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At the heart of this talk is the concept of "ambiguity." Elder Hafen says:
"The fundamental teachings of the restored gospel are potent, clear and unambiguous; but it is possible, on occasion, to encounter some ambiguity even in studying the scriptures. Consider for example the case--known to all of us--of Nephi, who slew Laban in order to obtain the scriptural record (see 1 Nephi 4:518). That situation is not free from ambiguity until the reader realizes that God himself, who gave the commandment "Thou shalt not kill" (Exodus 20:13), was also the origin of the instructions to Nephi in that exceptional case."
God sometimes appears inconsistent in the scriptures -- especially when it comes to killing other human beings -- something that God can do himself, but for some reason that I cannot understand, supposedly orders us to do at times. Mormon Heretic did a great post a while back about whether genocide can ever be sanctioned by God in Joshua's Unholy War. Ambiguous or not, I'm not sure that the order to slaughter innocent human beings -- especially children -- can ever really come from God.
Elder Hafen presents an interesting example of ambiguity and what it can mean for different interpretations of the same story:
I enjoyed this particular theory about the story of Peter. Maybe I'm just strange, but I often find myself feeling bad for the "weaklings" in the scriptures who are often dealt with very harshly for their mistakes. Did they always deserve what they got? Did Lot's wife deserve to be turned into a pillar of salt for simply looking back (Genesis 19)? Did Onan deserve to be liquidated for "spilling his seed" instead of impregnating his sister-in-law (Genesis 38)? Did 42 children deserve to be killed for mocking Elisha's bald head (Numbers 16)? (I used to make fun of David O. McKay's hair or Spencer W. Kimball's pointy ears in pictures that I saw as a kid. Am I lucky to be alive because of that?) Does Peter really deserve being accused of cowardice or betrayal for denying Christ? I think that the suggestion that Jesus was making a request to Peter instead of simply a prediction makes sense. We've probably assumed that a light bulb suddenly went off in Peter's mind when he heard the cock crow, as if he thought, "Oh yeah, I forgot what Jesus said about my denying him three times before the cock crowed. Dangit, he was right!" Surely Peter hadn't really forgotten something as significant as that prediction or, perhaps, request.
Elder Hafen continues:
"Let us compare some other scriptural passages. The Lord has said that he cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance (D&C 1:31), yet elsewhere he said to the adulteress, "Where are . . . thine accusers? . . . Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more" (John 8:10, 11). There is indeed a principle of justice, but there is also a principle of mercy. At times these two correct principles collide with each other as the unifying higher principle of the Atonement does its work. Even though God has given us correct principles by which we are to govern ourselves, it is not always easy to apply them to particular situations in our lives."
One of the hardest parts of Gospel application is where justice and mercy collide. I usually lean heavily towards mercy. I admit that if I were a judge, I'd hear the sad stories of people and would want to send them away with a slap on the wrist. In Church settings, I really wish sometimes that we could just cut people some slack. In a lot of cases (not all, but a lot), I think that if we really try to see things from the perspective of another, we would also be able to honestly say, "Neither do I condemn thee." When Elder Hafen says regarding justice and mercy that, "(a)t times these two correct principles collide with each other as the unifying higher principle of the Atonement does its work. Even though God has given us correct principles by which we are to govern ourselves, it is not always easy to apply them to particular situations in our lives," I can't help but think of those who find themselves unable to live the Church's laws concerning homosexuality when overwhelming loneliness takes over. In those cases, I think the Lord knows that some just cannot do it, and so "the higher principle of the Atonement does its work" once the person does all that he/she can do.
"Church and family life are not the only areas where the right answer is not always on the tip of the tongue. If you would stretch your mind about the implications of ambiguity, you might think once again of the Vietnam War. Should our nation have tried to do more than it did, or less than it did? Or perhaps you could consider whether we should sell all we have and donate our surplus to the millions of people who are starving. You might also ask yourself how much governmental intervention in business and private life is too much. The people on the extreme sides of these questions convey great certainty about what should be done. However, I think some of these people are more interested in being certain than they are in being right."
I think my one of my favourite parts in this entire talk is the ambiguity that Elder Hafen leaves around the question of "how much governmental intervention in business and private life is too much." In fact, I find ambiguity in this matter to be refreshing, since I don't think there is a black and white, right or wrong answer to the question -- contrary to what many members of the Church seem to be under the impression of. I'm open about the fact that my personal political preference is an ideology that embraces certain social democratic values. I tried ad nauseum to educate fellow Mormons about what social democracy really entails around different blogs and groups during the election when Obama was being branded an "evil socialist" by many in the Church. Yes, I think the world would be a better place if every country could adhere to certain social democratic values, and I think that liberalism has at least just as much of a legitimate place in Mormonism as conservativism . But I don't think God is a socialist. Neither do I think He's a Democrat, a Republican, a right-wing libertarian, or a Constitutionalist. Even though we all have our preferences, virtually every political philosophy probably has at least some value that we can learn from and use in our progression -- even those that we would personally never vote for. I don't think it's coincidence that there is enough ambiguity surrounding this question in order for us to be able to reach our individual conclusions in the matter of politics and government intervention -- despite the fact that many members I encountered in various discussions proclaimed that this party or that philosophy had God's stamp of approval.
Thoughts on any of the issues presented in this part of the talk? Do you draw any personal interpretations from ambiguity?


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Dorothy O. Case, 90
Mrs. Dorothy O. Case, age 90 years, of Jefferson City, Mo., died Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at the Adams Street Place.
Dorothy was born January 6, 1922 in Bunceton, Mo. the daughter of William N. and Cammie O. Lewis Betteridge. She was married on October 13, 1940 in Bunceton, Mo. to Robert E. Case who preceded her in death on January 10, 2003.
Dorothy was a lifelong resident of Bunceton, Mo. until moving to Jefferson City in 1979.
She was a 1939 graduate of Bunceton High School and a 1940 graduate of the Dunkle Business School.
A homemaker, she was a twenty-eight year member and Sunday School Teacher at the Bunceton Baptist Church; a member of the Auxiliary of the American Legion; a member of the WMU Missionary; and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Since 1979, she has been a member of Concord Baptist Church.
Survivors include: one daughter, Jane Odneal and her husband Don of Jefferson City, Mo.; two sons, James Nelson Case and his wife Martha Dean of Jefferson City, Mo. and John Earl Case of Jefferson City, Mo.; three grandchildren, Mitch Odneal, Robert Odneal and Justin Case, all of Jefferson City, Mo.; and four great grandchildren, Brent Daniel, Taylor Case, Connor Case, and Kynadie Kemna.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and one sister, Lucille Gerhardt.
Visitation will be at Concord Baptist Church from 11:00 until 12:00 Noon Saturday, August 25, 2012.
Funeral services will be conducted at 12:00 Noon Saturday, August 25, 2012 at Concord Baptist Church with the Reverend Dr. Monte Shinkle officiating. Graveside services and interment will be conducted at 3:00 PM Saturday at the Bunceton Cemetery, Bunceton, Mo.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to Concord Baptist Church Building Fund.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Freeman Mortuary.

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What's so attractive about ugly windmill power?
Three weeks ago your editorial supporting subsidies — "national investment" — for wind-power structures made some contentions which should be challenged, if not refuted.
That "wind energy is going to be crucial in the new mix of post-coal, post-nuclear sources" of energy is ominous if, among many reasons, the European (particularly German and Danish) experience is instructive. The Europeans have found wind power to be uneconomical and unreliable.
Additionally, the residents of Cape Cod have found the wind-power structures to be prohibitively unattractive.
The claim that climate change is "exacerbated by fossil fuels" is contrary to those who believe that climate change now as well as during the past millions of years has been caused by alterations in the sun's emitted heat, by cosmic rays and by the natural carbon dioxide additions or reductions in the atmosphere.
The fact that "we have no safe place to store the deadly waste nuclear plants throw off" can be corrected if our national government (legislative, executive and judicial) earnestly complies with the law regarding the Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste repository.
— Bob Daily, Pasadena
On Glendora Mountain Road with an unseen rock
I really want to thank the first responders to my bicycle accident Aug. 5 on Glendora Mountain Road above the city of Glendora.
Thank you, guys, for your quick response and your professionalism in rescuing me from my fall that day. I tend to either take you for granted, or didn't know all that you did, like first responding in a rescue. The Amblers, an Arcadia bike club that I belong too and was with that day, got the ball rolling. I am very thankful to all of you that showed up in short time on a mountain road that doesn't draw that much traffic. You bandaged me, shielded me from the sun and you proceeded to go through rescue procedures including taking my blood pressure (several times, I might add) all the way to the trauma center and then again there until they knew what was wrong with me.
I am grateful for your help and concern. As for me, I had no internal bleeding or broken bones. I did have road rash, bruises, a separated clavicle, and a cut tendon in my ring finger. I'm still healing but I'll be back on my bike soon for another ride. It happened like this: I was on a road bike going down a curving mountain road with a group and hit a rock that I did not see.
The first responders: Mike Roloff and Sophia Bogner of the United States Forest Service. USFS E22, USFS E32, Los Angeles County Fire 97 and 19, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Rescue 5 helicopter, Schafer Ambulance, Huntington Hospital Trauma Center and ER staff and The Ambler Bicycle Club.
— Jack Tierney, Sierra Madre
Whittier doesn't need ethnic voting districts
Ethnic voting districts? Integration didn't work, so let's try segregation? How about if we bus everyone into voting districts according to their ethnicity or income or sexual preference? How about if we elect a representative for left-handed voters or those that work nights or voters that are retired? How about pitting renters against property owners?
Leave the city charter alone.
If we don't like our representative, we should campaign for and vote for their opponents or run against them.
People that don't vote shouldn't complain about the outcome of the election. Stop whining and get like-minded citizens to vote for the changes you want. If you win, we'll all live by the changes until the next election.
— Gary Roberts, Whittier


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Resident Evil 6 multiplayer DLC lands on Xbox 360 this month
New multiplayer DLC for Resident Evil 6 has been revealed by Capcom, with Xbox 360 grabbing exclusivity of the content for the time being.
Three new multiplayer modes including 'Predator' (a one versus all affair), 'Survivors' (which adds to regular versus mode by turning killed players into zombies), and 'Onslaught' (where two players try to oulast one another surviving against on separate waves of enemies).
The modes will be offered individually for 320 MS Points ($4) each, or can be purchased bundled together for 720 MS Points ($9) when they arrive on Xbox Live on December 18th.
No word if, let alone when, the packs are coming to Playstation 3. RE6 has yet to arrive on PC in any capacity as well, though Capcom addressed why earlier this year. The game's Steam page currently lists it for a 2013 release.
Capcom Unity has also confirmed a patch for both PS3 and Xbox 360 will arrive around the same time as the DLC later this month.


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'Like Mother Like Daughter' dresses
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by monaverdour
Brisbane, Australia
My dress is a simple shift from a gorgeous vintage pattern by Weigels. The cotton linen material was given to me in a huge stash by a friend. The dress was really easy to make and I love wearing it in hot weather. Instead of facings, i used bias bindings to finish the sleeves and neck. I did use a facing on the hem which gives it a bit of strength. My daughters dress is self drafted bodice and a gathered rectangular piece for the long skirt out of the same material. You know how much I love to have curated outfits that match in some way. Sometimes the connection is a lot closer than others!
Material Notes
Cotton, Linen
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Nov 5, 2013, 11.21 AMby Bbtiny
you guys look great. Both dresses are very lovely!
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Nov 3, 2013, 11.49 AMby Ellen Hatteland
Lovely! Both of you look gorgeaus :-)
Nov 3, 2013, 08.42 AMby Mary Athey
Wow!! You both look gorgeous in your new dresses. Both of them are so lovely. The fabric is indeed beautiful x
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Cedar Rapids, IA, September 16, 2013 — Shure Incorporated announced today that it will match combined donations to the NSCA Education Foundation, up to $25,000, which will be used to further advance the skills of individuals in the commercial electronic systems industry.
In addition to its matching contribution, Shure is challenging other manufacturers and industry members to make donations to the Foundation. If met, this would drive the overall campaign to $50,000.
"Our company has always placed a high priority on being a good corporate citizen," said Sandy LaMantia, President and CEO of Shure. "It's something that Mr. Shure established from the very beginning of the Company, and today remains as one of our core values. We are also deeply committed to education. This partnership with NSCA provides us with an opportunity to support the next generation of systems integrators and, hopefully, aid the continued growth of the commercial audio industry. We ask our fellow manufacturers to join us and offer their support in this effort as well."
The NSCA Education Foundation has been providing opportunities for individuals to become further engaged in the industry by offering scholarships for students attending school to become installers and technicians and scholarships for individuals interested in gaining insight into running a systems integration firm by attending the NSCA Business & Leadership Conference and the NSCA Best Practices Conference series.
"Shure always raises the bar," said Chuck Wilson, NSCA executive director. "The Foundation Board is so appreciative of this commitment they started several years ago. With more students interested in entering this industry, our Foundation plays an even more critical role in how they can support the growth and constant change within the electronic systems industry. The last time Shure issued the challenge, it was a matter of months before other leading companies made their pledge. I expect the same this time," Wilson added.
This donation will be used to create two new programs for those attending the NSCA Best Practices Conference series. Additionally, the Foundation is doubling the number of Vaughan scholarships for BLC2014 and is creating new efforts that will increase mentorship and internships for students entering the industry.
To take immediate advantage of these savings programs offered by Shure and the Foundation, attend any of the three scheduled events in Dallas, Anaheim, or Boston and you are eligible for these two offers:
Existing NSCA Corporate Contractor Members: Buy two, get one free.
Non-NSCA Members first time program: Receive your first two registrations for free (for those who have never attended an NSCA event before).
Send your finance, operations, project management, and sales team to gain the best education offered to systems integrators wanting to put more money in your pocket. Visit www.nsca.org/bpc for more information.
Get more details by calling NSCA at 800.446.6722. For first time attendees of the NSCA Business and Leadership Conference, ask for an application for free registration.
More information on the NSCA Education Foundation and their activities and events can be found at www.nscafoundation.org.


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By now the existence of Google Drive isn't really a question. It does exist, it's out there and now the Android connection has been confirmed for anyone who may still have had doubts.
During a Google+ Hangout highlighting Android developers, a Google employee using a Galaxy Nexus inadvertently showed off the "Share to drive" option on his device as you can just barely see in the screen cap above.
Google has since yanked down the Google+ Hangout video but many have already caught a look at the icon just sitting there in the sharing options, waiting to be unveiled to the masses.
Source: The Verge


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Man O' War and Secretariat: A Match (Race) Made in HeavenNovember 11, 2009
"It is the glory of God to conceal a matter.
It is the honor of kings to search it out." *
So explains the many mysteries of this world, indeed the universe, and the possibility that some of the answers are there for us to uncover.
In the world of sport, the search for answers has led to breakthroughs in nutrition, equipment design, training techniques, playing surfaces, and the like.
However, not every mystery will be solved this side of eternity.
Yet we persist in digging, probing, and excavating tons of information in hopes of finding the ounce of truth: who is the fastest, the strongest, the greatest?
Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis or now, Usain Bolt?
Pele or Maradona?
Babe Didrickson Zaharias or Jackie Joyner-Kersee?
No definitive answer will ever come, given the disparity of eras, conditions, circumstances and information. We're left with finding solace and satisfaction only in the pursuit of facts and in our final subjective opinion.
In that vein, one of the most cruel and taunting of mysteries arises from the sport of kings: who was the greatest racehorse of all time?
We may have our personal favorites such as Affirmed, Seattle Slew, Citation, etc., but the consensus top-two equine champions of all time are none other than Man O' War and Secretariat . The match up of these two superb athletes makes for one of the most exquisite fantasies one could imagine.
Separated by decades, there may be only a handful of humans still alive who were witness to the incredible feats of both horses. Even so, because the constantly-evolving sport was so different for both horses, an accurate comparison is impossible.
Nevertheless, allow this writer to provide some pertinent facts concerning the two front runners for the title, Greatest Racehorse of All Time. Then, if you haven't already done so, you can make your decision.
Man O' War and Secretariat's uncanny similarities were more numerous than their differences. Both were big, strong, imposing stallion thoroughbreds. Chestnut in color, each was known affectionately as "Big Red."
Secretariat was blessed with refined features and chiseled musculature, pleasing to the eye. Man O' War was half-a-hand taller and slightly more bulky in frame...ruggedly handsome. Neither horse would have met rejection from an amorous filly.
War was foaled on March 29, 1917; Secretariat on March 30, 1970. Each had 21 races and competed only as 2 and 3-year-olds. Part of the mystique surrounding these two specimens is the wild speculation as to "what might have been" had they continued racing as 4 and 5-year-olds.
What separates these two subjects from all other outstanding horses is the way they dominated during their racing years. Man O' War's record was 20 wins, 1 place. Secretariat had 16 wins, 3 place and 1 show.
If happenstance had placed the two stallions in the same time warp, it would have seemed as if twins were sent to thrill the sporting world for a few brief, magical years... and settle the issue once and for all. But it was not meant to be, and we must look at each horse individually, on his own merits.
Man O' War
Out of Mahubah and sired by Fair Play , Man O' War was foaled before the introduction of European bloodlines. He was truly "All American." He raced on tracks far inferior to the fast surfaces of today.
He so dominated his competition, he was handicapped regularly with weights of 130 pounds as a two-year-old and 138 pounds as a three-year-old. This meant giving up over 30 pounds to his rivals...an incredible disadvantage by modern standards!
Testifying to his brute strength and willful heart, he was still able to set three world records, two American records and three track records in his career. His only loss was a controversial race where poor horsemanship by the jockey cost him a perfect record.
In the Sanford Memorial, before starting gates were implemented, Man O' War was caught facing the wrong way when the barrier fell. Giving the field a huge head start, and in spite of several jockeying errors, War still managed to finish second by a half-length to a horse named Upset .
As a three-year-old, the rugged chestnut easily won the Preakness and the Belmont before they were regarded as jewels in the Triple Crown. His owner, fearing the Kentucky Derby came too early in the year for a young horse to run a mile-and-a-quarter, opted out of that race. Thus, what later became known as the Triple Crown was denied Big Red.
The champion stallion was Horse of the Year in 1920 and entered horse racing's Hall of Fame.
Man O' War was retired to stud as a four-year-old, siring the likes of Crusader , Battleship, and War Admiral . His grandson, through Hard Tack , was the legendary Seabiscuit . He produced 64 stakes winners.
The great Man O' War died in 1947 of an apparent heart attack.
Sired by the famous Bold Ruler and out of Somethingroyal , Secretariat was foaled one day after Man O' War's birthday anniversary.
His racing career lasted only 16 months but the standard he set during that time has been unequalled since.
At a time when television sports coverage was exploding, Secretariat acquired the phenomenon known as "star power." After his two-year-old successes, expectations which would have weighed heavily on a lesser athlete, seemed to fuel the stallion's fire.
Like the greatest two-legged athletes, Secretariat always seemed to come through in the big races. As a three-year-old, he set track records in the Preakness and Belmont which still stand. Of course, he had earlier won the Kentucky Derby in record time, and went on to become the first horse in 25 years to win the Triple Crown.
In 21 races, the big colt set two world records, three track records and one American record. He was Horse of the Year in both his competitive years, running against some of the best horses in racing history. Of course, an induction into horse racing's Hall of Fame followed his brilliant career.
Secretariat retired as a four-year-old, eventually siring 57 stakes winners. At 19 years he developed laminitis, a painful and incurable hoof disease, and was put down in 1989. His most noted offspring were Lady's Secret, A.P.Indy , Storm Cat and Smarty Jones .
Man O' War and Secretariat: each dominated their half of the 20th century. They stand so obvious in their position as the best of the best...almost demanding a match race.
Maybe someday, on the other side of eternity, (after waiting for the right moment of course) I'll propose a best-of-seven match race series - on differing surfaces, at differing distances to settle this thing once and for all.
I have a feeling it will be a standing-room-only event.
Until then, we'll just have to use our imagination.
* scriptural reference: Proverbs 25:2
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OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland A's have agreed to terms with outfielder Coco Crisp on a two-year contract extension through the 2016 season with a vesting option for 2017, the club announced today.
Crisp, 34, enters his 13th major league season and fifth year with the A's. He is a career .272 hitter with 108 home runs, 531 RBI and 278 stolen bases in 1,294 games with Cleveland (2002-05), Boston (2006-08), Kansas City (2009) and Oakland (2010-13).
One of the best leadoff hitters and center fielders in baseball, Crisp batted .261 with 22 doubles, three triples, 22 home runs, 66 RBI and 21 stolen bases in 131 games as a key leader on the AL West champions last year. He became only the 10th player in Athletics franchise history with at least 20 homers and 20 stolen bases and was the first since Ruben Sierra in 1993. In addition, he led all major league outfielders in total chances per nine innings (3.03), which was the best mark by an A's outfielder since 1992 (Willie Wilson, 3.54). His 309 total chances were second most in the American League among outfielders with no errors. He enters the 2014 season with a 138-game errorless streak, the fifth-longest in Oakland history by an outfielder.
The speedy outfielder has been successful in 141 of 162 (87.0%) stolen base attempts in an Oakland uniform, which is the best percentage in Athletics history. All of his career-high 22 home runs last year came batting first in the order, which was the most in the majors and tied for third most in Athletics history.
Crisp was also voted the 2013 Jim "Catfish" Hunter Award winner by his teammates, coaches and staff, an accolade that honors an A's player whose play on the field and conduct in the clubhouse best exemplifies the courageous, competitive and inspirational spirit demonstrated by the late Hall of Fame pitcher.


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NYT profiles the Iditarod Trail Invitational and considering the comments about Seattle's whussy snow, tell me if any of you are riding in those conditions!
I know that Jill is.
Note those are Pugsley-sized tires, cyclists are self-contained, and survivalist. I remember reading about Iditabike years ago and they eat turkey jerky + nuts for the protein and energy (imagine choking that down when it's frozen). Also see Commuting in Alaska from Bicycles and Icicles.
Photo credit: Alaska Ultra Sport.


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Installation of QM in ECS mode now creates or updates the MESSAGES file to be in ECS mode, allowing use of characters outside the 8-bit set.
The CT and DUMP commands have been modified such that data records containing ECS characters are now displayed using four digit hexadecimal values in HEX and BINARY modes.
QMBasic applications run as QMConsole sessions on Windows or using AccuTerm with a terminal type that has a suffix of -at can enable mouse click events using the MOUSE ON statement and trap these with KEYCODE() or KEYCODEV(). The full screen mode of the QMBasic debugger also now supports use of the mouse.
The QMBasic WRITE and WRITEU statements now support a CREATING.SEQKEY option to create a sequential numeric key automatically. There are corresponding modifications to the FCONTROL() and FILEINFO() functions, the CONFIGURE.FILE command, and the QMClient API.
Previous releases of QM have fully enforced the ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) rules for transactions such that updates committed in a nested transaction remain applied even if the parent transaction is rolled back. The NON.DURABLE.TXN setting of the $MODE compiler directive can be used to change the behaviour of COMMIT in a nested transaction such that any updates become part of the parent transaction.
The !LISTU() subroutine has been extended to return the login time as an epoch value as well as the previously supported local time zone format.
The QMClient API has been extended to allow an application to instantiate and interact with QMBasic object oriented programming classes on the remote server.
Pick style A/S-type dicitonary items can now use the CALL processing code in the correlative expression (field 8).
The output from the CONFIG command now marks those parameters that have been set in the qmconfig file or modified in the current QM session. Unmarked parameters take their default values.
The FIND.FILE command reports summary information about a file, including details of the cause if a file cannot be opened.
QMBasic includes an experimental development to support the concept of TRY/CATCH exception handling as found in many other programming languages.
This release introduces support for IPV6 network addresses in all networking elements of QM, including direct entry to QM via telnet, the QMBasic socket operations and QMNet. IPV6 support must be enabled via the IPV6 configuration parameter to indicate that it is available in the underlying operating system.
The MCP conversion code now has an optional element to modify the charater used to replace non-printing characters.
The LOCAL.CAT.RELATIVE setting of the OPTION command changes the default behaviour of the CATALOGUE command to store the relative pathname of the program in the VOC item. This makes it easier to move accounts to a new location but prevents use of remote (R-type) VOC items that reference locally catalogued programs in other accounts. The FULL.PATH option of the CATALOGUE command overrides this setting.
The OPTION command has been modified to show an encoded version of the option settings that can be used in place of option names when setting options. Used in, for example, the LOGIN paragraph, this can give a small performance improvement to applications that set many options in short life processes.
The SP.VIEW command now has an optional BY or BY.DSND clause to modify the sort order of the displayed item list.
QMBasic class modules can now declare public and private variables using the SHARED statement. Variables declared in this way are common across all instances of the same class in a QM process.
The new External Call Interface enables a QMBasic application to call functions written in other languages such as C.
There is an internal change to the way in which public QMNet server definitions are stored. Reverting to an older release will require that definitions for any servers that use a non-default port number will need to be re-entered.
This release adds support for QM on IBM z-Series systems running Suse Linux.
The command language IF statement used in a paragraph now supports the IN and NOT.IN opertors to test whether an item is in or not in a list of alternative values. Use of this operator can simplify handling of processing differences based on the @TTY variable.
The query processor now supports the MEDIAN, MODE and RANGE field qualifiers for additional statistical data.
The X breakpoint control option can be used to capture the previous value of a breakpoint field in @BPV. See the documentation of the BREAK.SUP keyword for an example of how to use this option.
The QMBasic OSPATH() function allows a variety of operations within the underlying file system.
As an aid to compiler error checking, QMBasic now supports $MODE EXPLICIT to require all variables, including scalars, to be declared in a DIMENSION statement.
A new configuration parameter, NETWAIT, can be used to set a timeout applied when opening a QMNet connection. The default value is 10 seconds.
This release adds support for QM on Solaris 10 on Intel processors and for the Raspberry Pi. Note that the default weak password encryption mode of Solaris is not accepted for network connections to QM. The Installation section of the QM Reference Manual explains how to change the encryption.
The Virtual File System has been extended to add handler functions that correspond to QMBasic alternate key index operations (SELECTINDEX, SETLEFT, SETRIGHT, SELECTLEFT, SELECTRIGHT). Also, VFS handlers can now be written as external C programs that can be used with API libraries provided by other database vendors. Because many VFS handlers may not be able to support index scanning options, a new FILEINFO() key, FL$INDEX.SCAN, allows an application to determine whether this functionality is supported.
Use of the ALL keyword in a SEARCH command includes the record id in the search.
The SETPTR command now supports FONT and FONT.SIZE options for use in conjuction with the GDI option on Windows systems allowing selection of a font name and size. There is a growing trend for printer vendors to supply only GDI mode drivers where the default font settings may not be appropriate.
A new character type function, IS.ALNUM(), has been added to test whether a character is alphanumeric.
The QMBasic OPTION() function can be used to retrieve the state of QM options.
Key value 1051 to the QMBasic SYSTEM() function can be used to determine whether QM is running from a USB memory device installation.
A new QMBasic function, IS.WIDESTR(), allows an application running in ECS mode to determine whether a string contains any double width characters.
The CATALOGUE command now has an option to specify the prefix character for a globally catalogued subroutine separately from its call name, allowing use of a prefix when cataloguing from a select list.
The @LINE token can be used in QMBasic programs as the source line number in the module being compiled. The @WHERE token is similar but includes line numbers in nested include records in the form "21.4.31". These tokens may be useful in constructing program error messages.
The QMBasic FIELD() function and the equivalent [D,I,N] operator have been extended to allow use of an asterisk in place of the number of elements of the string to be extracted when all beyond the start position is required.
Key value 1029 (FL$LAST.PART) to the QMBasic FILEINFO() function returns the last value from evaluating the partitioning algorithm for a distributed file, including where an error is reported because the part does not exist.
Key value 1024 (PU$PATHNAME) to the QMBasic GETPU() function returns the pathname of the output file of an open print unit.
QMBasic now has a REDIMENSION statement (short form REDIM) that allows a default style matrix passed as an argument into a subroutine to be redimensioned in that subroutine. Used with a matrix that is not a subroutine argument or is a Pick style matrix, this statement is identical to use of DIMENSION.
Two new key values have been added to the SYSTEM() function. Key 1049 returns true (1) if terminal output has been suppressed with HUSH. Key 1050 returns true if the current user has administrator rights.
QMBasic subroutines can now be globally catalogued with a hyphen prefix for improved compatibility with other environments.
The NETDELAY configuration parameter can be used to set a period in seconds for which the server connection for a QMNet file will remain open after closing the last file in use on that server. This can improve performance of applications that repeatedly open files on the same QMNet server.
The Basic pre-processor provided as source code in the BP file of the QMSYS account has been extended to allow use of AND and OR in conditional compilation tests ($IFDEF and $IFNDEF).
The value of the FSYNC configuration parameter is temporarily set to zero while building an alternate key index.
QMBasic object oriented programming method references can include an empty pair of brackets for improved compatibility with other OO langauages.
The QMBasic SWAPMARKS() function now returns the original data when used on a non-ECS mode system.
The equate token handling added to the QMBasic debugger in release 3.0-0 has been extended to allow equated tokens on the right of a SET command and in the form /name to show the value of the token.
An optional !ERRLOG.FILTER subroutine can be catalogued to provide error log filtering.
This release includes the first stage of adding extended character set (Unicode) support to QM. Handling of double width glyph characters is known to be incomplete. The installation process can install either the 8-bit character version or the ECS version. Both versions are included in the installation download files.
The maximum length of a catalogued program call name has been increased to the lower of 128 and the value of the MAXIDLEN configuration parameter.
The CT command now supports the ID.SUP and NUM.SUP keywords.
The QMBasic SSELECT, SSELECTN and SSELECTV statements now all have an optional RIGHT.ALIGNED clause to cause the list to be generated using a right aligned sort, typically for numeric data.
Key value 1047 to the QMBasic SYSTEM() function returns a globally unique identifier (GUID) string.
Key value 1048 to the QMBasic SYSTEM() function returns a numeric value that is unique across all QM sessions. It resets to 1 when QM is restarted.
The QMBasic !FINDPROG() subroutine has been extended to return comment data inserted into a program with the $* or $COPYRIGHT compiler directives.
A new QMClient function, QMEvalConv(), has been added. This is similar to QMEvaluate() but applies any conversion code specified in the dictionary.


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You are not artistic if you can not see the beauty and the talent in photography. Relax your muscles and most of all, relax your mind and see. See with your heart, not your eyes.
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Taylor Luk necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 54 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
Childsmart is leading wholesaler and distributor in the infant, toddler and pre-school toy and nursery markets. We offer unique and high quality brands of baby and toy products that is imported from Europe and north America.
1. Parents
2. Online and offline Toy and nursery retailers
Need a homepage and site web design
We are trying to relaunch the web site with greater visibility on our products and connection with our customer and retailers. There is a new Rails ecommerce backend currently being built.
Design direction and atomsphere
- sharp colours like white, orange, green blue
- look and feel being simple, comfortable, cozy and cute
- Exploration on different design direction are welcomed
Home page
Homepage Layout should be have 3 block levels, lower the block more specific the information is.. like a pyramid. Please see
- the wireframe attachment
- http://www.mamasandpapas.com/
- http://developer.apple.com
level 1
- Spotlight
level 2
- latest product
- latest news update
level 3
- news letter
- store locator
- testimonials
Top Navigation
- home page
- news
- brands
- products
- retailers
- shopping cart
- about
Reference guide.
1. Uploaded currently company logo(it's not that nice), but please just use childsmart in plain text as logo
2. This particular stock image contains a lot of element the business owner likes, that baby the sharp colour of those cube
3. Feel free to use additional stock images you like, (just send me the pricing information on those stock images)
4. Send me a message if u need any thing
Reference websites
- childsmart.com.au [existing site]
some of the leading brands we are stocking
- http://www.mamasandpapas.com
- http://www.kaloousa.com/
- http://www.playmobil.com/index.html
Please note Childsmart's business concepts and creative ideas are to be respected and remain private.


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User talk:Davidy22
Hi Davidy22,
Just a quick thanks for helping roll back so much of the vandalism. Per your recent log comment, yes, there has been a recent spate of vandalism; before yesterday, it was the odd spammer that I've had to remove. But with the advent of Click and Drag, there's also been an insurgence of ip-based vandalism. I'm hoping this is just a spike owing to the popularity of the comic, but I'm with you; if it doesn't die down, something more drastic is going to have to be done.
But again, thanks for helping...
-- IronyChef (talk) 14:17, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
Please don't
Please don't create the redirects to explanations that haven't been created yet. It breaks the next and previous buttons, and gives people that are browsing through the explanations the false impression that the site is more complete than it is. lcarsos (talk) 06:41, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
Davidy22, the spam connoisseur
Congratulations on transcending from being annoyed at all spam to recognizing the truly beautiful works of spammage from the rest of the cruddy heap. We should throw a party, lol. lcarsos (talk) 16:33, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
- Hey, it *was* a well written bit of spam. It was one of those copy/paste types of spam, except it was nicely formatted and coherent all the way through. It was informative too. A great change from the mindless template drivel or gibberish that we usually get. Davidy22(talk) 23:11, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
Just asking
Was there a reason you deleted most of the List of all comics? lcarsos (talk) 05:21, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
- What on- shi-
- I was adding comic number 1132, and the preview was really slow, so I copied everything in the edit box and refreshed the page. I think half of the page hadn't finished loading in the edit box, and I only copied the first half. Derp Davidy22(talk) 08:21, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
Just so you know, it happened again. But SlashMe fixed it. lcarsos_a (talk) 18:07, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
- Mother of fracking- I'm going to figure out what's causing this and I'm going to fix this. Godammit. Davidy22(talk) 23:20, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
- Durr dee-durr, and now I've done it. Thanks for spotting that. lcarsos_a (talk) 07:22, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
Ahem... You gonna finish that?
Have you taken a look at the front page recently (say within since you created the 1134 redirect)? lcarsos_a (talk) 05:42, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
The Anonymous editor of 1132
Has been 18.104.22.168 all along. For a while he changed his signature to be a userpage that didn't exist, and wasn't a registered user. He has now changed it back to being the IP address again. Just thought I should do some out-of-band communication about that. If you want to change your last comment about the anonymous user, that would be good. (I almost offered to edit it for you, but then realized the subject we're talking about, and decided that if 50.0 ever learns about looking at the edit history and diffs, I don't need to be called a hypocrite as well as a banhammer wielding BOFH) lcarsos_a (talk) 03:35, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
Broken mirror...
Sorry for the "ninja"... I guess we probably don't need 2 versions of the image though... Feel free to distill the explain part...--B. P. (talk) 07:15, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Godammit, I even had the window open waiting for the article. The definitions can be merged into one paragraph, and wiki magic will explain how the comic works. Davidy22(talk) 07:20, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
Fooooooooor He's a Jolly Good Fellow...
You are the man, man. Keep it up! lcarsos_a (talk) 06:50, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
Please take a look
...at this. Nothing new to you, I suppose (spam fighting can be quite hard if we're overly cautious on every step), but I'm dropping the note just in case :) --Waldir (talk) 17:52, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
autoblocking suspicious users
Once again, it looks like auto-blocking users that have suspicious usernames would require someone with more power than we have.
However, I very nearly blocked those three when I noticed the account creation. But, I didn't because I thought they might be legitimate users with stupid usernames. But now I've read up on Wikipedia's block policy and from now on I'll be posting {{uw-blockindef}} (which I've bungled fantastically right now, but shortly should be working) which should allow the rare legitimate user (with bad taste in usernames) to reclaim their good account, but allow us to block bad people.
You're ever friendly, massive toddler of an admin, lcarsos_a (talk) 03:41, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
- I've also just found this page Wikipedia:Administrators' how-to guide which I will be reading very thoroughly and beginning to use this blacklist. lcarsos_a (talk) 04:16, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
- Hum. A great many of these templates could be condensed into a few bigger ones, but at least the documentation links are there for us to use. Also, you do know that Template:UserBox already exists, right? Davidy22[talk] 04:55, 4 December 2012 (UTC)


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Capita Snowboards is a Seattle-based snowboard company that was formed by Jason Brown and Blue Montgomery in 2000, with the help of artists including Human05, Ephka, Dustin Krysak, and Corey Smith. Capita focuses on the progressive freestyle snowboarding market. In 2005, Capita reissued the "Black Snowboard Of Death" under the name of "Black Death Speed Tribe", which won the Transworld Snowboarding's coveted "Good Wood" award in 2001. Capita's freestyle/jib specific boards including the Stairmaster, Scaremaster, Stairmaster extreme, and Midlife Photo have won many TransWorld awards. Capita sponsors a team of professional snowboarders, which has included TJ Schneider, Dan Brisse, Dustin Craven, Scott Stevens, and Laura Hadar.


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Being from oxford and a huge ole miss fan i worry about this one. Vandy always plays us tight even when we're the far better team. They've won 5 of the last 6 against us. in the last 2 years (since vandy football has been relevant) they are 9-4 at home. in '11 only lost at home to Ark and Geo (both ranked) by a combined total of 8 pts. in '12 only to SC and Flo (both finished in top 10) and both games were close.
On the positive side for ole miss, we are returning our QB, leading rusher, leading reciever, and leading tackler. And lets not forget about the no. 5 recruiting class last year. The overall no. 1 recruit in Robert Nkemdiche will be starting as well as the no. 1 wide reciever recruit in lequon treadwell. Not sure if thats good or bad... And Nashville and New Orleans is the most often traveled place for ole miss students and alums so there could very well be as many ole miss fans and vandy fans at the game. And lets not forget that ole miss was up 17 last year against vandy until Aaron Rodgers Jr. led the vandy come back. And he is no longer there.
I will be making a homer bet on ole miss but not for much. The hook could be huge. A vandy tease looks like a good play as we've only beat them once by more than 10 in the past 11 or so years. Ole miss should be able to score plenty though in Freezes 2nd year of the passing attack and up tempo offense.
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What do you get when you mix religion and video games? According to a new study released by the University of Missouri earlier this week, you get violence; or specifically, an over-emphasized depiction of violence in connection with religion.
This little controversial cocktail was stirred up by a doctoral student at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Greg Perreault. His findings were presented at the Center for Media Religion and Culture (CMRC) Conference on Digital Religion this past January.
The 20-odd page research paper, according to the conference program, is called RPG religion: Depictions of religion in contemporary role-playing games. It examines five recently released video games which Perreault believes to have the heaviest reliance on religion for storyline: Mass Effect 2, Final Fantasy 13, Assassin's Creed, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. Three of the games are fictional religious, while two deal with the Roman Catholic Church. Perreault says he spent somewhere between 30 and 70 hours per game, with the exception of Final Fantasy XIII, which took much longer.
Perreault played through each game, took notes on key themes and visually analyzed the scenes that were heaviest with religious themes; he concluded that the video games were closely tying religion to violence.
"In most of these games there was a heavy emphasis on a 'Knights of Templar' and crusader motifs," the doctoral student said. Not only was the violent side of religion emphasized, but in each of these games religion created a problem that the main character must overcome, whether it is a direct confrontation with religious zealots of being haunted by religious guilt."
We've already seen how touchy a subject like violence in video games can be with the number of legal movements over the years, why throw in another touchy subject like religion with violence? Perreault tells VentureBeat that initially he didn't expect to stumble across the violent aspect:
"In general, I tend to to think that studies of violence in video games are passe. I set out interested in the depictions of organized religions versus spiritual religions, expecting to find organized religions depicted far more poorly than spiritual [ones]."
So, are video games churning out anti-religious propaganda? On the one hand, Perreault points to Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed title, where the heroes, or Assassins, are depicted as "Enlightment era secularists" who are working to prevent the Roman Catholic Church, with its Knights Templar, from controlling the wills of the masses. On the other hand, there is Thane and Mass Effect 2 where the "spiritual themes" are portrayed in a more positive light. Ultimately, Perreault believes that game developers aren't intentionally trying to hurt organized religion's image.
"I believe they are only using religion to create stimulating plot points in their storyline. If you look at video games across the board, most them involve violence in some fashion because violence is conflict and conflict is exciting. Religion appears to get tied in with violence because that makes for a compelling narrative," he said.
In an interesting rebuttal to the idea of the study, Gamma Squad points out that video games were initially defined by Japanese developers, and Japan's major religions include Shintoism and Buddhism. As a result, developers treated Western religions as exotic and unusual; overly sensationalizing certain aspects of the history.
Perreault elaborated on his study at Game Politics, saying that religion is an interesting topic for writers because "it is something that is key to people's motivations, to their lives." He went on to say that, Western literature, movies and television have already been stipulating religion's role in society, and video games' growth as an industry in recent years has allowed more compelling stories which "[tap] into that conversation" on religion. Incidentally, the conclusion isn't limited to T or M rated video games; Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has also supported Perreault's findings.


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Wins against top-ranked teams are rarely easy, so when the Newton High School girls' basketball team broke to a big lead against Kapaun-Mt. Carmel Saturday in the third-place game of the 37th Newton Invitational, it wasn't going to be a cakewalk. The Railers withstood the late comeback, hitting enough free throws down the stretch for a 48-44 win. Newton, 10-2, rebounded from a drilling at the hands of Bishop Miege the night before. Kapaun dropped its second straight game, falling to 10-2. "Last night, that wasn't our best game, but Miege is good," Newton coach Randy Jordan said. "We talked during the shootaround and before the game about responding to adversity, and we really did. We showed a lot of heart, a lot of passion. We executed our stuff a lot better. We guarded a lot better." Junior forward Hannah Carlgren led the Railers with 19 points, hitting 11 of 13 free throws. Jacque Anderson and Taylor Stahly added seven points each. "I just wanted to go out and do what I can to help the team," Carlgren said. "They were ranked no. 1 in the state. I wanted to go out and show we could win. We showed them tonight. They double-teamed on Abbie (Lehman) tonight. That left me open a lot. I went to the free throw line something like 14 times. I don't think I've ever done that before. I made 11. They definitely needed to defend Abbie, but that left other people open. This was a stacked tournament with teams like Kapaun, Miege and (Olathe) Northwest. We wanted to show what we could do." "We're trying to use Hannah more in the screen and roll situation, but we don't always roll her to the basket because she has good reach," Jordan said. "She did a nice job of screening through somebody and finding an open spot. If her girl helped out on the on-ball, Hannah did a good job of getting open. Abbie (Lehman) guarded (Sydney Kuhn) unbelievably well. Emily (Hiebert) guarded (Molly McAuliffe) well." The Railers hit 12 of 28 from the field, 11 of 22 through the first three quarters. Newton had 18 turnovers to 10 for Kapaun. Kapaun had just two turnovers in the second half. The Crusaders were 14 of 45 shooting. Sydney Kuhn led the Crusaders with 17 points. Sam Bachrodt added 10 points. Newton jumped out to a 7-3 lead, but struggled the rest of the quarter with fouls and turnovers the rest of the period. A Hannah Carlgren jumper on the line banked in with two seconds left in the quarter to put Newton ahead 11-7. Newton led by as many as 13 early in the second quarter. Kapaun pulled within 10 late, but the Railers ended the quarter on a 4-1 run to lead 29-16 at intermission. Newton missed its first two shots of the second half, then turned the ball over, leading to Kapaun scoring the first five points of the second half. Newton called a time out, but then turned the ball over again. After a Crusader layup off a steal, Taylor Stahly broke the run with a trey with 4:12 remaining in the quarter. Newton led 37-27 at the end of the quarter. Carlgren opened the fourth quarter with a jumper. Newton missed several chances to increase its lead, but started taking ill-advised shots. Still the Railers held Kapaun scoreless for more than three minutes. Kuhn broke the Kapaun drought with one of two free throws with 4:16 remaining. Hagen scored Kapaun's first field goal with 2:50 remaining. Hagen hit one of two free throws with 2:02 in regulation to cut Newton's lead to nine. Carlgren answered with one of two free throws with 1:31 in regulation. A Bachrodt trey with 41.0 seconds remaining cut the Railer lead to seven. Newton missed the front end of a one-and-bonus. Bachrodt then hit three of three free throws 12 seconds later. Newton came back with three of four free throws. Janay Jacobs hit a trey for Kapaun with 12.8 seconds remaining. Carlgren hit two free throws with 10.6 seconds to play to put the Railers up by six. Kuhn hit a layup at the buzzer for Kapaun. Newton hosts Maize at 6 p.m. today at Ravenscroft Gym. Maize is 11-1, winning the Shawnee Heights Invitational 52-44 over Wichita Heights. The Eagles moved up to second in the Class 6A coaches poll. "They have two legitimate Division I players," Jordan said. "They like to dribble-drive, a lot like Miege and Kapaun. We just have to close the driving lanes down. Abbie will have a good match-up inside. We have to find a way to slow (Paige) Lungwitz down. It will take the whole team to stop her." "They're ranked pretty high," Carlgren said. "They are a very good team. We just have to come out and show what we can do. We all came out really intense. We need to do that again."
NEWTON (10-2) — Porter 2 0-1 4, 4; Anderson 0 (1) 4-6 4, 7; Stahly 0 (2) 1-2 3, 7; Hiebert 1 0-2 0, 2; Bartel 0 0-0 0, 0; Lehman 1 3-5 3, 5; Carlgren 4 11-13 1, 19; TOTALS 9 (3) 21-34 17, 48. KAPAUN-MT. CARMEL (10-2) — Medina 0 0-0 4, 0; Hagen 2 2-4 4, 6; Jacobs 0 (1) 0-0 2, 3; Bullock 0 0-0 5, 0; Bachrodt 2 (1) 3-5 4, 10; McAullife 1 1-2 4, 3; Kuhn 4 (2) 3-5 3, 17; Lienhardt 1 3-4 3, 5; TOTALS 10 (4) 12-20 29, 44. Newton 11 18 8 11 —48 Kapaun 7 9 11 17 —44


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Fewer Americans signed contracts to buy homes in February, but the level stayed close to a nearly three-year high.
The report suggests sales of previously occupied homes will keep rising in the coming months.
The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that its seasonally adjusted index for pending home sales dipped to 104.8 in February. That is down from January's reading of 105.2 -- the highest since April 2010, when a homebuyer's tax credit was boosting sales.
Signed contracts are 8.4 percent higher than a year ago.
Pending sales in the territory covered by the Sarasota Association of Realtors were at 1,138 in February, up 9 percent from January's total of 1,047 and the highest level since March 2011.
In Manatee County, there were 467 pending sales last month, up 9 percent from January and up 15 percent from February 2011.
There is generally a one- to two-month lag between a signed contract and a completed sale.
In February, completed sales of previously occupied homes rose to a seasonally adjusted pace of 4.98 million nationally, the fastest in more than three years. The gains in both signed contracts and completed sales point to a housing recovery that is strengthening, although re-sales remain below the 5.5 million that are consistent with healthy markets.
Steady hiring and near-record-low mortgage rates have encouraged Americans to buy homes more than six years after the housing market started to collapse. More people also are moving out on their own after living with friends and relatives during the recession. That is driving a big gain in apartment construction and also pushing up rents.
Pending home sales rose 0.4 percent in the Midwest and 0.1 percent in the West last month. They fell 2.5 percent in the Northeast and 0.3 percent in the South.
One concern is that a shortage of available homes is limiting sales in many markets. More people also are starting to put their homes on the market, which could help sales in the coming months.
The Realtors' group last week said the number of homes available for sale rose 10 percent last month, the first monthly gain since April. Even with the gain, the inventory of homes for sale was still 19 percent below a year ago.
A limited supply of homes for sale has helped drive prices higher.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
Pending sales stay near a 3-year high
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Decorating With Bold Colors
The spaces Maxwell has revamped for Inside Man have all had a major factor in common: bold color. Is is undoubtedly easier and safer to decorate in neutrals — but fear shouldn't determine the aesthetics of your home! Color can transform a room, making it brighter or cozier, more cheerful or more sophisticated, and it can be a cheap fix for a 'blah' interior.
The key to using strong color without overdoing it is to balance the bold with neutrals — white, black, gray, beige, etc. Another decorator trick for balancing color is to use it more than once, picking up the bright wall color in a chair, or a rug, or even a ping pong paddle! Or if you're especially daring, you can balance saturation with more saturation — the ceiling in Image 9, for example, balances purple with a complementary saffron yellow.
Here is a roundup of inspiration from the Elle Decor online LookBook for adding some color to your neutral interior. What do you think is the best way to decorate with bright, bold colors?
Images: Red: Elle Decor, April 2010; Metropolitan Home, April 2008; Metropolitan Home, April 2008; Orange: Metropolitan Home, May 2009; Yellow: Metropolitan Home, December 2008; Green: Elle Decor; Metropolitan Home, November 2008; Blue: Metropolitan Home, October 2008; Purple: Metropolitan Home, July 2008; Black: Elle Decor, November 2002.


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The first and most significant step in the backward design process is the identification of clear learning objectives that will eventually be assessed. Using New Bloom's Taxonomy as the theoretical basis, we highlight how learning objectives can be written such that they focus on cognitive and knowledge processes. We provide examples of good learning objectives and show how they are aligned with the New Bloom's model. Our goal is to allow students to progress from lower order cognitive and knowledge (top left corner of model) learning to higher order applications of the learned content (bottom right corner of model).
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- Madhavan, K.P.C. (2009). Thinking about learning objectives. Presentation at the NCN Simulation-based Learning Workshop held in Chicago, IL.


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Tai Chi Chuan at Wave Hill (Beginners)
Saturday, August 31, 2013
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
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Quiet like a mountain, moving like a river, Tai Chi is a sequence of gentle movements based on images found in nature. In this beginner-level class, Irving Yee, an active member of the William CC Chen Tai Chi School, will introduce students to the internal martial arts and promote an awareness of their health benefits. Sessions are held outdoors only and are weather dependent. Call by 8 a.m. on the day of the class for program updates. Registration opens onsite at 9:30 a.m.
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Bargain Booze TV CampaignMay 22 2013 / Posted in news
Congratulations Matt Hulse & Chantelle Preistley, your new Bargain Booze commercial will run over the Bank Holiday, keep your eyes peeled!
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Hear from a NASA scientist and a NASA engineer as they describe their roles in the design and development of one aspect of the James Webb Space Telescope. The video reveals the importance of collaboration in continually moving exploration forward.... (View More) NASA eClips™ Launchpad video segments, designed for grades 9-12, support project-based and problem-based learning experiences in science, mathematics, and career and technical education classrooms. (View Less)
Materials Cost: Free per student
Alaska Native (Inupiat) Elders and children living in northern Alaska share their experiences and stories about the northern lights (aurora borealis). The website features a 23 minute video and a series of shorter videos and interactive animations... (View More) on related topics. (View Less)
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This is an interactive, real-time display system of space science images and data designed for museums and schools. The program displays hundreds of images and movies from space science research, all documented, with web references of how to find... (View More) out more information. The materials also include a large number of space science educational activities. The software is available for purchase. Full-screen versions without support files are available for download but require a registration number after a 30-day demo period. (View Less)
This Flash-based interactive provides access to illustrations, visualizations, videos, and near-real time images of the Sun from a variety of NASA satellites. Learners can access this information to supplement other materials related to the Sun and... (View More) heliophysics. A scale tool with the size of the Earth is also presented with the solar images. (View Less)
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Each of us is made from star stuff. But how are stars formed? Take a closer look at the life cycles of stars and learn where stars come from, how they've changed, and what happens to stars when their lives come to an end. Find out about your... (View More) connection to the cosmos. NASA eClips™ are short, relevant educational video segments. These videos inspire and engage students, helping them see real world connections. (View Less)
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Using an online interactive platform, learners will explore our solar system from the perspective of the Sun. They will observe the motion of different worlds to determine their location in the solar system. Then they will launch probes to search... (View More) these small worlds (bodies in the solar system not classified as a planet or a moon) for the caches hidden on them in order to collect the astrocoins inside. A 5E instructional lesson allows students to analyze a model to locate small worlds, define speed/distance relationships, and identify model limitations. Images, worksheets and a rubric are included. Instructional objectives and learning outcomes are aligned with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS); the NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts; and A Framework for 21st Century Learning. This resource is part of the Infiniscope space exploration experiences. (View Less)
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This software package displays movies and images of the aurora and the Sun in various wavelengths from the ground and from NASA spacecraft; a tutorial about what space weather is and how the aurora is formed; and more. Users will also find real-time... (View More) space weather conditions from current satellite missions and can download the latest data without leaving the Space Weather application. A TicTacToe game is included that tests space weather knowledge. This resource also provides additional space weather resources for use at home or school, including educational websites for offline viewing and links to a variety of space weather resources available online. (View Less)
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This Science On a Sphere video and docent show (script and playlist), explores factors that render Earth habitable and influence Earth's energy budget. The video gives an overview of NASA's Search for "Goldilocks Planets" - planets that are not too... (View More) hot or too cold for liquid water. (View Less)
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This is the first module in the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) Project Suite curriculum. Activities are self-directed by students or student teams using online videos and data from the SDO satellite to explore, research and build knowledge about... (View More) features of the Sun. Students build vocabulary, apply or demonstrate learning through real world connections, and creating resources to use in their investigations. Each activity comes with both a teacher and student guide with sequential instructions and embedded links to the needed videos and internet resources. Activity 1A: Structure of the Earth's Star takes students through the features and function of the Sun's structures using online videos, completing a "Sun Primer" data sheet using information from the videos, and creating a 3D origami model of the Sun. Students use a KWL chart to track what they have learned. Activity 1B: Observing the Sun has students capture real solar images from SDO data to find and record sunspots and track their movement across the surface of the Sun. Activity 1C has students create a pin-hole camera to use in calculating the actual diameter of the Sun, and then calculate scales to create a Earth-Sun scale model. Students reflect on their learning and results at the end of the module. An internet connection and access to computers are needed to complete this module. See related and supplementary resources for link to full curriculum. The appendix includes an alignment to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). (View Less)
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This is the second module in the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) Project Suite curriculum. Each activity is self-directed by students or student teams and uses online videos, data from the SDO satellite and hands-on activities to explore, research... (View More) and build knowledge about how and why studying the Sun's electromagnetic energy and magnetic fields help scientists better understand the Sun's activity and space weather. Students build knowledge and vocabulary, apply or demonstrate learning through real world connections and create resources to use in investigations. Both a teacher and student guide is included with sequential instructions and embedded links to the needed videos, tutorials and internet resources. In Activity 2A: The Sun and the EM Spectrum students learn how SDO uses key parts of the Sun's electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) to research regions of the Sun, create an interactive foldable to describe the different wavebands of the EMS, then use real-time SDO image data and the Helioviewer online tool to explore the Sun's regional activity. Tutorials for using Helioviewer and making the EMS foldable are included. Activity 2B: Solar activity and Magnetism has students use information in online videos and slide presentations to demonstrate concepts of magnetism and the relationship between the Sun's variable magnetic fields and sunspots. Activity 3B: Solar Research in Action! Build a Spectroscope has students create a spectroscope to observe the different wavebands of visible light, demonstrate how the Sun emits varying EMS energies, and explain how this information helps scientists understand the composition and activity of both our nearest star, and other stars in the universe. A computer for student-teams and a connection to the Internet are needed to complete this module. See related and supplementary resources for link to full curriculum. The appendix includes an alignment to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). (View Less)
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WOW awards; Peg Godwin's gardening column
Students awarded scholarship
Lynn Hill, field representative of Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society Lodge 1353, recently presented scholarship awards to three area students, Cody Dean Drake, Garrett Blake Holland and Allen Manual Gonzalez.
Woodmen of the World lodges present a variety of awards and pins to recognize and honor members, as well as individuals in their communities who have excelled or served with distinction.
For more information, call 252-268-1537.
Gardening Guru: Win a blue ribbon at the fair
With county and state fair season right around the corner, it�s time to get your best entries ready. Remember, you are not competing against professionals but others like yourself who enjoy growing beautiful plants and flowers, and tasty fruits and vegetables.
The judges are looking for the best overall appearance. Read carefully the entry materials at lenoircountyfair.org, and pick up a helpful brochure at the Lenoir County Cooperative Extension office. Double check the list of entries to make sure your fruits and vegetables are exhibited in each class. These may vary from one fair to another, and failure to follow rules and display properly may mean disqualification.
Judges are looking for high quality, superior condition and uniformity.
Quality is one of the most important but difficult characteristics to describe. It means the vegetable is at its best and in prime eating condition. In some vegetables, prime-eating condition may be at a fairly young stage, such as in summer squash, beets or green beans. In tomato, watermelon or eggplant, it may mean fully developed, at the peak of maturity. The inherent quality of a vegetable includes color, shape, texture, taste and size. Quality also measures the ability of the person who has grown the vegetable for display. It may include maturity � not overripe, shriveled, wilted, misshapen, rough or under ripe.
Condition is a measure of how the crop has been handled, with importance given to cleanliness. Some root crops � like onions, potatoes and beets � may be difficult to clean. Washing is not necessary, but using a soft brush or cloth can remove soil. Vegetables should be free from blemishes � including insect damage, mechanical injury, disease damage or preparation as in trimming or washing.
Uniformity is an obvious characteristic. It is more difficult to grow a large number of vegetables that look just alike. A prize-winning entry is uniform in shape, size, color and ripeness. A frequent mistake is to use large-sized vegetables when medium to slightly above medium is desirable.
Horticultural judges offer the following hints.
Plants are judged on overall presentation. Use clean and attractive pots, not broken or cracked, and remove yellowed, brown or dying leaves. Make sure plants are moist when entered. Handle carefully to avoid signs of damage or distress. Inspect carefully for insects. Do not enter plants with insect or disease problems. Do not use leaf shine products.
For cut stems, remove all foliage that will be under water. Cut stems just before blooms begin to open. Make smooth, angular cuts with a clean sharp knife or shears. Keep flowers out of sunlight and away from heat and drafts. To maximize vase life, clean and disinfect containers.
Experiment with cut flower entries before the fair. Coordinate the container with the cut flower, considering container shape, size, color and material to create an overall prize winning presentation. Drink cans and bottles are not the best selection. Experiment with a floral preservative.
Remember, specimens are judged on total appearance. Planning ahead should help improve your chances of bringing home a blue ribbon.
Peg Godwin is horticulture agent, Lenoir County Cooperative Extension Center. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com or 252-527-2191.


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Learners will construct a simple device to measure how effective different materials are for protecting against sunlight, explain how heat relates to the motion of atoms and molecules, describe how heat can be transmitted from one place to another,... (View More) explain how sunlight arriving on Earth interacts with matter, and describe how MESSENGER is protected by a simple sunshade in the hot Mercurian environment. Materials required to do this activity include several commonly-found items (e.g., coffee cans, ice cubes, tape, ruler, calculators, stopwatch, and scale). This is lesson 3 of 4 at the Grade 9-12 range of "Staying Cool." (View Less)
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April 20, 2006
Lipscomb's Lady Bisons dropped a pair of Atlantic Sun softball games Thursday afternoon at Draper Diamond.
The Lady Bisons fell 5-1 to Kennesaw State in game one and 5-0 in game two.
In game one Kennesaw State scored a pair of runs in the third inning on a home run by Cambria McKay and added three more in the top of the seventh on a solo home run by Kelley Cowart and a two-run home run from Keri McKee.
The Lady Bisons scored their only run in the sixth inning. Leigh Little singled to lead off the inning. Niki Bails moved Little to second on a sacrifice bunt that was fielded by the catcher. After Julia Davidson popped up to the shortstop. Jessica Wilson singled left field to score Little.
Sara Meek pitched a complete game for the Lady Bisons. She allowed 10 hits and five runs, all earned. She struck out seven and walked one.
The Lady Bisons had five hits in the game, all singles.
In game two the Lady Bisons were unable to score on three hits. Little, hitting from the leadoff spot, had two of the hits, both singles. Kate Richards had the third one.
Kennesaw State scored one run in the first inning and added four more in the sixth.
Kim Jacobson pitched a complete game for the Lady Bisons, allowing eight hits. Only one of the five runs scored was earned. She walked two batters and struck out two.
The Lady Bisons are 13-31 overall, 3-11 in the A-Sun. Kennesaw State, in its first season in A-Sun competition, is 35-16, 14-4 in the conference.
The Lady Bisons travel to Belmont Wednesday for a 2 p.m. A-Sun doubleheader.


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I do love a nice leather jean. It's not the most practical item to buy, but they are beautiful. I have had a few pairs in my lifetime, and when I find ones I really love, it's the most exciting thing. I remember all the best ones. My favorite were these weird stiff unlined and low waist ones from Fred Segal that cost a fortune – like $600 or something, which was everything I had at the time, but I didn't care because they were a strange French peanut color, like that candy that went uneaten at the bottom of your plastic jack-o-lantern on Halloween. I loved the pants so much I wanted to eat them and I can't find them at all now. Perhaps I did eat them because they were the kind of pants you don't give away or throw away or lose and yet I search my memory and my closets and drawers and those pants are history, but a figment of my leather pant imagination.
There are white leather pants I wear when I ride motorcycles, 60s style – outrageous – that glow with a toothpaste blue undertone so I can be seen by all on the roads I ramble down. These were specially made for me years ago, and the fly is all snaps and I can undo them with a hard exhale. They have a slight bootcut to accommodate the fearsome Harley Davidson motorcycle boots that are essentially also my brakes, and they are thick enough to protect me from ass gas and grass for now.
I have chaps, which I guess are leather pants too, but they are somehow less complete. Perhaps because they are more like boots with a belt attached. I have to be in the mood for chaps, like a Judas Priest mood – which I am in often (breaking the law breaking the law). I love Rob Halford – what a hot leather daddy! That is who I feel like when I wear chaps! It's very Folsom St. Fair.
My newest leather pants were the finest ones I had ever seen in my life. The J Brand red lambskin leather skinny jeans were way out of my price range, as they were nearly $900!! This is too much money for any one thing – I mean, it's fucking pants! But I stalked those pants online, looking at them every day, looking at them on different websites, looking at them in different currencies, wondering what they would be like to have on. I would think about the pants off and on during the day like wondering what they were doing, who was wearing them, who tried them on, who bought them, who didn't. I was spending too much time thinking about these pants and so I just broke down and bought them.
They came in the mail and I tore the package open with my bare hands making that weird dusty filler that seems like what collects on the lint screen in the dryer explode into the air and fill my lungs. I put them on and they were perfect, just perfect. I loved the feel of the lambskin on my skin and the zippers at the bottom were sleek and kind of punk fading into new wave. I felt like Chrissy Hynde and I felt like Lou Reed and I felt like I had stepped out of CBGBs in the late 70s to smoke a cigarette in the street even though I could smoke inside, I wanted to just be alone, with the pants.
I tried not to wear the pants too much because they were so beautiful I wanted to somehow save up that beauty, not spend it all in one place. They also stretched out a lot in the knee area, so that the hips and butt and ankles would remain tight to my figure, but then these weird bags would appear around my kneecaps, but it didn't matter because I loved those pants. I folded them as opposed to balling them up like everything else I had. I packed them carefully into my luggage for my big winter trip to New York. I wanted those pants to see the Big Apple. I was taking the pants on vacation.
When I was wearing the pants, feeling on top of the world, in a Barbour jacket and Vanson Skeleton bag, sitting alone in a café in Williamsburg, I looked down between my legs, just to admire the inseam of my beloved J Brand lambskin leather, and I noticed an odd stain. It was like a period stain, but it didn't make any sense because I had never worn these pants during my lady time. I would never have worn them during my lady time. I was sitting there in the middle of a crowd of bored and hungover looking hipsters with ironic government issue black framed eyeglasses and unflattering/flattering topknot hairdos and pleated skirts and colored tights and expensive but pilled long sweaters and I was staring down at my crotch with my legs spread wide open and I just screamed and everyone looked at me and then everyone looked away very quickly. I actually screamed. I was batting at the stain, trying to see if it was wet or dry, and trying to ascertain whether the stain came from without or within.
I realized I looked crazy, and I left the café and went to the place I was staying and I ran into the door and tore off the beloved pants. The stain was not from the inside. There was nothing inside the pants. If I had shit my pants or gotten my period in my pants or both I would not have been as upset. I own my hole. If something comes out, its on me. But this was different. The stain was from the outside. I must have sat on something – but that didn't make sense because if I had then the stain would be on the butt area. I must have straddled something – but I really don't remember doing that, and I think I would remember.
The only answer is that the stain was some kind of a stigmata, a miraculous occurrence on the pants, because they are such nice pants and I love them so much, they must be holy. I thought I could make out the face of Christ in the stain. I don't know what to do now. I put the pants away and thought about the matter. I guess since it is not an authentic period stain, I can still wear them, but they resemble a period stain so much, that people will just assume that it is a period stain. it's like a period stain catch-22. There's also the fact of my age, which should mean automatic immunity to all period stains, but I do look younger than I am, so I guess I am fucked here. I took the pants to my Korean dry cleaner who looked at the pants outside the crotch and said "this blood?" and she looked at the pants inside the crotch and she exclaimed "this not blood!" then she said "$30 – but I don't know. Maybe." So now I am just waiting for the pants now to come out of the pants hospital. Oh god. I hope they are ok.


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Art of Devil was a Thailand horror film. A story of the reunion of six souls commences, a haunting past binds the circle of friends in an evil world filled with black magic and doom.
It's all about revenge of their teacher named Boom was pregnant from an affair. One of her student captured a video of their sexual moment, and used this to leave him and his family alone. Furious… she goes to a witch doctor and has him use black magic against her ex-lover and his family. They all die in disbelieving scene.
Forget all the run through, violence and mish-mash of Khmer magic and folklore, what it comes down to is the repercussions of your actions; reaping the rewards or paying the price. Choices are strange and often trivial, split-second moments of time and space, but the fallout is often long-lasting and drawn out. Like the shaman suggests, the choice of the teens to lay the curse will affect them to the very day they die. Thus is the penalty for their actions and they must be distrustful of this annoyance wherever they go, symbolically and factually. The same 'laws' apply to the teacher and the coach as well – with their lustful choices come appropriate consequences. There is almost a downward spiral or domino effect implied in the screenplay for all involved, like telling a lie that leads to deeper and deeper lies. Each action the characters take leads them to another more important action, and in turn, more terrible consequences.
Release Date: June 27, 2006
Director: Tanit Jitnukul
Writer: Tanit Jitnukul
Starring: Arisa Wills Supakson Chaimongkol Krongthong Rachatawan Tin Settachoke Somchai Satuthum
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I like this book because it has animals in it. I like animals. I like to drink milk too! My favorite character is Rob because he tries to help Martha get to the moon. If you like animals, you will like this book.
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Sports Birthdays for October 28 — Bruce Jenner and More
Here are some of the people in the sports world celebrating birthdays on October 28:
Lenny Wilkins
Age: 75
Profession: Retired NBA Player / Coach
Best Known For: A nine-time All-Star point guard as a player, Lenny Wilkins ranks second on the NBA's all-time list of victories by a head coach. Wilkens' 1,332 wins trail only Don Nelson. Wilkes played for the St. Louis Hawks, Seattle SuperSonics, Cleveland Cavaliers and Portland Trail Blazers from 1960 to 1975. Wilkens' coached six teams, including stints as a player-coach at Seattle and Portland. He coached the SuperSonics to the NBA championship in 1979. Wilkens has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player, coach and an assistant coach of the 'Dream Team' U.S. Olympic basketball team in 1992.
Bruce Jenner
Age: 63
Profession: Retired Olympic Decathlete
Best Known For: A winner of the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Bruce Jenner set the then-world record in the event with 8,618 points. He has had separate careers in acting, motivational speaking, business and reality television. Jenner is married to Kris Jenner. Bruce and Kris co-star on 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians,' which features his stepdaughters Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Rob Kardashian.
Steve Atwater
Age: 46
Profession: Retired NFL Player
Best Known For: An eight-time Pro Bowl safety, Steve Atwater played for the Denver Broncos and New York Jets from 1989 to 1999. He was a member of the Broncos' teams that won Super Bowls XXXII and XXXIII. He was named to the NFL's 1990s All-Decade Team.
Terrell Davis
Age: 40
Profession: Retired NFL Player
Best Known For: A three-time Pro Bowl running back, Terrell Davis played for the Denver Broncos from 1995 to 2001. He was named the NFL's MVP in 1998 and its Offensive Player of the Year in 1997 and 1998. Davis is one of six players ever to rush for 2,000 yards in an NFL season (1998). He was a member of the Broncos' teams that won Super Bowls XXXII and XXXIII. He was named to the NFL's 1990s All-Decade Team.
Jarrett Jack
Age: 29
Profession: NBA Player
Best Known For: Jarrett Jack is a point guard for the Golden State Warriors. He has played for five NBA teams since being selected in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft.