text:
Files We are going to use
- View_Profile.php
Files We are going to create
- Send_Message.php
- _Send_Message.php
- Help_Desk.php
- Help_Desk_Reply.php
Apart from forum there is no other way for players to communicate with each other, and we dont way forum spammed with posts. so we need a way for users to message each other. In this part we are just going to create the send message part and in the next part we are going to create the receive mail.
Step One - Mysql tables.
For this to work well we need some where to save the message. so we are going to create a pm table that has this structure:-
- id (Which Holds the unique id of each message sent)
- Message (Contain the text of the message that was sent)
- sendto (The name of the user who the message is sent to )
- sendby (The name of the user tho sent the message)
- del (Holds a 1 or 0 to say if the message is deleted or not, if it is deleted the user who the message was sent will no longer be able to see this message, but you can. it is good idea to save these message in-case a case is reported, You may need them for further proof.)
- time (the date and time the message was sent)
this is the table. add it to your database
# # Table structure for table `pm` # CREATE TABLE pm ( id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, message text NOT NULL, sendto varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', sendby varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', `time` timestamp NOT NULL default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, del varchar(1) NOT NULL default '1', PRIMARY KEY (id) ) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=137661 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; # --------------------------------------------------------
We need to up date the users table with 2 row fields. These are :-
- newmail ( This is sent to 0 when a user has a new message
- message ( This counts the amount of message a user has sent)
they are
newmail char(1) NOT NULL default '1' messages varchar(9) NOT NULL default '0'
One more. This one is for the help desk we are going to create later. This field holds the users current question. that is submitted to help desk.
help_desk text NOT NULL,
You Really need to add these to these to the database otherwise the message sending will not work.
Step two - Send_Message.php
The send message html code is very simple it is just a text box to enter the users name and then a text-area to type in your message and a submit button to submit the information entered. Create a page called Send_Message.php and add the code below.
<? require("Left.php"); ?>     <? require("_Send_Message.php"); ?> <form id="messageform" name="messageform" method="post">

 Send Letter:

 Send to: 	 <input name="sendto" type="text" style='width: 98%; ' value='<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_GET['name']);?>' maxlength="110" />

 Message: 	 <textarea name="message" rows="10"></textarea>

 <input name="Send" type="submit" value="Send." onfocus="if(this.blur)this.blur()"/>

 </form>   <? require("Right.php"); ?>
This is the full html code you need for Send_Message.php. it is really basic to explain.
Step Three - _Send_Message.php
Because there is a lot of php for sending a mail we are going to separate it form the html so it is different. In the html above you can see the we used a require to get this page we are about to make.
Create a page called _Send_Message and add this php code
<? $page_url = explode(".", $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']); $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $page_url[0].".php"; if($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == "/_Send_Message.php"){ exit(); } if(isset($_POST['Send'])){ $_POST['sendto'] = str_replace(' ', '', $_POST['sendto']); $m_check = str_replace(' ', '', $_POST['message']); if((empty($m_check)) or (empty($_POST['sendto']))){ // a valididation to makes sure that all the ields are filled echo "You left one or more fields open."; }else { $multi_messages = explode("-", $_POST['sendto']); // Allows a user to send a mass message to up to 5 people at once. Useful when a member wants to send a message to a lot of friends $multi_messages = array_unique($multi_messages); if(count($multi_messages) > 5){ echo "5 is the maximum amount of people you are allowed to send to at once."; }else{ // checks the name of every user entered in a for loop for ($i = 0; $i < count($multi_messages); $i++) { $query = "SELECT name FROM users WHERE name='".mysql_real_escape_string($multi_messages[$i])."'"; $result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error()); $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); // makes a user doent send a message to themself if($row['name'] == $name){ echo "
Its not allowed to send a message to yourselve."; }else{ if(!empty($row['name'])){ $sql = "INSERT INTO pm SET id = '', sendto = '" .mysql_real_escape_string($row['name']). "', message = '" .mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['message']). "', sendby = '" .mysql_real_escape_string($name). "'"; $res = mysql_query($sql); if ($res){ $send_to = "".$row['name'].","; echo "
Your message to ".$send_to." has been sent."; // convermation to say that the message to the user was sent $result = mysql_query("UPDATE users SET newmail='0' WHERE name='" .mysql_real_escape_string($row['name']). "'") or die(mysql_error()); $result = mysql_query("UPDATE users SET messages=messages+'1' WHERE id='" .mysql_real_escape_string($_SESSION['user_id']). "'") or die(mysql_error()); }else{ //if something went wrong and the message could not be sent echo "error! Your message could not be sent."; } }else{ // if one of the users enteren doens tplay this game echo "
".$multi_messages[$i]." doesn't play This game ."; } } } } }} ?>
there is nothing new that needs explaining. The only complex this here is the for loop. The for loop check every name entered ( the right format to enter multiply names is "Denis-Anotheruser- Then another-etc". You can enter up to 5 users in that format.) then it check the database to see if all of the names entered exist or if the users entered his/her own name.
Testing this script needs two members. You need to create an extra member and send it a message, to check if it works check under ph you should see a new data entered and under the player name under the users table you should see 0 under newmail field.
On View_Profile we need to add a link there that when you click on it it takes you to the send_message page and fills out the name part with the users profile you were viewing. Open View_Profile.php and where it says Username: change this
<?php echo "$profile_name"; ?>
for this
<?php echo "".$profile_name.""; ?>
how this works. on the Send_Message.php page you will notice that the text box has this for it value
value='<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_GET['name']);?>'
This is a $_Get method that get the name of the user from the View_profile.php page.
if all of that is done you should get Your message to Denis, has been sent. ("Denis" replaced with the name of the user who you sent the message to.)
Thats all for sending messages for now. In the next part we are going to work on receiving and displaying the message.
Help Desk is a small system to help users understand your game better. Remember we made a hdo system earlier, These hdos will be able to answer questions from normal users. We are going to tie in our hdo system with our send message. The way Help Desk system will work is. :-
- a player will click on Help_Desk.php and submit a question.
- A HDO will then go to Help_Desk_Reply.php and sees the question and click reply.
- It will then take the HDO to Send_Message.php with the players name in the send field and the players question in the message, and below that the hdo will answer the question and the answer will be sent to the player's inbox
Step One - Design
Create a page called Help_Desk.php and add the following html
<form method="post">

 Help Desk:

 Please ask a question if you dont understand

 <textarea name="message" rows="10" ></textarea>

 <input name="Send" type="submit" id="Send" onfocus="if(this.blur)this.blur()" value="Send."/>

 Please make sure that the question you ask are based on the game </form>
You can see i gave instruction to players before the submit their question you can do the same.
Step Two - PHP
make sure the help desk field is added under the users table on the database.
help_desk text NOT NULL,
add this php on top of the html you added in step one.
if(isset($_POST['Send']) and !empty($_POST['message'])){ if(strlen($_POST['message']) > 500){ echo "Your message may not contain more then 500 characters."; }else{ $result = mysql_query("UPDATE users SET help_desk='".mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['message'])."' WHERE id='".mysql_real_escape_string($_SESSION['user_id'])."'") or die(mysql_error()); echo "Your help desk ticket has been send.
Please have a little bit of patient we will reply to your message as soon as possible."; } }
In the code above we have a simple validation to make sure that the player doesn't enter more that 500 words. We used the "strlen" function to do this. "The strlen function returns the length of the given string". So you can use this to count the amount letters in a sentence word.
The code also update the database and add the question to the help_desk field you created.
Step Three - Help_Desk_Reply.php
Create a page called and add this code. This is small code for the staff to see and answer the questions.
<? require("Left.php"); ?>     <?php if (in_array($name, $admin_array) or in_array($name, $manager_array) or in_array($name, $hdo_array)){ ?> <? if(!empty($_GET['name'])){ // if you delete the message $result = mysql_query("UPDATE users SET help_desk='' WHERE name='".mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['name'])."'") or die(mysql_error()); } ?> <form method="post">
 <? $result = mysql_query("SELECT help_desk,name FROM users ORDER BY name DESC") or die(mysql_error()); // keeps getting the next row until there are no more to get while($row = mysql_fetch_array( $result )) { // Print out the contents of each row into a table $row['help_desk'] = nl2br(htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($row['help_desk']))); if(!empty($row['help_desk'])){ ?>
 Help Desk:

 <?php echo "".$row['name'].""; ?> Wrote:

 <?php echo $row['help_desk']; ?>

 <?php echo "Delete."; ?>	 <?php echo "Reply."; ?>
 <?php }} // while // end print out results received. ?>
 </form> <?php } ?>   <? require("Right.php"); ?>
The code above check the staff array we create in Part 5 with the players name. if the players name inst in any of the arrays the page will be blank so the user wont be able to see the page because the are not staff, but if you are staff the page should be visible when a question is asked. If there is no question the page will be blank.
Step Four - Send_Message and _Send_Message.php
So far this system isnt completed we need to make sure that the staff will be able to reply to the question asked. for this we need to add a small code to send message. So open Send_Message.php and _Send_Message.php. On Send_Message.php replace the textarea on line 22 with this
<textarea name="message" rows="10"><?php if($_GET['action'] == "helpdesk" and (in_array($name, $admin_array) or in_array($name, $manager_array) or in_array($name, $hdo_array))){ $sql = "SELECT help_desk FROM users WHERE name='".mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['name'])."'"; $query = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error()); $row = mysql_fetch_object($query); $help_desk = htmlspecialchars($row->help_desk); echo " [hr][b]Your questions was:[/b] ".stripslashes($help_desk); } if (!empty($_GET['reply'])){ $query = "SELECT * FROM pm WHERE id='".mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['reply'])."'"; $result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error()); $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); if($row['sendto'] != $name){ echo "You are not allowed to view this information.";} else { echo " ";// empty line at reply. echo "[b]".htmlspecialchars($row['sendby'])." wrote:[/b]"; echo " "; echo htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($row['message'])); }// if not your reply. } ?></textarea>
This gets the question the user asked and fills it out in this text area then the staff can answer.
On _Send_Message.php add this on line 52 before the }else{
// helpdesk. if($_GET['action'] == "helpdesk" and (in_array($name, $admin_array) or in_array($name, $manager_array) or in_array($name, $hdo_array))){ $result = mysql_query("UPDATE users SET help_desk='' WHERE name='".mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['name'])."'") or die(mysql_error()); }
This reset the users help desk so it dont show in the Help_Desk_Reply.
If you see any mistakes / improvement please post below or if you have any problems.
To full test this for now get your other account to submit a question and answer it and then check if it is on the database. In the next Part we are going to look at viewing the messages sent to you and we may start a simple CSS design to start giving our game some life, See you Then.
Mod: the code can be found here:


text:
Shop For Minnesota Twins Baseball Hat at ShopLaba.com | Shopping results as seen on December 16, 2019
Price Comparison For Minnesota Twins Baseball Hat at ShopLaba
ShopLaba helps you compare the price of most popular items across most trusted leading stores. With ShopLaba you'll easily find the least price of Minnesota Twins Baseball Hat across leading shopping sites without wasting too much of your effort thus making your shopping decision smarter and simpler. | ShopLaba is a centralized place where you'll get various items gift ideas, deals, sales, and coupons from largest and famous stores.
Price comparison engine ShopLaba enables you in finding the best price for Minnesota Twins Baseball Hat, as well as shopping deals and discount offers from all online stores in United States.
Compare Prices for Minnesota Twins Baseball Hat, deals and coupons help you save on your online shopping.|ShopLaba is the US's #1 Christmas shopping comparison website, helping millions of shoppers save money on most popular items.
This video is about Minnesota Twins Baseball Hats "MLB"
Hi fans, Today's CotW is the classic Minnesota Twins cap! Featuring an interlocking "TC" for Twin Cities, this classic logo has been with the team from the start in 1961 following the Washington Senators' move to Minnesota. This blue cap with the "TC" logo was worn by the team from 1961-1986, being worn on the road only from 1976-1986. The cap in the video is made by New Era circa 1984 (th...

subset: commoncrawl


text:
If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.
This forum is for discussion of logical principles, debate techniques, fallacies, and the overall subject of debate.
Use this control to limit the display of threads to those newer than the specified time frame.
Allows you to choose the data by which the thread list will be sorted.
Order threads in...
Note: when sorting by date, 'descending order' will show the newest results first.
Forum Rules


text:
As the phone hacking/police corruption/influence peddling scandal is still an open case in the U.K. but seems to have cooled off in the public eye. Time to send L.A. Noire's Cole Phelps back to the scene, to investigate something most everyone shrugged off when it happened.
That would be the death of Sean Hoare, the whistleblower who was the first journalist to name big names in the case. He turned up dead at his home at the height of the scandal earlier this month. Cops called the death "not suspicious." Oh, good, I'm glad we can trust them on this.
Anyway, Phelps is on the case, until he runs into a sinister force who knows his greatest weakness. Which happens to be my weakness, too. I can't stand punches to the face.
Cole Phelps Takes on Rupert Murdoch [GameFront]


text:
Today is the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, on 7 December 1941, a day President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed "a date which shall live in infamy." We were there this past summer, where my husband took these photographs. Under the photos are some memories of that day by my mother, aunt and uncle.
In 2003 my daughter interviewed several relatives about the bombing of Pearl Harbor for a class assignment. Here are her transcribed notes of those interviews:
My daughter lead the interview: "Where were you when you heard that Pearl Harbor had been bombed and what was your reaction?"
Phyllis (age 67 years at the time of the interview): I remember that day because I was six years old and the only thing I remember about it really is my mother crying because my brother was..., I had five brothers and the oldest one was sixteen I think at the time... and she knew that he was going to have to go to war. That really upset my mother.
Shirley (age 76 years at the time at the time of the interview): I remember that. I was standing in the kitchen, ironing, I was ironing a blouse, getting ready to go to church. I heard the news, and I couldn't believe it. I couldn't absorb what it actually meant to me. It really didn't all sink in until later, but then I heard Kate Smith coming on and singing "God Bless America." And standing there crying my eyes out as I ironed, because it was so touching. I was beginning to realize what it was going to mean to the country.
Robert (age 77 years at the time of this interview, he has since passed away): I was listening to a football game at my house on 7 Dearborn Avenue. I was about your age, in high school. And my reaction was "Japan? Attacking us? We'll have them wiped out by Christmas time."
Shirley: At the time.... I'm a nurse. And I was taking care of a lady whose father was the ambassador to Japan. At the time of the war, before, and during the war. And Ambassador Grew, his name was, from Manchester (MA), and he was... She showed me lots of papers and things that he had written about what he claims in writing. And they showed me a copy of the letter, the family owns. That he had told the president, that Japan was about to do something, he didn't know that Pearl Harbor was actually going to happen, but it was going to be Pearl Harbor. But he knew because of his position, and contacts, that there was about to be some sort of a war with Japan, and he was ignored completely. When he went and had an interview, I saw the letter that he wrote to the president, Roosevelt, and told him what was happening, and what steps he thought should be taken. Because, perhaps, president Roosevelt was old and ill at the time, he wasn't using good judgment and he never furthered that information on. And then Pearl Harbor happened.
Copyright 2010, Heather Wilkinson Rojo


text:
A brief introduction
This is my professional page at Stetson University, where I am
Professor of Theatre Arts. To prepare for teaching theatre, I earned the
following degrees:
- BA in Performance: Theatre, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, 1982.
- MFA in Theater: Acting/Directing, So. Illinois Univ. at Carbondale, 1984.
- PhD in Theatre, Bowling Green State Univ., Bowling Green, OH, 1994.
I have been teaching at Stetson since 1994, and am also a member of the interdisciplinary Latin American Studies faculty.
Courses I teach
I regularly teach the performance courses at Stetson,
Principles of Acting, Principles of Directing, Voice and Diction, Advanced Directing, Acting: Mask and Movement, Acting Comedy, Acting Period Style, and Acting for the Camera. I occasionally teach Arts Management, Theatre History, and Junior Seminars such as "Sticking it to the Man: Theater of Protest" and Native American Culture and Performance. Occasionally, I take students on theatre trips, including this one to Miami and Mexico, sponsored through the LAS Hollis Mentored Field Experience: An International Theatre Travelogue
Professional activities
Primarily, I direct live theatre productions off
campus during the summer, but I also manage to squeeze in a few acting
roles for theatre, film, and television. One of my favorite places to
work has been the Huron Playhouse, the longest running summer theatre in Ohio.
Kiss Me Kate, Huron Playhouse 2007, Ken McCoy director.


text:
Existing users - log in
Request a new password
If you have forgotten or lost your password then please enter your email address and click on Reset password to request details of how to reset your password.
New users - register
By registering you will be able to submit information to the website and allow us to keep you updated with project developments. Your username will appear alongside condition updates and other information you add to the website and will be visible to all visitors to the website so please choose carefully and avoid using your email address or personal information.


text:
You are welcome to post tech questions here on the forum and we will do our best to check in and respond. However, detailed communications, local tech support and warranty questions are best handled directly through the support mailbox: firstname.lastname@example.com
Contacting the factory is easy. Just call 818-980-2800 and follow the prompts. If you require emergency assistance, just dial 0 at the start of the greeting message. If you leave a message your call will be responded to as quickly as possible. Please remember that we are a relatively small group here and resources get eaten up quickly if everyone treats a routine question as an emergency. Please be patient and leave a brief, clear message including your name, your basic question or issue - again, please be brief, we'll get all the details when we call back - and CLEARLY leave your telephone number.
IMPORTANT! If you're calling from a cell phone, REPEAT YOUR CELL NUMBER TWICE. Dropouts may occur during your message in which case we may not get the complete number. If we can't hear or clearly understand your callback number, we can't call you back.
When sending emails, please dispense with the pretty wallpaper. We don't care what the message looks like. We only need the info, your REAL NAME, location, a phone number, and ALWAYS INCLUDE THE CHASSIS MODEL NUMBER AND SERIAL NUMBER on the back of the unit. Put a short summary of your issue or question in the subject box. Example: "Technical Question about my GP3". Leaving a blank subject line or putting in nonspecific things like "Hi", "Hello", "Important Message", etc could cause your email to be spam filtered.
Messages like the following: "werecanifindapitbulincincinati" will get dumped. Don't laugh - this happens all the time!
If you requested a small part under 10$, we usually send these by post at no charge. Sometimes these get lost in the mail. We do keep mailing records of no charge parts shipments. If you don't receive it within a couple of weeks, let us know right away. Don't wait 5 weeks or so and then post a complaint on a message board elsewhere about our lousy customer service. Contact us directly. That way we know you didn't receive it and can send another one right away.
For more information, please follow the links below.
Fryette Support Team


text:
U.S. 34 between Estes Park, Loveland to reopen
November 29, 2013
One of the last remaining highways that was closed because of flood damage will reopen next week.
Gov. John Hickenlooper will join officials from the Colorado Department of Transportation on Thursday to mark the official opening of U.S. 34 between Estes Park and Loveland.
The opening of U.S. 34 is the final step in restoring all routes into and out of Estes Park, according to a news release from Hickenlooper's office.
The highway was damaged during the floods in September when the Big Thompson River overflowed its banks, and it has remained closed since.
State officials had set a goal of having all flood-damaged highways reopened by the beginning of December. The opening of U.S. 34 means only one highway — Colo. 7 between Lyons and Raymond — remains to reopened by Dec. 1.


text:
I read the recent news item from Hyperion about the alleged bancruptcy, and one of the ways to help was to purchase and register OS4.1FE to get updates.
Well I have purchased and installed OS4.1 FE, and thought I would register the product on Hyperions site.
I have tried 3 times, double checking the three sets of numbers involved, and no joy.
Invalid password everytime.
There is no contact option on the Hyperion site, so the only thing I could do is post here.
My previous ourchases, OS4.0, and OS4.1 are shown when I log in, but I cannot register OS4.1FE.
Anyone have any similar experiences, and possibly have a solution?
Peter (aka Swoop)


text:
Events Search and Views Navigation
- This event has passed.
The Christmas Elf @ Downtown Cabaret Theatre (Bridgeport)
December 9, 2017 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
An event every week that begins at 12:00 pm on Saturday, repeating until December 23, 2017
An event every week that begins at 2:30 pm on Saturday, repeating until December 23, 2017
One event on December 27, 2017 at 4:30 pm
One event on December 28, 2017 at 4:30 pm
An event every week that begins at 1:00 pm on Sunday, repeating until December 17, 2017
An event every week that begins at 3:30 pm on Sunday, repeating until December 17, 2017
One event on November 11, 2017 at 12:00 pm
One event on November 12, 2017 at 1:00 pm
Every Christmas, Santa employs countless helper elves to keep watch over the world's kids to see who's being naughty and who's being nice, but not everyone wants Christmas this year. Find out what happens when one clever elf is met by some concerned toys who are worried about being replaced in this brand new musical where fun and imagination come to life this holiday season.
The Downtown Cabaret Children's Theatre shows approximately run 75-80 minutes with a 10-minute intermission.
Dates: November 11 – December 28 (Check the website for accurate dates and times.)
SEASON TICKETS AVAILABLE: Save up to $40!
If you are looking for "things to do in Connecticut this weekend" we have you covered. Sign to get our Free Weekly Event Newsletter to help you plan your weekend. Kids and Family events abound in every town in Connecticut. Interested in a friendly game of cards, a bike ride, or a hiking event? How about a 4K run, a Halloween party, or Christmas event. Connecticut is filled with lots to do. You just need to know where to find something fun to do in Connecticut. Look through our events calendar or type a keyword in the box to find a type of event. Click on the events categories in the menu to find even more fun events and you will never be bored in Connecticut.


text:
Everyone has a "Little Black Dress."
It may not be black and it may not be a dress.
It will be that piece of clothing you reach for knowing "It" will always be dependable and like a pair of old shoes, comfortable.
The women who wore hats and gloves to church, stockings that had seams and needed garters, knew about the "Little Black Dress."
"It" was what you wore when you were older, like in your 20s.
"It" was that dress made of wool or rayon that we wore to funerals and winter weddings and out to dance at the Sapphire Room. "It" was a dress that was discreet, covered the knees, had darts under the bosom, a side zipper and stretched across a girdled rear.
Sometimes, this necessary item in every woman's wardrobe was navy blue, not often and never any shade of brown.
The "Little Black Dress" was to be worn with your pearls in the daytime and rhinestones at night. As the years passed, "It" was occasionally accessorized with a lace jabot and diamond bar pin, inherited from the maternal side of the family, of course.
These days, comfort and style rule the closet.
Like as not, pants are often the more practical choice.
The "Little Black Dress" of the past has become a symbol now replaced by a pants suit.
I venture to say that somewhere in your closet, there may be a "Little Black Dress" you can't bear to throw away even if it is @#% sizes too small.
At bridge the other day, Dolores asked me if I had seen the new Savannah College of Art and Design museum.
I had not.
"They have a fabulous exhibit called ' The Little Black Dress,'" she said. "You must go see it."
And I did. Twice.
Andre Leon Talley, a contributing editor from Vogue curated the exhibit in the museum's gallery which SCAD's co-founder Paula Wallace has named for him.
In the airy and spacious rooms, Talley has arranged the collection on bald headed stark white mannequins of some sort of glossy plaster.
These are not the simple black dresses I remember.
These are fantasy dresses from world-class designers.
Represented here are Chanel, Fortuny, a luscious strapless ball gown of frothy tulle by Oscar de la Renta, one of the wrap dresses made famous by Diane von Furstanberg.
These are dresses designed by Pierre Cardin and Stella McCartney and Givenchy, 72 dresses, each one more fascinating than the next.
These are dresses worn by Lady Gaga, Sarah Jessica Parker, Mariah Carey and Rihanna, creations that are eye boggling.
I was entranced. Time slipped away.
Dolores was right. It is a fabulous exhibit. After leaving the SCAD museum Sunday at 601 Turner Boulevard in downtown Savannah, the collection goes to Paris and then to museums around the world.
Annelore Harrell lives in Bluffton and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Wednesday grain markets finished mixed with beans finishing higher and old crop corn sharply lower. May corn was certainly the downside leader today down 19 ½ cents on the day. December corn actually finished higher on the day up 1 ¼ cents. This was mostly from liquidation as many of the bigger traders are bull spread and they were selling the front month and buying the back months. For soybeans the opposite happened, the front month was the market leader and the back months were lagging.
Outside markets were again sharply lower over uncertainty of the nuclear situation in Japan. At one point the Dow Jones was 300 points lower on the day. This is the second day in a row we had a major selloff in the stock market and already the overnight equity futures are lower.
We are still seeing investment money flow to "quality" assets like the US Dollar and Treasuries and out of equities/commodities. The big question is how much more will the funds liquidate? They are still holding sizable positions, and plenty of room for the market to move lower if they continue to sell. I have included a chart of May corn and December corn with their 200 day moving averages. This is to show where major underlying technical support would likely rest. Just looking at these for indicators shows us that for old crop we have potentially another 60-75 cents worth of downside risk, and another 50 cents for new crop.
On a more positive note, liquidation is likely to slow early next week as traders gear up for the March 31st report. On the report, nobody truly knows what the USDA will write down, but the consensus is that we will see an increase in acres, mainly in corn and cotton. We can also speculate that they may increase stocks. We have a good idea of what ethanol use will be, but we don't have a real solid reading on what feed usage will do. So, downside market risk can be associated with increased acres, as well as increased carryout.
Now that we are well below the spring federal crop insurance levels, we want to concentrate on re-owning more of the sales we have made. We are nearing the price we have set to get the second round of call spreads bought. If you are behind on the current recommendation, or are unsure about where you stand, please call your broker to go over Ammo and help devise a plan before making any quick decisions to sell. In some cases, it may make more sense to wait to make extra sales due to the amount of crop insurance, price, etc. Please contact your broker to get a more specific recommendation for your operation.
Stop Guessing & Start Marketing
Click icon above for a Free Trial of EHedger Premium Research package and watch the AMMO Demo video.
Trading commodity futures and options involves substantial risk of loss and may not be suitable for all investors. The market information contained in this message has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but is not guaranteed as to its accuracy or completeness. Market information may not be consistent with current or future market positions of E Hedger, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, or agents. Recipients assume the risk of reliance on and indemnify and hold E Hedger harmless for any and all losses, costs, or tax consequences incurred as a result of their use of market information.


text:
Multifunction Document System
56 Pages Per Minute
Designed for busy workgroup environments, the MX-M565N combines a versatile modular design with tablet-style menu navigation and powerful output capabilities that can help virtually any office accomplish more in less time. Its advanced features including standard wireless networking and true Adobe PostScrip printing combine with multi-functional capability that allows you to meet tomorrow's document needs today.
Copyright © 2019 selectbusinesssystems. All Rights Reserved.


text:
How do I deal with angles?
Trigonometry in the geosciences
Introduction to Trigonometry
How steep is this hillside and will it fail? How high is that mountain? These sorts of questions pop up all over in geosciences - from plate tectonics to maps to ocean waves, and they require you to find either an angle or a distance. To do this, we often use trigonometry, which is much easier when a right triangle is involved.°. The other two angles are always less than 90 ° and together add up to 90°. Note that the triangle on the right has 3 angles a, b and c and 3 sides, A, B, and H, and 3 angles a, b, and c. The side "opposite" an angle (in this case) is labeled with a capital letter corresponding to the label on the angle. The side opposite the right angle, H, is always the longest side and is called the hypotenuse.
Some rules/guidelines for trigonometry of right triangles
We can use ratios (or the quotient) of the lengths of a right triangle's sides to figure out the angles in a right triangle. Three trigonometric ratios that we use in the geosciences are called the sine, the cosine, and the tangent, although they are often abbreviated sin, cos, and tan, respectively.
Because the trigonometric functions come up over and over, it is a good idea to figure out a way to remember their definitions. For most students (and, to be honest, your professors!) the mnemonic SOH-CAH-TOA (said "so-kah-toe-ahh") is helpful.
You can use the equations above to determine the angle (or the sides) in any right triangle (like the figure to the right). An example of this is how to determine the size of the angle a:
Because these are equations, they can be rearranged so that you can also figure out the length of a side (if you know the angle a in the example above)!
Calculating distances and angles using trigonometry
In order to do trigonometry calculations, you should have a calculator with buttons for tan, cos, and sin. Before you begin, make sure that your calculator is in degree mode, not radian mode. If you need help with this, skip to the how do I do this on my calculator section.
How do I calculate distance?Often when figuring out the distance to a faraway object, you know an angle and one length but need to know a second leg of a triangle.
- You will probably need to make a sketch of this problem to solve it, and to figure out which of the equations - sine, cosine or tangent you will need.
- Choose the correct formula, given the angle and side you know and which side you want.
- Rearrange the equation so what you know is on one side and what you don't know is on the other, then substitute in the known values.
Since you have the angle and the opposite side, you will need to rearrange the equation so that the hypotenuse is alone: (need help with this? try the rearranging equations page)
- Use your calculator to determine the value of the trigonometric function (i.e. sine, cosine or tangent) and solve for the unknown value.
How do I calculate the angle?
If you have calculated the sine, cosine or tangent of the angle, and you need to know how big it is (in degrees), you will have to use the inverse functions on your calculator. (If you don't know how to use these on your calculator, jump to the how do I use my calculator? section.) For example, if you want to find the size of an angle with a sine of 0.6, you need to find inverse sine of 0.6 (written sin-1(0.6)). Try doing this on your calculator. You should get 36.87, so the angle in this case is a bit less than 37 degrees.
Sin-1 is called "inverse sine" because it does the opposite of the sine function. In the same way, the inverse cosine (cos-1) will give the value of an angle if you know its cosine and tan-1 will give you the angle if you know the tangent. In this way you can find the size of any unknown angle of a right triangle if you just know 2 sides of that triangle.
- Figure out what is known, and which angle you want, and then pick the correct equation - for sine, cosine or tangent.
- Substitute the known sides into the equation you picked.
- Use the inverse function to solve this equation for the angle that you need.
Are you ready to try some sample problems? Go on to the trig sample problem page
How do I do this on my calculator?Often not knowing how to use your calculator is the hardest thing about trig problems. To figure out if your calculator is in degrees or radians mode, try finding the sin(30). If your calculator gives a result of 0.5, it is in degrees mode, and if you get -.988031, it is in radian mode and you need to switch it!
To use the inverse buttons, typically you will need to press a button labeled 2nd on your calculator and then the sin, cos or tan button. This produces sin-1 on the calculator screen.
Many of the calculator companies have on-line tutorials if you need more help, including TI, Sharp, and HP.
Why does it work?
While you may want to just "plug and chug" and use the trigonometry equations without understanding them, some folks find it helpful to understand why they work. The secret is in something called similar triangles. Similar triangles are triangles with three identical angles but different length sides such as the ones in the diagram to the right.
Similar triangles are just "blown-up" or "shrunk" (the correct term is scaled) versions of each other and so the ratio of the length of the sides remains the same. In other words the shortest side divided by the hypotenuse will always give the same result if the triangles are similar. You may already recognize that this ratio is the cosine or sine. Since similar triangles always have the same angles, then the ratio is the same for any given angle. So each ratio (whether the sin, cos or tan) has a particular angle that goes with it, and each angle has a particular ratio of sides.
Where is trigonometry used in the geosciences?You will find that use trigonometry in the following areas typically taught in introductory geoscience classes, plus many others:
- Mass wasting - Calculating slope steepness, gradients and forces on a hillslope, determining slope stability
- Topographic maps - determining compass direction and orienteering, calculating slopes, locating objects and landmarks, calculating the distance to objects far away
- Structural geology - measuring the tilting of rocks, determining the location of rocks in the subsurface, making geologic maps.
- Oceanography - Describing ocean waves, calculating wind and current direction
- Plate tectonics - Measuring the steepness of subduction zones
- Seismology - measuring seismic waves, determining the nature of the interior of the Earth through refraction
Next Steps
I'm ready to practice! (These problems have worked answers.)
I still need more help!(See the links below for more help with trigonometry).
Resources for Trigonometry
Dave's Short Trig Course has a section on angle measurement, trigonometry in right triangles, and the trigonometric functions as well as many other trigonometric topics which should be helpful.
Mathworld's Trigonometry page has a huge number or resources, that go far beyond the material typically covered in an introductory course.
S.O.S. Mathematicshas a trigonometry index (more info) , featuring a table of trigonometric identities, lessons on functions and formulae, and a section of exercises and solutions.
Math Help's trigonometry index (more info) provides a good refresher on basic trig identities, functions and angles. Also includes diagrams for unit circle and triangle trigonometry.
This page was written and compiled by Dr. Eric M. Baer, Geology Program, Highline Community College,
and Dr. Jennifer M. Wenner, Geology Department, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh


text: In this file image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (right) stands with a Taliban fighter in eastern Afghanistan. AP hide caption toggle caption AP The Two-Way Reports: Bergdahl Tells Medical Officials Taliban Kept Him In A Cage June 8, 2014 The New York Times and The Associated Press cite senior U.S. officials saying the freed POW was tortured and beaten by his Taliban captors.


text:
Latest Cal Fire update on Morgan Fire
A Contra Costa County fire station in Walnut Creek was broken into this week while crews were out fighting the Morgan Fire, which as grown to 3,133 acres, and is 70 percent contained.
Fire officials say the burglar broke into lockers, desks and gym bags and made off with money, an iPad and one firefighter's wedding band and watch.
A second firehouse was also targeted, but a sleeping firefighter scared away the thief.
Contra Costa County Fire Capt. Robert Marshall called the incident a slap in the face.
A firefighter works the Morgan Fire at Mt. Diablo State park. (Photo courtesy ClayCord.com)


text:
Available Dates: Thursday, October 11th, November 8th or December 13th, 2019
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM Eastern Time (Canada/US), corresponding to 21:00-22:00 in Germany/France/Italy
APA Continuing Education (CE) Credits granted: 1
Choose one of the above session dates. You will be contacted to confirm your attendance.
Need help interpreting a client case, based on Dr. Swingle's ClinicalQ & Braindriver method? Not sure how to proceed with training?
Online Case Submission: As Grand Rounds sessions are recorded and made available for sale for professional continuing education, it is important that the content meet the highest standards. The recorded version may include questions and answers from participants. By agreeing to participate in the session you agree to respect the confidentiality of all client information.
Interested in attending the entire series of Dr. Swingle's Monthly Grand Rounds?
Click here to view
Dr. Swingle's Monthly Grand Rounds Fall 2019 Series


text:
Cookies configuration
Cookies are important to the correct functioning of our website. We use cookies to improve your browsing experience, remember your user details, offer a secure login service, collect statistical data to optimize the website functionality and offer a personalized experience based on your interests.
You can read here our Cookies Policy
This event is hidden from listing and public searches.
Event finished
Paco Candela Zamora
Get free tickets!
Earn points
Register and get free tickets
Get free tickets! with Fan+
Register on ticketea and enjoy our Fan+ program
Share events with your friends and for each of their purchases you will earn points


text:
Outrage After Accused Killer Walks out of Hospital, Disappears
(CNN) — For three months, Mark Cherry lay in a Chicago-area hospital room, close to death.
He suffered a gunshot wound during a home invasion in Gary, Indiana — a crime he is accused of committing, and in which he allegedly shot and killed a 22-year old man.
In late February, fully recovered, Cherry discharged himself and walked out of the hospital.
Now, the victim's family is questioning how an accused killer could just leave, with no one stopping him. Law enforcement and the hospital are blaming each other for the mix-up. And Cherry is still on the run.
"Why wasn't he handcuffed? Why didn't you have a police officer at the door waiting for him to get released?" Lourdes deJesus Correa, mother of the victim, Rolando Correa, told CNN affiliate WLS Tuesday.
The home invasion
Lourdes Correa's son was killed more than five months ago.
Just before midnight on December 1, Cherry and two other men allegedly forced their way into a home where Rolando Correa was staying.
At some point during the home invasion, the residents of the home and Cherry allegedly struggled for possession of his gun, CNN affiliates, quoting police, reported. The exact details of the events leading to Correa's death are unclear.
But at some point, Cherry was shot. An ambulance rushed him to a nearby hospital, and he was then transferred to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Police charged him with murder, attempted murder, criminal confinement, and battery with a deadly weapon.
Cherry was apparently not under police guard during his hospital stay.
Advocate Christ Medical Center told CNN it can't hold a patient against their will, and that without prior written consent, can't alert another person of a patient's pending discharge.
"If a patient is under suspicion for a serious offense, the police department involved in the case typically posts an officer on site during the period of the hospitalization," the hospital said.
Police in Gary told WGN they didn't have the manpower to sit in Cherry's hospital room during the entire recovery period. Also, they're not able to detain a suspect in another state — in this case, Illinois.
Gary Police could have asked the Cook County Sheriff's Office in Illinois to monitor the suspect.
"Normally our procedure would be to reach out to those agencies," Cmdr. John Cooros told WLS. That wasn't done.
"Unfortunately, our investigators assumed because he was unconscious that the hospital would give the detective a call before he was released," Chief Wade Ingram also told the affiliate.
CNN placed calls to Gary police, but didn't hear back early Wednesday morning.
The reaction
So, where is Cherry now? Police don't know, but they're looking.
"The main thing is that Mark Anthony Cherry is still out on the loose," Cpl. Gabrielle King told WGN. "We want him apprehended so he can stand trial."
It's an emotional blow for a family that's already lost so much.
"It's like our whole family is falling apart due to this. We are falling apart," Correa said. "Please, I just want justice for my son. For my family. That's all I want."


text:
Gabriele Lopez with X70 - Episode 4
Hello to all friends out there!
I have talked before about I like to use photography in my daily life, as a diary and feeling expression. This goes hand in hand with my professional work as a photographer, but at the same time, it stays divided.
As I write this I am confronting myself with so many memories from last months… I have worked a lot and often this included traveling away from my hometown, so I just accumulated months of life in the form of snapshots.
And while my other cameras were in the photo-bag, my compact camera was always in my pocket, or hanging from my neck.
So here I am, with a giant puzzle of pictures in the form of contact sheets and little prints I have made for my personal paper diaries that often stay hidden for months or even years, until is time to take them out and organizing them, and this is often in the form of self-published fanzines.
Pictures become fragments of experiences and a tool to satisfy the constant tension of experiencing and recording life itself. It is about sensation that you had before, or that you never had.
Does method need to be decided before in this kind of photography or is it better to be instinctive and set things together lately? I prefer the last way for my personal camera work and what I find later is a big human experience, full of instinct, unpredictable, free, symbolic, uplifted by an infinite number of point of views rather than one…when you pretend that everything gets explained is nice to be surprised that you don't know much.
For this way of shooting, a compact camera is a perfect companion of everyday life. Subway rides, long city walks, meeting people somewhere and just capture something as you experience it is easier as you have a simple tool that does what a camera is for: take pictures, preserve memories, be a little black box that connects you with the world as you live it.
This camera resurrect a tradition of photography from the "Provoke" days where a small camera is a perfect tool for daily instinctive exploring and experience.
All the images have been taken with the X70 in JPG mode. I find these (shown in settings picture) settings perfect, all I have to do is make a little contrast curve now and then, but most of the times pictures are pretty perfect just out of camera, so to have a perfect snapshot on the go. What I wish it will come in future updates is just the data overprint option, straight in the file. Considered an amateur thing, it is truly a treasure option when you make your photography life a daily diary to preserve, note and remember.
Continue to read:
Episode #1
Episode #2 -My Photography-
Episode #3 -X70
Episode #4 -X70 part2
Episode #5 -Final


text:
FL » Faces of Homelessness Speakers' Bureau
Request a Speaker in the Washington, DC metro or outside of the DC metro area.
Please note, as of January 15, 2016, the administrative fee has increased. For an event in the DC Metro area, the cost for 1 speaker will be $50 honorarium plus a $25 program fee for a total of $75.
We are also instituting a sponsorship program so that organizations with the ability and desire to do so can assist schools with fewer resources in bringing a Faces of Homelessness panel to speak to their students. If your organization is in need of sponsorship, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The "Faces of Homelessness" Speakers' Bureau is comprised of extraordinary people who are committed to sharing their personal and powerful experiences of homelessness with others. From homeless activists to riveting poets, all have found a unique way for their voices to be heard.
Members of the NCH Speakers' Bureau
Karen Ennis | Rachelle Ellison | Penny Callan | Pamela Reese | Candi Darley
Donald Whitehead | James Davis | John Harrison, Jr | Dana Woolfolk | Chuma Coughman | Abdul Ayub | Kelvin Lassiter | David Pirtle | Alexander "Alex" Branch | Robert Warren | Don L. Gardner | Chon Gotti Smith
Karen Ennis: Karen is a Native Washingtonian, the mother of 3 and a grandmother. She started in Catholic schools, graduated from DC Public and Interior Design school. In 2012 she graduated from Howard University with a BA degree in Interior Design, and is a member of the International Golden Key Honour Society. Karen is an Advocate for Sacred Authority, a group of women who have overcome drug addiction. Karen has been a member of NCH Speakers Bureau since 2013. "I have been through more struggles that most people can't deal with, but with God I have been able to overcome them". Karen's next goal for herself is to get her Masters in Interior Design. "A STORM CAME THROUGH MY LIFE, AND I HAVE SURVIVED"....
Donald Whitehead: Donald Hugh Whitehead Jr. is recognized as a leading expert on homelessness, currently serving as the President of the Board of Directors of the National Coalition for the Homeless, and having served as the Executive Director of the National Coalition for the Homeless, Executive Director of the Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless, Assistant Director at St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore, Program Director at Ohio Valley Goodwill, Grant Manager at Goodwill of Greater Washington and Director of Communications at Greenpeace Ohio. Donald served two terms as President of the board and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the National Coalition for the Homeless, two terms on the Board of Directors for Faces and Voices of Recovery and two terms on the Georgetown Center for Cultural Competency.
James Davis: Born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. James began working with the National Coalition for the Homeless in 2003. James earned an Associate's degree from DeVry Institute in Electronics and Computer Technology. Shortly thereafter, he moved to Greenbelt, Maryland to take a job working on the space shuttle program. A self described workaholic, James later worked for BAE Systems, a job that would take him around the world. Despite his success, the passing of both his parents in a short period of time brought depression and stress upon James. This led to the eventual separation from his wife and his experience with homelessness. He couch surfed with relatives for a while before living outdoors. Hearing the horror stories of shelter life, James was reluctant to seek help. He eventually sought shelter at the Central Union Mission giving him a sense of consistency before finding stable housing in 2007.
John Harrison, Jr.: John began working with the National Coalition for the Homeless in 2003.Born in Detroit, John moved with his family to the D.C. area when he was ten. Upon graduating from high school, he began working and did quite well for himself. Around age forty, he experienced a series of misfortunes. John lost his job when his company was bought out, and soon after, his home burned down. He stayed in his car for a period of time before he began living on the streets. For John, homelessness was an exhausting experience. "It was hard to look beyond whatever day it was." John graduated from Anne Arundel Community College in May 2017 with a Transfer Studies Degree and a Certificate in Electronics. He is currently working as a program coordinator for Nick's Place, a transitional home for young men in recovery from substance use disorder
Dana Woolfolk: A native Washingtonian, Dana was raised in a loving home, but he fell victim to a lifestyle consumed with drugs and alcohol. Dana began working with the National Coalition for the Homeless in 2003. "I grew up in the 60's and 70's and in my social circle, recreational drug use was acceptable. Had I known that I would become a full blown addict I would never have tried that first one." For many years, Dana owned and operated a successful plumbing, heating and electrical contracting company. "After a while, I couldn't work. I needed to devote all my time and attention to getting and using drugs." Finally, Dana lost everything including the close ties he had with his family and friends. He ended up living on the streets of D.C. and Northern Virginia for over three years. Dana found help through a rehabilitation program and was eventually placed in transitional housing before buying his own home. After working as a therapist, Dana is currently the Homeless Services/PATH Coordinator for the City of Alexandria.
Rachelle Ellison: Rachelle grew up in West Virginia, where she experienced both physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her parents. She was originally diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder at the age of 7 and started stealing prescription drugs by the time she was 12. Rachelle moved through mental institutions and foster homes throughout West Virginia before being emancipated from her parents. Rachelle became addicted to cocaine and engaged in prostitution, eventually being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She continued to struggle with addiction, falling in and out of homelessness as a result of drugs and domestic violence issues. She entered a detox program in 2014 and received her high school diploma at the age of 46. Today she is a Certified Peer Specialist and a qualified medical office administrative assistant. Rachelle joined the Speakers' Bureau in 2017. "Never underestimate a recovering addict. We fight for our lives everyday in ways most people will never understand".
Chuma Coughman: Chuma, a born and raised DC native attended DC Public Schools throughout. He became homeless at a young age due to abuse and an unstable relationship at home. He found himself couch surfing from place to place for many years. Finally finding stability from an opportunity in 2016 which helped him find a home, among many other great things. Now, this young man his found comfort, a new start of positivity in helping others through the National Coalition for the Homeless, which he joined in 2016. Chuma is currently working on music and writing projects.Writing and supporting stories based off of Homelessness, Mental Illness and the general help of finding ones-self. His Motto of "NEVER GIVE UP" is always a reminder of pushing forward to better yourself.
Abdul Ayub: Abdul was born and raised in New York and attended public school until dropping out at the age of 15. He still couldn't read. He learned to read at the Street Academy in New York and at 19 he moved to DC. Homeless and having no job experience he became a street vendor. He was good at that and sales were good and rewarding. So rewarding that he started using drugs and had no time to vend.Drugs came first. After years of homelessness and abusing himself using drugs he sought help and turned his life around. First was finding a good place to live. He received his GED in 2014 and joined the National Coalition for the Homeless in 2017. He's so happy to have joined NCH as he's afforded the opportunity to give back and to always remember where he came from. Having become very interested in the Chinese people and their culture, Abdul has made and continues to travel to China. Now, not only does Abdul speak Chinese, he teaches English to Chinese immigrants and also teaches Tai'Chi.
David Pirtle: David was born in Colorado, raised in Illinois, and spent most of his life prior to becoming homeless in Phoenix, Az, where he worked as a restaurant manager. In his late twenties, David developed schizoaffective disorder and became homeless as a result of his illness when he was 29. While experiencing homelessness, he spent the majority of his time in New York City and then Washington, DC, where he eventually found assistance through the city's pilot Housing First project. Since 2006 he has worked with NCH in various capacities, and continues to speak on the issues of homelessness, poverty, and mental health.
Penny Callan: Penny was born in Washington DC and raised in Springfield VA. She suffered many traumatic events throughout our life that led her to lose 4 children to foster care. Abused, molested at 9, raped at 13. Twice married into abusive relationships and later homeless for 10 years. Becoming homeless ended up being a blessing in disguise, because she got the help that she needed for PTSD. She earned her GED in 1994 and graduated from Potomac College in 2007. In 2008 she was diagnosed with breast cancer and spiraled into deep depression. Having beat cancer, Penny now takes part in Project Peer Women Knowledge Work Group and has been a Speaker/Advocate with the National Coalition for the Homeless since 2009
Pamela Reese: Pamela was born and raised in Washington DC. Both of her parents were addicted to drugs. There was a lot of abuse in the household. Pam started using drugs at 13 yrs. old. By the age of 15, she was homeless, moving from house to house, being neglected and abused. She started sleeping in abandoned buildings and/or on rooftops. Although addicted to drugs and homeless, she had two kids and moved to North Carolina. Things were good for a while, but again, she became homeless. Sleeping with her kids in a crack house and weighing 98 lbs. In seeking help for her addiction, she found out that she had been suffering from a mental illness for years and was able to get help. Today, she has 26 yrs. clean and continues to get help for her mental illness. She has been able to adopt two children with disabilities and have a beautiful relationship with her birth children.
Kelvin Lassiter: Kelvin was raised in a middle class family in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Life challenged him early, lack of communication within the family, and home foreclosure. The death of his mother sent Kelvin into a very dark space fueling and uncovering drug addiction. After nearly three years of homelessness, it along with legal trouble had taken it's toll. Just when Kelvin considered giving up, a minister entered his life that believed in him and decided to help him. There is no shortage of praise when Kelvin speaks about Reverend J.C. Melvin. He worked with Kelvin and shaped his focus to becoming a productive man in society. Now being rightfully restored, Kelvin embraced several meaningful relationships that shaped the direction of his recovery. In 2009, Kelvin began his homeless advocacy with the National Coalition for the Homeless. Also in 2009, he wrote and self-published two self help books. Today, Kelvin owns and operates a black car service company. Kelvin and his wife of 15 years currently reside in Washington, DC.
Candi Darley: Candi was born in Colon' Panama and raised in Washington DC. Graduated from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts before moving on to graduate from George Washington University. Married into an abusive relationship at 26 to a military man. Acquired fibromyalgia and became ill. After her divorce while dealing with her illness, Candi became homeless. Candi now and has been is a Speaker/Advocate with the National Coalition for the Homeless since 2010.
Alexander "Alex" Branch: Alex was placed into foster care shortly after being born in 1994 and then adopted at the age of 2. However, due to lingering resentment about his family situation, he left and became homeless. Alex spent time in shelters, couch surfing, and on the street, but always remained determined to overcome his homelessness. Eventually Alex found help through the internet, connecting online with a program that placed him into transitional housing. After a couple of years of waiting, Alex qualified for a voucher to assist him with permanent housing. Alex has been a speaker since May of 2019.
The standard format for a "Faces of Homelessness" presentation includes the following:
- A moderator will present the facts about homelessness
- Up to three panelists who are experiencing or have experienced homelessness will share their personal stories
- Open question and answer session
Afterwards, the panelists will offer ways for people to get involved, from volunteering at shelters to influencing legislation.
While we do follow a standard format, we are very flexible to fit the needs of any group. Since 1999, the DC-based Speakers' Bureau has given over over 5,000 presentations, speaking to over 75,000 people.
The lack of interaction between different groups of our society, combined with impersonal or inaccurate descriptions of homelessness posed by the media and public officials, contributes to a distancing of those who have housing from those who do not. As a result, homelessness is perceived as an abstract social problem. We believe the Speakers' Bureau is an important part of the fight to end homelessness in America as it links the many different levels of our society together and challenges commonly held misconceptions. Our "Faces of Homelessness" Speakers' Bureau accomplishes this by:
- Putting a human face on homelessness.
- Creating better understanding on a very difficult and complex problem one person at a time.
- Challenging the myths of homelessness with the actual realities of homelessness.
- Promoting, supporting, and facilitating dialogue between housed and homeless Americans to effectively address this growing problem.
- Building public awareness of homelessness on a local and national level.
This unique and necessary approach to addressing homelessness establishes a significant platform for those whom homelessness affects directly to talk personally about their experiences while advocating for themselves and others. Ultimately, The Faces of Homelessness Speakers' Bureau seeks to build bridges with the rest of society so that we may work cooperatively to end this disgrace called homelessness.
Click here to request a presentation in the DC Metro area>>
Click here to request a presentation outside of the DC Metro area>>
The National Coalition for the Homeless' "Faces of Homelessness" Speakers' Bureau conducts presentations at schools, places of worship, conferences, for-profit businesses, non-profit organizations, and special events both in and out of the Greater Washington DC metropolitan area.
If you are interested in bringing the Faces of Homelessness Panel to your school or organization, please fill out a request form for the Washington, DC area or to bring the Bureau to your location outside of the DC-Metro area. Once NCH receives your event form, a staff member will follow up with you to confirm that we are available at the date and time you have requested.
- Lesson Plan - Beyond Stigma and Stereotypes: Understanding Homelessness (ADL)
Faces of Homelessness II
Downloadable/Printable Request Forms:
Click here to request a presentation in the DC Metro area>>
Click here to request a presentation outside of the DC Metro area>>Each $75 donation will bring a speaker to a school or organization that cannot otherwise afford to set up their own Faces of Homelessness presentation. Utilize our donation button and write "sponsorship program" on the online form.
If you forward the receipt for your donation to firstname.lastname@example.com, along with a mailing address, NCH will send you a Faces of Homelessness Speakers' Bureau 20th Anniversary poster!
Tell us what you think:Have you attended a presentation? If so, please let us know what you thought by taking this quick survey.
Don't forget to like NCH on Facebook!
Speakers' Bureau Nationwide:
Volusia/Flager County Coalition for the HomelessVolusia/Flager County Coalition for the Homeless Contact: Lisa HamiltonShow Map |


text:
Any links to Amazon are affiliate links.
During the first year (at least) of your child's life, there is probably little else that will cause you stress than sleep issues. Naps are a big part of the day. If baby doesn't nap, mom is stressed and baby is understandably fussy.
All three of my children are good sleepers. Brayden (4.5) rarely naps, but takes rest time each day. Kaitlyn (2.5) still happily naps each day. McKenna (9 months) is a great little napper and always has been. By the time McKenna was born, I could really quickly and easily identify reasons for waking early from naps.
If your baby was taking 1.5-2 hour naps and is now waking early, here are some things to check.
- Growth Spurt: The first thing to try is to feed your baby. Every time McKenna woke early, I fed her. We never had consistent or persistent nap problems with her. Once the growth spurt was over, we went back to normal naps. I noticed that both of my girls had days where they were hungrier. For Kaitlyn, it was Thursday. For McKenna, it was Friday. I could count on those days having short naps during the newborn months. They just needed to eat more often for one day. See blog label Growth Spurts for more.
- More Food: This is slightly different than a growth spurt. Maybe the baby is hungry and just needs the food increased. This happened with Kaitlyn around 8 months. On day two of short naps, I started troubleshooting. She wasn't at a growth spurt where she needed more food for a while then backed off, she just needed more solids offered at each meal. Then the nap situation was fixed.
Once you are positive baby does not need more food, move on to these possibilities:
- Waketime Length: Baby might need a longer waketime length. I always add in five minute increments. I know some (probably most) moms do more than that. I strongly suggest you never add more than 15 minutes at a time. I obviously think 5 minute increments are the best to work with. This way, you avoid adding too much waketime. Too much waketime causes nap problems even more than too little. If you add too much waketime, you risk jumping right over the perfect window. See blog label Optimal Waketime Length for more.
- Sickness/Teething: A simple thing to consider is sickness or teething. Children handle these situations differently. These things didn't affect Brayden or Kaitlyn. Sickness only makes McKenna sleep better. When her first (and so far only) tooth broke through, she had one day of off naps. Some babies, however, will wake up early when sick or teething. When this happens, do what you can to soothe and wait for the pain/sickness to pass. Do what you can before the nap to create a successful nap by alleviating the pain/discomfort. See the Comforting a Sick Baby/Toddler post for more information: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/01/comforting-sick-toddlerbaby.html
- Gas Pain: Babywise says this is one of the most common reasons for waking early. Be sure your baby is not in pain. If your baby is suddenly waking early, then gas is one of the less common culprits unless baby's diet has changed (which includes yours if you are breastfeeding). Got Gas post: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/01/non-bw-tips-and-tricks-got-gas.html . See also blog label Gas.
- Stimulation Levels: If your baby was sleeping well and is now consistently waking early, it is unlikely baby is overstimulated. Think over the days since baby started waking early and be sure she isn't overstimulated. A better possibility in this situation is baby is understimulated. This happened to McKenna. I was very careful with her stimulation levels. As she got older, she needed more stimulation and exercise and I wasn't increasing it. Her naps got shorter. I realized this was the problem, added stimulation and exercise opportunities (basically tummy time at that age), and her naps went back to normal. See Overstimulation and Importance of Exercise and Stimulation.
- New Skill: Is she learning a new skill? Sitting, standing, walking, a new word or consonant….babies like to practice their skills, and many times those new skills take precedent over their naps. See Nap Disruptions for more information on this topic: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/01/nap-disruptions-rolling-standing.html . See also Disruptions.
- Environmental Factors: Is there some noise that could be waking the baby up? A dog? I have a friend whose son woke up whenever she cooked. The smells got him up. Pay attention to your environment. If you suspect an environmental factor, you really need to focus in on what has changed. Is it warmer? Colder? Is there a new dog in the neighborhood? You need to be observant to catch environmental factors.
- 45 Minute Intruder: It could just be the 45 minute intruder. http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/01/45-minute-intruder.html
- Wonder Week: There are typical times during a baby's development when she is grumpier and can't sleep as well as usual. I have definitely noticed this to be true during McKenna's life. Once she is over the wonder week, she is back to normal! See Wonder Week blog label for more.
- Off Day: Sometimes they just can't sleep. I have nights like that. I am not personally a napper unless I just gave birth, and in those times I also have days I can't sleep (even when I really want to). Babies are humans. Therefore, they aren't perfect. Even if she is really good at something, she is going to have difficulties at it at times. Even my husband who can pretty much sleep anywhere, anytime, has a night that he can't sleep every so often. This is rare, but it does happen. So if an adult who wants to sleep can have a hard time on occasion, then a baby will, too. They are just learning.
- Props: Sometimes props suddenly become a problem. Many moms find the pacifier to suddenly become a problem around 3-4 months of age. Baby won't sleep through a nap without it. If that is the case, you can continue using it and wait for baby to be able to put it back in, or you can break the habit. See Pacifiers and Sleep Props for more.
If your baby has basically always taken short naps, here are some things to consider. All of these suggestions are assuming you have done Babywise (or some other routine) for quite some time. If you are just starting a routine, it will take time for your baby to learn to take longer naps:
- Feed Baby: The first thing to check is a need for food. Try feeding your baby every time she wakes early for a week or so. This might fix it. If she started a growth spurt and you have been fighting against it, bad naps have and will continue until she gets the food she needs. You should look into your milk supply if breastfeeding, also. Better safe than sorry. A lactation consultant can help you–they can even test the number of calories per ounce in your milk. See blog label Growth Spurts for more.
Once you are sure it is not a food issue, consider the following:
- Reflux: Be sure your baby does not have reflux. If your baby does have reflux, know that a baby with reflux will often take short naps. If so, help your baby make it through a longer nap. See the blog label Reflux for a lot more on this topic.
- Other Medical Condition: Make sure there isn't some medical condition causing short naps. These can include allergies and eczema.
- Gas Pain: Babywise says gas is one of the most common reasons for waking early. If your baby is in chronic gas pain, I suggest you use gripe water or gas drops. Also, evaluate baby's diet and yours if breastfeeding and eliminate foods that are causing pain. See Gas for more.
- Waketime Length: Once you have covered food and possible pain, easy fix number one is to analyze the amount of waketime. If your baby is up too long, he will wake up early. For a young baby, 5 minutes too long can do it. Babywise suggests moving your waketime back by 15 minutes if your baby isn't sleeping well. Try it. It is an easy thing to fix. (see Easy Nap Fix for more information on this topic: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/01/easy-nap-fix.html ). It is possible your waketime length is too short, but in this situation, I think it is best to first shorten it. If that doesn't work, try lengthening it. See blog label Optimal Waketime Length for more.
- Stimulation Levels: Since your baby has always been taking short naps, I suggest you first tone it down. Monitor noise levels and visual stimulation. Overstimulation is more damaging to a nap than understimulation. Age also has something to do with this. The younger the baby, the less stimulation she needs and the more sensitive she will be to overstimulation. If your baby is older than 6 months, it is unlikely overstimulation is causing problems unless you live in a casino 🙂 But be sure there is no television watching–for a baby, that is quite stimulating. Be sure exercise levels are where they need to be, too. By exercise, I mean natural exercise that happens when a baby is allowed to be a baby. I am not suggesting baby yoga or anything. See Overstimulation and Importance of Exercise and Stimulation.
- Environmental Factors: Is the baby too hot? Too cold? Be sure to dress the baby appropriately for the season and for your home. Does baby like to wear socks? McKenna sleeps much better with socks on her feet. Kaitlyn hated to have socks on her feet. Find out what your baby likes. If your home is noisy, I suggest you use white noise of some sort. If you have other children, they might be waking baby up. If you live in a noisy neighborhood, there are lots of things that can be waking baby up. You can't control your neighbors or the garbage man. You can't really expect your other children to tip-toe around the house. You can put a humidifier, fan, or white noise machine in your baby's room to block things out.
- Comfort: Is your baby comfortable enough? I sometimes had Kaitlyn nap in her play yard, and those naps often were not as good as her naps in her crib. This doesn't mean go buy your baby a feather bed; that is not safe. But a crib mattressis more comfortable than a "mattress" in the pack and play.
- Inconsistency: Are you consistent with your schedule? Are you usually home for naps or if you are usually out and about. A baby won't sleep as well out and about as at home, so if he is used to being out and about, his body will be trained to short bursts of naps. Also, if he typically is napping in a carseat, he will be used to sleeping with the help of motion rather than by himself.
- Props: Evaluate your use of props and if they are interfering with your baby being able to make it through a transition (every 45 minutes) on her own. See blog label Consistency for more.
- Self-Soothing: Most babies will not sleep through the transition point (45 minutes) if they are unable to soothe themselves to sleep. Teach your baby to self-soothe in whatever method you think is best for your family. Once she is capable of soothing herself, she should start making it through the transitions. See CIO and 4 S's for more.
- Lack of Routine: Do you have a good routine for your baby? Evaluate your nap routine and be sure it is best to help your child sleep well.
- Issues Above: Consider the issues listed in the suddenly waking section. It is possible your baby has just had one issue after another.
- My baby only sleeps one hour for the last nap of the day–is this okay? Yes, it is okay and it is normal. If your baby is going to sleep only one hour try keeping them up until it is one hour before the last feeding. If they are too fussy for that, put them down when they need to and just play with them after they wake up until dinner time.
- My baby is waking early from naps. Should I get him up or let him CIO? First, let's address all of the issues listed above. Let's be sure the early waking can't be fixed easily. If baby is crying for one of these reasons, CIO isn't really going to help. When Kaitlyn was a young baby and waking early, sometimes she would wake after 30 minutes of sleep. At one point I decided she needed to CIO, so she did. After a few naps of that, she was fine. Other than that, I have never done CIO to get back to sleep after a nap. Emotionally I just can't hack it. I also don't really think it is a good idea to do CIO mid-nap with a newborn. There are so many growth spurts in those first three months and you are just getting to know the baby. With McKenna, if I didn't think it was a growth spurt, I would give it 10-15 minutes to see if she was just having a rough transition and were going to fall back asleep. If not, I got her.
- My baby is waking early but is happy. What do I do? This is a nice thing–when the baby is a the point that they wake up and play and wait for you to get them. If it is early and they are happy, I leave them there. A baby will be more patient for food if he isn't staring in the face of the one who provides it. It is also more relaxing and restful in a bed than out playing and getting stimulated. Don't leave your baby in there forever, but give them more rest time if they are happy. When my kids wake early and are happy, I let them play in their beds until nap time normally ends.
- My baby just can't seem to sleep through the 3 hour cycle. Why? So far as sleep through a cycle goes, I thought about this when Kaitlyn was not sleeping through, and came to a conclusion. I think it is nearly impossible to expect a baby to sleep through on a 3 hour when they are so young. The way the cycle is described in the book seems impossible to create in the real world. Here is why. The routine is 2.5-3 hours. Your young baby can stay awake at best for 1 hour. The nap is to be 1-1.5 hours on the routine. So, if they are awake for 1 hour, the best you can expect according to BW would be 2.5 hour routine all day, and that is if they took the 1.5 hour nap. Some babies can only be awake 45 minutes. What is the answer? Don't sweat it. Keep to the schedule as closely as possible and with time your baby will get it. With McKenna, I let her do short waketimes and long naps, and it worked really well.
While you are troubleshooting, try to address only one problem at a time. Give each "fix" a few days to work before moving on to something else.
Also, I find keeping logs to be really helpful. See blog label "log" for more.
Something good to realize is that sleep issues are not the main and end-all point of Babywise. It is more about raising children who have self control, are respectful, are able to focus and self-entertain, and most of all, are moral. You are teaching your child to be able to live on her own in the real world. It seems things eventually just work out as far as sleep goes so long as you stick to the schedule the best you can.
Is it important to have good sleep habits? Yes! Is it worth working on? Absolutely! You will have much bigger fish to fry as your child gets older. If they are good sleepers, they will have an advantage. But remember, Babywise is more than sleeping. Sleeping is the first stepping stone to bigger and better things.
Enjoy your baby. Cherish every moment. Pretty soon he will think you are so lame, then soon after that he will realize you are wise, but will be off on his own with his own children. Don't get so caught up in things you forget to enjoy what is in front of you at the moment.
Related Posts:
How useful was this post?
Click on a star to rate it 1-5!
Average rating / 5. Vote count:
No votes so far! Be the first to rate this post.
We are sorry that this post was not useful for you!
Let us improve this post!
Thanks for your feedback!


text:
|Related Products
|A DNA sequence encoding the Bundibugyo ebolavirus(strain Uganda 2007) GP (ACI28624.1) (Met1-Val308) was expressed with the Fc region of human IgG1 at the C-terminus.
|Human Cells
|In general, recombinant proteins are provided as lyophilized powder which are shipped at ambient temperature.
Bulk packages of recombinant proteins are provided as frozen liquid. They are shipped out with blue ice unless customers require otherwise.
|> 95 % as determined by SDS-PAGE
|< 1.0 EU per μg protein as determined by the LAL method.
|Samples are stable for up to twelve months from date of receipt at -70℃
|Ile 33
|The recombinant Bundibugyo ebolavirus(strain Uganda 2007) GP consists 514 amino acids and predicts a molecular mass of 57.6 kDa.
|Lyophilized from sterile PBS, pH 7.4.
1. Normally 5 % - 8 % trehalose, mannitol and 0.01% Tween80 are added as protectants before lyophilization. Specific concentrations are included in the hardcopy of COA.
2. Please contact us for any concerns or special requirements.
|Store it under sterile conditions at -20℃ to -80℃. It is recommended that the protein be aliquoted for optimal storage. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
|A hardcopy of COA with reconstitution instruction is sent along with the products. Please refer to it for detailed information.
The fourth gene of the EBOV genome encodes a 160-kDa envelope-attached glycoprotein (GP) and a 110 kDa secreted glycoprotein (sGP). Both GP and sGP have an identical 295-residue N-terminus, however, they have different C-terminal sequences. Recently, great attention has been paid to GP for vaccines design and entry inhibitors isolation. GP is a class I fusion protein which assembles as trimers on viral surface and plays an important role in virus entry and attachment. Mature GP is a disulfide-linked heterodimer formed by two subunits, GP1 and GP2, which are generated from the proteolytical process of GP precursor (pre-GP) by cellular furin during virus assembly . The GP1 subunit contains a mucin domain and a receptor-binding domain (RBD); the GP2 subunit has a fusion peptide, a helical heptad-repeat (HR) region, a transmembrane (TM) domain, and a 4-residue cytoplasmic tail. The RBD of GP1 mediates the interaction of EBOV with cellular receptor (e.g. DC-SIGN/LSIGN, TIM-1, hMGL, NPC1, β-integrins, folate receptor-α, and Tyro3 family receptors), of which TIM1 and NPC1 are essential for EBOV entry; the mucin domain having N- and O-linked glycans enhances the viral attachment to cellular hMGL, and participates in shielding key neutralization epitopes, which helps the virus evades immune elimination. There are large conformation changes of GP2 during membrane fusion, which enhance the insertion of fusion loop into cellular membrane and facilitate the release of viral nucleocapsid core to cytoplasm.
|Product name
|Product name