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1 – Breakdowns 2nd Q 2010
Glenn Beck Program — June 30th, 2010
Minute 0: Says that since Kagan doesn't want to be labeled progressive, all progressives must be ashamed of themselves. Right.
Minute 1: 'Hello America- sometimes I think you and I are the only ones'. So, what? There's nobody in other countries? Try proper phrasing sometime.
Minute 1: Talking about how he doesn't understand things in the news, or why people did the things that they did. Somehow, that doesn't surprise me.
Minute 2: Says that after news, he's often left yelling at speaker or commentator. It seems most things leave him yelling.
Minute 4: Using a mock British accent with a foolish character talking about how he was in France when he had the carbon footprint explained to him. Xenophobe extraordinaire.
Minute 5: He keeps misspeaking and correcting himself while looking straight ahead. This guy's use of a teleprompter is painfully obvious. Obama's problems my ass.
Minute 6: Talking about Obama taking a long time to accept foreign aid for the spill. Guess who didn't use any aid at all for a national disaster: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Many_nations_offer_material_aid_to_hurricane_victims;_Bush_refuses_to_accept
Minute 7: Talking about EPA not yet having approved a large cleanup vessel that is potentially very helpful. Guess what — some food still being reviewed by the FDA might be yummy, but it could be poisonous too. This is why these things need to be reviewed.
Minute 9: Talking about how Obama is avoiding bank taxes by ending TARP early. Huh- somehow, I think that he would love this move were it under a conservative president. Seriously, I thought he liked the whole 'no tax' thing. Hypocrite.
Minute 10: Mow he's showing an old video where he calls TARP a useless slush fund. Again, he's defeating his own argument and exposing his own hypocrisy. This man is a walking paradox.
Minute 15: Talking about Obama's energy & climate legislation. He is baffled by a clear explanation. 'with a bill that makes clean energy the profitable kind of energy for America's businesses by putting a price on pollution'. Simple. You can profit with clean energy, because you'll be charged otherwise. I don't see the opportunity for confusion. But then again, Mr. Beck always finds something to be inexplicably confused about.
Minute 16: Talking about Eric Holder being in Afghanistan while we're uncovering Russian spies. Somehow, I think that an illegal war with thousands and thousands of deaths is slightly more important than a few alleged non-violent spies.
Minute 17: Talking about one of the spies, who happened to be Marxist and said that America was cruel, and compared jails to slavery and Arizona's law to Nazi legislation. Please. After all your Nazi comparisons, I hardly think you can call other people out on theirs.
Minute 18: Implies that Russians have already infiltrated policy-making circles. Just because liberals are smart doesn't mean that they're Russian.
Minute 20: Says that Obama wouldn't meet with Israel after flotilla, but would meet with Russia after spies. GUESS WHAT SMARTY — IT WAS ISRAEL THAT CANCELED THAT MEETING.
Minute 20: Says that he's used to Russians hating Americans. This anti-Russian thing seems to be a recurring theme with him.
Minute 25: Says that Kagan sends up enough red flags to have her own protest protest at the G-8/G-20. He'd say the same thing about anybody that supported Obama, so I really think we should take everything he says with a grain of salt.
Minute 25: Shows a clip of Kagan (when asked if she was progressive) saying that her politics must be different from her judging. Hm- I guess he wants all of the Supreme Court judges to be religious fanatics.
Minute 26: Talking about liberals not wanting to be known as liberals, instead as progressives. Progress is a good thing, idiot. That's why you'll rarely see any conservative progressives. By the way, remember earlier in the program when he did just the opposite and said that Kagan didn't want to be called progressive?
Minute 26: Implying that all rulings should be taken directly from the constitution. Do you have any idea how many special cases there are? If it were all up to the very old, very incomplete constituition, prison would be full of innocents, bad people would be free, not to even mention the smaller details.
Minute 26: Kagan hearings, questioner asks very pejoratively if the government can tell people what to eat every day. Kagan hesitates for a second before answering (he ends the clip before she answers), and Beck takes that to mean that she wants the government controlling everything we eat. That's some inspired genius right there.
Minute 28: He says that the health care bill can tell you what to eat. That's a lie, plain and simple.
Minute 29: Making a HUGE stretch to say that Kagan would ban books, and he doesn't want somebody who would ban books in the court. Really? Somehow I think that were he in power, he'd be tossing all the liberal stuff out the window. Just look at religion's colorful history in regards to banned books.
Minute 30: Says political speech should never and can never be banned. Actually, I think you're wrong. Look at all the racist/homophobic/xenophobic stuff you've said on your political show. I think it constitutes hate speech. Thus, if deemed illegal, your political speeches could be outlawed.
Minute 35: Criticizes congressman Pete Stark (my personal favorite congressman, by the way, because of his atheism) for asking a minuteman 'who he's going to kill today'. Beck seems to think that all illegals are drug lords and kidnappers.
Minute 37: Says that because we closed off 80 miles along the Arizona border, we're giving up our sovereignty. I have no idea how that makes sense. The area was simply closed to the public due to safety concerns — the whole 'giving it back to Mexico' thing is a blatant lie.
Minute 37: Says that hiring an illegal is modern day slavery. I'm not sure how that works.
Minute 40: Standing up and flailing his arms around. This is entertainment, pure and simple (Oh, and for the record — fair and balanced, my ass).
Minute 40: Now he's talking about how shameful it is for a congressman to mock his
constituent. Funny seeing how often he mocks his viewers.
Minute 43: He says that we deserve the terrible government that we have. Probably because of people like you. Also, it amuses me how these people constantly forget that their least favorite politicians were VOTED in by popular vote (and that their favorite wasn't). The sad ones are the minority.
Minute 54: Says that America is with the border patrol agents — he just showed multiple people decrying them. He really needs to understand that he and his viewers do not constitute an entire crazy little country.
Minute 54: Implying that socialists are against the police. As a socialist myself, I am extremely thankful to the police and would like them expanded. I think it's obvious that Beck and his supporters want the opposite. I'd also like to point out that the police are a socialized service.
Minute 55: He says that people don't distrust the government, they distrust the people in it. What's the difference? I'm also sure that's what the Teabaggers are crying when they march against 'big government'.
Minute 59: Again, airtime for his book! He can just never resist the opportunity to make a buck.
Glenn Beck Program — June 29th, 2010
Minute 0: Accuses the entire New York Times staff of being communists. The media only has a liberal bias, Glenn, because truth has a liberal bias as well.
Minute 1: Talks about the money that Canadian taxpayers are spending on the G-20 summit. Oh, so now Beck cares about Canada! And here I was thinking that he hated it, and its commie health care system.
Minute 2: He's showing a hand-drawn chart displaying various countries' GDP per capita. IT'S ERRONEOUS. You're full of crap Beck. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29_per_capita
Minute 7: Just listen to him, going on about the rich keeping their money. He never mentions the poor. He clearly doesn't care about the lower class.
Minute 8: 'America, I don't think you're stupid. But when a guy gets into a 'scissors' lift-' He repeats the term again at 10 minutes.
Minute 8: He's going to make a solemn swear — and he puts his left hand up to his right side. Oops.
Minute 9: Discussing a phony timeline that he's made, says 'before Christ'. You can't bring religion into news. This is entertainment, plain and simple. Religion is just another lie anyway.
Minute 12: 'This guy in Cambodia- this general area.' He's unable to pinpoint Cambodia on the globe — he's not even in the right region.
Minute 12: He's talking in a mock Russian accent now, clearly intending to be an 'evil' character. What's the purpose of this? Does he realize that the Cold War ended 20 years ago? Xenophobe.
Minute 14: Now he's talking about Obama wanting to stop drilling for oil. Beck says we should continue to drill, and keep it all for ourselves. Well, yeah, keeping it all four ourselves is the only way that we'll have enough to last a significant amount of time.
Note: There's a long break here in which Beck goes in circles, repeating points that he made before.
Minute 25: He's making an argument that government spending doesn't work — and, oh, he just lost his own argument. He demonstrates that after WWII, after all the big spending, everything was relatively fine. Unintentionally beating down his own argument, the fool.
Again with the circles. This is how he fills his time apart from lying.
Minute 44: Oh! What do you know. He's touting his new book in the middle of the show. This is a fiction book by the way. He's not even using it for excerpts, he's just giving it airtime.
Minute 45: Talking about the protests at the G-8/G-20 by people wanting to end capitalism. He calls them anarchists despite visual signs advocating communism and socialism. He also displays quotes calling these people servants of the community. Maybe that's why he doesn't like them.
Minute 46: He's referring to that story where Mao was on an ornament on the white house Xmas tree. No, Obama did not put that there — they got community groups to decorate the tree. But I'm sure Beck knows that.
Minute 52: Oop, now he's slandering the late Senator Robert Byrd. Leave it Beck to disparage the dead.
Minute 53: Talking about Byrd's former KKK affiliation (which he apologised for on multiple occasions). Really Glenn? Somehow I think that you would have been first in line behind him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0tgvWxC_6A
Minute 59: 'White people of America: Warning! you're going to learn stuff about our country that you didn't know, but you need to see it. African-Americans: I warn you — you're gonna find heroes, American heroes, that for some reason have been erased.' I like how he narrows the whole thing down to these two races. Any Korean or Spanish viewers can just forget about it.
4 Responses to '1 – Breakdowns 2nd Q 2010'
Please make more of these. Living in Russia I don't have the ability to watch Beck's show apart from Youtube clips(I guess I should count my blessings). I read your break-downs and became extremely curious as to how much time Beck spends waving his arms around and basically doing some kind of slap-stick. Serious political show my ass.
Thanks for posting my quote there. I have often been frustrated by the attempts of libertarians or conservatives who try to distort the meaning of the word capitalism as well as the concept of private and public in order to further their ends. Here are some of the many arguments I have encountered based on these lies:
1.(From Arguing with Idiots) The global crisis doesn't prove that capitalism failed(this is a strawman anyway), because there are lots of different systems in the world and they were all hit by the crisis. Beck tries to make it seem like America is capitalist(when he wants it to be), but other countries are not, and ergo crisis can't be blamed on capitalism. In reality the one country that doesn't really run on a capitalist system(and yet is still somewhat affected by it) is North Korea.
2. When you point out the horrors of American slavery, the Guilded Age, modern-day Russia, etc., libertarian types will "prove" that society wasn't/isn't capitalist because the government regulates X. In short, if there was a federal postal service, capitalism didn't exist, ergo you can't condemn Y society as capitalist.
3. Liberals and populists of every stripe have also been confused by this idea that there are different types of capitalism, including "nicer" or tamed types like the Keynesianism of the post-war era or the New Deal before that. The problem is thus- What happened to that nice, middle-class building capitalism? The point is that the ruling class still had enough resources and connections to ensure, in time, the gradual restoration of their unfettered existence. Strap them down with chains but they will always break free unless totally expropriated.
4. Folks on Beck's far right also sometimes try to pretend that there's some kind of difference between something called "free enterprise"(good) and (insert negative title here) capitalism(possibly bad). Well free enterprise isn't a different system, it's just a feature of capitalism.
The supreme irony of Beck of course is that he and his followers not only don't know anything about what they hate, but, as is the case with capitalism, the founding fathers, etc., they know virtually nothing about what they supposedly stand for.


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The midday line in the First Baptist Church parking lot was a sure sign the taste was worth the wait. Members of the Downtown Vidalia Association sliced, battered, and fried onion rings as fast as they could to keep up with the demand.
Another tent serves up brochures, t-shirts, and everything related to the Vidalia Onion Festival. The location has become a welcome wagon for visitors. DVA executive director Paula Toole said they see an average 2,000 people each year during the weekend.
"We let them know what they need, where different events will be held and when and how to get there and get them some onion rings," she said.
In addition, local farmers find their favorite spot along U.S. Highway 280 to park a truck loaded with tons of onion bags for sale.
Friday night's fun starts off with the opening ceremony, street dance.
For a complete schedule of events for the weekend, visit www.vidaliaonionfestival.com.
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Recently purchased by Corvette Forum member "WLDvette13″, this Arctic White C7 with the carbon fiber roof just does it for me. Because this Stingray has changed my mind about Arctic White C7s, it gets the nod for "Corvette of the Week".
Corvette's Interior Design Manager Ryan Vaughan recently took an Arctic White 2014 Corvette Stingray on a cross country trip from Michigan to Tampa, Florida. No, he didn't stop by the CorvetteBlogger Compound while in town, but he did upload some pictures of his journey online. Following a thread on Corvette Forum, we found that Ryan
Since the new Corvette Stingrays have hit the streets, we've actively been searching the 'net looking for examples of each of the 10 colors available. But since the C7′s introduction in January, one color has alluded us until now – Arctic White. Last weekend, one of the engineers from the Bowling Green Assembly Plant made


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Chocolate Crepes with Sautéed Bananas and Butter Pecan Ice Cream
Chocolate crepes:
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
1 1/4 cups milk
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Nonstick vegetable cooking spray
Sautéed banana filling:
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, such as Land O'Lakes
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup dark rum, such as Meyers's
6 large bananas, peeled and sliced on the diagonal about 1/4-inch thick
Rich chocolate sauce:
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened nonalkalized cocoa powder
2/3 cup evaporated milk
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pint butter pecan ice cream
Make the chocolate crepes:
1. In a food processor fitted with a metal blade, combine the flour, cocoa powder, sugar and salt and pulse to mix. Add the eggs, milk and melted butter and process for 30 seconds. Using a rubber spatula, scrape down the sides of the bowl and process for 15 seconds longer. Transfer the crepe batter to a medium bowl and let stand for 15 minutes.
2. Lightly spray an 8-inch crepe pan or small slope-sided frying pan with vegetable cooking spray. Place the pan over medium low heat and heat for about 30 seconds (a drop of water should sizzle on contact). Pour about 2 tablespoons of the crepe batter into the pan (a coffee measure is ideal). Quickly tilt the pan to coat the bottom evenly with the batter, and return to the heat. Cook the crepe until the bottom is set, 45 seconds to 1 minute. Using a wide spatula, flip the crepe over and cook until cooked through, about 30 seconds longer. Transfer the crepe to a plate. Repeat the cooking procedure with the remaining batter, stacking the cooked crepes between sheets of waxed paper.
Make the sautéed banana filling:
3. In a large heavy skillet, over low heat, combine the butter, brown sugar and rum, stirring to combine. When heated through, add the bananas and sauté gently, stirring occasionally until evenly golden, about 5 minutes. Let cool slightly.
Make the rich chocolate sauce:
4. In a 2-quart saucepan, stir together the sugar and cocoa. Stir in the evaporated milk; add the butter. Cook the mixture over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is smooth, about 3 to 5
minutes. Stir in the vanilla. Serve the sauce warm. (Store the leftover sauce, covered, in the refrigerator.
Assemble the desserts:
5. Place some of the warm banana filling on each of the crepes. Fold the crepes in a cone shape around the filling. Arrange two filled crepes on each dessert plate. Serve with a scoop of butter pecan ice cream and drizzled with chocolate sauce.
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More recent posts about Panama
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Youth Leadership
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11,339 feet of Inspiration
On April 19, 2010, 15 Peace Corps volunteers accompanied 6 teenagers from my community, Puerto Armuelles, on a hike of Volcan Baru. At 11,339 feet, this volcano towers above all other mountains in Panama and provides a unique view of both the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. This picture is from the start of our hike at 11:00 pm. After 7 grueling hours of Level E hiking we made it to the top just before sunrise where were were treated to clear sky towards both seas and a violent thundersto...
El Gigante y Hato Chime Tour Guide
During tech week in Hato Chami de la Comarca Ngobe-Bugle, a group of 5 volunteers set out each morning at 4:30 AM to hike the local summits. On one of our many sunrise morning hikes we were accompanied by a local inhabitant and his horse. Upon reaching the top our guide was insistent upon two things; one, taking a pictures with "El Gigante" (which is me) and having his current tenant ride the horse back into the village.
English Reading Time
This was perhaps the most surreal moment so far during my service and it happened at one of my good friend Scott Page's site in Embarcadero, Cocle. A group of 6 PCVs headed up to Embarcadero to build a water en-catchment system that would provide water year around and also install the first shower in the community. Upon arriving in the community in the local representante truck stuffed with supplies and PCVs we were greeted by all the community members rushing out to get a good look at the o...
Desfile de Navidad en Puerto Armuelles
I had the absolutely privilege of being Santo Claus in the 2009 Desfile de Navidad en Puerto Armuelles, Chiriqui. This event is perhaps one of the biggest throughout the year. For over a mile stretch the float threw out cookies and candies and children were constantly brought up to sit on my lap for a photo. "Santo Santo dame galletas!"
Walking In Someone Else Shoes
During a Project, Management and Leadership charla in a fellow PCV's site we decided to do a dinamica called "Walking In Someone Else Shoes." Each person takes off one shoe and puts it in a big bag and after everyone has done so, each participant takes a shoe out of the bag without looking and puts that shoe on. And then we all walk around in our new shoe. After a while we stop and ask everyone to comment on the exercise. And the thing that always comes out of it is that we all ...
Kids at Play
Two Ngobe-Bugle children at play.
Coconut Monster
The little kid next to me ate more coconut then anyone I have ever seen. He at least took down two and a half all by himself. And sense coconut meat and milk are natural laxatives....


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If y'all tagged in the tags then I, the tagger, have tagged you and you must do this tag. So says the rules of this tag that I have been ta—okay.
Rule 1 - Post the rules.
Rule 2 - Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post and then make 11 new ones.
Rule 3 - Tag 11 whatever people ya want and link them to your post.
Rule 4 - Let them know you have tagged them.
Rule 5 - Tell the person who tagged you.
Blacks and bright pastels which I realize is a bit of an oxymoron.
2. Write a little excerpt on one of the best moments of your life for me?
Hmm. I was hanging with Max Bemis once and I told him he was my Britney Spears and he was very appreciative and giggled at me
3. Por favor, write a haiku about the third closet object to you!
Those keys lie yonder
They glisten in the night sky.
They mock me tonight.
[haikus are 5-7-5 right!? Casey and I used to do make these and leave them in random places, I should know the format lol]
4. What's the most creative cuss/insult you've ever heard/read?
I wish I was clever enough to remember any of them haha.
5. What're your most-watched film?
In no particular order: Teen Witch, The Grinch, Coraline haha ohmygod too many.
6. What's one thing that never fails to give you the "heeby jeebies"?
Ermmmmmmmm. This one song they play on KCRW. I hate it haha
7. What do you do, usually, to get ready for school/a night out?
Obsess over what I'm going to wear because I hate everything and eventually settle on an event I guess is bearable, add some eyeliner and call it a day.
8. What do you remember about your first time being sick?
I don't remember my first time being sick haha
9. What's one story you find yourself telling your friends over and over again?
Lately it's been "Oh yeah I saw Against Me!!! when I was 16 with Green Day.
10. I'm having an infestation of spiders and ants at the moment. What insects do you have problems with?
ANTS holy fuck, ANTS EVERYWHERE.
11. Do you have any keepsakes, and if so, what are they?
Ohhhhh yes. I'm a collector of sorts.
(I dunno if you guys are gonna wanna do it, but you're welcome to do so and I'd really like it if you did? :3)
My first print with my new PoGo printer! I hope you don't mind being a tester Justine!
My first print with my new PoGo printer! I hope you don't mind being a tester Justine!
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Hannah Brown drew pictures of all of us today.
Dinner shenanigans from Elephant Bar earlier tonight with Tim and Nik!
Also, I am so creepy in this picture and I am loving every minute of it!
Nik and I all dolled up for Rocky Horror! Oh how we love costumery.
Fun fact: That dress was my prom dress.
-Photo by Tim-
May I introduce the newest Disney couple, Tim and Nik!!!
[This is why I should never [or always] be in charge of the Photo Pass card]


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Firstly, just in case you've forgotten what the standings look like:
The events of the last week have left the Wild in their worst position of the season so far. The team is 12th in the Western Conference, and is struggling to keep up in a neck-in-neck race with Phoenix, Calgary, Dallas and Colorado for the final play-off spot. While our form has deserted us, the teams around us are managing to pick up points here and there.
So i've done some analysis of our upcoming schedule, our rivals games this week and what we need to do to make the play-offs.
Standings Of Doom (via GerDevine)
Yeah, it's pretty depressing to look at. Phoenix and Calgary have got some breathing space and we're in a close battle with Dallas and Colorado. It's also worth noting that the red-hot Ducks are only 3 points behind us now.
Here's what I see as the run of games that will make or break our season:
Fixtures (via GerDevine)
Through the next 9 games, Winnipeg at home to Detroit away, we have to somehow make sure we're still in touching distance of 8th place. There are a lot of tough games in that run so every point will have to be fought for. Some smash-and-grab away wins in Dallas and Florida/St.Louis, and picking-up points at home against Winnipeg, San Jose and LA would be very helpful.
Then, if the team are still contenders by March 4th, we enter the 'Must-Win' stretch: Colorado (A), Colorado (H), Phoenix (A), Calgary (H) and Dallas (H). Coming out of that run of games with some W's could take a 10th/11th-placed team into the top 8.
The Wild making the play-offs is looking more and more unlikely, but it's still not impossible. This team has surprised us before, so you never know.
Here's some games that Wild fans might want to keep an eye on this week:
- Wed, Feb 15: Colorado vs Vancouver-10:00pm ET
Thu, Feb 16: Winnipeg vs Minnesota-08:00pm ET
- Thu, Feb 16: Calgary vs Dallas-08:30pm ET
- Thu, Feb 16: Phoenix vs LA-10:30pm ET
- Fri, Feb 17: Colorado vs Edmonton-09:30pm ET
Sat, Feb 18: Minnesota vs St.Louis-02:00pm ET
- Sat, Feb 18: Dallas vs Phoenix-08:00pm ET
- Sat, Feb 18: Calgary vs LA-10:00pm ET
Sun, Feb 19: Boston vs Minnesota-03:30pm ET
- Sun, Feb 19: Nashville vs Dallas-07:00pm ET
- Sun, Feb 19: Colorado vs Winnipeg-08:30pm ET


text: Okay, it is time to take the BTB's members pulse. This is a simple yes or no poll to get a feel for where your collective heads are at this point. Since everyone has already formed an opinion of this years' model of the Cowboys, the process should be short and sweet. Simply put; Do the Cowboys have the right stuff to make it into the playoffs? Or are the next three games the nails in the coffin of the 2009 season?


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Last week we shared a number of activities in which students at CCS can participate. We thought it was an impressive, if not overwhelming, list. And we are indeed pleased that the young people of our area have these opportunities. However, we think it is also important to keep in mind that these undertakings do have a cost associated with them. They are not free. In fact there are, no doubt, those who would say they do not come cheap.
In response to that comment, we decided we might once again take a look at how the cost of education, as well as the number of students, at CCS has changed over the past 10 years In 2001-02, the school had 1,272 students, the budget was $12,462,355 and the tax levy was $6,923,311.
In 2012-13, the school anticipates having 884 students, the proposed budget is $16,772,080 and the proposed tax levy is $10,702,711.
In 2001-02, property taxes comprised 55.6 percent of the school's revenue, state aid was 39.9 percent and 4.5 percent was listed as other.
In 2012-13, proposed property taxes would comprise 64 percent of the school's revenue, state aid would be 29 percent, while 7 percent would be other.
Thus, in this time frame, the number of students has declined 30.5 percent, the budget has gone up 34.1 percent and the tax levy has gone up 54.7 percent. Yet, according to the online inflation calculator, from 2001 to 2012, inflation has gone up only 28.5 percent.
In addition, it should be noted that for the 2001-02 budget, the school was able to transfer $250,000, or 2.5 percent of the budget,from the undesignated fund balance. For the 2012-13 budget, the school is proposing transferring $786,975, or 4.7 percent of the budget, from the undesignated fund balance.
It would seem that these changes in both the budget and the student population, as well as the school's proposed 2012-13 budget, present an opportunity for musing about why the school's finances are what they are.
For example, while discussing these numbers with a good friend, the conversation lead quickly to a number of questions. As a taxpayer, what is most troubling about these figures? Are the tax dollars being spent wisely? How long can this financial situation at the school continue? Will the situation improve or simplycontinue to deteriorate?
Can we afford more of the same? Should the school be spending upwards of $20,000 per student each year? Is it realistic to think, as do some residents of the district, that the school should spend whatever?
And while we think these are all good questions, they were but the beginning of our pondering on the issue of the cost of educations at CCS. We do know that one of the big problems with state aid for CCS is the fact that the district is considered to be a wealthy district. The total property value of the district is just over $1 billion, not an insubstantialsum. We have also learned that the income wealth of the district, which is taken from 2008, the most recent year for which there is data, is pegged at $183,000,109. We note this is a reduction from the 2007 total income of the district of $215,000,000, a fact which does make us wonder what the actual total income of the district is currently.
And while it would seem that, given the numbers, CCS is indeed a wealthy district.
However, that designation is somewhat problematic as there are a number of residents of the district who have owned their property for years who would not be able to purchase their property today. And the income wealth is certainly not distributed equally among district residents.
Therefore, there are a number of residents who are property rich but income poor. And they are indeed struggling to pay their school taxes, even though they may be eligible for the enhanced STAR program.
Beyond that, we have to wonder how the combination of high property values and high school taxes affect the ability for some young families with children to live in the district? Also, does the seemingly small number of year around rental properties figure into the decline in the student population?
We also are puzzled, given the fact that the proposed student population will decline from 937 this year to 884 next year, the overall school budget for the upcoming year is being reduced by less than $200,000. Somehow we thought, given not only the reduction in student population, but also the cut of 4.5 FTE faculty members, there might be a greater savings realized than there appears to be.
And finally, we wonder how it is possible to have had $714,976 to transfer from the reserve fund into the 2011-12 budget and to now have an additional $786,975 to transfer from that fund to the 2012-13 budget. We can but conclude that the process of estimating the school's income and spending simply must be way off the mark. Can we hope that going forward, the budget might be more realistic?
We must admit that we have no answers to these questions. In fact, we don't know if anyone does. But we do feel that the educational system that we have long known at CCS is changing. In light of the economic realities, it seems there is a definite trend toward sharing services with other districts. In the past we have seen sharing of participation in sports and it now seems the district is sharing a cafeteria manager with Milford. Also the district has purchased supplies through our BOCES. And now, as we learned at a recent school board meeting, the school's bread bid is going through the Binghamton BOCES.
And we suspect, given the economics, the concept of shared services will continue.
What we do not know is whether, by enacting the 2 percent property tax cap, the state is pushing smaller, rural schools into consolidation with neighboring districts. No doubt time will tell.
It seems we are indeed in uncertain times in terms of school funding. The state aid keeps dropping and property taxes keep rising. It is a turn of events which we do not like to see and which leaves all of us little choice but to stay as informed as possible on the issues as they develop. And there is little doubt we will have to deal with whatever lies ahead, hoping that it does not force even more people, especially those with children, from the area.
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Last week we shared a number of activities in which students at CCS can participate. We thought it was an impressive, if not overwhelming, list. And we are indeed pleased that the young people of our area have these opportunities. However, we think it is also important to keep in mind that these undertakings do have a cost associated with them. They are not free. In fact there are, no doubt, those who would say they do not come cheap.
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There's nothing more heartwarming than someone overcoming impossible odds and achieving the pinnacle of success. The last thing you want is for that story to fall apart. When it happens to an icon like Lance Armstrong it's even more difficult to accept. He is someone you'd want to admire since he was both a champion and a do-gooder. How does the public react when it all comes crashing down?Continued ...
Taking risks and getting out of my comfort zone
I never thought that I would be trapped in so many whirlwinds of stressful thoughts about where I'm taking my life. There are so many different options to choose from, and so many decisions that have to be made. I feel like I am falling into an endless pit, awaiting my final decision that will inevitably lead me into the unknown that is my future.Continued ...
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Hej! My name is Max Ofer, and I am in Denmark through the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. I live in a small town called Hjallerup, consisting of 3000 people, in the northern part of Jutland, the main peninsula of Denmark.Continued ...
Local Voices From Around The Globe: Settling in and having a smooth transition
Oi! I'm spending my junior year as a Rotary Exchange student in Brazil.Continued ...
Teen Talk: Getting working experience has had its bumps in the road
Stepping into the working world has proven to be a lot harder than I thought it would be.Continued ...
Getting to attend a journalism and media conference
What has social media got to do with journalism? Why does the media focus on the topics it does, and how does that shape public opinion?Continued ...
Local Voice From Around the Globe:Thinking, 'How can this be?' all over again
I have at last bid farewell to India, and come home. However, the thread of my story did not stop at the departure gate, but continues on uninhibited, having only changed course.Continued ...
There is good, there is bad and then there is high school
Looking back at all my endeavors since freshmen year in high school, I realize that life moves on in a blink of an eye.Continued ...
Getting to know a man called 'Ee-yah'
Hughie Jennings died in 1928, but I feel like I know him well.Continued ...
Local Voice From Around the Globe: Keeping Thai while re-entering America
As I've begun my American life again, spending time with friends, holding up a job, etc, I've been able to stay above the tide of reverse culture shock and the sort of post-exchange despair that is common at this time for exchange students by meditating on some Thai-inspired thoughts.Continued ...
A new kind of racing is turning a dream into reality
There are really no words to describe getting on a race horse, getting behind the starting gate and taking off full speed at a trot. All I can say is it is a bumpy ride that gets the cheeks bouncing and your helmet pushing back in the wind.Continued ...
Fight to keep chicken alive has taken several attempts
I agree with the narrator of Robert Frost's poem "Mending Wall" that good fences make good neighbors - most of the time.Continued ...
'Read My Lips' may not be a memoir for everyone
Sometimes an actor or actress can be defined by a singular performance. Everyone remembers Vivian Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind," but most people would be hard pressed to name any of her other films (I can name one, "Caesar & Cleopatra," only because I saw it for a class in college).Continued ...
Local Voices From Around the Globe: It's been a year of inexplicable joy, struggle, hilarity and triumph
Recently I went with my host mother to travel through a central province of Thailand called Kanchanaburi. Here, I was able to sit among and pet sleeping tigers at a temple that serves as a tiger reserve/zoo.Continued ...
Attack on Sacket's Harbor
Sacket's Harbor, near the beginning of the St. Lawrence River from Lake Ontario, was the principal American naval base on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812.Continued ...
Once again, hope springs eternal ...
We are happy to report that although Mother Nature did her best to thwart the annual Upper Pioneer Street Block Party, she was not successful.Continued ...
Local performs costumed recitations of Casey at the Bat
Since 1996, I have had the privilege of doing costumed recitations of Casey at the Bat as part of my job at the Baseball Hall of Fame. I've performed the poem an estimated 2,000 times in 22 states, at ballparks, conferences, classrooms, Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies, weddings and other events.Continued ...
E-readers come in handy when traveling
I recently took a trip to California and it was the perfect time to make use of my e-reader. While I'm still devoted to actual books, I must admit that traveling with a thin, lightweight computerized device beats dragging along one or two bulky hard copy titles. The only issue is finding the right e-books to take on the airplaneContinued ...
Local Voices From Around the Globe: Arriving at the last bend in the River
The month of May is the height of the summer in India, a time best spent indoors with a good book and a sliced mango for company.Continued ...
Cooperstown election and law
On Tuesday the 18th inst. [May], the following persons were elected officers for this village for the ensuing year: --Continued ...
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Sunday, September 21, 2008 by Mary Scherpe
Even more pics of my trip to NY on my personal Flickr, some stories on my personal blog.
i wonder which other games those girls play…
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Where to start on this one? Russ Brandon has decided that the Bills will play their home game against the Jets in their all white road uniforms. Not long after that, a player suggested that all Bills fans wear white to the game to make it a whiteout. And while I believe that they have good intentions, and that it is just a uniform, I have an issue with this. My biggest problem with this is that it seems like someone is trying artificially and manually tinker with the crowd and it feels like we are being put into a mold, a box, that we don't fit in. This is not Kansas. We are not the Chiefs. Why not let us be Buffalo? That is who we are right?? It just seems fake and forced to me. The Chiefs have their own tradition. Let us have our own.
My next biggest problem with this is the weirdness factor. To me it would kind of be equivalent to one of us going to work and coming home to find out that our entire house has been rearranged---and without good reason for it too. Football players are creatures of habit. We have gotten into a habit of playing in our home jerseys at the Ralph.
Now you may say that the Bills are trying to create something new and get into the playoffs for the first time in over a decade. Why not change it up right? I disagree with this. My question is why does it need to be changed and why do we have to try to artificially try to create a tradition. The Bills have been in Buffalo for 50 years. That is more than long enough for us to have come up with a tradition and we are already currently creating a new tradition---winning. From what I can tell from the outside looking in, the current tradition is be yourself, make some noise, and stick with this team no matter what. Basically, I want Buffalo to be Buffalo and not someone else. And I want the team and the fans to have the same routine that we have had so far. Let us be ourselves. Russ Brandon, we're not in Kansas anymore.


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Arsenal's solid undefeated run to open the season will continue on for at least one more week. They went down in the first half against Manchester City, but performed well in the second half and grabbed a deserved equalizer at the Ethiad Stadium. Laurent Koscielny scored the Gunners' goal on a corner kick, securing a 1-1 draw.
In the first half, Arsenal had more of the possession and a few clear chances, but failed to make the most of them. In the 13th minute, Keiran Gibbs played ball towards the back post and Lukas Podolski that looked like it caught him between two minds, as it never got too close to either. Gervinho ruined Arsenal's best chance a few minutes later, taking an awful first touch on a great through ball by Aaron Ramsey. It was the first of many squandered chances by Gervinho, who had a poor afternoon.
The first 20 minutes belonged to Arsenal, but Manchester City began to assert themselves and take a bit more control of the game over the next 25. A nice five-minute spell of sustained pressure paid off for City in the 40th minute, when they won a corner kick that led to their only goal. Joleon Lescott scored it with a header after finding a hole between defenders, and Vito Mannone was late to react.
City replaced Scott Sinclair with Jack Rodwell at the half and it was unclear if the switch was fitness-related, tactical, or both. They looked like the better side to start the half, but also looked very content to sit on their lead, which Arsenal eventually took advantage of. The final 20 minutes was all Gunners, and City were lucky to not concede more than once. Arsenal brought Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott off the bench, and the Gunners looked more lively after they came on.
In the 81st minute, Santi Cazorla forced an absolutely brilliant save from Joe Hart with a stinging shot from outside of the penalty area. Unfortunately for City, they couldn't deal with the ensuing corner. After the Gunners' initial effort was blocked, Koscielny jumped on the rebound and scored from close range to equalize.
The final minutes were hectic, with both teams generating chances to win the game. Sergio Aguero missed a good chance in the 85th minute following a save by Mannone on Vincent Kompany. In stoppage time, Gervinho had a brilliant chance to score a famous winner for Arsenal, but sent his shot a mile over the crossbar.


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Wisconsin saw the fewest traffic deaths during any November in the last 67 years, according to preliminary statistics from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT).
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Traffic fatalities last month were 16 fewer than November 2011 and 13 fewer than the five-year average for the month of November.Four people died in crashes during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period from 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21, to midnight Sunday, Nov. 25.
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I'm not dead yet. I'm still here. Just a little off-center this week as personal matters have taken priority over blogging matters. This whole week has been a bit discombobulating and next week won't be a lot better and as such my brain is in a scramble as to what to write about. Let's start with a reminder: On Monday, March 16th the illustrious
Boudu Rick Olson of Coosa Creek Cinema will be hosting the 3rd featured film of the The Oldest Established Really Important Film Club, known around these parts as TOERIFC. Rick will be putting up a piece on Jean Renoir's Boudu Saved from Drowning. If you know it well or have just watched it please join in the discussion. But a reminder, these discussions delve into the details of the film in question so please make sure it's either a recent viewing or a film known very well to you if you choose to join in. I'll give Boudu another look before Monday and can hardly wait to read Rick's piece.
Reminders aside I've spent some time in the last week catching up on movies from the last couple of years that I didn't get around to upon their release. One from fairly recently was Wall-E and if you've read anything I've written on CGI movies before you'll probably not be too surprised by my reaction which was tepid. However, I can say this: It's probably the best CGI movie I've seen, I didn't dislike it, and most importantly, it helped me to finally figure out what I can't stand about CGI movies, and it has nothing to do with the CGI part of it (except in live-action movies where the CGI is usually a lazy way to produce filler). It's the goddamned anthropomorphized characters! That's what I hate! Why did this movie finally reveal that to me and none of the others did? Because I love science fiction that's why! I kept thinking if only this were live-action and the robots were simply that, robots, used to collect samples and the Captain and/or a couple of other people on the starship Axiom were the real main characters investigating what Earth was all about and slowly discovering to their horror that it was all lost - Now THAT'S A MOVIE I COULD GET BEHIND! But instead I got lot's of cute back and forth between two fluffy floppy eared bunnies named Wall-E and E.V.E. in the guise of robots for an hour and a half and an ending far, far, FAR too easy for a story with this one's implications. And once again I was left concluding that either the state of film criticism in this country is at an all-time low or maybe this is as good as it gets. I mean, if this thing was coming in near the top of lists at the end of the year then I can only conclude standards are pretty low. It's fine, done well and I don't hate it. But it could have, and should have, been so much more.
Speaking of science fiction another movie I saw was Danny Boyle's Sunshine which left me tremendously disappointed. I can say with little doubt that I have rarely been so annoyed at a director's visual choices as I was with the last 15 minutes of Sunshine. There has been much talk of a genre shift in the last act of the movie but a genre shift can be an invigorating thing when done well. No, what people didn't discuss enough of was that there was a stylistic shift and that's what made the difference. We've all seen films that go from comedy to drama and back again, or a thriller that ends up a romance and so on. A genre shift is not a bad thing. What Danny Boyle does that is unforgivable at the end of Sunshine is a stylistic shift, and that's not a good thing. It's incompetent. Like doing two-thirds of a painting expressionist and then doing the last corner as an abstract. In the last act we shift from general third person setups where the camera centers its characters and frames the action in an unobtrusive way, over the shoulder, two shots, etc to herky jerky bizarro POV shots where we are told who the killer/monster is - that's important, we are told who it is - and yet Boyle hides his face and figure from us. Remember now, WE KNOW WHO IT IS!!! There is no reason to hide his face unless for some reason you are an incompetent buffoon behind the camera who doesn't understand even the simplest notions of third act payoffs. I suspect of course that Boyle is no incompetent buffoon which makes his blurred visual shift in the last act even more confusing. Upon reflection I believe Boyle knew the screenplay took a nose dive near the end and by providing jarring and confusing imagery the audience might be distracted. And on a personal level, I don't like pretty boys playing physicists. It tears down the fourth wall for me.
Finally, by way of sci-fi/monster movies I saw Cloverfield and finally came away satisfied. Not absolutely and completely but enough to call it even and walk away with some sense of accomplishment. I didn't feel the extended opening party sequence added a whole hell of a lot to the movie (the same character relations and connections could have been made in half the time) but nevertheless, the pace was quick, the creature unexplained and the characters kept the movie alive. They didn't interest me on any personal level but they felt real enough to keep me going with it. In the end, I don't know if or when I'll watch it again (it feels like a movie that may be more effective if seen only once - that make any sense to anybody?) but I thought it was good and probably the best monster movie I've seen in years.
And then, lots of personal stuff happened that has kept me from blogging but I am writing. What, I don't know but I'm writing. I don't know how much of it is about movies, but it's therapeutic and I'll force it all on you sometime next week. And one final note: Name that Movie will be taking the week off. TOERIFC discussions usually occupy the whole day, at least for the first two (No pressure or anything Rick) so I don't want to interfere with that. As a TOERIFC founding member and supporter I must stick to my policy of no posts on discussion day, except a reminder post letting everyone know where I'll be and what the discussion is all about: Boudu Saved from Drowning at the Creek. Be there!


text: . Let's get realLeftwich has to have a perfect team to be decent and we are far from that. Batch is a much better game manager who can overcome some if the idiotic coaching decisions that come up. He can make any throw under pressure, knows when to get rid if the ball and can Excel at the short touch game and hit the long ball in stride. I'm not sure what games recently the Leftwich leftover lovers are watching but a 65 year old Charlie Batch is better than a young Leftover ant day. In fact Batch is more mobile than Leftwich and is one if if not the most experienced backup in the league. He is our best hope not Leftwich. Why they let Hereof Johnson go I don't know as they knew they needed to start grooming a younger option. Be had all the physical gifts just needed some grooming. Look I'll be the 1st to admit if Leftwich gets us to the playoffs and we win with him. His wind up is way too long for todays speed and he's never been a soft touch passer in this new style quick release offense if Haleys. Batch is the hometown guy who has more to prove and lose than the well traveled and passed over Leftwich. Batch has more vested in the Steelers tradition than Byron. Hopefully Ben will be back soon and will st least not feel the pressure of playing vs welcoming his new child into the world. Get better soon Ben as this is the last tt you'll see a lot of players around that we've come to know and love. There are new players to welcome in. For the old gang it the last put up it retire season they got to get number 7.


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– Independent wrestler John Zandig turns 42 years old today.
– There are no pro wrestling shows listed for ESPN Classic today.
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– Steve Austin announced he would be interviewing Shawn Michaels for his podcast.
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Striving to become a better reflection of its community
The Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Authority today released a list of the programs recently developed and put in place to better reflect the community and people it serves. All programs and services benefit our customers or the community at large.
Please refer to the list below and attached backgrounder to find out more about Ottawa International Airport community programs.
-Programs for Families (Aeropark, baby car seats, mother's room, colouring books)
-Charitable Giving Program (allowing local charities to collect funds from travellers)
-Education Program (Airport tours)
-Community Promotions (partnerships with community events, festivals)
-Terminal Entertainment (Musicians, artwork program)
-Customer Service (Infoguides answer 10,000 inquiries monthly; free boosting service, Anxiety program)
Ottawa Airport Authority takes an active role in two regional, community-oriented committees to promote harmony between the Airport and the community it serves in development and economic matters.
The OMCIAA/Regional/Municipal Planning and Economic Development Liaison Committee's main objectives are to encourage participation in the development of the Airport's services and facilities and ensure the safe and efficient operation of the airport.
The Noise Management Committee was established to provide a forum for the exchange of information regarding the impact of aircraft noise on residential communities surrounding the airport.
Members of the media finding interesting "human interest" stories among the programs listed above, and described in the attached backgrounder, are invited to contact Laurent Benoit, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, (613) 248-2050.
Ottawa International Airport - A Community Partner BACKGROUNDER
Programs for families
In 1999, Ottawa International became the only airport in Canada to make children's car seats available for families arriving at the Airport and requiring taxi transportation.
Also in 1999, a special, brightly decorated Mother's Room opened up for families seeking privacy and a quiet place for breastfeeding. Located in the domestic and international hold-room, the room is equipped with a change table, a rocking chairs and children's books.
Aeropark, a child's play area located in the airport's highest traffic area, is equipped with a flight control tower, spring airplanes and activity center.
A popular item with travelling families, a kids Airport colouring book is distributed by Airport staff, Infoguides and Commissionaires. A total of 9,000 books were distributed in 1999.
Charitable Giving Program
The Authority now loans space in three prominent areas of the terminal for use by local charitable organizations to mount collection displays. This enables charities, including CHEO and the Heart and Stroke Foundation to collect an average of more than $1,000 a month.
Educational Program
Each year, more than 300 students of all ages tour the Airport. In partnership with the National Aviation Museum, an innovative and educational program has been created - An Airport to Discover! The young people are invited to explore behind-the-scenes at this vast and technologically advanced facility through a series of visits, demonstrations and interactive workshops. The program is given by expert educators of the museum and has been developed with participation in mind.
As well, we have partnerships with colleges such as the Algonquin Careers Academy and La Cité collégiale where we provide a detailed airport tour for future industry employees (travel agents, airline employees etc) and provide them with important facts that a passenger should know when travelling through the airport. (I.e. Different parking options, allow enough check-in time)
Terminal entertainment
On selected days, musicians entertain travellers and greeters in the main concession area. This program was launched in 1999 in collaboration with the Music Performance Trust Fund. Another new program features performances by children from the Whitham School for the Performing Arts, l'École secondaire de la Salle and Canterbury High School.
As part of the Community Art Work Program, local artists can showcase their paintings for periods of three month before a very captive audience in the domestic departure hold-room. Bookings are based on a first-come, first-served basis and are reserved well into the year 2001.
Customer Service Program
The Infoguide helpdesk open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. answers more than 10,000 questions every month from travellers seeking general airport information. The Infoguide team comprises more than 52 volunteers, most of who are retired.
Airport Boost for Ottawa Winters, starting in 1999, passengers who arrive home from a trip in the dead of winter only to find they can't start their car can get a free boost in all airport parking lots. Passengers can borrow a portable boosting pack to get their car going, or they can call on a commissionaire to assist with the procedure.
The airport also has in place an airport anxiety program by assisting passengers with anxieties, preparing them for upcoming trips. A walk through the terminal with these passengers and providing them with information on what to expect the day they travel brings some level of comfort to them. The walkabout is done at a slow pace to give the person time to adjust to the environment and is often spread over the course of several visits.
Promoting events/Welcoming travellers
Organisers of festivals and community events now have free access to a variety of promotional media aimed at arriving visitors and regular travellers. These include indoor/outdoor banners, posters, brochures, festival displays, and an LED message board. As well, a large mobile greeting kiosk has been made available to conferences, associations, sports events, and any organisations welcoming people at the Airport.
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October 31, 2011
Elliott: Triple-Play Plus Fishing
It's been about one month since the Hunt of a Lifetime and Elliot is still excited.
"I was just talking to my buddy, William. He was excited to hear about it. He is spreading the word, too, about this," Elliot says, sitting in the living room with his mother on this day when school is off for teacher meetings. "I will be 13 in January. I am a sixth grader and proud of it, too."
Elliot also is proud to recite the names of the volunteers who helped him prepare and enjoy the hunt event. "It was a big deal for me and it was exciting."
As part of the process to prepare for his first hunt, Elliot registered for a local hunter safety course. "I enjoyed every minute of it and every minute of every day leading up to the Hunt of a Lifetime."
While Elliot is a skilled conversationalist with an optimistic view on life, he did admit his usual flowing commentary stopped when he arrived at the Rands' impressive cabin that was his to call home for three days.
"I was speechless for 10 minutes," Elliot says. His mother and DNR Conservation Warden Jeremy Peery, are quick to challenge the time without an Elliot commentary, and he relents but emphasizes how impressed he was to find the cabin "completely accessible" and so easy for him to maneuver.
He didn't waste much time settling in and headed for target practice with the new sip and puff firearm. "I nailed it," he says of the target.
He also nailed a 10-point buck hours later — with about two minutes left of the legal hunting day. A photo of the deer, and Elliot with his father and grandfather, is one of his prize possessions from the event.
The deer head is being mounted, Elliot says. But it won't be going in the family's living room to join the other deer mounts from his father. Why? "Because it's bigger than his," Elliot says with a big smile. "So it's going in my bedroom."
The harvested buck was just the first day and hours after his arrival.
Up by 6 a.m. the next day and after a quick call to his mom, Elliot and company were out the door on a bear hunt with Peery, Rands and a group of volunteer hunters with their hounds. That outing ended with Elliot harvesting a 150-pound bear which is on its way to becoming a bear rug.
Back to the cabin for food and it was back to the woods when Elliot got a doe.
"They called it a triple-play," he says of his three successful hunts in about 24 hours. "The other kid, Ryan, did it, too."
Two children are selected to participate in each Hunt of a Lifetime. Ryan, a boy from Cumberland, was Elliot's hunting partner for this event.
The animals harvested by Elliot are off to processing and will return to Elliot's home for a lot of dinners and lunches.
An evening banquet on the last night at the cabin was attended by the families, volunteers and even some youths who hunted in past events. "It was a good old time and I had a blast."
How did Elliot celebrate? Fishing the next day before coming home.
Elliot and his mother, Amanda, have no hesitation in urging other kids to get in on the event.
"Most people will describe me as a nice person – and that I'm in a wheelchair. Not all CP people are in a wheelchair," Elliot says, adding that didn't stop him from going on a Hunt of a Lifetime.
He would enjoy more hunting, but "the equipment is expensive and we can't afford it."
Elliot stops and looks toward his mother and says he wasn't insulting her. She smiles and says she understands. For Amanda, who grew up in a hunting family, she had no fears encouraging Elliot to participate in a hunting event. The emphasis was on safety and the boys always had skilled volunteers – like Warden Peery – by their sides.
For Amanda, it was Elliot's chance to be with a lot of good people and make new friends that sold her.
"The hunt itself is great. But being able to meet other people, having Elliot meet people and make friends – and knowing there was another boy in a wheelchair who would be there – that's what makes a big difference," Amanda Ewer says. "Rusk County isn't big. But it's amazing how many people put so much into this – and to be able to meet those great people.
"This was a big deal – being able to make friends," she says. "And, yes, we can't afford the equipment to allow Elliot to have such an awesome experience."
Elliot says he hopes other kids like him would go.
"If you get a chance, go on this hunt. They make is accessible for you. They make it as fun as possible. I didn't feel any fear of anything," Elliot says, adding he'd tell that to any other child in the same health situation as his. "I think it, the Hunt of a Lifetime, would help them feel more confident and, yes, raise their self-esteem. I am ready to take on just about anything."
Besides all the fun, what did he learn specifically from the host – Bill Rands?
"He told me: 'Keep your head up and keep smiling.' And that's what I do every day. I've been like that my whole life."
– Joanne M. Haas, Bureau of Law Enforcement, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
For more information on this opportunity:
Joanne M. Haas
Bureau of Law Enforcement
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
RE: Hunt of a Lifetime
101 S. Webster
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7921


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Florida Gators, Miami Hurricanes have discussed resurrecting rivalry
- 9:32 pm Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 by Matt Porter
A year ago it seemed the Gators-Hurricanes rivalry series had met its end. But key figures on opposite sides of have talked about giving it new life.
UM Athletic Director Blake James told the Post he spoke with his UF counterpart, Jeremy Foley, about resurrecting the rivalry once again.
FAU, FIU 'same thing,' Miami Hurricanes quarterback says
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It's just a fact of life and some South Florida football fans will never pay attention to Florida Atlantic and Florida International.
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text: September 20, 2013 9:24 PM EDT — While the immigration debate rages on in the country, one small area along the border has fostered a unique relationship that began decades ago. Hundreds of U.S. citizens living in Mexico cross the border every morning to attend public school. The Fold's Gabe Silverman takes us to Columbus, N.M. to explain. (The Washington Post)


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A wreck involving a car hauler on Interstate 10 near Caryville left a local wrecker service scrambling to clean up the mess.
White's Wrecker of Panama City had to find a way to remove the vehicles from the carrier, before pulling it out of the wooded area it had crashed into.
The Florida Highway Patrol is working the accident. No report is available at this time.


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Woman, dog badly injured after stray pit bull attacks in Chandler neighborhood
CHANDLER, AZ - A Chandler woman is recovering after she was attacked last week while taking her dog for a walk.
Carole Kaufman said a pit bull grabbed her dog Daisy's neck while they were out on a walk, and when Kaufman intervened to protect her 6-year-old terrier mix, the pit bull snapped at her hand.
"It just came tearing straight across and ran right at us," Kaufman described of the attack.
Daisy was bitten in the throat and hindquarters. Kaufman said her dog may also have suffered damage to her trachea.
"I tried shoving my hand in the dog's mouth to try to pry open the dog's teeth," she said. Eventually neighbors stepped in and pulled the dog away.
The pit bull remained quarantined at Maricopa County Animal Care and Control Monday night as an owner has yet to come forward. Because the dog is a stray, MCACC said the dog will remain on a 10-day hold before possibly being put down.
Kaufman is in bandages after suffering a bite to the hand, but she's expected to be OK. Mostly, she tells us, she's angry the attack even happened.
"I'm angry that someone left their dog out," she said. "I think the owner is responsible."


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I had barely exited my car one day last week, when halfway across the street my nose collided with the most intense, heavenly, robust and mouth-watering aromas — I wasn't sure if it was simmering spaghetti sauce or toasting pizza pies, but it was definitely Italian. All I knew was I was pretty darn happy to be headed in the right direction!
Since Luiggi's Pizzeria is marking its 60th anniversary this month, I was actually there to meet up with Kelley St. Hilaire, one of six partners who now own the downtown mainstay. Still located after all these years at 63 Sabattus St., the plan was to talk about all things pizza.
And all things spaghetti.
And of course — all things Fergy. More on that infamous Luiggi's Fergy in a moment.
Having just celebrated their own one-year anniversary, the new crew (consisting of St. Hilaire and her husband, Dennis; Marc and LuAnn Frennette, and Earl and Angie St. Hilaire, owners of the Blue Goose Tavern next door, which will soon celebrate its 80th anniversary) has continued the Luiggi's tradition of dishing up enormous quantities of spaghetti and boxing up pizzas at the Italian restaurant, first started by Luiggi Talarico in 1953.
The owners have been sensitive to the history of Luiggi's physical space, knowing that many generations of memories have been made at the small restaurant located at the intersection of Sabattus and Horton streets. "We wanted to keep it as it is. We didn't want to change the feel," St. Hilaire said
The owners have added very few new items to the menu, and have been very intentional about sticking to the tried-and-true for most menu items. "Contrary to popular belief, we haven't changed any of the recipes!" St. Hilaire said. Their highly guarded spaghetti sauce recipe, she said, "has never been changed . . . Ever!" Perhaps their most noteworthy addition has been to begin offering beer and wine.
In charge of making their zesty Italian sauce is 31-year veteran employee Terry Roy. St. Hilaire referred to Roy as the "spice lady" — and although the spice-to-other-ingredient ratios are indeed safely written down on paper as a backup, she said Roy whips up the recipe by heart several times a week. She's been doing it the same way all those years, St. Hilaire said, adding, "And the recipe will never change!"
The most quirky and unique thing about Luiggi's Pizzeria? All their pizzas (made with Luiggi's handmade pizza dough) come with meat on them — even the cheese pizza!
Lovingly dubbed "mystery meat" by Luiggi's fans, St. Hilaire shed some light by saying it is ham luncheon meat. She admitted not knowing why the restaurant first began putting meat on their cheese pizzas, but that is why the wait staff will often inquire if you want your cheese pizza "meatless"; if you don't specify, meat you'll get.
The most dramatic change the new owners have made to the menu, St. Hilaire said, was based on customer feedback — the simple addition of meat in their lasagna. The meatless version is still available for catered events, she said, but is no longer on their regular menu, since the meat version has become much more popular.
Which brings us to Luiggi's homemade meatballs. Since spaghetti with meatballs is a high-demand menu item (close in popularity to the Fergy sandwich), I wondered how many meatballs the crew at Luiggi's makes each week. A lot, it turns out. St. Hilaire estimates about 1,200 a week. The six I brought home, smothered in sauce, were scrumpdillyicious and ample enough for two evening's dinners (four servings total).
And what about the Fergy? As the story goes, this locally renowned sandwich — the recipe for which St. Hilaire offered up to readers — was actually a special concoction requested by an early Luiggi's customer, Sgt. Arthur R. Ferguson, a Lewiston police officer who died in 1986. The sandwich caught on, became very popular and — incorporating Ferguson's nickname — became known as the Fergy special.
Since the sandwich is relatively easy to make, we should actually refer to the recipe as "directions" — and St. Hilaire laughingly said the directions are extremely simple to follow, but she likes to issue a disclaimer: For some inexplicable reason, the homemade version just might not taste as fabulous as the restaurant's, she says. Luiggi's offers up the Fergy in your choice of ham, turkey, tuna or chicken salad.
The Luiggi's menu is quite comprehensive for a pizza place and includes several salad choices, dinner plates such as chicken or eggplant parmesan, calzones and several appetizer choices. The prices for most menu items range between $2.50 and $10. There is both street parking and a small parking lot located immediately behind the building.
With a year behind her, St. Hilaire is now looking forward to two things: A joint anniversary celebration in October with the Blue Goose and the grand opening — sometime in 2014 — of the restaurant's second location at the site of the former Graziano's restaurant in Lisbon.
The famous Luiggi's Fergy
2 slices Italian bread
6 to 10 pieces of chopped onion
1 slice of ham
American cheese
2 to 3 slices of tomato
Spread mayonnaise on one both slices of Italian bread. Top one slice with the following: Onion, ham, cheese, tomato and lettuce. Top with desired salt/pepper and the other slice of bread. Voila!!
Luiggi's meatball sliders
Several cooked meatballs
Shredded cheese (they recommend a provolone/mozzarella mix)
Spaghetti or pizza sauce (not needed if meatballs were already cooked in sauce)
Raw pizza dough
Place meatball on top of a small amount of flattened pizza dough (enough to encase the meatball). Top with 1 to 2 tablespoons of shredded cheese. Add 2 tablespoons of spaghetti or pizza sauce if necessary. Wrap the pizza dough all around the meatball and seal dough where needed. Place on a greased baking dish or pan and bake following the directions that came with the pizza dough, or in a 425-degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes. Serve with a side of heated spaghetti sauce for dipping.
Memere's whoopie pies
Kelley St. Hilaire's grandmother, Christine Ducharme, recently fell ill and passed away. In her honor, St. Hilaire wanted to share Ducharme's recipe for whoopie pies, which she considers to be "the best whoopie pies you'll ever eat!"
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 egg yolks
5 tablespoons cocoa
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup milk
Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl with a mixer until completely mixed, about 2 minutes. On a cookie sheet, place large spoonfuls of mixture leaving about 2 inches between each spoonful. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Once baked, place whoopie pie cakes on a rack to cool.
1/2 cup shortening
5 cups powdered sugar (or until desired thickness)
2 egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl, mixing until smooth. When cakes are cool, frost one cake with desired amount of filling and top with a second cake to make a sandwich.


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Pheromone Parties: Using Dirty Laundry to Make Love Matches
The Premise: If You Like the Smell of Someone's Dirty Laundry, It Means You're Attracted to Them
When Don Henley sang about how people love dirty laundry, there's no way he could have had this in mind: the newest trend in the dating world is pheromone parties, where participants bring bags of their own dirty laundry in the hopes that a potential love match will be turned on by their personal scents.
Read: Sex Appeal May Be Tied To Smell
And no, there's no hidden explanation that will somehow make this seem like a less gross idea. The pheromone parties unfold as attendees are told to bring with them a freezer bag full of their unlaundered clothing. The bags are numbered and placed around the room, where guests are asked to sniff them.
When someone finds a bag he or she likes, the person holds the bag up, has a photo snapped and the photo is then displayed on a big screen. The owner of the bag then has to come forward to meet the person who has been wooed by smelly socks and soup-stained shirts.
The parties are being held mostly in New York and Los Angeles so far, and, crazy as the idea sounds, there is some science behind it, sort of.
Read: The Worst Internet Dating Stories Of All Time
"Humans can pick up this incredibly small chemical difference with their noses," Martha McClintock, founder of the Institute for Mind and Biology at the University of Chicago, told the Associated Press. "It is like an initial screen."
McClintock and her co-workers conducted a study, for example, in which people were asked to sniff worn t-shirts, and the results revealed that people do have preferences for certain odors, usually ones that have different genetic lineups than their own, but not too different.
Read: FAIL: Dial Men's Soap Does NOT Work to Attract Women
"I think it's probably a bit more pseudoscience," said 25-year-old neuroscience graduate student Konstantin Bakhurin, who attended one of the parties. "I just kind of came here for kicks to see what would happen."
Said Judith Prays, who has organized pheromone parties for her friends in New York, "Animals have babies and they move on, and that's what the pheromone party is. The most successful thing about it is it opens up conversation."
Watch AOL's video report on the pheromone party trend:


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CD/LP/Track Review
- The Basilisk by Raul d'Gama Rose
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The Basilisk
Self Produced
Track Listing: The Basilisk; Expectation; O-Hime; Mansa Khan Musa; Inner Glimpse; Spirals; The Truth; Polka Dots and Moonbeams.
Personnel: Majid Khaliq: violin; Charles Porter: trumpet; Jeb Patton: piano (3, 5--8); Eric "ELEW" Lewis: piano (1, 2, 4); Ivan Taylor: bass; Johnathan Blake: drums.
Record Label: Self Produced
Style: Straight-ahead/Mainstream
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Over on Blazersedge I encountered a back-and-forth regarding the new CBA rules that was suggesting that a sign and trade for Batum was prohibited. At first, I thought the poster was full of nonsense and a few were calling him on it and others were debating the legal definition of "consideration" and yadda, yadda, yadda. So in an attempt at clarity, I headed to Larry Coon's FAQ, specifically his answers as they relate to a sign-and-trade deal.
Okay, since the news broke on our interest in Nic Batum I've been 100% on-board. This interest dates back to a February FanShot I posted regarding Monsiuer Batum. Over the past few days I've oddly been dampening everyone's spirits regarding the potential arrival of Batum with my suggestion that Derrick WIlliams may have to go out in a sign and trade. Needless to say, this hasn't been a terribly popular suggestion on my part. There's only one problem: it's no longer allowed and I'm surprised that no one has called me on it. More after the jump...
In response to a common question, "Can a free agent be signed and traded immediately?" Coon lists qualifiers that MUST be present to qualify for a sign and trade contract to occur. Most important is this new rule:
The player cannot be a restricted free agent who has signed an offer sheet with another team
That's Batum. He's a restricted free agent who (presumably) will sign an offer sheet from the Wolves. I've searched the FAQ over and over trying to determine another qualifier to this language but I find nothing. Worse, the interweb is maddeningly unclear. No one seems to be up in arms about this lost tool for teams to recover an asset for letting a RFA leave. Am I missing something? If not, this really will be a huge game of chicken between the Pacers, Blazers and Wolves. Please correct me if I'm wrong, however.


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Following a change of tack and some re-branding, Johnstons Restaurant at the refurbished Strand Palace Hotel has morphed into Dawaat – a self-styled 'Indian odyssey' offering a mix of street food and regional specialities. Nibble on bhel-puris, onion pakoras and crunchy papdi chat before tackling Jaipuri lamb tikka, Goan pork xacuti or kozhi varutha (chicken cooked with South Indian spices, chilli, asafoetida and coconut). To finish, consider carrot halwa or shahi tukda – Indian-style bread-and-butter pudding with saffron-flavoured rabri (a sweetened yoghurt dish). All-day pre-theatre menus (£14/17 for two/three courses) are a boon for ticket-holders attending shows in the neighbourhood, and the drinks list has a user-friendly mix of cocktails, beers and wines by the glass.
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text: I own many of the tracks from this CD which I purchased from iTunes. I had the opportunity to see 3 Doors Down and Our Lady Peace in San Francisco, I went there to see Our Lady Peace, but I was very impressed with 3DD. They put on a fantastic show and their sound was very solid. Great tracks on this disc, if you like what you've heard on the radio, you'll probably enjoy this disc.


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"But Mommy, I CAN'T go to sleep! My brain won't turn off!" If your child has made comments like this when you insist it's time to go to sleep, you may think he or she is just making up an excuse to to stay up. The truth is that many gifted children have trouble falling asleep because they can't seem to stop thinking.
You can turn the lights out and insist it's time for sleep, but that won't make your child's brain slow down. If your child has trouble getting to sleep, try some of the common strategies like relaxation techniques. However, these strategies aren't always effective with gifted children, whose brains just don't seem to want to stop working. It might help if you understand why some gifted kids have trouble getting to sleep and what you can do about it.


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Roland comes through in clutch for ACU in extra-innings win over UIW
Leave it to a stand-in to pull through in the clutch. With the wind at his back and his team's hopes on his shoulders, J.R. Roland sent the first pitch he saw Sunday into right field to score Tyler Eager from second and lift Abilene Christian to a 5-4 extra-innings win over Incarnate Word at Crutcher Scott Field.
The pinch-hit at-bat, which came with two outs in the 10th, was just the 11th of the season for Roland, who missed all of last year with an injury. But the senior made the most of his opportunity coming through with his second hit of the season.
Closer Brady Rodriguez (1-0) picked up a well-earned victory, tossing four scoreless innings to end the game. Facing two-on, one-out jam top of the tenth, Rodriguez induced a ground ball for a 6-4-3 double play to get out of the inning and give way to Roland's heroics.
Rodriguez, who lowered his ERA to 0.89 with Sunday's performance, retired the side in order in the eighth and ninth innings after allowing an inherited runner to score the tying run in the seventh.
Ty Taylor, ACU's starter, walked the leadoff man in seventh to cap a six-inning, four-run performance. Taylor struck out nine but walked seven to go with five Cardinals hits.
ACU, which trailed 3-0 after two innings, took its first lead at 4-3 in the sixth inning. Senior catcher Rodge Macy led off the inning with a walk, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored Chuck Duarte's single.
The Cardinals tied the game the next half inning, though, when Taylor walked John Zule, who later scored on a bases-loaded double play.
The score remained tied at 4 until the 10th, when Tyler Eager hit a leadoff single, moved to second on a Travis Schuetze bunt and scored on Roland's hit.
With Sunday's win, ACU takes the four game set against Incarnate Word 3-1 and improves to 15-10 on the season and 3-1 in Lone Star Conference play. Incarnate Word, which entered the series ranked No. 24 in the nation, drops to 15-7 overall and 1-3 in the conference.
The Wildcats will now head to Texas A&M-Kingsville for a four-game series next weekend.
Lone Star Conference
ACU 5, Incarnate Word 4 (10)
Alex Shaffer, Joe Mills (8) and Zac Russell. Ty Taylor, Brady Rodriguez (7) and Rodge Macy. W — Rodriguez (1-0). L — Mills (1-1). 2B — ACU: Seth Spivey.
Records — UIW 15-7, 1-3; ACU 15-10, 3-1.
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CLINTON COUNTY, Mich. (WLNS) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Michigan DNR are now offering a cash reward for tips on a bald eagle found dead last week.
It happened on April 27 around 11:40a.m. near Alward Road, adjacent to Highland Hills Golf Club in DeWitt.
Officers responded to a caller who heard gunfire, then watched the bird fall from the sky. The caller took the bald eagle to Sleepy Hollow State Park to give to the DNR.
Officers surveyed the area around the golf club for evidence and suspect information.
If you have any information, contact the DNR's Report All Poaching (RAP) Line at 800-292-7800 or on the RAP website. The reward is up to $2,500 for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction.
Bald eagles first received Federal and State protection in Michigan in1940 and 1954, respectively. They continue to be protected by the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, and the Michigan Endangered Species Protection law. Under these laws, a person may not kill, harass, disturb or otherwise harm bald eagles.
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Maybe one day, all the outside interests will leave the people alone and let them live in peace.
Question to Baba:
If the Palestinian Christians were to contimnue to leave the Holy Land, would that radicalize the politics? If so, what would be the consequences towards Israeli /Palestinian realtions?
Question to Israelis:
Would the continuation of the occupation (status-quo) be a threat to Israeli Democracy? Anectodally, some of my American Jewish colleagues have been very critical of Israeli policy towards the Palestinians, so much so they are questioning if Israel is a democracy when it rules over a disenfranchised population in the West Bank.
Given that lasting peace with Arab nations is possible through bi-lateral agreements (Eygpt / Jordan) and not possible through unilateral means (Lebanon / Gaza), Would a lasting peace happen between the Palestinians and Israel happen through bi-lateral means?
In my opinion, the longer there is no two state solution, the greater the threat towards Israeli democracy. The sooner they can grant and recognize Palestinian independence in the West Bank the better it is for Israel.
The other alternative would be a single state solution with full equal citizenship and voting rights for all concerned.
In regards to the question of electoral rights of WB Palestinians, they are not citizens of the state. Consequently, they do not have a right to vote in Israeli elections.
It is important to note that the matter is not as simple as you portray it because there is no alternative to the Israeli presence in the West Bank until such time as the Palestinians can 1) govern themselves, and 2) engage peacefully with Israel as required per UNSC 242.


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For Immediate Release: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Contact: John Villbrandt, 605-845-3844
Portion of Highway 65 between McIntosh and Isabel is CLOSED due to wet weather
CORSON COUNTY, S.D. – Effective immediately, the South Dakota Department of Transportation has CLOSED a portion of state Highway 65 in Corson County from one-half mile south of the Grand River to 1.7 miles north of the Grand River.
Recent precipitation in north central South Dakota has made travel impossible through the one-point-seven-miles (1.7) grading project at this location.
The contractor, Foothills Contracting, has flaggers posted around-the-clock at the U.S. Highway 12/Highway 65 junction at McIntosh and at the Highway 20/ Highway 65 junction at Isabel to warn motorists of the conditions.
Drivers who reach the Highway 65 construction area from either end will encounter a barrier and need to turn around.
Motorists are strongly encouraged to take an alternate route and visit www.safetravelusa.com/sd/ or dial 511 for road construction, closure, and opening information.
For more information, contact John Villbrandt, Mobridge Area Engineer, 605-845-3844 or Kelly Armfield, 605-848-0321.
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HID Global completes world's first series of NFC-enabled smartphone pilots that open doors in the enterprise
Participants cite improved convenience and security of using phones to open doors
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 25, 2012 – HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, announced its completion of two pilot programs that validate how mobile access control using Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled smartphones can allow employees to conveniently open doors with a mobile device without compromising physical enterprise security. The pilots were conducted at the headquarters of Netflix, the world's leading Internet subscription service for enjoying TV series and films, and Good Technology, the leader in secure enterprise mobility solutions, using HID Global's iCLASS SE platform including iCLASS Seos credentials that are portable for use on NFC-enabled smartphones.
Pilot participants highlighted improved security among the many benefits of using smartphones to open doors. "I love the idea of mutually authenticated reader-badges – it reduces the threat of badge skimming and replay attacks," said Bill Burns, director, Netflix IT Networking & Security. Netflix desktop analyst David Tsai added, "Technically, the physical security is better since it requires that a person know the phone can be used as a key, know the passcode to get into the phone, and know how to activate the key." Similar feedback was provided by Netflix helpdesk support technician Lynn Chikasuye, who said, "People will rarely lend out their phone, which prevents unwanted use."
Good Technology also cited the security benefits of mobile access control as compared to photo ID badges, along with improved user convenience for today's highly mobile workforce. "Our customers are always looking at new ways to enable mobile worker productivity and efficiency without having to take security risks," said Michael W. Mahan, SVP Special Markets, Good Technology. "This pilot proved that using both a layered security approach and smartphones to provide secure physical access to buildings is a great way to meet their goals of adding security without complexity."
Pilot Details
HID Global's multiCLASS SE readers replaced proximity readers at selected locations in both the Netflix and Good facilities, and pilot participants at each company were given Samsung Galaxy S III handsets. The handsets were equipped with NFC capabilities and HID Global digital keys, so they could securely store and emulate user credentials and open doors by presenting the handsets to the HID Global readers.
Netflix has traditionally used keyfobs for access control, and wanted to evaluate the benefits of provisioning digital keys over-the-air to its staff's smartphones to further streamline the new-employee on-boarding process. The company also believed that digital keys could be a valuable addition to smartphones in its bring-your-own-device (BYOD) mobility environment. By the time the pilot was launched, almost half of the participants were already socializing the mobile access experience by using proximity tags affixed to the back of their current phones to open doors. The pilot was intended to test the concept of a true mobile access experience with over-the-air provisioning capability that also delivered improved user convenience and security.
In addition to testing this basic over-the-air mobile access control capability, Good Technology and HID Global extended Good's mobile access pilot to also evaluate the use of an NFC-enabled SARGENT® SE LP10 lock on the door to an executive's office that colleagues use as a temporary conference room when he is away. This allowed the executive to control access to his office – offering it only to select members of his team during specified times – as well as run reports about who was using his office, and when.
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May 27-31
The Belvedere, Galt House
$25 (packages available)
Has it been six years? Abbey Road on the River, this year sponsored by WHAS, is back with less focus on Fab Four, more on 1960s and '70s rock, for better or worse. Old favorites return: Hal Bruce and All You Need is Love, Britbeat and the singing competition, "They're Gonna Make a Big Star Outta Me." The controversial twist comes in the screening of "Let Him Be," a movie about two film students who think they might have proof that John Lennon faked his death. It all happens down on the Belvedere and at the Galt House beginning at 11:45 a.m. on Thursday. Different ticketing packages can be found at the festival's website. —Kevin Gibson


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What's with the music and play-by-play that keeps popping up whenever I load up the site. All day long whenever I've hit up the chron My speakers start blaring hip-hop with voice overs of what sound like play-by-play of basketball games.
I'm looking for an ad or some autostart video but can't find any. I can't have everyone at the office knowing that I check Card chron 4 times an hour all day long.
What's the deal