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Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, at the First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Dan Patman officiating.
He was born July 23, 1921, to Fred B. Jones and Cora Maud Archerd in Madill. His family moved to Durant at an early age, where he attended elementary, junior high and Durant High School. He attended Southeastern State University and Oklahoma University, but dropped out and enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He earned his wings and an officer's commission of 2nd Lieutenant in April 1943. He served in England and France flying DC-3s (C-47s) carrying parachute infantry and delivering needed supplies. He participated in the D-Day invasion in Normandy carrying troops to Ste. Mere Iglise, a small French town in Normandy. He participated in a number of other drops and supply deliveries. He was a member of the 73rd Squadron of the 434th Group. He was separated with the rank Captain.
He then returned to Oklahoma and enrolled at Oklahoma University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in geology in 1948. He joined the Gulf Oil Corporation in Sinclair, he worked in Ardmore; Wichita, Kansas; Anchorage, Alaska; and Tulsa. He then was employed by Atlantic-Richfield.
He loved to sing and participated in choirs, quartets, duets and solos in schools, churches and synagogues.
He was active in the Ardmore Geological Society and held most offices of that organization. He was an active member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists attending conventions in San Antonio, San Francisco, St. Louis and Calgary, Canada.
He married Nancy Jeanne Fondren July 3, 1943, in Alliance, Neb., where he was in flight training.
He was preceded in death by his parents; as well as, four sisters, Doris Markham, Maxine Pate, Elsie Lehman and Mary Verna Jones.
He is survived by a sister, Martha Lou Sullivan of Durant. He had three children, Carol Ann Jones of Norman, Janet Ruth Reinish and husband, Jim of Norman, and one son, Fred Wesley Jones and wife, Holly of Edmond. He had two grandchildren, Eric Weber of Norman and Paige Weber of Houston.
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For 15-month-old Lucia Gereda, it was a chance to really have fun and enjoy the festivities.
The toddler had been brought to the Winterfest celebration shortly after birth last year, only 16 weeks old, and parents Hector Gereda and Maria Garcias didn't feel she was able to appreciate it.
This year, there was a look of amazement on her face and an occasional smile as she watched the goings on.
"We wanted her to enjoy everything," Garcias said. "She was only four months old last year, and it was too cold."
The festival was held this year on Thursday, Dec. 5 – a school night – and still drew thousands of residents to the nine blocks on Bergenline Avenue between 76th and 85th streets.
Starting outside the main library, a holiday parade featuring several floats and vehicles had inaugurated the celebration.
Activities included performances from student chorus groups at township schools, numerous rides and games, visits from popular children's characters, and free photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus. In addition, attendees were also treated to food and music.
Many others besides Gereda and Garcias had a great evening.
Residents having fun
Adamarys Galvin of 84th Street was there and having a super time with her four children.
"Oh my God, it's so much fun," she said. "This is a great thing the town does for them – and it's free. It's a beautiful night.
"We've been coming for the past seven years," Galvin said. "Once we even came in the pouring rain, because once you're here, you can't leave."
George Grioli, 14, a freshman at North Bergen High School, was there with three of his buddies; Bryan Acosta, Darshan Patel, and Christopher Agudelo.
"We came to check out the fire trucks," Grioli said. "I'm meeting my mom with my little brother, Gabriel, who's 2. I'm also seeing people I know and hanging out with my friends."
"Oh my God, it's so much fun. This is a great thing the town does for them – and it's free." – Adamarys Galvin
"She's been here for the past eight years, and I brought her each time," he said. "She likes everything. It's Christmas time, and this is the best time to celebrate. This is a big thing for her – and for me."
Event history
North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco said he started the Winterfest celebration two decades ago as a small celebration and it has now become the township's biggest annual community event.
"We wanted to do something fun for the holidays, for the entire community," said Sacco.
The festival started out as a Saturday afternoon activity in competition with youth athletics, college football telecasts, and early Christmas shopping.
"It was very small, about one or two hours," said the township's chief executive. "Then we made it larger, and it evolved into what it is today."
Year by year the celebration grew, until now in its 20th year, it's a small-town festival second to none.
North Bergen Police Chief Robert Dowd estimated the crowd at nearly 5,000. In the spirit of the holiday season, Dowd said that several dozen officers from his and the County Sheriff's departments volunteered their time for Winterfest.
"These guys know it's a great event for the families," he said.
Winterfest attendees
Among those also attending were Assembly Speaker-Elect Vincent Prieto, Assemblywoman Angelica Jimenez, County Surrogate Donald De Leo, Commissioners Hugo Cabrera, Theresa Ferraro, Frank Gargiulo, and Allen Pascual, and Interim Schools Superintendent George Solter.
Kathy Somick was the event organizer, and had help from a cast of dozens.
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The president,
Congress (house of reps and senate)
the Supreme court
There are lots of other things involved:
All appropriations bills (spending) must originate in the house/reps
Pres is not supposed to legislate (exec orders were NOT part of the founders plan)
Supreme court (SCOTUS) reviews laws and determines if they are in line with the INTENT of the founders view of govt.
Now read that last sentence again: SCOTUS is charged with determining if a law enacted by any other branch of govt lines up with the INTENTIONS the founding fathers laid down. Note this is NOT a floating or growing interpretation, this is what the founders intended.
This last thought is where we get in trouble in the USA... some folks would just pass legislation willy-nilly for this or that reason... while others would carefully be SURE the legislation lines up with the intentions of the founders BEFORE passing it. Care to guess which group is libs and which one is conservs...
BTW: The reason I called you out was noted in a different post: Most countries accept over-bearing countries... the USA is unique in modern history as a bastion of FREEDOM... something it appears to me not many understand fully.


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First, I have never sold a Janitrol/Goodman product.Quote:
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you guys gettin paid for defending Goodman so much.... Seems like you spend an aweful lot of time defending them..
Second, I do see a lot of failures with this equipment.
Because its getting installed by people that don't read and follow the instructions. They sell to anyone making their products look bad, by not selling to qualified installers.
Does this make the equipment junk?
No, it just doesn't say much about their marketing ideas.
(I feel they care about numbers, not quality)
But, their quality is making them money now isn't it?
It may not be your way to do business, but that's for them to decide.
Things are changing for the better.
And the things that are making it better, is by having permits and inspections become mandatory for all locations. Testing requirements, to be able to sell/install/service equipment. I feel things are going to get tougher on the DIY in the near future.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp said it will miss a March 29 deadline to receive the second half of a $120 million investment from Qualcomm Inc after it failed to complete a plan to begin fabricating power-saving screens the two companies are jointly developing.
Qualcomm, which paid half the $120 million in December, set conditions for the remainder that included having completed the specifications for the smartphone and tablet PC screens and preparations for their production.
San Diego-based chip maker Qualcomm also said Sharp would have to make an operating profit in the second half of its business year and have at least 100 billion yen ($1.05 billion) of net assets.
"The financial targets are not the reason for the delay," Sharp spokeswoman Miyuki Nakayama said.
Sharp and Qualcomm will now fall back to a June 30 deadline for the Japanese company to meet conditions for the second payment, she added.
The two companies said in December that Qualcomm, through its Pixtronix subsidiary, would work with Sharp to develop new power-saving screens based on Sharp's IGZO technology.
Missing the second deadline would add pressure on cash-strapped Sharp as it looks for money to repay a $2.1 billion convertible bond in September. Japan's leading LCD panel maker has also failed to renegotiate an agreement for Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co to buy a 9.9 percent stake, with a March 26 deadline expected to pass with no revised agreement in place.
Samsung Electronics Co this month agreed to invest $110 million in Sharp, which supplies screens for Apple Inc's iPhone5 and iPad, in return for a 3 percent stake and a promise from Sharp to bolster panel supplies to the Korean company.
To meet its financial obligations sources at Sharp and its banks, as well as analysts, have told Reuters they expect the Osaka-based company will resort to equity financing to make up any shortfall after it adds up available cashflow and gains from asset and stake sales.
Sharp is in talks to sell its Chinese TV assembly plant to Lenovo Group Ltd and its Mexican TV factory to Hon Hai. Sharp, however, is limited in its ability to sell assets because last year it had to mortgage most of its domestic plants and offices to secure a $3.8 billion bank bailout,
A junk rating from credit agencies has also made raising money in the credit markets expensive.
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The 2009-2010 Hockey Award Watch-Lists have been released and several MN Wild roster members appear, with the pre-season quickly approaching it will be interesting to see how these players perform when they start skating....
Vezina Trophy- Top Goaltender
MN Wild Niklas Backstrom was a runner up last year. If he can prove this season that his stats reflect his own talent and not that of a good defense it is likely he will win
Norris Trophy- Top Defensman
a few MN Wild players are in the running but the most likely winner is Brent Burns
Selke Trophy- Top Defensive Forward
MN Wild Mikko Koivu, need I say more
Hart Trophy- League MVP
MN Wild newcome Martin Havlat
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Minnesota Wild Players named to several award watch-lists
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Niklas Backstrom is the best - he deserves the Vezina for sure.
- September 21, 2009 at 9:41 AM
I agree... I think we have several contenders for league awards this season but I've read several reports that Backstrom is at the top of the Vezina list
- September 22, 2009 at 3:10 PM
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If you ever wanted to see Daniel Tosh dressed as Brad Pitt from The Mexican, tonight is your chance.
If you ever wanted to see Daniel Tosh dressed as Brad Pitt from The Mexican, tonight is your chance.
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Nuts Bueno.
Ah so Enty is saying he went to Tosh.0's taping which airs tonight, I assume?
Hi guys
Hi TTM!!!! <3
Howzit going, Lady H??
Brad Pitt was smoking hot in that movie. That and Ocean's 11!! His prime years right there.
Hi TalksTooMuch
Hi Lady H
Hi TTM! :)
Hey Bacon. Got any sleep yet?
Hi Bacon
Hey Brea!
Hi Brea
Lmao Bacon is going hard AF today.
Hi wanton!
Hi Ray
Hi Folly!
Hi ray! Hi ttm!
Hi Folly!
Hello everybody! It goes ok. What a mess this is though, people must have went hard on the tequila last night! What. The. Fuck is all of this fuckery?!
I have no idea what this OT is supposed to mean regarding Tosh. Let me ask around...
Daniel Tosh is a grade A scumbag. George Carlin would have squished him like a bug.
George Carlin crushes EVERYONE like a bug 7! I was lucky enough to see him in Chicago before he died. One of the greatest memories of my life. I hated Tosh until two of my friends started to work for his show. One of them is openly gay and set me straight about a lot of my ideas about who he was. Either way, I agree that a lot of his skits are concerning and they definitely make him look like a dick. But he likes that.
"I'd fuck that baby" -Tosh
I find Tosh way more interesting and do-able than Brad "unshowered" Pitt.
Did anyone see the granny swinging (swinging as in swinging her round and round)clip he did??
I did, and laughed, and sealed my fate for bad girl hell!
@Heisenberg Is he gay? I never can decide.
Hi TTM, Lady H, Wanton, Bacon, Sandyboo, Reno (NC gal!!)JoElla, NaughtyN, Snootches, Topper, Seven Folly,Jessi, Ray, Hairydawg, Brea and Wiglet...
From what I understand, he likes women but wouldn't surprise me if he liked both, but I don't think he is gay. however, he is extremely nice to his LGBT staffers, and arguably likes/treats them better. Daniel is just the kind of guy who likes to troll and push the line as much as possible. He is a huge ham and does not like others out shining him lol
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CHICAGO – Certain things, I love.
My wife. My family. My old golden retriever from when I was a kid.
Surely, you also have a short list of loves.
So does Hawks forward Andrew Shaw, the hero of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Shaw loves scoring goals. He loves Bolly. And he loves shin pads.
How do we know this?
Because it's Shaw. Because it's the Cup.
In a move that was both genius and prescient, somebody at NBC decided to attach a mini-microphone to Shaw's No. 65 sweater during Wednesday's series opener against the Boston Bruins. It just so happened that the game turned out to be a triple-overtime classic, and it just so happened that Shaw turned out to be the one to score the game-winner when he redirected a puck off his shin pad and into the back of the net.
By now, the video of Shaw's "mic'd up" celebration on the ice has gone viral.
Try following along without cracking a smile.
Announcer: "More banging in the boards, and it's squibbed on back to Rozsival. Rozsival, a shot. They score!"
Shaw: "Ahhhh!!! Yeahhh!!! Woooo!!!"
A few joyous expletives follow. Exhausted Hawks leap off the bench to celebrate, and Shaw winds up in a full-on embrace with teammate Dave Bolland, a fellow antagonist and the player who first deflected Rozsival's shot before Shaw notched the goal.
"Bolly! I love you!!!" Shaw screams into Bolland's face from 1 inch away. "I love shin pads!!!"
That's vintage Shaw.
All of that wild energy you see on TV? It's just the tip of the Shawberg.
Poor Patrick Kane has to occupy a locker next to the guy.
"Yeah, I sit next to him," Kane said with a smile Thursday at the United Center. "There's times when I've almost got to tell him to shut up because he just asks questions and doesn't stop talking when you're next to him there in between periods.
"He's really excited to be here."
I'll vouch for that.
Before games, it's common practice for a group of Hawks players to gather in a corner hallway of the United Center basement and kick around a soccer ball. Hockey players are far more cordial than most of their peers in other professional sports, so if someone happens to enter the hallway during their game, they'll hold the ball and wait.
A few weeks ago, I happened to be that someone.
Stopping play, Shaw grabbed the soccer ball with both hands. A mischievous grin crept across his face. He eyed a light fixture about 7 feet off the ground on a side wall, timed his steps, and threw down a 360-degree slam dunk on top of the fixture.
The judges – as in, his teammates – ate it up. They doubled over laughing.
Thankfully, nothing broke. No lights. No hands. No fingers.
As for breaking tension, Shaw can do that.
As for breaking a stalemate in the third overtime, Shaw can do that, too.
So let's forget all of that "One Goal" nonsense. It's too 2010. Too boring. Too stuffy.
The Hawks' new motto should be "I love shin pads!!!"
What four words better describe this thrill ride of a season?
It's fun. It's unexpected. It's the best kind of weird.
Print it on T-shirts. Write it on poster boards. Take a bar of white soap and scribble it in big, bold letters across the side windows of your car.
Because if you love shin pads, it's probably safe to say you love Shaw.
If you love Shaw, you love the Hawks.
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An Adaptive Methodology for Ubiquitous ASR System
Achieving and maintaining the performance of ubiquitous (Automatic Speech Recognition) ASR system is a real challenge.
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An adaptive methodology has been developed to achieve an objective with the help of implementing followings,
- Cleaning speech signal as much as possible while preserving originality / intangibility using various modified filters and enhancement techniques.
- Extracting features from speech signals using various sizes of parameter.
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- Optimize the word recognition rate with appropriate variable size of parameters using fuzzy technique.
The consistency in performance is tested using standard noise databases as well as in real world environment. A good improvement is noticed.
This work will be helpful to give discriminative training of ubiquitous ASR system for better Human Computer Interaction (HCI) using Speech User Interface (SUI).
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VANCOUVER - After two seasons as an assistant coach with the Vancouver Giants, Glen Hanlon has left the Western Hockey League club for a head coaching position overseas, possibly with the Belarus national team.
In an interview 10 days ago, Hanlon expressed an interest in once again calling his own shots behind a bench. His named was linked to the job in Belarus just days after the conclusion of the world championship held in Sweden and Finland.
"Yes, of course, I want to be a head coach again," Hanlon said at the time. "I kind of like where I am but if I was fortunate enough to have something presented to me, I'd have to look at it. In coaching, there are not opportunities coming by your door every day. I mean, that just doesn't happen. So if something is right for me, I'd certainly be crazy not to look at it."
Hanlon, 56, has been a head coach in the NHL with the Washington Capitals and was a long-time assistant with the Canucks. He's also been a head coach in the KHL with Dynamo Minsk and with the Belarus national squad.
Hanlon admitted when he took the Giants' position two years ago, he was doing so for family reasons to be "a better dad" to his son Jackson. He lives in Point Roberts, Wash., just a short commute to the Giants' training facility in Ladner.
"Two years ago, and maybe as little as a year ago, I wouldn't have been (ready) because there were things that needed to be taken of ," Hanlon explained. "But we feel pretty good about where we are at home. Right now, I'm in a good space so I'm not sitting here every day picking up the phone to find a job. But I love coaching and I want to continue my coaching career."
Giants general manaer Scott Bonner gave a nod of gratitude to Hanlon for his contribution to the organization.
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A processional and memorial service are planned for a fallen firefighter from West Linn.
On June 30, 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots (Prescott Fire IAFF Local 3066) lost their lives while battling the 2,000-acre Yarnell Hill fire in Arizona.
John J. Percin Jr., 24, who graduated from West Linn High School in 2007, was one of the Hotshots killed in the fire.
On Tuesday, public safety personnel and citizens from across the nation will gather in Arizona to honor the 19 Hotshots (yarnellfallenfirefighters.com).
On Wednesday, Oregon's public safety community will begin its tribute to Percin, whose remains will be returned to Oregon for his line of duty death service and burial.
The activities are being coordinated with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, which is assisting with events in Arizona and also with the transport of the fallen firefighters to their respective homes across the nation.
A fire service procession will be conducted from Portland to Lake Oswego on Wednesday.
Members of the Oregon Fire Service Honor Guard will escort the Percin family and the urn carrying Percin back to Oregon. They are scheduled to arrive at the Portland International Airport at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday via Atlantic Aviation on a private jet.
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views looking messy, is there a better way?
Couple of questions:
Which direction do you choose?
output buffering or concat $page var (all views return a string)?
I choose the concat method, however, it's hard on the eyes: I didn't notice until i worked with a non programmer. [designer]
PHP Code:
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'theme.'/img/xml-summaries.gif" alt="Click here to see an XML representation of the content of this weblog." /> '.
so I tried to recreate the crash course in php.. I'll like to get feedback on this if possible ...its attached. [i'll like to take a look at some advanced smarty template files to c if i can recreate them using what i've created]
I used a registry to register my transfer object in case the data access and view were not sequential. meaning data access was called a lot earlier than the view. This has a negative effect in that i can't reuse templates since the view asks the registery for a specific transfer object. [example 1]
are data access and view ever that seperated?
Example 2 shows a template the doesn't explicitely request the transfer object.. but expects for the object to exist in the same scope. [require instead of require_once]
How many use the method described on page 282 of harry's volume 2 book? Does anyone know what this method is called? dao? ..as it does create a transfer object.
Is that what the example attempts? (without the business object)? http://java.sun.com/blueprints/corej...essObject.html
i plan to refactor a lot of my views this summer as i feel the views have become bloated. Take a look at my biggest view. How can i redesign using view helpers?
- one of my ideas in refactoring is to implement view helpers as described in core j2ee patterns by alur..
anyone with any advice?
lastly does anyone use composite controllers?
are composite controllers the same as chain of responsiblity
my thoughts are to have all my applications have a controller.. and in the __constructors add specific controllers for that domain.
CalendarController, AuthenticationController, ArticleController
anyone with any advice?
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> lastly does anyone use composite controllers?
I do, have done for about a year or so now and have not looked back; If you are looking for clues as to how to use it, do a search on this forum, as I've posted a lot on it in the past. Enjoy yourself
> are composite controllers the same as chain of responsiblity
Nope; I posted an example of both the Composite and the CoR in a thread a while back, amongst other patterns were disuccess...
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this might be helpful in answering some of my questions
attached is the screen shot of the view [note i cut some of the article]
in previous applications all files have standard place to be included. Either constants.php or the application specific constants.php
I always felt more control instead of including files randomly in the view .. what do ya feel about includes randomly spread throughout the app?
phpsmarty design
the user can map data to values he wants... uses __get intercept
uses final on construct so user cannot overload and affect the logic.
user must implement the routine in map.
>Dr Livingston
i'll do my searching this week.. i've already found some gems about composites/composite views. I guess i'll concentrate on CoR since composites +visitors are becomming more and more familiar ground.
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can composite view and composite controller live together
here are the examples taken from the forums:
Example of composite view
by kyberfabrikken
PHP Code:
$page = new PageBuilder();
$page->attach( new View("header.tpl.phtml") );
$page->attach( new View("login.tpl.phtml") );
$page->attach( new View("menu.tpl.phtml") );
//main content start
$content = new CompositeView("content.tpl.phtml"); //
 and closing

$content->attach( new View("musicSearch.tpl.phtml") );
$content->attach( new View("music.tpl.phtml",$music) );
//main content end
$page->attach( new View("footer.tpl.phtml") );
also example needs: $page->render( $RequestObject ); //so views base there logic off the request object
All views now are required to pull data.. unless this example shows static templates not needing data. Looks like $music can be dynamic data passed to the view.. but i'm not sure.
This is a good strategy if you've already seperated out your views in the application.
forums/ - has a defined view
forums/showthread.php - has a defined view
www.sitepoint.com/ - defined view
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/ - defined view
PHP Code:
$ViewBuilder = CompositeViewFactory::getInstance($RequestObject); //returns the full composite tree for a defined view
$ViewBuilder->render(); //each component in the tree will have to fetch its own data
Since in my application have defined views i might take this track.
composite controller
by Dr Livingston http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/show...3&postcount=14
PHP Code:
// each composite - handler - is a controller
$page = new PageHandler();
$page -> attach( $body = new BodyHandler() );
$body -> attach( new BlogHandler() /* module */ );
$body -> attach( new ArticleHandler() /* module */ );
/* add other modules */
$page -> attach( new MenuHandler() );
$page -> attach( new FooterHandler() );
$response = new Response();
$response -> render( $page );
I also have applications/components properly defined.
I have a calendar, gallery, and article system
they're small applications(admin sections and all), therefore wouldn't it make sense to designate a controller for each?
and why is it not: echo $page->render($response) //so all elements in the tree see the response.
So is this how you generate a view with composite controller?
PHP Code:
function render($response) {
foreach($this->components as $child) {
return $subview;
is there any application that takes advantage of both the composite view and the composite controller? I feel that they approach page generation with different strategies that collide with one another if implemented together on 1 site.
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page controller?
just wanted to put the block of code that manages all my components in index.php. i guess you would call this the page controller?
this block of code exist for faq, gallery, article, calendar .. and other systems i'm building inside index.php.
would like to see how the composite controller would help in this case?
PHP Code:
#FAQ: Answer Stuff
if( count($_GET)>0 && count($_POST)<=0 ){
if( isset($_GET['FaqInsertAnswer']) ){
$objects['one-column'].= FAQForms::InsertAnswer( $db, false, false, false);
}elseif( isset($_GET['FaqEditAnswerSelect']) ){
if(($i=BuildForms::myIsInt($_GET['FaqEditAnswerSelect'])) !== false){
$faq = new FAQSelect($db);
if($faq->getFAQsAnswers( $i, 3, false, false, false)){
$list = new FaqEditAnswersView( $faq, false );
}elseif( isset($_GET['FaqEditAnswer']) ){
if(($i=BuildForms::myIsInt($_GET['FaqEditAnswer'])) !== false){
$objects['one-column'].= FAQForms::InsertAnswer($db, false, true, false);
if( isset($_POST['FaqInsertAnswer']) ){
$objects['one-column'].=FAQForms::chkInsertAnswer($db, false, false);
}elseif( isset($_POST['FaqEditAnswer']) ){
$objects['one-column'].=FAQForms::chkInsertAnswer($db, false, true);
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Just looking at the post you included from Kyber and DL would something like the following in index.php not work for you.
I presume that faq, calendar and gallery are in a sense plugins that can be included inside any module/page?
PHP Code:
$locator = new Locator();
$locator->set('Request', new Request());
$page = new PageHandler();
$page->attach(new HeaderHandler());
$page->attach($body = new BodyHandler()));
$body->attach(new FaqHandler() /* FAQ Plugin on page */);
$body->attach(new CalendarHandler() /* Calendar Plugin on page */);
// What is nice about the Composite is that as your feature set grows it is easy to add additional plugins to the rendering of a page
$body->attach(new ArticleHandler() /* Article Module */);
$page->attach(new FooterHandler());
$response = new Response();
I am sure Kyber and DL could add some gems here as well
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My conclusions so far is that composite (hierachial) controllers are a good design, whereas adding a composite view structure to this is overkill. Composite views in them selves (with a single controller) is just not flexible anough. If your application is complex enough to need composite view, it probably needs composite controllers aswell.
Originally Posted by leblanc
You can normally identify if a site uses page or front controller by looking at it's url's :
forum.php?thread=22 --> Page controller
index.php?c=forum&thread=22 --> Front controller
Often the front controller is used together with mod_rewrite, to give "pretty urls". So this would mean that in reality the front controller might have url's like this :
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okay.. one more time
Sorry to continue this thread. I work alone therefore i rely on forums/books to keep me in touch with what others are doing in similar circumstances. Everyone's input is deeply appreciated.
My original goal was to design my code so a designer and programmer roles are seperated. Also, I wanted to create something more efficient/scalable than my current method to generate the page. I also wanted to design components so they can be used in other projects without a hassle.
Although the composite view would solve my page generation problem, it will entangle the programmer/designer roles. Therefore i don't think this is a good choice.
The problem with the current composite controller is that it does not describe the details on how the page is actually generated using the composites. Can it really handle complex views with this?
How do you imagine the final render of the page?
header txt
body txt
faq txt
calendar txt
article txt
footer txt
from what i see, the final render of the page would be directly related to how items were attached.
In real life however most pages are not designed like this. The composite controller structure cannot/should not tie down the final page render.
in real pages you have regions.
A regions is similar to a box model. A box that can contain a list of recently posted article titles, a list of upcomming events, and a list of recent uploaded pictures.
[this region requires article, calendar, and gallery components/modules]
In another region you could have a full txt article with a listing of faq's the correlate to the article.
[this region requires article and faq components/modules]
[see the view i posted previously for a real page]
I created the following image so everyone can understand what i mean about regions.
I have given this a lot of thought. Here is a sequence diagram that hopefully describes what my next plan is. Basically give the responsibility to regions. How do you know which region you need for a page request.. that responsibility is put on the page builder which requires page resolver.
thoughts anyone?
i currently have this simple version working. basically articlecontroller sets static data in the region which is then requested by the pagebuilder. It's very simple version since the articlecontroller isn't resolving any commands...but only sending static data back. The sequence diagram here describes in essense what i currently have working.
using the page frame resolver i also eliminate conditionals in my page class and seperate my code from designer code.
PHP Code:

[[RegionBuilder::SystemNavigation]]

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Children of Indian sex workers gesture as they participate in a rally as part of the Sex Workers' Freedom Festival in Kolkata. Sex workers and social activists from 42 countries are congregrating in this city to participate in the week long festival organized to protest against the US government's travel restrictions on sex workers wanting to attend an international AIDS conference in Washington.
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San Francisco Pride Announces Grand Marshals
Transgender people, a longtime queer housing activist, and a lesbian global rights advocate are the grand marshals announced so far for this year's San Francisco LGBT Pride parade and celebration.
Jewlyes Gutierrez, a transgender teen who gained attention after defending herself in a schoolyard fight, and organizers of the local Trans March, which annually draws thousands of trans people and supporters, have been selected by public vote to be honored at this year's festivities, which are set for June 28-29. Pride organizers announced those honorees Monday, April 7. The rest were announced Tuesday.
Other grand marshals include housing activist Tommi Avicolli Mecca, who was selected by Pride membership. The board chose transgender activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and global rights activist Melanie Nathan as grand marshals, and poet Judy Grahn as the lifetime achievement grand marshal. Neither Griffin-Gracy nor Grahn had formally accepted their selections as of Wednesday morning, according to Pride board Vice President Marsha Levine.
Nathan said earlier this year when she was nominated, "I hope that it will help bring more attention to the international LGBT issues our community should be more cognizant of, especially in Africa."
The public also selected anti-gay pastor Scott Lively to receive the pink brick "award." Each year, the pink brick goes to a group or individual who's hurt the LGBT community. Lively, the anti-gay U.S. activist who was a leader behind Uganda's Kill the Gays bill, beat out nominees including Russian President Vladimir Putin, who's been cracking down on homosexuality in his country, for the Pride distinction.
Levine said that almost 6,900 people placed their votes from late February to mid-March, which she estimated is more than double the number of people who voted last year.
In the non-voting category, Pride officials announced that TV personality Ross Mathews would be among the celebrity grand marshals at this year's Pride.
Individual Grand Marshals
In January, the Contra Costa County District Attorney's office charged Gutierrez, who was then a 16-year-old sophomore at Hercules Middle/High School in the East Bay, with battery after an investigation into a November fight. Three girls who allegedly attacked Gutierrez, meanwhile, weren't charged.
Gutierrez's public defender, Kaylie Simon, said the teen had been "harassed and tormented ... due to her gender identity," and the charge against her drew widespread criticism.
At Simon's request, a juvenile judge eventually ordered Gutierrez to enter a restorative justice program, where the goal is to achieve reconciliation with the parties involved.
In an email to the Bay Area Reporter, Pride board President Gary Virginia said, "I think the public resonated" with Gutierrez's "plight."
"Many LGBTQ people face similar discrimination when coming out," he said.
In a statement provided to the B.A.R., Gutierrez said she's "honored" by the recognition.
"I didn't even know anything about SF Pride, and I am shocked that something positive could come out of my situation being bullied in school, as no one should have to go to school in fear for their safety," she said. "Having been selected has given me hope for the future. Thank you for all those who voted for me and I am very grateful and humble for all your support."
Avicolli Mecca told the B.A.R. he was honored at being chosen among "such a great group of grand marshals."
"I am inviting everyone to join my contingent, which will have as its theme, 'Housing is a Queer Issue,'" he added.
Organizational Grand Marshal
Trans March, this year's organizational grand marshal, started in 2004 in response to the mistrial of the murderers of Gwen Araujo, another East Bay transgender teen. Araujo, who lived in Newark, California, was killed at a house party in 2002.
The march has grown into "the largest trans pride event in the world," according to Tracy Garza, who along with Jamie Rafaela Wolfe is the group's co-chair.
Felicia Elizondo addressed the crowd
at last year's Trans March.
Asked Monday about the Pride recognition, Garza said, "I think it is a great honor not just for the organization, but also for the transgender community in the Bay Area. I think there's a feeling among parts of our community" that transgender people have sometimes been "overlooked, but I think that this recognition definitely reminds everybody in the LGBT community we're all in this together."
Virginia said the honor for Trans March "is recognition that this part of our community still faces the most discrimination in housing, employment, and more. SF Pride is excited to provide a platform for these individuals to educate the public and rally support."
This year's Trans March is June 27. For more information, visit www.transmarch.org
Pink Brick
Lively has credited himself as the "father of Uganda's anti-gay movement," orchestrating the development of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, also known as the "Kill the Gays" bill, which originally included the death penalty. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni recently signed into law a version of the bill that includes stiff penalties for LGBT individuals and associates, up to life in prison. Homosexuality had already been criminalized in Uganda's penal code.
Virginia called Lively "obsessively anti-gay" and said, "SF Pride will enjoy exposing this hatemonger and his allies for the evil they perpetuate, and we'll offer actions to counter their work."
Lively declined a request for a phone interview Monday, but in an email exchange with the B.A.R., he said, "The pink brick, symbolic of the bricks thrown by militant 'gays' at police during the Stonewall riots, perfectly captures the irony of bullies posing as victims."
He added, "I've actually already received this award in real life."
According to Lively, a pink paving stone with "Shut down Lively" written on it was thrown through the church window of a school where he was set to give a speech on gay bullying in 2011.
"It was wrapped in a note threatening further violence," said Lively. He provided photos of the window, brick, and note that he claims were connected to the incident.
"The worst bullies in America today are LGBT activists, and I will not stop telling that truth no matter how many bricks you throw at me," he said.
He also said that for LGBT activists, "banning 'gay' propaganda to children in Russia (which I wholeheartedly support) is no different than threatening life imprisonment for consensual adult homosexuality in Uganda (which I wholeheartedly oppose)." He then quoted the Bible and said, "I urge you all to repent."
Lively, who wouldn't share his age, didn't say whether he'd come to San Francisco to pick up his pink brick from Pride.
For more information, visit www.sfpride.org


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Clifton Park, N.Y. - The Skyline Conference released the third Men's Lacrosse report for the 2010 season on Monday, March 15th, including Player of the Week, Rookie of the Week, Honor Roll and Conference statistics.
Sophomore attack Erick Thomson (Floral Park, N.Y./Floral Park) was named Skyline Conference Player of the Week. Thomson recorded 11 points on 10 goals and an assist in a 2-0 week for the Rams. Thomson scored four goals and added an assist and three ground balls in a 17-9 win over Briarcliffe. He then scored a game-high six goals in a 13-7 win over Clark (Mass.), including the first two of the fourth quarter to break open a close game.
Freshman attack Pete Siemsen (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) was named Skyline Conference Rookie of the Week. Siemsen had four goals, six assists, ten points and nine ground balls in a 2-0 week for Farmingdale State. Siemsen notched a game-high eight points (four goals, four assists) along with five ground balls in a non-conference win over Briarcliffe. He added a pair of first-quarter assists against Clark (Mass.) to help the Rams open up a quick 4-1 lead. Siemsen now has 23 points (8-15) in his first four games.
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The UMBC men's basketball team (1-3) boards a plane for the first time this season when they travel to play Marquette at the Bradley Center on Mon., Nov. 26. It will be the fourth time a Retriever team has visited Milwaukee to face the Golden Eagles. Tipoff time is set for 8:00 p.m. (EST). The game will be streamed on ESPN3 with Dennis Krause and Jim McIlvaine describing the action.
RETRIEVER UPDATE: Five Retrievers scored in double figures, but visiti ng Central Connecticut State (3-2) edged UMBC (1-3), 83-82, in overtime in a high-energy contest played at the RAC Arena on Nov. 20. UMBC had a five-point overtime lead, but CCSU hit both ends of a one-and-one opportunity at the line with five seconds left to escape with victory. SR G Ryan Cook posted his second double-double (20p-10r) of the season and leads the team and America East at 18.5 ppg.
EAGLE UPDATE: Marquette just returned from the Maui Invitational, where they captured fifth place, dropping a heartbreaking opener to Butler (72-71) before dispatching Mississippi State (89-62) and USC (72-64). Reserve forward Davante Gardner, a high school teammate of UMBC's Jamar Wertz, leads a balanced attack at 14.2 points per game and has 22 offensive caroms in less than 20 minutes per contest. Marquette is expected to finish seventh in the 15-team Big East, according to a survey of the conference's head coaches.
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Hi. I'm a 4.0 player and I'm looking for people to play during the week at the Waveland courts. Anyone interested?
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Hi David, I prefer late morning or around 3 or 4 (to avoid crowds). let me know what works for you.
Hi David,
I wanted to check to see if you were still interested in playing sometime soon.
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The inauguration of Walter North America's technology center at its manufacturing complex in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Oct. 5 marked an important milestone in the company's continuing growth from the company's inception 12 years ago.
Since 2006, Walter USA has recorded annual growth rate of 35% per year, except for 2009, and expanded its cutting tool product offerings for milling, drilling, turning, boring, and specialized tooling under its competence brands Walter Titex, Walter Valenite, Walter Prototyp, and Walter Multiply service programs.
The attractively appointed 40,000-square-foot facility features large meeting rooms capable of hosting business and technical discussions as well as offering access to demonstrations of the latest cutting technology.
The new technology center includes a fully equipped R&D machining room featuring the latest CNC equipment to support its end user customers and its distribution partners by proving out cutting tool solutions. Equipment includes a Haas SL 40 50-hp turning center with tail stock and tool presetter, a DMG / Mori Seiki DMC 80FD duoBLOCK mill/turn capable of five-axis machining, and a Haas VF3 YT vertical machining center.
The facility's design calls attention to the industries Walter serves, featuring products, panoramic exhibits, and typical applications in the general engineering, automotive, aircraft and aerospace, energy, and medical industries. Muff Tanriverdi, president, Walter Americas, in his introduction said that 46% of Walter's indexable insert and 35% of its solid carbide products are less than five years old, the result of continuing innovation in the company's product development.
In his welcoming address to the assembled dignitaries, channel partners, and press corps, Mirko Merlo, president, Walter AG (Tübingen, Germany) said that the technology center represented Walter's investment in a growing United States, "a country that will add another 100 million to its population in the next 40 years, is young, multicultural, enterprising, innovative, and the home of an excellent higher educational system."
The keynote address was delivered by Wisconsin's Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, who energetically detailed how important Workforce Development efforts by Wisconsin are and the results that the governor and she have achieved. The sentiment was echoed by Suzanne Kelley, president of the Waukesha County Business Alliance who recounted how Walter and other local businesses had participated in welcoming local students into their facilities to learn how manufacturing can figure in their future careers.
Peter Eelman, vice president-exhibitions & communications, AMT, The Association For Manufacturing Technology, reported on the overwhelming success of the recently concluded IMTS 2012, which welcomed 100,200 visitors to an exhibition of 1.248 million square feet and 1909 exhibitors of the latest manufacturing technology.
The event ended with the ceremonial ribbon cutting and a Tree Planting Ceremony, which Walter performs at all of its facility openings around the world. There is every indication that there may be another Tree Planting on the West Coast for a similar Technology center in the not too distant future.
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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, conducting his annual state of the league news conference hours before the start of the Stanley Cup Final, declared this season a rousing success based on record attendance and television viewership on NBC, healthy competitive balance, and the success of the six outdoor games played this season, including the Kings' matchup against the Ducks at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 25.
The Final, the NHL's showcase event, began Wednesday with the Kings hosting the New York Rangers at Staples Center. It marked the first time these teams from the league's two largest markets have faced each other with the Cup at stake.
In discussing the league's robust state, Bettman made an unmistakable reference to the labor dispute and league-imposed lockout that shortened the 2012-13 season before the NHL and the players' association agreed on a new labor contract.
"In fact by almost any measure, this may have been the most successful season on and off the ice in league history," Bettman said. "There has been a lot written, discussed and debated about the road we took to get to this point, where we are today, but I'm always one who likes to look forward.
"Our objective always was and is to make a great game even greater, to give our fans the best sports experience and entertainment possible and the best possibilities to connect with our game."
Bettman, a former NBA executive, said he was not surprised to hear of the Clippers' sale for $2 billion. He said the seemingly high price could be attributed to the uniqueness of the Los Angeles market or unique circumstances of the buyer, former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer.
"Whether or not that means franchises in the NBA or any other sport are proportionately impacted, I'm not so sure to the dollar," Bettman said, "but if the Clippers are worth $2 billion, we have plenty of franchises that are worth that, if not more."
Bettman touched on a number of subjects, including the NHL's involvement in future international tournaments. He said no substantive discussions have taken place regarding NHL players' participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, a matter that requires agreement from the players' association. He wouldn't confirm reports the NHL will support a revived World Cup event, to be played in either 2015 or 2016. "It's not something that's fully baked," he said.
He also said the league has no plans for expansion, though parties in Seattle have expressed interest. However, he said the city's lack of an NHL-suitable arena remains an obstacle for now.


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For the past 4-5 years I have used "the shuttle" to get to Kenan Stadium. Unless one merits privileged parking adjacent to the stadium, I don't understand why everyone doesn't follow my incredibly convenient common-sense lead… plus you overhear the most fascinating conversations.
I used to "park & ride" from The Friday Center. The past two years, I go from U-Mall because of where we do our pre-game Good Sports remote broadcasts. This season we are at Rams Plaza just down 15-501 from U-Mall. Come by…. and see Art Chansky "in the flesh"; and Ron Stutts and I too!
I'm not familiar with the logistics from Southern Village, but both Friday Center and Univ-Mall locations offer (1) convenient tailgating, (2) oodles of free parking, (3) easy in-out and (4) all for $5/person for a 10-minute round-trip to Woollen Gym just a one block walk to Kenan Stadium. Compared to the assorted hassles of all the alternatives, it's a no-brainer. And then there's the opportunity to encounter "The Great American Sports Fan".
If there is "the typical fan who rides the shuttle" it would be "just regular fans".
NOT the infamous "fat cats" who have preferred parking "just a precious stone's throw" from The Blue Zone. Does anyone else remember that Danziger's commercial? I bet Freddie Kiger does.
NOT the "candelabra on the card table" tailgaters for whom the game is a three-hour interlude between social climbing and business networking.
And definitely NOT the clenched-teeth, really serious "board monkeys" who convene in various pre-arranged sites to plot the character assassinations of recalcitrant "coordinators" and provocative pre-game radio personalities – YIKES!
"Shuttle people" are just nice mainstream folks who enjoy attending Carolina football games with family and/or friends. Among 50,000+ Kenanites on any given Saturday, "shuttle people" are, by far, the vast majority….. even those that don't actually use the shuttle. They will eventually.
Sometimes my fellow Good Sport, Art, and I shuttle together. Sometimes it's just me. I always wear my C-blue ballcap for games. Of the various Real Fans Rules, "wearing something in your team's color" seems the least a fan can do. That's about the only one of those silly rules I do adhere to.
I've "shuttled to Kenan" 25+ times over the past few years. On 94.8% of those trips, I've encountered the "Ignorance Is Bliss" folks. I love them.
I will defend to their death the "right" of any individual to attend a sports event and be absolutely stone-cold ignorant of the facts, figures, personalities or technical truths about the event itself.
It ranges from UNC Quarterback "Brian Reynolds"….. huh?….. to "Marvin Austin was framed" …… to the classic – "If Jim Tatum hadn't died it would be us at #1 instead of Alabama".
Sporadically I still hear "Mack lied to 'dem boys"….. and of course endless Cow College and Dook jokes regardless of the day's opponent.
Overhearing two 50-ish types who "might" have played Pee Wee football back in the early 70s and now shuffle paper in some feckless cube-farm discuss the merits of the 3-4 versus the 4-3 is always a hoot.
The elder geezer a year or so ago relating an anecdote involving "my close friend Ol' Ernie Williamson" was intriguing. From the text of his comments it was obvious he still thinks Ernie is running the Rams Club. I did not correct him.
If someone buys a ticket and takes the time to come to the game; why must they have any clues beyond whatever version of reality they wish to wrap themselves up in? They don't need to.
NOTE: Everything is relative. I also attended Saturday night's NC State v Richmond game at The Carter. The term "versions of reality" takes on a whole new meaning among certain factions of that bunch. Whoa……
Trying to "force-feed facts to fans" would make the Labors of Hercules seem like a piece 'a cake.
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PAUL PIERCE (18.8 ppg, .438 FG, 3.4 apg, 6.0 rpg) -- B
RAY ALLEN (16.1 ppg, .431 FG, .386 3-pt. playoff averages) – B-minus
KEVIN GARNETT (15.0 ppg, 7.4 rpg, .495 FG) – C
RAJON RONDO (15.8 ppg, 9.3 apg, 5.6 rpg) – B-plus
KENDRICK PERKINS (.510 FG, 5.7 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.4 bpg) – B
TONY ALLEN (1.0 spg, .480 FG, 5.1 ppg) – B
GLEN DAVIS (7.3 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.6 orpg, .476 FG) – B
NATE ROBINSON (4.2 ppg, .333 3-pt, .375 FG) – C
RASHEED WALLACE (6.1 ppg, .416 FG, .345 3-pt) – B
SHELDEN WILLIAMS (1.6 ppg, 7:08 mpg, .8 TO) – F
INCOMPLETE -- Marquis Daniels, Michael Finley, Brian Scalabrine, Tony Gaffney, Oliver LaPierre.
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JR says:
Yeah I have no idea where that came from.
I agree... C for KG is very wrong as it is just B for Perkins... He is so underrated. We lost hundreds of offensive rebounds from lakers in game 7... What if he was injured with cleaveland or even worst orlando..?
Rondo should definitely be topping the charts, but way too harsh on the rest of the team. i guess if you make the b+ an a+, then they seem to be more accurate, except for KG. he should be at least tied with perkins, if not above. he may not have done the best in the playoffs/ finals, but he kept the team alive all year, especially with his hook ups w/ rondo. great season celtics!
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I'd bump Rondo up to an A- and KG up to a B, Nate maybe down to a C-
Again not fair to give Shelden an F while Marquis and Finley get incompletes. Based on the entire playoffs, 'Sheed might go down to a B- as well.
Not really Doc's fault with the Perk injury or the 21-6 LA FT advantage in the Game 7 4th quarter, but if the C's had held on to that game, he would have gotten an A+ I honestly believe Doc's coaching more than anything got us this far and in a league where stars carry teams in thius day and age its even more remarkable. He inspired this team like no other coach I've seen in my lifetime.
unfortunately, I think it's time for Ray to go. He's too inconsistant, and that kills me to say that, because he is and always has been my favorite. He has class. More than I can say for most basketball players, and his heart is there for the team. I wish he could play more consistantly, but I found myself yelling at the tv the last few games, "OMG, dont't give it to Ray!" And how many turnovers did he cause those last few games? It was horrible, although he did a great job covering Kobe. But then again I think Tony did an even better job at that than Ray did, (but Tony can't shoot). So what do you do? As far as the Grades, I actually like Sheed better than Perk, because he can shoot, although I think we would have won if we had Perk in there for the height and rebounds. The key to winning the Lakers was rebounds; and we didn't get them. KG for post season, B- because he was almost a non entity for alot of the Orlando series, but finally picked it back up with the Lakers.
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Outside of the grades, what kind of a professional journalist can't get a player's name right. LaPierre? That's not even a typo, it's just wrong.
KG and Rondo deserves better grades.
Yes indeed KG, Rajon, and Rasheed need to be changed. KG and Rajon deserve better. Rasheed should get F's for shooting three's period! Paul Pierce I would give a B-Minus. Glen should not be rated above KG or Rajon. I can't believe he gave KG a C..Hater!
Just a random question,
do you think rondo's role was to guard gasol? my friend told me it was and i absolutely disagree and i wanted to hear your opinion.
Paul Pierce-A
Ray Allen-A- minus
Rajon Rondo-A+ plus
Kevin Garnett-B+ plaus
Kendrick Perkins-B+ plus
TONY ALLEN- B- minus
NATE ROBINSON-B- minus
RASHEED WALLACE-B+ plus
Sheldon Williams-D- minus
Doc Rivers-A+ plus
Marquis Daniels-F+ plus
Michael Finley-IMCOMPLETE
Brian Scalabrine-D+ plus
Tony Gaffney-NOT DRESSED IMCOMPLETE
Oliver Lafayette-NOT DRESSED IMCOMPLETE
Garnett, being a fundamental piece in a team that beats the best records in the league and goes to play a game 7 in the NBA finals, gets a C?? Absurd, not to say stupid...
And Ray Allen... It doesn´t matter if he misses sixty shots in a row. He is RAY ALLEN! Keep feeding his hands, until the end of the universe.


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Is anyone else waiting for funding? I have been under contract since end of August. I was hoping to get funding with a pooling in funds at the end of September. Didnt happen. Now I am waiting for the third or fourth week of October per my Senator's office. This is crazy!!! Anyone else waiting???
I am also waiting on funding for the USDA Direct Loan. I have to agree with you it is crazy!!! Sounds like you, and I are in the same boat. I went under contract the first week of August.
Same for us...pooling didn't do any good, waiting since Aug. Hoping the Senator's info was correct, have had 2 extensions from sellers, hoping they'll grant 1 more. Last we knew we were # 17 in line for funding nationally. Anyone else know where they are in line?
I don't know about nationally, but I called the Washington DC office. They told me to call my state office. When I spoke to KS office they advised me I was 1st on the list. I'm assuming this was for my state. They took down my number, and asked for my local office. They would call, and let me know when funds are released. It's out the USDA's hands until congress decides to release the funding. President Obama signed a CR Sept 28th. http://www.ruralhome.org/information-and-publications/hac-news/566-hac-news-september-26-2012
Just got off the phone with my Loan officer. Washington DC has released funds to USDA office in Washington DC 502 direct loan funding for disbursement should be here in a week. I just hope the sellers in my case will go for another extension.
I finally got my funding/closing commitment today. Wishing all who are waiting the best of luck.
Thanks for the heads up! I'm still going through the application process (it sounds like I'll hear this week) but if the funds are flowing again the timing should work out perfectly for me.
I have not been contacted yet either. Submitted application and all paperwork on aug 15th. I hope we hear something soon.
I would love to hear updates from folks on how the process has been/is going since these last posts! I am waiting to hear from USDA after being selected for processing and sending in my documentation (w2's, paystubs, etc). I am hoping to get a post up with more of my experience but am hoping to hear more about how the USDA Direct Loan experience is going for folks currently. Best and Thanks!
OK, Here's my story, thought it might be interesting and maybe useful to some folks who are thinking of buying a home or are in the process.
I've rented the same place for over eight years and am ready to spend all that money investing in my own house, building equity, etc. I am considered low or very-low income by many of the HUD standards and do not any large savings or ability to come up with a down payment.
I started researching first time home buyer options, along with down payment assistance. This led me to a lot of reading and research online to find some programs here in Washington state to assist low income folks in becoming home owners. After some realizations that even with some down payment assistance (second mortgage, grants, etc), I would only qualify for around $75,000 ,which in my area, is well below anything on the market.
After continuing to work toward finding a way to make this all happen, I found the USDA loan programs and decided to go ahead and apply for the USDA Direct Loan. A couple of things, I am without a vehicle, work weekend night, and need to be able to get to and from work. So I need to be within a reasonable distance, say two or three miles of 'town'. Because the USDA loans must be used for homes in the designated rural areas, I've got a small window of area to find a home, but I'm determined. With the Direct Loan (provided I can get a 38 year loan, which I am within the income limits for) I am hoping for around a $130k loan, which I could work with.
Thanks for posting the link for the HAC newsletter! It seems like good news about the boundaries staying until at least March 2013 for what I need!
Another advantage of the USDA Loan, I don't need a downpayment (I do have a small grant of $5000 toward downpayment or closing costs) and I will probably qualify for the subsidy on the interest rate. I am hoping that buying now is a wise long term investment, particularly with the USDA Direct loan program (which seems like a great deal for a buyer), and the way home prices and interest rates are currently (pretty low).
I turned in the first authorization about a month ago and then turned in the first Application on the November 6th (Election Day!). I was "approved for processing", received the letter on November 12th and turned in all the required paperwork (W2's, tax returns, pay stubs, etc) and $32 for a mortgage credit report on the 13th of November.
It's the 21st, the day before Thanksgiving and I haven't heard anything yet… have my fingers crossed and positive thoughts though!
On the house front: I've been looking at houses already for awhile, keeping an eye on the market, options, etc.
Any advice, experiences, or insights into the USDA Direct Loan process, first time home buying, please share!
I'm hoping to qualify for the 38 year mortgage which will hopefully enable me to be able to realistically buy something in the area (because of prices a 30 year loan just won't get me enough to find something with my income). So any experience of insight into the 38 year USDA Direct Loan would be great! Thanks again, this forum has been really useful and I'm grateful to folks for posting!


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Vatican City, Jul 6, 2013 / 05:19 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In his July 6 homily, Pope Francis encouraged the faithful to be open to the renewal of the Holy Spirit, both in their own lives and in the "structures" of Church life.
"Christian life is not a collage of things" or a "collection" or activities, such as Mass attendance, the Holy Father said.
"It is a harmonious whole, harmonious, and the Holy Spirit does it!" he explained. "He renews all things: He renews our heart, our life, and makes us live differently, but in a way that takes up the whole of our life."
"You cannot be a Christian of pieces, a part time Christian," the Pope cautioned, because Christianity requires a renewal of the entire person.
"Being Christian ultimately means, not doing things, but allowing oneself to be renewed by the Holy Spirit – or, to use the words of Jesus, becoming new wine."
Pope Francis delivered the homily at daily Mass at the Santa Marta Residence, where a group of Swiss Guard recruits were present.
The Holy Father said that the essence of being Christian is not "doing things," but "allowing oneself to be renewed by the Holy Spirit."
The Spirit, who brings new life, renews even the "ancient structures" in the life of the Church, he said, and we should not be afraid of this renewal.
Jesus is the one who makes all things new, the Holy Father emphasized.
He explained that Jesus brings a "true renewal of the law, the same law, but more mature, renewed." The requirements of Jesus are greater than the requirements of the law, he observed. For example, the law allows us to hate our enemies, while Jesus demands that we love them and pray for them.
Renewal within the heart is central, he said. In addition, the newness of the Gospel also "renews the structures," he continued, referencing Jesus' statement about needing new wineskins for new wine."In the Christian life, even in the life of the Church, there are old structures, passing structures: it is necessary to renew them! And the Church has always been attentive to this, with dialogue with cultures…It always allows itself to be renewed according to places, times, and persons."
He recalled early discussions in Church history on whether it was necessary for Gentiles to carry out all of the Jewish rituals to become Christian. Ultimately, it was decided that this was not necessary, and the Gentiles could be baptized into the Church.
The Pope referred to this as a "renewal of the structures."
"And so the Church always goes forward, giving space to the Holy Spirit that renews these structures," he said. "Don't be afraid of that!"
Carried forward by the Holy Spirit, we see "the liberty to always find the newness of the Gospel in us, in our life, and even in our structures," he said.
Pope Francis also referenced the role of Mary, noting that she was there with the disciples at Pentecost.
"And where the mother is, the children are safe! All of them!" he said. "Let us ask for the grace of not being afraid of the newness of the Gospel, of not being afraid of the renewal that the Holy Spirit brings, of not being afraid to let go of the passing structures that imprison us."


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GRANVILLE – Colfax Ridgeview did what no other team has been able to do this basketball season — beat the Putnam County Panthers on their home floor.
Ridgeview snuck away with a 65-54 win over the Panthers at R.M. Germano Gymnasium Thursday in semifinal play of the Putnam County 1A Sectional. The Panthers were undefeated in 11 home games over the regular season.
"We just never really seemed to get it going with our pressure," said head coach Josh Naumann. "We played hard; we battled all the way. They just had too many shots.
"We left a lot of baskets in the lane, shots we should have been finishing. And we were wanting calls that they aren't going to do at this time of the year."
On average, the Panthers' field goal percentage hovered around 35 percent, compared to Ridgeview's 75 percent. In addition, many of the Mustang buckets were three-pointers, which were difficult for the Panthers to counter.
"It seemed like every time we got close, they'd go on a run. They just hit more shots than we did," said Naumann. "They had a lot of good shooters."
The contest was a physical one, especially in the second half when both teams saw multiple free throw opportunities. Ridgeview used a high pass offense, and with their taller players, the Panthers were unable to use the strong defense that took them to sectionals.
"They're a football school, and their guys were a lot stronger and more physical than we were," said Naumann. "I told our younger guys that 'You need to hit the weight room before next year.'"
Harold Fay led all scorers in the loss with 21 points. Fellow Panther Cody Veronda dropped in 17, while Xavier Warren contributed seven points. For the Mustangs, Josh Weier led his team with 17 points with Cory Winterland adding 14 and Trevor McIntosh 12.
Six Panthers – including starters Veronda, Warren, and Dusty Miller – will graduate this year, and although they're currently disappointed with their loss, Naumann believes the team will bounce back.
"They'll forget about this. They'll remember 24 wins and the 14-game winning streak and winning the regional title and the conference tournament. They'll get over it. They're hurting now, but that's to be expected," said Naumann.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King University women's tennis team snapped a two-match losing skid on Tuesday, defeating Conference Carolinas foe Lees-McRae College 5-4 in its first competition in 10 days.
The Tornado (7-8, 2-3 Conference Carolinas) opened play by winning two of three doubles matches. No. 1 doubles was the lone casualty for King, as Mariana Hosomi and Naomi Reyes scored an 8-3 victory at the second flight. Claudia Morris and Haley Moloney won their No. 3 doubles match by an identical score.
King picked up wins in half of its six singles matches to claim the overall victory. Mariana Hosomi took a 6-2, 6-4 victory at the third flight, while Alyssa Salazar claimed a 6-1, 6-1 decision at No. 4 singles. Haley Moloney defeated her Bobcat counterpart 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6.
The Tornado also suffered a pair of losses in tight matches. Katya Cerny fell at No. 1 singles to Lees-McRae's (1-9, 0-3 Conference Carolinas) Samantha Wholers 6-4 in the first set before rebounding to take the second set 7-6 (7-4). Wholers was able to respond, however, and earn a Bobcats point with a 6-1 win in the third set. Claudia Morris took the Bobcats' Amanda Chapman to three sets before falling 10-7 in the third at No. 6 singles. Hillary Lutz bested King's Naomi Reyes 6-0, 6-1 at the second flight.
King will return to action on Wednesday as the Tornado travel to Misenheimer, N.C. for a conference match with Pfeiffer University. First serve will take place at 2:00 p.m.


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Sand Springs Group Ramps Up Fundraising Drive
A group is hoping to buy and maintain the historic Sand Springs as a community resource.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — In a town filled with major capital improvement projects, the group looking to buy the historic Sand Springs Pool has dipped its toe into the water.
The non-profit Sand Springs Recreational Center Inc. on Wednesday ramped up its public fund-raising efforts with the announcement of an $80,000 "challenge grant" that will match every dollar donated to the cause between now and March 1, 2013.
Coming on the heels of the recently completed Williamstown Youth Center and coming as the town faces the prospect of big-ticket projects at the high school, police station and fire house, one might think the Sand Springs group would be worried about "donor fatigue."
Not so, according to SSRC President Janette Kessler Dudley.
"We're really encouraged by the outpouring of support for the youth center because it demonstrates how much support there is for youth and a for a healthy childhood in this community," Dudley said
"We've had a number of discussions with (WYC Director) David Rempell about integrating their summer camp program with Sand Springs. I think it's a really synergistic relationship. People recognize it enhances what the Youth Center has to offer. I'm very encouraged by how people in the community came out to support the Youth Center, and we're seeing the same thing with Sand Springs."
SSRC already has received significant help from major donors: Josiah and Penelope Low, Williams College, the Alice Shaver Foundation and a donor who wishes to remain anonymous.
"We hope that everyone who has fond memories of the pool, who uses the pool today, who recognizes the value of preserving our historical treasures, or who believes in the benefits of informal community gathering places, will give generously to this effort," said Josiah Low, who serves on the SSRC board.
Together, the major donors have raised $350,000 toward a goal of $575,000, according to the group's Wednesday news release. The group formed to purchase the pool complex earlier this year.
That money will be used to buy and and renovate the recreational facility, which dates back to the turn of the 20th century.
Among the community leaders joining Low and Dudley on the board is former Williams College swimming coach Carl Samuelson. In honor of him and his wife, the newly formed Carl and Nancy Samuelson Swim Academy promises to be a major user of the seasonal outdoor pool at Sand Springs.
The academy, which has enlisted the help of Olympic gold medalist and recent Williamstown transplant Samantha Arsenault Livingstone, will offer group, semi-private and private lessons to children and adults. It also plans to offer swimming scholarships to local children.
Keeping the pool affordable is a priority for SSRC.
"The college is pleased to be able to support the Sand Springs Recreational Center in its efforts to preserve this historic local resource and expand its outreach to the community," Williams spokesman Jim Kolesar said in the SSRC news release. "In particular, the Samuelson Swim Academy looks to broaden the recreational and educational offerings available to all ages, especially children and young people, throughout Williamstown and beyond."
While the non-profit group wants to keep the cost of use low, it also needs to keep the pool viable. Part of the $575,000 it seeks to raise is earmarked for the facilities operating reserve, but the group has other plans to stay in the black, Dudley said.
"We're looking at a number of different revenue streams: renting space upstairs (in the pool house), renting the facility out for events, expanding the food service offerings," she said. "We've had our business plan vetted by a consultant who specializes in swimming facilities.
"The upstairs space is suitable for someone who operates a fitness business, whether it's yoga or Pilates or training."
Although the SSRC has been doing most of its fund-raising so far under the radar, the group believes it will get a strong response from the larger community, Dudley said.
"We have been in the quiet phase of the campaign, so we haven't been canvassing widely for donations. People we have contacted for the most part are excited about the non-profit model," she said. "We're optimistic the community will rally to save this resource."
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The Greyhounds of Moberly Area Community College is scheduled to host Three Rivers CC of Poplar Bluff tonight in NJCAA Region 16 tournament quarterfinal play.
Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. here Wednesday at the MACC Activity Center.
This men's basketball game was originally planned for Tuesday night, but inclement weather postponed the game for tonight.
Winner will advance to Friday's semifinal game to play Missouri State-West Plains.
Semifinal and championship games are being played at Jefferson College of Hillsboro this weekend.
Below is the both men's and women's Region 16 tournament schedules.
NJCAA Region 16 Tournaments
Women's Schedule
Tuesday's Results
(3) Three Rivers 74, Jefferson 52
(5) State Fair 67, Mineral Area 64
Semifinals, March 1
at Three Rivers CC of Poplar Bluff
(1) Crowder vs. (5) State Fair, 5 pm
(2) Moberly Area CC vs. (3) Three Rivers, 7 pm
Saturday, March 2
Championship, 3 pm
Men's Schedule
Revised Feb 26
Wednesday, Feb. 27
(5) Three Rivers at (4) Moberly Area CC, 7 pm
Semifinals, March 1
at Jefferson College of Hillsboro
(1) West Plains vs. 4/5 winner, 6 pm
(2) Mineral Area vs. (3) State Fair, 8 pm
Saturday, March 2
at Jefferson College of Hillsboro
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Drove down to Florida two weeks ago. We took a short hike around the trails in the Guana River State Park. The park is part of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. There is a nesting pair of bald eagle with two quite large eaglets in the nest. It just feels good to be out walking.
Besides, Guana River is about the only thing I can say with even the hint of an Australian accent.
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WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alere Inc. (NYSE: ALR) announced today that it intends to offer $350 million of senior subordinated notes due 2018 through a private placement, subject to market and other conditions. Alere intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
The private placement, which is expected to commence immediately, will be to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes are not being registered under the Securities Act. Unless so registered, the notes may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the notes, nor shall there be any sale of the notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
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Griner leads Baylor women to 89-49 rout of Rice
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- November 27, 2012 - 8:52 PM
HOUSTON - Brittney Griner scored a season-high 35 points and third-ranked Baylor cruised to an 89-49 victory over Rice on Tuesday night.
Playing a college basketball game in her hometown of Houston for the first time, Griner received a standing ovation from the predominantly Baylor-backing crowd when she was announced before the game.
The 6-foot-8 senior added nine rebounds and four blocks as Baylor (6-1) raced to a 46-17 halftime lead and never looked back.
When Griner was benched with more than 12 minutes remaining in the game, she had seven more points than Rice's entire team.
Jessica Kuster scored 18 points for Rice (2-4) in the loss. The Owls missed 15 of their first 16 shots from the field and shot under 25 percent against Baylor's stellar defense.
Baylor All-American point guard Odyssey Sims missed her fourth straight game since sustaining a strained hamstring in the Lady Bears' loss to Stanford.
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FWIW, we will be hiking almost all of the trail, loops and all, in Section 1. There are just a couple partial loops we won't be taking and 1.26 miles of the Main Trail that will be missed.
I'm assuming that clearing is on the Main LSHT and not on the Little Lake Loop---is that correct?
Please be advised that Texas Bow Hunting Season for deer will be in full swing on the date of this Hang. There are no restrictons for camping and hiking on the LSHT until rifle season opens on 1 November, but it is advisable that some form of orange be worn.
It also occurs to me that this may mean some limited competition for campsites.
Hey guys. Wondering how y'all prep the water from the trail for drinking or if you do. I currently don't have any type of filtration. I would just pack in water before. Any suggestion would be great!
Don't worry if you can't get a water filter or tabs before the hang because there will be plenty of filters. I even have a extra filter you can use if you need it on the trail..
We'll be crossing Bethel Rd (FM1097) twice on Saturday, once at Parking Lot #2 after hiking 3 3/4 miles from PL #1 and again near our destination where the trail crosses south of PL #2. We can cache water at both places on our way in onf Friday afternoon.
We should also be able to drop some very near, if not right on, Saturday's campsite if FS211A is open There's no reason to believe that it won't be, but there's always the chance that someone at the Forest Service is asleep at the switch.
It may also be possible that FS231 is open, which crosses the trail right at the midpoint. Its worth investigating Friday afternoon or beforehand. Most of the FS Roads were supposed to be opened on September 1. If Weaseal and i get there early enough Friday afternoon, perhaps we can hike in a couple gallons from PL#3 to the trail intersection.
I think if we all come armed with a couple gallons each, we can stage more than enough water at points along the route so that filtration may not be necessary.
If you guys want, I can bring my Katadyn Basecamp which has bag of a couple gallons capacity that we an hang at the campsite for communal water, that we an fill at the pond. I tested the prefilter system (a hat) and it worked very well.
SPACEWEASEAL: I notice that the pond is shown to be relatively close to the trail, just to the east of it. You have the coords of the campsites, are there any that are close enough that we can bushwhack to it using the GPS rather than having to hike down the road and back?
I will check the cords to the site we found and post them later tonight or tomorrow.
If i remember correctly, the easiest path would be the road. I might try to get out there in the next couple of weeks to scout the area and find the best route to the pond.