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Myoporum Replacement at Marina
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Back in October of 2011, the first phase to replace the Myoporum shrubs and trees located between the parking lot and the paved walkway at the Marina (near Docks 1 & 2) got underway. This was due to an infestation of the pest Klambothrips Myopori, or thrip. This invasive pest was discovered over 5 years ago, and after significant investigation and efforts to utilize Integrated Pest Management (non-pesticide) techniques failed, a decision was made to replace the trees, whose leaves had turned brown and begun to curl (see right).
The City Council was first advised of the plan to replace the Myoporum during the Sierra Point Landscape and Lighting District hearings on July 6, 2010, and continued to fund this work through subsequent budgets.
Replacement trees will include a mix of native trees and other trees on the City's Approved Street Tree List which are identified as not vulnerable to this pest, flowering trees that attract native California bees, trees that serve well as a windscreen and do well with salt spray, and trees that meet the approval of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC).
Contractors are completing the Myoporum Replacement Project near the north shore, at the north end of the parking lot, so parking near the lot's northern edge may be limited. Prior to the replanting scheduled to begin the week of March 10, the ground needs to be properly mulched and the existing water irrigation system retrofit to be water-efficient. Please exercise caution near the work area. We thank the Community for their patience as this project nears its completion! For any questions about this project, please contact the Public Works Department at (415) 508-2130.
Silverspot Luau
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Spending spring break in Hawaii? If a Hawaiian vacation isn't in your travel plans this year, head to Mission Blue Center (475 Mission Blue Dr., Brisbane) on Sunday, March 9 for a mini tropical getaway at Silverspot Cooperative Nursery School's 11th Annual Luau! Enjoy a fabulous feast and entertainment by Bozwick the Clown and hula dancers as you join in the fun of the silent auction. You may even win a raffle prize of $500!
Your tropical getaway runs from 1pm-5pm and tickets are $15 per adult/$5 per child. Beer and wine are available at the cash bar and all proceeds benefit Silverspot Cooperative Nursery School in Brisbane. Click here for more information.
Silverspot Luau - Sunday, March 9 - 1pm-5pm - Mission Blue Center - $15/adult, $5/child
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City of Brisbane now hiring
Help Launch Brisbane
City of Brisbane now hiring
Posted 2/21/2014
City of Brisbane now hiring
Police Service Aide – Part Time
Applications accepted starting February 24, 2014
Info: www.calopps.org
Brisbane Library
Family Yoga
Sat., Feb 22, 1:30 pm, 250 Visitacion
No experience necessary, Info: 467-2060
Posted 2/20/2014
Help Launch Brisbane
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Thu., Feb. 20, 6:30, 50 Park Pl.
Info: firstname.lastname@example.com
Posted 2/18/2014
City of Brisbane now hiring
Administrative Assistant – Full Time
Applications accepted starting February 19, 2014
100 applications reached - no more being accepted
Be the Street Meme Contest
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Meme what you say, Say what you meme (just make sure it trashes litter).
Be the Street is running a meme contest for the best anti-litter/pro-community memes! Log on to www.facebook.com/BetheSt to choose a photo and enter to win cash prizes. View a sample.
The contest is open to Bay Area residents - ages 14 to 24 - only. Deadline for entries is March 17, 2014 and winners will be chosen on March 24, 2014. Four categories of prizes will be awarded:
- Most popular: $100
- Best meme, ages 14-18: $100
- Best meme, ages 19-24: $100
- Grand prize: $250
Be the Street, a division of the San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program, is a community committed to keeping our Bay Area streets clean and safe www.BetheStreet.org.
Habitat Restoration Day
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2014 Habitat Restoration Day at Costaños Canyon for Earth Day.
Save the Date: Saturday, April 26th from 9:00am - 1:00pm
Bring family, friends and neighbors to remove invasive plants and restore the canyon's native habitat. Please wear work clothes and sturdy shoes; bring gloves if you have them. All ages and abilities welcome! More details to come in future announcements, so keep an eye out here and for the April City STAR newsletter.
For more information and to RSVP, please call (415) 508-2118 or e-mail email@example.com.
Click here to view photos from last year's Habitat Restoration Day, where 30 volunteers came to help out!
HEART Homebuyer Workshop
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Together HEART (the Housing Endowment and Regional Trust of San Mateo County) and Meriwest Mortgage offer a downpayment assistance program for well-qualified families who want to buy their first home up to $521,250 in San Mateo County with 5% down and no PMI insurance.
Find out more at the free first time homebuyer workshop:
When: Wednesday, March 5, 5:30-7:30 pm
Where: South San Francisco Municipal Building
33 Arroyo Drive
South San Francisco, CA 94080
What is the HEART program and how do I qualify?
- Live or work in San Mateo County
- Family income up to $150K
- 680 FICO score or better
- Buyer must have 5% down
- Purchase price up to $521,250
- Buyer may purchase a house or condo anywhere in San Mate County except Daly City
- Mortgage offered by Meriwest Mortgage
- Downpayment loan up to $78,225 thru HEART
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Public Service Aide – Part-time
Positions will be posted on Calopps.org
Posted 2/10/2014
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Heart Fund Benefit Dinner
Sat., Feb. 15, 4 pm, 185 Visitacion
Pork Lion, Potatoes, Veggies & Salad, $10.00
Health Insurance Information
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Saturday, February 22 : 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
It's not too late to get health insurance! The San Mateo County Human Services Agency is here to help you navigate the selection process and enroll you in the available health insurance plans. Their team of dedicated professionals will be on-site at the following locations to assist with enrollment, health insurance, and other eligible programs:
Saturday, February 22 : 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Congregational Church of San Mateo, Kloss Hall
225 Tilton Ave., San Mateo
Saturday, March 1 : 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Fair Oaks Community Center
2600 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City
Saturday, March 8 : 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Community United Methodist Church
777 Miramontes St., Half Moon Bay
Saturday, March 15 : 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Broadmoor Presbyterian Church
377 87th St., Daly City
Saturday, March 15 : 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Siena Youth Center
2625 Marlborough Ave., Redwood City
The following HSA offices will be open
Saturday, from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Feb. 15: 271 92nd St., Daly City
March 1: 2500 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City
March 22: 400 Harbor Blvd., Bldg. "B", Belmont
For more information, view the flyers (in English and Spanish) or visit their website, www.smchsa.org.
February 2014 Marina News
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Neil Patrick Harris Reveals 'I'm Ready for a Little Downtime'
It's not easy being Neil Patrick Harris these days. The talented actor is currently starring in eight shows a week in the Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which just picked up a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical as well as a nod for Harris himself, as Best Actor in Lead Role of a Musical.
The 'How I Met Your Mother' star spoke with PEOPLE this week, and revealed how he spent Father's Day this past Sunday. He also admits that he's looking forward to taking a breather from the grueling Broadway schedule.
Harris and his family began the day with a Gospel Brunch at the Red Rooster, where he dined on fried chicken, biscuits and waffles. "[The kids] loved singing and all of the good food," Harris said of the meal. "It's delicious - the fried chicken, chicken and smothered gravy and biscuits." Following the feast, the actor headed straight to the Belasco theater for two performances of the high voltage musical.
As BWW recently announced, Harris will depart the show this August to make way for Tony nominee Andrew Rannells (Book of Mormon) to take over the lead role. Asked what was on tap for the upcoming hiatus, the actor shared, "Hopefully, some much needed rest. I'm ready for a little bit of downtime." He adds, "After August, I'll be all up in waffles."
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Look, we all write things we regret. Things that later make us feel embarrassed, and regretful, and maybe a little bit ashamed. Not just late-night texts, either.
Here's one of mine, off the top of my head:
Worst Impact From a Big-Time Free Agent Acquisition: Pierre Garcon, I guess. Remember how excited fans were after his big first quarter in New Orleans. Season's really flying along, isn't it?
I wrote that in late October. By late December, that paragraph was enough to cause instant heartburn every time I remembered it. And in fact, I wrote similar things about Garcon many weeks in a row, right before he helped spark the Redskins' first division title in more than a decade.
Fortunately, though, I never actually have to make decisions, other than what kind of soup should I have for lunch. (And even that is often agonizing: Lentil is always so tempting, tomato always so reliable.) Ted Leonsis, though, does have to make decisions. And sometimes, those decisions wind up making some of his older blog posts look a tad dated. Like this one, for example, from April 2011
See the players' confidence building. See players developing right before your eyes. That is what a rebuild is all about. A new big three has announced its arrival – Wall, Crawford and Blatche. Big minutes – big productivity – big results. And wins, too. We are short-handed and so players are getting bigger minutes to show the world what they can do. We have two first round draft picks next off season. We have cap space. We are young. We have upside. We are becoming an exciting team to watch. The sun is shining out today. Admit it. It feels good to be Wizards fans watching the rebuild unfold, yes? I am so grateful to you all and I appreciate all of your positive emails. Thank you.
Well. Andray Blatche now plays for Brooklyn, although the Wizards still owe him money. Jordan Crawford is gone, having been traded to Boston for a set of Colonel Sanders nesting dolls and a dozen chalupas. The two first-round picks that offseason turned into Jan Vesely — who has 7 minutes, 4 fouls, 2 points and 1 rebound in February — and Chris Singleton. Combined, those players average 28.8 minutes, 5.7 rebounds, 6.9 points and 4.6 fouls per game. The rebuild is still unfolding, but the giveaway poster above — from last season — now has more X'ed-out faces than not.
Which is all by way of saying, sometimes you wish the pixels came with a portable Ctrl-Z button.
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New cancer blow for Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie's aunt and the "unsung heroine" in her fight against cancer has slipped into a coma because of the disease.
The 37-year-old actress revealed she underwent a preventative double mastectomy earlier this year in a New York Times op-ed piece published on May 14.
She made the decision after learning she carried a BRCA1 gene mutation, which significantly increased her chances of developing breast cancer.
Jolie's aunt, 61-year-old Debbie Martin, is known to have long battled the disease.
Martin collapsed at home on Wednesday.
"She had a seizure and we took her into the hospital," her husband Ronald told UK newspaper The Mirror.
"She's in a coma. It's breast cancer but I think it spread everywhere.
"They have turned off the life support and her family is all here holding her hand," he said.
A source told the outlet Jolie was "very close" to Martin.
Relatives reportedly call her the "unsung" heroine in Jolie's quest to admonish the disease from her life.
Martin recently revealed she pushed Jolie to take action and have the mastectomy and afterwards applauded her niece for being so proactive about her health.
Martin underwent a lumpectomy following her stage four breast cancer diagnosis in 2004, but that didn't stop the disease from returning stronger than ever in 2012.
"I believe this was the right thing to do," Martin told the National Enquirer of Jolie's surgery. "I think it has reduced her chances of getting breast cancer dramatically. If I had informed myself better before I got breast cancer, I would have made the same decision."
Tests have showed Jolie is also at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer.
The actress is believed to be planning to have her ovaries and uterus removed before her 40th birthday to further lower her risk.
Jolie's mother, Marcheline Bertrand, died from ovarian cancer in 2007. She was 56.
The actress touched on her family's heart-breaking struggle with cancer in the Times article.
"My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 per cent to under five per cent as a result of the February procedure," Jolie wrote.
"I can tell my children they don't need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer."
Angelina shares six children with fiance Brad Pitt.


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Israeli-born pianist Einav Yarden contrasts pieces by Beethoven and Stravinsky, two major figures from completely different musical eras. However, both composers shared the same passion for the piano and considered it to be an indispensible tool in the art of composition. The recording features Beethoven's Sonatas Opus 14 No. 2, and Opus 10 No. 2, and his 11 Bagatelles, alongside Stravinsky's only solo Sonata and several of his piano miniatures.


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It was all paws on deck this Labor Day for the Sixth Annual Doggie Dip at Dormont Pool. While a few drops of rain threatened to put a damper on the event, the sun broke through the clouds, offering four hours of aquatic bliss for pooches of all sizes and their owners. Proceeds from this end-of-season event will be split evenly between the Dormont Pool and the Western PA Humane Society.


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If you live in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) there may soon be no BlackBerry service for you. The New York Times is reporting that that the UAE will suspend BlackBerry services beginning October 11th. The reason? BlackBerry encryption is too good. Encryption is great for users, but not for governments like the UAE who want to monitor communications within the country.
The UAE and Research In Motion (RIM), the company behind the BlackBerry, have been in a long running dispute over the issue. According to the New York Times article, the BlackBerry service is unique compared to other services in the country in the way it sends mobile data outside the borders of the UAE. That fact may be why it is being targeted for shut down. To enforce a shut down the UAE will require telecommunication companies, within the country, to stop forwarding BlackBerry traffic to RIM servers based in Canada.
The clash with the UAE is not the first one between the BlackBerry service and a country who wants greater abilities to monitor communications. RIM received threats from India back in 2008 to cut off the services over similar concerns around the inability to monitor the communications of citizens who used a BlackBerry. India had hoped to convince RIM to setup special servers within India to enable the government to monitor BlackBerry traffic. RIM refused, but India never followed through on its threat to suspend BlackBerry service.
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I am hoping that RIM stands firm on the principle that it shouldn't make a service available that's easy for governments to monitor the communications of its citizens over. If a country is uncomfortable with the way the BlackBerry service operates then the solution is simple. That country doesn't get the BlackBerry.
RIM wouldn't be on new ground by standing up to the UAE. They did it once with India and called their bluff. They could do it again and if the UAE does decide to shut down the service at least RIM can walk away with their principles intact. Caving into UAE demands may save subscribers in the UAE, but it could end up costing a loss of subscribers in other countries who are disgusted with the notion that RIM helped the UAE to monitor its citizens.


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I have very skinny, bony ankles. What kind of cosmetic surgery can I do? How long will it last? Generally, what are the pros and cons of having cosmetic surgery for my ankles?
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Kanye West Goes Platinum, Soulja Boy's Fails To Reach 100K IN 2nd Week
The sales figures are in and Kanye West remains ahead of the pack, bringing home his fourth platinum plaque just one day before '09.
After 5 weeks, the Chi-Town mega rapper/producer's latest record, 808s & Heartbreak, has officially moved 1,023,900 units according to Nielsen's SoundScan. Ye sold 165,100 discs this week, landing him at the number 5 spot on the Billboard 200, 6 spots up from last week.
At number 15 is ATL giant T.I., who sold 78,300 copies of Paper Trail this week. After 12 weeks on the charts Tip has sold an impressive 1,522,100 CDs. 16 spots down is fellow ATLien, Ludacris, who rang up 58,300 units this week. Luda's 6th solo album, Theater of the Mind, is slowing reaching gold status with 439,200 discs sold after 5 weeks.
Right behind Chris is self-proclaimed "greatest rapper alive" Lil' Wayne, sitting pretty at number 32. The chart king has managed to sell and additional 57,800 copies of Tha Carter III, bringing his sales total to a whopping 2,874,400.
Further down the list is Florida rapper Plies at number 36. In its second week on the charts, Da Realist, has sold 52,700 units – making his total stand at 167,400. Controversial rapper Soulja Boy, who earlier this week said that Nas was responsible for killing hip-hop, fell 4 spots to number 47. SB's iSouljaboytellem sold 34, 700 albums in his sophomore week making his total stand at 79,900. – Elan Mancini


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New Captcha System Uses Feelings To Separate Humans From Machines
Everyday online activity is transformed to stop and make you feel.
An activist group called Civil Rights Defenders has developed a new Captcha system that keeps spambots out while informing Internet users of global civil rights issues. Instead of visually decoding images of distorted letters, the new system presents a human rights question and asks users how it makes them feel.
For example, presenting web users with the scenario, "In Kosovo people are tortured in detention. How does that make you feel?," spambot-detecting options include "excited," "bothered," and "great." Or, in the scenario "In 2010 the first Pride parade could take place in Serbia thanks to great efforts from authorities and police. It was a step forward for the rights of LGBT people. How does that make you feel?," options include "very glad," "dusty," and "short."
Differences of sentiments aside, the project is interesting in its approach to use human feeling as a means of distinguishing between humans and computers on the web.
Additionally, the project cleverly embues meaning into an otherwise banal step in a commonplace online process, transforming a rote activity into a platform that promotes social causes.


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This faculty development workshop was held Wednesday, 25 April, 2012 in the Haig Room of Jefferson Library at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The guest speaker was Dr. Joseph Lowman, author of Mastering the Techniques of Teaching (Jossey-Bass; 2nd edition,1995) .
In AY 2011, we co-sponsored the following workshops, also with the USMA Faculty Development Committee.
This faculty development workshop was held Thursday, 19 January, 2012 in the Haig Room of Jefferson Library at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
On-Line and distance learning is a growing phenomenon in higher education.
This workshop introduced USMA faculty to how on-line and distance education is employed across disciplines at the Academy, and explored the potential for on-line and distance education as a means to broaden educational opportunities for cadets.
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Cowlishaw: If injuries get Rangers' Ron Washington off hot seat, why not Cowboys' Jason Garrett?
They don't possess anything close to the players expected to lead them at first base, second and catcher. Their pitching is capable of surrendering 17 runs on any given Monday night.
The Rangers' historic use of the disabled list in 2014 has one silver lining for manager Ron Washington, a man who tries to smile through the pain, saying after a 17-7 loss to Cleveland on Monday, "I think if we had our team, we wouldn't be where we are."
That team never materialized. As a result, the Rangers are sub-.500, trying to avoid slipping past the Houston Astros into the cellar before the All-Star break. That silver lining part for the manager?
At least he won't be judged on what happens this season.
A manager on the hot seat when the Rangers left spring training, Washington's chair has cooled considerably. There is simply no way to evaluate a manager this woefully short on talent.
Which brings us to another topic some of you won't find so pleasant ...
While Sean Lee's season-ending injury reduces Jason Garrett's chances of hoisting the Lombardi Trophy from, say, 3 percent to 1 (too high?) this winter, isn't a similar "hands-off" approach just around the corner for the Cowboys head coach?
You could argue that it's just one injured Cowboy — albeit a significant one — while the Rangers have used the disabled list 19 times, including the likes of Prince Fielder, Jurickson Profar, Matt Harrison, Martin Perez, Derek Holland, Mitch Moreland, Geovany Soto and more.
But if Lee was the best player on a defense that had only a minimal chance of real improvement in 2014, that adds a level of significance to his departure.
The next question: Should Garrett have to pay for the losses of DeMarcus Ware and Jason Hatcher as well? You can throw wide receiver Miles Austin into this mix as well. They're all gone (in varying degrees) because of mismanagement of the team's salary cap, and if you're putting that on Garrett, you're bestowing powers on the head coach that haven't been in place since Jimmy Johnson headed for the Keys.
What Garrett has going for him is a good, not great offense. If it becomes great, he and the team have a chance to succeed, and by that I mean win the East at a time when the five best teams in the NFC inhabit other divisions. If the offense merely remains top 10 but not otherworldly, the Cowboys' hopes are minimized.
But, for Garrett, it's only June and a key player from his thin cupboard has already been removed. History tells us that by mid-August after a couple of preseason games, the injury list will be significant in length. If it contains important members of the offense, is it going to be any more reasonable to judge Garrett as a coach than it is today to form opinions about Washington's managing?
Before you ask, yes, I am aware of the one key difference. Washington took the Rangers to the World Series in 2010 and 2011. If four straight 90-win seasons are to be followed by 90 losses in 2014, it's fair to put it entirely on the club's disabled list.
Garrett has no such skins on the wall. A string of 8-8 seasons puts both sides in a bind when it comes to arguing his merit and deficiencies. Those of us who believe he can be a successful coach are short on evidence and patience. Those who think Garrett should be canned immediately are almost certainly inflating the value of the talent he has coached the last three seasons.
This is supposed to be the season that defines it all, one way or another. Either the Cowboys finally crack through that final game barrier and win the East or Jerry Jones, who desperately wants Garrett to be the answer, will be forced to find his eighth head coach.
At least that has been the thinking.
When the Cowboys host Arizona on Nov. 2, if Garrett remains on the sidelines, he will have served as Cowboys head coach longer than anyone else since Johnson left. It doesn't seem possible that the jury on his coaching skills can still remain sequestered at that late stage.
But if only a couple of key offensive contributors are forced to join Lee on the sidelines early this season, Garrett will find himself in the same no man's land that has cooled the hot seat of the Rangers manager.


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Joshua L. Fincham arrested on rape, assault allegations
A Culpeper County man wanted on rape and firearm charges was caught and arrested by a SWAT team in Culpeper on Friday.
The Culpeper County Sheriff's Office says that 24-year-old Joshua L. Fincham of Rixeyville, Va. is being held without bond at the Culpeper County Jail on charges of rape, brandishing a firearm and assault.
Authorities say that Fincham was wanted in connection to an incident on Thursday in which a Rixeyville woman reported that she had been raped by a man in her home, then threatened at gunpoint.
Sheriff's investigators say that they were able to located Fincham's vehicle near a home in the 700 block of Willis Lane in Culpeper early Friday morning. He was taken into custody at about 6:30 a.m.


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Hey janulka did you ever get this sorted? I'm having exactly the same problem as Janulka above - anyone have any ideas?
Hey janulka did you ever get this sorted? I'm having exactly the same problem as Janulka above - anyone have any ideas?
Ok I got this working... The problem was using 'getForm' as the name of the function - it was causing a conflict somewhere. When I changed the title to something else it worked for me.
eg. my function looks like this
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$record = DataObject::get_one("UserDefinedForm", "URLSegment = 'submit-your-cv'");
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i wrote a little tutorial that might help with this one:
Hi all,
I had this working with the earlier bullds of UDF. However, with the version [v0.5.0] build, I receive the following error:
Fatal error: Call to a member function getVar() on a non-object in /html/userforms/code/model/UserDefinedForm.php on line 406
My function is similar as the link above and this post
function ShowForm1(){
$get = DataObject::get_one("UserDefinedForm");
return new UserDefinedForm_Controller($get);
what member data are you trying to collect?
looks like when the form is submitted the function is failing to get the member. Do you have an IF function for when there is no member?
The original form was created with UDF. It works normally if I call the page directly. However, if I try to use the 'ShowForm()' function and the template $Form, I get the issue mentioned.
Well, looks like a bug in UDF .5,line 406 - userdefinedform.php
I have resolved it by put a 'if' clause around the following line
//$request = $this->getRequest();
// set the values passed by the url to the field
if ($request = $this->getRequest()) {
if($var = $request->getVar($field->name)) {
$field->value = Convert::raw2att($var);
If you're getting the white screen of death with this, check what JS the UserDefinedForm is including.... it may just be a JS conflict


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Properly dried and cured onions last for many months when stored in a cool, dry location, but warm temperatures cause onions to sprout or prematurely rot. Some varieties decay or sprout quickly and are best used soon after harvest. Kitchen counters are usually warm and humid and cause onions to sprout rapidly. Store onions in a cool pantry instead.
Store onions for several weeks in a cool, dry location with temperatures between 50 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit. For longer storage, store onions in a basement or cellar where temperatures range between 32 and 40 F. Braid the tops together and hang onions or cut the tops off and store onions in a basket or crate. Allow air to circulate freely around the onions to prolong storage life.
The type of onion influences how long you can store it before it sprouts or rots. Yellow or white onions, such as Copra and Sweet Sandwich, store for many months. Sweet onions, such as Walla Walla and Sweet Spanish, last only a few weeks. Harvest green, immature onions as you need them. Brush off dirt from the roots and store green onions in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. Use them within one week.
How onions are handled during harvesting also influences their storage life. Wait until the onion leaves have dried out and fallen over. Carefully dig up the bulbs in the morning, leaving the leaves intact. Take care not to damage the onions with a shovel. Brush off the dirt and lay the onions in a single layer on a screen. Set them in a sunny location and allow them to dry until afternoon. Remove the onions to a dry, warm shed or and allow them to cure for three weeks. Once the onion peels are dry, cut the stems 1 to 2 inches long.
If onions begin to sprout, use them as soon as possible. Cut off any minor mold or decay, but discard onions that are soft, yellowed or rotted throughout. If you can't use the sprouted onions quickly, preserve them in the freezer for later use. Cut sprouted onions, dice them and freeze them in small plastic bags for use in casseroles and cooked dishes.
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The DuraLabel 7000 is designed to simplify the sign and label making process and can handle a wide variety of industrial label printing applications. It is especially useful for printing the increasingly popular large arc flash hazard labels. Drum labeling is another popular application. Other common applications include 5S labeling, pipe marking, rack labeling, vehicle identification, directional information, safety information, machinery and equipment, identification marking, and OSHA safety signs.
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Eight-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb will miss most of the 2013 season, his Citroen team just announced, opening the door to the Frenchman's future participation in the World Touring Car Championship.
The 38-year-old Loeb, who is leading this season's drivers' standings in his bid for a ninth title, will only compete in "three or four" races, including the opening Monte Carlo Rally, according to co-pilot Daniel Elena.
"I'm not burnt out, I want to race," insisted Loeb, who has 74 victories in 161 rallies.
Citroen, in an announcement on the sidelines of the 2012 Paris Motor Show, said: "The most successful duo in the history of the WRC still love competing, despite now taking this step back.
"They will therefore be taking part in a partial racing programme next year, starting at the legendary Rallye Monte-Carlo, which opens the 2013 season between 15th and 20th January."
Citroen, aiming for an eighth constructors' title, also announced that it had signed a sponsorship deal with the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi, the amount and length of which were not revealed.
Finland's Mikko Hirvonen, recruited early this year by Citroen, will however race all of the 2013 season, while a third Citroen DS3 WRC will be entrusted to the United Arab Emirates driver Khaleed al-Qassimi.
"Thanks to the partnership agreed with Abu Dhabi, the seven-time World Championship-winning team will continue to compete in rallying, entering three Citroen DS3 WRCs in 2013," Citroen said.
"The works team will feature the Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen crew for the entire season. As passionate and quick as ever, Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena will join them in a partial racing programme which is due to start at the Rallye Monte-Carlo."
Citroen added: "In these tough economic times, Citroen has taken the view that it is essential for it to remain involved in motorsport in order to support its determined and energetic commercial approach.
"At the same time, it was equally important to find a way of reducing the brand's financial commitment to the team's operating costs."
Citroen Racing Team Principal Yves Matton said Abu Dhabi's "partnership will provide us with the means of continuing our programme and entering three DS3 WRCs in 2013".
In addition to a partial WRC season in 2013, Citroen said it would continue to consider with Loeb how they will work together in the future.
Citroen said they were "weighing up the possibility of entering the FIA World Touring Car Championship (FIA WTCC) in 2014/2015".
"The role of brand ambassador for Citroen cannot be a passive one for someone as driven as Sebastien," it said.
"This project would give him the opportunity to pursue his career in track racing with the support of the manufacturer with which he has worked since his competitive debut." -Sapa-AFP


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Crony Consultants in the GOP? Ari Fleischer Talks with WashPo, CNN, But Not Breitbart.com?
Say what you will about the Breitbart suite of online media. Are they over the top sometimes? Absolutely. But do they also do great reporting and interesting and valuable news? Without doubt. The attached article is an example of this.


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The Substitutability of Debt and Equity Securities
This paper investigates empirically the degree of substitutability between debt and equity securities in the United States during 1960-1980. The analysis first applies fundamental relationships connecting portfolio choices with expected asset returns to infer key asset substitutabilities directly from the observed U.S. asset return experience. It then compares these implied substitutabilities with the observed portfolio behavior of U.S. households. The resulting evidence provides little ground for any conclusion about even the sign, much less the magnitude, of the substitutability of short-term debt and equity. Although the implied optimal behavior indicates that these two assets are substitutes, the observed behavior indicates that households have treated them as complements. By contrast, the evidence consistently indicates that long-term debt and equity are substitutes. Moreover, with a few exceptions the empirical estimates of the associated substitution elasticity are quite closely clustered around the value -.035. The conclusion that long-term debt and equity are substitutes with elasticity -.035 bears mixed implications for broader economic and financial questions. At one level, the finding that the two assets are indeed substitutes validates the standard assumption underlying a variety of familiar models in monetary economics and finance. At the same time, if the elasticity is only -.035, then many of these models' more important substantive conclusions do not follow.
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Arab Idol season three will soon be the on the air, but as expected with Ahlam on board, filming has not been smooth sailing [2].
It appears that Wael Kfoury is not only taking over Ragheb Alama's abdicated spot on the judging panel [3], he's also now in the same hotseat from Ahlam [4].
Sources from the hit talent show have revealed that tension is rising between judges Ahlam and the newly added Lebanese superstar. The disputes are said to have erupted on camera as a result of Ahlam acting as if she is the head of the judging committee, which is the same drama that went down between Ahlam and Ragheb.
According to Sayidaty.net, the source added that Ahlam's insistency of being in charge led her to scream and create chaos backstage, much to the anger of Wael. He also began yelling inside his dressing room, opposing her actions and constant loud tone when speaking to others.
While Ragheb and Ahlam were clearIy never best friends - there were more than a couple of hot clashes between the two - Ragheb generally seemed to be the one to smooth out the tension with his cool, calm, and collected approach.
Wael, on the contrare, appears to have more of a temper. He certainly has no qualms speaking his mind or talking back when he gets cornered.
Ahlam will surely have to simmer down a notch or twenty if she doesn't want the relationship with Wael, whom she had originally welcomed so warmly [5], to take a sharp turn for the worse.
Can Ahlam be more professional? Does she even have it in her? Please share your thoughts in the comment box below!
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Notable Quotables - 11/21/2005
America, the New Evil Empire
"Dan, in the past, the President and the administration have been tough on the Chinese over the subject of human rights. Now the administration itself is under the spotlight over the subject of torture of prisoners in U.S. custody. Does this make it any trickier for the President to go and address this issue with the Chinese?"
— NBC's Matt Lauer to White House aide Dan Bartlett on the November 14 Today.
"I just want to say: Who are we? We are people who have always been for inspections of prisons, for some degree of human rights and now we're defending neither....We have now violated everything that we stand for. It is the first time in my life I have been ashamed of my country."
— Nina Totenberg, commenting on a front-page Washington Post report that captured terrorists are being held at undisclosed sites, Inside Washington, November 4.
Ready for Bush's Impeachment
"The Libby indictments have opened the door to making the wider case against the Bush administration that they misled the country into war....The next logical step is impeachment, and I think you're going to hear that word come up and if the Democrats ever capture either house of Congress there are going to be serious proceedings against this administration."
— Eleanor Clift on the McLaughlin Group, November 5.
"There's a perception in this country that we were lied to about the run-up to the war in Iraq....If they lied to us, if there was some kind of intent to deceive, then they ought to find out who did it, and tear their fingernails out, and then get rid of them."
— CNN's Jack Cafferty on The Situation Room, Nov. 1.
Time to Dump Rove, Move Left
"It [Miers' withdrawal] takes him from stand-up guy to tool of the right. If he wants to save his presidency, he's got to change that image of somebody who, and — let me just finish this thought — [Karl] Rove is the problem, because Rove's entire engine is to polarize the country, to go to the base, to make sure that base is always with you, to never neglect the base, which keeps him on the right. If he's ever going to moderate, and if he's ever going to create any kind of national unity, Rove is going to have to go."
— Newsweek Assistant Managing Editor Evan Thomas on Inside Washington, November 4.
"Dogged" by Biased Reporters
"President Bush came to this summit [in South America] to talk about his free trade policy that he says would help ease poverty and create jobs in the region. But questions about the CIA leak scandal, and the role of top aide Karl Rove, continue to dog him."
— ABC's Jake Tapper on the Nov. 4 World News Tonight.
"For President Bush, domestic woes came along, too. The President took a handful of questions from reporters traveling with him....Four of five of those questions related to the political fallout from the CIA leak case."
— Kelly O'Donnell on the NBC Nightly News, Nov. 4.
Anchor Bob Schieffer: "President Bush is in Argentina tonight, dogged by questions from back home....Well, no rest for the weary. Surely that thought must have crossed the President's mind. He left Washington, the CIA leak scandal and the indictment of a top White House aide, only to arrive at a big international summit in Argentina where he found new questions, not about the summit, but about the scandal back home...."
Reporter John Roberts: "President Bush was thankful for the chance to get out of Washington. But it didn't take long for Washington to catch up with him."
Reporter at press conference: "Did Karl Rove tell you the truth about his role in the CIA leak case?"
— CBS Evening News, November 4.
"Most of the questions asked by the reporters...were Democratic 'talking points.'...Somebody should explain to members of the mainstream media, that they are not a part of the political opposition. They're supposed to be reporters. They don't have to echo Democrats."
— Weekly Standard Executive Editor Fred Barnes on FNC's Special Report, November 4.
CNN's "African-American" French
Reporter Chris Burns: "There is at this point about half as many vehicles torched as the night before, so you might call that progress, Carol."
Anchor Carol Lin: "Hard to say, because it's been 11 days since two African-American teenagers were killed, electrocuted during a police chase, which prompted all of this."
— Exchange following a November 6 CNN Sunday Night story about the riots in France. The two teenagers were not Americans, but French citizens of Tunisian heritage.
Glimpse Into CBS's "Standards"
Reporter Brian Ross: "Mary Mapes was the woman behind the scenes, the producer who researched, wrote and put together Dan Rather's 60 Minutes report on President Bush's National Guard service, a report which Rather and CBS would later apologize for airing...."
Ross to Mapes: "Do you still think that story was true?"
Ex-CBS producer Mary Mapes: "The story? Absolutely."
Ross: "This seems remarkable to me that you would sit here now and say you still find that story to be up to your standards."
Mapes: "I'm perfectly willing to believe those documents are forgeries if there's proof that I haven't seen."
Ross: "But isn't it the other way around? Don't you have to prove they're authentic?"
Mapes: "Well, I think that's what critics of the story would say. I know more now than I did then and I think, I think they have not been proved to be false, yet."
Ross: "Have they proved to be authentic though? Isn't that really what journalists do?"
Mapes: "No, I don't think that's the standard."
— ABC's Good Morning America, November 9.
She's a Liberal and a Conservative!
FNC's Bill O'Reilly: "Now the right wing thinks you're a raving liberal, you and Rather contrived to put Bush in the worst possible light....So are you a liberal?"
Mary Mapes: "Well, I'm not sure what a liberal is. I'm more liberal than some people. I can tell you my eight-year-old son thinks he's being raised by the most conservative parents in the world...."
O'Reilly: "Are you registered Democrat?"
Mapes: "You know, I don't know....I don't know if I'm independent or Democrat. I know I'm not — in Texas, I'm not sure how I'm registered."
O'Reilly: "So you would describe yourself politically as?"
Mapes: "Oh, my goodness. I'm liberal on some things, I'm conservative on some things."
— FNC's The O'Reilly Factor, November 10.
Larry King: "How about those who said you had a motivation, that you were interested in defeating Bush. You, Mary Mapes.....You had no personal [agenda] at all?"
Mary Mapes: "Oh, my God, no, no of course not! I also, I mean we, Dan Rather and I did stories on Hillary Clinton, we did stories on the Clinton administration and terrorism. No, that's not — you question whoever is in your cross-hairs and it doesn't matter."
— Exchange on CNN's Larry King Live, November 9.
Can't Pass Paper's Black Test?
"In losing a woman, the court with Alito would feature seven white men, one white woman and a black man, who deserves an asterisk because he arguably does not represent the views of mainstream black America."
— Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial denouncing the choice of Judge Samuel Alito, November 1.
His Liberal Views Just a Bonus
"Some conservatives mistrust [Arizona Senator John] McCain, partly because reporters like him, and they think that makes him a liberal. But we like him because he answers our questions, not because of where he stands on issues. He is, in fact, conservative: anti-abortion, for a strong defense. He's a fiscal conservative — against big spending and big deficits."
— Bruce Morton on CNN's Situation Room, November 10, skipping over McCain's liberal positions on taxes, campaign finance "reform" and environmental regulation.
Bias Charge "Damn Foolishness"
Chris Wallace: "I get e-mails from time to time saying to me, 'You're just like your father,' and they don't mean it as a compliment."
CBS's Mike Wallace: "What does that mean?"
Chris Wallace: "They say, 'Go to CBS. Go to one of the big networks. Go to the mainstream media' — as if that were a foreign land. Do you understand why some people feel such disaffection for the mainstream media?"
Mike Wallace: "Oh, yeah. They think we're wild-eyed commies. Liberals. Yes?"
Chris Wallace: "That's what they think. How do you plead?"
Mike Wallace: "I think it's damn foolishness."
— Exchange on Fox News Sunday, November 6.
"It's very difficult for any reporter or producer to completely and totally shut out his political opinions, but what I've seen at CBS News, people do a darned good job at doing that. I guess if I saw that creeping into our coverage I would have to address it, but I don't see that in our coverage. I think we have been falsely accused of that at times."
— New CBS News President Sean McManus at a meeting with CBS employees, as reported by Vaughn Ververs on the "Public Eye" blog on CBSNews.com, November 8.
The Bushes First "Oil War"
"Good morning, and welcome to the Critic's Corner.... Jarhead — that's slang for a Marine — is set in Desert Storm, America's first oil war."
— Gene Shalit reviewing Jarhead on NBC's Today, Nov. 8.
PUBLISHER: L. Brent Bozell III
EDITORS: Brent H. Baker, Rich Noyes, Tim Graham
MEDIA ANALYSTS: Geoffrey Dickens, Brian Boyd, Brad Wilmouth, Ken Shepherd, Megan McCormack, Mike Rule
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During a speech at Fortune magazine's Brainstorm Green conference in California earlier this week, Ford CEO Alan Mulally spilled the beans on what it costs for a battery in the company's Focus Electric, which is between $12,000 and $15,000.
"When you move into an all-electric vehicle, the battery size moves up to around 23 kilowatt hours," he said. "It weighs 600 to 700 pounds and they're around $12,000 to $15,000 for a car [in conventional gasoline form] that normally sells around $22,000. So you can see why the economics are what they are."
Based on the information Ford's CEO provided, the automaker pays somewhere between $552 and $650 per kilowatt-hour for EVs like the Focus Electric, which is currently priced at $39,200.
Although the U.S. Department of Energy has set a target of lowering the cost of batteries to around $300 per kilowatt-hour, in Ford's case the idea of realizing significant production volumes for cars like the Focus Electric isn't a high priority, at least for now.
Because the EV version is based on the conventional gasoline-engine Focus, which sells in high volume, Ford says it can afford to distribute the EV in relatively small numbers. Late last year, just 10 examples were sold to fleet customers, though more Focus Electric models are now rolling off the Wayne, Michigan assembly line, alongside their gasoline counterparts.
Although priced slightly higher than the $35,200 Nissan Leaf , Ford says the Focus Electric can go a distance of 76 miles before needing a charge, a scooch further that the Leaf's declared real world range of 73. Furthermore, by using a 240-volt charger, the Ford's battery pack can replenished in just 3.5 hours compared to the Leaf 's present 6-7 hour recharge time with a 240-volt charger.


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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- aTyr Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIFE), a biotherapeutics company engaged in the discovery and development of Physiocrine-based therapeutics to address severe, rare diseases, today announced operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016.
"During the third quarter, we continued to make significant progress in our clinical development of Resolaris for the treatment of patients with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), early onset FSHD, and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2B (LGMD2B). We look forward to announcing data from our three ongoing clinical trials in these indications next month," said John Mendlein, PhD, CEO of aTyr Pharma. "We anticipate initiating clinical development for our iMod.Fc program for rare pulmonopathies next year. Finally, we continue to advance our understanding of the Resokine pathway to aid in therapeutically intervening in homeostatic pathways in a fiscally prudent manner."
Recent Highlights
Upcoming Milestones
Third Quarter 2016 Financial Results
Research and development expenses were $10.4 million and $7.7 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The increase of $2.7 million was due primarily to a $0.9 million increase related to cGMP manufacturing of Resolaris to support future clinical trials, a $0.8 million increase in clinical and non-clinical development costs for Resolaris and a $0.6 million increase in GMP manufacturing development costs for iMod.Fc. For Resolaris, we have substantially completed our GMP manufacturing runs at commercial scale and do not anticipate additional commercial scale runs in 2017.
General and administrative expenses remained relatively flat at $3.5 million compared to $3.6 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
Year-to-Date 2016 Financial Results
Research and development expenses were $33.7 million and $21.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The increase of $11.9 million was due primarily to a $5.7 million increase related to cGMP manufacturing of Resolaris to support future clinical trials, a $3.9 million increase in clinical and non-clinical development costs for Resolaris, a $1.7 million increase related to compensation expenses resulting from increased headcount in research and development functions, including $0.2 million of non-cash stock-based compensation, a $1.3 million increase in other pre-clinical development costs and a $0.8 million increase in GMP manufacturing development costs for iMod.Fc. The increase was offset by a decrease related to a one-time $1.4 million non-cash expense for the assignment of certain intellectual property rights in the prior year period.
General and administrative expenses were $11.7 million and $9.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The increase of $2.4 million was due primarily to a $2.1 million increase in personnel costs resulting from increased headcount, inclusive of $1.2 million of non-cash stock-based compensation.
Financial Guidance
As of September 30, 2016, we had $80.9 million in cash, cash equivalents and investments and 23.7 million shares of common stock outstanding.
aTyr continues to expect that its cash, cash equivalents and investments will be sufficient to fund its anticipated operations into 2018.
About aTyr Pharma
aTyr Pharma is engaged in the discovery and clinical development of innovative medicines for patients suffering from severe rare diseases using its knowledge of Physiocrine biology, a newly discovered set of physiological modulators. The Company's lead candidate, Resolaris, is a potential first-in-class intravenous protein therapeutic for the treatment of rare myopathies with an immune component. Resolaris is currently in a Phase 1b/2 trial in adult patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2B (LGMD2B or dysferlinopathies) or FSHD; and a Phase 1b/2 trial in patients with an early onset form of FSHD. In addition, Resolaris is currently being evaluated in two Phase 1b/2 long-term safety extension studies, one in patients with adult FSHD and the other in patients with adult FSHD, early onset FSHD, and LGMD2B. aTyr has built an intellectual property estate, to protect its pipeline, comprising over 80 issued or allowed patents and over 230 pending patent applications that are owned or exclusively licensed by aTyr, including over 300 potential Physiocrine-based protein compositions. aTyr's key programs are currently focused on severe, rare diseases characterized by immune dysregulation for which there are currently limited or no treatment options. For more information, please visit http://www.atyrpharma.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Litigation Reform Act. Forward-looking statements are usually identified by the use of words such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "may," "plans," "projects," "seeks," "should," "will," and variations of such words or similar expressions. We intend these forward-looking statements to be covered by such safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements and are making this statement for purposes of complying with those safe harbor provisions. These forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the potential of Resolaris or iMod.Fc, the ability of the Company to undertake certain development activities (such as clinical trial enrollment and the conduct of clinical trials) and accomplish certain development goals, the timing of initiation of additional clinical trials and of reporting results from our clinical trials and projected cash expenditures reflect our current views about our plans, intentions, expectations, strategies and prospects, which are based on the information currently available to us and on assumptions we have made. Although we believe that our plans, intentions, expectations, strategies and prospects as reflected in or suggested by those forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that the plans, intentions, expectations or strategies will be attained or achieved. Furthermore, actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements and will be affected by a variety of risks and factors that are beyond our control including, without limitation, risks associated with the discovery, development and regulation of our Physiocrine-based product candidates, as well as those set forth in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and in our subsequent SEC filings.
To read full press release, please click here.


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We all lead busy lives. Whether you're a student trying to keep your class work straight while you work towards a degree, you're a small business owner hustling for clients and juggling myriad tasks, you're a corporate manager dealing with multiple projects and teams of employees, or you're a work-at-home mom looking for ways to balance the many obligations associated with running a business, raising kids, and keeping your home in ship shape, you might be on the lookout for a handy app that will help you to keep everything straight. And while there are certainly plenty of applications for your mobile devices that deliver varying levels of functionality in a wide range of prices when it comes to listing tasks and managing projects, the best all-around option is a handy app called OmniFocus.
Mac users may already be familiar with the web-based program of the same name, which promises to help users increase productivity through adding, organizing, and processing tasks. The OnmiFocus app for the iPhone and iPad makes the experience mobile. So anyone who has been using the software on their computer for a while will surely see the value in adding the app to their personal or professional lineup. Of course, it will set you back $39.99 for the optimized iPad version, but if you go for the original iPhone version you can now have virtually the same functionality for half the price ($19.99). And you'll get a lot for your money.
What sets this app apart from others of its kind is that it allows for multiple types of organization. For example, you can start with overarching goals, add projects within those goals, and then further narrow to task lists. But you can also set contexts for categorization, such as people or places. Say you are working on multiple projects at the office and you have a variety of tasks associated with each. While you will assign tasks on a project-by-project basis, you can also set them under the context of a place, the office, so that you can easily view all of the tasks for the day regardless of which project they're associated with. Or if you want to keep track of all your kids' activities you can enter them under personal context headings.
And of course, everything shows up on your calendar as scheduled so you can see at a glance what is coming up today or skip ahead to see what you've got on the horizon for the week. You'll also get notifications to remind you of scheduled events and due dates. As an added bonus, tasks that are assigned to certain places will show up on a map and the application will let you know if any other tasks are associated with that location or nearby areas so that you might multitask. And the sync feature will ensure that you have access to all of your data no matter what device you're working on. In short, OmniFocus is one smart app that can enhance productivity for everyone from a Tampa business broker to a soccer mom to a Harvard law student.


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These new enhanced 550MHz category 6 UTP patch cables offer data transmission rates of up to 155Mbps, a 35% improvement over standard Cat 5e cables. Supports today's 100Mbps fast ethernet standards and tomorrow's 1000Mbs needs.
MCM filled my order promptly and delivery was fast. The item I ordered was top quality as is everything I have ordered from them.


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Deception IV: Blood Ties review (Vita)
We like to think we're pretty clued up when it comes to PlayStation gaming. But when something like this falls onto our desks and we're left wondering what happened to the first three Deception games, our confidence waivers. We've got a half-decent excuse this time around though – the franchise goes by about three different names and only one of the previous games came out in Europe (on PSone and on the eve of PS2), as well as PS2 spin-off Trapt which we've only just remembered even exists. By all accounts, we didn't miss much, either. Middling reviews and myriad technical issues ended up holding the innovative games back and while Blood Ties still has its fair share of problems, it's still an interesting enough concept in today's markets of extremes – big-budget triple-A follow-the-man-'em-ups and simple low-key indies – to warrant a look.
Deception is kind of hard to explain, which makes sense as it's also kind of hard to play. The principle is simple enough – you, the devil's daughter, find yourself trapped in a series of multi-part maps and invaded by waves of enemies, with your only form of defence the ability to lay traps in the environment. These come in two lots of three flavours, with hazards able to emerge from walls, floors or the ceiling and falling into one distinct category: humiliating, sadistic or elaborate. While many of the early maps can be cleared simply by spamming one quick and basic trap, doing so is the equivalent of playing through Devil May Cry only using the guns – inefficient, boring and entirely missing the point.
You see, the real thrill here comes from setting up and executing elaborate chain reactions that employ your own traps as well as those handily built into the environment. It's all about torturing foes with spike-covered Rube Goldberg machines and handily, the game pauses while you switch to a grid-based overview of the room so you can take your time and make the most of every step of this harrowing process. Score bonuses can be accrued by using multiple traps of the same category in the same combo and while this can be hard to make use of in the early stages when only a handful of devices are unlocked, clever play will quickly see you earn enough cash to broaden your perverse horizons.
That early part of the game is by far the weakest – it's not just the modest arsenal of traps that frustrates but also both the pathetic and limiting number that can be laid at once and the fact that an extended tutorial manages to walk you through specific combos (often twice) without really explaining how or why things work as they do. Experimentation is part of the fun to be fair, although it's not until you can place a decent number of traps that this really comes to the fore. The same trial and error approach applies to the tougher armoured enemies, where you need to find and exploit each of the opponent's weak points in one combo then send them flying to shatter their protection and leave them exposed to your full arsenal – armour tends to negate certain trap types, making clever use of all your tools crucial in undressing and destroying these tougher foes.
But even landing the crucial first hit can be tough, especially considering smarter foes will (knowingly or otherwise) tend to avoid many of your bladed gambits. Each must be activated manually, which you can't do if you're taking damage or, heaven forbid, manage to combo yourself – with limited defensive options aside from traps and virtually no protection offered by the heroine's skimpy outfit, not every combo will play out fully and often, failing to accept that and retreat accordingly will get you killed. It's a tough game (which is probably why there's an auto-evade ability that halves your financial rewards in the menu, an 'easy mode' of sorts) and while setting up the same contraption for a tenth time after a bunch of deaths isn't exactly fun, the sense of reward when you finally hit the full sequence is entirely worth the stress.
Deception IV is a gloriously silly celebration of the exhibition combo, those impractical yet impressive strings of attacks fighting experts throw together in combo videos paraphrased here with bonkers chain reactions of spikes, boulders, rakes, bombs, blades and banana peels. The emphasis on trial and error won't be to everyone's tastes and the camera can still be a pain in the ass (a series staple, as we understand). But in those wonderful moments where bothersome good guys are thrown through a perfectly planned and executed trap loop until they keel over, all of the game's problems fade away and you're left cackling maniacally at your Vita while everyone else on the bus glares at you like you're some kind of sadistic lunatic. Which, to be fair, you kind of have to be to fully enjoy this devious gaming oddity.
Score: 78%
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Now that you have an idea for your business, it is time to examine whether it will work or not. Firstly, determine what you want to now. Your market research will help you build your business plan and test the feasibility of your idea by asking if you can build the business and will there be sufficient demand for your products & service. Then, decide on how & where to gather your research. You can explore secondary research sources such as newspapers, reports etc and primary research which includes talking to customers, visiting competitors and networking. You will need to look at many things such as:
- What product/service will you provide.
- What resources (staff, equipment, premises) will you need.
- What legal structure will you choose (sole trader, partnership, limited or unlimited).
- Who are your target customers.
- Customer Demographics (age, gender, location, occupation, buying behaviour, lifestyle etc).
- What are their buying behaviours, for example household retailers find that customer's view their products online but visit the store to touch the real product.
- How do they use your competitor's products.
- Who & where are they.
- What do they sell & how much do they charge.
- What makes them unique to each other.
- What are they doing right/wrong.
- What do customers think of them.
- Are there other organisations that can help me operate (suppliers, substitutes, local businesses, advertisers.
- Attend trade fairs or meeting for County Enterprise Boards, Chambers of Commerce etc .to meet other businesses that could become customers, suppliers, and partners or point you in the right direction.
- We are your suppliers.
- What is their product range, pricing & service like.
- What are their credit terms.
- Ensure you have a back-up in case one supplier fails on a delivery.
- Are there any legal loopholes that create a new opportunity for companies.
- Is there any forthcoming legislation which could affect the market?
Economic environment:
- Look for growth sectors or areas that are attracting investment from governments etc. Be aware of sectors that are growing such as high-tech start-ups and areas in decline such as new property construction.
- Look for trends that are becoming popular in society
- For example the rise of healthy snack foods in the early 2000s or spread of social media worldwide.
- Look for new technologies that will allow your business to replace existing competitors or facilitate you to do business.
- For example, the growth of online retailing has allowed many businesses to sell without a physical shop.
Sources of Research:
- Central Statistics Office
- Newspapers (Irish Times, Business Post etc)
- OECD, Ireland
- Fin Facts Ireland
- ESRI Reports
- Forfás Reports
- DecisionMap.ie
- Library & online journals
- Emerald journals online
- Infotrac
- Factfinder
- Lexis Nexis
- BordBia
- County and City Enterprise Boards
- Area Partnership Companies.
- Professional associations .
- Trade associations & publications.
- Chambers of Commerce
For further Research:
- Porters 5 Forces
- PEST Analysis
- SWOT Analysis
By Robert Farrell.
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