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In November 2009, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, or CML. Three and a half years later, he is teaching new patients how to live with the disease. Abdul-Jabbar was in Chicago this weekend for "Living Well With CML," an event for CML patients. RedEye talked with the legend about the disease, along with other topics including Derrick Rose and the Bulls-Nets series.
The first person I talked to [about having the disease] was my son. He's a doctor now, but when I was diagnosed he was still in med school. He really helped me understand the nature of leukemia as we know it now. He told me, "You don't know what kind of leukemia you have, so be patient, do what your doctors tell you, and you may be able to be in a position where it's not going to be as life-threatening as you perceive."
At the time, I thought I was going to die in a couple of months. When I first got diagnosed it was pretty, a very, very scary moment. I got the confirmation from the people who did the blood work on like a Thursday. And then I set up my appointment to go to the UCLA oncology on the following Tuesday. So I had a really long weekend where I was getting ready to die [laughs] and all this stuff. I went to UCLA and we found out very quickly that I had CML, and they said "There's something that can be done to treat it. There's a medication. It's called Gleevec."
I went for close to two years taking Gleevec. Didn't get to the goals that we wanted me to get to. I wanted to get a molecular response, which means down in the molecular level, where you have no bad white blood cells. And we weren't quite getting there. So we tried a second generation medication called Tasigna and it worked. My blood got more and more healthy, and now it's very healthy. You're never ever out of the woods, but you have to keep doing what you're doing, and if I keep doing that, I'm going to continue to stay well.
Tell us about some of your favorite interactions with other patients.
The most fun I've had and the most humbling and the things that I've done that makes me feel the best is when I get to interact with kids. They haven't had a chance to live their lives, and they don't complain. They're like, "Oh, I'm dealing with it." They're just trying to be kids. It really makes you humble. It makes you appreciate the fact that hey, you've had a chance to live your life and do a lot of things. And maybe I wasn't as appreciative of that as I should have been before I was diagnosed. All the days that you live, all of a sudden, they take on a different status.
Did your new perspective in any way impact your desire to be on "Splash," and to learn what it's like to dive? I saw your tweets about hitting the water at 66, at 7'2, and if you hit it wrong it feels like you went a few rounds with Joe Frazier.
Oh my goodness, I'm sorry.
[Laughs.] That's OK. But yeah, I did the diving thing just to show people that even at my age, you can learn something new, you can live a healthy lifestyle, and get in shape and stay in shape. You don't have to say "Jeez, I'm in my 60s now, I can't be active." You can be active until the day you die. It will add years to your life and it will add life to your years.
The sports question that's been consuming Chicago is "When's Derrick coming back?" Is there some angle that people should be considering when debating Rose's return?
I think they should consider Derrick's work ethic. It's superb. Derrick is not the type of guy who wants to be on the sideline. He wants to be on the court. I know that. Just from what I saw, things he said in public, the way he plays the game – he plays for his teammates. He doesn't care about his stats or anything like that. He wants to win. He's a great citizen. When he won the MVP, the stuff that he said about his mother – [smiles] every parent wants a kid like Derrick. He's just awesome. So they should understand that it has nothing to do with any character flaws that Derrick has. It's all about his health. And they should approach it like that.
Even if he never plays again, he's been an incredible role model for so many kids for a lot of reasons that kids – I don't even know if they understand what a good person he is. But I can see it. And most people with any insight immediately would be supportive of him.
How can the Bulls beat the Nets?
Bulls can beat the Nets if they play a really tough defense and their outside shooting is on. Joakim can get them some points in the paint. [Smiles.] I made sure that that was going to be part of the scenario. [Noah worked with Abdul-Jabbar during summer 2012.] His plantar fasciitis is a problem, I hear. But Joakim is another guy – it's not about him wanting to lay down. He wants to play. If he can play, he's going to play. And play his heart out.
What did Joakim Noah want to learn from you?
He wanted to get a deeper understanding of the game. He understood that there were things that he couldn't do, and it was mainly on the offensive end. Defensively, he's got it. But on the offensive end he wasn't at a point where he could consistently help them over those tough spots when the guys on the outside are being covered real tough. If that's happening, that means that he's got room in the paint to get some high percentage shots. Those are the things that get you over those cold spells and makes the defense adjust to what you're doing.
Once they've made that adjustment, now the guys on the perimeter have an extra two or three feet to maneuver, to get their drives, to get their shots off.
Did you try to sell him on the sky hook?
I just told him "I want you to score in the paint in a way that's comfortable to you. He's got a couple of hooks and he's using both hands, which is the one thing I wanted him to do. It's all about him making the shot. Coach Thibodeau's not going to be annoyed at him getting high-percentage shots in the paint.
Do you think the Bulls can beat the Nets?
Oh yeah. As far as I know, it's a toss-up, because I haven't seen them play enough. But they absolutely have the horses.
… about him talking about LeBron and Jordan as the greatest players ever, and you were saying you gotta look at Wilt Chamberlain as the greatest talent and Bill Russell as the greatest winner.
Last summer when the Olympics were on, you could not convince high school kids that, say, David Robinson could hang with Dwight Howard, or that Pippen could defend Kevin Durant, or whatever. Why do these basketball arguments come down so fiercely on generational lines?
People don't understand what came before. All right, Stan Musial just died. Lifetime .331 hitter. And he faced people who were pitching from a mound that was 5 inches higher. He got a hit every third time at-bat. That's ridiculous! He didn't take steroids or anything. Only reason he didn't get over 500 home runs is that he didn't have that kind of strength. But 475 home runs – that's pretty good. [Laughs.] You know?
But if you hadn't seen him play and get an idea of the pitchers that he went against in a time when most pitchers threw a complete game – you know, they didn't really like relief pitchers in the '40s and '50s – and look what he did. It's incredible. So unless you have a perspective where you saw those people play, it would be hard for you.
I remember Coach Wooden and I, he would take the American League and I would take the National League, and we would try to say, "What's the all-time best team?"
This was while you were in college?
No, later. After I retired. I would see him in the spring and say ,"What's it going to be this year, Coach?" because he was a big baseball guy. Most people don't know that. And it was so difficult. And he saw Babe Ruth play. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and people like that. Lou Gehrig is a .320-something lifetime. Serious, you know? (Laughs.) So it's really difficult because unless you understand what happened beyond what you actually witnessed, it's hard to have a good perspective on it.
And that's why I got on Scottie's case. I wasn't trying to embarrass him. But his perspective is limited.
The whole stadium was singing at the Boston Bruins game the other night in the wake of the Boston Marathon tragedies. What to you is the ultimate power and value in sports?
Well, sports in general is something that teaches young people teamwork, sportsmanship, physical fitness. I think those things are really the great values in sports. And team sports are entertaining. I just remember when I was a kid, the World Series champ was in New York for seven consecutive years between the Yankees, Dodgers and Giants. And that was just a wonderful thing to be a part of. You chose your friends by the baseball cap that they wore, and stuff like that.
So sports motivates people in very positive ways, and I think for the most part sports does a good job of giving us positive goals and ideals to emulate and strive for at its best. At its worst, when the whole message is "win at any cost," it's detrimental. But it's all about the people who are the coaches and mentors who have the opportunity to see to it that certain values are promoted and transferred across the generation. And I think that's very important.
Baseball recently celebrated the 66th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut in major league baseball. There's a great Mike Royko column written after Robinson's death, where he tells a story about Robinson's first game at Wrigley Field, and he talks about how serious it was for all the black fans.
I remember [in New York] they had pictures of black Americans going to see Jackie Robinson play at Ebbets Field, and they could buy seats anywhere they wanted. This was a big deal. And they were all dressed very appropriately. Yeah, it meant something. And not everybody in the country understood it because they didn't have that perspective.
Is going to Wrigley Field on your checklist?
I would like to go. I live in the same neighborhood as Ernie Banks now in L.A. I ran into him, and got to talk to him. It was great. Some of the things we had to talk about, coming in – he listened to the guys who had come in before him like Jackie, Roy Campanella, Larry Doby and other guys who were the real pioneers. He played in the last gasps of the Negro Leagues, because all of the talent in the Negro Leagues was going into the major leagues, and the Negro Leagues were dying. I think within a year or two there were no more Negro Leagues. It was really interesting talking to him about that.
Jack M Silverstein is a RedEye special contributor. Say hey @readjack.
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It was a proud achievement for YONEX that i-EZONE Driver and Fairway Wood Type Ti were selected as the silver medal in "HOT LIST JAPAN 2013". HOT LIST is the rating system by American magazine Golf Digest which started in 2004, and golf clubs sold in Japan were tested by amateur players and a third-party institution to be measured their performances for HOT LIST JAPAN award.
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Atlantic National Cycling Centre Announces Athlete & Coach Programs
The National Cycling Centre Atlantic Canada is pleased to announce both the Athlete Selection Program criteria, giving athletes the opportunity to compete in high level races outside and with the region, and the Atlantic Coaching Experience program, an opportunity for Atlantic area coaches to gain experience coaching athletes at these same events.
Atlantic Canada's Selection program is a key element for the development of our cyclists. The program is co-ordinated by the Head Coach of the Centre. Riders chosen for selection projects will attend major events to give an opportunity to the athlete to further develop according to his or her personal goals and the Long Term Athletes Development Model of the Canadian Cycling Association. Its primary objective, in co-operation with its four provincial partners, is to ensure Atlantic Canada's deserving cyclists have the opportunity to develop and to demonstrate their potential during high level events.
This program will be on an invitational basis and must correspond to the deserving athlete's realistic goals. The opportunity to preserve or improve an athlete's Gold (A or B), Silver, Bronze, and/or Provincial ranking of the Centre's Elite program must also be taken into consideration.
In order to assist coaching development in the sport of cycling in Atlantic Canada, the National Cycling Centre - Atlantic Canada, in partnership with the four Atlantic provinces cycling organizations is happy to bring back its Atlantic Coaching Experience Program. The Atlantic Cycling Centre will accept the candidates for projects. The National Cycling Centre - Atlantic Canada will proceed with the selection of coaches for each of its team projects. The selection criteria will be based on coaching experience, the development, the implication, and the NCCP level and objectives of the person making the application. All expenses incurred by the participants to this program will be under the responsibility of the participant (or his/her provincial organization).
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Diane Wells passed away peacefully in her sleep Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013.
She was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., to the late George and Winifred Williams on May 30, 1942. She graduated from Hofstra University with a BA in
history and taught high school for three years before devoting herself to preschool and the nurturing of young children.
Diane met her husband, Peter, in Sausalito in 1968 and they fell in love. After traveling around the world together, they settled in Mendocino where they made their home and raised their family.
Diane"s home was the center of her life; it was always alive with her children and their many friends. Her generosity of spirit was felt by all who entered her home. She home birthed all four of her children and assisted with the home births of her friends. She was an enthusiastic proponent of natural childbirth.
She was an artist; she made beautiful mosaics and her garden itself is a great work of art. She was an archivist, she documented all of her children"s lives through film, photos, and elaborate scrapbooks.
Diane loved her family and the Mendocino community. She was an active participant in many local events especially the theatre and the schools. She was admired and respected for her abundant energy, her creativity, and her open-hearted enjoyment of her many friends. She was beloved by all who knew her. She moved through her illness with incredible bravery, determination and grace.
She is survived by her husband, Peter Wells; and children Sally, Scott, Juliet, and Anthony. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Dylan, Luke, and a granddaughter who will be born in February. She is also survived by her step children, Sydney Bergin (and her children, Chelsea and Marisa), Gavrilah (Jen) Wells and David Wells and his daughters, Ziana and Isabella Wells. She is also survived by her sister, Linda Williams of High Falls, N.Y.
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Regional council adopts 10-year plan
Waikato Regional Council has today formally adopted its 10 year plan and confirmed an average 0.4 per cent increase in rates revenue from existing ratepayers in 2015/16.
Waikato Regional Council has today formally adopted its 10 year plan and confirmed an average 0.4 per cent increase in rates revenue from existing ratepayers in 2015/16.
A sheep & beef farmer has been formally warned for breaching the Resource Management Act by exceeding a nitrogen discharge cap on properties in the Lake Taupō catchment over a two year period.
Three lucky Waikato netball centres have won an opportunity to host Kia Magic netball players as part of a Drive Sober campaign.
Waikato Regional Council's efforts to manage erosion on vulnerable west coast farm land, as well as prevent sediment getting into waterways, have been given a major boost through $630,000 worth of new central Government funding.
Issued by Healthy Rivers: Plan for Change/Wai Ora: He Rautaki Whakapaipai
The ground-breaking project to protect and restore the health of the Waikato and Waipa rivers has been getting valuable public input.
Issued by the Waikato Mayoral Forum, which the regional council chair is part of
A high class team of Waikato business and political leaders has been appointed to oversee the implementation of a ground-breaking economic development strategy prepared under the auspices of the Waikato Mayoral Forum.
Joint media release from Waikato Regional Council and Ministry for Primary Industries
Boaties and marine farmers around the Coromandel Peninsula are being urged to take extra care after recent new finds of the marine pest fan worm (Sabella) in Coromandel Harbour.
The Waikato region is generally doing well across a range of economic, social and environmental indicators but could do significantly better on a number of fronts.
Two significant environmental projects involving Waikato Regional Council last night won categories at the national Green Ribbon Awards at Parliament.
The wide range of Waikato Regional Council's advice and expertise available to help farmers will be on show at Fieldays this year.


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Dubai souks (markets) are a magical and unmissable part of Dubai. In fact Dubai souks are renowned across the world. The Dubai Gold Souk alone is the reason many people come to Dubai.
But all the other Dubai souks are worth seeing as well. The ancient Covered Souk, the Fish Souk, the Spice Souk, the Textile Souk – all should be seen if possible. Especially as all the Dubai souks are located close together in the Deira district, with the exception of the Textile Souk in Bur Dubai, and that's just a few minutes away by abra.
For more details on Dubai souks, see the main Dubai Souks page.
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Mali has suffered a series of crises in recent years. The country has experienced chronic food shortages and a particularly severe shock in 2012. Violence plagues the north, which Islamist militants seized in 2012. Though the government is nominally back in charge, the ongoing low-grade conflict continues to prevent civilians from returning to their homes, is disrupting their livelihoods and the provision of basic services.
Oxfam in Mali
Oxfam is working to support families whose lives have been upended by conflict or drought. We are helping girls and their mothers to become more involved in school. And we are helping Malians to reknit the social fabric which was torn apart by conflict:
- In the north, we are supporting livelihoods and helping communities return to normal by paying villagers to fix up old levees and handing out agricultural kits and cash to help families make it through difficult times. We are also helping struggling households feed themselves in the wake of the food crisis and to diversify and improve their diets. We are supporting herders by building new wells and purchasing cattle for them.
- We are also working to ensure that communities are better prepared for future disasters. We are training families in budget management and malnutrition prevention.
- We are helping women start small businesses and training them in seed production and market gardening. Through our "Girls Can" programme, we are working to ensure girls stay in school into their teens. Too many drop out after primary school, but "Girls Can" offers remedial courses, better materials and gifts for girls who do well.


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Did this girl want to take back her marriage proposal after seeing Matt Duchene and the Avalanche play tonight?
Wow, was that a bad hockey game tonight. One goal at even strength in 60 minutes between two teams, no fights, one power play for each team. I haven't been this bored since seeing Vince Vaughn's latest Rom-Com.
A few questions I might have if I were Joe Sacco after tonight's dismal 2-0 loss at home in front of 12,308:
– Where's the fire boys? Aren't you supposed to be a young, up-and-coming, fast, exciting team of eager kids who want desperately to get to the next level? Didn't see it tonight, or three of the last four at home that we lost. You guys look all fat and happy at being just part of the mix. You look like you're plateauing, not getting hungrier for the next level.
– Matt Hunwick, can you please stop making me look stupid by saying you're playing well and that I like your game, when every single night you're a minus-1, you never get a goal and you turn the puck over at least once a game that leads to a 2-on-1 against, and who I keep playing over Jonas Holos, who is even or plus every night and makes smart plays but for some reason I bench because I think you're better?
– Kevin Porter, hope your suits are dry-cleaned, because you'll be wearing them a lot more up in the press box when Chris Stewart comes back.
– Craig Anderson, I know the numbers look pretty good the last two games (three goals allowed), but geez, couldn't you at least do what Jason "Journeyman" LaBarbera did tonight, and keep it scoreless and get us a point going to OT? Couldn't you have made that cupcake save on Vern Fiddler and get the whistle blown, instead of dropping it and getting beat on a soft backhander on the rebound by plumber Taylor Pyatt?
– Paul Stastny, did you actually play tonight? Or were you still out with the flu?
To me, that was a terrible loss, and one that the Avs shrugged off way too easily in the dressing room after. Too much "Oh, well it was close and we outshot them and didn't get any bounces and, you know, that team plays a tough defense when they get a lead…."
Loser's lament, in other words.
This team needs a fire lit under it again. Or else, it's going to be sitting outside the tent when it's time for the playoff party to begin inside.
Now that I'm in a ripping mood, here is my list of the top five most disappointing NHL teams of the first half. No, the Avs didn't make the list, but this was written before tonight's game.


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Last night, Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux is said to have intentionally driven his silver 2003 Porsche Carrera into a lady "peace officer" in the Saratoga Race Course parking lot. Bad form, yo.
He'll go to court for the misdemeanor reckless-endangerment charge next week. The track did not let him ride today. They didn't call it a suspension; they called it a we'll-address-it-on-Friday. Here's what the New York Times was kind enough to point out:
The jockey, 41, has a history of alcohol-related incidents, although police reported alcohol was not a factor in the recent incident. Desormeaux failed a Breathalyzer test at Woodbine Race Course in 2010 and acknowledged a drinking problem then.
Jockey Desormeaux Arrested at Track [Fox23]
Desormeaux Prevented From Riding After Arrest [New York Times]
Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux working to get sober and to put life and career, back together [New York Daily News] (H/T JBH)


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Published March 22, 2012 08:12 AM
Laser Induced Fusion
Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is a process where nuclear fusion reactions are initiated by heating and compressing a fuel target, typically in the form of a pellet that most often contains a mixture of deuterium and tritium. In doing so fusion is initiated. This is basically a small controlled fusion reactor. To compress and heat the fuel, energy is delivered to the outer layer of the target using high-energy beams of laser light, electrons or ions, although for a variety of reasons, almost all ICF devices to date have used lasers. The National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world's most energetic laser, surpassed a critical milestone in its efforts to meet one of modern science's greatest challenges: achieving fusion ignition and energy gain in a laboratory setting. NIF's 192 lasers fired in perfect unison, delivering a record 1.875 million joules (MJ) of ultraviolet laser light to the facility's target chamber center.
If a source of compression can be found, other than a nuclear bomb, then the size of the reaction could be scaled down. This idea has been of intense interest to both the bomb-making and fusion energy communities. It was not until the 1970s that a potential solution appeared in the form of very large, very high power, high energy lasers, which were then being built for weapons and other research. The mix in such a system is known as a target, containing much less fuel than in a bomb design (often only micro or milligrams), and leading to a much smaller explosive force.
Generally ICF systems use a single laser, the driver, whose beam is split up into a number of beams which are subsequently individually amplified by a trillion times or more. These are sent into the reaction chamber (called a target chamber) by a number of mirrors, positioned in order to illuminate the target evenly over its whole surface. The heat applied by the driver causes the outer layer of the target to explode.
This historic laser shot involved a shaped pulse of energy 23 billionths of a second long that generated 411 trillion watts (TW) of peak power (1,000 times more than the United States uses at any instant in time).
The record-breaking shot was made March 15.
"This event marks a key milestone in the National Ignition Campaign's drive toward fusion ignition," said NIF Director Edward Moses. "While there have been many demonstrations of similar equivalent energy performance on individual beams or quads during the completion of the NIF project, this is the first time the full complement of 192 beams has operated at this sound barrier."
The ultraviolet energy produced by NIF was 2.03 MJ before passing through diagnostic instruments and other optics on the way to the target chamber. As a result, NIF, located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is now the world's first 2 MJ ultraviolet laser, generating nearly 100 times more energy than any other laser in operation.
The 1.875 MJ shot exceeds NIF's original design specification and sets the stage for full-power experiments over the coming months. Not only did the shot achieve the highest recorded energy threshold, it also was one of the most precise ever fired at NIF: The energy produced was within 1.3 percent of its goal. Such precision is vital because the energy distribution among the beams determines how symmetrical an implosion is obtained in capsules containing fusion fuel. Implosion symmetry is a critical factor in achieving the pressures and temperatures required for ignition.
"Our facility's ability to demonstrate this level of precision performance as part of routine operations is a testament to the efforts of multiple teams supporting laser operations, target chamber operations, transport and handling and optics refurbishment," Moses said.
Van Wonterghem points in particular to the enormous progress NIF scientists and engineers have made in economically maintaining the facility's optics system while operating at unprecedented energy levels.
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Inner SE Station Area Working Group #3 Recap
On September 18, the final Inner SE Station Area Working Group meeting was held. At the meeting, the results from the charrette held in August were presented and participants were asked to respond to a series of questions to solicit additional feedback on the the various alternatives that were developed during the charrette. Information was also presented on potential transportation projects that came out of the charrette and how they could be prioritized.
Staff will now refine the concepts based on the feedback heard from the meeting. Preliminary concept alternatives for the OMSI and Clinton station areas will be forwarded for consideration as part of the SE Quadrant Plan process. A Stakeholder Advisory Committee is currently being formed for the SE Quadrant Plan and the first meeting is expected to be in November.
Ideas for the Rhine and Holgate station areas will be further developed based on community input and then forwarded into the City's Comprehensive Plan Update process. A station area working group focused on theBrooklynstations will be convened with a meeting expected in November.
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c. (10 points) Instead of using *s, use line segments for the plot. You must use a loop, not just draw the lines using separate drawLine() calls. No asterisks will be displayed. To draw a line, you need two points. You will have to remember the the first point's place in order to draw the line between the first and second point. Then you have to draw a line from the second to the third point.
This is sort of a fence post problem. Set up the first point with coordinates oldX and oldY before the loop. In the loop generate newX and newY for the second point. Draw the line. Give oldX and oldY the values of newX and newY. Continue looping.
This is what I haveimport java.awt.Graphics; public class BounceLine { public static void main(String[] args) { DrawingPanel ball = new DrawingPanel (300,500); Graphics g = ball.getGraphics(); int x1= 10; int y1=25; for (int i=2; i<=20; i++){ int x2=(i*10); int y2=425*(i*25+50); g.drawLine(x1,y1,x2,y2); x1=x2; y1=y2; } } }
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Tom Joscelyn wrote to point out this piece in today's Washington Post by former DIA intelligence analyst Christina Shelton. Shelton says that George Tenet misrepresents a presentation authored by her in his book, At the Center of the Storm:
That day I summarized a body of mostly CIA reporting (dating from 1990 to 2002), from a variety of sources, that reflected a pattern of Iraqi support for al-Qaeda, including high-level contacts between Iraqi senior officials and al-Qaeda, training in bomb making, Iraqi offers of safe haven, and a nonaggression agreement to cooperate on unspecified areas. My position was that analysts were not addressing these reports since much of the material did not surface in finished, disseminated publications.
Tenet himself described Iraq's relationship with al Qaeda to Congress in a letter dated October 7, 2002, then failed to mention his own letter in his book. Shelton says that Tenet now tries to discredit her work by misrepresenting her background:
Tenet's response to my presentation was to attempt to denigrate my credentials. I was not a "naval reservist," as he wrote in his book, assigned to the Pentagon for temporary duty. In fact, I was a career intelligence analyst for two decades, and I spent half of that time in counterintelligence. I did not draw conclusions beyond the reporting, as he suggested. I addressed the substantive material in the reports.
Tenet has been on various sides of the Iraq/al Qaeda issue, but his subordinate Paul Pillar has been consistent: he has stuck to the view that there couldn't possibly be a significant relationship, and has dismissed all evidence to the contrary. Tom Joscelyn writes:
Ms. Shelton points to something in Tenet's book that caught my eye as well. Tenet explains that the CIA's terrorism analysts "believed to be credible the reporting that suggested a deeper relationship" [between Iraq and al Qaeda], while the agency's regional analysts "significantly limited the cooperation that was suggested by the reporting."
When Tenet mentions the agency's "regional" analysts he is most certainly referring to Paul Pillar, the former National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia, and his supporting crew.
As Tom notes, Pillar has become a hero to liberals for "debunking" the likelihood of any significant relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda. But that debunking is based mostly on theory, not fact. It may be many years before historians are able to assemble enough information to analyze, dispassionately, the extent of the relationship between Saddam's Iraq and bin Laden's organization, and the seriousness of the threat that their relationship would have posed, absent the overthrowing of Saddam's regime.
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I know I look nothing like John Lennon. I've been really inspired by Lennon lately. I love the feel of his work, his film, his music, his fashion. John Lennon, the world misses you. Love is good, life is good :] For this next month, expect very little looks :T I'll be working on a new coming up webseries, stay tuned and I'll keep you all updated.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Did i make it that easy to walk Right in and out of my life?
Credits: Pose Magazine
Just a quick simple post, another look styled for pose magazine. They wanted to know what I'd wear to a picnic, I thought floral suited the theme. Too bad I don't have a close up of the shirt. I loooove that shirt. Stay tuned :]
Sunday, July 24, 2011
First Post! (Yoshi)
Alright peeps! This is Yoshi speaking. This blog was first made for both me and Peter to blog together, but I've been really busy and didn't really get a chance to update my lookbook, let alone this blog. But it's ok! Never too late to start. So here is my first post.
Collaboration with Mike Q, Johanne D, Bethany S, Bobby R, Jerome C, Peter A, Deanne M, Anastasia S. I'll start blogging more, I promise! Till then, stay cool and God bless!
Just leave me your wake to remember you by
Photo Credit: Derek Wong
Hello everyone! This look was a collaboration with a lot of your favorite lookbookers started by Mike Q. and Johanne D. Those participating are as followed Mike Q, Johanne D, Bethany S, Bobby R, Jerome C, Yoshi S, Deanne M, Chloe T, Natalie L, Doina C, Kani, AnnA W, Any T, Anastasia S and billions more. Today, lookbook takes flight. The theme was "Levitation" butttttttt alas I did not have access to a tripod and instead just tried my hardest to leap. In the end, I'd say the results turned out fine :]
I don't usually have stories for my looks, but this one I couldn't resist. Not really a story but more of a theme I guess. The outfit was inspired by the late 1800's. So the story is a boy discovers a beautiful wooden ship inside his parent's house. Unaware that the ship is enchanted, the boy takes the ship out to play. The ship with all it's magic takes flight as soon as the boy waves it around, taking with it the boy to another world. Simple fun story, I hope you enjoy it :] Check out everyone else's looks! I'll make a click-through link as they upload theirs!
I don't usually have stories for my looks, but this one I couldn't resist. Not really a story but more of a theme I guess. The outfit was inspired by the late 1800's. So the story is a boy discovers a beautiful wooden ship inside his parent's house. Unaware that the ship is enchanted, the boy takes the ship out to play. The ship with all it's magic takes flight as soon as the boy waves it around, taking with it the boy to another world. Simple fun story, I hope you enjoy it :] Check out everyone else's looks! I'll make a click-through link as they upload theirs!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Well you know I nearly broke down and cried
PhotoCredit: Pose Magazine
I did a little style feature with Pose magazine about 2 weeks back, here is one of the casual movie date looks I styled for them. These shoes are a personal favorite of mineeee. I just never wear them, idk why. Have a great dayyyyy <3
Monday, July 18, 2011
Have you seen the little piggies Crawling in the dirt
PhotoCred: Bethany Struble
This past saturday Bethany S. called me and told me, "Hey traffic is gunna be terrible this saturday cause of carmageddon, I have this blogger picnic to go to. I'm gonna need you to take me on your bike cause we gotta get there on time." Well so I took her, I got lots of yummy candy and yummy food! And I drew bethany's face on a bag, check out her blog! Tote bags supplied byglitternglued! And for the title, it's cause I kinda looked like a little piggie this weekend hahaha, eating all the food!
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Sunday, July 17, 2011
Sail across the Atlantic, to be where you belong
PhotoCredit: Nick Sutjongdro
Bag sponsored by Fredd + Bahsa. Another summer look for another summer day. The sun's been out and the beaches have been surprisingly warm lately. Sorry for short blog post! More to come <3
Monday, July 11, 2011
Bye Bye Miss American Pie
Photo Credit: Yoshi S. & Some other people
It's never easy saying goodbye to a loved one. This last Friday, the gang and I went to a going away party for Cali Lee (girl in orange in third to last pic). Cali's one of my best friend's little sister and growing up with her has been amazing. It's weird how time flies by, it feels like just yesterday she was ratting on me and my best friend, and now they're both graduated and off living in another state. So in short, here is a quick blogpost about what's been going on in our life. Enjoy the badly taken/bad quality pictures of us!
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Every summer we can rent a cottage in the isle of wight, if it's not too dear
Hello everyoneee! I just wanted to have a quick post about my summer so far for those of you who care. This summer has definitely been different with modeling and acting. I just applied and signed with "Brand" models/talent, sooo hopefully that gets me somewhere. The video above was from a shoot that me and yoshi did sometime back in June for "daily hot guy" (check out the facebook page and like them!).
Aside from that, this weekend I was a guest stylist for Pose Magazine and here is one of the looks I styled for them, titled "Summer Beach Date" keep posted with them, the article should be up in august!
Friday, July 8, 2011
Love is not a victory march
Photo Credit: Derek Wong
This look was taking actually quite some time ago. I miss the breezy spring days. Hopefully the summer wind is nice. The sun is up, the sky is blue, thank God for these beautiful days. I'm happy.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Fourth Of July
PhotoCredit: Bethany Struble
Hello everyone! First of all I just wanna say, Happy belated 4th of JULY! Sorry this took forever to post. By now, most of you has seen the video on the lookbook facebook page. So pretty much since I'm sure you're all interested in how we all got together (I'm telling you this story regardless), let me start just by saying you can meet great friends on the internet. So here is the WHOLE backstory behind this gang of lookbooking friends.
So my story starts when I first met Bethany S. I needed a photographer for a Vietnamese magazine and all my photographers were out of town. Me and Bethany had been friends for some time and I saw that she was from L.A. and called her up to do a shoot. Little did I know she lived on the exact opposite side of L.A. We instantly bonded while shooting my look.
I first bonded with Bobby R. when I saw one of his looks on lookbook. I saw his beautiful face and was captivated by his mystical beauty. I had to draw him! So I picked up my pencil and drew away. After I gave Bobby my drawing of him, we instantly bonded. We talked of doing collaborations together. I told him that he HAD to visit L.A. someday and he took it seriously! He packed his bags and rushed down to L.A. on a greyhound bus with his friend and a couple of hobos. And for the past month he's been living on Bethany's couch.
Adam G. was a bit different. Everyone on lookbook knows Adam. He's the number one guy on the leaderboards. I never thought I'd hangout with him. But Adam and I were both working with Hypecircle when we realized that we had lived close to each other. So we quickly exchanged numbers in hopes of being best friends. The hangouts never worked out until recently, but regardless, I do plan on having more adventures with him soon!
So that's the whole story behind the 4th of July gang. Keep posted for more collaborations :]
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Even your emotions have an echo in so much space
Second set of shirt from sent to me from Chalermol Jitter! I love his designs. They're so simple yet intricate. Check out his lookbook incase you wanted to contact him at his lookbook. I know you're all probably wondering "wtf peter, why are you barefoot and why do you have random pink raybans on?" Well the answer is simple. Crazy things happen when you're photoshooting with Bethany Struble. Simple as that haha. Anyways this is just a quick little blog post.
PhotoCred: Bethany Struble
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Anime Expo
Uh oh hotdog
Bethany and bobby thought he looked like me.
photos by: Bethany Struble
So this past weekend, the gang had a wild trip all the way down to downtown L.A. for a huge anime convention. The vibe was just amazing, everyone in costumes, dressed up and made up for everyone to see. I LOVED IT. Wasted $4 on a hot dog but that was quite alright. And of course Bobby got stopped by a fan to take his picture, but all in all, I'd say a successful trip :]
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How to Make a Rhinestone and Leather Wrap Bracelet
Rhinestone chain is a great choice for making quick and glitzy wrap bracelets. Because the stones are already set in tiny cups and connected, you just need to cut them to the length you want them and then wrap them to the leather bracelet.
You can buy rhinestone cup chain in bulk or in individual necklace lengths. If you're looking to save a little cash, opt for rhinestone sewing trim. You'll get a similar, though not quite as sparkly, look for less.
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52 inches round leather cord
22mm decorative shank button
22 inches rhinestone and pearl cup chain
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Fold the leather cord in half, sliding the button to the center point. Holding both strands, tie a single knot to secure it.
Holding both strands of leather together, tie the cup chain to the leather strands with the waxed linen cord. Tuck the shorter tail on the inside of the bracelet.
Begin wrapping the waxed linen cord around both the cup chain and the leather, covering the short tail as you go, wrapping the linen between each cup.
When you reach the end of the chain, tie a knot in the waxed linen cord. Holding both leather tails, tie a knot, securing the waxed linen cord and trim the waxed linen cord with the scissors.
Waxed linen cord is kind of sticky. It naturally holds knots really well, so you don't need to add glue to the knots. But if you feel better using it, feel free.
Tie another knot in the leather about an inch from the last one.
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Robert Ogle, 16, and friend Alex Paul, 20, of Brooklyn, were hit at the intersection of Eliot Avenue and 80th Street at 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning as they walked home from a Middle Village party.
They were hit by 27-year-old Kenneth Guyear, a down-on-his-luck Middle Village man who while on a bender hopped into an idling car outside of Super Deli at 61-25 Woodhaven Boulevard and sped off.
Moments later he ran over Ogle and Paul. According to horrified witnesses, Guyear backed over their bodies several times as he tried to dislodge one of the boys from under the car. Ogle was pronounced dead at the scene, while Paul died a short time later at Elmhurst Hospital.
After the collision, Guyear drove back to the same deli where he initially stole the car. He was laughing as cops handcuffed him on the street about a block away from the deli. Guyear made a number of bizarre statements while being taken into custody, including stating that he had a drinking and pill problem, smoked pot, and did three bags of cocaine per day.
He also made threatening comments to the arresting officers.
"You guys don't know what you're doing," he reportedly told police on the scene. "You have nothing on me. You're just locking me up for DWI? I'm gonna' have your job."
Guyear also said that he was at a sweet sixteen party drinking vodka and got into a fight with his father before he stole the car. He said he saw Ogle and Paul crossing the street and slowed down.
"I drove and saw people," Guyear said. "I slowed down and didn't see them again."
He also said that he didn't think he hit anybody.
"I drove the car and saw the pedestrians, but I didn't think I hit anybody," Guyear said. "I kept driving and then stopped the car and looked for blood on the car."
Guyear was charged with assault, vehicular manslaughter, grand larceny, leaving the scene of an accident, and driving while intoxicated. A judge also charged him with criminal mischief and making graffiti related to a separate incident, as well as for an outstanding warrant related to a Brooklyn felony DWI case.
He was ordered held without bail and is due back in court on February 17. He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on charges related to the hit-and-run case.
He also has an extensive arrest history, and did several stints on Rikers Island. Two of the arrests were for stealing cars.
Robert Ogle lived on 67th Avenue in a tidy brick home, where Sunday his devastated parents, Brendan and Mei Ogle, tried to cope with the loss of their son. Worried about their boy, they had actually called police an hour before the accident to report that their son had not returned home. Later that morning, detectives arrived at their house to deliver the sad news.
In an interview the following day, Brendan Ogle said Guyear deserves to be brought to justice.
"Our only hope is that the perpetrator can be held up as an example of the worst kind of people that are walking on the streets," Ogle said. "I hope they put people like that away." (With additional reporting by Daniel Bush)


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In a Q and A session John Connors, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft, said the following:
"In terms on the next Xbox, we haven't announced a release. I think the next period when Robbie and the team will talk about that is at E3 in Los Angeles in May. They're hard at work on it, but it doesn't have a summer announce."
We already know that J Allard will deliver the keynote address at this year's conference. If we know Microsoft, a top level executive or Bill Gates himself will unveil any news about its next generation technology. Taking that into account, we can be almost 90% sure on some sort of announcement or demonstration at May's game conference. This year's E3 will be, without a doubt, one of the best in its history. Sony and Nintendo have already confirmed that they will have demonstrations of their upcoming consoles on the show. The question that remains is will the Xbox successor see a Q4 2005 launch, as EA has led us to believe?
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A New York City restaurant that serves burgers, sliders and steaks made with kangaroo meat says the marsupial meat is a hit with customers, DNAinfo.com reports.
The Thirsty Koala co-owner and chef Katherine Fuchs tells the website the kangaroo meat sells better than regular beef.
"There's a lot of other meat out there. People are eating elk, they're eating emu, they're eating ostrich," Fuchs told DNAinfo. "So why not kangaroo?"
The kangaroo burgers weigh about 8 ounces and come with beet root slaw, caramelized onions, grilled pineapple, bacon, a fried egg and house-made goat cheese.
Co-owner Alex Styponisas describes the marsupial meat as "really yummy."
"I would say it tastes like a filet mignon. It's really sweet and tender, and it's not as gamey as one would think," he told DNAInfo.com.
The meat travels from a ranch in Queensland, Australia to Bronx Hunts Point Market, according to the website.
Other dishes that feature the unique meat include kangaroo sliders and kangaroo filet. According to Fuchs, the Australian meat also has nutritional value.
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Climate Change in Our Parks
I just read an article by Philippe Cousteau, CEO of EarthEcho International, about his recent trip to Yellowstone National Park. Click here to see HuffPo commentary.
Cousteau writes about what he's observed and learned while in Yellowstone. One sentence, in particular, jumped out at me, "Other challenges are threatening the parks as well. A familiar refrain I heard over and over from guides and rangers alike was the concern over the effects of an increasingly volatile climate."
I was struck by this sentence because I'm working on NPF's upcoming Electronic Field Trip (EFT) to North Cascades National Park, which will focus on climate change. NPF picked North Cascades for the EFT because it is home to over 300 glaciers. And many of these glaciers have shrunk dramatically during the last century thanks, in part, to global warming.
The upcoming EFT, which will air on October 13th, 2010, will use North Cascades as a medium for explaining climate change and its impacts. I think some of the kids will be surprised to learn that the glaciers are not only wonders of the natural world, but they provide an important source of water for the plants, animal and people that live in the region. As the glaciers shrink, a water supply is diminished.
I hope our EFT is successful in teaching thousands of children about climate change, and motivating them to take action to help mitigate the human-caused impacts on the climate.
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This gorgeous beaded bracelet is very chic. Strung on one continuous loop of steel memory wire, there is no need for a clasp, it just wraps round your wrist! Great for one of those grab and go hectic mornings, or even just if you aren't a clasp-fiddling type of person. It combines golden purple coloured glass seed beads with facetted purple glass beads. Diameter is 6cm.
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How to Make Grainy Apricot Mustard
Make a budget-friendly batch of Grainy Apricot Mustard for Christmas gifts — a welcome change from cookies and candies. Sweet dried apricots team up with mustard seeds to create this homemade mustard. Try this palate-pleaser in everything from sandwiches to salads.
You can divide the recipe into half-pint or pint jars depending on how many gifts you need. And don't forget to make a nice label for your jars. The label is a great place to let recipients know that the mustard must be refrigerated.
Grainy Apricot Mustard
Preparation time: 20 minutes, plus 30 minutes for the apricots to soften and 48 hours sitting
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Yield: 4 cups
1-2/3 cups chopped dried apricots
2-1/4 cups water
2/3 cup mustard seeds
3/4 cup cider vinegar
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (preferably freshly grated)
1/4 teaspoon salt
Simmer the apricots and water in a medium saucepan over low heat for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let soften for 30 minutes.
Blend the mustard seeds in a blender until coarsely chopped. Add the apricots, vinegar, brown sugar, nutmeg, and salt. Puree until the apricots are smooth. The mustard seeds will remain coarse. Add a little water if the puree is too thick, although the mustard should be a thick consistency.
Spoon the mustard into jars that have been thoroughly washed with hot, soapy water. Cover with clean lids.
Store in the refrigerator. Allow the flavors to develop for 2 days before using. The mustard keeps for 1 month or longer.
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A guy on tech-talk sent me 4 of these to play with so I baseline tested all 4, compared them against each other, then did the full testing on the better of the 4 samples.
The one thing I will say is that 3 of the 4 perform really bad in terms of HD. The one I wound up doing further testing on looked much better but still wasn't great.
The FR on these rises +10dB from 1khz to 3khz and winds up at +18dB from 1khz to about 8khz. Yikes! Off-axis response on the horizontal axis looks pretty good with some issues above 5khz. CSD shows ringing around 6khz which shows up in every FR measurement as well. Vertical off-axis response is bad but I've yet to see a ribbon/planar that isn't bad vertically. (bad meaning no controlled dispersion... just wonky).
HD isn't too bad; some spots here and there may be of concern but nothing terrible and overall 3rd is pretty low (minus the peaky spots). *Now, if you look at the comparison HD plots, it's an entirely different ballgame and the HD is so high/sporadic that it's just scary.*
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The UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an international distinction created by UNESCO in 1952 following a donation from Mr Bijoyanand Patnaik, Founder and President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust in India.
The purpose of the Prize is to reward the efforts of a person who has had a distinguished career as writer, editor, lecturer, radio/television programme director or film producer, which has enabled him/her to help to interpret science, research and technology to the public. He/she is expected to have knowledge of the role of science, technology and general research in the improvement of public welfare, the enrichment of the cultural heritage of nations and the solutions to the problems of humanity. The objective of the Prize is in conformity with UNESCO's policies and is related to the Programme of the Organization in the field of promoting public awareness in science. Many past Prize winners have been scientists in their own right, while others have been trained in journalism or have been educators or writers.
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The Prize is awarded biennially in the same year as the UNESCO General Conference (in odd years). It is normally awarded by the Director-General at an official ceremony held for the purpose in the place where UNESCO celebrates World Science Day, on 10 November. UNESCO presents the prize-winner with a cheque for the amount of £10,000, a certificate and the UNESCO-Albert Einstein silver medal.
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Manchester Families: Structure and Composition
Families are a major focus of the American Community Survey (ACS), conducted each year by the U.S. Census Bureau. A family, as defined by the Census, includes a householder and all the other people in the housing unit related to him or her, by birth, marriage, or adoption.
Not all households are family households. Nonfamily households include those composed of unrelated roommates, or single-person households. In addition, family households may include non-family members who live in the same housing unit. Note that the data in this report presents estimated counts of households, not of people.
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ACCF_DATA(9) NetBSD Kernel Developer's Manual ACCF_DATA(9) NAME accf_data -- buffer incoming connections until data arrives SYNOPSIS options INET pseudo-device accf_data DESCRIPTION This is a filter to be placed on a socket that will be using accept() to receive incoming connections. It prevents the application from receiving the connected descriptor via accept() until data arrives on the connection. EXAMPLES If the accf_data accept filter is present in the kernel configuration, this will enable the data accept filter on the socket sok. struct accept_filter_arg afa; bzero(&afa, sizeof(afa)); strcpy(afa.af_name, "dataready"); setsockopt(sok, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ACCEPTFILTER, &afa, sizeof(afa)); SEE ALSO setsockopt(2), accept_filter(9), accf_http(9) HISTORY The accept filter mechanism and the accf_data filter were introduced in FreeBSD 4.0. They were ported to NetBSD by Coyote Point Systems and appeared in NetBSD 5.0. AUTHORS This manual page and the filter were written by Alfred Perlstein. NetBSD 9.0 August 10, 2008 NetBSD 9.0
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CX6 : What is the [Soft Focus] in the Creative Shooting mode ?
This mode takes a picture with soft focus effects similar to those created by soft focus lenses. The amount of softening option is available from [Weak] or [Strong].
Soft focus example (left), normal image example (right)
The Soft focus option is located in the Creative mode.
For the Creative Shooting mode operations, see the FAQ below.
What is the [Creative Shooting mode] ?
Operating procedures for changing the amount of softening
- 1When [Soft focus] is selected in the Creative shooting mode, press [MENU] button to display the [Creative mode selection] screen.
- 2Go to the Shooting tab for [Soft Focus] using ADJ.OK button. (pushing left , and then down ).
- 3Push the [ADJ./OK] button to choose the [Soft Focus Options]. Push the [ADJ./OK] button again to show the options.
Choose [Weak] or [Strong] with the ADJ./OK button . Press the [ADJ./OK] button again to save the setting.
- 4It will return to the shooting screen, then you will be ready to take a picture.
- •The soft focus effect will differ slightly between on the confirmation screen that is displayed immediately after shooting and on the final image.
- •[Plus Normal Shooting] option is available. If it is set to [On], the camera will record two images by adding an image taken with normal shooting to an image take with soft focus effect. The option is located; Mode dial > Menu button > Shooting Tab > Plus Normal Shooting.
- •In the screen above, choose [On], and press [ADJ./OK] button.
- •It will return to the shooting screen. After taking a picture, the confirmation screen that has both soft focus image and a normal image will be displayed.
For the limitations on the Soft Focus mode, see the chart in the FAQ below.
Available [Shooting menu] chart in each shooting mode.
Available [Setup menu / Key Custom menu] chart in each shooting mode.
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I recall the first time I visited Nakheel Palestine for Agricultural Investments Company fields at Jericho two years ago, when MIGA was still at the early stages of underwriting the project constituting planting date trees. The land was empty and, at the first glance, the first thought that came to mind was "how can this be developed into arable land?" When MIGA's Executive Vice President Izumi Kobayashi visited the site for the first time a couple of weeks ago, we found ourselves in fields filled with baby date trees that have beautified the land with their green leaves. And in a tour in the packing facility of the project, we saw how young female workers were sorting and packing the dates, realizing that each of these workers is supporting a household of minimum five members in a very impoverished area.


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Thankfully, there is no requirement for the homeschoolers to follow the National Curriculum Guidelines. If a homeschooler can demonstrate that they have a plan for educating, they will be granted an exemption.
The Ministry of Education has appreciated the success of homeschoolers. Since 1991, the Ministry pays parents 763 dollars (NZ) per year for the first child being homeschooled and decreases the amounts for subsequent children. Presently, the only string attached is that the parents must sign a statutory declaration every six months which simply states, "I, the parent, solemnly declare I am still homeschooling my children as regularly and as well as in a registered school." The money received by the homeschoolers is not taxed. A separate Education Review Office (QUANGO) may seek to visit the home and review the homeschool program. The Education Review Office reviews about 12% of homeschoolers in any one year. Unfortunately, most of these reviews are conducted in the home, even though the law does not technically require this. The New Zealand Home Education Foundation tries to dissuade families from allowing the review to be done in their home so that it will not set bad precedent. Overall, the Education Review Office has a fair perspective of homeschool families and has not unnecessarily harassed them.
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The data that a user enters in a user interface control might or might not be appropriate for the application. In applications built with Adobe Flex, you use a validator to ensure the values in the fields of a form meet certain criteria. For example, you can use a validator to ensure that a user enters a valid phone number value, to ensure that a String value is longer than a set minimum length, or ensure that a ZIP code field contains the correct number of digits.
In typical client-server environments, data validation occurs on the server after data is submitted to it from the client. One advantage of using Flex validators is that they execute on the client, which lets you validate input data before transmitting it to the server. By using Flex validators, you eliminate the need to transmit data to and receive error messages back from the server, which improves the overall responsiveness of your application.
Note: Flex validators do not eliminate the need to perform data validation on the server, but provide a mechanism for improving performance by performing some data validation on the client.
Flex includes a set of validators for common types of user input data, such as ZIP codes, phone numbers, and credit card numbers.
You create validators in MXML by using a validator tag, such as
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source: Specifies the object that contains the property to validate. Set this to an instance of a component or a data model. You use data binding syntax in MXML to specify the value for the
property: A String that specifies the name of the source property that contains the value to validate. This property supports dot-delimited Strings for specifying nested properties.
You can set these properties in any of the following ways:
- In MXML when you use a validator tag
- In ActionScript by assigning values to the properties
- When calling the
Validator.validate()method to invoke a validator programmatically
Although any client-side validation is better than none, simply adding validators to your form and using their default behavior does not provide the most usable experience for your users. The Best practices for client-side validation demonstrates how to use validators to create a usable experience for your users.
Creating a simple validator in MXML
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Best practices for client-side validation
Flex provides you with several methods for validating data. This Quick Start describes a method of validating data that provides the most usable experience for your users.
A usable validation method must adhere, as a minimum, to the following user interface design principles for rich Internet applications.
- Prevent, don't scold: The user should not be allowed to submit a form that has validation errors. The Prevent, Don't Scold principle states that whenever you can accurately prevent users from making an error you should do so, rather than allowing them to make the error and scolding them about it afterward.
A blatant violation of this principle when doing client-side validation is to validate the user's input after the user has submitted a form. In a Flex application, you can create this behavior by triggering validators in response to the
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- Give immediate feedback: The user should get immediate feedback as they are interacting with a control. Users should receive positive feedback when the value of a control becomes valid, and they should receive negative feedback when its value becomes invalid. Giving the user feedback after they leave a control also violates the Prevent, Don't Scold principle.
When a control does not give the user immediate feedback, the user only finds out about the mistake after moving off the control. To correct the mistake, the user has to return to the control, thereby expending more effort. (This example also violates another, related principle, Respect User Effort.) Even more importantly, when a user is editing the value in a field that has a validation error on it, the user doesn't know whether the changes have made the control's value valid. The user has to move off the control to find out, and then return to it to change it again if it still isn't valid.The default behavior of Flex validators is to listen for the
valueCommitevent on components. This results in the behavior described previously, where the user receives validation feedback only after the user leaves a control. To give immediate feedback, you must manually trigger validation in response to the
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- Let the user work: Although giving immediate feedback is a good thing, your application should do so in a manner that doesn't interrupt the user's flow. Subtle hints that do not interrupt the user are usually best; you should use modal dialogs, which completely interrupt the user's flow, only when absolutely necessary.
- Innocent until proven guilty: The user should be warned about a validation error on a control only if they have had a chance to interact with that control. (In other words, you should not perform validation on controls that are in their initial state and initially display a form full of validation errors.) Similarly, resetting a form should remove all validation errors.
The following example demonstrates best practices in creating validation in Flex. It adheres to the four user interface design principles outlined above. The user is Innocent Until Proven Guilty and no validation errors are initially shown on the form. when the form is cleared. The user is immediately reassured when a control's value becomes valid (Give Immediate Feedback) and is prevented from submitting an invalid form (Prevent, Don't Scold.) Validation errors are displayed as subtle clues and help lead the user in the right direction while staying out of her way to Let The User Work.
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formIsEmptykeep track of the current state of the form. You bind the
enabledproperty of the Submit button to the
formIsValidflag, thereby preventing the user from submitting an invalid form. Similarly, you bind the
enabledproperty of the Clear form button to the
formIsEmptyflag so that it is only enabled if the form has input in it to be cleared.
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focussedFormControlproperty holds a reference to the control that last dispatched a change event (in other words, the current control that the user is on.) The
validate()helper method uses this property to only display validation error messages for the current control. This is important in preventing validation error messages being shown for controls that the user has not yet interacted with.
- When the value of a form control changes, the validateForm() event handler method uses the
validate()helper method to validate all of the form controls. The value of the
formIsValidflag is set to true and the user is allowed to submit the form only if all validators are valid.
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resetFocus()method uses the
setFocus()method of the FocusManager to place the focus on the first form item. The
resetFocus()method is called when the form is first loaded and, subsequently, when the form is cleared by the user. This is to save the user the effort of clicking on the first control before typing in it.Note: Due to a limitation in the way that browsers currently handle Flash content, the user does have to click on the Flash application once to move focus to it on the web page that it is embedded into.
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clearFormHandler()method clears the values in the form controls and also resets the validators to a valid state.