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Hi there,
I am running on a new cPanel server installation and I am having some problems with POST data.
Here's my test POST script:
public function post_test()
if ($this->input->post('post_test'))
echo 'got post';
echo '<form action="" method="post">';
echo '<textarea name="live"></textarea>';
echo '<input type="hidden" name="post_test" value="1">';
echo '<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">';
echo '</form>';
The $_POST array is empty when I post this data in textarea[name=live]:
Need Tickets? email@example.com

Booking Now! firstname.lastname@example.com

To be announced
The $_POST array populates with data from the form when I post this data (it posts properly):
Need Tickets? firstname.lastname@example.com

Booking Now! firstname.lastname@example.com

My question is, why does the entire $_POST array become empty when I post anything in textarea[name=live] beyond the

? So weird.
Hi Panduola,
Is there some more code that you haven't shown? How are you checking the value of 'live' once the form is submitted?
Doing a var_dump($_POST); reveals array(0){}
Are you using CodeIgniter? Could you try var_dump($this->input->post()); and let me know what you get?
Yes. I have done this as well. The response is bool(false).
If this site is online somewhere, could you share a link to it? I'd like to see the page and check what the browser is actually submitting etc.
Yes: http://incolorband.com/welcome/post_test
Try submitting the two different code samples above.
Right, I've tried both variations of the text you mention in your first post and I get the same results you do. Interestingly, when submitting the full text (the one that doesn't work) the Chrome console reports that the server responds with a 403 error.
I did a quick search and it's possible that it's related to a server module called mod_security: http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/187785/#887877
The suggested fix is to add the following lines to your .htaccess file:
<IfModule mod_security.c>
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
If that works for you, I'd recommend checking with your hosting company if it's safe to leave it set like that.
Solved! Great. This did the trick. Many thanks!


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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Wisdom Wednesday - The Montana State Orphan's Home
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I drove the Buck and Ben team when I was in Home. I kept a 5 year diary during my last 5 years in the Home. I will Send the material to anyone who has an interest. No charge.
Noel Freedman
- July 15, 2011 at 11:07 PM
Interesting story and a great find. I am also researching my family tree, Gibson is my maiden name. Where can I view your Gibson side to see if we connect?
- October 17, 2012 at 4:34 AM
- Ames said...
I ran across your blog by accident and I am fascinated with your ancestry search. I too am doing an ancestry search but what I wanted to share was that I have been to The Montana Children's home. We passed by it on our way to see Bannack St. Park, another abandoned town in Montana and also fascinating.
On the way back to our rental cabin in Ennis, I had my husband stop at the front entrance of the Montana Children's Home. I was so fascinated. I began snapping pictures left and right when the property manager came to the gate in her car. She told me it was for sale and that there was a website. As soon as I got home I went to the same website that you are talking about in this blog. The most amazing thing I want to share with you, if you have never been there is this...it is out in the middle of nowhere with some of the most breath taking scenery I have ever seen. I got to wondering how did all these children end up here, out in the middle of nowhere.
- January 3, 2013 at 9:23 PM
- Sharon said...
My father Robert Leo Essex was in the Montana State Orphan Home in Twin Bridges from 1036 - 1941. We are looking into websites for information on the facility. He would like to hear from anyone who lived there or had relatives that were there during those years.
Robert Essex
- February 25, 2014 at 3:00 PM
I too am doing family research. My father and his two brothers lived at the Twin Bridges home for orphans in the early part of the 21st century. Wanting to know what their childhood was like,I have been looking everywhere. Thanks Noel Freedman for sharing your life and helping the decendants understand more about their parents and grandparents. I too am an orpan. It helps understand my parents murder/suicide by knowing the pain of their existence. The Home is in a beautiful site which I have visited twice. I hope people will keep it going for some positive function. It is too great to let fall into ruins. Donna in North Carolina
- March 2, 2014 at 12:19 PM
- Sharon said...
I have found through further research that possibly my father's aunt and uncles were in the orphanage in the early 1930's, before my father Robert Essex was there. I'm looking for realatives of Jessie, Truman and Robert whom my father possibly was named after. Their father's name was Theodore Essex, from Tennessee. My father's mother's name was Lucille May. Does anyone have info on these people? firstname.lastname@example.com. April 3. 2014
- April 3, 2014 at 9:51 PM
- Christine Falcon said...
I am fascinated by the comments on the Children's Center. My three siblings and I were there from 1969-1975, when it was closed. They say it has opportunities to visit the center in May. I would love to revisit the Children's Center. I was in in the LG, and Meadowlark cottages. I have a picture with me in front of my locker, and another on the steps of LG. You can contact me firstname.lastname@example.com
- April 19, 2015 at 12:32 PM
- Dan Standish said...
Ran across your blog while doing research for my sister in law. Her father was adopted from there in about 1920. His name was James Daniel"Bud" Cooper as far as we know. He was adopted by Jim & Edna Swindle. They lived near Culberson, Mt. He died in a plane crash near Culbertson in 1948. Would love to hear from anyone who may have known him. You can contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com
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The Failure of Scaling Bonuses and LA Buyoff Edit
Ghostwheel 18:40, September 23, 2009 (UTC) Edit
I've noticed a few instances where people have tried to add scaling bonuses to things like AC, ability scores, attack, and other things that require a d20 rolled as part or against them, and I'd like to explain why this doesn't work.
Let's say that a character has a scaling bonus to AC; we'll take an extreme example, say they get a +10 natural armor bonus to AC (not an enhancement to natural armor as given by the amulet, so it stacks with it). Character X has said ability, and at level 20 they have A+10 AC, where A is the AC they would have with only items/ability boosts/etc to AC. On the other hand, character Y in the same party buys exactly the same stuff, but doesn't get the +10, and thus has an AC of A. Now, let's say the DM brings in monsters that should be a match for the party, and are able to hit an "average" character (Y, who has buffed up their AC with items, but doesn't get the +10 from scaling) on an 11. This monster will damage character Y about half the time, and miss the other half of the time. However, it will only hit character X on a natural 20. On the other hand, if the DM gets tired of not being able to hit character X and brings in a monster who hits him on a natural 11 or higher, that means that character Y is always going to get hit. In effect, the scaling bonus pushed character X off of the RNG (random number generator) table as far as AC goes, since the roll isn't an opposed check.
Scaling bonuses don't usually grant this extreme of a bonus to the stat, but at the same time they continually make the difference between the die needed to roll ever larger, rather than keeping it static, and keeping the benefit of the ability the same at all levels. (+2 to AC at level 5 gives the same amount of defense against attacks as +2 to AC at level 20--people need to roll 10% higher on average to hit you, or ~20% if you assume that 1d20 rolls around a 10 on average, and needs around a 10 to succeed on the check.)
The same goes to bonuses to Attack, DCs, and other things that rely on the RNG to function--that is, use a d20. Opposed checks are given more allowance here, since the gap is wider, allowing someone to have up to around a +40 to their check before being pushed off the RNG.
On a similar note, LA Buyoff just doesn't work; in fact, it essentially makes LA meaningless, especially the low LA of +1 (and +2 if you start at a high enough level). The difference in XP is so miniscule after a few levels (and by the book, the person at the lower level should receive more XP) that characters reap all the benefits of their LA without any of the penalties. Now, some people might say that the benefits of LA disappear at higher levels, or are subsumed by stronger abilities. This is true for some racially-granted abilities, but not for ones that stack, or for ability modifiers. For example, an ability that would be subsumed might be a race's ability to fly, since one could pick up Winged Boots at higher levels, and the benefit of the race would be gone, effectively worth the cost of Winged Boots, and LA Buyoff would be viable, and perhaps even correct to use.
On the other hand, +2 racial to strength for example, is going to give you +1 to hit and +1 damage no matter what level you are when compared to someone of equal level with the same items. Now, if races gave instead Enhancement bonuses to stats, then it would be true; +2 to a stat would be subsumed at higher levels, effectively being worth 4k gp, but when it stacks with items then saying that it doesn't matter at higher ACs is wrong.
Another example would be +2 to a casting stat. The +2 gives a higher DC and more bonus spells regardless of what level you're playing at as long as LA has been bought off and the two characters have the same items. Thus, one should either change racial bonuses to ability scores to become enhancement, or get rid of LA Buyoff.
Surgo 19:13, September 23, 2009 (UTC) Edit
Scaling bonuses are totally fine if they are named and replace what would otherwise be an item you buy or something. (In other words, there's precedent for them.)
Ghostwheel 21:15, September 23, 2009 (UTC) Edit
I agree--on one condition, that the equivalent bonus is one that you could buy/receive normally at the level you'd get the enhancement. So, for example, a character that got 1/4th their level as an enhancement bonus to natural armor would be completely normal--they're not over the predicted AC for a creature at their level. But, on the other hand, if they get 1/2 their level as an enhancement bonus to natural armor, they would be over the predicted AC for a creature of their level by 1 at level 4 (when others should have +1 and they have +2, by 2 at level 8 (when they have +4 and other creatures of their level should have +2), and the gap keeps getting wider. So yes, it's alright--if you stay within the acceptable limits of what an equivalent character could buy, but I've seen a number of things that go above and beyond this, contributing to character imbalance as far as the RNG goes.
Genowhirl 04:42, September 24, 2009 (UTC) Edit
And if the bonus were 1/3 character level, round up, would that be acceptable?
Ghostwheel 05:07, September 24, 2009 (UTC) Edit
I personally feel that it should be 1/4 levels (see my fixed CWBL thing), but I think 1/3 is fairly close to acceptable *nod* Edit: That's as long as you keep to pre-epic gameplay. If you go epic, the numbers drift too far apart to be completely usable IMO, though I'd need to check CWBL of epic levels to be sure.
Genowhirl 07:58, September 24, 2009 (UTC) Edit
Heh. I don't know anyone who takes Epic seriously. It's just too...out there. I suppose one day someone might find a way to codify it into something sane (making it use the same system of advancement as pre-epic would be the ideal starting point.) But I do, however, feel that 1/4 scaling is, well, actually too slow for most stuff. 1/2 would indeed be too fast, but, somehow, 1/3 works well. It makes you care about any magic item you have (If you're going full Book of Gears, you're maxing out at eight items providing a constant bonus, so you pick up stuff you actually care about.)
Genowhirl 08:05, September 24, 2009 (UTC) Edit
On the subject of LA buyoff, the best solution was one I got from a DM. If your DM is open to discussion, don't bother with the XP buyoffs or all that bookkeeping. Just assess your DM and pick a number that you think won't make him turn white and crap a brick (Like 3. Learn just how useful that number is. Three wishes, three wise men, three tries...). Suggest that every time the character's ECL hits a multiple of that number, one point of LA disappears and the character picks up a class level.
Andrew Arnott (talk, email) 14:49, September 24, 2009 (UTC) Edit
In the end, a bought off LA PC will be strictly stronger than a non-LA PC. I'm not a fan of that. As a DM, however, I have realized the best way is to just compromise with everything. If Joe really wants to play an Ogre, we can figure out a way to make it balanced. I give minor tweaks to the Vow of Poverty character in the group I'm DMing for that very reason. Later on, I will be giving larger tweaks to the big dumb barbarian.
I think that the whole 3rd edition race system is horribly broken outside LA +0 and even then, not much compares to humans and dwarves. I don't mean broken as in overpowered, I mean broken as in "doesn't work right". I think the "talk to your DM" method is the best solution without a total re-write of the system.
Ghostwheel 15:03, September 24, 2009 (UTC) Edit
A couple of ways to do the ogre, just throwing out ideas here:
- Rather than LA or HD, make the player waste feats to get certain things. Ogres are strong and big and dumb, right? Start them off at +2 str, -2 int. At levels 1-6 they lose feats, and every time they would have gained one they gain +2 str the first two times, and become Large the third (without the Tome shenanigans about +8 str, +4 con, etc). There, effectively an ogre.
- Use the LA + HD as given, but change the bonus to stats to an enhancement bonus and allow for LA buyoff. Since the bonus to stats will be subsumed at higher levels, it allows characters to buy off that LA without taking any sort of penalty.
- Use the LA + HD as given, but allow no LA buyoff since the bonuses always stay with you, even at higher levels.
- Trade each LA for another 2 HD, effectively gaining no HD but spreading the abilities over more levels.
- There's also the F&K way of reducing it to its CR+1 of HD with no LA, and while that might work in wizard-level games, I think it might be overpowered for rogue-level games.
Andrew Arnott (talk, email) 18:49, September 24, 2009 (UTC) Edit
They all are options that work for the specific Ogre case but my point is that the system, in general, does not work as it was intended to. If you want to use something resembling the base rules for races, then you will have to come up with LA on a case-by-case basis. For some groups (like mine) that is perfectly fine.
Ghostwheel 05:52, September 25, 2009 (UTC) Edit
-nod- I think a semi-viable fix to LA (or at least a step in the right direction) is allowing LA buyoff, but making all bonuses from race (to AC, ability scores, etc) an enhancement one. Completely do away with racial bonuses to abilities. (This has the advantage to not allowing players to stack crazy templates one atop another for insane bonuses to scores at relatively little cost/LA, since they wouldn't stack.) Or, on the other hand, not to use LA buyoff, if you keep it the same so that the races retain their advantage throughout their whole progression, but also count as having invested resources for said benefits. Whether the investment is worth the advantages is up to the play and DM of the game.
Ghostwheel 05:34, September 27, 2009 (UTC) Edit
Had a quick question for ya guys; I'm pretty sure that it matters that characters follow about the middle of the RNG in rogue-level games, but should that also be the case in wizard-level games, or should they be able to be all over it? And if they don't keep to the ~middle of the RNG, why shouldn't they?
Ghostwheel 07:01, October 2, 2009 (UTC) Edit
Some people don't seem to understand just how vital +1 to attack can be. Thus, I thought I'd illustration here.
Let's say we have a rogue. He's got 34 Dex (18 + 6 (item) + 5 (level) + 5 (tome)), a +15 base attack bonus, two shortswords (1d6) that have +5d6 misc. enchantments on them, and is twf (-2 to attack.
In short, this is his attack bonus: +12 (Dex) + 15 (BAB) + 5 (Magic Weapon) - 2 (Two-Weapon Fighting) = +30/30/+25/+25/+20/+20
His damage comes out to 1d6 (Shortsword) + 5d6 (magic) + 10d6 (Sneak Attack) + 5 (Magic), which is 16d6+5 or 61 on average.
Thus, against an AC of 40, we have 61*11/20 + 61*11/20 + 61*6/20 + 61*6/20 + 61*1/20 + 61*1/20, which comes out to 109.8 on average. (We'll ignore things like DR and energy resistance for this example, as well as crits and the like)
Now, let's say he gets +1 to attack (from Weapon Focus, perhaps). His attack sequence becomes +31/+31/+26/+26/+21/+21, and damage stays the same.
Now we have 61*12/20 + 61*12/20 + 61*7/20 + 61*7/20 + 61*2/20 + 61*2/20, which comes out to 128.1 on average.
This is a damage increase almost 20 points on average. That's an increase of 16.66% over the previous damage. Now, a damage increase of over 15% from a single feat? That's damn decent in my book. And that increase doesn't have to come from Weapon Focus, but can come from a race. People seem to underestimate the difference racial mods or Weapon Focus can make. But when it's an increase of damage by more than 15%, it's hard not to see the use of it. Sure, it's a boring feat. But that doesn't make it the same as underpowered.
TarkisFlux 07:18, November 15, 2009 (UTC) Edit
I seem to have missed this earlier. You're getting hung up in a single point of numerical analysis and missing the bigger picture. You're right that it's average damage * chance to hit, but you lose some perspective when you jam it all together like that. So I'm going to split it up into bonus damage per hit based on what you need to roll to hit without the bonus.
Need to roll Chance to hit regular Chance to hit with +1 % Original Damage 21 5% 5% 100% 20 5% 10% 200% 19 10% 15% 150% 18 15% 20% 133.3% 17 20% 25% 125% 16 25% 30% 120% 15 30% 35% 116.7% 14 35% 40% 114.3% 13 40% 45% 112.5% 12 45% 50% 111.1% 11 50% 55% 110% 10 55% 60% 109.1% 9 60% 65% 108.3% 8 65% 70% 107.7% 7 70% 75% 107.1% 6 75% 80% 106.7% 5 80% 85% 106.3% 4 85% 90% 105.9% 3 90% 95% 105.6% 2 95% 95% 100%
And we'll leave off 1 because it's an automiss and looks like 2. Unfortunately you can't use the % original damage to get an easy number like your damage increase, it's just there to indicate that get the most substantial bonus if you wouldn't expect your attacks to hit someone. And in those cases the bonus is huge, as you have demonstrated. Hell, the example character's unlikely attack is contributing twice as much as it was previously by just that +1 bonus. But let's take your example and drop the AC for a while and see what happens. If we change the AC to 39, then your damage boost is only 14.1%. If his AC is 38? 12.5% boost. And it will keep going down as his AC goes down, until there is no meaningful difference at all. If we go the other way, and bring his AC up to 41? Damage bonus drops to 12.5% already because his in both cases his tertiary attacks only hit on a 20. It goes up a bit as the bonus to the secondary attack begins contributing more to the damage percentages, and reaches a local maximum of 25% at AC 45, before dropping again to 14.3% at AC 46. It actually gets up to a 33% bonus at AC 49 (and that is the highest it goes), but since that's on top of 1/20 of your attacks even hitting I don't find that substantial at all.
My point with all of this is that you're off base with the impact of a +1 bonus. It really means different shit at different times, and it means a lot more when you can't hit people effectively without it. You can't even determine an average increase of damage because it's entirely dependent upon opposition. What I can say is that against easier opposition it doesn't provide a significant increase in damage, and against harder opposition it provides a more significant increase in damage that doesn't even matter because of the increased amount of wasted rolls you're making.
As a side note, that +1 bonus matters way less with tome iterative attacks, because you're less likely to have a set of attacks that suck against your foe. And if you do have such a set of attacks, you're going to be missing a lot anyway.
ElfsMaster 00:43, February 10, 2010 (UTC) Edit
Sorry for commenting on this "dead" discussion, I just find it interesting to point some things off:
A +1 bonus to attack is, in most cases, more significant than a +1 bonus on damage (except on low level, when they're about the same). This is because, on average, you should be able to hit an enemy with a roll of 8~13, depending on your build and BAB progression (and DM, of course... but the core books state that if the group need rolls close to 20, the monster is too strong, if they hit on a 2 or 3, it's probably too weak, so I'm averaging on 8~13). That leaves the average contribution of a +1 bonus in about 10% (a little more, a little less). So, if you can do more than 10 points of damage in an attack (which is a very low damage actually), +1 damage gives you less than 10% average DPR. This means that, if you have an average damage above 20, you will benefit more from Weapon Focus than from Weapon Specialization.
- Wait. Everything I've seen is that a +1 on a d20 roll is +5%. Do you have a different way of looking at it that makes it a +10%? --Be well 11:14, March 24, 2010 (UTC)
TarkisFlux 15:35, March 24, 2010 (UTC) Edit
He's talking increase percentage, not absolute percentage. Which is fine in the range that he's in, probably, but starts doing weird things at the edges. If you need a 20 to hit that +1 is closer to a 100% increase, for example. And if you hit on a 2, that +1 is a 0% increase. While it sounds fairly awesome, I've come to the conclusion that it just does more to obfuscate the issue than anything else.


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Who's on First?Logic Grid puzzles come with a handy interactive grid that will help you solve the puzzle based on the given clues.
Bases are loaded. Based on the clues below, can you figure out each person's last name, and their position?
names: Alice, Emily, David
last names: Price, Smith, Smart
places: catcher, pitcher, left field
1)Alice Smart is the farthest away from home base.
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The Only Sunglasses You'll Need This Fall (and Winter)
It's hard to see from here in the year 2013, but Kanye was already going against the grain back in 2004. He was passing on the tall tees and sports jerseys, though still in baggy jeans. The Kanye of this time was defined by his devotion to two brands, Ralph Lauren and Louis Vuitton. He proclaimed himself the "Louis Vuitton Don," wearing a monogrammed backpack in most of his live performances and music videos. Under that bag was invariably Ralph Lauren, most notably with popped-collar Polo shirts and anything emblazoned with the "Polo Bear," which was incorporated into West's iconography as the "Dropout Bear" on his first album cover — and as a mascot in his entourage.
New album, new looks: Gone were the Polo shirts, and in was a whole variety of brands, styles, and awards. Look no further than the dusty-pink, white-satin-lapelled, three-piece tux he wore to the 2006 Grammys. Actually, look down: Those white sneakers (and those white driving gloves and that white satin shirt) are a prime example of Kanye in experimental mode. His sound as an artist and producer was in flux, as was his taste in clothes.
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South West London Branch of Youth Organisation Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association will plant around 2,000 trees next week.
The group, including young Muslims from Merton, Wandsworth and Sutton, will be at Old Lodge Farm on Sunday January 19 to help boost efforts to improve the country's environment.
The project forms part of the association's national tree planting initiative that has seen more than 50,000 trees planted in the previous year nationwide.


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The Greatest of All Time
12 Monkeys
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
He lied. He registered back with everybody else in August. Go look through the various lists in the idiots thread in the swamp; he should be on all of them after August 1.
The Logic of Long Distance
I can't help myself.
Are we still playing spades?
You bet.
Ok. We're a team.
I have only one fear: if we team up, then no one will be brave enough to take us on.
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I am so a couple of galactic mesocycles prior to the seismic dissolution of the place where the broken jagged sky met with vibrating green geometric planes of grass: one million wild ribbons of rainbow...


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Campaigners are calling for an urgent review of a 70,000 housing target for the Leeds area, after evidence that the figures were based on false statistics.
Leeds City Council has admitted to using flawed statistics to set the housing figure, according to the campaign group WARD ( Wharfedale and Airedale Review Development).
Now the group is writing to the council and the government inspector calling for an urgent review to prevent the core strategy being declared unsound and putting the whole of the wider Leeds area at risk from predatory developers.
WARD says the council has admitted a miscalculation in a letter from the Deputy Chief Planning Officer Steve Speak to the inspector Anthony Thickett, who is currently considering the Leeds Core Strategy.
The letter dated June 3 was sent after the release of the ONS 2012-based population projections in May.
The most up to date figures show an estimated population growth of 81,800 from 2012 to 2028 - compared to the 2008-based estimate of 144,500 for the same period.
Mr Speak says the projections "confirm that the Leeds population has been mis-estimated in the past and start from a base population of 757,700 people in 2012. For comparison the 2008-based projections started from a baseline population of 779,300 in 2008 and the 2010-based projections started from a base population of 780,900 in 2010."
WARD Chairman David Ingham said: "The admission of this miscalculation by LCC is confirmation that what WARD has been saying about the over-inflated housing target in the Core Strategy over the last three years has undoubtedly been proved true. The surprising fact is that Leeds are not asking the Inspector to review the 70,000 figure in the light of this new evidence. They are simply using this to justify the step-up procedure which proposes an annual build rate of 3,660 houses per year. This is absolutely diabolical.
"The WARD organisation feels, however, that the admission of this mistake by Leeds provides sufficient evidence for the Inspector to declare the plan unsound. This, however, would have a devastating effect on the area as it would leave the Leeds region open to severe predation by developers. The 70,000 target, if left un-reviewed, will also lead inevitably to the loss of important greenfield/greenbelt sites across the city – as WARD has been only too keen to point out over the past three years.
"Accordingly, these recently published ONS figures, rubbishing the need for a 70,000 target, support the assertion that an urgent review of this figure is required and by so doing the necessity to declare the plan unsound may be averted. Leeds should go further than simply asking these recent statistics to be used as justification for the step-up, they should seek an urgent review of the Core Strategy housing targets before it is ruled upon by the Inspector.
"WARD will be writing to Leeds City Council and to the Inspector using this new evidence and Leeds own miscalculation of the figures as a reason to re-open the Core Strategy examination in public session on housing targets. WARD strongly urges all local action groups to do the same. If unsuccessful, WARD will again make a challenge to the figures on the grounds that the use of inaccurate data makes the entire plan unsound and that the Core Strategy should be rejected on these grounds."


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The following are a variety of internet resources on book repairs. We recommend consulting the YouTube Channel of Syracruse University Library which offers a variety of video demonstrations on a large variety of repairs. You may also be interested in this video prepared by Yale University in the 1980s. If you have questions on the parts of a book, consult this pdf.
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Feedback from thousands of pregnant women and mothers about NHS-funded maternity services has been published for the first time, with those at Airedale Hospital being rated highly.
Since October 1, 2013, NHS England has been asking the Friends and Family Test (FFT) question in every NHS-funded maternity unit across the country.
The FFT test, where patients are asked if they would recommend the same service to a friend or family member, is already an integral part of A&E and acute in-patient units, giving patients the opportunity to have their say and help shape better NHS services. It was announced by the Prime Minister in January 2012.
Now, three months of feedback from maternity units has been gathered and analysed and the latest data published on the NHS Choices website.
The information will provide a base line so local people will be able to track improvements in their local maternity services.
Women were asked up to four questions at three stages during their pregnancy, seeking feedback about ante-natal services, the labour ward/ birthing unit or home birth services, the post-natal ward and the postnatal community services.
At Airedale NHS Trust, 37 out of 45 mums who responded said they were highly likely to recommend the service. About 2,400 babies are born each year at Airedale General Hospital.
Rob Dearden, director of nursing at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, said: "The real strength of the Friends and Family Test is that it ensures that the voices of patients and their families are heard – putting people at the centre of their local NHS and enabling them to help shape better services much faster than more traditional survey methods.
"Comments and scores for various stages of maternity care are rapidly available to our maternity team, so practical action can be taken to address problems that concern new and expectant mums, while positive comments are very important in maintaining the morale of hard-working staff. From ward to board, colleagues can look at the results of the Friends and Family Test and better understand how our maternity services are experienced by mothers and how they can make improvements."
In July 2013, the new Airedale Birthing Centre, funded by £748,000 from the Department of Health, officially opened, It has four birthing suites, all with private patio areas and en-suite wet room facilities.
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With Sylvester Stallone tweeting some thoughts and updates on Expendables 3 last week, our thoughts turned to possible (and a few impossible) casting choices. We've kept this old school, so you won't find a Rock or a Diesel here, but a few of our candidates still have action careers that survived post-'90s. Others… not so much. Sly also mentioned a desire for a young, sexy female star (who can blame him?) and some sort of Q-like young, male, geeky type. But suggestions for those are for another list… Here then, are our own thoughts – give us yours in the comments.
Who's that? A fine actor and a credible martial artist, Snipes made his action breakthrough in Passenger 57, and worked opposite Stallone on Demolition Man. He's probably best known now for the Blade movies, although most people prefer to forget the third one. Snipes is currently serving a three-year jail sentence thanks to some tax issues, but should be out in July this year, and a project like the third Expendables would be just the thing to get him back in the game.
Last seen: Lots of straight-to-video stuff, but his supporting role in Antoine Fuqua's Brooklyn's Finest felt like a bit of a comeback.
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Who's that? A solid tough guy, now aging into credible cragginess, and Stallone's co-star in '80s action fondue Tango & Cash. Veteran of John Carpenter's Escape From New York (and, ahem, LA), The Thing and Big Trouble In Little China. Paid millions for being stoic and wordless in Paul WS Anderson's Soldier. Employed by Quentin Tarantino as Stuntman Mike in Death Proof, although he didn't end up appearing in Django Unchained as originally planned.
Last seen: Football drama Touchback is Russell's only release since Death Proof, but he's got The Art Of The Steal in the can, and Bone Tomahawk on the way.
Who's that? Han Solo. Indiana Jones. Jack Ryan. Never exactly an action star in the cheesy sense we're talking about with the other Expendables crew, Ford nevertheless knows his way around a gun and a fist fight, and had a spate of action-dad roles in the '90s: The Fugitive, the Ryan films, Air Force One.
Last seen: Cowboys & Aliens. Ender's Game and Anchorman 2 are incoming. Oh, and there may be life in Han Solo yet.
Who's that? The Man With No Name and Dirty Harry, iconic veteran of westerns, cop films, a handful of war and military flicks, and two redneck comedies with an orang-utan. An absolutely bulletproof, iconic, classic Hollywood tough guy, Eastwood very rarely turns out for films he isn't directing himself these days (Trouble With the Curve was the first time in 19 years) and his role, in a weird way, was taken last time by Chuck Norris, who arrived onscreen to a Morricone soundtrack.
Last seen: Baseball scouting movie Trouble With the Curve, talking to a chair. Also, singing Looking Glass' Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) with Bill Murray at a karaoke night.
Who's that? Legendary Chinese action star and martial artist, now officially uninsurable having broken every bone in his body doing stunts - some of them more than once. Stallone has publicly said he wants Chan in Expendables 3, although Chan himself doesn't yet seem entirely convinced by the prospect.
Last seen: Chinese Zodiac, which he said may well mark his retirement from blockbuster-scale action movies. We'll see…
Who's that? An actor (he played Hamlet!) who did action, rather than an action star. Still, Lethal Weapon and Mad Max are undeniably high genre watermarks, and there are solid standalones on his CV like Payback and Conspiracy Theory. Apocalypto, which he directed, showed he still has an affinity for mad violence. Sadly, he's become more known lately for off-camera rage and craziness, but last year's How I Spent My Summer Vacation proved he can still cut an action dash. He'll next be seen in Machete Kills though, so an Expendables might be an ironic action ensemble too many.
Last seen: Direct-to-DVD (in the US, at least) Mexico-set actioner How I Spent My Summer Vacation. It sounds like a Just A Minute topic, but trust us, it's not.
Who's that? '80s action stalwart, usually as a heavy or part of an ensemble. He directs too. He was the green beret that Arnie was going to eat for breakfast in Commando, and part of Arnie's merc team in Predator (he's the one that mows down the jungle with Ol' Painless). Duke was never an above-the-title star, but he'd be a fitting Expendables presence nonetheless: maybe as a villain, or another shady figure in Mr Church's organisation.
Last seen: Elmore Leonard adaptation Freaky Deaky, which went straight to video in the US and has yet to reach these shores.
Who's that? One of the leaders of the '80s Brat Pack, along with the likes of Kiefer Sutherland and his brother Charlie Sheen, Estevez did some wild-eyed gun slinging in his time, starring as Billy the Kid in the two Young Guns films. He also had another brief action franchise in the Stakeout movies with Richard Dreyfuss, and knocked some heads with Sheen in Men At Work. Lately, he's been directing to some acclaim, but it's not unthinkable that he'd be inclined to blow some shit up again.
Last seen: Adventure dramedy The Way (with his dad Martin Sheen), which he also directed.
Who's that? Stallone's nemesis-turned-ally in the Rocky films, an unwelcome part of Schwarzenegger's Predator team (the CIA had him pushing too many pencils), and briefly, star of his own proto-franchise Action Jackson, although that was never followed up.
Last seen: Straight to video Battleships knock-off American Warships, from the infamous Asylum studio. Also, Arrested Development, where he revealed his tried-and-true stew recipe.
Who's that? A character actor with much more than action on his CV, Ward was the star of '80s classic Remo Williams: Unarmed And Dangerous, and he faced down giant killer worms in Tremors, so he'd be utterly Expendables-appropriate – perhaps some kind of ex-military suit who goes unexpectedly Remo would be in order.
Last seen: Playing The Major in bomb comedy 30 Seconds Or Less. He'll also show up in 2 Guns with Denzel Washington and Marky Mark.
Who's that? Star of the five-movie American Ninja franchise, plus numerous other corner-shop VHS hits. His martial art of choice is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and he's said publicly that he'd love to be an Expendable if Stallone would like to have him (around the 11-minute mark here).
Last seen: Straight-to-video sci-fi actioner Stranded, with Ice-T, way back in 2002.
Who's that? Eccentrically-haired zen warlock who perversely turned to glossy Bruckheimer action – The Rock, Con-Air, Gone In 60 Seconds etc. – following his Oscar win for Leaving Las Vegas. Not quite as old-school as most of the Expendables – he's '90s and beyond, rather than '80s – Cage has nonetheless proved time and again that he's up for a spot of mayhem. Expendables producer Avi Lerner has said he thinks Cage a likely candidate, although Lerner is not unknown for occasionally speaking out of turn and through his hat (see the recent Texas Chainsaw 4 debacle and the Amber Heard / Red Sonja film he promised us).
Last seen: Ghost Rider 2, Seeking Justice and Trespass all in quick succession most recently, with Stolen, The Frozen Ground and Joe (among others) incoming.
Who's that? Arguably the most obviously missing Expendable now that Van Damme has made an appearance. In the '80s Seagal broke arms and skulls through the violent likes of Hard to Kill and Marked for Death – see the last video here for more details – then went a bit more mainstream with Under Siege and was seduced by hubris into directing grand follies like On Deadly Ground (promoting environmentalism and harmony by blowing shit up!). He's spent the last decade and more knocking out straight-to-video clunkers where he doesn't even show up to loop his own dialogue. He's also the reincarnation of a Buddhist 'treasure revealer', a blues musician, a part-time cop, and he's had a sort of CSI-ish TV show (True Justice). He's actually not averse to sending himself up either – see Exit Wounds, Executive Decision, Machete – but sadly Stallone has confirmed he's still definitely off the cards for Expendables 3. Stallone didn't specify why, but legend has it Seagal has an ongoing beef with Expendables producer Avi Lerner.
Last seen: The just-out Maximum Conviction, with ex-Expendable Steve Austin.
Who she? The queen of '80s action. She never achieved the giddy fame or box office heights of her male contemporaries, but the prolific Rothrock punched and kicked her way off the video shelves for years. Surely a shoo-in for the "female Expendables" that's being developed as we speak, but there's no need for sexist segregation: she'd be equally effective in all-male company.
Last seen: 2004's Sci-Fighter, although she had a cameo as "Nanna" in last year's family affair Santa's Summer House.
Who's that? Craggy grump who survived projects with Walter Hill and Paul Verhoeven. Ever-effective as a villain or an irascible authority figure, he even came out of Highlander 2 looking basically fine and positively shone in the likes of Starship Troopers. Still prolifically busy, he mostly sticks to small indie films, but mixes in the occasional blockbuster (X-Men: First Class, Terminator: Salvation).
Last seen: Last year's financial crisis drama California Winter.
Who's that? Speaking of Highlander… Lambert "arrived" as Tarzan in Greystoke, went back to France to win a César for Luc Besson's Subway, and then made his name in the face of all logic as the French-accented Scot in Russell Mulcahy's immortal epic. Low-rent American action constituted most of his '90s – Highlander sequels, the Fortress films, Gunmen – but he seemed to retreat to France recently for critical acclaim with Claire Denis' White Material. And then he made Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.
Last seen: Equestrian drama Ma Bonne Etoile.
Who's that? Statuesque amazon who hacked through Red Sonja alongside Schwarzenegger (it's her film really, so that should probably be the other way around) and strutted through Beverly Hills Cop 2 opposite Eddie Murphy. She had a bit of a romantic dalliance with Arnie though, and is also the ex Mrs Stallone (they met on Cobra) so that might make things slightly awkward.
Last seen: Stripper With A Shotgun: half of straight-to-video double-bill Grindhouse 2wo (we apologise; that really is the title). N.B. She didn't play the stripper.
Who's that? Star of Grease, sufferer-through Look Who's Talking, comeback king in Pulp Fiction. A jack of all trades, he's equally comfortable with comedy and drama, and has frequently peppered his CV with action roles, albeit like Cage in the 90s onwards. He's worked with John Woo twice (Broken Arrow and Face/Off), and in recent years has torn up The Taking of Pelham 123 and From Paris With Love. And he has Stallone previous: Sly directed him in Staying Alive.
Last seen: As dodgy Dennis in Oliver Stone's Savages.
Who's that? The bedrock of the Iron Eagle films – four militaristic action epics – and a co-star in the Dolph version of The Punisher, among many other action roles. Like Michael Ironside, he can mostly be found in small indie dramas these days.
Last seen: Supernatural yarn Breaking At The Edge, released in the US at the start of this year.
Who's that? In two words: James Bond (or, if you prefer, "tax exile"). But, obviously, Connery is much else besides. His last great action role was Michael Bay's The Rock alongside Nicolas Cage, and he swore off filmmaking forever after The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Stallone coaxing him out of retirement for an Expendables would, to put it bluntly, be fucking something. But outside of idle daydreams, there's no chance in heck.
Last seen: A golf course somewhere warm, or watching Andy Murray play tennis in New York.


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The Etiquette of Cancerby Stacey Winkler
Filed under | Living With Cancer
Lumpectomy, chemotherapy, radiation, menopause-inducing medication, Herceptin, homeopathic remedies, injected three times a week and a double mastectomy - almost six years later.
I've become an unintentional expert on the "etiquette of cancer." Or the lack thereof.
In truth, what my disease has done to disrupt my life sometimes pales in comparison to the episodes "well meaning people" (WMPs) have often made me endure. Looking back, the list is seemingly endless . . .
Even those who didn't manage to offend or hurt me with their words frequently managed to unhinge my self-confidence with a phenomenon I call "pity eyes." You remember those girls in high school who could, with a single glance, convince you that your skirt, your shoes, your hair were somehow wrong, your very self not up to par? I witnessed the cancer version of that look all too frequently when I ran into someone who already knew I had been diagnosed with breast cancer. The "pity eyes" are inevitably compounded by a tone of voice that is really difficult to describe on paper. It's a high-octave, perky, "Hi, Stacey!" followed by an immediate and dramatic drop to a low, alto, very concerned whisper: "How are you?". The emphasis inevitably falls on "are."
I want to believe that these really are WMPs (Well Meaning People, in case you've forgotten) who probably just don't know what to say. But come on: it's 2008! How many of us don't know someone who is fighting cancer? "Pity Eyes" and high-octave "empathy" only made me (and would make anyone) feel like I was, to channel my mother, "right at death's door."
Another brilliant faux pas is the WMP phone call. The caller, often hysterical and fighting tears, proceeds directly into telling you how devastated they are by the fact the you have cancer. It's your very own cancer and their day has been ruined by it. One "friend" called and said that his wife had just told him the news earlier in the day.
"I was so upset, Stacey. I feel like I've just been hit by a truck… I haven't been able to eat one thing all day."
This is where I must insert that I am such a pathetic caretaker myself that in all these situations I found myself exerting tremendous effort on a show of somehow quite genuine sympathy for the WMP. It usually went like this: "Oh please-I'm fine-I'm feeling great-please don't cry-don't be upset."
If I was encountering the WMP in person, I usually went straight for a bear hug coupled with a consoling pat on the back. If only to shut them up.
Another "friend" told my husband that his wife had been inconsolable since she found out I had cancer. He was distraught because his wife hadn't been sleeping. Hello? Is anybody home for the person with cancer?
Since my life was made up of tests, it took me a couple of go-rounds to realize how staggeringly impolite it was when WMPs called to ask about my "numbers" or my "tumor markers." The constant questions from these layfolk, none of whom, of course, had any medical training and none of whom had any personal experience with cancer, added to the numbing sensation of being a stranger in a very strange land.
The questions didn't stop there.
"Exactly when will your treatment be finished?"
"What side effects will you have?"
"How soon do you lose your hair?"
"Did you know you'll have no eyebrows or eyelashes?"
"Why is your breast reconstruction taking so long?"
"Why didn't the doctors keep your right nipple-couldn't they have frozen it?"
"Wow, this is weird you feel bad-my husband's secretary never missed a day of work." "My girlfriend did Pilates and two-hour walks everyday and she really felt empowered being bald!"
Okay. Here it is: Maybe I'm extra sensitive, but all these comments and all the extremely invasive questions never ever made me feel any better or even remotely good. More often then not, they hurt my feelings terribly.
I finally stopped taking most calls. I decided to control my life and my environment, to protect myself, by controlling the people I talked to. Not just about my cancer but about everyday things. The people closest to me would allow me the great privilege of treating me like a full fledged, pre-cancerous person. We could converse about my kids, my garden, and how much chocolate I would have liked to have on hand at a given moment. I was more than just my cancer to them.
Not that I didn't want to know anything and everything about my cancer. But wait. Not such a good idea. The personal etiquette of cancer, how the cancer is dealt with by the person who has it it, is another important set of techniques to be learned.
My brilliant cancer therapist (there is indeed such a vocation), Leonne Schillo, gave me some invaluable advice the day I was diagnosed:
First: Stay off the computer. No matter what. There is too much misinformation out there. Stay away.
Second: Everybody has a story-and more than likely, it is not a good one. Do not get involved with these stories or the people who feel the need to share them. Do not listen. Protect yourself at all times.
Third: Don't let people judge you.
I feel adamant about people keeping physical assessments and "constructive criticism" to themselves. This immediately brings to mind seeing a cousin on the street, who upon greeting me pronounced that it was "absolutely not possible that you could have gained weight with breast cancer." Once again, information that was not helpful for my self-confidence or a "speedy recovery."
Another WMP said she'd "really be happy when you finish your treatment because you just don't look or seem like yourself." One girl I've known for 25 years, upon hearing I had breast cancer, immediately lamented the fact that the very best wig she had ever seen was worn by her dear friend, who had died the previous year-and foolish her, she had forgotten to get the wig maker's name. I ask you-is that surreal or what?
Since my recent mastectomy (January 3rd, to be exact), when I am approached by anyone who is familiar with my latest chapter, I feel like an air traffic controller. Rather than "Pity Eyes," I am subject to "Airplane Eyes" making an emergency landing on my chest. As if on autopilot, as soon as the Airplane Eyes drop to my chest, they make a conspicuous beeline back up to my eyes. Without fail, every single time.
My kind husband says, "Everybody means well, and they really cannot help it." Once again I am left with my jaw dropped, scratching my head, trying to figure out why I'm not as nice as Henry. Do people really think I can't see the shift to check out a breastless chest?
The best was yet another WMP who had a huge compliment for me. Both she and her husband agree: I look 10 years younger without my breasts, and definitely much, much thinner! While sharing this nugget, she simultaneously reached out to touch my stomach and waist, like the witch in Hansel and Gretel making sure there would be enough meat for dinner. Trust me-I could feed a village.
To raise public awareness regarding cancer etiquette, I would like to propose a piece of legislation mandating that when someone has cancer, they are given a temporary pass on "thank you" notes. Please understand that I am one of those people who writes a personal note if I hear that an acquaintance's eighth cousin twice-removed mentioned that I possibly but not for sure had cancer and is weighing the possibility of at some point in time asking for my address to perhaps send something to me in the distant future.
However, in the middle of a particularly difficult patch of chemo, a "friend" who I had not spoken with in over 10 years sent me a lovely arrangement of flowers. I was grateful for the thought and generosity. But I had also just commissioned myself as the Four Star General in my Army of One. Several times each day, I mapped out a strategic assault on every beachhead in my bedroom like I was Dwight Eisenhower. I was trying to make the most out of my dreaded, perpetually repeating journeys from my bed to my bathroom.
I'm not talking downstairs here, or even down the hall, just simply from my bed to the bathroom.
The planning had to be impeccable, the execution flawless:
Push covers back, proceed to chaise, pick up book, get that soft foot pillow on the bench at the base of the bed on my way to picking up a cold water-located in my bathroom, mind you—toss soft pillow toward bed en route to the bathroom, continuing my mission to the vanity to run a brush through my hair or wig or perhaps just to grab a fresh clean cotton turban for my cold head, depending on the hour of the day. Continue to bathroom sink, brush my teeth, unexpectedly vomit, just barely making the toilet (my scheduling has already been blown), grab the book by the toilet, writhe around on the floor with incredible stomach pain for about four to seven minutes, call out to see is anyone is close by, okay - forget the water, pull myself up by holding onto the edge of the bathtub, brush those teeth again, and this time include the tongue, carefully avoid the sores in the mouth, major detour to the closet for a fresh non-vomity nightgown, shobble back to my bed (that was my walk at that time, somewhere between a shuffle and a hobble), realize I left the water and the book.
I blew it.
I didn't allow for the unexpected, which is a cardinal rule! It's fine. I'll just organize better next time. Right now I need to buy as much rest in bed as possible until the next time I have to relieve my bladder or throw up again.
Fuck the girl who's doing Pilates and walking everyday.
It's in between these many strolls around the bedroom that I'm told we have received four calls from this latest WMP, asking if I saw the flowers she sent. The florist even called to reconfirm the delivery and I was told by another acquaintance that "Mrs. X" told her how rude I was by not responding properly when "Mrs. X" had reached out and sent flowers with a note that read, "You are in our prayers."
What do you think I did? Obviously I sent the stupid note immediately. But still.
Let random acts of kindness be just that. Who in the hell is counting? Who cares about notes versus flowers, who calls and who doesn't? Let it go. Check your ego at the door. If you really want to make a difference, accept the fact that the person who is ill is allowed a pass on the normal niceties they would offer if they were feeling normal.
Get that this is not about you, "Well Meaning Person." It's about the person who feels as though the rug was pulled out from under them the moment they heard the word "malignant."
Please do not think me ungrateful. I truly have been deeply touched by so very many acts of loving behavior. I have never ever thought of myself as a victim, or felt like one. I have never ever said "Why me?" because why not?
So here are the answers to today's Cancer Etiquette column.
1. Save the "Pity Eyes" for a Kodak commercial or for watching the nightly news. Lose the sad voice altogether. No one needs pity. No one needs any more sadness. Try to make this about the patient, your friend, and not about you. Behave as normally as possible. By all means, acknowledge the huge elephant in the room: "I heard you had/have/are having cancer. I hope you're feeling better." Sometimes it's nice to offer to take over the carpool for a day or to go to the market. Whatever. Just know how good it feels to not have to comfort the person who is offering comfort to you. What a concept! Please understand that with just a glance or a few short words, you have the ability to unhinge all of the emotional progress the person in treatment or survivor has made just to get out of bed in the morning. Of course you don't know anything. But the person you're looking at can't be sure of that. You have the power (unfortunately) to send someone in a fairly fragile state into a thought spiral that is, to put it mildly, no fun. Next?
2. Guess what? Everyone does cancer in their own way. There are no rules. Allow that knowledge to sink in. Everyone does cancer their own way. Please do not be an armchair quarterback. Your friend has doctors. Your friend does not need to know or be reminded of any of your mutual friends who have died of what you are trying to survive. The WMP's also constantly reminded me about others they knew who were facing breast cancer, and to which site in their body the primary beast had spread.
Again I say: "Come on." What purpose do these comments fulfill? If I want to tell you about my blood results I will. Do not ask. "What does the doctor say?" "When will you be well?" "When will you look like yourself again?" "We really feel it's time you start getting back to going out at night."
Try to hold back on the comparisons with your friends who are running marathons at the same point in treatment as your friend with cancer who is not running marathons. And that remarkable woman who is on an archeological dig in Central America and gets her chemo at a different hospital every time? Just give the CP some space. Just allow your friend to be whoever they need to be at this time. I can only speak from personal experience, but I felt so utterly out of control that I just wanted to grab at anything that made me feel like I was "in charge." I wanted to be allowed the freedom to either offer information about my health or not. No one needs to go to someone's house and hear about the private medical problems of other people. No one wants to feel they are being offered up as dinner table conversation. I swear to you, not a single person is interested in hearing about how hard your cancer has been on the WMP's life because so many of their friends have cancer now.
Absolutely no one needs to know about the frightening new statistics you've pulled off your computer and just want to "share." Get a grip and reverse the situation. If you do not have anything positive to say, do nothing. Call another day. I can honestly say about all those things the WMP offers up under the heading of "helpful" tips: the person with cancer has already gone down that road, and in depth, so don't bother!
3. Just shut up! No one wants to hear how "fantastic" they look, and certainly no one wants to discuss how awful they look. Avoid bringing up weight loss or weight gain. Avoid the beauty tips, unless asked. Hold back on pointing out the yellow pallor of your friend's skin. Do not try to make the situation more comfortable with these insane remarks. Guess what? It is an uncomfortable situation. Just get that it is and leave it alone.
4. Please do not have expectations. Do not bother sending a gift or a note or calling for any other reason than that you want to reach out. Don't do it to cement a social contract or to initiate anything other than wishing your friend well. Even if there is no reciprocity, if you choose to offer your help in any way, do so without the expectation of getting something back. For me personally, there are no acts of kindness I will ever forget. Absolutely none. I will always cherish the memory of anyone who let me decide what parts of my illness and I wanted to share and when. These people will be in my heart for the rest of my life. I will always be in their debt. My chemo nurse Cecilia, who never failed to make me laugh, always addressed me with a smile and a kind word. She always managed to miraculously find a vein when it seemed like every single one had collapsed. She was always irreverent and never ever flashed me the Pity Eyes. Not once. Raoul, the guy in the parking lot of one of my doctors who always had a smile for me and kept my car really close by. There were gazillions of spectacular people who touched me so deeply-I will never, ever, forget them. Through this experience, I made lifelong friends.
If and only if you feel you want to put yourself out there for a friend or an acquaintance with cancer, do it selflessly. Even if the "thank you" note is late or non-existent.
Stacey Winkler graduated USC with a BA in Sociology, and proceeded to dedicate her life to volunteer work and children's advocacy through Foster Care Works, service as a volunteer at Maclaren Children's Center, and successfully lobbying for a separate children services department in Los Angeles County. Along with a bevy of public service awards and citations, Stacey has served on two presidential commissions. She recently underwent a double mastectomy after her breast cancer recurred. Stacey lives in L.A. with her husband Henry and is the proud mother of Jed, Max and Zoe.


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The Muslims in Ouagadougo, capital city of Burkina Faso go to Central Mosque to perform their evening pray and read the Holy Qur'an. One of the most important steps of the Islamic revival is the Muslims in Burkino Faso…
How did François convert to Islam?
The number of Muslims in Burkina Faso gets higher. Among the students there was a Christian named François who became a Muslim after the school, changed his name to Idris and went on the pilgrimage to Mecca.


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The immediate electoral advantage of attracting candidates with established public profiles is obvious enough for political parties, especially when it can mean the difference between winning and losing in key contests.
In a game where being noticed is at least half the battle, someone who voters already know, and perhaps even like, enters the race with a big head start.
But the actual record of achievement of so-called celebrity candidates is surprisingly patchy and, in some cases, has proved downright disastrous.
The voters of John Howard's former seat of Bennelong know this well, having succumbed to the allure of the high-profile television journalist-turned ALP politician Maxine McKew.
Her star power was instrumental not only in knocking off the Howard government in the 2007 ''Ruddslide'' election but in summarily ending the parliamentary career of Mr Howard himself.
But, after a difficult adjustment process in which she went from watching to doing, Ms McKew was bested in the 2010 election by another headline grabber, former tennis star and commentator John Alexander.
Sports stars are always popular because they come with ready-made profiles, often some degree of media training and a need to do something meaningful when their sports career is over.
But transitioning from post-match interviews to the far trickier terrain of political battle is no small thing.
Questions come on everything from detailed economic issues to perilous foreign policy questions and divisive social and moral dilemmas.
The most graphic example of this experiential gulf is the case of former rugby league legend Mal Meninga. The hugely popular former Canberra Raider entered the records in 2001 for the shortest political career ever by announcing his candidacy for the ACT Legislative Assembly and then abandoning it in the same live interview.
In the 2007 federal election, Labor's intended coup of attracting Nicole Cornes to run in Boothby also flopped badly. As the glamorous wife of former Adelaide Crows coach and football legend Graham Cornes, she attracted attention for the wrong reasons when she could not articulate party policy.
Labor's coup of enticing Cheryl Kernot to defect from the Democrats went well initially but ended in tears.
High-profile business types have not always succeeded, either. Unlike Malcolm Turnbull, John Elliott and Clive Palmer have talked big but failed to fire.


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Detroit - If you're looking for something savory and sweet for the holiday table, try these oven roasted spiced nuts - a recipe from Tina Miller, Meijer Healthy Living Advisor.
2 egg whites lightly beaten (or 1/2 cup liquid egg white)
2 Tablespoons of water
6 cups shelled walnuts or pecan halves
1 cup Meijer sugar
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. ground McCormick cinnamon
1 tsp. ground McCormick cloves
1 tsp. ground McCormick nutmeg
1 tsp. McCormick Chinese 5-spice powder
1. Preheat conventional oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment baking paper or use a silicone baking sheet.
3. In a bowl beat egg white, mix in water, and add nuts. In a separate bowl whisk together well all spices and sugar. Add spice-sugar mix to nut mix.
4. Mix well and spread onto cookie sheet. Place in the middle rack of oven - bake for 30 minutes (no longer) until mostly dry, stir every 10 minutes (this is important to avoid burning). Watch closely at end of baking time to avoid burning.
5. Allow to cool completely before storing. Do not refrigerate. Seal tightly in a zipper lock bag or an air-tight sealed container. Makes 24 - 1/4 cup portions.
Nutrition Information per serving: 301 Calories, 28g Fat, 3.9g Protein, 13.3g Carbohydrate, 105mg Sodium, 0 mg Cholesterol, 3.7g Fiber, 37mg Calcium.


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Place all ingredients in a medium saucepan over a high flame. Do not cover. Stir constantly to prevent lumping. Bring almost to a boil. Reduce the flame to low and simmer until thick. When thick, in several seconds, remove from the flame and place in individual dessert cups.
Per serving - 230 calories, 4 gram fat (16% calories from fat), 9 gram protein, 40 gram carbohydrate, 2 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 134 milligram sodium


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LOS ANGELES - There was a time when old English sheepdogs dominated television screens and newspaper comic strips. Now it's hard to find one beyond a dog show.
Numbers of the high-maintenance longhaired breed, which can weigh close to 100 pounds, are dropping as more owners choose pocket pets and designer puppies that are smaller, travel-ready, easy to care for and cost much less to feed.
"People have more to do and less time to do it, and they have lost interest in old English sheepdogs," said Doug Johnson of Colorado Springs, Colo., the president of the Old English Sheepdog Club of America.
Breeders in the United States and England are concerned about the drop in the number of purebred sheepdog puppies registered in the two countries each year. At the height of the breed's popularity in 1975, when the sheepdog was named best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, nearly 16,000 puppies were registered by the American Kennel Club, said Lisa Peterson, who went through club archives for The Associated Press.
But that number dropped within 10 years to fewer than 5,600 dogs and three years ago, the last time AKC numbers were available, there were just over 1,000, she said.
London's Kennel Club, which put the breed on the club's watch list, registered just 401 sheepdog puppies in 2011, said representative Heidi Ancell. The list is reserved for breeds that number between 300 and 450 registrations a year.
But the kennel clubs say they have never lost a breed to extinction. Johnson said it would be up to those clubs to generate interest to prevent the sheepdog from disappearing.
"There are too many of us old die-hards that will go ahead and keep this breed alive," said Johnson, who has 22 sheepdogs under the Bugaboo kennel banner.
David Frei, director of communications for the Westminster Kennel Club and co-host of Purina's annual National Dog Show, said he wasn't too concerned that the breed is in danger. "If you have a dog that can have six, eight or nine puppies, is that a horribly endangered species? Endangered animals are those that have single offspring in a litter," he said.
"We aren't going to lose any of these breeds. But we might have to go to shows to see them," he said.
Most historians believe the dog's origins were in Sussex, England, where they drove sheep and cattle to market. They were called Sussex sheepdogs then, Smithfields when they took ponies to Smithfield Market and bobtailed because their tails were traditionally docked or cut off, Johnson said.
The tails were docked to prove their occupation and to exempt owners from taxes because of their working status, he said. The dogs are smart, adaptable, obedient and agile, and they have a distinctive bark, like two pots clanging together, Frei said.
Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Boys athlete of the year: Joseph Sadler
Updated 11:19 pm, Saturday, June 23, 2012
School: Devine
Sports: Football (running back, defensive back, kicker), baseball (pitcher, infielder), track and field (relays, high jump, long jump, triple jump), golf
Height, weight: 5-foot-10, 180 pounds
College choice: Signed to play football at Incarnate Word, where he's attending summer classes
2011-12 highlights: Set a state record with 451 points to surpass Ken Hall's 58-year-old mark. ... Was two points shy of the national record of 453. ... Associated Press Class 3A Offensive Player of the Year, Express-News Offensive Player of the Year, first-team All-State. ... Rushed for 3,887 yards on 385 carries, setting the area single-season record. ... Led Devine to a school-record 13-1 season and the state quarterfinals. ... Unanimous all-district pick in baseball after leading Warhorses to the playoffs. ... Batted .348 with a home run, seven RBIs and 11 stolen bases. ... On the mound, went 7-5 with 85 strikeouts and a 2.22 ERA in 78 2/3 innings. ... Won District 27-3A title in high jump (6 feet, 4 inches) and placed eighth at regionals. ... Placed second in triple jump (42 feet, 7 3/4 inches) and helped 800-meter relay take first at district meet. ... Averaged in the mid-80s while helping Devine golf team finish second at district tournament.
How are you enjoying Incarnate Word so far?
Sports Channel
I like it a lot. It's definitely not high school. The workouts are a lot more difficult. You adapt to the change. Everybody's real friendly. Everybody acts like they've known you forever.
We dubbed you the "Gingerbread Man" because of your red hair this season. Has the nickname stuck?
Yeah, some people still call me that. I still use it sometimes. I think it will still be around for at least four more years.
What was your favorite memory from your senior year?
Just the football season. Going through that will definitely be a memory for the rest of my life, to be able to be a part of a team like that and do so well, it was an amazing thing.
Is playing a bunch of sports the norm around Devine, even for a football star?
If you're an athlete at a small school, you pretty much play every sport that you can. That's one of the things I liked because you get the opportunity to play all of the sports and make a lot of memories that you normally wouldn't be able to at a bigger school.
Even golf?
More Information
Antonio wins Cup: Best of 2011-12
Boys athlete: Joseph Sadler
Girls athlete: Chamaya Turner
Boys team: Alamo Heights soccer
Girls team: Smithson Valley softball
Story: Sam Houston football
Feat: Joseph Sadler's season
Class 5A standings
Class 4A standings
Class 3A-2A-A standings
Private schools standings
Dan Cook Cup facts
I wasn't too bad, but I never got much time to practice golf because of baseball and track and everything.
Favorite sports movie?
I would have to say "Friday Night Lights" or "Facing the Giants." It's a movie about this football coach going through a hard time. It's like a Christian movie and they wind up winning the championship.
What's playing on your iPod?
A mixture of stuff. I've got some rap and some country and some rock. If I'd have to pick a favorite, I'd have to go with AC/DC.
Who's your biggest role model?
I would have to say my older brother (Jacob Sadler, who plays football at Texas Lutheran). Just because he's always been the guy that looked out for me and pushed me to the limit.
How would you sum up your senior year?
For anyone to say they went out and accomplished the things I did and the things my team did in every sport, that's a good way to leave behind your high school days. It's sad, too, because you're never going to get to play with those same guys again. But, you know, life moves on.
- Reagan's Austin Hays (football, baseball)
- Sam Houston's Javonte Magee (football, track and field)
- Churchill's Boone Niederhofer (football, baseball)
- San Marcos' Allex Austin (track and field, basketball)
- East Central's Chris Armstrong (football, track and field).
2002-03: Jacob Gutierrez, Madison (football, wrestling, track and field)
2003-04: Joseph Davis, Somerset (football, basketball, track and field)
2004-05: Joe Pawelek, Smithson Valley (football, baseball)
2005-06: Chris Caflisch, Madison (football, basketball, track and field)
2006-07: Clay Sears, Fredericksburg (football, basketball, track and field)
2007-08: Jimmy Feigen, Churchill (swimming)
2008-09: Anthony Johnson, Warren (football, basketball, track and field)
2009-10: Johnny Manziel, Kerrville Tivy (football, golf, baseball)
2010-11: Jace Amaro, MacArthur (football, basketball, track and field)


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Do i need to "speak" fluent JS before i can start using and working with frameworks like angular? Or is the "basics" enough?
The more you know of JavaScript the easier it will be to learn frameworks. I normally recommend learning JavaScript to at least an intermediate level before learning a framework. That means that you can understand what the framework commands are doing but might not know quite enough to be able to write an equivalent framework yourself.
You must understand OOP, prototyping, closure.Design pattern and Code Factoring are optional. (advance)
Find a problem that would be well solved by using a framework, then try to solve it by using a framework.If you keep procrastinating and saying "Oh, but I need to know x, y and z before I can do anything" then you'll never be ready.Plus, if you come unstuck when using said framework, you'll have an idea of what went wrong and what you need to learn before you can advance.
Frameworks are really designed for lazy coders and those who are not proficient at programming, as in not knowing enough javaScript to deal with the problem.
While to many a framework is the bees knees, in my opinion they are not, why load up hundreds of lines of javaScript coding to perform a very simple task that could be easily coded in several lines of code? Sure your viewpoint may be swayed with the simplistic of a single or couple of lines of functions that a frame work presents but load up a framework to see that it is a large file that will impact on your site being able to load quickly and efficiently.
You would be better off putting your time and effort in to learning to use the various javascript components and crafting your site code the time honored way.
Are you confusing libraries (such as jQuery) with frameworks (such as Ember/Angular)?
Hmm, I'd agree that frameworks can become a crutch for those learning development and they can definitely be used inappropriately (how often do we see libraries such as jQuery loaded up just to some simple DOM manipulation?)
Frameworks are useful when working on larger projects where you'd otherwise find yourself writing a lot of the same boilerplate code every time. They are also beneficial in team environments, providing a consistent structure across projects and allowing other developers to work on your code without having to learn how you've structured your app.
As with all tools though, you need to evaluate which ones fit in with your preferred ways of working.
I must be the laziest programmer in the world as I embrace frameworks. Less time re-inventing the wheel and more time writing business logic.
The problem with frameworks or libraries is that they stifle innovation and individualism at the cost of speed of build and you are reliant on the code working bug free. It takes one bug to bring your house of cards tumbling and you have to wait for a fix... At least if you build your own, you can debug and put right what went wrong.
I'd try to have a debate with you but I'm pretty sure you won't change your mind no matter what I say. It's kind of like TV Controller causes people to be lazy. With your argument, it can be said "The problem with TV Controller is that they stifle body movements at the cost of health and you are reliant on the controller to do your physical work. It takes one disease to kill a person and you may have to go through surgery. At least if you decide to use your body instead of remote, you can be more healthy and be more active then inactive"
I still use my remote controller and promote lazism
lol me, too.Lazy is good (at least as far as programming goes).
You can not get away from the fact that you are reliant on others code, if anything goes wrong, you have no way of solving the error yourself as you won't know where the glitch / bug is.
You also have the issue of payload, why load 90kb a time per page load when your needs per page may only extend to 3 or 4kb? The excessive payload does not justify the use of one.
I TBH really don't like frameworks / libraries like JQuery and I am not about to change my mind, if the JQuery methods were suddenly incorporated in to the browser as part of its makeup then I would make the effort to look at using them, however, as they are not, not likely to be, they shall remain safely tucked up where they deserve to be, in the trash pile.


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