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Open Source-Based Portal-Lite
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a live demo is worth a million. The problem is that a live demo takes as much work as the real thing and is frequently a throw away. Quality demos also can often require almost as much hardware and software as the final product, making it difficult to get enough funding to build something to get funding. Most difficult of all, it is seldom the person who wrote the demo who will present it, so it must be both simple to use and portable.
In the case of building a Proof Of Concept (POC) for a portal, you can solve all of the above by using the Open Source Apache Struts running on Jakarta Tomcat. With only a few lines of code and minor modifications, you can build a demo portal that can be run on a laptop by anyone who knows how to click an icon.
The key to the POC portal is in leveraging Struts Tiles. Portals are, in essence, a set of consistent layouts with different components. Struts Tiles are a continuation (seems like a replacement, now) of Struts Templates. Tiles leverage the JSP include feature to facilitate the reuse of presentation components in a consistent manner. Having built many portals as a consultant, the first time I saw a Tiles example (in someone else's online article for which I have lost the URL), I thought, "That is a portal."
Tiles vs. Templates
One major improvement Tiles has over Templates is the use of runtime values1. This feature makes it easy to create portal page layouts with Tiles that are reusable. Tiles also make it easy for sharing values between components (if you've ever hand-coded JSPs using includes that need to share values, you can appreciate anything that makes this easier). It's this combination of features that you can leverage to create a flexible and reusable portal POC framework.
Anatomy of a Portal
A portal framework consists of a header, footer, navigation, page, and portlets. Pages have layouts, and portlets are made up of a container, a title bar, and a body. The portlet body is where your individual components live, so everything else is reusable.
In this article, you'll look at the configurations and components necessary to create a very simple portal. Once you understand the basics, you can build as complex of an application as you like.
Building the Portal
For each element of our framework, you need at least one JSP. Because this is not an article on UI development, the JSPs will consist only of a line of text that identifies the file name and the related CSS value so that, when the application is running, these components will be obvious in the browser (also a convenient way to hand off your demo app to a UI developer to add a pretty face). Each framework JSP needs to have access to the Tiles API and any necessary messages. A fairly simple example is your header:
<%-- header.jsp --%> <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-tiles.tld" prefix="tiles" %> <%@ page import="java.util.Calendar, java.text.DateFormat"%> <% Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(); DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG); df.setCalendar(c); %> File: header.jsp Class: portal-body-header  <%= df.format(c.getTime()) %>
The date functionality is included here to make it immediately obvious to the casual audience that your demo is more than just static HTML.
Working from the opposite end, most portals have a footer. Because demo applications frequently do not have enough data to fill a 1024X768 screen, you'll use a little scripting2 to make sure the footer stays at the bottom of the page, like this:
<%-- footer.jsp --%>
 File: footer.jsp Class: portal-body-footer

The remainder of your JSPs will reference information from the Tiles configuration file (tiles-defs.xml), so you should build that next.
Inside the <tiles-definitions> tags in tiles-defs.xml, you'll configure your framework, starting with your first layout:
 <definition name=".mainLayout" path="/framework/body.jsp"> <put name="title" value="Portal POC" /> <put name="header" value="/framework/header.jsp" /> <put name="footer" value="/framework/footer.jsp" /> <put name="container" value=".container" /> <put name="page" value=".page" /> <put name="menu" value=".mainMenu" /> <put name="titleBar" value=".titleBar" />  <putList name="navLabels"> <add value="Home" /> <add value="Directory" /> <add value="Resources" /> </putList> <putList name="navLinks">  <add value="home.do" /> <add value="directory.do" /> <add value="resources.do" /> </putList> </definition>
With the above configuration, you are setting your mainLayout page as /framework/body.jsp, which is where you will begin the assembly of your portal components. The other entries set values that can be used in your portal for layout and presentation. The title element for, example, is simply a string used as a consistent way to access values.
Note: Although not necessary, it is good to make it a habit to avoid hard coding values whenever possible so that you will be able reuse more of your POC work in a production application or to give to junior team members as a template for development.
The putList values will be used for building your navigation. How this works will become clearer as you build the other pieces required for a portal-style navigation.
Values that start with a "." are defined separately, as shown below:
 <definition name=".page" path="/framework/page.jsp" /> <definition name=".container" path="/framework/container.jsp" /> <definition name=".titleBar" path="/framework/titlebar.jsp" /> <definition name=".mainMenu" path="/framework/horizontalmenu.jsp" />
Although the simple examples shown here may not fully utilize this design all of the framework items above, they are included to convey the flexibility your "lite" application can provide (one such application is currently in production at a global corporation). Also, most of the demo code in this article is re-used from an application I use to introduce developers to portal concepts.
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Fashion blogger, stylist and designer Zana Bayne of Garbage Dress brings her latest accessories to her native San Francisco tomorrow night for a trunk show – the 21-year-old designer's first ever – at Shotwell in Union Square. Leather harnesses like the one seen here on Bayne will be among the edgy items up for grabs.
We caught up with Bayne for a quick chat about New York fashion, the intrigue of a good harness and her love of the color black.
So you used to hail from SF, and now you live in Brooklyn, right? What do you love about your new city, in terms of fashion? What do you miss about San Francisco fashion?
I'm completely smitten with New York. I love the energy, the business, the constant movement. I'm much more focused here. There's better access to a wider range of designers here, so it's always exciting to see those looks worn out on the street. At the same time, there are so many young designers here who wear their own creations and I LOVE that.
I enjoy San Francisco's craftiness and cheap vintage. There is really nothing like shopping secondhand in California!
What kind of accessories will you be showing at Shotwell on Monday?
I will be showing leather harnesses and shoulderpieces. Expect drama, danger, mixed materials and extreme proportions!
What is it that intrigues you about the harness – what do you hope the wearer feels when he or she is donning it?
I think of the harnesses and shoulderpieces as a way to enhance a pre-owned wardrobe. I think there is something inherently sexy about wearing a leather harness as a day look, and I love adding sculptured shoulders to a bare neckline or draped dress at night! I love to see how people wear the harnesses and integrate them into their own style.
We were laughing (with you, of course) about your mention of the Real Housewives on your blog. You wrote, "We ended our night with the couch, burritos, prosecco, and the real housewives of Atlanta reunion pt2. You see, we really are human underneath all of the black drapery." Do you find that just because you love wearing black that people often assume that you're a dark, moody person, like off reading Satre all the time and embroiled in an existential crisis or something?
I think that the image that I project of myself in passing or online can be slightly severe. My photo face is not too smiley, although I'm constantly grinning in conversation! I think it's important to acknowledge that I'm aware of my outward appearance, and at the same time poke fun at it. I'm a very happy person, I just love wearing black.
What projects are you working on these days?
I try to get my hands in as much as possible. I have consecutive retail jobs, my blog, harness business, collaborations, editorial styling and photography.
What really excites you in fashion right now?
Every week it's something different. Recently, I've been looking into more structured silhouettes in opposition to my normal love for oversized shapes. I'm always inspired by headpieces and would love to make some.
You've turned 21 since your last time in SF. What joints are planning to hit up to exercise your legal status?
Oh, I don't even know where to begin. "Death Guild" at the Glas Kat on Monday nights is always a jolly good time. You'll probably see me at Edinburgh Castle or Hemlock Tavern. Maybe I'll go on a proper beer crawl? Yeah, that might be nice.
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Taking Back What the Enemy Stole
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I've been privileged to have many friends in law enforcement over the years. Not because I was in their custody. Some of them have the intriguing, and harrowing, assignment of being involved with both a SWAT team and the Hostage Negotiating Team. Needless to say, they are specialists who are called in when there's an especially dangerous situation; often involving people who are being held hostage by a felon. Their mission, one way or another, is to do whatever it takes to bring out those who have been taken captive.
That could be the mission God is asking you to go on right now. There's something, or someone, that our enemy Satan has stolen. And your Lord wants you to fight to get back what your enemy has no right to have.
There's a memorable picture of this in our word for today from the Word of God in 1 Samuel 30, beginning with verse 3. While David and his warriors have been out on a military mission, their mortal enemies, the Amalekites, launch a sneak attack on David's camp and take prisoner the Bible says, "the women and all who were in it. When David and his men came to Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive." The Bible says they wept until "they had no strength left to weep." It's just a heartbreaking scene.
But those tears turned to bitterness. "Each one was bitter in his spirit," the Bible says. "But David found strength in the Lord his God." So, "David inquired of the Lord" the Bible says, and as a result of God's direction, he led his men to take back what the enemy had stolen. And the Bible says, "David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken...nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else they had taken. David brought everything back."
That could be God's word to you today, because your enemy has stolen something or someone he has no right to. Maybe he's stolen a child of yours or the love that was once in your marriage. Maybe he's stolen the joy you once had in serving your Lord, or the love and the unity your church once knew, or the sense of calling you once had. Satan also steals reputations...even years of your life, by keeping you from Jesus. Now when you've lost something to an enemy ambush, it's easy, like David's men, to succumb to bitterness and to feel like surrendering. But, like David, you need to "find strength in the Lord your God" instead of finding discouragement in what you've lost.
Then you pray for God's strategy for fighting back to recover what the enemy has stolen. Declare war on whatever has been keeping you from recovering what you should never forfeit to the darkness. Maybe you've been accepting a loss that you never should have surrendered to. You know what God is saying? It's time to fight back, and realize that the Messiah, Jesus, who descended from David, has the power to "bring everything back." You're no match for this enemy from hell, but he's no match for your Jesus!
And Jesus told us that we could pray and bind that strong man, and one stronger than he is (speaking of Jesus himself) will come and overpower him and take away his possessions. Those are possessions he never should have had in the first place. The enemy may have his hand on something or someone right now he has no right to. It's time for you to follow General Jesus into the battle to take back what the enemy has stolen!
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You may add up to 10 additional phone numbers to your account at no additional cost (cell #'s, friends, family and work)
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I've been placed on probation for a crime involving domestic violence. When must I come to the probation department for my initial meeting?The first Thursday after your court date, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 12 noon.
- If you have been placed on formal probation, you must come to the probation office at 2780 E. Gibson Rd., Woodland, immediately after the court hearing in which probation was granted, or if you were in jail at that time, within 72 hours of release from jail.
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My six or ten year old child is uncontrollable and I told him/her that I am going to put him/her in Juvenile Hall. Can I bring him/her there to see what it would be like if they go there?No. It is recommended that you contact your local child's school counselor to obtain resources or contact the Yolo County Department of Mental Health for additional resources.
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- Minors may receive standard size mail from anyone that is within the mail guidelines of the facility policy and procedure. Contact the facility to obtain more information on guidelines. All packages will be refused unless prior arrangements have been made. All mail received at the facility is subject to search and review.
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I set up a Prepaid Destination Account for my child while he stays in the Juvenile Hall, so why haven't I heard from him?Your child must be calling others with his account and might have used up all his/her funds. Or your child might have been restricted from using the pay phone due to modified/behavioral matters.
- After JDF staff confirms that you are the parent/legal guardian, you may be connected to your child's Probation Officer or to the on duty intake Probation Officer if one has not yet been assigned.
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- All medications are administered by the medical staff. Parent(s)/legal guardian(s) will be notified of any issues. Prescriptions must be delivered in its original container with the minor's information and dosage on the original label. Medical Staff accepts the medication or a detention staff in the absence of medical staff. It must be accepted officially and not dropped off.
- Information regarding a detained minor is not provided to anyone other than authorized persons.
- Visits are held only during the weekends with the times dependent on the child's assigned pod location.
- Please be assured that in the event of any serious incident involving your child, you will be notified by the on duty supervisor or medical staff.
- Only parents or legal guardians are authorized to visit.
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- The Alternative Sentencing Office is located at 2780 E. Gibson Road, Woodland, CA 95776
- The Alternative Sentencing Program office phone number is (530) 669-2331
I have been ordered to do work program/community services, but I have a full time job will I be able to work on weekends only?Yes, with proof of employment (check stub or work schedule on employers letterhead) you can be scheduled to work weekends only.
- Contact the Alternative Sentencing Office at (530) 669-2331 and ask to speak to a supervisor.
- Program fees must be paid within 45-days from the date on the referral issued to you by the Sheriff's Department or Court Minute Order.
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Time for another Puzzler! This time, let's do a C Puzzler :) For those that don't know what a Puzzler is, it is essentially a short problem used to demonstrate special cases or "features" of a particular language. Here is the format:
- Code – I introduce the code
- Question – I pose a multiple-choice question and you guess what the outcome is…think hard!
- Walkthrough – I walk through a reasonable explanation
- Answer – I tell you the real outcome (it might surprise you), and explain why
- Moral – How can we avoid making mistakes like this in our own code
Now that we all know what a Puzzler is, here is a simple C Puzzler:
// c-puzzler-give-me-a-float.c #include <stdio.h> int main() { int x = 0.5 + giveMeAFloat(); return x; }
// c-puzzler-give-me-a-float-please.c float giveMeAFloat() { return 0.5; }
What does this print?
- 0
- 1
- 1056964608
- it varies
There is a local variable, x, and it is declared as an int. It is being initialized to the sum of 0.5 and the value returned by the function giveMeAFloat, which is implemented in another source file. The function giveMeAFloat returns the float value 0.5, and so the sum of these two values is the float value 1.0. The variable x is an int, and so it will cast the value from 1.0 to 1. So, my answer is b, main returns the int value 1.
The answer is actually d – it varies! But, in practice, you will likely get c – 1056964608. How does this happen? Well, the astute observer will notice that in the source file containing our main function, there is no function prototype declaring the function giveMeAFloat. Because of this, and the fact that giveMeAFloat is implemented in another source file, then giveMeAFloat is *assumed* to return an int and not a float! If the method were declared and defined within the same source file, the compiler would detect this error and not complete the compilation. However, due to separate compilation, this cast goes unnoticed. And so, because of this ambiguity, depending on the compiler and the platform, how this value is treated and stored will vary from machine to machine! To better understand this, let's look at the practical case where the answer is 1056964608.
- This assumes that the program is being executed on a typical machine setup, with an x86 architecture running a current version of gcc (v4.x+)
When the program is executed, within main, an int variable, x, is declared and initialized with a simple assignment expression that invokes giveMeAFloat. When giveMeAFloat returns, it stores the value 0.5 into the return register, eax. Since we are on a little-endian machine, this value is 0x3F000000. However, since the compiler is expecting to read an integer value, it interprets 0x3F000000 as an int and not a float, effectively loading the value 1056964608 (this is the decimal interpretation of the floating point hex representation of 0x3F000000…yikes!). Back in main, the value 0.5 gets added to this, resulting in the float value 1056964608.5. This subsequently gets assigned to the variable x. Since x is an int, this value gets cast and therefore truncated to 1056964608. And so main returns 1056964608.
As you can see, there are many factors that can affect the return value. In particular, what value the compiler stores into the return register (if anything), how that value is stored internally (endian-ness of the host machine), and how that value is subsequently read from the register (interpreted as int, or float, or other) all play a part. Due to all of these factors, the return value from main is effectively unpredictable, and should be treated as such (regardless of what the practical case would yield)!
Given an arbitrary name that has not yet been previously declared, if the name is followed by a left parenthesis, it is defined to be a function and it is assumed to return an int. To prevent this, explicitly declare the function, either as a function prototype at the top of the source file, like so…
#include <stdio.h> float giveMeAFloat(); int main() { int x = 0.5 + giveMeAFloat(); return x; }
…or within the calling routine, like so…
#include <stdio.h> int main() { float giveMeAFloat(); int x = 0.5 + giveMeAFloat(); return x; }
Now, there is no confusion, to yourself or the compiler, about the return-type of the function giveMeAFloat().
That's been another C Puzzler! Hope you enjoyed! Happy coding!
c-puzzler-give-me-a-float.zip (source code)
Update: This post was corrected based on some feedback in the comments by Mihai. Thanks for the feedback, Mihai!


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- (noun) a man who is rough or clumsy and unintelligent; "they are just big, clumsy oafs"
Oaf (ओफ) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi meaning)
- उल्लू, गंवार, मूर्ख, जारज संतान, बेवकूफ़ आदमी, गोबर-गणेश
Oaf origin
- early 17th century: variant of obsolete auf, from Old Norse álfr 'elf'. The original meaning was 'elf's child, changeling', later 'idiot child' and 'halfwit', generalized in the current sense.
Oaf in a sentence
- Since the oaf never performed very well in school, he became lazy by living for years in his parent's basement never being able to gain employment.
- With the oaf's foolish answer in class, everyone rolled their eyes and ignored any future answers he would say
- While attempting to rob the bank, the oaf accidentally wrote his name on the slip he gave the bank teller demanding money.
Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of reverberate
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This week marks one full year of blogging here at the rsmithing.com. In some ways, it certainly feels like a year. In another ways, I can't believe it's been a year already.
First of all, THANK YOU for reading this and thank you even more if you've ever commented on a post. I sincerely appreciate your feedback and the fact that you find my ramblings interesting enough to keep on reading.
I started this blog for my own personal enjoyment, education, expression, and curiosity. It's been a rewarding journey that's greatly boosted my knowledge of social media in general, and has been a satisfying creative outlet I look forward to growing every single week.
One of the most fun things about this is interacting with some of the folks mentioned in my posts, like Neil Strauss, Delta Airlines, and for-real professional writers such as those featured in Esquire and The Atlantic.
I've been contacted to help promote one of my favorite bands, and interviewed some of my favorite artists. I've also discovered a plethora of resources on how to get the most out of blogging, and made many meaningful connections with like-minded individuals along the way. It's all definitely been very fulfilling.
So here's to the future, and again thank you.
What do you think? How long have you been blogging? What have you learned in the past year, either from blogging or otherwise? Let us hear from you in the comments.
Related articles
- Neil Strauss Talks About Mastering the Game of Storytelling (hubspot.com)
- The Versatile, Though Delinquent, Blogger (jasonwrites.com)
- My Happiness Project (bedsidesign.com)
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Android 3.0 Honeycomb more akin to Tablet PC than iPadAs Apple launched the first subscription app for iPad with News Corp., Google announced catchup steps for Android: new "Honeycomb" tablet support, a new web app store, and new in-app purchases all along the lines of what Apple delivered a year ago or more. But the next wave of Android tablets are far more like Microsoft's Tablet PC than Apple's streamlined, ultra simple iPad.
Android 3.0 Honeycomb
On Wednesday, Google previewed its upcoming, tablet-oriented Android OS 3.0 Honeycomb. The new release runs existing Android smartphone apps, but is intended to enable a new class of tablet-sized apps, just like last year's iPad, except that iPad launched with hundreds of prominent app titles and has since generated a library of more than 60,000 iPad-optimized apps.
However, unlike the iPad home screen, which served as a larger version of the iPhone's, Google has designated the home screen of Honeycomb tablets to serve as a dense array of widgets spanning multiple pages, more like a PC desktop, with a lower "System Bar" containing app switcher controls and a taskbar (called "notifications and system status"), an upper "Action Bar" with search and app launching controls, and a series of virtual desktops, each containing a configurable Dock-like strip of app icons below a series of floating panels that can present media playback controls, live inbox and calendar items, stacks of ebooks and youtube videos, and other user configurable mini-applets.
This should make Honeycomb tablets more akin to Microsoft's Tablet PC than Apple's iPad, and attract a similar audience of users. Apple's iPad 1.0 offers a far more simplistic home page, which Google derided as being just "a warehouse full of apps" in its presentation.
Google's presenter said Honeycomb tablets have a desktop that is "an application development platform in itself," using the same widget mini-apps that appear on Android phones. One drawback to existing Android widgets is that they often constantly poll for data, eating into battery life. Apple designed iOS devices to do very little until the user actually launches an app, enabling an exceptionally long battery capacity.
Apple pursued a similar strategy with iPods, dimming the screen and effectively coasting as much as possible to preserve battery life while playing music. Competing devices, including Microsoft's Zune, chose instead to present graphic effects that made for good demonstrations but were ultimately just impractical. A key feature of last year's Android 2.1 was Live Wallpapers, which similarly animate the background for cool effects that require illuminating the screen to even see, identically favoring frills over battery life. One reason why Windows Tablet PCs haven't ever gained traction with users is their poor battery life.
Google said it had spent a lot of time optimizing graphics performance in 2D and 3D, and demonstrated new API support for hardware accelerated user interface animations intended to deliver "overall polish," similar to the LayerKit API that first debuted on the original iPhone in 2007 and which later made its way to the Mac OS X Leopard desktop as Core Animation. A lack of consistent hardware accelerated UI support in Android is blamed for its jerky and lagging experience, a particularly notable problem on the Android 2.2 Froyo-based Samsung Galaxy Tab.
Android's new RenderScript drawing API was demonstrated by opening the eBook app and turning virtual pages using the same page turning effect Apple showed off a year ago when it launched the iPad, but the effect was presented as if it had never been seen before on a tablet.
Android 3.0 Honeycomb also delivers some features Apple's iPod 1.0 doesn't, including support for features of Google Maps 5.0 (including elevation views with 3D buildings), a popup notification system that presents update notices similar to the Windows taskbar, a very complex camera app, and support for GoogleTalk video messaging, something similar to Apple's FaceTime in iOS 4.0 but which is not exposed on iPad 1.0 because, like most Android smartphones, it lacks a front facing camera. Google's presentation was short on technical details, including whether or not GoogleTalk might be compatible with FaceTime.
The new Android release also catches up in some respects to iOS 4.0 in adding support for some basic new enterprise policy management features, HTTP Live Streaming and an "extensible DRM framework" that should enable Android users to use apps that make use of protected content such as Netflix.
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Election day tensions at boiling point in Bangkok
Bangkok: Even before polls opened in Thailand's contentious election on Sunday explosions and gunfire rang out across a busy Bangkok intersection, sending tensions soaring across the capital.
Seven people were injured amid mayhem as several masked gunmen opened fire as anti-government protesters and pro-government supporters clashed outside a northern suburb government office housing ballot papers late Saturday.
Among those injured were two photo-journalists, including award-winning American James Nachtwey who was shot in the leg.
Many of 48 million registered voters are likely to be blocked from casting their ballots despite police deploying more than 100,000 officers nation-wide to protect polling stations.
Election officials have been told to close polling if there is rioting or violence which could further undermine the credibility of the vote that the main opposition Democrat party is boycotting and vowing to challenge in the courts.
The Pheu Thai party of prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is likely to win the largest number of votes despite opposition claims of corruption in her government, which she denies.
But the party will not be able to achieve a quorum in parliament because protests blocked some candidates registering in southern opposition strongholds, guaranteeing further stalemate in the crisis that is dragging down Thailand's economy and has left 10 people dead and 577 injured.
Firebrand anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban has called for the blockade of roads across Bangkok but insists protesters will not prevent people from voting.
"They will demonstrate calmly, peacefully, without violence," he said.
But election officials said protesters prevented hundreds of thousands of people voting in last Sunday's advance polling, including many by intimidation or force.
The Election Commission, which has the responsibility for organising the poll, wanted it delayed because of fears of violence.
But Ms Yingluck decided to push ahead with polling, arguing a delay would only worsen the situation if the Democrats continued their boycott and protesters continued occupying parts of Bangkok and blockading ministries.
The protesters say they want to rid the country of the Shinawatra family's political influence and claim that Ms Yingluck, the country's first woman prime minister, is a puppet of her brother Thaksin Shinawatra who lives in Dubai to avoid a jail sentence for corruption.
Ms Yingluck called the snap election in a bid to defuse tensions after more than two months of turmoil that has crippled her administration.
Lindsay Murdoch is a three-time winner of the Walkley Award, Australia's top award for journalistic excellence. Lindsay is a former correspondent based in Singapore, Jakarta and Darwin. In 1999 he covered the tumultuous events in East Timor, and in 2003 he covered the Iraq war while embedded with US Marines.


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A feature I have always wished came included with the built-in BlackBerry® PlayBook Voice Chat application is to not only be able to chat with one another, but to start up a slideshow and be able to share photos with one another while narrating them, just like you do with friends and family after getting back from a trip.
"Slideshow" allows you to do just that: Share your photos with friends and family as if you were sitting on a couch together.
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Our Renew / Cancel Index predicts the network's decision on renewal or cancellation for scripted broadcast primetime shows by the end of the 2012-13 season in May, 2013. (includes results from December 31, 2012- January 6, 2013):
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|Emily Owens, M.D.
|Nikita (F)
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|Hart Of Dixie
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|Beauty And The Beast
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From now through the end of the broadcast season in May, the Renew/Cancel Index values will only be calculated using new episodes airing during 2013. However, until new episodes of a show air in 2013, I will keep the "old" Fall predictions in the table.
Nothing has changed in the New Year yet between the three of the CW shows in the "mediocre middle" (90210, Hart Of Dixie, Beauty & The Beast) and at least one of them is certain to be canceled.
Will we be able to predict which one it will be? Certainly late season ratings dives might make the difference (hello, The Secret Circle!). But barring one of those, we may be flipping a three sided coin.
The renewal of either CW spring drama (Cult, The Carrie Diaries) would almost certainly mean more cancellations among those three.
How can Nikita with the lowest ratings on the network be "likely to be renewed"? The pull of a fourth season for syndication purposes is one of the strongest forces in the TV universe. Read more about it here.
Better to Follow The Bear, Than Be Chased By Him. This season you can follow the Cancellation Bear on Twitter via @TheCancelBear. The Cancellation Bear will retweet all the Renew/Cancel Index post titles and links as well as engage in a little more back and forth banter than we do on our standard @TVbytheNumbers Twitter feed.
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- 😳 – certain to be cancelled by May, 2013
- 😥 :cry:- more likely to be cancelled than renewed by May, 2013
- 😐 😐 😐 – toss up between renewal or cancellation by May, 2013
- 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 – more likely to be renewed than cancelled by May, 2013
- – certain to be renewed by May, 2012
The Renew/Cancel Index is the ratio of a scripted show's new episode adults 18-49 ratings relative to the new episode ratings of the other scripted shows on its own network. It's calculated by dividing a show's new episode Live+Same Day adults 18-49 average rating by the Live+Same Day new episode average of all the new scripted show episodes on the show's own network. The network's average ratings in the calculation are not time weighted (ex. hour long shows are not weighted twice what 30 minute shows are).
(F) -Fridays: Shows airing on Fridays were renewed with significantly lower than average Indexes.
How would the Renew / Cancel Index Have Done Predicting Last Season's Scripted Show Fates? Check out how the Renew / Cancel Index predicted renewals and cancellations from the 2010-11 broadcast television season.


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NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya swears in Uhuru Kenyatta as president on Tuesday after an election that avoided the bloodshed of five years ago, but left Western nations with the challenge of how to deal with a leader indicted by the International Criminal Court.
Western states regard Kenya as crucial to regional stability and have supported the role played by Kenyan and other African troops in efforts to push back al Qaeda-affiliated Islamist militants in neighboring Somalia.
The United States and European powers said they would send ambassadors to attend Kenyatta's inauguration ceremony - a level of representation diplomats said was still in line with their position of having only "essential contacts" with indictees.
It is part of a delicate balancing act that seeks to retain a policy of limiting contacts while avoiding driving east Africa's biggest economy closer towards China and other emerging Asian powers that have been gaining influence on the continent.
"They find themselves in a very difficult position," said Kenya expert Daniel Branch at Britain's Warwick University. "My sense is everyone will find some method of accommodation."
Sitting alongside the Western envoys will be about a dozen African heads of state as well as prime ministers and other top officials. China and India, neither signatories to the statutes that set up the ICC, are sending senior government officials.
But Western ambassadors at the stadium on the outskirts of Nairobi will be saved one awkward moment. A Kenyan government spokesman said the ceremony would not be attended by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is charged with genocide in The Hague and now faces an arrest warrant for not cooperating.
Kenyatta and his deputy president, William Ruto, who is also facing charges of crimes against humanity, have both promised to work with the court to clear their names of charges they deny.
Western diplomats have indicated they will take a "pragmatic" line in dealing with Kenyatta's government, but said much would depend on his cooperation with the court.
He is accused of orchestrating tribal blood-letting after the disputed vote five years ago that killed 1,200 people.
A dispute over who won the election this time was played out peacefully in court. The victory by Kenyatta, who is the son of Kenya's founding president, was upheld.
Many Kenyans hope that Kenyatta, a 51-year-old former finance minister, will now deliver a swift improvement in the economy, which has yet to return to the 7 percent growth rate attained before the December 2007 vote.
In an early sign of Western determination to keep a close partnership with Kenya, U.S. Ambassador Robert Godec met Kenyatta last week for the first time since his election and EU ambassadors put in a request for a session with him.
"We will continue to engage with the government of Kenya," said one European diplomat, noting that the ICC charges are against individuals, not the nation.
An EU official said the meeting requested with Kenyatta aimed to "clear the air" over speculation that the West would impose sanctions on Kenya if Kenyatta won. "No one is talking of sanctions," the official told Reuters.
Although some Kenyatta aides talk of a swivel east if the West spurns Kenya, the U.S.-educated Kenyatta may be just as concerned about any deterioration in ties with the EU, a big donor and significant importer of Kenyan produce, and Washington, which provides about $900 million in aid a year.
An Asian diplomat noted that Kenya could not easily switch away from Western markets, even though he said ties with Asian nations were growing.
Warwick University's Branch said Kenyatta was keenly aware of the need to keep steady relations with the West. "Kenya is part of the global economy and markets in the EU are far too important," he said.
A big portion of Kenya's horticultural exports head to Europe and many tourists, another source of hard currency, come from there. Western oil and gas firms are also major players in Kenya's emerging hydrocarbons industry.
(Editing by Mark Heinrich)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/kenya-swear-president-leave-west-headache-220733400.html
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Millions of Muslims all over the world have been brought up to believe that the collections of hadith by Bukhari and Moslim provide the authentic words and teachings of the prophet Muhammad. These two collections have been labelled "sahih" (authentic). The majority of these hadith portray a chain of narrators in a chinese whispers fashion attributing sayings to the Prophet (e.g. A said that B said that C said ……. that G said, that the Prophet said). Often the chain extends to seven names or even more, yet for some reason the hadith advocates still deemed these hadith to be the authentic and genuine sayings of the Prophet! With an extremely naive type of logic. It is assumed that every person in the chain, not only was totally honest, but that he had a super human memory to enable him to narrate accurately incidents that took place one hundred or two hundred years earlier.! How did they come to this conclusion?
The hadith advocates have devised a very simple criteria for the assessment of any hadith. To them, the validity of any hadith is dependant on the integrity of the narrator! They will tell us that hadith no 374 (for example) is a genuine hadith because the narrator has been checked for good character!
Bearing in mind that these narrators lived 14 centuries ago, we may enquire: Were they checked by contemporaries of their time, by hadith scholars today or who? Needless to say, the claim to endorse the integrity of 6 or 7 narrators who transmitted a story through a chinese whisper type of chain, and who all lived 14 centuries ago, and whom we have never seen or heard of (except from the hadith books themselves) is a very naive practice to say the least!
But that is not all, even if the integrity of each one in the chain is beyond question, what about the errors that occur merely through the effect of a chinese whisper chain?
For demonstration of this concept please refer to: Chinese Whispers
In view of the above, common sense implies that we should disregard this farcical process. This criteria should have been discarded a long time ago. It is totally unreliable and is simply unacceptable. It seems absurd that the obvious criteria (and actually the only reliable one), by which to test the authenticity of any hadith was ignored!
Since the authenticity of the Quran, being the un-corrupted word of God, is not a matter of dispute by any Muslim, then it would make better sense to assess the authenticity of any hadith by determining whether this hadith is in harmony with Quranic truth or whether in fact it is in violation of Quranic truth. Sadly, the hadith scholars are not interested whether any one hadith contradicts the Quran or not, for if such occasion arrises, they will quickly describe the Quranic verse (which contradicts the hadith) as beeing abrogated!
For details of this great lie against the Quran please check: The lie of Quranic Abrogation
All the time, the scholars should have been checking the content of the hadith itself rather than the farcical character reference of the narrators!
It must be stressed here that testing the authenticity of any hadith is not for the purpose of approving the hadith as a source of religious law. The reader of the Quran should be well aware that God sanctions the Quran to be the sole source of religious law:
"Shall I seek other than God as a source of law, when He has revealed to you this book fully detailed?" 6:114
Testing the authenticity of any hadith is only relevant for historic purposes and for the benefit of those who wish to research the life of the Prophet. After all, and as we shall see later, the Prophet himself prohibited his people from writing or documenting his hadith, which makes the whole collection of hadith books a very dubious matter indeed.
Consequently, and if we try to apply the only logical criteria for testing the hadith (its compliance with the Quran) we are immediately faced with serious contradictions between a large number of hadith on one hand and between the Quran on the other hand. However, if we accept that the Prophet of God would never have taught anything that violates or contradicts the Quran, then we must conclude that any hadith which contradicts the Quran, and which is attributed to the Prophet, is indeed a lie and a fabrication which the prophet is innocent of.
Our starting point is to examine the following two contradicting hadith.
In the first hadith it is reported that the Prophet said to his people shortly before his death:
"I have left you the Quran and my sunna"
Yet in another hadith the Prophet commands his people quite the opposite:
"Do not write down anything of me except the Quran. Whoever writes other than that should delete it" (Ahmed, Vol. 1, page 171…..also Sahih Muslim )
In accordance with accepting the Quran to be the best criteria to judge the authenticity of any hadith, let us look into these two hadith and proceed to determine which of the two is in harmony with the teachings of the Quran.
To do so, it is essential to refer to a number of Quranic verses:
1- The Quran confirms that the only sunna is the sunna of God. No where in the Quran is there any mention of a sunna for Muhammad!!!!
"You will find that the sunna of Allah is the only sunna" (33:62….35:43…..48:23)
2- The Quran commands all Muslims to follow the Quran Alone, this command is found in numerous verses, the following are examples:
"These are God's revelations that We recite to you truthfully. In which hadith other than God and His revelations do they believe?" 45:6
"Shall I seek other than God as a source of law, when He has revealed to you this book fully detailed?" 6:114
"This scripture (Quran) has been revealed to you – you shall not harbour doubt about it in your heart – that you may warn with it, and to provide a reminder for the believers. You shall all follow what is revealed to you from your Lord; do not follow any idols besides Him. Rarely do you take heed." 7:2-3
The above Quranic verses confirm the following matters:
a– That the sunna of God is the only sunna.
b– That God commands us to follow the Quran as the only source of religious law.
As a result, we must conclude that in no way would the prophet of God have uttered words against the commands and words of God, neither would he have advocated to have a sunna of his own which the believers should follow.
Immediately, we must discard the hadith that says : "I have left you the Quran and my sunna"
The Quranic words above prove conclusively that the prophet Muhammad could not have ever said such words. This hadith violates the Quran and must be regarded as a fabrication and a lie against the Prophet.
The Quranic words above also confirm that the second hadith may be regarded as authentic since it is in harmony with the words of the Quran.
In accordance with the instructions left by the Prophet as per the second hadith, we find that for the first 200 years after the death of the Prophet the writing of his hadith was prohibited. Historically, the absence of any documented hadith for two whole centuries also confirms that the Prophet never left his people with anything but the Quran, and that the second of the above hadith is the correct one.
We know that out of all the hadith collections regarded as "sahih" (authentic) today, the collection of Al-Bukhari was the first to be documented. But Al-Bukhari was born in the year 194 After Hijrah. For more details about the history of hadith please see the following pages:
True History of hadith 1
True History of hadith 2
The aim of this research is to demonstrate numerous examples of the very clear contradictions between various hadith that are described by the hadith scholars to be "sahih" (authentic) and between the Quran. This will hopefully demonstrate to the reader how the prophet Muhammad is totally innocent of the thousands of fabricated hadith that are falsely attributed to him.
Important Note: It has been the habit of the followers of hadith to try to discredit anyone who questions the authenticity of hadith. Immediately, they would accuse him of not accepting prophet Muhammad as God's messenger, and other equally unfounded accusations! However, if it can be proved that these hadith which they call "sahih" contain an abundance of contradictions with the Quran, then this research in actual fact becomes a genuine defence of the integrity and purity of the prophet Muhammad and not the contrary. This research aims to prove that the prophet Muhammad would never have preached nor taught anything that contradicts the Quran, and this would automatically exonerate him from all such fabricated hadith.
It is not possible to detail all the contradictory hadith as their number is immense, so the following are a good selection of these glaring contradictions, and for convenience purpose, they have been placed in groups.
Original Link: http://www.quran-islam.org/articles/hadith_not_from_prophet_%28P1177%29.html


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Eclipse should work fine on any Linux distribution that has GTK+ 2.2.1 and higher—SWT is based on GTK2—and a 1.4 JRE. Motif versions require Open Motif 2.1, which is included in the Eclipse distribution. Although the Motif distribution has performance comparable to Windows, its clunky appearance makes GTK the widely preferred choice on Linux.
However, the Eclipse development teams are able to perform thorough testing only on a limited set of platforms. Consult the readme included with each Eclipse build for a detailed list of officially supported platforms.
Portability of Eclipse is defined mainly by the underlying Java runtime—Eclipse 3.0 needs a Java 1.4 runtime—and by what platform SWT runs on; namely, all graphical UI in Eclipse are based on SWT. Table 2.1 lists various standard Java runtimes. However, earlier versions of Eclipse have also been compiled with gcj
(http://www.klomp.org/mark/classpath/eclipse-gnome-gij.png) and even made to run on .Net, using IKVM on the CLR or Mono through the amazing work of Jeroen Frijters.
For any given Eclipse build, the supported platforms are listed in the readme file included with the download (readme_eclipse.html in the readme directory).
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This FAQ was originally published in Official Eclipse 3.0 FAQs. Copyright 2004, Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. This text is made available here under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0.


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Oakland, CA – August 8, 2011 – Ancestry.com and the California Genealogical Society (CGS) are partnering to present Ancestry Day in San Francisco 2011 — Saturday, November 5, 2011, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, located at 5 Embarcadero Center on the waterfront near the historic Ferry Building.
This full-day event will help you start or hone your genealogical skills. Explore the world of genealogy, listen to engaging lectures, meet with expert staff and learn about the incredible resources available at Ancestry.com and at the California Genealogical Society Library.
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Registration is open. The "early bird" price (through October 5, 2011) is $42 for the all-day event. To learn more about the classes and consultation offerings, visit Ancestry Day in San Francisco 2011 at http://ancestry.com/ancestryday-sanfrancisco.
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For many trainers and consultants helping people across the globe develop their capacity to lead, young adults and professionals already in the workforce— aspiring leaders and experienced veterans alike—have remained the focus of their leadership development efforts. A notable exception is Dr. Ghassan Al-Saddiki. Along with his colleagues in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, he had experienced great success using The Leadership Challenge and The Student Leadership Challenge in helping leaders on their journey, which prompted him to wonder, "When is the right time to begin learning about leadership? When we look around at the challenges that future generations face, are we starting soon enough to help young people understand and explore their capacity to make a difference in the world?" After much contemplation, the answer was clear: "We should start as early as we can and never stop." And with that as his personal challenge, a non-profit organization was formed, the Benaa Educational Consulting Group, to address the need for creative leadership development opportunities for the young people of Saudi Arabia and throughout the Middle East.
From the beginning, the group's key goal was to build and support a "Culture of Leadership" using The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® as the foundation and the belief that Leadership is Everyone's Business. Dr. Ghassan and his team of educators and leaders have creatively put the power of The Five Practices model to work in age-appropriate ways, ultimately creating a continuous path of leadership development opportunity for emerging leaders ages 5 through 26 and beyond.
- Know yourself, what you care about, and what others around you care about
- Think about the future, and dream for yourself and your world
- Try new things and help others explore with you
- Help others and trust that we all have something of value to contribute
- Have fun and be proud of what you and your friends accomplish together for the good of others
An I Draw My Own Future program also was developed, addressing the needs of 8-10 year olds with a focus on, among other
Having built a record of tremendous success and growth in these two early programs, the Benaa Group sought out new ways to bring the power of The Leadership Challenge and The Student Leadership Challenge to more young people. Their aim was to reach further—both up and down the age ladder—with leadership development opportunities that would help young leaders in Saudi Arabia prepare for their roles tomorrow. And the catalyst for their next venture returned them to a key component of their original mission: to start developing leaders as early as possible. That meant putting their creativity and passion for developing young people into tomorrow's leaders into a program for the very young. I'm a Pioneer and My Values Raise Me Up were developed for both boys and girls, ages 5 – 7 years old, to explore their potential to help others and be leaders in their communities.
Students in this program are encouraged to discover who they are and to develop visions of themselves as future community leaders. They explore career
The Yes, I Can! Program is designed to young people ages 16-17 develop the important skills needed to build and sustain healthy relationships: respect for self as well as respect for others. This year-long program brings together a cohort of 30 participants for a one-time retreat and ongoing sessions (every six weeks) to focus on building competencies in five critical areas, called Keys to Success:
- Harmony
- Organization
- Building trust
- Perseverance
- Resilience
One of the last programs on the Benaa Group's continuum of leadership development is Youth Leadership, designed to help emerging young leaders at University, ages 18-19, continue to discover and practice their leadership "presence." To further customize these programs for young adults, Benaa's leadership team helped create translated workshop and assessment materials so that this unique leadership development experience could be delivered in the students' second language, Arabic, as well as in English.
The Benaa Group's Commitment to Developing Tomorrow's Leaders
Woven into all of the Benaa Group's leadership development training is a dedicated focus on personal development. All programs are grounded in a strong belief that young people must have time to discover who they are, what they value, what their strengths and skills are. They must have the time and support to discover what their commitment to leadership will be and in what ways they will give back and contribute to their communities. They also must have time to develop a meaningful career and a meaning personal life. And the Benaa Group makes this pathway clear to all who participate in its programs—students and faculty alike—so that everyone is aligned with a common vision of success. The group's focus on continuous development includes its most recent efforts to develop a strong team of Certified Facilitators for both The Leadership Challenge and The Student Leadership Challenge who are dedicated to bringing The Five Practices into the organizations they serve throughout the Middle East with ongoing professional development opportunities for those just beginning, mid-way, or well established in their careers.
The Benaa Group sees a compelling dream of the future—one where all people are given a clear path to explore and discover their innate capacity to lead and serve others—and it continues to be committed to building the bridges necessary to connect one opportunity to the next…to the next.
Beth High is President of HighRoad Consulting, an organizational consulting and program design company. She also is a Certified Master of The Leadership Challenge, an LPI coach, speaker, and Managing Partner of HRC Partners LLC, a company focused on virtual delivery and follow up of LPI-based programs. She can be reached at email@example.com.
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A lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is performed in your lower back, in the lumbar region. During a lumbar puncture, a needle is inserted between two lumbar bones (vertebrae) to remove a sample of cerebrospinal fluid. This is the fluid that surrounds your brain and spinal cord to protect them from injury.
A lumbar puncture can help diagnose serious infections, such as meningitis; other disorders of the central nervous system, such as Guillain-Barre syndrome and multiple sclerosis; or cancers of the brain or spinal cord. Sometimes doctors use lumbar punctures to inject anesthetic medications or chemotherapy drugs into the cerebrospinal fluid.
A lumbar puncture may be done to:
Information gathered from a lumbar puncture can help diagnose:
Though lumbar punctures are generally recognized as safe, they do carry some risks. These include:
Post-lumbar puncture headache. Up to 25 percent of people who have undergone a lumbar puncture develop a headache afterward due to a leak of fluid into nearby tissues.
The headache typically starts several hours up to two days after the procedure and may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting and dizziness. The headaches are usually present when sitting or standing and resolve after lying down. Post-lumbar puncture headaches can last from a few hours to a week or more.
Brainstem herniation. Increased pressure within the skull (intracranial), due to a brain tumor or other space-occupying lesion, can lead to compression of the brainstem after a sample of cerebrospinal fluid is removed.
A computerized tomography (CT) scan or MRI prior to a lumbar puncture can be obtained to determine if there is evidence of a space-occupying lesion that results in increased intracranial pressure. This complication is rare.
Before your lumbar puncture, your doctor asks questions about your medical history, does a physical exam, and orders blood tests to check if you have any bleeding or clotting disorders. Your doctor may also recommend a CT scan or MRI to determine if you have any abnormal swelling in or around your brain.
Your doctor will give you specific instructions about food, drink and medications. You'll likely be asked not to eat or drink anything after midnight before your procedure.
Tell your doctor if you're taking blood-thinning or other anticoagulant medications. Examples include warfarin (Coumadin, Jantoven), clopidogrel (Plavix), and some over-the-counter pain relievers such as aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB, others) or naproxen sodium (Aleve). Also, tell your doctor if you're allergic to any medications, such as numbing medications (local anesthetics).
A lumbar puncture is usually done in an outpatient facility or a hospital. Your doctor will talk to you about the potential risks, and any discomfort you might feel during the procedure.
If a child is having a lumbar puncture, a parent is usually allowed to stay in the room. Talk to your child's doctor about whether this will be possible.
You're asked to change into a hospital gown. There are a few possible positions for this test. Usually, you lie on your side with your knees drawn up to your chest, or you sit and lean forward on a stable surface. These positions flex your back, widening the spaces between your vertebrae and making it easier for your doctor to insert the needle.
For an infant or young child, someone will hold the child in position during the procedure.
Your back is washed with antiseptic soap or iodine and covered with a sterile sheet.
The procedure usually lasts about 45 minutes. Your doctor may suggest lying down after the procedure.
Sometimes, an ultrasound may be used as a guide during the procedure on infants and young children. The ultrasound can help prevent inserting the needle too far.
The spinal fluid samples are sent to a laboratory for analysis. Lab technicians check for a number of things when examining spinal fluid, including:
Lab results are combined with information obtained during the test, such as spinal fluid pressure, to help establish a possible diagnosis.
Your health care provider generally gives you the results within a few days, but it could take longer. Ask your doctor when he or she expects to receive the results of your test.
Write down questions that you want to ask your doctor. Don't hesitate to ask questions during your visit. Questions you may want to ask include:
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Advanced Computers needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 38 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
Advanced Computer Systems Limited
'ACS' are an 8 year old company that primarily deal with IT Support for businesses within the UK and a few international clients.
We have many prestige clients (Football clubs, international statistics company.. etc..) so it is important to ACS to maintain a corporate image throughout all advertising media.
Our current logo can be seen on http://www.advancedcomputers.co.uk, we would like to stay within the same colour scheme (range) for this icon set required.
Within recent years we have realised that many existing clients do not know of the other services that ACS can offer.
These icons will provide a graphical representation of these services offered. We will be using them on our website, vehicle signage, business portfolio, PDF flyers, emails signatures etc..
Explanation of Icons required (no icon title required) We need to represent the following services offered by ACS in a uniform set of icons:
1 - IT Hardware and Software Support (onsite and remote)
2 - IT Business Continuity (disaster recovery planning)
3 - Malware Control (anti spam, virus, trojans etc.)
4 - IT Consultation
5 - Online Shop
6 - IT Auditing & Asset Mangement (Tracking and tracing IT hardware and software)
7 - Cloud Computing (online application service providers)
8 - Software Licensing sales
9 - Website designs
10 - Bespoke systems (whatever the client asks us to do)
11 - Telephone systems (VOIP, PSTN, ISDN..etc)
12 - Internet Communications (ADSL, SDSL, Leased Lines...etc)
13 - Existing systems upgrade (Server upgrades, migrations, installations .. ect)
The icons will need to be sizeable (Aspect ratio maintained) for all printing applications.
Colours should be within the corporate colour range.
I like http://99designs.com/contests/22612…0#entry-29 with the borders (this creates a uniform look) - I would prefer circles or something rather than squares but please be creative. Thankyou


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Career & college-ready students possess the skills necessary to earn a self-sustaining wage and participate in postsecondary opportunities without remediation.
This means that they:
- Use technology and tools strategically in learning and communicating
- Use argument and reasoning to do research, construct arguments, and critique the reasoning of others
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with a variety of audiences
- Solve problems, construct explanations and design solutions
These characteristics of career & college-ready students are evident within all of the academic standards, including the arts and the CTE Career Ready Practices. Students that are career & college-ready are provided with opportunities throughout their K-12 education to use technology and tools; engage in argument, reasoning, and problem solving; and to communicate and collaborate.


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Toshiba has over 40 years of experience in photocouplers, which have been used for a variety of applications, ranging from industrial equipment such as inverters and semiconductor test systems to home appliances and housing equipment such as air conditioners and photovoltaic power generation systems.
Toshiba offers photocouplers that consist of a high-power infrared LED coupled with a photodetector fabricated using the latest process. Certified to major international safety standards, these photocouplers provide high isolation voltage, as well as low power consumption, making them ideal for applications that require enhanced safety and environmental friendliness.
1. Operating temperature range of up to 125°C due to the use of a high-power infrared LED, and low LED current
Toshiba has developed new high-power infrared LEDs with a multi-quantum well (MQW) structure, which are being leveraged across various types of photocouplers such as IC-output and transistor-output photocouplers. Due to the use of a high-reliability design for the MQW LEDs, these photocouplers combine the operating temperature range of up to 125°C, the industry's highest level for insulating devices, and long service life. In the recommended product list, photocouplers that support an operating temperature (Topr) of up to 125°C are marked with thesymbol.
Toshiba also offers an extensive lineup of photocouplers with an LED current as low as 1 mA by leveraging the characteristics of high-power LEDs. These photocouplers can be directly driven by a microcontroller without an intervening buffer and help reduce system power consumption.
2. Packages with reinforced insulation
Toshiba offers a wide range of packages with reinforced insulation that are compliant with major international safety standards. With guaranteed clearance and creepage distances of 5 mm and an internal isolation thickness of 0.4 mm, the small surface-mount SO6 package is more stable in isolation performance than other isolation solutions. The EN60747-5-5 standard specifies a maximum operating insulation voltage of 707 V; photocouplers compliant with EN60747-5-5 can be used as replacements for some of their predecessors housed in conventional DIP packages. Designed for flow soldering, these photocouplers make it possible to use common parts across different product lines and save board space.
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Can Chiropractic Help Dysmenorrhea?
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Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is a very common gynecological disorder affecting 84.1% of women during childbearing age. The most common symptoms of PD include lower abdominal pain that can radiate to both thighs and/or to the low back. Other symptoms include tiredness, headache, nausea, constipation, and diarrhea. The condition precedes menstruation (in the absence of any [..]


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Yellow Square Corporation is a family corporation established in 1999. The company is founded on the principles of hard work, dedication and commitment. After 12 years, Yellow Square Corporation continues to maintain a standard of excellence in safety, job quality, employee relations, and community involvement.
Yellow Square Corporation provides full-service general contracting services for clients in the commercial and public building sector. We know the industry, and we know how to skillfully complete your project to your specifications, timeline and budget, so if you are interested in an estimate from our company or would like more information feel free to contact us - we would be more than happy to assist you.
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Anyone seen the 6" Avengers at Wal Mart? I'd like to get a set...my Wal Mart looked like a bomb went off in the toy aisle today...even though it is a Super Store, for some reason they don't carry all toys and never ever have many of the exclusives...**** I hate Wal*Mart
I haven't seen them mentioned; if so I missed it and am being redundant, but I saw some Avengers 4 Packs exclusive to Wal Mart. There were two sets; one with Black Widow, Cap, Thor, and Iron Man, and another with Hulk, Loki (version from the Frost Giant set), Hawkeye, and another Iron Man. I picked up the Hulk one for the Hulk and the Loki.
Thanks to user Slizer at Rebelscum we now know this will be a TRU exclusive. See linky for proof:http://www.facebook.com/ToysRUsCanada/app_332786446780483click exclusives in the lower right hand corner and it will show a pic
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FWPPD nab snowboard thieves
The Fraser/Winter Park Police Department, working in conjunction with security staff from Winter Park Resort, have solved the thefts of 17 snowboards.
The investigation began in January, when six Never Summer snowboards were stolen from the Mary Jane base area during the course of two days. On March 18, Officer Sean Curran responded to the same location on a report of an additional snowboard theft. While speaking with the victim, Officer Curran was contacted by another victim who reported that his snowboard had been stolen as well, and that he had found the board along with several others inside a Honda Odyssey parked in the nearby lot.
Officers subsequently contacted the owner of the vehicle and a companion. After questioning, the two suspects admitted to stealing several snowboards that day, as well as another six snowboards the previous weekend. The suspects also admitted to the thefts that had occurred in January.
While the suspects admitted to selling most of the snowboards on Craigslist, they were still in possession of one of the boards that had been previously reported stolen. The suspects then directed officers to their hotel room where a third suspect and six stolen snowboards were located.
All three suspects, who are from Oklahoma, were arrested and transported to the Grand County Jail where they were booked for investigation of felony theft and conspiracy to commit theft. Bond has been set at $10,000.
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Ringo88 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 75 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
Playball Co. (Playball Corporation)
We specialise in sourcing and manufacturing products in a wide range of fields, such as garments and homeware. We source our products from around the world, and we provide our clients product design services from initial concept to the finished product. We provide the ultimate sourcing solution for our clients.
Buyers who want to have products sourced and developed overseas.
We source products from around the world with consistent quality and at competitive prices.
We are looking for a logo to represent our company – Playball Co.
Our tag line is "The Ultimate Sourcing Solution".
Logo Style:
We would like our logo to be clean, clear and simple.
Logo should reflect the idea of sourcing and the tag line.
Tag line must be part of the logo.
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.
Three colours maximum (Four if necessary).
No fluorescent colours.
We would like the colours to be similar to our current logo, please see attached file.
The logo will be use on all Playball Co.'s marketing materials, from business cards to signage. Therefore the logo should look good whether scaled up or down, and not lose any of the details.
We require the original Illustrator file to allow us to freely resize the logo and convert to web file formats when necessary.
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Official Submission PageThe holidays aren't complete without that special family recipe. Archives wants to celebrate your family's favorite holiday recipes. Between now and 12:00pm (PST) on December 21, 2012, enter the Archives Family Recipe Contest for a chance to win great prizes:
- 1st Prize: $300
- 2nd Prize: $200
- 3rd Prize: $100
Entering is easy. Click here for the official submission page and enter your family's recipe and the story about why the recipe is so special. Was this what Grandma always saved her pennies for so she could get all of the ingredients? Is it one of those wacky recipes that nobody actually eats, but makes people disappointed if it isn't on the table?
Entries will be judged on uniqueness, creativity, and the family story behind the recipe. Full contest rules can be found here: Official Rules Page.
These special foods are not only tasty, but they bring back wonderful memories of holidays past and the people who made them before us. They are a part of our families' histories.
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A global nuclear war has left the world in ruins. There are no laws, and no authority to enforce them. It is a world in which violence rules and only the strong survive. Amidst the chaos, gangs emerged as the new elite. Several gangs eventually joined together to form a larger organization known as the Shadow Warriors, which seized control of the city and now rules it with an iron fist.
On the outskirts of town, twin brothers Jimmy Lee and Billy Lee contemplate their future in the aftermath of the war. Their beloved Kung Fu gym is now nothing but rubble.
Although they managed to survive the cataclysmic event, they were left with nothing but their martial arts abilities. And so, the two brothers practiced their Sou-Setsu-Ken training day and night.
But one day, Billy's girlfriend Marian is kidnapped off of the streets, and the brothers receive a letter. It reads, "We have Marian. If you want to see her again, bring us the secret book of Sou-Setsu-Ken by 10a.m. tomorrow morning." Billy is both angry and confused by the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend. Little does he know that his own brother also has feelings for Marion...
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- All new game modes created specifically for this enhanced version, including a two player cooperative mode, vs. mode and a one player mode where you can control both brothers with the aid of the computer.
- Double Dragon Dojo Survival mode will let you test your skills against an unending number of enemies. Play alone or with a friend!
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Football nail art
Are you ready for some football!?
I'm sorry…I couldn't help it! Both the college and pro football seasons are right around the corner and I couldn't be more excited. To celebrate the occasion it only seemed right to do a little nail art.
To create this manicure I did the same DIY Velvet Manicure as I did for my Tennis Ball manicure. I used Essie Mojito Madness as a base and lime colored flocking powder to create the "grass". Once I did the velvet manicure I used a Q-Tip with acetone to remove the green on my pointer finger so I could add a football. Color Club Charity Ball is a perfect football color!
I realize this isn't the most wearable manicure. So, below the jump I did a more wearable version. There are also more swatches below the jump!
Are you excited for football season? If so, what teams do you cheer for?