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New Yii REST Tutorial
Posted 17 April 2013 - 03:07 AM
The table "{{user}}" for active record class "User" cannot be found in the database.
After i removed braces, now it showing like this......
The table "user" for active record class "User" cannot be found in the database.
Posted 28 May 2013 - 04:04 PM
(Note: I get a lot of ideas from the folks at APIgee.)
These exception tips are also useful outside the API context as well for controlling application flow.
Custom CHttpException Base Class
I created a custom HttpException subclass that contains methods specifying the type of information I want available when presenting errors to developers or users, namely:
- $message: The message for end users
- $developer: the message for developers (more technical)
- $statusCode: the relevant Http status code
- $statusText: the relevant Http status text, e.g. "Forbidden" for 403
- $infoUrl: a URL the developer can visit for more info about the error
- $code: the internal classification code for the error
My most common use case for interacting with the API is through AJAX, in which case I usually specify done() and fail() handlers. This info usually contains all I need to easily relay specific information back to both end users and developers.
Common Sub-Classes
- Http400Exception - For input/parameter errors
- Http401Exception - for authentication errors
- Http403Exception - for not-permitted errors
- Http404Exception - when a specified resource is not found but the request is otherwise valid
- Http500Exception - for unspecified internal errors
These provider shorthand access to the most common error types and enable me to subclass them for further customization (see below).
Model-Specific Exceptions
- ValidationException - for when a model fails to validate (extends Http400Exception)
- SaveException - for when an otherwise valid model fails to save to the database or execute a desired action (extends Http500Exception)
These special exceptions take a CModel instance in their constructor that references the model related to the error, allowing me to use the exception to determine what errors occurred, if any.
Example API Action
With these exceptions, my API Actions end up initializing a model, asking it to do things, and throwing exceptions whenever un-recoverable errors occur. It makes for little reduced visibility at first, but I like that 1) it's clear once you dive in; 2) it's easy to debug; and 3) it keeps all but presentation and routing logic out of the controller.
And after much trial and error, I find this easier and more maintainable than using exceptions in Models. I prefer having the controller ask the model to do stuff, see if it worked (true/false), handle that response, and then relay messages to the user (e.g. by asking the model for the errors that occurred).
public function actionUpdate($id, $suppress_status_code=false) { try { $model = MyModel::findByPk($id); if ($model===null) throw new Http404Exception("Model #{$id} was not found in the database"); elseif (!authManager()->checkAccess('MyModel.update', user()->id, array('modelId' =>$id))) throw new Http403Exception("You are not authorized to update Model #{$id}"); elseif (!isset($_POST['MyModel'])) throw new Http400Exception("Your request could not be completed because we could not tell what attributes you wanted to update", 'Specify Model attributes using the $_POST["Model"]'); else { $model->setAttributes($_POST['MyModel']); if (!$model->validate()) throw new ValidationException($model); elseif (!$model->save(false)) throw new SaveException($model); else { header("HTTP/1.0 200 OK"); header('Content-type: text/json'); echo CJSON::encode(array( "statusCode" =>200, "statusText" =>"OK", "message" =>"Model #{$id} was successfully updated!", "developer" =>null, "infoUrl" =>null, )); Yii::app()->end(); } } } catch (HttpException $e) { $statusHeader = $suppress_status_code ? "HTTP/1.0 200 OK" : "HTTP/1.0 {$e->statusCode} {$e->getStatusText()}"; header($statusHeader); header('Content-type: text/json'); echo $e->getJsonMessage(); Yii::app()->end(); } }
Posted 18 July 2013 - 11:27 AM
savage1881, on 09 December 2011 - 06:47 PM, said:
dave3011, on 09 February 2012 - 12:25 PM, said:
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Using the button on top (add Request header, 'Content-Type' is the 'name' and 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' the 'value'.
i do it and in firefox extension all is good but in yii no my call is:
$.ajax({ url: 'url', type:'post', contentType: 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', data: $("#product").val() }); }
what is wrong? $_POST result empty but POST variable of firebug is correctly filled
tnx at all
Posted 19 July 2013 - 03:18 AM
data: 'prova='+$("#product").val(),
Tnx at all!! bye
Posted 02 September 2013 - 03:57 AM
Posted 08 January 2014 - 12:06 PM
Posted 21 January 2014 - 10:38 AM
foreach ($_POST as $var => $value) { // Does the model have this attribute? If not raise an error if ($model->hasAttribute($var)) { $model->$var = $value; } else $this->_sendResponse(500, sprintf('Parameter %s is not allowed for model %s', $var, $_GET['model'])); }
I know the JSON-encoded data is sent because I tested on a static web service. But, as this is my first attempt to use Yii, I have no idea how to debug this issue. I get no errors and I get an inserted record like this output in the callback:
{ "user_id":"28", "last_visit":null, "first_visit":null, "locale":null, "this_visit":null, "latitude":null, "longitude":null, "device_maker":null, "device_model":null, "os_platform":null, "os_version":null, "opted_out":null, "opted_in":null, "modified":null, "model_type":null }
How do I begin to debug this issue? Where can I set breakpoints so that I can inspect the $_POST global? Your attention and help is greatly appreciated.
Posted 13 March 2014 - 05:02 AM
thank you for this post
but what about comment
if i want to view post with its comment
how it should by
thank you very match
Posted 08 May 2014 - 07:56 AM
Devendra411, on 17 April 2013 - 03:07 AM, said:
The table "{{user}}" for active record class "User" cannot be found in the database.
After i removed braces, now it showing like this......
The table "user" for active record class "User" cannot be found in the database.
You have to be logged in to your application in order to make this work.
Posted 15 May 2014 - 09:38 AM
Yii::app()->end();, which stops a unit test in its tracks.
Is there something I'm not doing right, or is it not possible to properly unit test when this call is done in the REST API methods?
Posted 23 July 2014 - 09:44 PM
Controllers\ApiController.php Controllers\NewApiController.php
in the URL Manager :
// REST patterns array('api/list', 'pattern'=>'api/<model:\w+>', 'verb'=>'GET'), array('api/view', 'pattern'=>'api/<model:\w+>/<id:\d+>', 'verb'=>'GET'), //for new api controller array('newapi/list', 'pattern'=>'newapi/<model:\w+>', 'verb'=>'GET'), array('newapi/create', 'pattern'=>'newapi/<model:\w+>', 'verb'=>'POST'),
is that the right way here?
Posted 26 July 2014 - 06:54 AM
Thank you for your Tutorial, i tried it and it was successfull.
Can you point me a right way how to create and read url for more complex queries, for example:
model ClientPayments
model Clients
what url will be for clientpayment by client with id and for certain date?
[solved] - going to learn regex
Posted 18 August 2014 - 06:32 AM
Trying to run this example I didn't found the way to get success with it. I added the restclient addon on firefox and setted the parameters
Method: GET
URL: localhost/yiirest/index.php/api/posts
Headers (in menu Headers/Custom header)
X_ASCCPE_USERNAME: demo
X_ASCCPE_PASSWORD: demo
X_USERNAME: demo
X_PASSWORD: demo
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Type: application/json
private function _checkAuth()
// Check if we have the USERNAME and PASSWORD HTTP headers set?
if(!(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_'.self::APPLICATION_ID.'_USERNAME']))) {
// Error: Unauthorized
echo "not is set";
echo "is set";
I tried a lot in many ways please help me.
But I am getting this response:
Status Code: 401 Unauthorized
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 27
Content-Type: text/html
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:10:22 GMT
Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100
Server: Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0e PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.8
Just trying to figure out how works Rest API, any help it's welcome.
Posted 30 September 2014 - 05:17 AM
Here is what I have tried (based on what I've read in here!)
I have the following code:
Const APPLICATION_ID = 'AA';
protected function checkAuth() { // Check if we have the USERNAME and PASSWORD HTTP headers set? if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_'.self::APPLICATION_ID.'_USERNAME'])){ echo $_SERVER['HTTP_X_'.self::APPLICATION_ID.'_USERNAME']; } else { echo 'Damn HTTP_X_' . self::APPLICATION_ID . '_USERNAME is not set'; } if(!(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_'.self::APPLICATION_ID.'_USERNAME']) and isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_'.self::APPLICATION_ID.'PASSWORD']))) { // Error: Unauthorized $this->sendResponse(401); } $username = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_'.self::APPLICATION_ID.'_USERNAME']; $password = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_'.self::APPLICATION_ID.'PASSWORD']; if($username != '' && $password != ''){ return true; echo 'username and password not empty'; } else { echo 'username and password empty'; return false; } // Find the user (Removed until the above works) }
I have tried using Firefox with RESTClient set up with:
Header Name Header Value
HTTP_X_AA_PASSWORD demo
HTTP_X_AA_USERNAME demo
RESTClientHeaders.PNG (5.47K)
Number of downloads: 11
with the following result:
Damn HTTP_X_AA_USERNAME is not set{"httpCode":401,"message":"Unauthorized"}
And "Advanced Rest Client" in Chrome set up the same way
Header: HTTP_X_AA_PASSWORD: demo
HTTP_X_AA_USERNAME: demo
Chrome ARC Headers.PNG (15.37K)
Number of downloads: 8
Damn HTTP_X_AA_USERNAME is not set{"httpCode":401,"message":"Unauthorized"}
So what am I missing in regards to setting the Header fileds??
Posted 14 October 2014 - 06:58 AM
Turns out that when you run PHP as an Apache module (rather than as CGI) on windows, you won't get all headers with $_SERVER. So in this case the desired Headers can be retrieved with apache_request_headers() .
Posted 06 November 2014 - 10:04 AM
Posted 25 May 2015 - 11:26 AM
Please help me out?
I have used the below link to create a REST API to connect with all models we have in present working site.
The code is working fine for POST model but when i am creating cases for other models like 'User' and 'Comment'. So it throwing an error :-

Error
Couldn't create model comments

Attribute test: url

Website is not a valid URL.

One more question, did this API code work on mobile ?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Posted 25 May 2015 - 11:40 AM
I am using your tutorial, please guide me, why it is giving me error if i used this for others models.
-> I am running this appliation on Advanced Rest Client on crome.
-> this work grt for only post model.
-> not working for other models
-> I am adding the cases for other models in every function of API like
public function actionList()
case 'posts': // {{{
$models = Post::model()->findAll();
break; // }}}
case 'comments': // {{{
$models = Comment::model()->findAll();
break; // }}}
case 'users': // {{{
$models = User::model()->findAll();
break; // }}}
default: // {{{
$this->_sendResponse(501, sprintf('Error: Mode list is not implemented for model %s',$_GET['model']) );
exit; // }}}
if(is_null($models)) {
$this->_sendResponse(200, sprintf('No items where found for model %s', $_GET['model']) );
} else {
$rows = array();
foreach($models as $model)
$rows[] = $model->attributes;
$this->_sendResponse(200, CJSON::encode($rows));
Error Showing:-
500 Internal Server Error

Error
Couldn't create model comments

Attribute test: url

Website is not a valid URL.

Please help me, as you know better than me.
Posted 28 October 2016 - 04:18 PM
Like using a "RestDataProvider" in index view;
create and update actions calling a REST url;
I can't find a way of developing an interface in Yii to an external REST API.
May someone help me?
I'm Using this REST API


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Alabama OL Russell Raines Has YOLO Tattoo On His Face (Photo)
The catch phrase You Only Live Once has taken on a life of it's own recently.
The idea of living your life to the fullest because you only live once is very true.
It doesn't mean do the craziest things you can think of in that lifetime.
Alabama offensive lineman Russell Raines has joined in with the YOLO craze big time in his own special way.
Raines has Yolo tattooed on the left side of face near his inner ear.
I wonder how coach Nick Saban feels about this.
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Herbed Fennel and Onion Recipe
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Wondering what to do with those fennel bulbs you brought home from the market? Try them in this aromatic and savory side dish that's so rich, no one will guess it's healthy. Vinegar adds a slight tang. —Meghann Minton, Portland, Oregon
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- 1 large sweet onion, halved and sliced
- 1 medium fennel bulb, halved and cut into 1/2-inch slices
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh sage or 1 teaspoon dried sage leaves
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh rosemary or 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
- 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- In a large skillet, saute onion and fennel in oil until crisp-tender. Add the broth, sage and rosemary. Bring to a boil; cook until broth is evaporated.
- Remove from the heat; stir in the vinegar, salt and pepper. Yield: 3 servings.
Originally published as Herbed Fennel and Onion in Healthy Cooking October/November 2010, p55
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All Tomorrow's Parties (Cover) by Beck
Picture and song by Adrian Ehrat
isch ja voll geil... wie isch das gmacht?
suuper Lied...
this is a great work!ReplyDelete
Great blog! Hope you will become a follower of my blog too?
what camera are you using?ReplyDelete
i think you are talented with great photography skills :)ReplyDelete
Adrian's got an impressive collection, he's done a neat job on this photo.
Will keep an eye on him too.
this scan is actually the emulsion part that you peel off a polaroid :)ReplyDelete
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Fall 2012
5231 Anti-Corruption Law & Development - ISAAK- 19902
Prof. Ball removed 6-15-12.
David Isaak (ADJUNCT)
Credits: 2
Course Areas: Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law
International Law
Time: 4:00p-6:00p T Location: 144 TU2
Course Outline: This course will focus on U.S. federal law criminalizing various forms of "public corruption." We will begin with a general discussion of what "public corruption" means, including recent high-profile cases as examples. We will then address specific forms of public corruption and the statutes that attempt to define them, including: bribery; illegal gratuities; extortion; mail and wire fraud, especially "honest services" fraud; conflicts of interest; election-related crimes; campaign finance and lobbying; the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; and false statements and obstruction of justice. Each class we will address one specific form of public corruption. And each class, one student will give a five minute presentation explaining a cutting-edge legal issue relevant to the public corruption topic or statute addressed that day. The course will end with a discussion of various trial and sentencing issues that arise in public corruption cases, and finally, with presentations by guest speakers (likely a federal judge, a federal prosecutor, and a defense attorney).
Exam: 90% of Grade
Paper/Presentation: 10% of Grade (paper 1-2 pages single spaced; presentation 5 minutes)
Course Syllabus:
Course Notes:
First Day Assignments: The first day's assignment is to read chapter 1 in the text.
Final Exam Schedule: 12/18 6-8pm 211 TU2
This course will have:
Satisfies Skills Course Requirement: No
Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
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Another bright star in the outdoor world has taken his canoe and paddled into the sunset.
Ralph Frese, the 86-year-old founder and spearhead of the Chicagoland Canoe Base, died this week. Frese also founded the Des Plaines River Canoe Marathon 50 years ago.
Ralph used to be on my radio program about 20 years ago, and his stories and sense of humor made this wonderful chap a tremendous personality.
No calls in the wild:
Every once in awhile, some hunters and anglers step over the line of legality.
From The Associated Press comes word that Kansas officials are taking steps to curb texting, cell calls and radio alerts among hunters.
The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism recently reminded hunters it is against the law to exchange text messages on the whereabouts of deer and other game while hunting.
Officials say hunters also may not use two-way radios or cellphones to give other hunters a heads-up about the location of game moving in their direction.
Fishing update:
Lake Michigan: If you can handle the chill, windy conditions and spotty catches, give Montrose and Belmont Harbors a crack for some yellow perch. At Waukegan Harbor, some brown trout are grabbing spawn fished on the inside.
Fox Chain: It's a live bait bite on Lake Catherine, with the focus on 8-inch to 10-inch suckers for muskie. Of course, not many bait shops carry that size.
Try Triangle in Antioch. Crappie action is decent on Petite Lake.
•Contact Mike Jackson at email@example.com, and catch his radio show 6-7 a.m. Sundays on WSBC 1240-AM and live-streamed at www.mikejacksonoutdoors.com.


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Lee Atkinson tests out the ultimate beach holiday on the Sunshine Coast.
Why go?
Mooloolaba on the Queensland Sunshine Coast offers sun, sand, surf and plenty of family-friendly things to see and do, without all the frenetic razzle-dazzle of the Gold Coast.
What it's known for
The tourist office will tell you that Mooloolaba is "world famous" for its "Loo with a View", which is really a viewing platform with public toilets underneath (and a popular place to get married), and yes, the view is good, but it's really the magnificent beach that is the town's claim to fame. One of the few north-facing beaches on this part of the coast, the sheltered waters of Mooloolaba beach make it ideal for swimming and families.
What you didn't know ...
No one's quite sure what the original meaning of Mooloolaba was: it could have derived either from "mullu", the Aboriginal word for red-bellied black snake, or "mulu", snapper fish. These days, you won't see many black snakes around the high-rises, but locals like to boast that more seafood is caught by boats operating out of Mooloolaba than any other port on the eastern seaboard of Australia and that more game fish are tagged and released by boats based in Mooloolaba than in Cairns.
What's new
Bathing in salty seawater has always been good natural therapy, but the new Salt Caves in Mooloolaba mean you can get all the health benefits of salt without getting wet or sunburnt. The salt cave is a warmed room lined with several inches of mineral-rich Himalayan salt covering the walls, floor and ceiling and apparently it works wonders for your health, helping alleviate everything from ear infections and tonsillitis to eczema and asthma. Sessions last an hour, and all you have to do is relax in a lounger and let the salt work its magic! There are also meditation and yoga sessions in the "cave". Sessions start at $50. saltcaves.com.au.
Don't miss
Kids love getting kissed by seals and handling sea stars and sea cucumbers at Underwater World, which has a variety of shows and presentations during the day as well as a walk-through tunnel with more than eight species of shark. You can dive with the sharks, as well as swim with seals or become a seal trainer for the day. A brand new tour takes you behind the scenes to see the turtle hospital and learn about rescuing, caring for and feeding marine creatures. Underwater World is at the southern end of the Mooloolaba Esplanade and is open daily, 9am-5pm. Tickets cost $35 for adults, $23 for kids ($96 family), although you can get up to 25 per cent off if you buy your tickets online. The Behind-the-Scenes Tour costs $15 for adults and $12 for kids. underwaterworld.com.au.
Where to eat
If you'd rather your fish on a plate than in a tank, Fish on Parkyn does great seafood, including the local Mooloolaba prawns. It's open for lunch daily and dinner Monday to Saturday. 25 Parkyn Parade, (07) 5444 4711. For takeaway fish and chips, take a 10-minute drive down to the Point Cartwright Seafood Market at Warana where you can buy fresh prawns, reef fish and oysters straight from the trawlers; or dine in at the seafood restaurant there. Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 9.30am. ptcartwrightseafood.com.au. Spice Bar does excellent Asian-style food; the degustation menus are great value, starting at $55 for a selection of small tastings plates or a seven-course $75 option if you're hungry. You'll find it at 4/19 First Avenue and it's open for lunch Friday to Sunday and dinner Wednesday to Sunday. (07) 5444 2022. The Surf Club serves up cheap and cheerful bistro food daily (lunch and dinner), although there's nothing cheap about the beachfront view from the deck. It's on the Esplanade and it doesn't take reservations.
Where to stay
Oceans Mooloolaba has luxury two- and three-bedroom suites and is in the middle of the Esplanade opposite the beach, so most rooms have great views. Suites start at about $420 and sleep five. oceansmooloolaba.com.au. Mantra Mooloolaba Beach resort is also on the beachfront and has a range of accommodation options, from one-bedroom suites with kitchenettes to fully equipped two- and three-bedroom apartments. Rates start at about $200 a night, but check online for specials that often include a third or fourth night free. mantra.com.au.
How to get there
Mooloolaba is 110 kilometres north of Brisbane, a little more than an hour's drive. Virgin Australia (virginaustralia.com) and Jetstar (jetstar.com) fly direct to the Sunshine Coast Airport daily, from both Sydney and Melbourne.
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TUMBIERO'S rigging
method with double hooks and 5/0 stinger treble is a typical setup on the Yummy
After a
week split between D.C. and the Big Apple for family, I'm back to SoCal and
glad to be home. Nine days in Cabo earlier in the month and seven days back
east over Thanksgiving was a great run family and food, but now it's back to
the business of fishing and hunting.
Cabo seems
a distance memory, but Baja has a way of reaching out with reminders of how
good fishing can be and cold a beer can get. Sure enough, last week friends
Floyd Sparks of Encinitas and Jim Mitchell of Santa Cruz reported back on their
pre-turkey day trip to the Gordo Bank, fishing on the Black Fly, a 27-foot
Grady-White center console that Floyd's father-in-law Bob keeps in dry stacked
storage at the San Jose marina.
Those two
guys usually enter our Tuna Tourney and did so as teammates two years ago, but
family scheduling kept them from the event this year, so they waited until mid-
November when the proverbial dust cleared from the fishing grounds. Fishing
four days out of the San Jose Del Cabo marina, they endured two dry 14-hour
days at the Gordo, and then spanked the big tuna the next two days. It was a
waiting game, and well worth it.
jealous, of course. Before the Cabo event and the tournament grunt work began
before teams show up, I fished two days out of the Cape on a friend's 24-foot
cat and caught small dodos and a 40-pound tuna. Not stellar action I'd hoped
for. But I was overruled on fishing the Gordo for a few shots at big fish in
favor of chasing porpoise for more bites. I've caught a lot of small tuna, and
I'm at the point where I'm a healthy 57 and still able to pull hard. Enduring a
slow bite for a 150 to 200-plus tuna is more enticing, but I also know a bite
on 40-pound tuna with the porpoise can evolve into a cow tuna slam quicker than
a Kardashian divorce.
Floyd and
Jim did it right. They committed to fishing the Gordo for four days. From dawn
to dusk. Mitchell scored a 210-240 yellowfin (weighed on a boat scale/later
taped) on a live chihuil, which looks like a mackerel-sized rainbow runner that
is the official candy bait of the Gordo Bank. Many of those huge tuna you see
at the dock by local pangeros or anglers guided by them are taken on chihuils,
pronounce "chew willies."
There is a
method of finding them on the highest spot on the bank: chumming them with bits
of chopped red-flesh bait like a mackerel or bonito, hooking them on a handline
with trout-sized hooks and 6-pound line prepped with bits of red meat. If you
do everything right and don't lose the bait on the handline as you guide them
to a small net because they have small, soft mouths, it's worth the effort.
Every chihuil bait caught guarantees action on anything that swims on the bank.
A local pangero will show you how. The baits are so valuable to the fishing day
that the pangeros don't want you to lose one for fear of scattering the bait
There's a
lot of ways to fish tuna on the bank, and while hav ing live bait nearly
guarantees a bite of some kind, the hottest lure and method for targeting the
cow tuna is the Yummy Flyer (also called a "yummy bird"). Jim and Floyd worked
the bank with a skipping Yummy Flyer, a rubbery version of a flying bait. They
likely gained favor on the long range boats, started I've been told by Justin
Fleck on the long ranger Excel as a skipping bait, then used with a kite as
tales of its success rate roared. Dropping them down deep with lead weights on
the banks also works.
I've been
told the use of Yummy Flyers is still a secret in Cabo by those "in the know,"
but that's laughable. The world of chat rooms has rendered all fishing tackle
and methods public knowledge. Minerva's in Cabo can hardly keep them
stocked. While they are relatively
new and diverse rigging methods are emerging, the bigger development by those
who skip lures and live baits with the use of kites are the small parafoils
that need less wind and thus can stay up on the downwind troll without the use
of helium balloons.
Best of all
the 3 and 4-foot foot parafoils, without long sticks, pack smaller than kites,
into a 13-inch bag and their main calling card is they stay up in less wind,
making it possible to fish on the downwind troll without the use of helium
balloons. Kite shops sell them in retail and online.
Floyds and
Jim used them on the bank as tuna boiled in the area, and they had 100- and
150-pound fish slam them. Not as big as the 210-240 that Jim had on the
chiluill, but solid fish. Where the Yummy Flyers work best is on the porpoise
schools where there is a mix of small and large tuna, with the bigger yellowfin
more aggressive on the topwater attack of the skipping bait.
charter Capt. Mike Tumbeiro on the Renegade Mike posted rigging photos on the
web recently saying, "We are now using the Yummys on kites, trolling them
through porpoise schools, and it is very effective when done right, getting the
bigger tuna when hooking only the 20 to 30 pounders on the troll." Mike added
that using a 5/0 treble as a stinger has been increasing his catch ratio.
Our tuna
season has come and gone with a whimper, but Floyd is already eyeing more Cabo
trips in January before winter arrives and the big tuna move on. He also plans
on using the Yummys for local tuna on his 26 footer when the season rolls
around, particularly for the picky bluefin as a way of targeting the bigger
fish in the school.
I've often
said a magazine on tuna fishing techniques and areas around the world would be
popular. There are no real secrets, just evolving tackle and techniques, and
these are exciting to use, and as Floyd said when he got back, "I learned so
much down there." He can't wait to get back, not just to fish but to perfect
the method and tackle, and locating the chiluills.
Kites and
parafoils are not for everyone. It's hard work. But, the vision of a cow tuna
going airborne to crush a Yummy or a live bait skipped on the surface is among
the rewards for all the work of fishing them, tweaking the gear and trying new
McDonell is editor of WON and director of WON's saltwater tournaments.
HOLDS a nice pargo
that spiced up the fun off San Jose Del Cabo.
SPARKS with his
biggest tuna, 150 pounds caught on a Yummy Flyer and a parafoil at the Gordo.
MIKE TUMBIERO, a
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Join us online for the final debate of the 2014 Mayoral Runoff. KLRU, KUT, and the Austin Monitor are hosting a debate today at noon between Steve Adler and Mike Martinez. As always, the event is free and open to the public. But, if you can't make it here, you can join us live on YouTube.
Gubernatorial Debate
If you missed the governor's debate on Tuesday, you can watch it online now. You can also get additional resources at klru.org/civicsummit
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Watch the debate live at 7 pm and use the Twitter hashtag #txdebate to give us your thoughts on the issues.


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News of a horrific gang rape in India prompted protest and outrage. Similar reactions, followed allegations of gang rape by members of the Steubenville High School football team in Ohio. The extreme cases raise question about what we've learned about rapists and why so many cases go unreported.
Rape: The Victims, Perpetrators And Law Enforcement
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Uri Avin Awarded Global Partnerships-Faculty Travel Grant
The University of Maryland's Office of International Affairs has awarded Uri Avin, Research Professor and Director of the Planning and Design Center at the National Center for Smart Growth (NCSG) a Global Partnerships-Faculty Travel Grant. He received the grant for his dual project "Implementing Statewide Planning Reforms – Opportunities for Collaboration between Maryland and Israel," with Haifa University, and "Statewide Sustainability Planning," with Tel Aviv University. The grant will help fund Avin's continuing work in land use planning and sustainability with colleagues at both universities and help promote international partnerships on behalf of the University.
"Uri's outreach, expertise and applied research here and abroad have provided us with very valuable perspectives on sustainable planning," says Gerrit Knaap, director of the National Center for Smart Growth. "I am very pleased he's been recognized for the important work he's doing. Our state will benefit greatly from our collaborative work with Israel."
Avin is a nationally recognized smart growth expert with over 40 years of experience in both public and private sector planning and design. His proposal was selected out of a pool of 25 applicants by a diverse faculty jury. The $5000 grant, which will go towards travel expenses, will be augmented with an additional $1000 from the NCSG.
To read more about Avin's research efforts both regionally and abroad, click here. For more information on the programs offered at the Office of International Affairs, visit their website.


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Finnish Airline Hits Soviet-Era Turbulence
HELSINKI — The efforts of Finland's legacy airline to be a standard bearer of cool Nordic design has hit a patch of turbulence after the decorative pattern on one of its aircraft was found to be an unauthorized replica of a Soviet-era painting by a Ukranian folk artist.
Just three weeks ago, Finnair Oyj unveiled an A330 widebody aircraft painted with artwork thought to be the original creation of a Finnish designer named Kristina Isola. Ms. Isola has long worked for the iconic Finnish design house and fashion retailer Marimekko Oyj.
Finnair and Marimekko have been working together on a gambit of projects, ranging from textiles to tableware used for inflight meals. Finnair has painted a variety of internationally known emblems of Finnish culture, including Angry Birds and Moomin characters, on its planes and one of its other widebody aircraft is decorated with a floral pattern that is a well-known Marimekko design.
But this latest project crash landed after Helsingin Sanomat reported this week that Ms. Isola's design is actually a close imitation of a painting by the late Ukrainian artist Maria Pryimachenko.


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A week after getting shut out in Toronto, the Ottawa Senators will have revenge on the mind when they host the Maple Leafs in Saturday's battle at Scotiabank Place.
Toronto posted a 3-0 win over the Senators last Saturday in this season's first installment of the Battle of Ontario. Ben Scrivens posted 34 stops for his first career shutout, while Frazer McLaren, John-Michael Liles and Tyler Bozak provided the goals for the Maple Leafs.
It was Toronto's third straight win in this series and the club's fifth in eight games against the Senators. The clubs have split the last 12 encounters overall, but the Leafs have won two straight and four of five in Ottawa.
However, Ottawa has won three straight since last Saturday's loss in Toronto, including the first two tests of a four-game homestand. The Senators are now 7-1-2 on home ice and riding a three-game winning streak at Scotiabank Place.
The Senators last played on Thursday when they notched a come-from-behind win over the New York Rangers. Kaspars Daugavins scored the deciding goal in the seventh round of the shootout to lift Ottawa to a 3-2 victory.
Mika Zibanejad scored with 6:30 remaining in regulation to force overtime, while Ben Bishop shined during the shootout phase after being pressed into duty for an injured Craig Anderson. The backup netminder turned back six of the seven New York skaters he faced after letting up a pair of third-period goals less than a minute apart in his relief stint.
Anderson was forced out of the contest with an apparent right leg injury following a hard collision with the Rangers' Chris Kreider 1:43 into the third period. He stopped all 21 shots he faced before departing, with Bishop making 11 saves on 13 chances prior to the shootout.
Anderson is expected to sit out at least the next several days and Ottawa has recalled Robin Lehner from Binghamton of the American Hockey League to fill his spot.
Jacob Silfverberg also scored in regulation for the Senators, who are on their longest winning streak since beginning the season with a 3-0 record.
"We played a hard game," Senators coach Paul MacLean said. "When we went down I thought we played our best. We have great leadership on this team."
The Senators are 3-1-0 since losing top defenseman Erik Karlsson for the season following an injury to his left Achilles tendon that required surgery.
Toronto has won three of its last four games and the club is 7-2-0 in its past nine trips to the rink.
The Maple Leafs last played on Thursday, when they posted a 3-1 regulation win over the visiting Buffalo Sabres. James van Riemsdyk scored twice while Dion Phaneuf added a goal and an assist for Toronto, while Ben Scrivens posted 31 saves in the win.
Van Riemsdyk has a team-best 11 goals this season, his first with the Maple Leafs after being acquired in a trade with Philadelphia last summer.
"He has been great for us this year," said Toronto head coach Randy Carlyle about van Riemsdyk. "He's a hard worker and he loves to learn about the sport. He's just going to get better and better as time goes on. He has size and he can skate, those are two good qualities to have in this league."
Toronto is playing the first of two straight on the road and has a 7-3-0 record as the guest this season. The Leafs will close their brief swing Monday night in Philadelphia.


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LAHAINA - It's been over 30 years since Minit Stop opened their first location on Dairy Road, and this November, they'll celebrate the much-anticipated opening of their 16th location at 10 Kupuohi St. in Lahaina.
"We're pleased to be expanding our network of convenience and fueling stations into West Maui. In addition to our in-store convenience offerings, Minit Stop will cater to both residential and commercial customers with non-ethanol and marine diesel, as well as highway and off-road diesel, and bio-fuels," said Jon Miyabuchi, general manager of Minit Stop Holdings LLC.
Minit Stop is best known for its famous Maui Fried Chicken, made with a signature blend of herbs and spices, deep fried to a crispy golden brown. A wide selection of plate lunches, breakfast and deli sandwiches, and a variety of mixed bento are just a sampling of the items prepared fresh daily, made onsite and packaged for the "grab-n-go" convenience shopper.
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Under construction at 10 Kupuohi St. in Lahaina, Minit Stop is hiring cashiers, cooks and food preparation employees.
Along with creating a pleasant and friendly shopping experience, Minit Stop is focused on finding the right mix of employees to serve West Maui customers.
"We're a neighborhood store. We see the same customers every week - sometimes every day! We get to know them, and they get to know us. It's fun working in a place where your customers are also your friends," said Naomi Guro, Lahaina Store manager.
"Another great reason to shop at Minit Stop is our customer loyalty program, Minit Stop Rewards. Members save five cents on every gallon of fuel purchased, and when paying cash, receive three additional points per gallon. That's like earning eight cents a gallon. The savings really add up!"
Part of Minit Stop's core values is balance between work, family and community. They recognize that most of their employees are continuing their education or raising families. Flexible scheduling is one of the ways that they allow their staff to balance these responsibilities.
Minit Stop is currently accepting applications for cashiers, cooks and food preparation. They offer a competitive wage, profit sharing, and 401K, with medical, dental, vision, vacation and paid holidays.
Applications are available at any Minit Stop location or can be downloaded from www.minitstop.com. Completed applications can be faxed to (808) 873-6048 or e-mailed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Minit Stop is a locally based, locally operated member of Saltchuk Resources Inc. (Seattle, WA). Founded in 1978, today Minit Stop has 16 locations: ten on Maui and six on the Big Island.


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It's been a success, but it isn't certain whether a Wood County energy audit program will continue.
It's involved students from WVU-Parkersburg, who have inspected homes for energy efficiency.
Until recently, the program was supervised by Wood County Commission President Wayne Dunn, but the county prosecutor said the commission itself should oversee it.
However, Commissioner Steve Gainer is concerned that the college students performing the audits are paid for their work, rather than simply getting course credit.
The program's federal grant runs out at the end of this month. The commission made no decision Monday on it's future.
The Smart Energy Solutions program is designed to provide advice to middle-income residents about ways to lower their utility bills.
"We do the energy efficiency assessment study," says Wayne Dunn, President, Wood County Commission, 'and the homeowner will make the changes in the energy improvements, on their penny."
But it is how that program was administered that caused some concern for the county's legal advisors. That's because it was not part of the county's budget. Dunn privately oversaw it, West Virginia University at Parkersburg did the marketing, and the account with the money for it was in a separate bank account.
"Any time we had a bill, I'd sign it, then I'd go to the second signatory and he would sign it," Dunn explains. "So we'd always have two signatures on every check before it went out, just to make sure it was upfront and clean."
Dunn maintains none of the money was ever used for personal expenses, although he adds there's always a possibility someone could use it that way. County Prosecutor Jason Wharton suggested the program be brought under county oversight.
"If the county were to be audited, that could be a problem, because while this is under the county umbrella, the county does not have control of that money."
The program has received several grants, including one donation from DuPont.
It is now part of the Wood County budget.
Dunn adds that, because it has its own funding, it is not taking up additional revenues.


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For the second time this season, Lincoln County High School's Lady Falcons have fallen to Shelbyville. Saturday night, the ladies won on the road over Giles County.
LCHS was to have had a game on Tuesday at home with Columbia, but the game was rescheduled to this Tuesday due to weather. Lincoln County's overall record is 17-5.
In District 8-AAA standing, Columbia is 5-0; Franklin County, 4-2; Shelbyville, 3-2; Lincoln County, 2-2; Tullahoma, 1-4; and Lawrence County is 0-5.
At home Friday night in a spirit-filled "White Out Night" gymnasium, the ladies went down, 41-40, to the Lady Eagles.
Lincoln County was without usual contributors Khaila King and Elizabeth Faulkner, both strong under the boards. The ladies may have lost Rebecca Hone for the season with a knee injury.
LCHS opened quickly, up 10-5 with 1:50 in the first quarter. Shelbyville added a three, and the ladies were up 10-8 at the end of one.
With 6:01 in the second, the Lady Eagles took their first lead of the night, up 13-12. The lead would change twice again, but Shelbyville won the period, 18-13, and was on top, 26-23, at the break.
The third quarter wasn't very productive for either team, but the Lady Eagles enjoyed their biggest lead of the night, up by 10 at one point. Shelbyville was up 35-28 at the end of three.
In the fourth, a series of floor mistakes by the Lady Eagles put Lincoln County back in the game. With 3:53 in the period, Whitney Graham hit a three, making it a three-point game, trailing 39-36. A basket, followed with two shots at the line by Cortney Storey, put the ladies up, 40-39, with 2:38 remaining in the game.
The final score of the night came for the Lady Eagles with 1:35 on the clock, up 41-40. The remainder of the period remained scoreless for both teams. LCHS had a shot from the paint with nine seconds remaining that missed its mark, and Shelbyville finished with the win, 41-40.
Cortney Storey and Morgan Higgins led for the ladies with 14 points each. Shy Buchanan had 6, and McKinley Slayton and Whitney Graham had 3.
LCHS was 13 of 24 inside and 3 of 16 from the arch. From the line, the ladies were 5 of 8.
The Lady Eagles won the boards, 26-19.
Giles County
Saturday night the ladies won on the road over Giles County, 64-46.
It was knotted at 9-9 at the end of one, but the Lady Falcons lit up the "threes" in the second, nailing 7 from the arch. LCHS won the period, 28-8, and was up 37-17 at the break. Storey poured in 12 points in the eight minutes.
The ladies won the third quarter, 17-8, up 37-17 as the period closed.
The Lady Bobcats won the final frame, 21-10, as Coach Herman Hardin gave everyone minutes on the floor. The ladies finished, up by 18 points.
Storey led for LCHS with 23 points. Whitney Graham had 8; Shy Buchanan, 7; Morgan Higgins and Khiana Miller, 6; McKinley Slayton, 5; Amy Ann McCormick and Sara Fenner, 4; and Reilly Watson scored 1.
The ladies were 11 of 24 from the paint and 10 of 21 from the arch with Storey hitting 3; Miller and Graham, 2; McCormick, Buchanan and Slayton, 1. From the line, Lincoln County was 12 of 20.
For their next action, Lincoln County hosts Columbia Tuesday in a make-up game before Lawrence County comes to town on Friday. Saturday, the ladies host Moore County. Game times are at 6 p.m.


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The Nike Baseball Camp at Regis University is a camper favorite. Last year we filled up and are expecting the same for this summer.
San Rafael, CA (PRWEB) June 04, 2014
Nike Baseball Camps is once again hosting camp at Regis University in Denver, CO. Camp is scheduled to run July 6-10, 2014 for baseball players of all abilities, ages 10-18. The Nike Baseball Camp at Regis University is known for its amazing environment, great instruction, and all around fun.
"The Nike Baseball Camp at Regis University is a camper favorite. Last year, we filled up and are expecting the same for this summer," says Mike de Surville, Vice President of US Sports Camps. "The combination of a high volume of players with the low camper to coach ratio makes it the perfect opportunity for any baseball player wanting to enhance their fundamentals."
Directing this Nike Camp is Head Baseball Coach at Regis University, Chris Terry. Chris Terry is in his first season at the helm of the Ranger baseball program and began his duties on August 26, 2013. Terry comes to Regis after two seasons at NCAA Division II Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M.
About US Sports Camps
US Sports Camps (USSC), headquartered in San Rafael, California, is America's largest sports camp network and the licensed operator of NIKE Sports Camps. The company has offered summer camps since 1975 with the same mission that defines it today: to shape a lifelong enjoyment of athletics through high quality sports education and skill enhancement.
Players, Coaches, Parents and others interested in Nike Baseball Camps can visit USSportsCamps.com/baseball or call 1-800-NIKE-CAMP.


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- Dennis Rodman calls North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un "a very good guy"
- Human Rights Watch says Kim has had little effect on North Korea's dismal rights record
- Rodman calls on journalists to visit North Korea and see for themselves
- North Korea's propaganda machine severely restricts media
In The World According to Dennis Rodman, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whom he just saw on his second trip to the country, is quite likable.
"He has to do his job, but he's a very good guy," Rodman said Monday at a news conference, announcing plans for a "basketball diplomacy" event that will involve players from North Korea.
Meanwhile, Kim presides over one of the most repressive regimes on Earth.
As Human Rights Watch puts it, Kim's succession as supreme leader after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, in December 2011, "had little impact on the country's dire human rights record."
People are subjected to torture and thrown into prison camps based on political charges. Those who have managed to escape describe horror that includes beatings, starvation and executions.
As CNN has reported, Kim Jong Un appears to have changed nothing in the camps.
U.S. citizen Kenneth Bae knows first-hand. He's currently in one, charged with "serious crimes" and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly trying to bring down the government through religious activities. Bae's family says he owned a tour company and was in North Korea for work.
The accusations against him were spelled out on state-run media, which is the only kind of media that "very good guy" Kim Jong Un and his country allow.
Par for the course in North Korea, where people have no freedom.
In 2012, "Defectors continued to report extrajudicial killings, disappearances, arbitrary detention, arrests of political prisoners, and torture," the U.S. State Department Human Rights Report says.
"The judiciary was not independent and did not provide fair trials. There continued to be reports of severe punishment of some repatriated refugees and their family members. There were reports of trafficked women among refugees and workers crossing the border into China.
"The government made no known attempts to prosecute officials who committed human rights abuses."
Meanwhile, much of the country starves.
More than 25% of North Korean children under the age of 5 suffered from chronic malnutrition in 2012, according to the National Nutrition Survey of North Korea, a report backed by UNICEF, the World Food Program and the World Health Organization. The report also found nearly one in three women suffered from anemia.
Rodman: Come with me
In The World According to Dennis Rodman, journalists would realize that his rosy description of Kim is really the right one, if only they'd go over there and see for themselves.
"You write what you hear, but you don't see what you write," Rodman complained, saying he wants to bring a journalist on one of his trips to visit his friend.
Yes, that's the problem, Mr. Rodman. North Korea is aching for journalists to roam freely around the country and report to the world what things are really like.
"My military minder tells me to turn my camera off, and it soon becomes clear why," CNN's Paula Hancocks wrote last month on a trip to the "hermit kingdom."
"The poverty I see through the bus window is not the view of North Korea the regime wants to be seen. ... Buildings are in disrepair; some barely look inhabitable. Residents of this small town walk or sit by the side of the road, many seeming to have little to do. A number of official-looking men dressed in brown Mao suits stand silently on street corners. ... Despite the driver traveling as quickly as possible through these inhabited areas, you could still sense the local community being monitored."
"It was a tightly restricted, carefully stage-managed tour rich with propaganda and political theater and little else," CNN's Ivan Watson wrote in July of his five-day trip to Pyongyang. "It offered virtually no insight into what life is like for ordinary citizens who live in this rigid dictatorship."
"We were not allowed to leave the confines of the Yanggakdo International Hotel unless we were riding a government bus. During my five days in North Korea, the authorities did not even allow me to see what the country's currency looks like."
"Our three-man crew was assigned two very polite minders who accompanied us everywhere outside of the hotel and made no secret about the fact that they had veto rights if we were to take pictures of something that they didn't approve of," he added on CNN's GPS blog. "So they would basically tell us what we could and could not take pictures of."
Rodman: Kim just wants to talk
In The World According to Dennis Rodman, Kim Jong Un just wants to talk.
"It's about trying to open Obama's and everyone's minds," he said Monday, aiming some of his remarks at the U.S. president. "You don't have to talk about politics. ... Meet him or even give him a call. That's all he wants."
Meanwhile, Kim might be even more bellicose than his father was. On CNN's GPS blog, three analysts say an analysis of language used in the state-controlled Korean Central News Agency "shows the use of terms such as 'war' and 'nuclear' far more prevalent than terms such as 'peace' and 'reconciliation.' "
A U.S. defense official said North Korea has been using "warmongering rhetoric."
Rodman: I held Kim's daughter
In The World According to Dennis Rodman, Kim opening "his heart and mind" and allowing Rodman to hold his daughter "for the first time in history" is something to celebrate.
Never mind that the existence of said child has been shrouded in secrecy. North Korea's regime is so restrictive that even state media haven't mentioned the possibility that their leader might have had a daughter.
And speaking of children, Rodman shared an interesting detail Monday involving the "basketball diplomacy" event he's putting together with Paddy Power, an online betting company.
"The marshall" -- the term Kim goes by -- "gave me anything I wanted," he said. Kim told him, "We've got 150,000 kids will do anything for you on the field. We've got 95,000 people will be in the stadium watching this game."
A dictator telling a foreign basketball player he can instruct 150,000 kids, who will comply: In The World According to Dennis Rodman, that's a good thing.
Still, reason for hope
Any effort to, as Rodman says, "bridge a gap" with North Korea can be construed as a good thing.
"I said to him, 'Your grandfather and your father did some bad things ... but you are trying to change,' " Rodman said at Monday's news conference.
Kim has an "image" to keep up, he added.
Maybe, one day, Kim Jong Un will knock down the walls behind which his country tries to hide its reality -- including the desperation, pain and horror described by defectors and refugees.
But for now, Kim's propaganda machine is ratcheting up, as CNN has reported.
Rodman says Kim asked him to do one thing: "Tell the American people we're very cool."
Mission accomplished, Mr. Rodman.


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The Tigers are trying to win back-to-back games for the second time this season after a 12-9 win over UMBC powered by Thomas DeNapoli's seven goals and 10 points. Delaware comes into Friday night's game off a 10-5 CAA loss to No. 10 Hofstra this past Saturday. Friday night's game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. and can be heard live on the Towson Sports Network on www.towsontigers.com with Spiro Morekas and former Tiger midfielder Hunter Lochte calling the action.
Updating the Tigers
Junior Thomas DeNapoli scored a career-best seven goals and 10 points to lead Towson past UMBC this past Tuesday. The Tigers struggled defensively in the first half before locking down on "D" in the second. Senior goalie Andrew Wascavage made a season-high-tying 15 saves in the win. Sophomore Cory Dobynsadded two goals.
Scouting the Blue Hens
Delaware has had a rough year so far, going 2-5 in the non-conference slate and opening CAA play with a 10-5 loss to Hofstra. The Hens are 0-4 at home and are being outscored by an average of 1.5 goals per game (85-73). Eric Smith leads UD with 20 points on the year, while Nick Diachenko is the Blue Hens' leading goal-scorer with 16. Tyler Barbarich is finding success at the face-off X, winning 96-of-168 attempts (.571).Chris Herbert minds the net for Delaware and has a 10.49 goals-against-average and a save percentage of .541.
Towson-Delaware Series History
This is one of Towson's oldest series. Starting in just the third season the Tigers had a program, the teams have met 53 times in the last 51 years. Towson has won five of the last eight meetings. Thirty have been decided by three goals or less; the Tigers are 18-12 in those games. Of the 30 matchups decided by three goals or fewer, 12 have been one-goal margins of defeat. Delaware holds the edge in those games, 7-5.
Towson-Delaware By the Numbers
|All-Time Series Record
|Towson leads, 36-17
|at Towson
|Towson leads, 17-5
|at Delaware
|Towson leads, 12-7
|at Neutral Sites
|at Unknown Sites
|Towson leads, 7-5
|First Meeting
|1961 – Towson 3, Delaware 6
|Last Meeting
|2012 – Towson 13, Delaware 8
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We were having breakfast with some friends last week, and I was drinking cranberry juice. "T" asked if I had been reading the reports that cranberries were dangerous. I had heard no such thing, but I was curious.
Since menopause, I've taken cranberry capsules 3-5 days a week as a preventative measure against urinary tract infections. It has worked great, and I didn't want to give it up and go back to antibiotics.
I've been preoccupied with work, but I finally had a chance to do some research. Every site I went on had mostly great things to say about cranberries and cranberry juice, but there were a few warnings.
One site confirmed what my doctor once told me about cranberry. "People used to think that cranberry worked for urinary tract infections by making the urine acidic and, therefore, unlikely to support the growth of bacteria. But researchers don't believe this explanation any more. They now think that some of the chemicals in cranberries keep bacteria from sticking to the cells that line the urinary tract where they can multiply. Cranberry, however, does not seem to have the ability to release bacteria which are already stuck to these cells. This may explain why cranberry is possibly effective in preventing urinary tract infections, but possibly ineffective in treating them."
The danger my friend had heard about was the association between high consumption of cranberry and kidney stones. Even cranberry capsules raise urinary oxalate levels, so it is probably wise not to take cranberry - as a fruit, a juice, or a pill - every day.
Cranberry does react with several prescription medications. I didn't know that, but since I don't take any prescription medications, I don't have to worry.
The thing I learned that surprised me was that cranberry contains salicylic acid - an important ingredient in aspirin. Drinking cranberry juice, like taking aspirin, can reduce swelling and prevent blood clots. In other words - it is a blood thinner. That is a good thing for thick blooded type As, but not so great for Type Os like me whose blood is thin already.
I had often wondered why on the BTD food list, cranberry is beneficial for three blood types, but neutral for Os. Perhaps its blood thinning properties have something to do with that. However on the GTD, cranberry is either beneficial or super beneficial for all Types.
I never found anything that recommended that everyone stop cranberry. You just have to weigh the benefits against the possible side effects.
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No big deal means 'not important'.
'A big deal' is something important.
I'm only five minutes late - don't make a big deal out of it.
Ed's party is going to be a really big deal. Everyone's going.
I lost my book, but it's no big deal - I'll buy a new one.
You can also say 'big deal' in a sarcastic way to show that you think something isn't very good, important or interesting.
I got a 'b' in my test.
Big deal! Who cares?
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The latest production from Tennessee Shakespeare Co. is a stage version of one of the silver screen's most beloved morality tales – the one about an angel on a mission, the magic of Christmas and the futility of worrying over what might have been.
Amelia Hammond plays Mary Hatch and Trevor Pittinger plays George Bailey in Tennessee Shakespeare Co.'s production of "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play," directed by Stephanie Shine.
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The professional classical theater company is staging an adapted version of the Frank Capra classic "It's a Wonderful Life," running through Dec. 16 at the Dixon Gallery & Garden's Winegardner Auditorium. This new version comes to life in the form of a 1946 radio play directed by Stephanie Shine, with the Dixon auditorium transformed into an old-fashioned remote radio station bandstand.
All the dialogue and characters from the film are employed by a company of seven actors for the production, which is sponsored by FedEx Corp.
To go along with the more famous characters and elements of the story, like Bedford Falls' down-on-his-luck George Bailey, the Scrooge-like Mr. Potter and Clarence the angel, period holiday decorations will help audiences connect with the story. There also are commercial jingles and hand-made sound effects to enliven the "radio play" element of the production.
The Tennessee Shakespeare Co., meanwhile, shares a thematic tie with the play. To founder and producing artistic director Dan McCleary, it's a wonderful life, indeed.
Starting in 2006, he began sketching out in his head what Tennessee Shakespeare Co. would eventually become while at his then-home in Massachusetts. McCleary was born and raised here, but he moved away to act, direct and produce.
A catalyst for his plans was wanting to see more professional classical theater in his hometown.
"I was about to turn 40 and thought I knew just enough to do this and not enough not to do it," he said. "We embarked on this six years ago, and it's already grown well past its seven-year strategic plan in a very short period of time."
Amelia Hammond, from left, Trevor Pittinger, Jim Eikner, Lorraine Cotten, Bradley Kroeker and Kim Justis star in "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play."
It has evolved into an entity that performs the plays of William Shakespeare outdoors and indoors; provides year-round educational and training programming and will perform classical and Southern writers seasonally indoors.
In addition to Frank Bluestein, McCleary was joined by the City of Germantown, the Rev. Gary Sturni of St. George's Episcopal Church and Barbara Apperson in making the preparation year possible. Tennessee Shakespeare Co. was incorporated in February 2008 with a founding board of directors.
The 2011-2012 season was record-setting for the company in terms of things like numbers of productions, performances, educational offerings, co-productions and box office. It featured "Macbeth" and "The Tempest" outdoors at Shelby Farms Park, "Southern Yuletide" and "The Glass Menagerie" at the Dixon, schools tours of "Romeo and Juliet" and "The Rebel Shakespeare and His Women" and the Third Annual Valentine's Gala featuring Broadway composer Charles Strouse at Germantown Performing Arts Centre.
"We produce live classical theater in environmental settings all over Memphis and outside Memphis," McCleary said. "Our educational programming has reached over 100,000 students. The Dixon has been a longtime partner. They have been very welcoming and great with us. ("It's A Wonderful Life") will be our fourth production at the Dixon. Along with our performances at Germantown, at City Hall, Shelby Farms, the Dixon has really helped us get on the map."
In addition to its 19-member board, the company is supported by its 50-member "Groundlings" volunteer organization, founded and led by president Donna Ladd.
For the performance over the next several days of the classic Christmas story, each member of the company of actors plays a radio personality who, in turn, plays multiple characters in "It's A Wonderful Life."
"We'd been hoping to do 'It's A Wonderful Life' for a couple of years," McCleary said. "Why we were able to do it is FedEx made it possible. They're our title sponsors. It's a very period, fun piece with lots of jingles in it people might remember."
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Editor's note: This story originally ran in the July 2, 2011 issue of the Daily News, just before the Fourth of July and a little over two months before Bennie Moland passed away Sept. 13, 2011.
We believe this story aptly depicts what World War II was like for Moland and many other GIs and their families.
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Bennie Moland and the other heroes, sung and unsung, who have fought so we may celebrate this Veterans Day as a free nation.
About mid-June, 2011, Bennie Moland, 94, of Estherville had a knock at the door. When he went to answer it, there stood Col. Ole Martin Hojem, assistant defense attache from the Norwegian embassy in Washington, D.C. Hojem had a folder in his hand and a medal, a medal that Moland should have received 66 years ago, but didn't.
Moland looked curiously at the medal then at the folder with a document from Harald Sunde, General Chief of Defence for Norway, thanking Moland "for his contribution to the Norwegian nation during World War II."
The years fell away like the distant, rolling ocean from a fjord. Moland thanked Hojem and as soon as he was gone he thought about the medal. He thought about it a lot.
A year ago July, Moland was one of just 44 living members of the 99th Infantry Battalion who served not just in Norway but also France, Belgium and Germany during World War II.
The medal, though, tells only part of the story.
Moland told us the rest.
Moland grew up in Rochester, Minn. Like a lot of kids of Norwegian ancestry, he was born with skis on his feet, and he skied the hills of southeastern Minnesota and La Crosse, Wis.
Moland was drafted in 1941 - before Pearl Harbor and the war. After basic at Camp Claiborne, La., he was at a dance at the Plamore Ballroom in Rochester when he met a girl named Dorothy.
Bennie was a soldier. A soldier home on leave. A soldier home on leave in uniform.
And we all know that's all it takes to get the girls.
"He was in uniform. I was the wallflower," said Dorothy, was married to Bennie for 63 years.
So they courted. Dated. Fell in love.
Then the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
It was while the Japanese were busy strafing and bombing the Pacific fleet that the Germans were occupying Norway where they were using heavy water in their race to build the atomic bomb. Since the Allies well knew the strategic importance of Germany's atomic weapon research, they realized they needed to put a force on the ground to deal with them. So they started recruiting men of Norwegian ancestry. And in Minnesota, where in many communities Norwegian was often spoken more frequently than English, there were lots of recruits.
The 99th infantry Battalion (Separate) was activated at Camp Ripley, Minn. on July 19, 1942, as per written instructions by the War Department. This unique elite unit was to consist only of Norwegians and Americans with direct Norwegian descent. Soldiers picked out for this elite unit had to have a working knowledge of the Norwegian language and preferably already knew how to ski.
The 99th went to Camp Hale, Colo. to train with the 10th Mountain Division that later broke the German defensive line in the mountains of Italy.
It was at Camp Hale where Moland joined up with the 99th.
Moland and the 99th landed on the shores of France on D-plus 14. As a motor pool mechanic, it was Moland's job to make sure the jeeps, trucks, weapons carriers and armored cars were all squared away. The 99th slugged its way through France then Germany where they were warned not to talk to the people. "We were in the Battle of the Bulge," said Moland.
From there it was on to Belgium then Norway. While V-E Day was May 9, 1945, the 99th ws incorporated into the 474th Infantry Regiment and sent to Norway June 1945 to disarm the German occupying force.
"We got rid of all the swastikas up there," Moland said. "We finished up the hostilities there. They were still under the German rule."
While in Norway, Moland ran into his own and his neighbors' relatives. He also met members of the Norwegian resistance, a group that played a key role in keeping the Germans from developing the bomb before the U.S.
The Molands were married after the war, in 1948. Three sons followed - Michael, Paul and Leslie.
The Molands attended a number of 99th reunions throughout Minnesota throughout the years. They also took a trip to Norway on their 25th anniversary and also traveled to Hawaii twice, Australia, New Zealand and to eastern Canada, Dorothy's favorite.
Bennie lost friends in the war, and there was a close call with mortar rounds a time or two, but he made it through four and a half years in the Army in one piece.
Somehow, though, that visit from a friendly stranger a year ago July and the medal Bennie received maybe sort of rounded everything out, made more sense of everything maybe.
"So he's got something to be proud of," said Dorothy. "Maybe it is late but they woke up to the fact of what he did."
That was well over a year ago. Bennie has since passed on. But somehow, perhaps getting that medal sort of capped things off for him. Brought him back to those days in Europe with the 99th and those days, too, with Dorothy in his arms in a ballroom in Rochester.
And maybe, just maybe, those memories brought him a little bit of peace in his last days.


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|[An Nahar] The Algerian army has identified one of seven armed Islamists killed east of the capital earlier this month as a key financier of the local affiliate of al-Qaeda, the El Watan newspaper reported on Saturday.
Izza Rezki, also known as Abou Djaffar, took up arms against the government in 1994, early in Algeria's devastating civil war, and was a key aide of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) leader Abdelmalik Droukdel
... aka Abdel Wadoud, was a regional leader of the GSPC for several years before becoming the group's supremo in 2004 following the death of then-leader Nabil Sahraoui. Under Abdel Wadoud's leadership the GSPC has sought to develop itself from a largely domestic entity into a larger player on the international terror stage. In September 2006 it was announced that the GSPC had joined forces with al-Qaeda and in January 2007 the group officially changed its name to the
Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb....
, the paper said.
He and his comrades were killed on Tuesday in a major operation that is still underway in the corpse-littered Boumerdes region, 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Algiers. A total of nine suspected faceless myrmidons have been killed in the offensive.
Rezki's reported killing follows those of AQIM front man Salah Gasmi southeast of Algiers last month and of its commander for the mountainous Kabylie region, Rabah Makhfi, alias Cheikh Nacer, in Bejaia province, east of the capital, in November.
AQIM has remained active in corpse-littered Boumerdes and neighboring Kabylie despite frequent raids by the army to curtail its activities.
|Posted by:Fred
|#1 Al-Qaida financing is largely derived from illegal activities, like the opium and heroin trade in Afghanistan and kidnapping ransoms in North Africa.
So interpret "financier" as "criminal thug".
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Each month, KLRU chooses a program for your family to enjoy together. This month's Family Choice program is: NATURE "Oceans in Glass: Behind the Scenes of the Monterey Bay Aquarium."
Sunday, July 10th at 7:00 p.m. and repeats Wed., July 13th at 7 p.m.
Because of its realistic presentations, the Monterey Bay Aquarium is recognized as one of the most significant and spectacular aquariums in the world. Instead of exhibiting collections of animals, the aquarium presents entire habitats, virtual slices of ocean that include 30,000 animals and plants. But how does an aquarium work? What's the science behind the magic?


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David C. reading Freetos at Beatnix
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Who says local talent can't be found and celebrated in Waco, Tx? It can. And we will find those who may think they don't have what it takes to create something beautiful and give them a venue in which to do it in. We also will help promote creative arts audibly and visually. Producers produce and sell to consumers who consume. It's the creators the producers must invest in, for if they have nothing to produce, then there is nothing for the consumers to consume. Where are all the creators?


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The theory is, the Republicans will win big because people want to say "no" to the Democrats. If so, the Democrats should be kicking themselves — stomping themselves — for going all-out defining the GOP as "the party of 'no.'" These days, no is what people are for.
Rasmussen makes the argument that we will see a lot, that the GOP victory shouldn't be understood as a preference for conservatism:
[I]t would be wise for all Republicans to remember that their team didn't win, the other team lost. Heading into 2012, voters will remain ready to vote against the party in power unless they are given a reason not to do so.
Elected politicians also should leave their ideological baggage behind because voters don't want to be governed from the left, the right, or even the center. They want someone in Washington who understands that the American people want to govern themselves.


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Warren Griffin III (born November 10, 1970 in Long Beach, California), better known simply as Warren G, is a Grammy award nominated American West Coast rapper, singer, DJ and producer signed to his own label, G-Funk Entertainment. In 1990, Warren G formed the group 213 with Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg, and in 1994 he exploded onto the Long Beach rap scene with the smash single "Regulate," a duet with Nate Dogg, and its accompanying album, Regulate...G Funk Era.
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Warren Griffin III (born November 10, 1970) better known by his stage name Warren G, is an American West Coast rapper and hip hop producer. His biggest hit to date was the single "Regulate" with Nate Dogg released in 1994. The Grammy nominated song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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- 1/3 cup chunky peanut butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup nonfat dry milk powder
- 1/3 cup quick-cooking oats
- 2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs
- In a small bowl, combine the peanut butter, honey and vanilla. Stir in the milk powder, oats and graham cracker crumbs. Shape into 1-in. balls. Cover and refrigerate until serving. Yield: 15 treats.
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"I had trouble with the dough being too dry to stick together. It may be because I use local honey which is a thicker consistency than what you buy in the store. Anyway, I tried adding a splash of milk and then it became too gooey. Had to add more oats and milk powder to firm it up. I will probably not attempt these again."
"You will want to DOUBLE this recipe!! It is so great. I did change it a little-- used chocolate protein powder instead of powdered milk. Adding the addition of "chocolate-i-ness" made it taste like a true peanut butter cup! Instead of rolling into balls, the double recipe fits nicely into a 9x9 square pan. Great straight out of fridge or out of a lunch box. Yummy!"
"just made them; used granola instead of cracker crumbs (did not have)--- the dough was have eaten before I could roll them!!! very very good!"
"Made the recipe exactly as directed and my family loved them on our Canadian Thanksgiving table:)"
"I've made these before and rolled them in cocoa to dust them."
"we had something similar in my school, but they used corn flakes instead of oats or Rice Crispies. delish as I remember it."
"You can use almond extract instead of the vanilla and add some chopped almonds instead of the graham cracker crumbs. YUMMY!"
"If you want to change things up, add chopped miniature Reese's peanut butter cups--you get the best of both worlds! I would suggest rolling in chopped walnuts, too, if you want to skip the graham cracker crumbs."
"We made something simular to this when I was a girl in home ec. But instead of oats, we used rice krispies, and instead of milk, powdered sugar. I've been looking for a recipe for years. Can't wait to try this to see how simular it is to the flavors I remember in my mind! Thanks for sharing!"
"Everyone really liked this recipe and I agree about adding chocolate. Perhaps a little cocoa powder in the mix would be good. Next time!"


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By Avi Salzman
The Federal Reserve released guidelines for its 2013 stress tests, which will be used to determine whether banks can return capital to shareholders. The new tests should give investors some reasons to be optimistic, but they're no cakewalk.
In fact, the Fed is adding a new test of how well banks would hold up under "severely adverse" scenarios, which could put particular pressure on market-sensitive banks.
"On the face, this appears worse, for the quantitative stress test results, depending upon how pessimistic the Fed will be in this new scenario," writes KBW analyst Brian Klock.
In fact, the biggest banks will have to specifically assess "market shocks," presumably the kind that could occur if the euro zone begins to come apart or the U.S. goes over the fiscal cliff. Notes Klock:
"In addition, the six BHCs with the largest trading operations (Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), Goldman Sachs (GS), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Morgan Stanley (MS) and Wells Fargo (WFC)) will be required to include a global market shock component as part of the supervisory adverse and severely adverse scenarios."
The Fed will use a "soft cap" on dividend payout ratios of 30%, notes Deutsche Bank analyst Matt O'Connor, although the cap will be flexible if banks have stronger balance sheets. O'Connor thinks that cap is "a modest disappointment."
That said, there will be at least one favorable change to the stress tests: banks can resubmit their applications if they are turned down for their initial dividend or share repurchase plan is turned down.
"[T]his increases the chances banks will ask for more capital deployment than they otherwise would have and reduces the risk that a bank 'fails,'" O'Connor writes.
Of the top 19 banks (so-called CCAR banks), O'Connor highlighted four that he thinks will offer high dividend yields.
"Of the banks we cover that are part of CCAR, we believe yields could be 3.5-4% at BB&T (BBT), Fifth Third (FITB), PNC (PNC), and WFC. FITB could have the highest yield–at 4%, assuming a payout ratio of about 35%."
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PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh police have charged a woman with being so drunk that she tried to drive away in an unmarked police car – with two plainclothes officers still inside.
According to a criminal complaint, 32-year-old Ria Buford got into the car about 2:15 a.m. Saturday outside a nightclub that was hosting an after-party following the Wiz Khalifa concert.
Police say Buford got into the car, sat down, and told police she intended to drive the vehicle to where hers was parked. Police say a man intervened and will also be charged with resisting arrest. Police didn't name the man because they say he refused to identify himself.
Online court records don't list an attorney for Buford who faces a preliminary hearing Thursday on charges of robbery of a motor vehicle, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.


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Submission + - Scientists create quantum computer in a diamond (extremetech.com)
MrSeb writes: "A new experiment out of the University of Southern California (USC) might have solved one of the toughest problems in quantum computing, and it did so by building a computer inside a diamond. This new computer isn't going to be doing your taxes any time soon, but it shows the viability of solid-state quantum computers to lessen decoherence. Put simply, decoherence is a loss of observable information, which is the last thing you want in a computer. The diamond computer developed at USC makes use of the impurities in the crystalline structure to make up its two quantum bits, or qubits. The researchers were able to prove that they had indeed built a solid-state quantum computer by supplying it with a simple data set, and applying Grover's algorithm, which is a mathematical proof demonstrating the potential power of quantum computers. Grover's algorithm states that a quantum computer will be able to find a specified entry in an unsorted list on the first try, every time. A human trying to do this would have to go down the list checking each entry to see if it was the right one. Going this route, you would on average check half the list before finding the right entry. USC's diamond-encrusted computer was able to find the correct choice on the first try 95% of the time, thus proving that the researchers successfully built a functional quantum computer."


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By Michael Aneiro
That pre-election stumble for mortgage REITs is transitioning straight into a post-election stumble Wednesday, with an Obama re-election meaning a continuation of the post-QE3 mortgage-market economics that have been hurting the agency mREIT sector. The iShares FTSE NAREIT Mortgage PLUS Capped Index Fund (REM) was recently down 39 cents at $13.94 and American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC) is down $1.08 to $30.60.
Annaly Capital Management (NLY), which reported disappointing earnings Monday and then saw Credit Suisse cut its target price to $16 from $17, now sees Barclays add to its woes Wednesday by downgrading NLY to equal weight. Barclays says spread compression should limit upside in NLY stock and that there's more downside spread risk than upside. From Barclays:
With President Obama getting elected to a second term, we expect Fed policy to remain accommodative through QE (generally good for mortgage prices but bad for investment spreads) and housing policy to remain focused on stimulating refinance activity that should keep prepayment volatility elevated….
With mortgage rates near record lows, despite frictions in the mortgage system that moderate prepayment risk, that risk is still elevated, particularly for holders of generic TBA collateral. Absent a selloff in rates, we believe investors in more generic collateral like NLY are more likely to experience materially higher prepayments, which could translate into greater spread compression. So if speeds accelerate more than is assumed in their yield calculation, the current 1.24% spread could move lower….
NLY saw its spreads compress to 1.24% at quarter end, which should translate into an ROE of 8.5% going forward. To account for this spread compression we are lowering our EPS and dividend estimate for 2013 to $1.40. While shares look cheap by historic standards, trading at 0.92x book vs. a recent average closer to 1.05x book, considering the returns have fallen below what we view is the cost of equity (~10%) and risk to the dividend still seems skewed to the downside, we believe the shares will likely trade close to the current level for some time, delivering a relatively modest 8% total return, so we are moving to an Equal Weight rating until we see more upside to the dividend than downside. NLY's recently announced stock repurchase authorization could provide support for the shares (management may buy if the stock is significantly below book), but further ROE compression could still push valuation lower.


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Play with Your Old ToysPosted by agirlandaboy on Nov. 15, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Now that the holiday commercials have started in earnest, I'm getting an eyeful of all the latest must-have toys. I don't want to sound like an old lady, but I can't help looking at all that stuff and wondering why everything has to be so fancy and complicated. Whatever happened to a pack of regular old markers or a set of blocks? How come all the dolls have eighteen buttons to operate lights and sound? Why are the games either impossibly complex or mind-numbingly stupid? Say it with me: They just don't make 'em like they used to.
Perhaps one of the reasons I'm so attached to toys from my era is because I still get to play with them every once in a while. (Another reason is because THEY'RE AWESOME.) When we go on vacation to visit my sons' grandparents, they always indulge us by digging back into their storage spaces and hauling out my and my husband's old things. At my parents' house, we play with my old dollhouses, my bother's matchbook cars, and the giant bag of puppets handsewn by my mom twenty-five years ago. My dad even gets out his old toys: metal Tonka trucks from the late 50s that he wouldn't let us touch when I was kid. At my mother-in-law's, it's all Star Wars figurines and army trucks and space shuttles.
New toys are all fine and good, but when the old stuff comes out, all of us--kids as much as adults--seem to have a better time with these objects that already hold so much history. It's great that some of the major brands are coming out with new version of vintage (i.e., from the eighties) toys, but you really can't buy the feeling of a beloved old doll's hair against your cheek or the pleasure of knowing at exactly what angle you need to bend Luke Skywalker's legs to get him into the cockpit of his X-wing fighter. Holding these things in our hands again can make us feel like kids ourselves, and that makes us better playmates for our own children.
If you (or your parents) still have some of your old toys, don't miss this chance to share a bit of your own childhood with your kids. Talk about what you loved about the toys, and how you loved to play with them. Watch your children learn to love them anew. Forge a connection between the generations. Have fun the way you used to. Feel like a kid again.
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MIDWIFE intake numbers have not been affected by a controversial switch from post-graduate to undergraduate credentials, the Hunter's health service has said.
Hunter New England Health said 12 midwife graduates started work with the service this year, which was on par with previous years.
The Newcastle Herald reported in 2010 there was outrage among nursing students after the University of Newcastle unexpectedly changed its midwifery qualification from a nursing degree combined with a post-graduate diploma to an undergraduate midwifery degree.
This meant that many would have to start study again.
There are currently six midwife jobs being advertised at Hunter New England Health.
Health service nursing and midwifery director Karen Kelly said the service still accepted both sets of qualifications.
Twelve new graduates had already started this month with more new staff expected before the end of the year.