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peeiing in house loosing my mind
any help on house training? We've tried everything!
Last edited by beadnsue; December 31st, 2011 at 11:32 AM.
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I really feel for you. I have a four month old puppy that was doing the same thing. I would take her out, then when we were back in the apt, she would stand and pee right in front of me. Like you I was at my wits end. I have never had a puppy be so slow to train.
Anyway I had the vet look at her to see if there was any physical reason, even though in my mind, it was just a training problem, and it turns out she has a urinary tract infection. I thought she was staying dry in her crate during the night. Checked the blanket a couple of times, it seemed ok. So couldn't figure out why she could make it all night, and then pee in the house. Anyway today I took the blanket out and it did smell like pee. It was just drying overnight, so I didn't feel any wet.
Not saying that is your puppies problem, but just wanted to let you know you are not alone.
I was wondering how long you take him out for when he doesn't pee. Has he got time to mess around for five minutes and then see if he goes.
So far I have thrown out two rugs, I am about to throw out another one today. I use the vinagar and baking powder, but to be honest I think it just makes my house smell more and isn't really working. I went ahead and splurged on the Pet enzyme cleaner, not cheap, 26 bucks a gallon, or half gallon, anyway it works much better at getting rid of the pee stain and smell.
I have also gotten to the point where I don't take her out every time she hits the bell. I was starting to feel as if I were being trained to be at her beck and call. Because, like your puppy, she just wanted to play. Although she does always pee when we go. So now if we have just come in and five minutes later she wants to go out, I have her lay down somewhere in the same room as me. I give her a toy or rawhide and if she really wants to go out she will ignore them and hit the bell again. If she is just messing around the toy or treat will keep her happy.
Sorry this post was so long, I hope things improve
How old is your dog? Training can take some time.
One extreme suggestion that I've had from our trainer is to try a diaper method. You can buy the diapers at the pet store for around 30-40 cents a piece and usually you would only need one pack. Dogs that wear the diapers will generally pee in them once or twice and then realize they hate being wet and will stop. You can take the diaper off 3-5 times a day and give them a chance to relieve themselves outside. After a while, they will become trained and you can stop using the diaper. If they continue to pee in the diaper, they most likely have a medical problem.
We use the diaper for our youngest dog who has various medical issues that make it difficult for her to hold her pee, but only overnight. She can hold it overnight, but when she wakes up in the morning, she often ended up peeing before we could get her out the door (since we live in an apartment building and it's so cold, she'd have to be harnessed, put her coat on, walk down the hall, etc.). We've only been doing this for about a week now and she's already stopped peeing in the diaper. We get her all ready and take the diaper just before we leave the apartment.
If this method has helped her with all her medical issues, I'm almost sure it could help a healthy dog. Hope this is something you haven't tried yet!
"Happiness is a warm puppy."
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I, Michael F. Dincher of Limestone Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, being of sound mind and memory do hereby make this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills by me at any time made.
First: I direct that all my just debts and my funeral expenses shall be paid by my Executor herein after named as soon after my death as convenient.
Second: To my beloved wife Marie, shall she survive me I give the use of all my real Estate and the use of all my personal property during her natural life. I also give to my wife the interest, during her life, on all money I may have at the time of my death.
Third: Upon my death, or upon the death of my wife, if she should survive me, all my real estate and farming implements shall go and belong to my two sons, Franz and Peter in equal shares, subject, however, to the conditions hereinafter named.
Fourth: Upon my death or the death of my wife, should she survive me, there shall be paid by my said Executor to my daughter Mary Eiswerth the sum of three hundred dollars out of the money that I have at interest or which may be on hand in cash.
Fifth: I place on my real estate and upon the farming herein named, and bequeathed to my sons Franz and Peter a valuation of $2700. My daughter Magdalena Dietrich shall receive one sixth part of $2700, less the sum of $155, which has been advanced to her by me.
Sixth: To the children of my deceased daughter Katharine I give one sixth part of said sum of $2700.
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Ninth: The said one sixth part herein given to my daughter Magdalena Dietrich (less the $155) shall be paid her out of money on interest or cash on hand, as far as such money or cash may reach; any balance then due Magdalena Dietrich, as herein provided, and the amounts herein given to the children of said Margaret and said Katharine and the share herein given to said Barbara are to be paid by said Franz and Peter from and hereby charged upon, the real estate herein devised to my said sons Franz and Peter, subject to the payment thereof.
Tenth: The shares herein so charged on said real estate shall be paid to the parties for whose benefit they are so charged upon said real estate within four years of my death, or the death of my wife, should she survive me, without interest for the first and second years, but with interest at the rate of four percent, for the third and fourth years. All the residue, rest and remainder of my property, real, personal and mixed, shall be divided into six equal shares; one one share shall go to the children of said Margaret; one share to Magdalena Dietrich, one share to the children of said Katharine; one share to said Barbara; one share to said Franz and one share to said Peter.
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**New Design**
Did you know that computer peripherals like printers and scanners continue to use energy, even after you turn them off?
The Smart Strip helps you easily save time and money on your energy bills while giving your computers superior surge protection. While your peripherals are still plugged into the outlets, they continue to suck energy even while it is turned off. So you are paying for that energy. This 'vampire' current (known as idle current) can be tamed with the intelligent circuitry of the Smart Strip power strip, from Bits Ltd. More than just a power strip the Smart Strip actually senses how much power your computer peripherals use. And when the Smart Strip senses that you've turned your computer off, it automatically shuts off your peripherals, too, preventing them from drawing this vampire current.
Studies have shown that the Smart Strip Power Strip pays for itself in as little as six weeks! Best of all? It's as easy as 1-2-3 and you can eliminate the hassle of having to turn computer peripherals on or off again!
Available with or without Fax/Modem Protection.
Featured on CBS' Early Show, Oprah, OpenHouse NYC, Regis & Kelly, and more!
What is the Smart Strip Power Strip?
The Smart Strip Power Strip features advanced circuitry that not only offers excellent power surge protection and line noise filtering, but is actually able to 'sense' the flow of electrical current through the strip's control outlet. Because of this unique ability, the Smart Strip can turn off selected equipment when its not in use -- creating benefit that no other power strip on the market today can offer.
Save Time & Money
- No more waiting for your computer to shutdown before you can turn off your computer peripherals.
- No more leaving your computer peripherals on.
- No need to replace your computer and/or your computer peripherals to save.
- No software, No drivers, No messing with your computer to save.
- However, you can add optional software to enhance the smart strip if you like.
- The Smart strip saves money on your monthly energy bill. (see table below, "If you leave everything on...").
- Less costly than most other surge protectors + high quality + better guarantees = a great value.
- Better protection means not replacing your computer because of lightning damage.
The Smart Strip Power Strip is the only surge protector on the market today with energy saving electronics. The amount you save depends on your typical usage patterns.
Save Energy.
If...you leave everything on:
By using a simple computer script (see below) combined with the Smart Strip Power Strip in a standard office environment where the computers are left on 24/7, the computer would shut off at the end of the day or if it is not used for 1 hour (user/administer programable). Then, the computer and its peripherals would be on only 9 hours, 5 days a week. This results in a 73% power savings* on the power used by the office computer system.
This third-party software developer provides freeware and shareware that can be used in conjunction with the Smart Strip." to enhance its operation:
Northern Softworks (Apple)
...you leave just your peripherals on:
The public has a vast amount of computer peripherals available to them. Most computer systems now have at least a monitor, scanner, printer, DSL/Cable modem and a USB hub. While the computer is turned off, each peripheral still draws an idle current of 50 mA to 400 mA per hour. Multiply that by the number of peripherals you have, and the number of hours you leave them plugged in (usually 24 hours a day, 7 days a week), and you can see how that 'idle current' can really add up on your bill! Just a printer and a monitor can draw as much in idle current as a 60-watt light that is on 24/7. Would you leave a 60W or greater lamp on 24 hours a day?
...you shut everything off:
If you shut everything off, you will enjoy the benefits of the Smart Strip even more.
1. No more waiting for the computer to turn off.
2. No more bending over to turn off your power strip.
3. All those peripherals that do not have a power switch can now also be turned off.
4. Did you know that all those plug in transformers have a leakage current? Even if the device that they are attached to is turned off, a transformer has a leakage current of more than 4 watts. The Smart Strip stops leakage current.
The only surge protector that pays for itself.
The Smart Strip Power Strip is the only surge protector on the market today with energy saving electronics.
The amount you save depends on your usage patterns and your computer. Tests conducted by an independent computer consulting company showed that the Smart Strip Power Strip can save enough energy to pay for itself in as little as six weeks. It also showed that it can save up to $20.00 per month on your electric bill.
Use it to control your computer or TV entertainment system -- and the Smart Strip Power Strip will PAY FOR ITSELF in energy savings over time.
The only power strip that helps environment.
ENERGY STAR studies show that if every home office replaced all their the computer equipment with ENERGY STAR labeled computer equipment, it would save 219 billion pounds of greenhouse gases. While ENERGY STAR does not have a category for energy saving power strips, by using the Smart Strip Power Strip" on your existing computer system, you will save more than just energy and greenhouse gases. You will be keeping more computers out of the landfills.
Consider the fact the office computers far out number home computers and that most offices leave their computers on 24/7 and this simple solution when used on all computers equates to being a BIG part of the solution for the Energy Crisis.
It's cheaper then a standard surge protector.
Our power strip costs less than most of the top-end surge protectors (1250 joules or more). This translates into you getting the energy savings electronics for free and still paying a lower price for the Smart Strip's top-end surge protector.
Top of the line surge protection.
Most surge protectors come with 1250 joules or less of surge protection. Smart Strip comes with 2225 joules, almost double the industry average. All Surge protectors have 1 fuse, Smart Strip has 4 different fuses. Each one responsible for a different Task. Then using one simple indicator Smart Strip monitors the status of the entire surge protector and the ground. This means your computer is protected twice as much as the average surge protector on the market.
Best noise filtering on the market.
The Smart Strip Power Strip is the only surge protector that uses noise filtering chokes that other companies leave it out because they consider it too expensive. The chokes eliminate high frequency spikes that film capacitors in standard surge protector do not catch. This adds a second layer of protection for your equipment, as well as optimizing the strip's performance.
More outlets, more power, more space.
Our power strip has ten outlets, including 4 transformer outlets. This give you plenty of room to plug in ALL of those gadgets that you have for your computer or home entertainment system. 15 amps of continous power handling means that anything your standard wall outlet can handle, our power strip can handle.
Smart design is full of features.
The intelligent design for the Smart Strip isn't limited to its internal circuitry. The strip itself was designed especially for ease of use:
- Simple red status indicator light clearly indicates when Smart Switching is active
- 45 degree angled space saver plug designed so it won't block other wall outlets
- Recessed, lighted power switch to minimize accidental switching (i.e. turning off power strip accidentally by kicking it). The power switch is also a 15 amp circuit breaker
Learn how it works.
A small electronic device inside the Smart Strip monitors the current on a single outlet. The computer is plugged into that single outlet. When the computer is finished shutting down, the current draw from the computer drops to its idle current -- and the Smart Strip senses the current change, automatically shutting off all of the computer peripherals.
Many great uses around your home or business.
Use a lamp to turn on your stereo or fan! Use a table saw to turn on a shop vacuum. And many more...
The Smart Strip Power Strip can be used anywhere a regular power strip is used. While only certain electronic devices (such as computers, monitors, fluorescent lamps, motors and electronic devices that have a high efficiency power supply) will turn on the switched outlets, 4 of the outlets are always hot and can be used just like a normal power strip. This allows you to automate certain repetitive tasks without any additional cost.
The following is a sample of what the smart strip can be used with to help you automate:
|Control Outlet
|Switched Outlets
|All computer peripherals, desk lamp
|Home theaters, DVD, Cable box
|Fluorescent Lamp
|Fan, home Stereo, small heater
|Home shop equipment
|Work light, dust collector, shop vac
Best & most realistic guarantee on the market.
Smart Strip offers a 30-day unconditional return; 2-year guarantee on manufacturer defects; and lifetime return policy for damage cause by a power surge. Most other manufacturers offer a $100,000 replacement insurance on your equipment -- but did you know that they have never paid out a dime? Read their fine print and you will understand why. So: which guarantee plan do you think is better for you?
Smart Strip Specifications:
- Recessed, Lighted Power Switch
- Patented Pending Status Indicator
- 4 way Wall mountable
- 6-Foot 14 Gauge Heavy-Duty Power Cord
- 45 Degree Angled Space Saver Plug
- Ten Outlets Total:
- 1 Control - Always Hot
- 3 Constant Hot - 1 Transformer, 2 Standard
- 6 Switched - 3 Transformer, 3 Standard
- UL 1449 Rating
- 120 Volt 50/60 Hz
- 1950 joules Three-Way Protection:
- 1000 joules live to neutral
- 775 joules live to ground
- 450 joules neutral to ground
- 84,000 Amp, Three-Way Protection:
- 36,000 amps live to neutral
- 24,000 amps live to ground
- 24,000 amps neutral to ground
- 130 volt, Three-Way Protection
- 15 amp Circuit Breaker
- 2 Thermal/Current & 2 Traceland Fuses
- Superior EMI/RFI filtering:
- 2 Spike Blocking Bar coil chokes
- .1ufd film box capacitor
- Up to 60db line noise reduction
Energy Saver Specifications:
- Ultra Safe Passive Current Sensor
- Patent-Pending Protective Hysteresis Circuit
- 2 RC Filters Eliminate False Switching
- Uses ZERO POWER When The Switched
- Outlets Are Off
- Uses Less Than 1 Watt When Fully Energized
Fax Modem Specifications:
- Internal Phone Jack Splitter Provides Two Phone Jacks For Both Modem and Fax
- RJ45/RJ12 dual Connectors for both PBX and standard Phone Systems
- Primary Line Surge Protection
- 100% Compatible With Both Single-Line
- and Two-Line Phones
- Two Ultra-Fast Sideactors Protect Against Fast-Rising, High-Voltage Spikes
- 312 volt Clamping Voltage
- Twin Fuses To Protect Against
- Long-Duration Voltage Spikes
- 6-foot Phone Cord Included
Does everything plugged into the Smart Strip Power Strip save energy?
No, only devices that would normally be left on or draw an idle current even after they have been turned off. It will save energy on almost all computer peripherals and home entertainment products. Computers tend to have the greatest energy savings when used with the Smart Strip Power Strip.
How does the Smart Strip Power Strip save energy?
It saves energy by electronically unplugging all of the devices that are plugged into the "Automatically Switched outlets" when the device plugged into the control outlet is turned off. This stops them from drawing any current without the need to turn them off or unplug them. Some devices still draw the same amount of power even when turned off, therefore using the smart strip or unplugging them is the only way to stop them from wasting power.
How much energy does it save?
While everyone's computer is different, the average home office computer system we tested wasted the equivalent of a 60-watt lamp when the computer was turned off and all the computer peripherals were left on. In a standard office environment where the computers are left on 24/7, the Smart Strip Power Strip can achieve a 73% energy savings. Almost all DSL Modems, Cable Modems, Routers and computer speaker systems do not have an energy saving mode or a power switch but save energy when plugged into the Smart Strip Power Strip.
24 hours x 7 days =168 hours per week total, if left on.
9 hours x 5 days = 45 hours per week used, if shut off.
168 hours total - 45 hours used = 123 hours of energy saved.
123 hours saved / 168 hours total = 73% energy saved.
Why do I not see a difference on my electric bill?
A normal electric bill varies by at least $20 month to month. The average savings that the smart strip will produce is $5-$20 per month and can easily get hidden in the above month to month variation. The savings can be measured and is great enough for the smart strip to pay for itself in 2 to 6 months.
I have balanced billing, will it help me save money?
Yes, every few months the utility company calculates your average usage and the energy saved by the smart strip will become part of that new calculation.
Is it good to shut off my computer peripherals?
Yes, when any electronic device is left on 24/7, the heat inside the components are constantly building up without any chance to cool down. This heat eventually weakens the electronic components and causes failure of that device. Devices today are designed to be turned off and/or go into a low power sleep mode without shortening its life span.
Does it work with the sleep mode of my computer?
If your computer has a true energy saving sleep mode, then it will turn off the automatically switched outlets when your computer goes to sleep. If your computer only shuts off the video when it goes to sleep and you have an ENERGY STAR Monitor, plug the monitor into the control outlet & the computer into one of the constant hot outlets. If computer does not have a true energy saving sleep mode and you do not have an ENERGY STAR Monitor, then we suggest downloading one of the programs from our download section of our web site. This will allow you to get the full energy saving benefits from our power strip.
What is sleep mode & how do I use it?
Most computers have a sleep mode but not all of them actually save energy. When your computer goes into this mode, it remains ready to use with a touch of your keyboard or movement of your mouse but uses less energy then when it is fully on. Some computers use so little power when in this mode, it is almost the same as being off while others only shut off the video to enable a ENERGY STAR LABELED MONITOR to save energy. Under control panels or preferences of most operating systems is a "energy smart strip power strip" icon that allows you to change the setting of your sleep mode. When your operating system is installed most of the time deep sleep is disabled, simply open the "energy smart strip power strip" control panel and change this setting.
When my computer wakes from sleep mode, my Smart Strip Power Strip does not work correctly. Why?
Not all hardware device drivers reset the device when your computer wakes up. Try the following solutions in order:
1. Look for and install an updated driver.
2. Move that device to the constant hot outlets.
3. Change the setting in your "energy xx" control panel to disable sleep mode or to turn off the computer instead of going to sleep.
When I turn on my computer, it says that power was turned off to my Printer. Why?
See the above note "When my computer wakes from sleep mode, my smart strip power strip does not work correctly. Why?"
How do I install the Smart Strip Power Strip?
A typical configuration is as follows:
* Pencil sharpener, lamp, Palm Pilot or battery chargers are plugged into the constant hot outlets
* A computer or ENERGY STAR labeled Monitor is plugged into the control outlet.
* All of the computer peripherals are plugged into the switched outlets.No Software drivers are needed but you can
download some screen saver programs that will automatically shut off your computer if you forget.
Why does your power strip have control, constant hot and automatically switched outlets?
The Smart Strip Power Strip has 3 divisions because:
1. The first blue outlet closest to the power switch is used to control the switched outlets.
2. The next three red outlets are constant hot outlets for devices that always need power.
3. The remaining white outlets are all switched outlets that turn on/off with the device plugged into the control outlets.
The switched outlets are automatically switched on or off when the device plugged into the control outlet is turned on or off respectively. All outlets including the constant hot outlets are switched off only with the power switch. Under normal use, the power switch remains on and the Smart Strip Power Strip does the switching for you - automatically.
What can I plug into the Smart Strip?
The Smart Strip Power Strip can be used anywhere a regular power strip is used. While only certain electronic devices will turn on the switched outlets when plugged into the control outlet, 4 of the outlets are always hot and can be used just like a normal power strip. Do not plug any device into the switched outlets that would be dangerous if it is automatically switched on.
Can I plug another power strip into the Smart Strip?
Yes, to add additional outlets, other power strips can be plugged into the constant hot and automatically switched outlets of our power strip. They will also be surge protected.
I do not have enough outlets. Should I hook up a second Smart Strip?
No the easiest and best way is to plug any standard power strip into our power strip. The standard power strip does not need surge protection because our power strip will protect those devices too.
I plugged my electronic device into the control outlet but the switched outlets never turn on. Why?
The Smart Strip Power Strip only senses current from motors, fluorescent lamps and high efficiency power supplies (computers and most but not all home entertainment products). Also some computers and audio/video equipment do not draw enough power to trigger the Smart Strip. If you have an LCG3/4, use the adjustment to set the correct trigger level.
I plugged my electronic device into the switched outlet and it does not work. Why?
If the device in the control outlet has not activated the Smart Strip Power Strip, the red LED on the power strip will be off along with all of the devices in the switched outlets. IMPORTANT NOTE: Before returning your Smart Strip as a possible defective device, plug a normal 60 - 75 watt incandescent lamp into the control outlet. Switch the bulb on and off repeatedly while slowly adjusting the sensitivity knob from least to greatest sensitivity. If this solves the problem, the device you previously had in the control outlet may use too little or too much energy to trip the Smart Strip electronics. SmartHomeUSA can only accept defective returns if the Smart Strip fails in this test configuration!
I plugged my electronic device into the constant hot outlets and it is off. Why?
Check that the light inside the power switch and the power switch itself is on. If there is no lights at all on the power strip then the outlet you plugged it into has no power and try a different outlet.
What is Normal?
under normal operation, the power switch lamp and the ground & surge Okay are always on. The Switched outlets lamp turns on/off with the switched outlets.
What do they mean?
Power Switch lamp indicates that power switch is on and power is available at both the control outlet and constant hot outlets. if this light is out check the power switch and the outlet that the power strip is plugged into. Ground & Surge Okay indicates that both the ground to the Smart Strip Power Strip and the surge protection is functioning correctly. If this light is out, please check the ground going to the Smart Strip Power Stripb" first, if the ground is okay, then it means the surge protection part of the Smart Strip Power Stripb is NOT protecting your devices plugged into it. Switched Outlets On indicates that the device plugged into the control outlet is on and has turned on the automatically switched outlets. This light will turn on and off with the device plugged into the control outlet.
Why do I have no lights on my Smart Strip and nothing works?
Check that the power switch is on. If it is then the outlet you plugged it into has no power and try a different outlet.


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Glen Sample Signs necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 19 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
Glen Sample Signs and Graphics
My name is Glen Sample, and I own and operate Glen Sample Signs & Graphics in Southern California. Disneyland Area.
I have a Customer who is starting a new Airport Shuttle service and wants a colorful graphic to go on the sides of his van. I will help him choose the right design and I will print the final design on vinyl, using my Roland SP-300 Versa Camm.
This will be seen on several Airport Shuttle vans in the Southern California area. All Airports.
Take a look at what the customer likes here:
He likes this design and color combination. NO need for the train or the Bon Voyage lettering however. Just a nice design (circular as shown) that will show the globe, a cruise ship, an airplane, (maybe some southern california palm trees?) and perhaps the compass too, although not necessary.
We want to tell the customer that Bon Voyage shuttle service is ready to
take them to any airport or cruise ship terminal in the area in style and comfort.
The design will go on both sides of airport vans, and will be approx. 15-18" inches in height.
NOTE: The file :bonvoyagevan.jpg shows some lettering. This lettering is not part of your project. We'll take care of that. All we need is that cool graphic that is shown in: bonvoyage.jpg
This needs to be a vector file. Adobe illustrator ver. 11 or under.
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Gedion Zelalem is quite an interesting young talent - and he's become a fan favorite in just three games.
On Arsenal's 2013 Asia Tour he has featured against Indonesia XI, Vietnam XI, Japanese club Nagoya Grampus and is sure to feature on July 26th when the Gunners take on J-League giants Urawa Reds - a good side who finished in fourth place last season.
Zelalem's exquisite vision, technique and passing prowess stole the show while he was on the pitch as he set up several opportunities, eventually leading to an assist which Theo Walcott slotted home.
Jack Wilshere commented on Zelalem after the match against Nagoya Grampus:
"He sees passes that not a lot of players can. You think: 'What's he doing?' and suddenly someone is in. He's only 16 and he's an exciting player. It won't be long before he's ready.
"He's so comfortable on the ball. Even in training he's a nightmare to play against. He keeps the ball away from you and shields it. He's not very big but he's strong.
"He drifts in and out of players. He's quite a strong lad and technically he's right up there. He can use his left and right and sees so many passes. He's a good one for the future."
If Zelalem can continue the red-hot form he is in on this tour, it would be no surprise to see him make a few senior appearances this season.
Arsenal need to do everything they can to hang on to him as he will surely be attracting attention from every top club in the years to come.
The deep-lying midfielder was discovered playing for Maryland club Olney Rangers and then impressed Arsenal scouts at the Dallas Cup in Texas, earning himself a trial leading to an acceptance into Arsenal's prestigious youth academy.
Although a German citizen, Zelalem is a permanent US resident and in the process of obtaining a US passport and evidently will be eligible to become a US citizen, due to family ties, when he turns 18.
It will be quite interesting to find out which nation he decides to play for - there's sure to be a fight for his services.
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As a result of heavy usage, Twitter has begun limiting the number of API requests that it will serve to a single IP address within a given amount of time. This limitation is generally around 50 requests per hour. While this is usually not a problem, if you begin using your signature image on high-traffic sites such as some forums, you may find that Twitter will start cutting off your requests. At first that may seem confusing, but keep in mind that regardless of where the image actually appears, the request always originates from the IP address of the web server where the script is located.
To circumvent this pitfall, we can add a caching feature to our Twitter signature image application. Accomplishing this is a fairly straightforward process. The Twitter user feed will be saved in a cache and served locally, and the cache will be updated at intervals, drastically reducing the number of direct requests to the Twitter API. Since the Twitter feed is a small XML-formatted text file, the cache does not require much space and the local server load is nearly negligible.Setting up caching
To begin caching we'll need to add another folder in the directory where our Twitter script resides. This folder will be used for storing the cached user feeds. You can name it anything you like, but for simplicity I just named it "cache."
class SignatureImage
private $screen_name;
private $profile_image;
private $status_text;
private $local_avatar;
private $cache_expires = 900;
The next step involves making updates to the SignatureImage class. The first of these changes will be to add a new properly called $cache_expires. This variable holds the value that tells the script how often the cache should be updated. This value, in seconds, determines how often the script will allow a new request to be made to the Twitter API.
A value of 900 seconds (or 15 minutes) is a good place to start. Most Twitter feeds are not going to be updated more frequently than 15 minutes, so there's no need to fetch the feed more often than that. You can increase or decrease this number as necessary based on the performance of your own script and the number of different users actively using it. More users may require a longer wait time while less users may require less. Using a value of 900 seconds, the script can support up to 12 users making 4 requests per hour.
public function __construct($name, $bg_image, $adir, $cdir)
try {
if (!$name) {
throw new SignatureImageException('You must provide a user name.');
$this->fetchUserInfo(strtolower($name), $cdir);
$this->fetchAvatar($this->profile_image, $adir);
catch (SignatureImageException $e) {
catch (Exception $e) {
Next, you'll need to update the SignatureImage constructor to allow an additional parameter for specifying the location of the cache directory. I've named this parameter $cdir. I've also passed this value to the fetchUserInfo method call. We'll be adding this change later.
Finally, I've added the use of PHP's strtolower() function to ensure that the user name is always passed to the fetchUserInfo method in lowercase form. This will prevent caching duplicate user feeds, as you'll see later.
new SignatureImage($name, 'banners/my_banner.jpg', 'avatars', 'cache');
Once you've made all of these changes to the SignatureImage class constructor, you'll need to update your source call to the SignatureImage class to include the added parameter.{mospagebreak title=Implementing caching}
Now you need to make changes to the functional portions of the SignatureImage class. In order to implement caching we'll need to rewrite part of the fetchUserInfo method used for retrieving the user's Twitter feed information. Let's look at the method in its current form.
private function fetchUserInfo($name)
$url = "http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/{$name}.xml?count=1";
$xml = $this->curlRequest($url);
if ($xml === false) {
throw new SignatureImageException('User feed unavailable.');
$statuses = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
if (!$statuses || !$statuses->status) {
throw new SignatureImageException('Invalid user channel.');
foreach ($statuses->status as $status) {
$this->status_text = (string) $status->text;
$this->profile_image = (string) $status->user->profile_image_url;
$this->screen_name = (string) $status->user->screen_name;
To begin, we'll need to add another parameter to this function as well for passing in the location of the local cache folder.
private function fetchUserInfo($name, $cache)
$url = "http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/{$name}.xml?count=1";
Next, we need to add some logic. Currently, the function will begin by retrieving the user feed data from the Twitter API. Since we want this to be performed through our caching mechanism, we'll need to add a few If blocks to determine when and if a Twitter API call should be implemented.
if ($xml === false) {
throw new SignatureImageException('User feed unavailable.');
We'll be replacing the above section of code with the code below.
$cache = preg_match('#^(.*?)/$#i', $cache) ? $cache : "{$cache}/";
$cache_file = $cache . md5($url) . '.xml';
if (@filemtime($cache_file) + $this->cache_expires > time()) {
$xml = @file_get_contents($cache_file);
} else {
$xml = $this->curlRequest($url);
if ($xml !== false) {
file_put_contents($cache_file, $xml);
if ($xml === false && file_exists($cache_file)) {
$xml = file_get_contents($cache_file);
} elseif ($xml === false) {
throw new SignatureImageException('User feed unavailable.');
Here is the entire caching logic in its entirety. Let's take a look at this one piece at a time and see how it works.
$cache = preg_match('#^(.*?)/$#i', $cache) ? $cache : "{$cache}/";
$cache_file = $cache . md5($name) . '.xml';
This first piece of code establishes some ground work. The first line will examine the contents of the $cache parameter (the local cache folder name). It uses a regular expression to check and add a trailing slash if necessary. The second line creates a file name that will be used to store or retrieve the cached user feed.{mospagebreak title=Understanding the logic}
The idea is to grab a user's XML feed data and store the information locally in a file named for the user feed (identified by the URL rather than the user's name). Since this leads to extremely long file names, the MD5 function creates a shorter, more consistent naming pattern and also adds a bit of privacy.
If you're wondering why I've named the file based on the URL instead of the user name, take a look at the fetchAvatar function. This data must also be cached. The only data that is common between the two functions is the user feed URL. This ensures that the cached feed and the cached avatar have the same naming pattern.
If you recall, we added the strtolower() function call to the constructor when passing the user name value into the fetchUserInfo function. This ensures that the user name passed into this function is always in lower case form. The reason is the use of the MD5 function above. Take a look at the following two URLs.
While both of these URLs appear to (and in fact do) point to the same user feed location, due to their difference in case they will produce two different MD5 values. This means that the same user data could be stored in two separate cache files, making it nearly impossible to load from a cache properly. By forcing the case of the user name before constructing the URL, the MD5 function will always return the same for any given user name, regardless of the case the end-user uses when supply the name.
if (@filemtime($cache_file) + $this->cache_expires > time()) {
$xml = @file_get_contents($cache_file);
} else {
$xml = $this->curlRequest($url);
if ($xml !== false) {
file_put_contents($cache_file, $xml);
The next piece of logic performs the caching magic. If the creation time on the cache file plus the cache expiration time is greater than the current system time (meaning the cache file is not older than the expiration time), the file contents are retrieved using the file_get_contents() function. Otherwise, we make a request to the Twitter API using our curlRequest method and store the file contents to a local cache file.
You may be looking at this logic and thinking to yourself that a piece is missing. The entire logic here relies on the ability to read the time stamp on the local cache file. But what if that file doesn't exist yet? Won't the logic fail?
The short answer is yes, relying on that exclusively would create a problem. However, you'll notice that I've added the @ symbol in front of my call to the filemtime() function to suppress any errors that may occur of the time cannot be read. Since filemtime() simply returns false in the event of an error, this provides a shortcut that pushes the logic into the Else block anyway. The key here is that I've suppressed any error from being displayed in the browser.
I have intentionally ignored a third scenario here in which a local file exists but cannot be read. Since the chances of this are pretty slim and this isn't a mission critical application, I didn't take the time to worry about it. You could add another If block based around the result of the file_get_contents() method that will make a call to curlRequest in the event that it returns false, which would force a new user feed to be downloaded if the local copy were ever unreadable.
if ($xml === false && file_exists($cache_file)) {
$xml = file_get_contents($cache_file);
if ($xml === false) {
throw new SignatureImageException('User feed unavailable.');
The final piece of logic checks to see if any user feed data exists at this point in the script. If not, and a local copy exists (assuming a CURL request failed for whatever reason), the file is loaded locally even if the cached version is outdated. This prevents the script from bombing out if the Twitter API should be down for any reason.
If at this point a user feed still does not exists (meaning it could not be downloaded and there was no usable local copy), the second If block with throw an exception explaining that the user feed was not available.{mospagebreak title=Finishing up the application}
Now that caching has been added, the Twitter Signature Image application is now complete and fully operational. The only thing left to do is upload it to a web server and start using it. However, you may wish to have some idea of how many times your image is being displayed. So let's take a minute to quickly add a database logging system. (The remaining part of this article is completely optional).
First, you'll need to create a MySQL database in which to store your information. You can simply import the SQL code below, using phpMyAdmin to create one.
CREATE DATABASE `tlog`;
USE `tlog`;
CREATE TABLE `tlog` (
`name` VARCHAR(25) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
`counter` INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL
) engine=MyISAM default charset=latin1;
This will create a database with two fields. One will store a Twitter user name, and the second will store a simple hit count.
Adding this to your application is extremely simple. The signature image is only displayed if the SignatureImage class is correctly executed without error. Because of this, we'll place our logging code in the SignatureImage class destructor (since the destructor is only executed if the class is correctly created.)
public function __destruct()
@mysql_connect('localhost', 'user', 'password');
$query = "INSERT INTO tlog VALUES (LOWER('{$this->screen_name}'), 1)"
. " ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE counter = counter + 1";
This code works very efficiently only executing a single query:
INSERT INTO tlog VALUES (LOWER('someusername'), 1)
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE counter = counter + 1";
This insert query inserts a user name into the database table with a value of 1 for the counter field. The magic of its simplicity is in the ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE portion of the query. If the user name already exists in the table, the counter field is incremented instead of a new row being inserted.
if (file_exists($this->local_avatar)) {
Finally, we add a line to delete the local avatar image. Since this image is downloaded every time the code is executed, the local image can be deleted to prevent the avatar directory from becoming unnecessarily bloated.
Thanks for tuning in for this article series. I hope you had fun creating your own Twitter Signature Image application and that you learned a bit about PHP 5's exceptions as a means of error handling. Take a moment to download my fully commented source code for this series below. You'll be able to see how I've pieced together my files along with full phpDocumentor compatible comments. Until next time, keep coding!


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BASF has announced that it is manufacturing and distributing enough Newpath herbicide to treat 600,000 acres of Clearfield rice beginning this week. The immediate manufacture is in response to a shortage of the product reported by growers in several Mid-South states last week.
Supplies were expected to begin arriving at distributors as early as Sunday, June 8, with full delivery of the product expected within a week.
As a temporary replacement for Newpath, EPA approved a Section 18 crisis exemption for the use of the imazethapyr product Pursuit and the imazamox product Raptor on Clearfield rice. Pursuit and Raptor are BASF products.
EPA also approved an exemption for Thunder, an imazethapyr product manufactured by Albaugh. However, BASF noted that the use of Thunder herbicide on Clearfield rice would be in violation of the Clearfield grower agreement with BASF.
A BASF spokesperson says that with ample supplies of Pursuit and Raptor in the distribution channel, the company would not expect a grower to have to use a non-BASF product.
A letter from BASF's Markus Heldt, group vice president, North America, to Clearfield customers stated that the shortage was due to "an extraordinary increase in rice planting over recent weeks.
"BASF is working closely with distributors to locate appropriate BASF rice herbicides in other regions and have it shipped immediately to rice production areas," the letter said. Those herbicides "have been made immediately available to those production regions with the most urgent need."
BASF noted that the crisis exemption for Pursuit and Raptor declared for red rice control in Arkansas is effective until June 19, 2008, and in Mississippi, Missouri, Louisiana and Texas, until July 20, 2008.
Growers should contact their local state extension agents for details. Contact Avinash Deshmukh at BASF for additional product and dealer information (919) 547-2183.
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Eva Green is right, "Boobs have never killed anyone." But her Ava Lord character poster for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For was deemed too graphic by the MPAA (apparently someone with a magnifying glass spotted a nipple). A television ad was also axed by ABC for being too racy.
Green's fierce femme fatale bares all in the black-and-white sequel, but the actress was convinced by co-directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller that the nudity in the film would be handled tastefully.
"I trusted Robert," she says at a Beverly Hills hotel. "He came to my trailer and swore to me that I would look amazing with the right lighting and shadows. You always feel quite vulnerable when you are naked on a set; you feel quite silly actually and then the green screen is around you and you're wearing a tiny thong. It's not that sexy. So you trust their vision and it looks stunning; it's art. It's not vulgar, it's not indecent; it's beautiful, I think."
The poster (left) that was rejected by the MPAA for visible 'curve of under breast' was modified to be less risque (right).
Jessica Alba, whose stripper character Nancy Callahan is nude throughout Miller's Sin City graphic novels, wouldn't do any nudity, but that allowed her to create something new, Rodriguez says.
"I knew Jessica wouldn't do topless … but I'm always trying to work with her. She's in my Machete movies; my Spy Kids movies; I'm trying to use her in every franchise I have."
The choice, he says, became selecting someone who would agree to be nude, or use Jessica.
"There wasn't any nudity in the first one it was all in the mind so we could suggest a lot with costume and attitude."
And Alba says that she was still able to exude sexiness — even with her clothes on.
"In the first film I was 21," she says. "I was so young and I wasn't comfortable on the stage and dancing. It was all kind of terrifying to me. In this one, I felt more confident and comfortable in my own skin."
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So here's what went down after you logged off.
National Geographic has beautiful photos of the Abrolhos Reef, off the coast of Brazil – which scientists have recently discovered is twice as large as previously thought.
Molecular hula hoops: very tiny fun!
The Maker Faire is coming to Austin. According to the organizers, it's "a newfangled fair that brings together science, art, craft and engineering plus green, food and music in a fun, energized, and exciting public forum." Will you enter? Tell us what you're making!
Ohhh…I see. When you said "lucky" what you really meant was "carcinogenic."
Stephen Hobley plays a harp made of lasers – that also functions as a controller for Guitar Hero. Best of all – you can build one, too! (Love Guitar Hero – but not DIY enough to make your own laser version? Check out Rockfest in the Grand Hall this Saturday.)
SciGuy's got a list of Houston's most generous science philanthropists – it's a chronicle not just of their generosity, but also the cutting-edge science facilities we have here in Houston. He's posting them one at a time, so check back.


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Dear Sam,
For the last four years, my husband and I have been living in our century home with one small closet in the bedroom.
I've been using our spare bedroom as a second closet. We'll be transforming this room into a nursery, as we have a baby on the way. I can move my clothes to the basement, but I'm worried that I will freeze while getting dressed after my morning shower. We were quoted $8, 500 for a built-in closet. I had no idea that built-ins cost that much. Do you have any suggestions?
Sincere thanks, Dee Newman
Dear Dee,
I feel chilled just thinking about you running in your towel from the shower to your basement every morning.
Custom millwork does cost the big bucks. According to contractor Colin Hunter (919reno.com), "some custom closets can be more intricate than kitchens because the millwork and [construction of] drawers in floor-to-ceiling closets can be labour intensive and tricky to install." A good contractor will make a new closet look original to your home.
A customized closet will also add value to your home. Closets are a big deal for prospective buyers. According to realtor Jimmy Vlachos of Core Realty (jimmyvlachos.blogspot.ca): "Buyers definitely see a lack of closet space as problematic." These days, we have loads of clothes and bed linens that the small closets of older homes in the city can't accommodate. "Buyers want built-in closets where they can keep their clothing and accessories accessible, organized and in sight. [By installing new closets] you're fixing a problem that some buyers just don't want to deal with or may not know how to solve," Mr. Vlachos says.
An alternative I recently saw in a wardrobe stylist's condo was an entire wall of rails and shelves hidden behind pretty white curtains, trimmed in navy ribbon. I've always thought of this as a temporary solution, but the stylist's curtains were hung on a hospital track system so the look was clean and tidy. If you like this option, avoid drapes like red velvet, you don't want your room to feel like the curtains could part at any moment and a production of Our Town could commence. The stylist's drapery panels blended with the white walls and room's blue accents so the wall of fabric didn't feel like theatre curtains.
Another alternative to custom millwork is to add a row of classic-style panelled Pax doors from Ikea like my friend Tamara Robbins Griffith did.
The look is consistent with the rest of her home's architecture. To make the store-bought doors feel stately, she added heavy die-cast door knobs from Rocky Mountain Hardware (rockymountainhardware.com). If there are any gaps between the doors and the ceiling, have your contractor make the unit look built-in with drywall or crown mold-ing. The starting cost for modular built-ins like Tamara's is approximately, $1,500.
Avoid storing your clothes in the basement, if you can. I have a hunch that running down the stairs for socks will drive you bananas. And, with a baby on the way, you'll want to make things in your life as convenient as possible.
Wishing you and your bundle of joy all the very best,
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Kristen Stewart wears one ballet flat and heel to the Oscars + new pics from today
Kristen Stewart arrived at the 2013 Oscars wearing a beautiful Reem Acra couture gown paired with an unexpected accessory: crutches.
While we learned that the Twilight star cut her foot on glass days before the big event, we took a closer look at her head-to-toe ensemble and discovered that she actually wore a mismatched pair of shoes on the red carpet to compensate for her unfortunate injury.
That's right, we learned that the actress stepped out in one Bloch Fonteyn ballet flat and one Jimmy Choo Vibe platform peep-toe heel (in white satin to match her dress), making for a slightly awkward and unbalanced style statement.
We think Bloch ballet flats are charming and classy, and given her circumstances, we're wondering why she wouldn't simply go with a completely coordinated look?
Beneath her dress, Kristen wore one nude satin Jimmy Choo "Vibe" open toe platform pump and a silver "Fonteyn" ballet flat from Bloch.
Why would you wear two totally different shoes? And not even the same color...
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Heidi DWI needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 106 designs submitted by 52 freelance designers.
We are looking for a new corporate identity and we feel what better way to express that then through a new logo. We know what we want and have an informative design brief written. All we need now is a bit of creative inspiration from you!
We would like a new logo designed for our company. The language industry is peaking and we feel a new, fresh company logo would help in securing new clients. Our language training is for businesses and business professionals. We offer a variety of languages to cator to people´s business needs.
- Company name: DWI
- Slogan: "Communicating to the world"
- A globe of the earth within the design
- New corporate colours are required, modern, a little conservative
- The idea is to have the company name DWI within a picture of the earth. The position of the logan "communicating to the world" is negotiable, below, within, what ever looks more striking!
- We are also tinkering with the idea of having a small plane somewhere within the logo, we are open to suggestion
- No Bright, loud colours (no pink, bright yellow etc...)
- Not too technical and complicated, simple is best!
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Slipstream needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 76 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
We wish to create an extension to an existing business, products and services through the creation of a professional website that showcases our range of proprietary designs, styles and color schemes. We have included a directory with images, logos and a brochure to make your designs easier!
Builder's Property Website
We are looking for a Photoshop design (or something that contains layers and can be editted in photoshop) that enables us to create a webpage that can be modified to include a range of designs and related images. We are looking for a singe 'Products' page that will become a template for other product/services within the web page. We are experienced in slicing and creating html - we need your creative experience for the design and layout. We have created a directory that contains the company logo, brochure and assorted images.
You are welcome to use other images, but we encourage you to make sure that they reflect the general theme/style.
- Modern, stylish, single web page.
- Color scheme - similar to the logo and the brochure.
- Integrate company logo into top banner
- Simple and styled menu bar (Home, Products, About, Contact...)
- A generic product show case that presents a single product (house design), and the associated additional features/add-ons/colors, (fittings, colors, tiles,etc). This could be achived through tabs, but we welcome your ideas.
- Not too square/boxed - we would like some curves/waves incorporated into the deign
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Taft High's athletic director honored for "outstanding leadership and achievement"
Taft High has another Valley champion!
Athletic Director Marsha Eubank became the first AD from Taft High to be selected as the Central Section's Athletic Director of the Year. The annual award dates back to 1974.
"This award goes annually to an athletic director for their outstanding leadership and achievement at their school site," explained Ryan Tos, the AD for Central Valley Christian High School and a member of the selection committee. Tos, who won the award in 2010, told Eubank, 49, "Your name came up quite a few times in the meeting (of the selection committee of the California state athletic directors)."
"It's an honor being selected by your peers," Eubank said. "I have a lot of help at Taft Union High School. It's not just a reflection of me. I think it's a reflection of our district."
Superintendent Bill McDermott, said, this is a "wonderful honor for a member of the staff! I had the pleasure of working with three of the people who have received this award!! She is in great company!"
David Dennis, a longtime cross-country and track coach who set Billy Nelson on his path to the Olympics in the steeplechase, praised Eubank, "The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Marsha's performance as AD is her commitment to all of the students in every sport. She puts her best effort into improving the situation for every student-athlete in every sport. Additionally, we often see the success of the teams but don't recognize the organizational work that begins months in advance to be sure that a season runs smoothly. Marsha always prepares well in advance. Rarely is the important work behind the scenes given its due. I am pleased to see that she has been recognized for her accomplishments."
Jim Carnal, who recently coached the girls' team to the school's first Valley championship in tennis, praised, "I've coached varsity tennis for 18 seasons and, from my perspective, Marsha has always been extremely fair, supportive and knowledgeable. If there is a dispute with another school over rules, I'm always confident when Marsha represents Taft. She always plans ahead and is the best AD I've ever met."
Eubank serves as the South Sequoia League representative to the Central Section board of managers as well as a state CIF representative for basketball.
Awards are nothing new for Eubank. As a junior, her Ankeny High School basketball team won the Iowa state championship and was runner-up her senior year when she a member of the state all-tournament team and was the leading rebounder. Back then, in high school softball there was a fall and spring season and her team won six state championships.
The 5-foot-10 1/2-inch guard/forward played for Simpson University in Indianola, Iowa, as well as first base on the softball team. She snagged a head-coaching job in basketball at DeWitt High School straight out of college, which was unprecedented at the time. She was coach of the year there her last year in 1988-89, and also coached an all-star basketball team that played in South America.
The next year, she came to Taft High, where she coached JV teams and was an athletic PE teacher. In 1998, she moved up to varsity basketball coach and in 1999, she led the team to the Valley championship. She did it again in 2000 and then again in 2003. In 2004, she was promoted to athletic director.
In 2009-10, the California Coaches Association named Eubank female athletic director of the year.
As the newly designated Central Section's Athletic Director of the Year, she will be honored at an awards banquet on April 20, 2013 in Reno.


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timdrex needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 37 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
I'd like a new design for an anniversary card that gets sent to company employees on their employment anniversaries.
The idea I have for this anniversary card, being in the asphalt business, is to have the cover depict a background of newly placed black, sticky material with footprints in the fresh material. In the foreground is a person looking behind them and seeing the tracks, possibly also looking downward at the sticky material dripping from their shoes.
The inside of the card would have a caption along the lines of "Thanks for sticking around. Happy Anniversary."
The design must have a "Happy Anniversary" theme and message. It does not have to be as I depicted it above.
It should probably be humorous, but it does not have to be.
Must be professionally tasteful.
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Måndag-Fredag kl. 9-17
Våra senaste erbjudanden direkt i din inkorg. Prenumerera nu!
ZOE, den första virtuella kryssningsassistenten
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And we let children be our voice in celebrating.
It was 2009 when MSC Cruises and UNICEF joined forces for the 'Get on Board for Children' initiative, which empowers every guest to make a contribution to UNICEF.
Now, after 6 years, we are proud to announce that 4 million Euros have been raised all over the world.
This ground-breaking achievement was celebrated during a ceremony held at EXPO Milano 2015, in the presence of UNICEF, hundreds of children and visitors from all over the world, handing the symbolic cheque of €4 millions over to Philippe Baud, Deputy Director of UNICEF Switzerland.
How did we get so far?
Early in 2014, "Get on Board for Children" was expanded with a new life-saving initiative to provide assistance to malnourished children by delivering Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) – such as Plumpy'Nut® – to treat severe malnutrition in developing countries.
To this day, more than 1.3 million Euros was dedicated to help children and their families in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia and Nepal.
And this has resulted in "saving the lives of thousands of children, giving them a healthy start in life," said Elsbeth Müller, executive director of the Swiss Committee for UNICEF.
However big it may seem, we are not surprised about our guests' generosity: those who love to travel, love the whole world, too- especially children in need.
Indeed, besides our fundraising operations, we ran several educational and information events onboard.
Over the years, MSC Cruises' collaboration has provided several UNICEF projects with funds to combat poverty and inequality as well as, from 2009 to 2013, malaria in some parts of the world. Close to €2.6 million was used in various projects in Brazil to help children in 126 vulnerable communities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paolo gain access to a quality education. In addition, part of that amount was used to fight malaria in high-burden countries such as Mauritania, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Comoros.
But when it comes to saving lives, you can't ever be contempt, so stay tuned for our next projects and don't forget to support us the next time you hop on board!
Discover more on www.msccruises.com


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Hoaxes: For Better or for Worse
The Good Word
Karen Stollznow
November 19, 2010
Skeptics expose the hoaxes, but should skeptics ever be the hoaxers?
If hoaxes were true, it would be a vastly different world. Forwarding an e-mail would get us free travel, free lattes, free laptops, free shoes, and free beer. We would be able to buy third-world orphans for use as organ donors and would make millions of dollars transferring money from Nigerian bank accounts. We would have evidence of Bigfoot, fairies, giants, and aliens. Christopher Walken would be president of the United States, and while Will Ferrell, Axl Rose, and Paul McCartney would be dead, Elvis would still be alive.
With chain letters, virus hoaxes, and photoshopped images of big alien cats, it is April Fool's Day every day online. The advice to "check Snopes (http://www.snopes.com/)" is becoming as fixed a phrase as "Google it." If only there was a Snopes entry for everything in life.
When a Hoax Is Not a Hoax
Hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, tricks, myths, and urban legends are all related phenomena. There are similarities and differences among them, but they all have in common that they are untrue but could be true.
The claim that Gene Simmons is dead is more of a rumor than a hoax, although to start a rumor is to hoax. Hoaxes are relatively static in storyline, while urban legends have less "version control." Urban legends are more beliefs about events than hoaxes involving acts or artifacts, and tricks are generally "magic tricks" performed by magicians or a drunken relative during the holidays. We would say that the Jackass team plays practical jokes and performs stunts rather than hoaxes. Not all "hoaxes" are hoaxes. For example, the "Moon Hoax"—the belief that the 1969 Moon landing occurred in a studio—is a conspiracy theory, not a hoax.
These phenomena differ most in the intention behind them. People who spread apocryphal tales usually do so out of the belief that they are true, and these people have good intentions to inform and warn others. Conversely, there is no necessary social value in spreading hoaxes, even if we think they're true. There is no obvious threat to anyone if there are (Cottingley) fairies in the bottom of the garden.
But there is a hidden threat. Unlike urban legends, hoaxes often have victims. The hoaxed has something to lose, like money or credibility, while the hoaxer has something to gain. Hoaxes usually result in personal gain for the hoaxer, whether that is the amusement of pulling a prank, publicity, or profit. In a prototypical hoax the hoaxer has the deliberate intention to deceive, usually with malicious intent (although those who perpetuate the hoax are not necessarily in on the hoax). An urban legend is misinformation that needs to be corrected, while a hoax is a claim to be exposed.
"To hoax" is closer to "to scam," "to con," and to dupe" and leans uncomfortably toward words like fake, forge and fraud and their legal implications. We don't have names for the faceless many who spread urban legends, whereas hoaxers are fraudsters, charlatans, swindlers, scammers, crooks, and con-artists.
Missing Links
From Balloon Boy to the sale of holy relics, there are many themes to hoaxes. Georgia's Imedi television created a political hoax in March 2010 falsely claiming that Russia had invaded Georgia. Hoaxes are often financial, such as the notorious Nigerian scams and other advance-fee frauds (and in a more broad sense, pyramid schemes). For financial or personal reasons, people have faked their own disappearances or even deaths.
Hoaxes frequently have paranormal or pseudoscientific themes. These hoaxes aim to make us believe a claim or to provide "evidence" of the supernatural. These hoaxes are often cryptozoological in nature, involving alleged anomalous animals. Some are hybrid creatures and sideshow "gaffs" such as P.T. Barnum's infamous Fiji Mermaid, which was probably a monkey torso sewn onto a fish body. There has been an endless stream of "missing links," including Frank Hansen's Minnesota Iceman that toured carnivals in the late 1960s. This was a vinyl dummy, touted as a humanoid creature, frozen in a block of ice. In what is probably one of the world's most infamous hoaxes, the head of the Piltdown Man consisted of the lower jawbone of an orangutan attached to a human skull. For forty years some experts believed the tampered remains were of a descendent of humans.
There are Bigfoot hoaxes aplenty, including the 2008 Dead Bigfoot Hoax in which an alleged cryptid found in the foothills of Georgia was revealed to be a costume. The 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film is more iconic than convincing, but while it is the best-case Bigfoot hoax for skeptics, it is the "gold standard" of evidence for Bigfoot believers.
Tell Me Lies…
The most successful hoaxes are the ones that leave us wondering, "Was that a hoax?" There are many enduring hoaxes that have become folklore "fact" well after they were revealed to be hoaxes. The Fox sisters initiated the Spiritualism movement with their séances, a practice that is still strong today despite the sisters' eventual public confession that they produced the "paranormal" phenomena by cracking their toe joints and bouncing apples off the floor. Doug Bower and Dave Chorley admitted that their crop circles were art rather than alien, but this has done nothing to lessen the perception of the circles as evidence of extraterrestrial visitations.
In 1938 Orson Welles performed a radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. For some who missed the show's introduction, the radio drama was misconstrued as an emergency report of an extraterrestrial landing on Earth. The "news" quickly developed into mass hysteria. This wasn't intended as a hoax, but the memory of the supposed "Martian invasion" remains.
Usually the hoaxer never intends to disclose the hoax. The truth is a secret for the skeptics to unearth. In 1986 James Randi famously debunked TV Evangelist Peter Popoff as a hot reader with a direct line to his wife rather than God. This should have been a ruinous revelation, but Popoff's career has had a second coming. The proof of his deception has done nothing to shake the belief of true believers.
Skeptical Hoaxes
Hoaxes are something that skeptics are skeptical of, but sometimes the skeptics are the hoaxers. Like a modern-day Houdini, James Randi often exposes hoaxes, but he has also been the perpetrator of a few hoaxes himself.
From 1979–1983 two young psychics named Steve Shaw (Banachek) and Mike Edwards demonstrated their paranormal abilities to a team of parapsychologists in a laboratory. However, these "psychics" were really mentalists/magicians, and their participation was a hoax orchestrated by James Randi. Named Project Alpha,1 the hoax aimed to disprove complaints that a lack of funding prevents parapsychologists from undertaking useful experiments. Randi also wanted to show the need for a magician in the laboratory. Edwards and Shaw were selected from some 300 applicants to participate in the research project. They underwent over 160 hours of "scientific" testing that never revealed that their "paranormal" powers were mere magic tricks.
In 1988 American psychic José Alvarez arrived in Australia, claiming to channel a 2,000-year-old spirit named Carlos. With his incredible ability to stop his pulse he developed a fast following, save for a few narrow-minded skeptics who were convinced he was a fake. Alvarez boasted an impressive resume of appearances on (fake) television shows and radio stations and in (fake) magazines and newspapers, because he was a fake. The Carlos hoax was devised by Randi to demonstrate the ease of creating a cult and to reveal the gullibility of the media and public.
The Carlos hoax and Project Alpha are the most infamous "skeptical hoaxes," although there are many other examples of this kind. Before the Carlos hoax, Bob Steiner toured Australia as psychic Steve Terbot in 1984. Steiner is a magician and former president of the Society of American Magicians, and he is the author of the book Don't Get Taken. He initially presented his cold-reading techniques as skills in astrology, mediumship, and tarot and palm reading. After two weeks of amazing his audiences, he finally revealed his hoax on national television, explaining that his objective was to "warn the people of Australia to beware of people claiming to be psychics."2
In the area of pseudoscience, physicist Alan Sokal penned the impressive-sounding "Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity." The piece was a hoax. The article's premise was that quantum gravity is a social construct, but the author's premise was that the phony piece would pass peer review in an academic journal. The parody paper appeared in an issue of Social Text. In a subsequent issue of Lingua Franca, Sokal explained that he aimed to see if a scholarly journal would "publish an article liberally salted with nonsense if it (a) sounded good and (b) flattered the editors' ideological preconceptions."3
Hoaxes are a useful method of exposing other hoaxes. Inspired by the Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich, I created my own piece of pop pareidolia, the Pope Tart.4 In another debunking I applied for a job with Absolutely Psychic. The application process should have revealed my lack of psychic abilities as they claim, "Our clients immediately notice that all readers are carefully handpicked. We are very 'picky,' and we're proud of it! Unfortunately, 94.3% of most applications are turned away."5 I was offered a job as a telephone psychic.
Magician Brian Brushwood hosts the popular Internet series Scam School.6 In this "Mythbusters" for the pool shark crowd, Brushwood pulls street cons, swindling and scamming in the name of skepticism. He teaches tricks "to get free drinks at bars and impress friends," but the underlying message is that anyone can be tricked.
The Moral of This Story Is…
Skeptical hoaxes are social experiments. They reveal human behavior under natural conditions. Their purpose is to test media reporting and gauge the response of the public. They are intended for public gain, not for personal gain. They are not intended to deceive but rather to show us that we can all be deceived. Unlike other hoaxes, the skeptical hoax will always be revealed because that is the point.
In contrast to other hoaxes that bank on credulity, skeptical hoaxes hope to prompt critical thinking. Randi wanted people to see through his hoaxes. During Project Alpha, the young magicians were instructed that if confronted, they were to admit that the project was a hoax. But they were never asked. If skeptical hoaxes fail to elicit critical thinking, the hoaxers hope to teach critical thinking.
There are valid arguments against creating skeptical hoaxes. By staging a hoax the skeptical hoaxer can seem as bad as any other hoaxer. The hoax can backfire or incite resentment: nobody likes a "gotcha" moment or an "I told you so!" The worst thing that can happen is nothing: the lesson goes unlearned or the lesson is easily forgotten.
The ultimate success of hoaxes demonstrates that we can all be deceived. Skeptical hoaxes show that we allow ourselves to be deceived. As Blaise Pascal put it, "We like to be deceived."
1. Randi, James. 1983. "The Project Alpha Experiment, Part One: The First Two Years." Skeptical Inquirer (Summer). See also: Randi, James. 1983. "The Project Alpha Experiment, Part Two: Beyond the Laboratory." Skeptical Inquirer (Fall).
2. Steiner, Robert. 1989. Don't Get Taken! Bunco and Bunkum Exposed: How to Protect Yourself. Wide-Awake Books.
3. Sokal, Alan. 1996. "A
Physicist Experiments with Cultural Studies." Lingua Franca (May). Available at www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/
4. Stollznow, Karen. 2008. "Merchandising God: The Pope Tart." Skeptical Inquirer (May/June).
5. Stollznow, Karen. 2004. "The Psychic Skeptic, Part I." The Skeptic (Australian Skeptics) 24(4): 28–31. See also: Stollznow, Karen. 2005. "The Psychic Skeptic, Part II." The Skeptic (Australian Skeptics) 25(1): 14–18.
6. Scam School
with Brian Brushwood. Available at http://revision3.com/