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Shady Records has a big year planned for 2013. In addition to 50 Cent's upcoming Street King Immortal album, the label will release a new CD from Yelawolf. Confirmed from Billboard, Yela has already started recording the new project in Nashville.
Joe Budden just released his No Love Lost solo album via E1 Records. After Joell Ortiz, Royce Da 5'9 and Crooked I drop their next solo albums, Slaughterhouse will begin work on their follow up to 2012's welcome to: Our House. And then Eminem, Shady Records president Paul Rosenberg tells Billboard that Marshall will deliver his highly anticipated eighth solo album sometime after Memorial Day.
"We fully expect to be releasing a new Eminem album in 2013. He's been working on it for some time," Rosenberg said. "It's safe to say that it will be post-Memorial Day at some point, but we're not exactly sure when. We've got some dates locked in for him to perform live in Europe in August, so we're trying to see what else lines up."


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Does anyone know where I can buy old tiles? I am in need of some Aqua plastic wall tiles. They are light greenish- blue, with white marbleing.Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Nick. |
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Well we're just getting ready to remove a bunch of these from our bathroom. I'm not sure if they're what you're looking for. And I think they might have faded a bit?? But if you can use them, I'd be happy to give them to you. They are a very light green, the yellowy tone is from my flash. |
- Posted by magnaverde (My Page) on Wed, May 21, 08 at 16:25
Well, Cosmikcat, if those don't work for Nick, I'd love to have them, since, as you can probably guess, green is my color, even if it's 195Os dentist's office green. I used to have the same tiles in the kitchen of my very first post-college apartment and one of these days, I'm going to recreate that room. Unfortunately, they don't make these anymore, and since styrene plastic hasn't yet achieved coolness, these often end up going straight to the dump instead of being recycled to the admittedly small group that still likes them. Be sure to take a few good pics of your vintage bath before you get out the hammer. Thanks. M. |
Thank you Cosmikcat. They look like what I need,but I only need maybe thirty or thirty five. Let me know what shipping costs are and I will send you a check. I also noticed that Magnaverde needs the same tiles. Do you have enough for both of us? Thanks again, Nick. |
Sorry its taken me so long to get back to you! I've had an out-of-town visitor and then was out of town myself. I should have plenty of tiles for both of you if you're both still interested. My parents are visiting next weekend and then we'll start taking the tiles down. In the meantime, I'll try to get an idea of how many we have and how much they'll cost to send. I'll get back to you both later this week with more info. |
- Posted by housekeeping (My Page) on Mon, Jun 2, 08 at 18:59
Nick & Magnaverderde, I just a box of these greeny-aqua blue ones at a salvage place over the weekend. I plan on going back there this week and will check price and number available. Interested? Mally~ |
Cosmikcat, Yes, I am interested. I'll be watching for your Post. Thanks, Nick. |
I had absolutely no idea that anyone would be interested in these tiles! I removed them from my kitchen, pantry and a small china cabinet pass-through when we moved in 4 years ago. They were exactly as the OP describes; a medium seafoam green with whitish marbling. I truly regret that we pitched them, as I just didn't think at the time that anyone would want them. I did find that some of them were difficult to remove without cracking, depending on how dried out the mastic was--so be careful getting them off. Most, however, just popped off with only a little prying. |
OK, I got a few pictures of the bathroom for you guys. My camera doesn't have a very good wide angle, but you can get an idea of just how much plastic tile we have. Aside from the 4x4 green, you can see we have some 2x2 green and black toward the top, a black top edge and, not in the pictures, a black 4x4 edge around the bottom. If anyone wants any of these, just let me know. We'll be tearing them down over the next few weeks. I'm going to give Nick first choice but otherwise, if we can prevent these from filling up a dump, then there there for the taking. I only ask that you pay for shipping. You can reach me at firstname.lastname@example.com ps - check out that crazy wallpaper! We're so outta date that we're back in fashion again. |
- Posted by housekeeping (My Page) on Tue, Jun 17, 08 at 12:12
I checked at my salvage place last weekend and they have a big box (est 175+?) of these (used) green marbled plastic tiles. Does anyone want me to price them? I expect they would be pretty cheap. I plan to be near there in the next few days (i.e. Wed. or Thurs., 6/18 or 6/19). Molly~ |
Hi Molly, I need greenish- blue. I would be interested if they are that color. Can anyone tell me how to attach a photo to my post? Thanks, Nick 1862. |
- Posted by housekeeping (My Page) on Sat, Jun 21, 08 at 13:20
Nick, It turned out that my car was on the fritz this week so I didn't go to the salvage place. But I'm expecting to pick up my computer late next week in place that's near the warehouse so I'll check the tile then. I'll see if I can borrow one of tiles so I can make a good pic of it, and get prices and quantity available ,etc. I think these would qualify for greenish aqua-blue, but I'm not sure. Molly~ |
- Posted by concretenprimroses (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 08 at 0:24
Nick, here is a link to garden junk telling how to post pics. I'm glad someone still likes those old tiles. I've always liked that look too. Its good your fixing yours now as I suspect in a few years lots of people will want them. Its just how things go! kathy |
Here is a link that might be useful: Posting pic how to
href="http://s283.photobucket.com/albums/kk284/skysoldier82/?action=view¤t=70fd7497c204.jpg" target="_blank"> Thanks to kathy, I can now show what I am lookig for. Nick. |
Here is a link that might be useful: skysoldier82
please tell me someone has atleast 10 of these left. i will pay for them and shipping. thanks kristy |
- Posted by KimH(email@example.com) onSun, Mar 6, 11 at 10:26
Does anyone have or know where I can get some of these tiles? They are the blue version of the ones previously posted? Thanks in Advance |
- Posted by kimbeloid(firstname.lastname@example.com) onMon, Apr 4, 11 at 10:51
I have a kitchen full of the green/aqua ones - bout ready to tear them off/down the walls - don't know what the condition will be (glue on the back) but would be happy to salvage what I can and have you pay for shipping if you're interested. Will send a photo later today if you're interested. Kim |
- Posted by catperson1947 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 4, 11 at 17:35
Oh my, I had a huge amount of those when we redid our bathrooms in 1996. We threw them out because we hated them--didn't look right in our 1898 house! I had no idea back then that anyone would EVER want them. They were the blue ones. |
- Posted by magnaverde(email@example.com) onMon, Apr 11, 11 at 18:30
And these days, I need a bunch, too, for a new project. I'll work with whatever color anybody has. |
- Posted by grey tile lady(email@example.com) onFri, Apr 15, 11 at 20:54
I'm looking for light grey plastic tile like the green ones in the other postings. What type of salvage place had them? I need about 10-15 tiles. |
ebay has them every so often |
I am going to be taking down a whole bunch of seafoam green tiles this weekend. Is anyone interested in them? I can attach photos if you'd like. |
I am looking for the plastic tile seafoam green with a little swirl in it let me know if anyone has any. |
I have these plastic green tiles in my kitchen & i'm wondering how to go about taking them down. Would it be better to try & take them down (no idea how hard it will be) or paint over them? I dont knwo much about these but I would like a different color in my kitchen. Thanks! |
- Posted by columbusguy1 (My Page) on Thu, Jul 7, 11 at 2:32
Think hard before tearing them out--they are becoming popular again! The trend for mosaic and glass is just a current fad...and will be replaced by something else in time. Retro is currently the big thing, and fits an older house...if they are in good shape, I'd paint them--they make paints that will go over tile with no problem at all. Far cheaper than demolition and replacement. |
I'm considering leaving them and painting them a brownish color. Any recomendations on how to go about painting them? I'm not sure if type of primer/paint matters. I've read that they should be sanded, primer put on, then painted. Any other tips would be greatly appriciated. Thanks! |
- Posted by mmcgale(email@example.com) onSun, Jul 17, 11 at 22:45
I'm trying to replace some missing tiles in my bathroom that were ruined during a plumbing mis-hap. I don't need that many. Maybe 15 or 20. I have the aqua coloured ones, but anything similar would be great as the missing tiles are not very visible. Any help on tracking them down or where I could buy they would be very much appreciated |
I am need of about 35-40 tiles to repair my mother's bathroom. The house was built in 1957. Do anyone still have any remaining? I am looking for 4.25" x 4.25" size. Mine are aqua-blue with white wisps through them. I would appreciate anything similar. You can contact me via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com or feel free to call my home 614-761-2110 (Columbus OH). Thanks! Dale |
- Posted by theadventurebite (My Page) on Thu, Mar 22, 12 at 15:26
I am looking for around 30-40 of these tiles. Does anyone have any?? Please email me at danicmeyer at gmail.com Thanks! |
I live in an old house and these tiles in the picture are the exact ones i need to replace 9 broken ones. Does someone happen to have a few spares?? please |
Help. I am repairing a '50s bathroom and need about 30 pink 4 1/4" plastic tiles. The color is Malibu Pink and the tiles were made by Homart. Malibu pink is kind of a pink-coral color with swirls of white. |
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While Polka Dot sticks to the popular version of the centuries-old story, including a fairy godmother, glass slippers and ugly sisters, a fresh element of popular culture is threaded throughout, making it all the more appealing to young children. Nowhere is this more noticeable than in the music, which has a very contemporary sound and styling, perfectly suiting the voices of Eloise Smith as Cinderella and Jamie Jukes as Prince Charming.
A scene from Cinderella at Cinderella Thameside, Grays
The old-school entertainment is provided by Gemma Bissix as trainee Fairy Flustered, eschewing the drama of EastEnders and Hollyoaks for comic rhyming couplets and a chance to graduate as a qualified fairy. Chris Simmons makes a rather gentle Buttons, easily gaining the affection of his audience with his ready one-liners.
The lions' share of the comedy, however, rests with the Ugly Sisters, here played with gusto by Andrew Lazarus and Wain Douglas. These two meaty dames immediately dominate the stage with their outrageous costumes, wicked banter and slick routines, taking the audience participation in their stride. The burlesque ballet, which Douglas also choreographed, is a triumph that brings the house down.


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Opinion in Atkins v.
Initially, it is the decision of this court that the death penalty is not a constructive or proportional punishment for any mentally retarded offender. The Eighth Amendment's protection against excessive, cruel and unusual punishment protects against the execution of those who are mentally retarded for two reasons. The first involves the issue of diminished culpability; the second, that of proportionality.
It was determined and agreed upon by respondent that Atkins' IQ is indeed 59. There is no question that Atkins therefore falls under the medically-defined category of mentally retarded. As stated by the counsel for the appellant, this IQ gives Atkins the mental capacities of a child no older than 12 years of age.[1] The deficient mental capacities found in the mentally retarded diminish criminal culpability. While it is true that diminished culpability does not warrant exemption from punishment, it is the opinion of this court that the application of the death penalty to those with diminished culpability such as Atkins is excessive, and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment as prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. Just as the precedent established in Stanford v. Kentucky in 1989 prohibits the execution of offenders younger than 16 years of age, so must it apply to offenders with the mental capacity of a person younger than 16 years of age.
From this finding it follows that Atkins' punishment of execution is not proportional to his crime. The death penalty is reserved for the most heinous of crimes,[2] most recently limited to capital murder in 16 of the 18 states with death penalty statutes on record.[3] The severity of murder depends not only on the manner in which it was committed, but also in the intention behind it. An accidental homicide in a drugstore holdup, for example, can hardly be considered equally severe to a premeditated murder. The question, then, is how severe the crimes committed by Atkins truly are. To address this, we must return to the issue of his impaired mental capacity. Murder committed by a mentally retarded person is understood as less heinous because of the diminished culpability of the offender. Indeed, this standard has been confirmed by the many states prohibiting the execution of mentally retarded criminals. 12 states do not maintain the death penalty as criminal punishment and 18 states prohibit the execution of mentally retarded criminals.[4] The fact that even 18 states with the death penalty refuse to apply it to mentally retarded offenders suggests that, beyond being only questionably appropriate for criminals of average intelligence, the death penalty is already widely considered excessive for offenders with mental retardation. In addition, the many amicus curiae briefs filed in this case, support the appellant's allegation of a growing national consensus on the unacceptability of the execution of mentally retarded persons.
It can be said that to categorically exempt mentally retarded offenders from the death penalty would establish a precedent open to abuse by offenders who are not mentally retarded. For example, a defendant of average intelligence accused of murder could plausibly perform badly on an IQ test in order to claim mental retardation. What is to prevent the accused from deliberately underperforming on an IQ test? The answer to this lies in the strictness of the standards for determining mental retardation. These standards require not only an assessment of the individual's IQ, but also an examination of the individual's mental and social history—for example, in school records—to identify a history of retardation. This history currently constitutes a major factor in determining mental capacity. It is expected to continue as such, and to thereby supplement or balance the IQ test as needed. It is true that an insufficient intelligence assessment can have devastating results. Not only can it involuntarily allow the unjust exemption of an offender from punishment, but, perhaps more tragically, it can condemn an offender to disproportionate punishment—as Atkins was. It seems that the effect of the precedent established by this ruling would be to "err" in favor of the truly mentally retarded defendant, instead of in favor of the forger of retardation. The court system can rely on a thorough assessment of an individual's mental capacity to prevent abuse of the assessment practice by offenders.
Beyond the evidence of a national consensus, this court finds that mentally retarded defendants under no circumstances can be executed on the basis of deterrence and retribution, the traditional motives of capital punishment. The two justifications cited by this court in Gregg v. Georgia on which capital punishment may be given, deterrence and retribution, cannot be said to apply to mentally retarded individuals. As the appellant rightfully points out, "it is abundantly clear that the death penalty as a means of deterrence is lost on the mentally retarded."[5] Mentally retarded offenders cannot be expected to fully consider the penalties for their crimes; indeed, the very basis on which such defendants are less culpable is their inability to understand the consequences of their actions.
It is the same cognitive and behavioral impairments that make these defendants less morally culpable – for example, the diminished ability to understand and process information, to learn from experience, to engage in logical reasoning, or to control impulses – that also make it less likely that they can process the information of the possibility of execution as a penalty, and as a result, control their conduct based on that information.[6]
In respect to retribution, such a justification for executing mentally retarded defendants also fails on the basis that such persons can not be held fully culpable for their crimes. In Gregg this court ruled that the death penalty must be reserved for the most serious of crimes, and that the ultimate punishment of the state was dependent on a defendant's culpability. The culpability of a retarded defendant being diminished means that the ultimate punishment of the state can not be applied to such persons.
Aside from the finding that a national consensus exists and the execution of mentally retarded defendants cannot be justified by the standards established in Gregg, this court disputes the respondents' argument that such a precedent wrongly interferes in a states' ability to decide such cases individually. Central to the respondent's case is the notion that the punishment of mentally retarded defendants "should be up to the states' statutes, judges and juries to determine."[7] Backing this argument are the assertions that mentally retarded defendants have equal access to legal counsel and there is "an utter lack of evidence to determine that the mentally retarded are disproportionately convicted based on their supposed lack of ability to persuasively present their side or unwittingly confess or offer false information in their trials."[8] While they may not be disproportionately punished, it is obvious that defendants with mental disabilities are inherently disadvantaged in the courtroom. This fact has been established by the national consensus recognized in Justice Clawson's portion of the opinion.
Furthermore, this court disputes the notion that state courts and juries can fairly apply the law to mentally retarded defendants. Especially in regard to juries, the apparent demeanor of mentally retarded defendants can lead a jury to wrongly conclude that they lack remorse for their crime. As poor witnesses they can easily lose the sympathy of a jury, while their appearance may obscure the handicap that in fact limits their culpability. Juries cannot be relied upon to always judge defendants based on their culpability when such a factor is not always visibly apparent, and the circumstances of a case sway the emotions of jurors into handing out capital punishment when it is not warranted.
Respondents further contend that issuing a blanket ruling outlawing the execution of mentally retarded individuals will set a needless precedent that hampers a state's right to impose justice as it sees fit. They argue that states must be given the leeway to decide on a case by case basis whether to execute the mentally retarded depending on their level of retardation, rather than a total prohibition. However, if this court were to let the status quo continue and leave state justice systems in charge, theoretically men such as Daryl Atkins would continue to be executed. Atkins clearly cannot be held fully culpable for his crime, and therefore should not be sentenced to death. Yet the respondents contend that states can successfully decide culpability on a case by case basis when this particular case illustrates how states wrongly sentence such individuals. The fact that Atkins' sentence was upheld on several occasions proves that states may not always be able to sufficiently guarantee protection for such individuals
Convinced that a national consensus exists that sees the execution of the mentally retarded as morally corrupt, and seeing no useful purpose for such punishments, the remaining states may no longer judge the mentally retarded on a case by case basis on the foundation that they can fairly and accurately judge the culpability of each mentally retarded defendant. We therefore overturn Penry v. Lynaugh and find that the execution of the mentally retarded constitutes cruel and unusual punishment prohibited under the eight amendment of the federal constitution.
Finally, this court believes that
the death penalty is not just cruel and unusual punishment for mentally
retarded individuals. We hereby declare that it is cruel and unusual punishment
for anyone. For the reasons expressed in William Brennan Furman v. Georgia
(1972) at 257 - 307 and Thurgood Marshall at 314 – 374, including that it
denies human dignity and is not narrowly tailored to achieve its deterrent
objective, we reject the use of the death penalty in all cases. While
preventing the execution of the mentally retarded as well as youth is a move in
the right direction, it is insufficient to ensure that our society avoids contemporary
conceptions of cruel and unusual punishment. As Justice Blackmun noted in Callins v. Collins,
I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. For more than 20 years I have endeavored...to develop...rules that would lend more than the mere appearance of fairness to the death penalty endeavor...Rather than continue to coddle the court's delusion that the desired level of fairness has been achieved...I feel...obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed. It is virtually self-evident to me now that no combination of procedural rules or substantive regulations ever can save the death penalty from its inherent constitutional deficiencies...
With Justice Blackmun's words in mind, we order the termination of the use of capital punishment.
[1] Brief for the appellant, page 2, Argument I, paragraph 2.
[2] Gregg v.
[3] The
exceptions to the limitation of capital murder are
[4] Statistic obtained from www.deathpenaltyinfo.org.
[5] Brief for the appellant.
[6] International Justice Project Brief.
[7] Brief for the respondent.
[8] Brief for the respondent.


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The singer shared a photo of her cut with fans online.
Lady Gaga's shaved her head!
Well underneath at the back…
The Bad Romance singer said she did it as a tribute to her photographer friend Terry Richardson's mum's who passed away, saying:
"I did it for u Terry. I'm sorry about ure mommy. She has princess die, but were all princess high."
Gaga reassured fans that things were ok from the front, sharing this photo below too, adding:
"But we still have glamour in the front."
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Microsoft Outlook 2007
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Instructions for Adding an Email Account
Microsoft Outlook 2007 can be configured to connect to a Stevens email account via IMAP or POP3. Information Technology strongly recommends the use of IMAP.
Sending Email from a Stevens Alias
Email aliases at Stevens redirect mail to Stevens mail accounts. In other words there are no Stevens mail accounts for email aliases. However, there are still ways to send email from the alias address.


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| Ben KenwardSummaryAffiliation: University of Oxford Country: UK Publications
| Collaborators |
Detail Information
- Enactment of third-party punishment by 4-year-oldsBen Kenward
Department of Psychology, Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden
Front Psychol 3:373. 2012..The evidence suggests that 4-year-olds' enactment of punishment is at least partially based on a belief that antisocial actions deserve to be punished... - Infants help a non-human agentBen Kenward
Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
PLoS ONE 8:e75130. 2013..A second possibility is that rather than being based on empathy, the observed helping occurred as a result of a goal-contagion process in which the infants were primed with the unfulfilled goal. .. - Over-imitating preschoolers believe unnecessary actions are normative and enforce their performance by a third partyBen Kenward
Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, 751 42 Uppsala, Sweden
J Exp Child Psychol 112:195-207. 2012..This study demonstrates an early link between two processes of fundamental importance for human culture: faithful imitation and the adherence to and enforcement of norms... - Goal directedness and decision making in infantsBen Kenward
Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Dev Psychol 45:809-19. 2009..Possible explanations include that they had not learned the specifics of the action outcome; they had not acquired the necessary desire; or they had acquired both but did not integrate them to make a decision... - Over-imitation is better explained by norm learning than by distorted causal learningBen Kenward
Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Proc Biol Sci 278:1239-46. 2011..In causally opaque systems, however, for children and for adults, any action performed before achieving the goal is likely to be inferred as causally necessary-this is not over-imitation, but ordinary causal learning... - Preschoolers distribute scarce resources according to the moral valence of recipients' previous actionsBen Kenward
Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Sweden
Dev Psychol 47:1054-64. 2011..These results join other recent studies in demonstrating that the seeds of complex moral understanding and behavior are found early in development... - Catching of balls unexpectedly thrown or fired by cannonBen Kenward
Uppsala University, Sweden
Percept Mot Skills 113:171-87. 2011..Ball catching may represent an example of a learned response which can be rapidly and unconsciously initiated without contextual priming or expectation of the stimulus...


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Replacing the undersized air handling unit has long been on the immediate "to do" list for the stuffy government center. Since 2012, the roof replacement project had been planned for 2016, but last year the project date was moved up to this year. When Commissioner Marcia Ward expressed surprise at that change, County Administrator Duane Hebert who was placed on paid leave the following day explained that the project schedule had been moved up as part of the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) approved by the board in December. At both the December meeting and the recent meeting, Hebert noted that it is logical to replace the roof prior to replacing the rooftop air handling unit. In addition, a memo from the maintenance department recommended completing the two projects at once.
Replacing the roof was also identified as a time-sensitive project last February, when Sustainability Coordinator Anne Morse announced that a solar energy firm had offered the county an attractive deal to install solar panels on the roof of the government center, as well as on the Goodview Highway Shop, and finance the panels using Xcel Energy rebates. The government center roof would need to be replaced first, though, staff explained. That solar project sparked a dispute that led the County Board to hire outside investigators (see story page A1).
Commissioner Steve Jacob questioned the county's investment in the government center during the December 2013 meeting. If the county is going to invest in the air unit, the county had better be planning on using the government center for a long time, "because I don't think a $600,000 improvement to this building would add much to the value of this building," he said. The county plans to use the government center for a long time, Hebert replied.
Last Tuesday, Jacob repeated his previous concerns, saying he was having trouble "coming to grips" with the project's cost and questioned how significant the energy savings would be after installation of the new unit. Hebert said they would be significant.
Pointing to indications from staff and consultant reports that utility company rebates would offset the cost of the unit, Commissioner Wayne Valentine asked how much the rebates would be and commented that "it would be nice to know what type of rebates we might get."
Jacob and Board Chair Marcia Ward questioned whether the county should consider alternative systems, such as an indoor air handling unit. Is this RFP restricting the county's options too much? Jacob asked. Hebert noted that consultants had provided the recommendation on what type of air units to use. "That's why you paid over $3,000 for this study," he said.
Ward noted the 20 percent contingency for the project, saying, "I like to be a bit tighter with my checkbook."
Despite questions and concerns, the board members voted unanimously to approve the RFP, noting that they could reject all of the proposals received from contractors.


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Giancarlo Stanton
Giancarlo Stanton | |||
Stanton with a young fan (2012)
Miami Marlins – No. 27
Right fielder | |||
Born: Panorama City, California |
November 8, 1989 |||
MLB debut
June 8, 2010 for the Florida Marlins | |||
Career statistics
(through 2014 season) |
Batting average | .271 | ||
Hits | 619 | ||
Home runs | 154 | ||
Runs batted in | 399 | ||
Career highlights and awards
Giancarlo Cruz Michael Stanton (born November 8, 1989) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). Prior to the 2012 season, he was known as "Mike" Stanton. He graduated from Notre Dame High School, before he was drafted by the Marlins in the 2007 MLB Draft. He first appeared for the Marlins in the middle of the 2010 season. Stanton was selected to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2012 and 2014.
Early life[edit]
Stanton attended Verdugo Hills High School in Tujunga, California before he transferred to Notre Dame High School in Los Angeles, where he was a three-sport athlete. He had accepted a scholarship to play baseball for USC, and received offers from UCLA and UNLV to play football.[1] However, he opted to go pro after being drafted in the second round (76th overall) in the 2007 amateur draft by the Florida Marlins.[2]
Stanton is of Irish, African-American, and Puerto Rican descent. He has represented the United States internationally.[3] He views Iván Rodríguez and Roberto Clemente as his favorite baseball players.[4] To celebrate Stanton's Puerto Rican heritage (on his mother's side), the Marlins gave a Giancarlo Stanton bobblehead figure to the first 15,000 fans to arrive to the stadium on August 29, 2012, which was Puerto Rican Heritage Night.[5] He also belongs to the Criollos de Caguas in the Puerto Rico Baseball League.[6]
Professional career[edit]
Minor league career[edit]
Stanton began his career for the Gulf Coast League Marlins, but quickly advanced to the Single-A short season New York - Penn League, playing for the Jamestown Jammers. After nine games for the Jammers, where he batted .067 on 2 for 30 hitting, he was promoted to the Single-A Greensboro Grasshoppers. At Greensboro, Stanton hit 39 home runs, on a .293 batting average with 97 RBIs and a .993 OPS.[2][7] Stanton received an invitation to the 2009 Marlins spring training.[8] He won numerous post-season awards for his performance in the 2008 minor league season, and was placed at number 16 on Baseball America's top 100 prospects list.[9]
He began the season in High A with the Jupiter Hammerheads, where he batted .294 with 12 home runs and 39 RBI. This outstanding performance led to a promotion to the Double-A Jacksonville Suns.[10][11] He was selected to the U.S. All- Star Futures game in the minor leagues, as he was chosen to represent the Florida Marlins.[12] In the off-season, he was sent to the Arizona Fall League, for the organization's top prospects. Before going down with an injury forcing him to leave, he led the league with a .478 batting average.[13] Baseball America declared him the number 1 prospect in the Marlins system,[14] as well as being number 3 on John Manuel's of Baseball America, top 20 prospects in the minors.[15]
In 52 games with the Jacksonville Suns, Stanton batted .311 with 21 homers, 52 RBI and a 1.167 on-base plus slugging percentage. Perhaps most impressive was that he struck out just nine more times than he walked (44). After a series against the Mississippi Braves in early May, Mississippi manager Phil Wellman told The Florida Times Union: "He looks like a 15-year-old playing on an 8-year-old's Little League team." On May 6, 2010, Stanton hit a home run at Montgomery that cleared the scoreboard in center field and traveled an estimated 500–550 feet.[16]
Major league career[edit]
2010: Rookie season[edit]
On June 6, 2010, the Miami Marlins announced that Stanton would be called up to the major leagues, making his debut on June 8. At 20 years, 212 days, he became the third youngest player in Marlins history, behind Edgar Renteria (19 years, 276 days)[17] and Miguel Cabrera (20 years, 67 days).[18] Stanton went 3-for-5 with two infield singles and scored twice in the debut.[19]
Stanton's first big league home run was a grand slam off of Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Matt Garza. He joined Jeff Conine, Chuck Carr, Quilvio Veras, Craig Counsell and Jeremy Hermida on the list of Marlins whose first homer came with the bases loaded. In addition, Stanton became the fourth player in the past 25 years to hit his first career grand slam before his 21st birthday along with Jose Reyes (2003), Andruw Jones (1997) and Alex Rodriguez (1996). On August 11, 2010 against the Washington Nationals, Stanton went 5-for-5 with 4 RBI, 2 doubles and a home run. He became the second youngest player to collect five hits and four RBI in a game, and the youngest to do it since 1935 (Phil Cavarretta, who was 19 years and 33 days old with the Chicago Cubs on August 21, 1935). Stanton also is just the second Marlin with five hits and four RBI in the same game, joining Gary Sheffield, who did it on September 17, 1995 at Colorado.[20]
Stanton's favorite big league at-bat came on September 6, 2010, against Roy Oswalt in Philadelphia.[21] Stanton thought he had struck out on a foul tip, but the catcher dropped the ball. On the next pitch, he hit a 435-foot home run. "That (home run) I really liked, because that's what made me grow," Stanton said. "I thought I struck out; I was a little flustered. You learn that when something's over with, you move on. I did that pretty quick right there." [22]
For his rookie season, Stanton's home runs averaged a distance of 399.6 feet with average speed of 104.3 MPH.[23]
He was named an outfielder on Baseball America's 2010 All-Rookie Team.[24] He was also named an outfielder on the 2010 Topps Major League Rookie All-Star Team.[25]
In 2011, Stanton battled through leg and eye injuries which kept him from being a consistent hitting threat in the Marlins lineup. He hit his first walk-off home run on July 6, 2011 against the Philadelphia Phillies. Stanton finished the 2011 season batting .262 with 34 home runs and 87 RBI in 516 at-bats. According to HitTrackerOnline, Stanton belted 15 no-doubt home runs, the most in the National League and second most in the major leagues behind Jose Bautista's 18. Stanton hit the longest home runs of the season by any player in 2011 at Citi Field (465 feet), Nationals Park (455 feet), Coors Field (475 feet), and Sun Life Stadium (466 feet).[26] His average distance (416.6 feet) and off bat speed (107.4 MPH) made significant improvement in his sophomore season. Stanton finished 23rd in the National league MVP [1]
At the end of the season, Stanton had 56 career home runs before his 22nd birthday (which was in November), which matched Alex Rodriguez and was behind only Ken Griffey, Jr. among players in the past 40 seasons.[27]
2012: All-Star[edit]
On May 21, 2012, Stanton hit a grand slam off Jamie Moyer that traveled 462 feet with an off-bat speed of 122.4 MPH, the fastest since ESPN's Home Run Tracker began tracking.[28] The ball made contact with a scoreboard in the outfield which resulted in the panels hit getting knocked out momentarily.[29] Moyer had not given up a grand slam since 2004.[30]
On June 28, 2012, Stanton confirmed that he would play in the 2012 MLB All-Star Game and participate in the Home Run Derby.[31] However, On July 7, Stanton left the game against the St. Louis Cardinals after a knee soreness. The next day, Stanton had surgery on his knee and later missed both of the events. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list on July 14. On August 17, Stanton hit a 494-foot home run at Coors Field.[32] The home run was his sixth home run at Coors Field, in as many games, dating back to 2011. The home run was the longest in MLB since 2009.
Stanton finished the 2012 season with career highs in home runs (37; 2nd in the National League, behind only Ryan Braun), batting average (.290), on-base percentage (.361), and slugging percentage (.608) which led all of MLB. He was third in the NL in on-base plus slugging percentage (.969; behind Braun and Joey Votto).[33]
According to HitTrackerOnline, Stanton belted 11 no-doubt home runs, the most in the National League and sixth most in the major leagues. Stanton hit the longest home runs of the season at Coors Field (494 feet) for 2nd straight season, and Marlins Park (462 feet).[34] His average distance (413 feet) and off bat speed (107.2 MPH) remained on-par with his 2011 campaign.
After having a career best .290 batting average, 37 home runs and .608 slugging percentage, Stanton had a good feeling coming into the 2013 season from spring training and participating in the WBC team USA. On April 27, 2013, Stanton opened up with his first homer of the season, putting it over the scoreboard he hit last season off Jamie Moyer, and traveling an estimated 472 feet. Stanton was put on the 15-day disabled list three days later due to a grade 2 hamstring injury. He was re-activated on June 10, 2013.
Missing those two months of the season, Stanton worked hard to come back to his former self. With only 116 games played he was not able put up the same numbers, with only 425 at-bats he had a .249 average with 106 hits, 62 RBI and 24 home runs to end the season. Stanton was able to hit a milestone marker in his career. In a June 17, 2013 victory, Stanton hit two long home runs, one off former closer Heath Bell to take the lead. Stanton hit his 99th and 100th career homer that night, placing him on the number 9 spot in the fastest player to hit 100 career homers.
Stanton displayed home run power but fell short of expectations as injury limited his season.[35]
On April 18, Stanton hit a walk-off grand slam home run against the Seattle Mariners. Against the San Diego Padres, Stanton hit what was estimated to be the longest home run in Marlins Park history. Stanton hit his 154th career home run with the Marlins, tying the franchise career record with Dan Uggla. On September 11, Stanton was hit by a pitch in the face by Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Mike Fiers, and was expected to return, but later examinations determined that he would not return.[36] The impact resulted in multiple facial fractures, lacerations, and dental damage. On September 17, 2014, the Marlins announced that Stanton would not play for the rest of the 2014 season.[37] In 145 games, Stanton batted .288 with 37 home runs, 105 RBI, 94 walks (24 intentional), a .555 slugging percentage, and a .950 OPS.
On November 17, 2014, the Marlins and Stanton agreed to a 13-year, $325 million extension. The deal is the biggest in sports history. The deal involves a no-trade clause and Stanton can opt out of the contract after he turns 30. His salary will go up every year he plays for the Marlins.[38][39]
His mother calls him "Cruz" (his other middle name), but his father and other relatives call him "Mike" or "Mikey." He was known as "Mike Stanton" throughout his high school and minor league careers and for his first two years as a major leaguer, but before the 2012 season, he made it known that he would prefer Giancarlo.[27]
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anything worth getting excited about?
anything worth getting excited about?
Looks like it could be good. I hope the wind switches off-shore at Wrightville before Friday evening, because once its north of us it's going to fade fast.
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this makes me happy! i leave for college sunday, so i might get a few good days of surfing in
may not be bigger than bill, but a lot of spots in the south should have pretty good conditions for a few days. It should be shorter period, more peaky and munchy once it hits the shore. The usual suspects should all be breaking pretty well. Nothing to hype up really, but there could be some nice barrels to be had and ok wind conditions. good luck to all.
Any waves above 1.0 @ 8 are usually fun for me!!! Surf kayaking late Thurs and all Friday . WOOOT!!
Yeah, it's been fun all week, especially in the mornings. Monday was sick! Just talked to my buddies Chandler and Turtle-Rick Kane should be flying in mid-day Thursday for the swell. Watch out all you Burkharts out there, better watch your back...
There are alot of you out there that really NEED to click on the surf etiquette link on wblivesurf after you check the report. Leave the Hemp necklaces on the beach-I hear Rick hates those things nowadays!
man i just got back from surfin at emerald isle, nc and right now its goin off. todays thursday and the waves are already comin over halfway up the pilants of the pier. expect good things.
Anyone know what it's looking like out near the sheraton in AB?


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Steam Greenlight has been live for just one day but has already fallen victim to internet trolls with a flood of fake posts.
Valve isn't taking it lying down. The developer has been deleting false entrees and handing out one week Community bans to users who create them, as one user found out the hard way.
Several fake entrees for games such as Half-Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3 have come and gone - thanks to Valve's seemingly rapid response to community reports. A 9/11 'sim' and other offensive material has also been removed, as Eurogamer notes.
Many posters appear to mistake Greenlight as a place to post requests - such as for EA's Origin-sold game Battlefield 3, another example of which, at the time of writing, is present on the front page. Currently there are 614 projects on the service - but how many are real?
Greenlight is a Community space on Steam intended to provide indie game developers a place to showcase their work, and Steam users can vote on games they wish to see published on Steam.
Great idea. Trust the internet to ruin it for everyone.


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Program: | SBIR |
Topic Num: | N07-064 (Navy) |
Title: | The use of Self-Managing Software Agents to Improve Application and Network Reliability and Data Accessibility | Research & Technical Areas: | Information Systems |
Acquisition Program: | SEA073R | Objective: | Develop and demonstrate the application of certifiably accurate, self-managing software agents to improve continuity of operations of the shipboard application environment. In addition, demonstrate how Semantic Web software agents can be employed to improve cross-venue data sharing capability for application to improve support of the operation, material maintenance and tactical war fighting missions of Naval submarines.
| Description: | Modern Submarines operate with the support of many IT applications running on a common shipboard tactical and logistics support network. The non-tactical shipboard network software environment has become increasingly complex to maintain with the delivery of the Non-Tactical Data Processing System (NTDPS), the Distance Support software suite, the Submarine Non-tactical Delivery Interface System (SNADIS), and the Navy Tactical Command Support System (NTCSS). This is furthered complicated by Fleet management desire to have near-real time readiness reporting and assessments sent off-hull on a regular basis to support optimize Fleet mission deployment. The level of expertise required to maintain these capabilities can easily exceed the skill set of shipboard network administrators. While considerable effort has been made by software developers to simplify the administration of individual applications, the aggregation and level of integration of these applications taken as whole is a very challenging environment to maintain a high Quality of Service (QoS). When problems occur, they can go undetected and/or unresolved, because there is nobody on board who is sufficiently proficient to understand and restore the lost capability. The potential for this condition is ever increasing as more and more network applications with cross-application dependencies get added to this environment every year. The use of self-managing/self-healing software agents/components could offset this lack of expertise and be used to correct and restore the non-tactical software environment to the desired optimum conditions.
In addition, there is a Fleet need to evolve these non-tactical shipboard information systems to work more effectively and synergistically to support shipboard tasks. Vast amounts of data are provided to and generated by ships for use under the guise of shipboard maintenance, operations and training. The nature of shipboard operations are such that this data can often be consumed and acted upon by many activities; however, the data is seldom utilized for purposes other than those for which it was originally developed. This condition exists because there is no overarching search/discovery/association capability sitting in the shipboard information environment. As consequence of this inefficiency, data is often recreated as if new vice being repurposed and associated from an existing ship data store or application. Many man-hours and dollars are being expended and wasted by the Fleet as result of this condition.
This SBIR would develop and demonstrate the use of self-managing software agents to address ongoing maintenance and support requirements of the evolving sophisticated shipboard network environment. In addition, this SBIR would demonstrate the use and viability of Semantic Web software technology/tools as a solution service/application to improve data access and interoperability.
These self-managing software agents need to be able to adapt to handle changing user needs, system faults, changes in the operational environment, and resource variability. Such a software system must configure and reconfigure itself, augment its functionality, continually optimize itself, protect and recover itself, all the while keeping the complexity of the system hidden from the user. This technology is particularly important where the complexity of software continually challenges the organic skills of shipboard network administrator. The requirement to address the enclave environment of the shipboard networks is needed because current industry research and practice concerning self-adaptive/self-managing systems tends to focus on the big solutions providers working in a large fully connected enterprise environment.
The support of all IT applications running on a common shipboard tactical and logistics support network is the responsibility of a small group of individuals that have this assignment either as collateral duty on older submarines or as dedicated function on newer submarines. These individuals are required to be capable of operating and maintaining all the hardware and software resources of the shipboard network. While formal training is provided by the Navy to help these individuals to become proficient and qualified to perform these duties, the enormous complexity of the evolving heterogeneous software environment on ships makes this job extremely challenging and creates opportunities for system failures. The operational nature of submarines does not always permit the use of shore-based resources to augment and assist the shipboard network administrator; consequently, there is a strong need to offset this condition with software agents that can detect, analyze, and initiate the use self-healing, self-optimizing, and self-configuring software.
In addition, recent developments in the area of Semantic Web technology show substantial promise for augmenting the existing data sources with semantic markup so that the existing database can be processed as a true machine searchable knowledge base. Knowledge-base data mark-up technology is now emerging for production use after a substantial incubation period with significant DOD (DARPA) and University support. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) formally published the core specifications in 2004 permitting the development of initial sets of Semantic Web tools. However, this is a technology in which knowledge assertions are developed through a computational process. In doing so, there is, by design, little human involvement, and it is critical that the software agents be trusted both as to their accuracy to implement their design function and as to their reliability in carrying out their designated functions.
This effort has four specific goals: 1.) To evolve an open software architecture within the existing operational environment that includes the methods, algorithms, techniques, and tools that can be used to support dynamic adaptive behavior in software; 2.) To demonstrate the ability to create useful scenarios in which data developed for one mission area can usefully be applied to another mission area with emphasis on bridging the logistics-support tactical-mission gap; 3.) To show that the software agents employed can be formally certified to accurately perform their design process; 4.) To demonstrate that the agent management capability employed is self-healing in its execution with emphasis on detecting and correcting abnormal system and software states.
| PHASE I: Perform general high-level assessment of the types of faults causing problems in current submarine operations based on interviews with system personnel (but not invasive examination of the actual operational system).
Analyze the potential data sharing scenarios on an operational submarine and develop an operational concept description, select technology and design a demonstration platform.
Specify and evaluate the needed software engineering tools to certify the software agents and self-healing capability that monitors their activity in execution so as to detect and correct session failures, and prepare an implementation plan for Phase II.
Develop a candidate-shopping list of the kinds of tool characteristics that might be applicable. The candidate tools will include measurement and assessment tools for measuring a real system to facilitate the adjustment of operational agents for long-term operation.
Working with Government representatives, select a comprehensive list of system monitoring and self-healing tools for a solution set targeted at the Submarine environment.
Develop an acquisition/development plan to assemble a solution set composed of these identified tools.
| PHASE II: Execute the acquisition/development plan developed in Phase I and assemble a candidate tool set. Adapt specific measurement and monitoring tools for subsequent installation on a Government system.
Demonstrate performance of this tool set on a contractor-created test system.
Working with Government System personnel (who may be required to conduct actual measurements), conduct an assessment of system operations on an actual submarine platform employing the measurement tools developed earlier in Phase II. Develop a list of requirements for Phase III pilot capability.
Update software and other tool assessments as needed to assure optimal software selection for Phase II demonstration. Acquire and/or develop agent software modules needed to execute scenario. Acquire and/or develop certification tools for agents. Acquire and/or develop self-healing, monitoring and restoration tools for activity monitoring capability. Load test system with representative data as mutually agreed with the Government.
Rigorously test both the self-healing and certified data integrity using the tools in accordance with a multi-dimensional testing plan.
Based on assessment, design set of run-time tools and agents for Phase III pilot system.
Prepare implementation plan for Phase III pilot system test and demonstration.
| PHASE III: Conduct additional operational assessment and perform detailed requirements analysis for selected shipboard Pilot system and refine system design. Working with Government representatives select specific requirements to be satisfied by the Pilot capability.
Design, acquire, implement, field, and support operation of a pilot production-level capability on selected submarine platform to be specified by the Government. Develop and/or acquire additional software agents as needed to implement the user requirements that are identified in the pilot testing.
Conduct system test and reassess system performance after pilot system operational. Document measured benefits of installed system performance tools.
Prepare full system description and other documentation as needed to replicate the operation on other Naval platforms. Update technology recommendations as needed to assure that recommended implementation is employing the current technology.
PRIVATE SECTOR COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL/ | DUAL-USE APPLICATIONS: While the technology proposed for this solution set targeted at enclave intranets, there are many such legacy intranet systems in the government and the private sector and there will be for the foreseeable future. If the technology is demonstrated and proven in this effort for these legacy enclave environments, the commercial potential is virtually certain and will be in great demand. The approach is directly applicable to many commercial data environments and not unique to military environments.
| References: |
1. "Toward Architecture-based Self-healing Systems", Dashofy, E.M.; van der Hoek, A.; Taylor, R.N.; The ACM Digital Library, Proceedings of the first workshop on Self-healing systems, 2002 (There is a substantial amount of material available on the subject of self-healing software online in the ACM Digital Library)
2. "Self-Managing Software", Hinchey, M.G.; Sterritt, R.; Computer (An IEEE Journal)
Volume 39, Issue 2, Feb. 2006 Page(s): 107 – 109
3. "Services and autonomic computing: a practical approach for designing manageability"
Kapoor, V.; Services Computing, 2005 IEEE International Conference on; Volume 2, 11-15 July 2005 Page(s): 41 - 48 vol.2
4. Resource Description Framework (RDF): Concepts and Abstract Syntax, W3C Recommendation, February 10, 2004, Graham Klyne, Jeremy Carroll, eds.
5. RDF/XML Syntax Specification (Revised), W3C Recommendation, February 10, 2004, Dave Beckett, ed.
http://www.daml.org/ The DARPA Agent Markup Language (DAML) Program |
Keywords: | Semantic Web; autonomics; self-healing software; RDF; XML; Knowledge base |
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1 Then Job responded , | 1 Then Job replied: |
2 "How long will you torment me And crush me with words? | 2 "How long will you torment me and crush me with words? |
3 "These ten times you have insulted me; You are not ashamed to wrong me. | 3 Ten times now you have reproached me; shamelessly you attack me. |
4 "Even if I have truly erred, My error lodges with me. | 4 If it is true that I have gone astray, my error remains my concern alone. |
5 "If indeed you vaunt yourselves against me And prove my disgrace to me, | 5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me, |
6 Know then that God has wronged me And has closed His net around me. | 6 then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me. |
7 "Behold, I cry, 'Violence!' but I get no answer; I shout for help, but there is no justice. | 7 "Though I cry, 'I've been wronged!' I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice. |
8 "He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, And He has put darkness on my paths. | 8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has shrouded my paths in darkness. |
9 "He has stripped my honor from me And removed the crown from my head. | 9 He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head. |
10 "He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; And He has uprooted my hope like a tree. | 10 He tears me down on every side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree. |
11 "He has also kindled His anger against me And considered me as His enemy. | 11 His anger burns against me; he counts me among his enemies. |
12 "His troops come together, And build up their way against me And camp around my tent. | 12 His troops advance in force; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent. |
13 "He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me. | 13 "He has alienated my brothers from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me. |
14 "My relatives have failed, And my intimate friends have forgotten me. | 14 My kinsmen have gone away; my friends have forgotten me. |
15 "Those who live in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am a foreigner in their sight. | 15 My guests and my maidservants count me a stranger; they look upon me as an alien. |
16 "I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I have to implore him with my mouth. | 16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer, though I beg him with my own mouth. |
17 "My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am loathsome to my own brothers . | 17 My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own brothers. |
18 "Even young children despise me; I rise up and they speak against me. | 18 Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me. |
19 "All my associates abhor me, And those I love have turned against me. | 19 All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me. |
20 "My bone clings to my skin and my flesh, And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth. | 20 I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth. |
21 "Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me. | 21 "Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me. |
22 "Why do you persecute me as God does, And are not satisfied with my flesh? | 22 Why do you pursue me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh? |
23 "Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! | 23 "Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll, |
24 "That with an iron stylus and lead They were engraved in the rock forever! | 24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever! |
25 "As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. | 25 I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. |
26 "Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God; | 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; |
27 Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart faints within me! | 27 I myself will see him with my own eyes--I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! |
28 "If you say, 'How shall we persecute him?' And 'What pretext for a case against him can we find?' | 28 "If you say, 'How we will hound him, since the root of the trouble lies in him, ' |
29 "Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves, For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, So that you may know there is judgment." | 29 you should fear the sword yourselves; for wrath will bring punishment by the sword, and then you will know that there is judgment. " |
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, California. All rights reserved. (New American Standard Version - Holy Bible) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Is it too hard to fund new school construction?
Bond measures for school buildings might become easier to pass under a proposal to hold a constitutional referendum on the matter.
Rep. Kathy Haigh, D- Shelton, has introduced a bill to reduce the constitutional requirement that 60 percent of the voters must approve a bond in school district elections. She wants to shrink that to a simple majority. Her bill would also have the public vote on whether to remove a requirement that the turnout in a school bond election be at least 40 percent of the number of people who voted in the previous general election.
Haigh's bill would need two-thirds approval in both the Senate and House to be put on a November ballot. Then, a simple majority of the public would be required to pass it as a constitutional amendment.
In a hearing before the House Education Committee Thursday, Haigh called the Legislature's two-thirds requirement "a pretty high mark."
"I'm sure it'll take years to get there," she said.
Haigh noted that a bond can have thousands more voters than required for a simple majority but still come up short of 60 percent, a situation she called "pretty frustrating."
"I do believe 50 percent plus one is democracy," she said.
Marie Sullivan, lobbyist for the Washington State School Directors Association, said 24 school bond votes were held across Washington on Tuesday. Eleven appear to have pass with votes greater than the 60 percent mark. Fourteen appear to have failed, but 11 of those tallied more than 50 percent of the votes, she said.
Some people speaking at the hearing pointed to the Washington Supreme Court's McCleary ruling, which requires improvements in student-teacher ratios in grades K-3. That translates into hiring more teachers and using more classrooms. The ruling will soon lead to bond measures to build the extra classrooms, they said.
Committee member Rep. Cathy Dahlquist, R- Enumclaw, voiced skepticism over reducing the 60 percent requirement. She said her constituents have expressed concern about expensive new school buildings, saying they had done well in buildings more than 50 years old. And she pointed to the multiple times voters have backed initiatives to require two-thirds votes of the House and the Senate to pass any new taxes — a requirement that the Supreme Court found unconstitutional last year.
Haigh said: "I think our kids should be in as nice a building as we are sitting in right here (in the House's office and hearing rooms building in Olympia). A lot of schools have flat roofs. Flat roofs in Washington don't work very well. They leak ... If I send my kids (to a school building) every day, I want it to be a nice place to learn."
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Posted Thu, Feb 13, 1:45 p.m.
I applaud Rep.Haigh for this effort. I can only speak for Seattle Schools which has dozens of buildings - still in service - that are beyond 50 years old. (To note: 50 years used to be the benchmark for school buildings but that's gone down to about 25-30. I think Rep Dahlquist is thinking about buildings that were built differently 50+ years ago but today's school buildings have to be wired and built for a lot more technology.)
What is happening in LA Unified School district should be a learning moment. They just spent close to $1B on iPads and now some teachers have launched a Facebook page, Repairs not iPads to show out bad off their buildings are.
To note, though, districts should be required to spend some amount on preventative maintenance. Seattle Schools started cutting back in the late '70s and now has a $500+M backlog of maintenance. Why build new buildings if the districts are not going to keep them up?
Posted Thu, Feb 13, 6:25 p.m.
Years ago, when there was less robust communications, the fear of "quiet elections" was real.
Now not so much, ok, not at all. I like bond elections being a high bar, as it requires districts to make their case, and get the folks to buy-in. In the Edmonds School District where I live, they need to replace three old buildings, which even with decent maintenance, were past their life span. They made their case, the committee even give voters a ride to tour the bad buildings (thanks, Debbie) and sold the need. It passed.
So, lets just stay like it is. Voters are generous when it comes to education, but the districts should not be relieved of their obligation to make their case.
The Geezer has spaketh
Posted Fri, Feb 14, 5:52 a.m.
Here's a deal that I think makes sense: allow school bond issues to pass with 50% of the vote, but end the practice of putting them on a special election ballot in February. Put them on the regular election ballot in November. Those who think democracy means majority rule should also recognize that democracy means voter participation.
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text: Rodrigo ESS et al. – In a subsequent survey, the Public Health Midwives (PHMs) all gave positive answers indicating that they were happy with the pilot system, they would like to continue using it to enhance their service and they wanted to see it expanded across the whole of Ratnapura district. The system seems to be a practical solution for the field activities of PHMs in Sri Lanka.


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First appearing in 1991 the 'Big Window' Nike Air Max - also known as the Max '91 or Max IV - has had success that can not be equalled. A phenomenon across the board, be it the Persian Violet colourway that is adored by sneakerheads or the numerous variations that have had such an effect on popular culture, there seems to be a BW for everyone.
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