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A pair of 60-something ex-brothers-in-law sets off on a road trip through Iceland, hoping to reclaim their youth. Their picaresque adventures, from trendy Reykjavík to rugged outback, are a throwback to classic bawdy road comedies as well as a candid exploration of aging, loneliness, and friendship


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The Monday Takeaway
Corbin took the Coors Field mound yesterday with a 1.52 ERA through eight assignments, a number that was scrutinized by those skeptical of his emergence as a mid-rotation stud. The southpaw's strikeout rate had increased modestly, from 18.9 percent last year to 19.5 percent in the early going of 2013, but his walk rate had climbed more significantly, from 5.5 percent to 8.1 percent. His opponents' BABIP was .259. He had stranded 89.2 percent of the runners who reached base. All of those are often indicators of impending regression.
But, despite pitching in a setting known for exposing fluky starts, the 23-year-old actually managed to lower his ERA to 1.44. And he did so by delivering arguably the most impressive outing of his young career.
The mile-high air threatened Corbin's greatest asset to date—his ability to keep the ball in the yard. But after nine innings of work, his home-runs-allowed total, which stood at two through his first 53 1/3 frames on the mound this year, had not increased. Not only did the Rockies fail to clear a fence against Corbin, but they also notched only three hits, struck out 10 times, and hit into 11 ground-ball outs, looking helpless throughout the contest as the lefty relentlessly pounded the zone.
Corbin threw first-pitch strikes to 24 of the 31 batters he faced, and in total, a whopping 74 of his 97 offerings resulted in strikes. Thirty-six of those strikes were either foul balls or whiffs, and Corbin's slider mesmerized the Rockies from the first inning through the ninth.
In his first eight starts, Corbin's slider elicited a swing and miss on an impressive 25.27 percent of its uses. Last night, it was even more dominant: The Rockies who offered at it hit nothing but air nearly half of the time. Combine that with an effective sinker, a key tool for success at Coors Field and in Corbin's home park in the desert, and you've got an outing that, given the context, is historic.
Before Corbin's three-hitter, no pitcher in Coors Field's 18-plus-year existence had recorded 27 outs and struck out 10 or more batters without exceeding 100 pitches. Meeting those three criteria requires a starter to pitch efficiently while avoiding mistakes and still missing plenty of bats. On Monday night, Corbin—who issued five walks in his previous start and whose season high in strikeouts was seven—showcased the stuff and command necessary to check off all of them.
During his prospect days—first with the Angels, then with the Diamondbacks following the Dan Haren trade—Corbin was projected as a back-end starter or a reliever, with evaluators, including Kevin Goldstein, wondering if he had enough velocity to complement his polish. But as assistant general manager Buddy Ryan pointed out to ESPN's Teddy Mitrosilis, Corbin is now throwing harder than he did earlier in his professional career. The PITCHf/x data confirms that claim, showing a considerable uptick from 2011, when Goldstein wrote that Corbin's fastball "sits in the upper 80s and scrapes the 90-91 mph level at times."
Corbin averaged 90-91 mph on the hard stuff last night, and reached back to touch 92-93—an increase that has been consistent throughout the first month and a half of the season, and that, as Mitrosilis noted, has bolstered the effectiveness of his wipeout slider. If it holds into the summer and fall, Corbin could be much more than the number-five starter most foresaw him becoming.
The Diamondbacks, 26-19 on the season and atop the National League West, are 9-0 behind Corbin, with victories in both of his no-decisions. Time after time, the lefty has done his fair share, proving as reliable as any pitcher has been through nine starts over the past two decades. Despite an offseason during which nearly every move that general manager Kevin Towers made was panned, Arizona is favored to capture the division crown.
Corbin's breakout has brought the Diamondbacks to the top. If it proves robust, even with the defending-champion Giants lurking, the Rockies trending upward, and the Dodgers getting healthy, Kirk Gibson's team could stay there.
Matchup of the Day
Santana, who went 1-for-5 with a double in yesterday's 10-inning win over the Mariners, carries a .296/.403/.548 triple-slash line into the series. His on-base percentage ranks second among catchers, trailing only Joe Mauer, and his slugging mark leads all players at the position, with a 30-point cushion on the runner-up, Buster Posey. Add it all up, and you've got 2.0 WARP just 38 games into the season, a total that makes Santana one of the early favorites in the American League Most Valuable Player race.
But for all of the success that Santana, who was worth 3.4-3.6 WARP in his first two full major-league seasons, has enjoyed in the box, he hasn't done much damage off of Max Scherzer, who is scheduled to take the mound for the Tigers in game one. Santana will carry a 3-for-23 (.130/.259/.174) line into his first plate appearance on Tuesday, and that 433 OPS represents his second-lowest mark among all pitchers that he has faced at least 20 times. Only Scherzer's teammate, Doug Fister, against whom Santana owns a 431 OPS, has fared better.
As you can see on his Brooks Baseball player card, Scherzer is essentially a two-pitch hurler against opposite-handed batters, and Santana, a switch-hitter, will bat from the left side. True to form, the matchup page linked above shows that Scherzer has pounded the Indians backstop with heaters and changeups, using his slider and curveball sparingly, typically as get-me-over offerings to keep Santana on his heels in early counts.
All three of Santana's hits versus Scherzer—a single on August 19, 2011, another one-bagger on August 5, 2012, and a double 10 days ago—have come on the changeup, and two of those pitches painted the outside black. One of Santana's many skills at the plate is his ability to handle off-speed stuff, whether it's hammering mistake pitches down the middle or being unfazed by changeups on the corner, and Scherzer has seen it firsthand. But in their most recent meeting on May 11, Santana also twice (one, two) grounded out on changeups well off the outside edge, and Scherzer would do well to test his discipline again tonight.
In fact, rolled-over changeups have done the trick for Scherzer throughout their head-to-head history; besides the three hits, seven of the eight changeups that Santana has put into play have stayed on the ground and been converted into at least one out. The fastball, on the other hand, has typically (seven of nine) ended up in the air. Expect Scherzer to keep that track record in mind and use it to his advantage, based on the situations in which Santana comes to the plate tonight (7:05 p.m. ET).
What to Watch for on Tuesday
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A Guide to Spring's Dressed-Down Tailoring
On Alex Manning, actor: Two-button wool suit ($2,790), cotton shirt ($575), and leather shoes ($830) by Louis Vuitton; silk tie ($150) by Burberry London.
You can never go wrong with a good wool suit, but for something with a bit more edge to it, consider a wool-and-silk blend. It not only lightens your load (a bonus in spring and summer) but also gives your suit a subtle shine.
On John J. Spencer III, architectural designer: Two-button wool-and-silk suit ($2,225) and cotton shirt ($250) by Canali; silk tie ($195) by Ermenegildo Zegna; leather monk-straps ($675) by Church's; white-gold extraflat Ballon Bleu de Cartier watch ($24,000) by Cartier.
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Bay officially a Met
Everybody's known about it, but Jason Bay officially returned to the Mets organization with a four-year, $66 million contract with a vesting option for a fifth year. Bay played with the Port St. Lucie and Binghamton minor league clubs in 2002. Let the second-guessing begin, like it hasn't already. Vote… Read More →


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The following JavaScript has a variable parList which is global.
At the start during the init function another function is called which fills the variable with paragraph elements from the page with the initial two that exist.
When adding another paragraph (sentence) via the Add button the paragraph is added to the page as expected.The bizarre thing is the variable is being updated as they are added.
Not what I expected to see when I went to use it.My primary question is why is it so?
var ParList;
function getPars() {
var len;
ParList = document.getElementById('pars').getElementsByTagName('p');
len = ParList.length;
alert("Original number of paragrahs in the list is\
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function setPar(item) {
var newEle, txtNode;
newEle = document.createElement('p');
txtNode = document.createTextNode(item);
function addPar() {
var done = false, addItem;
do {
addItem = prompt("Add a sentence.");
if (addItem === null) {
done = true;
} else if (addItem === '') {
alert("Must be sumpin to add\
Try again");
} else {
done = true;
} while (!done);
//ParList has now incremented..
alert("the number of paragraphs in the list is now\
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function init() {
document.getElementById('add').addEventListener('click', addPar, false);

Bizare things are happening.

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<input id="add" type="button" value="Add">
Originally this was in a module and removed for testing.It has been tested in multiply modern browsers and all behave the same so it must be standard behaviour.Searching with appropriate keywords has results that are not relevant.
document.getElementById('pars').getElementsByTagName('p'); provides a live link to all the paragraphs inside the element with id="pars" - all of the getElement... calls are live node lists. That these are live is specified in the standards http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/core.html section 1.1.1
querySelector() and querySelectorAll() are the calls to use if you want to speed up access by grabbing a "snapshot" of the current node structure rather than connecting to the live page content. That these are static is also defined in the standards http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-api/ section 6.2
http://www.webdirections.org/blog/html5-selectors-api-its-like-a-swiss-army-knife-for-the-dom/ provides a good description of the alternatives and how they work.
Be dammed it was under my nose all the time.Those w3 documents are but not for the faint hearted.
Many thanks for the links that explain the live link situation. Originally I did look under the create element section with no luck.Now to spend time evaluating and testing all the options to see where to now
Again many thanks.
People tend to get surprised when they loop through nodeLists and try removing elements as they go, for similar reasons.


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KevinD wrote:Can we think of any more pre-beginner questions to post?
I have been experimenting with lists. I'm trying to reverse my list but it doesn't seem to be working.
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Did you know?
Once complete, the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park will be one of the greatest animal kingdoms on earth.
The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park brings together some of the richest and most established wildlife areas in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe, including South Africa's world-famous Kruger National Park, Gonarezhou in Zimbabwe and Limpopo National Park in Mozambique.
Eventually this transfrontier park, which currently spans roughly 35 000km², will measure almost 100 000 km² in size. Not bad for something that began with the formation of a humble nature reserve in Limpopo province in South Africa more than a hundred years ago.
From within the park, visitors are already able to cross to the Mozambican side through Giriyondo border post in Kruger National Park. The Sengwe corridor joining Zimbabwe's Gonarezhou to Kruger has yet to be finalised, but tourists will then be able to cross three international boundaries and enjoy a superb range of wildlife, including the African elephant, white rhino, giraffe, blue wildebeest, leopard, lion, cheetah, and spotted hyena.
The development of this enormous protected area was formalised with the signing of an international treaty at Xai-Xai, Mozambique by the heads of state of Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe in December 2002. Since then, the super-park has seen the relocation of thousands of mammals. With the fences partially down between Kruger National Park and Mozambique's Limpopo National Park, many thousands more have crossed on their own.
The Kruger National Park, where sightings of the Big Five (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo) are a regular occurrence, has a well-established tourism infrastructure which you could use as a base before heading off to the less-structured Mozambican side.
Limpopo National Park boasts a number of attractions and camps, including the beautiful Machampane Wilderness Camp, from which trails are being run. You could also go on a trail where you spend every night in the bush with guides, or if you prefer exploring in a vehicle, there are 4x4 self-guided trails
The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park has yet to be fully opened and will only be established once there is free movement of animals and people along the length of the international borders within the boundaries of the park
But already it conserves wilderness and peace in areas where there was once conflict - and offers some of southern Africa's most exciting eco-tourism destinations.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Transfrontier Park Destinations
(For bookings at Machampane Wildeness Camp)
Tel: +27 (0)21 701 7860
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
How to get here
The opening of the Giriyondo Access Facility between Limpopo and Kruger National Parks in 2006 means that cross-border travel in the park is a relatively easy experience. Visitors wanting to cross the border should allow enough time to reach their destinations whilst adhering to speed limits.
Best time to visit
You can visit the park all year around, although many people prefer to travel in the cooler months of the year, from April to September, when wildlife is also more visible.
Tours to do
You can stay at the Machampane wilderness camp who also organise 4x4 and canoe trails. (Contact Transfrontier Park Destinations for more information.)
Get around
Self-drive visitors will need a 4x4 vehicle to explore the Mozambique side of the park, as it is still being developed. If you plan to stay on the South African side, a normal sedan car will suffice for most routes. There are also a number of guided tours through the park available through various private tour operators.
What will it cost
There are a range of accommodation types in the park to suit every budget.
Length of stay
You will need several days to explore the Mozambique and South African sides of the transfrontier park.
What to pack
You will need to take precautions against malaria. Good reference material and accurate maps are needed. If you will be crossing the border, don't forget your passport and make sure that your visa requirements are up-to-date.
Where to stay
The Kruger National Park has an extensive accommodation infrastructure spread over a large number of rest camps. This accommodation ranges from basic campsites to serviced units, with many luxury lodges also operating in the park.
What to eat
Most camps in the Kruger National Park have shops and restaurants. You will need to carry your own food into Mozambique and cater for yourself, unless you are on an organised tour.


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Super 8 offers well-appointed guest rooms and all the convenient amenities to enhance your stay.
We are located within 2 miles of the Bryce Jordan Center, Beaver Stadium, the Penn State University Campus and downtown State College.
Start your day with a complimentary SuperStart breakfast. The breakfast includes the following:
- Farmer Brothers Coffee
- Lipton Tea
- Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa
- Florida's Natural Orange and Apple Juice
- Kellogg's Raisin Bran and Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
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Nearby restaurants including Home Delivery Pizza and IHOP
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February 22 until May 18, 2008
For the first time, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen presents an overview of the work of Harmen Brethouwer (Aalten, 1960). In the early Nineties of the previous century, Brethouwer developed an overall concept for his art, which he has been elaborating on ever since.
One glance at Harmen Brethouwer's collected works shows us that in his choice of materials the artist, besides using traditional materials like paint, bronze and earthenware, regularly exhibits a predilection for exclusiveness and exoticism, in his use of tortoiseshell, malachite, ray skin and mother-of-pearl, for instance. For the production of his art works and the working of the materials he regularly calls in the help of specialists in handicrafts that are becoming quite scarce, such as filigree work and marble imitation, or the help of technical and biological scientists who use their specialist knowledge and equipment in order to assess the feasibility of an experiment.
However laborious and time-consuming the processes used in the making of his objects may be at times, they are always based on an exceptional story. The ingredients for these stories Brethouwer takes from ancient cultures, the history of art, unusual artefacts or modern science. His highly personal powers of association give the stories he portrays a coherence that is completely logical. By restricting himself to two basic shapes that are to serve as the main canvases for these stories –the square with a hole and the conical shape, the oblate drop– he has not so much restricted himself as created the opportunity to imbue each work with an extra layer of meaning, both shapes being heavily symbolic in themselves. At the same time they create a coherence in his oeuvre, within which the individual works often show great differences in a material sense. Also his choice of Chinoiserie, Art Deco and Minimal Art as he leading decorative focus, gives his work a strong sense of unity.
Accompanying the exhibition, an extensive book entitled 'Over nutteloze zaken' (On superfluous things) will be brought out by De Zwaluw publishers. This also includes a lengthy interview with the artist by Sjarel Ex, and articles by, among others, Carel Blotkamp, Mark Kremer and Alied Ottevanger.
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This article was published 3/9/2014 (1085 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
UPDATE: The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is changing how tickets can be obtained
Because of a web crash, people can now email the address below to obtain tickets. Please include your name and phone number, the day you'd like to tour and how many tickets you want, to a maximum of four.
You may email firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com.
If requests exceed the 9,000 tickets available, the museum will distribute tickets by way of a lottery.
The demand for tickets to a free preview of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights proved to be too much for the museum's website to handle.
"Due to overwhelming demand for free preview tickets, we are having website issues. We are working as fast as we can to correct the problem," the museum said in a statement after the site froze or issued error messages for people trying to get tickets.
Tickets for a free preview tour of the museum were supposed to be available at 10 a.m. today, at www.humanrights.ca.
There are 9,000 free advance tickets available. Lucky ticket holders will get a sneak peek inside the 24,000-square-metre, $351-million museum on Sept. 20 and 21 before paid public admissions begin Sept. 27.
People with tickets will get free, one-hour guided tours through four of the museum's 11 galleries. Tickets will be issued with specific tour times. Up to four tickets can be reserved at a time. People can request English or French tours.
Officials said a limited number of tickets will be available through Winnipeg Public Libraries for those without access to a computer.
The tours will run Sept. 20 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sept. 21 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ticketholders are expected to print their tickets in advance and present them 30 minutes prior to their tour time at the check-in tent outside the museum on Israel Asper Way.
In other news, the CMHR announced today the museum has assembled and trained a diverse base of approximately 350 volunteers to "help provide inspiring encounters with human rights."
The museum put out a call for volunteers in the spring.


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Knowledge of Adobe Flex and PHP will be helpful, as will knowledge of setting up a MySQL database from a SQL file.
Flash Builder 4.5 has a built-in data paging feature that generates ActionScript code to retrieve data from the database incrementally on demand. For example, suppose your database has thousands of records and you want to fetch only 20 rows at a time and display them in a data grid. When you enable paging for an operation and bind the operation result to a DataGrid control, the first 20 records will be retrieved initially and the next page of records is fetched only when the user requests them—that is, when he or she scrolls the vertical scroll bar of the DataGrid control.
Flash Builder 4.5 lets you enable paging for any type of data service operation including operations on a Remoting service, web service, or HTTP service. This article explains how to enable data paging for a PHP-based Remoting service. After you set up the server environment required for the sample application, you'll use Flash Builder 4.5 to generate ActionScript service classes and build a Flex application that incrementally retrieves data sets from a database table using the PHP class on the server.
The first step is to create a database table with sample data. The sample application for this article uses the customer table in the demo database. After downloading the sample files for this article, use the customer.sql file in the <SampleZipFile>/database folder to create the database and the tables.
Next, you need to create a PHP class to fetch records from the database. To enable data paging your data service (PHP class) must implement two required functions. The first function returns the total number of records in the database table; it doesn't take any arguments. The second function takes a start index (
startIndex) along with the number of rows to retrieve (
numItems) as arguments and returns database records as a collection of objects, for example an Array or ArrayList. You can give the functions any valid name you want.
The sample PHP application for this article implements the CustomerService class. This class has two functions,
getItems_paged and
count, which will be used for fetching records from the database incrementally and returning the total number of database records, respectively.
class CustomerService
public function count()
//returns number of records in the table as int
public function getItems_paged($startIndex, $numItems)
//startIndex – Initial index of the records
//numItems – Number of records to retrieve
//returns records in the table as array of objects
To create a web application that uses the class file, follow these steps:
server, and
port variables as necessary to match your MySQL setup. The default MySQL port is 3306.
Now that the server is set up, you are ready to use Flash Builder 4 to generate code for fetching records from the database incrementally on demand. Start by creating a new project; later you'll generate a service for the PHP class using the Flash Builder 4 Data/Services panel and enable paging for the
getItems_paged operation.
Follow these steps to create the new Flex project:
The data-centric development features in Flash Builder 4.5 enable you to generate a proxy ActionScript class (service) for a PHP class so that you can invoke functions in the PHP class on the server by invoking the functions in the generated proxy ActionScript class.
Follow these steps to create a new service in Flash Builder 4.5:
Flash Builder 4.5 displays list of service types that can be consumed from the current Flex project.
Flash Builder 4.5 uses the Zend AMF Framework to introspect the PHP classes on the server. If you don't already have Zend AMF installed, Flash Builder 4.5 will install it. If you are prompted, click Yes to install Zend AMF. Once the installation completes and Flash Builder 4.5 introspects the service, it will display the list of functions available in the selected PHP class (see Figure 5).
The Zend AMF Framework installed on the server is also used by the Flex application to invoke functions in the PHP class on the server during runtime.
Flash Builder 4.5 exposes the selected PHP class as a Remoting service using Zend AMF on the server so that the functions in the PHP class can be invoked from the Flex application. Flash Builder 4.5 also generates an ActionScript class that acts as proxy for the PHP class selected. In this case, Flash Builder 4.5 generated a class named CustomerService in CustomerService.as, which has functions for each public method exposed in CustomerService.php. To invoke a function of CustomerService.php
on the server, you simply invoke the corresponding function in the CustomerService instance. You can see the service (CustomerService.as) and its operations (representing functions in the service class) listed in the Data/Services view; you can also view the code using the Package Explorer.
In the Data/Services view, notice that the return type for the service operations is Object. This is because the PHP class doesn't have the return types for the functions defined. To enable data paging, you need to configure the return types for the operations.
A return type of an operation is the data type of the object that will be the result of the operation call. If the class on the server has the return type of the function defined, Flash Builder 4.5 will automatically configure the return type of the operations. Alternatively Flash Builder 4.5 also lets you configure return type for an operation based on the actual response from the server.
Follow these steps to configure return type for the operations:
getItems_paged operation and select Configure Return Type (See Figure 6).
Flash Builder 4.5 will display a dialog box in which you can select the return type for an operation from a list of existing data types or send a request to the server and let Flash Builder 4.5 automatically detect the return the return type based on the response from the server.
getItems_paged operation requires parameters, and Flash Builder 4.5 lets you configure the parameter types and the values to be passed.
startIndex parameter, select
int as the type and for the value type 1.
numItems parameter, select
int as type and for the value type 5 (see Figure 7).
Flash Builder 4.5 will analyze the response from the server and determine that the operation returns an Array of custom data type, which has several properties as shown in Figure 8. You can see that the data types for the properties are also detected and configured automatically.
count operation. Right-click the
count operation and select Configure Return Type.
count operation is
int. Since
int is an existing data type, simply select Use An Existing Data Type and then select
int (see Figure 9).
Now that the return types for the operations are configured you can enable paging.
Follow the steps below to enable paging for
getItems_paged operation:
getItems_paged operation in the Data/Services view and select Enable Paging.
customerId from the list and click Next to continue (see Figure 10).
The page size indicates the number of records to be fetched at a time and this can be any valid number of your choice. You'll want to select a number that strikes a balance between getting too many records and too few. If you set this number too low, your application will be requesting more records from the server frequently. Conversely, if you set it too high, you may not see much of a benefit from paging, because your application is still fetching many records at once.
count() from the operations list (see Figure 11).
Note: After paging is enabled, invocation of
getItems_paged operation will not require arguments to be passed because the values for the arguments will be automatically generated.
You have created the service operation created and configured it for data paging. When the paging-enabled operation is bound to a List based control such as a DataGrid, the records will be fetched in pages and only when the records have to be displayed–for example, when the user scrolls the vertical scrollbar of a DataGrid control. Flash Builder 4.5 can also generate code to invoke a service call and bind the service call result to a UI control. In this section you will bind the result of the
getItems_paged operation to a DataGrid control.
getItems_paged():Customer[] from the list of operations.
Because you selected New Service Call, Flash Builder 4.5 will create a new instance of the CustomerService class and a CallResponder class in the current MXML file. If an instance of CustomerService already exists only the CallResponder instance will be created. The CallResponder class helps you manage the results for asynchronous calls made to RPC-based services. You can find more details on CallResponder in the Flex Language Reference.
Note: If you already have a service call in the current MXML file and you want to bind its result to the UI control, then select Existing Call Result in the Bind To Data dialog box and choose the existing service call.
Save your application and run it. After the Flex application launches in a web browser, the
getItems_paged() function in the CustomerService PHP class on the server is invoked and the Customer objects returned from the server are displayed in the data grid. Initially only 10 records will be retrieved; the next page of records are fetched only when you request additional data by scrolling down in the data grid. You can verify this by enabling the Network Monitor in Flash Builder 4.5 and rerunning the application. See Tracing network traffic with the Network Monitor in Flash Builder 4 for an introduction on using this feature.
Now that you have used Flash Builder 4 to enable data paging for a PHP based Remoting service operation and developed a Flex application that fetches pages of records on demand to display in a data grid, you may want to look for opportunities to use this approach in your own applications. Similarly you can implement Remoting/HTTP/SOAP based data service operations with the required operations and enable data paging for those as well.
You can also use Flash Builder 4 to build Flex applications for HTTP services, web services, and the data management services in LiveCycle Data Services ES2. Learn more in the article Data-centric development with Flash Builder 4.


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Trenton, Chiefland try to set up all-area state final
Published: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 11:37 p.m.
The last time Trenton and Chiefland met on the baseball field, the visiting Indians spoiled the Tigers' bid for a perfect regular season.
FHSAA State Tournament
At JetBlue Park, Fort Myers
Class 1A semifinals
Semifinal 1: Chiefland (17-7) vs. Panama City Bozeman (19-9), 4 p.m.
Web broadcast: fhsaa.playonsports.com/events/59114
Semifinal 2: Trenton (25-1) vs. Bonifay Holmes County (22-7), 7:30 p.m.
Web broadcast: fhsaa.playonsports.com/events/59115
Today, at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, spring training home of the Boston Red Sox, the two teams will play in separate Class 1A state semifinals, with the possibility of creating a rematch on Thursday for the classification's biggest prize. But first things first, taking care of today's matchup.
Chiefland (17-7), ranked No. 3 according to MaxPreps, will take on No. 4 Panama City Bozeman (19-9) at 4 p.m., followed by top-ranked Trenton (25-1) facing No. 2 Bonifay Holmes County (22-7) at 7:30 p.m.
While Chiefland and Trenton are both making their first appearances at the state tournament, Bozeman and Holmes County are back for their second straight trip to the final four. A year ago in Port St. Lucie, Union County defeated Holmes County 6-3 to capture the 1A title.
Here is a breakdown of today's 1A state semifinal matchups:
Chiefland vs. Bozeman: Kyle Parnell, in his 15th year as coach, has the Indians in their first state semifinal, the school's first since the softball team reached the state semifinals in 2007.
Chiefland has shown the ability to score a lot of runs, putting up double digits in 10 of its 17 wins, including 15 at Trenton and 12 against Baldwin in the District 7 final.
"I'm proud for these kids," Parnell said. "The rural situation helped to eliminate some schools. But we are playing well at the right time of year."
The Indians are led by a couple of seniors in shortstop/pitcher Tim Reidy (.430, 8 doubles, 2 triples, 21 RBIs) and center fielder Cole Parks (.395, 5 doubles, 5 triples, 24 RBIs). Freshman Trevor Castell has a team-leading 25 RBIs, and junior first baseman Payton Parnell is batting .382 with 19 RBIs.
Castell (4-3, 1.42 ERA) and Reidy (5-3, 1.97 ERA) have the most innings pitched for District 8 champion Chiefland, which beat Pierson Taylor (2-1) in the Region 4 semifinal and won at The Villages (8-1) in the regional final.
The Bucks, who have made the state playoffs the last seven years, lost to Holmes County 7-1 in last year's state semifinals.
Bozeman as a team bats just .262, compared to Chiefland's .328, and won both playoff games on the road after being upset by Liberty County in the District 4 final. The Bucks won at Sneads (6-1) and got their revenge at Liberty County (6-3) in the Region 2 final.
Junior Brandon Suttles is the team's top hitter (.424, 23 RBIs) and is 3-0 on the mound (2.60 ERA). Alec Aleywine has the team's only homer.
Trenton vs. Holmes County: The Tigers advanced to state after beating Bronson 13-1 in the Region 3 final last Friday. Trenton has given up just one run in its last four games.
This is the Tigers' first appearance at state while Holmes County, which lost to Union County in last year's state final (6-3), is making its fourth overall trip. The Blue Devils are still looking for their first state title in baseball.
"This means everything to us," said Trenton coach Todd Bryant, who is in his fourth season. "They have worked really hard. For a lot of guys, since they were little kids, this is something they have wanted. Last year we fell a little short, losing to Mayo (Lafayette), in the regional semifinals. But the kids came back this year and really worked hard for those 25 wins."
The Tigers have scored more runs (277) than any final four team, with 14 games in double figures. They have three of the top hitters in the area, led by senior catcher Clif Bryant (.519, 41 RBIs, 13 doubles, five homers), who had a three-run homer against Bronson. Junior shortstop Stephen Smith, who hit a grand slam against the Eagles, is batting .472 with 33 RBIs, nine doubles and five homers, and senior third baseman Hunter Parrish is batting .509 with 28 RBIs.
Senior Corbin Wiggins (1.20 ERA) and junior Jonathan Ward (0.27 ERA) are a combined 17-0 on the mound for Trenton.
Despite the No. 1 ranking, Todd Bryant said the tourney is wide open.
"I think it is anyone's tournament, anybody's game, as far as I am concerned," he said. "We have one game to play, and win that, we can think about the next game."
He said his team is not looking ahead to a possible rematch with Chiefland for the state title.
"We have a focus on Holmes, no doubt about it," Bryant said. "We are going to throw the kitchen sink at them."
The Blue Devils, whose coach Ron Dixon is in his 22nd year, have a trio of top pitchers in junior Kolton Ty Russ (7-2, 0.81 ERA, 92 Ks in 52 IP), senior Jordan Worthing (8-1, 1.00 ERA) and senior Koelton Forehand (5-0, 2.07 ERA).
Senior Jackie Miles Jr., who had two hits in the state final a year ago, has a team-leading .429 batting average with three homers for the Blue Devils. Forehand (27 RBIs, .326) and Worthing (25 RBIs, .350) are the team's top run producers.
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Windows 8's Refresh and Reset Functionality Detailedby Andrew Cunningham on 1/4/2012 9:30 PM EST
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iwodo - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkI wonder if the options does give you an EXACT bit to bit copy as a clean install Windows. The problem with current PCs or Laptop is that they come with all these Crapwares, and uninstall isn't helping because most Uninstall procedure isn't very clean on Windows.
I would rather have the options to start over, and i backup up my drivers etc myself.... Reply
hechacker1 - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkLast time Microsoft talked about it, the refresh state that you rollback to can be set to whichever point you want. So theoretically, you could do a fresh install of Windows, install all your drivers, essential software, and then create the refresh point.
So that sounds great for power users who would to rollback quickly when something goes wrong or it needs a general refresh. But unfortunately, it also leaves the door open for OEMs to create a refresh point with their crapware preinstalled. Reply
B3an - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkYou can create your own custom refresh / reset image in Win 8 and choose what software to keep or remove, so you should be able to remove any crapware that the PC came with when refreshing / resetting as this custom image wont use the OEM image that includes the crapware. Reply
B3an - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkBTW i think MS have done a very good job with this: It's easy, it's much faster, and it's customisable for advanced users. The amount of user data on the drive no longer effects times as well (either with refreshing / resetting or doing a Win 7 upgrade to Win 8).
Even if you cant boot into Windows you can still refresh / reset from within the Recovering Environment, which now supports a real graphical interface as well as mouse and touch support. Also if the OS is truly screwed up and the RE wont even start then you can create a bootable USB flash drive now and boot from that instead. Reply
mcnabney - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkTo me it looks like MS is back to their old monopolistic ways.
MS apps get a special installer (that is sure to work without a hitch) while their competitors are stuck with what amounts to a compatibility-mode installer, increasing the liklihood of conflicts between the OS and application down the road.
They claim 'security', but they really mean 'financial security'. I am sure OpenOffice will not get a .appx installer... Reply
Alexvrb - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkAre you high? Curated != created.
In other words, if OpenOffice (or anyone else) wants to release a Metro-compatible version of their software on the app store, it will be using .appx also. Metro isn't just for Microsoft software. Reply
danjw - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkNot if they make the crapware look like a metro app. OEMs won't like this feature, they want that stuff on your computer, and so Microsoft had to give them a way to circumvent your ability to do what you are saying. Which is why I won't ever buy a Dell, HP, ... computer. Reply
sprockkets - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkThis is nice but I mean, would be nice to at least give users the option during install to set the home folder on another drive.
And to think they are raising hell over preventing computer shops from reinstalling Windows without a corresponding restore partition/legit disc + COA key? If this is also offered via the end user OEM install and eliminates a need to reactivate, I'll consider this good progress.
Not sure why your data has to be removed - they could keep the Users folder and delete the hidden app data folder thus trashing the files generated with use. Reply
sigmatau - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkI have a few concerns.
Where will this "copy" of Windows reside to restore your computer back to it's original state? I'm guessing there will be a separate folder or partition that has the original, un-updated copies of the Windows install. If this is true, Microsoft will have to defend that folder or partition from heavy mal-ware attacks as was once the case with the system restore targeting malware.
Or what happens if your hard drive fails? Will you have to buy another copy of Windows when you buy a hard drive or what?
Hopefully, with the USB drive option that was indicated in the article, we can at least get a computer to boot up to a generic OS that lets you download Windows again.
I really like the drive erasure abilities. Reply
yyrkoon - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkThing is, people like me get paid to do this manually for others. That is, on a selfish note.
Having said that, I see this as a very good thing, with a few caveats not already mentioned.
First, what if a user like myself, who prefers to separate data from the OS. That is: Personally, I keep at least two partitions on any personal system. Single drive or not Sure, I would think that MS would not force this feature of Windows 8 on me, or others. However, it would be nice to know if this feature if used, if it will try to "fix" other partitions separate from the OS. This in my own opinion is a very important question.
Secondly, and related to the above. User home directories. Where a user relocates his/her home directory off of the OS partition. Pictures, video, and a lot of other important data could be stored here. The user needs to be assured that "the fix" wont too easily wipe out their memories, or other important data. While at the same time. Windows being aware enough to create a symbolic link back to where these directories were previously.
Personally, the way this feature was described. I think that Microsoft should keep its hands off of the users data. Then, knowing from past experience how Microsoft tends to obfuscate what an application truly is doing . . . Well, let me just say that yours truly has completely wiped a drive, because the information presented from an application was not clear enough. Yes, this was an application ( not some special tool ). Visual web designer to be specific.
Anyhow, I see this as a potential great feature. So long as Microsoft does it right. Reply
TheThirdRace - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkI agree and disagree with you.
I agree that this is a good thing, it will solve a lot of problems for a lot of people.
I disagree concerning the "data" part. The whole point is to get rid of anything that could have broken your installation. Thus the "home dir" of the user must be wiped out, it's the only way to acheive the goal. You cannot get rid of a virus by giving a free pass to some folders...
Windows will only fix the partition on which it's installed, it's not gonna go on a rampage on your other partitions or disks. I don't know if it will reset the "home dir" if you changed the default path. As far as I'm concerned, it's asking for trouble to move that folder anyway. You will always find a "genius" programmer that will use the direct path instead of the global variable, you're just asking to be punched in the face when you least expect it. It's only my opinion, so take it with a grain of salt... Reply
yyrkoon - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkAre you positive you want some idiot who can not figure out Windows path variables writing applications for your computer ?
As for using this feature solely for removing viruses, I am not quite sure if this is the best way. To become infected, a user is very likely doing things that they probably should not be doing. E,g, Not updating their copy of Windows, running questionable code/web site apps on their computers, etc,
Would it work ? Yes I think it would. Is it smart ? In my own opinion. No it is not smart. What is the point of having data if you can not keep it. Do you have a 10+ year old image of a relative whose since passed away ? A video of when your child took his/her very first steps ? Bah ! They're infected, just delete them. Right ? Not to mention other important data not based on personal memories. Business transactions, personal code base. What have you.
For this purpose, what you propose fails. For fixing improperly installed drivers, bloated registries, or even just getting the ICON clutter off your desktop, etc. It would do perfectly fine I think.
Of course, I would have to see this feature in action personally. Maybe it would surprise me. We'll see.
That, is my opinion. Reply
yyrkoon - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkThe point of users becoming infected that I was trying to make was; The average user operates in a pattern that very often repeats. Once, infected, always infected, is very often the case.
However somewhere between your point, and mine. A virus can be placed anywhere, and do nothing until it is executed. This means that unless it is run, it will do nothing. So returning to where Windows is "reset". Any data no matter where would be "safe". Until the user executes it. Much like how you can take an infected hard drive out of one computer, and scan it in another. Mount it with a USB boot copy, network scan, whatever. Reply


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Like bacteria and other micro living creatures fungi also take precautions and make apparent "smart" decisions to continue their survival. These organisms form ice crystals around their bodies by using some chemicals when the heat around them decreases towards freezing point. When they understand the circumstances become hard for them they begin to take shelter in the upper parts of the atmosphere and move themselves to warmer places by using air currents as vehicles. The method they use is to go into the clouds by using the winds after they transform themselves into ice crystals. After some time, when they find a suitable time and place, they return to the ground as a living core. By using this smart method they are able to put themselves under protection and also gain the ability to spread around easily.
A micro organism's ability to understand the decrease of heat towards freezing point and using chemicals around themselves is surely a superior feature. The method used here constitutes a very conscious behavior. This being must "know" that it can protect itself as an ice crystal inside the clouds. It is impossible, without a doubt, that it can ever learn this method over time or trial and error. We don't see a smart creature here which can learn this method by just trying, we see a microorganism which only consists of some cells. This specialty of the fungi also clearly proves the irrationality underlying in the theory of evolution and within the desperate mindsets of Darwinists. None of the mechanisms of the evolution theory can explain a robust method like this which the fungi use, as the choice of a microorganism after it feels a need to protect itself.
Without a doubt evolutionists can never explain this truth. Because Allah created all the living beings with all of their sharp details and flawless properties. There is no need for these beings to know about precautions for their survival beforehand or to discover these methods by themselves by using trial and error. Because they are under the wisdom and rule of Allah who created them, protects them, and gives their livelihood to them. They only perform what Allah says and obey only Him. This truth is declared in Qur'an like this:
That is Allah, your Lord. There is no god but Him, the Creator of everything. So worship Him. He is responsible for everything. (Surat al-An'am, 102)


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Shopping Guide: 20 Puffer Vests for Fall Layering
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HIGH POINT OF LAST SEASON: Power-play goal, with only 6.6 seconds left in game five of the Eastern Conference semis. (Game went into overtime. Rangers won.)
ON HIS (OTHER) UNIFORM: "We have to wear suits to every game, and when you live in New York and you're so exposed to fashion, it's fun to play around with the different styles."
ON THE LIMITS OF A LUCKY SUIT: "If you win a big game, you'll remember the suit you wore that day and you'll wear it again--it's a superstition thing. This past playoffs, I had a Calvin Klein suit that I wore when we won a couple game sevens, and I'd put it back in the closet after the game and save it till our next game seven. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work."
On Richards: Two-button wool suit ($2,700) and cotton shirt ($545) by Louis Vuitton; silk tie ($155) by Ralph Lauren Black Label; steel-and-ceramic Diagono chronograph ($7,900) by Bulgari.
30, Goaltender
HIGH POINT OF LAST SEASON: Logged his sixth career playoff shutout in game three of the Eastern Conference finals.
ON THE EVOLUTION OF NHL STYLE: "I still remember the comments my first year in the NHL in 2005. People, especially the older guys, thought my suits were too tight or skinny. They weren't into fashion as much as the young guys today are."
ON THE BEAUTY OF HIS JERSEY: "Coming from Europe, they advertise on the jerseys and it ruins the whole look. The uniforms here are so clean, and they look so much better."
On Lundqvist: One-button wool suit ($1,295) and cotton shirt ($295) by Calvin Klein Collection; silk tie ($135) by John Varvatos.
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Parking Regulations [PDF]
Q. How much are parking permits and when will they expire?A. The cost for all student parking decals is $75.00 for the first decal; additional decals for the same student are $10.00. The cost for all faculty and staff parking decals are $1.00 for every decal purchased. Permits are valid from September 1 of each year to August 31 of the following year. Parking decal purchases are nonrefundable.
Q. What type of decal do I get?A. Commuter students will receive a C-Decal; this will permit you to park in the Commuter Parking Lots. Resident students who have obtained at least 60 credits will receive a R-Decal; this will permit students to park in the Resident Parking Lots. Freshman and sophomore students will be issued a "Storage Parking Only" decal. The Storage Lot, or the General Lot are the only places you can park 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Faculty will receive a F-Decal. Staff will receive a S-Decal. Contractors will receive a contractor decal. Visitors will be issued a visitor parking pass. Cars with Commuter "C" decals and Resident "R" decals may park in Faculty and Staff parking areas after 6 p.m. until 3 a.m. only, unless otherwise posted.
Q. Where can I pay my parking tickets?A. Parking tickets, with remittance, can be mailed with the envelope provided to the University Police Department, paid at the Police Department, or paid
online. The department is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. In addition, payment may be placed in the ticket fine boxes which are located on campus.
Q. What time can I park without a parking permit?A. Parking permits are required 24 hours a day, Monday through Friday. Weekend visitors require parking permit as well.
Q. Where can I purchase a parking permit?A. Faculty, staff and students who will be parking vehicles on campus will be required to register those vehicles for parking decals
online. After completing the process, faculty and staff members must bring their university ID card, along with payment, to the University Police Department. They will then be issued their parking decal(s).
Students, after completing the online process, will have the option to purchase their decals online as well. After registering, students must then bring their student ID, operator's license, vehicle registration and proof of vehicle insurance to the University Police Department. If they have not paid for the decal in advance online, they must provide payment along with the above documents to the police department and they will then be issued their parking decal(s). They will also be provided with information and instructions on where they are permitted to park.
Register for permit
Q. May I purchase a permit for just one semester?A. Parking permits are for the entire college year and are not sold by semester.
Q. May I transfer my decal to another vehicle?A. Decals are not transferable from one vehicle to another.
Q. Do I have to place my decal on my bumper?A. Parking decals must be permanently affixed either to the right rear bumper or a to metal bracket which is permanently attached to the right rear of the vehicle. Decals may not be displayed in the rear view window.
Q. If a friend comes to visit me, do they need a parking pass?A. Yes, they must register their vehicle with the University Police, located in the Reed Operations Center. This department is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for your convenience. All visitors will be assigned a lot in which to park.
Q. How do I file a parking ticket appeal?A. Violators may appeal their parking ticket by filling out an appeal form provided by the police department within 120 hours (five days) after the violation. The appeal will then be reviewed by the Director of Public Safety and a decision will be sent to the violator. Appeals not resolved by the Director of Public Safety may be forwarded to the University Parking and Appeals Committee, at the request of the violator. The Appeals Committee decision will be final.
Q. If I am a freshman or sophomore student who has to park in the Storage Parking Lot 24 hours a day, how do I load my vehicle to go home?A. If you have large items to place in your vehicle or to unload from your vehicle, you must call the University Police and inform the that you will be parked in front of your residence hall while you are loading or unloading your vehicle. You will be permitted 15 minutes to load or unload your vehicle. If you receive a parking ticket while loading or unloading and did not call the Police Department, you will be responsible for the payment of the ticket.
Q. How many parking tickets can I receive?A. You can only receive (5) parking tickets during the entire college year. If you have (3) unpaid tickets, your vehicle will be booted. The boot will not be removed from your vehicle until all tickets are paid. Once you have (5) or more paid or unpaid parking tickets, you will also have your vehicle booted. If you receive two boots during the college year, your parking privilege will be taken away for that college year. You will not be allowed to operate a vehicle on the University property during this time. If your vehicle is located on the campus, it will be towed.
Q. How much are parking tickets?A. Parking tickets range in cost depending on the violation.
Q. Do Graduate Students Need a Parking Decal?A. Everyone who parks a vehicle on campus needs a parking decal or parking permit. Graduate Students need them even for evening parking and for the summer sessions.
Q. As a Student, How Do I Know Where To Park?A. All parking lots are marked with posted signs: C-Decal for commuter students, R-Decal for resident students, and Storage Parking for Freshman and Sophomore students. Students must park in the lots marked with the posted signs. In addition, all student parking lots are painted in White lines and Faculty and Staff parking lots are painted in Yellow parking lines.Parking rules and regulations remain in effect throughout the academic year, INCLUDING THE SUMMER. Individuals should park only in appropriately designated areas as indicated on their decal. During the summer months, students may park in any STUDENT parking lot with any student decal. They MAY NOT park in any faculty or staff lot at any time.
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The Woods Celebrates Winter Commencement
December 16th, 2013 | SMWC
On a snowy winter day, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) celebrated its 174th commencement on Dec. 14, 2013. Nearly 60 students crossed the stage in the ceremony.
Tracy Richardson, Ph.D., MT-BC, professor and director of masters in music therapy at SMWC and 1988 SMWC graduate delivered the commencement address. Richardson spoke to graduates about the meaning of being alums of The Woods.
Reflecting on their past four years, she noted that those experiences have helped shape their values and character.
"Your Woods education has encouraged you to think and to question," explained Richardson. "That is the nature of a liberal arts education, and it is integrated into our graduate programs. Don't forget that as a liberally educated person, you have the right and responsibility to think critically, to question, to gather information before making decisions, to challenge your own biases and assumptions as well as those of others. This process should not stop after you frame your diploma."
For Renita Minor from Indianapolis, Ind., it was a day of firsts. "Not only am I the first person in my family to graduate from college, I am the first to graduate with a master's degree," she explained. Minor works in a variety of positions with organizations in the community. "The Master of Leadership Development degree will help to elevate me in my role in community."
Kristin Strow, elementary education major from Paris, Ill., shared what the day means to her. "It's a new beginning. Here, I have learned to grow as an individual and as a leader and to make a difference in the lives of others."
During the ceremony, two graduating seniors received the prestigious Alumnae/i Leadership and Service Award. The award recognizes outstanding students who have demonstrated exceptional service and responsible leadership during their time at The Woods.
The 2013 undergraduate recipient Amber Slaughterbeck made a significant impact on sustainability efforts on the SMWC campus and in the local community. Slaughterbeck served the College as president of the Sustainability Club and planned and organized the Wabashiki cleanup project. Known as "The Turtle Girl," she worked to transport turtles safely across a busy four-lane highway. She has been involved at Turkey Run State Park, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Vigo County Parks and Recreation Department. She plans to use her leadership skills in her career as a Naturalist, where she hopes to change minds to believe that our environment is to be cherished.
The 2013 graduate recipient of the award is not only a leader in her cohort, but in the Wabash Valley Community as well. Susan Turner serves as the marketing chair for the Essence of Red Heart Health Awareness event, as well as the chair of the Industrial Parks in the United Way Professional Division. She is also an active member of the Terre Haute Young Leaders and the Accelerate Board. As a student in the Master of Leadership Development program, she believes that her experience has provided her a firm foundation of leadership, and will forever impact her life, both professionally and personally.
See pictures from the ceremony on Flickr.
Additionally, the College awarded its first Presidential Aspire Award. The award honors community leaders who demonstrate a passion for using the present to create a better future.
The 2013 recipient of this year's Aspire Higher Award, Dipa Sarkar, M.D., has been active in the medical field in the United States and abroad prior to her retirement. She earned her medical degree at Calcutta Medical College. She practiced in India before coming to the United States where she specialized in pathology and cytopathology. Dipa served at Clay County, Mary Sherman and Union hospitals. Additionally, she taught at Indiana State University as an assistant professor in medical technology. She has generously given of her time in a variety of leadership and board positions with American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, Camp Blue Bird, Catholic Charities, Council of Domestic Abuse, India Association of Terre Haute, Lifeline, Salvation Army and the Swope Art Museum. She was also a member of the American Medical Association, American Society of Cytology, Indiana Association of Pathologists and Terre Haute Academy of Medicine.
Perhaps the experience that has meant the most to her was working along side Mother Teresa in a leprosy clinic outside Calcutta. Years later, their paths would cross again as Dipa helped her care for children traveling to Belgium. Dipa recognizes that working with Mother Teresa, a woman with the heart of service for the suffering, abandoned and homeless, was indeed a special gift from God. She said, "Mother Teresa planted a seed of human kindness that has made me what I am today."
About Tracy Richardson, Ph.D.
Tracy Richardson, Ph.D., MT-BC, professor and director of masters in music therapy at SMWC, delivered the commencement address. Richardson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in music therapy from SMWC, Master of Science in agency counseling and Ph.D. in counselor education from Indiana State University. She is also the chairperson of the music and theatre department at SMWC and has taught at The Woods for 18 years.
Richardson has been a board certified music therapist for 25 years and has worked with people with a variety of health issues, including mental health challenges, developmental disabilities and cancer. She specializes in the use of clinical songwriting as a music therapy intervention with her clients. She is the immediate past president of the Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA), serves as an AMTA Assembly Delegate, and won the conference songwriting award, awarded by the American Music Therapy Association, in 2009.
Richardson is a singer, songwriter and keyboard player. Between 1983 and 1988, she performed in a band that opened locally for such acts as Randy Travis, George Strait, Keith Whitley, and John Conlee. In 1997, she released a self-titled, self-produced CD containing original songs, one of which received local airplay. She continues to perform in local venues as a solo performer.
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RDF Television - makers of David Dickinson's The Real Deal, Secret Dealers and Wheelers Dealers and Del Boys - is starting a new series Storage: Locked & Loaded, a new primetime auction series.
Based in a secret location, each episode will see five dealers bid to secure lots from our real-life auctions, each lot containing a mix of anything from lost property and bric-a-brac to reclaimed and salvaged pieces to vintage collectibles and valuable pieces of memorabilia.
There could be real value hidden in each lot, question is, who will be the person to spot it?
Following the auctions, viewers will follow the successful dealers as they try to sell their items on and make a profit.
RDF Television is now casting for 10 on-screen dealers to be the main cast of dealers, who have the character and natural flair to hold their own in an auction environment.
These could be professional or keen amateur dealers, collectors, antique enthusiasts, salvage and reclamation merchants, vendors and traders.
They will bid on an assortment of lots and once they've secured their chosen lots, they will take on the challenge of selling their items in a bid to make the most profit.
The company wants dealers with a competitive spirit, an experienced eye for a bargain and a willingness to bid across more than one area.
If this sounds like you, or someone you know, call 0207 013 4076/0207 013 4062 or email email@example.com
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Polsinelli has added attorney Kris Carlson to the firm, where he will focus on cybersecurity matters for corporate clients and law firms. Carlson, formerly with Special Forces, has extensive operational knowledge of cybersecurity that will bring value to the firm's clients. Carlson counsels corporate clients on compliance matters arising from the duty to protect electronic… Read More →


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The two most adorable girls in daytime television went to the Billboard Music Awards! Find out what happened when Ellen sent SOPHIA GRACE & ROSIE to chat with music's biggest stars on the red carpet!
She caught the world's attention as the cheerleader with superhuman powers on NBC's hit show, "Heroes." Now HAYDEN PANETTIERE is heating up Wednesday nights in the dramatic series that gives us a look at the dark side of country music, "Nashville"! Whether you're on Juliette Barnes' side or not, viewers are tuning in every week to see what she'll do next!
Then, British superstar and internet music sensation ED SHEERAN is here for an in-studio concert spectacular. He's performing his hit "The A Team" from his incredible CD, "Plus." This is one performance you won't want to miss!
This Monday, Ellen's got a show for music lovers!


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Welcome back to Mets Chat Room.
A lot on the table so far and first pitch is still over a half-hour away. There's the news on Pedro. He could go Monday in Cincinnati. … Mike Pelfrey is the choice over Phil Humber tomorrow. … Orlando Hernandez has a bum foot and could miss a start.
And, of course, there's always how the Mets are playing and the game against the Braves. Talk with you throughout the game.


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Please see info below regarding DEU applications.
Dear Incoming Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing Students:
We are excited to advise you of a new partnership between Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing/CUNY and NSLIJ Lenox Hill Hospital.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM), the National League for Nursing (NLN) and the American Association of Colleges in Nursing (AACN) have all identified the need to increase the number of nursing students, who on graduation, are ready to enter the workforce in a seamless fashion. Healthcare organizations need to assure that newly graduated nurses are competent and can function to the extent of their scope of practice. Nursing education and healthcare organizations must join forces to design and evaluate creative, collaborative strategies to improve undergraduate education to enhance patient safety and quality.
One partnership strategy is the Dedicated Education Unit (DEU) model. Dedicated education units are carefully selected patient care units that provide opportunities for students to learn in a receptive and nurturing environment. These units are the result of academic/hospital partnerships and require commitment and resources from both parties. Dedicated Education Units help student nurses gain real-world, hands-on experience with patients and staff nurses. Students will be assigned exclusively to the DEU during all of the Adult Health Courses' clinical rotations. Students will have opportunities to work one-on-one to provide patient care with DEU staff nurses who will serve as clinical preceptors. Clinical rotations to specialty areas including maternity, pediatrics, and psychiatric mental health nursing will be arranged on units other than the DEU. In order to be considered for this clinical placement experience the following criteria must be met:
- GPA: 3.5 or higher.
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Did you know?
A handful of very secretive elephants still live in the Knysna forests.
Tall cliffs plunge in dramatic ravines to river mouths in the Garden Route National Park. Evergreen temperate forests merge with rocky beaches to touch the warm Indian Ocean. This is a place of mosses and ferns, thickly carpeted forest floor from which soar 800-year-old giant Outeniqua yellowwoods, draped in Old Man's Beard lichens.
In the flagship Tsitsikamma National Park section, look out for inquisitive vervet monkeys, watchful genets, blue duiker, bush pig, Cape clawless otters, and if you're very lucky, leopard.
The water-based life of the Garden Route National Park is just as rich - lagoons and strings of shining lakes begging to be explored by canoe.
Offshore, whales and dolphins surf the waves.
This wilderness is counterpointed by pleasant coastal towns like Knysna, Plettenberg Bay and Sedgefield, where you can eat fresh oysters, drink locally brewed beer, swing from bungies, whizz through forest canopies, or simply relax on a long, clean beach.
In truth, this is not a single block of conserved land. Instead, it is a daring new experiment in conservation. A mosaic of protected areas sprawled along the country's south-eastern coast have been gathered under one management plan. They include the peerless Tsitsikamma National Park, Wilderness National Park and linking them, the Knysna National Lake Area, Soetkraal Wilderness and Conservation Area, and the Robberg and Goukamma Nature Reserves.
Although the Garden Route National Park is punctuated by human settlement, the pristine sections are some of the most dramatic and beautiful in the country. The hiking options available in the Garden Route are excellent.
From the raw tang of sea breezes, to children's laughter on beaches, to the rush of sweet forest, this is a land that engages all the senses. No two people experience it in the same way.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
SA National Parks reservations
Tel: +27 (0)12 428 9111
Garden Route National Park
Tel: +27 (0)44 302 5600
How to get here
Most people either drive along the N2 highway north from Cape Town or south from Port Elizabeth, but you could fly to the town of George and hire a car.
Best time to visit
This is an all-year destination, but spring (September) is particularly pretty, when the keurboom trees are in flower.
Length of stay
It would be a great pity to spend less than three days in this region. Even a week would probably leave you hankering for more.
What to pack
The Garden Route experiences rain throughout the year, so don't forget a raincoat.
Where to stay
You're spoilt for choice here. Almost all the conservation areas have good choices. At Tsitsikamma you can stay in wood cabins overlooking the sea. There are Tree Top forest chalets near Knysna, or even camping decks in the forests. The nearby towns of Plettenberg Bay, Knysna, Nature's Valley, Sedgefield and Wilderness offer more options.


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Quick breads are so simple and so comforting. This recipe blends warm spices like cinnamon and cloves with carrots, pecans and amaranth for an unusual, yet familiar feeling treat. Serve this bread warm from the oven with a cup of tea and some honey butter, or freeze a loaf for a ready-to-go housewarming or hostess gift. However you opt to enjoy it, this bread is a true delight.
Spiced Carrot Amaranth Bread
Recipe by Michelle Abendschan of Je Mange la Ville
Makes 10-12 servings
- Non-stick Cooking Spray
- ¾ cup packed Brown Sugar
- ¼ cup Molasses
- ¼ cup low fat Buttermilk
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- ½ cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp ground Cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground Nutmeg
- ¼ tsp powdered Ginger
- 1/8 tsp ground Cloves
- 1/4 cup Amaranth
- ½ tsp Kosher Salt
- ½ cup melted Coconut Oil
- 1-3/4 cup grated Carrot
- 1/2 cup chopped Pecans
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray a 9X5-inch loaf pan with non-stick spray and set aside. In a stand mixer, mix the sugar, molasses, buttermilk, vanilla and eggs.
Sift together the flours, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves. Stir in the amaranth and salt. Add the flour-amaranth and melted coconut oil. Add a rubber spatula to scrape down the sides, if needed. Mix until just combined. Stir in carrot and pecans.
Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread the top out evenly. Bake in the preheated oven for 45-50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan about 15 minutes, then cool completely on a wire rack before slicing.


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While I was otherwise occupied with my flights of fancy, this week was a return to the foxholes and corridors of the tradeways. From Italy, we have new arrivals, getting here a little earlier than expected. They get bonused to move the ships ahead ( and out of the way) of the latest hurricane. These barely made it.
Looking over a recent special order for a client, it was like an heirloom seed catalog. You know, when the winter has approached and it is dark and cold outside and all one can think about is the spring. So one starts looking at seeds. Sunflowers, squash, tomatoes. But here we are in the midst of that time, the earth is bursting with flavor.
Today these eno-immigrants who have shown up at our door and have asked for asylum.
Bonarda, Ciliegiolo, Gaglioppo, Granaccia, Grechetto, Greco, Mantonico, Marzemino, Nosiola.
Not a Chardonnay or Cabernet in the bunch. Nowhere is Sangiovese or Pinot Grigio to be found. Pinot Nero is absent along with Merlot. It's just us indigenous ones today.
No tired, no weak; just ready and willing to spill their blood on foreign soil. We're still talking about wine, folks.
The wines hail from Lombardia, Trento, Liguria, Umbria and Calabria. I am not going to describe these grapes or these wines, there are resources for that already. Two books, Wines of Italy by Patricia Guy and Wines, Grapes and Vines, by Jancis Robinson are the sources I go to read about these grapes. So have at it if you wish.
Meanwhile, I have the next few days with the folks that bring you Armani, Brioni, Kiton and their ilk. They who must know about wine, that sort of thing.
I'm ready for my close-up Mr. De Mille.


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HOUSTON - Nearly a dozen people are having to repair flat tires and busted rims because of a pothole on a busy southwest Houston street. The pothole is on the westbound lanes of Richmond Avenue and Woodland Park Drive.
Thousands of people use that street every day.
Our photographer found several hubcaps left near the pothole after they popped off from cars that hit it.
"I didn't see it because there is not a street light there and it's right in the middle of the road," said Javed Razak, whose tire was blown when he hit the pothole Monday night. "The gas station manager told me yesterday this happened and some people called 311, and I do not believe it's been fixed."
Ashraf Ghriri said the pothole has caused problems before and busted two tires on his sister's car last week.
"The same hole last week," he said.
After a line of cars began to stack up, a security guard from a nearby neighborhood put out a warning cone and a construction barrier.
There's no word yet on when it might be repaired.
"I don't know if the city is going to reimburse us or not, but they need to do something with that street," driver David Bustamonte said.
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Earn Up to 50% Off Summer of Impact Experiences through Double Impact Scholarship
Double Impact Scholarships are now Waitlist Only
All of the Summer of 2012 Double Impact scholarships have been taken, but our waitlist is officially open. To save your spot on the Double Impact waitlist, please follow the same steps: register for your Impact program and complete the Double Impact Intent Form. You will be notified when/if a scholarship becomes available.
The BBYO Panim Institute is excited to continue this great initiative that will enable more teens to participate in a Summer of Impact experience while supporting ongoing service in local communities throughout the year. This is your chance to make "double the impact."
This scholarship is open to any Jewish teen in grades 10-12. Please spread the word about this exciting opportunity. Summer of Impact programs take place in Boston, Chicago, Washington, and Israel. There are limited scholarships available for each program, so reserve your spot now! The scholarships will be awarded on a first come, first served basis.
Are You Up for the Double Impact Challenge?
Here are the Steps to Participate
- Once you're ready to take on the Double Impact Challenge the first step is to register for the IMPACT program of your choice.
- Complete the Intent Form.
- Find an organization that meets the criteria for approval and begin your service work.
- You have picked your trip, and started your service, now don't lose track of those important hours! Track your service hours on the Monthly Service Hour Survey.
- When your hours are completed and you've reached (at least) the 60 hour goal, it is time to submit your Evaluation Form.
- After you attend your Summer of Impact program, you will be an official Impact ambassador and will be asked to Pay It Forward. Post summer follow up can include: writing an article about your IMPACT experience, hosting a Summer of Impact information session, or creating a new service or advocacy program in your home community.


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ROTARY clubs in East Lancashire are collaborating to organise four cycling events on the same day this summer, in aid of charity.
The Rotary Clubs of Accrington and Clitheroe are working together to organise the events, on Sunday, June 8.
The day will include five, 25, 60 and 100-mile rides, which will all start, and finish, at Oakhill Academy, in Whalley.
The 100-mile ride will include a course that takes riders through the Yorkshire Dales, and back.
The events have been organised in aid of cancer charity the Rosemere Foundation.
For further information visit www.ribblevalleyride. org