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After being swept by the La Junta Tigers last year, this year's Lamar High School baseball team was determined not to let it happen again.
In a showdown of Class 3A state-ranked teams, the No. 1 ranked Savages and the No. 4 ranked Tigers went to war in the first game of a Tri-Peaks League East Division doubleheader on a cool crisp Wednesday evening (April 26) at Merchants Park.
Fans were looking forward to a collision of two teams with undefeated league records.
La Junta, however, was swept by the St. Mary's Pirates by scores of 2-1 and 6-1 on April 22 in Colorado Springs.
Heading into Wednesday's game, fans knew it would be a battle between the two rivals.
Lamar needed a win over La Junta to clinch the East Division title outright and the Savages took care of business to edge the Tigers in a close battle 1-0.
"La Junta got us twice last year and until you get that last out, it's not over," said Lamar head coach Jason Veyna. "We got the win, but there's still a lot at stake in the second game on Thursday. They're going to come out and attack us."
A good crowd was in attendance to witness a classic pitcher's duel between Lamar junior Dalton Chandler against La Junta junior Dyson Oquist. The two would combine to give up a total of just five hits.
Chandler had a solid outing as he went the distance to spark the Savages to the victory.
"Dalton pitched a great game for us and he was cruising through the first four without giving up a hit," praised Veyna. "He ran into a little bit of a jam in the fifth but finished strong. You also have to give a lot of credit to our defense who made some good plays behind him."
The big right hander ran his record to 3-0 as he fired a two-hitter in the shutout. He faced 26 batters and finished with eight strike outs and issued two walks. Chandler also hit three La Junta batters.
Oquist (2-2) also went the distance for the Tigers. He gave up one run on three hits with seven strike outs and two walks.
In the first inning, Chandler struck out the first batter he faced before he hit the next batter with a pitch.
The Savages ended the inning with double play when shortstop Lucas Watson fielded a ground ball and ran to second base to get the runner out and then fired the ball to first baseman Tyler Geddes for the third out.
In the top of the second, Chandler hit the first batter he faced but retired the next three batters.
Lamar's lone run was generated in the bottom of the second inning.
Catcher Colton Eberhardt led off the inning with a single before Chandler flied out. Right fielder Andres Guevara then came to bat and hit a ground ball to Jon Nuschy at shortstop. On the play, Nuschy fielded the ball and made the throw to second which resulted in an error.
With runners at first and second, third baseman Nick Navarrette grounded out on a fielder's choice for two outs.
Left fielder Addison Morales then came through with a clutch hit on a line drive to right field to bring in Guevara for a 1-0 lead.
Lamar then loaded the bases when Watson reached on a walk. The Savages came up empty when Oquist struck out Max Carere on a full count.
"Addison came through with another big hit for us and he's had some huge ones this season," cited Veyna. "When we get guys on and get down to the nine spot, he's ready to hit."
La Junta got another runner on base in the third inning when Chandler plunked a batter for the third time with one out. No harm was done when he ground out and a strike out.
In the top of fourth, Chandler sat down the Tigers in order with three strike outs.
Lamar also went down in order in the bottom of the fourth.
In the fifth inning, La Junta threatened when they had runners at first and third base with two outs before Chandler worked out of the jam.
With one out, Chandler gave up his first hit on a sharp ground ball down the first base line by catcher Dax Bender.
Carlos Triana then came to bat for the Tigers when the Savages got a big out. Bender attempted to steal second base but was thrown out by Eberhardt behind the plate.
After Triana reached on a walk, he advanced to second base on a wild pitch to Matthew Espinoza.
Espinoza then hit a slow roller that was fielded by Navarrette at third base but couldn't make a play on the hit.
Coach Veyna then made a trip to the mound to talk things over with his players.
Facing the top of the order and runners at first and third, Chandler got off the hook when he got Oqiust to fly out to Navarrette at third.
In the top of the sixth, Chandler put down the Tigers in order behind his defense.
The first out came when Geddes made a great play when he chased down a foul ball by Nuschy and then made a nice grab on the fence.
The next out came on a fly ball to Watson who made the catch behind second base. A ground ball to Carere at second base ended the inning.
In the bottom of the sixth, Oquist also retired the Savages in order.
Going into the top of the seventh, La Junta had the tying run at second base.
After a strike out, Chandler issued a walk to Joseph Martinez.
Bender then came to bat and hit a grounder to Watson who made the throw to first for the second out.
With Martinez at second, the Savages slammed the door when Triana hit a high fly ball to center field where Davin Jacobs was there to make the catch to close the game.
Lamar (7-0 and 16-1) is now riding the wave of a glittering 15-game winning streak.
The Savage and Tigers (4-3 and 12-4) will go at it again in the second game of the twin bill starting at 4 p.m. today (Thursday, April 27) at 22nd St. Field in La Junta.


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At the end of each practice, my yoga instructor will read an excerpt from various books on mindful living. Two lessons stand out to me in the last few weeks:
1) take your list and cut it in two. I went straight home and took out my to-do list and deleted as much as I could from this summer's to-do list and put it on a new one for next summer or beyond. Fantastic.
2) fake it till you make it. If you're in turmoil, pretend calm.
Both these little meditations help me in my parenting to stay focused on the present and not feel so overwhelmed by all the little things that "should" be done. And when I breath deeply, performing calm, I find that I indeed become calmer. It's like learning to ride the bike. It's wobbly at first, but I focus on the path ahead and eventually, as I paddle along, the ride becomes smoother.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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- AnonymousMay 28, 2010 at 9:53 PM
You know, weirdly, lesson number two is also a great way for dealing with grief. After my aunt died suddenly, my uncle (who is a psychiatrist) said that the main way you go on with your life after a tragic loss like that is that you fake it. You go through the motions of a life. You get out of bed. You get dressed. You leave the house. You don't care about any of it. You don't want to do any of it. You simply go through the motions. Until eventually, one day, you finally are able to care about something again. It always seemed like profoundly wise advice to me. Hope I never have to use it.ReplyDelete
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Fare Agreement Offers Passholders Unlimited Bus Access
(Aug. 15, 2017) — The Little Rock School District and Rock Region METRO have partnered to offer LRSD high school students a fare-free universal transit pass for the 2017-2018 academic year. The program, which provides passholders with unlimited bus rides for one year, launches Friday.
"We're excited to team with the Little Rock School District to offer this pass," said Jarod Varner, Rock Region METRO executive director. "The pass lets public high school students, their families and our city's commuters get more value out of our transit system by reducing traffic and parking congestion, reducing carbon emissions, improving our air quality, and eliminating the need for parents and other caregivers to make additional school drop-off and pick-up trips during peak commuting hours."
The universal pass program debuts Friday, Aug. 18 with an initial rollout to Excel and Metro students. The school district will supply students with related special identification. Passholders will then be able to show their specially marked IDs to Rock Region METRO bus drivers to use the system, free of charge, during all system operating hours and on all routes. Through the universal pass program, LRSD will pay one monthly flat fee to Rock Region METRO in exchange for the ability for all high school students to have unlimited use of the bus system.
"Transportation can be the difference in whether our students have access to educational enrichment, vocational training and jobs. We are happy to partner with Rock Region METRO to make that access even more attainable by removing the fee barrier for our students," said Michael Poore, LRSD superintendent. "As we grow LRSD educational offerings, the ability to quickly connect students from school to school and from schools to internships and other employment opportunities is important to our success."
The following METRO bus routes serve these LRSD high schools and educational training sites:
All Routes Except Routes 9 and 22: Aristotle, 401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock
Routes 17 and 22: Bale School, 6501 W. 32nd Ave., Little Rock
Routes 8 and 22: Hall High School, 6700 H St., Little Rock
Route 3: Little Rock Central High School, 1500 S. Park St., Little Rock
Routes 17, 22 and 23: McClellan High School, 9417 Geyer Springs Road, Little Rock
Route 23: Metropolitan Career Technical Center, 7701 Scott Hamilton Dr., Little Rock
Route 9: Parkview High School 2501 John Barrow Rd., Little Rock
Routes 16, 17, 22 and 14: UA – Little Rock, 2801 S. University, Little Rock
About Rock Region METRO
Rock Region METRO is the public transit system serving 3 million passengers per year in the cities of Little Rock, North Little Rock, Maumelle, Jacksonville and Sherwood and Pulaski County. It comprises the METRO Local fixed-route bus system, including 22 fixed routes and four express routes and covering 51,000 miles weekly; the METRO Links custom-route paratransit van system, covering 12,500 miles weekly; and the METRO Streetcar, a 3.4-mile streetcar system covering 1,080 miles weekly. Created in 1986 with an interlocal agreement among the partner jurisdictions, Rock Region METRO is governed by a 12-member board of directors who are appointed by its service cities and county. rrmetro.org
About Little Rock School District
The Little Rock School District is the largest district in the state with nearly 25,000 students. LRSD has the distinction of being home to a national Blue Ribbon School of Excellence; more than 181 teachers with National Board Certification; Arkansas's only K-8 STEM Academy; and historically, the most National Merit Semifinalists and Advanced Placement Scholars in the state. As the state's largest provider of pre-K programs, LRSD gives students the start they need, equipping them with the foundational skills to do well throughout their K-12 school experience. By the time LRSD students reach high school, they have been exposed to a plethora of preparatory programs, including pre-AP, AP and classes with local universities that prepare them for college and beyond. Programs like AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination), encourage college readiness among all students, providing academic and social support. Thanks to enhanced partnerships with the business community, LRSD's newest Excel program will allow high school students to align their interests with real-world career opportunities.
The passes will initially be available to Excel and Metro students, and eventually to all LRSD high school students. Information about the passes will be provided at individual schools.
Little Rock School District High School Universal Bus Pass Q-and-A
How do I get/use the Little Rock School District High School Universal Bus Pass?
Through a special fare agreement with Little Rock School District, all LRSD high school students are eligible for a LRSD Universal Bus Pass. This pass is not the METRO Student 31-Day Pass. LRSD pays a monthly flat fee to METRO for this program, which makes unlimited rides on METRO buses possible.
Here are the steps needed for LRSD high school students to get a LRSD Universal Bus Pass:
Students should visit their high schools' selected administrator to receive a LRSD-issued Student Photo ID. This ID will carry a small sticker that METRO has provided the LRSD administrators. The sticker will be updated each semester, just as the UA – Little Rock and UA – Pulaski Technical College Universal Pass photo ID card stickers are.
Fare payments are METRO's second largest funding source and a critical part of the METRO annual operating budget that funds current public transit service levels (such as the number of routes the system has, the frequency of service along those routes, rider amenities such as shelters, etc.). Therefore, it is important to METRO that riders are paying the appropriate fares and are not engaging in what is known as fare evasion.
To help prevent fare evasion, METRO requires LRSD high school students to carry and display their LRSD Student Photo ID, with its appropriate sticker, whenever boarding a METRO vehicle. This tactic is essentially requiring third-party validation for riders to help prevent fare evasion. For this reason, obtaining a LRSD Student Photo ID is not a step LRSD students want to save for getting at the last possible minute before trying to catch a bus and riding "free."
LRSD Student Photo IDs have expiration dates (the end of the academic year), because students graduate and will need to make arrangements to purchase regular fare passes if they wish to ride the METRO system beyond graduation. Therefore, LRSD Student Photo IDs must be current to be used to board a bus and ride "free."


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(NECN: Lauren Collins, Merrimack, NH) - Unlike Southern New England, New Hampshire has largely escaped major storm damage, and that's welcome news to people there, who have seen more than their fair share of flooding in recent years.
However, state emergency officials are still monitoring eight rivers as they crest later today.
Governor John Lynch walked the banks of some rivers this morning.


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Make the Most of Late-Summer Peaches with This Sorbet
Every Sunday at my local farmers market feels like a race against time. I stuff my basket to the brim with tomatoes, corn, and zucchini — already anticipating the sad day when they'll be replaced by apples and winter squash.
Inevitably, my produce FOMO leads to over-purchasing these late-summer ingredients — this week it was peaches. But this peach-ginger sorbet, with a thyme syrup drizzled over top, will take care of my surplus.
All you have to do is purée peaches — pitted, peeled, and chopped — with fresh ginger and some ginger simple syrup in a blender. Strain the fruit mixture, add some fresh lemon juice, and then churn in an ice cream maker. Pour into a freezer-safe container and let the sorbet hang out in the freezer until completely set. Meanwhile, make the thyme simple syrup.
When the sorbet is ready, drizzle on some thyme syrup and enjoy the fruits of your labor. (Pun intended.)
→ Get the Recipe: Peach and Ginger Sorbet with Thyme Syrup from Modern Wifestyle


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Effective leaders understand that the employees in the organization are a tremendous asset. These leaders invest in their teams and help them grow. They realize that employees are not fungible cogs in a machine, but are human beings with dignity and worth. They create positive workplaces and invest in training and development. I am also starting to see more companies ...Read More »


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Currently have 70lbs that have been in the initial refrigerator curing for 17 days now. Unfortunately the temps on the east coast (USA) have been consistently warm for this time of the year. After the initial period in the refrigerator (I usually do 15-18 days) stuffed in bungs and they head down the basement for drying. Temps down there are in the low 60 degree (16-18c) and this whole week is staying warm so I expect temps will remain in that range for the basement.
So my questions is I have never let the coppas go longer than 18 days in the initial refrigerator cure. If I let them go another week what is my risk, overly salty? I also know that the temp suggestion is below 60 degrees (16c) but I believe some time at temps just above that range are not a risk either. I welcome feedback on which course to take.


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Not all of these stories are about middle-aged people; some of the main characters are in their twenties, some in their thirties, but they have all reached a place where uneasiness about the future dominates their lives.
The stories are about relationships – between marriage partners, between couples choosing to live together rather than marry, between daters, and between family members of different generations. There are men and women unhappy about what their marriages have become, older men being pressured into marriage by younger women who are becoming more and more desperate to get it done, and older people simply trying to die with a little dignity. Some of the stories are funny, some are touching and sad, and one of them has a Hitchcock-like ending. What all the stories have in common, though, is the ease with which the reader slips into and out of them, along the way learning something about himself and his own state of mind.
My personal favorite, "Nike Had Nothing to Do with It," is an ironic tale about a man who heads out on a run to relieve his anger after the mother of his newborn daughter announces that their relationship is no longer working. What happens next is not what either of them expected when the day began.
Particularly touching are the stories about dying, "Dear Ma," in which an old woman hides more and more in her past as her days run out, and "The Rotary," in which a loyal and loving grandson receives an unexpected gift at his grandfather's deathbed. Meeks, however, manages to make serious points even when he uses humor in his stories. "Divining" is about a man who has become so "Californicated" that, even in all of his weirdness, he believes that he is the normal one and the rest of the world is out of step. And, in "Shooting Funerals," another of my favorites, a 38-year-old woman tries to reinvent herself by becoming the world's first "funeral photographer" – and is honestly surprised by the reaction she gets on her first job.
The Middle-Aged Man & the Sea is a very fine short story collection and I highly recommend it, especially to those readers who might be dipping seriously into the short story genre for the first time.
This modern day collection is an excellent place to start.
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No flexible enough to fold and put in your pocket just yet, Bridgestone Corp announced a flexible electronic paper (e-paper) device based on its "Quick-response Liquid Powder" Oct 26, 2009.
The company expects that the device will be used for browsing electronic books and electronic data. It will be tested with the assistance system for liaison officers at Kansai Urban Banking Corp from the spring of 2010.
The device comes with 13.1-inch touch-sensitive e-paper that can display 4,096 colors. The e-paper has a higher reaction rate than other companies' e-paper and can refresh a 13.1-inch (A4) screen in 0.8 seconds. It has data processing and security functions and is capable of data communication via a mobile phone.
Bridgestone also developed an e-paper device whose e-paper, touch panel, drive circuit board and other parts are all flexible. The company claims it is the world's first flexible e-paper device.
The size of the e-paper is 10.7 inches, and the thickness of the device is 5.8mm.
Bridgestone plans to exhibit those e-paper devices at FPD International 2009, which will run from Oct 28 to 30, 2009, at Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama City, Japan.
More at Tech-on
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Bridgestone Unveils 'World's 1st' Flexible E-paper Device
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February 24, 2013 (CHICAGO) --A woman was killed in crash on the inbound Eisenhower Expressway near Kostner Sunday.
The crash happened at approximately 6 a.m., shutting down the expressway for several hours and causing major traffic delays. All lanes were reopened by noon.
Police say a 29-year-old woman was dead at the scene. Her identity has not yet been released pending family notification.
Three others were taken to Chicago-area hospitals in critical condition.
Illinois state police say at least two -- possibly four-- cars were involved. Chicago Fire Department officials confirmed one woman was dead.
During the expressway closure, traffic in the inbound lanes was being diverted onto Cicero Avenue.
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SIR: Founded in London by Sir Robert Peel three centuries ago, the state police was first named Metropolitan Police. The men employed by the force were called "Peelers" or "Bobbies" after the founder. Working full time and wearing a special uniforms, with prevention of crimes as their primary function, England set the example, and other countries who virtually share similarities began to establish the formal or modern policing, though those who differ, developed it to centralised policing system.
In its effort to establish a police force in Nigerian colony, the British had two options; either to adopt its own system or to develop the local African means of maintaining law and order. The former was adopted in the East, while the latter for the West and Northern Nigeria.
The name pillars "peelers" was called yandoka in the North and they did everything but just!
In Kano, a man was arrested when he visited a friend who was in a police custody, just because he belonged to opposition party. Fifty women were shot dead, when they revolted against special taxes in Aba, just to mentioned a few.
To allow the state to have its own police means only those from the state would be recruited, and needless to add, justice would surely be denied to non indigenes, considering how ethnicity and religion bigotry have become the order of the day.
Its undisputed fact, the some states will also use it to have an easy way of arming their supporters during elections, since politics is now a "do or die affair".
Moreover, in a situation where majority of states depend on monthly allocation from federal coffers, and yet not enough is available to cater for other social amenities, funding would also be a major problem.
Despite being tagged as one of the most corrupt institutions, the constitutional review committee, should look for way forward to make the Nigeria Police corruption free, and more citizen-friendly as against relying on excessive force. Police entitlements should be paid promptly, and training should be top priority, to curb extra judicial killings, which is to be blamed on the aggravation of the crises in the northern states.
• Auwal A. Dankano,


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Come enjoy an evening outdoors filled with music, food, and fun for the whole family on Saturday, September 10th at Lindero Oaks Center! This festival includes an exotic car show, open galleries, pet adoption display, and food drive to benefit Manna Conejo Valley. Westlake Village's very own 60-piece orchestra, the Westlake Village Symphony, will perform favorite showtime and film music, popular classical works, and Tchaikovsky's famous 1812 Overture.
Gourmet edibles and beverages will be available for purchase from some of Westlake Village's finest purveyors including Five Threads, Duke of Bourbon, Merlin's Kitchen, Farm & Flame, and more.
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The Westlake Village Symphony is a nonprofit orchestra comprised of community members and local music professionals with a common goal of providing exposure and knowledge of the arts through concerts and educational programs. This event is being produced in partnership with Lindero Oaks Design & Lifestyle Center, Manna Conejo Valley Food Bank, and Friends of Homeless Animals of Southern California & Healthcare for Homeless Animals. Bring a nonperishable food item to benefit Manna and join us for a musical night under-the-stars.
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Affiliated Scientists are part of the OTRU team as collaborators on select projects and as contributors to OTRU's mission of generating and providing knowledge for tobacco control efforts in Ontario and beyond.
Susan Bondy
Susan Bondy is an Associate Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She is also Program director for the MPH in Epidemiology. Dr. Bondy received her MSc in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Western Ontario and PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Toronto. Her areas of research include: monitoring of alcohol and tobacco use and public opinions on tobacco control policies; psychoactive substance use and associated health problems; and health services research, particularly in the areas of mental health and addiction, as well as cancer detection and treatment. She has experience training graduate students and public health professionals in the analysis and use of survey methods and data in population health. Her research activities related to tobacco include the Ontario Tobacco Survey (a cross-sectional survey and panel study of smokers), as well as policy intervention studies and research on the impact of pharmaceutical therapies for cessation.
Joanna Cohen
Joanna Cohen is the Bloomberg Professor of Disease Prevention and the Director of the Institute of Global Tobacco Control at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She also holds an appointment in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Dr. Cohen obtained her PhD in Health Policy and Administration from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and her MHSc in Community Health and Epidemiology from the University of Toronto. She has been involved in tobacco policy research for 20 years. Trained in epidemiology and health policy, her research interests focus on the factors that affect the adoption and implementation of public health policies and on evaluating the beneficial effects and the unintended consequences of such policies. She is a Senior Editor of Tobacco Control and on the Editorial Board of the Canadian Journal of Public Health, and has been appointed to the Food and Drug Administration's Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (2013-2017).
Tara Elton-Marshall
Dr. Tara Elton-Marshall is an Independent Scientist with the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research at CAMH, an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Public Health Division at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University. Dr. Elton-Marshall evaluates addiction and substance use-related policies and programs with the goal of providing the evidence needed to strengthen future policy and programming and thus reduce addiction and substance use problems. Her research conducted in seven countries to date has provided the evidence base for restricting tobacco packaging and product design characteristics (for example, smoother sensation) that increase misperceptions of reduced harm. She has examined factors associated with problem gambling among adolescents in three provinces, and she is the co-principal investigator of a study evaluating the impact of the legalization of online gambling in Ontario. She is also interested in health disparities in mental health and addiction, psychosocial mediators of addiction, and health equity in policy and programs. She has published several papers examining disparities in health among First Nation, Inuit and Métis youth in Canada. Her goal is to ensure that policies and programs are equitable, appropriate, and effective for vulnerable populations, both nationally and internationally.
Emmanuel Guindon
Emmanuel Guindon is the inaugural Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA)/Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Chair in Health Equity, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI) and an associate member of the Department of Economics at McMaster University. Prior to joining McMaster University, Emmanuel was on Faculty at Université de Montréal and a staff economist at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Emmanuel's research interests cover a broad array of topics in health economics, health behaviour, health services research and applied econometrics.
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Last summer, I updated to the Timeline on Facebook.
Actually, Facebook did it for me and they kept prompting me to add a cover photo, so I did.
I added this:
And then I got some comments from friends that made me laugh hysterically and realize that I should tell how this photo really came to be.
Some of the comments included phrases like "euro chic," and "famous looking."
Lest you think we are either of these things, I can assure you WE ARE NOT.
In fact, we pretty much always look like goofy American tourists.
And we embarrass ourselves on a daily basis over here.
So, here's the original SOOC (straight out of the camera) photo, taken by my aunt when she and my uncle were visiting us in Luxembourg and we spent the weekend in Paris.
As you can see, she was trying to take a picture of the man playing the violin in the street and Shawn, Hannah and I just happened to be in the way. An unintentional photo bomb, if you will.
However, I love candid, unposed photos, so I cropped, changed to a sepia tone and antiqued it a bit.
I love the way the edited photo turned out. In fact, I think I'm going to frame it for our living room.
Let me tell you a little more about what's happening here:
We had just walked up the old, windy, wobbly cobblestone streets to the highest point in Paris. Shawn was pushing Hannah in a stroller that was not made for wobbly cobblestone streets. Not long before this photo was taken, Shawn stepped on my foot, tripping me and ripping the heel partially off of my left boot. It was like I was wearing one boot and one flip flop.
If you look closely you'll see that Shawn is wearing a backpack. A sure sign of a tourist. Oh, and in my hand? A folded up, pocket sized map of Paris and a granola bar from which Hannah took three bites and handed back to me.
It's all very fancy, isn't it?
Shawn's grandpa always says that photos should tell a story.
But this one kind of needed an explanation.
(In case you were worried, my left boot is now good as new. When we got back to Luxembourg, Shawn fixed it with a dab of Gorilla Glue and a clamp.)
And if you still weren't convinced you that we are just a couple of goofy Midwestern Americans, that probably cleared things right up.


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This Thursday, March 24, 2016 photo shows the Beirut horse racetrack in Beirut, Lebanon. The course in the heart of the capital is set inside a pine forest reserve walled off from the city's concrete warrens. (AP Photo)
Critics say his vision is too narrow.
"A golf course is something which is extremely elitist and is ecologically unsustainable," said Mona Fawaz, an urban planning professor at the American University of Beirut.
Inside the grandstands, the debate draws little concern.
Bilal Shafwan, a 47-year-old taxi driver who has been coming to the races for 35 years, said he believes some of the city politicians are still getting some money out of the track.
"If they couldn't steal from the racetrack, they would have closed it long ago," he said.


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David M. Patrick has accidentally re-invented the wheel. The California-based inventor was toying around with six short, curved lengths of cable that he had connected into a sort of helical loop--and then he accidentally dropped it. What he observed next was surprising: The loop began to roll... and roll... and roll. It was a self-balancing wheel.
Even stranger was that no one expected it to roll; Patrick's loop actually looks square when it is rolling. A lifelong skater, Patrick then prototyped a skateboard wheel based on his design, this one comprised of side-by-side helical coils. He call it the Shark Wheel:
Most interesting is that the Shark Wheel's contact patch—the portion of the wheels in contact with the ground at any given moment in its rotation—is so reduced that it cuts down on hydroplaning by channeling the liquid between the coils. Automotive tires are of course designed to do this, and in practice have varying degrees of efficacy.
Logic says that the reduced contact patch of a Shark Wheel would not be desirable in an automobile, where the goal is to maximize grip; but the helical nature of the Shark Wheel oddly provides lateral stability—at least in skateboard tests—due to its unusual shape. I'd be very interested to see if this could be adapted for automotive or motorcycle use.
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When an Italian police force was given two Lamborghini Gallardos in the mid-2000s, there was at least some pretext: The Polizia Stradale were to respond to emergencies along the lengthy Salerno-Reggio Calabria freeway, and the cars were kitted out with organ transplant coolers in the luggage compartment. To date I've...
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"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." ― C.S. Lewis
Thursday, 5 July 2012
Sam Cruz's Infallible Guide To Getting Girls by Tellulah Darling
Author; Tellulah Darling
Publication Date; October 17th 2012
Publisher; Te Da Media
Description; Why the hell can't chicks be more like guys?
That question plagues high school senior Sam Cruz. Sam is perfectly happy being a player. He just wishes girls wouldn't change the game from sex to relationships. It makes him look like an asshole. But when Sam's best friend, Ally Klinger, gets dumped, she begs him to transform her into someone who can screw around then screw off. No risk of heartbreak that way. It's Sam's chance to create the perfect female AND cheer up his best friend. Armed with Sam's Three Step Guide to Backseat Success, Ally gets the game better than Sam thought she would and before long, Sam has his wish: the female version of himself. Too bad it's driving him nuts. Told from Sam's and Ally's alternating POVs, Sam Cruz's Infallible Guide to Getting Girls is a fast-paced romantic comedy that follows these teens as they navigate the minefield of sex, love, and friendship.
Stars; Five out of five.
Would I recommend it? Definitely!
Review; This book is amazing. I really enjoyed it and I think you should just pre-order it already! There were moments where I laughed out loud, which can be rare with me and books and I'm sure the ridiculous smile hardly ever left my face. Honestly, I can't wait to see what else Tellulah brings out, and that's not exaggeration. The book was quirky and fun.
All of the characters were believable. I loved Ally's personality. Sam was portrayed in the right way for me. I loved the Ally and Sam moments best in the book, they are brilliant as best friends. The supporting characters were fun as well.
Usually when there are alternating POVs it can get annoying. That is not the case with Sam Cruz's Infallible Guide To Getting Girls, I actually preferred it that way. Another rare thing for me.
Another thing I loved is that it was un-put-down-able. There's no way I could have put this book down for even a second. It really is a fast-paced romantic comedy. You know, I think this is going to have to go on my favourites shelf. If you're looking for something fast-paced, funny and just plain brilliant, then this is the book for you! Don't forget to pre-order your copy now!
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BRITISH Red Cross is calling for volunteers in Southport to collect for the British Red Cross during Red Cross Appeal Week, the charity's annual fundraising drive, May 4-10.
Volunteers will be required to collect for no more than two hours at locations at supermarkets around the area. If you can't collect, then why not organise a Dress in Red Day or take part in Welly-Wednesday! or Flip-Flop Friday! at your school, club, college, office or business.
Pupils/ staff will be asked to come in dressed to impress in Wellies or Flip-flops for a donation to help Red Cross.
Alexis Fairclough, senior fundraiser, at the British Red Cross said: "During Red Cross Appeal Week we rely on our fantastic volunteers giving their time to collect locally, in aid of the Red Cross. We couldn't do it without them, but the more collectors we have, and the more events taking place, the more we can raise, so we are urging people to sign up this year, it's all about having fun too!
"I am urging the people of Southport to support us during Red Cross Appeal Week in 2008."
People who wish to collect for the Red Cross or if to take part in Welly Wednesday or Flip Flop Friday can contact Alexis, Senior Fundraiser on 0151 702 5061/07921 872441 or visit www.redcross.org.uk/appeal week


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The lovely Bethany from Bethany In Wonderland nominated me for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award this morning, which put a huuuuge smile on my face! You can click her name above or go to sliceofpureheaven.blogspot.com to go check out her beautiful blog!
Here's the deal:
Thank and link the amazing person who nominated you.
List the rules and display the award.
Share 7 facts about yourself.
Nominate up to 15 other amazing blogs and leave a comment with a link to let them know they've been nominated.
(Optional) Proudly display the award logo on your blog.
I personally love filling out posts like this, it lets you guys get to know me in cute little 'chunks' if you will, rather than me writing out a super duper long 'get to know me' post! So, without further ado, here's 7 facts about me:
1. I am a massive dog-lover. I've grown up with dogs all my life and I used to be petrified of them, but now I will happily roll around on the floor with any dog, big or small, for hours and hours on end.
2. I have had a blonde streak down the right side of my hair since late 2008, and have never known anyone else to have the same. When Frozen came out and I saw that Anna had the same blonde streak on the same side of her head as me I freaked out a little. I am a Disney Princess.
3. I have a bit of an obsession with LUSH at the moment. I have a huge bag full of bubble bars, soaps and bath bombs left from Christmas, yet I still felt the need to go into the store and buy loads more from their Easter range (which you'll see in my upcoming Westfield Haul *hint hint* hehehe). I have a problem.
4. I play guitar and sing a little, I've only ever done one gig of my own but I'm far far too anxious now to ever perform in front of anyone other than my dad!
5. I have massive dreams for my future and I'm currently doing everything in my power to make them come true. Whether they will or not is another story, but hey, I'm keeping my hopes up high.
6. I'm a nightmare when it comes to fashion. One day I'm all 'I want to wear pretty dresses and flower crowns and be cute', the next day I'm like 'yay let's wear band shirts and skinny jeans and dress like a maaaaaaan'.
7. Secondary school was hands down the worst experience of my life. I hated the place, it seemed like it hated me back and towards the end of my last year I realised I had fake friends to go with it. I thought all was lost, but I have honestly met the best friends I've ever had over my two years in college and we're so close it's unreal.
I don't actually follow that many blogs at the moment, so it's quite hard to choose up to 15 people to nominate, so here's my best pick of the bunch!
Thankyou again to Bethany for nominating me!


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Government ministers, Knesset members, civic leaders, rabbis and ordinary Israelis from all walks of life have been flooding the homes of the three families whose sons were abducted and murdered by Hamas terrorists three and a half weeks ago. Many people said they came to comfort the grieving families, but said they left comforted and strengthened by the grieving families' faith and power.
At the Sha'ar home in Talmon, chassidic singer Avraham Fried visited Bat-Galim and Ofir Sha'ar, Gil-Ad's parents, on Saturday night, and led mourners in a spontaneous song, at the request of Bat-Galim.
In addition, a group of Ultra Orthodox Jews visited Thursday with an unfinished Sefer Torah that had been donated by an anonymous individual in memory of the three boys. The scroll was brought to each of the homes, where the fathers were invited to complete the last letters in the scroll.
In Elad, Ilana Dadon, mother of Shelly Dadon who was murdered on April 1st this year, came to console the family of Eyal Yifrah. In the end, however, Dadon said she felt consoled by Iris, mother of 19 year old Eyal.
Finally, this morning (Sunday) the Sha'ar family was visited by members of the search team who found their son's body. "We didn't know if they were alive or dead", said one of the team members, "We began searching full of hope. With all the pain, we are glad to have found them. We could have missed them for years."
Ofir, Gil-Ad's father, said: "We want to thank you. We felt the army was with us. We saw your eyes, red from fatigue. and we knew that every effort was being made to find them alive.
"The cooperation mirrored what was happening generally – unity," said Ofir Sha'ar.


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If you get this exception while deploying your project into google app engine.
When creating a new Google Web Application project, there are 2 options, Google Web Toolkit and Google App Engine which can be selected. I was selecting both so the project which was being created was a GWT project. So while running it was expecting a gwt module and related configuration file.
The solution was to not select "Google Web Toolkit" when creating a new Google Web Application Project.
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text: I am thinking about learning a language for developing applications for the Leap Motion. The available languages for Leap Motion developing are: Java, C++, C, C# and Python. I have some background in C. Should I learn C++ or Java for Leap Motion programming? Please answer the poll, but also comment why you chose that answer. Edit: This is not just a basic C++ vs Java poll. I am wondering specifically for 3D graphics and applications on Leap Motion. I in fact have done a bit of researching on the topic and have found nothing so I do not appreciate it when people try to say that a quick Google search will solve everything. As for the person that said I don't know what I want to develop, here: How about an app that you can make 3 dimensional art with your hands. I would target people that are interested in ceramics, pottery, or other sculpting art. The platform would be a Mac application with Leap Motion.


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My radio show, Tim Gatto Uncut and Uncensored, is carried by Blog Talk Radio every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:00 PM EST. The show runs for two hours and brings listeners the best and brightest from the left side of the political spectrum. The show, originally called Liberalpro, has been on the air (off and on) for about five years. This year has been the most successful, garnering more listeners than all of the previous years combined.
The show has very few live listeners as 99% of the audience podcasts the show. Of all the left-wing radio shows currently broadcast in the US, Tim Gatto, Uncut and Uncensored maintains no political party affiliations, although I have endorsed Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson of the Justice Party for President. It has no corporate sponsors and is entirely written and produced by Tim Gatto, who also publishes the website Liberalpro.
The interview with Rocky Anderson was an interview that totally blew me away. I wasn't expecting the kind of honesty and candor that came through. By the end of the show, I was firmly in the Anderson camp after listening to Rocky Anderson call for Barack Obama's impeachment on the grounds that he committed war crimes by assassinating American citizens in clear violation of the Constitution when he ignored due process by eliminating Anwar al-Awlaki and three weeks later, killed his sixteen year-old son.
Yes, Anwar al-Awlaki was a radical Muslim cleric. Yes, his language and speeches were incendiary. He may even have engaged in plots against the United States – but we do not know that because he was never indicted for a crime.
This profile should not have made him a target for a killing without due process and without any effort to try him. The US government knew his location for purposes of a drone strike, so why was no effort made to arrest him in Yemen, a country that apparently was allied in the US efforts to track him down? (UK Guardian September 30, 2011)
Many times, TV and radio programs claim to be "liberal" or "left-wing", more often than not, they turn out to be mouthpieces for the Democratic Party. Rachel Maddow's show and Chris Matthew's show on MSNBC are prime examples. Sometimes Dylan Rattigan and Ed Shultz can surprise, but more often than not, they could pass the DNC's muster for being "politically correct".
This is something that I find exceedingly problematic. I sit back and wonder if this is because I have become more radical. The more I think about it, the more convinced I become that the networks are to blame. One only has to examine the coverage of the violence in Syria to figure it out.
Since the trouble in Syria started, the opposition forces have been characterized as "Freedom Fighters" and the conflict characterized as part of a greater Middle-East "Democratic Awakening", part of "The Arab Spring".
While Libya, Egypt and Tunisia are considered successful democratic movements, the problems in Bahrain and the uprisings in Saudi Arabia aren't widely reported. The fact that the "Gulf Cooperation Council (the GCC)" sent troops into Bahrain to quell the largely Shia uprising against the Sunni Monarchy is barely mentioned, the fact that the US, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and others have been supplying weapons to the rebels in Syria since at least December of 2001 is also not well known.
The news is carefully managed. The idea that we enjoy "Freedom of the Press" here in the United States is pure propaganda. We have the illusion of a free press. In this capitalistic system of ours, even news programs require sponsors. Glen Beck was booted off FOX News after his sponsors pulled the plug on him for offending too many people. The same thing happened to Keith Olbermann. You can say what you wish on American media, but if you step over that line, you won't stay on the air.
Most Americans think they understand how it all works. This is the most disturbing part of the situation. Many Americans believe they know the score in Syria, just as they thought they knew the score in Libya. If you ask a typical American about Libya, he or she can give you the basic facts about what happened there. If you really want to know just how informed they really are, ask them what the situation in Libya is like now. Odds are, they haven't a clue. This just proves my point. The people in America only know what the government wants them to know.
This is why I publish Liberalpro and why I broadcast Tim Gatto Uncut and Uncensored. We have no real news in the United States. In the last four months, the statistics on how many people visit my website, and how many people listen to the radio show have gone up over 1000%. Today, over 10,000 people visit the site or listen to the radio show. This is with no real advertising except word of mouth. While the figures are small compared to the networks or syndicated radio, for a site with no real money behind it, or a radio show with no advertising, I believe the figures are impressive.
I also believe that Americans really do want the truth. I believe that the rise in listeners and readers are indicative of this. I will continue to write and broadcast as long as there are people that read and listen to me.


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Hand washing, although time-consuming is probably the best way of making your garments last longer as it does get bashed around with other clothes if in a machine. But if machine wash is the only option, settings should be delicate
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Never wring the T-shirt, the prints would tend to crack and lose its charm
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Remember you may not always need to iron your t-shirt anyway. You may need to iron only if you overloaded the machine with too many items and everything comes out crinkly
Get rid of the "don't wear them all that often" clothes from your wardrobe and hangers. You will find that they stretch on the neck and shoulder part after time due to gravity and being left on the hanger
Fold them neatly and use some of those big plastic storage containers/boxes to keep them in
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Russia sentenced a blogger inside city of Tomsk to 5 years in a Siberian prison for "inciting extremism and hatred". He criticized Russian armed forces input in Ukraine in movies he published to YouTube and Vkontakte, Russia's type of Twitter.
This is unusually harsh choice against blogger Vadim Tyumentsev. It bans him from posting any content online for 36 months after his time in jail finishes. Maybe it's the latest proof that Russian government appears set-to intensify its crackdown on dissenters on the web which its happy to dole away genuine prison terms preserve these calm.
All blogger harassment started after Putin
Putin called the world-wide-web a "CIA task," came back as president in 2012. Russia passed a variety of guidelines that tightened into the federal government's control associated with movement of development and info on the net. The Kremlin went about to say this is taking into consideration the development of a "kill switch" to unplug america online "in example of a crisis."
Kevin Rothrock is a Russian policy analyst and editor-in-chief of RuNet Echo, which manages almost everything regarding the Russian on the net. He informed Mashable that Russia is restricting actions are often "still gathering and enforcers must hold searching hectic. Things might be specially harmful on small core of politically-active people. They face censorship, intimidation and imprisonment for speaking out against Russia's leaders besides the government's instructions.
Broadcast Liberty's Russian solution reported the illegal situation against Tyumentsev premiered in February. Prosecutors found fault with videos he'd posted that included punishment about Russia's component inside Ukraine crisis and corruption among neighbor hood authorities.
Russia's Memorial specific liberties group referred to as jail phrase "outrageous" and required your preference becoming overturned. Tyumentsev, who arrived stoic while standing in a courtroom cage utilizing papers as he taken notice of the choice, reported he'd impress.
Tyumentsev's example completed up beingn't the initial. Russia specialists and individuals protection under the law companies stress it isn't most likely becoming the last.
Formerly in 2010, Rafis Kashapov, an activist from Tatarstan finished up being sentenced to 36 months imprisonment. Ratis discovered accountable of extremism for evidently phoning for separatism and inciting social hatred. The paradox when you have the fees, demonstrably, is Russia features supported separatism in Ukraine. Kashapov's criticisms included railing against Russia's illegal annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula.


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Until then thank you for your valuable support and we hope to watch a lot of movies with you soon.
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Anti-cancer diet.
I've looked at a diet that's supposed to be helpful in preventing cancer and found it interesting that the diet seems to be a very low carb way of eating… It seems that the theory is that sugar feeds cancer and carbs turn into sugar in the body, so reducing carbs may reduce the likelyhood of cancer… Maybe carbs are at the root of many of our modern ills?
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the information you've given here is good to know,thanks.
When a person is diagonised with cancer they usually receive what is called a PET-scan. During this, they inject a type of "sugar" into the blood. When the person is then scanned, thel cancer cells, no matter their size, with show up like light bulbs. The cancer is attracted to the sugar.This is one of the best ways doctors have to find even the smallest cancer cells. I don't know what happens to the diabetic who has this test. I don't know how our bodies would react to the "sugar" injection.
From my experience, as long as my numbers are near normal, my PETscans are excellent. That type of scan is what I have to have for my cancer as the other tests they run usually, don't work for me…
For those that want more on this diet…
Sure could be a big part of the issue, George. Another related piece could be how grains have changed over recent years and now have higher carb counts.
They also have higher gluten content as well as other agents that aren't really good for us… To much of our food is "enhanced" beyond healthy…
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Orgy of Destruction Weekly Series #3 - Massacra - Final Holocaust
Last week's Orgy of Destruction entry saw Devastation's "Idolatry" being featured. One of the main topics of the review was how underrated that album was in the death/thrash scene. Well, the same goes for this beast.
Coming from France, Massacra started off with a few demos before they finally released "Final Holocaust" in 1990. As the bigger thrash bands of the '80s began to go for a much less thrash sound, Massacra did the exact opposite. They wrote some of the most intense and vicious thrash to date. With insanely fast riffs, brutal drumming and crushing vocals, Massacra was ready to create a huge name for themselves in the metal underground.
The best parts of the music on "Final Holocaust" are definitely the riffs. The blazing fast riffs aren't only amazing because of their speed, but they are extremely catchy. The first riff after the intro sound bite on "Apocalyptic Warriors" is impossible to not headbang to, but the riff after the verse of the song is even catchier. There are also some great death metal style riffs to be found as well. The main riff of "Trained to Kill," features the fast tremolo picking utilized by death metal bands since the dawn of the genre. You mix that death metal style riff with some great thrash riffs, and you have a recipe for greatness. Massacra also shows off their ability to create some great mid-paced monsters like on "The Day of Massacra." There's plenty of everything. Speed, aggression, and heaviness. What more could you want?
The fast paced drumming is also a plus on the album. Some of the riffs are more mid-paced, but when layered with the tight and swift drum section, the music seems faster and heavier, while the listener headbangs along until the whiplash sets in. Along with the drums, there are the vocals, capable of destroying small animals, they are so powerful. "Researchers of Tortures," has some of the catchiest verses and choruses on the album, due to the perfect sound made when Jorgensen's vocals synchronize with the brutal music behind them.
Overall, there are no complaints that can be made about this masterpiece. Massacra blends the best of death metal and thrash on "Final Holocaust" flawlessly, and it shows. There are absolutely no skip-able tracks here, but the best of the best would have to be "Apocalyptic Warriors," "The Day of Massacra," and "Researchers of Tortures." So, if you have not yet experienced the brilliance of France's finest, Massacra, then you need to remedy that ASAP. After you have listened to this, it will eventually become a constant staple of your regular listening, and eventually will be talked about with albums such as "The Awakening" or "Dreaming With the Dead."
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Amazing weekend was amazing! Had so much fun, ate so much and gained weight... and lost it again after a day (or so it feels like)
Speaking of losing weight (yes I will talk about bad stuff instead of the awesome weekend) A few weeks ago I suddenly got really dizzy at work and almost fainted. I felt ill and was shaking a bit, so I drank a lot of water and it got a little better. After the random incident, I started getting dizzy all the time, and thus I went to the doctor. There I found out that my metabolism is very high. It finally explained all my symptoms. I lost around 5 kilos in weigh without exercise or dieting, I shake a lot and get dizzy because my body just burns everything I eat instantly and I can't really sleep because my heart beats really fast (it disturbs me when I try to sleep.) I also have a very low level of Vitamin D as well.
And now I eat pills every morning and I've come to terms with it (Never eaten pills before except allergy pills) and it's not so bad if I get dizzy at home or when grocery shopping. I just sit down or go home. B U T for some reason it always gets really bad whenever I'm in Gamestop! The last two times I've only managed to be there for an hour and then call my sister to come and take my shift. It's really frustrating to not be able to be there AND have to call my sister on her days of! It really upsets me!
I guess there isn't much I can do about it except eat food with a lot of fibres and bring something with me to eat at work.
.... Ranting and bringing my own solution to it... If anyone as any ideas to help it get better then please let me know! <3
On a bit happier news, I'm getting a camera! Either EOS 550D or EOS 500D *v*
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PSUnit Assert Tests
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PSUnit provides a series of Assert tests. In the article provided as part of the zipped download Jim Marion goes step by step into the process of creating a test. However he only uses a single test: AssertStringsEqual.
I dug into the code and listed the tests you can do with PSUnit.
Assert(&isTrue As boolean, &onFail As string);
If the value in &isTrue is False, then the test fails. From the program notes:
The first argument must be a boolean expression, which should evaluate to true. If false, PSUnit throws an exception to indicate that the test failed. The test runner catches the exception, marks the test as having failed, and continues on to the next test.
AssertStringsEqual(&str1 As string, &str2 As string, &onFail As string);
AssertStringsDiffer(&str1 As string, &str2 As string, &onFail As string);
AssertNumbersEqual(&num1 As number, &num2 As number, &onFail As string);
AssertNumbersDiffer(&num1 As number, &num2 As number, &onFail As string);
AssertDatesEqual(&date1 As date, &date2 As date, &onFail As string);
AssertDatesDiffer(&date1 As date, &date2 As date, &onFail As string);
AssertRowsetValuesEqual(&rs1 As Rowset, &rs2 As Rowset, &onFail As string);
Method first checks the ActiveRowCounts between the two rowsets.
Then the method tests that both rowsets come from the same Record.
Finally the method tests the fields in each row of each rowset for equality.
If an Assert test fails, the exception text which includes whatever message you pass on as part of the variable &onFail gets sent to Class AssertFailed; which then calls the PeopleCode function CreateException.


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Deep in the woods of northern Connecticut, by a lake with its own beach, the Solair Recreation League has for generations attracted Americans who like to let it all hang out as they get back to nature, writes Philip Sherwell
"For the young - and young at heart" is the proud motto of New England's oldest nudist camp. The naked truth, however, is rather different. Enjoying life au naturel is increasingly the preserve of ageing aficionados.
As the summer holiday season begins, the crisis in American naturism has reached such alarming proportions that enthusiasts have launched a recruitment drive among young "textile people" - the contemptuous nudist label for those who prefer to be encumbered by clothing, even in their spare time.
Solair, where the average age is 55, recently staged a student nudist day and is offering a 50 per cent discount on the annual £250 joining fee for under-40s, with a £75 rate for anyone at university. "We don't want the place to turn into a gated, assisted-living facility," said Gordon Adams, the membership director.
Across the US, the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) has introduced a youth ambassador programme to spread the word about the joys of stripping off. The association estimates that 90 per cent of its 50,000 members are over the age of 35.
During a tour of Solair, Peter Burleigh, 67, a committee member, extolled the virtues of life in the buff. "I really think it breeds tolerance as you accept people for who they are, not what they look like," said the retired high school teacher and administrator. He acknowledged, however, that it can be a hard sell, adding: "My son's not too keen on me being a nudist, but he thinks I'm crazy anyway." Virginia Schnee, 35, a graphic designer, joined Solair in her early twenties after discovering the joys of skinny-dipping, and regularly takes her three young children to the camp.
She believes that the "consumer culture" focus on "artificial" physical beauty on television and in advertising has left many young people uncomfortable with their own physiques and intimidated about shedding their "defensive" layer of clothing. "They feel that their bodies don't match up with the idealised quality that confronts them," she said. "Our message is that everyone's body is different and beautiful."
Indeed, nudists laugh off as ignorant prejudice the widely-held opinion that people who go naked on beaches and at resorts tend to be the less physically attractive - a view encouraged by some of the US media coverage of Solair's college day.
Nudism has also been attacked by the religious Right, especially over children's involvement. "Some people associate nudity only with bathing or having sex," said Miss Schnee. "I think it has been very healthy for my children to grow up in this environment and learn that people can come in all shapes, colours and looks, and still be normal."
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Archive for September 8th, 2016
The Dakota Pipeline Protests
Posted by Scott Erb in Uncategorized on September 8, 2016
North Dakota has had an oil boom! In the US only Texas produces more oil. Nearly 10,000 wells are now operating, and that number could rise to nearly 50,000. The impact on the people living in North Dakota is ambiguous – but that's a subject for a future post.
Recently the issue of how to get the oil to market has become salient. Currently rail and truck transport are the means of getting the oil to refineries, but that's expensive – and of course burns oil in the process. The logical and seemingly compelling solution is to build a pipeline. Let the oil flow from North Dakota, through South Dakota and Iowa to Illinois, where it can connect with existing pipelines. Its capacity will be nearly 600,000 barrels of oil a day.
On the surface, it seems like a great plan. Using less energy to get oil to refineries is good for the environment, jobs will be created, and it'll help the US economy. There are pipelines all over the world for oil – who'd be upset with one zipping through the relatively barren Dakotas?
The most vocal opposition to the pipeline comes from the local Sioux, whose land is being traversed by the pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has brought a law suit to halt construction of part of the pipeline, and on September 6th a judge asked the company to cease until a court could come up with a ruling.
The protest has been met by efforts to intimidate the protesters, who are mostly Sioux, but who have had some celebrity support. One day dogs were used to try to force the protesters to scatter. The company building the pipeline is annoyed by the protests, viewing it as a bizarre Indian reaction to a very profitable economic activity.
There are two specific reasons for the protest. One is that the pipeline will traverse sacred lands, including burial grounds that federal law already tries to protect. The other is that the pipeline passes under the Missouri river at Lake Oahe, up about a mile from the reservation boundary. If there were some kind of spill or problem, it could be both a cultural and economic disaster for the Sioux. Indeed, in 2014 when the House of Representatives voted for the Keystone XL pipeline, the Rosebud Sioux tribe in South Dakota declared it an act of war.
The water concerns are real; the Dakotas rely the Missouri and Lake Oahe and a pipeline disaster would devastate more than just the Sioux. But for me, the issue goes deeper. Seeing the violence against protesters, and the disdain the pipeline company and its supporters have for the Sioux recalls a shameful portion of US history: our low tech holocaust of the native tribes that lived here for centuries before the arrival of Europeans.
I grew up in South Dakota. As a kid I learned the stereotypes. Drunken Indians, lazy, taking government hand outs but not doing anything to better their situation. "If they'd just move off the reservation and join the world, they'd do more for their children," people would say. "The past is gone, they have to let it go."
Yeah, would you say that to a Jewish person remembering the holocaust?
Consider the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. It sought to bring peace with the natives by giving them a large, viable reservation that included the Black Hills of South Dakota, a land scared to the Sioux. In 1876 gold was discovered in the Black Hills, in 1877 the US seized the land, violating the treaty. In 1986 the Supreme Court ruled that the treaty had been violated, awarding the Lakota Sioux $105 million – the value of the land and 5% interest for each year it was held. The tribe refused the money, saying they wanted the land back.
While a romanticized image of the Lakota Sioux or any tribe would be a mistake, they had a sustainable and predominately peaceful life style, living in partnership with nature rather than trying to control everything. Their systems of government were based on tradition and consensus, rather than power and control. Their notion of property rights was collective, rather than individual at base.
Yet now in 2016 the reservations remain intensely impoverished. I drove with my two sons through the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota when they were 8 and 6, to show them the reality. They were shocked by the poverty. "Why do they live like this," the eldest asked. "They lost a war," I replied.
"Who did they lose a war to?" I paused. "The Americans." My youngest son said, "What – that's us!!"
I explained it was long ago, but sad that the people defeated so we could have this country are so disrespected and ignored. True – the treaties allow them to control life on the reservation, getting federal money for support. That's why so many blame the Indians – they have become dependent on government funds, with high levels of alcoholism and unemployment.
But the reservations were purposely chosen because the land wasn't as good for farming, operating as a kind of American apartheid for a long time. Yes, the current system isn't working, but the answer can't just be to say "forget the past: forget your culture and heritage." To me this is another case of disrespect and disregard for the people whose land was stolen and culture all but destroyed.
I don't know how to solve the larger problems of life on the res, but a first step could be to treat the protesters with respect. Take seriously the importance of sacred lands. Build a partnership rather than simply seeing them as annoying people who happen to live on land that can yield a very profitable pipeline.
I get that the powers that be will never let a group of Sioux stop a project like this; too much money is on the line. But even if it costs more money and requires more time, they should do everything they can to avoid endangering the water supply and threatening sacred lands of a people who have had almost everything else taken. So for now, I stand with the protesters, at least in spirit.


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