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Does 'Sidwell Friends' Ring Bell With Morning Joe Crowd Bashing Barbour?
If you were Haley Barbour's political consultant, and he had indicated his intention to make his reported remarks about the White Citizens Council, would you have counseled him to reconsider? I sure would have.
That said, there was a hypocritical double-standard on display by the Morning Joe folks who turned Haley slowly over a spit today. Hat tip NB reader Ray R.
Eugene Robinson took the lead in belting Barbour for sending his children to private schools in Mississippi rather than to local public schools attended by black children. Joe Scarborough chimed in with his Mississippi-childhood recollections of such post-integration private academies springing up. Mike Barnicle did his bit, contributing the tale of whites in South Boston pulling their kids out of integrated public schools in favor of parochial and private ones.
One thing was missing from the conversational mix, however: any reference to the tradition of Dems in DC--from Bill and Hillary, to the Gores, to of course the Obamas--sending their kids [or in the case of the Bidens, grandkids] to tony private schools like Sidwell Friends rather than to the heavily African-American public DC schools.
Watch the convenient selective memory on display.
EUGENE ROBINSON: When the schools were integrated, then what happened, well, the whites formed a segregation academy, a private academy, where they all sent their kids, leaving the public schools to the black kids. So people are going to want to know: well, Haley Barbour, when you had kids, where'd you send them to school? Did you send them to the public school? My understanding is that he didn't. He sent them to the academy, and you know, that sort of question --
JOE SCARBOROUGH: By the way, that is one thing that I do remember. These little academies, seriously, would just crop up in the middle of like farm fields. It was like, they'd build a house, and that was where a lot of the kids would go.
MIKE BARNICLE: You can fast-forward from Yazoo City, Mississippi in the '50s to Boston, Massachusetts in the mid-1970s at the height of the bussing crisis.
ROBINSON: Oh yeah.
BARNICLE: When white children were withdrawn from public schools and sent to parochial schools and newly-formed academies.
I'm particularly struck by the willingness of Mike Barnicle, self-styled champion of the proles, to throw his plebeian brothers under the bus, you should excuse the pun, while not breathing a word of the practices of the Dem ruling classes.
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Submitted by TexasMom0517 on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 10:55am.
The Democrats and the sub rosa version of JournoList are working overtime to discredit possible GOP candidates for 2012. I haven't actually heard or read the text of what Haley Barbour said, but if I were him, I'd use Breitbart tactics to counter the media mash.
Hipocrisy doesn't count if you're a Democrat. Rules and modeling behavior are simply for the "little people." They do put Leona Helmsley to shame. They don't "walk the walk, but they do love to talk the talk."
Sidwell Friends Tuition schedule for 2010-2011
Lower School- $31,069
Middle and Upper Schools- $32,069
Tuition includes a daily hot lunch and Lower School textbooks
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Must be Barbour might run for president.
Submitted by Red Jeep on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 10:59am.
And like Sarah Palin he must be destroyed because the Left fears him.
I mean why else go into this, now.
In talking about integration and Mississippi when he was growing up, "You heard of the Citizens Councils? Up north they think it was like the KKK. Where I come from it was an organization of town leaders. In Yazoo City they passed a resolution that said anybody who started a chapter of the Klan would get their ass run out of town. If you had a job, you'd lose it. If you had a store, they'd see nobody shopped there. We didn't have a problem with the Klan in Yazoo City."
Someone really ought to sit down with Eugene Robinson and teach him how to speak.
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They are worried about Barbour
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 11:57am.
When one does a side by side comparison in the actions after Hurricane Katrina, Gov. Barbour looks liek a take-charge no-excuses leader whereas Gov. Blanco in Louisiana was paralyzed and pointing fingers.
Barbour is a long time GOP operative and elected leader who knows how to raise money. The Dems want to rough up his reputation early.
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Hyprocrites all of them !!!
Submitted by dirtydan64 on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 11:00am.
99% of Congress, SCOTUS, POTUS, Hollywood, many on the Left Coast & Right Coast all send there children, Grand Children to private schools while denying Average Americans the choice to sned there kids to those same schools using the funds they pay for Public school's by way of the Voucher system that Congress Vehelmently oppose especially in the Metro DC area School's, why is that !! Maybe we need to have another 20/20 Investigation, oh nevermind cause many in the MSM also send their kids to these same schools. So I guess we have entered into a new era of Shadow Desegragation where the elite that can afford to do so while us poor Middle Class citizens are stuck with the shitty school's around the Country and the vast majority of kids are stuck in a rut never to have the chance that those elitest who can afford to send there's have.
Time to maybe shut down all the prochical schools as well as private schools so everyone has to use the same school system until we all have the same option to use all these school's thru a Voucher program, especially when we constantly hear the MSM and Congress talk about compeition where the best School's win out over poorly managed ones or at the minimum force them to do better or shut down altogeather due to poorly managed school's or School system's. So in the end we can't have our cake and eat it to unless your an elitest like these idiots and Bourber, or Biden, Congress, Pelosi, left Coast ect.....
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A circle-jerk of MSDNC
Submitted by Captain Repus on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 11:21am.
A circle-jerk of MSDNC morons, led by one of the biggest examples of affirmative-action token journalist, a BRINO (Backstabbing RINO), a bimbo with an IQ below plant life (silicone leaching into the brain is a terrible affliction) and a board-certified plagarist taking the off the cuff remarks totally out of context.
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Poor Geno. He's been sleeping on a cot @ MSNBC for a week now,
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 11:07am.
appearing on virtually every show.
Have they have no humanity? How's he supposed to get his Kwanzaa shopping done in time?
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Submitted by ConservaSerb on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 2:51pm.
Eugene Robinson is a racist. A socialist. And he plays baseball like a girl.
A wise & frugal government, which shall leave men free 2 regulate their own pursuits of industry & improvement, & shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. T. Jefferson
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D.C. public schools.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 11:15am.
MSNBC should have every member of congress and the administration whose kids attend the D.C. public schools on the show some morning.
I'm betting it won't require more than a couple of more chairs to get them all on the set.
... and FYI, if I lived in D.C. I would never put one of my children in that gulag they call an education system. Difference is, I ain't a mealy mouthed scumbag politician.
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"Don't Forget Rev. Wright "
Submitted by mad53PA on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 11:31am.
Apparently, what Haley Barbour said was that he didn't remember the the Civil Rights movement being all that bad, at least where he was growing up.
Of course, Robinson and his ilk ( never fail to pass up an opportunity to use race) were all over him.
Funny, this is the same crew that had no problem with Barack Obama's ascertion that the church he belonged to for many years (where racial animous towards whites was routine) was something he never heard or at least was never present for.
Get used to this type of stuff moving forward, the left will use race more than ever in 2012.
This was the first taste of it.
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Excellent point, mad
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 12:10pm.
And given that Barbour is commenting on what he observed and assessed as a youth while Obama is claiming he never saw Wright's racial hatred as an adult, I think the comparison is more than fair.
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All this says to me is that Haley Barbour loves his children...
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 11:42am.
...enough to keep them the Hell out of the clutches of incompetent teacher's-union goons, who are only interested in padding their pensions, and do not give a rat's left gonad about educating children beyond being just funtionally literate enough to be silent, compliant sheep.
It's just too bad that many more American parents over the last five or six decades didn't act similarly, but intead voted to send ever increaing amounts of money down the rat-hole that is government education.
Perhaps had they taken more of an interest in what their children were being "taught" in government schools all over America, we would not have voted ourselve's to the very brink of extinction as a free republic, and the name Barack Hussein Obama would have no meaning to anyone outside of Chicago.
Vote for the American in November
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Dear Mr. Robinson...
Submitted by beauxdog on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 12:05pm.
You are a cold-blooded, racist liar. You don't know your ass from a hole in the ground.
I am absolutely 100% caucasian white and I was in seventh grade in Jackson, Mississippi, the year they implemented desegragation. My junior high school went from 99% white to 55% black. The first thing our new classmates did was totally trash the school. They pulled the toilets up from the boy's room and smashed them against the wall. We didn't have lockers for our books because they totally destroyed them. We had constant bomb threats and rumors of after school race fights.
Did you note that I said our school went 55% black? That means it was still 45% white, you moron. In case you are too stupid to catch my drift... I am pointing out to you that not ALL white parents pulled their children out of public school.
But maybe they should have. Had my parents known what my sister went through, I think they would have. My sister was in 9th grade at what had been an all black school. Now it was a mixed, single grade school. My sister was a bit fiesty... maybe too much for her own good. She was once in the hallways changing classes when a member of the opposite race/sex decided to lift her dress for a quick look. She whirled around, slapped his face and told the N' word to keep his hands too himself. She was fortunate that the biggest, the meanest, the ugliest, the nastiest father raper of them all, appreciated her spunk and took her back repeating her words to the offender. Nobody messed with her again.
At 12 years old, I recognized that the liberals were lowering white education levels rather than raising black education levels. That is one of the reasons I am so conservative today.
Yes, a lot of whites fled to the white council schools... out of justified, abject fear of the alternative.
As I look back on this disturbing part of my life, I recognize that MOST of the black students I was caught up with... were in the same boat I was. It was a distinct minority within the minority that caused all these fears and problems. It seems to be the same group the liberals are always trying to promote.
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I know a woman who attended TC Williams HS in the ...
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 12:45pm.
. . . Seventies when it was desegregated and the whites became the minority. Contrary to the portrayal in the film Remember the Titans, the transition was very ugly, according to her. She remembers being harassed a lot right up through her senior year.
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If you think about it, it's really funny
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 12:12pm.
If this is all the Morning Joe crew has to criticize Barbour with, they're desperate.
I looked up Haley's bio...none of which included his children, but he's been married for 38 years, so I'd suspect his children are all grown.
Secondly, and I spent ten minutes looking but couldn't find any list of the state rankings for education (lots of NEA propoganda and useless stats, tho)...I'm sure Mississippi ranks in the bottom 10% for public schools, particularly when Barbour's children were small (!). Of course, these blabbing fools wouldn't connect those two dots...the salient point, of course, being, has Mississippi's public school system actually improved its standing under Barbour's management? Not whether he sent his kids to crappy schools when he had nothing to do with them other than pay for them.
These liberal spinmeisters are so utterly predictable. I bet I could rival Rush for my prediction(s) of what next comes out of their mouths.
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Yo, blonde.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 1:38pm.
How about you grade of Tebow's performance. It had to please you!
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MSNBC would do well to check out the . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 2:08pm.
. . . private schools attended by the Barbour children to see if they were integrated or not.
We all know the Left's double-standard:
- If a conservative sends his/her children to private school, it's because the conservative is a racist.
- If a liberal sends his/her children to private school, it's about security.
That argument is used most vociferously with the children of Democratic Presidents since Carter, whose daughter Amy attended DC public school.
But it defies logic.
If the Obamas sent their children to the neighborhood public school, the increased security would make it the safest schools in the DC system -- safe for all the students at the school.
Wouldn't such a school be less valuable as a terrorist target than Sidwell Friends School, which is loaded with kids of the President, Senators, Representatives, government notables, and the wealthy? The school may have increased security, but the temptation to hit it is greater because of the clientale.
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I'll take that bet, Blonde.
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 1:42pm.
I'll take that bet, Blonde. Joe's a big fan of Haley Barbour.
edit. Good grief. Another misplaced reply. And I just promised Blonde yesterday I'd do better. I'm getting irritated.
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Hmmmm, Joe S. attended private school
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 2:02pm.
Have to laugh...per Wiki:
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Scarborough graduated from Pensacola Catholic High School in Pensacola, Florida (although he is not a Catholic).
Mika, of course, went to private school.
Brzezinski attended The Madeira School during her high-school years.
Unable to find a High School for Mike Barnicle.
Eugene Robinson attended public school, in the 60's & 70's.
Do as I say, not as I do!!!!!
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Likely there is a very
Submitted by Captain Repus on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 3:05pm.
Likely there is a very logical reason you are unable to find high school records for Barnacle The 4th grade was probably the longest 3 years of his life.
It is quite obvious that Robinson attended public schools.
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This is just one more symptom
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 3:38pm.
This is just one more symptom of the the cancer, that is the Obama presidency, matasticizing throughout every aspect of American life.
Well at least they didn't blame George W. Bush THIS TIME for black people destoying everything they touch including public schools.
Why is it always white folks fault black folks, no matter how much money is wasted on them, fail?
It's time to call a spade a spade and put the blame where it belongs..........Barack Obama and his racist fundamental transformation ( reparations ) policies.
He has been an intergral actor ( instigator ) of race baiting through his associations, Rev. Wright's church, seeking out radicals, communists, intimately involved in A.C.O.R.N., his own subversive ( anti American, racist ) well documented written and spoken word.
He is not the innocent African American scholar he makes himself out to be.......not by any stretch of even the most rabid, left wing, bomb throwers imagination.
That race card may have served him well in the past, but now that he's pretending to be the leader of the free world, he's got some splaining to do.
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MULLINS, SC (WMBF) – The six-day search for a missing Mullins boater has come to an end after a body found along the Little Pee Dee River Wednesday was confirmed to be 55-year-old Michael Shelley.
The cause of Shelley's death has been linked to drowning and hypothermia, according to Horry County Deputy Coroner Darris Fowler.
Shelley's body washed ashore on the Little Pee Dee River in the Gallivants Ferry area off Highway 501 on Wednesday afternoon, six days after Shelley took his boat out on the water and did not return.
Michael Shelley goes missing
Spokesman for the Department of Natural Resources Robert McCullough says a small speed boat was found on Friday, Feb. 15 near Cartwheel Landing, a private landing near Bass Lake. Shelley lived near Cartwheel Landing.
"We have reason to believe the boater is in the waters, especially since his boat was found still in gear. The investigation is pretty straightforward, meaning we do not expect any foul play," McCullough said earlier during the search for Shelley.
When temperatures dropped below freezing Sunday evening, the search below water became too dangerous to continue, and was resumed Monday morning.
On Monday, DNR discontinued the underwater search with divers, and are continued to search the surface with a boat.
"It is a dangerous diving area but our dive team has veteran divers that are proceeding with caution," McCullough explained.
Joe Ard, also with the DNR, described the marshy area as hazardous for the dive team.
"The ground isn't solid, so the area is constantly changing. Trees and limbs are pulled into the waters, even the most veteran boater could get knocked overboard after hitting an unexpected stump," warned Ard.
Because of all the debris on the bottom it would have been impossible for the team to dredge the river, authorities said.
"You wouldn't be able to drag a hook for more than 5 minutes without snagging something," Ard explained.
The inclement weather in the area the weekend before Shelley's body was discovered posed a threat to the search team. The rain and melting snow caused water level to rise.
"The divers are fighting very fast currents, the water is cold. They are only able to stay in for about 15-20 minutes at a time," Ard said.
McCullough told WMBF News that the team was using a grid- pattern in the search for the missing boater.
"The divers lay down lines tied to anchors and work their way through each area," McCullough explained.
The rise and set of the sun did not impact search times, the DNR said.
"The water is so dark and murky that once the divers are underwater, it's already dark, regardless of if the sun is out or not, it makes no difference to our divers," McCullough said.
The DNR assured the public throughout the search that they would not stop their efforts to find Shelley until he was recovered.
"We will be out there again tomorrow morning. In fact, we will be out there every single day until this man is found," Ard said earlier during the search.
The DNR did not only search the water throughout their search. They also had a crew combing the hills in case the Shelley was able to make it to shore.
The search for Shelley continues
Tuesday we spoke to the family of Michael Shelley, along with his friends.
His sister, Paula Shelley, explained Michael's disappearance as nerve-wracking.
"He was the type of person who would give the shirt off his back if you needed it, he would help anybody. Pretty much that's how the whole family is, and that's how we are getting through this, "Shelley said, holding back tears as she spoke.
Shelley told WMBF News Michael was in charge of taking care of his mother and they were all hopeful that he would be found, saying ,"God is still in the miracle business = I will put it like that...either way just wanting him home."
Michael Shelley's friends Ted Dimmery and Chip Ellis are just a few of the men who participated in search efforts.
Dimmery said it's unusual for Michael to have an accident on the river, adding that "he stayed in the river day and night. We decided we were going to come find him and bring him home to his mama."
Ellis got his boat into the water to help find Michael on Tuesday, "I don't know what happened, I know he knows the river good enough not to hit a log and be thrown out of the boat, I do know that. I'm think maybe something medical happened and he fell out."
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Department of Earth Sciences
Long-Term Average Mineral Weathering Rates from Watershed Geochemical Mass
Balance Methods: Using Mineral Modal Abundances to Solve More Equations in More Unknowns
Jason R. Price,1,* Noel Heitmann2, Jennifer Hull1, and David Szymanski3 1Dept. of Earth Sciences, P.O. Box 1002, Millersville University, Millersville, PA 17551
The number of phases for which weathering rates can be determined by watershed geochemical mass balance is limited by the number of equations that can be constructed from elemental flux losses from the watershed and mineral stoichiometries. Mass balance studies of watershed weathering rates routinely use the flux losses of the six major cations SiO2, Al, Na, K, Mg, and Ca. Analyses of these species in water are common, but following matrix algebraic methods limits the number of weathering rates that can be calculated to six.For the Brubaker Run watershed located in the northern Piedmont Physiographic Province of Pennsylvania (USA), long-term (103-106 year) watershed chemical flux losses havebeen determined using 10Be-derived total denudation rates and zirconium-normalized total chemical concentrations from bedrock and soils. Chemical flux losses calculated from solidphase data have three advantages: They (1) Permit generation of a relatively large number of equations because both major and trace analyses are included; (2) eliminate the need for many years of regular (e.g., weekly) sampling and chemical analyses of stream water and atmospheric precipitation, and measurement of hydrologic parameters (i.e., precipitation, stream discharge, etc.); and (3) long-term weathering rate calculations need not address biomass.
For Brubaker Run, eight minerals are involved in weathering; the five primary minerals are REE-rich epidote, ankerite, almandine-spessartine garnet, muscovite, chlorite, and the three secondary products are weathered muscovite, kaolinite, and gibbsite. The long-term average weathering rates of these minerals were calculated using the six major cations, and two trace elements selected from Rb, Sr, Ba, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, and Dy. Despite having the eight equations needed, geochemically reasonable weathering rates (e.g., positive primary mineral rates that reflect destruction) could not be achieved regardless of the two trace elements used in the mass balance calculations. For Brubaker Run, this is primarily attributable to the natural heterogeneity of the trace element concentrations within the host mineral grains, with trace element stoichiometries in some minerals varying by as much as an order of magnitude. Because the trace elements are hosted by a relatively small number of minerals, the computed weathering rates of other minerals become very sensitive to small variations in trace cation stoichiometry.
REE-rich epidote, garnet, and ankerite within the Brubaker Run watershed together host nearly all of the Ca in the bedrock, and completely dissolve at or near the weathering front. Consequently, approximately all of the Ca in bedrock is lost from the regolith. In bedrock the mole-percentages of Ca hosted by REE-rich epidote, garnet, and ankerite are 49 mol %, 4 mol %, and 43 mol %, respectively, and are determined by the modal abundance of the mineral in the bedrock and its Ca stoichiometry. The weathering rates of REE-rich epidote, garnet, and ankerite can be determined by distributing to each mineral that fraction of the total watershed Ca flux loss for which it is responsible based on its mole-percent Ca in bedrock. By using a basecation that is completely lost from the regolith, and knowing the mole-percentage of that element in the mineral(s) undergoing weathering, additional equations may be added to the mass balance matrix. We term this technique the "flux distribution method." The flux distribution method eliminates the need for additional equations established using trace elements.
Based on the mineral weathering rates for the Brubaker Run watershed determined using the flux distribution method, the rates at which the weathering front penetrated the bedrock (the "saprolitization" rate) are 4.5 m My-1 and 6.5 m My-1 for chlorite and muscovite, respectively. These measured long-term average saprolitization rates compare very favorably with published theoretical values for the nearby northern Maryland Piedmont which range from 2.2 to 5.3 m
Geophysical Survey of an Abandoned Landfill
A group of students running a ground-penetratin radar survey
Landfills, in particular abandoned landfills which predate the Environmental Prorection Agency landfill regulations, are sources of groundwater contamination. Because they are non-invasive and are cost-effective, geophysical survey techniques are the preferred techniques for investigating such abandoned landfill. Geophysics is a branch of geology which uses physical measurements made at the Earth's surface to gather information about the earth materials at depth. In the work reported here, students ran an integrated geophysical survey of a portion of a reclaimed landfill to study its internal structure. The landfill is located in a park in the city of Lancaster (Pennsylvania). Four different surveys were used:
A student measuring the total magnetic field using a proton-precession magnetometer
A group of studentsrunning a ground-penetratin radar survey
Results of the Survey:
|Magnetic anomaly map (nT)
|Electrical conductivity map (mS/m)
- Areas of high magnetic values which correlate with areas of high conductivity values are probably due to magnetic metallic object at depth.
- Area with high conductivity but low magnetic values in the south-east corner is an indication of high moisture or high clay content of the ground.
- The high magnetic value area on the east/northeast which has a low conductivity value may indicate the presence of construction debris from the city of Lancaster. The concrete with rebar is magnetic but not conductive.
- The depth to the bottom of the landfill calculated from the depth electric resistivity profile is about 6 m at the site surveyed.
- Due to penetration limitation, the ground-penetrating survey did no yield any useful information.
Geological Influences on Water Chemistry of Lititz Run
The Lititz Run Watershed, located in northern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania drains 11,133 acres of agricultural, urban, suburban, and natural land settings into Lititz Run (Landstudies, 1999). Ultimately, this water drains via the Conestoga and Susquehanna Rivers into the Chesapeake Bay. During the last several years, significant efforts have been made to restore this stream by stabilizing stream banks, installing fencing along some parts of the stream, and planting trees in the Riparian Zone.
This project assesses the role of the underlying rock units on stream water chemistry. Currently this project is characterizing nitrate contamination in the watershed. Preliminary studies indicate that geology plays the most significant role in the level of nitrate contamination. The Lititz Spring, which flows from the Conestoga Limestone, has nitrate levels 2.5 times the Environmental Protection Agency's maximum contaminant level. However, springs from the siliciclastic units have nitrate levels well below the EPA level.
Last year, Tim Dempsey an engineering geology major, completed a departmental honors thesis on background nitrate levels in Lititz Run. In the picture to the left, Tim is analyzing water samples in the lab at Millersville. This year Joel Rogers, is building on Tim's work by testing water quality of springs throughout the watershed. This information will be used to assess water quality in the watershed and to pinpoint areas where improvement can be made. We also hope that this work will help to improve restoration efforts not only in the Lititz Run Watershed but also in other carbonate and siliciclastic watersheds.


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Newsom's opponent Hahn calls for LA boycott of Arizona
The Arizona legislation that has sparked fury nationwide and even prompted City Attorney Dennis Herrera to call for a boycott of all things Arizona has also served to highlight a difference in opinion between Mayor Gavin Newsom and his opponent in the Lieutenant Governor's race, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn.
In a Chronicle story today, Newsom took a murky stance on the Arizona boycott idea:
"Newsom argued that a total boycott of Arizona businesses could bring the city a wide range of problems that haven't even been considered. 'The notion of boycotting a state and every business that does business in the state is an extraordinarily complicated matter,' he warned."
To Hahn, the matter isn't so complicated. According to a press release we received from her campaign:
"In response to newly-enacted legislation in Arizona which will require immigrants to carry documents about their immigration status at all times, and will allow police officers to question residents about their immigration status, today, Councilwoman Janice Hahn will introduce a resolution calling on the City of Los Angeles to boycott the State of Arizona. The resolution will call for Los Angeles, and all of its departments, to end any and all contracts with Arizona-based companies and to stop doing business with the state."
I think the City of Los Angeles has enough problems of its own. Janice Hahn should focus her attention on issues in LA not Arizona. Our city, not to mention our state is going to crap. Rates are going up, politicians can't interpret a contract, the mayor is a union pandering puppet. We need to wake up and throw all these idiots out of office and start over.
Well at least Janice Hahn is not bobbing and weaving and undecided and sitting on the fence. She's taken a decisive position on this issue. Gracias. One would have expected her comments to come from a mayor of PROGRESSIVE San Francisco. But no. These days, one doesn't have actually BE progressive, one can just pretend to be progressive for show and image purposes and call yourself a progressive whether you are or not. I see there are protests in other cities against this nonsense in AZ, but to my knowledge no protests here in PROGRESSIVE San Francisco.
Smug and arrogant fence-straddler Newsom must have one sore ass from sitting on that damn fence and not being able to decide what direction the political wind is blowing in to best serve him politically and his next "career" job. That's what this is really about but of course his spokesliar would say that's not true whatsoever. Typical. He's been trying to change his image and becoming more regressive/right-wing to cater to whomever he's trying to bait to vote for him. I've never voted for him. He reminds me of the so-called "moderates." The ones who are perpetually sitting on the fence and can't decide what they think on much of anything. They weave and sway back and forth on that fence in limbo.
The more I see from this opportunistic Newsom, the more I think that his actions on the same gender marriage issue were done purely for political reasons. And some of the things accomplished of a progressive nature during his term were initiated by other people (members of the Board of Supervisors). But he takes credit for them.
Newsom: Either shit or get off the damn pot!
Newsom never said he was progressive.
China is communist and so is Cuba,
Adios Sam!!
I was surprised to hear that Dennis Herrera, San Francisco City Attorney, had condemned the actions taken in Arizona. Now, if I remember correctly, Herrera has been in favor of deporting immigrant youth who are arrested in San Francisco, without allowing them so much as a trial in juvenile court. So, how can Herrera condemn Arizona? Unless I missed something somewhere, this is the height of hypocrisy. Once San Francisco decided to change its "Sanctuary City" policy to conform to Newsom's political ambitions, I lost all respect for the concept of San Francisco as a Sanctuary City. How can the City of San Francisco condemn Arizona if we are also depriving immigrant children of THEIR civil rights?
We need to have a revolution here in this city and take over and anyone that does not aggree with us will have option to leave or be forced out.
This is our city, a PROGRESSIVE city for all the PROGRESSIVE people here!
This is nuts. A revolution? Crazy talk. The feds need to step in. And dumbass protesters need to read the law before they start claiming this is a civil rights issue. I'm a peaceful person. I have no issues of race. But I do have issues of ILLEGAL immigrants screwing up our country. Uninsured drivers on the road. Using the services of this country without paying taxes. Taking money out of the country instead of putting it into the community where they reside. Come on... These are all bad things, right? Am I wrong?
While illegals may not be insured, most all of them do pay taxes as far as work goes.
I was on another forum earlier and some willfully ignorant person was talking about how undocumented workers were messing up this nation. Sigh. They tried to dehumanize the migrant workers by referring to the workers as "illegal" and "aliens." Despicable language. I proceeded to tell this willfully ignorant person that the undocumented immigrants are not responsible for this nation being in the state it's in. The undocumented immigrants unfortunately are being being scapegoated by willfully ignorant people who need someone to hate. The reason the nation is screwed up is because millions and millions of jobs from this nation are now being worked by people over in China and India. Of course that fact is never brought up when people are hating on undocumented immigrants. The millions of jobs over in China and India are not coming back. And outsourcing (as it's called) is rapidly *increasing.* That has absolutely nothing to do with undocumented immigrants and migrant workers. In addition, the bailout to the banks has nothing to do with undocumented immigrants and I could go with things such as NAFTA under Clinton and so on. And it should be pointed out that undocumented immigrants/migrant workers pay taxes every time they buy something, for example, just like documented workers do. It's called sales tax. And who the hell cares what migrant workers do with the money THEY earn? It is THEIR money. If they need to send THEIR money out of this nation to help their family in another nation---the same thing any caring human being would do in their same situation---they have every right to do so. It is THEIR money. Why would anyone care what someone else does with THEIR money? Duh.
No human being is "illegal" or an "alien." And I thank all immigrants for their many contributions to this nation of immigrants. I thank them whether they are undocumented or documented. To them I say: Muchísimas gracias. If one is not a direct descendant of the Native Americans, YOU are "illegal" (to use the word that the haters/Nazis love to use) too whether you were born here or not. Undocumented immigrants are not at all the reason this nation is crumbing and in the state it's in. Listening to the haters, this nation should immediately ship the Statue of Liberty back to France and tell them to melt the thing down and recycle what's left because the Statue of Liberty means absolutely nothing to many people in this nation any longer. The words on it are meaningless to many (most?) people.
And what goes around comes around. Should a large part of this nation need to be evacuated some day because of a super volcano erupting (maybe Yellowstone?), and large segments of the population are forced to leave, where will they go? How dare the Nazis try to go to México because then they would be hypocrites because they would be "illegal" (there's that word again that they masturbate over) in México. So of course they wouldn't dream of going to México. What's left? Canada? Well the Nazis couldn't go there either because they would be "illegal" (there is their favorite word again) there too, and the Nazis would be hypocrites if they tried to go to Canada. So where the hell would these Nazis/haters go?
I guess they will just stay here in this nation and rot while they're having dreams about "illegal aliens." And I suspect that many of these Nazis/haters pretend to be a "christian." More hypocrisy.
What a pathetic little man you are to equate Nazis with Christians...Why don't you just throw us all to the lions like Nero did...and by the way...fill the stands with the Mexican drug cartels because they are the only ones who'll be able to afford the ticket. Our sovereignty is at stake here! If you want a one world government...sit back and watch...it's coming. And if you like that idea...go watch the movie 1984...it might just fill your ignorant head with at least another take that would at least give you some credible grounds for your decision. Better yet...lets just let everyone come into our country...I don't care if they are citizens or not...we should all be able to live together in peace don't you think? Oh but I forgot there is a little thing called human flaw...that's right...greed...envy...corruption...personal power...status...racism etc...etc...etc. Fella...you can't legislate morality...you can only foster it with the intangible items such as faith...hope...and love...all of which are part of a Christian ideal...but of course you can't ground yourself in that thought..."God forbid"...but wait...I'm sorry...you and people like you have thrown all the Christians to the lions...so now we have "amorality running amuck"! Welcome to 1984...hope ya like the change!!
I was on another forum earlier today and I wrote that I suspected that many of these Nazis/haters who are hating on undocumented immigrants/migrant workers also pretend to be a christian. Well, some of the willfully-ignorant rabid haters got their bowels in an uproar over my statement. The problem is that many people can't bear to hear the truth, especially when they themselves *claim* to be a christian but don't at all practice the "teachings of jesus" in their everyday lives by their words and actions. They are Hypocrites. So I urged them to Google:
"german nazis, christians" and see what they find. Start at the top of Google's list by reading and comprehending. One might just learn something. For example:
German Christians
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Excerpt: The German Christians (German: Deutsche Christen) were a pressure group and movement within German Protestantism aligned towards the antisemitic and Führerprinzip ideological principles of Nazism with the goal to align German Protestantism as a whole towards those principles. Their advocacy of these principles led to a schism within the German Protestant church and the attendant foundation of the rival Confessing Church in Germany.
From About.com:
Adolf Hitler & Christian Nationalism:
Excerpt: A popular image of the Nazis is that they were fundamentally anti-Christian while devout Christians were anti-Nazi. The truth is that German Christians supported the Nazis because they believed that Adolf Hitler was a gift to the German people from God. German Christianity was a divinely sanctioned religious movement which combined Christian doctrine and German character in a unique and desirable manner: True Christianity was German and True German-ness was Christian.
who say NAZI's were Guardian like liberal socialists.
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Sir you are clearly a world class wacko, very narrow minded wacko. That compares apples to oranges. Learn your history for one and I'm not referring to "Wikipedia" . If you are going to make broad statements know your facts and stop with the grade school comparisons. You have no idea of what Nazis were. One thing is, most Nazis were in fact atheist NOT Christian. Many more examples of the truth if you care to study. your ignorance is an example of why this great Nation is falling to the way-side. Not because of Christianity.
I was up until nearly 3 am reading over a dozen and half articles from dozen and half different Web sites. Most of which were sponsored by Liberal news organizations all on the same band wagon. However, each and everyone had their own same poll question, do you agree or disagree. And from coast to coast the over well nigh majority of America voted 90+% in favor of AZ. Governor.
I commend Her and the AZ citizens. After all the Federal Govmt. has failed.
Also the Bill passed, is Legally sound and will stand Constitutional mustard.
OK guys -- enough with the hitler stuff ... if this debate keeps goping nowhere I'm closing the comments. Please only contribute to the subject posted, thanks. This isn't a college bull session.
If you haven't noticed, the article is about the issue in AZ and that's what I was talking about in my comments, including the "Hitler stuff" as you call it. It is quite relevant, if you have been paying any attention at all lately and reading your own articles and other relevant articles on other sites. Do your homework before complaining about people's comments. Do the Google search I suggested and stop searching for keywords in the comments to complain about (such as "Hitler stuff,"). Please read and comprehend your own articles and then re-read my comments and follow the research and you will learn something.
It's interesting. I can say anything I want on SFHate (SFGate) which is a rabid right-wing forum. I've never been warned there. But consistently on the so-called "progressive" (Ha, Ha!) sites I have been warned repeatedly about giving my own opinion and my opinion is researched. Why are so-called "progressive" sites so afraid of the truth consistently? By contrast, the one corporate site I'm on occasionally (SFHate) is not afraid of the truth. They allow me to say anything I want including the relevant issue of the "Hitler stuff." But not the wet-doily, thin-skinned "progressive" sites. The moment the truth comes out on the so-called "progressive" sites, they say time to shut it down.
Oh well, shut the damn thing down. Who the hell cares. The Guardian is part of the overall problem anyway and I knew that before coming on here. D "team" disciples most of the time. You're part of the D and R rut and you're not about to change. The Guardian acts more like the "teabaggers," really whether they want to admit so or not. Shut it down. Fine by me.
Sam's a little twerp with a big keyboard. keep the border open for drug smuggling and human trafficking (smuggling). go ahead Sam, because that's basically what it's being used for.
just be sure in the meantime, to send them all back. good luck with your riots and revoluciones in your little paradise sanctuary within the friendly confines of SF Sam.
Sam is officially NUTS...........
Sam has a lot of valuable things to say and contribute to the discussion -- but we just all need to be advancing the conversation -- not rushing to a zero sum game. Everyone can do that one every other site. I'm over the 00s. Let's start building ideas.
Are you a moderator or a contributor, you know that old saying, can't have your cake and eat it, but i'm sure you can have your own cake and eat some one else's cake, because you think it's ok amd you are infalibility just like that pope :-)
"We need to have a revolution here in this city and take over and anyone that does not aggree with us will have option to leave or be forced out.
This is our city, a PROGRESSIVE city for all the PROGRESSIVE people here!"
I couldn't agree more. But...I'll be on the other side facing YOU. See ya then PROG!
against illegal aliens, period. get in line. adhere to our laws.
as a heterosexual, i am astonished my president, obama, is lining up yet another round of amnesty for criminals.
illegal aliens, criminals breaking our nation's laws, will be gifted the FULL CIVIL RIGHTS of which our LGBT lawful citizenry only dreams.
and, don't call me a racist or a bigot. it is like Jimmy Carter said, "...some people are just wrong." it is simply wrong to award criminals with the civil rights that our very own law-abiding citizens don't yet enjoy.
during prop h8, i was dismayed as the hispanic community rallied to vote away the civil rights of our LGBT sisters and brothers. i kept asking, "how can a group beg, borrow, steal, and work so to earn their families and children a better life here and yet utilize one of their very first votes to VOTE AWAY another minority's rights?" a real conundrum. sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.
i would love nothing more than to take my children down to mexico and sign them into public school monday morning for a semester of intense cultural and language immersion. if i did, the mexican government would at the least laugh me out of mexico and at the most arrest me and confiscate my vehicle as they deported me because it is AGAINST THE LAW IN MEXICO! president calderon is full of himself and a liar to decry the new law in arizona. not to be outdone, president obama is also a liar and simply pandering to the larger hispanic voting bloc whilst he tosses the smaller LGBT community that so strongly supported (fiscally and physically) his candidacy under the bus.
again, don't snap back by labeling me a bigot or a racist. you must have a more well-developed argument. hispanic is not a race. and, i am actually bigoted in many ways, just as you are, certainly. but the hispanic community is not where my bigotry lands, just so you know.
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Above The Smoke*Magnificent View* in Pigeon Forge
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Welcome to' Above The Smoke' vacation log cabin in Pigeon Forge, TN. and the Great Smoky Mountains. This newly renovated/updated cabin has all the luxuries you've come to expect. A place where sophisticated elegance meets southern mountain charm.... A haven from reality, if only for a time.
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because the sigma is a better lens than canon optically and mechanically? also someone would prefere the gold ring than red one


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Johansson was the first to snag her statue for best featured actress in A View From the Bridge. She doused a handful of folks with thanks including co-star Liev Schreiber and hubby Ryan Reynolds. She even expressed her gratitude for her representatives at Creative Artist Agency who suggested she take to the stage in the middle of doing Iron Man 2 because "it would be a good thing." Looks like they were right.
Unlike Johansson, Redmayne's face isn't particularly well known on the big screen – just yet. You might have caught him in that straight-to-DVD Jessica Biel stripper film, Powder Blue, or alongside Kristen Stewart in The Yellow Handkerchief. Considering the latter only made it to 29 theaters, odds are, you didn't, but it's worth seeking out when it hits DVD. However, like Johansson, Redmayne won big for his Broadway debut. He was awarded the best featured actor award for his performance in Red in which he plays abstract expressionist Mark Rothko.
Fences took both leading performance prizes earning Davis her second Tony and Washington his first. Fences is a revival in which Washington plays Troy Maxon, a Pittsburgh sanitation worker just trying to make a living and be happy. But not only are his efforts stifled by segregation at work, but by troubles with his son and his wife (Davis) as well. Both took down other Hollywood heavyweights in their category, Davis edging out Laura Linney for her role in Time Stands Still and Washington stealing the statue from four big screen stars, Christopher Walken, Schreiber, Alfred Molina and Jude Law.
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By Nancy R. Elliott
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FAIRMOUNT – Maybe it's the rebel mystique, or maybe it's the cool classic cars. Fairmount, Ind., will mushroom next weekend from a sleepy little burg of 3,000 to throngs of visitors. The magic words are "James Dean."
Fairmount hosts the 38th annual James Dean Festival and Fairmount Museum Days from Sept. 26 to 29. The weekend celebrates the life of the actor, and a whole lot more.
James Dean and his impact"I think Jim changed our culture," said Gale Hikade, president of the Fairmount Historical Museum. He observed that Dean's legacy includes the idea that "everybody has something to say, whether it's right or wrong, you have to listen."Dean only lived to be 24 years old, but in that short life made a name for himself worldwide. He was born in Marion, Ind., in 1931, and lived in Fairmount. At age 3, he moved to California with his parents. At age 9, his mother passed away and Dean returned to Indiana to live on his aunt and uncle's Fairmount farm. Dean died in Sept. 30, 1955, in a car crash.Despite his huge notoriety, Dean's Hollywood stardom derived from just three movies, "East of Eden" (1955), "Rebel without a Cause" (1955) and "The Giant" (1956).
Each year, anywhere from 30,000 to almost 50,000 people throng to Fairmount for the festival that commemorates Dean and other local notables. Although James Dean is the name that's stuck like glue to Fairmount, the city was home to other noted names. Jim Davis, creator of the Garfield comic strip, hails from Fairmount, Class of '63, and occasionally makes it back.
Festival funVisitors have no shortage of activities in which to participate. Visitors will tour the museum, see Dean movies, and enjoy games, races, pet parade, contests, food, crafts, rides, and entertainment. The grand parade takes place at 2 p.m. Saturday.The Main Street stage features entertainment including The Moon Cats in performance Friday night, and Terry Lee and the Rockaboogie Band on Saturday."We're very family oriented. We want families to come and have a good time and not worry about anything," said Hikade.The 34th annual James Dean Run car show runs concurrent with the festival. The car show alone draws upwards of 2,000 classic vehicles from around the country and beyond, and includes events like flame throwing and muffler rapping contests.
Local historyLocal landmarks can also be toured, with more information available at the museum. Many people stop at the cemetery where Dean was buried. Hikade said the gravesite is a year-round destination."You'll find pennies, rocks, cigarettes, beer cans – open and closed, flowers and teddy bears any day of the week," said Hikade. Quite a few even kiss the tombstone. "The only way to get the lipstick off is with turpentine."One stop visitors won't be touring in Fairmount is the old high school where Dean at one time performed. "The high school is really history," said Hikade. In July, the building began to collapse. Hikade noted the chimneys are all that seem to be holding it up at this point. The site is roped off. "I don't think anything has fallen in the last week." A few years back, the stage was removed from the old school. Hikade said the Fairmount Lions Club salvaged the stage and is raising funds so that it can one day be incorporated and enclosed in another facility.
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38th annual James Dean Festival and Fairmount Museum Days, Fairmount The weekend includes the 34th annual James Dean Run car show, carnival rides, entertainment, vendors, contests, museum tours, music, food and more. More info: www.jamesdeanartifacts.com. Thurs., Sept. 26 4 p.m. Streets close 5 p.m. Main Street car show, kick-off party, 10th annual pre-James Dean Run Friday, Sept. 27 4 p.m. East of Eden free showing 4 - 6 p.m. Sadie Beck Band 5 p.m. 2013 Senior Citizens King and Queen 6 - 7:30 p.m. Line dancers 8 - 10 p.m. The Moon Cats Saturday, Sept. 28 9 a.m. Garfield's 23rd Great Race 10 a.m. Children's pet parade 11 a.m. Kiddie tractor pull 11:30 A.M. Rock lasso contest 12 p.m. Line Dancers 2 p.m. Parade 3 p.m. Corn hole toss contest 4 p.m. Rebel without a Cause free showing 6 p.m. '50s dance and costume contest 8 p.m. Little James Dean look-alike contest 9 p.m. James Dean look-alike contest 10 p.m. Terry Lee and the Rockaboogie Band Sunday, Sept. 29 11 a.m. Nondenominational church service 1 p.m. Giant free showing 1 p.m. M-G Xtreme Dancers and ArGuys 'N Gals 2 p.m. M-G High School band


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Potts was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald Potts.
Survivors include her son, John Potts of Dora; grandchildren, Jordan Elizabeth Grace Potts and Jaden Anna-Elise Potts; and a host of other extended family and friends.
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text: Audrey Fae Grunden Krone, 82 of Gothenburg, Nebraska, died on February 5th, 2013, at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg.Audrey was born July 9th, 1930, to Forrest and Blanche Grunden, north of Curtis, Nebraska, in Frontier County. She was the third of four children.Audrey attended District 76 School. She attended and graduated from NSA in Curtis in 1947. Upon graduation, she taught at the Austin Country School, located north of Ingham. She also taught at District 4 for one year following her marriage to Ed Krone on July 9th, 1948.Ed and Audrey lived their married days on the Krone place located seven miles north of Moorefield, Nebraska and were blessed with five children: Emilyn Kay, Edward Robert Jr, Cheryn Sue, Donna Jo and Mary Rose.Audrey was an active partner on the family farm and in the neighborhood. She attended the Church of God in Moorefield, was a 4-H parent of the Tri County 4-H Club in Lincoln County, a member of the Farnam School Board, the Neighborly Belles Extension Club, Frontier County Extension Vice and Chairman, Lincoln County Election Board and employed at the Huss Livestock Sale Barn in Curtis. Ed and Audrey enjoyed many years on the farm north of Moorefield, hosting many card parties and other neighborly get-togethers at the White House. Preceding her in death were her parents, Forrest and Blanche Grunden; brother, Harold Grunden; husband, Ed Krone; granddaughter, Elizabeth Stevens and son in law, Kim Stevens.Survivors include: daughter Kay of Curtis; son, Ed and Deb of Gothenburg; daughters, Cheryn and Gerald of Maysville, Oklahoma, Donna Stevens of Kearney, Nebraska, Mary and Nick Klintworth of Moorefield; grandchildren: Lori and Chad Kolbo of Gothenburg, Susan and Brock Massin of Lincoln, Nebraska, Travis and Jessica Beck of Portales, New Mexico, Dayna and Nathan Sukraw of Wichita, Kansas, Chaunci and Erica Beck of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, McKenzie Stevens of Omaha, Nebraska, Nathan Stevens of Lincoln and John and Ryan Klintworth of Moorefield and nine great-grandchildren.Visitation will be held at Blase-Wetzel-Strauser Memorial Chapel in Gothenburg; Thursday, February 7th, 2013, from 1 p.m.-6 p.m., with the family present from 2-4 p.m.Funeral services will be held at First United Methodist Church, 402 Center, Curtis, February 8th, 2013, at 10 a.m. with Rev. Bonnie Forney, Pastor Brian Nicklas officiating. Interment will follow in the Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska.Memorials may be given to the National Parkinson Foundation, Gift Processing Center, PO Box 5018, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5018 or Donor's Choice. To sign the online guest book, go to www.blasestrauser.com.


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Volunteering increases self-confidence. Volunteering can provide a healthy boost to your self-confidence, self-esteem, and life satisfaction. You are doing good for others and the community, which provides a natural sense of accomplishment. Your role as a volunteer can also give you a sense of pride and identity. And the better you feel about yourself, the more likely you are to have a positive view of your life and future goals.
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You keep using those words. I do not think they mean what you think they mean.
Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up:
Production costs are of minuscule to no importance in determining retail price. Canon can charge what they choose. If you don't like the price, don't buy (or wait and see if it drops, ala 5DIII). A wheelbarrow is not listed among our assets.


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SNSD's "Hoot" music video has been receiving explosive response from fans all over the world ever since its release through SM Entertainment's official YouTube Channel in October last year where it recorded more than 10 million views to date.
SNSD who are currently promoting in both Korea and Japan are gaining massive popularity in South East Asia, South America and Europe as well. This is SNSD's 4th video on YouTube having more than 10 million views. Previously, 'Gee' and 'Oh!' have gone past the 30 million views mark respectively while 'Run Devil Run' recorded more than 20 million views. 'Oh!' which was among the 'Top 10 most viewed video in 2010′ on YouTube had also achieved tremendous results domestically, where it topped almost every charts immediately after its release.
On the other hand, SNSD are expected to release their 3rd Japanese Single very soon.
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By ASHLEIGH LIVINGSTON
---- — CLINTONVILLE — Ever since the implementation of the state's new exams, Kris Nielsen has noticed a change in the discussions he has with his daughter's teacher.
"We used to talk about my daughter," the educator and author of "Children of the Core" told the crowd gathered for a recent forum at AuSable Valley Central School.
"Now we talk about her (test) scores and why they're not good enough or why they are good enough."
Nielsen was one of 13 panelists who spoke at the informational event, which was hosted by the AVCS Family School Association and focused on state testing and related mandates, such as Common Core Standards and Annual Professional Performance Reviews of teachers and principals.
Other panelists included Board of Regents member James Dawson; Champlain Valley Educational Services Assistant Superintendent Teri Calabrese-Gray; Dr. Doug Selwyn, a professor of education at SUNY Plattsburgh; AVCS Superintendent Paul Savage; Keeseville Elementary Principal Kevin Hulbert; and AuSable Valley Teachers Association President Rod Driscoll, among others.
Dawson said the state adopted the Performance Reviews and Common Core in an effort to improve teaching and administration and raise academic standards to those of countries that are out-competing the United States.
"The major aspect of what we're trying to do is to turn around the lowest-performing schools in the state," he said.
The Common Core, which was implemented this school year, focuses on shifts in English language arts and math curriculum, Calabrese-Gray told the audience, and asks teachers and students to take a deeper look at a fewer number of topics.
This year's state exams, which are developed by Pearson Education Inc., a company that also provides test preparation materials, assessed students on the new curriculum for the first time.
The assessments, Calabrese-Gray said, are used to determine how well students are meeting the new standards and whether they may be in need of academic assistance.
Fellow panelist Tim Butler, who teaches fifth-grade at Keeseville Elementary and administered the exams to his students this year, told the crowd how part of the tests asked students to read three long passages and provide written responses.
"I did a readability level on all three of those passages, and each of them is at a seventh-grade reading level," he said. "Keep in mind it's a fifth-grade test."
In addition, Butler noted, the Common Core teaches a "close-reading" technique, intended to help students get more meaning out of difficult texts; however, "the children in my class who followed that close-reading strategy did not (have time to) finish the tests."
And students who fail to take or finish the exams or do poorly on them, added Driscoll, "will be unnecessarily assigned to academic-intervention services, which cost the district money."
He noted that Common Core is a good idea, but the testing that comes with it is detracting from classroom instruction and resources.
"We just want time to teach our kids, and, basically, the state keeps taking that time away," Driscoll said.
Starting in third grade, elementary students are subjected to more than 10 hours of state testing alone, while middle- and high-school students undergo 11 and 12 hours, respectively, according to Driscoll.
It's an "absurd waste of time that damages students psychologically and academically," he said.
"Parents from across the state have reported their children not really wanting to go to school anymore, and I'm not talking about the kids who already hated school," added Nielsen, who has been attending testing forums across the state and speaking with students, teachers and parents.
"I'm talking about the kids who loved going to school.
"They're worried excessively about whether or not they're cutting it anymore because they're constantly told they're not by tests."
Several parents opted their children out of this year's state exams against the advisement of the State Education Department.
One of them, AVCS English teacher Michelle Doorey, who attended the forum, told the Press-Republican in a separate interview that between state and other tests, including interim, benchmark and weekly Pearson exams, her son Brady's third-grade class was subjected to more than 500 pages of assessments this school year.
"I'm estimating that about 30 percent of his 180 days at school were spent on testing in one way or another," she said.
While Brady is a top student and avid learner, she added, he has started to dislike school.
Still, said panelist and AVCS Board President Scott Bombard during the forum, the tests are mandated by the state, and though he has his own personal thoughts on the matter, "it's up to the School Board to uphold the law."
Bombard also pointed out that when parents opt their children out of the assessments, they risk putting their districts in danger.
Schools are required to test 95 percent of their test-age students, and those that do not will fail to meet "adequate yearly progress," which could result in loss of certain funding.
"That could mean jobs, so from a School Board standpoint, we don't want to lose any more jobs, and we also want to do what the law says," Bombard said.
"We're essentially being bullied," Selwyn said, noting that it's as if the state is saying, "'You do what we tell you to do, or you won't get the money that you need.'"
Savage said his district administration respects parents' right to keep their children from taking the exams and doesn't take it personally when they do.
Testing is a diagnostic tool that is helpful when results are immediately made available, he said, but feedback from state exams is received long after it can be used to re-adapt that year's lessons.
In addition, Savage said, "I feel that testing doesn't get to the core of what necessarily students are all about."
The exams and other mandates, Selwyn added, come at a time when state funding to schools has been cut.
Meanwhile, he said, "that money that used to go to the schools is going into the pockets of Pearson."
Selwyn also noted that there is no research to support the notion that a test-based curriculum makes for better educated and prepared students.
"We are spending an enormous amount of money to make education worse for our children," he said.
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ATLANTA (AP) - B.J. Upton left the Braves' game against the Marlins with left forearm spasms.
Miami right-hander Tom Koehler struck out Upton to end the second inning of Tuesday night's game. Upton shook his left hand in apparent pain while walking back to the dugout.
The Braves say Upton's status is day to day.
Reed Johnson took over for Upton in center field to open the third inning.
Upton is hitting only .176 with eight homers, 19 RBIs and seven stolen bases.
Manager Fredi Gonzalez said before the game outfielder Jordan Schafer would be available off the bench. Schafer had not played since fouling a ball off his right ankle on Wednesday, but entered as a pinch-hitter and reached on an infield RBI-single.
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Archived:How to get info on cell location in PySymbian
From Nokia Developer Wiki
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Devices(s): Nokia N95, Nokia E90Compatibility
Platform(s): S60 1st Edition, S60 2nd Edition, S60 3rd EditionArticle
Keywords: location
Created: cyke64 (15 Mar 2007)
Last edited: hamishwillee (18 Sep 2012)
This code snippet shows how to retrieve information such as MCC, MNC, LAC and Cell ID in Python.
Note: The location module requires capabilities ReadDeviceData, ReadUserData and Location starting with S60 3rd Edition.
Source code
import location
mcc, mnc, lac, cellid = location.gsm_location()
print "Mobile Country Code:", mcc
print "Mobile Network Code:", mnc
print "Location Area Code:", lac
print "Cell ID:", cellid
The information is displayed.
Starting with S60 3rd Edition the Script Shell must be signed with the Location, ReadDeviceData and ReadUserData capabilities to be able to run the code.
Additional information
More information about the items described above:
- Mobile Country Code - defines the country where you are
- Mobile Network Code - defines the network within the country
- Location Area Code - defines an area covered by a group of radio cells
- Cell ID - defines a single transmitter. In many cases, especially in heavily populated areas, there are 3 cells on a single base-station, each covering 120 degrees.


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3:45pm Friday 4th February 2011 in News By Sam Lister, Parliamentary Correspondent
An MP tried to charge the taxpayer for his pint of milk.
Hove MP Mike Weatherley was refused the refund for the 50 pence pint which he tried to claim on his parliamentary expenses.
The latest records released last night showed Sussex MPs claimed a total of £85,000 in expenses during September and October.
Mr Weatherley put in the claim for 50p for "milk for tea and coffee in the office" on September 6 but was told it was "not claimable under the scheme".
When questioned about the refused claim Mr Weatherley joked about changes to the new expenses rules introduced to stop MPs abusing their privileges.
Worthing West MP Peter Bottomley also had a claim dismissed.
He asked for £32.99 to be reimbursed for a mobile phone bill, but it was turned down because Ipsa said there was "insufficient evidence" it should be paid.
Lewes MP Norman Baker claimed £14,834, which mostly covered office costs and travel.


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Saturday, March 29, 2014 - Sunday, March 30, 2014
Stage Combat Workshop
with Nick Erickson
The Stage Combat workshop will focus on the basic skills necessary for effective unarmed or hand-to-hand combat for the stage. Students will learn a choreographed fight with a partner that includes slaps, punches, kicks, chokes, rolls, and falls. The workshop will finish with student presentations of their fight to their peers and invited guests.
This is a two day workshop - students must attend both days. Space is limited and priority will be given to Theater majors and minors. Please email firstname.lastname@example.com if you are interested.
March 29, 2014, 10am to 5pm
March 30, 2014, 10am to 1pm
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Saturday, March 29, 2014
A Celebration of Omar
The Paxson family invites all of Omar Paxon's friends, colleagues and fellow theater-lovers to gather together and spend an afternoon honoring the life of this extraordinary man.
Omar Paxson '48 (1923-2013) was a legendary professor emeritus of theater arts and rhetoric who made his final curtain call in December. Please RSVP to give the Paxson family an idea of how many people are coming.
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Hawaii Club Luau Dinner
Hawaii Club invites you to their annual luau dinner, featuring performances by fellow classmates, raffles, games, and food from King's Hawaiian.
Tickets will be sold during lunch hours MWF in the quad. Cost can be charged to student account.
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The All Nippon Airways' Boeing 787 Dreamliner after making an emergency landing at Takamatsu airport in western Japan. Photo: Reuters
The American aerospace giant Boeing halted deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner on Friday but said it would continue to build the aircraft while safety experts examine its battery and electrical systems.
The announcement capped a week in which all 50 787s in service around the world were grounded on orders from multiple aviation authorities to investigate the cause of two incidents, including a fire, linked to its batteries.
"We will not deliver 787s until the FAA approves a means of compliance with their recent Airworthiness Directive concerning batteries and the approved approach has been implemented," a Boeing spokesman said.
The burnt auxiliary power unit battery removed from a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner last week in another incident. Photo: Reuters
"Production of 787s continues," he said.
Dreamliners had been flying in Chile, Ethiopia, India, Japan, Poland, Qatar and the United States until their flights were stopped after a global alert issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration.
Boeing's chairman and chief executive Jim McNerney in a statement to employees defended his company and the aircraft against "the negative news attention over the past several days."
"As everyone inside the company knows, nothing is more important to us than the safety of the passengers, pilots and crew members who fly aboard Boeing commercial and military aircraft," he said.
"We have high confidence in the safety of the 787 and stand squarely behind its integrity as the newest addition to our product family."
His comments came as US and Japanese experts began examining an All Nippon Airways 787 forced to make an emergency landing at Takamatsu in southwest Japan on Wednesday because of a smoke alert apparently linked to a lithium-ion battery, the plane's main electrical power unit.
However, reports today said the fire was not caused by an overcharged battery.
The risk of fire from overheating powerpacks emerged as a major concern for Boeing's cutting-edge new planes after pilots were forced to land a domestic Japanese flight due to smoke apparently linked to the lithium-ion battery.
But the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said its examination so far has shown the battery was not the culprit of an earlier January 7 fire on an empty Japan Airlines plane in Boston.
''Examination of the flight recorder data from the JAL B-787 airplane indicate that the APU battery did not exceed its designed voltage of 32 volts,'' a statement said.
The physical examination of the battery, including X-rays and scans of the assembled battery and of its disassembled components, was still ongoing, the agency said.
The NTSB said representatives from its Japanese and French counterparts were participating in the investigation, and noted it had sent its own investigator to Japan for the investigation of the incident there.
No airline has cancelled purchases for the 787, but with 850 of the ambitious $US200 million-plus ($A190 million) aircraft on order, a fortune is at stake.
The problems have cast a cloud over the aircraft heavily dependent on pioneering electrical systems and lightweight composite materials that is meant to be Boeing's future.
No airline has canceled purchases for the 787, but with 850 of the ambitious $US200 million-plus ($A190 million) aircraft on order, a fortune is at stake.
McNerney stressed that since they entered service in October 2011, 787s have completed 18,000 flights and 50,000 flight hours with no serious problems.
But US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood told NBC television that the 787 would have to prove itself again to US inspectors.
"Those planes won't fly until we're 1,000 percent sure they are safe to fly," said LaHood on Friday.
The focus of investigators was on batteries supplied to Boeing by Japan's GS Yuasa through France's Thales, two of many firms in a complex global chain of suppliers for the 787 program.
Loren Thompson, an aviation analyst at the Lexington Institute, said Boeing was under heavy pressure "to find a solution as soon as possible," or else it will stop receiving payments for the aircraft on order.
"It's a question of weeks, not months," he said.
Boeing's engineers union, representing 23,000 staff, raised the stakes in the case on Friday as its representatives rejected the company's "final" contract offer and blamed the 787 problems on the manufacturer's outsourcing strategy.
The union members will likely vote next week on whether they agree to reject the contract offer, and that ballot could include a vote on whether to go on strike.
"Boeing corporate created the 787 problems by ignoring the warnings of the Boeing technical community," said Joel Funfar, one of the union negotiators.
"Now, they propose to double down on their failed outsourcing strategy by outsourcing the engineering work required to solve the problems caused by previous rounds of outsourcing."


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Sunday night in a purely American League baseball game, the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers. Well, in fairness, the Astros humiliated the Rangers. It wasn't supposed to happen, of course, because the Rangers won 93 games last year while the Astros were losing 107. Everybody said this year was going to just be more of the same.
But there's now plenty of evidence that the Astros have a great shot at winning the Silver Boot and finishing ahead of the Rangers in the American League West.
Here are five reasons why, and before you click on some other link because you think you don't have time for a bunch of wild-eyed, Astronomical boosterism, hear me out ...
1. The Astros are healthier.
They've got just two players on the Disabled List, and neither of them -- outfielder Fernando Martinez and pitcher Alex White -- was expected to play a significant role for the club this season anyway. Meanwhile, the Rangers have opened the season with four key pitchers on the D.L.: Neftali Feliz, Colby Lewis, Martín Peréz, and Joakim Soria. Sure, the Rangers' $120 million payroll might have more talent than the Astros' $18.7 million payroll. But what goes does all that money do if it's not on the field? Which leads us to ...
2. Erik Bedard is better than Derek Lowe.
First game of the season, and the score is still reasonably close in the sixth inning. Texas starter Matt Harrison gets in a jam, with a couple of Astros aboard. So Ron Washington looks out to his bullpen and summons ... Derek Lowe? The 40-year-old with a 5.08 ERA over the last two seasons? So predictably -- I mean, so predictably aside from the fact that Lowe had given up exactly one home run against a pinch-hitter in his whole career, before Sunday night -- Lowe gave up a three-run homer to the first batter he faced, pinch-hitter Rick Ankiel. Meanwhile, when the Astros' starting pitcher got into a jam, No. 5 starter Erik Bedard extinguished the fire and wound up going 3⅓ innings for his first career save. Versatility!
3. The Rangers are old.
This winter they lost Mike Napoli, and replaced him with 36-year-old A.J. Pierzynski and 37-year-old Lance Berkman. Adrian Beltre, for all his talents, has probably played his best. Ian Kinsler's on the down-side of his career. David Murphy and Craig Gentry have both peaked already, too. Elvis Andrus is young ... but it sure looks like even-younger Jurickson Profar won't be getting a shot anytime soon.
4. The Astros are young.
Like, really young. Half their players have to use fake i.d.'s when they want to get drunk; the other half can't vote without committing voter fraud. Just think ... almost every single Houston Astro will probably play better tomorrow than yesterday ... and they played pretty well yesterday. Basically, the Astros have nowhere to go but up, while the Rangers have nowhere to go but ... wait, what's the oppsosite of up? The Rangers have been to three straight postseasons, but nothing lasts forever. Just ask the Philadelphia Phillies.
5. Justin Maxwell is better than Leonys Martín.
Sunday night, the Astros' young center fielder hit a couple of triples and made a couple of brilliant defensive plays. Also Sunday night, the Rangers' young center fielder went 0 for 3 with a couple of strikeouts. Everybody said the Rangers would miss Josh Hamilton, but did anyone realize how much? Oh, and it sure looks like Nelson Cruz might be suspended any day now. What happens when the Rangers are starting Martín, Gentry, and Murphy for week upon week?
For serious discussion of the Astros and Rangers, please visit SB Nation's Crawfish Boxes and Lone Star Ball.
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Just how many appointed executives are there in Oakland and Wayne County?
It may depend on who you ask and the answer to that question has at least one county executive mad.
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