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In this edition of the World of Reggae Music Collection the selector focuses in on the boss deejays. This list is heavily laden with the top ranking deejays U Roy, Big Youth, Dennis Alcapone, and I Roy. In this edition U-Roy "The Originator" especially shines. Also the unique stylings of Yellowman, Eek-A-Mouse, Ranking Joe, and Trinity appear alongside the famous female deejay Sister Nancy. And make sure to check out the deejay Early B and his amazing story songs "History Of Jamaica" and "Bible Story." The boss deejays are the fathers and mothers of rap music. They were the first to take instrumental versions and dubs, and toast over the top of them. Thus these toasters are not only important to the foundations of reggae music, but also to the roots of rap and hip-hop music. Plus if you listen closely there is a message. There are many life lessons that can be learned from these Boss Deejays. Yes in fact these toasters make good teachers. So Remember when you ride like lightning, you crash like thunder. And if you can't be good then you must be careful.
U-Roy – Tom Drunk
Big Youth – Screaming Target
Sister Nancy – Bam Bam
Trinity – Three Piece Suit
Scotty – Draw Your Brakes
Big Youth – Cool Breeze
General Echo – This Is A Lover's Corner
U-Roy – Rule of The Nation
Josey Wales – Ready Fi Josey
Winston Scotland – My Little Filly
Yellowman – Mr. Chin
I-Roy – Welding
Dr. Alimantado – Best Dressed Chicken In Town
Dennis Alcapone – Shades Of Hudson
Lee "Sratch" Perry – Bathroom Skank
Toyan – Spar With Me
U-Roy – Wake The Town
Early B – History of Jamaica
Lone Ranger – Jamaican Weed
Welton Irie – Hotter Reggae Music
Nicodemus – Bone Connection
Josey Wales – Let Go Me Hand
Clint Eastwood – What A Hard Man Fe Dead
Billy Boyo – Scandal
Peter Metro – Front Line Get Raid
Trinity – Psalms
I-Roy – Maggie Breast
Dennis Alcapone – It Must Come
U-Roy – Your Ace From Outer Space
Lone Ranger – Natty Dread on the Go
Winston Williams – DJ's Choice
Early B – Bible Story
Nitty Gritty – Hog In A Minty
Big Youth – S.90 Skank
Dennis Alcapone – Pop A Version
Yellowman – Mad Over Me
Peter Tosh & U-Roy – Rightful Ruler
Clint Eastwood – Shine Eye Gal
King Stitt & Andy Capp – Herbsman Shuffle
Dillinger – Flat Foot Hustling
I-Roy – African Herbsman
Dave Barker – Lock Jaw
U-Roy & John Holt – Tide Is High
Dennis Alcapone – King of the Track
Big Youth – Natty Dread She Want
Scotty – Unbelievable Sound
Dennis Alcapone & Lee "Sratch" Perry – Back Biter
U-Roy – Gorgon Wise
I-Roy – Queen of the Minstrel (Version)
Ranking Ann – Black Rock Posse
Big Youth – Solomon A Gunday
Josey Wales – Nah Lef You
Tiger – When
Cutty Ranks – What Can You Do
Dave Barker – Hot Sauce AKA the Agro Man is Back
U-Roy & Delroy Wilson – You Keep on Running
I-Roy – New York City
Dennis Alcapone – Ba-Ba-Ri-Ba Skank
Big Youth – Tipper Tone Rock
Ranking Joe & Culture – Baldhead Bridge
Winston Williams – Sweet Like Candy
U-Roy – Dynamic Fashion Way
Big Youth – Waterhouse Rock
I-Roy – African Roots
Dr. Alimantado – Gimme Mi Gun
Dennis Alcapone – DJs Chocie
U-Roy – Ain't The Loving You
Scotty – Children Children
Josey Wales – Throw Me Corn
Lee "Scratch" Perry – French Connection
U-Roy – Treasure Isle Skank
Dennis Alcapone & Hopeton Lewis – Judgement Day
Big Youth & Dub Syndicate – Togetherness
U-Roy – Version Galore
U-Roy & Love Trio in Dub – Version Galore
Big Youth – Foreman Vs. Frazier
Ninjaman & Tinga Stewart – Cover Me
U-Brown – Black Princess
Ranking Dread – Marijuana In My Soul
Josey Wales – Undercover Lover
Big Youth – The Killer
U-Roy – Big Boy and Teacher
Nitty Gritty – Drape Her Up
Dillinger – Tickle Me
U-Roy & Love Trio in Dub – Lovers Rock
U-Roy & Love Trio in Dub – Lovers Rock (Dreadbeat Knockout)
Ranking Trevor & Lee "Scratch" Perry – Caveman Skank
Toyan – Solomon Never Wise
Josey Wales – Kingston Hot
Dennis Alcapone – Teach the Children
Barrington Levy & Trinity – Give Thanks and Praise
Dillinger – Cocaine in my Brain
Big Youth – Facts of Life
U-Roy – Way Down South
I-Roy – Funky Punk Rock
Toyan – Stylee
Cocoa Tea – Diet Rock
Peter Tosh & Winston Scotland – Skanky Dog
Bunny Lie Lie & Lee Van Cleef – Mr. Dynamite
U-Brown & Dub Syndicate – Lion King
Dave Barker – Funky Funky Reggae
U-Roy – Rock With I
Josey Wales – Music Diseases
Big Youth – Be Careful
Trinity – Peace Conference in Western Kingston
Dennis Brown & U-Roy – Money in my Pocket
I-Roy – Crisis Time
Toyan – Love & Devotion
Big Youth & Dub Syndicate – Jah Rasta
U-Roy & Horace Andy – Money Money
Trinity – Kendall Crash
Josey Wales – Look Work
U-Roy – Every Knee Shall Bow
Dennis Brown & Big Youth – Ride On/Wild Goose Chase
I- Roy – Musical Injection
Dillinger – Roots Natty Congo
U-Roy – Cool Down Your Temper
Marcia Aitken & Trinity – I'm Still in Love With You/Three Piece Suit
Triston Palmer, Jah Thomas, & Toyan – Entertainment
Michael Palmer & Jim Brown – Ghetto Dance
U-Roy – I Shall Not Be Moved
Little John & Toyan – Jah Guide I
Sammy Dread & Tappa Zukie – Dreadlocks Girl
Big Joe – Natty on Vacation
U-Roy – Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Clint Eastwood – Caroline
U-Roy – Higher on the Mountain
Jah Stitch – Cool Down Youthmn
U-Roy – Natty Rebel (Joe Strummer Intro)
Capleton – A So We Stay
U-Roy – King Tubby's Skank
Poison Chang – Dance and Wine
U-Roy – Flashing My Whip
Dennis Alcapone & Lizzy – Mr. Brown's Coffin
Shorty the President – Mash Up the Resident
Prince Jazzbo – Lorna Banana
U-Brown & Culture – Innocent Blood/Rock It Up
Winston Scotland – Butter Cup
Sound Dimension – Psychadelic Rock (Rockfort Rock)
U-Roy – No. 1 in the World
U-Roy – Dreamland
U-Roy – Creation Rebel
U-Roy – Catty
I-Roy & Culture – Natty Dread Taking Over
I-Roy & Culture – I'm Not Ashamed
I-Roy – War and Friction
I-Roy – Hospitality Trolley
I-Roy – Loving Pauper
I-Roy & Johnny Clarke – Satta
I-Roy – Blackman Time
Dillinger – John Devour
Dillinger – Plantation Heights
Dillinger – Eastman Skank
Dillinger – Middle East Rock
Dillinger – C.B. 200
Big Youth – Three Blind Mice
Big Youth – All Nations Bow
Big Youth – Knotty No Jester
Big Youth, Conrad Crystal, & Suga Roy – Early This Morning
Dennis Alcapone – Run Run
Dennis Alcapone – Usain Bolt of Lightning
Sammy Dread – M16
Sammy Dread – Roadblock
Lone Ranger – M16
Lone Ranger – Love Bump
Lone Ranger – The Answer
Cutty Ranks – Experience
Trinity – Uptown Girl
Trinity – Jamaican Dollar
Trinity – Jesus Dread
Trinity – Freedom Style
Ruddy Thomas & Trinity – Loving Pauper/Judgement Time
Early B – Tour the World
Josey Wales – Man Shortage
Clint Eastwood & Culture – Send Some Rain
Clint Eastwood – Jump and Pawn
Dennis Brown & Prince Far I – Money in My Pocket/Cool Runnings
Prince Far I – Cream of the Crop
Prince Far I – Weatherman Tam
Prince Far I – Heavy Manners
Prince Far I & Culture – Burning All Illusion/The Same Knife
Lee Van Cliff – Bam Salute
Culture & Bo Jangles –Jah Love / Selassie I Cup
Bo Jangles & Culture – Two Sevens Clash / Prophecy Reveal
Nicodemus & Culture – Disco Train
Prince Jazzbo – Mr. Harry Skank
Nicodemus – The Best
Sir Lord Comic – Doctor Feelgood
Lee "Scratch" Perry & the Upsetters – French Connection
Kojak – Nice Up Jamaica
The Mighty Diamonds & Ranking Joe – Just Like A River
Errol Holt – Girl From Manchester
George Nooks & Welton Irie – Riding For A Fall/Gi Me One Fi Yuh Girlfriend
Jah Lloyd – Leggo
Prince Huntley – Granny Hey
Jah Bengie – I Am A Ethiopian
Jah Walton – Stay A Yard and Praise God
Count Machukie – Pepper Pot
Charlie Chaplin – Gilbert Disaster Over
Gregory Isaacs & U-Brown – Border / featuring D. J. U-Brown
Big Joe – In The Ghetto – Original
Jah Stitch – The Killer – Original
Jah Thomas – Style & Fashion
Yellowman – Walking Jewelry Store
Ranking Dread – Jean Green
Tapper Zukie – Man ah Warrior
Jah Woosh – Riding Melody
Ranking Dread – Love A Dub
Peter King – Me Neat Me Sweet
Sister Nancy & Degree – Only Woman DJ
Jacob Miller & Trinity – I'm Just a Dread/One Shut
Charlie Ace & Dirty Harry – Country Boy
Count Machuki – Warfare
U-Brown & Dub Syndicate – Lion King
General Echo – Track Shoes
Buro Banton – Stumbling Block
Jah Stitch – Natty Dread Thing
Ranking Joe – Warrior Style
Toyan – DJ Crowd
Junior Murvin, Welton Irie, & Prince Mohammed – Cool Out Son/Nice Up the Party
Scorpion – What A Drought
Brigadier Jerry – Fred Locks A Dreadlocks
Ray I – Winey Tiney
Charlie Chaplin – DJ A Dance
Ranking Trevor – Love Is Not A Gamble


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Photos of Sally Singer T Magazine Party at the Spotted Pig
Anna Wintour and Marco Zanini Amongst Attendees at Sally Singer's T Magazine Fete
Anna Wintour and Marco Zanini Amongst Attendees at Sally Singer's T Magazine Fete
>> There was no shortage of attendees last Thursday at the Spotted Pig in Manhattan, gathered in honor of Sally Singer's recent appointment as editor of T magazine. Singer was reportedly bashful about being the guest of honor as designers, friends, and Vogue cohorts all gathered to say their congratulations — among them Anna Wintour, who was one of the first to arrive — and Marco Zanini, creative director of Rochas, who flew in just for the event. Singer, who will debut her first issue for T on Dec. 5 (her first fashion issue doesn't come until February), is apparently done with hiring — she stated at the party that her staff of 40 at the magazine is set.

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DWTS Pro Tony Dovolani And Flash Mob Rumba For Hurricane Sandy Relief (Video, Donate)
Yesterday, pro Tony Dovolani and a flash mob of dancers were on a mission to get donations to help Hurricane Sandy victims. So many of them still need help and will so for a long time to come. Read more below on what took place yesterday and how you can help. Watch the video too as it's so touching! Thanks to Cynthia for sending….
On Wednesday December 12, 2012 at 12 minutes and 12 seconds past 12 Noon, under the arch at NYC Washington Square Park, Tony Dovolani was joined by a Flash Mob of dancers including, Professional Ballroom and Latin dancers and 12,12,12 (36) school Children from BALLROOM Basix, a not-for-profit, arts-in-education initiative that brings the etiquette and education of partner dancing to the schools to deter bullying and enhance peer relationships. Many of the students and their families in the BALLROOM Basix program have suffered damage to their homes and displacement, in one of the hardest hit areas, Rockaway, where BALLROOM Basix serves over 120 students in PS 114.
The Flash mob, which swelled to around 200 people, was lead by Tony Dovolani, "Dancing with the Stars: All Star" Season Champion and Iveta Lukosiute (2008 & 2009 World 10 Dance Champion) from So You Think You Can Dance. Rhumba for Relief was danced to the Contemporary English/Spanish version of America, The Beautiful, featuring Grammy nominated Karina Pasian. The song is available for download on iTunes for $1.00 HERE. Rhumba for RELIEF contributions will be distributed by The Fund for New York with profits to benefit Rockaway Relief. Please help us spread the word.


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You should see what my friend, Cami, has to say in her review of the WiiFit on her blog.
Sorry your virtual career isn't working out. My heart bleeds for you. ;)
Love my wii-fit. Thanks for letting me know about the Aerosmith one.
Big D and I played Wii this weekend too, at his mom's, and decided with his next bonus we are getting one! It is so much fun. I haven't tried guitar hero yet but I want to. And the wii-fit looks great too!
I love my wii fit! I'm not talented enough for the guitar hero.. too much hand eye coordination! *wink
I am so bummed to hear that. My husband and I have been waiting for it to come out. That is really disappointing. I love Wii Fit! That one won't let you down!
I'm getting Wii Fit as soon as Kmart gets one in! That is what I "got" for my birthday..... only problem there aren't many available round here or in a 3 hr drive radius! Yeah ya can get one on line but they want double the cost! I can't wait though, I think I might enjoy getting fit if it is a game! :)
I'm tryin' to feel for ya. No Wii around here yet...no guitar or fit, not happenin' for us!
And since I hate Aerosmith...good to know for the future!
WiiFit rocks! Now if I could just find time to use it more.
I can't do guitar hero...to much for the elbow!! I can just see you and Jeff jammin' to Aerosmith
My boys spent their own money to buy this version (and it helped that our original version that they got for Christmas has gone missing...). They LOVE it. And so does hubby. I've only played a little.
Wii Fit looks interesting but it's never in stock!
I'll have to tell my son. He's only 11 and he's almost finished every song on hard from Guitar Hero III. He can play about 50% of them on Expert too. I've watched and my brain can't even comprehend what I'm seeing. And I was the kind of guy that could score a million points on Pac Man so its not like I'm game dysfunctional. Now if I could just get a Wii console. I refuse to do anything special to get one. They should be available. On the shelves. Until that time...forget it. I figure 2014...
Good to know. It always great to let others know when something just doesn't live up to what it should.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm interesting.
Are you going to try the Rock Band?
darn , i was wanting this one! I'm dying to get rockband but will have to wait until christmas probably.
and i want wii fit too!
You video junkies, what do you expect? JK. I have no clue what any of this post was about. We are Wii-less at our house :(
good to know about this one! We were thinking about getting it. I really do have a wii fit post coming! I promise! It has been in drafts forever and is nearly ready to come out!
Glad to hear your opinion. Though I have liked GH III for adults, I still have mixed feelings about it for the kids and tweens to be around. My motto is "Stay in practice mode." Then the little spectators aren't exposed to all the tattoed scantily dressed people...save the concerts until after bedtime. I think we'll be skipping Aerosmith.
We love GH! But I will never buy this version because I KNOW I WILL LOVE IT! And then child services will be called in for child negligence! Glad you are having fun! I like playing co-op too and playing bass! :)
I have been disappointed with all of the guitar and rock band songs. Glad I haven't bought this one yet! I was at Toy R Us and the last Wii fit sold right in front of me. Bummer!!
I absolutely stink at Guitar hero (we have it for the XBox) Wii fit is on my daughter's wish list.
That's too bad because it sounded like it'd be cool.
Good to know, because the Hubby has been eyeing this... As for wii fit, give away everything else because nothing will matter when it comes into your house. It's very sad actually. Our kids are sitting at the curb ;-)
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Adding to your garden at this time of year doesn't have to be a horticultural death sentence, writes Justin Newcombe.
A lot of time and some considerable effort goes into getting seeds propagated, re-potted and ready for the garden. To see them fail is demoralising indeed. This is primarily due to neglect - that is you have neglected your plants and they have burned to death because you were too busy earning a living, cooking, returning broken or unwanted presents to the mall, keeping your fighting children apart or trying to decipher some cryptic instructions for a DIY project you read in the paper.
While you were selfishly doing some or all of these things (probably all at once), your plants, so full of promise as they left the garden centre, are now reduced to the texture of cornflakes, probably without even having left the punnet.
I admit, I am an experienced cornflaker of plants, suffering the merciless mocking of my wife calling out "dead plant walking" as I arrive home with a fresh batch of victims. So I'm in no position to start throwing my weight around about how wasteful and expensive it is.
Instead, I thought I could share how, if I pay a bit more attention to a few well-established rules, planting in the heat of summer need not be a horticultural death sentence.
The first thing to consider is timing. Don't plant young seedlings at 1pm, wait until the afternoon or even after dinner when it's cooler. Next point of consideration is preparing the soil. Some plants can handle being abandoned in a gravel and clay chunk mix but most will not. Soil tilth or texture is important, so make sure that the soil is a nice crumbly loam to get your plants off to a good start. In new soils add plenty of gypsum, which will improve soil tilth and provide a good base for other nutrients and trace elements to survive in.
The addition of plenty of compost, sheep pellets or other organic matter is also a good idea as this will increase the biological activity in your soil.
If you've already picked up all of this soil improvement stuff then you'll probably have all of your plants. This is a critical time because your plants have been firstly watered at exactly the same time during the day while in the care of the nursery. So if you get them home and leave them out in the sun or in the car all day they'll stress, wilt and require some rescuing.
When I propagate my plants I like to acclimatise them for a few days before I actually plant them. This requires me putting them in the garden approximately where I want them situated and letting them get used to their new home. I've learned the hard way that the little bit of soil that comes in a punnet does not hold a lot of water. To remedy this I put a centimetre or two of water in the bottom of a bucket and place the punnet in there. As well as providing a small reservoir of water this also offers good protection from wind and excessive sun.
I have also found a bucket to be an excellent tool for reviving stressed plants.
Before you plant, make sure the ground is well watered. If the soil is bone dry, water the ground, dig it over and water it again. This will help get the water deep into the soil.
Make sure the punnets are also well watered. If the roots are nice and wet they will immediately start taking up water in their new home. Once the plants are in the ground, gently water with a tin or jar (not the full blast of the hose) and cover the ground with pea straw.
To protect the young plants from slugs, surround the area with a ring of bunched-up bird netting. Keep an eye on the seedling for the first week, but as long as you water well, your young plants should be away laughing.


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So, you know how to create the major WIN32OLE objects that you need, such as Excel's application, workbook, and worksheet objects. But what can you really do with them? Ruby allows you to use Object.methods to get a list of methods that can be called on the Object:
...returns the following array of String methods...
["methods", "instance_eval", "%", "rindex", "map", "<<", "split", "any?",
"dup", "sort", "strip", "size", "instance_variables", "downcase", "min", "gsub!",
"count", "include?", "succ!", "instance_of?", "extend", "downcase!", "intern",
"object_id", "length", "entries", "chomp", "=~", "require", "public_methods",
"upcase", "sub!", "squeeze", "__send__", "upcase!", "crypt", "delete!", "equal?",
"freeze", "detect", "zip", "[]", "lstrip!", "center", "[]=", "to_f"]
For easier browsing, you can sort this array by calling the sort method...
This is handy when you need to call a Ruby method that you don't recall the exact name of. Scan the list of methods for the object you're working with.
Call this on an object created through win32ole, and you see this...
excel = WIN32OLE.new('Excel.Application')
["methods", "instance_eval", "dup", "_setproperty", "instance_variables",
"instance_of?", "extend", "eql?", "ole_func_methods", "each", "hash", "id",
"singleton_methods", "setproperty", "taint", "frozen?", "instance_variable_get",
"ole_get_methods", "nil?", "untaint", "gem", "send", "ole_obj_help", "display",
"inspect", "clone", "=~", "object_id", "_getproperty", "require",
"public_methods", "__send__", "equal?", "freeze", "ole_put_methods", "[]", "[]="]
Looks like the fairly generic Object methods, doesn't it? What would be helpful, in regards to OLE/COM automation, would be a method that returns the OLE methods of the object. Fortunately, the win32ole library provides just that in Object.ole_methods. This method returns an array of WIN32OLE objects. To get a list of methods for the Excel application object...
excel = WIN32OLE.new('Excel.Application')
=> [QueryInterface, AddRef, Release, GetTypeInfoCount, GetTypeInfo, GetIDsOfNames,
Invoke, Application, Creator, Parent, ActiveCell, ActiveChart, ActiveDialog,
ActiveMenuBar, ActivePrinter, ActivePrinter, ActiveSheet, ActiveWindow,
CalculateFull, FindFile, CalculationVersion, ShowWindowsInTaskbar, ShowW
indowsInTaskbar, FeatureInstall, FeatureInstall, GetTypeInfoCount, GetTypeInfo,
GetIDsOfNames, Invoke]
You can't sort this array of WIN32OLE objects as-is, but you can convert each element to a string and then sort the array of strings...
excel.ole_methods.collect!{ |e| e.to_s }.sort
["ActivateMicrosoftApp", "ActiveCell", "ActiveChart", "ActiveDialog",
"ActiveMenuBar", "ActivePrinter", "ActivePrinter", "ActiveSheet", "ActiveWindow",
"ActiveWorkbook", "AddChartAutoFormat", "AddCustomList", "AddIns", "AddRef",
"Width", "Width", "WindowState", "WindowState", "Windows", "WindowsForPens",
"Workbooks", "WorksheetFunction", "Worksheets", "_Default", "_Evaluate",
"_FindFile", "_Run2", "_WSFunction", "_Wait"]
Note that a similar method exists, ole_get_methods, which does not return the exact same results as ole_methods. The WIN32OLE documentation does not make clear (to me) the difference between these two methods. If ole_methods does not provide what you are looking for, try ole_get_methods.
A graphical alternative to the above Ruby methods is to use an OLE Object Browser, such as the one included with Excel's Visual Basic Editor. To launch it from Excel or Word, select Tools => Macro => Visual Basic Editor. From the VB Editor, select View => Object Browser. Similar third-party and open source OLE browsers are also available.
Okay, now you've got a list of WIN32OLE methods reference you can do something with. Browse through this list of meaningful method names and you'll be on the road to gaining some valuable insight into all that you can do with a given WIN32OLE object. Now that you have a method name, go to Google and search for it (ie, excel DisplayInfoWindow) and you'll find details on the method/property and how you may use it.


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The pressure of being the son of a Republican icon has never been easy for Michael Reagan.
"The hardest part is people seeing you" as a reflection of Ronald Reagan, the 67-year-old son of the nation's 40th president said.
Reagan, Ronald Reagan's oldest son, has never held elective office and doesn't enjoy anything close to the fame of his actor parents. Still, Michael Reagan said he has something to contribute to today's Republican Party in hopes of getting it back on a winning track.
When he addresses the Manatee County Republican Party's annual Lincoln Day dinner in Bradenton tonight, Reagan said he will outline what the party needs to do to restore itself to the party his father led through the 1970s and 1980s.
"I know what needs to be done," said Reagan's son from the politician's first marriage with actress Jane Wyman.
At the bare minimum Reagan, who lives in California, said he can call out others who twist his father's legacy and words to suit their purposes.
"One thing I've come to not like so much is that I keep hearing people say what they think Ronald Reagan would do," said Michael Reagan, who recounted campaigning with his dad for governor in the 1960s. "I can say, 'That's not Ronald Reagan.'"
Michael Reagan said one of the party's biggest problems in 2012 was infighting. He said conservatives spent so much time attacking each other that a more moderate Mitt Romney won the party's nomination.
"We had no message and no messenger," Reagan said in a telephone interview.
While Michael Reagan said he knows politics because of his father, he sees himself as more than just a voice of his father's legacy. He has hosted a national talk show, won powerboat racing competitions and devoted his life to helping adopted and foster children through a group he helped create called the Michael Reagan Center.
"I've worked for everything I've got," Michael Reagan said. "That's how my parents taught me."
Still, he has not run for office himself.
"I put my wife and children above everyone else," Reagan said. "I've lived in the public eye my whole life. I didn't want that for my wife and children."
The Lincoln Day Dinner begins at 7 p.m. at the Bradenton Municipal Auditorium, 1005 Barcarrota Blvd., Bradenton. Tickets begin at $100.
For more information, call the Manatee Republican Party at 714-0600.
Jeremy Wallace can be reached at 361-4966 or jeremy.wallace @heraldtribune.com.
Reagan's son pushes for party comeback
The pressure of being the son of a Republican icon has never been easy for Michael Reagan.


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Food and PovertyComments
This month's Sidney Award went to Jina Moore for her excellent article on poverty in modern America. Asking what is poverty, Moore notes that no one can agree on it. But a really good definition of poverty is lack of access to a healthy variety of food. Variety matters here–in the United States choice is so ingrained in our culture that without it, you are almost automatically defined as poor. Eating canned peas 20 straight days is not only monotonous and dispiriting, but also a mark of class. Really good piece.


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(The Root) — Django Unchained sounds like a pretty hard sell. Django (Jamie Foxx), a black slave-turned-superhero, slays every racist dragon in his gun-smoked path? But veteran writer-producer Reginald Hudlin (House Party, The Bernie Mac Show, Boomerang) didn't so much as blink when his good friend, writer-director Quentin Tarantino, asked him to help bring Django's story to the big screen. In a conversation with The Root, Hudlin explains why he couldn't pass up the opportunity.
The Root: How'd you get involved in Django Unchained?
Reginald Hudlin: Quentin and I've been friends for a long time. We met, actually, through Pam Grier when they were making Jackie Brown. We got into the conversation, maybe 15 years ago, about movies about slavery. I hated most of them because for the most part they're about victimology. There's only one great movie about slavery, Spartacus. Until someone made a movie like that about the American experience, I wasn't interested. Quentin called me April of last year and reminded me of that conversation we'd had years ago: "Yeah, I've written a script. You planted the seed, this is the tree."
TR: So the obviously controversial subject matter, the backdrop of slavery, didn't give you pause at all.
RH: No, because first of all, part of our problem as Americans — black and white — is that we don't understand slavery. If you don't have an understanding of America's original sin, then we can't move forward as a people. Jewish people have a saying about the Holocaust, "Never forget," and it serves them very well as a culture. It reminds them that they have to stay sharp so that something like that will never happen again, and it reminds the world of the kind of evil it's capable of. We need to do the same thing. I've been trying to make a movie about the Middle Passage for 20 years and couldn't get it done.
TR: What made Foxx such a perfect fit for the role?
RH: Jamie's an incredible actor. He's from the South. And the fact that Jamie really is a cowboy. When we cast Jamie, we didn't just cast him; we cast his horse, Cheetah, too. You haven't seen a combination actor-and-horse casting since Roy Rogers and Trigger. That level of authenticity makes all the difference in a film like this. I mean, he did two takes riding bareback. It was crazy.
His quick-draw skills? There's no sped-up camera tricks. It's all him. When you look at Jamie's work in the movie, between the emotional range of the character from slave to superhero and the physical challenges of the movie, there's never been a role for a black man as demanding as Django.
TR: According to the Hollywood Reporter, the film makes use of the n-word more than 100 times. Was there a conversation with Tarantino about that?
RH: We knew it was going to be an issue for folks. It was going to be one of many issues for people. But for me, it's kind of a tempest in a teapot. I've yet to talk to anyone who's seen the film who, after they saw the movie, that's what they talked about. They talked about the movie. They're caught up in much bigger issues. As much as the right wing tried to latch on to Jamie as racist because he talked about killing white people, I've seen hundreds of white people cheer as Django kills these slave owners, because they're bad. In that same way, when people see the world of the antebellum South and slavery, "nigger" is the least of their concerns.
There's every kind of violence in the film, and linguistic violence is the least of it. There's really been no huge pop-culture event about this period until now. So if this leads to people taking another look at the word, then it's good. But I hope that's not the only thing they're talking about.
TR: Speaking of the violence that far surpassed linguistic violence, there were scenes in the film that were almost impossible to watch. Were you concerned with how much audiences could handle?
RH: I always want to tell people, "Don't close your eyes; it's worse because the sound makes it insane." I was, for a short period of time, an African-American-studies major at Harvard, and I felt like a fairly educated person on the subject. I can tell you, whatever you see in the film, there are 10 examples that are 100 times worse.
The balancing act of the filmmaker is to make sure the audience understands slavery is an awful, evil institution, but balance that with how much the audience can take. We told a great story, and part of that was Quentin's idea of making it a Western where there are clear moral boundaries. You know there's going to be restitution, and there's going to be payback. So audiences can engage and cheer in a way that other films on the topic did not allow them to.
TR: Django Unchained has already been nominated for four NAACP awards, including best picture, which was won last by The Help. Are you prepared for some of the same criticisms about black films only winning awards if they depict black actors and actresses as "the help"?
RH: As a people, right now we don't agree on anything. There's no consensus. Whether it's by class, by gender, by region or educational background, black folks are in conflict. We don't agree that Cosby is a good thing, that Tyler Perry's a good thing or that Jay-Z's a good thing. Are there going to be some people who are like, "Nah, I don't like that"? Sure.
We can't feel that way. Part of slavery's history is that we always fought back, and we always stood up. The film is about celebrating the people who did. And hopefully that will make us as a people come to terms with that difficult part of our heritage.
TR: Do you think only certain people should be allowed to tell certain stories?
RH: The person who gets to tell it is the person who gets to tell it. There are no rules. I certainly don't want to be restricted to only telling stories about black people. I don't think race necessarily is an inherent advantage. It's one of many factors that determine whether you're the right person for the job. Almost no one could get a movie like this made — black, white or otherwise. Out of the five people who could have gotten this done, Quentin's the only guy who wanted to do it.
TR: Is this a "message film" at all? Is there something you want people to take away from it?
RH: The movie is profound on a lot of levels. It hits on so many issues. There's many a Ph.D. thesis on deconstructing the semiotics of Django, from class conflicts in the black community, our relationships with sports, white liberalism and black nationalism — the range of topics the film touched upon is extraordinary. People don't always see all those things because it's put in an entertainment context. How can it be profound if I'm entertained? I don't buy in to that worldview.
Helena Andrews is a contributing editor at The Root and author of Bitch Is the New Black, a memoir in essays. Follow her on Twitter.
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It looks as if the parties in a lawsuit about the Briggs Cunningham Le Mans Corvette race car will be taking another lap around the track after a judge's ruling this week.
The battle has already been going on for nine months after a 1960 Corvette commissioned by Briggs Cunningham for the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans race turned up during a promotion at last year's Corvettes at Carlisle.
U.S. Middle District Judge John E. Jones III ruled Wednesday against Kevin J. Mackay, a New York repair shop owner who had wanted a lawsuit dismissed from a man saying the Corvette had been stolen from his father in the 1970s. Mackay had argued that the family of Dan Mathis Jr. did not try hard enough to find the car after it was stolen in 1975 or 1976 and then had waited too long to file the suit claiming they still owned the racer.
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The other two Corvette racers from 1960 have already been restored and are estimated to be worth at least a million dollars each. But the No.1 Corvette, which was driven by Briggs Cunningham himself, had been missing for nearly 30 years.
It resurfaced in 2012 when Pamela Carr of Florida sold it for $75,000 to Lance Miller, co-owner of Carlisle Events in Carlisle, Pa. Miller promptly sold the car for the same price to renowned Corvette restorer Mackay. However, Mathis. came forward at Carlisle, holding a title to the car issued in Florida on Aug. 17, 2012, and claiming that the Corvette had been stolen from his father in the 1970s.
The car had been stored in a warehouse along with other items collected by Carr's husband, retired Florida judge Richard Carr, who died in 2010. It was shown at a private event at Corvettes at Carlisle last August, but a planned public unveiling there was canceled by Miller at the last minute.
Mackay's efforts to find the Corvette racers dates back to the early 1990s when he hired a private investigator to search for them. He was able to get the VINs and actually found car No. 3 and restored it for Lance Miller's father, Chip, whose efforts to find and restore car No. 3 were turned into a movie called The Quest. Chip passed away in 2004, but his dying wish was for Mackay to get car No. 1 if it ever surfaced.
Miller, co-owner of Carlisle Productions,and Carlisle Borough and its police department were originally defendants in Mathis' suit but have since been released as defendants.
Judge Jones blamed the current court battle over the "convoluted thoroughfare" the car had traveled over the past 50 years. Jones says the car somehow wound up in a Tampa, Fla., body shop without an engine or transmission, and Mathis' father, Dan Mathis Sr., who worked at that shop, bought it for $700 in 1974 and made it into a drag racer. Jones says no one knew about the car's history at that point. The car was subsequently stolen from the Mathis' driveway sometime in 1975 or 1976, and Mathis Jr., about 9 years old at the time, says he remembers his parents reporting the theft to the authorities.
The judge ruled against Mackay's argument that Mathis had waited too long to file suit claiming his ownership of the car. While the statute of limitations in Pennsylvania is two years, Jones said that the clock had not started ticking when the car was stolen because Mathis Jr. did not own it at the time of the theft and was too young then to file a lawsuit.
In the ensuing years, Mathis Jr. forgot about the car and only renewed his interest in it after an antique car enthusiast told him about the Miller/Mackay purchase in August 2012.
Jones says the statute of limitations only started running when Mathis found out about the car's location a month before he filed his lawsuit.
"While our call is not easy…we cannot but conclude that Mathis acted reasonably," Jones ruled in refusing Mackay's dismissal plea.
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13 comments:
- ♥Rosie♥ said...
Hi Maria, wow your blog looks stunning girl -Love-love-love the new makeover :0)
Your cake looks amazing Maria!! Any chance of a slice *drool* Loving your other bakes too!!
My apologies for not calling by sooner but I've been ill with gastric influenza and still not on top form yet.
Rosie x
- 1 March 2009 at 11:40
- natalia said...
Ciao ! I love 'your' look ! Your cake is beautiful !!
- 1 March 2009 at 14:52
- Arundathi said...
Gorgeous looking cake, Maria! So beautiful! Looking forward to the next bake!
- 1 March 2009 at 15:29
- Ivy said...
Your cake looks beautiful.
- 1 March 2009 at 17:25
- Caroline said...
Looks great Maria, was the almond flavour good?
Hope I can join in the next S&SB - nuts and me don't mix!
- 1 March 2009 at 19:02
- Anne said...
That cake looks totally gorgeous! Please please please save me a slice, or two! I am so going to have make this cake!
Love the cake stand too, is so pretty!
- 1 March 2009 at 20:05
- Reeni said...
What a gorgeous cake! It looks so delicious. This is going on my baking list!
- 1 March 2009 at 20:30
- Maggie said...
This is such a lovely cake and looks very pretty on the cake stand.
- 1 March 2009 at 22:07
- Starningblue said...
Hi Maria,
Drop by to say hi and your bake looks moist and yummy :)
- 2 March 2009 at 01:17
- Jin Hooi said...
wow.. ur cake looks so good !! well done !!
- 2 March 2009 at 09:07
- Maria♥ said...
Thanks everyone for your kind words.
This cake has been a definate hit in our home, especially with hubby!
- 2 March 2009 at 22:36
- Bimmer said...
Hi Maria,
very photogenic cake! I'm sure it tastes as good as it looks, send me a slice please? :p
- 3 March 2009 at 14:16
- Hayley said...
Mmmm cake looks delish! Am loving the makeover, especially the keep calm and have a cupcake pic, my new motto for sure! xxx
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Let the make-up days begin!
After a streak of four consecutive snow days, Charlottesville City Schools– which re-opened Thursday, February 11 with a two-hour delay– has scheduled its make-up days beginning next week. While City students were slated to be out of school for Presidents Day on Monday, February 15, and for a teacher workday Tuesday, February 16, both days are now regular school days. In addition, on Friday, March 12, Friday, April 2, and Friday June 11, school will now be in session. According to City Schools spokesperson Cass Cannon, if any other snowstorms cancel school, Memorial Day, May 31, is next on the make-up day hit-list. Albemarle County– which has been in session for just four hours of the last two weeks– has yet to announce its make-up plans.
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yepper, the best is yet to come. If I heard the school system's call/recording right just now, just one more snow day and the makeup day will cut into the Memorial Day weekend. :)
I think it's a pretty safe bet there will be more snow days this year.
STAB is also making up days...school will now be held on Good Friday, as well as two other days in the spring, but the most distressing change is the cancellation of Field Day :(
As I said before, I don't live in Ch'ville or in Albemarle, BUT I do live in Nelson County. Come 2/12/10, our county has missed 10 school days in a row. There are days buildt into the school calander for inclement weather. Years ago, there were more days put into the calander for this reason, but our area hasn't had a really bad winter in a number of years so those days were slowly taken away over the years. I'm in the same boat with the rest of ya'll. The school board should do better
I wouldn't worry too much about presidents bemoaning ungrateful children attending school on THEIR DAY --another storm on the way
Make up days are fine, but should be scheduled with a little forethought. You don't mess up parents plans for a three day holiday weekend. Just another stupid move by the City of Charlottesville.
re: "Make up days are fine, but should be scheduled with a little forethought. You don't mess up parents plans for a three day holiday weekend. Just another stupid move by the City of Charlottesville."
I disagree completely. They should be as aggressive as possible to make up these days to not disrupt people's summer vacations and spring breaks. President's Day is hardly high on the list of family holidays.
Then don't go........How about Memorial Day, and perhaps teach the kids something they should know about- instead how to "shop"!
Not sure any child should feel "cheated" when they are in school on a Saturday. Do they feel "cheated" when they are not in school on a Wednesday?
Actually, in order to get ahead, perhaps the parents should consider spending a little time with them going over some current lessons- then they can say they at least tried.
Hoo, April 2nd for the city schools I'm not just talking about city schools. It's different for each county/district.
Gah, scratch above remark.
April 2nd is not listed as a makeup day for Charlottesville City Schools.
Each county/city is different. My children have lost 3 days of their spring break. Am I upset about it? NO. They need to make it up however they can.
Over It, from what I can tell, they have already taken ALL of the teacher workdays that were scheduled. Can you tell me which teacher workdays they haven't touched yet, because I don't see on the schedule which ones they've left in place.
Gasbag, get a grip. Foresite?? What is more important school or vacation. As a parent you need to decide what is more important. For Albemarle to sit down and determine a vacation over education is ridiculous.
Your suggestion is a tad late. I wish we could
have had year round school from 1999 to 2010. :)
It would end the problem of all of these overpaid teachers, plus our children would be better off and ready to take their place at the forefront of scientific leadership in our new technological age.
Year round school. It's time.
I hear ya, Bill! JUst send the kids to school Tuesday morning with a handwritten note that they were too sick to attend school on Monday!
Other than that, I don't even feel the need to explain to them why my daughter won't be in class on Monday.
I would highly doubt that teachers in Virginia or nationally are overpaid, especially considering salary caps and opportunities for advancement.although perhaps there are teachers that perform poorly and are not worth their salary. I am also little taken aback by the fact that that this clearly highlights the failure of our educational system. The scrambling of school board and superintendents to make up days is clearly to provide more time to teach content of the SOL test, a curriculum which is completely devoid of any development of critical thinking and problem solving skills. If our kids were actually learning and growing into citizens that could think about problems, I doubt missing instruction days would severely lower their scores. Students who were actually actively learning would theoretically have a knowledge based composed of their cumulative years in school, not just a single grade level.
shempdaddy, excellent reply!
I have the calendar laying here somewhere, but you have added a few things I didn't even know were in it.
Four days will make all the difference in the
so-called "Education" of the students? Rubbish.
Another snow storm? GREAT! I just got my power back after being off for 4 days. I keep telling the kids to "think of it as camping...really ruffing it camping!". No lights, no water, no bathroom. What did we ever do before electricity, indoor plumbing and heat pumps? I admit it...we're SPOILED!!! LOL
gasbag: are you in city or county schools?
Let me start by saying I don't live in Albemarle county or the city of Ch'ville. I lived in Ch'ville until I was 13 at which time I moved to the county.
I can remember having to go to school on a Saturday as a make up day. I didn't like it then and I'm sure the kids of today wouldn't like it either BUT it is a solution for make up days. Being a parent, I understand the whole "family 3 day weekend". We enjoy those holidays that allow us to head to the lake for a long weekend. I personally think a Saturday here or there as a make up day would be a good solution. I realize that kids won't want to go, teachers won't want to work on a Saturday and bus drivers won't like it either...but on the upside, you would still have your 3 day weekend. This is just my opinion and I hope I don't step on anyone's toes. My kids are 9 and 12. If they have to make up a day on the weekend, then so be it. The good out weighs the bad.
Try Catch Up Day.
Monday, my family had one dr visit followed by dental planned for kids.
The only 'special' item on our menu was MAYBE if time permitted, a trip to the mall, IF we didn't have any housework left before school started back.
Shempdaddy, well said!
Developing critical thinking and problem solving skills? Bah! Those need to take a back seat to interpersonal relationship building and diversity acceptance. Why would kids need to solve problems if everyone just got along?
city school parent....you took the words right out of my mouth. The kids need to make up their missed days, but not at the expense of taking away a national holiday. Take one of the MANY teacher workdays that are posted.
I have been following comments on articles like this since late 2009 and it never ceases to amaze me the number of people who think teachers are overpaid, lazy, and that education is hardly valuable. Does everyone understand what will happen with this country as our citizens get dumb and dumber?! The lack of education within a country almost always correlates to its well-being. We need to spend MORE money on education (though certainly needs to be spent efficiently and with reason). The kids today will be the ones caring for us tomorrow. I for one can only hope that the country incentivizes today's youth to go into teaching. We need smart people to go into education with a love for teaching children that realize there is a real ceiling to their salaries. In the case of Albemarle County you've got teachers now going on 3 years without a 1 cent raise and threats of furloughs, etc. It's time to turn back the clock and start teaching critically, where kids can deduce answers for themselves without the benefit of Google. Most of you have probably not seen the movie Idiocracy (Mike Judge of King of the Hill and Beavis/Butthead fame), but I suggest you watch it. Terrible movie, but the premise of a Idiotic country is not that many decades off if we don't fix the problems within our education system soon.
I'm with Gasbag, the make up days are necessary, but the short notice is not cool at all. We only found out this afternoon that the kids are going to school on Monday. Since I tend to use the Monday holidays to schedule appointments with the dentist, orthodontist, etc., I'm scrambling.
I'll be interested to see how many kids are actually in school on the first Friday of Spring Break. By this point, the families that are going out of town have planned their travel plans and can't change their Friday flights.
But, I suppose this is better than going to school an extra week in June. Plus, when I was a kid in Roanoke in the 80s, we had one winter where we lost so many days that we got no spring break AND we had to do some make up days on Saturdays.
I wish the County would hurry up and announce (a) school on Friday, and (b) makeup school day on Monday.
city this year. county next year.
Gasbag is bi-jurisdictional.
When schools publish their calendars, usually they will post which days, in order, will be used as snow days. You can find the calendars online.
It's all there!
The city publishes a calendar that lists the days that will be taken back in the event of snow. What the school has done is take days that are not listed. As a parent that believes that our kids are not in school long enough compared to the rest of the 'developed' world I firmly believe that every last minute should be made up. The school system should stick with the dates published since parents have been notified since March of last year that if enough snow days are taken the kids could be in a week longer during summer and there is no excuse for planning vacation during days that could be utilized as make up days. But for parents to be furhter disrupted by the school taking days that were not listed, shame on the school system! And to further compound it by threaten to take back of all days Memorial day, a national holiday...is just not right. Take the summer its too long anyway!!! Help Families save money by spending less on expensive summer camps!
n2smilz, I think you have touched on the real problem here. Nothing is done the "old way" any longer. Everybody seems to have a better idea nowadays, like this newfangled "let's do holidays rather than work on Saturdays!"
God save the Commonwealth if an administrator, teacher or bus driver ever has to work on a Saturday.
I may be wrong, but I thought after so many days the school system wrote them off. Of course this is the last resort...after all teacher workdays, holidays, spring break, and 2 or 3 days added at the school year. I'm sure things have changed since I was a kid and as I said, I may be wrong.
It is a very poor, hastily made decision without apparent opportunity for input. The schools agree on a calendar, with public input, in February prior to the next school year. This calendar had been published and sent to parents, with snow make up days set up in order. That calendar was completely ignored and at the last minute, as if panicked, CCS makes a decision to throw out the calendar that had been used for planning by parents since the beginning of the year to make it up as they go--very poor work on the part of leadership. If they want to change the way things are done next time, by all means, now is the time to determine that. To change the rules in mid-stream will mean that parents who could not change plans this weekend will pull their children from school and you don't want to contemplate the absentee rate for Memorial Day, defeating some of the purpose of makeup days.
They had seven built in makeup days agreed upon and communicated to all. They have not even used all of those yet. Rather than sticking to those dates, they instead chose to change at least two of those(for now) with almost no notice. They can do better and they should.
bottom line: if you would prefer to preserve a three-day weekend in the middle of school year and send kids to school on Saturdays, then you are more concerned with your family vacation plans than with education. Any teacher will tell you that teaching kids on a Saturday is nearly completely non-productive; the kids are totally squirrelly, and it's a day on the books rather than an actually productive day of learning. (Days in mid-June would feel the largely the same.)
Taking back President's Day, by contrast, to our kids will NOT feel like a cheat (the way Saturday school would feel), and they will be far more disposed to behave like it's a real school day and therefore learn things. Sure, the school system maybe changed their stated plan, but if the result is a better educational situation, then what are you REALLY complaining about?
I agree that interpersonal skills and a wider cultural view are also devalued in the modern curriculum. When I talk about about problem solving and critical thinking, I mean to point out that life is full of problems and issues, that includes interpersonal skills, but also goes beyond to include everything else we encounter in the world too. Even the simplest of designs deserves a little bit of thinking in context, looking at a problem in different ways,and looking at pro and cons. Which I think is necessary for success with relationships and communication.
As a high school teacher, I'm a little ashamed of some of the comments left by teachers on news websites... that the days after SOL's are "babysitting days", and students saying, "I just won't come." Parents are upset of the short notice. We have to be flexible in this unusual situation. Teachers were to work anyway, so it isn't a "national holiday." Education is in a crisis in this country, and teachers, parents, and students like this are why. When we don't support our school systems to do what's best for the kids (get these days made up before SOL's so our students can do better..., and we can get on with summer)we send a message to our students that school is secondary, and we teachers who teach meaning lessons after SOL's and continue to collect grades until the last day, have to deal with this "I don't care" mentality that gets passed from parent to student. Maybe this is why my job is so hard. This is a frustrating situation for all involved. Education has been on the back burner for a long time, but if you plan to not send your student to school on those days, students will have the work to make up... unless of course, they have a baby-sitter for a teacher.
Year round school. It's time.
Ditto to HS Teacher too!
Teachers think they can make a case to prove they are underpaid. Cops think they can make a case to prove they are underpaid. Firemen think they can make a case to prove how they are underpaid. Just about any government employee can make a case that they are underpaid.
People need to stop whining about their jobs and salary. The private sector is suffering too. People have gone years without a raise. People have been laid off after 20 and 30 years on a job. The economy is NOT improving.
If anybody recalls recent local history, the city and county have been very proud of the fact that they haven't had to lay off any employees yet. Even that is subject to change shortly.
Just be glad you have a job and an income for as long as you do. Schools, cop shoppes and fire department nationwide have already resorted to layoffs. It will catch up in this area sooner or later. If you saw the paper today, revenue in Charlottesville and Albemarle County continues to go down while the revenue in places like Greene and Louisa keep going up.
I think that everyone should have to teach 24 + kids in 5 classes ....kids that don't want to be in your class, are hormonal, hyped up on sugar (only sugar if we're lucky) and texting on their cell phones....for a whole week at least once in their life before they can say that teachers are overpaid. Oh and don't forget that you just can't teach, they must also LEARN, you must grade papers at home (on average 15 hours a week), give benchmarks and analyze the data, help students before school, after school and at lunch, plan your lessons (research based instructional strategies that are motivating and interesting to your students), contact parents regularly, AND still be a caring, compassionate person. Overpaid... really... .... overpaid... you've got to be kidding. Come give it a try... its the hardest, best job ever...even if some don't appreciate us. But overpaid.... do you want a future? I'm not overpaid... my job is priceless. (Hint, hint.... last time I'm looking at "the hook" comments)
"For some reason, the spring break scheduled for the first week of April, is not even being considered. I do not know why, nor do I understand the logic of it. Why pray do tell, are we going to get these kids back into the groove, and then break for another week?"
Because, Old School, rich parents have made plans for ski trips and will be royally P.O'd if their plans are disrupted. Education comes second to recreation.
You be correct, Hoolarious. My public school child will be on the Wintergreen slopes on Monday. This was planned a month ago.
As far as Albemarle County is concerned, they need to look back to history. As a student in Albemarle county, from 1969-1981, this winter was the kind of winters we were accustomed to. We all knew that if we had extensive snow days, there would be no spring break. For some reason, the spring break scheduled for the first week of April, is not even being considered. I do not know why, nor do I understand the logic of it. Why pray do tell, are we going to get these kids back into the groove, and then break for another week? I can recall having to go to school on Saturdays to make up the time. Why is that impossible now? Experience, logic and good old common sense tells us that those days in June will be physical bodies taking up space, to be fed lunch in order to receive money from the federal teat. It will accomplish little else. Neither the teachers nor the students will have their mind in the game. It seems only logical to utilize the spring break in April, and the other posted days, and get these kids into summer. Of course, that the old school way of doing things. Back when the schools actually worked.
"Education comes second to recreation."
I'm glad we agree, gasbag.
Over It, according to the Hook, "in addition, on Friday, March 12, Friday, April 2, and Friday June 11, school will now be in session." So they say April 2 IS listed as a makeup day. So that teacher workday is gone. And duh, everyone is aware that city and county are different. I'm just asking someone to show me which teacher workdays have been left sacrosanct. None, is what I'm seeing. Those are the first to go back when snow days pile up.
You write, "They need to make it up however they can," but earlier you wrote "but not at the expense of taking away a national holiday." Make up your mind. Me, I don't mind seeing President's Day, Memorial Day, OR spring break go by the board. I would prefer those days to be school days before eating into summer break. Why? Because I believe that those days will actually feel to kids like REAL school days, since they are right there in the middle of the part of the year when kids already expect to be in school. Saturdays and summer days, by contrast, feel to any kid like NOT a real school day. Hence, I think more serious learning will get done on taken-back holidays/spring break days than will get done on June 23rd or on a Saturday. Choose the days that are in the flow of the middle of the school year, rather than tacking on days in the summer or on Saturdays.
I don't think the school systems should be making educational decisions in these extraordinary circumstances based on someone's flight departure for Italy or wherever. Or a family's plan to observe the precious national Memorial Day holiday by remembering our fallen soldiers while they barbecue and water-ski at the lake.
city this year. county next year.
School on Saturday is not an option for Jewish students and Seventh-
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Happened to glance over the main page of Wikipedia last night and found this gem in the "On This Day" section:
1843 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, allegedly received a revelation wherein Christ proclaimed that anyone who rejects plural marriage will suffer damnation.
A part of me was a bit surprised. I know anyone can edit Wikipedia, but I expected the main page to have a little more class than, say, the kids in my seventh grade classes. A part of me was not at all surprised: Mormonism is in a blind spot as far as most people's sensitivity sensors are concerned. Most Americans can easily recognize that saying "1750 BCE -- Abraham purportedly received a revelation wherein the god El ordered the mutilation of all male genitalia" is both inaccurate and offensive, but won't blink about language involving Mormonism no matter how sensationalized or biased.
Since anyone can weigh in on Wikipedia, though, I decided not to let it just stand. I have no idea how to edit the main page directly, but there a "discussion" tab behind every page, and discussing is one of the things I do best. As it turns out, there's a section of the Main Page's discussion page specifically to errors in the "On This Day" page.
Using a neutral tone, I pointed out three problems with headline:
1) The use of "allegedly" is not consistent with Wikipedia's religious reporting on other areas (I referenced the Ten Commandments article as evidence: no "Moses allegedly received" phrasing there).
2) The phrase "anyone who rejects" is not consistent with the revelation (see D&C 132:3), which clearly limits any warnings to those who have "this law revealed unto them": i.e. people who have a direct experience with God on the subject, not just "anyone."
3) Hyperlinking "damnation" to the Wikipedia article of the same name is misleading, since Joseph Smith's views on damnation by 1843 were far different than the generic Christian, Muslim, and Jewish views given in that article.
I recommended a rephrasing that would get rid of the "allegedly" and the sensationalizing "damnation" bit altogether. I figured that letting someone neutral make the actual change would have the added benefit of avoiding a direct confrontation with whatever editor--probably far more experienced than me in working with Wikipedia--who had made the initial headline.
I went to bed.
When I woke up, the new headline was this:
1843 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, proclaimed a revelation recommending polygamy.
From a historical perspective, there's still a bit of a problem: "proclaimed" is hardly what happened in 1843. And the verb "recommending" could probably be improved on. But it's pretty much impossible to capture an event (actions in context) through a headline (words out of context) no matter what the subject, so I'm willing to cut the writer a lot of slack. The overt bias is gone, and that's good enough. I don't expect anyone to get everything right; I'll settle for some basic politeness.
An interesting side note--one of the responses on the discussion page to my criticism of the initial line was this:
"I think you make a couple of good points there. However, rewording the hook as you suggest to avoid them makes it very bland, and hardly worth having on the front page. I'm tempted to swap the hook for one of the other eligible unused ones (e.g. the 1862 Medal of Honor hook, and that's an FA) - any other thoughts?"
I had to smile when I read that. If you take out the sensationalism, the revelation on plural marriage seems hardly worth featuring for a broad internet audience. Since plural marriage is not practiced by something like 99.6% of people today who believe in Joseph Smith as a prophet, I don't think it would have been a bad call to swap it out for something else. But I'm also OK with the final form it took on the "On This Day" page.
Besides which, it was fun to see my influence on the front page of Wikipedia.


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On its debut weekend, Oprah Winfrey's cable network got some healthy sampling from viewers.
During the three-hour block beginning at 8 p.m. EST on Saturday, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network averaged 1 million viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen Co. figures released Monday by the network.
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OWN said that, during Saturday's 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. EST hours, the network ranked third among all ad-supported cable networks in the 25-to-54-year-old audience demo. OWN was airing episodes of its reality series, "Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes." Only ESPN and USA Network ranked higher.
Sunday in prime time, the network averaged 822,000 viewers.
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OWN, which launched at 12 noon EST on Saturday, is available in 80 percent of homes with cable.
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