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A group of former JetBlue executives this week launched an operation designed around the Embraer Phenom 100. The company, JetSuite, placed a firm order for 50 of the very light jets with options for 50 more, and it plans to lease the aircraft to customers. First deliveries are expected in April next year. The company also applied for a Part 135 certificate and expects to launch charter services from bases in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, pending final government approval. Company president Alex Wilcox was a founding director of JetBlue Airways, a position he held from 1998 to 2004, and then served as president and COO of Kingfisher Airlines from 2004 to 2005. Usto Schulz, JetSuite's vice president of certification and safety, served as vice president of safety for JetBlue, and Amy Curtis-McIntyre, former vice president of marketing at JetBlue, will serve as a consultant on JetSuite's brand and product.
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A few months ago, the Guttmacher Institute issued a report that argued that the withdrawal method "deserved a second look." The report combined findings from a few different studies, both qualitative and quantitative, and found that withdrawal is "almost as effective as the male condom — at least when it comes to pregnancy prevention". The report also found that the use of withdrawal as a method of birth control is underreported, especially to the extent that withdrawal is being used as part of a combination birth control strategy also involving condom usage and rhythm. The authors concluded the report by emphasizing the need for more information about how withdrawal is used "in order to better understand the role of withdrawal as a contraceptive method and to accurately estimate failure rates."
As Miriam pointed out back in May, there are certainly valid reasons that sex educators have been hesitant to promote withdrawal; one obvious one is that it's not effective at all in preventing sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. This is a big deal, and I by no means intend to ignore or even downplay the aspects of withdrawal that provide insufficient protection for folk in some situations.
Yet, this is no reason to dismiss the entire withdrawal report, which advocates finding out more information about withdrawal- a contraceptive method that is currently being used by millions of people worldwide- to get a better understanding of how people are using it, what its true failure rates are, and how it could be used to more effectively prevent pregnancy.
Despite this seemingly straightforward mandate, the report has caused a lot of controversy since its release in May, and attracted a lot of critics, in the blogosphere and beyond. But what's really alarming about this is that these critics are attacking not only validity of the idea of using withdrawal, but the morality of those who dare to discuss withdrawal as a means of contraception publicly.
Abc.com reported that the lead author of the report, Rachel K. Jones, "was showered with criticism" in the aftermath of its release, and that "even sex educators" think that "very little could be worse". Famously sex positive Tracy Quan of the Daily Beast penned an article called The New Unsafe Sex , in which she chides the Guttmacher Institute for endorsing "folk wisdom" and for providing facts to "amaze your drinking buddies with." In the latest display of public shaming, NY magazine included the study in the "Despicable" category on its approval matrix last week.
Providing people with comprehensive information about sex, sexuality, and contraception has been proven over and over again to be more effective at curbing unwanted pregnancy and STD's than leaving people in the dark about the contraceptive choices available to them. So what is at the root of this resistance to having a public dialogue on the real facts about withdrawal?
Ms. Jones told me that she was "disappointed but not surprised" by the reactions to the report. "Doing abortion research, I am kind of prepared for and used to people being dismissive and moralizing something that is, to me, a research topic…But I am taken aback that the criticism is coming from people who are supposed to be writing from a professional perspective, a more sex-positive perspective."
Indeed, even the usual strongholds of sexual sanity have chosen to engage in the same folk wisdom that they supposedly detest. Rather than welcoming genuine public debate over an issue that affects millions of women- and men- across the world, many critics are endorsing knee-jerk reactions involving accusations of irresponsibility that trivialize the facts and sensationalize the discussion.
Ms. Jones questions, perhaps rhetorically, what it was about this particular topic that evoked the morally critical reactions that it did. I've got a theory: Invariably, conversations about contraception are conversations about sex, and public dialogue that shames or dismisses new ideas or information about contraception are grounded in shaming and dismissing news ideas and information about sex. These tactics, no matter who employs them, are related to the same old drive to exert control over other people's bodies.
Upon the release of the withdrawal report, Jezebel asked "Can we stop shaming women who use withdrawal now?"
A few months later, as the criticism continues to pile up, I'd like to pose this (admittedly less concise) question: "Can we stop shaming researchers, scientists, journalists, and anyone else who attempts to further the public dialogue about sex, sexuality, and contraception now?"
Because if we encourage those people to pursue and promote the most scientifically accurate and truthful information they can about contraception, we just might have a shot at progressing the public dialogue beyond thinly veiled shaming tactics. We just might have a shot at granting more people access to sound information. And we just might empower an international population of sexual beings to make their own informed decisions about how, when, and whether they want to have sex.
Ironically, critics of the withdrawal report, in attempting to shut down conversations about withdrawal as a contraceptive method, are necessarily advocating another form of withdrawal- the withdrawal of information about how to have safer sex from the public eye. Now there's some risky behavior. One might even call it a "pull and pray." Instead of leaving it to chance, let's take this opportunity to answer the call issued by Ms. Jones and the rest of the report's authors and learn more about withdrawal by starting to fill in the research gaps that exist on the method.

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Another massive week of new sneaker updates from brands all across the board – good thing you have Sneaker News Weekly Rewind here to catch you up on all the important updates! We got a look at an upcoming Air Jordan 11Lab4 sample, which features patent leather uppers. A new Kobe 9 Elite made its way to the headlines, as did the LeBron 12 "Christmas", sporting a unique graphic print on the Hyperposite. Metallic Green Foamposites look to be in the works as well, while new Roshe Run NM SP releases round out the NSW category. Damian Lillard gave us a first look at his signature shoe, which is set to debut in 2015. Get another look at all of this week's top headlines below.
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(NASA) Many think it is just a myth. Others think it is true but its cause isn't known. Adventurers pride themselves on having seen it. It's a green flash from the Sun. The truth is the green flash does exist and its cause is well understood. Just as the setting Sun disappears completely from view, a last glimmer appears startlingly green. The effect is typically visible only from locations with a low, distant horizon, and lasts just a few seconds. A green flash is also visible for a rising Sun, but takes better timing to spot. A dramatic green flash was caught in the above photograph in 1992 from Finland. The Sun itself does not turn partly green, the effect is caused by layers of the Earth's atmosphere acting like a prism.
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Driving with a blind spot is something we don't think about too often until we realize we narrowly missed having an accident when a nearby vehicle swerves around us to avoid contact! Whew! Saved again. We may be shaken up for a minute or two but then we get busy and time passes and we don't think of it until it happens next time.
I was scrolling through the Comcast listings the other night when I saw a show called, All Girls Garage. Intrigued, I clicked on it and started watching. I was only going to watch for a second, but before I knew it, the show was over and I had really enjoyed myself.
These days, automotive service and repair shops are getting more calls than ever asking for an estimate. We understand that this is mostly due to the economy. People are understandably searching for the best value, and they want to make sure they can afford to pay for the service.
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One of the biggest complaints from auto repair consumers is the cost of repairs and why they are charged for diagnostics. These days, most shops will charge for diagnosing what is wrong with your car. Sometimes it is credited to the repair if the car is repaired in the shop and sometimes it's an additional charge on top of the repair.
Consumer Reports just came out with their latest Annual Auto Survey on car repairs. Each year, Consumer Reports asks car owners how satisfied they were with auto repairs performed by dealerships and independent shops for the previous year. For this year's report, Consumer Reports received responses on 168,000 vehicles. Here are some of the findings.
There are a lot of people behind the scenes at RepairPal who do wonderful and amazing things—Roy Preston is one of them. Roy is our parts expert and he spends a lot of time and effort making sure that the cost of parts in our RepairPrice Estimator are up-to-date and accurate. He has also been building and showing muscle cars for 25 years.
As a society, we have come to trust the opinions of organizations like AAA, Consumer Reports, and Kelley Blue Book. In the automotive repair industry, having national certifications is a strong symbol of approval.
Things are changing fast in the automotive world as vehicles and the parts and fluids that keep them running properly are constantly being updated to make them more efficient. I thought I would take a moment to share the latest in coolant as I am frequently asked about it.
If you are going to love and drive the car that you've paid for, be sure your timing chain does not look like the example in the video. This timing chain is from a 1986 Mercedes Benz 300 diesel that my shop restored eleven years ago. The new owner had brought her in, having just purchased the vehicle. What a small world!


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What do you love to serve to your guests?
- Monica Dec 18, 2006 04:52 PM
What are some of your favorite items to serve when you invite people(friends and family) to your house? I need some tips.
My entrees vary, but I really love to offer the best and most enormous shrimp I can find, boiled right, with homemade cocktail sauce as an appetizer. Everyone in my family happens to love shrimp, even the kids, and no one is allergic.
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That sounds like something I want to try, been thinking of jazzing up my deviled eggs. Do you chop the capers?, How much tarragon do you use? Do you use mayo?
Most things that can be prepared in advanced. I don't want to be cooking and working when everyone is there. So that means, if it's meat, it's a roast or something that's in the oven, or stews. Large fish and not individual pieces. Roasted vegetables or salads. Appetizers that are premade and can be popped in the oven. It's busy before everyone arrives but once they do, I have little to do but serve. I don't have a "favorite"--I love experimenting and trying new things.
We love to serve guests simple but special basics:
Fresh made bread(served with dairy butter/parm/olive oil)
A platter of fresh cut up fruit (seasonal)
A sampler plate of cheeses (usually themed)
A sliced meat tray with various dips (horseradish is a fav)
Lots of wine (usually regional theme)
Beyond that our dinner menu could vary alot.
usually a curry dish of some kind, or butter chicken (or chicken tikka masala) with rice or a simple pilaf.
side dishes vary, but i love indian food so i usually go with something like that.
and can't forget fresh homemade bread..
These are not things I necessarily serve together, but I love to work them into whatever I am making:
homemade flour tortillas (with real lard)
pulled pork (slow grilled for hours) with homemade milk rolls
odd flavors of icecream (honey lavender is my favorite so far)
wine wine wine
margaritas (equal parts tequila, fresh lime and cointreau)
nice veggie side dishes
Homemade potstickers. They're incredibly easy to make if you get pre-fab gyoza skins (available at many Asian supermarkets, and they taste just fine) and a gyoza press (a plastic device that you can put the skin and fillings on, closes with a hinge and crimps down the edges of the dumpling for you). You can also make up a big batch ahead of time and freeze them. Serve them with a homemade dipping sauce, tell people that you made them yourself -- they'll usually be quite impressed and, more importantly, will scarf them up. There are tons of recipes for the fillings and dipping sauces on this site and elsewhere on the internet; I can post/e-mail you some if you'd like.
Crème Brulee with balsamic vinegar macerated strawberries. My guests always love it, but I have to admit I love it even more!
corn and scallion pancakes with chipotle shrimp- recipe from Coyote Cafe; cedar planked salmon with an egg and caviar sauce;
triple cabbage lasagna with pork roast. A greek dinner- lambstuffed grape leaves with egg lemon sauce, spinach pie, baked giant beans, tsatsiki and taramasalata and baklava or galactoboureko.
Usually depends on the time of year, but everyone loves our family's pureed white bean and garlic dip, fresh roasted peppers in OO and garlic, fresh mozz, and fresh italian bread.
Another new thing we have been doing is a great cheese plate with little side dippers like truffle honey, homemade blueberry jam and red pepper jelly.
Last thing that friends go crazy over is chilled sesame seed seared tuna with a bunch of dippers like spicy mayo, ponzu, wasabi/soy, etc.
Really like antipasto trays. Great caponata/ carpaccio/ stinky cheeses for the foodies, tame stuff too for kids.
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This is for a pretty big dish. I think the one I usually use is about 9 x 13" Pyrex or non-stick metal. You can cut amounts to suit. Amounts here aren't exact, I'm of the "better to have too much than too little" school of thought.
- 2 medium sized eggplants
- 3 or 4 cloves garlic
- 3 or 4 cans of tomatoes--I use 400g cans of crushed Italian ones, you can use two large cans
- olive oil
- bunch of fresh basil
- 4 eggs
- Parmesan cheese (about 1 1/2 cups grated)
- flour for dipping eggplant
- mozzarella cheese (I usually use about 3 or 4 of those tennis ball-sized ones, drained and sliced or chopped).
I don't usually salt and press the eggplant, but if you want to, slice into 1/4 inch thick circles, salt, stack, and press between two plates, with something to weigh down the top plate. When I do this I do it on the draining board, and tip the plate so that the liquid runs into the sink. Wait at least an hour, then rinse and pat dry. Otherwise, just cut into circles.
Make the sauce. (Obviously you should use any tomato sauce you like--this is just my family version). Mince garlic, saute in olive oil until golden. Add tomatoes, season with salt and pepper (and some hot crushed chili if you like). Cook down to a pretty thick consistency; I like it slightly thicker than it would be if you were putting it on pasta. When done, take off heat and stir in lots of fresh torn basil leaves.
In a bowl, beat the eggs with about half of the parmesan, add pepper and some salt (bearing in mind that the cheese is salty). Put the flour in a bowl or on a plate convenient for dipping the eggplant slices. Season it with salt and pepper.
Heat a frying pan or griddle with a thick coating of olive oil--maybe up to 1/4 inch deep. When the oil is shimmering hot, dip eggplant slice in flour, tap off, then into the egg mixture, let drip off a bit, then into pan. Repeat till you have a nice layer of eggplant slices. Brown on one side, then turn over and brown other side. Remove to paper towel-lined plate and repeat, adding oil and wiping out burned bits as necessary, till you've used up all the eggplant. As with pancakes, the first batch will usually be inferior. I can't explain this.
Now assemble: coat bottom of dish with tomato sauce. Add a layer of eggplant slices, then mozzarella. Repeat sauce, eggplant, mozzarella till everything is used up. It doesn't have to be neat. Sprinkle the remaining Parmesan on top of everything.
The whole thing can be frozen at this stage if you're doing this far in advance. Or you can refrigerate for a day.
To cook, put in a 375 degree oven for about 30-45 minutes, till cheese on top is browned and you can see it bubbling through the Pyrex (this is why Pyrex is good). If cooking from frozen, I'd cover with foil for the first 30-45 minutes or so, then uncover till browned and boiling.
I noticed that the NY Times yesterday had Jamie Oliver's eggplant parm recipe, where he grills the eggplant. I have tried grilling rather than frying, and the result is good. Surely worth trying. It's lighter, easier, and undeniably healthier (and your kitchen doesn't smell like fried food for three days), but in my opinion it lacks the flavor and richness of the fried eggplant. Try them both and see what you think. And report back, of course!
My absolute stand-by is marinated carne asada.
Our local butcher (Taqueria Sanchez in Los Angeles to be exact) slices and marinates it for us. A few hours later it grills up perfectly. It's also fast to grill, so you can grill pounds and pounds of it in no time. Some fresh pico de gallo, warm tortillas, a salad on the side, cold Modelo ... that's almost every weekend at our house during the summer.
It reheats great, too.
My absolute favorite things to serve my friends are the foods that since I've done these often, are no fail for me:
Lettuce wraps, shu mei, lumpia, pork buns and then my version of chicken chowmein or moo shoo pork with homemade pancakes
Enchiladas and fajitas or tamales both red and green-huge fresh salads with fresh homemade pico de gallo or camarone ala diabla
Osso buco with rice milanese-artichokes garli aiolli
Chicken picatta, angel hair pasta with garlic and basil butter
dill carrots
Pots of beans with all the sides full of pork, usually pork butt: toppers would be like cilantro, avacado, green onion or red, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, jalapeno. Served with French Bread.
Vino D'hos - pork marinated in wine and spice, fried then served with soft french bread for sandwiches///
Creme brulee that I carmelize with a torch, served in individual heart-shaped custard dishes.
Also two gateau (stacked) of crepes; mushroom and seafood.


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Test prints are a perfectly normal part of the printing process, whether you're printing black and white or color, whether you're running a fully color managed system like we'll see in later chapters or not, whatever you're doing, you're going to need to do test prints on images where tone and color are critical. However, test prints don't mean that you have to use a lot of paper and ink, because you don't have to do test prints at full size unless what you're hoping to test or proof is detail and noise. For tone and color there's no reason not to do smaller test prints, and there is a very easy way to do that in Photoshop.
I mentioned before that in the Print dialog you should not resize because that will mess up your sharpening. However, for the sake of a smaller test print where we don't care about sharpness, because we can assess it with smaller size anyway, then using the Print dialog box's resizing features are actually pretty handy. So I have got this image that I'm ultimately going to print out at 8x10, but I'd like to do a test print of it. So I'm going to do it in half size, and there is a very easy way to do that. I'm going to rotate my page by clicking on the landscape orientation button and then I'm going to scale it down.
I am going to scale it down to about 75%, and maybe I need to go little smaller. We'll go 70%. Now that drops it right in the middle of the page, which is no good, because the leftover page is still useless. But if I uncheck the center button, I can just click the image and drag it over to here, and that's using up about half of the page. So when I print this image, this side of the paper is the side that's going into the printer first, and it's the side that's going to come out first. So I can do my test print, look at this image, and if I want to do another test print I can make my adjustments configure the Print dialog box like this again, but this time feed this side of the paper into the printer first.
Or maybe I do this test print, find out the images fine, and move on to another image. That's fine I have still got another half page for test printing. This is a very easy way of getting test prints to assess tone and color without using lots of media and lots of ink. If I want to assess sharpness, detail and/or noise, then I still don't need to print a full size image. Let's say I'm going to print at 24x36, and I want to get an idea of how noisy or how good the detail is, I could simply take a 4x6 or 8x10 crop out of a way representative section of the image and print that.
For assessing tone and color I could take that 24x36 image and shrink it down to half size or even smaller. So just because you need to do test prints, there's no reason that you need to be going through lots of media and ink. Smaller test prints give you a perfectly reasonable way of assessing tone and color. Hopefully, if you follow the techniques in this course, and you're being careful about checking your tonal ranges throughout the different parts of your image where it's critical, then you're going to find that you don't need to do lots of test prints. I typically get away with just one test print, unless it's a very tricky image--say a low-light image or something like that--and when I do test print, I use these techniques to ensure that I don't have to use so much paper and ink.
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DIY: Football-Themed Cupcakes
Game day sweets just in time for football season's main event: the Super Bowl
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A perfect Super Bowl party consists of three must-haves: a good game, great commercials, and even better grub. With the big game less than a month away, it's time to get your juices flowing with ideas for how to create a dish or dessert that not tastes great but is fun as well.
An easy-to-make, festive dessert is a football-themed cupcake. The cupcakes are topped with chocolate-covered almonds turned into "footballs" that can also be used to adorn treats such as cookies, macarons, cakes, or can be served on their own in a small bowl.
What you will need:
• An awesome cupcake recipe — or 50.
• Chocolate covered almonds (we like Tuxedos Milk Chocolate ones)
• White decorating gel
How to make the decorations:
• Use the white decorating gel to create "laces" on the chocolate-covered almonds
o Put one line of gel laterally across the almond
o Then, place four vertical lines across the lateral line
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Is Gut Check getting soft? When we heard the Arby's Hungry for Happiness Tour Coming was coming to town August 14 and 15, our first instinct was to jeer. Ohh, how nice of the fast-food giant to travel the country peddling its wares to hungry, impressionable kids? The entire spectacle reeked of self- ... More >>
Do you love French toast? Do you love (beef) sausage? Do you enjoy saving time by eating a sandwich of a (beef) sausage patty on a French toast bun? Do you have any allergic reactions to egg or soy products? Then this might be the blog post for you.
Alissa NelsonDanno's Chris MuetherAfter another cold and snowy week for St. Louis, the favored way to warm our insides is with a drink, of course -- so this week's Girl Walks into a Bar feature was just in time. Check out Alissa Nelson's chat with Danno's Chris Muenther and a video of him mi ... More >>
Missouri, you get an F in reporting foodborne illnesses. TheHill.com shared a new report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, grading states on their ability to report outbreaks of foodborne illness. The more a state reports, the better chance they have of getting it under control. "' ... More >>
Gut Check recently caught up with novelist Jonathan Safran Foer, who decided to investigate the factory farming industry in America. He recently published his findings in "Eating Animals," his first work of nonfiction. While the book isn't exactly an anti-meat screed, it presents factory farming ... More >>
Image viaWhy bother?On Monday, St. Louis Magazine restaurant critic Dave Lowry posted "The Locavore's Dilemma: One Critic's Take" on the magazine's food blog, Relish. The piece is a merciless and often quite funny critique of the locavore movement. The preoccupation with "local" foods is, at bes ... More >>
Read the ingredients on any food that has a label, and it might make you a little nervous. Or give you a panic attack, depending on how emotionally equipped you are for dealing with big scary words. CNN's new food blog, Eatocracy, has picked six food additives that sound scary and try to talk you ... More >>
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foodincmovie.comThe line outside the Tivoli Theatre Wednesday night was nearly as long as the line for free burritos when the Delmar Loop Chipotle opened last year, except instead of hungry students, it was comprised (or, rather, also comprised) of earnest liberals, all clutching in their sweaty han ... More >>
photo: Ian Froeb Even better than the real thing? Every few years I fail miserably to overcome my adolescent's addiction to Coca-Cola. I make it a few weeks or months -- but then, usually without thinking about it, I'm dropping fifty cents into the office soda machine or snagging a Coke ... More >>
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The Vets of the Year are . . .
Local veterinarians known for their tireless effort to help animals were recognized at the annual BC SPCA awards ceremony this past Friday.
Dr. Moshe Oz and Dr. Noa Oz, owners of Rose Valley Veterinary Hospital, received the award for 'Vets of the Year' for their work throughout the valley helping SPCA branches from Kamloops to Penticton and as far away as Nelson.
BC SPCA South Okanagan/Similkameen Branch manager Corinne Ross says they're always there for the shelters and are always willing to help.
"They're incredibly supportive of what we do at the SPCA. They've even adopted cats from us and a number of them have become office cats at their vet hospital. They do so much for us, at discounted rates or even for free. They're great with helping us make a decision on how to care for an animal and fantastic with follow-up visits."
The vet couple moved to Canada from their home country of Israel in 2006, and worked at the Penticton Veterinary Hospital before becoming the owners and operators of Rose Valley Veterinary Hospital in 2010.
Ross says the vets were both instrumental in helping with the Penticton and Kelowna BC SPCA branches when they received 16 dogs from a seizure in Clearwater, earlier this year.
"They jumped into action," she says. "As these dogs were part of a cruelty investigation, they all needed vet reports, so they closed their clinic for long periods of time in order to attend both branches to complete full medicals on each dog. It did not stop there, as many of the dogs required further medical attention, which was again, offered at discounted rates."
Another Okanagan resident known for giving back to animals is Thomas Budd.
Budd received the Philanthropist of the Year award during the ceremony at the University of British Columbia.
A regular at the Kelowna branch's annual gala, Budd is known for inspiring other animal lovers by pledging to match donations at the event and his organization, the Thomas Alan Budd Foundation, acted as the gala's title sponsor in 2013 and will do so again this fall.
"Tom has been an outstanding supporter of the BC SCPA Kelowna Branch for more than three years, donating more than $125,000 in that short time," says Rosemary Conder, chief development officer, BC SPCA.
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A fun site where you can see physical features found in Google Maps that look like various other objects. Satellite Fun Maps
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A fun site where you can see physical features found in Google Maps that look like various other objects. Satellite Fun Maps
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Monday marked the launch of the MapServer Foundation, a "nonprofit legal entity established to support the needs of the open source web mapping community." Included among the 11 people who created the MapServer Foundation are Steve Lime, the creator and lead developer of MapServer, and Tyler Mitchell, geographer and author of Web Mapping Illustrated. The website has just gotten up and running, but it does have an open letter announcing the creation of the foundation, an FAQs section, and some other resources.
Jesse adds: Also check out the barrage of discussion in the geospatial blogosphere including (newest at top):
Harris Corporation announced on Monday that Microsoft will be using their 15-meter Global Dataset imagery for their Windows Live Local Powered by Virtual Earth. I couldn't find a definite release date for it, but a demo application was previewed in San Francisco on November 1st, which you can read about here.
Windows Live Local will be part of Microsoft's Windows Live offerings and some of the beta products are already available at the Windows Live Ideas page. However, Windows Live Local is not yet one of them. Someone did post a screenshot from the recent preview on Flickr
Via GISuser.com
StrataVarious, the company that has developed the Boston HyperMap Atlas, has just released 2 new demos, one using MSN Virtual Earth and one using Yahoo Maps. They have also prepared comparison charts for all 3 of their demo versions, Google Maps, MSN Virtual Earth, and Yahoo Maps.
To check out the demos, and the comparison charts, head over to the StrataVarious website
Although MapQuest has been largely left out of a lot of the discussion on the recent explosion of web mapping, they are still out there and are retaining a significant market share for now. An article posted today at the San Jose, CA MercuryNews.com has an interesting discussion of how MapQuest was a pioneer in online mapping, but has not really changed its business model yet to compete with the new entries from Google, MSN, and Yahoo.
I know that someone has already blogged this, but I can't remember who…Either way, Mappr from Stamen Design offers up a flickr/map mashup. They tout themselves as "an interactive environment for exploring place, based on the photos people take." I would argue they are exploring space, but that isn't really the point. There are actually three or four themed maps that you can find if you wander the site for a second, but the front page is all about flowers. Check it out at Mappr! Where It's At.
Google just unveiled its latest online mapping tool. If you use Froogle's search to find products, the results will be displayed on a Google Map. I tried it out for our area, kinda cool.
Check out the new Froogle search here
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A nice article at NYTimes.com (free registration required) highlights NASA's World Wind viewer and the ten-terabyte satellite imagery archive that is available and now includes imagery of the lunar surface at a resolution of about 66 feet. Be aware, though, that World Wind requires a high-speed, broadband Internet connection and a computer with pretty decent performance.
You can download the free application from NASA's World Wind website
Tim Sutton, a QGIS developer, pointed out their recent interview with Tim Baggett who helped design an OpenSource based system to track ballons for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.
Check out this informative interview at QGIS Community – Interview with Tim Baggett
Sony stepped into all sorts of trouble with thier copy protection scheme on CDs. Although they claim the damage is minimal, the folks over at Doxpara Research claim otherwise. Since Sony's scheme calls home, the Doxpara folks figured there would an entry in DNS servers around the world showing the call home. Doing an analysis, they've identified 568,200 nameservers have been witnessed a phone back home to Sony's servers.
The interesting part about this is that mapped it! There's also a Europe and Japan. The site specifies how they mapped the data.
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Adding a quarterback to their 2015 recruiting class is a huge priority for the Tennessee Volunteers.
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Licorice-Flavored Foods: How Many Can You Name?
Have you ever noticed how many common spices, herbs, and even veggies there are that have the same licorice-y anise flavor as, well...anise? This came up in conversation at a dinner party recently and we couldn't believe how many there were once we started thinking about it!
Here's what what we came up with:
1. Anise (of course!)
2. Star Anise
3. Fennel - bulb, fronds, and seed
4. Basil
5. Chervil
6. Caraway
7. Tarragon
Can you think of any others?
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Horehound...an herb that flavors an old-fashioned hard candy—my favorite candy when I was little! (I was a weird kid.)
Any number of liqueurs, including Pernod. It's also commonly added to mint-flavored stuff, but there it's usually only noticeable in the aroma and the aftertaste (the since the foretaste is so dominated by mint). Like vanilla, it seems to soften and round out the flavor of mint.
Absinthe, anyone?
Basil? Really? I have to say that I have NEVER eaten basil and thought "hmm...licorice-y"
That said, I'm wild about all things anise.
Licorice mainly tastes like anise when there's anise in it. (To me. I don't like anise but I love licorice!)
@alejandraramos- I would've said the same thing before moving to Seattle.....whatever basil the Thai restaurants use out here TOTALLY tastes like licorice!!
It's disgusting. (I really don't like anise flavor)
Mmm, I love anise-flavoured things. Especially fennel.
Occasionally, root beer. And my favorite spice blend, 5-spice powder (of course, with anise in it).
Fennel, I'm convinced, is the best vegetable ever...right after my summer garden tomatoes.
I had a thai basil gimlet the other night and it tasted just like licorice.
@alejandraramos - There is actually a variety called Licorice Basil. Wikipedia says it contains the chemical anethole, which is found in anise.
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C.H. Mason Upper Room Prayer Chamber
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I also ask prayer for the government during this time as benefits, pay, and resources for military and government workers has now been compromised. I trust God, not the government, to supply all of my needs.
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Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
The women of SNL have steadily been outperforming the men every episode, and of them we've been enjoying newcomer McKinnon the most. Her Ann Romney and Ellen DeGeneres are our favorites, but we pretty much perk up whenever she's on screen at this point.
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Nightfly's TV Week in Review 12/11/11 - Boardwalk Empire, Brad Meltzer's Decoded, and more!
- Written by Nightfly on Monday, December 19 2011 and posted in Features
Nightfly lists his preferred picks from primetime TV and the world of entertainment.
TV Week in Review (week of 12/11/11)
With so many shows on holiday break, the way was made for a few delightful suprises in this edition. Though the shortage of new shows left a couple list holes (specifically in the Favorite Teen Shows section again), I believe I covered the loss with the addition of a couple extra bonus videos at this column's close. I also decided to add a new highly-irregular individual honor - I'm unsure will ever be so partitioned again - for Cameo of the Week as a sibling title to Guest Star of the Week. When you see who my inaugural honoree is I'm sure you'll understand why I had to let the heroic, intergalactic superstar win - even if he only appeared on camera for less than half a minute.
This week I begin a new practice of including a couple GetGlue links for pages I specifically oversee (er, "Guru"). None of the pages I manage offer stickers but since I dedicate a fair amount of attention to the 115 pages I currently Guru there, I thought it'd be fun (at least for me) to share a couple each week here in my columns.
Regular viewers of Boardwalk Empire surely aren't surprised that its sophomore season finale claims this installment's Top of the List title. AMC's western drama Hell on Wheels earns a shout-out for making its first list appearance in my column since premiering. Colm Meaney and Wes Studi are two of my all-time favorite actors so believe me when I say HoW is a series I sincerely enjoy.
CBS deserves a nod for again being the only Big Three network to grace my main scripted list - a position its not unused to filling. The Tiffany Network makes two additional appearances, alongside FOX and TV Land, in my Outstanding Sitcoms category which is, for a second consecutive week, owned by the ever-unruly Beavis & Butt-Head. The History Channel continues making WiR history by topping my Reality Shows list a respectable fifth straight week in a row.
I know of no shows debuting this upcoming week, so, I'll just proceed to my preferred picks from last week's primetime lineup...
* Warning: videos below may contain spoilers and/or mature content not suitable for all ages *
7. Psych - "Neil Simon's Lover's Retreat" (USA)
* Follow guests Jason Priestley and Jennifer Finnigan on twitter.
** Let Psych's iconic theme, translated into video game music, take you away here.
6. Primeval - "S5,E6" (BBC-America)
5. Hell on Wheels - "Pride, Pomp and Circumstance" (AMC)
4. Homeland - "The Vest" (SHO)
3. Dexter - "Talk to the Hand" (SHO)
2. C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation - "Genetic Disorder" (CBS)
Paul Guilfoyle and Wendy Crewson in "Genetic Disorder"
1. Boardwalk Empire - "To the Lost" (HBO)
Guest Star of the Week: Colin Hanks on Dexter (SHO)
Runner Up: Wendy Crewson on C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS)
* Special Cameo of the Week Honoree: Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca on Glee (FOX)
* Favorite Teen Shows *
3. Shake It Up - "Jingle It Up" (Disney)
* Just this evening I became the guru of Bella Thorne's musical page at GetGlue! Consider checking-in to her page if you're a fan of her latest single (w/ Zendaya Coleman), "Watch Me."
2. The Simpsons - "Holidays of Future Passed" (FOX)
1. Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - "Challenge Day" (nick)
Kung Fu Panda: "Challenge Day: Everybody Wants to Be the Dragon Warrior!"
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Webisode(s) of the Week: [tie]
VEVO Stylized: Amy Lee {released 12/13 via VEVO}
Breakin' It Down! with Catherine Reitman (Ep.45) - "Sherlock Holmes; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
Weekly Wood with Naomi Kyle
* Bonus News: Back when the fourth season of Torchwood became America's first season of Torchwood: Miracle Day, a so-called "web series" came out alongside it titled, Web of Lies, starring genre-fave Eliza Dushku. While Web of Lies was, indeed, on the web and serialized, it was much more of a puzzle-game motion comic than what I typically feature in my columns as web series. To the best of my knowledge, there was no way for me to feature/embed those "webisodes" here. Cut to today, and the "complete dvd version" can now be downloaded here (I'm pretty sure its not a pirate site, I read about it here via twitter). Enjoy.
"T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" by will.i.am (ft. Jennifer Lopez and Mick Jagger) {released 12/12 via VEVO} [Explicit]
"Born To Die" by Lana Del Rey {released 12/14 via VEVO}
"Mission: Impossible - Theme" by Tiesto {released 12/14 via YouTube}
Trivia Question of the Week: Acclaimed thesps Wes Studi and Colm Meaney combined to help Hell on Wheels claim its first scripted list placement this week. In the early 1990s they shared credits in an award-winning film co-starring current Revenge vixen Madeleine Stowe. Can you name it? [answered]
Current Medal Standing:
~ Previous week's answer: Jim Parsons (Winner: Psivage)
* Outstanding Sitcoms *
7. The Exes - "Working Girl" (TVLD)
Cast of The Exes
6. Rules of Engagement - "The Chair" (CBS)
Bianca Kajlich and Oliver Hudson in "The Chair"
5. Hot in Cleveland - "Funeral Crashers" (TVLD)
Valerie Bertinelli and Jane Leeves in "Funeral Crashers"
4. New Girl - "The 23rd" (FOX)
Cast of New Girl in "The 23rd"
3. 2 Broke Girls - "And the Pop-Up Sale" (CBS)
2. Raising Hope - "It's a Hopeful Life" (FOX)
Lucas Neff and Cloris Leachman in "It's a Hopeful Life"
1. Beavis & Butt-Head - "Used Car; Bounty Hunters" (MTV)
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5. What Not to Wear - "Tenessa" (TLC)
4. All on the Line - "Aysha Saeed: Stop Being Controlling" (Sundance)
3. Meteorite Men - "Return to Whitecourt" (Sci)
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2. Work of Art: The Next Great Artist - "Exile on Main Street" (Bravo)
Lola's money piece doesn't work in "Exile on Main Street"
1. Brad Meltzer's Decoded - "2012: The Beginning" (History)
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So few shows aired last week that my grand total dropped ten hours off last week's number, maxing out at thirty-seven and a half hours; twenty-two of those hours spent solely on hour-long fare. The only show I meant to see but didn't was G4's Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan (the "Teamwork" episode). Out of the hour-long programs I watched, Burn Notice, Person of Interest, Once Upon a Time, The Good Wife and NCIS were the most impressive ones that didn't make my list. For a second consecutive week too few teen shows aired to fill out my Favorite Teen Shows section, however, The Simpsons, Beavis & Butt-Head, the Christmas episode of Shake It Up, I Hate My Teenage Daughter and Two and a Half Men all claim honorable mentions from my Outstanding Sitcoms category. Reality shows just missing list honorifics include The Mortified Sessions (featuring Will Forte and Jennifer Grey), Project Accessory and Top Chef: Texas.
Guest stars rounding out my list of last week's favorites include Barry Corbin (on The Closer), Wes Studi (on Hell on Wheels), Justin Long (on New Girl), Bijou Phillips (on Raising Hope), Bridget Regan (on Person of Interest), and, the couple of Jason Priestley & Jennifer Finnigan on Psych.
Even though Psych's mid-season finale earned placement on my main scripted list, I wanted to share its Coming Back clip now since I already can't wait for February.
HBO's Enlightened concluded its freshman season last week. I really appreciated this unusually thoughtful series and loved the season finale episode most of all. There's still no word regarding a Season 2 renewal, but fans such as myself are anxiously keeping our fingers crossed. Watch the last Inside the Episode for Enlightened this season (below).
Also from HBO, the first official teaser trailer for Game of Thrones' second season titled, "The Cold Winds Are Rising."
Of the many new posters and trailers released last week the ones I enjoyed the most were for action and sci-fi movies (surprise, surprise). The first official trailer for Men in Black III is very promising, and, the first sequel in the blockbuster franchise G.I. Joe (starring The Rock) delivered a trailer that's guaranteed to grab your attention. Read more about the new MIB trailer here. Sly Stallone served up a combo of treats last week, with a new teaser trailer and poster for Expendables 2 as well as a first-look image of his upcoming actioner Bullet to the Head. Do yourself a favor and investigate the entertaining trailers linked above.
Personally, being a fan of Ghost Rider's since his first appearance on a bike (way back in 1972), there's no doubt my favorite new poster & trailer from last week were both for Nic Cage's molten hot Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.
This is the most awesome trailer I've seen for a long time!!
Wednesday (12/21) the eagerly anticipated fourth installment of Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible franchise hits theaters, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. Last week this 3:48 clip titled, "Sandstorm Chase" hit the net, filling out a scene prolifically teased in every GP trailer so far. After you've screened the suspenseful clip (below), check out Tiesto's remix [video] of Lalo Schifrin's classic M:i theme here (you can also view its dynamic video in my Music Video Week in Review column too). FTR, I couldn't stop from shouting, "MORTAL KOMBAT!!", multiple times throughout my first hearing of it.
* read more about it here.
I'll close out this column with some links to GetGlue stickers I unlocked last week but before listing those I also wanted to share the latest D23's Disney Geek video which I warmly recommend watching here.
Now to the glue... fans of Zoe Saldana can earn this explosively hot sticker by celebrating Colombiana's Blu-ray release with a check-in here. The only other movie sticker I earned promotes a film I'm eagerly looking forward to, coming in April 2012, titled The Lucky One (starring the beautiful Taylor Schilling & Zac Efron).
Marvel came through, as they do each Wednesday, with new glue - this time for Avengers Vs. X-Men, Carnage, U.S.A. and Avengers: X-Sanction.
On a last GetGlue note,... I'm a so-called Guru for many pages there and will now, from time to time, invite my readers to check-in to certain pages I oversee. In my weekly hunt for new glue, I've developed an affinity for (what I call) Suggestion Surfing. Whenever I check-in to a page I make sure to peruse that page's Suggestions to see if there's any other cool stuff there to discover. Just yesterday I found a page there, I never knew existed, for the Kobayashi Maru. Anyway, two pages I supervise that I'd love my friends to check-in to are for groundbreaking supermodel-businesswoman Beverly Johnson, and, Cruise's fictional agent Ethan Hunt of the Impossible Missions Force.
Beverly has been a kind twitter friend and longtime inspiration, and just launched a new line of beauty products which are all 15% off through December 31st. Take a look at her enticing wares and get educated about her high-fashion legacy (at her official site here) before her new series, Beverly's Full House, debuts on OWN in February.
Thanks for reading my TV Week in Review column this week and please feel encouraged to post any new entertainment clips, posters, etc in the comments section below. Please also remember to check out my Music Video Week in Review column too, thanks again. Till next time, Have a Great Holiday Week & Happy Viewing!
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WTF Spoiler For 'Red Hood'
- Written by IvCNuB4 on Sunday, February 03 2013 and posted in News with Benefits
Check out the full cover reveal to Red Hood And The Outlaws #19
Source: Bleeding Cool
DC's solicit for the April issue of "Red Hood And The Outlaws" features the cover below with the teaser "what horrors lie beneath the mask of the Red Hood?"
Bleeding Cool got the reveal of full gatefold cover.
Maybe WTF really does stand for (highlight to reveal) "Why The Face" !
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Homemade Holiday Gift: Lovely Lemonsby Dana Angelo White in Healthy Holidays, December 15, 2012
Brighten someone's day with these sweet and savory treats. Pack up in reusable glass jars for your favorite food lover.
Preserved Lemons
We've got two versions of this recipe so no matter what, it's ready time for the holidays. One bakes in the oven to speed up the preservation process (see the video here), the other will do all the work itself sitting in a jar for a couple of weeks. Enjoy this Moroccan delicacy by rinsing well and adding to tagine and couscous recipes like this one from Tyler Florence.
Citrus Curd
Modify this classic Barefoot Contessa recipe using oranges, limes and lemons. It's silky-smooth and bursting with sweet and tangy flavor for fewer than 50 calories per tablespoon. Spread it on toast, sandwich between cookies or whisk into salad dressing and marinades. Have you tried it?
Note: For best results use un-waxed, organic citrus.
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Domestic Abuse - Topic Overview
Everyone gets angry from time to time. Anger and arguments are normal parts of healthy relationships. But anger that leads to threats, hitting, or hurting someone is not normal or healthy. This is a form of abuse. Physical, verbal, or sexual abuse is not okay in any relationship. When it occurs between spouses or partners or in a dating relationship, it is called domestic abuse.
Domestic abuse is also called intimate partner violence or domestic violence. It is not the same as an occasional argument. It is a pattern of abuse used by one person to control another.
In addition to violence between intimate partners:
- Teens may experience dating abuse.
- Older adults can be targets of both domestic abuse and elder abuse.
Each year, women experience about 4.8 million intimate-partner-related physical assaults and rapes. Men are the victims of about 2.9 million intimate-partner-related physical assaults. It can happen to anyone, at any age, no matter what race or religion people are, no matter what their level of education is or how much money they make.
Does your partner:
- Embarrass you with put-downs?
- Look at you or act in ways that scare you?
- Control what you do, who you see or talk to, or where you go?
- Stop you from seeing your friends or family members?
- Take your money or paychecks, make you ask for money, or refuse to give you money?
- Make all of the decisions?
- Tell you that you're a bad parent or threaten to take away or hurt your children?
- Prevent you from working or going to school?
- Act like the abuse is no big deal or is your fault, or even deny doing it?
- Destroy your property or threaten to kill your pets?
- Intimidate you with guns, knives, or other weapons?
- Shove you, slap you, choke you, or hit you?
- Threaten to commit suicide?
- Threaten to kill you?
- Prevent you from using birth control or from protecting yourself from sexually transmitted infections (STIs)/HIV?
If any of these things are happening, you need to get help. It's important to know that you are not alone. The way your partner acts is not your fault. There is no excuse for domestic violence. Help is available.
Living in an abusive relationship can cause long-term health problems. Some of these health problems include:
- Physical problems, such as migraine headaches; arthritis; or long-term neck, back, belly, or pelvic pain.
- Mental health problems, such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and alcohol or drug abuse.
Women who are sexually abused by their partners have a greater chance of having sexually transmitted infections, unwanted pregnancies, and other problems.
Violence can get worse during pregnancy. Abused women are more likely to have problems such as low weight gain, anemia, infections, and bleeding during pregnancy. Abuse during this time may increase the baby's risk of low birth weight, premature birth, or death.


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Those Toxic Non-Attenders
- Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Growing up I always heard that it was better to be accused of committing a sin of omission than a sin of commission. That way, you could always chalk your sin up to forgetfulness, ignorance or thoughtlessness. The sin of commission was the bigger no-no since it appeared deliberate and calculated.
I fear too many Christians think that not attending church on a regular basis is a sin of omission; if it's a sin at all, it would be a little one. No big deal. "Don't bring that legalism over here!" Apparently, this is what many pastors, elders, deacons and whole congregations think, since they have done little to address the staggering numbers of non-attenders.
For example, in my own denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, just one-third of the formal membership of over forty thousand churches in the U.S. actually attend on any given Sunday. That means that about ten million so-called Christians are actually no-shows.
Since not all non-attenders are the same, churches should treat different kinds of non-attenders differently. Here are four different kinds:
- Those who live in the area and are unable to attend: age or health prevent them. Such elderly or physically suffering members should be treated with special care. This article isn't about them.
- Those who live (temporarily) outside the area and are unable to attend: military or business assignments prevent them. Such (temporary) non-attenders should also be treated with special care since their travel for work places unique burdens on them and their family. This article isn't about them.
- Those who live outside the area and choose to keep their membership with your local church: distance prevents them. Such non-attenders should be encouraged to join a local church they can attend. This article is about them.
- Those who live in the area and sporadically, infrequently attend: nothing really prevents them except their own choice. This article is especially about them.
These last two types of non-attenders have a toxic effect on the local church because they render membership in the body of Christ meaningless.
In 1 Corinthians 12 the apostle Paul speaksof the body and its partsas a metaphor for the church:
"The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body." (1 Cor 12:12)
"Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it." (1 Cor 12:27)
When I take the pendulum out of my grandfather's clock, it can still do certain things, such as open sealed paint can lids. But that's a mis-use of the pendulum. The pendulum (a part) was designed to fit inside the clock, join the other parts, and provide the weight to put in motion the cogs which turn the hands which allow us to tell time. That's how Christians are meant to function within the body of Christ. A Christian who cuts himself off from a local body of Christians is like a pendulum opening a paint can, not a pendulum that makes a clock run.
But non-attenders don't merely harm themselves; in fact they have a toxic effect on the local church to which they nominally belong. I would argue non-attenders have a toxic effect in four ways.
1. They Make Evangelism Harder
First, non-attenders make evangelism harder. Your church is called to be an outpost of God's kingdom in your community, a small but meaningful display of God's glory as you love one another and mature in Christ. Therefore, everyone who bears the name of Christ, as affirmed by your church, yet who willingly chooses to live their lives apart from the covenanted community of believers is practicing identity theft. They've taken Christ's name, but they don't honestly identify with his body, the local church.
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Garcia said there were $500 worth of gifts in the cab.
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The much anticipated reform agenda of the governor was introduced and will begin moving through the Senate. The only true reform measures in the governor's bill that have the potential to increase student achievement are full day pre-K and modifications to teacher prep programs and professional development. Unfortunately, the majority of the 179-page bill is directed at teachers and other education employees.
Here are a few of the most egregious parts of his bill:
- Hiring criteria to become subjective - uses a single set of criteria; no equal weighting of criteria; lumps new hires and veteran teachers into the same hiring pool; uses criteria such as academic achievement; amount of course work in the relevant field and "other indicators upon which the qualifications can be fairly judged". This opens the hiring process to nepotism, cronyism and the "good ole boy" days of the past.
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The Repository, Mar. 7, 2003
By CHARITA M. GOSHAY Repository staff writer
A Kilgore man�s purported visions of the Virgin Mary have never been substantiated by the Catholic Church, but that hasn�t stopped one priest from believing that they are true.
Anthony Ray Fernwalt, 50, was arrested Tuesday by federal authorities who accuse him of possessing false identification.
E-mails to CNN that were forwarded to the FBI alleged he was trying to smuggle Pakistanis and Indians into the United States from Canada, and possibly planning a terrorist attack. No charges have resulted from those allegations.
In 1992, Fernwalt gained national attention by claiming to have discovered a weeping painting of the Virgin Mary at St. Jude�s Orthodox Catholic Church in Barberton, where he was the custodian.
After the Rev. Roman Bernard announced it, thousands of the faithful � and curious � flocked to the tiny church.
Fernwalt broke ties with St. Jude�s after Bernard accused him of spearheading an attempted takeover of the church.
Shortly thereafter, Fernwalt and some friends built a shrine in Kilgore. Later, he was accused by those same friends of trying to sell the property without their knowledge.
The shrine is now owned by Our Lady of Kilgore, an affiliate of St. Jude�s Catholic Church of Rochester, N.Y. Among the materials featured in the shrine is a document detailing Fernwalt�s alleged encounters with the Virgin Mary, Jesus, St. Joseph and Michael the Archangel.
Unity Publishing, a lay Catholic Marianist organization based in Portugal, lists Fernwalt�s apparition claims as false. But the Rev. John Steger, pastor of St. Jude�s Catholic Church in Rochester, said he believes in Fernwalt, adding he�s not capable of committing the crimes of which he is accused.
The two have been friends for 10 years.
�I think he�s quite a Christian, Catholic gentleman,� Steger said. �He�s a rather humble, simple man. I can�t believe that he�s involved with anything like this.�
Steger said he believes Fernwalt has indeed experienced apparitions, and that a spring on the shrine�s property has curative powers.
�Our Blessed Mother has been appearing to him for about 10 years,� Steger said. �She directed him to the spring that�s on the property.�
Steger said one of his parishioners was cured of melanoma after receiving water from the spring.
�It�s documented by the surgeons and doctors in Rochester,� he said. �He had quite a miracle happen. He�s still alive.�
Mike Sullivan, a spokesman for Catholics United for the Faith, a national Catholic lay organization based in Steubenville, said his organization has no report on Fernwalt or his claims.
�We have heard about the apparitions, but as far as I know, they�re a local thing,� Sullivan said. �People call us with questions about the Catholic faith from all over the country, really from all of over the world, but nothing about that.�
Steger said his church purchased the Our Lady of Kilgore shrine when Fernwalt got into tax trouble and was on the verge of losing the property.
�Some of my parishioners had made pilgrimages down there, and were very much taken by it,� he said. �They thought it was quite valid and quite beautiful; so much so, we formed a separate, religious corporation … and bought the shrine five to six years ago.�
Steger said a former bishop in the Steubenville Diocese was looking into Fernwalt�s claims, �but didn�t take it any farther.�
�Several priests at Steubenville University have visited the site,� he added. �They certainly have had no problems with it.�
A spokeswoman for the Apostolic Nunciature, the Vatican�s embassy in the United States, said any person�s claims of apparitions and miracles must first be investigated by the bishop of that respective diocese.
Bishop Daniel Conlon and Monsignor Gerald Calvoni, spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Steubenville, were out of the office Thursday and could not be reached for comment.
Steger reiterated that he thinks Fernwalt is an innocent man.
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The Scorchers is the most audacious punchline ever. It's like id asked you "hey, what's the secret of comedy?" at a Halloween party. Then, fourteen months later, at 2am on Christmas Day, your mobile rings. You panic. Who calls anyone at this time of night, on Christmas? Worried that you're about to suffer a harrowing Eastenders festive bereavement, you accept the call. It's John Carmack. He whispers the word "timing", and hangs up.
Timing: it's not only the secret to comedy, it's the secret to profitable DLC. As much as we love to complain about it, there's a reason publishers release Day 1 DLC. That's when people buy it. Generally speaking, after three months, no-one's interested. 14 months later? Who's going to care?
Well, we do. If nothing else, The Scorchers is a reason to remember exactly how damn good RAGE was. I reviewed it for OXM, and there were points, during the missions of Wellspring, when I was excitedly bouncing my legs around, and thinking "I'm going to give this bad chap a bloody ten, you see if I don't".
Then I put in Disc Two. It was exactly like Kill Bill Part Two had been an animated gif of a dog in a swing. That is the perfect anaology. But for ten, fifteen hours, RAGE was a heaven of bullets, rockets, and buggies.
The hyperactive afterpocalypse comedy of Borderlands 2 is so fresh in the mind, that going back to RAGE now is a wonderfully po-faced affair. You forget how serious this is. Even the comedy characters, like the grotesque Mutant Bash game-show host JK Stiles, don't do jokes. The closest you get is the barks of the gang members.
The first psycho NPC bark you hear is "This place needs decorating... with blood!" Can you imagine writing that line, and sniggering behind your hand while the voice actors come in to read it out? Then demanding the actors said it again, but this time like they meant it? Luckily, the game never breaks into a smile itself, even with inexplicable cockney accents screaming "get the wanker!" RAGE generously lets you laugh at it, instead of with it. The fourth wall provides perfect cover.
There are better reasons to love RAGE, without being an ironic snidey-pants. Although some of the textures look blotchy up-close, something had to give with the sheer scale of the landscapes, and the rich, buttery smooth frame rates. RAGE looks magnificent, and makes me hungry for the next Xbox, when we can legitimately start ragging fiercely on all games that aren't this slick.
RAGE lets you make mistakes. Mid-mission checkpoints are maddeningly sparse, but you can save whenever you like. Towns don't have mini-maps, and the levels are designed to trick you into circles, forcing you to explore properly. If you want to wander into a mission with too little ammo, you can - but you'll probably have to abort your mission and head back to town. There's no fast travel, either - but that's OK, because the vehicles are fast enough, and you'll be distracted by fights and comet showers on the way.
The enemy AI and movement are brilliant, too, each gang having a distinct personality. The tumbling, acrobatic Ghosts. The charging, retreating cockney Wasted. And the tech-savvy Russian Gearhead clan, the orthodox-military Authority, and the strength-in-numbers mutant fodder. All of these characters are now joined by The Scorchers, in this mission chain that weaves itself through the first half of the game.