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by Becky Simon
If you think fueling for your workout tomorrow starts when your alarm clock goes off, think again. Fueling for tomorrow starts today. If there's one component to your sports nutrition that has the biggest impact on your performance, it's recovery nutrition. Recovery allows your body to adapt, and become stronger and more resilient. And it starts with eating, so fuel up before you put your feet up.
Optimal recovery can be summarized by the easy to remember "Three R's: Refuel, Rebuild and Rehydrate." Read on to learn how each of these is critical for recovery and prepares you for the next day's training session or race. Also, practicing the Three R's shouldn't be complicated. Following are a few easy ways to make sure you're refueling, rebuilding and rehydrating like a champ.
Why: Glycogen is stored energy in your muscles. During exercise, especially long and intense sessions, you use and deplete glycogen stores. After exercise there is a 15 to 30 minute window where your body can efficiently convert carbohydrates into glycogen stores, preparing your body for the next day's training. Glycogen recovery is especially essential for athletes that have heavy back-to-back training or events. Refuel with carbohydrates immediately after training and continue eating carbohydrate rich meals throughout the day.
How: Consume a combination of carbohydrate and protein to refuel your glycogen stores. By doing this, you can say goodbye to pre-race pasta dinners. Properly recover after training and your muscles will be fueled for race day (Note: you still need to top off your glycogen stores with pre-race nutrition).
Related Article: 6 Rules of Endurance Nutrition
Why: Feeling consistently sore after training? Rebuild your muscles by adding protein to recovery. Protein rebuilds and repairs muscle tissue. Amino acids that make up protein are the building blocks of muscles and they also aid in muscle adaptation. Rebuild with protein to enhance muscle adaptation for long-term training.
How: Recover within 15 to 30 minutes of training with a bottle of water and Bonk Breaker Protein bar, chocolate milk, protein shake made with fruit or juice, or yogurt.
Related Article: The Triathlete's Guide to Off-Course Hydration
Why: Cramping and muscle fatigue is often associated with dehydration or sodium imbalance.
How: Determine your specific hydration needs by calculating your sweat rate. Weigh yourself before and after a hard workout. Each pound lost represents one pound (16 ounces) of sweat. During training, replace sweat losses accordingly and try to lose less than two percent of your body weight. Replace fluids after exercise by drinking 16 ounces of fluid for every pound of body weight lost. Monitor your hydration by observing the color of your urine; look for pale, light-colored urine. If your urine is dark and produced in small amounts, start drinking! Higher sodium foods and fluids can replace electrolytes, specifically sodium, after training.
Recover today to fuel you for tomorrow.
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Never had the chafing problem with mine, but after nearly six winters the reflective stuff looks like a scattering of confetti rather than a nice solid strip.
The Buff is a classic piece of kit for outdoor enthusiasts of all persuasions - a tube of fabric that turns into a scarf, hat, bandana, balaclava or face mask – and most popular with cyclists to go under a helmet or round the neck on winter days. This reflective version is your standard Buff with the addition of two strips of Scotchlite silver tape which'll bounce back the beam of car headlights when riding at night.
We reviewed the Buff Reflective here on road.cc back in 2009 and it's not clear if this new version is a new design or just new colours.
Either way, the Buff undoubtedly performs as a handy lightweight versatile accessory, and the reflective material is a good idea from a safety point of view. But it doesn't quite make the grade from the comfort angle, simply because the silver strips are quite coarse against the skin compared to the silky touch of the rest of the garment.
Most of the silver strips are on the outside and not in contact with the skin anyway, but where the top and bottom of the Buff fold over when in scarf mode, that's when you can feel it. This could have been avoided if the Buff had shorter strips of reflective material, or maybe incorporated dots of reflective material into the pattern, but that would presumably mean a different manufacturing process.
For runners or hikers using the Buff as a hat or balaclava this reflective feature might be useful, but for cyclists I'm not convinced it's a great leap forward. I'll stick with my standard original Buff, and for night riding I'll just make sure I've got reflective strips on my tights and jersey.
Classic piece of kit with additional safety feature that may be of limited use for cyclists.
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Make and model: DHB Reflective Buff
Size tested: One size, black
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
The official Buff website (www.buff.eu) is remarkably reticent about this product saying simply: 'Designed to increase your visibility and safety during low-light conditions with two retro-reflective 3M Scotchlite™ tape stripes that can be seen from almost 500 feet away.'
Keeps your neck warm, and reflects back the light from approaching cars. No arguments there.
Not so comfortable, because the reflective strips rub against the skin when the Buff ius worn as a scarf and the top id folded over
There are cheaper knock-off Buffs out there (at least one sportive organiser gives them away for free) but aficionados rate the original as best
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
This Buff keeps your neck warm, and reflects back the light from approaching cars. No arguments there. But when worn as a scarf, the reflective tape is slightly uncomfortable when it rubs against the skin. It's only mildly irritating. But I prefer a standard original Buff which is totally comfortable, and have my reflective strips on other items of clothing.
Did you enjoy using the product? no
Would you consider buying the product? no
Would you recommend the product to a friend? possibly, but with the warning about slight discomfort
Anything further to say about the product in conclusion?
The standard original Buff is lovely piece of kit. It's just this Reflective version that rates as 'good' rather than 'perfect'.
About the tester
Age: 51 Height: 5ft 10 / 178cm Weight: 11 stone / 70kg
I usually ride: an old Marin Alp, or an old steel classic My best bike is: an old Giant Cadex (can you see a theme here?)
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: A few times a week I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: touring, club rides, sportives, general fitness riding,

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Dan Walters: Retiring Sen. Wyland has rare analytical approach to education policy
The state Senate's education committee held an "informational hearing" recently on the recruitment and retention of quality teachers – no small matter in a public school system with such evident achievement shortcomings.
Witnesses offered suggestions about what it takes to improve the quality of classroom instruction and members of the committee asked questions. And the most cogent questions and observations came from Sen. Mark Wyland, who will be leaving the Legislature due to term limits later this year.
It was not surprising to anyone who watches the Legislature closely. While many politicians look upon the schools as just another arena for interest group conflict, mostly over money, Wyland is deeply interested in the real issue – how well California is preparing 6 million kids for higher education, jobs and adulthood.
Wyland's a Republican from the conservative northern portion of San Diego County, but he evinces little interest in the Capitol's ceaseless games of gotcha and oneupsmanship.
He is intensely engaged, however, in governance of a state that is very difficult to govern well, especially public education. He shows up at committee hearings, really listens to what is said and offers both well-reasoned questions and pertinent observations that defy easy ideological pigeonholing – and are usually ignored.
It reflects Wyland's unusual, if not unique, background in academic, intellectual and analytical pursuits and practical business.
After receiving a cum laude degree in international relations from Pomona College, he was a Fulbright scholar in Germany and an international fellow at Columbia University, where he also earned a master's degree in government and won the Einstein Award for writing the best thesis.
Wyland remained in New York to work for the International Fellows Program and analyze education issues for the city, then returned to California to run a family lumber firm and serve on the Escondido School Board for three years before winning an Assembly seat in 2000.
He is, in brief, exactly the sort of person who should be fashioning public policy for 38 million Californians, seeing it as a civic responsibility, not a personal career path.
The flip side, however, is that his analytic, apolitical approach makes him an outsider. There's no way he could achieve leadership status without concentrating on the purely political side of the business, and without such a role, there was no way for his rational attitude to have an effect.
Wyland says, however, he intends to pursue "my passion" for making public schools work better "for the rest of my life."
Once, legislators of an intellectual bent could influence what happens in the Capitol.
But those days have long passed; independent-minded members like Wyland have become an oddity – and that's a pity.


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If you believe in statistics -- and we all know stats don't lie -- it was safer for you to navigate your browser to Playboy or PornHub than to Facebook.
Never mind how much trouble you might get into looking at naughty pictures at work, we are talking purely statistics here.
Facebook was the most-blocked site of 2010, according to a report from DNS and online security service provider OpenDNS.
The study tracked how many OpenDNS customers specifically configured their DNS settings to prevent certain websites from loading.
The top five sites most commonly blocked along with Facebook were MySpace, YouTube, Doubleclick and Twitter.
Other sites that were commonly blocked were ones with adult content, like Playboy and PornHub.


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You probably already have your favorite places to eat outside and enjoy the all-too-brief embrace of the Western New York summer.
That doesn't mean you can't put more on your list. Here are five suggestions aimed at specific desires in outdoor dining. What's on the plates ranges from hot dogs and curly-Q fries to Bronzini en croûte with beurre blanc and tournéed vegetables.
The array of settings are just as broad, from a blue-collar Buffalo beach to the sophisticated, verdant surroundings of a French-inspired courtyard.
1. For a beach day with family that includes the possibility of adult beverages and tacos served to your beach chair: Woody's Beach Club and Taqueria (Woodlawn Beach State Park, Hamburg, www.curtinrestaurants.com, 828-1011).
Woody's is not perfect. Parking is $7, the standard park fee, and sometimes the beach is closed by sewer overflow. So if it's been raining hard, call ahead to make sure the beach is open.
When it is, which is most of the summer, it's worth it to enjoy one of the best beaches in Western New York, with breakers and dunes and driftwood. At one end, Woody's offers an unusual opportunity for California-style beach luxuriating, only 15 minutes from downtown Buffalo.
The adults in your party can enjoy beach chairs where, weather permitting, servers will deliver margaritas – and on nights and weekends, tacos, too. Inspired by owner Tucker Curtin's travels along Baja California's seaside taco shacks, the menu includes mahi-mahi tacos with mango salsa and soupy Baja-style shrimp cocktails. There's also a shaded bar for those avoiding rays.
The kids, if taco-averse, can console themselves with hot dogs, chips and queso. Woody's also offers house-made desserts, including frozen bananas and an ice cream confection quite similar to a Choco-taco.
2. For a family sightseeing trip that combines good hot dog stand food with great views of the Niagara River landscape and Ontario: The Silo (115 N. Water St., Lewiston, www.lewistonsilo.com, 754-9680).
You wouldn't leave without your camera, sunscreen or cellphone. If you're planning a summertime excursion to Niagara County, you should also decide where you're going to eat.
Otherwise you run a substantial chance grudgingly spending a wad of money on food that's less than memorable. I've been there.
If Lewiston fits into your itinerary, The Silo is an all-but-guaranteed kid-pleaser of a restaurant that offers first-class views of an interesting landscape: a hot dog with a view. The restaurant and gorge sightseeing platform was built atop a disused coal fueling station for ships that plied the Niagara River and Lake Ontario.
The historian among you can wax eloquent on the days when crowds disembarked from the Great Gorge Railway on the spot, to board regularly scheduled steamships bound for Toronto. The kids can pretend to listen while they study the list of Perry's ice cream flavors.
3. For a classy summer dinner framed with historic architecture and blithely free from concern about looming rain clouds: the peristyle at the Roycroft Inn (40 S. Grove St., East Aurora, www.roycroftinn.com, 652-5552).
Sunshine isn't an essential ingredient of memorable meals outdoors.
Several readers recommended the experience of eating at the Roycroft Inn while it is raining. They were talking about the peristyle, a broad covered walkway linking the arts and crafts inn to Elbert Hubbard's former guesthouse.
The walkway has the feel of an extended porch, enclosing a formal garden and fountain. Tables of diners can lounge comfortably and enjoy the views as pedestrians, and the world, passes them by. Rain won't reach your seat unless it's really blowing, and the peristyle is equipped with retractable curtains for such an occasion.
The inn's full menu is available at those tables. Wednesday night is a peristyle-centric "Grille Night," with a menu full of fire-kissed favorites. If you're itching to get out of the house for dinner despite the gray skies, the peristyle's got you covered.
4. For a glorious view of the sunset over Lake Erie from a comfortable deck, with capable upscale casual dining: Root Five (4914 Lake Shore Road, Hamburg, www.rootfive.com, 627-5551).
If you drive south along the Lake Erie shore from downtown Buffalo, you pass a succession of restaurants offering a spot to watch the sunset.
Each one offers a different way to set the scene for a night to remember. There are places where you may see guys swigging draft beer from the pitcher and high-fiving bros to rock lyrics.
There are ice cream and hot dog joints, if all you're really looking for is a double dip on a sugar cone and a waterside seat. There are places with broader menus, like fish fries and steamed clams.
Then there's Root Five. The parking lot seems to get full faster than the other places, but regulars know to park across the street. Inside the place is surprisingly roomy, and on weekends there might be a band playing jazz, but the main attraction is straight through and out back.
The deck is broad, with an arching canvas cover that offers protection from ultraviolet rays. The menu is broad, too, upscale casual with basics like prime rib to more creative daily specials and focaccia. Service is snappy.
As crimson leaks into the horizon, the view is unobstructed, and it is glorious. When you pay your check and say you're going to sit for a few, they understand.
5. For a quiet, intimate dinner surrounded by the natural beauty of blossoming flowers in an exquisitely gardened courtyard: Rue Franklin (341 Franklin St., www.ruefranklin.com, 852-4416).
The Rue Franklin is not just another Buffalo restaurant, and the Rue Franklin courtyard is not just another restaurant patio.
The garden combines trees, shrubs, ground cover and 12 more varieties of flowers to offer a colorful, verdant setting that changes week by week with the seasons. It's been maintained by the same gardener since it was added in 1985.
Stability has also reigned in the kitchen. Before Corey Kley took over Rue Franklin with his wife, Cheryl, last year, he was the chef for years. His seasonal menus of fine ingredients transformed with fine technique bring the eaters back, not to mention his reasonably priced tasting menus.
The romance is for free. Tables tucked into the courtyard's green nooks, served with grace by a veteran staff, are among the best in town. Dinner in the heart of the Rue has been described, more than once, as a classic "this is Buffalo?" moment.
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Here's a quick check of how two of the biggest oil spills in U.S. history measure up.
Here's a quick check of how two of the biggest oil spills in U.S. history measure up.
Cause of spill
BP: Oil well explosion
Exxon: Tanker struck a reef
Date spill began
BP: April 20, 2010
Exxon: March 24, 1989
Leak location
BP: 5,000 feet below surface
Exxon: Mostly on the surface
Total estimated spill
BP: About 206 million gallons of oil
Exxon: 10.9 million gallons of oil
Total area of spill
BP: At least 2,700 square miles
Exxon: 1,300 square miles
Wildlife species affected
BP: Some of the species affected include the brown pelican, reddish egret, royal tern, snowy plover, sperm whale, bluefin tuna and sea turtle.
Exxon: Salmon, sea otters, seals and seabirds.
Sources: New York Times, National Wildlife Federation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Council, State of Alaska


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JMateoW necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 234 diseños de 50 diseñadores freelance.
Mustang International
Mustang International is a small but high impact media production company that has NEVER marketed itself - working only on word of mouth introductions among clients. Its clients have been, in the past, truly international and the projects are always challenging as the company has "solved problems" regardless of the technology or assumed solution sets. We have a reputation for doing things where our clients have no idea to start; they call us. The more readily recognizable products are TV shows, event productions, custom multi-language DVDs, audio projects, in addition to general AV support for functions and events. Mustang International is now compelled to make itself a bit more public in support of some high-profile projects, but Mustang International is happy to remain a bit of an enigma. While we are able to consistently produce for our clients, every attempt to design or produce something for ourselves has fallen flat. We have also been encouraged to test this particular method of tapping into additional cost-effective media and graphic design expertise.
The target audience is key decision makers wanting to check our credibility. We want to show some presence, but not too much. The audience will be small, but serious. Similarly, potential clients may want to "see" who we are via the website. We want those checking us out to see something that looks particularly professional and bold, but not too edgy.
We are looking for a STRONG, simple, fresh take on the generically well-known name of Mustang. We do have actual horse ties in a couple of ways, even though that's not our product. Custom media solutions are what we provide.
We would prefer to have something that floats well on a dark or even black background. Something that would translate into 3D would be preferable.
We do have some history using various Copperplate fonts in documentation when we've been required to spell out Mustang International. This is not a requirement, but may lend itself to providing some continuity with those assessing (picking) this new logo.
We prefer something that can be broken into three variations...
A. logo (bug) with text
B. logo (bug) solo
C. text solo
YES: Metal. Stone. Glass. Translucent. Reflective. Lens-like. Media gear-ish. Musical equipment-ish. Engineered. Strong (maybe slightly muted) colors. No-nonsense.
NO: Pastels. Kid-friendly. Playful. Cute. Hippy. Overly edgy. Spray painted. Neon. Fluorescent. Cartoon-ish.
Vague references to mustangs are welcome. Don't feel obliged to be overt with the horse reference, but obvious is not a show-stopper either.
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Communication Aids for Deaf People
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Communication Aids for Deaf People
Living with a hearing impairment can make communication difficult. In most instances those living with a severe degree of deafness learn some form of sign language which makes communicating with their family, friends and other deaf people much easier. Unfortunately the rest of the population are less likely to use any form of signing. However, there are a range of devices developed for deaf people, allowing them to communicate more easily when signing isn't possible.
Below are some communication devices which could be useful to those living with hearing impairment or even profound deafness. Please note, the development of modern technologies, especially in telecommunication means many of these devices may seem defunct but this isn't necessarily so as every individual is different.
The VV-Talker is a wonderful gadget that could enhance the interaction abilities of deaf children as they learn to talk. Deaf youngsters hold the device against their throats and it provides feedback vibrations, helping them to 'hear' their attempts at speech. It also has a visual display so they can see the sounds they are making as a sound graph on a screen. This helps them to improve their speech by producing vocal vibrations that are comparable to those shown on the display.
Induction loop systems
Hearing loops are now common in public buildings. They produce amplified sound using an electric field, that can then be picked up by a device used by a deaf person. Often it is by changing a setting on a hearing aid to 'T'.
Hearing Loop Systems in the Home
In the, you might install a loop system so that the sound from your tv, hi-fi or radio could be amplified. A loop could also be used with a microphone so that you could be able to pick up a conversation with someone close by in an otherwise noisy place. Induction Loop Systems can now be bought online for the home and need no specialist knowledge to set up or install.
Amplified Phones
An Amplified Telephone is a fantastic option for those living with a degree of hearing impairment. They're designed to ensure that you can hear more clearly as the volume can be increased much higher than that on a regular telephone. What's more, many also feature additional features including one-touch dialling and spaces for photographs of individuals so numbers don't need to be remembered and you can simply press the corresponding button.
ClearText Textphone
Textphones are available to those who are unable to used amplified telephones and the Cleartext model featured in the video below is one of the simplest on the market, making communication simple and fast. Featuring a large screen and buttons, communication via text can be quick and efficient. It also automatically inserts the prefix number for TypeTalk which allows for text communication with many companies making it easy to use for professional purposes as well as personal.
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Of course plenty of technologies developed for regular usage can be adapted and used easily for communication for deaf people.
You may not need a textphone if you have a mobile phone for example, as you can send messages without difficulty. Similarly, the Skype free internet calls service is ideal if used in conjunction with Skype compatible webcams. This video capacity removes the need for text as deaf people can communicate as if face to face using their sign language although there is still the option to include text messages.
These types of communication are best accessed using a laptop or tablet, allowing for easy communication wherever you may be. Additionally, to provide a sturdy surface so the user doesn't need to keep hold of their laptop or feel it wobble on their laps, we'd suggest using a Trabasack lap tray. The Trabasack provides the sturdy, level surface you need, allowing conversation to flow via your computer screen and cam without fail. What's more if you opt to use a Trabasack Media Mount you can also position your devices exactly where you need them. As Mark Mayer who describes himself as "Hard of Hearing with cerebral palsy" and who is chairman of a children's charity, Worster-Drought Syndrome Support Group, http://www.wdssg.org.uk/ says
@trabasack never leave home without my Trabasack
— Mark Mayer(@Markinsutton) October 30, 2011
Single Earphones
For people who have deafness in that is worse on one side, there a also a range of Stereo to Mono earphones that can help amplify sound to one ear or convert talking books or podcasts so that they can be heard in one ear only. As this person on Amazon
This product is primarily designed for runners and cyclists to let them listen to music while having an ear on traffic and surrounding noise, but it's also brilliant for people with hearing loss – I'm deaf in one ear and can finally listen to "stereo" music through a mono earphone after years of only hearing half the track I'm listening to. The quality of the sound is great – I must be honest and say that my hearing means that I didn't use earphones a lot, so I don't really have much else to compare it to, but it sounds fab to me – and the noise isolation means that I can listen to loud music at work without anybody hearing a single annoying tinny beat of what I'm listening to. Overall a really great product.
Communication aids and gadgets for Deafness
So there are a range of useful communication aids for helping deaf people, some very specialist but many being widely available and needing no technical knowledge to buy or install. To browse a wide range of products click here


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Look: Warmed-up, Smoked-out Greens
Look: Warmed-up, Smoked-out Greens
I was in a green mood, so I opted to go for yellow-based greens with a smoky edge!
You will need the following…
- Eyes: MAC Soft Ochre Paint Pot (neutral beige base), MAC Golden Olive Pigment (olive green), MAC Goldmine Eyeshadow (true gold), MAC Juxt Eyeshadow (light yellow-green), MAC Humid Eyeshadow (forest green), MAC Femme-Noir Eyeshadow (matte dark green), MAC Ricepaper Eyeshadow (matte dark green), neutral highlighter), Make Up For Ever #17L Aqua Eye Liner (light green), MAC Feline Kohl Power (black), MAC Plushlash Mascara (black)
- Face: Korres Tinted Moisturizer (#2)
- Cheeks: Dolce & Gabbana Nude Blush (soft beige-pink)
- Lips: MAC Fresh Salmon Lipstick (pinky coral), MAC Gold Dust Lipglass (sheer orange-gold)
- Brushes: 226 (fluffy crease brush), 219 (pointed crease brush), 249 (flat, firm brush), 239 (fluffy shadow brush), 116 (dense blush brush)
- Substitutes: Femme Noir = Humid + Carbon; Fresh Salmon = See Sheer (lightly); Feline = Graphblack; Gold Dust = Instant Gold
For eyes, start by applying Soft Ochre paint pot as your eyeshadow base all over the eye area with the 249. Next, apply a secondary base of Golden Olive pigment on the lid only with water-based mixing medium. Using the 239, apply Goldmine eyeshadow on the inner third of the eyelid. Next, apply Juxt eyeshadow on the middle third of the eyelid and lightly blend with the inner corner. Darken the outer third of the lid with Humid eyeshadow with the 239, gently brushing it into the lower crease. Apply Femme Noir eyeshadow into the outer crease with the 226. Lightly tap and brush Nylon eyeshadow directly above the crease to soften. To finish the eyeshadow look, sweep Ricepaper eyeshadow as a highlighter on the brow bone. Bring everything together by applying #20L eyeliner on the lower lash line and sweeping lashes with Plushlash mascara.
For cheeks, apply Nude blush to the apples of the cheeks and sweep upwards towards the temple with the 116.
For lips, apply Fresh Salmon lipstick first, and then layer Gold Dust lipglass for a complementing lip.


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In this new post to his site Bob Majdak talks about extending iterators to help make it easier to customize it for your needs.
One of the nice things about iterators is the ability to shove them into other iterators, allowing you to wrap their functionality in other functionality to return a more precise result set. Take for example the idea that we want to read a directory to list only the images inside of it. There are two main ways to do this, via readdir functions and via FilesystemIterator objects. Going the FilesystemIterator route, one common way seems to be extend another class called FilterIterator which allows you to customize a filter based on you overwriting a method called accept().
He shows not only overriding the "accept" method, but also the constructor to make using this new iterator a much simpler (and cleaner) call. You can find out more about the FilesystemIterator (and others) over in the Iterators section of the PHP manual.


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And just to add to the confusion...
Some "werewolf" legends describe not a curse but people who could drape themselves with a wolf's fur and thereby change into a wolf.
There are theories that certain diseases seeded what became werewolves or vampires, or that certain (unembalmed) decomposition effects led to the idea of vampires. It all seems so terribly muddled now that maybe only a major academic research project could sort out any of it (and still not reach a universal conclusion).
The belief that people can change into animals: the origina "furries".


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Apr 7th 2011, 11:32 PM
Morality is not just an obligation equal in importance to the cult or religious obligations of Israel, but that morality is perhaps superior to the cult. The crimes that are denounced as being utterly unacceptable to Yahweh, infuriating Yahweh to the point of destruction of the nation of Israel, are the kinds of crimes we see around us everyday, taking bribes, improper weights and balances, lack of charity to the poor, indifference to the plight of the debtor. Injustice is sacrilege, the ideals of the covenant are of utmost importance. Prophets were sent to Israel, these prophets are called the standard bearers of the covenant, harking back to the covenant obligations. And without these, without the ideals of the covenant, the fulfillment of ritual obligations in and of itself is a farce. What Yahweh requires of Israel is morality and not cultic service. The prophets raised morality to the level of an absolute religious value, and they did so because they saw morality as essentially divine. The essence of Yahweh is his moral nature. Moral attributes are the essence of Yahweh himself, one strives to be Yahweh-like by his moral actions. Read more thatlifeyahwehhas blogspot


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We told you about Chronos Calendar a few weeks ago and we hope you grabbed it then. The super smooth calendar app was free at the time and has since been bumped up to $1.99 for new users.
We gushed at the time about the clear and easy to read calendar replacement, which allows you to create, edit and delete appointments as it syncs directly to your Microsoft Account. While some opined that it wasn't "Modern UI" enough, others complained about the lack of Google Calendar support as they need it for work.
Well, although the app still looks the same as before (something we're okay with), we can now cross off Google Calendar support as a missing feature as that has been pushed out with version 184.108.40.206, which just went live today. In addition, a whole bunch of other additions and fixes have been implemented, making the app even more robust. Those changes include:
- Google Calendar Sync.
- Italian and German language support.
- Welcome cultures South Africa, Argentina, Romania, New Zealand, Mexico, Venezuela.
- Private / public added in event for editing.
- Lock symbol in tile and in event when private.
- Alarm bell symbol when reminder enabled in tile and in event.
- Switch for showing private / reminder symbols.
- Selector in general options for default reminder time.
- Now it remembers all offline changes create/update/delete and sends them on next sync.
We're also told Israeli culture will be added in the next update. Not too shabby and even if you didn't lock in that free price, we encourage to at least give the app a trial, if you're looking for a more customizable and powerful calendar app for your Windows Phone device.
Pick up Chronos Calendar v220.127.116.11 here in the Store. Windows Phone 7.x and 8 are both supported. Thanks, Matt C., Shahid M., and Daniel K. for the tips!


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'Merrilee Mannerly' comes to Stamford's Kweskin Theatre
When Mary Cashman and Cynthia Whipple were creating the character of Merrilee Mannerly, they worked to ensure that her story focused on the core values of kindness, consideration and working together.
These are the lessons they have employed, along with their collaborators, to get the words off the page and on to the stage.
"We couldn't be more pleased," said Cashman of the team that includes herself, Whipple, Yonkers, N.Y.-based composer Jeffrey Lodin, lyricist William Squier of Stamford and director Ryan Ratelle. "They got us. They got the message."
The two women, longtime friends who are based in Avon, said they did not want the book, "Merrilee Mannerly and Her Magnificent Manners," to be an etiquette manual, but rather an exploration of the core values that are at the heart of good manners.
"We thought there was a void in the children's book market for a fun book in manners," Cashman said. "We did not want a big rules book, but rather something fun based on a character that we knew all ages could enjoy."
The tale presents Merrilee Mannerly, an 8-year-old girl who loves good manners. It prepares her well in her dealings with Princess Posy, a princess from a land that has never heard of manners, who is about to throw a party.
The book was inspired by the authors' late mothers, who had long encouraged them to be considerate to others, be grateful for what they had and help others find a way to be kind, too. This is their first book, having started out professionally as lawyers.
"We both grew up with similar moms and recalled these kitchen table conversations where we would learn about being kind and developing sensitivity," Whipple said. "I remember my mom telling me to put myself in other people's shoes."
The book, which was inspired by a conversation the duo had on Mother's Day 2008, was published in 2010, earning a Mom's Choice Award.
It was at a reading at the Mark Twain Library, not long after the book was published, that Ryan Ratelle, a Danielsville native who was then the artistic director at Hartford Children's Theatre, realized that he had found a great story that could be translated to a musical.
After an initial meeting brought together the authors, Ratelle, Squier and Lodin, the group immediately got to task.
"We wanted it to talk to adults and children, but not smack them over the head with learning," said Ratelle, who is based in New York City. "I also think the story is very timely. It is such a huge message right now of being kind to one another and respecting one another."
The songs have lots of humor and the story has interesting characters to keep everyone entertained, Squier said.
"This is a book that has been doing well, has picked up some nice awards and is ripe for this kind of treatment," he added.
The work, "Merrilee Mannerly," will get a reading on Monday, April 22, at Curtain Call's Kweskin Theatre, which concludes this season's Musical Mondays series.
Squier, who heads that program, said there is always a hope that local works can be featured, even though the net is cast wide for selections.
The creative team hopes this will be the first step in developing a full-fledged production. Ratelle is looking to create some opportunities in New York City. But, first, all are excited to put the work before a live audience.
"From the start, we wanted to pass along these nuggets of wisdom -- be kind and considerate -- and that has not been lost," Whipple said. "This is not a heavy show. It's fun, kid-friendly and carries a message that any age can get."
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Kenneth Lund necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 11 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
Living Smart TV
Living Smart TV is a weekly TV-show, hosted by Kenneth WedMore Lund. Main focus is on Apple hardware like computers, iPhone/iPad and software reviews and guides.
We need a standard DVD-cover where image and text can be altered for different DVDs featuring the shows.
80% males between 25 and 35 year old - primarily "just" ordinay people with an interest in computers, gadgets and internet that want to learn more - it's not nerds or rocket scientists :)
The look of the dvd cover can reflect the site http://www.livingsmart.dk so there's a continuity between the site and the DVDs.
The files must be useable in CoverFlow v2, so we can make 3d presentations of the covers also but we also need to ship it as pdf for print.
Frontpage of cover should be geared towards presenting the given content of the given DVD, where as the back should be more static with general info about the show.
Please just use dummy text and images and we will replace it with our own afterwards :)
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Saying you love someone or something is pretty easy, right. It's always kinda rolled off the tongue without a second thought. There are lots of things that you "love" or you think you love, well… until you don't anymore. The whole thing might just fade away. It can be pretty fleeting.
I've got a long list of things I "love" (certainly much long than this)…
I love yellow corn grits with parmesan cheese and maple syrup.
I love condiments of all kinds (but dijon mustard most of all).
I love everything bagels with cream cheese and lox from Murray's Bagels.
I love pork chops.
I love the color brown.
I love mid-century modern design.
I love releasing music by people who I respect.
I love Neil Young, Belle & Sebastian, Bert Jansch, Unwound, Grouper, Lungfish, Polvo, Pentangle, Sun Ra and some others.
I love living on the east coast because the beach is only a short drive away.
I love my parents for giving me the freedom to become exactly who I wanted to be even when they knew I was probably making some wrong decisions at the time.
I love my wife for her never-ending patience and support. She's also lots of fun to spend time with.
I love my sisters even though I don't see either of them as much as I'd like.
I love New York. Growing up here was amazing and I love that we're raising our kids here too.
I love visiting New Mexico because of how quiet it is and how big the sky is and how great the food is.
As I've matured I realize that 'feeling love' goes well beyond just being able to assign a some words to people and things. In the last five years it's taken on meanings that I never really considered. It has more to do with feelings that are much harder to define, that are latent and perhaps unmeasurable. It's a feeling that creeps up on you, reveals itself and even surprises you. You feel it deeply in your chest or it just keeps you awake at night.
I love my friends but I didn't realize how much until they moved 5,000 miles away. New York has become an infinitely lonelier place without them.
I love my wife but certainly never felt it the way I did after watching her give birth to the two single most incredible dudes in the world. She's also an amazing mother.
I love eating out but so much more when the whole family goes out to dinner and finds a dark, cozy corner to enjoy being with each other.
I love sleeping but never the way I do when one of my little guys climbs into bed with us and falls asleep on my back.
I love watching Oliver play games but much more when he loses and with a big smile he congratulates the person that just beat him.
These instances just keep multiplying for me. This kind of love just continues to grow. It creeps into every pore. It's hard to run away from. The best few words that I could find to describe it has already been called out in @jjuuddggee's post and comes from the title of most recent Arthur Russell album "Love is Overtaking Me". I think what illustrates it best for me is when I look into my guys' room and see them playing together quietly. They are slowly passing toys back and forth, coloring on the same piece of paper, the older one showing the younger how something works, helping to turn something on or open it the right way. They are sharing a series of moments. Looking in on them I see them falling in love with each other. It's that simple. They don't know it yet but it's growing. Love is overtaking them too. Love is overtaking us all.


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Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie continues to baffle NFL observers.
After losing left tackle Jared Veldheer to the Cardinals, McKenzie added offensive lineman Rodger Saffold on a five-year, $42.5 million contract, NFL Media's Albert Breer reported Tuesday.
Whereas the Rams and other teams envisioned Saffold as a guard, the Raiders intend to line him up as Veldheer's replacement at left tackle, per Rapoport.
It's a downgrade in demonstrated production, athletic ability and durability for Dennis Allen's team.
Although Saffold has held his own on Sam Bradford's blindside, he's missed time with multiple knee injuries, a neck injury, a dislocated shoulder and a torn pectoral since 2011, playing 31 of a possible 48 games over that span.
Unless Veldheer served notice that he would never sign a long-term contract in Oakland, it's our belief McKenzie would have been better served keeping him under the franchise tag.
Even with Saffold under contract, McKenzie should still be looking for upgrades at right tackle and left guard. No general manager has a lengthier shopping list this offseason.
In the latest edition of the "Around The League Podcast," the guys study the free agency picture with the help of NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport.


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One paramedic leading a lesson to teens about the grisly dangers of drunk driving may have taken the lesson a little too far.
An EMS medic participating in a "Shattered Dreams" car crash simulation in Austin, Texas, dumped human blood on one of the teen participants, a hospital administrator said this week, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
EMS chief Ernie Rodriguez said that although the medic who poured the blood had initially put the blood on gauze to make a student actor's fake wounds look more realistic, he also spilled some on the teen. The medic could face disciplinary action, Rodriguez said.
Dr. David Martin, who is chief medical officer at St. David's Round Rock Medical Center in Austin, Texas, said the hospital was investigating the incident, according to the American-Stateman. So was EMS.
"There was no reason that a student participant should have come in physical contact with human blood during the course of the simulation," Martin said Monday. "This action is something that the hospital does not condone."
The blood that was poured on the high schooler had been donated to the local EMS, which helped run the event, by St. David's Round Rock Medical Center.
Usually such donations are used for transfusions, but this blood was past its expiration date, said Rodriguez.
That made it useful as a prop for a car wreck enactment as part of the nationwide "Shattered Dreams" program, which warns high school students about drunk driving.
Officials assured the public and the blood dumpee that the blood was clean and carried a very low risk of infection. The student didn't undergo any testing after being doused, Rodriguez said.
He added that blame for the incident lay solely with EMS and said the medic should not have been allowed to participate in the event at all.


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