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Target has said hello too. When their whiskers touched both were growling but it was low key and there were no bushy tails and all ears were pointed forward.
We think tomorrow will be playtime.
We've renamed the kitten Guido because he's a little thug and gets just what he wants.
And here are some pics....
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Defying Gravity, Part 3
The gURLs who Spacewalk
Spacewalking astronauts are big right now thanks to a certain blockbuster movie full of A-List Hollywood Stars. In preparing for her role in Gravity, actress Sandra Bullock turned to real-life astronaut Cady Coleman for advice about what life in space is really like. But the big screen is obviously nothing like the real thing.
Stepping outside of a spacecraft that is orbiting our planet at speeds of thousands (and thousands) of miles per hour is a frightening prospect. So who are the brave women that have actually performed this heroic work in real life?
To this day, eleven women have made the journey. The third was astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton.
Kathryn C. Thornton
Kathryn Thornton logged an impressive 975 hours in space, including 21 hours spent on EVAs, on four space flights as a mission specialist. Her first spacewalk was from the Space Shuttle Endeavor on STS-49, where she and her crewmates tested assembly techniques that would later be used to construct the International Space Station (ISS). Thornton's second and third spacewalks were also from Endeavor as part of the Hubble Space Telescope servicing and repair mission.
Up until 2006, Thornton held the record for the most spacewalks performed by a woman.
"It is time to go beyond low-earth orbit with humans as explorers and to focus on Mars and beyond as our goal." – Kathryn C. Thornton, from The University of Virginia Magazine.
On this sixth day of the STS-73 sixteen day mission, the crew Cmdr. Kenneth Bowersox, Pilot Kent Rominger, Payload Specialists Albert Sacco and Fred Leslie, and Mission Specialists Kathryn Thornton, Catherine 'Cady' Coleman, and Michael Lopez-Alegria are shown performing several of the spaceborne experiments onboard the United States Microgravity Lab-2 (USML-2). From the NASA STI Program.


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A winner was selected from 31 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
Professional transportation service that shuttles groups and dignitaries to and from the airport. See package for more details.
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Professional transportation service that shuttles groups and dignitaries to and from the airport using town cars, vans, and other higher end vehicles. This is a simple 5 page website.
Style: Professional, higher end look to match their higher end clientel. Think classy, professional, distinctive.
Colors: Open to creativity
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EatDrinkShopCook: Hot spots to warm up
By Patti Woods
Shoveling out from one snowstorm in order to prepare for the next has become old hat around here. If there's one thing on people's minds (besides a one-way ticket to Florida), it's how to keep warm despite the frigid temperatures. If you're brave enough to venture out, there's a plethora of places where you can chase away the chill during the long, cold days of winter.
Most people start their day with coffee, but there are times when it moves beyond an addiction. When it's this cold, coffee becomes a necessity at all times of the day. Thank goodness for the local coffee shop, the place where you can settle down with the newspaper or your iPad, or meet a friend, and sit and savor a big, hot cup.
The newest, hippest place on the scene is Java Coffee & Cafe in Westport. Located on Church Lane, the cafe is what downtown desperately needed: something other than Starbucks. Java is actually part of a small chain of coffee shops based in Idaho, yet it has a decidedly independent feel to it. This is due largely in part to the menu, which features locally baked bread, soup made with farmer's market vegetables and homemade muffins and scones. On a cold winter day, you can warm up at Java with any number of coffee-based drinks, including their signature "Bowl of Soul," a blend of chocolate, espresso and homemade whipped cream.
In Fairfield, Las Vetas is a well-established place to hang out with teenagers, hipsters, commuters and, well, just about everyone. Coffee is the main focus of this comfortable caffeinated enclave on Unquowa Road, but they also have an entire menu of warming drinks to choose from, including espresso mixed with flavors ranging from caramel to marshmallow, and lots of hot chocolate choices.
When it comes to lunchtime, is there anything better on a snowy day than a piping hot bowl of soup? Sure, you can open a can at home, but there are so many amazing soups available at area restaurants.
Mecha Noodle Bar in the Brick Walk commercial complex off the Post Road in Fairfield, is all about big bowls of hot soup. There's the Japanese-style ramen, with noodles made from wheat and a gravy-like broth, and Vietnamese Pho, with rice noodles and soupier broth.
More InformationTHE SCOOP
Java Coffee & Cafe, 44 Church Lane, Westport / 203-557-8989
Las Vetas Lounge: 27 Unquowa Road, Fairfield / 203-255-1958
Mecha Noodle Bar, 1215 Post Road, Fairfield / 203-292-8222
Chef's Table, 1561 Post Road, Fairfield / 203-255-1779
Local Kitchen, 85 Mill Plain Road, Fairfield / 203-955-1920
Grilled Cheese Eatery, 57 Unquowa Road, Fairfield / 203-292-8014
Dunville's, 41 Saugatuck Ave., Westport / 203-227-0511
Post 154, 154 Post Road East, Westport / 203-454-0154
A little farther down the Post Road, Chef's Table offers at least a dozen different soups every day. On a freezing cold day, it's hard to decide between split pea, matzoh ball or good old chicken noodle soup.
A newcomer to Fairfield, Local Kitchen was one of the winner's at this year's Chowdafest, a giant soup competition held on Super Bowl Sunday in Bridgeport. The restaurant, carved out of the old factory that now is the Sportsplex off Mill Plain Road, features its Savory Tomato Bisque on the menu every day; pair it with a grilled cheese and you'll be transported back to your childhood.
And speaking of soup and grilled cheese, there's the Grilled Cheese Eatery in downtown Fairfield (and soon to come to Westport). On the menu are countless variations of grilled cheese, along with three different types of tomato soup: Mom's tomato soup, Zesty Betsy spicy tomato soup and Smoky Spanish paprika tomato soup.
In Westport, you can sample another Chowdafest award winner -- first place in the Manhattan/Rhode Island clam chowder category -- at Dunville's, the venerable bar/restaurant in the Saugatuck section of Westport.
Or have a cozy lunch and watch the snowflakes fall at the new Post 154 at the former Westport Post Office downtown. The Golden Corn Bisque, made with grilled corn and crème fraiche, is not only warming and one of the best soups around, but it also gives a little reminder that summer eventually will be here again.
The groundhog recently proclaimed we have six more weeks of winter. Hopefully he's wrong. If not, at least we can enjoy all the warm comfort food the area has to offer.
Java Coffee & Cafe, 44 Church Lane, Westport / 203-557-8989
Las Vetas Lounge: 27 Unquowa Road, Fairfield / 203-255-1958
Mecha Noodle Bar, 1215 Post Road, Fairfield / 203-292-8222
Chef's Table, 1561 Post Road, Fairfield / 203-255-1779
Local Kitchen, 85 Mill Plain Road, Fairfield / 203-955-1920
Grilled Cheese Eatery, 57 Unquowa Road, Fairfield / 203-292-8014
Dunville's, 41 Saugatuck Ave., Westport / 203-227-0511
Post 154, 154 Post Road East, Westport / 203-454-0154


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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Update: ATP Rogers CupPosted by Just Tennis at 8:10 AM
Marat Safin lost to Wawrinka 3-6 4-6.
Unfortunately, our man Safin went down to No. 9 seed Stanislas Wawrinka late Wednesday night.
He beat Wawrinka in far more dramatic circumstances at Wimbledon a few weeks ago.
But this time, he had to briefly play late Tuesday night, get shut down by the rain, wait forever to play Wednesday because of a six-hour delay, and come back again Wednesday night to face a tough customer.
He was the one most affected by the weather issues, which is patently unfair.
It was an up-for-grabs match, with both players making a lot of errors. Safin served only 52%, and was 0-for-6 on break points, three of them in one game, when he was up 1-0 in the second set. Wawrinka held there, and then broke Safin, whereupon Marat fired a ball out of the stadium (or tried).
After that, it was only a matter of time.
Safin made the second round in Montreal a year ago, so his ranking won't change much either way because of this defeat.
Source: Open Court
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What a huge departure from the 'norm' at Jura Capresso. I'm not saying their 'norm' is bad either, it's the best. BUT WOW Color TFT display one-touch coffee centers!!! That's Buck Rogers stuff for me (I just gave away my age). So let's go over some of the specs shall we?
- TFT display with Rotary Selection
- Latte macchiato and cappuccino at the touch of a button
- Height adjustable cappuccino spout (110 – 153 mm)
- Fine foam technology
- Aroma+ grinder
- Glossy double coat of metallic-look silver lacquer
- Stainless steel vacuum milk container 0.6 l
- Zero-Energy Switch
Now I know this unit is not their top of the line unit. That is reserved for the Jura Capresso Impressa z7 Machine we reviewed awhile ago. BUT I have to say this machine is by far the second best machine in the Jura Capresso Consumer arsenal at the moment. It is fun, easy to use and gives an absolutely STUNNING look to any kitchen. It's the thing that really sets the whole thing off.
Conversationally you will find a lot to talk about with your friends while they are waiting in line to prepare their coffee beverages themselves (less work for you and the quality that this machine gives in the way of a good cup… well let's just say your friends are lucky you don't have a can next to the machine that says $2 bucks a cup).
The TFT Display is really quite nice. It has a rotary button on the top of the unit that you can twist and as you do the image of the beverage you want to make shows on the screen. You push the button down and the machine goes to work.
The Jura-Capresso J9 uses 15 bars of pressure to extract the goodness from your coffee beans. For those of you not in the know, the 15 bars of pressure refer to a scientific measurement for pressure. Very basically, a bar of pressure is equal to an atmosphere of pressure or the ambient pressure at sea level. So 15 bars of pressure means that the espresso machine is pumping hot water through the ground espresso at roughly 15 times the atmospheric pressure at sea level.
When this happens, a wonderful thing occurs… CREMA. Crema is a combination of proteins from the bean, emulsified oils, and air. It makes a thick cream looking substance that floats on the top of the coffee. Some of you are thinking "eww" right now, but it's really not a "eww" moment I promise! Here is why:
1) The crema will dissipate within three or four minutes; however, you will want to drink most of your coffee by then if you want to enjoy the flavor.
2) While it is on top of your delicious coffee, it is trapping gases and aroma that is escaping like water down a drain. If you drink your coffee while the crema is floating on the top you will get the full bodied flavor that you just can't get any other way.
Brewing a good cup of coffee is a complex science. You can giggle a little if you want, but if the temperature, grind size, pressure and extraction time isn't just right you will be left with something other than a perfect cup of coffee. Jura-Capresso does all the hard work for you. They know that you need a decent grind size, that you want to have enough ground coffee available for the water quantity so that when they press the water through the grounds it pulls away about 2/3's of the flavor and leaves the last 1/3 sitting there (it is bitter and yucky!). Think of it like this… if you have a popsicle on a stick, you want to lick the popsicle, as you get closer to the stick… you start tasting the stick. That's why most of us toss the stick when there is still some popsicle on it because very few of us actually like the taste of wood. The same is true with coffee. Part of the bean is very bitter. About 2/3's of the bean is sweet and full of great flavors.
All in all the Jura Capresso J9 Coffee Center is an outstanding machine. The new Color TFT Active Matrix Display really sets it off and makes it easy to use. We give the Jura Capresso J9 Coffee Center 5 out of 5 stars. If you are looking for a good deal on the J9 you should really check out the deals over at 1stincoffee.com they are having a big July 4th sale now so the savings are respectable!


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QuarkXPress® provides an arsenal of design tools that let you turn even the most elaborate visions into reality.
Bridge Online and Offline Marketing
Generate vector Quick Response (QR) codes directly within QuarkXPress then style and color them the way you want. Supports text QR codes such as URLs and SMS as well as vCards.
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Easily Create Unique Shapes
The QuarkXPress® ShapeMaker™ feature lets you create unique and useful shapes using configurable waves, polygons, stars, spirals, and more. All settings are highly customizable and can be saved as presets, and real-time previews make it easy to see what you're creating. This is a feature you'll have great fun experimenting with.
"ShapeMaker lives up to its name, enabling you to create complex shapes with a unique slider-based interface. Wavy shapes, polygons, spirals and rounded rectangles can be created with ease, but the fun part is experimenting with the tools."
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Cloner™ automates the task of copying pages or groups of items to other pages, layouts, or projects. You can split a multi-page layout into multiple single-page layouts, and even clone pages or page ranges from one layout into another.
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The Opacity attribute determines the degree of transparency, from 100% opaque to completely invisible. Because QuarkXPress applies opacity at the color level, you can apply a different opacity to a box's frame, background, and picture or text — you can even apply different opacities to different characters in the same box.
QuarkXPress also supports alpha channel transparency, including transparency in Photoshop® PSD files, allowing you to make imported pictures blend smoothly into the background.
The Drop Shadow effect helps pop items off the page and produces a three-dimensional effect. You can adjust drop shadows to just the right visual effect by customizing their distance, size, color, and opacity.
When you output a layout, QuarkXPress can either flatten the transparency for compatibility with PostScript® print workflows, or keep it natively transparent for modern PDF workflows and digital publishing.
Pen Tools and Keyboard Shortcuts Make Illustrating Quick and Easy
QuarkXPress® lets you create gorgeous illustrations using industry-standard Bézier Pen tools — without leaving your layout.
Bézier CurveA mathematically defined curve that can be controlled via two points (one on either end) and two curve handles. Named after Pierre Bézier.
The robust QuarkXPress Pen tools work like the Pen tools in proprietary drawing applications. So if you think you need to turn to illustration applications for a fancy drop cap, logo, or design element, turn no more. Clip pictures, create text runaround, create lines of text that flow along a shape, or simply apply a color, blend, or frame — right there in your layout.
The keyboard shortcut for the Pen tools means you can just press P and start drawing. To perform different operations, you can switch between different Pen tools, but you don't have to — with the Bézier Pen tool, just press Command/Ctrl to select, move, and reshape existing points, or press Option/Alt to convert between smooth and corner points.
Advanced illustrators can save time by using the Pen tools for those quick projects. Beginners can use the Freehand Drawing tool, which lets you get the right shape without worrying about points or handles.
QuarkXPress also includes powerful shape-related commands such as Merge and Split, the ability to turn text into Bézier boxes, and ShapeMaker™ — a dedicated feature for generating complex shapes such as banners, spirals, stars, and boxes with corner effects.
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QuarkXPress also lets you use clipping paths for text runaround. You can use an embedded clipping path, or create one automatically based on the image itself, where text is allowed to run in areas that are white. You can also create your own runaround path, and then edit it using the same tools you use to edit Bézier shapes.
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The Measurements Palette provides easy access to clipping controls.
The QuarkXPress Tables feature lets you easily and beautifully present complex data for annual reports, product spec sheets, and other materials. You can create table content manually in QuarkXPress, or you can import content into a table by linking to an Excel® file. If you update a linked Excel file, the QuarkXPress document can be automatically updated to reflect the changes.
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The Advanced Image Control Palette enables users to control color channels and embedded clipping paths within PDF, TIFF and PSD files. In addition for PSD and PDF images, show and hide layers, apply a variety of blends, and change the layer transparencies — all non-destructively without impacting the original image file.
This example shows curves being applied to an image to adjust color balance, directly in the context of the layout. The effects are nondestructive, so they can be modified or removed at any time.
The Space/Align tab of the Measurements Palette provides a set of easy-to-use buttons that make it easy for you to align and distribute items on a page or spread. Intuitive button icons provide a visual cue of what each of the functions does.
Space and align controls, along with a set of buttons for applying multiple settings, let you arrange elements of your design with precision, helping you easily create professional layouts.
With the Multi-Color Blends you have all the flexibility you've yearned for when designing color blends. Create as many color stops as you like, use sliders or numeric settings, opt for the full radial setting or set the aspect ratio. Unlike other layout software, you can even set different opacity levels for each color stop.
You can create unique shapes right there in the layout with the Bézier Pen tools or the ShapeMaker feature. Decorate any box with color, blends, and frames — then fill it with any type of content.
In this example we created an airplane and filled it with an image of a cloud. You can even fill your shapes with videos, such as moving clouds, to create unique effects. This example also shows how you can create text on a path.
Guides and grids let you precisely control how items and text align in a layout — and QuarkXPress gives you precise control over both, with two dedicated palettes.
Guides (shown in red), margin guides (shown in blue), and baseline grids (shown in pink) help you control the alignment of your layouts with precision. You can use the dialog box to adjust the settings of your margin guides and baseline grids.
You can put different types of items on different lockable layers, then easily hide or show those layers — both on the screen and at output.
In this example, we show how you can use layers to create multiple language versions of a single layout. By invoking different layers in one layout, you can maintain design consistency across multiple geographies.
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Using Super Step and Repeat, you can apply transformations to an object while you duplicate it. In this example the oval was rotated and scaled relative to its lower right corner as it was repeated to create a nautilus shape.
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The Scale Palette lets you precisely scale items, pages, and even entire layouts, with total control over which aspects of the content are scaled. If you scale up a multi-column text box, for example, you can control whether you want to scale up its text, insets, gutters, and frame. You can scale to an exact size, or by a specific percentage.
The Scale Palette gives you precise control when resizing items or entire layouts. Specify scaling options such as how to deal with content or non-proportional scaling.
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Please note that this service is only available on the day of delivery. If you have questions about a delivery on another date, please contact your sales representative.
When you buy a mattress from Banner Mattress, Banner will give you 120 nights of sweet dreams to make sure you absolutely love your new mattress purchase. If not, you can exchange it one time for another mattress of the same size and of equal or greater value within 120 days from your purchase date. If you cannot find another mattress that you absolutely love, we will refund your purchase minus a small processing fee.
To qualify for an exchange or a refund:
Visit our Help Center for details on this offer.
Having your mattress delivered can be both exciting and stressful. Please use the information below to make sure you are adequately prepared to receive your new mattress.
Confirm Your Delivery Time The morning of your delivery date, you will receive an automated call to advise you of an approximate 4 hour delivery window. Press "1" to confirm your delivery. Please keep in mind that the window given is only an estimate. Poor traffic conditions or issues at other stops may cause unforeseeable delays. For that reason, we cannot promise an exact time for delivery.
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Please note that this service is only available on the day of delivery. If you havequestions about a delivery on another date, please contact the retail store where you made your purchase. If you placed your order online, please call our Internet Customer Service Department at 888-3-BANNER (888-322-6637).
How to RescheduleIf you have already received a call confirming your delivery time and you need to reschedule, please call our Delivery Department as soon as possible at (909) 835-4219 or re-delivery fees may apply.
If you have not received a call confirming your delivery time, please contact the retail store where you made your purchase for assistance. If you placed your order online, please call our Internet Customer Service Department at 888-3-BANNER (888-322-6637) for assistance.
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If you've chosen to pick up your new mattress, there are just a few things you should know. The information below will help you pick up your mattress efficiently, so you can get it home and ready for a good night's sleep.
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PC games can be found in various retail locations and online at Amazon.com for example. However, please note that these games will not receive further updates and may not contain all features present in the mobile versions.


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Third Annual Bradford Children's Charity Fund Golf
Century 21 Heritage Group Ltd.'s 3rd Annual Children's Charity Fund Golf Tournament recipient for 2013 is Talon Collett.
Talon is a vibrant 6 year olf boy who has faced a challenge in his life called Acute Lymphoblastic Lukemia. Diagnosed on September 11, 2009, Talon has endured regular chemotherapy treatments that have ...


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GREAT BEND — Getting lost in the wilderness, suffering a serious injury, or being caught in bad weather are among an outdoor enthusiast's worst nightmares. Although uncommon, each of these scenarios can happen to anyone who spends time in the great outdoors. On April 17, visitors to the Kansas Wetlands Education Center (KWEC), 10 miles northeast of Great Bend on K-156 Highway, have an opportunity to learn what to do in these situations during a program entitled "How to Survive an Outdoor Emergency," presented by Peter Kummerfeldt, owner and chief instructor of Outdoor Safe, Inc. The program will run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Kummerfeldt is a graduate of the Air Force Survival Instructor Training School and has served as an instructor at numerous other survival schools across the globe. He authored Surviving a Wilderness Emergency, has been featured on numerous television shows, and has addressed more than 20,000 people as the featured speaker at seminars, conferences, and national conventions.
Kummerfeldt's program is informative, entertaining, and essential to a wide variety of outdoor enthusiasts, including hunters, fishermen, campers, hikers, scouting groups, and 4-H groups. During this program, he will talk about techniques and equipment that work (and don't work), as well as many wilderness survival myths.
This program is sponsored by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. For more information about the program call the KWEC at 877-243-9268.


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Lauren Varela is one of nine Crimson players to have scored a goal this fall (Gil Talbot).
The Game:
The Harvard women's soccer team looks to continue its strong start, as the Crimson welcomes No. 5/12 Boston College to the Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Saturday at 7 p.m.
The Crimson sports a 3-1-1 record, while the Eagles enter the game at 6-0-2.
Best Start Since 2001:
With its 3-1-1 mark, Harvard is off to its best start in more than a decade. The Crimson went 4-1 back in 2001.
The Series:
Harvard leads the all-time series against Boston College, 19-11-4. In recent meetings, the Eagles have controlled the play against the Crimson, going 5-0-1 against Harvard since 2005.
About Harvard:
The Crimson scored three goals for the second straight game, as Harvard knocked off Quinnipiac, 3-0, Wednesday.
Taryn Kurcz paces Harvard with three goals, while eight other Crimson players have found the back of the net with a tally apiece. Peyton Johnson is tied with Kurcz for the team lead with six points, as she has dished out four assists.In net, Bethany Kanten stands at 3-1-1 with one clean sheet, a 1.27 goals-against average and a .800 save percentage.
Harvard is outscoring teams, 11-6, including 6-1 in the last two games. The Crimson also owns an edge in corner kicks earned, 30-26.
About No. 5/12 Boston College:
The Eagles are coming off a 5-1 win at home against Clemson Thursday evening, as BC outshot the Tigers, by a 26-3 margin.
Through eight games, Kristen Mewis leads the team with six goals, six assists and 18 points. McKenzie Meehan has added five goals and an assist for 11 points, while Stephanie McCaffrey has notched four tallies.
Alexa Gaul has seen most of the time in net for BC and is 4-0-2 with a 0.87 goals-against mark and a .750 save percentage.
BC is outscoring opponents, 23-8, including 14-5 in the second half. The Eagles also have a sizable advantage in shots, 153-66, and corner kicks, 68-24. BC owns a 3-0-1 record on the road and has the same mark at home.
March To 250:
Head coach Ray Leone needs only seven victories to reach 250 for his illustrious career. Leone sports a 245-132-37 (.643) record over the course of 22 seasons entering Saturday evening. In his six years with the Crimson, Leone owns a 53-29-10 (.630) record. Entering the season, Leone ranked 21st in NCAA history in victories and 39th in career winning percentage.
Scoring Late:
Harvard has scored nine of its 11 goals this season in the second half of contests, including two in its win over Quinnipiac and all three in its victory at Colgate Sept. 9.
Coming Up:
The Crimson begins Ivy League play by visiting Penn Friday, Sept. 21 for a 5 p.m. game. Harvard will next play at home Wednesday, Sept. 26, when the team hosts Central Connecticut State at 7 p.m.


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Fourth Annual Mike Barry's "To Hell and Back" Challenge
Courtesy Peter McCaffery
Organized by the Midweek CC
Fifty hardy souls lined up at the Box Grove community centre in Markham on December 8th, wondering what lay in store for them over the next one hundred and forty kilometers of roads and trails. The weather seemed ideal, with a temperature of just around freezing and a medium west wind. But that was the best it was going to be. By the end of the route, they had been treated to blizzard conditions, a stern cross wind, and a severe drop in temperature. The only compensation was that, as the wind speed increased to nearly fifty kph, it switched to the north west and blew the competitors rapidly homeward.
By the halfway point, near Lake Simcoe, there was a leading group of four riders, including: Peter Morse (Midweek CC), Ryan Roth (Sympatico/Jet Fuel) and independents Kevin Lehman and Stig Somme. Lehman stood out, as he was riding a fixed wheel track bike, which didn't seem to hamper him at all, even through the snow. This rapid quartet had managed to detach itself from pursuers Heath Cockburn (La Bicicletta), Kevin Speacht (Midweek CC) and OBC's Aaron Fillion.
The four stayed together until the Roseville Tract, just over thirty kilometers from the finish, when Roth,with the advantage of his wider tires, rode up a tough,long hill that reduced the rest to carrying their bikes, gaining nearly three minutes on the chasers. The trio chased but failed to reduce the gap on the speeding Roth, who won comfortably in a time only sixteen minutes shy of Andrew Randall's record time of 4h 33'14", posted last year.
Somme, Lehman and Morse were left to sprint for second place, with the Midweek rider just pipping the Toronto courier on the line. Over twelve minutes behind, Kevin Speacht beat Fillion by four seconds, Cockburn fading to finish a further two minutes back.
In the women's category, Verizon's Julia Farrell showed her class by beating runner-up, Lisa Hoskins (Team Hardwood) by thirteen minutes, with US rider Jennifer Stephenson another minute back.
In the master's 40 plus, Everest veteran, Jim Elzinga (Midweek CC) showed his great endurance by taking nearly twenty minutes out of second place Dave Dermont (True North), and by finishing eighth overall.
Of particular note was Josh Hall's incredible ride on a Swedish Kronin bicycle. This forty five pound plus behemoth was originally developed for the Swedish Army and sported steel fenders, generator lighting (he almost needed it!), and a heavy duty carrier, complete with lunch pail and a six pack of sponsor (St. Ambroise) beer. Josh won the lanterne rouge, finishing last in just under seven and a half hours.
Many thanks to marshal coordinator Geoff Gadd and his stalwart band of assistants; to Brian Holt, who worked for weeks, dealing with local authorities and course modifications; to Krys Hines and Ian Starke for soliciting prizes and organizing the evening awards dinner; to Kit McCaffery for doing registration; and to La Bicicletta and BBB for putting on the HQ product display.
By the way, L.B's Henry Erlichman showed up at the finish on a bike but no-one recognized him with his hemet on!
Photos courtesy Don McCulough
UCI Launches New BMX Race Series
Courtesy UCI
Beginning in 2003, the UCI will launch a new series of BMX events called the UCI BMX SUPERCROSS, which will replace the former UCI BMX World Cup (1996-2000).
The UCI BMX SUPERCROSS series will be held on specially designed BMX tracks, made only for the very top-level athletes of BMX racing. These downhill BMX tracks will feature obstacles, jumps and high speed that will bring BMX racing to another level.
The pilot event will be held at Camp Woodward (Pennsylvania) USA, 19th to 20th September 2003. Camp Woodward is the premier BMX Freestyle facility in the world, and the UCI BMX SUPERCROSS will be held on their very well known and respected downhill BMX track.
The event will be open for Elite Men and Junior Men (17 years and older). With a prize purse of over 20,000 Swiss Francs ($21,265 C), and the fact that the race will count for UCI International ranking points as well as AA-Pro points in the NBL National Series, the UCI BMX SUPERCROSS will be one of the most important races on the 2003 International BMX calendar.
A major TV production and distribution has been secured. The first event will be produced by Insider TV, UK (event production arm of Chilli) with an already guaranteed viewing in many countries such as USA, Australia, Great Britain, France, Japan and the Netherlands, to name a few. Furthermore, news satellite uplinks and highlights will be made available rights-free to global news stations, agencies and sports magazine shows.
UCI have together with the National Bicycle League (NBL), reached an agreement with Camp Woodward to host this event at the Woodward track in Pennsylvania for the next three years.
The UCI BMX SUPERCROSS series will be extended in 2004 with an event on the European continent and in 2005 the series will be held on three different locations around the world.
Canada Continues Anti-Dumping Tariff on Bicycle Imports
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal, under the provisions of subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, has conducted an expiry review of its order made on December 10, 1997, in Review No. RR-97-003, concerning bicycles, assembled or unassembled, with wheel diameters of 16 inches (40.64 cm) and greater, originating in or exported from Chinese Taipei (formerly designated as Taiwan) and the People's Republic of China, excluding bicycles with an FOB Chinese Taipei or People's Republic of China selling price exceeding CAN$325, and bicycle frames originating in or exported from the aforementioned countries, excluding bicycle frames with an FOB Chinese Taipei or People's Republic of China selling price exceeding CAN$100.
Pursuant to paragraph 76.03(12)(b) of the Special Import Measures Act, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal hereby:
(1) continues its order concerning bicycles, assembled or unassembled, with wheel diameters of 16 inches (40.64 cm) and greater, originating in or exported from Chinese Taipei and the People's Republic of China, with an amendment to exclude bicycles with an FOB Chinese Taipei or People's Republic of China selling price exceeding CAN$225 and to exclude bicycles with foldable frames and stems originating in or exported from Chinese Taipei and the People's Republic of China; and
(2) continues its order concerning bicycle frames, originating in or exported from the aforementioned countries, with an amendment to exclude bicycle frames with an FOB Chinese Taipei or People's Republic of China selling price exceeding CAN$50.
In a nutshell: the price point for anti-dumping duties on Taiwanese and mainland China bicycles has been reduced, but not removed. Independent Bicycle Dealers (IBDs) will still find it difficult to compete directly with mass merchants at the entry level, but at the enthusiast level there will be little effect on pricing.
CCA Board Correction
It has been brought to our attention that Jim Bratrude, Officials Committee Member at Large for Mountain Bike is now based in Alberta and not Nova Scotia.
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Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services (LTS), the parent company of Securities America, said early Thursday that its net income soared to $1.1 million, or $0.01 per share, in the first quarter vs. $100,000, or $0.00 per share, in the year-ago period — meeting estimates.
First-quarter revenues were $211.8 million, a 13% increase from revenues of $187.3 million in the first quarter of 2013. These results beat analysts' estimates of $204 million.
"Ladenburg performed very well in the first quarter, as strong growth in advisory and commission revenues and in investment banking fees fueled a 13% increase in total revenues and a meaningful increase in adjusted [earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization] compared to the year-ago period," said Dr. Phillip Frost, chairman of Ladenburg, in a press release.
"With approximately $90 billion in client assets firmwide, our independent brokerage franchise continues to excel and our investment banking business is hitting its stride amidst stronger capital markets," Frost added.
It stock was trading up 2% to nearly trade at close to $2.80 on Thursday.
IBD Results
The Independent Brokerage and Advisory Services unit, which includes independent broker-dealers Securities America, Triad and Investacorp, had sales of $211.8 million, up from $187.2 million a year ago. The unit's net income grew to $4.3 million from $136,000.
Recurring revenues, which consist of advisory fees, trailing commissions, cash sweep fees and certain other fees, represented about 69% of revenues for the unit vs. roughly 65% in the prior quarter and about 64% in the year-ago period.
"Ladenburg's independent broker-dealer business benefited from strong recruiting activity in the first quarter. Growth in commissions, advisory fees and investment banking activity helped drive performance across the firm," explained President & CEO Richard Lampen, in a statement.
"We are also excited about new additions to our talented investment banking team, which well position Ladenburg to continue capitalizing on opportunities in the marketplace," Lampen noted. "We look forward to building out our platforms on both sides of the business to generate increased value for shareholders."
Recruiting News
On Wednesday, Securities America, which has more than 1,700 affilated advisors and $50 billion in client assets, said it hired Joel Triemstra to become a regional director of branch office development. The IBD says Triemstra will help the recruiting team manage "the increasing pipeline of prospective advisors considering joining" it.
"We are excited about the experience Joel brings to our team," said John Behn, Securities America first vice president of branch development, in a press release. "We know advisors need a quality partner to help them through the process as they select a new broker-dealer that fits the goals of their practice, and are confident Joel fits that role."
Triemstra, 53, joins Securities America with more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. He will be supporting the area of the country stretching from the Western Great Lakes region south through Alabama.
Prior to joining Securities America, Triemstra served in recruiting roles at Sammons Securities, brokersXpress LLC and LPL Financial (LPLA).
Last month, the IBD reported that Fortress Wealth Advisors of Omaha, Neb., had become an affilate.
Financial advisors Dana Webb and Curren Webb, another father-son team, opened Fortress Wealth Advisors in mid-January and have transitioned nearly $100 million in client assets to Securities America. They were previously with Manarin Investment Counsel of Omaha.
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behrl precisava de um novo design de botão ou ícone e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 6 designs enviados por 3 designers freelancers.
We require Icon buttons that have a up, over, and down state for a business application.
Desired Style:
These should be somewhat unified in style and scheme.
Accepted File Formats:
jpeg, bmp
We want to update our programs by adding icons to our buttons. We require a button over, button up, and a button down image for each image. Please watermark your entries.
These are the images we require [up, over, down]
Delete (document or record)
Close (window)
Schedule (a repair job)
Vehicle Lookup
Choose Customer
Select (from a scrolling list)
Restart (the current window)
Send Via FTP
Send Via Email
There are 14 here, so 14X3 for a total of 42 images.
Of course, these need to be original.
We value creativity and professionalism. We will be able to place a caption on the buttons automatically during program runtime, so we just need the pictures.
Please look at the screenshots for the products at http://www.datatranz.com for a better feel for our software. Our systems operate exclusively with Windows, and follow Windows conventions. I'm not putting too much of what we do on this site, as I'm wary of any news-pickups on our company name and subject matter.


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BALTIMORE – UMBC women's lacrosse jumps back into action on Saturday, March 15 when it travels to take on Mount St. Mary's at 3 p.m. at Waldron Family Stadium. Live video is available for Saturday's contest courtesy of NECFrontRow.com.
UMBC (2-4) has dropped two straight, including a 9-8 heartbreaker to Drexel last Saturday. Senior midfielder Kristen Bilney (Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron) tallied her second hat trick of the season and was one of three Retrievers to register three points in the game. Junior Alyssa Semones (Westminster, Md./Westminster/Penn State) tabbed a pair of goals and added one assist, while junior attacker Abby Wilson (Bel Air, Md./Fallston) dished out three helpers in the contest.
Wilson has tallied a point in five of the six games for the Retrievers to lead the squad with 11 points. Semones and Bilney have seven goals apiece. Semones ranks first on the team in ground balls (14), draw controls (12) and caused turnovers (10). Goalkeepers Anna Barnett (Midland, Texas/Midland) and Kelly Gielner (Pasadena, Md./St. Mary's) have each seen action in net thus far for the Retrievers. Barnett leads with 34 saves on the season.
Mount St. Mary's (1-5) has dropped three straight, including an 18-8 loss at George Washington on Wednesday. Seniors Bridget McGann and Lindsay Diaz tabbed two goals apiece in the defeat. Diaz leads the squad with 10 goals and 14 points. Freshman midfielder Kelly Maloney has chipped in 10 points on seven goals and three assists. Goalkeeper Steph Rurkowski has seen all the action in net for the Mount, she has 70 saves on the year.
The Retrievers lead the all-time series, 12-1, including last season's 18-4 victory at the UMBC Stadium. The Retrievers had seven different players score in last year's contest, with Bilney leading the way with a career-high five goals.


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Find out about our exciting program of events around the country, including public talks, research workshops and conferences. Browse papers and podcasts from past events. Download a pdf version of Autumn exhibitions and events (479kB).
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Reader Lynn just mentioned this French and Saunders bit in the Dawn French thread from the other day, and I had to go watch it again, because it is pure awesome. I know Liss posted this a while back, but I think that was on the currently down Shakesville.com, so here it is again. Enjoy.
8 thoughts on "All Right, It's Officially Dawn French Week at Shapely Prose"
I loved this so much! I laughed until I cried and then kept on. Mascara-killers, the both of them! LOL!
Yay! Reminds me I need a check up as well.
I sent this to my mom last week, LOL!
"Just a big fat wobbly tummy I've got" Pffffffffffft! I love that.
"Do you think I'll live til next week?"
"Personally, yes, but professionally, no; you're at death's door."
Sounds like *my* doc. : )
The reason I am laughing so hard is because this clip really, REALLY reminds me of my doctor. He's a wonderful guy, and totally takes NOTHING seriously.
I'll have to try shouting "TIIIIT" next time I'm in his office. We had quite a rousing conversation the other day about British swearing.
Kate, I am just love these two. Thanks for providing a great laugh today.
I LOVE French and Saunders. What brilliant, hilarious women! Thanks for the laughs, Kate!
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Getty Research Institute Exhibition Highlights Naples and Vesuvius on the Grand Tour
Naples and Vesuvius on the Grand Tour
Through March 24, 2002
At the Getty Research Institute Exhibition Gallery
Press Preview: Tuesday, February 5, 2002, 9-11 a.m.
January 16, 2002
Los Angeles--A new Getty Research Institute exhibition, Naples and Vesuvius on the Grand Tour, examines Naples as an important tourist destination during the period that Sir William Hamilton served as British ambassador to Naples, 1764 to 1800. The exhibition is on view through March 24, 2002, in the Research Institute's Exhibition Gallery.
Naples and Vesuvius on the Grand Tour is the first of a trio of exhibitions to open at the Getty Center highlighting the Getty collections and focusing on the Grand Tour, followed by Rome on the Grand Tour (through August 11, 2002), and Drawing Italy in the Age of the Grand Tour (February 5-May 12, 2002), both opening at the J. Paul Getty Museum. These exhibitions explore a tradition in which young, 18th-century European (mainly British) aristocrats traveled across Europe to reach Italy. There at the center of the classical past, they sought sources of the culture in which they had been educated, and manifested this quest in their travels by collecting art and commissioning new works from local artists.
"The Grand Tour was a socialized practice of travel that focused on the arts as a means of bestowing knowledge and moral virtue upon young men from the nobility and upper gentry," says Thomas Crow, director of the Getty Research Institute. "All three Getty exhibitions consider a ritual intended to shape personal, intellectual, and civic identity. The Research Institute exhibition examines one particular collector's passion and influence within this tradition."
Naples in the 18th Century
In the 18th century, Naples was one of Europe's great cities. Nestled in the Gulf of Naples on the western coast of the Italian peninsula, the city featured Italy's largest opera house, and spectacular vistas of the bay and Mount Vesuvius. Naples was considered by tourists to be a stimulating diversion from the ponderous history and splendor of Rome. South of Naples, tourists saw the newly excavated remains of Herculaneum and Pompeii, ancient Roman cities buried by lava in the first century A.D. "The volcanic landscape and ancient ruins made Naples an exotic locale for travelers whose principal destination was Rome," says Marcia Reed, exhibition curator and head of collection development, Getty Research Institute.
Hamilton in Naples
Sir William Hamilton was the British ambassador to Naples, residing there from 1764 to 1800. As a child, Hamilton had been close to the future King George III. When Hamilton came to Naples as a member of England's foreign service, his involvement in English society offered social connections to wealthy visitors on the Grand Tour and alliances to foreign courts. A genial host and knowledgeable guide to the city, he invited distinguished guests to his home for musical performances, conversations on cultural subjects, and theatrical interpretations of antique subjects by his second wife, Emma Hart. Hamilton's personal interests were perfectly matched to the Italian setting. With great foresight he realized the value of publications and prints to promote the region and to provide a surrogate experience of Naples for those who were unable to travel.
In early maps and views Vesuvius is central and monumental. Tiny towns cluster below the volcano, vulnerable in the paths of lava flows. For Hamilton, Mount Vesuvius was like a gigantic and beautiful curiosity that could only be collected in physical specimens or in reproductions such as paintings and prints. In the latter part of the century the volcano was active, and Hamilton led expeditions of hardy travelers to the rim. A serious amateur scientist, he published his observations of the volcano and helped his guests to identify the fragments they collected.
Highlights of the Exhibition
Naples and Vesuvius on the Grand Tour takes Hamilton's time in Naples as a theme around which to examine the practices and experiences of travelers on the Grand Tour. The exhibition features the first color-plate books in the history of art, Hamilton's four volumes on his vase collection. The books were carefully crafted to combine art and history. As illustrated books and graphic works, they were intended to be collections themselves, just as "paper museums" or prints were prized as art in collectors' cabinets. Hamilton's elegant folios were inspired by the Roman graphic works of Giovanni Battista Piranesi as well as by the publications of private collections and early museums. By the time he returned to England in 1800, Hamilton had published two of the four illustrated catalogues of ancient vases and several smaller works on antiquities and Mount Vesuvius.
Also on view are striking hand-colored etchings by Pietro Fabris that depict the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius and the fiery fields of the Campi Phlegraei. In The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 9, 1779, Fabris dramatically records the spectacular views that drew 18th-century travelers to the region to sketch and to collect rocks, shells, and antique fragments found on the path of the flowing lava.
"The vase and the volcano are reciprocal symbols," says Reed. "As containers of past knowledge and illustrations of artistic production, vases preserve the surviving examples of ancient painting. By contrast, volcanoes are destructive forces. Their beautiful but lethal eruptions obliterate and yet, at the same time preserve evidence of past cultures."
Niccolò Carletti's enormous engraved map and panorama of Naples (measuring approximately 8 1/2 by 15 feet) charts the city's intense urban development in the mid-18th century. The map documents the city's changing fabric, identifying buildings and naming streets. Its decorative composition emphasizes the region's mythic origins and the powerful presence of the sea, framing the city with fantastic creatures and ancient ruins. Many of the views feature travelers' names, their heraldry and dedications placed among the ancient ruins and artifacts as Vesuvius looms in the distance.
In addition, the exhibition features a number of related rare books, prints, maps, and several characteristic types of souvenirs. A peepshow unfolds to depict favorite Neapolitan vistas, and a set of plaster casts held in book-like boxes reproduces precious gems and works of art from Neapolitan collections.
Rome on the Grand Tour
Drawing Italy in the Age of the Grand Tour
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About the Getty:
The J. Paul Getty Trust is an international cultural and philanthropic institution devoted to the visual arts that features the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Foundation, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Getty Research Institute. The J. Paul Getty Trust and Getty programs serve a varied audience from two locations: the Getty Center in Los Angeles and the Getty Villa in Malibu.
Sign up for e-Getty at www.getty.edu/subscribe to receive free monthly highlights of events at the Getty Center and the Getty Villa via e-mail, or visit our event calendar for a complete calendar of public programs.
The Getty Research Institute is an operating program of the J. Paul Getty Trust. It serves education in the broadest sense by increasing knowledge and understanding about art and its history through advanced research. The Research Institute provides intellectual leadership through its research, exhibition, and publication programs and provides service to a wide range of scholars worldwide through residencies, fellowships, online resources, and a Research Library. The Research Library - housed in the 201,000-square-foot Research Institute building designed by Richard Meier - is one of the largest art and architecture libraries in the world. The general library collections (secondary sources) include almost 900,000 volumes of books, periodicals, and auction catalogues encompassing the history of Western art and related fields in the humanities. The Research Library's special collections include rare books, artists' journals, sketchbooks, architectural drawings and models, photographs, and archival materials.


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Buccaneers defensive end Da'Quan Bowers has been arrested for carrying a gun at an airport.
NBCNewYork.com reports that Bowers was arrested at LaGuardia Airport on Monday morning after police discovered he was illegally carrying a handgun. Bowers had a loaded .40 caliber firearm in his carry-on bag as he was attempting to get on a US Airways flight to Raleigh, North Carolina.
Bowers was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and is expected to appear in court on Monday evening.
A 2011 second-round draft pick of the Buccaneers, Bowers missed the first six games of the 2012 season with a torn Achilles tendon but returned in time to play in 10 games and record three sacks last season.


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Whether you prefer this set's pictures or those of its rivals largely boils down to personal preference.
Where others may be warm and natural, the LC-20AD5E is precise and exacting. While other sets may lay claim to a slightly richer, more cinematic image, the Sharp has them licked in terms of detail resolution and general stability.
Great HD pictures
It's also pretty well equipped for a small set, with decent AV credentials including HDMI and a pair of Scarts.
The set is also reasonably attractive, in a squat kind of way, but lacks the friendly user interface found in some of the competition, settling instead for an impersonal, PC-like font.
HD performance is also good, making the Sharp a solid, affordable proposition.


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- Upgrading to Catalyst 5.80
- Moose features
- Known backwards compatibility breakages
- Applications in a single file
- Issues with Class::C3
- Components which inherit from Moose::Object before Catalyst::Component
- Anonymous closures installed directly into the symbol table
- Hooking into application setup
- Components with a new method which returns false
- __PACKAGE__->mk_accessor('meta');
- Class::Data::Inheritable side effects
- Extending Catalyst::Request or other classes in an ad-hoc manner using mk_accessors
- Confused multiple inheritance with Catalyst::Component::COMPONENT
Catalyst::Upgrading - Instructions for upgrading to the latest Catalyst
Upgrading to Catalyst 5.80
Most applications and plugins should run unaltered on Catalyst 5.80.
However, a lot of refactoring work has taken place, and several changes have been made which could cause incompatibilities. If your application or plugin is using deprecated code, or relying on side effects, then you could have issues upgrading to this release.
Most issues found with pre-existing components have been easy to solve. This document provides a complete description of behavior changes which may cause compatibility issues, and of new Catalyst warnings which be unclear.
If you think you have found an upgrade-related issue which is not covered in this document, please email the Catalyst list to discuss the problem.
Moose features
Application class roles
You can only apply method modifiers after the application's
->setup method has been called. This means that modifiers will not work with methods which run during the call to
See Catalyst::Manual::ExtendingCatalyst for more information about using Moose in your applications.
Controller actions in Moose roles
You can use MooseX::MethodAttributes::Role if you want to declare actions inside Moose roles.
Using Moose in Components
The correct way to use Moose in a component in a both forward and backwards compatible way is:
package TestApp::Controller::Root;
use Moose;
BEGIN { extends 'Catalyst::Component' }; # Or ::Controller, or whatever
See "Components which inherit from Moose::Object before Catalyst::Component".
Known backwards compatibility breakages
Applications in a single file
Applications must be in their own file, and loaded at compile time. This issue generally only affects the tests of CPAN distributions. Your application will fail if you try to define an application inline in a block, and use plugins which supply a
new method, then use that application latter in tests within the same file.
This is due to the fact that Catalyst is inlining a new method on your application class allowing it to be compatible with Moose. The method used to do this changed in 5.80004 to avoid the possibility of reporting an 'Unknown Error' if your application failed to compile.
Issues with Class::C3
Catalyst 5.80 uses the Algorithm::C3 method dispatch order. This is built into Perl 5.10, and comes via Class::C3 for Perl 5.8. This replaces NEXT with Class::C3::Adopt::NEXT, forcing all components to resolve methods using C3, rather than the unpredictable dispatch order of NEXT.
This issue is characterised by your application failing to start due to an error message about having a non-linear @ISA.
The Catalyst plugin most often causing this is Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store::FastMmap - if you are using this plugin and see issues, then please upgrade your plugins, as it has been fixed. Note that Makefile.PL in the distribution will warn about known incompatible components.
This issue can, however, be found in your own application - the only solution is to go through each base class of the class the error was reported against, until you identify the ones in conflict, and resolve them.
To be able to generate a linear @ISA, the list of superclasses for each class must be resolvable using the C3 algorithm. Unfortunately, when superclasses are being used as mixins (to add functionality used in your class), and with multiple inheritence, it is easy to get this wrong.
Most common is the case of:
package Component1; # Note, this is the common case
use base qw/Class::Accessor::Fast Class::Data::Inheritable/;
package Component2; # Accidentally saying it this way causes a failure
use base qw/Class::Data::Inheritable Class::Accessor::Fast/;
package GoesBang;
use base qw/Component1 Component2/;
Any situation like this will cause your application to fail to start.
For additional documentation about this issue, and how to resolve it, see Class::C3::Adopt::NEXT.
Components which inherit from Moose::Object before Catalyst::Component
Moose components which say:
package TestApp::Controller::Example;
use Moose;
extends qw/Moose::Object Catalyst::Component/;
to use the constructor provided by Moose, while working (if you do some hacks with the
BUILDARGS method), will not work with Catalyst 5.80 as
Catalyst::Component inherits from
Moose::Object, and so
@ISA fails to linearize.
The correct way to use Moose in a component in a both forward and backwards compatible way is:
package TestApp::Controller::Root;
use Moose;
BEGIN { extends 'Catalyst::Component' }; # Or ::Controller, or whatever
Note that the
extends declaration needs to occur in a begin block for attributes to operate correctly.
This way you do not inherit directly from
Moose::Object yourself. Having components which do not inherit their constructor from
Catalyst::Component is unsupported, and has never been recommended, therefore you're on your own if you're using this technique. You'll need to detect the version of Catalyst your application is running, and deal with it appropriately.
You also don't get the Moose::Object constructor, and therefore attribute initialization will not work as normally expected. If you want to use Moose attributes, then they need to be made lazy to correctly initialize.
Note that this only applies if your component needs to maintain component backwards compatibility for Catalyst versions before 5.71001 - in 5.71001 attributes work as expected, and the BUILD method is called normally (although BUILDARGS is not).
If you depend on Catalyst 5.8, then all Moose features work as expected.
You will also see this issue if you do the following:
package TestApp::Controller::Example;
use Moose;
use base 'Catalyst::Controller';
use base appends to @ISA.
use Moose in MyApp
Similar to the above, this will also fail:
package MyApp;
use Moose;
use Catalyst qw/
If you need to use Moose in your application class (e.g. for method modifiers etc.) then the correct technique is:
package MyApp;
use Moose;
use Catalyst;
extends 'Catalyst';
__PACKAGE__->config( name => 'MyApp' );
Anonymous closures installed directly into the symbol table
If you have any code which installs anonymous subroutine references directly into the symbol table, you may encounter breakages. The simplest solution is to use Sub::Name to name the subroutine. Example:
# Original code, likely to break:
my $full_method_name = join('::', $package_name, $method_name);
*$full_method_name = sub { ... };
# Fixed Code
use Sub::Name 'subname';
my $full_method_name = join('::',$package_name, $method_name);
*$full_method_name = subname $full_method_name, sub { ... };
Additionally, you can take advantage of Catalyst's use of Class::MOP and install the closure using the appropriate metaclass. Example:
use Class::MOP;
my $metaclass = Moose::Meta::Class->initialize($package_name);
$metaclass->add_method($method_name => sub { ... });
Hooking into application setup
To execute code during application start-up, the following snippet in MyApp.pm used to work:
sub setup {
my ($class, @args) = @_;
... # things to do after the actual setup
With Catalyst 5.80 this won't work anymore, because Catalyst no longer uses NEXT.pm for method resolution. The functionality was only ever originally operational as NEXT remembers what methods have already been called, and will not call them again.
Using this now causes infinite recursion between MyApp::setup and Catalyst::setup, due to other backwards compatibility issues related to how plugin setup works. Moose method modifiers like
before|after|around setup => sub { ... }; also will not operate correctly on the setup method.
The right way to do it is this:
after setup_finalize => sub {
... # things to do after the actual setup
The setup_finalize hook was introduced as a way to avoid this issue.
Components with a new method which returns false
Previously, if you had a component which inherited from Catalyst::COMPONENT, but overrode the new method to return false, then your class's configuration would be blessed into a hash on your behalf, and this would be returned from the COMPONENT method.
This behavior makes no sense, and so has been removed. Implementing your own
new method in components is highly discouraged. Instead, you should inherit the new method from Catalyst::Component, and use Moose's BUILD functionality and/or Moose attributes to perform any construction work necessary for your class.
Won't work due to a limitation of Moose. This is currently being fixed inside Moose.
Class::Data::Inheritable side effects
Previously, writing to a class data accessor would copy the accessor method down into your package.
This behavior has been removed. While the class data is still stored per-class, it is stored on the metaclass of the class defining the accessor.
Therefore anything relying on the side effect of the accessor being copied down will be broken.
The following test demonstrates the problem:
package BaseClass;
use base qw/Class::Data::Inheritable/;
package Child;
use base qw/BaseClass/;
BaseClass->foo('base class');
Child->foo('sub class');
use Test::More;
isnt(BaseClass->can('foo'), Child->can('foo'));
Extending Catalyst::Request or other classes in an ad-hoc manner using mk_accessors
Previously, it was possible to add additional accessors to Catalyst::Request (or other classes) by calling the mk_accessors class method.
This is no longer supported - users should make a subclass of the class whose behavior they would like to change, rather than globally polluting the Catalyst objects.
Confused multiple inheritance with Catalyst::Component::COMPONENT
Previously, Catalyst's COMPONENT method would delegate to the method on the right hand side, which could then delegate back again with NEXT. This is poor practice, and in addition, makes no sense with C3 method dispatch order, and is therefore no longer supported.
If a COMPONENT method is detected in the inheritance hierarchy to the right hand side of Catalyst::Component::COMPONENT, then the following warning message will be emitted:
There is a COMPONENT method resolving after Catalyst::Component
in ${next_package}.
The correct fix is to re-arrange your class's inheritance hierarchy so that the COMPONENT method you would like to inherit is the first (left-hand most) COMPONENT method in your @ISA.
Actions in your application class
Having actions in your application class will now emit a warning at application startup as this is deprecated. It is highly recommended that these actions are moved into a MyApp::Controller::Root (as demonstrated by the scaffold application generated by catalyst.pl).
This warning, also affects tests. You should move actions in your test, creating a myTest::Controller::Root, like the following example:
package MyTest::Controller::Root;
use strict;
use warnings;
use parent 'Catalyst::Controller';
__PACKAGE__->config(namespace => '');
sub action : Local {
my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
::[MVC]:: naming scheme
Having packages called MyApp::[MVC]::XX is deprecated and can no longer be generated by catalyst.pl
This is still supported, but it is recommended that you rename your application components to Model/View/Controller.
A warning will be issued at application startup if the ::[MVC]:: naming scheme is in use.
Any code using Catalyst::Base will now emit a warning; this module will be removed in a future release.
Methods in Catalyst::Dispatcher
The following methods in Catalyst::Dispatcher are implementation details, which may change in the 5.8X release series, and therefore their use is highly deprecated.
- tree
- dispatch_types
- registered_dispatch_types
- method_action_class
- action_hash
- container_hash
The first time one of these methods is called, a warning will be emitted:
Class $class is calling the deprecated method Catalyst::Dispatcher::$public_method_name,
this will be removed in Catalyst 5.9X
You should NEVER be calling any of these methods from application code.
Plugin authors and maintainers whose plugins currently call these methods should change to using the public API, or, if you do not feel the public API adequately supports your use case, please email the development list to discuss what API features you need so that you can be appropriately supported.
Class files with names that don't correspond to the packages they define
In this version of Catalyst, if a component is loaded from disk, but no symbols are defined in that component's name space after it is loaded, this warning will be issued:
require $class was successful but the package is not defined.
This is to protect against confusing bugs caused by mistyping package names, and will become a fatal error in a future version.
Please note that 'inner packages' (via Devel::InnerPackage) are still fully supported; this warning is only issued when component file naming does not map to any of the packages defined within that component.
$c->plugin method
Calling the plugin method is deprecated, and calling it at run time is highly deprecated.
Instead you are recommended to use Catalyst::Model::Adaptor or similar to compose the functionality you need outside of the main application name space.
Calling the plugin method will not be supported past Catalyst 5.81.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 70 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
Require two templates to be designed.
1. A full colour 6' x 4' template "For Sale" sign
. (To be errected at the front of the property for sale).
2. A full colour A4 template for property sale brochure for the property. (To be handed to buyers at open houses).
Just need the templates created so we can quickly add photos and send to printers to have the 6' x 4' sign printed and errected for new properties we are selling.
The A4 brochure needs to be ready for us to simply add photos and text and then print quickly in house.
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We would prefer there to be 4 photos on both the 6' x 4' sign template and the A4 brochure template. Preferably one large pic in the middle centre for the main photo and three other great photos showing the property. However we wll look at other photo arrangements.
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Cherry Banana Cupcakes
Total TimePrep: 15 min. Bake: 20 min.
Makes5 cupcakes
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons beaten egg
- 1/4 cup mashed ripe banana
- 2 tablespoons buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1/4 teaspoon plus 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons chopped maraschino cherries, well drained
- 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
- In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth. Add egg; mix well. Beat in the banana, buttermilk and vanilla. Combine the flour, oats, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture just until moistened. Fold in cherries.
- Fill paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Sprinkle with walnuts. Bake at 350° for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
Editor's NoteFill empty muffin cups halfway with water before baking.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 229 calories, 12g fat (6g saturated fat), 50mg cholesterol, 236mg sodium, 28g carbohydrate (13g sugars, 1g fiber), 4g protein.
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Jan 16, 2015
I agree, it seems crazy to mess up the kitchen for 5 cupcakes! So I doubled the recipe, am now sampling the finished product - as is my husband - and we declare them delicious little morsels! I love marachino cherries and I went a bit heavy on them - I want the flavor of the cherries. Also, I used almond fl. instead of vanilla - always enjoy that way more! I've been baking a long time and it's my opinion you can't ruin anything that has buttermilk in it! But just to make sure, I originally only gave it 4 stars. Didn't want to throw anybody for a loop, and I certainly would hate to be labeled crazy on this site - for any reason.............so now that we've actually baked them and love them, I give them the full 5-star regalia! And continue to believe in my own tastes to be able to judge something before I actually make it :)
Dec 6, 2013
Tip: Spray paper muffin liners with cooking spray, works every time especially for lowfat muffins. These sound good to me, I will have to try.
Feb 14, 2011
I really enjoyed the cupcakes from this recipe. I did double the recipe and found it good. I didn't have any trouble with the cupcake papers/ I did find tha the flavor did improve after a couple of days - more cherry. love the tip about using almond extract. I think I'll try that next time.
Feb 9, 2011
I agree with other posts that people should not review unless you have made the recipe. "nuff said"Back to my review- I also doubled the recipe- using two very ripe bananas and I got 12 regular cupcakes and a ramekin filled little cake (which I will use a bit of ganache on!)I think they are very good little cupcakes- maybe the same as "hummingbird" cake? I used vanilla in mine as recipe called for but if I made these again I would use almond extract to give it a little more flavor/Users/iammaggiewilliams/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals/2011/Feb 9, 2011/IMG_4155.JPG
Feb 7, 2011
I quadrupled this recipe when I had grandchildren coming to visit--- they all LOVE bananas! I used non-stick spray instead of papers, and served them for breakfast with some scrambled egss. BIG hit! I never make small amounts, even though there are only two of us... freezers are wonderful inventions!
Feb 7, 2011
My husband and I double the recipe even though it's just the two of us. They work pretty well even with gluten-free flours substituted in. You really have to chop up the cherries to spread out their flavor and texture. Frankly, I far prefer them without.
Jan 31, 2011
So what if it only made five? I only bake for the two of us and it was the perfect amount, and delicious. So Miss Clean Plate...neener neener! Don't ever put in your two cents without trying it first. NO ONE cares what you think.
Jan 9, 2011
If did make again I would not use cupcake papere..they stuck so bad..not alot of flavor..they were moist...I did double the recipe because I like to freeze extras so I don't have to bake as often...Patty,wv
Jan 7, 2011
very good, definitely double, at least.
Jan 5, 2011
love the cupcakes definitely double the recipe. And MISS CLEAN PLATE eat lettuce


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It is an age-old question and one that every therapist must ask for every student. Which is the best service delivery model for a student? Earlier this year ASHA offered the following statement as a guide for service delivery:
SLPs provide intervention that is appropriate to the age and learning needs of each individual student and is selected through an evidence-based decision-making process. Although service delivery models are typically more diverse in the school setting than in other settings, the therapy techniques are clinical in nature when dealing with students with disabilities. (ASHA, 2010)
Although other forms of service delivery exist, such as a self-contained model where the speech pathologist is the educator responsible for curriculum as well as intervention, the majority of services delivery models within a school setting can be defined as either direct services in a pull-out setting, direct services within a classroom setting (including community and home settings), consultative services where the speech pathologist is providing indirect services to the student by providing guidance, intervention techniques, and therapy strategies to other individuals working with a student, or a combination of these models. Direct services, whether provided in a classroom or in a pull-out setting, appear to dominate as a service delivery model. It is common to find direct services as the primary form of intervention when reviewing individualized education plans. When comparing the amount of time between direct services and consultation listed on Individual Education Plans it would be a rare to find the amount of time spend by the therapist providing the service of consultation to exceed the amount of direct services. Unless a student is nearing dismissal from services, consultation is rarely the primary from of service delivery.
Sample of How Services Are Written on an IEP
|Direct Speech-Language Intervention
|General Education or Special Education
|60 min / week
|General Education
|15 min / month
What if we were to explore the possibility of providing a consultative model as the primary form of intervention and direct services as a the secondary model? What would happen if, on every IEP, the amount of service delivery time was swapped so that whatever amount of time was listed for direct services became consultation and vice versa? What impact would this have on the role of the speech therapist within a school setting and, more importantly, what impact would it have on intervention for students?
Sample of Swapped Frequency on an IEP
|Direct Speech-Language Intervention
|General Education or Special Education
|15 min / month
|General Education
|60 min / week
If the primary role of the speech pathologist were to shift from direct service provider to consultant, the responsibilities of the speech therapist would change accordingly to more of a professional development position. The educators who provide direct instruction for students the majority of the time, such as general education and special education teachers, would become trained by the speech language pathologist in therapeutic techniques. The speech pathologist would act as a guide, coach, and mentor helping to facilitate best practices. Imagine a speech pathologist providing workshops to small groups of teachers, sharing research about the latest techniques, making or finding video or audio clips that can be used to educate parents and educators. The following are points to consider when exploring a switch to a service delivery model where the speech language pathologist's primary function is to provide consultative services.
Therapist as Sage
A direct service delivery model, no matter the setting, leads some to believe that the speech therapist providing the direct service has been granted the magical powers to provide intervention. These individuals falsely believe that the work of the speech therapist alone, given the time allotted on the IEP, will allow the student to achieve speech-language goals. Often however, the approach that works better is when the entire body of educators, including the parents or guardians, work together to achieve the goals. One reason some therapists choose an inclusion model of direct service delivery is to provide other educators with a model of how to provide carry-over services. The idea is that by the therapist providing services in the room with another educator present that educator will pick up and employ the techniques the therapist is using during times when the therapist is not present. Of course this method of transference might work for some educators, but there is still a mind-set by many that what the speech therapist does is separate from what anyone else does with a student. Reducing the expectation of direct services and increasing the expectation of consultative services reinforces the idea that everyone working with the student is responsible for every goal and every subsequent intervention to meet those goals.
Conducting Workshops
Although the speech language pathologist might already be doing some trainings with educators it is often the case that this happens in isolation, is limited formally to staff meetings once or twice a year, or happens informally during brief discussions in the hallway. It is true that speech language pathologists are already providing professional development that is ongoing and dynamic, but this is rarely viewed as the primary role of the therapist. Constructing a structured system for provision of professional development to staff members increases the awareness, knowledge, and abilities of every educator for every student. Providing a therapist time to build learning communities, both within a school or across a district (or even beyond), increases the likelihood that the professional development will be effective and long-lasting.
Workload Remains Unchanged
A consultative model would result in a lessening of direct service provision however the overall workload of a therapist would remain unchanged. The amount of time a therapist would be working toward achieving students goals as listed on an IEP would be the same. Note the tables suggest shifting the time, not reducing the time allotted per student. It should be noted however that direct service delivery often occurs in group settings. Likewise, provision of consultative services could occur in a group setting. When a therapist is conducting a workshop to a variety of educators, an indirect service is being provided to every student with whom that educator works.
Speech Therapy For All
If it were possible, every student could benefit from spending time with someone trained in facilitating speech and language production. In a direct service delivery model only students with specified goals reap the benefits of working with a speech language pathologist. Over time general educators may pick up techniques from the therapist, but that only occurs when the therapist is working with a student within that classroom and it is usually only for the span of one school year before the student moves on to a different general educator. In a consultative model, trainings can occur for every educator every year, expanding the number of students impacted by the work of the therapist. Interested educators (and parents) could participate in workshops and learning communities at any time to enhance their knowledge and skills. In this way, every student could benefit from the speech therapist, providing a more unified and universal vision of education as a whole.
Consultation is a part of every speech therapist's job responsibility whether it is written formally in an individualized education plan or not. Therapists provide this service constantly during casual conversations and, to a lesser extent, in formalized workshops and meetings. As caseloads get larger and the demands placed on educators increase these types of conversations are often the first casualties. Rather than entering into a discussion about therapy techniques, working together to create a lesson plan, or participating in a therapy session educators are off to meet their next requirement. Therapist might find themselves running to the next therapy session rather than having the time to converse in detail about a student. By adjusting service delivery in such a way that consultation becomes the primary mode of service delivery speech therapists effectively duplicate themselves. By extension, the therapist then makes a greater amount of impact to more educators and, more importantly, to more students.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2010). Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologists in Schools [Professional Issues Statement].
Language Literacy Labs: http://www.speechpathology.com/articles/article_detail.asp?article_id=77
Christopher R. Bugaj, MA CCC-SLP – host of the A.T.TIPScast, an award-winning podcast featuring tools to differentiate instruction. Chris is the co-author of The Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools: Building or Improving Your District's AT Team and presents at local, state, and national conferences.