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A dam on a hill 14 miles away burst. A wall of water sped toward the town, slamming into it like a gigantic bulldozer.
Johnstown was caught by surprise. Many citizens were drowned, crushed by debris, or simply swept away.
And it appeared that the calamity could have been avoided.
Here are the basic facts about the Johnstown Flood, with vintage photographs from the Library of Congress.
A Rainy Spring
- The spring of 1889 was particularly rainy.
- Floods had been a problem in Johnstown since its founding.
- The clearing of timber in the hills around Johnstown had increased the area's problems with water runoff.
- A huge rainstorm struck western Pennsylvania at the end of May.
- Heavy rains on May 31, 1889 made waters rise in some streets of Johnstown, but that seemed normal and didn't raise any alarms.
The Vacation Lake
- The dam that broke and triggered the great Johnstown Flood was located 14 miles away.
- The dam had been built to form a fishing lake for the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club.
- The club was a vacation resort for wealthy citizens of Pittsburgh.
- Many club members were affiliated with Andrew Carnegie's U.S. Steel Corporation
- Other prominent club members included banker Andrew Mellon, lawyer and politician Philander Knox, and industrialist Henry Clay Frick.
- The man-made fishing lake at the club was two miles long, and reached a depth of 70 feet.
- The dam holding the water in the lake was poorly designed and poorly constructed.
- It has been estimated that 20 million tons of water were held behind the slipshod dam.
The City of Johnstown
- Johnstown was built at the floor of a valley.
- In 1889 it was a thriving little town with a population of about 10,000.
- Another 20,000 people lived in several surrounding towns and villages.
- Many Johnstown residents were immigrant workers in local steel mills.
- The workers were mostly Irish, Cornish, Welsh, and German.
- Johnstown is situated at the junction of two rivers, the Little Conemaugh and the Stony Creek. At the western end of the city they join to form the Conemaugh River.
The South Fork Dam Breaks
- On May 31, 1889 rain poured down relentlessly.
- Men at the South Fork Dam watched in horror as the water in the lake rose as quickly as six inches per hour.
- Water began to pour over the top of the dam's earthen wall, eroding the wall's outside.
- As the wall appeared to be doomed, men at the dam tried to warn the town by telegraph.
- Some residents of Johnstown, afraid of a dam break, climbed into their attics, where they would be trapped.
- At 3:10 p.m. the dam broke.
- A monstrous wall of water, at times as deep as 89 feet, rushed down the valley toward Johnstown.
- The water tore large trees out by their roots and essentially destroyed everything in its path.
Human Toll: More than 2,000 Dead
- As the wall of water rushed down the valley, a railroad engineer named John Hess blew his locomotive's whistle to alert the townspeople.
- People who heard the train whistle realized what was happening and raced for a nearby hill.
- The onrushing water formed waves like surf, and moved at about 20 to 40 miles per hour.
- Massive tree trunks in the moving water acted like battering rams.
- Train cars and even locomotives were pushed along by the water.
- At 4:07 p.m. the wall of water hit Johnstown.
- Buildings, whether made of timber or brick, disintegrated.
- Many people were literally torn to pieces when their houses were destroyed.
- More than 2,200 people were killed in the flood.
Aftermath of the Flood
- With telegraph lines down, it took days for the full impact of the flood to be known to the outside world.
- The Johnstown Flood was the biggest news story since the Civil War.
- The founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton, personally oversaw relief efforts.
- The owners and members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club were never held legally liable for the disaster.
- It was estimated that as many as 900 victims of the flood were never found.
- In 1989, on the 100th anniversary of the flood, 106-year-old survivor Elsie Frum was interviewed by news organizations. Her father had heard John Hess's train whistle and had gotten his family to safety, thus saving young Elsie's life.
Legend of the Johnstown Flood
- Americans were outraged that a slipshod dam built for the pleasure of wealthy vacationers had contributed to thousands of deaths.
- The wreckage of the Johnstown Flood was documented by photographers, and slide shows of photographs of the flood were a popular attraction in the era before motion pictures.
- Most of the the photographs on this page were taken by a Pittsburgh photographer, and were apparently available for sale to the public. The casualty figure printed on the photographs is inflated, though it was perhaps believed to be accurate at the time.
- At Coney Island in New York people paid to see a scale model of the Johnstown Flood.


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Evolution and Diversity: The Meaning of Freedom and Openness in LinuxJames Bottomley (firstname.lastname@example.com)
2007 looks like being the year when Free Software and Open Source finally make their differences (which have been bubbling away under the surface for over a decade) manifest. For all of its differences with "free software", Linux consistently maintains the greatest amount of innovation of any of the Open Source Operating Systems. We'll take a whimsical and offbeat tour of the reasons why this might be so from the point of view of the maintainer of possibly the least popular (certainly the least used) kernel architecture.

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Returning to the vintage influence wich exerted on other disciplines, let´s concede a section exclusively to contemporary art.
Many artists use multiple and different end vintage furniture as a work tool.
Some seeks its purely aesthetic qualities and others delve into the poetic elements that underlie the recovery exercise of the recent past.
Gregory Crewdson creates unique spaces through light and furniture and generates melancholic atmospheres wich are habited by people who walk in a misterious silence.
Erwin Olaf becomes an archaeologist of the twentieth century, especially the American 50´s. Taking care of every detail gives each character an instantly scenography.There are solitary and thoughtful characters who generates in the viewer multiple questions. Each snapshot of this dutch photographer act like unfinished stories in which the viewer is required to make conclusives.
Jaime de la Jara put them like main characters of their photography and their scultoric installations.
Susy gomez includes in her last works vintage furniture wich refelcts aspects like history or over time.
Marta Soul Quijano, is another of the photographers who are seduced by the aesthetic power of twentieth century design.
There are many examples that we could include in the Decalogue of artists who are, in one way or another, seduced by all conceptual and aesthetic possibilities offered by vintage and by extension the twentieth century design.


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For the third straight day, the Vancouver Canucks have made a trade.
The club acquired defenceman Nathan Paetsch from the Florida Panthers in exchange for defenceman Sean Zimmerman.
The 27-year-old Paetsch split the 2009-10 season with the Columbus Blue Jackets and Buffalo Sabres. He registered two points in 11 games with Buffalo and six penalty minutes in 10 games with Columbus.
In 167 NHL games, the 6'1", 198 lbs. defenceman has registered 42 points (7-35-42), 114 penalty minutes and has a plus-12 rating.
The 23-year-old Zimmerman finished the 2009-10 season with nine points and 105 penalty minutes in 72 games played with the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL.
The Canucks will reportedly assigned Paetsch to Manitoba.
In another move, the Canucks signed left winger Peter Schaefer to a contract on Thursday.
The 33-year old Schaefer registered three points in five pre-season games with Vancouver and finished witha +1 rating. The Yellow Grass, SK native has collected 259 points in 556 NHL games played with Vancouver, Ottawa and Boston.
The left winger was originally drafted by Vancouver, 66th overall in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft.


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Another public hearing on the proposed changes to the tourist accommodation law is at least a month away, but village attorney Martin Tillapaugh told the Cooperstown Board of Trustees that he believes a new draft will satisfy everyone.
"Essentially, what we have come up with will incorporate the best of both worlds," Tillapaugh told the trustees at the board's monthly meeting on May 20.
A new proposal would still end the amortization, or grandfathering, of properties covered by the Soule agreement. However, property owners that are not receiving complaints from neighbors will have their amortization period extended. Properties that are the subject of multiple complaints, on the other hand, would not be extended and ultimately would lose the right to rent on a short term basis.
"Of the 27 complaints we have received, basically it is for four properties," Tillapaugh said. "This way the people who are running a good business and not causing any problems, can be extended and continue to do business.
"Everyone would still have a 5-year grace period," he continued, "but if after – and I am just making up a number here – 10 complaints, or whatever we decided, then we would basically consider their grandfathering to have come to an end. If people can see that they are progressing to losing their grandfathering, they can step in and take action."
An April public hearing on the proposed changes drew about 15 people and lasted the full hour allotted for public responses. Comments were nearly evenly split between property owners upset that they might lose their right to rent their homes and those who lived near problem rentals.
A proposed provision that all rentals be owner-occupied upset many of the people at the hearing, including Steve D'Espisito, who owns the Rose and Thistle Bed and Breakfast, but lives in an adjacent property at 132 Chestnut St.


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I built this pie safe from pallet material that I picked up over a period of time. I like to recycle wood and find projects that express the woods beauty and history. The wood in the pie safe came from pallets that was used to hold rolls of plastic on. The pie safe was my first project to build out of recycled wood and this is where I learned the importance of woodworking. We all owe it to our history of woodworking to respect and cherish what we have learned and pass it on.
-- Robert, Mississippi, http://www.lunberjocks.com
7 comments so far
#1 posted 1253 days ago
Very nicely done.
-- Doug - Make an effort to live by the slogan "We try harder"
#2 posted 1253 days ago
I like it a lot.
I use pallet wood too. I feel better knowing that the wood has a new life. It also allows me work without the worry of wasting expensive wood.
-- Anthony
#3 posted 1253 days ago
I've had recycled pie before. I don't recommend it. It's certainly not worthy of being stored in this fine project.
Nice job. I love pallet wood – except when I step on a nail during the reclamation process.
-- sswilcox, Oregon
#4 posted 1253 days ago
I'd love to see the plans, dimensions, even the hardware list, etc. Thanks for sharing.
#5 posted 1253 days ago
sswilcox pie doesn't last around my house long enough to store anywhere. Thanks for looking.
-- Robert, Mississippi, http://www.lunberjocks.com
#6 posted 1253 days ago
-- Robert, Mississippi, http://www.lunberjocks.com
#7 posted 1252 days ago
What a Beauty, I may have to make one of those for the wife…Nice Job!
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Excuse our paint chips, the inevitable kinks, and welcome to The Playlist's new home on IndieWire.
We're going to be spending the next couple of weeks getting ourselves and the site together, but that won't stop us from our daily coverage of all things film. If you're a longtime reader, welcome to our space and if you're just joining us for the first time, we hope you like what you see. We will continue to provide deep film news, reviews and features you know us for and will hopefully add some new things along the way.
Welcome to the The Playlist 2.0. Now on to our regularly scheduled program.
warf | October 20, 2010 10:45 AM
love your blog and congrats on the move but PLEASE work on the layout, the minimalist design was such a draw to your site.
Gilles van Leeuwen | October 20, 2010 10:10 AM
Nice this move, but this looks really awful. As people mentioned before, it's really cluttered. There's also a lot more advertising, there could be very valid reasons for this, and I understand this.
What are the main reasons for this move. For me personally as a daily reader, this is not an improvement. The site has gone from nicely minimalistic to kind of chaotic and unfocused. I can still read all the nice articles, I'm not stupid, but I don't see the added value.
Sven | October 20, 2010 4:48 AM
Will you please, please, put more than 4 articles on the firts page?? It's really not that fun to clikc 'next page' all the time, I feel like I'm reading less articles than on the previous blog.
rotch | October 20, 2010 4:29 AM
Congrats! I hope this brings godo things to you.
Kevin Jagernauth | October 20, 2010 3:51 AM
Yes, the content on the old site will still be available.
Lara | October 20, 2010 3:26 AM
Will you be keeping the old site (at least with the old content). There were links to articles I've been using for research purposes and I would hate to completely lose them.
There are always pros and cons to change - as a blogger this is a nice step forward but as a reader of The Playlist having more articles to look per page might be nice (even if you only have a headline/teaser for the article and click on to read more. I was definitely a scanner of the articles and read them in a hodge-podge order.
Congrats on the new space and hopefully when the "paint it dry" it will be even better.
pmills | October 20, 2010 3:16 AM
Love this blog. Glad to see it progress! Good work.
SeanHackett | October 20, 2010 2:10 AM
My homepage bookmark is changed.
These "independent" people can be snarky but they'll get used to it. It's not like IndieWire is AOL or Yahoo. Chill out people. They support our niche.
BuntyHoven | October 19, 2010 10:50 AM
Actually, if you could steal Todd McCarthy's layout now that he's not using it, that'd be an improvement.
KitCon | October 19, 2010 10:26 AM
Indiewire lost Todd McCarthy to THR but they gained you guys so Congratulations to you both.
Christoph | October 19, 2010 9:25 AM
Why did you move? To be one of 25 blogs? To water your good name? I hope they pay you big time.
M | October 19, 2010 7:53 AM
Congrats on the new move, just hope it won't be so cluttered.
TheoC | October 19, 2010 6:46 AM
Cool, congratulations on the move and all it entails.
Mike_M | October 19, 2010 5:50 AM
Congrats! I agree, the IW layout looks cluttered and messy. Would be nice if headline pages were a little longer...
Brett | October 19, 2010 5:41 AM
Congrats on the move! The only thing I would change so far is how short the headline pages seem to be. I feel like I am clicking "next page" more than I did at the old url.
BuntyHoven | October 19, 2010 5:30 AM
Also like the ease of comments compared to Blogspot. But would prefer if it was ordered chronologically, with the first comments at the top. Makes it easier to follow a conversation. Hopefully this will allow a bigger community of commenters to emerge.
Max | October 19, 2010 5:28 AM
Congrats on the move!
warren oates | October 19, 2010 5:25 AM
Congrats on the move. Agree about the layout. Your blog was always so clean-looking and easy to read. IW is always cluttered, which is one reason I stay away from this site when I can get most of the same info elsewhere. Maybe you'll pull IW kicking and screaming into the realm of less hideous design.
BuntyHoven | October 19, 2010 5:04 AM
Well done on the big move. Layout could use a tweak, but congrats on being recognized for the excellent coverage over the last few years.


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Zynga exec exodus continues as gaming company loses infrastructure CTO
Zynga which has been losing senior executives with an alarming rate lost another key member recently – its CTO of infrastructure. Earlier this summer, the company lost about seven executives including Mike Verdu, Zynga's former chief creative officer and Bill Mooney, who spearheaded the Farmville franchise. Read more »


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Today is the most important day of the offseason/preseason for every single NFL franchise. Today is the day when General Managers and coaching staffs around the league are arguing over which player should make the final 53 man active roster and which ones shouldn't.
22 men need to be cut from the San Diego Chargers roster, or put on Injured-Reserve, to get them down to 53. After the jump, I'll give you my best guess on who gets the ax today.
- Colin Baxter, C
- Arthur Hobbs, CB
- De'Andre Presley, CB
- Logan Harrell, DE
- Jacques Cesaire, DE
- Damik Scafe, DE
- Sean Cattouse, FS
- Nick Novak, K
- Bront Bird, LB
- Ricky Elmore, LB
- Charlie Bryant, OT
- Robert Malone, P
- Jarrett Lee, QB
- Edwin Baker, RB
- Jackie Battle, RB
- Anthony Davis, OT
- Stephen Schilling, OT
- Kory Sperry, TE
- Richard Goodman, WR
- Mike Willie, WR
Demorrio Williams, LBDarryl Gamble, LB
- Greg Gatson, CB


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Movie News
Unbelieveably, And Gloriously, We're One Step Closer To An ALF Live Action/CG Hybrid Film!!
A few months ago we posted a piece about the hopes for/possibility of an ALF movie. For those who don't recall, ALF, which stands for Alien Life Form, chronicles the adventures of irrtascible, huggable, cat-hungry alien Gordon Shumway - who lands hooks up with an Earth family.
Per THIS piece at THR, it's sounding like said movie is closer to happening...
Sony Pictures Animation has closed a deal to acquire rights to the classic 1980s sitcom ALF and will develop the property into a hybrid CG/live action feature.
No writer or director is attached.
(Paul) Fusco voiced the title character on the show and is expected reprise his role for the movie.
I'm not sure what tine the film will take - given the climate of soft-shoeing and political correctness which seems to prevail in much modern cinema, I fear an ALF movie may end up being watered down. But there was a certain, subtle edge to the original NBC television series which ran from 186-1990. If even a hint of that can be ported to the big screen? This could be a lot of fun...
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Aug. 9, 2012, 10:05 a.m. CST
if TED can make money, ALF is a no-brainer.
by eROKv
mila kunis + natalie portman + ALF threeway = box office gold
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:06 a.m. CST
Dear Jesus
by vanchimera
Please let me be alive long enough to see this happen. My whole life has been leading to this.
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:07 a.m. CST
Hollywood has jumped the shark
by MoneyGrabSequel
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:11 a.m. CST
Did this even ever achieve the 'so bad it's good status'? Is it a beloved property at all?
by chifforobe
Hasn't ALF always sucked?
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:14 a.m. CST
Remember ALF? He's back! In pog form.
by CrackedPolystyreneMan
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:15 a.m. CST
Ran from 186 - 1990?!? Before the dawn of electricity, TV? Wow!
by irishraidersfan
Or, you know, you could proof-read. Just sayin'. :)
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:15 a.m. CST
CGI?! No puppet, no deal!
by TheShadowsNose
Can we get some scenes on Melmac, or is that too much to ask?
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:17 a.m. CST
If Willie doesn't make an appearence then I''ll keep my 11.50.
by girl
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:18 a.m. CST
bloody rot
by MrShootist
Damn, it's true. There's nothing new under the sun.
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:20 a.m. CST
I want "8 is Enough" the movie now. Or a pet rock movie. Now.
by Darth Macchio
Wait...is that too 70s? We're in the 80's recycled fartsauce caserole now right... How about Snorks?!?! Remember them? Onion headed smurfs basically? I'm sure people will start remembering if you make a movie about them. How about Mon-chi-chi, Mon-chi-chi? Awfully soft and cuddly? Do we blame this on "Ted"? Or the recent muppet movie? It seemed like they were done recycling old 70s/80s tv shows for the more pure reboots/prequel/sequel tropes? I didn't want to be a hater but reading the above sure sounds like hater-talk... ...sigh...
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:21 a.m. CST
Just introduced my 5 year old to ALF
by bigpale
comes on The HUB (also known as that channel that shows The Wonder Years and Batman:TAS). Naturally he loves it.
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:21 a.m. CST
by DarthBlart
Don't you remember the old Alf tales your granparents used to tell you in front of the campfires. Alf tales have been passed down from generation to generation before being vislized on the small screen in the later 80's. The year 186 was indeed hard times for many, but the tales of Alf, an angel from the heavens who ate the demon cats that plagued the flat planet was what made many a man sleep comfortable at night.
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:23 a.m. CST
Start on Melmac,and make this a huge Superman parody...
by Jobacca
As much as I love the puppet,CGI would enable them to show a lot more. Cant wait for this!!!
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:26 a.m. CST
given the climate of soft-shoeing and political correctness which seems to prevail in much modern cinema
by Pete Michaelson
Did you see Ted? Being that that flick is about as close an analogue as you could get to ALF, and that Ted was about as un-PC as you can get, I don't understand that comment at all. If you can make a movie about a pot-smoking, cursing, fucking teddy bear, ALF could probably go balls to the wall and tear up the box office. Will they do that? Is Sony brave enough to take a family-friendly series and make it into a crass adult comedy? I imagine that the box office returns that Ted continues to see might be a pretty big incentive to give it a shot.
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:27 a.m. CST
Break out your Alf pogs, they're about to skyrocket in value
by Autodidact
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:28 a.m. CST
Alf ? In the UK we had Metal Mickey. It was really really truly spectacularly bad.
by higgledyhiggles
But it had Irene Handl, you little fruit-bat.
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:31 a.m. CST
Make a Skank movie
by DarthBlart
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:31 a.m. CST
Shut your frikken trap!
by DarthBlart
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:33 a.m. CST
by korahn
As opposed to using CGI when a puppet would do, I'll wait until I see some screens before I pass judgement. I mean CGI Yoda and Gollum were pretty damn good.
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:36 a.m. CST
Lock Up Your Cats
by Jubba
He's coming back for more pussy.
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:40 a.m. CST
Paul's puppet and voice are still in top shape
by bthree78
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:41 a.m. CST
If ALF isn't a puppet, then no deal.
by Royston Lodge
Ok, MAYBE if he's a CGI puppet, it could be ok, like the way Ted is a CGI teddy bear. But if they try to make him look "realistic", it'll be an epic fail.
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:42 a.m. CST
Also, Andrea Elson with braces. Rrrowl!
by Royston Lodge
So say we all.
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:48 a.m. CST
I know AICN has a sloppy charm, but two glaring typos in one small article?
by Skyfly
"Tine" instead of tone, and "186" instead of 1986
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:53 a.m. CST
I thought the show sucked but when Alf does interviews he's actually funny for some reason.
by MST3KPIMP
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:54 a.m. CST
by vanchimera
Jumped the shark has jumped the shark. Like comparing people to Hitler. Get over it.
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:54 a.m. CST
It's like we're an alien civilization picking through the remnants of an archive comprised of the contents of an old studio dumpster. There's no good episode of this show. This show was literally as shitty as humans can produce.
by UltraTron
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:54 a.m. CST
One word : Garfield
by gerry derboven
This is gonna suck enlarged hirsute testicles, i know it, you know it, they know it. ALF is memory tinted as it is and it worked fine in the tv sitcom format but I don't see this becoming anything more than a Smurfs/YogiBear/Garfield non-event. Colour me uninterested.
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:55 a.m. CST
This show was on the other day and it is the joyless heroin fueled suicide inducing nightmare it always was.
by UltraTron
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:55 a.m. CST
Funny in interviews...
by vanchimera
The reason he's funny in interviews and not on the show is that the guy who played ALF is a funny guy who was hampered by shit writing on the show. Hopefully if this moves forward he gets more input into the character instead of spouting lines written by some hack.
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:56 a.m. CST
by vanchimera
While Garfield sucked to most of us, it made a shit-ton of money... so if the execs see people saying "This=Garfield" that translates to bank, son. You say it like it's to their detriment, but it's really not. It IS a business after all. Garfield and ALF were simply not for you.
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:57 a.m. CST
I prefer a big screen "Small Wonder" adaptation
by Clarence_Boddickers_Optometrist
Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Vicki. Will Ferrell as dad. As for Jamie.... Jaden Smith!
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:58 a.m. CST
Alf is the muppets for suicide fence sitters to rally that final courage
by UltraTron
Aug. 9, 2012, 11 a.m. CST
Or hell how about live action Turbo Teen?
by Clarence_Boddickers_Optometrist
Starring Andrew Garfield transforming into a red Shelby Mustand GT500 convertible!
Aug. 9, 2012, 11:01 a.m. CST
by bagwanbob
If ALF can make money, then the public's a no brainer...
Aug. 9, 2012, 11:07 a.m. CST
ultratron "joyless heroin fueled suicide inducing nightmare"
by DarthBlart
ever watch 'permanent midnight' with ben stiller. based on a heroin addicted television writer, who wroter for an Alf like show (in the movie) and wrote the funeral episode after his mother died? good stuff.
Aug. 9, 2012, 11:15 a.m. CST
by gerry derboven
it's a sad world where you are right. All i'm saying is that it probably won't be anything to get excited about , excited headline of this (typo ridden!)article notwithstanding. (seriously: I get that most talkbackers are still struggling with the complexities of the English language but journalism, in any form, should at least be free of stupid errors. Proof reading folks, it saves lives!)
Aug. 9, 2012, 11:26 a.m. CST
by Maxer
Is that irascible? Ah Enntglish, the most difficultest of languages.
Aug. 9, 2012, 11:30 a.m. CST
I dont think its as good aspeople remember
by Lane_myers111
I used to love this show when it was first on and we used to get it on sundays at about 5pm in the uk. Went to rewatch it about a month or two ago and the pilot was so bad i couldn't believe it. I didn't watch any more so it could have been just that the pilot was bad but it had aged so badly i couldn't be bothered with the rest. Not to say it couldn't be turned into a great movie as the character and story are pretty decent. With a top notch comedy writer who knows.
Aug. 9, 2012, 11:32 a.m. CST
When do we get the Wayland Flowers and Madame movie?
by Inexplicable_Nuclear_Balls
In a stunning twist, Madame will be an actual puppet while Wayland is resurrected via CGI. Directed by the Wachowski who isn't a guy anymore.
Aug. 9, 2012, 11:33 a.m. CST
Because of Ted, this will be R-rated, with Alf saying "fuck" every other word,
by openthepodbaydoorshal
and dry humping the cat, instead of trying to eat it. Wait a minute...that, I might actually want to see....
Aug. 9, 2012, 11:37 a.m. CST
This will be a retarded movie for little kids like Alvin and the Chipmunks. Yeah, let's get excited.
by Mel
Aug. 9, 2012, 11:46 a.m. CST
inexplicable_nuclear_balls. LMAO!
by adeceasedfan
Aug. 9, 2012, 11:50 a.m. CST
by Buck_Futt
Aug. 9, 2012, 11:54 a.m. CST
ALF was "meh", but the cartoon was great...
by AnakinsDiapers
..and the cartoon spin-off ALF Tales was even funnier. The animation was high quality too.
Aug. 9, 2012, 11:56 a.m. CST
I need an R-rated "My Pet Monster" movie
by Lucky13
Directed by Tarantino. FX by KNB.
Aug. 9, 2012, 11:57 a.m. CST
Right up there with "Land of the Lost"
by Unscripted
ALF wasn't funny back in the day, just a stupid '80s take on "My Favorite Martian," which was too stupid in itself to reboot. As said above, it's not nearly as good as people remember. But try explaining that to dimwitted, shortsighted H'weird producers.
Aug. 9, 2012, 12:01 p.m. CST
ALF was edgy? A mild joke about threatening to eat the family cat each week is considered edgy?
by Al
I watched it when I was a kid so I don't remember exactly anything edgy or subervisve about it. All I remember is the damn series ended with ALF being captured by the military so I had to wait years and years for a conclusion. Which was the TV movie "Project ALF" starring Martin Sheen as a military guy!
Aug. 9, 2012, 12:02 p.m. CST
Come on, man. Sometimes, you have to proof-read your work too.
by JudasPriestly
Aug. 9, 2012, 12:02 p.m. CST
Theres a funny video floating around on you tube where ALF gets raped in the bathroom..
by paul burnett
Aug. 9, 2012, 12:03 p.m. CST
Punky Brewster Begins
by hank henshaw
Aug. 9, 2012, 12:04 p.m. CST
Please, God, make this an R rated film.
by jamesonian
Aug. 9, 2012, 12:29 p.m. CST
Space-Jesus: Ditto
by reaper28
The studio will turn this into a fucking kiddies movie ... Only in an alternate dimension would an ALF movie actually be cool, but I'll happily eat my words (but not my cat) if I'm wrong ...
Aug. 9, 2012, 12:35 p.m. CST
re: icanhavethat
by durhay
Aug. 9, 2012, 12:47 p.m. CST
ALF is actually really funny. But the "TV show" isn't (if that makes sense).
by sweeneydave
Aside from the dad, the family was boring. And the writing was the same every week. I bought the first two seasons for my kids recently. After the first couple episodes, it becomes more formulaic than Full House. Sure, ALF remained funny. But he learned a lesson every week, only to have forgotten it by the beginning of the next episode. I know that's really nitpicking. After all, character growth wasn't the point of the old fashioned sitcom. But as an adult, I grew tired of it quickly.
Aug. 9, 2012, 12:53 p.m. CST
ALF, then hopefully Sledgehammer!, then Misfits of Science!
by Barrymore
Three of my favorite shows when I was a pre-teen...rock on, 80s!!!
Aug. 9, 2012, 12:59 p.m. CST
ALF, the best "castrated cat-eating talking tiny deformed bear" sitcom there is!
by Ricardo
Aug. 9, 2012, 1:23 p.m. CST
Will Max Wright be back as Alf's human dad?
by Jerry-Hello
Maybe they'll write in his penchant for gay sex and crack
Aug. 9, 2012, 1:34 p.m. CST
Now hoping the world does end in 2012.
by Gabba-UK
It'll save our souls from this POS.
Aug. 9, 2012, 1:34 p.m. CST
I bet Seth Rogen will be in this.
by Yeah I Wrote That
Aug. 9, 2012, 1:39 p.m. CST
wtf is alf?
by iampain
srsly wish the 80s people would just go back to the 80s and stay there. oh wait-
Aug. 9, 2012, 1:41 p.m. CST
metal mickey was co created and produced by
by emeraldboy
Mickey Dolenz of the monkees
Aug. 9, 2012, 1:42 p.m. CST
Max Wright hated working on that show.
by Royston Lodge
He'd have to need the money really badly to agree to return.
Aug. 9, 2012, 2 p.m. CST
why isn't AICN talking about Bryan Singer's H+ digital series, now out on youtube?
by georgecauldron
Aug. 9, 2012, 2:02 p.m. CST
186-1990?!?! Well, that just blows that HACK of a show 60 Minutes' claim straight outta the water!!
by Dogmatic
Aug. 9, 2012, 2:03 p.m. CST
It should have been cancelled in the 1890's though...the last 100 years had really lost its glow.
by Dogmatic
Aug. 9, 2012, 2:03 p.m. CST
It should have been cancelled in the 1890's though...the last 100 years had really lost its glow.
by Dogmatic
Aug. 9, 2012, 2:04 p.m. CST
Early ALF reviews:
by Dogmatic
Aug. 9, 2012, 2:04 p.m. CST
Early ALF reviews: "What is this magical image in front of me?!" - Emperor Constantine
by Dogmatic
Aug. 9, 2012, 2:06 p.m. CST
Early ALF reviews: "Four Score and seven huzzahs for me, though I do wish they'd hurry and create the dvd so I can watch seasons 1-1680" - Abraham Lincoln
by Dogmatic
Aug. 9, 2012, 2:07 p.m. CST
How long until we get a Benson movie???
by kindofabigdeal
Remember watching Alf as a kid and liking it because he was a puppet. He seemed like a smartass which I liked. Watched about 10 minutes of it on Hub the other day and it didn't really hold my attention. Alf and Willie were stuck on a train with a hobo. Having said that I would check this out if the trailer looked good/funny.
Aug. 9, 2012, 2:21 p.m. CST
Yawn call me when we get a double-feature of "It's a Living" and "Jennifer Slept Here."
by Chuck Miller
Ann Jillian could use the work. And we could all use more Ann Jillian.
Aug. 9, 2012, 2:23 p.m. CST
Be careful when googling pictures of "Paul Fusco".
by sweeneydave
There's a photographer out there with the same name who takes pictures of Chernobyl mutants. It make me sad in pants.
Aug. 9, 2012, 2:29 p.m. CST
Early ALF reviews: "I decided it wasn't worth the money to continue the war in the Colonies when I could upgrade to DVR so I never missed ALF." - King George III
by Dogmatic
Aug. 9, 2012, 2:58 p.m. CST
What only silly tv shows from the 60s and 70s can be made into god awful movies?
by Ingeld
Future denizens if AICN will cry out that Hollywood is dead when they hear about the proposed Married With Children movie, to be followed ten years later with Friends The Movie. Can you believe the arguments people will get in when 25 years from now they announce who will be playing Sheldon in The Big Bang Theory the movie?
Aug. 9, 2012, 3:06 p.m. CST
HA! I kill me
by Nasty In The Pasty
Aug. 9, 2012, 3:19 p.m. CST
by rakesh patel
for gods sake why?!?!
Aug. 9, 2012, 3:29 p.m. CST
Will he still eat pussy?
by CountOrlok
Aug. 9, 2012, 3:31 p.m. CST
Wow wow wow wait wait wait, Max Wright is ALIVE?
by Ricardo
Aug. 9, 2012, 3:33 p.m. CST
darthblart re: permanent midnight
by foree forehead
love that film. based on the auto-biography of the same name i believe, jerry stahl? indeed he wrote alf though they had to change him to Mr. Chompers in the movie for copyright reasons heheehe. some scenes will live long in the memory.
Aug. 9, 2012, 3:41 p.m. CST
Get Seth McFarlane on board.
by hallmitchell
Has anyone seen how much money TED has made? This movie is banking!
Aug. 9, 2012, 3:42 p.m. CST
I followed seeneydaves advice and now I'm a sad panda. :(
by kindofabigdeal
Aug. 9, 2012, 3:42 p.m. CST
Chernobyl Mutants? Bio-Frreaks?
by Ricardo
One of us! One of us!
Aug. 9, 2012, 3:44 p.m. CST
Jeffersons movie, please...
by ThulsaBoom
...with Archie Bunker in it. And, fuck Alf. Unless they do it like Ted (which they won't), it has no chance to be better than Garfield, Alvin & the Chipmunks, Smurfs and the like. Did we get a Knight Rider movie yet? How about Kung Fu? Well, at least no one will care when they find a way to 'ruin' Alf.
Aug. 9, 2012, 3:52 p.m. CST
Wow. This is so needed. This may change movies forever.
by jellypop
I can wait.
Aug. 9, 2012, 3:54 p.m. CST
Re thulsaboom
by Ingeld
I would love to see a movie based on the old Kung Fu show. Years ago there was talk of but nothing ever happened apparently.
Aug. 9, 2012, 4:01 p.m. CST
Chuck Norris' penis should play Alf again...
by Ray_Tango
Aug. 9, 2012, 4:35 p.m. CST
Re ingeld
by ThulsaBoom
It's such a no-brainer. I would probably prefer a "Muay Thai,"show staring Tony Jaa or a worthy desciple, in the Kung Fu formula, but even a straight adaptation would work. Their are so many Asian action stars that are still relatively unknown to our audiences, I would think this would have been capitalized upon by now.
Aug. 9, 2012, 4:51 p.m. CST
Lived through this once...
by LF Martinez
As a kid and thought this was a shitty tv show back then and could care less now. Take your time Sony, very few will be standing in line for this shitravaganza.
Aug. 9, 2012, 5:37 p.m. CST
by Shermdawg
Wah-ooh Gordan, ooh-ooh-ah
Aug. 9, 2012, 7:02 p.m. CST
Fuck this.
by yubnubrocks
Where's our SMALL WONDER big screen treatment? I'm sure Joseph Gordon-Levitt would jump at the chance to play a grieving single father who has the chance to bring back his daughter from the dead.
Aug. 9, 2012, 7:27 p.m. CST
Mama's Family! She's The Sherriff!
by archer1949
Forget the network crap! Cheap ass, half-remembered crap from the bowels of 1980's syndication is the way to go!
Aug. 9, 2012, 7:53 p.m. CST
small wonder: the motion picture. make it happen now please.
by dahveed1972
Aug. 9, 2012, 8:42 p.m. CST
This needs to have Max Wright in it.
by BigTuna
Have a gag where he molests little boys.
Aug. 9, 2012, 8:44 p.m. CST
I'd love it if they recycle the classic episode
by kiwiblackm
Where dad keeps sneaking out to blow homeless guys under overpasses for crack, gets arrested, and then stays up until dawn every morning with a pistol against his temple praying that this time, this time he'd be brave enough to pull the trigger. It becomes a classic ALF moment when he finally pulls the trigger, instantly killing him AND the cat. Alf feasts over the still twitching body, as the rest of the family shuffles in to confirm what they already know to be true. Hey, it's a reboot, it's dark, and metafiction. I'm picturing Daniel day Lewis for alf and Channing Tatum as homeless drifter#3
Aug. 9, 2012, 8:50 p.m. CST
Harry will love it
by Party_Animal_IV
Feel good movie of the year
Aug. 9, 2012, 9:14 p.m. CST
Hey, Hollywood... Four simple words: B.J. And The Bear
by Inexplicable_Nuclear_Balls
Big rigs, a chimpanzee with a hat and 1/2 of the Landers sisters. You're welcome.
Aug. 9, 2012, 10:11 p.m. CST
Animated Series was actually quite awesome.
by GrabtharsHammerPants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3pmEN3Wt_o Alf Tales was cool too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4dC5Dh-OW4
Aug. 10, 2012, 1:06 a.m. CST
i remember the pogs..one thing is for sure though..
by Balkin Flabgurter
ALF is a master of staying slightly relevant in a world that could really give a fuck less about him. Defender of the sun.
Aug. 10, 2012, 2:03 a.m. CST
Max Wright
by Rick Webb
He definitely needed the money for crack and homeless gay prostitutes, which brings up a question: Is it really gay if you're getting paid?
Aug. 10, 2012, 6:40 a.m. CST
a CHIPS movie with Justin Bieber and Jayden Smith chasing illegal immigrants on the highway
by millermeusa
Aug. 10, 2012, 9:10 a.m. CST
Directed by Raja Gosnell
by Benja the Ninja
I'm not kidding. If you do some digging you learn that the guys who did The Smurfs and Scooby-Doo movies is making this. WILL. NOT. BE. GOOD.
Aug. 10, 2012, 9:12 a.m. CST
by Benja the Ninja
Jordan Kerner who produced The Smurfs is producing this. Got my wires crossed.
Aug. 10, 2012, 9:50 a.m. CST
When did we start celebrating every piece of 80
by blackmantis
Aug. 10, 2012, 9:51 a.m. CST
When did we start celebrating every shitty piece of 80's mediocrity?
by blackmantis
Alf was a horrid show. Didn't even deserve to be on TV, let alone a movie screen.
Aug. 10, 2012, 10:10 a.m. CST
by 9 Fingered Frodo
Aug. 10, 2012, 10:33 a.m. CST
Monchhichi, Monchhichi - *Oh so soft and cuddily!*
by Kremzeek
At least get the jingle right if you're going to claim you remember all these weird offbeat 80s shows/toys. =)
Aug. 10, 2012, 10:35 a.m. CST
Fuck this. Where is Steve Muther Fucking Austin? Where is the I-Man? He should have every conceivable gadget including a phalanx of nanite probes
by UltraTron
Aug. 10, 2012, 10:37 a.m. CST
Should have a hole on the back of his head to look through his eye.
by UltraTron
Aug. 10, 2012, 10:42 a.m. CST
Didnt they make this already and call it "PAUL"?
by Dr.007
Aug. 10, 2012, 10:47 a.m. CST
Strange use of the word "gloriously."
by JudgeDredd
The only way this could be of any interest to me at all is if they turned it into a sci-fi/horror movie and Alf went on a killing rampage, leading to the subjugation of a ravaged Earth by Melmac.
Aug. 10, 2012, 11:21 a.m. CST
Horrible show then
by Chris
factor of 10x worse movie. Just by the concept of this, the entire country's collective IQ dropped by a tiny percentage, tiny but it happened
Aug. 10, 2012, 6:20 p.m. CST
ALF was cheesy but his laugh always cracked me up
by Triple_J_72
HA! HAAAAAAAAA... HAAAAA... I kill me!
Aug. 10, 2012, 7:52 p.m. CST
This could go one of two ways: it's either gonna be like "Ted", or it's gonna be like "Garfield"...or...
by Elgyn6655321
...they might foolishly try to find a middle-ground and end up with something like "Howard the Duck": too kiddie-ish for grown-ups, and too adult-humored for kids.
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Intel Lava XOLO X900 gets Ice Cream Sandwich update
- vanavil arul
Please don't buy xolo x900 mobiles, i bought it 20/12/2012.it never function properly. the customer service is one of the world worst. we cant replace battery, it will heat too much. i am fooled by the THE NAME OF INTEL. IF YOU WANT TO BUY XOLO X900 please give the money to a road side beggar, i am sure he will praise you. I hate xolo company and INTEL.
- 2014-06-12 14:54
- u7FL
- sachin badole
i am using this phone from last almost 1.5 year...its amazing....its speed and performance the same.as new...
- 2014-05-13 11:02
- nick
its a gud phn..who is facing the the problem with this phone...first learn how to run android phones..
- 2014-04-14 17:33
- vGiI
- Anonymous
> In reply to Nitin Rinkesh @ 2014-02-22 17:42 from wiSe - click to readI've this phone for 8 months and it's realy great working.
- 2014-03-13 16:23
- HsLg
- Nitin Rinkesh
> In reply to archana @ 2014-01-30 08:28 from utp3 - click to readbut someone told me its brilliant phone and works good.
what issues do you have with this phone ?
- 2014-02-22 17:42
- wiSe
- archana
please please please do not buy xolo product. Instead of having intel's name attached to it, it is great mess. having hell problems occuring one after other and no one cares for attending it.
- 2014-01-30 08:28
- utp3
- Gaur
This is bloody shit phone.. Have issues with network connectivity and supported with Shit customer service.. Please please please don't buy Xolo at all.. I have used this phone for 6 months and screwed at best
- 2013-12-10 18:28
- sSR8
- Sageer
Donate your money rather than buying xolo phone
- 2013-11-19 07:16
- rJK{
- rajoopradhan
This is how the mobile company `Xolo Lava` has been taking their customers for a ride.
I bought a Intel Xolo X 900 Black from H. K. Mobiles in Mumbai for Rs.22,000/-. In 3 months it has had two problems. Its auto rotate system stopped working. Occasionally for 3-4 days in a fortnight I couldnt be heard by person on the other end. Initially I thought it was a service providers problem. As the problem persisted for about two months, I lodged a complaint with the service centre. (Notification No. 310000028601 dt. 01/04/2013) The phone was picked up & returned in fortnights time. The problem was not solved.
2nd complaint was made (Notification No. 310000036261 dt. 17/04/2013).The phone was picked up and returned on 04/05/2013) the problem was not solved.
3rd complaint was made (Notification No. 310000054458 dt. 07/05/2013). The phone was picked up and returned on 03/06/2013) the problem remained unsolved.
The 4th complaint was made (Notification No. 310000065765 dt. 03/06/2013). The phone was picked up and not returned till date.
The entire experience is extremely bad. Talking to Xolo customer care is so futile that you can always be sure that nothing positive can come out talking to the staff. The customer care and service centre seem to be entirely disconnected.
I have made umpteen no. of communication for refund of money which once or twice they agreed but money they were ready to pay was Rs.10,000/- as against Rs.22,000/- On couple of occasions they said they can give me a replacement of LAVA mobile which is costing around Rs.7,000/- in the market. If you do not accept these refund or replacement options from them; you can be sure that nothing will arrive, no refund, no replacement and no communication.
Generally most corporates are conscientious and work with some philosophy. There are others who behave good because there are laws. But there are companies like Lava which exist only to take their customers for a ride.
Rajoo Pradhan
- 2013-11-08 09:10
- 2@t@
- Abhi
> In reply to Ranka @ 2013-10-07 14:06 from 2SQq - click to read i bought x900, display cracked and i'm still suffering bCoz company has not released LCD display yet..isn't it ridiculous.., pls help
- 2013-10-20 05:45
- XuNh
- Mithun
don't buy xolo at all, customer service is the worst..
i bought x900, display cracked and i'm still suffering bCoz company has not released LCD display yet..isn't it ridiculous..
- 2013-10-07 18:57
- uuS$
- Ranka
If any body wants to file complain with Consumer court, kindly contact me as i am going to file the same.
- 2013-10-07 14:06
- 2SQq
- naspro
im suffering with this xolo x900 just one week of usage and im in trouble
- 2013-10-06 14:58
- KhtM
- Ranka
Dear Friends,
Dont buy any mobile of xolo otherwise you will loose your money as there is no service , no technology etc.
I am suffering from the date of purchase and after all now i am going to fight through consumer forum only.
As I have given my mobile 3 times for repair in 6 month of purchase and they take 20 days minimum to repair and afterwards it works more worst.
- 2013-09-28 07:39
- Abhi
Xolo has worst types of mobile in the world,.... I Appeal to all Visitors on this site and request to all..... That never think to buy xolo mobile otherwise you will lost your money and afterwards nobody will help you and at the end you will have to fight through consumer forum as i am doing.
- 2013-09-28 07:34
- mahesh/maheshpatel28
> In reply to GOKU @ 2013-06-12 11:53 from t}CJ - click to readhow to upgrade ics on xolo x900 by usb data cable and from where to get the software of ics (4.0.4) and from which site because it is not downloading from ota
- 2013-09-20 21:55
- vQ%5
- arjun8074
frnds,do u hav any idea whyxolo sitedoesn't hav 4.0.4(ics) file(299mb)..and which updating phone with(299mb) is better or withOTA update is better? ...which wayof upgrading is better...plz contribute ur views frnds
- 2013-08-24 09:14
- bJe}
- arjun8074
battery backupafter4.0.4 ics updateof xolo x900..??.has.battery backupgone up or gone down ??.watsur review..
- 2013-08-24 09:13
- bJe}
- Pavi
> In reply to sreevats @ 2013-04-18 16:07 from t}fw - click to readSame issue with me also and showing 10 gb space in memory. Also facing the network signal issue........?
- 2013-08-06 20:05
- rxhq
- Sujoy
The phone itself is excellent. The ICS upgrade happened beautifully. But I have the same problem two others have had in this forum. The battery started acting quite erratic. With a full charge on, I couldn't even start making a call or open up a message. The handset just shut down. Also, it refuses to connect to the network.
The customer service is the worst. I live in Santa Cruz in the middle of Mumbai. There is NO AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER in Mumbai. I was first given a complaint number on the Xolo customer service line, and told that the handset would be collected by a Fedex operative. The phone was still in warranty.
Nothing happened for months and I kept calling and asking if the Fedex guy was ever coming. Three months went by. Then somebody at Xolo customer service helpfully told me that they would give me a new complaint number and the old one (which was registered during warranty) won't be acknowledged any more.
I have been given the address of a pick-up point in Malad, which is a grocery store. I have not been given a phone number. The address is sketchy, and I can't even call them for directions. If this is their state of affairs in Mumbai, I wonder what their service in other cities looks like.
I quite like the product, but the customer service is lower than the pits. I don't recommend anybody outside Delhi buy a Xolo product.
- 2013-08-05 15:41
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High school yearbook Distribution Days:
2014 Yearbooks will be distributed July 22-23 at the UMAC from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Yearbooks WILL NOT be available before this date. The yearbook includes events all the way through graduation in our yearbooks, and Union's need time to print. If students miss those days, the books will be available in the Finance Office at the High School beginning July 28.
If you need last year's book, they are available in the high school's Finance Office. To pick up one already purchased, show an I.D. (school or driver's license). Only students or their parents may pick it up; otherwise, a written letter of authorization is needed. To purchase: they are $95, payable with either cash or a check made payable to Union High School.
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Get your pictures in the yearbook! The Yearbook Staff invites students and parents to submit photos for the yearbook. If you've got great photos of school and community events or you and your friends just having fun, we'd like to see them. Our photographers can't be everywhere. Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have.
Here is how you can submit photos online:
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Photos must be school appropriate. Up to 100 photos can be uploaded at one time.
It's that easy! Submit your photos today! The last day to submit photos is May 25, 2013.
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Legal system: common law based on the English model
Definition: This entry contains a brief description of the legal system's historical roots, role in government, and acceptance of International Court of Justice (ICJ) jurisdiction.
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First of all, lemme apologize beforehand for any grammar errors and/or run on sentences. As the title up top says, I am a bit inebriated and, I'm typing on an iPad, which is not Blog-friendly.
Ok, now that the disclaimer is outta the way, here goes... Don't get too ecstatic about some of the names that "made it". I'm sure most of realize this, but this ain't the final draft. This is a rough copy of the final roster, with some more cuts to come, maybe some trades, and maybe some guys who thought they made it still going to the practice squad. Yes, I'm talking about Niles Paul.
It is still hard for me to believe that we will keep 8 receivers, especially with our O-line problems these last few year. There are two ways to go with this. Either Shanny is trying his best to win this year, or we are going all in on youth development. Let me be clear, i do realize that the second point does not necessarily negate the firsr, if that makes sense(?) if we're trying to rack up the wins this year, then Stallworth remains. I love Anthony Armstrong but, truthfully, Stallworth is probably the 3rd best rceiver on this team right now. Part of me thinks they're keeping him because they know they can't count on Hank or Paul right now. At least not right away. Also, to a lesser extent, Terrence Austin. So, in that regard, I can still see Paul heading to the PS if/when they find a worthwhile guard and/or DE on the waiver wire. Perhaps they want to wait until the rest of the league are (somewhat) set at receiver, to lessen the chance someone wants to take a chance on Paul. On the other hand, they could be thinking that some contender out there wants to add a solid vet receiver, and therefor swings a trade for Stallworth. Whether it's a guard, D lineman, CB, or even a draft pick, Stallworth could help us more going down the road by going somewhere else in a trade.
Next up is the LB position. I know a lot of people were surprised at the number of LB's we kept, but it actually makes sense. 3-4 teams always stockpile LB's. And we have a pretty solid bunch. OK, I'm not a fan of McIntosh, but he has started for years. We have two young studs at OLB in Jackson and White (who I'm ECSTATIC we kept) backingmup, yep, two young studs at OLB. Fletcher is, well, Fletcher. No way to say that better. He's irreplaceable at this point. But if Mcaintosh is hurt, or benched, I am fine with either Riley or a Fox stepping in there. And LoRax is our very own Jack Bauer - adapt on the fly, good at whatever he does, and you always know it when he hits you. He's the ultimate hybrid, a Swiss army knife of OLB, ILB, DE, DT, OG, fullback, and I wouldn't be surprise to see him run a kickoff back that some team tries to keep away from Brandon Banks. While I wasn't a big fan of Lichtenhoozle last year, I am more excited about our O line than I've been in years. The depth scares me a bit though. As it stands now, Locklear, who got worked in the Bucs game, is our only backup with any real experience. Smith is raw, and Cook isn't exactly well done either. (you see what I did there? Yeah, I planned that)
Probably the biggest surprise to me was on the D Line. I was a fan of the Neild pick, but I really didnt expect him to make the 53. Hopefully the coaches saw more there than we did. He definitely looks the part. You see that guy on the street, you think either Nose Tackle or you're trying to hook a firehose up to him to put out that 5 alarmer.
Cornerback depth is iffy too. Kevin Barnes was mentioned as a starter over the summer, but is probably better as a number three. Thompson is far from a finished product, and he will g plenty of PT while Buchanon sits. I wouldn't be surprised to see a moce made here, especially with the depth at receiver of the teams in our division.
Safety is where i would like to see a move made. I would LOVE to see us pick up Merriweather, jettisoning Kareem Moore. Whether we want to admit it or not, we all know that Fat Albert is gonna play well in New Englaand. Wouldn't it be nice to get one of their castoffs, and have him be productive for us? Im sure there will be competition for him, but if you can get him for a reasonable price, i would definitely pull that trigger. Especially with Landry's health in question.
The RB position is good to go. Hightower should be the starter, but we know that, whe healthy, Torrain is perfectly competent in the starting role. And Helu will be the change of pace back we've been lacking for for years. Young is a stud at FB, and Sellers, uh, can jump over people? OK, he's one of our 2 or 3 best special teamers, so there.
Gano looks to have taken the next step this preseason, going undefeated on field goals.Rocca is a hell of a punter, and I am dying to see him lay a lick on some unsuspecting returner.
Ok, I'm tired, the wife fell asleep on me, and i really don't feel like getting into the QB situation right now. (But I will say that Landry Jones looked pretty damned good today). So that's it, have at it. If you agree with me, you're not as dumb as you look. If not, well write whatever worthless comments you think the rest of us want to hear.
(OK, Powers That Be - can we please get an iPad app? I just spent an hour typing this crap, only to find out that you can:t publish from an iBad. I had to copy and email it to myself. Then fire up the old laptop and go through it all over again, separating all the paragraphs. Frankly, I don't even know why I bothered. I don't even like ypu people that much, and I'm sure the feeling is mutual. All's I can say is, it's a good thing I had my beer cozy handy. I woulda been upset if my beer got hot while playing Jonah Jameson)


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In the Classroom
Teachers will help students to...
- Discern the difference between first and third-person points of view in literature; learn to use footnotes and appendices; utilize periodicals, atlases and card catalogs to locate information; recognize literary elements (setting, plot and characterization).
- Write increasingly complex compositions and stories that illustrate use of adjectives and correct subject-verb agreement.
- Perform all functions (+, -, x, /) with fractions; change fractions to decimals and decimals to percents; calculate percentages; use formulas to find area and perimeter.
- Study countries, regions or hemispheres of the world or focus on civic problems unique to an area.
- Master the use of acid-base indicators; observe cellular composition of, organisms with microscopes.
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Our club has operated a "host" system for the last 20 years. During that time the same people have religiously signed up to act as the spare every year. This year however we seem to be having difficulty in getting volunteers. Please take your turn as the spare and sign up now if you haven't already done so. This applies to all our members - we need you!
The Highfield Club Constitution (2012) and Schedule of Disciplinary procedures was approved and adopted at the the recent AGM held on 8th December 2012.
The Pat Grinstead Trophy for drawn pairs was won by Mike Newman and Pat Panter with Chris Hill and Chris Blackstone in second place. Thanks to everyone who participated.
The Club meets every Tuesday at Elim Oasis Community Centre, Gordon Le Breton Close, Plat Douet Road, St Saviour. Please be there by 7.20 pm at the latest.
The 2014 Programme and the TD rota can be found by clicking on the appropriate item in the blue menu on the left of this screen.
The Summer Cup has just two more weeks to run and we have 54 qualifiers so far. The top three places have remained the same with Chris Hill leading and Jane Knight and Paul Reed in second and third place respectively. Can anyone challenge the top of the table?
We have had so many mistakes or badly written travellers over the last few weeks that it prompts me to remind you of the following -
Fill in the pair numbers (on the correct line)
Put down the Contract and who is playing it
Number of tricks made
North/South or East/West score
Don't forget to indicate if the Contract was doubled
Please don't put an "R" to indicate that there was a revoke, the scorer isn't interested in this.
This should then be passed to East/West to check, who shouldn't hesitate to point out any errors or badly written details.
There were only 11 errors or omissions this week, so we are improving.
Howard and Marion still hold the record for the highest percentage scored at the club in recent years, their 77.50% is the target for everyone.


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Match updates from Day 12 at Wimbledon 2011, where the ladies' singles final is being aired live, which in and of itself qualifies as news. Now playing: World No. 5 Maria Sharapova vs. No. 8 Petra Kvitova, for the right to hoist the Venus Rosewater Dish.
No. 8 Petra Kvitova leads No. 5 Maria Sharapova, 6-3. It's actually sunny at the All England Club today, which just seems cheeky after the consistent plague of rain delays that've dogged the fortnight. Sharapova elects to receive, a sage choice given her recent history of double-faulting her way out of easy set wins; she in fact will go on to commit four during this first set alone.
Sharapova takes the first game, but helpfully breaks her own serve in the second; Kvitova controls the third game in her own right to take a two-one lead. Two more games are traded before Kvitova blasts to a five-two lead, and surrenders one more game to the former grass champ before sealing the first set, 6-3. It's the first set Sharapova has dropped at Wimbledon this year.
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Home > Collective actions > Expertise and knowledge promotion
The French Commission for international agricultural research
The CGIAR Consortium signs on March 4th, 2013, a "Memorendum of Understanding" with the French agricultural institutions belonging to CRAI (French Commission for international agricultural research). The signatures are followed by the presentation of 2 Consortium research Programs, Global Rice Scientific Partnership (GRiSP) and Forests, Trees and Agroforestry, which are mobilizing numerous scientists of the regional scientific community.
Download the press release (in French)
Download French posters at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) which took place from October 29th till November 1st, 2012 in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
The CRAI (French Commission for international agricultural research) coordinated the French participation to this event.
The French Commission for international agricultural research (CRAI) is a consultative organ between the French research institutions (CIRAD, INRA, IRD, IRSTEA, Agreenium) and the Ministry for Agriculture, Food, Fischeries, Rural Affairs and Land Use Planning, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
The CRAI, created in 1978, is the interface between the French research institutions and the international agricultural research system, of which the CGIAR is a component. The CRAI organizes the exchange and the dissemination of information between research institutes and ministries and is the French representative authority within European coordination authorities in charge of research for development (EIARD, EFARD, etc.), CGIAR governing authorities and all the other relevant stakeholders involved in the international agricultural research system (GFAR, etc.).
The commission is also in charge of following up the recommendations of the AERES (Evaluation Agency for Research and Higher education) report and has undertaken within this framework a strengthening work that led to the appointment of a president,
the entering of CNRS within the CRAI,
the negotiation and the signature by the research institutions of a ' France-CGIAR common agenda' in the areas of Training, Research and Foresight,
and the continuation of the active involvement in the European authorities working on multilateral international agricultural research.
CRAI was also involved in the preparation of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD), from March 28 to 31, 2010 in Montpellier, organized by the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) with the support of Agropolis International
Bernard Hubert
Agropolis International
Tel : +33 (0)4 67 04 75 50
Frédéric Lapeyrie
Ministry of Higher Education and Research
Tel : +33 (0)1 55 55 86 24
Sylvie Albert
Agropolis International
Tel : + 33 (0)4 67 04 75 86
|Mireille Montes de Oca
CRAI assistant
|Agropolis International
|Tel : + 33 (0)4 67 04 75 67
Gilles Aumont
Tel : +33 (0)1 40 96 62 80
Pascal Bergeret
Ministry for Agriculture, Food, Fischeries, Rural Affairs and Land Use Planning
Tel : +33 (0) 1 42 75 93 31
|Denis Despréaux
Director «International Relations»
Tel : +33 (0)1 40 96 61 80
Jean-François Giovannetti
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
Tel. +33 (0) 1 43 17 90 00
Christian Hoste
|Tel : +33 (0)1 42 75 96 05
Tel : +33 (0)4 67 61 75 59
|Marcel Mascarenc de Raissac
Deputy Director for Research and Strategy
|Tel : +33 4 67 61 55 93
Jean-Louis Pham
|Tel : +33 (0)4 67 41 62 45
Philippe Vernier
|Tel : +33 (0)4 67 61 59 62
Update on 1/03/13
Extrait du site http://www.agropolis.fr/cooperation/crai-international-agricultural-research-commission.php


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It's Week 16 and you'll be hard-pressed to find a game that doesn't have major playoff implications. There is a lot of fun to be had, with matchups like Indianapolis-Kansas City, New Orleans-Carolina, Arizona-Seattle, New England-Baltimore and Chicago-Philadelphia on tap. Let's dive in.
Dolphins vs. Bills (1 p.m. ET, CBS)
The Miami Dolphins are one of a few teams scrapping for the final wild card spot in the AFC. Unfortunately for them, and other contenders, the runner-up in the AFC West is assured a spot, leaving several teams trying to crawl on top of one another. Fortunately for the Dolphins, an upset win over the New England Patriots put them in good position. They are currently just out of the playoff picture, but they have the same record as the 6-seed Baltimore Ravens with the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets yet to play. In a season filled with turmoil, the Dolphins are on the verge of a highly-encouraging playoff berth.
The Bills, meanwhile, are out of the playoff hunt and will be E.J. Manuel-less for Sunday's matchup. The good news is that Thad Lewis played well earlier in the season, and the Bills will have it in mind to ruin the postseason chances of their division rivals.
Vikings vs. Bengals (1 p.m. ET, FOX)
Another non-contender vs. playoff hopeful ... except across conferences and with even lower stakes! At 9-5 overall, the Cincinnati Bengals have a one-game cushion in both the AFC North and wild card races. Beating the Minnesota Vikings wouldn't secure them a playoff spot, but it would inch them closer to the finish line.
Can the Vikings pull off the upset? Well, they're 2-1-1 in their last four games, which counts as progress in Minnesota, and are coming off a strong win over the Philadelphia Eagles, who had been one of the NFL's hottest teams. The out-of-nowhere emergence of Matt Asiata, Matt Cassel and Greg Jennings may have given the team a breath of life to close the season.
Colts vs. Chiefs (1 p.m. ET, CBS)
Among the early slate of games involving AFC teams, Colts-Chiefs is easily the best pairing. The impact on the playoffs will be minimal, however. Both teams have already secured their ticket to the postseason, and the Colts have even already won their division. The Chiefs are vying for a first-round bye, however, so don't expect them to lay down, especially at home.
Do yourself a favor and watch Jamaal Charles. He made his case as arguably the best multidimensional running back in the league last week after racking up 215 yards and five touchdowns from scrimmage against the Oakland Raiders. He's playing at his season-peak (which is saying a lot) and with the Chiefs still jockeying for position, he should be at his best once again against a porous run defense.
Buccaneers vs. Rams (1 p.m. ET, FOX)
The St. Louis Rams have hung in surprisingly tough this season. Playing in perhaps the toughest division in the NFL without their starting quarterback for most of the season, they have still managed a 6-8 record that, with a bounce or two, could have been better. Last week, they shocked the New Orleans Saints behind more hard running from Zac Stacy and more mayhem at the hands of Robert Quinn.
Last week's throttling courtesy of the San Francisco 49ers aside, the Buccaneers are also enjoying a mild late season resurgence. Bobby Rainey has rejuvenated the running game somewhat, and though the Rams' pass rush is fierce, their front seven is not as strong against the run.
Both teams are out of the playoffs, but they are still grasping for silver lining. The line between desperation and apathy is surprisingly thin, and either one of these teams could fall on either side depending on how the ball breaks Sunday.
Browns vs. Jets (1 p.m. ET, CBS)
The Cleveland Browns have lost their last five games. The New York Jets have lost four of their last five. Unlike the Bucs-Rams matchup, this game features two teams that have already wrapped up their 2013 efforts.
But you know what's fun? Watching Josh Gordon snag deep ball after deep ball. The Jets' pass defense has not been nearly as strong as its counterpart run stoppers. The NFL's leading receiver (and that's after missing two games due to suspension) could have a field day against a secondary that has given up 25 passing touchdowns with just eight interceptions this season.
Cowboys vs. Redskins (1 p.m. ET, FOX)
Late-season contests between NFC East teams are must-watches. Period. The zaniness seems to ratchet up year after year. With Tony Romo coming off one of his greatest career Twitter-busting performances and the Redskins in organizational freefall, this game may have the highest schadenfreude factor of any this season.
Here's a scenario: The Cowboys lead by four points with the clock ticking down in regulation. A Romo interception gives the Redskins the ball with two minutes to go. Kirk Cousins leads a 70-yard touchdown drive for the win to cap off a 350-yard, four-touchdown passing performance that had announcers using the phrase "quarterback controversy" in the third quarter. Cut to camera shots of Robert Griffin III staring into nothingness on the sideline.
Are you grinning? Shut up, you're grinning.
(Side note: Cowboys and Redskins fans, please don't watch. Doing so may inflict real, tangible mental damage.)
Saints vs. Panthers (1 p.m. ET, FOX)
And now we come to what is easily the marquee matchup of the early slate of Sunday games (with respect to the Colts-Chiefs undercard). The Saints fell to 10-4 with a surprising loss to the Rams last week, and the Panthers beat the Jets to tie the race for the NFC South title. The winner of this game will become the new No. 2 seed in the NFC. The loser could drop down to the 6 seed and the edge of playoff elimination. Expect some Grade A drama.
The Saints looked like perhaps the most complete team in the NFL when they beat the Panthers at home in Week 14. They'll be on the road this week, however, where they have looked downright ugly lately. The Saints have lost four of their last five away from the Superdome, and the one game they won was a 17-13 squeaker over the flailing Atlanta Falcons. Cam Newton and Co. should be licking their chops.
Titans vs. Jaguars (1 p.m. ET, CBS)
Titans-Jaguars can stake the claim of perhaps the worst matchup Sunday (with respect to Bucs-Rams and Browns-Jets). The Titans have lost four of their last five, with one win coming against the Raiders. The Jaguars have won four of their last six, but three of those wins were against downtrodden division-mates Tennessee and Houston, and the fourth came against the Browns.
But poorly played football isn't necessarily bad in itself. There are still some intriguing aspects to this game, including an oddly compelling quarterback duel. Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for 402 yards and four touchdowns to send the Titans' game against the Arizona Cardinals into overtime late last week. Chad Henne, meanwhile, has been playing better of late, throwing six touchdowns to three interceptions over his last three games.
Neither is expected to hold a starting job next year, and it's unclear when they may get another chance to play extensively. Their teams may be out of the playoffs, but you can expect spirited efforts from the veteran quarterbacks.
Broncos vs. Texans (1 p.m. ET, CBS)
Case Keenum is out for the game. Ben Tate is done for the season. The game section at Battle Red Blog is subtitled "Like Lambs to Slaughter." It's the NFL's worst team against arguably the league's best. It takes a certain type of person to want to watch this game, and by now you should know whether or not you are that type person.
Giants vs. Lions (4:05 p.m. ET, FOX)
The Detroit Lions were in prime position to win the NFC North for the first time ... well, ever. The Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers were without their starting quarterbacks for several weeks, but over the same period, the Lions have lost in kind. They have lost four of their last five, with a blowout win over the Packers on Thanksgiving their only saving grace. After seemingly taking a stranglehold on the division race, the Lions now sit third following their loss at the foot of Justin Tucker on Monday night.
The Lions need to win. At 7-7 overall, only a division title will get them into the playoffs, and a loss to the New York Giants coupled with a Bears win later in the day will officially eliminate them from the playoff race. Against a bad Giants secondary, Matt Stafford and Calvin Johnson should be able to get back on track, but that's assuming that late-game collapses aren't simply in the Lions' DNA at this point.
Cardinals vs. Seahawks (4:05 p.m. ET, FOX)
The Seattle Seahawks can't hit cruise control just yet. At 12-2 overall, it would take several bad breaks to lose the No. 1 seed in the NFC, but the 49ers and the winner of Saints-Panthers will still be in striking distance of home-field advantage if the Seahawks drop a difficult game against a Cardinals squad that will have little hope of making the playoffs if it loses.
At 9-5, the Cardinals are the first team out of the NFC wild card race, behind the conference's three 10-4 teams. Lose again, and the race is likely over. Last week's overtime win over the Titans, which saw the Cardinals blow a 17-point lead with just over three minutes remaining in regulation, was hardly encouraging, but that may just give them a chip on their shoulders for a matchup against the Seahawks that few are expecting them to win.
Steelers vs. Packers (4:25 p.m. ET, CBS)
The Pittsburgh Steelers, at 6-8, have just the faintest whisper of a hope of making the playoffs, but a 30-20 win over the Bengals last week proved that the team isn't ready to roll over just yet. Unfortunately for them, they'll be taking on an equally playoff-minded Packers squad which may (FINALLY) have the use of Aaron Rodgers.
At press time, no decision had been made on who the starting quarterback will be. Rodgers is very dangerous if he returns, though Matt Flynn may have turned a corner when he led the Packers to a scintillating comeback win over the Cowboys last week. Either quarterback should be happy with a matchup against a traditionally stout defense that has been anything but this season.
Raiders vs. Chargers (4:25 p.m. ET, CBS)
Is there a more inconsistent team than the San Diego Chargers? At least they appear to be peaking at the right time. Prior to Week 12, the Chargers had losses to the Texans, Titans, Raiders and Redskins on their resume, but since they have added wins over the Chiefs and Broncos. They have won three of their last four to thrust themselves back into the wild card race alongside the Dolphins and the Ravens.
The Raiders ought to be pushovers, heading into Sunday with four straight losses. They were torched by Jamaal Charles for 215 total yards and five touchdowns last week, giving a resurgent Ryan Mathews reason to be confident. The quarterback situation is murky at best, with neither Terrelle Pryor nor Matt McGloin seemingly capable of stringing together two strong performances (and in Pryor's case, staying healthy may be the bigger obstacle).
Patriots vs. Ravens (4:25 p.m. ET, CBS)
The Patriots could have swiped the No. 1 seed in the AFC away from the Broncos with a win over the Dolphins on Sunday. Instead, Tom Brady struggled in what was a much-needed win for their division rivals.
The Ravens will be just as hungry as the Dolphins to knock the Pats down a peg. At 8-6, the Ravens must keep winning to hold on to their playoff spot. They barely squeaked by the Lions last week, thanks to a 61-yard game winning field goal by Justin Tucker.
If the game is competitive, the Ravens may have the advantage. Five of their last six games have been decided by three points or less, four of them being wins. They are also 6-1 at home this season. All four of New England's losses this season have come on the road.
Bears vs. Eagles (8:30 p.m. ET, NBC)
The Bears and the Eagles both hold tentative leads over their respective divisions. Neither team will have much of a chance of a wild card spot should they fall to second place. Of any two teams playing in Week 16, they have the most to lose, and it's only fitting that they be pitted against each other on Sunday Night Football.
If you like offense, get ready for some fun. Chicago and Philadelphia both rank among the top seven teams in the NFL in total offense, and among the bottom six teams in total defense.
Chip Kelly's offense was the talk of the league during the five-game winning streak leading into Sunday's loss to the Vikings. Then Kelly's defense gave up big performances to Matt Cassel, Matt Asiata and Greg Jennings. Jay Cutler showed little rust last week against the Browns, and he should be looking forward to the matchup with Matt Forte, Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery in tow. Of course, Nick Foles, LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jackson can say the same.
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$600 to Grace Studios Presents Kindermusik to purchase materials for home use based on the Kindermusik classroom curriculum.
$1,000 to the East Lincoln Band Aides for the East Lincoln Senior High School Marching Mustang Band to travel to Hawaii as North Carolina representatives at the 65th commemoration of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Eighty-one members of Denver's East Lincoln High School band received a powerful history lesson when the group was invited to participate in ceremonies honoring the 65th Anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
In preparation for the journey, the band discovered transporting instruments to Hawaii would have been a costly endeavor. Instead a $1,000 grant from the Lincoln County Community Foundation to the East Lincoln Band-Aides enabled the musicians to rent instruments from a Honolulu high school.
$1,000 to Junior Achievement of Lincoln County to purchase materials for classroom presentations about the free enterprise system for 42 third grade classrooms across Lincoln County.
For more information about Lincoln County Community Foundation, contact:
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10th June 2011
Class sizes and extra-curricular activities will be first casualties of education cuts according to 45% of schools
Schools hope that a revolution in management
techniques will help them find spare cash
A survey conducted by Syscap, a leading independent finance
provider to the education sector, has found that 85% of schools
fear that this year's cuts to budgets may have an adverse effect on
teaching standards in the UK.
However, the survey also found that the majority of schools hope
to mitigate the impact of budget cuts by finding savings through
the use of new management and buying techniques.
New management and financing techniques
The majority of schools surveyed by Syscap said the next twelve
months could see them introduce new ways of working and managing
their budgets in order to avoid making painful cuts to teaching and
equipment budgets:
Philip White, Chief Executive of Syscap said: "These results
show that schools are more or less resigned to some unwelcome
changes, starting with scaling back the range of extra-curricular
activities they offer."
"However, they are determined to do everything they can to
protect the quality of the education that they offer and are
happier to make major changes to the way they work than to
contemplate making teachers redundant."
"Heads know they are facing a very tough budget balancing act,
and that the only way they can pull it off is through increasingly
professionalised management and committing to collaborative
projects such as collective buying or shared service
"They also want to spread the cost of investment in new
technology. That has put financing methods like leasing at the top
of schools' agendas so it is particularly timely that the
Department for Education has just issued a guide on successful
"Taken as a whole, these measures amount to a revolution in the
way our schools are managed - controlling the school budget and
keeping costs down is becoming a job in itself, and the new trend
towards the use of school managers reflects that."
Cancellation of Building Schools for the Future
Scheme deals fatal blow to plans to upgrade buildings
Syscap says that despite the best efforts of schools there will
be some areas where the impact of under-investment will be
immediately obvious. This is especially true of schools who had
applied for funding to expand or replace their school facilities
through the cancelled Building Schools for the Future scheme.
The Syscap survey revealed that of the schools that have had
their BSF applications curtailed, 84% had abandoned their plans to
extend their buildings, only 27% were planning to refurbish
existing buildings, and nearly half (45%) now needed to find other
ways to fund emergency repairs.
Phillip White adds: "The cancellation of the BSF scheme has
dealt a fatal blow to schools' plans for new buildings - only 3%
feel that they can continue with their building projects without
this funding."
"Moreover, a worryingly large proportion of schools that applied
to the scheme seem to have deferred routine maintenance while their
application was being considered, and are now facing bills for
emergency repairs. Given that this year more of the schools capital
budget was allocated to local authorities rather than directly to
schools, schools may have to fight tooth and nail to get hold of
the money for those repairs. "
'Tips for Successful Leasing in Schools' is published by the
Department for Education in Association with the Finance and
Leasing Association and National Association of School Business
Management. To download a copy please visit
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MSEE: graduate w/o internship?
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Jan22-13, 06:31 PM
I am a second year master's student at a so-so engineering program, and am trying to determine what the downside to finishing my degree sooner rather than later might be (if any).
My undergraduate major was physics with a math minor (beyond the substantial math I learned, I have yet to see any real value in all that work I did). I am taking courses this spring and am in a position to graduate either over the summer, having taken a summer course or two, or in the fall.
My concentration area is embedded systems, and I have A LOT to learn on this topic; I'm even auditing a 300 level course on microprocessors this semester because I know I lack the nuts and bolts knowledge of this area of EE. Now, my dilemma is whether it would be better for me to try to graduate asap (this summer), or graduate in the fall, having perhaps used the summer for an internship or or thesis project. Also, my gpa sucks (2.5).
I know it, no need to hammer the point home. By the time I graduate it will at least be above 3.0. My focus at this point is on doing well in my courses, and doing whatever I need to to demonstrate my ability and commitment during the coming months.
I'm wondering how essential an internship is in my field to eventual employment. Based on conversations with a couple friends, once you graduate and are no longer a student, it's much harder to find a job, and internships are restricted to full-time students. The opportunity cost of taking longer in my case is another semester working part-time, or maybe not at all, while I complete the degree. Basically it's the foregone income of 6-8 months more in school- assuming of course, I were employed during that time. I'm leaning toward taking one year so I can make the most of my remaining time and complete an m.s. thesis and/or internship. I think my impatience stems from the fact that I'm already 26, spent several years working dead-end jobs before determining to take this path, and am now chomping at the bit to finish.
Any advice from experienced professionals, or anyone who understands the kinds of options I'm trying to weigh, would be much appreciated. Thanks a lot.
Jan23-13, 04:02 PM
I'd do whatever I could to get an internship. If a job/career is your goal then I think that getting an internship is extremely important. Classroom learning can be made up by you on your own time, an internship cannot.
Jan26-13, 01:16 PM
I would highly recommend going to a career fair just to see what's out there. Embedded systems is a great field for a general overview of EE and the software/hardware interaction and of course every EE should know something about this area because of its ubiquity.
I hope I don't come off discouraging because that's not my intention, I just want you to know what I experienced recently and to inform you what you're up against. If you're set on that type of work then more power to you but I now know that I am not. Good luck.
Jan27-13, 02:28 AM
MSEE: graduate w/o internship?
Thanks much for the feedback.
>>>The good thing is there seems to be a lot of jobs but when you say you have "A LOT" to learn it worries me.
When I say "A LOT", I'm not daunted by the amount of learning that lies ahead of me, but I know there are many students who know far more than I do. I left graduate school for overy a year and then came back because I was sick of the theoretical work (I was a PhD track), and was making excuses for my shortcomings. One of those shortcomings was I didn't know how to program JACK SQUAT, so I did most of the programming problems in a C++ textbook during my "sabbatical". I also completed a couple basic arduino projects (after installing a firmware patch for a problem that led to programs with serial data freezing- that was fun :/) It's not much, but I know if I can teach myself that, I can learn assembly language, C, and whatever else lies ahead of me.
>>>Even though I would consider myself a strong candidate for entry-level embedded systems work, it's intimidating to know that I'll be competing with students that are hacking seemingly everything and have been doing this since they were 12 especially with things like Arduino's, programmable robots, etc.
If you're around students who have been hardware hacking since grade school, you're probably at a more selective institution than mine, where I don't detect as much native interest in embedded systems- or anything else for that matter- within EE. That's awesome for you because peer group can be very powerful in keeping one motivated. I certainly have the same concerns about my competition, but I can only control the present.
I'm just at a point where I feel like I want to learn something. Really. ****ing. well. Much as I envy those guys for whom this or that topic is an all-consuming passion, I am not so intellectually monogamous, but society seem to say "get married" or work in retail- if you'll permit me to extend the metaphor. My best decision with respect to grad school was not continuing in physics. I am worried however, about not having time for my paramours. But I'm someone who cannot stand the idea of not being intellectually challenged at my job. So... I dunno.
>>>I would highly recommend going to a career fair just to see what's out there.
Will definitely be doing this in the coming weeks and months. Thank you again for your thoughts on this topic.
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Queen's cancer researchers recognized by American Association of Cancer Research
Jamaica Cass and Mulu Geletu will receive Minority Scholar Awards at the 2011 American Association of Cancer Research conference (AACR), the largest cancer conference in the world.
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Ms Cass has also been working with a computer system that can analyze 50 tissue sample slides at a time with the same accuracy as a person. Currently, pathologists require up to half a day to examine one tissue microarray slide.
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"@RobertKazinsky: I don't particularly like tweeting politics but Romney is such a slimy lying toolbag."
...I'm gonna say run with this.—
Nathan Fillion (@NathanFillion) October 17, 2012
Guess the "Firefly" star will be rooting for Obama next month. On the plus side, at least he didn't suggest that Romney is the destroyer of all mankind.
As several commenters have remarked, Fillion's Twitter bio reads: "It costs nothing to say something kind. Even less to shut up altogether." Perhaps he ought to consider following his own advice.
Fillion's "Firefly" co-star Adam Baldwin, an outspoken conservative, weighed in on his friend's Mitt-bashing tweet:
@jtLOL @NathanFillion @RobertKazinsky Can we agree that higher unemployment for women under Obama is of greater concern than #Julia memes?—
Adam Baldwin (@adamsbaldwin) October 17, 2012
Hear, hear!
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Adam Baldwin (@adamsbaldwin) October 17, 2012
Fillion's evidently feeling some residual heat from his Romney remarks. A day after his initial tweet, he said this:
Remind me, what is it called when someone hates you for having different beliefs?—
Nathan Fillion (@NathanFillion) October 18, 2012
It's called liberalism, Nathan.