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St. Andrew's Church Jubilee Building
Location: OXFORD
Architect: MEB ARCHITECTS
PROJECT VALUE: £2.4m
The Jubilee Building provides St Andrews with much-needed additional community space. The new steel structure is independent of the church building and is supported on piled foundations.
The 3D structural model was designed using Tekla and synchronised with the architect's 3D Revit model, with care taken to ensure full coordination between structure, architecture and building services. Our model was used to develop fly-through animations to help stakeholders understand the proposals and provided the basis for steel fabrication drawings.
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1Rinse split peas until water until water runs clear
2No need to pre-soak peas
3Add rinsed peas to slow cooker
4Add onion and bacon/ham chunks
5Add water - water it takes to fill your slow cooker to approx 1 inch from the top
6I used 6 cups in a 6L slow cooker
7Cook on HIGH for approx 8hrs
8Stir occasionally during cooking time.
1Serve with crusty bread rolls
2Peas will often appear still formed until the final 2hrs of cooking when they will be broken down and form that thick, delicious kind of soup you can almost stand your spoon up in!
3Freezes well
Submitted by Paulene Christie
24 Reviews
Lisa Morris
January 15, 2019
I made this last week but only did half the recipe in a small slow cooker. I needed more water (more than half the recipe) but boy oh boy it was a success. My first ever pea and ham soup – so thank you for sharing an amazingly easy no fail recipe. Does not require salting after cooking. Hot Ciabatta bread on the side 🍞
Jackie Raavel
July 9, 2018
Thank you so much for this recipe Pauline.- I have never managed to get close to the pea & ham soup that my mum used to make until I found this recipe. Best pea and ham soup ever – family & friends love it
July 6, 2018
Perfect Pea & Ham soup!!! I added 2 hocks for extra meat & blitz it .. kids had 3 bowls & still enough leftover!! Perfect for a rainy day meal!!!
LeS Richardson
June 22, 2018
Love this soup and freeze 5 extra meals
Tracey Davies
May 30, 2018
Rich & insanely thick.
Super Y U M M Y!
May 28, 2018
Loved this one. Next time I'll probably remove the fat off my hock and add another as the fat was a bit yuck when eating it and I found I needed more meat. ☺
Ann Noonan
May 24, 2018
Made this today ……I can see why it's your favourite …..delicious thank you
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
May 3, 2018
The more you have the better then flavour so I'd do whatever fits in your cooker really 🙂
Then take the meat off the bone towards the end 🙂
May 2, 2018
I'm super keen to try this for my hubby, sorry if this is a stupid question but how do I know how much / many back bones to buy? If you need 1kg of meat off the bone, wont the weight shown on the packaging include the weight of the bone?
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
March 29, 2018
Sure 🙂
Add them from the start
Susan Young
March 24, 2018
I want to add carrots and celery, maybe a hint of garlic..?
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
January 7, 2018
Absolutely lol
1 packet is all you'll need for one that size
January 4, 2018
Did try this recipe once using 2pkts split peas and I could have used mixture for a stepping stone lol it was so thick couldnt even cut it with a hacksaw lol. Then realise my cooker was only a 4.5L so I'm thinking I only need 1 Pkt of peas. Have to say though the smell was devine😀
Bob Lewis
June 7, 2017
Thank you for A great recipe I love pea and ham soup and I tried this recipe and just loved and I froze some for later but it is all gone now . will surely cook this again this winter
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
May 16, 2017
Sure 🙂
If you are happy to cook overnight it would easily cook that long nice and low
May 15, 2017
Could I do this on low overnight?
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
April 14, 2017
Sure you could 🙂
Ann noonan
April 11, 2017
Am I able to use a smoked Hock instead of the bacon in this recipe?
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
February 14, 2017
I find it salty enough due to the ham but I like to add any further seasoning after serving if you think it's needed 🙂
February 13, 2017
Thanks for this recipe, I'm going to make it tomorrow. Just wondering about seasoning, salt,pepper etc. Would you add any during cooking or just to serve?
Thanks again i5s my granddads fav from his childhood so can't wait to make it for him xx
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
July 22, 2016
Thank you for such lovely feedback! 🙂
July 21, 2016
Made this for the other half. Never made it before but told him I bet I can make it as good as your favourite restaurant. Apparently it was pretty much just as good as theirs so I'm claiming a win.
It was beautifully thick and oh so flavoursome no salt was needed it had enough naturally. I did however add a hock as well as bacon pieces.
With crusty buns and real butter it was an ultimate comfort meal that had my better half and I wanting to just sit and vegetate after dinner pure delicious old school comfort food.
sara busbridge
June 29, 2016
I am making this tonight should be ready for lunch tomorrow
Dot Brooks
May 3, 2016
I intend to make this soup the next time my lawn mower man comes. He mows for free so I feed him & he loves pea & ham soup. He is hard to fill up, so I'll be adding carrots and potatoes to this recipe. And some crunchy rolls with yummy butter. But your recipe for a base.
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FEEDBOXES are autonomous sound toys that play along with you - CDM Create Digital Music
december 2016 by infovore
Both the feedboxes, and the earlier feedback synth, are delightful. Something really nice going on inside this - the simple physical affordances of microphones becoming a playable part of an instrument.pd music electronics instruments feedback
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Maniacal Rage: Reading post
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"Apple is creating an ecosystem of the kind of customers I don't want. With the ridiculous approval process leaving bugfixes to take over a week to show up, with prices being driven down to nothing by farting apps… it just feels hostile to me. While I have plenty of great customers who have been raving about the app, all it takes is one little issue and it all comes crashing down." Sad, really.iphone application development feedback customersatisfaction process apple
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Failure and Learning | A Games Design Blog
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"You don't need to be able to lose for a game to be enjoyable or challenging. You just need to be able to fail." Some good notes on the purpose of failure in games, and how to sensibly work failure as a mechanic into games without irritating players.design games play learning progress failure feedback
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Even if you're not a client, through the weekly shares, I want to contribute meaningfully to your life and one way to do that is to support you to become a doer, too. Think about and strategize, yes, but not too long. 🙂
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NEWS and EVENTS
For more information on closures and diversions please go to : www.northyorks.gov.uk
The public footpath from Northfield to the riverbank (35.5/8/1) was closed from 3rd September to 2nd March 2019 to allow construction of a road access into the development site to the rear of River View. The closure has been extended to 2nd September.
An alternative route will be signposted.
All enquiries to : Andrew Tute, Barratt homes, 6 Alpha Court, Monks Cross Drive, York, Y032 9WN or phone 01904 617268.
NY Police have a Fraud Awareness page on Facebook with advice and safeguarding information plus events happening in this area. It is open to anyone with a Facebook account.
Search 'North Yorkshire Police Fraud Awareness'.
Held on the second Tuesday of each Month from 2.30 - 4.30 p.m. at Barlby Library and Community Hub.
Teas, coffee and cake. Drop in for a chat with friends and family. All welcome.
The following issues will be raised with relevant authorities/organisations :
Inconsiderate Parking
Parking on yellow lines
Dog fouling
Overgrown Public Rights of Way
A free weekly recording of local news, in Selby and the surrounding area, (on a USB stick and with a box to enable users to play the stick) is available by Freepost to people unable to read the news due to loss of impairment of sight.
Please call the message line on 0844 811 8425 and leave your name, address and phone number. A team member will then contact you to make arrangements for you to receive Talking News.
AGE UK - Drop in Centre
There is to be a change of venue from Wistow to the Age UK Tea Room in Selby later in September, day and times to be confirmed.
For more information or to book please phone 704115.
Age UK also operates a weekly door to door shopping service for Barlby residents. Picks up every Friday and visits Tesco and Morrisons.
This is a new project that makes free support available to ex-members of the armed forces, aged over 65. The Energy Doctor (Kate Urwin) can make home energy visits to help with utility bills and heating and other partners are offering a range of activities and days out. To date there have been nearly £10,000 savings on utility bills.
To find out more about the project or to refer a veteran for support you can call Community First Yorkshire on 01904 704 177 or contact the Energy Doctor on 07738 818391.
Held on the 1st Tuesday of each Month from 6.30 p.m. at Barlby Library and Community Hub. A small subscription is payable to cover expenses.
The next meeting will be on 1st October.
BARLBY and OSGODBY 'Yesterday and Today'The book proved to be so popular that we SOLD OUT.
Due to popular demand the book has now been REPRINTED and is available to buy at £10.00 per copy. If you would like a copy - please call in to Barlby Library and Community Hub.
Download poster here.
The book was painstakingly compiled and presented to the Town Council by Mr Roland Chilvers.
Other local publications subject to availability. Please check with Reception.
STREETLIGHT REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME See Streetlights section for more details.
The Town Council is in the process of replacing old 'yellow' street lighting with brighter LED's following advice that parts for the old lights will soon be unavailable. The new lights also require less maintenance.
For a list of lights that belong to the Town Council please go to the Streetlights page.
SELBY GLOBE CINEMA - Screenings at Selby Town Hall
Monday 9th at 2.30 p.m. FISHERMAN'S FRIENDS at Eggborough Methodist
Friday 13th at 7.30 p.m. TOLKIEN at Old Girls School, Sherburn
Monday 16th at 7.30 p.m The KEEPER at Selby Town Hall
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For more information please contact Selby Globe Cinema on 708449 or visit www.selbyglobe.co.uk.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FORUM MEETINGSEastern Area CEF Meeting dates are available on the Selby District Council website where the CEF's have their own dedicated page.
Funding is available for Community Groups. Applications must meet several objectives in the CDP, such as providing benefits for a group in the Eastern Area and also include a Community consultation.
To download the application forms please go to : www.selby.gov.uk
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Cup, ring and groove marked rock 2m south of north wall of Gab Wood 330m E of Moseley Farm, Cookridge
- Heritage Category:
- Scheduled Monument
- List Entry Number:
- 1015108
- Date first listed:
- 04-Sep-1996
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The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Leeds (Metropolitan Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
Reasons for Designation
Prehistoric rock art is found on natural rock outcrops in many areas of upland
Britain. It is especially common in the north of England in Northumberland,
Durham and North and West Yorkshire. The most common form of decoration is the
`cup and ring' marking where expanses of small cup-like hollows are pecked
into the surface of the rock. These cups may be surrounded by one or more
`rings'. Single pecked lines extending from the cup through the `rings' may
also exist, providing the design with a `tail'. Other shapes and patterns also
occur, but are less frequent. Carvings may occur singly, in small groups, or
may cover extensive areas of rock surface. They date to the Late Neolithic and
Bronze Age periods (2800-c.500 BC) and provide one of our most important
insights into prehistoric `art'. The exact meaning of the designs remains
unknown, but they may be interpreted as sacred or religious symbols.
Frequently they are found close to contemporary burial monuments and the
symbols are also found on portable stones placed directly next to burials or
incorporated in burial mounds. Around 800 examples of prehistoric rock-art
have been recorded in England. This is unlikely to be a realistic reflection
of the number carved in prehistory. Many will have been overgrown or destroyed
in activities such as quarrying. All positively identified prehistoric rock
art sites exhibiting a significant group of designs will normally be
identified as nationally important.
The carving on this rock survives well and forms an important part of the prehistoric landscape of the Aire valley where a number of outliers from the main concentration of carved rocks on Rombalds Moor are located.
The monument includes a carved gritstone rock, 2.3m by 1.4m by 0.75m. It is
situated in Gab Wood, at Cookridge. It is 23m west of the gate at the north
side of the wood, and 2m south of the north boundary wall of the wood. The
gate is 129m east of a hedgeline on the other side of the track, which is at a
corner in the track. An accurate National Grid Reference for the rock is
The carving consists of four very large shallow cups near the centre of the
rock, arranged round a cup with a probable double ring; these rings could be a
spiral, but they are incomplete. To the south of these are at least six cups,
with now indistinct connecting grooves. At the north end of the rock are 17
smaller cups, at least one of which has a single ring, and grooves forming a
MAP EXTRACT The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract. It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features, considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 29149
- Legacy System:
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
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In The Bleak Midwinter
I love discovering new Christmas music. As the praise leader of a baptist church, I was accustomed to singing the common songs that everyone expected. I was thankfully paired with musicians who would allow me to fiddle with songs and pianists to teach me new songs.
Over the course of those five years, I learned a number of new songs. My joy for discovering new music has been growing ever since. It is a phenomenal experience to "discover" a song once popular centuries (or even mere decades) ago. Beautiful gems are lost in the girth of commercialized favorites. One such new discovery is "In the Bleak Midwinter."
A Christmas poem from Christina Rossetti, the words were set to music and included in a couple hymnals. The poem starts out like a dystopian panorama,
"In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago."
The first time I heard the song, the dramatic emphasis of "snow on snow, snow on snow" struck me as foreign — we don't get much snow in Austin, Texas. And yet, I could feel it. A darkness of iron, stone, and creation moaning. While most renditions of the song proceed to the fourth and fifth verse, it is the simpleness of the second and third that make the song valuable to me,
"Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him
Nor earth sustain;
Heaven and earth shall flee away
When He comes to reign:
In the bleak mid-winter
A stable-place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty,
Jesus Christ.
Enough for Him, whom cherubim
Worship night and day,
A breastful of milk,
And a mangerful of hay;
Enough for Him, whom angels
Fall down before,
The ox and ass and camel
Which adore."
There in the midst of this bleak outlook comes God. Can you feel the terror of heaven and earth fleeing in the incarnation? Or like the gospel narrative are you stunned to see "A stable-place sufficed The Lord God Almighty?" This is the Christmas miracle. Always in a rush to get to the cross, we refuse to acknowledge that God deemed this necessary. This humility was not merely for our instruction but necessary for our salvation. Make no mistake, the baby in the manger is the Son of God committed to the war path of death. But the Son of God suffering on the cross was also the baby dependent on "a breastful of milk."
The rest of the song is a beautiful parade of gifts presented to Jesus,
"Enough for Him, whom cherubim
Worship night and day,
A breastful of milk,
And a mangerful of hay;
Enough for Him, whom angels
Fall down before,
The ox and ass and camel
Which adore.
Angels and archangels
May have gathered there,
Cherubim and seraphim
Thronged the air -
But only His mother
In her maiden bliss
Worshipped the Beloved
With a kiss.
What can I give Him,
Poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd
I would bring a lamb;
If I were a wise man
I would do my part;
Yet what I can, I give Him -
Give my heart."
The creative license of Mary worshiping Christ with a kissing is moving. The image of a pacified Christ being adored by the angels requires us to acknowledge the fullness of the incarnation.
All in all, In the Bleak Midwinter does not provide some deep Christian theology or truth. Just a quiet, sober reminder of the state of earth (in its darkness) and the state of Christ (in His infancy) at the dawn of "Christmas." That makes for a good song.


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PanCancer Atlas Provides Genomic Analysis of 33 Types of Cancers
Revelations offer a different way to view tumors and, ultimately, develop treatments
(From the June 2018 issue of Research Now)
Cancers have traditionally been classified by where they start — breast cancer or colon cancer — but the recently completed PanCancer Atlas is a different way to look at tumors.
"The PanCancer Atlas looks across cancers and compares lung cancer to breast cancer to testicular cancer to find commonalities in their cells of origin, oncogenic processes and oncogenic pathways," says Julie Gastier-Foster, PhD, a senior director at the Institute of Genomic Medicine, vice chair of Laboratory Genetics in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and atlas contributor.
Nationwide Children's Biospecimen Core Resource (BCR), which Dr. Gastier-Foster oversees, is the center that accepted, managed and distributed tumor samples, healthy tissue samples and clinical data from more than 10,000 cancer patients to National Institutes of Health-funded researchers.
To increase quality and efficiency, the BCR optimized a nucleic acid extraction method to obtain DNA and RNA from the same tissue.
BCR faculty also developed an identity panel, a $20 test that prevented them from sending tissue from the same tumor out for genomic sequencing twice. Sequencing a sample cost $25,000 to $30,000 and with so many specimens to manage, mistakes occasionally occurred and occasionally two tissue suppliers submitted tumor samples from the same person.
Researchers at institutions across the United States performed detailed analyses of the genomic, molecular, imaging and clinical data and discovered commonalities and associations.
The results suggest that, independent of where the tumors originated, 33 tumor types could be reclassified as 28 types, or "clusters," based on their cellular and genetic makeup.
"Breast cancer, ovarian cancer and cervical cancer overlap — we don't know why — but it can be that one drug can work for multiple tumor types," says Dr. Gastier-Foster, who is also a clinical professor of pediatrics and pathology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Among their findings, atlas researchers suggest:
- Tumor types cluster by their possible cells of origin
- Inherited and acquired mutations, influence of the tumor's underlying genome and epigenome on gene and protein expression, and the interplay of tumor and immune cells are critical to cancer development and progression
- Patterns of cancer vulnerabilities may be found in genomic alterations in the signaling pathways that control cell cycles, growth and death
These findings, NIH officials say, will aid in the development of further studies and treatments.
Dr. Gastier-Foster says the benefits to patients can take several years but insights provided by detailed genomics studies pay off.
She pointed to a study co-led by Shalini Reshmi, PhD, a clinical director within the Institute for Genomic Medicine. Dr. Reshmi and colleagues here and across North America, including Dr. Gastier-Foster, characterized the genomic alterations from more than 1,300 children with Philadelphia chromosome-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). From the information, oncologists now use targeted therapies.
Children, adolescents and young adults with this aggressive form of ALL have traditionally suffered very poor outcomes. Now, "every time we identify this in a child, their prognosis for survival jumps from 20 percent to 70 to 80 percent," Dr. Gastier-Foster says. "That's why we do this work."
The PanCancer Atlas is published as a collection of 27 papers in Cell and related journals, summing up the work of The Cancer Genome Atlas, more than 30 cancer-specific papers published during the last decade (with more to come).
All the information from the PanCancer Atlas is now available to researchers through the National Cancer Institute's Genomic Data Commons repository.


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Why Master Planning Adds Value
When infrastructure planning precedes master planning you get situations like the image above. How about situations where entire zones are poorly planned?
Infrastructure planning
Infrastructure planning is thinking about highways, roads, water reticulation, substations, power reticulation, treatment plants, sewer pipes, pumping stations, storm water drainage, ICT networks.
And master planning? Mind you, it is not just about fancy images of development plans.
Master planning
Master planning takes a holistic development view. A broad spectrum of important issues are considered. People, Environment, Markets, Community Development, Accessibility, Infrastructure, Energy Efficiency, Development Guidelines, Landscape, Facilities Management, Phasing and Roll-out Strategies, Maximizing Development Margin and more.
Now you understand why it's called 'master' planning?
Infrastructure planning without master planning is applying infrastructure capital ineffectively
Why? Because you don't get the best value from your infrastructure investment. If infrastructure investment is a forgone conclusion why not put in place a comprehensive master plan as well? The infrastructure cost is not very different with or without a master plan. You are still required to service the same number of households, hotel rooms and commercial floor area. With the help of a master plan you get to lay out and roll out the infrastructure with the intention of maximizing long term value – as developer returns and municipal revenue.
Think about it this way. Would you engage a builder/contractor alone to design-build your 5-star resort hotel? The result will be functional but not compelling. How does the hotel architect add value?
It's no different for resort destination development. Only at a different scale.


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The earlier view is across the swimming pool to the Mediterranean looking south from the 'Luxury Pool Apartment at Villa Seburga' which is located in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Cote d'Azur, France. The geographic location is about 12 kilometres from Nice Airport. Here is an additional view from the terraces to the west. You can see for up to 50 kilometres towards Cannes and the lower foothills of the Alpes-Maritimes.
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To create a new chat, first sign in and then click on the Create Chat link in the header. Enter a chat name and a start time, and press the "Create Chat" button.
Chats will automatically start at the date and time specified when the chat was created. However you can manually start the chat prior to this time. You can also choose to Open the Message Queue prior to the start of the chat, allowing users to submit questions before the chat begins.
YES, you can create JotCast chats for free with our Basic plan. This will limit the number of users who can enter your chats, as well as the number of reader minutes you can use per monthly billing cycle.
You can upgrade your service level at any time if you wish to increase your monthly limits.
Reader Minutes represent the total amount of time your users can spend in your chats per monthly billing cycle. For example, if 100 users join your chat for 5 minutes, then 500 reader minutes will be deducted from your account.
Basic (free) account are allotted 1,000 reader minutes per billing cycle, while Professional accounts have 200,000. Non-Basic accounts can exceed their reader minute allotment, but will be charged an additional amount for extra minutes based on their service level pricing.
You can also configure monthly spending limits in the Account Overview section.
After you create a chat you will be given HTML code that you can place directly onto your website. You can use the provided iframe HTML code to include the chat anywhere on your site, or link directly to ours!
If you know the username of your readers, you can have it automatically set for them in the chat by making a slight modification to our embed code.
Embedding as an iframe
If you're embedding the chat as an iframe in your website, you'll need to make a small change to the src parameter of your chat's embed code. Let's use the embed code for our Theme Configuration chat as an example.
src='https://www.jotcast.com/embed/chat/theme-configuration-3159' id='jotcast-embedded-content-3159' style='width:600px; height:600px; max-width:100%; max-height:100%;' frameBorder='0' allowTransparency='true' allowfullscreen='true'
The src parameter to embed this chat is https://www.jotcast.com/embed/chat/theme-configuration-3159. If we want to embed this chat for a user named John Smith, we'd instead use the following URL: https://www.jotcast.com/embed/chat/theme-configuration-3159/externalUsername/John%20Smith. You can see the updated embed code below:
src='https://www.jotcast.com/embed/chat/theme-configuration-3159/externalUsername/John%20Smith' id='jotcast-embedded-content-3159' style='width:600px; height:600px; max-width:100%; max-height:100%;' frameBorder='0' allowTransparency='true' allowfullscreen='true'
Embedding as a link
If you're linking to a chat from your website, you'll need to make a small change to the href parameter of your chat's embed code. Let's use the embed code for our Theme Configuration chat as an example.
href="https://www.jotcast.com/chat/theme-configuration-3159.html" target="_blank">Click here to join Theme Configuration
The href parameter to link to this chat is https://www.jotcast.com/chat/theme-configuration-3159.html. If we want to link to this chat for a user named John Smith, we'd instead use the following URL: https://www.jotcast.com/chat/theme-configuration-3159.html?externalUsername=John%20Smith. You can see the updated embed code below:
href="https://www.jotcast.com/chat/theme-configuration-3159.html?externalUsername=John%20Smith" target="_blank">Click here to join Theme Configuration
You can add additional moderators to your chat by going to My Chats and clicking on the moderators icon next to the chat. From here you can search for other registered users by their email address to add them as a moderator.
The number of moderators you can add to each chat will depend on your Service Level.
Chat Features
You can publish or reject a moderator queue message by clicking on the and buttons.
Published and rejected messages do not appear in the Community Discussion board after the chat ends. It is also possible to delete messages after they've been published, and publish rejected messages.
You can block/unblock users from a moderator queue message by pressing the / buttons. This will prevent the user from submitting additional messages to the queue, but the user will not be notified that they have been blocked.
When a user is blocked, the block button will appear enabled for all messages that were sent by the user, for all moderators.
You can edit a moderator queue message by pressing the button.
You can also edit messages that have already been published by hovering over the message in the chat area, and then pressing the button.
In addition to text messages, users and moderators can add images or YouTube videos to the chat. Just enter the URL to your video or image as part of your message, and the media will be automatically imported and displayed.
To include Twitter messages in your chat, you can simply paste the URL of the tweet (i.e. https://twitter.com/OfficialJotcast/status/643258989082476544) into a message in your chat, and we'll automatically import the tweet for you.
For more advanced tweet curation, you can sync your Twitter account by selecting the Twitter messages tab from the moderator panel. You can then use the Twitter messages tab to search for any Twitter @user, #hashTag, or phrase. Just click the publish icon to add results to the chat.
You sure can! You can either import tweets from specific users into the Twitter messages tab for you to publish, or you can have the tweets automatically published into the chat.
Just go to the Auto-Import tab in the settings menu, type in a Twitter Handle and hit the Add User button. At any point you can modify whether you track Retweets and/or Media, and also if you want tweets automatically published. If you do not automatically publish tweets, results will be visible by selecting the "Imported Messages" option within the Twitter messages tab.
To create a poll, simply use the polls tab in the Moderator's panel. Once the poll is added into the chat, the results are updated in real-time. You can end the poll at any time you choose.
If you want to save a message to publish later, you can click on the / icons to "star" the message. All starred messages will appear in the normal message queue, as well as the Starred messages tab.
You make a user a "trustee" by toggling the / button on a message they have submitted. This will allow the user to send messages that are automatically added to the chat without having to be published by a moderator.
This can be used for guest speakers that you don't want to have full moderator access, or known users that you trust will provide valuable content.
Moderators can initiate a private conversation with another moderator or a regular user by clicking the private message button next to a user's name. If the user is not currently online, the message will automatically pop up next time they enter the chat.
Moderators can also end conversations with regular users. Just click the off button End Conversation and confirm to end your conversation. The user will be unable to send you further messages, unless you re-initiate the conversation by sending them additional messages.
Responding directly to messages offers many benefits to both moderators and users. When a moderator begins responding to a message that is in the message queue, all other moderators will be notified. This helps to enhance the communication between multiple moderators.
Additionally, when moderators choose to respond to an already published message, both moderators and users will be notified, resulting in a more interactive experience for your readers.
Finally, a message and its replies are grouped together, making it easy for readers to understand when a message is in response to their own. Replies can only be added to top-level messages - in other words, you can't reply to a reply.
Moderators can respond directly to a message by using thedirect reply button. For messages that are already published, just hover over the message you'd like to reply to, and the message options overlay will be displayed. From there, click the direct reply button, and enter your message into the textarea that appears. Click send, and you're done!
Yes! When creating a chat first select "Schedule Chat" for the start time. You will then be able to select how often and when the chat repeats from the recurrence dropdown.
You can have chats repeat every day, weekday or weekend, day of week, date of the month, etc.
You can also manage all of your reoccurring chats by going to My Chat Recurrences.
Themes allow you to customize the look and feel of your chat.
To get started, you'll first need to create a theme. Visit your My Themes page and click the button to begin creating a new theme.
You'll be given the option to customize many aspects of the chat style. You can update as many or as few of these aspects as you'd like. As you make changes, you'll be able to see a preview of them instantly in the chat included on the form. Once you're satisfied, click the button to create the theme.
Finally, you'll need to associate this theme with your chats. When creating or editing a chat, simply select the appropriate theme in the drop down.
After your theme has been added to the chat, you're all done! Any style changes you've made will be automatically applied to your chat.
A brand is a small icon that represents your website. If you associate your brand to a chat, it will appear in the top left corner of any chats that are not embedded in an iframe. This will allow users to easily return to your website if they've left it to join your chat.
First, you'll need to create a brand. Visit your My Brands page and click the button to begin creating a brand.
You'll be prompted to enter a name for this brand, along with the redirect URL and a URL to your icon. After you've entered the URL, your image should display on the form. Icons larger than 32x32 pixels will be automatically resized. If your icon is displaying correctly, click the button to create your brand.
Finally, you can associate this brand with your chats. When creating or editing a chat, simply select the appropriate brand in the drop down.
You can configure avatars to appear beside your name through our website. Visit your My Avatars page and click the button to begin creating an avatar.
You can add by uploading an image from your device. After you've selected an image, use the cropper tool to select the portion of the image you'd like to use as your avatar. Then, simply click the Create Avatar button and your avatar will be created.
Finally, you'll be redirected back to your My Avatars page. From here, you can view all of your avatars and choose which one you'd like to use as your default.
The first step is to create one or more advertisements. Visit your My Advertisements page and click the button to begin creating an advertisement.
You'll be prompted to enter a name for this advertisement, in addition to the width and height. You'll have two options for adding the content: URL* or HTML. If you're going to be displaying third party advertisements, it's highly recommended that you use the URL option. You should create a URL on your website which includes the third party advertisement code, and then enter this URL into the form.
After you've created your advertisement, you'll be able to view a sample in both Desktop and Mobile view. Please ensure your advertisement is displaying correctly in both views! If it is not, it likely will not work properly in the chat.
Now it's time to add your advertisement(s) to your chat. When creating or editing a chat, there is an option to include up to three advertisements, with three different display options: at the start of the chat, at the end of the chat, or between messages. Choose the options that you prefer, click the button to create or update your chat, and you're all set!
*Please note that for URL advertisements, SSL is required.
Mentions are an easy way to configure links to your or other websites using keywords, which you can then input into your chat. For example, you could create a mention to Google and then insert it into a chat by typing the @ symbol followed by a "G" in the message area, which will then show you a list of all mentions starting with that letter. You may be familiar with this feature from sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
Mentions can only be configured by uploading a JSON file of key-value pairs in the Chat Mentions section, with the key being a keyword and the value being a URL. Once a mentions file has been uploaded you can select it from the Mentions dropdown when creating new chats.
Click here to view a sample mentions file.
Reactions are emoticon responses that users can add to a published message, promoting user interaction and letting them express themselves.
Users can add a reaction by hovering over a message and clicking on the reaction button. If a reaction has already been added to a message, users can click on the existing reaction to increase the reaction count. Hovering over a reaction will show how many users have added that reaction.
In order to enable reactions, you must set the Reactions option to On when the chat is first created. You cannot change this option after the chat is created.
The "peanut gallery" lets users unobtrusively comment on published messages in a forum-like thread , without affecting the main chat flow.
Users can add a peanut gallery comment by hovering over a message and clicking on the peanut gallery button. If a user has already submitted a peanut gallery comment then the icon will also display below the message, along with a count showing the number of comments.
In order to enable the peanut gallery, you must set the Peanut Gallery option to On when the chat is first created. You cannot change this option after the chat is created.
Yes! You can use filters to include or exclude messages from the queue via the moderator settings panel.
Filters can be used in two different modes: Include or Exclude. In exclude mode, filters can be used to exclude all messages containing a particular phrase from the queue. Include mode filters can be used to exclude all messages from the queue that do not contain a particular phrase.
You can apply multiple filters to the queue, and they are cumulative. Filters are specific to the moderator that applies them, and will not affect the messages that another moderator sees in the queue. Once you remove a filter, any messages that were filtered out will reappear in the queue.
Similar to the peanut gallery, the Community Discussion board allow users to add forum-like responses to messages once the chat has ended. This only applies to messages that were not published or rejected during the actual chat. The board allows users to see other peoples' comments and continue the conversation even after the chat has ended!
You can enable the Community Discussion board in the moderator panel by clicking on the "Open Queue" button. This can only be done once the chat is over.
You can retrieve an RSS transcript of a completed chat by clicking on the RSS icon next to the chat title in the My Chats section.
My Account
You can change your service level in the My Account Service Level section.
Service level increases will take affect right away, with the prorated monthly difference between your new and old service level being charged to your credit card immediately.
Service level downgrades will go into affect starting at the beginning of your next billing cycle.
Your billing history, broken down by monthly billing period, is available in the My Account Billing History section.
You can also view your Usage Details which will show you your used minutes per chat for each billing cycle.
You can view and edit your payment methods in the My Account Payment Methods section. You must have at least one payment method on file for non-Basic service levels.
No payment methods are required for the Basic service level!
Linked accounts allow you to share your reader minutes with other users. For example, if you have a staff of writers you can add each of them to your master account so that any one of them can create and host chats.
We are always looking for suggestions of useful features to implement. If you have an idea for a feature, please Contact Us.


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Saturday, January 14, 2012
What's not there
What is not there is often more instructive than what is there. The eye ought not to be satisfied with seeing, nor the ear with hearing. A word never heard in the thousands and thousands of pop songs: student.
Posted by Denis Welch at Saturday, January 14, 2012
3 comments:
- Anonymous said...
- January 14, 2012 at 9:13 PM
- Shackleford Hurtmore said...
How about "studied" in Pulp's Common People. Is that close enough? http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pulp/commonpeople.html
- January 15, 2012 at 9:07 AM
- Anonymous said...
That is because almost no words rhyme with it. Prudent is the one that comes to mind, there's not many more
However, by association would you accept "Teacher's Pet" a Doris Day hit where a student is clearly central to the song?
Lyrics by request.
- January 17, 2012 at 11:38 PM
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This just in: "Congratulations! Your story, " Waltzing with Birdie," has won an Editors' Choice Award from Fiction Writers Platform. We encourage you to celebrate this award and share it with your network."
Proof that lightening strikes twice. I'm sharing. This is the second editor's choice award my stories have earned this year. If you're a writer and have short stories you'd like to showcase while building an audience, consider participating in the Fiction Writers Platform.
It's free, easy to join and it helps build that online presence agents and publishers say they're looking for. The site gets about 20,000 visitors a month. More than 75 writers participate.
Thanks for finding the time to check out the site, read "Waltzing with Birdie," and commenting on the story.
But, this past week has been slow in the fiction writing department for me, too much fun on the road, I guess. Ran down to the 100th California Rodeo in Salinas on Thursday. My friend Margaret's father and brother, Old Jim and Jimmy Rodriquez, were among the first inductees to the California Rodeo Hall of Fame. A rodeo family with a long history in California, Old Jim ran a roping arena in Castroville and about every roper in the past 50 years has honed his skills there. Jimmy is a phenom — world champion roper and all-around cowboy, already in the national Rodeo Hall of Fame.
Induction ceremony included a delicious lunch on the patio, light ocean breezes, and music by Monte Montana and Country legend Lynn Anderson (hit: "Big Girls Don't Cry") along with actor and rancher Wilford Brimley who gained fame by performing in movies such as; "The Hotel New Hampshire", John Carpenter's "The King", "Cocoon", and "The Firm." Wilford also played a role in the 80's drama series, "Our House" and "The Waltons". He may be remembered best for his recent Quaker Oats and Liberty Medical commercials.
I come by my love of rodeo honestly. My father was a bronc rider in the 1950s, drove the famous Budweiser Clydesdale team, precision eight-in-hand, at the Grand National Rodeo at the San Francisco Cow Palace, taught me to ride before I could walk. Back then, our family had a small ranch in West Marin County, raised chickens, trained horses. My father hunted big cats and fished Lagunitas Creek for salmon.
These days my niece, Tara, is carrying on the family tradition, a top rider with the Sacramento-area 4-H Equestrian Program. So, when I'm not rodeoing, I'm at horse and livestock shows. Today I'm off to the California State Fair's sheep barn for the judging. My friend David's, daughter is competing, having won the sheep competition in Ventura County. So now you know, I'm just a cowgirl at heart. I'll get back to being a writer tomorrow. Yeehaw!


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Being a lifestyle photographer and wedding photographer is an absolute blast! Capturing so many special moments is the best part of my job. If I'm being honest, maternity shoots are one of my favorites to photograph. That anticipation and pure excitement from my beautiful mommies to be is just magical to be a part of. This beautiful momma was actually having labor pains during her photo shoot! Talk about a strong woman! So impressed by this lovely lady. Check out her gorgeous maternity photography at Thomas F Riley Wilderness Park in Coto De Caza session below.
Nilza and Victors Maternity Shoot
We had such an amazing time with this beautiful couple at Aliso Creek Beach!
If you can believe it, this stunning woman was extremely nervous to be photographed....not that she would ever need to be nervous! The struggles of being a woman are enough to handle, but then add on pregnancy and sometimes it can be overwhelming for a woman. When you add a little bump you can tend to feel insecure.... We know taking photos can be so very intimidating anyway. But luckily we were able to get this beauty to feel comfortable enough to show her tummy off. :) So glad she decided to give us some awesome baby bump photos! These photographs turned out phenomenal I can't wait to meet this little bundle of joy and hopefully photograph the little munchkin.
Being a lifestyle photographer can so often be so fulfilling. We love photographing weddings but it's always a good time taking photos of a beautiful mommy to be. We wish you two the best and just know that you will be the best parents ever!
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Hello I have been away on a trip to London but I have not neglected my 100 Day project. Here is a round up of Day 12 through too Day 20. I have really enjoyed working on this project and feeling more at ease working digitally. SO my theme for week two was about travel and all the things I enjoyed in London. Feeling energised after some warmth and sunshine in London.
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A Story About a Mom
By J. L. Thurston
[Editor's Note: Yes, Mother's Day is a few days away but some of you have forgotten it. Here is reminder. –DH]
Some girls dream of being an ice skater, some dream of starring in movies, and the wildest dreams involve princesses and ballerinas. As they get older they imagine becoming teachers, or nurses or travelers of the world.
There once was a young woman who dreamed of the day she could become a mother. Holly was beautiful, full of life and laughter and of an easy temperament. In the late 1970s, she was like dandelion seeds blowing everywhere in the wind. Whimsical and free.
There was an older man who filled her eyes with stars and her head with the buzzing excitement of bees. He gave her three children in the span of six years. She thought she was getting everything she ever wanted, but instead she received heartache.
He abused her. Stole from her. Ignored their children. He ran off with other women for months at a time, returning for food and shelter. He was an addict. He broke her nose. His own mother told Holly to leave him. It seemed endless and hopeless. It wasn't until she lost her mother to cancer that she found it within herself to move on.
She scooped up her babies and traveled three days in a train to a small town south of Chicago. There she was, a young mother with a brood of crazy toddlers, completely alone with nothing but her wits to survive.
Did she cry? Probably, but she never showed it. She rolled up her sleeves and got to work on rebuilding her life. She focused only on paying bills and keeping her children healthy and happy. She got her kids into school and church, they ate three meals a day, and there was never a shortage of laughter under their roof. They all thought that nothing could possibly be missing from their lives.
Until she met this one guy. John worked with her in a kitchen. He'd blow straw wrappers at her and she would laugh, making the sun shine with her smile. He had a sharp wit and was just the right amount of carefree. He loved rock ballads. They went to KISS concerts, wearing leather jackets and hair-spray. They rode around in his green Chevy Nova, blasting cherry bombs and speeding through country roads. He made her laugh, she made him want to make her laugh.
And though she refused him many times, he finally convinced her to go out on a date with him. How had he finally broken through the impenetrable fortress she had built around her heart? Was it possible she could actually trust a man again? She found herself willing to try.
Their first official date was in winter, and the snow was coming down like a white curtain. That's the story they tell these days, anyway. They claim the roads were terrible when their date ended. He just had to stay over. And he never left.
He was there for every meal, every church and school play, every game, and every bedtime. He didn't have it easy. Raising someone else's kids is one of life's most difficult challenges.
The eldest child refused to acknowledge him. The son was grateful for a male figure to wash away the sea of estrogen in the house, but they had very little in common and rarely bonded. He had his hands full with the mouthy, drama-queen youngest daughter (that's me, by the way). I was constantly testing him, but I was quick to call him Dad, and sit on his lap for cartoons, and make him tie my shoelaces.
After abuse, abandonment and starting a new life, my mother finally had the one thing she had dreamed of. A family. Happy and whole. It wasn't perfect, but that added flavor.
We all argued with each other and tested boundaries. We butted heads, we disagreed. But underneath it all was love. And it was all so blissfully normal.
My mom's maternal spirit was not exclusive to her offspring. Many times, she took in the abandoned kids in their small town. Surprisingly, this kind of thing happens a lot. Sometimes cousins were taken under her wing, sometimes it was kids from school who had nowhere to go. It wasn't just her own brood who called her Mom. And for many years I had to endure being called "Holly's daughter," in my own hometown.
My mother became a grandmother in one giant swoop. I was the first to be pregnant, and five months into it, my brother turned up with a pre-started family and his own baby on the way. My mom went from mother-of-three to grandmother-of-six in one year. It was a beautiful year.
It was no surprise that my brother became such a dedicated and happy step-father, being raised by an amazing one himself. If anyone brings it up, I will proudly say that my step-father was the best gift my mother had ever given us. My brother would easily agree, but only say so in his mind or maybe after a beer. As for the eldest kid, my big sister, well, she's kind of a black sheep now. Eh, can't win them all.
To this day, my parents are still in love. Older, going to doctor's appointments and laughing as they both fall apart. My mom's a little blind, my dad's a little deaf, they struggle with cholesterol and blood pressure and blood sugar and sleep disorders. The jokes never end at the dinner table. They bicker, they squabble, they get angry for no reason, and they never leave each other's side.
Mother's Day is all about how amazing our moms are. They kick ass for their children, they fight battles for us without seeking credit or attention. My mother is a queen among women because she gave us a father who not only loves us unconditionally but loves her just as much, too. So, in a way, I can never feel solely grateful to one parent or the other, because they are a single unit. They are the foundation of our family, so only thanking one instead of both would be like thanking a single rope for holding up a bridge.
Thank you, Mom and Dad. Your children and your grandchildren love you.


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The drive in last night was fueled by TV on the Radio's new album "Dear Science" wow... They did it again. Killer album. This morning I was mildly shocked to see the shower has two heads. Symbolism? Or was Speed Racer being the in flight movie and then me getting pulled over 1 block shy of the hotel? ( no ticket )?
Morning wakeup is to Beck's "Modern Guilt" looking forward to seeing him and MGMT in October.


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Taylor has returned from the National Catholic Conference of Youth Ministry with stories & insights, including a Mass Text segment(without the intro...whoops). We decide which homily is better between Taylor's, a 6'8" Bishop's & co-host Fr. Jared's.
In the second segment, we are joined by Leila Miller, co-author of "Made This Way: How To Prepare Kids To Face Today's Tough Moral Issues." In this book, she and Trent Horn team up to cover how to guide our children to Heaven in today's culture, especially how to answer tough questions about sex outside of marriage, modesty, homosexuality and more.
To close out the show, Taylor and Fr. Jared discuss finding a home in a broken Church through the lyrics of Hillsong's latest hit "Who You Say I Am."
Bonus content for this episode can be found in our Patreon community at Patreon.com/fortecatholic.


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Connie's* Story
"Everybody vanished in my times of need but LOFT has always been there for me." - Connie*, LOFT client
"I was adopted at 9 months old into an abusive family and suffered through the starvation and bombs of WWII in Europe. For the first five years of my life, I lived in constant fear.
I became an alcoholic at the age of 11 to get away from the 'demons' in my head: those terrifying memories I could not erase… I often thought about ways to end my life to get away from my family.
I pressed forward, settled in Canada, had a successful career and even retired early. Then I made a financial decision that utterly backfired and left me completely penniless.
I lost everything, my home, my friends – and even my mind. I ended up in a hospital psych department, then at a women's shelter where I was stabbed twice, and feared for my life every day.
I had recognized that I was in need and joined AA. I was working hard to recover and live sober but I had nowhere to go. That's when I heard LOFT was helping homeless seniors with mental health challenges move into safe, supportive housing. So, I applied and got in.
For my entire life up to this point, I had only ever experienced relationships that were based solely on what I had to give.
But at LOFT, I experienced unconditional love and unwavering support for the first time. I know I'm never alone.
Everybody vanished in my times of need but LOFT has always been there for me.
Without LOFT I would probably have been found dead out in a lane somewhere. But now I have the tools I need to succeed. Now I delight in helping other tenants by accompanying them to doctors appointments and helping them with grocery shopping.
I've just received my Medallion, celebrating 30 years sober.
I would like to say thank you to LOFT donors.
Your generosity makes a great difference to people like me and many others."
*name changed to protect client privacy
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The Crowdmark platform transforms traditional assessment into an enriched dialogue between students and instructional teams. In 2016, Crowdmark will deploy new features that will help universities advance further on their teaching, learning and research mission. Independent research already validates the benefits of online collaborative grading. With input from students, professors and administrators using our platform, Crowdmark continuously improves. I'd like to share some highlights of what you can expect from Crowdmark over the coming months.
Academic integrity
Crowdmark promotes academic integrity. Our searchable archive of images of student work, together with the associated feedback and scores, streamlines the review of grading. Our new Exam Matcher App powers new methods to combat cheating and to detect imposters masquerading as students in exams. With systems that promote sharing of assessment data among stakeholders, Crowdmark helps universities encourage honesty, transparency and integrity within all academic programs.
Insights into teaching and learning performance
Crowdmark is based on the principle that a university should own and control its assessment data. Work created by students, evaluations and feedback generated by grading teams, and the exam questions authored by professors should not be owned by a private company. Crowdmark captures the enriched dialogue between students and instructors and generates a university-owned data stream brimming with insight potential. We've built tools to manage and visualize this data. We will soon deploy an open analytics API, designed to empower universities to research their teaching and learning data and continuously monitor program performance against accreditation criteria.
A universal assessment platform
The Crowdmark platform supports efficient distribution, collection and online collaborative grading of digital and paper-based student works. Online homework, in-class quizzes, group projects, lab reports, midterm, final and two-stage exams can all be graded on Crowdmark. With encouragement from our customers, Crowdmark will become more flexible with support for assessments with variable page length and enriched evaluations with multidimensional rubrics.
Crowdmark is built by educators for educators and their students. We welcome your feedback and suggestions for how to make our platform work better for you.


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By The Business Solutions Network
This software developer's open design is intended to make its POS software fit the unique needs of customers.
Anyone who sells POS systems knows that the past few years have been fairly volatile. The sale of POS systems used to be the job of POS resellers. Today, payment companies have gotten involved — whether buying POS software companies or developing their own software. The end goal is to earn the payment processing business of merchants, with the actual POS hardware and software being a secondary goal, if one at all. The results have been a groundswell of competition for POS VARs, the entry of hundreds of new POS apps to market, and in some markets, a drop in price of the POS solutions themselves. Some VARs are still struggling to figure out how to be profitable in this new market. Software developers looking to stand out from the crowd of other available apps have their work cut out for themselves as well. One developer, Nomadic Systems, creator of Rpoint cloud POS software, thinks it has a winning formula. We can examine a recent installation at a coffee shop in the Philadelphia area to see details of how the company operates.


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Derek E. Lamprecht, DO
Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon
Specialty: Knee, Shoulder
Dr. Lamprecht is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and has been practicing in Oregon since 2006. He specializes in the care of athletes of all ages, as well as arthroscopic and complex reconstructive surgery for the shoulder and knee.
Dr. Lamprecht received his undergraduate degree from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon where he lettered four years in baseball. He then graduated from Midwestern University, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2000. He completed his general rotating internship and orthopedic surgical residency at Botsford General Hospital in Farmington Hills, Michigan from 2000-2005 as part of the Michigan State University program. Following graduation he elected to continue his training in the TRIA Orthopedic Center sports medicine fellowship in Minneapolis, MN. From 2005-2006 he served as the Associate fellow team physician for the Minnesota Vikings(NFL), Twins(MLB), Wild(NHL), Timberwolves(NBA), and Lynx(WNBA), as well as local colleges and high schools.
In his free time, Dr. Lamprecht enjoys mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, coaching little league baseball and spending time with his family.
Undergraduate Degree
Willamette University, Salem, OR
Medical Degree
Midwestern University – Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Glendale, AZ
Botsford General Hospital, Farmington Hills, MI
Orthopedic Surgery Residency
Botsford General Hospital, Farmington Hills, MI
Sports Medicine Fellowship
TRIA Orthopaedic Center, Minneapolis, MN
Professional Affiliations
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics
Michigan Osteopathic Association of Orthopedic Surgery
Michigan Osteopathic Association
American Osteopathic Association


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Oozing out pure 60's vibes from every orifice, The Good Water's latest single 'See Your Light' is a perfect throwback as the psych duo present gloriously fuzzed riffs and supple lyrics that cement the band as being one of Mytacism Music's favorites after catching them at Lunar Festival earlier this year.
'See Your Light' is The Good Water's latest single.
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Thread: Alternative Android UI choices
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- Jun 2011
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Alternative Android UI choices
I have not yet owned any hardware that runs Android , but I plan to soon. Currently, I am narrowing down a short list of handsets that would be ideal for me.
In a way, I am very drawn to the alternative approach that that WP7 as taken in terms of an interface; I often feel like Android is very iOS-like, which puts me off a bit.
As I have been browsing, I've noticed some Android users have created WP7-like interfaces/front-ends/applications for Android, which excites me, as it says to me--a guy who's never really used an Android phone before--that Android truly is fully customizable, in ways that iOS and WP7 never will be.
My real question: Are there any interface options that take a completely different approach to the UI, unlike iOS and WP7?
Completely is relative though. I'm more interested in an "original" user interface as opposed to something that attempts to clone another UI.
- Join Date
- Jun 2011
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- Ky
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- 6
- Device(s)
- Motorola Droid (original)
Even with the stock Android UI, you can change lots of aspects of it. To me, the only way in which Android might resemble iOS (only because iOS existed before Android), is with the use of app icons and the ability to "swipe" home screens...
And that hardly resembles iOS, at least in my opinion. I bet you've looked at a lot of the new Samsung phones that include Samsung's TouchWiz UI, they tend to resemble iOS a little more than the average Android interface...
In Android, you have a "Launcher". This is what provides home screens, an app drawer, wallpapers, certain animations, etc. Basically the main UI of your home screen. Changing your Launcher is just a tap away in the Android Market, and can dramatically change the way you interact with your Android.
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I called it iOS-like mainly because both UIs seem to depend on app icons as a major "organization tool", yes. I do like the idea of having full-out widgets for my important applications, but having seen too many phones with tons of ugly app icons filling screen after screen [clutter!] I am very afraid for my life.
I have seen a few different launcher interfaces now (Sense UI, Launcher, LauncherPro, TouchXperience, etc.), but as I'm unable to actually try them out, I am unsure of how customizable and extensible they really are, and because I'm unfamiliar with Android, I don't even really know where to find the information I seek. (Especially, finding useful Android blogs has been a bit frustrating, but then again, I've been searching rather specifically.)
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- Aug 2011
- Location
- Quahog, RI, USA
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- Device(s)
- ADR 6300, Moto Droid
Well the only interface I know of on Android that resembles iOS is the interface that comes with the Miui roms. Some interfaces such as TouchWiz (Samsung), Sense UI (HTC), MotoBlur (Motorola) will come with their respective manufacturer, where as Launcher Pro, ADW Ex, Go Launcher Ex, and many others can be used on any Android phone, with free and non-free versions in the market. All have their own level of customizing, plus with other addons, you can have your phone look as close to or as far from iOS as you like.


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T-SPORTS Baseball Camp
Ages: 5-12 | Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM or 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Location: Laureola Park San Carlos
T-SPORTS baseball camp is a fantastic summer program dedicated to teaching kids about the game that we all love. We focus little on the results of players or games, but instead on the process of playing the game. Drills, scrimmages, and fun baseball-related games happen daily.
We care about the baseball related futures of campers, but more importantly, concentrate on the positive experience that playing baseball can bring to a player including the following: Teamwork, Building Confidence, Discipline, Developing New Skills, Building New Friendships.
We focus on the building blocks of Hitting, Fielding, Pitching, and Running with small groups according to skill level. As the week progresses, drills become more and more technical while players become more advanced.
*Campers should bring lunch, bat, glove water bottle, snack, and sunscreen.
If you have additional questions or want to schedule a quick call to ensure T-SPORTS is the right camp for you, please email email@example.com