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Law and Finance in Illinois, 1868-1874 (ICPSR 9680)
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The first file in this data collection provides information on the delegates to the Illinois Constitutional Convention of 1870. Data include delegate's name, age, party affiliation, county and legislative district, and voting decision on several issues. The second file pertains to the local context of the vote for the Illinois Constitution of 1870, which involved a separate vote on the article forbidding lending by local government to railroads. Variables in the second data file include county, town, city, and total debts, town, city, and total population, assessed value on improvement of city and town lots, land, and railroads, number of towns and cities in each county, and number of corporations in each county.
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Monkkonen, Eric. Law and Finance in Illinois, 1868-1874. ICPSR09680-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-02-24. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09680.v2
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[Here's an excerpt from this week's On Guard post at Evangelical Realism. The post is about William Lane Craig's defense of Hell, but this one part makes a nice Gospel Disproof all by itself. I've added an introductory paragraph at the beginning, but the rest is from ER.]
One of the big inconsistencies in the Christian Gospel is the whole idea of a "loving" God sending His own children to Hell for the trivial offense of failing to believe He exists—as though He Himself weren't provoking this unbelief by His consistent and universal failure to show up in real life! It's an issue that a lot of Christians struggle with even among themselves, and more than a few have become liberals or even agnostics because of the intractable nature of the problem. And in many cases, those who try to defend Hell, like Craig, end up making a bad situation even worse.
Craig tries to blame the victims for God's harsh treatment of them. "Gosh, honey, I really don't want to hit you, but you keep forcing me to. It's really your own fault for choosing to provoke me." Yeah, like that sounds any nobler coming out of God's mouth than out of the abusive husband's. Don't believe me? Here's Craig sharing God's version of the abusive husband shtick.
God says through the prophet Ezekiel:
Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord GOD, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?… For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the lord GOD; so turn, and live!…
Here God literally pleads with people to turn back from their self-destructive course of action and be saved.
"I really hate killing you and throwing you in Hell, but Me damn it, you're just forcing Me to." As though God were simply powerless to choose to, I don't know, maybe NOT kill people and throw them in Hell? You know, because He truly wasn't willing that any should perish?
Thus, in a sense, God doesn't send anybody to hell… If we make a free and well-informed decision to reject Christ's sacrifice for our sin, then God has no choice but to give us what we deserve. God will not send us to hell—but we shall send ourselves.
And who decides what we deserve, if not God? Craig is trying really hard to pass the buck here, but when you preach an omnipotent God Who is the creator of literally everything else, you don't get to appeal to circumstances beyond His control.


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He was born Jan. 30, 1937, in Russellville to Mayme Storment. He was a 32nd degree Mason and loved to fish and care for his animals. He was preceded in death by one son; Jerry Storment.
He is survived by his wife, Glenda Barnes Storment of the home; three sons, John Storment and wife, Susan, of Springdale, Patrick Storment of Kerrville, Texas, and Tim Storment of Pine Bluff; daughter, Gail Cessac and husband, Jamison, of Rockport, Texas; daughter-in-law, Jeri Storment of Midland, Texas; brother, Kenneth Ashmore of Arizona; three stepsons, Eddie Hight and wife, Retta, of Rogers, Aaron Hight and wife, Jackie, of Winslow and Brian Hight and partner, Regina Backerman, of Springdale; five grandchildren; and several great grandchildren, several stepgrandchildren and stepgreat-grandchildren. He is also survived by his special baby, "Rusty."
Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at Sisco Funeral Chapel of Springdale. A private graveside service will be conducted.
Memorial contributions may be made to the animal shelter of your choice. Online condolences may be made to www.siscofuneral.com.
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Back in June, Carlos Zambrano made an unusual declaration: he was starting his season over.
Any player can declare a new attitude or a fresh start, but it's a different thing to actually make it stick. Zambrano has done just that.
Now, Zambrano is enjoying what even he admits is perhaps the best stretch of his career, and on Sunday, he became the first 14-game winner in the Major Leagues in the Cubs' 6-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
Just two wins short of his career high of 16 victories, Zambrano pitched the Cubs to within a half-game of the first-place Brewers by working 7 1/3 innings and giving up just two hits while fanning six. He also had three hits on the day to increase his batting average to .291.
Since declaring a new start to the season, Zambrano is 9-2 with an ERA of 1.41. Has he ever enjoyed such a run as this?
"I don't think so," Zambrano told MLB.com. "I think this is the best stretch I've ever had in my career. I feel good right now. Ever since I lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the last game of the first half, I feel comfortable on the mound, I feel confident. Hopefully I can keep doing a good job for my team."
His teammates see him rolling with that confidence.
"He's in a zone," said first baseman Derrek Lee. "When you score two runs in the first with Z on the mound, you feel pretty good about yourself. He's pitching great. Just keep him healthy and he'll carry us the rest of the way."
With a road record of 9-1 this year and a 27-7 record on the road in his last 45 starts away from Wrigley Field, Zambrano is a menace away from the friendly confines.
"I try to do the same job at home and away," Zambrano said.
His manager complimented Zambrano on what he has been able to achieve both at home and on the road.
"It's somewhat rare that you see that, but the good ones can win at home and on the road, and Zambrano is certainly that," said manager Lou Piniella.
Ty Wigginton joins 'Stros: The Houston Astros believe they have the right third baseman after acquiring Ty Wigginton from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for reliever Dan Wheeler Saturday.
Wigginton, who broke into the Majors with the Mets in 2002, also played with Pittsburgh before joining the Rays in 2006.
"He's the kind of player we like to have on this club," Houston general manager Tim Purpura told the Houston Chronicle. "He's a gamer; he's a guy who's got power and run production. He can play a couple of positions, although we see him primarily at third base. It helps us fill some of our needs as we move forward."
Before the trade, Wigginton ranked second on the Rays in home runs (16) and third in RBIs with 49.
Wheeler said he was somewhat surprised with the trade but believes the Astros are getting a good player in Wigginton. Wigginton started at third base for the Astros on Sunday and collected two hits.
"I was a little surprised," Wheeler said. "Obviously, this time of year you never know. You hear names flying around, so I guess you can't really be too surprised. They saw an opportunity to make this team better. Ty Wigginton is a good player. I played with him in the past in New York (with the Mets in 2003 and 2004), and he's a great guy and he has a chance to do some good things."
For their part, the Rays are pleased to bring in Wheeler.
"We really wanted to add somebody we felt could pitch in high-leverage situations late in the game, whether it be critical outs in the seventh inning, the eighth inning or the ninth inning," executive vice president Andrew Friedman told the St. Petersburg Times. "Danny's a guy that instantly helps a bullpen. He has experience pitching in pressure situations and has excelled in those roles."
Improved mechanics have Vizcaino on a roll: Luis Vizcaino had a rough start to the season, but since May 25, Vizcaino is 6-1 with a 0.95 ERA in 28 outings.
He may be the spark the Yankees bullpen will need during the final two months of the season.
"I have more confidence with my pitching now," Vizcaino told Newsday. "That came little by little."
Vizcaino said his mechanics were horrible early this season. He was throwing more from the side instead of over the top and believes that took a few miles per hour off his fastball.
Working with pitching coach Ron Guidry, Vizcaino worked on regaining his normal delivery.
"He's been throwing great," Guidry said. "He's been doing the stuff that Tony (Pena) and I talked to him about on his mechanics. He was too low to the ground. And when things start to go good for you, it's a confidence factor, and you start to think things are going to go good for you the next time."
Vizcaino also said closer Mariano Rivera has been a huge factor in his recent success.
"The mental game, that's the most important thing," Rivera said. "I'm glad that he's doing what he's doing. I had no doubt that he was capable of doing that."
A new look, and a big call for Thigpen: Seeking a change, Curtis Thigpen cut his long hair short and died it platinum blond. The next day, the Toronto Blue Jays called up the new-look Thigpen to Majors.
"Sweet timing," Thigpen told the Toronto Star. "Some guys (in Triple-A) were saying, 'You've got to change it.' But I thought I'm gonna stay strong with it."
Thigpen is in his second stint with the Jays. He first played with the club in June but was sent back down when catcher Gregg Zaun returned from an injury. Thigpen is expected to play perhaps twice a week, but he knows he can't take it easy and think his spot on the roster is secure.
"There's never any certainty," Thigpen said. "It's an uneasy feeling, for sure."
Thigpen, who played at the University of Texas, is an athletic catcher who has drawn comparisons by general manager J.P. Ricciardi to Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros, who started his career as a catcher before becoming a second baseman.
Thigpen has played some second base at Syracuse, and that has started some to speculate that he could be moved to second base at some point, allowing Aaron Hill to move to shortstop.
"It got more publicity than it should have," Thigpen now says of those predictions, crediting injuries in the SkyChiefs' infield rather than an organizational master plan. "I (played second) a couple of times. It was either me or a pitcher."
Tyner finally finds the seats: Minnesota Twins outfielder Jason Tyner had seen and heard enough about the streak -- 1,220 career Major League at-bats without hitting even a single home run.
On Saturday against Cleveland, that ended when he smacked a home run 352 feet into the Twins bullpen.
"I'm excited," Tyner told MLB.com. "Every time I hit one really well, it was like the wind was blowing in or it was at the Metrodome, where I don't really have a chance. It did seem like I never was going to hit one."
His teammates got in on the fun and excitement, even manager Ron Gardenhire.
"There was lots of emotions in that one," said Gardenhire. "Everyone was really, really excited."
Relief pitcher Pat Neshek tracked the ball down for Tyner and placed it in his locker after the game, and Tyner said after the game that he was glad to finally hit his first round-tripper.
"If I never would have hit one, I would have been happy because 1,200 at-bats is a lot," he said. "Most of the time guys that don't hit home runs don't get 1,200 at-bats in the big leagues. But this does mean a lot."
So will the home runs come easier now?
"I doubt it," Tyner said with a laugh. "But they are definitely going to have to find a new stat to put up on the scoreboard when I come up on the road. It seemed like everywhere I went, they were trying to rub it in."
Pitcher Johan Santana thought there was a chance -- with interleague play -- that he may hit one before Tyner.
"We had a bet going earlier in the season that I was supposed to hit a homer before him with our Interleague games," Santana said with a laugh. "I was going to have the least chances to hit one, but I was going to try."
Good news at home, and on the hill, for Buehrle: Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle had a great week and weekend -- one he won't likely ever forget.
On Thursday in his home state of Missouri, Buehrle celebrated the birth of his first child and then drove back to Chicago on Saturday with little sleep to shut out the Toronto Blue Jays, 2-0 in a game that lasted just 2 hours, 8 minutes.
With his team on a bit of a roll heading into the game, some of his teammates put some pressure on him as he made his way back to the Windy City.
"I was texting some guys and they said, 'Don't screw it up. You haven't been here and we've been winning,'" Buehrle told the Chicago Tribune. "I almost didn't want to come back."
But with as well as he pitched, it turned out his team had nothing to worry about.
"I guess I have to do that every start from now on," he said.
Broussard scrambles to help Mariners: It was an eventful game for Ben Broussard and the Mariners on Sunday. It was turn-back-the-clock night and both the Mariners and A's were wearing jerseys from 1977, the first year of the Mariners.
Seattle did what it seldom accomplished that season, as it jumped out to a 6-0 lead. But the Mariners fell behind 10-7 before rallying to win, 14-10. Broussard played a big role, filling in for Richie Sexson, who got ejected in the sixth inning for arguing a call at first base. Broussard was in the training room when Sexson got booted.
I had to scamper down, find my glove and hat and run out there," Broussard told the Seattle Times. "It was great chance to make a difference."
Broussard hit a two-run homer that tied the game at 10-10. He pointed at the home dugout on his trip around the bases.
"That was aimed at my teammates," Broussard said. "The last couple of weeks have been rough. We've been battling and battling, and we're finally starting to click. When I hit it, it was like, 'OK, it's a tie game. Now let's go and win this thing.'"
Broussard later added an RBI single.
"We picked ourselves up and won a big series, and now we've got another one coming up," Broussard said. "We have to think about each game, and hopefully in mid-August and September, it will be real exciting."
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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In Reply to: Re: To Alan posted by Alan S. on November 15, 2000 at 20:24:55:
: : I understand that you are somewhat of an expert on the Atkins Diet. I have been weening myself off of my beloved Pepsi and have comitted myself to shedding the extra 60lbs I have gained in the last two years. (probably thanks to the soda, would go through up to 6-10 cans per day. Lots of sugar and calories!) HELP! What foods can I eat? (there are carbs hidden in everything!) could you give me an example menue for a given day? I am getting married in a month, and being so, I am starting a new life, and I'd like to start it off by committing myself to a healthier lifestyle and body. My husband to be is one of these annoying people who eats like a garbage disposal and gains nothing, so I am going strictly on will power here.: : I truly thank you for any advice or help you could give me. Thank you so much in advance. PS- All the pop I was drinking I now substitute with water, been doing that about a month now.... It's a start, right?
: It is good to see that you are willing to give the Atkins diet a try. Have you read the book yet? If not, I highly recommend it since it only costs about $6.00. Another excellent book is "Protein Power" for about the same price. These books contain many food recommendations. As far as my diet, it consists of meat (beef of all types, chicken, turkey, pork, ham, sausage, bacon, fish, etc.), eggs (and plenty of them), hard cheese, non-starchy vegetables (salads, green beans, celery, cabbage, greens of all types, broccoli, cauliflower, etc.), and nuts to snack on. I typically cook with bacon fat, real butter, olive oil, or coconut oil. I drink lots of water and decaf tea and a light beer or two on the weekends. I try to avoid any foods that have been processed, or at least chose foods that have been minimally processed with the least number of ingredients. Processed foods are where you will typically find your hidden carbs and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (best to avoid these due to cancer concerns). If you can just get through that first two weeks, your cravings for sweets and other carb laden foods will subside or go completely away. For me, I find that I do best when I avoid temptation, and since I live alone, I just never have anything in the house that I shouldn't be eating. Many times at work they will have cakes, doughnuts, etc., but I just pass them up because I now know how much damage they do and I have learned that "just one little taste" will start those sugar cravings again. I can't stop with just one little taste, so I have to avoid them completely. You have to think of carbs as being addictive, which I truely think they are. Alan S.
Thanks for the advice! I haven't read the book yet, mostly because when I have gone to Border's or the Barnes & Noble in my area, they've been out and a new order hasn't come in, so I put my name on a waiting list for it and so, I;m waiting. Another quick question. Is it ok to drink V8? I make a veggie beef soup that I use v8 as part of the base for broth. I know fruit juices are off limits, but I wasn't sure about Veggie juices, and being that tomatoes are now technically classified as a fruit, I wasn't sure about that either. Thanks for all of your help, I really appreciate it!
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Trying to stay positive
We're going to try to stay positive in the post in the wake of the Giants' 7-1 loss to the Indians on Thursday night.
We're not going to discuss on the fact that the loss was the Giants' fourth consecutive or that it was their sixth in the past seven games.
We're not going to talk about on the fact that including Monday's rained out 2 1/2 innings, the Giants have been outscored 20-1 over the last 20+ innings.
We're not going to focus on how the Giants' starting right fielder will open the season on the DL, and their closer may soon be joining him.
We're not even going to think about how the Giants' recent play left a frustrated Bruce Bochy to comment: "We're not doing anything well now these last five games — pitching, hitting, baserunning (he didn't mention fielding). We've got to pick it up. It's been a great camp and we're due to have a lull, but it's too close to the season to make the mistakes we're making."
No, we're going to ignore all those things as we try to accentuate the positive. So here we go.
Barry Zito. Zito has another solid outing. In fact, it was a quality start, pitching six innings and giving up two earned runs. He gave four runs total on seven hits. More importantly, he only gave up one walk and struck out five.
Miguel Tejada. Much has been made about the veteran's shortstops struggles at the plate and in the field this spring. But hopefully, Thursday was the sign that Tejada is ready to ramp things up for the regular season. Tejada belted his first home run of the spring and only his second extra-base hit. He also made a nice barehanded play while charging an infield grounder, getting the out with an off-balance throw that ended with a somersault on the infield grass. "When I make a play like that, I think it tells me my legs are ready to go," Tejada said.
Buster Posey. Posey went 1 for 2 with a walk. His spring average is .415. Watch out, Ted Williams!
Jeremy Affeldt. The left-handed reliever gave up just one hit in a scoreless inning of work. His spring ERA is 0.96.
Dan Runzler. The lefty is making his strong push to make the big club by setting the side down in order in the ninth. His spring ERA is 2.57.
Opening day. The season opener is less than a week away. Is there any better news than that?


text: Fulfills COLL Arts & Humanities Folklore is alive. It inspires the choices we make every day: how we communicate, what foods we eat, what games we play, what stories we tell, how we interpret the world around us. Folklore reflects our values, our prejudices, our fears, and our desires. The practices, beliefs, and objects that constitute folklore are so intrinsic to our daily lives that they are often overlooked in other disciplines that study human culture, but every culture has folklore and we are all part of the folk. In this course we will consider the role folklore plays in the lives of people around the world. We will examine a variety of traditional genres, including myth, legend, folktale, joke, gesture, ritual and craft, and we will also explore the way folklore informs our own contemporary lives, from Internet sites and tattooing to urban legends and fraternity/sorority initiation rites. Throughout the class we will consider different theories of folklore and think critically about the historical development of folkloristics and its relationship to issues of identity, class, ethnicity, and nationalism. Students will also have a chance to venture into the field to collect and analyze folklore themselves.


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Mavs' Donnie Nelson: We're coming out with 'both barrels' this summer
Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson recently joined Galloway & Company on ESPN Radio 103.3 FM. Here are some highlights:
On what the sales pitch is going to be to free agents this summer:
"Coming into this summer, I think it's one of those things where we've historically had pretty good luck of being flexible and utilizing not just Mark Cuban's creativity and the history that we've had with putting together playoff teams, a finals team and a championship team. There is certainly North Texas and Dallas and Mark's reputation of doing whatever it takes to bring the parade back to Dallas speaks for itself. There is no question we're going to be very aggressive and come out with both barrels. This last year was really an out of body experience for all of us. We're sitting in the locker room today and the guys like Shawn Marion, Dirk (Nowitzki), (Vince) Carter, Rick (Carlisle) and myself, it truly is like you're in a dream that isn't happening. We know we've got our work cut out for us. We know it's a very uncomfortable position for not just us but our fans, and we're not going to go through it again.
On the Mavs' biggest priority this summer:
"We've been spoiled with Jason Kidd and Steve Nash before, and I think the point guard position is just a really important one. I'd say that that's up there. That's no disrespect to anyone. Darren Collison did a terrific job with a tough situation, and we would certainly be open to the conversation of him coming back. But I think that's got to be, in my mind, first and foremost then we've got six players under contract with three vets and three young guys and going out, whether their guys in our locker room or guys not in our locker room, to get some guys that can take the talent level up and for us to get back to where we're used to being."


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How the challenge to Upton fizzled
Rep. Fred Upton's conservative conversion was the key to his easy victory in Tuesday's tea party primary challenge.
Once a prime target of the right, the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee chairman is now on his way to the November general election after outspending his Republican opponent, former state Rep. Jack Hoogendyk, by a nearly 20-to-1 margin.
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Heading into the Tuesday primary, Michigan pollsters and political observers had Upton up by as much as 30 points. And that's pretty much where he ended up on Tuesday night. With 99.7 percent of the precincts counted, Upton had 66.6 percent of the vote to Hoogendyk's 33.4 percent.
Frequently criticized for being too moderate during his 26-year House career, Upton courted pivotal business groups under his powerful panel's jurisdiction this election cycle to amass a $2 million-plus campaign war chest.
And by courting conservatives back in his southwestern Michigan district, Upton was able to avoid an all-out revolt from the right wing of his party.
Perhaps most important, Hoogendyk never got the air support he needed from the Club for Growth. After an initial spate of anti-Upton television ads, the anti-tax group didn't extend its buy beyond the January run.
"I'd say it certainly didn't help not having their support," Hoogendyk said in a phone interview Tuesday while he was campaigning on a street corner in Kalamazoo. "That was something I had hoped for."
Upton's win caps off a two-year period where he's quickly risen to the top of House Republican ranks. He survived a bitter campaign to win the Energy and Commerce Committee gavel, overcoming attacks from Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, as well as a "Down with Upton" online petition organized by former Majority Leader Dick Armey's tea party-affiliated Freedom Works.
Hoogendyk jumped into the race hoping to capitalize on those same questions about Upton's conservative credentials. But that message didn't appear to connect in a district that Upton has represented since 1986.
As Energy and Commerce chairman, Upton has been a point man in the effort to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, and his committee's investigation into Solyndra has helped create a prominent line of attack for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.
Prepping for a primary challenge, Upton's district office opened up regular lines of communication with the local tea party group, and he even won the endorsement of the Michigan chapter of Right to Life.
"Since he has been in charge of [the House Energy and Commerce] Committee, under the leadership of the House, most of his votes have been on the fiscally conservative side," says Gene Clem, statewide issues spokesman for the Michigan Tea Party Alliance and president of the Southwest Michigan Tea Party Patriots. "Before, it seemed like every fiscally irresponsible vote had his name on it."
The move "further to the right," Clem said, "blunted a lot of the criticism from two years ago."


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The Institute and the Peace Corps: Celebrating 50 Years of Global Engagement
The Institute celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps with a day-long fest on October 8, 2011.
The Institute celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps with a day-long fest on October 8, 2011.
An estimated three hundred people gathered at the Institute's downtown campus on a sunny Saturday in October to participate in a celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Peace Corps. The day began with a screening of the film "An American Idealist: The Story of Sargeant Shriver" and continued with panel discussions about the early years of the Peace Corps and the impact of service on careers. After an international tea and coffee reception guests filled the Irvine Auditorium for a lecture by the renowned author and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Paul Theroux. The lecture was followed by an international "bazaar" themed food and wine reception highlighting the countries serviced by the Peace Corps.
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The Peace Corps and the Institute are intrinsically connected through their history and mission but especially through the many MIIS students, alumni, staff and faculty who have served in the Peace Corps.
By clicking on the image below you will start a slideshow with photos of just a few of our MIIS community members taken during their service in the Peace Corps.
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Protecting the Elbow From the Shoe
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Q.I'm desperate to find some way to prevent my 20-year-old Thoroughbred mare from cutting her elbow on her egg-bar shoe when lying down. She has been wearing egg-bars on her front feet to give her a little extra support since she pulled her front right suspensory for the second time. The egg-bars themselves seem to be fine; she is going great in them, jumping small jumps, and primarily doing dressage.
My problem is that she is cutting her left elbow on the egg-bar, probably when she gets up from lying down. She has nicked the right elbow a couple of times, but cuts the left elbow quite seriously. The first time, the injury required two sets of staples, then a set of stitches, all of which kept getting ripped out. We finally let the wound stay open and eventually heal on its own. However, she's cut the elbow open twice since then.
I got a boil-boot, which she wears when not being handled, but she is still cutting herself. She cut herself for the first time shortly after she was shod with the egg-bars, so I'm sure that's what the cause is. For a brief time, my farrier put regular shoes on her and just set them back a little bit to see if that would stop the cutting of her elbow. She still managed to cut her elbow.
Can you suggest anything I can use to cover or somehow pad the back of the egg-bar so that when she lies down, she doesn't cut herself?
A. I would urge you to try oversized bell boots on this horse. You could start with the inexpensive pull-ons--if that is not enough, I would try the thicker, stiffer, softer types like Professional's Choice Velcro
wrap-arounds or maybe even the no-turn types, depending on the shape of the foot. That ought to help in most instances. And you could combine bell boots with the boil boot if necessary. Kit Bosse, DVM; Crozier, Va.
A. It would be rare for the elbow to be lacerated while lying down or getting up. I have seen cases where long-pastern Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds have lacerated the elbow while galloping--these are clean, horizontal cuts. This problem is easily solved by simply applying a snug run-down type bandage in a figure eight over the fetlock for riding. This limits the flexibility of the joint and prevents the contact. If she is lying on the shoe, a doughnut will protect it nicely. They can be found in most Thoroughbred tack shops.
Another note: If she has suspensory problems, a low-profile rocker four-point shoe would offer as much or more mechanical advantage than the egg-bar and reduce the excessive load on the heel tubules. Ric Redden, DVM; Versailles, Ky.
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Beirut has long since earned a reputation as the liberal capital of the Middle East. Its laid-back attitude to dress, swanky nightclubs, and fashionable neighborhoods make it popular with scandalous celebrities and hip students alike. But this diverse Lebanese city is a divided one and the capital's conservative types are going on the warpath against their liberal counterparts.
On Sunday, 23-year-old Ehab Al Azzi was on his way to visit relatives in the southern part of the city when he was reportedly brutally attacked by a group of religious extremists near Beirut Arab University (BAU). In scenes more reminiscent of Afghanistan under the ultra-conservative Taliban than liberal Beirut, Al Azzi said the mob cut off his fingers and chanted 'Allah ou Akbar' (God is Great).
Speaking to Lebanese newspaper 'Al Nahar', the Beirut resident explained: "I was stopped by insurgents who asked me to what sect I belonged. I answered that I was Lebanese. A bearded man approached me and raised the sword of Ali bin Abi Taleb (a blade with two ends) and tried to strike me. I raised my left arm in order to protect myself, this caused my fingers to be chopped off."
Showing no remorse, the men reportedly ran off, leaving their victim bleeding on the street.
Although Al Azzi survived the attack he says his life will never be the same again. Without the use of his hand he can no longer work, ride his motorbike, or complete even the most basic of tasks. After undergoing expensive emergency surgery, the young Beiruti says he cannot afford medication to relieve the ongoing pain.
As Lebanon's government struggles to take control of the country, this is just the latest example of militant groups taking the law into their own hands. Earlier this year the Al Meqdad family kidnapped twenty Syrian opposition fighters and one Turkish national in Lebanon as revenge for one of their relatives being taken in Damascus.
Spokesman for the clan, Maher al Meqdad, told reporters at the time: "We don't consider ourselves above the law, but when there is no state, like now, then we need to act to protect ourselves."
The people of Beirut are all-too familiar with this problem but powerless to do anything about. According to Al Azzi, his attackers were well known to hospital staff, but fearful of reprisal they refused to offer up any names.
While many may point the finger at sectarian divides between Shia and Sunni areas of the city, for Al Azzi, the situation is more personal. As he struggles to come to terms with his injuries, Al Azzi plans to return to the scene of the crime and avenge his attackers. He says: "I will not forgive them."
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A great, somewhat depressing article in today's New York Times by A.O. Scott shines a light on the lack of visibility (now at chronic levels) of foreign films in the good ol' U.S.A. "Somewhat" depressing, because several of the films he cites as examples of recent fare that went largely unnoticed by mainstream critics and audiences alike (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Three Times) actually screened at the Wexner Center within the past six months. (FYI: A.O. Scott will be at the Wexner Center March 29 introducing a screening of The Player.)
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May 30, 2013 – The high-level panel tasked by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to advise him on the post-2015 development agenda has proposed a set of 12 global goals that range from empowering girls and women to ensuring peaceful societies.
The panel's report, handed over to Ban at UNHQ on Thursday, states that the two main challenges identified in creating the blueprint were how to end poverty and how to promote sustainable development.
The report goes beyond the poverty, health and education focus of the Millennium Development Goals—set to expire in 2015—to include such targets as reducing violent deaths and guaranteeing access to government data as well as doubling the share of renewable energy, ending child marriage, ensuring the equal right of women to own and inherit property, increasing the number of startups, and ensuring people have access to indepedent media.
"The report recognizes peace and good governance as a core foundation for development," Ban said in remarks to a closed-door briefing to member states earlier on Thursday, according to a transcript provided by his office. "Freedom from fear and violence is essential for building peaceful and prosperous societies."
He said the report calls for "transformative shifts in our economies and societies" and that sustainability is not simply an environmental issue but one that must be fully integrated into the economic and social spheres.
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a) Prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against girls and women
b) End child marriage
c) Ensure equal right of women to own and inherit property, sign a contract, register a business and open a bank account
d) Eliminate discrimination against women in political, economic, and public life
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c) Double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency in buildings, industry, agriculture and transport
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c) Strengthen productive capacity by providing universal access to financial services and infrastructure such as transportation and ICT
d) Increase new start-ups by x and value added from new products by y through creating an enabling business environment and boosting entrepreneurship
9. Manage Natural Resource Assets Sustainably
a) Publish and use economic, social and environmental accounts in all governments and major companies
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c) Safeguard ecosystems, species and genetic diversity
d) Reduce deforestation by x% and increase reforestation by y%
e) Improve soil quality, reduce soil erosion by x tonnes and combat desertification
10. Ensure Good Governance and Effective Institutions
a) Provide free and universal legal identity, such as birth registrations
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e) Reduce bribery and corruption and ensure officials can be held accountable
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a) Support an open, fair and development-friendly trading system, substantially reducing trade-distorting measures, including agricultural subsidies, while improving market access of developing country products
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c) Hold the increase in global average temperature below 2⁰ C above preindustrial levels, in line with international agreements
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In this class students will learn how to use graphics to make their documents more visually attractive. Topics include AutoShapes, text boxes, WordArt, clip art, and pictures. Students will learn how to resize, move, rotate, flip, and delete graphics, using Microsoft Word.
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Give yourself — or someone you love — relaxing relief from winter-chills. Après-ski or after work, these cozy chenille warm up boots are the cure for tired feet. Just microwave them and slip them on to melt away stress, massage acupressure points and improve circulation. The soft polyester chenille fabric is filled with natural rice and flaxseed. Handy microwaving bag included. Choice of two sizes:
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Warm and Comfy
By Gail the Cat Lady
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My theme for Christmas gifts this year was "warm comfort". These snuggly booties fit right in and were a welcomed gift.
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Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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A unique find. The best way to warm up cold, tired feet. These boots are super soft so when warmed in micro, they are the ultimate luxury for your feet.
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My daughter love's these warm-up boots!
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My daughter suffers from Renaud's Syndrome (her extremities are always cold). I bought these for her birthday. She just texted me to say they were awesome. So hopefully she'll have some warm toes while she works in her basement office at home.
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I would return them, but shipping costs are too high.
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Wonderful for a cold winter night!! The best!!
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Love the color I picked - blue...and they are nice to use at the end of a long day.
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These booties were easy to prepare and wonderful to wear
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Like it loud? Alpine designed their Type-R speakers for people who like to turn it up. They'll deliver big, dynamic sound with plenty of bass, and they'll handle lots of volume. They'll work great with your car stereo, but they really come into their own when you power them with an outboard amp.
The SPR-50 5-1/4" speakers feature multi-layer hybrid fiber woofer cones that deliver really strong bass response. Alpine's adapted the specially ridged surround, originally developed for their subs, to these speakers, so you get consistent, extended cone movement that pushes a lot of air. The silk tweeters produce smooth highs that bring out your music's detail and depth with no shrillness. Alpine mounts an EQ ring in front of the tweeters to help disperse the highs for a larger listening "sweet spot" in your ride. Plus, you can swivel the tweeters to focus the sound better for your seating position.
Alpine uses powerful neodymium magnets which are much smaller than traditional magnets, so the SPR-50's high-density polymer frames will fit into more places than most 5-1/4" speakers. Type-R speakers have earned their reputation in the past as the masters of "crank it to the max," but Alpine has really kicked the performance factor of the latest models up a notch or two.
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These speakers sound great and they were at a moderate price. Good range of lows to highs. Good modulation and no blow out at high volume. Great value and I would highly recommend!
Pros: Good price for great sound
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Great sound get a lot for the money
Pros: Great product
Cons: None
I got these speakers about two weeks ago and i have nothing but good things to say about them. They are extremely loud and clean. The bass is pretty good but i prefer tons of bass!! So i turned the bass down on the speakers and the subwoofer up. All my purchases so far have been sent with detailed instructions, and this order followed suit. The install was super simple.
Pros: Great highs and fair lows. Very loud! Cost is unbeatable for the quality of sound and service.
Cons: When bass is all the way up there is distortion at higher volumes.
These are great speakers if you are looking for a midrange upgrade from factory speakers. The sound quality is good and there is hardly any bass distortion.
Pros: Good sound quality. Slim to none bass distortion. Easy to install.
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Woofers: The Alpine Type-R series coaxial speakers feature multi-layered hybrid fiber woofer cones. For durability and superior linearity, the woofers use rubber surrounds.
HAMR Surround: Type-R speakers use Alpine's multi roll HAMR surround (patent pending), a technology developed for Alpine subwoofers that maintains control and stability at higher volume levels. HAMR surround combines increased cone area and long linear cone excursion for deep, powerful bass response.
Swiveling Tweeters: The speakers are equipped with 1" (25mm) silk dome tweeters. Alpine's EQ Ring improves the tweeter's dispersion characteristics, providing excellent off-axis response. You can also tilt the tweeters up to 15° to focus the sound where it should be, not pointed at your feet.
Neodymium Magnet: The new smaller neodymium magnet on the Type-R series allows the speaker dimensions to be smaller, making them easier to install in a wide variety of vehicles. They are also lighter than designs using standard magnet technology.
HD Polymer Frame: The new Type-R speakers use a revolutionary HD Polymer frame, making the speaker stronger, lighter, and easier to install.
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I have them in my Kenworth Semi-truck and they work fine. They're definitely exposed to road vibrations and bumps etc. Weather I can't answer totally because mine aren't ever exposed to moisture. but heat and cold don't seem to be a problem. [ Greg Apr 20, 2016 ]
Not sure about the fairing. I have them the rear speaker pods on my Harley Ultra & they sound good - no noticeable vibration. I try not to let them get too wet since they are not weatherproof. However, I don't think an occasional rain shower should be a problem. In the fairing they will have even less exposure to the elements so I think they should hold up fine. [ James M. Apr 20, 2016 ]
I would say more smooth than crisp and that's what I was looking for. That said I find today's speakers to be more crisp and detailed by design, so that characteristic exists in the Alpine's along with the ability to smooth it out to personal preference. I have put 2 pair of Alpine's in 2 older model vehicles in the past 2 years and have been very pleased. [ Nathaniel Dec 23, 2015 ]
Crisp and detailed. If you can mount the tweeter satelite a distance away from the primary speaker, closer to your ear, spacing them apart will give you much better sound. [ Bruce Dec 22, 2015 ]
They aren't weather proof however I have them in an open top jeep wrangler and they've been rained on a few times and haven't had any problems yet. [ George David May 08, 2015 ]
I don't think it states that they are rated as waterproof, but I run em in the rollbar of my jeep and have my top down most of the time and it's been a year n still like new...great speakers! [ Tanner May 08, 2015 ]
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When Beverly Wesman went in search of a sunny spot to garden—and a retreat from San Francisco—she wound up with much more than she'd bargained for: namely, an 1890s farmhouse on two-plus acres and a whole new way of life.More
You know the old Bay Area adage, the one about the coldest winter being a summer spent in San Francisco? Well, it's no joke to Beverley Wesman. The passionate gardener, frustrated by weather too foggy and chilly for tomatoes, was also eager to escape the confines of her tiny urban backyard in the city's Jordan Park neighborhood. Which is why, eight years ago, she and her husband, Robert, looked to the warmer inlands of Sebastopol for a weekend place.
In this photo: To create a dining nook, Beverley pulled up a pine pedestal table and slipcovered armchairs to the living room's built-in benches. An ironstone jug holds a mix of hydrangeas and lilacs.
After two years of searching, the Wesmans discovered an 1890s farm three miles outside Sebastopol that had once been owned by landscape designer Mary Reid, who'd planted its two-plus acres with free-form perennial beds, lots of trees, and native ferns. Inside the 2,400-square-foot home? A huge kitchen, vaulted ceilings, and built-in bookcases. "It was perfect," says Beverley, "but we couldn't afford it." Before giving up, though, she returned to the house for one last tour, this time with a friend in tow. The two women hatched a plan—they'd buy the property together.
In this photo: Beverley brought character to the kitchen through an array of vintage finds: a painted hutch, pine farm table, and metal bistro chairs. She's been collecting milk glass dishware for years. The distressed bench is from Shabby Chic, and Whim & Caprice makes the olive-branch pillow.
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InplaceInput is a simple input component which displays the current value as
outputText and switches to inputText based representation after a defined event
to allow editing this value.
You could use two simplest examples below. For the first demo, just click on a label
to edit the value and
click somewhere outside the component to store this value(Or just press ENTER button).
The second example has controls for components enabled with showControls attribute.
These controls should be used in order to apply a value or cancel editing.
Controls used by inplace could be redefined using controls named facet:
Inplace Input could be rendered with span or div elements to display its value.
To change default span output, use layout attribute with block value.
The next example shows you Inplace Input component usage in dataTable. Custom event is
fired on saving a value used in this example to perform Ajax validation for the value entered.
Note: Inplaces in this example also customized with editEvent
Perform double click at any price in order to change it.


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Chief of Staff
Florida Gulf Coast University
10501 FGCU Blvd S.
Fort Myers, FL. 33965-6565
Phone: (239) 590-1006
Fax: (239) 590-1066
Email: email@example.com
FGCU Florida Institute of Government Presents
"Writing Effective Meeting Minutes" Workshop
WHO FGCU Florida Institute of Government, for managers and employees from both the private and public sectors
WHAT "Writing Effective Meeting Minutes" full-day workshop from the Florida Institute of Government's Writing Programs. Meeting minutes are no longer designed to track nuances of discussions but to focus on reporting who did what. Participants learn timesaving techniques for capturing the right type and amount of information, and practical tools to produce minutes that are useful, high-impact, concise and professional. Jim Jacoby is instructor for the course.
WHEN 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 10
WHERE Student Union 213
WHY To learn how to:
� Improve the accuracy and quality of meeting minutes
� Capture accurately the key points and details of discussions, no matter how rambling the meeting
� Transcribe notes into a reader-friendly usable form
� Select the formats that are most appropriate for particular types of meetings
� Write in "plain language"
� Project an organized, competent, professional image in written minutes
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About this blog
Posters and Election Propaganda
A blog dedicated to the examination of communications in election campaigns, with a focus on posters
Tagged as "Currier & Ives"
Saturday, April 30, 2011
The 1864 U.S. presidential election campaign—which was held the year after Robert E. Lee's defeat at Gettysburg—was an important one. As was the case in 1860, the North was divided. Judging by the dominant themes in campaign broadsides, this time the conflict was about the emancipation of the slaves, the prosecution of the Civil War, and the way to deal with the Confederate states. Abraham Lincoln was up for reelection, but doubted that he could win again, due to high casualties and military defeats. His opponent was the man whom he had removed as the general-in-chief during the war, George McClellan.
Lincoln was the candidate of the National Union Party, formed by pro-Lincoln Republicans and War Democrats, with the very effective slogan, "Don't change horses in the middle of a stream." McClellan positioned himself as a moderate who could end the war, with Lincoln depicted as too "extreme," since the president was for emancipation of the slaves in the South. The Currier & Ives print on the right shows McClellan calling for the preservation of the Union, while grabbing both Lincoln (saying "No peace without Abolition!") and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, with frayed pants (saying "No peace without Separation!").
One huge problem for McClellan, however, was that he had to run against his party's platform, which called for a "cessation of hostilities, with a view of an ultimate convention of the States" to restore the Union. McClellan wanted to continue the war, but Lincoln's campaign focussed on the danger of the Confederate States of America becoming an independent country, if the Democrats won.
Many states allowed Union soldiers to vote, and it was estimated that Lincoln won almost 80% of that segment. Three new states (West Virginia, Nevada, and Kansas) voted for the first time, and Lincoln won all three. Although McClellan won 45% of the popular vote, he was crushed in the Electoral College, winning only Kentucky, Delaware, and New Jersey. He almost won New York though—losing by less than 7,000 votes—when many immigrants were naturalized before the election and with fraud occurring in New York City. More than 70,000 soldiers from the state cast absentee ballots, which put Lincoln over the top.
McClellan's cause was somewhat damaged by his party's platform and his battlefield record, but his defeat has been attributed mainly to the Union capture of Atlanta two months before the election. The importance of the election of 1864 was obvious to Lincoln—he believed that the Democratic Party platform would lead to a McClellan administration negotiating an armistice, followed by the permanent breakup of the United States of America. Instead, Lincoln won reelection on a platform demanding that an amendment to the Constitution to abolish slavery be passed, and that the war would be pursued until the South was defeated and the Union preserved.


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New Hendra Case Confirmed near Ingham, Qld.
- Nov 5, 2012
- Topics:
Biosecurity Queensland is managing a new hendra virus case near Ingham, Queensland, Australia, after a positive test result was received late last night (Nov. 4).
Queensland Chief Veterinary Officer Rick Symons, BVSc, MBA, PhD, said the horse was first noticed to be sick by its owner on Wednesday (Oct. 31) afternoon.
Symons said a private veterinarian treated the horse as a potential hendra virus case due to the sudden onset of signs including neurological signs, lethargy, and a lack of appetite. By Thursday (Nov. 1) afternoon the horse's condition had deteriorated and a decision was made to euthanize the horse, he said.
"Biosecurity Queensland officers were on site this morning and have quarantined the property," Symons relayed. "They will also undertake tracing as a priority to assess whether any other animals were at risk of being exposed to the virus. Restrictions apply to moving horses and horse materials on and off the infected property, and the property will be quarantined for at least one month."
Queensland Health's Public Health experts are assessing the situation today (Nov. 5) to determine if any humans had contact with the infected horse.
Queensland's Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young, MB, BS, FRACMA, FFPH, reassured the community that transmission of the virus required close contact with bodily fluids of an infected horse.
"Queensland Health staff will continue to undertake contact tracing work to ensure all people potentially exposed to the infected horse have been identified," Young said. "Queensland Health stands ready to provide any assistance, counseling, information, testing, or treatment that may be required."
Symons said this latest case was the eighth hendra virus incident in Queensland this year and the second in Ingham.
"This year we have had cases in Townsville, Cairns, Ingham, Mackay, Port Douglas, and two cases in Rockhampton," Symons said. "All of these cases have been finalized and quarantines lifted.
"Horse owners need to remain vigilant in taking steps to reduce the risk of infection as hendra virus can occur year round," he continued. "If a horse becomes sick, owners should contact their veterinarian immediately as happened in this case."
On Nov. 1, the first equine hendra virus vaccine was launched in Australia. Nonetheless, Symons reminded that no vaccine is a guarantee against disease contraction.
"The release of the hendra virus vaccine provides another option for the horse industry in the fight against this virus and horse owners should discuss with their veterinarian whether vaccinating their horses is appropriate," Symons said. "However it is important to remember no vaccine is 100% effective and people in contact with horses need to continue to practice good biosecurity and personal hygiene measures even if horses are vaccinated."
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EHV-1 Outbreak: Case Total Holding Steady
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EHV-1 Outbreak: Veterinarians Still On Alert
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Basically the article says the Knicks would trade Balkman to the Nuggets for Taureen Green and Bobby Jones and then waive both players because they are making next to nothing.
I like Balkman but he hasn't really liven up to being a 20th overall pick not to mention the fact we have about 10 small forwards now. Still undecided i'd like to atleast get a second round pick.
Nobody respond by saying we should do the same deal with one of the JJ's involved because Denver wouldn't want them. Denver sees Balkman as a low risk high reward situation because he makes so little money.
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The real main positive is that there are adding alot of cheap unexpensive pieces that can help make trades work.


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United beat Phoenix, Ifill racially abused
Wellington Phoenix star Paul Ifill says a line was crossed when he was racially abused by spectators during Sunday's A-League loss to Adelaide United in Adelaide.
Ifill says some fans at Hindmarsh Stadium racially abused him in an incident being investigated by Football Federation Australia (FFA) and Adelaide United.
"Bad times poor result and racist abuse from a very small minority of fans #nothappy," the English-born Barbados international posted on social network Twitter.
".... It was a small minority no problem with a bit of banter but a line was crossed today."
Ifill, among the A-League's elite players, was understood to have been repeatedly called a racially derogatory term when substituted during Wellington's 3-1 loss to Adelaide.
Phoenix coach Ricki Herbert refused to confirm the racial nature of the abuse.
"It's not for me to confirm or not," he told reporters post-match.
But an Adelaide United spokesman said the club was aware of the racial abuse.
"We will investigate matter," the spokesman said.
An FFA spokesman said the governing body "will investigate any incidence of racial vilification".
SA Police and security staff at Hindmarsh Stadium were made aware of the racial abuse, which came as Ifill was substituted in the 61st minute.
After the Barbadian was taken off, Phoenix coach Herbert reacted instinctively by turning around and appearing to look for those abusing his star player.
But Herbert was reluctant to expand on the racial vilification.
"You may want to ask the club (Adelaide)," Herbert said.
"There was a few comments that we have shared with the (Adelaide) club officials ... with regards to a player.
"It would probably be best to talk to the club, Adelaide."
Herbert said it was not his position to confirm or deny the racial element of the abuse directed at the highly-respected Ifill.
The 33-year-Ifill was born in Brighton in England and played 238 games for English club Millwall, including the 2004 FA Cup final against Manchester United.
Ifill also had stints at Sheffield United and Crystal Palace before joining Phoenix.
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For those who feel better hearing governmental information in person, U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle, provided them an opportunity to listen and ask questions Saturday during a town hall meeting at the Johnson County Courthouse on West Main Street.
Cotton provided several detailed responses to his vote against Hurricane Sandy aid.
"It was the $60 billion in additional funds that were requested," he explained. "$10 billion was to go to a financially, nearly disabled, program. The national flood insurance program is broke."
In addition, it would not do any good to funnel money into a program that is designed to offer assistance when it needs assistance itself, he pointed out.
"I don't think Arkansas needs to bail out the Northeast," Cotton asserted. He told the audience many of the proposed relief programs were larded up by New York politicians. They were using this opportunity as a grab bag for politicians' wish lists and for funding repairs to infrastructure that had nothing to do with weather damage.
"A lot of that money was not going to natural disaster relief. A lot of that money was to go to municipalities that were underinsured," Cotton said. He pointed out the amount of money requested was excessive. He said $60 billion is 12 times the budget Arkansas has to work with in a year.
One person asked about his stance on homosexuality in the military. Cotton said he supported the "don't ask don't tell" policy. that formerly was in place.
"Social policy changes are a waste of time, and what we have now works," he said. "This is important for military brass. It allows them to take care of their troops and maintain the level of respect each of them deserve."
This is the position Gen. James Amos, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, held in a recent conversation with Cotton. The congressman said gay and lesbian couples have legal recourse in estate business and medical care in the form of a power of attorney.
"Not only is marriage a 5,000-year-old institution, redefining marriage is not a federal issue," he said. "Ultimately, it is part of the sovereignty of individual states to make those changes."
Relative to the gun control issue, Cotton said he is against national registration, but believes the reformation should focus on criminals who have access to firearms.
"I trust law-abiding citizens to trade guns. I don't trust the people in D.C. who check digits," he said.
Cotton provided many important details about the changing perspectives over gun control. "Law-abiding citizens should own a weapon," he said, adding that there should be a focus on mental health laws.
The current laws keep those people who need help from getting it. It also ties the hands of those who can help the most, he said. When a young person turns 18, a doctor or other health care professional is not allowed to share information with parents.
Cotton is for immigration, but only if it is legal. He said it would be unfair to those who are following the path to citizenship through the appropriate channels and abiding by existing laws if citizenship were granted to those who are here illegally.
Cotton will have an office up and running soon in the Clarksville courthouse, where citizens will have an opportunity to voice concerns and deal directly with his office in Washington, D.C., via satellite.


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Approval status - the Approval field in a JIRA issue.
Clojure/core member - Contributor who has the approval to vet tickets in JIRA.
Contributor - Person who has signed the Clojure Contributor Agreement.
Defect - A bug in the code base.
Enhancement - A new feature in the code base.
Issue - A ticket in JIRA.
Screener - Contributor who is approved to screen tickets.
Task - Work that must be done outside the code base.
Submitting patches to Clojure and Clojure Contrib
If you've got a bug fix or feature you'd like to submit to the Clojure, Clojure Contrib Libraries, ClojureScript or Clojure CLR projects, first - thanks! Before you get too deep into the code, please make sure you review the contributing guidelines -- it's important to submit a Contributor's agreement as detailed on that page. Once it's been received (your name will appear on the contributor's list on that page), you can join the clojure-dev Google group. Anyone with a CA can become a member of our Confluence and JIRA. Just sign up (please use a recognizable name), then ask on the clojure-dev group and I'll bump up your membership level to make edits.
So You Have an Idea...
In order to make sure you are not duplicating effort, fixing a feature, or planning an unwelcome change, please coordinate with the community, by first examining existing issues (clojure's, links to the various contrib libraries' JIRA projects can be found on the Where Did Clojure Contrib Go page), and discussing your patch plan on the clojure-dev Google group.
Track it in JIRA
If you've got the go-ahead and there isn't already a ticket for your issue/feature, please create one. Make sure the ticket includes a link to the discussion in the Google Group or IRC, so someone reviewing your ticket can quickly get up to speed. Assign yourself to the ticket so people know you are working on it. Please don't assign things to others without their consent.
Prioritization and Milestones (Committers)
Committers use the prioritization and milestone fields. If you are a the committer for a lib, please don't change the priority or the default milestone assignment.
Once you're ready to craft your code, the first thing you'll need is a clone of the Clojure or appropriate repository. The examples below are for the Clojure project -- for submissions to Clojure itself:
Next, create a new branch for yourself:
Now you're ready to get hacking. Make sure relevant doc strings are up to date and that all existing regression tests still pass e.g. for clojure core run:
If you want to add new tests, that would be great too. Once you've finished making your changes you need to commit them.
Now that you've made your changes it's time to get them into a patch. You need to update the repo and fix any conflicts you had.
Once you've fixed any conflicts, you're ready to create a patch:
Adding patches
Now you can attach that patch file to the JIRA ticket. In the More Actions menu near the top of the page, select Attach Files. Please read and follow the recommendations below when writing comments about your attached patch. Screeners have limited time available for screening. You are more likely to get your patch approved if you can be as clear as you can, and as efficient with their time as possible.
- Include the file name and date of the patch in any comments referring to it. It is possible to match up comments with patches based on the date and time, but it is tedious and error prone.
- To get email whenever the ticket is updated, click on the word "Watch" in the top right area of the page. This can help you know when someone else comments on your patch, or creates a new one, etc. Click "Watching" if you want to stop these update emails for that ticket.
- If you create a new patch that incorporates one or more earlier ones, please combine them all into one patch file, and indicate in your comments that you have done this (with file names and dates of the patches you are superseding).
- If one of your patches becomes superseded by a later one, consider removing your patch to avoid confusion. See the instructions under the heading "Removing Patches" below.
Mark the ticket as having a patch ready for screening by editing the Patch attribute. Click the Edit button near the top left of the page for the ticket. In the next page find the heading "Patch" with a popup menu next to it. Select "Code" or "Code and Test" from that menu, then click the Update button at the bottom of the page. If you do not see an Edit button on the page for the ticket, and you have signed a CA, ask on the developer's email list to be given permission to edit Jira tickets.
Removing patches
To remove a patch (e.g. because it is obsolete), go to the page for the ticket and look for the "Attachments" heading beneath the Description text. Far to the right is a plus sign and a triangle. Click on the triangle and select "Manage Attachments" from the menu. Think carefully on which one you want to delete, and click the trash can icon next to it. Note: Most (or all?) people have permission to remove their own attachments, but not those added by someone else.
Vetting Tickets (Clojure/core)
The core team vet tickets, getting them into a state where they can be tested, and screened. Steps are:
- Take ownership of a ticket that is status "New" and not currently owned by someone else.
- Verify that the issue is reproducible, adding a test case if necessary.
- Set the approval to "Vetted."
- If the ticket has (or you write) a patch that applies, test it. If it seems to work, set the status to "Test."
- If there isn't a unit test and you feel like writing one, please do so.
- Release ownership of the ticket.
Screening Tickets (Screeners)
Periodically, screeners will review tickets whose approval is marked 'Test'.
- Take ownership of the ticket so that others know you are working on it.
- Make sure to work on defects first. Enhancements are much lower priority, and should typically begin with a design conversation under Clojure Design
To apply someone's changes you need to first create a branch:
- make sure you have a clean local checkout
- no need to check on multiple OSes (unless the ticket is specific to this)
- Please note the -s above, it is important, as it indicates that you are the one accepting this patch.
- The --keep-cr helps when files being patched contain DOS CR/LF line endings. It seems to be harmless when it isn't needed, but leave it off or use --no-keep-cr if you suspect it is causing issues.
Once you have a working copy, you should take note of the following kinds of things:
- Review the code in a diff tool to make sure that nothing extraneous snuck in
- Make sure compile and tests pass
- Test the functionality from the REPL
- Does the patch accomplish the goals stated in the ticket (and any accompanying discuss in Confluence/email/IRC)
- If questions were raised in the discussion, are they answered in the ticket?
- Are you happy with the tests, can you follow what they're testing, is there anything missing?
- Are the tests excessive (introducing dependency on implementation detail)?
- Does the documentation still seem right to you?
- Is the implementation idiomatic (if not, explain why, link to examples...)
- Is the patch performance-sensitive? If so, is the approach appropriate?
After review, if you are happy, you should
- Set the approval of the ticket to screened
- If you own the lib in question, you can set approval to accepted, and deploy the change
If you are not happy
- Add a comment to the ticket, explaining what the issues are
- Set the approval of the ticket to 'Incomplete'
- Set the waiting-on of the ticket to the person who created the patch
If you aren't sure
- Get a second opinion, and note this in the comments
- Set the waiting-on to Rich or Stu, if appropriate
Committing Clojure Patches (Committers)
- start with a ticket that has been OKed by Rich
- make sure you have the right patch
- make sure the author has signed the CA
- steps that can be batched up:
- double-check that the patch applies cleanly and builds locally
- commit and push the patch
- close the associated ticket(s), if any
I find it safest to do committing from a separate local repository. I have a "clojure" git clone that does not have push permissions for dev and screening, and a separate "clojure-for-commit" checkout for committing. This reduces the chance that my muscle memory will produce a "git push" at the wrong time.
Closing Tickets (Committers)
If you are a committer on a lib, you can screen tickets and close them all in one step. Alternately, you can review tickets screened by others, and then either close them or bounce them back (as in the Screening step above).
While you have the ability to just push your stuff into the repo, please use the tickets systems too. It makes a fine todo system, helps organize bigger milestones, lets others hop in and help or provide input, and provides a place to hang discussions about your changes.
If you have questions or concerns, please ask a question on the clojure-dev Google group.
Clojure is Stricter than Contrib
The expectation of stability and performance is much higher for Clojure than for Clojure Contrib. Rich personally reviews every change to Clojure. To save Rich's time, other committers may do the work in git. When this happens, you can see Rich's review process in JIRA, both in the comments and in tickets being moved from 'Screened' to 'Ok' by Rich.
Speculative Changes
If you want to share work-in-progress on some feature you are not yet ready to propose with a ticket, you can post a patch made as above, or a pointer to your repo, to the clojure-dev group.
Thanks for contributing to Clojure!
and thanks to:
Screening Process Described
An issue is created in JIRA that expresses some unit of work that is desired. This could be a defect, an enhancement or a task.
Clojure/core team vets the ticket, and changes the approval status to Vetted, indicating this is a problem that we want to solve.
Next a contributor writes a patch to address a defect or enhancement, and attaches the patch to the issue. The contributor should also indicate what kind of patch this is in the ticket. The approval status is then set to test, indicating it is dev complete.
A screener will review the issue and marks the approval status as Screened. This will set the issue to waiting on Rich.
Rich comes along and blesses the issue by setting it the approval status to OK, meaning the code is ready to build & push to git.
When the code has been pushed, the issue is marked as Resolved.
At any point along this path a Screener can mark the issue as Declined, meaning it is not something we are going to address.
Also, at any point a Clojure/core member can mark the approval status as Incomplete. This indicates more information is needed to continue work on the issue. There is also an optional Waiting On? field that should be set to indicate who is expected to provide the additional information
Some useful filters
Incomplete Issues: http://dev.clojure.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10011
See Also http://clojure.org/patches


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Vendetta Online is a multi-platform 3D space-combat MMO for Windows, Mac, Linux/32 and Linux/64. The game permits players to interact in a vast online galaxy; fighting, trading, and mining their way to success. A "twitch" type real-time combat model makes true player skill the deciding factor instead of character advancement. Massive capital-ship battles shake the foundations of the major nations at war, while others struggle to push back the encroachment of the AI "Hives". A no-strings free trial is available.
Aspose.Pdf is a .NET PDF component to write PDF documents without using Adobe Acrobat. It supports form field creation, document, text and page properties, color space, text, heading, and attachment settings. It lets you create PDF documents by using its API with XML templates and XSL-FO files. It also converts HTML, XSL-FO, and MS Word to PDF. Other features include image formats and security features, hyperlinks, the ability to add footnotes, automatic fitting to content in a table, decimal Tab stops, HTML tags, and keeping paragraphs together when breaking pages.
The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to develop an all-in-one Internet application suite. It contains an Internet browser, email and newsgroup client with an included Web feed reader, HTML editor, IRC chat, and Web development tools, and is sure to appeal to advanced users, Web developers, and corporate users. It uses much of the Mozilla source code powering such successful siblings as Firefox, Thunderbird, Camino, Sunbird, and Miro.
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Elm Millennium Edition is a text-based mail client. There are two branches: Elm 2.4ME+, which is based on Elm 2.4, and Elm ME+ 2.5, which also incorporates some code from Elm 2.5. Elm Millennium Edition contains enhanced MIME and character set support. A subset of UTF-8 (Unicode) is handled. It can read mail from a local mbox and POP and IMAP folders and can pass mail to the PGP or GPG programs. It can also view digests as a mailbox and reassemble fragmented (message/partial) messages. It includes modules for TLS/SSL, iconv, and SMTP.
Worker is a file manager for the X Window System with the classical two panel interface. It features a fully graphical configuration, while still allowing manual editing of the configuration file without the need to restart Worker. Any external program can be integrated easily into the GUI using buttons, hotkeys, and file type actions. Worker uses file recognition by file content or by filename extension (or both). Different actions with completely configurable commands can be assigned to each file type.
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xine is a free multimedia player. It plays back CDs, DVDs, and VCDs. It also decodes multimedia files like AVI, MOV, WMV, and MP3 from local disk drives, and displays multimedia streamed over the Internet. It interprets many of the most common multimedia formats available--and some of the most uncommon formats, too. All those features come in a reusable library (xine-lib) which can easily be embedded in your applications.
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