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Tuscan Hills Winery, recently opened in 2011, is on Historic Hills Drive, directly behind the Harley Barn. This winery is located on eight picturesque acres which helps bring an Old World Tuscan feel to the heart of Effingham. The owners are focused on creating elegant, approachable, and perfectly balanced wines of the highest quality. Wine tastings, along with space available for reservations makes this a must stop for group tours. Tuscan Hills Winery wants you to "Come as our guest, but leave as our friends." We welcome you to plan your next event at Tuscan Hills Winery - whether it's a beautiful wedding in our vineyard or book the space for your next meeting.
Enjoy a relaxing retreat at Sara's Sanctuary. Every retreat offers a different health and wellness experience, which includes therapeutic massage, aromatherapy, yoga or meditation, reflexology and Reiki. Each session has a limit of eight participants and four sleeping rooms.
A quiet cove at dawn, where the only sound is the whir of a casting reel and the gentle splash of the fly hitting the water's surface...that's Lake Sara. A sunny afternoon slalom skiing behind a powerboat or running along the beach...that's Lake Sara. A family picnic in the grass at water's edge or a family reunion, with fried chicken and the works, under one of the pavilions...that's Lake Sara. Lake Sara is an 800-acre recreational lake nestled into a wooded shoreline, encircled by a winding road. Spend a day, a week, or a season on the shores of Lake Sara. Lake Sara has something for everyone, in every season of the year.
Firefly Grill is a modern roadhouse restaurant located on the shores of Lake Kristie. This wonderful place operates on an oasis of American fresh cuisine in the heart of the Midwest. Firefly's menu changes daily and boasts fresh seafood, oak fire steaks and brick oven pizzas. Firefly uses local ingredients whenever possible and fresh herbs and vegetables from their garden. The beautiful facility and grounds make this the perfect place for a wedding or group event. Cooking demonstrations and tours are also available.
Anthony Acres Resort has picturesque views of Lake Sara. The resort is only five minutes from Effingham, so you can come into town and enjoy some food or shop.
Showcasing classic and one-of-a-kind Corvettes and memorabilia, My Garage Museum is a must-see attraction for any car enthusiast. Corvettes on display include Indy pace cars, racing machines, the last C-4 and the first 21st century model.
The TREC trail system is a public trail designed to create recreational opportunities. The trails provide a great place for visitors to exercise, whether its walking, riding bikes, or roller blading. The mission is to develop a countrywide, multi-use trail system, educate the communities on the benefits of the trails, and promote an active lifestyle by providing recreational activities.
Baseball Card Connection offers a wide selection of baseball memorabilia, but that isn't all they have to offer! Items pertaining to football, soccer, NASCAR and more are available as well.
Quail Creek Country Club and Resort
This 18-hole facility is a former PGA Tour site. Quail Creek also features a resort with 34 beautiful room options for golfers and non-golfers. The 19th Hole offers casual and fine dining.
Come out to Camp Lakewood and enjoy the views of Lake Pauline plus all the creature comforts. Camp Lakewood is an RV campground. The sites include cable, WiFi, 30/50 AMP. They also offer a one and two bedroom cabin that is fully furnished and self contained. The newest cabin sleeps five and includes Cable TV. They do offer tent sites as well for those who want to be a little closer to nature.
Come explore the sculptures that have transformed the City of Effingham's avenues into an art gallery. Over 30 sculptures created by some of the Midwest's best known and unknown sculptors bring life to the streets of Effingham as part of the annual "Sculptures on the Avenues" outdoor exhibition. Sculptures on the Avenues is a self-guided walking tour that begins at City Hall, located at 201 E. Jefferson Ave. From there, the exhibition winds in and out of Downtown Effingham. An informative guide, which facilitates a walking tour, is available at the Effingham Visitors Center or City Hall.
Two different locations on Lake Sara. The pavilions offer a chance to host a meeting on the lake. The two outdoor facilities are perfect for receptions and parties with plenty of outdoor space. It also features a large open room, kitchen area, boat dock and outdoor decks.
John Boos & Co. is the oldest industry in Effingham, open since 1887. John Boos products, butcher blocks and cutting boards, are being used by celebrity chefs throughout the U.S. Some celebrity chefs currently using the products are Charlie Trotter, Ming Tsai, Paul Kahan, and Susan Spicer, just to name a few. In addition, the country's premier food channel, "The Food Network," features chefs, such as Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse, who prepare meals every day on John Boos cutting boards. A factory outlet and showroom is open to the public for tours, groups, or just to purchase the products.
Country Peddler Antique & Craft Mall
Country Peddler's offers a wide variety of house décor items, craft supplies and antiques.
This family-owned winery manages seven acres of French-American hybrid grapevines and makes eight different wines, including reds, whites and blushes. A gift shop, and complimentary tastings and tours, are available.
For over 100 years, Olney has been the home for hundreds of white squirrels. The albino squirrels can be seen at various locations in town, but are most often found in the Olney City Park.
Ten RV sites, water, sewer, electrical hookups -- 20,30,50 AMP, 6 tent sites, lake, fishing, shower house, restroom and playground.
Arts Connection of Central Illinois has been established for the citizens of Effingham County and beyond to showcase arts and entertainment, to encourage interaction with and appreciation of live performance, to endorse the educational process and to enhance the quality of life and cultural vitality of the region.
Stang Arts Studio & Gallery features art classes for both children and adults, along with holding various events throughout the year. The artist, Jamie Stang, also specializes in "paint parties." These parties are great for a group, as they feature great food, drinks, music and art. Jamie helps visitors discover their inner-artist while relaxing in a chic studio-style atmosphere. Check out her gallery while you're there too.
Lake house vacation rental home; one large bedroom with kitchen, laundry room, patio room with spectacular view of the lake, family room with dining table, deck, screened porch, fireplaces, one acre of land on beautiful Vernor Lake, and walking distance to Richland County Country Club. Relax and fish from the dock on this quiet lake side retreat.
Joe's Pizza and Pasta is a hometown favorite serving fine Italian dishes including pizza, pasta, submarine sandwiches, desserts and more. Recently renovated, Joe's makes the perfect place for lunch or dinner with the availability of large party reservations and delivery service.
If you want to spend a day on Lake Sara but don't have a boat, don't worry The Marina at Lake Sara offers boat rentals, tackle, gas, food and drinks.
A 3,000 sq. ft. lodge features a master bedroom with a private bath and two bedrooms with semi-private bathrooms. Located in rural Jasper County, Turkey Creek is perfect for hunters or individuals wanting a weekend retreat.
Located just minutes outside of Effingham. The Gardens of Heartland can fully satisfy your requirements for affordable & elegant receptions & outdoor weddings, or small gatherings.


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Just as thousands will be arriving at General Synod 26 in Hartford, Conn., the Freedom Schooner Amistad will hoist its sails in nearby New Haven and embark on a historic first-time voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. It will visit Sierra Leone, the west Africa land once home to the former Amistad captives.
The ship will carry the story of Sengbe Pieh and others who changed the course of U.S. history in their struggle for freedom and against slavery. The Amistad will carry the slogan, "Confronting the past; transforming the present," encapsulating the heart of the Amistad America project.
The Amistad event was the first human rights trial in U.S. history and, in many ways, heralded the birth of the UCC's justice-advocacy tradition.
On Thursday, June 21, early Synod visitors can participate in a public bon voyage as well wishers gather from across the United States to bless the Amistad Freedom Schooner and its crew as they embark on this 14-month adventure. Learn more at amistadamerica.org.
Record-setting victory for kids
The UCC's legal complaint that the nation's largest Hispanic television network, Univision, is not serving the educational programming needs of children has resulted in a landmark ruling by the Federal Communications Commission.
According to a front page story in The New York Times on Feb. 24, the FCC was expected to fine Univision about $24 million, the largest ever imposed by the FCC against any company. The decision was made public during a NYT interview with FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin.
The UCC's action, dating back to August 2005, represented the first time that a Spanish-speaking station's license renewal had been challenged for failure to comply with the Children's Television Act of 1990 and the children's educational guidelines, adopted by the FCC in 1996, that require local stations to air at least three hours per week of specifically educational programming.
After investigating the complaint by the UCC's Office of Communication Inc., the FCC decreed that 24 Univision stations had violated programming guidelines over a two-year period.
The UCC was the sole complainant in the case and many of the individual petitions were signed by members of La Eglesia Unida De Cristo Buenas Nuevas, a small Hispanic UCC congregation in Cleveland.
"This landmark decision is a tribute to the courage of these UCC members who took a stand on behalf of their children," said the Rev. Robert Chase, the UCC's director of communications.
Learn more at ucc.org/ocinc.
50th Anniversary Hymn
The Rev. Carl Daw Jr., a well-known hymn writer, has completed a commissioned hymn to commemorate the UCC's 50th anniversary celebration. "God our Maker, whose first summons" is a new hymn text based on the UCC's anniversary-year theme, "Let it shine!" The hymn is available online at ucc.org/50 and may be used freely in the UCC throughout the anniversary year, as long as the copyright information is included as it appears on the hymn page.
"This image of Christians as bearers of light is the unifying theme of this hymn, and the various stanzas relate this theme to the three persons of the Trinity, both individually and jointly," Daw wrote in his artistic statement.
Daw authored the text to accompany the ever-popular Welsh tune, CWM RHONDDA, popularly known by its more-common text "God of grace, and God of glory."
Daw, an Episcopal priest, is executive director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada and an adjunct professor of hymnology at Boston University.
Well acquainted with the UCC, Daw was involved in the creation of The New Century Hymnal as one of the poets engaged to recraft the language of older hymns. In the end, eight of Daw's texts were included in The New Century Hymnal.
"Daw's texts, known for their rich use of metaphors, appear in almost all the modern denominational hymnals," says Art Clyde, who was editor of the UCC's popular 1995 hymnal.
Justice nominees sought
UCC-related Christians for Justice Action is seeking nominations for the biennial Burning Bush Award, which honors the work of a local justice advocate. CJA seeks to recognize those who otherwise go unnoticed at a national level. Nomination letters may be sent by May 25 to: Burning Bush Nominations, c/o J.F. Wickey, 822 College Ave., Alva, OK 73717 or email@example.com.
The award will be presented at CJA's General Synod luncheon on June 25 when U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) will deliver the fifth Valerie E. Russell Lecture.
More on Synod 25 fallout
During the 20 months since General Synod 25 in Atlanta, 163 UCC churches have officially left the denomination, according to United Church News analysis. The figure is based on raw statistical data from July 5, 2005, to March 5, 2007, provided to United Church News by the UCC's research office in Cleveland.
Ninety churches specifically cited General Synod's 2005 decision to affirm support for same-gender marriage equality as their reason for departure. Twenty churches indicated they had general disagreement with the denomination on several issues, while 47 churches provided no specific reason for withdrawal. Six churches said they were leaving to join another denomination or become independent, but also provided no specific rationale.
The withdrawals translated into a loss of 15,003 members or 1.15 percent of the denomination's 2005 membership of nearly 1.3 million. Leaving churches collectively contributed $123,952 (or four-tenths of one percent) of the total $29.6 million given to Our Church's Wider Mission basic support in 2005.
About 35 percent of churches that departed after July 2005 did not contribute to OCWM in 2003 or 2004. In 2005, more than 63 percent of these churches did not contribute.
In addition, during the same 20-month period, 30 churches closed altogether - due to declining and/or aging membership - and were removed from the UCC's national roster of local churches.
Meanwhile, 65 churches have expressed a firm interest in joining the UCC since July 2005, a process that can take a bit longer to complete than a congregation's decision to leave the denomination. To date, 35 new or existing churches have either been granted standing in the UCC or have been received in-care by a local Association.
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15 Toughest Interview Questions (and Answers!)
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"I graduated four years ago from the University of Michigan, with a Bachelor's in Biology – but I decided that wasn't the right path for me. So I switched gears and got my first job, working in sales for a startup. Then I went on to work in legislative affairs for a law firm that worked with the Feds. After that, I took a few months off to travel. Finally, I came back and worked in government and legal work. And now, here I am, looking for a more challenging legislative role."
Instead of giving a chronological work history, focus on your strengths and how they pertain to the role. If possible, illustrate with examples.
Good answer:
"I'm really energetic, and a great communicator. Working in sales for two years helped me build confidence, and taught me the importance of customer loyalty. I've also got a track record of success. In my last role, I launched a company newsletter, which helped us build on our existing relationships and create new ones. Because of this, we ended up seeing a revenue increase of 10% over two years. I'm also really interested in how companies can use web tools to better market themselves, and would be committed to building on your existing platform. This is especially important as the government moves into more Web 2.0 initiatives."


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NFL world is all abuzz about Eastern Illinois QB Garoppolo
ADAM L. JAHNS Staff Reporter January 21, 2014 10:24PM
Updated: January 22, 2014 10:51AM
MOBILE, Ala. With Eastern Illinois quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo destined for the big stage of the NFL, the media made sure to clarify a few things about him while he sat on a small stage during Senior Bowl week.
How exactly do you say your name?
Ga-ra-po-lo, he said with an affable smile. Its usually how most people think.
Is that a Greek name?
Italian, he said, now beaming. It ends in a vowel.
So goes the world of Garoppolo. The Rolling Meadows High School graduate was the most valuable player of the East-West Shrine Game on Saturday, and now hes taking a starring role during Senior Bowl week.
Everyone from media to scouts to team executives wants to know everything about him.
The NFL world is gushing over Garoppolo, who, in the last several weeks, has gone from an unknown to a potential late-round pick to a possible second- or third-round selection, in the opinions of some NFL evaluators. His model mechanics, quick release and overall potential are the buzz of the offseason.
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The Chicago area doesnt have a rich history of producing NFL quarterbacks. Only nine from the metro area have started an NFL regular-season game since the merger.
Its a rare thing, Garoppolo said.
He just happens to be the next best thing.
With Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron declining to participate in the Senior Bowl, Garoppolo received a late invite after his strong showing in the East-West Shrine game. The NFL wanted to see more with better players around him.
It was a grind going straight from St. Petersburg, Fla., to Mobile Im a little sleep-deprived, Garoppolo said but that hasnt prevented him from turning heads.
Hes looked really good, an NFL executive in search of a quarterback said.
The best thing about him?
Hes got a good release a great release, the executive said.
Two weeks in front of the NFL world only has strengthened his case for the draft. Hell get a chance to show more next month at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
In a job interview for any profession, you want to get face time, said Daniel Jeremiah, a former NFL scout and current NFL Network analyst. Hes had an opportunity now to get weeks of face time with the bosses, so to speak, of the NFL. Hes handled himself really well, and hes helping himself a lot.
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For seven years, Garoppolo honed his skills under the tutelage of former NFL quarterback Jeff Christensen, who runs the Throw It Deep quarterback and receiver academy in suburban Lombard.
For Garoppolo, who didnt play quarterback until his junior year at Rolling Meadows, it was all about establishing a delivery.
Hes always been an open book, said Christensen, an Eastern Illinois product who spent time with six NFL teams. Hes always been willing to absorb and apply.
Garoppolo might not have generated a ton of Division-I interest at Rolling Meadows. But it didnt take long for him to develop into a record-setting quarterback at Eastern Illinois, breaking marks set by the Cowboys Tony Romo and earning the 2013 Walter Payton Award (top offensive player in the Football Championship Subdivision).
You cant supersede accuracy, said Christensen, who has helped develop former Bears quarterback Matt Blanchard. And [Garoppolo] is incredibly, incredibly accurate, and thats the key.
Hes an NFL starting quarterback.
Garoppolo, whom Bears general manager Phil Emery scouted this past season at EIU, thanks a lot of people for his rise. It starts with his parents, Tony and Denise, and being part of a football-playing family with three brothers, Tony Jr., Mike and Bill.
Then theres Christensen who compares Garoppolos delivery to Tom Bradys and Aaron Rodgers and former EIU coach Bob Spoo and longtime assistant Roy Wittke for their honest recruiting approach. He also appreciates the system and approach former EIU coach Dino Babers (now at Bowling Green) provided the last two seasons.
He never has regretted going to EIU.
Were just so happy for him, Tony Garoppolo said. Its all about him.
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Garoppolo will tell you he has to improve many things, starting with his footwork. Five- and seven-step drops are foreign to him after playing in a shotgun system in college.
But the Jaguars staff, which is coaching the South team, doesnt have any complaints.
His footwork is pretty good, Jaguars offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch said. He throws with a nice base and good feet. Its pretty neat to see. You can see his release, which is a nice benefit for him.
There will be a number of quarterbacks who will go before Garoppolo in the draft, starting with Texas A&Ms Johnny Manziel and Louisvilles Teddy Bridgewater.
But scouts are convinced that Garoppolo will be a good one, too.
Hes got some really special qualities, said Shawn Zobel, the editor of draftheadquarters.com, who has privately worked for multiple NFL teams.
Mechanically, hes about what you look for. Everybody going into the NFL needs some fine-tuning here or there, but in terms of an Eastern Illinois quarterback, hes far more developed than youd expect for an FCS quarterback.
To me, hes the dark horse of this years NFL class. Down here, he flashes the ability to be a top quarterback. I think hes on his way to being a second- or third-round pick when all is said and done.
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Nfl World Is All Abuzz About Eastern Illinois Qb Garoppolo East west shrine game stand out
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This guy has the look.
BTW that wasn't the senior bowl, that was the East/west shrine game. The senior bowl is happening this week.
BTW that wasn't the senior bowl, that was the East/west shrine game. The senior bowl is happening this week.
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You can paint the town pink this month in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month with several pink promotions going on that will encourage you to buy pink, think pink, eat pink or drink pink.
Here are some local spots that are thinkin' pink:
Sage Restaurant Group's Denver-area eateries are having various deals to take a bite out of breast cancer. Throughout the month of October each restaurant will offer pink doughnuts where a portion of proceeds from each doughnut sold will benefit the Denver affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
• Second Home Kitchen + Bar, 150 Clayton Lane: doughnut holes with pomegranate glaze.
• Kachina Southwestern Grill, 10600 Westminster Blvd.: Pink Chocolate Beignets with White Chocolate Crème Anglaise. Kachina also features the Prickly Pixie with $1 from each drink sold this month going to Susan G. Komen for The Cure.
• The Corner Office Restaurant + Martini Bar, 1401 Curtis St.: Pink Velvet Icing Doughnuts.
Drink pink
Chef Richard Sandoval's restaurants, Zengo, La Sandia and Tamayo, are honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month in partnership with the Susan G. Komen Foundation by donating $1 from the featured drink, Pink Ribbon Agua Fresca, which will be offered through Oct. 31 for $4. Made with fresh watermelon, this traditional Mexican non-alcoholic drink is refreshing and filled with antioxidants.
This beverage is one of Sandoval's favorites since it was a beverage that was served at his grandmother's dining room table. It's a drink that not only honors one of the most important women in his life but it also pays homage to his Mexican roots.
Bras for the cause
Infiniti of Denver (ironically located at 2990 S. Havana St. in Aurora) will donate $50 from every clear "bra" (the kind cars wear) purchased in October and November to Sense of Security. Visit www.senseofsecurity.org.
`Steaking' out breast cancer
Sullivan's Steakhouse at 1745 Wazee St. is giving a percentage of sales from its "The Sure Thing," the new $39 prix fixe menu, to breast cancer research this month. Plus, you can choose an eight-ounce premium filet as one of your entrée choices.
Complete menu and reservations: www.sullivanssteakhouse.com/denver.
Smooth move
Tropical Smoothie Café comes to Colorado with the opening of its first store in the Denver Tech Center, 5332 DTC Blvd. #200, Greenwood Village.
Owners Michelle and Kriss Shriver opened their first store in 2010 and currently own three in Henderson and Las Vegas, Nev.
The first store celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by Greenwood Village Mayor Ron Rakowsky on Oct. 14. One lucky text entrant won 52 smoothies for the next year at the Denver Tech location.
The franchise was founded in 1997 in Destin, Fla. There are now more than 300 locations in operation.
The seen
Famed Chicago chef Graham Elliot, a featured celebrity chef at the Shamrock Food Show on Oct. 9, told the audience that he had dinner Oct. 8 at Beast + Bottle, followed by an evening of karaoke.
Elliot not only owns three eateries in Chicago, he has appeared in "Iron Chef" and twice competed in "Top Chef Masters." He currently co-stars with Gordon Ramsay and Joe Bastianich on the Fox series "MasterChef."
Eavesdropping on a man: "You know you are in for a lot of work when our almost 21-month-old daughter is already eye-rolling me."
Penny Parker's "Mile High Life" column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.pennyparker.blacktie-colorado.com. She can be reached at email@example.com or at 303-619-5209.


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Gloucester put a dent in Harlequins' play-off hopes after they beat the Cherry and Whites 25-20 at Kingsholm on Saturday.
Gloucester put a dent in Harlequins' Aviva Premiership play-off hopes after they defeated the Cherry and Whites 25-20 at Kingsholm on Saturday.
The hosts ran in three tries to overcome the fourth-placed visitors.
Harlequins came into the match in good form after winning twice in February but with Chris Robshaw away with England they were unable to build upon a promising start.
It was in fact the visitors who opened the scoring, Ben Botica scored two penalties in the opening thirteen minutes before Gloucester struck.
It was Sione Kalamafoni who dragged his side back into the contest, the Tongan crashed over the line for the first try of the afternoon after good work from James Hudson. Hudson found Kalamafoni with a fine offload and the flanker did the rest.
Ollie Lindsay-Haugue soon hit back for the Quins after good work from scrum-half Lee Dickson and with both tries being converted by Rob Cook and Botica respectively it was 13-6 to Quins at the break.
But whatever director of rugby Nigel Davies said at the interval worked as the Cherry and Whites crossed the whitewash twice in the opening fifteen minutes of the second-half.
The first of these came from flanker Matt Kvesic as he capitalised on good work from the Gloucester pack.
More strong work from the forwards allowed Dan Murphy to follow over just eight minutes later.
Quins hit back through Dave Ward late on after Yann Thomas was sin-binned but the hosts held on for an important 25-20 victory.
The scorers:
For Gloucester:
Tries: Kalamafoni, Kvesic, Murphy
Con: Cook 2
Pen: Cook
For Harlequins:
Try: Lindsay-Hague
Con: Botica
Pen: Botica 2
Gloucester: 15 Rob Cook, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Henry Trinder, 12 Mike Tindall (c), 11 Shane Monahan, 10 Ryan Mills, 9 Dan Robson, 8 Gareth Evans, 7 Matt Kvesic, 6 Sione Kalamafoni, 5 James Hudson, 4 Elliot Stooke, 3 Rupert Harden, 2 Darren Dawidiuk, 1 Nick Wood.
Replacements: 16 Huia Edmonds, 17 Dan Murphy, 18 Yann Thomas, 19 Will James, 20 Matt Cox, 21 Jimmy Cowan, 22 Freddie Burns, 23 Steph Reynolds.
Harlequins: 15 Ollie Lindsay-Hague, 14 Sam Smith, 13 Ugo Monye, 12 Tim Molenaar, 11 Paul Sackey, 10 Ben Botica, 9 Karl Dickson, 8 Nick Easter (c), 7 Luke Wallace, 6 Maurie Fa'asavalu, 5 George Robson, 4 Nick Kennedy, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Joe Gray, 1 Mark Lambert.
Replacements: 16 Dave Ward, 17 Darryl Marfo, 18 Paul Doran Jones, 19 Charlie Matthews, 20 Tom Guest, 21 Sam Stuart, 22 Louis Grimoldby, 23 Jordan Burns.
Referee: Greg Garner (Eng)
Assistant referees: Andy Watson, Ashley Rowden (both Eng)
TMO: Robin Goodliffe (Eng)


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Bad at Sports Giveaway
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The kind folks at Cinema Libre Studio has hooked us up with two copies of their latest release American Shopper to be given away. Directors Tamas Bojtor and Sybil Dessau's hybrid documentary follows 8 contestants and the founder of aisling as they prepare for the first ever National Aisling Championship.Throughout the film we dive into the characters motivations and inspirations for aisling as they prepare themselves for the big competition. The highlight of the film is most definitely the Star Trek shopping cart. If you are not one of the lucky two to get a copy, American Shopper is being released today and should be available on Netflix or through Cinema Libre Studio.
So, here is the deal. The first two people to email me (megonli@gmail) with AMERICAN SHOPPER as the subject will win one of two copies plus the new BAS buttons and some stickers.
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Welcome to your morning dose of denim news, links, sales, and other irresistible glimpses of inside info. Catch up on what's happening (and what's definitely not happening) and browse our personal picks after scanning the web this morning. Got a tip you think we should include, a sale you want to share, or a style you just saw and can't live without? Email us!
1. Rihanna's previous Armani Jeans ad campaign was hit, and now a couple of new images from her most recent photo shoot for the line have been leaked. They look just as sultry, if a little more sweetly seductive (she's ditched the fierce blonde hair). You can see larger versions of the campaign shots here.
2. For fall/winter 2012, Missoni combined denim and cashmere to create a pair of luxe–and surely super-comfortable–jeans for men, paired with lush shearling coats and thick sweaters. Sounds cozy and comfortable!
3. Looking to replenish your denim stash sans environmental guilt? The Huffington Post rounded up ten great eco-friendly denim lines to check out.
4. Stussy Japan released the lookbook for their spring 2012 collection, which features traditional American workwear for men with an edge (think neon orange hues and bold pink buttons) and graphic pieces, like this rad pair of constellation-printed denim shorts that we love.
5. Abaca is a breathable, durable fabric native to the Philippines. And guess what? They're starting to be made into denim fabric.
—Brie Hiramine
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Skip to comments.Fallin declares state of emergency; Snow, sleet to continue through Friday in Tulsa area
Posted on 12/05/2013 1:30:04 PM PST by Star Traveler
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin today declared a State of Emergency for all 77 Oklahoma counties due to the winter storm impacting the state.
"The weather is bad and getting worse," said Fallin in a news release. "Emergency personnel are coordinating with state and local officials to ensure we are prepared and ready for whatever comes our way."
The declaration allows state agencies to make emergency purchases related to disaster relief and preparedness. It is also a first step toward seeking federal assistance should it be necessary.
Under the Executive Order, the state of emergency lasts for 30 days. Tulsa forecast calls for snow, sleet, single-digit lows.
Tulsa's winter weather is mostly expected tonight, with high chances of sleet and snow during the day today, then flurries and freezing drizzle possible Friday.
(Excerpt) Read more at tulsaworld.com ...
global warming is a hoax
there is no warming only cooling
the government has lied to us for 30 years screaming global warming for 30 years
the scientists have lied to us for 30 years, screaming global warming for 30 years
the news media have lied to us for 30 years, screaming global warming for 30 years
you freaking democrat voters do you see your media , your gov , your scientists have been lying to you for 30 years, you socialist morons
What? Did Fallin just move there from Florida or something? It's never snowed in Ok. before?
However, the streets are icing up and with me driving to school to pick someone up, I was hoping no one would slide into me. I don't have much trouble driving in this stuff, but you never know if someone else is going to smash into you, and it could be any of the four sides of the car. You really gotta be looking around you.
It's this cold in Oklahoma
it's bitterly cold most places
global warming? lol lol lol
democrat voters still believe their media masters over their freezing behinds. idiots
I blame all this on Snowden...
Nobody on MSM uses the term "global warming" any more.
It's climate change.
Now any exciting weather event can be attributed to it.
Just north of you here at Lake of the Ozarks.
Roads are dry. No sleet or snow...yet.
Since I've been here, I've noticed that they do that in Oklahoma — declare a State of Emergency for just about everything. I just think it's gotten to be a "standard procedure" now.
As the article states — it opens the door for Federal money — which is why I think they do it all the time.
Junk science. I wouldn't care except thanks to promotion by the Obama administration and the UN, this hoax is going to cost us dearly.
the U.S government funded 30 years of fake global warming research. your tax dollars at work.
this proves socialism/government can never work
they can call it climate change but I'll keep reminding them they called it global warming for 30 years
Ummm ... on the other hand ... it's the WINTER season — so I wouldn't be using "winter" as a methodology to discount Global Warming proponents. It actually sounds kind of hokey and "contrived" to use winter weather as a reason against Global Warming. There are much much better arguments than "winter is here" ... LOL ...
they are still saying the Ice caps are melting which would cause the seas to rise. that means warming to melt the ice caps . that's a lie from the news media . it's not warming it's cooling. it's freezing everywhere and it's not even winter yet.
the Sun says little Ice age coming. they can call it climate change all they want. we remember it's global warming
"Its climate change.
Now any exciting weather event can be attributed to it."
Right. And this guarantees a minimum of four 'events' per year they can propagandize.
funny it's not WINTER.it's still FAll so shouldn't we have had some warming by now after 30 years of your global warming?
FYI Winter starts december 21.
it was in the 30's here in New Orleans a month ago
try again and look up solar Cycle 25. the Sun says the Earth is cooling and will cool
You're north of Springfield, Missouri, then?
In southern California it's about 62 degrees, bright sunny, occasional cotton-ball clouds, mild sleepy breeze and visibility is nearly limitless...The view of the mountains is just fantastic...
That's why NBC purchased the Weather Channel.
It's a propaganda outlet disguised as an info channel.
They even have MSNBC news snippets weaved in.
I knew someone was going to bring that up ... LOL ... which is why I tried to "spread it out" using the phrase "winter season". I call anything from the first freeze to the last freeze, the winter season, no matter if it's in the Fall or Spring ... :-) ...
We've gotten about 2 inches of snow. I think it's a little premature to declare a "state of emergency".
These folks need to come to Minnesota and learn what winter is. We got 28 inches of snow in the last 48 hours, it's going to -15 tonight with a -35 wind chill, and we didn't even close the office.
That works well now, but I wouldn't want to be there during the summer! Come to think of it - I don't like being in Oklahoma during the summer, either. I'm basically an Oregon boy and like the climate west of the Cascades a whole lot better.
"In southern California its about 62 degrees, bright sunny, occasional cotton-ball clouds, mild sleepy breeze and visibility is nearly limitless...The view of the mountains is just fantastic...'
Wow. This must be one of those days your'e not having an earthquake, wildfire, flooding, monsoon, beach erosion, or tsunami. Enjoy!
I've noticed that the officials do that "ahead of time" just based on the projections. I've noticed this before and have seen it many times, since I've been in Oklahoma.
Quick, someone wake up the Weather Cannel. That station that once talked about weather and is now a nature channel.
Tell the Weather Channel they can name this storm.
I grew up in that part of the country that gets ice storms. They are really nasty. I much prefer the ice box and snow we have here today.
You sound angry.
I'll take a peak in the freezer so I relate to what your going through.
I hated snow and cold and ice when I was a kid.
That's why I live in Florida.................
I just got an email from my Daughter who teaches in Tulsa. Her husband phoned at 1:30 and told her to go home. She said she almost slid off the road twice.
Fortunately she made it home OK. along with their children.
I just noticed this in another article ...
"Pruitt said Oklahoma's price-gouging law prohibits an increase of more than 10 percent in the price of most goods and services when a state of emergency has been declared."
Interesting ... as I didn't know this.
Every time I hear 'Snowden' I think of Target, not the other guy..............
For sure ... it is slick out there, as I just came back from picking someone up at school. It would have been better driving if four inches of snow had been dumped on us — instead of the sequence of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow pellets and then snow ...
The roads r becoming very slick. It is mainly ice falling where I am at. Stay off the roads if you can. My dad just got in from North Dakota, said it was nice to be back where it's warm.....LOL!!! (He meant temps. above 0). In all seriousness, for Oklahoma, it is freezing!!
I could never live in a blue state. We get ice storms here that cause power outages that can last for weeks. We also have floods, wildfires, tornadoes and earthquakes. But we also have a high percentage of patriots and that is why I choose to live in Oklahoma.
this is the coldest year I remember here
I thought we should have had some global warming by now after 30 years of global warming the scientists and news media have warned us about
you just help tyranny by ridiculing my arguments calling them out on this
Send some my way. Yesterday afternoon we hit 85, right now it's 35 with rain and getting colder. Tonight most of the roads will be glare ice.
I've always maintained that Oklahoma is one of the few states that believes in the environmentally sound method of snow/ice removal. We just wait until the sun melts it!
I'm just saying that there are much much better arguments against the idea of "Global Warming" than merely pointing out that we're getting winter weather right now - which is what people actually expect to get at this time of the year.
I've made plenty of arguments against "Anthropogenic Global Warming" - but I never make arguments against "Global Warming" - and I have done so for years on this forum.
But I've NEVER made an argument against "Anthropogenic Global Warming" by saying, "We're getting winter weather right now."
25 miles east of Springfield,MO here. Had sleet and freezing rain around 11:30am then snow. About 2 inches so far. Snow coming down thick and steady.
Snow,sleet, freezing rain and cold temperatures has happened here in the UP of Michigan. Schools were open, grocery stores open and even banks, pharmacy open. Life goes on in spite of winter storms
Well ... they're sending me out in this weather to get a few additional things at the store. Their justification for sending me out in this right now is — "You like driving in this stuff!" ... LOL ...
I do actually ... but "really now" ... :-) ...
I remember one time I was trying to get back to Oregon (lived there at the time) and a huge snow storm was hitting the upper Midwest. Well, they were getting ready to shut down everything there and I knew I had to get out of Wyoming (driving across the Interstate) before they shut down everything, and I would be stuck for days, then.
I could barely see on the Interstate, so I cracked the driver's door open slightly, and drove right next to the dotted white line, as that was the only way I could see where the road was ... LOL ...
I finally did make it out of Wyoming, and just about am hour after that, the Interstate was shut down for a couple of days. I barely made it out ... :-) ...
No not angry, just funnin' with ya.
Yes it's cold here in Montana, but it goes with the pristine territory.
I was born and reared in the Florida Panhandle as had all my ancestors going back to the 1700s. It can get cold here but not the brutal cold of the far North.
I spent 5 years in Tidewater, Virginia and the weather there was not that much different from Florida.
I spent 5 years in Western, Kansas. I liked the state but it did sometimes get really cold there. "There was nothing between there and the North Pole but a barb wire fence."
The locals in Kansas told me that 4wd did no good on ice. I assumed they knew what they were talking about since they were native to the area but I later found out they were totally wrong. Four wheel drive definitely helps on ice.
The Great Icepocalypse of 2013 has a nice alarmist ring to it.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) A San Antonio school districts website was hacked over the weekend to protest its policy requiring students to wear microchip-embedded cards tracking their every move on campus.
A teenager purportedly working with the hacker group Anonymous said in an online statement that he took the site down because the Northside school district is stripping away the privacy of students in your school.
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Calm down people. You've voted to give up your liberty, it's a simple transition really. It won't take long, and most of the public is too stupid to miss it.
Hey all you Freepers who keep crowing about how Texas is the Land of Milk and Honey and how we few remaining "sane" Californians need to get in our cars with all of our worldly possessions in the trailer behind and move to Texas so we can be "free." Texas is just a few steps behind other states on the road to Marxism. If this had happened even ten years ago, the Texans I knew would have had the school board and the administration strung up in the public square. This is absolutely outrageous! What's next, eliminating the cards and just putting the microchips under this skin like the family pet? This whole RFID thing should be brought to a screeching halt, at least insofar as human beings are concerned.
After the little 12 year old was taken in Baltimore on Wednesday, it might not be a bad idea. Can you imagine being a parent against this and then your child disappears? I think they would still say "yes my child has vanished but I still have freedom."
When I was in school if they tried something like this it would never have happened. We would have burned the ID badges in the student common area.
Think about it, what are they going to if you don't wear the badge, expell you?! Like that is a big punishment, more time at the beach.
The kids today are such sheeple.
It is a bad idea. You are reaching for a solution to a completely different problem.
These RFID signals "supposedly" only work within a certain distance from the school, so at best it would tell them that you are not at school - it won't help them locate you.
The fight against "soft" tracking measures will be a big one over the next 20 years. It would be smart if we got ahead of it now.
"After the little 12 year old was taken in Baltimore on Wednesday, it might not be a bad idea."
Think harder.
RFID is lazy man's attendance. Don't have to take attendance and it is difficult to fake the attendance. Not sure it provides any other benefit. Besides, what is really telling the school is the location of the ID. Child could just as easily give the ID to a friend and the school would be none the wiser.
This is just the first step toward requiring kids to be chipped to attend school. Don't have the chip -> no school for you.
That is until they force them to implant the chip under their skin.
It would certainly help in a hostage situation within the school.
And then the next logical step is to implant the chip. No chip? No food, no job, no 'rights'. Sounds like a bad idea. Bad as in evil.
"The kids today are such sheeple."
The kids? How about the parents! At least one girl in one of the schools affected filed a lawsuit on religious grounds and received injunctive relief. I just e-mailed another Freeper who is from Texas and she told me that the schools in Texas have been a "socialist experiment" since the 1980's when she lived there and spoke out against them publicly. Just how can Texas be the panacea that it's being sold to the rest of the country as, if it's schools are the same load of crap that they are in the rest of the country? At least I understand that the teachers there can no longer hit your child without your permission, but that corporal punishment is still the law there. How enlightened!
And then the next logical step is to implant the chip. No chip? No food, no job, no 'rights'. Sounds like a bad idea. Bad as in evil.
Often friends and I in HS went wandering in places we shouldn't have been. The principal would sometimes catch us. He would reprimand us as a group and then point to me and say 'you. you go to school here?'
Now his rfid reader could eliminate that question.
Come on people. Educators have been stealthily brain washing our kids for generations. American history books are full of references to Harriet Tubman, MLK and the Civil rights movement but barely mention George Washington or any of the Founders in anything more than an insultingly cursory manner. 40 years of this b.s. and we get the 'Lamest Generation' re-electing barack obama.
This use of RFID is just a way of sofenting us up to accept even more intrusive measure later on.
Texas still has corporal punishment? Good for Texas!
I hate to break this to you, but it is much worse than you think.
This isn't about privacy, or control, or education for that matter. It's about what makes school systems tick these days - money.
The school gets paid by the number of students in first period. After they collect their money, they couldn't care less where the kid is the rest of the day. In fact, I doubt they even care if the kid is there at all - just somebody bring his dam badge to class so we can get even more money.
The school system, at every level, is hopelessly broken. Until we turn it into a 'for profit' institution run be business professionals, this crap will keep happening.
I'd like a survey done to see how many students would object to that. They'd have to tie chip usage into sports in order to make the teenagers care.
One more reason our last two will never again see the insides of a public school. They have been in a Christian based private for the last years and if that was to not work out for whatever reason homeschooling would be the end result, even if I had to take the private school funds and hire a part-time tutor to help us.
I had three kids go through a small country school (2A) here in Texas up until 2008 (K-12) and after we moved away from the area, for career reasons, I have kept in touch with some folks and read the local paper and I wouldn't even let my last two attend that school that we were a part of for so long. It has turned into a reflection of the people who have moved their kids there after being "asked" to leave the adjoining larger school districts and the newer teachers hired to replace the older retiring ones. It is a shame.
Same thing happening at the state and national level in our culture, why do people leave a place they were unhappy with only to try and make the new place like where they just left? STAY THERE!
This discussion would occur when they are 5, upon entry into the school system. They would be chipped *under the skin*, and the kids would likely never know the truth. Until they were old enough to find out for themselves.
I read a story this weekend about the kids paying for meals with palm scanning technology. Easy to see where all this is leading. Unbelievable.
Oh, that's different.
I wonder if that would cause any substantial percentage of parents to choose private education. Nothing has so far.
The idea is to get people accustomed to the benefit (free education), and then to attach all these riders. I expect to see more trial balloons like this in the name of 'safety' and 'security'.
Full disclosure - I am a private school teacher.
Then they could implant just the legal resident kids, and the illegals wouldn't be allowed in the schools.
That has certainly happened.
I expect to see more trial balloons like this in the name of safety and security.
I agree.
An RFID chip is basically a transponder that receives an RF signal on one frequency, converts it to dc and charges a capacitor. The capacitor is the power supply for a low power transmitter on a second frequency which responds to the inquiry pulse with a return pulse consisting of a serial number when the capacitor becomes fully charged.
This should tell you several things. Location is determined by having "readers" at fixed points, as students pass close to a reader their response codes are received and recorded. If you try to "increase range" by using a more powerful inquiry pulse you will trigger all chips at the same time and since all chips respond on the same frequency you generate a lot of noise and no information as to location.
The system can be defeated by wrapping the chip in aluminum foil when passing through a reader. If you exposed the chip to a high power pulse you may overload the capacitor power supply and render the chip silent with no visible change. A group of students with different schedules could swap cards randomly to generate bogus data. A card based system usually has a square loop of foil visible which serves as the "antenna", use a razor blade to sever the loop and the card is dead. A talented teen (forger of fake IDs) could make a facsimile of the ID w/out the chip for his friends. There are many ways for a "Good Soldier Schweik" to gum up the smooth working gears of a proto-socialistic state.
Notice that the RFID chip responds with a number stored in read only memory, not GPS coordinates. Such devices exist but are much larger than the "grain of rice" sized RFID chip, about the size of a wrist watch and they require batteries for power because they "talk back" using cell phone technology. These GPS based systems are what you want/need in cases of child snatching.
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German soldier stabs Private Mellish to death in the knife fight in the building next to the bridge fight scene. As he does, he says:
"Give up, you don't stand a chance! Let's end this here! It will be easier for you, much easier. You'll see it will be over quickly."
Obviously the Northside ISD has way too much money and too many employees. Time to prune the tree.
"Its about what makes school systems tick these days - money."
Very true, but the Constitutional Rights of the students get trampled in the process. I guess you can look at virtually every problem we face today in the world, and the solution is being hampered by someone or some group's making a buck!
Well, Hells Bells, why even have schools? Women should be forced into birthing camps, give birth, then their kids stored in prison like camps for school until 18, all safe and sound to be sodomized by the teachers, but at least we'll know where they are.
The problem is that if you pull your kids out of the school you get a whole bunch of grief from the school. They don't take kindly to the dollars they receive from your kid not being there.
Glad I don't have kids in school today.
"Glad I dont have kids in school today."
Me too, but I do fear for my grandchildren. The whole education system is at the bottom of our country's problems. The rotten professors have begotten rotten teachers who, in turn, have infected our most precious asset. Made them dependent rather than independent, and left out the most important pieces of becoming educated. A republic cannot survive long when it's voters are stupid, and I am afraid we're there.
Here in California, our toll bridges and some "not free anymore" freeways utilize this technology. Unfortunately, now that it's implemented, they want to use it to "track your movements" ( of course it's in the name of using the data to "improve" traffic flow and build infrastructure). We don't know outside of the places where they are required to exact tolls, where they are being read, but at least they are now including an anti-stat bag which they claim keeps them from reading the thing without your knowledge. What is really interesting is when the transponders crap out, they don't notify you, they just process their camera data and make sure that your license place is on the list.
Sadly I think you are correct. I interact with some kids here in the community and it is sad how little they know of government and how it is supposed to work. They obviously are not taught civics.
It is insanely easy to monkey wrench this, and it should be done in parallel to the legal challenges.
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New Initiative Gives Boost to Waterbird Conservation in Africa
The "Initiative for the Conservation of Migratory Waterbirds and their habitats in Africa" was adopted at the Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the African‐Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (UNEP/AEWA).
Bonn, 23 October 2008 - The decision to increase international efforts to conserve waterbirds and their habitats in Africa was made by government representatives from 80 African, Asian and European countries attending the Fourth Meeting of the Parties to AEWA (MOP4) in Antananarivo, Madagascar, 15‐19 September 2008.
At the meeting delegates adopted, among others, AEWA Resolution 4.9 on the Initiative for the Conservation of Migratory Waterbirds and their Habitats in Africa, which calls for the mobilization of resources to support the new initiative aimed at building capacity for and strengthening the coordination of the conservation of waterbirds and their habitats in Africa.
Bert Lenten, the Executive Secretary of AEWA said: "Africa is an important wintering area for many birds from Eurasia. At the same time Africa is home to many intra‐African migrants such as the Lesser Flamingo. Increased habitat and waterbird conservation in Africa does not only mean more protection for these birds, it is also a means of poverty alleviation and resource preservation for many African countries."
The new initiative gives all 118 AEWA Range States (plus the European Community) and the AEWA Secretariat a mandate to increase efforts to strengthen capacity for waterbird and habitat conservation in Africa.
"The African Initiative represents an important step in recognizing the flyway conservation principle upon which AEWA is based. If we are serious about conserving migratory waterbirds and their habitats across the African‐Eurasian Flyways, we must make sure that all countries along the bird's migration routes have the capacity, resources and know‐how to really do so." continued Lenten.
At the meeting in Antananarivo, delegates agreed on the development of a new international plan of action for Africa which will include proposals for priority areas for the conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitats in Africa and instructed the AEWA Secretariat to explore synergies and to enhance cooperation with existing conservation activities of other relevant conventions and organisations in Africa.
Following the adoption of the "African Initiative for the Conservation of Migratory Waterbirds and their Habitats in Africa" (AEWA Resolution 4.9), the European Union (EU) welcomed its approval and the African Union (AU) congratulated delegates on the adoption of the initiative and also urged African states that had not yet signed the Agreement to do so as soon as possible.
Notes for Editors:
AEWA - The African‐Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement or AEWA is a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) backed treaty dedicated to the protection of 255 species of waterbirds which migrate along the African - Eurasian Flyways. Developed under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), AEWA provides the framework for countries in the region to work together to conserve such species as ducks, waders, storks, flamingos and many other migratory waterbirds. Countries that have become Parties to the Agreement commit themselves to putting measures in place to conserve the region's waterbird populations and the habitats on which they depend. Currently 62 Parties out of 118 Range States in Africa and Eurasia have joined AEWA.
For more information on AEWA please see: www.unep‐aewa.org
Waterbirds in Africa - Resolution 4.9 makes reference to a number of reports which underline the need to increase conservation efforts for waterbirds in Africa.
For example, the fourth edition of the Conservation Status Report (CSR4) highlights that Africa holds the highest proportion of populations of waterbirds recognized as being Globally Threatened with 34 of the 38 AEWA Globally Threatened or Near Threatened species occurring in Africa and that particularly the sub‐Saharan African parts of the AEWA area are among the regions where the need to improve the quality of population estimates is greatest.
The International Review on Hunting and Trade Legislation in the AEWA area highlights that due to insufficient enforcement measures, illegal hunting is particularly widespread in Africa compared to other regions in the AEWA area with 96% of African countries being affected.
The findings of this review also show that in 25% of the African Parties to AEWA, neither hunting nor trade is prohibited for any population listed in Column A of the Agreement (populations listed on Column A have the poorest conservation status and are protected by the provisions of the Agreement).
A report on the use of non‐toxic shot for hunting in wetlands, shows that no African Parties to AEWA have so far introduced a legal ban on lead shot and that, particularly in Africa, there is a general lack of awareness on the issue. The resolution also highlights that many AEWA Range States in Africa lack the expertise and finances to provide adequate conservation responses to the impacts of climate change on migratory waterbirds and calls for the mobilization of resources and better cooperation and exchange of information among African Range States for the conservation of migratory species of waterbirds and their habitats in Africa.
For more information please see Resolution 4.9 under "Final Resolutions":
MOP4 in Madagascar - Madagascar was host country to the Fourth Meeting of the Parties to AEWA(MOP4), which was jointly organized by the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat and the Madagascan Ministry of the Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) in Antananarivo, Madagascar, 15‐19 September 2008. At the meeting a total of 20 resolutions were adopted and delegates reviewed the implementation of the Agreement and Action Plan and addressed a number of issues relating to the conservation of migratory waterbirds.
The theme of MOP4 was "Flyway conservation at work - Review of the past, vision for the future".
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Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Priority: Critical
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 1.8.7, 1.9.3
Component/s: Database activity module
Affected Branches:MOODLE_18_STABLE, MOODLE_19_STABLE
Fixed Branches:MOODLE_18_STABLE, MOODLE_19_STABLE
Entries required before viewing doesn't work.
Student can see other students entries without creating any entry.
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MDL-16848 Database Activity - Required Viewing setting is incorrectly preventing users from viewing database entries
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No problem, I have a look to this
About Missing Test Steps: http://docs.moodle.org/en/How_to_add_steps_to_reproduce_to_a_bug_report
I confirm something is not consistent. after talking with Helen and Martin, here is the expected behavior:
'Required Entries': display a specific warning message till the student add the required number of entries. The student still see others entries. it's a kind of reminder.
'Required Entries Before Viewing': display a specific warning message till the student add the required number of entries. The student doesn't see others entries till he add the required number of entries.
Also need to be fixed:
- help message for these two options
- wiki documentation: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Adding/editing_a_database
Here a little table about the situation:
1.74 1.75 1.76 Current Patch (CVS Moodle Version)
Entries Required X ND ND ND D
Entries Required Before Viewing ND ND X X ND
D = Entries of other participants are displayed
ND = Entries of other participants are not displayed
X = The functionality is not been implemented in view.php
=> when we'll apply the patch, we need to upgrade the database. We'll copy the Entries Required number ("requiredentries" database table) into the Entries Required Before Viewing ("requiredentriestoview"), and set the Entries Required number to 0.
I did a search on Moodle code, this change will only impact this part of code into data_document.php:
//minimum records to view check
// trap if too few records
// TODO : report a potential capability lack of : mod/data:viewhiddenentries
$recordsAmount = count_records('data_records', 'dataid', $data->id);
if ($data->requiredentriestoview > $recordsAmount && !isteacher($data->course) && !has_capability('mod/data:manageentries', $context)) {
if (!empty($CFG->search_access_debug)) echo "search reject : not enough records to view ";
return false;
It would imply that this search will not display the same result after the patch is apply. However this bit of code is included into data_check_text_access() function, function that is called nowhere...
Hi Eloy,
I assign this issue to you for reviewing. It's not really complex but I do a change on the database table that will impact everybody using database, so I prefer to have a check on this one. Once you're ok, assign it back to me I'll commit these patchs. Thank you.
Hi Jerome,
first of all, I must confess that I don't understand your "table" above at all :-P, so I've gone to code and here there are my conclusions. Please, correct me if I'm wrong.
1) Right now, requiredentries shows and incorrect message, telling that you won't be able to view other entries, while it should only display a "reminder" showing how many entries are lefting to complete the activity.
2) The requiredentriestoview isn't checked at all.
Based in those premises your patch to module seems correct: You've fixed the messages to be correct and have added the requiredentriestoview check. Perfect BUT one small detail... I'd leave the "entrieslefttoadd" unmodified and will create a new "entrieslefttoaddremind" for the requiredentries check. This because old sites (not upgraded) will continue having old approach and lang packs cannot change the meaning of strings.
And then the upgrade bits... this is the part I don't understand at all. Why do you want to move all the contents of requiredentries to requiredentriestoview? Because you're asuming that everybody was using requiredentries as requiredentriestoview? What about sites having both properly (separately) defined and haven't detected this bug? You'll be resetting requiredentries for all sites and I'm not sure if that's correct. Isn't enough to fix functionality without changing DB? Also... doing that update in 19_STABLE sounds a bit risky... because.. how do you merge that to HEAD? If the execution is duplicated in HEAD... everybody will end with both fields set to 0 !!!
Hi Eloy,
You understood well the problem.
About the upgrade, here is the functionality history:
In the version 1.74 "Entries Required" didn't exist. Only "Entries Required Before Viewing" existed and was working fine.
In the version 1.75 "Entries Required" was created but had exactly the same behavior.
In the version 1.76 "Entries Required Before Viewing" functionality process has been removed (I think because it didn't make any sens to have twice the same function). However the functionality was still available on the user interface. It just didn't do anything.
This is still the same in the current version.
The patch does what you describe in your comment.
So if ever I apply the patch it is going to create a problem as people would have been using "Entries Required" instead of "Entries Required Before Viewing". If you apply the patch without changing the database values, then users will see entries of other participants when the administrator probably set them up to not to be shown (because "Entries Required" works currently as "Entries Required Before Viewing").
In conclusion:
If I commit the database patch people upgrading from 1.75 and before will lost their settings
If I don't commit the database patch people upgrading from 1.76 and after will also need to change their settings
I could make a patch testing the Moodle version... However note that any people with the 1.75 version will be a problem because we can not guess which functionality they used. So the best way would be to have during Moodle upgrade a special config, when at least one of these two fields is set.
I attached a Matrix where you can see the history of this functionality
Note when I'm speaking about 1.75, I'm speaking about the CVS version of the view.php file. I'm not speaking about the Moodle version.
After having a better look to the user interface history, and the database structure history, the two fields have always been existing. See the attached excel file.
In order to fix database values, we could check the CVS version in the top line in the view.php file:
1. if version <= 1.75 do not change database
2. if version >= 1.76 swap the two fields values and set "Required Entries" to 0
3. Need to alert people using the 1.75 version that they need to check their settings.
I don't think we can really compute the best settings based in file version (1.75, 1.76...). Because it's current status (and you don't know when that status was acquired). Is possible that someone running 1.76 now has been running 1.75 for months and just updated 1 week ago, for example. And all sort of combinations.
So, definitively: -1 to make cvs version based checks IMO.
I think that we should, simply:
1) Apply the module patch. This way both settings will be working ok in the future.
2) Comment in the database module forum.
3) In upgrade, query DB to see if there were activities using only one of the settings. Those are the sites that will need review. Warn in upgrade (perhaps showing list).
That way, functionality will be working ok in all sites. And sites will have a chance to review their configuration in some activities.
I cannot imagine another way to compute the different versions mesh
I attached a screenshot of the message displayed during the environment check
I posted a comment into the database module forum: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=110928
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Adding/editing_a_database updated to reflect settings after the fix.
Jerome, is it only 1.9.3 which is affected by this bug?
Hi Helen, thank you for noticing it, I forgot to mention it: the fix will be applied to 1.9 and 1.8.
I attached three new patches for 1.8, 1.9 and 2.0. They contains all change (fix + display alert once only during upgrade only)
Fix and warning committed in 1.8, 1.9 and 2.0
The fix has an impact on any Moodle site using database module with "Required Entries" settings. Please test carefully.
1/ please do not use FROM {$CFG->prefix}data instead use{data}
in HEAD
2/ does this affect visibility of entries in recent activity block and related code?
I don't think there is an impact on recent activity block, the user will just see "Updated database".
I'll fix the bad SQL, thanks Petr.
Hi Jerome... little comment, yesterday we agrred about to store "requiredentriesfixflag" flag in config_plugins table and it seems that you are storing it in central config table instead.
That means 1 more record will be read from DB in each request...so I'ld suggest to change that to use config_plugins table instead by using:
get_config('data', 'requiredentriesfixflag')
set_config('requiredentriesfixflag, 1, 'data')
Just to save 1 extra-record, yup, but...
No problem, it's fixed. All versions (1.8, 1.9 and 2.0) now use config_plugins table.
I just upgraded a 1.9 site to latest CVS and got hit with this warning. There's no help attached, so what does it mean? Do I have a problem, or is this bug not fixed? Any help appreciated. Let me know if you want more info.
In fact I'm reopening it. I don't understand what's going on here at all However, you can't generate a "mystery" message like this on the Environment page with no information about how to fix it!! So even if it's right it's still wrong
admin/environment/custom check/check required entries fields
From MoodleDocs
This page does not exist yet. You are welcome to create it.
Ahh... that's interesting, when I refreshed the page the check had gone. Is that it then - the check actually fixes the problem and you don't really have to worry? If so, that's different to the way everything else works on this page and will confuse people.
Hi Howard, thanks for your feedback. I'll update the warning message. However we need to alert all people once during the upgrade that they need to check their database settings. This page sounds a good place to do.
I attached a new screen shot of the warning message.
the Moodledoc link looked working. Anyway I updated the text as well.
As you already updated your Moodle, If you wanna retest, you will need to:
- remove the database entry "requiredentriesfixflag" from config_plugins table
- change for a same higher version number into your version.php and into the function mod/data/lib.php/check_required_entries_fields()
- do not process the upgrade entirely, and revert the version number (so you don't break futur moodle upgrade)
Howard let me know what is not clear, I'll explain here and I'll add some information on the forum. Thank you.
I'd seen the yellow box in your screen shot above. If you are suggesting that I should have got that then I didn't - I just got the check message.
I'm guessing that the docs information should be here....
It's empty though. It would be better if somebody who understood this problem (i.e. not me) put something in there.
Hi Howard,
it is not normal if you saw a check message without a yellow box. Which Moodle version are you using?
I didn't notice the automatic link to the Moodledocs (probably too obvious :o), I'm adding something to this page. Thank you for your feedback.
This was not a nice solution:
1/ see regression in
2/ Data mod string should not pollute admin lang file
3/ environment test can not change database
4/ upgrade check can not be executed repeatedly in this case - the warning is there only during the first execution
5/ required entries tests should be in SQL, there is no need to loop all databases
6/ the $result->setFeedbackStr should be done outside of for loop
7/ 3rd party mods can not use environment.xml, why should Data mod be allowed to do that?
I have created a new issue
MDL-17427 which should help in similar cases when we need to inform admins about upgrade related issues.
Yes, really... talking with Petr... and re-reading this... I don't get the point where we switched from upgrade (original proposal) to environmental check.
Agree about environment not being the best place for this sort of stuff. Bad abuse IMO. Let's rethink the thing.
After talking with Tim we though it was a good location for checking as there were similar check done for Question.
I did check installation process on 1.9 to see if it was still working, and expected wrongly it would work on 2.0...
I'm having another look at all that...
the quiz and questions is a different problem, ideally questions should know nothing about quiz. So verifying questions in environment.xml might be considered core stuff == ok, but I do not think anything related to activities including quiz should be done there.
No problem Petr, I'll move it to upgrade as Eloy suggested I'll also fix what can be fixed in your list. The warning should not be displayed more than once I think.
After re-reading everyone's comments and also http://docs.moodle.org/en/admin/environment/custom_check/check_required_entries_fields I'm finding it difficult to understand why this issue has to be so complicated.
Why isn't it just a simple case of fixing the 'Required entries' and 'Entries required before viewing' so that they behave the way described in the help files?
Sorry I don't understand why admins should need to check database activity settings after upgrading. Sorry if I'm missing something really obvious, but the paragraph in http://docs.moodle.org/en/admin/environment/custom_check/check_required_entries_fields describing the worst that could happen if people don't check their database activities settings doesn't sound bad to me at all!
jerome: please have a look at
MDL-17405 I already did some changes in HEAD
Helen: a teacher could have created some entries that he only wants to be seen by students once they submit few entries. After upgrade, the students will see these previously "restricted" entries.
Petr: I have a look.
Petr: in the comment 28/Nov/08 07:21 AM - 4/ do you suggest to display the warning message many time?
PS: I attached a beta patch (above question needs to be clearly defined) and screenshot
I attached a patch that I'm going to commit on 1.9 in order to move the warning message into upgrade pages. This warning message will not be displayed if the administrator did previously upgrade. However the administrator will process to an "empty" upgrade.
I moved the warning message from the environment check page to a normal upgrade page
Nicolas Martignoni: you have to change the French language pack again (the string has been moved from admin.php to data.php), thanks


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