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Each week, we'll ask our stable of scribes across the globe to weigh in on the three most important NBA topics of the day — and then give you a chance to step on the scale, too, in the comments below.
What to do with Kobe? | Can the Knicks be fixed? | Disappointing should-be contender?
VIDEO: GameTime's Brent Barry and Steve Smith discuss the NBA's best teams
Which supposed title-contender is leaving you coldest right now?
Steve Aschburner, NBA.com: Let's see, I already laid waste to the Knicks in another of today's questions. I'm cutting Brooklyn and the L.A. Clippers some slack because it's early for veteran-laden teams hoping to still be playing in June. I think Chicago and Oklahoma City are flawed but acknowledge certain undeniable strengths. Miami, Indiana and San Antonio are locked and loaded. That leaves me with Golden State and Memphis (sorry, Houston), and I've expressed doubts about the Warriors' durability and two-way-ness before. But the Grizzlies seem neither to have improved much offensively (oy, that perimeter shooting) nor maintained what had been their disruptive defense. A lot of folks didn't even rate them as contenders coming in, but that's not how this edition of Memphis basketball was supposed to go. Mike Miller looking more spry than Tayshaun Prince is just one of Grizzlies' many issues.
Fran Blinebury, NBA.com: The team that used to play tough defense, shut opponents down and be the once-rugged, snarling Grizzlies. To quote Bob Dylan, I'm stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again.
Jeff Caplan, NBA.com: Hello, Brooklyn. But while I wait for Deron Williams to revert to his Utah days, allow me to suggest that Dwight's Rockets already give me a headache. I know Dwight's put up some monster rebounding games, but he's only averaging 17.7 ppg and is shooting 55.6 percent from the floor, which just two weeks in would go down as his worst since his second season. I watch him in the low block and marvel at the bricks he puts up from 5-feet and in. There's nothing close to a Dream Shake going on there. Worse, Dwight's passive performance in the home loss to the Kobe-less Lakers was extraordinarily embarrassing as he literally ran away from L.A.'s Hack-a-Howard tactic. Where's the killer mentality? Where's the heart? I only see gazes of confusion. I predicted Dwight, set free from weighty decisions, would have a big year. Statistically, I suppose he's on his way, but unless he ratchets up the intensity and the leadership, I don't see the Rockets being a big, bad title contender.
Scott Howard-Cooper, NBA.com:With an emphasis on "at this point of the season" and understanding that they may have a week or two for a turnaround: the Clippers. The defense needs to get a lot better. Getting Matt Barnes healthy will help. Getting more time with Doc Rivers' system will help. Underwhelming start, but the cold is not permanent.
John Schuhmann, NBA.com: The Clippers. They'll get better defensively as the season goes on, but they can't even see the top 10 in defensive efficiency from where they are now (28th). And as good as they are offensively, that's where they need to contend. Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan are OK, but not great on defense, and they're depending on those two a lot more than they were last season, when they had two strong defensive bigs off the bench. I was curious to see if Doc Rivers could get them defending at a league average rate (at least), but the early returns have not been good.
Sekou Smith, NBA.com: You must have identified a team as a "title contender" before now to figure out which one leaves you coldest right now. The Memphis Grizzlies (formerly the Hang Time Grizzlies … before they ran off Lionel Hollins) have me freezing right now. They played in the Western Conference finals last season and were supposed to be a team ready to take that next step this season with their core coming back and a new voice (Dave Joerger, who was hand-picked by the front office) leading them. After watching the Indiana Pacers, a team that made its own trip to the conference finals last season, take them apart Monday night, my expectations for the Grizzlies continue to free fall. You have to be careful in this league when you go tinkering with success. What Hollins brought to the table for the Grizzlies was truly something special. He had a way of pushing just the right buttons on a roster with so many unique personalities that I think folks inside (and outside) the team failed to realize it before he was ousted. Hollins wasn't just the best fit for the Grizzlies, he was the perfect fit.
Lang Whitaker, NBA.com's All Ball blog: I'm not sure if anyone picked Houston to be a title contender, but of all the teams that people talked so much about over the summer and felt were in that upper echelon, to me the Rockets have several issues to address. Dwight Howard is either still bothered by the injuries that slowed him the last two seasons, or he's just not the player he used to be. Houston's poor perimeter defense wouldn't bother me so much if Dwight was back there erasing shots, but he hasn't been (he's averaging his lowest blocks per game since 2006). Meanwhile Dwight's shooting a career low at the free throw line, 47.1 percent, so Hack-A-Dwight is an obvious and effective strategy for teams to go to.
Philipp Dornhegge, NBA.com Germany: The easy choices might be Brooklyn and Chicago, but I'm not really worried about either team. The Nets will need a while to really develop some chemistry, and they're not particularly interested in the regular season. The Bulls' offense heavily depends on Derrick Rose, and he hasn't been able to find his rhythm yet. The Grizzlies have been kind of underwhelming, but if we count Houston among contenders, the Rockets are my choice. Dwight Howard and Ömer Asik don't fit together yet, they don't have an NBA starting power forward and their defense has been awful. Lots of question marks in the loaded West.
Adriano Albuquerque, NBA.com Brasil:I expected Houston and Brooklyn to have some chemistry fine-tuning difficulties early on, and D-Rose just couldn't come back at a 100% so early, but I definitely expected more from Doc Rivers' Clippers. They are a powerhouse offense, but we were told Doc's focus was making this team into an elite defensive unit, and that couldn't be further from what it actually is on the court. On D, they look like a pick-up team right now.

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Bangladesh Oppn enforces nationwide shutdown
Thousands of security officers patrolled the streets of Bangladesh's capital today trying to prevent violence during a general strike called by 18 Opposition parties.world Updated: May 08, 2013 12:46 IST
Thousands of security officers patrolled the streets of Bangladesh's capital Wednesday trying to prevent violence during a general strike called by 18 Opposition parties.
The strike was ostensibly organized to demand changes in electoral law and to protest the deaths of 29 people, many of them Islamic hardliners, on Monday during street demonstrations calling for new anti-blasphemy laws.
But many Bangladeshis see the protests as continuing gamesmanship between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her archrival former prime minister Khaleda Zia ahead of elections next year.
"These politicians have gone mad," said Dildar Ahmed, a 50-year-old taxi driver.
"They are fighting to gain power over our dead bodies."
Rioting has swept Bangladesh since late February when a war crimes tribunal convicted Delwar Hossain Sayedee, a top leader of the small Opposition party Jamaat-e-Islami, of committing atrocities during Bangladesh's 1971 war for independence against Pakistan.
Clashes between police and Sayedee's supporters killed more than 70 people. War crimes trials of other Opposition leaders are pending.
The Opposition has accused Hasina of using the tribunals to try to weaken her opponents ahead of the elections, which she denies. Jamaat-e-Islami is a key Zia ally that was a coalition partner in her government from 2001 to 2006.
The Opposition also is demanding the restoration of a constitutional provision that mandated elections be held under a neutral caretaker administration. The system was abolished two years ago after the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional.
Fearing arrest by the war crimes tribunals, Jamaat leaders have gone into hiding.
But a new group emerged in its place.
Hefazat-e-Islam, led by a respected octogenarian Islamic thinker Shah Ahmed Shafi, says it is a non-political organization fighting those who want to undermine Islam.
It accused the government of tolerating blogs ridiculing the country's dominant religion and has called for a harsher law against blasphemy.
The government rejected the demand, saying current laws were sufficient and reaffirming the nation's secular character.
Many in Bangladesh suspect Shafi's group is a Jamaat proxy, pointing to its roots in the country's thousands of Islamic schools, reported financing by Jamaat and backing by Saudi Arabia.
"The blasphemy law is not the real issue here.
This group of fighting for Jamaat to protect the war crimes suspect." said Anwarul Azim, head of a university in southeastern Chittagong, where Shafi has his headquarters in an Islamic school.
Analysts also see the latest street fights as prelude to the show of power ahead of next year's general election.
"In the final analysis, the game is all for power," said Hassan Shahriar, a political columnist.
"Zia is supporting the hardliners not out of love for them, but for their support in the next elections."
Jamaat and the Islamic groups command nearly 3 percent of the vote.
Last week, Hasina offered to hold talks with Zia to try to end the unrest.
"Strikes and deaths on the streets are not a solution," she said, "Talking to each other is the best way to settle political differences."
Zia has turned down the offer, saying the government must first agree to appoint a caretaker administration to oversee the election.
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Yesterday's post teased to today's look at who makes the 53-man roster at the quarterback and specialist positions. But there's no fun in predicting the cuts in those areas because, well, there aren't going to be any cuts.
So before we get to shoot fish in a barrel, here's a summation of how things look at …
For the fourth straight season, Mike Patterson and Brodrick Bunkley will be the Eagles' starting defensive tackles. In this day and age, that's an eternity. There was some off-season clamoring that the Eagles should get a defensive tackle, particularly one that can pass rush. But with Patterson and Bunkley more than serviceable in stopping in the run and the Eagles more and more comfortable moving their ends inside on passing downs, it wasn't a move necessary for the team's defensive scheme.
There's also the possibility that the Eagles have a pass-rushing tackle already on their roster. Trevor Laws came with that tag when the Eagles drafted him in the second round two years ago. He'll tell you to this day that he prefers getting after quarterbacks more than run stopping. But youth, injuries, and perhaps motivation, stunted Laws' growth.
He came into this camp, however, healthy and seemingly rededicated and looked to be both early on. His effort eventually landed him on the first team nickel defense. But he seemed to tail off as camp broke and hasn't done much in the first two preseason games. As a result, rookie ends Brandon Graham and Daniel Te'o-Nesheim have been the nickel tackles.
Graham is probably a sure bet to keep that spot, but Te'o-Nesheim isn't and Laws could easily find his way back. Before camp he was one of the names being tossed around as the possible annual surprise cut, but he's probably done enough to stick around, and being a second-round pick probably gives him one more year of grace.
Antonio Dixon was a pleasant surprise last year as an undrafted rookie. He was gassed by the end of the season, but hit the gym in the off-season and lost about 10 pounds. A mid-camp concussion kept him on the sidelines for an extended period, but the Eagles know what they have in Dixon and that's a tackle that clogs running lanes.
Rookie Jeff Owens appears to be below the cut line with the Eagles normally taking just four tackles. He showed that he could get by guards in one-on-one drills during camp But he has had trouble transferring that skill to game time when you can't just pin your ears back and rush.
It's not outside the realm of possibilities that the Eagles keep five tackles, but I think they'll cut Owens and try and keep him on the practice squad for the time being.
Keeps the playbook: Patterson, Bunkley, Laws and Dixon.
On the bubble: Owens.
Call your agent: Boo Robinson.
Keeps the playbook: Kevin Kolb, Michael Vick and Mike Kafka.
On the bubble: None.
Call your agent: None.
Keeps the playbook: kicker David Akers, punter Sav Rocca and long snapper Jon Dorenbos.
On the bubble: None.
Call your agent: None.
Tomorrow: defensive end.


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As the seven-foot lemon shark lunged for the fish in my hand, exposing its multiple rows of razor-sharp teeth, I couldn't help but feel my heart skip a beat — despite the thick pane of plexiglass separating me from the carnivorous fish.
This "Meet & Feed" experience was provided by Animal Encounters, a program operated by the diving and water sport company Ocean Encounters Diving Curacao. At Curacao Sea Aquarium, on the east end of the island, Animal Encounters allows guests to feed and swim with fish and other marine animals.
After the instructors taught my group how to safely feed the fish, we donned our snorkels, masks and flippers and hopped into the water in the aquarium's enclosed lagoon. We swam with stingrays and a variety of tropical fish, including tarpon, Atlantic spadefish, horse-eye jacks, French grunts and a startlingly enormous goliath grouper named "Herbie."
One instructor tossed each of us bait fish to feed the marine animals that swam alongside us in the lagoon, while the other instructor snapped our photo souvenirs with an underwater camera. We fed the more dangerous animals –– loggerhead sea turtles and lemon sharks –– by holding the fish in a closed fist and putting them through holes in the glass.
We also fed nurse sharks this way, but the instructors required us to put the fish just outside the hole on our side in order to keep their vacuum-like mouths from sucking on our fingers. As exciting as it was to get close to the sharks, my favorite animals to feed were the stingrays. We lured the lagoon's stingrays to us with bait fish while we sat in the shallows, where the stingrays gently climbed onto our laps and nibbled on the fish in a way that strangely reminded me of puppy dogs.
Visitors to the aquarium can observe the marine animals, snorkelers and divers from the "viewing boat" docked in the lagoon, which is equipped with special windows below deck for onlookers. No dive certification is required for Animal Encounters' programs, and "Meet & Feed" encounters can be booked for groups of up to six participating guests.
Apart from the aquarium location, Ocean Encounters has centers at three resorts on the island: Lions Dive & Beach Resort, Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort and Sunscape Curacao Resort, Spa & Casino. Guests can stop by any of these locations to book trips or rent equipment, including snorkeling gear, kayaks, paddleboards and catamarans.
Ocean Encounters provides plenty of other activities for non-certified divers. In addition to shore snorkeling, which is available at all reefs along the company's facilities at any time, Ocean Encounters takes clients on two special snorkel trips. One trip brings snorkelers to a shipwrecked tugboat in a protected bay — where coral, tube sponges, blue parrotfish and yellowtail snappers abound — and the other goes to Directors' Bay and combines beach and reef snorkeling.
For guests interested in learning how to scuba dive, the company offers a class that gives non-divers the chance to learn the basics of scuba in a confined pool with dolphins. A variety of other scuba courses are offered, too — from introductory classes and PADI open-water certification training for beginners to advanced classes and specialty courses in photography or fish identification for experienced divers.
For its diving excursions, Ocean Encounters takes guests to a multitude of gorgeous underwater sites around the island. One such site is the Mushroom Forest, where colorful coral formations have grown into mushroom-like shapes amid a host of marine life. Another trip takes divers to the wreckage of the Superior Producer, which sank in 1977 and now sits on the ocean floor 100 feet below the surface. Divers should also check out the divers-only boat ride to Klein Curacao, the uninhabited island off the southeast tip of Curacao that showcases some of the area's best diving.
Known for its great reefs, beautiful water and diverse marine life, Curacao is truly a scuba diving and snorkeling hotspot. Within the diving community, the waters around Curacao are also known for being relatively free of sharks, which will likely come as good news for many visitors to the island.
For more adventurous divers hoping to encounter sharks during their time in Curacao, there's always the "Meet & Feed" at Curacao Sea Aquarium. Just be sure to watch your fingers.


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WORCESTER — In an apparent effort to turn the tables on her accuser, Linda M. Mayotte told a Worcester Superior Court jury today that she was the victim and he was the rapist, not the other way around.
On trial on charges of sexually abusing a teenage boy in her care over a two-year span beginning in 2005, the 49-year-old Northbridge woman testified in her own defense that the teen repeatedly had sex with her — against her will — while living in her home.
Her testimony conflicted with that of her alleged victim, now 21, who told the jury earlier that Mrs. Mayotte initiated their sexual relationship and that he was an unwilling participant.
"He wanted to control me. He wanted me," Mrs. Mayotte testified under questioning by her lawyer, Laurel A. Singer. "He was the aggressor. I was not the initiator," she said.
Mrs. Mayotte and her 50-year-old husband, Joseph Mayotte, both of 67 Laura Lane, Northbridge, are on trial on child sexual assault charges involving two alleged victims. Mr. Mayotte took the witness stand Monday and denied allegations that he sexually abused a girl in the couple's care over a 5-year period beginning in 2004, when she was 8.
Mrs. Mayotte testified that she was afraid of the teenage boy because he had displayed what she characterized as "violent tendencies" in the past, and had threatened to tell police she raped him if she did not comply with his sexual demands. She said she was also concerned that disclosure would result in her family being broken apart.
Mrs. Mayotte testified that she tried unsuccessfully to fight the teen off at first, but said she was subjected to punches and having her throat grabbed by him when she resisted. She said she submitted to his sexual advances over a period of time.
"Eventually, I stopped saying, 'no,'" she told the jury.
"Why?" asked her lawyer.
"Why bother? It didn't do me any good," Mrs. Mayotte said.
She testified that the sexual assaults continued until the spring of 2007, when she became pregnant with the teen's baby. DNA testing later showed that the boy was the biological father of the child, according to a stipulation read to the jury earlier in the case.
Mrs. Mayotte said the accusations against her were made in 2009, only after she accused the teen of stealing jewelry from her. She also testified that he had been saying for months that he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.
She acknowledged that she never told authorities she was being sexually assaulted by the boy until after her 2009 arrest.
"I brought this person into my home, and I tried to show him love and decency, and just because somebody does things to you, you still want to love them," she testified as she wiped her eyes with a tissue.
Under cross-examination by Assistant District Attorney Cheryl R. Riddle, Mrs. Mayotte conceded that she not only never reported the alleged sexual assaults to police before her arrest, but that she never disclosed the alleged sexual abuse to anyone who was part of what she had earlier described as a vast support network of family and friends.
Closing arguments in the case are scheduled Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Mayotte have pleaded not guilty to charges that include child rape, child rape aggravated by age difference, indecent assault and battery on a child, indecent assault and battery and assault with intent to rape. A conviction for child rape aggravated by age difference carries a mandatory minimum 10-year prison sentence.


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Olive Films' April BD slate, plus The Outsiders: Complete Novel, Palin's Brazil, MST3K & more
All right, we've got some more announcement news for you today. Just a smattering of odds and ends...
First up, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release That Awkward Moment on Blu-ray and DVD on 5/13. Extras will include character profiles, a gag reel and a behind-the-scenes featurette.
Olive Films has set The Bamboo Saucer (1966), Cry Danger (1951), Bang! Bang! You're Dead! (1966), and Young at Heart (1954) for Blu-ray and DVD release on 4/8, followed by Men in War (1957) and Sleep My Love (1948) on 4/15, and The Pawnbroker (1964), Stranger on the Prowl (1952) on 4/22, and Up the Junction (1968) and Betty Boop: The Essential Collection – Volume 3 (1932-38) on 4/29. All will be released on both Blu-ray and DVD. [Read on here…]


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This book is a sequel to T-SQL Querying. And it stands completly side by side it.
I can only recommend that you get it. The amount of new stuff to learn is amazing.
So lets see what each chapter covers:
Chapter 1: DataType Related problems, XML and CLR UDTs
Talks about DateTime problems, patterns matching , conversions, large objects, CLR and of course XML which is the biggest part of the chapter.
Chapter 2: Temporary tables and Table variables
A great explanation of how, why and what in the world of Temp.
Chapter 3: Cursors
Shows that although dreaded by many, they have their rightfull...
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Now this is something i really didn't think it would compile in C#.
private int _someVar = 0;
private void DoStuff1()
int _someVar = 0;
_someVar = 6;
// ... code that uses _someVar
private void DoStuff2()
_someVar = 5;
// ... code that uses _someVar
We should at least get a warning if you ask me...
One learns something new every day.
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Here's a Split function using XML datatype.
It's preety neat and simple compared to all others that i've seen.
Forget While Loops and recursive CTE's.
Enter XML:
IF OBJECT_ID('dbo.Split') IS NOT NULL
DROP FUNCTION dbo.Split
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.Split(@data NVARCHAR(MAX), @delimiter NVARCHAR(5))
RETURNS @t TABLE (data NVARCHAR(max))
DECLARE @textXML XML;
SELECT @textXML = CAST('<d>' + REPLACE(@data, @delimiter, '</d><d>') + '</d>' AS XML);
INSERT INTO @t(data)
SELECT T.split.value('.', 'nvarchar(max)') AS data
FROM @textXML.nodes('/d') T(split)
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There is a common misconception that IN behaves equaliy to EXISTS or JOIN in terms of returned results.
This is simply not true. To see why not, let's review what each statement does.
More here
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Ever wanted to have have a table that contains unique values but needs to have multiple null values also?
Here's how to do it:
CREATE TABLE t1 (id INT, title VARCHAR(20))
-- optional instead of trigger to disable the insert directly into the table
CREATE TRIGGER trg_t1_DisableInsert ON t1
-- use 18 to stop further processing
RAISERROR (40000, 18, 1, 'Use view dbo.v1 to insert data into table')
CREATE VIEW v1
SELECT id, title
FROM dbo.t1
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We've all heard about differences between temporary tables and table variables in SQL Server.
They include performance, storage in memory or disk, tempdb use, etc.
But the biggest and mostly overlooked difference is:
Table variables are Transaction neutral. They are variables and thus aren't bound to a transaction.
Temp tables behave same as normal tables and are bound by transactions.
A simple example shows this difference quite nicely:
declare @var table (id int, data varchar(20) )
create table #temp (id int, data varchar(20) )
insert into @var
select 1, 'data 1' union all
select 2, 'data 2' union all
select 3, 'data 3'
insert into #temp
select 1, 'data 1' union all
select 2,...
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This is an AWSOME book!
Written by Itzik Ben-Gan and coauthored by Lubor Kolar and Dejan Sarka it's definitly worth it's money.
It starts with the chapter on logical query processing in which it explaines the basics of the full select statement and the order of processing it.
Just basic stuff.
Chapter 2 covers the phyisical query processing. Explaines what parsing, algebratization and executions plans are and how it's all tied together.
Chapter 3 covers the query tuning methodology and tools to use for it. In my opinion This chapter is one of the best in the book.
Chapter 4 introduces us to subqueries, CTE's and Rank...
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Well in my knowledge brush up for 70-431 Exam I used this book backed up by BOL.
If you have previous SQL Server experience this book and BOL is all you really need to pass the Exam.
If you're a newbie who is just getting it's feet wet then first get some experience and comfortability with SQL server first.
The book is a very easy read and although it has some errors they're not huge so i didn't need errata (fixed errors) for it.
It nicly summarizes the topics that you need to know about and the chapters are just long enough.
Content fits very nicly with...
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So as of today i'm a proud member of the MCP club :)
The exam wasn't that hard. I had 35 "Pick a correct answer" questions and 15 simulations.
The simulations threw me off a bit because i didn't expect them.
So you have to be comfortable with T-SQL syntax and Management Studio alike.
Knowing what all of the little buttons and options do helps :)
The tools i used for learning are SQL Server Books Online and
EXAM CRAM: MCTS 70-431: Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft® SQL Server 2005
I've read some more books but they were really not needed to pass this exam.
I'll post my reviews...
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My full name now is Elizabeth Co Limchu, I used to be Elizabeth Reyes Co.
It has been a family joke that whenever we would throw a fit or get into a fight that we are "Reyes na Reyes." Seriously, we have stories within the Reyes family that would make you say "OMG! Really!?! " But other than being quite the hotheads, I can proudly say that being a Reyes is one of the best things about me. They gave me character. They gave me fire. I don't really take things sitting down, and I don't back away from a fight unless I think it is wiser to do so. We are tough. We are fearless.
I'm very stubborn, and the good thing about my stubbornness and hardheadedness is that I actually use that to get me through tough times. I'm so hardheaded; I wouldn't allow myself to fail.
When I gave birth via C section, I specifically gave my OB my birth plan which included "no formula, no glucose water for baby" and "room in immediately." Unfortunately, the hospital I gave birth in is NOT very breastfeeding friendly. So my daughter who was supposed to be roomed in immediately was kept in the nursery. I called up the nursery, asking how come my baby wasn't in the room yet, they said there were no instructions yet, so they have to verify with the pedia. Then I asked if they can make it faster coz I had to breastfeed my baby, and since I had specific instructions not to feed anything to my baby, she might get hungry. And I really wanted my baby to get collostrum. Then the nurse told me: "Mam, it's ok, I think someone already gave your baby formula" This made me so mad I wanted to hit someone with the handset in my hand. (I'm not a violent person, promise. It's just hormones and violent thoughts) When I questioned them about this, she just told me, "Mam, I'll check then get back to you." Which she didn't do. This fueled my anger even more. So I called some people that I know who are breastfeeding advocates, and asked them what to do. One person who really was ready to help even if it was already midnight was Ms. Nona of The Breastfeeding Clinic. She really helped me think of what I wanted, and know how I should speak to the staff and let them know that I know my rights. She even volunteered to speak to them on the phone should they refuse to believe me. Let me tell you, the people who are fighting for breastfeeding rights nowadays are not to be taken lightly. Ms. Nona for example is the first and currently the only non-doctor in the Philippines who passed the accreditation for International Board Certified Lactation Consultants or IBCLC. In short, she's one tough breastfeeding momma.
After being aware that the mother in 313 (that's me!) was ready to bite someone's head off, someone called me and told me there was a mistake, that my baby wasn't given formula after all. This didn't appease me; it just made me think that other than being incompetent, they are now trying to cover up their mistake by lying. In the end I got to the truth. This to my utter dismay, she was given glucose water— twice! Imagine my anger and rage… I mean I have prepared myself for this for 9 months! I knew it was gonna be hard and painful, but it was a decision that I made! And to have that decision made for me without regard for my preference was totally unacceptable for me.
As if going through all this hoopla wasn't enough, they told me that I cannot room in my baby yet. And the feeding time for the baby will start 7:00 am. I gave birth at 1:51pm, this was already 1:00 am. I asked the nurse "so you mean all the babies there are on a schedule? That they can only go hungry at 7:00am? And not a minute before that? I want to breastfeed my baby. I don't care who you have to call, bring her here if you can. Do it now! I will breastfeed my baby."
She called me back after a few minutes. Told me that they have spoken to their superiors and the only way I can breastfeed my baby is IF I CAN STAND UP AND GO TO THE NURSERY MYSELF. I just had a C-section a few hours before. I was not even allowed to use a pillow, and here they were asking me to stand up, get in a wheelchair and walk to the breastfeeding room alone (coz husbands are not allowed), with my catheter and IV, sit in a chair, and breastfeed my newborn baby. Crazy right? Did I do it? OF COURSE I DID! It was for my baby. A bulletproof tank couldn't have stopped me. My husband kept asking if I'm sure I want to do this. I might faint. Thank God I'm not the fainting kind of girl. And I told him, even if I feel like fainting; I wouldn't allow them to see me faint. I breastfed my baby at 1:00am, 3:00am, 6:00am and 10:00am. And every time I would go feed her, a nurse would tell me, "Mommy you know, you should feed her formula by now, she's getting hungry, sayang she's big pa naman, she's gonna become thin in no time." or "Maybe you should give her water? Since you don't have any milk yet?"And I would say something like "I'll take care of it…thanks" Even if I total disagree with them just because I knew my daughter will still be in their care after I breastfeed…
When my OB called and found out what happened, she was so mad, she went up to the nursery and scolded all the nurses. How dare they tell me – her patient to get up after a major operation? They said, the reason they told me to go to the nursery was to DETER me from going. Little did they know that it only gave me more drive to do so! Coz this breastfeeding mom kicks butt and would do anything— as in anything for my baby.
So to sum up this post: here are some pieces of advice:
1.) If you plan to breastfeed, look for a breastfeeding friendly hospital.
2.) Make sure everyone who will handle your baby gets a copy of your birth plan.
3.) Find a supportive pedia, particularly one who supports and believes in breastfeeding.
4.) Do not let anyone tell you that you can't breastfeed your baby.
5.) Kick some butts if you have to and do it with poise. =)


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September 16. 2013 9:49PM
At Pinkerton Academy in Derry, forget saying the dog ate your homework
By HUNTER McGEE
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— Pinkerton Academy students are running out of excuses this academic year for why their homework isn't done on time.
Administrators are launching Directed Study Hall, a new program that allows students to catch up on missed homework assignments while they are still in school. Students will also learn the skills necessary to stay organized and keep up with future homework, Dean of Student Affairs Chris Harper said.
"The whole premise is to provide students with the time they need to do their work," Harper said. "It's not a punishment."
Students who fall behind and haven't completed at least five assignments will be eligible for the program. They will eat their lunch in a quiet area while working on missed assignments, Harper said.
"If it was a perfect world we wouldn't need the program; but it isn't a perfect world and we know there are students who can benefit from this program," Harper said.
Administrators noted many students who were failing weren't completing their homework, he said.
"It appeared they weren't doing their homework, not learning the concepts outside of class and therefore failing class," Harper said.
The students selected for Directed Study Hall will participate in the program for a minimum of two weeks. They will be able to leave the program if they complete the missed assignments and catch up on their current assignments, Harper said.
Students would need their parents' consent to participate in the program and would sign a contract. The contract outlines the reasons why they are in the program and what is expected of them, Harper said.
Plans call for the program to run over three lunch periods, with eight students participating per period, Harper said.
"The hope is by providing them the time to do the work, they'll not only do the work but learn the organizational skills necessary so they don't come back to the program," Harper said.
Administrators are finalizing the details of the contract and hope to hire someone who is highly qualified to administer the program soon, Harper said.
Only sophomores will be participating in the pilot program for now, Harper said.
Many other high schools across the country are using the Directed Study Hall approach, Harper said. Pinkerton administrators used information from these programs in helping craft the program.


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Investigations shifting from servers to clients?
South Korean police have begun to target people who download content from P2P networks not only those who make such material available. According to local reports, Seoul Jongo law enforcement officers have questioned 57 people after monitoring download activity on at least one P2P service earlier this month.
Police this week alleged they had all been found to have illegally downloaded copies of the movie Lord of War, released last year. The individuals were identified after officers examined log-in records seized from the unnamed local P2P service. Some 25 other individuals were also discovered to have downloaded the film. Their identities are currently being traced, police said.
However, since many of the accused are teenagers, prosecutors may choose not bring criminal charges against them. Some of them have already reached settlements with Media Film International (MFI), which has the rights to the film in South Korea complained about illegal downloads.
South Korean police can only investigate copyright infringement claims when the copyright holder makes formal allegations, though a bill currently being discussed by the country's parliament seeks to change that. ®


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With the cooler temps and the constant rain, it sure isn't feeling like summer around here. We are taking advantage of every sunny day that comes our way, though, and heading outside to play as often as we can!
I know the time is coming, soon, where I'll have to drag my kids in from playing simply to grab a snack or eat something. The sweltering Kansas heat will be beating down on us and we will want and need a cool dessert to cool us off! If I'm complaining about the heat come July, remind me of how much I moaned and groaned about the cold temps in May and June, ok?
Our Summer of Fun Bucket List for 2013 included making homemade ice pops! Homemade ice pops are the best no-bake dessert, aren't they? They are simple to make and portable… kids don't even really have to stop what they are doing to eat them! And parents? This recipe for Creamy Lemonade Ice pops is even better because it only has 4 ingredients – you can make them and not miss out on the outdoor fun yourselves! Plus, they are pretty adaptable. Add in some blueberries and strawberries and you'd have a great treat for 4th of July with your red, white (light yellow) and blue!
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In this second instalment of The World of Children of Apollo, we are going to take a brief tour of some of the settlements of Roman North Africa.
When I say 'Roman' I mean located within the
|Severan Basilica
Leptis Magna
|The Forum in Sabratha
Children of Apollo begins in the
desert of Cyrenaica province, near settlements of Apollonia and the splendid city of Cyrene, both across the water from Crete. I was not able to travel to these two sites in modern Libya but from my research, they seem splendidly sited in the fertile lands near the Mediterranean. Apollonia served as a port for which was surrounded by olive groves and fields of wheat and barley. Cyrene Cyrene itself rivalled in size and prosperity. Carthage
|Arch of Trajan
Colonia of Thamugadi, Numidia
Moving west, one comes to the great city of
Leptis Magna, the home town of . Lucius does not visit this city in Children of Apollo, but rather in the next book, Killing the Hydra (out in the coming months!). Emperor Septimius Severus garnered much wealth from its fertile lands with cereal crops and olives. Emperors Trajan and Hadrian had building projects there but with Severus, the city received much favour with a large new forum, a colonnaded street, a unique four-sided triumphal arch, a basilica, added warehouses and a lighthouse. Our main character, Lucius Metellus Anguis, gets his first real taste of politics in the town of Leptis Magna where he must make a very difficult decision that impacts later perceptions of himself. Sabratha
|Amphitheater of Thysdrus
When it comes to
, there are several Roman settlements. Lucius and his men end up attached to the III Augustan Legion at Lambaesis, on the rocky, Numidian plain of what is now Tunisia . A unique feature of the base was its massive, enclosed parade ground which featured a viewing platform with an equestrian statue of Emperor Hadrian in the centre, a commemoration of that emperor's visit to the base. Lucius meets up with some old friends at the colonia of Thamugadi which was founded by Trajan and featured high walls, a library and fourteen public baths. Algeria
|Cells beneath the Amphitheater floor
Thysdrus ('El Jem')
In northern
Tunisia, we traded our 4x4 for an aged minibus driven by a silent but mad driver we affectionately dubbed 'Sebulba'. His driving was like pod racing in Star Wars and our 'Sebulba' seemed just as reckless, his chosen vehicle eating up the road with a very loud chug-chugging sound. We passed through many different villages along the way, the most disturbing one being the 'village of butchers', so called by us for all the cow and goat heads that hung bleeding along the very side of the road, glossy eyed and lifeless. Toyota
One of the most interesting sites I visited during our Tunisian safari was Roman Thysdrus (modern El Jem). This settlement today is pretty unassuming except for the massive, extremely well-preserved amphitheatre in the centre. It was a real treat to sit in the seats of the amphitheatre, looking down on the scene of an imagined combat. I could not visit this site and not include a tense scene of gladiatorial combat, as seen by the legionaries on leave. Walking beneath the floor, along the cells where the animals and gladiators were kept, the sounds of those bygone days of barbarism and brutality echoed in my ears. The place definitely has memory. If you ever get the chance to visit El Jem, I would highly recommend it. It must have held some spectacular games in its day.
|Roman Thugga
Another settlement that bears mentioning here, though it figures more largely in book II of the Eagles and Dragons series, is Thugga. This is a sprawling settlement surrounded by olive groves and green plains. It featured a large theatre, a massive capitol, public baths, a hippodrome and a network of paved streets that you can still walk today. This was a place where I could see my characters walking, interacting with others. It was helped by the fact that we were the only group there the entire time. It was deserted, a Roman ghost town. The mosaics that decorated homes, baths, taverns and brothels are still there, intact and open to the sky. The public latrine is there too, where men and women feeling nature's call would sit cheek to cheek, literally. I wonder what odd bits of conversation happened there? Would Romans sit there and chat away while they did their business or would they stare at the ground and try not to make eye contact as they made offerings to the Roman infrastructure. Maybe the public latrine was just a place to be avoided, a place where one entered at one's own risk for fear of robbery or worse. It was just down the street from the brothel (named 'The House of the Cyclops'), so perhaps those patrons were regular users. The imagination ran wild in Thugga!
|Public Latrine
The final city we visited was
Tunis, the ancient city of . Sadly, there was no sign of Dido, Aeneas, Hamilcar or Hannibal. When Carthage Rome razed to the ground after the Punic wars and salted its once-fertile earth, they built anew. And today, much of Carthage covers what the Romans built. There are however, some bits that are well worth the visit. One particular spot is the massive Antonine Bath complex which overlooks the sea. This was a quiet, sad site, surrounded by city but, it was still possible to glimpse the grandeur that it once exposited. Sadly, I was not able to see the great double harbour of ancient Tunis . If you happen to be in Carthage Tunis, a must see is the Bardo Museum which contains much of the mosaics and statuary from all of the settlements of that part of the Roman Empire. This is a world class collection with some of the finest mosaics I have ever seen. It was there that the faces of Septimius Severus, Plautianus, Julia Domna and others stared back at me.
|Antonine Baths
Leaving Tunisia behind was bitter sweet for I knew that it may be a long while before I would be able to visit such ancient sites on a truly intimate basis again. Haggling in French in the bazaars was fun, as was the experience of seeing camel traders dressed in cloaks that looked a lot like Jawa outfits. I could have done without the bout of fever brought on by my poor choice of soup in Douz, but eating dates from a branch right off the tree was great. Such are the contrasts of travelling but it all adds to the experiences required by writing.
In the next part of The World of Children of Apollo, we will meet the imperial family of the time, the Severans.


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SHELBURNE — New Haven resident Stan Bigelow bowled a perfect game on Monday night, rolling a 300 at Champlain Lanes in Shelburne.
Bigelow, bowling with his Champlain Valley Plumbing and Heating teammates Craig Smith, Duane and Kirk Fuller, and Richard Malmstrom, achieved the feat in the middle of his three-game set, for which he totaled 694.
He fired a 215 in the first game, then the perfect 300 before finishing with a 179 — with the third game four strokes better than his 175 average.
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SOURCE: Audi of America
January 27, 2013 11:40 ET
HERNDON, VA--(Marketwire - Jan 27, 2013) - Audi of America
Audi's :60 TV commercial, set to air in the first break after kick-off of Super Bowl XLVII, is now live on the brand's YouTube channel. The spot features the 2013 Audi S6 and centers on defining moments of bravery, as seen in one teenager's memorable prom night. For the first time in its Super Bowl history, Audi allowed fans to engage with three potential versions of the ad, each with a different ending, on YouTube before choosing the final version to air during the big game. After a 24-hour period, the ending "Worth It" was chosen by fans to air during Super Bowl Sunday.
Called "Prom," Audi's Super Bowl spot begins with a teenage boy getting ready to go to the prom -- dateless. As he heads toward the door, apprehensive and discouraged, his father tosses him the keys to an all-new 2013 Audi S6. With the power of the Audi S6 at his fingertips, the teen is determined, confident and inspired. When he enters the gymnasium, he grabs the prom queen and kisses her. In the chosen ending "Worth It," viewers see the teen driving off in the S6. He's alone and has a black eye. A giant grin spreads across his face and he lets out a loud, excited howl -- it was worth it. To view the final ad, please visit http://audi.us/promspot.
The spot features the upcoming single "Can't Win Em All" by Hanni El Khatib, from his highly anticipated second album, Head in the Dirt, out April 30, 2013. The album is produced by Dan Auerbach. San Francisco-based Venables Bell and Partners created the spot.
"For the past six years, Audi has delivered memorable and engaging Super Bowl campaigns. This year, we wanted to put our fans in the driver's seat by allowing them to help define our Super Bowl history," said Loren Angelo, General Manager of Brand Marketing, Audi of America.
Following the trend that Audi began in 2011 when it was the first brand to feature a Twitter hashtag in a Super Bowl spot, this year's ad features #BraveryWins. In the days leading up to and following the big game, Audi will be encouraging fans to share their own brave moments via their social networks by using the hashtag #BraveryWins.
"At Audi, bravery is in our DNA," added Angelo. "Audi has always done things differently, taken risks and defied the status quo. From our founder August Horch quitting his own company to start what would become Audi, to pioneering the award-winning quattro® all-wheel drive, Audi is defined by our willingness to be bold."
In the celebration of bravery, Audi also released three videos on YouTube that commemorate defining moments in the brand's history, including:
Last year, Audi's entertaining spot "Vampire Party" showcased the power of progressive engineering with the brand's signature LED headlight technology. In 2011, Audi's "Release the Hounds," featuring the Audi A8 and a cameo by Kenny G, redefined luxury and became the first Super Bowl spot in history to use a Twitter hashtag. In 2010, Audi's Super Bowl ad showcased a soundtrack created by rock legends Cheap Trick and featured the A3 TDI "Green Car of the Year" showing how easy being green can be. The brand's 2009 spot featured actor Jason Statham in a series of high-speed chase scenes involving luxury competitors, sending the message that luxury is evolving. In 2008, the brand's first Super Bowl spot delivered a parody of the movie "The Godfather," signaling that Audi was ready to take on the perceived luxury leaders.
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The team wins by eight runs
The little league season ended about a month and a half ago but the Taft Longhorns baseball team was still going strong last Sunday with a 13-5 victory over Arroyo Grande on Field No.2 at the George Blanco Little League fields in Taft.
"The whole team hit the ball pretty well," said Taft coach Les Clark.
Taft's Chad Berry was 3-for-4 in the game while Logun Clark won the game. Dalton Brown closed out the game. Mikey White had three strike outs in one inning of pitching.
Pitching was not the only thing that stood out to Clark.
"Jackson Berry played excellent defense," he said.
Taft will play in two tournaments over the next several weekends starting this weekend with the Triple Play Tournament at Southwest baseball fields. The following weekend, the Longhorns will compete in a tournament in Paso Robles during the Labor Day weekend.


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Liverpool youngster Raheem Sterling was forced to leap to deny claims on Twitter that he had demanded £50,000-per-week to stay on Merseyside this week.
The 17-year-old has broken through into Liverpool's first team this season and is said to be demanding a sizeable wage packet to match his new first team status.
The story comes as shadow sports minister Clive Efford warned Premier League clubs that the £5bn bonanza from their latest round of TV deals will merely fuel wage inflation for players in the coming years.
Footballers wages have long been a contentious issue, even more so in these austere times. Want to know who to direct your anger towards while you count they pennies? Well then look no further and check out the top ten richest players currently plying their trade in the Premier League. All figures courtesy of the Sunday Times Rich List.
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OU junior Taylor Spears won the Big 12 all-around title with a score of 39.600 and tied for the individual titles on both bars and beam. Following the meet, Spears was also named the Big 12 Gymnast of the Year.
"She shows no fear," said OU head coach K.J. Kindler of Spears. "She's extremely competitive and aggressive on the floor and she believes in herself."
Oklahoma swept every individual event title and the all-around title outright, becoming the first school in Big 12 history to do so. Freshman Maile'ana Kanewa took the vault title, senior Brie Olson and Spears took bars, sophomore Rebecca Clark and Spears took beam and freshman Haley Scaman won the floor title.
Following the meet, sophomore Lauren Alexander was named Specialist of the Year and Scaman was named Newcomer of the Year, joining Spears in taking all three conference honors.
OU head coach K.J. Kindler was also named Big 12 Coach of the Year for the seventh time in her career, tying a conference record.
The Sooners began the meet on bars, coming out on fire from start to finish to a 49.550 team score, tying for the second-best bars total in program history. Olson and Spears tied for the top mark of the meet with 9.95 scores, a career high for Spears. Erica Brewer and Rebecca Clark added 9.9s while Haley Scaman and Hayden Ward rounded out the lineup, each recording 9.85 scores.
"Bars was definitely the high point of the day," Kindler said. "We worked hard this past week on making a better impression on our first event. We started out with great enthusiasm and I couldn't think of a better way we could have began the meet."
Clark and Spears tied for the beam title earning 9.9s to lead the Sooners. Clark's score tied a career high and gave the sophomore her first-ever conference title. OU was forced to count a fall on beam for the first time this season, finishing with a team score of 48.825.
Oklahoma bounced back well on floor, recording a 49.500 team score, led by freshman Haley Scaman who earned a meet-best 9.95 for her first-career Big 12 title. Olson, Spears and junior Madison Mooring each added 9.9s for the Sooners.
With the championship firmly in hand, OU closed out the meet with a score of 49.325 on vault. Kanewa continued her comeback story from wrist surgery by winning the event in just the sixth collegiate meet of her career. Olson finished right behind Kanewa with a 9.9.
The Sooners will be a No. 1 seed heading into the NCAA Regional. OU will host one of the six Regionals in Norman on Saturday, April 6, at 4 p.m CT. The Sooners will learn who will join them at the Lloyd Noble Center on Monday, March 25, at 2 p.m. CT when the NCAA selection show airs live on NCAA.com.
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Enterprising personal finance blogger J. Money analyzes a survey by two money-saving websites that finds most people would rather save $50 a week (57 percent) than drop down to the next lowest clothing size (31 percent) or have more sex (6 percent).
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Wow. I wonder how often these pollsters were getting it to begin with? If you're already going at it 4 times a week, then yeah I'd be fine with 1 less jump in the bed for $50 each week. But If it meant going from 1-2 times a week to 1 or zero, then I'ma have to pass on that one. Money is great, but the female species is better. You wouldn't choose millions of dollars over the opposite sex on a deserted island would you?
The losing weight part I'm not as familiar with as I'm pretty damn skinny. I guess it's another variable that would be interesting to see among the respondents. If most were overweight I bet the answers would be more skewed.
The poll, by Allyou.com and Shortcuts.com, was far from scientific, surveying 5,250 females and only 627 males, and seemingly skewed toward people obsessed with saving money. So we'll conduct an totally scientific poll of our own in the comments: What would you rather do? Save $50 a week, have more sex or drop a clothing size? I gotta say I'd take the $50.
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There are many settings you can use to customize your theme. They include things such as adding custom logos, changing formatting such as width, and several toggle settings where you are enabling or disabling different things. Altogether, these settings give your forums a specific look and feel for your visitors. Below are the instructions on how to change these settings as well as explanations of the different settings found in SMF 2.0
Managing forum theme settings
- Log into your SMF admin dashboard.
- From the entry page, click Admin from the upper menu. This will reveal a second menu just underneath the first. Hover over Configurationand click on Current Theme from the popup submenu.
- You are now on the Theme Settings page. It is broken up into to separate parts. The first part is the Theme URLs and Configuration, and the second is the Theme Options and Preferences section.
This theme's name The name of the current theme. This theme's URL The folder location of the current theme. This theme's images URL The image folder location of the theme. This theme's directory The server path for the theme.
Logo image URL The path for the logo image. This can be changed to insert a custom logo. Site Slogan The site slogan, tagline, or subtitle you wish to display for the theme. Select default smiley set for this theme Select the smiley group from the dropdown list. Forum width Set the forum width in relation to the viewer's screen resolution. Show current position in forum as link instead of text A visitor's current location is displayed at the top of the page as they navigate around. This can be set to link for easier navigation. Enable and show 'Mark as read' buttons If enabled, 'Mark as read' buttons are visible and users able to tag topics as having been read. Allow users to turn off word censoring When enabled, the user can control word censoring on their own. Enable random news line in the forum header Allows you to show a random news line at the top of the page. Show news fader on board index Displays news box where items use a fading effect. Fading delay between items for the news fader Allows you to set the length of the fading delay in milliseconds. Number of recent posts to display on board index The number of recent posts to display on the board index page. Setting this to 0 disasbles the feature, showing no posts. Show statistics on board index When enabled, displays various stats on the index, such as total users, total posts, etc. Show latest member on board index Displays the most recent member to join. Show group key on board index If enabled, displays a color legend for the groups in the Who's Online listing. Show who is viewing the board index and posts Displays either who or the nuber of viewers for posts. Show last modification date on modified posts Displays the date a post was last changed. Show view profile button under post Displays an icon under a members name that can be clicked to view their profile. Show user avatars in message view Displays the user's chosen avatar under their name. Show personal text in message view Displays the member's personal text under their name or avatar. Show gender images in message view Displays gender images in the poster's avatar section. Hide post group titles for grouped members Will hide a users Group title. Show BBC Buttons on Posting and PM Send Pages Displays Bulletin Board Code buttons. Enable collapsible additional post options Allows other post options to display, such as Attach, etc.
- Once you have configured your settings, click on the Save button in the lower right corner.
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