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I use ASP.net hosting for one of my websites and would like to experiment with a new host. I will need to keep the existing site online during this process but I want to completely prove-it-out on the new host before deciding to move.
Is there any other way to do this besides buying a new domain name (mysitename-test.com, or mysitename.org) and using that domain to try things out on my the new host? The only drawback I can see to this is 1) buying the domain costs money and 2) the potential for Google seeing the test site as duplicate content.
I think I should be able to block robots on the test site, so really the only issue is paying money for a site that will only be used for testing purposes?
If you stayed on the current host, you could do this via a subdomain. However, using a new host, you're stuck using another domain name.
Do you have to test this on a domain? Either way, you should be able to test on a subdomain or if you can't create a subdomain, even test it via IP.
Create a subdomain on your main domain, set it up to point at the name servers for the new host. If you cannot do this, you have a lousy domain register. Ah how I enjoy Azure, 90 day free trial, pay-as-you-go, internal test URLs, and so much more.
So by using a subdomain pointed at the new host's nameservers, would I still be able to try out components provided by the new host, like 3rd party add-ons?
I don't see why not.
You could also request a temporary domain url to help you to check everything before migration?
sahostking has a good point. I don't use anyone's "free domain name" but that should give you a "dummy" domain name for a master account with all your hosted accounts in addon domains under the master. They can be addressed either as a subdomain of the "dummy" or directly (bypassing the code of the master domain).


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Labour Party chief whip Rosie Winterton MP gathered signatures from Guiseley and Otley shoppers on Saturday morning as part of a campaign against rising fuel prices.
She joined her party's local prospective parliamentary candidate Jamie Hanley outside Guiseley's Morrisons supermarket to garner support for restrictions on gas and electricity rises.
"We're highlighting the cost of Cameron, having discovered that people in Yorkshire and Humberside are some £1,800 a year worse off under his Government," Miss Winterton said.
"We are calling for a freeze on fuel prices and proper implementation of a regulatory framework.
"Huge profits are being made from the cost of gas and electricity.
"And yet there are people struggling to pay their bills as the price of everything goes up under the coalition and wages go down."
Solicitor Mr Hanley will stand for Labour in the Pudsey consituency in next year's General Election and said local people told him their main concerns were job insecurity and rising bills.
"We have spoked to 3,000 people in Guiseley and people are worried about job losses in the NHS, the police and the state sector but overwhelmingly it's about rising prices," Mr Hanley said.
"I can take you to homes where people have to choose between heating and eating."


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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A cargo-carrying SpaceX capsule splashed in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday after a soaring send-off from the International Space Station.
With the Dragon spacecraft secured on the end of the station's 57-foot robotic arm, outpost commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency and U.S. astronaut Thomas Marshburn deployed the capsule at 6:56 a.m. EDT.
The two triggered the release from a control station in the complex's Cupola, a seven-window observation deck. The space station and the Dragon were flying about 252 miles above the southwest coast of Australia at the time.
"There goes Dragon away from the arm," said NASA mission commentator Josh Byerly.
"Looks both beautiful and nominal from here," Hadfield told engineers in the NASA Mission Control Center in Houston.
SpaceX flight controllers executed a series of three thruster firings, pushing the Dragon out of the station's immediate vicinity and onto a trajectory designed to lead to an 11:42 a.m. atmospheric re-entry.
Hadfield said the capsule's course was "rock solid."
SpaceX ships and recovery personnel are in place 214 miles off the coast of Baja California. The Dragon made a parachute-assisted splashdown at 12:34 p.m. EDT. The return had been scheduled for Monday but rough seas prompted a one-day delay.
The SpaceX fleet includes a 185-foot barge equipped with cranes to lift the spacecraft onto the vessel. A smaller crew boat carries engineers and a dive team. Two rigid-hull inflatable boats round out the fleet.
Launched March 1 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Dragon reached the station two days later with more than a ton of supplies and equipment.
The capsule is returning to Earth with 2,668 pounds of experiment equipment and science samples.
SpaceX Dragon capsules are the only spacecraft capable of returning large amounts of cargo to Earth now that the U.S. shuttle fleet is retired. Other station resupply ships are filled with trash and deliberately incinerated during atmospheric reentry.
The Dragon should be returned to the Port of Los Angeles on Wednesday.
On Thursday, U.S. astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin are scheduled to blast off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Their six-hour flight to the outpost will mark the first same-day launch-to-docking at the International Space Station. Two-day trips have been the norm since the first expedition crew opened the orbiting laboratory complex in November 2000.
The three-man crew already onboard also includes Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko.
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Police have identified the victim in this morning's homicide in the 3100 block of Ardee Way in Dundalk as Bobbie Jo Cortez, 36, of the Ardee Way address.
Cortez is the mother of 11-year-old Caitlyn Marie Virts, who is missing and believed to be with her father, Timothy Howard Virts, 38. An Amber Alert issued this morning for Caitlyn remains active. Caitlyn and Timothy Virts are believed to be driving a black, 1999 Dodge Durango with Maryland license plate #5AJ4458. Please call 911 or 410-307-2020 if you see this vehicle or have any information about Caitlyn and Timothy Virts.
The investigation into Bobbie Jo Cortez's murder remains in its early stages. Police have confirmed the following:
At 9:13 a.m. this morning, Baltimore County Police and Fire personnel responded to the 3100 block of Ardee Way for a cardiac arrest. First responders found the victim, deceased, in her bedroom. The investigation has not yet determined when Mrs. Cortez was last seen alive, though detectives have confirmed that she was alive yesterday.
Detectives have also confirmed that Mrs. Cortez lived at the Ardee Way home with her three children -- Caitlyn, Caitlyn's twin sister and a son -- and with two adults whose relationships with the victim have not been verified. Also, for the past several weeks Mrs. Cortez allowed Timothy Virts to live at the home.
This morning, one of the occupants of the house found Mrs. Cortez, dead, in her bedroom. Police have not yet confirmed how she died.
At about the same time, the occupants of the house discovered that Caitlyn and Timothy Virts were missing, along with the Dodge Durango. An Amber Alert was issued at 10:46 a.m. Police are concerned for the safety of Caitlyn Marie Virts since she is not supposed to be with her father.
The Dodge Durango is registered to Daniel Williams Cortez, 38. Cortez is the victim's husband. He currently is held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on various sex offense charges. Police do not know what, if any, relationship Cortez has with Timothy Virts and this homicide case.
Timothy Virts is a suspect in the abduction of his daughter, Caitlyn. Police want to talk to him about the death of Bobbie Jo Cortez.
The victim's other two children are safe and in the custody of family members.
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The Dallas Cowboys have everything in front of them, and one little nagging thing behind them: the New York Giants.
The winners of 11 straight games, the Cowboys can clinch the NFC East and move a step closer to nailing down home-field advantage for the conference playoffs if they can beat the Giants at MetLife Stadium on Sunday night.
While the Cowboys insist this is just another game, you know there has to be some churning inside them in facing their division rivals.
After all, the Giants are the reason Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott and company aren't perfect.
New York posted a 20-19 win in Dallas in the season opener, and one has to believe Jason Garrett's crew wants payback. And if not that, the Cowboys certainly don't want to go into the playoffs wondering if they can beat the Giants.
The Giants know the Cowboys will be motivated.
"They're on a roll right now and I'm sure they don't want to lose," Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. said. "We're the only team that has beaten them.
The challenge got bigger for the Giants on Wednesday when defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul was lost for at least the rest of the regular season after having surgery to repair a sports hernia.
Not only did the team lose one of its playmakers on defense, it came in a week when the Giants are facing new questions after a poor performance in Pittsburgh ended their six-game winning streak. They still hold the top spot in the wild-card playoff chase, but their schedule is tough with Detroit, Philadelphia and Washington in the final three weeks.


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I assist the production department with tasks related to the copyediting, typesetting, design, and printing of books and journals published by the University of Minnesota Press.
What path did you follow to arrive at your current job?
After graduation, I was unsure of my career plans and so went back to a job (medical receptionist) I had held during the summers/breaks at Park Nicollet Health Services. I worked at this job for five years as I explored various career and graduate school options. I loved studying psychology but could not envision myself working in the stereotypical careers usually associated with psychology such as counseling. While enrolled in a master's of liberal arts program at Hamline, I took a class on the ethics of book publishing. This class sparked my interest in the field and I began to think of a possible career in the publishing field.
I attended the Denver Publishing Institute--this is an intensive, 4-week summer program that provides a broad overview of all aspects of the publishing industry through lectures and hands-on workshops in editing and marketing. This program gave me a handle on the type of book publishing work I wanted to do. Once I knew the direction I was heading, I was able to network my way into the position I now have with the University of Minnesota Press.
What advice/suggestions would you have for students who might be interested in your career?
Prior experience is key when attempting to land a job in the field of book publishing. Educational programs that are geared specifically towards publishing are few, but they are out there, and they are a great way to figure out where your interests might fall within the field. If a publishing program is not possible, try to intern with a local book publisher while you're still working on your undergraduate degree. And do all you can to strengthen your writing skills--understanding the mechanics of the English language is a must for all publishing professionals.
What skills are important in your field?
A keen eye for detail; copy editing and proofreading ability (high reading comprehension and well developed writing skills); strong interpersonal skills; an extraordinary amount of patience; troubleshooting ability; and above all, you must have a great love for books.
What is the most satisfying/rewarding part of your job? Most challenging?
The most rewarding part of my job is being able to hold a finished book in my hands knowing that I played a fundamental role in its creation.
The most challenging part of my job is fielding the delicate sensibilities of our authors. An author's book is their baby, and they can be rather sensitive to the decisions we make regarding it--this is where strong communication and interpersonal skills come into play.
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We publish books in a variety of different fields of study and on a variety of different topics. The liberal arts education I received at CSB/SJU helped to prepare me for the varying nature of the material I now work with each day. I consider it an asset to have studied not just psychology (my major), but philosophy, mathematics, theology, science, and the arts. I walked away from CSB/SJU with a love and interest in many different areas of study; I've been able to carry on and continuously develop these interests through my work, which is extremely rewarding.
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TPWD Reorganization To Support Water Conservation
AUSTIN, Texas The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is merging its Resource Protection Division into other field divisions, a move agency leaders say will allow it to better focus on critical water resource issues.
Resource Protection is the environmental science division of the state agency, with teams that track fish kills and water pollution, comment about big development projects and research the water needs of rivers, bays and estuaries, among other duties.
"A key goal of this reorganization is to make sure water resource functions are evident in all we do—in wildlife, fisheries, law enforcement and state parks," said Scott Boruff, TPWD deputy executive director for operations, who supervises day-to-day operations for all of the department's field divisions.
"We're about to go into our next round of strategic planning and that process is built around watersheds for the first time, so this reorganization will integrate water conservation functions throughout the agency."
Boruff noted that the agency's Resource Protection Division functions fulfill legislative mandates. Chapter 12 of the state Parks and Wildlife Code requires that TPWD " — investigate fish kills and pollution that cause a loss of fish and wildlife resources; provide recommendations to protect fish and wildlife resources to local, state and federal agencies that approve, permit, license or construct development projects; and provide recommendations regarding instream flows and freshwater inflows to Texas estuaries for the management of fish and wildlife resources."
"So we cannot stop providing those functions and we have no intention of doing so," Boruff said. "On the contrary, we hope that by merging them with Coastal and Inland Fisheries, where the bulk of those functions will go, we will gain efficiencies and provide more resources to support and enhance those functions."
As part of the reorganization, former Resource Protection Director Larry McKinney, Ph.D., will become the Coastal Fisheries Division Director, replacing Hal Osburn, who retired in August.
"I have two broad goals for Coastal Fisheries," McKinney said. "One is the ecological health of our bays and estuaries. The other is sustainable fisheries, both recreational and commercial, so we can continue on the course we set some time ago to make sure all our fisheries are productive and providing economic value to the state. Those two goals are absolutely tied, because you can't have a healthy coastal economy without a healthy ecology."
The Resource Protection Division was created in 1985 as an outcome of a state Sunset Commission review of the department. At that time, the legislature recognized that the agency's ability to conserve fish and wildlife were directly related to the health of the environment and the ecosystems that sustain people and wildlife.
Since then, the division has focused some of the agency's most in-depth scientific expertise on big problems, such as bay inflow studies that took more than a decade to complete. Among other achievements, the division created the department's Geographic Information Systems lab, which today mirrors the way the division supported the entire agency by providing computer mapping and ecosystem scale habitat analysis capabilities for all field divisions. The division has also led wetlands conservation and directed tens of millions of dollars in federal funding to restore Texas coastal habitat. When other state and federal agencies set standards, such as rules for stream water quality, it was Resource Protection employees who bird-dogged the often-tedious process of making sure fish and wildlife needs were adequately considered.
An internal work group at TPWD will iron out details of the Resource Protection Division reorganization, which will be finalized later this year in the agency's FY 2005 budgeting process.
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One of the most common questions I get from people starting a new venture is how much should they plan to spend on marketing; and one of the biggest mistakes I see with new businesses is a tremendous amount of time and money invested in opening the doors making the new office, restaurant or retail space look great, but leaving little to no money in the budget to promote the new venture.
The reality is that whether you are a newly launched company or you've been around for years, you cannot expect to attract new customers without marketing.
The marketing budget
So how much should you spend? The general rule of thumb is plan on budgeting one to 10 percent of gross revenues. For newer businesses, that number should be on the higher end of the spectrum or even beyond (possibly as much as 15 percent). Then, once you've set a budget, you must determine how it should be allocated.
A few things to consider that will help determine what percentage you may need to budget:
- How well known is your company name, service or product?
- What are your competitors spending and where?
- Who are you trying to reach and what is the best way to reach them?
If you are a fairly unknown entity or your competitors are marketing aggressively, you may need to spend more.
The target market
Next, determining the best marketing mix for promoting your company or product requires a clear understanding of your target market in order to select the most cost effective allocation of your marketing budget.
Starbucks is clearly an established brand, and with 33 percent of the market share, it is the leader in coffee sales. Yet, compared to most leading consumer brands it spends less on traditional marketing. In 2010, the company actually doubled its spend on marketing, according an article in Advertising Age. The company spent only $97.6 million — about one percent of the coffee chain's U.S. sales. A large portion of the company's marketing dollars are invested in digital and social media with a focus on engaging customers in what they call, "the customer experience."
For smaller companies with more limited budgets, Starbucks serves as an interesting example of what you can do spending less. Using Facebook and individually designed websites, such as MyStarbucksIdea, customers are encouraged to make suggestions and share ideas. For the company's 40th anniversary, it launched MyStarbucksSignature, a website that lets customers create customized drinks.
Utilizing social media
Employing online advertising and utilizing social media can be one of the most cost-effective marketing tools available. But business owners are mistaken if they think it's free. Social Media marketing requires an investment of time and/or money, or both. Other cost-effective marketing tools to employ include public relations, grassroots guerrilla marketing, and community outreach. Regardless of what you do, the key is consistency and repetition.
As you create your marketing plan, think about how much you can afford to invest and where you may want to spend it. Then, when you think you can't possibly allocate 10 percent of your gross revenues, realize that if you want your company to succeed, you can't afford not to.


text: Wheaton College Graduate School is committed to providing an excellent educational experience both inside and outside the classroom. A great learning environment involves more than just your time in class. Housing, dining, spiritual life, employment, social life and resources for living well are all important components to your success while pursuing graduate studies at Wheaton. Graduate Student Life Staff Allison Ash Dean of Student Care and Graduate Student Life Allison Ash is the Dean of Student Care and Graduate Student Life. She oversees all of student care for undergraduate and graduate students at Wheaton College, which includes Student Health Services, the Counseling Center, and Academic and Disability Services. Her role as Dean of Graduate Student Life includes overseeing the community life of the graduate school outside the classroom and advising the Graduate Student Council. Mary Yeboah International Graduate Student Coordinator As the International Graduate Student Coordinator, Mary provides programmatic, administrative, and immigration services to our international graduate students. She organizes programs and events that promote community within the international student body and offers information and advising services in order to best ease the transition of international life and travel. She also oversees the international graduate student liaisons who serve as mentors who walk alongside new international students and help facilitate their educational and personal development. Mary's primary role is to support and assist international graduate students with cross-cultural adjustment and enrichment throughout their academic career as they navigate life in the United States. Tricia Marchand Graduate Student Life Coordinator In her role as Graduate Student Life Coordinator, Tricia is responsible for leading programmatic, administrative, and crisis intervention care for Wheaton College graduate students. She connects grad students with the College services and resources they may need as they navigate life in their grad programs. Tricia also leads the planning and coordination of the fall and spring graduate orientation events, the December Recognition Service, the Graduate Student Life week events in the spring, and other events throughout the school year. She serves as the administrator of the Graduate Student Life Facebook community and administers the Dine with a Mind program for grad students. Tricia enjoys working with grad students to help them get connected and feel supported during their time here at the Wheaton College Graduate School.


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PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania's Division of Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics (DRIA) handed out its major intercollegiate senior student-athlete awards Monday night, April 16, in a ceremony held at The Inn at Penn. Five awards were handed out.
In the two largest awards of the night, men's basketball standout Zack Rosen was honored with the Class of 1915 Award while women's track & field star Paige Madison received the Association of Alumnae Fathers' Award.
The Class of 1915 Award, given annually since 1931, is presented to the male student-athlete who best exemplifies the spirit and tradition of University of Pennsylvania Athletics. The recipient must be a senior student-athlete who shows outstanding athletic, academic, and leadership qualities. The academic standard is a 3.0 GPA. Voting on the award is conducted by the head coaches of Penn's men's varsity programs as well as selected athletic department administrators.
The Fathers' Award, meanwhile, has been given annually since 1945 to the person who is recognized for her contribution to Women's Athletics at the University of Pennsylvania. The recipient must be a senior student-athlete who shows outstanding athletic, academic, and leadership qualities. The academic standard is a 3.0 GPA, and voting on the award is conducted by the head coaches of Penn's women's varsity programs as well as selected athletic department administrators.
The Norman J. Goldring Award was given to Alek Ferro from men's lacrosse and Meg Krasne from softball. The Goldring Award is given to one graduating male and female student-athlete with the highest GPA who earned a varsity letter in his/her senior year.
Grant Wilson, from men's heavyweight crew, was recipient of the George H. Frazier Award, which is given to a graduating student-athlete (male or female) with the highest GPA who competed on one of the following teams: basketball, crew, track, soccer, baseball or football.
CLASS OF 1915 AWARD - Zack Rosen, men's basketball
The Penn men's varsity coaches were put in an unenviable position this year, selecting a Class of 1915 Award recipient from arguably the strongest field of candidates in years. That Zack Rosen was a near unanimous selection probably says everything about what he has meant on this campus over the last four years.
On the court, where to start? Zack will graduate as the Penn men's basketball program's all-time leader in assists (588), games started (115) and minutes played (4,198), and his point total (1,723) is third behind only Ernie Beck and Ugonna Onyekwe. This season, Zack set program single-season marks for assists (173), starts (33) and minutes played (1,259), while his point total (602) was the best since Tony Price scored 633 points in 1978-79. Zack also hit 75 three-point field goals in 2011-12, the seventh-best single-season total in program history.
Almost single-handedly, Zack carried the Quakers to within a game of the Ivy League title. It's hard to pick his best performance. Was it at Harvard, when he scored Penn's last nine points in a 55-54 win over the Crimson? Was it the night before, when he scored the Quakers' final 16 points in a three-point win at Dartmouth? How about the week before that, when he figured directly in 26 straight points to help Penn come back on Cornell and defeat the Big Red? Or maybe the first Dartmouth game, when he drained the winning three-pointer in the dying seconds?
Among the many awards that Zack received this season, perhaps the most prestigious came when he was named one of 10 finalists nationwide for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. As a finalist, he took part in several events around the Final Four in New Orleans a few weeks ago. Zack was named honorable mention All-America from the Associated Press (AP), after he was the unanimous choice by the Ancient Eight coaches as Ivy League Player of the Year and first-team All-Ivy. Zack also received All-District honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches -- becoming the first Penn player honored three times by the NABC since Corky Calhoun and Bobby Morse from 1970-72 -- and was the only Ivy Leaguer to earn All-District from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) as well as recognition as an ECAC Division I All-Star.
Enrolled in Wharton with a concentration in finance, Rosen is the first men's basketball player to earn the Class of 1915 Award since Steve Danley in 2007 and just the 12th since the award starting being given in 1931.
FATHERS' AWARD - Paige Madison, women's track & field
Currently a senior captain for the Quakers, Paige Madison already holds three school records and is listed among the top 10 all-time in four other individual events and five relays. The six-time All-Ivy honoree was the first woman in Penn history to break the one-minute barrier in the 400-meter hurdles and just the second track athlete selected for this award since 1997.
Paige made an immediate impact for the Quakers as a freshman; she was Penn's top hurdler throughout the year and moved into the school record book in the 100 and 400 hurdles. At the Penn Relays, she helped set a school record as a member of the Red and Blue's sprint medley relay team. In her first Outdoor Heptagonal championship meet, Paige helped the 4x100 relay team to a second-place spot on the podium and All-Ivy accolades.
A year later, Paige was even better. As part of some of the best relay teams in program history, she won indoor and outdoor All-Ivy and All-East honors in the 4x100 and the 4x400. Paige and the Quakers set the current school record in the outdoor 4x100-meter relay (46.03) that year. During the Outdoor Heptagonals, she claimed her first All-Ivy award in an individual event when she obliterated the school record in the 400-meter hurdles and became the first female in school history to finish the event in less than a minute (58.89). With that effort, Paige qualified for the NCAA Championships.
As a junior, she repeated as a two-time All-Ivy honoree and earned outdoor all-East accolades in the 400-meter hurdles. Now nearing her final Heptagonal meet, Madison is primed to add to her long list of accomplishments.
In addition to finishing her career as the school record holder in the sprint medley relay, the 400 hurdles and the outdoor 4x100 relay, Paige is also second all-time in the indoor 400 meters -- behind the only other track athlete to win this award in the last 14 years, Jesse Carlin. Paige ranks fifth in school history in the indoor 500, sixth in the 60-meter hurdles, and ninth in the 100-meter hurdles.
A nursing major, Paige has also thrived off the track. She was an Academic All-Ivy recipient in 2010 and was named Academic All-Area by the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2011.
GOLDRING AWARD (male) - Alek Ferro, lacrosse
GOLDRING AWARD (female) - Meg Krasne, softball
One of this year's captains, Alek has been a regular in the lineup for the men's lacrosse program the past three seasons, mostly as a short-stick defensive middie. Last year, he was part of a defensive unit that helped lead the Quakers to their first NCAA Championship appearance since 2006, and the team finished second in the Ivy League for the first time since 1989. As a defensive unit, Penn's scoring defense was Top 10 nationally. Alek is in the Management & Technology Program (Engineering & Wharton); he is a Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics major, Mathematics minor, and a Finance concentration at Wharton.
Meg is also a captain, although she was unable to play this season due to a season-ending injury. She was honorable mention All-Ivy as a freshman, when she started 22 games and finished third on the team with a .351 on-base percentage. Last year, Meg appeared in 18 contests, starting nine as the Quakers' designate player. She had two doubles and three runs batted in from her 29 at-bats. For her career, Meg is a Health & Societies major and an Urban Studies minor in the College.
FRAZIER AWARD - Grant Wilson, men's heavyweight rowing
A consistent member of Penn men's heavyweight crew's top boat, the varsity eight, Grant is a captain for this year's team.
Last season, he was seated in the third seat and helped Penn to its first Cup race win since 2006 with a seven-second win over George Washington in the McCausland Cup. The Quakers repeated that win a few weeks ago on the Cooper River in Cherry Hill, N.J.
Grant was in the four seat at last year's Eastern Sprints, helping Penn to a 13th-place finish and a win in the Third Final, where the Quakers beat second-place Northeastern by almost three seconds.
Grant is a Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics major, with a Mathematics minor. He was an Academic All-Ivy and Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area selection last spring as a junior. Grant is also a member of SAAC and a student-athlete tutor.


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Wimbledon tennis star Hutchins diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma
1:58pm Monday 7th January 2013
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1:58pm Monday 7th January 2013
By Tim Ashton
Wimbledon tennis star Ross Hutchins has targeted the US Open in August for his return to action after being diagnosed with cancer.
The 27-year-old, due to start chemotherapy this week, announced on Twitter that he would be "away from tennis for a while" as he begins his fight against Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
However, one of the first people he told was his best and trusted friend Andy Murray, who tearfully dedicated his Brisbane International win last week to Hutchins saying: "I'd like to dedicate this victory to one of my best friends. He's back home watching – you're going to get through it."
Hutchins, a former pupil at King's College School, told the Wimbledon Guardian: "The treatment is likely to last about six months, but I am eager to get back playing as soon as possible.
"I am looking at September or October, but the US Open is a big target.
"Treatment of cancer has improved so much over the past 20 years that I have every confidence I will overcome this."
He added: "Getting the news was obviously difficult to take, but the support from family and friends has been immense."
More in this week's Wimbledon Guardian and Surrey Comet.
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Your girlfriends are supposed to be with you for life, keep your secrets, stick up for you, and hold your hair when you throw up after a bit too much to drink. Those trustworthy girlfriends are true gems, but unfortunately the sad fact of friendship means dealing with a few girls you would rather kick to the curb then spend hours chatting with. We spoke to real women who had girlfriends who turned out to be a bit more Mean Girls than Sex And The City.
Sometimes girls are loners for a reason.
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Potatoes in almost any shape or form are an edible treat because they're so versatile and loved. Whether boiled, steamed, baked or fried, we can always turn to potatoes for comfort, particularly when the weather drops to a cooler chill. Plus, they are easy on the pocketbook, which make them as close to perfect as you can get.
This is the season of the sweet potato, a celebration of the humble root in its sweeter form, and we're ready to cook them up with a vengeance. To start, a favorite snack or side dish we love to indulge in is Sweet Potato Pancakes (or fritters). The delicate sweetness of the potatoes crisped up to a golden fry is not only easy to make, but a great treat when you're craving comfort foods.
Eaten alone, these sweet potato fritters are perfectly satisfying. But if you want to take them to the next level, adding a simple dip on the side will make them more fun with that extra layer of flavor. Try ketchup, honey, ranch dressing or even a touch of tangy mustard. Or you can get creative in the kitchen and whip up a custom dip to for these fritters; almost anything will work. They are, of course, potatoes, and they truly are one of the world's perfect foods.
Sweet Potato Pancake Recipe
• 2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and grated
• 1 large onion, coarsely diced
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed or finely minced
• 1/3 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons sea salt
• 1 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• Oil for frying, preferably peanut oil, grape seed oil or other high-flash point oil
1. Using paper towels, extract as much moisture as possible from the grated sweet potatoes.
2. In a large bowl, combine sweet potatoes, onion, garlic, flour, salt, pepper and eggs. Stir until thoroughly combined.
3. In a large sauté pan, pour enough oil to fill pan 1/4″ deep. Heat over medium-high heat to 375 degrees F
4. When oil is hot, in 1/4 cup portions, spoon sweet potato mix into oil, flattening with the back of a spatula to form a pancake. Repeat to fill pan comfortably in a single layer. Cook until golden on one side (approximately 2 minutes), then flip and cook other side until golden.
5. Remove from pan and drain on paper towels. Repeat cooking steps 4 and 5 until pancake mix is used up. If necessary, keep sweet potato pancakes covered in a 300 degree F oven until serving time.
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Also, although according to prison practice, solitary confinement usually lasts around a fortnight, I was in total isolation for three and a half months and they did not allow any of my friends to have any contact with me. Also, for three months a forty-page indictment was written against me, and they showed it to me. But since I do not know the new letters [alphabet], and I was ill, and my own writing is very poor, so I pleaded with them to let two of my students come, who know my language, and could read the indictment and write out my objections to it. But they did not permit it. They said: "The defence lawyer should come and read it." Then they did not permit him either. Only, they told one of my brothers to write it out in the old letters and give it to me. But it would take six or seven days to write out those forty pages. To make an hour's work of reading me the indictment stretch over six or seven days, just so that no one should have contact with me, is appalling repression and deprives me of my right of defence entirely. A multiple murderer condemned to be hanged does not receive such treatment. I truly suffer extreme distress since I know of no reason for this unprecedented torment. I heard that the Chairman of the Court is fair-minded and kind. I have therefore for the first and last time written this petition and complaint.
Said Nursi
who is ill, wretched, and in total isolation.
The Indictment contains four basic points concerning me:
First Point: I consider myself to be a regenerator of religion, as though I was proud and self-seeking.
I reject this with all my strength. MOREOVER, ALL MY BROTHERS WILL TESTIFY THAT I HAVE NEVER ACCEPTED ANYONE'S SUGGESTION THAT I WAS THE MAHDI. IN FACT, WHEN THE EXPERTS' COMMITTEE OF DENIZLI COURT SAID "IF SAID WAS TO DECLARE HIMSELF MAHDI, ALL HIS STUDENTS WOULD ACCEPT IT," SAID STATED IN HIS OBJECTIONS, SAYING: "I AM NOT A SAYYID, AND THE MAHDI WILL BE A SAYYID," THUS REFUTING THEM.(The Rays / The Fourteenth Ray, p.407)
55: By saying, "Since I am a pupil in terms of Hazrat Ali's knowledge of the truth, I may be his spiritual child," it appears that he accepted the merit of the ranks attributed to him.
Since Imam Ali gives the name Bediuzzaman to the Risale-i Nur, which contains many references close to the spiritual poem the Celcelutiye, meaning bewildering, of the Imam Ali, I wrote that I had returned that name entrusted to me to the Risale-i Nur. In addition, MY AIM IN SAYING, "I MAY ALSO BE CONSIDERED AS BEING SPIRITUALLY FROM THE GREAT HOUSE (ahl al-bayt)" IS THAT SINCE SOME MUJTAHHIDS PRAY, "GREETINGS TO HIS FAMILY AND HIS PEOPLE," AND SAY "THOSE WHO ARE NOT SAYYIDS BUT WHO ARE PEOPLE OF TAKWA ARE INCLUDED IN THAT PRAYER" IS AN EXPLANATORY REQUEST TO HAVE A SHARE IN THAT broad PRAYER. Otherwise, such a false interpretation never occurred to me. (The Rays/ The Fourteenth Ray, p. 358)
Though this is the actual case, since its greatest duty and primary occupation is to rescue faith and teach faith to the public in a verifying and certain manner, of making faith certain for even the commonest people, leading to true and literal happiness and expressing the clarity of the didactic meaning, since the followers of the Nur completely see this task in the Risale-i Nur, the second and third tasks are relatively of secondary and tertiary importance compared to this, and they thus interpret the collective personality of the Risale-i Nur as a kind of Mahdi. Since they regard it as a representation of that collective personality, a collective personality coming from the solidarity of the followers of the Nur and since they regard that poor translator as a kind of representative within that collective personality, they sometimes also give him that name. The fact is that this is confusion and misunderstanding, but they are not responsible for it. Because this is mainly good opinion, that has existed for a long time, and cannot be objected to. Since I also regard that good opinion of those brothers of mine as a kind of prayer and hope and a reflection of their pure conviction I have not quarreled with them. Even so that the fact that some of the holy people has figured Risale-i Nur to be that guide of the End Times in their marvels of the unseen can be understood by the examination of this.
That means there is misunderstanding over two points, and clarification is needed.
The first: The (last) two duties in the End Times are not of the same degree as the first; and, it seems to everyone, particularly to public and politicians and according to the public opinion of this century, that it is thousand times far-reaching than the first by its direction towards pursuing the rule of Islam with the armies of the Islamic Union and caliphate of the Prophet Mohammad (as). And when this name is given to a man, these two duties come to mind; they suggest the meaning of politics and perhaps remind one of boasting; it may reveal a desire for glory, honor, rank and fame. And individuals both now and in the past, credulous and keen for office, maintain I will be the Mahdi. The truth is that a guide to happiness, a mujaddid and a kind of Mahdi, comes and has come in every century. But in terms of being able to combine the three tasks, none has borne the title of the Great Mahdi of the End Times.
And in court, the Denizli legal Experts said to me on the basis of these misunderstandings on the part of some followers:
"IF HE CLAIMED TO BE THE MAHDI, ALL HIS FOLLOWERS WOULD GO ALONG WITH THAT." AND I TOLD THEM: "I do not know myself a sayyid [descended from the line of our Prophet (saas)]. Generations are not known at this time. BUT THE FACT IS THAT THIS GREAT INDIVIDUAL OF THE END TIME WILL BE FROM THE GREAT HOUSE. In fact, since I studied like a kind of spiritual representative of Hazrat Ali and since the Prophet Muhammad (saas) is represented in the followers of the Nur, I may also be considered as from the Ahl al-Bayt. But since this time is not the time of a collective personality and since there can be no selfishness and personal rank, or fame and honor, in the Nur, and since this violates the secret of sincerity, I give thanks to Almighty Allah that I have no pride and have no pretension to such inflated rank. And in order not to impair the purity of the Nur, I would reject any such spiritual title even if it were given to me." And those legal experts fell silent. (Emirdag Addendum, pp. 232, 233)
Yes, in addition to witnessing the exemplary behavior and actions of every prophet, their mad fervor for and possession of the truth; the prophet also obeys and submits to the Law of Allah. He will be warned of this secret in the third article (Makale-i Salise). And showing extraordinary things is confirmation of prophethood. Corroboration may be with explicit miracles, produced with great perfection (by the last holy person). If there is greater marvel than required, it is either unnecessary or incompatible with the revelation of the secret. Because the revelation is a test in theoretical things. It may be equivalent to the lowest and the highest in matters that are clear or so explicit such that it does not need any proofs. Or it opposes submission and obedience to the secret of the wisdom. The fact is that prophets have a greater duty to submission and devotion to Allah than anyone else.
O followers of the truth who hears these poor words of mine! The inclination sown in you will flourish in these 12 words with the light of truth that sustains with silence and blossom flowers.
"THOSE WHO ARE NOT SAYYIDS BUT WHO SAY. 'I AM A SAYYDID' AND THOSE WHO ARE SAYYIDS BUT WHO SAY, 'I AM NOT A SAYYID' ARE BOTH SINNERS; AND THEY ARE IN SIN BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, AND IT IS UNLAWFUL TO ADD ANYTHING TO OR SUBTRACT ANYTHING FROM THE HADITHS AND THE QUR'AN."But adding things is more harmful, since it damages the proper order and opens the door to terrible things. Subtraction is harmful to a degree of ignorance. But adding things is done with knowledge. The scholar is not avaricious. It is neither acceptable to subtract anything from or add anything to the religion. (Judgments, p. 46)


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Hi All,
This is a bit of a general problem and maybe it's just inexperience and I will get used to this, but I am having plenty of trouble keeping track of variable names, especially when the names are similar or are referencing external pages or a database. It becomes a bit of a jumble in my mind and I will forget what variable is needed. I have a good IDE that helps a little with this, but there must be a better way.Do I just need more experience or is there something else that might help with this?
Sorry for the very general question up front.
Use more descriptive variable names.Otherwise break your code down into smaller chunks and focus on those.
Personally, I like to think this is a common problem with PHP development. I'm currently using phpstorm, which does a decent job, but not all that great at trying to guess what variable you are wanting to use via intellisense. Maybe it is because I've done so much .NET development in Visual Studio, that I truly know how awesome it is to have that intellisense be spot on.
Part of the problem (I think), is the fact that you can write non-OOP so you have variables that span across multiple files, or if you use a view model you likely have an output routine or template where you need to put in variables that are utilized in various files. Visual Studio does an awesome job on that, and I've heard good things about several IDE's (but to my knowledge none of them handle that scenario very well).
Descriptive variable names will help, but you will also start to get used to it over time. So don't feel bad that you are constantly having to look them up between php files or whatever the scenario may be.
Please supply more specific examples of name clashes.
With PHP are you setting error_level(-1); which usually detects any slight variable discrepancy?
Are you familiar with passing values/variables to a class and/or function and returning results rather than using global variables?
As far as a database is concerned then use a MVC approach. Pass a SQL statement to a MYSQL function. The result is either an object or an array. MVC can be described as requesting certain information from a third-party and getting the results in an agreed format.
Also having a config.php file of defined global constants prevents name conflicts.
Phpstorm with xdebug properly setup is great for running through your applications using breakpoints to examine the flow of everything. You can see what values are assigned to variables every step of the way and follow the application through and see how values change at each step.
I want to thank all of you for your replies. Logic_earth made a very good reply about descriptive variables. He also caught me on something and that is that some of my code, as I look it over some of it is hard to read because I don't use a carriage return often enough and because I don't always separate the code in a completely logical way.
Cpadio's reply was spot on about the difficulty I am having. I have not even begun working with OOP or frameworks. I am just past the beginner stage. That said, it seems like variables and database object names are coming from all kinds of directions from multiple includes files, functions, and from database queries / CRUD. I am having a hard time keeping the database structure clear (despite a model and the fact that I populated the database, uggh) and so I sometimes forget the row that needs to be returned. An example is how the database contains subject id, page id, form id and id. It should be easy to know which values to use, but I find myself constantly looking at where the data came from. Also, the issue of variable names rears its ugly head. I was using $result_set for a query result and then found myself using it again (I did rename that to make it more descriptive)
John_Belong's comment about using an MVC approach for the data to simplify how you get to it sound good, but I am not there yet. Someday, I will tackle OOP and MVC but I am still at the stage where I am working on just my second project and still going through beginner / intermediate level books. I am sure it will help down the road.
aaaaarrrggh made a comment about Phpstorm and xdebug. I am using Phpstorm and feel good that I am using shortcuts and understand many basics like applying project settings, using Live Templates (advanced code snippets) and I did get xdebug to work but I don't really know how to use it. It sounds like xdebug will help so time to learn it.
Thanks again for all the input and any future replies / suggestions.
You will love it. xDebug makes tracking bugs in your code EASY. Then there is another item, Profiler, which is just as awesome, in my opinion. I use the profiler to help identify bottlenecks in my code base, where is the execution taking the longest, how can I resolve it, or what method am I calling an outrageously number of times and is that necessary?
Definitely a nice product and I've just recently started to use it.
Don't hesitate to ask questions, we all had to start somewhere and many of us are where we are today because we kept on chugging through it.
The MVC has been on the go a very long time, I believe it was IBM's Smalltalk that introduced the concept way back in the late 1970s. Even today it is used extensively to separate the data, view and logic.
It took me some time to appreciate the MVC way of coding but as someone said "...you gotta have a plan". MVC will no doubt manage to isolate and group the reams of code that you will be producing. It will also make it easier to "drill down" when debugging
There are a vast amount of free information and a quick search produced the following:
Hi Cpradio,Yeah, I have been using xdebug a bit now. You're right, it really helps! The profiler looks cool to and I can see how it would be valuable to tweak applications once bottlenecks are identified.
I have no doubt that MVC is a great way to plan and build these applications, based on some that I have read. Unfortunately, I still don't have OOP concepts down. Further, I haven't started looking at MVC frameworks (which I assume is a prerequisite) yet. Do you have some good suggestions on learning OOP? I have been using Lynda.com for some of their web classes and they have a couple courses, one on object oriented design/programming and one that looks like a survey of PHP frameworks (Codeigniter, Zend, Symfony 2, and CakePHP 2) so I guess I will start there.I can learn from books. Do you know of a good one to get started or should I look through the free information (like the link you pointed to) and learn from the free web tutorials? Thanks ahead for your reply and your suggestion.Thanks ahead for any advice.
Shortly after I started to learn PHP I was introduced to CodeIgniter. The latter was simple to set up, has a really good user manual, noobie friendly forum and fortunately I found quite easy to quickly expand the "Hello World" example to use a MySQL database.
OOP and MVC are both used by CodeIgniter framework but an in depth knowledge is not required when developing. Continual usage will make you appreciate the framework and become more familiar with OOP and MVC concepts.
I am not familiar with the other frameworks you mentioned but led to believe that an in depth PHP knowledge is a prerequisite.
Here's a couple of tricks I learned early on (though not early enough perhaps) regarding databases at least:
Find a consistent naming convention for your table and column names and then stick to it.
A single table containing multiple "person" data (so make it plural).
.. etc
When you have a result set from mysql, lets say you picked all people with a tel no which starts with "0033":
// use a PLURAL to describe what the set of rows actually contains
// steer clear of this result_set_12 style of anon naming...
$persons = mysql_fetch_object($sql);
// in your loop you then change the PLURAL to singular
foreach($persons as $person){
echo $person->first_name . ' ' . $person->last_name . ' Tel: ' . $person->tel;
Notice I also prefer to use the OBJECT notation to access the db data as it looks cleaner and is therefore easier to read, and will lead to less errors, and how you try to name your variables so that it looks a bit more like you actually saying what you are doing.
As pseudocode
for (each of the persons){
echo the persons first name, last name and tel
The trick is to have a clear idea of how you are going to be accessing your code. You wont get this right from the beginning. Dont be afraid to go back and change your database.
Whereas far too often we read code on here which looks like this, where we have to scan up and down the code to find out what result set this is, and if an error has been made in choosing the field name and so on.
foreach($result_set as $row){
echo $row['field1'] . ' ' . $row['field2'] . ' Tel: ' . $row['field7'] ;
When you have a html form which allows an admin person to say, add a new person, use the exact same field names as your database.
<input type=text name ="first_name" />
<input type=text name ="last_name" />
<input type=text name ="tel" />
Then you will have teed yourself up to treat your code like variables, so then read loops are good, and save even more typing.... top marks to you for asking such an intelligent question though, I wish I'd thought of it back when.
Wow, I am going to bookmark this thread / reply. Those naming suggestions are great. I now see that I am using some fairly descriptive names but derailing some of that goodness by calling the results with more generic names that end up being re-used. I will be immediately using your suggestion about naming database tables using a plural (which is on its face more descriptive because there are multiple items in the table...) makes it easier to name things later.This entire thread has been very helpful to me because it has me thinking more clearly about how to name things so it allows me to have a clearer picture of how the project will work. It is already making a difference both in thinking and in starting to use xdebug to help better visualize. To me, this is a great result!
Here are a couple of useful tips:
Simple framework: All included files are prefixed with an underscore so they easily grouped and sorted. Toggle included files by changing 0 to 1 (false to true)
<?php /* index.php */
<!doctype html>

<title><?php echo $title;?>
<?php if(0) { include '_heading-001.php';} ?>
<?php if(0) { include '_heading-002.php';} ?>


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
As I write this column, I'm preparing to speak at a client's upcoming sales conference. Also on the program is Geoff Colvin, who wrote "Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else."

 Geoff postulates top performers are not determined by DNA, but rather, by practice and perseverance. I agree, and would further argue practice is underrated by some who ostensibly wish to achieve mastery.

 My perspective on that is different from many. I grew up a musician, practicing the trumpet up to six hours a day from the age of 10 onward. I was playing professionally by 19, having amassed something like 12,000 hours with that mouthpiece on my lips.

 I achieved a reasonable degree of mastery…but not enough to make it in the tough New York City recording business. I gave up the horn and became a computer programmer. After a long hiatus, I've gotten back to playing the trumpet. I've put in a thousand hours or so of practicing during the past two years, and finally, it's paying off. I'm starting to sound like a trumpet player again.

 I'm also a pilot, and as of this writing, I'm getting ready for my biennial flight review. This is a 2 to 3 hour session with a flight instructor mandated by the FAA. I've got a 948-page book, all of which I must be (at a minimum) somewhat familiar with. That's an hour or more of discussion on the ground.

 Then we go flying. I've got to demonstrate enough flying competence to be endorsed by the instructor for another two years. We'll do landings, emergency procedures, stalls, steep turns, recovering from unusual attitudes and other practical exercises…which, if performed well, will assure the instructor I'm competent to continue flying.

 I've accumulated just under 1,600 hours in the 15 years I've been flying. Just as a point of reference, very experienced airline pilots can log 12,000 to 20,000 hours. Chesley B. (Sully) Sullenberger has 19,000.

 I've been a safe, competent pilot. I'd like to believe I've practiced enough to handle myself and my plane in an emergency—but hey, you never know. I've landed 1,765 times, precisely equal to the number of times I've taken off. I can tell you that although I still hit the runway hard once in a while, or misjudge some minor aspect of wind speed or direction, I've now reached the point where almost every landing is very good to perfect. That's 15 years of practicing.

 I regularly practice both yoga and writing (the latter through some of ESR's work, my blog, and this column). I've spent many hours with speaking coaches, being videotaped and painfully observing what others were and would be subjected to. More practice. Delivering a compelling signature story to drive an important point home (skydiving, eating "live" sushi in Tokyo, firewalking, losing electric power in a rented plane over Boston, etc.) to an audience of skeptical, jaded sales types requires lots of upfront and ongoing work.

 I feel lucky to have learned practice doesn't always make perfect, but if you do enough of it the right way, you'll certainly progress in that direction.
 Sales leaders need to listen less to their people who tell them they're too experienced to need workshops, role playing, and other individual and team practice sessions. Those salespeople are wrong.

 I've worked with sales teams that were required to practice their companies' marketing messages until they could deliver them perfectly. Each salesperson, especially the most experienced ones, were delighted to have crossed the divide from winging it to master. Why doesn't every company do that?

 Practice pays off. It really does.

 Dave Stein is the author of "How Winners Sell" and CEO and founder of ES Research Group in West Tisbury, Mass. In addition, he delivers keynote speeches and workshops on sales performance.


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1 The South African Large Telescope near Sutherland
Here you'll find the South African Large Telescope (SALT) - the best place to go stargazing in South Africa. more
2 The Johannesburg Planetarium, Braamfontein, Gauteng
A great city spot to learn about our night skies. There are regular astronomy lectures open to the public. more
3 Karoo National Park, Western Cape
The vast open plains of the Karoo were made for stargazing. Go on a guided night tour, or simply pick a spot, spread out your blanket and be star-struck. more
4 Maropeng Visitor Centre, Cradle of Humankind
Learn more about stars, planets and constellations from a qualified astronomer. They hold regular events here. more
5 Sutherland to Calvinia
If you want to travel with the stars and drive on dusty back roads, then the upper Karoo in the Northern Cape is calling your name.. more
6 Entabeni Private Game Reserve, Waterberg, Limpopo
The Waterberg offers some of the brightest star watching opportunities thanks to its clear skies and low levels of light pollution. more
7 Eastern Cape border with Lesotho - the Eastern Cape Highlands
Remote valleys free of pollution promise an all-night parade of celestial bodies. Bring your star map and seek out the Southern Cross. more
8 Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, Northern Cape
Crystal clear Kalahari skies provide perfect conditions for desert stargazing, viewed through a large telescope set up among the sand dunes. more
9 Madikwe River Lodge, North West province
Large telescopes take you on a galactic odyssey across the African night sky to see constellations, planets, Zodiac signs and more. more
10 Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State
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ORLANDO, Fla. - The Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts received a $25 million check from Orange County on Monday.
Mayor Teresa Jacobs announced the $25 million would help the center begin construction of its final phase, which includes a performance hall. The money from the $25 million came from tourist taxes.
The county has committed to a total of $163 million toward the development of the arts center, which would help pay for a third theater.
Last week, the center was given $10 million by charities.
The center still needs to raise another $65 million to complete the final phase of the project, which will be located on South Street in Downtown Orlando. County leaders hope they'll be able to move forward with the second phase of the project by the end of the year.
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SYDNEY -- The random alcohol breath test turns 30 years old in one Australian state this year. Police officers plan to celebrate the birthday by testing one million drivers this summer.
Given there's probably only around four million Australians with a driver's licence in the state (New South Wales), that's a 25 per cent chance of getting tested at least once.
Those kinds of odds won't go unnoticed in a gambling nation, which has radically altered its attitudes to drinking and driving in recent decades.
It's kind of funny -- in a whimsical rather than a "ha ha'' sort of way -- to have lived long enough to track the social engineering bringing the once-comic drunk-behind-the-wheel into such disrepute.
Little more than three decades ago, a conviction was a largely socially accepted sign of middle-class devilry, a jocular little run-in with the law costing little by way of financial penalty, and even less in terms of social standing.
For a sensible, sober (in the broader sense of the word) motoring dad to drink four or five full-strength beers and a shot of rum "for the road'' at a back yard Saturday night party was not uncommon.
With the kids lounging in the rear seat sans seat belts, and possibly to the loud accompaniment of Glen Campbell's Rhinestone Cowboy on the tape player, that law-abiding paragon of family values could set out on the highway confident he was placing no one at risk.
And if tragedy struck and the family perished in an inferno, his grieving friends would stand in a court of law, with steady hand on the Bible, testifying he was in no way alcohol-impaired when he left the party.
They wouldn't be committing a perjury -- "drunk" was harder to quantify in the 1970s when the scientific calibration of the breathalyser test was not available.
Walking unaided, with no visible stagger, was enough for a police officer who might draw a chalk line on the highway and watch with a professional (and often amused) eye as the motorist negotiated it.
An adult who might now be rated as having four times the permitted alcohol level (which stands as .05 per cent in Australia) in their blood could easily be graded as sober by an old-style cop who saw no visible signs of impairment apart from a cheery countenance.
When the random breath test (RBT) machines were introduced in New South Wales in 1982, there were howls of disbelief in a country which prided itself on its ability to hold its liquor, and took years to accept the drinking of a lite beer would not lead to emasculation.
Even the stately Australian Law Reform Commission recommended against it in an almost American-style defence of personal liberty, and the need for limited government intrusion in our lives.
"Important liberties should not surrendered on the basis of a hunch or as a consequence of wishful thinking,'' it sermonized.
The leading nationally circulated newspaper The Australian also noted haughtily the RBT was a gross intrusion on human rights "based on the assumption that the driver might be drunk.''
Turns out they often were.
And so our civil liberties were ruthlessly violated, the RBTs appeared on our roads and thousands of lives were saved.
New South Wales acting deputy police commissioner Mark Murdoch told reporters this week that, despite the massive increase in population since 1980, annual road fatalities have dropped from 1,253 to 364 today.
In the 1980s, one in two road fatalities were alcohol related. Today the figure is one in five.
A three-decade long national campaign to change public perceptions about drink driving, including the memorable slogan "if you drink then drive you're a bloody idiot," has robbed the offence of any traces of glamour.
Drunk or impaired driving can lead to job loss, jail and serious censure from family and friends who now grasp the lethal potential of putting several tonnes of speeding metal in the hands of a drunkard.
"If you drink, you don't drive,'' says Murdoch
"While some boofheads (idiots) clearly try, the message is very clear.''
Michael Madigan is the Winnipeg Free Press correspondent in Australia. He writes mainly about politics for the Brisbane-based Courier Mail.


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So far, Nissan has only sold 6,791 Leafs for the year
Nissan has been shooting for 20,000 total sales of its all-electric Leaf in 2012, but the automaker has finally admitted that it just
won't be able to reach that number
Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn reported yesterday that the company will not reach its goal of 20,000 Leafs sold in all of 2012. Nissan was pretty confident throughout the year despite declining sales, and refused to give up the notion that it could double last year's sales until now.
"The forecast we have given ourselves for the year will not be reached," said Ghosn.
For all of 2011, Nissan sold 9,679 Leafs. After nearly achieving 10,000 sales, it declared a new sales goal of 20,000 in 2012 -- doubling the previous year's.
While Nissan had its best sales month in October 2012 with 1,579 sold, the overall year was pretty disappointing. So far, Nissan has only sold 6,791 for the year, making it impossible to even reach last year's 10,000 mark let alone doubling that.
Nissan has even tried to
lure customers in this year with price cuts
It took $3,250 off the price tag of each 2012 Leaf model starting in August. This is a considerable jump from the $850 discounts it was giving back in January. The 2012 Leaf starts at $36,050.
In addition, Nissan reduced lease costs of the 2012 Leaf from $249 per month to $219 per month with $2,999 down for 32 months.
Despite this failure to meet the mark, Nissan isn't giving up. In a video last month, Nissan said it now aims to sell 1.5 million EVs cumulatively by 2016.
While the Leaf seems to be withering in terms of sales, its competitor, the
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General Motors (GM) recently said it plans to start
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GM partnered with automation and power technologies company ABB Group as well as Duke Energy to find useful applications for EV batteries after they've been exhausted in vehicles.
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Walk through any antique mall around Valentine's Day and you'll see them...PILES of them. Simple flat ones from a sack, each with one for teacher, or ornate Victorian things with crepe paper accordion fanfolds. You'll see them again next year too, likely the very same ones. Why? Because everyone saves their valentines. They glue them into scrapbooks, pile them in boxes, whatever.
There ARE valuable valentines, but they aren't for me.
I suggest everyone collect HANDMADE Valentines. Not only are they far more personal, more meaningful, more honest and more beautiful...they are also far more scarce. The more primitive and beat-up, the better. Valuable valentines? Pristine. Homemade valentines? Authentic.
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11 Aug 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Birdwatching , Kayaking , Whale Watching , Nature , Trip Planning , Geography and Outdoor Adventure
It was another beautiful, sunny day in the capital city as I donned my life jacket and skirt for a kayaking adventure with The Outfitters. Had I already been kayaking twice this summer? You betcha! Was this trip just like the others? Absolutely not. This was unlike any tour I had experienced. I'm talking middle of the ocean, paddling into sea caves, being followed by whales – this was Newfoundland adventure at it's finest.
1 Aug 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Food & Dining , Hiking & Walking , Icebergs , Whale Watching , Nature , History , Trip Planning , Top Destinations , Lighthouses , Cape Spear Lighthouse , Signal Hill , St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
St. John's is a city perched on the edge of nature, surrounded by scenic beauty, dramatic coastlines and wildlife. I decided to grab my picnic blanket and basket and perch myself at some of our top destinations. Join me as I explore our colourful capital city:
31 Jul 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Food & Dining , Trip Planning and St. John's
One11 Chophouse is the latest addition to the burgeoning culinary scene in St. John's. Occupying suite one hundred and eleven in the historic Murray Premises (hence the name), they specialize in in-house dry-aged top cuts of beef, Australian Wagyu, fresh oysters and seafood, and a top-notch wine list. I had the pleasure of joining Executive Chef Kenny Pittman and General Manager Grant Fowler for a taste of St. John's newest premier Chophouse.
22 Jul 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Boat Tours , Diving , Whale Watching , Nature , Trip Planning , St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
The roar of the engine cuts out and everything is silent. I hold my breath and scan the waters for a sign of life. Suddenly a glistening black and white tail flicks up and into view. "Go! Go! Go!" screams the Skipper and I plunge into the icy waters. As I swim I look through my mask into the deep and see a giant directly below me – there's no turning back now, I'm swimming with humpbacks.
14 Jul 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Fishing , Hiking & Walking , Kayaking , Nature , Parks , Trip Planning , Geography , Top Destinations , Geology & Fossils , Bonavista , St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
Newfoundland is not only scenically stunning, but it's also a place full of natural wonders. Here within, some notable natural landscapes you can explore when visiting our beautiful province.
7 Jul 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Food & Dining , History , Trip Planning and St. John's
The journey to Woodstock Colonial Restaurant is an experience in itself. Located in Paradise, a picturesque town just twenty minutes outside of St. John's, the drive offers dazzling panoramas of Conception Bay that beg you to pull over and take it all in. The Woodstock Colonial has long been heralded as one of the premier fine dining experiences in the greater St. John's area. While the establishment itself dates back to 1927, the general area has welcomed hungry travellers since the 1800's!
20 Jun 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Boat Tours , Birdwatching , Food & Dining , Icebergs , Whale Watching , Nature , Trip Planning , St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
A love of the ocean and its natural surroundings led owners (and brothers) Joe and Loyola O'Brien to offer guided tours of the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve aboard their refurbished fishing vessel the Rob and Rand. Operating under the name Bird Island Charters in 1985, they were the first boat-touring company to operate out of Bay Bulls, Newfoundland. Their great service, emphasis on safety, and unique brand of entertainment quickly attracted a growing number of visitors. They soon added two 46-foot passenger vessels, the Atlantic Puffin and Atlantic Whaler, to give visitors an even more comfortable tour. This year marks their 30th anniversary and I was thrilled to join in on the celebrations! Atlantic Puffins, Humpback Whales, seabirds, icebergs, sea stacks, caves and a geyser are just some of the sights you can see during one of their daily boat tours - I couldn't wait to get on the water.
20 Jun 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Birdwatching , Food & Dining , Hiking & Walking , Icebergs , Kayaking , Nature , Trip Planning , Lighthouses , St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
It was one of those perfect summer days: the sun was shining, the birds chirping, and there wasn't a breath of wind. "We're going to Ferryland!" I exclaimed - my partner in crime and photographer was happy to oblige. Founded by Lord Baltimore in 1621, Ferryland is not only one of the most historic communities in Newfoundland, but in all of North America. Not a history buff? That's okay, Ferryland boasts some of the best coastal views in all of Newfoundland.
20 Jun 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Boat Tours , Birdwatching , Festivals & Events , Hiking & Walking , Icebergs , Nature , Trip Planning , Entertainment , Lighthouses , Signal Hill , George Street , St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
"There are a million reasons to visit St. John's – we want YOU to help us narrow it down to the TOP 5!"
We asked our locals to be ambassadors to the rest of the world! What are the very best reasons to visit our colourful city? Is it our food? The fresh ocean air? The people? Here within, five notable choices:
17 Jun 2014 by Dominique Chiasson in Trip Planning and St. John's
A couple of tips for cruise passengers, for St-John's and Corner Brook
11 Jun 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Birdwatching , Camping , Hiking & Walking , Whale Watching , Nature , History , Trip Planning , Geology & Fossils , Bonavista and Outdoor Adventure
Nestled in woodland above the village of Open Hall in Eastern Newfoundland, Eagles Cliffe Cottages provide luxury accommodations with a breathtaking view of the islands and waters of Bonavista Bay. Known for their outstanding hospitality and coastal scenery of outport Newfoundland, Eagles Cliffe Cottages is excited to expand it's wheelhouse by offering two new unique experiences.
13 May 2014 by Dave Sullivan in Trip Planning , Lighthouses and Cape Spear Lighthouse
When you're blessed with over 29,000 kilometres of coastline that twist and turn in every way imaginable, as well as rocks that protrude through the surface of the shore in the most precarious of positions – it makes sense that you may need some way of navigating vessels through what can sometimes be a labyrinth of stone.
13 May 2014 by Dave Sullivan in Icebergs and Trip Planning
I have a confession to make. I've lived here my whole life — a place that is filled with icebergs — I've never once gone in search of them. And, it's not like you need to go very far in order to find them. I know. I know. You're thinking to yourself "Dave, what is wrong with you?" Truth be told, I have a really comfortable couch.
9 Apr 2014 by Dave Sullivan in Trip Planning
So, you've made the decision. You're coming. You've seen the ads and heard your friends boast about their time here. And now — now it's your turn.
Well, before you pack up the Winnebago or book a flight, there are a few things you should know. This is information you won't find anywhere else — real top-secret stuff.
1 Apr 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Boat Tours , Birdwatching , Food & Dining , Icebergs , Whale Watching , Nature , History , Trip Planning , Lighthouses , St. John's , Twillingate and Outdoor Adventure
A day spent on the water is a quintessential experience when travelling to Newfoundland & Labrador. Set sail from St. John's harbour and witness the world's largest concentration of humpback whales, 12,000 year old icebergs and elegant seabirds feeding in our coastal waters. Iceberg Quest's award winning tour has been departing from St. John's and Twillingate showcasing Newfoundland's unique charm for over a decade. I sat down down with Captain Barry Rogers for an unforgettable hour as he regaled me with tales of his childhood on the water, the beginnings of Iceberg Quest and a sneak peek of some of their new product offerings for 2014.
1 Feb 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Trip Planning , Lighthouses , Signal Hill , St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
I had the absolute pleasure of spending the day with Maurice Fitzgerald of Far East Photography Tours. It was the day after a major snowstorm, there was a fresh dusting of snow, and the city looked beautiful. A Far East Photography Tour will allow you to see St. John's and surrounding areas through the lens of your camera! A tour will take you to the must see historic sites and landmarks in and around the capital.
17 Jan 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Skiing & Snowboarding , Trip Planning , St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
If your travels take you to St. John's in the winter then prepare to be surprised. The city offers an array of options to explore the outdoors, enjoy the dramatic coastline or take in a game of one of Canada's favourite winter sports– AHL hockey. You should plan on arriving early and staying late!
15 Jan 2014 by Tara Kroes in Culture , Trip Planning and Terra NovaRegion: Central
As a major traveller I have stayed at everything from a hut in the jungle in Thailand to an invitation only palace in Italy. My stay at The Inn at Happy Adventure in Newfoundland was one of the most amazing and memorable I have ever experienced.
11 Sep 2013 by Amy Fisher in Trip Planning and Cultural Experiences
People often ask me, "what are the must-dos in Newfoundland & Labrador?". In a province as vast and unique as this, you can imagine that it is not an easy question to answer. However, after a little bit of thought and deliberation, I have put together my own Top 10 list of the things every traveller should do on their vacation to Newfoundland & Labrador.
29 Aug 2013 by Lauren Saunders in Birdwatching , Nature , Trip Planning , Cape St. Mary's , St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
When planning a trip to Newfoundland and Labrador this Fall you may want to bring your binoculars.