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THIS rare orchid has been found flourishing in the unlikely setting of a Dorset sewage works.
The protected plant, an early spider orchid, was discovered growing on a grass roof at Swanage sewage treatment site.
Ecologists at Wessex Water were tipped off to the possibility after members of the public told them another rare orchid was spotted on the roof last summer.
Ellen McDouall, senior conservation ecologist at Wessex Water, said: "The roof has only existed for 10 years and the orchids take that long to flower. We don't know how they got on the roof – whether seed was in the soil or blown in from nearby.
"Thankfully the roof of the sewage treatment works is under no particular operational pressure, so we are hopeful we will be able to actively manage the land for the benefit of the plant."
The UK's early spider orchid populations are restricted to parts of southern England, and the plant is regarded as rare. Although, where they do grow, they can so in significant numbers.
Purbeck's limestone cliffs are one of three UK strongholds for the species, the others being Kent and Suffolk.
Anyone uprooting, cutting, selling or destroying the early spider orchid could face arrest, as it is protected under Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
Ellen said: "It is very important that we constantly assess the potential impact of our operations upon wildlife and this is a key component of our ongoing biodiversity action plan."
The early spider orchid is also used as part of the Dorset Wildlife Trust's (DWT) logo.
A DWT spokesman said: "This is a lovely find as the early spider orchid is nationally scarce, with around 75per cent of the population being found in Purbeck, and the rest along the south coast to Kent and Suffolk."


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White Sox bow to Samardzija, shut out in opener
Club musters just a pair of singles; miscues burden Quintana's start
CHICAGO -- White Sox manager Robin Ventura has been asked in each of his pregame media sessions over the past four days if he likes the new two-and-two, home-and-home setup for the Interleague crosstown battle with the Cubs, reduced from six games per season in the past.
Ventura was fairly non-committal with his responses, adding Monday that it would be better judged following the completion of the four games. After Monday's 7-0 shellacking at the hands of the Cubs and Jeff Samardzija, before 30,631 at U.S. Cellular Field, Ventura decided there was no need to wait any longer to make his call.
"I guess the answer to the format is, they like the format because we don't have to face him anymore," said Ventura, after Samardzija's two-hitter ended a three-game winning streak for the White Sox (24-25).
Samardzija (3-6) needed 108 pitches for the complete-game effort, having faced one hitter over the minimum going into the ninth, before Tyler Flowers drew a four-pitch walk and Alexei Ramirez singled to right. The Cubs right-hander struck out eight, keeping the White Sox hitters off stride from pretty much the first pitch.
If Samardzija wasn't rushing a fastball up to the plate at 97 or 98 mph, he was getting wild swings on his slider and splitter. Monday's effort certainly won't rank as one of the best of the season for the White Sox, but the cause for that effect pretty much centered on Samardzija.
"Obviously he threw well, he was the story of the game," said White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko, who finished 0-for-2 with a walk. "You just tip your hat to him. That's a great start for him, and that's all you can really say about that one. They had some guys swing the bats as well, but that was kind of secondary to what he was doing out there."
"They're an aggressive fastball-hitting team," Samardzija said. "I knew it was going to come down to location on that pitch [fastball], and I had some good location early in the count and got some quick outs. It really allowed me to kind of hold off my offspeed stuff until later in the game."
The Cubs (20-30) added more than a little offense to the mix in support of Samardzija, cutting the White Sox overall series lead to 49-42 and picking up their third win in the last four games played at U.S. Cellular. One run scored in the first on Alfonso Soriano's single off the left-field wall against Jose Quintana (3-2), and Julio Borbon's two-run homer in the fifth raised the margin to three.
A three-run seventh, courtesy of Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo's long two-run triple to center and Soriano's third hit, put the game well out of reach. Quintana allowed four runs on four hits over six innings, striking out five, but gave himself less than a passing grade.
"I'm upset about making those mistakes," said Quintana through translator and White Sox coach Lino Diaz. "When you're facing a good pitcher like that, they're even bigger mistakes. I didn't feel that it was that good of a night."
Quintana's pitching line was a bit deceiving when factoring in a flat, error-filled performance by the White Sox.
In the first inning, Ramirez failed to cover second on a Starlin Castro stolen-base attempt. Castro didn't get a good jump and might have been caught for the third out if Ramirez was in place.
Flowers missed a wild swinging third strike on Ryan Sweeney to start the seventh, and although Sweeney didn't break immediately out of the batter's box, Flowers' errant throw past Konerko allowed Sweeney to reach. Rizzo's triple was well struck to center, but Alejandro De Aza mistimed his jump on a catchable drive.
"It's just one of those you can't win if you play like that," Ventura said. "I don't know if it was flat -- if Samardzija made us flat or we were just flat. It was definitely not what we've been playing like."
Conor Gillaspie delivered the only hit until the ninth for the White Sox with a leadoff single in the third. It was the highlight of the night for the team, unless the goal horn sounding at U.S. Cellular to signify the first Blackhawks goal in Detroit counts in the thinking.
Monday's loss matched the largest margin of defeat this season for the White Sox and marked the second time this season they were limited to two hits or fewer. It was shutout No. 4 thrown against the White Sox and first coming at home, but on this evening, the credit went to Samardzija instead of the blame going on the host squad.
"He was on tonight. It didn't matter who we had on the mound, honestly," Gillaspie said. "He threw every single pitch for a strike, it seemed like. His fastball moves all over the place. You get to two strikes, you're in trouble with a guy like that. You tip your cap sometimes."
"That's the best I've seen him. He had everything going, and that's how dominant he can be," said Rizzo of his teammate. "His split-finger was working well today. It was fun to watch. His pitch count was down. He wasn't trying to punch everyone out. He was just throwing strikes. That's all we could ask."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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My friends at Lifetime Collective invited me out for a BBQ on their patio and then a few (million) other people showed up to hear Lightning Dust, Ladyhawk, and Constantines make some noise. It was a great party! Lifetime is a brand that fully supports the scene, and they're also the ones behind the magazine I mentioned before, Selector. Cheers fellas!


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Winston Churchill was a courier for the British during the Battle of Spioenkop and wrote that after the battle 'the shallow trenches were choked with dead and wounded'.
Whether you're a history buff or a birder keen to get active or simply relax in lovely secluded surroundings, the family-run Three Tree Hill Lodge is the perfect destination.
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The lodge looks much the same as it did when General Sir Charles Warren, one of the commanders of the British forces in South Africa during the 2nd South African War, established his encampment nearby. Its green corrugated iron roof and sturdy walls, with a cool, wide wrap-around veranda looking out over the mountains and game reserve, is built in period-style.
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Although you can hike, visit San rock art sites, play golf or go fishing nearby, it is the tours of Spioenkop Battlefield that bring most visitors to Three Tree Hill Lodge.
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From Johannesburg or Durban, take the R616 (exit 230) off the N3 towards Bergville. Turn left on to the D564. Three Tree Hill Lodge is 8km along on gravel roads.
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The winter months of June to September are when the spectacular Aloe Specatabilis is in bloom.
Around the area
Spioenkop Game Reserve, uKhahlamba National Park, Cathedral Peak, Champagne Castle, Ardmore Ceramics, Talana Museum.
Tours to do
South African War battlefields in the area include Colenso, Elandslaagte, Ladysmith and Thukela Heights.
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Approx. R1 950pp per night all inclusive (breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee & teas, laundry). A battlefield tour will cost approx. R495pp.
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Binoculars, camera, sunhat, sunscreen, warm clothes in winter.


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A writer for the far-right Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview wonders whether any of the Wisconsin labor protesters are genuine Christians, and also says she is "pretty certain" that Martin Luther King Jr. would have opposed the Wisconsinites protesting Governor Scott Walker's plans to dismantle the collective bargaining rights of public employees.
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text: Legendre 985 Report post Posted January 4, 2013 I am developing an online multiplayer RPG in which if your character dies, you lose everything in your inventory. However, you do leave behind a corpse from which you (or anyone else) can loot your items from. I have been doing some research on other games that implement this and discovered two incredibly popular ones: Realm of the Mad God (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realm_of_the_Mad_God) Runescape (http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Death) So I suppose players are open to "item-perma death". To avoid making it too painful, I am going to make premium/paid or rare/legendary items safe from this. E.g. Like Runescape, you can pick 3 items to save from item-perma death. What do you guys think about this? And what kind of pitfalls would you suggest I avoid? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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OPPO Find 5 Reviewby Vivek Gowri on 5/29/2013 6:55 AM EST
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Kristian Vättö - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkI agree with you on the button layout. Power button on the side design might be okay if you're right-handed as your thumb can easily reach the button but I can say from experience that it's awful if you're left-handed (like me). Given the size of the current phones, it's very, very hard to securely reach the power button with your left index finger - but I'd have no problems if the button was placed on the top of the device.
That said, I know left-handed people are the minority and most designs ignore us, but I'm pretty sure there are scenarios when right-handed people use their phone with their left hand. Or at least I use my Nexus 4 with my right hand by time to time (e.g. while driving). Reply
kondamin - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkPowerbutton on the top of the device or the bottom is the way to do it. I'm constanly chaning the volume when I turn my s3 off because of that moronic idea of putting them on oposing sides.
And you are spot on that these devices aren't friendly for left handed people, the biggest sinner in my book is nokia their lumia buttons are all on the same (and wrong) side. Reply
JPForums - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkI'm mostly ambidextrous, but I'm always using my Lumia 920 with my left hand. I have no trouble using it with my right either (just switch to operating the buttons with my thumb), but I find more often than not, I pick it up and operate it with my left hand. On that note, I suspect I'd get used to the OPPO button placement fairly quickly as well (even if it isn't ideal). I'm guessing you don't much care for operating your phone buttons with your fingers. I do agree with you that putting the power and volume rocker on opposite sides is a generically bad idea, though. Reply
mr_tawan - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkI'm kinda like the Galaxy Nexus's button layout. In the other hand, button layout on the Nexus 7 sucks. I constantly press volume button instead of power button.
I think the power button on the top is good for smaller phone. For a larger phone (>4.6"), it's should be on either left or right side, and on the opposite side of volume buttons). It's too far to reach the top. Reply
WhiteAdam - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkLove my job, since I've been bringing in $82h… I sit at home, music playing while I work in front of my new iMac that I got now that I'm making it online. (Home more information)
http://goo.gl/fDMVb Reply
nancy919 - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkit's realy the easiest work Ive had. Reply
mwarner1 - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkI actually prefer having buttons on the side of modern, large screened phones. The idea of having the power button on top is fine for a device the size of an iPhone, but when you are taking about devices with 5+ inch displays, it is rather awkward to reach all the way to the top of the device to press the power button. Reply
Zandros - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkAs a right-handed person, I'm usually holding my phone with my left hand so my dominant hand is free to do other things (which occasionally consists of stabbing at the screen).
Maybe I'm missing something, though, but isn't having the power button on the left site (as in this case) advantageous for thumb use if you're using it with your left hand? Reply
Kristian Vättö - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkOh, you're right - the power button is on the left side in the OPPO. I just looked at the "Finger Friendly Design" picture and thought that it's on the right side like in my Nexus, haha. At least for me, it would advantageous to have the power button on the left instead.
Basically, with the OPPO all the right-handed people go through the same pain as I go through with the Nexus 4. Reply
VivekGowri - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkYeah the OPPO power button is a nightmare. I am not impressed by their so-called finger friendly design. Reply
Zandros - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - link*side, dammit. Couldn't we edit these things before? :p Reply
jabber - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkYes I'm left handed to write (but actually right handed for many other things) so for me having the phone in my right hand whilst I'm writing stuff down means the power button is perfect for my thumb.
Having the button on the right side of the phone is perfect for lefties IMO.
Or maybe I just grew up in a working age when we used to make a lot of handwritten notes while talking on the phone. Reply
Reikon - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkI'm right handed and almost always use my phone in my left hand to free up my right hand. It's also easier for one handed use since the menu/back button is usually on the top left, which I can easily press with my left thumb instead of stretching to reach it if held in my right hand. Reply
Panzerknacker - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkStrange, your findings in the review are quite different from other reviews:
This is a review from the most reliable source that I know, they say the display is the best of all phones on the market today, they get completely different numbers than you guys.
As far as the button layout, I'm left handed and this phone has the best layout I have ever seen, just perfect. Also imo the looks are the best of any phone. Reply
VivekGowri - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkJust based on the numbers, their panel looks slightly better than mine, but overall - good contrast ratio, neutral colour temperature, decently calibrated - how is that any different from what I said? Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkCant see any benchmarks on the CPU benchmarks page. Reply
tipoo - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkWhich he explains on the CPU benchmarks page. Reply
VivekGowri - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkOh, no, I just straight up forgot to put them there - that was a big miss by me, sorry guys. Reply
VivekGowri - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkWait, no I didn't, they're there. Why aren't you seeing the benchmarks? Reply
tipoo - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkHuh, now I see them. I assumed since you said they were so similar you just didn't post them. Reply
nathanddrews - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkAs far as "finger friendly" designs go, I don't really care where the buttons are as long as they are set into the phone (concave). My only complaint with my S3 is that the buttons all protrude from the body, making unwanted power, home, and volume presses extremely common. Thankfully, I have a simple, somewhat thick $7 plastic slipcase that has button cutouts so I can freely handle the phone without ever accidentally hitting the buttons.
Before today, I didn't know Oppo made anything but the best Blu-ray players on the market. It's a shame that the phone doesn't live up to the precedent. Reply
cknobman - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - link"I think 4.7" is the sweet spot for display size, something that was reached with the last generation of handsets. There's not really any benefit to going with a 5" panel over a 4.7" panel beyond just having a bigger number - it's not like jumping to a Galaxy Note-sized 5.5" or larger display, where the device ends up being more of a phablet than a handset, but it does add just enough bulk to be on the cumbersome side."
I just dont understand this statement. The GS4 has a 5' screen and is physically smaller than the OPPO and HTC One. I compared the HTC One side by side with the GS4 in store and it was shorter and thinner than the HTC one and actually fit in my pocket better. I also found that the .3 extra screen did benefit me quite a bit as it provides a better viewing experience for movies and games. Reply
MantasPakenas - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - link"This is obviously less of a factor in Europe and Asia, where the prices are more equivalent (the Nexus 4 is a phenomenal value in the US through the Google Play Store, but less so in the rest of the world)"
Correction - I'm not sure about the whole world, but at least in Europe you can: a) buy the device via Google Play Store in major markets, and even ship it outside those major markets if you are resourceful enough; b) buy it locally, where available, at an extremely close price point (at least that's the situation in Lithuania). In these cases, Nexus 4 is competitively positioned very close to US market, ending up ca 40% cheaper than flagship devices like HTC One or SGS4... Reply
Kristian Vättö - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linka) You need a local shipping address AND credit card (VCCs don't work AFAIK) to buy from Google Play Store, hence it's basically impossible to buy one if your local Play Store doesn't carry it yet. Of course, if you a friend in one of the countries where the Nexus 4 is sold through Play Store, then it's easy (I did this to get my Nexus 4).
b) Here in Finland the Nexus 4 (16GB) currently costs ~490€. I got mine for 400€ when including all the shipping costs (the device itself was ~350€ but Google charged £10 for shipping plus another £15 to ship it from UK to Finland). However, the Nexus 4 was 600€ when launched here, so I saved ~200€ back in January. Reply
fabarati - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkHoly Crap! Something is cheaper in Sweden! A 16 GB Nexus 4 can be had for ~380€ (3300 SEK). But yeah, the price of the Nexus 4 was around 4500 SEK when launched here, about 520€ at today's exchange rate. Reply
tipoo - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkIs the battery situated further from the SoC than the Nexus 4 or Optimus G? As far as I know, it was actually the batterys threshold temperature that actually triggered throttling, since the two were so close. The battery could only get up to 60 degrees before complete shutdown and made the phone throttle at just 36 C. Reply
flyingpants1 - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkSo spec-wise, it's an Xperia Z series clone. Yawn Reply
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flamencoguy - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkA version with a Snapdragon 600 has already been announced. Reply
editorsorgtfo - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkLOL @ Polyurethane. Editors or GTFO. Reply
VivekGowri - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkYeah okay, that was supposed to be polycarbonate, my apologies. It got missed among the other eight thousand words, Klug read over it twice before it posted too so we had enough internal editing, this just slipped through. Reply
Sertis - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkThe button layout isn't too bad, having the power on the left side makes it less likely you'll turn off the device if you suddenly grip it tightly (if you're right handed, you'll apply much more pressure with your thumb than the other 4 fingers on the opposite side). Still, i'd rather have the button on the top. My (more agile) thumb can more easily pick and choose closely spaced buttons than my fingers so having buttons that won't "punish be by turning off the device if I hit the wrong one" on the right side is okay with me. Reply
Death666Angel - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkWow, that's a lot of annoying software bugs. The cheap Chinese phone my wife has looks pretty good compared to that. Granted, it has and old dual core A9 SoC and only 720p (basically an SGS3 rip off), but it cost 165€. The Oppo Find 5 is currently listed for 466€ here (1 listing only). Not a good deal. If I don't want to deal with importing a cell phone (which one has to do to get the good deals on the Chinese stuff), I'd rather take an SGS3 for 330€ or spend up on the SGS4 for 550€ (HTC One is listed at 590€). Reply
Death666Angel - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkQuote: "This is obviously less of a factor in Europe and Asia, where the prices are more equivalent"
I can get the Nexus 4 for 299/349€ in the play store (+9€ shipping) here in Germany. That's about as pricey as the US variant, is it not (including the VAT thing)? :) Reply
BeauCharles - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkWow, strange that Oppo would get into this market. I own an Oppo DVD player and still use it regularly in this Blu-Ray era. Shame the phone doesn't live up the same level of performance (right now anyway) its DVD/Blu-Ray players do. Oppo is very good about firmware support with those and customer service in general - hopefully that'll be the case with the phones Reply
mars2k - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkOppo may be unheard of in the phone sector but they have unheard of status in the home theater segment. They have completely re-written the book first with DVD playback and then with a series of giant killer BlueRay players. One player after another they have blown the competition out of the water in price/performance. They now make a universal player, BDP-105 whose performance cannot be beat without going into the stratosphere on cost. So much so that spending more is essentially pointless.
If they pursue the phone market the way they went after DVD and BlueRay playback we will all soon be using Oppo phones. Reply
Death666Angel - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkThe Oppo BDP-105 is going for 1340€ here in Germany. Isn't that stratosphere cost already? :P Seems like it integrates A/V receiver stuff as well. I don't like that. More hassle to upgrade. Oh well. Reply
tom5 - Saturday, June 08, 2013 - linkThey recently started shipping this in Europe, unfortunately it doesnt support UMTS 900 MHz band that is widely used in Europe.
But the biggest show stopper for me is the battery life - today this is the biggest problem in phones so the manufacturers must do everything to make battery life longer. This is where you experience matters, Oppo don't have this experience so we see the results: a phone that won't last you a day. Reply
aranyak - Wednesday, December 02, 2015 - linkOppo Find 5 is definitely one of the greatest creations of the company, however, Oppo recently made a announcement about Oppo Find 9 which i heard in http://www.techvicity.com/ .. well the phone is believed to be the flagship phone of the company in 2016 with 3 GB of RAM and 64 GB internal storage, that is something else man, really can't wait for it Reply


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LRI Coalition Members Present Generous Donations to Research
Many thanks to members of the Lupus Research Institute's Coalition -- Kathleen Arntsen, Lupus Foundation of Mid and Northern New York Inc. (Photo to left) and Julie Mersereau, Lupus Foundation of Genesee Valley NY, Inc. (Photo to right) – for their sizable donations resulting from their hard work with local fundraising. Kathleen and Julie formally presented their donations to LRI Board of Directors Co-chairs Jack Lavery (left) and Robert Ravitz (right) during the LRI's recent 12th Annual "Forum for Discovery" in New York.
We also heartily congratulate Kathleen for her recognition by the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals' (ARHP) with the Addie Thomas Service Award for her longstanding history of volunteer service and leadership contributions to the field of Rheumatology on the local, regional, and national levels. She will receive the prestigious award at the Opening Session of the American College of Rheumatology/ARHP Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on November 10, 2012.


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Living in Ross Twp., Osborne Co., Wisconsin in 1880. Living in Lincoln Twp., Smith Co., Kansas in 1900. John served the Union Army during the Civil War. He enlisted on 9 Feb 1965. He was inducted in Company B, 44 Wisconsin Infantry as a Private. He was discharged as a 3d Corporal on 28Aug 1865. Based on Wisconsin information, John applied for his Civil War Pension while living in Kansas.U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles about John Henricks Name: John Henricks Residence: Wisconsin Rank at enlistment: Corporal State Served: Wisconsin Survived the War?: Yes Service Record: Enlisted in Company B, Wisconsin 44th Infantry Regiment on 09 Feb 1865.Mustered out on 28 Aug 1865.


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You are not Alone.
It is the season of reflection; a time to pause and embrace all of the lessons, gifts, and opportunities the past year has brought into our lives, and into the lives of those around us.
And it never ceases to amaze us here at the FIRST office, how many lives are affected, changed, or have even been transformed, when affected members find solace in the experience of another affected member. Perhaps it's just the simple knowing that someone out there is listening, and at a very deep level, truly understands your situation.
Social media is making that possible every single day. Members are seeing the value in engaging in daily conversation with those who walk in the very same shoes. In fact, without these online social groups, many people have never had the opportunity to connect with anyone else that has ichthyosis.
Sometimes the discussion focuses on a unique issue, like starting a new relationship, or dealing with the social difficulties brought on by skin shedding, or alopecia – or maybe its a topic that most feel uncomfortable discussing, like how to inform co-workers of your skin condition, or meeting a roomate for the very first time. (A FIRST staff member oversees conversations in each group, and if there are questions or concerns that arise that require our input, we are more than glad to join the discussion.) Other times, social media groups offer a simple way to check in and say "Hello, I'm here and glad you are too," or to post a photo of something spectacular; a simple connection that warms the often icy feelings of struggling with ichthyosis all alone.
At this time of Thanksgiving, we are grateful that so many people have discovered the many valuable resources available at FIRST. It is very validating to our staff, board, and volunteers, and continues to assure us that we are involved in a mission that is making a real difference in the lives of others.
But there's something more.
We're so delighted that so many of you are bravely answering the call to not only educate and inform yourselves as much as possible, but to share your experiences, your thoughts, and your personal stories of living with ichthyosis, with those who have reached out and expressed the need for connection. Please accept our bottomless thank you for reaching back.
If you haven't done so already, we encourage you to find a FIRST Facebook group that speaks to your particular stage in life. FIRST Facebook groups include: Adults with Ichthyosis, Young Adults with Ichthyosis (18-30), Parents of Children with Ichthyosis, or Teens with Ichthyosis – and they are all currently accepting members. Additionally, we are excited to share the news that these groups have been engaging in spirited and supportive conversations daily, since the very first day they were created.
So join the conversation, meet some friends, and, hopefully, gain some much needed support, tips, and information along the way.
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Hi all
It's been quite some time that I wonder if it makes any difference in speed to use one of those ($ in JQuery or Mootools) :
$('div#SomeId') vs $('SomeId')
and also in CSS :
.SomeClass {} vs div.SomeClass {}
Do you think it makes any difference at all ?
It will definitely make a difference, but I'm guessing only fractions of a millisecond.
With div.something for instance. It may vary but first the engine would find all elements with a class of 'something', it would then loop through those found elements checking the nodeName attribute to filter out the ones that match 'DIV'.
Obviously with just '.something' you can simply use the built in getElementsByClassName when available. One procedure.
Regards div#idname. Given that you should only have one id of a specific name on the page you should be able to ignore the 'div' in div#idname and just getElementById. However that's the theory and I think most engines will do the same as the tag with className procedure and filter out found elements.
As I say fraction of millseconds difference, and that's also not taking into account any caching that is built into the engine.
Well that's my understanding:)
I can't answer the javascript question but in css div.class is slower as CSS works from right to left.
.SomeClass is matched and the routine ends.
With div.SomeClass the .SomeClass is matched and the browser then has to go and match the Div that is attached to it hence doubling the work.
More info here:http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/css-53/effficient-css-selectors-748058.htmlSimplifying CSS Selectors | High Performance Web Sites
And a funny one here.
As mentioned above in most cases the speed difference on normal sites will be negligible unless you have gone overboard with descendant selectors etc.
I like those links Paul.
The only time I've needed to do something like #someid #anotherid { ... } is when I've needed something to be a lot more specific. It probably indicated bad CSS design!
When using jQuery, it's also very useful to provide a context. Example:
$('#someDiv .something li span.note');
var someDiv = $('#someDiv');
$('.something li span.note', someDiv);
If someDiv is going to be used again, then the second option is a lot better. It saves jQuery from ever having to find #someDiv again, and it makes the process of finding things inside someDiv faster.
It pains me when I see the results of jQuery expressions not being cached, and then being repeated over and over again, e.g.:
$('#myDiv .something p').css('height','10px');
$('#myDiv .something p').click( ... );
$('#myDiv .something p').mouseover( ... );
// etc.
I'm writing a selector engine at the moment(badly I hasten to add). That's v interesting. I've got a pretty basic after thought of a cache implentation which just caches the results and the selector. I had been wondering whether it was feasible to cache in parts as the search is being processed, but just making good use of the root solves that.
Also interesting ( for me anyway) to see what's returned from $('selector'). A test on a simple list.
var x = $('ul');
var y = $('li', x);
0: li
1: li
6: li
context : Document
lenght : 7
prevObject : [ ul ]
selector : 'ul li'
I'm starting to see the advantages of returning an array like object.
A quick experiment, which returns a custom array like object.
function test(selector){
[].push.apply(this, [].slice.call(document.getElementsByTagName(selector)));
var y = new test('li');
This is what I use:
function $(str, el, arr) {
var res = Sizzle(str, el);
return res.length > 1 || arr ? res : res[0];
I use Sizzle (the selector engine in jQuery). Sizzle returns an array of DOM elements. My function returns the first item if there's only one, unless I specify using the arr attribute that I want an array even if there's only one item. Makes it easy to do stuff like this, knowing I'm working with an actual DOM element rather than some other object:
$('span.caption', li).firstChild.nodeValue = data;
Thanks for the answers people.
So, for CSS it's clear that as we KNOW it parses from right to left, any extra step will demand more processing.
Btw, i know this has been widely debated, but right-to-left for CSS seems counter intuitive for developers.
Come on, who ever replaced "#div a" by adding a class to every single link in DIV ? seriously ...
Regarding JS, there doens't seem to be a clear consensus. Looks like there may be a difference between the selector engines ... (btw jquery is not the only one out there).
Instead of doing that in jQuery, you could improve performance by making use of the context selector instead:
$('a', '#div')
Thanks paul, but the fact is, I'm not even using Jquery at all
It matters not whether you are using jQuery or not, it is a useful technique that can be learned from and applied so as to help speed up your searching.
It's always faster to search for the A elements from within a more confined context, than it is to search for all of the A elements on the page and then to filter through them afterwards.
Historically, it's a technique that goes back at least to the getElementsByClassName functions.
function getElementsByClassName(className, tag, elm) {
Where elm is for the context within which to search.
That makes sense. I was tempted to go down the route of using sizzle or sly etc. Would have been the sensible thing to do. Mine has a get method attached which does return an array. I could add the length test to account for single nodes though.
Regarding JS, there doens't seem to be a clear consensus. Looks like there may be a difference between the selector engines ... (btw jquery is not the only one out there).
There are two approaches in Javascript(among others) which is bottom up or top down.
Top down works left to right through the selector, and the bottom up right to left working it's way up through parent nodes etc.
Top down is quicker and would seem like the easy choice, but there is a down side and this is covered in Javascript ninja.
Selector 'div span'.
The top down(left to right) firsts look for div tags and come up with two elements.
Those found elements will then each be passed back to the search but this time as the root of the next search. (Does that make sense?)
This time round the search will find a span tag on each of the found div elements(root elements).
The end result when all is returned is that you end up wrongly finding two identical span tags.
One way around it is to add temporary unique identifiers to the found elements, and that way filter out duplicates.
Another way is to go with the bottom up(right to left) approach. I don't know but this might expain css's logic.
Of course that would be silly if all (or most) a elements were to be styled the same. However I often see this:
Then almost every other p element p element in the page needs the id put in front to win out :
It's all about to doing the right thing at the right time and planning ahead.
Sometimes speed of execution loses out to cleaner maintable code and in most site it won't matter much either way (as far as css is concerned).
There are some though who [promote just using classes but they got very short shrift [URL="http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/css-53/object-oriented-css-uses-learning-newbie-740553.html"]in this thread](http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/lectures/the-top-5-mistakes-of-massive-css/).
Thanks Paul O'B !


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Nas Writing A Book
Nas is preparing to release a new memoir in 2012 and sharing his life experiences in the tell-all book.
According to The Associated Press, Simon & Schuster imprint Atria Books announced Monday that the memoir will be called "It Ain't Too Hard to Tell" and will be co-written with music journalist and TV personality Toure.
While details are scarce, the tome is described as an autobiography and an inside look into the Queensbridge rapper's life.
Nas was recently spotted shooting his video for "Nasty" and is currently working on his next album Life Is Good.


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Swimming Without a Lifeguard Should Be Against the Law [OPINION/VIDEO]
The crowds are lighter and the weather seems perfect for a swim in the Atlantic. But, this is the most dangerous time of year to enter the ocean. With all of the rescues this weekend by random folks strolling the beach, should their be harsher punishment if one swims at the beach without a lifeguard?


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Goal #1 for 2013: SET a goal!
HA! I have a LOT of stuff to work on this year, and as always, I'm behind on setting my goals, but don't worry, give me a week or so, and you will all know what my goals are for 2013! In the meantime, here are the highlights if 2012! We had a BLAST this year! We hope you enjoyed our whirlwind!
I hope you enjoy the 2012 All Things Thrifty Project Wrap Up too!
Her Cottage Style Kitchen was completed just at the beginning of 2012 and one of our first posts for the year revealed the transformation!
The Cottage Style Living Room is soooo beautiful. The pictures just don't do it justice. The sliding barn door was definitely my favorite element in the room!
The Cottage Style Entryway makeover was a lot of fun too! Check out that amazing light pole we used in her entryway! I wish I would have bought one for me!
Of course 2012 had some furniture refinishing too!
Of course we transformed chairs this year too….
Then we got crazy inside and added some texture in our kitchen. Remember the DIY Faux Brick Wall?! This project was so fun!!
Like I said before, I have loved using my Silhouette this year! Making this stencil was so easy!
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WOOTTON Bassett captain Darren Beasant praised the "fabulous" Sam Lawro after he spearheaded a successful run chase against Box in Wiltshire League Division One.
Lawro anchored the Bassett innings with a stylish 94, only falling as he tried to reach his century with a maximum with his side requiring just five to win, as a target of 178 was reached with minimal fuss and an over to spare.
Of the innings, Beasant said: "Sam got the score up to around four or five to win and six for his hundred and aimed for the shot in one, missed it and was bowled for 94 after Harvey (Cummins) had pointed out he needed six for 100.
"It was the same old Sam. He was fabulous, to be honest. They had a decent bowling attack, bowled it in good areas and moved it around early on and he had to spend some time getting himself in but if you missed your line or length you got punished.
"Once he gets 50 or 60 he's pretty hard to bowl at. He's a fine, fine player."
Earlier, the spin twins of Lee Stevens and Ian Lancaster claimed seven wickets between them with a stifling brand of slow bowling after tidy opening spells from Rog Willoughby and Akash Sharma.
Beasant was pleased with the victory which propelled Bassett to third in the table.
He said: "They were what we expected. They are a pretty professional outfit and a well-run cricket team. They'd clearly done their homework.
"They take their cricket very seriously and it was probably not as comfortable as the scorecard made it look. We were much improved up front, got an early breakthrough and once we managed to get Ian and Lee in tandem there was a 15-over period where we choked them pretty successfully.
"Ian took a stunning caught and bowled to get rid of Richard Foley when he didn't have many and from there we controlled it quite well."


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By Ben Ellison
Behind the Screens
|Part 2: One job of the big guys is to put it all together so your boating and shopping is easier.
The line marking how much a strategically smart supplier like Airmar contributes to an end product versus what the brand OEM contributes is purposely very gray. Brand X may get Airmar to perfect and build a certain idea, and the resulting part may then be all Xs. Or, like the broadband technology discussed here or the intriguing Weather Station I wrote about last April, Airmar might come up with something new that it makes available to all its clients, who can use the sensor as is or fashion it into a larger integrated system improvement.
The case of the Maptech FishFinder seems to be all of the above! Other manufacturers are working with the hardware that Airmar calls its BBFF170, for 170-kHz Black Box FishFinder, and new end-user products may ensue, but apparently at least one data string coming out of that box is proprietary to Maptech because its contractor NSI codeveloped it.
Companies like Airmar, successful with numerous clients who compete vigorously, are naturally darn quiet about all they know, but there's still gratification, even fun, to be had in the multiteam creation process. I picked up that the project developers at all three firms involved with 3-D fishfinder not only respect each other but had some good times fishing—errr, I mean testing—together. Airmar and Maptech, which is in Amesbury, Massachusetts, both have off-site test boats, but NSI's little office outside Annapolis is purposely just a short walk to a marina where partners Mark Pringle and Floyd Philips keep two capable test vessels commissioned year-round. Never mind that the newer one has Maptech painted all over it; that's part of a business plan that's finally working well after ten years defined partially by struggle (wrong partner, unpaid royalties, lawsuits, and so forth).
Today the pair knows NSI's niche (and regard Airmar with unbridled awe). And, with only one employee, it's responsible for the contour modules in several Maptech products as well as in Raymarine's RayTech, plus the cool and real—they actually survey the lakes—Bass Tracker animations you may have seen on ESPN or Fox Sports. NSI is also working on Bathy Creator software that will intelligently blend high-resolution sonar readings into existing 3-D bathymetry on the fly; I saw a prototype that I'm sure will fire up some fishermen, or other amateur Capt. Cooks like me, whether it's integrated into i3 or sold directly by NSI, or both. Google can't find NSI, a downside of working behind the scenes, but you can learn more at www.nsiworldwide.com. What you won't find out, and I can't tell you, are the other marine screens where NSI's 3-D work may eventually pop up.
The 3-D fishfinder may be unique, at least for now, but its development wasn't. Multiple teams, often layered and overlapping, commonly conspire to fashion the big integrated systems we see at our helms. But you don't want to be overly clever with that knowledge; the whole is usually much more than the sum of its parts.
Don't assume, for instance, that a particular Airmar transducer will work the same with a different fishfinder or that identical radar scanners will produce identical results on different display heads. And you certainly shouldn't worry about it; one job of the big guys is to put it all together so your boating and shopping is easier. However, if you're looking for help in a defined niche or clues as to what's coming next, or just enjoy understanding how the marine electronics business really works, poke around behind the scenes.
This article originally appeared in the November 2005 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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A NEW website has been launched for women and their families in East Lancashire to provide birthing support and advice online.
Backed by midwives, the Birth in East Lancs group has now become an important source of interaction for mothers, fathers and grandparents in the area.
The website is not owned or managed by maternity services, but by a group that formed to provide support through childbirth and after the baby is born.
Louise Dunn, an NCT breastfeeding counsellor and a East Lancs group member, said that women were interacting together through forums and social media more than ever.
"The website bridges a gap between women and midwives and it's a great place to meet other mums and share birthing experiences.
"We started off as a Facebook group and people communicated through that. The website came next and now we are looking to expand it," she said.
Louise joined five other people when Blackburn and Burnley maternity facilities were changing to get the opinions of local families on the developments.
She said: "It's important to have a birthing service website from the woman's point of view, rather than a health professional's. Community midwives aren't on hand as much as they used to be, so we are here to provide that peer support.
"There's a section for dads too, because they are just as important."
On the website there's a list of local groups and contacts and blogs from mums in the area. Sheena Byrom, former head of East Lancashire midwifery services, supports women on the website, along with Louise, Amanda Chinery, Rachel Harridine, Alex Sevens-Jones and Sarah Johnson.
She said: "I was asked to join the group and it was important to find out what women wanted and more communication was key.
"I am in the group because I'm a grandma, but I am also a link to hospital and if there are any problems I can help mums get better access."
For more information, visit www.birthineastlancs.com.


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The only more interesting political spectator sport in Brussels these days other than the fight over the next European Commission president is the battle between the three euroceptic political groups in the European Parliament to secure allies from the sudden surge of anti-EU and anti-establishment parties that are coming to town.
On Tuesday, two of the most prominent potential kingmakers arrived in Brussels on the same plane: Beppe Grillo, the Italian comedian turned political insurgent who heads the Five Star Movement and its 17 newly-minted MEPs, and Matteo Salvini, leader of the Italian separatist Northern League, who arrived with 5 seats.
Both were being courted by the two new big eurosceptics on the block: Nigel Farage, the bombastic head of the UK Independence party, and Marine Le Pen, his counterpart for France's Front National, who both are trying to form their own seven-country party groupings going into the new session. Read more


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ORLANDO, Fla. – Saint Leo Athletic Director Francis X. Reidy and Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations Vicki Fredrickson will both serve as key speakers at the annual convention of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) this week at the World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Fla.
Reidy, who has served Saint Leo's athletic department for over twenty years, has played a key role in the success of Saint Leo athletics. His previous experience as a coach and sports information director combined with his tenure as an athletic director make Reidy a prime candidate for speaking to professionals in the field of college athletics.
On Wednesday, June 12 at 9:40 a.m., Reidy will address numerous professionals in a session entitled "Marketing Your Career in Intercollegiate Athletics" brought to the convention by the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association (MOAA). He will be accompanied by Peggy Davis, Athletic Director for Virginia State University, as well as Laurie Wilder, the Executive Vice President and Managing Director for Parker Executive Search.
Later in the week, Reidy will also serve as a moderator for a breakout session entitled "Division II - Building Your Athletics Brand Through Social Media."
While Reidy speaks at a session brought to the conference by the MOAA, Saint Leo's Senior Woman Administrator and Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations Vicki Fredrickson will be speaking at a session organized by the National Association for Athletics Compliance (NAAC).
Fredrickson, who recieved her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Saint Leo University in 1999 and 2004, brings a vast sum of knowledge to the conference thanks to her twelve years of service to the Lions athletic department.
Her session, entitled "Division II - Teaming With Your Financial Aid Office" will focus on whether compliance and financial aid offices at various universities work together effectively to adhere to university, conference, NCAA and federal guidelines. Accompanied by Patrick Sterk, Associate Athletic Director at the University of North Carolina Pembroke, the 2 p.m. session on Thursday, June 13, will also address best practices, policies and procedures to ensure compliance while easing the burden of both offices and allowing both sets of professionals to be better teammates.


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Frenchman Alexander Levy claimed his first European Tour title on Sunday despite seeing his five-shot cushion cut to just one on the back nine of his final round at the Volvo China Open.
The 23-year-old was three strokes clear heading into Sunday and looked to be on course for a comfortable victory as he calmly progressed through a flawless first 14 holes with 11 pars and three birdies.
A double-bogey six at the 15th gave the chasing pack a glimmer of hope, but he swiftly recovered with birdies on 17 and 18 for a final-round 69 which saw him finish four shots clear of England's Tommy Fleetwood (68).
Fleetwood made a flying start to his final round at Shenzhen's Genzon Golf Club with three straight birdies - sinking 25-foot putts at the second and third - to get himself firmly in the hunt.
His cause was not helped by a bogey on 13, having hit a wayward drive into the hazard and been forced to take a penalty drop, but another superb long putt ensured a birdie at the 14th - shortly before Levy's nightmare on 15. The Frenchman putted through the green into thick rough and required three shots from there.
That saw Levy's lead reduced to just one shot, but he denied that his blip on 15 had been down to nerves - insisting he relished the pressure of being out in front.
He told www.europeantour.com: "I didn't feel pressure - it was a difficult putt, difficult pin position, my ball was in the divot. It was a difficult shot, I made double bogey but I knew I was playing well and I was only thinking about my game.
"I hit one of my best shots on 17. I didn't feel pressure on the golf course because I'm confident.
"I just played my golf and focused on the target. I saw Tommy made a birdie on the 17th, but I like the pressure."
Levy's triumph - for which he set the tone with a course-record 62 on Friday - meant he became the 20th different winner of the event, in its 20th staging.
Spain's Alvaro Quiros (72) finished third, six strokes behind Levy's 19-under total, with Italy's Francesco Molinari (67) a further shot back and Denmark's Anders Hansen (63), Swede Henrik Stenson (65) and England's Ian Poulter (67) joint fifth on 11 under.


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Every month, Amazon unveils a new list of discounted Kindle books. The December list contains some real gems, especially for lovers of children's literature.
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• A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. Needs no introduction! Kindle price: $1.99.
• Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones — one of the great fantasy authors of all time (my favorite of her books is the strange and lovely Dogsbody, the story of a celestial being who is stripped of his powers and exiled into the body of a dog on earth). Howl's Moving Castle is one of her finest books. Kindle price: $1.99.
• The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner, the first in her highly acclaimed series of Attolia novels. Kindle price: $1.99.
• Seekers #1: The Quest Begins by Erin Hunter. Hunter's Warriors books, about rival clans of anthropomorphic cats, have been the hands-down favorites of my middle two daughters for the past four years, trumping even Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and Betsy-Tacy. Seekers is a a spinoff series, like Warriors but with bears. Kindle price: $1.99.
• Mindblind by Jennifer Roy. A compelling YA novel about a boy with Asperger's Syndrome striving to use his mathematical gifts in a way that makes a contribution to the world—his personal definition of genius. Kindle price: $1.99.
• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel.
This one is temporarily flagged as "under review," but it looks like its December Kindle price is going to be $1.99, and it's worth checking back later in the month to see if the buy button has been restored. UPDATED 12/5: It's back, and it is indeed $1.99. A fascinating story about a man's quest to build a clock that would keep time at sea in order to solve a thorny navigation problem that had led to the deaths of countless sailors over the centuries.
Here's the complete list of 100 Kindle Books for $3.99 or less for the month of December. I'll be loading up my Kindle Fire with several of the books above. My kids still prefer hard copies, but I confess I've reached the point where I'm yearning for ebook versions of my old favorites — I've become pretty attached to the joys of a built-in light and enlargeable fonts. How about you?Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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There will be at least two more couples than usual in Devizes celebrating Valentine's Day together today, thanks to a series of singles soirées.
Devizes group Country-phile Singles, started by Bromham divorcee Lisa Wheeler, has been giving single adults from Wilts-hire and surrounding counties a great new way to come together in the form of Singles Soirees.
Ms Wheeler said: "They are proving to be a great success, having, on average, drawn over 80 singles aged over 30 to the last three monthly soirées, with the idea of bringing singles together and giving them a chance to connect.
"People consistently tell me that they love the friendly and relaxed continental drinks party atmosphere at the soirées.
"They have been very conducive to forming new relationships of all kinds... both friendship and love.
"Besides learning that new friendships are being forged, it's been very gratifying to see people pairing off – two couples that I know of to date.
"At the last soiree I saw a lot of billing and cooing – it was so romantic.
"It will be nice to learn in time whether these new beginnings have lasted."
Countryphile will be hosting two more singles gatherings this month, a Valentine's dance/disco to be held at Devizes Sports Club tomorrow and, ten days later on February 25, is the monthly Singles Soiree in the Cellar Bar of the Bear Hotel, both starting at 7pm.
Though business in Devizes is suffering much the same as anywhere else in the county, people are not skimping when it comes to paying tribute to their loved ones, it seems.
Ruth Matthews, at H J Johnson's jewellers in Maryport Street, reported that sales of engagement rings have risen in the last week or two.
She said: "You get a lot proposals on Valentine's Day so that would explain the rise in the sale of those items. Heart pendants are also popular."
Jo Batchelor, at Devizes Books ,said the sales of her Valentine's cards had been holding up, despite the recession.
She said: "It's not so much the recession as the ridiculous cost of postage these days. The cost of a stamp is now such a high proportion of the cost of the card."
The Bear Hotel is hosting three events in their Lambton's restaurant in the Market Place in the next few days.
Hotel manager Catherine Downie said that tonight's seven-course tasting menu event had all but sold out despite the £55 a head charge and bookings are going well for the intimate three-course dinner on Friday and Saturday nights.
Ms Downie said: "Things are tight at the moment, but people still want to celebrate on special occasions."


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TEENAGER David Hague is on top of the North Yorkshire golfing world after streaking to victory in the final of the York Union of Golf Clubs' Matchplay Championship.
The 18-year-old saw off Fulford's James Cass 5 & 3 in the final to complete a remarkable few weeks which have also seen him claim the Union's junior crown, the club championship at Malton & Norton and a Yorkshire Order of Merit event at Sand Moor.
Hague, who took up golf when he was 11, had earlier beaten Kirkbymoorside's Gary Thorner in the competition before stunning defending champion Adrian Lount (Pike Hills) in the last four.
The tournament took place over two days, starting at Aldwark Manor on Saturday and reaching a conclusion at Scarthingwell the following day.
It was consistent accuracy from tee to green, and the ability to get up and down when necessary, that saw Hague take the title. Three down at the turn, Cass birdied the 12th to give himself a chance of revival.
It was not to last. Hague holed out from the edge of the green for a birdie on 13 and he closed out the match on the 15th.
Hague said: "I am thrilled to bits. There are some great names on the trophy and I am very pleased to now be one of those. I had a good game with Gary. I won two up but he was winning on the 15th and I managed to get it back.
"I started off very well against Adrian. I was four under through eight holes and I was six up at the turn. There was no coming back from that and to win 5 & 3 was quite convincing.
"I play for York with James. We are foursomes partners and neither of us really wanted to beat the other person. We are such good friends. It was a quiet front nine but I birdied two of the last six holes."
Richard Jagger, secretary of Malton & Norton, where Hague won the club championship this year with a pair of 68s, said: "David plays off plus one now and he has had a really great year. He is only going to get better."
Next up for Hague is the North of England Amateur Championship at Pannal on September 30.


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Adam M. Weiler and Aaron K. Haar have joined the Phoenix business law firm Jaburg Wilk as attorneys to expand the Insurance and Commercial Litigation practice groups.
Adam M. Weiler has worked in general insurance defense litigation for most of his career. He handles a variety of tort defense litigation with an extensive background including representation of insurance companies in first party matters as well as representation of insureds in third party tort lawsuits. He worked as in-house counsel at a major insurance company for several years handling tort and personal injury litigation, probate matters, wrongful death and subrogation matters. Prior to starting in private practice, he worked as a law clerk at the Maricopa County Attorney's office in the homicide, vehicular crimes and preliminary hearings bureaus.
Before attending law school, Aaron K. Haar worked in the commercial real estate industry, spending two years in finance and two more in asset management. He attended law school at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, where he served as symposium editor on law review and as president of the Federalist Society. In law school, he externed for the Honorable Gregg W. Zive on the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada and for the Goldwater Institute in Phoenix. Mr. Haar was recognized with a Dean's Award for outstanding contribution to the law school.
"Adam and Aaron are great additions to our firm," said Gary Jaburg, Managing Partner of Jaburg Wilk, "They will be a valuable resource for all Jaburg Wilk clients."
Jaburg Wilk is an AV rated Phoenix law firm, the highest level of professionalism according to the Martindale-Hubbell.


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HIGHWORTH boss John Fisher believes his side can boast one of the best natural goalscorers in the Hellenic Premier now Steve Robertson is over his injury problems.
The forward spent the last two seasons with Fisher at Shrivenham, but after recovering from knee surgery over the summer he has rejoined his former boss to help Highworth's push up the table.
Fisher is pleased to have got his man, and is convinced Robertson will find the net on a regular basis and give his side an edge in the penalty area.
"He is over his surgery now and he hasn't featured all season, but he has played a couple of reserve games and he is back with us which is great, because he is one of the best goalscorers in the league.
"He is one of the top five in the league without a shadow of a doubt, and there are just some players out there who score goals no matter what they do – and he is one of them.
"He scores them in different ways too, and without being crude it can come off his backside and still go in.
"That is what we have missed because players like him are few and far between, and to have him in the side is great because it adds another string to our bow.
"He was with Highworth for a long while and then came to Shrivvy with me, but he is back with Highworth now and he signed back on two weeks ago."
Fisher's side host Witney Town tomorrow after earning the bragging rights with their derby victory over the boss's old club last time out, but he is expecting a very different game this week.
"They are one of the favourites to win the league, so it will be tough," Fisher said.
"Last weekend I knew we always had a chance of doing something, but this week is different and we will have to be at our best to get anything.
"But if we play the way I know we are capable of then we will give ourselves a decent chance."
Elsewhere in the division, Shrivenham will be looking to bounce back from their defeat to Highworth when they travel to Wokingham & Emmbrook tomorrow.


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KATY, Texas - Deputies said a father, son and daughter team dressed up in orange construction vests and robbed a Katy-area bank.
FBI officials said Ronald Catt, 50, and his two children, Hayden, 20 and Abigail, 18, held up the First Community Credit Union in the 23100 block of Cinco Ranch Boulevard about 1:45 p.m. on Oct. 1.
The father and son intimidated employees and customers with guns and got into restricted areas of the bank, where they filled a bag with cash, detectives said. During the heist, investigators said the pair wore orange traffic vests and dark sunglasses. Hayden also wore a fake mustache, and Ronald wore a painter's mask.
Investigators said Abigail drove the getaway car.
Ronald and Hayden were arrested Friday at an apartment in the 300 block of Dominion in the Katy area. Abigail was arrested later that same day.
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Landing Page Optimisation is a PPC centric session, first thing in the morning of day one and right after the keynote speech. It was moderated by Jon Myers and presented by Dr Karl Blanks of Conversion Rate Experts and Nathan Richter of Monetate
Nathan Richter of Monetate
It'll be easy to write up Nathan's presentation as it's already online. I think it's the same presentation as he used for SES San Francisco but I'll embed the SES London upload below just to be safe.
I don't think it's appropriate to embed every presentation. That's unfair to the for-profit conference but where speakers have made the slides available outside the SES infrastructure then I'll use those.
Check out the Q&A section below for more of Nathan's insight.
Dr Karl Blanks of Conversion Rate Experts
Okay, okay – I admit it – Dr Blanks may have lingered for a few minutes too long on his own company at the start of the presentation, triggered by pathological hatred of any sales pitch that dares to appear in a skills conference and may have triggered a few grumpy tweets.
I was won around by the end – perhaps not by the presentation but from Karl's clear abundance of knowledge in the area. For example, as a throw away comment he recommended Voices.com as a good place to go to get hassle free voice overs.
The Conversion Rate Experts presentation can be summarised as a "method acting" based approach to creating landing pages. They encourage us to become our clients' customers in order to design the landing page.
There are two key skill sets;
- Be able to sell the product in a face to face situation
- Be able to write that pitch down
Become a customer – go through the process of buying something from your client and use your own money. Blanks wryly and rightly points out something odd starts to happen to purchase decisions when you're using company money.
Why use fictional customer personas if you can use real ones. If you've really gotten to know the customers and company well enough then this should be possible.
Blanks recommends Kiss Insights as a great web-enabled survey collection solution.
Writing your sales pitch down and turning it into a landing page seems quite a balancing act. Blanks suggests you use as many words in your landing page as you would use verbally when selling the product. However, he also argues to be concise and to edit all the time.
He uses a template to help construct the verbal argument in a landing page. Very roughly it begins with an opening sentence that the reader relates to (the 'that's me' moment), a catchy headline, a joining on paragraph followed by some carefully composed built points. That's finished off by the appropriate call to action and techniques like urgency creation often work.
Landing Page Optimisation Question & Answers
Question: What's the most important part of landing page?
Answer: That's a bit like asking a mechanic what the most important part of a car is, responds Blanks. One way to think about it is to find out why your users aren't converting at this minute.
Question: What's a good recommendation for a multi-variant testing tool that can cope with different user agents – ie, mobile
Answer: Nathan Richter from Monetate recommends Monetate.
Question: In the keynote session Avinash Kaushik of Google and analytics expert urged the audience to go beyond simply measuring conversions. How does the panel respond to that?
Answers: Blanks argues that you should not just optimise for the sale – optimise for other successes too. Richter encourages developing a list of KPIs and assigning a monetary value to them
Question: In May the UK will fully adopt the EU's ePrivacy Directive. This means that web visitors cannot be cookied without their consent and without explaining what the cookie is for. Does this not destroy multi-variant question as we know it today?
Disclaimer: This was my question. It was evil.
Answer: Richter responses by agreeing that the industry faces a huge challenge but that it's not the only one. Hopefully we won't end up in the situation where effective multi-variant testing becomes illegal. He points out there is possible scope for multi-variant testing the most effective form of permission prompt.


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DeceasedOnline have added a further 130,000 entries to their Manor Park Cemetery database, there are now almost 275,000 burial & cremation records for this East London cemetery. The time period now spans 1898 to 2010, the final 160,000 records covering 1875 – 1898 will be added very soon.
The records available include burial registers, grave books and grave section maps.
DeceasedOnline tells me that amongst the inhabitants of Manor Park is the World's 2nd heaviest man, a young Victoria Cross awardee and a royal nanny, you never know your ancestors may have famous neighbours in death!


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- BSO Case Number: 90-1310-003637
- PIO Number: 13-10-25
- Date: October 28, 2013
- Time: 1:33 p.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 2600 Davie Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale
- Jurisdiction: Central Broward, Pembroke Park
- Amanda Beard, female, age 27, Ft. Lauderdale
- Aniah Kalinowski, female, age 3, Ft. Lauderdale
- Jayson Kalinowski, male, 31, 10/25/82, 429 SW 25 Terr., Ft. Lauderdale (IN CUSTODY)
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A man with drug-related arrest warrants fled from a Broward Sheriff's Office civil deputy trying to serve him with a restraining order Monday afternoon, leading law enforcement on a highway pursuit with his frightened girlfriend and toddler along for the ride.
The chase ended when Jayson Kalinowski, 31, bailed out of his SUV in a Pembroke Park mobile home park and hid. A BSO K-9 deputy tracked him down, and he was taken into custody. His girlfriend, 27-year-old Amanda Beard, and their 3-year-old daughter were not harmed. During the chase, a BSO deputy and sergeant saw Beard apparently trying to get out of the SUV. At one point, Kalinowski drove against traffic on an Interstate 95 on-ramp, clipping another vehicle in the process. He was charged with fleeing and eluding law enforcement with lights and sirens activated, resisting arrest without violence, two counts of false imprisonment and child cruelty. He has a lengthy criminal history and two no-bond arrest warrants from Highlands County Sheriff's Office.
BSO continues to investigate the incident, including shots that were fired by BSO deputies in the mobile home park as they searched for Kalinowski. Hallandale Beach and Ft. Lauderdale police departments assisted with his apprehension. Kalinowski was bitten by a BSO K-9 during his arrest.
Media note: Sheriff Scott Israel and Hallandale Beach Police Chief Dwayne Flournoy will be available to media at 3 p.m. today at BSO Pembroke Park/West Park district office, 3201 W. Hallandale Beach.
- INVESTIGATORS: Det. M. Marks, Sgt. Champagne
- D5, D1, Hallandale Beach, FLPD, BSFR, Crime Scene, IA
- THIS REPORT BY: Dani Moschella/PIO 10/29/13 1330
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In my article on Thursday about chief operating officers, I gave four reasons why chief executives might appoint someone to this hard-to-define role – to succeed them, to support them, to liberate them, and to tackle a challenge for them. But it seems I left one out: to be a scapegoat.
G4S has underlined my point about how such posts are as easily abolished as they are created, by getting David Taylor-Smith, the group's chief operating officer, to carry the can for the group's failure to provide the 10,400 guards who were ordered up to support the London Olympics. (Ian Horseman Sewell, managing director of its global events division, has also resigned). To the embarrassment of the company, organisers and UK government, the security shortfall had to be covered at the last minute by the military (who, of course, did a brilliant job). Read more


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>Technical Support>Garmin 610 - upload dates all 1/1/0001
Interval Junkie --Nobby
Apparently, the RA uploader now supports miles from past lives. My workouts from Saturday and Monday uploaded with the date: 1/1/0001. With no name or mile summary in the upload tool. There is some split-data there, but I'm not sure I recognize it as the recent workouts. One certainly is, but the other must be something else.
The data did load correctly to garminconnect.com, so I believe there isn't a data integrity problem on my side.
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Garmin ANT agent 2.3.3
Was working successfully Thursday and the computer has been off since then.
Any suggestions?
MTA: env data
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Just because Garmin Connect is displaying the date correctly doesn't mean there isn't a problem. In all likelihood, there is a problem and Garmin worked around it on the software end. Could you send the file to me so I can see what's going on? Thanks!
I guess I shouldn't have made light of this problem because it happened to me today. LOL! Eric, let me know if there's anything I can do to help fix the problem.
Edited to add: I'm also using a 610 and Ant Agent version 2.3.3.
The invalid date is caused by the corruption, which stadjak also had. Could you send me today's fit file from your Ant Agent folder so I can see if I can salvage the data? Thanks!
The invalid date is caused by the corruption, which stadjak also had. Could you send me today's fit file from your Ant Agent folder so I can see if I can salvage the data? Thanks!
My file had my mile splits and since my Garmin turned off for part of my run, I had to guesstimate the last 2 miles anyway. And, my Garmin watch showed me when I had actually started my run, so, I'm good. I don't need to have the data salvaged. Plus, I don't see a fit file in my Ant Agent folder. And, it doesn't appear in the Garmin Training Center for some reason.
FYI, the same thing just happened to me. Garmin 610 also. The data was still contained in it, so it doesn't matter much. Just thought you may want to know.
I don't know if it's a coincidence or a genuine problem with the 610 since several of you are reporting it in a short span of time.
I looked at the files Julia sent me. Two of them are missing the summary data that resulted in invalid date. I've modified the importer to detect this condition and to generate the summary data from workout detail. Unfortunately, the activity type will still be missing because it is stored in the summary data.
It'll be available in the next upload, which should be in a few days.
I'm pretty convinced my problem was due to my Garmin malfunctioning (rebooting itself over and over during a 20mi run). The data file on the watch whacked out -- and examining the record on the watch caused it to reboot. No surprise RA had trouble with it.
But the problem happened a few months ago and I no longer have that particular watch, so I can't verify that this is the case.


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BURNLEY will assess an injury to Danny Ings today after the striker was forced off in last night's 3-3 draw at Birmingham City.
Ings went off after 75 minutes and was seen on crutches after the match.
Asked about the severity of the injury, Clarets boss Sean Dyche said: "It's too early to say. We'll see how it is tomorrow."


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The defensive reaction by rorting state governments to Canberra's energy white paper is only to be expected – examples of high principles and pursuit of best practice over political expediency aren't easily found in the provinces.
And while the dividends sucked out of electricity by the New South Wales and Queensland governments alone would almost make a banker blush, they happily apply double standards to matters as simple as billing.
It's a somewhat petty matter but still worth hundreds of millions to point out that the O'Farrell government forces NSW electricity retailers to print one-sided political propaganda on their bills, but not to provide information that would save consumers significant money.
Exhibit A: my AGL electricity bill. Jimmy Packer's little mates force AGL to include on the front page in prominent red type the claim that "the federal carbon tax and green energy schemes add about $316 a year to the typical household bill".
No estimate of how much NSW schemes and dud policies add to the bill of course – let's just point in the other direction and run away.
More importantly, while the government is forcing AGL to feed me selective political information, it doesn't make AGL print on the bill just when it charges me peak, off-peak and shoulder tariffs, i.e. something useful.
Oh, page three of three in the small print informs me that I pay 47.77¢ per kWh, 19.4¢ per kWh for shoulder tariff and just 11.9¢ for off peak, but nowhere is there anything as useful as exactly when is peak, off-peak and shoulder.
For anyone concerned about their electricity bill, this is important information. For example, a pool pump can allegedly use more energy than your clothes dryer, washing machine and dish washer combined, so there are some serious pennies adding up if you run said pool pump between the hours of 10pm and 7am instead of 2 and 8pm. Running in peak hours costs 301 per cent more.
It took more than 10 minutes on the phone today to find out from AGL when the peak, off-peak and shoulder periods are. Apparently that information was in the original waffle pack when a timed meter was installed back whenever. As an average sort of consumer, I'd bet plenty of people don't know.
And that suits AGL and the NSW government just fine – they make more money that way.
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HOUSTON - Victims of the collapse of energy giant Enron are expressing concern over a possible deal to reduce former Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling's prison sentence.
Skilling was sentenced to 24 years in prison in 2006 for his role in the demise of the company. Skilling has been in prison for just over six years and Local 2 Investigates has learned his attorneys are in closed-door negotiations with government prosecutors to possibly reduce his sentence.
"It's not right, it's just not fair," former Enron employee Charleen Carlos said.
Carlos said she lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in her 401k when Enron went belly up.
"He should not enjoy his life while other people are suffering from what he did," said Carlos.
However, Local 2 legal analyst Brian Wice said these negotiations are not entirely unexpected since a federal appeals court ruled in 2009 that part of Skilling's sentence was too harsh.
"What's happened in these cases have been convictions, draconian verdicts and ultimately reversals or reductions on appeal," said Wice.
Wice said the negotiations may be the government's way of avoiding a drawn-out resentencing hearing, especially since Skilling is raising the specter of prosecutorial misconduct.
"If there's one thing the Department of Justice doesn't want, doesn't need and doesn't relish at this point is uncovering any misconduct or misfeasance that may have occurred those many years ago," said Wice.
No one yet knows how much of a reduction Skilling may get, but energy analyst Barbara Shook said she does not believe it will be a large reduction in his is sentence.
"Twenty-four years was considered a bit excessive by legal authorities, even at that time," said Shook. "I've seen previous speculation that it might be reduced to something in the 14 to 15 year range."
Sherron Watkins helped expose Enron's misdealing and was a key government witness during the trials. Watkins said she does not believe a reduction in sentence is tantamount to a denial of justice.
"He is a man of means who can keep nickel-and-diming the government with appeals," Watkins told Local 2 during a phone conversation. "If he gets out tomorrow, he's still paid a huge price with the deaths of his parents and his son while he was in prison, he has been held accountable for his leadership failures and he is still a felon. Was justice served? Yes."
Any deal reached between the government and Skilling would still have to be approved by US District Judge Sim Lake, who originally sentenced Skilling.
Watkins said victims are not voiceless in this process. Watkins said victims were notified of these negotiations to give them a two week window to lodge any concerns they may have over a possible reduction in Skilling's sentence.
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