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Register for Free High Informative Artificial Intelligence workshop by Industry Experts at Analytics Path on Sunday, 19th May @ 10 AM
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SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Kyodo) — South Korea will purchase 40 Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth fighter jets and an additional 20 combat planes from the United States starting in 2018, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.
"The F-35A will be used as a strategic weapon to gain a competitive edge and defeat the enemy in the early stage of war," Joint Chief of Staff spokesman Eom Hyo Sik was quoted as saying by Yonhap News Agency following a statement made by North Korea earlier in the day, saying that Pyongyang would turn the South's presidential office into a "sea of fire."
"The South Korean military will also use the aircraft to effectively deal with provocations," Eom said in a briefing.
According to Yonhap, JCS Chairman Choi Yun Hee held a meeting of top commanders to approve the plan to buy the F-35A stealth fighter jets that are capable of conducting air-to-air and air-to-ground missions with internal carriage and external stations for missiles and bombs.
As the F-35 is sold only through the U.S. foreign military sales program, the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration is expected to buy the aircraft through a government-to-government deal without an open bid.
The budget has not been confirmed as the conditions set by the U.S. foreign military sales program require a foreign government to pay the amount specified by Washington for the F-35s at the time of payment.
For an additional 20 jets, the South Korean government will reconsider the required operational capability and security situations with a goal of deployment between 2023 and 2024, Eom said, giving Boeing and the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company, which participated in the past bidding, an opportunity to secure a contract.
"The JCS decided to buy 40 jets first to minimize the security vacuum and purchase the remaining 20 after reassessing the required operational capability in accordance with the changing security situations and aerospace technology," Air Force Brig. Gen. Shin Ik Kyun was quoted by Yonhap as saying.
South Korea has been seeking to develop a much larger indigenous fighter jet program with the help of major defense contractors, but the plans have been delayed largely due to budget constraints.
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The Corvette Stingray concept is at this point solely a design exercise, not foreshadowing a production vehicle, though talk of the upcoming C7 Corvette has been circulating for some time. The Beat concept filling the role of the twin Skids and Mudflap robots is already headed to production as the 2011 Chevy Spark. The Chevrolet Volt will also be joining the cast as Jolt.
"Chevrolet is thrilled to again be part of one of the most anticipated movies in years," said Ed Peper, GM North America vice president, Chevrolet. "'Transformers' gives us a great opportunity to connect with young people on their terms, with a dynamic, environmentally friendly image. The new characters represent the change going on in Chevy showrooms. From the exciting Camaro, the 21st century sports car, to the game-changing Volt, there's more than meets the eye at Chevrolet today."
The overall idea of the Stingray Concept was to incorporate past design cues in a fully futuristic shape. Speaking specifically about the Corvette concept, Ed Welburn, vice president of GM Global Design, said, "By giving my creative team the freedom to design no-holds-barred vision concepts, it helps them push boundaries and look at projects from different perspectives."
The Stingray Concept has been spotted before, on the set of the Transformer's movie, and at the time was thought to be a Corvette Centennial Design Concept.


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The Web Reservation System of Clock PMS+ can be customized to match the colour scheme of your website and conform to your marketing constants.
1. Colour selection
To set up the colour scheme of your WRS you need to select four colours. (See the sample scheme):
A. Background. (In the sample: black)
B. Font colour (in the sample: white)
C. Panel font colour (in the sample: light grey)
D. Panel title bar and frame colour (in the sample: dark grey).
The colour format must be:
HEX. For example: #000000 for black, #FFFFFF for white.
RGB. For example: rgb(0,0,0) for black, rgb(255,255,255) for white.
After you have chosen your colours, you can move on to the next step
2. Generating CSS files
Go to https://www.bootstrap-live-customizer.com/version/3.3.2/
Enter your colours in the fields below:
А. Background
Enter your background colour in these 3 fields:
- Section "Scaffolding", field "@body-bg"
- Section "Modals", field "@modal-content-bg"
- Section "Panels", field "@panel-bg"
B. Font colour
Enter your font colour in these 2 fields:
- Section "Scaffolding", field "@text-color"
- Section "Scaffolding", field "@link-color"
C. Panel title bar and frame colour
Enter your colour in these 4 fields
- Section "Panels", field "@panel-default-heading-bg"
- Section "Type", field "@hr-border"
- Section "Panels", field "@panel-default-border"
- Section "Tables", field "@table-border-color"
D. Panel font colour
Enter your colour in the field below
- Section "Panels", field "@panel-default-text"
When you fill all the above fields, click the button "Download" in the navigation bar at the top of the screen and click 'bootstrap.min.css'.
Save the file.
3. Uploading the CSS file into WRS
Find the downloaded file, "theme.min"
- Log into Clock PMS+
- If you manage more than one hotel, select the desired hotel
- In the main menu strip select "Web" - "Settings - Web Reservation System"
- Find setting "Customize CSS"
- Click "Upload bootstrap.min.css" and select the file "theme.min".
Open your Web Reservation System and check if everything is as it should be.
4. Cancelling or modifying custom colour schemes
To cancel a custom colour scheme:
- Select "Web" - "Settings - Web Reservation System"
- Find setting "Customize CSS"
- Click the 'Remove' buttons for each file
5. Change a custom colour scheme
To change a custom colour scheme, remove it and then generate and upload new files as described above. Please make sure to change the name of the new CSS file, if needed, so that it doesn't match the name of the old one. If the old and the new CSS files have the same name, the system will continue using the old one, despite the upload of a new CSS file.


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Family: Asteraceae
Curly-Cup Gumweed, more...curlycup gumweed, Curleycup gumweed, curlytop gumweed, gumweed, rosinweed, tarweed
[Grindelia arguta, moreGrindelia squarrosa var. grandiflora]
Biennials, perennials, or subshrubs (perhaps flowering first year, usually short-lived), (10-)40-100 cm. Stems erect, usually whitish or stramineous, sometimes reddish or grayish, glabrous. Cauline leaf blades oval, ovate, obovate, or oblong to spatulate, oblanceolate, lanceolate, or linear, (10-)15-70 mm, lengths 2-5(-10) times widths, bases ± clasping, margins usually crenate to serrate (teeth mostly 3-6+ per cm, rounded to obtuse, resin-tipped), rarely entire, apices obtuse to acute, faces glabrous, strongly gland-dotted. Heads usually in open to crowded, corymbiform arrays, rarely borne singly. Involucres broadly urceolate to hemispheric or globose, 6-11 × 8-20+ mm. Phyllaries in 5-6 series, reflexed to spreading or appressed, filiform or linear to lance-linear or lance-subulate, apices usually looped to hooked, sometimes recurved to nearly straight, subterete to subulate, moderately to strongly resinous. Ray florets 0 or (12-)24-36(-40); laminae 8-14 mm. Cypselae whitish, stramineous, brown, or gray, 1.5-4.5 mm, apices smooth, coronate, or knobby, faces smooth, striate, or ± furrowed; pappi of 2-3(-8), straight or contorted to curled, smooth or barbellulate to barbellate, subulate scales or setiform awns 2.5-5.5 mm, shorter than disc corollas. 2n = 12. Flowering Jul-Sep(-Oct). Disturbed sites, plains, hills, roadsides, along streams, sands, clays, and subalkaline soils; (10-)200-2900 m; Alta., B.C., Man., Ont., Que., Sask.; Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.Dak., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., Wis., Wyo.; Mexico (Chihuahua); introduced in Asia (Ukraine). Grindelia squarrosa is probably native to the Great Plains and, perhaps, Rocky Mountain areas; it is widely introduced in other areas. Some plants are intermediate between it and G. hirsutula (i.e., between G. squarrosa and G. perennis, which has been treated as a variety of G. squarrosa). Plants of G. squarrosa with relatively narrow leaf blades (lengths mostly 5-8 times widths), mostly from the western part of the range of the species, have been treated as G. squarrosa var. serrulata. G. L. Nesom (1990i) and others have treated discoid plants included here in G. squarrosa as distinct (as G. aphanactis, G. nuda, and/or G. nuda vars. aphanactis and nuda); Nesom reported cypselae to be dimorphic in heads of radiate plants and monomorphic in discoid plants and noted that populations with discoid plants occur mostly south and west of populations with radiate plants. According to Nesom, plants of G. nuda with stems usually reddish (versus sometimes greenish), lengths of blades of mid-cauline leaves 4-10 (versus 1.5-4) times widths, and cypselae ± deeply furrowed (versus striate to shallowly furrowed) should be called G. nuda var. aphanactis.
Hybrids between Grindelia squarrosa (nuda) and G. arizonica have been recorded from Arizona and New Mexico.
FNA 2006, Kearney and Peebles 1969, McDougall 1973, Allred and Ivey 2012, Heil et al 2013
Duration: Perennial Nativity: Native Lifeform: Forb/Herb General: Perennial or biennial herbs, occasionally subshrubs, to 1 m tall; stems 1 to several, erect, branching above, usually whitish or stramineous, sometimes reddish or grayish, the herbage gummy-resinous. Leaves: Alternate, the bases clasping the stem; blades oblong to oblanceolate, 3-7 mm long, the margins variously toothed and surfaces stipitate-glandular. Flowers: Flower heads usually radiate, arranged in corymbs or solitary; involucres campanulate, 7-9 mm high, strongly resinous, the bracts (phyllaries) overlapping in 5-6 series, the tips spreading or recurved; rays florets, if present, yellow, 25-40 per flower head, the laminae (ray petals) 7-15 mm long; disk flowers yellow. Fruits: Achenes short, thick, and compressed, 2-3 mm long, whitish, stramineous, brown, or gray; topped with a pappus of 2-3 (-8) straight awns, shorter than the disc corollas. Ecology: Found on sands, clays, and subalkaline soils, in disturbed sites, plains, hills, roadsides, along streams, and in forest and woodland understories, from 4,000-8,000 ft (1372-2438 m); flowers July-October Distribution: Widely occurring across the United States. Notes: Good indicators for this species are the sticky, resinous herbage; the yellow flower heads with phyllaries that have distinctive spreading or recurved tips; and the oblong, saw-toothed leaves. Note that this taxon can have radiate or discoid flower heads. G. nuda and G. aphinactis, which have discoid flower heads, were recently lumped into G. squarrosa (Strother and Wetter 2006). The Flora Neomexiacana (Allred and Ivey 2012) has upheld that decision so therefore we are treating all three taxa as G. squarrosa for this field guide. Heil et al's Four Corners Flora (2013) maintains G. nuda and G. aphinactis as sysnonymous with each other but separate from G. squarrosa and argues that in additon to the flower differences, the two groups also differ in achene morphology. Ethnobotany: Used to treat coughs, colds, and digestive ailments. Etymology: Grindelia is named for David Hieronymous Grindel (1776-1836), a German pharmacologist, physician and professor of botany at Riga, Estonia; squarrosa means curved at the ends, referring to the outward curving phyllary tips. Synonyms: Grindelia nuda var. aphanactis, Grindelia aphanactis, several others, see Tropicos Editor: SBuckley, 2010, Lcrumbacher, AHazelton 2017
Glabrous biennial or short-lived perennial 1-10 dm, branched at least above; lvs abundantly punctate; heads several or many, the disk 1-2 cm wide; invol bracts strongly resinous, imbricate in several series, the green tips (especially of the outer) squarrose-reflexed; rays 25-40, 7-15 mm, rarely absent; achenes 2-3 mm; pappus-awns 2-8, finely serrulate to subentire; 2n=12, 24. Open or waste places; Man. and Minn. to B.C., Nev., and Tex., and widely intr. elsewhere. July-Sept. The southwestern var. nuda (A. W. Wood) A. Gray, with discoid heads, is not a regular member of our flora. Three other vars., all radiate, occur with us:
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
©The New York Botanical Garden. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
From Flora of Indiana (1940) by Charles C. Deam
This is a western species that is becoming established in Indiana as a weed in sandy fallow fields and waste places. Paul Standley writes that it is frequent in vacant lands in the vicinity of Whiting in Lake County. The variety [var. serrulata, which has linear-oblong leaves, 5-7 × longer than wide], like the [full] species, is becoming established in fallow fields, alfalfa fields, and waste places in northern Indiana. I have specimens from St. Joseph, Steuben, and Wells Counties. My specimens were determined by J. A. Steyermark who studied the genus. Both the species and variety are western plants that have been introduced and have established themselves.
Indiana Coefficient of Conservatism: C = null, non-native
Wetland Indicator Status: FACU


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In 2010, Christopher Nolan released a film he'd been working on for over half a decade, and the premise of it was something not too long ago thought un-filmable. Titled Inception, the story was held off as a complete secret, and when teaser trailers did release, nobody really understood what they just saw. Wally Pfister, the cinematographer behind the movie, arranged an immediate meeting with Chris after reading the script he was sent, to try and figure out "what the f*ck was going on."
Wally Pfister has been a collaborator with Christopher Nolan for a long time now, working as a cinematographer for every film of his since 2000's Memento. Both him and Chris share two significant things in common: their love for naturalism, and their love for shooting in film. And if there's anyone keeping the medium of film alive in the digitally dominated industry of Hollywood today, it's these two guys. Their last venture together with The Dark Knight Rises grossed over $1 Billion, and that was accomplished without the film ever being released in 3D; when I say they love naturalism, I mean they love naturalism.
By now, most of us are familiar with the film; it became one of the biggest original stories to top box offices worldwide within the past few years, and it was something new. And with how practical both Chris and Wally are with the way they want things shot, Inception was cinematography at its finest.


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Introducing the Cirò wines of Calabria, & Taurasi's enigmatic Luigi Tecce…
Author: David Berry Green
Located in Italy's toe, Calabria presents a very different landscape to that of Puglia's stilettoed heel. Different not just geologically but also in the way their society appears to be woven together. The net effect has obviously influenced the character and quality of their wines. In November last year I ventured south, in search of the (holy) Gaglioppo, an ancient grape responsible for the elegant Cirò DOC.
Cirò is the prime three thousand hectare viticultural zone lying on the east coast of Calabria, overlooking the Ionian sea to Puglia on the horizon. Compared to the fresh, damp, granitic terroir of the western, Tyrrhenian sea coastline, Cirò's location is sheltered by mountains, dried by African sirocco winds while enjoying sedimentary calcareous clay soils. Its eucalypt-dominated landscape conjures up visions of Australia (the trees were introduced to combat malaria, absorbing excess water), while the undulating coastal range up to 250 metres above sea level reminded me of Santa Barbara (minus the fog).
Topographically the province is dominated by a range of two thousand metre mountains; Calabria's 'carbuncles' have shaped communities and proved an impenetrable barrier to would be invaders. Take the Normans for example, a Puglian descendant of whom recounted how his forebears, wilting in shining armour no doubt, chose the direct route to Sicily via Calabria, only to be repulsed by mountain dwelling folk (and no, not by magicians called 'Tim'). They completed their mission in boats instead. While Puglia's blessed with a lattice of roads across its flat plains, encouraging trade and mobility, Calabria's settlements are isolated on the mountain fringes.
Ill-served by government, Calabria remains oppressed by organized crime – the 'Ndrangheta – that stymies everyday life, restricting entreprise, liberties and rights. Agriculture remains key to the region; their oranges and peppers are some of Italy's best, yet viticulturally it has become overly dependent on EU handouts, promoting quantity over quality in the face of vanishing bulk market; a situation that in the last thirty years resulted in many old vineyards being replanted with more productive new ones. With 50 million hectolitres of unsold wine in 2005 something had to give, much of coming from the DOC of Cirò.
Gaglioppo is Calabria's ancient and revered red grape variety; a fickle, thin skinned variety to ripen, the seeds (tannins) lagging behind that of the sugar and acidity, hence requiring dry ventilated weather and a perfectly timed harvest (alla Nebbiolo). Traditionally the Cirò DOC was a blend of 95% Gaglioppo and 5% Greco Bianco, but this has changed in 2011 with the disciplinari (regulations) now a minimum 80% Gaglioppo and 20% other red varieties; either the more colourful Malioco or Greco Nero, or more likely Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. In its prime DOC Cirò possesses a pale brick colour; a nose of pretty red fruit, tobacco, leather, dried roses; the palate suave, haunting, fine and complex, with bright acidity and firm tannins – indeed Nebbiolo-esque! How droll to discover that one of the largest bottlers, Librandi (2 million bottles/anno), remains true to Gaglioppo, in producing a pale red, soft and elegant wine while a new artisan producer had opted for the international route, their Cirò being dark, lumpy and faceless!
So there's a new wave of artisan Cirò producers coming through who are aiming for quality by bottling their fruit rather than sell it off in quantity (if they can); something they've only just starting doing in the last ten years at most. Producers such as A.Vita, Sergio Arcuri, Tenuta del Conte and DuCropio are worth seeking out. And should you be passing, make sure you lunch at Aquila d'Oro in Cirò (tel 3335893021); an exquisite trattoria.
Now to meet Luigi Tecce, another producer who's bucked the trend during the past decade in shifting from grape supplier to wine maker. Luigi's family own 6 hectares of Aglianico in the prized Campanian villages of Paternopoli and Castelfranci, increasingly famous for producing the statuesque, quivering reds: Taurasi DOCG. Over to you Luigi…!


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A donation will be made for every tire purchased through Roll by Goodyear between now and June 30 in greater Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. areas
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"We've seen the devastating effect this pandemic has had on our neighbors in the greater Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. areas," said Seth Klugherz, Head of Roll by Goodyear. "We're proud to contribute to Feeding America to help this incredible organization continue to provide much-needed meals to these communities, where so many have lost income and are turning to food banks for support."
Roll by Goodyear is dedicated to making tire buying and installation as simple as possible for the communities it serves, particularly in today's challenging environment. While Americans continue to exercise caution to obtain the products and services they need for daily life, Roll by Goodyear is uniquely positioned to offer contact-free services throughout the entire tire buying and installation process. Tires can be purchased online or via phone, and guests can schedule the mobile tire shop to come to their home, work parking lot, or other qualifying location that doesn't require direct contact with others and install the tires at no extra charge.
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Doctors Science Research Psychology!
It's official.
Play Better is now working closely with Dr. Roger Friesen, acclaimed sport psychologist and educator. Dr. Friesen has become a very close friend and advisor for the Play Better movement and is now supporting our efforts to write and prove out the overall concept using real science!
In all seriousness, we are extremely proud to be able to attract talents such as Dr. Friesen and look forward to working with him as we support soccer coaches, technical directors, and clubs across Canada rediscover appropriate development cultures for all youth athletes wanting to play.
This is a big day for our movement. Welcome Dr. Friesen
Please take a look at some of the many accomplishments Dr. Friesen has and have a look around his site. rogerfriesen.ca
It's time to Raise Your Game.


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Includes motors, mechanisms and base.
This chair bed is brand new to the market, and fills the gap for people needing help to lift their legs up onto the bed without the need for a carer. It can be a full size single bed (3ft with the arms down) down to a small single of 2ft 6. NOT AVAILAIBLE WITH HIGH LOW FEATURE.
There is no footextension with this product now.
NEW (for pressure care)
4 Way Stretch Breathable Material Available For Pressure Care, Waterproofing and Eazy Cleaning (Available through the middle of the chair including footplate & arms with standard material on the outside of the chair).
It can be used either upstairs or downstairs for people who can not get upstairs and has a standard weight capacity of 18 stone but can be upgraded to 25 or 35 stone.
Seat Widths
22 inches (when arms pushed down the overall width is 30 inches)
24 inches (when arms pushed down the overall width is 32 inches)
28 inches (when arms pushed down the overall width is 36 inches) (other sizes available)
Fluer Nutmeg
Seat Depth
20 inches (other sizes available)
Seat Height
18 or 20 inches (other sizes available)
- DUAL MOTOR Rise & Recliner
- Infinite Movements
- Side Pockets
- Head Pillow
- Up to 35 stone
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Just as the name implies, White Glove service is that extra special care given, the extra attention paid in our service to customers that makes them smile. It's getting indulged without the price tag, receiving a valet's regard without the manservant, getting treated the way everyone loves.
Gofetch.com's White Glove care is an integral feature of every one of our services. When a courier delivers your document, package or other articles, he or she certifies that it is in the condition in which it was received, that it reaches the recipient and, in lieu of that, that a signature is obtained from the person accepting it. To complete the order, the courier files a Proof of Delivery immediately, which then becomes available online for the customer's review.
Our warehousing, distribution and fulfillment staff, hired for their aptitudes for details, scrupulous data entry and remarkable organization, applies our White Glove service to all inventory identification and control, product packaging, and shipping. In other words, they meticulously note on computerized files, all inventory changes so that customers have up-to-date numbers on stored items. Shipments are professionally packaged and sent according to the client's precise instructions. All activities are computer documented for reference by Gofetch.com staff and their customers.
The White Glove service by Gofetch.com adds a new dimension to personal customer care. We're sure it will make you smile.
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vBulletin Mods
The Official vBulletin Modifications Site
"Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated"
$node_obj =& new someClass($somearg, $moreargs);
$node_obj = new someClass($somearg, $moreargs);
and it's a good thing to unset($node_obj) before the assignment, especially in loops.
I am not sure in which version of php the deprecation took place. In my 5.3.0 it surely is.
Also may I request you consider upcoming events displayed in Calendar plz?
Thanx a mil.
"you" = bananalive :)
Hi I have a question,
was recently concluded a tournament and followed the pattern of this product, the result of the last game of the tournament is wrong because theres been a problem between the players and then to repeat this game, the problem I have is that the tournament Now I flag as closed and I can not undo the last result as I fix? thanks
Does user report scores from matches or is it done by admin?
Let me explain, I'm admin and I created the tournament on fifa10 ps3 users have to do lots and write the result on the forum and I have to score the winner in the tournament, the error was mine because I scored a winner instead of another .. how do I change it?
in Tournament admin/mod has to post scores.
how do I change the winner of a tournament?
hi i have this error, once i created a ladder,
Database error in vBulletin 4.0.3:
Invalid SQL:
SELECT players.*, players.userid AS userid,
user.avatarrevision AS avatarrevision, avatar.avatarpath AS avatarpath, NOT ISNULL(customavatar.userid) AS hascustom, customavatar.dateline AS avatardateline, customavatar.width AS avwidth, customavatar.height AS avheight, user.username AS username
, userfield.*, usertextfield.* , players.rank AS rank
FROM vbtmnt_ladder_players AS players
LEFT JOIN vbuser AS user ON (players.userid = user.userid) LEFT JOIN vbavatar AS avatar ON(avatar.avatarid = user.avatarid) LEFT JOIN vbcustomavatar AS customavatar ON(customavatar.userid = user.userid)
LEFT JOIN userfield AS userfield ON (user.userid = userfield.userid) LEFT JOIN usertextfield AS usertextfield ON (usertextfield.userid = user.userid)
WHERE players.lid=1
AND players.active=1
ORDER BY players.rank DESC,
players.wins DESC,
players.draws DESC
the ladder shows but i when i click on it i get the same message,
any ideas
i have installed latest version too, will try unistalling and will post again
have removed and reinstalled it, seems to be working
First of great job. Adding the challenge options so quickly is very impressive. Ive worked with alot of gaming scripts and this one is very professional. Can I suggest some future upgrades that have worked well on some of the major gaming sites I have worked on.
1. Dedicated rules pages for each ladder.
2. When reporting a loss, the losing team picks a man of the match from the opposing team.
3. Leader board of man of the match.
4. Set staff to individual ladders or groups of ladder with different permission sets.
5. Ticket system ( via pm ) that can be viewed by only the staff assigned to that ladder.
6. Automatic achievements on ladder. Ie team wins 5 games in a row or loses 3 straight games. Icon on team page for each acheivement.
7. Option for drop down menu for certain challenge options ( ie time/date option )
8. Option to let teams insert a youtube video on their team page.
Thats all for now, hope you dont think Im asking for too much. Just suggestions to improve an already great script.
They would be great additions to this already great mod!
Need to ask a question. How do the disputes work. We presume it was when 2 different scores where reported but thats not the case.
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Election results are still rolling in as I write this blog entry. As I read the returns, I can't help but think about the old Will Rogers' quote. No, not the one about belonging to an unorganized party. But this one: "Elections are a good deal like marriages. There's no accounting for anyone's taste. Every time we see a bridegroom we wonder why she ever picked him, and it's the same with public officials." A year ago, many were making merry at the post-election nuptials of now President Barack Obama. Well now the kool-aid isn't the only thing that's red. Last night the Republicans pulled out a big red marker and added Virginia and New Jersey Governships to their ranks. And in a faded pink blot, New York City Mayor Bloomberg's $100 million dollar personal investment narrowly sealed his re-election bid. At this point it looks like the Dems have secured two congressional seats. Bill Owens will be the first Democrat to hold the 23rd Congressional District seat in Upstate New York since the Civil War. And for now, California Democratic Lt. Gov. John Garamendi leads with 57% of reporting precincts for the 10th Congressional Seat. Let's not forget about the mayoral contests in Pittsburg, Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, and Detroit. Speaking of marriage, what will happen to same-sex marriage in Maine after their ballot box battle? And will Washington State secure formal legal protections and rights for same-sex couples? In keeping with the whole marriage theme, let's pretend that we're the wedding party having a few smokes and margaritas at the reception. It's a dirty game but we all play it: revisiting the courtship, gossiping about the pre-wedding hissy fits, and taking bets on the divorce date. And questions abound. What happen to the mighty Black-Latino-Asian-young-old-everybody-in-Obama Hope Coalition? Is there a hidden lesson about race and the elections here, particularly in the South? ARC's new elections curriculum, Changing the Race, has plenty to say about that. Were people, particularly people of color, actually able to vote? With the unjust targeting of ACORN, there is a mounting concern about right wing attempts to further disenfranchise the poor and communities of color. What role did that play on Tuesday? And what is anyone doing about it? With all the fuss about how rightwing can you be in the Upstate New York race, all people seem to be talking about is the fate of the Republican Party. But does this pull politics in general further right? And what does that mean for the issues we care about like health care, education and immigration? How will that affect communities of color? Maine certainly isn't California but what have we learned, if anything, about race and same-sex ballot initiatives since last November? You got something to say about race and Tuesday's election? Well light my cigar, pass the tequila and let's hear it.
I Know What You Did Last Night: Race and the Elections
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"In my distress I called to the Lord; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears." 2 Samuel 22:7
Are you seeking, asking, knocking at the heart of God for something? From passing that test to lets see maybe one more day to live on earth. Is that low to extreme for you? I don't know what you're asking for, since I'm not a prophet and there are a lot of people out there seeking God for help on this and that. Can I encourage you to keep on and press on daily, hourly, weekly and each minute. Just ask away for the Lord loves to hear the concerns and prayers and everything on that heart of his people. Understand though, if you're not his people, his face turned from you.
Something important we should asked for is forgiveness of sin. He is offering it to each person that doesn't know him. He is saying come to him. If we ask God, Seek God, Knock at the Heart of GOD for help. He is faithful to save you from everlasting hell or as it is lake of fire or also can say it's separation from God himself. Ask God for salvation and his gift he gave as he offers it on that cross 2000 years ago. GOD loves you.
Another thing you can ask for is money. Life is hard right. Ask away. NO NO NO NO NO, I rebuke the preachers that say that stuff. Love of money can be evil and not only that, but the root of evil is money itself. Power comes from it, and then just bad things you don't want to get in. Don't ask for money, it took while for me to understand how much knowledge, wisdom and understand was in worth then money. I personally chased it, now I'm only desiring wisdom and knowledge and understanding of the word of GOD. Ask God for Wisdom. The fear of the Lord is beginning of Knowledge. Come to God through Jesus Christ, then pray for wisdom, Understanding and knowledge. That's best thing you can ever ask for.
I understand a lot of people asking God for this and that other things in this world, that job, kids, wife, car, house, dog, etc. maybe your asking for God to restore a problem. Just keep on asking, God. Keep Seeking his kingdom and never stop knocking at God's Heart.
Keep on walking with GOD my friend by this simple step…
Bible Daily
Prayer Daily
Love daily
Worship daily
Seek his kingdom and righteousness and everything will fall into place.
I'm asking God for something and someone and it feels like God doesn't hear my prayers. Feel like praying is a waste of time. Feel like I'm wasting my time. I just humble myself. Get on my knees and bow before the king of kings. In bathroom, or out in a field or at my bed side. I try humble places around me. Want God to see I'm not just praying to pray and then night night. A lot of people do that and it's not wrong, but god wants to see you really crying out to him.
"In Jesus Name, Amen"…. Your not praying to some other false God. Your praying to "Hallowed (Holy) be his Name", so use Jesus name at the end of your prayer and pray to the Father, "Dear Heavenly Father". Then, "AMEN". That word means, "So be it" or "It shall be". A declaration of that prayer that which you have prayed. That God is faithful to answer this prayer.
If you come to JESUS, ask for Wisdom and then I tell you the Holy Spirit will direct your path. therefore when you pray for God to give this or do that. That AMEN, declaring it to happen will just be so truthful and you won't see God fail.
Pray with 2 or more people. God delights to answer the prayer when many believers gather and pray. Jesus is there when 2 or more believers pray together. Jesus is "God With Us". He won't fail us.
God wants to be treated that way he treats others. In love toward us and giving us what then it Good for us. He might not answer it accordingly to our declare, but Praise him, he will answer it. Greater then asked. "how much MORE will your heavenly father give good gifts to those who ask!" See that (!), it's not a (?) even though it says (how) which is a question word, but Jesus states a declaration.
Keep on asking and don't give up on asking God for what you're wanting. GOD BLESS YOU ALL…
Matthew 7:7-12
New International Version (NIV)
Ask, Seek, Knock
7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
9 "Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! 12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.


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Gary Bettman's language of NHL labour talks, then & now
Examining the NHL commissioner's words in 2004 vs. 2012
The old adage is "it's not what you say, it's how you say it," but when it comes to the NHL's labour negotiations with the players' union, it could be argued that it's when you say it.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said on Wednesday that he believes comparing the work stoppage which wiped out the 2004-05 season to the current labour negotiations is essentially an exercise in futility.
Despite that claim, examining the language used by Bettman in these two periods of negotiations turned out to be an exercise in both contrast and similarities. That's because while the issues may not exactly be the same, the end result could very well become a mirror image.
Comments made near the all-star break
Gary Bettman to reporters on Feb. 7, 2004, in St. Paul, Minn.:
"Just over seven months remain before the expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement. That is plenty of time for a successful negotiation and I am hopeful that we can achieve one without disruption.
"We understand each other but the fact of the matter is, until the union is willing to acknowledge and address the economic problems we're having, the ones that most of you chronicle on a regular basis, the ones that our fans talk to us about, the negotiations are not going to progress."
Gary Bettman to reporters in Anaheim on Jan. 19, 2012:
"My guess is, at some point, we'll probably sit down — assuming the union's comfortable doing that. There's a pretty steep learning curve in terms of the business and the union's standpoint [of] what the players are focused on, and we've been respectful of that process. Whenever they're ready, we're ready. We've been ready."
Breakdown: The focal points of these statements are the issue of time left to complete a deal, with 2012 Bettman seeming to be more anxious to get down to business but 2004 Bettman stressing that the union wouldn't dig its head out of the sand on what the league said were key issues.
On the eve of the Stanley Cup final
Gary Bettman to reporters on May 25, 2004, in Tampa, Fla.:
"These negotiations are not just about next season. It is next season and all the ones that will follow. It's about the future of our game.
"...we are not prepared to operate this way anymore. It doesn't matter how we got here. I don't blame the union or the players. We are where we are."
Gary Bettman to reporters on May 30, 2012 in New Jersey:
Re: Speculation about the certainty of a lockout and whether there is any reason to believe that that a deal can be done in time:
"I don't understand both the speculation and the degree of negativity that it connotes considering we, meaning the league and the [NHLPA], have yet to have a substantive discussion on what we may each be looking for in collective bargaining.
"If somebody is suggesting it, it's either because there's something in the water, people still have the NBA and NFL on the brain, or they're just looking for news on a slow day. It is nothing more than speculation at this point. There can't be any substance to it because there haven't been any substantive conversations."
"We're in a completely different situation [than in 2004]. There's a new [union] executive director who has gotten himself up to speed, new people, new relationships. Time will tell how this all sorts out. I'm hopeful that it sorts out easily because labour peace is preferable to the alternative."
Breakdown: It seemed that the league arrived at its conclusion that it needed a new way of doing business by the 2004 Cup final. In 2012, the language used seemed to imply the two sides hadn't gotten far enough to reach such an impasse.
The reception given to NHLPA proposals
Gary Bettman to reporters on June 25, 2004, in Raleigh, N.C.:
"I will give you the same response that I gave you the two times the union made the proposal — the proposal doesn't address our problems. The proposal is flawed in many respects including the assumptions that it makes."
Gary Bettman to reporters on Aug. 15, 2012, in Toronto:
"There's obviously been an acknowledgement that we have issues. There has been an acknowledgement, or an acceptance if you will, that we're going to have a cap system. But, in terms of how we're looking at the world, and I say this on a broader sense as it relates to the game and the health and everything else, we're not on the same page."
Breakdown: It's two different ways of saying "no dice, NHLPA." However, the 2012 version seems more conciliatory since the commissioner says it seems the union accepts that they're all living in a salary cap world.
Apples and oranges?
The difference in the CBAs between North American professional sports leagues has also been a hot topic during discussions in 2004 and 2012. It's also been looked at slightly differently in both cases:
Gary Bettman to reporters on Feb. 15, 2004, in St. Paul, Minn.:
"One has nothing to do with the other. Our economics are not baseball's economics. Our game is not baseball's game. Our owners are not baseball's owners, with one or two exceptions. Our union is not baseball's union.
"What we do has to be crafted and suited to address hockey, to address the NHL, to address our 30 teams and our 700-plus players."
Gary Bettman to reporters on Aug. 15, 2012, in Toronto:
"I think it's fair to say that we value the [union's] proposal and what it means in terms of its economics differently than the players' association does. And, I think there are still a number of issues where we're looking at the world differently. I'm not sure that there has yet been recognition of the economics in our world, and I mean the greater world and the sports industry, taking into account what recently happened with the NFL and the NBA.
"And, so there is still a wide gap between us with not much time to go … I do think it's fair to say that the sides are still apart, far apart, have different views of the world and the issues."
Breakdown: Bettman's comment in 2012 uses the imagery of work stoppage in other leagues to make his point, while in 2004 he dismissed the notion the NHL should follow in the footsteps of the MLB, saying it needs to plot its own course.
Overall, these two CBA negotiations are their own entities, and the language that really matters to fans during the 2012 talks has yet to come. Those quotes will come from a press conference announcing an agreement and the start of the season, or from one held on the Sept. 15 deadline; the eight-year anniversary of the 2004 lockout.


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Lately, we've been focusing on small businesses that have figured out how to navigate these unprecedented times. We talked to Elizabeth at Sift+Pour Bakery who created a social distancing survival kit to help bring in a new stream of revenue and Frank and Peggy Tavarez, who completely pivoted the Wine and Liquor Mart to a virtual sales space to make sure they were following social distancing guidelines.
This week, we look at essential business Killroy Pest Control, which has served Silicon Valley for more than six decades. Lynn Olavarri-Schmidt and Richard Schmidt have seen almost every economic twist and turn imaginable while running Killroy Pest Control in Campbell, CA. So they knew what to do when business in California stopped because of the stay at home order.
Even as an essential business that deals with pests such as roach, spider, and rodent control, Killroy found itself with no revenue coming in. Lynn and Richard sent everyone home and began formulating a game plan for the coming weeks. They contacted customers to make sure the demand was still there. They adjusted the office to adhere to social distancing guidelines.
Employees now take trucks home and go directly to customers instead of meeting in a centralized location. Administrative staff have laptops and home offices to do their work. They now email bills to customers instead of sending them via mail or delivering them in person.
Four weeks later and the essential business is running at about 75% to 80%. Lynn and Richard are already looking at new potential business avenues so Killroy can be #buildbackbetter when the order is lifted. They say the changes have worked, but they're hoping to be back to the old ways soon. Social distancing has forced them to cut one of the most important aspects of their business, the camaraderie.
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For the uninitiated the above headline from CNBC's "On the Money" segment last Friday could be an "OMG! What's happening now?" moment. It is clearly designed to do what it did — grab the viewer's attention. However, when commentators talk about the misrepresentation and obfuscation emanating from the White House, the folks in the administration have nothing on the headline writers over at CNBC.
The headline comes from an interview with J. P. Morgan Asset Management's chief global strategist David Kelly. Kelly said that the increase in volatility on the heels of the appointment of a special prosecutor came a as bit of a surprise to him. He did not say it "may 'change the odds' for Wall Street, and your retirement." He did say:
"But if we get more revelations or more reaction from the administration, that sort of changes the odds, and there could be more volatility." He did not recommend that anyone change their asset allocation or investment strategy except for a recommendation that one might add to foreign equity exposure … pretty benign stuff versus their headline. And it is a shameful spinning of the Kelly's commentary. Look at the article. Listen to the interview. See for yourself. There is nothing here.
The Trump Trade
For those who still believe that the Trump Trade and realization of the Trump agenda is the key factor behind the market's recent success, I beg to differ. The Trump Trade, I believe, is (has been and will be) a dead issue until Donald Trump changes (which I don't see as a realistic possibility), the drip, drip of the investigation leakage ends or Mr. Trump leaves office. These distractions make it very hard for any real progress on tax reform or infrastructure. As such, most players (except the sellers last Wednesday) figured this out months ago. My bottom line is that the market's resilience is more about improving corporate earnings, global synchronized economic improvement and the one thing Trump could effect, regulation … all of this with a backdrop of low inflation and interest rates. It appears that most of the on-air personnel and pundits appearing on CNBC have not picked up on this concept yet.
Importantly, this is why most institutional trading rooms have CNBC running all day on their monitors with the volume muted. The pros use it for breaking news alerts rather than interpretation and analysis, which from CNBC is usually worthless. Long-term investors should not pay attention at all!
What's your take?
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The scene: Weapons of Mass Creation, Cleveland, Ohio – 2011. Jessi Arrington just gave an inspiring talk and distributed colorful wares for the audience to step outside for a color parade.
Snagged this sticker from Mikey Burton.
Not sure Draplin knew he was waving a Puerto Rican flag, but it looked very close to Ohio's. His talk was rapid fire and chock full of awesome.
Picked up this Ohio print of his at the merch table with Leigh. An honor to be on there. (I'm not worthy!)
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I am amazed that I am using roses again today. We had a bout of near-record high heat (for this time of year) for about a week, with temperatures suddenly shooting up to around 100 F/38 C after a rather short spring. While there will be much higher temperatures as the summer goes on, it was the rapid rise that left me and the garden breathless and wondering what would happen next. The roses, in particular, were not a bit happy with the situation.
Fortunately, we have got a reprieve this week, with more seasonal highs in the upper eighties. I am hoping this will give the garden a chance to better adjust before things get really hot again! I need to make the most of the time by making sure everything is well-mulched, but today it is time for Cathy's In a Vase on Monday
Although I did already lose some of this year's rose blossom to the heat, a number of the most reliable bushes are still blooming. The most nonchalant is 'Wollerton Old Hall', which has the advantage of a half day's shade and the adjacent concrete patio floor to hold a little extra moisture near its roots. It was happy to supply handfuls of flowers for today's vase.
I was able to add a flower from 'The Alnwick Rose' despite the fact that quite a few were crisped last week. It is a substantial shrub now, and it needed extra moisture while putting out all that bloom! But it looks like there are more buds to come. so all is not lost.
And there is a flower from 'The Generous Gardener', one of the prettiest roses to my eye, though I've never quite been able to catch that beauty with my camera. Not this time certainly, as the bloom is less than perfect, but I still wanted to display its peony-form spreading open to a golden center.
There are also the miniature roses, lavender-colored...
...and pale pink.
I like to combine the various sizes of roses.
They are just as pretty up close.
Then I added a few sprigs snatched here and there around the garden.
There is Salvia 'Summer Jewels'...
...along with a stray stem of Lavandula x intermedia...
...and a cluster of Asclepias subulata.
The Asclepias on its long stem supplies a starburst at the top of the bouquet.
Snippings of foliage include gray-leaved Leucophyllum pruinosum 'Sierra Bouquet' and trimmings from the rootstock of the apricot tree.
So it was a bountiful supply of roses after all!
Have a lovely new week!
Weather Diary: Fair; High: 90 F (32 C)/Low: 68 F (20 C); Humidity: 11%-45%
That's a gorgeous arrangement! Maybe because it's Peony season here, so they're on my mind, but 'Wollerton Old Hall' has a definite Peony look to it.
That a tough climate produces flowers of such delicate beauty never ceases to amaze me, Amy. You have me wondering is 'Wollerton' would like my garden despite my declaration that I won't add any more roses.
I love your vase this week Amy - the way you have added height with the Asclepsia and foliage makes it so grand and elegant! The salvia is a pretty one too, but of course the roses are the stars!
Another elegant vase, Amy. I love the way you set them in front of your neutral backdrops and bring the eye to the vase alone. The roses are divine.
Loree - I love the peony-type roses - the closest I'll get to growing peonies here... ;-)
Your post is a work of art........... simply brilliant. The flower arrangements, the natural lighting and color capture....... 10 out of 10.
That looks like a Dutch Old Master - so much lush beauty.
On this week's hike we lingered with a milkweed.
Some stunning photographs Amy, with great use of light and shade. And your roses, as always, are stunning - you must be thrilled to be able to grow them so well in your location
Excellent photography and ambiance. Back to the plants...the arrangements are all amazing. I guess I favor the roses and Leucophyllum 'Sierra Bouquet' the most. Wow!!!
Kris - I can't help recommending Wollerton; it's just a superb rose. It will need room to spread or else support for climbing (or a bit of both!). But I think you would love it... ;-)
Cathy@Words and Herbs - Thank you so much for the kind comments! :) I must use the Asclepias again sometime as it does have a wonderful, sculptural effect in a vase, which I wouldn't have guessed from the way it grows!
NN - Thank you so much! :)
Jane - Thanks so much - very happy you like it that way! I've tried other tacks for photographing them, but I think this usually lets the flowers shine the most, which is what I like... ;-)
Derek - Thank you so much - deeply appreciate that praise, especially as I struggled with the light on this one!
Diana - Thanks very much for the kind compliment - I love the Dutch Old Masters! :) Milkweed is such a wonderful plant, isn't it?! My A. subulata is flowering and full of tarantula hawks at present!
Cathy@Rambling in the Garden - Yes, I'm always thrilled when the roses do well. :) Thank you so much!
David C - Thank you so much! :) I love Leucophyllum pruinosum; those felted gray leaves have such a wonderful texture, and the whole plant always seems to carry the essence of desert shrubs.


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Spades and Shovels
It's April, and that means it's time to start planting! Whether you lack land or just want to garden around friends, community gardens can be found throughout North Shore Collinwood. So get out there with your green thumb!
Collinwood Friends Garden, 247 E. 156th St.
Daniel Ave. Garden, 15396 Daniel Ave.
Darley Ave. Garden, 14110 Darley Ave.
Exseedingly Well, 490 E. 142nd St.
Pheuma Chapel, 251 E. 156th St.
To get connected to these gardens, contact Julia at 216-481-7660
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Solar: Six Suns
Six Suns is a double album compilation of the Six EPs released by Solar throughout 1998-1999 on their own label Diablo Fuel. Recording on to tape, either a Tascam 4-track or an AKAI 12-track, using an e64 sampler to generate beats and loops, Solar were part of the 90's lo-fi revolution – the collision of new digital technology and the analogue world. They stood in direct opposition to the Britpop scene and believed that each record they made was an opportunity to discover something new about the world. Listening to the breadth of influences crashing into found sounds and bizarre loops across the 24 tracks in this album is quite a trip. And we're just talking about the sonics – the songs themselves are even more remarkable. 'Pale Morning' and 'Somebody On My Side' are great country songs that would not be out of place beside the work of Gram Parsons or Leon Payne. 'Everything That I Need' is a psychedelic sneer at the world of aspirational consumerism – a 'Satisfaction' for the post-E generation. There are electronic wonders such as 'Seconds' and 'Journey To The Centre Of The Sun' and looped-up voodooed experiments in rock 'Headshake' and 'New Killers'. 'Sure' kicks it off – playlisted by Xfm and featured as a single of the week by the NME – it's a thrilling walk through dystopia, guitars bents so out of shape they are barely recognisable. Like Drury's artwork the music is a window to another world – in some way familiar, tinged with kodak-colour nostalgia – at the same time brand new and still fresh some 15 years later.


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Juventus FC
From Conservapedia
Juventus FC is an Italian soccer club currently playing in Serie A. The club was founded in 1897 by (according to legend) some friends who just wanted to play soccer.[1] The club has been one of the four most successful teams in Italy and retains a rivalry with both Milan teams, but a match-fixing scandal in 2006 sent their director to jail and relegated them to Serie B.[2] Due to the retaining of some of their top players, the club has since rebounded. The team play in black and white vertical stripes. The current manager is Claudio Ranieri; the current sponsor is New Holland Fiat Group. The club is based around Turin.


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Often the reason some decide to try out religion and consider attending a church is because there is some part of their life with which they are hoping for improvement. We try out church and God with an expectation that it will make some things better. We believe that if we can just get our family to attend a good church, that it might be a good influence on our kids, or our marriage, or our spouse, or maybe it will simply start some good habits. These are reasonable hopes we have, that church and God will help.
However, to our surprise, what we find when we get there, when God truly decides to show up and answer our hopes, is that instead of God granting the initial requests we had, which caused our openness to the whole enterprise in the first place, God ends up giving us far more than we ever expected, and also requires much more of us than we expected, as well.
As we look at this passage in Mark 5:21-42, we find two people who each have an encounter with Jesus. They each come to him asking for help with their respective problems. But what each of them receives is way more than they asked for. This is a story of two different miracles that were given to these two very different people. The link between them, however, is that they both got much more than they expected.
Jairus was a well respected Elder of Israel and leader of a synagogue, whose 12-year-old daughter had gotten sick, to the point of death. Then, there is the woman who had been suffering for 12 years with a medical blood flow that consumed all of her money and ruined her life, making her a social outcast and ceremonially unclean. Yet Jesus showed no favoritism. This no name woman was poor and morally defiled, a social embarrassment. Jairus, in contrast, was a respected and wealthy man with lots of status and moral purity, and yet Jesus values the woman every bit as much as he does Jairus.
Why does the woman sneak up behind Jesus and try to hide? It's because she was being loving. Leviticus 15:19 shows that she was ceremonially unclean and would have had a very bad reputation from her condition and this encounter would have defiled Jesus. To protect him from ceremonial uncleanness, she tries to find her relief in a way that wouldn't harm Jesus. She had beautiful faith, though it was not perfect. She superstitiously thought that there was some magical power within Jesus' physical body that would cure her.
The crowd was pressing in on Jesus but when she touched him, he knew that power had gone out of him. So he asks who it was that touched him. Other passages teach us that Jesus is the second person of the Trinity and has two natures, a human nature and a divine nature. There are times when Jesus' divine nature lets him know things humanly that he would not know otherwise, as in Matthew 17:27 or John 1:48, but in his human nature Jesus was not omniscient. The disciples constantly were making the error of taking Jesus too literally. So when he asked who touched him, the disciples responded, "Umm …. Jesus?, …lots of people are touching you." But Jesus knew that some power had gone out from him.
God wants to teach us how to have patience from trusting God's timing in our lives. At this point story, can you imagine being Jairus and how impatient you would have felt toward Jesus? Jesus had stopped his walk toward Jairus's daughter, in order to spend a very long time with this defiled lady. In verse 33, the Greek says that she told him her whole truth, meaning her entire life story, and this after she had already been healed. I can picture myself staring suggestively at my watch, tapping my foot, and more likely, I probably would have been trying to drag Jesus to my dying daughter.
And just at that moment messengers come from his house to say there's no need to bother the teacher further, because she had just died. That is when Jesus stared right into Jairus's eyes and said, "Do not fear. Only trust." Isn't it comforting to know that God never needs to hurry, and is never caught off guard. Is there something in your life to which you feel God needs to hurry?
Let us consider now what God was doing for both of these people, and not in spite of the delay, but because of the delay. He was giving both the woman and Jairus much more than they had asked.
We need to stop thinking that we know better than God and stop being angry at God. When it seems as if He's giving us His worst, He's giving us His best. For Jairus, look at how much his faith and relationship grew with Jesus because of this encounter. Previous to the encounter, Jairus had only enough faith to ask for help. But once Jairus had seen Jesus' eyes search deeply into his own, and say, "Trust me," for the rest of his life he would know that trusting Jesus is true wisdom. The woman, just as she was healed, probably thought to herself, "I am better! I am out of here." But Jesus wouldn't have it. She was not encountering a superstitious force, like a vending machine that we put in our faith and out pops our request, she was encountering a person. Jesus grows her faith beyond her shallow beliefs, and forms her into a healed life follower, in a relationship forever more with the person of Jesus. Jesus turned the woman and Jairus into followers. He brought them into a whole new universe, of joy and love.
Is there anything in your life right now that you feel as if you understand it better than God does? Is God delaying something that you think He should not? The reason that we can trust him, and the reason God keeps loving us when we fail to trust Him, is that Jesus did this for us. Did you see the subtle foreshadowing that occurred on Jesus when the woman was healed? What happened to Jesus? There was a "cost" to him for healing her. It says that power went out of him. This is a foreshadowing of the Cross, when, not partly, but all power went out of him. It is a small picture of when he would give up everything and fully sacrifice his life, for us to be healed.
An encounter with Jesus is so much more than we think at first. We go to him with one or two small requests, only to find a God who has planned so much more, to make us so much more beautiful, faithful, and more capable of experiencing life, joy, and love than we ever expected. Jesus delights to do this for us and yet it cost him everything. Let us give every part of our lives into his hands and trust him. Let us not fear. Let us only believe.
Prayer: Father, thank you that you make so much more of my life, than I would even ask. Thank you that you are so much bigger and more loving that I would ever dare to dream. Please help me to trust you with the things in my life that I wish were different, and can't understand why you would allow them. Help me to see that you took far worse than I am enduring when you took the cross, and that I can trust you, with every last part of my life. I love you, dear Father. In Christ's name I pray, Amen.
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JOHANNESBURG—Although the nation is receiving positive reviews of its job hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa was shocked to discover Monday that most of its belongings had been robbed while the nation was distracted by the month of soccer games. "We got back from the stadium and our car was gone, along with our television and most of our furniture," said Durban resident Simon Manby, noting that his neighbors had all suffered the same fate. "And the police say they can do nothing until all their stolen squad cars are recovered. Typical." The South African government has pledged to recover the nation's things, including several thousand hectares of veldt and its resident giraffes, which are presumed to be for sale on the Lesotho black market.
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Whenever it gets too much… whether it's work or the lack of work or the dust, all you have to do is to get yourself out of the city, out of your routine and head for the mountains to fall in love again with life. I've used the word 'stunning' one too many times to describe travel videos of Nepal but it really is and words fail me when I have to write a blogpost about such videos. On the subject of travel, Nepal also made it on The Guardian's 10 Countries That Should Be On Your Itinerary, coming in at Number 1. They've got it right when they say "it is an inspiring moment to visit the country". Those of you who live away from Nepal, book your ticket to Nepal already.
Right now, I've two friends travelling in Nepal and I am constantly looking out for their social media updates to see how they are getting on, to see if they're enjoying the excursions and the sights. I hope more friends, Nepalis and non-Nepalis, travel from East to West, North to South, capture photos, listen to stories and bring nothing back but memories.
The video from NEPAL 360 captures the journey of the Mardi Himal Trek. The five-day trek is slowly gaining popularity and this video showcases exactly why! I love the closing scene from the lodge, the stunning views of the mountain… Bliss.


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Haifa, Israel (PRWEB) January 26, 2009 — Parkinson's disease and Multiple Sclerosis patients are discovering first-hand that daily exercise with a new virtual reality device, the GaitAid Virtual Walker, has a positive effect on their walking ability, minimizing balance problems and improving quality of life.
Yoram Baram, a computer science professor and incumbent of the Roy Matas / Winnipeg Chair in Biomedical Engineering at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology has collaborated with several neurologists specializing in treating Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis and other movement disorders, in developing and testing a new, non-invasive training device designed to proactively minimize freezing and balance problems during walking. The noticeable physical and mental improvement of patients participating in clinical studies led Baram to bring the GaitAid device to market as a FDA registered medical device.
A Professor of Neurology and Director of the Movement Disorder Clinic of The Rambam Medical Center, Yehudit Aharon, M.D., specializes in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease. "The development of this device has been invaluable to my patients. They have better balance, reduction of freezing and improved confidence," states Dr. Aharon.
Professor of Neurology and Director of the Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Brain of the Carmel Medical Center, Ariel Miller, M.D., specializes in the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis. "The results clearly indicate that the device helps patients with MS control their gait. The degree of improvement is proportional to the degree of impairment. The results support the potential role of the device as a rehabilitation modality in MS, and substantiate their specific implementation in efforts to alleviate, improve, and restore mobility in patients with gait disturbances due to neurological disorders in general", states Dr. Miller.
Prof. Baram states, "My biggest joy is when a person using my GaitAid device calls me to say 'Thank you, Yoram; Using the GaitAid has changed my life."


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When working with
await in C# you end up using the
Task class quite a bit. Aside from
void, which has specific use cases,
Task is the primary return type used with
async methods, along with the lesser used
ValueTask. It might be surprising, though, to learn that the similarly named
TaskCompletionSource is not an acceptable return type for
async methods. What is the purpose of
TaskCompletionSource, and how does it fit into the picture of C# asynchronous programming?
In short, the
TaskCompletionSource class is used for asyncification. Ok, admittedly that's not actually a real word, but you might intuit that we're talking about making something asynchronous.
Task.Runalso make stuff asynchronous?"
Good question! While
Task.Run turns something synchronous into a
Task (by running it on a separate thread),
TaskCompletionSource turns something that is already asynchronous into a
"If it is already asynchronous, why does it need to be turned into a
Well, keep in mind that the
Task class is required to enable C#'s
await language support, and
Task did not exist when .NET was first released. There are therefore other (some might say "legacy") ways to achieve asynchrony in C# that do not involve the
Task class, and are therefore not compatible with
await. For example, there is the Asynchronous Programming Model, where you pass an
AsyncCallback into a
BeginInvoke method. There is also the Event-based Asynchronous Pattern, where you subscribe to an event that is raised upon completion. Both of these are forms of callbacks, where a method you provide is invoked after an operation is completed.
Regardless of the exact pattern used, you are likely to encounter a callback at some point in your C# career. When you do, you might find yourself wishing there was a way to convert callback code into a
Task that you can
await. Thankfully, the
TaskCompletionSource class lets you do exactly that! It follows, then, that
TaskCompletionSource is not itself awaitable, nor is it a valid
async method return type. Once the
TaskCompletionSource gives you a
Task, you can simply return that
Task as you do any other in your
async methods.
Let's look at a concrete example of using
TaskCompletionSource to replace a callback. In a previous guide we talked about an application that generates images; let's suppose you need your application to upload those images somewhere. Imagine there is a cloud file storage service called "MyBox" that has a .NET library, and the library method to upload a file is as follows:
1public static void UploadFile(string name, byte[] data, Action<bool> onCompleted);
Consulting the library's documentation, you find that
onCompleted is a callback invoked when the upload completes, with a value of
true if the upload succeeds and
false if the upload fails. To upload a file using this library method, you have to do something like the following, assuming your application has something in which to display text called
1public async void OnUploadButtonClicked()
3 statusText.Text = "Generating Image...";
4 byte[] imageData = await GenerateImage();
5 statusText.Text = "Uploading Image...";
6 MyBox.UploadFile("image.jpg", imageData, success =>
7 {
8 statusText.Text = success ? string.Empty : "Error Uploading";
9 });
This works fine, but you would really prefer to use
await instead of the callback approach, especially if you plan on using that library a lot in your application. You can do that by making a helper method that uses
TaskCompletionSource to hide the callback from callers of the helper method. First, define an instance of
TaskCompletionSource. It accepts a generic parameter representing the type of whatever-it-is you want to return. In this case, we want to return the value of the
success variable, which is a boolean, so use
bool as the generic parameter.
1var taskCompletionSource = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
Let's put that definition inside a helper class/method.
1public static class MyBoxHelper
3 public static Task<bool> UploadFile(string name, byte[] data)
4 {
5 var taskCompletionSource = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
6 }
Notice that we use the return type
Task<bool>, in anticipation that we will be able to generate a
Taskwhich returns a boolean using our
Zooming in on the method now, we also need to add the call to the "MyBox" library method, which will do the uploading:
1public static Task<bool> UploadFile(string name, byte[] data)
3 var taskCompletionSource = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
4 MyBox.UploadFile(name, data, success => { });
Next, we need to tell the
TaskCompletionSource when its operation has completed, and pass it the result of the operation. There is a
SetResult method in
TaskCompletionSource for that exact purpose. Not surprisingly, we must call that in the callback, when we know the result:
1public static Task<bool> UploadFile(string name, byte[] data)
3 var taskCompletionSource = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
4 MyBox.UploadFile(name, data, success =>
5 {
6 taskCompletionSource.SetResult(success);
7 });
Last, but not least, we need to ask the
TaskCompletionSource to give us a
Task. This turns out to be super easy since
TaskCompletionSource has a property called
Task! Just return that directly.
1public static Task<bool> UploadFile(string name, byte[] data)
3 var taskCompletionSource = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
4 MyBox.UploadFile(name, data, success =>
5 {
6 taskCompletionSource.SetResult(success);
7 });
8 return taskCompletionSource.Task;
To avoid having a
Task that never finishes, be sure to add exception handling so that the
Task can be completed if any problem arises. In the case of an exception, you can simply cancel using
SetCanceled (which would, in turn, throw a generic
TaskCanceledException), but, even better, would be to provide the exception that caused the problem using
1public static Task<bool> UploadFile(string name, byte[] data)
3 var taskCompletionSource = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
4 try
5 {
6 MyBox.UploadFile(name, data, success =>
7 {
8 taskCompletionSource.SetResult(success);
9 });
10 }
11 catch (Exception ex)
12 {
13 taskCompletionSource.SetException(ex);
14 }
15 return taskCompletionSource.Task;
That's it! Now, whenever
MyBox.UploadFile calls the callback or throws an exception, the
Task generated by the
TaskCompletionSource will be completed to reflect that.
The important thing is that every possible outcome should be handled by your logic; if there were additional callbacks indicating finality (e.g. onCanceled, onTimeout) you would want to call a
Set*method of
TaskCompletionSourcein each of those as well.
Once you have your helper method in place, you can now
await it anywhere in your code without having to use callbacks. Let's update our button click event handler:
1public async void OnUploadButtonClicked()
3 statusText.Text = "Generating Image...";
4 byte[] imageData = await GenerateImage();
5 statusText.Text = "Uploading Image...";
6 bool success = await MyBoxHelper.UploadFile("image.jpg", imageData);
7 statusText.Text = success ? string.Empty : "Error Uploading";
Wonderful! By hiding the implementation details of the callback inside your helper class, this code can now have a linear flow with less indentation, both benefits of using
If you use
SetException, there is actually one more thing to do, which is to add a
catchblock wrapping the call to
MyBoxHelper.UploadFile. This is simply to avoid your application crashing in the case of a
TaskCanceledExceptionor similar. Feel free to change
MyBoxHelperso that it calls
SetResult(false)in its exception handler instead; in that case the caller would not need any exception handling.
TaskCompletionSource class can turn any asynchronous operation into a
Task, but one use case that developers often miss is that it can also be used for user interface interactions. For example, imagine you have a button with a confirmation dialog. To handle the result of the confirmation dialog, you would probably need code such as the following:
1public void OnDeleteButtonClicked()
3 ShowModalDialog("Are you sure?");
6public void ModalDialog_OkButtonClicked()
8 HideModalDialog();
9 Delete();
12public void ModalDialog_CancelButtonClicked()
14 HideModalDialog();
One useful aspect of
Task is that it has no built-in timeout mechanism, so it can be active any amount of time. That being the case, you can represent a user interface interaction (which is naturally asynchronous) as a
Task, and it can be awaited as long as the user needs. With
TaskCompletionSource, mapping a user interface interaction to a
Task can be just as easy as what we did for callbacks above. Doing that for a modal confirmation dialog, for example, would give us something like the following:
1public async void OnDeleteButtonClicked()
3 if (await ModalDialogHelper.Show("Are you sure?"))
4 {
5 Delete();
6 }
Not only is this less code, but it is also now easier to read and the intent is clear. Just be sure to handle all possible ways that the dialog can be dismissed so that the
Task is not "orphaned". For example, is the modal dialog dismissed if the user clicks behind it, or taps the
Esc key on their keyboard? If so, you'll need to call a
Set* method on the
TaskCompletionSource in those situations as well.
If you call more than one
Set*method on a
TaskCompletionSource, by default an exception is thrown. This is so you can discover problems in your code since the fact that your code is setting multiple outcomes for the
TaskCompletionSourcemight indicate a bug. If that is undesirable, you can instead use the corresponding
TrySet*methods (e.g.
TrySetResult) which do not throw exceptions. This is particularly useful for user interactions since a button can sometimes get clicked multiple times in quick succession, for example.
Most applications have asynchronous aspects, but asynchronous code without
await can quickly become difficult to follow and maintain. The
TaskCompletionSource class is a great way to convert such code into a
Task you can simply
await. It's a bit of additional work, but the result is much easier to read and use. Be sure to take full advantage of
TaskCompletionSource in your asynchronous C# code!


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New York (CNN) -- With chants and banners, opponents of the planned construction of an Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero faced off Sunday with demonstrators in favor of the facility.
Hundreds of critics and supporters of the proposed center in New York showed up despite an overcast and drizzly sky to express their views amid the national debate over the facility.
Police estimated that supporters of the center numbered up to 250, and critics numbered about 450 during the demonstration.
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A banner on the anti-center side said, "Land of the free. Stop sharia before it stops you," referring to Islamic law. Another sign read, "No mosque here. Preserve the dignity of our loved ones killed on 9/11."
Opponent Mike Meehan said he would not be opposed to the center if it were built elsewhere in the city, "just not down here, please. ... It's just too close to ground zero."
Another critic, Shawn Gilfeather, called it "a breeding ground for terrorists."
"I think the people that are backing, the people that are funding it, are actually in cahoots with them ... the terrorists," Gilfeather added. "I don't think they're just people practicing religion. I think there's something more."
Those in favor of the construction said freedom of religion was the main issue in the debate.
"There are many Muslims who lost Muslim family members at ground zero, so when they come to visit ground zero as a memorial, they should be able to walk two blocks down and pray for their loved ones," supporter Ali Akram said.
Others said Americans need to set an example of tolerance to the rest of the world.
"It would be giving in to bigotry and intolerance to demand that it be moved and I think in the end, it makes us less safe because we need to show the world that we are a tolerant, open society," supporter Ruth Massie said.
Lt. Col. Chris Dzubek, an Army reservist preparing to head to Iraq, agreed, saying developers have "the right and the ability to do it wherever they would like."
"That's what I like about the country is the ability for people who disagree with one another to hash it out without guns," Dzubek said.
At the conclusion of the protest, those opposed to the construction marched by ground zero.
The Islamic center's leaders say the $100 million facility calls for a community center including a mosque, performing arts center, gym, swimming pool and other public spaces.
It will be built near where the World Trade Center was destroyed by Islamic extremists on September 11, 2001. The attacks killed more than 2,700 people.
Some New Yorkers say an Islamic center near the site is a painful affront.
The Coalition to Honor Ground Zero organized the rally against the construction of the center. The NYC Coalition to Stop Islamophobia staged the counter-protest.
Plans to build the center near the site have stirred emotions nationwide. A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released earlier this month marked nationwide opposition to the proposed facility at 68 percent.
"What that tells me is the wounds of 9/11 haven't healed, and I think if they haven't, perhaps we can find ways to bring about that healing by perhaps creating a situation where people will feel more comfortable," New York Gov. David Paterson said last week.
Paterson said there is no local, state or federal statute that prevents the construction of the facility.
On Sunday, Daisy Khan, who is heading the development of the project with her husband, said moving the project to another site is not under consideration for now.
She added that a move could be considered after consultations with "all major stakeholders."
"We have to be very careful and deliberate in making any move," Khan said.
CNN's Susan Candiotti and Ross Levitt contributed to this report.


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The Green Goblin, Dr. Octopus, and Sandman -- turns out they were nothing compared to the writers at Marvel Comics.
Spiderman is married no longer.
I saw this story in USA Today today (echo echo), and I couldn't believe my eyes. I used to be a big comic book aficionado, and I actually own the very special issue of The Amazing Spiderman where Peter Parker and Mary-Jane Watson tie the knot. Shy, nerdy geeks (with and without the proportional strength of the spider) everywhere celebrated vicariously as one of our own was able to score marital bliss with a hot redhead lingerie model.
That was over 20 years ago!!
But now, not only is the marriage over, but it's been annulled -- as only a comic book could annul it. A magical character has completely erased any evidence of the marriage. It's as if it never happened.
I wonder if they will fit this to make Spiderman's meeting with Jackrabbit Man, who was bitten by a radioactive jackrabbit and gained the proportional strength and ability of a jackrabbit, null and void as well.
One can only hope.