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This chapter describes the ADF skin selectors, pseudo-elements, pseudo-classes, ADF skin properties and ADF skinning framework rules that allow you to customize the appearance of ADF Faces and ADF Data Visualization components.
This chapter includes the following sections:
The ADF skinning framework provides a range of selectors that you can specify in an ADF skin to customize the appearance of ADF Faces and ADF Data Visualization components. There are two types of selectors: global selectors and component-specific selectors. A global selector defines style properties that you apply to one or more selectors. A component-specific selector defines style properties that apply to one selector.
The ADF skins provided by Oracle ADF define many global selectors (Global Selector Aliases in the user interface of the visual editor) that many ADF Faces components inherit. These ADF skins do not define global selectors inherited by the ADF Data Visualization components. For example, many ADF Faces components use the
.AFDefaultFontFamily:alias selector to specify the font family. If you create an ADF skin that overrides this selector by specifying a different font family, that change affects all the components that have included the
.AFDefaultFontFamily:alias selector in their selector definition. Figure 2-1 shows the
.AFDefaultFontFamily:alias selector in the source view and the design view. The View as list displays the current list of ADF Faces components that use the value defined in the
.AFDefaultFontFamily:alias global selector alias to determine what font family to use.
An ADF skin that you create inherits the global selector aliases defined in the ADF skin that it extends from. You can also create new global selector aliases in your ADF skin files. For more information, see Chapter 8, "Working With Global Selector Aliases."
Component-specific selectors are selectors that the ADF skinning framework exposes that allow you to identify the corresponding ADF Faces and ADF Data Visualization components for which you can define style properties. For example, Figure 2-2 shows the selector for the ADF Faces
inputText component in the source editor and visual editor. A value of
red has been set for the CSS
background-color property in the
content pseudo-element exposed by this component's selector (
For more information about the component-specific selectors, see Chapter 5, "Working with Component-Specific Selectors." For more information about global selector aliases, see Chapter 8, "Working With Global Selector Aliases."
Many ADF skin selectors expose pseudo-elements. A pseudo-element denotes a specific area of a component for which you can define style properties. Pseudo-elements are denoted by a double colon followed by the portion of the component the selector represents. For example, Figure 2-3 shows how the
days-row pseudo-element exposed by the
af|chooseDate selector allows you to configure style properties for the appearance of the calendar grid.
ADF Faces components that render icons do so using a set of base icon images. No CSS code entries appear in the source file of the ADF skin for these icon images in contrast to, for example, the CSS code entries that appear in a source file when you specify an image as a value for the CSS
background-image property. Instead, the ADF skinning framework registers the icon image for use with the renderer. For more information about the renderer and supported render kits, see Section 11.2, "ADF Skinning Framework and Supported Render Kits."
ADF skin selectors use two naming conventions for pseudo-elements that identify icon images that render in a component. The names of these pseudo-elements end in
-icon or in
icon-style. For example, the Panel Collection selector's pseudo-elements end in
-icon, as shown in Figure 2-4.
In contrast, the Column selector (
af|column) defines pseudo-elements that end in both
-icon and
-icon-style, as shown in Figure 2-5.
In Figure 2-5, the
sort-ascending-icon-style pseudo-element styles the icon used for the sort ascending indicator in the column selector. This pseudo-element specifies the icon as a background image. Use the
:hover and
:active pseudo-classes to customize the appearance. For example, write the following syntax to make the background red if the end user hovers the mouse over the sort ascending indicator:
af|column::sort-ascending-icon-style:hover { background-color: Red; }
Tip:Many browsers do not render background images when in accessibility mode. The following example demonstrates how you can work around this behavior if you want your application to display an image when in accessibility mode.
If you want to use your own image rather than the icon specified as a background image, you need to first prevent the background image from rendering. You do this by specifying the
-tr-inhibit ADF skin property for the
sort-ascending-icon-style pseudo-element as follows:
af|column::sort-ascending-icon-style { -tr-inhibit: background-image; }
Next you specify the text or image that you want to render as a value for the
content property of the
sort-ascending-icon selector. For example, write syntax similar to the following to specify an alternative image:
af|column::sort-ascending-icon { content:url("images/arrow-up.jpg"); width: 10px; height: 10px; }
The ADF skinning framework also defines a number of global selector aliases that specific icon images to use in different scenarios. These global selector aliases appear under the Icons node in the Selector Tree, as shown in Figure 2-6. The
.AFChangedIcon:alias shown in Figure 2-6 enables you to globally set the changed icon for all components using that icon.
For more information, see Chapter 6, "Working with Images in Your ADF Skin."
You can group ADF skin selectors and global selector aliases to minimize the number of entries in the source file of the ADF skin. The selectors that you group render under the Grouped Selectors node in the Selector Tree, as shown in Figure 2-7. The View as list in the Preview Pane displays all the selectors that you grouped.
As the visual editor does not provide a way to specify grouped selectors, you use the source editor to specify the selectors and/or global selector aliases that you want to put in a grouped selector. Separate each selector by a comma (
,) to include in the grouped selector.
A descendant selector is made up of two or more selectors separated by white space. You can configure descendant selectors for ADF skin selectors. These allows you to configure style properties for specific selectors when they render within another selector. When you configure a descendant selector, the visual editor displays a Descendant Selectors node under the selector included in the descendant selector, as shown in Figure 2-8.
As the visual editor does not provide a way to specify descendant selectors, you use the source editor to specify the selectors and/or global selector aliases that you want to specify in a descendant selector. Separate each selector by a white space.
The CSS specification defines pseudo-classes, such as
:hover and
:active, which are used to define style properties for when a selector is in a particular state. You can apply these pseudo-classes to almost every ADF Faces component. In addition, the ADF skinning framework provides additional pseudo-classes for specialized functions. Examples include pseudo-classes to apply when a browser's locale is a right-left language (
:rtl) or for drag and drop operations (
:drag-target and
:drag-source). The syntax that appears in the source file of an ADF skin to denote a pseudo-class uses the following format(s):
Figure 2-9 shows the syntax that you write in the source file of an ADF skin for the
:hover pseudo-class so that a
panelList component's link renders green when an end user hovers a mouse over the link in Figure 2-9.
Some components make more use of pseudo-classes than other components. The
panelBox component's selector, for example, makes extensive use of pseudo-classes to define its appearance when it is in various states (for example, active, disabled, rendering right to left). Figure 2-10 shows the list of available pseudo-classes that renders when you select the
panelBox component's selector in the Selector Tree and click the Add Pseudo-Class icon to display the list of available pseudo-classes.
Pseudo-classes can also be applied to pseudo-elements that selectors expose. The
panelBox component selector's pseudo elements are a good example. Figure 2-11 shows the list of pseudo-classes that the
header-start pseudo-element exposed by the
panelBox component selector accepts. Many of these pseudo-classes allow you to define the appearance for the
panelBox component depending on the value that the application developer sets for its attributes. For example, the
core and
highlight pseudo-classes define the corresponding appearance when the application developer sets the
panelBox component's
ramp attribute to
core or
The following are common pseudo-classes used by ADF Faces selectors.
Drag and drop: The two pseudo-classes available are
:drag-source applied to the component initiating the drag and removed once the drag is over, and
:drop-target applied to a component willing to accept the drop of the current drag.
Standard: In CSS, pseudo-classes like
:active, and
:focus are considered states of the component. This same concept is used in applying skins to components. Components can have states like
read-only or
disabled. When states are combined in the same selector, the selector applies only when all states are satisfied.
Right-to-left: Use this pseudo-class to set a style or icon definition when the browser is in a right-to-left language. Another typical use case is asymmetrical images. You will want the image to be flipped when setting skin selectors that use the image in a right-to-left reading direction. Be sure to append the
:rtl pseudo-class to the very end of the selector and point it to a flipped image file. For example, the end image of the
panelBox component will be the
panelBoxStart.png file when the browser is set to right-to-left. The
panelBox end image in right-to-left is the same as the flipped left-to-right
panelBox start image.
af|panelBox::medium af|panelBox::top-end:rtl { background-image: url(/skins/purple/images/panelBoxStart.png); width:8px; height:8px }
You can also use
:rtl to apply to skin icons. For more information, see Chapter 6, "Working with Images in Your ADF Skin."
Inline editing: This pseudo-class is applied when the application activates a component subtree for editing in the browser. For example,
:inline-selected is a pseudo-class applied to currently selected components in the active inline-editable subtree.
Message: This pseudo-class is used to set component-level message styles using CSS pseudo-classes of
:confirmation, and
:info. For more information, see Section 5.5, "Configuring ADF Skin Properties to Apply to Messages."
Note:The global selector aliases that appear in the Selector Tree are a special type of pseudo-class (
:alias). For more information, see Chapter 8, "Working With Global Selector Aliases."
The ADF skinning framework defines a number of ADF skin properties. The Fusion web application, rather than the user's browser, interprets ADF skin properties. When configured, ADF skin properties enable you to do the following:
Suppress styles defined in an ADF skin with the
-tr-inhibit skin property.
Suppress or reset CSS properties inherited from a base skin with the
-tr-inhibit skin property. For example, the
-tr-inhibit:padding property will remove any inherited padding. Remove (clear) all inherited properties with the
-tr-inhibit:all property. The suppressed property name must be matched exactly with the property name in the base skin
Reference styles from other selectors with the
-tr-rule-ref property.
Create your own global selector alias and combine it with other selectors using the
-tr-rule-ref property. For more information, see Section 8.2, "Creating a Global Selector Alias."
Reference the value of a property defined in another selector using the
-tr-property-ref property.
For more information, see Section 8.5, "Referencing a Property Value from Another Selector."
Configure the themes for child components with the
-tr-children-theme property.
For more information, see Section 5.6, "Applying Themes to ADF Faces Components."
ADF skin selectors with style properties.
Skin style properties allow you to customize the rendering of a component throughout the application. A CSS property is stored with a value in the
Skin object and is available when the component is being rendered. For example, in
af|breadCrumbs{-tr-show-last-item: false}, the skin property
-tr-show-last-item is set to hide the last item in the
breadCrumbs component's navigation path.
The ADF skinning framework also provides the
+ and
- operators that allow you to set a selector's color or font properties relative to the value that you specify for the color or font properties of another selector. This is useful if you want to apply a range of colors to selectors or maintain a relative size between fonts.
Example 2-1 demonstrates the syntax that you write to make use of this feature for a color property. A global selector alias defines the background color that two additional global selector aliases (
.fooColorTestPlus and
.fooColorTestMinus) apply using the
+ and
- operators.
Example 2-1 Using the + and - Operators to Apply Color
.BaseBackgroundColor:alias { background-color: #0099ff; } .fooColorTestPlus { -tr-rule-ref: selector(".BaseBackgroundColor:alias"); background-color: +#333333; } .fooColorTestMinus { -tr-rule-ref: selector(".BaseBackgroundColor:alias"); background-color: -#333333; }
Example 2-2 demonstrates the syntax that you write to make use of this feature for a font property. A global selector alias defines the font size and an additional global selector alias (
.fooFont Test) increases this font size by
1pt using the
+ operator.
The ADF skinning framework defines a number CSS at-rules that allow you to define properties for selectors that you do not want to apply to all browsers, platforms, locales, or reading directions.
For example, you may need to add some padding in Internet Explorer that you do not need on any other browser or maybe you want a font style to be different on Windows than it is on other platforms. To style a selector for a particular user environment, put that skinning information inside an ADF skinning framework rule. The ADF skinning framework picks the styles based on the
HTTP request information, such as agent and platform, and merges them with the styles without rules. Those CSS properties that match the rules get merged with those outside of any rules. The most specific rules that match a user's environment take precedence.
Note:The visual editor does not currently support the creation of the following rules in an ADF skin. Use the source editor to create and modify the supported rules.
The ADF skinning framework currently supports these rules:
Define platform styles using
The supported values to set a platform-specific style are
solaris, and
Define browser styles using
The supported values to set a browser agent-specific style are
webkit (maps to safari),
ice, and
Specify styles for any version of Internet Explorer:
@agent ie
Optionally, specify a specific version of the agent using the
and keyword. For example, to specify version 7 of Internet Explorer:
@agent ie and (version: 7)
Use comma-separated rules to specify styles for a number of agents. For example, use the following rule to specify styles for Internet Explorer 6.x, Internet Explorer 7.x, or Gecko 1.9:
@agent ie and (version: 6), ie and (version: 7), gecko and (version: 1.9)
Note that the following two syntax examples specify the same rule:
@agent ie and (version: 7.*)
@agent ie and (version: 7)
To specify a rule for styles to apply only to Internet Explorer 7.0.x, write the following:
@agent ie and (version: 7.0.x)
Use the
max-version and
min-version keywords to specify a range of versions. For example, you can rewrite the following rule:
@agent ie and (version: 6), ie and (version: 7)
@agent ie and (min-version: 6) and (max-version: 7)
to apply styles that you define to all versions of Internet Explorer 6 and 7.
The following example demonstrates how you set the content area of the
inputText component to the color pink for versions 7 and 8 of Internet Explorer, and version 1.9 of
gecko on the Windows and Linux platforms.
@platform window, linux { @agent ie and (version: 7) and (version: 8), gecko and (version: 1.9) { af|inputText::content {background-color:pink } } }
Specify another ADF skin that defines styles which you can import into your ADF skin. The following example demonstrates valid syntax to import an ADF skin (
skinA) into the current ADF skin:
@import "skinA.css"; @import url("skinA.css");
@import statement(s) must be the first entry in your ADF skin file, as shown in the following example that imports two ADF skins into the current ADF skin:
@import url("skinA.css"); @import url("skinB.css"); /**ADFFaces_Skin_File / DO NOT REMOVE**/ @namespace af "http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/faces/rich"; @namespace dvt "http://xmlns.oracle.com/dss/adf/faces"; af|inputText{ background-color: Green; } ...
@accessibility-profile, which defines styles for high-contrast and large-fonts accessibility profile settings when enabled in the
trinidad-config.xml file.
The high-contrast value is for cases where background and foreground colors need to contrast highly with each other. The large-fonts value is for cases where the user must be allowed to increase or decrease the text scaling setting in the web browser. Defining large-fonts does not mean that the fonts are large, but rather that they are scalable fonts or dimensions instead of fixed pixel sizes.
<!-- Enable both high-contrast and large-fonts content --> <accessibility-profile>high-contrast large-fonts</accessibility-profile>
For more information about the
@accessibility-profile rule, see Section 5.7, "Configuring an ADF Skin for Accessibility."
A certain locale must be specified, either only the language or both the language and the country. This defines styles only for a particular language and country. Example 2-3 demonstrates how you can set the color of text rendered by the
af:commandMenuItem component on a menu bar when the locale is German (
Note:The ADF skinning framework does not support the
:lang pseudo class.
Example 2-3 shows several selectors in the CSS file that will be merged together to provide the final style.
Example 2-3 Merging of Style Selectors
/** For IE and Gecko on Windows, Linux and Solaris, make the color pink. **/ @platform windows, linux, solaris { @agent ie, gecko { af|inputText::content {background-color:pink} } } af|someComponent {color: red; width: 10px; padding: 4px} /* For IE, we need to increase the width, so we override the width. We still want the color and padding; this gets merged in. We want to add height in IE. */ @agent ie { af|someComponent {width: 25px; height: 10px} } /* For IE 7 and 8, we also need some margins.*/ @agent ie (version: 7) and (version: 8) { af|someComponent {margin: 5px;} } /* For Firefox 3 (Gecko 1.9) use a smaller margin.*/ @agent gecko (version: 1.9)\ { af|someComponent {margin: 4px;} } /* The following selectors are for all platforms and all browsers. */ /* rounded corners on the top-start and top-end */ /* shows how to use :rtl mode pseudo-class. The start image in ltr mode is the */ /* same as the end image in the right-to-left mode. */ af|panelBox::medium af|panelBox::top-start, af|panelBox::medium af|panelBox::top-end:rtl { background-image: url(/skins/purple/images/panelBoxStart.png); width:8px; height:8px } /* The following example sets the text color to red when the locale is German (de)*/ @locale de { af|commandMenuItem::bar-item-text { color: Red; } } af|panelBox::medium af|panelBox::top-end, af|panelBox::medium af|panelBox::top-start:rtl { background-image: url(/skins/purple/images/panelBoxEnd.png); height: 8px; width: 8px; }


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Paul Douglas Peters had the wrong target when he committed an act of "urban terrorism" by putting a hoax collar bomb around the neck of Sydney teenager Madeleine Pulver, a judge has been told.
After years of "privilege and success", Peters, 52, suffered financial difficulty and decided to seek revenge in an extortion attempt that he believed would recoup his losses, Crown Prosecutor Margaret Cunneen, SC, told the District Court in Sydney on Wednesday.
But Ms Cunneen said Peters had gone to the wrong house when he intruded on the Pulver family home in Mosman on August 3, 2011 and cornered 18-year-old Madeleine in her bedroom, before placing a fake collar bomb around her neck.
Peters has pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated breaking and entering and detaining with advantage over the incident, which sparked a 10-hour police operation before the device was confirmed as a fake.
An attached document demanded an unspecified sum of money and said the device would explode if tampered with.
Peters was arrested two weeks later in the home he shared with his ex-wife, Debra Peters, in Kentucky in the US.
The court has heard he claims to have no memory of much of the incident, and psychiatrists say he was suffering from a bipolar disorder at the time.
In her sentencing submissions, Ms Cunneen said Peters travelled from his home in the US to track down the beneficiary of a multi-million-dollar trust, before changing his target.
She said he hung around Mosman for several days and observed a man who lived near the Pulvers whom he recognised through his business dealings in Hong Kong.
"That man becomes the target but the offender simply gets the wrong house," Ms Cunneen said.
"He did make a mistake. He was fallible and on this day he was ultimately incompetent in his aims, so he concocted a story to hide his failures."
Ms Cunneen submitted Peters was not psychotic at the time of the incident and said his loss of memory was a "convenient claim to cover his immense shame and humiliation".
"He knows what he did to this young lady was horrendous," she said.
"It was an act of urban terrorism, an act that struck fear and horror in the heart of every parent and every person in Sydney."
The extortion attempt could have been successful if the Pulver family had been aware of the contents of the letter attached to the device, she added.
"It's highly possible that a family wanting to do anything to spare their daughter may well have co-operated," she said.
The Pulver family continued to experience "lasting anguish" over Peters' actions, she added.
Defence barrister Tim Game, SC, said Ms Cunneen's submissions were "inflammatory" and there was no evidence Peters was looking for a trust beneficiary or that he changed his target.
"The crown should never have put it to you," Mr Game told Judge Peter Zahra.
"It's reckless to describe this as terrorism or urban terrorism."
Mr Game said Judge Zahra should be satisfied Peters was suffering from a mental illness at the time of the incident.
"If you look at his conduct over time, in the context of the highly intelligent person he is, there's no way that was an extortion attempt," he said.
He pointed to Peters' actions in entering a video store and a library in Avoca on the day of the crime, where he accessed the email account listed in a note attached to the device.
"If he had any sense of self preservation, he would appreciate these are places that have CCTV cameras," Mr Game said.
"This is bizarre behaviour for a man such as Mr Peters."
Judge Zahra will sentence Peters on November 20.

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A Hurricane Force
News & Events
Long before Hurricane Sandy began making its way up the East Coast, the national hurricane forecast for the season was being put together two thousand miles away. Few may know that the data that serves as the bedrock for that forecast is housed and maintained inside BSU's GeoGraphics Lab.
Since 2004, the United States Landfalling Hurricane Probability Project has been an important source of data for the forecast, put out each year by Colorado State University. BSU servers house the project, and the staff of the GeoGraphics Lab, overseen by Professor Uma Shama of the computer science department, maintains it.
Begun by Dr. Philip J. Klotzbach, '99, now a research scientist at CSU's Tropical Meteorology Project and co-author of the annual forecaster, the project looks at more than a century's worth of data concerning hurricane landfalls across the United States. It calculates the chances, county by county, that a hurricane will hit.
The forecast developed by Dr. Klotzbach at CSU, is done with his mentor, Dr. William Gray. Each spring when it is made public, the forecast is carried by newspapers, radio and television stations across the country. When the forecast is featured in the media, Dr. Klotzbach goes out of his way to mention its connection to his alma mater.
Since its inception, the site has had more than half a million visitors.
Available to the public, the Landfall site often provokes some strange questions, Dr. Shama said.
"People say they planned their wedding for a particular weekend and want to know if there's going to be a hurricane," she said. "We try to educate them about what probability means."
Check out the Landfall Probability Web site here: http://e-transit.org/hurricane/welcome.html.
(Story by John Winters, G '11, University Advancement, photo courtesy of CSU)


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hi dudes. it's been a while, eh? i decided to try to make some regular like blogs again because i miss it and i miss you. here's a bit of a summary of what i've been up to for the past year. blog. i went to new orleans for the 2008 spb convention. it was pretty fackin awesome.
mickey getting socked a bunch.
true story.
i won the mustache award at the convention dinner. it was made from real mustache hair.
duane lamb won repper of the year. nice work dude.
twang! if you drink mexican beer you need to get this stuff.
i bought my grandfathers wooden wagon when i was in college and was really feeling nostalgic about this one. a guy named alex let me take it for a 'joy ride'.
just add joy.
back to sf and a stop at one of our favorite haunts. i also went to new york with fish to help out with his show at the joshua liner gallery.
my favorite piece in the show.
we stayed a night at mike bogart's spot in brooklyn. he's lives right in the middle of an oh so jewish neighborhood.
he's a swell photographer and we had an inpromptu drunken photo shoot on his roof top. he took this.
one of the aforementioned jewish peeps. it's a good thing he can't see through the sidewalk cause the girl below is german.
this here is beergit. her birthday was the same day as the opening.
josh keyes had the other side of the gallery. i didn't get very good photos of his stuff so if you don't already know his stuff go here and see why i'm a fan.
the after party was in the rooftop penthouse suite of the marritime hotel. also no good photos on account of the alcohol.
saw this rad sign.
then got 'tubucolosis, lukemia and sphyllis' about 5 minutes later. some photos...
went upstate to see some family and swam. it was warm then.
water bug. i also went to the lebowski fest.
me, the real dude that lewbowski was based off of (jeff dowd), and my special lady.
martin and the dude.
a white russian.
a beaver picture.
walter sobchak. complete with security van.
bunny and the big lebowski.
the garden party.
my personal favorite '3000 years of beautiful tradition from Moses to Sandy Koufax'.
the dude bowling. fack yeah. so... the main reason i haven't been blogging is because i have a day job these days. i work full time as a photo editor at kink.com. if you're not familiar, they are a production company, more specifically, they make adult movies... also known as porn. i hadn't had a day job since 2002 and i've really been missing the free time i used to have. that being said, the job itself is awesome and kink treats it's employees really well. i'm staying. one of the many benefits of working there is that i get invites to the live shoots.
this is ultimate surrender. it's 3 rounds of competitive non scripted wrestling between women.
the live shows are tag teams.
i was surprised at how hard they actually wrestle. they also gets points for finger banging and stuff.
the catch is that there's a 4th round where the winners fuck the losers. neat eh?
pile on, yo!
in addition to ultimate surrender, there have been a handful of live shoots at some bars around town.
i'm a little more partial to these because the photos are more interesting. also, i tend to have more friends at them and free beer is cool. and free beer is cool. yeah, i said it twice.
well, that's what i've been up to. i'll try to bust out some more regular like blogs in the future. in the mean time, fuck yeah.
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DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) – Jack Nicklaus didn't do anything significant to the golf course at Muirfield Village because all the time (and money) went into the new clubhouse.
His next project inside the ropes appears to be the 18th hole.
Nicklaus thinks it needs to be stronger, and thus slightly longer.
"Every time I look on television, I look down and see all those bunkers along 18 and I don't think it's a pretty look,'' Nicklaus said, referring to right side of the landing area beyond a walnut tree. "It looks like something I had to do to protect the hole. All the other holes on the golf course are basically played the way they were designed. Eighteen is the only hole where they are able to circumvent the design. They take it over the corner and get it out there.
"To me, the finishing hole needs to be stronger.''
Nicklaus, the founder and host of the Memorial Tournament and Muirfield's architect, is thinking about adding 30 yards or more to the tee, which would require moving some dirt to fill in part of a creek behind it. But it can be done.
Just maybe not for a few years.
"I think we will eventually, he said.
WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN: There were three suspensions of play due to dangerous weather and thunderstorms in Friday's second round of the Memorial Tournament. The first lasted 22 minutes, the second 1 hour, 27 minutes and the third ended play at 7:07 p.m. with 42 players still on the course.
It marked the first time since 2001 that a round had been interrupted as many as three times at the Memorial.
Play will resume at 7:30 a.m. with players completing the second round before pairings are drawn up and the third round begins.
DUKE'S DEUCE: In an otherwise normal day, Ken Duke summoned some magic.
The 18th is one of the most difficult holes on the tour. Duke arrived there after teeing off first at the 10th hole. He was 2 over on the day and headed nowhere.
He banged a 320-yard drive through the fairway and into the left rough. From there he had to muscle an iron shot out of heavy rough. He did fine.
Duke's shot landed pin high and rolled to the back of the canted green before reversing direction, picking up speed, hitting the pin and falling into the cup.
The eagle allowed him to stay right on the cut line. He was even through 12 holes on the day when play was suspended and stood at 3 over.
CALLING SECURITY: Fred Couples was just about to hit his drive on the second tee during Friday's second round when a cell phone went off in the gallery.
The phone rang again. Security officials scrambled around, looking for the offending party.
Then a woman's automated voice could be heard saying, "Please leave a message.''
Finally, a marshal turned to one of the volunteers in sky-blue shirts who are charged with preventing spectators from taking pictures or calls with their cell phones.
"Is that one of yours?'' the marshal said.
The cell-phone volunteer sheepishly unzipped a fanny pack and pulled out the phone, which had been confiscated from a fan.
A nearby spectator laughed and said, "Throw him out!''
BLEAK BEGINNINGS: Brandt Snedeker has gotten off to a rapid start on the PGA Tour this year, winning at Pebble Beach and finishing in a tie for second at Torrey Pines. He's second on the money list behind Tiger Woods, with more than $3.3 million in earnings.
But the way he started his round on Friday won't go into his book of memories.
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Ever order Chinese long beans at a Chinese restaurant? So so good. Guest author Garrett McCord shows us how to cook them up quickly, Sichuan style. ~Elise
Chinese long beans (also called Chinese green beans, yardlong beans, and chopstick beans) are a staple vegetable in much of Southeastern Asia. While they can be eaten raw they're often thrown in stir-fries, curries, and omelettes. They taste like the European-American style of green beans but the flavor is sharper and they have a crunchier texture. Incredibly healthy and now widely available in most supermarkets, Farmers' Markets, and Asian markets, they're a new and affordable option for adding to main courses or using for simple side dishes.
I love to prepare them in a Sichuanese style using Sichuan peppercorns and dried chilies (preferably, a Chinese variety). The spices are quickly stir-fried to bring out their flavors before the long beans are added. The result is a fiery dish that will awaken the senses and perk up your usual dinner rotation.
Sichuan Style Stir-Fried Chinese Long Beans RecipePrint
Chinese long beans can be found in both green and purple varieties. Both have similar flavors and textures, and either kind can be used for this recipe.
- 1/2 pound Chinese long beans
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil (sesame or vegetable can suffice)
- 4-6 dried chilies, preferably Sichuanese, roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon whole Sichuan peppercorns, lightly crushed
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 3 teaspoons sesame oil
- Splash of soy sauce (use gluten-free soy sauce for gluten-free option)
1 Add a tablespoon of peanut oil to a wok or a large sauté pan over medium heat and swirl until hot. Add chilies and peppers and stir-fry briefly until fragrant.
2 Add the long beans and stir-fry vigorously for 3-4 minutes (you don't want the spices to burn, if they start to then turn down the heat a bit). Season with salt and sugar and stir-fry a few seconds more to mix it all together.
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|A homology domain of unclear function, occurs in the C-terminal region of several regulatory components of the 26S proteasome as well as in other proteins. This domain has also been called the PINT motif (Proteasome, Int-6, Nip-1 and TRIP-15) [(PUBMED:9644972)]. Apparently, all of the characterised proteins containing PCI domains are parts of larger multi-protein complexes. Proteins with PCI domains include budding yeast proteasome regulatory components Rpn3(Sun2), Rpn5, Rpn6, Rpn7and Rpn9 [(PUBMED:9584156)]; mammalian proteasome regulatory components p55, p58 and p44.5, and translation initiation factor 3 complex subunits p110 and INT6 [(PUBMED:8995409), (PUBMED:9341143)]; Arabidopsis COP9 and FUS6/COP11 [(PUBMED:8689678)]; mammalian G-protein pathway suppressor GPS1, and several uncharacterised ORFs from plant, nematodes and mammals. The complete homology domain comprises approx. 200 residues, the highest conservation is found in the C-terminal half. Several of the proteins mentioned above have no detectable homology to the N-terminal half of the domain.
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Pilcher (3-0) registered a season high 11 strikeouts while allowing no earned runs in his seven-frame campaign. The newcomer battled tough through three scoreless innings until the GC offense came alive with seven runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth. Greenville would allow one run in the eighth but added an insurance tally in the ninth to seal the 10-1 win.
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Corn growers shattered yield records in a year beset with weather problems, using innovative production techniques and improved seed varieties to achieve top numbers in the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) 2008 National Corn Yield Contest.
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"Our growers faced so many challenges this year and really proved their mettle," said David Ward, chairman of NCGA's Production and Stewardship Action Team. "Thanks to hard work and innovation, we're producing more corn per acre and meeting all demands once again, for corn-based food, feed, fuel, and fiber. The end results were great and we appreciate the efforts of all corn growers to meet the needs of all of our customers. We salute the thousands who got involved in this contest to test and prove their skills as growers, and congratulate the winners for their success."
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's estimated national average yield for field corn is 153.8 bushels per acre. The 24 national winners in eight production categories had verified yields averaging more than 310 bushels per acre. In this year's contest, 19 entrants harvested yields of 300 bushels or more per acre.
While there is no overall winner in the contest due to the variety of growing climates and methods, the national winners with the first, second and third highest yields in each of the eight production categories ranged from 368.2742 to 284.5849 bushels per acre.
"It was great to see so many veteran growers and new faces among the list of entries," said Tim Dolan, chairman of NCGA's Grower Services Action Team. "This program has always been one of the most popular member benefits we offer, and in its long history of more than four decades it has always given growers a chance to celebrate success and learn better growing methods."
The national and state contest winners will be honored at the 2009 Commodity Classic.


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It is ludicrous that the county is paying Franklin Drake and Mt. Hood Meadows $1.1 million dollars in this land trade. Money which could be used to take care of the present school funding shortage. I know, the money comes from a different account, but don't you juggle money in your household budget when there is an emergency? Is our current county finance system so inflexible that we can't make changes that would help our children become better educated citizens. I would consider that an emergency. Oh yeah, our commissioners don't do emergencies, they might get sued, and the corporations would rather have non-thinkers working for them. Let's just keep the status quo and line the pockets of a couple of rich developers with our children's education. Tell me, where did that money we are paying Meadows come from? Tell your kids their favorite teacher is being let go because our elected officials acted like most of the other elected officials in this country, who represent special interest groups and corporations, instead of the poor moms and dads trying to get their kids housed, clothed and fed. Now, you are going to have to educate your children also. Oh well, when we can't afford to fund our schools we can just send our kids to be slave labor at Meadows or Wal-Mart. They don't need an education for that besides they could help you pay your higher property taxes. (I'll save that for another letter.)
Citizens of Hood River Valley and everyone else interested, now is time to take our country back from the corporations and the politicians they own! Run for office and vote the corporate politicians out of office. Greed belongs with the patriarch and those that think of only of themselves and the profits above and beyond what is needed to sustain a lifestyle that everyone can enjoy not just the privileged few. Have a nice day.
Kathy Semmes
Mt. Hood
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Inside ASIS&T
2005 Annual Meeting
Pattie Maes to Headline ASIS&T 2005
Pattie Maes, associate
professor at MITs Media Laboratory where she founded and directs
the Software Agents Group, will be a featured plenary speaker at the
2005 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Sparking Synergies: Bringing
Research and Practice Together, October 28-November 2, in
Maes is one of the
pioneers of the research area known as software agents an
area which builds on such disciplines as artificial intelligence,
human computer interaction, computer-supported collaborative work,
information filtering and electronic commerce. Software agents are
semi-intelligent computer programs that help users with the overload
of information and the complexity of the online world. Maes group
pioneered the use of machine learning to build such agents and
invented a range of new algorithms, such as collaborative filtering.
Maes joins a lineup of
dozens of leading researchers and practitioners in information
science and technology who will explore the intersection of research
domains such as behavioral science, communications, computer
science, sociology, business, biomedical sciences, history,
philosophy and others with a variety of fields of practice
such as librarianship, information architecture, systems design and
development, publishing, bibliography, interface design and
usability, teaching and classification.
Technical sessions at the
meeting have been divided into a number of tracks, including
information behavior; digital libraries; information design;
information organization; ethical, legal and policy issues;
knowledge management; medical and health information; online
searching behavior; information resources; social informatics;
foundations of information science; and online help.
Program co-chairs Mike Crandall and Barbara
Wildemuth note several unique additions to this years Annual
Meeting plans. For one, they say the poster sessions have been
expanded to two full days, with poster presenters on hand at
designated hours each day for discussion. At all other times, the
posters will be available for viewing. The first poster day will be
focused on the topic Users and Behaviors; the second will feature
Content and Systems.
Another innovation this year is that the Proceedings
of the Annual Meeting will be offered in electronic form only. A
CD-ROM version of the Proceedings will be available at the
conference and provided to all full conference registrants as part
of their registration fees. Additional copies of the CD will be
available for purchase on site. Enhanced content including
information from poster and panel sessions will be added to the Proceedings
after the meeting and will be available at the ASIS&T website.
Conference Hotel
The Westin Charlotte has
been chosen as the conference hotel. All conference sessions and
events will be held at the conference hotel, unless otherwise noted.
A special discounted room rate of $149 single or double is available
until October 9, 2005.
The 700-room Westin Charlotte offers an uptown
location in the heart of the city's financial district. A convenient
trolley stop whisks guests to the city's hottest dining and
entertainment district. All guest rooms and suites feature dual-line
telephones with voice messaging, large work desk, in-room data port,
complimentary gourmet coffee, in-room movies and minibar. A
full-service concierge and well-equipped business center are
available to attend to last-minute details. A gourmet restaurant and
an outdoor café are guaranteed to satisfy any palate. A number of
attractions are within minutes of the hotel including the shops and
restaurants of Historic South End, the
Workshops and Seminars
As always, ASIS&Ts robust continuing education efforts
will be visible at the 2005 Annual Meeting. Seven courses and two
SIG Workshops are in the schedule.
courses, for which separate registration is required and which are
described in some detail at the ASIS&T website, are Building
Digital Library Collections with Open Source Software; Theory and
Practice of Cognitive Work Analysis: Designing Ecological
Information Systems; Information Architecture & Findability;
Ontology Design Using RDF/OWL and Topic Maps; Resolving Taxonomy
Challenges and IA Conflicts; Building Taxonomies for Information
Retrieval; and Personal Information Management in Theory and
in Practice.
two SIG workshops are the 16th SIG/CR Classification Research
Workshop and the 5th SIG/USE Workshop.
Additional Conference Information
An abridged preliminary program will be mailed
to all ASIS&T members this summer. In addition, complete program
information is available at the ASIS&T website: www.asis.org.
News from an ASIS&T SIG
Special Interest
Group/International Information Issues (SIG/III) raised
over $7000 in just two months this spring for the 6th International
Paper Contest on International Digital Libraries and Information
Science & Technology Advances in Developing Countries. With
fundraising a continuing process, SIG officials expressed pleasure
and expectation for ongoing support from the information community.
The funds support two-year ASIS&T memberships for six to eight
of the paper contest winners each year and cover expenses of the top
winner(s) to travel from his or her home country to the ASIS&T
Annual Meeting. Since
the contest began in 2000, SIG/III has sponsored 32 two-year
ASIS&T memberships to contest winners from 15 different
countries and has supported 15 winners to attend ASIS&T Annual
News from ASIS&T Chapters
For its June meeting, the Los
Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and
Technology (LACASIS) combined a professional development
workshop on Personal Knowledge Management: Coping with
Information Overload with a business meeting. Aura Lippincott,
UCLA Rosenfeld Management Library, led the workshop participants
in a discussion of personalized strategies for managing ones own
The Wisconsin Chapter of ASIS&T, in
conjunction with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of
Information Studies and libraries, planned Whats So
International About International Librarianship? as its July
meeting. Peter Johan Lor, secretary general of the International
Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), was to
look at what passes for international librarianship in the
literature, explore the rationale and scope of the field and outline
major themes that need to be addressed in contemporary studies in
international librarianship.
The New England Chapter of ASIS&T (NEASIST)
has announced the winners of its NEASIST Student Travel Award
competition. The 2005 Best Papers in Information Science
awards go to Jim Campbell, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, for
"Reactions to the Enclosure of the Information Commons:
2000-2004," and Johanna Kasubowski, Simmons College, for
"Providing Subject Access to Images." These awards entitle
each winner up to $750 to help defray the costs of attending the
2005 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in
European Chapter of ASIS&T (ASIST-EC) was
an active participant at the Libraries in the Digital Age 2005
conference in
Mabrouka El Hachani, a student at ENSSIB, France, presents her poster concerning the new ASIST-EC student chapter.
News About ASIS&T Members
Joan Durrance and Marian Bouch Hinton are the winners
of ALAs 2005 Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published
Research, for their article Information Grounds and the Use of
Need-based Services by Immigrants in Queens, NY: A Context-based,
Outcome Evaluation Approach. The paper was originally published
in 2004 in the Journal of the American Society for Information
Science and Technology.
William E. Moen, associate professor in the
Trudi Bellardo Hahn, former ASIS&T president, has been named executive
director of the National Commission on Libraries and Information
Science. She had been serving as interim director since November.
Prior to coming to the commission, she was manager of library user
education services and adjunct professor at the
Jagdish Arora, Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Science
Consortium (INDEST), is one of six new members to the IEEE Library
Advisory Council. The council brings together a group of
international corporate, academic and government librarians who
consult with IEEE to help develop products and policies. Members
serve two-year terms.
Lesk has been named chair of the Department of Library
and Information Science at
Harold Wooster
Harold Wooster, an information scientist widely regarded as a major influence in the development of computer technology, died of a heart attack in late May. He was 86 years old.
In the 1960s, Dr. Wooster served as chief of the information sciences division of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. It was here that he awarded research grants to many of the engineers and scientists whose work would eventually lead to the development of the personal computer and the Internet. Among those whose early work he supported are Douglas Englebart, J.C.R. Licklider, Ted Nelson and Marvin Minsky. Each of these scientists played a critical role in the development of the technological infrastructure that we now take for granted.
In the 1970s, while working at the National Library of Medicine, Dr. Wooster once again proved his pioneering spirit with his supervision of experiments using television to connect patients in remote areas to doctors.
Dr. Wooster was also a lifelong science fiction enthusiast. His son, Martin Morse Wooster, notes that his father sold one Probability Zero piece to Astounding in 1943 and characterized his fathers work at the Office of Scientific Research as a time in which he was in charge of strange projects. Martin also noted that his father was good at spotting promising young talent and giving them money early. He realized these people were doing research that was going to be important.
Dr. Wooster also had a history with ASIS&T. He co-wrote a chapter on Biomedical Communications for Volume 17 of the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST). He also co-edited Volume 18 of the Proceedings of the ASIS&T Annual Meeting with Lois Lunin and Madeline Henderson. His work was also evident in the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, where he wrote a book review (JASIST 41 (8), 1990) and an article, Historical Note: Shining Palaces, Shifting Sands: National Information Systems (JASIST 38 (5).
Ethel Auster
Ethel Auster, professor at
the Faculty of Information Studies at the
Austers research dealt with libraries, management and information
her career she published three books, co-authored two others and
wrote numerous scholarly articles.
Auster is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, David L. and
Janis H. Auster, and Davids father, Henry Auster, of
George B. Dantzig
George B. Dantzig, a mathematician credited with devising the formula that revolutionized planning, scheduling, network design and other complex functions key to modern business, industry and government, died in mid-May at the age of 90. Dr. Dantzig was known as the father of linear programming and as inventor of an algorithm for solving linear programming problems.
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Information Science and Technology


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Dear dreamers,
I have confessed that I am nomadic. I have no shame or illusion about this fact. About 4 years ago I left this town I currently live in, swearing I would never come here again. Certainly that I wouldn't live here. I was very sensitive at that time…of subtle and psychic energy. I felt that this area was a pit of doom. Like a black hole that few could find their way out of. I felt it was the perfect place to get stuck, if that's what you wanted because it would tell a hell of an effort to un-glue from this area. So when I left, I left in a fit.
Everytime that I've lived here since high school I have felt stir-effin'-crazy. Like I want and need to do something, to see something, and I can't find anything or anyone here to get into. I've told people that I wanted to change things here. I hear people talk so much about what "they" should do here, but everything I see people doing is exactly what they've seen done before. I want to make a difference before I leave.
But I want to leave…NOW. No later than mid July…that leaves a little more than a month. What I thought I'd be able to do, I will not. I thought in January and now it's June. It feels so surreal to me and like a such a waste of time, but I know it has been a growth experience for me. I see myself growing a lot. I see the ways I've changed, mostly in my communication and I'm proud of that.
I want to, once again get on the road. Go back to California, be truly independent, and build myself up so that someday I can come back here and not settle into some strange state of boredom and isolation, with peaks of wild dreams and unfocused energy. I want to go to some events, use my talents and gifts and passion and show my daughters myself…at my best.
At my best I am in motion. I manage being busy well, being out into nature, experiencing new things, new places, new people. I don't handle "stuck" well. I'm fastening onto the insights and compliments from mentors and peers. I'm fastening onto the jobs and opportunities I could've won had my life not been so shakily attached to a Volcano of a relationship. I'm remembering the synchronicity, the symbolism, the ideas, the creative edge, the exciting progress I have made in my heyday…(or one of my heydays…maybe I should look up that word.)
I'm taking my dreams and packing them into my luggage for new horizons. In Intuition by Judee Gee I am at the Manifesting stage. I did a truly joyful imagining of dream brought to reality, in full detail. I will do this everyday. I know I have things to do, a gift to give, ways in which I can help others and myself. I am determined to see this dream come true.
(I would share more details with you but I'm hungry and happy to have internet at all right now. When I find a stable internet connection I will share in detail the gist of my dreams. I'm sure you can do some guesses by looking at older posts.)
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IGN:My earliest memories with video games started from atop my father's knee, controlling the attack systems of a submarine while my father piloted it through the ever-narrowing depths of our family computer. We rarely lasted long, much to my displeasure, but I'll label it as a bonding experience for our mutual benefit.
I believe its cool to support both platforms of gaming long as could afford too
I love my PC, but I would never limit myself to just one platform. I go where the game are.
I wish PC only gamers well, with the most recent wake of news on W8. Now any app using DX11.1 will only be compatible with W8? And all W8 apps are going through and need certification through the new Windows store?
Awesome possum MS.
Im really happy i changed to pc most new games work great with the 360 controller now so i can still relax and kick back.
I like being a PC gamer because of the greater variety of games, the funs mods, and the greater visuals. You don't have to spend that much to get a good PC for gaming. Only around $400-500 if you play smart. And as before, a 360 controller works wounders for a lot shooters and fighting games.


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2 record(s) were found:TRIAL #1386
Date: 1911/5/24; Reels(s): 177-180.
Defendant(s): Clenen Bishop, Sex: M; Joseph Cohen, Sex: M; Erving V. Dwyer, Sex: M; Arthur G. Dwyer, Sex: M; Solomon Frankel, Sex: M; Charles R. Jewell, Sex: M; David A. Jewell, Sex: M; Abraham Kassel, Sex: M; James N. Norris, Sex: M; William H. Norris, Sex: M; E. Maury Posey, Sex: M; William W. Smith, Sex: M; Charles Thatcher, Sex: M; Samuel Werner, Sex: M; Charles Werner, Sex: M; Charles Westerberg, Sex: M; Louis J. Schwab, Sex: M; Pauline Jacobs, Sex: F;
Charge(s): Conspiracy;
Judge: Otto A. Rosalsky;
Defense Attorney(s): I. N. Jacobson; William Travers Jerome; F. Leon Shelp;
Prosecuting Attorney(s): William A. DeFord; William H. Ellison; Morris B. Moskowitz;
Note(s): Impleaded with Louis J. Schwab. Trial transcript. See cases 1175, 1185, and 1599 for pre-trial discussion and proposal for appeal.
Stenographer Number: 1554; Page(s): 2 v.
Court: Court of General Sessions
Date: 1912/8/20; Reels(s): 204.
Defendant(s): Erving V. Dwyer, Sex: M;
Charge(s): Conspiracy;
Judge: Otto A. Rosalsky;
Defense Attorney(s): I. N. Jacobson;
Prosecuting Attorney(s): William A. DeFord;
Note(s): Tried with others. Proposal for appeal. See cases 1175, 1185, and 1386 for pre-trial discussion and trial.
Stenographer Number: 1807; Page(s): 12 p.
Court: Court of General Sessions
The Crime in New York 1850-1950 digitization project was supported in part by funds from the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) through the New York State Regional Bibliographic Databases Program.


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Category: P.S. I Love You News Posted by: admin The actress' searing dramas have earned her a pair of Oscars, but she was ready for some romance and comedy in her career, and she scored both in a new film.
Hilary Swank finds love at last
Article Date: November 1, 2007 | Publication: Los Angeles Times | Author: Susan King
Source: Los Angeles Times
WHILE Hilary Swank was making the inspirational drama "Freedom Writers" with writer-director Richard LaGravenese, he told her that for her next film, "I want you to do something lighter and funny and girlie. You are such a girl, and you are so funny." � Despite having won best actress Oscars for 1999's "Boys Don't Cry" and 2004's "Million Dollar Baby" -- or maybe because of it -- the whippet-slender 33-year-old Swank knows she isn't the first person who comes to mind for a romantic comedy. � "I'm known for my dramatic work, and there aren't a lot of great comedies out there. So actually finding a good comedy is challenging in itself. When you do find one, there are obviously a niche of girls for those roles." � But then LaGravenese presented her with his adaptation of "P.S., I Love You," based on Cecelia Ahern's first novel. It's a story that gives Swank a chance to elicit tears, but she also cracks jokes, sings karaoke, takes a few pratfalls and is romanced by a trio of guys. � Over brunch on a cloudy day at the Casa Del Mar Hotel in Santa Monica, the actress is a chatterbox with high cheekbones and a warm, open smile. Her long hair cascades down her back -- in just two days, Oprah Winfrey would be cutting Swank's locks on TV for a wig program for chemotherapy cancer patients. The actress orders scrambled egg whites with tomato, onion and feta cheese, even though she just ate a fruit plate and other goodies less than an hour before while sitting for hair and makeup. An athlete in school, she's never struggled with her weight.
"I have my dad's genes, and my metabolism works so quickly," she says. "I have to really constantly eat."
Though Ahern's novel is set in Ireland, LaGravenese has switched the majority of the action to New York City. Swank plays Holly, a 30-year-old woman grieving over the loss of her husband, Gerry (Gerard Butler), to a brain tumor. Holly soon discovers that Gerry had prepared for his death by writing her 10 letters aimed at helping her get through her grief and get on with her life, to be delivered consecutively at the beginning of each month.
Swank says that "P.S., I Love You," which opens Dec. 21, is "one of those movies, I think, that remind you of what life is about. The importance of not taking people for granted and that you don't know what's going to happen tomorrow, and the importance of friends. This movie is so much about how love is illuminating. I think Gerry just gave her such a gift in helping her rediscover herself through that love."
For a comedy newbie, Swank might have been expected to go for a lighthearted romp rather than a story with such tragic overtones. It did present certain challenges, Swank says.
"It's not your obvious comedy. So it is finding the balance of the comedy that is based in reality, and the flip side of those emotions -- to be honest [about] the grieving and the anger and the loss you feel when someone dies. It was that fine line to walk back and forth."
Of course, working opposite Kathy Bates and the men in the film -- Butler as well as Harry Connick Jr. and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the new men in her life -- certainly made her work a bit easier. "Such a great trio of guys," she says with a grin.
Especially Butler, whose turn as Gerry is engaging and sexy. "My feeling is that we don't go on this journey with Holly if you don't love Gerry and what our relationship was," Swank says. "It's only in the first 10 minutes of the film, but because you love him so much you can't believe he's gone too."
Seven months ago, Swank relocated to Los Angeles from New York after her divorce from actor Chad Lowe. She had first lived here as a teenager, but back then, she and her mother briefly lived in their car.
"My mom is an incredible woman," Swank says warmly. "We weren't in our car very long, but for me it was an adventure. I was in California meeting agents, so it wasn't in any way a downer."
Still, Swank, who will be playing doomed aviator Amelia Earhart in her next film, says she contemplates daily "where I am now from where I was growing up and how lucky I am."
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Hi, I am Jodie Luther Kofod and I am here at the Islands YMCA in Savannah. I want to tell you about Kids Rock, which is the Rock 'n Roll Marathon for kids in grades K-7.
Kids Rock is a one-mile fun run that will be held on Saturday, Nov. 10. The kindergarten distance is a half-mile run.
The race is not timed and the course for Kids Rock is energetic with live entertainment. Every child gets an official race number, T-shirt, goodie bag, and colorful medal for finishing the race.
The kids can become full marathon runners by completing a 25.2-mile training program prior to race day or they can just run, walk, or jog the one-mile course on race day.
Last year I trained a group of about 100 kids and our team was "Jodie's House of Pain." It was a grassroots effort on my part and put together at the last minute. This year I plan to start training in September and kids on our team will be full marathon finishers.
Training will be challenging and fun. Our team members will run/walk 2 miles on their own during the week with a family member. Then we will meet once a week at the Islands YMCA on Johnny Mercer Boulevard where we will run/walk one mile together.
We will do relay drills, jumping jacks, and sprints to increase our cardio capacity. We will learn about the importance of warming up our muscles and stretching. We will talk about proper form, breathing techniques, nutrition, hydration, rest and recovery.
Running in a group is a fun and positive experience for our kids. They make new friends and learn good sportsmanship. Crossing the finish line is a great way to foster a sense of accomplishment and promote self-esteem.
Let's unite and teach kids how to start and maintain an overall healthy and active lifestyle. I challenge every elementary school to form a team and join in the fun.
With a coach from each school, we could work together for training tips and motivation to make this a wonderful event in the lives of our children.
If you are interested in training a team for the Kids Rock, please e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Registration is already open, so make the decision to coach a team, register online, and let me hear from you.
If you cannot coach, but would like to sponsor a child in need, go to the Kids Rock website at runrocknroll.competitor.com/savannah/kids-rock.
Let's get healthy together!
KiDS ROCK Savannah in 2013
When: Sunday, Nov. 10 at 2 p.m.
Where: Daffin Park, Savannah
Cost: $10: Through June 30; $20: July 1-Sept. 30; $25: Oct.1-Nov. 3; $30: Registration at Expo. New this year: Team pricing. To be a team you must submit an Intent To Form a Team Application and have at least 10 participants. Individual registration for team members is $15 from July 1-Nov. 3. ($10 entry fee per team member from now until June 30.)
Details: For more information, go to runrocknroll.competitor.com/savannah/kids-rock.
Jodie Luther-Kofod has certification from AFAA NETA ACE, Johnny G Spin, TRX and kickboxing, as well as nutrition certifications. She trains groups or individuals. She can be reached at the Islands Family YMCA 912-897-1192 or email@example.com.


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FARMINGTON — Those who couldn't make it to Washington, D.C. for the inaugural celebrations of President Barack Obama's second term got to celebrate the historic event in a more intimate setting on Sunday.
At the Inaugural Ball, hosted by the Farmington Democratic Committee, locals gathered to enjoy music and hors d'oeuvres, while reflecting on the Democrats' achievements this election season.
"We can be very proud we elected a president of color, and that despite the hatred, the money (raised on the other side of the aisle), we elected him again," said Farmington Democratic Committee Chairman Manny Krasner.
Upon realizing that Obama's public inauguration ceremony was happening on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Krasner said it's "poetic justice."
Krasner said that members of the Farmington Democratic Committee decided to organize the Inaugural Ball in the fall, as a way for fellow Democrats to enjoy each other's company while helping raise money for the committee.
Local musician Pat O'Brien entertained those in attendance, and the audience sang along to songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind," by Bob Dylan.
Among those in attendance was Ken Grossman, a newly elected state representative for Barrington. He said Obama's re-election is "something we are very happy about."
"It's about hope," said Grossman. "We've got some troubles in this country ... but I think he's a president who did, and still can, offer us hope."
Grossman said there is still work to be done when it comes to issues of economy, environment, and health care.
He said that while it was tempting to stay home and watch the Patriots' game Sunday evening, the president's inauguration is an important event to celebrate.
Krasner said that some in attendance did leave some time after the event started, in order to go home and watch the football game.
During the Inaugural Ball, participants could also enter a raffle with a chance to win a romantic overnight stay at the Governor's Inn in Rochester.


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