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#1 PC Campus: Academias Top 10 Abuses of 200812-15-2008, 06:11 PM
http://yaf.org/blog/?p=163Political correctness ran amuck in our nations school system this past year, and Young Americas Foundation has once again compiled our best of the worst academic abuses for 2008. From free speech zones to transgendered speakers at military academies, the following list may make you both laugh and cry in the same breath. That probably isnt too surprising, however, since we are talking about academia after all
1. The free speech zone. A student at Yuba College in California was sent an ultimatum by the schools president: discontinue handing out gospel booklets or face disciplinary action and possibly expulsion. Thats rightgospel booklets. Ryan Dozier, the 20-year-old student, had the audacity to distribute Christian literature without a school permit, which restricts free speech to an hour each Tuesday and Thursday. Yuba College even directs students to where on campus they are allowed to exhibit free speech. In this case, its the school theater. Campus police threatened to arrest Ryan if he didnt comply with the free speech zone, oblivious to the fact that students dont need permission to exercise the First Amendments free speech and religious clauses.
2. Transgendered activists in, pro-life speakers out. Liberal administrators at the University of St. Thomas, a Catholic institution in Minnesota, censored the appearance of prominent pro-life speaker Star Parker because campus officials felt uncomfortable and disturbed by previous conservative speakers at the school. The Universitys mission statement claims it values the pursuit of truth, diversity, and meaningful dialogue. Except, not reallyor better yet, as long as the said pursuit doesnt offend leftist predilections. Meanwhile, within the past year, the same school hosted Al Franken, the bombastic liberal comedian, and Debra Davis, a transgendered activist who believes God is a black lesbian. Realizing they had a public relations disaster on their hands, the head honchos at St. Thomas eventually reversed the ban on Star Parker.
5. When English class turns gay. Heads turned when Deerfield High School in Deerfield, Illinois required this book as part of an Advanced Placement English literature course: Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. The book is laced with graphic sexual content, much of it too inflammatory to print herealthough there are milder exchanges fit to report, such as one character pleading with his sexual partner to infect and make [him] bleed. Supporters of Angels in America say the book is useful because it depicts forgiveness, kindness, and compassion, as if HIV-positive sodomy is the best way to promote empathy to minors.Stand up for what is right, even if you have to stand alone.
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Don't know what kind of controller you have (metal pegs?), maybe time for an upgrade that will easily allow more options.
You can get adjustable heads that will go less than 180 degrees.
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neuromanta wrote:International tracking system is already implemented, using mobile phone cell data (it is being used by american secret agencies). Using GPS for this would not be good, because no one leaves their gps beacon ON all the time, it consumes much energy. But it woul be more precise than the cell data.
I hope I don't have to tell you that this tracking system is simply evil, it is a massive violation of privacy.
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by Punchy » Fri May 10, 2013 11:52 amThis book is frustrating. There's some really good parts, but also some stupid parts. I liked the opening which showed how Stargirl is basically just considered a spokesperson for the team by ARGUS and Waller and the conflict that's going to cause. We all know that Stargirl is one of Johns' favourite creations (she's based on his dead sister, which is a great tribute), so I'm confident that Johns will be able to play out this media commentary story effectively. When Johns cares, good stuff normally happens. I also like the way Green Arrow messed up and screwed with the team's plan to get Catwoman undercover. I don't know why every other superhero seems to hate New 52 Green Arrow (is it because he shaved his beard?) but his sad-sack loser nature works for me.
But other than that…
I don't care about the Secret Society of Super-Villains at all, I've always hated Hawkman and Katana is a big ball of bland. I also can't believe that Johns is trying to make me take Vibe seriously. It's fucking Vibe for God's sake! VIBE! He's not credible at all. I suppose the Catwoman stuff is pretty good too, Johns seems to have a good handle on her. But yeah, this book still feels like it's reaching to be something more than it is, I can't put my finger on it. David Finch's artwork looked good though, I've always liked his art. I just kind of want to get to the fireworks factory and have this team fight the main team already, we all know it's coming, let's get it out of the way with.
by Johnny Smith » Fri May 10, 2013 12:09 pm
We should all be happy that Johns brought back Signal Man and made him a member of the Secret Society.
This was a nice scene in the comic for Catwoman
You forgot to mention the Martian Manhunter/Catwoman backup by Matt Kindt! A very interesting ... mind bonding session
by Herald » Fri May 10, 2013 3:15 pm
It's like looking in a mirror for you, right??
by Amoebas » Fri May 10, 2013 3:45 pmAh, leave this Vibe alone Punchy. He's only had barely 6 appearance so far.
And funny how you don't like Katana yet went ape over the Black Widow becoming a murderous cunt in Avengers this week.
I dig how the Secret Society really is a secret and especially liked Catwoman this issue (tying in nicely with her own book's crossover with this issue).
Of course no issue is perfect and J'Onn being colored like Batman is a big coloring and editorial goof.
by holtom2000 » Fri May 10, 2013 3:52 pm
Bwaaaaa haaaa haaaa brutal mistake
by Herald » Fri May 10, 2013 4:04 pm
And he wishes he was as cool as the real deal.
by Punchy » Fri May 10, 2013 6:39 pm
Black Widow has always been a killer to my memory. She was an assassin for the KGB and then for SHIELD, she's not Spider-Man, she kills.
Katana is just lame, as is Vibe!
by Johnny Smith » Fri May 10, 2013 8:28 pmA woman who believes her dead husband's soul resides in her sword is not lame. Katana is the DC character Warren Ellis was born to write!
by Amoebas » Fri May 10, 2013 8:44 pm
This is only a recent thing for her. From day was she was a spy - not an assassin.
by holtom2000 » Fri May 10, 2013 9:26 pm
Katana, as a surrogate mother for halo, drawn by aparo, written by Barr, was pretty good
by Herald » Sat May 11, 2013 7:10 am
Indeed, the REAL Katana was great, as opposed to Nu Katana with her one-dimensional schtick... the schtick that Nocenti just ruined.
by ElijahSnowFan » Sat May 11, 2013 10:33 amI agree with Punch in the regard that this book is trying too hard -- look. I don't have a problem giving a new Vibe a chance in a reset reality. Seriously, I don't.
But why is it that if you're going to do that, that we, as readers, have to get the "Rookie Hero Who Clearly Isn't Ready for the Big Leagues...Nonetheless Running Around with Big Leaguers?"
Why is it that we can't get some training sequences, a la the X-Men in the Danger Room, so for once in my freaking life, JUST ONCE, we don't get the tired trope of the new guy learning on the job while his teammates' lives are at stake?
On what effing planet would somebody like Steve Trevor or Catwoman or Hawkman or Katana let themselves get killed because somebody like Vibe doesn't know what the hell he's doing? It just diminishes the concept of Vibe and wastes panels in a book that costs $3.99 by having him standing there saying, "Golly gee, guys. Sorry -- didn't mean to mess that up."
Seriously? Why does this trope even exist? For the modern era of comics-writing, it's damn ridiculous.
by Herald » Sat May 11, 2013 1:11 pm
That's Naïve Newcomer and Rookie Red Ranger to YOU, pal!
The former:
"Character whose inexperience with the world presented by the show allows them to act as the Audience Surrogate. Often it is through their eyes that we are introduced to the show's principal characters and milieu (see Welcome Episode)."
The latter:
"Where the most powerful member is the Naïve Newcomer. In some series the protagonist starts his adventure by joining a group that's already been in business for a while before the events of the story. This is often to help the audience to relate to the hero more, as we're meeting the main ensemble with him."
Hey, you asked.
by ElijahSnowFan » Sat May 11, 2013 2:10 pm
Herald, man, YOU ARE AWESOME. I knew you'd come through with the right tropes!
The biggest problem with those is that it absolutely doesn't help the audience relate to the hero more....because it's a freaking comic book! I can't relate to a kid getting caught in a Boom Tube and somehow getting vibration powers that don't allow him to be photographed! I mean, seriously, comic book creators! We're reading these damn things because we live in the real world and we DON'T want to relate to these characters and concepts -- otherwise, it's like real life!
In real life, we're surrounded by idiots and incompetence every day! Why would I want to read about that in a comic book character who might run into Deathstroke or Black Adam one day while they're still trying to "understand my own strength!"
It's always been a silly concept, but in today's storytelling where you have Black Adam murdering entire countries, yeah, it's pretty stupid where the Good Guys always have this one anchor weighing them down because "I don't know if I'm ready for this!"
It's OK, Comic Book Writers. I don't need to see "Baffled Vibe." I'm reading the book, which means I have an interest in the characters and concepts. I'm willing to give Vibe a chance. Why not just not make him a loser, for once?
by Herald » Sat May 11, 2013 2:33 pm
Willing Suspension of Disbelief
"An author's work, in other words, does not have to be realistic, only believable and internally consistent..."
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Jackets55 wrote:In my experience (limited as it may be), this a piss pour map. Now, I know someone worked hard developing it, but how about at least identifying the bonus amounts somewhere. What a crap shoot. Not worth the effort to play since it comes down to the drop.
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My opinion is that you haven't read the legend and applied that to the map Sorry.
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The admission by Armando Duenez, 31, comes after a saga that began in 2008, when as a Rio Hondo policeman, he jumped bond and fled across the Rio Grande.
He tried to run from charges that he used his position — in cahoots with another police officer who has since been sent to prison — to buy highly sought-after guns that were sent to Mexico.
Civilians are forbidden from owning such weapons in Mexico, but they are in high demand by warring drug cartels.
After more than four years on the run, Duenez surrendered in December to U.S. border guards in Brownsville.
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The case against Duenez appears to have started in 2007, when he went to a Rio Hondo gun shop and presented the dealer with a note on police letterhead that he was authorized to pick up four military-style rifles for law-enforcement purposes, according to court papers.
The guns had been shipped to the Rio Hondo store after being purchased from an Indiana firearms dealer by former Palm Valley police officer Ramon Martinez, who was also charged in the case.
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I offlojEmi 4 : j CHRONICLE ZjJWv/ Serv'"9 Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community tor Over 60 Years \Jf\^ Li BRAKY, OHIO HISTORICAL SOC<U/rV 198S VELMA AVE* COLS. 0, .43211 EXCH VOL.61 NO. 25 June 23,1983-TAMMUZ12 CJHSToHold Annual Meeting The Columbus Jewish Historical Society, Inc., will hold its Second Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center. Robert A. Glick, president of the Society, and Harold Schottenstein, chairman of the Annual Meeting, are looking forward to welcoming members and their ' friends to the get-together. Getting to know community residents and having them learn all about the-,Society, its .functions, goals and .accomplishments', are important not only to Glick and Schottenstein, but to all the officers and board,members. A highlight of the evening will be a musical offering, "From Shtetl to Broadway." The songs will be a pastiche of Jewish composers' best efforts throughout the years. Many of the selections will trigger a touch of nostalgia and evoke pleasant memories. In addition to the enter- (CONTINUED ON PAGE7) Reagan Says U.S. To Remain 'Rock Of Support' For Israel Moving Arts, Columbus' newest dance troupe, will present their second concert on Saturday, June 25, at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center. Moving Arts To Present Concert On June 25 Moving Arts, Columbus' newest dance troupe,. will present their second concert Saturday night, June 25, at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, 1125 College Ave., at 8:30 p.m. The performance, entitled "Mostly Solos," will take place in the Center's Roth/Resler Theatre. Moving Arts is not a stranger to the Center and its new facility. Acting as the resident dance company at the Center, classes taught by Moving Arts choreographers Jewish National Fund Creates Usable Land From Wasteland Jews the world over regard Israel as their homeland, and there is space there for every Jew. But, there is not enough fertile land for growing, for building. The Jewish National Fund, as custodians of the Land of Israel for the Jewish people, has the vital responsibility of creating usable land where today there is barren wasteland. A prime project of the NJF is the rehabilitation of the Galilee, where, entire hills are being regraded, new roads are being carved out and several outposts (mitz- pim) are being established, both to use the land and to protect it. e, The mitzpim concept is that the inhabitants of these outposts exercise control over a small area, preventing illegal occupation. Meanwhile, JNF investigates possibilities for making the area a viable part of the Israeli economy agriculturally or otherwise. The mitzpim are also an important factor in the environmental reclamation of the Galilee. For the hiker, for the.traveler from abroad, these new settlements will open up previously inaccessible areas of great beauty. Newly planted reclaimed land and new woodlands will enhance the appearance of the landscape and make the wasteland blossom again. But, this growth needs the nurturing which contribu tions can provide. To find out more about how to become an integral part of the development of the Land of Israel, call the Jewish National Fund office, 231-1397. ADL Dinner Draws Many Dignitaries Congressman Chalmers P. Wylie and Congressman John R. Kasich were among the dignitaries in attendance at the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith's recent 70th Anniversary Dinner in Washington, D.C. Senator Henry Jackson (D- WA) was keynote speaker at the dinner, at which Isaac Stern and Zubin Mehta were awarded the ADL's Joseph Prize for Human Rights and J. Willard Marriott was awarded the ADL's Americanism Award. The event marked the opening of the five-day annual meeting of the ADL's National Commission. Other highlights included a telephone call from President Ronald Reagan and presentations by Meir Rosenne, the new Ambassador to the U.ST from the State of Israel; Samuel Lewis, U.S.. Ambassador to Israel; Allan Ryan, former director of the Department of Justice's Office of Special Investigations;- William Bradford Reynolds, Civil Rights Division chief, Department of Justice, and Senator Dan Quayle (R-Ind). are a regular course offering in the Center's programming. Samplers of these classes are offered to members and non-members alike in the summer brochure that was recently published by the Center. Founded in the summer of 1982, Moving Arts has been an alliance of Movement Artists dedicated to choreographic experimentation. The group has performed in and around the Columbus area and plans to do formal and informal lecture demonstrations in the coming '83-84 season. The organization is composed "of seven choreographers including: David Krohn, Linda Yoder-Krohn, Ann Dils, Lauren Bucek, Lisa Price, Anne Austin and Angela Nicolosi. Acting Manager for the group is Linda'Martin. The concert program consists not only of original dance pieces, but also includes other aspects of the arts as well. Original music by Mark Sopp will be heard during the evening, and poetry by Robert Service ,yyill be included. Moving (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) WASHINGTON (WNS)- "As long as I am President, the United States will be a rock of support. We will not waiver in our commitment to protect Israel's security,"" President Reagan declared June 10 in a speech via telephone from Camp David to delegates attending the 70th anniversary meeting here of the National Commission of - the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. "We are committed to maintaining Israel's qualitative edge in the military balance of power," Reagan asserted. Both he and Samuel Lewis, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel who -addressed the meeting in person, expressed optimism over the continuing improved relations between the U.S. and Israel. Reagan hailed the Israel-Lebanon agreement as "one more step toward a stable Middle East." Lewis however was more cautious about the chances of a Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. Lewis described U.S.-Is- rael relations today as "better, an awful lot better ... and it's going to get better in the weeks and months ahead." But he had some cautionary words: ''Israel today is far too dependent on the U.S. for Israel's own good and also for the.good of the U.S.," he said. "Some of Israel's own leaders have been saying this more and more often, saying how critical it is'that Israel regain its own economic independence so that it will not be subject- to American pressure or to the vagaries of American policy makers. I couldn't agree more with those Updates On Activities Highlight Council Of Organizations Meeting Updates on activities at Heritage Village, the Jewish Community Center and Jewish Family Service highlighted the June 6 meeting of the Council of Jewish Organizations. The Council, a liaison group for four dozen Jewish organizations, including synagogue brotherhoods and sisterhoods, B'nai B'rith chapters and lodges and specialized agencies, also discussed reviving a speakers' bureau in cooperation with the Community Relations Committee of the Columbus Jewish Federation. Bob Cohen (center), activities chairman, and other adult leaders are pictured with the. boys who participated in the first Jewish Scout Retreat the weekend of June 3 sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America Central Ohio Council Jewish Committee on Scouting. Jewish Boy Scouts Enjoy Fun-Filled Weekend Retreat Lauretta Bain of the Center staff said response after the first six months in the new facility at 1125 College Ave. has been "overwhelmingly positive." The Center now has 5,500 individual members with applications continuing to arrive daily. She noted that Center pro-* gramming covers all age groups and.focuses on interests including sports, recreation, education and culture. Mrs. Phyllis Katz, president of Jewish Family Service, briefed members on the agency, pointing but, it' offers a wide range of counseling, from personal and vocational to family and provides workshops and speakers on many topics. "If state approval and funding is provided, Jewish Family Service hopes to establish a group home for mentally retarded adults," Mrs. Katz added. "Parents of such individuals have requested such a program W Speaking for Heritage Village, Sharon Aronoff, volunteer coordinator, said active volunteers "provide the extras which make the village a much nicer place to live, from Shabat flowers to van trips to the doctor or shopping." She added the recruiting of (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) Israeli leaders." The envoy proposed that Israel try to work its way out of "the onus of the balance of payments gap which makes Israel too dependent on the U.S. appropriations process for either side to be comfortable ... Israel has not been able to achieve national independence in the total sense so long as its budget and its military acquisitions (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) Ellman Calls For Pledges To IMF "Although the 1983 campaign year for the United Jewish Fund had an official campaign closing -affair earlier this month, there are still many member of the Columbus Jewish community who have not pledged," revealed Edwin M. Ellman, * 1983 General Chairman. He reminded those who have not, for whatever reason, made their commitment to the 1983 campaign that there still was time and,opportunity to show their support and pledge. "The needs this year are so profound. Israel's troubled economy in the aftermath of Operation Peace for Galilee is severely in need of repair; our fellow Jews need our help. Here in Columbus, providing ser- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) Beth Jacob To Honor Irvin Flox, Aug. 30 Hal Tanenbaum, president of the Beth Jacob Congregation, announces that the eighth recipient of the Shofar Award will be Irvin Flox. The-award is presented to members of the synagogue for "exemplary devotion and noble service" to the con- gregaf,ion. The presentation will take place during the Testimonial Dinner on Tuesday night, Aug. 30. Tanenbaum reported that a "Shofar Award Journal" will be published for the event, and a committee is in formation to plan the dinner. Flox has been an active, loyal member of the Beth Jacob family for the past 28 years. He is the son of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) More than 20 scouts and a dozen adult leaders enjoyed a fun-filled weekend June 3, 4 and 5 at Camp Lazarus in Delaware, at the first Jewish Scout Retreat sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America Central Ohio Council Jewish Committee on Scouting. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 12) Early Copy Deadline " The Chronicle office will be closed Monday, July 4. The copy deadline for the July 7 issue will be noon Thursday, June 30^
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David Bowie, who emerged from a decade-long retirement last year with the surprise release of "The Next Day," an album that reached No. 1 in 15 countries, issued a statement promising: "More music soon."
The statement was read at an intimate benefit for the Terrance Higgins Trust at the 12 Bar in London that celebrated a half-century of Bowie's music, reports NME.
The 67-year-old Bowie's first single, "Liza Jane" was released 50 years ago in 1964 under the name Davie Jones with The King Bees. A couple years later he adopted the name Bowie so he wouldn't be confused with instant teen idol Davy Jones.
Backstreet Boys and Paul Anka postpone shows in Israel
With the crisis between Israel and the Palestinians raging, The Backstreet Boys and Paul Anka have both postponed concerts in Israel, according to statements on their websites.
The Backstreet Boys are looking to reschedule its three concerts at the Ra'anana Amphipark near Tel Aviv next spring, while Anka will make up his two shows set for this week "once the local situation is resolved."
In early June, prior to the trouble, The Rolling Stones performed in Israel for the first time. However, in the past couple weeks, concerts by America, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke have all been postponed.
At press time, upcoming shows by Lady Gaga, Cee Lo Green, Lana Del Rey and Megadeth are still on schedule.
Jagger talks about girlfriend's suicide
Mick Jagger spoke for the first time about the March suicide of longtime girlfriend, fashion designer L'Wern Scott, in a July 18 interview with Matt Lauer on NBC's "Today."
"It was difficult, you know, very hard year, but I got back into it by working on touring with The Stones in Europe, and doing other things," he said, referring to the biopic of James Brown, "Get On Up," he produced set for an Aug. 1 release.
He noted that he received "a lot of support" from friends and family and that helped him move forward.
The Rolling Stones cut short its tour of Australia and New Zealand upon hearing of Scott's death in New York City at age 49. Those nine remaining shows will be made up from Oct. 25-Nov. 22.
Monty Python says goodbye
On July 20, after 45 years — on and off — the Monty Python troupe rode off into the sunset with a sold out star-studded show before 15,000 fans at the O2Arena in London, reports BBC News.
The last night of the "Monty Python Live (Mostly)" five-show stand at the arena was televised live by the British comedy channel, Gold (and in more than 2,000 theaters around the world). It proved a ratings bonanza, being the most-watched show ever on the network as more than 700,000 British viewers tuned in. The shows were the Python's first performances together in 30 years.
Viewers saw the troupe's surviving members, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam (Graham Chapman died in 1989) joined onstage by "Saturday Night Live" alum Mike Myers, Harry Shearer of "Spinal Tap," English comedian Eddie Izzard as well as physicist Stephen Hawking who was in the crowd and was featured in a recorded skit.
Among the musical numbers performed were Palin and Jones' "The Lumberjack Song," (the record was produced by Python pal George Harrison) and "Every Sperm is Sacred," from their 1983 comedy, "Monty Python's Meaning of Life" that they also wrote. The show ended with Idle's "Always Look On the Bright Side of Life," from the 1979 hit film, "Life of Brian."
Another Ted Nugent concert cancelled
The Coeur d'Alene Indian tribe canceled a Ted Nugent concert at its casino of the same name in Worley, Idaho, set for Aug. 4, the rocker's "racist and hate-filled remarks," according to a statement by the tribe.
The tribe admitted that the so-called Motor City Madman was booked before they realized that he regularly said and wrote views and attitudes that are "racist."
The 65-year-old singer-guitarist has frequently been in the news for his opinions, including referring to President Barack Obama as "a subhuman mongrel," "chimpanzee" and a "liar." He also invited the president to "suck on his machine gun."
In March, the town of Longview, Texas paid Nugent $16,000 not to perform at its Fourth of July concert once his comments became known to the city council.
In June 2012, commanders at the military base at Fort Knox, Kent. canceled his participation in a show over his comments about President Obama. Earlier that week, Nugent pleaded guilty to transporting a black bear he killed illegally in Alaska.
New Releases
Among the recently released albums, digital reissues, MP3 downloads and box sets are "Heaven & Earth," the 21st studio album from Yes since 1969 and the first with new singer Jon Davidson and veteran members bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe, drummer Alan White, and keyboardist Geoff Downes; "Acoustic Classics" from Richard Thompson sees the Fairport Convention co-founder rerecording acoustic versions of 14 of his own songs from throughout his nearly half-century career; a 19-CD box, "All The Pieces – The Complete Studio Recordings 1973" from Scottish funksters The Average White Band; and on DVD and Blu-ray is "Amazing Grace: 21 Treasured Classics" from Tennessee Ernie Ford.
A 40-song 2-CD, "The Very Baddest" from ZZ Top, that little ol band From Texas that was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, draws from their entire 44-year career, includes their funky blues-rock take on Sam & Dave's 1968 hit, "I Thank You," and "Live in Montreux 2013" is available on DVD and Blu-ray; the 14-track "Do You Know Me: A Tribute to George Jones" is from his old pal Sammy Kershaw and includes "Near You," featuring Jones' daughter, Georgette Jones; and the 2-CD, "Sagacity," is the 22nd album since 1978 from Canadian prog-rock quintet Saga and includes a live CD recorded last year.
The big band-style CD, "Come Back to Me Love," is the first album in seven years from R&B-pop-jazz singer Freda Payne, whose 45, "Band of Gold" hit No. 1 here and No. 1 in Britain in 1970; the 24-track "Lost Time in a Bottle" from Jim Croce contains demos, live cuts recorded in 1964 and 1973; and a 2-CD, "Live at the Fillmore West 3rd July 1971," from Jefferson Airplane spinoff Hot Tuna that at the time consisted of singer-guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, bassist Jack Cassidy, drummer Sammy Piazza and Papa John Creach on violin and concludes with a 22-minute jam on Kaukonen's Airplane classic, "Feel So Good."
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BUFFALO � For Kaylee Edwards, the biggest high school test often was just getting out of bed in the morning.
After she overcame that obstacle, the senior at Tri-City High School had to worry about making it through first hour and the possibility of fainting on the stairs.
A day without an episode was a good day, but early into her postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome diagnosis, those days were few. The light-headedness and general fatigue plagued her junior and senior years.
Still, it didn�t keep her from graduating Sunday with the rest of her Tri-City classmates.
�You cannot stoop down to where you just want to lay in bed all day,� she said. �I came to school every day, no matter what.�
For Edwards, her high school diploma comes with more effort than simply studying textbooks, taking notes and passing exams.
The trouble started with a harsh pain in her side during a November 2012 practice for the Springfield Lady Kings hockey team. The discomfort escalated to severe flu-like symptoms. Doctors knew it wasn�t mononucleosis, but they couldn�t immediately identify the problem.
After four months of emergency room trips, frightening tests and what-ifs, Edwards learned she had the syndrome, commonly called POTS. It causes a patient�s heart rate to speed up 30 beats per minute or more, according to the National Institutes of Health. That increase causes light-headedness, visual changes, extreme headaches, shortness of breath, poor concentration and general weakness.
�I can feel the blood just rush out of my head,� she said. �I turn pale white, and my heart rate moves crazy fast.�
She was instructed to eat more salt, drink more water and live with it.
But living with those symptoms as a teenager hasn�t been easy.
�It�s really hard to plan your day,� Edwards said. �I�ve had to change my whole entire life. Everything I do revolves around if something makes me feel bad and if something makes me sick.�
She quickly became a regular with both school counselor Sarah Heberling and the cot in her office. Her diagnosis meant bowing out of her junior prom and part of her hockey season. She couldn�t power through a full day of school, work, extracurricular activities and homework like her classmates could.
�There were days when she left during the first hour,� Heberling said. �She would come in here every day, not always with a smile on her face, but she was here. �
Edward�s mom, Dana, checked in regularly with text messages. Each day, she waited for a phone call to come pick her daughter up from school. Those first few months, the call always came, but it never stopped Edwards.
�No matter if she passed out three times the day before, she was still going to get up and go to school the next day,� Dana said.
Eventually, she learned that her body functioned better in the morning, so she flexed her academic schedule to go home early and sleep through the afternoon, cutting the five honors classes she had planned to take to three.
Edwards couldn�t have a job that kept her on her feet, so she baby-sat the latter part of the evening after she�d rested. Above all, she worked to keep a positive attitude. Negative feelings caused stress, which only made her weaker.
�She does not stop, and I think that�s what�s hard for her,� Heberling said. �She had to stop. She�s always go, go, go.�
Doctors predict she could outgrow the syndrome, and this year her symptoms eased. She made it all the way through her senior prom and the after-prom party, and she attended her senior trip to Nashville. Had those milestones happened her junior year, she wouldn�t have had the energy.
She plans to seek bachelor�s and master�s degrees and build a career around her love of working with children. She�s starting slowly, and in the fall she will pursue an associate degree at Lincoln Land Community College.
Edwards has always been a �list-maker,� and POTS was never part of the original plan. Mixing a college course load with her continued recovery seems daunting, but her ambition far outweighs her trepidation. No matter what POTS has done to her list of pursuits, success is still the goal.
�She knows what she wants, and she�s going to do whatever she can to get there,� Heberling said. �She has so much internal motivation that a lot of other students do not have.�
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This will beachieved through the use of a model-driven architecture that allows fornew data sources, and new applications to be quickly integrated intothe platform by domain scientists. Integrating tools, data, andcomputing resources into a single platform will enable the automationof scientific workflows. The GCP will also provide tools for developinga web accessible spectral library. This will allow earth observationscientists to contribute to, and query a database of vegetationspectra. The spectral library will support rich metadata necessary forinterpreting observed spectra. The GCP will bring together tools, data,and resources within a web accessible, content rich, collaborativeenvironment. The intention is that this platform becomes a one stopshop for earth observation science.
The earth observation science community encompasses researchersfocused on the monitoring and analysis of the earth's ecosystem. Thisfield incorporates research in remote sensing, modeling, simulation,and spatio-temporal data management. Earth observation scientistsanalyze and maintain large data sets from a variety of sensors. Thisdata includes satellite data, ground based data and airborne data, allof which involve spectra containing information on key surfaceproperties (species composition, physiological state, etc). Although alarge number of agreements exist which outline the policies for thesharing of data among this community, the cyberinfrastructure needed tostandardize and share these data is not available. For example,spectral libraries are integral to the work of earth observationscientists, yet there is a need for better tools that would allow themto share or query these libraries. More generally, earth observationscientists do not have the tools needed to allow them to effectivelycollaborate and share data, applications, experiences or thedevelopment of new approaches for the analysis of data.
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LG Optimus G2 could be the first phone with 3GB of RAM for better multitasking
15 Comments
1. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
how much ram is "Enough " for android devices?
4. decent4u (Posts: 75; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
Nothin's ENOUGH ;)
5. Jason2k13 (Posts: 1420; Member since: 28 Mar 2013)
aslong as the phone is the same price or less than the rest of the competition, then give me more ram anyday!
2. mottykels (Posts: 387; Member since: 15 May 2013)
Why 3gb not 4gb ? :p
12. Pedro0x (Posts: 271; Member since: 19 Oct 2012)
Because arm SoCs are 32-bit right now and that means that they can´t use more than 3 GB RAM.
3. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5713; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
the G2 is shaping up to be a pretty beast phone. o:
6. Tsepz_GP (Posts: 1110; Member since: 12 Apr 2012)
If LG could just get more refinement in their execution of their devices, they'd be right up there with Samsung. LG are almost always the 1st to bring some awesome HW, and their latest phones are really good. I used a Optimus G earlier this year in an LG shop, nothing short of an amazing experience and their UI isn't that bad. :)
10. alterecho (Posts: 1106; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
LG Optimus G is a stunning phone. The crystal reflections on the back is simply gorgeous. Too bad it had some cracking issues. I didn't find their UI to be the best though. Better than Samsung, touch Wiz though.
The best UI i consider now is Sony's Xperia Timescape UI.
7. FlushGordon (unregistered)
As if average users will notice the difference duh
13. ajac09 (Posts: 1482; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
oh they will when they dont close apps and notice they can keep more open without it causing issues
8. boosook (Posts: 1442; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
nice, but I have to say that on my nexus7 I almost always have 300MB of free ram with 1GB total, so I guess that users won't notice much difference between 2 and 3, though it might be useful in the future.
9. Lyngdoh (Posts: 319; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
LG's always 1st to upgrade but there's hardly anybody who cares.
11. supa_dupa (Posts: 80; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)
Come on...we need at least 4GB RAM for Angry Birds...
14. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
Bring it on!!!


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Work Makes People Miserable
Being out of work causes unhappiness -- but apparently, so does working.
New research based on surveys using a smartphone app found that workers were unhappy and stressed while on the job. In fact, respondents ranked being sick in bed as the only activity more unpleasant than working. When offered dozens of options ranging from leisure, such as going to a concert, to personal paperwork, such as paying bills, workers preferred cleaning the house or waiting in line to being on the job.
The findings, which were published by the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and Political Science, are based on a project conducted by Alex Bryson and George MacKerron. Mr. Bryson is a visiting research fellow with the Centre for Economic Performance. Mr. MacKerron is a lecturer in economics at the University of Sussex.
The findings aren't incompatible with the notion that having a meaningful job contributes to one's well-being and sense of self, Mr. Bryson pointed out. "Although work can be beneficial, it can also stress you out and make you worried and anxious," he said. "That's why we normally have to be paid to work in the first place, because in the moment, we'd rather actually be doing anything else."
His study with Mr. MacKerron, using a smartphone application called "Mappiness," differs from past attempts to capture feelings about work, which often relied on the Day Reconstruction Method. In those studies, subjects were asked to recall their activities of the previous day and write down how they felt during them.
By contrast, the Mappiness app, which has been available for downloading since August 2010, captures respondents' feelings in real time. More than 10,000 workers, mostly in the United Kingdom, delivered over a million responses. The survey group is younger and better off than the U.K. population at large, Mr. Bryson said, with median annual household income between $59,000 and $83,000. An estimated 66% are 35 years old or younger and 95% are 50 or younger.
The researchers collected data by sending Mappiness users random electronic reminders, asking what they were doing and how happy and relaxed they felt at that moment. The average respondent, using a series of menus and swipe commands, checked in with 60 responses. Only answers given within an hour of the reminder were included.
Those responses revealed a host of interesting information, Mr. Bryson said, such as the importance of "when you were doing the work, who was around you and what else you were doing."
The company of friends made work far more bearable, respondents said."A work episode can be nudged into a positive area of happiness purely because you're with friends," Mr. Bryson said. By contrast, being with the boss ratcheted up the tension. Doing one's job became slightly less stressful when workers combined it with activities such as listening to music, drinking coffee or texting.
Respondents rated being on the job outside the standard nine-to-five work day as even more stressful and agitating. However, working between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. wasn't so onerous. That might reflect night-shift workers relieved to be finishing up their day, Mr. Bryson said, or day shifters heading in early and "feeling that you're beating the pressure of work by actually getting a head start in the morning."
Respondents with very low incomes tended to have a much less negative reaction to work. That may be, Mr. Bryson said, because their options outside work "are not very nice…In that sense, they may as well be working."


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In a Devils Threeway its a threeway with two guys.
Bill and Nick had a devils threeway with her.
by Della P August 08, 2008
a three-way involving two men and one woman, as opposed to a love sandwich (two women and one man) a "lucky pierre" (involving three men)
Last night, that cheerleader chick was involved in a devil's three-way with the captains of the football & basketball teams! What a nasty ho!
by Guy F June 25, 2007
When two guys have sex with one girl. One rule of a devil's three way, as described in the Bro Code on How I Meet your Mother, is that guys are to never make eye contact while involved in a devil's three way.
Dude, Johnny and I got this chick trashed one night and we ended up in a devil's three way!
by Hood9300 April 29, 2008
When two guys are fucking one girl in a threesome. no man should every lock eyes while in position. high fives acceptable.
my whore of a girlfriend did not want to bring her friend into the bed but wanted me to bring mine. so hence the devils three way and no eye contact was made but several high fives.
by fat man in an over coat May 14, 2008
Ménage à trois, but a threesome that is between two guys and a girl.
The number one rule of etiquette in a Devil's Three Way is for the guys to avoid making eye contact.
by hiddenattacker March 08, 2010
A three way with two guys and one girl. Dicks may never touch. No eye contact between two guys. Defy these rules and you shell forever burn in hell.
I had a devil's three way with Dave and Rodney, it was wierd but great.
by nilla140 June 08, 2010
When two guys are fucking one girl, and the two guys can't look each at each other in the eyes
Rob and Al had a Devils three way with melony last friday
by Richkyle May 04, 2008


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Jennifer Aniston thanks her Greek genes for her cool California glow, but the actress admits she's starting to see a few negative effects from her years of sun worshiping.
"I've started getting those little sun spots," she tells InStyle. "Things are beginning to pop out. Even the texture [of my skin] is changing. So I've recently started zapping the spots and getting spray tans whenever I can. And I've graduated to using SPF 60 sunblock when I'm on the beach."
She quickly dispels any rumors of cosmetic enhancements, however. "People think that I do a lot of injections, but I don't," she states. "I'm not saying that I haven't tried it … but I see how it's a slippery slope." Still, she plans to stay away for the time being. "All that cosmetic stuff looks ridiculous on me," she shares.
Revealing that she tints her eyelashes every three weeks ("I hate wearing mascara," she says) and that she used to keep scissors in her car's glove compartment to trim split ends ("It was a weird tic," she admits), the star says she wasn't always confident about her looks.
"I was a dumpy teenager," she shares. "My mom was a model and was all about looks, so I rebelled by going goth. It took me years of peeling back the onion to finally stop using makeup as a mask and feel comfortable in my skin."
But these days, the "Sexiest Woman of All Time" takes comments on her looks in stride.
"I quit smoking a few months ago and I put on a couple of pounds," she says. "Normally I'd be like, 'Oh my god, I gained weight! Everyone is going to think I'm pregnant!'" Not anymore. "Now," she says, "I just don't care." For more with Aniston, pick up the January InStyle, on newsstands now.
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It took a little bit for the McPherson Post 24 Juniors to get their bats going Friday night against Nickerson, but when they did, they unloaded for a 13-5 victory to open up the Bob Hooper Classic at Grant Sports Complex.
It took a little bit for the McPherson Post 24 Juniors to get their bats going Friday night against Nickerson, but when they did, they unloaded for a 13-5 victory to open up the Bob Hooper Classic at Grant Sports Complex.
McPherson led Nickerson 2-1 going into the sixth, but unloaded for an nine-run inning. Cody Starkel and Marcus McDaniel both had triples in the offensive onslaught against Nickerson, whom McPherson had beaten already twice this season.
Head coach Tony Schmidt noted his juniors had some issues playing the small ball Friday, which let Nickerson stay as close as they did for five innings.
"We didn't bunt very well tonight," Schmidt said, "and that hurts us. I've said this all along, but we don't have guys that can hit gaps all of the time. So, we need to utilize our speed and bunt."
Schmidt admitted it bothered both him and his team that Nickerson stayed in the ball game the way they did, considering McPherson had beaten them by scores of 23-3 and 15-1 in their earlier meetings.
"I think this was a little different team than we'd seen in Nickerson, though," Schmidt said. "And that's OK. We had a little different team, also. We didn't have Marcus (McDaniel) and we didn't have Cody (Starkel) that game either."
Caleb Schmidt took the win for McPherson (14-3), making his first appearance in a game this season after being out eight weeks after breaking his arm and then a finger during the high school season.
Schmidt was one out away from picking up the complete game win in his first game back from the injuries, but ran into some trouble in the seventh, giving up a walk that scored a run. Griffin Myers came in to get the final out, though he struggled a little with the strike zone, as well, walking in three more Nickerson runs before ending the game.
"I wanted (Caleb Schimdt) established because we'll need him later on," Tony Schmidt said. "We probably won't use him the rest of the weekend, but he needed to get through that."
The box score was unavailable at press time.
Post 24 has two games on the docket for today. They take the field at 11 a.m. against Hutchinson, then will play at 1:30 p.m. against El Dorado.
McPherson's record at the end of today will determine their seeding for Sunday, where the top four seeds will square off at 10 a.m. for the right to play in the championship at 12:30 p.m.
The other 7:30 p.m. contest saw Hutchinson get blown out by Great Bend 11-1. Hutch went 0-2 on the day, as they fell to Buhler 10-0 in one of the 5 p.m. games. Nickerson dominated El Dorado 12-0 in the other early contest.
Nickerson meets Buhler in the other 11 a.m. game this morning, while Great Bend and Buhler clash at 1:30 p.m. El Dorado and Great Bend then have the 4 p.m. game at Grant Sports Complex.
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Talk:Music Player
From Openmoko
- Q:Does our media player support both audio and video files?
- Q:What kind of decoding library should be added?
The S3C2410 is too slow to do video. Audio-wise, we should limit support for the most popular formats which is
- mp3
- ogg
- wav.
We don't have an FM-Chip in the device, so I'm afraid we can't do .mid -- at least not in hardware. There are software MIDI players available, but I don't know whether this is interesting for us or not.
The S3C2410 is too slow to do fullscreen video. It is able to do halfscreen video, with the LCD stretch mode enabled See Video Player --Speedevil 14:33, 18 February 2007 (CET)
[Q]: At present, we will decide what kind of third party software for media player?
(Sean Moss-Pultz) What kind of third party software do you have in mind?
(Alex) What about RealPlayer? It has a linux version, but for mobile phone use, the performance should be taken into consideration.
(Sean Moss-Pultz) Unless we can't find a FOSS version, I would prefer not to use closed-source programs. Have a look at the follow:
We should check what OPIE and GPE use. User:Mickey Can you provide some feedback here?
(Alex) GPE and OPIE both have their own media players.
- GPE's NMF[3] is based on GStreamer[4]. NMF can play ogg and mp3 files.
- OPIE's opie-mediaplayer2[5] It plays mp3, mpeg, wav, ogg, quicktime, divx and more. Also it is streaming capable.
[Q] In "Playback Mode" section it says "15) Panning -- realtime updated when panning wheel been rotated." The panning wheel isn't mentioned anywhere else. Is it another option for objects 5 and 6?
[Q] 12) Repeat -- Repeats the current track.
Is most player, repeat doesn't repeat the current track. It repeats the playlist (it starts playback from the beginning of the playlist after the last song in the list is played). Does this player's repeat do it differently than other players?
Q: On the repeat button as well: I'd like to see a function where it repeats the current track once and then advances in the playlist afterwards. Maybe you could have the repeat button toggle its function with each tap - e.g. repeat all -> repeat current -> repeat current once -> repeat off -> ... Abraxa 01:51, 18 February 2007 (CET)
Q: Is this Music Player a MPD-client (MPC)? That would be nice... However - all basic, "preloaded" software, should take speed into consideration... A: I don't intend it to be as running MPD on the Neo seems like overkill to me and writing a separate application to act as some kind of remote control to a MPD server at home makes more sense in my opinion.


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Pets, Pets, Pets
"Twist" in the Sensation Search: While hunting for the location of the long gone Westminster
Kennel Club (WKC) clubhouse in Babylon, we've been visualizing the veranda facing east, overlooking
Southards Pond. A recent clue has sparked mental "Hokey Pokey". We're shifting the whole clubhouse 90 degrees to the right, and now facing it south.
Turning the clubhouse both clarifies and clouds information already uncovered. The clubhouse was part of a clubhouse/ shooting house complex so this revised thinking is more than a change of scenery. From 1880 to 1904, besides breeding and boarding champion dogs here, Westminster hosted pigeon shoots, often with the scores recorded in the NY Times. If the clubhouse did face Alexander (or Southards Lane, as it was called long ago) the gunners fired east out over the pond, a direction we long disputed, but now accept. (Are you new to the Sensation saga? About 20 "Pets" columns are archived online, while Beacon Feb. 5, 2009 gives a quicker synopsis.) The Buried Clue: "Pets" March 19, 2009 cited evidence that in 1887 Sensation, WKC's logo Pointer, died at age 13 in Babylon. His final resting place was at the foot of a flagpole on the front lawn of the clubhouse near the shooting house. The flagpole had a Pointer weather vane. Westminster owns a close-up photo of the flagpole with a handwritten inscription on the back saying the flagstaff marks the burial of Sensation
and "many other Pointers that cost a mint of money and were the greatest of their day". (A stone on the right is the grave of a female Pointer named "Whiskey".)
We spend a lot of time looking at old maps and pictures, trying to piece the puzzle together. Sometimes we stumble on a detail we've missed. That's what happened
with the same close-up flagpole photo which appears on page 21 of Mr. Stifel's book-TheDog Show: 125 Years of Westminster. When I asked about the picture, Mr. Stifel found something that technological
enhancement confirmed. In jest he compared his discovery to a far-fetched movie where a man denies ever meeting the woman he murdered although a snapshot he took of her when enlarged showed his reflection in the cornea of her eye.
Esteemed WKC historian Mr. Stifel zoomed-in on copies of the page 21 photo focusing on the stationary NSEW under the Pointer weather vane. He couldn't believe what he saw. Since the resolution was still a bit blurry, he fetched the original from the WKC files and took the slightly torn artifact to a color lab. Theresults were crystal clear. Keep in mind that Mr. Stifel is extremely analytical. He has examined our clues from every angle- even trying to interpret the wind direction references in various pigeon shoot accounts. He drew a floor plan of the clubhouse based on remarks in four 19th C. journals and sketched a map of where each artist and/or photographer must have stood to capture particular glimpses of the buildings and property. Based on the position of the shooting house we see in this picture, Mr. Stifel realized that the N of the weather vane is pointing to the (unseen) front door of the clubhouse which means that the clubhouse faced almost due south. Theshooting house, perpendicular and forward, would be overlooking the pond. Gunners
aimed east over the water but the dogs did not retrieve birds.
"As the Clubhouse Turns": How does this new direction theory jive with other findings? The 1928 aerial photo plus the 1902 and 1915 Hyde maps seem to agree. The clubhouse was 40' by 60' and the long part of the funny rectangle faces south on all of these. The1918 aerial shots taken by a WWI bi-plane are similar to reading a sonogram or inkblot. I see what I want to see. These amazing pictures were taken right before the former WKC complex burned down on Oct. 14, 1918, and they suggest a cluster of bright buildings oriented the same way. An 1888 map shows a circular driveway that would serve this positioning.
The Ewells bought the property from WKC in 1904. Several Ewell photos show a clematis type vine on the post of the front porch in full bloom. Might the plant thrive from southern exposure?
The old journal articles detailing the WKC buildings at times contradict each other, especially about placement of the kennels. Outing June 1888 mentions
the "charming view from the upper veranda, which overlooks the pigeon-shooting ground" but no description definitively says all 3 sides of the wraparound porch faced the water.
Sticking to My Guns: I still believe the mystery mound east of the bridle path between Gwynn and Pilcher is the clubhouse site. Several native Babylonians ranging in age from 60 - 75 have stated
that before the development circa 1955, this mound was an odd, deep depression filled with sand. They do not recall any other disturbed places in the woods. Thisspot matches all the old aerials. Why was there an arbitrary, concave sandpit? Had something else, possibly something that had a wine cellar and a huge fire been there previously?
Subsequently people dumped junk there, transforming the deep trench into a raised mound. The lower area south of the rise could accommodate the shooting house. We took measurements again. TheWKC complex would fit, but it would be tight, not as spacious or flatas it looks in photos.
A retrospective in the July 18, 1930 Babylon Leader mentions that if the pigeons "escaped the aim of the club members, and flew south, they were usually brought down by a crowd that stood on Southards Lane." If we are right about the sandpit and new orientation,
the locals were doing more than waiting for pot shots. They were watching the matches from the Westminster bleachers.
For Adoption: Waiting at Oyster Bay Town Shelter (677-5784) Miller Pl. Syosset, "Rusty" is a lovable senior Cocker Spaniel who needs TLC and possibly a special diet while "Curly" is a middle aged Chihuahua/ Pug who wants a home where she is the only dog. Cast of cats: "Powder", "Moose", "Delilah", "Oliver"- all purrsonality plus.


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valudoc needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 397 designs submitted by 70 freelance designers.
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Our target audience is BLUE COLLAR, lower middle class working families. A large part of our patient base is children age 6-18 and young working families. We have a very heavy hispanic population patient base as well. We want EVERYONE but a large portion of our patient base is on medicaid or do not have dental insurance and pay out of pocket.
We are looking for a very clean logo that has a hint of blue collar. Fresh and simple and clean. We do not want tacky. We want to communicate that we are not "stuffy" or "uppity" as that will scare many of our chosen demographic. At the same time we do not want to look like a "cheap" dental company either. We want to have welcoming colors and somewhat of a pediatric playful logo without alienating the adult patient base. We want kids to say "that looks like a cool place to come" and the parents to say "that is sleek and clean enough for me to feel like Im not at the pediatric dentist".
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PORTLAND — The intelligence community may have to adopt new strategies to deal with so-called lone-wolf terrorists who aren't directly linked to governments or terror groups, Sen. Angus King said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press.
Two ethnic Chechens from Russia are suspected of acting without aid in setting off a pair of bombs at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 260, which presents new challenges for an intelligence apparatus that has been working to bringing down terrorist organizations since 9/11, King said.
"That may be the serious threat of the future and in some ways it's a more difficult threat to counter than an organized group like al-Qaida," King said.
King, who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said it'll be up to law enforcement and intelligence agencies to determine for sure that the suspects, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, didn't receive help in their alleged plot. Tamerlan Tsarnaev died after a gunbattle with police, and his younger brother is in federal custody.
"There's a tendency to fight the last war. Before Sept. 11, we were in a Cold War mindset where we were in competition with other governments. Then all of a sudden it was al-Qaida. What concerns me is that this incident … it appears it was two lone wolves, self-motivated and self-arming in effect," he said.
U.S. intelligence has been effective in infiltrating and attacking al-Qaida, but new techniques would be necessary to target individuals without trampling personal liberties.
"It's a constant tension between security and individual rights and the Fourth Amendment and the First Amendment. We're trying to find our way through that," King said.
King said he thinks the Intelligence and Homeland Security committees should be able to sufficiently investigate intelligence activities that led up to the bombings without need for a special panel or investigation. The goal is to make sure intelligence agencies are communicating, and to apply lessons learned to prevent future attacks, he said.
It would be difficult to stop all terrorist acts because to do so would mean eliminating freedoms that Americans are unwilling to give up, he said.
"Someone asked, 'How can we secure the Boston Marathon?' We could do it with 30,000 troops lined shoulder to shoulder along the route. But that's not the country we want to live in," he said.
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Even though 4,174 baptized Catholics live within the parish boundaries, only a fraction attend weekly Mass. The three-story school, which once had four first-grade classes with 60 children each, closed six years ago with just over 170 students total. In 1960, the parish had 85 percent Sunday Mass attendance. By 2012, it was 16 percent and dropping.
My parents, Jack and Betty, were founding members in 1956, and my three sisters and I graduated from the school. We received all of our sacraments at SJW.
The closing Mass, at noon on June 29, was well attended, but I could not bring myself to go.
Three weeks later on a Sunday morning, I drove to the shuttered church. I'm not sure why. I didn't plan it. I parked where my father always parked our aging blue '59 Impala — behind the sacristy. I was alone in the vast, empty parking lot. It was just before 11:15 a.m., always the biggest Mass at St. Joe's when I was a kid, but the carillon was silent.
I walked the grounds. Memories came. Father Pryor hearing Saturday confessions while his old German shepherd, Queenie, snoozed in the last pew. Sister Amanda making her way from convent to church on her cane. Sunday roller skating at the parish social hall. My late father's embrace at the sign of peace.
I snapped photos with my iPhone. A woman in a red car slowed, stopped and called over, "Are you a real estate guy?"
No, I said.
"Shame about this, huh? This was my school," she said.
We chatted. She only occasionally attends Mass.
I asked why.
Sundays are busy, she said. Errands, driving the kids. She's tired after a week of work, too. Not that she's given up on God. She assured me she's "spiritual," which is more "important than religion."
There was a GPS navigation device suction-cupped to her windshield.
I asked: "Would you ever go to someplace far away, a place you've never been, without using your GPS?"
"Never," she said. "I depend on it. What did we do before we had them?"
"We got lost. A lot. At least I did," I said.
We laughed. I told her that's how I see spirituality and religion. Spirituality is knowing there is some place better for us. Religion is the GPS, directing us how to get there.
She hadn't thought of it that way, she said. "It's not an original idea," I said. "It's C.S. Lewis." Never heard of him, she said.
We parted.
I continued walking the silent grounds, noting statuary that will, by summer's end, be obscured with overgrown vegetation and weeds.
An older man in a Ford came up, perplexed. "You know when the next Mass is?" he asked.
The church is closed, I said.
"What! When?"
He took the news gravely. He said he hadn't been to Mass in a few years, but now that his brother-in-law is ill with cancer, he thought he'd get back to it.
"You know if there's Mass anywhere around today?" he said. My parish, Queen of the Universe, has a 1 p.m., I said.
"You speak Spanish?"
"I'm American," he said.
"The Mass at Queen is in Spanish," I said.
"That's really something, isn't it? This country," he said.
Queen has a 5 p.m. "in English," I said.
A little late, but it would do, he said. "Where's Queen of the Universe?"
"You have a GPS?" I asked.
No, he said.
"You should. Keeps you from getting lost."
J.D. Mullane writes from Pennsylvania.
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To answer what may be your first question, has there been any changes to Bens behaviour, aggression and problems? The answer is no, not any for the better anyway, but then thats what we expect, nothing changes overnight. Did you think differently? Did you expect Bens problems to suddenly disappear? If so admit you are Bens disability social worker reading this or someone trying to refuse us the help we need! To those now puzzled and who are not the Social worker or psychic the reason I say this is about a month ago our new Social Worker came to play with Benas she said she had to meet him. She chatted to me about his problems and then played lego with him for about 15 minutes. A week later when she phoned about a meeting she asked if he had improved since her last visit!? You see thats what we have missed all these years clearly, magic lego! I really hope after the phone call she realised how daft a suggestion it was that her playing with my son would change matters so easily! Maybe it was wishful thinking, maybe it was lack of understanding of special needs, maybe she just thinks she is so wonderful she can cure anyone of anything, or maybe she just didn't think before she opened her mouth (we have that effect a lot with people!).
Since my last post we have had the end of term at school which included the usual changes to routine of sports day, different assemblies etc and of course this and knowing he is moving into a different classroom in September with a different teacher and some different children has really bothered Ben and of course this has meant difficult behaviours at home. Well more difficult than normal anyway! Normal for Ben of course I mean by this, not normal for your average neurotypical child who is far far different from Ben.
What does a Childrens' Disability Social Worker do to help a family like ours?
I might ask one day for their actual job description because I am sure somewhere in there words such as assist, help, support, and other similar words or phrases will all feature and I am pretty sure there will not be words such as patronising, rude, criticising, "guess what you don't actually know", judgemental, and presumptuous. Maybe I am wrong? If anyone reading this blog post has ever seen a Social Worker or Social work Assistants job description please do let me know.
Surely one thing we should be able to presume is that this group of social workers will have some experience or training when it comes to special needs and if they do not understand a child's needs they would ask the parents or a professional dealing with them about it and accept they are human and can not possibly know everything. Well it seems presuming that is very wrong! In my experience many Social workers in this team have watched a few documentaries on autism and know just about that. They believe when they have met one child with autism they have met them all. In reality if you have met one child with autism you have done just that met one child with autism. My child may have a label of autism but he is as unique as any other child out there. He is also a boy, he is 6 and he loves sweets, so if you meet another boy who is 6 and loves sweets would they be the same, well of course not so why does that mean two kids with autism are the same?! Or is it that people are scared of autism and cant bear the idea that "they" are not all the same and there are more than one of "them" to try to understand!? I never presume anyone understands my son, I would never expect anyone to who hasnt lived with him but what I do wish for is that everyone who sees us in a professional and social capacity will at least understand that they do not know what it is to live with Ben, there are only two people in the whole world who know this, myself and my husband.
The reality of the latest of our allocated Social Workers
So, a few months ago we had a review for Bens direct payments. This is a meeting with Social Services and anyone else relevant to discuss Bens needs and what respite they think we need and if what we have been given is enough. We only started getting direct payments in February, not many people truely understand why we get them and believe that as two parents at home with one child we shouldnt need them. If this is you then please read through my blog, imagine living with this 19-20 hours a day (not that imagining puts you in our shoes but its the best we can do isnt it!), yes we do have a break when he is at school but thats five days a week 40 weeks a year, what about the rest, what about us getting a chance to do all the things we cant easily do when Ben is home. We can not take him shopping, we struggle to take him anywhere in all honesty - we do because he needs it and he is entitled to a bit of a life but it is hard for us and him whenever we leave the house, what about us getting a normal amount of sleep? Not to mention free time! So then think actually the 2 hours a week of respite we get is just allowing us get 2 hours of a break a week because while he is at school we often sleep and have to get shopping, clean house and try to prepare ourselves for the beating and abuse that returns when he gets off the school bus! Anyway I digress, at this meeting the Social Work Assistant (Yes we don't even have a trained qualified Social Worker) decided this behaviour we have been mentioning and asking for help at meetings for over the last maybe 4 years or so is not right and we need help! Of course the idea someone wanted to help was lovely and we didnt object to her coming to visit a week or two later to discuss further.
The home visit came one day when Ben was at school (yes another thing that happens when he is at school and fills our time, appointments etc!). She discussed all the things we have tried and continue to try to help improve the aggression and violence we suffer from Ben and the reasons why we physically have to restrain him at times. We restrain him for both his safety and ours, as mentioned before this isnt through hoice this is through necessity. I would also like to add I have never harmed my son during this and he sometimes calms as a result of being restrained, other times it is just enough time for us to breathe and calm him to the point he is not causing as much pain as he was before. I do not choose to do this to my child, I do not want to cause him unnecessary physical or emotional uncomfortableness however this is a necessity in our house, this is the only way we can stop him from doing any more damage to himself than he already has and stop him from seriously harming us, particularly me as I am the one who most suffers from his violence.
This was the day the Social Worker (well assistant but you know what I mean) first mentioned child protection. she said that due to us physically holding Ben she believed we may have to have Ben placed on the Child protection register under the category of physical abuse. As I am sure you can imagine this broke my heart, Ben was placed on this as a baby for a while due to his natural father and the thought that I was being seen as equal to him and that they see me as causing my son harm was terrifying. Again I must point out that we have never caused ben any bruises or marks due to this and it is necessary for his safety and ours. We have never been taught restraint techniques in order to know how to do this properly because we are his parents. We have asked for this for years as Ben is very big for his age, he is 7 in november and his clothes are mostly ages 8-9 with a few larger 7-8's. Just to put this into perspective due to his height he is only a 3cm off not needing any kind of child restraint in the car legally, and he is so heavy he is hard to lift now and this is made much harder when he is physically lashing out with his entire body. On this occassion we were told that she would need to discuss matters with her manager and see what the procedure is.
As stated we have never been given any teaching of techniques used to restrain a child with violent behaviours like Ben however we have researched MAPA and this is what all the staff and the Special Needs School Ben attends are trained in. We believe we do something a little similar to this, what we do essentially involves "bodyhugging" Ben so that he can not easily move any of his limbs or use his head to headbut whilst h


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How to Download:
click the Poker "DOWNLOAD" button.
Choose "Save this program
to disk" and click "OK".
You will be asked to select a location to save the "InstallPoker.exe" file.
Have you ever wanted to try low poker or high low poker but were afraid you wouldn't understand it? Have you seen them offered in the lobby of your favorite online poker room or any of the other poker sites you play at but were afraid to give it a shot? Do you just want to learn more about these different forms of online poker? Here is a basic primer on the background of low poker and high low poker online.
Playing low poker or high low poker all depends on what actual form of poker you are playing. Believe it or not, low poker and high low poker are not forms of online poker, they are just winning hand structures used with different forms of poker. You play Omaha hi low, Omaha hi, razz, Badugi, and even seven card stud with a low winner.
The strategy for playing low poker and high low poker is quite difficult to explain. The best strategy that most players use when playing high low poker is a similar poker strategy they would use if they are just playing the high version of the game, but they take in account that people might be drawing to low hands as well. When you are playing low poker, you have to use a similar strategy, but the exact opposite. The betting is pretty much the same, and if you're playing a draw version of the game, hand reading is relatively nonexistent, so you really have to play by feel and go with your gut feeling. There is a reason low and high low poker is not as popular as Texas Holdem or Omaha hi - it is more difficult to be consistently profitable and most poker pros don't focus on these kinds of games.
The one thing that you really need to get a grasp of to be successful playing low poker and high low poker is the winning poker hands and their rankings. When playing low poker, the best possible hand is ace, two, three, four, five, if you are playing a five card game. If you are playing a four card game, like Badugi poker, only the four lowest cards make the best hand. It is important to note that in most forms of low poker and high low poker, straights don't count for the low hand.
Next time you log on the Internet to play poker online, why not look for online poker tournaments or other poker events that offer low poker and high low poker? After all, Omaha hi and Texas Holdem can get a little boring after a while, so why not try something new and exciting? You will be glad you did!


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Another Case Of Prosecutorial Bullying Against A 'Hacker'
from the maybe-it's-time-to-rethink-this-approach? dept
Now, lest you think that the Swartz case was an isolated event, or in case you thought perhaps there would be some sort of ripple effect as a result of it, you should note that prosecutors in the Barrett Brown case appear to be pursuing similar tactics. For those of you not familiar with Brown, he is the self-proclaimed spokesperson for Anonymous recently arrested for allegedly threatening an FBI agent.
Brown was arrested and taken into custody in September after allegedly threatening an FBI agent. In December 2012, he was indicted by a federal grand jury for trafficking "stolen authentication features," as well as "access device fraud" and "aggravated identity theft."
On Wednesday, Brown was hit with one count of "concealment of evidence," and one count of "corrupting concealing evidence."And what did Brown do to "conceal evidence"? Apparently he "hid" his laptop with his mother's dishes. Apparently putting a laptop where the Feds don't obviously look is now "concealing evidence."
I won't sit here and compare Brown and Swartz in terms of character. Not because I know or don't know enough about either of them to do so, but rather because that would miss the point entirely. I'll leave it to others to erect the false justification of character assassination. Instead, I'd rather focus on how prosecutors appeared to think that the original charges, which could lead to 90 years of imprisonment for Brown, were apparently not enough and decided to lump this last charge on top of the others. Brown's former attorney, Jay Leiderman, appears to be similarly flabbergasted.
"I would not have seen a third indictment coming," Leiderman told Ars. "You would think the 90 years of prison exposure that they had on him was enough. Are we at a point in society where we think that 90 years is no longer enough?"As Ledierman goes on to say, at some point we departed the realm of prosecuting hacktivists and instead entered the realm of persecuting them. If there are crimes committed, let Brown or whoever else stand trial. If the law is behind the times, or written in a way that is ridiculous (as in the Swartz case), we can change the law. There's nothing wrong with the argument that that's a responsibility that falls on the public via whom we elect to government. All that said, for hacktivist crimes, or even those that Brown is accused of, to result in 90 years of jail time -- and for that to not be good enough for prosecutors -- is an absolute joke. Lumping on yet another, more minor, charge to pressure the accused is a downright travesty.
Leiderman speculated that the new indictment was a legal pressure tactic against Brown.


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2011 Holiday Buying Guide for Video Gamers
Ahh, It seems like just the other day I pulled a muscle cramming anything and everything into last year's Holiday Buying Guide.
How time flies.
This holiday season lacks some of last year's bang, as there aren't any major splashes to be made like the release of Microsoft's Xbox Kinect. So in this buying guide, I'll instead focus more on detailing a variety of products.
I'll be leading off with games that are must-haves. These are obvious buys — but may not be so obvious to those less familiar with the video-game world. There is very little chance of "missing" on these games as gift ideas, or for your own personal use.
Following the first few titles, the order will be more random, to keep the list fresh throughout.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
You've seen the commercials at every remote click, and maybe even read about the lengths people have gone through to get a copy.