which resulted in Isaiah Osbourne scoring an equaliser in injury time.
Zola said: "In a way I am disappointed with the point because I thought the game was gone. It is fair to say that in the second half, they did play better than us and created a lot of chances so the draw was the fair result.
"But it was a good performance from us in general because it is not easy for anyone to come here and get a point."
He continued: "I knew it would be difficult in the second half but I didn't think it was going to be that difficult though. Blackpool are a good team with good players and when the number eight came on, Gomes, he made a big difference in the midfield.
"I was expecting my team to hold the ball better than we did in the second half. In the second half we couldn't keep hold of it and kept giving it back to them. That was the difference between us winning the game and drawing it.
"Even for the last goal, we were in control and then lost it, which is disappointing."
Watford did not keep possession particularly well in the first half but their counter-attacking was effective.
However, their ability to keep the ball was even worse in the second half and that, combined with substitutions and tactical changes by Michael Appleton, meant Blackpool were much improved and restricted Watford to one long range effort from Nathaniel Chalobah following the break.
Zola was asked why his team were unable to keep possession, he replied: "First of all, in the second half you are more tired. That is something you can't underestimate. Secondly, they put more pressure on and we should have been able to hold that pressure.
"The other thing is our midfield is good when we are playing forward but, at the moment, not when holding on to the ball. So in that sense, Almen Abdi is such an important player because it gives us a lot of balance because Almen is able to hold on to the ball when under pressure."
When asked if Watford missed Abdi and Jonathan Hogg, Zola replied: "It would be unfair to say that towards Battocchio and players who took their place because Battocchio played a great game, as did Mark Yeates in the first half. I am saying that in certain moments of the game, we especially missed Almen because he could have helped us a lot in midfield and ensured we held the ball longer."
There was a clear emphasis on counter-attacking football this afternoon, particularly in the first half when they did so well.
The selection of Ikechi Anya and Matej Vydra suggested the Hornets may look to play a counter-attacking style but Zola stressed there was more to their inclusion than that.
"That was one of the reasons they were picked," he said. "The other reason was that when we played Leeds, Anya played well and Marco Cassetti picked up an injury in the last game and he only came back into training for the last two days, so it was better not to pick him.
"But Anya has become a guarantee for us because he can always give us something different in that position.
"As for Vydra, he played against Leeds and was fantastic, scoring two goals, but then I had to leave him out because he went to the national team.
"So it was correct to play him today and also the game suited him as well. He played a good game."
So would Zola consider today's result one point gained or two lost?
"It depends on the way you look at it. If you say, I am coming to Blackpool, a team not long relegated from the Premier League, and you get a point then it is a good point.
"But if you look at the way we played and how the game was going, then you say that it is a point dropped."
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It's not as though the appeal of fried chicken is in any way mysterious; juicy, tender flesh encased in a shell with a shattering crunch – what's not to like? Australia's first KFC opened in Guildford in Sydney's west in 1968, 29 years after the Colonel nailed his secret herb and spice blend and it's been a popular fast food choice ever since. But there's been a shift in recent times with eat-in restaurant menus all over town putting it on and selling it out. Our current obsession with American food is driving the trend but it's a hit way beyond the US – just ask the Japanese, Koreans and Indonesians. Oh, and there's a reason it's chicken outplays other poultry in the frying game - turkeys are too large and impractical, even when jointed, while ducks and geese are too fatty.
Here are six options for a fried chicken fix.
The menu might read like a down-home diner but this American-focused bar/restaurant is more sophisticated than that. They employ a few modern techniques getting their produce to table but you'd never know it with the authentic Southern fried chicken. The bird is brined for a day, cold smoked for an hour and cooked sous vide. The secret to the crunchy shell is double dipping in housemade hot sauce, buttermilk marinade and seasoned flour and only then deep frying it in a combination of oil and lard. Buttermilk biscuits (think scones) and sausage meat gravy based on spicy white sauce complete the picture.
33 Enmore Road, Newtown, 8068 1473, www.hartsyard.com.au
Jazz City Diner
The waitress in the pink and white retro uniform with the 'Sue-Ellen' name badge (eavesdropping revealed that's not her real name) sets a delightful '50s tone in this simple inner city diner. Singles and couples nab counter spots with full view of the kitchen but everywhere in this compact space tunes in to the smooth jazz soundtrack. Suitably soulful is the dish of chicken and waffles served with a jug of maple syrup. The bird, straight from the fryer, is greaseless and cracklingly good, gold coated, juicy fleshed. The waffles are warm and light, obligingly collecting puddles of syrup which we found worked best with the chicken after generous salting at the table. Go hard - there's banana cream pie with caramel sauce for afters.
238 Crown Street, Darlinghurst, 9332 2903, www.jazzcitydiner.com
This bamboo lined room at the north end of Dixon Street is dotted with TVs screening Korean pop videos at low volume and the back tables have glimpses of Darling Harbour's Chinese gardens. Fried chicken's a go-to dish here with three variations on offer. Good Food tried the soy sauce version, a whole chicken cut into small chunks easily manageable with fingers and drizzled with a housemade soy-based sauce sweetened with apples and pears. Chicken is battered and fried to order keeping things hot and crisp so it's alarmingly easy to demolish the generous serve.
1 Dixon Street, Haymarket, 9264 1588
Panama House
Barely a year old this place is a magnet for lovers of American faves such as pulled pork, slaw, sticky back ribs and Po Boys. Naturally southern fried chicken's on the list and, like everything else, is served with four fabulous housemade relishes. The buttermilk-marinated bird is succulent, encased in a crunchy Cajun-spiced shell. Sweet and tangy gumbo sauce adds interest and there's a slab of moist corn bread, nicely charred and smoky.
251 Bondi Road, Bondi, 9365 0839 www.panamahouse.com.au
Ayam Goreng 99
It's a real DIY experience at this simple Indonesian diner: write your order on paper, hand it to the waitress, help yourself to drinks, cups and cutlery. No need to fry your own chicken though. The name of this place translates as fried chicken so you'd expect they'd be across that. Every table is set with sweet soy and blindingly hot chilli sauce. There are a couple of fried chicken versions which are difficult to tell apart, though the Javanese one is supposedly sweeter. It's thigh or breast - your choice - and regardless of the style, the flesh is moist, though less so at the extremities and the skin deep gold and blistered.
464 Anzac Parade, Kingsford, 9697 0030
Sushi @ Yachiyo
Finding this cute place tucked under a building in a dead end off William Street feels like being let in on a secret. It's best known for its sushi but the good range of more substantial dishes such as Japanese fried chicken, or karaage, make ideal companions to the sake list. Thigh fillets are marinated in miso, chilli, ginger, garlic and soy before being tossed in flour and fried until it puffs and bubbles to a shattering crunch.
1/13 Kirketon Road, Darlinghurst, 9331 8107 www.yachiyo.com.au/sushi
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Q & A — March 2002
By Capt. Ken Kreisler
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How often should engine-coolant hoses be replaced, and how do I get a stuck one off its fitting? C.S., via e-mail
Most engine hose manufacturers agree that to be safe you should change these hoses every two years. However, how long they actually last usually depends on how often you use your boat and how well-maintained your cooling system is. In any case, replace any hoses that are cracked, brittle, mildewed, or soft and spongy. The last thing you want is for a hose to fail while offshore, especially if it's in a difficult position to get at.
If the hose won't slide off the fitting, chances are the problem is corrosion. Cut if off about one inch from the end of the fitting, remove the clamp, slit the remaining piece of hose lengthwise, and peel it off. Clean any corrosion or deposits from the fitting by wrapping it with a piece of medium-grit sandpaper and sanding it until the surface is bright. To ease installation, wipe the inside of the new hose with liquid detergent before twisting it onto the fitting.
Always replace the hoses with the same type as those removed. Pleated hoses, for example, may not have the same strength as reinforced molded hoses and may not allow the same amount of coolant flow. Don't forget to also check the condition of all hose clamps, and install new ones--preferably two to a fitting--if they show signs of wear or corrosion.
What tips can you offer for buying paint rollers? J.M., via e-mail
First, buy a quality roller. Bargain rollers will invariably lead to waste and a poor job, as the roller will often begin to fall apart in the middle of the application. Also make sure the roller matches the paint you're using. If you're working with oil-based or epoxy paint, make sure that the rollers are solvent-resistant. This information should be marked on the roller's cover sleeve.
When doing bottom painting or using epoxy primer, use a roller with a 5/16- or 3/8-inch nap. For topside finishes, a 1/8-inch-thick closed-cell yellow foam roller usually works best. And always follow the paint manufacturer's recommendations for mixing and application of the product.
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Rich The Donkey Doctor wrote:Guys, I have Factory Manchester (Hooky's club) on Facebook and they have posted this today:
"Graham Massey is interviewed this evening at just after 10pm on BBC Radio Manchester about Saturday nights Sisters Of Transistors and Humanizer gig at The Factory Manchester. Listen in live at the link below:
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Couldn't see any reference to it on this forum but apologies if I'm duplicating!
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October 2003
They say you're either a powerboater or a sailor, you can't be both. Maybe that's why there's so often animosity between the two groups.
But we wondered if that's really true. What would happen if we put a die-hard powerboater on a sailboat and a die-hard sailor on a powerboat? Would it be a classic case of trying to jam square pegs into round holes? Or could it be possible that we could convince one—or maybe even both—of our test subjects to come over to the Dark Side? To find out, we put an editor from our sister publication, Sail, on a 43-foot Mainship and an editor from PMY on a 41-foot Hunter for about three days and then sat back and waited for the fireworks.
And here's what happened. —Elizabeth A. Ginns
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Just when you thought 'SNL' couldn't have put that Lindsay Lohan rumor to bed any harder, the first three episodes of the 2013-14 season will blow the lid off '30 Rock' altogether. Alumni Tina Fey will host the September 28 'SNL' premiere, with the weeks that follow to include the likes of twerqueen Miley Cyrus, Bruce Willis, and even a returning Katy Perry!


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ColdFusion Builder makes working with components really easy. It understands the component resolution technique and generates the fully qualified name of the components, in compliance with server. The fully qualified names of the component are available in multiple places in ColdFusion Builder:
- CFC wizard: When extending or implementing component, fully qualified name of the components are listed in CFC dialog box.
- Content Assist: When content assist is invoked for component name, the fully qualified name of the component is proposed to you.
- Open CFC wizard: Lists all the components in workspace with fully qualified names.
ColdFusion Builder also resolves the components in a given page by checking the component that can be resolved with available details in the project and the server.
Source/Location of the component
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- ColdFusion Administrator mapping: ColdFusion Builder reads the mapping details from the server and uses the mapping name and location to build the fully qualified name.
- ColdFusion Server Document root: If document root of the server is provided, then ColdFusion Builder generates the fully qualified names of the components.
- Current Project: Components in current project are available with fully qualified name.
- Linked Folders: Components in linked folders are available with fully qualified name.
- Custom tag path: ColdFusion Builder reads the custom tag path details from the server and uses the tag path location to build the fully qualified name.
Note: ColdFusion Builder reads the mapping from the server only if RDS details are provided for the server. Project should be associated with server to see the qualified names of the component in the mapping location.
Note: Project should be associated with the server to see the qualified name of component from webroot.
Note: When you create a linked folder with ColdFusion Builder using the Project Wizard or Project Property preferences, check the option Use Link folder name. If you use Eclipse, the option is checked by default.
If the option is checked, component qualified name is generated by prefixing the name of the linked folder of the components inside the linked folder.
For example, C:\MyCFCs\folder1\sample.cfc where MyCFCs is the name of linked folder is resolved as mycfcs.folder1.sample.
Note: ColdFusion Builder reads the custom tag location from server only if RDS details are provided for the server. Project should be associated with server to see the qualified names of the component in the custom tag location.
Creating qualified name for the components
ColdFusion Builder creates qualified names of the components from different location as discussed in the previous section. You have the option to create qualified names when you launch ColdFusion Builder. Locate the option from Preferences > Startup > Build CFC in project, at start-up.
Note: Uncheck this option if you don't want ColdFusion Builder to create qualified names for you.
Points to remember
- To see the components from the mappings/ custom tag paths, Build server settings must be checked (Preferences > ColdFusion > Server Settings).
- If server is offline, old mapping details are used to build CFCs.
- If server is edited, added, or refreshed, the mapping settings/custom tag paths are refreshed based on option selected in Server Settings section.
- Based on the server component resolution technique, the components are generated in the following order:
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- ColdFusion Document root
- Relative to project and linked folder
- Custom tag path
- Components are resolved in ColdFusion Builder in the same way as the server resolves the components.
- Number of features (Code Assist, Quick Fix, Hyperlink, CFC Introspection, and CFC Wizard) depends on building and resolving CFCs in ColdFusion Builder.
- Keep a tab on options (you have selected in the Preferences) which controls the building and resolving of CFCs.
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- Indiana Parent Information and Resource Center
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English Language Learners
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- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
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The Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE), representing families and advocacy - links families, advocates, and self-advocates to communicate the new focus of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The project represents the needs of six million children with disabilities.
- The Policymaker Partnership for Implementing IDEA
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The month of October just flew by didn't it? I spent some time in South Beach and Orlando, Florida and it feels like a dream. LOL! I can't believe it's already November. I'm freaking out over here. It's going way too fast. I saw a Christmas commercial yesterday and I've determined I'm not ready. I didn't even do anything for Halloween because I was sick. I saw everyone's costumes and I was very jealous.
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Charter operators are facing a costly training issue that could see pilots and fleets grounded unless a solution is found. According to operators, FAA inspectors are requiring strict compliance with an interpretation of the regulations that cover qualifications of instructors and check airmen. The result will be a lack of qualified instructors and check airmen employed by flight training organizations.
The problem stems from a 2011 change to the FAA's Inspector's Handbook, which now states: "Before an air carrier authorizes a contract instructor or nominates an individual to become a contract check airman, the air carrier must provide its POI [principal operations inspector] with evidence that these individuals have completed at least one air carrier's initial training and qualification curriculum as a flight crewmember for an operator certificated under the same CFR part." The Handbook statement clarifies FAR 135.337 and .338, the regulations governing training of instructors and check airmen who train and check pilots for Part 135 charter operators.
Many instructors and check airmen are employed by Part 142 training centers such as FlightSafety International, CAE SimuFlite and SimCom, and charter operators rely on having their pilots trained and checked by Part 142 instructors and check airmen. Few charter operators can afford to employ their own instructors and check airmen because they operate such varied fleets, and each instructor/check airman would need to be qualified on each aircraft type.
It appears that some FAA POIs are being taught to apply the Handbook statement, whereas before they had approved Part 142 instructors and check airmen without ensuring full compliance with the regulations. One operator, Volo Aviation, is facing the prospect of not being able to find a qualified check airman for its pilots, and the company's fleet will be grounded by March if this interpretation remains in effect. Sky Limo Air Charter told AIN that one of its jets had been grounded for more than 75 days, although as of mid-November the jet was back in the air because the company was able to obtain the necessary check rides.
Another concern, said Volo director of operations Robert Tod, is that individual FAA inspectors are applying this new interpretation inconsistently. Within the jurisdiction of one FSDO, some operators are being forced to comply while others are able to continue training and check-ride activities as before.
In Volo's case, the company has been forced to stop using previously approved instructors and check airmen at its training provider. Volo has two choices: pay tens of thousands of dollars to retrain instructors and check airmen so they qualify on Volo's certificate or stop training at the Part 142 school and have FAA inspectors conduct check rides. If a pilot passes the check ride, pointed out Volo COO Kyle Slover, then "you're considered to have done the training and you're [Part] 135 current. You could go in perpetuity without having to do any training. That's not an acceptable option to us." Volo's FSDO doesn't employ any inspectors who are check airmen qualified on the company's jets.
Training the training-provider's employees, would be a dubious investment, with no guarantee those instructors and check airmen would stick around. This situation raises the question of whether the FAA's previous approval of Part 142 instructors and check airmen is no longer applicable. If the FAA suddenly decides that these instructors and check airmen are no longer able to train and check Part 135 operators, does that mean that their earlier sign-offs are no longer legal? "Internally, we're struggling with that," Tod said. But the FAA told Volo that the agency had approved all previous instructor and check airmen, so there is no question about retroactive non-compliance with regulations.
What really disturbs Tod and Slover, however, is the overall effect on training quality. "Pilots are receiving high-quality training [at the simulator companies]," Slover said. "They train in situations that you wouldn't want to do in airplane. That's why that whole training industry exists. But now someone got the idea that it's not compliant. If the industry and regulators say there's nothing broken here, then let's redefine how check airmen and instructors can be qualified. When I send a pilot to training, it's for the airplane, not for Volo procedures. We send them to [training] to learn how to handle the airplane when a light goes off. That hasn't changed. Why the FAA thinks the instructor needs to be qualified under any one operator is a huge stretch. It may have been a good intent, but that's not how the training environment works. No one has interpreted these regulations the way the FAA now is. There was no breach of safety. Nothing was broken, so let's allow the 142 schools to continue to deliver the product they're delivering; obviously it's churning out good pilots."
Trainers, Associations Search for Solutions
FlightSafety International told AIN that it is aware of this situation and is discussing the issue with the FAA. CAE SimuFlite and SimCom are also working on this problem. All three were unable to provide more details by the time this issue went to press.
NBAA and NATA developed a proposal to the FAA to resolve this problem, according to NBAA v-p of safety, security, operations and regulation Doug Carr. "We're trying to get dialogue going as to how we can get a resolution," said Jacqueline Rosser, NATA senior manager of regulatory affairs. NATA's primary concern, she added, is that some members have had to ground aircraft, but another issue is that this rule reinterpretation incentivizes operators to conduct training in the airplane instead of in simulators. "I don't think the FAA wants to see that happen."
Following a meeting with the FAA on November 19, NATA and NBAA stated, "FAA officials indicated their willingness to provide additional information regarding acceptable methods to document prior experience and agreed to review concepts presented by industry on appropriate methods to qualify contract instructors and check airmen that lack the necessary prior experience.
Joe S. (not verified)
December 3, 2012 - 10:08am
This article is filled with misrepresentations [lies].
1. Most recent air carrier accidents have cited flight crew training as a factor by the NTSB, which has forced FAA inspectors to focus on regulatory training requirements that exist to ensure that carriers meet the "minimum" level of safety.
2. Training and qualifying an individual to become an instructor or check airman does not cost "tens of thousands of dollars." First of all - The cost of regulatory compliance should not be the primary determining factor here! Second - This is purely a fabrication in an attempt to get the FAA to ignore it's own rules [which will probably work - as the FAA is normally more concerned about industry and congressional complaints than they are about aviation safety].
3. "We send them to [training] to learn how to handle the airplane when a light goes off. That hasn't changed. Why the FAA thinks the instructor needs to be qualified under any one operator is a huge stretch" So the training and checking that these unqualified individuals are performing does not include reduced visibility takeoffs, instrument procedures, wieght and balance, aircraft performane, severe weather encounters or other such activities which are governed by the air carrrier's operation specifications? Where then DO, the pilots get this training and checking?
4. The REAL problem is the unwillingness of the 142 training providers to conform to the air carrier's training program [they just want to teach their 142 program which is geared to part 91], and the air carrier's reluctance to exercise operational control over it's training program and instructors and check airmen.
I wonder how many more people will have to die before the FAA stands up and quits buckling to these regulatory noncompliant operators and the well-funded financially and politically powerful training providers? I guess it's OK for a small operator to be noncompliant since they usually only kill less than a dozen people at a time... this whole stupid debate wouldn't be taking place if their airplanes could carry [and/or kill] a hundred people.
Fran De Joseph (not verified)
December 6, 2012 - 9:17am
You mention in your article that the "FAA interpretation"of FAR 135.325 ,Training Program Special Rule, which came out as a NOTICE is an opinion not an interpretation. The only people that can interpret the rule is AGC 200. I have written to AGC 200 for an interpretation of this rule. What is interesting is that FAR 121 has the same rule which is verbatium. The last mergers of FAR 121 carrier did not comply with the special rule. So what is good for FAR135 is good for FAR 121. I work with AFS 200 when FAR 142 came out to include the under the special rule.
mgp (not verified)
January 4, 2013 - 8:50am
This article is evidence of an operator misinterpreting the regulations and attempting to discredit an FAA District Office. I am able to state this fact as I am in the office referenced and require, in accordance with the regulations, operators I oversee, to follow these regulations. It is possible to effectively designate check airmen and instructors without spending inordinate amounts of money. I can't see how operating multimillion dollar airplanes with paying passengers should prohibit spending money for safety. FlightSafety instructors and check airmen are qualified ujnder 14 CFR Part 142. With respect to 14 CFR Part 135, the check airmen and instructors need to be qualified in a different manner. This is the crux of the issue at hand. The FAA requires the 142 instructors and check airmen to be trained to the operator's training program, not a generic program. The FlightSafety personnel are acting as instructors and check airmen for the operator's 135 operation. In-house personnel for the 135 operations are trained to operator's standards, why should FSI personnel act differently? As far as the trainijng of FSI personnel, it is possible for a designated company instructor to train an individual at FSI to act as a trainer. He or she then trains the trainers. This is common practice and is not cost prohibitive. In fact, often the operator does this training concurrently with their own recurrent training events. Additionally, not all 135 operations are the same. Training to one operator's standards may not be appropriate for another operator. The FAA requires each 135 operator to train to their specific operation. This is just common sense. In many cases the training programs are similar, then differences are identified and trained accordingly. Safety is not measured by cost effectiveness and this requirement will not ground 135 operators.
mjk (not verified)
January 16, 2013 - 3:53pm
Well put.