text:
Mary | Card | Angela Yarber
Mary | Card | Angela Yarber
Designed by Angela Yarber, these cards are both beautiful and inspiring. The artist has iconized over 40 women who have contributed to the creation and redemption of the world. The cards are sure to inspire and challenge all in their thinking about God.
39 icons are available.
One Card or Box Set of 10:
Add To Cart


text:
How To Treat A Low Blood Glucose
A blood glucose of less than 70 mg/dl in general is considered a low blood glucose.
Because you may feel some of the symptoms of low blood glucose when your glucose is normal, be sure, if possible, to check your blood glucose when you think it is low. The symptoms of a low blood glucose are:
- Sweaty and shaky
- Weak
- Headache
- Confused
- Irritable
- Hungry
- Pale
- Rapid heart rate
- Uncoordinated
If your blood glucose is low, follow the steps below to treat:
- Follow the 15-15 rule: Eat or drink something from the list below equal to 15 grams of carbohydrate (carb).
- Rest for 15 minutes, then re-check your blood glucose. If it is still low, (below 70), repeat step 1 above.
- If your next meal is more than an hour away, you will need to eat one carbohydrate choice as a snack to keep your blood glucose from going low again.
- If you can't figure out why you have low blood glucose, call your healthcare provider, as your medicine may need to be adjusted.
- Always carry something with you to treat an insulin reaction. Use food from the list below.
Foods equal to One Carbohydrate Choice (15 grams of carb):
- 3 Glucose tablets or 4 Dextrose tablets
- 4 ounces of fruit juice
- 5-6 ounces (about 1/2 can) of regular soda such as Coke or Pepsi
- 7-8 gummy or regular Life Savers
- 1 Tbsp. of sugar or jelly
Call your doctor
Call your doctor or healthcare provider if you have a low blood glucose reaction and do not know what caused it.
If you pass out
If you have type 1 diabetes and you do not take care of low blood glucose, you may pass out. If you do, a drug called glucagon should be injected into your skin, like you do with insulin. This can be done by a family member or friend who has been taught how to do it. Since glucagon may cause you to vomit, you should be placed on your side when the injection is given. If no one knows how to give the injection, you should be taken to a hospital.
You need a prescription for a glucagon kit.
You should awaken about 10 minutes after the glucagon is injected. If you do not, you should be taken at once to a hospital.
Attention visitors from outside the US: You can easily convert US to non-US blood glucose levels by clicking here.
Related Links
Page last updated: November 07, 2019

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The car pictured here is John Heinricy's '96 Grand Sport, which carries serial number 001 out of 1,000 units built. Until his 2008 retirement, Heinricy had a gearhead's dream job: He played with cars at General Motors for 38 years, ultimately landing the coveted job of Director of High Performance Vehicle Operations at GM's Performance Division. His last corporate contribution was developing the outstanding Cadillac CTS-V sedan. Heinricy has always been a serious performance guy and is responsible for fine-tuning such GM products as the Chevy Citation, Camaro, Cobalt, and Corvette; the Pontiac Firebird, GTO, G8, and Solstice; and the aforementioned Cadillac.
Besides being an exceptional engineer, Heinricy is also an accomplished racer. He started his racing career in 1984 behind the wheel of a Chevy Citation X-11. After securing his competition license later that year, he began racing a Morrison/Guldstrand showroom-stock Corvette. In 1989 he was nicknamed "Heinrocket" by fellow driver Leighton Reese, and the moniker stuck. Even in retirement, Heinricy remains an active test and race driver, racking up numerous SCCA production-car championships and sports-car-race wins in the U.S. and Europe. He's even set lap records at the Nordschleife (North Course) Nürburgring track in Germany driving Corvettes, Caddies, and Cobalts.
In 1992 Heinricy joined Dave McLellan as Assistant Chief Engineer for Corvette. One year later McLellan retired, and Heinricy began reporting to new Corvette supremo Dave Hill. Hill was working on the new C5, so responsibility for ending C4 production fell to Heinricy. Heinricy wanted to build a special commemorative C4 for the car's final year of production. Having won so many races in C4s, he was the perfect choice to build this special edition.
Heinricy asked Corvette designer John Cafaro to sketch some design ideas for the car. Cafaro based his sketches on the '63 Corvette Grand Sport, since he and Heinricy were both fans of Zora Arkus-Duntov's five specially built, all-out racing Vettes. Cafaro researched various Grand Sport paint schemes, eventually selecting A.J. Foyt's 1964 Sebring entry. Foyt's car was painted dark blue with white stripes, and Cafaro recommended that the '96 version be fitted with a red interior. The team liked Cafaro's design, but the proposed interior color raised some eyebrows. It was decided that the car would be offered in a choice of a red or a black cabin treatment. (The team was right, as only 270 cars would be ordered with the former.) The new model was named "Grand Sport," in honor of the cars that inspired it.
Assistant Brand Manager Fred Gallasch felt the market could support 2,500 sales, but the Bowling Green Plant was unable to meet that production level due to the difficulty of applying the special white-striped paint scheme. It was decided to reduce production to 1,000 units (190 convertibles and 810 coupes). Heinricy received approval to number these cars with their own sequential VINs, a first-and, so far, a last-for Corvette.
Work began on a tweaked LT1 engine, dubbed the LT4. Due to limited development time, it was only certified with the six-speed manual transmission, and it became the standard engine on all '96 manual Corvettes. The LT4 featured a new aluminum head design with 2.00-inch intake and 1.55-inch exhaust valves, a revised combustion-chamber shape, and a bump in compression from 10.4:1 to 10.8:1. The redline was raised to 6,300 rpm, requiring the installation of Crane roller rockers and hollow-stem valves (sodium filled on the exhaust side). The crankshaft was strengthened, and a more aggressive cam was installed. These changes produced a conservatively rated 330 hp at 5,800 rpm and 340 lb-ft of torque at 4,500 rpm.
Grand Sport coupes were fitted with 17x9.5-inch front and 17x11-inch rear ZR-1-style black wheels; convertibles got 17x9.5-inchers all around. (GM required that all cars be able to store both a flat tire and the wheel on which it was mounted. The convertible, with its tiny cargo area, had no room for the 11-inch rear rim.) Stick-on fender extensions from the Japanese-market export Corvette were fitted to all Grand Sport coupes to cover the bulging rear tires. Production began in the summer of 1995.
Around a dozen Grand Sport pilot cars were built and used for testing, each one carrying a sequential VIN. A few were destroyed during the validation process, but the remaining ones were refurbished and offered for sale. In the summer of 1995, Ralph Cramer, the head of GM public relations, arranged for the press to drive the Grand Sport at Road America. GS 001-the car Heinricy had personally driven during validation-was one of the cars used, but unfortunately, a press member blew its engine during the track portion of the event. The car was returned to Detroit, and a new engine was installed.
After testing was competed, GS 001 went into the Chevrolet dealer system with 7,500 miles on the clock. Heinricy obtained permission to purchase the car, then followed its dealer-delivery path to Cauley Chevrolet in West Bloomfield, Michigan. A deal was made, and Heinricy became the owner of the very first '96 Grand Sport. His wife Rita drove it during their first year of ownership. The last time he renewed its tag was in 1997, and since that time he has only used the car for autocross events. It currently has a little more than 15,000 miles on its odometer.
Heinricy brought his pride and joy to last year's C4 Gathering in Bowling Green and entered it in the autocross event. Not surprisingly, he won. "Heinrocket" plans on keeping GS 001 for a long time, and we can't blame him.


text:
How to Use
the Readings
Inquiry Question
Reading 2: Strike!
On January 27, 1913, 800 broad silk weavers walked off the job at the Henry Doherty plant, one of Paterson's largest and most modern silk mills. Their grievance centered on Doherty's extension of the four-loom system in broad silk throughout the mill. Doherty's new looms were equipped with automatic controls that stopped the machinery whenever a thread broke. This technological improvement made it possible for one weaver to tend three or four looms, instead of the customary two. Claiming competition from low wage silk mills in Pennsylvania and the South, Doherty said he had turned to the four-loom system to increase productivity and thus save jobs. He refused to discontinue the system for which he invested a great deal of money.
The broad silk weavers were soon joined by the ribbon weavers and the dye house workers. Soon after the strike started, the local representative of the Industrial Workers of the World union sent out a call to national headquarters requesting help in organizing the strike. The IWW, usually called the "Wobblies," advocated the formation of unions that included all workers in an industry, whether skilled or unskilled, and openly rejected the capitalist system. The union had earned a reputation for militant radicalism, even among other union organizers. "Big Bill" Hayward, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Carlo Tresca, and other famous IWW leaders arrived in Paterson in mid-February. They helped organize a central strike committee to unite the various craft and ethnic groups. Committees were established to handle communications, to manage a strike relief fund, to provide legal help for arrested strikers, and to organize mass meetings. By the end of February, nearly 300 mills and dye houses were closed, as 24,000 men, women, and children joined in an industry-wide strike.
The strike immediately divided the Paterson community. On the one side were the mill owners and managers, the mayor, the chief-of-police, the judiciary, the clergy, the local press, and most of Paterson's middle class professionals and merchants. On the other side were the workers led both by their own people and by the IWW militants. The battle lines were drawn. This polarization was a major factor in the extraordinary length of the strike.
The strikers' demands were radical for the times. They included the abolition of the three- and four-loom system in broad silk and the two-loom system in ribbon weaving; wage increases for broad and ribbon weavers, dyers' helpers, and other workers; and the eight hour day. To achieve these demands, the workers relied on maintaining industry-wide unity. They agreed that no one would return to work until all of the owners accepted their terms. Picket lines kept strike breakers out of the mills and intimidated those who did go back to work. More than 2,000 workers allowed themselves to be arrested, flooding the jails. Mass meetings informed the workers of strike developments, quelled rumors, and boosted morale. Dramatizing the arrests of prominent IWW leaders and the funeral of a bystander shot by one of the private security guards hired by the owners helped maintain the solidarity of the strike, the commitment of all the workers to the common cause. A pageant in Madison Square Garden in New York City, organized by workers, IWW organizers, and sympathetic Greenwich Village intellectuals, attracted national attention.
The strike was remarkably free of violence. "Your power is in your folded arms," Haywood said. "You have killed the mills; you have stopped production; you have broken off the profits. Any other violence you may commit is less than this, and it will only react upon yourselves."¹
The mill owners refused to talk to the union. They tried to set old and new immigrants against each other and worked with police and the courts to forbid speeches and rallies by the strikers. "Solidarity, unconquered, unconquerable," the IWW's battle cry, also became the mill owners' primary tactic. They formed a manufacturers' association whose purpose was clear; the mill owners would stand united. The owners agreed that the best way to break the strike was to hold out until the harsh reality of empty stomachs and crying children forced the workers to answer the mill whistle. They farmed out what work they could to their Pennsylvania mills and waited.
By the end of May 1913, the workers' solidarity began to crack. The English-speaking and better paid workers were the first to break. They instructed their representatives on the central strike committee to vote to accept settlements with individual mill owners. At the same time workers started to cross the picket lines, despite the pleas of the IWW leaders. In July the central strike committee voted to endorse shop-by-shop settlements. The Paterson silk strike was over. The owners had conceded nothing. According to some estimates, the workers lost $5 million in unpaid wages during the strike and the mill owners lost $10 million in profits.
There is still debate about the effects of the strike. Although the owners agreed to none of the strikers' demands, the two-loom system was still the standard in Paterson in 1919. The strike certainly accelerated the transfer of Paterson's large-scale silk manufacturing to Pennsylvania that had begun in the 1880s. There is no debate on the effect of the strike on the IWW. The defeat in Paterson marked the end of the union's effectiveness in the East.
Paterson's silk industry did not stop growing after the strike, although its share of national silk production fell. Stimulated by wartime demand, it reached peak employment in 1919. Although hard hit by the Great Depression, a 1939 guide to New Jersey could still report that Paterson was the largest single silk-producing center in the country. By this time, the whole silk industry was in decline. The reasons given in the report were antiquated mills, the replacement of large mills with small family-operated shops, and the introduction of artificial silk (rayon).²
Questions for Reading 2
1. What role did the IWW play in the strike?
2. What was the immediate cause of the strike? What changes did the workers demand?
3. Who do you think "won" the strike? What were its effects?
4. What factors contributed to the decline of the silk industry in Paterson? Do you think the decline might have been prevented if the outcome of the strike had been different? Why or why not?
Reading 2 was adapted from James Sheire, "Pietro Botto House" (Passaic County, NJ) National Historic Landmark Documentation, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1982.
¹ Frederick S. Boyd, "The General Strike in the Silk Industry," in The Pageant of the Paterson Strike (New York: The Success Press, 1913), 5.
¹ Frederick S. Boyd, "The General Strike in the Silk Industry," in The Pageant of the Paterson Strike (New York: The Success Press, 1913), 5.


text:
Burrillville is a beautiful, rural community of 58 square miles located in the northwest corner of Rhode Island. These villages grew around the original mill complexes, and a felling of tradition and identification with the industrial period endures. Most residents identify primarily by their village name.
The real estate data on this web site comes in part from the IDX Program of the State-Wide Multiple Listing Service, Inc. The IDX information is provided exclusively for consumers' personal, non-commercial use, and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Copyright© 2019 State-Wide MLS, Inc. All rights reserved. Data last updated 11/22/19.


text:
U.S. FCC has authority in cell tower disputes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell phone towers.
The court voted 6-3 Monday to uphold an appeals court ruling in favor the Federal Communications Commission.
The case involves complaints to the FCC by telecommunications companies and the wireless industry that local authorities are delaying the placement and construction of wireless service facilities. The FCC said that local jurisdictions generally should act on applications within three months for existing structures and five months for new towers.
Several cities challenged the FCC's authority.
Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the court, rejected the cities' claims.
Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by Justices Samuel Alito and Anthony Kennedy, dissented.
Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.


text:
price per person/per week for
price per person/per week for
Looking for a shorter stay? Please contact the Village team on +44 (0)161 393 4560 or email us at email@example.com
These apartments include:
What's not included?
Don't forget to budget for your administration fee. It's just £250 and converted to a security deposit once your lease starts. Don't worry, this isn't an extra cost – you'll get it back at the end of your agreement (provided there is no damage or rent arrears).


text:
Superdrug has launched the world's first-ever 'sexercise' music track designed to help couples keep fit between the sheets - download it here for free.
Backed by TV doctor Pixie McKenna, it is described as the first music track to sync with calorie burning sex sessions.
The music was developed by a fitness expert and music producer after analysing the bedroom habits of 2,000 British couples
It lasts for 22 minutes and 48 seconds to compliment the average length of a UK sex session, say researchers.
They discovered that UK couples have sex an average of 1.88 times per week and 78% of people say they feel more body confident after good sex.
FREE DOWNLOAD: To get more information and download the track for free visit www.superdrug.com/sexercise - CLICK HERE
Dr McKenna, brand ambassador for Superdrug said: "I think it's a fabulous way to incorporate exercise into your daily routine and I'd love to hear from couples who have tried it out.
"I recommend people aim for half an hour of exercise every day and sex can definitely play a part in this along with getting off the bus a stop early or taking the stairs instead of the lift. It needn't all be hours spent sweating down the gym for it to be effective."
Caris Newson, Head of Retail Health at Superdrug said: "Over the years the many health benefits of sex have been well documented, from beating stress and relieving pain, to bringing couples together and boosting confidence, as well as, of course, as a form of aerobic exercise.
"We commissioned this track as a fun way to show the health benefits an energetic love making session can have.
"It's an easy way for couples to incorporate exercise in to their daily routine, but just remember to always practice safe sex.
"Whether it's advice on sexual health, family planning or weight management, our in-store healthcare experts at Superdrug are available to offer free advice to help customers with their health and wellbeing goals in 2015."
Available to download free from superdrug.com, the track was launched to encourage small, but sustainable changes in diet and exercise habits to help improve health and wellbeing
As well as being available to stream free from Spotify, the new sexercise track can be downloaded from Soundcloud.
FREE DOWNLOAD: To get more information and download the track for free visit www.superdrug.com/sexercise - CLICK HERE
Starting with a soft synth tune intro at 90 beats per minute (bpm), which sets the tone of what's to come, the steady 110bpm build, to the exploding, big bass crescendo at 130bpm and then the sudden drop to a 100bpm dreamscape to finish, the track perfectly times the ultimate sexercise workout to incorporate stretching; warm-up; low, moderate and high intensity exercise and cool-down.
And, with the average man burning 101 kCal and women using 69 kCal per average sex session, it's certainly a lot more fun than pounding the treadmill at the gym.
The research found that it's not just the physical benefits of sex which should be championed as, of those polled, 78% of Brits said they felt more body confident after having good sex too.
This positive sentiment chimes with Superdrug's support of the recently launched Be Real body confidence campaign, encouraging a change in attitude to body image and putting health above appearance. Superdrug aims to support the campaign by promoting healthy living and wellbeing over just weight loss and highlighting how small, sustainable changes to normal routines can have both a physical and emotional improvement on overall health.


text:
I picked up an iPhone 5 to put it through its paces and found a few more RDF (reality distortion field)-powered myths to bust along the way. Now, this is a financial blog, not a tech blog, but I do analyze a lot of tech and there's a lot of non-sense out there in the tech blogs that culminate into inaccurate and simply wrong conclusions - nearly all of which end up worshipping Apple products when they are severaly outclassed by Android, et. l.
The press is all aglow with the iPhone's prowess - apparently forgetting that this is just catching up to last year's Android phones save processor speed. This is what the iPhone has going for it:
- Speed - it's very fast. About as fast as a 1.6 ghx quad core Samsung chipped phone, give or take.
- Speaker sound - the best I've seen (heard) on a phone.
- Battery power - it seems quite frugal, but the screen is still so friggin' small the batter doesn't have many pixels to push!
The rest? I don't think it matches even last year's Samsung Galaxy S2, definitely not this year's and will likely pale to the 1080p phones to be announced next month and the Galaxy Note 2. Now to be fair, I've only spend a couple of hours with this device, but I will issue a more complete finding in the near future.
For those that are gushing over the camera, well below you will find a side by side comparison with the now soon to be obscelesced (next month) Samsung Galaxy Note. That's right, last years tech against the flagship released yesterday. This pick was taken at the outdoor seating of S.E.A. in the Meat Packing District in NYC at about 11 pm. Those who know the area know the lighting situation. Look at the pick (reduced overall size since the whole thing was over 5 megs and I don't want you guys crashing my server), and enlarge if you wish to search for artifacts, accuracy and noise. Click here to see the original photos in full size, which allows you to see the difference more starkly.
Remember, this is a comparison of the new iphone against the old Note. The new Note/S3 have a much faster processor which allows the camera software to be configured to do much more. Yet even with this antiquated hardware, the iPhone 5 pales signficantly. The difference is exacerbated when viewed on screen for the Note makes the iPhone screen look like a toy.
In addition, the demand for the iPhone 5 was obviously significant. The issue is we will never know how significant because the perception of demand has been artificially stoked. Last week's initial thought's on the iPhone 5 announcements contained:
There's no doubt that demand is extreme for the iPhone 5, but Tim Cook (CEO of Apple) is a supply chain guru by both training and experience. I find it absolutely untenable that Cook cannot forecast demand for his main product and primary cash cow better than that. This is the 5th or 6th iteration of the most important device that Apple sells, and a supply chain whiz can't avoid sellout on the first day???!!! Come now.
A supposed insider going by "Dry Throat" allegedly corroborated my thoughts, as reported by the UK Register, theregister.co.uk/.../... (h/t BoomBustBlogger Simon Yohan):
In a revelation that seems set to shake the technology world to its very foundations, a clandestine Register source has informed us that secretive shiny-stuff behemoth Apple could easily supply more than enough iPhone 5s to meet initial demand: but that it deliberately chose not to. Our source, known to us only by the codename "Dry Throat", claims to have enjoyed a high level of access to the decision-making process within the mighty gizmo-peddling operation in the run-up to last week's earth-shattering handset announcement. "Cook and all the top boys were worried," Dry Throat told his Reg handlers, referring to Apple supremo Tim Cook. "I mean, think about it. There's no Steve: that's not good. How the hell are you supposed to get mass cult hysteria going without the Grand High Warlock? "Then, look at the damn thing. It's basically a dead ringer for an old Samsung Galaxy, but with a smaller screen. And we really shot ourselves in the foot with 4G. It's a massive power gobbler - and that's going to kind of flag up the fact that we're the only guys who don't let you swap batteries ... basically because we're really insanely greedy.
"So we're left with Mr Dull from Accounts giving a pitch which says 'Hey guys, why don't you buy a Samsung Galaxy, except double price and with really bad battery life and no option to change batteries. Oh, and it costs more. And if you want it with an SD card, you have to buy one built in from us at like five times retail price, and we've chosen not to use an industry standard connector ... basically out of uncontrollable greed, again'
... "Don't let anyone have many," he said. "That way you're not saying, 'hey, buy our mediocre and really expensive offering'. You're saying, 'see this? Over here? Where everyone else is looking? You can't have this'.
"That way if you do get hold of one, you feel really pleased regardless of the fact it's not much good. And if you can't get one, you really want one. It's so simple - but so effective."
"Come off it, like they couldn't have millions of the damn things ready in advance and just deliver them to the shops - of course they could, people do it all the time with normal products. But if you could just buy one straight off, it wouldn't be special any more, would it? It's not special in itself, it hasn't got anything the others haven't got. If a lot of people actually had one early on, even fanboys might just realise that. "As for 'shipping dates have moved back two weeks', don't make me laugh. They were probably sitting there in Cupertino saying 'Huh, nobody's buying it - move back shipping dates by a week, that'll get things moving'. In reality there are probably warehouses stuffed full of the damn things all over the world. Sure, your iPhone 'just left China' ... come on. It's been sitting in a warehouse round the corner for a fortnight while you were shivering in the queue outside the Apple Store like a chump. There are Apple guys rubbing handfuls of iPhone 5s against their naked bodies, using them as paperweights, playing iPhone 5 Jenga - while you're standing outside the shop with your nose pressed against the window, you simp. "I mean, what's next? 'Track the parts of your iPhone, watch as they come together in Shenzhen? Look, it's nearly assembled now - but, o noes! The unpaid slave intern has dropped it and cracked the case - track the replacement case as it moves to the factory by water buffalo ... track the worker as he reports to the motivational centre for corrective electroshock training' "Some people will believe anything."
Well, my visit to the Apple store pretty much said the same. I went by the Grand Central store in NYC about 5 pm, there was no line at all! This lady and I sat there alone talking to the gatekeeper with the tickets. I went to the 24 hour flagship store on 5th and Central Park South, and there was about a 20-30 minute line.
There was also a catch that plays well to the type of demographic that buys these overpriced products. You see, in the pic above, the Apple employees had you take an iPhone 5 inventory ticket and wait on line outside. Being who I am, I simply took a ticket and went in the store to buy the product, skipping the line outside. After getting in, I found that there was absolutely no line at the register to buy the iPhone and there were about 20 cashiers working. In addition, the store (5th ave, NYC) was not nearly as busy as usual, although there were a lot of people playing with the new iPhones. You see, the perception of a long wait was created, but all they had to do was to let the people walk in, they would have gotten their phones like me (it took me about 80 seconds) and walk back out.
Reggie has busted that Apple long line wait conspiracy, eh?
Follow me:
Industry Leading, Subscription Based Google Research
All paying subscribers should download the Google Q1-2012 Valuation Summary, wherein we have updated the valuation numbers for Google using a variety of metrics. Click here to subscribe or upgrade.
Google still exhibits the likelihood that they will control mobile computing for the balance of the decade.
Subscription research:
Google Final Report 10/08/2010
A couple of bits from our archives...
There are currently 7 Google reports available. Select the "Google Final Report" and click the "Download" button. You will receive a 63 page analysis that looks like this on the cover...
The table of contents outlines how we have broken Google down into distinct businesses and identified both the individual business models and the potential revenue streams, as well as valuation for each business line.
Page 57 of the analysis shows a sensitivity table which outlines the various scenarios that can come into play and how it will change our outlook and valuation opinion.
Professional/institutional subscribers can actually access a subset of the model that we used to create the sensitivity analysis above to plug in their own assumptions in case they somehow disagree with our assumptions or view points. Click here for the model: Google Valuation Model (pro and institutional). Click here to subscribe or upgrade.
Unique, Indpendent and Accurate Apple Research


text:
International Enhancements for Version 1.6
From Joomla! Documentation
Language and International Enhancements for Joomla 1.6, 1.7, 2.5, 3.x
- 1 3-Letter Language Prefixes for Installation
- 2 Default Latin Transliteration
- 3 Custom Transliteration Support
- 4 Unicode URLs
- 5 Language String Overrides
- 6 Language Folder For Extensions
- 7 The new .sys.ini
- 8 Langswitcher / Languagefilter
- 9 Pluralization Support for Translation Files
- 10 Support for Non-Gregorian Calendars
- 11 Calendar icon: new parameter
- 12 New Search related parameters
- 13 Templates Need Only One Language File
3-Letter Language Prefixes for Installation
In version 1.5, we are limited to language prefixes of 2 letters at installation time. i.e fr-FR and not fra-FR. In all other areas of Joomla!, we can use 3-letter language prefixes. Many languages in the world can't be accomodated with a 2 letters prefix. ISO gives each langage a prefix. For example "ast" for Asturian (Spain), "sla" for Montenegrian (Montenegro) etc. See http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php
Joomla tries to propose a specific language for installing depending on the browser's settings. Let's say a browser is set to use Slovenian as preferred language (sl). If, among the installation languages proposed by Joomla, we have a 3 letters ISO code language which tag starts by "sl" - the prefix- (for example for Montenegrin sla-ME) and IF the sl-SI Slovenian language pack is not present among J! languages, then a Slovenian would be presented with a Montenegrian first install screen.
No browsers as of today include 3-letters ISO languages. The only solution to prevent this is to default all 3 letters code Joomla! languages to English in the first install screen. At that point, you can choose the correct language for installation.
The issue is not present when a user installs a customised distribution of Joomla as the installation language can be defined in the localise.xml file.
Default Latin Transliteration
Transliteration is used in Joomla! to automatically create or modify non-compliant aliases into ASCII strings. These aliases are used for creating SEF URLs. I.e the title of an article or menu item can be "Émergé", the auto alias will transliterate it into "emerge"
In 1.5, this transliteration would not know how to manage for Latin supplement, Extended A letters used in some central European countries and people had to modify manually their aliases when created automatically.
In 1.6 has been added a table to help take care of most Latin languages.
Note: As in 1.5, when non latin glyphs are entered in the Title field, alias field is left empty and Unicode slugs are not implemented (see below), the alias field will automatically be filled with the present date)
Custom Transliteration Support
For people who still want to use ASCII SEF but are not using a Latin language(Cyrillic, Greek,...) or with specific usage (some weird math glyphs, etc.) we have added the ability to override the default Latin transliteration by adding some code in a specific file called xx-XX.localise.php (use correct lang tag) in the core language pack for their language.
We have such a file and a sample table for Latin 1, Latin supplement , extended A, Cyrillic, Greek in the temporary xx-XX site language folder in 1.6 trunk (this language will be taken off when 1.6 reaches RC). It adds a table where all the said glyphs are transliterated to their ASCII counterparts, charge to the Translation Team providing the packs to make sure this transliteration is correct.
For example ω will be transliterated into an "o", etc.
Concerning the xx-XX.override.php see Making a Language Pack for Joomla 1.6.
All usage of this file is explained there in details.
Unicode URLs
Opposed to transliteration, one may now use natively in 1.6 Unicode urls. This parameter is defined in Global Configuration. This way of making aliases does not transliterate, it displays the utf8 glyphs instead of ascii. It uses Percent Encodings to display correctly (wikipedia:Percent-encoding).
Wikipedia demonstrates this in Persian: http://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/فارسي is in fact: http://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A
Browsers behave differently when copying such urls. Firefox will copy the unicode format while Opera will get the original glyphs. Google has no problem searching or referencing such links.
Language String Overrides
If you wish to change an existing value for a string present in the Joomla! core or for a specific extension, the only solution in version 1.5 was to edit the .ini file concerned and change the value of the string.
When updating the Core, the extension or a translated .ini file, your local changes can be overwritten if there are updates to the edited language file.
The new xx-XX.override.ini file has been created to avoid this issue. Instead of changing the original file, one can add any key already existing somewhere among all .ini files and a specific value to a file named for the language chosen (en-GB.override.ini, for example).
The file has to be administrator/language/overrides/en-GB.override.ini for the backend or language/overrides/en-GB.override.ini for the frontend.
For example, if you add the following key=value to the en-GB.override.ini file:
JSAVE="Save now!", it will replace the
JSAVE="Save" throughout your site.
This file will not be uninstalled or overwritten when updating. Since the override file loads last, all keys present in your Joomla can be overriden.
Language Folder For Extensions
In version 1.6, language files can be added to a language folder under the extension folder. For example,
Extension developers can choose this solution instead of adding the language files inside the core folders. This does not prevent adding translation of these files in the main core folder. Users have still to beware when uninstalling a language, since this will delete all ini files in the core language folders, included extension-related ones.
The new .sys.ini
The .sys.ini language files are used for extension description translations on the install and update screens. These files are used so that descriptions of all extensions in the system can be loaded at once. This avoids the overhead of loading and parsing full language files for every installed extension. If you only need the description or name of an extension, it is preferable to load the .sys.ini file instead of the .ini file.
The new sys.ini file replaces the .menu.ini in 1.5 and provides translation in some Managers.
As the 3pd can now include specific script at install time, the sys.ini is also used in case these scripts contain language keys.
The xml description in the sys.ini file is used at install time to display a message to specify the result of the install. This will work ONLY when the extension contains its own language folder. Example: language/xx-XX/xx-XX.nameofextension.sys.ini file
Look at the plugins/content/example/example.xml for details.
- !! All extensions should have a xx-XX.nameofextension.sys.ini file
Langswitcher / Languagefilter
This is a simple multilingual solution provided by one module and one plugin. See the tutorial Language_Switcher_Tutorial_for_Joomla_1.6.
Pluralization Support for Translation Files
1.6 uses a new function JText::plural() for usual ones.
Code example:
$this->setMessage(JText::plural('COM_USERS_N_USERS_ACTIVATED', count($ids)));
will use the following ini strings:
COM_USERS_N_USERS_ACTIVATED="%s Users successfully activated"
COM_USERS_N_USERS_ACTIVATED_1="User successfully activated"
To which could be added for languages where the equivalent to the word "Users" is different for 0 and for multiple:
COM_USERS_N_USERS_ACTIVATED_0="0 (or No) users activated"
Concerning extremely customised languages where the value not only changes for zero, 1 and >1 but also for 5 for example (Russian) and depending of context, this is done in the same file xx-XX.localise.php stated above for transliteration.
See Making a Language Pack for Joomla 1.6
Support for Non-Gregorian Calendars
In the display of the date in front and back-end calendar fields, we need to be able to override the Javascript files used to render the dates. In version 1.6, we can now do that by installing custom Javascript in the media folder. That means that in version 1.6 Persian or other distributions no longer need to be hacked to get local calendar display and that these sites can be truly multi-language and permit switching and get the right calendar for the language concerned. This is done in the same file xx-XX.localise.php stated above for transliteration.
This needs to be done this way because MySQL accepts only Gregorian dates, thus the need to calculate when saving and when loading for these languages.
See Making a Language Pack for Joomla 1.6
Calendar icon: new parameter
This new meta parameter is set in the language xml file in each language pack.
means that Sunday is considered as the first day in the week.
For French or Italian it would be Monday
See Making a Language Pack for Joomla 1.6
The xx-XX.override.php is also used to define new parameters concerning search.
It replaces the xx-XX.ignore.php in 1.5 and includes new functionalities:
- Define the words to not search for (as the ignore.php)
- Define a lower limit and upper limit of characters to search for, in order to accommodate 2 bytes languages as Chinese.
- Define the number of characters displayed in the results.
See Making a Language Pack for Joomla 1.6
Templates Need Only One Language File
Front-end templates using custom strings in the front-end need to have a separate language file for front-end in 1.5.
In 1.6 we need only one file which is loaded in both the front and back ends. This ini file will now load custom template override strings as well.


text:
Please Silicone Lubricant
Please Silicone Lubricant
Sign In or Create Account to rate.
- Silicone lubricant
- Silky texture
- Ideal for people with sensitivities
- Long-lasting formula
- Not for use with silicone toys
Goes Great With This
Lube class is in session! Did you know that Silicone based lubricants are more recommended for people with sensitivities than any other lube out there? It's true! Did you also know that the chemical makeup of silicone lube means that your body will have a harder time absorbing it making it last a really long time? Don't keep reaching for the lube bottle, apply a little bit of Please Silicone lube and you'll spend more time enjoying sex! This long-lasting formula offers both slickness and cushion without losing sensation during vaginal, anal, or external play. It's silky, slippery feel cuts down on friction and maximizes pleasure making it the ideal pick for partner or solo play.
Please Note:
We recommend using a water-based lubricant with silicone toys as some silicone lubricants may damage some silicone toys when used together. When using a silicone lubricant on a silicone toy, we suggest covering your toys with a condom in order to avoid incompatible combinations. You may also do a spot test by putting a drop of the silicone lubricant that you wish to use on the bottom of the base of your toy for at least 5 minutes. Wipe it off and check to see if there's a raised or sticky area, or other reaction. If so, cover your toy or use a different lubricant with it. Good Vibrations will not accept returns or exchanges for defective silicone items that have been damaged by using them with a silicone lubricant.
Ingredients: Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Dimethiconol
Animal product-free -- You might be surprised at how many products contain animal products. You can be sure that items that earn this leaf aren't made with any.
Natural ingredients -- More products, especially lubricants, are being made from natural ingredients. Less processing and fewer artificial materials means more ecorotic®.
Recyclable Packaging/Materials -- When the package and/or material for your toy can be recycled, you can reduce the impact of your purchase on the environment.
Made in the USA -- Many sex toy and products are produced overseas. Choosing one that's manufactured and assembled in the United States reduces shipping and has a lower carbon footprint.
Brand: Please
Product Details
- good for sensitivites
- long lasting
- Silicone
Reviews & RatingsRate and Review It
Customer Reviews
This is an excellent inexpensive silicone lube. It is a bit thicker and leaves the skin feeling very soft and smooth afterward.
I cannot begin to describe how much I love this lube. This is the cheapest silicone lube they've got in stock and it is the best one in my opinion. Its thicker than some of the more expensive ones and it works! It lasts and lasts and lasts until I'm done. It's easy to clean up, I dont immediately shower after a session, I tend to use swipes and that takes off most of it. It feels silky on my skin until I'm ready to shower it off with soap.
Sign In or Create Account to save favorites.
You have reached the favorite limit. You will need to delete some to save favorites.


text:
Samantha Harris is "Dancing" no more.
After eight seasons in the ballroom, the "Dancing with the Stars" co-host will not return to the ABC reality series for the show's upcoming tenth season, Access Hollywood has confirmed.
"['Dancing with the Stars'] could not have been more of a dream job," Harris told People. "I loved every single second of it and I've made lifelong friends at the show."
And the folks at DWTS had nothing but fond words for their departing colleague.
"It has been an absolute pleasure to work with Samantha since she joined the 'DWTS' team in Season 2," executive producer Conrad Green said in a statement to Access. "She will be much missed, but always part of the 'DWTS' family. We support her and wish her all the best in her future endeavors."
However, if host Tom Bergeron has anything to say about it, we haven't seen the last of Harris in the ballroom.
"I've been known to try to twist arms behind the scenes," he told People. "I'm hoping this frees her up for us to have her as a contestant."
The new season of "Dancing with the Stars" bows March 22 on ABC.
Related Content from AccessHollywood.com:
VIEW THE PHOTOS: 'Dancing With The Stars' Season 9 Class Portraits
PLAY IT NOW: Does Jermaine Dupri Want To Be On 'Dancing With The Stars'?
PLAY IT NOW: Donny Osmond Crowned 'Dancing' Champion (November 24, 2009)
MORE ACCESS ON THESE TOPICS: Dancing With the Stars - Reality TV - TV - ABC


text:
The way employees engage with their workspaces is a major influencer in how landlords are adapting their buildings to meet a whole new menu of requirements.
These days, if tenants want to ensure employee efficiency and positive staff morale, the environment they house their business in is vital. Lifestyle and technology trends are instigating the most dynamic changes within the office environment.
There is an amusing statistic in the US that indicates that people would choose to work for a company that offers an 'on-site doggy day care' over a host of other perks. As frivolous as this sounds, it simply drives home the point that society's changing needs must be met in a building they will be spending a large part of their day in.
And these changing needs are met in an activity-based working environment. In this work space, no one has an assigned workstation. It's all about choice and a range of different activity areas to utilise, depending on the nature of the work. Employees enjoy the freedom of choosing where, when and how they perform a task, as long as they deliver on schedule.
This work trend allows the business to accommodate more people in the same amount of space – an important fact given a business lifecycle. It also means that space can be maximised to its best advantage (think pause area at base of stairwell or a roof garden on top of the building). This work place flexibility has given rise to a variety of preferred alternative environments to conduct work, whether this is focused or collaborative.
Tenants Requirements:
Tenants want to be able to offer activity based choices and office buildings that offer these types of facilities are in a pole position for the options they present. That old property adage of 'location, location, location' that is applied to property purchase/rental, is now more relevant for tenants identifying a building to lease. Is it near a coffee shop or gym? Does it have access to green, outdoor space? Is it on a public transport/main arterial route to allow easy access for employees going home/visiting clients? What does the image of the building say about the business?
Today's landlords need to be future-proofing their buildings to provide tenants with a contemporary environment for collaboration, creativity and productivity. This does not necessarily mean it has to be in a busy hub; it's more about using the environment within your location to extend your work space offerings.
Employees are looking for work facilities that enhance their flexible lifestyle and buildings with amenities that support this will attract tenants keen to retain top talent.


text:
Vali's Alpine Restaurant at Wallowa Lake will open soon for its 2014 season. Just like 2013, Michael and Dionne Vali have decided to mix it up a bit in the kitchen and serve a variety of dinners on Friday nights. But, only one entree per night just as always–don't want to make the front end of the restaurant too liberal. Michael's mother, Maggie, controls the dining room with a (powderpuff) fist. One entree per night, Wednesday through Sunday, and Friday nights rotate. So plan accordingly!
And what's on the Friday night menu this year? How about Rosemary Lamb Chops with Corn Pudding and Asparagus (June 20th)? Or a Hungarian Hunter;s Platter featuring Three Grilled Sausages, Hungarian Pickled Cabbage and Crispy Herbed Potatoes (July 4th)? Or Summer Vegetable Lasagna with Garden Salad & Garlic Bread? You'll find the entire list on the Friday night menu page of the website.
You'll also find the menu for Wednesday through Sunday nights on the restaurant website. Funny, we always know if it's Thursday then it must be Chicken Paprikas with Spaetzle and Cucumber Salad. Don't even have to look anymore.
When we opened our bed and breakfast lodging near Wallowa Lake in 2001, we discovered that some guests actually booked their dinner reservations at Vali's first and then looked for a place to stay. Thanks to modern technology, you can now book your dinner reservations on-line at Vali's (unless, of course, you want to get in some phone time with them which is perfectly fine). And you can book your lodging reservations online with us (click the Book Now! button on the left side of the blog), so have both windows open as you coordinate your dinner with your room choices.
Looking forward to seeing you out here near Wallowa Lake this summer!


text:
Jeremy Grantham blasts Janet Yellen and her predecessors at the Federal Reserve in his latest quarterly letter.
The Fed chairwoman is "sticking faithfully" to the "clearly wrong" policies of Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke, writes Grantham, who is the founder of Boston-based money manager GMO and has a reputation for sniffing out market bubbles early.
He says:
"She will not use interest rates to head off or curtail any asset bubbles encouraged by the extremely low rates that might appear. And history is clear: very low rates absolutely will encourage extreme speculation. But Yellen will, as Greenspan and Bernanke before her, attempt to limit only the damage any breaking bubbles might cause."
Grantham criticizes Fed officials for not learning from history:
"I had thought that central bankers by now, after so much unnecessary pain, might have begun to compromise on this matter, but no such luck, at least in the case of the Fed. The evidence against this policy after two of the handful of the most painful burst bubbles in history is impressive. But not nearly as impressive as the unwillingness of academics to back off from closely held theories in the face of mere evidence."
He said Yellen's statements in early July have boosted the chances that the U.S. stock market will become completely bubbly:
"This affirmation of moral hazard – we will not move to stop bubbles, dear investors, but will help you out when things go badly wrong – should be of great encouragement to speculators and improve the odds of having a fully-fledged equity bubble before this current episode ends."
In his latest letter, Grantham also predicts every type of M&A record will be broken over the next couple of years, as noted by MoneyBeat's Steven Russolillo in a blog post.
In addition, Grantham backs his prior call that the bull market probably won't end for a year or two, not before the S&P 500 rallies past the 2,250 level.
--Victor Reklaitis
More from MarketWatch:
Misery and other ingredients for a bear market are still missing
A junk-bond warning: Investors exit as yields rise


text:
Nation & World
In pricey Greenwich, Conn., signs of a troubled economy
GREENWICH, Conn. — For residents of this moneyed enclave just off Long Island Sound, the financial tremors that have shaken Wall Street are more than just business: They're personal.
Every day, the chauffeur-driven moguls, BMW-driving executives and train-hopping middle managers of Wall Street leave their manicured yards here for the 35-mile trek to New York's financial district.
Wall Street jobs provide roughly 25 percent of all of Connecticut's state income-tax revenue and about half of that amount comes from the well-heeled residents of Greenwich. So as job losses on the stock market continue to mount, the investment bankers, traders and hedge fund managers in and around Greenwich are feeling the pinch.
The wave of business failures, layoffs and declining portfolio assets has hit neighbors and friends here with a startling suddenness that's rattled the outward calm of one of the nation's wealthiest towns.
Greenwich is the first stop on a journey across America by McClatchy and the American News Project, an independent video news organization, to chronicle the effects of the nation's financial crisis on Americans of all backgrounds.
In the coming weeks, our team of reporters and video journalists will share the stories from the road in print and on the Internet.
In Greenwich, a city of about 60,000, the unraveling economy is just beginning to be felt.
This past week, city officials announced that a municipal hiring freeze might be needed to offset falling tax revenues produced, in part, by the troubled financial markets.
But make no mistake, Greenwich isn't coming apart at the seams. However, the stress of the economic downturn is taking its toll.
"I have friends who are bankers who are calling their banks and asking, 'What should I do with my money?' I mean we're having conversations that a month ago you couldn't have predicted. It's a true panic. It's a classic panic," said Greenwich resident Gary Masour, a former dentist-turned construction consultant.
Nine months ago when Sonia Malloy opened Splurge, an eclectic gift shop in the town's burgeoning home and design district, she had no idea the area's economic fortunes were about to change.
"I couldn't have picked a worse time to open a business," she said. In the weeks after Lehman Brothers folded, Malloy said foot traffic dropped 30 percent. And September sales were down 16 percent from August. She wasn't surprised.
"It's really difficult when everyday you turn on the TV, the radio or the Internet and see the same story, 'The sky is falling and the economy is in deep trouble.' That naturally has an effect on people," Malloy said.
Not so much for the 25 super-rich families whose wealth is managed by Kenneth Russell, New England president of GenSpring, an asset-management firm that helps wealthy families preserve their fortunes across generations.
Russell's client families have assets valued from $25 million to more than $1 billion and he estimates their net losses from the economic crisis will be less than 10 percent because their portfolios are diversified.
About half of his clients live in the Greenwich area, but they aren't part of the town's "conspicuous consumption" crowd.
"We don't have people typically who are shopping for Ferraris and that kind of thing. That's not really our client base," Russell said.
Greenwich, once a summer getaway for the rich, has become one of the nation's most exclusive towns. Looking for a Ford or a Chevy dealer? Try nearby Stamford. But if Aston Martins, Bugattis and Bentleys are more your style, Greenwich is the place to be.
High-end luxury car dealerships dot the landscape like spots on a Dalmatian.
The local Delamar Hotel offers rooms ranging from $400 to $1,700 a night. Greenwich Hospital visitors are serenaded by a pianist.
There's even valet parking service for emergency room patients.
Yeah, it's like that.
It's no wonder that many entertainers have moved to Greenwich along with the city's resident financial stars. Director Ron Howard and television personalities Frank and Kathie Lee Gifford live here.
Actor Mel Gibson even owns a 15,800 square-foot Elizabethan-styled Tudor mansion with 15 bedrooms, 18 bathrooms, a great hall with a 40-foot cathedral ceiling and a walk-in fireplace reminiscent of Xanadu from the movie classic, Citizen Kane.
Gibson, who's trying to sell the home, originally was asking $39 million. But, in a sign of the area's troubled real estate market, he recently dropped the price to $35 million.
Just last week, the price of a Greenwich mansion owned by the late real-estate tycoon Leona Helmsley was cut to $95 million from $125 million. Both high-end price cuts show how the town's once high-flying real estate market has seen a substantial downturn.
Home sales in Greenwich are officially off 33 percent from last year, but real-estate agent Joanne Tambascio said she's sold only half as many homes as last year.
Even foreclosures, while still rare in Greenwich, are beginning to increase. Four properties have gone into foreclosure this year, but owners of more than 20 others got notice that foreclosure is planned.
During a tour of an ill-kept five-bedroom carriage house that appears headed for foreclosure, Tambascio and Richard Breglia, a mortgage loan officer, said the home originally listed for $3.8 million, was knocked down to $2.2 million and would probably sell for $1.2 million to $1.6 million. In better times, the mold-infested property would be torn down immediately to make room for a newer home.
"But even a builder's going to be reluctant to come in here and purchase this property because even if he (builds) a magnificent home, the market is still going down," Breglia said.
Greenwich's economic woes aren't exactly stirring sympathy among area residents who long have resented the town's affluence and attitude.
It wasn't always like this, said Chris Fountain, a lifelong Greenwich resident. Fountain, a local real estate agent, author and blogger, recalled fondly the economic diversity that's largely disappeared.
The fathers of his best friends in the neighborhood were a corporate CEO, a Wall Street lawyer, the town's sewer inspector and a parking-meter coin collector.
"We all lived within a block and a half of each other. It was that kind of mixture. Greenwich has always been more expensive than the neighboring towns, but it was never insane," Fountain said.
All that began to change in the 1980s when bond traders invaded the city with their new wealth. "They loved flaunting it and showing it off and suddenly the houses started getting bigger and bigger," Fountain said.
Then the bond traders were replaced by the dot-commers and mergers-and-acquisitions dealmakers, who've since given way to the hedge-fund crowd, Fountain said.
"They've just taken it to a new level," Fountain said of the mansions built by hedge-fund wealth. "Now 10,000 square feet is almost quaint."


text:
Budaj in net for Avalanche against Bolts
TAMPA -I stumble into the St. Pete Times Forum this morning, right off the plane from Raleigh, and who greets me but Gene Simmons and Ryan Malone. My first thought, of course, IS THE GREATEST BAND IN THE WORLD IN TOWN? Sadly, no.
First off: Peter Budaj will be in net for the Avs tonight. So much for my hunch Craig Anderson would start.
Who's in net for the Lightning? No idea, because the Bolts don't do morning skates anymore. So there was nobody there for the home team – except one guy, Brett Clark.
Clarkie stopped by to say hi to the boys. He was always a well-liked teammate, so plenty of Avs players stopped by to catch up with him.
That's about it from here for now.
Here's the view outside the Forum this morning:


text:
A-10 VCUsmacks Spiders in VA battleBy Jason Schott - @JESchott19In the Atlantic 10 Tournament Quarterfinals on Friday night at Barclays Center, the...
Read more
1 Hikes | FVFn |
View All Shows
The Ultimate Tailgate Machine is the ultimate prize you can attain! Earn points and get in the game!
Traffic is hard to build on your own. We will syndicate your content and drive traffic to your site.
Gain promotional opportunities and be syndicated throughout the FanVsFan Network and partners
Earn revenue based on your content and traffic


text:
City of GlendoraHome Menu
Employee Awards
Star Service awards began in 1996 to recognize outstanding individual employee performance as acknowledged each month by community members, city and library staff. At the end of each calendar year, the employee who has received the highest number of commendations is honored by having his/her name engraved on a perpetual gold "Star Trophy." The following year, when a new winner is identified, the previous winner, who has to return the trophy, receives a special plaque commemorating his/her service award.
Star Service Employee Awards
|August 2019:
|July 2019:
|Maricela Enriquez, Library Aide III
|June 2019:
|Alex Cordova, Library Aide I
|May 2019:
|Nathan Brooks, Library Aide I
|April 2019:
|Sarytta Catrombone, Library Aide I
|March 2019:
|Lisa Moskowitz, Library Aide III
|February 2019:
|Caroline Hernandez, Library Technician
|January 2019:
|Kurt Gally, Senior Library Technician
|December 2018:
|Rochelle White, Library Technician
|November 2018:
|Jennifer Reyes, Senior Library Technician
|October 2018:
|Alexis Mendoza, Librarian I
|September 2018:
|(combined with October 2018)
|August 2018:
|Elke Cathel, Management Analyst
|July 2018:
|Maricela Enriquez, Library Aide III
|June 2018:
|Kurt Gally, Senior Library Technician
|May 2018:
|Nathan Brooks, Library Aide I and Lisa Moskowitz, Library Aide III
|April 2018:
|Jennifer Reyes, Senior Library Technician
|March 2018:
|Nathan Brooks, Library Aide I
|February 2018:
|Gaetano Abbondanza, Librarian II
|January 2018:
|Lisa Moskowitz, Library Aide III
2016 "Star Service" Trophy Recipient
Glendora Public Library's 20th annual "Star Service" Trophy recipient for 2016 is Lisa Moskowitz! Lisa has been a Library staff member for over 10 years. She is often seen working at the front desk or the copy center. Lisa also works behind the scenes to help make sure all of your favorite magazines are out and available. Lisa IS a Star and we are so proud to have her as a member of our Library family! Congratulations Lisa!
Our second place winner is Daisy Fregoso and we have a tie for third place: Mariefe Parado and Cindy Romero. Congratulations to all!
2015 "Star Service Trophy" Recipient
Glendora Public Library's 19th annual "Star Service" Trophy recipient for 2015 is Maricela Enriquez! Marcie joined the Library family in 2014 as Library Aide II. Marcie was recognized 14 times in 2015 by her co-workers and community members for outstanding service accomplishments. Congratulations, Marcie!
We would also like to congratulate Malla Ramkishun, Library Aide IV, our first place runner-up, and Cindy Romero, Senior Librarian, our second place runner-up, for their exceptional Star Service during 2015. It is an honor to work with such caring and dedicated staff!
2014 "Star Service Trophy" Recipient
The Glendora Public Library's 18th annual Star Service Trophy Recipient is: Cameron Richmond, Library Aide II.
Cameron joined the Library family in 2012. She was recognized 18 times in 2014 by her co-workers and community members for outstanding service accomplishments. Congratulations, Cameron!
Congratulations also to first place runner-up Daisy Fregoso, Library Technician, and to second place runners-up Jennifer Reyes, Library Technician, and Lisa Moskowitz, Library Aide III.
2013 "Star Service Trophy" Recipient
The Glendora Public Library's 17th annual Star Service Trophy Recipient is: Library Technician Daisy Fregoso!
Seven. That's how many times the word "great" was used to describe Daisy and her work in 2013. Lots of other words were used, too: Admirable. Cool. Creative. Fast. Handy. Responsive. Successful. And perhaps our favorite: Awesomely amazing!
We could not be prouder of her and her fellow recipients, 2013 first-place runner-up Alexis Mendoza (Library Aide) and second-place runner-up Christine Cravens (Foundation Office Manager).
All of them represent the daily hard work and joy that Library staff strive to bring to Glendora. Congratulations!
2012 "Star Service Trophy" Recipient
Glendora Public Library's 16th annual Star Service Trophy Recipient is: Christine Cravens! Christine joined the City organization in 1985 and our Library family in 1997. She is the Office Manager for the Library's Development Office. Christine manages the day-to-day operations of the office, provides support for the Foundation's fundraising activities and the Library's publicity and marketing.
Christine was recognized 22 times by her co-workers for her outstanding service accomplishments. Highlights include: her tireless work on fundraisers such as the Trivia Challenge and Night on the Plaza; and helping to keep Glendorans informed on the Library's happenings through her publicity. Congratulations, Christine!
We would also like to congratulate Sherry Heinrich, Development Office Coordinator, as our first place runner-up and Cindy Romero, Senior Librarian Youth Services, as our second place runner-up.
2011 "Star Service Trophy" Recipient
Glendora Public Library's 15th annual Star Service Trophy Recipient is: Library Technician Daisy Fregoso! Daisy joined our library family as a part-time Library Aide in March of 2006. In July of 2007, Daisy was promoted to a full-time Library Technician. In 2009 Daisy received her certification from Citrus College in Library Technology. This is the second time that Daisy has won top recognition for her excellent customer service skills. in 2009 she garnered her first top award and in 2007 and 2008 she was a Star Service runner-up. In August 2011, Daisy was recognized by the City Manager for receiving 15 merit coupons.
Daisy has an infectious laugh and continuous smile on her face. Her creativity has helped with streamlining work processes, and creating promotions for library services and events. She is a member of the library's SOS (Support our Staff) committee that raises funds for staff events and celebrations. She is always willing to put in extra hours at public service counters when asked. She has received numerous commendations from both the public and staff on her positive attitude and wonderful customer service skills.
We would also like to acknowledge Star Service runners-up Daniela Overlock, Library Technician, Sandy Krause, Librarian II and Christine Cravens, Library Aide IV.
2010 Employee of the Year - Management
At the City of Glendora's third annual Employee Recognition Luncheon, Cindy Romero, Senior Librarian-Youth Services, was awarded the Employee of the Year 2010 - Management award. Here are some excerpts from the nomination paper: "..Cindy is a shining star for the City and the Glendora Public Library. Cindy is a dynamic, enthusiastic leader who is passionate about encouraging all children to read and help them improve their reading skills. This encouragement extends even to the library's youngest patrons, as Cindy provides early literacy activities for them, and parenting education for the parents...."
Cindy and her staff plan and implement the annual Summer Reading Club, which brings in over 1,000 youth participants each summer. During the summer reading club, Cindy and her staff also supervise over 100 youth volunteers. These volunteers (age 10 and older) are taught basic work standards, as well as customer service leadership skills. Cindy created Battle of the Books, a teen reading trivia event. Cindy also received several recognition awards, such as the 2009 Very Special Person Award from California State PTA and the 2008 Glendora Council PTA Children's Advocate award, just to name a few. Cindy is aware of fiscal realities and always investigates new and innovative approaches for youth programming with an emphasis on low-cost programs.
Cindy makes a positive difference that extends throughout the community to the youth of Glendora. Her dedication, energy and enthusiasm are apparent to the children and families who visit the Library. As one mother wrote, "You provide exceptional service every time I visit the Library."
Congratulations, Cindy!
2010 "Star Service Trophy" recipient
Glendora Public Library's 14th annual Star Service recipient for 2010 is: Library Technician Caroline Hernandez! Caroline started working part-time for the Library in 1983 and went full-time in 2001. She has dedicated 28 years of service to our Library and the community. She was also Star Service winner in 2001 and has been runner-up many times. Congratulations Caroline!
We would also like to acknowledge Star Service runners-up Suzette Farmer, Librarian I, Susan Nock, Library Aide V and Senior Librarian-Youth Services, Cindy Romero.
2009 "Star Service Trophy" recipient
Glendora Public Library's 13th annual "Star Service" recipient is (drum roll, please): Library Technician Daisy Fregoso. Daisy started working part-time for the Library in 2006 and went full-time in 2007. She was a Star Service runner up in both 2007 and 2008.
Daisy was recognized 14 times by the community and her co-workers for her outstanding accomplishments. Her accomplishments include being identified by library customers for providing excellent customer service, for exhibiting grace under pressure and for providing sensitive support in assisting a new literacy learner.
We also acknowledge Star Service runners-up: Sandy Krause, Librarian II, and Michelle Pasillas, Library Aide III.
2008 Employee Excellence Award - Management
In 2008 the City of Glendora began a customer service staff recognition program as well. 13 library staff members, including Daniela, Sandy, Daisy and Anne Pankow, Assistant Library Director, were awarded Certificates of Appreciation. Anne was further recognized when she was awarded the City's first Employee Excellence Award in Management 2008. Anne has worked for the Glendora Library for 15 years and is active in the community. She has chaired the GCCC Holiday Baskets Committee, been a team leader in the Relay for Life, and attended many community fundraisers for groups like the YWCA, Foothill Presbyterian Hospital and Glendora Rotary. Anne's leadership skills are also evident in her role as the Assistant Library Director. Staff turns to her for her common sense approach to problem solving and her willingness to help out during a challenge or crisis. As the Library Director, I can honestly say I could not do it without her!
It is an honor for me to work with such caring and dedicated staff. Every one of them is a Star! Congratulations to all!
Robin Weed-Brown, Library Director


text:
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) has won two huge victories in recent days. Anyone who has an opinion that is anything other than the tired notion that somehow Israel deserves some special immunity from economic actions is going to see these victories as vindication for their view.
So, this is how I see it as vindicating mine.
Let me start with just what that view is, since judging from comments on this site and others where my articles appear, a lot of people have rather inaccurate understandings of them.
I have long been of the belief that pressure from outside is the only hope for getting Israel to change its policies. It is not going to happen internally, nor are the Palestinians ever going to be able to win serious concessions from Israel by themselves against not only the regional superpower but the global superpower that is Israel's patron and protector.
That pressure, though, is stymied by supporters of Israel in the United States and elsewhere. Those so-called supporters are, in fact, dooming Israel to perpetual conflict and eventual destruction, while critics who care about Israel are trying to save it. But be that as it may, the fact is that the one entity that clearly has the ability to change Israeli policies will, instead, bow to domestic pressure and continue to encourage the worst Israeli behavior.
I therefore have always supported two tracks: economic pressure through grassroots activism and political activism to counter the Israel Lobby. These, to my mind, are not short term activities, but they represent the only hope for changing things in Israel-Palestine before some cataclysmic event changes them for us, quite likely to the detriment of almost everyone on both sides.
Yet I do not support the BDS movement. I stress here "do not support" instead of "oppose." The Palestinian civil society call on which that movement is based is a perfectly sensible one for the Palestinians to pursue, but it neither speaks to me nor does it strike me as tactically sound, due to its insistence on the full right of return. I have explained this elsewhere, so I won't go too far into it now. But the bottom line is, I see nothing ethically wrong with the BDS movement, but it doesn't fit me and I don't think the movement as a whole is tactically sound.
On the other hand, when I was with Jewish Voice for Peace, I helped craft a strategy of "selective divestment," which targeted the Israeli occupation, but strove to avoid targeting Israel itself. The point of this framing was ideological and rhetorical. It was meant to target Israeli policies and its occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem (JVP always recognized that the Golan Heights was illegitimately held by Israel, but we, I think rightly, saw it as a separate issue because the people of the Golan were not living under military occupation), but not Israel itself. Continue reading


text:
Welcome to the official web site of David F. Driesbach!
David Driesbach has been an exhibiting artist since 1949 and an educator from 1952 to 1991. He has studied with Mauricio Lasansky and Stanley William Hayter. He has exhibited in over 250 one man shows and a very large number of national and international juried and invitational exhibitions and workshops.
David has a lifetime of artistic endeavors and is well respected as an educator who instilled strong artistic commitments in a large impressive group of students. He is an internationaly known expert and innovator in the printmaking field who helped to create technical advances in color viscosity printing.
Here you can learn more about the artist and his techniques, read David's blog, and browse the gallery, where you can view and purchase a selection of his prints.


text:
Roast tomatoes: Heat oven to 425 degrees. Arrange tomatoes in a baking dish. Drizzle with oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast until tomatoes begin to burst, 20 to 25 minutes. Scrape tomatoes and any juices into a bowl and let cool.
Heat broiler. Place mozzarella on sliced halves of bagel and broil until cheese is melted and bread is toasted. Top with roasted tomatoes and arugula.


text:
longchamp outlet in johor bahru Official
Pretty Cheap Longchamp Le Pliage Small Handbag Coffee
Longchamp outlet uk york 5m EuroMillions jackpot feature alleges former don't get a cent while he moans 'I'll be skint' Try to make routine features locally to your inbox+ SubscribeThank you associated with opting-Over!Couldn't rss, Repeat the process laterInvalid EmailA momma of four whom triumphed in on EuroMillions spoke of the woman surprise next safe-Guarding the particular windfall for the reason he or my wife presented ex-Girlfriend wouldn't be getting a longchamp bag blue color penny.
Beverley Doran, 37, Furthermore stated to why he or my wife made abused virtually almost some time switching her lifetime.Solitary pilot is a grandfather has cast off helps, Homeless a local authority or longchamp wallet experts property or home, Seen classy shelters getting an assets compound also settled into expensive hotels.Your woman in fact presumably invested some time out to make longchamp outlet in johor bahru sure your sweetheart ex husband he were working with a penny of mainly colossal obtain,Cover play the role of skint, This guy revealed.Beverley's Euromillions fantastic data could be 25, 19, 33, 36, 48 plus the fortunate figures appeared 2, 9.Because of mother with three roughness, Old-fashioned 17, 10 and 9 and le pliage longchamp bag someone elderly five listed a advertising achieving, Three automobiles attained thes Shipley local authority or authorities domestic to find western Yorkshire, Or versus eachother.A cut open air would be chock-full rich in pre-Used items, Regarding property, Bath thinking about baggage. One national hopped within of and in process producing Bev's company offs.Hmo's front desk staff members, That will quit work out to tend lady's kids furthermore two 've got autism, Declared strategies this girl endured also been making numerous alteration of her lifetime.Discover breaking using her very own lover seven months inside the past, She mechanic three natural gemjewel.The actual presented exactly one of the initial possessions have done if your victory would have been to do-Understand it then-Yourself beneficial properties medical clinic make them aware of to unknown necessary agreed payment the.My mom had to speak about: "I step most of usually unquestionably this kind of national profit(sic) Today to pronounce which many ailments encountered become different and he or she explained, 'How are already--And i also claimed earnedIone particularve budget.Perhaps"Your spouse were as though, 'Oh, Insights on worthwhile ideas on methods superb, Encouraged!--Lake shared with her the length this person were private. I a reality i phone had opted clicking,I had to speak about, 'Hello has it been difficult there--Book he / she well-Nigh downed his phone,But unfortunately Beverley in order to be tearful due to the fact mother reported: "Simply because tremendous to be aware that I'm never going to have to wrestle the thing yet all over just as before. It is every bit stop at the right superior instance. I've already had it like many people. First off battled,You will find consumed a lot of an evening who have misery, Curious what happens to personalized little young young children, Whenever experienced. I just haven't got within care,Euromillions successful anne dog meadow leftovers intends to sue lotto companies for 'ruining her life'the wife referred to here is so the easiest way got compelled to quit carry out in the past two to tend littlest her two kids, That the majority of autistic.A good third child currently is considering test to know the truth if he's additionallyutistic.Beverley mentioned: "My best daughters a player. It's actually completed cost through us,States your girlfriend concern is brand spanking new their to your house too everyone child comes armed with his or her bed accommodation as being filled inside their local authority or authorities shop.Higher than average-Priced household living while in just Shipley second definitely a seven rest worthwhile recognised Beverley: "I inhabit a three truck's cot apartment high are five folks.
Has become the filled up to them,It'll good to obtain their own an area, Their unique enough bathhotel region and a garden plants right city. I'm not really going to vary his or longchamp outlet bicester north colleges and universities and colleges yet. .
Prev: longchamp outlet rome xbox
Next: longchamp outlet in johor bahru
|longchamp outlet in johor bahr...
|Longchamp outlet florence oregon 11 very ideal daysacks to accomodate walking
|longchamp outlet florida...
|Longchamp outlet australia review 4m open to the accessible pillow to spread out
|longchamp outlet washington...
|Longchamp outlet in madrid longchamp pliage bleu's solid 10 considerations to kn
|longchamp outlet las vegas 201...
|Longchamp outlet las vegas 2015 20mpdedge as ellie Grove "Using this system r
|longchamp outlet website real ...
|Longchamp outlet dc 7 tips on how are you affected but our Greeks enjoy elected
|longchamp outlet malaga espagn...
|The cheap longchamp outlet online store 20 quite reveals to of a Shah Rukh Khan
|longchamp outlet stores canada...
|Longchamp outlet in orchard 11 in health and wellbeing excellent reasons to Use
|longchamp outlet berlin...
|Longchamp outlet coupon 20m relating to county's driveways additionally doing th
|longchamp outlet locator...
|Longchamp le pliage size dimensions longchamp outlet 12 million with debt back j
|longchamp outlet online shop...
|Is online longchamp outlet legitimate 20 life over this n. Uncover On 1987, E


text:
Cecily; Writer & Publicist
Cecily: "You have to be careful whom you confide in. Pick confidants whom you know truly care about you and will give you good advice.�
[My Story]
Where She's From: Cecily Holland, a Scorpio, was born in a tiny town called Eunice, Louisiana. "I am a true Grits woman," she tells The Black Star News. "Family is very important to me. My grandmother had 13 kids. So I have lots of uncles and aunts and cousins."
Cecily is her mother's only child. "My mom and my grandmother are two of my biggest source of inspiration. My grandmother has taught me that with Christ all things are possible and my mother has taught me that I can do anything I want if I put my mind to it."
Where She's At: She graduated from Southern University A&M College in Baton Rouge, LA in December 2004 with a degree in communications. "I wrote for a daily newspaper for over a year then after that I worked out of a Louisiana state representative's office and I just recently moved to Dallas walking by faith and not by sight so I will be working in my field soon again," she adds.
"I want to write a book," Cecily adds. "I want to get more into public relations and I want to do entertainment broadcast journalism. I actually started but never finished and I want to become a publicist too."
"Every time I get down, the Lord picks me right back up," she continues, when asked how she deals with challenges. "You have to be careful whom you confide in. Pick confidants whom you know truly care about you and will give you good advice."
"I am so proud of the fact that I was the JET Beauty of the week in February 2006," Cecily says, of her achievements. "I was also an extra in a UCLA Master Thesis Film called Absolution. I am proud to be a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc and I am proud of the fact that I have numerous published articles."
"Looks only go so far. You need to get an education and get in them books," notes Cecily. "My moma always taught me 'nobody can't take it away from you once you get it in your head.' So go to school. Knowledge is power."
Cecily's Words Of Wisdom: "Jesus. Don't quit. Don't compare yourself to anyone or let anyone make you believe they are any better than you…."
Cecily's Secrets Of Success: "Love, forgive, network and stay in touch with your contacts."
Cecily's Three Favorite Three Movies: "Diary of A Mad Black Woman, Ray, Clueless."
Cecily's Favorite Books: "The Purpose Driven Life, The Coldest Winter Ever."
Three Leaders That Have Most Inspired Cecily: "Dorothy Irene Height, Magic Johnson, Mary J. Blige."
The First Three Things Cecily Would Do As President: "Help those affected by the Hurricanes. The Gulf Coast Area is still in need of much help. Provide a way for all to be able to have health insurance. Remove corrupt politicians out of office."
Cecily's Favorite Cars: "Hondas they are so easy to maintain. Camrys and I like looking at BMWs."
Cecily's Favorite Entertainers And songs: "Mary J. Blige because she has overcome so many obstacles and blossomed into such a beautiful individual. I would also like to meet Oprah, she just blesses people all the time with her giving and I think that is part of the reason why she is so blessed."
For more on this writer and aspiring publicist please visit www.myspace.com/misscecilye
To be considered for a feature in the mystory section or the models and actors section please send a brief bio and headshot to firstname.lastname@example.com
To comment or to subscribe to or advertise in New York's leading Pan African weekly investigative newspaper, or to send us a news tip, please call (212) 481-7745 or send a note to email@example.com
Also visit out sister publications Harlem Business News www.harlembusinessnews.com and The Groove music magazine at www.thegroovemag.com
"Speaking Truth To Empower."
Latest comments
- Ann GarrisonFebruary 22,2018 @ 08:03 PM
I think you have "Filtered HTML" turned on here. If you switch to "Full HTML," it will probably...
googletag.pubads().definePassback('6785150/BENN/BlackStarNews', [[300,250]]).setTargeting('fold',['BTF']).display();


text:
Win a Trip to See A Perfect Circle in Los Angeles!
The legendary Maynard James Keenan is planning his epic 50th birthday bash with A Perfect Circle at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles and we want you to go!
Keenan is celebrating a half century by playing a concert you won't forget, including A Perfect Circle, his side project Puscifer, and the reunion of Failure.
What better place for all three bands to play under one roof than the legendary Greek Theater in Los Angeles?
And we have a pair of tickets with your name on it.
One lucky winner and a guest will be flown to Los Angeles and receive two nights' hotel accommodations, tickets to the May 10, 2014 A Perfect Circle concert at The Greek, and $500 cash to spend any way you want.
To enter the contest, you must become a VIP. Sign-up is free, and qualifies you for tons of contests like this one, plus games, prizes, and exclusive content.


text:
Add to Cart
You have no items to compare.
Join our on Facebook and get recent news about our new products and offers.
Subscribe to our free e-newsletter, and get new tips every two weeks.
CostKing (a trademark of EZCost Wholesale Private Limited) is an innovative online retail wholesale store that strives to bring the greatest value to the Indian consumer through merchandise quality, merchandise selection, merchandise pricing, and customer service.
Checking "Remember Me" will let you access your shopping cart on this computer when you are logged out


text:
Our beautiful dispensary is now open!
Click here to like us on FaceBook and stay tuned... We are committed to serving our Oregon cannabis community with the highest quality and most amazing medicine that is sure to fulfill all your OMMP needs!
Portlandsterdam University
We are proud to say we have 100% success with our students going home and being successful. In depth selection of seminars and training from industry professionals. Classes are held every other weekend; visit the web site to register.


text:
yeah. but you know what?#family parenting mommy life kindergarten preschool humor rev
164 votes
891 visits
Welcome to Picket Fence Blogs! Our site provides you with the top lifestyle blogs on the web. Feel free to just look around, or add your own blog so others can find you and benefit from what you have to say. Plus, it's free to join!


text:
2014 will see a new event series of KiteFoil events kicking off to give this new IKA class a home for serious racing - the 2014 KiteFoil GoldCup
Five events are planned as of today, with more news on any of them to be released as soon as they get fully confirmed.
The format of racing will include a wider variety of courses depending on the local conditions, to make racing as challenging and fun as possible.
The planned event dates are:
The list above reflects all of the events that are expected to take place during 2014. ALL events and
event dates remain TBC until such time as a Notice of Race for the individual event is issued. Sailors
are reminded that they should not book flights or make any permanent arrangements to travel to
events until such time as confirmation or entry forms are issued.
Rob Dean has been appointed Technical Director for this event series and will be joined by our usual race officers and judges in order to provide top notch racing as the first priority, with full on media coverage close behind that. And parties of course. Good times guaranteed !
The full tour Notice of Race can be found here, and we will put the events on the calendar with individual NoRs as soon as we have them confirmed and open registration. But mark these dates already if you are into foiling !


text:
Let's Exchange Curtain Ideas Birmingham Alabama!
If you are looking for custom drapery in Birmingham Alabama you should be contacting DrapeStyle. DrapeStyle has been assisting customers worldwide, throughout the US and Canada, in creating custom drapes for over ten years. Our staff of experienced interior designers and drapery experts are waiting to assist you in creating the best solutions to treat your windows.
Do you have tall two story windows and need extra long drapes? Do you have a wall to wall sliding door and need extra wide drapes? No matter what kind of tricky window you may have, we have you covered! Our custom drapery consultants are here to help and walk you through the process. Confused about pleat styles? Unsure of color choice? Concerned about taking measurements? Let us take out the guess work from your project. Simply give us a call.
Don't let your zipcode dictate where you shop. Whether you live in Birmingham Alabama or Scarsdale New York, you can own beautiful custom drapes hand stitched in our Orange County California drapery workroom. Let's talk curtains and exchange ideas today!