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TMJ Disorders at Morley Dental Centre
Jaw pain, along with a number of other symptoms such as radiating pain in the face, jaw, or neck, jaw muscle stiffness, limited movement or locking of the jaw, painful clicking, popping or grating in the jaw joint when opening or closing the mouth and a change in the way the upper and lower teeth fit together could be a sign of TMJ disorder.
If you're experiencing any of the above symptoms and are in need of a TMJ dentist in Morley, then visit our experienced team at Morley Dental Centre – Our dentists are highly trained in identifying and treating TMJ disorders.
What is TMJ disorder?
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ) is pain and dysfunction of the muscles that move the jaw and joints which connect the lower jaw to the skull. People who suffer from TMJ will experience pain, restricted movement and joint noise during any movement of the jaw.
Can my dentist fix jaw pain?
There are a few different methods dentists use to treat TMJ once it has been diagnosed.
Appliance Therapy (Splint or Mouth Guard)
Typically the first line of treatment provided by your dentist will be the use of a splint. The TMJ splint is worn to reduce stress on the jaw, allow the muscles to function optimally and/or to cover the deflective interferences affecting the bite so that the lower jaw can be repositioned into the socket properly. If a splint helps relieve the pain, it is possible that your bite or parafunction was causing the problem.
Occlusal Equilibration
Many TMJ cases can be corrected with occlusal equilibration which involves selective reshaping of the biting surfaces of the teeth and is often the best choice for eliminating deflective interferences so that the jaw can close properly.
Once the lower jaw is able to close properly into position within the temporomandibular socket, your pain may be relieved immediately. Pain relief typically is achieved when the muscles are able to function properly.
Looking for a dentist that treats TMJ disorders in Morley- Contact our friendly team at Morley Dental Centre on 08 9276 3177 or visit us at Suite 1, 3 Bishop Street, Morley, WA.


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Sure, it's NBA Summer League action but Andrew Wiggins is still out there doing it. The Cavaliers and Sixers summer squads are playing tonight and Wiggins just pulled off this silky-smooth-yet-powerful dunk, slashing through the Philly defense on the baseline and throwing down with two hands.
Then he blocked the everloving shit out of Nerlens Noel, Philly's top pick from a year ago.
Wiggins also busted out a ridiculously nonchalant 360 behind-the-back dunk in pregame warmups yesterday.
The Cavs may have a live one, here. If he does stay in Cleveland, hopefully someone from that team participates in the dunk contest.

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Emma C. Cutright, born in Gilmer Co., W.Va., on April 21, 1920, stepped peacefully into her new life in the early hours of Oct. 18, 2013, at the age of 93, following years at Riverside Memory Wing in Newcomerstown.
A graduate of Glenville Teachers' College she taught in Maryland, During World War II she moved to Canton with a sister and friend to make bullets at Timken, Rosie-the-Riveter style. She taught at the one-room school house in Cedarville, W.Va., of which a memorial can be visited still today.
She married and moved to Newcomerstown, teaching at Plainfield, then at Newcomerstown Elementary school until her retirement. She beat cancer 34 years ago.
Her heart remained in West Virginia.
Her life was her students, showing them how to knit, fold paper fish and glitter waxed stars.
Her pride was her two daughters. Her joy was her two grandsons. She is survived by her daughters, Susie Hart with husband Chris of Port Washington and Nancy Orr with husband Jeff of Newcomerstown; grandsons, Adam Hart with wife Lisa of Aberdeen, N.C., and Jonathan Orr of Columbus.
Emma was the daughter of the late Samuel H. and Sudie Richards Carson.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by all her brothers, Howard, Russell, Roy, Robert and Carl; and both her beloved sisters, Dollie and Hallie.
Graveside services will be held at Sand Fork, W.Va., with Pastor Brian Groves officiating.
Addy Funeral Home in Newcomerstown is handling arraignments.
Memorial contributions may be made to West Elementary School, 517 Beaver St., Newcomerstown, OH 43832.
Online condolences may be made at www.addyfuneralhome.com.


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Effect of Carbamazepine on Dolutegravir Pharmacokinetics in Healthy Adult Subjects
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01967771
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : October 23, 2013
Last Update Posted : January 27, 2014
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|Condition or disease
|Infection, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
|Drug: DTG Drug: CBZ
|Phase 1
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|16 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Official Title:
|A Phase I, Open Label, Randomized, Three Period, Fixed Sequence Crossover Study to Evaluate the Effect of Carbamazepine on Dolutegravir Pharmacokinetics in Healthy Adult Subjects (200901)
|Study Start Date :
|October 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 2014
Experimental: DTG/CBZ
All subjects will be assigned to a single-sequence of three treatment periods without washout. Subjects will receive DTG 50 mg once daily (OD) for 5 days (Period 1), followed by CBZ 100 mg twice daily (BID) for 3 days (days 1-3 of Period 2), CBZ 200 mg BID for 3 days (days 4-6 of Period 2), CBZ 300mg BID for 10 days (days 7-16 of Period 2), followed by DTG 50 mg OD in combination with CBZ 300mg BID for 5 days (Period 3).
Drug: DTG
DTG will be supplied as 50 mg tablet to be administered orally
Drug: CBZ
CBZ will be supplied as 100 mg and 200 mg extended release tablet to be administered orally
- Steady state plasma DTG pharmacokinetics (PK) parameters [ Time Frame: Day 5 and Day 26 ]PK parameters will include: Steady state plasma DTG concentration at the end of the dosing interval (Ctau), maximum concentration (Cmax), area under the time-concentration curve over the dosing interval [AUC(0-tau)], apparent clearance following oral dosing (CL/F), terminal phase half life (t1/2), concentration at time zero (C0) and minimum concentration (Cmin)
- Change from baseline in 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) [ Time Frame: Up to 40 days ]Single 12-lead ECGs will be obtained at each timepoint
- Change from baseline in vital signs [ Time Frame: Up to 40 days ]Vital signs will include systolic and diastolic blood pressure and pulse rate
- Number of subjects with adverse events (AEs) [ Time Frame: Up to 40 days ]AEs will be assessed throughout the study
- Toxicity grading of clinical laboratory tests [ Time Frame: Up to 40 days ]Laboratory assessments will include haematology, clinical chemistry and urinalysis parameters
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy as determined by a responsible and experienced physician, based on a medical evaluation including [medical history, physical examination, laboratory tests and cardiac monitoring]. A subject with a clinical abnormality or laboratory parameter(s) which is/are not specifically listed in the inclusion or exclusion criteria, outside the reference range for the population being studied may be included only if the Investigator agrees and documents that the finding is unlikely to introduce additional risk factors and will not interfere with the study procedures.
- Male/females aged between 18 and 65 years of age inclusive, at the time of signing the informed consent.
- A female subject is eligible to participate if she is of: non-childbearing potential defined as pre-menopausal females with a documented tubal ligation, bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy [for this definition, "documented" refers to the outcome of the investigator's/designee's review of the subject's medical history for study eligibility, as obtained via a verbal interview with the subject or from the subject's medical records]; or postmenopausal defined as 12 months of spontaneous amenorrhea [in questionable cases a blood sample with simultaneous follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) >40 milli international units per milliliter (MIU/mL) and estradiol <40 picograms (pg)/mL (<147 picomole per liter (pmol/L) is confirmatory]; Child-bearing potential with negative pregnancy test as determined by [serum or urine] human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) test at screening or prior to dosing AND Agrees to use one of the contraception methods for an appropriate period of time (as determined by the product label or investigator) prior to the start of dosing to sufficiently minimize the risk of pregnancy at that point. Female subjects must agree to use contraception until 5 days post-last dose. OR has only same-sex partners, when this is her preferred and usual lifestyle.
- Body weight >=50 kilograms (Kg) for males and >=45 Kg for females and body mass index (BMI) within the range 18.5 - 31.0 Kg/m^2 (square meters) (inclusive).
- Alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin <= 1.5x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) (isolated bilirubin >1.5xULN is acceptable if bilirubin is fractionated and direct bilirubin <35%). A single repeat is allowed for eligibility determination.
- Based on single corrected QT interval (QTc) value: QT duration corrected for heart rate by Bazett's formula (QTcB) <450 millisecond (msec); or QTc <480 msec in subjects with Bundle Branch Block.
- A negative HLA-B*1502 allele screening assessment for subjects of Asian ethnicity only.
- Capable of giving written informed consent, which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the consent form
Exclusion Criteria:
- A positive pre-study drug/alcohol screen.
- A positive test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody.
- Pregnant females as determined by positive [serum or urine] hCG test at screening or prior to dosing.
- History of regular alcohol consumption within 6 months of the study defined as: an average weekly intake of >14 drinks for males or >7 drinks for females. One drink is equivalent to 12 g of alcohol: 12 ounces (360 mL) of beer, 5 ounces (150 mL) of wine or 1.5 ounces (45 mL) of 80 proof distilled spirits.
- History of sensitivity to any of the study medications, or components thereof or a history of drug or other allergy that, in the opinion of the investigator or GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Medical Monitor, contraindicates their participation. Subjects will allergy to tricyclic antidepressants should not be enrolled.
- Where participation in the study would result in donation of blood or blood products in excess of 500 mL within a 56 day period.
- The subject has participated in a clinical trial and has received an investigational product within the following time period prior to the first dosing day in the current study: 30 days, 5 half-lives or twice the duration of the biological effect of the investigational product (whichever is longer).
- Lactating females.
- The subject's systolic blood pressure is outside the range of 90-140 millimeters of mercury (mmHg), or diastolic pressure is outside the range of 45-90 mmHg, or heart rate is outside the range of 50-100 beats per minute (bpm) for female subjects or 45-100 bpm for male subjects. A single repeat is allowed for eligibility determination.
- Exclusion criteria for screening ECG (a single repeat is allowed for eligibility determination): Heart rate for males <45 and >110 bpm and females <50 and >100 bpm; PR interval <120 and >220 msec, QRS duration <70 and >120 msec, QTc interval (Bazett) >450 msec. Evidence of previous myocardial infarction (Does not include ST segment changes associated with repolarization); any clinically significant arrhythmia which, in the opinion of the investigator and GSK Medical Monitor, will interfere with the safety for the individual subject; any conduction abnormality (including but not specific to left or right incomplete bundle branch block, atrioventricular block [2nd degree or higher], Wolf Parkinson White [WPW] syndrome), sinus pauses>3 seconds, and non-sustained or sustained ventricular tachycardia (>=3 consecutive ventricular ectopic beats).
- Platelets, white blood cell count or hemoglobin below the lower limit of normal. A single repeat is allowed for eligibility determination.
- A positive pre-study Hepatitis B surface antigen or positive Hepatitis C antibody result within 3 months of screening
- Current or chronic history of liver disease, or known hepatic or biliary abnormalities (with the exception of Gilbert's syndrome or asymptomatic gallstones).
- History of suicide ideation or severe depression.
- History of hepatic porphyria (e.g., acute intermittent porphyria, variegate porphyria, porphyria cutanea tarda.
- History of previous bone marrow depression (e.g., prior viral or drug related bone marrow depression)
- Unable to refrain from the use of prescription or non-prescription drugs, including vitamins, herbal and dietary supplements (including St. John's Wort) within 7 days (or 14 days if the drug is a potential enzyme inducer) or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to the first dose of study medication, unless in the opinion of the investigator and GSK Medical Monitor the medication will not interfere with the study procedures or compromise subject safety.
- Unwillingness or inability to follow the procedures outlines in the protocol.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01967771
|United States, Kansas
|GSK Investigational Site
|Overland Park, Kansas, United States, 66211
|Study Director:
|GSK Clinical Trials
|ViiV Healthcare
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|First Posted:
|October 23, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 27, 2014
|Last Verified:
|January 2014
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Immune System Diseases
Lentivirus Infections
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Durably transparent: PLEXIGLAS® and PLEXIMID® for headlamp lenses
- PLEXIGLAS® and PLEXIMID® molding compounds are especially suited for lenses in LED headlamps
- Product benefits: no optical birefringence effects with PLEXIGLAS®, highest possible transparency and negligible drop in light transmission even after years of service
- PLEXIMID® remains clear-transparent even after prolonged use at temperatures up to 150°C
LEDs are very popular in many different sectors, including automotive construction. Whereas LED headlamps have so far been mainly used in high-end vehicles, more and more automobile manufacturers are now following this trend in mid-range cars too.
One aim is always to stand out from the crowd by choosing an eye-catching design or adding special functions. These include variable functions that are only possible with LEDs, such as adaptive lights for variable headlamp range control depending on driving speed and environmental conditions.
Applications range from large main headlamps to edge-lit lenses and light guides for daytime running lights up to lenses for dynamic indicator lights.
The innovative headlamp designs with a clear brand signature of the car manufacturing company often place high demands on the lenses. Depending on their construction and the LED grades used, the lenses have to withstand very high temperatures and also over longer periods of operation.
No birefringence: clear view in incident light
A number of features make PLEXIGLAS® especially suited for headlamp lenses. The material can be formed at will and is therefore the perfect choice for attractive designs. In addition, PLEXIGLAS® offers high transparency and durability. These are properties that are particularly advantageous for use in headlamp lenses, and offer benefits over other transparent plastics. PLEXIGLAS® also suppresses the disturbing colored light halos around the edge of the lenses. This is because of the material's low birefringence combined with its high Abbé number that guarantees low dispersion effects.
Constantly high luminous efficiency
PLEXIGLAS® also comes up trumps in other optical respects. It is clear-transparent, which means there is no clouding. Light shines through with complete clarity. Better still, because of its stability, PLEXIGLAS® loses none of its high transmission even after several years, and provides constantly high luminous efficiency.
High temperature requirements—no problem for PLEXIMID®
The chosen headlamp construction creates temperatures over 150 degrees Celsius inside the headlamp? No problem for PLEXIMID®. PLEXIMID® is a polymethyl methacrylimide (PMMI) that offers an extremely high heat deflection temperature in addition to the properties of PMMA. It remains completely stable under permanent thermal load. Its transmission, yellowness index and clouding show virtually no change even in a 40-day test at 150 degrees Celsius.
This makes it particularly suitable for all types of headlamps in which the illuminant is meant to offer extremely high performance and brightness, or LEDs are installed very close to the lens.
That applies both to main headlamps and light guides for daytime running lights that have to guarantee uniformly strong illumination of long distances. Here too, PLEXIMID® remains clear in permanent use.
PLEXIGLAS® and headlamp lenses: applications with a future
One thing is clear: LED technology is one of the elements that will be used even more frequently and diversely in the future, and will put other technologies in the shade. The possibilities for developing modern headlamps, edge-lit lenses or designer lighting have not been exhausted by a long shot. And the requirements to be met by the relevant materials are just as varied as the applications themselves. For this purpose, Evonik offers a broad product portfolio of PLEXIGLAS® and PLEXIMID® molding compounds with different heat deflection temperatures and customized optical properties.
Evonik Industries is a worldwide manufacturer of PMMA products sold under the PLEXIGLAS® trademark on the European, Asian, African and Australian continents and under the ACRYLITE® trademark in the Americas.
Company information
Evonik, the creative industrial group from Germany, is one of the world leaders
in specialty chemicals. Profitable growth and a sustained increase in the value of the company form the heart of Evonik's corporate strategy. Its activities focus on the key megatrends health, nutrition, resource efficiency and globalization. Evonik benefits specifically from its innovative prowess and integrated technology platforms.
Evonik is active in over 100 countries around the world. In fiscal 2013 more than 33,500 employees generated sales of around €12.7 billion and an operating profit (adjusted EBITDA) of about €2.0 billion.
In so far as forecasts or expectations are expressed in this press release or where our statements concern the future, these forecasts, expectations or statements may involve known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Actual results or developments may vary, depending on changes in the operating environment. Neither Evonik Industries AG nor its group companies assume an obligation to update the forecasts, expectations or statements contained in this release.


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Rachel McAdams Cringes While Watching 'The Notebook' Audition [VIDEO]by Maggie Malach | PopCrush
Earlier this summer, the Internet buzzed with adoration over Rachel McAdams' 'The Notebook' audition. The actress, however, reacted quite differently when presented with the recently resurfaced footage.
During an appearance on the 'TODAY' show today (July 22), host Matt Lauer played the 12-year-old video for Rachel, who admitted that she had never seen it. As she watched the footage, the actress covered her face and tried to hide her reaction.
"Why are you cringing? You got the part!" Matt joked.
As it turns out, Rachel isn't the only one whose emotions were exposed during the interview. Al Roker recalled a time when Matt openly wept on a plane while watching 'The Notebook.'
"Embrace it," Rachel said with a laugh. "I love that. It's very sweet."
Apparently, lots of men get in touch with their sensitive sides while viewing 'The Notebook.'
"Men want to confess that they've cried and it felt good," Rachel admitted.
Watch her full interview — she also reveals which boy band she loved — in the video above!


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|Hello, friends! I'm taking a break and it might take me a few days to reply to comments and emails. I'll be back! :)
Friday, February 8, 2013
Fine, I'll bake chickpea cookies
Anyway, I was determined to be good and show some self-control after a trip to the dentist a few weeks ago, but all that willpower vanished when I saw that Ricki had pinned these delicious looking chickpea-based peanut butter cookies on Pinterest. To hell with temperance! Give me cookies! I rolled my eyes at chickpea cookies and bean brownies for years, and finally last week I gave in and tried them. They were wonderful! Chickpea flavor? Nope. Just vanilla, chocolate, almond (I made mine with MaraNatha almond butter instead of peanut butter), and a what-is-that flavor that does not taste like chickpeas. This non-believer is now a worshiper of the chickpea cookie! Thank you for the recipe, Erin!
My elebentieth batch in two weeks.
I am not accepting products for review these days - unless something looks irresistibly good! That is what happened when the good folks at Parmela offered to send me some aged vegan parmesan. How could I resist?
It's very sharp and flavorful, so a little goes a long way. This product is more like dairy parmesan than any other vegan cheese I've ever tried. It resembles fresh dairy parmesan, unlike the white powdery parm substitutes that resemble that super fine floury dairy pasta topping thing. (I do like the white powdery vegan parmesans too though)
That is a nice plate of polenta with tomatoey lentils and Parmela on top. Why did I choose a yellow food such as polenta to show you a yellow parmesan product? Because I'm a dummy!
Ingredients and nutritional info:
Thank you, Parmela for letting me try your tasty cheese! Now let's see what the Wing-It ducks are up to...
Snowy cutie!
Happy weekend, everyone!
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I have made that same chickpea cookie recipe! Oh man, SO GOOD.ReplyDelete
I was grossed out by the whole sweet-bean idea for a long time, too, until I made a chocolate chip cake with cannelini beans as a major ingredient. I've made it over and over — even for "regular" people and it gets snarfed up every time with almost none left for me. I've even turned the recipe into cookies. Lately, my cookies have all been of the almond flour/oat flour/chocolate chip variety but you've just given me a great idea. I'm supposed to make bake-sale cookies tomorrow and maybe they will be chickpea cookies!ReplyDelete
p.s. I hate when you "disappear." Have safe travels and I'll look for you in the fall.ReplyDeleteReplies
Aw, thank you! I will definitely try to update the blog at least a few times with travel photos. No food, but cute wildlife is definitely blog worthy! :)Delete
I hope you love these cookies too if you make them for the bake sale - they really are so good! It looks like chocolate chip cannelini bean cake will be my next food adventure!
I have been wondering about this Parm! Thanks!!!!!ReplyDelete
The duck is super cute! Chickpea cookies! WOWZA! Those cookies are amazingly awesome looking!Replies
It's very tasty! We have a Whole Foods trip planned for this weekend and I'm going to have to pick up a little tub or two of Parmela.Delete
Isn't she a cutie? I love it when they dig in the snow with their little beaks. It's also funny when they dig in the mud and end up with "mud facials" :D
Chickpea cookies, eh? I'm going to have to try that recipe the next time I'm in the mood for some cookies! And that parm looks pretty awesome--I love how vegan cheese is getting so innovative & tasty lately!ReplyDelete
Love the cartoon! Happy Travels. After many years, I'm still trying to guess your mystery job. This year you're either a traveling tennis camp instructor, a flea market coordinator, antique road-show appraiser, or a trapeze artist in a circus.ReplyDelete
I have to go to the dentist next week. I'm so not very excited about that. I floss daily and everything but still... cavities galore!ReplyDelete
Anyway, the cookies look amazing! Nice and gooey. Thanks a lot for leaving feedback on the recipe and linking to it. :) I really appreciate it!
And I love the duck! Ducks are almost my favorite animal. Just after baby elephants. :DReplies
Thank YOU for sharing it, Erin! They really are wonderful, and I will probably make yet another batch today.Delete
It's tough to beat baby elephants! But I'm sure ducks would be very happy to come in second place anyway :)
Good luck at the dentist!
Oh those cookies look amazing. I think that I will have to make some of these soon.ReplyDelete
1) Those cookies look TO DIE FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!! and 2) Parmela is BEST THING EVER! All caps were completely called for here. :-)ReplyDelete
The looks look amazing and the Parmela sounds great too!!ReplyDelete
Good luck on your upcoming travels! Stay in touch :)
Hey River! I did it! I entered the blogosphere. Not just a vegan blog. Kind of a catch-all for my life, especially now that we've decided to adopt! Check it out. It's called The Other 1% and is at alookattheotheronepercent.blogspot.com. Happy travels until Halloween time!!ReplyDelete
I also have sneered at bean based baked goods in the past but those cookies look amazing.ReplyDelete
This is a beautiful post. You always inspire me! Love this French food. Merry Christmas to you, sweet friend!ReplyDelete


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Loose-lipped, silver-haired lothario Julian Assange has lost his appeal to stay in the UK, and will be extradited to Sweden to face trial over alleged rape and sexual molestation charges.
Assange's most recent legal case saw him trying to overturn the European arrest warrant that was issued for him over the Swedish sex claims, but two high court judges have today ruled the warrant should stand and that Assange is therefore legally obliged to return to Sweden over the next few weeks.
It's not the end of all hope for Assange to remain in the UK, though -- there still may be a slim chance of an appeal to the Supreme Court if lawyers believe the case is of "legal significance."
In the spirit of openness Assange would no doubt approve of, the full ruling is available online here. [AP via The Register]


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Law Offices of Oksana Van Rooy
I am an attorney (general practitioner) in California.
Any person (English and Russian - speaking) who needs help with legal issue under California law.
I need to re-design my website (http://www.vanrooylawoffices.com). It should be as simple as possible and should load very quickly. Also, I need the ability to add additional pages and to modify information on the page (please keep in mind that I know absolutely nothing about web design, so it should be as simple as possible. I was told that the WorldPress should be easy for me to navigate). There should be a switch between the Engish and Russian versions of the page (as it is now).
I prefer white background. The general information will probably be the same as on the current pages. I do not want "Consultation Appointment Form". Instead, I just want a separate page "Contact Us," which will be a joinder of my current "Our locations" page and the "Consultation Appointment Form". I will also have a page for "Resource Links."
I want some graphics and/or pictures on the site; it would be nice if they can load one after another, such as, for example, on http://www.businessexpocenter.com. For now, I am just attaching one photograph (I'll have more later).
Please design the main page, one of the inside general pages (i.e., Contact Us page), and one of the inside legal pages (i.e., a representative page for Estate Planning). Please note that for the inside legal pages, I will mostly have the FAQs, which should have the Questions on the left side of the page, and if you click on the question, it should bring you to the answer on the right side of the page.
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From Okanagan Valley wines to wild BC mushrooms and Alberta beef, Executive Chefs Jean Pierre Guerin and Frédéric Couton highlight the best of Western Canadian produce in the dishes they serve guests on the Rocky Mountaineer. "We believe in ingredients more than anything else," Guerin says. "So we use the freshest possible ingredients that we can get; obviously a lot of seafood, vegetables, and potatoes. It's also regional; everything has to be inspired by regional cuisine, regional ingredients, local produce, local everything."
The chefs put together a collection of their favourite recipes, 95 per cent of which are being served on the train, in Eat Play Love: Regionally Inspired Cuisine. The pair designed the book as a memento for guests who want to recreate some of the Rocky Mountaineer dishes in their home kitchens. "It's first and foremost a book that is aimed towards the people at home who may not have formal cooking training, and are still able to reproduce these recipes that are very simple," Guerin says. "The key is to source the right ingredients."
Excerpted from the cookbook Eat Play Love: Regionally Inspired Cuisine by Rocky Mountaineer; recipes created by executive chefs Jean Pierre Guerin and Frédéric Couton.
Pan-Seared Haida Gwaii Sablefish
Serves 4
Sautéed Sablefish
600 g (24 oz) Pacific sablefish fillet
60 ml (¼ cup) extra virgin olive oil
Salt, to taste
Ground pepper, to taste
Sautéed Mushrooms
240 g (1 cup) fresh morel mushrooms (brown, oyster or shiitake mushrooms can be substituted)
30 ml (2 Tbsp) canola oil
Salt, to taste
Ground pepper, to taste
Hazelnut Vinaigrette
30 ml (2 Tbsp) red wine vinegar
20 g (1½ Tbsp) Dijon mustard
Salt, to taste
Ground pepper, to taste
60 ml (¼ cup) extra virgin olive oil
14 ml (1 Tbsp) hazelnut oil
14 g (1 Tbsp) shallots, chopped
Grilled Asparagus
454 g (2 cups) asparagus
30 ml (2 Tbsp) extra virgin olive oil
Salt, to taste
Ground pepper, to taste
Sautéed Sablefish
Preheat oven to 190°C / 375°F. Portion sablefish, rub with olive oil and season with salt and pepper on all sides. Heat up an oven-safe frying pan and sear fillets on both sides. Finish in the oven until cooked to medium at the core (approximately 4 minutes).
Sautéed Mushrooms
Wash and trim the morel mushrooms. Heat oil in a skillet and add the mushrooms. Season with salt and pepper and cook until soft. Remove from the heat and reserve.
Hazelnut Vinaigrette
Whisk together the vinegar and mustard. Add salt and pepper, and gradually add olive oil and hazelnut oil to create a homogenous dressing. Add shallots and reserve until ready to use.
Grilled Asparagus
Wash and trim asparagus to about 8 cm / 3 inches from the tip and peel the stalk to about 3 cm / 1 inch from the bottom. Mix with the oil and season with salt and pepper. Place on grill and grill mark quickly on both sides until cooked and browned. Reserve until ready to use.
Place the sautéed sablefish in the centre of the plate. Drizzle the hazelnut vinaigrette around the fillet and garnish with morel mushrooms and roasted asparagus. Serve immediately.
Braised Alberta Beef Short Ribs
Serves 6
Braised Short Ribs
1 bottle Okanagan Valley Merlot
3 pieces pappadum
30 ml (2 tbsp) vegetable oil
1 kg (2 lb) short ribs, trimmed
Sea salt, to taste
7 ml (1 1/2 tsp) black peppercorns, crushed
2 carrots, chopped
2 celery stalks, chopped
1 leek, chopped
10 garlic cloves, crushed
8 large shallots, trimmed and split
6 sprigs Italian parsley
2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 bay leaves
30 ml (2 tbsp) tomato paste
2 l (8 cups) beef or chicken stock, unsalted
Ground white pepper, to taste
Horseradish Mashed Potatoes
1400 g (3 lbs) yellow flesh potatoes, cut
3 litres (12 cups) salted water
120 ml (½ cup) 33 per cent heavy cream
60 ml (¼ cup) milk
Horseradish, to taste
60 g (¼ cup) butter
Ground pepper, to taste
Sea salt, to taste
Braised Short Ribs
Pour the wine into a large saucepan set over medium heat. When the wine is heated, carefully set it aflame. Let the flames die out, then increase the heat so that the wine boils. Allow it to boil until it cooks down by half. Remove from the heat.
Centre a rack in the oven and preheat to 175°C / 350 °F. Place the pappadum on the oven rack and bake until bubbles start to appear on the surface and the pappadum starts to brown (approximately 5 minutes). Immediately remove from the oven and set aside.
Heat the oil over medium-high heat in a Dutch oven or large casserole dish big enough to hold 6 ribs. Season the ribs all over with salt and crushed pepper. When the oil is hot, slip the ribs into the pot and sear for 4 to 5 minutes on each side, until well browned. Transfer the browned ribs to a plate.
Remove all but 14 ml / 1 Tbsp of fat from the pot. Chop the carrots, celery and leek into 3 cm / 1 inch pieces. Lower the heat to medium, and toss in the vegetables and herbs. Brown the vegetables lightly for 5 to 7 minutes, then stir in the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute to blend. Deglaze with red wine and add browned ribs and stock to the pot. Bring to a boil. Cover the pot tightly and slide it into the oven to braise for about 2. hours, or until the ribs are tender enough to be easily pierced with a fork. Every 30 minutes or so, lift the lid and skim and discard whatever fat may have bubbled up to the surface.
Carefully transfer the meat to a heated serving platter with a lip and keep warm. Boil the pan liquid until it thickens and reduces to approximately 1 litre / 4 cups. Season with salt and pepper and pass through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl. Discard the solids, and set aside the sauce.
Horseradish Mashed Potatoes
Bring 3 litres / 3 quarts of salted water to a boil in a heavy saucepan. Add in the washed, peeled and cut potatoes and cook until very soft (35 to 55 minutes) at a medium boil. Drain all water and mash potatoes. Add in the cream and milk. Check seasoning (salt and pepper), and add horseradish to taste. Finish off with fresh butter.
Serve short ribs with horseradish mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables. Drizzle the sauce over the braised short ribs. Garnish with a crisp pappadum as a finishing touch. Short ribs can be served with or without the bone in.
Sir Sandford Fleming Eggs Benedict with Tarragon Hollandaise
Serves 4
7 g (1 tsp) salt, coarse
90 ml (1/3 cup) apple cider vinegar
4 farm-fresh whole eggs
15 g (1 Tbsp) fresh tarragon, finely chopped
240 g (1 cup) butter
4 egg yolks
2 whole wheat English muffins
240 g (1 cup) Montréal smoked meat, thinly sliced
Fresh chives, finely chopped, to taste
Poached Eggs
Pour 1 litre / 4 cups of water into a small saucepan. Add salt and 30 ml / 2 Tbsp of apple cider vinegar. Bring water to a boil and gently crack open each whole egg into the simmering water.
Cook eggs until the white part has cooked to a soft touch. Delicately remove all eggs from the water using a strainer, and place into a cold water bath to stop the cooking process.
Tarragon Hollandaise Sauce
Separate the leaves of the tarragon and chop them finely. Place the remaining 60 ml / ¼ cup of apple cider vinegar in a small saucepan, add the tarragon leaves and reduce at a low heat for approximately 10 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated. Note: this mixture will be used at a lukewarm temperature.
In another saucepan, melt butter over very low heat until the butter has separated. Use only the clear clarified liquid; discard the milky substance at the bottom.
Place the egg yolks in a small stainless steel bowl and add the lukewarm vinegar tarragon mixture. Place the bowl over a pan of simmering water (bain-marie) and whisk the mixture until eggs have doubled in size and start to thicken. Remove mixture from the bain-marie and gradually add the clarified melted butter. Continue to whisk together. Check the seasoning and use immediately.
Cut each English muffin in half and toast in a toaster. Warm up the poached eggs in simmering water for 1 minute. Warm up the sliced smoked meat in a non-stick frying pan and place a piece on each muffin half. Strain eggs and place on top of the smoked meat, then spoon approximately 60 ml / ¼ cup of the tarragon hollandaise sauce over each egg. Finish with finely chopped chives sprinkled on top. Serve immediately.
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Electoral Board Vice Chair Joanie Schatzman earned the ire of School Board candidate Vance High when she told a DP reporter she was "repelled by Vance."
Schatzman tells WINA that she's not repelled by High, just by his ideas, and he should "stop whining and start campaigning." She did apologize for the angst her remark caused High, who filed a grievance with the State Electoral Board and called for Schatzman's resignation.


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Abstract: Abstract We analyze firms' incentives to cluster in an industrial district to benefit from reciprocal technology spillovers. A simple model of cumulative innovation is presented where technology spillovers arise endogenously through labor mobility. It is shown that firms' incentives to cluster are the strongest when the following three conditions are met: 1) technological progress is rapid; 2) competition in the product market is relatively soft; 3) the probability of a single firm to develop an innovation is neither very high nor very low. We show that some trade secret protection is always beneficial for firms' profits and stimulates clustering. Excessive protection may impede technology spillovers and reduce firms' incentives to cluster. JEL Codes: J3, K2, L1, O32, O34. Keywords: Cumulative innovation, industrial districts, intellectual property rights, technology spillovers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6784
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Abstract: We study a situation in which an R&D department promotes the introduction of an innovation, which results in costly re-adjustments for production workers. In response, the production department tries to resist change by improving the existing technology. We show that firms balancing the strengths of the two departments perform better. This principle is employed to derive several implications concerning the hiring of talents, monetary incentives, and technology investment policies. As a negative effect, resistance to change might distort the R&D department's effort away from radical innovations. The firm can solve this problem by implementing the so-called "skunk works model" of innovation where the R&D department is isolated from the rest of the organization. Resistance to change, innovation, skunk works model, contest. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7691
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Incredible shovel-ready, permit approved opportunity. This view property sits among the crown jewels of Eureka Valley. It presents a unique chance to create your dream home now.
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With the bright retail lights and financial centers of downtown San Francisco only two miles away, this area offers idyllic urban living. Eureka Valley is made up of both flat lands and hills. On the lower slope is the San Francisco archbishop's headquarters, and on the upper is the dramatic pinnacle known as Corona Heights. The natural beauty of the hills forms the backdrop for a wide variety of homes, many of which are elegant Victorians. Residential pride is evident in the care of the housing, properties, and the entire neighborhood. The social atmosphere tends to be open and relaxed. Buses and light rail provide convenience for commuters to downtown employment centers, and the location east of the Twin Peaks offers some protection from fog.
Historically known as Eureka Valley, The Castro has been considered the Bay Area capital of the gay community since the 1970s. Recently made even more famous by the movie Milk, The Castro is a thriving, exciting area that always seems be bustling.
Surrounded by a wide array of real estate like single family homes and condominiums, the centerpiece of the Castro is the elegant Castro Theater. Nearby you'll find wonderful restaurants like Frances, Poesia, Sumi Sushi, Nirvana, Osaka Sushi, Caffe Luna Piena, 2223 Restaurant and Bar, Catch, Anchor Oyster Bar & Seafood Market, Blue, Lime and Tangerine (there are even some unforgettable diners like Orphan Andy's and Baghdad Café).
Watch the foot traffic at local Eureka Valley cafes like Café Flore, Spike's Coffees & Teas, Samovar Tea Lounge, Morning Due Cafe, and of course Tully's, Peet's and Starbucks. And to catch the local scene in action check out the Castro's world-famous bars like Moby Dick, Midnight Sun, Badlands, 440 Castro, The Café, Harvey's and Twin Peaks Tavern.
The love and dedication inhabitants feel for the area can be seen in their websites, like CastroOnline, CastroSF, WebCastro and TheCastro.net. There are many popular events in the area, including the Castro Street Fair, Pride Weekend and formerly the Castro Halloween Parade.
Great shopping is plentiful in The Castro. You'll find everything at Cliff's Variety. And if you need specialty stores, try Citizen, Body, Rolo, Harvest Urban Market, Medium Rare Music, Urban Eyes, Books Inc, Planetweavers (and a few other stores not fit for the faint of heart!).
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The Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center at the National Museum of Women in the Arts is a special collection of research material on women artists.
Open Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. and 1 p.m.–5 p.m. Closed on major holidays.
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Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is scheduled to get married to New Jersey Nets baller Kris Humphries Saturday -- at Google chairman Eric Schmidt's estate near Santa Barbara.
Despite the reports, no one seems to have any clue what the connection is between Kardashian and Schmidt, nor why she is marrying at his Southern California estate in Montecito, Calif. instead of a more conventional Los Angeles venue.
The estate, which used to belong to Ellen Degeneres, was also going to be the spot where Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez tied the knot in 2003 -- until the impending nuptials imploded. (Kind of an unlucky spot for a wedding, no?)
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Schmidt bought the house in 2007 for $20 million, according to AllThingsD.
It's most likely that Schmidt is renting out the house for the wedding -- like he really needs a side business -- and we're guessing he's asking at least in the low six figures.
The wedding cake alone cost $20,000, so $200,000 for a house rental isn't unrealistic. The wedding will also be filmed for an E! television special, and we all know that Schmidt has television aspirations.


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Kennedy: The Buono-CLS Nexus?
Because today's opinions were all dogs, let me entertain you with some rank speculation regarding this term's two church-state cases.
Justice Kennedy is the only member of the Court yet to write an opinion from the October sitting. As of today, Salazar v. Buono remains the only case not yet decided from the October sitting.
The delay in Buono augurs a bitter split with lots of footnotes flying around. From the oral argument transcript, let me go out on a limb and say that Kennedy sided with the liberals on this one. Perhaps the conservatives–or, at least Scalia and Alito, by the write-ups–hoped the Court would rule more broadly than the standing issue that the rest of the justices ultimately focused upon. Or maybe the decision's delay means that in Kennedy's hands, the opinion did address the broader merits of whether Congress violated the Establishment Clause by transferring its ownership of a desert cross on government lands to a private entity so to avoid First Amendment suits.
Either way, perhaps the justices' post-argument positioning triggered the Court's December cert. grant to Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, which the justices had sat on since the spring. Wanting to make up for one (still totally conjectural) church-state loss with Buono, the conservative bloc may have sensed in CLS a big, broad win for the Free Exercise Clause.
The Court heard CLS on Monday. The justices fell to their familiar positions, but the conservatives' (still totally speculative) gamble may have been for naught: Justice Kennedy didn't seem at all convinced that the case's facts had been sufficiently clarified to garner a ruling on the merits.
In the coming weeks and months, we'll get the decisions. But whether I'm spectacularly right or wrong on what when down behind the curtain may have to wait until Justice Stevens's papers go public. And for the sake of sating speculation, let's hope Stevens will mimic Marshall and Blackmun's speedy release of their papers rather than follow Souter down the fifty-year memory hole.
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text: Hope you all take a visit to the GeocacheAlaska website to see what they do and how they do it, all for a Premium Membership (voluntary) fee of $20.00 per year. Check out their sub-categories like the one for Park Manager contacts. While the Alaska site may be a bit more then any could envision, we could do it here in Maine with motivation and effort. I can guarantee that a site like that would capture a majority of Maine's geocachers, not just the handful that take the time to visit our site. www.GeocacheAlaska.org (http://www.GeocacheAlaska.org) will get you there. Id' like to know what all of you think, especially my fellow board members and Rick.:)


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Abstract: Abstract. In Denmark, taxation of residential property returns varies considerably with the type of ownership and type of tenure in terms of the way income is calculated, the types of taxes applied and tax rates, which range from 0 % to above 60 %. Together with other housing subsidies this disparity in taxation contributes to the pronounced lack of tenure neutrality in the Danish housing market. The paper illustrates how tax rules alone create distortions and imbalances in the housing and residential property markets and discusses as well the magnitude of the imbalances. The method used is the application of a set of return and user cost equations. The tax aspects of the long-standing rather unequal treatment of private rental dwellings, social rental dwellings, owner-occupied dwellings and private co-operative dwellings, which have drawn decisive tracks in the markets, are discussed. The lowering of the tax rate for the return of institutional pension savings to 15 % which came into effect in 2001 has created a substantial advantage for pension funds compared with private investors with regard to investments in rental residential properties. The owner-occupiers' user costs and subsidization are shown to depend on their capital structure and to a large extent they depend on whether the owners' most obvious savings alternatives are either personal investments with heavily taxed returns or institutional pension savings with lightly taxed returns. Also private co-operative associations are tax exempted, and this fact in combination with the prospects of improved legal conditions for raising loans to finance the individual apartments will almost certainly lead to this form of tenure – as "tax free ownership" – capturing part of the market for owner occupation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7154
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TEMPLETON, Calif. — The Templeton FFA Grapevine Pruning team recently traveled to Dinuba High School to participate in a contest.
The team placed 8th overall in the contest competing against 26 other schools from across the state of California. The team took an additional 3rd place finish in the written exam which tests the team members knowledge of commercial pruning practices in regards to wine, raising, and table grapes.
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The Sons of the American Revolution is the leading male lineage society in the United States and whose members trace their heritage to the War for Independence.
The Kansas Society was formed on March 31st, 1892 with sixty charter members. The membership, which has included past state governors, reside in many communities across the state.
Today, the SAR perpetuates the stories of patriotism, courage, sacrifice, tragedy, and triumph of the men who achieved the independence of the American people in the belief that these stories are universal ones of man's eternal struggle against tyranny, relevant to all time, and will inspire and strengthen each succeeding generation as it too is called upon to defend our freedoms on the battlefield and in our public institutions.


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PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. - The mother of a retired Marine injured in a New Hampshire avalanche says her son was climbing Mount Washington to raise funds and awareness for families of Special Operations forces killed and wounded in action.
Denise Zeier says her son, 26-year-old Sgt. Keith Zeier, says he has no fear and is passionate about the cause. He was wounded in Iraq in 2006 and had a leg amputated several years later.
Zeier says she hasn't spoken to her son since Thursday evening's avalanche, but his doctors told her his injuries are not life threatening and that his prognosis is promising. She said Friday that he is resting comfortably in stable condition.
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There are two major trends that will dictate the future of the tech industry.
- By the end of this decade more people will be using the Internet through a mobile device than through their desktop.
- The Internet is becoming Chinese. Already, there are more Internet users in China than there are in any other country in the world. That lead will only grow. Research firm IDC says China's market already accounts for 25 percent of the world's smartphone sales, more than the US's 17.5 percent.
These trends combine to create an obvious reality: Any company that wants to control the future must have a firm grasp on the smartphone market in China.
Right now, two companies do: Google and Apple.
But, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal, a third is emerging: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.
Alibaba has created its own smartphone operating system, called Aliyun. Based on Linux, it is different from Apple's iOS and Google's Android in that users do not download apps, but connect to them over the Web.
Aliyun has momentum. One top executive at Alibaba tells the WSJ that the number of Chinese carriers compatible with Aliyun phones has grown from one to five in the past year.
At the moment, Android is winning in China and the iPhone is in second.
There is reason to bet on Aliyun, however: It is local, and local tech companies tend to get favorable treatment in China's highly regulated market.


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After talking about amounts owners that spent on their pets last week, I want to go into more detail about some of the advancements in veterinary medicine that are paving the way for healthier and happier lives for our pets. Some areas of research and therapy are progressing faster than that in human medicine. Stem cell therapy is at the leading edge of this evolution.
Stem cells are basic biological cells which have the ability to differentiate into specialized tissue cells and, through mitosis division, reproduce to additional cells. These new cells can be beneficial in replacing or repairing damaged tissue. The stem cells used in veterinary medicine aren't embryonic, the type which have garnered much controversy over the years, but are taken from adipose (fat) tissue or bone marrow of the individual patient.
In veterinary medicine, new techniques have been developed to isolate these regenerative cells from a patient's own fat tissue as opposed to an outside donor. Technology is advancing rapidly as research is changing the landscape of veterinary medicine. These regenerative cells are injected into the pet's joints or through an intravenous line. Their job is to encourage connective tissue like cartilage, tendons and ligaments to heal or regrow.
Although the joint treatments offer short to medium-term results, they still don't take the place of pain and inflammation control medication. Still, studies have shown significant improvement in quality of life for dogs with osteoarthritis and other joint diseases. Since the cells come from the same animal they are used to treat, there is almost no risk of rejection or reaction. Nonetheless, the process of injecting a tendon or joint with any substance carries a risk that should be discussed with your veterinarian.
Several companies provide your veterinarian with the tools to provide stem cell therapy options for veterinary medicine. Stem cells are used to treat osteoarthritis, orthopedic soft tissue injuries, polyarthritis and fractures. Dog are by far the biggest recipients of the injections – an estimated 20 million in the U.S. alone suffer from arthritis—but cats and horses have been treated as well. Veterinarians are hopeful that with continued research, this kind of stem cell therapy will be able treat animals with liver and kidney disease – a common problem in cats.
Veterinary medicine is showing no signs of slowing down its advancements. Talk to your veterinarian about new options available for the treatment of your pet and how pet health insurance can help your four-legged loved one live a healthy and happy life.


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Eclipse JSF Tools Turns 1.0
JSF Tools v1.0 is a key milestone as it simplifies the development of JavaServer Faces applications in the Eclipse environment. The highlights of this release include performance improvements, a new Web Page Editor as well as a graphical editor for building HTML/JSP/JSF web pages. This release is also extensible by design, it comes with an extensibility framework that allows third party developers to come up with their own enhancements.
This release is yet another milestone in delivering "productivity with choice" to our customers. For more information on other recent activities around Oracle's involvement with Eclipse check out this blog entry.
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text: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 APTA Statement on Proposed Legal Settlement of Medicare 'Improvement Standard' Case "APTA applauds the proposed legal settlement of the nationwide class action lawsuit directed toward ensuring Medicare coverage of reasonable and necessary therapy and nursing services for people with chronic and degenerative health conditions," says APTA President Paul A. Rockar Jr, PT, DPT, MS, in a statement issued today regarding the lawsuit Glenda Jimmo, et. al vs. Kathleen Sebelius. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit alleged that the US Department of Health and Human Services, Medicare contractors, and administrative review boards were arbitrarily limiting coverage for patients who did not show long-term improvement in their conditions, even though official Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rules state these services should be covered. Under this proposed agreement, Medicare would pay for skilled therapy and nursing services if they are needed to maintain the patient's current condition or prevent or slow further deterioration. The New York Times highlighted how the policy change will result in significant cost savings in the long term by allowing patients to receive physical therapy and other services in community-based settings and avoiding expensive care in hospitals and nursing homes. APTA will continue its efforts to ensure access to appropriate physical therapy services. The association also will work with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and its contractors to ensure accurate and fair incorporation of revisions to the current Medicare manuals and regulations that reflect this significant change. In addition, the association will continue to analyze the proposed settlement for potential impact on Medicare policies regarding the reporting of functional limitations on the claim for outpatient therapy and the requirement to complete a functional reassessment at defined intervals under the Home Health Part A benefit. APTA plans to actively educate members to ensure proper understanding and application of the newly revised Medicare regulations.


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So instead of spending the Fourth of July chillin' on a beach or water skiing or barbecuing or whatever most of you are doing to relax, I will make Friday my "long run" for this first official week of an 18-week ING New York City Marathon training program. It should total close to 20 miles, with a lot of start/stop involved, and it even helps a good cause.
I am going to see the statues.
Since I wrote the announcement story about Statues on Parade and am part of our MLB.com coverage team for the 79th All-Star Game on July 15 at Yankee Stadium — and all of the surrounding festivities — it only made sense for me to do this. There are 42 very large replicas of the Statue of Liberty — each 8 1/2 feet tall! — placed at key points all over New York City. Each of them is swathed in unique design reflecting the All-Star Game and the 30 Major League Baseball teams, and people all over the city are buzzing about it based on my daily conversations. In fact, they are uploading pics of themselves with these amazing sculptures as part of the Statues on Parade Sweepstakes we are featuring at MLB.com, offering a chance to win two tickets to the All-Star Game and the State Farm Home Run Derby.
Here is the map, so you can see where the 42 statues are positioned. The one to the right is on the ground floor of our MLB Advanced Media headquarters, and thanks to the bystander who snapped the cellphone pic. I will have to see this one again during my run, though, so that doesn't count. I will probably use mapmyrun.com to make it easier. It is going to be very difficult, with high probability for wrong turns. I am planning to start at Yankee Stadium early in the morning because there is one up there in The Bronx. My challenge is to run from there back down to Manhattan. I plan to cross the 155th Street bridge. At that point, I will be zigzagging like crazy, stopping to photograph every one with that Canon A540 that I will pack in my fuel belt along with the notepad. I also will talk to people who are admiring each of the statues, to show how awesome these are. I also will need to pack extra batteries.
Then the final trick in my gameplan was being able to get onto a boat to finish my tour on Liberty and Ellis Islands, because an All-Star Game version is on each of those islands. I have been planning to make those statues 41 and 42, and now I am happy to say that I have a blog angel.
THANK YOU to the wonderful people of The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, who have arranged so that these wobbling legs will be able to walk right onto a boat to see 41 and 42 — including the ultimate Statue of Liberty herself in all her majesty. What can be better on the Fourth of July than spending it with Lady Liberty?
Please visit www.statueofliberty.org to learn all about Lady Liberty and Ellis Island. And please consider purchasing one of the great 9″ replicas of these Statues on Parade masterpieces. It's a miniature of a miniature! A portion of the proceeds of the sale of these replicas in the MLB.com Shop will benefit the Foundation, which preserves this important United States history. So you can help out by getting involved. In fact, my run is going to be a challenge for others to go get a 9″ replica and thus help the Statue of Liberty herself! Collect all of them.
If you want to own any of the very same 42 Statues on Parade that I will be seeing all day, then you can do that, too. Bidding is now under way at the MLB.com Auction for each of them. The bidding starts at $5,000 apiece, and net proceeds benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, which is MLB's official charity. That auction will close on July 18. It's actually kind of amazing. During the day today I just happened to walk past the Orioles statue outside of Modell's Sporting Goods on Sixth Avenue and 18th Street. (I'll be seeing it again Friday.) Now I am looking at it in the MLB.com Auction, knowing that anyone could own that and just put it on their front porch. Same with any of these. You have to like this whole concept, and really it is breathtaking when you stand next to one of these and see the detail and the symbolism.
After I return on the boat from the two islands in the NY Harbor and back to Manhattan, I will then upload pics and blog here. I am contemplating leaving my laptop at our MLB.com office in Chelsea and possibly blogging just after the halfway point, rather than waiting till the very end for all of it. Depends on how the running goes. I don't really want to completely cool down and then jump back into running around Manhattan. Feel free to come along for the ride, and if you happen to be in Manhattan during the day Friday, just hang out at a statue and eventually you'll see me. I'll be the red, white and blue sweaty guy on a mission!
Happy Fourth of July.
– Mark


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A transit classic!
By now, youd think that there was nothing new left to say about the transit of Venus. Fans of this space will remember our adventures chasing down the groundbreaking event last year as well as our reviews of the two landmark books The Transits of Venus & The Day the World Discovered the Sun on the history of Venusian transit chasing which we also reviewed. In the end, wed thought that wed covered the length and breadth of Venusian astronomical transit lore. But a curious find at, of all places, Middleton Place just outside of Charleston, South Carolina late last year proved us wrong what, we wondered, was a book on astronomical history doing at a gift shop for an estate in the Deep South? And furthermore, why read such a tome now, with the next transit of Venus occurring on the far off date of 2117?


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Catalyst Global partner, Catalyst Dream Team South Africa, created an art masterpiece of epic proporations based on one of the world's most popular team building products, original to Catalyst Global, The Big Picture.
The Big Picture was chosen as the ideal solution since Norgine Pharmaceuticals were seeking an activity that would be celebratory, something that would also break the ice at the beginning of the conference as well as integrate and unite the group. They wanted an activity that was collaborative, inclusive and something tangible that could be taken away after the event. The BIG PICTURE met all these criteria.
Prior to the event, Dream Team Catalyst worked with Norgine Pharmaceuticals to understand their requirements. They researched the company, interviewed the leadership team and sought input from personnel across all levels and functions of the organisation. Then Catalyst Global designers created a digital image that captured the essence of their organisation which depicted their 100 year success and the company's values, products, icons, milestones and aspirations.The team was then challenged to recreate this artwork, in giant form, using paints and other art materials.
On the first day of the conference, delegates were formed into 64 teams. All these teams had to work together to paint a giant artwork made up of 128 canvases.Each team had to communicate and coordinate with every other team to establish what exactly had to be drawn and then painted on their canvases to ensure it fitted in perfectly with the giant artwork.Most of the delegates did not share a common language and they had to create innovative ways of ensuring the message they wanted to communicate was done so clearly and effectively.Once all the canvases had been painted, our team assembled the separate canvases into a pre-made structure that became the set, incorporating the AV screens, for the three-day conference.After breakfast the next morning, the picture was revealed to amazed delegates amid a pyrotechnics show and African dancers and singers.
The event was a huge success. At the unveiling of The Big Picture, there was great excitement and total astonishment at how magnificent it was. There were tears of joy, hugging and 'high-fiving' as the group saw the unbelievable fruits of their efforts and gained an insight in to the possibilities that lay ahead of them if they could take the lessons from this exercise back to their workplace.
The event won numerous international awards and is still talked about in the company as their best team-building event ever.


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Iran is rejecting allegations that it transferred weapons to Islamic militants in Somalia as an "absurd fabrication."
Iran's U.N. Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee said in a letter to the U.N. Security Council obtained Thursday by The Associated Press that the allegations in a report by experts monitoring sanctions against Somalia and Eritrea were part of a "malicious campaign."
According to a U.N. diplomat, the report links Iran and Yemen to the supply of weapons to al-Shabab militants. The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity because the report has not been publicly released.
Khazaee said the monitoring group put forward "unfounded allegations and strange fabrications" in its report without first informing the Iranian government, and the contents were leaked "for propaganda purposes."
He urged the sanctions committee to take "corrective measures."


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As a student in Oxford in 1982, I demonstrated (with heavy police protection) against the sending of the British task force to retake the Falklands.
I thought then, as I think now, that whether the inhabitants are British or not isn't the key point for determining who should have sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas. The key point is to see where they are on a map. It makes about as much sense for the Falklands to be British as for the Outer Hebrides to be Argentinian. Especially now that the UK is running the highest peacetime deficit in its history, and spending billions of dollars annually to keep almost as many members of the military in the islands as there are islanders.
But events rendered all this irrelevant. Enough blood was shed in 1982 to make even discussing the return of the Falklands to Argentina a political impossibility for any British government for at least another generation. The fact Argentina is now a stable democracy doesn't alter that. So, after many years of quiet, it was sad to see the Falklands/Malvinas back in the newspapers for that most depressing of reasons, for anyone interested in the environment: oil.
The British decision to start looking for oil around the Falklands is foolish on a number of levels. It predictably led to outrage in Argentina and to damage to Britain's image in Latin America as a whole, as regional leaders fraternally lined up fraternally along their peer. One imagines that Hillary Clinton, starting a visit to South America this week, was also not pleased with the distraction. But so far the strongest Argentinian argument has been strangely unused: the environmental implications of what the British are up to.
Argentina is to marine conservation what the Amazon is to terrestrial. Its long coastline boasts some of the world's best sites for marine mammals and seabirds, including the largest known penguin colonies outside the Antarctic and the remarkable national park of the Peninsula Valdes, where killer whales launch themselves onto beaches hunting baby seals, supplying arguably the most spectacular wildlife footage ever shot in the process.
Argentinian waters are relatively well protected by marine parks and Argentina has a long and proud tradition of excellence in marine biology. All of which suggests the outline of a much smarter approach to getting the British to back down.
There is no good evidence of oil in the waters off the Falklands, and even if there were the costs of getting it ashore would be high, to say nothing of transporting it to market.
So rather than focusing on hypothetical oil, Argentina should be loudly drawing attention to the clear danger oil production in the South Atlantic would pose to the area's very non-hypothetical marine mammals, fish species and seabirds. This would give Argentina the moral high ground, and also shift the argument to an area when Argentina can point to an impressive track record.
It would also be highly embarrassing to the British. A nation of animal lovers being nasty to whales and penguins? A country trying to lead the way on climate change and greenery starting up an oil industry in one of the world's last remaining wildernesses?
It's already difficult to build another runway at Heathrow because of opposition by climate activists. If Argentina played its cards right, it could have Britain's foolish moves in the South Atlantic defeated not by declarations from other heads of state, which have little practical impact, but by aroused public opinion in Britain, which really does care rather more about animal rights than the rights and wrongs of the Falklands conflict.
Argentina may not be able to embarrass the British into giving the Falklands back, but embarrassing them into a retreat on the oil issue through making the case for leaving the penguins, albatrosses and sea lions well alone is a real possibility.
— Text by David Cleary, Cool Green Science Blog


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In the final days of 2011, ticket sales in North America are running about $500 million behind last year, prompting studios to wonder what went wrong.
LOS ANGELES — With five days left in 2011, ticket sales in North America are running about $500 million behind last year — despite higher prices — prompting a round of soul searching by studios trying to determine what went wrong and how best to proceed.
Movies are a cyclical business and analysts say that 2010 benefited mightily from holdover sales for "Avatar," which was released late in 2009 and became one of the most popular movies of all time. A decline of hundreds of millions of dollars is not catastrophic when weighed against the size of the industry. Over all, North American ticket revenue for 2011 is projected to be about $10.1 billion, according to Hollywood.com, which compiles box-office data.
That is only a 4.5 percent falloff from 2010. But studio executives are alarmed by the downturn nonetheless, in part because the real picture is worse than the raw revenue numbers suggest.
Revenue, for instance, has been propped up by a glut of 3-D films, which cost $3 to $5 more per ticket. Studios made 40 pictures in 3-D in the last 12 months, up from 24 last year, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com, a movie database. Theaters have also continued to increase prices for standard tickets; moviegoers now pay an average of $7.89 each, up 1 percent over last year.
Attendance for 2011 is expected to drop 5.3 percent, to 1.27 billion, continuing a slide. Attendance declined 6 percent in 2010.
Hopes that a group of major releases would supercharge the Christmas box office fizzled over the weekend. Paramount's "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol" was a solid No. 1, taking in $26.5 million in its second weekend for a total of about $59 million. But "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" (Warner Brothers) was a softer-than-expected second, with $17.8 million in ticket sales, lifting its two-week total to $76.6 million.
"Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" (20th Century Fox) continued to struggle in third place, taking in about $13.3 million for a two-week total of $50.3 million. Three heavily promoted new entries had tepid results. "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (Sony), was fourth, taking in $13 million for the weekend and $21.4 million since opening last Wednesday. Steven Spielberg's "Adventures of Tintin" (Paramount) was fifth with about $9.1 million ($22.3 million since opening last Wednesday). Fox's "We Bought a Zoo" came in sixth, taking in a lackluster $7.8 million in its opening weekend.
What has gone wrong? Plenty, say studio distribution executives, who point to competition for leisure dollars, particularly among financially pressed young people (the movie industry's most coveted demographic); too many family movies; and the continued erosion of star power.
One more thing: "You have to go back and look at the content," said Dan Fellman, president of domestic distribution for Warner Brothers. "Good movies always rise to the occasion. Bad ones, not so much."
Young people, defined by studios as teenagers and people in their 20s, certainly helped power some of the biggest movies of 2011, including Warner's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," the year's No. 1 release with $381 million in domestic ticket sales. (Paramount's "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" was second with more than $352 million, and "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1" from Summit Entertainment was third with more than $269 million.)
But a spate of smaller movies aimed at younger audiences bombed, including "Prom" from Walt Disney, "Glee: The 3-D Concert Movie" from 20th Century Fox, Warner's "Sucker Punch," Lionsgate's "Conan the Barbarian" and "Your Highness," a drug-oriented comedy from Universal. The horror genre struggled as an entire category, with lemons like "Fright Night" (DreamWorks Studios), "The Thing" (Universal) and "Priest" (Sony).
"As bad as the economy is for adults, it's worse for teenagers," said Phil Contrino, editor of BoxOffice.com, by way of an explanation. "Because they have less disposable income and because they are more plugged in to audience reaction on Facebook and Twitter, the teenage audience is becoming picky," he added. "That's a nightmare for studios that are used to pushing lowest-common-denominator films."
Mr. Fellman said he had seen evidence that younger consumers were choosing other leisure activities over movies.
"There may be a correlation to the recent strength of video game sales," he said. "You look at a game like the new 'Call of Duty' selling $400 million in its first 24 hours and say, 'What? How is that even possible?' "
On the other hand, several movies aimed squarely at older audiences attracted stronger-than-expected revenue, "The Help" was the prime example. That period drama cost DreamWorks about $25 million to make and took in more than $169 million in North America. "We definitely benefited from coming out at the end of summer, when women are sick of going with their husbands and boyfriends to nothing but robot and superhero movies," said Brunson Green, a producer of the film.
The R-rated "Bridesmaids" (Universal) also clicked with older moviegoers, who perhaps responded, distribution executives said, to a premise that seemed fresh: women behaving as badly as the guys of "The Hangover Part II" (Warner), which was a smash with $255 million. "Bridesmaids" cost about $33 million and took in $169 million, causing a race in Hollywood to develop copycat films.
Too much of anything, however, can produce a hangover and studios started to feel one with family films, which have been among the most reliable moneymakers in recent years.
Some new entries delivered solid results, "Rio" from Fox, "The Smurfs" from Sony, but a number of them stumbled in North America. Those include Sony's "Arthur Christmas," DreamWorks Animation's "Kung Fu Panda 2" and Disney's "Mars Needs Moms," which was by some measures the biggest flop of 2011, costing at least $150 million and taking in about $21 million.
Even Pixar had trouble. The Disney-owned animation studio had a hit in "Cars 2," with more than $191 million in domestic ticket sales, but that total was Pixar's worst single result, after adjusting for inflation.
Star power, or a lack thereof, was again a negative factor at the box office in 2011. There were bright spots, of course: Tom Cruise appears to be regaining momentum with the latest "Mission: Impossible" film; Johnny Depp charmed audiences once more with "The Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," which took in $241 million for Disney (and exceeded $1 billion globally); Cameron Diaz earned her keep in "Bad Teacher," which took in more than $100 million for Sony.
But it was wreckage for most marquee names: Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig disappointed in the DreamWorks and Universal release "Cowboys & Aliens;" Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller landed with a thud in "Tower Heist," a Universal film; Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks bombed in the independently financed "Larry Crowne." "New Year's Eve," essentially a string of star cameos, has been essentially ignored.
More troubling, studio executives say, were failed efforts by some younger stars to become bigger box-office draws. Ryan Reynolds never took off as "Green Lantern" and Jonah Hill, praised for a supporting role in "Moneyball," flopped as the main attraction in "The Sitter." Russell Brand missed in a remake of "Arthur," as did Taylor Lautner in "Abduction." Amanda Seyfried struggled in "Red Riding Hood."
Two exceptions were Chris Hemsworth as "Thor" and Chris Evans as "Captain America: The First Avenger." Both of those newcomers, helped by their superhero tights, found substantial audiences.
The good news for Hollywood is that the first quarter of 2012 looks much stronger than the same period this year, when studios had little to generate audience excitement.
Warner has two sequels — "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" and "Wrath of the Titans," while Sony has a prominent remake in "21 Jump Street." Disney will re-release "Beauty and the Beast" in 3-D, followed by Fox's 3-D re-release of "Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace." And Lionsgate will weigh in with its highly anticipated "The Hunger Games."
"It's an extremely strong hand for the industry to play," Mr. Fellman said.


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Mars Hill Music Label Partners With Major Record Companies
Seattle-based Mars Hill Church is taking its record label that features an eclectic brand of worship music to the next level by partnering with two renowned record label and recording studio companies that have featured such Christian favorites as Jeremy Camp, KJ-52, Kutless, and Falling Up.
Mars Hill Music announced on Tuesday that it will be partnering with Tooth & Nail Records and BEC Recordings to share the variety of worship bands coming from Mars Hill Church. Both companies work closely with EMI Records, one of the largest music distribution companies in the world.
"We have already been incredibly blessed with the number of people we've been able to reach with our music so far," Mars Hill communications director Justin Dean told The Christian Post. "For Mars Hill Music this partnership with Tooth & Nail means taking our record label from previously being able to reach thousands to possibly reaching millions through Tooth & Nails' distribution channels."
Mars Hill churches are currently found in 14 different locations inside four states and are home to 35 worship bands such as Citizens, Kings Kaleidoscope, Ghost Ship, and The Modern Post. On February 12, Tooth & Nail Records and BEC Recordings will release the "Mars Hill Worship Sampler," a compilation of worship songs as an introduction to bands featured at the church.
"These bands have all reached top positions on the iTunes Christian & Gospel chart with previous EP releases, including The Modern Post's Grace Alone EP, which also reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and the Top 20 on the Billboard Christian Albums Chart," Dean stated. "The Mars Hill Worship Sampler will feature fresh, musically diverse takes on traditional Christian anthems as well as original songs."
Mars Hill Music's first full-length release featuring Citizens is planned to debut on March 12. The band's self-titled LP follows the debut EP "Already – Not Yet," which climbed to the top position on the iTunes Christian & Gospel chart. This record will feature a fresh take on hymns as well as original songs, according to the music label group.
Citizens is a high-energy indie rock worship band born in the heart of Seattle's University District. The band has quickly built a reputation for their dynamic hymn arrangements and high-intensity anthems, states Mars Hill Music. Zach Bolen leads the band with "visible emotion and a passion that stems from a desire to see everyone worship Jesus as Lord." Citizens has performed at major events such as Catalyst One Day, Creation Festival and Resurgence conferences.
Mars Hill Music label manager Jonathan Dunn said in an interview with CP last year that it was time to take what Mars Hill worship bands have been doing for the last 10 years "off the grid" and begin sharing globally.
"The first thing people often think of when they hear Mars Hill Music is that we're a group of punk rock Calvinists who hate the modern worship movement. Mars Hill Music is setting out to change that perception. Our music is not an expression against anything but instead an outgrowth of our theology, who we are, and the communities our churches are in. We love Jesus and are expressing that love in our own way," Dunn said.
On the Web: http://marshill.com/music.


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Hop On Over to Hopscotch
Hopscotch in Oakland's Uptown neighborhood has all the accoutrements of a diner.
There is the worn checkerboard floor, the red bar stools, and the requisite burger and sundae.
Only here, the burger comes with griddled beef tongue and sesame aioli, and the sundae comes with a scoop of green tea ice cream.
Not to mention the the aged NY strip loin is finished with ginko nut herb oil and the daily benedict at brunch is napped with miso hollandaise.
That's because Hopscotch is a decidedly upscale version of a diner — with a Japanese slant.
It reflects Chef-Owner Kyle Itani's heritages, which are Italian and Japanese.
The food is fun and eclectic, as evidenced by the dinner my husband and I treated ourselves to recently.
Cocktails are imaginative. Try the Black Tea Birdie ($9), made with lemon, honey, ginger and vodka that's been steeped with black tea. The tannin comes through and is tempered by the tickle of the ginger and sweetness of the honey. It's a drink with the hue of iced tea that goes down just as easily.


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Walker pleased with powerful start
PITTSBURGH -- Second baseman Neil Walker is off to a solid start for the Pirates, entering play on Thursday night batting .259 with five home runs and nine RBIs. He didn't hit his fifth home run last season until June.
"I'm getting my swing off," Walker stated. "I hit some balls hard this past road trip."
The switch-hitting Walker, who hit .225 without a home run right-handed last season, worked on his swing during the offseason.
It is only a small sample size -- eight at-bats against left-handed pitchers with a .375 batting average, one home run and two RBIs -- but Walker is encouraged.
"It's not much different than anything I've been doing in the past," Walker said. "I'm just working on getting my swing off and getting my foot down and letting the bat work. That's really what I worked on this past offseason, was focusing on getting my swing off and getting myself in a ready position, and I had a good amount of at-bats in Spring Training. Unfortunately, we don't have a ton of left-handers in our division, but that's beside the point. It's about taking good swings at good pitches."
Walker has gone 5-for-12 with three home runs in his last three games and his five homers currently leads all Major League second basemen.


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The Long Awaited UpdateNot Dead YetYes the rumors are true, I am still alive and well. And more importantly, so is the site (believe it not). People have been asking for an update for quite some time but to be honest I didn't have anything new or encouraging to post so there was nothing to update. But these last few days have been a flurry of activity and I finally have an update on the future of the site -- and it's good news.So what the heck has been going on? Well let's go back around a year when I first put the call out for new contributors to the site, and oh so many of you responded. The plan was to update the site software with something robust enough to handle multiple authors as well as many other custom features I had planned. Once this new system was in place I would be able to manage the site while having multiple authors contribute on a regular basis. Things were going well, I contracted and paid for a company to implement an industrial strength blogging software package custom designed specifically for this site and things were moving along. That was, until it wasn't and things just started to slowly fall apart. Very long story short is that the software package was never delivered and I wasn't able to find a software package which would perform the work I needed.However that all changed a few days ago when Movable Type 4.01 (the software I use for this site) was released and it was the answer to my prayers and so much more. Everything I have ever wanted for this site to do I can finally do and as of today the site is now running on this platform. And the administration tools are a dream, all the original content was imported into the site seamlessly and it appears that I can finally run this as I have always wanted.So the plan for the next few days is as follows: First I'm in testing the site and making sure all of the code has transfered correctly. Already I have found a few bugs which needed to be quashed, but the site seems to be running better than ever. Next I have a new design all ready to go which will bring the site up to the "Web 2.0" standard. This design will take a few days to implement, but the design is pretty much complete so hopefully that will go smoothly. There are also plans to tie the extremely active forums directly into the front-end of the site (which will require some custom programming) but this has been well thought out and should be pretty straightforward to implement. And then ... well, the site will finally be ready for the big new reveal!As for my ability to continue to contribute and do a podcast I plan do just that. How often I will be able to do this I still to be determined as I am as busy as ever. Which brings me back to where I started this post ... the plan to have other people contribute to the site as well. This way the site can continue to thrive and I can contribute as time allows as it would be terrible to let the site simply fade away.So once again I put out the call, if you are interested in contributing to the site contact me and we'll take it from there. But watch this space soon for some exciting new changes, they'll be coming faster than you think!
I'm already thinking up ideas for some good content to contribute. What will be quality control will anyone be able to post up cause i can see that becoming HW and lots of 12 years olds posting "OMGZ is teh Hal0sss!!!1!" Followed by "STFU that sucks more like Gay-lo. ROFLMFAO!"
Quote from: Cobra on September 27, 2007, 08:24:41 pmI'm already thinking up ideas for some good content to contribute. What will be quality control will anyone be able to post up cause i can see that becoming HW and lots of 12 years olds posting "OMGZ is teh Hal0sss!!!1!" Followed by "STFU that sucks more like Gay-lo. ROFLMFAO!"Give me one example of someone here saying something like that without being sarcastic, regardless of age, and I'll believe you.
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