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Egads! That sounds absolutely miserable. I am too spoiled with good weather most of time here in San Francisco. But on a rare occasion, heat will settle in. I am not good with heat. I get grumpy and irritable and sticky and AH, just thinking about it makes me miserable, so I'll try and send some San Francisco fog your way.
Hopefully your office will soon get the air fixed. Who can work in that?!!
Wow, interesting career. I then wanted to check out your profile, which then led me to your blog, and the thing I was mostly amazed at - even more so than the exciting career, all the animals, identical music likes - but I thought I was the ONLY one who would ever listen to Def Leppard's greatest hits. I was like, SEE, I am not the world's most whacky oddity! There are others!
Here's some bunny cooling tips - since lops have a difficult time keeping cool because their ears aren't upright, you can dampen them, and put a bottle of frozen water in Kupo's cage. You might already do that, but if you need any additional tips - here are some more
I reckon your right about the stone henge thing!! Its a bit crazy all this hot weather we're getting in the uk at the mo...i'm not complaining tho i think its great, its just that we're not prepared for it so we all walk around red in the face and wilting!!!
I've been 'misting' my girls with water these last few weeks and have discovered that its great for me too, i just mist in front of the fan just before it turns on me and then it blows it on me and cools me down a treat!! I may try filling a big bottle, freezing it and then laying down next to it soon......now where can i get a extra large bottle...
We don't have aircon in our place either because the weather here right in the city hardly ever goes above 75. But when it does, I have a tip; It may look ridiculous, but it works for me. I take a zip-lock bag, fill it with ice, wrap paper towels around it and stuff it down my shirt. It's amazing how it cools off everything, and I get a Dolly Parton figure to'boot! (but you have to be sure to wrap something around it otherwise you'll jump through the roof.)
Fujoethebunny - A week or so ago, I was about an hour East of San Francisco, and it was near 110. I have never felt so hot! A few hours later, I began to feel nauseous. I ended up getting cooled down and hydrated, but I have never had heat stroke before or gotten that dehydrated, I think I was getting close because even though I got out of the heat, and drank tons of fluids the nauseousness was with me until the evening.

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Sam Hornish Jr. Martinsville Speedway Preview
October 20, 2009
No. 77 Mobil 1 Dodge Charger
Martinsville Speedway – Tums Fast Relief 500
October 25, 2009
Mobil 1 Team News and Notes of Interest
• Sam Hornish Jr., driver of the Penske Racing No. 77 Mobil 1 Dodge Charger, has performed well at short-track venues in his sophomore season of Cup Series competition. Hoping for similar success at Martinsville Speedway, Hornish and the Mobil 1 team recently tested at "Little Rock" at Rockingham Speedway in preparation for Sunday's 500-lap race at the .526-mile paperclip-shaped oval.
• Hornish has four top-15 finishes, with three top-10 results, this season in short-track competition. Hornish earned his first top-10 finish of the year with a ninth-place effort at Phoenix International Raceway and he has two top-10 finishes at Richmond International Raceway.
• Hornish will once again host the AutoTrader.com Sam Hornish Jr. Celebrity Bowling Tournament during the upcoming race weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Open to the public, the tournament will take place on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at Main Event in Grapevine, Texas and will benefit Speedway Children's Charities. Additional information is available at http://bit.ly/1u1MK.
• Fans can now follow Sam Hornish Jr. on Twitter at www.twitter.com/SamHornish. Fans can get a glimpse inside his everyday life while keeping up-to-date on the latest news for the No. 77 team.
Sam Hornish Jr. on Martinsville Speedway
"There is a lot of on-track action at Martinsville Speedway. You can count on there being a lot of 'beating and banging' on every restart at Martinsville and there is always someone right there on your inside. It reminds me of racing go-karts when I was growing up.
"It seems that our short-track program has really been our strong suit this season. We have four top-15 finishes at short tracks this year and I got my first Cup Series career top-10 finish earlier this season at Phoenix International Raceway. We have put a lot of emphasis on Martinsville since we last raced there in March and I hope all of our efforts produce a strong result."
Crew Chief Travis Geisler on Martinsville Speedway
"Martinsville Speedway is one of the most unique tracks on the NASCAR circuit. It's an endurance race of sorts because you need your brakes to last until the end of the race and both the driver and team need to be patient in order to be there at the end. The biggest challenge is being able to get the race car through the tight corners and then being able to accelerate down the drag strips that connect them. Our team is excited about getting back to one of NASCAR's most historic race tracks."


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peter999 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 202 diseños de 43 diseñadores freelance.
We are the second biggest flat rental and room mate finder portal in Hungary.
We would like to change/refresh our outdated logo (and website later on).
We are not a real estate company just few guys with IT knowlegde who are running some websites.
The website is in hungarian only but we are planning the same in english as well.
Our aim is to be the biggest and best flat rental and room mate finder portal in the country.
So please design an awesome logo accordingly :)
Our current logo and website you can find here:
alberlet = sublet
szobatars = room mate
Here are some few archetypes (not in priority order):
1. College students who are looking for sublets and room mates
2. Students who want to share their flat/rooms
3. Young working people/couples who are looking for a nice flat to rent
4. Landlords who want to rent their flats
5. Real estate agencies who will use our service to promote their listings
Design a fresh new modern clean bright logo.
We do not mind a completely fresh start.
We like orange, black, green on white background but feel free to experiment with colours.
Please incorporate our brand name into the logo.
We need the logo in:
Print file format – .ai
Web file format – .jpg and .psd
Please do not use any stock image or clip art in the logo
Good luck and have fun!
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High 5 Games Named Best Manufacturer of 2013 at ICE Totally Gaming Awards
H5G Recognized in Award Ceremony's Most Competitive Category
Feb 12, 2013, 01:01 ET
NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- High 5 Games was named Best Manufacturer of the Year at the 2013 Totally Gaming Awards in London this past week, an accolade which reaffirms the company's status as a premier casino game creator.
Held in conjunction with ICE, the largest and most comprehensive gaming event of the year, the Totally Gaming Awards aim to recognize companies that promote best practices and innovation within their respective fields. In 2012, no company exemplified the spirit of the awards more than High 5 Games, which beat out eight other companies – the most finalists in any single category of the award ceremony – to win the recognition of 'Best Manufacturer of the Year.'
"We're honored and humbled that the Totally Gaming Awards recognized High 5 Games for this award," said Anthony Singer, CEO of High 5 Games. "High 5 Games has been able to deliver high-quality content all over the world thanks to our very talented team of professionals. We are very proud to see their efforts and achievements recognized."
The 'Best Manufacturer' category included nine distinguished manufacturers as finalists, including International Game Technology, Spielo International, and Casino Technology.
In 2012, H5G released nearly 75 games to land-based, online, and social markets. The company also debuted High 5 Casino on Facebook, which quickly welcomed more than 1.5 million players in just a few short months to become the fastest growing virtual casino on Facebook.
"High 5 Games has had quite a year with our noted social success. It has been a pleasure to bring our proven land-based brands directly to players in an effort to promote those games for our casino partners," said Med Nadooshan, COO of High 5 Games. "While we're pleased with what we have accomplished so far, we also recognize that the best has yet to come for High 5 Games."
This past year, High 5 Games announced major distribution deals with some of the industry's most reputable gaming distributors, including Bally Technologies, IGT, and Playtech. The company will continue to examine and pursue additional and independent partnerships to ensure that its content is enjoyed by as many players as possible. H5G games are currently available in casinos in 50 countries and on six continents, while people from more than 150 countries play the games on Facebook.
"This award will only provide our team with more inspiration and determination for 2013," said Singer, who was also recognized last week as a member of Gaming Intelligence's prestigious 'Hot 50' for his contributions to the internet gaming industry. "We're very excited about our games in production, and we are very excited about the future of High 5 Games."
About High 5 Games
Developing for the land-based, online, social, and mobile markets, High 5 Games has created hundreds of games that are played on six continents and in more than 150 countries. Founded in 1995 with offices in New York and New Jersey, H5G is responsible for many of the casino industry's most successful video-reel slot machine games. The company's social product High 5 Casino is one of the best-performing casinos on Facebook, with more than 1 million active players.
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Any Kiva Fellow will tell you that visiting Kiva borrowers is one of the most satisfying parts of our experience. This is our moment to go beyond the borrower photographs and short biographies on the Kiva website. We greet borrowers by shaking hands and kissing cheeks, we sit in their homes, we walk through their fields, we touch the garments they sew and taste the baked goods from their ovens, we learn the names of their cows, and we try to make their children smile.
These are moments when we transcend the digital world and our Kiva connections become human.
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A Few Good Men (UK - BD RB)
It doesn't matter what Scott McKenzie knows, it only matters what he can prove
When a young Marine dies in his barracks at Guantanamo Bay, two of his squad mates are accused of his murder. The accused are transferred to Washington, where they are assigned Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) as their defence lawyer, an expert at plea-bargaining and avoiding a court case at all costs. As the case proceeds, it becomes clear that the death may have occurred at the hands of Marines who were under orders and the sticky situation may throw a spanner in the works of the political ambitions of Colonel Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson).
It's hard to believe that it's over fifteen years since A Few Good Men hit cinema screen, giving us the wonderful tête-à-tête between Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson including the killer line 'You can't handle the truth!', but there's more to the movie than just a catchphrase. Surprisingly, the plot is actually based on a true story. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin comes from a family of lawyers and got the inspiration from the first case his sister was given when she started her legal career. He turned it into a stage play and got the chance to re-write it for the screen when Hollywood came calling.
Heavy on dialogue and short on action, the stage roots of A Few Good Men aren't hard to find, but the performances from the leads and the impressive supporting cast make for an absorbing movie. Tom Cruise balances drama and humour well and it shows how far he had come as an actor when you bear in mind that with the central theme of a son living up to the legend of his dead father, the character could have been played in a similar vein to Maverick in Top Gun. The only drawback is that he gets to play drunk again, which is never a good thing (see Cocktail for further evidence).
Demi Moore and Kevin Pollak provide maternal and paternal support to the Cruiser as the lawyer in him comes of age, but it's Jack Nicholson who is the centre of attention. In a role that required a relatively short amount of screen time, he still garnered an Oscar nomination for his performance as Colonel Nathan Jessup, which is so intense that you almost feel sorry for all the other actors who are being upstaged by him whenever he opens his mouth. The supporting cast includes great characters played by Kevin Bacon, JT Walsh and Kiefer Sutherland to name but a few. The scenes that Tom Cruise and Kevin Bacon share are particularly well written and give us a glimpse into the world of backstage legal dealings.
It's testament to the strength of the story that a love scene between Tom Cruise and Demi Moore was planned but never filmed. I remember watching A Few Good Men when it was released, wondering when it would follow the Tom Cruise formula and show him hopping in the sack with the female lead. Fortunately the movie never has to stoop as low as to have some blue-lit lovin' to keep the audience's attention. A Few Good Men may not blow you out of your seat with special effects but what you have is a compelling screenplay performed by actors at the top of their game and that'll do for me.
A Few Good Men is presented in 1080p with an aspect ratio of 2.35:1. Visually, the movie has an autumnal feel, with brown, orange and red being strong colours in the palette. For a courtroom drama, the movie is very colourful and doesn't disappoint, with a high level of brightness throughout, even in the darker scenes, so you'll never struggle to tell what's going on. Something I hadn't noticed before when watching A Few Good Men on standard definition DVD was that the focus is quite soft, so the picture lacks some of the extra detail in actors' faces and backgrounds that I've come to expect from high definition releases.
This Blu-ray release comes with various surround options and for the sake of this review, I went for the PCM 5.1 track. The music is where the disc impresses most, with Marc Shaiman's score setting the tone perfectly for many of the dramatic scenes. In a movie with lots of talking and no big action sequences, I'm pleased to report that the dialogue is clear and pitched at the right volume. The surround speakers are occasionally given a workout by thunder effects but overall A Few Good Men has a relatively simple soundtrack and the presentation here is faithful but won't exactly blow you away.
There aren't any Blu-ray exclusive features here, so it's on with the extras from the special edition DVD. Rob Reiner supplies a commentary track that offers good insights into the making of the movie, in particular how rookie actor Wolfgang Bodison got the role as Lance Corporal Dawson, but the whole track is patchy, with big gaps between anecdotes. 'Code of Conduct' is a standard collection of interviews with the cast and crew from 2001 where they discuss just who was the nicest guy on set and how much they all loved working with Jack Nicholson, who is conspicuous by his absence. 'From Stage to Screen' is shorter but probably of more value, with Aaron Sorkin and Rob Reiner discussing how they adapted the movie screenplay from Sorkin's stage play and how they made it more cinematic. Both featurettes are presented in 4:3 standard definition.
A Few Good Men is a compelling movie that features many fine performances, most of all Jack Nicholson who thoroughly steals the show. It's also good to catch Tom Cruise in one of his best roles of the 90s, in between his 80s heartthrob days and his current oddball antics. The movie looks and sounds fine, although with no exclusive extras, this is one release where you may struggle to justify the upgrade to high definition at full price.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Scott McKenzie
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Disc Details
Release Date: 3rd December 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital PCM 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French, Dolby Digital 5.1 German, Dolby Digital PCM 5.1 German, Dolby Digital 5.1 Hungarian, Dolby Digital 5.1 Polish
Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Korean, Norwegian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
Extras: Director's Commentary, Code of Conduct, From Stage to Screen
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak, Kiefer Sutherland, JT Walsh, Xander Berkeley, Noah Wyle
Genre: Drama and Thriller
Length: 138 minutes
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Answering the often raised objection to Trinitarianism:
I have had many conversations with Trinitarians and all of them that I have had conversations with will say this:
The Father is God (that's 1 God)
The Son is God (that's 1 God)
The Holy Spirit is God (that's 1 God)
If you add them up, that's THREE GODS. Sorry, you can't get around that. 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
God is one What (essence) and three Who's (subsistences, aka Persons).


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Ex-Manchester United star Dwight Yorke has praised his former club after the Red Devils drew 1-1 in Ukraine against Shakhtar last night.
David Moyes' side now have four points from their opening two group games and Yorke, who was part of United's treble winning side of 1999, has insisted that is was a great point for the Old Trafford outfit.
Yorke praised the resiliance of the side after they came under a lot of pressure in the second-half.
And, speaking to Sky Sports, the United legend said: "It was a hard-earned point. "I felt Shakhtar Donetsk got into a good rhythm in the second half and really took the game to United.
"But United showed a lot of resilience, they hung in there and kept them at bay. It's such a difficult place to get a result. When you look back at the way things have gone in the last few weeks, this was a really good point.
"You see why Shakhtar are such a good team. They are a match for anybody at home. They play great attacking football and played extremely well in the second half. United had to defend for their lives but it was a fabulous finish from Taison and Shakhtar deserved their goal.
"Arsenal and Chelsea have lost here so the boys will be pretty satisfied with the performance. The team will know in their heart they haven't performed well all season - certainly not to the level they expected - but they put in a shift against Shakhtar and deserve a lot of credit.
"Not getting beaten and then winning your home game is what David Moyes would have liked.
"Playing away from home, Sir Alex Ferguson always said it was important to get off to a good start and get out quickly."
Yorke also praised the finish and anticipation of Danny Welbeck, after the striker gave United the lead in the Ukraine.
Welbeck has already overtaken his goal-tally from last season and Yorke is pleased he took his chance.
The ex-Red Devils star continued by saying: "It's all about taking your opportunity and United certainly did that. It was poor defending and Fellaini did well but it was a really smart finish. Welbeck was in the right place at the right time."
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Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Introduced in the House
June 18, 2007
washington, d.c. Rep. Mike Capuano and the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Barney Frank, today introduced the Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision and Extension Act of 2007 (TRIREA). The bill extends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) for ten years and will spur the development of a private market for terrorism risk insurance. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, many insurance companies excluded terrorism events from their insurance policies. As a result, Congress passed TRIA in 2002 which created a federal backstop to protect against terrorism related losses. In 2005, the measure was extended for two years and currently set to expire at the end of 2007. Also joining Rep. Capuano and Chairman Frank in co-sponsoring TRIREA are Reps. Gary Ackerman, Joseph Crowley, Steve Israel, Peter King, Carolyn McCarthy, Carolyn Maloney, Gregory Meeks, Dan Boren, Emmanuel Cleaver, Lincoln Davis, Al Green, Luis V. Gutierrez, Steven Lynch, Tim Mahoney, David Scott, Brad Sherman, Albio Sires, Melvin Watt and Robert Wexler.
Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, has scheduled a hearing to discuss the bill on Thursday, June 21 at 10:00 a.m.
"TRIA has helped make terrorism insurance available and affordable to businesses, particularly those in our major urban areas. Improving and extending the program will help stabilize the economy, as well as help protect American workers and our communities against possible terrorist attacks," stated Congressman Mike Capuano.
"We need to keep in perspective that this bill is necessary for economic development and to protect property owners, building tenants, developers and people who work or live in high risk areas," said Chairman Frank. "We have made significant improvements in this legislation, and we believe we have made struck the right balance in providing assurances for business and workers in urban areas and encouraging the creation of a private market."
Since its enactment, TRIA has ensured the availability of affordable terrorism risk insurance in the marketplace and thereby fostered continued urban development and real estate development in the United States. The TRIA program has successfully kept terrorism risk insurance affordable, especially considering the President's Working Group on Financial Markets recently concluded that a private market for terrorism risk insurance is not yet commercially viable notably with regard to group life insurance and insurance against nuclear biological chemical and radiological (NCBR) acts of terrorism. The Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision and Extension Act of 2007 (TRIREA) will include provisions to:
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We're pleased to share a post from More is More Mom, Vanessa Nunley As the More is More Mom®, I'm all about….a more meaningful start to the New Year! Whether you ring in the New Year in Times Square or in the privacy of your own home, why not kick off January 1st with a gorgeous and delicious meal? There is nothing better than lounging around in your pajamas, enjoying the day with your family. I like to make our time together special; setting the table with linens and cloth napkins, candles, stemware and china. Rather than serve something ordinary, I like to take it up a few notches, serving a beautiful brunch. I am a huge fan of the Egg Casserole; in fact, I Read More >
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Have you been late to a work meeting this week? How often do you participate in meetings? When was the last time you had a meeting during lunch?
On Wednesday, video communication startup Blue Jeans Network -- which helps companies like Facebook and FourSquare collaborate -- released its inaugural study of the state of the modern meeting.
The company found that the traditional 9-5 workday, in-person meetings, and male leadership in meetings are all slowly going the way of the dinosaur.
The company found that Wednesdays and Thursdays are the most popular days for meetings, with 61% of meetings taking place on those two days. They also found that almost half of all meetings (49%) take place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., but that there has been a 20% decline in meetings during lunch hour, or 12-1 p.m.
Here are some other fun findings:
Less than half of all meetings start on time. The Midwest is the most punctual region in the U.S.
CEOs, CTOs, and founders are most often late to meetings
77% of the time, people join meetings from their computer, instead of in person
Only 56% join meetings in a conference room, 30% join by phone
Women attend 11% more meetings than men in general and 14% more on weekends
25% more weekday meetings are held in February than any other month
California has the highest frequency of meetings
Singapore, San Francisco, Prague, Dubai and New York are some of the most collaborative cities
Do any of these stats sound like your office?
Note: The company based their data on more than a million meetings hosted on Blue Jeans Network in 177 countries.


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In colder climates, could an air-source heat pump be put in an attached (insulated, but not heated) garage as a way to improve its operating efficiency?
James Carrow • via email
Air-source heat pumps (ASHPs) work by extracting heat from ambient air and need an ample supply to work effectively. Installing an ASHP in your garage would suck out all of the warmth from the air captured there, effectively turning that space into a freezer, colder and colder until it would be impossible for the heat pump to extract heat effectively. Installing an ASHP inside a garage can void your manufacturer's warranty and may cause permanent damage to the unit.
So while you want to avoid installing the ASHP in an enclosed space, installing one to replace an existing inefficient heating system, such as a furnace or boiler, can be a very good investment. I live in upstate New York, where many people are finding it harder to afford to heat their homes, especially with electricity, oil, or propane.
In my area, minisplit, hybrid, and geothermal heat pump systems are popular. Minisplits are the least expensive and easiest-to-install systems. A hybrid system is an air-to-air heat pump installed with a 92% or higher efficiency propane gas furnace. Geothermal heat pumps have the highest installed cost, but offer the greatest savings. Ground- or water-source heat pumps qualify for a federal tax credit of 30% of the installed cost.
Keep in mind that installing any heat pump is not a typical do-it-yourself project. Some manufacturers do not honor any warranty on equipment installed by homeowners or purchased on the Internet—so even though the online price may look great, you may end up paying a lot more to repair or replace equipment if it's not properly sized and installed.
If you heat with electricity, oil, or propane, you should look at heat pumps as a way to reduce your heating cost. It would be wise to make energy-efficiency improvements before upgrading your heating equipment.
Bob Zima • Certified Radiant Professionals Alliance radiant heat instructor


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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The University of Oklahoma locked down its campus Wednesday after a faculty member reported hearing gunshots but the school's president said it appeared the incident was a false alarm perhaps tied to construction equipment being used nearby.
"It seems most likely there were other sounds" that could have been misinterpreted as gunfire, university President David Boren said at a news conference. He said police found no casings and no one who appeared to be a "potential shooter." No injuries were reported.
University officials issued a notice late Wednesday morning that shots had been reported near the center of campus and that people should stay where they were and avoid Gould Hall, which houses OU's architecture school. Within an hour police issued an all-clear for most of the 30,000-student campus.
Throughout the afternoon, police conducted several floor-by-floor searches of Gould Hall, which by then was ringed with yellow-and-black police tape. Campus police officers, one armed with a rifle, stood guard at two entrances. The building also was given the all-clear by midafternoon.
Nearby, workers had been using a backhoe and a frontloader and it was possible some of the equipment backfired, confusing the instructor. Alerts were distributed within three minutes of the report, Boren said.
"It appears to have been a false alarm but all the right things were done and all the people involved did the right things," Boren said.
International business student Salima Harun said she followed a crowd running into the library when the alert went out and waited with others as library staff locked all the doors. She received an email from the university saying to stay inside and avoid Gould Hall.
"I'm honestly relieved the way they handled it. Our safety was a priority," said Harun, 20. "I really liked the way they handled it. It felt really safe."
Even after the all-clear, students scoured their phones seeking more information.
"I haven't been able to calm my class down," said Gary Barksdale, an adjunct math professor. "I'm going to have a blast trying to teach limits of functions when everybody is concerned about this."
Some students questioned why the university initially said shots were fired in their campus-wide alert when it was unconfirmed and why the building remained locked down hours after the false report came in.
"I think it's overkill," 19-year-old sophomore Alex Owens said, noting an armed officer who stood outside the building early Wednesday afternoon. "It just makes it seem like there is more going on."
In 2005, a University of Oklahoma student committed suicide near Gould Hall during a home football game by detonating an explosive device attached to his body. No one else was injured.
Follow Kristi Eaton on Twitter at http://twitter.com/kristieaton .
Associated Press writer Caryn Rousseau in Chicago and Sean Murphy in Oklahoma City contributed to this report.


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Dean Bender, Thompson & Bender, for Houlihan Lawrence
Nov. 22, 2017: For the third consecutive year, Houlihan Lawrence is hosting a book drive for children in need at all 30 of its offices in New York and Connecticut.
The drive runs through November 30, and people are encouraged to drop off books suitable for preschool to middle school-aged readers at a local Houlihan Lawrence office.
The primary benefactor this year will be Family Centers, a local multidisciplinary nonprofit that offers education, health, and human services to children, adults, and families. While some organizations resell or redistribute the books, Family Centers will share the collected books with youngsters and their families here in our region. Houlihan Lawrence will also be supporting the Children's Home of Poughkeepsie and HELP USA.
One of the most important factors influencing a child's early educational success is an introduction to books, experts say, yet research has shown that as many as 61 percent of low-income families have none in their household.
Pictured here: Houlihan Lawrence in Bronxville.
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Bronxville Beautification Council
Organized in 1982 and incorporated in 1993, the Bronxville Beautification Council (BBC) is a not for profit organization administered by a Board of Directors. Its mission is to enhance and maintain the natural and man-made beauty of Bronxville Village, with emphasis on the downtown business district of Bronxville. The BBC uses the dollars raised in its annual spring solicitation letter to residents to fund the mum, tulip and summer flower plantings downtown and at traffic intersections, as well as the summer hanging baskets. Every few years the group spearheads such major endeavors as the renovation of Leonard Morange Square on the west side of the railroad tracks and the beautification of the Lawrence Hospital traffic circle, which included the addition of plants and the building of the fountain that now makes a gracious western portal to our town. The BBC also works with other civic groups to monitor the aesthetics of retail signage, the consistency of sidewalk materials, and litter and graffiti. During Beautify Bronxville Week, the BBC sponsors a poetry reading and works with Scout groups on the annual village clean-up. To learn more about how you can contribute to the efforts of the BBC, with time, money or planting, please email Karen Day. President: George C. McKinnis
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Bronxville Boy Scouts
The village of Bronxville has a long tradition of scouting. "The troops and packs of Bronxville have maintained the finest scouting organizations and have taught the boys of the Bronxville area to be leaders and outstanding members of the local, national and global communities."
There are several Boy Scout Troops in Bronxville, including Troops 1, 2, 4, and 5. Troops 1, 2, and 4 meet at the the Scout Cabin www.scoutcabin.org. Troop 5 meets at the Reformed Church, and has a different web site www.troop5.net . Brennan Carley is the Scoutmaster.
Joseph StinemanPresident of Bronxville Scout Committee, Inc. 914-337-9091
Bronxvillle Girls Scouts
The Girls Scouts is "the world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world." In Girl Scouts, "girls discover the fun, friendship and power of girls together. Through the many enriching experiences provided by Girl Scouts, they can grow courageous and strong."
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The Bronxville Historical Conservancy was founded in 1998 to further the understanding and appreciation of the history and current life of the village. The Conservancy furthers its mission through the presentation of programs, publications, lectures and special events that foster an awareness of the village's architectural, artistic and cultural heritage, and lends its support for projects designed to strengthen and preserve those legacies. Anyone who is interested in the Bronxville and its history can become a member; varying levels of membership are available. Board of Director Co-Chairs: Jayne Warman and Robert Wein.
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Bronxville League of Woman Voters
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization that "encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues and influences public policy though education and advocacy. The Bronxville League serves Bronxville, Eastchester, Tuckahoe, Mount Vernon and Yonkers. Their primary duty is "voter service, registering new voters and keeping the public informed of important issues being considered and voted on by governing bodies." They have monthly board meetings and monthly coffee meetings, where there is usually a speaker to talk about a current issue. They organize and moderate candidate forums for local government elections and periodically hold public meetings on a topic of interest with a guest speaker. They also put out a monthly bulletin. President: Adelaide DiGiorgi, Editor of Newsletter: Janet Jaidi
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Bronxville PTA
The Bronxville PTA is "the umbrella organization that presides over and is the primary source of funding for the Elementary, Middle and High School Councils. They raise money through their annual Memorial Day fundraiser and through PTA membership dues and provide approximately $100,000 to the Elementary, Middle and High School Councils. "Advocacy, education, training and support are their key areas of focus."
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Bronxville Women's Club
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Bronxville Youth Council
The Bronxville Youth Council provides volunteer and leadership opportunities for high school students in the village of Bronxville. Director: Jillana Valente
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Counseling Center
Founded in 1971, the mission of the Counseling Center "is to provide a wide range of psychotherapeutic and counseling services to individuals, couples and families by a staff of highly trained, experience and dedicated psychotherapists. Director: Richard W. Shoup
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Friends of the Bronxville Library
The Friends of the Bronxville Library is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to focus attention on the "Library's services, facilities and needs" as well as sponsor projects and provide materials that are beyond the reach of the Library's regular budget and perform other services. President: Nina Evison
Junior League of Bronxville
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Lawrence Hospital Center Volunteer Services
The Lawrence Hospital welcomes volunteers to help in a variety of areas including working the Bargain Box resale shop, which is "the major fundraising effort of the Lawrence Hospital Center Auxiliary." Volunteers also work in the Emergency Department, at the Information services Desk, in Patient Care in Food Services and other areas. Director of Volunteer Services: Terry Marino
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Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels delivers noon day meals to the homebound elderly, ill or disabled. Monday – Sunday 11am – 1p
55 Palmer AvenueBronxville, New York 10708 914-787-3027
Rotary Club of Bronxville
The mission of the Rotary Club of Bronxville is to "encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and to encourage and foster (1) the development of friendships within the community as an opportunity for service, (2) high ethical standards in business and professions, (3) the application of the ideal of service of each member to his personal and business and community life and (4) the advancement of international understanding, good will and peace through a world fellowship." President: David McBride
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Senior Citizens of Bronxville is a not-for-profit organization that provides services and programs to seniors within the 10708 zip code area. "Programs cover a wide range of activities from educational seminars and cultural enrichment, to community services, bridge classes and exercise."
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"Couch," derived from the Latin "collocare" ("con" + "locare," to set together with), continues to be a popular English noun/adjective. The verb "to couch," however, is not so popular. One of its meanings, the sense of concealing (e.g., "She couched herself in the woods to spy on passers-by."), still puts in the odd appearance, but most of time the verb sleeps the torpid sleep of the nearly departed. With one major exception: English speakers still employ the idiom "couch X in terms of/as Y" with some frequency. The idiom describes a translation of ideas/intentions (X) into words (Y), as in the sentence "He couched his demands in polite phrases."
The non-idiomatic form of the verb "couch" transforms itself into the Teutonic "crouch" in the vocabularies of some speakers. No surprise here–we often crouch to couch. It's difficult, though, to cite a definitive example of this eggcorn. Those who say they crouch in the woods to spy may not be mangling "couch"–they may really be crouching. More spottable and more surprising is the replacement of "couch" with "crouch" in its idiomatic context (i.e., "to crouch X in terms of Y"). Here are three of the dozens of examples on the web:
: "The question to abrahamic theists was crouched in terms a theist would understand, and have their own definitions."
: "Scientific understanding is crouched in terms of current explanation not a final, correct explanation."
[not, I assume, for the advanced study of English idioms]: "What is the relation between conceptualisations of the human – whether crouched in terms of capacities for reasoned discourse or a susceptibility to being affected that follows from finite embodiment – and processes of dehumanisation? "
The notion of "concealment behind" shared by "couch" and "crouch" serves as a bridge to make this slip an eggcorn, I think.
There are also several examples of "coax" inserting itself into the "couch" idiom:
: "While the English discretion is coaxed in terms of 'fairness of the proceedings', and the Canadian in terms of 'the impact of admission on the administration of justice', in applying the law, Canadian judges treat fairness to the accused as paramount"
: "The cold war is over—the radical right follows no constitution but their own agenda (of course coaxed in terms of 'our good, 'our welfare' etc) and have no ethical concern crushing anything that prevents that agenda's fulfillment "
: "Explanations for their origins are generally not coaxed in terms of specific events of natural history, but in terms of processes, patterns, relational structures that we may infer, or rather project, onto the patterning that we see."
In scores of places on the web "coach" appears as a replacement for "couch" in the idiom "couch X in terms of Y." Most of the examples I can find seem to be from sources whose authors may speak English as a second language:
: "Much of this discussion has been coached in terms of `modernism' and `post-modernism', "
: "At another level, the debate is often coached in terms of what is "correct" and what is "incorrect.""
: "The words the West, specifically, the Anglo-West uses are coached in terms of human rights, prosperity and freedom,"
Note that explored some of the eggcornish permutations of the noun "crouch."
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
Couch as concealing, that's new to me. Was that part of the original sense of "couched in terms of", which has now been lost?
Here are some surprisingly common simblings. It's hard to imagine that these are mondegreens; the sound is too different. Visual eggcorns? Pat's soft-tissue acid? Cached would also be concealed; cashed, translated, I think, or literally realized.
The other Luther rolls in grave
The Enlightenment has demanded that theology must ultimately be about the self within its concrete embeddedness, undergoing various existential and temporal trials and empowerments. Instead of referring to God, theological statements must finally be cached in terms of the horizon of human experience.
Intelligent design
You rarely address peoples arguments on their merits alone, your arguments are always cached in terms of your own presumed moral superiority
Political forum
Socialism: always cached in terms of the workers' struggle against the elite.
What is intelligence?
this use is best cashed in terms of aptitude.
Last edited by David Bird (2010-08-25 09:13:21)
"Cached." Hadn't thought of that one. "Catch(ed) in terms of" also . Almost seems like a Big Fuzzy Spot is coming into (going out of?) focus. The BFS would include "couch," "cache," "catch," "coax" and "crouch."
The OED details about 20 meanings for the verb "couch," almost all of them obsolete or technical. The one I'm thinking about is "To lay in concealment (more or less); to hide, conceal; refl. and pass. to lie hidden, to lurk." The OED marks it as archaic, but I think it may have more currency than "archaic" implies. Besides the reflexive I mentioned ("couched herself"), which I'm fairly certain I've heard/read in the wild, there is also the phrase "couched within" that seems to draw on the concealment sense of "couch." COCA has ten citations for it, all since 1990.
My guess would be that "couch in terms of" either derives from or is influenced by the concealment sense of "couch."
Last edited by kem (2010-12-18 16:17:39)
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
Collocare to couch. Transcription misreading, ll to u?
Edit: Nice theory, but no. Collocare—> colcare—> colchier—> coucher, more or less.
Last edited by David Bird (2010-08-26 11:00:31)
l's and w/u/o sounds have a history of interchanging; especially if the l is a 'dark' l like the one in my English. I often counsel Spanish speakers to use an unstressed o instead of an l to sound more natural—e.g. say [ˈɹuo] for rule. I remember one of my professors (Richard Rhodes) referring to a similar phonological process in Hungarian as a "Dewæterawization Ruo".
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
I have a particular liking for the eggcorn alteration of "A couched in terms of B" to "A coaxed in terms of B." A first blush, a seemingly common word "couch" is being replaced by a less common word "coax"—which goes against the grain of most eggcorns—but in reality the "couch" intended is very different from the furniture sense. So, some who hear "couch" might be having trouble with the furniture imagery … enough for them to change it to "coax."
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In these earlier posts we missed the in the room. "Coax" often gets replaced with "coach." We can see it most clearly in idiomatic phrases such as "be coaxed out of" and "be coaxed into."
: "Mike had a crazy natural comic timing that couldn't be coached out of anyone else. It was just the way he was when you turned on the camera. "
: "Like modern-day evacuees, the children would be coached out of cities to come and spend a week working alongside real farmers with animals and on the land."
: "It seems I'm to fire questions at the blighter along with the rest of you—and be coached into the bargain"
: "Though there have already been some small mistakes in missiology, this young field can be coached into an effective church planting movement."
Coax, by the way, has a curious history. Spelled both as "cokes" and "coax," it once referred to a fool. In a poem written by pre-Shakespearian sonneteer Thomas Howell called "A Friendly Admonition to his Friend to Choose a Wife," Howell observed:
He is a cokes, and worthy strokes, whose wife the Breeches beare.
"Coax" was verbed, quite naturally, as "making a fool of." To this basic sense accreted the notion of being fond of,/making a pet of (terms of abuse often transform themselves into terms of endearment, as most of you numbnuts know). This second sense appears to have morphed into the idea of persuading people by using this kind of coddling behavior. Coaxing them.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
I'm skeptical on this one. Be Ved out of and be Ved into (and generally be Ved Prep ) are very prolific constructions in English. There is a legitimate verb to coach , of course, and at least some of the examples you quote can be explained by that verb being used in those constructions. E.g. most of us would need to be coached (not so easily coaxed) into timing things effectively when before the camera, but Mike does it naturally. For the Quakers to be effective church planters they only need to be coached properly. For me to be forced to fire questions at the blighter is enough, but to have a coach forced on me besides (="into the bargain") is the outside of enough. The children being persuaded to come out of the cities is the only one where coach is the least bit uncomfortable in my mind, or where coax is as good or better.
I guess the difference is that coaching is giving advice the coachee is likely to be happy for and to heed, because he also wants to reach the goal the coach has in mind; whereas in coaxing the coaxee needs to be persuaded because he doesn't (yet) really want to reach the goal the coaxer has in mind. They are indeed close, but that doesn't mean one was substituted for the other anyplace the latter would have done.
Anyhow, on balance I need more convincing. I might be coaxed into it.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
You are right, David, the majority of "coached into" and "coached out of" make perfect sense without invoking "coax." Many instances of the phrases occur, in fact, in the context of sports reporting and sports metaphors and are best read with only coaching in mind. But the four examples I gave were contexts in which the intrusion of coaching seemed awkward enough to nudge the mind toward other explanations. Perhaps, on refection, the first one, the comedian example, is not as clean as the other three.
More examples. I find "coach X into" of the first three examples awkward. We generally "coach X to," not "into." In the fourth example below, a crowd is being "coached." Usually people are coached as individuals—chances are the crowd is being coaxed. The next three examples have "coaching out of retirement." Coaching in this case would be a metaphor, at best. It's easier to think of this as enticing/coaxing out of retirement. In the last example, a cat is being encouraged to come out of a tree. Could literal coaching of an animal work in these circumstances? Chances are that the cat is being coaxed.
: "It almost made me cry, everything I ate tasted like cardboard. My daughter had to coach me into chewing and eating my food, which I had to force down," she said."
: "Last week when showering and shaving, I thought I saw a varicose vein on my calf. I had to stop shaving. I had to get out of the shower and lay down. I had to call Natalie and ask her if I was going to die or if the vein was going to pop out of my leg. She had to coach me into looking at my leg again. I couldn't find the varicose vein."
: "Ian and I decided to see if we could get some chips from El Rey, one of the Mexican restaurants downtown. Ian literally had to coach me into talking to these people sitting on the patio for about 10 minutes. Once I finally had the nerve to ask, I walked up to them and asked if we could have their leftover chips….which they so kindly handed over to me…all bug eyed."
: "North Dakota AFL-CIO President Dave Kemnitz coached the crowd into booing ('I can't hear you!') as he read a list of '10 reasons why privatizing Social Security is the wrong answer"
: "[He] has helped bring the I.S 228 team to victory since being coached out of retirement by the school's principal, Dominick D'Angelo."
: "Yes, Bill Burton will be missed. I hope he can be coached out of retirement on occasion and share his experiences with us in the future."
: "Jim Broadbent as Horace Slughorn, a teacher coached out of retirement "
: "Last night we went for a walk, and saw a cat stuck in a tree! My husband was able to coach the cat down, but it took a while!"
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Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
You've coached me into believing it.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .


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Digital Domain is canceling it's $100,000 per year agreement for naming rights on the Mets' stadium in Port St. Lucie as part of it's corporate restructuring in bankruptcy court, according to Ballpark Digest.
As you'll read below, I originally sourced the problems at Digital Domain almost a month ago and even speculated that the naming rights deal was in serious danger of being defaulted on. Nobody picked up my piece save for a link to it on MetsBlog at the time. (Thanks!)
New naming rights have not been announced for the ballpark.
Original Post September 8
Digital Domain is closing operations in Port St. Lucie, the company announced Friday morning.
According to a company press release, Digital Domain Media Group will be "reducing virtually its entire Port St. Lucie workforce, retaining approximately 20 employees who will remain as part of the wind-down."
About 280 workers are losing their jobs. Employees are packing boxes at the company offices this morning.
According to Port St. Lucie Police, a Digital Domain executive flew in from California to inform employees their doors were closing.
Port St. Lucie police were called in as a precaution.
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of DDMG, John C. Textor has resigned, effective immediately, from his positions.
The company said Digital Domain executive Ed Ulbrich has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Digital Domain Productions.
Earlier this week Digital Domain Media Group defaulted on a $35 million dollar loan, according to a public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
This can't be good for the Mets who have already reported they never received their July $95,000 payment for their Digital Domain Park naming rights deal. After pursuing legal action, the Mets and Digital Domain settled for $50,000. It now appears the naming rights deal is in real jeopardy.
Tradition Field became Digital Domain Park in 2010 after Digital Domain Holdings, the New York Mets and St. Lucie County finalized an agreement to grant the animation and visual effects company naming rights to the Mets' 7,000-seat spring training home.
Digital Domain Group stock has fallen from a high of $14.65 per share to a close of .60 cents on Friday.


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Natural History Study of Patients With Excess Androgen
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This study will evaluate and gather information in patients with genetic causes of too much androgen (male-like hormone) in order to better understand the effects of too much androgen and describe problems associated with it. Too much androgen in childhood, if untreated, results in rapid growth and early puberty with early cessation of growth and short stature in adulthood. Too much androgen in adulthood may result in infertility, and women may have excess facial hair, acne and a more male-like appearance. Excess androgen may also affect mood and behavior and possibly the secretion of other hormones, such as insulin. Two genetic diseases that result in early childhood androgen excess are congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and familial male-limited precocious puberty (FMPP).
Patients with known or suspected CAH due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency, 11- hydroxylase deficiency, or 3-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency and males with known or suspected FMPP may be eligible for this study. Patients with both classic and non-classic CAH are eligible, and patients with androgen excess of unknown cause may be eligible.
Participants undergo the following procedures:
- Medical history and physical examination.
- Fasting blood tests for analysis of hormones, blood chemistries including blood sugar and cardiovascular risk factors such as lipids.
- Oral glucose tolerance test for patients with elevated insulin levels. For this test, a catheter (plastic tube) is placed in a vein in the patient's arm. The patient drinks a sugar-containing fluid and blood samples are collected through the catheter at intervals starting with drinking the solution, and then 30, 60 and 120 minutes after drinking the solution.
- 24-hour urine collection to measure hormone levels in the urine.
- DNA testing for patients with 21-hydroxylase deficiency to help identify the type of genetic mutation responsible for the disease.
- X-ray of the left hand to measure bone age in growing children. The x-ray is used to determine how far into puberty the child is and how much growth potential is left in the bones.
- A pelvic ultrasound in females and testicular ultrasound in males to evaluate the size and development of the gonads (ovaries in females and testes in males).
- Cognitive and psychological tests, including an IQ test and evaluation of memory, achievement and behavior.
- Other tests and evaluations based on medical need.
The schedule for these procedures varies. In a part of the study involving only patients with CAH, growing children are evaluated twice (once in childhood and once after reaching adult height), and adults are evaluated once. In another part of the study involving patients with CAH and FMPP, growing children are seen twice a year, and adults and children who have reached adult height may be seen annually. Additional visits may be scheduled if medically indicated. In this part of the study, females are asked to keep a record of their periods after their first menstrual cycle.
|Condition or disease
|Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) Familial Male-Limited Precocious Puberty (FMPP)
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- To elucidate a comprehensive phenotypic profile for patients with CAH and FMPPi [ Time Frame: 02012023 ]
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- Males , ages 0 - 99 with known or suspected FMPP.
- Patients (males and females, ages 0 - 99) with known (based on hormonal, clinical and/or genetic testing) CAH due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency, 11-hydroxylase deficiency, or 3-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency. Patients with both classic and nonclassic patients are eligible.
- Patients, (males and females, ages 0 - 99 years) with suspected (based on hormonal, clinical and/or genetic findings) CAH due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency, 11-hydroxylase deficiency, 3-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency, or a rare form of CAH (17-hydroxylase deficiency, steroid acute regulatory protein, cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme deficiency, P450 oxidoreductase deficiency).
- Patients with excess androgen of unknown etiology.
- Relatives of patients with CAH and FMPP.
- Females with isolated polycystic ovary syndrome. If, following a diagnostic work-up, a patient is determined to have PCOS as the only cause of her hyperandrogenism; she will no longer be followed on this protocol.
- Patients with significant nonendocrine medical conditions.
- Females who are pregnant at the time of initial enrollment
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00250159
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Principal Investigator:
|Deborah P Merke, M.D.
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00250159 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|November 7, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|December 5, 2018
|Last Verified:
|November 14, 2018
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) ):
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
Familial Male Precocious Puberty (FMPP)
21-hydroxylast deficiency
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Familial Male Precocious Puberty
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital
Adrenogenital Syndrome
Adrenocortical Hyperfunction
Puberty, Precocious
Pathologic Processes
Disorders of Sex Development
Urogenital Abnormalities
Congenital Abnormalities
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Steroid Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Metabolic Diseases
Adrenal Gland Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Gonadal Disorders
46, XX Disorders of Sex Development
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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Irish house prices fell in value at the second-fastest rate in Europe last year – and five times faster than the European Union average.
New data researched by academics at the National University of Ireland suggest Irish property prices are now almost 30 per cent below their 2010 values.
The Irish Times reports that the figures have been published by Maynooth University's All-Island Research Observatory show.
The findings suggest that Ireland has had the worst-performing property market in the EU over the last six years.
The Spanish and Bulgarian markets have performed almost as badly in recent years.
However the latest Irish data does offer some glimmer of hope that a recovery may be in sight or that the worst of the price falls are over at least.
The figures are compiled from Eurostat price surveys. They show Ireland reporting the third-highest quarterly property increases in the third quarter of last year with prices going up by 1.6 per cent over a three-month period.
The Eurostat agency compares housing sectors across all 27 European Union countries.
Only Estonia and Latvia experienced more dramatic falls over the last six years but both markets subsequently recovered. Irish prices have yet to stage a similar recovery.
The Eurostat House Price Index shows prices across the EU declining by 1.9 per cent last year when compared with the same quarter of 2011.
Prices in Estonia went up by 8.4 per cent last year, an EU high. Luxembourg saw increases of 7.1 per cent while prices in Finland went up by 2.1 per cent.
The largest decline in 2012 was in Spain where prices fell 15.2 per cent year-on-year.
Irish prices were down 9.6 per cent in the 12 months to the end of last September.
Maynooth professor Rob Kitchin told the Irish Times: "The scale of the price collapse in Ireland is as a result of a perfect storm of a banking and economic crisis coinciding with a dramatic oversupply across the market.
"We have recorded declines in other countries and while some, like Spain, have mirrored the Irish experience, most countries, where over supply was not a problem, have seen price falls which are more modest."
Professor Kitching added that few positives could be drawn from the figures from an Irish context.
He said: "Looking at the data, you could say the declines have levelled off and are even marginally on the increase, but the increases are primarily being driven by sectors of the Dublin market where there is not an oversupply.
"There is no question that there is a shortage of good family homes so there will be a recovery there first, but elsewhere an oversupply will keep the market depressed for a very long time."


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"L. Holberg (Hil dig, du viddets danske digter-konning)" [Danish title] is number 1696 in the Hans Christian Andersen Center's register of Andersen's literary works, i.e. no. 196 in the category poems (the range 1501 - 2900). BFN 174.
The work was published (24 December 1831) as a part of Vignetter til danske Digtere [Danish title]. (Number 1303. BFN 174. Category/genre: Collection of poems).
Show this work in its context: all new Andersen publications from 1831.
In modern Danish on p. 184 in Johan de Mylius (editor): H.C. Andersen. Samlede digte ('Collected poems', Copenhagen, 2000).


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To be tottaly radical. Cooler than cool. Being as awesome as can be. So fresh you need some fruit. The sickest thing you have ever seen.
Like when you tell your buddies that you got some pelt last weekend. Their response may be, "Fresh OJ."
by D Curtin June 04, 2007
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Another Fair Use Debacle: Photographer Settles Bogus Copyright Threat From Artist
from the lame dept
Hipple was planning to fight the lawsuit, but just like the Andy Baio/Jay Maisel situation, it appears that Hipple realized it was better to settle than to risk huge statutory damages. The statement about the settlement seems pretty clearly done with the approval of Mackie's lawyers, and makes you wonder what else was going on behind the scenes. Tragically, unlike Baio, Hipple appears not to have received permission to relay the details of the settlement. That's really too bad, because this is the kind of information people need to know about.
Even worse, Mackie response to the settlement has been nothing short of obnoxious, and includes some blatantly false statements about copyright law:
Artists hold copyright to their work, period. The Federal Law that states this was well vetted and argued before becoming law. This law comes with strict standards that must be met to gain copyright. I met all of these standards. My copyright is secure meaning it comes with protections and it comes with controls. Artists are the only people who get to say how images of their work will be used.That's simply not true. Artists are not the only people who get to say how images of their work will be used. That's the entire point of fair use, which it appears Mackie is denying. This is another reason why these kinds of settlements, while understandable, are so tragic. They reinforce these kinds of ignorant claims from copyright holders who wish to deny fair use. Mackie continues:
I do not want my work to be part of a coffee company's ad campaign. I do not want my work to be part of a sales pitch for condos on Broadway. I do not want my work associated with banksters... all of which I have had to deal with. I want my work to be seen as it was intended and in the setting for which it was created - Seattle's sidewalk on Capitol Hill, Broadway. I do not want it used by whoever might think it a cool idea to appropriate the image for their current fancy.What you want and what the law allows may be two totally different things. Look, I don't want to have to spend time debunking your cluelessness on copyright law. But that doesn't mean the law allows me to sue you over it. Furthermore, copyright law has nothing to do with "associations." It doesn't have anything to do with whether or not you like someone using your work in a certain manner. If it's fair use, they absolutely can use the work in that way. Your own desires have nothing to do with it.
It was with glee that I took the news of Tom Petty sending cease and desist orders to Michelle Bachmann for appropriating his work without his permission.With "glee" and some additional total ignorance about the nature of copyright law in this country... As we noted recently, Tom Petty has no legal leg to stand on here. That's because his music is licensed out for public performance with ASCAP or BMI, and if the venues where Bachmann is playing these tunes has their ASCAP/BMI licenses in order (as they almost certainly do), he's got nothing to stand on. That's the way US copyright works when it comes to music performances on such licensed music. But, apparently, Mackie has no interest in actually understanding how copyright law works, but prefers his mythical version in which it's some sort of "moral rights" that are not present in US copyright law, no matter how much Mackie dances around and pretends they are.
Between the Andy Baio situation and the Mike Hipple situation, it would be great if people started to recognize what a horrible setup copyright law's statutory damages provisions are. They allow artists like Mackie and Maisel to shake down other artists over work that those other artists believe is fair use. The risk of a statutory damages award is simply too high, and so these artists are forced to submit, to pay, and to stifle artwork. It seems like statutory damages provisions do the exact opposite of the stated intentions of copyright law to promote the progress, doesn't it?


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Cyberspace was a-twitter this week with the news that Ryan Seacrest is buying Ellen DeGeneres' Beverly Hills compound for $37 million, and that she and spouse Portia de Rossi are moving no farther than a Hal Levitt-designed midcentury — also in Beverly Hills.
DeGeneres' new 8,500-square-foot house, built in 1958, features walls of glass, soaring ceilings, multiple fireplaces, a library, a black-and-stainless-steel kitchen, a sunken living room, four bedrooms and six bathrooms. The family room opens to the swimming pool on the less-than-an-acre property, which has a circular driveway.
The property was priced in the $20-million range, according to a website for agent Ben Bacal of Sotheby's. It can take weeks or months for sales prices to appear on the public record.
The Levitt-designed house is quite a downsize from the Emmy-winning daytime show host's 3-acre compound, which includes multiple structures and was formed starting in 2007 through three property purchases on the same street. The 15,000 square feet of interior space include a 9,200-square-foot main house, a secondary house and two guesthouses. The asking price on the compound was $49 million.
Meanwhile, Seacrest's Hollywood Hills West area Mediterranean villa recently returned to the market priced at $11.985 million. The "American Idol" host had tried to sell it in late 2010 for $14.95 million.
The 10,000-square-foot Mediterranean, built in 1974, sits behind wrought-iron gates on nearly an acre of hilltop with canyon and city views. Remodeled during his ownership, the villa features beamed ceilings, a bar, a screening room, a wine cellar and a gym. There are six bedrooms and 61/2 bathrooms. A guesthouse, tennis court, a swimming pool, a cabana and mature trees complete the grounds.
More proof that Hollywood is really just a small town: Seacrest bought the property from two-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker and actor Kevin Costner in 2006 for $11.5 million.
Kurt Rappaport of Westside Estate Agency, Beverly Hills, is the listing agent on the Beverly Hills compound and Seacrest's villa.
Teeing up again in Pacific Palisades
Pro golfer Denis Watson and his wife, attorney Susan Loggans, have taken 24% off the price they were asking a year ago for their Pacific Palisades compound and relisted it for $17.95 million.
The renovated Mediterranean-style estate, built in 1982, includes nine bedrooms, 91/2 bathrooms and 10,000 square feet of living space. The 2.5-acre equestrian property features a guesthouse, a tennis court, a swimming pool, corrals and a stream.
Watson, 56, had three PGA tour wins before joining the Champions Tour when he turned 50. He was voted Rookie of the Year in 2007 and has four tour wins.
Watson and Loggans bought the property in 2004 from power couple Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver for $7.95 million, according to public records.
Shauna Walters and Sally Forster Jones of Coldwell Banker's Beverly Hills South office are the listing agents.
Style matters in the Hollywood Hills
Film producer and clothing entrepreneur Brad Zions has sold his house in the Hollywood Hills West area for $7.95 million. Among notables in the home's ownership history is actor Richard Gere.
The gated contemporary features views of the Los Angeles Basin, a two-story entry, a bar, three en suite bedrooms, three additional bathrooms and a home theater. Outside the 4,534-square-foot home is a swimming pool, spa, deck, outdoor living room and kitchen.
Zions founded the L.A.-based production company Breakout Pictures. He also co-founded Young, Fabulous & Broke, a women's contemporary clothing line.
The property previously sold in 2000 for $2.35 million.
Michael Eisenberg of Keller Williams in Beverly Hills was the listing agent. Jeffrey White of Re/Max Execs in West Los Angeles represented the buyer.
A divestiture for Countrywide's ex-CEO
Former Countrywide Financial Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Angelo R. Mozilo and his wife, Phyllis, have parted with their house in Thousand Oaks for $2.9 million.
Countrywide helped fuel the boom in risky subprime loans that led to the foreclosure crisis. Federal prosecutors shelved a criminal probe of Mozilo last year after determining that his actions in the mortgage meltdown — which led to his $67.5-million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission — did not amount to criminal wrongdoing.
The Georgian Colonial-style two-story sits on a half-acre site above the second fairway at the Sherwood Country Club. The 6,238-square-foot home features a cherry-finished library-office, five bedrooms, six bathrooms and an oversized four-car garage. The custom home was built in 1999.
The master suite includes a sitting area, a balcony, two walk-in closets with built-in cabinets, dual sinks, a mirrored dressing area, a spa tub, a steam shower, a bidet and marble floors. An infinity pool, spa, lawn and a built-in barbecue complete the grounds.
Public records show the Mozilos bought the Ventura County property in 2000 but do not disclose the purchase price. They hold other Southern California properties in trust in Riverside and Santa Barbara counties, public records show.
Cathie Post of Prudential California Realty was the listing agent.
Something to 'Gossip' about in WeHo
After leasing her West Hollywood house out last year, "Gossip Girl" actress Kelly Rutherford has returned it to the market at $1.099 million.
The Spanish bungalow, built in 1926, features a living room with fireplace that opens to a dining room with a skylight, an updated kitchen, two bedrooms and 13/4 bathrooms. The deck contains a bar and a built-in barbecue.
Rutherford, 43, plays husband-hopping Lily van der Woodsen on "Gossip Girl" (2007-present). She was also in the series "E-Ring" (2005-06) and "Melrose Place" (1996-99).
The house had been leased at $4,700 a month. Public records show Rutherford bought the property in 2005 for $1.25 million.
Michelle Ficarra of Rodeo Realty, Beverly Hills, is the listing agent.
Cyberspace was a-twitter this week with the news that Ryan Seacrest is buying Ellen DeGeneres' Beverly Hills compound for $37 million, and that she and spouse Portia de Rossi are moving no farther than a Hal Levitt-designed midcentury — also in Beverly Hills.


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The British Library's Content Strategy 2013-15
Our content strategy guides our decision-making about the content we acquire: under Legal Deposit, voluntary deposit, purchasing, donation and exchange. It gives staff and users a clear sense of how the Library is taking its acquisitions activity forwards. It builds upon our content strategy 2006 which approached content development by Discipline and Subject for the first time, as well as emphasising digital content and the role of connecting to content held externally.
The British Library's role
The British Library is the UK's national library. Our purpose is to make our intellectual heritage accessible to everyone, for research, inspiration and enjoyment. We build, curate and preserve the UK's national collection of published, written and digital content. We make our collections and expertise accessible to researchers from all disciplines, and we help businesses to grow with access to information and advice. We engage the public with enriching and enjoyable cultural experiences, and we inspire young people to explore our collections and develop enquiring minds. We have a global role, contributing to the advancement of knowledge around the world and we partner with others to connect people with information wherever it is held.
Our content strategy
Our content strategy is the framework which guides the Library's acquisition streams – Legal Deposit, purchased acquisitions, voluntary deposit (e.g. of sound recordings), donation and exchange. Its purpose is to give staff and users a clear sense of how the Library is taking its acquisitions activity forwards. It is expressed in summary form as Key Principles, which we use to guide our decisions.
From Stored Knowledge to Smart Knowledge is our content strategy for 2013-15. It is a refresh of our content strategy of 2006, which approached content development by Discipline and Subject for the first time and placed increased emphasis on digital content. It is, therefore, an evolution in our content development, rather than a revolution:
- Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences and Science, Technology & Medicine Content Strategy Summary (PDF).
Further information
Please email Richard Price, Head of Content and Research Strategy, email@example.com
Related information
- British Library Act: our statutory purpose
- British Library Annual Report: includes facts and figures about our collecting activity each year
- Content Strategy 2006 and its appendices
- Ethical future acquisitions policy (PDF)
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Ooo! One night only (and of course I'm busy). But you should go. Kevin and I had an amazing meal at the Palace the last two times they offered this deal and you should really treat yourself.
Not long ago, Julie and I got to interview the new Chef at the Palace, and test drive some new desserts for Pastry Chef Extraordinaire Summer Genetti. Chef Jose Salazar has some great ideas for the restaurant. He's lowered the prices and has created an approachable but classy menu. I'm a picky eater, but there is a lot I would eat on that menu. I've embedded a slideshow of some of my more recent visits to the Palace:
And of course, the desserts. Note that in the photos, some of the desserts have eyes. Summer knows I hate to eat things that look at me … so no worries. You will probably not have cupcakes staring at you. But what good cupcakes they are!
Here's the deal. You and your date each enjoy a two-course meal, plus an amuse bouche to start and mini-pastries that arrive with your check. Dessert was a bonus that seemed to always be wrapped in as well, but no promises on that one. You also get a bottle of wine, and usually there is a decent selection from which to choose. The total – for the two of you and the bottle of wine – is $60, notwithstanding tax and gratuity. Trust me, it's a great opportunity to try a new restaurant that's always been a little intimidating in the past.
I love that this isn't a regular thing, but random and spur-of-the-moment. When you call to make reservations, tell them you read it on Wine-Girl. Reserve your spot by calling 513-381-3000.
The menu for this Thursday night is after the jump:
Wine Competitions Wine Book Club (WBC) Wine Judging Reviews Readings Whiskey Watch France Games Weblogs Wine Clubs Books RIP Repost WBW #65 Wine Glossary Wine Maps TasteCamp Web/Tech Marketing Uncategorized Legislation Recipes Florida Recession Wine Meet the Winemaker Greatest Hits Drink Pink! (BCRF) Holiday Current Affairs Television Spirits Photos Wine Shop Wednesday Contests Scotch & Whiskey History Disney Wine Tech Food and Wine Pairings Mad Men Monday Guest Writers Pop Culture Food and Drink Wine Blogs Knowledge Entertainment Dinner and Drinks Life Charity Benefits News Beer-Guy.net Special Events Beer WBW Local Wineries Cocktails Wine Shops Restaurants Travel Wineries Wine Notes Wine Events Weekly Cincinnati Wine Events Wine Misc Local Tastings Cincinnati
Krystal Pepper Memorial Scholarship Fund
Raising money for a scholarship fund in memory of Michelle's little sister who passed away in 2007


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The Enterprise Server supports the following JSP features:
JavaServer Pages (JSP) Specification version 2.1
Precompilation of JSP files, which is especially useful for production servers
JSP tag libraries and standard portable tags
For information about creating JSP files, see Sun Microsystem's JavaServer Pages web site at http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/index.html.
For information about Java Beans, see Sun Microsystem's JavaBeans web page at http://java.sun.com/beans/index.html.
This section describes how to use JavaServer Pages (JSP files) as page templates in an Enterprise Server web application. This section contains the following topics:
Enterprise Server supports tag libraries and standard portable tags. For more information, see the JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL) page at http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/jstl/index.jsp.
Web applications don't need to bundle copies of the jsf-impl.jar or appserv-jstl.jar JSP tag libraries (in as-install/lib) to use JavaServerTM Faces technology or JSTL, respectively. These tag libraries are automatically available to all web applications.
However, the as-install/lib/appserv-tags.jar tag library for JSP caching is not automatically available to web applications. See JSP Caching, next.
JSP caching lets you cache tag invocation results within the Java engine. Each can be cached using different cache criteria. For example, suppose you have invocations to view stock quotes, weather information, and so on. The stock quote result can be cached for 10 minutes, the weather report result for 30 minutes, and so on. JSP caching is described in the following topics:
For more information about response caching as it pertains to servlets, see Caching Servlet Results.
JSP caching is implemented by a tag library packaged into the as-install/lib/appserv-tags.jar file, which you can copy into the WEB-INF/lib directory of your web application. The appserv-tags.tld tag library descriptor file is in the META-INF directory of this JAR file.
Web applications that use this tag library without bundling it are not portable.
To allow all web applications to share this tag library, change the following elements in the domain.xml file. Change this:
<jvm-options> -Dcom.sun.enterprise.taglibs=appserv-jstl.jar,jsf-impl.jar </jvm-options>
to this:
<jvm-options> -Dcom.sun.enterprise.taglibs=appserv-jstl.jar,jsf-impl.jar,appserv-tags.jar </jvm-options>
and this:
<jvm-options> -Dcom.sun.enterprise.taglisteners=jsf-impl.jar </jvm-options>
to this:
<jvm-options> -Dcom.sun.enterprise.taglisteners=jsf-impl.jar,appserv-tags.jar </jvm-options>
For more information about the domain.xml file, see the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 Administration Reference.
Refer to these tags in JSP files as follows:
<%@ taglib prefix="prefix" uri="Sun ONE Application Server Tags" %>
Subsequently, the cache tags are available as <prefix:cache> and <prefix:flush>. For example, if your prefix is mypfx, the cache tags are available as <mypfx:cache> and <mypfx:flush>.
JSP caching is available in three different scopes: request, session, and application. The default is application. To use a cache in request scope, a web application must specify the com.sun.appserv.web.taglibs.cache.CacheRequestListener in its web.xml deployment descriptor, as follows:
<listener> <listener-class> com.sun.appserv.web.taglibs.cache.CacheRequestListener </listener-class> </listener>
Likewise, for a web application to utilize a cache in session scope, it must specify the com.sun.appserv.web.taglibs.cache.CacheSessionListener in its web.xml deployment descriptor, as follows:
<listener> <listener-class> com.sun.appserv.web.taglibs.cache.CacheSessionListener </listener-class> </listener>
To utilize a cache in application scope, a web application need not specify any listener. The com.sun.appserv.web.taglibs.cache.CacheContextListener is already specified in the appserv-tags.tld file.
The cache tag caches the body between the beginning and ending tags according to the attributes specified. The first time the tag is encountered, the body content is executed and cached. Each subsequent time it is run, the cached content is checked to see if it needs to be refreshed and if so, it is executed again, and the cached data is refreshed. Otherwise, the cached data is served.
The following table describes attributes for the cache tag.Table 8–2 The cache Attributes
(optional) The name used by the container to access the cached entry. The cache key is suffixed to the servlet path to generate a key to access the cached entry. If no key is specified, a number is generated according to the position of the tag in the page.
(optional) The time in seconds after which the body of the tag is executed and the cache is refreshed. By default, this value is interpreted in seconds. To specify a different unit of time, add a suffix to the timeout value as follows: s for seconds, m for minutes, h for hours, d for days. For example, 2h specifies two hours.
(optional) If set to true, the body content is executed and served as if there were no cache tag. This offers a way to programmatically decide whether the cached response is sent or whether the body has to be executed, though the response is not cached.
(optional) If set to true, the body content is executed and the response is cached again. This lets you programmatically refresh the cache immediately regardless of the timeout setting.
(optional) The scope of the cache. Can be request, session, or application. See Caching Scope.
The following example represents a cached JSP file:
<%@ taglib prefix="mypfx" uri="Sun ONE Application Server Tags" %> <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %> <mypfx:cache key="${sessionScope.loginId}" nocache="${param.nocache}" refresh="${param.refresh}" timeout="10m"> <c:choose> <c:when test="${param.page == 'frontPage'}"> <%-- get headlines from database --%> </c:when> <c:otherwise> ... </c:otherwise> </c:choose> </mypfx:cache> <mypfx:cache timeout="1h"> <h2> Local News </h2> <%-- get the headline news and cache them --%> </mypfx:cache>
Forces the cache to be flushed. If a key is specified, only the entry with that key is flushed. If no key is specified, the entire cache is flushed.
The following table describes attributes for the flush tag.Table 8–3 The flush Attributes
(optional) The name used by the container to access the cached entry. The cache key is suffixed to the servlet path to generate a key to access the cached entry. If no key is specified, a number is generated according to the position of the tag in the page.
(optional) The scope of the cache. Can be request, session, or application. See Caching Scope.
To flush the entry with key="foobar":
<mypfx:flush key="foobar"/>
To flush the entire cache:
<c:if test="${empty sessionScope.clearCache}"> <mypfx:flush /> </c:if>
Enterprise Server provides the following ways of compiling JSP 2.1 compliant source files into servlets:
JSP files are automatically compiled at runtime.
The asadmin deploy command has a precompilejsp option. For details, see the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 Reference Manual.
The sun-appserv-jspc Ant task allows you to precompile JSP files; see The sun-appserv-jspc Task.
The jspc command line tool allows you to precompile JSP files at the command line. For details, see the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 Reference Manual.