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We are enjoying over 20 years in the community! In 1991, Hide-a-Way Lanes was bought by Steve Westberg and subsequently renamed Town & Country Lanes, Lounge and Cafe. Since that time, many improvements have been made to the property, and we are constantly striving to impress our customers!
12 lanes of Brunswick Anvillane Pro
• Newest synthetic lanes in town
• All lanes have bumper bowling
• Frameworks settees and ball returns
• 12-strike automatic scoring
• 32" flat screen monitors
Click here for our location.
Hours of Operation
As we are currently in the midst of league and tournament season, it is highly encouraged that you make reservations or call before coming out to bowl.
Open Play Schedule
Sunday: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Monday: 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday: 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Wednesday: 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday: 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Friday: 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Cosmic Bowling 10 p.m. to midnight.
Saturday: 12 p.m. to midnight. Cosmic Bowling 7 to 9 p.m.
Price per game (does not include cosmic)
Adults: $3.75/game
Kids (under 12 years old): $3.25/game
Seniors (over 65): $3.25/game
Town & Country league bowlers: $1.50/game
Town & Country junior league bowlers: $1/game
Shoe rental: $2.00/pair
We also offer Pro-shop services!
House Rules:
Town & Country Lanes is committed to making your experience at our bowling center as enjoyable as possible. Keeping in mind that our bowling center is used by families, we have the following short list of house rules that we ask our patrons to respectfully follow. These rules should help to keep Town & Country Lanes a safe and enjoyable environment for all of our patrons.
• Like any other physical activity, understand your own limitations.
• Ask for the right ball for you, if you are unsure.
• Bowling shoes are an unique athletic equipment. Be sure your shoes remain tied, dry and clean as you play. Check your shoes prior to stepping on the approach to bowl. Bowling shoes must be worn when bowling.
• Crossing the foul line - the line right before the lane itself - may cause you to fall on the slippery lanes.
• Keep food, beverages and substances (rosin, powder, etc.) off the approach area.
• Wait until moving balls stop in the ball return tray before retrieving or replacing balls. Be sure not to reach into the ball return opening. Moving parts will cause serious injury.
• Only employees are permitted to operate bumpers. Operating them incorrectly may cause serious injury.
• Always ask an employee for help with anything that may cause you injury, such as a misplaced pin, a spilled beverage or a ball that hasn't quite made it down the lane.
• To prevent and avoid tripping hazards, be sure not to leave personal items such as shoes, coats, and bags in public movement paths around lanes and seating. Watch out for these types of items left by others.
• No cursing/profanity
• No kicking/hitting any of the bowling center equipment
• Please show lane courtesy (Don't throw a ball at the same time as a bowler next to you.)
• Dispose of trash in trash or recycling receptacles (Please don't leave food/plates/drinks on tables when leaving.)
• Report spills or dropped food that require mopping so they will be cleaned up quickly.


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Mother, son, arrested on drug charges in Hampton
HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) � Police have arrested a mother and son in New Hampshire on possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute.
Arrested Thursday were 24-year-old Michael Walker and 48-year-old Terri Lynn Walker in Hampton.
Detectives with the Hampton Police Department said they have been conducting a months-long investigation, during which they bought marijuana and hashish from the Walker home.
Both suspects were released on $5,000 personal recognizance bail. They are set to be arraigned on Dec. 12.

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If you really want Washington's chattering classes to pay attention to something, an old saying goes, leak it to the media.
Whoever leaked the Justice Department's 16-page confidential "white paper" memo on the use of armed drones to NBC News sparked a long-overdue debate about something that makes both political sides uneasy: targeted killings by drone — especially when the targets are Americans.
Drones aren't the problem. As tools of war they're a lot less likely than traditional bombing to kill innocent civilians and they avoid the hazards of putting American boots on the ground.
As retired Marine Brig. Gen. Stephen Cheney, who heads a defense-oriented think tank, put it, "Any time you can use a drone instead of using a Marine, I think it's a good thing."
Most other Americans love drones, too, judging by the polls. An overwhelming 83 percent in a Feb. 8 Washington Post poll approved of the Obama administration's drone strikes overseas. But support fell to 65 percent if the terror suspects are American citizens living abroad.
Bombing fellow Americans has been a very real issue since September 2011 when a drone strike in Yemen killed Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, two al-Qaida operatives and U.S. citizens. Another strike two weeks later killed six others, including Awlaki's 16-year-old son, Abdulrahman, another American.
Although none had been formally charged with any crimes by the U.S. government, it's pretty clear Anwar al-Awlaki had it coming. The American-born cleric was believed to be directly involved in the infamous "underwear bomber" plot, among others. With their English skills, intelligence experts say he and Khan, an Internet publisher and propagandist, provided important inspirational voices to potential recruits in the West.
There would be fewer questions about their targeted killings if the United States was in a conventional declared war. But the post-Sept. 11 counterterror war often finds itself on shaky legal ground.
I objected when the Bush administration appeared to stretch reasonable legal and moral limits on torture, detentions, renditions and targeted killings — and I object just as strenuously to the Obama administration dancing around the seriousness of this issue. President Barack Obama is a former constitutional law lecturer. He should know better.
That debate stirred up with a new fury after NBC's Michael Isikoff revealed the memo. It formally lays out criteria under which the U.S. government can kill by drone Americans who are "senior operational leaders" of al-Qaida or "an associated force" — even when there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the U.S.
We sort of knew that already. Attorney General Eric Holder endorsed the constitutionality of targeted killings of Americans in a speech at Northwestern University Law School last March. He said such hits could be justified if government officials determine the target poses "an imminent threat of violent attack," although he did not define how "imminent" the threat has to be.
Neither does the memo, which is undated, that was disclosed by NBC.
And last May, White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan cited domestic law and the Constitution to justify drone strikes.
But the confidential white paper goes further than the statements by Holder and Brennan. For example, it "does not require ... clear evidence that a specific attack ... will take place in the immediate future."
Instead, it says, an "informed, high-level" official of our government may determine that the targeted American has been "recently" involved in "activities" that pose a threat, and capture is "infeasible" — although the memo does not define "recently" or "activities."
The white paper, in short, invites more questions than it answers. Congress, in its oversight role, needs to engage in a thorough debate on how drone strikes can be conducted without handcuffing our nation's ability to strike quickly and effectively.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein suggested a new layer of judicial oversight similar to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which issues secret warrants for wiretaps.
If so, the authority should be granted broadly enough to respond to strike requests without waiting for court approval, yet narrowly enough to avoid taking out the Bill of Rights as collateral damage.
Clarence Page is a member of the Tribune's editorial board and blogs at chicagotribune.com/pagespage.
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A person familiar with the plans for the Super Bowl halftime show tells The Associated Press that R&B star Usher and former Guns 'N Roses guitarist Slash are slated to make surprise appearances Sunday.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Wednesday, because the musicians' performances were not going to be announced before the game.
Usher and Slash are supposed to join the Black Eyed Peas, who are the main halftime act for Sunday's NFL championship game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers at Cowboys Stadium.
The NFL said in November that the Black Eyed Peas would be the featured Super Bowl halftime performer. Past halftime acts have included U2, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Paul McCartney and Prince.


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Johnson happy about transfer rule change
SAN FRANCISCO -- Major League Baseball's Playing Rules Committee announced an adjustment to the game's transfer rule Friday and the new interpretation went to effect immediately.
MLB is not calling it the "Elliot Johnson Rule," but the Indians utility man does not mind if Cleveland fans describe it as such. Before Friday's game against the Giants, Johnson had a good sense of humor about a rule that came into a play for him and the Tribe earlier this month.
"It's fitting that we're in San Francisco," Johnson said, "where the Buster Posey Rule and the Elliot Johnson rule are converging."
The "Buster Posey Rule" is how the new guidelines for home-plate collisions have come to be known, because the regulations gained steamed in the wake of the Giants catcher's injury in 2011. As for Johnson, his non-catch against the Padres on April 9 was one among a handful of plays that paved the way for the alterations to the transfer rule.
In the first inning against San Diego that afternoon, Johnson tracked down a fly ball from Chris Denorfia in deep right field. Johnson made the catch, took a handful of steps, braced himself against the right-field wall, spun around and then dropped the baseball after grabbing it out of his glove with his throwing hand. It was not ruled an out, Denorfia was given a double and the play stood as called after an instant-replay review.
"I think the play with me was a little bit more egregious than any of the other ones. It was excessive," Johnson said. "It was even to the point where, following games after that, umpires were watching the last out, the last catch all the way to the dugout. Really? What are we doing? Are we seriously trying to do this right now?
"It was getting to the point where they were trying to maintain a sense of consistency and it had just gone to far."
The transfer rule and its new interpretation were discussed and agreed upon by MLB, the MLB Players Association and the World Umpires Association. Under the new guidelines, an out has occurred when a player has complete control over the ball in his glove. If he drops the ball after opening his glove, it will still be ruled an out. Moving the ball to the throwing hand is no longer required.
Umpires will use judgment if a ball is dropped during the transfer.
"We're going back to using common sense," Johnson said. "I don't know why whatever needed to be enforced the way that they were doing it. Why change it? I don't understand. Whatever. They got it fixed and all is good now."
Indians manager Terry Francona was pleased about the new interpretation.
"When I talked to Joe Torre [MLB's executive vice president of baseball operations] back a few weeks ago," Francona said, "he said, 'We're working on it.' It just can't happen overnight. All along, they've kind of said, 'Hey, we want to get it right.' I think they've done a pretty good job. They're trying.
"All they really want is what's best for our game. It's not perfect, but what is? It's getting better. They're trying to make it better. That's really all you can ask.


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Daytona Preseason Thunder, the annual three-day NASCAR Sprint Cup Series test session at Daytona International Speedway in advance of the prestigious season-opening 55th annual Daytona 500, will be held on Jan. 10-12.
The test sessions mark the first time the new 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars, which highlight greater brand identity for the manufacturers, will turn laps on Daytona International Speedway's 2.5-mile tri-oval.
The new-look cars will conduct test sessions between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day, weather permitting. Each session includes a lunch break from noon until 1 p.m.
"Daytona Preseason Thunder is an exciting time for both the teams and the fans as NASCAR begins the roll out of the new 2013 car," Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood III said. "NASCAR fans are looking forward to seeing the production modeled race cars on the track beginning with the sport's most prestigious race of the year – the 55th annual Daytona 500."
Race fans can also rev up their new year at the Daytona Preseason Thunder Fan Fest – the companion event to the January test sessions. Along with watching Daytona Preseason Thunder track activity from the Sprint FANZONE, fans can enjoy Fan Fest on Thursday, Jan. 10 from 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
The schedule of driver question-and-answer and autograph sessions will be finalized closer to the event. Tickets for the Daytona Preseason Thunder Fan Fest, which include autograph session wristbands, will be available for purchase at a later date.
For fans who would like to be contacted regarding Daytona Preseason Thunder Fan Fest ticket information can sign up online at www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/thunder.
Fans can also watch each day's testing at no cost from a section of the Oldfield Grandstands.
The Roar Before The Rolex 24, the tune-up session for the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge teams in advance of the 51st anniversary of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, is scheduled for Jan. 4-6. Ticketholders for the 2013 Rolex 24 At Daytona will be admitted free for testing.
Information on tickets for both the Daytona Preseason Thunder and the Roar Before The Rolex 24 will be available online at http://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com or by calling 1-800-PITSHOP.
Tickets for NASCAR's biggest, richest and most prestigious race – the 55th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 24 –are also available at www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com or by calling 1-800-PITSHOP.
Fans can follow NASCAR on Twitter (@NASCAR) and stay up to speed on the latest news by using hashtags #NASCAR, #DAYTONA500, #CokeZero400 and #NASCARBattle. In addition, fans can also stay connected with Daytona International Speedway on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Pinterest for all the latest news all season long.
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Gov. Phil Bryant has scheduled a special election for Jan. 15 to fill a vacancy in the state Senate.
The qualifying deadline for candidates for the Senate District 16 election is Dec. 17. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes, runoff is Feb. 5.
The winner will complete the expired term of Sen. Bennie Turner, a Democrat from West Point, who died Nov. 27.
Senate District 16 is comprised of Clay County and parts of Lowndes, Oktibbeha and Noxubee counties.
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Afternoon Unloading of Israeli Ship at Oakland Port Canceled after Morning Protest
OAKLAND-- Hundreds of demonstrators from throughout the San Francisco Bay Area set up early morning picket lines in front of four gates into the SSA terminal in the Port of Oakland, as a ship carrying Israeli cargo was preparing to dock. Demonstrators were protesting the Israeli attack on the flotilla that sought to break the blockade of Gaza, in which Israeli troops killed nine people. In response to the picket line, members of Local 10 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union decided not to go into the terminal and unload the cargo. In the afternoon, with picket lines again in front of the gate, the stevedoring company decided not to ask for a crew of longshore workers to unload the ship, in the expectation that the crew would again not enter the terminal.


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Critics See Risks in Use of Bonds for School Tech Projects
As school districts across the country seek to implement costly, large-scale technology projects, a growing number of them are asking voters for approval to go into debt to pay for that work, through the issuance of long-term bonds.
That strategy is standard practice in many areas of government, when public entities, such as school systems, need money to pay for special capital projects such as new construction or infrastructure upgrades. But districts' attempts to use long-term bonds to underwrite major purchases of tablets and laptops, which have a limited shelf life, are coming under fire from both taxpayers and financial experts, who worry that school systems will still be paying off those costs long after the technology is obsolete.
"You don't debt-finance something where the term of the debt is going to extend beyond the life of the asset," said Bruce D. Baker, a professor of school finance at the Rutgers University Graduate School of Education in New Jersey. "You don't want to be paying for it once it has outlived its usefulness."
New attention is being focused on this issue following criticism of the Los Angeles Unified School District's plan to use money from long-term construction bond issues to fund a 1-to-1 iPad initiative that could ultimately cost nearly $1 billion. The first phase of the plan, a $50 million rollout, is the only aspect of the project that has been approved by the 650,000-student district's board of education to date, said school system spokeswoman Shannon Haber. That money will come from long-term construction bonds approved in 2004 and 2005, Ms. Haber said. Additional money for the initiative could come from a $7 billion construction bond issue approved by voters in 2008.
But some, like architect Stuart Magruder, believe that money from the bond issues should not be used to purchase iPads.
Mr. Magruder sits on the district's bond oversight committee, an advisory body providing guidance on how bond money should be spent. He worries the district will be paying off devices long after they need to be replaced. But he's even more concerned that the bond issues were billed as a way to fund construction, not 1-to-1 computing, and that voters feel misled.
"There's a public trust and credibility issue that's massive," Mr. Magruder said. "People are saying they're not going to be voting for a bond issue again and that's terrifying."
Public Trust
Despite the criticism, districts large and small are still using long-term bonds to pay for computing devices, saying in some cases that it's their only option for upgrading technology. Typically, a bond issue is a lump-sum amount that districts borrow through the sale of bonds. The taxpayers must vote to approve the bond sale, and then pay off the loan with interest through tax payments.
In the 3,000-student Woodward, Okla. school district, voters approved a $29 million construction bond earlier this month, with $2.8 million of it slated for technology. The project includes a 1-to-1 program for the district's 700 high school students, said Kyle B. Reynolds, the district's deputy superintendent.
"We would not have been able to fund this without the bond issue," Mr. Reynolds said. "I use a computer for my job every day and it's a travesty that we're not providing this technology to our kids."
Repayment Cycle
Though the life of the bond is 10 years, the money borrowed for technology purchases will be paid off in the first five years, to help ensure funds are not being spent on devices that may be outdated a decade from now, Mr. Reynolds said.
Other districts are taking a similar approach. Voters in the 16,500-student Ann Arbor, Mich., district approved a $45.8 million technology bond in 2012 to be repaid over five years to pay for a variety of technology upgrades, including purchasing devices. The district deliberately structured the bond to be repaid over a shorter period of time, due to concerns about the life span of technology devices like tablets and laptops, said Liz Margolis, the school system's spokeswoman.
"The tech bond allows us to keep as up-to-date as we possibly can in our district...and not having to spend operating dollars and classroom dollars," she said.
However, even a five-year repayment cycle may be too long a period of time, said Douglas Levin, the executive director of the State Educational Technology Directors Association, based in Glen Burnie, Md. "Within three to four years it is less expensive to replace the device than repair it," he said. "For technology, the functionality and power of devices is not going to age well."
When devices do need to be replaced, a bond issue doesn't provide continuing funds to do that, said Mr. Baker of Rutgers. Ongoing technology-refreshment cycles should be built into operating budgets, not financed by one-time bond issuances, which won't help districts continue to support 1-to-1 programs down the line or replace devices, he argued.
Ms. Margolis, of the Ann Arbor system, acknowledged the district faces long-term funding questions. But she noted that the district's options have been limited partly by cuts in state funding, amounting to reductions of nearly $70 million over the last five years.
In addition, districts in Michigan have limited means to raise funds for big projects, Ms. Margolis said. One way is through bonds. The other is through a "sinking fund"—a limited property-tax increase, considered more of a pay-as-you-go strategy. However, Michigan has strict limitations on the use of sinking-fund dollars and technology is not on the list.
This most recent issuance is the district's third technology bond since 2004, and the community has been supportive, Ms. Margolis said.
"We've been very open with our community," Ms. Margolis said, telling them, "'You will hear from us again in five years.'"
Voter Backlash
But not every community is supportive. In August, voters in the 8,000-student Lake Orion, Mich., district rejected a $33.2 million, 20-year bond issue, which would have paid in part for tech upgrades and new devices.
Burke Cueny, the president of Lake Orion's Taxpayers Advisory Group, a local watchdog group, said voters were troubled by the debt being incurred and the fact that technology would be antiquated before it would be paid off.
"These items are rapidly going out of style and becoming useless," he said. "It was a major factor in defeating the bond issue."
Though Mr. Baker, of Rutgers, said he's concerned about the use of a bond issue for technology purchases, he's sympathetic toward districts who see no other way of upgrading the tools their students use.
Some state policies exacerbate pressure on districts by prohibiting or impeding the use of other, more stable, methods of funding, he said.
"A lot of [district officials] know this isn't the right way to go, but they feel this sense of desperation and that's not a good thing," he said. "Policy constraints are encouraging bad financial planning."
David Neter, the chief business officer for the 153,000-student Wake County, N.C., school system, agrees. Voters in his district recently approved a $939 million bond issue that contains $60 million for technology. The debt on those technology expenditures will be paid off first, within a few years, he said.
He admitted that the bond strategy doesn't account for how the district will cover costs of replacing technology over time. He said the district will try asking the county, which provides funding, to boost funding to cover those costs.
"It's not ideal," Mr. Neter said. "It leaves the question open as to what we are going to do in three to six years. It's not a good long-term solution."
Vol. 33, Issue 10, Pages 1, 12-13Published in Print: October 30, 2013, as Risks Seen in Using Bonds for Tech Work
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Title text: There was no alt-text until you moused over
This comic is a joke creating a humorously false synthesis, combining the principals of quantum superposition and the effects of reading a comic one panel at a time.
Schrödinger's cat is a thought experiment that illuminates the notion that a particle only resolves itself to its state upon observation, and until this observation it is in all of its possible states simultaneously. In the thought experiment a cat is both dead and alive until observation, likewise in this comic the comic is both funny and unfunny until the comic is observed (or read).
Black Hat and Cueball are likening the last panel to the box with the cat: until you read it, it is in a mixed state (a superposition) of both funny and unfunny. In the last panel Black Hat says "Shit."
The joke is that after reading the last panel the comic is both funny (as it is unexpected) and not funny (as the last line was a non sequitur and therefore there is no climax) at the same time, thus proving Black Hat and Cueball wrong, hence them expressing discontent with the word shit.
The title text, which Randall here calls the alt-text, suggests that the alt text did not exist until the mouse over action occured.
=Schrödinger's cat
Schrödinger's cat is a famous thought experiment proposed by Erwin Schrödinger to question the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Under the Copenhagen interpretation, any particle is described by a wave function that allows one to calculate the probability that it is any given state. A radioactive nucleus with a half-life of one hour, for instance, would have a wave-function that would split, showing two distinct states (decayed, undecayed) that change over time until some "observation" forced the wave-function into one state or another (called "collapsing the wave-function"). Before the wave-function is collapsed, it is incorrect to say that the atom has decayed or has not decayed; it is in a "superposition" of states, effectively half-decayed and half-undecayed.
Schrödinger thought the Copenhagen interpretation was absurd, and devised the below thought experiment to show this. The experiment goes as follows: Put a cat in a box, he said, with a device triggered by the decay of an atom with a half-life of one hour that would release a poisonous gas if triggered. Then, after waiting an hour, the Copenhagen interpretation would say that the atom is in a superposition of decayed and undecayed states, and thus, by extension, the cat would be in a superposition of alive and dead states. Only when the box is opened would the wave-function for the cat collapse into either alive or dead states. This thought experiment is not meant to be taken literally as every interaction of a particle with another constitutes a observation, and many particles must interact for a cat to die, but still his argument was that since it is absurd for a cat to be both alive and dead, it is absurd for an atom to be both decayed and undecayed.
If this experiment where to be performed the cat would not be both dead and alive.
- [Black Hat and Cueball are standing next to each other. Above them the text is written in a box with shades around it.]
- Schrödinger's Comic
- [Black Hat and Cueball are still standing next to each other, but Cueball has lifted his arms above his head. The text is again written in a box with shades around it.]
- The last panel of this comic is both funny and not funny at the same time.
- [Black Hat and Cueball are still standing next to each other, Cueball arms are down again. The text is again written in a box with shades around it.]
- Until you read it, there's no way to tell which it will end up being.
- [Black Hat and Cueball are still standing next to each other. Cueball has become smaller and smaller through the three frames after the first. Quite clearly here in the last panel. The text is again written in a box with shades around it.]
- Shit.
- This was the 42nd comic originally posted to LiveJournal.
- The previous was 39: Bowl.
- The next was 46: Secrets.
- There had been a break of almost a month between this and the previous comic.
- This time was probably used to prepare the launch of the new xkcd site.
- Original title: "Drawing: Schrodinger"
- For the first time in eight comics, and only the second time since after the first day on LiveJournal, is the weekday not part of the title on LiveJournal.
- But apart from in the very next comic, the extra word "Drawing" was still added to the title for this and the four comics after the next, in spite of the simultaneous release on xkcd.
- There were no original Randall quote for this comic.
- This was the first comic to be posted simultaneous (i.e. on the same day) on both LiveJournal and the new xkcd site.
- This comic was thus one of the last 11 comics posted on LiveJournal.
- These 11 comics were posted both on LiveJournal and xkcd after the xkcd site opened on the 1st of January 2006.
- They were not all posted on the same day though.
- The Schrödinger equation was enhanced by Paul Dirac only three years later in 1928: Dirac equation. It did combine the Schrödinger world with Einstein, e.g. relativity.
- Black Hat's hat is beginning to shorten from its top-hat look, although its height varies between panels. (As does Cueballs height compared to Black Hat.)
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BEIJING, China (Aug. 4, 2008) – The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team will play in its seventh-straight Olympic Games when it takes the court in August in Beijing. While just making it to the Olympic Games is an honor for many countries, more is expected of a U.S. team with a legacy of greatness.
Is the 2008 U.S. Men's Team – ranked No. 3 in the world and 2008 World League champion – the one that will recapture the glory of the 80s and early 90s, when Team USA won gold in 1984 and '88 and bronze in '92? It seems to have many of the ingredients necessary to win a medal: a roster of experienced and professional athletes, a no-nonsense coach who stresses team success ahead of individual agendas and a new headquarters at sea level surrounded by supportive fans of the sport.
The pieces are all in place. All that remains is for the Games to begin.
The Players
"We have a lot of good volleyball players. We have some depth, we have some experience," U.S. Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon said. "And we have guys who believe that they can do it. I think that's important."
No one brings more Olympic experience to the team than setter Lloy Ball (Fort Wayne, Ind.), who is competing in his fourth Games in Beijing. Ball was 24, the youngest volleyball player ever to compete in the Olympic Games, when he played in Atlanta in 1996 and finished ninth. He was 28 in Sydney in 2000 when the U.S. Men tied for 11th and 32 in Athens in 2004 when Team USA finished a surprising fourth.
Since returning to the U.S. Men's Team in 2007, Ball has handled the majority of the starting setting duties as Team USA won the Americas' Cup and the NORECA Continental Championship, finished fourth at the FIVB World Cup and first at the 2008 NORCECA Continental Olympic Qualifier and the World League.
He was named the MVP and Best Setter at both the 2007 NORCECA Continental Championship and the 2008 World League Final Round.
But note that the U.S. Men were having success even before Ball's return. They finished third in the 2007 FIVB World League with Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) as the primary starting setter. Team USA also won the silver medal at the Pan American Games with Hansen as the primary setter.
At outside hitter, Team USA will look to Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) and Riley Salmon (League City, Texas), both of whom competed at the 2004 Summer Games. Priddy has been the team's leading scorer for the past two seasons and is its top passer as well. Salmon has provided consistent numbers as both a scorer and passer.
Hot on their heels, has been newcomer Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.), who left behind a career in beach volleyball to return to the indoor game in 2007. Rooney was named "Best Spiker" of the NORCECA Continental Olympic Qualifying tournament on Jan. 6-11 in Caguas, Puerto Rico, which the U.S. Men won to qualify for Beijing. Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.) has also been getting playing time at outside hitter and as a serving specialist. Touzinsky joined the team in 2007 after recovering from a serious knee injury.
Tom Hoff (Park Ridge, Ill.) and Ryan Millar (Palmdale, Calif.) each bring two Olympic Games' worth of experience to the middle blocker position. Hoff has served as the team's captain since 2005 and has been the player the team looks to when it needs a key block or an important win.
Millar was named USA Volleyball's men's indoor player of the year for 2007 after finishing the season as the team's leading blocker, second-leading scorer and playing in more sets than any player but libero Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.).
David Lee (Alpine, Calif.), playing in his first Olympic Games, has brought consistent hitting and blocking to the position and has quickly gained great international experience by playing in two World Leagues, the Pan American Games and the World Cup among other tournaments.
At opposite, Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawai'i) will be looking to make his second Olympic appearance and continues to be the team's top server, finishing the 2007 season with 39 aces. He was named the top server at the 2008 NORCECA Olympic Qualifier in January.
While Gabe Gardner also competed at the 2004 Summer Games, he did not play opposite. Gardner switched positions from outside hitter to opposite at the beginning of 2007 and made the most of the transition, finishing the season as the team's fourth-leading scorer with 329 points. He averaged 3.82 points per set.
Finally, Lambourne has been the team's starting libero since 2005 and has shown improvement every year. He was named the top libero at both the 2007 and 2008 World League final rounds, and he was named best libero and best receiver at the NORCECA Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
The Coach and Staff
Hugh McCutcheon of Christchurch, New Zealand, took over as the U.S. Men's Head Coach in 2005 after Doug Beal left to take over as USA Volleyball CEO. McCutcheon served as Beal's assistant at the 2004 Olympic Games and had a good idea of what the head coaching job would entail as August, 2008 drew closer.
He has encouraged the U.S. players to put the team ahead of their personal agendas and to take a professional attitude. After a difficult season in 2006 in which the U.S. Men finished 10th at two major tournaments – the FIVB World League and the World Championship – the new attitude started to catch on and the team attained a new cohesiveness.
"What you don't want is someone who is so invested in their own personal agenda that they compromise the greater team goal of winning a medal," McCutcheon said. "I think we have a good group. They are absolutely professional. They understand the magnitude of what we are trying to achieve."
In Beijing, McCutcheon will not only rely on his own experience, but also the experience of his regular staff, including assistant coaches Ron Larsen and John Speraw, technical manager Jamie Morrison and athletic trainer Aaron Brock.
Marv Dunphy, the Pepperdine men's volleyball coach who was the head coach of the 1988 U.S. Men's Team that won a gold medal in Seoul, South Korea and who also served as the U.S. Men's consultant coach at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, will serve as the consultant coach.
Carl McGown, who has coached at six world championships and six Olympic Games, will serve as a scout.
Rob Browning, head coach of the women's volleyball team at St. Mary's College of California who was an assistant for the U.S. Men's National Team at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, will serve as team leader.
The Competition
The men's Olympic volleyball competition will begin Aug. 10 and run through the finals on Aug. The preliminary matches will be held at both Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium and the finals will be held at the Capital Indoor Stadium.
There is one thing to know about all the teams that will be competing in Beijing: there are no slouches at the Olympic Games. It is a cliché, but on any given day, any team can beat any other team.
For the U.S. Men, the trick will be not to let one loss ruin their tournament.
"You just have to stay focused on what you really want in the end," Olympic veteran Hoff said. "Playing a bad game or bad set is not the end of it. It's a long tournament."
The U.S. Men will begin competition in Pool A on Sunday, Aug. 10 at 12:30 p.m. local time against Venezuela (20th in the world) at Capital Indoor Stadium. The U.S. Men are 1-1 against Venezuela since 2004 and 9-3 since 1981, having lost to the South Americans at the 2006 World Championships and beaten them at the 2007 Pan American Games.
On Aug. 12, Team USA will battle Italy (10th in the world) at 12:30 p.m. at Capital Indoor Stadium The U.S. Men are 5-1 against Italy since 2004 and 19-37 since 1981. The two teams last faced each other at the 2007 World League where the United States went 4-0.
On Aug. 14, the United States will play Bulgaria (fourth in the world) at 10 p.m. at Capital Indoor Stadium. The U.S. Men are 2-4 against Bulgaria since 2004 and 21-13 overall. The teams played each other in four 2008 World League pool play matches, with the United States winning one home match and losing one and Bulgaria taking both of its home matches. However, the United States did not take four of its usual starting players to Bulgaria.
On Aug. 16, Team USA will face host China (21st in the world) at the Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium. The United States is 3-1 against China since 2004 and 39-12 since 1981. The U.S. Men lost to China at the 2008 Four Nations Tournament in Germany; however the United States did not bring its starting team to the tournament.
Team USA will finish pool play on Aug. 18 at 10 p.m. against Japan (11th in the world) at Capital Indoor Stadium. The U.S. Men are 10-0 against Japan since 2004 and 136-59 since 1981. The two teams played five times in 2007, four times in World League and once at the World Cup, with the United States winning all five matches.
The quarterfinals will begin on Wednesday, Aug. 20, which is when the top four teams in each pool will cross over to face teams in the other pool. Pool B consists of Brazil, Egypt, Germany, Poland, Russia, and Serbia.
Brazil, ranked No. 1 in the world, has been the dominant force in men's volleyball since the turn of the century, winning every World Championship, World Cup and World League title from 2002 until 2008. However the U.S. Men have had success against Brazil, going 12-15 against the South Americans since 2000 and 4-3 since 2004.
Most recently, Team USA defeated Brazil in Rio de Janeiro in three sets, 25-23, 25-22, 27-25, to advance to the final round of the 2008 World League. The U.S. Men went on to win World League, becoming the first non-Brazilian team to do so since 2001.
The United States has had a tougher time against No. 2-ranked Russia, the team that defeated the U.S. Men in the 2004 Olympic bronze-medal match. The U.S. Men are 0-2 against Russia since 2004. The two teams last played each other in the final match of the 2007 World Cup. A victory would have given the U.S. Men a spot on the podium and a berth in the Olympic Games, but Russia ended up winning in five sets.
"I think we match up well with Brazil. We have a similar style of play," McCutcheon said. "Russia presents us with some different challenges. They are a little taller than us. But I think every time we play them we get closer."
The U.S. Men now know No. 5 Serbia pretty well after playing it twice in the 2008 World League final round and going 1-1, including a four-set victory in the gold-medal match on July 27. Team USA is 2-4 against Serbia since 2004 and 9-11 since 1981.
Team USA is 2-5 against world No. 6 Poland since 2004. Most recently, the United States defeated Poland in five sets in the final round of the 2008 World League tournament.
The U.S. Men are 7-0 against No. 14 Egypt since 1981 and last beat the African team at the 2007 World Cup. Team USA is 16-5 against No. 17 Germany, having last defeated it at the Four Nations Tournament and a follow-up exhibition match, both in Germany.
Can the U.S. Men's National Team make it to the podium in Beijing? It will be fun watching them try.
Teams that have qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games, how they qualified, and the U.S. Men's record against them from 1981-Aug. 1, 2008:
1. China (host country, 21st in the world, 39-11)
2. Brazil (1st World Cup, 1st in the world, 58-69)
3. Russia (2nd World Cup, 2nd in the world, 54-38)
4. Bulgaria (3rd World Cup, 4th in the world, 21-13)
5. Egypt (Africa zone qualifier, 14th in the world, 7-0)
6. Serbia (Europe zone qualifier, 5th in the world, 9-11)
7. USA (NORCECA zone qualifier, 3rd in the world)
8. Venezuela (South America zone qualifier, 20th in the world, 9-3)
9. Japan (Asia zone qualifier, 11th in the world, 136-59)
10. Germany (Winner of Dusseldorf, Germany qualifying tournament, 17th in the world, 16-5)
11. Italy (Winner of Tokyo, Japan qualifying tournament, 10th in the world, 19-37)
12. Poland (Winner of Espinho, Portugal qualifying tournament, 6th in the world, 31-14)


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We've quite a bit of release date news to share this fine morning, as Universal has announced a slew of schedule changes. Briefly:
- With production set to begin in a matter of weeks, Kick-Ass 2 has been slated for a June 28th, 2013 release.
- The Denzel Washington/Mark Wahlberg thriller 2 Guns has been given an August 16th, 2013 release date.
- Director Richard Curtis' (Love Actually) romantic time travel pic About Time, starring Rachel McAdams, has been dated May 10th, 2013.
- The Keanu Reeves samurai pic 47 Ronin, originally set for a November 2012 release, has now been pushed back even further to Christmas 2013.
- The re-release Jurassic Park 3D has been moved to April 5th, 2013.
- The supernatural actioner R.I.P.D. starring Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds has been shifted to July 19th, 2013.
- The Jason Bateman/Melissa McCarthy comedy Identity Thief has been moved up to February 8th, 2013.
Hit the jump for all the details, folks.
Kick-Ass 2 is officially a reality, as the film now has a firm release date. Under the direction of Jeff Wadlow (the first film's director, Matthew Vaughn, is onboard as a producer), the film has been given the prime summer release date of June 28th, 2013. The pic will open against Shawn Levy's comedy The Internship which reteams Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, and Roland Emmerich's now-untitled White House action thriller starring Channing Tatum (formerly referred to as White House Down). Kick-Ass 2 sees the return of Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
Additionally, the graphic novel adaptation 2 Guns has been slated for August 16th, 2013. The pic stars Denzel Washington as Trench (a DEA agent) and Mark Wahlberg as Steadman (a naval officer), who team up to rip off the mob. Neither realizes the other is undercover nor that they're actually being set up to steal from the CIA. Contraband director Baltasar Kormakur is at the helm. The only other film currently slated for that August date is the sequel Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, though it does open a week after the Robocop reboot.
Love Actually director Richard Curtis' time travel romantic comedy About Time will open on May 10th, 2013. The pic is described as a "fantastical feel-good movie about a man (Domhnall Gleeson) and his ability to travel back in time. He eventually meets the girl of his dreams (Rachel McAdams). That release date puts About Time directly up against Tyler Perry Presents We the Peeples, as no other films are slated for that date at the moment.
The samurai film 47 Ronin will continue to be a big question mark for quite some time, as the ambitious actioner has been pushed back yet again from February to December 2013. The Keanu Reeves-fronted pic was initially slated for November of this year but was then moved to February. The film likely has a number of visual effects shots that need to be finished, and I wouldn't be surprised if Carl Rinsch did some reshoots before it hits theaters.
A move to somewhere like April or August would be cause for concern, but the prime holiday release signals that Universal likes what they see. Also slated for Christmas Day 2013 at the moment are the DreamWorks Animaton film Mr. Peabody & Sherman and Ben Stiller's remake of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
We'll now be seeing the 3D re-release of Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park much sooner than expected, as the film has been moved up from July 19th to April 5th. The move is a smart one, as there's a serious lack of big-budget or "spectacle" fare in April. Jurassic Park 3D will open against the Colin Farrell/Noomi Rapace thriller Dead Man Down and director Paul Feig's untitled Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy cop comedy (currently referred to as The Heat).
Director Robert Schwentke's (Red) adaptation of the Dark Horse comic R.I.P.D. has been pushed back nearly a month from June 28th to July 19th, 2013. The film centers on dead cops who work for the "Rest in Peace Department," with Ryan Reynolds playing a newly deceased cop and Jeff Bridges taking on the role of his partner, a seasoned R.I.P.D. veteran. The pic now takes the spot previously held by Jurassic Park 3D, and opens directly against DreamWorks Animation's Turbo. Bookending its release are Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim a week before and The Wolverine the week after.
Finally, Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon's comedy Identity Thief has been moved up almost three months from May 10th to February 8th, 2013. The film stars Melissa McCarthy as a woman who steals the identity of Jason Bateman's character. The pic now takes 47 Ronin's previous spot and opens against Steven Soderbergh's Bitter Pill and the Nicholas Sparks adaptation Safe Haven.


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The Complete Works of Bing Gordon: Odes to the iPhone and iPad
At a Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers event this morning to announce the doubling of its $100 million iFund, KPCB team member Bing Gordon read two poems–the first, a 2008 paean to Apple's (AAPL) iPhone, the second an ode to its forthcoming iPad. Below is the full text of both: "Welcome to the World, iPhone" and "Welcome to the World, iPad."
Welcome to the World, iPhone
(Summer 2008)
Welcome to the world, my new friend and pocket master.
Your 3-G-ness makes my world so much better and lots faster.
Your App Store is the killer app of mobile D-to-C,
Although you are surprised that 90 percent of apps are Free.
100 Million is a frighteningly awesome number,
And threatens to eclipse Nintendo, put PSP in your penumbra.
Who'd have expected games like Rolando would have put you on the map,
Or that a virtual beer mug would become a killer app.
Your baby brother iPod Touch is rustling, restless in the wings,
With tens of millions multi-touchers browsing iTunes for new things.
With so much excitement already, your future's hardly hazy;
Christmas Season in the Apple Stores this year will be, like, crazy.
Thanks, iPhone, for giving us a White to go with Black.
Thanks, iPhone, for making Leopard mobile, and connecting to my Mac.
iPhone, you've launched into the world, like a Cupertino rocket!
Steve envisioned computers on each desk; now it's iPhone in every pocket!
Welcome to the World, iPad
(April 2010)
Welcome to the world, iPad, we've been awaiting you for months.
You give my hands an article of lust they both can touch at once.
3 Billion downloads in two years from 150,000 titles in App Store,
We've seen previews under NDA that will drive many billions more.
You've inspired new computer scientists on every college campus,
Who invented killer apps for toddlers, texting teens and check-in grampas.
Entrepreneurs without previous experience are creating jobs and wealth,
If they skip class to finish their new app, do they have to keep in stealth?
Thanks, iPad, for giving us a Cinerama screen.
Thanks, iPad, putting soul into your new machine.
iPad, you are the next chapter in the Apple Computer lore,
But we have to take our tent and leave now, the line is forming at the store.
Headed straight for The Norton Anthology Of Poetry, I imagine …


text: Is a freelance writer in New York. She's written about personal finance and small business for such publications as The Wall Street Journal, MainStreet.com, Walletpop.com, People magazine. She also works as a freelance producer covering money at ABCNews.com. Little attended Howard University where she studied journalism. She loves drinking wine and tweeting, preferably at the same time. Follow Little on Twitter @Lyneka.


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Perhaps best known to golfers for one of the top courses in the USA, The Boulders Resort on 1300 acres in Carefree, Arizona bordering Scottsdale creates a gentle and reinvigorating world in the Sonoran desert landscape that any non-golfer can thrive in and more.
This is a place to go to relax and renew your spirit –whether escaping brutal winter or taking advantage of 75% summer discounts on resort rooms and similar deep discounts on spa luxuries during the off-season.
Scottsdale's first luxury resort, it was built 27 years ago with an interesting adobe architecture that blends well into the surrounding 12-million-year-old granite boulder landscape—hence the name. We are told that the architect, Bob Bacon, lived in the patch of desert where he would later design The Boulders for six months so that he could get a thorough feel for the terrain.
Homage to the Native American belief that the land is holy is shown in the Hogan style of the buildings. Bacon's idea was to blend the structures with the surrounds and in this he succeeded.
Indigenous plant life abounds, as does wildlife.
Sit on the deck of your casita or take a nature walk—you will no doubt see rabbits, road runners and many another bird singing away.
Of the many luxury resorts that are now in the greater Scottsdale area, The Boulders boasts the most space for the least number of visitors.
You feel this lack of density at all times.
When you arrive your car is parked and you are taken into the web of 160 guest casitas and 61 one-, two- and three-bedroom Pueblo Villas/Haciendas in one of the golf carts that you can summon at any time to take you to one or another destination at the resort.
The rooms are spacious and lacking no amenities.
Perhaps the heart of luxury at The Boulders is in its spa.
Arriving for a massage, I was told there were 20 treatment rooms—and yet I was able to change, go to steam bath and to an inside heated water area and back to steam and back to shower and change without seeing any other guest!
This was ever so soothing solitude.
While I enjoyed a massage my husband enjoyed hiking the grounds.
There are several parks and hiking trails not far from the resort but one wonders why anyone would ever leave. If time allowed, it is easy to picture starting every day and/or ending it with an hour or so constitutional.
You get calm—whether it's a massage or trail that gets you there.
The moonlight bicycle ride is not to be missed.
When the golf courses close the ribbons of paths that cut through them and up to the surrounding boulder landscape provide a smooth bicycle path for a gentle ride, including a guided tour of flora and fauna highlights along the way.
The resort has many restaurants on its grounds and a shuttle bus to a nearby Mexican restaurant. Of those we tried our favorite was definitely The Spa Café, where our good-natured waitress quipped quite accurately that they aren't exactly serving boiled wheatgrass sandwiches. Rather, it's very tasty cuisine in proportions and with ingredients that match the health retreat of the spa. Don't miss taking as many meals there as your schedule allows.
If you want to mix up the spa retreat with foodie time you'll find five other on-site restaurants, and don't forget that contiguous Scottsdale boasts more restaurants per capita than Manhattan.
Your big dilemma at The Boulders will in fact be in deciding if and when to leave to take in the many sights and attractions of Scottsdale and Phoenix.
It wouldn't be a surprise to learn that many start to go to their cars and then change their minds to instead take a dip in one of the pools—again.
The Boulders Resort
34631 North Tom Darlington Drive
Carefree, Arizona 85377
For booking and other information visit The Boulders website or call 888 570 2631. Make sure to inquire about separate bookings for spa, golf and other amenities.
Photos courtesy of The Boulders Resort, unless otherwise indicated.


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Spilt grease: Customer lathered over oil change
Daniel Van Orman got his oil changed at SpeeDee Oil Change & Tune-up on Seminole Trail on February 26, then left for a weekend on the Outer Banks. The next day, he claims, he realized that "oil was leaking from the engine, and little to no oil was left in the car. Luckily, I caught this before my engine was seriously damaged." After adding five quarts of oil, he returned to Charlottesville.
When he took the car back to SpeeDee, he says, "They gave me a hard time and were extremely rude about the whole situation. After much ado they quite unwillingly redid the oil change, but I will never give SpeedDee my business again."
I spoke with manager Boyd Lasch, who remembered Van Orman well. Lasch conceded that they'd made a mistake– "We put in a bad filter"– but was mainly concerned with what he considered Van Orman's bad behavior.
"If you want respect," he said, "you need to come in with respect." Van Orman, he claimed, said that Lasch "had a bunch of goofs" working for him and generally "talked down to Lasch" and "refused to listen."
Did Van Orman come in with that kind of attitude? I asked. No, Lasch replied; "He started out real nice." So what happened? Why did Van Orman morph from "real nice" to someone Lasch claims he felt verbally "beat up" by?
According to Lasch, things turned nasty when Van Orman said that he not only wanted to be reimbursed for the oil he'd had to add, but for the botched oil change as well. Lasch says he was happy to pay for the extra oil, but refused to refund the cost of the oil change. Instead, he would redo the oil change– and make sure it was done correctly– but would not simply give Van Orman his money back.
And yet the leak had interrupted a holiday weekend, and if Van Orman hadn't noticed the problem in time, it could have ruined his engine. Why not just give Van Orman what he wanted: a free oil change?
"Maybe we handled it wrong," Lasch said– but then, a few seconds later, returned to explaining why, in his opinion, Van Orman had failed to merit respect.
The latest on Lethal
Two weeks ago I wrote that March would be a busy month for George D. Morris, owner of Lethal Wrecker ["Towed to Court," March 3], what with all the court dates on his calendar. I can now report on the first three. Here's the short version: April's going to be another busy month for Morris.
Duke Chute's suit for $1,560 was heard by Judge Robert Downer in Charlottesville General District Court on March 1. Chute was towed from a parking lot on a Saturday last July, for which Lethal charged him $155. That's $60 more than the maximum allowed by Section 46.2-1233.1 of the Code of Virginia. By violating that section, Lethal also violated the Virginia Consumer Protection Act, which allows the consumer to sue for more in damages than just the amount of the overcharge.
Unlike in previous cases for overcharging, this time Morris sent a lawyer, Larry Miller, to represent him. Miller requested that Chute be required to submit a "Bill of Particulars" to the court that outlines his assertions. Downer gave Chute a deadline for that of March 21; Morris and Miller, in turn, have until April 11 to respond with their "Grounds of Defense." On April 22, the two sides will meet again in court.
Keith Welty got identical results on March 8, when his suit for $500– in which he alleges Lethal overcharged him $285 for towing and storage– was heard by Downer. In Welty's case, after each side has filed their respective documents, they'll return to court on April 22.
Three's a charm: Also on March 8, Morris got a continuance in his assault and battery case, in which he's accused of threatening a driver from a rival towing service. That case will resume in Albemarle County general district court on April 19.
Do you have a consumer problem or question? Email the Fearless Consumer, write her at 100 Second St. NW, 22902, or call 295-8700 ext. 406.
George Morris


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NEA's Read Across America Grants to boost local reading initiatives
Partnership with Renaissance Dental provides books and funding to NEA state affiliates
WASHINGTON - February 12, 2014 -
There's only one event that will get teachers, principals, school employees—even elected officials—to dye their hair blue, cook up a breakfast of green eggs and ham, or be duct-taped to a wall if it boosts their students' enthusiasm to read. Every year, an estimated 45 million readers join the National Education Association (NEA) to celebrate its annual Read Across America Day. Through a continuing partnership with Renaissance Dental, NEA has awarded Read Across America events grants to 18 state affiliates for state and local Read Across America events and activities—all designed to motivate children to develop a love of reading.
From Arkansas to Wyoming and California to Maine, a total of $133,000 was awarded to 18 states in varying grant amounts ranging from $800 to $10,000. The grants provide state affiliates with the funds to purchase books and coordinate reading events with students statewide. Thanks to the generous donation from Renaissance Dental, everyone can be wacky, wild, and read with a child on March 3.
"Our members come up with some Seuss-tastic ideas to motivate schoolchildren to read, but funding isn't always available, especially with tightening school budgets," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "We want everyone to be in the company of a good book, and thanks to our partnership with Renaissance Dental, more readers—young and old—will continue to make Read Across America Day the nation's largest reading celebration."
The partnership between Renaissance Dental and NEA arrived after studies and research found that American students were missing more than 51 million hours of school each year due to oral health problems. Through NEA's Read Across America, 3 million educators are helping to deliver a very important message to students: "2 x 2 + 20 = good oral health and literacy habits." The pledge asks children to brush for two minutes, two times per day, plus read for 20 minutes each day—for a daily total of 24 minutes, all focused on developing good oral health and reading skills.
"Tooth decay continues to top the charts as the number one most common chronic childhood disease and as a result is causing kids to miss critical instruction time at school," said Rob Mulligan, president and CEO of Renaissance Dental. "Our partnership with NEA's Read Across America provides a national platform for educating children about the importance of good oral health and encouraging teachers to integrate oral health education into their classrooms."
The unique partnership between the nation's largest union of educators and Renaissance Dental also will deliver books, toothbrushes, and other oral health items to students in need during the popular Cat-a-Van Reading Tour, scheduled February 24 through March 14. The reading tour will visit Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, South Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi, with additional Seuss-themed events planned from coast to coast on the annual Read Across America Day, Monday, March 3.
Originally created as a one-day event to celebrate the joy of reading, Read Across America, now in its 17th year and sponsored by NEA and Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P., has grown into a nationwide initiative that promotes reading every day. With Dr. Seuss's birthday falling this year on Sunday, March 2, the official Read Across America Day will be celebrated Monday, March 3, enabling schools nationwide to participate in the reading fun.
About NEA
The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional employee organization, representing more than 3 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators, and students preparing to become teachers. Learn more at nea.org.
About Renaissance Dental
Renaissance Dental provides quality and affordable dental insurance to organizations and individuals nationwide. Customizable dental options can be designed for groups as small as two enrollees. Renaissance Dental is the flagship product of Renaissance Life & Health Insurance Company of America and Renaissance Health Insurance Company of New York. RenaissanceDental.com.
For more information about NEA's Read Across America, visit nea.org/readacross
To learn more about the link between oral health and literacy, check out http://2min2x.org
Find us on Facebook at facebook.com/neareadacrossamerica
Follow us on twitter at @NEAMedia
Keep up with the conversation with #neareads
See How Seuss is on the Loose this Read Across America Day
Arkansas Education Association
The Arkansas Education Association will engage 13 local affiliates in Read Across America celebrations, connecting them with Common Core and the Better Lessons resource. The campaign will culminate in a reading event on March 3 with the Arkansas state legislature. Find out more at aeaonline.org.
Arizona Education Association
The Arizona Education Association and the Washington District Education Association will provide school-based event grants for celebrations throughout the school district, located in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Learn more at arizonaea.org.
California Teachers Association
A grant awarded to the California Teachers Association will enable the Bakersfield Elementary Teachers Association to hold a downtown block party and celebration for all K–third-grade students, parents, and community members. In Southern California, Walker Elementary School in San Diego will host a two-week Read-A-Thon that will culminate on Read Across America Day when "Literature Comes to Life." The funding will help kids to keep reading on the calendar with goody bags, pencils, books, and so much more. Go to cta.org to learn more.
Illinois Education Association
The Illinois Education Association grant will support a "Read Across Bloomington/Normal" reading campaign with reading celebrations throughout Bloomington, Ill. and Normal, Ill. Learn more about IEA's Seuss-tastic events planned at ieanea.org.
Louisiana Association of Educators
The Louisiana Association of Educators grant will enable the state and its locals to hold a Read Across America celebration at a Baton Rouge mall for thousands of students, parents, and community members. Check out the reading excitement underway in the Pelican State by visiting lae.org.
Maine Education Association
The Maine Education Association grant will enable the state Association to give a book to every first grader in the state along with reading tips and resources for parents. See where Seuss is on the Loose in Maine at http://maine.nea.org.
Maryland State Education Association
The Maryland State Education Association grant will support the "Clara Floyd Early Literacy Program" in Maryland's Prince George's County. The event is named after the former president of the MSEA. Learn more at marylandeducators.org.
Mississippi Association of Educators
The Mississippi Association of Educators grant will support the statewide campaign "The School (or Town) that Reads Together, Leads Together." The campaign will include reading events throughout the state and creation of school-wide reading areas in three elementary schools in the Delta and Southwest Region. Find out more at https://maetoday.nea.org.
Missouri NEA
The Missouri NEA grant will help support the Association's very successful "Cat Tracks" statewide reading tour, bringing books and reading joy to schools and communities throughout the state. Check out mnea.org for more information.
New Mexico NEA
The New Mexico NEA grant will support Read Across America events in Las Cruces, Roswell, Belen, Los Lunas, and Farmington. The Associations will send state and local community leaders into local schools and spread resources and information about reading and oral health. See where the reading excitement will be in New Mexico by visiting nea-nm.org.
New York State United Teachers
The NYSUT grant will enable the state to fund locally-driven Read Across America celebrations in areas with high-need student populations. The funds will be used for books, classroom celebration kits, and resources. Learn more at nysut.org.
North Dakota United
North Dakota United will use the grant funding to send a statewide "Cat-a-Van" of their own throughout the week of Read Across America with stops in rural schools and low-income areas. The reading RV's will also stop in five Native American Reservations, focusing on reading and teachers' hard work in rural and Reservation Areas. Go to http://ndea.org to learn more.
Oklahoma Education Association
The Read Across America Grant will enable 10 Oklahoma local affiliates to coordinate events in 10 elementary schools to break the Guinness World Record for the "most kids wearing Cat in the Hat hats during a reading event." The events will take place on March 3, Read Across America Day. Check out http://okea.org to see where the Cat will be next.
NEA-Rhode Island
The NEA-Rhode Island grant will support the Association's Read Across America celebration at the Showcase Cinemas in Warwick, R.I. Find out how to get involved in the reading excitement at neari.org
South Carolina Education Association
The South Carolina Education Association grant will provide books, pencils, bookmarks and reading resources, and radio ads on the importance of reading. Visit thescea.org to learn more.
Virginia Education Association
The Virginia Education Association, together with the Fairfax County Lion's Club, will embark on a collection and donation of used eyeglasses and celebrate reading with a Read Across America city celebration. Go to veanea.org.
Wisconsin Education Association Council
The Wisconsin Education Association Council grant will enable the state Association to focus on Native American and rural communities in the state, with WEAC bus driver members delivering books, hats, bookmarks, and resources to select communities. Learn more about WEAC's Seuss-tastic events planned at weac.org.
Wyoming Education Association
The Wyoming Education Association will use the grant to conduct a statewide Cat-a-Van tour, hold a reading celebration in the Wyoming state capitol and support local Read Across America events across the state.
Go to http://wyoea.org to learn more.
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Update to recent "Dorito" ufo in the UK
Posted by dandare on December 20, 2007
The videos of the ufo, have now been posted on the internet; (the full details can be found on my previous article here , made on the 12th december).
As was mentioned, not much can be seen, if anything….. so cannot comment on it really. Will try and slow down and look at it though? not sure if this will help however.
I must still thank craig for posting this for us too see…..
Also of interest from the birmingham area;
dated 16/6/07
I'll leave you to decide on what you think these are….


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Imagination zone: We reach inside for recreation
Q. Can you imagine how most of us spend most of our leisure time? – B. Kelly
A. No, it's not eating, drinking alcohol, taking drugs, socializing with family or friends, or participating in sports, says psychologist Paul Bloom in How Pleasure Works. Rather, we retreat to the imagination, to worlds created by others– as with books, movies, video games, and TV (over four hours per day on average)– or to worlds we ourselves create in daydreams and fantasies. Two-year-olds pretend to be lions, graduate students stay up all night playing video games, young parents hide from their offspring to read novels, and millions tune into reality-TV shows.
As one psychologist puts it on her website, "I am interested in why individuals might choose to watch television shows like Friends rather than spend time with actual friends."
Perhaps we enjoy imaginative experiences because at some level we don't distinguish them from real ones. From youth, we are all great pretenders, tellers of stories and lovers of others' stories. The actor Leonard Nimoy was so often confused by the public with his fictional TV character that out of frustration he wrote a book called I Am Not Spock (then 20 years later published I Am Spock).
After her final Harry Potter book, J.K. Rowling received letters from adults as well as kids, begging her to spare the lives of beloved characters like Hagrid, Hermione, and of course Harry himself.
"Imagination is reality lite," sums up Bloom, "a useful substitute when the real pleasure is inaccessible, too risky, or too much work."
Q. How does carrying a long, heavy bar help a tightrope walker maintain balance, even outdoors in a moderately gusty wind?—K. Wallenda
A. In 1981, Steven McPeak walked a wire strung peak to peak at the Zugspitze, between Austria and Germany, at times a full kilometer (3,280 feet) above the ground, says Jearl Walker in The Flying Circus of Physics. Balance is maintained by keeping the center of mass generally over the rope. When the performer leans too far in one direction, the body must bend back the other way for correction. A heavy bar helps, since by shoving it right or left the combined center of mass of the performer and the bar stays over the rope. This motion must be executed quickly before the performer leans too far, but a light bar with its smaller mass would have to be shifted too far to be practical.
Earlier in 1974, Philippe Petit walked a wire between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, 400 meters (1,312 feet) above street level, having shot the wire across the towers with a bow and arrow. After at least seven passages, he was arrested by the police for criminal trespassing.
"Presumably, they could think of no other reason to stop him," Walker writes, "because lawmakers had not foreseen the possibility of criminal wire walking."
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cute boys!!
So ahhhhhhhh was that the best shot of you and the twins?
Or just the best shot of you?
Gotta love kids.
Man, that red hair!! Your boys are adorable!
OK! What am I missing? The pics of the boys are adorable and they look so much older to me. I don't see any pictures of you or hail or anything? NO fair?
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Absolutely darling!
♡ SO cute!!!
Where is the pic of you looking hot? I wanna see! J&J are so cute. I want to nibble on their cheeks. I love the red hair, too.
darling. I think I can tell them apart. Right! I still can't tell Seth and Tate apart!
Um, yeah! I wanna see your picture to! Hey, any tadpoles this year?
Like Laura, I'm a little confused on what others are seeing, you must have edited the post!
Love those blue eyes. How old are your twins?
How come I can't see the foxy mama pic?
Well I guess I will settle for your more than adorable boys. They are TOO cute. I just wanna squeeze them up. Is it too early to arrange the marriages of my girls & your boys? :)
Awww. I did my first WW tonight.
Holy. CRAP! They are totally and completely adorable. Totally.
I cannot get over the hair! Adorable.
I just want to kiss them, OH MY, sooooo sweet, I bet you eat them up!!!! I can't get over how beautiful they are- wow!
Angie- I use Corel for my collages.
SO cute...Jacob's got mischief written all over his face!
So sweet and adorable! How do you tell them apart?
Angie...they are beautiful boys!!
Wow. Those handsome little devils are getting big!
Oh my they are SO ADORABLE!
They are growing up and it almost made me cry. I had so hoped that I would meet them while they were still babies. Someday.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Matt Scott threw two short touchdown passes in the final 42 seconds and college football's postseason started with a wild one when Arizona rallied past Nevada 49-48 Saturday in the New Mexico Bowl.
Arizona (8-5) recovered an onside kick in the final minute, setting up Scott's 2-yard toss to Terrence Miller with 19 seconds left for the winning score.
Scott threw for 382 yards and overcame two interceptions. The nation's rushing leader, Ka'Deem Carey, gained 172 yards for the Wildcats.
Cody Fajardo threw for three touchdowns and ran for another score to lead the Wolf Pack (7-6). He had 256 yards passing and 140 yards rushing.
Stefphon Jefferson, the nation's second-leading rusher, ran for 180 yards for Nevada.


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Elizabeth Reaser has played Esme Cullen, the matriarch of "Twilight: Breaking Dawn's" vampire family, throughout the entire saga, and the actress tells PopcornBiz how the cast's bond goes beyond mere friendship: it's almost a blood tie.
POPCORNBIZ: In some ways this role could be a thankless task, considering it's such a big ensemble cast. What are the thanks that you get from playing this part?
ELIZABETH REASER: Well, I sort of grew up in the school of a supporting role is what that means: to support the other characters, to support the story. That to me is not a thankless role, especially in working on these last two. I had more to do. I had fun. I think that [director] Bill [Condon] was very interested in as much Esme's take on things. He was more interested in having Esme be the matriarch that she is. I found that interesting psychologically. So I can always kind of keep myself going even when there's probably not a whole lot that ends up onscreen. But for me, it's interesting because I think the character is interesting, even independent of what story is actually being told. The story is not about Esme. It's not about us. It's about my son and the girl that he wants to marry, and that's interesting to me.
The family feel comes across in this one. As a cast, you guys are a family of sorts at this point, doing all these movies and press tours together. How bonded are you with everyone?
It's interesting. I think we're bonded in a way that's unusual and will be lifelong, in a way, but we're also a family in the sense that we're not all meant to be friends. We're a family, which is different than being friends. There are things that we've experienced as a group that no one else has, and that are so singular. I think that's really cool, and that's one thing that I'll really miss about doing these movies, that sense of family because you can't really create that other than on a film set in this way and to do it over and over again. Usually you never work with someone more than once. Rarely do you, so that's a nice thing.
Is there someone in the cast that you've bonded with in a surprising way, someone that you wouldn't have seen that with in the beginning?
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I think there are a few, actually. There are just people that I never would've met, from an age difference even. I think that Kristen [Stewart] is such a doll. She and I would've never met or have known each other. I think she's just so funny and sweet. Then Peter [Facinelli], actually. We've been playing husband and wife for years now. I think in these last two movies I got closer with him than ever. I found him to be the most hilarious, most vulnerable, sweet, brilliant person. I feel like it took me years. I always adored him. I always really liked him and have loved working with him, but just in these last two movies I've really sort of fallen in love with him. It was such a great thing to be playing opposite someone that you feel that way about.
Fifty years from now you're going to be invited to talk and go to screenings of these films all over again. Do you think about that, about how 'Twilight' will probably never go away in some sense?
I don't. It's not a part of my conscious world at all. I don't think about it. It's never even in my awareness of myself and the world. I had a career before this, and so it feels like a job to me. It feels like a really lucky thing to be a part of and is very exciting. But even when people are like, 'Oh, my God, what's it like?' I'm like, 'It's really like I'm going to work and people are very excited about it.' That's nice. People are nicer to me, for the most part. If I meet a fan they're usually really nice. I've only really been yelled at once or twice. So it's just like going about my business.
Do you think that maybe you've gotten the best of this experience considering people aren't really poking into your life in a really personal way?
Yeah. I've also always kept very private. I'm a very private person. I've always lived that way and I'm very low-key about how I go about my business in this business. So I've been really lucky in that respect. No one is really coming up to me saying, 'Who are you dating?' No one cares, and so that's good. I once got yelled at for not stopping and talking to a solicitor because they were like, 'But you're famous. You're in "Twilight." You should stop.' That was interesting. I was like, 'You have a point. I don't think I agree with you, but…' so that was interesting.
Is there a part of the 'Twilight' experience that you'll be happy or relieved to put down and walk away from?
Yeah. I think we're really done. I feel really at peace with that. It was very satisfying to get to finish it. I don't think you always get to in a series, but this did so well that we got to do it. There's no part of me that feels, like, 'I wish we would've done that.' I feel like we really left no stone unturned and that's good.
You have other work ahead, like 'Young Adult.'
That was amazing, yeah. Jason Reitman. That's like at a whole other level of filmmaking. Also, to be in a movie like that, written by Diablo [Cody], it was just such a great script - and Charlie [Theron]: I've never worked with an actress or anyone that good. She blew me away every day, from being in the hair and makeup trailer to the rest of the day. I was just riveted by her.
What was it about that part that really intrigued you?
I think the fact that she played the drums, and she was a special needs teacher and her confidence, which I can't entirely relate to. She has a confidence in her relationship and in her husband and in herself, in that she's not threatened by Charlize. She's probably the only woman that wouldn't take a look at Charlize and freak out. I mean, I wouldn't want Charlize around my boyfriend or husband! So I think there's something really special and really cool about that. And I really learned to play the drums, which was the best job perk that I've ever experienced. I got really good. I mean, I had the bass drum going, too. I don't know if you noticed that.
What's after that?
I'm going to go do a play which I'm pretty freaked out about. I haven't done it in about five, five and a half years. I'm kind of nervous because moviemaking is a really private, intimate, weird thing, and I love that because I'm really shy. I think that I've allowed myself to get even more shy because film is so intimate and now it'll be a very different experience.
How did a shy person decide that acting was the right career?
I don't know because if I had known…I just don't think that I thought it through. I'm obviously also some sort of attention…there's definitely some need for attention there. But I didn't put it together because I am really shy. I don't like to leave my house. I have a touch of agoraphobia. When you're two and you want to put on a show for your family and you just keep doing that and doing that, it's suddenly very different, the reality of being an actor which no one tells you. Even if they did you wouldn't listen.


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