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Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is hopeful that more of his squad will commit to long-term contracts in the coming days.
The Barclays Premier League champions have enjoyed a remarkable few days with captain Vincent Kompany, playmaker David Silva and star striker Sergio Aguero all signing new five-year deals.
Samir Nasri and Aleksandar Kolarov agreed fresh terms earlier in the summer while, in a further statement of ambition, £32million defender Eliaquim Mangala joined the club on a five-year contract on Monday.
Pellegrini believes all are proof of the positive direction of the club and he is expecting more good news.
The Chilean said: "I think it is very important for the club to retain the best players.
"I think it is also important for the club that they want to stay here because they are working very well and this is a club that has a lot of ambition for the future. They understand that.
"Maybe you will know in the next few days about other players who extend their contracts."
Recent comments from striker Edin Dzeko have suggested that he could be nearing a new deal following positive talks.
Mangala, meanwhile, is not ready to make his debut as City open the defence of their title at Newcastle on Sunday.
The 23-year-old Frenchman has had little time to settle in since arriving from Porto and Pellegrini is keen for him to work more in training.
"Mangala needs to work more with the team to be able to play," Pellegrini said. "It will not be this weekend."
A number of other players who did not feature in last week's Community Shield loss to Arsenal, most notably Vincent Kompany, Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Bacary Sagna, Fernandinho and Frank Lampard are expected to come into contention.
Aguero, last season's top scorer despite being hampered by injuries in the second half of the campaign, has also not been completely ruled out.
The Argentinian is still to reach full fitness after suffering a groin injury at the World Cup, even though it still seems unlikely he will play at St James' Park.
Pellegrini said: "We will see on Sunday.
"I think that this team always needs Sergio Aguero. It is also important for him to make a good pre-season. He has so many months without playing normally.
"We are trying to make a mix for him, a mix of pre-season and trying to have a level to play for the team."
Fellow forward Alvaro Negredo, who broke a metatarsal in pre-season, is the only player ruled out through injury.
Others, namely those who returned to training late after the World Cup, may not be fully match fit and Pellegrini will have to make judgements on their condition.
He said: "I think we are ready to start. Maybe some players need some more days to be 100 per cent but the whole squad is ready to start the season."
Pellegrini had an excellent first campaign in England as he won the league and the Capital One Cup.
Now he is more comfortable in his surroundings it could be argued his task will be more straightforward but Pellegrini is expecting the opposition to raise their challenge.
He said: "It depends on the way you want to look at it. Maybe last year when I arrived here nobody believed we could win the title because it was my first season here in England. But we did it.
"This year we have the advantage that I already know the players and they know me. We won the title but it is difficult for the team that wins the title to repeat it, but we will try to do it."

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Thunder Fan in $20,000 Half-Court Shot: God Gave Us Platform to Share Testimony
Thunder Fan in $20,000 Half-Court Shot: God Gave Us Platform to Share Testimony
Heath Kufahl, a high school teacher and lifelong basketball fan who won $20,000 after sinking a half-court shot at Tuesday's Oklahoma City Thunder game against the Lakers, says God has given his family a platform to share their story.
Kufahl, whose wife, Jenni, was diagnosed with appendix cancer in October 2012, told The Christian Post on Thursday that specific events from that day, which led to him making the winning shot, were set in motion by God's divine inspiration.
During his college years, Kufahl said he had tried to make half-court shots; and recently, a few of his friends told him that if he could get to the Thunder game early, he'd have a chance at being selected to try for the winning shot.
The desire was in his heart, but when he went to his first game this season, he was "10 seconds too late," and had just missed out on being selected to compete in the halftime game.
Kufahl said he happened to get tickets to the game for his birthday, because when he walked into the school's office, a colleague wished him a "happy birthday," which was overheard by a parent who then gave him two tickets to the Thunder-Lakers game.
That was "providential" said Kufahl, because it was also couples' night at the arena, which meant that Jenni was going to be an integral part of the story.
Before he could attempt the half-court shot, Jenni had to join her husband down on the court to compete against one other couple in a free throw challenge to see which couple could make the most free throws. Jenni and Kufahl won by making six shots into the basket.
With Jenni's help, Kufahl made it to the half-court line to throw the $20,000 winning shot, and he made the basket without the ball ever hitting the backboard.
Kufahl told The Christian Post that all of the money will go toward his wife's cancer treatment.
Jenni, who has appendix cancer, said, "it's so rare" that most people have never heard about it. After she completes her ten weeks of treatment, Jenni will find out if she's done, or if she'll need to continue with chemotherapy or have surgery at MD Anderson in Houston, Texas.
Kufahl said this experience has increased his and his family's faith in God, because he achieved one of his dreams, but only with Jenni's help, and God, who is using this event to give them an opportunity to share their testimony with others.
"One of the best things that anyone has said to me is: 'It felt like there was an angel guiding that ball into the rim,'" said Kufahl, who coaches girls' volleyball and boys' basketball teams at Christian Heritage Academy in Del City, Okla.
"The story is about my wife, and the journey that God has us on," he said. "Because God had a bigger purpose and platform for us: either to share our adversity, the diagnosis with cancer or God's blessing."
Kufahl and his wife, who both hope that her story will help other people in their lives, have seven children: Maddie, 13, Connor, 10, Kelton, 9, Macy, 7, twins Reese and Brody, 5 and Cruz, 3.
Jenni said that all of their children were excited to learn about their father's winning shot. "The oldest children understood it the most," she said, and they stayed up late together to watch YouTube videos of their dad's winning shot at the game.
When his tenth grade students found out that he made the winning shot, Kufahl said their response to him was "look how good God is."
"The students are such a blessing for us," said Kufahl, who teaches a Bible class and economics at the school. "I know they've been praying for us."
Kufahl admitted that the media attention has been "a little bit overwhelming." His parents live in Tulsa, Okla., where his mother is a teacher, and was able to listen to her son's interview on a local sports radio program Thursday morning.
"It's just weird," he said. "We're just normal people, there's nothing special about us."
"For one or two days, this gives us a platform to share what God has done; and we hope that people can be blessed like we have."


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Jennifer Lopez and "Hamilton" star Lin-Manuel Miranda have joined forces to support families of the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando.
The two have recorded a track called, "Love Make the World Go Round," and proceeds from the sales of the song will benefit the Hispanic Federation's Proyecto Somos Orlando.
Lopez posted a behind-the-scenes look at the recording of the upcoming single on Instagram Monday and wrote, "Me and @Lin_Manuel working in studio on something very special." [[385574131, C]]
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The release date for "Love Make the World Go Round" has yet to be revealed, however, fans were able to get a glimpse at what to expect from the world-famous singer and the Broadway star.
The up-tempo track features the following lyrics rapped by Miranda:
"What we got is love even when the sinners hate us / We cannot let them diminish or intimidate us / We sing out, we got the rhythm and the truth on our side / We cut through the divide and we do it with pride / A generation of innovators enabled to patiently wait for change 'cause change is what they've been afraid of / The malevolence can wait, raise a level of debate, celebrate, elevate."
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Proyecto Somos Orlando posted the following statement on their website:
"The days, weeks, months and even years following will be a time of healing for our nation, but especially for victims and the families of the victims. [We] will address the long-term needs for mental health services that are culturally competent and bilingual. Proyecto will enable care to be delivered to those affected directly in the communities in which they live. Beyond emergency assistance, they will be provided with case management, crisis intervention and mental health services, among other needs."


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- HaXR - the Haskell XML-RPC library
- An XML-RPC client and server library. XML-RPC is "remote procedure calling using HTTP as the transport and XML as the encoding. XML-RPC is designed to be as simple as possible, while allowing complex data structures to be transmitted, processed and returned."
- HAIFA is an implementation of parts of the web-service architecture in Haskell. Notably it includes an XML serializer, a partial implementation of XML Schema and SOAP/1.1.
- haskell-corba
- This package allows Haskell programmers to write CORBA clients and servers using the MICO open-source CORBA implementation. It defines a Haskell language mapping for CORBA, and includes an IDL compiler which generates Haskell stub and skeleton modules from IDL files.


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Lot 105: John Mason
Lot 105: John Mason
Executed 1958
Signed "Mason 58" verso
14" x 20" x 3"
Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, California (acquired directly from the artist);
Thence by descent
Thence by descent
Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000
Inventory Id: 19105
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American ceramics over the last century have both evolved and endured, but Southern California holds claim as the breeding ground for revolutionary aesthetic and technical changes in the field. Beginning in the mid-twentieth century, a group of Los Angeles ceramists demanded the medium's cultural reappraisal—away from associations of simple utility and domesticity. Through audacious experiments with scale, color, surface and technique, and by sheer drive and tenacity, this small faction of artists—including Glen Lukens, Peter Voulkos, Paul Soldner, John Mason, Henry Takemoto, Ken Price, and Billy Al Bengston—helped elevate the craft of ceramics to contemporary fine art.
In the 1950s, Otis College of Art and Design (then the Los Angeles County Art Institute) was the crucible for the medium's dramatic changes under the banner of the California Clay Movement. But this story began some 20 years earlier when Glen Lukens (1887–1967) became the founding head of the ceramics department at the University of Southern California's School of Architecture in 1932. Lukens took a daring and unusual approach to pottery. Not simply decorative, his work married bright colors to raw, rough surfaces, inspired by the rugged landscape of the Mojave Desert, where the artist dug for alkalis to make glazes. More significantly, Lukens delighted in defects and happy accidents, such as cracked surfaces with hardened drops of over-applied glaze. His love of gesture and spontaneity would have a profound influence on other ceramists.
No one was more deeply affected by Lukens's example than Peter Voulkos (1924–2002). Montana-born, the burly and charismatic artist honed his talents at, among other places, Black Mountain College in North Carolina, the legendary school that nurtured such great artists as Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, Ruth Asawa, and John Chamberlain. In 1954 Voulkos became head of the ceramics department at Otis College. He brought with him energy, strength, and a bold streak influenced by Abstract Expressionism—all new elements for the discipline. Voulkos composed works in slabs of clay: stacked, perforated, and torn. Aggressively glazed and built in large format, they are reminiscent of Franz Kline or Willem de Kooning paintings, but rendered in three dimensions. There is nothing utilitarian about Voulkos's ceramics; they are sculptural manifestations of force.
The Otis kilns became the launching pad for this new ceramic artistry. Voulkos's students and colleagues joined the signal artistic movements of the sixties and seventies. Paul Soldner (1921–2011), the first student in the nascent department, early on made staggeringly tall, monumental-sized pots, before creating sculpture of slabs in shapes reminiscent of jagged "angry" flowers using his own new version of raku, the 16th-century Japanese firing method. At first with runic motifs, then in cruciform, John Mason (b. 1927) fabricated large-scale totemic sculptures; in his late career his art was geometric and minimalist. Henry Takemoto's (b. 1930) early works, often large, rugged, fired clay forms, were overlaid with patterns and organic shapes referencing traditional Asian ornamentation. Ken Price (1935–2012), a student for a brief time at Otis College, later became arguably the most important sculptor of ceramics in the late 20th century. Though from Voulkos he learned a freedom of expression in clay form, he would later reject his teacher's penchant for big and brawny sculpture in favor of small, fierce pieces. Price developed a personal visual vocabulary that shifted back and forth between geometric shapes and biomorphic forms with eye-piercing, vibrantly colored surfaces.
Price, Mason, Soldner, and another Otis College alumnus, Billy Al Bengston (b. 1934), were among the first artists shown at Ferus Gallery—the venue credited with establishing Los Angeles as a contemporary arts center. Bengston, unlike the others, would forgo clay for paint—materials taken from the California car and motorcycle culture, like sprayed enamel on metal. Yet Bengston credits Voulkos with teaching him a rakish, assertive spirit and "how to handle . . . actual physicality. The strength, the tenacity. " The progenitors of key elements in Bengston's later work are evident in his student ceramics: he placed blunt, forceful emblems in the center of his compositions, and created sharply-angled mug handles shaped like chevrons, a motif he would regularly employ in later works.
In recent years the art of ceramics has enjoyed consistent recognition at art institutions. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston opened a yearlong survey exhibition in January 2015 dedicated to the interpretation of more than a century of ceramic production in the United States, called Nature, Sculpture, Abstraction, and Clay 100 Years of American Ceramics. The show follows other acclaimed presentations of work in clay, mounted at major museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Also at LACMA, in 2012 the museum exhibited Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective.
Adamson, Glenn, Wendy Kaplan, and Bobbye Tigerman. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2011. Print. Cerio, Gregory. "American Studio Ceramics at Midcentury. " The Magazine Antiques 5 Mar. 2009. Print. Duncan, Michael, John Mason, Ken Price, and Peter Voulkos. Clay's Tectonic Shift, 1956-1968. Ed. Mary Davis MacNaughton. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2012. Print. Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter. Rebels In Paradise: The Los Angeles Art Scene and the 1960s. New York: A John Macrae Book/Henry Holt and Company, 2011. Print.


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To help them achieve the high standard of audio quality expected by their top clients, Diverse AV make use of RCF's HDL loudspeaker series. Read more Event RCF KEEPS IT COOL UNDER THE SUN Augusta Production Services is a premium supplier of professional audio and lighting solutions based in South Australia. As the first point of call for regional events, Augusta rely on RCF's HDL series to meet the needs of a multitude of promoters and entertainers, whilst weathering South Australia's often harsh climate.Operating systems with up to 16 x RCF HDL20-A and 8 x HDL6-A line array modules, Augusta entrust their Front of House duties to RCF's sonic superiority and world-renowned build quality. With tour-grade safe and solid variable mechanics, and a structurally wooden-reinforced composite polypropylene enclosure, the HDL series is a highly dependable option in the large array format. 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text: Rick Harrison is the genius of Pawn Stars. He worked hard to get the concept of the show to tv and it has produced results no one even the otherworldly intelligent Rick could have imagined. After spending his childhood years in migraine headaches, dark rooms and his nose in one book after another to dull the pain, his future is brighter than his fiancee's diamond ring. Spend just 30 seconds with Rick and you will learn something. He is fiercely loyal, just the friend everyone wants and should have in their lives. He loves his classic rock music and classic movies, as well. Often more like an older brother to Corey than a dad, seeing the two of them together is not only fun but special. His younger son and two almost stepdaughters have stolen his heart with this second chance at daddy-dom.


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Meet Monroe, a horizontal piece featuring our own take on a gradual ombré effect. Various stages of charred and whitewashed woods create the piece's layered, angular look.
1767's rustic wall art is created from wood rescued from various homes prior to their demolition in Nashville, TN. Each piece tells the story of the materials used to create it, including the address where the home once stood and the year it was built.
*Please note that since only found materials are used, wood color/tones will vary from piece to piece and will not be exactly as pictured. Also, finished dimensions may vary within .25"-.5" since we are working with inconsistent rough sawn lumber.


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Being a Panther is experiencing a vibrant, dynamic student body that mirrors our increasingly diverse world. We urge all students to get empowered and get involved, in positive social both on and off campus, and make their college lives better year after year.
Student Clubs
From dance and choral to cultural and ethnic, Old Westbury has clubs that will show you a world of new opportunities...and friends. Be sure to learn more about Clubs on campus here.
Engaged Learning
Community service on Long Island, or studying abroad in Spain, opportunities reach far and wide from Old Westbury. Engaged Learning programs are a great chance to see - and be a part of - our larger world.
The NCAA Division III Panthers focus on being competitive...in the classroom and on the field. Thirteen sports are available for the interested student athlete. Visit the Athletics Website for details.
Campus Media
Print, new media, TV and radio -- you pick the medium, Old Westbury has the outlet. You can find out more about our world of communications and its Student Media opportunities here.
Fraternities & Sororities
Academic excellence, leadership development, community service, and life-long friendships. There's a lot to gain by being a Greek. See what Fraternities and Sororities are active on campus.
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Today on the SitePoint PHP blog Troels Knak-Nielsen reminds the community about a "one-stop resource" that they can use to keep up to date on some of the latest happenings with the PHP language, the PHP.net wiki.
Since March, there has been a wiki at wiki.php.net. The most interesting section is probably wiki.php.net/rfc, which - as the name implies - contains RFC's for improvements of the language. I've rambled on about closures and lambdas before, but as you can see, there is now an accepted patch. Whether it'll make it into 5.3 is unlikely at this point, but it looks like it'll at least be coming with 5.4 and/or 6.0.
He also points out the php-internals mailing list and the summaries that Steph Fox has written up weekly about the list's latest conversations.


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7 March 2010 Special Report - New Opportunities Ahead
I hope you watched the new NBC TV Series Who Do You Think You Are? The Premier Episode was Friday, March 5, on NBC, at 8 p.m./7 p.m. central time. It will run weekly. See the website link for more details on the 7 celebrities being featured and future schedules.
A major sponsor of the program is Ancestry.com, a website most genealogy/family history folks depend on for at least a part of their research. We join with them in hoping and believing that perhaps millions of new people will begin a serious search for their own family history - their family tree, as most people still call it. My thought when I see the commercials and hear the discussions is:
"Discovering your family tree/ancestor stories may be FREE but it is not CHEAP."
I have even seen family history blogs speaking of "how easy it is to find your family tree, online, FREE!" Well, I suppose that is ok, but, it is not entirely true. I think we each will now have a special duty and responsibility as we help new searchers to understand the real facts. And, yes, I have seen this mentioned in a number of other blogs already; Thank you! And, yes, new folks, you will easily find elements of your family tree, online, at little or not cost - of course, it costs you something to get on the Internet!
More important, however, is the need for the reminder that just because something familiar is online, it is not necessarily complete or accurate. Also, we know that the search for your family heritage, our ancestors, is never "done." We each need to talk quietly and regularly about the research that is required to confirm and authenticate the "family tradition" type information "hints" we initially get from that first (and perhaps many others) search online - or from talking to the elders in our family, for that matter. I do know (at least I hope I do) that on this blog post I am "preaching to the choir." But, this reminder needs to repeated and repeated and repeated... especially in the months ahead.
Finally, along with others, I want to reiterate what a great opportunity we each/all have, whether through our library, Family History Center, local genealogical or historical society, or our blogs to bring these many new people into our community of those dedicated to recognizing, documenting and sharing family history/genealogical information for all. These should be good times ahead for our interests and our programs.
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Stevie Wonder says UN Day Concert to be on TV
ATLANTA (AP) — Stevie Wonder says a concert devoted to peace is going from the stage to television.
"Stevie Wonder With Friends: Celebrating a Message of Peace" will premiere Saturday on Centric at 9 p.m. EST. The musical celebration took place at the General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters in New York last October.
"It was a great night," said Wonder, who hosted the concert. "People not only sang about it but their spirits were committed to see peace. In this society we are living in, there's a need for peace for all nations throughout the world."
The 90-minute concert celebrated the 67th anniversary of the UN's peacekeeping and crisis management efforts around the globe.
Performers included Wonder, Sting, Janelle Monae, Wyclef Jean and Elle Varner.
"Peace is something we can't just talk about, we got to be about it," the 62-year-old singer said. "The way people participated on that night showed their commitment. I was very, very happy."
Wonder hopes the televised event will encourage others to take part in the next concert.
"The call for peace is something we should take seriously," he said. "I think we need a peace day every day."
The concert will also air March 3 on BET at 11 a.m. EST.
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BENNINGTON -- The family of an 8-year-old autistic boy is shocked and angry after learning from a secret audio recording the boy was regularly secluded in a room at school, told to clean his urine off the floor, and referred to as a "dumbass kid with autism" by a paraprofessional. Those are a few of the most alarming incidents overheard by the child's aunt, Jean Pinsonneault, who attached the voice recorder to Nathan Reilly's backpack on Feb. 13 after consistently hearing horror stories of Nathan's behavior at school. "Nathan wears two hats. From eight to three he's very aggressive, he pees on the floor, he throws furniture, there's all kinds of stuff that goes on at school. But at home, it's not going on," said Nathan's mother Joan Reilly, who said she has not listened to the recording herself but has been told of its contents by Pinsonneault. After Reilly said she unsuccessfully tried to work with school administrators earlier this school year to find a solution, Pinsonneault -- who considers herself like another parent to the third grader -- said they viewed recording the interactions at Bennington Elementary as a last resort needed to learn what was triggering his behavior. "I placed a voice recorder on Nathan because I needed to know. I needed to know exactly what was happening. ... I found out a lot of disturbing things," Pinsonneault said. A copy of the recording, which is more than nine hours in length, was given to the Banner Wednesday. Throughout most of the recording Nathan, who his mother describes as having "high functioning autism," can be heard with two paraeducators in a setting away from other students. Many times throughout the day Nathan is left alone in the room as his paraprofessionals, who Reilly and Pinsonneault identified as Clayton Buck and Laurie Connell, talk outside the room. When left alone, Nathan's anger often escalates and he responds by yelling and banging on the door. The recording device, which Pinsonneault said was attached to Nathan's backpack and positioned next to the door of the small room he was in, picked up the interactions inside the room as well as conversations between the two paraprofessionals standing outside the door. At one point while Nathan is alone in the room he tells the paraprofessionals, "I can hear you through the door." During one instance when Nathan is secluded in the room he tells the paraprofessionals he wants lunch. The recording picks up audio of Connell telling Buck from outside the room, "I already know, at least 10 days that kid can go without food before it actually starts affecting his body." "Yeah," Buck responds. "Three days without fluids," Connell continues. "I don't think three hours is going to do it." Reilly said she recognizes the voices in the recording as Buck and Connell. The audio also captures both of their first names being used and a report sent home regarding Nathan's behavior on Feb. 13 indicates Buck and Connell worked with him that day, Reilly said. At another part in the recording Buck can be heard responding to a woman who suggests Nathan may be smarter than he "pretends" to be. "I think he's a little dumbass with autism and he doesn't have a clue about anything in the world (and he can't) make connections with anything," Buck responds. Audio is unclear what Buck says next; however seconds after that he appears to say Nathan "does not have autism." At another point it appears Nathan is secluded inside the room after urinating on the floor. Buck explains to a woman the reason Nathan pees on the floor is because he gets to do nothing while adults clean it up. However, both Buck and Connell tell Nathan to clean the mess up. It is unclear from the recording who did clean up the urine, however Connell can be heard telling Nathan to get paper towels to wipe up a mess and later says "here's another one" and "keep going." Buck later tells Connell not to touch the paper towel after it was used. At another point in the day both Buck and Connell tell Nathan they will not clean up his drool. "We're not going to clean up your drool today. When you think you can be safe we'll talk again," Buck said before shutting the door, apparently leaving Nathan alone in the room. At another point in the audio Buck tells Nathan he will call the police on him. It is unclear in the audio the reason the police would be called. Reilly said her son has not been back to Bennington Elementary since Feb. 13. Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union officials received a copy of the recording Wednesday evening. On Thursday, Superintendent Catherine McClure said she is unable to comment on the contents in the recording because it is a personnel matter. McClure said she had only listened to pieces of the audio, however she said it is a priority to listen to it in its entirety. "I'm obligated to listen to the entire thing in order that I can recognize any investigative action that I must take ... if I'm considering investigative action because of a concern I really need to do that for our students, for our parents, for our entire community, and for our faculty and staff," McClure said. "I need to do that with urgency, thoroughness and fairness." McClure would not confirm the voices in the recording. When asked whether Buck and Connell are still employed by the supervisory union she confirmed they are. McClure would not say whether either has been placed on administrative leave. The superintendent said based on the pieces of the audio she has heard she is considering a future investigation. "Certainly I'm considering what I've heard," she said, "I'm considering the investigative actions I would be required to fill." Reilly and Pinsonneault have voiced their frustrations regarding how the school and special education program has handled Nathan, at school board meetings in recent months. In addition to Nathan's behavior digressing, Reilly said their frustration is from Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union administration saying Nathan's needs cannot be met at the local public schools. Reilly said Special Education Director Kathy Buck, who is the mother of Clayton Buck, wants Nathan to attend the New England Center for Children, a residential program for autistic children based in Southborough, Mass. McClure said she could not comment on the nature of any conversations between Reilly and herself or other school officials. Reilly has a daughter placed at NECC, however she is adamant it is not the best environment for her son. "I have a daughter that is severely autistic. She needed to be at the New England Center ... Nathan is on the other end of the spectrum," she said. "With Nathan he's very verbal. He's sociable. He's easygoing and he can tell you what he likes and dislikes," she said. "He's very smart. He's very bright." Reilly is among a list of parents of autistic children in Bennington who have raised concerns at school board meetings in recent months. Like other parents, Reilly believes the problem with the SVSU autism program stems from having untrained staff working with the children. "If Nathan had the proper supports here he wouldn't have to go anywhere else," she said. SVSU has brought in autism consultants for training and support of the local autism program, however Pinsonneault said that training as well as students' individualized educational programs (IEPs) are not being followed, as evidenced in the recording. "They are not following any kind of behavioral plan," she said. Pinsonneault brought the recording to the Bennington Police Department, however after reviewing it police determined there was no evidence a crime was committed. Chief Paul Doucette said the audio has been forwarded to the Department of Children and Families in Montpelier. Pinsonneault said she hopes releasing the audio to the media will bring attention to the deficiencies in the program and leads to improvements. If the SVSU were to hire professionals trained in autism to appropriately work with and teach them then Reilly said she hopes Nathan may be transitioned into Monument Elementary, due to her experience at Bennington Elementary. "The biggest problem here with this school district is we need experienced people with the training to work with these kids with autism," she said. Reilly is also calling for the dismissal of Buck and Connell. "I'm hoping they lose their jobs. If they're doing this to Nathan they're doing this to other children," she said. Reilly defends secretly using the recording device because, she said, it was necessary to get an understanding of what she suspects Nathan went through every day at school. "Because he has autism all he would say is, 'They're being mean to me, they're being mean to me,' but when I asked how he wouldn't tell me," she said. The only specific thing Reilly knew her son did not like about school was being secluded in a small room away from his peers -- an environment he has been restricted to this school year. In the recording at both the beginning of the day as Nathan is dropped off and when Nathan is picked up, he can be heard complaining about being secluded in the room. Reilly has fought for her son not to spend the entire school day away from his peers; however, she said, police were called to escort her from the building when school officials believed she crossed the line by refusing to leave without ensuring Nathan had the opportunity to be with his peers. 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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Back when I had a very large vegetable garden, I liked to try something new every year. I guess that is what brought my first Daikon radish to my garden. It is a lovely vegetable, versatile in its simplicity. If your only thought of a radish is round and red, this one will amaze you. It is long and wide, shaped much a like a very large white carrot. The white flesh of the Oriental radish called 'April Cross' is very mild, with a most un-radish taste. Its crunch will remind you of water chestnuts. I grew Daikon 'April Cross' from seed ordered from Park Seed. Most Oriental radishes grow best in the cool days of fall. April Cross is quickly up and matures in 60 days to a huge white radish, often 8 inches long and 3 inches in diameter. It will withstand a light frost or two. Even if the tops are killed back, you can dig the roots.
Although many radishes can be hot, this one is not. This prize from the Orient is extremely mild. If it grows in too warm conditions or without enough moisture, it may bolt (form flower heads) just like any other radish. Bolting causes the flesh to become pithy and the flavor to become strong. If they bolt, just move them to the compost heap. They will not be worth eating.
Daikon radishes should be planted in early spring for an early summer crop, or in late summer for a fall/winter crop. If you have grown carrots and/or beets, then these radishes are grown at the same time of year in your area. To harvest a fall or winter crop, sow in midsummer to late summer. In spring, sow as soon as the ground can be worked.
The ideal air temperature to grow Daikon radishes is 40 – 65 degrees F. Planting dates in southern states are roughly either February or September. Northern area gardens should be seeded approximately in April or early to mid-August. Check with your local County Extension Service for exact dates for your area.
Given good, loose soil, kept evenly watered, and grown in cool days, this one will, as Spock says, grow and prosper – all the while keeping its tasty flesh mild.


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Giving God and Government Their Due
That Caesar has things that belong to him does not mean that he has a right to everything that he claims for himself. Believers give to God the things that are God's, and what belongs to Him is supreme authority ...Read More
Christ's Law-Based Ethic
Christians are ambassadors of Christ, representatives of His sovereign reign over creation. As such, we have a special responsibility to represent our Lord's actual teaching. The only way we can do that is through careful study of our Savior's words. ...Read More
Situational Ethics
Sinners justify all manner of ungodly decisions by appealing to what they think love compels them to do. That is a grave error. We are not autonomous creatures who can be laws unto ourselves with respect to figuring out what ...Read More
God's Law in Nature
People try but fail to suppress the voice of natural law on their consciences. Any reminder of that law is anathema to them because they exert such strenuous efforts to silence the voice of conscience. As we call attention to ...Read More
Our Ethical Basis
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That which is legally and morally permissible coincide perfectly in the law of God. His law is our fixed, unchanging standard for all ethical decision-making. It is forever fixed in the heavens, as today's passage tells us (Ps. 119:89). No ...Read More
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What We Learned: At least you're not an Edmonton Oilers fan
By Ryan Lambert
Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.
We're all going through a pretty tough time right now. Preseason games are already canceled league-wide, and even if you don't like preseason games — glorified AHL games featuring two players you've heard of — what the lack of those games portends is at least significant.
In another week, we'll probably have lost some actual regular-season games to match all the torched exhibitions, and that's generally pretty bad news.
But even if this affects you more deeply than other fans -- such as if you're a season-ticket holder or had one of your planned handful of trips to the rink slated for early October -- you can lean back in your chair right now and be thankful that your team isn't actively trying to wage a psychological war on you.
That is, if you're a fan of any team but the Edmonton Oilers.
In case you've not heard, the Oilers are going through a bit of a situation right now. The Edmonton City Council was all set to help owner Darryl Katz fund the construction of a new arena, which is probably needed because Rexall Place is a decrepit hellhole, as well as a business district designed to revitalize the city's downtown area. Now Katz wants more money because of… well, I'm pretty sure there's a good reason.
The problem is that when this drug store billionaire went to the City Council with his hand out a second time, the elected officials swatted it away and refused to pass the hat. They were already ponying up the hundreds of millions previously agreed to, and thus didn't feel as though any additional funds because construction costs are on the rise or because they don't want to pay for Katz to also build a casino or for any other reason he's acting like he needs more money.
And thus, acrimony. Lots of it in fact.
(Coming Up: The Devallano fine; lockout news from coast to coast; Coach Sidney Crosby; Nathan Horton stays home; Ovechkin in the KHL; Sergei Bobrovsky is not good; Carrie Underwood on the lockout; Vladimir Tarasenko update; Mike Gillis vs. Cap Geek; and another stupid Coyotes deadline.)
First Katz started making noise about how if the city doesn't give him the money, they might not be able to build the arena at all. That quickly devolved into his more or less threatening to move the team to who-knows-where and take with it all the promise that its current young roster plainly holds. Larry Brooks was right when he called it a shakedown.
Oilers fans are getting edgy. The prospect of the team moving out of a hockey-crazy market like Edmonton seems slim, especially with so few viable relocation options currently anywhere in the US or Canada. Plus, what with all the warring over revenues at the league level, it seems more likely that Gary Bettman would try to force Katz to sell the team rather than let him just move it to Kansas City or wherever.
Nonetheless, this hasn't stopped the Oilers themselves from trying to leverage that ill feeling among its fanbase into pressure on the city council itself. The situation may have come to a head on Saturday night, when the team's official Twitter feed retweeted a story from John MacKinnon, who seems to think the whole thing has gotten a bit silly if nothing else.
"Oilers not locked into [Edmonton]. [Arena] deal fail would mean loss of NHL club."
In it, MacKinnon said that for local residents, ponying up the extra money Katz wants is probably a preferable outcome to losing the team altogether.
That the Oilers' official feed retweeted the story says a lot: That this is the kind of depth to which the organization is willing to stoop to get what it wants, and perhaps that the Journal, which has been a hype man for Katz not unlike the Mouth of Sauron these past several months, is going to function as a propagandist for the duration of the war.
This is deplorable stuff from the Oilers and Katz, essentially telling the fans that if they don't start leaning on their city council members, and by extension fund the arena deal with money out of their own pockets, then they will lose their team. The move is cartoonish in its cynical villainy, holding a city's love of a bad hockey team hostage to bilk taxpayers out of $25 million more than they'd already committed to the project. The way things are going Katz is about a week away from building a giant machine to block out the sun.
The issue is this: The owners already have a PR problem. Rightly or wrongly, they're largely seen as greedy jerks who are stealing hockey from the fans. The rhetoric against them has, perhaps, reached a point where it's over the top. But with Katz doing this, well, sometimes people go too far, and this is one of them. Not only is he one of the 29 owners who voted to uphold Jeremy Jacobs' initial motion to lock out the players for the second time in eight years, but he's also now demanding a ransom for his team in a petulant attempt to get what he feels he's owed even though no one ever agreed to the terms he's now laying out.
He's within his rights to do it, I guess, but he doesn't have to be such a [expletive] about it.
What We Learned
Anaheim Ducks: The Ducks moved their annual golf tournament, which usually takes place prior to training camp, to being mid-season, which doesn't seem like a good sign. On the plus side, they at least aren't planning to lay off any full-time employees just yet.
Boston Bruins: Nathan Horton won't play overseas during the lockout, which his agent says "has nothing to do with his health," presumably while winking a lot and crossing his fingers.
Buffalo Sabres: The first All-American Prospects Game will take place in Buffalo next week, and tickets aren't selling very well, despite being available online for as little as $5. If you're in the Buffalo area, buy a ticket to this. It's going to be good and will probably be the only hockey at First Niagara Center for a while.
Calgary Flames: The Flames and Oilers are now waiting for a decision from the Alberta Labour Board about whether locking out teams in that province is legal. "The Oilers and the Flames are Alberta-based businesses and employ employees," said NHLPA lawyer Robert Blair. "When in Rome, you have to do as the Romans do." Which is why the Alberta Labour Board also hasn't made the playoffs the last three years.
Carolina Hurricanes: Hurricanes prospect Victor Rask left for Charlotte Checkers training camp and, if he does well there, probably won't come back to the Calgary Hitmen. It should be noted, however, that Hitmen coach Mike Williamson believes there's "a decent chance" Rask will be sent back to juniors.
Chicago Blackhawks: Michael Frolik is off to the Czech Republic, and is the first Blackhawk to bolt overseas. No one tell Patrick Kane about all the vodka in Russia. We might never get him back.
Colorado Avalanche: While most hockey players are taking the lockout as a chance to keep playing elsewhere, not so much for Ryan O'Byrne. He's getting behind the bench for the BCHL's Victoria Grizzlies as an assistant coach. That's thinking way ahead for his post-hockey career. Dude's only 28.
Columbus Blue Jackets: Sergei Bobrovsky signed with SKA St. Petersburg over the weekend because they identified a team need: a goalie who's not very good. Headline: "Bobrovsky Doesn't Expect Guaranteed Ice Time at SKA." No good.
Dallas Stars: Frölunda is building a super-team. Not only are they negotiating with Loui Eriksson to come play for them, but also two guys you might have heard of called Henrik Lundqvist and Erik Karlsson. Which doesn't seem fair.
Detroit Red Wings presented by Amway: Funny to me that the NHL fined Jimmy Devellano for saying the owners consider the players and team employees to be "cattle" but all that talk about how there's an unwritten rule that you don't sign other teams' RFAs has largely gone by the wayside.
Edmonton Oilers: Great point here: We have no idea whether Justin Schultz is actually ready for the NHL, and therefore a little bit of seasoning in the AHL during the lockout will likely do him a world of good.
Florida Panthers: Mike Weaver on the lockout -- "The players don't want this, and I'm pretty sure the Florida Panthers organization doesn't want this. We had a good season last year and were ready to build on that." Don't forget, though, that Panthers owner Cliff Viner was one of the 30 owners to have voted unanimously for the lockout, so there goes that theory.
Los Angeles Kings: Darryl Sutter has simply continued to farm during the lockout and that looks like the plan for a while. So at least someone is working.
Minnesota Wild: You're not going to believe this, but Niklas Backstrom can't go to Europe because……….. that's right, he's injured.
Montreal Canadiens: Former Habs first-rounder Louis Leblanc is gearing up for another AHL season, and he could be ready to tear that league apart. He spent 41 games last year with Montreal and had 22 points in 31 games in the AHL.
Nashville Predators: Carrie Underwood on the lockout: "Is it wrong for me to be a little happy (about the lockout)? I mean, 'I'm sorry for you, but it's great for me.'" God I hate her.
New Jersey Devils: Is Marty Brodeur thinking about going to Europe? "I know I'm closing doors in Europe now because I'm going to wait a little bit, but I'd like to go somewhere to play by November if I can get an opportunity somewhere." I hear European countries have great pension programs for seniors.
New York Islanders: When and if this season starts, is Matt Moulson due for a decline? I dunno, I feel like he can reasonably expect to keep shooting 16.4 percent forever.
New York Rangers: More on Henrik Lundqvist's potential decision to return to Sweden or stay home: He just had a baby girl with his wife, but also would like to play on the same team with his twin brother. So, no decision yet but he has good reasons to go with either option.
Ottawa Senators: A bunch of maniacs pulled Air Canada jets that weighed 130,000 pounds each 12 feet to raise $70,000 for the Sens Foundation. Yup, It's A Lockout.
Philadelphia Flyers: It's been a tough couple of months for Danny Briere. Seriously, read this whole thing, it's very good.
Phoenix Coyotes: Today is Day No. 45 since Jude LaCava of Fox 10 in Arizona said Greg Jamison would have the deal for the Coyotes sewn up within the next five days. Meanwhile, here's another stupid deadline!
Pittsburgh Penguins: Sidney Crosby becoming the de facto player-coach in informal workouts with his teammates is about the least surprising thing I've read about the lockout in weeks.
San Jose Sharks: Dan Boyle finally has this whole lockout thing figured out: "I think they want us to miss some paychecks, is what I think. For them, I guess they figure they don't have to pay us right now, so they've got nothing to gain by settling this thing." Tune in for Elementary, starring Dan Boyle, CBS Thursdays!
St. Louis Blues: Vladimir Tarasenko was going to go to SKA St. Petersburg but instead he's not. Apparently his agent changed the terms of the deal at the last minute. Who knows, it's Russia.
Tampa Bay Lightning: If Rick Nash had a hat trick in the first period of his first game in the Swiss A League, then Steven Stamkos would score 60 in his.
Toronto Maple Leafs: This just in -- It sucks being the Maple Leafs' goalie, says newspaper in town where it sucks being the Canucks' goalie.
Vancouver Canucks: I really like the idea of Mike Gillis fooling around with CapGeek to figure out how to work his team's salary situation once hockey comes back. "We're working on our cap issues right now, carefully calculating a number of different scenarios that may occur after this is over and we're trying to be as ready as we possibly can be when play starts again," he told the Province.
Washington Capitals: Alex Ovechkin had his team's only goal in Dynamo Moscow's loss to Ilya Kovalchuk's SKA. Best part of this gamer is that it reminded me that Maxim Afinogenov is still playing hockey.
Winnipeg Jets: Jets players were all set to get in a quick practice at MTS Iceplex, but they couldn't because, I swear, they were locked out. The only keys were in the locked dressing room, and in MTS Centre, where they're not allowed to go.
Gold Star Award
Rick Nash and Joe Thornton are already laying the Swiss A League to waste. A combined eight points in their first game for HC Davos, which seems totally unfair.
Minus of the Weekend
Is it just me or does Daryl Katz have the same haircut as Bruce Willis's wife in the original "Die Hard"? I'll hang up and listen.
Perfect HFBoards Trade Proposal of the Week
User "coldsteelonice84" is trying to keep things interesting.
[quote]To Boston:
To Chicago:
Let's go.
I can't eat excuses!
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Mark Boughton says he wishes he could return Lisa Wilson-Foley money
Gubernatorial hopeful says donation to exploratory committee already spent, and tainted politicos didn't donate to actual campaign
If he could, gubernatorial hopeful Mark Boughton would refund money his exploratory committee received from Lisa Wilson-Foley and her husband, who pleaded guilty as part of a campaign finance scheme last month.
But he can't, because he spent it already.
"If there was a way to return the money, we would," said Boughton, Republican mayor of Danbury. "The committee's closed out, you can't go back, so there's no money to be able to refund — but certainly, that would be something we would do. If the checked showed up in the mail today, I would send it back."
Campaign finance reports from "Explore Team Boughton," the exploratory committee created as Boughton tested the waters for a run at governor, show Wilson-Foley and her husband, Brian Foley, each donated $375 to the exploratory committee last fall. That committee has since closed, and a separate candidate committee has been created for Boughton's run for governor.
"Those monies are already gone," Boughton's campaign manager Heath Fahle said. "None of those moved into the candidate committee."
Wilson-Foley, also a Republican, and her husband last month pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of illegal campaign contributions. Prosecutors said they set up a scheme and phony contract to hide the fact that ex-Gov. John G. Rowland was being paid to work on her own political campaign for the state's congressional 5th District.
Rowland is facing seven charges in the incident and has pleaded not guilty. He faces more than 50 years in prison if convicted on all counts.
Boughton said he accepted the funds from the Foleys at the time without question.
"It's not like I'm the only person who took a donation from Lisa and Brian, and it seems like some people have an issue with just me doing it. ... It's what they did. They would donate money to various campaigns," he said, and at the time, his campaign didn't question "motivations" for why someone would donate.
But when rumors started to rise about an arrangement with Rowland, he asked about it — and was lied to, he said.
"People are innocent until proven guilty. ... When this all broke back in 2012, I went to them and asked them directly, 'What's the story? Is this, what we're hearing from Jordan Fenster true? What's the story?'" Boughton said. "And they said, 'No, no, no, not true,' and they maintained that all the way through two years, up until they walked into the courtroom."
Fenster was a reporter for The Register Citizen reporting on Wilson-Foley's campaign and broke news of the arrangement between Wilson-Foley and Rowland and the investigation into the arrangement. Rowland was paid thousands of dollars through Brian Foley's company for alleged consulting work, in order to not have the campaign linked to Rowland, who had served prison time for corruption.
The paper wrote an editorial this week criticizing Boughton for, among other things, his prior support for Wilson-Foley and receipt of help from her.
Boughton responded with a letter to the editor saying his campaign had not received funds from Wilson-Foley, her husband or Rowland. That's true, though he did receive money to his exploratory committee from Wilson-Foley and Foley.
Candidates in an exploratory committee can accept up to $375, according to state rules. Those candidates wishing to participate in the citizen's election program can only accept donations up to $100 in "qualifying donations" that can follow them when they become a declared candidate. They can't take donations greater than $100 with them to the formal committee. Therefore, money donated by Wilson-Foley and her husband are not included in his current campaign, and were spent when he was deciding whether to run.
"None of them (Rowland, Wilson-Foley, Foley) have contributed to our committee. The exploratory committee, with was a different committee is already closed and operated under different rules from the candidate committee," Fahle said. "Those funds would have been spent in the pursuit of testing the waters to see if there was sufficient support for the mayor's candidacy statewide."
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You need do no more research than watch a rerun of reality show The Osbournes to confirm that kitchens are the epicenter of American family life. We use them to cook, eat, congregate and mingle. So it's no wonder that home buyers fork over top dollar to create lavish spaces to dish out food.
Forbes has compiled a list of 15 U.S. homes for sale with dream kitchens a professional chef would salivate over. Our friends at Realtor.com, Trulia.com, Sotheby's International Realty and Coldwell Banker Previews International nominated dozens of luxury homes for the list. All contenders offered delectable cook spaces, but those selected from among homes ranging in price from $2 million to $68 million stood out for unique amenities or jaw-dropping layouts.
The one thing all of these kitchens have in common is high-tech luxury appliances: Sub-Zero refrigerators, top-of-the-line ovens with six-burner ranges by Viking or Dynasty (to name a few), multiple dishwashers usually by Miele. Many decadent kitchens also boast built-in java machines, wine coolers and butler pantries. Sotheby's new San Francisco listing at 1823 Jackson St. touts a built-in La Cornue rotisserie oven. The home at 410 Lovell Ave. in Mill Valley, Calif., has an adjoining garden with kefir limes, figs and Meyer lemons.
Kitchens are one of the most popular upgrades to existing homes. That's not surprising the rooms get so much use and can start to show their age, explains Elizabeth Mendenhall, vice president of committees for the National Association of Realtors.
In Pictures: America's Most Decadent Kitchens
"It's an easy way to bring your house up-to-date to compete with some of the newer homes on the market," she says.
Coldwell Banker Previews International, a luxury real estate brokerage selling residences priced at $2 million and up, just started a monthly e-zine for clients called, "Luxury from the Inside Out." The February edition focuses primarily on the kitchen, highlighting Coldwell's own "Dream Kitchen" listings and sharing celebrity chef Todd English's tips for hosting at-home dinner parties around what he calls this "social gathering place."
English suggests incorporating high-top and counter seatingsomething he uses in his restaurants and personal kitchen. Many of the kitchens we included on our list have expansive stone or steel bedecked islands that double as food preparation stations and eat-in countertop spaces. Examples include Sotheby's Santa Barbara Glass Pavilion estate's sleek high-top counter, Paragon Real Estate's converted firehouse with cozy kitchen loft and Coldwell's 1328 Aberdeen Lane listing with 14-foot granite-topped island.
Christopher Peacock has built an entire brand around his kitchen designs. You can see why gazing at his culinary masterpiece in the Frick Estate's $68 million Stone Mansion. Others, like Greenwich, Conn.'s Northwood estate, rely on the creative eye of bespoke designers like Clive Christian. Others, like Long Island's $58.5 million Water Mill Mansion-Estate, choose restaurant-quality layouts designed by commercial kitchen consultants like Mark Stech-Novak.
Poggenpohl, a 118-year-old German company renowned for pioneering luxury kitchen design, has experienced a marked uptick in remodeling projects stateside, thanks at least in part to the economic downturn.
"Kitchens have become the number one selling feature when a home is on the market," says Ted Chappell, president of Poggenpohl U.S., Inc. The company's U.S. business currently consists of 60% remodeling and 40% new construction.
Fancy appliances, elite design consultants and rare construction materials mean luxury kitchens cost anywhere from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars. These rooms may conjure up delicious visions among would-be celebrity chefs, but that doesn't mean sellers will necessarily recoup their investments. In fact, homeowners who invest in a major upscale kitchen remodeling project get back just 60% when they sell, according to the National Association of Realtor's 2010-2011 Remodeling Cost-Vs-Value Report. For those on a budget, it may leave a nice aftertaste to know that less expensive kitchens in less expensive homes do better, returning 70% of the cost in a major remodeling and 73% in a minor one.


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I might have to try this. After my Lasik failed me, I'm going to have to start shopping for specs again. And I was just dreading what I knew would be a giant bill at the end of the day, even after insurance covers the cost of the lenses and all. Forget the "additional service". I've never been to a optician who was going to give me more than the most basic, cursory service. For under $60 for glasses, I say forget service.
Eyeglasses Stores are for Suckers (reader's tip)
Tired of paying outrageous prices for your glasses? Our reader Kris Wolff gave us a great tip on Glassy Eyes, a blog about one man's quest to find reasonably priced designer eyewear.
Glassy Eyes is a good place to find deals for glasses and share stories with fellow ocular bargain hunters. Ira (the blog's author) also writes detailed reviews of his favorite online vendors.
Do these deal sites actually work? Are you going to go blind wearing this stuff? Our reader Kris was able to find $26 glasses that could've easily cost her $400:
I tried one of the companies [Glassy Eyes] recommended, goggles4u.com. I got my glasses with all the usual coatings (UV protection, scratch-resistant, etc.) at no charge, there was no charge for regular shipping, and I got a free hard case and cleaning cloth. My glasses came in about 10 days.
How much? $25.99.
They look very similar to a pair of DKNY glasses that a big chain store was going to charge me $400 for. I am really happy with my glasses and just wanted to share this with other people — I had no idea websites like this existed
After saving that much money, Kris couldn't resist buying a few more pairs:
I ordered a second pair of glasses from another site that Glassy Eyes recommended — Zenni Optical. They have some cheaper glasses than Goggles4u starting at $8.95, but as you can imagine those are not so stylish.
Of the $19 plastic selection, I found two or three pairs that I liked, and ordered one, which was pictured in the tortoise shell color only, but said that it was also available in "light blue." The anti-reflective coating was an additional $4.95 and shipping was another $4.95 for a total of $28.90.
They came in last night, about 10 days after I ordered them, and also came with a hard case and cleaning cloth. Unfortunately I was a bit disappointed by the "light blue" which could better be described as "crystal blue" — clear, with only a slight tinge of blue. The nice thing about Goggles4u is that they show every pair of glasses in every color available, so you have a better sense of what the color is going to be. It's like when catalogues use colors like "loden," "moss," or "forest" and you don't know if they are all about the same color or wildly different.
At these prices I'm going to go buy another pair from Goggles4u (who offer a 15% discount on repeat orders). And Glassy Eyes often has discounts posted for the various online eyeglass stores, so people should check there before placing their orders.
Thanks for the great tips Kris!
I know many people are wary of buying cheap glasses. "You only get one pair of eyes," my mom used to tell me (usually when I'm entering my 18th hour of Starcraft nerdery). Similarly concerned for our welfare, an optician actually contacted Ira about the dangers of buying cheap glasses. Here's Ira's response:
OPTICIAN: You may be able to find a silhouette frame a little cheaper online but you are also forfeiting correct measurements and the service provided (future repairs and adjustments, complimentary ultrasonic cleanings, etc).
IRA: I wonder how many people you sell on ultrasonic cleanings. In theory it sounds like a good idea, but I think $320 is a bit much for an extended service plan.
OPTICIAN: Stores also have more overhead (salaries for qualified and experienced opticians, ulitity bills, etc) so you are paying for more than just the frame…you are paying for the overall service.
IRA: I can appreciate that. That's the reason I've gone to the same opthalmologist for the past 25 years. I want a qualified person checking my eyes — after that it's numbers on a card and money-grubbing.
OPTICIAN: Also, let's not forget that by patronizing local stores, you are helping the local economy. I would gladly pay just a little extra to support my community.
IRA: Don't start with the shop locally argument. I shop locally as often as I can. I'm a huge fan of the disappearing mom and pop shops of all kinds and will patronize them over a big-box store whenever possible. I support my community with volunteering AND my dollars. I'm not going to be screwed for it however.
Way to stick it to the man, Ira!
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I didn't know Lasik can stop working. On the bright side, you can probably pull off that Lisa Loeb look.
I did! I had an awesome pair, and I looked so cute in them. I was just hoping to finally go through life without having to spend every few minutes searching for my glasses, so I poured the thousands into Lasik. Some people's eyes will go back to the way they were before, and I was one of the lucky few. So, Lisa Loebiness, here I come.
Oh yeah, if you are so inclined, you can buy your own ultrasonic cleaner for under 50 bucks. You can clean both your glasses & jewlery (don't use it for pearls or other porous stones.)
Also, I have had my eyeglasses adjusted for free at both Wal-Mart Optical, Lens Crafters and the local shop where I actually bought my frames. Just go in when they are not busy.
When I was in college I went to get a new eyeglasses prescription from a local store. After checking my eyes he started to try to sell me glasses. When I told him I wanted to get my glasses from my usual provider back home he made a mark on the prescription paper and handed it to me. It turned out that that mark was to change the sign on the prescription for astigmatism. Since I didn't buy glasses from him he gave me the wrong prescription.
This is why I like to get my prescription checked at lens crafters. The way they are set up is that the people who check your eyes are a different business from the people who sell you glasses. You get a prescription and pay for it and then go over to the other folks to get the prescription filled.
The last time I bought glasses I got the prescription there but then ordered the glasses from the internet.
If you do this, make sure the prescription is completely filled out. My prescription didn't have the interpupilary distance and I had to measure it myself.
The optician inside the Lenscrafter store was the one that checked my prescription, then I bought my glasses online. The Goggles4U site doesn't ask for the pupil distance, but the Zenni site does - point for them, I guess. They say the average is 62mm, which is what I used, since I found it very hard to measure my own pupil distance.
I can't verify that they are great or anything, just found them.
We hadn't discovered Ira's site before doing so, but last month, we bought glasses online for our 2 year old son. The biggest problem we were having when looking locally is that none of the brick & mortar shops in our area carry eyeglass frames small enough for an infant/toddler.
We found frames at Zenni Optical that were not only sized right, but were made of titanium memory metal and featured the wrap-around tips on the earpieces. He has definitely put those frame's flexibility & durability to the test — and so far, they're still in one piece!
We had the lenses validated by a local optician and they're exactly as prescribed. And for $35 shipped, we couldn't be happier. Now if we could just get the kiddo to leave them on…
I do agree. Eyeglass store are for suckers IF you have a simple Rx however if you have a more complex Rx i.e. bifocal without a line or a post cataract surgury Rx then you should definitley visit a smaller optical shop. Forget about the big box stores; they wouldn't have a clue about these types of RXs'.
I have a pair of glasses that I bought last year and I hate them. They are too heavy. The glasses are very stylish and a name brand. My problem is that they don't stay on my nose because my bridge is very short. Here is my question: why can't I sell my glasses/frames? I have another pair of Guess glasses that I can't wear because they are the wrong script (long story). What do you think?
Another great site is www.replacementlensexpress.com.
They specialize in the prescription lenses, which start at $25 for single vision. I found great success with this company and really appreciated their attentive customer service. They've only just started adding eyewear (Ray-Ban Wayfarers) and I think they will add more. In the mean time, you just have to e-mail them the frames you are interested in and they will send back a price quote and beat anything else that's out there online.
Thanks for sharing. I'm a glasses wearer and I have been since I was 18 years old. And my favorite online store is GlassesShop.com, GlassesShop offers a 110% lowest price guarantee, 100% satisfaction guarantee.


text: rewhasdimples 3 Posted April 26, 2013 I don't normally post to forums, but after experiencing issues with my UX2 with Windows 8 I found in the archived forums many other people were having the same problem (as recently as last month) with similar hardware. I was experiencing random audio dropouts on my PC. The audio would stop completely throughout all applications. The only way I could find to get it back was to restart my PC. I know it is not a hardware issue as I have a dual boot PC which runs both Windows 7 and windows 8. The UX2 always has always performed perfectly on Windows 7. Here is the solution which appears to have fixed the issue on my PC. I was experiencing the problem multiple times daily since installing windows 8, but haven't had it reoccur since I found this setting about a week ago. I've been pulling my hair out for months and was right on the edge of uninstalling Windows 8, but now it seems to be working great. I'm hoping this post can help others enjoy their line6 devices again.The solution:1. open power options.2. click "change plan settings" for the plan you are currently using3. Click "change advanced power settings"4. Under USB settings -->USB selective suspend setting --> setting, change to disabled(I have noticed the setting has changed itself back, but the problem hasn't reoccurred so maybe there's a bug in windows 8 in the power options. Maybe if yours is disabled by default, you could try enabling it)Sorry to make this post so long, but since the forums have been archived I couldn't reply directly in the thread where the problem was first mentioned. I hope this is a permanent solution and helps everyone. If it does maybe someone could shout me a copy of Podfarm2.5 Platinum...just kidding :P 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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RCC patrons can choose from a variety of options for purchasing tickets to attend shows at the CenterStage.
Tickets for the Professional Touring Artist Series are sold at Reston (R) (Small District 5 residents or employees) or Non-Reston (NR) prices, regardless of age (no senior or youth tickets). Proof of residence or employment status may be requested. All seats are reserved unless otherwise indicated; payment is required at the time of reservation. Tickets are not mailed and can be picked up at RCC Hunters Woods during regular front desk hours, 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. once the order is processed.
On August 1, 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. the Box Office will be open for sales for residents and/or employees of business in Small District 5 ONLY. Proof of residence or employment status may be requested.
On that day, we will fill orders in turn by taking orders received by mail/fax prior to that date, alternating with orders from customers walking in on that day. This way, we hope to meet the needs of patrons who want to order early and who cannot be present on August 1, but also offer patrons an opportunity to get in line that day and choose their seats.
On August 8, tickets will go on sale to the general public on a first come, first-served basis. Orders will be taken through mail, fax, phone or in person during Box Office hours. Tickets will also be available to everyone online at this time.


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The ALFRED system comes with a game for people with lower back pain. It is a real serious game to help people reduce pain in their lower back, which is a common disorder.
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ALFRED Beat back pain with a game
The ALFRED system comes with a game for people with lower back pain. It is a real serious game to help people reduce pain in their lower back, which is a common disorder.
Using mobile devices to detect early-stage dementia and to improve care
There is currently no cure for dementia, but an earlier, more accurate diagnosis as well as better, personalised treatment can improve the quality of life of dementia patients. With the mobile, wearable Dem@Care sensors for example.
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EU Code Week 2015 videos Check out why coding skills are good to learn and the Ode to Code robot dance
During EU Code Week, 10 - 18 October, hundreds of thousands of people children as well as adults will celebrate creating with code. Check out some EU Code Week videos.
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eHealth must benefit both doctors and patients
'Parliament Magazine' published, in the framework of the EU Health Forum Gastein summit, three opinion articles on eHealth written by influencial parliamentarians. They also interviewed Commissioner Andriukaitis (Health and Food Safety) about his fascination for eHealth.
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mHealth on demand - debate on the mHealth Code of Conduct
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Should doctors only use apps with a CE certificate?
The Royal College of Physicians has recommended that medical doctors should only use apps with a CE certificate. You can find a discussion on this topic, including a statement by Head of Unit Pteris Zilgalvis (DG Connect, European Commission) in the latest 'Himss Insights' (page 4).
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Safer Internet Forum 2015
Safer Internet Forum (SIF) is a key annual international conference in Europe where policy makers, researchers, law enforcement bodies, youth, parents and carers, teachers, NGOs, industry representatives, experts and other relevant actors come together to discuss the latest trends, risks and solutions related to child online safety.
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TEAM @ 22nd ITS World Congress, 5-9 October 2015, Bordeaux
The EU FP7 funded TEAM project (Tomorrows Elastic Adaptive Mobility) turns static into elastic mobility by joining drivers, travellers and infrastructure operators together into one collaborative network. Thereby TEAM explicitly takes into account the needs and constraints of all participants and the network itself. The project will be present at the ITS World Congress 2015, the worlds largest event in intelligent transport systems and services.
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Europe's health information systems to be modernised
The European Commission (EC) wants public health information systems across the region to be improved and will continue its efforts to establish an EU health information system, 'PMLive' reports. Therefore, the EC is collaborating with the World Health Organization.
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CAPS - events and upcoming calls
Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation (CAPS) have been featured twice in the European Commission's ICT Work Programmes (2013 and 2015), and new calls are coming up in the 2016-17 Work Programme. CAPS is addressing the (digital) social innovation emerging from the network effect, and addressed to researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs through multiple different instruments.
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Improving our knowledge about hearing loss
By creating computer models of the inner ear, the EU-funded SIFEM project enhances the accuracy of diagnosis and the efficiency of treating patients suffering from hearing loss.
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European film Forum Event: Panel at MIPCOM
A panel on "Boosting Coproduction" in Europe will focus on the current and future engagement of Creative Europe MEDIA with the TV industry.
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Virtual stenting is now possible
Thanks to a new tool developed by the EU-funded project Cardioproof, cardiologists can implant stents in a virtual environment.
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Portable scanner to reveal nutritional value of foods
A personal scanner that reveals the nutritional value of your food could soon be helping you to eat healthily, thanks to a EUR 1 million prize that is being offered to the inventors who come up with the best working prototype.
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Open knowledge technologies: Mapping and validating knowledge
The overall objective of this pilot project is to use open digital teaching, learning and assessmnet technologies and networks, empowering people to take more responsibilities for their own learning. It also aims to deliver employability skills for young people. The European Commission adopted on 11/08/2015 a financing decision for this pilot project in the field of online learning and skills. It is an extension of the 2014 Pilot Project.
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New premises for CERT-EU
Vice-President Andrus Ansip and Commissioner Gnther H. Oettinger inaugurated CERT-EU's new state of the art offices today. The Computer Security Incident Response Team of the EU institutions moved into new premises to accommodate its increase in staffing and expansion of activity.
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Have your say on equal access to healthcare in the EU
The European Commission and the Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health (EXPH) have launched a public consultation on the preliminary opinion on the Access to health services in the European Union.
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Horizon 2020 Info Day: Videos and slides available
The Info Day about funding opportunities for eHealth and healthy ageing projects ('Societal Challenge 1') took place on 18 September in Brussels. You can still watch the presentation video's online.
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Information and Stakeholders' Day on Smart Wearables
At this event challenges and opportunities of the smart wearables sector will be discussed, as well as the launch of the 2016 call on the Internet of Things. Anyone interested in the event is encouraged to register as soon as possible.
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eHealth security workshop
ENISA, the EU Agency for Network and Information Security, is organising together with the European Commission the first eHealth security workshop. The workshop will focus on the criticality of the information systems that support eHealth.
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European Cyber Security Month: during October, find out how to be safe online
October is European Cyber Security Month.
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Digital Heritage 2015
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Mid-term Evaluation of the e-Government Action Plan 20112015 Implementation SMART 2012-0060/20
The "Study for the mid-term evaluation of the eGovernment Action Plan 2011-2015 implementation" was launched to examine the extent to which the objectives of the eGovernment Action Plan 2011-2015 have been achieved, the progress made and the difficulties encountered at mid-term.
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EAI International Conference on Ambient Assisted Living Technologies based on Internet of Things
The Ambient Assisted Living domain offers the perfect setup for IoT-based technologies since it touches on the very important social issue of the ageing population while offering the ability to really test telecare services for home-based setups. The deadline for abstracts/proposals is 15th January 2016.
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Vacancies for ICT- Online RepositorY (VICTORY): Data Collection
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Think the Fed's QE1 and QE2 will cause hyper-inflation? I did, until I read Jeffrey Rogers Hummel's recent paper "Ben Bernanke Versus Milton Friedman". Bernanke is simply shuffling paper around to bail out his bankster buddies and he is doing it without increasing the money supply – despite popular belief.
As impressive as that is, there is a severe downside. The Fed-manufactured crises of 2008 has literally made them the economy's central planners. Here is an excerpt from Hummel's paper:
Under the old central planning—which performed so poorly in the Soviet Union, Communist China, and other command economies—the government attempted to manage production and the supply of goods and services. Under the new central planning, the Fed attempts to manage the financial system and the supply and allocation of credit.
But now with Bernanke, the central planning aspect of central banking has become far more encompassing. As George Selgin put it in an interview, "the Fed . . . has morphed into a central planning agency with a corporate welfare department."