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More than half of Witham sixth formers gained A* to B grades.
The New Rickstones and Maltings Academies celebrated with 55 per cent of students gaining the top three grades.
The overall pass rate for A* to E was 99.6%.
Star performers included Alec Granville-Willett who scored A* grades in maths, physics and chemistry and an A in further maths. He will read sciences at Cambridge University.
Sophie Preca achieved an A* in maths, an A in further maths and a B in chemistry, while Alex Partridge scored an A in maths and B grades in further maths and chemistry.
Corrine Woraker secured a double distinction* in BTEC performing arts and a distinction* in music, securing her a place at one of the country's highly competitive universities in the performing arts field, University of Wales, Trinity St David to study acting.
Oliver Cooke achieved a distinction* in IT, personal and business finance and business studies and is looking to work with a major bank in London.
Eleanor Cruickshank achieved a distinction* in performing arts (dance) and personal and business finance and a B in A-level art (photography), securing a place at Writtle College to study photography.


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This is UCA's third-generation PandA (Planning and Assessment) site. As a quick scan of the site's menus indicates, many of the earlier generations' functions have migrated elsewhere:
- A new Assessment site and the UCA Core Assessment page are now the primary homes of assessment – including student learning outcomes.
- UCA's accreditors are publicly listed in an Accreditors page, and information about the university's ongoing institutional accreditation processes is presented to the campus in the HLC Channel in myUCA (Resources tab, right-hand side, third channel down).
- The Campus Master Plan is now part of the About UCA collection.
- The university's Strategic Plan is also in the About UCA collection, and the processes that nurture it are chronicled in the pages of SPARC.
What remains? Most centrally, PandA remains the home of the Curriculum Development Process Guide (CDPG) and Existing Academic Program Review (EAPR) processes. It's other archival and informational roles are evident from the site's menus. Material from the "old PandA" is still available upon request from the Office of the Provost. If you have such a request – or simply need additional information about this site – email Jonathan Glenn.

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For those unfamiliar a DNA sequence can be made up of four "letters": A,G,C,T. Example DNA sequence: ACGTTCCGTACGTACTCT
I am really new to this all and I would like some advice on how to go about this and how to learn python in general (rely on tutorials, do random projects, etc).
I am currently using someone else's program for my DNA sequence project and then I will go through line by line to see what's being done.
The first error I encountered when copying over the code was this:
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>>> import random
>>> import sys
>>> def simulate_sequence (length) :
dna = ['A','G','C','T']
sequence = ''
for i in range (length) :
sequence += random.choice (dna)
return sequence
>>> setsize = int (sys.argv[1])
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#10>", line 1, in <module>
setsize = int (sys.argv[1])
IndexError: list index out of range
thank you.


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Buying Prescription Drugs Online Safely
Medical Author: Melissa Stoppler, M.D.
Hundreds of Web sites offer prescription drugs for sale, and the number of online pharmacies is growing daily. While legitimate pharmacy sites can provide a private, practical, and sometimes cheaper way to obtain prescription medications - particularly for those who live in remote areas or are unable to travel to pharmacies - online buyers must take extra precautions to ensure that they are receiving safe medications from a reputable provider.
First and foremost, before you purchase medications from an online pharmacy, check to be sure that you are dealing with a U.S. state-licensed pharmacy. A list of licensed online pharmacies has been developed by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacies (NABP). The NABP has also developed a program to help individuals identify online pharmacies that comply with all state and federal regulations for dispensing of medications. You can recognize these reputable pharmacy Web sites, all of which display the Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites™ seal (VIPPS® Seal). VIPPS® also has a section to check for Veterinary-Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites™ (Vet-VIPPS®) when buying prescription medication for your pets (http://www.nabp.net/indexroster.asp).


text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Easter is a celebration of springtime rebirth, a good time to enumerate reasons for optimism and the tasks necessary to accomplish America's potential.The U.S. economy is in renaissance. The wrenching recession and halting recovery have masked a major restructuring ignited by technology and good-old- fashioned market forces. Typewriters and toys have become a powerful competitive advantage. The modern office and consumer technology industries -- which began with programmable typewriters, clumsy dedicated word processes and TV-set ping pong -- have blossomed into enormously powerful and highly portable computers, smartphones and more specialized devices for industrial automation and supply chain management. These promote transparency in pricing, accelerate the movement of goods and services, and make nearly anyone (who would like to be) a global purveyor of ideas and services. Teenagers can become millionaires because the traditional barriers to developing and commercializing new ideas, including access to up-to-date know-how and capital, have been greatly reduced or removed. Also, the commercial applications of new technologies are quicker and dramatically more scalable, at much lower cost, beyond the imagination of entrepreneurs 50 years ago. The fracking revolution has unleashed a new bounty of natural gas. It won't fully free us from dependence on foreign oil, but it has some potential to substantially reduce that dependence and instigate dramatic new growth in heavy industry including metals, petrochemicals, fertilizer, durable goods, and fuels. America still imports, net of exports, about 6.8 million barrels of oil a day, much of it from the volatile Middle East and other unstable places around the world. Emerging compressed and liquefied gas technologies -- many already in trial use -- have the potential to replace about two to three million barrels a day in big-city taxi and fleet transportation, rail transportation, intercoastal marine and Great Lakes shipping, and inter-city trucking on the East and West Coasts and within the industrial Middle West. Extending those technologies to even limited personal automotive use could slice oil imports by nearly half. Beneath the rubble of the recession, U.S. manufacturers, which already enjoyed the highest productivity in world, have widened that gap. They have created smart factories that have converted the abovementioned technologies into automated material handling and supply chain management to dramatically decrease labor use.


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Southern University's secondary has gone through a face lift this season.
From a multitude of injuries to some key position changes, the Jaguars have experienced their share of ups and downs with the defensive backs. They're hoping all the pieces fall together this week leading up to the marquee season finale at 1:30 p.m. Saturday against Grambling in the Bayou Classic.
Southern started the season with strong showings in the secondary, allowing just 123 total passing yards in its first two games before things to a turn for the worse. Starting in Week 3, the Jaguars gave up at least 250 passing yards in five of their next six contests, including two games with more than 300 yards.
Southern has surrendered at least one passing touchdown in nine of 10 games this season, with four multi-score games sprinkled in. The Jaguars have the third-worst passing defense in the SWAC, allowing 217.4 yards per game through the air, and opponents have thrown 15 touchdown passes.
But all things considered, interim coach Dawson Odums has been pleased with the play of his defensive backs throughout the season, citing a bad half here or there that hurt the numbers as a whole.
"Defensively, we played well for the most part of the season," said Odums, who noted lapses for stretches in a few games.
Some signs point to injury bug that plagued the Southern all season.
The Jaguars lost senior strong safety Mychal Bell for the year with a knee injury in October and were without fellow safeties Levi Jackson and D'Mekus Cook for a number of weeks.
Jackson — typically a starter — has missed three games this season, and Cook was held out for four straight weeks at the end of October.
Odums pieced together his secondary from there, moving Southern's top cornerback, junior Virgil Williams, to safety, then transforming freshman quarterback Justin Morgan to defensive back.
Southern's schedule probably didn't help.
The Jaguars dealt with the firing of Stump Mitchell after their second game, a 6-0 home loss to Mississippi Calley. They also played nine consecutive games from Sept. 13 to Nov. 10, going 3-6 during that stretch.
"We played nine games in a row," Odums said.
"As coaches, we needed some rest. Players needed some rest."
It's not an ideal recipe for Southern, but it may be in the past. Odums said the team should be back to full strength for the Bayou Classic.
"We've got everybody back," he said.
"We'll be full speed. It's great to have those guys back."
SU heads into the Bayou Classic on a four-game losing streak, and its secondary could have its hands full again Saturday against Grambling. Despite their 1-9 record, the Tigers passing attack ranks No. 4 in the conference, averaging 193.2 passing yards per game.
Both Grambling quarterbacks rank in the top 10 in the conference in passing efficiency, and wideout Jeremy Hernandez is No. 4 in the league with 62.9 receiving yards per game.
Bus trips
- The 6th Man Club is sponsoring a bus trip to New Orleans for Saturday's game. The cost is $50 and does not include a game ticket. For information, call Anna Jones at (225) 387-1982 or (225) 907-7212, Freddie Green Sr. at (225) 388-9403 or (225) 572-3060, or Elijah Wilkinson at (225) 355-9249.
- The Blue and Gold Club also is is sponsoring a bus trip to New Orleans. The cost is $40 and does not include a game ticket. For information, call Robert Square at (225) 931-4052 or Craig Pierre at (225) 324-7234.


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Saturday, November 17
Queens of Pop: Lady Gaga, Studio, 6pm
THIS fluffy Franco-German production starts off looking like a pure filler but eventually gets fairly interesting. The early interview clips with German magazine editors, French-Canadian singer-songwriters and British pop stars (Boy George, Pet Shop Boys) provide a total of zero information or insight into the rapid rise and astonishing success of Lady Gaga. Before long, though, the biography of the artist formerly known as Stefani Germanotta has been well sketched and we're into some less well-trodden territory. One German author, for instance, talks about how Gaga's constantly changing persona and challenging of gender roles and societal norms enables teenage fans to ''try out'' various identities en route to finding themselves (naturally, at the time of filming, at least one American university was offering a course in Lady Gaga studies). Gaga herself appears in an interview filmed in the back of a limousine, talking about why she considers her live performances as important as songwriting and recording.
Mapping Murder, CI, 10pm
THIS British series is a decade old now, but it's still reasonably interesting watching forensic psychologist David Canter talk about the use of geographic profiling in trying to catch serial killers and other criminals. The idea is to try to work out, among other things, where a killer lives based on where they abduct and/or dump their victims. It's difficult for the viewer, though, to gauge how effective it is.
LOLwork, Arena, 9pm
A new workplace reality show following the team from Cheezburger (home of the funny-cat-photo website www.icanhascheezburger.com).
Tina Arena: Live in Melbourne, Studio, 8.30pm
The Australian singer performs hits including Chains, Sorrento Moon and Don't Cry for Me Argentina with a 54-piece orchestra.
A-League Football (Live), Fox Sports 1, 5.30pm
Melbourne Heart v Adelaide, then at 7.30pm, Melbourne Victory v Central Coast.
Sunday, November 18
Show of the week: Sons of Anarchy, Showcase, 8.35pm
SONS of Anarchy has been an extremely wild ride this time around, even by the ultra-violent, high-body-count standards of previous seasons. The tone was set in the first episode, when gangster Damon Pope (Oz's Harold Perrineau) forced Tig (Kim Coates) to watch his daughter being burnt alive, and has continued through Opie (Ryan Hurst) being bludgeoned to death in prison and Jax (Charlie Hunnam) meting out in-kind retribution.
Events have had a hurtling momentum in contrast to last season, which stalled as, it seemed, series creator Kurt Sutter struggled to postpone the still-inevitable showdown between Jax and Clay (Ron Perlman). But this season has also had moments of humour and surreality. Take Walton Goggins' appearance as transsexual prostitute Venus Van Dam (her name a nod to Cletus Van Damme, the comically stupid alias used by Goggins' character Shane Vendrell in The Shield). The storyline in which she appeared was ridiculous, but the sheer strangeness of it all - not to mention Goggins' evident relish in camping it up - made it one of the season's more memorable moments. The later guest appearance by Joel McHale as a hustler who beds older women and steals their cars fell flat, but they can't all be gems.
Another guest star who has turned up in intriguing circumstances was Oz alumnus and former real-life Hells Angel Chuck Zito, who last year lost a lawsuit claiming that FX had stolen his idea for a biker-gang drama. Zito had a short but reasonable run as Frankie Diamonds, the longest lived of the bikers that Clay ordered to carry out a string of violent home invasions in a bid to undermine Jax. It is the twin trajectories of Clay's murderous resurgence and the sudden fall of Gemma (Katey Sagal) - neither of which seemed on the cards - that have been most interesting. Clay began the season as a physical wreck, stripped of power within the club and shamed by his bashing of Gemma, who had finally left him. Gemma, meanwhile, was very much enjoying her new freedom and a somewhat baffling love affair with pimp Nero (Jimmy Smits). Now Clay has re-emerged as a real force, while Gemma is so broken that Jax can order her to prostitute herself for access to her grandchildren.
As compelling as it has been, there are still some things that don't add up. Why does Nero remain so smitten with and devoted to Gemma when every week she makes his life even more of a waking nightmare? Why does Tara (Maggie Siff) keep smashing her broken hand if she still wants to be a surgeon? It's possible that these questions have real answers. With Sons of Anarchy, you never know.
Savage U, MTV, 9.30pm
Sex-advice columnist Dan Savage visits a Tennessee college where girls outnumber boys three to two.
Raines, 13th Street, 6.30pm
Jeff Goldblum is a homicide cop who has hallucinations of dead people.
Making a Model: 28th Elite Model Look, Style, 8.30pm
Aspiring young models compete for a modelling contract.


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Today the IAUNRC sat down to speak with Dilnoza, the 2015-2016 FLTA from Uzbekistan. Dilnoza will assist Dr. Hodjaev with beginning, intermediate, and advanced Uzbek language classes for the 2015-2016 Academic Year. These classes are offered through the Department of Central Eurasian Studies. For more information please contact firstname.lastname@example.com
Could you introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?


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A man was head butted without warning as he walked off the dance floor in an Accrington town centre pub.
Blackburn magistrates heard Roger Walker then kicked his victim repeatedly about the head and body leaving him bleeding heavily from a cut to his face which required five stitches.
Walker, 45, of Stanley Street, Accrington, pleaded guilty to assaulting Thomas French. He was made subject to a curfew on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights between 8 pm and 7 am for 12 weeks, ordered to pay £150 compensation and £310 costs.
Pat Bramley, prosecuting, said Mr French had been out with family and at about midnight went into the Bridge Inn. As he walked off the dance floor he saw a man in front of him and felt a blow to his face.
"When he eventually managed to get to his feet his face was bleeding and the assailant had gone," said Miss Bramley.
Damian Pickup, defending, said Walker had initially pleaded not guilty to the charge of the basis of self defence.
"He says the complainant was going for him but he accepts that what happened after went beyond self-defence," said Mr Pickup. "My client told him to go away because of his behaviour towards a female friend."


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Usually I post after I've visited a restaurant but I'm wondering if anyone here has been there. Dholck, how far are you from Woodstock?
What I really noticed on the "The BBQ" page is that the meat is cooked and sold the same day - no refrigerating and reheating. I'm definitely going to have to head down there and check it out.


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We've caught some nice tweets fluttering around the Twittersphere about Unique Eats so we wanted to share a few. Thanks, Food People. Glad we could make you hungry…
cknobloch: @CookingChannel, I've watched the Comfort Foods episode of Unique Eats, like, three times. #foodpornaddiction
epeureka: Saw @BarkHotDogs and @Meatballers on the @cookingchannel tonight. Made me want to eat meat and move to NYC.
generalgentry: Some day I will eat a cheeseburger from the ShakeShack in New York. Mark my words! #cookingchannel
Next up on Unique Eats — DESSERT! You'll want to see THIS one.
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ByEvelyn M. Rusli
Some of the biggest names in venture capital are getting behind a maker of underground bitcoin vaults, the latest bet to bolster the digital currency.
Xapo said Tuesday it raised an additional $20 million in funding, doubling the amount it raised earlier this year. The investment was co-led by Greylock Partners and Index Ventures and includes Emergence Capital Partners, Max Levchin, the co-founder of PayPal, Yuri Milner, the Russian billionaire investor, and Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo. Reid Hoffman, a partner at Greylock, and Mike Volpi, a partner at Index, will join Xapo's board as observers.
The latest investment values Xapo at roughly north of $100 million, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Wences Casares, Xapo's CEO, declined to comment on the valuation.
Xapo, which is trying to legitimize and popularize bitcoin by offering services to securely store and transact the digital currency, has now raised $40 million. Its previous round, announced in March, was led by Benchmark. The latest cash injection, stuffed with top-tier tech investors, reflects ongoing enthusiasm in Silicon Valley for bitcoin-related startups, despite ongoing concerns about the future and volatility of the currency. After surpassing a value of $1100 late last year, the currency now trades just north of $600.
The investment puts Xapo in an elite circle of bitcoin startups now worth nine figures. In December, Andreessen Horowitz led a $25 million round in Coinbase, a bitcoin wallet company. The round valued Coinbase at $140 million, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Casares, a serial entrepreneur from Argentina, said he decided to accept additional capital after fielding interest from investors following the announcement of his first round. He plans to use the money to quickly build out his staff. With about 12 employees, he hopes to roughly quintuple his payroll by the end of this year.
The company currently offers two main services: a vault for people to store their bitcoins and a wallet to facilitate transactions.
In a blog post, Hoffman outlined his very bullish case for bitcoin, hinting that the firm could make future investments related to the currency:
"As an investor and technologist, I am interested in bitcoin on three levels: As an asset, (i.e. a digital alternative to gold); as a currency (to create a new transactional layer on the internet); and as a platform (to build alternative kinds of financial applications)."


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Emergency Root Canal Dentist in Yantic CT
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In the case of a dental emergency you will need to contact an emergency dentist in Yantic CT. This is a type of dentist that is on call twenty-four hours a day to take care of any dental emergencies. There are all sorts of different processes that one of these dentists can work with.
Teeth can break out of the mouth for a variety of reasons including from sports injuries. An emergency dentist can help to get teeth back into your place. The dentist will work to take the recovered took that needs to be put back in with ease. The dentist will flush the socket that the tooth was in so that the tooth can be properly placed back in. Temporary orthodontic wire will generally be used to help keep the tooth in place while it is being settled back into its old spot through the creation of new blood vessels in the area that attach to the root.
For chips in the teeth the dentist can work with various devices. Proper enamel shaping can work to help with using enamel shaping. The use of a veneer or crown can be used for more severe cases. An emergency root canal in Yantic CT can also be applied for cases where nerves are damaged.
Crowns or other implants can also be damaged. The installation of a new crown can be used in some of the most severe cases but in other cases the crown will need to be filled or remolded so that it will look its best. An emergency dentist can work to help with handling this condition.
Emergency extractions can be handled too. Teeth can get impacted but the most common form of impaction comes from wisdom teeth. This can cause significant pains in the mouth that will not go away easily. Emergency extraction, which involves the removal of a tooth, will be needed in one of these cases.
Abscesses in the teeth can be serious emergencies. Abscesses are buildups of pus that have been created due to bacteria and other harmful materials from outside of the teeth. In the event of an abscess in the teeth an emergency dentist will need to get it removed properly so that it will not spread and damage the teeth. It will be especially important to get rid of abscesses through an emergency dentist because not all of these abscesses can heal by themselves.
Root canal treatments can also be used. This treatment is a surgical treatment that emergency dentists can work with. An infection that can develop in the tooth area of the root canal will need to be handled. This is so that the infection will not spread to the jaw. An emergency dentist can help you out with various dental emergencies in Yantic CT. These include emergencies involving broken teeth and abscesses. Extractions can also be handled.
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MOOM Hair Remover
MOOM Hair Remover, a product that is certified both organic by the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture), and cruelty free, (by Leaping Bunny), is for you if you want to have smooth skin using a chemical free product.
Jinous Nouri, is the creator of MOOM. Jinous, a chemist, was tired of being burnt when waxing, and she also didn't want her daughters to use wax, chemicals or artificial ingredients on their skin. She therefore set out to develop a different type of hair removal system.
MOOM has been on the market since 1990, and here's what the MOOM Organic Hair Removal kit with Tea Tree looks like:
18 washable and reusable Fabric Strips; 4 wooden applicators; 6 oz. (170 g) 100% Natural Hair Remover
MOOM writes that the product can be used on the face, underarms, legs, bikini area – anywhere there is unwanted hair.
There are many methods to remove unwanted hair. There's plucking, depilatory creams, shaving, threading, laser hair removal, electrolysis and some prescription medications. Each has pros and cons.
How is MOOM different?
The only ingredients in MOOM are:
organic can sugar
organic chamomile tea
organic lemon juice
organic tea tree oil
MOOM writes this:
"MOOM is designed to remove impurities and dead skin cells from the skin surface so skin feels softer and smoother with each use. It removes only the hair, not the skin. It does not break hair at the surface but delicately removes it with the root."
I have had my legs professionally waxed before and while I didn't have any disasters of having skin removed with the unwanted hair, many people have. The only word of the above quote that I would have to disagree with is the one I have italicized, "delicately." While I highly recommend MOOM, I'm not going to write that my hair was removed from the root, "delicately." It hurt! Did it hurt "a lot?" Well that, of course, depends on your pain threshold. To give you an idea, though, and compare it to my waxing experience, on a pain scale of 0-10, 0 being no pain, 10 being very painful, waxing, for me, was a "9", while using MOOM was a "4-5."
MOOM Cautions
If you are using Alpha Hydroxy, Retinol, or Glycolic Acid Products regularly, consult your physician before using any hair removal product!
Directions for using MOOM:
While the instructions are simple, and contained in the box, you need to make sure to read them (and I'm not being sarcastic).
To make sure that you don't have any irritation, do a patch test on the area on which you want to use MOOM.
MOOM points this out: "2 week rule: previously shaved hair is strong & resistant. Wait approximately 2 weeks for a 1/4" (1/2 cm) growth before first use."
Do not overheat the product in the glass container. MOOM is not supposed to be hot like wax gets!
If you have coarse, stray hairs, MOOM recommends that you apply a pea-sized amount of the product on them, and you don't warm the product before you applying the strips.
My Thoughts About MOOM:
Was it easy to use on my legs? Yes! My legs felt smoother and moisturized after using MOOM. The fabric strips are made of polycotton and I think it's great I can keep reusing them. Because the product is water-soluble, that means that not only is it easily washed off from the fabric strips, but I was happy to not have any residue left on my skin!
MOOM does write, "if you are a first-time user, some skin sensitivity may occur, but it will decrease with subsequent use as hair weakens. The skin may turn pink & spotty after hair removal, but should disappear within a few hours."
As per the above the above description, the skin on my legs did turn pink and spotty, but by the morning, all looked fine. After I used MOOM, I washed my legs with warm water, and, as MOOM wrote that nothing else was needed, I put nothing on my skin to test.
Cons: You're going to have some pain involved with ripping hair out from the root. Of course, by removing by the root, it enables you to be hair-free for many weeks—individual results would vary as to the number of weeks you'll be hair-free.
Without hesitation, I would highly recommend you consider trying MOOM Hair Removal.
Disclosure: I received MOOM for review. All of the links are for your convenience only.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a letter to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and the Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of naval operations, U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Jacksonville, on Monday requested that the Navy delay its proposed February 15 cancellation of all third- and fourth-quarter ship maintenance availabilities.
Crenshaw, a member of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, made the request to provide additional time to resolve sequestration spending cut levels.
Crenshaw is one of nine members of the United States House of Representatives who signed the letter to Mabus and Greenert.
"With a fast-approaching sequestration deadline, I am working to find solutions that will put the nation on a path to fiscal responsibility without forsaking military readiness," Crenshaw said in a statement released by his office. "While I understand the Navy is in a precarious budget position and must begin planning for the looming budget cuts, I believe that the February 15th deadline to cancel ALL remaining maintenance work for this year is too early. The Navy should take small steps that are reversible to weather the storm of sequestration until the President and Congress can find a way forward. Cancelling all ship repair work on February 15th will set off an irreversible chain reaction that will delay ship deployments and risk ship readiness for years to come."


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I am new in the forum, also python programming and trying to learn it. I confused the the part code given below. It is simple but when I want to use "compare_2_data" or "compare_3_data" out of "if statement", the compiler says "compare_1_data" is not defined. But I can see the value of this variable when I put "print (compare_1_data)" inside if statement.
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if startReading_1 !=-1:
data_text_3 = data_text_1[text_1_counter].split(' ')
compare_1_data = data_text_3 [4]
compare_3_data = data_text_3 [6]
print (compare_1_data)
Can anyone help me to solve this problem?


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VALDOSTA, Ga. – The Saint Leo men's basketball team made their first statement of 2011-12 as the Lions rolled into Valdosta State and handed the host Blazers a 69-51 defeat in NCAA South Region action on Tuesday evening. It was a motivating win that took the Lions to 2-1 on the young season while Valdosta State falls to 1-2.
It was a game that saw the Lions sluggish out of the gates as VSU jumped out to a 13-4 lead just five minutes in. As the Lions got their legs back under them after the three-hour drive to Georgia they would spend the remainder of the half playing catch up. It wouldn't be until Taylor Bassett drained a three-pointer with 35 seconds left that the Green and Gold would take their first lead.
A Valdosta State basket at the buzzer knotted the score at 28 as both teams headed for the lockers.
Out of the halftime break it was a completely different story. The Lions shot 61 percent in the second stanza and outscored the host Blazers 20-0 at one stretch in the period. It was a crucial turn of events in the game that saw many of the 2,919 fans in attendance start heading for the exits with five minutes left.
The Lions took advantage of dominating post play with 17 of their 19 shots in the second half coming inside the big arc.
Junior Shaun Adams exploded onto the scene for the Lions going 11-for-13 with a game-high 24 points and six rebounds. Behind him was freshman Taylor Bassett who was 5-for-7 from 3-point range and bucketed 18 points. He also pulled down five boards and had three assists.
As a team the Lions finished shooting 50 percent (30-for-59) from the field and were 7-of-19 (36.8%) from behind the 3-point line.
For the host Blazers, Michael Panaggio and Tristan Steele each scored 12 points as VSU shot 37.5 percent (18-of-48). The decisive second half saw Valdosta State shot just 30 percent.
The Lions now turn their attention to Stetson University as they are next on the schedule. Saint Leo will travel to Deland, Fla. to face the Division I Hatters on Saturday with tip-time scheduled for 3 p.m. For the latest news, information, and updates on Lions Men's Basketball and all other Saint Leo Athletics, visit SaintLeoLions.com.


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Henry C Merwin
No regiment at Gettysburg is better represented in stone today than that of the 27th Connecticut of Brooke's brigade, Caldwell's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac. The unit had a grand total of 75 men present at the battle, making it one of the smallest commands on either side. Yet today, there are no fewer than five monuments that stand to the 27th in and around the Wheatfield and Rose's Woods. Or to put it another way - one monument per every fifteen men. Technically, my math is wrong: two of the monuments actually honor individuals of the regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Henry C. Merwin and Captain Jedediah Chapman. So I suppose the correct calculation is 3 monuments for the remaining 72 men, or one monument per 24 men. Still, not bad.
The 27th Connecticut formed in August of 1862, as a nine-month militia regiment. As the federal government struggled to raise the 300,000 men in three-year regiments called for earlier in the summer, a supplementary call for an additional 300,000 nine-month men went out, which marked the beginning of the draft. Principally recruited from the New Haven area, the regiment mustered into service for nine months in October, which means that at the battle of Gettysburg, the regiment was already into its last month of service. Technically categorized as a militia regiment, the unit had full authority to choose its own officers, and elected Richard S. Bostwick as Colonel and Henry C. Merwin as Lieutenant Colonel. It left Connecticut with 829 men.
In December, the regiment fought in the battle of Fredericksburg, and suffered a loss of 19 killed, 86 wounded, and 3 taken prisoner. 16 of the wounded would later die in hospital. The regiment suffered further misfortune in the spring at the battle of Chancellorsville. During the fighting on the morning of May 3rd, the regiment failed to receive word that the lines around the Chancellor House were being abandoned in favor of a new line to the rear. Soon the regiment found itself surrounded, and 280 men, the majority of 8 full companies, surrendered.
As a result of this humiliating disaster, only 75 men remained with the regiment - now commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Merwin - as it marched northward and toward the end of its service. The 27th and the rest of the brigade commanded by Colonel John R. Brooke marched up the Taneytown Road and onto the battlefield shortly after sunrise on July 2nd, forming into columns by regiment along Cemetery Ridge, near where the Pennsylvania Memorial stands today.
In late afternoon, with the battle raging on the left flank of the army, Caldwell's division received orders to move to the left to reinforce the advanced line taken up by the 3rd Corps. The 27th Connecticut hurried with the rest of the brigade to the Wheatfield. Held in reserve at first as Cross's Brigade and the Irish Brigade moved forward and engaged the Georgians and South Carolinians in their front, soon Brooke's men were called upon to enter the fray. Regimental historian Winthrop D. Sheldon recalled the moment, writing in 1866:
As the regiment enters the Wheatfield, the broken remains of the 3rd Corps are slowly retiring to the rear. A few steps more brings the men under the full sweep of the enemy's fire. Lieutenant-Colonel Merwin falls while leading the command with his accustomed bravery. Under Major Coburn the line still presses forward at double-quick, through the wheat-field and woods beyond, driving the rebels a quarter of a mile across a ravine, which on the further side rises into a precipitous ledge. The men with difficulty clambered up the rocky steep, but as they appeared upon the crest of the hill, the enemy, drawn up in readiness just beyond, within pistol-range, opened upon them a withering fire. The contest at this point continued on for some time. Planting the colors upon the top, the men loaded their pieces under shelter of the brow of the hill, then, rising up, delivered their fire.
After a engaging with the Georgians for several minutes however, Brooke's men began to see the hopelessness of remaining on the ledge that they had worked so hard to gain. "Being notified at this time that a heavy column of the enemy was coming upon my left, I immediately took measures to meet them," Brooke stated in his official report.
I held them at bay for some time, when word was brought to me that my right was being turned, and finding no troops coming to my support, and finding that unless I retired all would be killed or captured, I reluctantly gave the order to retire, and in good order the whole command came off the field slowly, and, firing as they retired, succeeding in bringing off nearly all their wounded.
In their few minutes on the Rose Farm, the little 27th and the rest of Brooke's brigade engaged in one of the bloodiest fire-fights of the battle. On July 5th or 6th, some of the most famous images of the war were recorded in the fields of the Rose Farm, showing the dead of the Confederates units who faced Brooke's men.


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Apple now has a new system status page for their services, available at http://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus. This site goes through many of Apple's services and shows an indicator light for when they are up. Additionally, you can scroll down to the detailed timeline and see a historical account of what services are online.
This is yet another step in Apple's continued progress at providing more and more information to the community on, well, everything. This includes seeing Apple popping up at conferences here and there, most notably at Black Hat this year, publishing more kbase articles that detail problems and allowing more community involvement from some employees. A more open Apple is a more enterprise, education and consumer friendly Apple.
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– Ankush Kumar, Lead Software Engineer @ Adobe
In Debugging LiveCycle – Working with logs (part 1), we covered how to handle logs at application server level. In this blog, we will cover a few areas where we can fine tune the logging in applications itself.
LCM Logs
As you might have noticed LCM logs are found at <LiveCycle Installation Location>/configurationManager/log. Default logging level of this is INFO. This is governed by properties file kept inside adobe-lcm.jar: \com\adobe\livecycle\lcm\logging\log.properties.
Using this property file, you can:
- Change Logging Level
- Define file location and file name.
- Define rotation policy
If you want to overwrite the default location of this file to a more convenient location, you can do so by modifying <LiveCycle Installation Location>/configurationManager/bin/ConfigurationManager.bat and specifying following system property:
-Djava.util.logging.config.file=<path to file>
Generating ORB Trace
While working with natives like XMLForms, you can sometimes run into issues where an application abnormally terminates. Following parameters help in generating extra trace information for debugging such issues.
These are required to be placed as argument to the native application:
-ORBtraceLevel 25 -ORBtraceThreadId 1 -ORBtraceInvocations 1 -ORBtraceInvocationReturns 1 -ORBtraceTime 1 –ORBtraceFile <Path to log file>
Also, when we are debugging an issue related to native applications, in System Out logs we can find system natives being invoked and a large IOR is passed to them as input. This IOR can be analyzed by many easily available IOR parsers. (Just Google for them). This can be first step towards debugging natives related problem.
Variable Logging
In order to better understand and debug an orchestration, LiveCycle offers excellent process debug feature. Using workbench, one can easily trace every step of a process and find what exact values any variable hold. For more information, one can refer this blog.
But sometimes this gets difficult due to environment constraints and performance overheads. One may want to introduce a step which will log current state of all variables in either System Out log or the log of your choice.
This can be accomplished using Variable Logger service. One can introduce this while designing the orchestration. Now each time the orchestration runs, the values of variables will be logged as the step is executed.
Other Application Logging Locations
Content Services and CMSA Logs
Content Services and CMSA logs are created in working directory of the application server.
LiveCycle Installer Logs
Installer logs can be found in following two locations
- <LiveCycle Installation Home>
- <LiveCycle Installation Home>/logs
Service Pack Logs
Service pack logs can be found at <LiveCycle Installation Home>/patch/<Patch Name>/log
CRX and Correspondence Management Logs
From ES3 onwards, you will find CRX and CM logs at <CRX Repository Directory>/logs. (More on this will be covered in next part of blogs)
PDFG Configuration Logs
- PDFG System Readiness Testing Logs: <LiveCycle Installation Home>/pdfg_srt/reports
- PDFG Config Logs: <LiveCycle Installation Home>/logs


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CHICAGO — Millennium Pharmacy Systems on Friday announced the appointment of Phil Keough as EVP and COO.
"Millennium's innovative and cost-effective medication management approach offers critically needed solutions to the long-term care market," Keough said. "By eliminating drug waste, enhancing administrative processes and improving patient safety, Millennium is changing the face of pharmacy solutions in the marketplace."
A 20-year pharmacy operations veteran, Keough most recently led Keoco, a consulting practice specializing in high-growth, early-stage pharmacy industry businesses. Prior to that, Keough led all pharmacy operations for CVS and later Rite Aid. Keough holds a Bachelor of Science in pharmacy from Auburn University.


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SSA eNews No. 14 - Challenges & Opportunities
Secular Student eNews
In this issue:
- Introduction
- SSA & Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard Joint Conference
- Welcome New Affiliates!
- Interview with the Creator of the YouTube Atheist Video
- Religious Attitude, Part 2
- Why I am Not a Christian (but Funnier than Bertrand Russell)
- Group Spotlight: Raiders for Rationalism
- KU's SOMA wins SSA Best Affiliate Award
- Philosopedia - The Readable Source for All Things Philosophy
- Freethinkers: Celebrate the Holidays with Art!
- Lost: Amazing Scientific Achievements of the Ancient World
- Job Announcement: Seeking Paid Intern(s) for Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University
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Philip Paulson, an atheist and Vietnam veteran, died this month while still fighting to remove a Christian cross on government land overlooking San Diego. Read the L.A. Times article here.
Check out Jesus Camp, the incendiary documentary about evangelical summer camp. These children pray, exorcise, and are indoctrinated with pious predilections.
Joe Foley has just been elected to the Secular Student Alliance's Board of Directors and will be our new Treasurer. Welcome Joe!
SSA chair Hemant Mehta writes about atheist issues on his blog, the Friendly Atheist. User comments are welcome and suggestions are always appreciated. Visit the site at www.friendlyatheist.com.
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We're speaking out and causing a stir!
Freethinkers are in the limelight this month. This months eNews addresses how we secularists are raising our voices and reaching new ears. Check out freethinking philosopher, historian, and author Richard Carrier's new blog, and watch some of the most popular videos on YouTube covering atheist issues and sentiments (our interview with the creator of one of these videos is below)!
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SSA & Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard Joint Conference
Save the dates: April 19-22, 2007! The Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard has graciously invited the Secular Student Alliance to hold its annual conference as part of the Chaplaincy's 30th anniversary gala and symposium. Speakers will include notables such as Salman Rushdie, Amartya Sen, E.O. Wilson, Steven Pinker, Humanist Philanthropist Louis Appignani, Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine, Lori Lipman Brown, Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr., and Ambassador Carl Coon.
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Welcome New Affiliates!
We're growing every day! Since the release of the last eNews, the Secular Student Alliance has added four campus groups to our official count. Please join me in welcoming the following new affiliates!
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One of the most popular videos on YouTube.com is titled 'Atheist' and was created by Canadian film student Zachery Kroger. This popular video has been featured on many media channels and has been rated as one of the most discussed videos on YouTube. The SSA's Campus Organizer interviews the creator about his simple but powerful film. You can see and discuss the video on our website.
Religious Attitude, Part 2
This is the second part of a two-part account. The author wishes to remain anonymous. You can read the first part of the account in the SSA eNews No. 13 - Odds & Ends.
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Joe Dixon is a New York-based comedian who has appeared on Infidel Guy Radio and at presentations across the nation. Listen to the SSA's podcast interview with Joe at http://www.secularstudents.org/node/472. Here, he explores some of the reasons he's an atheist…or at least, some of the reason's he's not Christian!
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Group Spotlight: Raiders for Rationalism
What are SSA affiliates up to? Here is a look towards Raiders for Rationalism at Middle Tennessee State University, led by president Levi Collins. Article by.
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KU's SOMA wins SSA Best Affiliate Award
In a Best Affiliate, we are looking for a strong sense of community, having multiple events, and excelling in the areas of the other Best awards, namely, Best Service, Best Website, and Best Media. I hope you will join me in congratulating the winners of the 2006 Best Affiliate Award, the Society of Open-Minded Atheists and Agnostics at Kansas University!
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Philosopedia - The Readable Source for All Things Philosophy
All SSA students should know about PHILOSOPEDIA, the free online encyclopedia. A great source for information on famous philosophers of history, it's also a reference for modern freethinkers, humanists, novelists, and more.
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Freethinkers: Celebrate the Holidays with Art!
CALLING ALL HUMANISTS, ATHEISTS, AGNOSTICS, AND OTHER FREETHINKERS: What do we have to celebrate this holiday season? What do you hope for in the future? HumanLight (www.humanlight.org) is hosting a HumanLight card and ornament design contest for secularists of all ages as a way to positively answer these questions and more with artistic expression.
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Lost: Amazing Scientific Achievements of the Ancient World
The Antikythera Machine--a 1st century BC computer used to calculate the future positions of the sun and the moon--gives us hints about where we might be had science been as valued as revelation by certain Christian scribes.
Job Announcement: Seeking Paid Intern(s) for Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University
The Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University is seeking one or more part-time paid interns to assist the Chaplain and the Board of Directors with alumni relations and development. Sound like a job for you?
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Trout launches holiday party with walk-off home run
Hits leadoff shot in ninth; Pujols crushes 510th; Wilson gives up three
ANAHEIM -- Erick Aybar instructed Hector Santiago to come in from the front, within Mike Trout's eyesight, to create a diversion, and then Aybar whipped from around the other side of the dugout, lugging a three-gallon jug filled about halfway with frigid blue Gatorade, and soaked the Angels' superstar center fielder seconds after Santiago did the same.
Most players get a Gatorade shower after a walk-off hit.
Trout gets two.
"That second one got me pretty good," Trout said. "It was cold."
Not as cold as what Trout did to Astros reliever Tony Sipp.
The veteran left-hander came out for the bottom of the ninth, trying to keep the score tied and force extras, but Trout led off the inning, swung at an 0-2 slider that almost hit the dirt and launched a bullet out to left-center field, giving the Angels a 7-6 walk-off win in front of a sellout crowd of 43,557 on Independence Day.
"The adrenaline rush you get when it goes out, it's something special," Trout said after his second career walk-off homer, with both coming within a span of seven weeks. "Just to help the team win, especially at home, with all the fans tonight -- special night for everybody."
The Angels have had a lot of those around here lately. They've won eight straight games at home, the first time the franchise has done that since September 2005, and 14 of their last 15 at Angel Stadium. Overall, they've come up victorious in 11 of their last 14 games, giving them 49 wins -- second only to the A's for the American League lead.
"It's a different guy every night," Trout said of the way the Angels have played.
Most of the time, though, it's Trout.
He now has 20 home runs, making him the 13th player to amass that total before the All-Star break in his age-22 season or younger. His 1.022 OPS trails only Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki for the Major League lead. And, as teammate Kole Calhoun said, Trout's "clutch factor is getting better."
There was the game-tying homer against the A's on April 15, the walk-off homer against the Rays on May 15, the eighth-inning grand slam against Chris Sale on June 7, and now this.
"I mean, it's getting to the point where we almost expect it," Calhoun said. "It's awesome. He's fun to play with."
David Freese had a couple of hits, giving him a .313 batting average since the start of June. Albert Pujols went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and a stolen base. Howie Kendrick had four hits, including a clutch RBI double. And the Angels went off against Dallas Keuchel, who gave up two runs in 8 2/3 innings against them on May 19, but only lasted five innings and gave up five runs on 13 hits on Friday.
But the game came down to the ninth, because C.J. Wilson couldn't hold a two-run lead and instead was charged with six earned runs in 4 1/3 innings -- giving the left-hander a 6.75 ERA since the start of June and 16 earned runs in the 13 innings that have spanned his last three starts.
"He's trying to make adjustments, there's no doubt about that," Scioscia said. "C.J.'s on a tough run right now."
Kendrick tied the game at 6 with a liner off the wall in right-center field in the seventh. With two outs in the eighth, Sipp came on to pitch, and Calhoun was up.
"Just hit one out," Trout told him.
"Nah, I'll hit a single," Calhoun replied," and let you go deep."
It went almost as planned.
"So I ground out, inning over," Calhoun said. "Then boom, he hits a bomb."
Trout was 0-for-3, facing an 0-1 count, and Sipp threw a fastball that was a couple inches off the plate and was called a strike by home-plate umpire Angel Hernandez.
"I've got my strike zone, and that's not a strike," Trout said. "I didn't see the replay, but I thought it was way out there."
The next pitch was way down there. Sipp was ahead 0-2, set to throw a waste pitch he hoped Trout would chase. And he did, making contact just before the slider hit the dirt.
"He might've called that one, so I just swung at it and hit it out," Trout said.
"He's one of the best players in the game for a reason," Astros manager Bo Porter added. "He went down and he got it. It's one of those things where you see the pitch and you see the swing and you say to yourself, 'There's not many players in our game that can do what he did to that pitch.'"
Asked if he's ever seen quicker hands, Calhoun said: "Absolutely not. I think that's as good as you're ever going to see."
Asked what it is that makes Trout such a dangerous low-ball hitter, the Angels' right fielder could only shake his head.
"He's just a natural talent," Calhoun replied. "It's not human. He's a superstar, man. There's nothing more to it."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Broward County judge has set bail for two teenage girls accused of taking part in the gang rape of another girl, which the attackers allegedly videotaped with cell phones.
Fifteen-year-old Patricia Montes and 16-year-old Erica Avery are both charged as adults with felony armed sexual assault and kidnapping. The Miami Herald reported that Broward Circuit Judge Lisa Porter set bail Thursday at $100,000 for each girl even as she described the attack as exceedingly brutal.
Porter, who watched the video before Thursday's hearing, called it "disturbing."
"The conduct of these ladies is depraved, it is just unconscionable that people can treat each other like this," Porter said. "Videos don't lie and the video is there."
It wasn't clear when they might be released, and one girl's attorney said her family might have difficulty raising even the 10 percent required for bail. They have not entered pleas.
Prosecutors say the pair and three others invited the 16-year-old victim to a house, where they allegedly pinned her down and began punching and kicking her. Authorities say the group refused to stop until the girl agreed to have sex with a 19-year-old man.
Authorities say the victim refused but was eventually raped anyway, an act not depicted on the video. The other three alleged assailants are also facing sexual assault and kidnapping charges.
The others of Montes and Avery both described them as good girls who would not take part in such a crime. Avery has a history of petty theft, authorities say, and Montes was recently arrested for marijuana possession.
Montes' mother, Patricia Dalecky, said her daughter was not a troublemaker.
"I don't know where it came from, but this is not my little girl," Dalecky said.
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Here we are at the halfway point of the year, where we congratulate our Member of the Month for July 2011. This month's prestigious award goes to SgtLegend.
Please join me in congratulating him and thanking him for his on-going help and support on the forums.
And now, on with the questions.
We've known of you since you joined a year ago as SgtLegend, so would you like to introduce yourself to us and the meaning behind your avatar.
My name is Chris. I'm a 20 year old web developer from Melbourne, Australia. My primary role in a work place, wherever I may be, is front end HTML development, but on the odd occasion I can sneak in some PHP and MySQL. Before I was a web developer I was a BMX rider going to school and hanging out with friends from time to time. When I got my first taste of the internet it was with a cool 56kb modem running on a 1.2GH/z processor with Windows XP. Back then I had no idea what anti-virus, web development, IDEs, widgets or blogs even were until I met one friend who doesn't realize it but actually started my career in web development.
Before I found SitePoint and all these web development forums I basically relied on self learning and visiting tutorial sites every now and then. During the last year or so I mixed up the way I went about doing everyday things like helping others, learning new techniques and just in general seeing what kind of person I could become. Since joining the forum, however, I have found that as long as you try to help someone and they get some sense of your reply, it's a better feeling than not helping them at all. In doing this for the last year now, I've found that as a human I have the internal instinct even more now to just help others no matter whether it be on a train or on the sidewalk or in a forum.
Before web development, however, I was a gamer on XLink Kai playing Halo 2 which is basically where I started helping others. While using the software to play online with friends, I got into a habit where, no matter what, I generally would help someone—out of kindness—which is how I got enjoyment from my day to day encounters with random people. In a way I got that sense of self pride from every person I helped, which found me changing my name from "bmx4eva" to "Legend" about 2-3 months in, because I felt like if you want to be a leader your name needs to represent you.
Essentially, straight after changing my name I found I got noticed more because no one else had seen such a unique name in the community before. Back then I found it overwhelming at first, but after a while I got into a zone where I found that no matter how many support requests I got, I pushed through and helped every person—even if I was helping four people at the one time. I think, none the less, I taught myself to help users in a way that gave them all an answer that helped them move a step closer to success in their own goals. Pride took over from there, which eventually lead me to once again changing my name from "Legend" to "SgtLegend (Sergeant Legend)" because I felt that I was more or less that guy you could always turn to for help no matter the circumstance may have been.
Ever since then, my self pride and support towards others grew to the point where I was no longer shy posting in community forums; I was no longer spooked off by professionals but I embraced it because there is no better feeling than replying to a thread and having that professional input either backing your post or improving on it.
At the end of the day, anyone can help others. Just embrace that inner feeling you get when you see another person helping someone and just let the words spill out and one day soon that feeling will become mutual throughout the entire community.
It's great to hear that supporting others extends beyond our site. How did you get started with programming?
Initially I was using multiple CMSs and experimenting with things I could do. Then one day I stumbled upon a person who is a good friend now who helped me almost every day through ups and downs. Then one day I read a tutorial about phpBB login bridges, and after succeeding in building that bridge and having it work perfectly I decided to move on just by making small scripts here and there, till eventually I kept learning new techniques from php.net and expanded what I could do. It's hard for me to remember the very specific script that set me in motion, because I have built so many more since that time. To cut it down, basically I guess you could say I started by experimenting, taking in general knowledge one day at a time and pushing through to the point where my voice was being heard.
You've been quite active here since you joined us. What brought you here to help out, and what is it that's encouraged you to stick around helping others?
Bookmarks, hehe! Yes, bookmarks are what keep my drive to help others going now; as, being full time at work and then coming home, I forget a lot of what I'm doing including visiting forums. Well, now you know my secret. I guess my encouragement would be that feeling of knowing, no matter what, I'm always welcomed back because in all honestly if you're not wanted, people ask for you to leave. SitePoint, however, from my experience has always been friendly and warm hearted, which is a 110% reason for me to stay and help out.
Now that we know you're going to be around for some time to come, do you have any advice for budding programmers who are starting out themselves?
Never give up—3 simple words, but they are the most powerful words I ever got taught. If you feel like you're stuck so far in a corner, simply make a thread: there are no embarrassing moments that the rest of us haven't already been through. At the end of the day, even though we may not know you, the friendship that everybody on SitePoint shares is a lot stronger than any other website I have found. Another simple thing I got taught was use Google, no matter how simple the question. Google is the largest web development search engine. If you meet any web developer they will say they use Google because it's impossible not to be curious about searching for that answer you seek.
We are here, we can help, and you're not alone. Embrace the community and internal friendship and your skills will improve faster than your wildest dreams.
We've seen you spend much of your time fielding questions in the PHP and JavaScript forums, but are there any other areas that you lurk in?
This was bound to come up, and yes, I lurk around in HTML and CSS, but personally I also know MySQL and web design basics. From time to time I will visit these forums, but there are such great support staff already assisting that I feel where I sit in the PHP and JavaScript forums is perfect because I have built up that inner bond with a few of the users that regularly post in those forums.
I guess, be prepared, as you never know—I may come to a forum near you!
We'll certainly be looking forward to it. Now for something completely different though—what are your favourite:
Books?This might shock you but I hate reading books, I have never had a favourite book but maybe one day soon I might.
Hmm, you might have to just check my facebook profile https://www.facebook.com/chris.upjohn.aus for those last 3.
* Games
* Applications
If you had the power to do so, is there anything about SitePoint that you would change, or like to see improved?
That's a big call, but if I had to say anything, it would be an improvement to the current theme. Personally for me, after building websites for so long now, for usability I feel the overall look is lacking that whole interactive user experience.
We'll try not to, but that's a good observation and is something that the developers here are currently working on. Where do you see the future of web design and programming going, over the next several years to come?
At the moment I see the best potential coming from the following:
All these play the biggest part in design/development now because they are all regularly used, they are all extremely documented and easy to use and they have pushed the web design/development world years ahead already. With all of these things, the years to come show a high rise for browser-based animation, fully AJAX controlled websites, a lot more mobile applications been converted into web formatted pages. Personally, I am moving towards HTML5 and CSS3 a lot more now due to Microsoft, Firefox, Google, Safari and Opera all pushing for users to upgrade to the latest browsers so they get the best experiences. Because they are doing this, web design/development will be able to push ahead years in just months, because we have that structure where—no matter who you are—you alone can make the web a better place.
At the moment we are all in a prime position to make the internet the best it's ever been and show companies we can do just about anything when it comes to self promotion and advertisements.
Speaking of self-promotion, even though there is a standing rule against it, we can relax that rule for you due to this special occasion. So while you have the opportunity, is there anything that you would like to promote?
I guess in particular the CMS I develop for, called Nuke Evolution Xtreme. I always try to spend any bit of time I get on making it better and more user friendly. The CMS is open source and more for clan-based websites; but with a little ripping and pulling you can make it into a really streamline CMS for personal use.
Currently it's supported on PHP 5.3 and MySQL 5.5 and has hundreds of free themes available for it to download direct from the site. Our forum doors are always open for business, so you never need to worry about been left in the dark.
Link: Nuke Evolution Xtreme - Leading Open Source Content Management System » Taking Evolution to the Xtreme!
Do you have any final last words that you would like to share?
If you ever feel like versing me in CoD Black Ops on the Xbox 360 give me a buzz, as I always like the challenge of beating people I just met. I may sound over confident, but you may be surprised.
Cheers, done. And congrats, man.
Congratulations, Chris! (Go Melbournites!) Nice to get to know you better. And well done both on an enjoyable interview.
Thanks ralph, i just realised though that my Facebook URL has changed but i don't think that matters
What has it changed to? I'll update it now.You may want to also update it on your own profile page at http://www.sgtlegend.com/modules.php?name=Profile&mode=viewprofile&u=2
Thanks Paul
Your MOTM badge is in the post too. The site admin was notified earlier on, so the update should occur to your profile at some stage today.
Congratulations! clap clap
Great interview! I love the list of applications. I have all of them...including a demo version of Camtasia Studio :lol:
Congratulations to you too, Paul. You've done a terrific job.
Congratulations Chris! :tup:
Thanks guys
@molona: I actually have a lot more but i just picked my favorites
Nice job, Sarge!
Nice interview. Congratulations Chris
Congratulations Chris, well deserved and a good interview Paul :tup:
Congratulations Chris and as others have already said it's well deserved. Interesting interview also.:)
@Paul O'B: I thought so too
Congratulations Chris!
Only 20? You must have started out in diapers.
Haha that's a good one
That's how it works these days.
Congratulations, good job, and nice interview!


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Queen Latifah inks production deal with Netflix
The Chicago star and her business partner Shakim Compere will give bosses at the U.S. Internet firm a first look at new projects from their Flavor Unit Entertainment company to screen for customers.
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Jack (Joaquim=Portuguese for Jack) Almeida was born on 30 Jul 1932 in Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, USA as the second child of John (Joao=Portuguese for John) Martin Almeida and Erminia Maria Carvalheira. He had three siblings, named: John Martin Jr, Olivia M, and Rosaline M. He also had three older half siblings Mary Souza, Manuel (Manny) Souza, Caroline (Carol) Souza. Jack was christened on 23 Jun 1935 in Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He was confirmed about 1940.
Jack served in the military (US Army Ssgt) in 1952 (Korean War Enlistment Date: 3 Nov 1952 Release Date: 18 Aug 1954). Unit: 179 TH . INF. REGEMENT 45 DIVISON KOREA HEAVY MORTER
When he was 23, He married Irene Lea Martel, daughter of Joseph Alphonse Eli Martel and Emma Josephine Gosselin, on 11 Nov 1955 in Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Jack Almeida and Irene Lea Martel had three children: Bruce Michael Almeida 1957, Jeffrey Alan Almeida 1961. Jeffrey died on 20 Mar 1998 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA (Kill by a car.), and Gary Thomas Almeida 1963.
Jack was employed as a Pawtucket Fire Fighter in 1960, had a heart attack and a quadruple bypass in 1980 and retired in 1981 from the Pawtucket Fire Department and moved the family to Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Jack Loved visiting Las Vegas NV and Bullhead City AZ, in the mid-late 1990's Jack and his wife sold their home, bought an RV, and became snow-birds living in Colorado in the summer and living in AZ/NV in the winter months.
Jack died on 21 Aug 2010 in Colorado Springs. He was survived by his wife and two of his sons, two sisters and one half sister and at the time of his death he had five grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. He had always said when his time came, he wanted to be someplace warm. so he was interred in the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 11 Nov 2011.


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A TODDLER was knocked down in a hit-and-run incident as she crossed the road with her family.
The girl, thought to be two years old, was crossing St Helens Road, Daubhill, at 12.30pm when she was hit by a car, which then drove off.
Neighbour Rashid Mogradia rushed out of his house to help after he heard the little girl's screams.
He said: "I heard the collision and the scream of the child.
"To hear a scream of a child for so long, it meant I knew it was a serious incident.
"With another neighbour we did what we could to comfort the family, and give the police the information that they needed.
"I ran into the road to see what had gone on, and I saw the car was momentarily stationary, but within a few seconds it drove off.
"I tried to flag it down — to see if the driver was ok too — but it drove off.
"The girl was crying in agony, and her grandfather held her until the ambulance arrived to take her to hospital."
Mr Mogradia described the car as a red Vauxhall Astra with an elderly-looking couple inside. The vehicle was driven off towards Bolton town centre.
The child was taken by ambulance to hospital, and it is understood her condition is not thought to be life-threatening.
Police sealed off the road to traffic around the junction of St Helens Road with Lister Street for more than an hour, while the forensic team searched for clues.
Tape was stretched across the pelican crossing.
A police spokesman confirmed that they were called to an incident at lunchtime with reports that a child had been hit by a car, and said inquiries were ongoing.
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text: Representatives of Harun Yahya held conferences about several subjects at the Darul Arqam Institution between the 21st and 24th of January, 2011. The announcement of conferences about "Evidences of Creation", "The Miracles of the Qur'an", "The Origin of Life" and "Today's Science and the Collapse of the Theory of Evolution" was published in the Berita Harian, the only Malay-language newspaper of the country. The same announcement was also published in several other newspapers such as Tamil Murasu, Lianhe Zaobao and The New Paper, the English newspaper of Singapore. (You can view the news about the conferences from here.)


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Building on a Legacy (4:25)
Behind the Scenes
Education @the Gardner (4:15)There are many ways to look at works of art and discover meaning. In this film, learn about a technique that's as applicable to art as it is to life.
Conservation @the Gardner (3:45)Discover what goes on behind the scenes in the conservation lab, where time-honored technique meets cutting edge technology.
Horticulture @the Gardner (2:49)Find out what it takes to make the Courtyard look so lush, green, and alive year-round. There's more to it than you might think.
Spring Cleaning (1:06)Every day is a bad hair day for Medusa, but even the Courtyard's mosaic gorgon gets a spa day once a year, in spring, care of our conservators. Watch for more!
Cleaning Odysseus (3:02)See Objects Conservator Jessica Chloros clean the statue of Odysseus from the Courtyard with a laser.
Restoring the Tapestry Room (10:31)The Gardner Museum's Tapestry Room was restored as part of the Museum's Extension + Preservation Project, completed in 2012. Take a look at the Tapestry Room before, during, and after its amazing restoration. Filmmaking by SheridanWorks.
Laying Bluestone Floors (3:13)The majority of the public spaces in the new wing feature a bluestone tile floor system, a complement to the bluestone found on the first floor of the palace. Filmmaking by SheridanWorks.
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Conversation on Theft with Anthony Amore (1:00:55)Gardner Museum Security Director Anthony Amore sets the record straight regarding the theft. A conversation with NPR host Tom Ashbrook.
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What Words Tell Us about Ourselves
A discussion of word histories and origins.
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What Words Tell Us about Ourselves
The history of the words we speak is the history of ourselves. However, there are so many urban myths about the origins of words ("posh" comes from "port out, starboard homeward") that it is difficult to find ourselves for the trash. This is the place to come to sort these issues out.
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But what is the origin of «posh» ? This is what Douglas Harper has to say, but I fear it doesn't help us overly much....
1918, of uncertain origin; no evidence for the common derivation from an acronym of port outward, starboard home, supposedly the shipboard accommodations of wealthy British traveling to India on the P & O Lines (to keep their cabins out of the sun); see objections outlined in G. Chowdharay-Best, "Mariner's Mirror," Jan. 1971. More likely from slang posh "a dandy" (1890), from thieves' slang meaning "money" (1830), originally "coin of small value, halfpenny," possibly from Romany posh "half."
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The most probable solution—though unprovable because slang is so rarely written down—is that it comes from London street slang for money. This may well derive from Romany posh, half, originally applied to a halfpenny, then to any small sum of money, and then to money in general. This is recorded from as early as 1830 and was certainly still around in 1892 when Montagu Williams published his Down East and Up West, quoting in it a comment from a Londoner about a street singer who chatted up potential givers of money: "That sort of patter I was just speaking of is the thing to get the posh, they'll tell you". A shift in sense from "money", to "well off", and hence to "upper-class" is not too hard to imagine.
There is a more direct London slang sense of "dandy", known at least from the 1890s, which is probably where George and Weedon Grossmith got the name of their character. This might be connected, or it might be a different word altogether.
Whatever its source, it looks from the evidence that posh in the modern sense was at first a military slang term of the First World War. Its first appearance is in the magazine Punch in September 1918, in which an RAF officer is saying to his mother, "Oh, yes, Mater, we had a posh time of it down there"; the verbal phrase to posh up, to make oneself smart, is of the same period.
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Cold Frameby Food Network Kitchen in In Season, September 3rd, 2009
This summer, my garden was my saving grace, offering the daily promise of adventures outside despite a busy work schedule. It's also what inspires my next meal, and what keeps me moving between them. So, at the end of the summer, I'm incredibly reluctant to let the fun end, even though today's unseasonably cool breeze reminded me that there's a big chill in my future.
Last winter, my friends in my community garden built a cold frame, and I watched them munch on mustard greens in March while I was still waiting for final frost. Too much hassle, I thought, too much work. But this year, after visiting Sean Conway and his glorious year-round green houses on his set of Cultivating Life, and getting my hands on his how-to guide by the same name, which gives easy steps for building a cold frame, I'm singing a different tune. I'm not going to let cool weather be an excuse for me or my greens to hibernate.
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HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS A PERSON WHO IS APPROVED, SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS AND OTHER ANIMALS. (Al-Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 188)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will have a powerful love and affection for animals; he will understand them and their needs. In his time, like everything on earth, all the animals on the earth and in the sky will feel a great love for Hazrat Mahdi (as); they will all approve of him:
Hear the good news of Hazrat Mahdi (as)… THE PEOPLE OF THE EAFRTH AND SKY APPROVE OF HIM... (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 13)
UNDER HIS [Hazrat Mahdi's (as)] SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH AND SKY AND EVEN THE BIRDS IN THE AIR WILL APPROVE OF HIM. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 26)
THE PEOPLE OF EARTH AND SKY, ALL WILD ANIMALS, BIRDS, AND EVEN THE FISH IN THE SEA WILL APPROVE OF HIS RULE. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 31)


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Loretta Julia Woods, or Mam Mam as she was also known, changed many lives with the overflowing love she shared with everyone she met. She was born in Steubenville, Ohio on Sept. 15, 1930, the second of four Italian-American siblings born to Andrew and Mary DiFilippo: Bette Glenn (Robert), Lou DiFilippo (Ruth Ann), and Terri McKelvey (Joseph).
After graduating from Steubenville High School in 1948 she married John C. Woods.
They were married 36 years and had two daughters, Deborah and Wendy, and a son, John.
She adored her 7 grandchildren, (Jim, Danielle, Breanne, Taylor, Bailey, Vincent, and Franco), her adopted grandson, (Jackson), and her 4 great grandchildren (John, Aiden, Clara, and David).
Loretta loved to sing and could brighten a room with the Chiquita Banana song. She also enjoyed cooking and crosswords. She even tried her hand at belly dancing once.
She was diagnosed 10 years ago with Alzheimer's but never lost her sense of humor and continued to make new friends at the Gardens of Western Reserve where she spent the last year-and-a-half of her life.
She will be missed by those who knew her intimately, and by those who only knew her briefly.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington D.C. 20090-6011 or Crossroads Hospice, 3743 Boettler Oaks Drive, Green OH 44685. Calling hours will be held Tues, Jan. 8 from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at Bissler and Son's Funeral Home, 628 West Main St., Kent, OH. Memorial service will be held on Weds, Jan 9 at 11 a.m. at Kent United Church of Christ, 1400 E. Main St., Kent, OH.


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Apache Gold Casino
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Mediterranean architecture surrounds the gaming space, featuring 1,000 nickel, quarter, $1, $5 and multi-denominational slot machines. The $100 million resort, with luxury rooms and suites, two new restaurants, a spa and 20,000 square feet of meeting space, opened on Nov. 11, 2011.
Cocopah Casino
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Mazatzal Hotel & Casino
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Spirit Mountain Casino
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Open 24 hours daily with more than 250 gaming machines. Casino also has a driving range, minature golf, an RV resort located next to the casino, and RV parking for 82 rigs.


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Many Malmesbury homeowners who have been affected by the recent floods continue to keep their furniture up on bricks as they wait out the end of persistent rain.
The mayor John Gundry described the last month as a 'testing time' with many people still on tenterhooks as they keep an eye on weather forecasts and Environment Agency warnings.
"We have had continuous waves of storms; it's just coming again and again and we just never knew all over Christmas," he said.
"It's been a testing time.
"We've had at least four occasions where large storms have come in and those of us watching it come in have been wondering what it means for Malmesbury."
Houses and the football club pitch and club house in Malmesbury were flooded on Christmas Eve, but since then properties have escaped further damage, although Malmesbury Victoria Football Club's pitch has been repeatedly flooded.
"Most of the at-risk houses are well looked after by the Warden and Freeman but people are still having to keep their furniture up on bricks, quite wisely," said Coun Gundry.
"It will be such a relief to everybody if the last month of rainfall came to a close as people are worried; it just keeps coming back again."


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A hospital nurse has described the moment a patient shouted and swore at her hours before he was found unconscious on a train with a fatal brain injury.
Warsame Warsame, 24, died on March 4, 2013, two days after being found comatose on board a train traveling between Wimbledon and Raynes Park.
Rhys Stacey Parchment, 25, is standing trial at Blackfriars Crown Court accused of killing Mr Warsame by punching him twice in the head during a confrontation on board a different train hours earlier, causing a bleed on the brain.
Mr Stacey Parchment, from New Barnes Avenue in Mitcham, denies manslaughter.
Previously the court had heard how Mr Warsame, who was living at the YMCA in Surbiton, was taking anti-psychotic medication, but had not been taking the drugs in the days before his death.
The court heard how, on the evening of March 1, Mr Warsame left the YMCA returning just after 3am and started complaining his heart was beating very fast.
Zoe Johnson, prosecuting, said: "He kept saying: 'Sorry, sorry.' He began to cry and complain that nobody liked him."
Paramedics found Mr Warsame's heart rate was 146 beats per minute – a regular heart beat is between 60 and 100.
Mr Warsame admitted he had stopped taking some of his medication, including Resperidone, an antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia.
A YMCA staff member offered to accompany him back to his room to get a coat.
Miss Johnson said: "They both got in the lift but as soon as Warsame pressed the button, he said 'Come on then' and clenched his fists.
"He then punched him [the worker] three times in the face."
After the pair emerged from the lift, Mr Warsame falsely claimed the worker "hits women", and staff called the police.
Mr Warsame was taken to Kingston Hospital by ambulance where he was said to have told a nurse: "I've not slept for four days because I'm overthinking how I'm going to die.
He then repeatedly said: "I want to die, I want to die," Miss Johnson claimed.
Mr Warsame then absconded from the hospital. He turned up at St Helier Hospital in Carshalton later that morning for his dialysis treatment.
There, he shouted at Geraldine Marchesi, a nurse he knew, telling her to "stop messing with my f***ing head" after she said she would not be the person administering his dialysis.
Ms Marchesi was in the witness box today (Monday) and told the jury: "He came right into my face, his eyes were very glazed, and he pointed to his head and said I was messing with his effing head.
"He was pointing and very agitated. Just very tense.
"He was shouting. [It was] very intimidating, very aggressive.
"He flew out the door, shouting about the YMCA. I thought he was going round to the dialysis unit.
"I rang security because they were aware of Warsame, and I rang the dialysis unit to say he was on his way and he had been aggressive towards me.
"I went round about 10 minutes later to see if he had arrived for his treatment and he hadn't."
Asked if Mr Warsame had ever behaved that way before, Ms Marchesi replied: "Warsame? No, never."
Another witness statement read out in court from Patricia Longhurst, a health care assistant at St Helier Hospital, described Mr Warsame as a "likeable and pleasant young man", who liked to entertain hospital staff by showing off his dancing skills.
The trail continues.