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15th Annual PraIrieland Chautauqua
"E pluribus unum."
Under the big tent in Community Park, Jacksonville, Illinois
Friday, August 30 to Monday, September 2, 2013
Director: Wolf D. Fuhrig
The Morgan County Historical Society produces an annual Chautauqua filled with historical re-enactments, storytelling, lectures, music, and dance. Each year, some 2,000 spectators enjoy the Chautauqua's education, entertainment, food, and fellowship. Each year, the number of vistors from beyond Morgan County has increased. The theme of this year's Prairieland Chautauqua will be "E pluribus unum." The four-day event will again be staged under the big tent in Jacksonville's Community Park from Friday, August 30 to Monday, September 2nd, 2013.
Friday, August 30:
4pm: Ben Bedford
5pm: Brian "Fox" Ellis: "Prince Maximilian Touring the Wilderness of North America, 1832 - 1834"
6pm: Supper
7pm: Dennis Stroughmatt: "L'Esprit Creole"
8pm: George Dauler: "Andrew Carnegie"
Saturday, August 31:
4pm: Chris Vallilo: "Stephen Foster"
5pm: Hank Fincken: "Thomas Edison"
6pm: Supper
7pm: Brian "Fox" Ellis: "Illinois Governor Ninian Edwards and Potawatomi Chief Gomo"
8pm: George Dauler: "Ulysses Grant"
Sunday, September 1:
4pm: Rob Killam and band: "America's Music: the Evolution of Blues into Jazz"
5pm: Robert Seufert: "Edgar Allan Poe and the American Gothic"
6pm: Supper
7pm: Sherri Mitchell, soprano: "Celebrating America"
8pm: Hank Fincken: "Henry Ford"
Monday, September 2:
4pm: "Ken Bradbury's Genuine Imported American Music Show"
5pm: Pam Brown: "Mary Todd Lincoln"
6pm: Supper
7pm: The MacMurray College choir
8pm: Fritz Klein: "Abraham Lincoln"
Dinners At Prairieland Chautauqua 2011
Around the big tent at Community Park
Service Friday, August 30 to Monday, September 2 daily beginning at 6:10pm and ending at 6:50pm
Friday: TBA
Saturday: TBA
Sunday: TBA
Monday: TBA
Excellent deserts may be purchased nearby at the table of the Underground Railroad Committee.
Dinner reservations need to be made at least a day in advance at Hamilton's Catering. Phone 217-675-2720, fax 217-675-2711; or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. For the answering service, please leave your full name, the date of the reservation, and the number of meals ordered. On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evening, dinner reservations may also be made at the check in table. Price per dinner is $10.00.
Publicity: The Jacksonville Journal Courier
Lighting and Sound: George Westenberger
Catered Meals: Hamilton's Catering
To sustain the Chautauqua as a distinctive event of the Jacksonville area community into the future, the newly established Morgan County Chautauqua Society (a committee of the Morgan County Historical Society) solicits your participation with your ideas, your skills, and your material support. To become a patron of the Prairieland Chautauqua, please contact Dr. Wolf D. Fuhrig at email@example.com.
History of Jacksonville, Illinois Prarieland Chautauquas
Wolf D. Fuhrig, Director
Themes and Major Presentations (Reenactor names listed in parentheses)
July 5 to 10, 1999
Inside the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln (Harry Hahn)
William Tecumseh Sherman (Theodore Kachel)
Louisa May Alcott (Gayle Stahlhuth)
Angus August Burleigh (Hasan Davis)
Elisabeth Van Lew (Annette Baldwin)
Sojourner Truth (Alice McGill)
May 31 to June 4, 2000
Jacksonville 1825 - 2000
Harriet Tubman (Shirlee Pettit)
Dorothea Dix in "Not Above a Whisper" (Harvey & Patsy Mack)
William Jennings Bryan (Theodore Kachel)
Jonathan Baldwin Turner (Karl Bockemeier)
Vachel Lindsey (Bob Large)
Peter Cartwright (Joel Catlin)
June 30 to July 4, 2001
American Humor
Will Rogers (Doug Watson)
H. L. Mencken (Chuck Chalberg)
Mark Twain (Tom Gilding)
James Thurber (Carrol Peterson) Ken Bradbury: "When Coonridge Comes Alive"
June 10 to 15, 2002
The Jazz Age
Henry Ford (Doug Mishler)
Edna Ferber (Gayle Stahlhuth)
Harry Emerson Fosdick (Arnold Wettstein)
Bix Beiderbecke (Frank Trompeter)
Harry Truman (William Worley)
Coco Chanel (Annette Baldwin)
July 2 to 6, 2003
American Women
Lucy Parsons (Alma Washington)
Susan B. Anthony (Annette Baldwin)
Abigail Adams (Rebecca Bloomfield)
The Grimke Sisters (Tara McAndrew & Linda Schneider)
Ladybird Johnson (Rebecca Bloomfield)
Josephine Baker (Vernice Jackson)
Calamity Jane (Leah Schwartz)
September 2 to 6, 2004
Westward Bound: The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Captain Meriwether Lewis' Mother (Dianne Moran)
Shawnee Women (Glenna Wallace)
Sacagawea (Dianne Moran)
President Thomas Jefferson (Patrick Lee)
Captain William Clark (Patrick Lee)
General Andrew Jackson (Ted Jackson)
September 1 to 5, 2005
Pioneering Educators: Celebrating 175 Years of Education at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois
Julian Sturtevant (John McCord)
Catherine Beecher (Wendy McCarty)
Owen Lovejoy (Rev. William F. Moore)
Harriet Beecher Stowe (Ruth Pangrace)
Jonathan Turner (Karl Bockemeier)
Stephen Douglas (Fred Krebs)
William Jennings Bryant (Fred Krebs)
Abraham Lincoln (Fritz Klein)
September 1 to 5, 2006
Movers and Shakers in Illinois
John Wesley Powell (Bill Steinbacher-Kemp)
Jane Addams (Annette Baldwin)
Philip Bliss (John McCord)
Mother Jones (Betsy Means)
Abraham Lincoln (Chris Vallillo)
Ernest Hemingway (Redd Griffin)
Frank Lloyd Wright (Lyman Shepard)
Vachel Lindsey (Bob Large)
Carl Sandburg (Barry Cloyd)
August 31 to September 3, 2007
Voice for Freedom and Justice
Sojourner Truth (Annette Jefferson)
Henry Clay (George McGee)
John Ross (Michael Hughes)
Frederick Douglass (Charles Everett Pace)
Patrick Henry (John Chalberg)
Bert Williams (Ann Ommen)
William Lloyd Garrison (Michael Hughes)
Paul Robeson (Joel Tinsley)
William Wilberforce (John McCord)
Theodore Roosevelt (John Chalberg)
For more information or to become a patron of the Jacksonville Chautauqua, contact:
Director: Dr. Wolf D. Fuhrig
503 West College, Jacksonville, IL 62650
Phone: 217-243-2423, Fax 217-245-1226
E-mail: email@example.com
Chief Sponsors:
The Morgan Country Historical Society
and the Illinois Humanities Council
Overnight packages available!
This event is made possible by a grant from the Illinois Humanities Council


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Last night Obama gave his first speech to Congress that laid out his plan for the country. Of course there was lots of talk about the economy, health care, and education, but what really stood out is the new Chief Enforcer Office that Obama created on the spot, headed up by Joe Biden. See below for the video.
I can almost hear Biden yelling "NOBODY MESSES WITH JOE!!!!!" in the next oversight session as he body slams people that attempt to "mess" with him. So in honor of the new White House appointment I thought it would be appropriate to share some of the Nobody Messes with Joe t-shirts and other Joe Biden t-shirts that people have created on Zazzle.
Learn more about Don't mess with Joe t-shirts at Zazzle.

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July 31, 2014
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A Huntington businessman's estate has bequeathed $721,000 to Marshall University.
Marshall says the gift from the estate of J. Robert Fletcher will be used to support an endowed faculty position in mechanical engineering. The endowment was established by the Fletcher family in 2010.
The university says it expects the gift to be matched through the state's "Bucks for Brains" West Virginia Research Trust Fund.
Fletcher died in May 2009. His family's business, J.H. Fletcher & Company, manufactures underground roof systems for coal and limestone mines.


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Summer baseball sign-ups are now open.
The Mountaineer Baseball Camp has two sessions starting Aug. 6th & 13th. Camp is run by WOHS Head Coach Stephan Zichella and is open to grades 3 - 8. Walk Ups OK.
Tryouts for Fall Travel Baseball are scheduled for Sunday, Aug.12 at Colgate. Open to grades 3 - 8.
The August Rec Newsletter is now posted on the Rec website - www.westorange.org. It remains the best way to stay "in the loop."


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A Marin County Superior Court jury convicted a Petaluma man today of the attempted shooting murder of a 90-year-old man in his Greenbrae home in January.
Samuel Cutrufelli, 31, a former Novato resident, was convicted of all charges that include burglary, robbery and attempted murder of Jay Leone at Leone's home on Jan. 4, Deputy District Attorney Dorothy Chou Proudfoot said.
Leone was shot in the face and Cutrufelli was shot in the back during the exchange of gunfire at 10:45 a.m. at Leone's home in the 300 block of Via La Cumbre.
Twin Cities police said Cutrufelli broke into the home, detained Leone and searched the house for valuables. Leone armed himself and shot Cutrufelli as he fled the residence, police said.
Cutrufelli then called San Rafael police to report he shot himself and needed medical attention, Twin Cities police Sgt. Michael Norton said in January.
The robbery and burglary came to light when Leone called police a few minutes later to report he was shot in the head, police said.
Cutrufelli's attorney Sanford Troy said Cutrufelli was a methamphetamine user and there was evidence at the trial he was getting drugs from a woman who lived downstairs, Troy said.
Troy suggested Leone was jealous about young men visiting the woman downstairs.
The prosecution argued Leone was defending himself from an intruder in his home.
Troy filed a civil suit in Marin County against Leone, accusing him of negligence and causing great bodily harm to his client. The suit seeks monetary damages because Cutrufelli lost his home, his job and is getting divorced, Troy said.
The jury at Cutrufelli's trial began deliberations Tuesday.
--Bay City News Service


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Please use the buttons below to see more information on Leicester Tigers and matches between Exiles and Tigers over the years.
London Irish
Leicester Tigers
Fixture Type: Aviva Premiership
Match Date: Sat 04 Dec 2010
Kick Off: 14:30
Venue: Madejski Stadium
Referee: Dave Pearson
Assistant Referee: Kevin Stewart
Assistant Referee: Andrew Pearce
TV Match Official: Graham Hughes
Paddy Lennon reports from Madejski Stadium.
Since the Exiles returned to Aviva Premiership action against neighbours London Wasps three weeks ago their normally reliable set pieces – the scrum and lineout, have come under the most serious examination. The unravelling began at Adams Park, continued at Franklin's Gardens last weekend and at Madejski Stadium again today.
Leicester Tigers have always based their game on a strong set of forwards and with the return of their international players, a formidable, well prepared unit was the key to undoing London Irish this afternoon. From early on it was clear that Leicester had done their homework during the week on Irish's performance against Saints, in particular how to disrupt the Exiles' pack.
The Exiles' front row was deliberately targeted in the scrum as was the second and back rows at lineout time. Deprived of quality possession from the set pieces and with quick ball almost impossible to secure from the breakdown, such is the Tigers' expertise in that area, Paul Hodgson and Ryan Lamb had little quality possession with which to bring their backs into play. On the few occasions that they did, Irish showed what a lethal threat they pose with ball in hand and playing at pace as Topsy Ojo's second half try proved.
The moments of magic that led to that try were all too rare from the home team's point of view as Leicester set about imposing themselves on the game from the outset.
The Trojan efforts of the Reading Stadium's ground staff, in particular Head Groundsman Bruce Elliott, ensured a near perfect playing surface given the dreadful weather conditions of the past week. And how the Tigers enjoyed playing on it.
The opening exchanges were played in the Exiles' half and it was clear that the Tigers forwards were going to have a big say in the outcome of the match. The early penalties were going the way of the visitors although it took their out half, Billy Twelvetrees until the ninth minute to find his range and register his team's first points.
His opposite number, Ryan Lamb was most unlucky with his first penalty kick at goal which veered left of the left upright at the final seconds of the ball's flight.
Irish received another set back four minutes later when David Paice had to leave the pitch with a suspected broken bone in his foot. He was replaced by Brian Blaney, who was making his Premiership debut.
The visitors used their powerful forwards to the full and ensured that the majority of the play stayed in the Irish half. Inevitably, the home team conceded penalties and were duly punished by the accurate place kicking of Twelvetrees who extended his team's lead with two successful kicks in the 18th and 23rd minutes.
The much anticipated clash between the current England scrum half, Ben Youngs and one of his able predecessors, Paul Hodgson, never developed. The former had a relatively comfortable ride at the back of his dominant pack whereas Hodgson was forced to work off the back foot for much of the game.
As the half unfolded it was the big ball carriers on both sides that were making the difference – Tom Waldrom, Craig Newby and Jordan Crane for Tigers and George Stowers, Richard Thorpe and Chris Hala'Ufia for the Exiles. While the efforts of the Irish players lacked nothing in determination and effort, their opposite numbers were more effective in creating a platform for their team-mates to exploit.
This effectively meant that the momentum of the match was mostly with the visitors and it was to the credit of the uncompromising efforts of the Irish defence that no tries were scored.
With half-time only minutes away, Irish finally secured a kickable penalty when Tigers were penalised at the breakdown. Lamb's kick from 49 metres out near the right touchline sailed between the uprights to give his team their first points of the match and left the score 3-9 at the interval.
The Exiles emerged for the second half with renewed confidence and took the game to Leicester. Lamb had the better of a tactical kicking duel with Geordan Murphy with the result that Irish secured attacking field position.
It was from one such position in the 45th minute that Jonathan Joseph broke up the left. The move was carried on by Hala'Ufia and Hodgson who passed to Lamb and his perfectly flighted cross-field kick found Topsy Ojo. The winger had the pace and power to beat the covering defenders and touchdown in the right corner. Lamb's conversion attempt failed but Irish were within a point.
The score lifted the Exiles who went on to have their best spell of the match in terms of possession and threat. Leicester were content to absorb the pressure and capitalise on their dominance of the set pieces where they secured regular turnovers.
Their patience was rewarded in the 54th minute. Irish were forced to defend on their 22 as the Tigers moved the ball left then right before switching it back left again where man-of-the-match Waldrom was waiting on the final pass before running in to touch down. Twelvetrees added the extras with a great kick from the touchline to stretch his team's lead to 8-16.
Irish made a series of replacements in the next ten minutes but continued to struggle in the set piece. As the game turned into the final quarter a pick-and-go sequence by the Exiles' pack brought them to within five metres of the Tigers' try line. The visitors were content to concede a penalty which Lamb kicked to get his team to within five points.
A rousing finale looked on the cards as Irish threatened when playing with ball in hand. A second pick-and-go sequence resulted in another penalty which Lamb coolly kicked to take the score to 14-16.
Then came what proved to be a questionable turn of the screw from an Exile's perspective. Twelvetrees kicked the restart direct into touch to give Irish a scrum on half-way. Referee Pearson penalised Irish for a scrum offence, not binding was his signal. Unfortunately for Irish and Mr Pearson, the television replay clearly showed that it was the Tigers player that offended.
With six minutes remaining, a moment of indecision from the restart resulted in a fumble that meant Irish conceded a scrum, 15 metres from their try line on their right. The Exiles' scrum was clearly under pressure and conceded two penalties before Mr Pearson awarded a penalty try which Twelvetrees converted to kill the match as a contest.
The Exiles battled to the final whistle to little effect. The victory sees Leicester leapfrog London Irish into second place in the league table.
Scorers. London Irish: Try: Ojo (45). Penalty goals: Lamb 3 (39, 63, 71). Leicester Tigers: Tries: Waldrom (54), Penalty Try (74) ; Conversions: Twelvetrees 2. Penalty goals: Twelvetrees 3 (9, 18, 23).
Scoring sequence (London Irish first): 0-3, 0-6, 0-9, 3-9 (half-time)8-9, 8-16, 11-16, 14-16, 14-23.
London Irish: 15. D Armitage, 14. T Ojo, 13. E Seveali'i, 12. D Bowden, 11. J Joseph, 10. R Lamb, 9. P Hodgson, 1. C Dermody (captain), 2. D Paice (rep: B Blaney, 18), 3. F Rautenbach, 4.N Kennedy, 5. K Roche, 6. G Stowers, 7.R Thorpe, 8. C Hala'Ufia
Leicester Tigers: 15. G Murphy, 14. S Hamilton, 13. M Smith, 12. A Allen, 11. A Tuilagi, 10. B Twelvetrees; 9. B Youngs, 1. M Ayerza, 2. G Chuter, 3. D Cole, 4. L Deacon, 5. G Skivington, 6. T Waldrom, 7. C Newby, 8. J Crane.
Referee: D Pearson (RFU)
Attendance: 11,405


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Tracey Greenstein, Contributor
I cover travel, tourism policy & business ethics.
The latest apparatus for every globe-trotter, travel applications for the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android make your trip effortless. From camera optimization to automated travel itineraries, these applications will guide you to have the most expedient journey possible.
1. TripIt
Ah, TripIt Travel Organizer – you'll never have to dig through your printed, paper itineraries again. TripIt links to your e-mail account and picks up every confirmation number that comes into your inbox. Any flight, hotel, or even dinner reservation that contains a confirmation number will be put into an organized itinerary, all in one place. Flight delays and last-minute changes sent to your e-mail will be updated automatically.
Cost: Free
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later. Android 2.1 and up.
2. Photosynth
Whether you're standing at the base of Machu Picchu or flying down the slopes in Zermatt, Photosynth Interactive Panorama Capture and Sharing makes the best of your camera by stitching together your photos to create panoramic images. Send 360-degree views to friends and family while you're abroad – prepare to be amazed.
Cost: Free
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch (4th generation), iPad 2 Wi-Fi, and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G. Requires iOS 4.0 or later. Android users can download Panorama 360.
3. Instagram
A newcomer to add is PocketGuide, which turns any smartphone into a personal tour guide. Think of those audio guides in museums, but walking you through an entire city. PocketGuide covers 50+ cities worldwide and is available on iPhone and Android. The best part: it works remotely (without WiFi or any cell signal).
what about those of us that don't have iphones, ipads, i____?
perhaps the title of this article should be "10 Best Apps for iPhone" then… there are a lot of folks on Android who travel
There is an other useful iPhone app to help you to get around when you go to China. It is called Taxi-Book which gives you the English-Chinese translation of the address you want to go. You just need to show him the address displayed on the screen or use the inbuilt text-to-speech function to tell the Taxi driver where to go and he knows your destination without hassle.
Here is another good iPhone app. [TraceMySteps]
Used it for a bit, lets you set waypoints and tracks where you'r going. Works for 15 minutes I think in Free version
Photosynth is great. My kids love it when I send them cool images.
This hotel search engine has a useful travel app. It makes it easy to get good deals when you're travelling. The site is: http://besttravelcoupon.com
A new app "App in the Air" worth checking out: flight tracking, tips on airports and packing list. And it is free.


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Course work and study time per unit
Units of credit are a measure of the amount of study performed in a course; grades are a measure of the quality of that study. Generally speaking, for each three-unit lecture course, students spend three hours each week in class and six hours of study time out of class. A four-unit course that includes a lab would add another three hours each week in the laboratory.
Full-time status
A student must carry a minimum of 12 units in fall or spring term or six units in a six-week summer session to be considered a full-time student. Fifteen units is the usual load for students who wish to complete the associate degree in two years.
Term unit limit
Students who wish to enroll in more than 18 units in the fall or spring term or nine units in the summer term must have permission from the dean of counseling and student support services prior to the start of the course.
Remedial unit limit
By state law, students are only allowed to enroll in a maximum of 30 units of remedial course work. Remedial courses are non-degree-applicable credit, basic skills courses and are numbered less than 100.The 30 unit limit includes all remedial courses taken at the three community colleges within our district.
Students enrolled in ESL courses or officially identified as having a learning disability are exempt from the 30 unit limit.
Variable-unit courses
Some courses give students varying amounts of credit; for example, from one to three units. The number of units varies, depending on the following factors: the contract between teacher and student; how many segments of the course the student completes (for example, the course may be divided into three four-week segments); the subject matter and/or number of meetings; and the number of classes the student attends.
Repeating courses
If students have received a satisfactory grade in a course, then:
Students may repeat a course up to three times for additional credit and a grade only if it is labeled repeatable in the catalog. (See individual course listing for number of repeats.)
In any other case, students must appeal to the dean of counseling and student support services to repeat a course in which they have already received a satisfactory grade. If permission is granted, the new grade will appear on their transcript but will not be calculated in their grade point average, and no additional credit will be given.
Courses that may not be repeated under any circumstances are dental courses and any course that is unusually dangerous to the student or others.
Repeating courses with substandard grade
If students have received a substandard grade in a course, then see the "Improving a grade point average" section.
Independent study courses
These courses are only available to students who have exhausted the learning opportunities of our regular course offerings. They require the student to undertake a significant project or research with clearly established, measurable learning objectives.
To apply for an independent study course, students should get tentative agreement on their research project from a supervising instructor. They must then complete an independent study form (available in the instruction office or division offices) and receive approval of the supervising instructor, department and division dean, and the vice president of instruction.
Independent study forms must be submitted for approval to the vice president of instruction before the sixth week of the term.
Adding and dropping courses
Courses may be added and dropped by online, telephone or in person at the Admissions Office. For information on adding and dropping courses, see the "registering for courses " section of this catalog.
Auditing of courses
Diablo Valley College does not permit auditing of courses. All students must submit an application for admission to the college and officially register.


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VLS Students, Professors Join DC Rally to Urge Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
March 21, 2008
CONTACT: Diane Derby, Media Relations Director
SOUTH ROYALTON, VT – Three dozen Vermont Law School students, along with Professor Jackie Gardina and other VLS faculty, joined hundreds of veterans and activists in a March 7 rally at the U.S. Capitol, during which they called for the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that bans lesbians, gays and bisexuals from openly serving in the military.
The rally, organized by the Service members Legal Defense Network (SLDN), coincided with a lobbying effort that called on Congress to pass the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, which would repeal the 1993 law that led to the ban.
Gardina, who also serves as a SLDN board member, was among those who spoke to the crowd that assembled on the West Lawn of the Capitol for the midday rally.
"It is time to lift the ban," she told the crowd. "We have it in our power to end 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' We have it in our power to insist that Congress pass the Military Readiness Enhancement Act. We have it in our power to win the day when any American, regardless of sexual orientation, can serve openly and proudly in our nation's military."
Vermont Law School is one of only two law schools in the nation that do not allow military recruiters on campus due to the discriminatory nature of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. As a result, VLS is prevented from receiving federal funds from three major appropriations bills due to the Solomon Amendment, which requires colleges and law schools to allow military recruiters or risk losing federal funding.Read Professor Gardina's remarks (PDF)
To listen to a report on the rally that aired on Vermont Public Radio, please visit vpr.net.
Seven Days, a Burlington-based alternative weekly, wrote this story that can be read on www.7dvt.com.
The rally was also featured on the Society of American Law Teachers' website.


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|forbidden fruit
|any pleasure or enjoyment regarded as illicit, esp sexual indulgence
The fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, often pictured as an apple, which God forbade Adam and Eve to eat. Their disobedience brought about the Fall of Man.
Note: "Forbidden fruit" is used commonly to refer to anything that is tempting but potentially dangerous. It is often associated with sexuality.


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What happened with Kulgeyko? She is one of my favorites ! Could she still get a later assignment? Assuming everyone doesn't get second assignments
Hannah Miller
Barbie Long
Mckinzie Daniels
Nina Jiang
Polina Edmunds
Leah Keiser
Gracie Gold
Samantha Cesario
Angela Wang
Ashley Cain
Lauren Dinh
Kiri Baga
What happened with Kulgeyko? She is one of my favorites ! Could she still get a later assignment? Assuming everyone doesn't get second assignments
Don't understand, but it seems they are going down the Senior and Junior national placements for assignments (with the ladies at least). Agnes was added to the alternate list a couple seasons ago, however she did not get an assignment the year she had such tremdous scores for summer comps.
Yes, I meant "Greensboro!"
They did make a slight exception for Cesario. She wasn't at Nationals due to injury, but she still qualified.
I still think you have to give some credit for performing well at Nationals. Not saying that present skating at the big 3 or 4 events shouldn't count, but a good performance in the "big event" should count for something.
I get assigning Lauren a JGP off the bat because she was 2nd and very impressive at nationals, but it gets sketchy after that. Ashley Cain was only 6th at nationals and has not competed at any summer competitions, and Mickinzie Daniels was 4th at nationals but has been skating terribly all summer. The not having qualified for nationals stuff gets tricky, but I think at least Jiang and Edmunds deserve assignments before Cain and Daniels because even though they didn't do as well at nationals, they both at least qualified for/competed there (and really the point spreads btwn 4th, 6th, 7th, and 9th places were not a lot at all) and have shown good results at summer competitions. After that, I'd say assign Gracie and Leah, unless Ashley were to participate in a summer competition and do reasonably well and McKinzie were to pass a monitoring session to deem her fit to compete on the JGP (isn't she injured anyways?). Then I'd assign the novice medalists last because they are younger and can always compete next season.
As for the exception for Cesario, this is her last season of JGP eligibility I believe (she turned 18 in August), so I get giving her a shot now, especially after skating so well at Liberty. And every year USFSA seems to be more generous about giving JGP assignments to those ladies who compete at senior nationals, even if they don't do so well there (examples being Cesario, Gong, and Musademba in previous seasons).
In juniors, they seem to more go down the list of results, and the medalists always get assignments even if lower placing ladies are more deserving come summer competition time (Lindsay Davis last season). But if you think to last season, Felicia Zhang, Angela Wang, and Vanessa Lam were all given JGP assignments after not so great showing at nationals because they had good summer competition results, which gives me hope for skaters like Nina and Polina. But as for Gracie and Leah, I think they are probably at the very bottom of the list for JGP, and if assigned it will likely be after skaters like Nina, Polina, Barbie, Hannah, and Mariah, even though they totally deserve to go.


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From the SPCA of Westchester:
This adorable black lab/border collie mix has the biggest, happiest smile.
Buttermilk is a joy and when you make eye contact with her, her tail doesn't stop wagging!
She is wonderful with everyone and gets so excited when she is out, her butt scoots under her body ready to go on her next adventure as fast as possible!
Buttermilk really is a gem and would love a family that will shower her with lots of love.
See here for more information about the SPCA of Westchester or call 914-941-2896 ext. 22.


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I ordered and received the product listed. As another posted, it was much lighter in color than expected (absolutely not as shown). The assembly was not easy to assemble (though not impossible with a little determination). Just so that you know (in term of the asembly) some of the "pre-drilled " holes did not exist and I had to create them. In terms of the quality of the wood, it wasn't bad. At least it was real wood and not this fake/composite/pressed wood that most things are made of these days.
As a very frequent visitor and buyer on Overstock's site, I found this item to be the very first product that was a complete disappointment! There was a large crack in the front panel and the wood was split in the back. I did like the color, however, but was sorry the pantry itself was not made of quality wood. Because of the weight of this product, I chose not to return it...
Needed extra pantry room. The size, color and style of this cabinet is just right. The top of my refrigerator is now clean and clear. Assembly was a snap. Parts were numbered. Took about 2 hours including plenty of breaks. The hinge holes were a little off but easy to line up the doors perfectly once the cabinet was standing by putting a cardboard shim under the two doors to make sure they were the same height. Screwing in the twenty some screws for the back panel took the longest even though it took no skill (Hint: the silver screws are for the back panel and the black screws are for the hinges only. will save you double work). Overall, one of the easiest pieces I have ever assembled.
The actual color is much lighter than pictured, at first I thought it was unfinished. The wood is pretty soft, be careful when assembling not to screw hardware in too tightly. Have a power drill ready, you'll need it to attach the back piece since there are no pre-drilled holes there. My shipment must have come straight from the factory since the wood was so freshly cut the smell was almost overpowering. I washed inside and out with Murphy's Oil Soap, let it dry all day, then applied lemon oil. Much better.
I live in a small apartment, but I needed storage space for my herbal supplies. This cabinet fit the bill exactly. It's just the right size to fit my supplies. Also, the color is much better than what I had anticipated. It looked a little light on the picture, which I was willing to live with, but the actual color is closer to what you would expect from something labeled as "weathered sage." It's lighter than a hunter green but not light enough to be a pastel. It took me about 2 hours to put together by myself. It probably would have taken about 20 minutes less if I had had a power drill to attach the back panel. Overall, I'm quite pleased with my purchase. I find one of the key things to getting satisfaction from Overstock purchases is to make sure the dimensions of the piece fit what you need. The pictures can be deceiving. This piece is perfect for my room, but it could easily get swallowed up in a much larger room.
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Education and Schools
News about Education and Schools, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
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Jul. 25, 2014
Op-Ed article by mathematics Prof Jordan Ellenberg describes how baseball offers lessons in making teaching math to children fun. MORE
Jul. 23, 2014
Former British antiterrorism chief Peter Clarke issues report alleging deliberate effort to introduce hardline discriminatory Islamic values into some public schools in Birmingham; report is latest twist in a tortured debate about how to reconcile Islam and Britishness in a country that has one of Western Europe's largest Muslim communities. MORE
Jul. 21, 2014
Pres Obama will announce that 60 of nation's largest school districts are joining $200 million My Brother's Keeper initiative intended to improve educational futures of young black and Latino boys, beginning in preschool and extending through high school graduation. MORE
Jul. 16, 2014
Oklahoma Supreme Court rules that State Legislature has authority to repeal Common Core education standards for English and math in public schools. MORE
Jul. 13, 2014
Nicholas Kristof Op-Ed column notes that it has been almost three months since Boko Haram militants in Nigeria kidnapped more than 250 girls; contends United States must do as much as possible for those girls; maintains that US must also step up its funding for education globally, particularly for groups like Global Partnership For Education. MORE
Jul. 9, 2014
National Education Association, nation's largest teachers' union, passes resolution at its convention in Denver calling for resignation of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. MORE
Jul. 9, 2014
Kansas State Board of Education announces that state will not issue any report cards for 2014 on how its public school students performed on standardized reading and math tests after series of cyberattacks; federal Education Department must sign off on decision. MORE
Jul. 7, 2014
Op-Ed article by writer and teacher Alexander Nazaryan opposes New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina's plan to reinstate 'balanced literacy' approach in city English classrooms; holds students have been shown to learn better with instruction than with self-driven learning espoused by such an concept; says approach is especially irresponsible given that it is out of step with Common Core standards. MORE
Jul. 6, 2014
Claire Martin Prototype column; San Francisco design company Ideo is creating new educational network in Peru for businessman Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor, devising everything from classrooms to business models; increasingly, design companies like Ideo are being asked to build complex systems for businesses, governments and nonprofit organizations. MORE
Jul. 2, 2014
School Nutrition Assn reverses course over requirement to provide more fruits and vegetables and less sugar and salt in government-subsidized school meals, lobbying Congress to allow schools to opt out of the very nutrition rules it helped to create in 2012. MORE
Jul. 2, 2014
New York City's budget agency reports that city schools are becoming more congested, federal and state aid has dropped, and number of students in 'temporary housing situations,' including homeless shelters, has shot up; says average class size is rising, even as total enrollment has not risen in over decade. MORE
Jun. 30, 2014
Parents' complaints about complexity of federal academic standards known as Common Core are adding to debate about whether Washington is overreaching into people's lives. MORE
Jun. 29, 2014
The Upshot; Op-Ed article by education policy expert Kevin Carey contends that while the United States may have many of the world's most elite colleges, its overall higher-education system suffers from many of the same problems endemic to its K-12 schools; cites research showing that average American college graduates have very low competency in math and literacy compared with other advanced nations. MORE
Jun. 27, 2014
Group of Oklahoma parents, teachers and members of the State Board of Education in file lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of recently passed law that repealed Common Core education standards in the state. MORE
Jun. 27, 2014
Student-led approach to reading and writing, known as balanced literacy, is poised to make comeback in New York City classrooms; Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina wants more schools to adopt aspects of the teaching method, including its emphasis on allowing students to choose books they read for assignments. MORE
Jun. 25, 2014
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio unveils series of changes to make it easier for special-needs students in New York to receive private schooling at public expense; practice has led to frequent litigation as city has tried to keep such spending under control. MORE
Jun. 24, 2014
Kenan Malik Op-Ed article examines British controversy over so-called Trojan Horse plot surrounding document that supposedly sought to impose Islamist values at state-run schools in Birmingham; argues that incident is the natural outcome of Britain's flawed attempt to promote religious values at its schools, exposing misconception that any problem within the Muslim community must involve the threat of terrorism. MORE
Jun. 23, 2014
New York City's school composting program has expanded to include some 230 schools in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island, and is expected to double in size by the fall; program, addressing longstanding problem of food waste at schools, is aimed at helping the environment and instilling sense of conservation in school children; program also saves critical funds by sparing the expense of dumping fees at landfills. MORE
Jun. 23, 2014
Memo From Birmingham; anonymous letter alleging Muslim takeover plot brewing at several Birmingham, England, schools has been deemed fake and its several accusations ungrounded; letter, however, has reignited debate over how to reconcile Islam with traditional British culture. MORE
Jun. 23, 2014
Judge William F Kuntz II of Federal District Court in Brooklyn upholds a New York City policy that bars unimmunized children from public school when another student has a vaccine-preventable disease; rules against three families who claimed that their right to free exercise of religion was violated when their children were kept from school, sometimes for a month at a time, because of the city's immunization policies. MORE
Jun. 23, 2014
Op-Ed article by Richard D Kahlenberg, senior fellow at the Century Foundation, questions fairness of system governing admission to New York City's elite public high schools; notes that only 5 percent of seats were offered to black students and 7 percent to Latinos; disputes policy of basing admissions entirely on results of Specialized High Schools Admissions Test, and calls for broadening of selection criteria, offering system used by Chicago's public schools as model. MORE
Jun. 22, 2014
Op-Ed article by author Judith Newman details ways in which parents helping their children with homework actually harms their children's education; notes that in many cases, hers included, the urge to help their children is more about parent's ego than the child's schooling. MORE
Jun. 21, 2014
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio promises to improve the process for some parents of special-needs children to get city to pay for private school tuition, holding off an effort by state legislators to make him do so by law. MORE
Jun. 20, 2014
Number of New York City schools are moving up start of the school day due to changes in teachers' contract, and many parents are not happy about the change. MORE
Jun. 19, 2014
Gov Bobby Jindal of Louisiana will seek to end state's enactment of Common Core educational guidelines, a high profile victory for conservative critics of the math and reading guidelines that dozens of states are planning to use; Jindal, who himself supported standards when they were adopted in 2010, now argues that they represent federal takeover of Louisiana's educational system. MORE
Jun. 18, 2014
Philadelphia superintendent of schools William R Hite Jr makes last-minute plea for funding to city and state lawmakers, saying he needs at least an additional $96 million to offer students even a 'wholly inadequate' education in 2015. MORE
Jun. 18, 2014
New York Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina plans to preserve hallmarks of city's gifted programs, immensely popular classes and schools that draw high achievers but have been criticized as shutting out low-income children; advocates hoped she would overhaul the programs, which they see as a critical front in the effort to reduce inequality in the school system. MORE
Jun. 17, 2014
Supreme Court allows challenge to Ohio law banning lies in political campaigns to move forward; votes 5-to-4 to allows prosecution under a federal law that requires gun buyers to disclose if a gun is being purchased for someone else; refuses to hear case about holding high school graduations in churches. MORE
Jun. 17, 2014
Goal of Pres Obama's Educate to Innovate initiative is to inspire more young people to study science and math, but end has proved elusive. MORE
Jun. 16, 2014
Success Academy Charters Schools group's attempt to double in size by 2016 forces New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to choose between two troublesome options--hand over free space in public or private buildings to them or give schools money to find their own space; first option has frequently led to protests from parents and teachers in schools that have to share space, and second option could come with spiraling financial costs. MORE
Jun. 15, 2014
Chrispin Alcindor, Brooklyn fourth grader who was once top student, has struggled to adapt to rigorous new academic standards known as Common Core and experienced anxiety about exams that accompany them; whether Common Core achieves its promise will ultimately depend on schools and children like Chrispin, and whether they are able to rise to rigor of new demands. MORE
Jun. 14, 2014
Richard Zirpolo, 67, joins the class of 2014 at Xavier High School in Manhattan, so that his mother could finally watch him be handed a diploma; he was barred from his graduation ceremony in 1964 for missing a practice for the ceremony. MORE
Jun. 14, 2014
Op-Ed article by writer Peggy Orenstein asserts that modern battle over school dress codes focuses too much on girls and on supposed seductive and 'distracting' nature of their attire; holds that healthier approach is to address male leering and harassment, while at same time discouraging clothing that overtly objectifies women; encourages schools to educate students about culture's role in their wardrobe choices. MORE
Jun. 13, 2014
Op-Ed article by Prof Jesse Rothstein criticizes California Judge Rolf M Treu's ruling striking down state's teacher-tenure system; contend ruling ignores trade-offs inherent in decisions about firing teachers; contends that, in schools across nation, attacking tenure does little to close the achievement gap and risks compounding the problem. MORE
Jun. 12, 2014
Landmark court decision finding California's teacher tenure laws are unconstitutional will likely lead to flood of copycat lawsuits in other states, shifting battleground on issue from legislatures to the courts; debate has persisted for years, with teachers unions arguing that laws represent important job security and detractors arguing that they make it impossible to fire bad teachers. MORE
Jun. 12, 2014
Editorial welcomes ruling by California Judge Rolf M Treu that state laws governing hiring and firing of teachers are unconstitutional and result in minority children being disproportionately saddled with incompetent teachers; says ruling opens new chapter in equal education battle; holds teachers' unions must work to change outdated policies, or they will have change thrust upon them. MORE
Jun. 11, 2014
California Judge Rolf M Treu rules that teacher tenure laws deprive students of their right to an education under the State Constitution and violate their civil rights; decision hands teachers' unions major defeat in landmark case, which could radically alter how state teachers are hired and fired and prompt challenges to tenure laws in other states. MORE
Jun. 11, 2014
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of country's largest donors to educational causes and strong backer of academic guidelines known as Common Core, calls for two-year moratorium on states or school districts making any high-stakes decisions based on test results aligned with Common Core curriculums; foundation official expresses belief that teachers across nation need more time for a comfortable and effective transition to the standards. MORE
Jun. 11, 2014
Eduardo Porter Economic Scene column praises programs like Becoming A Man at Harper High School in Chicago that help at risk young people find an objective in life and potentially overcome income inequality; says that belief in a better future is key to success. MORE
Jun. 11, 2014
Federal Communications Commission officials say that chairman Tom Wheeler is planning to offer his fellow commissioners proposed regulatory change to promote Wi-Fi in schools; FCC is currently bound by rules governing a program that subsidizes installation of high-speed Internet connections at schools. MORE
Jun. 10, 2014
Report from Britain's Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills concludes that pressure from fundamentalist Islamic school board governors had created culture of 'fear and intimidation' among senior staff members in number of British schools; report stops short of saying pressure amounted to conspiracy to impose Islamist views on parts of the education system, as alleged by anonymous letter that first raised alarm about situation. MORE
Jun. 10, 2014
Bills now being introduced in Albany to change what critics argue is a discriminatory admissions policy at New York City's most selective high schools are receiving only tepid political support; bills would allow the schools to use multiple measures to decide whom to admit, rather than the single criterion, a test two and a half hours long, that they now must rely on. MORE
Jun. 9, 2014
When kindergarteners were taught in a highly decorated classroom, they were more distracted, and their test scores lower, than when they were taught in a room that was comparatively spartan, a new study found. MORE
Jun. 9, 2014
Dispute over how to combat threat of homegrown Islamic extremism in British schools has reached political crisis, resulting in personal intervention from Prime Min David Cameron; debate's fallout has resulted in apology from Education Sec Michael Gove and resignation of aide to Department of the Home Sec Theresa May; rift follows allegations that Islamic fundamentalists planned to infiltrate schools in Birmingham. MORE
Jun. 9, 2014
Side Street column profiles Edouard E Plummer who has, since 1964, taken promising poor and minority children living in Harlem and, in one intense year, given them the tools to get into and thrive at the nation's leading schools and beyond; Wadleigh Scholars Program, under Plummer, has helped put more than 500 disadvanaged young people from Harlem into108 different boarding and preparatory schools. MORE
Jun. 7, 2014
Governors of Oklahoma and South Carolina sign bills repealing the Common Core state standards, guidelines for children's achievement in reading and math between kindergarten and high school graduation. MORE
Jun. 4, 2014
New York City teachers union says they have approved nine-year labor contract that raises pay by 18 percent but leaves questions about future of their health benefits; agreement includes billions of dollars in back pay. MORE
Jun. 3, 2014
Common Core standards in education, which have been accepted in most states, place little emphasis on handwriting after the first grade, but research shows that process of writing by hand is important to a number of cognitive processes, and not just legibility; evidence suggests that learning to write by hand helps children better generate ideas and retain information. MORE
Jun. 3, 2014
Boys' tennis team at Beacon School in Manhattan won 2014 national high school championship despite enduring long commutes for court space, problem for many public high school players in New York City; team caps off its season by taking winning its fourth consecutive Mayor's Cup, city's top event for scholastic players. MORE
Jun. 2, 2014
Editorial criticizes Republicans on House Appropriations Committee for balking at requiring schools to serve healthy lunches; expresses hope that Senate will hold out against effort. MORE
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Why Do Americans Stink at Math?
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July 27, 2014, Sunday
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A report said that the university's band members had been told to mimic sex acts and were given vulgar nicknames, and that the director did not do enough to stop harassment.
July 25, 2014, Friday
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July 25, 2014, Friday
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Needed: More Doctors in America
Readers, including the American Medical Association, respond to an editorial.
July 25, 2014, Friday
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July 25, 2014, Friday
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N.C.A.A. Players' Winning Streak, Off the Field
Several changes, including the N.C.A.A.'s decision not to ask student-athletes to sign statements allowing promotional use of their likenesses, come amid growing unrest over the amateur model of college sports.
July 24, 2014, Thursday
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At Manhattan Preschool, Accounts of Sex Abuse Case Differ
At least three families have hired lawyers to investigate after a popular intern was accused by a teacher of inappropriately touching children and arrested.
July 24, 2014, Thursday
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With All Due Deference
In a ruling on the University of Texas affirmative action case, the Fifth Circuit supplies what the Supreme Court's decision lacked: understanding.
July 24, 2014, Thursday
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Senator's Thesis Turns Out to Be Remix of Others' Works, Uncited
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July 24, 2014, Thursday
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'Two Countries, No Home'
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July 23, 2014, Wednesday
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Didn't have much time to myself,didn't visit willy"s did get to Mikes Place,purty Good!!Am home in da woods today do paper work,and back to N.O. tomorrow mornin. Started to go To Clarksdale but for some reason I just wanted to get home and sleep in muh own bed!!and I played my geetar till midnight last night,
I like my guitars and peanut butter the same way-CRUNCHY!
If it wasn't for peanut butter, I would have starved as a kid! George Washington Carver........another hero!
Now for the cyphering of the code at the bottom.
My average is about four trys before getting it right. I'm trying to exhaust their combinations!
Honestly. Annoying little bunch of letters/numbers isn't it?? Of course, you don't need a little box to use the guestbook - that's why every morning I have to delete the spam posts. Sheesh, I really have to find another server.
I hesitated in responding as I didn't want to run the gauntlet again.
With the spotty background I can't see some of the tags on some letters (I guess).
It doesn't tell why your wrong.........just that you missed it.
My life kind of runs along those lines anyway...
Here we go................
Nothing beats a jar of crunchy Sunpat peanut butter and a tea-spoon. Bear in mind though, this comes from someone who, as child, regularly drank vinegar from the bottle.....voluntarily.
...except a jar of black cat south african crunchy
peanut butter ...which i lived on for the first year of my working life.....
do i detect some kind of eating disorder among alvins
toni does alvin like peanut butter????
Peanut Butter could replace gold in backing dollars up!!
Jane, I think many of us survived on a loaf or tube of crackers and a jar of peanut butter!!
now for the spelling test!??!
Well, I'm almost embarassed to admit it, but I really don't like peanut butter. Love peanuts, but not peanut butter. Love jelly, jam & preserves, especially raspberry, but don't like peanut butter. My mom always made banana & peanut butter sandwiches for everyone else, plain banana for me.
thats ok toni
believe it or not many of us survived on peanut butter
not by choice...it was healthy and cost almost nothing
but i love it
not on bread
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with my fingers
im not cultured like alan who uses a spoon
but there again never liked vinegar out of the bottle
but a love another red grape product that u find here in a bottle
michael spelling test...oh dear!!!!
Guys!! LISTEN the best samwich eber!!Peanut butter on wheat mayo and tomatos YUMMY!!and a RC cola and a MOON PIE fo Desert!!
I'd like a job in a peanut butter factory. One of those guys who chews the peanuts, and then puts the gunk in the jars.
Toni, You may want to check the Guestbook. There is a new entry loaded with links to porn. No, I did not click on them! Whoever did it must have a thing for toys!


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Has anyone out there seen "Dream Home"?
Pretty good, really. I know this sounds very American of me, but I think I missed out on some of the super cool cinimatography because I was busy reading subtitles. Man, those Cantonese speak fast. Anyway, I personally don't care for most Asian horror films, to much hype, not enough story...etc,etc, but Dream Home is worth checking out.
The story centers on Sheung, a young woman trying to land an expensive high rise apartment in Hong Kong. Its interesting to see that the economic troubles in China are identical to the ones here in America. If there's one gripe about "Dream Home" it's that it's so heavy handed with it's politics. To paraphrase Stephen King, I like my stories without billboards.
All that aside, the film has some very disturbing scenes [only the most stout hearted pregnant woman should watch it] during the first half. The action is interspliced with flashbacks of Sheungs childhood and early twenties. At first you feel sympathy for Sheung...she's really just trying to provide for her family, then there is a crucial moment in one of the flashbacks...and then shit gets weird. Maybe alittle to weird. Almost funny. [Actually, one part is so absurd, I almost peed my pants laughing].
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Apparently it wasn't enough for Kim Kardashian to set her latest reality show in New York City, because now the brunette bombshell is considering taking the Big Apple by storm permanently.
To be closer to her newest beau, New Jersey Nets star Kris Humphries, Kardashian is considering a long-term relocation to the city, reports E! Online.
According to the E! report, Kardashian and Humphries have already been spotted around town looking at places in Chelsea.
Humphries, who lives in Hoboken, has made it known that he'd like to move closer to the city as the Nets will move into Barclays Center in Brooklyn in 2012.
For her part, Kardashain will stay involved with the latest branch of her family's fashion boutique, Dash, which opened in Soho last fall. Her new E! reality show, "Kim and Kourtney Take New York, premiers January 23.
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Hundreds of artists and thousands of art lovers were at Beverly Gardens Park over the weekend for the city's 2012 Fall artSHOW.
The free bi-annual event featured art from 250 exhibitors who came from across the nation to showcase their work in ceramics, drawing and printmaking, glass, jewelry, two- and three-dimensional mixed media, new and digital media, painting, photography, sculpture and watercolor. There was also live music and numerous food trucks. The show was held both Saturday and Sunday.
The following artists were named the first-place winners in their respective categories:
- Ceramics: Eri Sugimoto
- Drawing and Printmaking: Leonardo Nunez
- Glass: Paul Harrie
- Jewelry: Isabelle Posillico
- Two-Dimensional Mixed Media: Grant Bathke
- Three-Dimensional Mixed Media: Ellie Rusinova & Brandan Styles
- New and Digital Media: Leah Devora
- Painting: Kenneth Ober
- Photography: Robert Kawika Sheer
- Sculpture: Damien Jones
- Watercolor: Taman Vanscoy
The artSHOW takes place each May and October. Beverly Hills has hosted the event for nearly 40 years.
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8:32 p.m. Benjamin Shane Voth, 38, of Unionville, Iowa, was charged in the 20000 block of East Highway J5T with public intoxication.
11:37 p.m. Jeremy Dale Lawson, 37, of Bloomfield was charged in the 200 block of North Main Street on an out of county warrant.
11:49 p.m. Russell Gene Brown, Jr., 49, of Queen City, Mo., was charged at 202 N. Main St. with public intoxication and interference with official acts.
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PITTSBURG, Kan. —
Pittsburg State defensive coordinator Dave Wiemers seemed pretty happy after the Gorillas wrapped up their Spring Game on Saturday.
For starters, he was glad to get out of the cold, rainy weather that had shown up for a majority of Pitt State's spring workouts and scrimmages.
More importantly, he said he was feeling good about the shape of his defense.
"I think our spring has been pretty good, really," Wiemers said after the White beat the Red 19-7 at Carnie Smith Stadium. "The thing we have is experience. It's the thing we want more than anything. I'd take it over talent any time. And fortunately I think we have some talent and some experience.
"If all goes well, we should be able to hold up our end of the deal."
The Gorillas saw plenty of reps from their backups on Saturday. Three-time All-American linebacker Nate Dreiling was among a handful of regulars who didn't suit out.
That gave the backups, who Wiemers praised, a shot to make some noise in front of the Pitt State fans, who showed up in decent numbers despite the weather.
"We think our top 25 is deeper than it has been," Wiemers said. "We feel good about our backups at every position. They've gotten a lot of reps and I think they feel like they can run on the field and contribute. I feel better about our depth than I have in a while."
The same could be said on the offensive side.
Quarterback Anthony Abenoja, all-American receiver John Brown and linemen Cody Holland and Tyler Smith were among the inactives on offense, some with minor injuries and some simply playing it safe.
"That enabled some other guys to get experience," Pitt State offensive coordinator Steve Rampy said. "We think this is going to be the most experience, depth-wise, we've had in the last couple years. We feel good about that."
Senior Solomon Watkins likely latched on to the starting running back job, wrapping up a solid spring by averaging 5.7 yards on six carries, including a 16-yard gain in the first quarter.
"One of our goals for the spring was to establish who that (starting) guy was and I think we did," Rampy said. "Solomon is finally healthy. He hasn't been healthy for over a year."
Sophomore Jeff Seybold (5-foot-11, 208 pounds) and redshirt freshman Dre Holman (5-9, 209) will probably enter fall camp as the top backups.
"Obviously, you don't play our conference with one (running back)," Rampy said. "We need all three of those guys to be efficient running backs, and we feel like they are. The other two guys (Seybold and Holman), while they were banged up most of the spring, I think they showed what they can do."


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Within 10 minutes, four of my children called, emailed or texted me that morning to express condolences on what they knew would be a personal loss.
No, it wasn't a real family member but my kids knew many of his songs because we used to sing them as we traveled.
Like me, they were lamenting the passing of George Jones, whose 50-year singing career came to an end at 81 in a Nashville hospital.
Considering how the ole "possum" lived, his durability no doubt surprised many. He survived the physical and emotional calamities that he sang about.
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, "No Show" Jones was the most admired singer in country music because he was the most imitated.
He liked to joke and even sing about that nickname from the days when his personal battles with booze and drugs forced him to cancel many concerts.
My favorite fact about him is that he was so resilient that he won three "comeback of the year" awards from different organizations.
Someone writing about his death said that his successes overcame his excesses. I wished I had coined that phrase because it perfectly describes his life.
One of my buddies often said he would like to have a penny for every teardrop shed or beer bottle emptied in a honkytonk while listening to George's heart wrenching songs.
I like all of them but my favorite and the one most often ranked as the best country song of all time is "He Stopped Loving Her Today."
Unrequited love is the saddest scenario in any romantic relationship and George made all of us feel like we knew or were like that good old boy who kept his promise of loving that woman until death.
Among the legendary stories of country music is that Jones refused to record the song until the writer added some lines about the lost love showing up for the funeral.
He said that made it real and millions of fans apparently agreed with him because it earned him a Grammy, revived his career and perhaps saved his life.
Much has been written about his awards, his four marriages and his escapades, especially driving his lawnmower to a liquor store when his wife hid the car keys or trying 83 times to get a song right in a recording session.
His 1997 autobiography was entitled "I Lived to Tell It All."
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Niagara Gazette — Mayor Paul Dyster has included a resolution asking the Niagara Falls City Council to accept a challenge grant from the John R. Oishei Foundaton that would restore funding cut from the Niagara Arts and Cultural Center in the agenda for Monday's City Council meeting.
The three lawmakers who voted to cut the NACC's funding — Council Chairman Glenn Choolokian, and council members Robert Anderson Jr. and Sam Fruscione — told Robert D. Gioia, the president of the foundation, they would not accept the foundations challenge grant during the Feb. 19 council meeting. But no formal vote on the matter took place.
The foundation offered to match every dollar of funding the council was willing to restore up to $15,000. Were the city to match the full amount offered, all of the $30,000 cut from the NACC when the three council members voted to deny the center's appropriation agreement would be returned.
In his resolution, Dyster said the council needs to formally vote on a resolution to put on record whether they will accept the grant challenge.
"As this is a monetary offer to the city of Niagara Falls, just as with the acceptence of certain grants, acceptance or denial of these funds is being submitted for a full city council vote," Dyster said in the resolution.
Dyster also circulated a press release highlighting the resolution that noted the many investments — about $10 million worth since 2006 — the foundation has made with various organizations in the Falls.
Dyster said he hopes the three council members that voted to deny the NACC funds will reconsider accepting the challenge grant.
"I just wanted to put it on the agenda to get some closure," he said.
Choolokian said he feels that the resolution was not a legislative formality, but an attempt to rehash a topic that has garnered the three council members sharp criticisms at recent council meetings.
"I think the mayor is trying to embarrass the city council," he said.
Choolokian said none of the members who voted to cut the funds to the NACC have changed their minds and the council would vote the measure down.
Those council members have maintained that the cuts to the NACC and other organizations made last month are necessary because the city has looming financial issues that need to be addressed.
"The city council is going to move forward and try to figure out what we're going to do with this financial situation this summer," Choolokian said.


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