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Wakeboarding Star Becomes Newest Member of Vans Family
Cypress, CA (October 20, 2009) – The squad at Vans is proud to announce the signing of pro wakeboarding icon Randall Harris to our footwear team. Hailing from nearby Huntington Beach, Harris, 27, started wakeboarding when he was 13 and has amassed an impressive track record including top finishes in the World Wakeboard Association (WWA) Tour, two Rider of the Year awards from Alliance Wakeboard Magazine and numerous groundbreaking video parts. Over the years Harris has redefined what is possible on a wakeboard, elevating the sport and setting the bar with his snow/skate style of riding. Today, Harris continues to be one of the most talented and respected riders on the water.
"As far back as I can remember Vans has been a part of my life, every step of the way," said Harris. I'm extremely honored and excited to be considered a member of the Vans family."
"Randall's attention to detail and dedication to furthering the sport of wakeboarding makes him a perfect fit for Vans, said Senior Marketing Manager Rodney Rambo. "We look forward to a long future with the Vandal."
With a busy 2010 ahead, Harris plans to continue growing his new venture with Company Wakeboards, travel the country competing and will also be working on various film projects.
Harris' sponsors in addition to Vans include Arnette Sunglasses, Quicksilver Clothing and Wetsuits, Rockstar Energy Drink, Axis Boats, Verta Elemental Resistance and Company Wakeboards.
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The ranks of the Blue and Gray in Wayne county have been thinned out by the Grim Reaper within the past few years to an extent that is hardly realized by the average person.
It was only a few years ago that there were hundreds of veterans of the Civil War in this county, but today there is only a scattering handful to answer roll call.
Reunions that were held in the county only a few years ago always attracted veterans by the scores, but now the few remaining survivors of the conflict of '61 are so advanced in years that they are not physically able to get together for reunions.
Only 9 Confederate and 7 Union veterans in the county, a total of 16, reported so far to this paper, in response to the request for names which we carried in the past two issues of the paper.
Following is a list of the names of both Confederate and Union veterans in the county, as have been reported by our readers up to the time of going to press Wednesday of this week.
ROBERT C. FOSTER. Mr. Foster was a Union soldier in Company E., 7th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry. He now lives on Fort Gay Route 1, in this county and has lived in the county for forty years. He is now 83 years of age. Mr. Foster was born April 26, 1843, at Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia. He was honorably discharged from service at Wheeling, W. Va., August 15, 1865.
JAMES JOHNSON, Union, lives on Wayne Route Two, near Armilda.
THOMAS OSBURN, Union soldier, age 85, lives on Camp Creek, near East Lynn.
JAMES DAVIS, Union, of East Lynn R. F. D.
JOHN D. CLARK, Confederate, of Stiltner.
ROBERT OSBURN, WILLIAM PARSONS, JAMES E. HOBBS, C. H. GILKERSON AND J. W. LLOYD, all Confederate veterans in the vicinity of East Lynn. Mr. Hobbs, who is now 85 years old, belonged to General Jenkins' Cavalry Brigade, 16th Regiment of Virginia Cavalry, and served under Colonel M. J. Ferguson.
ALEXANDER ADKINS, who lives on Wayne Route Two. Mr. Adkins is 85 years of age. He was a Confederate veteran.
SAM MEAD, age 81, of Hubbardstown, was a Union soldier. Mr. Mead has moved to the Kentucky side, but still gets his mail at Prichard in this county.
JAMES H. FERGUSON, of Wayne, Union soldier.
JAKE MASSIE, of Fort Gay Route 1, was a Confederate soldier. He is now 86 years old.
JOHN BILLUPS, of Fort Gay, age 85, Confederate soldier.
R. A. CHAFFIN, of Hubbardstown, now 80 years old, was a Union soldier. Mr. Chaffin was in the following eight Civil War battles: Middle Creek, Ky.; Dalton, Georgia; Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga; Lost Mountain, Georgia; Kenasaw Mountain, Georgia; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee; seige of Atlanta, Georgia; and Johnsonville, Tennessee.
If any of our readers know of any other Union or Confederate veterans of the Civil War who are not listed above, we would appreciate it if they would send them in to this paper, giving name, post office address, age and something of their record in service if possible.
The following letter has been written to Wayne County News by Uncle Hance Gilkerson, well known citizen of the Beech Fork section of this county. A picture of Mr. Gilkerson accompanies this article. In his letter which follows, he gives an intimate glimpse of his part in the great conflict between the North and South in the days from 1861 to 1865. Here's his letter:
Wayne County News
Wayne, W. Va.
I saw a request in Wayne County News for a list of Civil War veterans of Wayne county. I am one of them. My name is Charles Hansford Gilkerson, better known in Wayne county as "Uncle Hance" Gilkerson.
I have passed the middle of my 84th year. I joined the army in 1862 and fought on the Confederate side. Kindreck was captain of Company H. Ferguson was Colonel of the 15th regiment to which I belonged. Jenkins was our general.
Now I will not go into detail to mention all of the minor engagements in which I had a part, but will only mention a few of the things that might be of interest to your readers.
We left Wayne County Court House and went to Kanawha and went with Lowbern when he left the Valley. We went on and pitched camp in Roanoke County, Virginia, near Salem. We wintered there, and when Spring came we started on the raid to the North, going down the Shenandoah Valley. At Winchester, Virginia, the Confederates met the Union army and we routed them.
We followed on North and we had been fighting every day till we got to Gettysburg. There we had plenty to do, as you all know. For three days it was the bloodiest of bloody battles.
From Gettysburg we had to fight our way back till we got to Culpepper Court House in Virginia. At that time I got a furlough for ten days to come home. So when I went back I got with the regiment in Greenbrier County and from there we started another raid toward the border. And it was on that trip that I was taken a prisoner on the hill between Twelve Pole and Beech Fork at the John Barbour place.
From there they took me as prisoner to Barboursville and then to Charleston and from there to Wheeling and then to Camp Chase, and from there to Fort Delaware. So from the time I was taken prisoner it was eighteen months until I got out of service and back home on June 21, 1865, after Lee's surrender.
Charles Hansford Gilkerson
Eyesight has been restored to Edmund Thompson, aged blind citizen of Sidney, this county, who underwent an operation at Hawes-Marple hospital in Huntington two weeks ago for the removal of a cataract from each eye.
Mr. Thompson is 79 years of age. He has been blind in one eye for five years and completely lost sight in the other about a year ago.
In telephone conversation with Bascom Thompson, son of Edmund Thompson, at Hawes-Marple hospital Wednesday morning of this week, Wayne County News was informed that the operation had been successful. Mr. Thompson is able to see with one of his eyes, while the other has not healed as rapidly and the bandages will not be permanently removed from this eye until tomorrow, Thursday. Mr. Thompson was able to see well enough Tuesday to clearly recognize his son Bascom when he walked into his room at the hospital. Hospital authorities are hopeful that the operation will restore sight completely to the other eye also.
The operation is regarded as unusually remarkable due to the advanced age of the patient, Mr. Thompson, widely known merchant of Sidney. Attending physicians believe that he will be able to be removed from the hospital to his home at Sidney by the latter part of this week.
Dr. C. M. Hawes, who operated on Mr. Thompson, gained national fame last winter when he performed an operation removing cataracts from the eyes of Mayme and Fay Cook, age 24 and 17 respectively, of Lorado, Logan county. The young women had been blind since birth, and the sight of both was completely restored by the operation. Newspapers throughout the whole country heralded the operation as a remarkable feat in optical surgery.
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Leonardo Bonucci has claimed Juventus fully deserve their Serie A success as they have dominated the Italian top flight this season.
The Turin powerhouse beat Palermo 1-0 on Sunday to clinch their second consecutive Serie A title with three games to spare, and Bonucci was over the moon with his side's success.
"We've dominated from start to finish and shown ourselves to be a united and tight-knit group that fights together for a single objective," Bonucci told the official Juventus website.
"It's been demonstrated in recent matches when - even against top-level teams - we've been able to pick up crucial points. And now we've won the Scudetto with three games remaining.
"I felt more pressure in some matches last year, but that's all part of football. In any case, winning in this way means that everyone has improved."
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Suffolk County Community College: Abuse of Harassment and Intimidation Charges to Silence Student Journalist
Category: Free Speech
Ursula Monaco, a fifty-five year old grandmother and student at Suffolk County Community College found herself censored when she accidently replied to an e-mail that she intended to forward to a friend, using the word "c*nt" to refer to the e-mail's sender, a SCCC Professor. She was charged with "[v]erbally abusing, threatening, intimidating, harassing, coercing or engaging in any other conduct that threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person," and "[m]isusing or using without authority or in violation of law, the College's information technology or telecommunications systems." Found guilty of both charges, Monaco was prevented from joining any student organization for the period of her probation. In addition, she was not allowed to submit any material for publication in the student newspapers, a move clearly intended to suppress Monaco's political speech. Monaco also found herself reprimanded for speaking to a non-student publication. Letters from FIRE were sent to three SCCC Presidents: La Lima, Pippins, and Ramos. Ultimately, Monaco's record was expunged when Interim President Pippins found that no real harassment had occurred.
The intimidating atmosphere for free speech on campus
February 19, 2004
The University of Colorado at Boulder decided to teach us all a lesson about free speech last week, but it may not be the lesson it intended. Administrators there had originally told the College Republicans and the Equal Opportunity Alliance that they could not hold an "affirmative action bake sale" on campus. In case you don't know, these "bake sales" are protests that have been held across the country which satirize affirmative action by charging Hispanic and black students less for baked goods than white and Asian students. While you may not like this particular form of "guerilla theater," this […]» Read More
Playing a Dangerous Game
September 2, 2005
When people think about a "threat," they tend to imagine a variety of dark scenarios—from the mugger in the alley who says, "Your money or your life," to the chilling answering machine message where a faceless person says, "I will kill you." Threats like those have never been considered "free speech." In fact, true threats are a crime. In general, for a comment to qualify as a true threat, it must cause reasonable people to believe that they are going to be physically harmed. Unfortunately, many colleges—eager to ban speech that administrators or students do not like—have latched onto the […]» Read More
FIRE Letter to Suffolk County Community College President Shirley Robinson Pippins, January 13, 2004
January 13, 2004
January 13, 2004 President Shirley Robinson Pippins Suffolk County Community College, Ammerman Campus 37 Norman F. Lechtrecker Building 533 College Road Selden, New York 11784-2899 Dear President Pippins, On October 6 of last year, I wrote to you regarding then-president Salvatore J. La Lima's treatment of SCCC student Ursula Monaco. As you will recall, Ms. Monaco was unlawfully punished for accidentally sending an e-mail with profanity in it to a professor. On October 30, the day before he was to step down, President La Lima wrote to Ms. Monaco to inform her that he was "suspending" her punishment effective October […]» Read More


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Blues-Oilers Preview
The St. Louis Blues' winning streak is over – and for at least
one start, so is rookie Jake Allen's run in net.
Veteran goaltender Jaroslav Halak might be the change the Blues
need to get back on track.
Halak will try to help St. Louis win its fifth straight over the
Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night.
With the Blues (16-11-2) going for a fourth consecutive victory,
Allen, who has at least for now taken over the No. 1 job from Halak
and Brian Elliott, allowed three second-period goals in Tuesday's
3-2 loss at Vancouver.
"We played a good 40 minutes, but the other 20 minutes cost us
the game," said center Patrik Berglund, who tied Chris Stewart for
the team lead with his 14th goal.
Coach Ken Hitchcock deciding to give Halak his first start in
five games could give the Blues their best chance to win on
Saturday. He has been in net each time during St. Louis' winning
streak over Edmonton, posting a 1.75 goals-against average, and
stopped 15 shots in a 4-2 home win March 1.
Halak will face an Oilers club that's worked its way back to the
fringe of the crowded Western Conference playoff picture with a
3-0-2 stretch. Edmonton (11-11-7), though, is coming off a 4-3
shootout loss to San Jose on Wednesday in a game it led 3-1 in the
third period.
"It's painful, but we have to look at the fact that we have
points in five games and move forward," said coach Ralph Krueger,
whose team is seeking its first postseason berth in seven
The Blues have dropped five of seven on the road, but they're
8-3-3 in their last 14 at Edmonton following a 5-2 victory last
Feb. 29.
Center Andy McDonald, who scored twice in that victory, will
face the Oilers for the first time this season after returning from
a 10-game injury absence (knee) on Tuesday.
Blues center T.J. Oshie is expected to play after missing the
last three contests with a rib injury. He set up Jaden Schwartz and
captain David Backes for goals in the win over Edmonton earlier
this month as St. Louis rallied from two down after 20 minutes.
The Oilers could have center Ryan-Nugent Hopkins back after he
missed Wednesday's game with the flu. The former No. 1 overall pick
is tied for 11th on the club with two goals.
Center Sam Gagner, the team leader with 12, has five goals and
two assists in a five-game point streak. He has totaled one assist
in the losing streak to St. Louis.
Stewart, the NHL's first star of the week, has two goals and
three points in that stretch after setting up Kevin Shattenkirk's
game-tying goal on March 1.
Devan Dubnyk turned aside 26 shots in that game as his career
record versus St. Louis fell to 0-7-0 with a 4.72 GAA. He's started
Edmonton's last 11 games.
The Blues are 10-1-1 in the last 12 in this series, which
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New Year´s Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic - Preview Performance
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Works by the Strauss Family
It has long been a Philharmonic tradition at the New Year to present a program consisting of the lively and at the same time nostalgic music from the vast repertoire of the Johann Strauss family and its contemporaries. These concerts not only delight the audiences in the Musikverein in Vienna, but also enjoy great international popularity through the world wide television broadcasts, which now reach over 50 countries.
Source: Vienna Philharmonic
Tickets: Ticket orders for the annual end of year concerts of the Vienna Philharmonic (Dec.30, 11 AM; Dec. 31, 7:30 PM; and Jan 1, 11:15 AM) will be accepted exclusively on the Wiener Philharmoniker website, one year in advance, in the period between Jan. 2, 2018, 12:00 AM and Jan 23, 2015, 12:00 PM.
No tickets for the New Year's Concert on sale at the Musikverein!
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If You Only Love Me, I Can Be Healed
Yet, you know there is more to you than body parts, and health care means more than just cleaning out a filter and changing spark plugs, so to speak.
Francis W. Peabody, M.D., in 1927, wrote The Care of the Patient. Peabody's piece is one of the most recounted articles in medical literature. In part, he penned, "The good physician knows his patients through and through, and his knowledge is bought dearly. Time, sympathy and understanding must be lavishly dispensed, but the reward is to be found in that personal bond which forms the greatest satisfaction of the practice of medicine. One of the essential qualities of the clinician is interest in humanity, for the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient."…


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Barstock thermowell
Made of drilled barstock material. Mainly used in heavy duty or general purpose applications.
Due to the challenging process conditions by heavy duty applications the load capacity of a thermowell must be calculated exactly. Dye penetration tests, ultrasound test, helium leakage test, pressure endurance test as well as various, non-destructive material tests prove the quality of materials and processing.
The extension and the immersion lengths as well as the bar dimensions can be chosen according to process requirements
A wide choice of standard materials and process connections is available; other versions can be ordered according to specification
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ECHO PARK — An 111-year-old house on Morton Avenue looks like it is being demolished. But, at least as far as the city is concerned, this is major remodel – not a demolition.
Building permits for the house at 1708 Morton Avenue describe this project as a "ground floor addition and major remodel to single-family dwelling to create new bedrooms/bathroom in front and attached garage/laundry room at rear."
Still, as far passerby are concerned, this old house is gone. At least some vintage concrete-like portals – similar ones can be found on adjacent properties – at the front of the property are still standing – for now.
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Training Tip #46
When not to use the E-Collar
From: Total Retriever Marking with Mike Lardy
There are many times when the e-collar should not be used. The following list is does not include all of the "do nots", and are only examples . See the manual for more information about related ideas.
Don't use collar corrections for switching, going back to an old fall, hunting short, or fading with the factors in early Transition. In early Transition we are still teaching the multiple mark concepts.
Don't use the collar as your dog runs willy-nilly over the field. Regain control first and then use the appropriate pressure on simple action commands ( here, sit, or a whistle blast)
Don't use a collar correction for going to the wrong area if the mistake occurs very gradually with a big rambling hunt. Simply handle to the appropriate area or have the gun help. Only use collar corrections (in-direct pressure) in clear-cut situations where you could read that your dog made a sudden decision to go to the wrong area.
Don't give an e-collar correction for a cast refusal if the background makes it very difficult for the dog to see you. White trucks, glare off vehicles, other handlers, back-lighting, broken tree lines, and other factors can make it nearly impossible for a dog to see the handler's casts. Check first to see what is behind the handler. If in doubt have a training partner go out prior to running any blinds to check the clarity of the handler from the dog's point of view.


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Sharks hoping for scoring surge vs. Sabres
Through two games, the San Jose Sharks are struggling to put the puck in the net and their captain said he believes the poor play may be indicative of a deeper problem.
Coming off a long break, the Sharks reach the midpoint of a season-opening five-game homestand Thursday night when they take on the Buffalo Sabres, who are dealing with their own puck issues.
After losing their season opener Oct. 4, the Sharks fell 4-1 to Los Angeles on Saturday night. Mikkel Boedeker scored for San Jose (0-2-0), which hasn't started a season with three straight losses since 1993-94, when it went dropped four straight en route to a nine-game winless stretch that included one tie.
Logan Couture, who has one of the club's four goals this season, doesn't think it's time to panic yet.
"There should be some urgency," he told the Sharks' official website Tuesday. "When we come to the rink and practice, whether it's myself or a player who has been here a little while, we need to be better."
San Jose is still looking for Brent Burns to flash some of the offense he produced last season while winning his first Norris Trophy. Burns has one assist and a minus-5 rating after leading all NHL blueliners with 29 goals and 76 points while posting a plus-19 rating in 2016-17.
"I respect that everyone is coming to the rink ready to play, but we're missing something. Just mentally we know we've got another level," Sharks captain Joe Pavelski told the league's official website.
Pavelski, who tied Burns for the team lead in goals last season, has one assist.
San Jose was 1-0-1 versus Buffalo last season. Pavelski scored twice as the Sharks snapped a five-game home losing streak to the Sabres with a 4-1 victory March 14.
Buffalo (0-2-1) begins a four-game road trip through California and its first visit to Las Vegas after falling 6-2 to New Jersey on Monday.
"Our resilience has to be better because we're faced with adversity and we're not facing it the right way," Sabres first-year coach Phil Housley said Monday. "We're seeing a little bit of a lull in our game and we're not reacting the right way."
Evander Kane registered his second straight two-goal game. He's taken 26 of the team's 99 shots and scored four of its seven markers.
Last season, Kane led Buffalo with 28 goals in 70 games, while Jack Eichel -- who's notched one goal in 2017-18 -- had 24 in 61 contests.
However, the Sabres are not generating offense from other veterans. Ryan O'Reilly, Kyle Okposo and Matt Moulson have combined for one assist and are a minus-12.
"There's many things that we have to do differently. There's not one thing, there's piles of things," said O'Reilly, who was second on last season's club with 55 points. "... Last three games, I've been useless. It's not good enough."
The Sabres also have been abysmal with the man-advantage. The club surrendered four short-handed goals to match its total from 2016-17.
"We're shocked. We think we're going to score in the back of our net and then have it happen again and again and again, it's just, it's very disappointing," O'Reilly said.
The Sharks and Sabres are in bottom third of the league in goals per game.
"This is a hard league," Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. "You have to pay a price to win games, and we haven't done that enough."
Housley echoed DeBoer.
"It's so hard in this league to win. Every team is very good and everybody is fighting for something and we have to understand how hard it is to win and to compete," he said.
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As a CWU parent, you play an essential role in helping your son or daughter make the life-changing transition from being an adult "on paper" to becoming an independent, savvy, socially responsible citizen. Put another way, you're not on the sidelines; you're part of the team. Our job as educators is to give context to the lessons they've already learned from you.
During their journey toward independence we will get to know your son or daughter, but we will never know them as well as you. College life is rewarding and fun, but it can be stressful at times. This Parent Handbook outlines many of the support services available to you and your student, but make no mistake you are the ultimate support system.
We hope you will visit campus regularly, avail yourself of our wonderful activities and events, and support our efforts to make Central an even safer, more comfortable and attractive place to live, explore, and study. We also encourage you to share your questions, suggestions, and stories with us. It is our sincere privilege to help author this pivotal and exciting chapter in your student's life. Welcome to the team. If you have questions on any topic, feel free to contact Central's coordinator of parent and family programs at 509-963-2735.
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Turnovers and inconsistent offense doom Lady Bucs
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Feb. 11, 2013) – ETSU's inability to put the ball in the basket, and allowing Florida Gulf Coast to score 28 points off of its 25 turnovers, was too tall of a task for the Lady Bucs to conquer as they fell to Atlantic Sun-leading Florida Gulf Coast, 70-48, on Monday evening inside Alico Arena.
With the loss, ETSU drops to 6-14 overall and 4-9 in Atlantic Sun play, while Florida Gulf Coast improves to 20-5 overall and an unblemished 13-0 in league action.
"One area that really jumped out at me on the stat sheet was 28 points off of our 25 turnovers," ETSU head coach Karen Kemp said. "Twenty-five turnovers are too tough to overcome, especially with them converting off of our turnovers, so that is an area we will focus on and have been focusing on all year. I am disappointed in our guard play, but I was really proud of Jasmine Kemp (Stone Mountain, Ga.). I thought she came off the bench and gave us really good minutes as well as Maria Bond (Macon, Ga.). It really hurts us that Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.) is still not 100 percent so we will need to get her some rest the next couple of days before we play Mercer."
The Lady Bucs started off the first half strong, accumulating a 5-4 lead in the first four minutes of the period, due in part to FGCU's cold shooting. ETSU struggled to hold on to the ball early with three turnovers that the Eagles turned into four points before the first media timeout. This Lady Bucs' lead was short lived as FGCU went on a 13-0 streak over the next five minutes of play, inflating the now Eagles' advantage to 17-6. The FGCU burst continued throughout the half as ETSU was held without a made field goal from the 17:47 to 6:40 marks, largely because of misses from inside the paint. The Lady Bucs responded late in the period with an 8-5 run over the final four minutes to close the gap to 37-21 at the break. In total, the Eagles ended the half on 33-16 run over nearly 16 minutes and dominated the Blue and Gold with a 19-0 advantage in points off turnovers due ETSU's 15 first half miscues.
Once the second half began, FGCU did not take their foot off the gas, burying a three-pointer less than a minute into the period. This three-ball was just the beginning of a 14-6 run over the first six minutes of the stanza before the Eagles increased their lead to as many as 28 points off of a 25-13 burst over the opening 10 minutes of the half. It did not help matters that ETSU got into early foul trouble in the period, putting FGCU in the bonus before the midway point of the half. As a result, the Eagles were able to cash in through makes at the free throw line and continued to make ETSU pay off of their propensity to turn the ball over with 13 additional points off turnovers. The Lady Bucs' inability to score was too much for them to overcome as they dropped a 70-48 decision.
For FGCU, guard Sarah Hansen showed why she is in the top five in the conference in scoring as she poured in 26 points. Betsy Adams also continued her hot streak from deep against the Lady Bucs as she knocked down four triples en route to 14 points, while Jaime Gluesing added 11 points. Meanwhile, sophomore guard Cara Bowling (Elizabethton, Tenn.) had another strong scoring performance with 14 points to lead ETSU, while sophomore forward Maria Bond (Macon, Ga.) contributed 12 points and seven rebounds off the bench. In extended playing time, freshman forward Jasmine Kemp (Stone Mountain, Ga.) recorded a game-high 13 rebounds in reserve action.
The Eagles did not shoot it exceptionally well with only 32 percent made from the field and only 37 percent nailed from three-point range, but did bury 76 percent of their free throw attempts. The story of the game was FGCU's dominance in points off of the Lady Bucs' mistakes, holding a 28-4 advantage in this category. The Eagles led in only one other category, gaining four fast break points compared to two for the Blue and Gold.
Meanwhile, ETSU posted a second consecutive poor shooting performance, nailing only 32 percent of their attempts from the field and made only three trifectas out of their nine tries from behind the arc. The Lady Bucs also shot a sub-par 58 percent from the charity stripe, but did outrebound their opponent once again, outrebounding FGCU by 20, 53-33. The Blue and Gold also led in points in the paint (24-18), second chance points (11-6) and bench points (23-22).
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posted by Eugenia Loli on Fri 7th Dec 2007 06:25 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
Jambi ships as a single Java library, or JAR (Java Archive) file, plus a handful of tools, including an interface layout and design tool, and an Eclipse plug-in. Trolltech uses its vaunted Qt C++ library as the GUI engine and puts Java wrappers around it. This approach uses the JNI (Java Native Interface) to call the necessary functions from Java. More here.


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Spine-Product Maker Stryker Enters China with Trauson Acquisition
Shares in orthopedic products maker Trauson Holdings are surging more than 40% on Friday morning in Hong Kong after the company was acquired by U.S. spine-products maker Stryker, the second such deal by a U.S. company in recent months. This could be the start of a new wave of dealmaking in the industry.
The acquisition gives Stryker a foothold in the Chinese market, where an ageing population and rising consumption in healthcare is driving demand for orthopedic products. Stryker's deal follows Medtronic September acquisition of Chinese orthopedics company Kanghui Holdings Co. for $816 million.
Foreign private-equity firms have also been busy investors in China's healthcare sector. Both Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. took stakes in specialist healthcare companies last year.
The prospects of future deals is buoying other companies in the industry. Trauson's peer Golden Meditech Holdings, which manufactures blood-related devices and manages hospitals in China, is up 7% in Hong Kong, and another Chinese medical device maker MicroPort Scientific, is up 6%.
Stryker said Thursday that it would buy the Chinese company for $764 million in cash or HK$7.50 per share, a 45% premium over Trauson's closing price on Jan. 8. Stryker shares closed up 0.3% in New York on Thursday.
Trauson went public June 2010 and raised $109 million to an enthusiastic investor response, shooting up 9% on its debut. The company is the largest maker of trauma products in China and one of the top producers of spine products in terms of market share in the country, supplying to over 2,500 hospitals in the country.


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Monon Prediction: A Great Gameby Jim Amidon • November 12, 2008 Share:
Weather forecasters are calling for cold temperatures and wet conditions when Wabash College hosts DePauw University in the 115th Monon Bell Classic Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Byron P. Hollett Little Giant Stadium.
Football forecasters are predicting a classic matchup between two high-powered offenses with experienced quarterbacks, deep-threat receivers, and hard-hitting defenses.
The two schools' alumni offices are predicting big crowds and lots of excitement at more than 60 telecast parties stretching coast to coast where thousands of alumni will turn out to watch the HDNet telecast of the Monon Bell game.
And the two schools' presidents, DePauw's Brian Casey and Wabash's Pat White, have issued a joint statement calling on all fans to respect and take care of one another, while cherishing the nation's finest small college football rivalry.
At precisely 1:07, the battle for the Monon Bell will be on. DePauw will seek to retain possession for a second straight year of the 300-pound steam locomotive's bell, which has served as the victory prize since 1932. Wabash hopes to win the game to post an undefeated regular season and advance into the first round of the Division III playoffs with a full head of steam.
Weather could be a factor, but recent Bell games have been played in conditions ranging from snow to rain and from freezing temps to balmy 70-degree days. Cold, damp weather is likely, though the field at Hollett Little Giant Stadium is in amazingly good shape for so late in the year.
DePauw (7-2; 5-2 in the SCAC) would likely prefer a dry track to take full advantage of its potent passing attack. Led by junior Spud Dick, a 29 game starter in his career, the Tiger passing game is formidable. Dick (photo left courtesy of DePauw University) hits on 67 percent of his passes, averages 300 yards per game, and has thrown 23 touchdown passes. Five of his 11 interceptions on the season came in his team's losses at nationally ranked Millsaps and Trinity.
His favorite targets are the speedy possession receiver Bryan Mulligan (48 receptions, 4 TDs) and deep threat Alex Koors (50 catches, 17-yard average, 9 TDs). The versatile Brayden Dahlstrom has 33 catches, and six different receivers have catches longer than 30 yards.
The Tigers' running game has been plagued by injuries. Starters Jon Ellis (430 yards, 5 TDs) and Derrick Karazsia (249 yards) have combined to miss five games with injuries. Ellis, though, is healthy again and will build on a solid freshman year.
Wabash's offense counters with junior Matt Hudson (right) at quarterback. The second-year starter has completed 68 percent of his passes for 2,376 yards, and 25 touchdowns. Three of his six interceptions came in a hard-fought 13-10 win at Wittenberg, but otherwise he's been tremendously efficient.
It appeared sophomore receiver Kody LeMond was headed for the record books after hauling in 13 touchdown passes at mid-season, but double coverages and Wabash's emerging running game have slowed the passing attack. LeMond leads the team with 59 catches and averages 18.2 yards per reception.
The rest of Hudson's 161 completions have been spread out among a number of talented receivers. Sophomore Wes Chamblee (23-296), freshman Brady Young (15-235-2), and seniors Brock Graham (19-237-4) and Andrew Rode (17-196-2) have all had standout performances this year.
Wabash's offensive edge over DePauw is likely in the running game. Whereas DePauw has averaged just 2.9 yards per carry, Wabash backs are clicking off big chunks of turf with four backs averaging over 44 yards per game. Seniors Bobby Kimp (117-599-8) and Adam Pilli (48-309-4), junior Evan Sobecki (46-340-5), and sophomore Derrick Yoder (92-425-7) have all split time in the backfield for the Little Giants.
Punching holes in defensive lines for Wabash has been an experienced offensive line, led by seniors Jeremy Morris, Pat Long (left), and Tony Neymeier.
Wabash's offense is likely to continue to do what it has all season — mix up the pass and run based on the defensive personnel opponents have on the field. Hudson's comfort with Head Coach Erik Raeburn's offense has grown throughout the year, evidenced in the 168 points the Little Giants have scored in the last three weeks.
DePauw is very solid up front with sack-master Michael McNelis and proven linebackers Ryan Preuss (60 tackles) and Tarren Collins (59 tackles). Safety Marc Hoeppner is good against the run and the pass with 51 tackles and two interceptions. Wabash will likely challenge DePauw's secondary, which has yielded 19 passing touchdowns this year.
Meanwhile, to slow DePauw's aerial attack, Wabash will look to its defensive line to put pressure on Spud Dick.
Leading the way are four players with loads of starting experience, including seniors Darryl Kennon (right, 29 sacks, all-time leader), Jared Lange (38 tackles, 6 sacks), and Josh Gangloff (29 tackles), and junior Matt Whyde (4 sacks).
Wabash is also likely to employ nickel packages on defense, which will involve bringing in an extra defensive back in Addrian Frederick (5 interceptions) to join corners Chris Schweigel and Dan Ryan Wood (2 INTs). Third-year starting safety Chad Peterman (10 career INTs) brings experience to the defensive backfield.
Senior linebackers David Mann (33 tackles, 2 INTs) and Rich Lehmann (33 tackles) join junior Bryan Watson (49 tackles, 2 INTs) and C.J. Gum (23 tackles) as the team's primary run stoppers.
Unlike in many recent years, both teams have very credible and reliable kicking games. DePauw's Jordan Havercamp booted the game-winning 47-yard field goal that defeated Wabash last year, and he's hit 8-of-11 field goals this year. Wabash counters with the tandem of Spencer Whitehead and Drew Oehler, who have combined to hit 6-of-9 field goals and 51-of-56 extra points.
But it's unlikely that with such high-powered offenses on the field that the two coaches, DePauw's Matt Walker and Wabash's Erik Raeburn, will be settling for field goals… unless they come with only seconds remaining.
The predictions for the 2008 Monon Bell Classic are in — cold and wet, big crowds, and a hard-fought, intense rivalry game sure to please the 12,000 fans who pack into Little Giant Stadium and thousands of others who will watch the national telecast.
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What the Science Says About Magnesium Stearate
By Joseph Dever, PhD, DABT and Michael Kemp, PhD, RD
It's often been said that scientific studies can be used to support just about anything. But discoveries are never made one study at a time. Only when science is viewed as a process and the sum of these studies are added together can a solid conclusion be reached and used to support patients.When an individual ignores the larger body of research in favor of a single study with a particular finding, they bias their search for evidence and do a disservice to patients.
Magnesium stearate is a perfect example of how selective interpretation of research can lead to errors in clinical application. Magnesium stearate is an excipient – a substance with minimal biological activity based on the amounts used. Excipients are added to foods, supplements and drugs to prevent ingredients from clumping or sticking to equipment. To make a stearate excipient, calcium or magnesium is combined with stearic acid from vegetable oils.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has responded to the significant scientific evidence on magnesium stearate and found that it is not problematic for human health. Also, magnesium and stearic acid are found naturally in the diet. Despite this, there are claims based on one study or another suggesting that magnesium stearate should be avoided.
Let's examine one such claim, the idea that magnesium stearate can damage the immune system. This theory seems to be largely based on a 1990 study titled, "Molecular Basis for the Immunosuppressive Action of Stearic Acid on T Cells." In fact, this paper has nothing to do with orally ingested magnesium stearate in food, supplements or drugs. Instead, it demonstrates that exposing T cells to physiologically impossible concentrations of stearic acid (which is different from magnesium stearate) can suppress the immune response in the context of preventing the rejection of transplanted organs.1
But couldn't this suggest that magnesium stearate could affect T cell activity? The answer is no. The majority of consumed stearic acid is converted to oleic acid in the body, suggesting there is no reasonable amount of dietary stearic acid that would be sufficient to suppress T cells in humans.
Another paper published in a 1985 edition of Pharmaceutical Technology has been used to suggest that magnesium stearate impacts absorption of nutrients. In fact, this paper examines crospovidone, an excipient used to help drugs (ketorolac tromethamine in this case) dissolve in water. The findings of this study are only relevant to food, supplements or drugs containing crospovidone. It has no bearing on items that use only magnesium stearate.2
Additionally, the dissolution rate of any substance in pure water cannot be used to make predictions about its digestion and bioavailability in the gut. Our digestive system involves tens of thousands of proteins and other molecules with a vast capacity to break down and absorb both water-soluble and fat-soluble molecules. Thus, the use of this article as the basis for claims that magnesium stearate lowers nutrient bioavailability is invalid.
Indeed, in papers that use magnesium stearate as the target of investigation, tablet dissolution times were not consistent with actual bioavailability of the active ingredient:
However, the story is more complicated. Another paper found that relative to no magnesium stearate, 0.5 percent magnesium stearate did reduce availability of the target molecule, sulphadiazine.5 Also, magnesium stearate reacts to active ingredients differently, as do other excipients. For example, in the case of prednisone, magnesium stearate is preferred over talc, but magnesium stearate cannot be used in the making of ampicillin tablets.6
Despite this complexity, it's important to remember that magnesium stearate is used at range of 0.25–1 percent weight-per-weight of a tablet or fractions of a gram for drugs and supplements. One recent article on the problems with magnesium stearate used as a reference a document called a material safety data sheet (MSDS) that characterizes a substance used in manufacturing (there's even one for water). MSDS documents are used by companies to guide handling of substances in production-scale amounts; in the case of magnesium stearate, this means barrel-size quantities, not tablet-sized.
This is a vital distinction because dose is key when determining harmful effects of any material. Using MSDS sheets to promote the supposed harm of a chemical would be equivalent to requiring each of us to remove all jewelry, complete a sanitary scrub and wear a hair net to make a cup of tea. While taking those actions and using tools like the MSDS make sense in a factory setting, they are excessive and unnecessary when applied elsewhere.
So, what does a clinician say to patients who want to know if magnesium stearate is harmful? Significant scientific agreement based on strong evidence suggests that magnesium stearate is safe for consumption, does not impact T cells, and does not meaningfully affect bioavailability of the bioactive ingredients in animal or human models.


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STMicroelectronics and X2 Biosystems Celebrate Shipment of 5,000th Concussion Sensor System
Advanced sensing, computing, RF and power chips in action in an unprecedented
range of activities, from youth sports to the NFL
As millions of fall sports participants take to the field to kick off the 2013 sports season, players in a wide range of activities are wearing electronic head-impact monitoring patches ("xPatches") developed by X2 Biosystems with advanced technology from STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications.
In addition to surpassing the milestone of 5,000 xPatch sensor systems shipped, the X2 Biosystems' Integrated Concussion Exam (ICE) software has been adopted by a broader audience. This customer list includes the NFL (National Football League), which has mandated the use of the X2 ICE in all practices and games of all 32 teams this season. A cloud-connected mobile application environment, the X2 ICE captures athlete concussion history and pre-season neuro-cognitive function, balance, and coordinate-performance data, which is then used as a baseline for comparison after a suspected injury event.
The X2 xPatch uses miniature sensors to monitor the impacts experienced by each player and transmits data to X2's ICE software where sideline staff can examine it in context of the individual athlete's recent impact history and lifetime concussion history.
X2 Biosystems worked with STMicroelectronics to build the wearable xPatches, which are smaller than an American Quarter (25-cent piece). They incorporate ST's tiny MEMS motion-sensing chips, ultra low-power STM32L microcontroller, SPIRIT1 low-power radio transmitter, and miniature power-supply and battery-charging ICs.
"The development of the X2 Biosystems xPatch would not have been possible without ST's advanced technologies. The xPatch integrates all required functions for head-impact monitoring, analysis, and wireless data transmission in a small, inconspicuous, comfortably wearable format," said Christoph Mack, CEO of X2 Biosystems. "Because it's so small and lightweight, it can be attached easily and unobtrusively behind the player's ear – athletes forget they're wearing it within minutes. This frees the athlete to perform at the limit of their abilities; playing hard, while playing safe."
"We are delighted that our technologies, including MEMS precision movement sensing and ultra low-power radio and ICs, have enabled the creation of the X2 xPatch system, augmenting sports bodies' efforts to safeguard the wellbeing of participants," commented Benedetto Vigna, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Analog, MEMS and Sensors Group, STMicroelectronics. "The level of miniaturization, integration, and power efficiency ST has been able to deliver has allowed X2 to apply its systems at the professional, university, high-school and youth levels in Football, Soccer, Hockey, Lacrosse, Boxing and Field Hockey. Through capturing and analyzing over 600,000 head impact events so far, X2 and ST are helping to keep athletes safer."
Medical professionals within sports, military, and industrial safety areas believe that better management of concussions can help prevent serious brain injuries, which are associated with conditions such as dementia and depression later in life. The evidence is strong that the brain can repair itself after most concussions, if the condition is recognized and managed appropriately. Information provided by the X2 Concussion Management System helps to monitor impact events, promote adherence to the standard of care, coordinate the return to play process, and improve both acute and long-term brain health outcomes.
About STMicroelectronics
ST is a global leader in the semiconductor market serving customers across the spectrum of sense and power and automotive products and embedded processing solutions. From energy management and savings to trust and data security, from healthcare and wellness to smart consumer devices, in the home, car and office, at work and at play, ST is found everywhere microelectronics make a positive and innovative contribution to people's life. By getting more from technology to get more from life, ST stands for life.augmented.
In 2012, the Company's net revenues were $8.49 billion. Further information on ST can be found at www.st.com.
About X2 Biosystems
X2 Biosystems, Inc. has developed the world's first systems for comprehensive, end to end management of concussion and other brain injuries. X2's xPatch products provide real time 6 axis measurement of head impact events that cause sports brain injury (SBI) and present impact information in an athlete's individuated head impact history and brain injury risk profile. X2 Biosystems' mission is to provide useful, affordable product systems to help stop the epidemic of SBIs in Athletics, Military, and Industrial Safety.
For more information, please visit www.X2bio.com


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Mon 12th May 2014 23:47 UTC
For years, the US government loudly warned the world that Chinese routers and other internet devices pose a "threat" because they are built with backdoor surveillance functionality that gives the Chinese government the ability to spy on anyone using them. Yet what the NSA's documents show is that Americans have been engaged in precisely the activity that the US accused the Chinese of doing.
What surprises me the most is that there are still people who are surprised by this.


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Very energetic and motivational song suitable for many videos that need action and corporate music. Features guitars, synth, drums, bass, bells and many more. Three versions included :
1. And This Is Our Time (2:38)
2. And This Is Our Time-No Melody (2:38) ...starting at 2:38
3. And This Is Our Time-Loop (2:31) ...starting at 5:16
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Cruising Onboard the Celebrity Solstice Celebrity Cruises and Air New Zealand are partnering together to offer special New Zealand cruise packages, which will allow clients to experience the wonders of New Zealand onboard the Celebrity Solstice. These 15-17 night Book & Go vacation packages include airfare from LAX to Sydney, accommodations for three to four nights in a three-star hotel in Sydney and 12-14 nights onboard the cruise. With departures starting on Nov. 4 and continuing until March 2014, the Celebrity Solstice has seven ports of call along the coasts of Australia and New Zealand. Departing from either Auckland or Sydney, the cruises visit Dusky, Doubtful and Milford Sounds, and ports of call include the Bay of Islands, Wellington, Tauranga, Dunedin, Akaroa, Melbourne and Hobart.
For travel agents in Southern California, incentive booking for this offer has been extended to July 31 and includes a $200 bonus commission per stateroom on Concierge Class or higher bookings and a $75 bonus commission per stateroom on balcony bookings. Clients in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, San Bernardino and Riverside counties will also receive a $100 onboard credit.In addition, for every booking of this package made before July 31, travel agents will be entered into a raffle for one of 14 spots on a familiarization trip to New Zealand, which will include roundtrip airfare from LAX and a six-day land tour.www.celebritycruises.com/socalpr
Auckland's Food ShowFood enthusiasts will enjoy the Food Show, New Zealand's food and wine convention in Auckland, held from Aug. 1-4. At the Food Show, they will be able to learn the latest food trends, watch demonstrations by top chefs, who will share their tips and secrets, and, of course, taste some of the best cuisine, wine and beer to be found anywhere. Talks will range from the nutrition in food to how to whip up a Middle Eastern meal. For foodies looking to spice up their kitchen, there will be special deals on kitchen appliances and ingredients. Celebrity chefs present will include Peter Gordon, Sean Connolly and Simon Gault. www.foodshow.co.nz
Winter In New ZealandVisitors to New Zealand who want a little winter cheer (winter takes place from about June to August) have their pick of adventure activities. In addition to snow-shoeing and snow tubing, visitors can visit the easily accessible Fox Glacier and Franz Josef Glacier. These glaciers, which are closer to sea level than most glaciers, extend down from New Zealand's Southern Alps. The Fox Glacier stretches more than 8,500 feet from its origin high in the mountains. Visitors can hike in to see the glaciers, which only involves a 1½-hour walk from the town of Franz Josef. They can also hire professional guides, but the especially adventurous visitors will want to hire a helicopter that will take them up into the higher reaches of the ice.www.newzealand.com
Ziplining in New ZealandThough not specifically a winter activity, ziplining through New Zealand's alpine forests during the winter months is sure to give visitors a warming adrenaline rush. Ziptrek Ecotours, located in Queenstown, provides visitors with an immersion into the surrounding natural environment as they zip from one treetop platform to another on cables. Try out its newest Kea 6-Line tour, which features the steepest tree-to-tree zipline in the world. In between zips, visitors will learn about the ecology of the surrounding forest from their guides. Visitors will also enjoy breathtaking views of Queenstown, the surrounding mountains and the nearby Lake Wakatipu. The Ziptrek Ecotours are also a great option for families, since children as young as six years old can participate.www.ziptrek.com/queenstown-new-zealand


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From the series "Code", 2001.
Oil and pencil on paper, 30 × 30 cm.
When we consider a road map or a map of the territory we note that they contain different information that are represented by different means, according to the purpose for which they were created: each time we find colors, symbols and words that recall a precise meaning. What happens if I take these techniques of representation, these symbols, and take off the scope for which they were created and mingle them with each other? Will it be for the reader a text in a foreign language, that is meaningless, or through the world of associations and references that each of us possesses, will generate a new language and associate to those images a new meaning?
In these drawings, the invention of the map of a city is only a pretext. Gradually, by changing the shapes, colors and the hierarchy of associations between the various elements I explore the possibilities of changing this language increasingly moving away from its original meaning.
My original artworks are also available for sale at the following link:
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Andros Townsend continued his fine run of form as Tottenham got back to winning ways with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Aston Villa.
A fortunate opener from Tottenham's man of the moment was followed by a second half strike by Roberto Soldado, as Spurs left Villa Park with all three points, to get their league form back on track.
A surprise home defeat to West Ham last time out gave this fixture added importance for Andre Villas-Boas and his team, who were boosted by the news that Villa striker Christian Benteke was only fit for a place on the bench.
And despite dominating the possession in the opening stages, their opening goal had a great deal of fortune to it as Townsend's curling cross evaded everyone before finding the corner of the home side's net.
During the celebrations there was an unsavory moment when assistant referee David Bryan was hit by a flare thrown by Spurs' fans celebrating the goal, though thankfully he was able to continue.
Townsend was denied a second before the break, but was denied by a great save from Brad Guzan, after Gylfi Sigurdsson had spurned a great chance by heading wide when unmarked.
Guzan was at the rescue again for Villa early in the second half after keeping out Soldado's neat flick with a wonderful stretching save, before the introduction of talisman Benteke sparked Villa into life.
However just as the home side's momentum was building, Spurs killed the game thanks to a quality finish from Soldado, after a great pass from Paulinho.
As the game neared it's conclusion, Townsend continued to impress and went close to adding to his earlier strike, but his curling shot flew just over.
The win sends Tottenham into fifth place and just three points behind leaders Arsenal. With 16 points from their opening eight games it means they have equaled their best start to a Premier League season.
Meanwhile Aston Villa drop to 13th.
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Virtual Developer Workshop: Containerized Development with Docker
Environment: Visual C++ 6 SP4
With the list box you can specify each property row to contain either an edit box, a combo box, an RBG color value, a font name, or a file name. When the user wants to specify a color, font, or file name, the appropriate common dialog is displayed.
The property list box even allows the user to resize the columns!
Adding a CPropertyList box to a dialog
- Add the files ProperyList.h and PropertyList.cpp to your project.
- Add a list box to the dialog in which you wish to place a property list box.
- Set the properties for the list box to:
- Selection: Single
- Owner Draw: Variable
- Check the 'Has Strings' box and Uncheck the 'Sort' box
- Using the ClassWizard add a CPropertyList member variable for the list box. If you don't see a choice called CPropertyList, then select CListBox instead, and then manually edit the dialog class and set the variable to type CPropertyList.
- Include the file "PropertyList.h" in your dialog class.
Using the CPropertyList box
- Create an object of type CPropertyItem. The constructor syntax is as follows:
CPropertyItem(CString propName, CString curValue, int nItemType, CString cmbItems)where
- propName is a name for the property and is displayed in the first column
- curValue is the initial value for the property
- nItemType is either
- PIT_COMBO (combo box control)
- PIT_EDIT (edit box control)
- PIT_COLOR (color chooser)
- PIT_FONT (font selector)
- PIT_FILE (file chooser)
- cmbItems are the combo items if nItemType is set to PIT_COMBO, e.g., "TRUE|FALSE|".
- Add the CPropertyItem object to the CPropertyList box using the AddPropItem method:
int AddPropItem(CPropertyItem* pItem);
The following lines add a property of each type to a CPropertyList box (m_propList).
//Add an edit box for a property called 'ToolTip Text' CPropertyItem* propItem1 = new CPropertyItem("ToolTip Text","",PIT_EDIT,""); m_propList.AddPropItem(propItem1); //Add a combo box with the choices 'true' and 'false' //for a property called 'Enabled' CPropertyItem* propItem2 = new CPropertyItem("Enabled","true",PIT_COMBO,"true|false|"); m_propList.AddPropItem(propItem2); //Add a color chooser for a property called 'Back. Color' CPropertyItem* propItem3 = new CPropertyItem("Back. Color","",PIT_COLOR,""); m_propList.AddPropItem(propItem3); //Add a file chooser for a property called 'File Name' CPropertyItem* propItem4 = new CPropertyItem("File Name","",PIT_FILE,""); m_propList.AddPropItem(propItem4); //Add a font chooser for a property called 'Font' CPropertyItem* propItem5 = new CPropertyItem("Font","",PIT_FONT,""); m_propList.AddPropItem(propItem5);
That's it. Download the project file to see a working example. The source for the CPropertyList class contains additional documentation pertaining to the code.
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Doug Pray's entertaining and opinionated documentary on the Seattle music scene takes the (admittedly unusual) position that the Grunge Explosion of the mid-1990s was the worst thing to happen to rock music in the Pacific Northwest.
Hype! depicts Seattle as a town where a fertile musical community with a distinctive sound and style grew largely because it was ignored by the rest of the world.
Once the unexpected success of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden made Seattle the rock capital of the world, drugs took hold, opportunists scrambled for the spotlight, and cheap flannel shirts became grunge fashion.
The movie features revealing (and often hilarious) interviews with members of such groups as Mudhoney, the Mono Men, the Fastbacks, Seven Year Bitch, Tad, Girl Trouble, Gas Huffer, Dead Moon, and the Supersuckers, as well as performance footage of all these bands and informed perspectives from a number of behind-the-scenes figures.
It also features a technically shaky but historically priceless clip of Nirvana's first public performance of Smells Like Teen Spirit.
|Doug Pray


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All good ideas have their time to come alive.
For more than a decade, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America had been in conversation about starting a ministry for immigrants in New Mexico, but things just never came together.
But the churches never forgot about the idea, and the pieces finally did fall into place, forming the Camino de Vida new church development.
Both churches saw the need for a Hispanic ministry in the Albuquerque area.
The ELCA's Rocky Mountain Synod had been thinking about a new startup since the late 1990s, and local churches suggested partnering with the PC(USA), said Pastor Jim Hytjan, assistant to the synod's bishop and director of evangelical outreach.
The Presbytery of Santa Fe was aware that there hadn't been a Hispanic new church development in the area for a long time and that the Spanish-speaking population needed more outreach, said the Rev. Trey Hammond, a Presbyterian pastor and member of Camino de Vida's advisory committee.
But despite the eagerness of both churches, the idea never moved forward.
"At some points we had the money but no mission developer or vice versa," Hytjan said.
Then in 2008, the Rev. Guillermo Yela, a Guatemalan man fresh out of seminary, came to town looking for an internship at a Presbyterian church that was seeking a multicultural leader. This church had about 95 members of Mexican descent, but Yela soon found out that this group wasn't what many would consider an immigrant population.
"They'd been here for generations and they were very disconnected from the new immigrants," Yela said. "They'd done so much to distance themselves and be different from the immigrants that they were no longer able to build a relationship with the new immigrants. Even their form of Spanish was different."
It was the more recent immigrants who most needed assistance and guidance, and Yela expressed his interest in working with them.
This restarted the conversations at the Presbytery of Santa Fe about a new church development. In spite of Yela's youth and inexperience, the presbytery was very impressed with his abilities, Hammond said.
"His coming here and his desire to do this made it seem as though God wanted it done," he said. "This is certainly not an easy assignment for his first call, but he has a passion for this."
That passion helped power an old idea from the abstract to reality.
"It was the ELCA interest 10 years ago that originally sparked this concept of a regional partnership for an immigrant Hispanic development," said Jim Collie, executive presbyter at the Presbytery of Santa Fe. "And it was Yela's presence in our community that got the Lutherans and the Presbyterians back together."
Yela met with officials at the ELCA, who were also impressed with him. Talks about a joint effort were started once again, and in September Yela was ordained at Second Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque and installed as the mission developer of the Ecumenical Southwest Mesa Hispanic Development.
One of Yela's first "get to know you" events demonstrated the need of such a ministry. Hundreds attended the holiday party, surprising even Yela, who now has a pretty good idea of how many recent immigrants he'll be serving.
"Right next to the immigrant community that's already in place, a new community is being built. There are 38,000 residents of the Southwest Mesa and (it is) growing because it's the only place for Albuquerque to grow," Yela said. "Yet there are only 10 churches there, and only one that offers a Spanish service, even though 80 percent of the community is Hispanic."
Yela plans to initially offer Bible studies and support groups. Through these programs, he hopes to get to know the community members and find out what else they want and need. He's also working to start some community service programs like a food pantry, health program and English as a second language classes.
Right now, the effort is a joint program between the PC(USA) and ELCA, but the churches hope to involve the United Church of Christ in the future. Yela welcomes the support.
"By creating relationships with other churches, we can pool resources and generate support from the mission work that all churches do," he said. "I don't want just money, I want involvement. I want people and talents and volunteers."
Yela would like volunteers to commit to one year, and his idea is to consider them a mission worker for that time. They'd still be members of their own church, but they'd come to Camino de Vida for one year to work and learn about the Hispanic community.
"The immigrant community is often seen as a ghetto community," Yela said. "It's not, but I need to get people to go there to see that. This is not my ministry, this is God's ministry, and we will help this community."
Working with two churches has been fruitful, Yela said. The PC(USA) and ELCA have enough common theology to make the programs work. As far as differing traditions, the partnership provides a way to break away from stale traditions and create new ones that work for the community. Yela envisions perhaps something emphasizing Hispanic culture and reformed theology.
Both the PC(USA) and ELCA are pleased with the success of the partnership so far.
"Our people and the Presbyterians of Albuquerque get along so well," Hytjan said. "I think it's a wonderful model."
Collie agreed and emphasized that pooling resources allows for more work to be done.
"Funding has been a challenge for all of us," he said. "I suspect that neither the Lutherans nor the Presbyterians could have done this alone. But together, we're going to make this work."
Watch a video about Camino de Vida.
Toni Montgomery is a freelance writer in Statesville, N.C., where she also serves as secretary for First Presbyterian Church.


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Security Metrics as a Management Tool
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April 2008
Security metrics involve assessing resources, new technology, risks, and mitigation: relating operations to risk reduction. Mitigation costs should be less than the expected cost of the risk, but the cost of rare events is difficult to assess. However, if doomsday scenarios are ignored, so is potential catastrophic damage to the company. Spending on improvements is required to avoid expensive adverse effects of unforeseen events. Security can also add value by enhancing the firm's risk management, thereby enabling it to enter a new market or country.


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Your car care questions answered by repair expert Larry Rubenstein.
Q: I have some questions I was hoping you could possibly answer, or provide any insight on. I have a 2001 Dodge Stratus Sedan with a 2.7L V6 engine and a 41TE automatic transmission. (Currently has 156,000 miles.) Recently, OBD code P0700 appeared and I scanned the car with a scanner which can access the TCM. This yielded more codes beyond P0700. The codes retrieved from the TCM are as follows: P0705 - Transmission Range Sensor Circuit, P0732 - Gear Ratio Error in Second, P0733 - Gear Ratio Error in Third, P0748 - TCC Control Circuit Error and P1790- Fault Immediately After a Shift.
The symptoms the car exhibits are as follows -- when upshifting from first to second and second to third, a vibration can be felt. The same vibration is felt when downshifting from third to second. The transmission does not correctly shift into overdrive. When the transmission is in overdrive, the engine RPM are 200 to 300 higher than they should be. The check-engine light is illuminated.
What has been done so far -- the solenoid pack has been replaced. The transmission range sensor has been replaced. The valve body has been removed, drained of fluid and reinstalled. The transmission fluid has been changed and a new transmission fluid filter installed. My next step is replacing the valve body (I ordered it from Chrysler today) since that seems to be a common thread for all the code descriptions I have read. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
A: It sounds to me like the repairs you have attempted to make are costing you more than the resale value of the car. Unless the car has sentimental value, I really think you need to take a step back before you spend more money on this car. However if you choose to continue, I will share with you the results we have had at my shop with Chrysler cars with the same symptoms.
In more than half the cases, the problem has been in the wiring harness, which will give you all the codes you are speaking about. Using a digital volt, ohm meter, you want to ohm out all the wires going to the transmission computer, including the ground circuit. While you are taking an ohm reading, you want to have a helper flex the wire harness in various places. Most likely you will see a few circuits go from open to closed. That is caused by broken wires in the harness.
The repair is a bit labor-intensive, but not that high-skilled or high-cost. Hope this helps and good luck. Think carefully before you invest any more money into this 16-year-old Stratus.
Q: My name is Lou. I have a problem with my 2004 Chevy Suburban. I have a dual alternator set up. The problem I am having is, from a stop, heavy acceleration shifting first to second, I have belt chirp during shift.
I have a theory that I need one-way directional pulleys on the alternators. I think what is happening is one alternator is trying to push/pull the other during the instantaneous drop in rpm during the shift.
I think it has to do with inertia. One of the pulleys is undersized to create higher output during idle. I installed a shorter belt in efforts to make the belt tensioner sit at mid-point. Your thoughts?
A: There is a known problem with the air conditioner belt on your vehicle. Try temporarily disabling the air conditioning compressor and you may very well hear the belt chirp disappear. Or should we say, you will not hear the belt chirp.
Car Care Tip: As we anxiously await the warm spring weather, you should plan to have a good repair shop change your oil, oil filter, grease front end fittings, rotate tires, check brakes and lights.
Submit car questions to email@example.com. For more tips and seasonal articles, visit Rte. 1 Auto Service's Facebook page at facebook.com/Rte-1-Auto-Service, or the shop's website at rte1autoservice.com. You can hear Larry and his son Scott on WBZ's NightSide.


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The city of Columbia is examining its use of fluoride in the municipal water supply after a citizen raised questions about the long-standing practice.
The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that City Council member Barbara Hoppe asked city officials to submit a report to council based on a presentation by Columbia resident Amy Bremer at the Nov. 19 council meeting.
The Centers for Disease Control says that nearly three-quarters of Americans who use community water systems drink fluouridated water, which has been added to municipal systems since the 1940s to promote dental health. Opponents say it also has harmful effects, especially in infants.


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yesterday I installed Sabayon as second OS besides Ubuntu (10.10) and got a problem with networking via PPPoE. On Ubuntu, I used to connect to the router by wicd, but changed back to network-manager, when I installed Ubuntu 10.10.
In both cases I additionally used pppoeconf for internet access, since I couldn't make NM/wicd do it.
Now, on Sabayon, I had the same problem: I got instantly access to my router without any problems (wired and wireless), but no internet access (using the DSL-tab).
With a little help of google I found a thread in this forum that recommended using rp-pppoe for this problem, which wasn't too easy to install without being online. So I booted back into Ubuntu and logged into Sabayon by chroot, what enabled me to connect to the net and install rp-pppoe (unfortunately, there is no pppoeconf in the repositories).
Then I ran pppoe-setup and afterwards pppoe-start, what gladly told me: "Connected!"
Until here, everything seemed to be fine, but any connection attempts (firefox/ping) simply time out...
Is there kind of a trick to get NM use the DSL connection on a configured LAN/WLAN connection? Or is this a hardware problem?
ifconfig output for eth0 and wlan0 is the same on Sabayon and Ubuntu, but there is an additional ppp section in Ubuntu...
My hardware is:
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Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8059 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 11)


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Pee Gee HydrangeaHydrangea paniculata 'Grandiflora'
This is the most common H. paniculata form. It can be grown either as a large shrub or small tree, and it is known for its large panicles of white flowers. In fact, with some good pruning, this shrub can produce flower clusters measuring up to 12-18" in length!
To train as a single-stemmed tree: Select the straightest and strongest stem to use as the trunk. Stake the stem. Prune out additional stems, leaving 3–4 branches on the upper ¼ of the plant. Every spring, remove branches from the bottom ¾ of the plant and prune the top to a desired shape.