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WORCESTER Cathedral features in a new book penned by a former soldier.
The tomb of King John at the place of worship is mentioned in England's Cathedrals by Train, by Major-General Murray Naylor.
The book tells the story of how railway transformed the way in which both goods and passengers could be transported around the country.
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Our daughter, Carolyn, suggested that I might write about our Turtle. So, here goes.
About five years ago at Christmas, when our grandson, John, was still in college, we began hearing the most pitiful kitten cries. After quite a bit of investigation we discovered a tortoise shell kitten up a tree. It cried and cried, for several days and it didn't seem able or willing to come out of the trees. I say "trees" because it wasn't always in the same tree.
It was a lovely kitten, and I really wanted to help it, so we called our grandson, who came over, and with our then neighbor's permission, he got our tallest ladder and climbed onto the roof of her carport. From there, he pulled the ladder up on the carport, as well, and climbed up the ladder to where the kitten was crying in an old oak tree.
He removed the kitten from the tree, got it and the ladder back on solid ground and we took her into our home. (Someone said they never picked a cat, the cats always picked them, and this was one of those times.)
The kitten was, and still is for that matter, a little spit fire. And I do mean spit. At the time we had a couple of old cats and an old dog, and the kitten made her way around the house spitting and cursing every living being, including the people. She called us all unspeakable names, but it appeared that she liked people OK, it was just dogs and cats she had a real problem with.
We named her Turtle, and we proceeded to tell our other grandchildren that John had gotten a turtle out of a tree and to ask if they wanted to see it. She was an instant hit with the family.


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Well guys, I went down to Audi today.
Asked for a quote, as I want my timing Belt done and also a service just for peace of mind.
cars done 34k
Ach well the joys !
Well guys, I went down to Audi today.
Asked for a quote, as I want my timing Belt done and also a service just for peace of mind.
cars done 34k
Ach well the joys !
Oh my !!! ... I'm not looking forward to it myself either. I've bought my car a couple of weeks ago, but the service indicator says its due in about 1000 miles or so and its not one of those small Oil change services either.
There have got to be good sensible options. I was advised to use Fontain. I'm not sure as they are Audi specialists but not Audi dealers as such. It'll probably affect the resale price of my RS6 if I did use a non Audi dealer to service my car too? Pity really, as I know some really GOOD service outlets and mechanics.
Not sure yet what is the best thing to do ...
Agreed mate, ive had some hi tech cars, and trust me if you dont have main dealer on an Rs6 you will have real worries selling it again.
And the complete truth is some of the small independent mechanics are FAR better !!
I must agree..you need the dealer stamos but fontian is well known and can also carry out warranty work on Audis now.!
Mine has done 34k so cambelt due Feb next year..but I will do it myself and borrow the tools off my mate at Audi..no way letting anyone else work on this car.....!!!! no way.
I have extended warranty so need the services to be done at the dealer, BUT with block execption they can't preasure you into only using Audi main dealers..as long as you use Audi OEM parts with a reciept it is ok to service anywhere you want even with a brand new car
Audi RS6 Daytona GreyLoving all 455.7BHP of her
I see you are in Scotland mate - have you got a quote for the work from Ingram Audi in Ayr?Originally Posted by bbigman2000
I use them, and they are generally 35% ish less than the service costs at the usual franchise stealers (Glasgow/Stirling/Edinburgh Audi). Ingram no longer have the franchise to sell new Audis, but the workshop and mechanics are still Audi approved, you get an Audi stamp in the book, and the warranty is still honoured.
They've done a decent job for me on the last couple of visits (due a service tomorrow in fact!).
Worth a go???
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Thanks mate appreciated, Im just a bit far away though, Im up near Aberdeen so it would be a hell of a run.
Im going to use Audi Hawco in Elgin, Ive been asking about and so far nothing but good has been said about them.
I was luck with mine, it has been done, the next one will be in about 3 years time as I dont do the miles.. But yer Crawley Audi said it would be about 2K
cheers mate, I think labour in london is £100 per hr plus where as up here im only £60 an hour !
Well guys, ive got my estimate through,
Full service, plugs, air filters, and timing belt total inc vat £1612.52
Not bad ?
Gosh ... myabe it is just me but I'm still taking that in. I'm just thinking, even if it takes them the whole day, say a whole 7 hours to do the service. Thats still Ł420 labour inc (at Ł60/hour you mention). So the parts cost around Ł1200 inc? Maybe I'm looking at this too simplistically.
However, I used to own a BMW 7 series (E38 - still do actually) which I bought when it was fairly new (a couple of years old) and I used get quoted all kinds of full service rates, from Ł800 all the way to Ł2k ! Such variance! (Scotland was always cheaper for me, especially Perth). So what I used to do was get the very basic service done which used to be around Ł300 and get them to mark all the things that needed changing / required work done to it (they do this as part of the service). Then I would buy all the parts that I required from BMW and take it to my mechanic mate to fix. That way I got the stamp I needed, got all the original parts and had all the work done by my mate in front of my eyes!
I wonder whether Audi has a basic charge for servicing? Can't be that high surely!
I hope its not a case of RS6 = expensive car with discerning driver taste = affordability = high service rates = Ł1.5K .... Just thinking aloud ...
Gosh I'm not looking forward to mine !!!
That will equate to 2 days work.Cambelt is about 5 hrs from memory insit they change all the rollers and the water pump..might aswell for what the part cost.
The plugs are £15 aprox and then it takes tons of oil..£1600 is not bad I wouldn't pay that but is ok
996T 48K is 7.9hrs and will cost you £1100 that is with out the belt so I really don't think that is a bad quote.
Audi have got a menu pricing system and the RS is not wacked with a premium if that is what you may have been thinking.
Ask for a menu price print out you should get it this will include book times...the times believe me are in the customers favour as they are warranty times....all times worked out when engine out sort of thing....
Part of the 40K is a cambelt check (40k can be done sooner depending on age) so make sure they have not added abit on for this.
When replacing the air filter ask them to change the airflow meter rings and the rubber stops for the air box...
Mine where worn and when accelerating hard the airbox moved and engine light came on..!!!
VAG-COM to the rescue!! unmetered air delt with it and now ok..2 rubber bungs and airflow meter rings and she is good too go.!
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Thank you Marmite, very insightful.
If this helps, I quickly dug out the paper for my last major service which was carried out at 37K, (which was done before the previous oil change service at 42K).
This service was done just over a year ago, here down south.
Breakdown of work done:
Roller (1)
Roller (1)
Belt Damper (1)
Lever (1)
Air Filter (2)
Tensioner (1)
V Belt (1)
Roller (1)
Oil Filter (1)
Brake Pads Front RS6 (1)
Spray Lube (1)
Toothed Belt (1)
Brake Cleaner (1)
V Belt Tensioner (1)
Pollen Filter A6 (1)
Spark Plug (8)
Sump Washer (1)
Anti Freeze (2)
Screenwash Fan (1)
SLX Longlife 2B (8)
Service Carried Out (Ł137.50)
Replaced Front Brake Pads (Ł55.00)
Replaced Cam Belt and Tensioners (Ł275.00)
Cheap labour rate...!
This looks ok to me really..they are expensive cars to maintain I know my front brakes will need doing soon and that is £900 ish just parts but I knew this when I bought it
Audi RS6 Daytona GreyLoving all 455.7BHP of her
thanks lads, I have the break down sitting here for your info
40k service labour £294.15
Replace Auxilliary and timing belt £540.60
Parts :-
relay roll
belt damper
air filter
auxilliary belt
timing belt
spark plugs
cabin filter
fuel filter
oil parts total £537.61
Total 1372.36 + VAT = £1612.53
Marmite, thanks for the info on the air filter replacement, il mention it to them.
Well thats the job done and dusted £1479.40
Highly delighted, she is running awesome.


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Don't let anyone tell you the Winter Classic Alumni Game is for old, washed up players who've passed their prime. So what if half the roster is eligible to be card-carrying members of the AARP – on Dec. 31, these guys brought their A-game.
Philadelphia Flyers alumni defeated their "mature" New York Rangers counterparts in winning fashion, 3-1, at the matchup held outdoors that day at Citizens Bank Park.
The game was like a trip back in time for both players and fans alike. But for one Winter Classic alumni participant, the game meant much more.
For Kerry Fraser, the famed NHL referee who closed the books on his near-four decades career in 2010, the game reminded him of life growing up in Sarnia, Ontario.
"We grew up in outdoor rinks. My dad was a hockey player. Just as kids in the U.S. aspired to become baseball players, we aspired to play hockey," Fraser said. "In stepping outside, you go back to your roots. Going out on ice is like returning to your childhood."
Fraser's career began in 1972, when he realized he couldn't see himself progressing past the amateur hockey level. He said he wasn't big enough or good enough to go pro.
So he did the next best thing by enrolling in referee school that summer, where NHL officiators quickly scouted him out.
He fell in love with his new role, making a name for himself (and his hair) along the way. After a decade or so in the NHL, Fraser moved his family to Voorhees, N.J., ironically into the home of former Flyers coach Mike Keenan, who was en route to Chicago to coach the Blackhawks in 1988.
"I recalled how NHL President John Zeigler was too impressed that I bought a coach's house and even wanted to know how I could even afford a coach's house. He knew full well what he was paying me," Fraser said.
Fraser said he enjoyed his time in Voorhees, where his seven children attended Voorhees Middle School and Eastern Regional High School. Three of his children received Division I scholarships to continue their athletic endeavors after Eastern and one of his daughters received the Viking Award for best female athlete.
A hair affair
The mane helps his game.
It's no secret that Fraser loves his hair, so much so that he was willing to forgo a helmet until the NHL mandated it for everyone on the ice in 2006.
He was permitted to let his locks loose during the Alumni Game, which allowed him to revel in his past, he said.
In his book published last year, "The Final Call: Hockey Stories from a Legend in Stripes," Fraser devotes an entire chapter on the evolution of his hair.
Fraser didn't get the best hair in hockey overnight, he said. In the 70s and 80s, he had a shaggy look, but his wife, Kathy, wanted something new for him.
A break in the NHL schedule allowed him and his wife to travel to Marco Island for vacation. Kathy shipped him off to the salon and Fraser came back with his signature blowback look.
His first game back after the 'do re-do was in Madison Square Garden in New York. Fraser said the house lights were kept down low as the officials took the ice and skated around. When the lights came up during the National Anthem, players were shocked to see Fraser's new look, he said.
Fraser further confesses about his tresses, retelling a story of when a play-by-play commentator captures the moment during a Boston Bruins match. During the game, a puck was unintentionally hurled near Fraser's helmet-less head.
"And down goes Fraser! And not a hair out of place," the commentator remarked.
Fraser said he loves the notoriety his hair receives, including a Top 10 spot on a hair website and accolades such as "Notoriously well groomed" and "Best hair in hockey" from his colleagues.
On the glory days
The Alumni Game gave Fraser a chance to catch up with old friends to the likes of former player and Flyers' executive Bobby Clarke, Eric Lindros, Mark Messier and Bernie Parent. Fraser called the matchup a game of grownup kids on a frozen slab of ice.
"The Winter Classic brings out the best in everyone," Fraser said. "I looked intensely at the faces of the former Flyers players as God Bless America rang throughout the park and saw emotion rise up in them recalling glory days across the parking lot where the Spectrum once stood."
Chants of B-E-R-N-I-E, B-E-R-N-I-E lingered throughout the stadium and fans cheered for Lindros, who looks fit enough to still play hockey, Fraser said.
The sound of 50,000 screaming fans brought Fraser back to a place he longed for, the childhood he remembered playing on frozen lakes.
"The Winter Classic is truly a world-class event. The emotion, enthusiasm, nostalgia, camaraderie and the sportsmanship that was demonstrated by these legendary players transcends the game," Fraser said. "The City of Brotherly Love opened up her arms and embraced this event."
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After participating in 2,165 games, Fraser's collected many memories, storing them away and reliving them from time to time. Fraser has officiated Winter Classic games, All-Star Games, the Stanley Cup Finals and the Winter Olympics.
But this Winter Classic was one of the most meaningful because of the company he shared it with.
Fraser's son, Ryan, who has refereed more than 700 AHL games, participated in the Alumni Game, as did Fraser's son-in-law, Harry Dumas, a former NHL referee.
"I can't express the emotions I felt of sharing that stage with my family," Fraser said. "I can't tell you what an honor it was for me and my sons to be part of it."


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You may not be bombarded with television ads or high-profile stories on the evening news, but in towns and cities throughout the state, candidates are campaigning for local offices and appealing to voters to pay attention.
Most municipalities elect their leaders in odd-numbered years, but unfortunately, most voters choose not to participate.
Unlike presidential election years where statewide turnout is close to 70 percent, in 2013 most localities would be happy to see voter turnout crack 20 percent. That's a shame. Local officials can have a huge impact on a resident's day-to-day life, arguably more so than the president, yet so few choose to have a say in who those leaders will be.
While it may seem like little information is available about the candidates running for municipal offices, aside from the stray yard sign here or there, it's actually often easier to find out where these candidates stand on the issues. Not only are they generally more accessible – you can always email or call and you'll probably get a response from the candidate – but voters can also attend forums to hear firsthand from the candidates themselves about why they are running for office.
In addition, the nonpartisan N.C. Center for Voter Education has compiled its 2013 North Carolina Voter Guide, available at NCVoterGuide.org, featuring information on candidates running for office in more than 200 towns and cities across the state.
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As voters make their way to the polls this year, hopefully in greater numbers than we've seen in past local election years, it is important to remember that the 2013 elections are unaffected by the new elections overhaul law signed by Gov. Pat McCrory in August. There has been a lot of controversy concerning the law and the new restrictions it places on voting, which has led to confusion among voters.
The new law's requirement to show a photo ID at the polling place will not go into effect until 2016. So voters in 2013, 2014 and 2015 will not be required to show a government-issued photo ID to vote. Also, the elimination of same-day voter registration, shortening of the early voting period by seven days, removal of straight-ticket voting from the ballot, banning out-of-precinct voting and many other new provisions will not be effective until 2014.
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Its "pathway schools" are John Adams Middle School and Santa Monica High School. Two of the last three Santa Monica High School Valedictorians are alumni of Will Rogers.
All classrooms at Will Rogers are equipped with Macintosh computers; its fourth-grade classrooms use SMARTBoards. The school library has more than 12,000 volumes.
School programs include Gardening Angels (plant-science curriculum); Gifted and Talented Education (GATE); the Instrumental and Vocal Music Program (in which all fourth- and fifth-grade students participate); Reading Counts (a computer-based reading-incentive program); Students and Teachers at Rogers in Nurturing Groups for Success (STRINGS); and Vocal Music.
Will Rogers' after-school programs include After Class Enrichment (classes include art, cooking, computer science, dance, drama, magic, music and Spanish); Child Care, Recreation, Enrichment, Sports Together (CREST); Cub Scouts; Girl Scouts; Playground Access (offered by CREST); Summer Adventure; the Summer Enrichment Program; and Summer Reading.
The school also has artists, poets and scientists in residence; an Astronomy Night; excursions to Mission San Juan Capistrano (fourth grade), the Malibu Mountains (fifth grade) and a local planetarium; a Read-a-Thon; a Science Expo; STEM Career Day; and a STEM Trip.
In its 2009 City Talent Search, Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth placed Will Rogers on its list of Top 10 schools in California.
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Fire severely damaged a home on Wood Hollow Drive in Cranberry around midnight Sunday.
Chief Brian Kovac said the fire started in the chimney of the split-entry home and spread through the attic. When firefighters arrived on the scene, there was heavy smoke pouring from the roof, he said.
Firefighters had the flames knocked out in about 15 minutes, the chief said.
Neighbor John Cox, who lives two houses from the damaged home on the 800 block of Wood Hollow Drive, said Matt and Julie Jones share the house with their two children. All escaped safely.
"There were flames shooting from it," Cox said of the building.
Kovac said the fire did not appear suspicious. He did not have an estimate on the damage to the home, but said it was not habitable.
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Oil boom helps propel banking business
Bankers, too, have enjoyed a boost in lending activity, thanks to the growth in the oil business in Northern Colorado.
Take, for example, a recent $11 million loan to Loveland-based McWhinney for a building in Johnstown leased by Houston-based Fiberspar.
The 165,000-square-foot building was completed in December and houses sales and distribution employees of the company, which produces fiber-reinforced piping for the oil and gas industry.
Fiberspar has a long-term lease for the property.
The new facility was made possible by a loan from Denver-based Guaranty Bank & Trust, which operates throughout Northern Colorado.
Guaranty, like most other banks doing business in the region, says it has seen an increase in loan levels in recent quarters because of the overall improvement in the economy.
In fact, five of the eight banks based in Northern Colorado have seen an increase in their assets since Houston-based EOG Resources discovered the oil well "Jake" in 2009.
The oil and gas boom, particularly in Weld County, has helped bolster loan levels at Guaranty in two lending areas most closely tied to drilling: commercial and real estate loans.
Chris Erickson, executive vice president of commercial real estate lending at the bank, said that any time an industry takes off like oil and gas has in Northern Colorado, it follows that more financing will be needed for housing and retail building acquisitions and construction.
Banks also have seen plenty of demand for money to help offset an industrial real estate space crunch in Weld County that has worsened as companies move into the market or expand.
Despite the boom, banks have been hesitant making construction loans for oil and gas uses.
In part, that's because no one is certain when the oil will dry up. Beyond that, the economic climate nationwide has made it difficult for many banks to make loans, especially for construction or speculative projects.
For Guaranty, there were two reasons for making the loan for the building, according to Erickson.
The first was the involvement of McWhinney, which has remained one of the area's more successful real estate developers through the recession; the second was the financial strength of Fiberspar.
Indeed, Fiberspar is a well-established company with operations on five continents. The company was a good loan candidate because the bank felt confident about Fiberspar's business plan, Erickson said.
The building sits within the Iron Horse development, a 165-acre mixed-use business park near the Great Western and Union Pacific railways as well as Interstate 25 and Highway 34.
Mark Driscoll, president of First National Bank in Northern Colorado, which operates 15 branches in the region, believes construction financing will pick up even more in coming months.
Projects most likely to get loans are those tied directly to a specific need, rather than speculative projects proposed by developers without a tenant in mind, Driscoll said.
"More financing should become available as oil and gas companies continue to make commitments to the area. They'll need more space and will hopefully have sufficient cash flow and income streams to be approved for loans," he said.
At First National, commercial and industrial lending is up about $10 million from the previous year, Driscoll said. Driscoll estimated that a "fair amount" of the increase was related to loans made for drilling and equipment purchase.
The increasing strength of the oil and gas industry also adds diversity to the Northern Colorado economy, Driscoll said, which may help the area weather economic downturn better.
Along the same lines, banks that make mostly agricultural loans are seeing their customers benefit from drilling, according to Tony Miller, senior vice president of lending at Greeley's First Farm Bank.
Many of the farmers and ranchers who do business at First Farm Bank own land with mineral rights attached to it, and have been seeing returns from the drilling that has taken place there.
This helps First Farm Bank's customers improve their overall financial positions, which may help them prepare for less-than-ideal times in the agriculture industry.
Farmers and ranchers have enjoyed relatively successful seasons for some time, but like every other industry, agriculture will have to come back down to earth at some point, Miller said.
The drought and this year's dry winter may bring that about sooner than many would like. Royalties from oil and gas drilling could help many of Weld County's farmers and ranchers weather a downturn, Miller said, and keep the bank healthier as a result.
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CRISFIELD, Md.- Crisfield police on Thursday announced the arrests of several suspected drug dealers, including Pierre Whittington, 32, of Crisifeld. WBOC was on Market Street when Crisfield police hauled Whittington off in handcuffs.
We asked Crisfield police about the investigation. Police said a press conference concerning the massive drug investigation will be held this week.
Some onlookers said the sight of the arrest is all too familiar.
"But the problem is people who are not drug addicts or users are afraid to step up," said Hooks. He added ,"just because you take 25 people off of the street, does not mean 25 more people won't take their place."
Some folks in the area believe drugs are obviously a problem, but how to deal with it-- is the issue.
"I'm fed up with it, but what can you do," said Daniel Phillip Howard, of Crisfield. "They're still going to find some way to bring it in town."
Others pray that police can rid the area of the drug dealers.
"Naturally I hate for the drugs to be anywhere, but there's nothing I can do about it except pray," said Sam James, of Crisfield.
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My guess is that early voters were committed voters for all...but that Clinton will get an overwhelming number of those.
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comment on a post The Nation Endorses Senator Obama over 6 years ago
Thanks for the news. I'm a regular reader of The Nation and believe they see who the progressive is in this race.
I'm always amazed, tho, that progressives (which I always thought I was) believe that revolution is the first way to get things done. Remember Saul Alinksy's statement that the reformation has to come first. I think that is what Obama can bring us.
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when South Dakota pro-choice groups were trying to fight the abortion ban? All Democratic Senators were invited to help. Guess who was the ONLY one who did....Barack Obama. (Helen Halpin, Director of Health Policy at UC Berkley - posted on You Tube.)
If she will mislead women about who is pro-choice and who isn't why would you trust her to represent your "feelings, desires and needs"?
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And if all of those people had chosen their words more carefully, would the memo have ever been written?
It's a brilliant campaign move: 1) supporters use divisive language and Obama campaign tries to respond to it = he becomes the one playing the race card; 2) supporters use divisive language and Obama's campaign doesn't try to fight it = he is weak and can never defend himself against what the Republicans would do.
If in you're in with the "fun part" of this contest, you gotta be impressed.
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If people who support Clinton weren't shucking and jiving about that drug dealing Muslim kid who attended a radical madrassa maybe the issue of race wouldn't have come up in the Democratic primary.
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Do you remember that more people voted against Bill Clinton in 1992 than voted for him?
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Is "working in his administration" the same thing as being a national co-chair of a campaign?
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Impressive research. Thank you for highlighting what the government is trying to do to voting rights.
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And with Clark and Wilson as advisors, she voted Yes on Kyl-Lieberman.
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Lighten up, folks! Can't we have one diary to laugh about without bringing our candidate bickering into it?
I hear they have children-eating recipes over at Kos...
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What a piece of work you are.
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You know, don't you, that Obama's 'present' vote on abortion bills had the support of the president of Illinois Planned Parenthood?
You know, don't you, that he voted 'present' on about 130 votes out of 4000?
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"I really admire Hillary. She showed such grace while her husband was playing with cigars and interns in the Oval Office. During all the years that Bill was having sex outside their marriage, she was always calm and poised in public. The ability to stand by her husband while he was betraying her can be a lesson to all women who have been in the same situation."
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Didn't take long to get a replacement for Shaheen.
"Muslim" issue resurfaces for Obama"
"By Jason George and John McCormick
Chicago Tribune"
"COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey endorsed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for president Sunday but stirred a continuing controversy by noting her chief rival's name is "Barack Hussein Obama" and that Obama had Muslim ancestors.
"It's probably not something that appeals to him, but I like the fact that his name is Barack Hussein Obama, and that his father was a Muslim and that his paternal grandmother is a Muslim," Kerrey, who made a failed bid for the Democratic presidential nomination won by Bill Clinton in 1992, told The Washington Post.
"There's a billion people on the planet that are Muslims, and I think that experience is a big deal," Kerrey said after the kickoff of a five-day tour of Iowa by Clinton. "He's got a whale of a lot more intellectual talent than I've got as well."
Wrap it around compliments and it can't possibly be construed as playing to people's prejudices, right?
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Thank you, jello. This is a perfect example of one of the many reasons I support Obama.
Saul Alinsky said "...I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be. That we accept the world as it is does not in any sense weaken our desire to change it into what we believe it should be--it is necessary to begin where the world is if we are going to change it to what we think it should be." "We will start with the system because there is no other place to start from except political lunacy. It is most important for those of us who want revolutionary change to understand that revolution must be preceded by reformation. To assume that a political revolution can survive without the supporting base of a popular reformation is to ask for the impossible in politics." (Rules for Radicals)
I believe this - and Obama gets it.


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Demi Lovato has been very open lately when it comes to talking about her struggles and issues. If you saw her MTV Stay Strong special, then you know just how hard this journey has been for the 19-year-old.
Demi recently released a new video on her Youtube opening up about the meaning behind her current single "Give Your Heart a Break." She says that "Give Your Heart a Break" is not at all about someone who has a broken heart – in fact, Demi says this song is about faith, fighting for the one you love and mostly believing that you're worth falling for.
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As part of the Open Source movement we hope to simplify the creation and sharing of micro hydro power machines to satisfy energy needs and bring light to remote areas.
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According to our road map we are able to start prototyping our first design (1KW Banki Turbine) and test it if we would have identified an appropriate site. But more important at this time is funding for the prototype manufacturing.
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GCCC exploring options for on-campus field
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Garden City Community College officials confirmed the school is exploring options to construct an on-campus football field and track.
Broncbuster Athletic Director Ryan Ruda said the process is still in the earliest stages.
"Right now, it's just in the exploratory, the RFP (requet for proposal) stage, requesting costs from companies, and timelines for it to be completed," he said in a phone interview.
GCCC president Herbert Swender declined to call the project a stadium, but said the field would be used for football and soccer, and have a track to supplement plans to revive the Broncbuster track and field program.
Ruda said there isn't any set timeline for the proposed project, and as such, there haven't been discussions of how the construction would be funded. Once any bids from companies have been examined, the project and construction would need to be approved by the board of trustees.
The proposed site is located at the old track just east of the GCCC campus on E Spruce Street, between Tangeman Sports Complex and Campus Drive.
Ruda cited concerns about the condition of the turf at Memorial Stadium, where the Buster football and soccer teams currently compete, as a reason the department is looking into construction of an on-campus facility.
GCCC football has been played at Memorial Stadium since its construction in 1962. The Broncbusters have had to dress in their own facility at Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex and then been bused to Memorial Stadium for home games. The turf at Memorial Stadium, installed in 2003, has undergone seam repairs in recent seasons. Memorial Stadium seating capacity is approximately 3,800 and an addition of nearly 1,300 seats was made to the south side of the stadium in 2008, along with a press box for visiting team coaches and media. A Jumbotron scoreboard at the west end of the field was built for the 2009 football season.
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So everyone would love to see a replacement for Yuni but being limited in the farm system, would people support trading McGehee and Yuni together (possibly to a AL team)?
I know the McGehee is slumping, so the Brewers would be selling low (not to mention I'm not sure if a team would want to trade for that left side of an infield, lol), but if they can improve the SS position with a ML SS or a ML-ready SS in AAA and call up Green for 3B (or Gamel if they preferred - they survived Braun for half a season, so I'm sure they could survive Gamel for half a season as well if they got better production and better D at SS), it couldn't worsen either position in the short term and depending on the SS could help them in the long term.
Obviously they won't be getting Reyes with this combo, but with McGehee's continued struggles and Green in AAA, how long will he be the starter anyways? If they keep McGehee next year and even if he finishes the season better (.245 and 15HR if they're lucky?), I could see a somewhat-open competition for the starting spot. The fact that McGehee is under arb til 2015 makes it attractive for team that maybe wants to use him as a 3B/DH (given that his knees won't get any better) with hopes he turns it around while not costing them much. This would offset the halfyear of paying Yuni to stink up their infield instead of the Brewers' and hopefully they get something of use.
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Calculating pour cost in a professional bar is an important task that must be done regularly to ensure that your establishment remains profitable and to prevent against theft and overpouring. Calculating your pour cost on a monthly or weekly basis will also allow managers to identify trends and manage challenges proactively. Pour cost must be calculated on at least a monthly basis, failure to do so can lead to theft or other serious issues.
In its simplest form, and the form practiced by most professional bars and restaurants, inventory is taken, and then the cost of goods sold (COGS) is divided by the bar sales for that same period. For instance, if inventory reveals that $12,275 in product was sold during the month of November, and bar sales for November were $35,125, then the pour cost for the month of November would be 34.9% ($12,275 divided by $35,125 = .349).
Most professional bars seek a pour cost of between 18 to 24%, so 34.9% would generally be considered quite high. With a pour cost that high, restaurant and bar managers would first want to ensure that a complete inventory was done and recalculate the cost of goods sold and review the monthly sales figures for accuracy. If the pour cost is legitimately that high then managers should look for buybacks, overpouring, theft and unrecorded or misfired drinks as control opportunities.


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Mara's social workers visited yesterday and then Lee and I took her to the zoo before tumbling class, an extra-full day that left her weepily (well, and screamingly) exhausted before bedtime. I love that she's now at a place where wrangling her into a bath can help her calm down, which is exactly what eventually happened. As we told her workers, she really does seem to be an awesome, age-appropriate kid.
We put in a conditional offer on another house we like and between the time we'd talked about it with the family selling and the time we put it in, their own conditional offer had (I gather) fallen apart, and so they were no longer interested in playing that game. We've scheduled an open house and I really think that once we get people looking at our home there will be someone who wants to buy it. Well, that's what I hope, anyway.
The family worker was a bit surprised by how sad she was to contemplate this being her last visit with Mara, whom she's known since birth. She told us to expect TPR to take a long time after the trial since she thinks this judge is slow in general but also specifically has bent over backward to try to help and make allowances for Mara's mom. And she told to to expect that since even despite that help Mara's mother has never tried to comply with her caseplan, probably any other children she had would be taken into care at birth. This, of course, means that we would be the first call child protective services would make when trying to place those hypothetical siblings. So yes, being in a bigger house is a good thing, though Mara doesn't need to be in a sex-segregated bedroom until she hits school age.
Oh, and Rowan called and talked very seriously about wanting to live with us. I told him again what the expectations would be and talked about why he's unhappy where he is. Lee is very dismissive of this, thinks he's just never happy and that he doesn't know what he wants, to which I pointed out that he's 16 and that's basically the job description. He then sent a few texts after talking to his social worker saying that we should forget he said anything, that he'd stay where he was forever. We're not pushing him to talk about what prompted any of that, but I do anticipate him coming to live with us at some point and assumed that even before the call.
So yeah, we need to sell our house and move somewhere bigger. That's why you keep hearing about this and I keep focusing on it too much to write on my blog. There's nothing immediate changing — I told Rowan we wouldn't want him to move in before school was over even if we did have a room open — but there's plenty of room for change in the future and I want us to be as ready as we can be.


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12:30pm Thursday 20th September 2012 in News
OLYMPIC rings that greeted visitors to the Games in Weymouth and Portland are to find a new home on Portland.
The Portland stone rings, which were on display outside Weymouth Railway Station during the Olympics will be unveiled at New Ground on top of the island as a lasting reminder of the Olympics.
They will overlook the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in a nod to the Olympic Sailing events. Ten Portland youngsters, the Mayor of Weymouth and Portland Margaret Leicester and the Mayor of Portland Sylvia Bradley will unveil the rings at 4pm today.
The rings were carved out of Portland limestone especially for the Games by local craftsmen at AS Quarries.
Borough council leader Mike Goodman said: "It is really good news the iconic Olympic Rings will be back on display overlooking the spot where many of our Olympic and Paralympic dreams came true.
"Portland played a huge role in delivering the Games."
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stench wrote:yes it bl**dy is, at least they are home and overlooking the TRUE VENUE of the Olympic Sailing Events and NOT as many of the Worlds Media broadcast to the World in Weymuff Harbour. As every local knows Weymuff can't hold onto anything e.g Condor,even the Football team can't hold a lead. So yeah,if it's gotta go somewhere at least it's back where it
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belongs and not like the Steel ones that wee on display just off of the Academy which were I am led to believe were taken to Portesham Scrap Yard and cut to pieces. So Yeah Welcome Home to the Rings on Portland the REAL VENUE of Olympic Sailing
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Ordinarily, the applicant for Anglican Studies has a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree from an accredited seminary. Most such applicants pursue the Diploma in Anglican Studies, which normally requires one academic year's residence, appropriate course work, and participation in the worship life of the seminary community by attending at least one chapel service on each weekday, includ-ing the principal Eucharist on Wednesday.
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If plans to catch A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway arent yours, dont fret.
A stage is set right here in Midtown on April 26 and 27 for Lorraine Hansberrys timeless classic with the debut production of the St. Ambrose Episcopal Church Theater Ministry.
Its a production that brings Patricia Caple, a renowned director of theater in Raleigh and long-time member of St. Ambrose out of retirement. Caple, an accomplished actress and vocalist herself, helped catapult the Shaw Players and Company of Shaw University into a thriving company along with her late husband, Horace. She went on to found and direct N.C. State University's Black Repertory Theatre from 1986 until she retired in 2007.
The production, unwittingly chosen in tandem with the Broadway production, opened the doors of casting to both church parishioners and veterans of local theater, many of them born under Caples tutelage.
The Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun stars Denzel Washington, LaTanya Richardson and Anika Noni Rose. It opened April 4 and runs through June 15 at Broadways Ethel Barrymore Theater, where it premiered in 1959 starring Sidney Poitier; it was the first play written by a black woman performed on Broadway.
The play takes us into the lives of a black family, the Youngers, living under racial segregation in Chicago, yet struggling to realize dreams and survive amid social, political, financial and familial challenges; perhaps, symbolic of Hansberrys own familys struggles with segregation that led to the Supreme Court case Hansberry v. Lee.
Langston Hughes poem, Harlem, is credited for the plays title: What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
If you dont know about A Raisin in the Sun, now is the time to know something about it, said Caple, a life-long advocate of African-American playwrights. Lorraine Hansberry was ahead of her time; her work and her thoughts have such universality of appeal and they speak to us the same today.
A Raisin in the Sun talks about those things that were happening in the 50s that it seems like we have gone back to in many, many ways the racial issues, the housing issues, the way that all kinds of things have happened and still do happen in an attempt to keep all black people and colored people to keep us in our place, she said. It all seems to be there in A Raisin in the Sun.
Mine will be an interesting seat. St. Ambrose is my church; its members are my family. Seeing Caples work, and that of the veterans she helped train, reminds me of the wealth of talent around me right here at home. Ill also celebrate others as they come into their own.
One of the budding stars is Esther Delany, who is making her acting debut as Lena Younger, or Mama.
Caple said Delanys push convinced her to create and oversee a theater ministry. Even so, Delany, whos most comfortable behind the scenes, was surprised when Caple, who can spot talent a thousand miles away, cast her without audition as Mama Lena.
Be careful what you wish for, said Delany, 63. Im out of my comfort zone, but Im learning a lot. Ive learned theres a lot more that goes into this than what you think.
Its an experience and Im no spring chicken!
Caple said Delany has been her special project.
Shes going to be the best Mama Lena anybody has ever seen.
We should all be excited about Delanys performance and more, said Ron Foreman, cast as Walter Lee Younger.
People who come to this production will probably be blown away, said Foreman, a former N.C. State co-worker of Caples whom she lured into acting over 20 years ago and who remains at NCSUs University Theater.
Not only will St. Ambrose break a church-theater mold by bringing live, mainstream theater into its scared place, the theater ministrys production of Raisin blends the untapped talent of newcomers with the talent of renowned local theater talent, and beyond, including Tony Award-winning actor Jerry Tellier, cast as Mr. Linder.
In addition to Delany, Foreman and Tellier, other members of the cast include: Caple NCSU protégés Sherri Linton Crocket as Ruth Younger and Damion Sledge as George Murchison; East Carolina University graduate student Danielle Harris as Beneatha Younger; Walnut Creek Elementary fourth-grader, Chase Alexander Burt-Perry as Travis Younger; St. Augustines University student, Wallace Morgan as Joseph Asagai; and a St. Ambrose husband-wife team, Jake and Kathleen Breland, cast as Bobo and Mrs. Johnson, respectively.
Its been fantastic, said Jake Breland. Ive enjoyed learning; just looking and listening, Ive learned a lot about myself, too.
Its been a growth experience.
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Ultrasound examinations are becoming routine standard of care in veterinary medicine. Due to the non-invasive nature of the modality, the general affordability of the hardware and the growing amount of continuing education to train general practitioners and veterinary technicians on the technical aspects of scanning, ultrasound is becoming the modality of choice, especially when examining the abdomen.
The explosion of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revolutionized neuroimaging. However, other modalities still are valuable when looking at the central nervous system. These include ultrasound and computed tomography (CT). Radiographs have limited usefulness due to the superimposition of structures associated with the cranial vault and vertebral column.
Diagnostic imaging has seen a huge technology shift in the last 10 years. Modalities that were not accessible to the small animal patient, such as magnetic resonance imaging, are now considered the modality of choice for neurologic examinations. This technology shift has caused a lot of confusion as well as questions about what modalities are used for which diseases and why.
Abdominal radiographs are a rapid, readily available method to give an overview of the abdomen. Though most people believe ultrasound is the new modality of choice for abdominal evaluation, the limitations of ultrasound not being able to penetrate gas as well as the technical ability and time to acquire images still make abdominal radiographs a great first modality in the patient with acute abdominal pain.
The evaluation of the musculoskeletal system is difficult due to the numerous soft tissues as well as the bone structures involved. Rapid assessment of the bone structure is routinely performed using radiographs; however, the subtlety of disease and joint compared to bone pathology can be confusing.
The use of radiography to examine the abdomen is full of complications. Radiographs are very good at determining the difference between bone and gas, but soft tissue and fluid are the same opacity. When dealing with intra-abdominal lesions, the main goal is to differentiate one soft tissue mass from a normal soft tissue structure from abdominal fluid. Ultrasound uses high frequency sound waves to accomplish what radiographs cannot.
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Of all the much-wrangled issues in public school education, the case of evolution may be the most fragile peace.
Last month, a Modesto science teacher announced at a back-to-school night that he would teach the theory of intelligent design alongside evolution. Modesto City Schools district officials say that will not happen.
However, some trustees and other science teachers say it should. Parents on both sides of the divide are discovering that it is.
"I agree that some science and other teachers (teach intelligent design), yes, and it is unethical when they do so," retired science teacher Mike Kennedy of Oakdale said in an e-mail.
Intelligent design is the theory that living things are too complex to have happened randomly in nature. Proponents say science proves there was a master designer.
Skeptics argue a theory that can't be disproved is not science, it is faith, and as such does not belong in science class.
"The problem is that intelligent design is trying to somehow wed science to faith and it can't because in intelligent design you start with an assumption and it's unquestionable," said Central Catholic High School science teacher Chris Wilde.
Wilde's classroom has a life-size cutout of Albert Einstein by the window and a crucifix over the door. The 34-year teacher, who holds master's degrees in physical sciences and theology, said there is no conflict between evolution and her faith.
"I love this quote by Pope John Paul II: 'Let science tell us what and how. Let religion tell us who and why.' Truth is truth. We just answer different questions," she said. "We believe in a God that is so powerful he could create it all, then allow it to unfold. To me, that is a far more awesome God."
Wilde added, "I think it's so wonderful that I'm related genetically to every other creature that's ever lived. ... I think it's an honor."
Schools standards differ
At Big Valley Christian High School, science teacher Francesca Orr works within a more conservative Christian standard. The school is attached to Big Valley Grace Community Church, which states on its Web site, "We believe that man was created by God in His own image, and not the product of evolution or animal ancestry."
Orr said in an e-mail, "All of our content subjects are taught in accordance to rigorous California state standards, while our instruction is delivered from a Biblical world view."
Wilde and Orr teach in private schools, where religious instruction is approved and high-stakes state tests are not such a driving force.
In public school, teachers don't have time to expound on personal views, said Megan Gowans, executive director of the Modesto Teachers Association.
"Typically, in these days of testing, the district has looked askance at that. You really can't deviate from that (pacing) calendar," Gowans said.
She said the union was not notified of any problem in the case of Roosevelt Junior High teacher Mark Ferrante, the instructor who last month told parents of his intention at back-to-school night. Ferrante did not answer e-mails seeking comment.
"He will not be teaching intelligent design. He has been instructed to teach the state standards and intelligent design is not in the state standards," Modesto City Schools spokeswoman Emily Lawrence said last week.
The administration hews to the official policy, set by the board a decade ago, of not teaching intelligent design. Today, as then, the Modesto City Schools board is divided on the issue.
"The current curriculum states that the evolution of man, Darwinism, must be taught as a theory. I feel we do our students a disservice by not helping them become critical thinkers when we forbid the teaching of competing scientific theories, such as intelligent design," trustee Nancy Cline said in an e-mail.
Dinosaurs on Noah's Ark?
Board President Kim Spina said she believes creation theories belong in Modesto's world religions class.
"About 11 years ago my son was given a book about Noah's Ark. ... The author had a picture of the Ark stuffed to the gills with animals, and a dinosaur. I was aghast. I had never heard of intelligent design and had no idea there existed people who actually would put dinosaurs on the Ark," she said.
A former teacher, trustee Steve Grenbeaux sees both sides.
"When the subject came up in my fifth-grade class, I explained both theories as best as I could. Then I told them that if they wanted more information on the Biblical theory to talk to their parents or pastor. As far as I know the only place intelligent design is taught is in Comparative Religions in ninth or 10th grade. I agree with concept of it being taught there. ... I believe that teachers should have the right to briefly explain other theories than what the book covers," Grenbeaux said.
Board Vice President Sue Zwahlen said she believes intelligent design belongs in the religions class.
"Even that topic is ambivalent. (Intelligent design) means different things to different people," Zwahlen said.
Shannon Johnson, Modesto mother of three, said she doesn't want her children taught religion in science class.
"Science versus religion is a false dichotomy. They are coming from two entirely separate spheres, as religion doesn't seek answers, it has them. Science is an ever-learning body of knowledge; it is the application of that same objectivity that gives us heart transplants, blood transfusions, and theorizes about our origins based on data," Johnson said.
Dilemma for devout teachers
Still, deeply devout Christians become teachers and find checking their faith at the door is a moral dilemma.
In Turlock, Dutcher Middle School teacher Don Moon, who teaches a math-science block, said he believes in intelligent design, but teaches evolution.
"I teach macro-evolutionary theory because it has much evidence supporting it to establish a possible explanation for some of the diversity of life found on earth. I do not teach intelligent design because it implies probable creation, which implies a creator, which is strictly forbidden in science ... Is there evidence that intelligent design has taken place? I certainly think so," Moon said in an e-mail.
"If intelligent design were to be viewed as simply aliens seeding the earth to accomplish a living planet, it certainly should be considered a viable alternative theory to evolution. Even that would be more probable than macro-evolution's explanation," Moon wrote.
Students now in high school said there was discussion of intelligent design in his class, which makes sense to Turlock Unified Superintendent Sonny Da Marto.
"There's never been any discussion that talks about limiting discussion (about evolution) or broadening discussions at the district level," Da Marto said. "To the broader question of 'do you look at different theories,' well, that's what we do all the time. ... We want individual youngsters who think for themselves."
He added that he did not know if any Turlock teachers brought up the theory.
"You don't know what happens when the door closes," Da Marto said.
The same is true in Modesto schools, said Barney Hale of the Modesto Teachers Association.
"The truth is, most administrators don't know if it's being taught. They don't have the manpower to watch every class," Hale said.
One trustee, who did not wish her son identified, found out while speaking with a reporter that he learned intelligent design theory in science class.
The debate over intelligent design is a national one.
Intelligent design proponents, through the Discovery Institute Center for Science and Culture, are waging a national campaign to include the view in science classes on equal footing with evolution.
Scientists, through the National Center for Science Education, are waging a national campaign to block their efforts.
The Oakland-based organization worked on a 2005 Pennsylvania lawsuit, Kitzmiller v. Dover, in which federal district Judge John E. Jones ruled intelligent design was religion, not science, and declared teaching it unconstitutional.
'A responsibility to respect'
Modesto High teacher Ron Vincent said he doesn't need a court case to tell him to stick to the material. Vincent, who holds bachelor's degrees from Oral Roberts University and Texas A&M, and a master's degree from Notre Dame, has taught Advanced Placement biology and philosophy courses.
"My job there is to teach curriculum and not to convert anyone to my views," Vincent said.
"Everyone has an abiding right to their point of view. ... Philosophy can be somewhat antagonistic to a person of faith," he said, adding "the diversity is staggering," in his classrooms.
"Parents basically want someone who would not be unkind to their kid, would not put down their point of view. ... There's a responsibility to respect." Vincent said. "Respect and kindness go a long way."
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TAMMY KITZMILLER, et al. v. DOVER AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al.
Ruling by Judge John E. Jones III, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
CASE BASIS: The Dover school board in 2005 required ninth-grade science teachers to read a statement to students that included:
Because Darwin's Theory is a theory, it continues to be tested as new evidence is discovered. The Theory is not a fact. Gaps in the Theory exist for which there is no evidence. ... Intelligent Design is an explanation of the origin of life that differs from Darwin's view. The reference book, Of Pandas and People, is available for students. ... The school leaves the discussion of the Origins of Life to individual students and their families.
• Teachers reading a statement are still teaching.
• Intelligent design is, at its heart, a religious point of view and prohibited from being taught as science by the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• Students and families of other religions were ostracized, and therefore harmed, because of this teaching.
To be sure, Darwin's theory of evolution is imperfect. However, the fact that a scientific theory cannot yet render an explanation on every point should not be used as a pretext to thrust an untestable alternative hypothesis grounded in religion into the science classroom or to misrepresent well-established scientific propositions.
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Biological evolution accounts for the diversity of species developed through gradual processes over many generations. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:
• Both genetic variation and environmental factors are causes of evolution and diversity of organisms.
• The reasoning used by Charles Darwin in reaching his conclusion that natural selection is the mechanism of evolution.
• How independent lines of evidence from geology, fossils, and comparative anatomy provide the bases for the theory of evolution.
• How to construct a simple branching diagram to classify living groups of organisms by shared derived characteristics and how to expand the diagram to include fossil organisms.
• That extinction of a species occurs when the environment changes and the adaptive characteristics of a species are insufficient for its survival.
Source: California Department of Education


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