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Arsene Wenger's Arsenal will bid to show their Barclays Premier League title ambitions are serious in Tuesday night's Capital One Cup showdown with Chelsea.
The Gunners are searching for a first trophy since 2005 and enter the derby at the top of the Premier League standings with a two-point lead over Jose Mourinho's Chelsea.
Some have attributed the Gunners' lead to a favourable fixture list, with the opening day loss to Aston Villa followed by seven wins in an eight-match unbeaten run in the Premier League.
"We will absolutely go for this game," Wenger said.
"We haven't won the title for a few years and people question that now.
"At the end of the day, the Premier League will reflect the quality of the performances of the team throughout the season and how well you do in the big games. This is a good opportunity for us to show we are ready."
Wenger is uncertain if the League Cup clash will have an impact on the Premier League and is unconcerned by the opinion of those who believe his side will be overhauled at the top of the standings.
"I'm not sure it will affect the Premier League at all, but you know people will look at you, how you behave and whether you can win the big games like that," Wenger said.
"What is for sure is that you want to win these sort of games.
"That has a certain psychological influence on the team.
"What we want to do is to show that we want to be considered as a very strong team and that comes only with the way we play and with the results, so let's just focus on that."
The match pits Wenger against old adversary Mourinho for the first time since the Portuguese returned to English football.
Wenger endured a difficult relationship with Mourinho during his first spell and the pair last crossed swords in the League Cup in the 2007 final, when the Blues beat a youthful Arsenal.
Wenger plans to utilise his squad players in the match.
"The team will be a mixture, with some players who are at the moment not getting the games they need and deserve, and also one or two young players," Wenger said.
"I have to get that mixture right."
Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner could make his first Arsenal start since March 2011, but Mathieu Flamini (groin) and Mikel Arteta (suspended) are absent.
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Monday, November 20, 2006
When is a riot not a riot? When OSU President Karen Holbrook says it's not
The mini-riot made national news in USA TODAY and ESPN and marred the OSU victory over the Longhorns. The incident also gave another black-eye to the school due to the poor behavior of its fans, a reputation already sullied when Ohio State President Karen A. Holbrook felt compelled to write an apology to Texas fans for their horrible treatment in Columbus during the 2005 season.
So, did you hear about the violence in Columbus following the Michigan-Ohio State game last Saturday night? Probably not.
Which is just the way Ohio State University President Karen A. Holbrook wants to keep it. In a press release Sunday, Holbrook "praised" Buckeye fans for their behavior after OSU's 42-39 victory over Michigan saying, "Our fans proved they are, indeed, 'The Best Fans in the Land."
She went on to add that, "For the second consecutive Michigan game in Columbus, we have had safe celebrations. While we will continue to look for ways to make additional improvements, we have turned the corner on fan behavior."
But is that really what happened?
That wasn't my experience. Furthermore, according to various news reports, some 40 fires were set, 38 people were arrested, four on arson (after cars, furniture and trashbins were set ablaze) and fans flipped a car over.
Sounds very much like what happened after the Texas game, doesn't it? But rather than take another pounding in the press as they did back in September for more of the same, Holbrook and the folks in Columbus seem to be taking a page out of the Karl Rove playbook in order to try to spin this.
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I live on 13th an they arrested a kid who set something on fire in front of my house. We cheered when they got him. What a loser.
Again, 200,000 people in the university district according to police and 38 incidents reported. Thats not exactly mayhem!!!! And all of that takes place where there are no Michigan fans (Side streets and past Indianola)
Drink as much kool-aid as you want Um'ers and think your shit doesn't stink. 99.99% don't do any of the things above you listed.
can I borrow some sun tan lotion? It's going to be sunny in Arizona
- November 20, 2006 10:50 AM
Wow--maybe if you cry about this enough even though it has nothing to do with your city--I mean village the outcome of the game will change...Nope...it didn't.
- November 20, 2006 11:48 AM
Agreed that rioters in general are idiots. But doesn't this post smack of sore loserism?
- November 20, 2006 2:48 PM
seriously.. you play in the biggest college game ever, you lose fair and square, and the majority of the blog is devoted to the mean people in columbus and their bad behavior.
man up.
- November 20, 2006 2:52 PM
A little like Mike Hart's "We could beat them if we played again, even though they tried to hand us the game in the fourth and we still didn't get it done" speech.
- November 20, 2006 2:56 PM
When are racial quotas not racial quotas? When UofM's President Mary Sue Coleman says their not.
- November 20, 2006 3:28 PM
1. OSU prez looks a bit like Brutus.
2. Anon 750. 38 arrests or "incidents" or whatever is too many. Surely you've got to appreciate the irony of the OSU prez commending the student body for only flipping over one car, etc.
3. Anons 848,11:48, 11:52. There's a separate post about the game that gives credit where credit is due. This is a separate issue that needs attention. Columbus has a problem that most other college towns don't have, and that none should have.
- November 20, 2006 4:18 PM
200,000 people in the university district according to police and 38 incidents reported.
Assuming that each incident only involves one person (which is highly unlikely), 0.019% of your fans are involved. So you can't say "99.99% don't do any of the things above you listed." You may say 99.98%, but not 99.99%.
I agree that it's not a riot. Buckeye fans seem to handle the victory in a relatively calm manner. Now, if we can get that number even lower so that you can actually say 99.99% ...
- November 20, 2006 4:49 PM
1. I wouldn't judge a riot by the arrest count.
2. Regardless of whether it was a "riot" per se, it was still an embarrassment. Any time your couch-fires are in double digits and a car gets overturned, there's something wrong. The most you could really say is that Columbus has calmed down to the level of an East Lansing. Yost is right to call out the prez for her spin.
3. Calling out OSU fans for being anti-Michigan rather than pro-OSU in their cheering is parsing things a little too closely. Sure, "F*&( Michigan" is classless and unimaginative as a cheer, but (a)it doesn't hurt anyone, (b) can you really expect much better from the Bucks? If I can wear UM gear to a game in Columbus without fear of physical harm, I'm more than satisfied. Keep working towards that, OSU.
- November 20, 2006 6:23 PM
Mike Hart: If we play them again it will be different.
Oh, by the way, Mike Hart is 0-3 against Ohio State.
- November 20, 2006 7:15 PM
With the possible exception of Karen Holbrook, everyone in Columbus realizes that Karen Holbrook has zero credibility, and the search for her replacement is on. Hope no one was hurt.
- November 26, 2006 9:19 PM

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I'm probably the only Land Surveyor in a 5 state area that works out of a Subaru Legacy Outback. My 92 Legacy wagon AWD was fantastic, then I moved up to my 97 Outback with the 5 speed. I've been through plenty of mud here in The South, and never once have I been stuck!
Funny how Subaru changed their selling pitch from "All Wheel Drive" to "All Weather Drive".......if they changed it to "GMD" (Go Muddin' Drive) they'd sell a LOT more of them in The South!
I'm currently working towards my license in NYS I only use my Legacy on some occassions though.
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I have three pulls to my '03 outback
1. Ford Explorer stuck in foot deep snow!
2. Mercury Mountaineer buried to the axles in sand!
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People are amazed how well subies do!
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elcaminokurt- What year Dakota did you have if I can ask? I too traded in a Dakota for my Baja. It was a '01 Quad Cab Sport 4x4 with the 4.7L V8, MT, and 3.55 LSD. I liked the truck but the mpg were killing me! I like my Baja better, it's faster and easier to drive. The only thing I miss about the Dak is the V8 rumble!
So I was home tonight, and I happend to look out one of the windows to see a car shining it's headlights on our house. My first thought was that someone had pulled into our driveway. But the car seemed to be at the wrong angle for our driveway. So I went to the front door to investigate. I slipped on my work boots and went outside, only to see one of my co-worker's Toyota Solara sitting up on my nighbors lawn, stuck in the snow! Joe, my high school aged co-worker, and his friend were working hard on trying to push it out of a drift. "Joe, do you need me to pull you out?" I asked him. "That would be great!" he replied. So I got the Baja out of the garage, and backed up to him. We were in the process of hooking up a tow strap when a full sized Ford pick up drove by. He stoped to ask if we needed help. I am sure that he was thinking that there would be no way this little Subaru can get that car out! So I proceded to pull ahead and pick up the slack in the rope. With this accomplished, I slowly accelerated until I had broke the Toyota out of it's snow drift hug.:-p The Ford, which had been waiting to spring into action in the event of a Subaru forefit, drove away, and the kids thanked me and shook my hand. Man, I just love this car! We had been thinking about selling it, because money is a little tight and it would be nice not to have the payments, but I am so pleased with it I am trying hard to find a way to keep it. Like I have said before, the only thing I could'nt do with the Baja, that I could with my Dakota, is pull a dual axle car trailer! Anyways, I hope everyone gets as much of a kick out of this as I did! Kurt
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László Gergely is a Hungarian graphic artist and comic book illustrator. He was born in 5 February, 1958 in Györ. After secondary school he gained qualification as visual merchandiser. He continued his graphic studies under the guidance of painter Gyula Zágon and sculptor István Vanyúr. Ernö Zórád encouraged him to begin drawing.
Utazzon Golgotára (Let's go to Golgotha, 2007)
Based on scripts by Gábor Nógrádi and Péter Búza he made his first comics for Kölyök magazine in 1988. He drew comics for the legal and criminal journal Pandúr, and crossword magazines Füles Bagoly, Kedvenc and Füles Évkönyv. He also illustrates homepages on commission.
The artist works mainly with scriptwriter Ferenc Kiss, but also enjoys drawing his own comic stories. He illustrated Andersen's fairy tales for Alexandra Publishing. In his comics, his graphic style is dynamic and filmlike.
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His main comics are Gábor Nógrádi's 'Párbaj a gyilkosokkal' ('Duel with the killers', 1988), Péter Búza's 'Az ördöglovas' ('The devilrider', 1989), Kilworth's 'Utazzon Golgotára' ('Let's go to Golgotha', 2007), J. Hilton's 'Az elveszett horizont' ('Lost horizon', 2008), King's 'Tudod, ez egy pokoli jó zenekar' ('2009), and Mark Twain's 'Egymillió fontos bankjegy' ('The one million pound note', 2009).


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Portland State University is seeking faculty, staff, and alumni who are interested in reviving the PSU Community Chorus. If you are interested in learning more and joining, please attend our first informational meeting on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, from 12:00 to 12:50 p.m. in Cramer Hall 453. This group will be open to faculty, staff, and alumni.
The goal of the choir is to promote community building through the joy of singing. The choir will meet beginning this fall term on campus twice per week at 12:00 to 12:50 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There is no audition and we welcome singers of all skill levels. Please note that there will be a small fee ($40 to $50) to pay for music, a director, and an accompanist.
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Who should join: any PSU faculty, staff, or alumni (there is no audition to join)
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Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2013
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When you match up two world-class Corvette superstars-in this case, record-holding C6.R driver Johnny O'Connell and Vette-suspension specialist Pfadt Race Engineering-you know you've got a successful pairing.
You've also got the perfect street suspension upgrade for your '97-'11 Corvette: the Johnny O'Connell Signature Line C5/C6 suspension kit, manufactured by Pfadt.
"I wanted to create a suspension upgrade specifically tuned for street enthusiasts," O'Connell tells VETTE in an exclusive interview. "I've been with Corvette Racing for 10 years and made appearances at hundreds of Corvette car corrals. Many people ask me to drive their aftermarket-suspension-modified Corvettes, and I do. Unfortunately, some of these kits are brutal-they're not ideal for racing, and they're really not ideal for the street, either.
"I always had it in my mind to offer Corvette owners an upgrade that improves on the amazing suspension engineered from the factory," O'Connell continues. "The vast majority of '98-'11 Corvettes out there are street cars-only a small minority of them are dedicated race cars. I wanted my suspension package to cater to Corvette's large following of everyday drivers."
The project's backstory began in 2008 when Pfadt Race Engineering owner Aaron Pfadt met O'Connell at Katech Engineering's "Track Attack" performance-driving event in Joliet, Illinois. O'Connell was there as Katech's professional wheelman, to help Corvette owners hone their driving skills. Pfadt was there as a vendor.
"Amazingly, I had never met Aaron or heard of Pfadt Racing Engineering before," O'Connell says. "I remember driving his '06 Z06 and telling him, 'You are the first guys who have got it right.'"
Enter heavy-metal guitarist Dan Fastuca-"the world's biggest Corvette nut," according to O'Connell-who approached Pfadt and suggested he team with O'Connell for a new line of late-model Corvette suspension kits. Pfadt agreed it was a good idea, re-introduced himself to O'Connell, and both men discussed their goals for the project.
"I told him if my name was on it, it needed to be something I was very confident in," O'Connell says. "Just as important to me was that everybody who bolted it onto their Corvettes would be get a big performance improvement.
"Then I explained what I didn't and did want in the package," O'Connell continues. "I didn't want harshness in any aspect-in steering input or over bumps. I wanted the suspension to have improved performance, but not lose compliance."
Pfadt agreed. "I understood what Johnny wanted and knew it [corresponded] with my goals, too," he says. "We both wanted to make the Corvette faster, but more approachable for the average owner who understands performance and wants to use the car primarily on the street and occasionally on the track or autocross."
Relying upon his substantial experience in engineering suspension packages for the Corvette aftermarket, Pfadt chose prototype test parts he thought O'Connell would approve, including a 35mm, non-adjustable, hollow front sway bar; a 28mm, three-way adjustable, hollow rear sway bar; and custom-valved, gas-charged, non-adjustable monotube shocks.
On July 12, 2010, two days after Corvette Racing participated in the ALMS Utah Grand Prix at Miller Motorsports Park, O'Connell met the Pfadt Race Engineering team at its private testing facility on MMP's campus, where it had exclusive access to the facility's smaller, 2.2-mile road course for the day. It was the perfect location for O'Connell to test Pfadt's suspension prototypes on the company's '07 Z06.
Here's how the testing proceeded: O'Connell drove with Pfadt in the passenger seat, allowing both men to make mental observations on the Corvette's ride and handling. The Corvette was equipped with data-collection devices, which logged rpm, throttle position, and wheel speeds. "We also installed sensors on all four shocks to measure shock position and velocity, and that was very important for our testing," Pfadt says.
O'Connell drove the Corvette with its factory dampers and sway bars still installed, and with all electronic driver-assist controls turned off. "It was a hugely well-behaved car. However, when you have such a big-horsepower car in manual mode, there's a bit of snappiness," he says.
After baseline runs and data review, Pfadt technicians installed new sway bars, allowing O'Connell and Pfadt to evaluate which rear-bar setting gave them the best combination of body roll, turn-in, and finish on the corner. "Johnny and I really liked the way the sway bars felt, and we only had to try one alternate setting until we were both completely pleased," Pfadt says.
Then the techs installed new shocks, which they revalved after each testing session. This allowed O'Connell and Pfadt to determine which specific valving they felt had the best feel and met the kit's stated goals. "Dampers determine ride comfort and weight transfer front to rear," O'Connell explains. "I wanted a set that did not allow too much weight transfer on the front for corner entry, to adjust for drivers who enter a corner too quickly, and a damper in the rear that would add control under hard acceleration exiting corners."
By the end of the day, the men had found what they were looking for-the right components working in concert with each other to create a Corvette suspension kit O'Connell was proud to put his name on. "Average, everyday Corvette owners are going to love this kit," O'Connell says. "It dramatically improves the Corvette's stock performance on the street and track, and maintains everyday driveability. You not only have my word on it, you have my name on it."
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Voices were raised and tempers flared Wed. morning at the Lamar Community Building when local residents began voicing their opinions and frustrations to the Arkansas River Power Authority (ARPA) Board and ARPA General Manager Rick Rigel.
After a brief presentation by Rigel audience members began asking questions about possible scenarios regarding ARPA and making statements of personal opinions. A large number of questions focused on Rigel personally and the demeanor of the crowd was openly hostile.
The meeting, the first of a series of three, was called by the ARPA Board to receive public comment about what actions the Board should take in regards to the Lamar Repowering Project.
The ARPA Board announced in a press release on June 3 they were re-evaluating the long-term options for the Lamar Repowering Project.
The re-evaluation of the Lamar Repowering Project comes after years of rate-payer complaints and discontent over electricity rates and a series of cost over-runs associated with the construction of the coal fired power plant in Lamar and attempts to make the power plant meet federal emissions standards.
The re-evaluation comes in the wake of a lawsuit recently filed by ARPA against the boiler maker for the Lamar Repowering Project's coal-fired power plant, Babcock & Wilcox (B&W).
The boiler in the power plant does not meet current federal emissions standards, recently the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to further restrict carbon emissions from coal fired power plants and boiler maker B&W cannot give any legal guarantees that the plant will meet emissions standards after any fixes are completed.
A number of options exist going forward but two main possibilities were highlighted by the ARPA Board during the meeting Wed. morning.
The Lamar Repowering Project and the coal-fired power plant could be placed into cold storage until 2025 when the current ARPA power purchasing agreement with Twin Eagle Resource Management, LLC ends; or the plant could be decommissioned and demolished and the spare parts and scrap metal sold off.
ARPA General Manager Rick Rigel said, "The ARPA Board commissioned a series of studies to identify what the rate impacts would be associated with these boiler modifications and the additional testing that would be necessary.
"They also wanted to look at what the costs associated with future regulatory compliance might be and what the capital costs for bringing the plant back online in circa 2025. They also wanted to identify the increased operating costs that would be due to the boiler repairs and modifications...
"The ARPA Board also commissioned a study to identify the rate impact that decommissioning may have on the plant. It included an appraisal of resale value of the equipment in the event of a decommissioning and it estimated the cost of demolition and its impact on rates."
If the ARPA Board were to put the plant in cold storage until 2025 maintenance and operational costs will continue and the plant will be required to remain in EPA compliance. Annual operating costs are estimated to be $1.23 million in 2015 and escalating to $1.76 million by 2024. The total cost for maintaining the plant in cold storage over the next 10 years would be approximately $14.4 million.
There would also be additional costs for bringing the plant back online and commencing operations in 2024. All total approximately $23 million in additional revenue will be required to keep the plant in cold storage and bring it back online in 2025.
There is also no guarantee the plant would meet emissions standards in 2025 or that the cost of coal at that time would not be prohibitive of such an endeavour. Consumer electricity rates would have to increase by nine percent annually to keep up with the additional costs associated with keeping the plant in cold storage.
Two different firms examined the plant to estimate the value of resale and scrap, and demolition costs for the plant in the event of decommissioning.
One firm, Stuart B. Millner & Associates, provided a high value estimate for resale of equipment at $8.8 million with a low value estimate of $5.1 million. These numbers assume the purchaser would remove the equipment at their own cost.
The other firm, HDR Engineering, believed the first estimate by Millner to be "optimistic".
HDR Engineering estimated the salvage value of the plant to be approximately $3 million.
Rigel said, "They based their opinion on the fact that the older equipment would have very little resale value... Also because of the new EPA regulations with carbon sequestration related to carbon emissions there is belief there is going to be a slew of power plant retirements, coal-fired power plant retirements, in the next few years, espically older plants."
HDR Engineering also estimated a cost of $1.3 to $1.7 million to ARPA for the cost of removing and demolishing the plant after selling off all salvageable scrap metal.
Rigel said, "The ARPA Board has the opportunity to stabilize these rates through this time period. Does that mean zero rate increases? Probably not... However we believe we can manage those rates with very small increases over that time period."
Rigel also presented a PowerPoint presentation outlining the history of the Lamar Repowering Project.
Rigel said, "In 2001 ARPA was served notice that its long-term power supply contract would be terminated.
"Upon receiving the notice ARPA immediately issued requests for proposals for long-term power supply. ARPA received little in the way of responses as the power supplier cited transmission constraints and lack of power generation resources in the west...
"An additional proposal was to self-build a plant, and given the responses ... ARPA commissioned feasibility studies for what would be known as the Lamar Repowering Project.
"The ARPA Board then did vote to pursue the self-build option. They hired Forerunner Corporation as the design engineer for the plant and had Power Systems Engineering do the financial evaluation for the cost of the plant.
"Initial costs for the plant were issued in 2006 for $87.5 million. Subsequent bonding was necessary in 2007-2008 as construction costs escalated. The final completion commissioning bonds were issued in the fall of 2010 and brought the total bonded indebtedness to $156.6 million. The construction was completed and commissioning occurred during the 2009 and 2010 time periods.
"As we got into the commissioning stage of the project, especially in 2010, we found that the plant could not make emissions nor would it comply with its contract guarantees for power consumption and some other issues in the contract.
"B&W, Babcock & Wilcox, the manufacturer of the boiler, engineered modifications to the plant, that it will result in achieving compliance...
"After extensive testing late in 2011 the plant was still unable to meet its contract guarantees nor could it comply with its air quality permit requirements.
"ARPA advised B&W at this point that it believed any additional plant costs to met compliance were the sole responsibility of B&W and that ARPA was not responsible for any additional costs associated with the boiler and compliance issues.
"Babcock & Wilcox disputed ARPA's position and the parties went through a series of meetings and settlement discussions that were unsuccessful. As a result ARPA filed suit for damages against B&W at the end of February, seeking damages for the boilers inability to meet compliance.
"With the development of these recent events the ARPA Board was forced to re-evaluate its options for the future options of the plant."
Two more Public Forums will be hosted by the ARPA Board in Lamar. The second meeting will be held on Wed. June 25 at 7 p.m. in the Multi-purpose room of the Lamar Community Building. The third meeting will be held on Mon. June 30 at 7 p.m. in the Cultural Events Center of the Lamar Public Library.
Contact Ledger Editor Lance Maggart at 719-336-2266 Ext. 108 or email@example.com


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July 31, 2012 > League of Volunteers needs help
For years LOV has been able to give the many children in our Summer Recreation Program in the Parks an experience most of them have never had - trips to such exciting places such as museums, aquariums, zoos, baseball games and much more.This year, the loss of a major sponsor and reduced fireworks sales, the outlook for a field trip for these young people looks bleak. LOV needs help!Send a check marked "field trip" to LOV at 36120 Ruschin Drive, Newark, CA. 94560. Or, you can pay via Pay Pal on our website www.lov.org. Your donation is tax deductible - Federal ID # 94-2638329


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Come Ride With Us
Gearing Up for the 2012 Ride for AIDS Chicago
January/February 2012
As a fundraising event, the Ride for AIDS Chicago (RFAC) raises money. As an endurance event, it changes lives. The two-day, 200-mile bicycling event produced by Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) raises funding for TPAN and other partner agencies.
Since its inception in 2004, the Ride for AIDS Chicago has returned over $1.5 million to TPAN and partner agencies. The 2012 Ride will mark its 10th anniversary and promises to be bigger and better than ever. After raising over $525,000 in 2011 alone, the 2012 Ride aims to raise over $750,000 to support HIV services in the Chicago area.
The Ride begins in Chicago on a Saturday morning for the journey into Wisconsin, along the shores of Lake Geneva, and then into camp on Green Lake, part of the Lauderdale Lakes chain. After arriving at camp, riders and crew members enjoy a hot meal, lounge with friends, and celebrate the accomplishment of making it halfway. With 100 miles behind them, they get a good night's sleep in preparation for the return home.
Riders and crew members can register as part of a team, or as individuals. Riders are required to raise a minimum of $1,000 and crew members are encouraged to set a modest goal of $500. Team captains and other team leaders help ensure that participants are successful in their training and fundraising.
The months of training and fundraising are nothing compared to the challenges HIV-positive people face, but they are challenges nonetheless. Early morning training rides, expensive equipment, sore legs (and other body parts), and relentless requests for donations are just some of the ways Ride participants commit to this event. Many of the riders and crew members are themselves living with HIV.
Here is what some participants have to say about the Ride for AIDS Chicago:
Renee DeMann, 2011 Rider, 2012 Team Co-Captain:
Shannon Cunningham, 2011 Rider and Team Co-Captain, 2012 Fundraising Co-Chair:
"I ended up raising almost $4,000, making amazing friends, and realizing I do have the ability to change someone's life ... and I did get to ride all 200 miles. "I'm returning this year to help others
learn how strong they are, both physically and mentally, and how the sum of our entire efforts not only changes a community, it creates one. See you on the Ride!"
Lauren Kirby, 2010 and 2011 Rider:
"In addition, the Ride was in the face of a 14-year-old boy who was raised by conservative Catholics saying, "I teared up when that guy [Richard] talked, I've never felt that way before. It makes me want to think differently of people." The Ride to me is changing people's attitudes about those living with HIV/AIDS."
Jeremiah Miles, 2010 and 2011 Rider, 2012 Training Co-Chair:
Shaine Wynsma, 2007 to 2011 Rider; 2008 to 2011 RFAC Co-Chair; and 2012 RFAC Chair:
"What does it do for the community? Several things. It keeps the crisis in plain sight, it gives the crisis a face. It shows the community that people who are HIVpositive are not bedridden, waiting to die.
"Why do I continue to participate? I have an addiction to seeing the new riders become empowered and overcoming what they thought was a weakness."
Bill Farrand, TPAN Executive Director, 2007-2010 Crew Member and 2011 Rider:
Unlike other rides of this kind, Ride for AIDS Chicago is committed to returning nearly 100% of the money raised back to the beneficiaries. Through corporate sponsorship, registration fees, and the help of dedicated participants, we are able to keep that commitment. In 2011, 97 cents of every dollar raised went to help support HIV services in the community.
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JoAnn Payne
JoAnn Payne, 70, formerly of Benton, died Saturday, Sept. 22. JoAnn was a native of Mobile County, Ala., and a longtime resident of Satsuma, Ala.
JoAnn lived in Benton for 10 years and worked in the purchasing department of Alcoa. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister who will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
She was preceded in death by son, David; her father, Jasper Gleason; her mother, Evelyn Jackson; and stepfather, Jesse Jackson.
She is survived by her loving husband, Raymond Payne; one lovely daughter, Debra Taylor and husband David of Mobile; two stepchildren, Craig Payne and wife Donnah of Citronelle and Lori Skipper and husband Eric of Creola; two brothers, Curtis Gleason of Saraland and Glenn Jackson of Citronelle; two grandchildren, Jacob and Justin Taylor; and four step-grandchildren, Ashlyn and Gracen Payne and Avery and Gavin Skipper.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, at Forest Lawn Funeral Home in Saraland, Ala. Visitation will be at the funeral home. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Disease Fund. P.O. 1897 Merrifield, VA 22116-8097.
Arrangements are by Forest Lawn Funeral Home, 9700 Celeste Road, Saraland, AL 36571 (phone 251-675-0824).


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Chelsea defender Gary Cahill has criticised the actions of Corinthians striker Emerson, following his red card in the Club World Cup final on Sunday.
Cahill has accused Emerson of play acting to get him sent off as Chelsea lost 1-0 to the Brazilian giants in Yokohama.
Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill compared Robin van Persie to Lionel Messi, after Manchester United's win over the Black Cats on Saturday.
Van Persie scored his 15th goal the season in the 3-1 win, and O'Neil says the Dutchman is as important to United as Messi is to Barcelona.
Mario Balotelli is to take Manchester City to a Premier League tribunal this week in a bid to overturn his recent fine.
Balotelli was docked two weeks' wages by City due to continued on-field indiscipline.
Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud says he is feeling more settled at the Emirates Stadium, and has told supporters he has plenty more to give.
Giroud is likely to start for the Gunners at on Monday evening as they meet Reading at the Madejski Stadium.
Andre Villas-Boas has described his Tottenham players as 'outstanding' following their 1-0 defeat of Swansea at White Hart Lane on Sunday.
Jan Vertonghen scored the only goal of the game as Spurs climbed back into the top four.
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Writing Arguments A Rhetoric with Readings, by Ramage, John D.; Bean, John C.; Johnson, June
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/7/2011
Part One Overview of Argument
1 Argument: An Introduction
What Do We Mean by Argument?
Argument Is Not a Fight or a Quarrel
Argument Is Not Pro-Con Debate
Arguments Can Be Explicit or Implicit
Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., "Let the Facts Decide, Not Fear: Ban AB 1108"
The Defining Features of Argument
Argument Requires Justification of Its Claims
Argument Is Both a Process and a Product
Argument Combines Truth Seeking and Persuasion
Argument and the Problem of Truth
A Successful Process of Argumentation: The Well-Functioning Committee
Gordon Adams (student), "Petition to Waive the University Mathematics Requirement"
2 Argument as Inquiry: Reading and Exploring
Finding Issues to Explore
Do Some Initial Brainstorming
Be Open to the Issues All around You
Explore Ideas by Freewriting
Explore Ideas by Idea Mapping
Explore Ideas by Playing the Believing and Doubting Game
Placing Texts in a Rhetorical Context
Genres of Argument
Cultural Contexts: Who Writes Arguments and Why?
Analyzing Rhetorical Context and Genre
Reading to Believe an Argument's Claims
John Kavanaugh, "Amnesty?"
Summary Writing as a Way of Reading to Believe
Practicing Believing: Willing Your Own Belief in the Writer's Views
Reading to Doubt
Thinking Dialectically
Questions to Stimulate Dialectic Thinking
Fred Reed, "Why Blame Mexico?"
Three Ways to Foster Dialectic Thinking
Writing Assignment: An Argument Summary or a Formal Exploratory Essay
Michael Banks (student), "Should the United States Grant Legal Status to Undocumented Immigrant Workers?"
Part Two Writing an Argument
3 The Core of an Argument: A Claim with Reasons
The Classical Structure of Argument
Classical Appeals and the Rhetorical Triangle
Issue Questions as the Origins of Argument
Difference between an Issue Question and an Information Question
How to Identify an Issue Question
Difference between a Genuine Argument and a Pseudo-Argument
Pseudo-Arguments: Fanatical Believers and Fanatical Skeptics
Another Source of Pseudo-Arguments: Lack of Shared Assumptions
Frame of an Argument: A Claim Supported by Reasons
What Is a Reason?
Expressing Reasons in Because Clauses
Writing Assignment: An Issue Question and Working Thesis Statements
4 The Logical Structure of Arguments
An Overview of Logos: What Do We Mean by the "Logical Structure" of an Argument?
Formal Logic versus Real-World Logic
The Role of Assumptions
The Core of an Argument: The Enthymeme
Adopting a Language for Describing Arguments: The Toulmin System
Using Toulmin's Schema to Determine a Strategy of Support
The Power of Audience-Based Reasons
Difference between Writer-Based and Audience-Based Reasons
Writing Assignment: Plan of an Argument's Details
5 Using Evidence Effectively
The Persuasive Use of Evidence
Apply the STAR Criteria to Evidence
Use Sources That Your Reader Trusts
Rhetorical Understanding of Evidence
Kinds of Evidence
Angle of Vision and the Selection and Framing of Evidence
Examining Visual Arguments: Angle of Vision
Rhetorical Strategies for Framing Evidence
Special Strategies for Framing Statistical Evidence
Gathering Evidence
Creating a Plan for Gathering Evidence
Gathering Data from Interviews
Gathering Data from Surveys or Questionnaires
Writing Assignment: A Microtheme or a Supporting-Reasons Argument
Carmen Tieu (student), "Why Violent Video Games Are Good for Girls"
6 Moving Your Audience: Ethos, Pathos, and Kairos
Ethos and Pathos as Persuasive Appeals: An Overview
How to Create an Effective Ethos: The Appeal to Credibility
How to Create Pathos: The Appeal to Beliefs and Emotions
Use Concrete Language
Use Specific Examples and Illustrations
Use Narratives
Use Words, Metaphors, and Analogies with Appropriate Connotations
Use Images for Emotional Appeal
Kairos: The Timeliness and Fitness of Arguments
Examining Visual Arguments: Logos, Ethos, Pathos, and Kairos
How Audience-Based Reasons Enhance Logos, Ethos, and Pathos
Writing Assignment: Revising a Draft for Ethos, Pathos, and Audience-Based Reasons
7 Responding to Objections and Alternative Views
One-Sided, Multisided, and Dialogic Arguments
Determining Your Audience's Resistance to Your Views
Appealing to a Supportive Audience: One-Sided Argument
Appealing to a Neutral or Undecided Audience: Classical Argument
Summarizing Opposing Views
Refuting Opposing Views
Strategies for Rebutting Evidence
Conceding to Opposing Views
Example of a Student Essay Using Refutation Strategy
Marybeth Hamilton (student), From "First Place: A Healing School for Homeless Children"
Appealing to a Resistant Audience: Dialogic Argument
Delayed-Thesis Argument as Both Exploration and Persuasion
*Ross Douthat, "Islam in Two Americas"
Writing a Delayed Thesis Argument
A More Open Ended Approach: Rogerian Argument
Rogerian Argument as Growth for the Writer
Rogerian Argument as Collaborative Negotiation
Writing a Rogerian Argument
*Colleen Fontana, "An Open Letter to Robert Levy in Response to His Article 'They Never Learn'"
Writing Assignment: A Classical Argument or a Rogerian Letter
David Langley (student), "'Half-Criminals' or Urban Athletes? A Plea for Fair Treatment of Skateboarders" (A Classical Argument)
Rebekah Taylor (student), "A Letter to Jim" (A Rogerian Argument)
Part Three Analyzing Arguments
8 Analyzing Arguments Rhetorically
Thinking Rhetorically about a Text
Questions for Rhetorical Analysis
An Illustration of Rhetorical Analysis
Kathryn Jean Lopez, "Egg Heads"
A Rhetorical Analysis of "Egg Heads"
Writing Assignment: A Rhetorical Analysis
Generating Ideas for Your Rhetorical Analysis
Organizing Your Rhetorical Analysis
Ellen Goodman, "Womb for Rent—For a Price"
Zachary Stumps (student), "A Rhetorical Analysis of Ellen Goodman's 'Womb For Rent—For a Price'"
9 Analyzing Visual Arguments
Understanding Design Elements in Visual Argument
Use of Type
Use of Space or Layout
An Analysis of a Visual Argument Using Type and Spatial Elements
Use of Color
Use of Images and Graphics
An Analysis of a Visual Argument Using All the Design Components
The Compositional Features of Photographs and Drawings
An Analysis of a Visual Argument Using Images
The Genres of Visual Argument
Posters and Fliers
Public Affairs Advocacy Advertisements
Web Pages
Constructing Your Own Visual Argument
Using Information Graphics in Arguments
How Tables Contain a Variety of Stories
Using a Graph to Tell a Story
Incorporating Graphics into Your Argument
Writing Assignment: A Visual Argument Rhetorical Analysis, a Visual Argument, or a Microtheme Using Quantitative Data
Part Four Arguments in Depth: Types of Claims
10 An Introduction to the Types of Claims
An Overview of the Types of Claims
Using Claim Types to Focus an Argument and Generate Ideas: An Example
Making the LASIK Argument to Parents
Making the LASIK Argument to Insurance Companies
Hybrid Arguments: How Claim Types Work Together in Arguments
Some Examples of Hybrid Arguments
An Extended Example of a Hybrid Argument
Aaron Friedman, "All That Noise for Nothing"
11 Definitional and Resemblance Arguments
An Overview of Definition or Resemblance Arguments
Consequences of Categorical Claims
The Rule of Justice: Things in the Same Category Should Be Treated the Same Way
Types of Definitional Arguments
Simple Categorical Arguments
Definitional Arguments
Examining Visual Arguments: A Definitional Claim
The Criteria—Match Structure of Definitional Arguments
Developing the Criteria-Match Structure for a Definitional Argument
Toulmin Framework for a Definitional Argument
Kinds of Definitions
Aristotelian Definitions
Operational Definitions
Conducting the Criteria Part of a Definitional Argument
Approach 1: Research How Others Have Defined the Term
Approach 2: Create Your Own Extended Definition
Conducting the Match Part of a Definitional Argument
Types of Resemblance Arguments
Toulmin Framework for a Resemblance Argument
Arguments by Analogy
Arguments by Precedent
Writing Assignment: A Definitional Argument
Exploring Ideas
Identifying Your Audience and Determining What's at Stake
Organizing a Definitional Argument
Questioning and Critiquing a Definitional Argument
*Arthur Knopf (Student), "Is Milk a Health Food?"
Kathy Sullivan (student), "Oncore, Obscenity, and the Liquor Control Board"
Clay Bennett, "Just Emancipated" (editorial cartoon)
Beth Reis, "Toon Offensive"
12 Causal Arguments
An Overview of Causal Arguments
Kinds of Causal Arguments
Toulmin Framework for a Causal Argument
Two Methods for Arguing That One Event Causes Another
First Method: Explain the Causal Mechanism Directly
Examining Visual Arguments: A Causal Claim
Second Method: Infer Causal Links Using Inductive Reasoning
Glossary of Terms Encountered in Causal Arguments
Writing Assignment: A Causal Argument
Exploring Ideas
Identifying Your Audience and Determining What's at Stake
Organizing a Causal Argument
Questioning and Critiquing a Causal Argument
Julee Christianson (student), "Why Lawrence Summers Was Wrong: Culture Rather Than Biology Explains the Underrepresentation of Women in Science and Mathematics" (APA-format research paper)
Olivia Judson, "Different but (Probably) Equal"
Carlos Macias (Student), "'The Credit Card Company Made Me Do It!'—The Credit Card Industry's Role in Causing Student Debt"
13 Evaluation and Ethical Arguments
An Overview of Evaluation Arguments
Criteria-Match Structure of Categorical Evaluations
Toulmin Framework for an Evaluation Argument
Constructing a Categorical Evaluation Argument
Developing Your Criteria
Making Your Match Argument
Examining Visual Arguments: An Evaluation Claim
An Overview of Ethical Arguments
Major Ethical Systems
Consequences as the Base of Ethics
Principles as the Base of Ethics
Constructing an Ethical Argument
Constructing a Principles-Based Argument
Constructing a Consequences-Based Argument
Common Problems in Making Evaluation Arguments
Writing Assignment: An Evaluation or Ethical Argument
Exploring Ideas
Identifying Your Audience and Determining What's at Stake
Organizing an Evaluation Argument
Questioning and Critiquing a Categorical Evaluation Argument
Critiquing an Ethical Argument
Sam Isaacson (student), "Would Legalization of Gay Marriage Be Good for the Gay Community?"
*Christopher Moore (student), "Information Plus Satire"
*Adey Bryant, "Well, It Bloody Wasn't There Last Year!" (editorial cartoon)
*Christian Longo, "Giving Life after Death Row"
*Kenneth Prager, "A Death Row Donation of Organs?"
14 Proposal Arguments
An Overview of Proposal Arguments
The Structure of Proposal Arguments
Toulmin Framework for a Proposal Argument
Special Concerns for Proposal Arguments
Developing a Proposal Argument
Convincing Your Readers That a Problem Exists
Showing the Specifics of Your Proposal
The Justification: Convincing Your Readers That Your Proposal Should Be Enacted
Proposal Arguments as Advocacy Posters or Advertisements
Using the Claim-Types Strategy to Develop a Proposal Argument
Using the "Stock Issues" Strategy to Develop a Proposal Argument
Examining Visual Arguments: A Proposal Claim
Writing Assignment: A Proposal Argument
Exploring Ideas
Identifying Your Audience and Determining What's at Stake
Organizing a Proposal Argument
Designing a One-Page Advocacy Advertisement
Designing PowerPoint Slides or Other Visual Aids for a Speech
Questioning and Critiquing a Proposal Argument
*Megan Johnson (student), "A Proposal to Eliminate Gender Bias in Meal Plans"
Juan Vazquez (student), "Why the United States Should Adopt Nuclear Power" (MLA-format research paper)
Center for Children's Health and the Environment, "More Kids Are Getting Brain Cancer. Why?" (advocacy ad)
*Sandy Wainscott (student), "Why MacDonalds Should Sell Meat and Veggie Pies" (speech with PowerPoint slides)
*Marcel Dicke and Arnold Van Huis, "The Six-Legged Meat of the Future"
Part 5 The Researched Argument
15 Finding and Evaluating Sources
Formulating a Research Question instead of a "Topic"
Thinking Rhetorically about Kinds of Sources
Degree of Editorial Review
Degree of Stability
Degree of Advocacy
Degree of Authority
Searching Libraries, Databases, and Web Sites
Checking Your Library's Home Page
Finding Articles in Magazines, News Sources, and Scholarly Journals: Searching a Licensed Database
Finding Cyberspace Sources: Searching the World Wide Web
Evaluating Your Sources by Reading Rhetorically
Reading with Your Own Goals in Mind
Reading with Rhetorical Awareness
Taking Purposeful Notes
Evaluating Sources
16 Incorporating Souces into Your Own Argument
Using Sources for Your Own Purposes
Writer 1: A Causal Argument Showing Alternative Approaches to Reducing Risk of Alcoholism
Writer 2: A Proposal Argument Advocating Vegetarianism
Writer 3: An Evaluation Argument Looking Skeptically at Vegetarianism
Using Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation
Quoting a Complete Sentence
Quoting Words and Phrases
Modifying a Quotation
Omitting Something from a Quoted Passage
Quoting Something that Contains a Quotation
Using a Block Quotation for a Long Passage
Creating Rhetorically Effective Attributive Tags
Attributive Tags versus Parenthetical Citations
Creating Attributive Tags to Shape Reader Response
Avoiding Plagiarism
Why Some Kinds of Plagiarism May Occur Unwittingly
Strategies for Avoiding Plagiarism
17 Citing and Documenting Sources
The Connection between In-text Citations and the End-of-Paper List of Cited Works
MLA Style
In-text Citations in MLA Style
When to Use Page Numbers in In-text Citations
Works Cited List in MLA Style
MLA Citation Models
MLA-Style Research Paper
APA Style
In-Text Citations in APA Style
References List in APA Style
APA Citation Models
APA-Style Research Paper
Appendix: Informal Fallacies
The Problem of Conclusiveness in an Argument
An Overview of Informal Fallacies
Fallacies of Pathos
Fallacies of Ethos
Fallacies of Logos
Part Six An Anthology of Arguments
An Overview of the Anthology
Guide Questions for the Analysis and Evaluation of Arguments
List 1: Questions for Analyzing and Evaluating a Conversation
List 2: Questions for Rhetorically Analyzing and Evaluating an Individual Argument
List 3: Questions for Responding to a Reading and Forming Your Own Views
Digital Literacies
*Nancy K. Herther, "Digital Natives and Immigrants: What Brain Research Tells Us"
*Sherry Turkle, "Is Technology Making Us Lonelier?"
*Alison Gopnik, "Diagnosing the Digital Revolution: Why It's So Hard to Tell If Technology is Changing Us"
*Mike Keefe, "Social Networking, Then and Now" (editorial cartoon)
*Mizuko Ito, et al., "Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project"
*Cathy Davidson, "Designing Learning from 'End-to-End'"
Dana L Fleming, "Youthful Indiscretions: Should Colleges Protect Social Network Users from Themselves and Others?"
Paul Noth, "I Can't Wait" (editorial cartoon)
Video Games and Their Influence
*Craig A. Anderson,"Violent Video Games and Other Media Violence"
*4yourkids.org, "Just Do Nothing" (advocacy ad)
Henry Jenkins, "Reality Bytes: Eight Myths about Video Games Debunked"
*Darrin Bell, "Candorville" (editorial cartoon)
A syndicated cartoonist satirizes the rhetoric of blame.
*Leland Y. Yee, "Parents Should Be Able to Control What Kids Watch"
*Daniel Greenberg, "Why the Supreme Court Should Rule that Violent Video Games Are Free Speech"
*Congressional Digest Supreme Court Debates, "Before the Court: The Justices Weigh In During Oral Arguments"
William Lugo, "Violent Video Games Recruit American Youth"
*Jane McGonigal, "Be a Gamer, Save the World"
Millennials Entering Adulthood
*Kathryn Tyler, "The Tethered Generation"
*Bruce Tinsley, "I've Got Students Interviewing…" (editorial cartoon)
*Julie Hanus, "The Kid in the Corner Office"
*America, "Generation S"
*Kay S. Hymowitz, "Where Have the Good Men Gone?"
*Nathan Rabin, "Two Cheers for the Maligned Slacker Dude"
*Garry Trudeau, "Yo, Want to Meet Up and Chill?" (cartoon)
*Matthew C. Klein, "Educated, Unemployed, and Frustrated"
Immigration in the Twenty-First Century
Mitali Perkins, "A Note to Young Immigrants"
Scarf Ace, "Miss or Diss?"
Fatemeh Fakhraie, "Scarfing It Down"
*Anita Ortiz Maddali, "Sophia's Choice: Problems Faced by Female Asylum-Seekers and Their U.S. Citizen Children"
*Kevin Clarke, "Born in the U.S.A."
*The Washington Times, "Anchor Babies Away"
*Lee Judge, "Oh Great, an Anchor Baby" (editorial cartoon)
*Reyna Wences (student), "My Life in the Shadows"
*Mark Krikorian, "DREAM On"
The Value(s) of Higher Education
*Rebecca Mead, "Is College Worth the Money?"
*Mark Schneider, "How Much Is That Bachelor's Degree Really Worth? The Million Dollar Misunderstanding"
*Jesse Springer, "Liberal Arts Diploma" (editorial cartoon)
*Ken Saxon, "What Do You Do With a B.A. in History?"
*Scott Adams, "How to Get a Higher Education"
*Erica Goldson (student), "Coxsackie-Athens Valedictorian Speech 2010: Here I Stand"
Women in Math and Science
Nature Neuroscience, "Separating Science from Stereotype"
Deborah Blum, "Solving for X"
Steven Pinker, "The Science of Difference: Sex Ed"
Ben A. Barres, "Does Gender Matter?"
*Amy E. Bell, Steven J. Spencer, Emma Iserman, And Christine E. R. Logel, "Stereotype Threat and Women's Performance in Engineering"
Choices for a Sustainable World
Nicholas Kristof, "Our Gas Guzzlers, Their Lives"
*Daniel C. Esty and Michael E. Porter, "Pain at the Pump? We Need More"
Andrew C. Revkin, "Carbon-Neutral Is Hip, but Is It Green?"
Charles Krauthammer, "Save the Planet, Let Someone Else Drill"
David Tilman and Jason Hill, "Fuel for Thought: All Biofuels Are Not Created Equal"
*U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Energy Supply and Disposition by Type of Fuel, 196-2009"
*Jason Powers, "The Power Is in the Solution: Cultivating New Traditions Through Permaculture"
*Vandana Shiva, "The Soil vs. the Sensex"
Argument Classics
Martin Luther King Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Garrett Hardin, "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Aid That Does Harm"
Pablo Picasso, Guernica (painting)
Rachel Carson, "The Obligation to Endure"
Stanley Milgram, "The Perils of Obedience"
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2006 – An estimated 18 to 20 terrorist extremists died in a thwarted attack on an Afghan National Army command post in the Bermel district of Paktika province early this morning, military officials said. Five ANA soldiers were killed and six were wounded when their unit received small-arms and rocket-propelled-grenade fire from a group of extremists. Three of the wounded soldiers suffered only minor wounds and were returned to duty after being treated on the scene. The three other wounded soldiers were evacuated by air to a coalition medical facility for treatment, officials said. No report was available on their condition.
The ANA unit, with a coalition embedded tactical training team attached, repelled the attack by directing mortar and artillery fire from nearby coalition bases. "With the coalition's assistance, Afghan national security forces are gaining long-term capability and presence in these areas to provide security and stability to the Afghan people," said Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick, spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force 76. "Steady progress is being made, and we will continue together to pursue the enemy wherever they try to hide."
Meanwhile, Afghan and coalition forces continue operations in eastern Afghanistan to strengthen the government through an increased Afghan security presence and reconstruction and humanitarian aid assistance, officials said.
In other news from Afghanistan, a combined Afghan and coalition force killed three al Qaeda members and detained their three associates in an early morning raid Aug. 11 in Khowst province. Numerous AK-47 assault rifles with armor-piercing ammunition, along with grenades and other ordnance, were found at the location. Fitzpatrick said the raid likely prevented more innocent Afghan civilian deaths, because these extremists "clearly had devious intentions to use these items to carry out violent acts."
On Aug. 10, enemy extremists in Paktika province tried to abduct a truck driver who was delivering gravel to local villages in Zarghun Shahr district. The terrorist extremist ambushed the driver using small-arms fire. The driver was able to evade them and reported the incident to local authorities.
"This was not an attack against the coalition, or even against Afghan security forces," Fitzpatrick said. "This was an attack against what we in America call "an average Joe" - a hardworking citizen, a man just trying to make a living, delivering gravel, that is part of this country's reconstruction effort to improve lives, and get this country moving."
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This document lays out the plan for Sapphire 0.7 release.
Comments on this plan can be posted on the forum or sent to the mailing list.
This release will be delivered via a P2 repository.
This release will target Eclipse Kepler SR1 as the recommended configuration, but will be fully compatible with all Eclipse releases going back to Indigo. Sapphire requires Java 6 and has no operating system specific dependencies.
Note that the minimum requirements have changed since the 0.6 release. Java 6 is now required. Previously, Java 5 was sufficient. Indigo is now the minimum support version of Eclipse. Previously, Helios was also supported.
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"This crime is definitely brazen, without a doubt," says Sgt. Greg Collins of the Parkersburg Police Department. "It's caught our attention; they're in and out within two minutes. We were on scene in three minutes and nobody was around."
Before 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning officers responded to an intrusion alarm from the BP Gas Station at Route 95 and Rayon Drive.
"This crime mirrors the last ATM theft on January 31 at the Certified Station on 95 West," Collins says.
Another day, another theft of an ATM machine while everyone else would rather be sleeping.
"We've had detectives working on the last case pretty much nonstop since it happened. We've developed some leads; we have some people we would put in a long list as of right now," Collins says.
Law enforcement is evaluating surveillance footage.
"The only difference between the two cases is we were able to recover this ATM (on Pettyville Road), although the cash was gone," Collins says. "The last ATM we have not recovered yet."
Who are we looking for?
According to Collins, both cases had multiple suspects, likely three people working together. He says they are pretty certain that the vehicle involved is a sport utility vehicle.
"Somebody saw something. We're hopeful that someone that drove by this particular store while the crime was in progress will give us a call and lead us to a better vehicle description than what we currently have," Collins says.


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BOSTON (Sept. 6, 2011) The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary has received an $11 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, the largest National Institutes of Health grant in this hospital's187-year history, to coordinate the Harvard-wide Project on Antibiotic Resistance.
The goal of the project, led by Dr. Michael S. Gilmore, Sir William Olser Professor of Ophthalmology, is to develop new antibiotics to treat highly resistant infections caused by staph and other related bacteria. Dr. Gilmore is a part of the Howe Laboratory of Ophthalmology at Mass. Eye and Ear.
"Infections from multidrug-resistant bacteria are leading complications of surgeries, from cataract extractions to knee replacements. Understanding how resistance develops in these strains will help guide the judicious and effective use of antibiotics, and the development of new treatments that will benefit patients and reduce health care spending," said Joan W. Miller, M.D., Henry Willard Williams Professor of Ophthalmology, Chief of Ophthalmology at Mass Eye and Ear and Mass General Hospital, and Chair of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School.
Since 2005, drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus has killed more people in the United States than HIV/AIDS, and it has become a leading public health concern. Because resistant staph infections are spread by hand-to-hand contact, workout facilities now provide hand sanitizers and routinely sanitize equipment. An outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection among the St. Louis Rams brought the problem into sharp public focus.
According to Dr. Gilmore, human beings all carry the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus somewhere on their bodies. They prefer moist areas and usually live in the nose, but also occur on the skin, in areas like armpits and groin, and elsewhere in and on the human body. Most of the time these microbes are just eking out a living and not doing any harm they may even be protecting us from something worse. However, to hold them in check, a body needs to be in good health. Turf burns, as in the case of the St. Louis Rams football team, surgery or hospitalization, and other diseases can tip the balance in favor of the microbe. Among hospitalized patients, staphylococcal infection is the largest infectious disease problem, and its prevention is a top concern.
Dr. Gilmore recruited a team of investigators from across the Harvard University landscape, and also from industry, to tackle the problem of developing new drugs to treat these infections. Massachusetts General Hospital scientists and physicians Drs. Eleftherios Mylonakis, Fred Ausubel, and David Hooper are pursuing new strategies for discovering and testing drugs using model systems. Harvard Medical School professors Drs. Suzanne Walker and Roberto Kolter are using high-throughput robotics to identify potential drugs that target the bacterial cell surface, and its organization. Dr. Kolter and Harvard Faculty of Arts and Science professor Dr. Richard Losick are exploring new approaches for disorganizing bacterial biofilms, making the microbes easier to treat with new and existing antibiotics. Dr. Keeta Gilmore is responsible for coordinating the moving parts, and for cultivating an atmosphere that promotes synergy between projects. This group converges twice monthly at the Mass. Eye and Ear to discuss progress and to coordinate activities.
According to Dr. Gilmore, early efforts stemming originally from the Walker lab and involving most of the collaborators have already turned up one promising lead compound that is in its second generation. He hopes the five-year project will generate between five and ten promising and tested new compounds for fighting multidrug-resistant infection caused by staph and related microbes including the highly challenging vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus. A group consisting of Drs. Jared Silverman (Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Steve Projan (MedImmune, LLC), Chris T. Walsh (HMS), and Nathanael Grey (HMS), who are highly familiar with the process of moving new drugs from the bench to bedside, will be advising the Harvard-wide collaborative team.
|Contact: Mary Leach
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary


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Assassin's Creed III is out now, and it's pretty darned good. Join editors Matt Miller and Jeff Cork as they play a little bit of the game while discussing its story, setting, and much more.
We've done our best to keep this one as free from spoilers as possible. If you're a rabid AC fan, you'll want to play through the first four or five hours of the new game as soon as you can. We started filming a bit after the big revelations, starting off with the mission that introduces Connor to his eventual Assassin mentor. Warning: A deer totally bites it in the opening moment.
For more info on the game, take a look at our Assassin's Creed III hub page.
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What's Happening in the North Fork Valley
There is a lot going on culinary-wise in the North Fork Valley this summer. I do hope you Coloradoans will make the journey to attend some of these events. Below is a recent email from Jim Brett, leader of Slow Food Western Slope. At the end is a list of places to stay…
When: July 26
Where: Eleni's Uptown Bistro, at 1215 Second Street, Paonia
What: Slow Food Cooking Demo
Come join chef Eleni Stelter and Eugenia Bone, author of "Well-Preserved" as they demonstrate how to make pestos, cremas and tapenades. See how basil isn't the only herb suited to make delicious pestos. Come and understand the methods of making pestos, cremas, and tapenades using Mediterranean techniques and seasonal herbs and vegetables. Enjoy tasting samples as Eugenia and Eleni whip up wonderful savory sauces for the summer. Recipes will be available for you as well.
This Slow Food demo will take place on July 26 at Eleni's Uptown Bistro from 2-4PM.
Cost: $15 for Slow Food members, $20 for non-members; wine by the glass extra.
Eugenia's book, Well-Preserved, will be available at a discount price.
Contact firstname.lastname@example.com to make reservations. Please RSVP by July 23.
When: Aug 1-2
Where: North Fork Wineries
What: West Elks Wine Trail
The winemakers of the West Elks Viticultural Area invite you to join them on August 1st and 2nd for a tour of the wineries, vineyards, orchards, and gardens surrounding the North Fork of the Gunnison River near Paonia and Hotchkiss, Colorado.
The West Elks Wine and Culinary Alliance announces the first annual West Elks Wine Trail event. Wineries participating are Alfred Eames Cellars, Azura Winery and Gallery, Black Bridge Winery, Delicious Orchards, Leroux Creek Winery, Liliputian Winery, Stone Cottage Cellars and Terror Creek Winery.
To start your West Elks Wine Trail tour, stop by any of the eight West Elk Wineries to pickup your trail map for the weekend. Each winery will feature food and wine pairings, with a focus on local foods. Each winemaker will compliment your tastings with two favorite selected recipes to complement their wines. The eight wine tasting rooms will offer a wide variety of activities from vineyard tours, art displays, tastings, optional dinners, food pairings, a wine making class, mountain views and more. A complimentary wine glass will be given to those who travel along the wine trail and collect recipes from at least five wineries.
You are invited and encouraged to purchase wines from the winemakers, as many of the vintages from this region are only available at the wineries.
The following are associated with the West Elks Wine Trail event:
Art, Wine, Ambience. 6:30 till 9:00, August 1. Join us for a romantic evening, savoring the beautiful sunset over the West Elk mountains and North Fork valley. The evening includes tapas prepared from the bounty of our valley, two glasses of premium Azura wine and a tour of our fine art gallery all accompanied by soothing strains of a classical guitar.
(970) 390-4251; web.mac.com/azurastudios; $25 per person.
ALFRED EAMES CELLARS: Barrel Tasting & Dinner on the Deck. August 1. Barrel Tasting 5:00pm. Dinner 6:00pm. (970) 527-3269.
www.alfredeamescellars.com. Limited to 12 guests; $35.
BLACK BRIDGE WINERY: Enjoy a casual dining event in the vineyard, celebrating the best wine, fruit and vegetables from our farm. 6:30pm, Friday July 31st. (970) 527-6838. www.blackbridgewinery.com. 25 people, $30 (wine included).
LEROUX CREEK VINEYARDS: DINE IN THE VINES Enjoy a 5 course dinner with a French flair set in the ambiance of our Vineyard which is reminiscent of Provence. The cuisine will be prepared with wine, using only local food of the North Fork Valley. Limited to 30 guests $55. (service,tax & Wine) all inclusive. SUNDAY BRUNCH – Yvon will be roasting two young lambs from TLC farms using wood from the vines, accompanied with seasonal vegetables,as your Entree, a refreshing Gazpacho to start and a Dessert of puff pastry with local peaches. 30 guests will be served on the deck overlooking the vineyard with views of the West Elks, surrounded by perennial gardens. $35. (970) 872-4746; www.lerouxcreekinn.com.
LILIPUTIAN WINERY: A Wine Making Event: Join us at the winery Saturday and Sunday, August 1 & 2 @ 12:00 PM and participate in making a batch of Local, Organic Tart Cherry Wine. We will also be serving a food and wine pairing featuring tart cherries in our tasting room 11 – 5 on both days. 970-872-3019. www.liliputianwinery.com.
For more info: www.savoreachglass.com/contact
When: Aug 15-16
Where: Paonia
What: First annual Food, Farm, Film & Wine Festival
On Saturday 3PM we'll have a farm tour at TLC and a winery tour at Alfred Eames Cellars; then there'll be a Farmhouse dinner with local wines at Fresh & Wyld put together by Dava Parr and Little Nell's chef Ryan Hardy and then off to the Paradise Theater to see Lynn Gillespie's (of TLC) movie – Locavore (see www.locavoremovie.com).
On Sunday there'll be a continental breakfast at the Paradise Theater starting at 9AM and the movie The Real Dirt on Farmer John, and then off to Rain Crow Farm for a buffet brunch and music. We'll encourage folks to visit wineries afterwards.
It'll be $100 for both days; $85 just for Saturday; $25 just for Sunday. Slow Food members, it'll be $80/$75/$15. Ticket sales at www.freshandwyld.com.
Proceeds will help send one of local farmers to attend Slow Food's Terra Madre in Italy in 2010.
For more info: www.freshandwyld.com
When: Aug 22
Where Leroux Creek Vineyards, Hotchkiss
What: Second annual Taste the Valley
On Saturday August 22, 2009 from 10AM-4PM, the Black Canyon Land Trust and the Leroux Creek Inn & Vineyard in Hotchkiss, Colorado, will present "Taste the Valley," a day of cooking demonstrations and food and wine tastings.
Local winemaker and Chef Yvon Gros will host Chefs Johannes Busch, Ron Lavallee, and Heath Stone from the Johnston & Wales Culinary School. They will instruct culinary techniques and prepare local meats, produce, fruit and create exceptional dishes. Chef Johannes returns this year to delight the audience with magic pairings of fine chocolate and local fruit. Chef Ron will demonstrate masterful bread making. Chef Heath will dazzle you with knife techniques and ice sculpting. The special guest this year is Eugenia Bone, author of Well-Preserved.
Surrounded by the beautiful views of the West Elk Mountains and the Leroux Creek Vineyard, the chefs will share their secrets for preparing grass-fed elk and buffalo and compatible sauces. They will provide new ideas for local vegetables and use fresh local fruits and exotic chocolates to make tempting desserts. Attendees will enjoy the "fruits" of the chefs' labors and have an opportunity to imbibe on local wines and beverages.
Food demonstrations and tastings will be on the grounds of the Leroux Creek Inn & Vineyards at 12388 3100 Road in Hotchkiss. The day will finish with a private wine tasting. Donations ($75 recommended) will go to the Black Canyon Land Trust.
Register by August 14th — Call 970.252.1481; limited to 100 guests.
For more info: www.BlackCanyonLandTrust.org or 970.240.1481
Also on August 22
Where: Stone Cottage Cellars
What: "Dinner in the Vineyard" 5 wines, 5 courses, barrel sampling, vineyard & winery tours, and Celtic music to top off the night
We have 10 remaining seats for the event. If you'd like to join us, please make your reservation soon. Also, you can call us regarding remaining hotel accommodations.
Current wines on the tasting table are 2007 Dry Gewurztraminer ($20), 2006 Pinot Noir ($22-500ml – our first vintage!), 2007 Syrah ($22), 2007 Merlot ($22) and 2008 Alpine Dessert Wine ($20). Shipping is $25 for a case, $20 for anything less. Let us know if you'd like to have wine shipped to your table.
Chef Ron Jardon attended the Johnson & Wales Culinary School in Buffalo, NY. Following an internship at the Historical Redstone Inn Hotel, Chef Jardon rose to Executive Sous Chef at the prestigious St. Regis Aspen Resort in Aspen, CO. He purchased the historical Casa Restaurant in Paonia and now is the Executive Chef at Scenic Mesa Ranch. He and his family now reside near Lazear, CO.
Stone Cottage Cellars and Chef Jardon are advocates of menus created with fresh, local ingredients and are avid supporters of the Slow Food movement utilizing local food & wine.
$150 per person. Credit card confirmation and 2 week cancellation notice is required.
Brent & Karen Helleckson
Stone Cottage Cellars
41716 Reds Rd.
Paonia, CO 81428
(970) 527-3444
(Gewurztraminer Wine) 1st course
Smoked Black Welsh Lamb Quesadillas with Cheese
Vineyard Roasted Sweet Garlic Spread on Parmesan Melba Toast
Roasted Eggplant and Black-Eyed Pea Caviar on Stone Ground Wheat Pita Bread with local Balsamic Vinaigrette
Marinated Vineyard Grape Leaves Stuffed with Roasted Peppers, Fresh Herbs and Local Goat Cheese –
Free Range Organic Deviled Eggs with fresh Vineyard Basil Pesto
(Chardonnay) 2nd Course
Organic Horseradish Crusted Salmon with Salad Trio,Micro Greens – Tomato, Pepper & Lemon Cucumber Salad
(2007 Syrah) 3rd Course
Rabbit and Fresh Local Vegetable Rice Paper Roll with Organic Plum Soy Dipping Sauce over Curry Lentil Pilaf
(2007 Merlot) 4th Course
Roasted Garlic Infused Free Range Sirloin atop 3 Color Potato Hash with Stone Cottage Merlot and Caramelized Shallot Sauce
Vegetarian Alternative
Homemade Goat Cheese and Spinach Balls Poached in Merlot Red Wine Tomato Sauce Over Sauteed Fresh Garlic & Herb Spaghetti Squash
(2008 Alpine Dessert Wine) 5th course
Chocolate Vineyard Blackberry Truffles with Homemade Fresh Mint Scones
Places to stay in the North Fork Valley…
Leroux Creek Inn and Vineyard www.lerouxcreekinn.com
Fresh and Wyld www.freshandwyldinn.com
The Bross Hotel (supposedly haunted) www.bbonline.com/co/brosshotel
For more places to stay, general info about the valley, directions, et all, go to www.northforkvalley.net


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VIDEO: Canes' National Signing Day Preview
RECORDED TUESDAY, JAN. 31 at NOON at the Miami Herald
With less than 24 hours before fax machines around high schools across the country start sending over signed National Letters of Intent, the Miami Hurricanes appear to be on the verge of landing a pretty good recruiting class (32 new players at the moment).
It will only get better if Miramar All-American cornerback Tracy Howard does what some considered a few weeks ago to be a longshot: pick the Canes. Howard will announce his choice at approximately 9:50 a.m. Wednesday on ESPNU. I'll be there for the festivities and will provide live updates on my Twitter account.
Where is Howard, the No. 1-ranked cornerback in the country, headed? Late last night I got word Florida coaches were no longer confident Howard was headed their way. Does that mean he's a UM lock? I'm not going to go that far. Kids change their minds all the time and the fact he built a close relationship with UF secondary coach Tavares Robinson over a long period of time is something he has to be weighing and will up until the last moment.
Outside of Howard, UM has had flirtations with a lot of other top-tier recruits: Palm Beach Lakes offensive tackle Avery Young (UF, Auburn, Georgia), Georgia-are linebacker Josh Harvey-Clemons (Georgia, FSU, UF), New Jersey-area Darius Hamilton (also likes Rutgers, UF) and Lake City Columbia defensive tackle Dequan Ivery (Louisville commitment).
From other reports and conversations I've had with recruiting analysts and coaches, Howard, Ivery, and West Boca Raton linebacker Jawand Blue (Virginia Tech commitments) are likely the only players UM will add. Jacksonville First Coast outside linebacker Reggie Northrup, who has long wavered on his Canes commitment, is the only player counted in the class the Canes will likely lose. Many expect him to end up at FSU.
> For more in depth perspective on the class, check out the previous blogs I had with Rivals.com state of Florida recruiting analyst Chris Nee.
> Nee by the way thinks the last player UM received a commitment from over the weekend, Tampa Plant athlete Antonio Crawford (5-11, 180), is a nice pickup for the Canes and "an excellent athlete." Crawford was previously committed to Georgia Tech.
"He can play on both sides of the ball, slot receiver on offense or corner or safety on defense," Nee said. "He will have to be groomed at whatever position he ends up at, be taught the position, the ins and outs of it. But he has really nice top end speed. He has a really nice burst. I think on defense he'd be a great guy in nickel dime schemes. On offense, he would be great in the slot, take that quick pass and make something happen in the open field. Just a really nice athlete. It sounds like they're going to play him at corner. That's probably the best place to put him. He's also going to be very good on special teams both as a cover man and return man."
Crawford ran for 471 yards and 5 TDs, caught 10 passes for 129 yards and a touchdown and had 45 tackles, 4 INTs and 19 pass deflections at corner. He averaged more than 32 yards on kickoff returns and brought one back for a score for the Class 8A state champs.
> We'll have coverage on MiamiHerald.com throughout the day as we'll send writers to all the local high school. Expect to see video interviews and much more here. Hurricanesports.com will provide updates on recruits once they officially receive those signed National Letters of Intent. Be sure to follow them as well.
> American High cornerback Larry Hope said Tuesday he will be enrolling in classes at UM as early as Wednesday. Hope said he was "waiting on a clearinghouse issue" to get in. "I'm excited, but I've got to go," Hope said. "I'm walking around campus now."
Hope gives UM nine early enrollees for the spring.


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March 1, 2011 > Annual Crab Feed
Tie on a bib and join the Milpitas Chamber of Commerce for a sumptuous meal of cold, freshly cracked crab, Caesar salad, pasta, and French bread. The event includes a silent auction, live dessert auction, cash drawing raffle, balloon chances, and no host bar, with a portion of the proceeds donated to the Spring Valley Volunteer Fire Department.The silent auction begins when doors open at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. The live auction and prizes will start at 8:30 p.m. Reservations are required and no tickets will be sold at the door. Individual tickets can be purchased for $40 each or purchase a table of 10 for $400. Beverages are sold separately. To reserve your space call the Milpitas Chamber at (408) 262-2613 or visit online at www.milpitaschamber.com. 18th Annual Crab FeedFriday, March 46 p.m.Napredak Hall 770 Montague Expressway, San Jose(408) 262-2613www.milpitaschamber.comTickets: $40


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Book Review: Creating Mobile Apps With JQuery Mobile 91
|Creating Mobile Apps With JQuery Mobile
|Shane Gliser
|234 pages
|Packt Publishing
|Takes the reader from mobile prototyping and creating templates to mobile development and creating versatile mobile sites, with a project in each chapter.
The first thing you don't do in Chapter 1, "Prototyping jQuery Mobile," is work at a computer. In the true spirit of UX, Gliser briefly has you work with a pen and some 3x5 note cards. (Remember those?) Your initial goal is to roughly sketch out some designs for a jQuery Mobile website for a new pizzeria. But why the ancient technology? "We are more willing to simply throw out a drawing that took less than 30 seconds to create," Gliser writes. And: "Actually sketching by hand uses a different part of the brain and unlocks our creative centers." Furthermore, those on your team who are not coders can contribute comments, suggestions, and corrections to the emerging design.
In Chapter 2, "A Mom-and-Pop Mobile Website," you step over to your computer with Chapter 1's paper prototype in hand. You start converting the sketched design "into an actual jQuery Mobile (jQM) site that acts responsively and looks unique." You also begin building "a configurable server-side PHP template," and you work with custom fonts, page curl effects using CSS, and other aspects of creating and optimizing a mobile site.
"Mobile is a very unforgiving environment," Gliser cautions, "and some of the tips in this section will make more difference than any of the 'best coding practices.'" Indeed, he wants you to be aware of optimization "at the beginning. You are going to do some awesome work and I don't want you or your stakeholders to think it's any less awesome, or slow, or anything else because you didn't know the tricks to squeeze the most performance out of your systems. It's never too early to impress people with the performance of your creations."
Chapter 3, "Analytics, Long forms, and Front-end Validation," moves beyond "dynamically link[ing] directly into the native GPS systems of iOS and Android." Instead, Gliser introduces how to work with Google static maps, Google Analytics, long and multi-page forms, and jQuery Validate. As for static maps, he says, "Remember to always approach things from the user's perspective. It's not always about doing the coolest thing we can." Indeed, a static map may be all the user needs to decide whether to drive to a business, such as a pizzeria, or just call for delivery. And, as for Google Analytics: "Every website should have analytics. If not, it's difficult to say how many people are hitting your site, if we're getting people through our conversion funnels, or what pages are causing people to leave our site."
Meanwhile, desktop users are familiar with (and frequently irritated by) long forms and multi-page forms. Lengthy forms can be real deal-breakers for users trying to negotiate them on mobile devices. The author presents some ways to shorten long forms and break them "into several pages using jQuery Mobile." And he emphasizes the importance of using the jQuery Validate plug-in to add validation to any page that has a form, so the user can see quickly and clearly that an entry has a problem.
The focus in Chapter 4, "QR Codes, Geolocation, Google Maps API, and HTML5 Video," is on handling concepts that can be "applied to any business that has multiple physical locations." Gliser uses a local movie theater chain as his development example. It is "considering throwing its hat into the mobile ring," so a site is created that makes use of QR codes, geolocation, Google Maps, and linking to YouTube movie previews. Then, he shows how to use embedded video to keep users on the movie chain's site rather than sending them off to YouTube.
In Chapter 5, the goal is "to create an aggregating news site based off social media." So the emphasis shifts to "Client-side Templating, JSON APIs, and HTML5 Web Storage." Notes Gliser: "Honestly, from a purely pragmatic perspective, I believe that the template is the perfect place for code. The more flexible, the better. JSON holds the data and the templates are used to transform it. To draw a parallel, XML is the data format and XSL templates are used to transform. Nobody whines about logic in XSL; so I don't see why it should be a problem in JS templates."
Next, he shows how to patch into Twitter's JSON API to get "the very latest set of trending topics" and "whittle down the response to only the part we want...and pass that array into JsRender for...well...rendering" in a manner that will be "a lot cleaner to read and maintain" than looping through JSON and using string concatenation to make the output.
Other topics in Chapter 5 include programmatically changing pages in jQuery Mobile, understanding how jQuery Mobile handles generated pages and Document Object Model (DOM) weight management, and working with RSS feeds. Gliser points out that there is still "a lot more information out there being fed by RSS feeds than by JSON feeds." The chapter concludes with looks at how to use HTML5 web storage (it's simple, yet it can get "especially tricky on mobile browsers"), and how to leverage the Google Feed API. Explains Gliser: "The Google Feeds (sic) API can be fed several options, but at its core, it's a way to specify an RSS or ATOM feed and get back a JSON representation."
Chapter 6 jumps into "the music scene. We're going to take the jQuery Mobile interface and turn it into a media player, artist showcase, and information hub that can be saved to people's home screens," Gliser writes. He proceeds to show how "ridiculously simple it can be to bring audio into your jQuery Mobile pages." And he explains how to use HTML5 manifest "and a few other meta tags" to save an app to the home screen. Furthermore, he discusses how to test mobile sites using "Google Chrome (since its WebKit) or IE9 (for the Windows Phone)" as browsers that are shrunken down to mobile size. "Naturally, this does not substitute for real testing," he cautions. "Always check your creations on real devices. That being said, the shrunken browser approach will usually get you 97.5 percent of the way there. Well...HTML5 Audio throws that operating model right out the window."
Since "mobile phones are quickly becoming our photo albums," Gliser's Chapter 7, "Fully Responsive Photography," begins with creating a basic gallery using Photoswipe. Then, in a section focused on "supporting the full range of device sizes," he shows how to start using responsive web design (RWD), "the concept of making a single page work for every device size." The issues, of course, range from image sizes and resolutions to text sizes and character counts per line, on screens as small as smart phones and tablets, or larger.
As for mobilizing full-site pages "the hard way," he states that there is really "only one good reason: to keep the content on the same page so that the user doesn't have one page for mobile and one page for desktop. When emails and tweets and such are flying around, the user generally doesn't care if they're sending out the mobile view or the desktop view and they shouldn't." He focuses on how "it's pretty easy to tell what parts of a site would translate to mobile" and how to add data attributes to existing tags "to mobilize them. When jQuery's libraries are not present on the page, these attributes will simply sit there and cause no harm. Then you can use one of our many detection techniques to decide when to throw the jQM libraries in."
Mobilizing full-size pages "the easy way" involves, in his view, "nothing easier and cleaner than just creating a standalone jQuery Mobile page...and simply import the page we want with AJAX. We can then pull out the parts we want and leave the rest." His code samples show how to do this.
Chapter 9, "Content Management Systems and jQM" looks at the pros and cons of using three different content management systems (CMS) with jQuery Mobile: WordPress, Drupal, and Adobe Experience Manager. "The key to get up and running quickly with any CMS is, realizing which plugins and themes to use," Gliser writes. "For WordPress, I would not recommend a jQuery Mobile plugin. As I was experimenting for this chapter, it broke the admin interface and was, in general, a miserable experience. However, there are several jQuery Mobile themes that will serve you well. Some are free, some paid." He explains how to use mobile theme switchers.
Meanwhile, Drupal offers some standard plugins that provide contact forms, CAPTCHA, and custom database tables and forms, and enable you to "create full blown web apps, not just brochureware sites." But: "The biggest downside to Drupal is that it has a bit of a learning curve if yo want to tap its true power, Also, without some tuning, it can be a little slow and can really bloat your page's code," he says.
As for Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Gliser merely introduces it as a "premier corporate CMS" and a "major CMS player that comes with complete jQuery Mobile examples." He doesn't show "how to install, configure, or code for AEM. That's a subject for several training manuals the size of this book." He adds: "If you work for a company that can afford AEM, you'll already be well-versed in the mobile implementation. The power this platform gives to content authors is astounding."
Chapter 10, the final chapter, is titled "Putting It All Together — Flood.FM." Using what you've learned in the book, including paper prototyping the interfaces, you create "a website where listeners will be greeted with music from local, independent bands across several genres and geographic regions."
Along the way, Gliser introduces Balsamiq, "a very popular UX tool for rapid prototyping." He discusses using Model-View-Controller (MVC), Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM), and Model-View-Whatever (MV*) development structures with jQuery Mobile. He introduces how to work with the Web Audio API , and he illustrates how to prompt users to download the Flood.FM app to their home screens. He finishes up with brief discussions of accelerometers, cameras, "APIs on the horizon," plus "To app or not to app, that is the question" and whether you should compile an app or not. Finally, he shows PhoneGap Build, the "cloud-based build service for PhoneGap."
Shane Gliser's book does indeed cover a lot of ground, clearly and with good examples. If you truly demand that some nits must be picked, I can report that an occasional dash is missing or a comma sometimes shows up out of place, such as this example in Chapter 2: "A practice is only best until a new practice, [misplaced comma] comes along that is better." In the printed book's table of contents, there are style and spelling glitches in the heading for Chapter 3. "Analytics, long forms, and frontend validation" should be "Analytics, Long Forms, and Front-end Validation." And, in Chapter 5, Gliser refers to the "Google Feeds API" when it's actually "Google Feed API." But the term "Google Feeds API" commonly is misused by developers on Stack Overflow and other sites.
I am not a mobile developer. I am a tech writer, frequent book reviewer, and occasional coder. I have played with some of the code examples in this book, but I have not tried them all. So I can't say if there are code glitches. However, the book was reviewed before publication by at least four software professionals with impressive resumes.
Aside from occasional spots where the text needed tighter editing, this book is, in my view, well written and rich with information, examples, sources, and tips for working effectively with jQuery Mobile. I intend to put it to good use as I continue learning.
You can purchase Creating Mobile Apps with jQuery Mobile from amazon.com. Slashdot welcomes readers' book reviews (sci-fi included) -- to see your own review here, read the book review guidelines, then visit the submission page.


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