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LAJ401: Journalism (2014-2015)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: English Language Arts
COURSE TITLE: Journalism
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
Major Concepts/Content: The journalism course encourages student responsibility for the development of personal and staff management skills, for the production of a publishable product, and for adherence to ethical values affecting journalists, while helping students at the same time to refine and put to practical use their thinking, writing, and critiquing skills. The study of journalism will also introduce students to the problems and opportunities present in mass media today. The content includes, but is not limited to, choosing and using appropriate writing techniques in preparing publishable material (applying the conventions of English usage, using effective words, sentences, and paragraphs, using effective techniques in preparing for interviews and conducting effective interviews, writing publishable newspaper stories); utilizing accepted techniques in the preparation of journalistic material (applying ethical methods of obtaining information for use in writing, rewriting, editing, and proofreading material, writing headlines, identifying material appropriate for school publication, creating an aesthetic page layout, demonstrating balanced writing on controversial issues, differentiating between fact and opinion, and practicing assigned staff responsibilities in an efficient manner); recognizing ethical issues in the practice of journalism [recognizing situational factors affecting publication of material, checking sources to ensure reliability, displaying good taste, and avoiding plagiarism); and demonstrating personal development congruent with journalistic practices and career goals, demonstrating the ability to follow journalistic work schedules and deadlines, using managerial and supervisory skills, functioning without supervision, and analyzing journalistic materials based upon accepted standards.
Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities will be Provided in a general classroom setting, and in the school and community environment. Student activities will include, but will not be limited to, reporting, interviewing, writing, rewriting, editing, proofreading, selecting content suitable for a school newspaper preparing page layouts, photographing, selecting photographs, performing assigned staff responsibilities, making judgments about acceptable and legal journalistic practices, typing/reproducing materials, and managing/supervising staff members.
Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will be evaluated on the performance of the tasks assigned them, the quality and the timeliness of the product, the written products, and the demonstration of the understanding of the ethical issues inherent in the practice of journalism.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of the journalism course, students should be able to:
- Describe various ways a story can be written and communicated.
- Distinguish between fact and opinion.
- Identify the role of a free press in a democracy and describe laws affecting journalism.
- Use editing skills, copy reading, page make up, and photo editing.
- Review and practice the journalistic skills and essentials of mass communication required to write and edit.
Course Notes: Repeatable Course - Subsequent Enrollment Requires More Rigor.


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A quantity metric similar in amount to 'three'.
The trub liters of cola are on sale for $0.49!
by Eric Schneider May 13, 2005
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an out of townie expression. Rooted from the word trouble. It means forseeing oncoming danger, being and danger and ooops its too late you just got owned by danger.
3 whiskey and rye, 5 gin and tonic and 3 shots of tequilla later, did not see trubs coming and ended up taking her ugly-ass home.
by JayCrisis!! June 01, 2006
to hit or beat someone with a blunt object.
When my son said he was gay, I began to trub him with a large rock.
by Rev. Mustard June 03, 2004
to beat someone with a blunt object
when I found out my best friend slept w/ my girlfriend, I began to trub him with a large rock.
by A-Town (da boy not da city) November 30, 2006
Thirty inch rims
Im doing eighty in the Lightning, the cops tried to pull me over but my trubs done blinded 'em.
by Travis and ANdrew March 01, 2003
Trojan condoms
Trying to come back to my room i got some t-rubs
by ishkibible January 28, 2009
Refers to someone ugly, often looking like an ogre or a troll, they smell, they are overweight and overall look unpleasant
Person 1: "Look at him!"
Person 2: "Yeah! He looks like a trub"
Person 2: "Yeah! He looks like a trub"
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Antalya Havalimani Airport
Antalya Havalimani Dis Hatlar Terminali, 07230 Antalya, Turkey
Telefon: (0242) 330 3600
Website: www.aytport.com
The airport is located 14km (9 miles) from Antalya, the main city on Turkeys Mediterranean coast.
How to get there
From the city centre, follow Alanya Road. The airport is signposted. The journey takes about 20 minutes.
Information about parking possibilities at Antalya Havalimani Airport
Access by public transport
There are no public transport options to/from the airport. Shuttle: Hotels and tour operators often provide a courtesy shuttle service for their customers. Private airport transfers are available for a door-to-door service from companies such as Kesit Tourism (tel: (0242) 323 1414; www.kesit.com) and Antalya Touristic (tel: (0535) 341 1869; www.antalyataxi.tk).
Taxis serve the airport and leave from in front of the main terminal building; passengers are advised to haggle a fare before setting off.
Information desk
There is one information desk in the Arrivals hall (tel: (0242) 330 3600 ext 1120) and one in the Departures hall (tel: (0242) 330 3600 ext 1123/4).
Further information about Antalya Havalimani Airport (AYT)
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I want to choose a sport among with a diet to start losing fat again. I want to know which sport is better to start with e.g. basketball, swimming, badminton, volleyball, gym, skate.
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Here is a list of sports and the average calories lost whilst taking part in them.
Running, skiing, diving and cycling seem to lost the highest calories.
However the best sport is probably one that you will do. The more you enjoy it, the more likely you will keep at it. Which ones do you enjoy the most?
Any sport where you are working hard will burn calories and fat. The more muscle you have the faster you will lose fat. The more you sweat, the faster you will burn calories and fat. Sprinting and lifting heavy weights are good for burning fat. You are not going become huge and muscular without trying really hard if that's what you are worried about.
An hour of cardio will burn more calories than an hour of weightlifting. However, the muscle built from an hour of weightlifting will allow your basal metabolic rate to increase which is the amount of calories you burn at rest.
Any exercise will make muscles. That's a good thing.


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13 Apr 2012 3:24 PM #31
I found the culprit.
pinchzoomimage is an Img inside a Container.
when setting width and height of the image, you also end up setting width and height of the container, which for some reason causes the snap back when you try to pan to the bottom.
I added the workaround by defining config parameters imageWidth and imageHeight which are applied to Img only. Now it pans like a charm.
17 Apr 2012 4:52 AM #32
There was a great pinch / zoom plugin for ST1 from chris, which worked fine in the end! Central zooming, adjustable scrolling bars, etc.
You can find the code on github:
I tried to port the plugin to ST2, but was not yet successful:
Maybe this will help to finish the zooming issue...
20 Apr 2012 4:38 AM #33
I just want to announce, that I made huge progress in porting the pinch / zoom plugin from chris to ST2.
Maybe someone can help me, with the last small issues...
Have a look at my posting: http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthread.php?137632-mostly-working-pinch-zoom-image-carousel-help-perfect-it!&p=784858&viewfull=1#post784858
26 Jul 2012 3:06 PM #34
I still have problem with this class.
in general, you may not know the ratio of the image, so a good option is to specify the desired width and let the image size adjust the height by keeping the same ratio. this means when you call this PinchZoomImage class, you don't set the height.
however, if the initial height remains null, then the code breaks when you do zoom/pinch, because you are multiplying null by a fractional number.
any one knows a way to discover the image height after it has been painted?
26 Jul 2012 4:45 PM #35
I got it.
on load, I picked it up by
var height = e.element.dom.firstChild.height;
13 Aug 2012 1:08 PM #36
I implemented the example cited in post#1(http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthre...rollable-Image),
but could not perform the pinch with him (he simply does not detect the pinch), only the DoubleTap worked properly. I have
an android GalaxyII 2.3.3, anyone know if you have any restriction to enable the pinch or perhaps something in sencha? I'm
using sencha touch 2.0.1.
note: I did the same tests in IOS simulator with xCode, worked.
14 Aug 2012 11:07 PM #37
You can't track pinch gestures on Android 2.x, that's why we added zoom in/out Buttons to the pinch-plugin from Chris.
21 Sep 2012 3:29 PM #38
Modification to Image Sizing
This is a great piece of code and very useful.
I ran into a few usability issues on my implementation:
1) If the user makes the image very small then the pinch to zoom can be difficult (as they have to pinch on the image) -> Easy fix by setting a minimum size
2) The resizing was a little 'wonky'. It always resized from the initial image size. This is odd, for example, once you have zoomed into the image and want to make it smaller, the decrease zoom factor should be applied to the enlarged version of the image, not the original version.
Anyways, to fix the above I added / modified the following, and others might be interested in doing the same.
To the prototype config added:
scaleWidth: 0
pinchstart: { element: 'element', fn: this.onImagePinchStart }
onImagePinchStart: function(e) { if(this.up('container').getScaleWidth()==0) { this.up('container').setScaleWidth(this.getInitialConfig('width')); } else { this.up('container').setScaleWidth(this.element.getWidth()); } },
onImagePinch: function(e) { var initialWidth = this.getInitialConfig('width'), initialHeight = this.getInitialConfig('height'), imageRatio = initialWidth / initialHeight, container = this, image = this.element, newWidth, newHeight, scroller = this.up('container').getScrollable().getScroller(), pos = scroller.getMaxPosition(); newWidth = this.up('container').getScaleWidth() * e.scale; newHeight = newWidth / imageRatio; //Code for Min Size if((newWidth < initialWidth) || (newHeight < initialHeight)) { newWidth = initialWidth; newHeight = initialHeight; } container.setWidth(newWidth); container.setHeight(newHeight); image.setWidth(newWidth); image.setHeight(newHeight); scroller.scrollTo(pos.x/2, pos.y/2); },
Anyways, for any of you using @mrsunshine's code, I think the above smooth's the zooming out a bit.
4 Nov 2012 12:49 PM #39
I am loading my images into a detail card from an html file using an ajax call so they are just plain html <img> tags.
I want to use this plugin but I am struggling trying to figure out how to get the <img> tag to an xtype of 'pinchzoomimage'
Does anyone have any suggestions?
4 Nov 2012 1:11 PM #40
The following might work for you - in the 'success' return of your AJAX call, parse the img you return (pulling the src property) and then call the pinchzoomimage xtype, passing it the src you retrieved as the config parameter.
Alternatively, you can do roughly the same thing from within the 'pinchzoomimage' class, but you will have to modify some of the code of the class's internal code.
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By Michael Springer Photos by dotfordot.com
Specs and Tester's Tester Comments
Anatomy of a Winner
Detailed Tool Features
Tools for nailing through steel or into fully cured concrete used to be limited to PATs (powder-actuated tools), but gas-powered pinners are gaining popularity. And there are powerful pneumatics – some old and some new – that have been flying under the radar for some time even though they excel at shooting into these tough materials. We gathered all the tools we could find in the two categories and gave them to a commercial contractor in Wisconsin to see how they fared on the job. The most common commercial use for these tools is to pin steel drywall track down to a slab, but the 12 pinners in our test also got a workout attaching 1-by and 2-by furring (depending on their maximum pin length) to concrete. In addition, we staged side-by-side trials in Colorado, nailing into well-aged concrete at an altitude of 5,200 feet. These tests served to show how well the tools would work in high-altitude areas like Denver and Albuquerque – historically dead zones for gas-powered nailers.
A Word on PATs
To satisfy OSHA requirements, operators of PATs have to be trained, tested, and licensed separately for each brand of tool they use. OSHA also has strict disposal rules for unspent charges and can levy serious fines for charge strips found on the floor – or even in a dumpster. No such restrictions apply to gas tools and fuel canisters.
Because the action of powder tools is similar to that of firearms, their use is prohibited on certain sites with special security concerns. We know of a commercial electrician working in a hangar at an international airport (under the watchful eye of accompanying TSA guards) who was warned by the GC that he would be arrested if he used his powder tool at the facility.
Add to this their loudness, maintenance requirements, and high cost per shot, and you have a pretty compelling argument against using PATs – for most jobs. But with four to five times the maximum power of gas tools, powder tools still rule the day for tough jobs with harder concrete, thicker steel, or longer fasteners.
Gas Tools
The seven gas pinners we tested all use pressurized butane fuel canisters and a battery to power their linear combustion engines. In brief, the battery provides a spark to ignite the air-fuel mixture above the cylinder, which in turn slams the attached driver rod against the head of the concrete pin. Most of the models then run a fan to exhaust the combustion gases and draw in fresh air to mix with the next dose of fuel – though our favorite in this category uses a simple piston-return spring to exhaust the spent air with a quick puff.
The growing popularity of gas tools is due mostly to the many advantages they offer over PATs – they're quieter, less costly, easier to maintain, and free of the training and licensing restrictions. And their hoseless mobility makes them a better choice than pneumatics on large or multistoried commercial sites where steel and concrete fastening is common. Fasteners are typically sold in boxes of 750 to 1,000 pins, with one fuel canister included; that way, users are ensured of having enough fuel for the fastener pack (and they're less likely to use another brand's compatible fasteners).
One limitation of gas pinners is their lack of power control. With pneumatics, if your fasteners are left standing proud of the surface, you can crank up the pressure; with PATs, you can use a stronger charge. But your only option with gas tools is to switch to a shorter or perhaps thinner pin – as long as it meets code approval for your application. The thick plastic collation scrap left on a pin acts like a washer and will hold tight if a fastener isn't all the way down. This is okay for steel drywall track or 2-by wall plate, but for furring strips or flooring underlayment, protruding heads are a deal-breaker. Smacking the head of a protruding pin with a hammer may bury it, but double-driving loosens the bond between the pin and concrete, and wastes time.
Pneumatic Pinners
For residential work, pneumatic pinners may be your best option – for several reasons. First, this category includes numerous tool choices for shooting longer nails through wood framing; second, air hoses are easy to run in a home-sized job site; and finally, you can avoid the extra cost of fuel canisters – not to mention the smelly and toxic exhaust, which can really build up in smaller spaces. We had no real power problems with the pneumatics; you just crank up the pressure for deeper driving. The high-pressure tools require a special compressor, but the rest shot well at 120 psi. A few can handle much higher pressure if your compressor has the capacity.
The Hilti GX120 is the clear winner for the gas-tools category, outranking the competition by far in both performance and features. It is truly the most advanced tool in the class, with design improvements in virtually every aspect of its operation. The other tools were fairly close in performance, with the Simpson tool taking second place and the Powers C3 third. If we had to pick a fourth, the Ramset TF1100 would just edge out the Hitachi model, mostly because its fuel and fasteners are compatible with the previous two market-leading tools. The Ramset T3 worked fine on track, but its one-inch maximum pin size limits its versatility. And the extra-large Powers C4 is too big to use for just shooting track, but it's the only gas tool that can shoot into 2-bys.
For the pneumatic tools, size and capacity differences were great enough to keep us from ranking them head to head, but we know what we liked. We really liked the compact size, high-capacity pin coils, and powerful punch of both Max high-pressure pinners. These tools get the job done with minimum heft – but buying into the expensive high-pressure tool, compressor, and hose system will appeal mostly to guys who do a lot of steel and concrete shooting. For more occasional use, we recommend the standard-pressure tools. The lightweight TyRex tool handles just like a framing nailer and is the way to go for pins up to 1-1/2 inches. For attaching 2-bys or for more overall power capacity, we suggest the weighty Hilti. The ET&F has monstrous power, but its odd configuration and need for accessory parts make it less convenient for job-site use.
Commercial contractor Brad Caspari of Hunzinger Construction in Brookfield, Wis., and contributing editor Michael Davis contributed to this test.
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13th Annual Holly Ridge Charity Classic Golf Tournament is coming up July 27-28 at the Holly Ridge Golf Links! The tournament will be conducted under USGA rules. It will be a two-day stroke play event, with a practice round included on Friday afternoon. Players will be flighted after the first round. Players and sponsors can join a complimentary happy hour after Friday's practice round. Players will also receive meals during the tournament. Hospice of Randolph County will be the tournament's beneficiary.
Rheem's Replacement Parts Division, which is located in Randolph County, is proud to be a corporate sponsor of the Holly Ridge Charity Classic golf tournament. In this role, Rheem is pleased to provide players with goody bags, various drawing prizes, and the opportunity to win a 50-gallon gas or electric Rheem water heater for the player who wins the closest to the pin challenge as well as a chance to win a Rheem A/C unit for anyone who scores a hole-in-one on the 16th hole. The company will also have representatives at the tournament each day. Rheem has a longstanding history of community involvement, and recently Rheem launched its charitable giving program called Heart of Comfort throughout North America to all of its employees.


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Think of the earth as a billiard ball waiting to be cued up by some passing comet. It's a stock movie plot.
For instance, in the 1984 blockbuster, "Night of the Comet," the Earth passed through the tail of Halley's Comet. (Spoiler Alert!) Everyone turns into red dust except for several rampaging packs of zombie-cannibals and a pair of titillating Valley Girls for the zombies to chase for the next 95 minutes.
President Obama's scientific advisers have had him watch the 1998 thriller, "Deep Impact" over and over. In that movie, you'll remember, U.S. President Morgan Freeman had to face the seven-mile-wide "Wolf-Biederman" comet that promised to make scrapple out of the human race. President Freeman, along with the world's best brains, cobbled together a rocket and a nuclear missile and put the hope and fate of all humanity on Robert Duvall and Tea Leoni (He's 82, she's 47). It's a cautionary tale about the dangers of love; in the thrall of their romantic engagement, they forgot to disengage long enough to shoot the nuclear missile at the comet.
Real comets can be weird enough. In November 1996, a photo taken by an amateur astronomer showed a smudge behind the comet Hale-Bopp. Proof, he concluded, that there was an object the size of Saturn following the comet. He sent it to radio showman Art Bell who declared it was authentic and concluded that there was a huge alien starship following the comet.
This was the news that the Heaven's Gate cult was waiting for. They were a San Diego group of 40 or so who combined the Christian concept of the apocalypse with the science-fiction concept of time travel to different dimensions and worlds. They believed God was fed up and about to dump the earth into His recycle bin and the only hope for human survival was for them to leap to the spaceship that was following Hale-Bopp. Trouble was, they couldn't take their bodies with them. They knew that the trip across space wouldn't be free, so each of them loaded their front pocket with $5.75 to pay for their fare. The fact that 39 of them were found dead of a deliberate barbiturate overdose with a five-dollar bill and three quarters still intact in their pocket didn't bode well for their safe passage. What kind of taxi driver doesn't collect?
Later the University of Hawaii discovered that the photo of the spaceship was one of theirs that someone had altered. The website for the Heaven's Gate cult is still up and can be found at www.heavensgate.com. No, seriously, they could be up there laughing at us.
The Comet of the Last Century was called Kohoutek. It is a long-period comet dropping by about every 150,000 years or so. It was first detected in March of 1973 and promised to brighten the night sky when it passed later in December. Scientists thought it was a gas cloud and theorized it would bring a spectacular display. Instead it turned out to be a big rock and passed the earth barely detectable by the naked eye.
So just 40 years later, we have a new Comet of the Century. Welcome Comet Ison. It is entering our solar system now and will come very close to Mars and also blisteringly close to the sun in November of this year before passing about 40 million miles off the left hand side of earth. Scientists are pretty sure this one is just a frozen ball of gas which should make for an outstanding nighttime display. The comet Ison will be making its closest passage to us on Dec. 25, the birthday of ...
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Project Skylab
In 1973, the United States' first Earth-orbiting space station was launched into space. Skylab was designed to prove humans could work and live in space for prolonged periods of time without suffering ill effects. The distance between Earth and the 77-ton space station was about 300 miles. Unexpectedly high sunspot activity hurt Skylab's ability to maintain orbit, resulting in its descent into the atmosphere in 1978, when most of the space station burned up.
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John O. A. Pagano, DC, a 50-year member of the A.R.E. and psoriasis researcher for over 40 years, gave
a presentation on treating psoriasis before the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow in October,
2009. The entire two-day conference was focused on both traditional and non-traditional methods of
treating this often-devastating skin condition, which afflicts an estimated three to four percent of the
Russian population (about double the rate in the United States).
The roster of speakers at the conference included many notable figures in the Russian health field,
Pagano said. "They were a pretty tough act to follow," he added. "But it did not deter me, because I
had something to offer that they lacked. It was a new, natural approach to the disease with
undeniable proof of its effectiveness."
Day one of the conference was presented to health professionals, scientists, and the press. While the
majority of the speakers discussed the latest pharmaceutical approaches and medical trends for
treatment of psoriasis, Pagano laid out his program, which uses no drugs. He added that his approach
is not meant to be a replacement for medicine, but rather an alternative if more traditional methods
are ineffective.
Pagano's program is based on his "three Ds" – diet, detoxification, and determination. He described
the importance of a high-alkaline, low-acidic diet, herb teas, massage with certain oils, detoxification
procedures, spinal adjustments that activate the immune system, proper eliminations, and healthful
attitudes. He also stressed that time and patience are essential elements for success, along with the
patient's willingness to take responsibility for their own recovery. He said, "If a patient practiced the
three Ds, it is possible that he can rid himself of every lesion, rash, and disfigurement to the point that
he would never know he ever had it!
This statement "sent shockwaves through the audience," he added. "They never heard of such a
concept before. But this time, it was not only words that were thrown at them; I had the proof!"
Pagano's patient, Katya Varlamova, 26, accompanied him to the conference as his "proof" and
interpreter. She had suffered from a severe case of psoriatic arthritis for 12 years, but "had been
healed after following the regimen faithfully for six months." She followed Pagano's presentation by
sharing her story of transformation from psoriasis covering 80 percent of her body to being completely
In his talk, Pagano made it clear that the inspiration for his more than 40 years of work in this field was
the Edgar Cayce readings. In a 1942 reading, when asked if there was an absolute cure for psoriasis,
Cayce replied, "Most of this is found in diet. There is a cure. It requires patience and persistence – and
right thinking also." (2455-2) Pagano combined this and other information found in the readings with
his own observations to form the Cayce-Pagano diet. "It seemed to be my life's purpose to prove the
truth of that statement," he said.
For additional details, see the Jan/Feb/Mar 2010 issue of Venture Inward magazine, available in the member-only section.
John O. A. Pagano, DC, is the author of Healing Psoriasis: The Natural Alternative. His latest book is One
Cause, Many Ailments: The Leaky Gut Syndrome (A.R.E. Press), available at ARECatalog.com or 800-
Having lived in six countries on three continents, Bobbie Williamson's global travels afforded
her the special opportunity to absorb not only the distinct qualities of foreign cultures, but also
to learn a wide variety of culinary techniques. Her unique cooking style incorporates both Edgar
Cayce's healthy philosophy regarding food combinations along with Bobbie's own favorite
Mediterranean, Asian, and Middle Eastern cuisines in the new A.R.E. Press book Bobbie's
Organic Planet: How to Buy Local and Cook Global.
Her firm belief is that people should know the source of the foods they eat and, as the Cayce
readings stress, the importance of buying locally grown and organic products as often as
possible. This can be a fun experience for families while they make outings to local farmers'
markets to pick their own food, or better yet, have a vegetable garden at home.
Learn more about the book and the reviews, including the listing in The Virginian-Pilot Lorraine
Eaton's Five Best Cookbooks in her blog The fattest cookbooks of the decade (and the skinniest). Read the full article from the Virginia Beach native creates locavore-friendly cookbook.
Visit BobbiesOrganicPlanet.com to learn more about the author, read other book reviews, and
enjoy sample recipes. A.R.E. members save 20% on the price of the book at ARECatalog.com.
Please join us in prayer for all those affected by the earthquake in Haiti. So often,
when a disaster strikes, it is difficult to know what to do. We want to help, but aren't
sure of how. We need to remember that prayer is creative power which can, and does
make a difference. Hold an image of Divine love enfolding and surrounding Haiti,
each individual, the community, and the men and women volunteering their
All of us at WorldPrayerGroup.com, a department of Edgar Cayce's A.R.E., are coming
together to strengthen our prayers for the victims of this and all natural disasters. If, as
Scripture says, the prayers of ten can save a city, our collective supplication for these
suffering brothers and sisters may in some way ease their pain and lighten their way.
We invite you to join with us in prayer. Go to the Participate in Prayer to unite with the
A.R.E.'s International Prayer effort.
Thy prayers ascend to the throne of God, and the angel of each entity stands before
the throne to make intercession. Not as a physical throne, no; but that consciousness
in which we may be so attuned that we become one with the whole in lending power
and strength to each entity for whom you speak and pray. (Edgar Cayce Reading
For fifteen years, the Edgar Cayce Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, has been conducting expeditions off the coast of the tiny island of Bimini and along the Gulf Stream in search of Atlantis. They have found fascinating underwater features that may be man-made structures covered by ages of sand and coral.
According to the Edgar Cayce readings, the people of Atlantis became aware of the fact that their civilization was about to be destroyed. As a result, they hid identical records of the Atlantean civilization in Bimini, in Egypt, and in the Yucatan. Numerous readings contend that this "Hall of Records" will be discovered, including:
(Q) Give in detail what the sealed room contains.
(A) A record of Atlantis from the beginnings of those periods when the Spirit took form or began the encasements in that land, and the developments of the peoples throughout their sojourn, with the record of the first destruction and the changes that took place in the land...
This in position lies, as the sun rises from the waters, the line of the shadow (or light) falls between the paws of the Sphinx, that was later set as the sentinel or guard, and which may not be entered from the connecting chambers from the Sphinx's paw (right paw) until the TIME has been fulfilled when the changes must be active in this sphere of man's experience. (Reading 378-16)
(Q) Give in detail what the sealed room contains.
(A) A record of Atlantis from the beginnings of those periods when the Spirit took form or began the encasements in that land, and the developments of the peoples throughout their sojourn, with the record of the first destruction and the changes that took place in the land...
This in position lies, as the sun rises from the waters, the line of the shadow (or light) falls between the paws of the Sphinx, that was later set as the sentinel or guard, and which may not be entered from the connecting chambers from the Sphinx's paw (right paw) until the TIME has been fulfilled when the changes must be active in this sphere of man's experience. (Reading 378-16)
A.R.E. is still seeking the Hall of Records, which director John Van Auken believes might be found off the coast of Bimini at the edge of the Gulf Stream where the waters are 200-300 feet deep.
This first photo was taken in July of 2000 and reveals a series of terraces rising from the depths up a mound with sandy pathways.
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This second photo shows the divers moving along one of these sandy paths between two coral-covered "walls."
Select the thumbnail to view full size.
This next photo is of a terraced mound on the edge of the drop off into the deep Gulf Stream.
Select the thumbnail to view full size.
This photo is another view of the terraced mound with sandy pathways.
In addition to these terraces and mounds the expeditions also found evenly spaced rectangular structures with a pathway between them, as seen in this sonar image.
There are also several caves that are worthy of further inspection, as in this photo.
Each year the Edgar Cayce Center receives tax-deductible financial contributions that allow them to do four expeditions to continue the search for the sunken remnants of legendary Atlantis.
A.R.E. has teams in Egypt, Bimini, and Yucatan looking for Cayce's "Hall of Records," and our members will be the first to receive news on our progress with exclusive content in the special member-only section on our Web site. Don't miss out on what could be historical news from our agents in the field!
To learn more, check-out the Atlantis on our Web site under Ancient Mysteries. Members can download the Circulating Files Atlantis Volumes 1 and 2 in the online Member-only section.
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What tools do you use to clean negative energy from anything? The tools listed below are designed to be
helpful, useful and practical. Remember, as you are clearing an object, be sure to state your intention with
prayer and visualize the light of God permeating the object.
Dragon's Blood, Frankincense, Benzoin and Myrrh are types of resins from Sumatra, which you burn in a
small black rounded out charcoal 'holder.' You buy them in either bricks and break it down, or you can buy
them in small pieces. You will need a Pyrex bowl to hold the heated pieces. Heat the charcoal holder with
tongs, until it is glowing, and then place the dragon's blood and one or all of the rest of the resin pieces on
top of the charcoal in the bowl. A white smoke will immediately come up and it is this white smoke that
actually clears the negativity of an object. You will want to use the real resin, not incense because incense
will not work the same as the smoke from these resins.
These resins will work on houses, cars, furniture, clothing, books, rugs, jewelry, a person, and the general
atmosphere of a location. Depending on the object, you will want to move the smoky glass bowl all around
the piece, the house, car or even yourself, if you have been in a profoundly negative place, being careful
not to burn yourself. Be sure to leave a window open when you do this, so that he negative energy can
leave your location. Remember, Dragon's blood incense does not work the same way.
Frankly, those of us who study this, find the use of these resins to be the best way to clear large things.
Sage just isn't powerful enough to permanently remove negativity and even these powerful resins only work
to a certain degree and that degree is predicated on the amount of negativity an object holds.
Other ways to clear washable jewelry (be careful with pearls, tanzanite, and opals) and crystals include:
Tina D. Erwin, CDR, USN, Ret, has studied metaphysics all her life to enable her to
understand her own psychic abilities. These intense studies were further enhanced by
the experiences of a dynamic 20-year career in the Navy, working for the U.S.
Submarine Force, retiring at the Commander level. Her most recent book, The
Lightworker's Guide to Healing Grief, offers hope and help when facing a loss. Erwin
currently writes a weekly column on metaphysics called Light Times.
Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. blog offers opinion pieces from contributors with a wide variety of backgrounds. These opinions are valued and create points of discussion. Opinions expressed in our blog may not necessarily represent the opinion of A.R.E.


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If you have satellite radio and listen to anything to do with the 80s you have come across "Middle of the Road" by the Pretenders more in the past 6-days than you heard in the previous 6-years.� I swear that every time I listen to the satellite (not often, because it is in my wife's vehicle) that song is on somewhere.� Chrissie Hynde must be living a good life from the residuals.
Thusfar, the 2014 has been nothing other than middle of the road by the Boston Red Sox.� Yesterday's double-header sweep by the Tampa Bay Rays confirms the back and forth seesaw results we have been experiencing as we watch a team get within a game of .500 and then slide back and then fight back to a game within .500 and slide back.� The optimists have pointed out that the Sox won 8 of their last 13 heading into yesterday - but now they've won only 8 of 15.� Despite the calendar moving from April to May, mediocrity has come to Fenway.
Personally, I can live with the performances of Jackie Bradley Jr. and Xander Bogaerts (even though both of them have left their fair share of runners on base in scoring position), but some of the veterans have really had a tough time getting going and the pitching staff has been inconsistent pretty much across the board (Jake Peavy has been pretty good most of the time and Andrew Miller has really rebounded from his foot injury).� I think it is worth stating that I really don't believe the Sox would be in much better condition if they had re-signed Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia or Stephen Drew.� That is malaise that has enveloped this team and business as usual is not (or would not) going to shake things up.
If I'm Ben Cherington I probably wait to see if the team can make it out of its funk by itself - but if another month of sub .500 ball goes by it will be increasingly incumbent on the GM to make a trade or two if for no other reason than to spur the team on.� The one move that I am seriously questioning is giving David Ortiz his rolling contract for life in the spring - rather than after a month or two of production in the regular season.
Tonight Clay Buchholz takes the mound and from somewhere inside my head I don't hear the Pretenders anymore - I hear Forest Gump saying "Clay is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get."


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Edinburgh EH12 9DN, UK
Telefon: 0844 481 8989
Website: www.edinburghairport.com
The airport is situated 12km (8 miles) west of Edinburgh.
How to get there
The airport is located just off the A8 from the centre of Edinburgh. The well-signed access road turns north off the A8 between the Gogar and Newbridge roundabouts.
Information about parking possibilities at the Edinburgh Airport
Access by public transport
Frequent bus services run from the bus station outside Domestic Arrivals to the central Edinburgh bus terminus at Waverley Bridge, also stopping at Edinburgh Haymarket rail station.The express service (bus 100) operates daily between 0420-0000 (tel: (0131) 555 6363; www.flybybus.com). Bus 35 operates from Ocean Terminal via the city centre to Edinburgh Airport. For more information on times and fares, or to book tickets, contact Lothian Buses (tel: (0131) 555 6363; www.lothianbuses.co.uk). Tickets are available at a kiosk outside the terminal.Shuttle: Edinburgh Shuttle (tel: 0845 500 5000; www.edinburghshuttle.com) operates a fleet of 7-seater mini-buses running regular services between the airport and the city centre zone.
Taxis are available outside the Arrivals area and from the 'black cab' rank by the coach station. They can be pre-booked from Edinburgh Airport Taxis (tel: (0131) 663 6526; www.edinburghairporttaxis.com) or Executive Onward Travel (tel: (0131) 333 2255).
Information desk
The combined airport information and Edinburgh & Lothian Tourist Board desk is located next to International Arrivals (tel: 0844 481 8989).
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what is social bookmarking?
Social bookmarking means listing all favorites and likes in one place.
Social bookmarking is a process in which a user bookmarks (basically shares) the links he finds useful and thinks that the links can help other users on the social bookmarking site. Nowadays, it is being used as a marketing tool as it has given good results to some website owners.
Social bookmarking is the ability to save and categorize a personal collection of bookmarks and share them with others. For example you can post an article in your blog and then go to Stumble upon and bookmark it for everyone to read. This is a great way to get traffic to your blog.
Social bookmarking sites allow you to store, tag and share links. You can share these links with friends and colleagues. You can also access your links from anywhere in the world
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In a social bookmarking sites, users save links to web pages that they want to share. These bookmarks are usually public, and can be saved privately and shared only with specified people or groups.
social bookmarking as a method for Internet users to share, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web resources. In a nutshell, a social bookmark is a link to a pageas such it contributes to the visibility, hence, performance of the page in search engine results pages (SERP).
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| Billy Thinnes, Hydrocarbon Processing,
Presentations included an overview of new technology developments and improvements to a variety of AspenTech software products. One speaker focused on aspenONE, a web-based user interface that allows process industry professionals to work with aspenONE software anytime, anywhere.
By Billy Thinnes
Technical Editor
BOSTON -- Every two years, AspenTech hosts its users group,
called Optimize. The gathering brings all of the
companys constituent groups together, be they customers,
board members or investors. This years event is taking
place in Boston. At the Optimize opening plenary session on
Tuesday, AspenTech CEO Mark Fusco announced there were 525
registrants from 44 countries in attendance. The global
breakdown of attendees was approximately 51% from North
America, 20% from Asia, 20% from Europe and 9% from the rest of the
world. Over 233 companies are being represented at this
years users group.
After Mr. Fuscos welcoming remarks, he yielded the floor
to Manolis Kotzabasakis, AspenTechs executive vice
president of products. Mr. Kotzabasakis presentation was
an overview of new technology developments and
improvements to a variety of AspenTech software products. His
remarks and demonstrations focused specifically on the new
aspenONE, a web-based user interface that allows process
industry professionals to work with aspenONE software anytime,
anywhere. Working from one display, users can work with
AspenTech products as easily as accessing a web page and with
the simplicity of multi-touch gestures. Enterprises can now
empower the broadest range of users to use the software without
specialized product training or desktop installation.
Mr. Kotzabasakis also discussed the aspenONE Exchange. This
content marketplace provides a one-stop shop for engineers to
source equipment data, third-party content and AspenTech
resources directly from Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS for faster,
more accurate process design. Using aspenONE Exchanges
search capability, engineers now have one location to search to
find the right information at the right time to build more
detailed models earlier in the design process.
Pivoting from there, Mr. Kotzabasakis also announced
refinements to Aspen PIMS Platinum. This software provides refinery planners with an intuitive,
web-based interface that allows planners to evaluate multiple
scenarios quickly. Version 8.2 of Aspen PIMS Platinum adds the
ability to run planning cases and modify data directly in flow
sheet views to easily identify market opportunities. Planners
can now visualize constraints, evaluate economics, and see the
immediate impact of adjustments to the plan to make more
profitable decisions.
Finally, advances in aspenONE engineering software were parsed.
The latest product enhancements include expanded solids
modeling capabilities in Aspen Plus software for specialty
chemicals and agro-chemicals industries; new plant
view functionality to allow engineers to select specific
real-time information and visualize how those plant variables
have performed over time for better decision support and
troubleshooting; and enhancements to Aspen Economic Evaluation
software that allow engineers to ensure designs comply with API
RP 14C safety requirements for more accurate economic
evaluation of oil and gas assets from conceptual design to
detailed cost estimation.
During Mr. Kotzabasakis remarks, he also paused
intermittently to allow people from different companies that
use the AspenTech products to share testimonials. Individuals
representing Saudi Aramco, Dow Chemical, SABIC, BP, Bharat
Petroleum and Alon USA spoke about how AspenTech products were
used in their respective workplaces.
In just a short time using Aspen PIMS Platinum, Ive
seen several areas of benefit from better insight into
feedstock balance to secondary
processing units to more effective management of process
streams, said A Sathiyanarayanan, manager of supply chain
optimization for Bharat Petroleum.Aspen PIMS Platinum
also provides a common language for analyzing and sharing the
plan effectively. Its flow sheet view makes it easier to
determine the quality of the process streams both technically
and economically.
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Engineers and designers are highly skilled individuals. Forcing them to enter design changes using tables, forms and spreadsheets is unproductive and uneconomical, and it increases the likelihood of human error—this is the way that most instrumentation software systems currently work. For too long, software vendors have denied engineers and designers the simple practicality of a graphical visual engineering interface with "drag and drop" capability and inbuilt intelligence, ensuring changes are automatically replicated into all the associated data and databases.
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I use Postgresql 8.4 and I wanted to know what type of RAID is mostly used for databases. I read everywhere that RAID10 is the best suited and RAID5 not a good option. ex: http://www.revsys.com/writings/postgresql-performance.html
My server is a Dell Poweredge 2950. Dell support told me that they dont have a lot of customers using RAID10. Most of times they use RAID5 + raid controller cache ON.
What do you think about that? What RAID level do you use for your database servers?
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text: Workhorse in training According to a report from Hearst Newspapers, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., soon will become a workhorse in the U.S. Senate. A Jan. 1 story by David McCumber indicated that with the 113th Congress underway, Sen. Blumenthal plans to get involved in the nitty-gritty of such issues as gun control, immigration, Internet security, consumer health, veterans' affairs, transportation and telecommunications. Regardless of how one feels about the senator's positions on these issues, Connecticut can only hope this report is accurate. Sen. Blumenthal is now Connecticut's senior senator and arguably the state's most influential advocate in Washington, D.C., but he isn't exactly a credible figure. Since being elected in 2010, Sen. Blumenthal has accomplished little of substance and failed to get his notorious (and embarrassing) publicity-hound urges under control. Additionally, he is best known nationally for lying about his Vietnam-era military service. Hopefully, a renewed focus on his duties as a legislator will give Sen. Blumenthal and by extension, Connecticut, some respect.


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WINTERSVILLE - Coaches look to their seniors to make special plays in big games.
Friday night at Kettlewell Memorial Stadium, Indian Creek senior Alex Young made one of those special plays against Harrison Central to secure a 33-21 Redskins victory that helped solidify their postseason aspirations.
With the Redskins leading 26-21, the Huskies began a march from their own 33-yard line with 6:58 remaining in the fourth quarter.
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HAULING IN SIX — Indian Creek's Frank Kamarec hauls in a 30-yard touchdown pass from Alex Young against the defensive efforts of Harrison Central's Rashaen Mitchell (7) and Nate Olmstead during the third quarter of Friday's 33-21 victory by the Redskins at Kettlewell Stadium.
After 14 plays and three penalties the Huskies had a third-and-18 at the Indian Creek 20.
Quarterback Rashaen Mitchell lofted a pass to the left sideline where Young made a break, stepped in front of the intended receiver at the four, and then raced 96 yards the other way for the score with 48 seconds left to ice the game. Fernando Prestes knocked home the PAT to make the final 33-21.
"It's one of those things where you want your senior leaders to make plays, and I think our seniors played their butts off tonight," said Indian Creek head coach Andrew Connor. "Alex stepped in front, he made a good break on the ball, and he does what he does in space. You want kids to make a plays, and he made a big one."
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Indian Creek 33, Harrison Central 21
Harrison Central 0 14 0 7 - 21
Indian Creek 6 0 6 21 - 33
IC: Kamarec 34 pass from Young (Kick no good)
HC: Hython 5 run (Teixiera kick)
HC: Olmstead 8 pass from Mitchell (Teixiera kick)
IC: Kamarec 29 pass from Young (Pass failed)
IC: Lawrence 44 pass from Young (Young run)
HC: Hython 62 run (Teixiera kick)
IC: Woods 3 run (Run failed)
IC: Young 96 interception return (Prestes kick)
RUSHING: Harrison Central 44-228-2 (Hython 27-168-2, Mitchell 12-41, Williams 4-17, Olmstead 1-2); Indian Creek 40-155-1 (Woods 14-34-1, Roar 11-47, Young 7-32, Lawrence 4-19, Lathem 3-18, Gribble 1-5).
PASSING: Harrison Central 9-18-91-1TD-1INT (All by Mitchell); Indian Creek 6-11-138-3TD-0INT (All by Young).
RECEIVING: Harrison Central (Moore 3-34, Olmstead 3-22, Pelegreen 1-16, Williams 1-15, Spoonemore 1-4); Indian Creek (Lawrence 3-71-1, Kamarec 2-63-2, Brandon 1-4).
FIRST DOWNS: Harrison Central 16; Indian Creek 14.
PENALTIES-YARDS: Harrison Central 12-70; Indian Creek 7-65.
FUMBLES-LOST: Harrison Central 0-0; Indian Creek 0-0.
SACKS: Harrison Central 1 (Leggett 1); Indian Creek 5 (Winland 2, Connor 1.5, Monty McClelland 1, Montel McClelland .5).
Added Harrison Central head coach Justin Kropka, "He's a great player. He's been their difference maker all year. We got put in a situation where we had to throw that one, we put it up, gave our kid a chance, and that's what happened. That's all."
Indian Creek began the scoring in the back and forth affair in the opening stanza. The Redskins took just three plays and 44 seconds to reach the end zone. Young hit Frankie Kamarec, who went up over the defensive back, for a 34-yard score. Young's extra point was wide left, but Indian Creek led 6-0 late in the first quarter.
The Huskies answered back on the ensuing possession, going 70 yards on 11 plays. Mitchell hit Niko Williams and Nick Pelegreen for 15 and 16 yards respectively, and Maurtice Hython scored from five yards out to complete the drive. Rafael Teixiera's extra point gave Harrison a 7-6 lead.
The Redskins drove deep in Huskies territory on their next possession, but on fourth-and-13 from the 24-yard line Josh Leggett pulled Young down for a sack and a turnover on downs.
Harrison went right back to work, this time going 58 yards in eight plays, capped by Mitchell's eight-yard scoring toss to Nate Olmstead. Teixiera's kick was true and the Huskies held a 14-6 lead they'd take into the half.
The third quarter's lone score belonged to the Redskins. Going 78 yards in 13 plays, and eating six minutes and two seconds off the clock, the Redskins scored from 29 yards out when Young and Kamarec connected for their second score of the game. The Conversion pass failed, and the Harrison lead was cut to 14-12.
Shane Winland and the defense gave the offense the ball right back with a three-and-out. After Hython was stopped for a two-yard loss on first down, Winland pulled Mitchell down for back-to-back sacks to force the Huskies punt from their own 14.
Three plays later Creek regained the lead. On third-and-eight Young connected with Mandella Lawrence for a 44-yard touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter. Young ran in the two-point conversion to make the score 20-14 Redskins.
"You have to take what the other team is giving you," said Connor. "They were committed to stopping the run, and I thought our receivers and Alex did a good job of taking what they could get.
"Our receivers made big plays. That's what you expect your football team to do. You have to be able to adapt and overcome and I thought we adapted and overcame tonight."
It took the Huskies just three plays to respond. Hython took a handoff on first-and-10, broke a few tackles, and raced 62 yards for the score. Teixiera was again good on the kick, and Harrison led 21-20.
"I think some mental mistakes we made kind of took us out of our rhythm on offense, but other than that when they scored I thought we responded," said Kropka. "I thought we had a nice drive after they scored to take the lead on us to take the lead back.
"That's high school football. There were two teams going at it, and we just didn't make the plays at the end of the game."
And true to the nature of this back-and-forth affair, Creek had an answer. This one consisted of 12 run plays covering 66 yards. Young and Lawrence had rushes of 14 and 13 yards respectively, and Logan Woods punched in from three yards out on fourth-and-inches for six points. Young was called out of bounds somewhat questionably on the conversion, but the Redskins led 26-21 leading to the late game heroics.
"I can't tell you how many kids just made plays tonight," said Connor. "The game wasn't pretty, but our kids have gotten to the point now where they find ways to win, and in that fourth quarter we just found a lot of ways to win that football game.
"The thing is Harrison Central's kids played unbelievable tonight. Coach Kropka had them going, their kids played hard, it's just that we made one more play than they did."
Young led the Indian Creek offense with 138 passing yards and three touchdowns. The Redskins rushing attack accounted for 155 yards on 40 run plays. Blake Roar led the team with 47 tallies.
Defensively Indian Creek had five sacks with Winland (2), Zach Connor (1.5), Monty McClelland (1), and Montel McClelland (.5) all getting to Mitchell.
"Our defense has played physical all year, and that's basically what they did tonight," said Connor. "There were instances where we gave up some big plays, but it wasn't for a lack of effort. Each side picked up the other side tonight. When we needed a big play on offense, the offense got it. When we needed a defensive play the defense got it."
Hython carried the rock 27 times for 168 yards and two scores to top the Huskies. Their ground attack accumulated 228 yards on 44 rushes. Mitchell threw for 91 yards, a touchdown, and a pick.
Indian Creek (7-1) hopes to extend it's winning streak to five games at Buckeye Local Friday before hosting Edison in its regular season ending rivalry game.
"It's easy for us (to stay focused) because we have two of our biggest rivals on the schedule, and I know they're going to give us their best effort," said Connor. "I know if we're not ready to play that we're going to be in for a lot of trouble. I think our kids are grounded, they understand how we win, and tomorrow starts Buckeye Local week."
Harrison Central (5-3) looks to snap a two-game skid at Union Local Friday with its playoff hopes still alive before hosting Buckeye Local in the season finale.
"The good thing is we feel like if we win our last two we probably get in the postseason," said Kropka. "I think games like these get you ready for the postseason.
"We're not going to see too many teams better than Indian Creek in our playoff bracket so as long as we take care of business the sun will still rise tomorrow, and we'll get up and play next week."


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10 Oct 2007 2:20 PM #1
[Ext 2.0] Problem with Converting 1.1 Paginated Grid
I've been plugging away at this now for a couple of days and I can't seem to get any headway on it.
Our group is converting a paginated grid that was working in 1.1 to 2.0. But for some reason our pagination is not working. I'm pretty sure it's something really silly, like I'm missing something in HttpProxy or my DataStore is screwed up somehow.
But I've gone through all the 2.0 samples and threads I can find and have been unable to figure out a solution. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
JS Code:
HTML Code:

The developers have checked the backend code and pinged this one back over the fence to me. But I'm at a loss as to why this has stopped working in 2.0.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
10 Oct 2007 2:44 PM #2
I see my first mistake.
Posting this in the Ext 1.x forum. My bad. Could someone please move it over to the Ext 2.x Help forum?
Sorry about the confusion. I didn't see that there were two separate forums.
11 Oct 2007 5:48 AM #3
What I've been able to figure out thus far is that the remote paging does not appear to be sending the 'start' and 'limit' parameters. So every time it goes to the server it's hitting the HttpProxy url ("/agreements.json") but because there are no start/limit params it's not getting anything back.
If I set the parameters to default to "0" and "20" (respectively) on the backend, it comes back with the first page of results always, even though the toolbar shows the correct page number.
Does anyone know if there's an issue with the Paging Toolbar and the HttpProxy in 2.0?
I've gone through all the source code for Ext.PagingToolbar and even for Ext.Toolbar and Ext.Button. My next step is to search through the HttpProxy code to make sure there isn't a parameter I'm missing.
If anyone has any ideas or experience with this, please let me know. Ext 1.1 did not pass my earlier POC but I'm thinking if I can get the 2.0 grid (with features like grouping and the expander row) I'll be able to make a better pitch to my management team.
So any help would be great, especially considering that part of my POC is that Ext would speed up development. I'm willing to try just about anything within my capabilities at the moment to get this POC done.
P.S. Our backend is Ruby on Rails. Not sure if that helps. Maybe the PagingToolbar is posting the params instead of sending them via GET?
11 Oct 2007 6:08 AM #4
take a look at how your calls are being made via firebug:"
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11 Oct 2007 6:27 AM #5
Thanks DJLI!
That screencast was very helpful. Are there any more of those available?
I went into HttpProxy and looked through all that code. I will say this about ExtJS. I often learn much more from rifling through the code than reading the Documentation. Not sure why that is.
Back to topic...
So, I went to turn on ext-all-debug again so I could fiddle with some code and I noticed that I still had ext-base as my adapter. Previously, we were using the prototype adapter (Rails...). I remember turning that on earlier in the week in a desperate attempt to get the grids to do anything.
Then I went in and threw some console debugs and alerts in different places and I found that the start/limit were being sent as parameters through HttpProxy. And, lo and behold, the grids magically worked again.
I don't know why this is. But I'm guessing the backend developers had some sort of Prototype dependant code on their end.
I know it doesn't make sense but it appears to be working now, which is a big improvement.
Thanks again, DJLI. That's a useful tip with Firebug.
13 Nov 2007 6:54 AM #6
Not sure why, but I had this exact same problem. Paginated grids was working fine with JQuery/adapter but after I switched to ext-base they stopped working. Of course, I didn't realize WHY they stopped working until I read this thread and switched back to JQuery.
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13 Nov 2007 8:20 AM #8
It's not likely that jQuery vs Ext base is real cause of your issue. Examine the requests being sent in both cases with Firebug - are the same? Is one sending GET vs POST - one of which is not being handled by the server?Tim Ryan
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I want to be able to do visualization of some raw data, be able to draw different kinds of graphs etc, and be able to post an interactive drawing on my map.
I know that Tableau Public does just this. But I don't have permission to install anything on my windows machine (Don't have admin rights). Is there an online version of tableau public where I can make diagrams online or any alternatives one would like to suggest?


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STEUBENVILLE - Jefferson County's fledgling port authority plans to work out of the airpark, at least for the time being.
At Monday's meeting, Commissioners Tom Gentile and Dave Maple, joined by the port authority's Geary Bates, asked the airport authority to seek Federal Aviation Administration approval of their plans to use the airpark space.
Because FAA grant money was used to construct the terminal, special care must be taken in how space there is used: Rooms paid for with FAA money must be available for public use; if they aren't, the FAA could require the county to pay them the price of the room.
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DISCUSS PLANS — Jefferson County commissioners pushed forward Monday with plans to house the newly formed port authority at the airpark. Among those taking part in the discussion were, from left, Commissioner Dave Maple, Commissioner Tom Gentile, the port authority's Geary Bates and the airport authority's Earl Muenze. - Linda Harris
But if all goes as planned, the port authority would pay a nominal $50 monthly rent, which Bates said would be a significant savings. He said they'd checked out several other office spaces, but the owners were asking "$1,500 to $2,000 in monthly rent," unfurnished, and said there are "so many pluses" of being at the airpark, not least of which is the polished, professional look of the building and amenities.
"It makes sense, economic sense, for the county to use this facility," Bates added. "It saves $24,000 a year, there are so many pluses, at least until the port authority is up and running."
Asked by the airport authority's Earl Muenze if the arrangement would be temporary, Bates said "that's what we've said it is," while Gentile pointed out they're "still putting the funding together" for the port authority. The county already has announced plans to give the organization $100,000 for 2013 and is looking for business community involvement, "but we don't know how much is going to come in, we're just starting."
He said it's a "an opportunity for the county to showcase a wonderful facility."
"It shows well, if you have someone coming in for meetings," he said.
Maple said he'd like to have the FAA's written approval before anything is done, however.
"Personally, I want something better than a phone call," he said. "I'd like to see something in writing. What I don't want to do is think we're getting a $50 deal and then a year or two from now (we owe more money) because the FAA changed its mind."
The port authority is taking over economic development duties from Progress Alliance, which is in the process of being disbanded. Progress Alliance, based in the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce building on Market Street, has another remaining year on its lease.
In other action, the board accepted the resignation of Solicitor Charles Edwards, involved with the airport authority since 1963, and the retirement of Tom Cucarese. Both actions took effect Dec. 31.
Edwards said he was "deeply gratified to see the airpark's growth" over the years, adding it had been "quite a ride," while Cucarese said it had been "rewarding to see the facility grow from a small county airport to what it is today."


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I'm currently teaching myself C++. I'm very proficient at C#, and was wondering which common practices in C# can lead to difficulties in C++, and what a C++ programmer should do instead.
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PS: Since I talked about new, delete, raw memory etc, then let me add an interesting difference between C++ and C# :
In C++,
The most fundamental one is of course related to the lack of a garbage collector:
Other than that, I'd say there are some stylistic issues you should get used to. C# is still, despite its flirtation with functional programming, an OOP language.
C++ is a multi-paradigm language, and in modern C++, OOP just doesn't play a very big role. You should definitely look into generic programming, though. Understand how to use the STL (the data structures, iterators and algorithms in the standard library). And feel just a bit dirty when you write a virtual function.
Automatic memory management and garbage collection is probably something you could be missing in C++. But IMHO what you will miss most is the consistency of the .NET framework where you have been taking lots of things for granted simply because they are built into the BCL.
The biggest problem I've seen is the tendency to new objects all over the place and use them on the heap. Sure, they may take a lot of care deleting them as there's no GC, but the problem is allocating on the heap in the first place. C++ works better putting stuff on the stack and copying it about. If you do still need a single shared object, use shared_ptr to contain it.
Mind you, this isn't exclusive to C# devs, I've seen a a few web devs do the same kind of thing.
Garbage collection is a big one, but if you use smart pointers you can avoid most of the trouble with that.
A more pervasive issue is that of exception safety. This isn't so much a C# habit that will get you in trouble, but a lack of one. In C#, you get safety with
RAII is definitely one of the key aspects of C++ to learn. Other posters have described it, but I will add that it is quite similar to C#'s IDisposable interface combined with the using keyword.
Be wary of
Be aware of the scope of variables and when they will be destructed. It is generally bad practice to do
Avoid the use of naked pointers, instead use unique_ptr or shared_ptr
+ Use make_shared<>() to create a shared_ptr. Unfortunately there is no
Learn about move semantics - they can help a lot with RAII. I'm not aware of an equivalent in C#
Understand what an opaque pointer is. If you're using the Windows API you'll come across a lot of these in the form of
Be wary of storing lists (e.g.
Forget about try-(catch-)finally and get used to do resource allocation/deallocation via constructors/destructors (RAII).
Mostly about garbage collection. You have to release every dynamically allocated memory.
One more thing is that pointers can be invalid. In C# reference can point only to object or to
Array bounds check. No one grantees that you don't overcome the boundary.
In C++ you can pass object by value, not only by reference. It may cause useless copying.
Avoid programming in C++ as if it was C#, that's the practice you should avoid. Actually learn the language, it's quirks, the good parts and it's idioms.
The most obvious would probably be taking garbage collection for granted. Un-referenced objects have to be manually disposed in C++, but in C# you have the GC to take care of them.
Memory management, passing conventions and pointers, although if you use a library like Boost it's probably less of a problem. However, if you're teaching yourself C++ it's probably a good idea to not use any libraries and learn the basics first.
Memory management, watching out for memory leaks and getting used to not having automatic garbage collection.


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During the seder, are you really not supposed have any charoset left on your maror when you eat it? Why is this? When do people actually get to eat the charoset?
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When one eats the marror, he is obligated to dip it into charoses and then to shake off the charoses before eating it. If the charoses remains on the marror, it would give off its sweet taste to the marror that is supposed to be bitter (Shulchan Aruch 475:1).
When one eats the korech, the Shulchan Aruch (ibid.) rules that one must follow the same procedure. However, the Rema (ibid.) notes that the custom is not to do so. Today, though, the general custom is to use charoses at korech as well (see Aruch HaShulchan 475:8, Mishnah Berurah 475:19). While the Beis Yosef rules that one does not need to remove the charoses for the korech (see Kaf HaChaim 475:32), many poskim do require the charoses to be removed before eating the korech (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 119:7, Mishnah Berurah 475:17). If one is careful about gebrochts, he should ensure that the charoses that he uses is dry and that it is removed before the marror comes in contact with the matzo (Siddur HaRav).
It is the custom in Belz to eat the leftover charoses at the Yom Tov daytime meals.
For moror we are not supose to sweeten it with charoses hance the minhag of shaking of the charoses after diping the moror into it but you may have some charoses on the the moror.
As for Korech that dependes if you are carefull about gebrokes (not allowing any water to come into contact with your Matzah then the wine and water in the charosas will make your Korach gebrokes that is why those who are carfull about gebrokes wil make sure not to allow any charoses to remain on the moror and come into contact with the matzah.


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SAN SABA (February 5, 2013)—Dozens of firearms and items such as silencers were seized during a weekend raid on a San Saba residence but the man who lived there has yet to be arrested.
ATF agents, along with San Saba County deputies and San Saba police officers raided two properties Jan. 30 and seized more than 50 firearms and other equipment, such as silencers, that had been stockpiled by a man the agents say is a convicted felon.
John Lundberg, 65, who lives in the house, was convicted on a drug charge in Michigan.
San Saba County Sheriff Steve Boyd said 52 firearms were seized, which included three fully automatic weapons, and about 10,000 rounds of various types of ammunition.
ATF Special Agent Dr. Francesca Perot said federal charges against Lundberg, who has not been arrested, are pending and the investigation is ongoing.
There is no Federal law which limits the number of firearms an individual can possess but there is law that prohibits any convicted felon from purchasing or possessing any firearm.


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I needed to add to this thread that the first time I met Gatsby, he planned on fucking a chick in front of a group of us, while smoking pot from an apple and fisting her in the ass.
Never forget.
Funny how out of all the things he planned to do, buggering off was the only thing he successfully put into motion.
Nah, I already did this morning. It's interesting how people on the other side of the pond got so much more perturbed by Gats than we Americans did. They're a more civilized culture, generally speaking, so I suppose it makes sense that they'd have less patience for that kind of thing. Frankly, I was surprised that people got so upset over his hat comments. To me they seemed like well-intentioned fashion advice.
I've nowt against him, but the hat comment could have been made in a more tactful less dickish manner. It wasn't needed in general. But overall the hat thing was just silly all round.
Is there a point in having this thread at all, now he's gone or has his account actually been vaporise?
This is a headstone on his grave.
Hat comment?
Regarding fedoras and foljs not being able to pull off that look. Can't remember if it was in Who the hell are you or FashionTOID.
Whatever it was, still sucks to see a member go and request their past posts to be removed.
oh snap gurl
i just blew your mind
Lol. Seriously though, the point of this is to learn from it so it doesn't happen again. The entire incident came down to miscommunication, really. You don't want that to keep being a thing now do you?
I was gatsbro's secret Santa.
Please tell me you bought him a chess set. That would be so awesome.
Well, I got something better than that actually.
I'm glad you didn't post it here, because he's probably tracking this thread whether he admits it or not. :P
i felt really bad for trolling him and backed off of some of the shitty gifts I was going to send him, like the sack of coal. BUT after further conversation with him, I've decided to send him the trolliest item of the bunch and he can take it like a man.
He received a hardcover copy of the first Malazan book and a Daenerys bobble head so far. I didn't send him the sack of coal or bluray fat porn, but the last item he receives will have him cursing my name.
Gatsby can take some trolling though. I sent him a link to this thread as soon as I posted it and he was like, "lol". We talked about a bunch of other stuff after that too. Led to a pretty good conversation actually. I don't get the whole Game of Thrones thing because I've never seen it or followed it here but yeah, all of that sounds awesome.
I don't even know if Daenerys is from Game of Thrones, haha. It popped up on google and I've seen you guys talk about it so it seemed like a safe guess.


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Does the convergent infinite sum $$ \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{2^n + 1} $$ have a closed form solution? Quickly coding this up, the decimal approximation appears to be $1.26449978\ldots$
Your series can be re-written in terms of the q-polygamma function $\psi_q(z)$ which is simply the logarithmic derivative of the q-gamma function $\Gamma_q(z)$. Both of which are special functions related to the theory of q-series: $$\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{1}{2^n+1}=\frac{\psi_{1/4}(1)-\psi_{1/2}(1)-\ln(3)}{\ln(2)}-\frac{3}{2}$$
Also as a consequence of several papers written by Erdos your sum is irrational. Erdos investigated similar series' when studying and also proving the irrationality of an analogous convergent series known as the "Erdős–Borwein constant" - the sum of the reciprocals of all the Mersenne numbers.
It also has several other series representations:
$$\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{1}{2^n+1}=\frac{1}{2}+\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{2^n-1}-\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{2}{2^{2n}-1}=\frac{1}{2}-\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{(-1)^{n}}{2^n-1}=\frac{1}{2}-\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{\sum_{d\mid n}(-1)^d}{2^n}$$ $$=\frac{1}{2}+\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{2^{n^2}}\frac{(2^n+1)}{(2^n-1)}-2\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{4^{n^2}}\frac{(4^{n}+1)}{(4^{n}-1)}$$ $$=\frac{1}{2}+\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{2^{n^2}}+2\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{2^{n^2}(2^n-1)}-2\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{4^{n^2}}-4\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{4^{n^2}(4^{n}-1)}$$ $$=1+\frac{1}{2}\sum_{n=-\infty}^\infty\frac{1}{2^{n^2}}-\sum_{n=-\infty}^\infty\frac{1}{4^{n^2}}+2\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{2^{n^2}(2^n-1)}-4\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{4^{n^2}(4^{n}-1)}$$ $$=1+\frac{1}{2}\prod_{n=1}^\infty\frac{(2^{2n-1}+1)^2}{2^{6n-2}(2^{2n}-1)^{-1}}-\prod_{n=1}^\infty\frac{(2^{4n-2}+1)^2}{2^{12n-4}(2^{4n}-1)^{-1}}+\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{2}{2^{n^2}(2^n-1)}-\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{4}{4^{n^2}(4^{n}-1)}$$ Which comes from the Jacobi triple product identity.
Though in terms of computation, I would say the third series I gave which came as a result of a Lambert series identity would converge the quickest relative to the other expressions I listed:
Now in terms of a different "closed form" then the one at the top that uses the q-polygamma function. I would say that it's unlikely you're going to find another such representation in terms of anything other then a similar type of q-series based special function. Though similar lambert series' and q series expressions can take some very nice closed form values when their input is evaluated at exponentials of scaled values of $\pi$, like the series given in the link provided by Mhenni Benghorbal.
Also on a somewhat unrelated note, the inner partial sum appearing in the third series representation I gave for your sum: $$\sum_{d\mid n}(-1)^{d}=\frac{1}{2}(-1)^n\sum_{a^2-b^2=n}_{(a,b)\in \mathbb{Z}^2}1$$ Is equivalent to one half of negative one to the $n^{th}$ power multiplied by the number of representations of $n$ as a difference of the squares of two integers.
First, you need to find the Mellin transform of the function
then just proceed with the technique in this problem.
(Too long for comment)
For $n \ge 1$, $$ \frac{1}{1 + 2^n} = -\frac{(-1/2^n)}{1 - (-1/2^n)} = (-1/2^n) + (-1/2^n)^2 + (-1/2^n)^3 + (-2^n)^3 + \cdots $$
Which is an absolutely convergent series. Thus, \begin{align*} \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{1 + 2^n} &= \sum_{n = 1}^\infty \sum_{m = 1}^\infty \frac{(-1)^m}{2^{mn}} \\ &= \sum_{N = 1}^\infty \sum_{d | N} \frac{(-1)^d}{2^N} \\ &= \sum_{N = 1}^\infty \frac{1}{2^N}\left[ \text{# of even divisors of } N- \text{# of odd divisors of } N\right] \\ \end{align*} Letting $N = 2^k l$ where $l$ is odd, and letting $\sigma_0$ be the number of divisors function, we get \begin{align*} \sum_{l \text{ odd }= 1}^\infty \sum_{k = 0}^\infty \frac{1}{2^{2^k l}} \left[ k\sigma_0(l) - \sigma_0(l)\right] &= \sum_{l \text{ odd }= 1}^\infty \sigma_0(l) \sum_{k = 0}^\infty (k-1) \left(\frac{1}{2^l}\right)^{2^k} \\ \end{align*}


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Rockstar announces plans for free GTA Online Valentine's Day event this weekWritten by: / / No Comments
To celebrate Valentine's Day this Friday, Rockstar Games will be sending out a free update for GTA Online this week which features "a variety of fun Valentine's themed extras" for both the online and Story Mode portions of Grand Theft Auto V.
According to Rockstar, the content included in the 'Valentine's Day Massacre Special' event will only be available for a limited time start February 14th, but you'll be able to keep the new items in your inventory for good if you get them.
Here's what is being added this Friday:
New Weapon: Gusenberg Sweeper
Nothing says "I love you" quite like the warm wooden grip and cold steel barrel of a Gusenberg Sweeper machine gun. Get it from any Ammu-Nation location in GTA Online (in Story Mode, the Sweeper is automatically deposited into each character's weapon inventory with two full clips and additional ammo can be purchased at Ammu-Nation).
New Vehicle: Albany Roosevelt
Paint the town red in the classically-inspired Albany Roosevelt. This armored 1920s limousine is perfect for gangsters and their molls. To properly run amok with the new Roosevelt, get in the driver's seat and let your friends or Crewmates hang off the side, firing and taking out your rivals as you pass them by. The Roosevelt can be accessed from any garage property in Story Mode and is available in GTA Online from the legendarymotorsport.net in-game website.
New Attire
Dress to the nines in a host of new double breasted suits and 1920s flapper dresses, or bare it all in sexy undergarments while going incognito with a selection of new masquerade masks. There are also new novelty t-shirts, hats and more available in stores throughout Los Santos, plus a new Flapper Bob hairstyle exclusively for the ladies.
Ten New Jobs
The Valentine's Day Massacre also includes 10 new Jobs scattered like the remnants of a broken heart throughout the world of GTA Online, including Deathmatches, a new Parachute Jump and new land, sea and cycling Races.
Will you be playing GTA Online this Friday?
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Academic Dishonesty: Attitudes and Behaviors of Fundamentalist Christian College Students
Date: December 2000
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Description: This study was designed to examine: (1) the extent to which cheating occurs in fundamentalist Christian colleges; (2) the attitudes of fundamentalist Christian college students toward cheating; (3) attitudes of fundamentalist Christian college students toward cheating among their peers; (4) the kinds of cheating practices of fundamentalist Christian college students; (5) the degree to which students engage in neutralizing behavior to justify cheating; (6) differences in cheating behaviors according to gender; (7) differences in cheating behaviors according to ethnicity; and (8) differences in cheating behaviors according to the length of duration of Christian commitment. Based upon the responses of 337 students attending 3 different Christian colleges, it was concluded that: (1) most Christian fundamentalist students do not engage in cheating; (2) respondents believe that each of 17 self-reported cheating behaviors are serious forms of cheating; (3) respondents are unlikely to report cheating among peers; (4) plagiarism is the most common cheating behavior; (5) most respondents justify cheating on the basis of the workload at school and the pressure to obtain good grades; (6) there are no differences in cheating behavior according to gender; (7) there are differences in cheating behavior according to groups; and (8) most respondents do not cheat ...
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Adapting Filial Therapy for Families who have a Child with a Life-Threatening Illness
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Description: Utilizing a collective case study design, I examined and described the filial therapy (FT) process and adaptations discovered to be necessary and unnecessary in working with families who have a child with a life-threatening illness in the hospital setting. Data from a total of 7 parents was utilized, including those who terminated early, in order to gain a greater understanding of adapting FT for families who have a child with a life-threatening illness and their participation patterns. The parents attended 10 one- to two-hour FT sessions. The data was analyzed to examine for themes, patterns and relationships intrinsically with each case participant, as well as across cases. Analysis indicated that parents with a child with a life-threatening illness had great difficulty committing to attend FT; and a high rate of attrition occurred for those who did commit. A theme regarding flexibility was found to be of eminent importance in a variety of manifestations including therapeutic methods, session format, location and time of sessions, and intense vs traditional FT. Therapeutic adaptations in flexibility found to be important including openness to cathartic and personal parenting sessions, tolerance of forgetfulness, and lowering typical therapeutic concerns of dependency in the relationship. An inability for ...
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Adult Client Outcomes: Differences Between Counselors with Education in Child Centered Play Therapy Versus Counselors Without Education in Child-Centered Play Therapy
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Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse : Characteristics of the Mother-child Relationship
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Alcohol and Other Drugs: Attitudes and Use Among Graduate/Professional Students at a Health Science Center
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Description: Alcohol and other drug use continue to be a major issue on college and university campuses. Few studies have examined alcohol and other drug related issues for a graduate or professional student population. This study examines attitudes, incidents, and consequences of alcohol and other drug use among students enrolled at an academic heath science center. This study incorporated a descriptive research design and utilized the CORE Alcohol and Drug Survey for the collection of data. The data were then analyzed using descriptive statistics and represented in tables as frequencies and percentages. The survey was mailed to all students enrolled in didactic course work at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) during the fall 2001 semester. This included master's students in physician assistant studies, master's and doctoral students in the biomedical sciences, master's and doctoral students in public health, as well as first and second year medical students. Of the 565 students enrolled in didactic course work, 321 responded to the survey for a return rate of 56.8 %. Statistically significant findings are reported for students at UNTHSC in relation to perceptions of use, actual use, reasons for use, and consequences for use. Similar findings are shown relative ...
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An Analysis of EC-4 Pre-Service Teacher Perceptions of Knowledge and Use of Classroom Discipline Techniques
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Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of pre-service Texas Wesleyan University teachers' knowledge and use of classroom discipline techniques. The study was conducted to obtain data utilized for the evaluation of the research questions. A non-experimental, mixed research design using survey methodology was used. Part one of the Allen Classroom and Discipline Management Instrument (ACDMI) consisted of demographic information: current position, ethnicity, level of education, gender, age, teaching certification obtained, teaching certification anticipated to be obtained, type of teacher certification training, and number of clock hours received in discipline management. The demographic information was used as independent variables for comparing responses to survey items. Part two contained discipline management techniques from Skinner, Canter, Dreikurs, Gathercoal, Glasser, Faye and Funk, Curwin and Mendler, and Berne and Harris. These techniques were used to determine mean differences with the independent variables. Finally, part three was the qualitative section which consisted of four questions requesting information about helpful discipline techniques. The sample population consisted of 150 pre-service teachers from a small liberal arts university in Texas. Findings from the study indicated that EC-4 pre-service teachers' predicted use of discipline management techniques were the ones in which they were most knowledgeable. ...
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An Analysis of On-Campus Housing at Public Rural Community Colleges in the United States
Date: May 2005
Creator: Moeck, Pat Gallagher
Description: This study has two purposes. First is to dispel myths that there are no residence halls at community colleges. Second is to discuss the ways in which these residence halls are administered, the amenities offered to students, the benefits of residence halls, and their future in community colleges. The study is based upon the Katsinas, Lacey and Hardy 2004 classifications and divides community colleges into 7 categories: Urban multi campus, Urban single campus, Suburban multi campus, Suburban single campus, and Rural small, medium and large. Included in the study are tables of data received from an original survey sent to 232 community college CEOs who reported to the US Department of Education that they had residence halls at their campus. The results indicate that a significant number of community colleges with residence halls exist, particularly at rural community colleges, that they bring significant financial gain to the colleges, and they append numerous benefits to students and to student life at these colleges. Residence halls are housed in divisions of student services and directed by experienced student affairs professionals. The study concludes with recommendations for policy as well as practice, the most important of which calls for more accurate data collection ...
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An analysis of the effects of high school student concurrent enrollment at Collin County Community College District.
Date: December 2003
Creator: Swanson, Kathrine Bridgett
Description: As efforts to provide seamless transitions from high school to college grow, so do the numbers of high school students who concurrently enroll in college courses across the country. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of various aspects of the concurrent enrollment program at Collin County Community College District in Texas. Six research questions were designed to address student success and continuing enrollment patterns after high school graduation, as well as evaluate differences in the various models of dual credit classes offered by the college. Literature related to concurrent enrollment and dual credit programs, senior year of high school, and part-time faculty effectiveness was reviewed. Student issues addressed include: grade performance of concurrent enrollment students compared to the general college population; the percentage of concurrent enrollment students who continue at the college after high school graduation; and a comparison of continuing concurrent enrollment students with a matched sample (based on high school class rank), on the student success factors of fall-to-spring retention rates, fall-to-fall retention rates, grade point averages, and completion rates. Findings were generally positive related to the impact of concurrent enrollment on students and their subsequent success at the college. Various models of offering ...
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Analysis of the Impact of CACREP Accreditation of Counselor Education Programs on Student Knowledge Outcomes
Date: May 2001
Creator: Scott, Susan W.
Description: The principal investigator (PI) for this study analyzed mean scores on the National Counselor Examination (NCE) of students from CACREP accredited and non- CACREP accredited programs. Data was provided by the National Board of Certified Counselors, Inc., for a total of ten examination administrations across six years. The fourteen variables examined in the study consisted of the eight common-core knowledge domains identified in CACREP standards, the five counselor work behavior areas identified by NBCC via periodic job analysis of counseling practice, and one overall or total score on the NCE. NCE mean scores of students from CACREP accredited programs were higher than NCE mean scores of students from non-CACREP accredited programs on all variables across all ten NCE administrations. Data seem to indicate that students from CACREP accredited programs perform significantly better on the NCE than students from non-CACREP accredited programs, in all fourteen variables. Sample size was large, totaling 9707, so the PI calculated effect sizes using Cohen's d for each variable to aid interpretation of statistical significance. Five variables had large effect sizes of .70 or higher. The higher effect size statistics were associated with the counselor work behavior areas, with the highest effect size (.85) associated with ...
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