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Veteran center Todd Marchant could be in the lineup tonight when the Ducks go for the kill against the Vancouver Canucks at Honda Center.
After going through what he called a "great morning skate," Marchant planned to meet with doctors and Coach Randy Carlyle to determine whether he will play in Game 5 against Vancouver less than four weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a sports hernia. While it might not make a huge difference immediately as Marchant gets comfortable again in game situations, his return could be a huge boost if the Ducks advance to the NHL Western Conference finals. An invaluable defensive presence, penalty-killer and faceoff man, Marchant is also capable of contributing offensively. A projected fourth line including Marchant and veteran left wing Brad May would provide greatly improved depth and take some pressure off the other three lines. Whether it is tonight or later, getting Marchant back would be tremendous news for the Ducks. (Oh, and don't forget, tonight's game is an early start, at 6:05 p.m. Leave early to beat the traffic!)


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A reader writes:
The recent dearth of (Times Union) restaurant reviews comes as a surprise. I have not been keeping track but it seems like two of the last four Sunday papers did not include a review. Also three of the last four (or five) Preview magazines in the Thursday paper did not include a Cheap Eats review. If there is so little time and so many restaurants to review then it would seem to be a shame to miss a week and have no review. That is just a missed opportunity. Where is the logic?
Also, I may be way off base here but it seems like a shabby excuse for a reviewer to say they are on vacation, there will be no review this week but the review will pick up on their return. These are restaurant reviews, not discussions of late-breaking news. It seems like a reviewer could have a reasonable backlog of reviews ready for publication, especially if they know that they are going on vacation. Am I wrong? Am I missing something? Why is there ever a missed week for the formal review or the Cheap Eats review? Please educate me and other readers of Table Hopping.
I can dispatch the Cheap Eats issue easily: Dan Sher, who wrote them for us for more than a year, has moved across the country with his family and obviously won't be able to review for us anymore; his last review ran in Preview on Dec. 20. We have a new freelance reviewer starting the Cheap Eats beat; his debut review will be in this Thursday's Preview.
Ruth Fantasia has missed a few Sundays since the beginning of December because of vacations. She had a review this past Sunday (Wine Down Lounge), on Jan. 20 (Paolo Lombardi's), Jan. 13 (Big Apple), Jan. 6 (Wishing Well), Dec. 30 (off), Dec. 23 (I subbed with DA|BA in Hudon) …
But if you look back over the 13 months since she started, Ruth has been present almost every week. I know from a reader's pespective it seems unnecessary to skip a week — "Go out to eat, write it up, how hard could that be to get a few weeks ahead and have some reviews in the can for when you're on vacation?" — but I must ask for a little forebearance.
A restaurant review can take up to the equivalent of most of a full workday: It could be half-hour's drive each way or longer, depending on location and where the reviewer lives, 2+/- hours for dinner, 2+/- hours to write the review, an hour negotiating between restaurant and photographer to get a picture taken, another hour fact-checking the review — and on and on.
That might not seem like a lot, but when you're doing it in addition to your fulltime job, as Bill Dowd did and Ruth does now, you're essentially working an extra three hours at night once a week to drive and to eat, then extra hours before and after your regular shift during the day to get the review written, edited, etc. I've definitely found it a struggle to get my daily work done and also fit in a review when I subsititute for Ruth.
Again, I know not seeing a review aggravates readers. I always hear it from my father when Ruth (and, before her, Bill) takes a week off, for instance; he says, "I'd do it for free if the company just paid for dinner." But we simply don't have the staff to be able to devote one person to doing nothing but dining reviews.


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Onagofly launched a crowfunding campaign back last month, and like the Micro Drone 3.0, it's already blown past its funding goal.
This tiny drone fits in the palm of your hand and follows you around taking pictures
This year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas featured drones of all shapes, sizes, and feature sets. But the cutest one we saw was a "nano" drone called Onagofly, which can fit in the palm of your hand.
Onagofly is a follow-me nano drone that you'll actually be able fly soon
With any luck, at least for its more than 5,000 Indiegogo backers, the Onagofly smart nano drone will succeed where the Zano nano drone failed.
Awesome tech you can't buy yet: Tiny camera drones, algae pens, and more
It almost sounds too good to be true (and it could very well be that way), but despite the Onagofly's small size, it has specs and features typically found in much bigger drones.
Onagofly is the next big drone crowdfunding hit
The Onagofly team have created a drone that is pocket sized so it is easy to carry when you want to film yourself doing aerial stunts on your snowboard
Onagofly drone fits in the palm of your hand
There are plenty of diddy drones around, but this one has more imaging prowess than most.
ONAGOfly Pocket Sized Smart Nano Drone Raises Over $450,000 Via Indiegogo
A new pocket sized smart nano drone has taken to the Indiegogo crowdfunding website this month and has already raised over $450,000 in just its first few days.
No Risk, No Reward: ONAGOfly
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The reason I like this website so much is because it is trying to do something different. Bitmob is a community driven games journalism website. The community is open and each member of the community has a blog. The posts from all the blogs are aggregated into the 'mobfeed' and automatically added to both the website and the RSS feed. Not unlike our course blogs in fact! This provides a ready made audience which is a difficult thing to come by in an area as saturated with blogs as gaming.
The community is supported by an editorial team who read all the posts and promote the best ones on the front page. The editorial team is made up of well respected journalists, so having access to this kind of feedback and criticism is invaluable. There are also monthly writing competitions which aim to improve the standard of journalism on the website.
From a design point of view it's good. It's simple to navigate, and the visual design is appropriate to the site's content. Although it is similar to other gaming websites that don't have a community aspect to them, there are enough visual clues to make this clear. As well as the strap line – 'Where Community Meets the Press' – an unobtrusive pop-up (not visible on the screenshot) containing a brief description of the website's purpose appears the first time you visit.
BBC Food
I use the BBC food website more frequently than any other. It manages to provide a huge amount of content but without obscuring the main focal point of the site, which I think is the 'quick recipe finder.' In the latest iteration however the actual search box appears just below the fold. It's not difficult to find but it would be interesting to discuss with a new user whether they are able to find it as easily as I am.
Until I sat down to write this blog post I wasn't actually aware of just how much content there is on the website. This isn't because it's difficult to find the content, but because I went to the website with a purpose and the rest of the content didn't get in the way. If I had gone to the website looking for the recipes from the latest food programmes I would have found them just as easily.
There are some nice details in the search results such as the little 'in season' icon besides recipes and the way in which the advanced search options are unobtrusive but easy to use when needed.
It's a well designed, visually appealing website with a home page that encourages browsing. The colour scheme seems suitably Autumnal at the moment which I think is deliberate, although I don't know this for sure. The website manages to negotiate the difficulties of providing a lot of content without losing sight of the expectations of its users. Again though I'd be interested to know the thoughts of anyone who is less familiar with the website on how easy it is to use.
Ars Technica mobile site
I prefer the Ars Technica mobile site to the full site. The little icons always make me smile and although it's not always clear what they represent they're interesting enough to encourage a user to click on them to find out. Given the size of the viewport they were designing for I also think they're quite ingenious.
What I like about this website is its simplicity. All the secondary content from the main site such as links to the Facebook page, job listings and even adverts, has been removed. Images have also been removed which speeds up the loading time, saves on bandwidth and ensures the screen remains uncluttered. The images are replaced with the category icons so you know at a glance what category a post is in. This is an improvement over the small tag and category information on the main site. What is left is the most important content from the site and a user interface suitable for mobile browsing.
I think this is the best designed of all the three websites in this post. They have stripped back the content and developed a user interface which perfectly suits the medium. It is very difficult to provide an elegant and usable mobile version of such a content heavy website.


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Ask a Law Question, Get an Answer ASAP!
There is a £2500.00 interest mortgage on the house. The house was brought for £500,000.00 but is only worth now about £450,000.00. My soon to be ex husband had three care homes which are hugely funded by the RBS Bank. I earn no money. As to what he earns I really have no idea. Until full disclosure is provided I will never know. But I didn't ask this question I just asked about my rights to return to the matrimonial home.
My ex husband has been paying the mortgage and will continue to do so until the house is sold. There is no children of the marriage.
He will continue paying the mortgage. The charge I put on the property means my ex husband cannot sell the property nor can he take out any further borrowings on this property.
The tenancy agreement at the matrimonial home was in my ex husband's name as is this one here. I have just received an email from the tenant's at the matrimonial home to say they will be vacating the premises at the end of the tenancy agreement which in on April 13th 2013.
The tenancy agreement on the matrimonial home is in my ex husband's name as is this one here. I have just received an email from the tenant at the matrimonial home and they will be leaving this property when the tenancy expires on 13th April 2013.
My husband is refusing to allow me back in the matrimonial home even though I have the charge against this home under the Matrimonial Homes Act taken out in October 2011. My solicitor has advised me that I can't go back there without my husband's consent, I am seriously thinking of changing my solicitor as I feel he is not working for me!! You told me that I could go back to the matrimonial home whilst financial details are sorted out, who is RIGHT?
No reasons but obviously he wants to keep me out. What next?
I'm really not sure a part from I may have to go to court to allow me back in to the property.
Yes I have a key! Please advise my next course of action asap
Not doubting you but why can't my solicitor see this!!! I am at my wits end regarding all this. You say one thing thing and my solicitor to whom I am paying a afford to is saying another!! I need help what do you advise?
Not wanting to doubt you Claire but are you sure? Why is my solicitor not saying the same thing? I am very worried, upset and have conflicting views!
My solicitor knows I have a key


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WASHINGTON (April 14, 2016) – John E. "Chip" Akridge III, Chairman of the Trust for the National Mall, announced today that Catherine Townsend has been named as the organization's new President. In this capacity, Townsend will lead the Trust in its work to fund restorations and improvements to the National Mall. Her first day at the Trust will be April 18, 2016.
Founded in 2007, the Trust for the National Mall is the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service dedicated to improving, preserving, and restoring the National Mall. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service and the Trust's 9th Annual Benefit Luncheon will honor this historic Centennial in America's most visited national park – the National Mall.
"Catherine brings dynamic leadership and an experienced hand to the Trust for the National Mall, where she will help chart the future of one of the most iconic landscapes in the world," said Chip Akridge. "Her track record of turning ideas into reality and with nonprofit organizational development will bring great value to our team and its public-private partnership work."
"It is an exciting time to join the team at the Trust for the National Mall," Townsend said. "Having lived on Capitol Hill for over 28 years, the National Mall is my family's go-to park for exploration, various activities and events, including the past six inaugurations. I am honored to lead the next chapter of the Trust and ensure that the National Mall continues as a thriving national park that all Americans and visitors from around the world appreciate and want to protect."
For more information, members of the media should contact Farrah Kim at email@example.com or (202) 568-8986.
Townsend brings three decades of experience and leadership in nonprofit partnerships and innovative resource development to her role at the Trust for the National Mall. Townsend has been recognized at the national and local level for leading creative corporate partnerships, high-level donor stewardship, and for mobilizing a wide array of supporters not just to donate funds but to deepen their commitment to causes ranging from hunger relief and prevention to public education, women's empowerment and civic development. Townsend has managed teams large and small and is known for helping nonprofits stay mission-driven while expanding their circles of support.
Prior to her time as a consultant, Townsend was President and Executive Director of the DC Public Education Fund, where she worked in partnership with the Chancellor to raise private funding for progressive initiatives to improve student performance at DC Public Schools. She also served as a Senior Advisor at Townsend Public Affairs, opening and managing their Federal office on Capitol Hill, and as the fundraising chair for the School Libraries Project, a public-private partnership to renew public school libraries. She began her career as Associate Director at Share Our Strength/No Kid Hungry, where she developed events, cause-marketing partnerships and a national network of volunteer leaders, helping to grow the organization from its inception into the global leader it has become for ending childhood hunger.
Townsend earned her B.A. from Scripps College in Claremont, California. She is a member of the 2014 Class of Leadership Greater Washington. She serves on the boards of Playworks DC and Capitol Water Polo Club and is the commissioner of Sports on the Hill's HoopGirls DC.
About the Trust for the National Mall
The Trust for the National Mall is an official partner of the National Park Service dedicated to sustainably restoring and improving the National Mall. The National Mall – the iconic grounds stretching from the U.S. Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial that hosts 33 million visits a year – is facing a backlog of more than $400 million in deferred repairs and $350 million in needed upgrades. This public-private partnership model for high-impact projects is designed to preserve and improve the grounds and structures that honor America's history, heroes and hope.


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The Emergent Role of the MOOC Instructor: A Qualitative Study of Trends Toward Improving Future Practice ARTICLE
Sarah Haavind, Pepperdine University, United States ; Cynthia Sistek-Chandler, National University, United States
International Journal on E-Learning Volume 14, Number 3, ISSN 1537-2456 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) differ from other teaching environments in both the potentially "massive" number of participants and the "open" aspect of teaching in a public forum. Early MOOC instructors have of necessity worn many hats: subject matter expert, facilitator, researcher, producer, director, and curator. These evolving and interwoven responsibilities, and questions about how the role of MOOC instructor is currently being performed, were the catalysts for this investigation. Eight MOOC instructors were interviewed for this study. Each shared perceptions of the instructional assets required for success in a MOOC. Using a case study approach and qualitative interview methodology, this study chronicles current practice with an eye toward emergent, effective practice. Whether a collaborative, connectivist cMOOC style or video-lecture-based xMOOC style, or something in between, the role of the instructor is largely pedagogical—oriented toward planning and preparing the MOOC experience. As a result, real-time, engagement from MOOC instructors during a course likely has little effect on most participants.
Haavind, S. & Sistek-Chandler, C. (2015). The Emergent Role of the MOOC Instructor: A Qualitative Study of Trends Toward Improving Future Practice. International Journal on E-Learning, 14(3), 331-350. Waynesville, NC USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 25, 2018 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/150663/.
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Andrew Bynum still hasn't played a game for the Philadelphia 76ers this season, so all we've been left to talk about is his knees, rehab, and hair. Luckily he's provided us with plenty of material on all accounts. The evolution of Bynum's hair this season has been simply amazing. First he started off with the Don King look. A month later he had transitioned into the Ike Turner/Three Stooges 'do. By December he finally got a grip on his hair by braiding it. Bynum showed up to Friday's Sixers-Kings game with his braids intact, but he switched it up by adding a more defined part down the middle, and somewhat of a pinwheel look on the sides. Bynum had injections in both his knees on Thursday and there is still no timetable for his return. But back to more important matters, we have created this Andrew Bynum hair watch link to keep you updated on everything related to his 'do. Photos via Brian Lentz, Beyond the Buzzer H/T SB Nation The post Andrew Bynum updates his hair with new braids (Picture) appeared first on Larry Brown Sports. Related posts: Andrew Bynum's newest hairstyle: braids (Pictures) Andrew Bynum's hair has taken a turn for the worst (Picture) Andrew Bynum's hair is similar to the Don King look (Pictures)
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Members of AAA, whose services are fully integrated online and include a TripTik mobile app, requested more than 14 million paper guides in 2010, spokeswoman Heather Hunter said. The number of paper maps AAA prints has declined, but she wouldn't go into detail.
Rand McNally is known for its road atlases but also offers an interactive travel website and GPS devices; it declined to comment on how many maps it's printing these days.
Carrier, now a consultant in the mapping and travel publishing industry, said the additional services from traditional mapping companies show the incredible potential in the industry.
"There's no question in the U.S. that traditional road maps are diminished," he said. "But there are other areas of the map industry that are thriving and even growing."
Charlie Regan, who runs the maps division for National Geographic, said the company has sold more paper map products in the past three years than it has ever sold since launching the division in 1915. He attributed it to customers learning to appreciate good map data — and also noted that sales of international maps have remained consistent, and that sales of recreational hiking maps are on the rise.
"It's almost like a golden age in mapping. More people than ever before in history are using maps every day," he said. "For me, that's fantastic, and it's an opportunity."
What most people agree on is that paper road maps will not go away quietly, like pay phones and phone books. Chris Turner, a collector from Jeffersonville, Ind., shook his head at the notion of paper maps becoming obsolete.
"With a GPS or other mapping system that you might use, you feel like you're beholden to the GPS lady. You know? 'Turn left here. Recalculating.' Well, with a map, you can trace your route and you can decide for yourself still where you want to go.
"And if you want to vary from the GPS lady, so be it," he said. "But you're armed with that knowledge from that map to do that."


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KnowledgeTree is a powerful Web-based document management system built on the popular LAMP (Apache/MySQL/PHP) stack. It is a leading PHP-based commercial document management software project. KnowledgeTree is used by Fortune 500 companies, community organizations, local and state governments, and educational and scientific institutions around the world.
This release mainly addresses some webservices and XSS issues as well as several smaller issues related to i18n and issues created by the XSS fixes.
URL: KnowledgeTree is Document Management Made Simple | KnowledgeTree : Document Management Made Simple - Open Source Document Management System Software (DMS) - Knowledge Tree


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Originally posted by samfashow
Besides that the situation in Haiti or maybe it is the Kerry scandle becasue that sure went away fast after he deined it, but Bush's scandle is still alive.
Originally posted by MorningtonCrescent
what is the gay marriage circus distracting us from?
Originally posted by nativeokie
I think what killed the Kerry scandal is primarily the fact that the girl denied the affair with him, it was with someone else.
I know the Clinton stories hung around but that was because one of the two actually said it happened. In this case it seems it was an invention by the Druge report (or at least a reporting of rumor as fact).
Originally posted by riffraffalunas
ahem, i believe the Kerry Issue was dropped, just like ATT> dropped Drudge.com for publishing the false Kerry Issue to begin with!
dang...ya'll sound snake-bit,
looking in every crevace, looking under every dead log,
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PLEASE NOTE--The numerical order of items on this agenda is for convenience of reference. Items may be taken out of order upon request of the Mayor or Members of the City Council/Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority.
Pursuant to the City Council Meeting Rules adopted by Resolution No. 22131, the Members of the City Council and the public are reminded that they must preserve order and decorum throughout the Meeting. In that regard, Members of the City Council and the public are advised that any delay or disruption in the proceedings or a refusal to obey the orders of the City Council or the presiding officer constitutes a violation of these rules.
1. Public Comment Period - This is the portion of the meeting specifically set aside to invite your comments regarding any closed session items - Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes and you will be asked to state your name and city of residence. Please complete and submit a speaker card to the City Clerk.
CLOSED SESSIONS - Time listed is approximate. The City Council/Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority may adjourn to the below listed Closed Sessions at their convenience during this City Council/Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority meeting.
2. Redevelopment Agency - Pursuant to Government Code
§54956.9(b)(3)(c) to confer with and/or receive advice from
legal counsel concerning Riverside County Office of Education v.
Riverside Redevelopment Agency, Claim No.: 11-08-03 and
Riverside Community College District v. Riverside Redevelopment
Agency, Claim No.: 11-08-04
8. Mayor Loveridge to call upon Mark of a
Champion Coach Reggie Wyatt to introduce local Junior Olympics
Track & Field competitors
PLEASE NOTE--Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes.
Third Amendment to Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful Agreement
with Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce for $189,672 from
Public Works Department Budget for litter prevention, graffiti,
waste reduction, beautification, and community services through
June 30, 2012 (All Wards)
14. Reports on conferences, seminars, and regional meetings attended by Mayor and City Council
15. City Attorney report on Closed Session
Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar.
16. Acceptance of Federal Aviation Administration grant of
$250,695 - Grant application to State of California Department
of Transportation for National Environmental Policy Act portion
of Environmental Assessment of Riverside Airport - Supplemental
appropriation - 6951 Flight Road (Ward 3)
17. Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California,
amending Chapter 6.15 and Chapter 10.52 of the Riverside
Municipal Code regarding storage or parking of vehicles on
unpaved property (All Wards)
Substitute Councilmember Melendrez for Councilmember Davis for
Utility Services/Land Use/Energy Development Committee
discussion of utility meter reading and billing (All Wards)
21. Development Committee recommends Leasing Program for
City-owned property - 10530, 10540, and 10560 Magnolia Avenue
(Ward 6)
a. Governmental Affairs Committee at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, September 7, 2011, Mayor's Ceremonial Room
b. Transportation Committee at 1 p.m. on Thursday, September 8, 2011, Seventh Floor Conference Room
City Manager
23. Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside
determining that the public convenience and necessity require
that the rates and method of apportionment of special tax for
Improvement Area No. 1 of Community Facilities District No.
2006-1 (Riverwalk Vista) be revised to reduce the rates of
special tax to be levied on property therein - Waive further
reading (Ward 5)
24. Case P10-0377 - Gerard Hill of Corporate Realty Advisors -
Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California,
amending the Zoning Map of the City of Riverside pursuant to
Chapter 19.090 of the Riverside Municipal Code by rezoning land
from Zone BMP to Zone CR-AP on 4.04 vacant acres - 6458 Van
Buren Boulevard (Ward 7)
26. Seizing Our Destiny - Amend 2011-12 Housing and Urban
Development Annual Action Plan and Memorandum of Understanding
with Parks, Recreation, and Community Services to allocate
$1,050,000 of Community Development Block Grant funding from
Un-Programmed Funds for Dales Senior Center Rehabilitation
Project - Funds transfer - Supplemental appropriation - 3936
Chestnut Street (Ward 1)
29. Department of Homeland Security 2011 Assistance to
Firefighters Grant applications for Vehicle and Operations and
Safety Programs for eighty percent of total cost of $564,391 for
Type III fire engine, Capnography Waveform Monitoring Devices,
emergency backup generator, and Blue Card Command certification
training (All Wards)
30. Purchase Order with Clear Channel Satellite for $170,965
from General Services Public, Educational, and Government funds
for satellite equipment for live broadcast capability (All
31. Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California,
amending Chapter 2.36 of the Riverside Municipal Code, regarding
classified service in City Clerk's Office - Waive further
reading (Intro. on 8 23-11, All Wards)
33. Mayor Loveridge recommends Riverside Go Transit Program
funding of $75,000 annually from AB 2766 Air Quality Improvement
Fund (All Wards)
36. Bid 6975 - Reject all bids for Tequesquite Park Improvements
Project (Ward 1)
39. Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California
amending Section 10.76.010 of the Riverside Municipal Code
designating the prima facie speed limits for streets and
portions thereof in accordance with the provisions of Sections
10.20.020 and 10.20.030 - Sycamore Canyon Boulevard, Lochmoor
Drive, Jurupa Avenue, Olivewood Avenue, and Stewart Street -
Waive further reading (Intro. on 8 23 11, Wards 1, 2, 3, and 5)
40. Legislative reports
a. League of California Cities - City Advocate Weekly dated
August 26, 2011
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Here are some of the answers that teachers gave to this question: "What was one thing you wished you'd known when you started teaching?"
The query was posed on the "Whole Child Blog" of ASCD, an educational leadership organization with more than 170,000 educator members in 136 countries.
Some of the responses are below, and you can see more here. The answers -- which are republished below as they appeared on the website -- hit on what ASCD believes are crucial elements in effective teaching and learning.
tegan zimmerman henry
i wish i'd known that the classroom community runs the smoothest when kids are allowed to speak freely, choose their learning topics and enjoy their learning environment to the fullest.
Laurie K
to never plan in-depth for the whole week. There are too many pull-outs, assemblies, snow days and lessons that just take much longer than you expected to complete – which throws off your whole planning schedule!
Jodi Johnson
I wish I had known more about school boards, administration and the down side of being a public employee. It is very dis-heartening to see teachers bashed in the community for simply doing what we love to do. I also wished I would have know more about Responsive Classroom, I think if I could have incorporated morning meeting into my first year, it would have been a much better school year :)
Rachel Stevens
I wish I had known the importance of teaching children how to care for and respect each other and their classroom. I knew it was important, but never learned how to do it as a new teacher.
John Tarpey
Teaching is 10% instruction and 90% "caregiver." Students need to know you care about them all day, every day!
I wish I'd known how important it is to connect with each and every child, no matter how annoying they seem. Always look for the good in every child. They need to know someone cares.
Evangeline Burgers
I wish I had known that it is okay to leave some things unfinished for the next day.
Talking to students in an age appropriate but honest and real way makes them feel respected and valued. We have some great conversations in my third grade class!
I wish I'd known not to engage with students arguing with me. State my expectation succinctly and not get into a conversation.
Sue Eisenberg
I wish I had known that the best way to establish rules was through modeling.
Janet Gannon
I wish I'd known that going to school is like going to work — students want to have a good day, have their "boss" like them and encourage them, feel productive, and have a little time "at the water cooler" to be with other students.
I wish I'd known to relish the fun times more{hellip}not be so serious about "learning" only. I try to have fun more now! I'm more relaxed and I think kids learn better when their teacher isn't totally stressed.
I wish I had known the power of well-timed, well-directed, meaningful praise.
Alison Seefeldt
I wish I'd known more strategies for building classroom community during my first year of teaching.
I wish I had known so many things ... that tomorrow is another day, that I am allowed to be human, that a relationship goes a long way, and how much is misunderstood about what we do.
Cindy Kruse
I wish I had known and understood the need that we all have for belonging, significance, and fun! I wish I had followed my heart more and worried about testing less. I wish that I had known how important it is for teachers and students to take the time to stop and reflect on their teaching and learning.
Tonia Allen
I wish I would have known that I was going to care so much about other kids, other than my own, and that I would be taking each one of them home with me daily, on the weekends, during breaks and summer vacations.
I wished I'd known that at times your heart will break. :(
That taking the time to get to know the child and having a conversation with him/her is more important to the child's growth than the guided reading lesson that is on the lesson plans.
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Is http://www.w3.org/2009/sparql/docs/tests/data-sparql11/functions/manifest#strdtstrlang01 supposed to be http://www.w3.org/2009/sparql/docs/tests/data-sparql11/functions/manifest#strdt01 Andy On 26/09/11 17:51, Gregory Williams wrote: > As part of ACTION-527, I've put the initial implementation report html in CVS at: > > http://www.w3.org/2009/sparql/implementations/ > > The code is available here: > > https://github.com/kasei/SPARQL-1.1-Implementation-Report > > The code relies on my perlrdf toolchain, but should work anywhere that's got the dependencies installed from CPAN. If anyone has pointers to EARL reports for implementations that aren't represented yet (currently only RDF::Query and rasqal), let me know and I'll add them to the list of sources. > > thanks, > .greg > >Received on Monday, 26 September 2011 20:28:39 UTC
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Psalm of Salvation
- Artist: Parrish
- Format: CD
- Release Date: 5/20/2008
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Called by the Lord to deliver "Life Changing Music" and blessed with what some call a "church voice" Parrish Watson views his music as ministry, an instrument used for God's glory. Known for his spontaneous moments of worship, prophetic singing, and the unique ability to blend traditional gospel, smooth ballads, and R&B, Parrish is creating and delivering music with a message that transcends cultural, generational, and denominational lines. Parrish was born and raised in Chicago Illinois into a family of musicians and singers. As a young child, he eagerly participated in what was to quickly become a Sunday family tradition- a singing showcase at Big Mama's house. During his senior year Parrish was approached by four guys looking for the right sound to complete their group. Parrish joined the group and began his journey as the fifth member and lead vocalist of "Perfect Timing: Brothers in Harmony." Parrish and Perfect Timing's debut performance was at Kankakee's Black History Program in front of a crowd of twelve hundred people. What followed was a dream come true for the quintets. Through word-of-mouth and sheer determination, the group went on booking shows and performing in the Midwest and developed quite a following. By the summer, the group had recorded and released their first tape, "PT: The Plot Thickens," had a writer, Darrell Hines and a new manager, Patricia Polk- an international talent pageant coordinator. By the end of the year, the group had signed with Al Roc Productions. Under the guidance and watchful eye of Polk, Parrish and the group were groomed and given a clean- cut look to give them cross over appeal which would add to their fan base. Parrish was also given the opportunity to hook-up with different producers in the industry and write the group's material. Touring the country and enduring countless hours of vocal training not only gave Parrish experience that he was hungry for but also solidified his musical ambitions. Parrish and the group would go on to perform in front of thousands and at major venues throughout the country including: Showtime at the Apollo, the Easter Seals Telethon, and Chicago's music festivals and to share the stage with such musical talents as Teddy Riley's Blackstreet and Hi-Five. Commenting on these significant milestones, Parrish says, "... true music ministry isn't simply writing songs, but about walking with God and experiencing Him, and allowing him to birth ministry through those experiences." Today's generation of Gospel artists are on the very cutting- edge of their industry and Parrish Watson is no exception. He is simply grateful that God is taking him to another level artistically and spiritually and allowing him to be an instrument of praise and true worship.
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Re: Matilda DERSTINE m. John BECHTEL PA>VA =Alice, Will, Frank, John, Tillie m. 1895
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Matilda DERSTINE m. John BECHTEL PA>VA =Alice, Will, Frank, John, Tillie m. 1895
Jan Rose 5/16/07
Hi Janice,
I was chasing down a Durstine/Durstine line for a cousin of mine and came upon your Matilda. The IGI, or International Genealogical Index, has Matilda Derstine b. 17 Feb 1842, Rockhill, Bucks, PA. death date is 2 Aug 1924. Marriage date is 7 Jan 1865 to John M. Bechtel, Sellersville, Bucks, PA. Parents of Matilda listed as Michael Derstine and Elizabeth Herr. There was another marriage record for a Matilda E. Durston, 22 may 1876, Mercer, Ill., to a Calvin W. Postlewaite.
There is a big passel of Durstines in Alverton, Westmoreland County, PA. This was a Mennonite group and many are buried in the Alverton Mennonite Cemetery, which has an index online. (just google Alverton Mennonite Cemetery)Hope this helps! Shelley


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April 23, 2013
Human Spaceflight: Elevated Risk Of Neurological Degeneration As A Result Of Microgravity
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online
A small device in the payload of the space shuttle Atlantis that housed a set of biological samples was the target of a team of eager US Army researchers when the shuttle touched down at Cape Canaveral in the summer of 2011. The mission was the end of the shuttle program, but the beginning of two years of study on those samples. The team presented their results at the Experimental Biology 2013 conference this past week in Boston, shedding light on how the human immune system responds to stress and assaults while in space — and perhaps here on Earth as well."Weakening of the immune system associated with spaceflight is an area that needs a thorough investigation," said Marti Jett, director of the Integrative Systems Biology Program at the U.S. Army Medical Command. "Astronauts subjected to microgravity have shown a significant immune weakening. Furthermore, microgravity has been shown to enhance bacterial virulence while depressing the immune response."
Atlantis' four-person crew completed many tasks on that last mission, among them were experiments on human cells using a common component of an Earth-dwelling microorganism that plays a role in septic shock. The Army team, led by Rasha Hammamieh, designed, remotely oversaw and replicated the experiments on Earth under normal gravity conditions. Hammamieh is the deputy director of the Integrative Systems Biology Program, which is based at the U.S. Army Center for Environmental Health Research at Fort Detrick in Maryland.
"There's an increased risk of infection due to altered bacterial growth in microgravity. Wounds heal poorly in microgravity. So the question investigated was 'In what way does the host response to pathogen differ in microgravity versus on Earth?'" Hammamieh explained. The initial goal of the research team was to investigate the molecular cascade of events that occur in human endothelial cells in response to exposure to the endotoxin lipopolysaccharide, or LPS, from the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria.
The cells were not touched by the LPS for the first six days of the mission, but even during that time they showed genomic responses typical of immune dysfunction to the zero-gravity conditions. "And so, when we added the agonist, they didn't respond very well," Jett said. The cells were so occupied by the gravity situation that they barely put up a fight against the bacteria. The cells' poor response "suddenly reminded us of something we'd seen previously," Jett said.
A previous study by the team concerned Army Rangers. The researchers took blood samples from the special forces participants at the beginning, middle and end of their intensive training program. Those samples were exposed to pathogens to see if battlefield conditions affected immune responses. The results of that study were published last year in the journal Genes & Immunology.
"We found that they weren't responding normally at all. We saw what maybe one could guess in retrospect that you would see, which was that the immune system was involved in the stress of being a Ranger, and when we added these pathogens — the virus, bacteria and toxin — in separate experiments, they didn't respond to them. And we saw something very similar to that in space. The cells were probably preoccupied with the response to microgravity, and, therefore, when exposed to LPS, yes, there was a response, but it certainly wasn't comparable to what we were seeing on the ground."
In the samples aboard Atlantis, there was a diminished capacity of the cells to activate the normal immune response in terms of pathogen processing, according to the researchers. Angeogenesis and vaculogenesis were altered by reduced gravity, as well as promoting genes involved in rheumatoid arthritis, tumor growth and wound repair. The team says that this suggests an elevated risk of neurological degeneration and other problems as a result of microgravity.
The results of both the spaceflight study and Rangers study have drawn the interest of those studying immune response in people exposed to other high-stress conditions, such as Wall Street executives and CEOs, according to Jett. "The core motivation was to try to understand why there is not a good immune response in terms of healing and preventing illness in space — why healing is compromised — and it just ends up coming back to maybe broader strokes to what we see on Earth as well," Jett said.
Out of all the possible pathogens, the team chose LPS for the space experiments because it is the most common endotoxin and because it impairs the wound-healing process. Left untreated, gram-negative bacteria infection can cause septic shock, also known as sepsis.
"Every year, severe sepsis strikes about 750,000 Americans. It's been estimated that between 28 and 50 percent of these people die - far more than the number of U.S. deaths from prostate cancer, breast cancer and AIDS combined," Hammamieh said.
Approximately $17 billion is spent annually to treat the rising number of sepsis cases in the US. LPS-induced endotoxemia is the most common form of infection after burns, and it's the leading cause of postsurgical deaths.
"Our research seeks diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic markers of LPS infection in the healthy cells and the cells immunocompromised by microgravity. Our high-dimensional, -omics approach results in deluge of data," explained Hammamieh. This flood of data promises to hold the key to therapy for this complex disease.
Reduced gravity enhances bacterial activity, making it possible that "the host responses in microgravity may adapt novel healing mechanisms, or the assaults may find unconventional pathways to trigger the damage. The understanding of these paradigms can potentially enlighten the ground-based LPS therapy."
The team had only six months to prepare for the launch after securing the project's financing in early 2011. However, they work as a well oiled machine — having conducted systems biology work since the late 1990s. According to Jett, the team already had a workable plan in mind. The challenge was adapting it to work in space.
"One of the complexities was to be prepared to repeat the entire setup in case the launch did not occur on the designated day. Because our cell cultures required three days to prepare for launch, we had to have cultures ready for the backup dates even while preparing as the shuttle was on the launch pad," she said. "Our technical staff got just two hours of sleep the night before the launch, since they had to prepare for the next two launch dates in case of delay. It was exhausting, exciting and an unbelievable experience."
The logistics of landing were nearly as challenging as the launch. A shuttle landing site is never a "sure thing" because of weather, so one team member was dispatched to Florida and one to California.
"We had one person in the air going to Cape Canaveral. Dr. Hammamieh was in the airport ready to step on the plane to go to L.A. and asked, 'If I hear it's landing at Cape Canaveral, can I step off?' And then, just before she stepped through the door of the plane and they were going to close it, she got the message 'It's landing at Cape Canaveral!' and she got off. It was a crazy time. It was really fun."


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The most frustrating part of writing and posting market commentary is that people don't remember what they read. We make all past posts available on an archive and a search feature makes it easy to access.
The markets have been on an absolute roller coaster for the past 30 days. Readers clicked on our August 4, 2011 post before the market began to crash but failed to absorb the message. We don't fault you for that but would like to use it to illustrate why capital losses ensnare most investors.
Many times we receive comment from readers with a statement like, "Boy you sure were right about that so tell me what is going to happen next?" This is a trick question. What the reader is saying is that we were too far out of the herd to be taken seriously when they first read our observations. That is not a problem and will often be the case. Then, the course they chose turned out to be fairly painful. Now they use the facts of the past to evaluate who was right and then they seek to go with that person's recommendation for the future.
The reason why this is a trick is simple. In life, you can never ever transfer the responsibility for decision making to another entity. Sure, it is possible to hire a manager for your business concern or have a lawyer handle a problem but generally speaking you are responsible all of the time. When the reader poses that question they are first trying to transfer decision making responsibility to us and more perilously they are using linear thought to do it.
We have written at length about the extreme peril associated with linear thought. The future is only a cousin of the past and attempting to find success by doing what worked yesterday is a mistake that every successful investor has made. Paradoxically, what worked best in the previous cycle is likely not to work at all in the next one!
The mission of this site is to help investors develop the ability to think for themselves. If capital gains are desired there must be an understanding of how economic forces shift and create new price disparities in the coming cycles. The first step is to understand that all humans, animals, organizations and mass groups respond to incentive. While the incentives for each group are different the response is the same. The action we are observing is a shift in behavior or a change in direction. If you tax something more, people do less of it. Everyone has a cheap uncle who drives across town to buy cheaper gas. Try to observe without judgement the behavior of people around you.
Believe it or not these simple observations can be useful when studying and predicting what may come next in our economic reality. If tomorrow will be another today we want to study the behaviors that are already determining what that moment will be like. We have established the fact that once all political grandstanding has been tuned out the US is technically insolvent and spending $1.50 for every $1.00 it brings into the treasury. We know from our in-depth study of the psychology of power and how humans acquire and hoard it that the politicians will only stop spending when the money is no longer available. We also know that the money is being created by endless debt issuance at record low rates. This behavior is stretching the system and will result in a shocking snap back towards the mean. Considering the currency in question is the one in our wallet we have chosen to exchange that for a safer currency, gold.
At this point if you are still questioning what gold is please stop reading this and click here to understand the basics of currency. We are pleased with our decision to seek a safe haven currency during this period of asset deflation married with monetary inflation. There is no questioning this decision and the bull move has only begun. What does however shock us is the massive price disparity between the metals and the companies mining them.
As you can see from this chart, the metal has continued to outpace the producing companies by a factor of 3. The green line is a gold tracking stock that we suggest you never own, and the blue line is the HUI an acceptable gold mining stock index.
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As these precious metal miners begin to report earnings the market will be shocked that they are beating all estimates. No one on Wall Street seems to comprehend that they are selling gold at prices 55% higher than last year. What will baffle the NY boys even more is how silver miners can be so profitable. There seems to be no understanding that they were selling silver for $17/oz last year and now the same production level would yield an extra $23/oz considering a $40/oz spot price.
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perlquestion dreadpiratepeter
I could use some help here as I am a bear of little brain. I am writing some rpg stuff and I am working on a method that generates random items a la Diablo. Things like a "Flaming silver +3 longsword of Slay Undead".

The items are of a form:
<prefix1>? <prefix2>{0,3) <plus> <weapon_type> <suffix>?

For purposes of discussion assume my list of each type of component looks like:  @prefix1 = ( [flaming => 2], [frost => 2], [acid => 4], ... );  where the second parameter is a weight. The weapon type is just a simple unweighted choice and for argument the plus runs from 0-5 with the value also being the weight.

So, for example:
 +2 mace = weight 2 Flaming longsword = weight 2 Acid +3 dagger = weight 7

Here is the challenging part, that I haven't solved. Given a weight range, generate an item within that range.

 Note that you can add only 1 prefix and 1 suffix to an item, but you can add up to 3 prefix2.

I had a few thoughts as to an algorithm, but they all have problems:

I could just randomly generate items till I got one in the range. Obviously, this is flawed because it could take a very long time
 Randomly choose a thing to add to the item (that is still available), keep a running weight and stop when I hit the right range or run out of available slots. I think this would bias the items toward high pluses and large numbers of prefix2 parts, because a low weight for prefix and suffix would leave a lot of weight left to fill with prefix2 items. Also it would seriously lower the chance of getting items the don't have all of the component types.
Some sort of heuristic that would set an appropriate lower limit on weight to prevent the above bias from occuring. This would be good because higher weight items should not have a lot of lower weight compoents.

I hope it is clear what I am trying to do. I am not looking for code, just some ideas for an elegant solution.

-pete
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Smart Cards and Biometrics: Your Key to PKI
For centuries, security was synonymous with secrecy. The shared secret—conducting business between two parties who each knew the code—was a worldwide approach. Even in this age of electronics and supercomputers, passwords and PINs are shared between you and the computer or ATM machine to which you want access. But secret passwords require a great deal of trust between parties sharing the secret. Can you always trust the administrator or other users of the machine you are accessing? Most computer break-ins today are due to compromise by system users or by a hacker who uses a legitimate account (possibly yours) to gain access to general security—sometimes even gaining superuser access. This traditional paradigm of shared-secret computer security could soon be a thing of the past with smart-card-based cryptographic credentials and biometric authentication for access control.
Some individuals and companies are replacing shared secret security (also called symmetric security) with the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) approach. PKI uses a standardized set of transactions using asymmetric public key cryptography, a more secure and potentially much more functional mechanism for access to digital resources. The same system could also be used for securing physical access to controlled environments, such as your home or office.
In a PKI world, everyone would be issued at least one cryptographic key pair. Each key pair would consist of a secret (private) cryptographic key and a public cryptographic key. These keys are typically a 1024-bit or 2048-bit string of binary digits with a unique property: when one is used with an encoding algorithm to encrypt data, the other can be used with the same algorithm to decrypt the data. The encoding key cannot be used for decoding. Public keys are certified by a responsible party such as a notary public, passport office, government agency or trusted third party. The public key is widely distributed, often through a directory or database that can be searched by the public. But the private key remains a tightly guarded secret by the owner. Between sender and receiver, secure messaging (or other secure transaction) would work as described below.
For the sender (Figure 1), the following steps occur:
Message data is hashed; that is, a variable-length input string is converted to a fixed-length output string. Hash functions are mainly used with public key algorithms to create digital signatures.
A symmetric key is created and used to encrypt the entire message. DES and IDEA are examples of symmetric key cryptography.
The symmetric key is encrypted with the receiver's asymmetric public key.
The message hash is encrypted with the sender's asymmetric private key, creating a digital signature independent of the encrypted message.
The encrypted message, encrypted symmetric key and signed message hash are sent to the receiver.
For the receiver (Figure 2), these steps occur:
The encrypted symmetric key is decrypted using the receiver's asymmetric private key.
The symmetric key is then used to decrypt the message body.
The encrypted hash is decrypted with the sender's asymmetric public key.
The decrypted message is then rehashed with the original hashing algorithm.
The two hashes are compared to verify the sender's identity and serves as proof that the message was not altered in transit.
Several technical issues must be solved before this scenario can be realized:
Secure key storage
Secure authentication to the key store
Directory services (central public key database)
Key escrow or other emergency recovery method for encrypted data
Cross-platform standards (Microsoft PC/SC, Netscape SMIME, Intel CDSA, IBM OSF, etc.)
International export and usage regulations for strong cryptography
If these issues seem daunting, remember how impossible a common network strategy once seemed. Today, the Internet is everywhere and connected to almost every type of computer. Let's consider the PKI issues one by one.
Smart cards and Biometrics based Public Distribution Systems
Hey can anyone suggest what wil b d modules in a Smart cards and Biometrics based Public Distribution Systems(PDS).
dude how the hell do i get
dude how the hell do i get the dam source code for this project...?
Heh, I always thought
Heh, I always thought biometrics couldn't be used as keying material, I thought the devices using it would be like, "oh your fingerprint matches! here you go have this plaintext from my hdd!". Good to know that's not true.
Re: Smart Cards and Biometrics: Your Key to PKI
Have you guys looked at key generation from Biometrics. That will solve the problem of key management. We can look at applications like e-voting which is currently a hot topic


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Anyway I got bored at 1 am.. and so I made an RTS... Anyway, I'm not a RTS expert and I don't even play that many. I've played Dune, Dune 2000, Starcraft, and Starcraft Brood War Expansion.. but thats it. But there're many RTS' out there that're way different than those. So I was wondering... just what kind of things should be in the RTS? Should it be futuristic like dune or starcraft? or be back in the past like Age of empires or civilization (I think those're some RTS')? What kind of resources do you want gathered? Like just have random places rich in minerals or whatever kind of farming I put in? Or have something else?
Anyway, ideas'd be nice? ^^'. Info on what I've done so far...(not much but hey its only been a little while)
-Building only on rocks (just using rocks for now lol)
-Buildings don't overlap (2 x 2 building doesnt go over building next to it, I blocked it which is how it should be lol)
-Build Base (For building buildings)
-Build Windmill (For Power)
-Build Baracks (For Infantry Units/Takes Power)
-Train Infantry Soldier (Just 1)
-Control Units (Click to select/deselect units and click areas you want them to go. It will be click and attack ENEMY units later on but I didn't add attacking yet just movement)
-And last and probably least... repairing buildings lol
I think that's it ^_^. SooOOooO yeah..
Oct 29 2006, 1:04 am
-Building only on rocks (just using rocks for now lol)
Should be not building on rocks. D:
<-> Oct 29 2006, 5:23 am (Edited on Oct 29 2006, 6:56 am)
In response to DivineO'peanut
lol I don't mean rocks like THAT.. I mean rocks like hard ground, not dirt.
Like on Dune, you can't build on sand, you build on something that looks like rocks/gravel-ish stuff


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The Jaguars' veteran defensive end was bothered by a groin issue early in 2013 organized team activities and went to Philadelphia Tuesday for a second opinion. He had surgery while there, Jaguars Head Coach Gus Bradley said after Tuesday's practice at the Florida Blue Health and Wellness Practice Fields.
Bradley said Babin will miss the rest of OTAs and next week's June 11-13 minicamp, but should be ready for training camp when it begins in late July.
"I guess it went really well," Bradley said of the surgery.
Babin, a two-time Pro Bowl selection, had a sack and a half after being claimed off waivers from Philadelphia with five games remaining last season. He likely will start next season at the team's new Leo position, a hybrid defensive end/outside linebacker role in Bradley's defensive scheme.
Second-year veteran
"I'm just taking this opportunity to get better," Branch said.
Bradley said Jaguars Head Athletic Trainer Mike Ryan reported that Babin's surgery went well.
"It went really good, it went really clean and they ended up taking care of it," Bradley said. "I guess it's kind of been aggravated a little bit where he's felt it so he just went up to get a second opinion on it."
"We talked to them in meetings today about handing a situation where you had some time off. The challenge was to execute right from where we left off. We really challenged them. We wanted to really test them. We had goal-line and some four-minute situations we had to accomplish. I think you saw a high-tempo practice. That's what we wanted to challenge them with."
--- Head Coach Gus Bradley
"I learn each and every day from (defensive line) coach (Todd) Wash, and I go against (left tackle) Eugene (Monroe) every day. He's a dominant left tackle, and me and him are working with each other. We do a lot of things with the Leo. We drop, rush, play the run, do everything .We cover the tight end. We cover the wide receiver. We'll be all over the place. I love that."
--- Defensive end Andre Branch
The Jaguars will hold the eighth of 10 organized team activities practices at the Florida Blue Health and Wellness Practice Fields Wednesday at 11:25 p.m. OTA practices are closed to the public.
*Wide receiver Justin Blackmon returned to practice after missing the second week of OTAs with a groin injury, and wide receiver Ace Sanders also practiced. Sanders had missed the early part of OTAs before returning late in Week Two. De'Leon Eskridge also returned after missing the first two weeks of OTAs attending school.
*Defensive tackle
*Bradley said he was pleased with the Jaguars' offense in the first OTA work after 10 days off. "I thought they did a nice job," he said. "We had some different situations. We don't look too far ahead but we do have seven practices in the next couple of weeks that are taking place and we really want to make great strides in them. We've had a chance to go through a couple of installs and now we need to see it starting to come together and more confidence within the system. I thought it was a good start today."


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Hackers post Paris Hilton's mobile address book online
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The entire contents of Paris Hilton's mobile phone address book have appeared on the internet, angering showbiz pals who are being deluged with calls.
Hackers posted a copy of the hotel heiress's mobile address book on a website, listing the numbers and email addresses of about 500 acquaintances including Eminem and Christina Aguilera.
It is not known how the information was obtained, but Hilton's was reportedly one of many celebrity phones compromised in an attack on T-Mobile's network that accessed numbers from about 400 of the company's customers.
Last week Nicholas Jacobsen, 22, a California-based hacker, pleaded guilty to one charge of accessing a protected computer and causing reckless damage.
He is scheduled to be sentenced in May and faces a maximum possible sentence of five years in prison.
The Hilton phonebook was posted on a website yesterday but is no longer accessible.
It was in the public domain long enough to cause significant frustration for many of her associates.
Eminem's phone number has reportedly since been changed. The voice mailbox of Fred Durst, front man of Limp Bizkit, was full and tennis star Anna Kournikova's number was said to be constantly engaged.
Victoria Gotti, reality television star and daughter of crime boss John Gotti, said she received 100 calls in two hours as word of the hacked address book spread.
"I didn't want to take the phones off the hook because my oldest son was out on a date," she told the New York Daily News.
"This went on all night. Finally, at 5.30am, I took them off the hook. This morning, I put them back on and they started ringing immediately. It's driving me insane."
Hilton is no stranger to the internet. Her home sex video, dubbed One Night in Paris, was reportedly sold for $US3.7 million ($A4.69 million) and widely distributed online.
"Her information is on the internet," T-Mobile spokesman Bryan Zidar told CNN. "We don't know if it was hacked or if someone got a hold of her password."
The hotel heiress used Sidekick II, which stores information on a server, including some of her phone numbers, Zidar said.
He said hackers could have onbtained the information from T-Mobile's server, and the company was investigating.


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Ed. Dr. Sap is back with his decals for week 6. This week I added the Editor's pick, the Fan and the uniform entry. Here are the picks from Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4 & Week 5.
Context: Back when Bo was coaching the Michigan Football team, he awarded decals for individual as well as TEAM accomplishments. He also selected Champions each week.
Not only were the obvious categories (offense, defense, special teams) selected, but Bo also made it a point to recognize the not so obvious ones – Scout Team Champions and Team Hustlers – each week.
Here are the picks this week:
DENARD ROBINSON – I don't know what else can be said about #16? Just when you think he is down, done, or hurt, Denard comes back stronger than ever! Maybe it's the added weight/muscle? Maybe it's the coaching staff calling plays to protect his body more? All I know is that when he came back into the game against the Illini, you could see/feel him take the team on his shoulders and WILL them to victory. That's a sign of TRUE leader, and dare I say, true CHAMPION?
KENNY DEMENS – The linebacker may have played his best game as a Wolverine with a key 4th down stop early in the contest and a nice interception in the second half. Nice to see that when he got to the bench, he got a hug by the head coach, and not a stuffed Wolverine shoved in his face! By the way, is he still holding on to that intercepted football?
BRENDAN GIBBONS – It's not every day that your kicker gives you 9 points in a game, but it's more than that – Gibbons is a totally different kicker. There is a calmness and confidence that just wasn't there a few years ago – NICE!
JAKE RYAN – For those of you not familiar with the (classic) rock band Steppenwolf, check out their signature song, Born To Be Wild. I think it should be #47's anthem. Not only does he look Born To Be Wild, he plays Born To Be Wild! I called Ryan "manster" last week, this week he had his "motor running" all game. This dude is all over the place on defense!
|PAT OMAMEH – The guy has such a big heart and I've witnessed him visiting the sick children up at Mott on Thursday nights. He shtick is not only hilarious, the kids absolutely love it. He clearly doesn't do this to be recognized but last week he was officially named one of the 11 FBS players on the AllState AFCA Good Works Team for his charitable work. Props to Pat – thank him if you see him. Want to support the group that does the Thursday visits? Buy a shirt.
VIN SMITH & PINK TOUGHNESS – Vincent Smith showing how you rock the pink like a badass:
How you can you not give it to these guys? Damn I want one of those sweaters. (And BTW they had me well before they formed the human victory cigar):
Runner up – the couple blasting the vuvuzelas. How did they get those past security? (Don't let your imagination wander on that):


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Like with most do with clothes, I have a tech wish list. There are so many fantastic and fabulous gadgets out there at the moment that I have a running list of all of the techy bits and bobs I long to call mine.
There are a lot of seriously cool mobile phone out at the moment, but the one I have my eye on the most is the new Samsung Galaxy S2, in white!
Lightweight but sturdy, the Galaxy S2 has a swish 4.27 inch touchscreen, and runs on the latest version of Android for mobiles. I love downloading apps and games, and if this phone were mine I would immediately download apps like Tweetdeck and picplz so I could take photos of whatever I was doing and share it immediately with my followers. (Even though most of the photos I'd tweet would probably be of whatever food I was eating. Exciting stuff!)
The Galaxy S2 uses 18% less energy than the previous Galaxy phone, making it one of longest lasting smartphones available – plus, it has an 8 megapixel camera, so I can take photos with a high enough quality to post on my blog. Even better, the camera has an LED flash, so I can take photos even in low lighting conditions.
This phone is lightweight, long-lasting, gorgeous and packed full of power, what's not to like?
Love Cate x
Thanks! this is very informative. 🙂


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Big Six energy firms urged to lower customer bills further after cuts to green levies save them more than expected
- Families could save another £23 from bills
- Officials also announce energy saving grants for households to become less generous
The Big Six energy firms should make customers' bills cheaper after raking in more money than expected from a deal to cut green levies, according to the Government.
The bumper payout for the energy companies means that consumers could be owed reductions of up to £23 a year on their energy bills, according to reports, along with a £50 cut agreed at the end of last year.
But the Big Six suppliers appear reluctant to pass on these savings.
Owed: Consumers could be owed reductions of up to £23 a year on their energy bills, along with a £50 cut agreed at the end of last year
Last December energy suppliers agreed to cut prices by £50 in a raft of changes which resulted in a cut in company costs.
Under the deal, Prime Minister David Cameron approved an overhaul in the Energy Company Obligation home insulation scheme.
The changes reduced the number of homes that companies had to insulate, reducing company costs by £35 per household per year.
All of the big six firms — British Gas, EDF Energy, Eon, Npower, Scottish and Southern Energy and Scottish Power have benefited from these measures.
They also benefited after they shed the Warm Home Discount — which gave vulnerable customers a £135 reduction on their electricity bill.
The Government now admits that energy firms are 'likely to be in a position to make greater savings than they had originally projected in December'.
Today, they face repeated calls to slash customers' bills and publicly set out how they will ensure that consumers benefit in a concrete way.
Yet consumers continue to be squeezed.
Meanwhile, the Department of Energy and Climate Change announced that one of its free energy saving measures scheme – the Green Deal - will become slightly less generous from Friday.
- The first step is to have a valid
Green Deal assessment or an Energy Performance Certificate which must
have been carried out in the 2 years prior to application.
- Find a Green Deal Installer or Provider registered with the scheme. A list is available on the Oversight and Registration Body website (ORB).
- Customers must apply for their GDHIF voucher before work commences – via the Green Deal website www.gov.uk/greendeal.
- The energy saving improvements must be installed within six months of the voucher being issued.
The cash offered under the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund scheme is to be reduced by a third.
Officials have given a deadline of this Friday for applications to receive the current higher-level of return.
The scheme has seen more than £43million worth of vouchers issued in the first six weeks, and well over £50million were applied for. The pot for this years is £120million.
DECC warned that the offer will not 'be around forever.'
Climate Change Under-Secretary of
State for Energy & Climate Change, Amber Rudd, said: 'Green Deal
Home Improvement Fund vouchers have been flying out of the door.
'We're delighted that so many families are already making the most of this very generous offer.
'Changes announced today ensure even more households can benefit from warmer homes using less energy. There's up to £120 million in the pot this year, but it won't be around forever so act now.'
From Friday, new applicants can receive up to £4000 for installing Solid Wall Insulation, reduced from up to £6000, up to £1000 for installing two measures from an approved list and up to £100 refunded for their Green Deal Assessment (see box).
The Big Six energy suppliers face a
Competitions and Markets Authority probe to see if there are problems
with competition in the UK energy market, with the results expected next
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I had this dream recently and was wondering if anyone can help me to understand what it means. I've only just begun studying magic and I'm not that experienced in dream interpretation. Can anyone help?
I was in a large area with many people, some of which I knew. There was an area where only some people (?) were. They knew how to practice magic and at a certain age, each picked out these large lockets with gold and a different color stone. Each was about the size of your palm. When one of them found a locket that they thought was meant for them, they used their magic to open it. Inside would be a necklace that would specify which element was their element. Only those who could practice magic could open them. I came over once and was curious about these lockets. They kept telling me that I could not open them because I couldnt practice magic. I dont remember if I closed my eyes or not, but I had one in my hands. It was a beautiful shade of blue, my favorite color, and not too light or too dark. I concentrated and somehow it opened. Everyone was surprised. Inside was a strange necklace. It was white at the top and either dark or red ish at the bottom. One of them was about to tell me what it stood for but then I woke up.
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(Springfield, IL) – May 30, 2012. The Illinois Senate Executive Committee held a heated three hour hearing this morning on three separate Illinois pension reform bills, but failed to act on the measures.
The committee heard multiple opponents and proponents on the various components of the bills before Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) decided abruptly to recess the committee without a vote.
The Illinois Senate Executive Committee reconvenes at 7:15 p.m. Pension bills may get a vote?
Meanwhile, AFSCME executive director Henry Bayer today said that a lawsuit against the proposed changes under consideration by both the Illinois House and Senate is being prepared.
The legislature is scheduled to adjourn on May 31 at 12:00 a.m.
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AC Milan legend Arrigo Sacchi says the club must keep hold of Massimiliano Allegri. Allegri's job is on the line ahead of their clash with Udinese.
"Milan were evidently satisfied with Allegri given that they decided to keep him in the summer," Sacchi said. "As a result, they must now go forward with their Coach.
"A Coach is not a magician or a wizard. He firstly must have players who are functional to his project.
"But, these days, Coaches arrive at clubs and they are given new signings who don't fit in with their needs."


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Venezuelan feminine hygiene set to boom with a Y-o-Y growth of 15.78% in the next 3 years finds new report.
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>> The rate of growth in the Venezuela's Feminine Hygiene market exhibited between 2007-2012 will positively increase between 2013-2017– which forecasts an average Y-o-Y growth of 15.8% between 2013 and 2017, by which time the market will value VEF 6278.5 million
>> Sanitary Pads is the most valuable product segment in the Venezuelan Feminine Hygiene market – It's current worth standing at over VEF 1967.1 million – Internal Cleansers and Sprays has exhibited the most considerable growth since 2007, and this is a trend that is set to continue to 2017, with forecasting a CAGR of 16.93%.
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There are two big problems in Iraq: no security and no economy. We don't have the troops to supply security in the short run and Iraqi troops won't do the job. That's why people join and support militias.
We should sponsor strictly local defensive militias. Let locals lead them but we would pay them. If they leave their area of attack other groups (or us) we stop their pay and smash them.
Every Iraqi who wants to work should have a local job, in his own neighborhood, protected by his neighbors in his neighborhood militia. Making Iraq a giant welfare state, or rather putting all the Iraqis on our payroll, might be the only way to save it. The direction and purpose of the work should be purely local and purely for Iraq - fixing streets and sewers, etc. That might help take the sting our of getting paid by the Americans.
Yet another idea that could have worked once. Could it still?
Friday, December 08, 2006
There are two big problems in Iraq: no security and no economy. We don't have the troops to supply security in the short run and Iraqi troops won't do the job. That's why people join and support militias.
By CapitalistImperialistPig at December 08, 2006
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- Anonymous9:49 PM
Bush#2 is not going to change his way. It's his way or the highway. This is burn in rocks embedded in his body. His is a born-again on God's mission to convert the Middle East. Under no circumstances is he going to let Bush#1 seniors overturn his entire foreign and military policies, which is what the ISG in effect is recommending. Negotiating with his Axis of Evil without them kneeling before him is worse than going to hell. So if the Iraqi prefer to have a civil war instead of taking his offer of salvation (under the cover of democracy), well that's their problem. As for the terrorists, it war to the bitter end. If Iran and Syria interfere too much, its war with them too. In his mind, this is total holy war.ReplyDelete
It is not hard to notice that all the hoopla about the Iraq mission 'not succeeding' is somebody else talk as far as Bush#2 is concern. 100,000 Iraqi deaths? Not his problem. 4000 US deaths? It's worth dying for. The holy mission must succeed at all costs, in his mind that is. The is no point proposing rational strategies. No point suggesting diplomatic campaign. Bush#2 has never conducted diplomacy and he not going to start now.
Would a Napoleon save himself when stuck in Moscow? Would Hitler recognize his strategy at Leningrad failing and withdraw to save 100,000 lives? Would a LBJ withdraw from Vietnam because suddenly he sees reality? Of course not. It takes somebody else to reverse course. Bush#2 will stay with his mission his way for the next two years.
Anon - Too true, I fear.ReplyDelete
I am afraid with the current situation in Iraq and the mood in US and EU, the only realistic option is toReplyDelete
i) withdraw from Iraq slowly and hand it over to Iran and Syria.
ii) allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons
iii) withdraw NATO from Afghanistan while it is possible (and let the Taliban back as slowly as possible)
iv) acknowledge that we are Gen-X and not The Greatest Generation
v) blame it all on Israel
Wolfgang (whose blogs seem to wink in and out of existence, perhaps like Kaluza-Klein modes),ReplyDelete
Do I sense a bit of sarcasm in your reply?
Despite having myself been a draftee into one fool's errand war, and having had friends and and classmates killed and crippled in it, I have never had any delusions about being a member of a "great" generation. We were, if anything, a generation sacrificed to stupidity. I deeply resent that the same thing is happening to my children's generation.
I don't see any point in withdrawing slowly from Iraq, or to withdrawing from Afghanistan at all.
As to blame, let's not try to muddy the waters. The troubles in the Middle East have a long history and many sources in it, but the blame for the Iraqi fiasco belongs purely to George Bush. All the other villians and fools in this play were his minions or appointees.
Finally, I expect that Iran may eventually get the bomb, one way or the other. If not Iran, then Egypt, or Saudi Arabia, or Sudan. The technology to make an atomic bomb is now 60 years old. It's simply no longer that difficult. Moreover, any attempt by the US to deny everybody that technology by force would be opposed by those with the most to lose - especially China, Russia, and Pakistan, all of whom have their own nukes.
What little hope their is of preventing it is not in establishing a new colonial empire throughout the Middle East. It is in convincing those nations that they can be safer without nuclear weapons than with them.
- Anonymous7:17 PM
First, my apology for all the typos in my first comment. And Leningrad should be Stalingrad. Typed too fast.ReplyDelete
If you get the impression I'm against going into Iraq, I am not, even though I was convinced that WMD was a thinly disguised cover.
But I expect the approach could be much more like Bush#1 - superb diplomacy before going in, wide support, wait for the UN WMD inspector report, strong execution, above all RATIONAL PLANNING with the interests of affected parties understood and dealt with. This way, not finding WMD would not be much of a problem. The post war effort not only will be somewhat smoother, but US will receive the help of regional parties should insurgency gets out of hand. For example, the awfully stupid decision to disband both the Iraqi government apparatus and the military just after the initial action would be subject to council by coalition as true partners with legal approval by the UN. And therefore will not happen the way it did, but delayed with a planned transition implementation.
In short, Bush#2 team is 100% responsible for creating the current situation. It didn't have to be this way. It certainly did not for post WW2 Germany & Japan because US actions were much wiser even though the situation (especially fractured Germany) was even more complicated. The Berlin airlift bought the hearts of a defeated people. It is unthinkable that Bush#2 will do Berlin airlift for Iraq. Deep down he didn't care about these Islamic people. He made sure US business and contractors made a lot of money.
My thesis: This is the result more than a 'go it alone' attitude - which can be reversed. This is Bush#2 holy war and he is in for his place in history. The interests of the US and its friends and allies are secondary. The interests of Iraq is off the table. Occupying an office that's regarded to be a leader of the free world, he is done immeasurable short and long term damage to both the material and reputation of the US of A.


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The generational changing of the guard in the Western Canada construction industry is increasingly the subject of study and discussion.
For example, the construction keynote at Buildex Vancouver 2014 is The Young Guns: Gen Y and Their Role In The Future Of Construction.
"According to the Construction Sector Council's labour market forecast for 2013-2021, labour force requirements in B.C. are estimated to increase by 22,500 by 2021," said Fiona Famulak, president of the Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) and moderator of the construction keynote panel.
"This will coincide with an increase in demand related to the expected retirement of 32,400 workers. But there are expected to be only 24,300 new entrants, leaving a shortfall of approximately 30,000. Part of the solution to this problem will be to attract Gen Y workers to the construction industry and set them up for success."
Generation Y is defined as those born between 1982 and 1993.
Despite the industry's need for more Gen Y workers, some employers have mixed feelings about that age.
Craig Shirra, a panelist for the construction keynote and the outgoing chairman of VRCA's U40 Network for young construction professionals, said Gen Ys in the construction industry are enthusiastic and ambitious, but their aspirations are sometimes misinterpreted by older generations.
"We get stereotyped as being needy," said the project co-ordinator with Bird Construction.
"We seek praise more frequently than Gen X and Baby Boomers, and we'll change jobs if we're not happy. As a result, Gen Ys can be seen as disloyal or even untrustworthy."
Shirra said Gen Ys' ambition and self-confidence is founded on aptitudes and abilities.
"I think our technical skills and education have enabled us to work faster and more efficiently than previous generations," he said.
"Computers were just coming in when Gen X was in school. But, Gen Y has grown up with computers, software upgrades and constantly changing technology. So, we adapt much faster and easier than previous generations. But, at the same time, we lack the on-the-job experience of older generations."
To attract Gen Y workers to construction and keep them, Shirra said employers need to challenge them and acknowledge their performance.
"Just by saying 'great job' when they've done something outside their normal duties will go a long way to improving a tense situation," he said.
"Teach them softly that not every day will be a success and that it's OK to fail, which is something most parents and teachers didn't tell us when we were growing up."
Shirra said employers should also talk to potential Gen Y employees about the benefits of a career in construction.
"Money is really important, but most Gen Ys also want to hear about such things as the opportunity to work from home, promotions to other branches and internal development programs and courses," Shirra said.
"I want to work for a company that says 'you're great and here's our plan for you.' Give me targets to work toward, then hold my feet to the fire.
"If I stumble, help me get back on track and if I look bored, load me up with more challenges and responsibilities."
Shaun Bromley, a project manager with Graham Construction & Engineering and in-coming chair of the U40 Network, said that in the construction industry, he hasn't met any Gen Ys who fit the negative stereotype.
"The construction industry is no place to be a slacker," he said
"If you're really like that, you won't last long in this business."
Bromley said one of the reasons why Gen Y workers will leave one job for another, apparently without a second thought, is that there are more opportunities today than in the past.
"There's a shortage of workers and there is more information available about job opportunities, thanks to the Internet and social media," he said.
Bromley said Gen Y has already made a positive impact on construction because it is comfortable with teamwork.
"We'll work together and not try to do everything by ourselves," he said.
"It's a lot faster and easier to use teamwork on a jobsite."
The panelists, in addition to Shirra, are Jason Glue, district manager British Columbia for Graham Construction & Engineering Inc.; Jeff Musialek, vice-president with Smith Bros. & Wilson (BC) Ltd.; Heather James, the CEO of Active First Aid Inc.; and Kevin Zakus, the CEO of the BCCA Employee Benefit Trust.
The Young Guns: Gen Y and Their Role In The Future Of Construction takes place on, Feb. 19 starting at 2:30 p.m. at Buildex Vancouver 2014.


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