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Wrestling Is In A Good State ***SPLIT FROM TNA THREAD*** NO SPOILERS
To all the posters: Jaded, much?
I realize this is my very first post but I had to sign up to the forums to reply in this thread. As a wrestling fan I have had my ups and downs. I started watching wrestling perhaps 15 years ago so I have been in the thick of things since the original Monday night wars. I would watch WCW Nitro and during commercial breaks switch to RAW until I got a VCR and started taping RAW (and later DVR'ing it!). When WCW went under I was very sad as I love the innovation of their cruiserweight division and loved the WCW stars more then the WWF stars. Unlike some I HATED the Attitude Era with a passion. I hated most of the storylines (Mark Henry being the father of a hand, anyone?) but I still enjoyed watching it for the wrestling.
When WCW died the only thing I could watch was WWF so I did, and thankfully the storylines got better (and are still better today). With the Internet I could watch the occasional Ring of Honor show or taped indie wrestling (and now on HDNet I get Ring of Honor every Monday at 8PM). TNA started and I was ordering their PPV's every week for a while.
A few years ago I suffered a personal tragedy and I lost pretty much the desire to do anything and lost interest in wrestling. A few years passed and now in retrospect I know I missed a lot of great storylines and matches on both WWE and TNA. But finally, maybe 3 years ago, I turned on RAW and watched it. I realized I missed it. I still couldn't get back into it but found myself occasionally watching it. Finally I started setting my DVR to record it.
I found myself watching wrestling again with a passion and a joy that I hadn't felt in years. Now I devour what's on TV. WWE Raw, ECW (now NXT which I think is very good), TNA, Smackdown, ROH. I can DVR everything in amazing HIGH DEFINITION (well RAW, NXT and ROH) and watch these amazing events in picture perfect clarity. For the first time in years I'm going to be getting Wrestlemania because I am excited at the card.
This brings me back full circle to the beginning - wrestling fans have become jaded. If you hate the product so much, stop watching it. There's plenty of other TV shows on to flip to if you dislike RAW and TNA. Why am I being so forward with my opinions?
My friends. They are ALL in the same boat, jaded wrestling fans. We used to LOVE wrestling, we used to order all the PPV's get together and have a great time and now? I'm the only one who watches it. The others either hate it or complain incessantly about what's WRONG with the product instead of what's RIGHT.
We went to one live event and they actually COMPLAINED every time someone blew a spot. Like they could have done better? Like they could have even ATTEMPTED the move? I highly doubt it. Yet all they did was complain. They weren't excited, they weren't happy - they were just there and harping on every little detail.
This is what a lot of the old generation has come to, but it's inevitable. It happens with most product/TV shows, etc. You get older, and you complain more.
But you need to look at the product with new eyes, people. Better eyes. The quality of wrestling has gone UP, not DOWN in the WWE. I heard people say this Monday's RAW was terrible. I'm sorry, it was a very well done episode. It continues to push Wrestlemania and get me excited for all the matches.
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I typically don't care for Undertaker but the 'taker/Michaels confrontation at the beginning was great.
Batista is being pushed as a massive heel (and he can do it, too). He's lost excess weight and his muscles don't look as cartoonish any longer. He looks mean and ready to take the fight to Cena (who I hate but again, I like the fact that he's unsure of himself when it comes to Batista).
TNA? What can I say - I'm not the biggest fan of reusing old wrestlers when there is so much talent out there, but what I saw on Monday night TNA/Nitro (lol) was rather good. Better acting on RAW to be sure, but the WWE always gets the best actors/wrestlers (at least these days).
Finally, before I go off on too many tangents, I'm currently re-watching Wrestlemania I. Re-watch that and please tell me that Tito Santana vs. the Masked Executioner is a far better match then any match on RAW this Monday. Don't think you can.
The product has grown and has become a better product. It isn't worse. It just feels that way in the eyes of jaded wrestling fans (and I'm not saying its perfect, either. There is still crap segments, matches etc. that pop up on every show).
Wake up (I don't mean that in a bad way)! Shake off that sleep and watch RAW and TNA with different eyes.
Oh, and go watch WWE NXT. You'll thank me for it.
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You do make some good points Aslan (named after the band?)
People who nit-pick wrestling shows in the fashion Lance Storm does, do my head in. When people over-analyse the small problems instead of looking at the good-positive points of the show it says a lot about the mind set of wrestling smarks these days.
Has it grown into a bigger industry? Sure...has it become better? Looks wise sure, creatively? No. Its because a shitload worse, FOR ME. I'm not jaded, I just like what I like.
10-03-2010, 07:01 PM #4People who nit-pick wrestling shows in the fashion Lance Storm does, do my head in. When people over-analyse the small problems instead of looking at the good-positive points of the show it says a lot about the mind set of wrestling smarks these days
Does ANYONE, other than Asian, obviously, think that, creatively, and match-wise, this is the best wrestling has ever been? Seriously, anyone at all. I for one think this is, since I started watching in 1997, the WORST professional wrestling has ever been. I'm just interested in seeing what other people think.
nope its in the shits
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I have split this as I think it has the potential to be a good thread in its own right.¿¡Por qué no te callas!?
I think in terms of money its never been better for WWE, but due to there sheer amounts of TV, lack of booking ability, half decent roster the product has never been worse
In TNA they don't make money sadly, They have a good roster on paper but the days of 2006 are not here and the HoganTNA in my opinion is not as good as say just before he debuted when face AJ was wrestling Heel Aj can't be his best in the ring as people will just cheer him. I think the move to monday was a risk one that i wouldn't have taken yet as i said before i would have done Monday Clash of the champions shows every quarter or 2 months right before a PPV for maxium built to make money at the PPV.
Russo needs to go, i am not a hater of his but he has tried and failed to turn it around and to make TNA good all they would need to do is focus on wrestling allow WWE to be the sport entertianers. hence being different
so to summarise money up creative down
I've been watching since 1983, I cannot remember a time when I have literally despised wrestling in the way I do today. Its at its lowest right now, its garbage.
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The Loss of the Citadel in Bam Is Tragic
Borzou Daragahi, writing in Newsday (Dec. 30, 2003):
Painstakingly restored and maintained by successive Iranian governments since 1958, the citadel at Bam was one of the most important archaeological sites in Iran and a popular tourist attraction.
Its collapse in a powerful earthquake Friday dismayed archaeologists and conservation specialists, in particular.
"It's a cultural catastrophe," said Iraj Afshar Sistani, a Tehran historian and author. "This historical city constituted one of the wonders of Iran 's heritage."
Masserat Amir-Ebrahimi, a Tehran cultural expert, likened the loss of the citadel to the 2001 demolition of the giant Buddha statues in central Afghanistan by the hard-line Taliban regime.
The impressive reddish-gray castle compound, made of sun-dried mud bricks, palm-tree trunks and straw, was the greatest mud-brick structure in the world, dominating the Kavir Desert in southeast Iran , an arid and mountainous area near the Afghan and Pakistan borders. Tens of thousands of people visited each year, including one American who reportedly died in the quake.
At least 2,000 years old, the citadel of Bam has been subject to countless invasions during its history and was completely sacked on several occasions.
Part of a major trade route, Bam became one of the first places in Iran to adopt Islam. Its Zoroastrian inhabitants built the first mosques found in Iran , said Bernard Hourcade, a geographer and Iran specialist at Paris ' National Research Center .
The citadel was abandoned by its inhabitants in 1722 following an Afghan invasion of Iran . It was thus spared the burdens of modernization and preserved as an archaeological treasure.
"It's like a city frozen in time that gives the perfect picture of ancient cities of the old Iranian plateau," said Remy Boucharlat, an archaeologist at the University of Lyon, France, specializing in Iran.
Spread out over four square miles, the old city of Bam was perched on a 200-foot-high rock and dominated by 38 towers, some rising as high as 120 feet. Four walls protected the city from potential invaders.
Bam was a perfectly preserved specimen of an ancient fortress city, Boucharlat said. It included high walls, residential quarters and administrative buildings on a natural hill, streets, several mosques, bathhouses and windtowers.
"In short," Boucharlat said, "it's a true lesson in architecture."
Over the past two decades, the oasis town that developed around the ancient citadel has struggled to house and employ a new generation of young Iranians, and its identity as an archaeological city has been partly eclipsed by a growth in manufacturing jobs and a plan to turn the area into a tax-free trade zone to lure foreign investment. Daewoo, a Korean car manufacturer, has set up a car-seat factory there.
Migrant workers from the countryside and from Afghanistan flocked to the city, boosting the population of the sleepy village - which had no more than 13,000 inhabitants during its medieval peak - to nearly 80,000 in the city and 100,000 in the outlying areas.
With the ancient citadel leveled, global cultural experts have already begun planning for its possible restoration.
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Amidst the tragic loss of life, politics, blame and relief efforts there is room for articles like this too. I wish I had seen the city and hope it is well recorded and is rebuilt.
I would love to have access to photos and details of the Citadel and to be allowed to submit these and your article to the Earth Building Association of Australias quarterly newsletter Dirt which is mailed to our 75 members.
Peter Hickson, Mud brick builder, member EBAA http://www.ebaa.asn.au
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Season 2 of Idris Elba's critically-acclaimed BBC drama series Luther has officially ended (it aired in the UK earlier this year, and in the US earlier this month), with just 4 episodes. That's it. Just 4 measly episodes, unlike last season's 6, leaving fans still hungry for more of the *mental* detective.
But no worries; a 3rd season is being developed, which will debut in late 2012 or early 2013; plus Idris continues to express his desire to bring Luther to the big screen, and I'd say, given the success of the show stateside, and Idris' growing popularity, there's certainly a good chance that could happen
If you've watched season 2, which is now out on DVD and VOD by the way, you would have noticed that a number of new faces have been added to the cast, most notably, DS Erin Gray, played by Nigerian British actress Nikki Amuka-Bird.
Never heard of her before Luther? You probably aren't alone there. Although you might recall that, back in August, Emmanuel posted an entry on her - specifically about her supporting role in Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus.
The uber-talented 34-year-old actress has appeared in a number of film and TV series, since about 1999, which is when her IMDB resume begins. She also has several stage credits to her name, proving her versatility (Worth noting, Amuka-Bird played Mrs Muller in a London stage version of Doubt; some of you may recall that, in the movie version of that play, Viola Davis played that role and won lots of critical acclaim for it).
She's worked with several of the other black British actors most of us have become familiar with in recent years, like, of course, Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, and David Oyelowo, though her star has yet to shine as brightly as theirs. However, that could all certainly change very quickly as she's presented with more and more opportunities to showcase her abilities.
I'd say that her role in Luther season 2 is her highest profile part familiar to stateside audiences thus far; but I can't say just how much that has raised awareness of her, and thus whether she's now being presented with even more opportunities on this side of the pond. According to her IMDB resume, she has nothing on the horizon.
In researching the actress, I found the below 11-minute showreel of hers, which highlights her performances over the years; and while I haven't been privileged enough to watch every single one of these TV series and films, there's enough within the reel (and if you include Luther) to show just how much of a presence she is on screen, and an actress I'd love to see more of in the future.
In the meantime, I'll be going through her entire resume so that I can check out every work listed that I have access to; and I encourage you all to do the same, if you aren't familiar.
And as for her thoughts on our ongoing discussion about the so-called "burden of representation," I found this quote from Ms Amuka-Bird in an interview she did last year with Soul Culture:
"I think as an actor you don't want to feel you have this responsibility to show black people in a certain light. You want to just be an actor, be a human being; not necessarily a person of colour. But then it's a balancing act because you don't want to be typecast. You do have to think about the roles you're taking on but you need the freedom to express yourself as an artist first and foremost... I'm aware that it's still news if there are more than four companies of black actors doing plays at the same time or that Idris Elba is Luther. I think whether you're black or white you should be allowed to play any character – morally ambiguous or not. There is universality; whether you're black or white we still face the same issues. More than anything our job as actors is to show the colour of our skin doesn't matter."
I certainly hope she returns for season 3 of Luther; without giving too much away for those who haven't watched season 2 yet... let's just say she's kind of a foil to Idris' DCI John Luther. But I love her character's combined toughness and vulnerability, as well as ambition in this, especially as she's really the only black woman represented in the starring cast. I can only wonder where her relationship with Luther could go in successive seasons; and if she'd play any part in a feature film, if one ever gets made.
We'll work on getting an interview with her.
In the meantime, watch her 11-minute showreel below, and go seek out her past work:
michelle | October 28, 2011 4:20 AM
I remember her from 'Don't shoot the messanger' with David Oyelewo and the adapation of 'Small Island' with David and Naomie Harris. Always liked her.
Shannon | October 28, 2011 2:24 AM
I really like the job that she's doing on Luther. I see the portrayal of her character as being quite realistic, someone who follows her instincts, wants to do the best job, and but is rightfully wary of the highest-ranking officer on her team.
Uncredited Rewrite | October 28, 2011 2:20 AM
I agree with k8dee she was amazing in Torchwood, but if you really want to see her shine check out the show Survivors (should be available on Netflix instant streaming). She kind of plays the Mary McDonnell role from Battlestar Galactica, but much more brutal.
Marie | October 27, 2011 5:59 AM
Nothing against the actress, but, I don't like the fact that as the only Black woman on the cast, she is written as surly all the time. AND, that she is Luther's foil. Every other woman, including the serial kiler and child prostitute, seem to be written more favorably than she is. Not a good look.
k8dee | October 27, 2011 5:37 AM
I always know her for that amazing turn she did in that one episode of Torchwood. She was amazing and incredibly memorable.
starfishncoffee | October 27, 2011 5:17 AM
I saw Coriolanus which, by the way, is very good...she's in it VERY briefly. One scene actually. She does a good job, but she doesn't make a huge impact. But you do have to take into account that the cast for that movie is pretty big.
If I go into too many details about her role it'll give away spoilers, but a CNN-like tv network is used as a device to move the plot forward, and she plays a pundit on a news talk-show discussing events in the film. It's small, but significant.
I like her a lot. She's also involved in another really interesting multi-platform sci fi project where her role is much bigger called Resonance with Aidan Turner and Charles Dance that I hope actually makes it to the screen. www.willyouhelp.co.uk/


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Modelling biodiversity and land use: urban growth, agriculture and nature in a wetland area
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Where has austerity succeeded?February 02,2013Three years ago, a terrible thing happened to economic policy, both here and in Europe. Although the worst of the financial crisis was over, economies on both sides of the Atlantic remained deeply depressed, with very high unemployment. Yet the Western worlds policy elite somehow decided en masse that unemployment was no longer a crucial concern, and that reducing budget deficits should be the overriding priority.
In recent columns, Ive argued that worries about the deficit are, in fact, greatly exaggerated and have documented the increasingly desperate efforts of the deficit scolds to keep fear alive. Today, however, Id like to talk about a different but related kind of desperation: the frantic effort to find some example, somewhere, of austerity policies that succeeded. For the advocates of fiscal austerity the austerians made promises as well as threats: Austerity, they claimed, would both avert crisis and lead to prosperity.
And let nobody accuse the austerians of lacking a sense of romance; in fact, theyve spent years looking for Mr. Goodpain.
The search began with a passionate fling between the austerians and the Republic of Ireland, which turned to harsh spending cuts soon after its real estate bubble burst, and which for a while was held up as the ultimate exemplar of economic virtue. Ireland, said Jean-Claude Trichet of the European Central Bank, was the role model for all of Europes debtor nations. American conservatives went even further. For example, Alan Reynolds, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, declared that Irelands policies showed the way forward for the United States, too.
Trichets encomium was delivered in March 2010; at the time Irelands unemployment rate was 13.3 percent. Since then, every uptick in the Irish economy has been hailed as proof that the nation is recovering but as of last month the unemployment rate was 14.6 percent, only slightly down from the peak it reached early last year.
After Ireland came Britain, where the Tory-led government to the sound of hosannas from many pundits turned to austerity in mid-2010, influenced in part by its belief that Irish policies were a smashing success. Unlike Ireland, Britain had no particular need to adopt austerity: Like every other advanced country that issues debt in its own currency, it was and still is able to borrow at historically low interest rates. Nonetheless, the government of Prime Minister David Cameron insisted both that a harsh fiscal squeeze was necessary to appease creditors and that it would actually boost the economy by inspiring confidence.
What actually happened was an economic stall. Before the turn to austerity, Britain was recovering more or less in tandem with the United States. Since then, the U.S. economy has continued to grow, although more slowly than wed like but Britains economy has been dead in the water.
At this point, you might have expected austerity advocates to consider the possibility that there was something wrong with their analysis and policy prescriptions. But no. They went looking for new heroes and found them in the small Baltic nations, Latvia in particular, a nation that looms amazingly large in the austerian imagination.
At one level this is kind of funny: Austerity policies have been applied all across Europe, yet the best example of success the austerians can come up with is a nation with fewer inhabitants than, say, Brooklyn. Still, the International Monetary Fund recently issued two new reports on the Latvian economy, and they really help put this story into perspective.
To be fair to the Latvians, they do have something to be proud of. After experiencing a Great-Depression-level slump, their economy has experienced two years of solid growth and falling unemployment. Despite that growth, however, they have only regained part of the lost ground in terms of either output or employment and the unemployment rate is still 14 percent. If this is the austerians idea of an economic miracle, they truly are the children of a lesser god.
Oh, and if were going to invoke the experience of small nations as evidence about what economic policies work, lets not forget the true economic miracle that is Iceland a nation that was at ground zero of the financial crisis, but which, thanks to its embrace of unorthodox policies, has almost fully recovered.
So what do we learn from the rather pathetic search for austerity success stories? We learn that the doctrine that has dominated elite economic discourse for the past three years is wrong on all fronts. Not only have we been ruled by fear of nonexistent threats, weve been promised rewards that havent arrived and never will. Its time to put the deficit obsession aside and get back to dealing with the real problem namely, unacceptably high unemployment.
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Yesterday, the film festival asked the city for a ten year contract to operate the Con Foster Museum in Clinch Park and turn it into a theater.
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import collections infile = open("myfile.txt") words = collections.Counter() for line in infile: words.update(line.split()) for word, count in words.iteritems(): print word, countThe collections.Counter class is a dict subclass that is designed exactly for this use case, so there is no need to check for initialization to zero, or so on. Dealing with punctuation as chbrooks suggests is left as an exercise to the reader.
sortedwords = sorted([(w, words[w]) for w in words.keys()], key=lambda i: i[1], reverse=True)
import operator sorted_words = sorted(words.iteritems(), key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True) for word, count in sorted_words(): print word, countYou don't need to create the list of tuples yourself, because dict.iteritems() does that for you. And operator.itemgetter() is, again, designed exactly for use as a key function to sorted().
from collections import defaultdict from operator import itemgetter infile = open("test.txt") words = defaultdict(int) for line in infile: for word in line.split(): words[word] += 1 sorted_words = sorted(words.iteritems(), key=itemgetter(1), reverse=True) for word, count in sorted_words: print word, count
import collections import operator PHRASE_SIZE = 5 infile = open("myfile.txt") counts = collections.Counter() for line in infile: words = line.split() counts.update(zip(*(words[offset:] for offset in xrange(PHRASE_SIZE)))) sorted_counts = sorted(counts.iteritems(), key=itemgetter(1), reverse=True) for phrase, count in sorted_counts.iteritems(): print "\t".join([" ".join(phrase), str(count)])This prints the phrases and counts in a tab-delimited style instead of separated by spaces. You should be able to look up additional functions like zip, xrange, str.join. The use of * in an argument means that you are drawing the rest of the arguments from a sequence object. zip combined with a *-argument can be incredibly useful.
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operator. This code is not as good as grouse's, trading brevity for being a little easier to understand at first. In the real world, you'd be much more likely to see grouse's solution. That said:
word_to_count = {} for line in open('myfile.txt'): words = line.split() for word in words: word_to_count[word] = word_to_count.get(word, 0) + 1 def GetCount(pair): return pair[1] sorted_words = sorted(word_to_count.iteritems(), key=GetCount, reverse=True)Some notes:
word_to_count manually, by using the dictionary's built-in
get method. The meaning of this line in English is, "Get the current count for a given word, defaulting to 0 if we've never seen it before. Add one, and write the new value over the old value".
word_to_count after we build it. Why? Because dictionaries are unordered. This is a side-effect of how they are implemented, and if you just print out their contents they'll come out sorted in a way that's efficient for the machine but nonsensical to humans.
sorted is the Python built-in for taking any iterable and returning a new, sorted list from that iterable.
(word, count) pairs. We want to sort by the count, so we need some way to extract it from the pair. That's what
GetCount does: it takes a
(word, count) pair and returns its second element. This is also exactly what
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lambda i: i[1] do.
word_to_count. To fix this, you'd want to lowercase each word and strip off punctuation before the
word_to_count[word] = ... line. I would make a helper method to do this. Again, optimizing for clarity, you might add the following to the top of your program:
import re STRIP_PUNCTUATION_REGEX = re.compile(r'[".,;:-]') def GetTokenFromWord(word): return STRIP_PUNCTUATION_REGEX.sub('', word.lower())Regular expressions are a complicated subject. Briefly,
re.compile builds a pattern. Calling a pattern's
sub method lets you substitute every match of that pattern with a given replacement, which because we want to strip characters is the empty string. The contents of the pattern are the characters we want to consider matches. In this example, that's double quote, period, comma, semicolon, colon, and dash. The uppercase variable name is the conventional Python way of indicating a module-level value that shouldn't be changed after it's first set.


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IMBODEN, AR (KAIT) – A Randolph County teen has died following a head-on collision Wednesday morning.
According to Arkansas State Police, 18-year-old Philander Kirk, Jr. of Pocahontas was driving south on State Highway 115 around 11 a.m. when he crossed the center line and hit a truck.
Police say the driver of that truck, Mitchell Baltz, was injured in the wreck. No word on his condition.
The crash report indicates that the weather conditions were clear, but the road was wet.
A candlelight vigil for P.K. Kirk was held Wednesday night at Schoonover Stadium in Pocahontas. Kirk was a star athlete in multiple sports at Pocahontas High School.
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We have 6 places left for entries into the Great North Run, if anyone is interested in doing this on behalf of the school please contact Janice Christian through the league of Friends via email@example.com . The closing date for this is 7th July 2014 and we are keen to fill these places! A £40 fee per place (non refundable) is asked and a target given to raise £200.
Hello and welcome to the Cedars Academy.
We are an all-age school for children and students aged 5 to 16 years. We also have close links with our neighbouring mainstream school Joseph Swan Academy, which allows our pupils to remain in education for a further 1 or 2 years post 16 where this is felt to be appropriate.
We are one of a number of Special Schools in Gateshead. We specialise in providing education for children and young people with physical and medical needs, speech and language disorders, some types of autism, and a wide range of other complex needs often associated with emotional vulnerability.
We normally accommodate between 80 and 90 pupils ; the average class size is currently 9 pupils.
All of the pupils at the Cedars must have a Statement of Special Educational needs, although it may be possible for this to be drawn up whilst they are in attendance. This Statement protects all of the child's individual needs and is formally reviewed at least annually.
Pupils are admitted at any time during the school year, referred via a range of routes. We work closely with all involved professionals to ensure that pupils are correctly placed and that they receive appropriate provision for their individual needs. We aim to maximise the potential of every student at the Cedars, given their individual starting points.
From Key Stages 1-4 (5-16 years) National Curriculum Programmes of Study are followed, adapted and differentiated to meet individual and group needs.
The curriculum for Key Stage 1&2 pupils has a strong focus on the promotion of Literacy and Numeracy. At Key Stages 3&4 the focus is on the development of basic educational and practical skills together with independence skills, so that pupils can gain qualifications and become prepared for life after school.
At all ages and Key Stages our focus is on the needs of the individual student, whatever they may be.
Students are able to leave at the end of Key Stage 4 to move on to colleges of Further Education locally, or to specialist provision out of Borough. In recent years our close links with Joseph Swan Academy have allowed our students to enrol in their sixth form, but to be taught by Cedars staff, either at Cedars or at JSA for part of the week. This depends on pupil ability, and the availability of accommodation.
In the past students have achieved excellent exam results and have gained employment ; a few have even graduated from University following their education with us.
We enjoy positive links with other local schools, colleges and training providers. We have an active and supportive Governing body whose members regularly come in to school during the day to fully involve themselves in the life of the school.
We have held Sports College status since 2005, and have worked as an Inclusion Partner for the Youth Sport Trust since 2011.
School has also gained Artsmark Gold for 3 consecutive terms, and has been a Comenius partner since 2010.
Our last Ofsted inspection was in September 2012, shortly after gaining Academy status. We were judged to be "Good" in all areas, as we have been during all our recent inspections, despite the ever changing Ofsted frameworks and criteria.
In 2010 Cedars became Gateshead's first Trust school, securing partnerships with several local and national organisations, working together for the benefit of our students. Even now we remain an Academy Trust, with our Trust patron being Stephen Miller, Paralympic athlete.
The school premises are fully accessible to any individual with physical disabilities. We have a delightful outdoor area which includes a garden, play area with swings and a roundabout, picnic table and benches, a yard and grassed area for play.
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We focus on the individual needs of every child, working in close liaison with their parents or carers. A high adult: pupil ratio at school helps facilitate individual care and progress.
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Here's a solid bit of viral marketing from Chickie's and Pete's in a knock off of the popular Discovery Channel television show "Cash Cab." This one is dubbed "Cash Crab" in reference to the Crab Mobile that shuttles fans to and from the sports complex to the South Philly wing and cheese frie haven. Renowned Philly comedian Joe Conklin plays the role of Ben Bailey as he asks a couple of nitwits ridiculously easy question about Philly sports.
Perhaps the best twist on the game show involves a unique lifeline. Instead of phoning a friend, you can nudge the passed out bum next to you to solicit advice. Sadly, in the two videos we watched, the bum was not awoken from his slumber.
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DANVILLE — Danville High School's Instrumental Music Boosters are selling Danville Gardens flowers cards for $10 apiece.
The cards are good for $10 worth of Danville Gardens merchandise, and proceeds will benefit the school's instrumental music programs.
To purchase a card, contact any Danville instrumental music student or Deb Hill at 446-4829.
URBANA — A local troupe of belly dancers will host a fundraising event for the Champaign County Humane Society from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at The Iron Post, 120 S. Race St.
URBANA — The public is invited to join Japanese artist Hisako Tsutsui in a hands-on workshop in the traditional art of mizuhiki at 1 p.m. next Sunday, the day after she gives two presentations during the Japan House Spring Open House.
CHAMPAIGN — The Blind Pig Brewery, 120 N. Walnut St., is having an live music benefit for the TIMES Center at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
There is no admissions charge; all profits from food and beverage sales will go to the TIMES Center, a transitional living program serving homeless men in Champaign County. Last year's event raised more than $4,000.
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CHAMPAIGN — The Krannert Art Museum Council will host its 21st annual "Petals & Paintings" benefit from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday at the museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive.
CHAMPAIGN — The American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Champaign County has two fundraisers coming up: one Saturday and the other next Sunday.
The first is Music For A Cure from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday at the Rose Bowl Tavern, 106 N. Race St., U. Local musicians John Coppess, John McMahon, Anne Clements and Margaret O'Brien will perform.
One of the last emails I received from Roger Ebert came Feb. 9. Characteristically, it was about someone he was promoting, both as one of his "Far Flung Correspondents" — FFCs, the bloggers from around the world that he featured on his website — and filmmaker.
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Everyone of you is going to have to make a decision. Obama is moving to become a dictator. In order to do that, Americans must be disarmed. Our government is preparing legislation to have firm arms confiscated beginning with semi-automatic rifles and military grade hand guns. I'm asking you to become public and vocal. I'm asking you to publicly state with me that IF anyone in any level of government uses physical force to remove our firearms, that you execute them as terrorists who are trying to overthrow our form of government and turn America into a police state modeled after Nazi Germany and Communist Russia. In this video I'm going to lay out the historical facts that show where are county is headed. Specifically, I'm going to compare the United States to the rise and fall of Nazi Germany so you can the undeniable comparisons.
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*This is thanks to Spykes off RealGM so i cant take all the credit*
*Summer League goes from July 11th to July 20th.
*The Blazers games are as follows...
7/14: Blazers vs Wizards
7/15: Blazers vs Kings
7/17: Blazers vs Timberwolves
7/19: Blazers vs Suns
7/20: Blazers vs Hornets
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*Comcast Sports Northwest, Channel 37 will be showing all the games live with two replays. -Thanks again TBpup!
*As of 7/1, the official Summer League roster has not been announced. However, players that are expected to be there are as follows...
Jarryd Bayless
Petteri Koponen
Joel Freeland
Nicholas Batum
Ike Diogu+
Steven Hill
Chris Ellis
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Everyone keeps asking and wondering (including myself) when are we gonna make a trade. Well, I figured out why everything seems to be so darn quiet. Believe it or not, Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets are to blame. I almost wonder if they are doing this on purpose to keep the rest of the NBA frozen, until its too late to do anything. Here below are 2 seperate quotes reguarding trades and why they havent happened.
From Hoopshype:
New York has been hunting for a first-round pick for Randolph to use in a Carmelo Anthony trade, but if Melo goes to NJ, the Knicks may setle for swapping him for a veteran or 2 on short contracts who can help in the playoffs. ESPN.com
Key words--If Melo goes to NJ....
From ESPN Trade Rumors/ Chad Ford:
The rumors are flying fast and furious. But, unlike in previous years, most NBA general managers are not burning up the phone lines.
It has been strangely quiet leading up to this year's trade deadline, and part of that has to do with the endless Carmelo Anthony saga. The on-again, off-again nature of the talks not only has kept fans and observers waiting but also has held up GMs all over the league. And with a potential Anthony trade now delayed even further, many teams are caught in limbo.<!-- end free preview text -->
Key words- whole last paragraph is key!
It seems to me that this is Denvers strategy to wait until the last minute(12Midnight) to make a deal because then noone else can make a deal if they are all waiting on Denver. A team doesnt necessarily get better by making a trade, but they definitely wont get better by NOT making a trade. If Denver plays their cards right they could freeze the league. I still think Denver will pull off a trade but it will be at the last minute. It sure is a shame when 1 players decision affects every team even if his decision has nothing to do with them directly.
Okay, so let the lambasting begin. Do you agree or disagree? Thoughts?


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Against a backdrop of surging demand for mobile apps, Rasmussen College is one of the first higher ed institutes to launch a specialized curriculum in mobile app design and programming.
Where a traditional computer science curriculum is more theoretical in nature, the Rasmussen program is focused heavily on software engineering skills related to mobile development, explains Hap Aziz, director of the Rasmussen College School of Technology and Design.
The college offers a two-year associate's degree in software application development and a revamped four-year bachelor's degree in computer science.
Students first learn modern object-oriented programming languages such as Java and C++ and then dive into specific mobile development environments like Google's Android and Apple's iOS.
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picking up a 57 130 for the farm i work on today. it has been sitting for better than 7 years. i spent a couple hours getting it running yesterday and going to drive it home later this morning.
the float in the carb was sunk and i had to do a red neck rebuild so i am going to want to replace it. the carb kits i am seeing dont come with a new float. are they available or will i need to buy a new carb? are new/reman carbs available?
this is going to be a work horse on the farm. looking for recommendations of what i need to check real good before putting it in hard service.
thanks for any help or insight


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Virtual Law Firm Axiom Grows and Profits in DC
Posted Sep 12, 2011 7:18 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
Virtual law firm Axiom Law is posting some big gains since it opened in Washington, D.C., in January 2009 with just one lawyer.
Axiom's D.C. office now has 30 lawyers, and it projects 100 percent growth in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, the Washington Post reports.
At Axiom, the lawyers work from home or at client's offices, there are no partners, and the typical fees are $150 to $275 an hour. Axiom lawyers handle transactional matters, contracts and regulatory and compliance-related research. The firm has worked with a third of D.C.'s top 25 companies by revenue, the story says.
Pharmaceutical manufacturer MedImmune has used Axiom lawyers. Jeff Peters, associate general counsel for the company, told the Post that Axiom is a good law firm for "medium level, semi-routine" matters. "They exist in a good middle space for us, which is not quite the bet-the-company type matters where you hire the big law firms for $500 to $700 an hour," he said.
Axiom has nine offices in the United States, Hong Kong and London. Most of its 600 full-time lawyers have at least eight years of law firm or in-house experience. Average pay is $200,000 a year.
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A Beastie Boys classic gets reworked in this cool new ad for a line of building toys aimed at young girls. Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-check it out.
UPDATE! Turns out the Beastie Boys aren't as stoked as everyone else is about the ad. While they say that they support the message of the ad, it's just that, an AD, and they didn't give the company permission to use their music. Get caught up on the drama HERE


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In the series premiere, human Jack Darby discovers the existence of the Autobots by stumbling upon a motorcycle that transforms into Arcee. Unbeknownst to him or his two friends Miko and Raf, Arcee is just one of the many Autobots fighting against the Decepticons.
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The Bears rolled up 362 yards of offense — with 198 yards coming on the ground and 164 yards through the air. The Lynn defense held the Flame to 195 total yards and recorded 6 tackles for a loss as a team.
"Tonight was just a physical game — Shoals Christian is a great football team and they're going to win a lot of games this season," Lynn coach Philip Smith said.
"We had to dig deep because their offense was constantly on the move with their no-huddle offense, but for us to be able to hold them scoreless for three and a half quarters and take over the game in the second half with our offensive line says a lot about our overall team effort. It was a great victory for us over a quality opponent that will give us some good momentum going into next week's game against Berry."
Brody Meeks led the Bears' offense with 244 total yards, going 10-of-18 for 164 yards with two touchdowns and one interception, as well as rushing for 80 yards on 10 carries and scoring one touchdown on the ground. His favorite target was Daniel Cagle, who hauled in 4 passes for 87 yards and two touchdown catches.
Cagle and Bryan Clark led Lynn on defense, both recorded six tackles. Clark also forced a fumble and Cagle recorded 2 tackles for a loss.
The Bears opened the scoring on their first possession of the game, driving 57 yards on 6 plays as Meeks found Cagle on a 46-yard touchdown strike.
David Henson's successful extra point kick put Lynn ahead 7-0.
Meeks and Cagle hooked up again late in the second quarter to cap off a nine-play, 70-yard drive — connecting on a 10-yard pass that gave the Bears a 14-0 lead going into the half following a good Henson extra point kick.
Lynn's final score of the game came early in the fourth quarter following a four-play, 72-yard drive as Meeks scored on a 62-yard run. After a missed extra point, Lynn led 20-0.
The Flame added a score late near the conclusion of the game to reach the 20-7 final.
Lynn returns home to host Berry next Friday night in a region matchup at Daniel Posey Field.


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Women with cosmetic breast implants are at an increased risk for suicide, according to a new study.
Are they sure that women who get big fake fun bags aren't already damaged and that the suicide is an incidental thing?
All the news that's fit to comment on. Except no one ever really comments. SO it's more like a monologue of slightly OCD mind.
Amazing! was there a story attached to that? Cause I can't stop staring at this image.
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Investment, Ownership and Operating Costs of Supplemental Irrigation Systems for Maine Wild Blueberries
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These are this year's 100 best legal blogs, as chosen by the editors of the ABA Journal.
Welcome to the fourth annual ABA Journal Blawg 100—the best legal blogs as selected by the Journal's editors.
Each year, we scour the Web to bring you the best and brightest law bloggers in a variety of categories, and this year is no different.
Read the full intro and magazine version here.
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- Court Watch
- Law Biz
- News
- Law Prof Plus
- Torts
- In Labor
- IP Law
- Criminal Justice
- Niche
- For Fun
- Legal Tech
IMHO: While they don't necessarily focus on similar subjects, these (sometimes eponymous) blogs are most defined by the distinct voices of their primary authors.
The Legal Satyricon
Late last year, Marc Randazza and his Las Vegas-based law group took on so-called copyright troll Righthaven and won. And Randazza continues to blog on First Amendment, copyright and fair use cases, never mincing words if he thinks the basis of a party's accusation or defense is ridiculous.
Jonathan Turley
HALL OF FAME George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley draws on his own experience in high-profile litigation as he analyzes breaking news items that raise legal questions. His posts, and those of his guests, show a particular interest in the First Amendment, rights of consumers, the rights of criminal defendants and the patently bizarre.
The Volokh Conspiracy
The layout, lineup of writers and libertarian leanings have stayed the same, as well as the blog's focus on constitutional law issues in the news (although there is a little more about legal education in the past year). Which is to say, it's still a great blog, and there's no other one with contributors so engaged with each other that they'll spontaneously post dueling updates on a topic within the same day—or maybe within the same hour.
The Nutmeg Lawyer
There's just a bit too much Connecticut law news, relevant commentary and anecdotal law practice advice here to consider the Nutmeg Lawyer a humor blog. But read awhile and you will laugh out loud—and start to feel like you know Adrian Baron pretty well.
My Law License
Brian Tannebaum represents lawyers facing discipline, and his entries are about keeping his lawyer-readers honest and helping them resist the temptation to always accept a colleague's social media identity as the truth.
The Belly of the Beast
The Belly of the Beast is Steven J. Harper's insider perspective—as a recent Kirkland & Ellis retiree—and candid commentary on BigLaw's increasing emphasis on the bottom line.
Charon QC
Brit Charon QC, known in the physical plane as Mike Semple Piggot, writes with varying degrees of seriousness about legal education and individual liberties in the U.K. And because of the time difference, he always seems to be tweeting about going to the bars while we're at work.


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There are 10 newly-discovered genealogy and family-history related blogs that we've located this week. Remember to try and help out these new blogs by:
- using any follow feature listed on the blog
- adding them to your blog reader
- adding a comment on their blog saying "hi" and "welcome"
Here are this week's new listings:
Ancestral Breezes
Blog type: Individual family history, Professional genealogist blog
A blog completed devoted to my journey in genealogy; as a family historian, as a professional researcher and as a student. Serving the high country to the western slope of Colorado, we are Summit County's only genealogy research service.
Generation Promise
Blog type: Crafts blog
There are 3 parts of family memory keeping that are part of the crafting/scrapbooking world. First is Living History, what is happening now, the trip to the zoo, last years family reunion etc. Second, memories from days gone by, our ancestors, where they came from and how their experiences helped to shape us into who we are today, and finally staying in touch with the family that we have now, but don't see as often. I would like to spend a little time each week on all 3 of these.
My Portuguese Gen
Blog type: Portuguese genealogy
History and art has been always part of my life in many aspects, from academic studies in Museology and Art History through hands on painting with acrylics or watercolors, ceramics, book arts and now working with Book Conservation and Restoration. Genealogy, a passion that started in my young years, turned out more serious and I decided to follow my ancestry in a more deep way. Besides that, I studied Paleography many years ago and again now it's part of my every day, a new endeavor in my life and so necessary when it's time to translate and transcribe all documents that comes to my hands. Thank you for taking time to read my profile, Isabella Baltar.
My Twisted Tree
Blog type: Individual family history
My name is Kelli Abrecht. Welcome to my family tree blog. I hope to meet others (related or not) that share my passion for genealogy. I will also provide history and stories of Braddock Heights and Frederick, Maryland. Merry Meet to all.
Blog type: Dutch genealogy, Individual family history, UK genealogy
My name is Lisa and I have a Dutch father and an English mother. I have been researching my ancestors for about five years now, and on this fascinating journey I have collected interesting articles, personal papers, facts and insights about my ancestors. I thought it would be nice to share this with family members and other people that might also be interested.
My mission is to document the life of my direct ancestors, try to give them a face, if not with pictures then with articles about the places they lived, the jobs they did.
Next to stories about my ancestors I will also share my research adventures, post about sources I find, archives I visit, websites I like, the tools I use.
If you think we might have ancestors in common you will want to see my Family Tree where you will find the result of my research complete with sources and notes, documents and photographs. If we have an ancestor in common please drop me a line. I would love to compare notes.
Blog type: Genealogy education, Individual family history, Jewish genealogy
Looking into our past helps us make sense of the present and plan for the future. This Blog is about how researching our family history helps us understand where we came from and who we are today. I will share both my research, tips how to get started looking into your own genealogy and thoughts about how this beautiful process will change your life.
Together with my oldest son, I started a family tree on MyHeritage.com. Little did I know that this tree would change my life. The bare branches of this tree made me realize how little I knew about my roots. As I began to explore my family history, I discovered that the more I knew, there more I wanted to know. I embarked on a life changing journey which transformed my life. I became an avid genealogist, I published a small part of my research in my first non-fiction book and I began this blog. I was born in Israel and moved to the Boston area at the age of thirteen. Before I dedicated myself to writing, my life took an unusual path. I studied biology at Brandeis University then medicine at University of Massachusetts, but left my medical career, choosing to raise my family with my husband in Cuernavaca, Mexico. In Mexico I became involved with the many entrepreneurial endeavors. Currently I reside back in the Boston area, am the proud mother of three sons, and own a Cultural Center in Mexico.
Probably Arboreal
Blog type: Individual family history, UK genealogy
A little bit about me: I'm female, twenty-six and when not researching my family tree, I mostly like to read, shop and drink tea or dry martini! I don't want to use this blog as a means to carry out or share my actually research. However, in due course I will add a list of surname and location interests. If you want to check out my family tree, you can find me on ancestry. Username: newbylf. Feel free email me at email@example.com.
The Bees Knees Daily
Blog type: Georgia genealogy, Research blog
The purpose of this blog is to have a home for my newspaper transcriptions and to share them with others. I've always loved history and started doing genealogy research in 2000. Learning more about my great-grandmother was an inspiration to continue on with this addicting hobby.
Early on, I discovered old newspapers and found them fascinating. It didn't take long for me to learn what a great resource they are. Not only do they contain obituaries and wedding announcements, but also social columns, church news, recipes, property/estate sales, local news, politics, historical articles and the advertisements of the day.
Every now and then I come across a real treasure in the paper. It causes me to think there's someone out there related to this individual/family who may never know about it. What a shame that would be! Yet another reason for my blog.
When I read newspapers from long ago, it's like going back in time. It helps to give me a better understanding of what life was like for my ancestors in the context of the times they lived in. In a small way, I feel this is a means to preserve the past and keep alive the memory of the people in these news articles.
I've used Georgia newspapers to transcribe from and most articles are related to people and places in Georgia. When it's possible, articles from other states are included. For the most part, I've tried to keep the articles in their original form. This means you will see words not capitalized, sometimes misspelled and a word in parenthesis, is a correction I've added. There's a search button if you are looking for something in particular.
I'd love to hear your comments and I'm glad to answer questions if I can. Please visit often as I plan to add content on a daily basis.
The Rankin Family History Project
Blog type: Individual family history
Hi, and welcome to my blog. I am a native Californian whose roots are in Missouri and Pennsylvania. My interest in genealogy began when I was very young. While most of my grammar school classmates were born outside the US or were children of immigrant parents, I had no idea who my immigrant ancestors were or how they came to America. I also had no idea how to do the research so it took me a long time to get started.
The breakthrough came in 1996 when we got our first internet connection at home. One afternoon I discovered people were writing about genealogy online and sharing family information. The "how-to" information was the most valuable. This was what I needed. That first day I responded to an on-line query and the contact turned out to be a previously unknown second cousin. I started visiting my local Family History Center on a weekly basis.
In 1998 I happened to be in Washington DC and was able spend half a day at the National Archives. That was the day that I found my Welsh gg-grandparents and their four children on a 1895 passenger list and I finally had my own immigrant story.
I wanted to be able to share my discoveries so I began taking classes in web design and computer graphics. The Rankin Family History Project website began as the final project in my first HTML class. Technology has changed a lot from those early days. The last updates to the site were in 2005 and it looks very dated. Rather than a complete overhaul, I've decided to move to a blog format. This will allow me to easily update the old information, and quickly post new discoveries.
Two Caledonias
Blog type: Individual family history, Scottish genealogy
Two Caledonias is a genealogy project that traces my family history on both my maternal Scottish (the Old Caledonia) and paternal New Caledonian and French sides. I've always been interested in this, having grown up in a Glaswegian expat pocket in New Jersey, and with tales of the South Pacific from my father and my grandparents. By creating this blog, I hope to share what I've learned to date, and hope that more of my family will participate in the project and contribute to the blog. I also hope that we'll discover more 'new' family, as has already happened, along the way. If you're new here, I suggest you click the "New Here" button above and to the right for suggestions how to use this site.
For those of you not related to me, my name is Sharon Sandra Aponte and, although I'm an amateur genealogist, I'm a museum and archives professional. My family history is, of course, the principal focus of this site, but I also hope to share some solid information on the preservation of photos, documents, and heirloom objects, as well as managing information in databases, on paper, and online. Travel and geography are a preoccupation of mine: I have lived and worked in New Jersey, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and now Denver, as well as Belize, Guatemala and Qatar. India was a dream come true. I was finally able to visit my family in New Caledonia in 2010, and Glasgow and rural France are next on the list. Places and the contexts in which my family lived will figure prominently in the writing here.
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La Quinta officials will dedicate a memorial Wednesday in honor of those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The city will unveil the memorial at 4 p.m. at 78275 Calle Tampico. It will be the first in the Coachella Valley to have a piece of steel from the World Trade Center, city spokeswoman Andrea Carter said.
The dedication will also serve as an Eagle Court of Honor for 18-year- old Andrew Davis, who started the project to earn his Eagle Scout rank. He raised about $20,000 for the memorial and made a presentation at a January 2011 City Council meeting.
After the presentation, artist Robert Radi told the city he wanted to pay for shipping the steel. He also designed and redesigned the display for free, according to Carter.
The city donated more than $35,000, along with the land, Carter said.
Davis' family has a personal connection to the attacks. His father, Mike Davis, was in New York at the time working at the U.S. Open tennis tournament. He had planned to go to the Stock Exchange, but decided at the last minute to come home, according to Carter.
"The subway that we would have taken would have taken us right by the (Twin) Towers," Mike Davis said.
A few years later, he showed his son an article about a boy who helped get a memorial built in his town.
"Andrew, although he was only 6 at the time, has a distinct memory of the day that his dad could have been taken away from him," Carter said.
Mike Davis said Andrew "decided that this is something that everyone should remember and reflect on."


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By Andrey Ostroukh
MOSCOW--Russia's economy ministry said Monday it proposes to limit annual energy price increases for businesses starting from next year and to channel 200 billion rubles ($6.4 billion) to 400 billion rubles a year into infrastructure projects from the reserve fund to boost economic growth.
Economy Minister Andrei Belousov told reporters that the ministry proposes cutting an annual hike in gas tariffs for industrial users to around 5% from 15% and to lower grid company tariffs.
"Today it is very important to break the trend of [economic] growth slowdown. It is very important to send a positive signal to business [to show] that we are really working on supporting of economic growth," Mr. Belousov said.
"[The] slowdown in tariffs' growth is a part of such a signal," he said, adding that a full freeze in tariff growth looks "unrealistic" and the ministry will be ready to present the proposals by May 6.
This year's planned tariff hikes can't be revised as they have already been factored into the budget and companies' investment projects, Mr. Belousov said.
He added that the country's gas monopoly OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) has reserves to bear lower tariff hikes, and domestic prices for gas would fall if the market is liberalized due to currently strong supply.
Mr. Belousov also said that the ministry doesn't see room to limit fare rises for the country's railway monopoly RZhD.
The central bank has been long blaming annual utility tariff hikes for fuelling consumer inflation as the bank strives to tame annual price growth, bringing it into the range of between 5% and 6% from 7% seen in March.
Lower inflation will allow the central bank to trim lending rates, which in turn should result in cheaper loans for corporate and retail clients of Russian banks.
Commenting on his earlier proposal to finance infrastructure projects through the national welfare fund, he said that the key point is that interest rates of such loans should be at inflation levels of 5% to 6%.
"I think that we can speak about 200-400 billion rubles a year. It is the amount which the infrustructure sector can digest. But much depends of interest rates," Mr. Belousov said.
When asked about privatization and particularly state-controlled telecoms company Rostelecom (RTKM.RS), he said that a sale of the state stake is possible but won't happen before September.
On Friday the country's first deputy prime minister, Igor Shuvalov, said that the government may sell its entire stake in state-controlled Rostelecom in 2013 for a minimum of $5 billion.
Olga Razumovskaya in Moscow contributed to this article.
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