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I've been dealing with a few issues at the same time, and they seem to be at least partially related. I fixed the problem in the other thread I mentioned, so now I'm trying to focus on this.
Now that I've changed the buttons to extend ButtonField, the problem has changed.
ButtonA still works properly. The problem with clicking anywhere on my custom HorizontalFieldManager is also gone.
The problem is now that clicking on ButtonB does nothing.
I tested by putting identical buttons into the manager, and one works and the other doesn't.
Can I assume that this is a problem with my custom HorizontalFieldManager, and not the buttons themselves?
This is my manager:
import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.ButtonField; import net.rim.device.api.ui.container.HorizontalFieldManager; class BFHM extends HorizontalFieldManager { private ButtonField leftButton; private ButtonField rightButton; private final static int TOP_MARGIN = 5; private final static int LEFT_MARGIN = 5; public BFHM() { super( USE_ALL_WIDTH ); } public void sublayout( int maxWidth, int maxHeight ) { super.sublayout( maxWidth, maxHeight ); int width = getWidth(); if (rightButton != null ) { int x = width - rightButton.getWidth() - LEFT_MARGIN; int y = TOP_MARGIN; setPositionChild( rightButton, x, y ); } if (leftButton != null) { int y = TOP_MARGIN; int x = LEFT_MARGIN; setPositionChild( leftButton, x, y ); } setExtent( maxWidth, leftButton.getHeight() + TOP_MARGIN * 2 ); } public void setLeftButton( ButtonField leftButton ) { this.leftButton = leftButton; super.add(leftButton); } public void setRightButton( ButtonField rightButton ) { this.rightButton = rightButton; super.add(rightButton); } }
It simply places 2 buttons on either side of the field.
Any suggestions appreciated.
This worked for me.
/* * BFHM.java * * © <your company here>, 2003-2008 * Confidential and proprietary. */ import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.ButtonField; import net.rim.device.api.ui.Manager; import net.rim.device.api.ui.Field; import net.rim.device.api.system.Display; public class BFHM extends Manager { private ButtonField leftButton; private ButtonField rightButton; private final static int TOP_MARGIN = 5; private final static int LEFT_MARGIN = 5; public BFHM() { super( USE_ALL_WIDTH ); } protected void sublayout(int width, int height) { //set the left field Field leftField = getField(0); if (leftField != null && equals(leftField.getManager())) { int y = TOP_MARGIN; int x = LEFT_MARGIN; layoutChild(leftField,width/3,height); setPositionChild(leftField, x, y); } // start with the right Field Field rightField = getField(1); if (rightField != null && equals(rightField.getManager())) { int x = width - rightField.getWidth() - LEFT_MARGIN; int y = TOP_MARGIN; layoutChild(rightField, width/3,height); setPositionChild( rightField, x, y ); } //To set the required dimensions for the field setExtent(width,height); } }
just add fields to this .
Thanks & Regards
Excellent, thank you! I had something similar, but couldn't get layoutChild to seem to work properly, and I see now that it is needed.
One more quick question (more about style) if I may. I modified the setExtent() call to use a height just barely tall enough to give room for the buttons and the margins that I want. The example code you supplied caused the manager to take up the entire screen. Should I be supplying a value just large enough for what I need, or is there a better way to do it?
I knew that :-), I almost ashamed I asked!
Thanks for your help.
fwiw I came across this thread, also having problems with the wrong button responding to the touch.
In my case, the advice here and in other threads did not help. For me, the problem was that my buttons were in a custom manager I had made.
In my custom manager in the sublayout() method, I was calling super.sublayout(), and then laying out some special fields myself. The solution in my case was to NOT call super.sublayout() from my custom manager. That was the only change required - the buttons (button-styled custom fields) I used did not need updating.
I mention this in case it helps someone in the future with similar problem, since this seems to be a common question.

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audiounit~ public beta 3
This version of the audiounit~ object should fix the crashes reported when changing plug-ins. As before, this object requires at least Max 5.1.5 (though Max 5.1.7 is now recommended).
I just installed both Max 5.1.7 and the new audiounit~
Only 2 plugins work – AUPitch (Apple) and Fire.
All of the others just freeze some of the audio file playing through (or with the original help file, play the tone, un-pulsed from the tri~ 220 object in the [p pulse-generator]). Bypass has no effect.
I removed everything from the Components folder & restarted Max so only the Apple AUs appeared (where are they stored, btw?) – same thing. Only AUPitch works. I put the components back again. Same again.
Any suggestions? Thanks
OS X.6.5, MacBook Pro late 2008
fixed (trashed Max 5 Prefs folder)
apologies for wasted bandwith
Thanks for the follow-up, Alistair. Glad you got it working…
Seems like there should be some way of providing better feedback from audiounit~ when the plug-ins need to be re-scanned. I'll have to think about that some more…
That confused me – the re-scanning seemed to be working (when I removed the contents of the Components folder, only the System (?) Apple AU plugs appeared in the list)…
WOW, you've cerainly improved AU for me…
Scanned 25 AUs that answer to the definition, but your "getpluginnames" command won't get recognition of randomly chosen AU. Why?
I"m using 5.1.7, on OS 10.6.5.
Sometimes can't get patch names of a synth I can bring up – but it makes sound!!
Didn't crash.
Hi Ron,
I don't think I understand. The "getpluginnames" message should return all of the plug-ins available for a given channel configuration. While the plug-in scan is running this list may be incomplete. Perhaps this what you are seeing?
If you have a particular synth plug-in that is not providing you with preset names, then please let me know what plug-in it is and we can try to follow-up from there.
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God of all hopefulness, God of my life
On this holy day of Palms and Passions
and through this
the holiest of weeks,
when our Lenten journey
finds its completion
through pain
losses of all kinds,
through fear
and finger pointing.
Through a self-examination of
all the ways we work against you -
against your hopes and dreams
for creation
against your love poured out
in flesh and blood -
we hang our heads and bow our hearts
seeking your forgiveness
yearning for your guidance
desiring your compassion.
Fill us we pray, with the ability to
turn to you, kneeling before your grace
open our spirit that we may take you in
let you in
receive you in
taking You in..
Into our hearts and minds and souls
Let you in
that we might turn to you,
return to you,
be transformed in you,
through you, by you,
for you.
once more,
this day, this week,
into a new self,
me, you.
May we become a new people,
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a people of
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deepest sorrow
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and love.
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And, love.
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Press/244 18 September 2001 WTO successfully concludes negotiations on entry of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
The World Trade Organization today (18 September) successfully concluded negotiations on the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu's (Chinese Taipei) terms of membership of the WTO, paving the way for the text of the agreement to be adopted formally at the WTO's 4th Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar in November.
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Under the Chairmanship of Mr. Martin R. Morland (United Kingdom), the Working Party concluded 12 years of negotiations with Chinese Taipei and agreed to forward the legal texts for formal acceptance by the 142 Member Governments of the WTO.
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The photos all tell a beautiful story of humanity, I've been so fortune to have traveled our Beautiful Planet. The Ancient Trees in the Adirondacks, inspires my thoughts, we're so more alike than different. Nature Celebrate Her!!
We have been so fortunate to see all parts of the world and no matter what city or pasture we find ourselves in, what never fails to strike us is how similar we all really are.
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I have been fortunate to be able to travel to several countries, and yes, I think that all of humankind is alike in basic ways. I always come back to the USA with a much greater appreciation of how very lucky and blessed we are here.
Excellent pictures! That must have been a terrific trip.
Nothing against our Farmer John H. but their farmer John is a bit cuter.
Been coast to coast..US and Canada.. I love the road trips coz I got to see the beauty of the countryside..I am from a small Asian country "The Philippines"..Yes it is a small world indeed and all we need is to look beyond the flaws..we have a beautiful world..take care of it..it's the only one we got…
We are one! sue t
Thank you for sharing!
We all need to live "small world". Thank you for showing us.
we went to Australia for a month to visit with my husbands son and of course visited every city and took the Gaun/the train out too Alice Springs,Euluru/Arers Rock,we had a wonderful time swam in the Indian ocean and piloted a boat in the Tasmania sea,Saw Sidney,Carrins,Brisbane Noosa is where his son lives we rented a condo and used it as our base too see the country. too travel in Australia its trains and planes it is a 23 hour flight from here/LA,so if you go go 1st class only way too travel and Qantis/Virgin Airlines are the only and the best,My point finally, when we arrived home I saw everything w/fresh eyes and appreciation,for my country and home. 🙂


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This is an excerpt from The Art of Running Faster by Julian Goater and Don Melvin.
2. Quadriceps and Hip Flexors
Runners cannot avoid working their quadriceps and hip flexors (the muscles in front of the hips and thighs which you use every time you lift your knees), and so it is important to keep these muscles stretched and loose.
How To
First, stretch the hip flexors by holding a lunge position (figure 5.2), allowing the heel of your rear foot to come off the ground and keeping your body upright. After that, it's good to stretch both the quadriceps and hip flexors at once. Start with your right quad by standing on your left foot (figure 5.3). Hold your right foot with your right hand and pull it straight back and up behind your backside. Here's the key: Pull on that foot so your thigh moves back behind you, too, and gets a good stretch. The hip flexor in the front of your hip will feel a stretch, as well—unless you allow yourself to lean forward. Don't. Keep tall, with your torso upright, reaching towards the sky with your left hand.
Take Care!
You are not trying to crush your knee joint. Stretch the front of your hips and quadriceps.
Coaching Point
Often you see people pulling on their foot while leaving the knee pointing straight down, right next to the other one. That's not a complete or sufficient stretch; that's just holding onto your foot. Be sure to pull your leg back so your knee is pointing somewhat behind you and you feel the stretch along the front and top of your thigh. You can gain the PNF effect by pushing your foot against your hand and slightly straightening you knee. Then, of course, switch legs.
Quad strength and elasticity is vitally important in running downhill. When people who haven't run it think about the Boston Marathon, they tend to think of Heartbreak Hill. It does have an ominous-sounding name and, granted, it does come after the twenty-mile mark. But it's only 600 metres long. The challenge of the Boston Marathon isn't that half-mile—it's that the course is primarily downhill. The first 13 miles are downhill, there's a sharp downhill in mile 16, and it's all downhill between miles 21 and 24. And those who finish often complain about the punishment all that downhill running inflicted on their quads.
In a typical example, Lucas Meyer, Connecticut's top finisher in 2010, thought he could run a 2:16. But he ended up jogging across the line and posting a 2:21.
'My quads are a mess,' he told the local paper. 'At Mile 20, my quads just shut down.' And he had done a lot of downhill training, trying to get ready.
3. Adductors
Runners often avoid stretching their adductors because they don't seem to work very hard when running. But ignore them at your peril! They perform an absolutely vital role when you're running, and if you strain them you will not be able to run. The simplest, and best, ways to stretch are to use the sideways lunge and a hurdler's stretch.
To perform the sideways lunge (figure 5.4), keep the rear foot sideways and flat on the ground, and bend the front leg gently until you feel a gentle stretch along the inside of your leg. Keep your body upright—there is no need to lean forward.
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The Wisconsin and Ozaukee Humane Societies placed 86 animals in new homes yesterday, a record number.
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One Healthy Return
With Billups back, Singler & Jerebko slide to normal rotation spots
And while those aren't trifling decisions, in a larger sense they won't really affect the substance of what Billups will provide. He'll be the guiding force in how the team harmonizes away from the basketball court and he'll provide a sense of order for them whenever and however he's used over the course of 48 minutes.
But his return to action Thursday night at Cleveland – after taking three games off as he sets his own path during his 17th NBA preseason – had one subtle yet important effect on how Maurice Cheeks employed the players expected to fill out the rest of his rotation.
With Billups back to join Bynum and rookies Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Peyton Siva, the Pistons didn't have to borrow from their frontcourt to fill out their backcourt. That meant Kyle Singler spent all of his 26 minutes in Cleveland at small forward, his natural position, and Jonas Jerebko all of his 14 minutes at power forward, where the Pistons expect he'll line up this season.
"That's the reason I did the rotation the way I did," Cheeks said. "I was trying to get guys in the positions they're going to be at. A three, let him play a three. That's what I tried to do tonight – get that kind of rotation going with guys who may be in those spots."
The Pistons still don't know what to expect from Gigi Datome, who has yet to play a preseason game or practice since incurring a hamstring strain on Oct. 5 during the team's open practice at The Palace. When he's healthy, Datome will bid for some of the approximately 30 minutes likely available at small forward when starter Josh Smith either sits or shifts to power forward to rest one of Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe.
But the Pistons can get by, if they must, with Singler absorbing all of those 30 minutes. He proved as a rookie that he's capable of soaking up starter's minutes and Cheeks made it known early that "Kyle's going to be on the floor."
Cheeks isn't ready to declare anything definitive about his starting lineup or his rotation, but appearances at least suggest that Jerebko is ahead of Charlie Villanueva, who didn't play in Cleveland, in the battle for what could be about 15 minutes a game as the fourth big man in the rotation.
The absences of Stuckey and Jennings, both of whom played only in the preseason opener, have effectively pushed back Cheeks' ability to determine his most effective lineups into the regular season. The absence of Jennings, out while his jaw is immobilized until early November to allow a hairline fracture at the base of an impacted wisdom tooth to heal, is especially problematic given his position and newcomer status.
"Brandon's absence is a little different because getting to play with Andre and Greg and Josh for the first time, I thought it was pretty critical to get those guys out on the court," Cheeks said. "I wasn't going to use it like preseason where you play guys here, play guys there and rest guys here. I wasn't going to do that. I was going to let those guys get used to playing with each other and now that he's out, it throws a monkey wrench in there."
Billups' savvy will be more valuable than the Pistons might have imagined when they signed him as they lean on him to bridge the gap until Jennings and Stuckey are full go, though they'll have to walk a tightrope with regard to cautiously meting out minutes to a 37-year-old veteran. In the meantime, Cheeks adopts the mentality of all NBA coaches with regard to planning.
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LHASA, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Ngari Prefecture in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region plans to have a 2,500-square-km plateau formally recognized for its unobstructed view of the night sky.
Ngari's tourist bureau told Xinhua on Thursday that it has applied to join the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), a global organization that campaigns against light pollution, in order to build a conservation zone in line with international standards.
The IDA has acknowledged 16 "Dark Sky Parks," public spaces deemed to have exceptional starry skies with mitigated light pollution. If Ngari's application is successful, it will become the first such park in Asia, said Wang Xiaohua with the IDA's China branch.
According to Wang, Ngari has ideal natural conditions for astronomical observation, being located on the underpopulated Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with limited vapors and high air transparency.
The Beijing Observatory has donated six powerful astronomical telescopes and other observation devices to the planned Ngari Night-Sky Conservation Zone, which has also received 5 million yuan (800,000 U.S. dollars) of government funding for construction.
Scientists with the International Astronomical Union selected Ngari last year as a site for building a world-class observatory. Once completed, the observatory, perched at an altitude of 5,100 meters above sea level, will be open to cooperative projects among Asian astronomers.


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A45 AMG (not) driven
Yes, a ride in the passenger seat but Harris gets some real insight into AMG's A-Class
Why? Because this past month has been completely hot hatch dominated for me (Megane, Focus and Astra coming soon), and like any bloke in the grip of his current fad, I currently have a limitless appetite for anything related to the subject. We were at Hockenheim to drive the SLS GT (video to follow in coming weeks) and Tobias Moers, head of product development at AMG, was giving a few taxi rides in a disguised test car. It seemed rude not to jump in try it given recent exposure to the M135i and RS3.
First, the bad news. The A45's four-wheel drive system is by Haldex. Clearly Moers knows that anyone who enjoys driving sees this as a mechanical cold-flannel equivalent to picturing one's grandmother during the vinegar stroke, so he pins the A45 around the circuit and every time he lifts the throttle mid-corner, the front axle pulls into the turn, and the rear mobilises itself very nicely.
Me, grinning: "That doesn't feel like the Haldex systems I'm used to."
Him, grinning: "We have made many changes so the car has balance. It has to be fun and I have to be able to play with the car's angle on the track or it's no good."
Now I have to take him at his word on this. Tobias got gratifyingly animated about the evils of very fast 4WD cars that just understeer everywhere and said AMG was not interested in doing the same thing. In fairness to AMG, it is not known for front tyre wear. All I can say for now is he lifted, the nose moved the right way and the tail moved the right way. Not concrete evidence of greatness, but good news at this stage.
The car is very fast, the double-clutch gearchange is crisp, even though there does seem to be quite a big gap between third and fourth gears. Handling is flat and grippy. Other than that I can't tell you any more - but Moers confirms that the steering is identical to that of an A250 Sport, which I thought was pretty good.
With 60 per cent of the mass up front, a base package designed to be front-wheel drive and a four-cylinder engine, this is completely new territory for AMG.
It's an interesting engineering exercise because AMG has separately developed the complete powertrain, a large task these days, and it looks like other Mercedes products might well benefit from this in the future. The dual-clutch gearbox is taken from the A-Class but completely re-engineered to deal with the extra torque. The motor is a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder that is completely new, even down to the sand-cast block. There are no confirmed figures right now, but talk is of 350hp and 332lb ft when the car goes on sale next summer. Yes, AMG has been looking rather closely at the Audi RS3.
Out on the road, the ride is firm, but not RS3 harsh, although Moers admits the car is probably firmer at very low-speed than he'd personally like, AMG's research suggests the target customer will live with that for the alert feeling it brings, conclusively proving that most people who agree to participate in surveys are berks. As is the way with these new turbo motors, it pulls from very low revs with little fuss and the shove is considerable. Exhaust noise is prominent, and on upshifts the fake ignition cut gives a massive BANG. This will almost certainly be calmed for production.
It's hard to judge the car as an object because it isn't finished yet. But I'd make two observations at this point. The first is that BMW has effectively blown this new market for very fast hatchbacks very wide open by pricing the M135i the way it has, so the A45 probably can't follow previous AMG models and sit well above the equivalent Audis and Bimmers because it just won't sell in the required volumes - partly due to the second thought. Styling.
There will be no body-in-white alterations for the A45 AMG, so it won't look that much tougher than an A250 Sport. Some people will love the subtlety, but as Audi has proved with the RS3, looks can carry you a long way in the market place, even if you drive with all the finesse of a dump-truck. Spending so much on the new powertrain and then not giving the A45 some funky new clothes might prove to be a costly mistake.
And so the German domination continues. The French used to own the fast-hatch territory, but BMW, Audi and now Mercedes have taken it, adjusted it to their tastes and are busy changing our perceptions of the way a compact car can perform.
Massive shame that there won't be some wide arches or unique visual parts to mark the car out from it's overdressed diesel cousins .... Maybe there'll be a Black Edition in time.
I know that the numerals on the boot lids haven't related to the cc's under the bonnet for many years, but using "45" for this car is taking the p!ss a little too much in my opinion.
I'm sure I'm in the minority or companies wouldn't all have a Mansory Dept.
It looked well but in this sector anything north of 30k is expecting a lot for any kind of volume. The want factor of these is eroded by seeing so many lukewarm diesels moping around, PHer's excluded
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Numerical Simulation of Temperature and Stress Fields in the Rock Heating Experiment
P. Rálek[1], M. Hokr[1][1]Technical University in Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic
Presented work is motivated by pre-realization phase of rock heating experiment in underground, testing properties for cyclic energy storage. Heating unit, installed in large borehole from end of a tunnel, is fixed to the rock face with the geo-polymer. Rest of the borehole is filled with isolation material. We used the Heat Transfer Module and the Structural Mechanics Module in COMSOL for modeling of the transient heat conduction with thermo-elasticity in 3D, both with parametrized material properties, in order to set working range of sensors placed in measuring boreholes spread around the main borehole. The largest mechanical loading emerges on heater-geopolymer-rock interfaces, but general shape of temperature and stress field outside the borehole is mostly influenced by rock properties.


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Years ago, I took time off of college and went home. I kept my horse at a barn in the mountains and it was there that we discovered trail riding. We would go, almost every day, for a run through the canyon. Up and down hills, through water, around trees, it was fantastic. When I dyed this yarn, I immediately thought of mountains and rivers, and I thought of those trails. It turns out that the name of the creek that ran through "our" canyon is called Aliso Creek, hence the name.
These socks are knit top-down in cable pattern reminiscent of flowing water, with some subtle gusset details. It took many tries and a lot of work to get this pattern to look the way I envisioned. I think it turned out nicely in the end, though, and I hope you enjoy it too.
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With yet another critically acclaimed album and yet another Rolling Stone cover to his name, you'd think that Bob Dylan would be resting on his laurels. If you thought this, then you haven't been following the bard's career closely.
Remember his 2004 autobiography Chronicles Volume. 1? Well, it was indeed only the first volume in the rock icon's seemingly never ending story that's been shrouded in mystery. Dylan tells Rolling Stone that he's been working on the follow-up.
"Let's hope [it happens]," he tells Rolling Stone's Mikal Gilmore. "I'm always working on parts of it. But the last Chronicles I did all myself. I'm not even really so sure I had a proper editor for that. I don't want really to say too much about that. But it's a lot of work. I don't mind writing it, but it's the rereading it and the time it takes to reread it – that for me is difficult."
Though plans for the book actually coming to fruition are up in the air at best, Dylan has an idea of what era and topics he's planning on touching on in this edition.
"I stumbled into a strategy of going into the future and into the past," he says. "I was writing about the Freewheelin' Bob Dylan album, but I didn't use that. In Chronicles I used [1989's] Oh Mercy because it was more interesting to me. I still have the other piece for Freewheelin' – most of it – and I can definitely make it bigger. That's one of the aspects of Chronicles Two and Chronicles Three. It would definitely start with records."
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This wasn't the presidency Barack Obama had in mind after winning his historic election five years ago. But it is the one he believes he has left.
For the first time since taking office, Obama spoke to Congress on Tuesday evening (this afternoon, NZT) from a clear position of confrontation, threatening to veto new Iran sanctions, warning against further moves against his health care law and demanding action on a series of previously proposed economic measures.
The areas he identified for possible co-operation with a divided Congress have shrunk, leaving an agenda filled out by a growing number of modest initiatives that he told lawmakers intends to carry out alone.
Among them is an executive order raising the minimum wage paid under future federal contracts. In a tone less resigned than dismissive, Obama said intends to implement more than a dozen others this year, including initiatives to improve job-training skills, technology in classrooms and fuel-efficiency standards in trucks.
The approach, outlined in a State of the Union speech that ran more than a hour, reflect the White House's conclusion that Obama spent too much time last year in conflict with recalcitrant lawmakers, rather than using the unilateral powers in his grasp.
But the go-it-mostly-alone strategy risks further antagonising Congress and resting part of his legacy on executive actions that do not have the permanence, or breadth, of major legislation.
The more executive-style presidency scores high with the public after years of political deadlock in Washington. It also marks a refiguring of Brand Obama, the politician who promised to govern more modestly and co-operatively with the opposition after the polarising years of the George W Bush administration.
In his fifth State of the Union address, Obama set that aside.
By declaring his intention to ignore Congress when necessary as lawmakers looked on, the president framed an election-year debate about which party is more determined to solve the nation's enduring economic problems.
He called his ideas "a set of concrete, practical proposals to speed up growth, strengthen the middle class and build new ladders of opportunity into the middle class".
"Some require congressional action, and I'm eager to work with all of you," he said. "But America does not stand still - and neither will I. So wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that's what I'm going to do."
The speech revealed Obama's frustration about his lack of progress in key areas, and the diminishing time left to secure his legacy after a largely lost year. He scolded Congress for last year's 16-day government shutdown, saying the paralysis showed that "we are not doing right by the American people".
He called on Congress to take up gun control again after defeating his proposals to restrict sales last year, help close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, and refrain from working to repeal the Affordable Care Act after dozens of unsuccessful attempts.
"We owe it to the American people to say what we are for," Obama said, "not just what we are against".
Obama's speech showed just how much the "hope and change" he promised in his 2008 campaign has been honed down by years of partisan conflict, replaced by the narrower ambitions on display on Tuesday night.
The core of the speech was a series of specific policy prescriptions to address the tenuous condition of the United States' middle class and the disparity in opportunity that economic imbalances have opened. His tone was populist, if not overtly partisan.
In one reference that drew raucous bipartisan applause, Obama noted proudly that House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, was the "son of a barkeep", prompting a thumbs-up from his sometimes partisan opponent seated behind him.
"After four years of economic growth, corporate profits and stock prices have rarely been higher, and those at the top have never done better," Obama said. "But average wages have barely budged. Inequality has deepened. Upward mobility has stalled."
The president delivered his first State of the Union address in 2010, at the start of a midterm election year that ended with his party losing the House. He called the loss a "shellacking" and Congress has remained divided ever since.
As he addressed the nation four years ago, the health-care legislation he championed remained uncertain in Congress and the focus of debate nationwide. He called on lawmakers "to overcome the numbing weight of our politics".
"It's time the American people get a government that matches their decency," Obama said, adding that he intended to use his State of the Union speech that year "to talk about how together we can deliver on that promise".
Obama began 2012 with a rebuke to Congress, adopting the slogan "We can't wait" to announce a smaller set of executive actions on the economy, immigration and other issues.
But the slogan then was as much about campaigning as governing and White House officials said it was designed to pressure Congress to act rather than to signal a turning away. His message on Tuesday pointed more toward a new way of navigating Washington.
Obama has shifted tactics several times over the years to pursue legislation, sometimes to the frustration of his own party. Those differences have arisen most prominently when he negotiated fiscal issues with ideologically divided Republicans.
Congressional Democrats have at times demanded more support from Obama - or, at least, a better sense of policy priorities.
Now, though, with the House up for grabs in the November midterm election and the narrowly divided Senate also in play, the political interests of Obama and his party co-incide more neatly than they have in years.
By using executive action to address climate change, economic policies such as the minimum wage, and other issues important to the Democratic base and to independent voters, Obama will seek throughout the year to contrast his approach with Republican inaction in Congress.
The strategy could help Democrats, who are a long shot to take the House and in jeopardy of losing the Senate. But in some of the conservative states where Democrats need to do well in November, the perception of a presidential end-run around Congress could do more harm than good to the party's candidates.
The White House thinks the pressure Obama will be able to apply to Republicans through executive actions could pay off in legislative progress. Fearing an obstructionist label, Republicans may decide it is better to act in concert with the president on some issues, such as immigration and infrastructure spending, than not to act at all.
Obama has preferred passing legislation to going around Congress, whether to secure new restrictions on gun purchases or new rules to address pollution. But the path has been increasingly narrow since his first State of the Union address, and his advisers have concluded that he has suffered politically by measuring too much of his success as president by his legislative record.
Some angry moments have occurred between Obama and lawmakers, most memorably during his address on health care in 2009. From the audience, Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shouted "you lie" when Obama said his health-care proposals would not insure illegal immigrants.
With his insistence on Tuesday night that he will sidestep Congress if necessary, Obama placed himself in many ways against the institution, not just his most ardent Republican opponents.
It is, in one clear way, safe political ground: Only 16 per cent of Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll published this week.
Obama's join-or-be-left-behind threat, though, could discourage the few moderate Republicans in Congress from working with the administration over the course of a campaign year.
The consequence could be a legislative record even slimmer than last year's, when he managed to secure only a small fraction of his State of the Union initiatives. And after this one he has only two such speeches left, played out against the backdrop of waning public attention to his presidency.
STATE OF THE UNION HIGHLIGHTS: JOBS AND THE ECONOMY To help Americans prepare for retirement, Obama will use executive authority to create a "starter" retirement savings account available through employers for workers who can afford to save only small amounts at a time. He also wants to drop retirement tax breaks that apply to wealthy Americans already well positioned for retirement and increase the earned income tax credit for people without children. Through an executive order, Obama said he would raise the minimum wage for workers holding federal contract jobs to US$10.10 (NZ$12.19) and will continue pressing Congress to make that rate the prevailing federal minimum wage nationally. The current federal minimum wage is US$7.25 an hour. To strengthen the long-term US fiscal position, Obama committed to paying for new initiatives and supporting more budget deficit reduction. Using his executive authority, Obama will start four more manufacturing innovation institutes this year and wants Congress to create up to 45 more. He also will pursue a trans-Pacific partnership and an agreement with the European Union to boost US exports. Obama urged Congress to pass an extension of emergency unemployment insurance. His efforts to get the long-term unemployed back to work will include a meeting this week with leading chief executive, and federal job-training programs will be reviewed to bring them in line with market demands. He also called for bringing outsourced work back to the United States and advocated discrimination protection for women and gays in the workplace. EDUCATION Obama said a further 15,000 schools and 20 million students from kindergarten through 12th grade would have access to high-speed internet service in the next two years as part of his plan to have 99 percent of American students on next-generation connectivity. Apple, Microsoft, Sprint and Verizon will be part of the education-tech push and more partnerships will be announced in coming weeks. He also renewed his call for pre-kindergarten schooling for all four-year-olds, as well as innovation in preparing students for college and making college more affordable for them. CLIMATE AND ENERGY Obama proposed incentives for medium and heavy-duty trucks that run on alternative fuels and he will continue his broader campaign to move America toward clean energy sources. He also called for safe natural gas production. IMMIGRATION Obama renewed his call for securing US borders, cracking down on those who hire illegal immigrants and offering a path to citizenship, saying such reforms would create thousands of jobs and boost the economy by US$1 trillion over two decades. GUANTANAMO AND FOREIGN POLICY Obama said the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be closed this year. He did not mention plans for troop levels in Afghanistan, but said America must move off permanent war footing. He stood by an international interim agreement to get Iran to curb its nuclear programme and vowed to veto anything from Congress that would impose more sanctions on Tehran while the United States and other Western powers are in diplomatic talks with Iran. DOMESTIC POLICY He defended his healthcare reform and said he would continue working for voters' rights and against gun violence. Obama renewed his call to wind down mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, urging Congress to pass legislation that rebuilds the mortgage market to rely more on private capital. |
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Pinto::Role::PauseConfig - Something that has a pause config attribute
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The path to your PAUSE config file. By default, this is ~/.pause.
Returns a hashref representing the data of the PAUSE config file.
Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <firstname.lastname@example.com>
This software is copyright (c) 2015 by Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.


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Now available with an array of optional positioning accessories, the EZ Rider is the ideal upright chair for children on the go. Its lightweight and easy to fold, with armrests that flip up and out of your way. Fold it with most options in place and unfold with no need for readjustment. Its patented design provides maximum comfort and durability. Best of all, youll get years of use out of your EZ Rider, which adjusts as your child grows.
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Dr. Tsalapatas has one office in South Carolina where she specializes in Anesthesiology.
Dr. Tsalapatas works with fifty-two doctors including Dr. Jeffrey Frohock and Dr. Catherine Ellyn.
As an anesthesiologist in Charleston, SC, Dr. Tsalapatas ensures patients are free of pain before (pre-op), during, and after (post-op) a surgical procedure. By administering anesthesia, Dr. Tsalapatas ensures that patients do not feel the pain of a surgical procedure.
Medical University Of South Carolina College Of Medicine
Please Note: The information displayed below is sourced from the 2014 Medicare Physician and Other Supplier National Provider Identifier (NPI) Aggregate Report. It's important to remember that the statistics below are not inclusive of all patients treated by Dr. Tsalapatas, but only those who participate in Medicare.


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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Wordless Wednesday in a Wordless Week
Sorry friends. My computer died on Sunday so I didn't have my usual time to sit and prepare a longer post. Don't worry, I'd backed everything up (thank you Man of Science for buying me an external hard drive and also for gently informing me that yes, I did need to buy a new computer even if spending all that money made me want to throw up a little) and nothing of import was lost. But I can't quite figure out the new version of iPhoto. So all you get this week is this adorable photo of my red casserole dish.
Also, I had a really long day and I need to go lie on the floor and listen to Sleater Kinney now. Be back soon.
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- the [sugar] apothecary said...
OHHH NO! Ugh, thank you for another reminder of why I have to back up my photos and things a little more frequently than I do (as in... once every six months or so, if I'm lucky). My laptop's been doing this weird bouncy-mouse arrow thing and randomly shutting off for no reason... I think it's hinting at the idea of giving up on life completely. But your casserole dish certainly is adorable :)
- July 17, 2011 at 11:39 AM
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Sunday, 21 January
Scott Base, Antarctica
It's hard to look at Mt Erebus without feeling something like a chill in your spine and shoulders. Why? Oh, of course, obviously because it is the mountain where more than 250 air passengers suddenly, brutally lost their lives in 1979. But Erebus is spooky for another reason.
It is silently, menacingly alive.
On a continent where most things are - or seem - frozen, Erebus is topped by a constant, subtle plume of volcanic steam, just like its neighbour, Mount Terror. "Just letting you know," the mountains seem to say, "I'm ready to blow any time."
Today, I saw Erebus as the backdrop to another eerie sight - the abandoned huts of Ross Island. These century-old buildings were once the winter homes of a small group of British explorers, men who travelled for adventure before thrillseeking was a billion-dollar business.
They are the first human dwellings on the continent - the only place in the world, as the conservators are fond of saying, where we can actually see humans' first habitation.
The expeditions of Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton are preserved in these perfect time capsules; just as if the explorers have got up and walked out, a few minutes ago.
It's an illusion, of course; they all walked out to meet their hungry deaths (or, in Shackleton's case, their glory) nearly 100 years ago, but I've never experienced any museum so affecting as these.
In front of Scott's 1910 hut, a giant seal dozed, fat and contented, undisturbed by the whir of helicopter rotors as we arrived from the sky. Chained up outside the hut lay the skeleton of a dog left behind by Scott's men - poor thing, I thought. But then, perhaps he was the lucky one - the other dogs died on the endless, fruitless march to the Pole.
It's brilliant sunshine outside still, but it's hard not to think of the early explorers living through months of darkness, the wintry payback for all this glorious light of summer.
Tomorrow we're leaving Antarctica, and we've spent the evening packing up all our bags and dispatching them with the US Air Force; even though we're not flying out until early afternoon, our bags have already gone to be loaded on the Globemaster aeroplane.
It's always the same with military flights - the bags have to be checked in about six months before you actually fly. Painful, but who am I to argue with Uncle Sam? He's got my suitcase now.
Saturday January 20
Scott Base, Antarctica
Just over the hill from Scott Base is a little envelope of America, completely intact, as if someone has sealed it up, stuck a stamp on and posted it all the way down here.
McMurdo Station, the American base on the ice, is an enormous installation, with up to 1200 resident scientists, military personnel and support staff at once, all living in multi-storey dormitories and serviced by cooks, cleaners, mechanics, nurses - the fully equipped hospital over there even has its own hyperbaric chamber - there are only two of these in all of New Zealand.
And it's full of noisy, charming, boisterous Americans, full of the confidence of immersion in their own culture, even here in the wild south.
"Does my ass look fat in this jacket?" said my new buddy JC, an Alaskan electrician here for his third summer, when I bumped into him outside the galley. JC sat next to me on the plane over here, lent me his camera cable, and was full of advice ("Claire, while you're here don't be shy about putting on lots and lots of lotion, because phew, your skin will really dry out.")
NZPA reporter Sue Eden and I had walked over there to check out the shop (of course) and found it packed with American supplies - candy, cigarettes, booze, t-shirts, and a shampoo brand called 'Aussie', which is one of America's biggest-sellers but is completely unknown in Australia. I think it's manufactured in Florida.
I bought a couple of bags of Jerky Chips ("High in protein!") just because they were there … they might be nice to eat on the plane home instead of the US Air Force rations we ate on the way over here, an enormous paper sack full of sweet muffins and muesli bars and other diabetes risks.
All the big 50th anniversary celebrations were on this morning, and after filing our stories we've all spent the afternoon exploring the environs. Sue and I climbed Observation Hill, just above McMurdo Station, to see the cross erected in 1913 by the British explorers who found the starved, frozen corpses of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his men. They had died in March 1912 on the way back from the Pole, just 11 miles away from reaching their food-stocked depot.
The Brits who found Scott were part of his original party, and had spent the winter in the hut, waiting for the Pole party to return, wondering all through that darkness if they died, and as it became increasingly obvious, whether they had suffered terribly.
They had suffered, of course, and I wondered while walking up the hill if Scott and the others might have welcomed death in the end. After all, they had been beaten to their great prize, the Pole, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen. It must have felt so cruel to see the Norwegian flag fluttering there when they finally staggered towards 90 degrees South. Maybe they wanted to die? Maybe they gave up hope with a little willingness? Or maybe that's just my projection, my attempt from the Gore-tex comfort of 2007 to make it all less of a tragedy.
Friday January 19, 2007
Scott Base, Antarctica
I've never seen journalists move so fast.
We were standing on the sea-ice directly in front of Scott Base, with the sun illuminating Mt Erebus behind us, watching a collection of seals lolling on the snow, when all of a sudden great chunks of ice about 15 metres in front of our feet started sliding into the frigid water, splashing and startling the seals into reluctant motion.
All of us leapt backwards about 20 metres and prepared to sprint back to the base (as nearly as you can sprint wearing polypropylene, fleece, windproof overalls, 'mukluk' boots which weigh a few kilos each and giant down jackets. Well, 'leapt' isn't quite the word - it was more of an overweight waddle, like a cluster of dopey penguins.
Then we noticed the field guides with us, Ian Whiteley and Abel Roche, were standing calmly, just watching the seals. The people who really know Antarctica, it seems, aren't too easily flapped.
Now, to make us sound slightly less wimpy, sea-ice is just what it sounds like - ice which is floating on top of the sea. We'd been warned in last night's safety briefing that the sea-ice in this particular spot was strictly out of bounds because it had been melting, and there is even a line of black flags restricting access to it.
Whiteley led us out onto the ice, poking tentatively at any dodgy-looking patches with a long metal stick. Roche carried an ice-pick and several other serious-looking pieces of rescue equipment, but in the end none of us needed rescuing.
Complaints about the heat have evaporated. This morning we headed up to Arrival Heights, a scientific research facility about 20 minutes' by 4WD from Scott Base, where Australian and New Zealand scientists are investigating the ozone layer. Up there, the wind chill factor lowered the temperature to -18 degrees Celsius. An hour later when we went to see the American base, McMurdo Sound and the tiny, evocative Discovery hut nearby, it felt a good 10 degrees colder.
After dodging a sealy death, we waddled back to Scott Base to interview Sir Ed - who held forth for nearly 40 minutes in the bar, before starting on his first Scotch. When I came upstairs to write this, he was sitting in the mess-room, having just finished dinner, with a glass of white wine in hand, then it was off to bed to rest up for a big Saturday, when he will preside over the 50th anniverary celebrations.
Thursday January 18, 2007
Scott Base, Antarctica
Here we are in Antarctica, and within an hour of our landing, the photographer began complaining about the heat.
That says something about photographers (never happy - and ok, they carry a lot of heavy gear), but it also says a little about the conditions on the ice - it's about 0 degrees Celsius at the moment, and when you're standing in the eternal summer sunlight, it feels positively tropical.
After 5 hours aboard a US Air Force Globemaster C-17, we landed at Pegasus Ice Runway about 2.10pm and stepped into the open - a gorgeous clear day. Across the ice, Mt Erebus and Mt Terror seemed to both wear a wisp of smoke (they are, after all, active volcanoes, but it could have been cloud).
After a brief doorstop press conference, Sir Ed and the rest of us jumped aboard Haggland all-terrain vehicles for the hour's trip to Scott Base - a functional collection of bright green sheds, which inside are quite luxurious. I'm typing this from the 'Library Annex, where a clothes-rail groans with fancy-dress costumes (fairies, firemen, police officers, Vikings).
There's a cupboard full of board games, too _ the inhabitants have to make their own fun for the four long months of darkness which descend on Antarctica every year.
Now it's off to dinner and then a safety briefing out in the snow - what to do if your helicopter crashes (I hope this isn't tempting fate.)
Along with the mountains of polypropylene, fleece, fur and Gore-tex every visitor to Antarctica is issued, there is another, far more interesting item.
It is only given to women, and it is the only item the clothing warehouse supervisors do not want returned: a Freshette Feminine Urinary Director ('A revolutionary answer to modern restroom problems!' says the packet, 'Minimal undressing when nature calls.').
It's a novel kind of plastic funnel, designed to help women wee like real men in Antarctica, when the cold makes it impractical to strip off and do it the old-fashioned way.
And no urinating onto the ice, we've been firmly told: all of it must be collected in 'pee bottles' and returned to Scott Base for disposal.
Today, all of us in the party accompanying Sir Edmund Hillary and Helen Clark to Antarctica to celebrate the 50th anniversary of New Zealand's base on the ice were issued with Extreme Cold Weather gear: socks, three layers of gloves, long-johns, two layers of overalls, a thermal undershirt, shirt and zip-up jacket, a neckwarmer, a windproof hat, a balaclava, ski goggles and sunglasses.
We must check in at 6.30am for our Globemaster C-17 American military transport plane to McMurdo Sound, which takes off at 9am and should arrive in Antarctica five hours later _ unless a storm blows up and we have to turn around and come back to Christchurch.
We must be ready for the cold as soon as the plane lands _ and that means for the whole flight we must all wear the warmest gear we've been issued, including a giant black Canada Goose jacket, complete with fur-lined hood. The ensemble, we're told, is enough to keep us warm at temperatures of -50 Celsius. At present Scott Base is enjoying balmy temperatures of between -8 and 5 Celsius (and the aeroplane is heated to normal room temperature) which means it should be a fairly sweaty flight.
And considering the bathroom routine, I think guzzling bottles of water might not be the wisest way to keep cool.
I'll update you from Scott Base tomorrow night.
Wednesday, January 17
Have you ever had a mental illness or suffered from depression? Has anyone in your family had cancer? How about heart disease? Any chance you could be colour-blind?
No? Alright, just answer another 200 or so questions on your physical and emotional wellbeing, lie still while we stick electrodes to you for a heart examination, step on the scales, stand still to be measured, cough loudly, breathe in deeply, give us a few vials of your blood and confess all the murky details of your medical history, and you're cleared to visit Antarctica.
That's the pre-ice drill for all who wish to see the frozen continent, as required by Antarctica New Zealand, and I seem to have passed, although the doctor did let me have another go at blowing into the peak flow meter when my first attempt demonstrated a worrying lack of lung capacity _ and I didn't mention those two minor operations when she asked me to detail my entire surgical history (every woman needs to preserve a little mystique ... all I'll say is that something deeply unglamorous happened with my feet and needed to be fixed.)
The point of all this poking and prodding is that I am off to the coldest place on earth to cover a visit by Sir Edmund Hillary, Helen Clark and a tentload of military, scientific and bureaucratic officers. It's the 50th anniversary of Sir Edmund's establishment of Scott Base, New Zealand's permanent research station on the ice.
There are 12 of us journalists attending, and Antarctica New Zealand do not want any of us getting sick on their dollar (or turning nasty while confined in the close quarters of Scott Base, or doing anything to alarm the penguins).
We'll spend Wednesday being kitted out in our extreme cold weather gear at Antarctica New Zealand's base in Christchurch, then fly to Antarctica on a US Air Force Globemaster C-17, a rather utilitarian transport plane where passengers do not sit in seats, but on canvas webbing along the sides of the plane's cargo hold. The VIPs don't get special seats _ they'll be perched on the same webbing as us, just a little closer to the front of the plane.
When we arrive, we'll be taken through a briefing on how to survive in the cold (most of which we can assume Sir Ed is already on top of) and getting in and out of helicopters.
The Prime Minister and her husband, Peter Davis, are spending Friday visiting the US base at the geographic South Pole, but the rest of us will be exploring Ross Island in McMurdo Sound, home to Mt Erebus and the wonderfully named volcano Mt Terror, easily the best-monikered piece of rock outside Middle Earth.
On Saturday January 20, Sir Ed, 87, will preside over a ceremony to mark the establishment of Scott Base, where the base's youngest present resident, James Blake (son of the late yachtsman Peter Blake) will raise a New Zealand flag.
In 1957, Sir Ed was fresh from ascending Mt Everest and looking for new challenges when British geologist Vivian "Bunny" Fuchs asked him to accompany a Commonwealth bid to make the first overland crossing of Antarctica. Sir Ed's team, travelling on Massey Fergusson tractors, was only supposed to set up food and fuel depots for the British party led by Fuchs, but instead pushed on to the South Pole, arriving 17 days before Fuchs himself.
This Saturday, Sir Ed will speak about the search for a suitable site for Scott Base, as well as unveiling a time-capsule project, launching a set of New Zealand post stamps and making a speech foreshadowing the March beginning of the International Polar Year, a research project created by the World Meteorological Organisation to foster better understanding of the world's extreme places.
On Sunday January 21, the party will visit the huts of British explorers Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton, and Sir Ed and the PM are to launch an Antarctic Youth Ambassador scheme.
On Monday, we will return to New Zealand (the PM has to prepare for more mundane tasks like Cabinet and Ratana Day, her annual opportunity to connect with Maoridom) but Sir Ed is staying on a few extra days - accompanied by his doctor John McCartie - to indulge his abiding love for the white continent.


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They like the suspense I guess. Plus I am glad she was able to see she was voted to stay! Tom usually is on his game, I really like him. But last night I could tell some announcement was coming.
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Maybe Tom only found out during the break ... or perhaps some were hoping she'd change her mind?
Another possibility is that they hadn't decided if they were going to let someone else go too... in other words a double elimination ... and it was a last minute decision to let Lisa and Victor continue.
In my opinion ... the only reason to keep Lisa is Gleb. :lol
Sometimes he will say something quite similar to "not necessarily the bottom 2", however the last one standing did receive the least number of votes. When he says that, we know that they are playing games with us. 2 of the bottom 3 were not the least vote-getters at all.
On the other hand, he is pretty clear when the bottom 2 is exactly that - the actual bottom 2. We have learned to listen carefully to what he says.
It's very possible Tom didn't know the outcome, as he's said many times he learns when he reads the cards. But that doesnt matter.
Dorothy worked with the producers, and I think given the media on her from Monday evening regarding what she said to George of ABC7 in LA and what was written by TVGuide the decision was made. I was prepared to see her go, got a little faked out when she was saved but knew right away when she was called back.