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FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated (NYSE: FCH) today offered clarification on the unsolicited, non-binding and conditional proposal to combine its business with Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT).
AHT's February 21, 2017 proposal follows several months of discussions between FelCor and AHT, during which FelCor repeatedly expressed numerous concerns regarding the value and structure of AHT's various proposals. Notable concerns include:
- Dilution to AHT Shareholders. The proposed offer would dilute AHT's Funds From Operations (FFO) by more than 30% (based on current consensus estimates for 2017 and not including any incremental costs or synergies), thereby affecting both the value of AHT's all-stock, fixed exchange ratio proposal and creating uncertainty around the ability to obtain the shareholder approval required from both AHT and FelCor shareholders.
- External Management Fees Negate Synergies. AHT's proposal for a one-year guarantee of $18 million in cost and operating synergies would be more than offset by external management fees to its external advisor, Ashford Inc., in excess of $25 million. Further, AHT has only offered to guarantee synergies for the first year, whereas these external management fees will be paid every year. Moreover, transferring hotel management to its affiliate, Remington Hotels, would further increase the fees paid to Ashford Inc. after it completes its pending acquisition of Remington.
- Value Transfer to External Manager. A potential combination would result in a significant value transfer to Ashford Inc. in the form of future external management fees and property management fees, for which neither FelCor nor AHT shareholders would be compensated. Under its external management contract, AHT paid Ashford Inc. over $46 million in fees during the twelve-month period ending September 30, 2016. Bringing FelCor assets under that same external management contract would increase those fees, at a minimum, by more than $25 million annually. Tellingly, the shares that have benefitted the most to date since AHT made its offer public have been the shares of Ashford Inc., not FelCor or AHT.
- Extremely High Leverage. A combination of AHT and FelCor would result in a new company with leverage of approximately 8.5x EBITDA, or approximately 1.5x higher than FelCor on a standalone basis, including preferred shares. This increase in leverage is contrary to FelCor's stated strategy, which most long-term REIT investors, including many FelCor investors, support.
- Disproportionate Governance. AHT's offer of three FelCor-designated seats on the AHT board is not commensurate with FelCor's 58% pro forma combined company ownership, particularly given that the proposal would leave FelCor's shareholders as shareholders in an externally-managed REIT with a manager that is not accountable to FelCor's shareholders.
The items referenced above are neither a complete list of concerns expressed to AHT nor should they be taken as FelCor's response to AHT's proposal. As previously announced on February 21, 2017, together with its financial and legal advisors, FelCor's Board of Directors is reviewing AHT's latest proposal and its proposed board nominees, and will respond in detail in due course. FelCor's shareholders are advised to take no action at this time.
BofA Merrill Lynch is acting as financial advisor to the Company and Sidley Austin LLP, Polsinelli PC and Jones Day are providing legal advice to the Company.
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Cookie Rodriguez is the petite and unassuming 73-year-old spitfire who heads up the non-profit Christian-based Nu-Life Outreach Center and Street Church (D-Boy) Ministries. It is open seven days a week in the Dallas suburb of Garland. She has been helping kids in the Metroplex since 1983 and has been dubbed the Mother Teresa of gangs, drug addicted and troubled teens because, through faith, she has helped them to turn their lives around.
"Miss Cookie" is what the kids call her. They come in all varieties — white, black, brown, yellow, boys and girls. Most come because they are in trouble with the law, are on probation and have been assigned to be there for community service hours. Many who come are in gangs, but not all. They are all under 18. Some bring siblings. Some hear about her through probation officers. They come because they have to, they stay because they want to.
Over the years she has garnered praise from Dallas City Hall, the Dallas Police Department, and school psychologists for her work. Rodriguez helps these lost souls find a way out of the gang life, get off drugs, deal with family problems and sometimes brings families closer together. Through afterschool programs, field trips, fellowship, mentoring and counseling, she helps them acquire the life and work skills needed to become productive members of society.
She knows it can be done. She was once one of them. Faded junkie tracks mark her arms. The 1974 autobiography Please Make Me Cry chronicles her teen years spent as a felon, hooked on heroin, in a gang and pregnant. Although born "Irma," she got known as "crazy cookie" and faced 20 years in prison at one point in her young life. It was a far cry from the little girl from Puerto Rico who to New York City in the 1950's for a better life. She came with her grandmother, who raised her because her own teen mother was deemed unfit and her father committed suicide.
On the road from gang member to minister, she blamed all of her problems on God until an ex-con she used to mix it up with told her he had gotten "saved," something she never heard about before.
It led her to Teen Challenge. Created by the Rev. David Wilkerson, Teen Challenge is a nationwide outreach ministry and Bible-based recovery program for troubled teens, gang members, drug addicts and alcoholics recognized as one of the most effective programs of its kind. Today, she is also a Teen Challenge director.
By the time she was 22 years-old, Rodriguez was living a respectable life. She was married to husband Demi, got custody of her eldest son who was taken from her, and was drug and gang free. "Once I turned to the Lord, as a Christian, I wanted to help others," she reminisced.
Breitbart Texas had the opportunity to visit with Rodriguez. Her storefront style street church is modest and is funded through the kindness of donations. It is housed in a small strip mall on a main thoroughfare. The entry way walls are adorned with original street art and paintings, some donated, all gleaming with scripture.
A larger, virtually empty social hall holds "Get Real with God" worship, teaching and fellowship takes place every Sunday night while on Wednesday evenings she conducts Bible study. The wall posters preach "become, belong and believe" in the person "God created you to be."
Fellowship and services, clubs and counseling take place all week long. Older computers for a GED lab are in the small room adjacent to Rodriguez's office. An art teacher volunteers time.
"The kids, they start to come after school," Rodriguez told Breitbart Texas. On any given day, there can be as little as 30 and as many as 100 of them, some out in the parking lot with the ministry's tattered but usuable portable basketball net.
The teens were polite, courteous and well groomed. One wore his pants in the low hanging gangland style. Rodriguez told him to pull them up and without a blink he said, "Yes, Miss Cookie." Another teen mentoring for the workplace volunteered as an office assistant. He wore a suit. His hair was kempt. "I make them dress for success," she said proudly.
One 16-year-0ld former gang member told Breitbart Texas he was at Nu-Life for a few months. "Miss Cookie, she changed me."
A 17-year-old former gang banger convicted of theft chimed in to say that he had been through the public school juvenile disciplinary behavioral management programs, calling those programs "a negative place" and he only "felt like a number" but his face lit up speaking of his Nu-Life family. He explained that he is learning how to handle the temptation of the gang. "If we had more places like this to come to, it would be good. This is a positive place," he said.
The youth is back in school and studying automotive mechanics. "With Miss Cookie, it's a personal relationship. You start to believe you can be better when you come here," he said, adding, "Miss Cookie, she helped with my family. The way she couldn't get help for herself, she does for us."
Rodriguez often counsels the parents and other family members of the youth who is in crisis. This God-centered ministry also teaches coping tools and strategies to at-risk youth to aid them in remaining gang and drug/alcohol free, including conflict resolution and teamwork. Her outreach includes work with the residential drug treatment center for girls, New Life for Girls, as a counselor with International Prison Ministries, and as a volunteer with the Texas Youth Commission.
"I really admire her for turning her life around and doing what she does for us," the 17-year-old said.
She is well aware of the kids' strengths and short-comings and does not have success with every youth. They come in the middle or high school years. She measures success differently than do the public school Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP) and Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP) where success means completion of probation.
Her goal is a little more long-term since many continue to come long after they complete their community service requirements. "When they graduate, to me, it's like, they've made it," she chirped with great personal pride. She encourages them to go to junior college.
Dallas businessman Darren Blanton is a longtime supporter of Rodriguez's efforts. He told Breitbart Texas that when he met her nine years ago, he recalled his younger days when he was a "lost sheep." Blanton and a few former Dallas Cowboys are among the mentors who volunteer to work with youth who stick steadfastly to their life-changing goals at Nu-Life.
Blanton noted that Rodriguez operates on a very modest budget, unlike those for DAEP and JJAEP. In 2012, Texas Appleseed questioned the validity of such leviathan public programs that are fraught with poor outcomes. They quoted the costs of 2008-09 statewide taxpayer costs of DAEP at $232 million and the 2010-11 JJAEP public funding at more than $31 million. Additionally, the state's school districts pumped $327 million into campus security and monitoring services in 2010-11.
Blanton agreed, "You can't rehabilitate people with a system. You can only rehabilitate them with a relationship."
Working with Rodriguez is her grandson as did her late son Danny "D-Boy" — the most successful Christian rapper in Dallas. In 1990, he was killed in what Rodriguez called a case of mistaken identity. Like his parents, Danny was an activist and counselor in Metroplex gang-infested communities. Following his death, Rodriguez called for a "ceasefire" among the gangs. Ironically, when he died, D-Boy's single was "Cease for Peace."
She has four other grown children. Her husband passed away in 2010. They were married 43 years and he was Street Church's minister.
A little over 30 kids were hanging out on this one night when Breitbart Texas visited the ministry. She and a few volunteers made ham sandwiches and brought in some tacos from the neighboring strip mall food joint to serve them dinner, but first they prayed.
Recently, a blood pressure scare sent the septuagenarian to the gym where she is now working out four days a week. She told Breitbart Texas that she only asks God that "her mind stays young" so she can keep up with the kids.
Not surprisingly, her cell phone ringer is set to John Mayer's Waiting on the World to Change.
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With a name taken from a series of experimental short films by Richard Kern and a list of influences that includes such avant-garde pop luminaries as Sparks, you'd hope that Quebec's Manhattan Love Suicides would sound a little more interesting. While it's admirable for a band to intentionally isolate itself from current trends, in this case the end result seems to be songs that sound like second-rate Skinny Puppy demos instead of second-rate Wumpscut or Apoptygma Berzerk remixes. There are some promising moments, like the old-school synth lines running through "Second Side" or the cold atmospheric rhythms of "Untitled," but that promise is marred by things like the retro hipster electroclash of "Angst" or the overuse of reverb on "A Dangerous Game." "Radiostation" is by far the standout track; though it borrows a lot from early industrial dance music, it has the same gritty catchiness of such early industrial dance hits as "Smothered Hope." Once Manhattan Love Suicides get a bit more comfortable in the studio, let's all hope they turn out more tracks like this.
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Try "The Weed's Welcome Page to Their Family Tree" at
Scroll to the end of the page and there are listed all the separate family pages they support.The WERKHEISER History Page is very interesting.Then go to the Carl and Anna WERKHEISER Homepage.At the end of that homepage are pages for their children, Catherine has her own page.
I am related to this line through Carl & Anna's youngest daughter,Elizabeth WERKHEISER married to Abraham BELLISFIELD.
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My husband has always said, "I cannot think of one thing my child would do that would be so bad that I would ever hit them. I'm a grown man, they are a child." He also will typically go on to state, if I ever did spank them, it would be out of anger and that is simply wrong and selfish.
Any discussion he has with parents that spank- he asks them: "Tell me one good thing that results from spanking your child that talking to them [or disciplining other ways] couldn't result in?"
He is typically met with no response. I think he sometimes hears, "It never hurt me any" or "It stops them" sometimes. No, really, I would stop if I was hit too. Great response.
"Thirty-two countries prohibit physical punishment of children by parents or caregivers, but the practice is allowed in the United States and Canada. The American Academy of Pediatrics strongly recommends against the use of physical punishment as a form of child discipline." [2]
Unfortunately, one of our [update 5/5/16: former] presidential candidates openly admits to spanking his children. Ted Cruz stated, "You know I'll tell you, in my house, if my daughter Catherine, the five-year-old, says something she knows to be false, she gets a spanking." [3]
Why one would seem so proud of this fact, I'm unsure of actually. A grown adult spanking a child is one of the most uncomfortable sites that I witness a few times a year.
It saddens me for all the tools available to us today, we resort to this notion of physical aggression towards our youth for discipline and somehow twist it into a conservative "value." There is no value in hitting. Period.
The following is what occurs in our home if our child lies to us: We give him the opportunity to tell us the truth. If he does not, we ask him again what he said and we make him repeat it until the lie eventually turns into him confessing the truth. We tell him we appreciate him telling the truth and we are proud of him for that.
We explain to him lies hurt people and the truth is important and it feels better to tell the truth. Then we give him a consequence (no treats for 3 days, for example). He actually takes this fairly well, he understands. Our 4 year old rarely lies to us as a result.
We are also sparing him the damaging effects of physical punishment.
"We find children who are physically punished get more aggressive over time and those who are not physically punished get less aggressive over time," says Joan Durrant, the article's lead author and a child clinical psychologist and professor of family social sciences at the University of Manitoba. " [1]
This is a topic I have shied away from for a while now. First of all, I know many parents that spank or justify spanking in certain situations. Secondly, I could not write this article without explaining that I did it myself- once.
Yes, public confession time. I did it at a desperate and exhausted moment and it proved to me – spanking is often done as a last resort when the parent can no longer intelligently control their emotions.
It may also be a parent's default tool, I don't personally know parents that use it as a default, but when I see a parent spanking their kid for "not walking fast enough" at the grocery store- that is probably that parent's main method of control. It saddens me. Even if done later or not out of anger. If we are not angry anymore at the child- why not just talk to them?
Don't forget that word control either, we will revisit that word.
The few parents I know that do confess to spanking, typically justify it as "it never hurt me any as a child" or "I never do it when I'm angry" or "I only do it when they need to learn something isn't safe, like running in the street." I'm not sure how a spanking drives home the point to a 2 year old not to run into traffic, but hey, say what you need to yourself to sleep at night.
Back to my parenting horror story:
I had been back to work for just 3 days from maternity leave (my daughter deciding she wouldn't drink a bottle all day long didn't help my stress levels), navigating pumping at work, how to be a working mom again, and my husband had gone to the ER at 6pm with extreme abdominal pain.
Two hospitals later he found out he needed an emergency appendectomy. This was on the eve of my parents leaving on vacation and my mother in law was visiting us without a car.
My amazing parents delayed their vacation to drive my mother in law to the hospital at like 4 a.m. so I could stay home with the kids and she could be with her son during his surgery. My father in law drove up from Kentucky also to be here to help us.
My husband had developed an infection, so I was very worried. I was utterly exhausted from a lack of sleep the night before and constant worry. I'm not a crier but I did that day, a lot.
My daughter had just gone to sleep for the night and I was exhausted. My son, who was a little over 2 at the time, knocked over several glass picture frames on our entertainment center in a moment of intentional misbehavior.
Why we had glass frames within a toddler's reach is beyond me? So really who was to blame there?
I picked him up in case anything was broken and in a moment of pure emotion, I spanked his little behind. Naturally, he stopped, he cried, and he said "Mommy why you hit me?" Broke. My. Heart. I started crying and hugging him and of course he hugged me back so tightly. He forgave me. My mother in law walked in to me crying and holding him and patted my back and reassured me my husband was doing well and it would all be okay.
I had completely broken the value system my husband and I had set before we ever had kids. I get a pit in my stomach whenever I think of it. I've told a few friends who remind me I am human and I had extenuating circumstances and not to feel guilty. I've since moved on from the guilt, chalked it up to a big parenting mistake.
We had decided not to spank for several reasons: We didn't want our emotional responses used to discipline. We wanted to be the parents that communicate with our children verbally to teach them behavior. We felt it was an outdated method (we had no clue so many parents still did it actually!) My parents never once spanked their three children, so I had no exposure to it. My husband felt spanking in his childhood was ineffective. Of course, generationally there were not the parenting tools available today and the studies had not proven its dangers yet.
Why encroach physical punishment on a child doing what children do? Exploring, misbehaving, testing, throwing a tantrum, pestering their sibling, acting out when they are hungry, tired, or bored.
How does physically invading one's bodily space and making them feel unsafe help them learn things like self-control, expressing their anger verbally, or overcoming frustrating obstacles by trying again?
It doesn't.
Life can be tiring and daily stressors easily accumulate and manifest into a swarm of emotions for parents (and our children).
Allowing those normal emotional responses to develop into a physical form of disciplinary action is mere selfishness. We have to take care of ourselves as parents to avoid those emotional pitfalls. Exercise, time to ourselves, relaxation techniques, and educating ourselves in various parenting techniques can help us be better parents.
Using outdated notions of discipline and some sort of parent/child power hierarchy won't cut it in the new age of parenting. I'm not talking about our children running all over us and I'm not talking about parenting by being a "friend."
We are not doing our children a disservice by teaching them to be loving. We are doing them a grave injustice however by teaching them it's okay to cause harm.
I have seen too many social media blog posts about how we are turning our children into pansies or a spoiled generation and I simply don't agree with the notion that tough love or spanking is necessary. Also, at what age is spanking crossing the line. You wouldn't want your 12 year old daughter struck by her boyfriend or her father, correct? Why is this okay for her to be struck as a 5 year old? It simply does not make sense!
Spanking: Yes, it stops the child. If you were struck, you would stop too.
The irony of hitting a person to teach them not to do something seems about the most unintelligent and archaic notion of guiding our children to do better.
There I said it, that may strike some as judgmental, but this is an opinion piece (albeit I quote some great sources) and that is my opinion. Spanking is an unintelligent and emotionally charged means of stopping a behavior.
Childbank.org statistics show that college educated adults are less likely to spank their children. Interesting, but these are still surprisingly high numbers in my opinion. Of course, I'm not saying people who spank their children are un-intelligent people.
What I am saying, is spanking is an outdated and archaic notion of discipline. There are more intelligent and creative means to get your point across.
Remember that word "control" from earlier? Parenting is not to "control" our children, parenting is to "guide" them. If we raise another human under the guise that we can control them, as parents we will run into a world of frustration during their later formative years. We will also run into difficulty allowing them become an adult with their own volitions and respecting their life decisions.
As parents, we guide, we feed, we nourish, and that baby plant of ours is transplanted into the world to grow more on their own, away from us. They take the lessons and values they learned, but ultimately we have to respect they are a separate entity.
We have found in parenting that guiding, communicating, time outs for more serious offenses, and positive behavior reinforcement, and sometimes threatening and/or taking away privileges like dessert or toys works with our 4 year old. He is 4, we expect him to behave as a 4 year old, but we also expect him to learn from us.
Is this approach involved? Yes, it takes time, creativity, energy and quick thinking, often on the fly.
Our children know they are safe, they can tell us the truth, but there will be consequences.
Does our 4 year old still haul off and shove his sister sometimes? Yes. He knows there are consequences and we see him understanding more every day how to better control himself.
All you need to do is look at the facts:
"…none of more than 80 studies on the effects of physical punishment have succeeded in finding positive associations. "If someone were to hit us to change our behavior, it might harm our relationship with that person. We might feel resentful," says Durrant. "It's no different for children. It's not a constructive thing to do." [1]
A child is not spoiled by not being spanked, they are guided away from negative behaviors instead. They don't avoid the poor behavior to merely to avoid physical punishment out of fear of harm. They avoid it because they have learned it is frowned upon and it's "not right."
As parents, we should not allow our daily stresses to manifest into a discourse of violence Yes, I say violence. Hitting or spanking is a violent attempt at controlling another's behavior and in the long term it's ineffective and damaging:
"There's neuroimaging evidence that physical punishment may alter parts of the brain involved in performance on IQ tests and up the likelihood of substance abuse. And there's also early data that spanking could affect areas of the brain involved in emotion and stress regulation." [1]
The magnitude of tools we have at our disposal in this generation is vast: time out chairs, links upon links to parenting articles, Super Nanny tips, Kids shows about every behavior topic imaginable, smart phone apps, encouragement charts, and shockingly enough- getting down at eye level and talking to our children (post tantrum or tirade of course).
Even prayers with your child to "do better staying calm tomorrow" or "be nicer to my sister tomorrow" can be used as a tool if you go that route. We encourage our 4 year old to state "I am so mad." We acknowledge what is making him mad and we give him tips on how to change that response for next time.
"When children see someone resolve conflict with aggression, they are more likely to learn that behavior," says Durrant. "Two-year-olds are the most aggressive people in the world. They don't understand the impact of their behavior, and they can't inhibit themselves. So the more a child sees someone resolving conflict with aggression, the more aggressive they become." [1]
Could your child still turn out the aggressive type even without being spanked? Of course. There is a litany of factors in our brains that affect how we deal with stress. Could a child that is spanked turn out to be the next great peacemaker in the world? Of course.
Same as I don't want to "turn on" a genetic predisposition for cancer by feeding my kids preservatives, dyes, and chemical-laced foods, I don't want to turn on any predisposition for aggression.
Spanking children leads to chaos in the home, regret, repression, guilt, and yes, more aggressive behaviors. If spanking is so effective, why the need to continue spanking?
As my husband says, ""I cannot think of one thing my child would do that would be so bad that I would ever hit them. I'm a grown man, they are a child."
If my child hits me or his sister, it make NO sense to hit him back. Do the thing that they just did to teach them not to do it? HUH?
To quote Lewis Carol's Alice in Wonderland:
"Alice: If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?"
I almost didn't add this next part because I didn't want to come across condescending or prideful:
"Our children are well behaved." They are 2 and 4 and do normal misbehaviors for their age. So if you see me at the grocery, yes one very well could be having a tantrum or whining! We are not perfect! Even I whine when I'm hungry, tired, or have a headache.
They are also very different personalities, so we didn't just "luck out" and have two calm kids. Our parenting style is pretty calm and I think that leads to relative peace in our household. Our oldest is thoughtful, very insistent, and likes things done a certain way- his way. Our youngest is spunky, willful, and vocal (LOUD) when she wants something.
However, we are guiding and teaching them to behave properly. That is our JOB as parents. Make them feel safe enough in a calm environment to make mistakes and learn from them.
If we justify spanking our children, then as a nation, we are taking the easy approach to parenting and possibly causing our children long term damage. I beg the parents of our country to find a more intelligent and mindful approach to guiding our youth.
There is enough violence in the world without contributing to it.
- Rochman, Bonnie. February 6, 2012. Why Spanking Doesn't Work. Healthlandtime.com
2. Bennet-Smith, Meredith. October 22, 2013. Study Links Spanking to Increased Aggression, Language Problems. www.huffingtonpost.com
3. Bump, Philip. January 9, 2016. Ted Cruz Spanks His Daughter and Republicans are Okay with That. www.washingtonpost.com


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- Pour mixture in the lined pan.
- Freeze for one hour.
- Take the fudge out of the pan and cut it at your preferred size.
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Returning JSON from a PHP Script
I want to return JSON from a PHP script.
Do I just echo the result? Do I have to set the
Content-Type header?
As said above:
header('Content-Type: application/json');
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Ajax will have no problem to read json even if this header is not used, except if your json contains some HTML tags. In this case you need to set the header as application/json.
Make sure your file is not encoded in UTF8-BOM. This format add a character in the top of the file, so your header() call will fail.
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// Set HTTP response status code to: 500 - Internal Server Error
echo $json;
Then the receiving end should of course be aware that the presence of the jsonError property indicates an error condition, which it should treat accordingly.
In production mode it might be better to send only a generic error status to the client and log the more specific error messages for later investigation.
Read more about dealing with JSON errors in Documentation
If you need to get json from php sending custom information you can add this
header('Content-Type: application/json'); before to print any other thing, So then you can print you custome
echo '{"monto": "'.$monto[0]->valor.'","moneda":"'.$moneda[0]->nombre.'","simbolo":"'.$moneda[0]->simbolo.'"}';
The answer to your question is here,
It says.
The MIME media type for JSON text is application/json.
so if you set the header to that type, and output your JSON string, it should work.
It is also good to set the access security - just replace * with the domain you want to be able to reach it.
header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *');
header('Content-type: application/json');
$response = array();
$response[0] = array(
'id' => '1',
'value1'=> 'value1',
'value2'=> 'value2'
echo json_encode($response);
Here is more samples on that: how to bypass Access-Control-Allow-Origin?
A complete piece of nice and clear PHP code returning JSON is:
$option = $_GET['option'];
if ( $option == 1 ) {
$data = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ];
// will encode to JSON array: ["a","b","c"]
// accessed as example in JavaScript like: result[1] (returns "b")
} else {
$data = [ 'name' => 'God', 'age' => -1 ];
// will encode to JSON object: {"name":"God","age":-1}
// accessed as example in JavaScript like: result.name or result['name'] (returns "God")
header('Content-type: application/json');
echo json_encode( $data );
You can use this little PHP library. It sends the headers and give you an object to use it easily.
It looks like :
// Include the json class
// Then create the PHP-Json Object to suits your needs
// Set a variable ; var name = {}
$Json = new json('var', 'name');
// Fire a callback ; callback({});
$Json = new json('callback', 'name');
// Just send a raw JSON ; {}
$Json = new json();
// Build data
$object = new stdClass();
$object->test = 'OK';
$arraytest = array('1','2','3');
$jsonOnly = '{"Hello" : "darling"}';
// Add some content
$Json->add('width', '565px');
$Json->add('You are logged IN');
$Json->add('An_Object', $object);
// Finally, send the JSON.
While you're usually fine without it, you can and should set the Content-Type header:
$data = /** whatever you're serializing **/;
header('Content-Type: application/json');
echo json_encode($data);
If I'm not using a particular framework, I usually allow some request params to modify the output behavior. It can be useful, generally for quick troubleshooting, to not send a header, or sometimes print_r the data payload to eyeball it (though in most cases, it shouldn't be necessary).
Set the content type with
header('Content-type: application/json'); and then echo your data.


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Sit on a sidewalk facing out and eat.
Watch how the kids smile shyly and feel complete.
The cook just graduated from college, I think.
The dirty pail of muddy water is his sink.
I believe the couple divided by the paper could break –
The tension between them is more that I can take.
Thoughts turn to myself and my hands –
I stare into them until they look like rubber bands.
Life is passing me by as I eat.
Alone is the only time I hear the chorus and can tap its beat.


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Monday, April 13, 2009
Editorial on Jane Lubchenco in the NY times
The Obama administration's appointment of Jane Lubchenco to head NOAA is a promising development. She is a bright and creative mind in fisheries science and is a welcome change from the last 8 years. A few important decisions are facing her agency and it will be interesting and exciting to see how things play out. An editorial in the NY times today discussed the issue.
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The National Nuclear Security Administration recently participated in the Workshop on Nonproliferation Nuclear Forensics, which sought to help deter illicit trafficking of nuclear materials in the Asian-Pacific region.
The workshop was held in Bangkok, Thailand, and hosted by the ARF with help from the NNSA, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre Institute for Transuranium Elements and the Kingdom of Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Office of Atoms for Peace. Fifty-five people from 17 countries attended the workshop, and it was the second time the workshop was held alongside the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum.
"With more than forty percent of the world's seaborne trade alone flowing through Asia and the Pacific, countries in the region risk becoming conduits for the illicit trafficking of nuclear and other radioactive materials," NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Anne Harrington said. "Nuclear security and trafficking challenges recognize no national borders and cannot be resolved strictly through national assets, thus a regional approach to developing nuclear forensics capabilities will be an essential tool for authorities."
The workshop focused on the creation of strong nuclear forensics capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region through collaboration with regional forces, such as governments and international agencies, and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
"Southeast Asia will be an increasingly important transportation and travel hub that will rely on greater regional cooperation to prevent illicit smuggling activities," ASEAN Deputy Director-General to the Department of Affairs in Thailand Busadee Santipitaks said. "Thailand has been engaged with ASEAN on a number of activities to promote safe and secure peaceful uses of nuclear sciences and technology in the region."


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The Big Picture
The 12-month composite map (below) shows exceptional water deficits forecast in southern Turkey and eastern Yemen. Surpluses are forecast along the Iraq-Iran border and a small region in northeast Turkey. Elsewhere the forecast indicates deficits of varying severity for the region, with both deficits and surpluses predicted in some areas.
Watching groundwater levels shrink over the years, Turkish farmers in Western Anatolia worry about the future of independent farming. Where thirty years ago a well seven meters deep was sufficient, growers are now digging several hundred meters to find water. Rapid population growth has contributed to Turkey's water stress. Competition for the precious resource is also coming from Turkey's new tourism industry - golf courses - which require massive amounts of water. Though the eastern Mediterranean is known for its aridity, a recent NASA study found that the 1998-2012 drought in the Levant was the worst in 900 years. An altogether different kind of water hazard is threatening Iraq. In late February the US Embassy issued a fact sheet on Iraq's Mosul Dam, detailing a "serious and unprecedented risk of catastrophic failure without warning," along with recommendations for emergency alert and evacuation.
Forecast Breakdown
The 3-month composites (below) for the same 12-month period show the evolving conditions in more detail, with the most widespread and severe deficits clearly evident March through May on the Arabian Peninsula. Severe to exceptional deficits are forecast to encompass Yemen and western Oman. In Turkey's western and southern regions deficits are forecast to persist during this time, while surpluses may linger in the northeast. Surpluses along the Iraq-Iran border and in Iran along the Caspian Sea are forecast to diminish. From June through November deficits in the Middle East are forecast to diminish in severity, though not in extent, in most areas. One exception is United Arab Emirates, where moderate water deficits may become exceptional.
(It should be noted that forecast skill declines with longer lead times.)
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Twisters wrench spirits, homes
Amid the tornado debris, pastors are worried about emotional fallout as Holy Week begins.
BY SUSAN KIM | ROSENDALE, MO | April 10, 2006
The same night, this young boy not only lost his grandmother, but his home, too.
Stephen Redman
Amid the tornado debris, pastors are worried about emotional fallout as Holy Week begins.
"We can rebuild sticks and cement and mortar," observed Rich Atkins, associate pastor at the Rosendale Christian Church in rural northwest Missouri. "What we can't always rebuild is the structure of a person's life. Right now my biggest concern is that. It's not as visible. But we have to look at those inner structures that are weak."
In a rural community known for helping itself, Atkins said debris cleanup is progressing rapidly after a tornado roared through earlier this month.
"We're extremely rural. We don't have contractors or anything like that. People were showing up at people's houses they didn't know just to help. I went by one home that only had two people trying to clean up. The roof had caved in. I made two calls and there were 50 people there within an hour. They had excavators and loaders."
But even as people ride the tide of collective compassion, they are asking why this happened. "They are questioning: why did this happen, God? Maybe God didn't make this happen - but it happened," said Atkins.
As Atkins talks to families about the storm, he tells them God can do two things: "He can calm the storm, or He can take us through the storm. It's an opportunity for us to reach people, whether they attend church or not. And that continues on."
Parts of Missouri were among many areas devastated by a tornado outbreak earlier this month. Although damage in Tennessee captured more headlines, Missouri's rural residents have great needs as well.
The Rev. Steven Redman, a United Church of Christ (UCC) disaster relief coordinator based in north-central Missouri, said he has watched people read signs of hope amid piles of debris. In the rural village of Little Rock - just north of Arrow Rock, population 100, a small UCC sanctuary was leveled by a tornado.
"We were walking around and everything was just flat," said Redman. "All the stained glass was gone. Everything was in total disarray. There was one beam, at the far end of all this destruction, that had been part of the steeple. And in the beam there was an electrical socket, and there was a light bulb. The light bulb hadn't been broken. To me, it spoke to the randomness of this storm. But I guess maybe that light bulb gave people a sense that there is a light in all this."
During Holy Week, Redman said, he believes "the resurrection hope is still there."
The trouble is that people are coping with the hardness of everyday life, even as they try to recover from a disaster.
A home next door to the Little Rock church was destroyed as well, said Redman. The couple got called out in the night because her mother passed away in a nursing home.
Their son went to stay with a neighbor, and when he came up out of his neighbor's basement, he could see his home was destroyed. "The same night, this young boy not only lost his grandmother, but his home, too," said Redman.
The Little Rock congregation has been able to worship at a building in Arrow Rock, and Redman believes the church will rebuild.
Worship - no matter where it takes place - has become vitally important to people who are searching for a way to express themselves in the wake of the violent tornadoes, agreed Atkins. "It's allowing people to have a voice. It's telling people that God is with you through this. People can recognize this. And this seems to give a lot of hope to families."
As recovery moves from the relief stage into long-term rebuilding, stories of wind speeds and harrowing rescues tend to leave the headlines. After that, recovery happens family by family, said Captain John Quinn of The Salvation Army in Tennessee. "It doesn't matter what the F-factor was on that tornado," he said. "It's total devastation to them. It really doesn't matter whether it was on the ground for 80 feet or 80 miles. The one common denominator in all of it is homes and lives that are destroyed. You can't put a value on that."
Leaders from national faith-based disaster response groups say they are determined to walk beside people for the long haul.
People must be aware that a disaster isn't over when you can't see the debris anymore, urged Redman. There will be invisible yet lingering emotional issues - and potential environmental hazards as well, he pointed out.
"There is not only just the natural disaster but also the disasters that come up which are chemical or technological," Redman said. "One of the things that happens right now is that all these houses got blown down - so they pile everything up into a pile and burn it. That's fine if it's wood. But if they've thrown in an old TV or toaster or something like that, it's not smoke anybody should be breathing. People need to become a little more accustomed to thinking in those terms."
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Toni & Alex's wedding slideshow - St Mary's & Hundred House
I posted a few taster images of Toni and Alex's stunning wedding at St Mary's Church, Kidderminster and The Hundred House Hotel back in November and have been looking forward to sharing more images from their simply stunning day.
At this wedding, not only was Toni absolutely breathtaking when she arrived at the church in her beautiful gown, but Alex and his best men/ushers got the girlies swooning with their dashing look in their brown tweed suits complete with open-collar shirts and cravats. Toni was supposed to arrive in her father-in-law's restored vintage Jaguar but it didn't quite make it and, so, after swapping vehicles and the Jag's somewhat delayed arrival, if was safe to say it didn't travel to the Hundred House Hotel with the rest of us!
When we got to the venue, it was a case of cracking and having a brilliant time with this very special couple and their family/friends capturing the photos, video and filming a full marryoke to Justin Timberlake's 'Can't stop the feeling'; if you haven't seen the Marryoke yet and what we can achieve when working together - take a look at Phil's Vimeo link - you can see other sections of their day in video by looking through his Vimeo portfolio.
This was such a great day to be a part of and so here is a glimpse of it through the eyes of their photographer...me!
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A run down of some of the locations I have photographed at:
Ardencote Manor
Athena Theatre Venue, Leicestershire
Avoncroft Museum, Bromsgrove
Birmingham Town Hall
Blakelands Country House Hotel, Halfpenny Green
Botanical Gardens, Birmingham
Brockencote Hall, Chaddesly Corbett
Cadmore Lodge, Tenbury
Cameron House, Shores of Loch Lomond, Scotland
Cliveden Hall, Berkshire
Chester Zoo (Oakfield House), Chester
City Rooms, Leicester
Cookley Village Hall, nr. Kidderminster
Coombe Abbey, Coventry
Colwick Hall Hotel, Nottingham
Copthorne, Merry Hill
Crown & Sandy's, Ombersley
CSN, Birmingham
Curradine Barnes, Shrawley
Delbury Hall, Shropshire
Dudley Register Office, Dudley
Dudley Arms Hotel, Himley
Dunsley Hall Hotel, Kinver
Event City, Manchester
Forest of Arden Golf Club, Solihull
Grafton Manor, Droitwich
Grand Station, Wolverhampton
Grimstock Country House Hotel, nr. Curdworth
Goodyears Pavillion, Wolverhampton
Hadley Park House Hotel, Telford
Hartlebury Castle
Hawkstone Park, Weston under Redcastle, Shropshire
Henley in Arden Golf Club, Warwickshire
Highbury Hall, Birmingham
Hilton Hotel, Berlin
Himley Golf Club, Swindon
Himley House Hotel, Himley
Hinckley Island Hotel, Hinckley
Holt Castle, Ombersley
Holiday Inn, Bromsgrove
Kidderminster Registry Office, Kidderminster
Lee Brockhurst Village Hall, Nr. Wem
Leigh Arms, Northwich
Madeley Court, Telford
Manor Hill House
Moxhull Hall
Netherstowe House Hotel, Lichfield
Northumberland, Trafalgar Square, London
Paradise Island Resort, Bahamas
Pantheon, Rome City
Prestwold Hall, Leicestershire
Priory Park, Dudley
Raddison Blu Hotel, Birmingham
Rome Cavalieri, Waldorf Estoria, Rome City
Rowton Castle, Shrewsbury
Sherbourne Park, Sherbourne, Warwick
Stourport Manor
Somerford Hall, Wolverhampton
Spring Grove House, West Midlands Safari Park
Stone Manor, nr. Kidderminster
Stourport Manor
Stourton Rugby Club, nr. Stourbridge
The Bay Tree Hotel, Burford
The Belfry
The Dudley Arms, Himley
The Granary, Shenstone
The Holiday Inn, Bromsgrove
The Kingfisher, Wall Heath
The Mere, Manchester
The Metropole, NEC Birmingham
The Mill, Alvely
The Moat House, Acton Trussell
The Mount, Tettenhall
The Old Rectory, Wem
The Old Vicarage, Worfield
The Oratory, Birmingham
The Pear Tree, Smyte
The Plough & Harrow, Edgbaston
The Quality Hotel, Dudley
The Village Hotel, Dudley
Wroxall Abbey
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At most companies, it can feel like marketing and sales are far from being on the same team. According to the 2017 State of Inbound report, fewer than half of marketers would describe their respective companies' Sales and Marketing teams as "generally aligned."
And that's a problem.
Here at HubSpot, we're lucky to have a strong, healthy relationship between marketing and sales. Our marketing and sales executives started out on the same team in the company's earliest days, and that collaboration has trickled down throughout the organization as it continues to grow. But it wasn't just luck, of course.
That alignment — which we call "Smarketing" — is largely the result of a conscious decision to work together, set goals, and create agreements between both teams.
One of the most critical steps, it turns out, is creating a service level agreement (SLA). Traditionally, an SLA serves to clearly define exactly what a customer will receive from a service provider.
But we suggest creating a Sales and Marketing SLA: An agreement that details both marketing goals (like number of leads or revenue pipeline) and the sales activities that will follow and support them, like following up on leads qualified by marketing. Both teams use this document as a commitment to support each other, based on concrete, numerical goals. And guess what — 81% of marketers whose companies have this type of SLA have an effective marketing strategy.
Data from the 2017 State of Inbound Report
But if you don't have a Sales and Marketing SLA in place, fear not: We've outlined four steps to create one below, as well as ways to get started on aligning your sales and marketing teams.
Before you begin to draft your SLA, you'll have to make sure your Sales and Marketing teams are aligned — or, as we put it before, achieve harmonious Smarketing. That's accomplished in two main parts.
As a marketing department, not only should you have a concrete strategy and reporting goal, but also, you should have a concrete numerical one that aligns with the sales team's mentality.
Sales professionals are greatly driven by their quotas — the numerical goals that correlate with their compensation and job security. If Marketing commits to a similar, related numerical goal, it shows that the team is being held accountable in a manner similar to Sales.
Maintaining strong communication regarding how each team is performing on goals boosts transparency. If either team isn't reaching their goals, addressing that confirms their importance, while celebrating hitting those goals can aid motivation.
If you're not sure where to begin when it comes to setting these goals, check out our free Marketing & Sales Lead Goal Calculator, designed to help you determine and track the goals that will eventually become part of your SLA.
In order to calculate the marketing side of your SLA, you'll need the following four metrics:
Then, it's time to do some calculations.
It might also be a good idea to reevaluate the marketing side of the SLA each month, as a variety of factors can change the numbers used in your calculations over time. To do so, create a document that tracks your SLA calculations by month, which should include the following metrics:
You will also need:
With the figures above, you can re-calculate the metrics you started with on a monthly basis, or whatever timeframe is used in your business — quarter, year, etc. Just make sure the same measure of time is used for both Sales and Marketing to maintain alignment. Have a look:
You could also take it one step further, and incorporate quantity and quality into these metrics. The above calculations provide you with a quantitative volume goal of marketing-generated leads. However, we know that not all leads are created equal, and as a result, some may be considered higher- or lower-quality than others.
For example, a decision-making executive might be a more valuable contact than an intern. If that's the case, you can do the above analysis for each subset of leads, and set up separate goals for each type/quality level.
Want to take it even further? Measure in terms of value, instead of volume. For example, a CEO may be worth $100, for instance, while a director is $50, a manager is $40, and so on.
The sales side of the SLA should detail the speed and depth of following up with marketing-generated leads. A few years ago, HubSpot enlisted an MBA student's help in performing an analysis to determine the optimal number and frequency of follow-up attempts for each lead — if you have the time and resources for that, great. But many businesses don't. According to the InsideSales Fall 2016 ResponseAudit Report:
Not all leads may be fit to send to Sales immediately. Perhaps they need to meet some minimum level of quality, like reaching a certain activity level, which can only take place after being nurtured by Marketing. That's perfectly fine — as long as your leads get some immediate follow-up.
The first moments after lead conversion are critical in maintaining a relationship with your leads, and either Sales or Marketing should take action to start building that relationship, make nurturing easier, and set up the sales rep for success when she eventually does reach out.
But this advice is futile if you don't consider the bandwidth of your sales reps. Sure, in a perfect world, they'd make six follow-up attempts for each lead — in reality, though, they may simply not have enough hours in the day to do that. For that reason, you'll also need to factor in the number of leads each rep is getting (based on the Marketing SLA), how much time they spend on marketing-generated leads versus sales-generated leads, and how much time they have to spend on each one. If you're looking to conserve time, some of the follow-up — email, in particular — could be automated, so look into options there.
Now that you have your SLA goals, it's time to track your progress against that goal — daily.
To start, graph the goal line. Multiply 1/n — n is the number of days in the month — by your monthly goal. That should determine what portion of your monthly goal you need to achieve each day. You'll want to graph that cumulatively throughout the month and mark your cumulative actual results on the same chart. We call that a waterfall graph, and it looks something like this:
For the Sales SLA reporting, you'll have two graphs — one monitoring the speed of follow-up, and the other monitoring the depth of follow-up.
To graph the speed of follow up, you'll need the date/time the lead was presented to sales, and the date/time the lead received her first follow-up. The difference between those two times equals the time it took for Sales to follow up with that particular lead.
Take the averages of lengths of time it took for Sales to follow up with all leads within a particular timeframe — day, week, month — and graph it against the SLA goal.
To graph the depth of follow-up — e.g., the number of attempts — look specifically at leads that have not been connected with, since the goal of the follow-up is to get a connect. For leads over a certain timeframe that have not gotten a connect, look at the average number of follow-up attempts made, and graph that against the SLA goal.
When it comes to what should be in your service level agreement, there's one final piece: Review these metrics on a daily basis to monitor your progress, and make sure both Sales and Marketing have access to the reports for both sides of the SLA.
This step helps to maintain accountability and transparency and allows for both teams to address issues — or congratulate each other on productive results.
What best practices have you observed in creating a service level agreement within your organization? Let us know in the comments.
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Christmas is coming and children are home for every meal – I tried this on three of the fussiest children in West London and they gobbled it up like the Grandma in Red Riding Hood, slurp.
500g chicken thighs or breasts
1cm fresh root ginger
4 spring onions
1 clove garlic
2 tablespoons chopped coriander
1 small red chilli
75g fresh white breadcrumbs
1 egg beaten
2 tablespoons fish sauce.
Shove everything in the blender, whizz then shape into balls and fry in a healthy oil. OMG delicious.


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News & Notes for January
Post date: Jan 16, 2012 9:21:47 PM
Welcome back into Session II. Hoping everyone had a great holiday season. Thanks so much for all who attended and helped at our New Year's Sleepover. Soooo much fun bringing in 2012. What an awesome job on the New Year's hats. And many thanks to Samantha Spoth who provided us all with a fresh pancake breakfast. Yum! Those that attended, please take a look at your clothing and slipper closet. We had a few pieces of items left behind and want to make sure they get back to their owners properly. Give us a call if you think something may be here that belongs to you.
NOTES for January :
MLK Day. Yes, we are open all day for regular classes. Home School Open gym is from 1:30 to 3pm today.
FlexBeams: There are still a few flex beams left for purchase. We've had great feedback on the ones already purchased. Ask at the front desk if you have any questions.
T-Shirts & Sweatshirts: T-Shirts are available for purchase and sweatshirts are available to order. Check it out at the front desk.
Spring is on its way and winter and spring vacations lend themselves to our open gyms and clinics. Be watching our emails and our website for the calendar of events.
SUMMER: As summer is approaching and we are looking to develop our summer schedule, we would gladly welcome your suggestions. It will be here sooner than we think.
Birthday Parties: Give us a call to schedule your birthday / event party on a Saturday or Sunday. 1-1/2 hours of easy fun, we do all the work, including setting up the tables, providing the paper products, spoons, napkins, plates, one Capri sun, entertainment and clean-up, Yes even clean-up. Birthday child gets a t-shirt, and all the young guests get to pick from our treasure chest. Call us for more details and availability.
Take a look at the attached winter schedule. We are still having Tumbling with Mike for our students on a drop in basis on Tuesday nights from 6:30 to 8pm. Cost is $ 15 / child. Also, Mike will be continuing thru the winter session his Cheerleader Tumbling on Sunday mornings from 10am to 12pm. Price is $15 / child. Saturday mornings thru the winter session from 11am to 1pm we are also having Open Gym for those children that are too young to attend the Friday night open gym, (which is still running on Friday nights form 7pm to 9pm). Lots of great opportunities for drop in tumbling.
So glad to see everyone in 2012. Stay in touch and watch as our gym continues to evolve. As always, we welcome your suggestions for new programs and clinics.
Have a great week. Stay Warm !
Candace & Staff


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September 25, 2012 – It was sunny this morning, a bit chilly at first, but getting warmer as the sun rose higher in the sky. We took a nice drive in the countryside, admiring the changing leaves and shocks of standing corn drying in the fields. We passed hikers walking along the road near the Appalachian trail and parked by the lake in Boiling Springs. We decided to eat at Caffe 101 and dined al fresco, soaking up the sunshine while ducks and geese swam on the lake. 2 eggs, home fries, sausage and baked blueberry oatmeal made for a very good breakfast. We had the outdoor dining area to ourselves and sat at our table enjoying the sights. Goodbye to summer, hello to autumn.
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Beck & Don's Kountry Kitchen
Beck & Don's Kountry Kitchen on Walnut Street in Mechanicsburg has closed.
Bakers Diner – Dillsburg
On Tuesday August 28, 2012 we stopped by Baker's Diner in Dillsburg for a nice breakfast. Our old reliable "2 eggs, home fries and meat" was on special for $3.49. We had a little bit of confusion in the order, but once it was straightened out everything was very good. Bakers is working on their addition and it looks like they might have it open by Christmas.
Today was a special breakfast celebrating 15,000 views of this blog. Also, this post is our 135th. Thank you to all of our readers and followers.
Sunlight Diner – Mechanicsburg
On Tuesday August 21, 2012 we stopped by the Sunlight Diner (formerly the 50's Diner) in Mechanicsburg. As usual they were pretty busy, but we had really good service and a good breakfast. This place is a favorite.
Middlesex Diner – Carlisle
On Tuesday August 14, 2012 we had breakfast at the Middlesex Diner in Carlisle. Everything was good, but they did seat us in the big room next to a long, long table that was being filled with a large group. It got very noisy and crowded. There did seem to be lots of room in the regular dining area, why would they seat us right next to a large group?
Colony House – Mechanicsburg
On Tuesday August 7, 2012 we had a nice breakfast at the Colony House in Mechanicsburg. Everything was very good!
Surprise – Dingledein's Closes
Wow, after such a great breakfast last week, talking with the people that work there and absolutely no warning….Dingledein Bakery in New Cumberland closes. They will be missed.


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Maintaining your Car for Longer Life
Posted by ninah123 in Auto Maintenance, Car Parts on June 30, 2011
In order to make sure that your vehicle remains sturdy, you should find ways to help keep your car running smoothly. An ordinary person can also check their vehicles not relying on the car technicians and mechanics – which are capable of checking and maintaining our cars. This might help you in extending the life of your car and maintaining your its good performance.
By doing a regular checkup, it gives your car a good health and as a result you have to spend less money for the repairs. One of most important parts of a car that needs a habitual checkup is the engine. Engine serves as the heart of a car, just like our heart it needs to be healthy so we need to take care of it. Most of the people also forget to change the oil of their car which is recommended by car manufacturers to help maintain the excellent performance of the engine.
Keeping your car clean extends the life of a car. There are environmental aspects that can cause a dilemma to your car such as the ruthless winter conditions, corrosive elements, high temperature, bird droppings, tree deplete and others. These can affect the exterior and interior (mechanical aspects) parts of your car so cleaning is necessary.
Avoid not going beyond the limit of your car; short breaking, high speed driving and other relentless types of driving can cause a transmission weary and problem to the engine.
Safety Measures before Going into a Long Road Trip
Posted by ninah123 in Auto Maintenance, Automotives, Car Parts on May 25, 2011
Most of the car owner didn't do their job in checking their cars before using it and as a result they will experience some troubles while they are in a trip. If you are planning for a long road trip, be sure to inspect your car to avoid unexpected emergencies such as flat tires, overheat and others. Here are some of the safety measures that should be done by the owners or drivers before going into a long road trip.
- One of the most important parts that should be checked are the tires, be sure that they are properly filled with air and uneven wear should be observed before traveling.
- Ensure the antifreeze coolant is in good condition; be sure that the coolant is properly replaced as recommended by the vehicle maintenance.
- Check the brakes, brake fluids and power steering fluids before you travel.
- Batteries are also play an important role in traveling so be sure to check it as high temperatures can compromise batteries.
- As part of the engine check up, engine oil should also be monitored as well as the cracked belts.
- Inspect the windshield wiper blades and washer fluid because this will help you in maintaining a clear vision to the road.
Auto Maintenance – Tire Rotation Practice and Patterns
Posted by ninah123 in Auto Maintenance, Car Parts on May 12, 2011
Most of the car owners and drivers forget to do some check-up/maintenance to some parts of their car and one of these parts is the tires. Tires are very important to a car as far as the handling is concern and one of its maintenance is the tire rotation. It is a practice of moving a car wheels and tires from one position of a car to another. This is done to extend the life, safety and to ensure even tire wear. There are some patterns in tire rotations such as the rearward cross, forward cross and the X-pattern. But there are two additional patterns for today's performance tires and wheel trends, the front to rear and side by side. The front-to-rear pattern may be used for vehicles equipped with the same size directional wheels and/or directional tires. A side-to side pattern may be used for vehicles equipped with different sized non-directional tires and wheels on the front axle compared to the rear axle.
Most of the car developers recommend rotating car tires in every 3000 to 5000 miles; this may reduce tire's tread depth. This may also give you a great handling, increase cornering grip and helps to have a quick response to the driver.
Intensive Engine Care – Spark Plugs
Posted by ninah123 in Auto Maintenance, Car Parts on May 3, 2011
Maintenance is very important to a car as it sustain its good performance; the car can run smoothly and this may not require you a wide mechanical and automotive background. One of the most important parts of a car that needs a quality of time in terms of maintenance is the engine. The basic engine care is the spark plug maintenance. Spark plug is a device that is connected to a cylinder head and other mechanical parts. It combusts the compressed fuels that the engine pumps out – reason for the ignition. If this device fails to do its duty, the engine will fail.
It is said that normal spark plugs can last up to 48,000 km while platinum spark plugs can hit at about 160,000 km. Customers and vehicle users are advised to use this 3 types of spark plugs that can help their car to be more fuel efficient.
Platinum plugs – It helps to decrease failure of the engine, reduce corrosions between holes and enhanced its stability over the standard copper core plug.
Double Platinum plugs – Just like the platinum plugs it helps to lessen erosions and lower the probability of engine failures. The additional feature of this plug is it offers 160,000 km of durability.
Iridium enhanced spark plugs – This spark plug helps a car to have a better ignition, focuses on copper core plugs and high performance.
This may help you in maintaining your car's great performance, fuel economy and durability.
Preventive Measures – Keeping Your Car Running for Years
Posted by ninah123 in Auto Maintenance, Car Parts on March 25, 2011
The cost of maintaining a vehicle and keeping it on the road is not exactly irrelevant. As an owner, having a good maintenance to your car avoids you to spend more money – bringing it to the car technicians. Here are some preventive measures in keeping your car's good condition and keeping it running in the road for years.
Air Filter
Checking the air filter is one of the common things that should an owner do. A dirty air filter can greatly affect the economical aspects of fuel efficiency. When you noticed that there is a dirt or dust build up and it seems that it needs to replace it, just simply change it.
Brake Fluid
Brakes will need to be replaced over a car's lifespan but drivers or owners should check the brake fluid regularly. Replacing brakes are one of the most expensive repair jobs of a vehicle. Brake fluid is very important to a car as it is needed for the lifespan of brakes. If you noticed that the fluid is below the line of demarcation, add fluid up to that line but be careful not to overfill it.
Motor Oil
A regular checking of the motor oil is also important in maintaining the lifespan of your vehicle. Changing oils should be done and should be based on the car manufacturer's guidelines.
Tires should have the recommended tire pressure. Properly inflated tires make it easier for the engine to operate, lowering fuel costs at the same time decreasing wear and tear on the engine.
Direct Injection – Improves Fuel Economy and Engine Power
Exterior and interior designers of a car are always the main attraction of a car events/auto show. Most of the people didn't show the people behind the engine/engine parts; its innovations that may help to maximize the car performance. Direct injections and more efficient automatic transmissions are some of the greatest innovations that help the car achieve its maximum performance. Fuel efficiency is the most important aspects of a car.
Before, cars that are equipped with automatics has 1-2 miles per gallons less compare to manuals; in terms of fuel consumption, but today they already matched manuals as far as fuel consumption is concern. The reasons for these are: automatics have more gears, the use of a gear ratio is closely equal to the driving situation; and they have been redesigned to reduce fuel-slurping slippage in the transmission's torque converter. The advantage of a direct injection is that you can get improvements in both fuel economy and engine power. There are three phase in the evolution of fuel injection. The first phase is the throttle-body injection. This is done by injecting fuel into a central part of the intake manifold and to each cylinder's intake valve. Next is the port injection, the fuel is dumped on the valve's doorstep. And the last phase of this evolution is the direct injection which can be done through squirting the gas directly into the combustion chamber under much greater pressure than a port injection system.
Car Battery Maintenance
One of the most important parts in a car is battery. Batteries are responsible of supplying electricity in the car. It helps to start the engine, stereo, lights and to all the system that uses electricity as a source. If the batteries are not properly handled and have damage, all this things are useless. It should have a regular check-up and proper maintenance to have its maximum output. A battery should be checked every three to six months. In maintaining a car battery, here are some tips in maintaining a car battery.
Corrosion Free – The terminals of the battery should be checked and it should be deterioration/rust free. If in case that there are some white powdery substances at the end of the terminal or in the clamp, it can be cleaned through a solution of water and baking soda. You can also prevent or at least impede future corrosion by spraying anti-corrosion products. Much important is to inspect the battery daily.
Visual Inspection – Inspecting the car battery everyday is a big help in extending the life of the battery. If you see fault or lump in the battery, this is a sign that the battery is starting to fail and it is advisable to replace it. Be sure that in every inspection, you should clean the battery because dirt can lead to power loss.
Some of the batteries extend their life span and others fails very early as far as there warranty period is concern. Car batteries are temperature sensitive, so as much as possible park your car in the shade and also make sure that it is full-charged in a cold weather. These are the things that may help you in extending the life of a car battery and having its maximum output.


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Vibrant oil paintings depict the city at night illuminated by cars and the light spill from bars and clubs. The flora and fauna around Melbourne are captured in softer watercolour. Figures, alone and together, interrelate in starker monotone prints and drawings.
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Identity Politics Gets Into Our Pants
We seem to be headed toward a globalized cultural terra incognito noted for two huge realities: One, the United States as we've known it is declining from the status of undisputed Top Dog in the world to the status of Big Dog among other Big Dogs, some who used to be third world developing nations -- as the pussy-grabber-in-chief would say, former "shithole countries." And, two, men as an Identity Group in America seem to be in crisis. Whether one likes it or not, gender is becoming more nuanced and complex. John Wayne (birth name Marion Morrison) is dead. A significant gray zone is growing between men and women. Following President Obama's commutation, Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning has just announced she'll be running in the Democratic primary for the US Senate seat in Maryland held by two-term Senator Ben Cardin. It should be an interesting forum for her brave and moral decision to reveal secret details of the cruel, militarist debacle in Iraq. Her voice could also be an eloquent expression of the need in this nation for a feminine, more nurturing and forgiveness-oriented counter to the vengeful, hyper-masculine impulses toward violence and war that tend to saturate our crazy culture. It will be interesting to follow her campaign.
Furthermore, the qualities of masculinity and femininity are becoming less and less linked exclusively with men and women, respectively. In a highly-regimented, high-tech, computerized world, hard, frontier-taming manhood becomes less necessary. This leads, as extreme reaction, to hypermasculinity and, on the other end of the masculine/feminine continuum, to the laid-back metrosexual male with manpurses and skin creams. Of course, females face a corresponding continuum of super femininity on a pedestal, at one end, and Seal team tough gals on the masculine end. In the political realm, think Hillary Clinton versus Melania Trump; and you won't find a more ridiculous cartoon of masculinity than Donald Trump. In a militarist, highly regimented, some would say virtual police state, the hypermasculine male reaction can cross the line of acceptability and lead to crime and violence. Some men overcompensate for the masculine crisis and become obsessed with pumping up their masculinity as muscle. In some circles, it seems the more irrelevant masculinity is to our life styles in such an affluent, regimented culture, the more narcissistic and cartoonish it can become. Look what it did for an Austrian kid who eventually became governor of California. Hasta la vista, baby. If power is the real issue, not sex, it makes sense how huge muscles, huge trucks and the obsession with huge guns can be potency crutches. Sometimes an obsession with masculinity fuels greed -- or is it the other way around? It certainly makes wars more likely. Think the misogynist men in ISIS versus the hyper-masculine icons of Seal Team Six; there seems to be a lot of truth in the idea that going to war with someone over time necessarily makes one assume some of the enemy's characteristics. N+1's Dayna Tortorici put America's white male masculinity dilemma this way: "Combine male fragility with white fragility and the perennial fear of falling and you end up with something lethal."


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Stephan Harper is Wolverine. Ummm....Huh!?!?
I have to give mad props to Co-Host Chad, who sends me an email, subject line "wtf"
In it is a link to a news item, from the Canadian Press, in which, the writer of the article, compares Prime Minister Stephan Harper, to...um...Wolverine.
Seriously? Wolverine?
This is so ridiculous on so many levels, not the least of which is the level that clearly states that EVERYONE KNOWS Stephan Harper's pop culture comparable, is in fact, The T-800 Terminator robot.
You can dig the article here. Oy Vey.
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Ink-Jet Printed, Thin-Film Solar Prototype By Konarka
Konarka has stayed on a highly innovative path since we first posted about them in 2005. For some background on their thin film work, see Tim's posts, "Good News: Solar Cell Diversity Continues to Increase" and "Konarka Technologies Keeps the US Army in Solar Power.." We like the "Fullerene Blends" terminology. Bucky would have enjoyed it. The latest innovation is in manufacturing technology.
Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in development and commercialization of Power Plastic®, a material that converts light to energy, today announced the company successfully conducted the first-ever demonstration of manufacturing solar cells by highly efficient inkjet printing. The company discusses and analyzes the performance of highly efficient inkjet printed organic bulk heterojunction solar cells in a paper recently published in Advanced Materials, entitled, "High Photovoltaic Performance of Inkjet Printed Polymer:Fullerene Blends" by Dr. Stelios A. Choulis, Claudia N. Hoth, Dr. Pavel Schilinsky and Dr. Christoph J. Brabec, all of Konarka.Note: Access to a full length Journal of Advanced Materials article is by $25 fee, and no free abstract is available; hence this post has no further details to offer. Additionally, we have no idea which model/brand of ink jet printer might have been used and so have chosen for this post a photo of the Konarka Temple in India, which apparently has served as inspiration for one of the company founders.
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>The solution is clear last years. We are running around (along) Sazava river (Posázavská stezka). It is around 30km.
This track suits to everyone as you can see. Zhaly.kom is this year winner, because he was the cleverest one. Klacky.cz were training for the rogaining and come one hour later…
But the biggest hero was Boky due to his run and also his driving skills:
I do not have any reason to make PF2010, because I can never beat Master Builder Mraz and his PF2010


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GUYANA-BORN actress Letitia Wright will play the character of Shuri in the upcoming Black Panther movie, it has been confirmed.
Letitia's casting was never officially announced, but Identity Agency Group (IAG) said she had landed what her reps said at the time was "a major role" in the highly anticipated "Black Panther" feature film, directed by Ryan Coogler.
However, following last night's Disney CinemaCon panel (taking place in Las Vegas), the full main cast list for Black Panther was revealed, confirming that Letitia will play Shuri.
Shuri, according to Shadow And Act, is the younger sister of T'Challa/Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), who would become a Wakandan queen.
The Marvel wiki page says she is the ruler of Wakanda, Black Panther's home country – the fictional African nation known to be one of the most technologically advanced civilisations on Earth.
Letitia, who moved to the UK at 7, joins a stellar cast that includes Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther himself; Michael B. Jordan, who will play Erik Killmonger (Black Panther's nemesis), Lupita Nyong'o taking the role of Nakia and Danai Gurira as Okoye.
Forest Whitaker has signed up to play Zuri, an elder Wakandan statesman, while fellow Brit, Daniel Kaluuya will play W'Kabi, a T'Challa confidant.
Filming is underway with a February 2018 release date scheduled.
Ryan Coogler is directing from a script he's co-writing with Joe Robert Cole.


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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - After starting his career at Columbus Elementary School nearly two decades ago, New Rochelle educator Michael Galland is returning to his roots as the school's latest principal.
This week, Galland welcomed nearly 1,000 students back to Columbus after being named to the helm one of New Rochelle's largest elementary schools in June.
Galland has been with the New Rochelle School District for 19 years, when he started as a third grade teacher at Columbus before serving as an assistant principal for a decade. He then led the math and technology departments at Isaac E. Young Middle School from 2003 to 2011 before he transitioned to principal at George M. Davis Jr. Elementary.
"It's a new day, and a new change. It's kind of a homecoming," the new principal said. "I feel great responsibility to help the school refocus on the instructional goals we have set, of readers and writers workshop and a balanced approach to math learning."
According to district officials, Galland is credited with leading the Davis Elementary School staff in adopting "new and innovative reading and writing workshop curricula." Interviews with a dozen candidates seeking to replace him as principal at Davis Elementary will begin next month.
"Mr. Galland is an exceptional leader in our schools," Osborne said when announcing the appointment. "His proven track record of success makes him ideally suited for this position at this time. Every Columbus student, teacher and family will benefit from his leadership."
The energy and excitement of the first day of school extended from the new administration, to the students and faculty.
"He started here, and he's meant to be here," ELA teacher Anne Marie Virtudes said. "We are excited, he brings great energy to the school."
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March 25, 2017
The Gulls conclude a home-and-home set against the Bakersfield Condors tonight at Valley View Casino Center (7:00 p.m. PT, 1090-AM). The two teams faced off last night, with Bakersfield ending the Gulls' four-game win streak in a 5-1 victory at Rabobank Arena. It marked the first win of the season series for Bakersfield who won for the first time in six games to date.
Despite the setback, the Gulls enter tonight 10-2-1-0 in their last 13 games and have won 14 of the last 18 games (14-3-1-0). San Diego has also earned standings points in 15 of the last 19 (14-4-1-0), as well as points in 31 of 36 contests since Christmas (27-5-2-2). San Diego also has won a club record seven consecutive home games dating back to Feb. 24, surpassing the previous record of six set on three previous occasions. San Diego has the third-best win percentage in the AHL (.686) and has the second-fewest goals against in the league (153) behind San Jose's 150.
Tonight will conclude San Diego's 17th set of back-to-backs, where the Gulls are 20-11-2-1 overall and 8-7-1-0 in the second matchup. The Gulls remaining nine games this season (four home, five road) will come against Pacific Division opponents where the Gulls have posted a 32-15-2-2 record.
With a win tonight, the Gulls can clinch a second-consecutive Calder Cup Playoffs berth and match last year's total of 39 wins with nine games remaining. Last season, the club clinched a playoff berth against this same Condors team on April 7, 2016 with a wild 6-5 comeback victory that saw San Diego erase a three-goal deficit. Any scenario with a Gulls win, or a Stockton Heat loss at Texas tonight (regulation, overtime or shootout loss) will see San Diego clinch.
Corey Tropp has driven the Gulls' offense all season and now ranks tied for eighth among league leaders with 21-32=53 points. Tropp also has a seven-game home point streak dating back to Feb. 24 (6-5=11) which currently is tied for the most consecutive home games with a point in the AHL. The Michigan native has scored eight goals in his last 11 games (8-5=13) and has earned points in 11 of his last 13 contests (9-7=16). Tropp leads the Gulls in scoring (53), goals (21) and power-play goals (11), while co-leads the club in assists with 32. On March 18 at San Antonio, Tropp set the club record for goals in a single season (21), surpassing Chris Mueller's 20 goals in 2015-16. He also set a career milestone on Wednesday night, tallying his 100th career AHL assist with a helper on Kalle Kossila's empty-net goal.
In goal for San Diego, rookie Kevin Boyle has posted a 10-2-3 record with one shutout, a 2.07 GAA and .930 SV% his last 15 appearances. In his last four starts, Boyle has posted a 3-1-0 record with a 1.79 GAA and .944 SV%.
Bakersfield is looking to clinch a playoff berth down the final stretch of the 2016-17 season and the Condors enter tonight sitting in fourth place in the division, with a .552 win percentage, only three points ahead of fifth place Stockton for the final Pacific Division playoff spot. Center Anton Lander has earned 47 points to date with a team-leading 22 goals (22-25=47) and has the highest points-per game in the AHL (1.47). In goal, rookie Nick Ellis (13-10-2) has been steady between the pipes with a 2.74 GAA and .919 SV% in 27 games this season and is expected to get the start for the Condors.


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iMotherGoose is proud to present the first of a series of flash cards designed to help your children begin to read. The words have been compiled by Dr. Edward William Dolch in his book "Problems in Reading." Dr. Dolch compiled this list based on children's books and selected 220 service words which children need to recognize in order to achieve reading fluency. He excluded nouns from his main list, but did compile a separate 95 word list of nouns.
Many of the 220 words in the Dolch list, cannot be sounded out, and must be learned by sight. This list is often referred to as "Dolch Sight Word List", and the words on it, as "Dolch Sight Words". He also arranged them according to grade level from preschool to third grade when he suggests that a child should have mastered the entire list. However, many educators today feel that students should master all 220 service words by the end of first grade.
This app contains all 39 words from Dr. Dolch's preschool list. Each word is spelled out and as your child taps the screen, he or she will hear it read to them. In addition to being easy to navigate, it has an audio component unlike physical flash cards. Unlike physical flash cards, this set is compact and will not lend itself to a game of 39 card pick-up.
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