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A sitepoint member has kindly pointed out this site www.davidclick.com is not cross browser compatible in other words the layout breaks down in certain browsers. Originally I tested it in Safari, IE & Firefox thinking that would be good enough but it seems ive been mistaken
I need to know how to fix this myself, i dont have the money to pay anyone, the cross browser screen checkers that are worth it cost cash soits down to me.
So my question is please..."Should the first step be validate the CSS & HTML to W3 standards"
Any advice welcome
Do note that deathshadow60 provided you with a completely stands-compliant rebuild of your site in your previous thread—all for free!
Yes that was very generous of him but my question is please is ensuring your HTML & CSS is standards compliant the best first step to ensure cross browser compatability?
Yes, step one is to make sure your HTML and CSS are well structured and valid. Step two is to check your site in each browser, because each browser has its quirks and failings (some more than others :shifty: ), meaning that even valid code may break if the browser is a dud.
although it is always a goodidea to be standard compliant,rathar no - depending on what fails.. since for example texttransform and filters are both not standard conformand both are proprietary, you can only make basic stuff compliant AND crossbrowser compatible..
but that is just a sidenote..
can you tell what fails in which browser?if not, one wont be able to help uless he spends hours on your question..
The question becomes what version of IE... though that's just the tip of the iceberg; different OS have different font renderers, and this can cause massive cross-browser headaches -- not all OS default to the same font-size, so if you're using %/EM fonts you need to test what happens when the size dynamically/automatically gets enlarged. (which is the entire REASON for using %/em or even PT instead of PX, so that it does automatically enlarge without diving for the zoom).
The only cross-browser checkers you need don't cost a thing. It's called the browsers; install them. IE9 can kind-of emulate down to IE7 through it's developer tools, though I would suggest installing several different IE and OS versions inside virtual machines. For example my workstation runs Windows 7 on which I test the latest of FF, Opera, Safari, Chrome and IE, but inside Oracle VirtualBox I have a Linux install for testing FF and Opera on that platform, a Windows XP install for testing IE 7, and a Windows 2000 install for IE6, and a Win98 install for IE 5.5 -- so I can see each of them in their 'native' environment. You could probably use Tredosoft's multipleIE under XP to test 7/6/5 on one platform... an XP license key isn't that hard to find these days, just ask around if anyone has a busted laptop with a key on the bottom.
Remember, alt-tab, F5 is your friend.
While it is a VERY important step, it's a small one at best. There are hundreds of thousands of websites out there which are invalid, but render just fine; just try validating Facebook or Amazon some time. It's a good starting point and CAN cause your pages to not work, but it's no guarantee. PARTICULARLY CSS, since invalid CSS is often MORE likely to work than valid -- thanks to many of the hacks, bugfixes and vendor proprietary values you often need to pull off cross browser compatibility.
There is no real excuse for invalid HTML -- there are MANY legitimate reasons to have invalid CSS. While many of them are IE specific (haslayout triggers, zoomfix, filters, behaviors) others (-moz, -webkit) are needed if you want to start using CSS3 (and even some CSS2) values. (which unlike HTML 5 I see little wrong with trying to use now -- older browsers don't get rounded corners, box-shadows and text-shadows, OH WELL!)
Which comes down to why I advocate writing your ENTIRE content (or a reasonable facsimile) using semantic HTML in a logical document structure before you even THINK about applying style or layout to it. A few standard containers like an outer div for width constraint (and to allow inline-level elements to be valid markup across the whole page), a content/sidebar/columnwrapping/footer set of div, etc can typically go in during the first pass since they're fairly predictable; after-which there's often little that needs to be added to the page's HTML as styling is applied. (the occasional sandbag DIV or SPAN being about it).
Then comes applying the layout, and this is where things get tricky and you start worrying about cross-browser behaviors. I typically code the CSS in a top-down manner testing as each major section (DIV#pageWrapper, H1, UL#MainMenu, etc) has it's CSS applied. Code a section, alt-tab to each browser and F5 to refresh. Testing as you go top-down means you don't run into the folly of coding an entire page and then going "Why doesn't it work in fill_in_the_blank" -- since quite often bugs that show up when the enitre page is done can be caused by flawed methodologies you can't even track down or fix by the time you've finished it -- it's why quite often my advice on fixing a page is "throw it out and start over" -- because it will often take more time to track down major rendering issues and then come up with a solution than it would to rewrite it from scratch WITHOUT those problems.
There are also a number of things that people do in design that, well.... I consider "not viable for web deployment"... one of the classics, and what was causing issues on your page here, is declaring a fixed height or not clearing a float on the assumption the content won't change size. Again as above the entire reason for using %/em is so that the content can change size -- and content areas themselves are often edited, changing their size. You were adding a list of prices to a floated side column, without the float cleared, behind a image you were allowing to repeat when it probably shouldn't.... so on large font/120dpi systems where the fonts end up 25% larger, the content column was taller showing the image repeat (looking broken though it wasn't really), and the sidebar ended up taller than that overlapping the footer. Ends up a double-whammy over something simple; clear floats and don't repeat an image that doesn't look good repeated should it show up. If you went back in a year and decided to add a paragraph or two to the content area or remove a section from the sidebar, the layout would have caused the same headaches that were showing up on large font systems.
That's something else to keep in mind -- another reason to keep layouts flexible and adjusting to content is most successful websites have content that's in flux and always fresh/new to keep people coming back; might not entirely apply to a photography site but who knows in a year or so what you want to do. Allowing all your content areas to expand at the very least on height means when you go back to add/remove later, the page won't break or require major rewrites. Fixed height elements (which your PSD jockeys get mahogany over) and failure to clear floats can really work against that... which is why fixed height areas and image interactions behind text areas should be kept to a minimum.
Another common mistake is trusting the line-height when you change your font size, and constantly stating font sizes over and over again on the content areas. Line-heights are VERY unpredictable -- some people still claim that if you omit the metric (for example: line-height:1.5;) it will inherit properly, in my experience as a large font/120dpi user, that's 100% bullcookies. My rule of thumb is state your metric (%/em, etc), and if you change your font size, change or restate the line-height to match. given the number of characters involved in saying both font-size and line-height, I end up using the entire condensed property to be 100% sure of everything being set.
font:normal 85%/150% arial,helvetica,sans-serif;
Typically I'll put something like that on BODY then allow all the content areas to just use that -- instead of stating it on every paragraph or content area. It means less saying 'font-size' as the only times you have to restate the size is when it's DIFFERENT -- which really the only places it should be different is on headings, areas with fixed image interactions (like the H1/logo), areas that can break at your min-width when the font enlarges (menus) or areas that you HAVE to fix the height of (sticky footers).
I've got a demo I wrote years ago that show how different font metrics and how line-heights don't inherit quite right.http://battletech.hopto.org/html_tutorials/fontCompare/template.html
Pay particular attention to the "medium/default side-by-side" section, and the line-height demo below that in the "Further research" section -- showing how a 200% line-height doesn't inherit to the same value. (using a circular logic test).
It also helps to keep in mind that not all fonts you declare are going to be available everywhere, and different font faces at the same declared size can vary wildly in how big they render. A couple months ago I tossed together a simple image to show that in action -- with both the normal size and the large font/120dpi defaults.
Compare Verdana to Trebuchet for example -- those are both 100%/16px small/20px large, yet they're not only different in width, the heights don't match either. Compare franklin gothic to dejavu serif... You get on a mac or linux machine that doesn't have the font you were designing to in windows, fixed width and height areas can break...
It's also why I'm not a fan of fixed widths -- on top of them usually being too wide for my netbook and uselessly small on my desktop, when the content auto-resizes there's no room for it. That's the beauty of keeping as much as possible on the page fluid -- no matter what happens it's less likely to break than an inflexible fixed layout.
... and it also plays to the entire PURPOSE of HTML as set out by TBL from day one -- delivering content to a myriad of devices regardless of their capabilities; a concept lost on the people vomiting up fixed width layouts with EVERYTHING declared in PX -- using a single PSD and 96 dpi desktop screen as their only concern. That right there is the biggest /FAIL/ at web development there is... and yet somehow it's become standard practice for the people who think their l33t r0xx0r photoshop sk1llz have anything to do with designing for Internet deployment.
It's a lot to keep track of -- and at the start it can all seem very daunting, but that's part of why it's called work, and not "happy happy fun time"... It's also why there are so many sleazy fly by night scam artists pretending to be experts in the industry just so they can sell a book or seats at a lecture; and why your major successful websites don't have all the goofy pretty crap you see on alleged "bleeding edge design" websites.
In fact, I can't think of a single major successful website that uses 'bleeding edge design"... I can think of a lot of also-ran failures though. There's a reason you don't see the really elaborate and fancy layouts on pages people actually use; typically only seeing them on personal pages of graphic artists, small businesses who were led down the garden path by someone not qualified to give them a site in the first place, or corporate websites where their Internet presence is more of an afterthought. (the last of those being ruled by the flashtards -- see most video game websites or sites for things like non-delivery fast food -- USELESS inaccessible websites that are more expense than investment for the company).
Of course, that's just talking coding and layout -- we haven't even TALKED accessibility yet. Color Contrasts, padding content away from edges... there's always something more.
What I did when I was still learning CSS (and probably should still do but don't really...):
start with the HTML the way it seems it should be and have all the browsers open while editing. Write bits of CSS. Check in all browsers.Write more CSS. Check in all browsers.
This will catch problems early, before they turn into intense pain and suffering.
Time knows all the answers
You should check HTML/CSS is valid, standards and all !
Check with something like browsershots.org if it shows up like it should in the browsers you want to test.


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Southern football coach Dawson Odums' first recruiting class could be rounding into shape.
Three players from West St. John High School lead the list of prospects who made commitments to Odums and his staff after visiting the campus last weekend.
West St. John stars Kylum Favorite, Javen Toney and Justin Bethancourt are all on board, Rams coach Robert Valdez said.
"They said they had a great time," Valdez said. "And they said the food was very good."
Other commitments for Southern include Higgins defensive lineman Gerald Brent, De La Salle defensive back Denshawn Jenkins, St. Augustine offensive lineman Damian Daniels, Mandeville cornerback Jamar Mitchell and Salmen wide receiver Chuck Baker. National signing day is Feb. 6.
Baker, a former LSU commitment, is listed as a three-star prospect by Rivals, Scout and 247Sports.
Favorite, Toney and Bethancourt would follow Southern quarterback Dray Joseph from West St. John. Joseph, who signed in 2010, led the Southwestern Athletic Conference in passing as a junior last fall, his first season as the full-time starter.
Valdez, a center at Southern from 1993-97, said the three West St. John pledges for 2013 liked Southern for several reasons. One is that they like the idea of playing college football close to home. Another is that they want to be part of a new era at Southern as Odums enters his first full season at the helm.
Valdez said they also feel like they can step in as freshmen and have an immediate impact.
"I'm excited for them," he said. "There's a chance to get in there and compete right away."
Favorite and Bethancourt were first-team Class 1A all-state selections last fall, Favorite at running back and Bethancourt at defensive back. Favorite ran for 1,100 yards and 17 touchdowns, helping lead West St. John to the state semifinals. Bethancourt had 40 tackles, six interceptions and four tackles for loss.
Favorite also earned first-team all-state honors as a junior, when he rushed for 1,938 yards and 23 scores.
Salmen coach Jerry Leonard said he expects Baker to make other visits before signing day. Baker committed to LSU in February, but the player and school have since parted ways.
Leonard said Baker, with his 2.0 grade-point average, projects as a full academic qualifier. The receiver scored a 21 on the ACT, Leonard said.
Mitchell is the brother of Arkansas linebacker Jerry Mitchell, who also played at Mandeville. The younger Mitchell started at cornerback for the Skippers on 5A semifinal teams the past two years.
St. Augustine coach Cyril Crutchfield said the strength of Daniels, who is 6-foot-3 and 300 pounds, is his ability to run-block.
"He has good size, good feet and a good first step," Crutchfield said.
Daniels previously committed to Alcorn State. He also held a scholarship offer from Kent State, Crutchfield said.
Jenkins was named Defensive MVP of District 10-3A as a senior for his work in the De La Salle secondary. He also saw action at quarterback and receiver. At Southern, he projects as a safety.
"He's a hard-working kid, a guy that will run through a wall for you," De La Salle coach Ryan Manale said.
Manale said Jenkins needs an improved ACT score to academically qualify. Jenkins recently retook the test and is awaiting his score, Manale said.
Brent, 6-3 and 245, was a four-year starter for Higgins. Coach Wayne Meyers said Brent, who has gotten his academics in order by raising his grade-point average and ACT score, will visit Southern this weekend.


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As the sun crested the Berkeley hills early yesterday, I logged on to the Washington Post's live feed of its daylong conference, The Future of Food. For the next 8 hours, I enjoyed a veritable feast of thoughtful, well-evidenced and deeply inspiring calls to embrace a new agriculture, rooted in community and ecological resilience. The messengers included the Prince of Wales — who seamlessly knitted together the challenges of our failing global food system with a clear vision for the future — Eric Schlosser, Wendell Berry, Vandana Shiva and many more.


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Ellen reinvents the Artisanal Wheel
This week, Ellen DeGeneres launched her lifestyle site, ED by Ellen. And it's great. You weren't expecting that, right? The celebrity lifestyle business is so overrun with reality show stars pimping waist cinchers and movie stars curating monogrammed cocktail napkins that it feels like there literally isn't room for another one. Full Story
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Taylor Swift's brother, Austin, posted some photos from the BMA after party. That's Taylor, Calvin Harris, party host Ed Sheeran and a few members of 1D. But certainly not the member of 1D. Harry Styles left town and skipped the after parties. And Taylor successfully friend collected his bandmates, if only for a night. Full Story
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Eva Mendes was on Ellen yesterday. Not sure why and what she's promoting. But Ellen did ask her about the pregnancy rumours – she is not pregnant – and what she's doing for Valentine's Day. At which point she namechecks The Notebook. It was a joke. Like all she's doing on Friday is watching the movie and crying… video platform Full Story
Portia and Ellen OUT with kids
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What would the People do if a year went by and Jen wasn't in a movie? The People would find a way. And the People were smart to kick off the show last night with an all-time favourite. She went to Kimmel and he opened his first week out front in the new time slot, beating both Letterman and Leno. Full Story
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This is the sh-t that really, REALLY makes me crazy. Like, when did they introduce new rules? People my age didn't get the update. Is it true that when someone comes to your house now you don't have to show them respect? You remember that incident with Justin Bieber wearing overalls when he was being honoured by the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper? Click here Full Story
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Hunters Cause Scare at Howell School
Students of Griebling School in Howell were not allowed to exit their buses or parents' vehicles this morning until they received the green light from police.
Howell Police arrived at the school after getting reports of "echoing, popping sounds" from parents and arriving staff members. Police determined the sounds came from the rifles of nearby hunters, who were in the fields behind Griebling.
"It was reported that they were within their legal limits for this activity," said a note to parents from Principal Nancy Rupp.
Taking into account the recent shooting massacre in Connecticut, Rupp urged police to encourage the hunters to go elsewhere.
Parents of children at the school have been contacting media outlets and lawmakers since this morning's incident, frustrated that the hunters were so close to the building that the gunshots could be heard.
According to information provided to the Patch of Howell by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, there is a "Safety Zone" for school buildings and playgrounds of 450 feet for firearms. The safety zone for bowhunters is 150 feet for buildings and 450 feet for playgrounds.
Within these safety zones hunters, "cannot carry a loaded firearm or nocked arrow unless you have written permission in hand."
Safety zones were established in 1946 "as an area to place some physical distance, a buffer, between hunters and homeowners," the division said.
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We saw the oncologist yesterday and they reversed their decision on chemoembolization.
John has a cluster of lymph nodes (3cm) full of cancer cells directly involved with the vein to his R kidney.
The embolization would have no effect on the nodes and they're afraid of mets to his lungs. We decided to restart chemo since it did keep the tumors from growing. We start next week.
Now about our insurance. I called them, the Dr. called them and found out we had to get a 24 hour prior authorization. They faxed him the paper and he immediatly faxed it back.
48 hours later still no ok. I got on the phone and went postal on them. I told them my husband is dying and in pain, we had done everything they wanted and that they weren't doing their job and that they better get it done NOW or I would be seeing a lawyer!
Amazing, within 1 hour we had the authorization!!!!
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Hey all. Getting things in order for my nephew's graduation party in a few weeks. Have been trying to deicide on what rub or marinade I should use on the tri-tips and chicken.
I think I've decided to go with the Basic BBQ Rub from the book for the chicken… it seems to really flavor the Chicken nicely cooking it over direct heat (Lump charcoal).
The Tri-Tip is another issue though. I've tried a few different rubs… all yielding great taste, but the beef is not staying as most as I would like. I've been going through the BBQ Bible looking for a good combination of a rub and a mopping sauce to use on the Beef (maybe a good Beer or ??? mop sauce). I was thinking if I could Mop the Tri-tip during the cooking process, it would stay much moister.
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Chinese export growth declined to 2.9 per cent in November from 11.6 per cent in October. On a rolling 12-month sum exports grew at an annual rate of 7.9 per cent in November, a figure well below the more than 30 per cent growth of the late 2010 and early 2011 and marks a 28-month record low. But not all regions in China experienced the same slowdown.


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Gainesville leads nation in antipsychotic drug use
Published: Monday, March 4, 2013 at 10:02 p.m.
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Gainesville has the highest antipsychotic drug use in the country, but that doesn't reflect higher rates of psychosis in the community, according to a Yale University study.
The study, which looked at drug usage rates of stimulants, antidepressants and antipsychotics across the country, reported that 4.6 percent of people in Gainesville use antipsychotics, which is significantly higher than the national average of 0.8 percent.
"I can't say why in particular Gainesville had such a high rate of utilization," said Connor Essick, co-author of the study, which was published in the journal Health and Place last September. Essick added that "non-medical factors such as marketing dollars and physician density are sort of fueling the utilization."
The study also mapped marketing expenditures of pharmaceutical companies and found that parts of the country in the top quartile of companies' expenditures had a 10 percent higher rate of prescriptions for antipsychotics.
The Southeast in general showed high usage of all three types of drugs, which correlates with what's known as the "stroke belt," an 11-state region with a high incidence of stroke and cardiovascular disease.
Essick said the correlation might have something to do with the fact that people already being treated in the health care system for other conditions could be more susceptible to being prescribed the medications, or they are more proactive about seeking care.
"For me, knowing that Florida tends to be a high user of health care resource, it's not surprising to find that Florida is a high user of a particular drug," Essick said.
Alexandria, Va., has the country's highest number of antidepressant prescriptions, at 40 percent of the population, compared to a national average of 10.4 percent, and Cape Cod has the highest prescription rate for stimulants, at 16 percent, compared to the average of 2.6 percent.
"We normally would assume that the use would be driven by medical need, but only stimulants was partially explained by the underlying prevalence of ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)," Essick said, adding that the findings beg the question of whether or not the drugs are "medically necessary."
"You have these really high prescription rates, you know that these drugs have large side effects, so why is a larger percentage of people in Gainesville taking more of them?"
According to Bruce Stevens, a professor of physiology at the University of Florida and a board member of the National Alliance on Mental Illness in North Central Florida, "The use (of antipsychotics) has in fact increased slightly over the past few years."
The misuse of the drugs also occurs in nursing homes, Stevens continued. "Up to 25 percent of nursing homes receive antipsychotics for behavioral control and some of this is inappropriate because they are contraindicated for certain kinds of dementia."
But what is probably driving a lot of the prescriptions is the Veterans Affairs hospital, Stevens said. Gainesville's Malcom Randall VA Medical Center is a regional hub for a large swath of the Southeast, so patients living elsewhere might be given prescriptions in Gainesville. Experts at Meridian Behavioral Healthcare and Shands at the University of Florida agreed that the VA has a lot to do with high prescription rates for people who don't necessarily live here, along with elder facilities.
VA officials could not be reached for comment after multiple attempts to reach them.
Stevens said most of the care for patients using antipsychotics in the area is likely outpatient, since statistics show little hospitalization for mental illnesses in Alachua County, due to limited resources. This, combined with the fact that the county has a low rate of Baker Acts, or involuntary examination of mental illness — 0.7 percent compared to a state average of 0.8 percent — leads Stevens to believe that the 4.6 percent of prescriptions mostly reflect people who are taking the drugs on a voluntary, outpatient basis.
"Antipsychotics are actually effective in spite of potentially unfavorable side effects," Stevens said, namely weight gain. But, "Many people choose to stay on them because they feel the benefits outweigh the negative effects," Stevens said, adding that the drugs are roughly 60 percent effective.
Antipsychotic drugs are also sometimes prescribed as add-ons to antidepressants, meaning depression in some cases is the underlying condition to treat, not psychosis.
If psychosis is being treated, however, a high drug turnover rate is common until patients find the right drug for them, Stevens said, adding that Gainesville residents have a wide range of drugs to choose from because the preferred drug list — of drugs covered by Medicaid — is extensive.
"Treating psychosis in a community is notoriously difficult to treat with a narrow list of available drug options," Stevens said. "Gainesville enjoys a fairly wide antipsychotic med option list."
Pressure from pharmaceutical company representatives has something, but not everything, to do with that, Stevens said, adding that advocacy groups, NAMI included, have also lobbied on behalf of patients to have a wide range of treatment options.
So the Yale study's 4.6 percent of antipsychotic prescriptions in Gainesville is caused by many factors, but also tends to reinforce stigmas about mental illness, Stevens said.
"The degree of interest in antipsychotic meds …implies the stigma associated with psychiatric medicine," he said. "The whole character flaw aspect is sort of stuck and we haven't shaken that. So there's a fascination with anything to do with it, including medications."
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This leaves my dev environment all set up on mac now with:
- SQLDeveloper 1.5.4
- Apex 3.2
- Oracle 10gr2
- and Java with Eclipse :)
10gR2 on MacOsX ? I thought the latest oracle database server release for MacOsX was 10.1.0.5
According to note 742060.1, platform Apple Macintosh PowerPC is obsolete. Or are you running some kind of pseudo-os in a virtual machine ?
or do you have an Intel Architecture? in this case, which version did you chose?
I used to believe that MacOSX was not a platform of choice for database development, waiting for your comment :)
Since Barry has an oracle.com email address, and appears to be on the SQL Developer team, I'm guessing he has an inside track to an internal beta. ;-)
Perhaps there is still hope for us grubby Mac users!
Seriously, I thought that 11g was going to be the 1st Intel Oracle Database version for MacOS X!
Please tell me that there's hope for us Mac users!
- Scott -
According to Metalink, 10.2 on macosx intel is planned for 2009Q1 (which ended Monday) and 11.1 is planned too.
metalink db10gR2
Guys, I work with Kris on SQL Developer and yeah, 10.2 is in the works for intel 64 bit.


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Susan Sarandon is reflecting on a "crazy" moment a few weeks ago where she set thousands of film fans' hearts aflutter.
The Oscar-winning actress Tweeted a picture of herself with her Thelma & Louise co-star Geena Davis, posting it beside the 1991 film's classic image showing the two friends posing for a picture in their car.
The Twittersphere went into overdrive with more than 27,000 people re-Tweeting the image and over 30,000 marking it as a favourite.
If the social media reaction to the gesture's anything to go by, time has done little to dampen the popularity of the seminal movie, but Sarandon admits she struggles to see how a sequel would ever work.
"I'd love to work with her [Davis] again," says the 67-year-old, who joked that if there was a follow-up film, the two stars would have to stay seated in the car to hide the height difference between herself and 6ft 1in Davis.
"They have kind of knocked around a few ideas of a sequel to Thelma & Louise, but they were so ridiculous," the actress explains. "I remember at one point saying, 'Well what would we do?' And someone said, 'You'd collect a big cheque, that's what you would do', but I don't really know how you would resurrect them [the characters] in any way."
Thelma & Louise aside, Sarandon is hitting the road again for another movie. Tammy, however, is a straight-up comedy caper, in which she plays Pearl, the grandmother to Bridesmaids star Melissa McCarthy's Tammy. The film also stars Kathy Bates, Dan Aykroyd and Toni Collette, and is produced by Will Ferrell.
Sacked from her job and fed up with her life, Tammy heads off on a road trip with the only person she knows who has a car and the money to fund a jaunt - her grandma.
"Tammy is underdeveloped, stunted and immature. She's a train wreck. But with a good heart," says McCarthy, who also co-wrote the film with her husband Ben Falcone (he makes his directorial debut on the movie as well).
At 43 though, McCarthy is only 24 years younger than Sarandon, so is it realistic for them to play a grandma and granddaughter?
"I'm bad at math," says Sarandon, laughing. "I just did what they [Falcone and McCarthy] said!"
Apparently, however, the team are satisfied that the casting works, " if you figure that Pearl had a baby at 16, and that child had a baby at 16", notes Sarandon, "it's totally possible".
The actress didn't think it was a "huge" deal to consider how young her character must have been when she gave birth. "If you look at my own life, you'll see that I'm like a free agent. I just travel in and out and all over. I haven't done anything according to the right schedule or been with the people at the right whatever," she says - though she did have a few concerns, about the type of grandmother she'd be playing.
"One of the first questions Susan had was, 'Are you seeing like a little old granny with glasses and a crocheted sweater and an up do bun?'" explains McCarthy, who has two daughters with Falcone. "And we were like, 'Oh God no, she has raging problems with alcohol and she sleeps around', and Susan was like, 'Ok, we'll be fine, we're in the real realm'."
Part of being in that "real realm" meant the usual Hollywood grooming was off the agenda for Sarandon, who was made-under with a short salt and pepper perm, baggy, washed-out pastel blouses and often a bottle of liquor in hand.
"It's very liberating to look that bad," notes the star, who also who placed peppercorns in her shoes to force a limp. "We just accentuated everything I would normally hide. And so it didn't matter if I was sweaty or the lighting was bad.
"That was kind of cool in hindsight," adds the actress, who scooped her Best Actress Oscar in 1996 for her role as a nun who forms a friendship with a prisoner on death row in Dead Man Walking.
For McCarthy, any worries she had about making the film were much closer to home. Although she and Falcone have been together for years (they met while working in improvisational comedy group The Groundlings in the Nineties), this is the couple's first big screen writing collaboration - and McCarthy admits there was a concern that if it didn't get the reaction they'd have liked, it would impact their relationship.
"We had been working on it for years. I think we just thought, 'What if? What if?', and, 'Can you imagine...?'" she reveals.
That said, their understanding of each other, coupled with the stretch of time they spent writing the film before they trickled it out to executives, gave them the confidence to take the plunge.
"Ben came downstairs having just woken up and said, 'I had a weird dream and I have to write it. You go on a road trip with your grandmother and she drinks and she sleeps around, so I'm going to write that'," McCarthy says. "And I was like 'All right!' That was about six years ago.
"I just agree with him and it all works out!"
:: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) - A pair of unlikely friends, played by John Candy and Steve Martin, try to make it home for Thanksgiving.
:: The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert (1994) - Starring Guy Pearce, this hit movie follows the antics of two drag queens and a transsexual as they cross the desert in a motor-home performing cabaret.
:: The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) - Gael Garcia Bernal plays Che Guevara in this biopic about a journey the Marxist revolutionary took as a young adult.
:: Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - This mid-Noughties film perfectly balances humour and sweetness with aplomb, as a mismatched family make their way around the States on a mission to get to a beauty pageant so their daughter (Abigail Breslin) can take part.
:: On The Road (2012) - This big-screen adaptation of American writer Jack Kerouac's classic book details the adventures of a group of aspiring young writers as they journey around the country together.
:: Tammy is released in cinemas on Friday, July 4


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New Student Orientation
Why is NSO important?
NSO is important because it will help you transition from high school or college to Immaculata University. The goal of NSO is to help you learn about the University and its resources, encourage you to get involved on campus, and build bonds with other students and faculty.
Are the activities mandatory?
Yes, the activities for NSO are mandatory, and some of the programs are required by the state for students to attend. The NSO program was made to help students transition smoothly from high school or college to Immaculata University.
When will I get to register for classes?
You will meet with your advisor at the end of the first orientation session. Parents or guests are not permitted in these meetings. This is an opportunity for you to bond with your advisor and ask questions.
If I am participating in the overnight NSO program for new students, what do I need to bring?
For the NSO overnight program, you will need a change of clothes, a calculator, toiletries, flip-flops, and, if you prefer, a pillow/blanket (NSO will provide bedding).
What do I do if I cannot make the offered orientation times?
Please call Campus Life at (610) 647-4400 ext. 3130 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com to discuss options.
Can I have guests overnight?
For NSO, visitors at night are not permitted. Parents or guests can reside in one of the local hotels.
What time do I need to arrive for NSO?
Registration will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. in the Great Hall. For your convenience, arriving before 8:00 will allow you to drop off your bags and attend breakfast before the welcome program begins at 8:30 a.m.
Residence Life & Housing
What does the Office of Residence Life and Housing provide on campus? Where is the office?
The Office of Residence Life and Housing is dedicated to developing a comprehensive program centered on students' residential needs. The staff strives to foster a safe, secure, well-maintained, and comfortable residence community full of opportunities for community development and lifelong learning. The department consists of professional staff members as well as resident assistants who are paraprofessional staff.
The Residence Life and Housing office is located in the Campus Life suite, Terrace level of DeChantal Hall.
What is the role of the resident assistant in your community?
Resident assistants are meant to be a resource for students. RAs are trained in emergency protocols and response and are knowledgeable about other resources available to students on campus. RAs also provide monthly community meetings and programs to keep residents informed and invested in their community.
When and how do first-year students receive a room assignment?
New students are assigned to their rooms during the months of July and August, after New Student Orientation I. When the Office of Residence Life and Housing receives your forms, you will be put in a "holding room" (DeChantal 94). Your room assignment may change multiple times, and RLH will notify you when your permanent assignment has been posted. Be sure to check your Immaculata e-mail account for your permanent housing assignment.
New students are assigned rooms based on both their preference sheet and on availability. If a student's first choice residence hall is full, they will be assigned to an open space in a different hall.
How are roommates paired? Is there a survey to match similar people?
Each new student receives a form to fill out that gives Residence Life and Housing information regarding housing preferences. Using the information provided in this form, roommates are paired based on living preferences (room temperature, phone usage, etc.) and sleeping habits. New students can also request roommates on their form, or they can call Residence Life and Housing at 610-647-4400 x3130. Students may also request a roommate by submitting a form at New Student Orientation I during the summer. **Please note that both students must request each other.
Am I required to have a meal plan? What options are there?
First-year residential students are required to have a full meal plan, with 19 meals per week. Students may choose to switch to a lower meal plan, with 15 meals per week, for their second semester. Transfer students may choose either the 15-meal or 19-meal plan. Transfer students who opt to live in the apartments at Marchwood may also choose a 10-meal plan or a 75-block meal plan.
Students may be exempted from purchasing a meal plan by requesting an accommodation for a medical condition. To request an accommodation, contact Residence Life and Housing at 610-647-4400 x3130. Accommodations will be sent to a review board and may or may not be granted.
What are the visitation hours?
Visitation hours are Sunday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to midnight, and Friday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. Visitors who are non-residential students must be signed in with security at all times. Same-sex visitors may stay overnight for up to three (3) consecutive nights.
Are there community bathrooms?
There are community bathrooms and shower rooms in all of the residence halls, with the exception of Lourdes Hall. The bathrooms/shower rooms are single-sex, based on the gender of the floor. Lourdes Hall is suite-style living, with two rooms sharing a private bathroom.
What kind of pets am I allowed to have?
Residents are permitted to keep fish as pets, with certain conditions. Only one tank per room is permitted. The tank may be up to 5 gallons, and may contain no more than three (3) fish with a maximum of three (3) inches per fish. The tank must be kept clean, and fish must be taken home over the break periods. The fish must also be registered with the Office of Residence Life and Housing.
Can I have a microwave in my room? What are the acceptable appliances allowed on campus?
You may only have a microwave in your room if it is part of the microfridge package provided by the University. Microfridges are designed to save energy and use less power. Personal microfridges may not be purchased.
Appliances that are acceptable in the residence halls include Keurig personal brewers, hair irons, hair dryers, televisions, refrigerators (up to 5 cubic feet), etc. Appliances that are not acceptable in rooms include space heaters, halogen lamps, toasters, toaster ovens, etc.
Can I bring my car to campus?
Yes. You must obtain a parking permit from the OneCard Office, and display it at all times. Parking permits can be obtained during check-in at the beginning of the academic school year.
What kinds of activities happen on the halls (i.e. hall council, programs, etc.)?
Your resident assistant will plan a program for each month. Programs range from game nights to craft nights to Pilates classes. In addition, programs that run on campus include dances, lectures and discussions, career services sessions, and First Friday events.
We hope that this information is helpful to you as you plan for your transition to Immaculata University. If you have any questions in advance of your arrival, please contact us at email@example.com or 610-647-4400 ext. 3130, and we will be glad to assist you. We look forward to seeing you and hope that you enjoy the rest of your summer!
Commuter Life
How many commuters attend Immaculata University?
The Immaculata undergraduate population is about 50% commuters.
What unique opportunities does Immaculata offer to commuter students?
Immaculata University has a Commuter Connections program and a Commuter Council that are run through the Student Government Association. The Commuter Connections program, sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Students, organizes and sponsors social events to involve commuters in Immaculata's campus life. As a resource and advocate for students, the Office strives to build a strong connection between commuter and off-campus students and the University community.
The Commuter Connections Program works closely with and supports the Commuter Council, a subset of the Student Government Association that is made up of commuter representatives.
Can commuters participate in on-campus events?
Commuters are welcome to take part in any event on campus, along with residential students.
What is commuter life like?
Commuter life can be fun! It is up to you to get involved on campus to bridge the gap between commuters and residents and to grow emotionally, spiritually, and mentally. Almost every day there is at least one event in which students can participate. Most events are free, and transportation is usually provided for off-campus events.
Where can I park?
Freshman commuter students can park in lot A, B, C, H, I. Commuter students are permitted to park in lot D after 4 p.m. on weekdays.
When will I get my parking permit?
Students attending NSO will be able to purchase parking permits during NSO II.
For more information about the parking permit application and fee, please see the next section of this FAQs page.
What happens if the weather is bad?
Immaculata might delay classes or cancel school for the day. Immaculata University does consider the places where commuters are coming from. However, if there is an issue with the weather and you cannot come or will be late for class, we highly recommend that you notify your professor.
Immaculata has a program called e2campus that will send students a text message or an email to notify them that class has been delayed or cancelled. You can sign up for e2campus once you have access to the MyIU portal, after NSO I.
To sign up for e2campus, first log on to MyIU. Click on the e2campus link and enter your contact information.
Can I stay on campus overnight?
Commuter students can request a guest room to stay overnight for a small fee. However, a commuter student can be signed in as a visitor and stay overnight with one of their residential friends, provided that they are the same sex.
What about meals?
Commuters students have the option of purchasing a meal plan. However, if you do not want a large meal plan, you can purchase "i-points" at the one card office. The "i-points" act as cash and can be used in the dining hall, Loyola Market, ImmacuLatté, and the bookstore. If you don't want to add i-points to your ID card, you can also purchase food in the dining hall by weight.
Where can commuters go between classes?
Commuter students hang out with friends in the Market at Loyola, ImmacuLatte Cafe, the library, and various other places on campus. You can use the computer labs starting at 8 a.m., and you are free to hang out on campus.
Where can freshman residents park during the semester?
Freshman residents are permitted to park only in lot A by Alumnae Hall.
Where can freshman commuters park during the semester?
Freshmen commuters can park in lots A, B, C, H, and I. Commuter students are permitted to park in lot D after 4 p.m. on weekdays.
How much does a parking permit cost and how long does the permit last?
The fee is $25 for part-time students or $50 for full-time (12 or more credits) students for an academic year (September-August). Payment for the permits must be made in cash, check, money order or credit card. No refund will be offered after payment is made. Parking permits are required for students who are taking three or more credits. Click here for more information.
What will I need to bring when applying for a parking permit?
You will need the following: a valid vehicle registration and the Immaculata University Parking Permit Form completely filled out.
When can I get a parking permit?
Students attending NSO will be able to purchase parking permits during NSO II.
Dining Services
How is the food on campus?
The Dining Services on campus always have something good to offer! The Nazareth Dining Hall has a hot bar with a variety of choices, a salad bar, soups, pizzas, ice cream, and a grill with made-to-order items. Gluten-free and vegetarian foods are available. The dining hall also has healthy options for students to make good choices about what to eat.
ImmacuLatté Café is another place where students can grab a coffee or a smoothie as well as muffins, bagels, soups, and sandwiches.
The Loyola Market offers a wide variety of foods and general items in a market style. The market has gluten-free foods, microwaveable meals, a wall of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, and many delicious hot beverages.
What kind of meal plans does Immaculata offer?
View meal plan information for the current academic year.
One Card (University ID)
What are the uses of the University ID cards?
The One Card Identification Card is a photo identification card that serves a variety of purposes: vending, bookstore purchases, meal plan card, library card and building access control. Learn more here. You will be issued your ID card during NSO II.
When is the bookstore open?
You can find the bookstore's hours on their website.
Where can I find my list of books needed for this upcoming semester?
Go to the bookstore's website and enter the classes you'll be taking. You can then see a list of the books you'll need.
Technology Services
What is MACNET?
MACNET is the student wireless network access here at Immaculata.
How can I access MACNET?
All personal computers that are plugged into the network here at Immaculata on either MACNET or wireless must use Cisco Clean Access.
The first time you access the network on campus and open up your web browser, you will be taken to a special page on our server that will ask you to log in.
Please use your Immaculata network (MACNET) login and install Cisco Clean Access. You will need to let Clean Access run while you are connected to the university networks.
Find out how to access MACNET on your PC or Mac.
Learn more about campus computer requirements, free anti-virus software, how many pages you can print for free per semester, and more by looking at Immaculata's Office of Technology Services (OTS) website.
Gabriele Library
What are the hours for the library?
You can find the library's hours and more information on the Gabriele Library's website.
Can I get a study room?
Yes, there are six available study rooms that you can sign out for two-hour intervals by using your University ID card.
Can I take out movies or books?
Yes, you can take out books for three weeks and movies for three days.


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The Bafta British debate
Gravity may indeed pass the official test at British, but is this really the kind of film the Best British Film Bafta category should be honouring?
What do you get when you put a Mexican director and two Hollywood stars in space? A British film, evidently.
Bad jokes aside, the inclusion of Gravity in Bafta's Best British Film nominees was a major talking point on nominations day.
The Warner Bros. production (financed with US money), directed by Alfonso Cuaron and starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, passed the DCMS cultural test as a British film (cited in the Bafta guidelines). It does indeed have a strong British logistical pedigree – produced by David Heyman, shot at Pinewood and Shepperton, with VFX done by Framestore and 3D supervised by London-based Vision 3. It's a great thing for the British film industry that Gravity was made here, nobody is arguing otherwise.
But the brouhaha of Gravity's inclusion in the Best British Film category highlights a problem with the category itself.
The very nature of having a Best British Film category alongside a Best Film category makes for some confusion – if you vote for your best film of the year and it happens to be from the UK, that logically would also be the best British film, too. But as the two categories stand now, they seem to encourage voters to split their allegiances and spread the love.
The Best British Film category is a symptom of the unusual position the Baftas find themselves in on the world stage. Obviously these awards are now seen as the pre-cursors to the Oscars and are the only non-US awards that have global importance. Yet how much are the Baftas supposed to recognise the world's best films and how much are they supposed to laud the local industry? None of the other national awards, for example the French Cesars or Swedish Guldbagges, have this conundrum, because they aren't trying to make an impact on a global level.
Surely UK films are at a level that they should compared against the biggest films of the year from all over the world, not ringfenced in their own category. (The exception to this rule is something like the British Short and Best Debut categories, which should absolutely be continued as a way of supporting new talents.) If Best British Film isn't supporting more obviously homegrown work, and instead lauding the same Hollywood tentpole that is being lauded at the Oscars, what's the point of the prize? Bafta doesn't marginalise talents with Best British Director or Best British Actor, so why split this category?
I put the question to Bafta chief executive Amanda Berry yesterday, and she defends the category's importance. "The British film category for us is really important," she says. "It allows us to shine a spotlight on the full spectrum of British film… I don't think the category confuses people, some years there is crossover [with Best Film], some years there isn't." She adds: "It's an international ceremony with a British perspective."
If the category is continued, perhaps it should become Best British Independent Film, as a way of levelling the playing field so that The Selfish Giant doesn't have to compete with a $100m studio epic? Or as some experts in the industry suggest, a Best British Contribution to Film category, which this year could have nominated Framestore specifically for its stellar work on Gravity. [Do you have other suggestions? If so post them in the comments below.]
Absolutely the British industry should be proud for the part it has played in setting Gravity in orbit. This film would not have been made were it not for British talents, facilities, and expertise. Gravity is a hugely accomplished film and fully deserves its nominations. But should Gravity win the Bafta for British film of the year? As George Clooney's Kowalski would say, "I have a bad feeling about this mission."
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Gravity is not a British film in the same way that Nissan is not a British car! It's not rocket science!
as you say it should be best british independent film with a budget of under £5m, by the way gravity has to be one of the most overrated films in history, a rubbish script which also unbelievable snagged a nomination, cliched from start to finish, God only knows why the sheep like critics went for it, it did look good, but that was it, a film of utter tedium.
Perhaps BAFTA should have a 'Made in Britain' section? After all films that don't reflect British life, culture, history or people aren't really British are they?
Cinematic film provides a universal and readily accessible medium for the expression and representation of British culture and national identity. Films can help reflect, explore and challenge our diverse history, cultural beliefs and shared values. In doing so, the best British films not only help us to reach a better shared understanding of Britain and its place in the world, but are also instrumental in spreading awareness and appreciation of British culture around the world. As such, British films are an important part of our cultural heritage and a significant channel for the continuing expression and dissemination of British culture
Same goes for the BIFAs. How did a film not shot in the UK or even in the English language win all the top awards? Shame on us!
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Brown Leads Liberty Back to Big South WBB Final
|Devon Brown's 25 points and 14 rebounds led Liberty to a 70-56 victory over Campbell.
Redshirt senior Devon Brown's 25 points and career high-tying 14 rebounds led No. 1 seed Liberty to a 70-56 victory over No. 5 seed Campbell in Saturday evening's VisitMyrtleBeach.com Big South Women's Basketball Championship semifinal contest. The win puts the Lady Flames into their sixth consecutive championship game.
Brown tallied 18 of her points and eight of her rebounds during the second half, helping the Lady Flames improve to 26-6 with their 13th straight victory. Liberty will attempt to win its 15th Big South Championship title in the last 17 seasons Sunday at 5 p.m. against No. 7 seed Longwood. The game will be broadcasted live on ESPN3.
Campbell's season ends at 20-9 despite an 18-point, five-assist, four-rebound, three-assist night by Tonisha Baker.
Campbell made six of its first seven shot attempts, as the Lady Camels raced out to a 14-3 lead to start the game. Baker scored eight of those points, before a finger roll by Monique Spry capped off the surge at 16:11.
After its hot start, the Camels missed 13 straight field goals. During that drought, Liberty reeled off an 18-0 run. Jasmine Gardner's layup at the 8:04 mark gave the Lady Flames a 25-16 advantage.
However, Liberty went more than eight minutes before scoring its next point. Spry hit two triples during that time, including one from the right wing that finished off a 9-0 surge and knotted the score at 25-25, 48 seconds before halftime.
The Lady Flames took a 27-25 edge into the intermission, after Tolu Omotola drilled a right-handed layup just before the buzzer.
Liberty shot 39.3 percent (11-of-28) in the first half, as compared with 35.7 percent (10-of-28) for the Camels. The Lady Flames controlled the rebound (22-13) and points in the paint (16-8) categories.
Brown topped Liberty in both points (7) and rebounds (6) during the first 20 minutes, while fellow first team All-Big South member Baker led Campbell in both categories, with 10 points and four boards.
RaeChaun Edwards tied the score at 27 apiece with a floater on Campbell's first possession of the second half. Brittany Campbell countered with her second triple of the night, giving the Lady Flames a 30-27 edge with 17:57 left.
Liberty remained in front as Brown scored 12 points during the first nine minutes of the half. Her pull-up jumper with 11:11 to play lifted the Lady Flames to a 45-38 advantage.
The Lady Flames' lead reached nine points twice, including at the 4:21 mark when Omotola's layup made it 58-49.
Ashley James scored four straight points for the Camels, who trimmed the deficit to five on two occasions. Kiera Gaines' layup at 2:33 made it a two-possession game at 60-55.
Brown broke the Campbell press and found Rininger for a layup 15 seconds later, halting the Camels' momentum.
Campbell misfired on its last four field goal attempts, while Liberty went eight-for-eight from the foul line during the final 1:12 to close out its 13th consecutive win away from the Vines Center.
The Lady Flames shot 58.3 percent (14-of-24) from the field during the second half, finishing the game at 48.1 percent (25-of-52). They also hit 13 of their 15 free throws after halftime, ending up at 83.3 percent (15-of-18) on the night.
Liberty held its 27th straight opponent below 50 percent field goal shooting, as Campbell hit 40.4 percent (21-of-52) of its field goals.
The Lady Flames won the rebound battle (39-22) and points in the paint categories (38-22) by nearly identical margins.
Brown's double-double was her third of the season, and she moved to within 25 points of 2,000 for her career.
Campbell and Omotola posted 11 points apiece to complement Brown's output, with Campbell connecting on three of the Lady Flames' five triples on the night. Liberty is now 8-0 this season when Campbell reaches double figures and 21-2 when Omotola scores 10 points or more.
The Camels had a pair of 11-point scorers as well, in Spry and Gaines.
Postgame Quotes
Liberty Head Coach Carey Green
"When you get into tournament play, you'd better be ready to play. This was no different. This showed the parity in the league. You've got to come ready to play. We had some great senior leadership and our bench really helped us out. Having a good start to the second half really helped us out. That's what separated us in this game. These seniors are determined to get a championship and get to the Big Dance.
"It was a difficult time (lost father this past week). I missed this team here too, but I had my priorities in order and my coaches were prepared to take care of business here (while I was gone). I hugged each one of these players when I got back."
Campbell Head Coach Wanda Watkins
"Certainly this is not the outcome that we had hoped for tonight. The effort was there and hopefully we earned some respect here in the Big South. I liked to see that we got off to a fast start because that was a question for us going in. Would we have anything left after the last game? But, our kids came to play tonight.
"They (Liberty) are just so big and so strong, I thought that late in the game, Tolu Omotola was effective inside. And Devon Brown just took control of the game."


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Sick Kids Save Point - Charity Gaming Marathon
Hey folks,
I'm taking part in something called Sick Kids Save Point next weekend (13th-14th October) - this is basically a 24hr gaming marathon in aid of a children's charity (Sick Kids Friends Foundation) that provides services to sick kids and their families during their stay in hospital.
I'm going to be livestreaming the whole thing here: www.twitch.tv/btiddles
I'm not asking for donations, since, well, I don't know anyone of you really, but if you think it's a good cause then any shares and tweets about it would be awesome. If you do feel like donating, then please do :)
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This supplemental volume to the Collected Writings of Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch
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Naphtulei Niphtalti-a refutation of Reform rationales
Jewish Observations - a statement against anti-Semitism and derision of Torah
Rabbinic Judaism and General Education - an affirmation of ""Torah im Derech Eretz""
Address: Schiller Centenary - an evaluation of the worth of the secular within Torah parameters
Outrage in Hamburg - a criticism of a Jewish community's response to a forbidden marriage, thereby highlighting the need for independent Orthodoxy
Address: Battle of the Nations - an appreciation of civil freedom and its meaning for Jews
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This article was published 30/5/2012 (1907 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The "where were you" sports moments don't come around that often.
May 31, 2011 was one of them, especially if you're from Winnipeg or have lived anywhere near the Manitoba capital.
Late in the morning on a blustery, rainy Tuesday in the former media workroom in the basement of the MTS Centre, True North Sports & Entertainment chairman Mark Chipman stepped to a microphone and told a live press conference and a national television audience the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers were being purchased and moved to Winnipeg.
Chipman's partner, David Thomson, was also in the room. So was league commissioner Gary Bettman, there to endorse the move and fulfil a previously expressed desire to "right a past wrong" if he could.
"My wife and I watched it at home," said Blake Wheeler, who turned out to be the new Winnipeg Jets' most dynamic player in 2011-12. "We were following it pretty close. It had a lot to do with our future and we were pretty interested once it looked like a sale could happen."
Kevin Cheveldayoff, a Saskatchewan product and former member of the Brandon Wheat Kings, watched from afar in his Chicago office. He didn't know it that day, but his days as the Blackhawks' assistant GM were numbered.
"Watched it on TV and remember seeing Mark at the podium, him saying how proud he was on behalf of his family," said Cheveldayoff, who would be named the Jets' GM nine days later. "For me, it was a special feeling, a great feeling for Mark, knowing him for years and how hard True North Sports & Entertainment had been working behind the scenes, quietly going about their business.
"I had ties to the Atlanta Thrashers, too, through different acquaintances over the years so was very interested for those people. At that point, it was more of a moment of feeling great to see it happen and wished them all the best of luck."
Not everyone affected was glued to a TV.
Then-Thrashers defenceman Zach Bogosian, at home in Massena, N.Y., for the summer, had gone fishing.
"I had left the phone at the house and when I got back later, I had 30 texts from friends and family asking me what was happening," Bogosian said. "It was kind of hilarious. I wondered if I had been traded or something. I had to log on (to the Internet) to see what had actually happened."
Thrashers and now-Jets captain Andrew Ladd was out of the house for the day with his wife and had also left his phone behind.
He also had many people asking him questions.
"I think we were eagerly anticipating a decision one way or the other to find out where we were going to end up," Ladd said.
He was not surprised at what happened on May 31.
"I honestly knew as much as everyone else did," Ladd said. "I tried talking to my agent and people in the Atlanta organization but I don't think they even knew anything. That was the weird part, that we didn't know anything. Everything from the Atlanta side was pretty hush-hush to us."
Hush-hush, maybe, but given that word of negotiations had filtered out early in May and apart from all the speculation -- some good, much not so good -- the shock value of the May 31 announcement wasn't high.
"Late in May, I don't think we were surprised at all and judging by the reaction in Winnipeg, we were pretty excited when the announcement finally happened," Wheeler said.
"Maybe not so shocked but it all happened so quick," Bogosian said. "I honestly didn't know much about Winnipeg and it was going to be a lot of uprooting from Atlanta -- guys had houses and furniture.
"All of a sudden, we were going to be living in fast-forward."
When the Thrashers finished their season on April 10 in a 5-2 loss to Pittsburgh -- without a single sellout that season, we might add -- relocating the team was far from anyone's thoughts.
"I was more bothered by the way my year went," Bogosian said. "That's really all I thought about at the last game. At that time, it seemed to be more about Phoenix, anyway. It wasn't discussed around our room much."
"I had just been traded, so the thought of moving again had not crossed my mind," Wheeler recalled. "I remember leaving Atlanta with the full intention of being back there in a few months. But as things unfolded, we weren't surprised the sale happened."
Added Ladd: "We went through the meetings with the coaches and GM and thought about what we wanted to do to get better and improve the organization. We really thought we'd go back there.
"But what made it more confusing and more unsure was the fact that Phoenix was talked about a lot more than we were.
"I think people thought if anyone was going to move, it was the Phoenix Coyotes. Then that switched about two weeks before anything happened."
Ladd went to Europe to play in the world championship in May, where the subject became more popular by the day.
"It was more like joked about than anything else," Ladd said. "When we heard rumblings, we joked about the possibilities. But I don't think anyone 100 per cent thought we'd be there. We were hearing things, kind of crazy for a week or two, then things happened pretty fast."
Given that his future and those of many others hung in the balance, Wheeler said in retrospect, the dearth of information available before May 31 was notable.
"I got all my information the same way the fans and everyone else got it," Wheeler said with a laugh. "I never heard anything from the inside, nothing other than was reported out of Winnipeg. And a lot of NHL.com and TSN as resources."


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
Sales compensation seems to be a mystery to the owners and managers of many businesses. I get calls and e-mails frequently asking about compensation standards, and the truth of the matter is there aren't any. For every 100 companies, there are probably 120 compensation plans in place, with many individual salespeople operating on different plans within the same company. (That's not necessarily a bad thing, but I'll come back to that later.)
The fundamental problem is that most sales compensation plans don't work well. They don't motivate the performance and behavior that employers are looking for. That's why I get all the calls and e-mails: "My salespeople aren't performing. What are other people doing to that I'm not? Somebody must be doing this right, right?"
Some are certainly doing it better than others, but across a wide range of businesses and industries, I think there's a lot of opportunity to improve sales performance by improving sales compensation strategy. So let's start with the basics. The fundamental concept behind effective sales compensation is that money talks. In developing your compensation strategy, you need to ask yourself what you want it to say! Here are some possibilities:
You may not care about all of these things. There may be other things that you do care about. The bottom line here is that sales compensation – money– can be used to buy/motivate specific behavior. The more explicit you make a compensation plan, the more likely it is that your salespeople will hear what you're trying to tell them.
Salary Plus Commission
I think it's generally accepted that a straight salary is the wrong way to compensate a salesperson. Look back at the "I wants" above. A straight salary really only addresses the last three, and provides little incentive to work hard at the first five. Having said that, though, a straight commission plan addresses the first five, but doesn't provide much incentive to work hard at the last three. By combining salary and commission, money's "voice" is directing two specific behaviors.
Please don't think it's enough, though, to let money's voice be the only one a salesperson is hearing. To put that another way, please don't think compensation is a substitute for management. Think of it this way. Compensation works best as a reinforcement for management. As an example of that, one of my clients and I recently had this conversation with one of his salespeople, who could rightly be called lazy and sloppy: "Remember that you get paid a salary and commission. You could say that you earn the commission by working hard at convincing people to buy from you, but we pay you the salary to work hard at everything else!"
Salary Plus Commission Plus Bonus
To take money talks one step further, I like to add bonus opportunities to sales compensation plans. Again, take a look at the "I wants" above. It's easy to think that developing new customers, selling more of the product line to established customers, and increasing sales year to year would all be sufficiently motivated by the opportunity to earn more through commissions, Unfortunately, it doesn't usually work that way. Most salespeople need an extra push or pull to make those things happen, and again, this is a situation where management (the push) and compensation (the pull) work best together.
To address the issue of developing new customers, I might institute a short-term bonus program; for example, 30 to 60 days of intense prospecting activity. That might mean identifying 100 "suspects" and running each of them through a defined series of contact activities.
I would be happy to pay a bonus to stimulate that activity – and here's a key point, the bonus is intended to reward the activity, in the expectation that the activity will lead to the objective. What I'm really talking about here is managing on the front end of the sales cycle, rather than on the back end. Let's face it, most managers "manage" by looking at sales figures and then either congratulating or criticizing their salespeople. It's a far better strategy to manage on the front end of the curve.
To address the issue of increasing sales year to year, I might suggest a full-year, quota-based bonus opportunity. I would be willing to pay a significant bonus in order to provide a full year's worth of motivational pull, and many of my clients have been successful by making the reward something other than cash. "Tell me what you want," one of them told her salesperson at the beginning of this year, "and I'll tell you what your quota is." (Key point: The performance has to pay for the reward!) In this particular case, the salesperson wanted a motorcycle, and cost-justifying that required a quota that reflected a 15% sales increase. Through the first four months of the year, the salesperson is tracking toward an 18% sales increase. I think it's fair to say that he's highly motivated!
In Part II of this article, I'll explain how you put all of this together to create a highly effective compensation plan. We'll discuss revenue sharing versus profit sharing, using a draw against future earnings to recruit top talent, and why different compensation programs within the same company isn't necessarily a bad thing. Come back here March 21 for Part II.
David Fellman is the president of David Fellman & Associates, a sales and marketing consulting firm based in Cary, N.C., and the author of "Listen To The Dinosaur" (2010). Contact him by phone at 800-325-9634, or by e-mail at email@example.com. You can also visit his websites at davefellman.com and dinosaurwisdom.com.


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Kangaroo Words 2Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order.
Example: "rapscallion" contains the word "rascal": RApSCALlion
See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words:
1. because
2. astound
3. municipality
4. charisma
5. damsel
See if you can find two joey words in this kangaroo word:
6. masculine
Answer1. as (becAuSe)
2. stun (aSToUNd)
3. city (muniCIpaliTY)
4. charm (CHARisMa)
5. dame (DAMsEl)
6. male / man (MAscuLinE / MAsculiNe)
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This article was published 21/4/2013 (1585 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Yes Winnipeg, that white stuff falling from the sky Sunday morning is snow.
And yes Winnipeg, the date is April 21.
At least it's only a relatively light dusting and we won't need shovels to move it.
The fact we won't have to shovel is about the best news in the forecast today, which has nothing to offer for fans of spring. Environment Canada is calling for the snow to end sometime this afternoon, but the high is only going to reach 2 C and the sun will stay hidden behind the clouds.
Overnight, it will drop to -8 C in the city before warming up to a high of 0 C Monday.
The sun will be out, though, and is expected to remain in the sky Tuesday when the high is predicated to be 2 C.
Wednesday, a bit more snow is in the forecast, but according to Environment Canada's long-range forecast, it is going to hit 10 C Friday.
Yes Winnipeg, that's plus 10.
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THE rising tide threatened to flood a number of businesses in Swanage during what traders described as some of the worst weather in 30 years.
Volunteers, many of them from the town's business community, rallied together and used brooms and brushes to sweep flood water away from their premises into nearby drains.
And by the end of a frantic couple of hours work, they'd managed to turn back the sea and stave off potentially devastating water damage.
- Severe winds batter Dorset as Swanage seafront closed, trees down and roads flooded
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Swanage's East Bar looked like it was going to take the brunt of the seawater, which locals said swept further up the High Street on Tuesday night compared to anytime in the past three decades
East Bar and Bar One manager, Michael Bird, said: "We knew high tide was coming, around 11.45pm, and by 10pm the sea started coming up the road.
@Bournemouthecho Half an hour b4 high tide last nite #swanage #purbeck #floodpictures pic.twitter.com/74i23QSmmH— East Bar Swanage (@EastBar1) February 5, 2014
"We rustled together a load of sandbags as quickly as possible, got them all in place, built a sandbag wall in front of the main bar door and the patio entrances through both venues and the front door of Bar One next door.
"We were using brooms, trying to sweep the water down the drains. The seaweed was the worst. We were constantly picking it out of the drains.
@Bournemouthecho Community effort to keep water out, just after hight tide last nite #swanage #floodpictures pic.twitter.com/yVRrlGO2o9— East Bar Swanage (@EastBar1) February 5, 2014
"By midnight, there were about 20 of us all with brooms. It was a great community effort."
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The next day, traffic officials closed parts of Shore Road and many businesses had taken the precaution of piling sandbags in front of doorways.
A digger was also drafted in to help shore up High Street defences, while scores of sightseers gathered around the seafront and Mowlem Theatre to photograph and film huge waves smashing against the sea wall.
On Tuesday night's drama, Adrian Wright, of Swanage's High Street Cafe, told the Daily Echo: "The water didn't actually come into the cafe, because there was a whole bunch of us last night with brushes to push the sea water back. I don't think we would have flooded, but East Bar certainly would have if we hadn't all been there.
"Some large rocks came up last night, the sea just kicks them up."
Martin Higgs, of Swanage Angling Centre, High Street, said: "The drains out there just cannot cope. I've been here three years and I've never seen seawater quite as far down the road as it was on Tuesday night."
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On May 10 2012, the yield on the German 10-year bund was 1.44 per cent, on the US 10-year Treasury was 1.85 per cent and on the UK 10-year gilt was 1.9 per cent.
These are extraordinary numbers. They are particularly striking in the cases of the US and UK, which unlike Germany, run very large fiscal deficits and are experiencing very rapid increases in public sector indebtedness.
This combination of falling government bond rates with very rapid rises in public sector indebtedness reminds us, of course, of the experience of Japan since 1990. (See charts below)


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|Electronics — October 2004
By Ben Ellison
Garmin Marine Network
This gear may be wicked overkill on a 14-foot skiff, even if just for testing, but check out the goodies on the Garmin networked system, which I profiled in my "Electronics" column in July and which is now shipping. Showing on the 3010 is the dual-frequency fishfinder, video input (two cameras possible, as is color), a zoomed-in Blue Chart of my harbor, and a zoomed-out one that's animating a rain- and lightning-laden cold front headed my way later in the day. On the 3006 is text weather for a local airport indicating that the fog I'm seeing outside the harbor is widespread (XM satellite radio doesn't have marine forecasts yet), and adding to the high-tech ambiance is an XM satellite music station playing in the background!
The system tested—which retails for about $7,035, not including stereo, camera, or weather and audio subscriptions—seemed quite stable but subject to "version 1.0" limitations. Charts and routes are not yet sharable across the network without card swapping, and control of weather layers and tunes needs a lot of improvement. Garmin is working on these issues and has already included a neat ability to graphically customize any display page. But I was struck by how challenging it is to design multifunction display interfaces as more and more functions are added. I also surmised that users with all these integrated goodies at hand (and Garmin's adding radar next year) will want multiple and/or bigger displays at each helm station.
Garmin Phone: (800) 800-1020. www.garmin.com.
This article originally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Hey kids! Zena the Zookeeper here. Welcome to my cool new blog! Now you can read about my awesome zookeeping adventures at Oakland Zoo online.
You know what I love best about being a zookeeper? No, it's NOT all the poop I have to shovel. What I love best is taking care of the sun bears. They're so fun to watch, especially when they're moving around their exhibit, searching and sniffing, climbing and clawing to find their food.
In case you didn't already know, our bears are omnivorous (om-NIV-er-us). That means they eat a variety of food—meat as well as veggies, just like you do (okay, maybe with the exception of the meal worms!) And here at Oakland Zoo, we like to give them as much variety as possible. Here's some of the fun food treats that the bears get every day:
- SWEET MIX: made up of popcorn, dates, peanuts, raisins, coconut and Fruit Loops (the only cereal they like.)
- FRUIT & VEGETABLES: like grapes, pineapple, melon and yams to make sure the bears have a well-balanced diet, which is as important for animals as it is for kids.
- HOMEMADE RICE CAKES: cooked and mixed with fun flavors such as almond, coconut or maple syrup
- PEANUT BUTTER: mixed with other treats, or big dabs of it on tree trunks, or leftover jars from home for them to lick clean with their long tongues.
- MEAL WORMS: yummy crawly treats like the ones wild bears find in rotten tree trunks
But I don't just toss this stuff in a bowl on the kitchen floor like you do with your pets at home. I hide it inside all kinds of fun containers that I put around the exhibit for the bears to find and explore with their tongues and claws, such as:
- PLASTIC DRINK BOTTLES with grapes or raisins inside
- HARD PLASTIC PLUMBING PIPES with holes drilled in them for getting at the treats
- HOLLOW BAMBOO STALKS stuffed with small treats
- PINE CONES smeared with sticky treats like peanut butter or honey
- HOLLOW PLASTIC PET TOYS filled with treats and frozen into popsicles
- HARD PLASTIC BOOMER BALLS I smear peanut butter or jam on the outside for them to lick off
I bet your meals at home aren't this much fun. But your mom probably has enough work to do already, don't you think? Luckily, I've got a lot of helpers here at the Zoo.
ZENA'S QUICK QUESTION: How many sun bears do we have at Oakland Zoo and what are their names?
The next time you come to the Zoo, be sure to check out the bear exhibit and you'll find out the answer. Also, if you want to check in on the sun bears from home, did you know you can watch Oakland Zoo's Sun Bear Cam? Here's a link to it: http://www.oaklandzoo.org/Sun_Bear_Cam.php
You'll also see how much fun it is to be an Oakland Zoo sun bear. Well, that's all for now. This is Zena the Zookeeper saying "See you next time!