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Department of Youth Empowerment opens new doors to the public at The Cable building
Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 16, 2017 (SKNIS): The Department of Youth Empowerment is now operating from the top floor of The Cable building in Basseterre, making it easier for staff to engage with and to meet the needs of the young people in St. Kitts and Nevis.
The department was temporarily housed at the Media Center at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium until the office space at The Cable was ready.
Acting Director of Youth, Pierre Liburd said he welcomed the relocation as it places the department in the heart of the city, thereby making it more convenient to serve the public.
"The new office offers a more comfortable, user-friendly space that will facilitate greater functionality and improve our capacity to host training sessions, meetings and other related activities for young people," Mr. Liburd stated.
He added that his staff remains committed to develop and implement programmes and projects that will empower the youth population.
This is in keeping with Government's mandate to roll out effective and efficient implementation of youth-targeted and youth-sensitive interventions that engender meaningful participation by young Kittitians and Nevisians.

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Because many of my motorcycle trips are solo, and take me beyond cell phone coverage (although not off road!), I've been interested in satellite-based text messaging devices. As a class, these basically give you the ability to send (and sometimes receive) SMS/text messages by way of orbital satellite networks. Which makes it much harder to go off grid…and more likely that, if you need help off grid, you'll be able to let someone know.
The Garmin InReach Mini (their latest offering) seemed to be an ideal choice. Small. Can work with your cell phone via Bluetooth, making it easier to compose and read messages (i.e., you're not limited to a handful of keys and a tiny screen). Uses the Iridium network, which seems to provide the best coverage of the alternative networks (not that I plan on being in Northern Canada anytime soon). And it offers a wide array of monthly service plans — which you have to have for the device to be of any use — that can be put on hiatus during the rainy season when you're not on the road much anyway.
So I bought one.
And it's turning out to be a mistake.
First and foremost, the Garmin InReach website (necessary for setting up, configuring and managing the device) is not very well designed. Activation was challenging, made more so by being offered important advisories on how you ought to configure your device…after you're part way through the activation process. And don't get me started on how many emails you need to set up an account, add a device and participate in the Garmin community forums (three, in fact; bizarre).
But the really bad problem was that only about 25% of my test messages ever arrived. With no indication that there was any problem sending them (i.e., the Mini reported success, but the message never got where it was going).
After some back and forth with tech support I learned that I happened to be using my new Mini during a period when AT&T was rejecting messages (perhaps as a result of mistakenly classifying them as spam). Go me.
It also turns out that this is not the first time AT&T has suddenly stopped accepting InReach Mini messages. A tech support guy I spoke to says it's happened more than once in the last six months. But, good news! The problem always goes away after a few days. Only to re-occur, randomly, at some point in the future.
There is a workaround: send email messages rather than text messages. Fortunately, and despite the fact that this is not disclosed anywhere I could find in the Garmin documentation, emails cost the same as text messages. Judging by what they look like on the receiving end, I suspect they are just text messages, embedded into a simple email template.
Unfortunately, for me and almost everyone else I know, email lacks the immediacy of a text message. Text messages pop up on your phone. Emails you have to go read. And immediacy counts…particularly when you're in a difficult, bad or emergency situation.
Moreover, who's to say the emails won't someday be spontaneously rejected? Granted, emails don't get delivered by way of your cell phone carrier. But since Garmin doesn't seem to know why the text messages are being rejected, despite repeated occurrences of the problem, I'm a little hesitant to embrace the workaround as solving the problem.
Besides, it really torques me that Garmin didn't disclose its repeated problems with AT&T, which stretch back for at least 6 months, somewhere in their advertising. I spent a lot of time researching the Mini before buying one, and I never came across any mention of this problem (which is part of the reason for writing this lengthy post). They should've done so, if for no other reason than it might put more pressure on AT&T to define what would be required for a permanent fix [efn_note]So one of the Garmin tech support people I worked with had the temerity to say that the problem isn't a Garmin problem, it's an AT&T problem. To which I replied, it is a Garmin problem, because you could've disclosed the problems you were having so that people who have AT&T accounts would know of the risk.
I was amazed at his comeback: anyone who did any research would have found out about the problem, in part because Garmin displays real-time service outage information on its website. All you'd have to do is google it.
At which point I cut him off, saying I didn't want to go confrontational with him because he'd, up till then, provided me with some useful, if disappointing, information. Because I did a lot of research before buying the Mini, and I never came across what he claimed was readily available.
Always blame the customer. In fact, always blame the potential customer. That way you won't have any pesky customers to deal with. Sheesh. [/efn_note].
So I regret to say that, while it looks good on paper, if you're on an AT&T cell phone account I'd stay away from the Mini.
In fact, I'd require any purveyor of this technology to confirm they haven't had problems with particular carriers suddenly and mysteriously not delivering text messages.


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Is Alcohol Ever Safe During Pregnancy?
New study says booze is most dangerous to unborn babies during the first trimester.
By Oliver Lee
January 19, 2012
According to a new study, having a drink during the first trimester qualifies as risky behaviour.
According to new research, drinking alcohol is most damaging to fetal
development during the first trimester, with the potential to lead to
physical deformities as well as behavioral and cognitive symptoms.
The latest study, published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical &
Experimental Research, followed 992 women over a nearly 30 year
period, tracking their alcohol and substance intake every three
months while they were pregnant. As Alice Park of Time reports, every
drink pregnant mothers consumed between their 43rd and 84th days of
pregnancy added a 16 percent chance that their babies would be born
smaller than average. These infants were also more likely to incur
birth defects such as abnormally small heads and thin upper lips
typical of fetal alcohol syndrome.
It's compelling, even frightening, evidence. But how much stock
should we place on a single study of 1,000 people?
In 2010, a more expansive survey done in the United Kingdom came to a
less harrowing conclusion. Following more than 18,500 children born
between 2000 and 2002, scientists found no evidence of harm from
having a couple of drinks a week during pregnancy. Said Fred
Bookstein, an applied statistician studying fetal alcohol spectrum
disorders at the University of Washington and the University of
Vienna, to Discovery News:
"It is no longer valid to argue that we don't know enough about
low-dose drinking during pregnancy or that the known effects of binge
drinking may penetrate to low-dose drinkers somehow," said Bookstein.
"There is no detectable risk associated with light or moderate
drinking during pregnancy."
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So which is it? While everyone knows heavy boozing is bad for babies,
cultural attitudes vary when it comes to the occasional glass of
merlot. In the U.K., where a third of women report drinking at some
point during their pregnancy, official guidelines mandate that they
"should not drink more than 1 to 2 units of alcohol once or twice a
week and should not get drunk." Meanwhile, here in the States,
pregnant women are often pressured to abstain completely, getting
turned away by liquor store clerks even when they're not planning on drinking.
In the end, it comes down to personal choice. But for mothers-to-be
who might have imbibed before they found out they were pregnant,
there's some comfort in knowing that a glass of wine probably isn't
going to do lasting damage. Just don't make a habit of it. As Dr.
Michael Katz, professor emeritus of pediatrics at Columbia
University, said to ABC News: "You can walk on a railroad track and
not be hit by a train, but that doesn't mean it's a safe thing to do."


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by Marc Pasquin, 24 February 2007
I noticed that on the flightsuits of the multi-national "USAC" rescue team something which was apparently a future EU flag comprising of at least ten more stars in a second inner circle.
Xiung ji, 1 october 2000
It seems highly unlikely that the European flag should change like that. The number of stars is set to be 12, it will not change, and that has nothing to do with the numer of member states or something in the European Union or in the European Council.
Elias Granqvist, 2 october 2000
by Marc Pasquin, 24 February 2007
I noticed at on the flightsuits of the multi-national "USAC" rescue team what appeared to be one of the proposals for a new australian flag, being the same but the Union Jack being replaced with the red and black with yellow disc of the Aborigine flag.
Xiung ji, 1 october 2000
I find the "Australian" flag unlikely too - if Australia would choose a new flag, I think she would go for a new design altogether, not for this just replacing the Union Flag with the Aboriginal flag.
The designer of these flags is probably enough interested in flags to invent something which would have a future look over it, but not enough to know the reasons for flag designs and flag symbolism
Elias Granqvist, 2 october 2000
Note that some sites mention that the US flag contain more stars but it is shown well enough in a few scenes to see that it is the current 50 stars one.
Marc Pasquin, 24 February 2007


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This research project examined very rapid and drastic transformations in Japanese and European politics, focusing upon the three aspects : (1) party realignment observed in changing voters' party supports and shifting coalition buildings among the political parties, (2) the restructuring of political economy, particularly in the area of political intervention into the economic activities as well as the restructuring of the labor market and the welfare institutions, and (3) progresses and stagnations in regional integration in Europe and East Asia.The problems are complex and varied among various regions and countires, and the individual participants in this project have explored these varieties in his/her papers. The following generalizations, however, have drawn from this research project. Golobalization mostly due to the revolutions of information technologies, the collapse of the Soviet block, and the comeback of American military and economic hegemonies In the 1990s resulted in the further "re introduction" of market economy in Japan and tire western European nations. This has inevitably involved party realingnent in each county, the restructuring of the government-society relations and progressive regional integration. On the other hand, these general trends have been counterbalanced by the differences between Japan and Europe as well as those among the individual nation states. Those differences are mostly due to histrical legacies built in as the institutional arrangements such as the characteristics of the governmental and the market structure in each nations.
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Hey what do you know,
President Sen. McCrashy managed to get invited to another one of the Sunday shows this weekend so he could attack the Obama administration. CBS host Bob Schieffer looks like he's in a race to the bottom with Fox here, because he allowed John McCain to spew the same old talking points on Benghazi that have already been debunked over and over again.
Never mind that Susan Rice was correct when she told David Gregory on Meet the Press earlier that same day that it's patently false that the administration misled on Benghazi, McCain was going to keep pushing their Benghazi hoax.
And Schieffer was happy to play right along with him, and then allow more ad hominem attacks on the administration and call President Obama "naive" because he's not thumping his chest more loudly when it comes to our dealings with Putin or the Iranians.
SCHIEFFER: I want to ask you about something else, Senator McCain. Susan Rice, the national security adviser, hasn't been on Sunday TV much...
... since that Sunday when she told us that the violence in Benghazi grew out of a spontaneous demonstration. That violence, of course, took the lives of four people, Americans. You came on after Susan Rice and suggested she really didn't know what she was talking about, to put it bluntly. Well, this morning she was on "Meet the Press," and here is what she said.
SUSAN RICE, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: That information turned out, in some respects, not to be 100 percent correct. But the notion that somehow I or anybody else in the administration misled the American people is patently false, and I think that that's been amply demonstrated.
SCHIEFFER: So do you have any reaction this time, Senator?
MCCAIN: I'm almost speechless because it's patently obvious, first of all, that Susan Rice had no reason to be on the program. She had no involvement in it.
Second of all, she read talking points that we are now beginning to believe came from the White House, which were absolutely false. We now know that director -- that the CIA station chief on the ground sent a message immediately saying not -- slash -- "not spontaneous demonstration."
And of course, the information was totally misleading, totally false. And for Susan Rice to say such a thing, I think -- it's a little embarrassing, to tell you the truth.
SCHIEFFER: Senator, I want to ask you about something you said the other day. You said that President Obama was -- and I believe these are your words -- "the most naive president in history." Did you mean that literally, or how did you mean that?
MCCAIN: I meant it in my -- in my time in public life. When you look at the so-called Geneva farce that was just a terrible joke, where we expected for Bashar Assad to come to Geneva and arrange for his own transition from power when he was winning on the ground was ludicrous. We now find that, as far as the Iranian nuclear issue, they are maintaining they are not going to dismantle a single centrifuge. The Palestinian-Israeli peace talks are obviously going nowhere. And American influences is on the wane throughout the world.
I mean, the best example is yesterday, or the day before. The president said that this had nothing to do with the Cold War, the issue, the situation in Ukraine. In the eyes of Vladimir Putin, it does. He wants to restore the Russian empire.
Remember, Putin is the guy that said the worst thing to happen in the 20th century was the fall of the Soviet Union. And he continues to want to push that reset button and not realize what kind of people we are dealing with.
And, finally, the best example I can tell you, my friend, is that we lost 96 young Americans in the second battle of Fallujah, soldiers and Marines, 600 wounded. We now have the black flags of Al Qaida fly over the city of Fallujah.
SCHIEFFER: All right. Well, Senator, it's always good to have you with us. Thank you so much for joining us.


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Chicago Trivia
Chicago Trivia is perhaps, most famous for the many inventions that debuted in the city. Here are some of its lesser known trivia.
The name "Chicago" is derived from the Miami-Illinois tribe of Native-Americans who called it "shikaakwa", that was translated by French to be "wild onion" or "wild garlic".
During the mid-18th century, the area was inhabited by the nomadic Potawatomi tribe, who displaced nomadic Miami, Sauk and Fox tribes.
In the 1780s, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable of African and French descent became the first permanent settler in the region; for that distinction, he is credited as the Founder of Chicago.
In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed an area of 4 miles long and 1 mile wide, which was most of downtown at that time. The city survived primarily because its railroads and stockyards remained in tact.
In 1893, Chicago hosted the World's Columbian Exposition at the present location of Jackson Park. Historians consider that World Fair the most influential in history because it introduced so many items that ushered in 20th Century modernity. In 1892, The University of Chicago was founded on the same South Side location.
Daniel Burnham, an American architect and urban designer, is most credited with the landscape design of Chicago; particularly with influence and decisions that led to 90% of shoreline being preserved as park space.
The 9.5 million population Chicago Metro Area not only consists of Chicago and northeastern Illinois counties, but a few counties in southern Wisconsin and northwestern Indiana.
At over 1.7 million, Chicago metro area has the 3rd largest African-American population in the country.
Chicago is is home to University of Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, University of Illinois at Chicago, DePaul University, Chicago State University, Loyola University Chicago, Roosevelt University and others that make it one of America's top collegiate regions.
By 1910, Chicago became the nation's railroad center with over 20 passenger railroads operating service out of 6 different terminals. Today, Chicago is the hub of most Amtrak long distance routes and its Union Station is the 4th busiest train station in America.
The region is America's 2nd largest headquarter city and home to Walgreens, Archer Daniels Midland, Boeing, State Farm, United Continental Airlines, Sears, Mondelēz, Allstate, McDonald's, Exelon, US Foods, Abbott Laboratories, Kraft Foods, Illinois Tool Works, Baxter, Navistar, CDW, RR Donnelley, W.W. Grainger, Discover Financial, Dover Corporation, Motorola, Tenneco, Ingredion, Integrys and many others.
McCormick Place is the largest convention center in North America. The largest annual events its hosts are the Chicago Auto Show, International Home and Housewares Show, and the National Restaurant Association Show.
Chicago Famous Residents
Chicago has a long list of African American celebrities, athletes, social ground-breakers and dignitaries born or made their mark here:
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable – The Founder of Chicago
Harold Washington – First African-American mayor of Chicago
Barack Obama – The First African-American President
Michelle Obama – The First African-American First Lady
Carol Mosely Braun – First African-American U.S. Senator
Fritz Pollard – One of the first NFL players and coaches and a businessman
Bernard Shaw – First African-American news anchor of a major network (CNN)
Lorraine Hansberry – Activist and Playwright of "A Raisin In The Sun"
Ricky Henderson – Hall of Fame baseball player
Mavis Staples – Soul and Gospel singer
Don Cornelius – Founder of Soul Train
Melvin Van Peeples – Playwright, actor and filmmaker who pioneered the Blaxsploitation genre
Lou Rawls – Grammy Award-winning R&B Singer
Kanye West – Rapper
Khalil Gibran Muhammad – Exec. Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Jennifer Hudson – Singer and actress
Terrence Howard – Actor
Dwyane Wade – NBA All-Star and Finals MVP
Herbie Hancock – Pianist and songwriter
John Johnson – Founder of Ebony and Jet magazines
Bernie Mac – Comedian and actor
Verde White – bassist and songwriter for Earth Wind & Fire
Derrick Rose – basketball MVP
Deal Patrick – First African-American governor of Massachusetts
Sherri Sheperd – Military leader and Secretary of State
Lavern Baker – R&B vocalist
Curtis Mayfield – R&B singer and songwriter
R Kelly – R&B singer and songwriter
Chaka Khan – R&B singer
Isiah Thomas – Finals MVP and two-time NBA champion


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2013 Winter/Spring Season
BAM's Winter/Spring Season showcases artists and companies that define excellence in international theater, dance, music, and opera today—and embody BAM's mission to be the home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas. Programs include many US and world premiere performances. The Winter/Spring Season also includes the beloved annual DanceAfrica celebration, BAMcafé Live, artist talks, visual art exhibitions, literary events, cinema programming, and much more.
Read more about past Winter/Spring seasons.
The renowned Peter Brook directs this tale of simmering resentment and tragedy.
The aftermath of tragedy is the centerpiece of this double bill from director Moisés Kaufman.
The Royal Shakespeare Company presents a new twist on Shakespeare's political thriller.
Andrei Belgrader and John Turturro reunite for Ibsen's play about mortality and ambition.
Choreographer Trisha Brown returns to BAM with a program featuring two New York premieres.
The Royal Ballet of Cambodia brings this breathtaking work to BAM.
The nation's largest African dance festival welcomes Umkhathi Theatre Works from Zimbabwe.
BAM brings together rappers and traditional musicians from North Africa and the Middle East.
Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, and Nico Muhly present songs inspired by our solar system.
Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright celebrate the rich career of their late mother.
Thomas Adès' 1995 chamber opera explores the intersection of gender, politics, and power.
New York City Opera presents Benjamin Britten's 1954 opera based on a story by Henry James.
Conductor William Christie returns to BAM with this rarely staged French Baroque gem.
Vocal ensemble Le Jardin des Voix presents a concert of music by Jean-Philippe Rameau.
BAM showcases the world of spoken word in a dynamic, multicultural program.
BAM screens this hybrid documentary and concert film in tribute to Kate McGarrigle.


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Background Although preterm birth <37 weeks' gestation is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in the United States, the majority of data regarding preterm neonatal outcomes come from older studies, and many reports have been limited to only very preterm neonates. Delineation of neonatal outcomes by delivery gestational age is needed to further clarify the continuum of mortality and morbidity frequencies among preterm neonates. Objective We sought to describe the contemporary frequencies of neonatal death, neonatal morbidities, and neonatal length of stay across the spectrum of preterm gestational ages. Study Design This was a secondary analysis of an obstetric cohort of 115,502 women and their neonates who were born in 25 hospitals nationwide, 2008 through 2011. All liveborn nonanomalous singleton preterm (23.0-36.9 weeks of gestation) neonates were included in this analysis. The frequency of neonatal death, major neonatal morbidity (intraventricular hemorrhage grade III/IV, seizures, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, necrotizing enterocolitis stage II/III, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, persistent pulmonary hypertension), and minor neonatal morbidity (hypotension requiring treatment, intraventricular hemorrhage grade I/II, necrotizing enterocolitis stage I, respiratory distress syndrome, hyperbilirubinemia requiring treatment) were calculated by delivery gestational age; each neonate was classified once by the worst outcome for which criteria was met. Results In all, 8334 deliveries met inclusion criteria. There were 119 (1.4%) neonatal deaths. In all, 657 (7.9%) neonates had major morbidity, 3136 (37.6%) had minor morbidity, and 4422 (53.1%) survived without any of the studied morbidities. Deaths declined rapidly with each advancing week of gestation. This decline in death was accompanied by an increase in major neonatal morbidity, which peaked at 54.8% at 25 weeks of gestation. As frequencies of death and major neonatal morbidity fell, minor neonatal morbidity increased, peaking at 81.7% at 31 weeks of gestation. The frequency of all morbidities fell >32 weeks. After 25 weeks, neonatal length of hospital stay decreased significantly with each additional completed week of pregnancy; among babies delivered from 26-32 weeks of gestation, each additional week in utero reduced the subsequent length of neonatal hospitalization by a minimum of 8 days. The median postmenstrual age at discharge nadired around 36 weeks' postmenstrual age for babies born at 31-35 weeks of gestation. Conclusion Our data show that there is a continuum of outcomes, with each additional week of gestation conferring survival benefit while reducing the length of initial hospitalization. These contemporary data can be useful for patient counseling regarding preterm outcomes.
|Original language
|English (US)
|Pages (from-to)
|American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
|Issue number
|Published - Jul 1 2016
- neonatal morbidity
- neonatal mortality
- prematurity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Obstetrics and Gynecology


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Previously known as TikiEvents
- Where are we?
We have a watch feature that emails users/admin when wiki pages change
We have email notifications that email observers, covering about 5 type of event
We have a tikilog that records most types of event
We have a new events notification framework that covers just 'user_registers' and only from tiki-register.php - as a first proof of concept.
- Where do we want to be?
An events notification framework that covers most of the major events:
1. user registers
2. user preferences have changed
3. user information has changed
4. content published/modified
5 content unpublished/expired
6. user banned
7. user logged in
8. user becomes dormant <-- this one might be difficult to code. needed by things like the active users module.
9. feature enabled
10 feature disabled
- Who is working on what? (Priorities/goals/majors issues/roles)
First step is a proper proof of concept, being worked upon by mdavey
Who is working here generally? Link UserPage.
- Bugs
- RFEs
- tech support
- patches
List of other products with similar/interesting/related features.
How to implement?
- PHP callback function
- Message service
For the initial work, I have chosen to implement as PHP callback function only.
This is where new features being developed and only in CVS are documented. When the CVS becomes RC/official release, the info in the CVS docs is transferred to update the official docs (FeatureXDoc).
possible functions:
register_event_callback( event, callback_type, method, self );
raise_event( event, data[], self );
unregister_callback( event, callback_type, method, self );
...where callback_type is one of:
- - early_callback - callback before standard callbacks - allows setup of temporary data structures and pre-processing of event data
- - standard_callback
- - late_callback - callback after standard callbacks - allows destruction/cleanup of temporary data structures and post-processing of event data
example callback function:
callback_function_eventA( raisedBy, data[] )
CREATE TABLE `tiki_events` ( `callback_type` int(1) NOT NULL default '3', `order` int(2) NOT NULL default '50', `event` varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', `object` varchar(200) NOT NULL default '', `method` varchar(200) NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY KEY (`callback_type`,`order`) ) TYPE=MyISAM; INSERT IGNORE INTO tiki_events(`callback_type`,`order`,`event`,`object`,`method`) VALUES ('1', '20', 'user_registers', 'registrationlib', 'setup_custom_fields'); INSERT IGNORE INTO tiki_events(`event`,`object`,`method`) VALUES ('user_registers', 'registrationlib', 'saveRegistration'); INSERT IGNORE INTO tiki_events(`callback_type`,`order`,`event`,`object`,`method`) VALUES ('5', '20', 'user_registers', 'registrationlib', '_tikisignal_logslib_user_registers'); INSERT IGNORE INTO tiki_events(`callback_type`,`order`,`event`,`object`,`method`) VALUES ('5', '25', 'user_registers', 'registrationlib', 'sendEmail'); INSERT IGNORE INTO tiki_events(`callback_type`,`order`,`event`,`object`,`method`) VALUES ('5', '30', 'user_registers', 'registrationlib', '_tikisignal__user_registers');
Observers register a callback on an event. Two specialised forms of callback allow an observer to be notified immediately before the main list so they can prepare, or after the main list so they can tidy up.
An observable raises an event notification by calling tikiinternaleventlib->raise_event(...). The library then calls all the functions in the pre_event, event and post_event lists in turn:
$result = $this->query("select * from `tiki_events` where event like $event order by `callback_type`, `order`"); $continue = true; while ($continue && $res = $result->fetchRow()) { $class = $res['object']; $method = $res['method']; if ( is_callable(array(get_class($class), $method)) ) { $continue = $class->$method($raisedBy, &$data); } }
When an observer no longer needs to be notified of an event, it calls notificationslib->unregister_callback(...) with the same arguments it used to request a callback.
Where ideas can be exchanged, debated, etc. Interested people can subscribe to the wiki page and/or to these forums as they would a mailing list.
IRC log of July 16th 2005 that started the whole thing[+]
More discussion
- the "user becomes dormant". In 1.10, there is the timeout and the "I am back" for a user in the tiki logs. The delay is still in the code 5mn. sylvie


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This is the second article in our Voices of Peanut Farming series.
Just 6% of America's farmers are under the age of 35, and only about 17% are younger than 45, according to USDA.1 As half of America's farmers are poised to retire in the next 20 years, the future of American agriculture depends on younger generations. Here, several younger peanut farmers speak about why they chose careers in farming, the value of younger people in the field and the challenges and opportunities for the next generation.
Florida peanut grower Dexter Gilbert. (Credit: Georgia Peanut Commission)
Young Farmers—Determined and Opportunistic
Dexter Gilbert is a 42-year-old farmer in Jackson County, Florida with a wife and three children. A third-generation farmer, he raises cotton, peanuts, watermelons and cattle.
"I come from a family that was real poor," Dexter said, "My grandfather's father, they had a little farm … [with] cows, chicken, goats and these low crops. But me and my older brother … we had a passion to want to farm big. [We believed] in ourselves that we could do it no matter where we come from, and what challenges we faced and we worked hard. Even now after losing my brother some 18 years ago, I just had that firm belief that I could do it."
Now Dexter farms about 2,000 acres with his father and nephew.
Hear Dexter talk about how he got his start as a young farmer.
Most younger farmers come from farming families rather than outside of agriculture. While they may have grown up on the farm, many are encouraged to get their education and experiences off the farm before deciding to come back.
Oklahoma peanut farmer Austin White with his mother Gayle, Oklahoma's representative on the National Peanut Board.
Austin White is a 29-year-old, fifth-generation farmer in Tillman County, Oklahoma. He grows peanuts, cotton, corn, wheat, hay, milo and sesame.
"Your entire life, you grow up hearing about how tough it is to be a farmer," Austin said. "My parents said, 'Do what you want to do. We'll give you the facts of what farming life is … We're not going to pressure you one way or the other. You need to make your own decision because farming's tough and you have to love it to be successful at it.' They've definitely set a really good example for me."
Meredith Rogers is a 50-year-old farmer in Camilla, Georgia who had a similar experience.
"[My parents] encouraged [my two siblings and me] to be part of the farm and to be vested in the farm, but they also encouraged us to go get our education and have some jobs off the farm before we came back," Meredith said.
Meredith's family has been in farming for three generations and now primarily grows peanuts, cotton and corn, and also fresh sweet corn.
Georgia peanut farmer Meredith Rogers. (Credit: Georgia Peanut Commission)
"[My parents] wanted us to have a chance to work somewhere else and work somewhere off the farm," Meredith said. Meredith earned a degree in accounting and worked for several large CPA firms before deciding to come back home. Her two siblings decided not to return to the farm and currently live and work in New York City.
Passing the farm along to family members isn't possible for everyone. Austin's mother Gayle emphasized the importance of older farmers looking to people outside their families, like a trustworthy and interested employee or family friend, to mentor and pass on the farming operation to. "We have to plan to keep America's land in agriculture," Gayle said.
"You cannot farm without land, and you must have good land to be a good farmer," Dexter said. "We are going to have to be willing to pass on some good land to these young farmers that are coming into agriculture in the years to come. We are going to have to be willing and able to pass on equipment to help them out."
Without it, they won't make it.
For Dexter, the biggest support he received as a young farmer was from the community. "[I'm farming] to help some else along the way because if it wasn't for the neighbors, the friends, the people that we had worked for over the years at the farm helping us out to get started, I wouldn't be a farmer today."
Young Farmers Bring Energy and New Ideas
Just like outside of agriculture, younger people in agriculture are generally more adept and open to understanding and using technology.
"I think the younger people … just have a different way of looking at things, maybe a different way of problem solving," Meredith said. "They tend to be a lot more technologically advanced than the older farmers, … which I think is really important in agriculture right now, especially with [the need] to raise more and more on less acres … It seems that the younger people are much more open to precision farming, and variable applications and maybe even using drones in certain ways."
Hear Meredith talk about the benefits of younger people on the farm.
Austin studied agricultural business and economics at Oklahoma State University, attended Texas Tech University's ranch management program and believes this education benefits the farming operation.
"What I emphasize in is more of the marketing and economics," Austin said. "With margins being so tight, you have to plan everything out and try to squeeze every ounce of revenue out of everything you do and become more efficient and budget things."
Challenges for Young Farmers
Two of the biggest barriers for new farmers are today's high cost of farming and the lack of available farmland.
"It takes a lot of money to put a crop in the ground," Austin said. "It seems that the cost of production just keeps going up, but commodity prices and what we receive is staying the same, or getting less over the past couple years.
Meredith agreed. "Farming is not easy to get into because it's such a capital-intensive thing. You have to have so much money to be able to purchase equipment and buy and rent land … It's very intimidating and difficult to get into and I think that's really hard for young people
"It's always easier if you're coming back and working with your family. That helped a lot, that my family already had a relationship with different banks, and credit lines … It was an easier transition for them to start looking to me as opposed to my father … I'm sure that it's much harder if you're … in it by yourself.
For Dexter, "the biggest challenges were not being able to get the financing that we needed to farm [and] not having land for collateral to go out and borrow money to farm with.
"Coming back [home], I've been fortunate enough to lease some property," Austin said. "But most of [the land] is the same people that have farmed it for a long time and it's just going to take a long time for me to get more ground leased and build my own operation."
Hear Austin talk about how his family helps support his farming career.
New Farmers Need Ag & Business Education, with a Side of Patience
Dexter, Meredith and Austin all agreed on the importance of a formal education for younger growers.
"Education is the number one priority because … it's all about technology out on this farm now," Dexter said. "That's one thing I try to instill in my older son, 'Go and get all the education you can, and then come back to the farm.'"
Meredith emphasized the importance of business: "My background in accounting has really helped me. It's very important to know the business side and to understand accounting because there's always going to be times of low prices. I know my dad always used to tell me, 'Don't worry about the good times. They'll take care of themselves. It's the bad times you have to make it through.'"
Extensive formal training and education are motivating for the young farmer, but Austin cautions, "Be prepared to work hard and [have] patience. I came back and I want[ed] everything to happen now and you can only do so much." Austin also encourages younger farmers to "Try to look out forward in to the future … and make every decision count … Always be looking for an opportunity and try to advance yourself."
Nurturing the Next Generation
Today's younger farmers are already instilling a love and understanding of agriculture into their families. They consider farming a lifestyle more than just a career choice. It's a life that you can involve the whole family in and nurture the next generation of agricultural leaders.
Meredith and her husband chose to leave big city life and return to agriculture when they had children, who are now ages 23, 21 and 13.
"Growing up, one of my favorite things to do [was] just to hop in the truck with my dad and go check the cows, and check the crops, and walk through the fields," Meredith said. "And so I try to spend some time doing that with my children, too. Sometimes you get so busy it's hard to take the time to just put them in the truck and just go look at everything, but that's some of the [most fun] times … My 21-year-old [daughter] really enjoys the farm. My 13-year-old absolutely loves to be on the farm, in the truck, looking at things on the tractor. He absolutely loves it right now.
"A lot of times when you work in an office [your children] really are not a part of everything you do. [The farm] is also … a family business with my parents and my husband and [me]. We can all work together in raising the children."
Dexter has similar experiences with his family on the farm. "We all go to work together, and we can just have a good time out on the farm doing something that we love … Our farm is very, very family oriented. The little nieces and nephews that's just a couple of years old, we bring them out on the farm … We don't try to keep them shut out from being out in the fields, riding on the tractors and all that good stuff."
Oklahoma peanut farmer Austin and his father Joe D.
"I want to raise a family in a small town," said Austin. "I was given a lot of opportunities that other people growing up in a city weren't given. I feel like I owe that … if someday I have children, to let them experience the same thing I did in growing up on a farm. I fell in love with it. It's a bug and I can't get it out of me. I don't think I could do anything else now."
Listen to the full interview with Austin White.
Listen to the full interview with Dexter Gilbert.
Listen to the full interview with Meredith Rogers.
1. USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2012 Consensus of Agriculure. Accessed August 31, 2015. www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/Typology/typology13.pdf


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I've been to two whiskey tastings this week. One in a backyard by a fire-pit and one online in "virtual" mode. (The meeting was virtual, the whiskey was not.)
But I'm not a whiskey drinker. Nor do I aspire to be.
However, I do like to learn, which I find best done by trying new things. I could read about whiskey all day long without understanding it or why some people are really into it.
Truth be told, these two tastings didn't get me much closer to understanding. But they did bring home the meta-lesson that learning is a process that takes time and persistence.
What is whiskey anyway?
Let's start with the basics. Even the experienced and professionals (yes, there are professional whiskey tasters) struggle to make the basics quickly and easily understood.
What is the difference between whiskey, bourbon, and scotch?
Turns out that is a bit of a trick question. And also one that doesn't matter so much to the experience and enjoyment that comes from the practice of whiskey drinking.
The differences end up being technical, and even codified in law. Whiskey is the broad category. Scotch is a subset and includes the strict geographic constraint that it must be produced in Scotland (not unlike how champaign must be produced in Champaign, France). Bourbon must be made from at least 51% corn and— by law—"must be stored in charred oak containers." Rye "must be distilled from at least 51% rye and aged two years or more." Yet, when many think of rye they think of Canada but the Canadian product "may not actually include any rye in its production process."
Some have even ventured to create new categories in recent years, such as "bourye" by blending bourbon and rye.
The bottom line is that knowing the names and following the marketing is not so important. It's important to know the experience.
The palate wheel
As soon as I was relieved of the worry of memorizing names and definitions, I was overwhelmed with the idea of deconstructing the complexity of the products upon my palate.
My palate, it seems, ain't so sophisticated—especially when barraged with a wide array of samples in a short amount of time.
The palate wheel attempts to help, breaking down flavors into categories like "winey," "fruity," "cereal," "floral," "fenty," "peaty," and "woody." This was struggle enough, but they go further into subcategories like "fresh fruit," "cooked fruit," "dried fruit," or "medicinal," "smokey," "mossy," and "kippery."
I was lost. But I kept on plugging away at my own pace, trying to discern what I could, listening carefully and asking lots of questions. I tried to keep the "beginner's mind," trying to soak in what I could with openness and eagerness for learning, which leads me back to the biggest lesson of all. Learning is a process that takes time and effort.
You can't—and shouldn't—rush learning
Learning is not about knowing the names of things and memorizing definitions, although those things can help you to become better oriented to a new context. And they can help you communicate with others in that context. Jargon serves a purpose. But it is not learning.
Learning comes from understanding, which comes from experience. To understand the different types of whiskey and which ones I might enjoy will take time. I cannot cram for this exam. And that's ok.
There is no exam when you are learning for personal growth. The aim of personal growth is to expand your knowledge and experience such that you deepen your understanding and ultimately gain wisdom. That wisdom can help you greatly within the domain you study, but even more impressively it can reach beyond that.
I always find that the best lessons and insights have more universal applicability. Some lesson yielded from years of studying and practicing music ends up applying to an unrelated field like technology. Years of mastering bicycle mechanics helps me fix something in the digital world. Insights gained from internet marketing help me communicate with students in a classroom.
But that magic only comes over time and after substantial effort. Even more surprising, the best effects are impossible to predict. Which is why learning for learning's sake—going deeply and working persistently over time—is the best path forward.
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Commercially Producing Live Oaks From Seed
Texas Live Oak at the Alamo
Image courtesy of Wikipedia
Live oaks have been grown commercially in Texas since the early 1900's. They are excellent landscape trees that contribute to property values in all parts of the state. Many Texas live oaks are surrounded by historical circumstances and are held in high esteem. There are several Texas species commonly known as "live oak", each of which is native to a particular area of the state, yet only two are commonly grown commercially (Quercus virginiana, native to East Texas and along the Gulf Coast, and Q. fusiformis, Edwards Plateau, Rio Grande Plains, Blackland and Grand Prairies, West Cross Timbers to the Red River).
Propagators could benefit by selecting acorns from the most desirable trees native to that particular area of the state. Characteristics worth noting when choosing a mature tree as a seed source are desirability of leaf color and shape, drought tolerancae, absence of galls, trunk form, vigor and umbrella-shaped canopies. Growers should understand, however, that oaks are wind pollinated. The undetermined pollen source in the formation of the acorn may dilute the desirable characteristics sought. Trees standing side by side in the nursery row may exhibit separate, distinct characteristics and variations, despite having been selected as acorns from the same "mother tree."
Acorn Collection
Acorns are collected in the autumn months, from October to December. It is not uncommon for acorns to geminate while on the trees. Ripe acorns can be picked before they fall; often it is wise to do so in order to escape weevils (Curculio spp.) which attack those that fall to the ground. Acorns that are brown in color are physiologically mature; those which are yellowish are not ripe. As a rule of thumb, a mature acorn will snap cleanly from its cup without leaving a tiesue residue.
Acorn Treatment
Discard acorns that float in water along with those that show pin-sized weevil exit holes. Live oak seeds frequently contain weevil larvae that prevent germination. Larvae in sound acorns ("sinkers") can be killed by immersion in 120°F water for 30 minutes. (Warning: Higher temperatures may kill the seed.)
Acorn viability is adversely affected by dry storage. If acorns lose as little as 15% of their initial moisture, percent germination may be reduced by one-third; 20% moisture loss may reduce viabiity by 96%. This is why acorns that have been lying on the ground for 2 days may not germinate. If stored in damp peat moss, acorns will germinate and may remain healthy for a short period of time. After 4 or more weeks storage in wet peat they will begin to rot.
Nursery Practices
Ideally, acorns should be planted immediately after collection. No scarification or stratification is required; but any remaining cups should be removed.
Quercus fusiformis
One of the two trees considered to be "Texas live oaks"
Image courtesy of Image Archive of Central Texas Plants
Acorns initially may be sown in flats in the greenhouse to be planted later, sown outside in nursery seedbeds, or seeded directly in nursery rows. A well-drained growing medium is preferred for germination in flats. Flats should be at least 6 inches deep. Covering the bottom of the flat with copper wire mesh promotes an extensive, well-developed root system. Seedling tap roots are killed when they touch the mesh, and lateral branching is encouraged. This type of root system is deal for continued frowth in 1- and 3-gallon containers. Seedlings may be moved to containers during the spring following fall germination.
Acorns may be sown in outdoor beds. Organic matter and fertilizer can be incorporated into the seedbed soil at planting time if required. Weed control is essential. Pre-plant fumigations and pre-emergence and post-emergence herbicides may be required to control weeds. Manufacturers label directions should be followed explicitly.
Seed may be broadcast or drilled into rows 8-12 inches aparts. Generally, sowing 4.5 pounds of acorns per 100 square feet will provide a seedling density of 10 per square foot. This rate allows for an anticipated 30% loss in seedling number due to environmental conditions and culling. Acorns should be planted 1-2 inches deep. An organic mulch applied to the seedbed will conserve moisture, protect against soil rusting and cold temperatures, and help control weeds. Covering the mulched seedbed with hardware cloth will protect acorns from birds and rodents. Remove the screen before seedlings touch the metal.
Seedlings generally remain in the seedbed one year. They may then be transplanted to nursery rows for additional growth.
In some areas, direct seeding of nursery rows is practiced. Acorns are sown 4-6 inches apart and 3 inches deep in rows 4-6 feet apart. These dimensions may require modification with soil type, maintenance practices and digging equipment selected.
General Consideration
If the nursery is located on soil containing some clay, trees can be balled and burlapped when sold; the procedure is more difficult on sandy soils, and trees may have to be boxed. Soils should be well-drained and of moderate to good fertility for optimum growth.
Source and quality of irrigation water must be considered. Fertility rates will depend upon soils. County agricultural extension agents can provide soil and water analysis procedures.


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When it comes to film and TV, it's fair to say that some of the most iconic scenes take place on rooftops. Whether the mood is set by stunning scenery or the height adds an element of danger to 'the final showdown', rooftop encounters never seem to disappoint and once you start looking, you realise just how often rooftops feature on the big screen.
At Kingdom Coatings, roof maintenance is our forte and with this in mind, we've made a list of some of the best rooftop scenes in film and TV.
Mary Poppins
This classic film and childhood favourite contains one of the most iconic rooftop scenes of all time. 'Step in Time'- one of many musical classics from the film- is performed by Bert and his fellow chimney sweeps on the rooftops of London and this couldn't be a more perfect location for the performance. You can't help but stare in disbelief at the impressive display of choreography, and the scene has an intense sense of excitement as the chimney sweeps leap from rooftop to rooftop. This jaw-dropping scene simply wouldn't be the same in any other location, and the daring yet graceful performance coupled with the vertigo-inducing height is just the perfect combination.
Almost Famous
This coming of age classic features a significant rooftop scene that is often overlooked. After arguing with his fellow band members, Russell Hammond goes to a house party to forget his worries and finds himself on a rooftop shouting 'I am a golden god.' Whilst there are serious undertones at play, this is a predominantly humorous scene in which Hammond is trying to come up with some profound 'last words.' After settling on 'I'm on drugs' he leaps off the roof into the pool and wakes up the next day feeling a little worse for wear. Although seemingly insignificant, the roof is a platform on which Hammond is coming to grips with the highs and lows of fame, and it could be said that the roof is used to demonstrate that in this moment, Hammond's ego has reached new heights.
The Departed
As previously mentioned, there is something so epic about rooftop fight scenes and this is especially apparent when watching Martin Scorsese's The Departed. The rooftop location undoubtedly adds to the tension of this final showdown and you're kept on the edge of your seat throughout. There's also the descent from the rooftop in a lift which further adds to the suspense as you're genuinely unsure how the scene is going to end. In this instance, the rooftop location is utilised flawlessly to achieve a nail-biting movie crescendo.
Whilst it may not be the first thing that comes to your mind when contemplating iconic rooftop scenes, 'The One Where They're Up All Night' is an episode in which none of the friends get any sleep for various reasons. Arguably the most humorous storyline is Joey and Ross getting stuck on the roof and their eventful trip down the fire escape. When the fire escape gets stuck, the friends have no choice but to climb down one another which is where the scene reaches peak hilarity. So, if you're looking for a bit of lighthearted humour, this is an episode that will undoubtedly have you in stitches.
If you want a roof that's fit for the big screen, rely on the experts at Kingdom Coatings. Our roof coatings will protect your property from harsh weather whilst giving your roof a fresh new look. Contact us today for more information.


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The last time we mentioned Anagram it was sitting pretty at version 0.9.7. Now it is up to 0.9.9 and it looks like it is about to go to a full 1.0.
In case you don't remember Anagram is a free BlackBerry application that captures contact information from an emails signature and makes it into a contact or updates a contact from the info. It is also good for capturing meeting information and converting it into a calendar entry.
You can read more about it at this link and send yourself an email with an OTA link. Their OTA links are one time use only so I cannot post it. You can also watch a video of it in action at that link.


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Friday, March 22, 2013
Flash 55 - Witch Love
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Oh this is great! tickled me - a bit-o-witch around me and my wild, of late! thanks.ReplyDeleteReplies
Lucky you. Enjoy the excitement. :)Delete
nice...cool wisdom in this and nice dance in your words as well...dance on, slay the dragons...tame the beast, tell the tale...and most certainly...love..ReplyDeleteReplies
Love can tame the dragons and is at the bottom of all wisdom.Delete
I've learned to suppress the beast with tranquilizer darts, but sometimes it gets out and wreaks havoc.ReplyDelete
Vanessa, I loved this. Seems there is more than one way to tame the wild beast, but love seems the best temperance of all.ReplyDeleteReplies
I agree most definitely.Delete
Ah, yes, we all have a beast within.ReplyDeleteReplies
We do. Let's all roar together.Delete
- AnonymousFri Mar 22, 12:48:00 PM EDT
Very well done!ReplyDelete
sing a saucy songReplyDelete
to tame the wild breast
for inside resides a beast
don't want to mess with a wild breast! This was really fun.Replies
A wild breast is best handled by gentle petting.Delete
Toes and Breasts in the same post.
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This hands-on course provides a comprehensive introduction to the Enterprise Discovery communications review capabilities. Attendees will learn the features and functions of Enterprise Discovery, how to review and tag communications, apply/release litigation holds and how to export content.
Course Topics
- Enterprise Archive overview and concepts
- Enterprise Archive terminology
- Review case management interface
- Reviewing case assigned items
- Reviewing communication snapshots
- Refining number of displayed items using faceting
- Reviewing snapshot generating events
- Tagging adding comments
- Applying and removing legal hold
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Hello Beautiful People!
2 more days to go! Who is excited about this and who is sad?
So how did your today's challenge go? Was it a success? Were you tempted to take any fizzy drink today? Is there any improvement as regards to your water intake?
Please do share with us how your Day 26 challenge went.
My today's challenge wasn't a complete success and it wasn't a total fail either. Let's say I took 10% yoghurt and 90% water today.
Looking forward to tomorrow and next tomorrow's challenge.
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Please do invite your friends to join us in this challenge so that we can inspire one another.
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Trendy Technology Advantages And Disadvantages
Each original design Superlite automobile has it's own distinctive styling, with modern technology underpinnings for safety, unbelievable dealing with, buildability, and lengthy service life. As Benchmarks states, Most of the complexities of the social consequences of the usage of technology can wait, but college students should start to consider alternative ways of doing something and compare the advantages and drawbacks." (Benchmarks for Science Literacy, p.45) By way of working on this lesson, college students will gain experience with the idea that there are constructive and adverse consequences of technology and can be challenged to suppose by these consequences in relationship to farming.
Here you'll be able to learn a few of the newest analysis, which provides an up-to-date overview of on-line addiction in the modern world. Since its launch in 1995, Information Age has been regarded as one of the crucial revered technology titles within the B2B realm. It is a beginning for them, to become aware that every new know-how has drawbacks and advantages and that people have completely different ideas about these consequences. The supervisor confirmed me a wide range of crops that repelled water in fascinating methods, and I squirted water on them to see what occurred. They don't box us off from our surroundings, leaving us extra intuned with the world round us. They're additionally simpler to construct and maintain, permitting extra people to get involved and decentralizing the transportation industry. A tailor-made model of the device was recently developed for other accomplice agencies to use.
With the addition of modern know-how, it's arduous to imagine the subsequent technology of art pieces that will probably be created in the close to future. The Benchmarks for Science Literacy addresses the idea that there are drawbacks as well as advantages to know-how. I am Mechanical Engineering student driven by the fervour for technology, electronics, design and inventive ideas.
Referring to themselves as Ultra-technologists," the group goals to transcend the boundaries between art, science, know-how and creativity, via co-inventive actions. Somewhat the continued stream of interference flowing from modern applied sciences impacts the standard of our efficiency while at the same time weakening our psychological faculties required for sustained focus. As college students are responding to the questions on their pupil worksheets, you may discover that that is their first experience with considering disadvantage and benefits of expertise. These tiny units will make the most of the invention that nerve cells and silicon chips can happily co-exist, allowing an interface between the electronic world and the human physique.


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Aloha and Welcome to MauiGrown™ Coffee
MauiGrown™ Coffee is the grower of Ka'anapali Estate Coffee located on the West Maui Mountains near the historic town of Lahaina. The 500-acre estate grows several varieties of Arabica coffees to suit a multitude of palettes. The theory of "quality from seed to cup" best describes the planning and operation of MauiGrown™ Coffee.
MauiGrown™ Coffee, Inc. was established in 2003 by James (Kimo) Falconer. From 1988 through 2001, the farm was operated as Kaanapali Estate Coffee, a diversified AG project of Pioneer Mill Sugar Company. As director of Agricultural research for Pioneer Mill at the time, Kimo was instrumental in the genesis of this coffee. After Pioneer Mill Company and Kaanapali Estate Coffee closed their operations in 2001, it was Falconers dream to revive the coffee farm. His hard work and dedication led to MauiGrown™ Coffee harvesting its first crop in 2004.
Visit the MauiGrown™ Coffee Company Store and sample the famous Maui Mokka tm and other varieties of coffee grown by MauiGrown™ Coffee. The MauiGrown™ Coffee Company Store offers both green coffee and roasted coffee as well as coffee from other parts of Maui and Kona coffee.
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Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. A new symptom model for autism cross-validated in an independent sample - Boomsma - 2008 - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. A systematic meta-analytic review of evidence for the effectiveness of the 'Fast ForWord' language intervention program. Abstract Background: Fast ForWord is a suite of computer-based language intervention programs designed to improve children's reading and oral language skills.
The programs are based on the hypothesis that oral language difficulties often arise from a rapid auditory temporal processing deficit that compromises the development of phonological representations. Methods: A systematic review was designed, undertaken and reported using items from the PRISMA statement. A literature search was conducted using the terms 'Fast ForWord''Fast For Word''Fastforword' with no restriction on dates of publication. Following screening of (a) titles and abstracts and (b) full papers, using pre-established inclusion and exclusion criteria, six papers were identified as meeting the criteria for inclusion (randomised controlled trial (RCT) or matched group comparison studies with baseline equivalence published in refereed journals). Autistic traits in a population-based ADHD twin sample. Changing concepts of dyslexia: nature, treatment and comorbidity.
Directional effects between rapid auditory processing and phonological awareness in children. Efficacy of small group reading intervention for beginning readers with reading-delay: a randomised controlled trial. Eye-witness memory and suggestibility in children with Asperger syndrome. Improving early language and literacy skills: differential effects of an oral language versus a phonology with reading intervention. Abstract Background: This study compares the efficacy of two school-based intervention programmes (Phonology with Reading (P + R) and Oral Language (OL)) for children with poor oral language at school entry.
Methods: Following screening of 960 children, 152 children (mean age 4;09) were selected from 19 schools on the basis of poor vocabulary and verbal reasoning skills and randomly allocated to either the P + R programme or the OL programme. Both groups of children received 20 weeks of daily intervention alternating between small group and individual sessions, delivered by trained teaching assistants. Children in the P + R group received training in letter-sound knowledge, phonological awareness and book level reading skills. Children in the OL group received instruction in vocabulary, comprehension, inference generation and narrative skills.
Results: The data are clustered (children within schools) and robust confidence intervals are reported. Method Participants. Language profiles and literacy outcomes of children with resolving, emerging, or persisting language impairments. Introduction Language impairment (LI) is a relatively common developmental disorder (Tomblin et al., 1997) which can occur alongside low nonverbal ability (nonspecific language impairment, NLI), or average nonverbal ability (specific language impairment, SLI; Hayiou-Thomas, Oliver, & Plomin, 2005).
Moreover, there is comorbidity between LI and reading disorder/dyslexia (McArthur, Hogben, Edwards, Heath, & Mengler, 2000). Classification of LI, however, is not stable and rates of persistence vary from 11%–92% (Tomblin, Zhang, Buckwalter, & O'Brien, 2003). Practitioner Review: Non-pharmacological treatments for ADHD: A lifespan approach. Predicting dyslexia using prereading skills: the role of sensorimotor and cognitive abilities. Introduction Prospective studies of developmental dyslexia are useful for at least two reasons.
The first is a practical one: they can help to establish which measures would be useful screening tools to predict future difficulties. This could help select children who should be given early support or intervention to try to avoid a negative cycle of attainment (Stanovich, 1986). The second way in which they can be useful is in shedding light on theoretical views of the possible causes of reading difficulties. This paper aims to address both of these issues. Several studies have shown a consistent set of predictors of reading difficulties, including phonological awareness (PA), letter and print knowledge (PK), and rapid naming (Muter, Hulme, Snowling, & Taylor, 1998; Torgesen, Wagner, Rashotte, Burgess, & Hecht, 1997; Wagner et al., 1997). The present study builds on this research in several ways. There is also evidence that subtle visual difficulties could cause reading difficulties.
Pre-literacy skills of subgroups of children with speech sound disorders. Regression and word loss in autistic spectrum disorders. Sensory clusters of toddlers with autism spectrum disorders: differences in affective symptoms. Specific reading disability (dyslexia): what have we learned in the past four decades? The relationship between attention, executive functions and reading domain abilities in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and reading disorder: a comparative study. Verbal short-term memory span in children: long-term modality dependent effects of intrauterine growth restriction.


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Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas Nurse Malpractice Attorneys
When you enter a hospital to receive treatment, you assume you will receive a high standard of care from medical professionals you can trust. While this is usually the case, many people every year are hurt or even killed as a result of nursing errors.
At The Law Offices of Brian Timothy Meyers, our lawyers have been representing individuals and families in medical malpractice cases across Kansas and Missouri for over 30 years. We understand this complex area of personal injury law and work diligently to obtain full compensation for the victims of nursing errors.
The Importance of Proper Monitoring and Notification
While an inpatient at the hospital, much of your care will be handled and coordinated by nursing staff. It is crucial that they pay attention to how you are doing and notify a doctor at the first sign of trouble. When nurses fail to notify doctors of a change in condition or fail to follow a doctor's orders, the results can be tragic.
With computerized records becoming more prominent, it is crucial for nurses to communicate clearly with doctors as they no longer have a physical chart to check.
At our firm, our attorneys handle a broad range of claims involving nursing errors such as:
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Career Choices After twelfth Grade
Whether or not it's a small household business or a large corporation, circumstances typically find 2 people in a dedicated relationship also working collectively. Mother and father must accompany those who are ages sixteen – 17. For college students which can be sixteen, the one career avenues accessible to them are enterprise occupations and Culinary Arts, so it's generally best to attend until a youth is 17 to apply so they may have more career coaching choices.
McGee spent nearly all of his 18-year career playing for the St. Louis Cardinals, serving to the Cardinals win the 1982 World Sequence along with his excellent performance in Game three of that collection. The second minimize acknowledges two clusters (A and S, with a correlation of zero.31; and E and C, with a correlation of 0.27), and I standing off by itself as a result of its greatest correlation (0.20, with A), is as weak as the E-S correlation.
You could never be taught PHP and still make a decent income as a web developer but the reality is realizing PHP will deliver you far more reward and alternative in your career. As for the listing of pursuits you just mentioned, placing a few issues collectively may become a career path, especially if it's a ardour too. When you're unsure about what to include in your resume, it might be a terrific idea to meet with a career coach who will help you create a resume that's as unique as you're and … Read More ...


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Bobbi Kristina Brown's ex arrested on domestic violence charges involving new girlfriend: Cops
Nick Gordon, the ex-boyfriend of the late Bobbi Kristina Brown, was arrested on a domestic violence charge Saturday involving his new live-in girlfriend.
Read: Nick Gordon Breaks His Silence After Bobbi Kristina's Death, Tweets: 'I Will Always Love You'
Gordon, 28, was accused of "hitting and punching" his girlfriend, 26-year-old Laura Leal, according to a report by the Sanford Police Department in Florida.
Leal told police that they started arguing around midnight because "he thought she was trying to hook up with one of his friends" before he allegedly became violent.
She had reportedly tried to get help during the episode but Gordon had taken away her phone and computer, the police report stated. It was after sunrise before Leal was able to break free, and wake Gordon's sleeping mother to get help.
When Leal arrived at the police station with her sister, authorities said Leal had injuries to her arm and face.
Gordon was arrested at a clubhouse near their home later that morning for domestic battery and false imprisonment.
The incident comes just months after Gordon was ordered by an Atlanta judge to pay more than $36 million to Bobbi Kristina Brown's family for her wrongful death. He was deemed legally responsible for the 22-year-old's death after he failed to appear at a civil hearing.
Bobbi Kristina, the daughter of Whitney Houston, was found unconscious in a tub in January 2015 and passed away in hospice care a month later.
A lawsuit claimed Gordon had beaten Brown after a "cocaine and drinking binge" before giving his longtime girlfriend a "toxic cocktail" that caused her to pass out.
Read: Bobby Brown Says He First Saw Whitney Houston Do Drugs on Their Wedding Day
Gordon was also accused in the suit of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and transferring money from Brown's bank account into his own without authorization.
No criminal charges were filed against Gordon in Bobbi Kristina's death.
His attorneys denied he had anything to do with the death of his longtime girlfriend and instead called it a "tragic accident."
Watch: Nick Gordon Ordered to Pay Bobbi Kristina Brown's Family More Than $36 Million in Wrongful Death Suit
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*All Sale Items are Final Sale and will not be allowed to be returned for a refund or credit.*
If granted, a return authorization (RA) will be issued. All merchandise returned without an authorization will be refused. Only defective merchandise or merchandise that does not match the purchase order can be accepted for credit, exchange or refund. Return or exchange merchandise must be unworn, unwashed, in new condition with original tags attached, and in its original packaging. EIS is not responsible for shipping charges for the returns. Any merchandise returned or exchanged which has had tags removed or has been worn shall be accepted for credit or exchange at the sole discretion of EIS. EIS is not responsible for merchandise which has not been cared for properly or has been abused.
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New Class Dates
Hope everyone is keeping dry on this rainy day. It's the perfect time to curl up with a tea/coffee and do some tangling.
The dates for November and December Classes' can be found under the Class Schedule section of our site. Listed below are the class dates for November.
Sunday, November 8- Introduction to the Zentangle Method 1-4pm - $40
Sunday, November 15- Tangle Together 1-3pm - $15
Tuesday, November 17- Tangle Together 7-9pm- $15
Sunday, November 22- Exploring the Zentangle Method 1-4pm - $40
Sunday, November 29- Traverse the Zentangle Method 1-4pm - $40
Thank you for a great Zentangle Day!
We would like to thank everyone who joined us for our first Zentangle Day! The Day was a great success and we hope everyone was inspired to continue learning Zentangle.
Thanks to my wonderful co-host Jill and Bunny, who shared their knowledge of zentangle with all of us and to Heather who helped plan and make the day possible!
Happy zentangling, Kim
Kim Mather,
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Krzysztof Zanussi
Krzysztof Zanussi, (born 1939) is a producer and film director based in Poland, is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He is also a professor at the Silesian University in Katowice.
Zanussi studied physics at Warsaw University (Uniwersytet Warszawski) and philosophy at the Jagiellonian University (Uniwersytet Jagiellonski) in Krakow. He is the director of the Polish Film Studio TOR and has received several prizes and awards, including the David di Donatello Prize of the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, the Cavalier's Cross of Polonia Restituta Order, and the Cavalier de L'Ordre ete Sciences et Lettres.
Krzysztof Zanussi authored the following books: On editing an amateur film (1968), Discourse on an amateur film (1978), memoirs Time to Die (1999).
Note: This profile was written in or before 2004.
Krzysztof Zanussi Facts
|July 17, 1939 (84)
|Warsaw, Poland
Selected Filmography
|Il Sole Nero
|Our God's Brother: The True Story of St. Albert Chmielowski
|A Year of the Quiet Sun
|Polish Cinema Classics Vol.III
|Barwy ochronne
|Krzysztof Zanussi Collection
|Persona non grata
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How To Do Lying Arm Tricep Extension For Big Triceps Muscles
When it comes to weight lifting and bodybuilding, many people consider a set of huge arms to be one of the main indications of how big and muscular a person actually is.
If you ask somebody to flex their muscles for you, they'll almost certainly hit a bicep pose.
Yes, when it comes to muscularity, the arms are a great place to start, yet many people seem to focus on the biceps as opposed to the triceps.
In actual fact, it's the triceps that are responsible for a person's arm size, as the muscle is so large, with three separate heads, hence the name TRI-CEPS.
If you're looking to build a set of guns to be proud of, then lying arm triceps extensions are absolutely ideal.
Here's how they're done.
How to Do Lying Arm Tricep Extension Guide
- Begin by laying down on a flat bench, holding two dumbbells in front of you. your knees should be bent and your feet planted firmly on the floor.
- Next, straighten your arms out above you so that the dumbbells are now held up in the air above your head.
- Slowly lower the dumbbells back down by bending your elbows so that the dumbbells lower down until they're positioned directly at the side of your head.
- Repeat by extending the arm above you again, and repeating the exact same movement for the required amount of repetitions.
- You can also do this exercise with a bench set at either an incline, or a decline position. Setting the bench at different angles will target the different heads of the triceps ever so slightly. The exercise is done in exactly the same way, other than the fact that the bench will be set at a different angle.
To see an example of how to perform this exercise, take a look at this video:
We also have a video explaining how to do incline lying arm triceps extension and decline lying triceps extension.


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Mizukawa, Makoto
Dean, College of Engineering, Professor Department of Electrical Engineering,
College of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology
Address: 3-7-5, Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8548, Japan
Brief Biographical History:
1973 Received BE from Dept. Mechanical Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
1975 Received ME from Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
1975- Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation
1981-82 Visiting Scholar, Columbia University
1987 Received DE from Waseda University
1992- Senior Research Engineer, Group Leader, NTT Human Interface Lab.
2000- Professor, Shibaura Institute Technology
2009- Dean, College of Engineering
Main Works:
1. De-facto Standard API for Open and Networked Industrial Robots", Proc. 30th International Symposium on Robotics (ISR), pp. 455-462, 1999
2. Robot Technology Ontology Targeting Robot Technology Services in Kukanchi "Interactive Human-Space Design and Intelligence", Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol.21 No.4,pp 489-497,JSME RMD, Fuji Publishing, 2009
3. Trung Ngo Lam, Haeyeon Lee, Makoto Mizukawa, Automatic Building Robot Technology Ontology Based on Basic-Level Knowledge Network, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol.23 No.4 pp. 515-522, 2010
4. Mohd Azizi Abdul Rahman and Makoto Mizukawa, Model-based development and simulation for robotic systems with SysML, Simulink and Simscape profiles, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS), vol.10(112), pp. 1-12, 2013
Fellow, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Fellow, The Society of Instruments and Control Engineer
Fellow, The Robotics Society of Japan
Field of Interest: Robotics, Mechatronics, Human-Robot Interaction, Networked Robot System, Middleware for Robotics, Physical Agent System,Embedded Systems,Model Based System Design, Intelligent Space, Robotics Service system for Daily Life
Other Features:
Currently serving as Chair of the ORiN Forum ( http://www.orin.jp/ )
Working Robotics Software Standardization in Robotics DTF of OMG(Object Management Group) as well as an Expert in ISO TC184-SC2.


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Free Christmas Card Template
Hi everyone! It's Amy from My 3 Monsters again and I am thrilled to be here sharing a fun free Christmas card template with y'all. This is about the time of year that I start stressing about what to do for our annual Christmas card and newsletter. Even though my parents AND grandparents are on social media now and see what we're doing as we do it all year long, I'm a traditionalist. I still think it's fun to send {and receive!} real mail during the holidays. With social media in mind, I designed this Hashtag Holiday Card template!
Every year it is an ordeal to dress my family up and get a portrait for the card. Someone always hates the outfits I choose and someone else is having a bad hair day. No one wants to be there and we're not actors, guys — it's written all over our faces. I'm jealous of all you who have stunning families in gorgeous, artistic portraits taken in cool locations by talented photographers. More power to you! Send me your cards. Please! I just knew it wasn't going to happen for us. Not this year. I decided to comb through all of our Instagram accounts to find photos from throughout the year and choose a few of my favorites. Then I created a card around that. I love how simple it is and it turned out to be a perfect representation of us.
For years I have sent out flat 5×7 inch cards with a photo {or photos} on one side and a little letter on the other. You can have them printed pretty inexpensively from most online print shops and I like the all-in-one concept. Just choose the "design your own" option on whatever site you choose so you can upload your two JPEG files. We have used Vista Print, UPrinting, and Black River Imaging in past years and all have been great, with easy to use websites and quality finished products.
To create your own version of the card, all you need are the free Christmas card templates {links to download provided below} and a photo editing program that can work with layers {like Photoshop, Gimp, or Picasa}.
Download the #merrychristmas version here
Download the #happyholidays version here
Download the 2014 status review here.
Once you have the template of your choice downloaded, open it up in your photo editing program. You will see the white background image with 12 empty frames for you to insert your photos. Choose your photos and open them as new layers — each photo will be on its own layer as shown below:
The photos will be too big for the frames. but that's OK! Resize each photo to 400 pixels square, as shown below:
Then simply drag and drop each photo into the desired frame:
Keep going until all the frames are filled, then save the image as a JPEG file. To add text to the back side of the card, open the 2014 status review image up in your photo editing program and use the text tool to add whatever message you like:
I wrote ours to read like status updates on Facebook with ridiculous hashtags at the end of each paragraph to keep with the hastag theme. It's not an in-depth review of our year, but it gives our friends and family a little taste of what we've done. Leave them wanting more, I always say! When you are finished, save it as a JPEG file. Now you are ready to create and print your cards.
If you want a little more detailed tutorial about working with layers in a photo editing program, this tutorial I wrote a while back is a great place to start! I hope this helps some of you simplify the holiday card process. Enjoy your holiday preparations, friends!
Looking for more quick Christmas crafts? Check these out!
Latest posts by Amy (see all)
- Faux Pallet Art World Map Printable - Jan 19 2015
- Free Printable Calendar for 2015 - Jan 06 2015
- Free Christmas Card Template - Nov 20 2014


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Nephrology Jumble Bumble: HIV & the Kidney
In the December issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Sexton et al discuss an interesting case of bilateral kidney enlargement and acute kidney injury in a patient with HIV infection. HIV can affect the kidney in a variety of manners. Take our nephrology jumble-bumble to test your knowledge of HIV and the kidney:
Post by Dr. Ritu Soni, Nephrology Fellow at University of Pittsburgh, and Dr. Kenar Jhaveri, eAJKD Blog Editor. Cartoon illustrated by Dr. Soni.
To see the answers, please click here.
To view the article (freely available), please visit AJKD.org.