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Well that seal is just too damned cute to say no to. Unless you're a hunter I guess.................
Anyway, I'm actually gonna get a chance to revisit ENT from the start. The channel which rebroadcast S4 is starting with S1 tonight. They don't have the best record of keeping TV shows on for any length of time before randomly dropping them for a different show, however looks like based on the TV guide they'll be showing an episode a night starting with the first half of 'Broken Bow' today and for the next couple weeks, so that's at least the first half of the season.
I'm actually quite interested in seeing it again. To quote.....'It's been a long time...............'
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Yes, that seal is undeniably cute. It is such a shame that hunters will go after these little creatures just for their skins/furs. Seeing video of what the hunters do to them was enough to make me want to leap through the screen and inflict similar fates upon them...albeit a bit slower so they know those baby seals' sufferings.
(On a perverse side note, I used to play the video game "SOCOM: US NAVY SEALS--PS2-- online, and if I was on the terrorist side of the game, I would sometimes say: "Alright, let's go club some SEALS." )
Aye, I'm seriously considering getting Enterprise on Blu-Ray, especially if it gets the same restoration treatment that TNG got, even though it would seem that Enterprise was intentionally shot for hi-def, since its aspect ratio was 16x9 ...or more technically, 1.78:1. .
I bought "The Best of Both Worlds I and II" on Blu-Ray...edited together as a singular feature...and OMG the picture quality is stunning.
Off topic, another blu-ray that received a stunning transfer was the theatrical release of the pilot of the original 1978 "Battlestar Galactica". It looks simply beautiful.
Star Trek is many things to many different people. We all take from it what speaks to us.
That 'Best of Both Worlds' Blu Ray was released in the UK as well. I was resisting (pun intended) buying it because I'll end up getting S3/4 anyway.
ENT I would imagine should look fine without too much work since it was shot suitably to begin with but I don't know if they did anything special for the Blu Ray.
I didn't know that the original Battlestar Galactica movie had been released on Blu Ray though. I'd be curious to see that as well.
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I care more about content than style which is why I did not mind ample of Trek season looking and feeling similar but why I mind RemakeTrek.
The question is not how intelligent the foreground story is but whether the background of Trek, the atmosphere, the texture and so on is similar to what we are used to from Trek and I think that there are some subtle and hitherto unseen changes for the worse.
The question is not whether the scripts are smart but whether they are good. The best Trek stories are not particularly fancy or smart but often very simple and moving. Take City or Darmok, anybody could describe in a few words what these two stories are about. But they do at least feature one idea, they are clearly written and they are neither not up with fanwank.
As one of my favourite moviemakers said: "A truly good movie is interesting and easy to understand. There's nothing complicated about it." I don't think that the the mystery style of Abrams and the script of O&K which has seemingly confused plenty of people enough that they say that they have to rewatch the movie in order to fully understand it match Kurosawas's criterion of a good movie.
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I think there are some points there that are fair.
The nuts and bolts aspect of the plot are indeed open to questions about the relative sense of the plans of those involved. That's a nuts and bolts plotting issue and yes, I absolutely believe in this respect it's no dumber than the nuts and bolts of other Star Trek episodes and films (First Contact may be a great movie to experience but do not ask me to buy that there's any real sense in why the Borg go back in time - at least, why not just go back in time to 'Best of Both Worlds' and NOT kidnap Picard. That was their only real mistake the first time around) or TWOK or parts of even TUC.
Water tight plots and entirely logical decisions are not a Star Trek hallmark. If some people wanna believe otherwise fine, but I'm not. Not even a little bit.
You're real concern is over the thematic and environmental ambience of Abrams Trek. Not the plotting. It couldn't be because too many plots are dumb as a box of hay. But that's where fans differ. You think the underlying conditions are 'worse'. I don't. Not based on my experience of Star Trek and reconciling with Abrams. However that argument has been done to death over time so I don't quite know why you still seem surprised other people don't come to your conclusions.
Now, I'm not one to argue with a director of Kurosawa's talents but there is actually more to a good movie than just being able to easily follow it. By such logic, Insurrection would be a better movie than it actually is. Making it too complicated harms a film, but making it too simple can do the same.
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Yep, INS is a straightforward morality tale like plenty of TNG episodes (some TNG fans seems to disavow that INS was the most TNG-ish movie) which is indeed no better than what I b*tched about, Abrams' mystery style. Personally I like these simple Trek morality stories and I will gladly watch an average or even bad horror or mystery movie (yes, even Cloverfield) but objectively speaking this stuff is bad. We all know that theatre became good with Shakespeare, when medieval morality and mystery plays became extinct.
Darmok or The Inner Light are simply better than dry-ish courtroom drama like Measure of a Man or The Drumhead. The former can be watched several times whereas the latter fall apart as drama after you got the point about civil liberties.
I think the point is not complexity but lucidity. Kurosawa flicks are simple to understand because they are lucid, not because they lack complexity. And I think Trek has always been fairly lucid as well. Now if we talked e.g. about Lynch or a sci-fi film noir like Bladerunner clarity would be a liability.
But Trek is not cyberpunk or surrealistic cinema. The lack of clarity in the last three movies, be it about villain motivations in NEM and ST09 or basic story issues like in STID (I could be wrong but the questions raised by many folks in here do not seem to have anything to do with stupid plot hole buggery; there is a difference between not understanding basic elements in a story and intentionally deconstructing what you call the nuts and bolts), is caused by bad writing. I gotta repeat Sam's point here, don't give fans a pen. Yeah, I know that fans have contributed some great scripts for the TV series but if they write movies it always seems to degrade into a fanwank festival.
Talking about fanwank, while I coined the term Tattoomulan I loved the two cut-out scenes with the Klingons, the brutal guards and a cunning intelligence agent, in ST09. Were the Klingons also this awesome in STID?
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NEWCOMB — When Newcomb Central School enrollment dropped to 55 students in 2006, Superintendent Clark "Skip" Hults felt something needed to be done to reverse the trend.
Due to the school's isolated location, consolidation was not considered an option, so Hults decided to look elsewhere, primarily internationally.
Since 2006, Newcomb has nearly doubled its enrollment to 105. During this time, it has enrolled 60 international students from 25 countries, including Serbia, China, Brazil and Zimbabwe.
For his and the district's efforts, Hults was recognized recently in a special edition of Education Week, and he will go to Washington, D.C., to attend a function featuring U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and other leaders in the field.
The international students who attend Newcomb pay tuition, which has financially assisted the district.
Hults estimates the program will bring in about $250,000 in revenue this year, which covers its expenses and adds to the district's $3.9 million budget.
The students' presence also provides cultural enhancement to local youths and the community.
"I believe this has the potential to become a rural norm," Hults said. "It's a win-win."
Hults had to weave his way through the intricacies of governmental bureaucracy to obtain the proper visas.
In addition, he is hoping to foster change in regulations that would result in dormitories and would allow international students to stay for more than a year.
Newcomb has established such a good reputation for its program that the district has had to limit applicants.
Out-of-district students have been applying, and, in one case, a family moved to Newcomb because of the program.
Sue Goodspeed said she and her husband, Sterling, and their two sons, Taylor, 19, and Jay, 12, relocated from 25 miles away because of the international-student program.
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Olivia Rotondo, 20, of North Providence died at the Electronic Music Festival in New York City over the weekend. The cause of her death has not been officially determined, but city officials say it appears to have involved the popular drug MDMA, better known as Estacy, or Molly.
"They [users] believe it's not harmful or addictive and there wouldn't be any adverse side effects. Unfortunately, there can be many," said Brad Garrett ABC News' Crime and Terrorism Analyst.
The designer drug has been grabbing headlines. Police in Boston are investigating suspected drug overdoses. Several happened at a concert at the Bank of America Pavilion Saturday night. Three men in their 20's were taken to area hospitals after getting sick. They apparently took Molly. And just days ago at Boston's House of Blues another person died and two others were hospitalized after apparently using the drug.
Molly is a highly potent powered form of MDMA, one of the ingredients found in Estacy pills. It's been making waves in the club scene and on college campus', but experts warn that using it is not safe.
"They don't know what's in it. They don't know how much to use. It's a big risk," said Garrett.
A second concertgoer, Jeffrey Russ, 24, of Rochester, N. Y. also died at the festival. At least four other fell critically ill.
The three day festival was canceled on Sunday.
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2011-12: At the 2011 Nick Toth Open she finished in 15th place ... her top two finishes were the Amarillo Open and Falcon Open, she finished eighth in both. Before the Academy: Graduated from Prairie Ridge High School ... lettered in track twice ... four times in Tae Kwon Do ... president of the National Honor Society ... vice president of Spanish National Honor Society ... high honor roll ... German National Honor Society ... hospital volunteer... enjoys cooking, swimming, rock climbing and Tae Kwon Do ... parents are Hyo Chul and Jung Ok Chung ... has one sister, Sarah ... has three relatives who graduated from the academy, David Allen (1999), Charles Allen (2000), Brian Allen (2002).
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Apparently, Darren Sproles won't be going anywhere after all.
According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Chargers have decided to place a first- and third-round tender on the restricted free agent just one week after telling him he would not be tendered, making it likely that he remains a Charger.
Sproles, the team's franchise player in 2009, would make $7.27 million this season under the one-year tender. It's likely that San Diego will continue to make efforts to lock him up long-term, however, as it would be hesitant to pay a situational offensive player such a hefty amount.
A fourth-round pick in '05, Sproles had 93-343-3 rushing and 45-497-4 receiving last season. The Chargers' primary returner, he also averaged 24.1 yards on kickoff returns and 7.0 yards on punts, taking one back for a score.
Sproles reportedly had meetings set up with multiple clubs this weekend, but he probably won't take those trips now that he's been tendered at such a high value.
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GREENWOOD — It's tough to win anytime you can't put the ball in the hoop.
On Wednesday night, the Plainfield Quakers girls' basketball team struggled offensively by shooting 29 percent and fell 57-33 to Mid-State Conference foe and Class 4A No. 6–ranked Greenwood.
"We didn't move and just didn't do anything that we were supposed to do," Plainfield coach Curt Benge said. "They have good hands and we got out of sorts because we were trying to get them to move and they got some steals. We just didn't play the way we needed to play."
The Woodmen's Chloe Orrvar and Kelsie Ratliff combined for 28 of Greenwood's points with 15 and 13, respectively.
"They got three kids on the floor that really know basketball," Benge said of Greenwood. "And they have four kids out on the floor that can handle the ball and shoot the three."
Plainfield's Sophia Wilson and Kyndall Spears each had a team-high seven points.
In the first quarter, the Quakers hung right with the Woodmen. A nice post pass from Plainfield senior DeAnn Cowell to a cutting Spears was good for a layup and foul. Spears converted the free throw to cut the lead to 10-8.
Greenwood responded with an 18-4 run through the second quarter to have a 28-12 advantage before leading 28-16 at half.
At halftime, both teams showed that the game was still early in the season. Each squad had more turnovers than field goals with Greenwood connecting on 11 shots with 12 turnovers and Plainfield scoring seven baskets with nine turnovers.
Wilson made a 3-pointer to bring the score within 12 in the third quarter, but that was as close as the Quakers would get the rest of the way. Greenwood responded when Orrvar came back right back with a three of her own, making the score 38-23.
The Woodmen led by 20 at the end of three and limited Plainfield to one field goal in the fourth quarter.
"We just didn't show up tonight and do some of the things that we need to be able to do," Benge said.
A positive for the Quakers was the amount of turnovers by Greenwood. The Woodmen gave the ball away 25 times compared to Plainfield's 17.
"We did get some steals, but we gave up a lot of easy baskets too," Benge said. "It was a disappointing night."
But overall, Benge was unhappy with the way the Quakers played defensively.
"We've got to be able to guard our yard," he said. "We've got to be able to guard the person with the basketball and we've got to be able to get out into the passing lanes and deny and we did neither. We gave people free reign to get the basketball. They didn't get a cut or a screen, we just stood back and watched a girl dribble a basketball and that's not how we play."


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Many of you will be up early in the morning cooking Thanksgiving dinner and firefighters want you to be careful.
They want you to make sure you keep a close eye on everything you cook and use extreme caution if you plan to fry a turkey.
The National Fire Protection Association says deep fryer fires are responsible for about 5 deaths, 60 injuries, 900 destroyed homes each year.
Firefighters say you have to thaw your turkey completely.
"The biggest thing is to make sure you have the right amount of oil, that you don't have any ice on the turkey and make sure you're in a well open and ventilated space. Always make sure to do it outside," said Battalion Chief Kelly Harcrow.
You should also have a fire extinguisher nearby and use a long instrument to put the turkey in the deep fryer so you're not standing directly over it.
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In light of recent data breaches, Target is offering one year of free credit monitoring to customers.
Last month, Target first reported a data breach involving the payment card information of 40 million customers during November and December 2013.
The stolen information included credit and debit card data, customer names and PIN numbers.
Last week, Target revealed the hackers stole a second batch of data that included names, mailing addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses for up to 70 million people.
Due to these breaches, Target is offering one year of free credit monitoring not only to those customers who had information compromised, but to all Target customers.
Beginning Monday, consumers can register for the free credit monitoring at creditmonitoring.target.com.
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Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. A new president has been picked to lead the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale.
The school's board of directors picked Larry E. Penley as its president and chief academic officer.
He has served as the school's interim chief academic officer and provost since April.
Penley previously worked as president of Colorado State University and as dean of Arizona State University's W.B. Carey School of Business.
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The Bears don't appear to have any interest in discussing WLB Lance Briggs' request for a new deal or permission to seek a trade, and Briggs, who has three years left on his six-year contract, isn't hiding his disappointment with the situation or backing off his request.
Briggs has been named to six straight Pro Bowls and feels he has outperformed his contract. He has said, at minimum, he'd like the team to flip the salaries he's due in 2011 and 2013, so that he makes $6.25 million this season instead of $3.9 million.
Briggs said Monday that he contacted the team about his contract after last season, but his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, didn't officially request permission to seek a trade until late last week. The timing of the request — so close to the start of the regular season — seemed ill-conceived, and there's no end to the stalemate in sight.
Briggs vows to play as hard as he can, even if the demands are not met, but there's potential for his situation to be a distraction for him and his teammates. Briggs and some other players have pushed back against the notion that being disgruntled with one's contract takes a toll on a player's performance.
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It's not the same sensor. Canon's web site describes it as a new design.
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Samba 3.5.0: Windows Timestamp and SMB2 Support Added
The current version of the Samba server coordinates better with Winbind and supports the experimental SMB2 protocol.
Apart from the complete support for Windows timestamp resolution, the new Samba adds encryption for CUPS printer connections. Winbind now operates asynchronously and a new vfs_scannedonly module was added as a filter that works alongside antivirus programs to ensure that only "clean" files are visible to users. Further details are in the release notes.
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Guest opinion: Police union's robocall intimidates residents
Original post made on Oct 9, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 12:00 AM
on Oct 9, 2012 at 7:49 pm
Kathy McKeithen deserves gratitude for having the courage to challenge the police union on this brute force intimidation effort. It's worked. Even Greg Conlon is so intimidated he's now changing his tune on police issues.
This council needs to take decisive action to protect the rights of Atherton residents to vote without fear of retribution or retaliation. As Ms. McKeithen pointed out, the right to vote is fundamental. It was the basis of the American Revolution.
The middle ground approach would be to ask a San Mateo County judge to issue a restraining order to prevent further intimidation attempts by the police union to influence this election. It is a step that must be taken.
Two of the council members are in the back pocket of the police union. Two (McKeithen and Widmer) are clearly not. It remains to be seen whether the police union has successfully intimidated Jim Dobbie into being fearful enough to not follow through with his own agenda item to appropriately respond.
The union will giggle at dias statements from council members. A judicial action must be taken that results in a court order to stop this criminal interference with our democratic process.
on Oct 9, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Is it plausible what Kathy McKeithen wrote?
Kathy McKiethen wrote and Mayor Widmer stated the same experience; "while receiving this robocall and within minutes thereafter, I received several telephone calls from residents concerned that if they endorsed candidates (Kupperman and Conlon) other than those selected by the APOA would they receive differential treatment from the police?"
Widmer stated: "he has heard from a "a number of residents who have said they're afraid to put out signs (for candidates Kupperman or Conlon) for fear there could be retribution."
The obvious question is: Since Kupperman and Conlon pulled papers to run for council more than two months ago and must have been planning to run months before that, what were so many endorsers waiting for? Why didn't they endorse Kupperman and Conlon two months ago and already have their signs up? Why are they waiting till October to give the approval? Suddenly these people who are withholding their endorsements decide to call both McKeithen and Widmer to state their fear to endorse?
All within minutes of each other? What made themn call both Widmer and McKeithen?
Is it plausible that Widmer, McKeithen, and Dobbie coordinated their efforts to negate the endorsement of the APOA? Here is what is plausible to have happened. The Almanac web site published a story on the APOA endorsements on Thursday Oct 4th. titled "Police Association tactics under fire". The story cites a letter by Dobbie and Widmer with the word "Scaremongering". Thus the Almanac was contacted by Widmer sometime before Thursday morning with the same story that McKeithen wrote and submitted to the Almanac before Friday noon.
By noon Friday McKeithen writes a article: "Having just read a recent article "Atherton Council responds to Police Association's 'scaremongering attempt'".
Is it plausible that it was coodinated for Widmer and Dobbie to write the letter to the council and to contact the Almanac to write the story and McKeithen to follow-up with the Guess Opinion in the Almanac citing the Widmer and Dobbie story? Why didn't the Almanac get a quote from McKeithen for the story? Espically since she writes that in 2010 she was Mayor and on the Finance committee that was researching Outsourcing the Police?
Since the APOA endorsement is on this month's agenda, it is plausible that Widmer, McKeithen, and Dobbie have discussed the issue between the three of them and violated the Brown Act?
Is it plausible that this is the same game plan Widmer, McKeithen, and Dobbie used on the Athertonians blog to attempt to restrict freedom of speech, by claiming "False and misleading Statements"?
The APOA has a right to Freedom of Speech. They have informed the residents of the town that the Council has discussed outsourcing the police and already outsourced two other departments.
Three council votes have the ability to outsource public works, the building dept, and the police dept. Three votes can "sunset" the Parcel Tax as Mayor Widmer wants to do.
on Oct 10, 2012 at 6:25 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
"The APOA has a right to Freedom of Speech. "
Should the AOPA be held accountable for what they say?


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Dr. Joseph F. DeCarolis, assistant professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation.
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JK Rowling to Attend Harry Potter, the Exhibit?Movies
Following on our report from last night, previews begin today for Harry Potter, the Exhibit. NWI is giving a few new details on the event, and noted that Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling reviewed the plans for the massive exhibit, which features over 200 props and sets seen in the Harry Potter films. The president of the Exhibit group is quoted as saying "Rowling reviewed the exhibit plans and may try to see the show during
its five-month run. "She's got a very, very active schedule," Newquist
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Finally, the paper notes: "The museum will host Snape-worthy chemistry labs during the show's run. Children also can dissect owl pellets, and test their senses of smell and taste by sampling Bertie Bott-style jelly beans. Happily, grumpy Prof. Snape will not be in attendance to rap wayward pupils' heads. Since Warner Bros. Consumer Products is backing the exhibit, expect the show to exit into a giant gift shop."
Harry Potter, the Exhibit is taking place at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago running April 30 - September 27 and is open 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. NO cameras are being allowed in the Exhibit. Advance reservations are strongly encouraged due to high demand. You can purchase tickets via this link.


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by ABC6 Chief Political Reporter Mark Curtis
"The Sunday Political Brunch" - December 23, 2012
(Providence, Rhode Island) – It is Christmas week and a time to give thanks! I am sure Santa is making his list and checking it twice, finding out which politicians have been naughty or nice! Normally this is a quiet week, but a lot has been happening in the political world, so here are this week's observations:
"Giving Thanks; Saying Goodbye" - U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) died this week, after serving Hawaii in Congress since the day it became a state almost 54 years ago. What many people don't know is that Inouye, (pictured on the left), was a World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient, despite the fact that some did not want the Japanese-American Inouye in the U.S. Military. He lost his right arm at the elbow in a fierce firefight. By the way, do you know who that is to the right of Inouye in the photo? Why it's former U.S. Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), who also lost the use of his right arm. They rehabbed together at an Army hospital in Michigan with another wounded soldier, former U.S. Senator Phil Hart (D-MI). What are the chances that three wounded heroes – recovering in the same hospital ward – would become three of the most influential lawmakers in Congress, in the last half-century? They were, indeed, from the greatest generation!
"Timing is Everything"- I will leave it to my readers evaluate the merits and demerits of the remarks made by Wayne LaPierre, President of the National Rifle Association (NRA), at his Friday news conference. Gun control issues are among the most controversial in America, and the rhetoric has boiled over as I have never seen before. I will offer just one opinion, though. I think the timing of the news conference was horrendous. The NRA should have waited until all the victims of Sandy Hook had been laid to rest. The juxtaposition of images on the evening news of children being buried and LaPierre's contentious meeting with reporters was in sharp discord. The NRA could have waited one more week, say the Friday between Christmas and New Years.
"Where's Hillary?" – Secretary of State Hilary Clinton was a no-show before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week after her staff said she was ill, then fainted, and suffered a concussion. She had been scheduled Thursday to testify about what went wrong in the fatal attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, on September 11th. Also, on Thursday, four mid-level staffers at the State Department were dismissed for mishandling security in Libya. Then on Friday, the Secretary was noticeably absent when President Obama nominated Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) to succeed her. Social media and talk radio have been on fire with rumors and innuendos about Mrs. Clinton's whereabouts and her intentions. If she runs for President in 2016, the questions will still be there. Don't be surprised if you hear Donald Trump demand access to her medical records!
"Kerry Scramble" – I spent Friday interviewing prominent Republicans and Democrats in Massachusetts, about who may run to succeed John Kerry in the U.S. Senate. http://www.abc6.com/story/20406954/battle-begins-for-john-kerrys-us-senate-seat-in-massachusetts. On the Republican side, the clear favorite is current U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-MA), who was defeated for reelection by Elizabeth Warren in November. On the Democratic side, rumors abound that a Kennedy may jump in. Sen. Ted Kennedy's widow Vicki gets prominent mention, as does the late Senator's son, Teddy, Jr. Longtime U.S. Rep. Ed Markey, (D-MA) is another possibility, and other House Members are considering a run. At $68 million dollars, the Brown v. Warren Massachusetts Senate race was the most expensive in the U.S. last fall. The special election could mean a multi-million dollar boon to local media for campaign ads. Here we go again!
"Taking the Plunge" - It's one thing to be defeated by the other party, but when you get beaten by your own party, it's doubly painful. U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) learned that lesson the hard way this week when 40 to 50 Republicans signaled they would vote "no" on the so-called "Plan B" to end the fiscal cliff stand-off in Washington, DC. Speaker Boehner went so far as to cancel Thursday night's scheduled vote on the bill. These things happen. President Bill Clinton was stung by fellow Democrats who helped torpedo his health care reform bill back in 1994, and President George W. Bush had fellow Republicans undermine his immigration reform efforts. Boehner might want to consult with both ex-presidents on how to recover when your own troops abandon ship.
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Inspectors say Laindon secondary school is still struggling (From Echo)
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Inspectors say Laindon secondary school is still struggling
Updated 9:10am Tuesday 17th June 2014 in News
A SECONDARY school has been criticised for failing to monitor pupils with disabilities or special education needs.
Ofsted inspectors also said some teachers at the James Hornsby School, in Leinster Road, Laindon, had low expectations of their pupils and work was not always challenging enough.
However, headteacher Jason Carey, who was put in place in March last year, was praised for improving progress and putting James Hornsby "back on track".
Despite it being handed a "requires improvement" rating, Mr Carey said his school, which has 749 pupils on its roll, "is on the way to becoming fantastic".
James Hornsby opened as an academy in October 2012, and is now sponsored by the King John School, in Benfleet.
It was rated "satisfactory"
during its last inspection as a school under Essex County Council control and its transformation into an academy was expected to turn its failings around.
John Mitcheson, lead Ofsted inspector, said: "Opening as an academy made little difference to overall standards last year.
"Results in GCSE and vocational awards achieved by Year 11 students were low.
"The proportion of them making expected progress in English and mathematics declined compared to the previous year.
"Entering students for examinations in maths earlier and then later in the year had no impact on overall attainment.
There were no notable differences in the achievement of groups of students.
"Poor teaching and low rates of attendance meant that most of them underachieved."
One dad, who asked not to be named, said: "Before the school become an academy it was rated as satisfactory and we've since had three years of experimenting and unfulfilled promises.
They've been messing with our children's education and ultimately with their futures.
"Now we're told the school still needs to improve, so we're understandably very worried."
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4:34pm Mon 16 Jun 14
Eastwoodian says...
Hmmmm . . . it seems it's not only the school that is struggling !!!
Does anybody from the Echo check the stories/headlines before they are posted online ?
5:32pm Mon 16 Jun 14
Howard Cháse says...
6:13pm Mon 16 Jun 14
Nowthatsworthknowing says...
Jack222 wrote:It's only considered a farce by those schools who have failed, in the basic needs of the children.
OFSTED is a farce. Given they do see every teacher teaching how can they make whole school judgements?
9:03pm Mon 16 Jun 14
E.C.M. says...
8:25am Tue 17 Jun 14
CarnMountification says...
Eastwoodian wrote:Get a life thicko
'Inspectors Laindon say secondary is still struggling'
Hmmmm . . . it seems it's not only the school that is struggling !!!
Does anybody from the Echo check the stories/headlines before they are posted online ?
12:29pm Tue 17 Jun 14
Noteworthy says...
Howard Cháse wrote:Funny, I seem to remember Laindon performing higher and with a better achievement rate than Nicholas, unfortunately they were amalgamated even though there were new housing projects in the pipeline that would have served to bring more pupils to both...
That school's always been under par in many ways. Even when it was Nicholas Comprehensive before the merger with the even crappier Laindon High Road.....
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Former Saints security director Geoffrey Santini has withdrawn his lawsuit against the organization after the club's lawyers sent the matter to an arbitration judge.
The Associated Press reports Santini's decision to dismiss the lawsuit stated that the team's attorneys waited more than a week after the lawsuit was filed before informing Santini that they planned on invoking the arbitration clause in his contract.
Santini said the Saints tried to cover up the theft and improper distribution of Vicodin pills at the team's facility.
Going to arbitration blocks both sides from publicly discussing the case. Santini gave his first interview since filing the lawsuit on April 30 to Gannett news outlets earlier this week.
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High Ofsted rating for schools in York (From York Press)
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8:45am Wednesday 28th November 2012 in News By Kate Liptrot
YORK has the highest proportion of children in good or outstanding secondary schools in all of Yorkshire and the Humber, according to Ofsted.
Seventy-seven per cent of children in York and 70 per cent in North Yorkshire attend good or outstanding secondary schools, ranking the authorities at first and third place in the region.
In terms of primary schools, 68 per cent of primary school children attend a good or outstanding school in North Yorkshire and 64 per cent in York, putting the authorities at fourth and ninth place regionally in the schools watchdog's annual report.
However, the East Riding of Yorkshire has not fared as well – ranked second last for the number of primary schools children in good or outstanding schools with 55 per cent and third from last with secondary schools, with 42 per cent.
Ofsted's report, highlights a disparity in access in different parts of the country and between children from disadvantaged and more affluent backgrounds. The report finds "huge variations" in the quality of education and learning across local authority areas and across regions.
In York, Oftsted praised Ralph Butterfield School in Haxby, which it said is an outstanding school judged to be in a disadvantaged area and is considered to have exemplary leadership and attainment. Ryedale School, another outstanding school, was singled out for praise for academic excellence and attainment.
The figures have been released as a new regional director for Yorkshire and the Humber has been announced. Nick Hudson is one of eight regional directors tasked with tackling underperforming schools and colleges. Sir Michael Wilshaw, Ofsted's chief inspector, said: "We have found huge variations in the performance of schools across different local authority areas.
"If we aspire, as a nation, to move to a world-leading system, we have to reduce these serious inequities across the country.
"The eight regional directors will be my voice in the regions. They will challenge and support in equal measure and will not walk away from the institutions we inspect until they improve."
The report found 53 per cent of the most deprived pupils go to good or outstanding schools in Yorkshire and the Humber compared with 60 per cent in England.
The best performing council for primary schools is Camden, the worst is Coventry. The best for secondary schools is Trafford and the worst, Barnsley.
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8:59am Wed 28 Nov 12
roobarb85 says...
Haxby's a 'disadvantaged area'?
This Govt is hell bent on cutting public expenditure, and taking schools away from LEAs, but can afford "8 new regional (education) directors" who have no local links whatsoever ?
From memory, it's only a tiny % of schools that are judged to be 'failing' in Yk/N Yks - so even if you could justify this funding, is it really being directed in the right place?
4:25pm Wed 28 Nov 12
bloodaxe says...
roobarb85 wrote:Of one thing you may be sure; where education is concerned, any tendentious drivel is permissable. Of course Haxby isn't disadvantaged, Haxby has one of the highest socio-economic ratings but if it suits someone at Ofsted to say that it is, then it is. As for the number of failing schools in NY, it's nine in total across the entire county and that is statistically insignificant. One of them is already scheduled for closure. Simon Jenkins has an excellent article on all this tosh in today's Guardian.
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Haxby's a 'disadvantaged area'?
This Govt is hell bent on cutting public expenditure, and taking schools away from LEAs, but can afford "8 new regional (education) directors" who have no local links whatsoever ?
From memory, it's only a tiny % of schools that are judged to be 'failing' in Yk/N Yks - so even if you could justify this funding, is it really being directed in the right place?
10:14pm Wed 28 Nov 12
SinjytheSinj says...
8:41am Thu 29 Nov 12
Even AndyD says...
2:05pm Thu 29 Nov 12
Happytoliveinyork says...
SinjytheSinj wrote:Ha ha - brilliant!
I know some households in Haxby that only have 2 cars and the other week I saw an Asda delivery van, although it was just passing through to go to Wigginton.
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Two Cedar Rapids men face additional charges following a drug related shooting in Iowa City on November 18.
Officers were called to Mercy Hospital at around 9:13 p.m. on November 18 after a man showed up with a gunshot wound.
Police say the man, who's name has not been released, was shot by someone he knew.
Following a joint investigation with the Cedar Rapids Police Department, Cedar Rapids officers arrested 20-year-old Peter Francis Thullen and 19-year-old Andrew David Meyer, both of Cedar Rapids.
Iowa City police say Thullen and Meyer went to 719 East Bloomington Street and entered the victims house with a gun. According to the criminal complaint, Meyer admitted they went to intimidate the victim because of a drug debt. Meyer told police he gave the gun to Thullen and Thullen shot the victim.
Thullen is charged with first degree burglary and going armed with intent. Meyer is charged with first degree burglary/joint criminal conduct and going armed with intent/joint criminal conduct.
On Wednesday, Iowa City police announced that Thullen now faces a charge of attempted murder and Meyer is now charged with attempted murder-joint criminal conduct.
Both Thullen and Meyer are in the Johnson County Jail.
The victim was taken to the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics for treatment. His injuries were considered minor.


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AUBURN -- The city of Auburn kicks off the Christmas season with caroling, a lighting ceremony, a movie in the park and visit from Santa this Saturday.
"Every year this event gets bigger and bigger. Families particularly love to interface with the live reindeer," said Sherrie Miller, Auburn's economic development coordinator.
Vendors with unique Christmas gifts will be on hand and live entertainment will be ongoing. Local churches and school groups, including the Yargo Community Concert Band Sax Ensemble, will provide music. Vendor's booths will be arranged in an "old-fashioned family theme," according to Miller. Like a Christmas village, it will feature Old-English nameplates for each tent.
Santa will arrive in Auburn in a sleigh drawn by live reindeer. The city of Auburn predicts this will be a treat for families with young children. After pulling up to the stage Santa will acknowledge baby Jesus, which will be part of a live Nativity scene, and light the Christmas tree. Santa's escorts this year are the Auburn Dixie Youth teams and Studio One for the Performing Arts.
At 7:30 p.m. "The Polar Express," a 2004 film about a doubting boy who boards a magical train on Christmas Eve, will be played on the big screen next to City Hall. Attendees are instructed to bring their own chairs and blankets to stay comfortable while watching the film. Food vendors serving warm apple cider and hot chocolate will be situated around the area.
"Everything Auburn plans revolves around our families," Miller said. "The whole point is that you should not have to leave the town for fun things for the family to do. We believe in the holiday season."
Guests should bundle up in their festive attire to welcome the holiday season since this event is outdoors. Yet, even if temperatures remain chilly, Miller expects a great turnout from the community.
"It doesn't matter if it's cold. People just love coming out for the movie in the park because it's fun," she said.
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PLATTSBURGH — An enthusiastic crowd gathered in Trinity Park Thursday evening to add their voices to a worldwide mission.
One Billion Rising is the largest day of mass action to stop violence against women and girls with 203 countries participating, according to the movement's website.
The effort began 15 years ago with V-Day, a day to express the desire to end violence against women. Eve Ensler, author of "The Vagina Monologues," founded the movement.
Donning hats, gloves and scarves, about 40 people gathered together with colorful signs and waved as cars beeped their horns as they drove by.
Another One Billion Rising event was held at Champlain Centre Thursday.
The concept of the event is based on a statistic: One in three women will be abused or raped in their lifetime, which amounts to 1 billion people living at any given moment who have been or will be abused, said Chris Whalen of Plattsburgh, who organized the event.
Mirroring the statistic, the goal of the event is for 1 billion people, both women and men, to gather to raise awareness of violence against women and demand a change.
Whalen wanted the Trinity Park event to be informal so she spread the word on Facebook and through word of mouth, she said.
"I care about the condition of the world," Whalen said. "I'm just passionate about justice."
Theresa Bennett of Plattsburgh co-organized the gathering with Whalen. Bennett and her family sponsor a girl in Kenya so she can attend school, Bennett said.
The girl's father doesn't think girls should receive an education, she said.
Bennett's 4-year-old granddaughter recently asked her why people feel they can "throw girl children away" and not give them the same opportunities as boys.
"I want a better world for them," she said.
"Violence against women is a man's issue" because most violence against women is perpetrated by men, said George Wurster of Plattsburgh.


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The Disability, Sexuality, and Rights Online Institute provides a study of theory and practice for disabled and non-disabled people working in areas such as development, health, sexuality, media, and rights. The aim is to create awareness about the intersection of disability and sexuality, and build a political perspective on disabled people's sexual rights.
Participants develop their ability to work in inclusive and holistic ways that further health and social justice. CREA organised the first Disability, Sexuality, and Rights Online Institute in 2010.
Why take this course?
Disabled people are often excluded or discriminated against in relation to their sexuality by health, development, and rights organizations because they are not considered to be sexual or they are thought to be sexually vulnerable or uncontrolled.
Disability rights activists and service providers often disregard sexuality issues and rights in favor of issues that are considered more pressing and appropriate like employment and physical access.
People with disabilities are commonly represented as asexual or as perversein their sexuality. The media often builds 'freak' stories about their sexual lives. However, sexuality is an important part of the life, identity, society, and culture of all people, including people with disabilities. It can be a source of pleasure and pain, empowerment and oppression.
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CREA empowers women and girls to articulate, demand and access their human rights by enhancing women's leadership, strengthening civil society organizations, influencing social movements and creating networks for social change. A global organization based in India, CREA works to make human rights an effective tool for social change, and to integrate human rights mechanisms, awareness, and principles into the fabric of the society.
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If there was a bottle that was a complete pain to procure for the 1983 tasting series, it had to be Glenlochy. It's inevitable that some of these old distilleries that produced whisky almost completely for blending purposes would disappear from the independent bottling scene sooner or later, and Glenlochy seems to be fading.
Signatory is the only bottler who seems to bring out bottles with any regularity – the bottle I am reviewing today is a Signatory Vintage decanter; K&L's exclusive cask is a signatory, and the UK seems to get a slow trickle of Signatory Glenlochy releases. If you think Port Ellen or Brora are the top of the heap, Glenlochy prices will come as a surprise. If you can find one, you are going to pay north of $400 as a resident of the US. Even the route of picking an old Connoisseur's Choice bottle won't work: the ones I found were right around $400 with shipping.
This was the last bottle I acquired for the tasting (though not the last in the series) – they weren't common and were always high in price. I kept waiting for a deal to show up, but in the over two years I watched prices, there wasn't anything resembling a reasonably priced Glenlochy. My advice if you've considered buying a bottle is to just pull the trigger now, because there's fairly a firm floor at $400 and they're only going to increase.
This was the second Glenlochy I've tried – the first I had was actually the K&L cask, which David OG provided a small sample of at a tasting that included some of their other whiskies. I didn't take notes on it at the time, but it's remained a fairly distinct point of reference in the last few months, especially knowing that I'd have another in reasonably short order.
It seems that the history of the Glenlochy distillery is relatively unremarkable – no flaming rivers of whisky that were then consumed by livestock. I won't even bore with details; in this case, if you're interested in Glenlochy, you might be best advised to visit the site of one Glenlochy enthusiast.
This particular cask from Signatory, distilled in 1980, bottled at 31 years old at 53.1% from cask 3021, leads with a peppery kick, mixing white ad black peppers, more heavily on black. Vanilla and malt follow behind that, with gentle and slightly watery fruit notes – primarily white peach and a hint of apricot. It's pinned down with a nicely subtle honey body.
The palate is slightly woody but with the maltiness and honey from the nose. It's slightly thinner than a medium mouthfeel, but definitely not "thin". Again, white pepper shows up as does a dab of cayenne. There's some dryness and bitterness on the palate with a moment's rest, and it gets a touch earthy.
It finishes with malt and pepper, honey, and then it all kind of falls into a buttermilk biscuit with honey vibe. Really nice…. until it dries more and it's an earthy cantaloupe rind. Not so great.
For me, this particular Glenlochy is somewhat off balance – the peppery notes were prevalent to me and a little too assertive. If the malt and honey qualities weren't overpowered by pepper, then they have a tendency to dry towards bitterness and mustiness. If you're an addict for scratching closed distilleries off the list, it's worth a try, but this particular bottle was definitely not one that by any means would be a must-hit. Save your "rare whisky" allowance for a nice Port Ellen or Brora, in my opinion, if this bottle was your sole option.
But, it's not. The K&L bottle, to my recollection, was a little more forward with the stone fruit qualities and had the malty sweetness. However, I had it after a few other whiskies that were fairly strong in their character, so it's not an impression I'd feel comfortable making a recommendation on. My impression though favored the K&L bottle, bearing that caveat in mind. (As I said, no notes were taken, just my general thoughts, and I didn't score, nor would I publish a score in this case if I had). Is it worth the $450 they're asking? I'm not sure. If you want a big, massive, bold whisky I would be considering something other then Glenlochy in general though.
It's a fun whisky to have on the checklist and unlike many bottles released these days, but I don't know that I see myself forking over the asking price these days based on what I've had.
At a glance:
Glenlochy 1980 – Signatory Vintage, 31y, #3021 – 53.1% ABV
Nose: A little peppery kick initially, a mix of black & white peppers (heavier on black). Behind it is vanilla and malt. Gentle and slightly watery fruit notes; white peach, a hint of apricot. Nice subtle honey.
Palate: Slightly woody mixed with malt and light honey, a slightly thinner mouthfeel. Pepper again; this time white pepper with a faint dab of cayenne. Gets a little dry and slightly bitter. A bit earthy.
Finish: Malty with slight pepper; honey, a little buttermilk biscuit with the honey for a second but it fades in favor of an earthy cantaloupe rind finish.
Comment: This is a touch oddly-balanced; the pepper is a bit assertive and overpowers the fruit, as does the slightly bitter and musty side of things.
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