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could have been titled "Processing binary data in DataPower stylesheets 1/x".
This posting is the second of several postings on processing of binary data in DataPower stylesheets.
Again this is on CDATA as in the postings "CDATA .../x".
This time the (customer) problem was as follows:
- accept XML input data
- do XML threat protection
- if no threat, pass input unmodified to backend (preserve any CDATA elements).
While preserving of CDATA might be done with cdata-section-elements of <xsl:output ... /> you have to know which elements you want to have CDATA output for,
In case of DataPowwer as generic proxy any element might contain CDATA section or might not contain CDATA sections.
If the service would have XML request type CDATA sections are gone -- therefore we need a Non-XML service.
But XML threat protection does not work in Non-XML service -- therefore we need a second XML service.
Now lets discuss the solution I came up with.
Setup XML-FW with XML request type with its own XML Manager and any specific XML Parser settings.
(I did set "XML Element Depth" to 1, service is on port 2060)
Setup XML-FW with Non-XML request type, and these two actions:
1) binary transform action from INPUT to NULL with stylesheet check.xsl
2) results action from INPUT to OUTPUT
This is the binary transform stylesheet check.xsl I used.
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
<dp:input-mapping href="store:///pkcs7-convert-input.ffd" type="ffd"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:variable name="response">
<xsl:value-of select="dp:binary-encode(/object/message)"/>
<xsl:if test="$response/url-open/responsecode != 200">
The <dp:input-mapping ... /> uses Flat File Descriptor (FFD) store:///pkcs7-convert-input.ffd shipped with DataPower and used by five PKCS7 stylesheets located in store:/// folder.
As documented in the FFD itself (see below) it generates structure <object><message>***binary data***</message></object> with a binaryNode as child of <message> element.
Find the details on binaryNode in previous posting.
Now the "binary data" (which in this case is XML data, but we want pass it unmodified) needs to be posted to second XML (threat protection) service by <dp:url-open>.
Posting binary data with <dp:url-open> is done with data-type="base64".
Therefore we just convert the binaryNode data to base64 by dp:binary-encode(/object/message) in <dp:url-open>.
We are not interested in the response of the service called but only in its response code, therefore response="responsecode".
The result of <dp:url-open> call is stored in variable $reponse.
In case the HTTP response code is not equal to 200 we know that something is wrong, and for the service called we know that XML threat protection found a problem.
Therefore we abort service execution by <dp:reject>.
So if service execution does not get aborted by <dp:reject> the results action from INPUT to OUTPUT just copies the unmodified INPUT to OUTPUT (preserving any CDATA section).
Otherwise (in case of a detected XML threat) the service returns a generic error message to the client.
What we have seen is
- how to process binary (Non-XML) input data (resulting in a binaryNode)
- how to convert a binaryNode to a base64 encoded string
- how to pass "binary" data to dp:url-open() by data-type="base64"
- how to process response code of dp:url-open
By the arguments above there cannot be a solution without a side call.
And this is from stylesheet "store:///pkcs7-convert-input.ffd":
This FFD converts the input into an XML tree like this:
<message>***binary data***</message>


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Hello, I am 'The French' I'm not a teacher,
but before you send a letter to your bank about the rate of the home loan, be sure you can change your contract or agreement you have sign.
I don't know the banking rules in India, but I do not think you can change of bank in the middle loan.
I am a saler man, and I think if you have the possibility to change, it is better to go directly to your bank to negociate face to face the decrease of your interest. If you write to the bank, they try surely to gain time.
Hope you find a way to touch your target.
Have a nice day.


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Cisco chief's package shrinks 65 per cent
Forced to make do with $6.6 million pay packet
Cisco chief John Chambers' total direct remuneration package slumped 65 per cent in fiscal 2011 to a mere $6.625m (£4.14m), according to an SEC filing.
Clearly the time has come for the Chambers' household to switch to the value range in supermarkets, holiday at home and downgrade the family fleet of cars.
The long-serving exec saw his salary slip by 2 per cent to $375,000 and received only half of the $12.5m long-term equity awards after Cisco's compensation committee said it would not shower top bosses with cash incentives or performance-based options.
This is despite Cisco easing past its "target operational performance goals for its cash incentive and its performance-based equity incentive awards" as "shareholder value eroded in fiscal 2011", the SEC filing stated.
"Consequently, the Compensation Committee exercised its negative discretion and determined that no named executive officer would receive a cash incentive award or a performance-based equity award for fiscal 2011," it added.
Chambers was not alone, as other named exec officers saw their total direct compensation drop by approximately 60 per cent compared to fiscal 2010.
The networking goliath's share price fell to a 52-week low in July amid the news that Cisco was preparing to axe thousands of staff in a company-wide restructure that saw some senior channel execs leave the business.
The closure of the Flip camera unit and subdued profits also weighed heavy on share value in the year.
Cisco closed fiscal 2011, which ended early August, with revenues of $43.2bn up 7.9 per cent, but net profits fell 16.4 per cent to $6.5bn and earnings per share dipped 12 per cent to $1.17. ®
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Drew Industries Inc. today (Feb. 27) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lippert Components Inc., has acquired Innovative Design Solutions Inc. (IDS), a Troy, Mich.-based designer, developer and manufacturer of electronic systems encompassing a wide variety of RV applications. According to a press release, IDS also manufactures electronic systems for automotive, medical and industrial applications.
"We are excited to have IDS and its employees join the Lippert Components family," said Drew CEO Jason Lippert. "The talented team of engineers we have added from IDS are leaders in electronic systems for RVs and other industries. In the past several years, the IDS team, alongside the Lippert Components team, has been responsible for developing unique electronic products for the RV industry. IDS will now have an even sharper focus on developing innovative products for our RV customers, as well as customers in adjacent industries."
IDS had annual sales of approximately $19 million in 2013, of which $13 million were attributed to Lippert. Lippert believes the additional product lines and diversified customer base will accelerate its expansion into adjacent industries. The purchase price was $36 million, of which $34.2 million was paid at closing from available cash and borrowings under the company's $75 million line of credit, with the balance to be paid out annually over the subsequent three years, plus contingent consideration based on future sales. Drew expects the acquisition to be immediately accretive to earnings.
"The products IDS manufactures are central to the control of several RV components, including electronic leveling systems, jacks, lights, slide-out mechanisms, awnings, tire pressure monitoring systems, among others," continued Lippert. "Many of IDS's RV products are already included in components we sell, including a Wi-Fi enabled, touch-screen, Android-based device that enables RV owners to control several RV functions. Having multiple functions connected through one control device should help improve our customers' manufacturing efficiencies, as well as provide a strong selling point for retail customers. Becoming the manufacturer of these products should also allow us to develop and deliver these products to our customers more efficiently."
Rob Ford, former owner of IDS, has entered into an employment agreement with Lippert and will continue to manage the business. Ford noted, "We are pleased that the business we have worked so hard to grow will continue to be managed by our outstanding team. Electronics have become a larger part of day-to-day life, and our innovative team has continued to identify opportunities to bring ideas and improvements to the industries we supply."
He added, "This acquisition provides a unique and exciting opportunity to bring modern electronics to RV manufacturers and the RV aftermarket, which will result in a better RV user experience. Combining Lippert Components' and IDS's experience and technologies should open up exciting opportunities for safety, control and interface electronic products. With the strategic, financial, sales and marketing support that Lippert Components provides, we are confident that the IDS business will continue to grow."


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Nature School Update Planned For CPS Board Meeting
Related Story
COLUMBIA - Columbia Public Schools will give an update on plans to construct a nature school at its Board of Education meeting Monday.
Dr. Peter Stiepleman, assistant superintendent for elementary education, said Monday's update is necessary to moving forward with exact plans for the school.
"We'd like the Board to consider approving an MOU [Memorandum of Understanding] at their April 14 meeting," Stiepleman said. "This update will give them more specifics since we haven't addressed the full board since September."
Stiepleman also said he will discuss more about the operations of the nature school, the financing of the building and enrollment details.
The school would be located at Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, which would be the first nature school in the country inside a state park. It would give fifth graders the opportunity to spend their year learning in a nature-based environment.
The proposed nature school opening is August 2015. CPS teamed up with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for the school's construction.
For more details about the nature school, click here.


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State Supports Improved Teacher Quality and Boosts Capacity
Recognizing teacher preparation and development programs as a statewide prioity, New Jersey recently made a significant investment to improve teacher quality...
|Teacher Effectiveness Grants
The five funded proposals described...
|Rutgers and Community Colleges Offer New Dual Degree
|...Rutgers, in partnership with all 19 of the state's
community colleges, struck an innovative arrangement for guaranteed
admission for students...
|New Jersey Invests in High-Tech Workforce
The NJ Commission on Higher Education awarded $15 million in grants to eight New Jersey colleges and universities for the enhancement of successful technology-related programs to help satisfy burgeoning demand for qualified high-tech workers...
|High-Tech Workforce Excellence Grants
The nine funded proposals described...
|Systemwide Capacity Subject of Fall Report
The Commission on Higher Education is undertaking a comprehensive capital planning initiative in collaboration with the Presidents' Council...
|New Commission Members
Three new members have been appointed to the Commission on Higher Education...
State Supports Improved Teacher Quality and Boosts Capacity
Recognizing teacher preparation and development programs as a statewide priority, New Jersey recently made a significant investment to improve teacher quality, the single most important school-based factor in student achievement.
During the July meeting of the Commission on Higher Education, Acting Governor Donald T. DiFrancesco announced $10 million in grants to enhance the quality of New Jersey's teacher preparation programs, improve classroom teacher effectiveness, and increase capacity to prepare new teachers. In addition, the grants will address needs of disadvantaged school districts and statewide teacher shortages in areas including preschool, special education, science, mathematics, and world languages.
"New Jersey is already a nationally recognized leader in many areas related to education, but we must continually improve our efforts," said Acting Governor Donald T. DiFrancesco. "The state's investment through these grants to colleges and universities will help teachers become the best educators they can be, for our children deserve no less."
With overall enrollment growth and increasing demands on higher education, the state is working in tandem with institutions to ensure that teacher quality is a priority. Each of the 21 public and private colleges and universities with teacher preparation programs received a share of $7 million that will enhance education programs and expand capacity to produce an additional 1,000 new teachers annually.
The remaining $3 million was distributed through a competitive Teacher Effectiveness Grant program to heighten educators' capabilities and improve student achievement by further elevating college programs renowned for improving teacher effectiveness. Five campuses received funding, including: Montclair State University, New Jersey City University, Rutgers University (Camden), Rutgers (New Brunswick), and The College of New Jersey.
Commission staff, in consultation with the State Department of Education, developed and executed a process to award the grants, and a team of in- and out-of-state reviewers with expertise in teacher preparation and professional development evaluated the proposals. The winning proposals emerged from among 17 that were submitted. Descriptions of the winning proposals are avalable HERE.
The state investment in teacher quality is consistent with New Jersey's Plan for Higher Education: 1999 Update, which calls for improved and expanded teacher preparation and professional development programs.
"High-quality educators are among the state's most precious resources, and the investment in these initiatives will reap significant returns," said James E. Sulton, Jr., executive director of the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education.
Teacher Effectiveness Grants
Expanding on collaborative work already underway with community colleges and Abbott school districts, the university will create an Urban Teaching Academy. The academy will recruit, prepare, and support transfer students for P-3 certification to teach in Abbott preschool centers; enhance academic support for P-3 certification students; and collaborate with urban teachers and administrators on curriculum, teaching, and mentoring for new urban teachers. New Jersey City University: Early Childhood Project Success - $669,001
NJCU will partner with Hudson County Community College, and the Jersey City Public Schools to address the unprecedented demand for highly effective preschool teachers. Funds will provide Jersey City Public Schools with standards-based professional development opportunities, better align teacher preparation curricula with state and national standards, and increase the number of minority teacher candidates who complete P-3 certification. Rutgers University (New Brunswick): Urban Science Education Collaborative for Teacher Effectiveness - $499,979
The grant will support implementation of a model science classroom at the Lincoln Professional Development School in New Brunswick and model preservice and inservice science professional development programs for teachers throughout the state. The project will create a pipeline for New Jersey science teachers of the future. Rutgers University (Camden): Institute for K-12 World Languages and Science - $306,002
Addressing the critical shortage of qualified teachers in the areas of world languages and the sciences, Rutgers-Camden will establish an Institute for K-12 World Languages and Science. The university will collaborate with urban school districts to develop, implement, and evaluate subject-specific practicum experiences for elementary and secondary teachers. The College of New Jersey: Preparing Special and Elementary Educators to Use Inquiry- and Design-Based Problem-Solving Strategies to Include Students with Disabilities and Enhance All Students' Learning - $749,333
The College of New Jersey will prepare K-12 teachers and special education teachers to develop and implement integrated math, science, and technology activities that utilize an inquiry- and design-based problem solving approach. This interdisciplinary initiative addresses the shortage of special education teachers in New Jersey, the fact that many elementary school teachers lack preparation to include students with disabilities, and the lack of teachers who are skilled in teaching project-based, math, science, and technology.
Rutgers and Community Colleges Offer New Dual Degree Program
With the state's high school graduating classes on the rise and growing capacity issues at many of New Jersey's four-year colleges and universities, Rutgers, in partnership with all 19 of the state's community colleges, struck an innovative arrangement for guaranteed admission for students.
Through a new Dual Degree Program, Rutgers will offer any qualified, first-year student for whom space is unavailable an option to enroll at a community college of their choice with guaranteed entry to Rutgers upon completion of their associate degree. Participating students must achieve a 3.0 grade point average and be enrolled in a recommended transfer program.
"Students who would otherwise be rejected because of space limitations and the growing and increasingly competitive applicant pool will have a clear path for obtaining their goal of a Rutgers diploma," said Rutgers President Francis L. Lawrence. "These students now have the security of knowing that as long as they meet the program requirements, they are guaranteed admission to Rutgers for their junior year."
The Dual Degree Program, which is slated to begin in the fall of 2002, will simplify the transition process, making it easier, more affordable, and efficient for students to transfer from any New Jersey community college to an upper-level baccalaureate degree program at Rutgers. Over the past several years, approximately half of the transfer students entering Rutgers came from a New Jersey community college.
"This exciting partnership between the community colleges and Rutgers provides affordability, high quality, and access for students," said Jacob Farbman, spokesperson for the New Jersey Council of County Colleges. "We have 50 community college campuses statewide with at least one in each of the 21 counties."
Rutgers' Dual Degree Program builds upon existing joint admission and transfer articulation agreements provided by two- and four-year institutions throughout New Jersey. However, the state university is the first four-year school with such an arrangement with all 19 community colleges.
"Rutgers' dual degree program is a particularly innovative response to the need for institutional collaboration," said James E. Sulton, Jr., executive director of the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education. "It promises improved higher education prospects for students throughout the state at a time when capacity at our colleges and universities is severely stretched and the student population is rapidly escalating."
New Jersey's long-range plan for higher education stresses the importance of improved articulation agreements that allow for a smooth, productive transfer of students from community colleges to senior institutions. Institutions across the state are increasing efforts to enhance articulation, which can affect cost, time to degree completion, and graduation rates.
For more information about Rutgers University's Dual Degree Program, visit the program's Web site.
New Jersey Invests in High-Tech Workforce
The New Jersey Commission on Higher Education awarded $15 million in grants to eight New Jersey colleges and universities for the enhancement of successful technology-related programs to help satisfy burgeoning demand for qualified, high-tech workers.
For the second consecutive year, High-Tech Workforce Excellence Grants were awarded to outstanding programs at two- and four-year, public and private institutions with a focus on four key academic areas: Computer Science & Information Technology; Physical, Life & Health Sciences; Engineering & Engineering Technology; and Science & Mathematics Teacher Education.
"New Jersey is a national leader in high-tech firms and associated employment," said Commission Chairman Alfred C. Koeppe, who is President and Chief Operating Officer of Public Service Electric and Gas Co. "Through these grants we aim to strengthen academic programs, providing the human resources necessary to support these firms and their research and development needs."
The grants will propagate leading edge technological teaching and learning throughout the state's higher education system. Six of the winning proposals focus directly on developing skilled employees for the ever-expanding pharmaceutical, biotechnology, health care, and information technology industries. The remaining three grants prepare students with advanced math and science proficiencies to begin developing the pool of qualified high-tech workers for the future.
The nine awards were selected from 58 proposals submitted by colleges and universities in all sectors of the higher education system. Proposals were reviewed by two teams of reviewers from in and out of state. A listing of the winning proposals is provided HERE.
High-Tech Workforce Excellence Grants
Through the Northern NJ Consortium for Veterinary Technician Education, the college will enhance its Associate in Applied Science Degree to meet workforce needs in the fields of biomedical/biotechnology research and veterinary health care.
Camden County College - Fiber Optics Technology Workforce Excellence
Project, $775,556
Essex County College - Enhancing Network Certification Program,
Montclair State University - Middle Grade Mathematics Science
Teacher Education Project, $2,499,886
New Jersey Institute of Technology - Pre-Engineering Instructional
and Outreach Program, $2,499,700
Rider University - SELECT-VLC: High-Tech Support for a Continuum
of Professional Development, $1,804,50
Rowan University - Expanding the Educational Opportunities
for Undergraduates in the Study of Advanced Materials for Commercial
Applications, $1,462,248
Rutgers University - Nanomaterials Science and Engineering,
Rutgers University - New Directions for the High-Tech Computer
Science Workforce, $1,640,000
Systemwide Capacity Subject of Fall Report
The Commission on Higher Education is undertaking a comprehensive capital planning initiative in collaboration with the Presidents' Council. A report and recommendations are anticipated by the end of October, providing a foundation on which to determine how the state will respond to heightened demands for higher education resulting from:
The ongoing capital planning initiative will provide annually updated data on the physical plants of the state's two- and four-year public and independent colleges and universities, along with long-term capital needs and informed cost projections. An analysis of that information will form the basis of short- and long-term policy recommendations and funding mechanisms to meet state higher education needs.


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So the internet is in a tizzy over the rather young Ryan Wieber!
What do we know about him? He was a pretty solid quarterback at a Michigan high school. Last year, he threw for 1,050 yards and had seven touchdowns; he also ran for 1,585 yards and averaged 8.9 per carry (a Tebow type?). He earned an all-state honorable mention and he'll be attending Central Michigan in the fall.
Oh yes, this is more relevant: He's listed at 5'9 and 156 pounds.
Let us take a look at what has been said over the last day or so:
He is keeping a diary for the Lansing State Journal. He thinks people in London are very friendly. He seems to be enjoying his trip:
The next day, we woke up and went to Westminster Abbey. I thought that was awesome. It was very cool to see that. The graves of the old kings and queens really stood out to me. It works well because you have a little phone that acts as your tour guide, so you can go at your own pace, put it on the station you're at and it tells you about the station.
Sounds like he's got the earnest, twee teenage heartthrob thing down.


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Tree Carving Card
Learn how to make this card using these free instructions. Handmade cards are the perfect way to show you care and with these card making steps creating this design is easy.
SUPPLIES: Cardstock: (kraft) The Paper Company Patterned paper: (Playhouse from Emma's Shoppe collection) Crate Paper Dye ink: (Pumice Stone) Tim Holtz/ Ranger Industries Finished size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
1 Make card from cardstock.
2 Trim patterned paper panel; distress and ink edges.
3 Carve design into paper panel with craft knife. Note: Sketch design before carving.
4 Adhere to card and stitch edges.
Designer Tip
Don't stress as you distress! Nicks and tears add to the authenticity of the design.
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Miloö Ė A Latino Journey
The guitar occupies such a central place in the music and culture of Latin America that, when it came to making his second solo recording for Deutsche Grammophon, it was almost a natural step for Miloö Karadaglić to cross the Atlantic and travel the length and breadth of the continent in music. As Miloö himself explains: ďSo much of the most beautiful guitar repertoire comes from the Latin world, and Iíve never made an easier decision in choosing to make it the theme for this disc. With some pieces on the album I went a little bit out of my comfort zone, as I wanted to showcase all the different aspects and facets of this culture.Ē
Representing the core classical guitar repertoire are solo pieces by Villa-Lobos and Ponce that share a link in the towering figure of Andrťs Segovia, for whom both men composed key works. As Miloö points out, ďVilla-Lobos is an essential figure in the development of our instrument. In collaboration with Segovia he created works which really challenged the humble nature of the guitar Ė its technical and musical possibilities, its palette of colour and sheer power.Ē Miloö makes a telling analogy: ďSegovia is to guitarists what Callas is for singers. He created a new sound world, and helped the guitar to win new admirers and earn respect as a solo instrument equal to any other on the international concert platform.Ē
Villa-Lobosís Five Preludes of 1940 Ė the first of which is heard here Ė followed on from the Twelve Studies that the composer wrote expressly for Segovia after their first meeting in Paris in the 1920s. ďHere Villa-Lobos treats the guitar as if it were a cello Ė the melody is in the bass, rich, sustained and legato. It sounds as if you would need a bow to play it with! It is one of the best-loved pieces from the guitar repertoire and one that I have performed for many years.Ē The ďMazurka-ChŰroĒ, in contrast, dates back to an earlier stage in the composerís developing style, to the Suite popular brasileira of 1912, in which Villa-Lobos merges the ďchŰroĒ of Brazilian street musicians with European dances.
Just as composers from Villa-Lobos to Ponce aimed to bring the music of the street into the concert hall, so this collection unites popular and cultivated traditions all the way from Argentina to Mexico. ďI always wanted to step into the world of Ďfreeí Ė one with no frames or boundaries, where you can allow yourself to connect with your innermost feelings and musical desires, and communicate them on the most human level. For this disc to be truly Latin, it was very important to play pieces that are close to the people.Ē
Nothing could be closer to the people than the music that almost defines this world Ė the tango. For Miloö, the choice is obvious: ďIs there anyone in this world who doesnít like tango? Itís the most beautiful, sensual, erotically-charged dance on the planet and, as such, an essential ingredient for this disc.Ē The style itself is almost defined by the swooning, seductive Por una cabeza by the ďKing of TangoĒ, Carlos Gardel, written in 1935, the year of his tragically early death. Familiar from a host of films, not least the 1992 drama Scent of a Woman, it vies with La cumparsita, composed by the Uruguayan Gerardo Matos RodrŪguez in†1917, for the honour of being the tango melody par excellence. The two pieces by Astor Piazzolla, Oblivion and Libertango, are equally classics of the groundbreaking tango nuevo, the more inclusive and evolved style that the Argentine composer developed from the 1950s onwards and that brought him an international audience. As Miloö remembers, ďWhen I was a student at the Royal Academy, everyone was totally mad about Piazzolla, perhaps because his music felt like an escape from the rigours of classical training.Ē One tango not by a Latin American, but by the French-Tunisian guitarist and composer Roland Dyens, is Tango en skaÔ: ďIt is a very cool piece, and Iíve been playing it for many years as an encore in recitals. For me it epitomizes joy.Ē An arrangement of the Cuban Osvaldo Farrťsís 1947 hit, and a Latin standard, QuizŠs, quizŠs, quizŠs, brings an even more popular note.
The contemporary Argentine composer Jorge Cardoso made his own musical travelogue of Latin America in his 24 Piezas sudamericanas, which ends up in Uruguay with a ďMilongaĒ Ė an evocation of the precursor to the tango. Here, and in Un dŪa de noviembre by prolific Cuban composer Leo Brouwer, Miloö considers it important ďto capture the depth and meaning of the music with simple shapes and forms Ė where every note is able to reach deep into the psyche of the listener, where the guitar becomes a voiceĒ.
It was the Paraguayan composer AgustŪn Barrios Mangorť Ė popularly known as ďthe Chopin of the GuitarĒ Ė who, Miloö says, ďbrought the technique of tremolo to the highest level of complexity. Un sueŮo en la floresta and Una limosna por el amor de Dios (also known as ĎEl ķltimo trťmoloí) are two of the most stunning pieces in the whole classical guitar repertoire. Here tremolo becomes secondary to the programmatic nature of Barriosís musical language.Ē
One unifying feature of this music for Miloö is its directness: ďLatin American guitar music is perhaps even more uninhibited than Spanish.Ē The point is borne out by the Uruguayan-born Brazilian composer IsaŪas SŠvioís Batucada, which takes the popular samba style of the Rio favelas and turns it into an uncomplicated, pulsating guitar showpiece, as also by the Argentine-born Jorge Morelís springy, energetic Danza brasilera, ďwhichĒ, Miloö admits, ďalways makes me want to dance to the beatĒ.
That directness is not at the expense of finesse: Manuel Ponce had a more considered relationship with the musical heritage of his native Mexico, and strikes a note of refinement in the elegant, rhythmically subtle Scherzino mexicano and the ďChansonĒ that forms the second movement of his Sonata III. Miloö remembers: ďWhen I first saw a video of the great Segovia playing the ĎChansoní, I was blown away by the emotional impact it possessed. I needed to have it on the CD because it is one of the most profound pieces of music Iíve ever played.Ē
Kenneth Chalmers


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Peter Deighan
Peter Deighan was born in the county town of Monaghan, Ireland in 1941. It was while helping out on his uncle's farm as a young lad he developed an affinity with horses which has remained with him through his adult life. As a 16-year-old Peter Deighan left Ireland to work in England and got a job as a trainee welder at Vauxhall Motors car plant in Luton, Bedfordshire. This work did little to satisfy his emerging creative talent. However, during this time Peter won an amateur art competition and was offered a scholarship at the Slade College of Art in London. Peter's raw artistic talent was quickly recognised and he began to receive commissions, including one from the Duke of Bedford. Peter held his first one-man exhibition in the Duke's stately home, Woburn Abbey. Among his earlier commissions were portraits of the comedian Eric Morecambe, footballer Jimmy Greaves, speaker of the house of Commons Selwyn Lloyd and Cardinal Basil Hume Archbishop of Westminister. Following the unqualified success of his one-man show, Peter became a full time artist, devoting all his energies and creativity to his main passion in life, painting. He was also able to combine his love of painting with his passion for horses. Peter quickly established a reputation as one of the world's leading equestrian artists. He received commissions from prominent members of the racing fraternity, including Dr and Mrs Vincent O'Brien, Mr and Mrs JP McManus, Mr and Mrs Robert Sangster, Captain and Mrs John MacDonald-Buchanan, and Sheikh Mohammed Al-Maktoum. So impressed were his patrons that they also commissioned Peter to paint their close family members. Among those who now hang a Deighan family portrait in their homes are the McManus, the Magnier and the Sangster families. Peter Deighan also painted the official portrait of the British Prime Minister John Major, thriller writer Frederick Forsyth (after meeting him on the Gay Byrne Late Late Show in Dublin), footballer Jimmy Greaves, snooker champion Steve Davis and boxer Barry McGuigan. He has had his paintings displayed in the annual exhibitions of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Society of Equestrian Artists in London. Being such a talented and versatile painter, Peter turned his attention to some of his other interests in life. Following visits to southern Africa he painted a series of wildlife studies. His paintings of the indigenous population were particularly evocative. As Peter's reputation as one of the world's leading portrait painters grew, he began to receive commissions from North America. His most notable patrons included Payne Stewart. Peter visited Payne Stewart's home in Florida to paint a family group portrait. It was during his visit to Florida that Peter met and was commissioned to paint Tiger Woods and Mark O'Meara. Shortly after the tragic death of Payne Stewart, one of Peter's portraits of the golfer fetched 1.4 million at a JP McManus Charity auction. In 2005 Peter's painting of the Irish Ryder Cup players, a painting of Tiger Woods and Mark O'Meara were sold for similar sums at auction. Peter was commissioned to paint the 2006 European Ryder Cup players by Dr Michael Smurfit, for the K Club. Cranston Fine Arts are proud to offer Peter Deighan art prints direct to the public as part of its massive sporting range.
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Busby Berkeley—that iconic director of impossibly elaborate musical numbers—was never as good when he directed entire films as he had been early on when someone else handled the non-musical parts of the movies. He just seems to have had no real sense of what to do when the music stopped. That said, his wartime musical comedy The Gang's All Here (1943), his first Technicolor film and last big musical in the true Berkeley sense, is almost pure pleasure. Its campy kitsch quality carries into a lot of the non-musical scenes and its production numbers are among the best—and most outré—he ever did. In the early 1970s—when interest in Berkeley was at its height, thanks in part to him coming out of retirement to stage a revival of No, No, Nanette on Broadway—screenings of The Gang's All Here became an "event." In fact, the first time I saw the film—at midnight in a packed theater—a good portion of the audience (not me) was in full Carmen Miranda drag and the response was little short of electrifying.
What people remember most about the film is Carmen Miranda's big "Lady in the Tutti Fruiti Hat" number. That's easy to understand, since it's impossible to forget, thanks to its scantily clad chorus girls waving giant phallic bananas about in various Berkeley geometric patterns. There is, however, more to it than that. It starts with the film's startling first image of a disembodied head singing "Brazil," which then leads to a huge production number with Carmen and Phil Baker, which, in typical Berkeley fashion, preposterously takes place on a New York nightclub stage. From that point, Berkeley's creativity rarely lets up. While the centerpiece is certainly the "Tutti Fruit Hat" number, the film's big climactic number—an almost psychedelic outburst of kaleidoscopic imagery that probably scared the Technicolor company to death—is in some ways even more striking. And that's not even mentioning the … interesting experience of hearing Benny Goodman sing.
While there's not much to be said for the sappy plot involving Alice Faye and "Victory Casting" (the desirable actors all being at war) of male lead James Ellison, when the music stops, most of the film wisely centers on the agreeable comedic antics of Carmen, Eugene Pallette, Edward Everett Horton, Charlotte Greenwood and Phil Baker. It's all lightweight stuff meant to be wartime entertainment (that's also how the censors let those bananas get past them) and it works surprisingly well even today. Plus, there's always something amazing from Berkeley right around the corner.
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The good, the bad and the baby (w/ video)
Babies know when their diapers are clean or dirty, or when their tummies are empty or full. All you have to do is ask any sleep-deprived parent. But can babies tell when someone is acting good or bad? With the help of some creative puppetry, Yale University psychologist Karen Wynn is proving they can.
Wynn runs the Infant Cognition Lab at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. With help from the National Science Foundation (NSF), she studies the roots of morality, addressing such questions as: what makes us cooperative and altruistic individuals, even from a very young age?
"Babies are oriented towards pro-social individuals. They prefer interacting with a pro-social individual over an anti-social individual," she explains.
Weekdays are often busy at the lab, with babies and their parents coming and going on the hour as scheduled. On the day we visit, Wynn demonstrates how the noon appointment, a 19-month-old named Sara, can easily distinguish a puppet's good behavior from bad behavior.
Sara is subjected to one puppet show starring a helpful, well-behaved doggy puppet displaying pro-social behavior, and then to another show starring a misbehaving doggy puppet. The shows are actually clever experiments devised by Wynn and her team to observe the reaction of toddlers to the good and bad puppets.
"We have a puppet who is trying to open a box; he sees a nice toy inside of it. It's a Plexiglas box he's just trying to open--he can't lift [the] lid. Then another puppet comes along and helps him open the lid so he can get to the toy inside; so that's the helpful puppet," explains Wynn.
Then Sara is exposed to the second show, but this time the puppet that is trying to open the box is exposed to a different doggy puppet, with a very different outcome.
"Next, he's again trying to open up the box," continues Wynn. "And, a different puppet comes along and jumps on top of the box lid, slamming it shut and dashing his hopes of getting in there."
Sara watches each show a number of times. Now it's time for the plot twist that a 19-month old can appreciate. After the shows, a researcher brings out both doggy puppets to within Sara's reach, and each puppet has a plastic treat in a bowl placed in front of them.
The researcher then introduces a third puppet that also wants a treat, and Sara must decide which doggy must give up its treat to the new puppet: the nice doggy that opened the box or the mean doggy that jumped on top of the box. Wynn says a majority of the time, toddler's choices "are pretty clear, they will take the treat from the cad who was rude enough to slam the lid on the puppet."
Wynn says there is evidence that distinguishing between good and bad behavior starts even younger. For example, three-month-old Addisyn participates in an experiment for infants. She watches a different show. She bears witness to a kitty cat puppet playing ball with two bunny puppets. When they're done with their little game, one bunny returns the ball, while the other just takes it and goes away.
After the show, Addisyn, like 80 to 90 percent of the infants Wynn tests, spends more time paying attention to the "good" bunny that returned the ball. When Wynn first started testing infants she was surprised. "We weren't necessarily expecting to find responses as strong as we have found at such young ages," she says.
"In their first year, young infants appear to like others who reward good behavior and punish bad behavior, and in their second year, they themselves reward and punish deserving individuals appropriately," Wynn explains. "It shows that young infants have the capacity to assess others by their social behavior."
Wynn suspects these capacities and inclinations are universal and unlearned biological adaptations that make the cooperative social structure of human society possible. "It is essential for navigating the social world," she explains. "Adults assess the actions and intentions of the people around us, and make decisions about who's a friend and who's a foe, who's a potentially useful social partner and who is not. We judge good behavior as deserving of reward and bad behavior as deserving of punishment."
Wynn also believes there are benefits to understanding moral development. "Maybe we'll gain a better understanding of sociopathy or psychopathy. Understanding the roots of moral development could lead to a better understanding of developmental disorders like autism," she notes. "The more we understand about normal development, the better we are able to address problems when it goes awry."


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Over the course of the past few weeks our schools have been busy spreading kindness! Students at Pond Road Middle School had great fun during "It's Cool to Care" week. On one particular day, our high energy middle schoolers wore their pjs to school as a reminder that kindness begins the minute we get out of bed. At Sharon Elementary School fourth graders hopped on the Kindness Week band wagon and read to their younger peers each morning. Students in grades 9-12 promoted the message by surprising members of the high school community with random acts of kindness. One morning the RHS Executive Council welcomed fellow students and staff with a tasty serving of hot chocolate as they arrived at school while, throughout the week, many wrote thank you notes to friends and faculty explaining how they have touched and made a difference in their lives.
While we, as adults, understand that kindness should be an integral part of our everyday lives, we think it is important that each of our schools incorporates specific activities and lessons to shine a spotlight on this topic. When students have opportunities to model and practice intentional lessons devoted to kindness, developing thoughtful kindhearted behavior is more likely to become a habit that will serve them well throughout their lives.
We know from experience that being kind to ourselves and to one another just feels good but there are also physiological and biochemical advantages that result from being kind. How many of us can recall our parents lamenting the gray hair we gave them? And, how many of us have, in turn, caught ourselves blurting out the phrase "You are giving me gray hair!" to our own children? Although genetics and age play major roles in our graying heads, there is also a growing body of research pointing out that stress and worry can actually speed up the aging process. We need look no further than the before and after photos of our U.S. presidents to see how the pressures of the Oval Office take a physical toll. Or closer to home, we may look at our own reflections and notice the emergence of new wrinkles that we are convinced were created by our adolescent children. Individuals who experience trauma, chronic stress, or life-altering circumstances, can actually accelerate the aging process by shortening the length of their DNA in the cellular structure causing oxidation in joints, arteries and skin and an increase the presence of free radicals.
So, if stress speeds up the aging process, what, then, is the impact of kindness? Is it possible to slow down the aging process by incorporating a practice of kindness in our daily lives? This may not be a far-fetched premise. Consider the following.
Demonstrating kindness elevates our levels of dopamine, the reward circuitry in our brain. Dopamine, the neurotransmitter that boosts our motivation, helps us to focus, and increases our ability to concentrate for longer periods of time, creates a natural feeling of exhilaration that athletes often refer to as a "runner's high". Dancers, musicians, and artists enter a state of flow during the creative process which activates these large scale networks of the brain. Others among us might experience a similar charge of endorphins by indulging in a piece of chocolate. When we do something good for someone else, hold the door open, offer a compliment, or smile at a stranger, we actually stimulate dopamine production.
It turns out that showing compassion is linked to higher levels of oxytocin, known as the "life" hormone. Oxytocin reduces blood pressure, decreases the level of stress hormones, and has even been known to regenerate heart muscle cells. Higher oxytocin levels also serve to reduce inflammation and protect the immune system. There are numerous studies that have found that pet owners heal more quickly from illnesses. In fact, spending just a few minutes a day petting your dog or cat automatically unleashes your happiness hormones! Acts of kindness and mindfulness, taking deep breaths at a stoplight, engaging the clerk while waiting in line, connecting with a friend in need, all create a natural release of the properties of oxytocin. This is great news for the heart!
And, don't forget, kindness is contagious! The "Pay -it-Forward" principle relies on the concept of building community by generating a warm and fuzzy feeling that you want to pass along to another. Whether we have had the wonderful opportunity to be a recipient of someone's good deed or have initiated our own random act of kindness by paying for the next person's coffee in line at Starbucks, witnessing or participating in acts of kindness creates what researchers call "moral elevation". This elevated feeling activates the sympathetic nervous system and actually calms our heart.
Just as we exercise to strengthen and tone our physical muscles, it is equally important to practice keeping our kindness muscles in good shape. It is easy and fun. Take time as well to be kind to yourself. When we treat ourselves with kindness and compassion, it becomes natural to extend it to others. As we juggle the demands of our 24/7 world – working, raising children, coordinating schedules, maintaining friendships and managing finances to name a few – don't worry about trying to do everything perfectly. In fact, don't try to do everything. Rather, why not try letting go of the concept of "doing" as often as possible? Replace it instead with the idea of "being". You and your loved ones just may be pleasantly surprised with the results.
So, take heart and be kind. It does the body good. (And it certainly doesn't hurt our world either!)


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Hackday 9 - REXX, Java and XML
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I've written about Hackday in the past. See My HackDay 6 Project - Mashing Up RMF, My HackDay 5 Project - z/OS System Logger Analysis and Hackday4 and Referer URLs (though I don't know why I didn't write about Hackday 7 or Hackday 8).
So, this year I participated in Hackday 9 (last Friday). My entry follows on from this recent blog post: BPXWUNIX - z/OS' Best Kept Secret?. Graham Harris, in his comment, mentions using java to process XML (albeit with issues with the XML generated by RMF, caused by the 2048 byte record limit of BPWUNIX). I'd been thinking along similar lines, though not RMF output specifically.
So my entry has at its core a java program that uses standard functionality to process XML. In particular I pass a filename and an XPath expression in to the java program and it returns the results of evaluating the expression. I intend it as a sample, rather than a really useful program - but I think it COULD be used.
I call the java program from REXX using BPXWUNIX. There is a wrinkle here. I'd not realised it before but you can pass in environment variables. Here's the REXX:
/* REXX */ /* Set up environment - else java executable can't be found */ env.0=1 env.
Apart from the "env" lines at the top (and the extra parameter to BPXWUNIX) and the java command this is exactly the same as code as in BPXWUNIX - z/OS' Best Kept Secret? and so needs no explanation.
Here's the XML file we're processing, so the XPath expression makes sense.
<?xml version="1.0"?> <inventory> <book year="2000"> <title>Snow Crash</title> <author>Neal Stephenson</author> <pub
In the XPath expression we look for the text in the title element of each of the book elements whose author element's value is "Neal Stephenson". (I got this XML and much besides, by the way, from The Java XPath API - Querying XML from Java programs. The result of evaluating the expression is:
1 Snow Crash
2 Zodiac
and this is because only two of the book elements match the [author="Neal Stephenson] condition.
The java to drive this is:
import java.io.*; import org.w3c.dom.*; import java
This is also largely described here.
So you have the sample REXX, java and XML to play with. A couple of things I would note:
One final thing: If you search in my blog you'll see I mention XPath in Workload Manager Policy in XML Format - Part I
Happy hacking!


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Boston Public Library with flags and runners, seconds from the finish line.
Runners just passed the Finish line.
My nephew finishing the Marathon. We are so proud of him.
After the race we strolled through the Boston Public Gardens and saw the State Capitol.
Famous swan boats.
State Capitol
Trip home was through Lexington, MA
Below are the library, my old Jr. High School, Visitors Center and one of the Fire Stations, just about everything is decked out in flags.
Muzzey Jr. High School is now used as housing.


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Judd Apatow has included at least one celebrity cameo in all of the films he has directed since Knocked Up, and his latest, This is 40, is no different. At one point in the movie some of the characters are at a concert when Billy Joe Armstrong, the lead singer of Green Day, makes an appearance. Armstrong does get a few lines in the movie, but the truth is that he was originally in it for a lot longer - but now that deleted scene has arrived online.
Obviously the movie is now in theaters, but Universal Pictures is wasting no time showing us scenes that didn't make the final cut. We brought you this five minute scene earlier in the week, but now you can watch this new one with Armstrong and Paul Rudd. Enjoy! It's not hard to see why this scene wasn't in the movie, as it didn't really contribute to the larger picture and the film is already two hours and 14 minutes long, but I have to admit I chuckled a bit at this. Armstrong's acting is a bit iffy at the start, but once they start getting into a back-and-forth it's pretty clever.
This is 40, which also stars Leslie Mann, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow, Megan Fox, Albert Brooks, John Lithgow, Chris O'Dowd, Jason Segel, and Melissa McCarthy, is now playing in cinemas nationwide. For trailers, stills, posters, news, our review and more be sure to head over to our Blend Film Database.


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Quoting hcubed:The title of the paper you cited is:
"A 10,000-Year Record of Arctic Ocean Sea-Ice Variability-View from the Beach".
Big difference between a "View from the Beach" and the entire Arctic Ocean. Earth has only two poles, and one of them is in the Arctic Ocean, so that makes this larger region very important for climate in the Northern Hemisphere. A view from the beach is very local in comparison.
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Older drivers dying behind wheel
A SENIORS' lobby group says research showing fatal crashes involving older drivers are on the rise is no cause for alarm.
The number of drivers aged 65-74 killed at the wheel has jumped nationally by 2.3 per cent every year since 2007. In drivers aged 75 and over, the number has risen by 1.2 per cent for the same period.
Dr Gratian Punch from Lismore Base Hospital in NSW studied data from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics after suspecting a spike in the number of road deaths of older drivers through his work as a doctor.
He presented the numbers to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, showing that the 65 and over age groups were the only ones to rise year on year since 2007.
But the Combined Pensioners' and Superannuants' Association (CPSA) has called for calm, saying there is no evidence to show older drivers are inherently unsafe drivers.
"The increased fatalities of older drivers must be understood and represented in context in order to not cause unnecessary alarm," said policy officer Bronagh Power.
"Research has shown higher rates of fatalities for older drivers are because they are frailer and more likely to be injured in an accident."
The date showed road-related hospitalisations from injury in drivers aged 65 and over has increased by 9 per cent compared to 1.8 per cent for their younger counterparts.
Ms Power said while NSW research shows drivers aged 85 and over are the most represented in crash fatalities, those aged 60-84 are less likely than drivers under 24 to be involved in fatal accidents.
"Young people are also more dangerous for other road users, while older people tend to put only themselves at risk," she said.
Dr Punch said while the stereotypical belief is that young male drivers are the biggest contributor to national fatal and serious injury crash statistics, little attention is dedicated to the growing sub-group of drivers aged 65 and over.
"As a community, we need to have a conversation about older and elderly road users and increase awareness of this concerning trend," Dr Punch said.
"Our goal is to have zero fatalities on our roads and it's really concerning that road fatality percentages for drivers 65 and over is increasing, not going down like every other age bracket.
"There is continually going to be more and more older drivers on the road.
"It is essential that everyone takes responsibility for their own safety and the safety of the wider community by regularly consulting with their GP to assess their driving fitness."
In NSW, the CPSA is campaigning to ban practical driving assessments for older
people, claiming there is no evidence to show it reduces the number of accidents. However, it supports the continuation of medical testing.
"Declaring that older drivers are unsafe drivers is blatantly discriminatory," Ms Power said.
"Research shows that older driver crash involvement is primarily restricted to subgroups of older people with particular medical conditions, rather than encompassing all older drivers."
This article first appeared on www.thesenior.com.au
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From France, this classic white porcelain dinnerware is as sturdy as it is stylish. The plates and bowls feature a timeless coupe design with a gentle contour and sleek rim. Thanks to an innovative formulation of various clays, the porcelain's delicate appearance belies its strength. Dressed up or down with formal or casual linens, flatware and glassware, this versatile dinnerware coordinates seamlessly with a variety of patterned pieces.
- Made of high-fired porcelain.
- Microwavable and dishwasher safe.
- 5-piece place setting includes a dinner plate, salad plate, soup plate and cup with saucer.
- 20-piece set includes four 5-piece place settings.
- Additional pieces available in sets of four.
- Made in France by Pillivuyt, makers of fine porcelain since 1818.
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- Dinner Plate: 11" diam.
- Salad Plate: 8 1/4" diam.
- Soup Plate: 9" diam.
- Mug: 10-oz. cap.
- Saucer: 6 1/4".
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President Barack Obama joined a chorus of Democrats at the party's convention imploring voters to elect Hillary Clinton, casting her as a candidate who believes in the nation's future and warning against the pessimism of Republican Donald Trump.
"America is already great. America is already strong," he declared to cheering delegates. "And I promise you, our strength, our greatness, does not depend on Donald Trump."
For Democrats, the night was steeped in symbolism, the passing of the baton from a barrier-breaking president to a candidate trying to make history herself. Obama robustly vouched for Clinton's readiness to be commander in chief, saying "no matter how daunting the odds, no matter how much people try to knock her down, she never, ever quits."
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Wednesday night's lineup at the Democratic National Convention was aimed at emphasizing Clinton's national security credentials, a shift from two nights focused more on re-introducing her to voters as a champion for women's issues, children and families. Democrats spent little time discussing terrorism or the Islamic State group this week, though there was significantly more focus on those threats Wednesday.
Clinton's running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, introduced himself to the nation as a formidable foil to Republican nominee Donald Trump.
"Donald Trump has a passion," he said. "It's himself."
"Believe me!" he exclaimed over and over, imitating Trump's tone as he ridiculed a list of the Republican's promises.
Though Obama has six months left in office, his address Wednesday had the feeling of a political transition. He was emotional as he thanked Americans for sustaining him through difficult stretches.
"Tonight, I ask you to do for Hillary Clinton what you did for me," he said. "I ask you to carry her the same way you carried me."
Obama's robust support for Clinton, his political foe-turned-friend, is also driven by deep concern that Trump might win in November and unravel the president's eight years in office.
The Trump campaign said in a statement that the night's speeches were full of empty rhetoric that offered no solutions for the country.
"Instead of dealing with reality, they spoke in cheap, petty terms beneath the dignity of a convention. Their entire message could be summed up as: things are perfect, let's not change a single thing," the statement said.
Trump fueled controversy earlier Wednesday when he encouraged Russia to meddle in the presidential campaign. On the heels of reports that Russia may have hacked Democratic Party emails, Trump said, "Russia, if you're listening," it would be desirable to see Moscow find and publish the thousands of emails Clinton says she deleted during her years as secretary of state.
The convention's third night was also a time for Democrats to celebrate Obama's legacy. Vice President Joe Biden, who decided against running for president this year after the death of his son, called it a "bittersweet moment."
A son of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden appealed directly to the working class white voters who have been drawn to Trump's populism, warning them against falling for false promises and exploitation of Americans' anxieties.
"This guy doesn't have a clue about the middle class," he declared.
Kaine picked up the traditional attacking role of the presidential ticket's No. 2. With folksy charm, he tore into Trump, mocking his pledges to build a wall along the Mexican border, asking why he has not released his tax returns and slamming his business record, including the now-defunct Trump University.
"Folks, you cannot believe one word that comes out of Donald Trump's mouth," Kaine said. "Our nation is too great to put it in the hands of slick-talking, empty-promising, self-promoting, one-man wrecking crew."
Liberals, particularly those who supported Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, have grumbled about Kaine being on the ticket, particularly because of his support for "fast track" approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact. Several delegates held up anti-TPP signs as he spoke.
In a move aimed at broadening Clinton's appeal, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg — an independent who considered launching a third party bid for president — endorsed the Democratic nominee. A billionaire businessman himself, Bloomberg took aim at Trump's bankruptcies, reliance on foreign factories and other economic experience: "The richest thing about Donald Trump is his hypocrisy."
President Bill Clinton, filling the role of devoted political spouse, joined the crowd packed to the arena rafters in cheering the attacks on Trump.
Clinton's campaign believes Trump's unorthodox candidacy will turn off moderate Republicans, particularly women, who worry he's too unpredictable to take the helm in a turbulent world. They recognize that Republicans, as well as many Democrats, have questions about Clinton's character but hope to ease those concerns.
Still, the core of Clinton's strategy is putting back together Obama's winning White House coalition. In both his campaigns, Obama carried more than 90 percent of black voters, the overwhelming majority of Hispanics, and more than half of young people and women.
That coalition was vividly on display in the first two nights of the convention in Philadelphia. Women lawmakers were prominently featured, along with young activists, immigrants, and mothers whose black children were victims of gun violence or killed during encounters with law enforcement.
Gun violence continued as a theme Wednesday night as families of mass shooting victims took the stage. Delegates rose in an emotional standing ovation for the mother of one of the victims in last month's Orlando nightclub shooting, who asked why "commonsense" gun policies weren't in place when her son died.
"I never want you to ask that question about your child," Christine Leinonen said.
Capping the somber section of the program focused on gun violence, a group of Broadway singers performed a rousing rendition of "What the World Needs Now Is Love," as the audience sang and swayed in unison.
Clinton's convention has been awash in history, with energized delegates celebrating her formal nomination as the first woman to ever lead a major political party in the general election. Some supporters of Sanders, her primary opponent, continued to voice their displeasure.
But Sanders, meeting with New England delegates, said, "As of yesterday, I guess, officially our campaign ended."
AP writers Kathleen Hennessey and Ken Thomas contributed to this report.


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Jeff Garcia was apparently just hurt at training camp. Now, if it's like past injuries for him it won't be that serious but nagging. This may be just enough for Gruden to get on Bucs management to make a better play for Favre. The timing here could end up working out for the Packers overall. All the team would have to do is open up trade talks with the Vikings and Bears which would likely up Tampa's offer . If Favre rejects any trade and continues to push this, the team could either let him compete for the job here or just cut him outright.
Anyway, Steve's theory is that the Bucs may now offer up Chris Simms and a middle-late round pick for Favre and TT would take this gladly at this point.


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Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Making Meaning in Literature:
A Video Library, Grades 6-8
Individual Clip Descriptions
1. Introducing the Envisionment-Building Classroom
2. Building a Literary Community
3. Asking Questions
4. Facilitating Discussion
5. Seminar Discussion
6. Dramatic Tableaux
7. Readers as Individuals
8. The Teachers Role in a Literary Community
9. Whole Group Discussions
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"I feel sometimes that I'm asking more questions than I should; that they should be the ones that are asking. So I just monitor myself like today I had the students come up with their own questions."
Ana Hernandez, Teacher
Howard A. Doolin Middle School
Miami, Florida
"I feel sometimes that I'm asking more questions than I should; that they should be the ones that are asking. So I just monitor myself like today I had the students come up with their own questions."
Ana Hernandez, Teacher
Howard A. Doolin Middle School
Miami, Florida
Ms. Hernandez motivates students to get involved with the texts they read by selecting engaging young adult literature that features adolescents struggling with real problems. Ms. Hernandez believes that students become highly engaged in their reading experiences and gain greater literacy when they see themselves and real life conflicts in the literature they read.
this lesson, students in Ms. Hernandez's class are reading
the young adult novel Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper.
These students have been identified as Gifted and Talented
within their school. Students read aloud short passages and
discuss the text with teacher facilitation. As they read,
students pose and respond to questions about the text. Students
are encouraged to express their own interpretations and unique
perspectives about the passages. Ms. Hernandez pushes the
class discussion along by returning students' comments with
additional questions, constantly asking students to consider
how characters behave in the story, what the students would
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Emmitsburg, Md. – Senior attackman Matt Gregoire (Crofton, Md./South River) recorded career highs in goals (6) and points (8) and sophomore linemate Nate Lewnes (Arnold, Md./St. Mary's) added a career-best five goals as UMBC defeated Mount St. Mary's, 17-7, at Waldron Family Stadium.
The Retrievers completed the non-conference slate at 4-4, while Mount St. Mary's fell to 0-8.
"We came ready to play," said head coach Don Zimmerman. "We were disappointed in the back-to-back losses and determined to come up here and play well."
Gregoire had a hand in all five UMBC first quarter goals as the Retrievers raced out to a 5-1 lead after 15 minutes. He converted a pair of feeds from Maxwell in the first 4:05 of the stanza to stake the Retrievers to a quick 2-0 lead. After the Mount got a goal back ,the senior tri-captain took advantage of a Mountaineer turnover and scored on an unsettled situation to give UMBC a 3-1 advantage at the 8:35 mark. Then, playing the point on the man-up, he fed sophomore midfielder Jack Gannon (Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Sachem North) and Maxwell for inside tallies in the late stages of the quarter to propel the Retrievers to a 5-1 advantage.
Lewnes stretched the lead to 6-1 early in the second quarter, but Mount responded with back-to-back scores to come within 7-3 at the 5:19 mark. But Gregoire got one back at the 8:32 mark and the Retrievers scored twice in the final 26 seconds of the stanza to take a 9-3 lead into the break.
The Mount opened the third quarter with a goal just 1:58 into the period, but Lewnes started a 7-0 response with back-to-back scores which gave the visitors an insurmountable 16-4 lead early in the fourth quarter.
"Nate (Lewnes) played injured and we didn't know if he was going to play," said Coach Zimmerman. "He plays, he's a tough kid and he has his best day shooting the ball. Matt (Gregoire) has been a great leader for us since he's been at UMBC. He finishes opportunities."
Freshman attackman Max Maxwell (Hamburg, N.Y./Hamburg) also posted a season-best, scoring twice and adding three assists for five points. Gannon added a pair of scores and an assist, while senior midfielder Ryan Johnston (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) added a goal and two helpers .
All of UMBC's players in uniform competed in the contest.
UMBC outshot MSM, 47-25 and controlled 18 of 27 draws. Red-shirt freshman netminder Connor Gordon (Bourne, Mass./Tabor Academy) made six saves, allowing four goals in the first 46:48 of the game. Senior face-off specialist Phil Poe (Harwood, Md./DeMatha) won 14 of the 19 draws he attempted and collected a season-best 12 ground balls.
The 17 goals and 12 assists recorded by UMBC were season-highs and the most goals since a 17-16 win over Albany on April 21, 2012.
UMBC opens America East Conference play versus Stony Brook at UMBC Stadium on Friday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Notes: Gregoire now has 26 goals through eight games in 2014… He recorded UMBC's first six-goal goal since Scott Jones scored six times versus Vermont on April 6, 2013… UMBC remained undefeated in 21 all-time meetings versus Mount St. Mary's… The win snapped a four-game road losing streak for the Retrievers, dating back to the 2013 season.


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The British government is holding a conference on the future of Somalia next month. In the last 20 years the east African country has suffered enormously – in the collapse of law and order, natural and human-made calamities, the displacements of its citizens, the rise of piracy and the spread of insurgent movements and seditious militias. These have not only threatened the survival of the nation but also dampened the morale of the people and their sense of national pride.
Today, Somalia is enduring the region's worst famine and drought for 60 years, threatening 750,000 lives. This human tragedy has spurred the conscience of the world and there has been an influx of international aid agencies, especially those of the United Nations, despite huge obstacles including harassment by the al-Shabab insurgent movement.
This intervention has saved many lives. But long-term, foreign-sponsored formulas for solving crises have ended in failure, largely because they deliberately ignore the main aspirations of the Somali people, for national sovereignty, territorial integrity and their right to self-determination.
Alongside this, one country, Turkey, has responded in a unique manner, demonstrating solidarity with the people of Somalia in their hour of distress. Last August, amid a tense security situation, prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by his wife and children and a large delegation of ministers and civil servants, landed in the capital Mogadishu. He was the first foreign head of government to have visited the city in 20 years.
The Somali people wholeheartedly appreciate this act of bravery and nobility. This can be gauged from the hundreds of boys born after the visit who have been named "Erdogan", and girls who have been named "Istanbul". His example inspired so many across the region, and high-level delegations followed, such as the visit of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal of Saudi Arabia and the foreign minister of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi.
Two days before his visit, the Turkish prime minister had called a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (representing 40 countries), in Istanbul. He persuaded them to allocate $500m to famine relief in Somalia. This was in addition to approximately $280m donated by the Turkish people. Subsequently he used his speech to the UN general assembly last September to draw attention to the trauma that has been suffered by the Somalis, and appealed to their sense of humanity and responsibility.
In the Turkish magazine Foreign Policy, Erdogan commented that Somalia had been abandoned by the international community, and that this did not serve the cause of peace and stability. He outlined how Turkey would contribute towards the rehabilitation of Somalia and appealed for UN agencies serving our country, currently located in Nairobi, to be transferred to Mogadishu.
It was the right call at the right time, because there is now no security problem in Mogadishu, since the insurgents have been expelled from the capital by the Africa Union troops with the support of the Somali people. To prove the point, the Turkish embassy has been opened and a large community of Turkish experts and technicians are living in Mogadishu.
In the capital, they are constructing government and parliament buildings and a new 400-bed hospital, asphalting the road between Mogadishu airport and the city centre and providing garbage trucks and a waste-disposal facility. They are also contributing to agricultural and livestock development, and constructing wells, vital to the eradication of drought and famine. Turkey's deputy prime minister, Beşir Atalay, flew in recently to inaugurate the expansion of Mogadishu airport.
American and EU aid to Somalia is primarily focused on financing the African Union forces, as well as covering the essential running costs of the government and transitional institutions. So far, nothing has been provided for initiatives to satisfy the basic needs of the people and bolster its governance. Their current strategy, which mainly concentrates on the war against terrorism and piracy – such as this week's US raid to free western hostages – does not enable the population to reap the dividends of peace.
What can be learned from the Turkish initiative is that when you provide sincere assistance directly and immediately to those who are most in need, you gain the hearts and minds of the people. Next month's London conference on Somalia should strongly support both the efforts to deal with terrorism and piracy and the urgent humanitarian and development programmes needed to restore peace and stability in Somalia and the Horn of Africa.


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At Hamleys we commit regularly to a variety of charitable initiatives. We also believe in ensuring our toys are sourced in a responsible manner and continually review ways of positively affecting the global environment our children are growing up in.
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We support a number of charities on an annual basis, helping to raise awareness of their cause through in store events, collection tins at tills and in the digital world too.
Some of the charities we have partnered or collected for include Great Ormond Street, Rainbow Trust, Coram, Macmillan, National Autistic Society and Believe in Magic.
We encourage our employees to become involved in their local community i.e. donations through work based events and administering payroll giving facilities.
The best way to re-cycle, like Andy in Toy Story 3, is to pass your toy on to another child. However we do realise this may not be possible when a toy comes to the end of it's natural life, and that packaging and batteries will always need to be disposed of responsibly.
We take our responsibility to toy waste seriously and fully comply with both the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations 2006 and Waste Battery regulations. For the above schemes we make payments to Valpak Retail WEEE Services who operate the Distributor Takeback Scheme. Valpak Retail Services distribute funds to local authorities' civic amenity sites that are targeted to increase all our levels of re-cycling.
We require our suppliers to ensure all packaging is recyclable. Our plastic bags are made from 100% recycled material and are 100% recyclable and we are committed to offering alternatives to plastic bags across all our stores.
We subscribe to The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 through Valpak Retail Services and are targeting 100% re-cycling of all transportation packaging.
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Mythjobqueue is the internal process used by the backend to process any outstanding jobs on recordings.
Mythjobqueue takes into account the start & stop time defined in the general section of mythtv-setup, when run and will only process jobs during the designated time frame.
Usage: mythjobqueue <-v> <-O/--override> -v or --verbose debug-level : Use '-v help' for level info --help or -h : Prints this help statement. -O or --override option : Override the specified database option with the given value '''0.20+ only'''
Forced Run
With the addition of override option in version 0.20+ mythjobqueue can be forced to run using:
mythjobqueue -O "JobQueueWindowStart=00:00" -O "JobQueueWindowEnd=23:59"
This command will result in all jobs being processed, in order immediately, regardless of the time that the job queue is scheduled to run