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By Sarah Gulbrandsen, special to USTA.com
The USTA Southwest 3.5 men's team has endured its share of struggles on the way to the 2013 USTA League National Championships in Tucson, Ariz. Richard Nardizzi broke his leg in sectionals before this championship, and Phil Johnson recently had his hip replaced.
And then there is Ted Elsenheimer. Elsenheimer has laryngeal cancer but has refused to let that stop him from playing in Nationals. And he'll suit up for the Phoenix-based squad on Saturday – despite the fact that early Saturday morning he had a chemotherapy treatment.
Elsenheimer, 59, is a family man with a drive to stay healthy and active. He has a wife of 37 years and two daughters, Jessica, 29, and Kaitlin, 25.
"My family has been hurt more than me in these past months but they have also been incredibly supportive," he said. "My wife is just the best. She is a champion and practically on the team. She has been loving and supporting, through all of this."
Elsenheimer has also enjoyed the support of his community throughout his illness. He is the minister at the United Church of Chirst; Ktzio Friends Church, in Phoenix, and the members of his church have helped with taking him to radiation and chemotherapy treatments.
"The people in my church are my family," Elsenheimer.
The support doesn't stop there. He has a wonderful doctor who he said has been vital with his recovery, both physically and mentally. In addition, his team and the game of tennis are always there for him. He did not even tell his team he had cancer until after its regional match this past August.
The Southwest men had never played tennis until two years ago. Some had played cricket and were interested in picking up a new sport, so they did. Since that time, captain Nagarajan Murugan and co-captain Rajan Kale have put together a formidable team that quickly got hooked on tennis, and in short order, made it all the way to Nationals.
This members of the team have many strengths, said Navin Gangadharan, but he noted that the greatest attribute is "their teamwork and their strategy."
And, apparently, their love for the game. "You cannot beat the feeling of being on the court at Nationals," said fellow teammate Arun Thirugnanasambandam. "We eat and live for tennis."
This is a philosophy that Elsenheimer shares. "I'd rather play tennis than eat; it's a lifelong passion," he said. "And I am lucky to have such a wonderful team. My team and playing has raised me up and they have made my recovery easier. I have found lifelong friends on and off the court."
In just six days Elsenheimer will complete his last treatment – and if the men from Phoenix can continue to rally around him, he may just do so with a championship trophy in hand.
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Satan is bound during the Millennium—The Saints will then live and reign with Christ—The dead stand before God and are judged out of the books according to their works.
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3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and
5 But the rest of the
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8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth,
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
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11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the
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13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and
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15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.


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Debates of March 27th, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #100 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was banks.
- Question Period
- Conflict of Interest Code
- Government Response to Petitions
- Business of the House
- Petitions
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Financial System Review Act
- Elmira Maple Syrup Festival
- Human Rights
- Living Tree Metaphor
- World TB Day
- Bioindustrial Innovation Centre
- Government Priorities
- Foreign Affairs
- Women's Curling
- NDP Leadership Race
- Iran
- Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada
- Juno Awards
- Events in Toulouse
- Public Safety
- Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada
- National Defence
- Pensions
- Health
- Air Canada
- Ethics
- National Defence
- 41st General Election
- Ethics
- Air Canada
- Ethics
- Air Canada
- Status of Women
- Search and Rescue
- Employment Insurance
- Nuclear Security
- National Defence
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Syria
- National Defence
- Aerospace Industry
- Presence in Gallery
- Points of Order
- Member for Hull—Aylmer
- Financial System Review Act
- Governor General
- National Philanthropy Day Act
World TB Day
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Judy Foote Random—Burin—St. George's, NL
Mr. Speaker, March 24 was World TB Day, an international day of action to mobilize political will to combat tuberculosis.
Every year, 8.8 million new people become infected with TB and 1.4 million die needlessly from this curable disease.
Canada is not immune to this epidemic. Sixty-three per cent of Canada's TB cases are among newcomer Canadians, reinforcing the fact that TB is a disease that knows no borders.
Tuberculosis remains a global problem, requiring continued global leadership to develop concrete strategies and commit sustained resources toward global TB control.
I ask all members of the House to join me and commit to take action as global leaders to prevent death from tuberculosis.
Bioindustrial Innovation Centre
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Patricia Davidson Sarnia—Lambton, ON
Mr. Speaker, today I speak in support of my community of Sarnia—Lambton where we have focused on expanding our economy to unleash the knowledge of our local workforce. This means we have had to find innovative projects for our community.
The Government of Canada has assisted in this effort with an investment of $15 million under the national centres of excellence program, seed money that helped create the Bioindustrial Innovation Centre.
This week we are seeing a world leading effort in action as the Bioindustrial Innovation Centre hosts the BIC international conference to discuss the risks to commercialization of biochemicals and bioproducts.
Sarnia's economic stakeholders are attempting to link our industrial know-how with opportunities connected to the Alberta oil sands. We have the skilled labour and the fabrication capabilities to play a vital role in this capacity.
It is time for stakeholders in Ontario to realize the full potential there is for co-operation with our friends in the Alberta energy sector.
Government Priorities
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Nycole Turmel Hull—Aylmer, QC
Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise in the House today to celebrate the election of our new leader. The NDP stands united behind this man of conviction who will lead us to power in 2015.
Over the past few weeks, I held pre-budget consultations with the people in my riding of Hull—Aylmer. I met with representatives of community organizations, business people and seniors.
There was a clear consensus: the people fear this government. They disapprove of its policies and will oppose the cuts it intends to make.
This government must revise its priorities. Canadian families need help making ends meet, not help tightening their belts. Seniors need to live in dignity, not in poverty.
On behalf of the people in my riding, I am asking this government to cancel the cuts it intends to make. The people in my riding do not want these cuts.
Foreign Affairs
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Deepak Obhrai Calgary East, AB
Mr. Speaker, last week, I visited the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, building on the visit of the UAE foreign minister to Ottawa earlier this month.
The successful visit and the dialogue between our foreign minister and the UAE foreign minister showed Canada's strong engagement with the region. I consulted with Emirati and Turkish officials regarding bilateral relations and regional issues, security throughout the Middle East, trade, commerce and travel.
While in Turkey, I consulted vastly on the increasingly grave situation in Syria and led the groundwork for Canada's participation in the upcoming meeting of the Friends of Syria to be held in Istanbul, which will be attended by our foreign minister. I took the opportunity to meet with the Syrian National Council, where I once again emphasized Canada's position to support freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law for all Syrian people.
Women's Curling
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Jim Hillyer Lethbridge, AB
Mr. Speaker, last Saturday, on behalf of the Government of Canada and the citizens of southern Alberta, I had the honour of welcoming the world to Lethbridge for the World Women's Curling Championship.
The tournament gave us a chance to showcase the spirit of Canadian competition and co-operation. In addition to the many generous corporate sponsors, over 300 local volunteers, including the Lethbridge Firefighters Pipes and Drums, put in thousands of hours to make the tournament a world-class success.
We are especially proud of team Canada, skipped by full-time mom, Heather Nedohin. She and her team demonstrated Canadian toughness and tenacity by battling through adversity to represent us on the podium after winning the bronze medal.
On behalf of my fellow parliamentarians, I thank team Canada, the city of Lethbridge and the hard-working volunteers. They have once again made Canada proud.
NDP Leadership Race
Statements By Members
March 27th, 2012 / 2:05 p.m.
Romeo Saganash Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, QC
Mr. Speaker, over the past six months, Canadians listened as nine excellent candidates from across the country articulated their visions. I had the honour of being among them and the privilege of meeting thousands of Canadians who want a better Canada.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the voters in my riding for their support and their faith in me during the race.
I also thank everyone who supported my campaign, who volunteered their time and who joined our movement for a better Canada. Finally, I thank everyone from all across Canada who chose to take this opportunity to get involved in the political dialogue of this land, bringing their much-needed voices forward to be heard.
This experience has confirmed my belief that Canada can have the healthiest environment, the fairest society and the strongest economy in the world. We can make that happen by working together and, with the member for Outremont as our new leader, we New Democrats will make that belief a reality.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
John Weston West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC
Mr. Speaker, Norouz season is now in full swing. During this season, I urge my colleagues to take a moment to appreciate the contributions that Canadians of Iranian origin have made to our country. It is also important to take a moment to stand up for peace, human rights and democracy in Iran.
Our Prime Minister has rightly condemned the government of Iran for its human rights abuses and its refusal to comply with the international standards for nuclear responsibility. It is important that we as parliamentarians recognize, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs said, that our quarrel is with the Iranian regime and not with the Iranian people. In fact, because of the actions of the regime, Canadians of Iranian background now live with increasing anxiety. They are concerned about the security and health of their loved ones in Iran.
I share those concerns and I suspect that my colleagues in the House also share them. I therefore ask all of my colleagues in the House to join me in support of the people of Iranian background who share our love of freedom and to wish everyone happy Norouz.
Norouz mubarak.
Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Robert Chisholm Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS
Mr. Speaker, over the past seven months Canadians have seen what real democracy looks like. A diverse and talented group of candidates, respectful debates and a set of common goals to fix Ottawa, to strengthen our communities and to form a progressive and inclusive government in 2015. All the while our formidable caucus, led by the member for Hull—Aylmer, was able to provide a powerful opposition to this out-of-touch government each and every day.
Constituents in Dartmouth—Cole Harbour and in fact all Canadians have said loud and clear that they want to see strong, inclusive and optimistic leadership in Ottawa. In selecting the hon. member for Outremont to lead us, the party is giving Canadians a strong leader and the best alternative to the government.
I am excited to work with him and the rest of our caucus as we offer practical solutions to the real problems Canadians face.
Juno Awards
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Royal Galipeau Ottawa—Orléans, ON
Mr. Speaker, today I would like to pay tribute to the late Pierre Juneau, who passed away a month ago and who was the inspiration for the Juno Awards.
This week there is a big celebration of Canadian music and the spotlight is on Ottawa as the host of the 2012 JUNO Awards. Canadian music stars will be converging in the national capital of the best country in the world to showcase their talent and celebrate the success of our vibrant music industry.
Yesterday was the kick-off to Juno week, a week of special events and live music. We can be proud of the wealth and diversity of musical talent that Canada has to offer to people here at home and around the world.
Please join me in remembering the late Hon. Pierre Juneau and in celebrating our amazing Canadian artists.
Events in Toulouse
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Irwin Cotler Mount Royal, QC
Mr. Speaker, I rise today on the conclusion of the Jewish mourning period for the brutal murder of a Rabbi and three children in Toulouse, France, a horrific attack occurring after the same gunman murdered three French-North African paratroopers; to express my profound condolences and that of members of the House to the bereaved families of Rabbi Sandler, his sons Arieh and Gabriel, ages 5 and 3, and 8-year-old Myriam Monsenego; to stand in solidarity with the victim communities of such brutal attacks, which diminish their sense of security and belonging, and serve as a painful reminder of the dangers of home-grown terrorism and extremism; and to condemn the ugly anti-Semitism in the wake of these attacks, such as the desecration of Jewish graves in Nice, the celebration of these anti-Semitic attacks on the Internet and the lauding of them by al-Qaeda.
May we remain vigilant in combatting all forms of racism, hatred, anti-Semitism and terrorism, and may the remembrance and memory of these victims serve as remembrance, reminder and a blessing for us all.
Public Safety
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Chris Warkentin Peace River, AB
Mr. Speaker, since we were elected in 2006, our Conservative government has consistently stood up for victims of crime and we have introduced measures to protect communities and families.
Every step of the way the opposition and the so-called experts said that there would be a tremendous surge of new inmates in prisons. That simply has not materialized.
The member for Burnaby—New Westminster has stated numerous times that our government is spending too much time locking up dangerous criminals, even quoting discredited radical left-wing organizations that have estimated outrageous cost figures, all of which have been unfounded. He even goes so far as to use despicable scare tactics to say that we are cutting programs for seniors to pay for new prisons, prisons which do not even exist.
I would note that our annual budget for corrections is a mere 8% of what is spent on old age security on an annual basis. Both of those figures, however, are dwarfed by the cost of $100 billion. That is the cost for law-abiding victims of crime who have to pay that price every year.
Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Libby Davies Vancouver East, BC
Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to rise in the House today to welcome and support the member for Outremont as the new leader of the NDP and leader of the official opposition.
Our leadership campaign encompassed many fine ideas and perspectives from excellent candidates. We thank them all for their outstanding work and commitment.
As New Democrats, we stand together with our newly elected leader. We are more ready than ever to hold the Conservative government to account and to show the Conservatives for what they are: mean-spirited, anti-democratic and against the interests of average Canadians.
I know the member for Outremont is a vigorous and experienced parliamentarian. He will take up his leadership mandate with passion, commitment and boldness. He has the support of a great caucus, and we are ready to work.
Together we will continue the work of Jack Layton and chart a way forward that will defeat the Conservatives in favour of strong progressive values, social justice, equality and fairness for all Canadians.
I congratulate our new leader.
Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Michelle Rempel Calgary Centre-North, AB
Mr. Speaker, our government stands up for the responsible development of our oil sands. Oil sands development is expected to contribute over $2.6 trillion to the Canadian economy and create over 900,000 new jobs from coast to coast over the next 25 years. By contrast, the NDP leader erroneously claims that the oil sands are taking more money out of the Canadian economy than they are putting in.
While the oil sands are expected to create $63 billion of economic benefits in Ontario alone, the NDP leader blames Canada's oil sands for a decline in eastern manufacturing jobs even as he supports a raise in taxes on job-creating manufacturing companies. On top of this, the NDP leader suggested a carbon tax that would kill jobs and economic growth, especially in our energy sector.
This opposition to jobs and growth shows the risk the anti-trade, anti-jobs NDP presents to the Canadian standard of living.
National Defence
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Thomas Mulcair Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, we have known for years that the specifications for new fighter jets were written with F-35s in mind. The process was rigged from the start. Now we have learned that the F-35s do not even fulfill the requirements. This proves that the tendering process was rigged.
Yet the Conservatives made it clear that they would brook no dissent. According to them, only the F-35s met the requirements. But that is not true.
Why have they told the opposite of the truth?
National Defence
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Minister of Citizenship
Mr. Speaker, that is not at all true.
It is clear that Canada needs to replace its existing fleet. That is why we have been partners in the F-35 program for the past 15 years. We plan to continue participating in the program, but we have not signed a contract. We have the flexibility we need to work with our budget to replace our aircraft. But the NDP has always been against necessary investment in the Canadian Forces, including in planes that our men and women in uniform need.


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Youth Holiday Basketball Tournament
Date: Dec. 27-28
Place: Emery High Spartan Center
Grades: third-eighth
For questions please call: Mark Justice 687-2403 or Emery County Recreation 381-2108.
Christmas play and Christmas Eve service
First Baptist Church in Ferron will be presenting The Christmas Letters, on Dec. 18 at 10:30 a.m. Join them for the play, then a potluck/ white elephant gift exchange to follow. On Dec. 24 join them for a Christmas Eve Service at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 435-384-3321.
Huntington First Ward Christmas Party
On Dec. 22 beginning at 6 p.m. Dinner, program and special visitor. Everyone welcome, bring a salad or dessert. At the 1/5 ward building in Huntington. Activity room for children.
Cleveland Christmas
On Dec. 24 at the Old Town Hall beginning at 6 p.m. Program and special visitor Santa and refreshments.
Emery High GYC will be selling Pumpkin, Banana Cream, or Apple pies.
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Dinner theater play to be presented at Green River High called "B-I-N-G-O Spells Murder" will be held Dec 15 and 19 at 6:30 p.m. Prices $15 single: $25 couple; $50 dollars for family of four; includes spaghetti dinner and play. Food: includes spaghetti, corn, salad, garlic bread, drinks and dessert. Play: B-I-N-G-O Spells Murder. Call to reserve your seat in advance 435-564-3461.


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Happy B-lated Birthday Cory ! ! ! I hope you had a very FUN time yesterday with your Andrea and kids. Enjoy the rest of your week! Your pal Cindy ;-D
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Most everything is going well here. Just wanted to stop in to wish you and yours a Happy Easter.Take care as you go through the rest of the week.
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Confirmed Case of Whooping Cough in Benton City
The Kiona-Benton School District has confirmed one of its students has pertussis, or more what is more commonly referred to as whooping cough.
The district received a call Wednesday from the parent of a kindergartner who is being treated for the illness and will return to school once the treatment is finished.
Students at the elementary and middle schools, which share the same building, were sent home with letters regarding symptoms to look for and what to do for treatment.
Kathleen Marra, Ki-Be's school nurse, said the best thing people can do is watch out for the symptoms, and get a vaccine if you already have not.
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West Ham boss Sam Allardyce has stressed he is looking to boost his defence with new signings as quickly as possible.
With James Collins, Joey O'Brien (both hamstring) and George McCartney (knee) injured and a Barclays Premier League home clash with QPR to come for his team on Saturday, Allardyce fielded an experimental back-line in last night's FA Cup third-round replay at Manchester United.
Opting to rest Guy Demel by leaving him on the bench, the manager brought midfielder Alou Diarra into a central defensive trio alongside Winston Reid and James Tomkins, with Jordan Spence and Daniel Potts operating as wing-backs.
Allardyce was pleased with the performance those players produced in a contest United won 1-0, but made it clear he wants to bring in reinforcements swiftly.
The 58-year-old, who is interested in Blackburn full-back Martin Olsson, said: "We will try to get some defenders in as quick as we can.
"Alou Diarra did a fantastic job to help on our defensive side, because in terms of player availability, we only had Winston Reid, James Tomkins and Guy Demel who were experienced defenders.
"Alou Diarra stepped into the middle of the back three and did very well.
"Young Jordan Spence and Danny Potts were playing as wing-backs and they did well.
"But we want to improve the squad and we want to get our injured players back as soon as we possibly can."
Allardyce made six changes to his first XI for yesterday's encounter, in which Wayne Rooney's close-range finish in the ninth minute proved to be the only goal.
West Ham had a penalty appeal for handball against Rafael rejected in the second half by referee Phil Dowd, who then awarded a spot-kick at the other end with just over 10 minutes to go for a similar infringement by Spence, only for Rooney to waste the opportunity by blazing over.
Allardyce was critical of Dowd after the game, saying the difference between the two handball incidents was that "Spence plays for West Ham and the away team, while Rafael plays for the home side at Old Trafford", and suggesting the official "couldn't find the courage" to give a penalty against the Brazilian.
He also looked ahead to the weekend, emphasising the importance of having rested some players for the United match with a view to the QPR fixture.
"You have to change your team accordingly depending on what is coming next," said Allardyce, who along with Demel moved Kevin Nolan, Matt Jarvis and Jack Collison from the line-up that started Saturday's league defeat at Sunderland to the bench yesterday.
"QPR played on Tuesday night (in an FA Cup third-round replay at West Brom), so they get an extra day ahead of it.
"The physical side of the game is massive these days and if you are down compared to the opposition on your physical attributes, it makes it tougher for you to win. So we have to change the team again on Saturday.
"A lot of the players who played against United will play again, but some have been rested, some will hopefully have recovered from injury and we will try to get the strongest side out that we can and see if we can get three points."
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Regarding the 31-year-old midfielder - back with his first club having joined the Hammers from Liverpool earlier this month - Allardyce said: "We left him out because he is not ready to be playing Saturday, Wednesday, Saturday.
"It would be unprofessional of me to think after he has just come from Liverpool that he could play three games in one week - it would risk him fatiguing and getting injured.
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Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Priority: Critical
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 1.6.7, 1.7.5, 1.8.6, 1.9.2
Component/s: HTML Editor (TinyMCE)
Environment:Google Chrome web browser
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See http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=104823#p462492 ; patch to follow soon.
It might be even possible to get latest version of Opera and Safari to render htmlarea properly by changing those functions that Tariq mentioned and tiny changes to code of htmlarea.php and css. I can confirm that Chrome works nicely with TinyMCE, FCKEditor, Xinha and also with htmlarea (at least most parts of htmlarea). I got also Opera 9.5 to render htmlarea with some possibly minor issues and the main problem with latest Safari is that toolbar is not fully visible (css) - otherwise htmlarea seems to be "almost functional" in Safari.
Patch to detect 'Chrome' in $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] (./lib/moodlelib.php::check_browser_version()) and more or less the same thing done in ./lib/editor/htmlarea/htmlarea.php
Are you 100% sure all editor functions work with chrome?
It is based on the same rendering engine as safari (though different js engine) so, its not unresonable to think that many things might be broken and it would be an unwise choice to enable it.
The current editor has many bugs and I think its wise to be catious about enabling this new functionality - Matt is fixing it once and for all by getting rid the current buggy editor in 2.0.
I'm 100% sure that all editor functions don't work with Chrome - how could they? Chrome & HTMLArea have similar bugs as other browsers and for example Dragmath plugin can be used with upgraded version of Java but equations are not posted to textarea, focus may sometimes get lost and so on. Like most other browsers Chrome has some personal shortcut keys so most Editor Shortcut Keys of HTMLArea don't work either. Although all basic buttons and features seem to work ok on my test site they should be tested on all environments - the current Chrome was released for Windows and they used components both from Apple's WebKit and Mozilla's Firefox.
Still what do we loose if editor is enabled for Chrome? Button <> works well and it may be too optimistic to think that even Matt could fix it once and for all by getting rid the buggy editor in moodle 2.0. It's more likely an never ending story...new versions of editors and browers will always have bugs.
This patch no longer seems to work with 1.9.5
Any ideas please anyone?
Many thanks
Anyone tried to test the patch with 1.9.7? I suppose that it won't work for 1.9.7 either? Just curious, thanks!
I don't know what Dan Leighton exactly ment but all basic features of HTMLArea seem to work with the latest moodle 1.9.7+ and Chrome. I did not test 3rd party plugins.
There are just tiny css issues like button background color is a little darker in Chrome than in IE and FF but such things could be easily fixed by setting the background to some exact color instead of buttonface in lib/editor/htmlarea/htmlarea.css .
Probably Dan had some problems with editing moodlelib.php and extra white spaces etc.
Because current Chrome is handy and fast - much better than year ago - and also versions for Mac and Linux are available http://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/12/google-chrome-for-holidays-mac-linux.html it might be time to let Chrome run with lightning speed on moodle sites by default
Hi there - I think it is better to check for the "AppleWebKit" version rather than the presence of the string "chrome" in the user agent. This will not only pick up Chromium but also a bunch of minority and mobile phone browsers that can cope fine - e.g. Konqueror, Safari, Symbian S60, Palm Pre, and so on, and ensure the correct version of WebKit. See attached patch.
In testing I found Safari < 4.0 to not work with the textarea resizing, which is AppleWebKit < 528.16
Cheers, J
works fine in Moodle 1.9.9 after applying the second patch:
Are there any plans to add this patch to the 1.9.x branch soon? More and more users are trying to use Chrome and Safari especially Chrome) and it is really frustating that they cannot. This bug has been open for over 2 years.
Just noticed something strange today.
On moodle.org (now using moodle 2.0) the HTLM editor is not working in Windows chrome.
On my moodle local test site:
moodle 1.9.10 : HLML editor not working in Chrome
Moodle 2.0 RC1 (Build: 20101112) : TinyMCE editor working fine in Chrome
Why is TinyMCE editor NOT working in Chrome for moodle.org ???
Hi Joseph,
Thank you for reporting. HTML editor works with my Windows Chrome.
Thanks for the patch Jonathan. I will add the patch to 1.9.
I've applied htmlarea-with-webkit-browsers.patch to our Moodle v1.9.9 install here. It seems to fix the problem alright. we haven't noted any negative side effects so far.
No need to apply the patch anymore....Rossiani checked the patch into the MOODLE19_STABLE branch last week....it works great!
Thank you Gavin and Ryan for testing the patch.
Patch has been checked-in to 1.9_stable.
hmm, this change creates a serious regression for iPad users - see
MDL-25591, also the fix version is wrong.
Petr – Am I understanding you correctly that version 1.9.11 will break the HTML editor in inexplicably works in 1.9.10+ with Safari? I am thrilled (thrilled!) that a fix has finally been found to make Moodle and Safari play nicely and don't want to do anything that would jeopardize their new found happiness together. But I do want this patch for the questionnaire:http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/CONTRIB-2200
My host is asking if I just want to upgrade to 1.9.11. It sounds as if I just want the patch, yes?
Sorry - s/b the HTML editor that inexplicably works in 1.9.10+ with Safari?
I'm using 1.9.10, but doesn't works HTML editor on Google Chrome(Ver:11.0.696.65).
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Enterprise IT agendas are already overloaded with mobility, social media, cloud, big data analytics, security, and other major initiatives, so it is understandable if CIOs are put off by gamification—the use of game design techniques in online business environments to engage and motivate the workforce and inspire customers. But they ought to consider three things before they ignore it.
First, most major system rollouts do not gain the user uptake that CIOs would hope. A common reason for low usage is a lack of employee engagement, a problem explored in the article, "The game-based redesign of mainstream business." By using appropriate game mechanics in online business environments—including enterprise resource planning (ERP) and other enterprise systems—you can stimulate the kind of intrinsic motivation that leads to higher employee and customer engagement. No CIO should ignore that.
Second, there's the engagement level of the IT staff itself. There's no evidence that IT employees are any more engaged than the broader workforce. No CIO should ignore this, either.
Finally, who better to lead game-based design efforts than the CIO? The CIO is the enterprise expert on structured data and all the unstructured data from employee collaboration and interaction. The two types of data can help enterprises understand their engagement problem, choose the appropriate game mechanics to create more engagement, and monitor progress.
"CIOs are being called into these conversations much more. They understand data at a greater level than any other executive within the organization," says Ari Lightman of Carnegie Mellon University's CIO Institute. "They can help design mechanisms, whether it's gaming or communities of engagement, to identify the data that's required to put into the systems are working the way they should. CIOs are the ones who understand the data."
The failure rate continues to be fairly high for IT deployments—often due to low use or indifference, not poor quality technology. During the past five years, $1 trillion of software was sold, but the uptake by users is estimated to have been 50 percent, and lower in some categories, including internal social media networks.
IT deployments are often crammed down the throats of users, or at least experienced that way. Gamification could be the catalyst to turn around this situation by helping IT initiatives get pulled by the users, not pushed on them. Gamification is something CIOs can bring to the table when the topic is change management. Gamification can harness the psychology of human behavior to make the difference between a failed deployment and one embraced as enthusiastically as many games.
CIOs have always been urged to consider psychology in the design and deployment of applications and infrastructure. Game design techniques suggest a structured way to do this with proven mechanics. Gamification becomes an approach to apply psychology to engage users and leverage their enthusiasm toward what may appear to them as a personal goal, but in reality is a mutual goal of the individual and the business.
The user's sense of progress (goal gradients), the inherent or psychological rewards along the way, and the instinctual cooperation and competition of games produce some passion that can make the difference. Perhaps enhanced collaboration is itself a goal, as in R&D and data analytics; game-based design can be the means to achieve it.
Game-based design approaches also align with the changes in power dynamics and in the nature of work, which come with the changing demographics and work styles of younger employees, including mobility, bring your own device (BYOD), and consumerization of IT.
Game-based design calls for some technology ingredients, but it primarily requires human ingredients since human behavior is the key differential. PwC refers to this approach as active engagement modeling (AEM). AEM is new ground for many CIOs, especially those with technical-track careers and those unfamiliar with how to apply psychology to human motivation. If mastered, AEM is a worthwhile skill that can add to the CIO's personal capabilities and is important to leadership anyway. It is about getting inside the heads of users or customers to understand what motivates them and keeps them motivated.
AEM methodology involves seven steps, and it iterates these steps to move from one mastery level to another. The steps derive from the thinking, feeling, and learning principles described earlier. Using the Autodesk example discussed in the article, "The game-based redesign of mainstream business," the seven steps consist of the following:
These seven steps constitute the first phase of AEM. (See Figure 1.) The details associated with each step will be specific to the situation. Determining these details is the essence of making AEM work, and represents most of the work required for game-based design (game tools themselves are a relatively small part). Within this first phase, a feedback loop helps validate that the goal or purpose is being achieved, and may lead to revisions.
Figure 1:
Seven steps to active engagement modeling
After the benefits step, a branch to a second phase also occurs. The next phase is to help users move to the next level of mastery, the next target gradient. Target gradients are the stepwise incentives for the gaming— the levels of progress and linked rewards for achievement. (See Figure 2.)
Figure 2:
Leveling up in active engagement modeling
A first phase could be mastery of the basics. The second and subsequent phases would build on that basic mastery to higher levels of proficiency. Determining how many levels of mastery and what should be in each is the essence of AEM work.
As natural gamers, humans easily lose interest in repeating the same steps and achieving the same old goals. If the enterprise wants to keep users and customers engaged, then AEM requires the up-front design of levels of recognition and progress. Software game designers know this fundamental principle and reflect it in their game designs, and they know when to replace a game with a new one and new challenges. These levels must be meaningful to the audience and fit the purpose.
Some of these levels are reflected in intangible rewards, such as merit badges (in Cub Scouts or Boy Scouts, for example), and some of these can be reflected in tangible rewards (gift cards, time off, and so on). Designing these progress levels is complex. The experience of many who have applied game-based design is that intangible rewards are sufficient and more desirable in most situations. CIOs should work closely with HR to ensure the best match of goal gradients and rewards to the enterprise's overall perspective of human capital management.
What motivates one audience may not work for another. What keeps an audience engaged depends on the character of the individuals and the culture of the organization. The challenge of motivating human behaviors requires different techniques and thoughtful application; thus, AEM is not about making the experience more fun for the user.
One design factor is that AEM must be considered in context, not as just a sideshow. The CIO must take a holistic approach in which the game-based design is aligned with other enterprise business factors, such as organization design, business culture, informal and formal reward and recognition systems, and what else is going on in the enterprise. Since human factors are the essence of game-based design, the crowdsourcing of ideas and the testing of pilots is invaluable. It is better to have the direct feedback of potential users than to try to guess at their thinking.
What is game-based design to the CIO? It is four elements, all intersecting for alignment:
The word design is used as if it was an exact and analytic methodology, but in the game-based design domain, the CIO is dealing with human factors that may be unpredictable and not subject to design disciplines. The CIO can use help from those who have a deep understanding of those human factors. The CIO should establish consensus on game-based design by collaborating with key groups such as HR, marketing, and sales. The consensus should include the goals, the opportunity areas (pilots), the participants (inside or outside the enterprise), and the master plan that has budgets and timelines. Some possible opportunities for applying game-based design are described in the following paragraphs.
Airline flight simulators use gaming techniques to help pilots avoid and mitigate the risks of flying. CIOs can employ similar business cockpit simulations for new applications and infrastructure, new IT security approaches, data analytics, human capital management, use of resources such as call centers, or improving collaboration. In each, the human element is the key to success or failure.
Security is viewed by many as a type of game—some would say a war game— one of successive one-upmanship. Humans are natural gamers, and this instinctual drive is often the most powerful of motivators, so why not use this power to demonstrate the best and worst practices that lead to security compromises?
Rajat Paharia, founder of Bunchball, described security as a game-based design idea at a Knowledge@Wharton conference: "It's all about driving a certain kind of activity or behavior or participation [such as] a great IT security competition where people can show off how much they know, get a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, and win a competition."
It is human behavior that leads to security breaches, often unintentional, so making security a personal game, with a goal of reducing compromises, could be a valuable application of game-based design. During wartime in the pre-digital era, motivational posters—"loose lips sink ships"—were used to challenge individual awareness and action.
Gamification has been applied to hack-a-thons for testing the integrity of new software. In some hack-a-thons, the tangible reward for uncovering compromises in the software is the opportunity to win a tablet device, for example.
In data analytics, engaging people, perhaps competitively, to find patterns or hidden objects may yield large rewards to the enterprise as well as encourage and reward those who are the Sherlock Holmes equivalents. Google's image labeler—applying natural languages to image searches—is better than using an algorithm because it relies on humans to identify the image.
Another company, Tagasauris, applies crowdsourcing and game-based design disciplines to data curation and tagging, annotations, labeling, and translation for images.
Not surprisingly, marketing and sales organizations have been early adopters of game-based design techniques. Perhaps the CIO can learn from their progress. More importantly, CIO leadership in game-based design is a productive way to establish a relationship with the chief marketing officer and the chief sales officer. CIOs who have been anxious to prove their value to the business would benefit from a closer linkage with them on game-based design.
Another game-based design opportunity is in optimizing the use of assets and critical resources such as software licenses, call centers, and energy. SAP has employed game-based design in its SAP SuccessFactors initiative, which encourages people to become certified experts. Through game-based design approaches, CIOs can increase the number of certified users for software deployments. Building game-based design into software training would preserve valuable licenses by granting license-to-use only to the certified experts. The important additional benefit of game-based design to certification is that it can help ensure higher levels of competence and collaboration.
JouleBug, a company that uses mobile apps, big data, and game mechanics to promote energy conservation, helps people and organizations save money by monitoring individual behavior on energy consumption. The company also can cover other "green" initiatives such as waste disposal. It provides detailed information on the habits of individuals, giving insight to businesses on the collective behavior of individuals and thus how they can optimize their sustainability programs. With the JouleBug app, individuals can use this information to compete with family, friends, and co-workers. Users are able to integrate their utility bills and other personal data with the application, and they can track habits such as carpooling or using their own mug at the coffee shop. IT is one of the largest consumers of energy in many enterprises, and using this capability, the CIO can take leadership on green.
Human capital management, which is intrinsically about human behavior, is another natural opportunity for game-based design. Reengineering the mental models encapsulated in game-based design can assist the enterprise in its goals for ethics and regulatory compliance (the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, bias, or inappropriate behavior in the workplace, for example), leadership development, and health (lifestyle, diet).
While digital gaming itself has been around for a long time, it is no longer limited to just standalone applications outside the enterprise. Gamification is being integrated into enterprise software and linked to an array of other applications via application programming interfaces (APIs). IT organizations will require new skills, a new methodology (AEM), and some new technologies and architecture.
The critical new skills needed in IT include capabilities for the following:
Talent in these areas may already reside in the IT organization or elsewhere in the enterprise. If not, third-party sources, such as those listed elsewhere in this issue of the Technology Forecast, can help an organization to get started. Experienced third-party sources can jump-start game-based design, but it is crucial that knowledge transfer occurs between those with expertise in these areas and those inside IT who are responsible for software development and infrastructure deployment.
In PwC's research, several seasoned game-based design sources cited the need for an engagement manager within IT. The engagement manager is a permanent program manager who helps create the master plan for game-based design and adjusts that plan as needed to achieve success. Choosing a qualified engagement manager at the outset will be an early example of the CIO commitment to game-based design, and, of course, a critical factor in the success of the program. The engagement manager should be a dynamic, progressive talent who knows human behavior and motivation, and would be full time in this capacity.
"Hire a smart person who knows human behavior," advises Jun Kim of Tableau Software. This sentiment is echoed by Kris Duggan of Badgeville: "Appoint a full-time engagement manager at the outset of game-based design."
A related issue is where in the IT organization the engagement manager should reside. Deciding whether the role is part of IT applications, IT strategy, IT R&D, or a wholly separate group reporting to the CIO and others (chief marketing officer, the chief sales officer) will require careful consideration of what would work in the enterprise.
AEM can become part and parcel of the normal design process. CIOs can begin by choosing a pilot or a few pilots where AEM is most promising. Deploy quickly, monitor the pilot faithfully, and be willing to make course corrections. Establish the lessons learned, publish and promote the lessons to engender more insight in AEM, and lead the adoption of AEM throughout the enterprise as it may have applicability outside IT.
Game-based design will require some new technologies and a revised architecture. (See the article, "Improving the customer and employee experience with gaming technology.") Game mechanics are often applied at the user interface (UI), with the help of the representational state transfer (RESTful) API models. This architecture has a stable core and a dynamic UI. The UI has the design characteristics of games and many advanced smartphone designs—dynamic and intuitively usable—while incorporating the game principles of goal gradients.
Figure 3:
Architectural model for gamification (enterprise view)
Game-based design must work without major barriers or obstacles to use, and must be fully integrated to the UI and underlying core. Figure 3 illustrates what needs to change from current architectures. This field is 80 percent of the UI edge, and that is where most game-based design work is needed, so there is little influence on the portfolio of applications that have been deployed and must continue to work well.
Just because game-based design has promise does not mean it applies to everything. Prior experiences of some organizations reveal that game-based design applies best to situations where failure is due largely to human factors and where motivators can be intrinsic to the job. However, there is no downside to at least considering game-based design for every major IT initiative that is user or customer facing.
Collaboration with HR, marketing, and sales is essential. HR in particular is crucial to assessing any potential issues with applying game-based design internationally. Mario Herger, technology strategist and community manager at SAP Labs, cautions that some work council or regulatory issues could complicate or crater an initiative. Many employees have negative perceptions (subliminal or outward) of game-based design because they view games as a way for the enterprise to manipulate them. So keep the experiments fresh and true to business goals. HR can be a valuable partner in avoiding these issues during the design phase.
Assign an engagement manager. With goals relevant to the organization, create the master plan, start small, and experiment. It is vital to keep the applications fresh, as humans will not continue to engage unless they have new challenges and rewards. The engagement manager's skills are important to meeting this challenge.
Since the approaches may be broadly applicable on an ongoing basis and may need to be tuned to the human frequencies of the enterprise, internal IT must take leadership early. The CIO's role is certainly to provision the technologies, architecture, databases, and tools. Beyond that, CIOs can demonstrate that they can change the culture and performance of their organizations.
When the value is proven through the measurements of progress toward goals, the enterprise will likely be pleasantly surprised at this new dimension of the CIO and IT. And the new mutual relationships with the chief marketing officer and the chief sales officer are a great way to reinforce the CIO's business acumen and performance. Gamification may well help CIOs to keep their jobs and get recognized for their mastery of leadership.


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Glock 42 Magazines In Stock
If you purchased a Glock 42 in the last 9 months and you wanted to get a few extra magazines you've probably had a bit of an issue getting your hands on them.
That's because Glock has a supply and demand issue. The G42 was launched in January and here it is at the end of August and it's still hard to find them in stock.
I just purchased 4 from weapon hero and they shipped out the same day. They said they're getting 160 Glock 42 magazines in in the next week (www.weaponhero.com/glock-42-magazine-for-sale)…so if you need some Glock 42 magazines in stock you might want to check them out.
They're also getting factory Glock 42 magazines with a built in pinky extension.


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Section 140 - Regulating Fire Alarm Systems
Section 140:00. Purpose. This Ordinance regulates the use of fire alarms from misuse through frequency of false alarms.
Section 140:05. Definitions. For the purpose of this Ordinance the following definitions shall apply:
Subd. 1. Alarm System. Includes any alarm installation designed to be used for the prevention or detection of fire on the premises.
Subd. 2. Alarm User. The person or business using an alarm system to protect the premises, regardless of whether the system is owned or leased.
Subd. 3. Automatic Dialing Device. An automatic alarm system which automatically sends, over telephone lines, a prerecorded voice message or signal indicating the existence of an emergency situation.
Subd. 4. Calendar Year. The period January 1 through December 31 of each year.
Subd. 5. False Alarm. An alarm signal eliciting a response by personnel of the Citys fire department when a situation requiring a response does not, in fact, exist, and which is caused by the activation of an alarm system through mechanical failure, improper maintenance of the alarm system or the building, structure, or facility, alarm malfunction, improper installation or the inadvertence of the alarm user or its employees, family, or agents. A false alarm does not include an alarm caused by climatic conditions such as tornadoes, thunderstorms, utility line mishaps, violent conditions of nature, or any other conditions which are clearly beyond the control of the alarm manufacturer, installer, or user.
Subd. 6. Nonresidential. Commercial, industrial, business, State agencies, special purpose units of government, apartment complexes, schools, and hospitals.
Subd. 7. Residential Alarm User. Occupied housing units, residential homes, and condominiums.
Section 140:10. Regulations and Requirements.
Subd. 1. Alarm User Registration. Any alarm user shall fill out and return to the fire department the alarm user registration form as provided within thirty (30) days after installation of system.
Subd. 2. False Alarm Statement of Correction. Following the second false alarm within the calendar year, the alarm user shall fill out and return to the fire department, within five (5) days, the false alarm statement of corrections. This form shall contain a detailed statement of the corrective actions the alarm user has taken to prevent additional false alarms, and to notify the alarm user of impending forfeitures should additional false alarms occur.
Subd. 3. Installation of Alarm System. No person shall install an alarm system or use, monitor, and possess an operative alarm system, which utilizes taped or prerecorded messages, which deliver a telephone alarm message to the police or fire departments. No automatic dialing services or systems are permitted in any form, including automatic dialing of the emergency number 911.
Section 140:15. Schedule of Payments and Rates.
Subd. 1. Residential and nonresidential users of alarm systems shall be permitted two (2) false alarms per calendar year.
Subd. 2. Any alarm user who has more than two (2) false alarms at the same premises in any calendar year shall pay a fee set from time to time by ordinance of the City Council. Eff. 1/19/99
Subd. 3. There is hereby established a thirty (30) day grace period for all newly installed alarm systems. All false alarms occurring during this period shall not be considered part of the two (2) allowable false alarms per year. The installation date must be verified by a dated sales receipt for the alarm system, or a dated invoice from the installer of the alarm system.
Subd. 4. The false alarm is excused if prior notification stating the exact time and date is given to the dispatch center, and the alarm is activated for the purposes of testing or upgrading the alarm system.
Subd. 5. All payments provided for in this subsection shall be made to the City within thirty (30) days after mailing a statement to the alarm user. Payments not made within thirty (30) days are delinquent. All delinquent charges and penalties shall be certified by the City Clerk to the County Auditor each year providing for assessment of the delinquent amounts against the property of the delinquent alarm user.
Subd. 6. All information submitted in compliance with this Section shall be held in confidence and shall be deemed a confidential record exempt from discovery to the extent permitted by law. Subject to requirement of confidentiality, the Fire Chief may develop and maintain statistics for the purpose of ongoing alarm system evaluation.
Section 140:20. Unlawful Act.
Subd. 1. It is unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to comply with the regulations set forth in this Ordinance.
Eff. 11/17/1998