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What do you do when someone says "yes?"
First of all, thank the person sincerely for his or her willingness to champion your library. Let your notables know that you value their generosity and their time. Celebrate! This is a great accomplishment for your Local Notables Committee and an exciting opportunity for your library. You are about to embark on a very special experience. Be very organized about the next phase of work because that will determine how smoothly the experience flows and whether or not you want to do this again. Here is a checklist of tasks that should not be overlooked:
- Confirm the date/time/place and length of time the local notable or celebrity is giving you.
- Confirm exactly what you are asking the local notable to do (speak on behalf of your library, meet funding decision-makers, pose for photos or videos, greet the public, etc.), and what your library will provide (transportation, publicity, food, etc.).
- Spell these details out carefully in writing. You will probably not need a formal contract. Usually, a Letter of Agreement that outlines the points below will suffice:
- Details of who, what, when and where
- The amount of time you're requesting the local notable or celebrity to give you
- The services you're requesting from that person
- Details of what he or she can expect from your library and its staff
- Use of the individual's name and image
- Compensation for expenses incurred (if applicable)
Once you have drafted that letter, send the person who has agreed to lend his or her valuable time and influence two (2) copies and a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you are using the US mail. Instruct the individual to sign one copy and return it to you, and keep the other copy. Click here for a sample Letter of Agreement (PDF) / Letter of Argeement (Word doc).
If you are requesting permission to use photos or video images, you will need a Photo Release Form. This is a short, simple form that spells out how and where his or her photos and videos may be used. If possible, keep the form general to allow your library as many opportunities to use the images as possible. Click here for a sample Photo Release Form (PDF) / Photo Release Form (Word doc).
- Develop a Press Release and Public Service Announcement (PSA). Send these to your local media outlets (newspaper, radio, TV) about three weeks in advance of an event. These give the media and the public advance information about your exciting partnership and announce your local notable or celebrity's advocacy event, if there will be one.
Click here for instructions and a template called a
Writing a Press Release (PDF)
Writing a Press Release
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Click here for
Writing a Public Service Announcement (PDF)
Writing a Public Service Announcement
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A few tips for getting press attention:
- The old fashioned way (working the phones and developing relationships with reporters) works the best.
- Frame your story with a news hook – a reason to cover it. Find a way to pull out something that is newsworthy and not just promotional in nature (relate it to a local "hot" issue or other story that got press).
- Be sure your press release and PSA are letter-perfect (no errors).
- Always include the local AP office in your distribution list.
- If someone covers your event, take a minute to say thank you via phone, e-mail or note.
- If a person of influence will visit your library as an advocate, and students or the public can come, make some flyers and bookmarks promoting the visit and don't forget to promote it via social networking sites as well.
- If a celebrity will visit your library as an advocate, be sure you have people on hand to greet him or her.
- Have a clear schedule for the day, particularly if there is a photo shoot, meet-and-greet, or opportunities for recording video messages and/or an interview for your library's website. Keep it flexible enough to allow for a late arrival, for a photo shoot taking longer than anticipated, etc. but know the exact sequence of activities and approximately when they will occur and how long they will take.
- Find out ahead of time whether you will need special audio-visual equipment or other unusual requirements.
- Have a plan for letting the media take photos and get what they need for a story.
- Have refreshments on hand for those involved in the visit.
- Have a small thank you gift for your local notable or celebrity.
What if he or she says "no?"
If a well-known person declines your invitation to become a visible advocate for your library, your first reaction will understandably be disappointment, but don't feel discouraged. Influential people get many such invitations and can only accommodate a very few. His or her inability to help you is not a criticism of your library or its services, so don't take it personally. Instead, say "thank you" for considering your invitation and try to keep the door open. If the person has said, "I can't do it now, but please ask me again in the future," create a file that will help you remember that and plan to do it. Set a specific time when you will follow up and ask again: "May I check with you again after the holidays?" Keep a record of all communication to and from your local notables for future reference, and be sure that everyone you contact is on a list to receive regular communication from your library.
10. Develop an ongoing system for soliciting advocacy messages from local notables and celebrities


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Last Updated: February 17, 2011 7:22 pm GMT
(Valley Cottage, New York--February 17, 2011) Vinten Radamec®, a Vitec Group brand, will highlight the breadth of its capabilities at NAB2011 with the technology demonstration of its new Fusion FHR-35, a robotic pan and tilt head suitable for remote applications.
The forthcoming Fusion FHR-35 is a compact, lightweight robotic pan and tilt head designed to support broadcast camera and lens packages up to 35 lb (16 kg), in remote locations where the pan and tilt head needs to be as unobtrusive as possible, including parliaments, legislative buildings, live conferences and houses of worship.
The flexible and versatile head will incorporate Vinten Radamec's ethernet-technology, which enables simple and straight forward set up in broadcasters' existing structures. The new FHR-35 prototype will be beta-tested at NAB 2011 before its release later this year. The product will be shown with the Vinten Radamec Legislative Control System (LCS) to demonstrate a full system solution which gives broadcasters multi-user, multi-facility control of cameras, CCU controls and robotic devices, and rapid, accurate shot acquisition. Vinten Radamec has extensive experience in providing camera robotics and controllers for legislative chambers worldwide. Installations in Sweden and Alberta in Canada are among the most recent parliamentary systems.
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The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch soccer team came up short on Saturday morning to the Bradford Lady Owls, losing 4-1 in the consolation match of this year's Bucktail Tournament, which was held at the St. Marys Area High School soccer field.St. Marys coach Dr. Bob Schmidt remarked that the Lady Dutch squad is "a work in progress." "Some mistakes in the first half kept [the score] from being close," Schmidt said. While it took a while for both teams to get going, the Lady Dutch were able to start off strong by getting on the board first when Stephanie Yetzer scored the team's only goal with 28:49 remaining in the first half to give St. Marys the early 1-0 lead. It did not take Bradford long to answer, though, as the Lady Owls scored three goals in a span of just over 10 minutes.Kate Visbisky started things off by putting the ball past St. Marys keeper Mia Keener with 24:12 remaining to tie the game at 1-all. Visbisky scored again on an assist about six minutes later at the 18:29 mark to put the Lady Owls up 2-1. A goal by Bradford's Megan Tingley with 13:18 remaining gave the Lady Owls a 3-1 lead headed into halftime. During the first half, St. Marys had four shots on goal, while Bradford had nine shots on goal and one corner kick. Both teams struggled to put the ball in the net during the second half, as both keepers did a good job of stopping shots and the two teams continuously fought for control of the ball. Tingley added Bradford's final score with 2:37 remaining to give the Lady Owls a 4-1 victory. Bradford had 12 shots on goal and one corner kick during the second half, while St. Marys had seven attempts. The Lady Dutch will be back in action this afternoon as they play host to the Kane Lady Wolves in a 4 p.m. match at the St. Marys Area High School soccer field.


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This interview was originally broadcast on April 21, 2010.
Stephen Sondheim's 80th-birthday presents started piling up early last month. The New York Philharmonic held a two-day concert hosted by David Hyde Pierce and featuring tributes to the Broadway legend from Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Elaine Stritch, Audra McDonald and Mandy Patinkin.
The Roundabout Theater Company renamed one of its Broadway houses, the Henry Miller's Theatre on West 43rd Street, in Sondheim's honor and held a benefit at Studio 54 that included an early performance of the new Broadway production Sondheim on Sondheim, a musical portrait of Sondheim's life complete with archival interview footage. (James Lapine, who collaborated with Sondheim on Sunday in the Park With George and Passion, directed the show, which features Vanessa Williams, Barbara Cook and Tom Wopat singing new arrangements of Sondheim classics.)
So what does Sondheim think of the recent celebrations in honor of his birthday?
"It's been a little too much in the public spotlight," he tells Terry Gross. "But the outpouring of enthusiasm and affection has been worth it. It's terrific to know that people like your stuff."
Sondheim's "stuff" includes the lyrics for classics like West Side Story and Gypsy, not to mention the music and lyrics for — among others — Sweeney Todd, Assassins, Into the Woods, Company and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
He's been honored with eight Tony Awards, eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and an Oscar (for the music in 1990's Dick Tracy). The New York Times calls him the "greatest and perhaps best-known artist in American musical theater."
Upon graduating from Williams College in 1950, Sondheim received one of his first awards, the Hutchinson Prize for Composition. The award gave Sondheim the opportunity to study with avant-garde composer Milton Babbitt.
"I wanted to learn compositional technique, and that's what I learned from him," Sondheim says. "We had four-hour sessions once a week and we would spend the first hour analyzing songs by Jerome Kern or by DeSylva, Brown and Henderson — the classic songs of the American theater and American movies. ... But what we did was — we did an hour on songs and three hours on Beethoven and Bach, and it was all about essentially compositional analysis. But I only wanted to write songs. I didn't want to write concert music."
Though Babbitt influenced Sondheim's compositional techniques, he says it was the film composer Bernard Herrmann — most famous for his musical work on the Hitchcock films Psycho, North by Northwest and Vertigo — who heavily influenced the score of Sweeney Todd.
"When I was 15 years old, I saw a movie called Hangover Square, which featured a piano concerto that Bernard Herrmann had written," Sondheim says. "It's a melodrama about a serial killer who writes this piano concerto. It particularly impressed me — but all of Bernard Herrmann's music particularly impressed me, so actually the score of Sweeney Todd is an homage to him."
One of the most famous compositions in Sweeney Todd is "Epiphany" — the terrifyingly mad ballad sung by the title character (a homicidal barber) after he learns that the judge who unjustly sent him to prison had later raped his wife and adopted his daughter. Sweeney has decided to take his revenge — via his razors — against the judge. The chords at the end of the song are extremely dissonant, particularly when Todd sings the last line, "I'm alive at last / And I'm full of joy!"
Sondheim says he wrote the music to mimic the madness that's taking place in Sweeney's head — and that he originally resisted writing a conclusion that would move an audience to applaud.
"In fact, I ... had it end on a sort of dissonant chord with kind of violent harmonics — meaning very high, shrill sounds," he says. "And Hal Prince said, 'Len Cariou has worked so hard while he sings that song. You have to give him a hand.' So I put a big chord on the end, and that big chord still strikes me as wrong. So even in the printed copy — that is, the piano/vocal score that's published — I put two endings in. Those who want to give it a big nice consonant chord at the end and get a hand from the audience — and those who do what I wanted to do, which was to let the thing dribble out into the next scene."
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Before Sondheim wrote the lyrics for West Side Story, he played his music for a lot of producers and directors, trying to break into theater. He got a lot of blank looks.
"I remember playing once for Cy Feuer, the producer of Guys and Dolls," Sondheim says. "He also was the head of the music department at Universal, and I remember he criticized me for having too many B-flats in a melody. I remember he said that, and I thought 'Gee whiz, what is he talking about?' He wanted to show me that he knew a lot about music, is what it was. And he might have been right, but I don't think he was."
After West Side Story, Sondheim was hired to write the lyrics for Gypsy — which led to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the first show for which Sondheim wrote both the music and lyrics.
When he writes, Sondheim says, he doesn't necessarily always write the lyrics first or the music first; the process depends on what pops into his head.
"I will improvise or think of various melodic ideas and sometimes chord sequences. ... At the same time, I'm also jotting down any lyric," he says. "Then I try to start from the first song, and if I have a lyric line or a phrase, I'll expand a bit. ... I may have a musical idea and expand on it, but I never go far without bringing the other one in, because you can paint yourself into a corner if you write a whole tune or even half a tune with no idea what you're going to say in it — because you're then going to be hard-pressed to find words that fit inside the music easily and accomplish exactly what you want them to accomplish."
During this musical sketching process, Sondheim doesn't record himself — he just makes notations on what he wants to say and how he wants to say it.
"The process of putting something down on paper is very important in keeping the stuff alive in your head," he says. "You can improvise and think, 'Wait, that A-flat doesn't sound right,' and you change things as you go along, even though you're just sketching."
And when he needs to create a rhyme, Sondheim says, it's crucial to know what he wants to say beforehand.
"To know what you want to say and then how you want to phrase what you want to say — and then as the music develops, you'll start to improvise a rhyme scheme or to sense a rhyme scheme. And then you'll say 'All right, I've got this line that ends with "day" and I want to say "She loves him,' " and then you go through the rhyming dictionary. But there's so many rhymes for 'day.' and you want something that will somehow encompass or pinpoint what you want to say — there's a rhyme right there — about this situation. ... You make a list of rhymes that are in some way relevant, and then you use them."
There are certain rhymes Sondheim says he would never use again — soul-stirring and bolstering from Follies, for instance — but other rhymes get used day in and day out from song to song, show to show — because they're extremely useful.
"They're words that have many meanings and many connotations so that's what I mean," Sondheim says.
And words, he says, are why he's in theater in the first place.
"I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences," he says. "Otherwise I would be in concert music. I'd be in another kind of profession. I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh, making them cry — just making them feel — is paramount to me."
This is FRESH AIR. I'm TV critic David Bianculli, editor of the website TV Worth Watching, sitting in for Terry Gross. On today's show, Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim.
STEPHEN SONDHEIM: An awful lot of people have gone historically to musicals to forget their troubles, come on get happy. I'm not interested in that. I'm not interested in making people unhappy, but I'm not interested in not looking at life because then I don't know why I want to write it otherwise.
BIANCULLI: On Monday, HBO presents the premiere of "Six by Sondheim," a new TV special that's part biography, part music appreciation lesson and part performance piece. It's all about the life and music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, in which he explains, among many other things, how and why he became a musical theater composer and lyricist and the inspirations for some of his most familiar songs.
If you're new to the works of Stephen Sondheim, this TV special should entice you. If you're already a fan, it should delight you. To note the arrival of this excellent new TV program about Stephen Sondheim, we're devoting today's show to Terry's 2010 conversation with him. But before this interview, I'd like to take a few moments to preview HBO's "Six By Sondheim."
It's a superbly compiled work overseen by two of the people most intimately familiar with the composer himself. It's directed by executive producer James Lapine, who collaborated with Sondheim by writing the books for and directing Broadway's "Sunday in the Park with George," "Into the Woods" and "Passion." And Lapine's fellow executive producer is Frank Rich, who reviewed many of Sondhiem's show in his days as a New York Times theater critic and who more recently has toured with Sondheim on the lecture circuit, asking questions of him and eliciting stories.
Parts of "Six by Sondheim" echo and are indebted to the 2010 Roundabout Theatre production "Sondheim on Sondheim." That was a multimedia presentation, which had a company of singers performing, while Sondheim on giant screens commented in recorded interview segments about his life and work.
That production was written by James Lapine, as well, and "Six by Sondheim" relies on the same strong spine. In "Six by Sondheim," the composer and lyricist tells his own story and explains his own songs. He's a tour guide through his own past, with specific emphasis on a half-dozen songs, which explains the title "Six by Sondheim."
The first song given this treatment in Monday's HBO special is "Something's Coming" from "West Side Story" with lyrics by Sondheim and music by Leonard Bernstein. Sondheim explains why the song was added during out of town tryouts in Washington as he hear Larry Kert, the show's young star, singing it in a vintage TV appearance from 1957.
SONDHEIM: We wrote it during rehearsals because the boy playing Tony, named Larry Kert, wasn't registering in his first scene with the kind of weight that made you want to follow his adventures through the show. And I suggested that we write a song that has real drive to it. A paradigmatic one would be (singing) hallelujah, hallelujah - the kind of thing that Judy Garland made her reputation from, a driving, fast-beat song.
JUDY GARLAND: (Singing) The Lord is waiting to take your hand. Shout hallelujah, come on get happy, we're going to the promised land...
SONDHEIM: And that's exactly what we did. And Larry did it on opening night in Washington and stopped the show.
LARRY KERT: (Singing) It's only just out of reach, down the...
SONDHEIM: He had the audience in the palm of his hand, and it gave him confidence. It was his first major musical. Of all the people in the cast, he had to be the one to carry that strength forward. And that number gave him that strength.
KERT: (Singing) Could it be? Yes it could. Something's coming, something good if I can wait. Something's coming I don't know what it is, but it is...
BIANCULLI: There's a lot more there than just and then I wrote. And in addition to some fabulous archival performances, such as Dean Jones nailing the emotional "Being Alive" finale to "Company," "Six by Sondheim" includes several new performances staged and filmed for the documentary itself.
The approaches are daringly different and are beautiful Audra McDonald sings "Send in the Clowns" accompanied only by acoustic guitar. "I'm Still Here," the show stopper from "Follies" usually sung by an aging diva, is performed here by a young male singer, Jarvis Cocker of the rock band Pulp.
While most of the regret and remembrance and resonance are reflected in the faces of the women listening to him sing. And a new performance of "Opening Doors" from "Merrily We Roll Along" includes a delightfully ironic guest appearance by Sondheim himself.
SONDHEIM: (Singing) It isn't every day I hear a score this strong, but fellas if I may, there's only one thing wrong. There's not a tune you can hum. There's not a tune you go bum-bum-bum-de-dum. You need a tune to go bum-bum-de-dum. Give me some melody. Why can't you throw in a crumb?
BIANCULLI: At one point in "Six by Sondheim," the composer describes teaching as a sacred profession, and in the rest of the TV special, he proves he means it. A clip showing him explaining lyric writing to master-class students is a privilege to eavesdrop on, and the many TV interview clips through the decades trace Sondheim's dedication at both expanding the dimensions of musical theater and explaining it so that others can follow.
As a high schooler on my first trip to New York on my first evening in the audience of a Broadway show, I was lucky enough to see Larry Kert and Elaine Stritch in "Company." I followed and loved the work of Stephen Sondheim ever since. The appearance and the excellence of Monday's "Six by Sondheim" on HBO is one of those things that justify why I've spent my career as a TV critic.
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Man injured in runaway RV in Epping back in hospitalBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
August 30. 2013 8:31PM
EPPING — The man injured in a runaway RV mishap a week ago landed in a Boston hospital Thursday, but he's expected to recover and hopes to be back behind the wheel soon.
"That doesn't bother me," Gregory Rollins said, referring to the thought of once again driving the RV that took him on a wild ride down a hill while he was asleep in the master bedroom.
Rollins, 64, of Wareham, Mass., remained hospitalized at Brigham and Women's Hospital on Friday after doctors discovered bleeding on his brain.
Rollins was rushed to Exeter Hospital with injuries that included a lesion on his spleen immediately following last Saturday's incident at the MX 101 race track at New England Dragway. He was released from Exeter Hospital Wednesday, but said he still didn't feel right.
"You just know something is wrong, but you don't know what's wrong," he said.
Rollins went home and sought additional care at a local hospital after he started "seeing things," he said. Rollins said he was sent to Brigham and Women's Hospital for further treatment.
Rollins is taking medication to help with the bleeding on his brain and said he was expected to be released at some point on Friday and planned to follow up with his doctor next Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Rollins still can't shake the image of the RV flying more than 200 yards downhill with no driver at the wheel while he was stuck in the bed.
"It bothers me that the machine moved while I was sleeping," he said.
Rollins was alone in the 1997 Winnebago Adventurer owned by his friend and woke up as he was being tossed around after it began rolling when the brakes apparently let go. He began yelling for the driver to slow down, but quickly realized there was no driver after the motor home sailed over a jump and eventually dropped 12 feet onto the middle of the race track used for dirt bike races.
Rollins said he has no problem driving the RV or riding in it again. It sustained little damage and is being repaired.
At 64, he's certainly had his share of life experiences, but said his ride in the runaway RV is one he won't soon forget.
"Nothing compares to that," he said.


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Posted 08 June 2012 - 04:43 AM
I have some news:
1/ I have deployed a small application for learning English vocabulary - Mywordbook.com (http://mywordbook.com).
2/ It has been built based on the gxccms.
3/ I want to use this app as a place where I can create more social features (message, news feed,...) for the cms, apply some optimization techniques (both frontend and backend) to improve the cms speed, and mobile versions.
Currently I have optimized a little Frontend (Mod_defalte, mod_expires), limit the requests by merging css,js files (thanks to minscript extension) . Going to optimize html and css.
4/ Going to install apc cache, and apply some cache strategy for page render and word definition.
If you have any ideas/suggestions about this project, please contact me.
Have a nice day.
Posted 14 June 2012 - 10:24 PM
but one think i use php 5.2 it have error when create post
syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM on Object.php line 604 in core/cms1.0/models
i tried fix by this
i change this return $class_name::buildLink($this); to return $class_name->buildLink($this);
and it work!!
is that a good way to fix?
im the new for yii and kind of oop
can any one suggests me
Posted 14 June 2012 - 10:26 PM
Posted 14 June 2012 - 11:02 PM
Posted 16 June 2012 - 01:33 AM
when i login with email at backend i can not user permission it said i don't have permission
but if i login with username it work ok
Posted 16 June 2012 - 01:19 PM
Congratulations for your open source GXC
After installing the core and the sample project, i have some problems
- in the frontend, I see the half of the page index
(see my screen 1
- in the backend, i logged (ok).
now i try to create an article; the page become white
for infos,
- Apache/2.2.17 (Win32) PHP/5.2.17
- backend/frontend index.php, I defined the path define('CORE_FOLDER',dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'core');
thanks you for your responses
Posted 17 June 2012 - 09:17 AM
but the best way is like mr80 say should upgrade to php 5.3 but if you use on sharedhost i think nothing can do about that
now i install this on myvps and it work perfect hope this can help
Posted 18 June 2012 - 11:18 AM
I changed of version PHP with Uwamp: now 5.3.5
and i see some errors
thanks you
Posted 19 June 2012 - 06:39 AM
I tried this CMS too and got an error that is also reported earlier:
ah005, on 17 March 2012 - 08:12 AM, said:
when I finished successfully from installing gxc cms and I went to the backend/frontend it got the following error:
Strict Standards: Declaration of GxcUser::login() should be compatible with that of CWebUser::login() in C:\Program Files\EasyPHP\www\framework\gxc\core\cms1.0\components\user\GxcUser.php on line 167Error 500Declaration of GxcUser::login() should be compatible with that of CWebUser::login()
please help me.
thank you,
I got this error:
Declaration of GxcUser::login() should be compatible with that of CWebUser::login()
On a XAMPP config with PHP 5.3.8
Can anyone help me solve this?
Posted 19 June 2012 - 07:36 AM
Changed php.ini setting from:
error_reporting = E_ALL * E_STRICT
error_reporting = E_ALL ^ E_STRICT
Posted 19 June 2012 - 04:51 PM
mr80, on 19 June 2012 - 07:36 AM, said:
Changed php.ini setting from:
error_reporting = E_ALL * E_STRICT
error_reporting = E_ALL ^ E_STRICT
Thank you! I have changed it somewhat different:
The login function of GxcUser needed a default value for the 'duration' param to be fully compatible with CUser. So I changed the function to:
public function login($identity, $duration=0) { return parent::login($identity, $duration); }
Another question
How does it work to get pages with different translations? I got stuck in te 'backend' trying to set the 'Number of Language Available' to more than 2. But it gave an error:
Site currently supports only 2 Languages
So I changed that number to 1 and saved: no error. But right after that I tried to set it back to a value of '2', now it gives me this error(!):
Site currently supports only 1 Languages
There is also a table gxc_language, filled with Vietnamese and English, but I cannot find an admin action in the code / CMS where the languages can be altered.
What do I have to do to get a multilanguage website? I hope you can help me out, help is appreciated!
Posted 19 June 2012 - 08:38 PM
Updated the core with your fix. Thank you.
For languages, I haven't made CRUD for language table. I edit it manually in database. I added new language to db if neccesary.
I think you can implement it in the backend.
Posted 20 June 2012 - 01:53 AM
mr80, on 19 June 2012 - 08:38 PM, said:
Updated the core with your fix. Thank you.
For languages, I haven't made CRUD for language table. I edit it manually in database. I added new language to db if neccesary.
I think you can implement it in the backend.
Thank you for your ideas. I have tried to add one more language: dutch (I am from Holland you see ) In the table gxc_language an extra row was added (3, nl_nl, Dutch, 0, 1, nl) but in the backend it still gave the error of:
Site currently supports only 2 Languages
The error came after I added the extra language. Why is this happening?
Posted 20 June 2012 - 03:25 AM
Now I comment the limit line.
Posted 20 June 2012 - 11:38 AM
mr80, on 20 June 2012 - 03:25 AM, said:
Now I comment the limit line.
Nice Now it works!
Posted 21 June 2012 - 05:16 AM
Your CMS looks realy nice! I hope I can ask you questions about it some more, because I am exploring it right now. I also try to help you too by clearing out some faulty English grammar.
Question: what about the .ini files in some of the directories?
Posted 21 June 2012 - 06:13 AM
How did you plan to implement User login functionality on the frontend? I see the following Blocks implying user login functionallity: singin, singup, reset_password, recover_password, profile, account, active_user. On a testpage with the Signup Block on it, an error is given:
Property "UserRegisterForm.display_name" is not defined.
What I want is a way for frontend users to sign-up (before) so the can react on a product on the website, that way I have the information of someone stored and do I know who reacted.
I also want translation on the frontend, just the same as on the backend with a drop-down. Can you tell me your ideas get this working?
Thank you in advance.
Greetings from Holland.
Posted 21 June 2012 - 09:35 AM
1/ Ini files:
Ini files are used to define some information.
- For example, ini file in a block in front_blocks folder is used to define the block id, block name and the class associated with the the Block.
- The ini file in the front_layouts folder defines the regions of the layout...
2/ For user sign up, sign in:
I have commited the sample project with blocks like Sign up, Sign in, Reset password,...that I used for mywordbook.com project. You can check it. The mail won't work cause I use Amazon SES, you can disable it.
3/ Multiple languages frontend:
- Currently as you can see, the page can be translated into other language, these pages connect with other pages by the same guid.
- To translate stuff related to t('message'),...I am thinking a solution for this.


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The New Multifamily Housing Chapter of the HUD Consolidated Audit Guide Conference Call
October 28, 2008
This archived Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC) member-only conference call titled, The New Multifamily Housing Chapter of the HUD Consolidated Audit Guide, is intended for our members who perform U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) multifamily housing audits, and is based on the long-awaited revisions to Chapter 3, HUD Multifamily Housing Programs (Chapter 3), of the HUD Consolidated Audit Guide (the HUD Guide). As we informed you in GAQC Alert #85 , HUD issued the new Chapter 3 (which was formerly Chapter 4 of the Guide) in July 2008. Chapter 3 is effective for audits of profit-motivated sponsors/entities with fiscal years ending on or after December 31, 2008.
The presenter for this call, George Datto of HUD, highlights the major changes in the chapter and addresses member questions submitted in advance and during the live event. Some of the changes covered in the call include "group project-based sampling" which is now permitted for certain areas of compliance if certain conditions exist (as described in section 3-1 of the Guide); guidance on sample selection that generally requires attribute sampling; cash receipts and disbursements testing; updated reporting requirements; and audit finding reporting guidance.The presenter also explains at a very high-level the other new chapter that was issued at the same time as Chapter 3. The new Chapter 4, HUD Multifamily Hospital Program (Chapter 4) , is essentially the previous Chapter 4 from the 2001 version of the Guide. However, the title is revised to apply only to the Multifamily Hospital Program. Because Chapter 4 previously applied to more than just the Multifamily Hospital Program, portions will no longer be applicable. Further, HUD has stated that auditors are expected to use professional judgment in applying Chapter 4 to audits of the Multifamily Hospital Program. Chapter 4 was effective upon issuance.
As previously noted in several GAQC Alerts, HUD is going through the process of updating the Guide (last revised on an overall basis in 2001) on a chapter-by-chapter basis. Remaining chapters to be updated by HUD include Chapters 1 and 2. HUD is currently working on both chapters. We will keep you apprised of any developments relating to these chapters as we become aware of them. In the meantime, watch the GAQC HUD Information page for further HUD updates.
About the Presenter
George Datto works for the HUD Office of Inspector General and is the HUD National Single Audit Coordinator. He has been with HUD for over forty years and has been closely involved in the preparation of the updates and revisions to the HUD Guide, including the most recent revisions to Chapters 3 and 4.
George started his government-auditing career with the Public Housing Administration and joined HUD when it was established in 1968. He has been involved with single audits since the Single Audit Act was passed in 1984. George served an Assistant Regional Inspector General for Audit, directing and supervising the HUD-OIG Philadelphia Regional Office's internal and external audits activities among his many assignments. George graduated from the University of Scranton, in Pennsylvania with an accounting degree and is a Certified Internal Auditor. He is current chairperson of the Single Audit Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Intergovernmental Audit Forum.
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Sorry I've only just got chance to say thank you for everything. During the negotiation I think you got us the best deal and throughout you and the others in the company were totally professional, knowledge and competent as well as helpful, personable and efficient. Then afterwards I don't know what we would have done without David. He was a star and so lovely. We love the house and Marbella so much and you have played a big part in making the dream come true! I just can't wait to be out again in August and look forward to years of good times there. Thanks again more than you could know.
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David Beckham has started his first training session with Paris Saint-Germain, with dozens of camera crews and photographers jostling for position at the club's training facility in the western suburb of Paris.
The 37-year-old former England captain joined PSG two weeks ago in a surprise move and is working on his fitness to be ready for Sunday's match at Sochaux. If he does not get up to speed for that game, he could play the week after at home against French title rival Marseille.
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Hotel Transylvania and Looper teamed up to end September on a high note, and that positive trend will continue in the first weekend of October thanks to the debut of highly-anticipated action sequel Taken 2. Frankenweenie should also make a solid contribution, though it faces stiff competition from Hotel Transylvania, while Pitch Perfect expands nationwide after a great start in limited release. Overall business will undoubtedly wind up significantly ahead of the same frame last year when the domestic box office generated $95.1 million. Taken 2 opens in 3,661 locations this weekend, which is the second-widest release ever for a live-action movie in October (behind Where the Wild Things Are). The first Taken is one of the biggest box office surprises in recent years: after debuting to a solid $24.7 million over Super Bowl weekend in 2009, the movie held extremely well and ended its run with an incredible $145 million. While the movie has its detractors, it clearly resonated with a large portion of the movie-going population, and it remains extremely popular over three years later (it has a very good 7.9 rating on IMDb). Since Taken, star Liam Neeson has leveraged his new action-star credentials in to plenty of roles, including a few high-profile supporting parts (Clash and Wrath of the Titans, Battleship) along with solo outings in Unknown and The Grey. Those two movies opened to $21.8 million and $19.7 million, and didn't hold up nearly as well as Taken.Audiences will definitely turn out in much greater numbers for Taken 2, though. While the marketing lacks a show-stopper like the "unique set of skills" phone call from the first movie, it does extensively feature the combination of ass-kicking action and threatening monologues that people associate with Taken. Also, the change of location from Paris to Istanbul helps differentiate the two movies a bit, even though the story (Eurotrash kidnaps a member of Neeson's family) is basically a rehash. From a forecasting perspective, the perfect comparison might be The Hangover Part II (stay with me here, kids). Both Taken and The Hangover are movies that came out of nowhere to earn tons of money, and both held extremely well following opening weekend, which only accounts for 16 percent of Hangover's total and 17 percent of Taken's total. For both sequels, the characters and central premise remain the same, while the setting noticeably changes. If Taken 2 performs similarly to The Hangover Part II, it could top Paranormal Activity 3's $52.6 million to claim a new October opening weekend record (distributor 20th Century Fox is predicting a debut in the more modest mid-$30 million range). It's worth noting that Taken 2 is receiving some truly god-awful reviews, and as of Thursday afternoon it had a terrible 16 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. That won't put a huge damper on opening weekend but it does mean that, similar to The Hangover Part II, it will likely be incredibly front-loaded and fail to match its predecessor's total. At 3,005 locations, Frankenweenie marks director Tim Burton's first stop-motion animated movie since 2005's Corpse Bride. The movie is based off a short film Burton made in the early 1980s before his feature-length directing career took off, and feels more like a vintage Burton project along the lines of Beetlejuice or Edward Scissorhands than recent work like Dark Shadows or Alice in Wonderland. As a result, Burton die-hards will likely make it a priority to see the movie this weekend.Unfortunately, it's going to be tricky to attract family audiences in large numbers. 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The DataColumn is the fundamental building block for creating the schema of a DataTable. You build the schema by adding one or more DataColumn objects to the DataColumnCollection. For more information, see Adding Columns to a Table.
Each DataColumn has a DataType property that determines the kind of data the DataColumn contains. For example, you can restrict the data type to integers, or strings, or decimals. Because data that is contained by the DataTable is typically merged back into its original data source, you must match the data types to those in the data source. For more information, see Mapping Data Provider Data Types to .NET Framework Data Types.
Properties such as AllowDBNull, Unique, and ReadOnly put restrictions on the entry and updating of data, thereby helping to guarantee data integrity. You can also use the AutoIncrement, AutoIncrementSeed, and AutoIncrementStep properties to control automatic data generation. For more information about AutoIncrement columns, see Creating AutoIncrement Columns. For more information, see Defining a Primary Key for a Table.
You can also make sure that values in a DataColumn are unique by creating a UniqueConstraint and adding it to the ConstraintCollection of the DataTable to which the DataColumn belongs. For more information, see Adding Constraints to a Table.
To create a relation between DataColumn objects, create a DataRelation object and add it to the DataRelationCollection of a DataSet.
You can use the Expression property of the DataColumn object to calculate the values in a column, or create an aggregate column. For more information, see Creating Expression Columns.
The following example creates a DataTable with several DataColumn objects.
private void MakeTable() { // Create a DataTable. DataTable table = new DataTable("Product"); // Create a DataColumn and set various properties. DataColumn column = new DataColumn(); column.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Decimal"); column.AllowDBNull = false; column.Caption = "Price"; column.ColumnName = "Price"; column.DefaultValue = 25; // Add the column to the table. table.Columns.Add(column); // Add 10 rows and set values. DataRow row; for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { row = table.NewRow(); row["Price"] = i + 1; // Be sure to add the new row to the // DataRowCollection. table.Rows.Add(row);
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The Senkakus Islands off the coast of Japan have become a point of contention that may draw the U.S and Japan into war with China in 2013.
According to reports, the islands are claimed by both Japan and China — China calls them the Diaoyu Islands — and the tensions over them are so great that Japan's incoming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has suspended the stationing of Japanese officials on the islands in order to stave off further conflict.
While there has been no explicit explanation for the focus on the islands, it is believed China has seized on them as a way to push back against growing U.S. involvement in Asia. To this end, China's goal may be to drive a wedge between Tokyo and the Obama administration and get the U.S. to pressure Tokyo into giving up claim to the islands.
There seems to be an underlying belief on China's part that if they keep pushing, the U.S. will eventually buckle and ask Japan to join them in capitulating.
And while a spectator to these events may be surprised at the audaciousness of China, others believe China is simply using the leverage they've created by nurturing an economic environment that makes it difficult for the U.S. to buck Beijing.
Suffice it to say, the tensions are multifaceted.
As of right now, America wants to hold to the power it enjoys in Asia, Japan doesn't want to appear like a pushover to China, and China doesn't want to give an inch to either country. It seems the only thing these three divergent views have in common is war.


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not really a theif, but more of a psycophanatic! disguised as a robber, this once hot dog salesmen takes pleasure in stealing your hotdogs once you have bought it. A hot dog bandit is alergic to mustard, except for french.
Man: Oh No! its the hot dog bandit! he is going to steal my hot dog. What Shall i do? Jimmy, eat my hot dog, but dont digest it yet.
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William Robert Barkhimer, 70, of White Salmon, Wash., died on Sept. 26, 2011, at his home. He was born June 7, 1941, in Berkeley, Calif., to Robert Emery Barkhimer and Margaret Mary Slattery.
Raised in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Los Gatos, Calif., he attended Bellarmine Prep and graduated in 1959 from Los Gatos High School and continued his education at San Jose State.
During his high school years and immediately following he ran multiple NASCAR short tracks including Ukiah, Lakeport and Stockton for Bob Barkhimer Associates Inc. He also lived and worked for a short time with Bill France Sr. and family in Florida learning the different aspects of NASCAR operations.
In 1965, Bill married the former Diane Gail Lytle of San Jose, Calif., and they made their home in the Lincoln Glen neighborhood of San Jose. Diane and Bill had two children, Erik Robert Barkhimer and Kirk William Barkhimer.
About 1963, Bill began working at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, becoming assistant manager in 1965. During this time he regularly managed multiple and repeated conventions and special events and was instrumental in the expansion of the interim events.
Following this Bill went into business as a concessionaire where he operated food services at such venues as Happy Hollow, Vasona Park, Oakdale, Santa Clara University, Spartan Stadium, Watsonville Speedway, Antioch Speedway and the Santa Clara County Fair, among many other sites and special events.
In 1977, Bill and his family left the Bay Area and made their home in the Columbia Gorge town of White Salmon, Wash. During this time Bill continued to handle his businesses in the Bay Area and eventually became a partner and owner of Western Speedways, which operated Portland Speedway in Portland, Ore. In addition, Bill operated food services at race tracks in Tenino, Banks, Roseburg and Madras, as well as operating food services at Rooster Rock State Park.
After his sons finished college and he sold his racing and food service businesses, Bill semi-retired and began much-loved careers as a school bus driver for the White Salmon Valley School District, a youth and family services coordinator at the Klahre House - a program of The Next Door Inc. in Hood River, Ore. - and most recently as a handyman at Parkhurst House in Hood River.
Bill was an avid supporter of the U.S. Military and honorably served for six years in the United States Army Reserve as a military policeman.
He is survived by his wife, Diane Gail Barkhimer; sons Erik Robert Barkhimer (and his wife, Tracy), of Scotland, Md., and Kirk William Barkhimer, of White Salmon, Wash.; granddaughter Kristina Anne Barkhimer, of Scotland, Md., and grandsons Robert Braaten Barkhimer and William Robert Barkhimer II, of Scotland, Md.; sister Bonnie Doak, of Los Gatos, Calif.; and nieces and nephews.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents and sisters Judy Barkhimer, of San Jose, Calif., and Shirley Forest, of South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
In celebration of Bill's life, contributions can be made to: The Klahre House, P.O. Box 661, Hood River, OR 97031 (program of The Next Door Inc.) and Heart of Hospice, 205 Wasco Loop, Suite 202, Hood River, OR 97031.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, Oct. 15m from 2-4 p.m. at the Elks Lodge in White Salmon, Wash.
Arrangements are under the direction of Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon, Wash.
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Leave it to the French. The Midual Type 1 is perhaps one of the most intriguing motorcycle designs that we have seen this year, though much of the roadster seems to lust for attention, rather than serve a realistic purpose.
Debuting at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, an opulent venue in its own right, the 2016 Midual Type 1 prototype appeals to the uber-rich crowd, not only in its touches and aesthetics, but also with its €140,000 price tag ($185,000).
While that price tag gets you a certain exclusivity, the most striking feature of Midual's machine is of course its 1,036cc longitudinally mounted boxer-twin engine, which sits proudly in the machine's bespoke frame.


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'Girl Meets World': Behind-the-Scenes Photos from the Cast
The highly anticipated "Boy Meets World" spinoff series, "Girl Meets World," is officially in the works! Want proof? Check out these adorable Twitter and Instagram pictures posted by cast members.
Did you know Topanga's mother was played by two different actresses? Find out who they were with our 20 Fun Facts About 'Boy Meets World' guide.


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The U.S.-Mexico border that runs along Arizona saw the lowest number of illegal crossings in 20 years, federal officials say.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said that arrests of people trying to cross into the United States illegally had fallen by roughly 43 percent – to 124,631 – in the past two years, and more than 82 percent since the highest mark in 2000.
The Border Patrol said enhanced security has made the Arizona border more difficult and dangerous to cross. CBP's aviation resources in Arizona flew more than 16,000 hours and assisted in more than 26,000 apprehensions.
The announcement, made Thursday, comes amid a heated debate on immigration reform, and as Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer continues her fight to implement as much as possible of the state's notorious immigration law, SB 1070.
An April 2 hearing has been set by an appeals court to hear arguments in Brewer's bid to overturn a ruling that bars enforcement of a minor section of the state's 2010 immigration law prohibiting the harboring of undocumented immigrants.
A coalition of civil rights groups that have challenged the law say the ban is trumped by a federal harboring law. The harboring ban was in effect from late July 2010 until a federal judge blocked its enforcement on Sept. 5 as part of the coalition's challenge.
Meanwhile, the number of agents stationed in Arizona rose to its highest level, with more than 5,100 in the state.
CBP officials said the agency also seized more than $500 million worth of illegal drugs in Arizona in the 12 months that ended Sept. 30, with marijuana accounting for the bulk of the more than 1 million pounds of drugs seized.
Agents processed about 22 million travelers crossing through Arizona ports of entry, stopping roughly 6,000 people who were identified as national security risks or possessed insufficient documentation.
Operations aimed at cracking down on drug cartels netted more than $5 million in cash, 21 handguns, 22 rifles and more than 48,000 rounds of ammunition that people were trying to take into Mexico.
The CBP said officers arrested 401 people wanted for crimes such as murder, rape, assault, robbery and other criminal activity, and seized 95,773 pounds of narcotics.
Based on reporting by The Associated Press.
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On Saturday, the Owenton Manor Rehab and Nursing will be hosting an annual community Easter bash. We hope to have several thousand eggs to hide and lots of prizes. We would like to invite you to take part in the event. We are in need of candy and items to put into the eggs. If you or your business would like to be a part of this event, please contact Teresa Perry at Owenton Manor. We will be announcing all sponsors throughout the day and they will be listed on the calendar of events.
Recently my mother got an invitation from Lincoln Institute to attend her high school reunion. It was the secondary school in Shelbyville area where black people sent their children "back in the day" because there was no high school available to them in the county.
I mention this for a couple of reasons.
March 21 through 27, 2010, marks the 12th anniversary of Commonwealth Cleanup Week. Commonwealth Cleanup Week is an annual week-long event implemented by the Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC), and it also kicks off the Great American Cleanup, spanning from March-May. Its purpose is to provide Kentucky communities an opportunity to "spring clean," recycle and promote personal responsibility across the Commonwealth.
This week, an old friend who lives on the other side of the continent dropped back into my life. We were classmates and sorority sisters during our college days at Transylvania, but we haven't seen each other in over 40 years.
Reunions are as sweet as ripe fall pears when you've reached our stage of life. We've talked non-stop about the old days, the new days, and many of the ones in between.
But we haven't talked about the elegant, wide brimmed felt hat I wore to the Freshman Tea. Because I can't, even now, do so without blushing.
To the people residing in Owen County:
The U.S. Constitution requires a national census once every 10 years to count everyone residing in the United States. It is important to count all residents - both citizens and non-citizens.
The purpose of the census is multi-faceted, but key to the census collection is that it helps define who we are as a nation; it affects our political representation; and most important to the school system is that it directs the allocation of billions of dollars in governmental funding.
In the coming days and weeks, the pages of the News-Herald will be filled with election stories, campaign advertisements and letters from you, voicing your concerns on the upcoming May primary election.
There is no doubt that election time is an exciting time for everyone involved, even the average citizen.
Children learn by watching and listening to adults. They also take notice of store marquees, especially in our rural town of Owenton. While my husband and I were traveling to church this past Sunday morning, I was appalled when I read what the marquee at Dairy Queen said "Gallatin Sucks."
Well, without thought, that immediately told me that Owen County had lost to Gallatin County at Saturday night's ball game.
The beautiful Elk Creek Vineyard and Winery was the setting for the "2010 Leadership Owen County Opening Retreat." The date was Feb. 5 and 6. The weather was not a deterrent for the future leaders of Owen County. The day started off with a "meet and greet." Angie Woodward from the Leadership Kentucky had a fun activity to get everyone energized.
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January 11, 2013 17:01 ET
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 11, 2013) - Phonetime Inc. (TSX:PHD) announced today its unaudited preliminary financial results for 2012.
Revenue was $102 Million compared to $120 Million in 2011. Net income was $0.02 per share compared to $0.02 per share in 2011. Fourth quarter - 2012 run rate revenue was $120 Million.
At December 31, 2012, Phonetime had $2.2 million in cash, available borrowings of an additional $2.5 million and remained debt free. Phonetime had assets of $21 million and shareholder's equity of $11 million. During 2012, the Company acquired and cancelled 7.5 million common shares or 4.8% of the outstanding stock and paid off all remaining debt with cash flows from operations.
"We continue to execute on our stated business plan. We continue to looking for opportunities to consolidate traffic with competitors and partners. We are pleased to have become debt free in 2012 and to have purchased and cancelled common shares equal to 4.8% of the Company. We will continue to use excess cash flows to expand our infrastructure, for synergistic investments, and to acquire additional common shares for cancellation. The Company is not considering issuing any dividends at this time," said Gary Clifford, Executive Chairman and CEO.
The Company's financial statements and other disclosures are available on SEDAR.
About Phonetime Inc.
Established in 1994, Phonetime is a leading provider of international and domestic switched voice services to the worlds telecommunication operators and voice service providers. Phonetime's customers and suppliers include, fixed line operators, mobile operators, retail and VoIP service providers, who buy and sell voice and IP telecommunications services. Phonetime has traders in Europe, Asia and the Americas using its proprietary trading platform with embedded intelligence, which includes profitability benchmarking, call routing, credit management, network quality visibility and loss prevention. As voice technology evolves Phonetime has commoditized its trading philosophy and along with its platform is positioned to emerge as a leading clearing house. Phonetime is a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).
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This press release contains forward-looking statements, which may be identified by words like "expects", "anticipates", "plans", "intends", "indicates" or similar expressions. These statements are not a guarantee of future performance and are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. Phonetime's actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors set forth in reports and other documents filed by the Company with Canadian securities regulatory authorities from time to time. See www.sedar.com which contains all securities files.
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YMCA Buffalo Niagara has successfully been assisting hundreds of Western New Yorkers for more than a year now in the battle with diabetes. By taking part in a 16-week diabetes prevention program, participants have seen a positive change in their health.
Registration is currently under way for the next session, which begins in January 2013. This one-hour program will be offered at the Southtowns Family YMCA (1620 Southwestern Blvd, West Seneca); Ken-Ton Family YMCA (535 Belmont, Kenmore); and the new Independent Health Family Branch YMCA (150 Tech Drive, Amherst, adjacent to ECC North Campus).
Each session covers diet, exercise, and behavior modification. Participants will meet in a group setting over the course of 16 weeks. Personal lifestyle goals will be set and worked toward for each individual.
A doctor's referral is needed to partake in the program. To register, call the YMCA at 716-565-6000, ext. 128. Each session, the available spots fill up quickly, so early registration is recommended.
BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York and Independent Health will both provide reimbursement for the program, with BlueCross BlueShield and Univera paying 100 percent for members and in part by Independent Health subscribers.
Locally founded in 1852, YMCA Buffalo Niagara is an inclusive association of people committed to a common effort to help individuals and families reach their fullest potential in terms of spirit, mind and body. The YMCAs focus on health and wellness is reflected in the variety of programs that are offered for all ages and abilities.
Additionally, collaborations with insurance carriers such as Univera, Independent Health, and BlueCross BlueShield provide the opportunity for those wanting to take the first step toward a healthier lifestyle to do so at the YMCA.
A not-for-profit organization, YMCA Buffalo Niagara serves more than 100,000 people annually through the seven branches located throughout Western New York, YMCA Camp Weona, as well as at 40-plus community-based program sites.
For more information, visit www.ymcabuffaloniagara.org.


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One of the most important choices you make when rigging a sail is which mast you put in the mast sleeve. Or, more specifically the length, curve and stiffness of the mast, and how closely these parameters match the sail. The mast is quite literally the backbone of the rig and it governs the sail's performance.
MCS curve and stiffness data for the Sailworks mast range is available here (PDF file, 12Kb).
An explanation of the MCS bend test and the calculation of the IMCS stiffness coefficient is explained here (PDF file, 29Kb).
Kids 340 RDM Mast$142.00


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Managing your curly hair can be a challenging task in and of itself, what with its individual curl pattern, porosity, width and so on. Add to that formula your face shape and you have a unique set of factors to cater your haircut to.Round faces present themselves as full on all edges. Cheeks and jaw lines tend to look "puffy" with the wrong hair style. The good news is that even curly girls can achieve a look that is perfect with a round face. You just have to make sure you choose curly hair styles suitable for your unique shape.
Short Curly Hair Styles
Some will argue that short curly hair styles are not the best choice for round-shaped faces. Depending on where the hairline ends, short curly hair styles can actually accentuate your round shape and add width to your face—something you are not likely to want to do.
However, if you don't have the patience to grow your hair long, you can still make your hair style work. Choose a style that keeps the ends of your hair above your jaw line, creating an illusion of a longer face. Keep the emphasis on moving your hair upward, instead of outward (such as an inverted bob). In this picture of Halle Berry, the volume is at the top of her hair, specifically near the crown, which adds length to her round face.
Medium Curly Hair Styles
If you have a medium length of hair, there are a couple of curly hair styles that can accentuate the natural beauty of your face without drawing attention to its curved shape. Go for volume—off the scalp and outward somewhat—if you prefer wearing tighter curls. With a little bit of mousse or gel to scrunch your hair after you have combed it out, this hair style is ready-to-go straight out of the shower.
For a softer look, opt for larger curls and let them lay gently on your shoulders. You won't need as much volume as you would for tighter curls since the larger curls add some length by themselves.
Alternatively, you can create the look of longer hair by wearing your hair in a side-swept ponytail. The off-balance look will definitely work in your favor and give you some of the advantages of longer curly hair.
Long Curly Hair Styles
Long hair gives you the largest choice of curly hair styles for round faces. In addition, long locks will help your round shaped face with what it always does best: keep you looking youthful. Keep the forehead free of bangs (aside from perhaps a few wisps), and use a definitive part when styling your hair. Your long locks will instantly add length to your face since the vertical shape of your hair competes with the width from your face—and the hair will dominate every time.
With length on your side, you can even get away with wearing your hair pulled back and down for a more formal look. Another option that works for both formal and casual looks is to add some subtle layers. The layers will help to highlight your naturally curly and beautiful hair, while wearing it down and in front of your shoulders will create the look of a more narrow face.
This article was originally published in July 2011 and has been updated for grammar and clarity.


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Why is it So? Connecting Character's Behavior to Time in History
Lesson 8 of 16
Objective: SWBAT to identify the effect of history on character's actions in their book.
Big Idea: Often times, when students read historical fiction, they are confused about the motives of characters until they realize that history effects the lives of the characters.
Introduction and Modeling
Many historical fiction books have scenes where a woman or another person from a minority group is not treated fairly. Unfortunately, that is the truth of our history. Fortunately, this is shocking to most people now a days. When I read these scenes, students have shocked faces and ask, "What?! Why?! They would do that?!" Its important for them to understand the context in which this sort of thing took place.
I remind them by asking if they remember a scene like this from a recent read aloud (not the one we're currently reading). They remember being shocked. I explain that it is shocking because it was wrong then as it is now. However, history plays a specific role in what a characters finds acceptable or not.
In this lesson, students are going to describe specific character behaviors or thoughts as it is tied to history.
I start by preparing a learning journal with a title and the name of the main character. Using some of the more vivid examples from the text, I write down a behavior and then cite a reason for it. I elicit a few more examples through a whole class conversation before moving on. By having a whole class conversation, I"m able to clear up a few misconceptions. For example, students noticed that the main character was brave because of the way she stood up to people in the story. However, that character would be brave, regardless of the time in history. I turned it around and asked them why she felt she needed to be brave? Eventually we got to the real reason, which was because she was ginuinely affected in a way that we would be now-a-days.
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After modeling, asking them to share their ideas in a class conversation, and clearing up misconceptions, I have students write down ideas about one of two other characters from our class read aloud.
After they write about another character, they get a chance to share and either verify their theory or change it based on the conversation they are having with their peers.
Finally, I review the process:
- Think about character's behavior or actions that seem a little different or stand out.
- Try to identify what is happening in history at that specific time.
- Decide if the characer would behave or think that same way to day.
- If not, make a connection between the character's behavior/thoughts and the effect history has had.
They then review their book club books and collect ideas about main characters from the book.
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After students have collected ideas about characters in their book, they meet with their book club group.
In the meeting, they share specific examples of behavior their character shows in the book and discuss why they think it is connected to the time in history the book is about. One way they can do that is by providing a counter example of how they or other students might respond in the current day versus the way the characters behaved in the book. They need to also show how the author connects the behavior of the characters to the setting in the book.
To conclude, they can record new information from their book club group conversation.


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Later this week, we will unveil Kim Beck's Space Available, a series of rooftop sculptures along the High Line. In this new video, Kim gives us a special preview, and discusses her process and inspiration for the work.
Space Available will be the first public art commission debuted as part of the High Line Art Spring 2011 Season. Kim's work will encourage park visitors to reconsider the water towers, exhaust pipes, HVAC systems, roof decks, green roofs, and other building elements that are integral components of the cityscape views along the High Line.
Space Available will debut on Friday, March 4 and remain on view until January, 2012.


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