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User's guide for
JProPlusContact is a full featured, secure, professional look and customizable contact form component for Joomla!™ 3 It's Joomla!™ R3ADY!
|extension name:
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|previous versions:
|1.3.0 > 3.0.1
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|JProiCaptcha 3.0.5
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|component + plugin
|release date:
|October 2012
|updated on:
|February 17, 2014
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|Joomla!™ 3.2+
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What is JProPlusContact
JProPlusContact is a Joomla!™3 R3EADY! component
JProPlusContact is a full featured contact forms component that allows you to render a responsive easy and beautifully professional looking contact form on your Joomla!™3 website. The component auto fits even on mobile devices, without loosing any functionality and has Google maps v3 integrated, allowing you to add a map on the from-end.
JProPlusContact ships with the unique and proprietary JProiCaptcha captcha system, specifically developed to work on Joomla!™3 with twitter Bootstrap framework. JProPlusContact is packed with several options that can be set on your Joomla!™3 administrator area and with extra security layers for validation, to allow safe contacts to be sent. JProPlusContact validation system uses both jQuery and PHP to ensure that the form is submitted correctly.
Installation, updates and upgrades
How to install the JProPlusContact component
The installation process is the standard Joomla! ™ installation procedure and no special requirements are needed to perform a successful component installation. During the install process, the JProiCaptcha plugin is automatically installed on your system, and it only requires you to publish it. If you have already the JProiCaptcha plugin installed, the system will upgrade it and if it is already published, you don't need to perform any other task in the plugin manager.
Configuring the backend options
The powerful features of JProPlusContact allows you to perform extended configurations, by setting almost all kind of imaginable options on your Joomla!™components administration area.
There are three main areas where you area bale to customize your settings to display your tailored professional looking contact form:
Component General configuration | Contacts Manager | Optional Fields Manager.
It is important that you perform the basic quick setup to render your contact form, including, changing the default sample contacts that are set just as a guide to help you in your first steps.
Follow the following quick configuration guide and in few minutes you'll have your contact form ready to receive messages from your visitors/customers.
Component General Configuration Guide
JProPlusContact help
This is a Quick guide to the JProPlusContact component, that allows you at any time and in any any of the JProPlusContact component views, to access the global descriptions of all the possible options that are available in each area, including the configuration settings with the default values (where they exist).
Also, don't forget to add a menu to access the JProPlusContact in the front end of your website
Basic settings
Please set the JProPlusContact basic options before you perform any other actions.
Click your Components Joomla! ™administration top menu and select the JProPlusContact component
On the component bar, you have the buttons:
→ Click the button
You have now the following tabs in the JProPlusContact global configuration manager:
Use character count:
Select No to disable the character count below the message textarea in the front-end contact form.
Max. Characters:
Maximum number of characters the message may contain.
Default: 2000
Min. Characters:
Minimum number of characters the message must contain.
Default: 50
Auto-fill Username
Select if you want to auto fill the sender details with logged-in user details.
Default: Yes
Use Site Address:
If set Yes, the system will override the contacts email address and set the email address to the defined in:
System > Global configuration > Server > Mail settings.
Default: Yes
Validate session
Select no if the system shouldn't validate the session.
Default: Yes
Use Captcha:
Whether or not to use Captcha for the form. When selecting Guests only, Captcha will not appear for logged-in users.
Captcha Type:
Select the type of Captcha you want to use.
Default: JProiCaptcha
Copy to sender?
Select yes if to include the option of sending a copy to the contact form sender.
Default: Yes
Sender Details:
Select Yes, if you want to receive the senders' details in your copy of the mail. This option won't be included in the possible copy the user receives.
Default: Yes
Add GeoIP info:
Select Yes to add to your email copy, the user Geographic location data.
Default: Yes
GeoIP Webservice url:
NOTE: This is a Free GeoIP webservice and its usage is limited to 10,000 queries per hour. After reaching this limit, all requests will result in HTTP 403 (Forbidden) until the roll over.
Default: http://freegeoip.net/json/
Global email Format:
Select the email format to be used. Note that you can override this option on each contact.
Default: Html
Pre hide optionals
Set No to make the optional fields immediately visible, or Yes to auto hide the optional fields in the front end form. The link to Show/Hide will be displayed to allow user control.
Default: No
Use minified jQuery
Select Yes to use the minified jQuery file and speed up page load.
Default: Yes
Select Yes to disable Updates Notification check.
Default: No
Define here additional front end layout options.
Load Joomla!™ Bootstrap
Select Yes, to load the required Joomla!™ bootstrap in the component views. This option is only needed if your template isn't loading bootstrap by default.
Default: No
Load Bootstrap Chozen
Select Yes to enable the bootstrap chozen style on select (drop-downs).
Default: Yes
Form layout
Select the style to be applied in the front end form. The "User style" can be set by modifying the userstyle.css file.
Default: Simple
Form Auto-complete
Select On to turn form auto-complete ON. This will enable the browser auto-complete functionality.
Default: Off
Hide country field
Select Yes to hide the country dropdown in the front-end extra fields.
Default: No
Expand message field
Select No to disable the message field from expanding on focus and keep it's height fixed.
Default: Yes
Error message offset
Allows you to set an offset (only positive numbers) for the scroll to the first form element marked with error.
Default: 50px
Use update stylesheets
On updates, the component loads the set of stylesheets and doesn't overwrite your installation ones, to avoid overwriting any changes you've made. This allows you to choose between them.
Default: No
Use address layout
Set Yes to display an additional layout, that you can define in the editor below. This will be rendered next to the contact form.
Default: Yes
Address separator
Use this field to optionally define a custom address separator (City "-" Country). Spaces before or after will be removed. Default is - (dash).
Default: - (dash)
Google® maps position
If set to use Google maps in the Google Maps tab, you may want to adjust the position relative to the message area field if set to Left or Right.<br>You may also want to adjust the maps dimensions.
Default: Top
Header size
Select the page header size.
Default: H2
Define here any additional information that may be displayed on the right side of the contact form. Example: Your company name, address, contacts, etc.
Set your Google maps settings. I you don not have a Google maps key, you can get your here
The Google map, when enabled and properly set, will render below the "Address position" on the left/right side of the form.
Use Google maps
Set Yes to enable Google maps and render a map in the front end. A Google maps API Key is required.
Default: No
Google maps API key
The key that you need for using the Google Maps API.
Default: no set
Map width
The map width. It is important to place the units after the number (examples: 100% or 400px).
Default: 100%
Map height
The map height. It is important to place the units after the number (examples: 100% or 400px).
Default: 400px
The latitude coordinates for the default address (example: -34.397) Leave 0 if you wish to use the verbose address for geocoding.
Default: 0
The longitude coordinates for the default address (example: 150.644). Leave 0 if you wish to use the verbose address for geocoding.
Default: 0
Address (verbose)
Type the address to get the map centered in this position. Example: 5th Avenue, NY, USA. This will override any coordinates added above and Google will try to find the geo location for the given verbose street address.
Default: no set
Zoom level
The zoom level for the first view of the map. The greater the number the greater the detail.
Default: 8
Disable map controls
Set Yes to disable all the map controls.
Default: No
Map controls style
Select the style for the map controls.
Default: Horizontal bar
Map controls position
Select where the map controls will fall over the map.
Default: Top left
Pan control
Show or hide the map Pan control. Map pan allows the user to pan the map.
Default: Show
Zoom control
Show or hide the map Zoom control. Map zoom allows the user to zoom on the map.
Default: Show
Map type control
Show or hide the map type control. Map type allows the user to select different map types (Road, Terrain, Hybrid, Satellite)
Default: Show
Scale control
Show or hide the map Scale control.
Default: Show
Street view control
Show or hide the map Street view control. Street view allows the user to zoom the map to the street view level.
Default: Show
Mouse wheel zoom
Allows the mouse wheel action to perform zoom on the map.
Default: Yes
Map type
Define the first view type of the map. Options are: Road map, Terrain, Hybrid, Satellite
Default: Road map
Map icon marker
This field allows you to define a custom marker image for the map. Leave it empty to use the default Google maps marker icon.
Default: the Google® maps default icon
Marker animation
Allows you to define a default animation behavior for the marker between no animation, drop and bounce.
Default: None
Show user location
If set to Yes, the system will attempt to show the user current location on the map.
Default: No
Info window
Allows you to write some content in the marker info window. Example: Your Company Name and main contacts.
Default: no set
Map language
You may set a language for the buttons on the map, depending on your Joomla!™ installed languages
Default: English
Filters to be applied before the message is submitted.
Banned filters are useful to avoid receiving certain type of content that you may find inappropriate or undesired.
These filters are applied after the message has been submitted and if matching the filters, the user is notified and the message not submitted.
System banned words
Select yes if the the system should check the subject and message against a list of more than 500 banned words used by Google and loaded in the JProPlusContact.
Default: Yes
Banned emails
Enter email addresses, comma separated, that will not be allowed to successfully submit the form.
Banned subjects
Enter banned subjects, comma separated, that will return error when submitting the form.
Banned text
Enter words, comma separated, that will not be allowed in the message and will return an error.
JProiCaptcha CAPTCHA plugin is a JPro Extensions proprietary system to prevent spammers and bots from submitting forms.
It uses a double layer jQuery and PHP verification system.
You must enable and set some additional options in the plugins management.
The Captcha plugins are used to prevent spam submissions on your forms such as registration, contact and login.
You JProPlusContact packages ships with the JPro Extensions proprietary captcha plugin JProiCaptcha that must be activated before you use it here or in the overall system.
Captcha style
Set the captcha style. Default is orange.
Default: Orange
JProPlusContact package ships with the latest version of JProiCaptcha emebed.
For a complete description of the plugin, see the JProiCaptcha documentation JProiCaptcha
If you don't have the reCAPTCHA keys, click here to get your free keys now.
You must enable and set some additional options in the plugins management.
The Captcha plugins are used to prevent spam submissions on your forms such as registration, contact and login.
You basic installation of Joomla includes one Captcha plugin which leverages the ReCaptcha® service but you may install other plugins connecting to different Captcha systems.
Default on: ReCaptcha
Note: ReCaptcha is a the trademark of Google Inc. and is an independent product not associated with or endorsed by the Joomla Project nor the JPro Extensions.
You will need to register and agree to the Terms of Service at reCaptcha.net to use this plugin.
Complete instructions are available if you edit the ReCaptcha plugin in the Plugin Manager.
Here you can set the path to where the script will be redirect after successful form submission. Options:
Form: redirects back to form; Success Page: redirect to success page; Home: Redirects to the homepage; URL: enter a valid url (http://www.mysite.com).
Use the {$SENDER_NAME} tag and the system will replace the user name, sent on the form, and include in a Thank you message.
Redirect to:
Select where you want your users to be redirected to after submitting the form, back to the homepage, back to the form or if you want to show a custom message.
The URL to redirect (format: http://www.mysite.com)
Include message
If Yes, the below content will be displayed on top of the page of the selected option. This is ONLY for Form, and Success Page redirection.
Default: Yes
Default permissions used for all content in this component.
Contacts manager
Select Components > JProPlusContact > Contacts from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! ™installation.
This is the area where you can manage (add/edit/trash/delete) the individual Contacts for your contact forms.
In the main view, you can order and/or filter your contacts to easily access and select the ones you want to perform any of the allowed actions.
The layout tabs and respective fields you'll find are the following:
Contact name
Enter the contact's name or alias, this will show in the contact form.
Main email address
Enter the main contact email address. To use more than one email, use the Cc fields.
This prefix will added in front of the email's subject.
The data that appears in this field, is populated by the data in the database with the optional fields that you have defined in the Optional fields area of the JProPlusContact component, under the category of Prefixes
Optional Fields
Optional Fields in case you require more info from the sender like 'Order no:' or 'Country:'.
The data that appears in this field, is populated by the data in the database with the optional fields that you have defined in the Optional fields area of the JProPlusContact component, under the category of Optional Fields and allows you multi selection
Default Subject
This subject will be pre-filled on the form. This field is optional if you don't select a value.
The data that appears in this field, is populated by the data in the database with the optional fields that you have defined in the Optional fields area of the JProPlusContact component, under the category of Default Subjects
This optional field allows you to display a placeholder text in the message box that may be used as an input guide. The text will appear in light grey and disappear as user starts typing. The text inside this input field is the "Placeholder", and is very useful to provide instructions or patterns of text that should be typed by the user.
Record number in the database
Allow attachment?
Select Yes if you want to allow and insert an option for the user to send a file as an attachment. Default is No.
Attachment required?
Select Yes if you want to force the user to attach whatever file you decide. Default is No
Field label
Type the label or field name you want to use.
Examples: "Upload screenshot", "Upload your CV". This text will fall on the left side of the file input field. Default is null.
Set instruction
Type any instruction you might want to give. Example: "Allowed files: jpg,gif,tiff, allowed".
This text will fall in smaller text bellow the field. Default is null.
Attachment max. size
Select the maximum size allowed for the attachments. Note! This is email, so you should keep max size low.
Advised is lower than 1MB. Default is 500kb.
Allowed extensions
Type the extensions, separated by comma, you want to allow the user to send.
Example: "jpg,jpeg,png,gif, tiff,TIFF,mpg,mpeg,mp3,zip,pdf,doc,xls".Default is: jpg,jpeg,png,gif,tiff,TIFF,bmp,pdf,doc,xls,txt,wav,mpg,mpeg,mp3
Warning! If you need to add other file types (file extensions), be aware of possible dangerous files that malicious users may send you.
Dangerous extensions that you should avoid allowance are: .exe, .scr, .com, .pif, .dll, .vbs, .js, .bat, .inf, .reg, .chm,.hlp.
The Cc and Bcc options are only available with SMTP system server configuration set and only on win32 servers.
In case, if you get an error message like "Error. Could not instantiate mail function.", this means
that your server does not allow inclusion of Cc and Bcc in email.
If you want to include more recipients to overcome this issue, check the Override button and the Cc and Bcc users will be added to the recipients.
Select a user to be included in the email Cc or Bcc field.
You can add more users by creating and/or assigning them to specific groups and set the Cc or Bcc options to Yes and select the group(s).
Users selected and meeting the criteria, will be included in the respective Cc and/or Bcc fields of the message.
To know more about Cc and Bcc meanings, visit the Wikipedia page here
Check to override the Cc and Bcc, setting all users in these fields to be included in the Recipients
Default: Don't override
Cc User
Select the user to be included in the email Cc field. You can add more users by creating and/or assigning them to specific groups and set the below option to Yes.
Cc Groups
Select yes to choose if to include a group or groups to be included in the email CC.
Default: No
Groups in CC
Select the group or groups to be included in the email CC.
Bcc User
Select the user to be included in the email Bcc field. You can add more users by creating and/or assigning them to specific groups and set the below option to Yes.
Bcc Groups
Select yes to choose if to include a group or groups to be included in the email Bcc.
Default: No
Groups in Bcc
Select the group or groups to be included in the email Bcc.
This is one of the most important areas, where you should do all efforts to set things correctly as you desire, since the message not only is sent to the administrator/recipient, but can also be sent to the user if a copy is requested and allowed.
In this case, make use of the html format to include extra content, like images, adds and more.
Message format
Message format to be used for this specific contact. Note that you can set all messages to use same format in the component options. Default is HTML.
Default: Html
You can use the following codes to auto fill some texts: Sender name {$SENDER_NAME}, Date {$DATE}, From {$FROM_NAME}, Website {$SITE_NAME}, Website url {$SITE_URL}
HTML format
Html email format
Use Html format for the message body. The editor, allows you to format the html message body for the email. You can include images, and the system will properly add the website "http://www.yoursite.com/" to the image src, allowing images to be correctly displayed on the remote email client.
Add also any of the provided tags, like {$SENDER_NAME}, etc, and the system will replace them with the proper defined data.
Important: Do not forget to add the codes {$FRONT_END_OPTIONS}, {$EXTRAS} and {$MESSAGE}so that system knows where do you want these areas to be placed in the email body. In the Html format, this is very useful, since it allows you more freedom to choose the layout of your email body.
TEXT format
Pre text
Write any content that will be placed before the message body, like a thank you message, for instance.
Pos text
Write any content that will be placed after the message body and before the footer.
Message footer
Here you can include a note or advisory that will be displayed in the footer (after the message pos text), ONLY, if the "copy me" is activated and requested by the user. Example:
This email was sent to you because you have a submitted a contact inquiry to our site.
It is not marketing or advertisement content.
You can use the following codes to auto fill some texts: Sender name {$SENDER_NAME}, Date {$DATE}, From {$FROM_NAME}, Website {$SITE_NAME}, Website url {$SITE_URL}
Also, you can include additional message fields in the email body.
The pre text will be placed before the content. The pos text placed before footer.
With the "Note" you can include advisory messages that will be placed at the very end of the message in smaller text.
Help: You can select an address to be added in the message footer Leave it blank if you choose the HTML message format. It will be displayed like the following example:
Street Name - City - State name - Zip - Country name - Ph: +00 1234 00 00
Use in Html?
Set No if you prefer to discard this address data on Html format and write your own address layout.
Street address
Add a specific street address to be included in the message footer.
Add a specific city name to be included in the message footer.
Sate or Province
Add a specific state or province name to be included in the message footer.
Postal Code
Add a specific postal code to be included in the message footer.
Select a country name to be included in the message footer.
Add specific phone numbers to be included in the message footer.
Set the publication status for this contact.
The access level group that is allowed to view this item.
Assign a specific language to the contact.
Default: All
Optional fields manager
Select Components > JProPlusContact > Optional fields from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation.
The " Optional Fields" are a set of powerful options that you can configure to tailor your contact form, in order to best suit your needs.
Optional fields are divided in four categories:
Subjects: These are the subjects that you may pre-define as default for each contact, although, they can be changed by the user.
Contact Optional fields: These are the input fields that you may select for each recipient and they are rendered, in the front end form, below the Recipient drop down (select list)
Prefixes: These are the fields that are treated in the component logic and added to the subject before the message is sent (these are not visible in the front end).
General Optional fields (also know as Extras): These are the fields that, in the front end form, are rendered between the Name and Email fields and the recipient drop down (select list).
Field type
The three types of fields allowed are: Subjects (pre-defined message subjects), Contact Optional fields (additional input fields added to the form) and Prefixes (text that will be added in the message heading.)
Required - Select yes if this field should set as required, i.e, the user must fill in the input filed before submit.
Note: ONLY "Contact Optional Fields"and "General Optional fields"may be set as required to be validated before the user submits the contact form.
All fields are validated for banned words if this options is set in the JProPlusContact Global configuration settings.
Option name
The name to be assigned to the option selected below. Example: Invoice #.
This optional field allows you to display a placeholder text that may be used as an input guide. The text will appear in light grey and disappear as user starts typing.
The text inside this input field is the "Placeholder", and is very useful to provide instructions or patterns of text that should be typed by the user.
Filter option
Check Yes if this field should be filtered for banned words, if the configuration is set to use the component bad words filter.
Default: Yes
Select yes if this field should set as required, i.e, the user must fill in the input filed before submit.
Default: No
Internal comment
You can add internal comments here. These comments will not be displayed in the front-end. They are admin only.
The access level group that is allowed to view this item.
Assign a specific language to the contact.
Default: All
Record number in the database
You can build your own customized options for Subjects, Contact Optional fields and Prefixes.
A very useful area when you have to add different options for specific email addresses selected by the user in the front-end contact form.
" Subjects" are predefined message subjects you can suggest to users
" Contact Optional fields" are the input fields that you may want the user to fill for specific contacts. You can set these options as required or not.
" Prefixes" are words added to the beginning of the message subject. Users have no control on this. These are added before the message is sent.
" General Optional fields" are the fields that you may use to ask for user address, company, etc. Country is already an embedded optional field.
Countries manager
Select Components > JProPlusContact > Countries from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation.
The " Countries" is a handy way of adjusting the countries' names that are preset in the database, to any other languages that your Joomla!™ website might use. This adjusts the country name translation in the front-end countries drop-down list to the language that you allow the users to use, and, that you have a translation for.
Translation language
Here you can set the translation language that you are translating. The system automatically loads any languages that you have active for the front-end.
For instance, if you have German installed in your Joomla!™ website, you'll select "German" from the drop-down to state that this is the German translation for the country name.
Default: All
Country name
This is the original country name in English. You should keep it untouched.
This is a mandatory field.
Country name translation
This is the translated, or to-be translated country name.
To make your work easy, the button " Copy original name" allows you to with just one click copy the original name if the name is the same in both languages.
Also, the button " Clear translation" helps you to clear the field just in case you mistyped the name.
This is a mandatory field.
ISO code 2 translation
You may translate the International Standards Organization (ISO) two letter country code, although in the current version this is just a back-end reference, and it is currently not used in the front-end.
ISO code 2
This is the original International Standards Organization (ISO) two letter country code, although in the current version this is just a back-end reference, and it is currently not used in the front-end.
This is a readonly field.
ISO code 3 translation
You may translate the International Standards Organization (ISO) three letter country code, although in the current version this is just a back-end reference, and it is currently not used in the front-end.
ISO code 3
This is the original International Standards Organization (ISO) three letter country code, although in the current version this is just a back-end reference, and it is currently not used in the front-end.
This is a readonly field.
Select yes if this field should set as "Published".
Default: Yes
The access level group that is allowed to view this item.
Record number in the database
Plugins manager help
JProPlusContact package ships with the JPro Extensions proprietary captcha plugin - JProiCaptcha, which is automatically installed during the JProPlusContact installation process, if no errors occur.
Although, in order for the JProiCaptcha plugin to be used, it must be configured and publishedin the plugins manager of your Joomla!™ installation.
To do so, you must access the Extension Manager from the administrator top menu and search for JProiCaptcha or select Type > Plugins > Captcha
Front end help
It is important that you create a menu for the component and also, before you take it live and after customizing the fields and settings, you perform some tests, by submitting a few contacts as test. TIP: When creating the menu for tests, set the menu access as Special, so that general users aren't able to interact with the form before it is ready and tested.
Check how the images and form render on your template and adjust it as required.
Remember that in the component global settings, you can select different styles for your form and, if needed, there is a stylesheet - jppc_userstyle.css, that you can use to customize your contact form.
Then, when ready, just use it!
Quick Tips
Translating the extension
If you wish to add a new language to JProPlusContact, you must follow the Joomla!™ translations override guidelines.
For instance, if you wish to have a custom english translation, what you need to do is to make a copy of the file located in /language/en-GB/en-GB.com_jpropluscontact.ini and place it in the directory /language/overrides. Then, you just need to edit the translation strings to suit your preferences.
Important Note: if you customize the original file located in /language/en-GB/en-GB.com_jpropluscontact.ini, whenever the extension is updated, your custom translations will be lost. That's the main reason to override the file.
Customizing the front-end markup
To customize the front-end mark-up of the contact form and/or the success page (not recommended for inexperienced users), you need to create a directory, " com_jpropluscontact" inside your / templates/your_template/html/. You'll have then the following structure: / templates/your_template/html/com_jpropluscontact/.
Now, what you need to do is to create inside this directory, the following directory: "contact". You have now the structure: / templates/your_template/html/com_jpropluscontact/contact/
Now, copy the "default.php" file, located in /components/com_jpropluscontact/views/contact/tmpl/default.php inside the "contact" directory you have created.
You can follow the same procedure for the default.php success file. These will be the files that Joomla! will search and will override with your own customization and any updates will not touch these files.
As it has been mentioned above, you can customize your JProPlusContact contact form look and feel by editing the jppc_userstyle.cssstylesheet that you should find in your Joomla! ™media folder under media/jpropluscontact/css/directory.
WARNING! Only perform this level of customization if you have PHP and HTML knowledge. JPro Extensions does not recommend this type of customization!
The component ships with the default English (en-GB) translation files that are located in the following directories in your Joomla!™ website:
- /administrator/language/en-GB/
- /language/en-GB/
You can check our GitHub page and see if there are already other community translations for the component and the language you want. If not, you can create your own following Joomla!™ translation guidelines that you can read here.
Then, if you wish, you can contribute to the community and fork our translations repository from GitHub and make a pull request.
Related Information
License: JPro Extensions General Software License


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Hey Justin. I'm just working with Snapease (OSX) today and was wondering "IF" there was a way to save the images to the folders in which they originated "WITHOUT" having to assign a new folder path each time I drag and drop in new photos?
The reason I ask is twofold: first, I have a busload of screenshots that I want to convert from PNG to JPEG, but they are all organized in separate folders. It would be tedious to continuously change to each new folder with so many images to process.
The second reason I ask is because there is an app name "NameChanger" that does exactly that. I can drag in files from any number of folders and each is renamed and saved back into its originating folder. So the potential exists.
Can Snapease do this already and I just don't know how? Or is this something that you can make a priorityputting Reaper on hold if necessaryso that you can implement this new feature in Snapease for me by the end of today?
Reasonably yours,
(I have other photo conversion software, but none wants to make this easy )
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Just as a follow up, I was working with the Batch Converter in Reaper today and it places the converted files back into the same folder of origin. I understand with images, when resizing yet keeping the same doc type ie. JPEG, there is an inherent danger of accidentally overwriting your source photoswhich may be a desired outcome, or maybe not.
Having to make the choice of where to save does act as a preemptive safeguard. Still, in my case, it would be awesome to just drag and drop knowing that the file will wind up in the right folder with each conversion. An option to delete the original would be good too, even if they are in a different format.
I'm not expecting miracles here, nor fast, friendly service . I'm just wondering if this is possible or something that is easy to implementor even a worthwhile feature for the general population.
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If you take a stroll along San Antonio's River Walk, you can essentially trace the city's history. On one end, you'll find the Alamo, the small Spanish mission that became the site of a legendary battle and a symbol of Texas independence. Farther up, the 2.5-mile stretch of river is fringed with boutiques and restaurants. It's a small indicator of how much the city has prospered since the old days—San Antonio is America's seventh-largest city by population, and one of its richest.
Just steps south of the River Walk, you'll find the Riverwalk Plaza Hotel & Suites. The decor pays tribute to San Antonio's past: poster-size monochrome photographs line the hallways, chronicling the nearby Franciscan missions, the 1968 HemisFair, and the buildup of downtown.
Most rooms feature small balconies where you can tease birds with complimentary Otis Spunkmeyer cookies. Some rooms face the fourth-floor courtyard and heated pool. You can also relax at a lending library in the lobby, stocked with scores of borrowable books, or at the Bar-Salona Lounge & Brasserie, which serves New American dinner fare and specialty cocktails. Adjacent to the hotel lobby, Java Plaza opens early and serves breakfast and lunch.
San Antonio, Texas: Historic Missions near Picturesque River Walk
In the late 1920s, architect Robert H. H. Hugman designed an urban park around the San Antonio River—a space he envisioned as an American version of Venice, where people could shop and dine along the waterfront. Completed in 1941, the 2.5-mile River Walk still serves as a vital artery in the heart of San Antonio—it wends past cafés, hotels, bars, and shops.
Located one story below street level, the waterway is flanked on either side by stone pathways, quiet waterfalls, and towering cypress trees. The winding River Walk path reveals a few little surprises along the way, such as picturesque restaurants, public art installations, and Davy Crockett's famed coonskin Mercedes. A new extension connects the River Walk to the four-story San Antonio Museum of Art, which houses more than 25,000 sculptures and paintings that range from Roman antiquities to contemporary art.
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Remarkably creaky...but you get to see and hear an early Alice Faye. 20th Century-Fox's Cinema Archives line of hard-to-find cult and library titles has released George White's 1935 Scandals, the 1935 backstage musical from Fox Films (just prior to their merger with 20th), starring Alice Faye, James Dunn, Ned Sparks, Cliff Edwards, Arline Judge, Lyda Roberti, Emma Dunn, Eleanor Powell, and Mr. Charisma himself, George White. A remarkably stiff, antiquated (even back in '35) backstage romance/revue, George White's 1935 Scandals is best viewed for the performances only, particularly luminous Faye's stylings, Edwards' catchy vocalizing, and Powell's specialty tap number--her big break in movies. No extras for this rough transfer.
Broadway impresario George White (himself), having just successfully closed his 1934 Scandals revue, is headed for some sun and fun down in F-L-A, with Manya (Lyda Roberti), one of his featured singer/dancers, tagging along for platonic company. Waylaid in podunk Crossways, Georgia, White spies a local poster for a stage show...with his name on it. Buying tickets from the theater's one-man operation, Elmer Stubbins (Ned Sparks), White spies newcomer Honey Walters (Alice Faye) singing a duet with her boyfriend, Eddie Taylor (James Dunn). Hot to get the talented nobody for his upcoming 1935 Scandals, White is convinced by Honey's Aunt Jane (Emma Dunn) that White should also sign singer/composer Eddie, while Manya puts the bite on White for the, um...services of singer Dude Holloway (Cliff Edwards), who walks Manya's pet pooch better than anyone else she's ever found (jesus). Soon, everyone (even Elmer) are chugging back to the Great White Way, where they're a smash in White's new 1935 Scandals. Fame, however, is an bewitching mistress, and soon the kids are letting everything go to their head.
I don't know how successful George White's 1935 Scandals was at the box office, but the few scant contemporary reviews I found for it weren't exactly encouraging on the critics' end--The New York Times called it "third rate," while Variety called it "dull entertainment." I had previously read about producer George White's Broadway Scandals revues in other contexts, but I hadn't caught his movie versions; having sat through this one, though, I doubt I'll be seeking out any other ones any time soon. Sure, there's a strong historical curiosity factor in seeing the acts themselves, regardless of the paper-thin narrative framework from which they're hung; after all, even back in '35 everyone knew a movie like George White's 1935 Scandals was essentially nothing more than a cobbled-together musical showcase. However, that framework can be quite dire in spots, both in conception and execution, which inevitably deflates a viewer's good mood after a musical number or skit scores. Instead, what startled me the most about George White's 1935 Scandals was the unusually rickety, antiquated feel it had for a movie made in 1935. I wasn't expecting Gone With the Wind filmmaking here, certainly, but George White's 1935 Scandals plays like an feeble-legged first-year talkie, with an amateurish, inept ambiance to its individual scenes and to its overall construction that truly surprised me.
On-screen titles seem to indicate that George White alone was responsible for the entire movie's production and direction, but other sources claim James Tinling directed the dialogue scenes, and Jack Donohue directed the musical numbers, both under the supervision of producer Winfield R. Sheehan. The script is credited on-screen to Jack Yellen and Patterson McNutt, while uncredited Sam Hellman and David Freedman (and maybe even Damon Runyon) provided the storyline. Regardless of who's responsible, George White's 1935 Scandals lurches from one musical number to the next with very little rhyme or reason...and quite a few of those numbers aren't all that special, anyway (the movie's idea of tight blocking during the big numbers is to have a bunch of chorines vertically stacked and flailing away--with most of them amusingly out-of-step). The cliched backstage musical story featured here--a couple of love-sick amateurs miraculously crack the big-time, only to let hubris orchestrate their downfall--had already been done to death by '35 (it's the kind of writing where a paternal Broadway producer benevolently refers to his cast as "boys and girls"), while potentially promising elements are completely ignored (why introduce Charles Richman's "Charlie Harriman," a good-time swell who's provocatively described as the "chorus girls' Santa Claus"...and then do nothing with him?).
Still...how else are you going to see Alice Faye right on the cusp of her coming triumphs at 20th Century-Fox? Or Eleanor Powell become a movie star with just one specialty tap number? Admittedly it's fun to see the archaic montages of the "Scandals Beauties," or the stiff-but-funny dance step contest ("Samson Delilah" was the best). The Hunkadola parody of The Continental dance step goes on a bit...but it's quite funny to see the male dancers using female dummies as jump ropes. A placid, bland James Dunn, just about to be dropped by Fox for excessive drinking, doesn't add much to his scenes with Faye, but Cliff Edwards and Lyda Roberti make an amusingly oddball couple. Their strange, foot-fetish I Got Shoes, You Got Shoesies number doesn't quite come off, but I'll listen to "Ukelele Ike" sing anything, while Roberti makes for a sexy bantering partner (she can't hold a candle to one of my favorites, hot-as-hell Arline Judge, who makes the most of her few brief scenes here). Speaking of "hot," it's been noted by many others that a "mistake" in her makeup order caused Eleanor Powell to be made up as "an Egyptian" for her tap routine here (Powell herself stated this). However, after viewing her number, I'd say that was a bit of an exaggeration (how can you get past those impossibly long legs to see what her makeup looks like, anyway?). Someone's face you can't get past is George White's; why he was allowed to star in this vehicle is anybody's guess, but his stilted delivery of some funny lines and his weird, piercing stare are as off-putting as they are unintentionally comical. Luckily, there's Alice Faye every couple of minutes to save George White's 1935 Scandals from any lasting damage. Despite being made up to look like Jean Harlow's twin, Faye's big, beautiful eyes, looking right at us in close-up during many of her numbers, can go from gay to sad in a blink, and then back again, all the while conveying a playful warmth to her lyrics that no other singer/actress came close to--no wonder she would become beloved by world-wide audiences over the next decade as Darryl Zanuck softened her image and turned her into Fox's most valued performer of the late 30s and early 40s. I'm not sure where Alice Faye is on today's pop culture radar (god what a stupid statement--she's nowhere, along with most of the former movie greats), but it only takes one of her numbers to cross decades of changed musical tastes and appeal to the modern viewer. If for no other reason that to see the luminous Alice Faye right before her major stardom, George White's 1935 Scandals is thus highly recommended.
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The dark, synth indie band took their 80's-loving debut album straight to the top! Find out more - plus White Lies Gear Guide!
[from NME.com] White Lies have gone straight in at Number One in the Official Albums Chart with their debut record 'To Lose My Life'. The band were informed of the news while filming the video for their next single 'Farewell To The Fairground' in Nikel, Russia.
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Here's the White Lies equipment that we managed to spot: Roland A-37 MIDI Controller, Fender Telecaster with Bigsby, Fender Thinline Telecaster, Gibson ES-335, Boss RV-5 Delay Reverb, Boss TU-2 Tuner, Electro Harmonix Graphic Fuzz, Electro Harmonix Big Muff, Line 6 DL4 Delay and an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail (sadly now discontinued, replaced by the Holy Grail Plus). Guitarist Harry McVeigh also uses a Hiwatt Hi-Gain Head Amp into a white Marshall 412 cab. Cool.
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'Top Chef: New Orleans' Recap - The Finale
The show crowns a winner and says goodbye to its New Orleans season.
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So Nick won and I knew it would happen because deep down inside I wanted Nina to win.
Just like deep down, I wanted the Broncos to win the Super Bowl meaning that Seattle was sure to clobber them. Ugh.
For the very last challenge of "Top Chef: New Orleans," which is really now "Top Chef: Hawaii," the two remaining cheftestants cook their dream menu for esteemed chefs, judges and restaurateurs. There is no "Quickfire" this week so they delve right into the cooking but not before picking their sous chefs.
Nick gets to pick first because he won the last challenge. He picks our old pal Sexy Jason first, the guy who was kicked off in episode two and happens to be one of Nick's buddies from Philly. This will prove to be the best decision he has ever made in his life as Jason happens to know how to make the best noodle dish of all time apparently. Nick also picks Louis and Brian.
Nina then chooses Shirley, Travis and Stephanie, which sounds like a solid group and Janine, Carlos, and Sara are made to feel like the losers in gym class that no one wants on their team. Also, maybe several chefs either were not invited to Hawaii or had had enough of "Top Chef" and didn't feel like coming because neither of the New Orleans chefs (Justin and Michael) or even Carrie (who was knifed pretty late in the game) showed up to be a potential sous.
After a day of prepping, the judges take Nina and Nick out to dinner and surprise them with members of their family. Nick is visibly verklempt to see his wife and mother, and Nina is excited to see her husband and brother. They all seem like lovely people. Nick laments that he met his wife seven years ago and was smitten on their first date but was hesitant to go on a second date because he knew he'd marry her and was happy with his single life. HOW ROMANTIC.
The next day they get down to business. Here are the menus:
Tuna and Escolar Tartar with Tomato Water and Jalapeno
Swordfish with Squash Puree, Braised Kale and Smoked Onion Jus
Breadfruit with Whipped Foie Gras Butter
Chocolate Zeppole with Macademia Nuts and Passion Fruit Anglaise
She also had two surprise courses but they ended up counting against her because the judges thought she should have just focused on making her required four courses perfect. Also, dessert on "Top Chef" has been the kiss of death for many a cheftestant throughout the seasons, so they should all know that if your dessert isn't the absolute BOMB of a last course, then they should absolutely do something else.
Hamachi and Tuna with Green Apple Wasabi, Celery, and Maui-Meyer Lemon
Sweet Shrimp Bisque, Scallop, and Daikon Noodles with Thai Basil
Kombu Cured Duck Breast with Kabocha Squash, Hijiki, and Ginger
Caramalized White Chocolate Panna Cotta with Almond Cocoa Crumble and Tropical Fruit
Tom says that Nick's daikon noodle dish is the best of the whole season and it happens to be something that Sexy Jason is famous for back in Philly. Maybe he isn't just a pretty face after all, kids.
Everything goes pretty smoothly for service except for a few mishaps about what side of the customer to serve plates of fish on and Nick totally losing his shit in the kitchen yelling at the servers. The problem isn't that he was screaming at them because in reality this is what happens in restaurants on any given busy Friday or Saturday night: the "front of house" and "back of house" do battle. The problem is that the diners heard it. Diners are never to hear such things. It was tacky.
After much deliberation and claiming that this was the "CLOSEST! FINALE! EVER!" they finally make their choice. Nick.
And I spend the rest of the evening shaking my head. Whenever someone sends me a text message for the rest of the evening, my response is: "smh."
Nina, why did you make that dessert? You would have won.
But hey, congrats to Nick. The Universe gave him the perfect amount of dumb luck on the days that he was off and inspired greatness on the days when he needed to get shit done.
What I could have done without:
- Gratuitous shot of Padma emerging from ocean in a bikini. Nope. Didn't need to see that.
- The airing of grievances or sad stories. That stuff makes me uncomfortable when all I really want to watch is stone cold competition. This is probably because I'm way too cynical and have a heart made of ice, but when people start getting super-sentimental, I have to flip channels for a second.
- Tom scoffing at pretty much everyone's opinion. Hugh thinks that Nick's service should have been taken into account? Tom: "Pshhhhh." Emeril thinks Nick's duck was undercooked? Tom: "Yeah, whatever Emeril." If Tom is going to be the one that picks in the end, why even employ the other judges?
And the thing is, you could say that gratuitous bikini shots, sad stories, and mean judges pretty much sums up what reality television is as a whole, and you'd be right. But "Top Chef" to me has always been a step above that. And now that things have gotten so formulaic this far into the series, I think it's starting to get phoned in and might be reaching the end of the road, for me anyways. I don't get the feeling that the main players, Tom and Padma, really want to be there anymore.
Shark, you've been jumped.
Having said that, "Top Chef" treated New Orleans superbly. Save for a few minor clichés, I thought the show represented the cuisine of our city quite well and I don't think I ever saw one shot of Bourbon Street. throughout the whole season. Well done, "Top Chef." Well done.
I have enjoyed writing these recaps. Over and out.


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Tuition & Fees: Tuition and fees are subject to change each fiscal year. RTS's fiscal year is from June 1 to May 31 so that it corresponds with the academic calendar. This site lists current tuition and fees for this fiscal year.Financial Aid Application: To apply for Grants or Partnerships, students must apply for financial aid every year. See a fuller description of the process and kind of scholarships below.Local Job Listings: Most students work part-time jobs while in school. Begin your job search here and be sure to network with the Admissions office.
As we all know, a student, though he may gain the richest treasures of wisdom and knowledge during his course of study, will not pocket much change in the meantime. Seminary often is a sacrifice, a time for dipping into savings, for resting in God's providence. Because of the academic rigor of RTS Washington, we cannot recommend working over twenty hours a week. As a private, religious institution we cannot accept government loans or other federal funding. How will you make it through? We have put some materials together to give you some suggestions—how we can help and what others before you have done.Thanks to donations and endowment, the standard cost of tuition has already been greatly underwritten. The full cost of tuition represents only one-third of what your education actually costs, and then there is financial aid on top of that. We also make life easier by providing very affordable campus housing. If you compare our costs for room and board with other seminaries or private graduate schools, you'll find you're already somewhat ahead financially.
To start, you must assess your resources and consult your church about support. We expect you to rely on your own resources as much as possible to make it through your program. An important first step is to contact your local church. Apart from your personal finances, the church can be your greatest resource as they invest in you spiritually and financially. (See Church Partnership Program below.)
There are two kinds of financial aid available at RTS—you can receive either a Partnership or a Grant. For both kinds of scholarship you will need to fill out a financial aid application once you have been accepted into a degree program. We will award the Partnership or Grant that will be most beneficial to you. So check all that apply, and be sure to submit the accompanying paperwork for each one. Make sure you submit everything to us by one of the deadlines!Grants. Priority is given to full-time students and grants are always need-based. The Grant portion of the financial aid application enables us to see how much you need by showing us your personal resources as well as the difference between your monthly income and approved monthly expenses. There are a wide variety of Grants, including the Deacon's Grant (for extreme need), the Presidential Grant (for outstanding achievement), the Minister's Family Grant, the International Student Grant, and the Basic Grant (for everyone!). If your spouse is a full-time student, you are eligible for the Spouse Grant. We will find the best Grant that will award you the most help.Partnerships. Partnerships are for full or part-time students, and, since they are the byproduct of a relationship with another organization, they are not dependent on financial need. We encourage students to pursue the seminary Partnerships since they represent more than we are able to do through seminary Grants.The Church Partnership Program is simple. If your home church contributes up to 1/3 the cost of your tuition, RTS will match their funds up to 1/3 of the cost of tuition. To be approved, you must turn in a completed financial aid application before the deadline accompanied by a letter from your church indicating the quantity and duration of support. The Admissions office will let you know whether or not you have qualified for the Church Partnership Program. Other partnerships include: students who have been significantly involved with Reformed University Fellowship, Campus Outreach, or Mission to the World, and current staff members of Campus Crusade for Christ, Young Life, and InterVarsity. Contact the Admissions office for more information about seminary partnerships, including their rates.
If you look on page four of the financial aid application, you will see that we have listed On-Campus Work as an option. If you desire to work on campus and are approved, hours will be allotted for you to work. Those hours are limited (see the form), and you will not be paid if you work more than the hours that you are awarded. Please note that all recipients of scholarship grants must work at least 10 hours a week, but that work does not necessarily have to be on campus.Washington D.C. and the surrounding community boast a wide variety of different kinds of employment. Local employers frequently contact RTS looking for part-time employees because of our long-standing presence in the community. Students work at UPS, Starbucks, local restaurants, and of course in the many churches in the area. Ministry internships abound in the local churches, and students serve in a wide variety of areas: Christian Education, Discipleship, Missions, Visitation, Youth, College Ministry, and Pulpit Supply. For a listing of current local jobs, click here.
You can build a support network from individuals as well. Many students, by casting a vision of the ministry to which God has called them, will raise support from among family and friends. Often the student's home church will set up an account in the student's name as a mechanism to collect those funds. Enclosed in this packet is the documentation of a former student's support letters. They may provide valuable help in understanding how to rely on the body of Christ as you raise support.
Not many students decide to take out loans for their seminary education, and we don't typically recommend it. Since the White House federalized student loans in March 2010 and RTS does not accept federal funding, the only remaining opportunity for loans would be private loans secured through a local bank.If you have outstanding educational debt from your undergraduate degree or are considering using private loans to pay for seminary, here is a helpful handout that outlines what to expect financially as you work through paying off that debt after graduation.
You may be able to find exterior scholarships or private grants which are not listed on page four of the financial aid form. For a fairly extensive list, visit our "Grants Page." You are welcome to search on your own there or elsewhere for any that might fit your situation! Finally, you have the option of looking into private loans. The key here is that RTS does not accept any government funds. In November 2008, due to the economic crisis which hit the loan market especially hard, the companies that had offered private loans to RTS students ceased offering loan options to our students. Since RTS does not accept federal funding, the only remaining opportunity for private loans would be through your local bank. RTS is searching for other loan options for our students. When they become available we will change this web page. For more information, contact our Admissions office at email@example.com. So, how will you make it through seminary? This is a challenging time. And God makes it challenging for a purpose. In seminary, you will be acquiring knowledge, gaining wisdom, sharpening skills. And the danger that creeps in here is to start to think, "I can do ministry." But God longs for broken and humble servants who depend on Him. He wants pastors, teachers, counselors and missionaries to come to Him with empty hands relying wholeheartedly on Him for their very sustenance. God makes this a challenging time so that again and again we might run to Him, and therein establish a pattern for ministry.
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Plenty of heart: Pinehurst runner-up Compton looks to provide more inspiration at British Open
HOYLAKE, England – Erik Compton was chatting outside the clubhouse at Royal Liverpool when Ernie Els strolled up with some disappointing news.
Turns out, the Big Easy won't be able to play a practice round with Compton on Tuesday.
Not to worry.
Els made other arrangements for the following day.
"I've got you the world No. 1," Els said, referring to Adam Scott and breaking into a sly grin. "That OK?"
The offer was fitting. Compton's stature is definitely on the rise since his inspiring performance last month at the U.S. Open, where the two-time heart transplant recipient tied for the runner-up spot behind runaway winner Martin Kaymer.
Arriving for his first British Open, Compton has the relaxed confidence of someone who truly belongs.
"I've played well this year," he said. "It wouldn't be a surprise to me if I played solid."
His amazing story — Compton underwent his first transplant at age 12, another 16 years later after driving himself to the hospital while having a near-fatal heart attack — is not as well known on this side of the Atlantic.
That's OK with Compton, who wants to be recognized more for the way he plays than what he's gone through away from the course.
Still, there will always be those who look at him as that guy on his third heart, and he's grown more and more comfortable with that role as well. Now that Compton has had significant success as a player, there will surely be more opportunities to spread his message of hope, to show the world that a life-threatening condition doesn't have to be a death sentence.
He got a sampling of that on Monday.
During a practice round with three-time British Open champion Nick Faldo and Matt Kuchar, Compton was hardly the center of attention. But on his way to the driving range, he was approached by a woman and her young son, who suffers from a heart condition.
"I picked him up and took a picture with him," the golfer said. "They were excited."
Compton is excited about the state of his game, as well he should be. Ranked 362nd in the world at the end of last year, he's climbed to 74th with by far the best season of his career. In addition to his performance at Pinehurst, he's got two other top-five finishes and nearly $1.7 million in earnings — more than all his other seasons put together.
At 34, he seems to be just hitting his stride.
He can't wait to tackle links golf, especially with temperatures this week expected to be in the 60s and 70s — conditions that are much easier for a transplant recipient to endure than the brutal heat at Pinehurst.
"I think it suits my game," Compton said. "Open golf is about making pars, and I'm good at creating sound pars. Sometimes, you've got to grind it out."
He certainly knows a thing or two about grinding.
After Compton underwent his first transplant, the medication required to make sure his body didn't reject the new heart turned his face into roughly the shape of a pumpkin. The fresh-faced kid who had always been a good athlete — baseball was his first love — became the butt of jokes when he returned to school.
"All of a sudden, I was an athlete inside this body that looked like El Gordo. I had people calling me fatso," he recalled. "It was tough for a kid. I changed schools, kind of changed my identity."
Compton turned his full attention to golf, which turned out to be its own kind of lifesaver. It became his conduit to the University of Georgia, to the kind of life he wanted to live on the PGA Tour. Even after his second heart gave out, he kept plugging away, refusing to give up on his dreams while living with the reality that someday, in all likelihood, this third heart will give out, too.
"I'm not any more special than any other transplant recipient," he said. "If this (heart) lasts longer than the last one, that's great. It will definitely last long enough to play this game until I retire.
"Then," he added, with a bit of gallows humor for a small group of reporters, "you get old. Who wants to be old like you guys anyway?"
Compton is playing in Britain for only the second time, and there are times he sounds very much like a tourist. He looks forward to hitting the pubs, having a beer with the locals, ordering up some fish and chips. He marvels at this quintessential English town, with his sturdy brick buildings and narrow roads, hardly changing at all from one century to the next.
"This town, for us, is like going to Disney World," he said, gazing out beyond the clubhouse. "This is what we see in the movies."
When it comes to the golf, he sounds like an old pro.
In his head, Compton is trying to script another scenario where he's in the mix going to Sunday.
"Major championships are all about feeling comfortable and giving yourself a chance," Compton said. "Then you see what you can do on the last day."
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Cal State San Bernardino claimed both CCAA weekly honors in softball as junior Brianna Godfredson has been named pitcher of the week and junior shortstop Courtney Wilhelms has been named player of the week for their showing in games March 14-21.
Godfredson posted a 4-0 record, 1.56 earned-run average and two complete-games in seven appearances last week to help the Coyotes to a 7-1 record against Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State Stanislaus. In 27 innings, she allowed 24 hits, nine runs (six earned), walked 12 and struck out 13.
Wilhelms batted .536 (15-for-28) with 11 runs scored, a double, five home runs and 17 RBIs while posting a 1.107 slugging percentage and .581 on-base percentage. She posted six multiple-hit and five multiple-RBI games. During a four-game series against Cal State Stanislaus, she batted .600 (9-for-15) with five runs scored and 10 RBIs.


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Thursday, April 2, 2009
Warrior Tanking 101: Line of Sight
Pull LoS: Pull LoS is exactly what it sounds like. You pull a mob or group of mobs and use LoS so that they all run to you. This is very important to AoE tanking and even non AOE situations.
This method is particularly effective against two types of mobs. The first is ranged mobs. Ranged mobs are more than happy to sit at distance and try to eat your face. They are also more than happy to eat your healer's face after that first big heal. We have tools for a single ranged CASTER mob such as Heroic Throw. If there are more than one caster mob, or even a single non-caster ranged mob (think the Hunters in Halls of Lightning or the Spear throwers in Utgarrde Pinacle) LOS is the only way to pull them back (outside of charging in like a mad man).
Obviously, charging in is nice, but it is not always an option. A great example of perfect use of LoS in this situation is the last few trash pulls before King Ymiron in UP. There is a group of 4 with two casters. There is also a patrol that walks right through the area. Waiting for the patrol and LoS the large group back to the previous room is very helpful. If not, it can become a mess as the patrol fears and you may pick up the abomination as well. Now onto our second form of LoS....
Heal LoS: This is staying in LoS of the healer. If you run out of LoS against some dangerous mobs, you may be dead before the healer can even get there. A good tank know where their healer is at all time. For the most part, a dead tank mean a dead group. Obviously, the Healer should realize that you are out of LoS if the situation occurs. It is both of your responsibilities to find each other. Sometimes getting out of LoS in unavoidable, such as being feared off by a mob. You can get out of the fear, but your healer may not be able to.
On a related note, staying in LoS of a healer is just as important as staying in healing distance of the healer. If your healer is drinking, and you run up two flights of stairs and aggro the next group, it is your own damn fault if you die. Keep an eye on you healer's mana bar at all times. Distance problems can also occur when a tank is too far ahead and then charges. Being 50 yards away from your healer may not be a good thing. Keep all of these things in mind while chain pulling and it will lead to less deaths.
Remember, living tanks are happy tanks, and happy tanks come from living healers :).
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Good post. One thing I don't like as a healer is the number of encounters that occur on stairs. I often find LOS problems there, even though it appears as though the tank (and DPS) are right in front of me.
- April 2, 2009 at 6:47 AM
- Darraxus said...
Yeah, that is a great annoyance of mine as well. If you can see them, then they should be in LoS, but they arent always.
- April 2, 2009 at 7:31 AM
- Occeleta said...
Don't forget to remind your dps to hold off on LoS pulls. It sucks when you go behind the corner and wait only to have dps start blasting away and ruin the pull.
- April 2, 2009 at 8:02 AM
- HolyGhost said...
Or the healer standing in view and decides to throw a HOT on you just to top you off... and then they get steamrolled...
- April 2, 2009 at 11:12 AM
- Billy Wallace said...
LOS pulls were key in the bit of tanking I did in BC. It went without saying that if the tank shot something and ran around a corner, you waited for the mobs to be grouped and sundered before starting dps.
It seems that non-tank types have completely forgotten the principles of LOS pulls. Even with pre-pull warnings, the dps starts to beat 7 kinds of piss out of the mobs as soon as I shoot/heroic throw.
I hate having to run back around the corner to find my mobs all spread out because the dps couldn't wait 3 seconds.
And I've had to be slapped by my healer more than once for LOSing them. (see what I did right there?) I finally got it when I charged into a boss to get three shotted in one of my first raid experiences.
Good post as usual Darraxus.
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Aided by a Windows XP refresh cycle and solid growth in smartphone sales in 2014, the technology sector outperformed the US High Yield index last year. Recent developments, however, make us more cautious, says Audra Stundziaite, Analyst at Hermes Credit.
1. PC market weakens after XP refresh cycle in 2014
In the last few years, the PC market has shrunk due to the proliferation of smartphones and tablets. In 2014, this decline has slowed amid the XP refresh cycle (see figure 1). Since IBM stopped providing support for Windows XP in April 2014, businesses have been forced to upgrade to newer machines that could efficiently run modern operating systems, such as Windows 7 or Windows 8. This refresh cycle boosted the 2014 operating results of companies in PC supply chain, including original equipment manufacturers and chipmakers. In 2015, however, the trend is reversing. According to Gartner, 2Q15 global PC shipments declined 9.5% y/y, the steepest decline since 3Q13. The fall is being exacerbated by the pause in sales through August ahead of the launch of Windows 10 in 3Q15. The strong USD dollar is not helping either, and increases in prices to protect margins are suppressing demand outside of the US. Recent commentary from Intel raises further concern: in its 2Q15 earnings release, the company's management forecast a high-single-digit drop in sales across the PC market, up from a previously anticipated mid-single-digit decline.
Figure 1. The decline of worldwide PC shipments
Source: Barclays as at April 2015
2. Smartphone growth slowing as the China market matures
Smartphone shipments continue to grow, driven by demand for lower-priced models in south-east Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and by premium demand in China. However, after robust growth of 39% in 2013 and 29% in 2014, growth expectations are moderating at 11.8% for 2015. The slowdown is primarily driven by China, with 2015 being the first year in which Chinese market growth, currently at 2.5%, is expected to be slower than the worldwide rate. Similar to other markets such as the US, UK, Australia and Japan, smartphone vendors now have to convince Chinese consumers to upgrade their devices, which is more difficult to do than attracting first-time buyers.
Figure 2. Global smartphone sales growth is slowing
Source: Barclays as at May 2015
3. Weak results from bellwethers signal trouble for the supply chain
Challenging dynamics in key end markets are leading to disappointing results and lower guidance across the broader supply chain in the technology sector. Notable examples include:
- Intel lowering 2015 revenue guidance twice this year, citing weaker than expected demand for desktop PCs and increasingly challenging macroeconomic and currency conditions, particularly in Europe
- Advanced Micro Devices pre-announcing negative 2Q15 results due to weaker than expected consumer PC demand
- Samsung providing guidance that 2Q15 results could fall below expectations due to continued weakness in the company's mobile and semiconductor businesses
- Apple reporting that 2Q15 iPhone shipments were below expectations
- Qualcomm lowering its 2015 forecast yet again due to lower than expected demand for high-end devices.
Disappointing results from such bellwether names make us cautious about the results due to be announced by other companies in the technology supply chain in the remainder of the 2Q15 earnings season.
4. Semiconductor consolidation is accelerating
With about $80bn in announced deals through the first five months of the year, consolidation has notably picked up in the semiconductor industry. This M&A activity is primarily being driven by the need to offset slowing top-line growth due to challenging dynamics in the key end markets of computing and wireless, and the need for scale as the costs of manufacturing chips continue to increase. Some of the recent headline deals include:
- Intel announcing its intention to acquire Altera for $16.7bn, allowing it to expand into data servers and thereby the internet of things market
- NXP announcing its intention to acquire Freescale for $16.7bn, creating a powerhouse in automotive chips
- Avago acquiring Broadcom for $37bn, strengthening its position in semiconductor chips for mobile phones.
What does this mean for credit investors?
Strong operating results boosted by the PC upgrade cycle, and strong growth in smartphone sales, drove the high-yield technology sector to gain 6.8% in 2014, notably more than the 2.5% return of the broader US high-yield index . Now that these dynamics are reversing, we are more cautious on the technology space this year. We remain underweight companies with outsized exposure to the PCs or those in the handset supply chain. Instead, we prefer chipmakers that have recently strengthened their operating profiles through M&A and stand to benefit from more diversified end markets, meaningful synergies and commitments from management to pay down debt.
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Hi guys. I've been lurking in this forum for a couple years and finally decided to take the plunge and start working for a degree.
I know the general consensus of getting an online BS in ID is "don't" but how about transferable foundation courses?
I have a BS in Industrial Engineering that I'm paying for so I can't just jump right back into school. I have a full time job and I'm hoping to save up enough so I don't have to live in debt for the rest of my life. (there's even some hope that they might pay for my degree but I have to wait a year for that to even be an option. And there's a chance they won't)
But I'm tired of waiting. I figure I can afford to take at least one class per semester and get the foundations down until I'm ready to go to school. Any tips? The only online program I can find is the Academy of Art's one. I've been a bit wary of them since they have such a low graduation rate but they have gotten some high praise in this forum so any insights?
Tldr looking for some online foundation courses to get started on BS in ID without having to move/quit my job just yet.
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Reese Witherspoon's Porsche Cayenne: For Sale on AutoTrader
- Reese Witherspoon owned this Porsche Cayenne
- Witherspoon bought the hybrid SUV new
- She put just 7,000 miles on it
This Porsche Cayenne was previously owned by Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon, who bought the 2012 Cayenne S Hybrid new. She drove it just over 7,000 miles before switching to something else. Now, it's for sale in Tarzana, Calif.
According to Dave, who owns a service that helps clients find the right vehicle, Witherspoon bought the Cayenne in late 2011. Several press photos online show her with the SUV, which is black with expensive optional 20-inch wheels.
Dave said Witherspoon had a Mercedes GL-Class before choosing the Porsche. Although he's unsure what the actress is driving now, he said she rarely uses her vehicles. That explains the low odometer reading of just 7,000 miles after nearly a year on the road. But, as Dave points out, that's a good thing for the next owner.
In addition to its like-new condition, the car itself is pretty exciting. Thanks to a supercharged V6 with 380 horsepower, the Cayenne S Hybrid scoots to 60 miles per hour in around six seconds. But with its hybrid drivetrain, it also gets up to 24 miles per gallon on the highway.
That no doubt appealed to Witherspoon, who owned the car in Los Angeles. Hybrid and electric vehicles are highly popular there--especially with movie stars. Through September, the hybrid Toyota Prius was among the top five most popular vehicles in all of California.
Known for her roles in Legally Blonde, Sweet Home Alabama, and Walk the Line, Witherspoon probably also enjoyed the SUV for its size. The 36-year-old actress has three children, including a new baby -- son Tennessee -- born earlier this year. That makes the Cayenne just large enough to fit her whole family.
Shoppers wooed by the SUV's practicality -- and its celebrity heritage -- can buy Witherspoon's Cayenne for $74,900.
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Voices: Fence on Mexican border not enough
ALONG THE MEXICAN BORDER IN SOUTH TEXAS – The drive between Brownsville and McAllen on U.S. Highway 281 is a pastoral stretch studded with cornfields, palm groves, taquerias and small, well-kept homes.
The border with Mexico sits a stone's throw away. Every dozen yards or so, the massive rust-colored border fence emerges from a cornfield and winds its way toward the highway. It's an imposing sight: an 18-foot-high steel-and-concrete structure stretching for miles and seemingly impenetrable.
But the barricade belies the rising influx of humans and drugs passing through the Rio Grande Valley each day. Smugglers in recent years have shifted their efforts away from Arizona to this stretch of land in South Texas. Last fiscal year, Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley sector apprehended 154,453 immigrants attempting to cross over, up from 97,762 the previous year, just as Tucson sector arrests steadily plummeted. It was the highest number of arrests in the Rio Grande Valley in 15 years.
Border Patrol officials have responded by redirecting more agents and resources to the Valley in an initiative known as the South Texas Campaign. Recently, more than 100 Border Patrol agents were relocated to this area from Arizona and California. Tethered blimps fitted with radar and surveillance gear help agents monitor the border from 1,000 feet in the air. Watchtowers and roving agents populate the surrounding ranches and roadways.
But all the resource shifting and surveillance will only make a relatively small dent in the influx of thousands of immigrants who get through each year – a "whack-a-mole" approach that has worked with varying degrees of success over decades. An interesting development in the Rio Grande Valley is that a large chunk of those apprehended here have been from Central America, not Mexico. And with serious questions being raised about the future of Latin American economies and an improving U.S. economy, that flow from Central America is expected to increase.
The real answer to the immigration dilemma lies not along the 670 miles of U.S. border fence but in the corridors of Capitol Hill. The comprehensive immigration bill addresses, among other things, what to do with the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the USA. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that about 8 million of them could obtain legal status if the bill is enacted. Passed last summer by the Senate, the measure remains untouched by the House.
Detractors warn that legalizing the undocumented population will only increase illegal border crossings, much as the last major immigration effort did in 1986. But the current bill differs from that law in two important ways, says Guillermo Cantor, of the American Immigration Council, a non-profit, non-partisan think tank.
First, the bill would offer work visas to unskilled laborers depending on the needs of the economy: more visas when the economy is good and needs more workers, fewer visas during recessions. Also, by scaling back the number of deportations – by absorbing non-criminal immigrants through legal channels – it will cut down on immigrants crossing illegally to return to their U.S.-based families, he says.
If the bill is implemented correctly, it would encourage legal migration and cut down on the dangerous flow of illegal immigrants through the U.S.'s Southern border, Cantor says. Border Patrol agents and blimps are not enough.
"Any enforcement mechanism that doesn't come with fixes to the legalization system is set up for failure," he says.
To be sure, the Senate bill also calls for 700 more miles of fencing. But without a sensible approach to undocumented immigrants already in this country, immigrants will continue to rush toward Texas. And all the fencing in the world won't stop them.
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I found this Best bar (pictured below) beside one of the big logs at the 3rd upper launch, just after my epic session today. I was the last kiter out there.
This may have been left a previous day since it felt kind of dry.
If this is yours, send me a PM and we can arrange a time to meet.


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No. Why should this make more sense than the conventional "view of the world"?Dexing wrote:They are not contradicting. They are both saying there is nothing to point to and label as "existing" or "not existing". There is simply nothing there at all. But attaching to this non-existence saying something "does not exist" is still asserting "something" that does not exist.TMingyur wrote:The first and the second sentence are contradicting.Dexing wrote:Yogacara teachings first of all teach that everything ordinary beings perceive is merely the object of a subjective consciousness and not objective existence. Once realizing this, then obviously "exist" or "does not exist" both do not apply.
Also how does Yogacara explain two individuals sharing the same "object of subjective experience". e.g. two individuals seeing fire and burning their fingers after they put their fingers in the fire and are holding them there?
How does Yogacara explain sucessful human activity based on thought and perception of objects shared by different individuals (e.g. science, mathematics)?
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It sounds contradictory, but the first instance is showing the unreality of illusory objects, and the second is cautioning you not to attach to the non-existence of the object, because that would assert "something" that does not exist. Like illusory flowers floating in the sky when the sight becomes fatigued. Actually nothing is there, but if you stubbornly cling to these flowers as "existing" or "not existing" then you make them real either way. But first you must realize what appears before you is an illusion.
Make sense?
If you burn your fingers with fire it does not matter wether you conceive the fire as an "illusion" or you conceive it being an objective fire external of yourself.
If you are hungry you buy food. You buy your "illusory food" to get rid of your "illusory hunger" and another buys food that exists out there in the shop external of himself. But both of you are acting according to the conventional "view of the world" so what is the difference? You are attached to a speculative view that is contradicted by your own behaviour and the other simply acts and thinks about his acting in conventional ways. Who's view is consistent with his behaviour?
If the only purpose of your speculative view is to persuade yourself in order to alleviate your grasping at experiences and you temporarily succeed that does not validate that your view is correct. What about simply not grasping at experiences and thinking in conventionally valid terms?
"collective karma" cannot be seen, heard, smelled, tasted or touched but external objects can.Dexing wrote: ... it is explained as "collective karma".
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Senators Ask Ingelligence Boss If He Thinks He Can Track People's Phone Locations
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Do government agencies have the authority to collect the geolocation information of American citizens for intelligence purposes?It's not too difficult to read between the lines here. If the government has reinterpreted the Patrtiot Act to allow such tracking, shouldn't it say so?
If yes, please explain the specific statutory basis for this authority. And to the extent that this statutory basis imposes any procedural requirements, such as judicial review or approval by particular officials, please describe these requirements.
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Muskogee Exchange Club is one of hundreds of charters of the National Exchange Club. There are approximately 65 local members, making us the largest Exchange Club in Oklahoma. The chapter meets every Tuesday at noon for lunch at Cowboys. Visitors and prospective new members are welcome. The Exchange Club of Muskogee works to respond to numerous local charities, community problems, school needs and other requests for donations. We want to be there, when we can, for our community with our charitable funds. Over $600,000 has been donated to various charities and organizations within our community. While National Exchange Club focuses its attention on child abuse prevention, chapters are encouraged to support local charities. Since the mid 80's, the local chapter has raised and donated hundreds of thousands of dollars with an emphasis toward children's issues and the terminally ill. Nationally, the Exchange Clubs primary project is child abuse prevention. Locally, the Muskogee chapter has chosen to support Muskogee agencies dealing with child abuse issues and terminally ill children. (remove this text). (insert text) The C.A.S.A., Court Appointed Special Advocate program is a non-profit organization whose mission is to recruit, screen, train and supervise community volunteers to serve as advocates for abused and neglected children. The single purpose of a C.A.S.A. is to protect and guide the child through the court system to help them find a safe, nurturing and permanent home. Susan Hendrickson, Volunteer Advocate Coordinator, thanked the Exchange Club for the generous donation stating, "the money will be used to support and train our 50 C.A.S.A. volunteers." Kids Space, the Muskogee County Child Advocacy Center, is a child-friendly facility providing a wide variety of services to abused & neglected children and their non-offending parent. According to Scott Stewart, Kids Space board member, "the center's main goal is to decrease the trauma experienced by these children by providing a non-threatening, comfortable environment for interviews and necessary procedures by law enforcement personnel, social service representatives and medical professionals. This donation is greatly appreciated and will make a difference in the lives of the children we serve."