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We had two new faces at training for our youth triathlon program, last night. Both are eighth graders with cross country experience, though they indicated they ran "shorter" distances (it sounds like 1500m). And they both learned something about themselves in their very first triathlon training session.
When the training started, it was only myself and one young man. After a reasonable timeframe for late arrivals, we headed out for a two mile loop. He set a decent pace and we talked about some basics of endurance running. Since our target race is a spring with a 5K run, we focus on runs of between two and four miles.
As we finished our first loop, our second new triathlete, the first young lady in the club, showed up. I won't let a transportation mix-up ruin a training session, so after a quick break, it was time for a second loop. As we started, I found out that the furthest she had ever run was the 1500 meters she ran in cross country.
We let her set the pace for this two miles, which worked well as the second loop was tough on the boy, who was going beyond his normal training distance. Again, we discussed pacing and form. I try to ensure the kids understand the goals of having fun and finishing strong. We try to keep the pace aerobic so the kids can see the benefits of solid base training over the summer.
As we neared the end, the young lady pointed out that without us helping her along, she probably would have stopped "about 30 minutes" back (we had only run for 18 at that point). As we rounded the final turn, I told her she could share with her parents that she had just set a personal best by running farther than she ever before.
That was when she pointed out that in cross country, she had never once RAN the entire distance of her race. She had always walked at least some portion of the mile and a quarter races. Yesterday, she ran the entire two miles, and at about 10 minute pace. I did everything possible to let her know how big a victory she had just achieved. It was easy to see she was thrilled on many levels.
I'll have to make sure I have a camera at the finish line in August when she completes her first triathlon. She'll have other victories before then, but I think that is the one she'll truly celebrate.
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This is just a quick note to let everyone know I have not, in fact, fallen off the face of the planet. It's just been a busy and hectic week. Between work, kids, and planning for the second season of the Brigade-Junior Fox triathlon club, I've been buried.
Just who is this Iron Pol?
A former out of shape sailor, who became a marathoner, then a triathlete, Ironman, and ultramarathoner. Now, life has pushed me into short track speed skating. More important than the titles is the lifestyle, and sharing it with others.
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You know, I've heard them say never go in your garage during a tornado. Now I know why.
Eula Smith
The first tornado touched down about a mile west of Eula Smith's home. After destroying communities near the Kansas Speedway, the tornado roared right through Smith's suburban subdivision.
"They were in the living room watching it on TV," said Kenneth Crews, Smith's son-in-law.
Crews, a Navy vet, said the tornado reminded him of being "depth-charged."
"It was kind of like a war," he said. "It really is. Then when it's over, you try to pick up the pieces and see what's there."
Crews, despite all the sirens blaring all over the city, was driving the 30 miles from his home in Tonganoxie to his mother-in-law's house as the storm raged west. From his viewpoint on Sunday night, the late afternoon sun was shining. But in front of him was the funnel cloud.
"You wouldn't believe it," Crews said. "It was sunny right behind it."
Eula Smith and her husband Larry shut the TV off and headed for the basement when they heard the siren wailing.
They waited for three or four minutes as the tornado roared over their house, then they came out when they heard the "all-clear sirens."
"We could hardly get out of the basement," Smith said. "The door was buried with junk."
Their house is still standing, but the damage is so extensive that the building will have to be demolished, she said.
"They won't even let us move the furniture out because of all the insulation," Smith said.
The worst damage occurred in her garage, where the bay door crumpled inward like a piece of tin foil. The force of the wind shoved both cars through a wall and into the kitchen.
"It just kind of pushed them in through my freezer and through the wall," she said. "You know, I've heard them say never go in your garage during a tornado. Now I know why."
Smith, a Kansas native, said she's seen her share of minor tornadoes, or "tree toppers." But nothing like this.
"This is the worst tornado they had in Kansas City in 20 years," Crews said.
Bad as the damage was to Smith's house, some of her neighbors fared even worse. Her next-door neighbor, who recently moved to Kansas City from Florida, saw her home annihilated by the tornado. A bulldozer scraped up the trash that remained Tuesday afternoon.
The home directly across the street from Smith's home was no longer recognizable as a building.
"That was a house right there," Crews said, pointing to a pile of sticks and splinters next to a dumpster.
Smith said she was appreciative of all the volunteers who showed up in her neighborhood, such as workers from the Church of God in Bonner Springs, as well as from The Salvation Army.
"It's really quiet right now," she said. "Yesterday it was like a hill of ants everybody running all around."
While people like Smith were trying to pull what they could salvage out of their wrecked homes, a group of clergy met at the London Heights Baptist Church, mainly to prevent volunteers from "running all around."
Tom Davis, a Church World Service disaster response and recovery liaison, and Cherri Baer, a representative from the United Methodist Committee on Relief, addressed the group, and tried to prepare them for the kinds of challenges they will have to face in the very near future.
One of the biggest problems, Davis explained, is uncoordinated volunteerism initiated by well-meaning people, working on their own, who have don't know what other people around them are doing.
People collecting used clothing, in large quantities, tend to produce the biggest headaches, Davis said.
"Often clothing does become the second disaster," he said. "Once you receive it, you've got to do something with it. That's the last thing anybody wants in a disaster."
But, as is the case in Kansas City, most people didn't lose all their belongings. That's not to say that there won't be some people who will need clothes, but these relatively few people cannot possibly make use of the truckloads of used, raggedy clothing that sometimes appear at tornado sites.
Davis and Baer also stressed the importance of using church funds wisely, and being aware of how federal grants are given out, so that churches don't use all their money at once, and then not have anything left over to help people six months in the future.
Baer told the pastors to familiarize themselves with the application procedures of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) so they will be able to guide their parishioners through the process.
In addition, Davis spoke about the importance of building interfaith coalitions, which will bring in more funding from national faith-based groups.
"If you don't organize," he said, "you won't be able to tap into the denominational funding that will be available."
"We weren't supposed to meet until September," said the Rev. Frank Dietz, pastor of the Zion United Church of Christ. "I guess we'll have to change our plans."
Finally Davis told the pastors they needed to take personal time, away from disaster work, in order to prevent the experience from becoming overwhelming.
"You may become just inundated with work," he said. "Regardless, you will have to care spiritually for yourself. If you don't, you're going to find yourself in crisis in two or three years, if not sooner."
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Attracting younger clients requires a wholesale change in advisor attitudes, according to Alan Moore, a CFP and co-founder of XY Planning Network.
"Whenever you look at firms that specialize in younger clients, they look nothing like the firms that specialize in baby boomers, I mean, nothing outside of the fact that we both call it financial planning," said Moore, who is 28.
Staffing, marketing and technology are areas in which traditional advisories need to innovate, but many pricing and fee structures present barriers to signing younger clients, he said.
In fact, assets under management-based pricing can prevent younger clients from even walking in the door, especially if advisors have asset minimums.
"Imagine that you go to a doctor, who says your BMI is over 25 and says, 'I need you to exercise more and eat less and come back to me when your BMI is in a healthy range and then we'll talk,'" Moore said. "That's absurd, yet that's what we tell clients: 'You're not rich enough, go spend a little less, save a little more and when you hit a million, call me.'"
Then there are advisors who charge based on assets, even if the clients don't have assets.
"I call that 'playing the client lottery.' You work for 20 young people for free and just hope one of them one day is rich and you make your money back," Moore said.
"That's a terrible business model," he said.
The simplest and most transparent pricing model for younger clients is a monthly subscription fee, Moore said.
"They pay for their entire lives monthly, so why wouldn't they pay their financial planner on a monthly basis?" he asked.
Advisors can more effectively estimate the cost of delivering advice and charge accordingly, and there is also a place for hourly and project-based billing.
That kind of "modular" pricing can be particularly suitable for younger clients, said John Anderson, head of practice management solutions at SEI Advisor Network in Oaks, Pa.
"And if we're doing modular pricing, we might also want to think about modular planning," he said, focusing on fewer but perhaps more immediate issues, such as repaying student loan debt or buying a first house, rather than a complete retirement and estate plan, which can be spread out over years.
"If we're talking about the younger client, then we've got to start emphasizing advice," Anderson said. "That's where the fee should be charged, versus emphasizing the AUM."
Anderson thinks that the change in emphasis is sometimes more difficult for advisors to grasp than it is for clients.
Moore agrees, adding that younger clients are willing to pay for advice relevant to their needs.
"In terms of attracting younger clients, I would argue that when they get in the door, it's all about how you sell the value. When you show them that you can help them through whatever situation they're in, then they will pay whatever you tell them it costs," Moore said.
Paul Hechinger is a contributing writer for On Wall Street.
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Imagine you're in a funk-rock band whose drummer often fails to show up for rehearsals and gigs. That would be an intolerable situation, because all the bands' efforts come to nothing if the drummer isn't there to perform.
Though it might be painful for the band to admit it, you'd actually be better off rehearsing and performing without the drummer. Sadly, that probably means doing a different, less propulsive style of music. In the music world, professional doesn't mean "louder and flashier," it means that you showed up on time and did what you said you were going to do.
In much the same way, if your creative work depends on inspiration showing up, you're in trouble. Inspiration is not a reliable partner. Sure, you've done some amazing things when inspiration showed up, but you should also have some way to work even when inspiration is nowhere to be found.
It's easier to do this if you don't try to compete with your own best work. Just aim to create something simple that convincingly fills its space. As a songwriter, you can always put stock chord progressions together with standard beats and craft some competent rhyming couplets. You can tinker with the results and patch up any weak spots. And if the song still fails, you can throw it out and start over as many times as you need to.
You don't need inspiration to practice your songwriting craft. Sure, your results will be more modest and the work will move more slowly without the help of inspiration. It doesn't mean you've failed as an artist. It means that you're a professional, and you're showing up and doing the gig no matter what.
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Art patrons wait in line to get into the Museum of Modern Art after it had been closed for two years — and its obvious popularity is likely why MoMA wants to expand at the expense of the American Folk Art Museum building.
The Museum of Modern Art has told the little museum next door to "folk off."
The behemoth arts institution in New York has decided to go ahead with the demolition of the former American Folk Art Museum — which sits on a neighboring lot on West 53rd St. — so that it may yet again expand, adding another 100,500 square feet to the sprawling arts complex.
Thomas Monaster
The American Folk Art Museum building — now slated for the wrecking ball — was celebrated as a daring work of contemporary architecture by local designers Todd Williams and Billie Tsien, with its bent and beaten copper exterior that itself is sculpture.
The Folk Art Museum, which opened in 2001 — three years before MoMA's most recent expansion — was celebrated as a daring work of contemporary architecture by local designers Todd Williams and Billie Tsien. Its bent and beaten copper exterior is itself a sculpture.
The Museum of Modern Art debuted its renovations to hundreds of visitors in November 2004, three years after the American Folk Museum structure opened next door.
That MoMA, with the first and largest architecture and design collections in the world, wants to destroy its notable neighbor has enraged architects, critics and preservationists.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
A concept sketch of the Sculpture Garden entrance for the Museum of Modern Art's expansion, which will come at the cost of the American Folk Art Museum building next door.
MoMA bought the Folk Art Museum in 2011, after the museum defaulted on $ 32 million in loans that were taken on to erect the new building that's now being dismantled.
MoMA hired noted High Line and Lincoln Center architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro in April to study whether the museum could be saved. A six-month review determined the smaller building could not be integrated into its neighbor.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Plans for the Museum of Modern Art's expansion show where MoMA will encroach on land currently occupied by the American Folk Art Museum structure.
In the end, Diller Scofidio + Renfro was rewarded the contract for the expansion, which includes three-story white-box entrances with room for hosting massive sculptures. The entire ground floor will become open to the public, with a 30% increase in gallery space on the floors above.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Larger ground floor space for the public, shown in this concept sketch, is one reason the Museum of Modern Art is expanding at the expense of the American Folk Art Museum building.
The expansion connects with a 1,000-foot condo tower being built on the western end of the block, which will house five floors of galleries inside.
"The analysis that we undertook was lengthy and rigorous, and ultimately led us to the determination that creating a new building on the site of the former American Folk Art Museum is the only way to achieve a fully integrated campus," MoMA director Glenn Lowry wrote in a public letter.
Opponents remain unimpressed. Pullitzer Prize winning critic Paul Goldberger called MoMA's decision "a fatal mistake."
"A large cultural institution that cannot find a suitable use for such a building is an institution with a flawed architectural imagination," he wrote on VanityFair.com.


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"Accept yourself, your strengths, your weaknesses, your truths, and know what tools you have to fulfill your purpose."
― Steve Maraboli
Commit to your natural strengths that allow your skill sets and capabilities to thrive, and then invest in them. For example, if you are a good speaker, never assume that your technique doesn't require improvement. Take a class, enhance your abilities and then put them to work more frequently.
Keep in mind that just because you're good at something, that doesn't make it a strength. How do you know what your natural strengths are?
Ask yourself these questions:
When do I feel the most engaged at work?
What activities make you feel strong?
What do you do differently than everyone else?
You can't build your career around your best attributes until you know your strengths!
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Dates now in for 2016 Wankel Treffen. 1st to the 3rd of July.
My rooms booked along with three other single rooms for the usual suspects. This year we are joining up with the Hercules club at their annual meeting which is being held in Schwerte-Westhofen 58239. With it being later in the year I would expect hotels to fill up quickly so book soon.
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SS Rajamouli's fantasy period epic Baahubali is the talk of the tinsel town as the film hits the screens today. While everyone is eagerly anticipating as to whethet the film will surpass Endhiran's record at the box office, it has outnumbered Endhiran's premiere revenue in the US.
The film garnered 1 million US dollars from the premieres alone which is a record for any south Indian film. As far as worldwide gross is concerned, Baahubali has to collect a whopping share of Rs 160 crores at the box office in all languages combined to surpass Endhiran's record.
The film has been receiving extra ordinary reviews from everyone as expected. The blockbuster status has been already attained from various trade pundits who shower accolades on the film.


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Yesterday, Verizon announced the Galaxy Nexus and now some users are being prompted to update their Galaxy Nexus to Android 4.0.2. It takes couple of hours after activation for update to appear which bring you Android 4.0.2 build ICL53F. This 10.7MB update brings you the following improvements and fixes-
Device features:-
- Optimized Mobile Hotspot when used with VPN.
- Optimized 3G/4G data sessions for faster response times.
- Fixed an incorrect notification that "data was disconnected due to roaming".
- Wi-Fi now automatically reconnects when returning to a known Access Point.
- Improvements to special visual effects feature when using front-facing camcorder.
- Visual improvements to the lock screen.
Email & Messaging
- Fixed an issue where some email attachments would not open correctly.
Apps & Widgets
- DivX support has been removed, and will be supported in a future upgrade.
- Improved audio volume in Google navigation turn-by-turn directions.
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After a successful trip to Joburg the Festival of Beer returns to the Mother City.
The Festival of Beer is back!
The Cape Town Festival of Beer returns after an immensely successful Joburg Festival of Beer.
The last weekend of September saw the Joburg Festival of Beer, in all its golden glory, take over Pirates Sports Club for the second year! The event saw thousands of beer aficionados and beer-drinking enthusiasts come together to get a taste of the best brews across SA and abroad.
The brewers brought their best brews forward for judging in what has become the most comprehensive beer judging competition in the Southern Hemisphere, with the results speaking for themselves. With over 60 brews entered the respective winners to walk away with the glory were:
Best Macrobrewed Ale – La Chouffe
Best Microbrewed Ale – Devils Peak Kings Blockhouse IPA
Best Microbrewed Lager – Jack Black Lager
Best in Show – Cape Brewing Co Krystal Weiss
And after such a monumental weekend we cannot wait to bring the Festival of beer back to its stomping ground in the Mother City. Taking place at Hamiltons Rugby Club from the 28-30 of November, Cape Town will once again see over 200 beers on show, live bands, beer tours, craft beer brewing demonstrations, and so much more.
Early Bird tickets are available from Webtickets for R150 and includes an official Festival of Beer glass and unlimited free tastings all weekend long. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for updates in the build up to a weekend of all-things-beer.


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Homemade and locally sourced
Think jacket potatoes cooked the way they should be, paninis with delicious fillings and homemade soups to knock your socks off. Our café serves delicious food, locally sourced to St. Austell and every day is different with our superb specials board and freshly baked cakes.
There's a child friendly menu with proper mini meals that they're sure to polish off – and a child friendly area in case they finish before you. Whether you want to enjoy a well-earned cuppa inside our outside, at the front of the café there's a fantastic little sun trap, if it's a bit blustery relax indoors next to the cosy wood burner.
Visit our café, there is no admission cost to visitors using the cafe or gift shop. Enjoy our cooks mouthwatering lunches, stunning Cornish cream teas and by doing so, you will help to support our work to preserve Wheal Martyn Clay Works.
Fresh and Local Produce
Most of the food we serve comes from local suppliers, many within 20 miles of the café. Farm reared pork, fresh fruit and vegetables, Cornish cheeses, organic ice creams, Cornish Orchard's ciders and apple juices, St. Austell and Skinner's Ales, guest beers from the new micro breweries in the county are just some of the ingredients we use to create good wholesome food for you to enjoy in a modern bistro setting.
Picnic Areas
There are plenty of places for a picnic at Wheal Martyn, just right if you want to relax, enjoy the nature around you and have a bite to eat. If you forget your picnic, or feel like eating in the grounds then the café sells a wide range of food that can be boxed up to take out.


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About Us
Our family has been operating canoe and kayak rentals since 1976, founded by a mother and son team, Gretchen and John Evans started renting canoes from a small camper located on the property. Gretchen found the property for sale in 1972 while trailblazing from Sarasota FL back to our home state of Illinois. She purchased it and with her son John, his wife Connie and family, moved here in 1974. While she worked full time in Tallahassee and John worked as carpenter they hand cleared the property on weekends. Over the next 2 years they worked, their rental fleet consisted of six Mohawk canoes, and lived out of a camper while John built the shop where we still do our rentals. Gretchen came up with the name T~n~T Hide-a-way, there are many different myths as to what the T~n~T stands for, dynamite – for such an explosive place, turkey and trout – what Gretchen thought she was seeing here which in truth were vultures and mullet. John operated the business full time till his untimely death in April of 1981 from a fatal car accident just 2 miles from leaving the river. Gretchen retired from the finance business and committed herself full time to the business. She became an icon to Wakulla County, not only because of her dynamite personality but for her involvement in the community, so much that the new bridge built in 2010 adjacent to our shop was dedicated as the GRETCHEN EVANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE. Numerous pictures in the Wakulla News and Tallahassee Democrat showed her at the river, either wading waist deep in Hurricane water or showing off her beloved manatees, she was among the first to document their existence in the river. She along with friends and neighbors founded the nonprofit organization of HuManatee, to help protect the Wakulla River herd of manatees. Through their efforts and education the entire region became aware of the manatees, and slow speed zone ordinances were put in place in the Wakulla and St. Marks rivers. Gretchen continued to run the business, she was helped with family, mostly grandchildren aka the river rats, until the fall of 2001 when she was totally disabled by a stroke. She stayed on the Wakulla River, cared for by her family till her death in September of 2005.
Now operated by the third generation of river rats, Robert Baker, our services have grown to include American Canoe Association certified instructions for canoeing and kayaking, guided eco-tours or self-shuttling service, along with repairs and rigging for kayaks. Our rental fleet now consists of Stand Up Paddle Boards, single kayaks sit – on or sit – in, tandem kayaks sit -in or sit- on and two and three person canoes.
We still uphold the foundation we inherited and are dedicated to your enjoyment on the Wakulla River.
Meet the Guides
Robert Baker
Robert is third generation of the Evans family who founded T~n~T Hide-a-way, Inc. in 1976. At the age of 6 he was paddling his grandmother, Gretchen Evans, along the Wakulla River in search of manatees. Now not only is he the Business Manager and President of the Board of Directors for T~n~T, he is also the former President of the Florida Professional Paddlesports Association and a member of the Paddlesports Industry Association. A graduate from Tallahassee Community College Green Guide course and a Certified Instructor with American Canoe Association are among his other credentials. Roberts' knowledge of the local rivers, creeks and coastline will make certain you have a positive experience in kayaking off the beaten path. A member with the Forgotten Coast Kayak Angler Association and a Native Watercraft Endorsed Guide, his expertise in kayak fishing will ensure you a unique encounter. Roberts' skill and familiarity will guarantee you a safe and enjoyable experience.
Bill Goodroe
Billy Goodroe, Guide spent his childhood fishing the central Florida coast and inland lakes and rivers coached by his Bass Master's father, Paul. Known as "Fishbaitbilly" locally, he won his first fishing tournament at the age of ten with a whopping 8.5 oz. bluegill. Today he can usually be found prowling the flats, creeks ad oyster bars from Steinhatchee to Port St. Joe fishing for trout, redfish, flounder, cobia and tarpon. Billy guides kayak angling expeditions and participates in charity events and tournaments which help support the Meals on Wheels program in Wakulla County, Florida. His knowledge of the area and local fishing tricks and tactics promises to make your next guided fishing trip a memorable one. When not on the water Billy can be found at The Wilderness Way talking up the latest kayak models or just talking up.. fishing!
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[ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/CONTINUUM-446?page=comments#action_57203 ] Jamie Flournoy commented on CONTINUUM-446: ------------------------------------------ The attached diff and jar implement this functionality. I've only tested this with the MailContinuumNotifier but the change was made in the superclass so it should make each notifier (IRC, etc.) separately configurable. The diff is against 1.0.2 because I didn't want to install the latest snapshot just to get this and I had some intermittent test failures (build timeouts on a fast server?) that made me nervous about using the latest version of the code. To make the MailContinuumNotifier always send notifications even if the status is the same, install the jar in apps/continuum/lib directory, remove (or gzip) your continuum-notifier-api-1.0.2.jar (I called mine continuum-notifier-api-1.0.2-ORIG.jar.gz), and edit apps/continuum/conf/application.xml: In <components>, in the <component> whose <implementation> contains org.apache.maven.continuum.notification.mail.MailContinuumNotifier, in <configuration>, add this: <notifyEvenIfStateUnchanged>true</notifyEvenIfStateUnchanged > To test it, just force a build for an app that is already building successfully, and you should see an email. > Mail notification should be configurable to notify on every build > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: CONTINUUM-446 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/CONTINUUM-446 > Project: Continuum > Type: Improvement > Versions: 1.0 > Reporter: Wim Deblauwe > Attachments: continuum-notifier-api-1.0.2_jamieedits.jar, notification-edits.txt > > > Continuum currently always optimizes the number of mails it sends by only sending a mail if the state changes from ok to not ok or vice versa. It would be better if this is configurable to always send a mail for every build (for instance for a nightly build). -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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Nick Saban discusses Alabama coaches using social media
Texas A&M wide receiver coach Aaron Moorehead put the tweets of college coaches under the microscope on Thursday night when his use of social media cost the Aggies a commitment and another potential recruit.
Alabama Nick Saban does not have a Twitter account, and doesn't plan on making one either. He said on the Paul Finebaum show Friday that he will not create an account until someone proves that there is an advantage to it.
While Saban doesn't use Twitter, most of his assistants do, including offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin, who has used it to troll Tennessee and Auburn.
But Saban doesn't have much of an issue with others on his staff tweeting, so long as they don't cross the line.
"We don't have rules that people can't use Twitter," Saban said at a trophy presentation on Friday in Atlanta, according to Michael Casagrande of AL.com. "We just want people to be responsible. We certainly don't want them to do anything that's going to affect themselves in an adverse way or affect our program, our university or our team in an adverse way."


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Brand EverMarker
Engraving process takes about 3-7 business days.
And the personalized items can't be returned, exchanged nor refunded.
Gender: Women
Occasion: Daily, Holiday
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Andrew Lilico today warns of the 'tyranny of the status quo' that would threaten the 'out' campaign in an EU referendum. In the traditional sense, he is right. Looking back to the AV referendum, people initially gave AV a look but preferred the first past the post system in the end. But to compare the AV with an EU referendum is misguided.
There is no status quo in the EU. We know where it is headed and we know Britain will be dragged into it. Our task is to tell the Great British Public that the EU is headed that way and the settlement we have now is merely temporary.
Article 16 of the fiscal union treaty incorporates fiscal union into the legal framework of the EU (aka the acquis communautaire) by 2017. Veto or not, if you're signed up to the legal system of the EU, you're going to be signed up to fiscal union.
This is new from Brussels and is a cynical way to get round vetoes or 'no' votes in referendums. Instead, just incorporate it into the acquis or, better still, amend the Lisbon Treaty, which is a self-amending treaty.
The EU has the means and ability to change into a single banking, fiscal and political union and can take us with it. The only sure way to stop this is to step back outside its legal framework and maintain our trade, and that means ripping up the 1972 Act that took us into the EU in the first place. The middle way will only take us further into the EU.


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- Finish cross stitching the Thanksgiving bread cloth which is part of last year's birthday gift. I only have a little outlining to do.
- sew in the lining of the purse I knit The Coach for this year's birthday. I will give it to her over Thanksgiving weekend because her birthday is in early December.


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First settled by the Indians at the convergence of the the Concho Rivers the area was later discovered by the Spanish when they traveled the rivers in the 1500's of what today is Texas . Later they established a missionary for the Indians. In the late 1800's the frontier fort , Fort Concho was established by the Army. The city of Santa Angela grew into a community to service the fort and it's personnel. Later the name was changed by the post office to it's present day version San Angelo.
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Platoon Forward is a character based campaign system usable with any set of WWII tactical level rules. Written for Platoon Level games it focuses on the characters within your force. Its three sections allow the gamer to generate characters, to generate a wide range of scenarios and follow their force through a range of missions with a broad selection of events that can affect their performance on the battlefield. The dynamic system presents the player with a hidden enemy and provides a huge variety of potential outcomes, allowing the unexpected to occur.
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1. "but a bendable phone we wouldn't have no use of it at all"
First i can see some benefit to having a bendable phone there are many people who put there phone in their back pocket like wallet (me) and I had an Iphone6 on release that got bent and ultimately had to be replaced because i kept it in my back pocket the other models i had were smaller and didn't bend as easy this one on the other hand did not so it would have been a nice feature if i would have had it
2. "because why and what use does a bendable phone have for us"
Second Have you ever doped your phone in between the center council and seat that is the depths of hell as far as I am concerned and if my phone was bendable i would not have to cut 3 knuckles and say 5 hail marys just to get my phone back out
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The iconic black Fiat 500 used by Pope Francis during much of his week-long United States visit last September has pulled in $300,000 at auction, selling for more than 12 times the car's base price of $24,695.
The Fiat was purchased by millionaire businessman and philanthropist Miles Nadal, and proceeds from the sale are earmarked for Catholic schools and charities, as well as the Catholic Relief Services and the Catholic Near East Welfare Association.
Americans who followed the Pope's visit became accustomed to seeing the Pope riding in the diminutive auto, dwarfed in size by the armored security vehicles accompanying him. The car auctioned off was one of several identical cars that transported the pontiff during his stay, and was used during the New York leg of the trip.
"It was an honor to work with the Archdiocese of New York," said Coppy Holzman, CEO of Charitybuzz, the association that organized the auction. Holzman said that a price of $300,000 represented a "very significant achievement" for the charitable causes that will benefit from the sale.
In addition to the car, the auction winner will have the opportunity to meet the Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who will bless the automobile. Nadal, a collector of cars and motorcycles, will meet with Dolan at St. Patrick's Cathedral for the blessing of the vehicle.
The car also came with a letter of authentication, guaranteeing that the U.S. Secret Service had confirmed that the Pope indeed used this particular Fiat.
The Charitybuzz auction began March 17, with a starting bid of $10,500. In the following days, the figure multiplied until reaching its final sale price of $300,000.
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The MAPs I course is an excellent introduction to mindfulness for beginners. MAPs provides insight into the basics of mindfulness, how to develop a mindfulness meditation practice, and how mindfulness can be applied in daily life. It is also appropriate for experienced practitioners who wish to revitalize their practice.
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The Posterior cruciate ligament
lies just behind the
and similarly connects femur and tibia but runs in a different direction. The
is the primary stabilizer of the knee and the main controller of how far backward tibia moves under femur. This motion is called posterior translation of tibia. If tibia moves too far back, the
can rupture.
Recent studies have suggested that the
also prevents medial-lateral (side-to-side) and rotatory movements. Thus the
effect on knee joint function is more complex than previously thought.
is made of two thick bands of tissue bundled together. One part of the ligament tightens when the knee is bent; the other part tightens as the knee straightens. This is why the
is sometimes injured along with the
when the knee is forced to straighten too far, or hyperextend.
Both bundles of the
change in length as well as orientation (direction of the fibers) from front-to-back and side-to-side with knee flexion and extension. This function allows the ligament to keep tibia from sliding too far back or slipping from side-to-side.
» Tear of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament :
injuries can occur with low-energy as well as high-energy trauma. Isolated
tears occur in sports, but they are less frequent and less disabling than
tears are often missed or misdiagnosed, and therefore probably more common than believed.
The most common way for the
alone to be injured is from a direct blow to the front of the knee while the knee is bent. Since the
controls tibia's movement in backward direction in relation to femur, if tibia moves too far, the
can rupture. Sometimes the
is injured during an automobile accident. This can happen if a person slides forward during a sudden stop or impact and the knee hits the dashboard just below the kneecap. In this situation, tibia is forced backward under femur, injuring the
. This injury is termed as a
dashboard injury
. The same problem can happen if a person falls on a bent knee. Again, tibia may be forced backward, stressing and possibly tearing the
tears are interstitial and heal with time, developing a firm endpoint although in a lax position. Most people are able to return to full activities with nonsurgical therapy. However, chronic
laxity causes significant patello-femoral problems (anterior knee pain), because of the chronic posterior translation of tibia and increased pressure on patellofemoral articular cartilage. Long-term follow-up after nonsurgical management has revealed that most patients rate the knee as good enough and are able to return to sports.
Other parts of the knee may be injured when the knee is violently hyperextended, but other ligaments are usually injured or torn before the
. This type of injury can happen when the knee is struck from the front when the foot is planted on the ground.
» Symptoms :
Pain at the time of impact which over time may also be felt in the calf region.
Swelling, although this may be minimal.
Instability of the joint, perhaps associated with the feeling of the knee giving way.
» Signs :
Posterior Sag Test
Hyperextension Test
Posterior Drawer Test
Reverse Lachman Test
Posterior Sag Test :
The posterior sag test is performed by raising the lower leg to a horizontal position, with the knee bend. The therapist observes if tibia drops down, forming a sag or dent at the front of the upper shin. Always compare to the other knee.
Hyperextension :
Over straightening or hyperextending the knee may be painful in PCL injuries.
Posterior drawer test :
The posterior drawer test involves pushing tibia (shin bone) backwards whilst the knee is bent. A positive result is recorded if tibia moves back further than on the uninjured side.
» Diagnosis Confirmation :
Normal PCL
Torn PCL
Conservative treatment for isolated PCL tears :
Phase 1 : Immediately following injury till 2 weeks :
Goal - To control swelling, maintain the ability to straighten and bend the leg and to begin strengthening exercises for the leg muscles when possible.
Rest from aggravating activities. Use crutches if necessary. Complete rest for the first 48 hours, after then let pain be the guide to the speed of progression of rehabilitation.
Apply cold therapy and compression as soon as possible following injury and for 15 minutes every 2 hours for the next 24 to 48 hours. The frequency of application can be gradually reduced over the next few days to no less than 3 times a day and always after mobility or strengthening exercises.
Stretching exercises for the lower leg and upper body. Calf stretches, hamstring stretch, ankle mobility, pain free knee mobility exercises. If it hurts, do not pursue it
Strengthening exercises (pain free) - static quads, static hamstring holds, calf raises (both legs).
By the end of week 2, the athlete should aim to be walking normally without aids.
Phase 2 : 2 weeks to 4 weeks :
Goal - To completely eliminate swelling, regain full mobility and build on strengthening exercises. By the end of this phase the athlete may be able to do 'proper' cycling or light swimming.
Apply cold therapy and compression 3 times a day until swelling is eliminated. Once this is achieved, apply cold fomentation after every training session.
Mobility exercises - continue to work on these, if full mobility has not been achieved. Otherwise progress onto more usual stretching exercises as long as they do not cause pain in the knee.
Strengthening exercises - continue with phase 1 exercises and also begin to include standing static quads (instead of sitting), half squats (both legs), hip raises, hip exercises against resistance, step ups and single leg calf raises.
Phase 4 : 6 weeks to 8 weeks :
Goal - To return to sports specific training and competition.
Cold therapy and compression bandage should not be required during this stage. If there is still swelling on the knee it may be necessary to go back a stage or two.
Full sports specific flexibility training should be done through regular stretching before and after training sessions, on a daily basis.
Sports massage techniques to the surrounding muscles will help recovery after training and keep muscles in better condition.
Sprinting speed should now be near to normal and the athlete should be able to change direction at speed and perform other sports specific tasks without pain or unease. Normal sports specific training should now be resumed.
When the athlete is confident he/she should return to the sport in a limited capacity for example a footballer may play only 20 minutes of a game. This will gradually introduce them to the demands of competition both physically and psychologically.
PCL Reconstruction :
» Do I Need Surgery?
In general, most partial or isolated
tears can be treated non-operatively because the
, with its synovial covering, has some ability to heal.
However, surgical reconstruction is usually recommended for
tears that occur in combination with other ligament tears of the knee.
» Indications
It is usually recommended that acute
tears in combination with and
Posterolateral Corner
, or
tears should be reconstructed within the first three weeks of injury. In rare occasions, the
may be repaired when it occurs as a peel off or bone avulsion injury. In patients with chronic
isolated injuries, who are symptomatic for pain and instability, reconstruction may be indicated. It is important that in these chronic injuries that a workup for possible concurrent other ligament injuries, as well as an assessment of the extremity alignment, should be performed.
» Procedure
PCL reconstruction is typically done as an outpatient procedure. Depending on graft choice, open incisions may be necessary to harvest the tissue that is to be used as the new PCL. Knee arthroscopy is then performed to inspect the knee, treat additional injuries (meniscus tears or cartilage damage), and to prepare the knee for the new PCL.
Once the graft tissue has been prepared and the torn PCL tissue has been removed, the surgeon is ready to place the ligament within the knee. Small tunnels (7-10 mm) are drilled in tibia and femur to allow the ligament to be pulled up into the knee.
Accurate placement of these tunnels is critical to success of the PCL surgery. After the PCL graft is in position, fixation devices (screws, washers, buttons, etc.) are used to keep it there until it can heal the place.
» Surgical steps
The surgeon inspects the knee and may or may not remove the remains of the old PCL.
The graft which is used for reconstruction is harvested and prepared for the replacement. Usually the patellar tendon or the Semitendinosis and Gracilis tendon autografts are used in athletes.
After harvesting the tissue, a hole is drilled from the front of tibia diagonally into the knee and ends up where the PCL attaches to the top of the shin. Next, the surgeon drills a hole in femur between the two heads running diagonally and up from the middle to the outside. The PCL surgery differs from the ACL in that additional posteromedial Portal is made in PCL surgery to view the back of the knee from where the PCL comes out from tibia.
The harvested replacement graft is pulled into place through the holes which were just drilled.
The new ligament is then held into place by two bioabsorbable screws or metallic screws.
» Rehabilitation After Reconstructive Surgery
Postoperative Rehabilitation Protocol for
PCL Reconstruction
PCL / ACL Reconstruction
Posterolateral Corner Surgery
» General Guidelines
> Program is designed to protect the PCL.
> Even if there is a co-existing ACL injury the program remains the same.
> No active hamstring work.
> Caution against posterior tibial translation (gravity, muscle action).
> PCL with posterolateral corner or LCL repair follows different post-operation care, i.e. use of crutches 8 weeks and brace to avoid varus stress.
Schedule for physiotherapy :
Formal visits by a physiotherapist begins after removal of sutures, about 2 weeks.
This supervised therapy continues initially every alternate day and later about twice a week for about 3 months.
Patient has to continue home exercises, as instructed by the physiotherapist on a daily basis.
» General progression of activities of daily living
Patient may start with the following activities of daily living as follows:
> Showering - once dressing removed.
> Sleep without brace - 8 weeks post-operation.
> Driving - when safely able to operate the controls of the vehicle.
> Full weight bearing without assistive devices - 6 weeks for just PCL, but need 8 weeks when any lateral side surgery also performed.
» Schedule of physiotherapy
> Formal Visit by a physiotherapist begins one month after surgery.
> This supervised therapy continues initially every alternate day and later about twice a week for about 3 months.
Patient has to continue the home exercises as instructed by the physiotherapist on a daily basis.
» Phase I
This is the phase immediately after surgery till about 4 weeks. In this phase the patient performs hip, knee and ankle strengthening exercises.
Goals :
The goal of rehabilitation in phase 1 is to protect the healing of soft tissue and bones, as wells as to mobilize the knee to prevent stiffness of the joint.
> Full weight bearing with the help of walking aid is initiated in this phase.
> Toe touch weight bearing is initiated in this stage with the help of crutches or walker.
> For the first 2 weeks, the patients needs to wear the long knee brace at all times, but from 2 weeks to 4 weeks the brace is unlocked for passive range of motion to 60 >degrees.
> A pillow is kept under proximal tibia, when the patient is lying down, to prevent posterior sag.
Therapeutic Exercises :
0-2 weeks
> Hip flexion, extension, abduction and adduction if able
> Straight leg raises for quads
> Ankle pumps
> Calf press with theraband
2-4 weeks
All the above as well as the following :
The brace is unlocked for passive range of motion to 60 degrees with patients.
instructed for passive flexion and active knee extension to prevent posterior tibial translation.
» Phase II
Begins at 1 month after surgery, and continues till 3 months after surgery.
Goals :
> Increase range of motion
> Progress in weight bearing
> Continue lower extremity muscle toning (except active hamstring work)
> Continue to protect graft(s). In cases of isolated PCL or ACL + PCL injuries, the brace is removed at 6 weeks. In cases where there is an associated postero-lateral corner.
Therapeutic Exercises :
> 4-6 weeks :
When patient exhibits independent quad control, one may begin open chain extension.
Begin isometric quads and co-contraction of quadriceps/hamstrings in extension
Only progress to active knee extension as tolerated from point of maximal flexion (passively) to full extension.
> Progress to mini-squats when able to full weight bearing.
> May begin or continue hip flexion / extension / abduction / adduction with knee fully extended.
> Underwater exercises or walking is encouraged during this phase (normal heel-toe gait pattern in chest deep water).
6-12 weeks : Once patient is full weight bearing and does not require the brace, therapy can be liberalized and proceeded with on a more "as tolerated" basis.
> Stairmaster and/or elliptical machines can be used for cardio and leg conditioning.
> Balance and Proprioception activities (e.g. single leg stance).
> Open chain hamstring activity is avoided during this phase to prevent posterior tibial translation.
» Phase III
Begins approximately three months after surgery, and continues till about nine months after surgery.
Goals :
> Restore any residual loss of motion that may prevent functional progression.
> Improve functional strength and proprioception utilizing closed and/or open kinetic chain exercises. Continue to work on restoration of functional progression of the extremity and the patient as a whole in preparation for return to specific activity or sport.
Therapeutic Exercises :
> Continue lower extremity exercise progression.
> Treadmill walking progress to running as tolerated.
> Stairmaster / elliptical trainer, swimming is allowed.
> May progress to out door biking, walking and ultimately running.
> May play golf or bowling if able.
> No twisting turning or jumping activities yet.
» Phase IV
Return to sport at approximately 6 months to 9 months.
Goals :
> Safe and gradual return to work or athletic participation
> This may involve sports specific training
> Maintenance of strength, endurance and function
> Running progression
> Jumping (plyometrics) if needed for sport (i.e., volleyball or basketball)
ACL tear & Reconstruction
PCL tear & Reconstruction
MCL tear & Reconstruction
PLC tear & Reconstruction
MPFL tear & Reconstruction
Patient Videos
Live Surgeries
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Building the routing file for a steam train might seem daunting at first glance but it really is a sum of it's parts. In my case I want the router to do the hard parts, bulk it out and then I will hand model the rest. The reality is you could get as detailed as you want and go the whole way with the router. It would just be a matter of time, both for 3D modelling and machining.
The secret from this point is to look at what you want to model and then break it down into simply modelled components. Each 3D piece is then built using the best tools and then combined in the end.
The vector files for my locomotive looked like this when I was done building them.
The smoke stack and boiler were built using the revolve tools. These were first built as meshes and then combined with the zero height relief to create these shapes. I then deleted the meshes. The smoke stack was first.
Meshes appear as black when unselected, green when selected. When they are rendered they appear red.
The boiler was next to be created as a mesh.
I then selected both meshes and the zero height relief. I then opened the combine meshes with relief menu and using the MERGE HIGHEST option made the meshes into a relief. When I hit render it looks like this when you are successful. I could then delete the meshes.
The steam and sand domes were next. I built them as separate reliefs using the dome tool.
When I rendered the pieces as a test I noticed the bigger dome encroached into the sloped area so I moved it back a little. When I was happy I merged highest with the zero height background.
The frame of the train was the next to get my attention. I first combined some of the components that would be the same height. Then I made them into a flat relief.
The front support for the boiler next was made into a relief. The axles were also made into a relief.
The beam which would support the train was also created at this time as was the running board and bottom of the engine cab.
I then MERGED HIGHEST all of the separate reliefs onto the zero height base relief.
I then used the SWEEP TWO RAILS function to create one half of the train rails as an I-beam. Two of these will be glued up to form each rail. This too was combined with the base relief.
I then selected my completed relief with all of the components on it and used the warp function to distort the entire relief. This would effectively bend the engine and all related components to match my concept.
After I built the wheels I sliced the relief to fit onto a sheet of 1.5″ Precision Board. I merged everything to the bottom plane and merged highest with the base relief. I then duplicated the file and flipped it for the other half of the train. The file was then ready to tool path and send off to the router.


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Super Green Tea Diet – A Revolutionary Way To Lose Weight.
Many health products use extracts of green tea in their formulation; an extremely complex herb, green tea is used in many types of health products and as an antioxidant. Using green tea weight loss products to burn off extra calories is claimed to be the most natural method and you won't find a better source; one which can be purchased in liquid form, taken as tablets and even drunk as normal tea.
It has a wide range of benefits for the human metabolism but first and foremost, it has great anti-aging properties, accelerating cell regeneration and slowing the oxidation process in the system. Whilst this is an added benefit, weight loss products rely on its ability to work as a natural laxative and use it as a product that purges toxins from the system. The body's system is stimulated into burning more calories than usual, and will thus avoid useless accumulation of fat tissue.
All the benefits of green tea weigh loss supplements can easily be ruined if the person taking them feels they can still abuse their body without consequence. Improvement to general eating habits is necessary because the intention to lose weight implies the dieter wants a much healthier lifestyle.
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Crossing the limits of decency, actress Sona Heiden who has survived in the industry thus far banking mostly on her physical assets, has remarked that she wants to play mother to leading heroes – especially Vijay – so that she gets a chance to 'hug' them!
Sona, younger to Ajith and Vijay by at least five years, has openly said that she would love to play on-screen mother to today's leading heroes so that the 'mother' gets to 'hug' their children.
Sona, who starred in films such as Mirugam, Rajini's Kuselan and Jiiva's Rowthiram, hasn't been finding any offers for the past few years. Her idea to make films backfired badly with the Jai-starrer Kanimozhi.
The 36-year old actress was speaking on a reality show on a popular regional television channel. "I want to play mother to popular heroes including Vijay so that I can get to hug them," she said, failing to note that her comments didn't meet with the approval of the invited audiences.
Sona's comments are not dissimilar to comments of similar nature made by veteran actor Sathyaraj who said a few years back that he loved playing 'father' to young and pretty-looking heroines so that he could hug them during the shoot of the films; without an iota of doubt, aren't both vulgar-personified comments?


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HTML5 Video Scale to Fill Container with jQuery
I'm working on a new large-background WordPress theme that I am going to release for free within the next two weeks. As part of the theme, I wanted to use a high-definition HTML5 video as the background of the landing page of the theme.
Here's where I ran into trouble: browsers like to keep the aspect ratio of the video element within the <video> tag the same, no matter what the scale of the containing box is. I didn't want to change the aspect ratio, I just wanted the video to fill the background and crop any overlap outside of the browser window.
There are a couple libraries that one can use to solve this problem, but I couldn't get any of them to work for me. Here's how I did it.
Using an HTML5 Video as a Background For a Website
I found this StackOverflow post (http://stackoverflow NULL.com/questions/4380105/html5-video-scale-modes) that was extremely helpful in figuring out how to scale video to the size of the screen. I had to edit his code a bit to get it to work for me.
Make sure to include jQuery in the <head> of your document:
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
Here is the HTML I used to get this to work:
<video width="1280″ height="720″ autoplay loop id="fullscreen_video">
<source src="wp-content/themes/StekPortfolio/sample_media/wildlife.mp4″ type="video/mp4″ />
<source src="wp-content/themes/StekPortfolio/sample_media/wildlife.ogg" type="video/ogg" />
Your browser does not support the video tag. <!– Author's note: this should be replaced with an image, or use the css background tag to fill the background if the browser doesn't support HTML5 <video>–>
<script src="wp-content/themes/StekPortfolio/script.js"></script>
Contents of script.js:
var sxsw = {
full_bleed: function(boxWidth, boxHeight, imgWidth, imgHeight) {
// Calculate new height and width…
var initW = imgWidth;
var initH = imgHeight;
var ratio = initH / initW;
imgWidth = boxWidth;
imgHeight = boxWidth * ratio;
// If the video is not the right height, then make it so…
if(imgHeight < boxHeight){
imgHeight = boxHeight;
imgWidth = imgHeight / ratio;
// Return new size for video
return {
width: imgWidth,
height: imgHeight
init: function() {
var browserHeight = Math.round(jQuery(window).height());
var browserWidth = Math.round(jQuery(window).width());
var videoHeight = $('#fullscreen_video').height();
var videoWidth = $('#fullscreen_video').width();
var new_size = sxsw.full_bleed(browserWidth, browserHeight, videoWidth, videoHeight);
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
* Full bleed background
$(window).resize(function() {
var browserHeight = Math.round($(window).height());
var browserWidth = Math.round($(window).width());
var videoHeight = $('#fullscreen_video').height();
var videoWidth = $('#fullscreen_video').width();
var new_size = sxsw.full_bleed(browserWidth, browserHeight, videoWidth, videoHeight);
The calculation for the full_bleed function was not changed from Drew Baker @ StackOverflow's original code. All credit goes to him for that solution.
The main problem I ran into using this solution was that jQuery was not reading the size of the original video correctly – it was telling me the size of the video was 150 by 300 pixels when I was sure that the video was 720p. Because it was reading the size values incorrectly, it was calculating the proportion to scale to incorrectly and letterboxing the video. Ensure that your id tag in the HTML matches up with the tag identifier in the jQuery script. Also make sure you specify the size of the video when declaring the <video> tag in the HTML.
Here is the CSS I used to tie everything together and make the video display as a background.
background: #FF0000;
position: fixed;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
z-index: -1000;
This code could be easily modified to scale a video to fill a div tag or any container for that matter. You'd have to edit the jQuery so that it measures the size of the video's container rather than the viewport of the browser. This is the code you'd need to modify:
var browserHeight = Math.round(jQuery(window).height());
var browserWidth = Math.round(jQuery(window).width());
It took me about four hours to get everything working the way I wanted it to. Hopefully this guide will help to expedite this process for some.
Don't hesitate to Contact Me (http://www NULL.epicwebsites NULL.com/contact-me) if you have any questions about how I got this to work or suggestions on how to improve this code.
The above code can be used for scaling other elements too. If you want to have a dynamic large image background that scales to fit the screen -well- the code above can be reworked to make any tag work. I changed my code so that it would fill everything of the "fill" class. You can email me if you're interested in the code.


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Pope Francis may be one of the most unusual Popes of the modern era. He came into his role as Bishop of Rome only after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, something which had not happened for 700 years. Pope Francis also had the oddity of being born in Argentina, making him the first non-European Pope since the eighth century. However, Pope Francis has also caused a stir among the liberal and conservative sides of Catholicism. Firstly, through his radical mercy for those outside and estranged from the church, but also through his unwillingness to simply rewrite Catholic doctrine. In this time where the Catholic Church has faced so much scandal and corruption, Pope Francis may be the perfect man for the job. Yet, who is he? Where did he come from, what has he done? Pope Francis, through no real effort of his own, may be the most well-known person on the planet right now, but I for one knew very little about him. Thus, what better way to learn about him than to read his biography?
The life of Pope Francis (formerly Jorge Bergoglio) does not disappoint. Raised by immigrants from Italy, Bergoglio grew up in the Catholic Church. He attended a Jesuit school. At a young age, he decided to become a priest. Bergoglio committed himself to the Jesuit way, following the ideals of St. Ignatius of Loyolla: poverty, servitude, and finding God wherever He may be. St. Ignatius himself was heavily influenced by St. Francis of Assisi, and lived during a time when the Catholic Church was quite corrupt. It is no wonder that Bergoglio found these two saints so inspiring.
Slowly, without searching for it himself, Bergoglio found himself serving the church in higher and higher roles. Yet, as he found himself holding more and more responsibility, he also found the world around him growing darker and darker. Argentina went through a time of political and economic turmoil. Bergoglio spoke strongly on behalf of the poor, condemning rampant capitalism and advocating for the middle route which Argentinian President Juan Perón took between capitalism and communism. However, despite the work of the priests among the poor, the economy continued to be an issue. In the 70's, the government was overthrown by the military, and people started 'disappearing.' Among these people were two priests who had been working among the poor. The priests were imprisoned, tortured, and only released after being held for several months. They were released upon Bergoglio's urging, but some criticized the amount of time it took to free them. Others also decried the fact that Bergoglio did little publicly to denounce the violence against the common people. Defenders of Bergoglio state that his public denouncement would help little, and that he could do more behind the scenes if he remained silent. Still, this time of Argentinian unrest, and his reactions to it, is surely the most controversial time period of Bergoglio's pre-papal life.
Despite the controversy, Bergoglio continued to rise in favor and in the Catholic hierarchy. In 2013, he was elected Pope, and he took on the name of Francis. This biography was written in 2015, so it only covers the first year or so of Francis 'reign', but the amount of difficulties he has faced is surprising. Francis was forced to deal with a corrupt Vatican bank as well as a litany of remaining sexual abuse charges against Catholic priests. Opinions differ on how well he handled the issues, and this biography does offer both sides, but most agree that Francis has been a breath of fresh air into the Vatican. Francis also had to face the increasingly difficult issue of how to address women in leadership. This biography documents the many theological strings this issue plucks, yet it also shows how Francis is clearly committed to Catholic doctrine and tradition. He will not change things needlessly, but he is still willing to consider the issue with the seriousness it deserves.
Ultimately, the life of Pope Francis is a fascinating one. I was engrossed in discovering the history of his life and the history of Argentina. Thus it is truly a shame that the story of his life was so unnaturally crafted. Burns is a reporter, and each chapter reads like a separate article. He interviews people, covers related topics, but does not fit into the common form of a biography, focused on the life of Pope Francis. Instead, Burns looks at the world around Francis, sometimes digging deeply into the history around Francis. Were this not a biography, I would not have minded, but by breaking the common form of a biography, I found myself annoyed and confused by the lack of focus. The book gets better as it goes along, with the last several chapters being quite compelling, but as a whole the book falls short. Perhaps if it was offered as a research book on the person of Pope Francis it would be less confusing; but as a biography, the style made it difficult for me to focus on the person about whom the book was written.
Overall, Pope Francis is a truly interesting person. From his time as a Bishop in Argentina to his time reforming the Vatican, his life has had very few dull moments. On that basis alone, I recommend reading about him, and this book is a helpful collection of information. With the hindsight of having finishing the book and accustomed myself to the structure, I will say that my opinion of this book has increased. However, unless you come into this book recognizing that it is less biography and more study of the world in which Pope Francis lived (formerly known as Jorge Bergoglio), you may come away, as I was initially, frustrated.
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Forty-one days. When The Independent pulled off its tabloid masterstroke at the end of September, its editor Simon Kelner knew that he would only have a limited number of days to prove that it would work. He also knew that his competitors would not stand still if it did.
And although he must be slightly miffed that his compact version only hit the streets 41 times before the first retaliatory salvo was fired, it is of course the sincerest form of flattery that a rival should be so quick to imitate.
What won't have surprised him is that the finger on the trigger belongs to Rupert Murdoch.
The Times's ultimate chief is one of the most important figures in The Indy's history. A decade ago, his flagship broadsheet was within a few thousand copies of being overtaken by the surging Independent.
Down went The Thunderer's price. Up went its sale.
Up for sale went The Indy when it couldn't compete.
This time, Murdoch isn't going to take a chance at letting the upstart get anywhere near so close. And so Robert Thomson's copycat compact arrives on the increasingly cluttered newsagents' stands this week.
He knows that, in the long run, being first out of the blocks is not always the key to winning the race (Betamax, anyone?).
Will Kelner's eight-week head start be enough? Will Telegraph and Guardian executives allow another 40 days and nights in the broadsheet desert to pass before they pull up a chair at the tabloid table? Time – and The Times – will tell.
One thing's for sure, either way. The quality compact ain't no flash in the pan.