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"Even though the Roman Catholic Church tried hard to suppress its German Dominican priest, Meister Eckhart, by excommunication and condemnation, his writings have remained influential. Eckhart has been especially important among those seeking ways to connect Eastern religious traditions to Christian ones. The problem is that Eckhart's writing is difficult reading, losing much in translation not only from German to English but also from the 13th to the 20th century. O'Neal has produced an exceptional introductory edition that makes Eckhart more accessible. O'Neal's edition is an important introduction to Eckhart's work in that it draws the best texts from the most successful translations and, from them, produces a rich tapestry of presentation for this often quoted and little understood Rhineland mystic."— Publishers Weekly
"That Meister Eckhart is among the most important of Christian mystics is beyond dispute, so any collection that makes his work accessible to a wider audience is welcome. This new collection assembles material from existing translations along with a foreword by an important contemporary Benedictine mystic. The material is organized with an eye toward easing readers into Eckhart, beginning with short quotations then moving to table talk, sermons, and other longer pieces."—Steve Schroeder, Booklist


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Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox have said they are working on yet another DRM technology for HD video, this time with the support of storage companies WD and SanDisk.
The endeavour is codenamed 'Project Phenix' [sic] and if it won't do much for consumers' ability to spell, it will, the principals promised, give them "an easier and faster way to organise, store and move their HD digital movies and TV shows across multiple devices".
Since we're talking about DRM, we'll take that claim with a pinch of salt: it's one more label you have to look for on the box of the kit you're about to buy to check whether its compatible with the content you already own.
The presence of WD and SanDisk is key: Phoenix is all about protecting downloaded content. The initiative will work with the cloud-based, streaming-centric Ultraviolet, but it's predicated on the idea that some folk will prefer to download files because these files will - notionally - contain content encoded at a higher bitrate - higher quality, in other words - than streaming allows.
Streaming is not in the interests of the likes of WD, SanDisk and other storage companies, almost all of who rely on consumers hoarding digital content rather than simply viewing it online to keep selling ever higher-capacity hard drives to keep it all on.
Phoenix will work with online library services like UV because it's often necessary to re-download a movie you've purchased to get it onto another device - your tablet while you're away on holiday, for instance.
Of course, UV, for one - and the compatible-with-no-one-else iTunes, for another - already enable downloading, so you have to ask, is Phoenix really necessary?
Phoenix will only be a success if other storage and player makers - WD does both, for example - license the technology and build it into their kit. The Phoenix partners have formed a company, the Secure Content Storage Association (SCSA), to make the technology available to others. The SCSA will do so later this year, it said. ®

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Chelsea Clinton begins "Making a Difference" at NBC today.
Bill and Hillary Clinton's daughter starts her new gig as special correspondent for "NBC Nightly News" as well as "Rock Center with Brian Williams" today, where she will be contributing to the news programs' "Making a Difference" segments. These segments profile people and organizations dedicated to public service and volunteer work.
NBC News President Steve Capus told the New York Times that the position was "full time for the near-term future."
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"Chelsea is a remarkable woman who will be a great addition to NBC News. Given her vast experiences, it's as though Chelsea has been preparing for this opportunity her entire life," said Capus in an official statement. "We are proud she will be bringing her considerable, unique talents and dedication to NBC News."
Added Williams: "Our Making a Difference segments have become a signature of the broadcast. They adhere to a simple goal of highlighting the good works being done across the country and around the world. Chelsea Clinton has led a remarkable life. She possesses an uncommon understanding of humanity — on city streets, across this country and around the globe. We are so excited she's joining us to tell the stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things."
Clinton is currently pursuing a doctorate at Oxford University while working with her father's presidential foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative. She will continue both endeavors as she works with the "Nightly News" and "Rock Center" teams.
Clinton herself issued a statement, saying her interest in charitable work was inspired by her grandmother, Dorothy Rodham, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 92.
"People who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and in our world have always inspired me," said Clinton. "I hope telling stories through 'Making a Difference' – as in my academic work and non-profit work – will help me to live my grandmother's adage of 'life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you'."
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I like to keep my eyes open for cool art. Here are a couple recent examples:
This old Life Savers ad is in the women's bathroom of The Old Salt Restaurant in Hampton, New Hampshire (it says Life Savers are "a good rule to follow after eating drinking or smoking"). I went there last Sunday in celebration of my fiance's parents' wedding anniversary. They enjoy going to this restaurant, and we actually went there once together last year. Their specialty is seafood (I had a salad with fresh succulent crabmeat)!
This photo of a dog in Fenway Park (in the red Ted Williams seat!) is on display at the South End Buttery. I wanted to try it out a few weeks ago, and since then have gotten yummy coffee there on several occasions. My fiance ordered a burrito there on Friday, and although he liked it the waiter handed it to him on a steaming hot plate. I didn't think that was too nice!


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The EbenPak is a modern rucksack inspired by vintage designs of military travel and messenger bags. Our unique rucksack is constructed with heavy 18oz canvas material and features high-quality top-grain leather accents. The double-webbed shoulder straps provide extra strength and support while the metal buckles and zippers ensure secure closures for the EbenPak. The EbenPak measures 16″ x 15″ x 5″ and the internal padded laptop sleeve fits up to a 19″ laptop.
Stitched on the interior flap of every EbenPak is a map of Cambodia. This embroidery represents the direct connection between your EbenPak purchase and the destination of the donated backpack filled with school supplies.
- Heavy canvas construction
- Genuine leather details
- Internal padded laptop sleeve
- Double-webbed shoulder straps
- Detailed map embroidery


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As the complexion of daytime television changed, the fate of the soap opera seemed to be sealed. When ABC actually canceled TV staples "All My Children" and "One Life to Live," fans were left in shock.
Well, now ABC has announced that the shows will go on. Online.
In an official statement from the network, ABC confirms that they have reached an agreement with media company Prospect Park that will allow the shows to continue beyond their TV air date in a "multi-year, multi-platform" deal.
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The day's top national and international news.
"We are privileged to continue the legacy of two of the greatest programs to air on daytime television, and are committed to delivering the storylines, characters and quality that audiences have come to love for over 40 years," said Rich Frank and Jeff Kwatinetx of Prospect Park in an official statement. 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live' are television icons, and we are looking forward to providing anytime, anywhere viewing to their loyal community of millions. Technology changes the way the public can and will view television shows. Now that there are so many devices available in addition to television sets, viewers are taking advantage of watching shows wherever they are and on any number of devices."
In addition to a number of online and music-related ventures, Prospect Park recently produced the FX series "Wilfred" and the USA Network series "Royal Pains."
So far, neither Prospect Park nor ABC have said whether or not the casts of either show - either whole or in part - will be a part of the new ventures - although the mention of "storylines, characters, and quality" in the statement would seem to hint at some continuity being kept.
Selected Reading: Daytime Confidential, New York Times, ABC News


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Researcher has new approach to food allergies
There's new hope for people suffering from dangerous food allergies. Researchers are doing something never tried before.
Alex Eiger is allergic to eggs, peanuts and cashews.
"The first time that I fed him the tiniest speck of scrambled egg when we were first introducing egg to him he broke out into hives in about 30 seconds," Alex's mother, Diane Eiger said.
Alex's mom said neither she, nor her husband, have allergies, so having Alex unable to eat something as basic as eggs changed their whole lives.
"If my friends were having peanut butter and jelly, I would have to go to a different table," Alex said.
But then Diane Eiger heard about Dr. Kari Nadeau, who was doing groundbreaking work on allergy research.
"They give very small amounts of the very foods that you're allergic to and that process is called 'desensitization,'" Nadeau said.
Nadeau's allergy study focuses on giving kids with severe food allergies some of the very foods they're allergic to, and unlike other studies, several foods at once.
"In a person's lifetime, if they have five allergies that could take them 15 years. So why not actually try to simultaneously give them the same things they're allergic to, but customize it?" Nadeau said.
It starts with nearly microscopic amounts.
"It's like a little staircase. Every time I come here they'd give me a little bit more," Alex said.
Now he's graduated the study and can eat all the foods he couldn't previously. But for his mom, it's not the new foods that bring relief.
"Taking away the daily fear that your child, when they walk out the door to go to school, you don't know if they're coming back because of somebody else touching them -- taking away that daily anxiety and daily fear is huge," she said.
Alex has to eat the foods every single day or the severe allergic reactions could come back.
The doctor's hope is that sometime in the future they'll get the same results with capsules or drugs.


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A clean, simple, and unobtrusive ruby authentication solution.
Tail Authlogic users in your logs!
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Rails
- 3. Testing
- 4. Helpful links
- 5. Add-ons
- 6. Internals
1. Introduction
1.a. Compatibility
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1.b. Overview
It introduces a new type of model. You can have as many as you want, and name them whatever you want, just like your other models. In this example, we want to authenticate with the User model, which is inferred by the name:
class UserSession < Authlogic::Session::Base
# specify configuration here, such as:
# logout_on_timeout true
# ...many more options in the documentation
In a
UserSessionsController, login the user by using it just like your other models:
UserSession.create(:login => "bjohnson", :password => "my password", :remember_me => true)
session = UserSession.new(:login => "bjohnson", :password => "my password", :remember_me => true)
# requires the authlogic-oid "add on" gem
UserSession.create(:openid_identifier => "identifier", :remember_me => true)
# skip authentication and log the user in directly, the true means "remember me"
UserSession.create(my_user_object, true)
The above handles the entire authentication process for you by:
- authenticating (i.e. validating the record)
- sets up the proper session values and cookies to persist the session (i.e. saving the record).
You can also log out (i.e. destroying the session):
After a session has been created, you can persist it (i.e. finding the record) across requests. Thus keeping the user logged in:
session = UserSession.find
To get all of the nice authentication functionality in your model just do this:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_authentic do |c|
c.my_config_option = my_value
end # the configuration block is optional
This handles validations, etc. It is also "smart" in the sense that it if a login field is present it will use that to authenticate, if not it will look for an email field, etc. This is all configurable, but for 99% of cases that above is all you will need to do.
You may specify how passwords are cryptographically hashed (or encrypted) by setting the Authlogic::CryptoProvider option:
c.crypto_provider = Authlogic::CryptoProviders::BCrypt
You may validate international email addresses by enabling the provided alternate regex:
c.validates_format_of_email_field_options = {:with => Authlogic::Regex.email_nonascii}
Also, sessions are automatically maintained. You can switch this on and off with configuration, but the following will automatically log a user in after a successful registration:
You can switch this on and off with the following configuration:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_authentic do |c|
c.log_in_after_create = false
end # the configuration block is optional
Authlogic also updates the session when the user changes his/her password. You can also switch this on and off with the following configuration:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_authentic do |c|
c.log_in_after_password_change = false
end # the configuration block is optional
Authlogic is very flexible, it has a strong public API and a plethora of hooks to allow you to modify behavior and extend it. Check out the helpful links below to dig deeper.
1.c. How to use this documentation
You can find anything you want about Authlogic in the documentation, all that you need to do is understand the basic design behind it.
That being said, there are 2 models involved during authentication. Your Authlogic model and your ActiveRecord model:
- Authlogic::Session, your session models that extend Authlogic::Session::Base.
- Authlogic::ActsAsAuthentic, which adds in functionality to your ActiveRecord model when you call acts_as_authentic.
Each of the above has its various sub modules that contain common logic. The sub modules are responsible for including everything related to it: configuration, class methods, instance methods, etc.
For example, if you want to timeout users after a certain period of inactivity, you would look in Authlogic::Session::Timeout. To help you out, I listed the following publicly relevant modules with short descriptions. For the sake of brevity, there are more modules than listed here, the ones not listed are more for internal use, but you can easily read up on them in the documentation.
2. Rails
What if creating sessions worked like an ORM library on the surface…
2.a. The users table
If you want to enable all the features of Authlogic, a migration to create a +User+ model, for example, might look like this:
class CreateUser < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
create_table :users do |t|
# Authlogic::ActsAsAuthentic::Email
t.string :email
# Authlogic::ActsAsAuthentic::Password
t.string :crypted_password
t.string :password_salt
# Authlogic::ActsAsAuthentic::PersistenceToken
t.string :persistence_token
t.index :persistence_token, unique: true
# Authlogic::ActsAsAuthentic::SingleAccessToken
t.string :single_access_token
t.index :single_access_token, unique: true
# Authlogic::ActsAsAuthentic::PerishableToken
t.string :perishable_token
t.index :perishable_token, unique: true
# Authlogic::Session::MagicColumns
t.integer :login_count, default: 0, null: false
t.integer :failed_login_count, default: 0, null: false
t.datetime :last_request_at
t.datetime :current_login_at
t.datetime :last_login_at
t.string :current_login_ip
t.string :last_login_ip
# Authlogic::Session::MagicStates
t.boolean :active, default: false
t.boolean :approved, default: false
t.boolean :confirmed, default: false
2.b. Controller
What if your user sessions controller could look just like your other controllers?
class UserSessionsController < ApplicationController
def new
@user_session = UserSession.new
def create
@user_session = UserSession.new(user_session_params)
if @user_session.save
redirect_to account_url
render :action => :new
def destroy
redirect_to new_user_session_url
def user_session_params
params.require(:user_session).permit(:email, :password)
As you can see, this fits nicely into the RESTful development pattern.
How about persisting the session?
class ApplicationController
helper_method :current_user_session, :current_user
def current_user_session
return @current_user_session if defined?(@current_user_session)
@current_user_session = UserSession.find
def current_user
return @current_user if defined?(@current_user)
@current_user = current_user_session && current_user_session.user
2.c. View
<%= form_for @user_session do |f| %>
<% if @user_session.errors.any? %>

<%= pluralize(@user_session.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited:

<% @user_session.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>

<%= msg %>

<% end %>
<% end %>
<%= f.label :login %>

<%= f.text_field :login %>

<%= f.label :password %>

<%= f.password_field :password %>

<%= f.submit "Login" %>
<% end %>
2.d. CSRF Protection
Because Authlogic introduces its own methods for storing user sessions, the CSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery) protection that is built into Rails will not work out of the box.
No generally applicable mitigation by the authlogic library is possible, because
the instance variable you use to store a reference to the user session in
current_user_session will not be known to authlogic.
You will need to override
ActionController::Base#handle_unverified_request to
do something appropriate to how your app handles user sessions, e.g.:
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
def handle_unverified_request
# raise an exception
fail ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken
# or destroy session, redirect
if current_user_session
redirect_to root_url
3. Testing
4. Helpful links
- API Reference: http://rdoc.info/projects/binarylogic/authlogic
- Repository: http://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic/tree/master
- Railscasts Screencast: http://railscasts.com/episodes/160-authlogic
- Example repository with tutorial in README: http://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic_example/tree/master
- Tutorial: Reset passwords with Authlogic the RESTful way: http://www.binarylogic.com/2008/11/16/tutorial-reset-passwords-with-authlogic
- Tutorial: Rails Authentication with Authlogic http://www.sitepoint.com/rails-authentication-with-authlogic
- Issues: http://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic/issues
5. Add-ons
- Authlogic OpenID addon: http://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic_openid
- Authlogic LDAP addon: http://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic_ldap
- Authlogic Facebook Connect: http://github.com/kalasjocke/authlogic_facebook_connect
- Authlogic Facebook Connect (New JS API): http://github.com/studybyte/authlogic_facebook_connect
- Authlogic Facebook Shim http://github.com/james2m/authlogic_facebook_shim
- Authlogic OAuth (Twitter): http://github.com/jrallison/authlogic_oauth
- Authlogic Oauth and OpenID: http://github.com/viatropos/authlogic-connect
- Authlogic PAM: http://github.com/nbudin/authlogic_pam
- Authlogic x509: http://github.com/auth-scc/authlogic_x509
If you create one of your own, please let us know about it so we can add it to this list. Or just fork the project, add your link, and send us a pull request.
6. Internals
Interested in how all of this all works? Think about an ActiveRecord model. A database connection must be established before you can use it. In the case of Authlogic, a controller connection must be established before you can use it. It uses that controller connection to modify cookies, the current session, login with HTTP basic, etc. It connects to the controller through a before filter that is automatically set in your controller which lets Authlogic know about the current controller object. Then Authlogic leverages that to do everything, it's a pretty simple design. Nothing crazy going on, Authlogic is just leveraging the tools your framework provides in the controller object.
Intellectual Property
Copyright © 2012 Ben Johnson of Binary Logic, released under the MIT license


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Make sure to select the 9 count (pack of 4) button:
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- Twin E27 energy efficient CFL or LED lamps
- Energy saving CFL and LED globe compatible
- Fully reversible for summer & winter use
- Powerful and efficient 69W motor
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A flickering LED light is the most common complaint arising from ripple control, which is generated when usually but not only when the light is dimmed and the ripple control frequency is in the line, usually between 300Hz and 1300Hz.
The Flickr is often, but not always, intermittent depending on when the ripple control signals are being transmitted. It is normally at certain times i.e. 6 pm and then again at 8:30 pm and will only last for 30 seconds to 2 minutes, and when the power company stops sending the signal the flicker stops.
People often notice it most acutely in the night when off-peak hot water systems are turned on. ALL brands of LED drivers are affected by these ripple control signals.
Why Doesn't Martec have Ripple Control Filters in their LED Drivers?
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Growing your Guild
[Inspired by a post on the Bronze Kettle – a fun blog I like as it combines two hobbies of mine – WoW and cooking.]
So, you've got a nice PVE guild of 8 people, and you've worked together well from lower level to 70. You've rocked the 5-mans to include the heroics, and want your Kara. For that matter, you want to go further. But as you've already discovered – you NEED the 8 to ensure having 5 when it's time. And even if all 8 are together at the right time and place it's Not Enough for Kara. Much less anything else. You have to get bigger – now what?
There are a few options available, and I'm going to discuss some of them. (And hope others will mention the ones I miss.) Now I'm going to mention and dismiss "give up" in it's variety of forms. Sure, you could consider yourself capped and just do 5-man from here to eternity, or you could disband and everybody find their own guild. But both of those are, well, unpalatable for a variety of reasons. Let's look at a few options that let you keep progressing while staying with your friends.
The first, easiest, and in many ways most difficult option in the long run is some form of merger. Whether it's join with another small guild or become a part of a larger guild, the basic concept is the same. You find another guild that's at about your level of progression, ask if they're interested, start the negotiations that include how much of what you do already stays (as opposed to what they do that's different) and where you both compromise, and… oh, wait. I just glossed over what is undoubtedly the hardest part. "[F]ind another guild that's at about your level of progression…"
There's the classic way – asking in trade or general chat. "Any small level 70 guilds interested in merger for Kara, PST." It… can work, but yech. You can do similar by posting on the official forums for your realm — and if you're going this route that's my personal recommendation. You can also check out pug members – that is, when you run a pick up group instance and one of the members does a decent job but belongs to another guild, take a moment to check out that guild. Maybe ask that member the name of the guild's leader.
An option – but you'll be junior partner – is to see the guild ranking list for your realm at wowjutsu.com and talk to the 'bottom' of the lists. Now the downside here is that the lists only include the groups who've passed about half-way through Kara, which means they have "enough" regular members to do well. (A side note. According to the notes, a guild has to have over 20 points to be 'published'. However, the 'last' shows that the bottom is now 10 points. For reference, this means a guild has done 2-4 bosses in Kara. Oh, a point of clarification. 2-4 bosses could be 2-4 downings of Attumen, and only Attumen.)
I recommend if you're going the merger route that you hesitate to consider a guild that's past Kara on a regular basis. Let me put it in context… Assume you're a guild doing Heroics. And you get asked by a guild if they can merge with you. Oh – their highest level characters are in the 40s. Which means no help for your stuff for a while, and a period where much of your actions are "run me through…" Even if the other guild is full of GREAT players, absolutely wonderful people, this is going to be NOT FUN. Picture captured? great. Let's go on to the other big option – recruiting.
If you're not merging, you have to recruit. There are several ways to do this, and I recommend ALL of them. Seriously, do not stop with just one. Put an advertisment (post) in the official forum. Have a once-per-hour or so general spam. Pug, and look at the good players. Ask other guilds with whom you've got good relations to mention yours when people come looking but don't fit them. In all cases, though, remember to be clear on what you're seeking – and make it clear to prospective members. "We're skilled and geared enough we think we can do Kara and onward, but we need more members. You've got to be sufficiently geared and skilled, and you've got to commit to our raiding plan." Oh – be sure YOU know your raiding plan – whether it's twice a week or six days a week or whatever.
But don't just take anybody. Instead… I'm going to recommend you do three things for EVERY player you consider.
First, go to warcraftrealms.com and search the character for his or her history. Heh – scary time. Go check it out yourself. On the site, find the Realm Data, and choose Char Hist from the dropdown menu. Go ahead, I'll wait. [pause] Scary, right? And at the same time… you can now see how fast they progressed, and probably more important what other guilds they were in. Now, ask the guild leaders about this character. Warning – take a grain of salt to everything they say. Remember, you're only hearing one side of the story. Which takes us to your second thing to do…
Interview. The questions to ask are going to differ. Remember that what you're looking for is someone that FITS – that you'll not spend hours every week coping with Guild Drama directly due to this individual. My personal taste is to ask why they left their prior guilds – and mismatches with what those guild leaders say is cause to ask more probing questions – and then some questions about what they're expecting in terms of frequency of play and rate of progression. Oh, and just how much gear they're expecting, and at what speed they expect to get it. As an aside – this process alone justifies the annoyance of the Voice Chat. Now I recommend you invest in a Ventrilo or TeamSpeak account if you intend to grow, but you don't HAVE to thanks to this. Anyway, you now have both sides of the story, and you've some feel for how the player says he'll behave, and so far so good. So, it's off to the last recommendation.
Take the candidate for a test drive. Pick an instance with which you're familiar that you think will test THAT PLAYER's skill. Use your guild's loot rules with the assumption (for this run) that he's a full member – and make sure he knows the rules being used. The other four members are his judges. Run the instance, and thank him and tell him you'll get back to him in a certain amount of time. And then… those four discuss and decide. Whether its a vote or it's "three advisers and the decision-maker" is up to you and your guild's design, but those are the four who can contribute.
It's my blog, I get to be personal here…. Look, folks. For the sake of fun, stick to quality over quantity. Don't grab the ones that "might" work. Back in that test run? I recommend that if even one of the four says "no", you don't. Heck, I'd recommend you allow three voting options – yes, no, and maybe, and the WORST ACCEPTABLE is 3Y 1M 0N. Because if one of your regulars that you trust enough to run a test has problems with that player… Guild Drama is guaranteed. More importantly, if you build for quality your reputation will get you the quantity down the road if and when you need it.
But accept or reject, be professional – get back to the individual in the designated time, regardless of acceptance or rejection. If it's rejection, you'll quite possibly be asked why. Decide up front if you're going to explain or not – and be prepared to live with the complaints and badmouthing on the server either way. You'll help yourself if you learn "corporate-speak" – "I'm sorry but you're not quite what we're looking for at this time. Good luck." But if you're willing to take the heat… "I'm sorry, but you were identified as the cause of a guild split by XXX and YYY guild leaders, and we can't have that here." Or whatever the reason was…
Remember, the game is for fun. Don't lose track of the important things.
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I was recently put in charge of our guild's recruiting. We are going the route to recruit instead of merging and it is working, though very slowly. We use pretty much exactly the method you mention for research and interviewing. The four officers run the app through a 5 man after they have applied to our forum get my go ahead after a brief chat. We usually let them loose to play their own style to see how it matches up (especially tanks). One of our officers is quite good at asking those flustering questions which can not be BS'ed.
It is slow going but we are starting to gain a good reputation on our server. I definitely agree with your notion that it is better to take quality over quantity. And thanks for recommending that site for character histories; if it's as good as you say I plan to start using that in my background checks.
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Thanks for the link. Excellent blog you have here. Definitely getting added to the blogroll.
We were extremely lucky when we wanted to grow our "group of coworkers" guild from ~9 to something that could run ZulGurub.
We found a very similar guild, slightly bigger than ours (~15), but same style (co-workers and good friends). Still took a lot of dialogue and a few UBRS test runs, but we ended up doing very very well in ZG. We didn't actually merge guilds for a while though, but we had a common forum and DKP system.
That all broke into pieces when we needed to go bigger and do MC – never could find any further guilds in the same situation, and we ended up jumping as a group into a "need a few more to do MC" raiding guild. That "worked" (for what it was – we got "phat MC epixxx" *rolleyes*), but didn't last very long and broke up to Extreme Guild Drama(tm) after a couple of months.
Those "learning ZG" runs were the most fun I've had playing this game though, and a lot of the credit goes to how well our "guild alliance" worked.
Ok I have a couple of things to say:
1. Something that I have seen work though not very often is what I like to affectionately like to call an Alliance of Guilds.
You have multiple guilds of appx. the same size and progression join a channel together and you work with each other to form up runs, raids etc. Now mind you I have seen many of them fail but if everyone is truly wanting to progress then they can find a way to make this method work.
2. I really like the idea about "test runs and questioning" and would like to see more of that in my own guild.


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Willy, this is a fascinating subject. You've come further since we last spoke at the 2006 Jews and the Law conference at Yeshiva Law School. I'm interested to hear more about the non-Brandeisian lawyers you're exploring, and I also want to know why you've left the most prominent of the Jewish-lawyers-who-are-not-Brandeis off the list (Louis Marshall). Marshall was just as involved in immigration litigation as Kohler, and he did more to shape immigrations politics and policy than Kohler did. But he was more ambivalent on the question of Jewishness and American-ness than Kohler, so he might not fit your model as neatly. As I have found, at times to my peril, he poses challenges to anyone who would aspire to categorize him as a historical subject.
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Contributing major work to the core
Generally, if you are contributing a major piece of code to the GNUstep code, it's an implementation on a new class from OSX. As Apple keep adding new APIs with every release of OSX, there is always work to do here.
Creating the header
This is not as simple as copying Apple's header file ... though looking at their documentation and header are a good starting point.
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Looking for a unique way to display your art collection? We asked three top designers to share tips to help you create a professional art gallery wall — an eclectic mix of paintings, prints, photographs and other artwork — at home.
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Jen Bekman, founder of the popular online art shop, 20x200, finds that creating a gallery wall is the perfect way to make a personal statement at home. "This is your opportunity to make a statement about who you are and what you like. Mix paintings and photography, black-and-white and color and combine high and low pieces," advises Bekman. Image courtesy of 20x200
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Before placing your collection of pieces, Bekman suggests playing with a few layouts until you identify the best one for your gallery wall. "I recommend laying your framed work on the floor to try out a few setups. You can even use painters tape to outline the size of the wall to help you visualize. Take cell phone snaps of a few variations that you like as you go. To start, use two to four pieces hung in the center at the same height to establish your anchor or focal point and fill in from there." Image courtesy of 20x200
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As you are designing your gallery wall, think about the placement of each piece, particularly when you're hanging art over a sofa or chair. "When installing artwork over furniture, leave at least eight inches between the base of the frame and the top of the furniture," says Bekman. Be sure not to hang pieces too low or too high. Eye level is best. Image courtesy of 20x200
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You can showcase art with a variety of shades for a colorful display, or use works in a similar color palette that will complement the space that your art hangs in. Christiane Lemieux, founder of DwellStudio and curator of its new Art Shop, is a fan of a gallery wall with a specific color palette, "Design a whole room around modern abstract paintings. I'm loving working with the bold black and whites. It's so graphic and chic — a palette that works all year!" Image courtesy of Dwell Studio
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Gallery walls can also be used as a unique way to document and tell a story of your travels and experiences. You can include photographs from recent trips and prints and artwork that you bought while on vacation. Lemieux is a fan of identifying pieces that have a sense of story to them. "I'm always inspired by the vintage art I find while traveling and have developed a deep love of collecting pieces from flea markets and galleries all over the world. I love artwork that has a back-story. It's a real conversation starter." Image courtesy of Dwell Studio
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Your gallery wall is not just about the art on display, but also the frames that highlight the art. For a clean look, frames in the same color and style are the perfect fit. You can also mix and match picture frames so that you work feels like it has been collected over time. "Frame your artwork with unique frames. Go for something distressed for an old-world vibe. I'm always finding vintage frames at flea markets. They can add so much visual interest to the home," remarks Lemieux. Image courtesy of Dwell Studio
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Illustrations, paintings and a menagerie of distinctive pieces can all have a home on your gallery wall. "Do mix in drawings with photos and paintings. The more eclectic, the more you'll get a 'salon' feel," says Thomas. Image courtesy of Hillary Thomas Designs
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The final and most important thing to remember when creating your gallery wall is that there is no specific formula for creating a great display. Thomas's final tip: "Creating a gallery wall can be intimidating, but don't overthink it. Just jump in!" Enjoy the creative process and have fun creating a unique gallery wall that you will enjoy over time. Image courtesy of Hillary Thomas Designs
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So I started thinking that it would be nice if we could develop a sort of plugin feature where our developers could just create a control from their application that we could just "plugin" to the parent project and it would automatically use the existing resource files and MasterPages. This would mean that the developers could just focus on the code without worrying so much about the layout or implementing security in their individual applications.
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Next, I needed to create a custom RouteHandler that implements IRouteHandler:
public class TestRouteHandler : IRouteHandler { // This is the virtual path to the file containing the place holder private readonly string virtualPath; public TestRouteHandler(string virtualPath) { this.virtualPath = virtualPath; } public System.Web.IHttpHandler GetHttpHandler(RequestContext requestContext) { // This creates the page containing the place holder _Default d = BuildManager.CreateInstanceFromVirtualPath(this.virtualPath, typeof(Page)) as _Default; // This creates the virtual url being requested. It is passed into // the UrlAuthorizationModule to check that if the user is authorized // to view the requested page string path = "~/Parent"; // The Directory allows us to place user controls in folders to group // them by application if ( requestContext.RouteData.Values.ContainsKey("directory")) { d.Directory = requestContext.RouteData.Values["directory"] as string; path += string.Format("/{0}", d.Directory); } // This is the name of the UserControl to load if (requestContext.RouteData.Values.ContainsKey("control")) { d.UserControl = requestContext.RouteData.Values["control"] as string; path += string.Format("/{0}", d.UserControl); } if (!UrlAuthorizationModule.CheckUrlAccessForPrincipal(path, requestContext.HttpContext.User, requestContext.HttpContext.Request.HttpMethod)) { requestContext.HttpContext.Response.StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized; requestContext.HttpContext.Response.End(); } return d; } }
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public class Global : System.Web.HttpApplication { void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) { RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes); } private static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) { // This route loads just the default page without a UserControl // when the url entered is "http://mywebsite.com/Parent" routes.Add("Home", new Route ( "Parent/", new TestRouteHandler("~/Default.aspx") )); // This route loads the default page with a UserControl // when the url entered is "http://mywebsite.com/Parent/UserControlID" routes.Add("Parent", new Route ( "Parent/{control}", new TestRouteHandler("~/Default.aspx") )); // This route loads the default page with a UserControl from a subfolder // when the url entered is "http://mywebsite.com/Parent/Folder/UserControlID" routes.Add("Child", new Route( "Parent/{directory}/{control}", new TestRouteHandler("~/Default.aspx") )); } }
Now, in order to allow the WebForms application to use Routing, I needed to add a couple of lines to my Web.config file.
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"> <add name="UrlRoutingModule" type="System.Web.Routing.UrlRoutingModule, System.Web.Routing, Version=22.214.171.124, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" /> </modules> <handlers> <add name="UrlRoutingHandler" preCondition="integratedMode" verb="*" path="UrlRouting.axd" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler, System.Web, Version=184.108.40.206, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" /> </handlers>
After all of this was done, I made a second web application where I created my test UserControl. After compiling the second application I moved the UserControl.ascx file into a folder called "SiteOne" inside of the "UserControls" folder in my parent application and copied the .dll file from the bin of the second application into the bin of the parent application. I didn't need to include the .cs file for the UserControl because the code is compiled into the dll for the project.
Finally, it was time to test the routing with the new UserControl. I fired up the application and entered my custom route, http://localhost/Parent/SiteOne/Test, and sure enough there was the child application's UserControl being displayed and working without a problem.


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My new Book is out "Longer I Run" An inspiring story of enduring years of alcoholism and crohns disease Read exciting chapters of the ups and downs of my life in seemingly hopeless times and how through the help from above was able to "Never Give Up" and run across America in 2010 from Seattle Washington to Key Largo Florida
When I was an eighth grader my English teacher Mr. Dodge had us do a book report and I decided to write about "Walk Across America", by Peter Jenkins. This awoke in me a spirit of adventure. I ran my first marathon that year and I knew one day I would run across America. In the Fall of 2009 I met Terry Hitchcock who ran from St. Paul to Atlanta during the 1996 Olympic Games. I was very impressed and inspired by Terry. I read his incredible book "A Fathers Odyssey", about single parenthood, the loss of his first wife to cancer and overcoming all odds by running over a marathon a day for 75 days. I knew I had to run across America and do whatever it took to accomplish it.
The following year I ran across this beautiful Country in 2010, from Seattle, Washington to Key Largo, Florida 3,717 miles in 100 days. During one stretch of my run pushing a 80 lb stroller through Wyoming, I ran 45 miles up the Elk Mountain, the next day ran 54 miles to Laramie and another 50 miles to Cheyenne. I have also run 46 marathons and seven ultra marathons many over 50 miles (one was 70 miles the equivalent of over two and a half marathons!). I found my running inspiration when my Dad ran the City of Lakes marathon when I was 12. I thought I should be able to do that, so I ran Grandmas Marathon in 1979 when I was 13 yrs old, the youngest one to finish that year. I credit my Father for getting me into long distance running, he also has run about 40 marathons. I thank my Mother for instilling in me my Spiritual Strength and relationship with God. I remember so many Sunday mornings hoping my parents would sleep in so I could watch the John Gallos Comedy hour, she knew what was important, thanks Mom.


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Our ministry is called Wordsower. We tell books and chapters of the Bible from heart and thereby want to encourage believers to hide God's Word in their heart and also raise awareness and funds for Christian orphans and widows in war torn West Africa. Check out my site at www.thescripturecannotbebroken.com for more info and scheduling dates also check us out at www.wordsower.org for more info on our ministry. Thanks, Tom Meyer
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A wannabe "Idol" has been arrested for plotting terrorism.
Khurram Syed Sher, a 28-year-old doctor who moonwalked in front of reality TV judges two years ago while competing on "Canadian Idol," will soon face a different kind of judge for terrorism-related charges, according to reports.
His Thursday arrest came a day after two other Canadian nationals faced charges in connection with the alleged plot to bomb unspecified targets in and outside the country, The Associated Press reported. Police said they seized 50 electronic circuit boards in connection with the case that could be used as remote-controlled bomb triggers, the wire service reported.
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"The arrests have prevented the gathering of bombs and the execution of one or many terrorist attacks," Royal Canadian Mounted Police Chief Supt. Serge Therriault told the AP.
According to the Toronto Star, Sher is a Canada-born and educated pathologist at a small-town hospital near London, Ontario, who is of Pakistani descent. He visited Pakistan in 2005 to assist earthquake survivors, the Star reported.
But while competing on Canada's version of "American Idol," Sher claimed he'd immigrated from Pakistan in 2005.
For his audition, he donned a traditional Pakistani shalwar kameez and pashtun hat, and affected a fake foreign accent, Sher's mystified colleagues told the Star.
"He did it as a joke, he told us," one person who "knew Sher well" told the Star.
Either way, Sher didn't make it far on "Idol."
"I can sing different things like Hillary Duff and or Avril Lavigne," he tells the show's judges in a YouTube clip of the audition, and is asked to perform Lavigne's "Complicated."
During the odd performance -- which could be described as "pitchy" at best -- Sher sways goofily, but also does the moonwalk and a brief robot move.
"Have you ever thought of being a comedian?" one judge asks after he finishes singing.
Those who worked with Sher said he did not seem particularly religious and dressed casually, according to the Star.
They reportedly could not believe the same person who'd auditioned for "Idol" would be accused of being a terrorist.
Selected Reading: The Associated Press, Toronto Star, NYT


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I wrote to the Reader Forum recently about my concern that Christians should keep our focus on our mission, which should be the message that there is hope and forgiveness for any person who comes to Christ.
Judging from another reader's response to my letter, I may not have made my point as clearly as I should have.
This message of Christ's love has made a big difference in people's lives. I am one of those people. I am so thankful for the many missionaries God sent to me. It certainly was not a waste of time introducing and connecting me to Jesus. They did not make Jesus the "default position," as the other writer characterized it. Rather, Jesus became the benchmark for my life.
If I relied on a "default position," it could bounce from one "default" to another. However, with Jesus as my benchmark, I travel on a road filled with God's forgiveness, mercy and grace. That allows me to keep looking to Jesus as I travel toward and become more like him. This has made a huge difference in my life. I no longer need to use other people as a way to determine the level of my moral character. As I look to Jesus, I see improvement take place in my life and I also see a lot more improvement to be made. Jesus is the one who is perfecting me.
I also see this work of his in other brothers and sisters in Christ. This awesome family of God includes those who have been incarcerated, divorced, have had incidents of sexually transmitted infections, have had abortions, and have engaged in gay sex. And the family of God includes people such as me who have been engaged in self-righteous behavior.
My brothers and sisters in Christ have tremendously blessed me. God is good.
I am thankful to the Lord for all people, and that includes those in the medical profession engaged in therapeutic intervention. I have been tremendously blessed by such and have seen others be blessed by them.
The Rev. Jerry Sprock, pastor, First Baptist Church of Hays


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Just two weeks after KRT rider Jonathan Rea won an unprecedented fourth WorldSBK riders' title in succession, Jonathan, his team-mate Tom Sykes and the entire KRT squad will head to Argentina for the very first South American round in the series' history.
Rea and Sykes will enjoy their historic experience of the all-new El Villicum circuit on Friday the 12th of October, when they get to lap the 4.266km circuit on their Ninja ZX-10RRs. Racedays will follow on Saturday the 13th of October and Sunday the 14th. Both WorldSBK races are scheduled to start at 16.00, local time. Even after quadruple champion Jonathan extended his all-time WorldSBK race-winning total to 68 in France last time out, and Tom extended his all-time Superpole record to 47, there is a lot to play for at this exciting new round on the WorldSBK calendar. Jonathan has stated that his intention is to keep winning races and aims to beat his own record of 556 points in a single championship season. The long-standing record of 17 race wins in a single season can also be reached or surpassed by Rea, with four races left to run and 14 race wins to his credit so far. On the eve of the Argentinean weekend, 2013 world champion Tom Sykes has secured 34 career race wins, all for Kawasaki. After recovering from an injury suffered during the summer break Tom has made a return to podium form, hence he will be looking to secure his second victory of the season this weekend. Another important aim for all the Kawasaki riders in Argentina is to ensure that Kawasaki wraps up the Manufacturers' Championship at this round. Kawasaki currently has a championship lead of 87, with a maximum of 100 points left for any manufacturer capable of winning all four remaining races. The first ever Argentinean round could arguably be the most open and unpredictable of the season, as none of the WorldSBK teams or riders have competed at the brand new facility near the city of San Juan before. Having just been completed, none of the teams have any previous El Villicum circuit data to work from, making tyre choice and machine set-up a completely level playing field for all. Rookie WorldSBK rider Toprak Razgatlioglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) has a firm grip on second place in the independent riders' rankings right now, as he sits tenth in the overall standings. Racing in Argentina will be an emotional experience for Leandro Mercado (Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki) as El Villicum is his home round. He will be looking to put in a season-best result - better than the eighth place he scored at Assen. Roman Ramos (Team GoEleven Kawasaki) is one place behind Mercado in the current rankings, in 16th place. A new rider will join the Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki squad for this race, teenager Gabriele Ruiu, who has been running a Ninja ZX-10RR for the team in STK1000 this season. Jonathan Rea, stated: "I am really excited; firstly to go to a new track and to visit South America for the first time. It is great for the championship and also really nice to visit a new country with WorldSBK. Of course, since Magny Cours I have not had much time to digest winning the championship but I am extremely happy and proud of our efforts to date this season. But the season is not over and we are going to attack this race weekend like any other. We will try to put celebrations on ice until the end of the season. We won't have too much set-up data this weekend so we will start FP1 with a blank sheet of paper. Fortunately our Ninja ZX-10RR has a great base setting so it is up to me to learn the track fast, and hopefully enjoy it. I am looking forward to meeting all the Argentinean fans." Tom Sykes, stated: "This is a new experience for us and we will see how we go when get there. I got a podium last time but I am a little bit disappointed about race two in France. We had two different set-ups on the bike in the two races and one did things better than the other. It was good information and it should help us to be strong in Argentina. It will be a kind of clean slate this weekend but I think Kawasaki will be as prepared as anybody, if not better prepared. I am looking forward to going to that part of the world and it will be a new adventure for everybody. I have seen some overhead pictures of the layout and it looks good. It will look even better if I get two race wins! We are going there with a positive attitude." 2018 KRT Rider StatisticsJonathan Rea: World Champion 2015, 2016, 2017 & 20182018: Races 22, Wins 14, Podiums 19, Superpoles 2Career Race Wins: 68 (53 for Kawasaki)Career Podiums: 131 (89 for Kawasaki)Career Poles: 16 (12 for Kawasaki) Tom Sykes: World Champion 20132018: Races: 22, Wins 1, Podiums 7, Superpoles 5Career Race Wins: 34 (34 for Kawasaki)Career Podiums: 107 (106 for Kawasaki)Career Poles: 47 (47 for Kawasaki) 6 x Riders' Championships (Scott Russell 1993, Sykes 2013, Rea 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018), 1 x EVO Riders' Championship (David Salom 2014)3 x Manufacturers' Championships (Ninja ZX-10R 2015 & 2016, Ninja ZX-10RR 2017)3 x Teams' Championships (KRT/Provec Racing 2015, 2016 & 2017) Kawasaki FIM Superbike World Championship StatisticsTotal Kawasaki Race Wins: 124 – second overallTotal Kawasaki Podiums: 375 – third overallTotal Kawasaki Poles: 80 – second overall #NinjaSpirit #RE4CH4MP
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A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a Haitian-American journalist defamed Haiti's prime minister in reporting on the sale of a telecommunications company acquired by the Caribbean country's government.
Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and South Florida businessman Patrice Baker sued Leo Joseph in Miami federal court in September over his reporting for the New York-based Haiti-Observateur.
U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro said in a Feb. 6 ruling that she agreed with Lamothe and Baker that Joseph had published false and malicious reports about Lamothe's role in the sale of Haitel.
Ungaro also prohibited Joseph from ever again writing about Lamothe or Baker in their professional, personal or political lives.


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Pauline at http://cassmob.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/deck-the-halls-2012-christmas-geneameme/has set a new challenge for Christmas. Click on the link, if you would like to join in - contributions by December 16th,
1. Do you have any special Xmas traditions in your family?
Nothing very distinctive Customs have changed and evolved as our daughter got older. We always have a tree, Christmas stockings (home made) for small gifts, decorate the house, enjoy carols and have something that bit different to eat.
- Is church attendance an important part of your Christmas celebrations and do you go the evening before or on Xmas Day?
I can't say we go every year, but it is part of Christmas to go to either the Service of Nine Lessons & Carols or on Christmas Day morning.
- Did/do you or your children/grandchildren believe in Santa?
My brother and I as children believed in Santa and now we have the pleasure of seeing our little granddaughter enjoy the experience of "writing" to Santa and leaving out food & drink for the reindeer. At just 4, she is at a gorgeous age for the Santa theme.
- Do you go carolling in your neighbourhood?I have in the past when a group of us from church went around local care homes singing carols and encouraging everyone to join in - followed by a chance to chat and enjoy shortbread, mince pies, tea and even sometimes sherry!
- What's your favourite Christmas music?Where to start! Traditional carols. My musical highlight was a few years ago in December when I was one of over a 1000 singers, plus orchestra and organ in a "Come and Sing" performance of Handel's "The Messiah" in the iconic Royal Albert Hall in London - an exhilarating. moving and unforgettable experience, with singers from all over Britain and Europe and in front of a packed 4000 audience. I was on a high, walking back to our hotel.
- What's your favourite Christmas carol?
"Silent Night"- in a simple unadorned arrangement, like the original with guitar accompaniment. Beautiful harmony and very moving sung softly, especially in German which reminds us of favourite holidays in Bavaria and Austria. Other favourites - "In the Bleak Mid Winter", "Three Kings from Distant Lands Afar" and "O Holy Night". As a local choir member until recently, carols are a key element in my Christmas. I love the descants of the standard choral classics such as "Hark the Herald Angels Sing", and find it so uplifting as the sopranos soar up to the high notes. We always ended the concert with a lively rendition of "We wish you a Merry Christmas" followed by the serving of mince pies and mulled wine to complete one of my "must do" Christmas activities and a great way to get into the Christmas spirit.
- Do you have a special Xmas movie/book you like to watch/read?A DVD of the ballet "Nutcracker" in a magical production by the Royal Ballet - plus any other classical ballet. Also "Love Actually", and "Sound of Music" which again reminds us of holidays. My husband's "must watch" favourites are - "Christmas Carol" (Alistair Sim version) and "White Christmas" and "Holiday Inn".
- Does your family do individual gifts, gifts for little only, Secret Santa (aka Kris Kringle)?We are only a small family, with both sets of parents no longer alive and we have always bought individual presents, though not gone over the top with these. Neil and I have most things that we want - there is a limit to how many socks a husband needs - and we now exchange small fun personal gifts, but treat ourselves to something special e.g. theatre visit to Edinburgh, weekend break hi-fi, lap top computer.
- Is your main Christmas meal indoors or outdoors, at home or away?
This is Scotland, so definitely indoors! Either at home or at our daughter's.
- What do you eat as your main course for the Christmas meal?
For me turkey with all the trimmings but I am used to having to cater for my vegetarian husband (and mother in law).
- Do you have a special recipe you use for Xmas?
I like to do something different from the usual run of the mill meals throughout the year. We must have "kilted sausages" (chipolata sausages wrapped in bacon) and for dessert I often do a cranberry and orange compote, served with meringue.
- Does Christmas pudding feature on the Xmas menu? Is it your recipe or one you inherited?
No. Christmas pudding after a heavy first course on Christmas Day never appeals and I tend to reserve it for another day in the holiday season, best served with stewed apple. Bought - not made.
- Do you have any other special Christmas foods? What are they?
I like Io do something different for breakfast e.g. warmed croissants. Last year I followed a recipe for a luxury breakfast sundae with muesli, raspberries and yoghurt, prepared the night before - delicious but a bit too filling in view of the Christmas meal to come, not forgetting munching on chocolates in my stocking.
- Do you give home-made food/craft for gifts at Christmas?
Yes - I think it is a lovely touch and in turn I have enjoyed receiving home baking, especially when I was working full time. My daughter appreciated a hamper of home made soup, crumbles, cottage pie and lasagne for the freezer when she was just home with a new baby. When she was little (and money was short), I made felt or knitted toys, collage nursery pictures for her bedroom and rooms out of shoeboxes to create a doll's house. This year our little granddaughter wanted a bed for her favourite "White Ted" (no longer very white!) so already wrapped up for Ted is a crochet blanket and a pillow & quilt. The gift of time and tasks is also one full of pleasure - my daughter has taken me on shopping trips to places I could not get to easily and I have done household tasks for her - the fun comes is in composing a voucher for the task, so there is still a surprise to open on Christmas Day.
- Do you return to your family for Xmas or vice versa?
With both sets of parents no longer alive, Christmas is either at our house or our daughter's.
- Is your Christmas celebrated differently from your childhood ones? If yes, how does it differ?
Broadly very similar with its emphasis on get-togethers with families and friends, modest gifts, carols and family entertainment.
- How do you celebrate Xmas with your friends? Lunch? Pre-Xmas outings?
It's a great excuse to meet in December/early January for coffee or a meal.
- Do you decorate your house with lights? A little or a lot?
Christmas tree in the hallway, visible from the road - nothing outside.
- Is your neighbourhood a "Xmas lights" tour venue?
Christmas illuminations outside the house (aka the film "Christmas Vacation" ) has not reached our neighbourhood yet, though most town centres have some feature lighting to add to the Christmas spirit of shoppers.
- Does your family attend Carols by Candlelight singalongs/concerts? Where?
Yes - an important part of Christmas. Either in church, at schools, at local choir concerts. On Christmas Eve, it is time to watch on TV the candlelight carol service from Kings College, Cambridge - something not to be missed.
- Have any of your Christmases been spent camping (unlikely for our northern-hemisphere friends)?
You are right - very unlikely here in Scotland, though some hardy souls have a tradition of "winter dipping" in the sea or river on New Year's Day. Crazy!
- Is Christmas spent at your home, with family or at a holiday venue?
At home. going away has never appealed - and there is always the worry that the main roads across the hills could be blocked by snow, so we would not want to travel anyway. And you have to stock up the freezer, anyway, just in case you do end up at home.
- Do you have snow for Christmas where you live?
Yes and it is has been snowing this week as I have typed this.
- Do you have a Christmas tree every year?
Always. It would not be Christmas without one.
- Is your Christmas tree a live tree (potted/harvested) or an imitation?
I had enough of sweeping up pine needles off the carpet so we went onto an artificial tree - traditional style, no modern, minimalist designer trees here.
- Do you have special Xmas tree decorations?
Yes. It is a Tree of Happy Memories with decorations collected over many years, many from holidays abroad, so it is always a delight to get the boxes down from the loft, discover the ornaments again and relive where and when we got them. The themes - bells, baubles, stockings and musical instruments.
- Which is more important to your family, Christmas or Thanksgiving?
With no Thanksgiving Day here, i can only compare Christmas to New Year - and Christmas wins hands down! Although I live in Scotland, I can't get enthusiastic about Hogmanay.


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Nokia's upcoming Lumia 920 could represent a last throw of the dice for the once dominant Finnish company, as it attempts to combat iPhone and Android devices in the top-end smartphone market. Its latest flagship smartphone does look impressive on paper and will be one of the first phones to run the newest version of Microsoft's mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8.
The Lumia 920 has a 4.5in display with a 720p resolution, boasts a new optical image stabilisation system on its camera and has a built-in wireless charging system. How does it compare to the benchmark, Apple's iPhone 5? Let's find out!
Apple iPhone 5
Nokia Lumia 920
|Operating system
|Screen size
|Display resolution
|Display technology
|Pixel density
|Front camera
|Rear camera
|Camera features
|Video recording
|Internal memory
|Expandable memory
|Australian 3G networks
|Australian 4G networks
|Quoted battery life
|SIM card
Lumia 920 vs. iPhone 5: Design
The Nokia Lumia 920 follows a similar design trend seen on the company's previous Lumia phones like the Lumia 900 and the Lumia 800. It's constructed from a single piece polycarbonate which is coloured all the way through in the manufacturing process, so any scratches to the surface won't be too noticeable.
The colours on offer (particularly yellow, red, white and grey) are certainly bold and refreshing among a sea of boring, black or white slabs. However, the Lumia 920 is 10.7mm thick and weighs 185g, so it's far from the thinnest or lightest smartphone on the market. It doesn't compare favourably in girth or weight against the iPhone 5 or even the Samsung Galaxy S III and the HTC One X. Users who long for a thin and light phone are likely to be left a little disappointed.
The Lumia 920's design is a far different picture to the iPhone 5. Its feather light 112g weight is one of the best features of the device and Apple certainly deserves a huge amount of credit for managing to make the phone significantly lighter than its predecessor while increasing its overall footprint. At just 7.6mm, the iPhone 5 is also one of the thinnest smartphones on the market.
Lumia 920 vs. iPhone 5: Display
If you're balancing size and weight with screen size, then the Lumia 920 immediately begins to look more appealing next to the iPhone 5. For starters it is larger than the iPhone 5 (4.5in compared to 4in) and it has a pixel density of 332ppi, slightly higher than the iPhone 5's 326ppi. In fact, the Lumia 920 has one of the highest pixel density ratings on the market, bettering most current flagship smartphones.
That pixel density rating comes from a resolution of 1280x768. Previous Lumia devices were hamstrung by Microsoft's maximum allowed resolution of 800x480, so this is a significant upgrade if you're coming from an older Windows Phone. A unique feature is the fact that the Lumia 920's touchscreen can be used even if you're wearing gloves.
Nokia cites the use of PureMotion HD+ technology on the Lumia 920's screen, which it says will refresh pixels faster than many other LCD panels. Nokia also claims that the Lumia 920 has one of the brightest displays of any smartphone on the market and says it will automatically adjust the colour tone (and brightness) depending on the amount of ambient light. We'll have to wait until we get our hands on a review unit to put those claims to the test, but it certainly sounds positive.
The Lumia 920 certainly has its work cut out in competing with the iPhone 5's display, which is one of the best on the market. It's larger than previous iPhone's at 4in, but it's the same width as the screen on every other iPhone, only taller. Apple says the decision to keep the phone at the same width ensures that the span of a user's thumb can reach all the way across the display when using the phone single-handedly.
In a side-by-side comparison with the iPhone 4S, the iPhone 5's screen is slightly brighter at the full brightness setting. It also displays deeper blacks, most notably when watching video content.
Lumia 920 vs. iPhone 5: Software
The Nokia Lumia 920 will be one of the first smartphones to ship with Microsoft's latest mobile OS, Windows Phone 8. We'll learn more closer to its release date, expected to be at the end of October. What we already know is that there's a completely new interface with support for small, medium and large home screen tiles, more colour customisation options, built-in Skype integration, a data use monitor, and a revamped backup system that now includes the ability to backup SMS messages.
The Windows Phone platform is a smooth, effective and efficient OS. The interface is refreshing and different to anything else on the market and performance has been consistently smooth in most devices that have been released so far. The fact that the Lumia 920 will come with a dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM should ensure that performance will be competitive with the best smartphones on the market.
The biggest issue for Windows Phone 8 will be third-party apps. The platform lacks both the number and the variety of apps when compared to both iOS and Android. If Nokia is to be successful with the Lumia 920, it needs to attract developers to build apps for the Windows Phone platform.
The iPhone 5 has no such problems, with third-party apps one of its strongest advantages. Using the iPhone 5 is a very similar experience to previous iPhone's. Apple says its new iOS 6 software, which comes standard on the iPhone 5, has added over 200 new features to the platform.
The most significant change is the abolishment of Google's Maps application, which has been replaced with Apple's own Maps app. This is a change for the worse as the Maps app appears to be a half-baked, unfinished solution that lacks both the detail and the accuracy of the Google Maps app it replaced. The Nokia Maps application, which will come standard on the Lumia 920, is one area where the company can claim to hold a big advantage over the iPhone 5. It offers free, turn-by-turn navigation in 110 countries, compared to the iPhone 5's 56 and it also works offline, unlike Apple Maps.
Lumia 920 vs. iPhone 5: Camera
The Nokia Lumia 920 has a "PureView" camera but this isn't the same 41-megapixel sensor seen on the 808 PureView smartphone. Instead, Nokia is now marketing PureView as any feature or features that enable the camera to capture quality images.
The 8-megapixel camera on the Lumia 920 has a "floating lens" which enables optical image stabilisation. Nokia promises this will improve photos in low-light and minimise out of focus photos and shaky, unstable video recordings. We're very keen to put this to the test, as Nokia says the feature will capture blur-free videos even if the camera is shaking.
The Lumia 920 will certainly need all that and more to better the camera on the iPhone 5, which is one of the best we've ever used on a smartphone. It remains at 8-megapixels, but captures excellent photos with great detail and many of the shots produced are comparable to some dedicated point-and-shoot digital cameras.
During testing, we found that the iPhone 5's camera consistently produced more accurate colours than the iPhone 4S. Macro performance is excellent, and the lens is quick to focus on close range subjects — an issue we found on the 4S. The biggest improvement on the camera is the ability to take better quality photos in low light conditions, though these images are still noisier than most good point-and-shoot cameras.
Lumia 920 vs. iPhone 5: Internals
The Nokia Lumia 920 has relatively impressive specifications. It's powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor, has 1GB of RAM and comes with 32GB of internal memory. There's no memory card slot though, so users won't be able to physically add to that 32GB of storage.
NFC connectivity is present and allows a range of accessories to be paired with the phone simply by tapping the two devices together. There's also 4G connectivity, too — the Lumia 920 will be sold through Telstra in Australia.
One interesting feature that the iPhone 5 can't boast is built-in wireless charging using the Qi wireless power standard. Nokia will sell a range of charging accessories for the Lumia 920 including a wireless charging plate, a charging pillow, a charging stand and a wireless charging speaker by JBL.
The Apple iPhone 5 is powered by an updated A6 processor, has 1GB of RAM and comes with 16, 32 or 64GB of internal memory depending on the model you choose. Apple says the A6 processor is two times faster than the A5 chip used on the iPhone 4S and has two times faster graphics. There's no NFC capability but the iPhone 5, like the Lumia 920, is 4G compatible in Australia. The iPhone 5 also uses a new SIM card standard called Nano-SIM. It's a smaller SIM card than the Micro-SIM Apple used on the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S.
The Apple iPhone 5 is available now through all major Australian telcos. Nokia has confirmed that the Lumia 920 will be sold through Australian carrier Telstra. No pricing or specific availability has been announced but the Lumia 920 is expected to go on sale sometime in early November.
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• Apple iPhone 5 review
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• Apple iPhone 5 Australian buying guide
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| Your Family and You
|For the most part back injuries are caused by mechanical issues, and the
tendency to get such injuries is not inherited.
However there are family-related behavioral tendencies, and these behaviors - while not "inherited" as such - may easily be passed down from parents to children. When we grow up, these ingrained habits of daily living may lead to back injuries.
Poor posture, lack of interest in exercise, and a tendency to be overweight are all patterns of behavior we learn from our parents. As adults, its valuable for us to make conscious efforts to revise these unhealthful patterns, being proactive in developing new behaviors that support our goals of health and well-being.
And, various health issues that actually may be inherited can increase a person's susceptibility to back pain and back injury. Your chiropractor will be of assistance in identifying such additional risk factors.


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Teaching hospital status associated with death rate after colon surgery
When both cancer and benign diagnoses are taken into consideration, patients undergoing colon surgery appear to have increased odds of death if their procedure is performed at a teaching hospital, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. "Teaching hospitals are responsible for training surgical residents and fellows in the United States, which requires a considerable allocation of resources from the federal government and a large capital outlay to offset the costs of training," the authors write as background information in the article. Although the involvement of trainees in care has raised concerns about possible negative outcomes, teaching hospitals are attractive to patients undergoing complex surgeries because they also typically possess board-certified specialty surgeons, multidisciplinary teams and intensive care unit staffing. "There is a growing interest in the interaction between teaching hospital status and volume and the individual and combined effects of these characteristics on outcomes."
"In contrast to complex procedures performed at teaching hospitals, colon surgery is more commonly performed by general surgeons in non-teaching hospitals and comparatively less sophisticated settings," write Awori J. Hayanga, M.D., M.P.H., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, and the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, and colleagues. The researchers analyzed data from 115,250 patients who underwent colon resection (removal of part of the organ) for both benign and malignant diseases at 1,045 hospitals in 38 states from 2001 through 2005.
Fewer patients had surgery at teaching hospitals than at non-teaching hospitals (46,656 vs. 68,589). The average length of hospital stay was 10 days, and 4,371 patients (3.8 percent) died in the hospital. Teaching hospitals were associated with an increased length of stay (0.5 days) and also an increased risk of death in the hospital compared with non-teaching hospitals (3.9 percent vs. 3.7 percent).
"While the volume-outcome relationship may favor colon cancer resections performed in teaching hospitals, this advantage might be lost when benign colon disease is factored into the equation," the authors write. "The inclusion of common benign disease might represent the tipping point at which both superior level of care and high volume shift away from teaching hospitals in favor of non-teaching hospital settings. Where teaching hospitals perform surgery in comparatively lower volume, they may also demonstrate comparatively poorer outcomes."
The analysis suggests that both procedure and diagnosis should be taken into account when assessing quality of care and surgical outcomes, the authors note. "As policymakers strive to establish quality measures and rationale for regionalization of surgical care, data gathered in this manner may be of great interest to patients, payers and health care providers," they conclude. "These data might further allow the identification of a similar tipping point in other gastrointestinal surgical disease that allows a demarcation to guide the venues where individual surgical care may be most appropriately and efficiently rendered."
Source: JAMA and Archives Journals
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"Time and again … you found yourself smiling in a quiet amazement that could verge on disbelief." —New York Times
Experimental powerhouse So Percussion enlists a fresh mix of collaborators for the premiere of a potent, poetic new work. Swirling together movement and video projections amid So's exacting, exhilarating percussive scores Where (we) Live explores the many meanings of home, tapping emotions embedded in places both physical and symbolic.
Collaborators include New York City–based playwright/director/actor Ain Gordon, Minneapolis-based director/choreographer Emily Johnson, electronic music/video artist Martin Schmidt (experimental pop duo Matmos), Brooklyn-based indie-rock guitarist/composer Grey McMurray, and a special Twin Cities guest artist each night: artist/musician Katelyn Farstad on Friday; comic artist/publisher/bassist Zak Sally on Saturday.
Copresented with the National Performance Network (NPN).
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HBO might be getting Stephen King's Dark Tower but Showtime just landed Lost writer and Y: The Last Man creator Brian K. Vaughan to help them adapt his novel Under The Dome into an ongoing series.
Deadline is reporting that Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man) has been tapped by Showtime to pen the 2009 King novel (backed by DreamWorks Television). The story takes place in a little town in Maine that is suddenly quarantined by a giant forcefield (it literally cuts the town and some of its inhabitants off from the outside world).
Fingers crossed Vaughan can spruce up a few of the novel's problem areas, but overall this could be a very exciting series!