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Wrestler tough on grades, too — Pane 6 Amherst News-Time : o r c — .. i r r, : -, J C 3? < a -* ■- rfi i. o Wednesday, December 27, 2000 Amherst, Ohio Mom gives her son gift 1 of life...a second time I by JASON TOMASZEWSKI News-Times reporter Ten years ago Matthew Hewitt received the gift of life from his mother, Nancy, for the first time. On Dec. 13, Nancy gave her son a second chance at life. Matthew required a kidney transplant to avoid going through the grueling procedure of kidney dialysis. His mother was happy to give him hers. "I was a tissue match for Matthew, so the decision was easy," she said. Matthew's troubles with his kidneys began before he was bom. During the 27th week of her pregnancy, Nancy went for a routine ultrasound. The staff conducting the ultrasound noticed that litde Matthew's kidneys were enlarged. They concluded that both renal tubes were blocked, causing urine to back into the kidneys. Matthew was delivered by cesariari section and was immediately taken into emergency surgery to insert drain tubes into both kidneys. At two years of age Matthew had one of his kidneys removed because it had failed. His other kidney was operating at 17 percent capacity. He was not required to go on dialysis because he was so small, but as he grew, his own body added strain to his one kidney. "We knew that dialysis was an inevitability," his mother explained. "We knew that a transplant would be the only way to keep him off of dialysis." Nancy knew that she was a tissue match for Matthew, however, she was still required to go through a very thorough screening process. "Fifty percent of tissue matches do make it through the screening process," she explained. "If I didn't make it through then Matthew would have had to go on a waiting list" The Hewitts would have had to wait three years on the list Luckily for Matthew, his mother passed the tests and the operation was given a green light. After several weeks of prepatory work both Nancy and her son Matthew made the trip to the main branch of the Cleveland Clinic. Nancy Hewitt went into surgery roughly three hours before Matthew. "They wanted to have everything ready when they brought Matthew in," she explained. "They didn't want the kidney out too long before giving it to him." CONTINUED on page 3 Matthew Hewitt and his mother Nancy share a hug in front of the family Christmas tree. Nancy gave Matthew her kidney in order to keep him off dialysis. yvill you keep your New Year's resolution? by JASON TOMASZEWSKI News-Times reporter As the year winds down, the best- of-2000 lists and the year in review shows appear on television. It as though television producers earmark the last few weeks in De- ' cember for shows that tells us what -we already know. However, there is one end-of- December tradition that ignores what we did in the past year and focuses on what we will do in the coming year to make an improvement in our lives. It is time to start thinking about New Year's resolutions. The tradition of making New Year's resolutions began centuries ago in Belgium during the festival of Nieuwjaarsdag. Weeks before New Year's Day Belgian children save their money to purchase decorative paper. On this special parchment the youngsters write New Year's wishes to their parents and godparents. The children practice writing these wishes until they can be written wfth no They then decorate the papers with ribbons and various other ornaments. Through the whole process the papers are hidden from the parents. On the first day of the New Year each child reads aloud his.or her paper to the assembled family. The children not only express wishes for a happy New Year, but also make promises for better behavior for the next 12 months. *JL ".","**^J*' It is believed that this practice has evolved into the current custom of making New Year's resolutions. Typical resolutions include such self promises such as losing weight, quitting smoking, and treating people better. Again the people of Amherst have proved that they represent a very interesting cross section of America. There were very few Amherstonians who gave "typical" answers to the question, "What is your New Year's resolution?" Mayor John Higgins was quick with his response to the question. "I want to do as much good as possible in the next year," Higgins stated. He then added, "And I want to help as many people as possible." Ariel Torres of the Olde Towne Barber Shop had a resolution that is specific to his business. "I resolve to get my barber's pole up," stated Torres. "I've been putting it off for months." Some Amherst residents were clever when coming up with their CONTINUED on page 3 Moody's rating is good deal for levy by PAUL MORTON News-Times reporter Amherst school board members received a couple of early Christmas presents that will keep on giving to the schools and residents. At the board's Dec. 18 meeting, school treasurer Sa- lah Elhindy announced he had received word that Moody's had given the Amherst schools its highest rating for school notes. The high rating will likely mean a favorable rate on a note the schools will issue next month in anticipation of collecting tax receipts for the bond issue passed by voters Nov. 7. Moody's rates governmental bodies and corporations so investors have an idea of how much risk is involved in purchasing notes or bonds issued by those entities. A higher rating means lower risk of losing money on the investment, which translates into a lower interest rate. "Moody's rated us at Mag 1," Elhindy said. "That's the highest rating they give for any public entity." The Mag 1 rating applies only to the note which Elhindy said would be sold in January lo provide funds for the new junior high school until the bonds can be sold. He said the schools' bond counsel is currently working on a report which Moody's will use to rate the hoed CONTINUED on nana 3 Pastime turns serious on the ice by JASON TOMASZEWSKI News-Times reporter With the wintery months here and the gridiron season winding down, sports fans are turning their attention to indoor games. For some that's basketball; for others it signals time to strap on the skates, grab a stick and look for a one timer. Hockey has gradually become a popular sport in America, and Amherst is no different. However, there are no local teams or leagues for kids to participate in. That has not deterred one local ten from playing the game that he loves. Matt Farachman has been traveling to Lakewood for the past seven years to play hockey in the Cleveland Suburban Hockey League. "I've always loved the game," stated Farschman. "I just really like playing." Farschman, a sophomore at Marion L. Steele High School, said he first got interested in hockey when he was in elementary school. "I would watch the games on TV and thought it was cool," stated Farschman. "But I was in karate at the time and my parents wouldn't let be do both at the same time. I kept bugging them, but they made me wait until I was finished with karate." Once karate was over for Farschman, he couldn't wait to get on the 'ice. His <_eteni____tion and love for the game is evident ia the obstacles he must overcome just to practice. "We practice about three times a week," staled Farschman. "So I have to go all the way out to Lakewood about three times a week." There is also a big expense. "You have to pay $600 just io get into the league." explained Farschman. "Then you have to pay lor uniforms, equipment, and toun-unent fees." The Cleveland Subuttan Hockey League is under the auspices of USA Hockey, which holds a na- every year. Last "If you win your league you go on to Mates," explained Parte hftian, "From there if you win, you get to play at nationals. I've never played there." While he may never have played at nationals. F_i_c*man did take advantage ot the cf>portunity to show what he can do at Itatt Farschirwn starting to come together now," slated Farachman of his 5-2-1 team. "Alotoftheludsthatptayfatheir high schools are joining those teams so we are starting to see what our teen is made of. Tbe chemistry is staled that he would like to continue into college. "In USA Hockey the age -unit is pretty high," explained F_fichman. "So I definitely would like to play while I'm in college." Farachman also staled that he might give ike vanity team a try. "Either way I just want to play." one level away from ptayi-g at the level "I scored four goals in three games at states last year." staled "Hat was one of my m -'■ * - - ** a pnynf gwu^l ______\ ______ _■___■ *_l ies» cojaU te to a soafenn to aaate a return trip to i he is disap- _'t have a hockey program. "I would Hke to ptay (f Amhent ted a Mm," be added. "But twain ttey dent 1 ant to play for USA Wteanfcedl When te is not on the ice, I ___ch- would Hke to man enjoys playing teantett. and d a team." te doing all the typical things a high tteydon'tleet adnokr tens to da BM when the teg_Mtotallyoacaabeta_at Ma-tF-rtctet-n-iahar- City, twp. make pact on 3-year fire deal Residents of Amherst Township can sleep easier on New Year's Eve. The city of Amherst last week passed an ordinance extending the existing fire contract with the township an additional three years. The old fire contract was set to expire after Dec. 31, leaving the township without primary fire protection. Negotiations between the city and the township ran into some difficulties due largely to the problems surrounding a Joint Economic District (JED), and the fact that the city had lost $40,000 providing the service in the last year. While the ordinance has been passed by city council, and the law department is drafting the contract there is still a chance that the city will not provide tbe township with fire protection. The contract has an escape clause. If either party so desires, they could terminate the contract anytime during the first 30 days. However, that is unlikely because Amherst Township would be left without fire protection. Amherst mayor John Higgins was optimistic about the passage. "Because of the continuity of interests, we would try to negotiate a contract ratter than go head to head with then (the township)." The co-uract antes provisions for ihe money that was being tost by the city aoc-ri- ing to fire chief Ralph Zikk. 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Surviving the Pressure of the Superpowers: An Analysis of Turkish Neutrality during the Second World War
The Second World War years indisputably constitute one of the most important periods of modern Turkish history. Yet, it is perhaps amongst those topics on which there is not a satisfactory amount of academic work available. This is an article prepared with the objective of shedding light on some of the issues not adequately explored before. The diplomatic maneuvers pursued by the then Inonu Administration to avoid the pressure from the Great Power to join the War have been analyzed in detail. Moreover, some regard has also been given to the Turkish domestic politics of that era. Such issues as the pro-German stance of various senior Turkish politicians of the time, the oppression of some ethnic minorities in pursuit of the so-called Turkification policies and German support to the growth of pan-Turkist movements have also been examined. The article concludes with a commentary on how the Turkish policy of neutrality in the 1940s triggered a chain of events that revived Greco-Turkish hostilities and led to Turkish membership of NATO.
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Health Care Delivery Committee
Health Care Delivery Committee
Jane Knapp, MD (2014)
Children's Mercy Hospital
2401 Gillham Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: (816) 234-3689
Health Care Delivery Committee Goals
The Health Care Delivery Committee aims to identify effective strategies to care for all children, with a particular focus on vulnerable children. The 5 goals of the Committee are:
- To promote the use of and expand the evidence base for health care delivery for children.
- To promote the care of children in the context of families and communities.
- To teach the next generation how to implement effective health care delivery strategies for (at the individual and population level and with attention to systems of care).
- To identify emerging opportunities and challenges to improve the delivery of health care for vulnerable children (e.g., growth of interdisciplinary teams, use of information technologies).
- To promote scholarship with regard to promoting effective strategies to care for children.
CMS Innovation Center Grantees to Present at the PAS Health Care Delivery Committee Meeting
Mark your calendars for a very special Health Care Delivery Committee meeting Sunday May 5 from 11:00 - 12:30 at the Renaissance Washington Hotel room MR-4.
All are invited and we look forward to having you join us.
Children's Health Care Delivery Transformation.
At this year's PAS meeting, the Health Care Delivery (HCD) Committee challenges APA members to think about how pediatric health care can (and should) be transformed in the future. This year's Committee meeting will begin with an overview of a new federal investment in pediatric health care delivery and conclude with brief presentations from selected APA Special Interest Groups that will describe their vision of the future of pediatric health care in the U.S. This year's HCD meeting will explore and help plan the future agenda for the committee.
Federal Investment in Children's Health Care Transformation
The CMS Innovation Center was created as part of the Affordable Care Act to test innovative payment and service delivery models to reduce health care costs while preserving or enhancing the quality of care furnished. Last spring the Innovation Center announced funding for 107 Health Care Innovation Awards. The goal of this program was to identify and test innovative service delivery and payment models to: improve health and healthcare, improve cost efficiency of CMS programs, and rapidly train or deploy a new workforce. Approximately 10 percent of these awards exclusively serve children and another subset of awards serve both adults and children.
Ellen-Marie Whelan NP, PhD, Senior Advisor at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been invited to provide a brief overview of the Health Care Innovation Awards and CMMI's pediatric portfolio. Andrew Hertz, MD (Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital) and Kelly Kelleher, MD (Nationwide Children's Hospital) will each present a brief overview of their projects, funded by the CMS Innovation Center.
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS RAINBOW BABIES & CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - Andrew Hertz
Project Title: "Transforming pediatric ambulatory care: the physician extension team"
Summary: University Hospitals (UH) Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital at UH Case Medical Center is receiving an award to improve care for approximately 65,000 children with Medicaid with high rates of emergency room (ER) visits, complex chronic conditions, and significant behavioral health problems in several counties across northeastern Ohio. The intervention will offer health care advice, referrals, and care coordination services through telehealth and home nurse hotlines; provide practice-tailored facilitation for primary care providers; and provide financial incentives to primary care physicians who reach quality performance targets, agree to offer extended hours, and make themselves available to treat these vulnerable children. Over 50 nurses, care coordinators and other health professionals will be hired and/or retrained to implement the model. The result should be better health care, with fewer avoidable ER visits, hospitalizations and lower cost- with an expected savings of over $13 million over three years.
THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - Kelly Kelleher
Project Title: "Partners for Kids Expansion"
Summary: The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, in partnership with Akron Children's Hospital and its integrated physician group, is receiving an award to expand its Partners for Kids (PFK) program in Ohio, serving over 492,000 Medicaid children enrollees and 25,000 children with disabilities (the most costly pediatric population). PFK, the largest and oldest exclusively pediatric ACO, will enhance provider incentives and improve access for high risk rural and urban underserved populations through comprehensive medical home-based services, innovative care management with distributed technology and the rapid deployment of an expanded health care workforce focusing on behavioral health, complex care, and high risk pregnancy.
Special Interest Group presentations and discussion:
Several APA Special Interest Groups have been invited to send representatives to make short presentations in preparation for the formation of a Task Force to address the future agenda/focus for the HCD Committee. SIG representatives will describe the role their SIG will play in a transformed health care system.
Jane Knapp
Health Care Delivery Committee Chair
Past Meetings
Join us in Boston at PAS on Saturday April 28th, 2012
topic symposium Health Care Delivery: Transforming Our System from Fragmentation to Integration
Speakers:Thomas Klitzner from Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, Doug Thompson from Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Charles Macias from Texas Children's Hospital, Houston and Richard Antonelli from Boston Children's Hospital.
The session will address models for successful health care delivery and using integration to deliver accountable care.
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Nicholls (0-0)
@17 Oregon St. (9-3)
Saturday, December 01
Reser Stadium
Attendance: 32,427
17 Oregon St.
Corvallis, OR (Sports Network) - Storm Woods had two first quarter touchdowns and Cody Vaz threw three touchdown passes as No. 16 Oregon State destroyed Nicholls State, 77-3.
Vaz passed for 190 yards on 14-of-17 attempts while Sean Mannion added 231 yards and two scores on 20-of-23 passes for the Beavers (9-3), who were coming off a 48-24 loss to Oregon in the Civil War last week.
Markus Wheaton had 12 catches for 123 yards and a touchdown and also had a rushing touchdown in the win.
"There was the big question of if we were going to be ready to play coming off of the disappointment of losing the Civil War and not having played very well," said Oregon State head coach Mike Riley. "I thought that the kids came back and followed the lead of the coaches who prepared them. That was a good week of work and I am really proud of them for doing that."
Landry Klann passed for 164 yards with two interceptions on 19-of-32 attempts for the Colonels (1-10), who dropped their final eight games of the season after their only win on Sept. 22 against Evangel.
"My goal was to have some things to build on from a game like this," said Nicholls State head coach Charlie Stubbs. "I knew the matchups at some positions were going to be terrible for us."
This contest was supposed to be the season opener for both teams on Sept. 1, but it had to be rescheduled due to Hurricane Isaac.
Oregon State led this game from the opening possession as the team went 72 yards in 10 plays and an 8-yard run into the end zone from Woods gave the team a 7-0 lead with 9:50 left in the first.
Following a short possession from Nicholls State, the Beavers again marched the length of the field for another touchdown. On the 12th play of the 91-yard drive, Woods got into the end zone from a yard out for a 14-0 lead with 55 seconds left in the first quarter.
Oregon State blew the game open in the second quarter with three more TDs, the first of which was a 10-yard run into the end zone by Wheaton with 11:09 to play.
A three-and-out from the Colonels saw Oregon State start the possession with the ball at its own 38 and Terron Ward capped the six-play drive with a 15- yard run for a 28-0 lead with 7:40 left in the half.
Wheaton's 2-yard touchdown catch from Vaz with 1:14 left until halftime gave Oregon State a 35-0 lead at the break.
Things didn't get better for Nicholls State after halftime as Klann was picked off on the first snap, and Oregon State turned that into seven more points on a 4-yard TD catch by Richard Mullaney from Mannion.
Kevin Cummings caught a 22-yard score from Mannion later in the third while Nicholls State countered with its first points of the game on a 26-yard field goal by Andrew Dolan with 2:40 left in the third.
Obum Gwacham caught a 7-yard score from Vaz on the first play of the fourth quarter and Jordan Jennings had a 20-yard TD catch from Vaz later in the final quarter.
Nicholls State fumbled on the ensuing kickoff and Malcolm Agnew carried the ball into the end zone from 11 yards out with seven minutes to play.
Michael Balfour had a 4-yard score after another Nicholls State turnover to cap the scoring in the game.
Scoring Summary
9:50 1st (0-7)
Touchdown -8-yard run by Storm Woods. (Trevor Romaine extra point is good)
0:55 1st (0-14)
Touchdown -1-yard run by Storm Woods. (Trevor Romaine extra point is good)
1st Quarter
11:09 2nd (0-21)
Touchdown -10-yard run by Markus Wheaton. (Trevor Romaine extra point is good)
7:40 2nd (0-28)
Touchdown -15-yard run by Terron Ward. (Trevor Romaine extra point is good)
1:14 2nd (0-35)
Touchdown -2-yard pass from Cody Vaz to Markus Wheaton. (Trevor Romaine extra point is good)
2nd Quarter
12:49 3rd (0-42)
Touchdown -4-yard pass from Sean Mannion to Richard Mullaney. (Trevor Romaine extra point is good)
9:02 3rd (0-49)
Touchdown -22-yard pass from Sean Mannion to Kevin Cummings. (Trevor Romaine extra point is good)
2:40 3rd (3-49)
Field-goal -26-yarder by Andrew Dolan.
3rd Quarter
14:55 4th (3-56)
Touchdown -7-yard pass from Cody Vaz to Obum Gwacham. (Trevor Romaine extra point is good)
9:17 4th (3-63)
Touchdown -20-yard pass from Cody Vaz to Jordan Jenkins. (Trevor Romaine extra point is good)
7:00 4th (3-70)
Touchdown -11-yard run by Malcolm Agnew. (Trevor Romaine extra point is good)
4:19 4th (3-77)
Touchdown -4-yard run by Michael Balfour. (Trevor Romaine extra point is good)
4th Quarter
Jack Folliard
Jerry Meyerhoff
Head Linesman:
Dan Antonietti
Line Judge:
Steven Kovac
Side Judge:
Ryan Dickson
Back Judge:
John Jenkins
Field Judge:
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You can change the meta tags scheme to test for any other page and give it a special value. For example, changed to add in a "List of site members." meta description for memberlist.php pages:
<IF {TID} contains displaylinks> <meta http-equiv="description" content="{CATDESCRIPTIONSTRIPPED}" /> <OTHERWISE IF {CURRENTURLCONTAINS[action=detail]}> <meta http-equiv="description" content="{ARTICLEDESCRIPTIONSTRIPPED}" /> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="{ARTICLETAGSSTRIPPED}" /> <OTHERWISE IF {CURRENTURLCONTAINS[memberlist.php]}> <meta http-equiv="description" content="List of site members." /> <OTHERWISE> <meta http-equiv="description" content="{SITEDESCRIPTION}" /> </IF>
If you want to set keywords for categories by editing the category, just go to Admin -> Customizations -> Add Fields and add a 'keywords' category field. Then add <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="{CATKEYWORDS}" /> to the meta tag scheme in the category section.
To change page titles or set titles for new pages, go to Admin Panel -> Customizations -> Page Titles.
For the rest of the SEO options, just click the help icons next to them on the SEO settings page.
Understanding Templates
As already mentioned, at Admin Panel -> Templates -> Manage Templates you can change all of the output which is sent to visitors' browsers. You can customize these templates through the internal editor, or via your favorite HTML editor such as Dreamweaver if you prefer (but if you use a WYSIWYG editor it'll hide things from you, so those aren't recommended).
Templates break up your normal HTML page into two parts. The HTML which you'll wish to have shown on every page is in the "wrapper" template, which consists of both a header and a footer with a <-- BODY GOES HERE --> marker in the middle where the rest of the page will be inserted as appropriate for the location. The wrapper is where most of your customizations are likely to take place. The body content is controlled by all the other non-wrapper templates listed on your templates page. Bits which are used in a bunch of different templates are listed as subtemplates.
Templates are much like HTML pages and accept all HTML, but also have special template variables, controlling comments, template conditionals and includes. The template variables look like {VARNAME} and are replaced with the appropriate value at display time. For example, {ARTICLETITLE} is listed in templates to stand in for all possible listing titles... at display time the title for the particular listing being displayed is placed there. The controlling comments look like <!-- BEGIN AREA --> and <!-- END AREA --> (be sure you don't delete these). The content between the beginning and ending comments gets repeated a to-be-determined number of times – for example, <!-- BEGIN REGULAR --> in the 'show listings in category' template indicates the area which has all the HTML which will be shown for each listing, since all listings look the same.
Since there are numerous places where listings are shown which may as well look the same, your 'display listings' template contains [INSERTFILE=linkbit] – this tells the software to insert everything from the listing bit template (linkbit.tpl) here. The listing bit is listed in your "sub-templates" section, being called by several different templates in this way. For places that show listings in a tabular format (the member home area, subscriptions and new listings page) there's the Article Columns Bit and Article Tabular Bit subtemplates which you can use to change the look of all those spots at once.
Custom fields which you add also get their HTML for the add/edit pages inserted into the subtemplates in the 'Custom Templates' section, which are called into the actual add/edit templates with [INSERTFILE=]. You can do [INSERTFILE=]s with your own custom templates also if you wish, wherever you like -- create custom templates at the bottom of the manage templates page and use [INSERTFILE=yourcustomtemplatename] to call them in. This will help you keep your customizations separated from the standard design and easy for you to find, instead of having to search through a long template each time to figure out which part you customized.
Tip: Although there are lots of templates, most people only want to customize up to 6 templates: wrapper, main index, show listings in category, listing details, standard listing bit and submit listing. These few templates control the most important places people navigate through on your site.
Sometimes there are reasons why two listings should show different bits of HTML from each other, and this is where template conditionals come in. For example, suppose we want to make listings with more than 200 views stand out. We do this by testing for the value of the applicable template variable:
<IF {ARTICLEHITS} is greater than 200>
<blink>This is a super-popular listing!</blink>
Just a plain old listing.
To add dynamic data into your templates, go to Admin Panel -> Templates -> Toplist Generator more about toplists).
You can read more about template conditionals, and get a list of template variables, to learn how to make them show what you want to show. There are many template variables available which aren't in the templates by default, so you'll need to reference the lists to learn the possibilities open to you.
Adding Styles and Templates
Most people will only use one look for their site. If you don't want a user-customizable look, skip this section. Sometimes, however, you may want to have multiple looks and let visitors choose.
Creating new stylesheets and template sets to give your visitors a choice is easy. Just go to Admin Panel -> Templates -> Manage Templates -> "Create a new stylesheet called" and type in the name of the new stylesheet you want to make. It'll appear in the styles list at the top of the page for editing. The images for it will be in templates/images_yourstylename.
For a new template set, copy templates/default or templates/multilingual (whichever exists, depending on whether you did an english or multilingual install) to a new name. It will automatically become available. If you don't want the template set to be seen by non-admins yet, put adminonly in the name (for example, mygreatadminonlytemplates).
To make it easier for visitors to switch between styles and templates (normally they have to edit their profile to switch), you can turn on the style selector and templates selector in your switches (Admin Panel -> Settings -> Switches). The selectors will only show up when you have multiple templates/styles available, so no space is wasted when you only have one option.
You can also add a packaged theme through the theme installer, or create one with the theme packager.
Multilingual Matters
To translate WSN Knowledge Base to another language, just go to Admin Panel -> Customizations -> Language and begin translating all the items (presuming you've done a multilingual install).
Using multiple languages at once is slightly more complicated. At Admin Panel -> Settings -> Switches you can turn on the language selector to allow visitors to choose a language, but you still have the issue of the listings and categories being in the language you (or others) submitted them in. You'll need to add new fields to handle the alternate language text. Go to Admin Panel -> Customizations -> Add Fields and add listing fields named languagenametitle and languagenamedescription, where languagename is replaced with the name of the language. For any languages you don't create special fields for, the regular fields (title, description, etc) will be used -- so you shouldn't create extra fields for your default language, only for your 2nd 3rd 4th etc languages. For a Spanish title you'll use spanishtitle and the Spanish description field will be spanishdescription. For French it'd be frenchtitle and frenchdescription. The values of these fields will be automatically displayed in place of the normal {ARTICLETITLE}, {ARTICLEDESCRIPTION} etc when their language is selected by the viewer. You can do the same thing with category fields by create spanishname, spanishdescription, frenchname, frenchdescription. If there are more fields you want to handle in multiple languages, follow the same pattern -- it'll work with custom fields you add as well.
Some images may have text written in them, so you may want to have different images depending on the language being used. You can accomplish this by making a copy of templates/images_default named /templates/images_languagename, where languagename is the lowercase name of the language. If you have a language at /languages/italian.lng, the images would go at templates/images_italian.
If you make use of the tagging system, you'll want to enable some extra characters for your language beyond the alphanumeric ones it accepts by default. You can do this by specifying $keepchars in tweaks.php.
WSN Knowledge Base allows you to do two sorts of sponsorship. You can have people pay to promote their listings to a special listing type (or to submit any listing at all) or you can have them pay to promote their account to a special usergroup (whose submissions you may in turn choose to have automatically promoted to a special listing type if you wish) or to register at all.
Payments can be handled through PayPal, 2checkout or NoChex. Before you get started configuring the sponsorship options you need to set up instant payment notification (IPN) or a product with your payment processor. For PayPal, login to your PayPal account and click "Profile" in the "My Account" area. Under "Selling Preferences" on the resulting screen, select "Instant Payment Notification Preferences" and set IPN to use http://yourinstallpath/paypal.php in your main WSN Knowledge Base directory. If you're using 2checkout, you can set the approved url to http://yourinstallpath/2checkout.php when setting up your product. NoChex needs to use http://yourinstallpath/nochex.php.
See the knowledge base for more on listing type promotion and usergroup promotion sponsorship.
The Administration Panel
Your admin panel has two modes: simplified and advanced. Switch between them by clicking the options on the top left in the menu panel. The simplified mode strips things down to the menu items you're likely to want to use, while the advanced mode shows all your options. Use simplified when you're feeling overwhealmed.
Various items in your admin panel have icons next to them that look like a question mark in a circle. Click these icons to read an article about the feature the spot relates to.
The top section of the menu on the left side of your admin panel is "Common Tasks". This is where you can store the pages of your admin panel which you use the most. On any page you'll see an "add to common tasks" link at the top which you can click to add it to this top section. Once added, the page will contain a removal link. Also note that you can click the title of any section (group of menu items) to collapse the section, saving space if you rarely use those options. Just click the title again to reexpand.
The next section is "Additions", which has everything related to adding items to your site. "Pending Validation" lists submissions which are awaiting your approval. "Add New Items" offers you the chance to add categories, members and listings. "Import" offers ways of importing large amounts of listing and category data into your site (flatfile, XML).
Next up is the "Find and Edit" section, where you can go to search and modify. "Bulk Edit Categories" provides a convenient way to change a lot of categories at once, while "Bulk Edit Topics" and "Bulk Edit Feeds" do the same for listings and RSS feeds. The "Search Items" option allows you to do complex searches to locate items which you can then edit. It also offers quick links to view hidden items, deleted items and items whose effective date has not yet been reached.
The "Revenue" section contains everything that makes you money -- sponsorship and ads. You can enter ad code, set up sponsorship levels, review payments, or enter a payment recieved offline.
The "Settings" section contains most of the hundreds of options at your disposal for changing how WSN Knowledge Base works. "System Configuration" has basic site and server details and allows turning the site off for maintenance. It's also where you supply your customer email and password. The switches page, as already described, turns features (whole categories of options in many cases) on and off and thus has an impact on which settings you'll see available elsewhere. The localization settings help you make everything fit with the conventions of the country you live in. "General" lists settings which don't seem to fit well under all the other labels below. The type manager helps you set up different types of listings with a special look for each, and also lets you choose which type of listing should appear above or below which other types.
The "Members" menu contains everything related to member accounts, registration, management and permissions. The settings option at the top (apologies for having settings which aren't in settings) contains member settings such as registration type, banned IPs and the terms of service. The registration defaults allow you to set how a member's profile should be configured if they don't select otherwise. "Manage Usergroups" is one of your most important sections, where you control which usergroups can take advantage of which features -- note that guests are considered a usergroup as well, besides members and administrators. "Administrator Permissions" allows you to limit what any other admins you've created can see. The remaining options are rarely used... "Merge Members" combines two member accounts into one, "Duplicate Members" finds people who have two accounts, moderator logs and notes help you and your team of editors keep track of things, "Show Banned" lists the members you've banned, and "Search IPs" allows you to find what members have an IP or what IPs a member has. "Member Ranks" are little titles along the lines of "novice" and "junior member" which you often find on categories. Finally we have the integration page, which is useful if you have a pre-existing member system from another script which you'd like to have WSN Knowledge Base use. You can select amongst pre-made integrations or create a new one with the wizard.
In the "Templates" section we find options relating to your templates, starting with a few basic settings. The color wizard allows rapid color changes, while "Manage Templates" offers complete control of your templates and styles. The toplist generator helps you create lists of items to place in your templates. Be sure not to leave the "Type the content of what you want displayed" box at the bottom blank – you need to fill it in with HTML and template variables to describe how you want the list shown. For example for a toplist of posts you might type At {COMMENTDATE} {COMMENTPOSTERNAME} wrote: <br />{COMMENTMESSAGE}</a> there for a simple list. The theme packager and installer allow you to create/use themes which can include templates, styles, language and fields.
Next we come to the customizations section. The language page allows you to translate, or just to rephrase various items to be more personalized to your site. "Page Titles" lets you set custom titles for any page of your site, including custom pages. Under "Add Fields" you can create new items to prompt for on submissions. The WSN Codes and Smilies pages let you create and customize markup codes which can be used in whichever fields you select to parse WSN Codes and smilies for at the bottom of your Admin Panel -> Settings -> General page. Finally, the modifications page allows you to generate/apply changes to WSN Knowledge Base source code in cases where the modifications directory and plugins aren't sufficient.
The e-mail section begins with the preferences page which allows you to configure various sorts of notification emails, turn MIME (HTML) email on or off, and set a signature to be automatically appended to emails. Next you have the chance to edit the text of outgoing emails (note that if you're using multiple languages you're only editing it for your presently selected language). The bounce detector allows you to avoid repeatedly sending mail to addresses which have died. The "Send E-mails" page allows you to send bulk messages. You can bulk-email listing submitters and include listing template variables, perhaps telling people to sponsor their listing or the like. You can also bulk-email your registered members and include member template variables. Note that if you're sending to thousands of recipients it will take some time after sending for the e-mail queue to process them all (and your site must be live – the queue only processes when people load pages). Also note that members who select in their profile to not receive emails from the administration won't get your bulk messages.
The help section (visible only when help is switched on) allows you to add help items and categories. This way your visitors have a reference to turn to in order to learn about your site and your expectations for them.
The maintenance section is where you go when something has gone wrong or you want to prepare in advance. We have the database backup options, where you can download a mysql backup, set automated backups or restore a backup. These options are no different from mysql's own backup options, and in fact simply call mysqldump via command line. Note that these backup options might not work in safe mode or on Windows hosts – if it doesn't work for you, you can just use phpmyadmin for backups instead and it makes no difference. Moving along, we have the "Regenerate" page. It's most commonly necessary to regenerate after moving categories around. These are the times when it's useful: when your site is listing the wrong number of listings in a category, when an listing lists the wrong number of comments, when url rewriting is on and a subcategory has become a dead link (due to some combination of moving and renaming leaving an outdated url), when the number of listings or comments attributed to a member is off, and when the totals on your front page are off. "Unused Attachments" allows you to reclaim some disk space from files that are no longer needed. The CHMOD utility is almost never needed, but if you've got some files which have been generated by the script such that you can't CHMOD them via FTP you will be able to use this utility to do it.
The final section, cleverly dubbed "Miscellaneous," contains rarely used uncategorized options. The stats page gives you a basic idea of your site's recent activity. The search log shows what people have been searching for. The crons page allows experts to set timed scripts (ignore if not an expert). The advanced options page is useful for bulk alterations, especially replacing one bit of text with another across all templates or language. The censor/replace page can be used as a swear filter or even as an advertising tool to link keywords to sponsors. The "Manage Redirects" page controls what page people are sent to after they take various actions like submitting an listing or editing their profile. The javascript export page allows you to generate javascript files showing the top items from your site, for use on pages outside of WSN Knowledge Base. The static generation page allows you to make a static copy of any any desired URL (needn't be part of the script) and automatically keeps it fresh every 12 hours.
Notes For Big and Busy Websites
If your website is exceptionally popular or has an exeptional number of categories/listings, be sure to read the KB's tips on handling large sites.
Strategies For Large Scale Deployment
If you're planning to deploy dozens of copies of WSN Knowledge Base, you will of course be looking for ways to make each deployment go as quickly as possible. The autoinstaller makes installs quick and easy, and as of the 7.0 series sites keep themselves up to date by default -- so you won't have to waste time running upgrades or risk missing security updates.
If the sites you're making should all look very similar to each other and/or share the same fields, you'll want to package a theme at Admin -> Templates -> Theme Packager. You can then install that theme (Admin -> Templates -> Theme Installer) at all subsequent sites you create. If category data should be shared you can use PHPMyAdmin to export the categories table data, then bulk-replace the table prefix with your text editor if necessary and import to the next install.
You don't need to, but sometimes you may want to build or test a site offline (for ease of development, testing upgrades before applying to the live site, or whatever). To do this you can install a web server using XAMPP.
Do not hide your site behind an .htaccess password prompt while testing! Doing so will prevent WSN from loading its own URLs, which it needs to do for various things ranging from geocoding to PAD updates to feed fetching and more.
To move from a localhost installation to a live server, see the moving procedure.
Private installations which aren't available over the internet don't require purchasing additional licenses, so you can do as many test directories as you want. If you want to test something on a full copy of your site, use the clone utility at Admin Panel -> Miscellaneous -> Clone Utility.
Using the Knowledge Base
The WSN Knowledge Base Knowledge Base provides detailed articles about most of the script's features and options, along with troubleshooting tips. You can find it at http://www.wsnkb.com/manual.
Getting Support
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well, i am currently in a small burg just south of the rockies called hinton, heading back to the lower mainland area, but in the meantime, i may as well as catch up on events:
after leaving the hotel sunday night, after having a lot of fun at the 'fur eh' convention, i woke up on monday and met up with two other fellow con goers, a nice gentleman and his daughter, we went together to explore the famous 'west edmonton mall', but not before walking their friendly dog 'tessa', we walked a few blocks, then went back to the hotel room to drop tessa off, and drove to the mall, and with the edmonton streets layout that it is, the vehicle gps system, gave a roundabout way to get there, we arrived at the parking lot near the bay store, entered and walked thru into the mall, there were many similar stores that one see`s in many other malls, that it was very possible to not know which one you were actually in, well... other than the cool things that did separate this mall from many others, among the attractions, were the pool with water slides and a wave machine activated at times, a big pirate ship, which was near the sea lion pool, which while on the way to, we saw a penguin walking in the mall (very cool), then there was the rope climbing center, which we all chose to not do, for it seems not very challenging in any of our eyes, and further in the mall was a mini golf course, which we also chose not to do, then we stopped at a restaurant for a snack, and afterwards we came by a putt-n-glow thing to do, and yes we for sure did that, a completely blacklight 18 hole mini golf course, everything had a very surreal look to it, very cool, though a few of the holes were just a bit too challenging, one had to get the ball up this square aztec like pyramid with the hole on top, just a bit too hard for us, but that did not stop the fun, a few photos were taken, very h.r. puff-n-stuff looking images, then when we were finished there, we went back to checking out the rest of the mall, and did come across the amusement park, with not one but two roller coaster rides, though we did not get on anything, for by that time (near 6) it was closing down for the day, but it all looks very cool, maybe next time i`m in town i may explore it again.
after that we left the mall, and headed back to their hotel room, and picked up tessa, and took her to a dog park, which was a fun long walk, and a few photos were taken with the metal bridge and sunset, then it was time to head back to the hotel, at which i was invited to go swimming in the pool, but by the time that all came about, the pool was closing in 15 minutes at 10p.m., well, at least i got wet for a bit, then they let me take a shower, and after saying bye, i left.
on tuesday i gassed up the van, checked tires, oil and water, hit a couple of thrift shops, and hit the road, and now here i am in hinton.
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In the last two decades UAVs, and before that space satellites and high-flying, long endurance recon aircraft (like the U-2 and SR-71), made it possible to find and identify key enemy personnel. But until armed UAVs came along a decade ago there was no way to quickly act on that information. Many opportunities to kill key enemy personnel were missed. Now, with Hellfire missiles (and several other similar weapons) on these UAVs, you can promptly kill what you find. Some pundits find this unsporting, morally indefensible or otherwise wrong. For military personnel risking their lives fighting a determined enemy, it's just another way to kill the enemy leadership before the enemy succeeds. That civilians are also killed is nothing new. During the allied invasion of France in 1944, the several months of fighting required to destroy the German armies in France also left 15,000 French civilians dead in the invasion area and more than that in the rest of France. The Germans did not normally try and hide among French civilians, while Islamic terrorists do. The Germans knew they would be attacked no matter where they were. Islamic terrorists do sometimes get away because of the risk of killing civilians. This attitude ignores the civilians who die because terrorists escape to keep killing. Thus in war you can avoid killing civilians but to do so at the cost of giving enemy personnel immunity just gets more people killed down the road.
The U.S. CIA UAV campaign against Islamic terrorists in Pakistan (mainly North Waziristan) has been very effective. Al Qaeda has been rendered impotent by all the losses to leadership and technical personnel (especially bomb builders). Because of this, in the last two years most of the UAV missile attacks were against Taliban and Haqqani Network leaders. The targets were located through various means, one of the most important being a network of informants on the ground, as well as the UAVs and satellites.
This "decapitation" tactic was successful in Iraq and earlier in Israel (where it was developed to deal with the Palestinian terror campaign that began in 2000). The Israelis were very successful with their decapitation program, which reduced Israeli civilian terrorist deaths from over 400 a year to less than ten. American troops have used similar tactics many times in the past (in World War II, 1960s Vietnam, the Philippines over a century ago, and in 18th century colonial America) but tend to forget after a generation or so. After the Palestinian terror offensive began in 2000, the Israelis developed decapitation tactics customized for use against Islamic terrorists. That was copied by the Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some critics say this approach motivates more Moslems to support terrorism. This ignores what media, and popular opinion in Moslem nations, has been like for the last few decades. The attitude has been very anti-West and pro-Islamic terrorism. That opinion only changes when the terrorists lose. That's because when the Islamic terrorists are under a lot of pressure they kill fewer Westerners and more Moslems. This is unpopular with Moslem civilians. These people know that Western tactics kill far fewer Moslems than those of Islamic terrorists.
Decades of strident anti-West ("they make war on Islam") propaganda makes anything the West does, even defending itself from attack, evil to Moslems. There is a failure to communicate here because many Moslems do believe that the September 11, 2001 attacks were all a CIA/Israeli plot and that Moslems are not attacking Western civilians. Yet, whenever Islamic terrorists succeed in attacking the West and killing lots of civilians there are open celebrations in Moslem countries. This happens even when there are Westerners around to witness it. But most media in the West refuses to deal with this quandary. It is indeed a major failure to communicate.


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This medicine is available in the form of tablets and must be taken orally in prescribed doses as mentioned by your doctor. DO NOT exceed the dose on your own. You can take the medicine with meals in order to avoid stomach upset.
Thioridazine should not be taken if you are hypersensitive to phenothiazines.
This medicine can cause severecentral nervous system (CNS) depression.
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Thioridazine augments central nervous system (CNS) depression and results in a host of cardiac and respiratory problems if taken with analgesics, alcohol, anesthetics, narcotics and hypnotics.
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Goal for the Life Night:
The goal for this night is to introduce the theme of the semester on the seven sacraments of the Church. This night will help teens understand why Christ gave us the sacraments and why they are vital to the Christian life. Finally, this night will clarify some of the common misconceptions about the sacraments.
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This night is an introduction to the semester on the sacraments. This night gives teens a brief overview of what a sacrament is and why each of the seven sacraments is necessary for the Christian life. The night begins with an empty ritual the teens will perform to be fully prepared to enter into the semester. The ritual will lead into a teaching on sacraments in general, the Church as giver and guardian of the sacraments and common misconceptions about the sacraments. Small groups will break open the teaching and lead into the Send. The Send will give the teens an opportunity to commit themselves to Christ, the sacraments and the semester. The night will end with a short time of worship and prayer.


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The St. Regis Bora Bora is the perfect amalgamation of five-star accommodations, world-class service, exhilarating activities and tantalizing meals. This 44-acre South Pacific paradise has views of Bora Bora and Mount Otemanu and is surrounded by powdery white sand beaches and a tranquil, crystal clear blue lagoon.
The all-suite resort has 30 bungalows and 70 over-water villas. The options include Spa Beach Villa, Over-Water Bungalows, Deluxe Over-Water Bungalows and Premier Over-Water Bungalows. Of the different villas at the resort, eight villas have terrace Jacuzzis, five are two-bedroom over-water villas with private swimming pools, and 11 one-bedroom villas and two two-bedroom villas are located on the beach. All of the villas and bungalows are large ranging in size from 1,550 square feet to the 13,000 square feet royal estate. All are equipped with plasma TVs, iPod adapters, DVD players and butler service. The décor is a luxurious combination of Balinese and Thai influences that fits the upscale but easy beach vibe perfectly.
My husband and I stayed in one of the Over-Water Bungalows and were extremely impressed with the large size of the villa and its luxurious décor. The bathroom is spacious to say the least, with a Jacuzzi bathtub, a beautiful separate stone shower and his and her sinks. The living room has a glass bottom where you can see tropical fish swimming at any time of the day or night. Our private patio was also impressive and spacious with room for entertaining several guests. There is a lower deck with two lounge chairs and end tables, and a covered upper deck for in-room dining (which I highly recommend!). The water under and around the bungalows is about 10 feet deep so it is safe and convenient to dive right off of your room into the beautiful turquoise water. Closet space was a bit tight but not a problem as the year-round balmy climate does not require many wardrobe changes.
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The resort boasts three restaurants including the Lagoon restaurant by noted chef Jean- Georges Vongerichten. Lagoon is located over water with completely unobstructed views of Mount Otemonu across the Bora Bora lagoon. There is an outside deck that is perfect for watching the sunset while sipping one of the tasty cocktails that are served. The menu is gourmet, emphasizes local seafood, and changes constantly. We dined at Lagoon twice and were impressed with everything that came out of the kitchen. The service was efficient and attentive, and our servers offered great recommendations. Lagoon also has a wonderful wine list.
Sushi Take is the first sushi restaurant in Bora Bora. The menu is traditional sushi prepared with freshly caught local seafood. There are only 20 tables at this restaurant so I strongly suggest making a reservation. Te Pahu serves breakfast, lunch and dinner in a spacious area that opens to the beach and private St. Regis Lagoon. The breakfast buffet is wonderful with fresh juices, fresh pastries, various meats and a chef to prepare eggs to your liking. Lunch and dinner are also very good with menus that are comprised of grilled fish and meats, sandwiches, vegetables and salads. Everything is seasoned to perfection with fresh herbs.
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There are numerous activities at the St. Regis. There are two pools and two swimming beaches where guests can check out kayaks, snorkel gear and canoes free of charge. Scuba diving, fishing, jet skiing and other activities can be arranged with the concierge. I strongly recommend the scuba diving with sharks just outside the reef entrance to Bora Bora, which guests can do without a certification. The myriad of fish, sting rays, reef and lemon sharks that occupy the reef are breathtaking and the water is warm and clear. While the idea of diving with numerous sharks may sound daunting, our instructor Ben quickly put us at ease with endless stories of his daily scuba diving and calm instructions. The St. Regis also has a complimentary grass tennis court and fitness center for guests who choose to stay on land.
The Spa Miri Miri is the perfect end to a day in the sun. It is located on its own private island in the lagoon with a small swim beach and deck for diving. Traditional and contemporary Tahitian treatments are offered including facials, waxing, body wraps, massages, manicures and pedicures. I recommend the relaxing massages, which are given by pleasant and capable therapists who will change pressure according to your desires. Be sure to make a reservation, as there are only seven treatment rooms and they fill up quickly.
The St. Regis Bora Bora is truly the trip of a lifetime. The beauty, elegance and luxury of the resort set a new standard in five-star accommodations while the scenery, smells and sounds of this spectacular vacation will be burned in my memory forever.
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How many of you have been approached at at networking function by someone and all you could think about is getting away from that person? I remember one such occasion where a guy selling vacation packages got into my personal space and really tried to sell me on the spot. Bad breath and all. I moved away and he moved closer. What do you think my first impression was? How many of you have made a similar mistake?
Ok, first lesson. Stay out of peoples personal space. This is easy to figure out. If the person keeps backing up you have entered their space. Respect that first.
Second you are not their to sell them something. You are there to build relationships with people who could possibly use your product or service or they may know someone who does.
So if that is the case then what should you be doing? Asking them questions about their business and get to know why they are there. When you have asked them enough about their business they will get curious about your business and ask you what they do. Now you can give them your elevator speech and if there is some mutual interest then you can suggest you have a coffee and learn more about each others business.
The biggest mistakes I see are people is they try to sell something before gaining any rapport whatsoever.
Network is about relationships and connection with others who have a strong desire to help others. When you show people that is what you are about you will find that people will go out of their way to help you.