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If you have any BTDT advice or are wading through this for the first time, I would love some input. Since there seem to be a lot of moms on MDC who are in college themselves, I may end cross-posting if this forum is kinda sleepy.
What we are doing so far:
1. Staying in-state.
2. My son has a work study job, half of which will go straight to the interest in his loans each month.
3. He qualified for about a quarter of his costs with a Pell Grant, about a quarter through Stafford loans (a mix of federal subsidized and unsubsidized). The other half of his costs? Um, yeah. Parent Plus Loans have been recommended.
4. He's got about two grand in savings from a part-time job, but he has a very hard time with impulse spending. I am a pretty good financial role model, but I am certainly not his only influence.
I am losing sleep over this and stressing out like mad.
I got tired of my signature, but I still love my children and husband and miss my little brother.
Looks like this one went to sleep. Did you post elsewhere and get input?
I didn't really know how to reply to this without going off on a tangent.
This idea that every parent needs to send their kids to college or doom them to a life of flipping burgers is nonsense, IMO. I think it puts tremendous stress on parents, and the net result is that college degrees are practically worthless these days, so you have to keep going through graduate school just to be ahead of the crowd, and then you graduate with heaps of debt.
I'm saying this from the perspective of someone with a Master's and PhD, who loved her years at university. But I wanted to go from the time I was 3 because I wanted to be a scientist. Science was my passion. I'm also writing this from the perspective of someone who teaches at the university level and is frustrated by the number of students who are there solely because they have drunk the Kool-Aid and think it's the only path to success, even though most of them don't really know what they want or why they are there. They aren't there because they are passionate about what they are studying, they are there because their parents and society convinced them they have to be.
One disadvantage to my years at University was I was so old when I actually started living a real life and taking on real responsibilities. There is a lot to be said for the education of Life.
I don't expect my kids to go to university, though if they do I will support them as best as I can, and I suspect at least one of them may be headed that way based on her passions. I am not contributing to a college fund. If they decide to go I will help them out if I can, but they may also have to pay their way, at least somewhat. It's hard enough to save for all the things we need now, not to mention retirement, without agonizing over something that may or may not happen.
There are so many roads to success.
Homeschooling, Homesteading Mama to DD ('02) and DS ('04)
He had absolutely no interest in any of these options. He got into college and I am just trying to find other moms who are going through the same.
I am not agonizing over things that may or may not happen, as you said (though agonizing is a specialty of mine)...I am dealing with the reality that my son has made a choice, was astonished and delighted when accepted into college, and I am trying to help him by using available resources and helping him with money management.
Cynthia, thanks for bumping us up. There has been a noticeable mod increase in both initiating threads and keeping them rolling. It feels nice.
I got tired of my signature, but I still love my children and husband and miss my little brother.
I am going to encourage my children to take a gap year and work/travel…but mostly work. Maybe that way they can partially avoid the student loans that plagued me well into adulthood. Otherwise, we will be able to pay for some of the college/uni costs, but not all.
I expect a combination of work, parental input and student loans will pay for higher education. It would not surprise me if my middle got a scholarship of one sort or another.
My children will be able to live at home if they so choose durng college/uni, which will help keep expenses down. If they want to live on campus, that is fine, but my financial contribution will not (cannot) go up because they want to live away from home.
There is a battle of two wolves inside us. One is good and the other is evil. The wolf that wins is the one you feed.
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Sometime in the next 6 years DS will be headed to university. He does not have a college fund. I suspect he will receive partial scholarship funds and partial need based funds. As for the 'left over' amount, he is going to need to work. He knows this at age 12. If he takes out loans (last resort) then he has loans. I will not be taking out loans for his education - I have my own loans that I can not pay and are in IBR status with zero payment.
If he wants to go 'away' to school that is fine, it might be less expensive to find an off campus apartment. Dorms are expensive, apartments can be cheaper with roommates etc.
DS knows its not that I don't want to help him, its that i just can't help him. He is fully aware of our current financial state and unless I find a super duper high paying job in the next few years he is going to pay his own way.
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My ex, who really pushed for a degree program rather than a CCC, isn't contributing anything. Oh well... ds agrees with me that he should get the certificate, sit for the industry certification tests, get a job (there are tons in his field right now), work a few years, and then maybe consider going back to school later if it seems necessary. But that would only be if he were to get married and have a family to support. Otherwise as a single young man, he'll do fine without a degree and even better without debt!
The one thing that ds isn't getting help with from me is a new laptop. He wants one desperately but we didn't realize he'd be restricted to just two classes first semester due to needing the pre-req, so his grant is way lower than we had hoped. All the laptops I have offered to get him are sort of beneath him, according to his techie mindset, so the simple solution is that he can continue to borrow my computer until second semester when he takes more classes and has more money. I feel bad, but not horrible.
As for ds working, that's more than he can handle right now as he is a poorly controlled narcoleptic and we don't want too much on his plate. His specialist feels he will stabilize in his early 20's, once he's past the sleepy teenage years, but for now one evening class a week plus one online class are all he can handle. Maybe next semester he can get a part time job on campus, we'll see..
We're just stepping into this and it is certainly scary! DD 16 is currently working on her applications. She's only applying places we qualify for financial aid and have the best chance of making up the difference. For us, it's actually more expensive to send DD to a CSU or UC school (our state college systems) outside our city than if she went to a private school across the country. The privates have more merit and need-based aid (for our income bracket.... our states have next to nothing.) However, the state schools will take all her duel credit units (she'll have 30 units from community college) and she'll be well into her sophomore years with almost all her GE's done. Then again, the states are more compacted and it's hard to get your classes making most kids having to go for 5 years. We have two local state choices but one DD hates and really does not offer what she needs.... the other would be OK but it's not a safety by any means. There are two privates but they offer little to no aid and are incredibly expensive. It's just so complicated. DD knows she'll be going where the money is... unfortunately, the best money is in schools that are reaches for even the most perfect of applicants.
It's our aim to get the kids through with as little debt as possible. DD has been saving her money for college since she was little. She's not a spender. It's a decent amount because she has theatre earnings from when she was little and she's been working as a theatre class aide since she was 14 (and just got a raise this summer... good for her!) She plans to continue working through college. We can only help with the costs.
I would love DD to take a gap year but I also know how much DD needs to go to college. She has been thriving at a high school/colllege hybrid program. She is a passionate learner and quickly outgrowing the community college. She needs to go to the university... I so hope we can make it all happen!
For what it's worth, we've seen a lot of different situations work out that seemed pretty dire. We knew one kid who couldn't come up with the money, wrote the school a lovely letter thanking them and telling them he'd have to work for the year and reapply the next year. They came back with another 10 grand in aid. Keep the lines of communication open with the school and hopefully it'll work our for you guys!
Married mom of two, DD 17 and DS 14.
DD#1 is in community college and we are able to just pay for it. She did not graduate highschool and she started college last Jan, before getting her GED, so she didn't qualify for any aid. She just passed her GED, and based on her scores, she will qualify for some merit aid next year, but the dates have passed for this year.
The plan is for her to do 2 years at CC and then transfer to a 4 year in-state university for the last 2.
but everything has pros and cons
Taking a gap year can have downsides. We also were encouraging DS to take a gap year for travel/volunteer experience, until we learned that he would lose out on scholarships and admission to some programs that would not allow deferments. Instead, he opted to attend college right after high school and he will probably take a gap year after he graduates in a couple of years.
So far he has avoided student loans with a combination of scholarships, savings we started when he was an infant and part-time work. Last summer, he was working 3 jobs part-time. This summer, he has cut back to one but has been working more hours there.
He also opted to live at home which helps a lot. I encouraged him to go out-of-town because I thought it was an important maturing experience when I did it. He decided to stay home. In some ways, it's made me happy too, since we get to enjoy his presence with us a little longer. This is not be an option for everyone. We are lucky that there are several excellent post-secondary institutions in our city so he had several good programs available when he was choosing where to study.
I have mixed feelings about another way to cut costs. DS had told me that many texts and resource materials are now available for free on-line. They have been scanned in by other students. If he doesn't want to, he doesn't need to buy his textbooks. Personally, I encourage him to buy them because I think it's important to support the integrity of copyright. OTOH, he admitted that if he wanted to, he could save up to $1000 a semester. I understand the temptation for a lot of students.
I have mixed feelings about another way to cut costs. DS had told me that many texts and resource materials are now available for free on-line. They have been scanned in by other students. If he doesn't want to, he doesn't need to buy his textbooks. Personally, I encourage him to buy them because I think it's important to support the integrity of copyright. OTOH, he admitted that if he wanted to, he could save up to $1000 a semester. I understand the temptation for a lot of students.
Your son can go to half.com on ebay and buy used textbooks at a cheaper price. I just finished my associate's degree and it almost seems that textbooks are a racket for the colleges. I would buy the textbook, only to find out once I started the class that the professor didn't even use the textbook! I was pretty mad about that.
I have mixed feelings about another way to cut costs. DS had told me that many texts and resource materials are now available for free on-line. They have been scanned in by other students. If he doesn't want to, he doesn't need to buy his textbooks. Personally, I encourage him to buy them because I think it's important to support the integrity of copyright. OTOH, he admitted that if he wanted to, he could save up to $1000 a semester. I understand the temptation for a lot of students.
Your son can go to half.com on ebay and buy used textbooks at a cheaper price. I just finished my associate's degree and it almost seems that textbooks are a racket for the colleges. I would buy the textbook, only to find out once I started the class that the professor didn't even use the textbook! I was pretty mad about that.
Oh, for sure he can buy used textbooks. He often does. I did that myself, decades ago, at the on-campus used bookstore. What's happening on-line seems to be full-on piracy though, with no payment at all and without any authorization from the university.
Text book rentals are fantastic! We've used two online book rental places and it's saved us a ton of money. They send you the books and you send them back when you are done free of charge. Some books as little as 30 dollars for the whole semester, newer books can be more like 60 to 70 dollars to rent (still much cheaper than buying.)
There were some supplemental books we just bought used... one book we had to buy new for almost 300 dollars but at least is good for several levels of the subject in the community college. I just google the IBSN code and I get the options of where to buy.
I wouldn't go for the free online ones but I have no qualms renting. It's a real racket, textbooks. I remember having a professor that revised his book every semester so each class had to buy the new one... no chance of going used. The community college has started to require these loose leaf versions of the text with all sorts of online codes you must have. They are cheaper than the textbooks but still very pricey and can't be purchased used or rented. Then, your kid doesn't even need the codes!
Married mom of two, DD 17 and DS 14.
Originally Posted by whatsnextmom
I just google the IBSN code and I get the options of where to buy.
I wouldn't go for the free online ones but I have no qualms renting. It's a real racket, textbooks. I remember having a professor that revised his book every semester so each class had to buy the new one... no chance of going used. The community college has started to require these loose leaf versions of the text with all sorts of online codes you must have. They are cheaper than the textbooks but still very pricey and can't be purchased used or rented. Then, your kid doesn't even need the codes!
yep -- I shop around for the books on line, and this semester my DD wants to help with that. On-line is SO MUCH less expensive than renting or buying used from our community college. Its insane. I agree that college text books are a racket.
I also deeply hate the on-line code crap than then you don't even need. What a waste of money.
Last spring I got DD all her books, but then a couple of her classes did take due to low enrollment. She ended up signing up for another class and needing the book the same day, so she got it from the community college books store. It is new this term, so no used copies. $175. For a paperback book.
but everything has pros and cons
Text book rentals are fantastic! We've used two online book rental places and it's saved us a ton of money. They send you the books and you send them back when you are done free of charge. Some books as little as 30 dollars for the whole semester, newer books can be more like 60 to 70 dollars to rent (still much cheaper than buying.)
Hm. DS hasn't mentioned on-line text rentals. That sounds like a compromise that I'm comfortable with. I'll have to mention it to him, although I'm pretty sure he would already know about it and maybe just hasn't said anything specific about it to me. Thanks.
Thanks for the responses, moms!
We are sort of also saving money by not responding to the crazy "limited time offer" crap we receive from his college...rugs, "specially sized sheets," mini-fridge rentals that cost more than buying a brand new one! I guess somebody buys that stuff, though.
I got tired of my signature, but I still love my children and husband and miss my little brother.
Last spring I got DD all her books, but then a couple of her classes did take due to low enrollment. She ended up signing up for another class and needing the book the same day, so she got it from the community college books store. It is new this term, so no used copies. $175. For a paperback book.
By my senior year of college I didn't bother buying textbooks until they were actually needed in class. Yes, I ended up paying full price for books I might have been able to get used. But I didn't end up needing 1/2 the books. I of course bought books for classes like literature where it's obvious the book will be used and bought those used.
This time around I'm in school again and all my classes are online. So I've found that I do need every single assigned book. Without a teacher at the front of the class the books are the course content. I buy all of mine as ebooks, so there aren't many rental options (though there are a few) for those.
As for my kids. We aren't really saving. Honestly we spent the last couple of years paying down debt, and now I'm back in school. Once I finish my masters my husband want to get his masters, then I'll get my PhD, and then likely my husbands PhD. So I don't think the kids can count on us to pay for much of their college as we are still working on our own. However, we'll help all we can and they will get loans. We'll figure it out. The real hope is that all of the increased income from our advanced degrees, and our aggressive debt payment will give us some decent disposable income to help them out when the time comes.
I'm curious as to what you are studying. I just finished my masters to be a speech pathologist and am starting employment shortly. Mine was online as well and I needed most of my books, although there were a few I could have skipped.
I'm in school getting my Masters in curriculum and education as well as my teaching certificate.
My husband's masters will be in software design when he goes back. We expect that program to also be almost entirely online.
We'll be in this position in five short years, so I'm taking notes. I have been taking classes at our local community college toward a paralegal certificate, and I found the education to be good for the most part (I have a BA and MA in a different field). Bookbytes and TextbooksRUs are two sites I have used for my books. In terms of our own kids, we are contributing to retirement, not to college funds and will try to support them in making the most economical decision they can, whether they choose a gap year program, community college or conventional college. I certainly will discourage conventional college if they don't have a strong interest in a particular subject, even though I went without a major in mind, and it turned out fine. Too risky these days in my opinion.
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This was rough for us. Our children were given savings bonds by one set of grandparents, a small Trust Fund (under $10,000, least you think I have "Trust Fund Kids" cuz I don't ) and some gifted money from an other grandparent. Our older children started baby sitting around 11 and working at 16 and saved part of that, and my husband and I put away what we could. But, being a SAHM with a small lactation business, we couldn't contribute much. We had counted on.... well we put our eggs in one BIG basket. Our area was going to be sold to a developer and although we'd lose our beloved acre of land and house, they price we had contracted for was..... astounding. We thought we had nothing to worry about. Our oldest started in Community College, and then the next one went to the same.... then the Crash of '08 and we lost more than $250,000 in house equity! And the developer pulled out of the deal, leaving our entire neighborhood under water with nothing to show for nearly 10 years of work. (Luckily the lawyer we were working with was going to take a percentage of the sales or nothing if it didn't happen, so at least there wasn't that to deal with.)
None of our children qualified for Pell Grants. The amount we were "expected" to pay for each child, when we had two in college at one time was more than half my husband's gross pay. I'm not sure what they expected us to live on. So, our children used the bonds and the Fund and the cash.... and then took out subsidized loans. It was barely enough and they couldn't go to my Alma Mater, (a private Jesuit Uni that they both had their hearts set on) but both did well as a good State school and lived at home to save on expenses. Our oldest one is finished and working and doing well, our middle one is in Grad School and has received a number of scholarships and Fellowships but has still had to borrow money. Our youngest is still in Middle School, but it looks like there will be more Scholarship money for her, we hope. Plus her bonds (fewer than her sisters as one grandparent has died who bought them) the small Fund and some cash.
Seeing as what my children wanted to do for careers required a Bachelors or Master's Degree (one works in advertising and even the small businesses she does web design for require "proof" of at least 4 years of college and the other is about to gain her MS in Library Science. One cannot be a true Librarian without a MSLS (Master of Science in Library Science) and that is her dream. She has a job as at a library, 4 days a week on Circulation and one day a week in Reference (real Librarian job) and will go full time on Reference as soon as she gains her MS in May!
It's been rough and we're not finished yet. Looks like the youngest wants a PhD so we have a long road ahead of us.
I'm dreading that day. I have 2 more years to go.
My girls who are finished or still in college looked into this. Sadly, too many professors require the most updated textbooks every year. (My father is was a Uni Prof and usually used older books (unless the newer one had newer data that would be required by his students for their careers) so his students could buy used books or get them at places like half.com.) One year, one of my dds tried to use the book edition from the year before for two classes and found she was missing lots of new data that was in the new editions, so those books had to be bought twice and she lost money!
Also, being raised in Academia (and the daughter of a professor who wrote a few textbooks,) I have a respect for copyright and intellectual property and wouldn't allow them to download "free" books unless it was a paid for download and we were sure the author of the textbook got his or her royalty. Writing textbooks and earning royalties helps professors' kids go to college, too.
We are saving as much as we possibly can. We will pay for 4 years at a public, in-state university. If they take longer or want to go someplace more expensive that isn't covered by grants, they will need to take loans. Mine are expected to work summers after they are 16 and save what they make to help. I don't want them working during the school year.
If they decide to live at home, we will give them what they've saved over room and board to apply to grad school. I have one who probably will do that.
We also do a great deal of talking about what the job market is like and what career options are like for different majors.
Regarding the price of textbooks - my mom went to university in the early 1940's. Textbooks for each semester then cost about the same as one month room and board at a rooming house. In the 80's, I managed the bookstore at a major university/medical school. Textbooks then cost, you guessed it, about the same as one month room rental plus food for a frugal student. In my area, renting a room is about $350-500/month, and I guess one person eats about $150/month (http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/FoodPlans/2013/CostofFoodJul2013.pdf ). So $500-600 for books per semester would be right on track. Not to say the publishers aren't profiting, but it doesn't seem much worse than ever.
About my kids' college - I don't have the money to send anyone to college. They are welcome to live at home, rent free, while they are in school if they choose (Pell grants and the like will help with tuition, but it is up to them to figure out how to finance this). If they want to go away, it is up to them. My city has some pretty fantastic community college and university options, well-respected medical and law schools, etc. Even if I were rolling in cash, I think my contribution would be the same. I believe that independence and self-reliance are at least as important to learn at this developmental stage as the job preparation.
BigGirl, 18, is charting a career path that will allow her to go to community college 2 years, work in her field while earning a bachelor's, get a better job while in grad school (this can work in nursing - her goal is to be a nurse practitioner/midwife). YoungSon, 17, is planning to start in the military after high school (this pacifist mama has some problems with this, but I appreciate his logical planning), then use VA benefits to go to school. I am not critical of anyone doing things differently, but I am proud of my kids and their self-sufficiency.
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Unless my girls get fantastic scholarships, we plan to have them live at home with us and go to community college as long as possible. My oldest takes honors classes. In high school she can actually earn most of an associates degree before graduating high school if she sticks with the honors program. When community college is over hopefully they will stay local for the rest of the university studies. We have three universities in my state, and it would be fine (maybe even healthy) to finish out college away from home but still in the state-- if we can make it affordable.
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ROCKFORD – With many schools and events closing Monday, the Rockford Park District will offer special 'School's Out' activities on Monday, January 6th.
- Washington Park Community Center, 3617 Delaware St.: The Rockford Park District is extending School's Out camp opportunities at Washington Park Community Center on January 6, 2014, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Washington Park Community Center is typically open when school is not in session and provides a fun, safe, and positive environment where participants can take part in sports, play board games, access the computer lab, and take part in other recreational opportunities. The program is free for current Washington Park Community Center and Lewis Lemon Community Center members and is only $30 for non-members. This one-time membership fee provides access to Washington Park Community Center for the rest of the school year. Registration is taken on-site but with a limited capacity (first-come, first-served basis). Lunch, an afternoon snack, and drinks will be provided.
- Carlson Ice Arena, 4150 N. Perryville Rd., Loves Park
•Public Skate, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
•Adults: $5.00 ($5.50 Non-Resident) / Youth: $4.00 ($4.50 Non-Resident)
•Skate Rental: $2.00
- Sapora Playworld (Inside Carlson Ice Arena)
•10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
•General admission rates apply
- Indoor Sports Center, 8800 E. Riverside Blvd., Loves Park
•Open soccer and volleyball for high school students, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
•Basketball, 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
•$5.00 ($6.00 Non-Resident)
- Discovery Center, 711 N. Main St., Rockford
•10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
•All exhibit galleries open along with the art studio. Planetarium shows in the afternoon.
•General admission $8.00 (Members and children age one and younger - free)
- Harlem Community Center, 900 Roosevelt Rd., Machesney Park
•School's Out Fun Day, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
•$25.00 per child
•Call Dawn Busby at 815-633-5817 for more information
- Northwest Community Center, 1325 N. Johnston Ave., Rockford
•Open 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
•$5 fee (No charge for all youth currently enrolled in before or after school program)
Any additional weather-related updates will also be posted at www.rockfordparkdistrict.org
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'19 Kids and Counting' Season 8, episode 6: Chocolate fuels the ice skating on 'Duggars Reunited'Add to Favorites | 17 Kids and Counting
At the end of episode 5, we left poor Anna with a house full of smoke, and a busload of people arriving at any moment. It was a Duggar cliffhanger! On Tuesday's (April 29) "19 Kids and Counting," we discovered dinner turned out just fine, of course, and everyone gets to spend some lovely holiday time together.
We got a behind-the-scenes look at the older girls, Jessa, Jana, Jill, and Jinger, recording the audiobook version of their new book, "Growing Up Duggar." After negotiating the streets of Washington D.C. to find the recording studio, they discover reading out loud for this amount of time can be tough. But they were happy with how it turned out in the end.
While the girls were off being big book on tape stars, the guys decide to shoot some scenes for a video version of "The Good Samaritan" story to surprise Michelle and Jim Bob. Poor Josh gets to be the beaten traveler, and since it's November in D.C., it's cold and snowy for the shoot.
Meanwhile, sisters Jordyn and Josie, and their niece Mackynzie (Josh and Anna's daughter) are all celebrating their fourth birthday. Read that again if you didn't get it. Since they're all together at the same time, Michelle and Anna take them all to a candy store to, really, slather themselves in chocolate. As Michelle points out, Josie, who has survived and thrived after being born at 25 weeks, deserves all the chocolate her little stomach can hold.
In the end, just before the Duggar bus heads south to Arkansas, the entire family goes ice skating, or actually, plastic skating. The "ice" rink they go to was some kind of giant plastic piece used for skating. Leave it to the big city to have such a thing, eh?
Next week, we get back to the ever-popular courtship discussions, as Jill and Jim Bob head to Nepal to visit Derick (who is now Jill's actual fiance, so we suspect the trip went well.)
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U.K. Regulator Tells 62 Online Stores to Change Terms
Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- A U.K. regulator told 62 online retailers that their websites may not comply with the country's consumer-protection rules and need to be changed.
The Office Fair Trading said a third of 156 retail websites it checked "appeared to impose unreasonable restrictions on customers' rights to a refund." Some 60 percent of the sites told customers to contact them on a Web form instead of supplying an e-mail address and at least 20 sites added unexpected charges at check-out, according to a statement from the agency.
The regulator didn't name the retailers that it contacted to raise its concerns. Traders that don't make changes to comply with the law risk enforcement action from the agency, it said.
The U.K. online retail market is set to climb in value to 77 billion pounds ($123.4 billion) this year, making it second only to the U.S., according to a June report from the U.K.'s department for business. The most common restriction cited on websites was a requirement for the product to be in the original packaging or in the original condition, which could infringe shoppers' rights to inspect or assess the product, the OFT said.
Earlier this week, the OFT said it may take action against airlines that don't include debit-card surcharges in their advertised prices. It is also investigating hotels over deals that may have limited online discounts for room sales.
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Taxpayers will get a shot city spending plan
Owners of that hundred thousand dollar home can expect to still pay just a hair under fifteen hundred dollars in taxes to the city of La Crosse for 2012 if a proposed operating budget gets approved next month. The city's tax levy would remain stagnant for the third consecutive year with only property valuations changing how much a homeowner pays the tax man. Still, most in La Crosse won't see a drop-off in services, says mayor Matt Harter
Next month, taxpayers will have a chance to comment on the proposed $74 million budget before it gets changed or approved by the city council.


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Travel: New England Traditions
When I moved back to Rhode Island in the early '90s and had kids of my own, I saw a sign one day outside a church: May Breakfast This Saturday. In that moment, I could already smell that church basement. I could already taste the eggs. We didn't dress fancy, but there were long folding tables and eggs and pancakes and bacon and weak coffee and Dixie cups of orange juice, all of it served by Boy Scouts in their tan-and-green uniforms with their colorful merit badges.
We ate and ate, and then we climbed the stairs and opened the door and stepped outside. Dogwood trees wore pink-and-white blossoms. Tall purple irises bowed as we passed. I paused. I took a deep breath. Spring. That's what May breakfasts really do: They remind us that winter is over. Spring is here. Anything is possible.
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The Egyptian theme for décor is very popular and we have many exclusive pieces of Egyptian art for you to consider in your search for just the perfect item for your home. Statues of Egyptian women are very beautiful and you might like the Egyptian Harem Consort Statue. This exquisite lady of the harem is reposing on a long chaise and has a black panther at her feet. Like most Design Toscano exclusives, she is hand painted.
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Fergie and Josh Duhamel's baby, Axl Jack, a 'Sons of Anarchy' fan - See the picAdd to Favorites | Sons of Anarchy
If you love a TV show and have a kid, might as well start them young. That seems to be Fergie's prerogative with "Sons of Anarchy," anyway. The singer, who welcomed a son named Axl Jack with her husband Josh Duhamel in August, shared a photo of her baby biker, with a tweet of his inner monologue.
"Aaahh #BreakingBad is done!! Still learning valuable life lessons on #SonsOfAnarchy," she writes with a picture of Axl wearing a skull cap featuring a motorcycle. Though, with how terribly things are going on "Sons of Anarchy," it's questionable which life lessons Axl is taking away from it all.
However, they still might be better than whatever he learned from "Breaking Bad," especially since he was only alive for the end. Either way, hopefully "Sons of Anarchy" can tide them over until "Game of Thrones" returns.
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National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has denied reports that he has agreed to step down.
Tukur who made this known when some party leaders paid him a visit in Abuja late Tuesday afternoon said he was shocked to be told that some on-line media were making speculations about his resignation stressing that he never planned to resign.
He said reports of the purported resignation was sponsored by those he described as desperate hawks within and outside the party to pull down the structure of the ruling party and destroy his leadership.
Tukur said he had done everything practicable to pull the PDP on track as well as keep the agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan for transforming Nigeria away from distraction, a reason he said he was undergoing tribulations
He blamed those he described as agents of discords within and outside the party as the masterminds of the seemingly intractable crises within the party.
He said as an elderstatesman, as the Chairman of PDP with high repute and as a Nigerian leader with international exposure, he would never subject his resignation, at any point, to newspapers speculation.
He said, "You all met me here talking to you as the PDP Chairman, yet, some enemies of the party went to the media to say I had resigned. It is unbelievable that party members could be mean, vile, treacherous and vindictive while playing such stunt.
"This is not the first time they would do this. They had sponsored media reports severally to say I had resigned. Yet Almighty God has continued to shame them because, they were not the ones who kept me on this seat.
"They went further to sponsor media reports that I was to confront our President over an issue they could not expatiate on. The agents of darkness have taken over the place. Nigeria and members of our party should beware. I am in good term with Mr President, the leader of our party. We met often and take strategic decisions together. No one, not even the devil can make me be in needless confrontation with the President. We are one in the spirit and the enemies would be shocked to see PDP back on stream"
The PDP chairman said he was aware that the plot to remove him was being orchestrated, adding that he would keep his head up, whereas those behind the plot to hack him down would one day realise that they were pursuing a wrong cause.


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|Sabine Pass, LA
Description: Out of the marshlands in the extreme southwest corner of the L-shaped state of Louisiana, an abandoned brick tower points skyward. Eight buttresses flare out from the bottom of the structure, like the fins on a missile. As it rises, the octagonal tower gradually tapers to a conical dome, which completes the image of a rocket poised for liftoff. The proximity of Houstons Space Center might add further to the credibility of the picture, but closer examination reveals that this monolith is fortunate to be standing, let alone flying.
The story of the lighthouse begins shortly after the Republic of Texas joined the United States. On March 3, 1849, Congress appropriated $7,500 for a lighthouse at Sabine Pass. Shortly thereafter, Commander Henry A. Adams of the navy arrived in the area on horseback to investigate the need for and possible location of a lighthouse. In his report, Adams concluded that the coast is so free from danger in that vicinity, the place itself so easy of access, and the business done there so inconsiderable, that, in my opinion, a light-house is not necessary there at this time. His advice was heeded, and all of the $7,500 allotment, save $116.80 that was most likely used to cover the surveyors expenses, was transferred to the surplus fund.
Texas citizens near Sabine Pass strongly disagreed with the surveyors findings, and politicians continued to petition Congress for a lighthouse at the pass. Exactly four years after the original allocation, $30,000 was set apart for a first-class light-house at the mouth of the Sabine River. This time, a different surveyor recommended that a lighthouse be built and suggested a site on the east side of the river. The land was readily obtained, as it was part of a large military reservation established by the federal government in 1838, at what was then the western frontier of the United States.
Work on the eighty-foot brick tower and adjacent wooden dwelling began in the latter part of 1855, and the lighthouse went into service sometime in the late spring or early summer of 1857. As the tower was built on soft marshland, closely spaced wooden pilings were driven into the ground to provide a foundation, and eight buttresses were extended from the base of the tower to distribute its weight over a larger area. Four of the buttresses extended to a radius of ten feet, while the other four protruded an additional eight feet. A third-order Henry-Lepaute Fresnel lens was employed in the lantern room to produce a fixed white light varied by a flash. This was accomplished by vertical elements that revolved around the fixed lens. The tower and dwelling were painted white, and Benjamin F. Granger was hired as the first keeper.
The lighthouse was only in operation for a little over four years, when it fell dark on August 16, 1861, and remained so for the duration of the Civil War. Gowen Plummer, originally from Maine and a loyal Unionist, was serving as keeper at the time. After the oil at the lighthouse was stolen by Confederates, Keeper Gowen took his wife and children aboard one of Admiral Farragut's ships and returned to Maine. Before leaving his post, he donated all of his livestock as well as three houses, and all of his fencing and firewood to Union soldiers.
While Southern forces were constructing Fort Griffin on the west bank of the Sabine River, Union soldiers, who were part of the naval blockade of the Sabine River, spied on the progress of the defense works from the top of Sabine Pass Lighthouse. Early on the morning of April 16, 1863, Confederate soldiers secreted themselves at the lighthouse and waited for the arrival of the day's spying party. Two whaleboats soon landed at the station, and the sailors started to make their way to the tower. The leading party of three quietly surrendered when surprised by the Confederates, but the remainder resisted and retreated to the boats as gunfire erupted from both sides. Four Northerners were killed, while the Confederates lost just one solider in the skirmish. Five months later, the Battle of Sabine Pass was fought practically in the shadow of the tower. Still, the lighthouse managed to survive the war remarkably well, and on December 23, 1865, it was returned to service after having been reunited with its lens that had earlier been shipped to New York by Union forces.
By the end of the following summer, a new forty by forty-eight foot double dwelling had been constructed atop piles that rose ten feet above the marsh. A forty-foot-long elevated walkway connected the house to the tower, and a 12,150-gallon cistern and a boathouse were added just north of the dwelling. A second-order oil house was built in 1892, and in 1898, a 1,350-foot-long raised boardwalk, built of cypress wood, was extended from the tower to the main channel west of the lighthouse.
A hurricane that struck the area on August 16 17, 1915 caused such severe vibrations in the tower that the clockwork mechanism responsible for revolving the flash panels stopped working. Head Keeper William B. Thompson and Charles C. Sapp, his assistant, were thus forced to maintain the light's characteristic by revolving the panels by hand. The Secretary of Commerce commended the keepers for performing their duties under hazardous and trying conditions. The station's wharf, walkways, and outbuildings were carried away by the hurricane, and several nearby range lights were destroyed.
Around the end of the nineteenth century, jetties were built at the mouth of the Sabine River to improve access to inland ports. The Spindletop Oil Field was discovered near Beaumont in 1901, and shipping traffic experienced a sharp increase. By 1921, the jetties extended over four miles into the gulf, effectively moving the coastline farther seaward from Sabine Pass Lighthouse. A light and fog bell were installed at the end of the eastern jetty in 1924, diminishing the importance of the old, land-based light. Though several individuals recommended abandoning the lighthouse, others reasoned that Sabine Pass Lighthouse was a convenient base for tending the jetty light. The decision was made to keep the lighthouse active. Electricity and a radio beacon were installed at the station in 1929, and in 1932 two ten-foot-wide, black horizontal bands were painted on the tower to make it more visible on hazy days.
By 1952, modern technology had further diminished the need for Sabine Pass Lighthouse, and it was abandoned. On May 21, 1952, lighthouse keeper Steve Purgley extinguished the light for the last time.
In 1953, the federal government turned the property over to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission that planned to use the buildings as a field station for its game wardens. However, the station was underutilized and was eventually returned to the General Services Administration. In 1971, the property was given to Lamar State College of Technology at Beaumont. The college intended to use the site as a research and teaching complex, but the expense of accessing the station thwarted their plans, and they returned the property to the federal government after just two years.
With no resident caretaker to look after it, the lighthouse suffered greatly. In early 1974, vandals climbed the tower and cut away the copper roofing from the lantern room, exposing the interior of the tower to the full force of the elements. Shortly after this, the lighthouse was transferred to Louisiana State Parks and Recreation. Two years later, on September 7, 1976, a marsh fire destroyed the keepers dwelling, along with the boathouse, two outhouses, and most of the elevated boardwalks. Only the brick tower and oil house survived.
After the State of Louisiana had tried and failed a second time to use the lighthouse, the General Services Administration opted to rid itself of the property through a public auction. On June 24, 1986, William Pielop and P.G. Grenader outbid thirteen other interested parties and acquired the lighthouse and forty-five acres of marshland for the sum of $55,000. The two owners considered developing a yacht basin or a restaurant at the site, but their plans were never realized. The property remained in the hands of the two families until it was given to Cameron Preservation Alliance on May 5, 2001.
Thanks to Cheniere Energy, a four-mile road has been built to the lighthouse, making the lighthouse approachable by land for the first time. This improvement should aid in the restoration effort. To help with their fundraising efforts, the preservation alliance hosted an annual hayride to the lighthouse for several years. With continued vision and persistence and a healthy grant or two, the project just might take off.
Two men took a boat to the lighthouse in 2008 and climbed to the top of the lighthouse. As they started to descend, the ladder broke, stranding them in the tower. Fortunately, one of the men had a cell phone and called for help. Firefighters soon arrived, and, after having to swim across the inlet near the lighthouse, they succeeded in rescuing the men with a rope harness. The two grateful men were cited by the local sheriff's department for trespassing and property damage. In 2009, Sabine Pass was one of five Gulf Coast lighthouses commemorated in a postage stamp series.
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Located near where the Sabine River empties into the Gulf of Mexico. To view the lighthouse from across Sabine
Pass, take Highway 87 south from Port
Arthur to the town of Sabine Pass. When
the highway makes a right in town, continue
straight on Dowling Road, which will take
you to Sabine Pass Battleground State Park, from where you can see the
The lighthouse is owned by Cameron Parish. Nearby grounds open, tower closed.
To view the lighthouse from across Sabine Pass, take Highway 87 south from Port Arthur to the town of Sabine Pass. When the highway makes a right in town, continue straight on Dowling Road, which will take you to Sabine Pass Battleground State Park, from where you can see the lighthouse.
The lighthouse is owned by Cameron Parish. Nearby grounds open, tower closed.
Notes from a friend:Kraig writes:
We were accompanied to the lighthouse by two members of the Cameron Preservation Alliance, who fortunately also provided a small craft for crossing Lighthouse Bayou, which runs between the lighthouse and the road.Marilyn writes:
I hope the bridge is not in because the tiny boat is way cool even if Joanne and I totally had to depend on Kraig for the two step crossing. For that brief moment in time, we were Davy Crockett and Huck Finn all in one swoop. Film tip, empty your camera before you put it in your suitcase.Joanne writes:
It was a lot of fun meeting our hostesses from the preservation society. They were very gracious in giving up their time to escort us to the light. Aside from the fear of swamping our boat and a potential stampede from the wild elk, it was great being out there in such a secluded place. I hope the preservation continues.
See our List of Lighthouses in Louisiana
Pictures on this page copyright Kraig Anderson, used by permission.


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By: Andrew Krammer
A University of Minnesota student was killed early Thursday after a semi-trick hit her at the intersection of Fourth Street and 15th Avenue SE, Minnesota State News reported.
Just before 8 a.m., Kimberly Yeong Sil Hull, 25, was biking on 15th Avenue and crossing Fourth Street when the truck took a right onto Fourth Street and hit her, the Minnesota Daily reported.
Hull, an avid filmmaker, was an undergraduate student at the University and was set to graduate in two weeks. She recently won the Judge's Choice Award for short-film in the University of Minnesota student Film Festival.


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Supreme Court denies new trial for man convicted of Fayetteville killing
Posted: June 5, 2014 at 11:14 a.m.
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Marcyniuk, now 35, was sentenced to die by lethal injection for the murder of Katie Wood in March 2008.
Marcyniuk was convicted of beating Wood and stabbing her to death after hiding in her apartment. The two had once dated.
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Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Socrates in just one hour.
Socrates is widely renowned as one of the founders of Western philosophy, despite the fact that his ideas survive largely through the work of his pupil Plato. Socrates' dialectic - a method of aggressive questioning - was the forerunner of logic; he used it to cut through the pretentions of his adversaries and arrive at the truth. Socrates placed philosophy on the sound basis of reason, believing it to be better to question ourselves rather than the world around us and viewing the world as inaccessible to our senses - only to thought. Charged with impiety and the corruption of youth Socrates was eventually tried and sentenced to death, ending his life by drinking the judicial hemlock.
This audiobook is an expert account of Socrates' life and philosophical ideas - entertainingly written and is above all easy listening. Also included are selections from Socrates' work, suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Socrates in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.
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Chris Olson
1) Does the city of La Crosse need a city administrator, and would you support another effort to create that position?
The citizens spoke on this issue and I will not be bringing this issue back up. If someone on the council chooses to do so I will send to a
2) The city has received frequent criticism for being overly generous with financial incentives for developers. What sort of incentives should be available from the city, if any? How does the city best create a hospitable business environment?
We need to unify how we treat the business community large or small, all business' need to be treated equal. Tif's are now a part of doing
business and we will need to continue with them to help the city grow. Trane plant 6, Mobil Oil site, Barren Island won't get done without
3) There are growing concerns La Crosse is experiencing a surge in crime, particularly drug-related crimes. How do you plan to deal with the increasing level of criminal activity?
We need to bring the Police Department back to full force, work with the Judge's and start letting the drug dealers know that we will
start putting them away for longer periods of time if they choose to deal drugs in our city.
Public Safety needs to be our number 1 goal.
4) La Crosse's fire department is one of the most expensive in the state per capita to operate. Are you happy with the status quo in the department? What, if any, changes you would like to see in staffing, overtime use, equipment purchases or other expenses for the department?
I agree that we have one of the finest Departments in the state. You get what you pay for. We need to be fully staffed and start looking for other revenue sources. I have spoken with members of the Fire Dept and they feel that there are ways to generate revenue without looking at being in
the Ambulance business, this needs to be researched.
5) A recent study of La Crosse neighborhoods details the challenges of some of the city's distressed areas. Do you see problems in La Crosse neighborhoods, and if so, how do you propose to remedy those problems?
Yes we do have a very serious problem with our housing values. First and foremost we need to clean up the drug issues within the city
and have citizens start taking pride in their homes again.We can also help citizens remodel their homes by offering incentives to do so.
If we stop giving everything to the business owner and give some back to the citizens we will all gain by it.
6) After years of steady increases, city taxpayers have recently experienced a string of little or no increase in the city's tax levy rate. Will you try to continue that trend, and how will you do it?
Yes I will do all that I can to control increase to the budget. We need to increase collaboration between Departments and local governments.
There are also efficencies that need to be identified within city hall.
7) In the past year, city department heads have been given the authority to create new fees as they see fit. Should fees supplant and/or add to property taxes collected by the city? Are the fees that have been added in recent years excessive?
I don't believe that you can ever give department heads the responsibility to increase fee's. These need to be monitored by the Mayor and
the council. There are fee's that were excessive and these need to be revisited but there are some fee's that I feel were justified i.e.
lading fee's and fire pit fee's.
8) Recently, the La Crosse City Vision Foundation, with the blessings of the La Crosse police department, has announced a plan to raise nearly a half million dollars to install surveillance cameras in the downtown for use by police. Do you support the plan? Why or why not?
I think that this is an excellent idea as long as we are using it to research crime and not to keep an eye on the public. This can be a great
tool when used properly. The great thing is that the public is paying for this and not the general public.
9) Some have complained that the city council often seems to work against the current mayor rather than cooperating with him. How will you get the council to follow your agenda, if they're all opposed to it?
The Mayor needs to be a leader and work with council and department heads, we are here to do the best job we can for the citizens.
When the Mayor and the council stop micro managing we can start getting down to the more important business at hand. If you choose
to have chickens on the north side or pigeons on the south side that is your right, but the council does not need to be dealing with approval
of these items on a yearly basis. Lets allow committees to deal with these issues.
10) What is the last book you read? What is the last movie you saw?
I like to read John Grisham and Stephen King. The last movie I saw was Lincoln


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About time: A most familiar mystery
Quantum physicist David Deutsch believes that the quest to understand time could do more than just unite the past, present and future
Fukushima's radioactive sea contamination lingers
News > Upfrontp6
Eddies from Japan's "Gulf Stream" may be trapping pollution near the coast, as stricken reactors approach cold shutdown
Immunity and dark energy discoveries win Nobels
News > Upfrontp6
Cosmologists who studied exploding stars and discoverers of "front-line" defence systems win the physics and medicine prizes
World's first cloned human embryonic stem cells
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By fusing skin cells with unfertilised eggs, scientists have cloned embryonic stem cells. but they have three sets of chromosomes
Pacific islands left thirsty by La Niña
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The Pacific island nations of Tuvalu and Tokelau have declared a state of emergency due to severe shortages of fresh water
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Fewer big asteroids stalk Earth than we thought
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NASA's WISE satellite has taken a census of near-Earth asteroids, finding about half as many objects larger than 100 metres across as previously thought
Knox trial exposes forensic flaws
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The clearing of Amanda Knox for the murder of Meredith Kercher has raised the issue of whether international forensic-analysis standards should be enforced
Political backlash to geoengineering begins
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Tough times are ahead for technologies to cool the climate now that the European Parliament has expressed its opposition in no uncertain terms
Arctic ozone hole breaks all records
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Earlier this year, ozone loss over the Arctic was on a scale comparable to that over the Antarctic
Rules of death: When the end is not what it seems
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The life-saving treatment of therapeutic hypothermia is calling into question the guidelines doctors use to determine brain death
Faster-than-light neutrinos? New answers flood in
News > This Weekp10
Explanations are coming in thick and fast for the seeming ability of subatomic particles to break the cosmic speed limit
New twist in the tale of Tutankhamun's club foot
News > This Weekp10
Last year, evidence emerged that boy king Tutankhamun had a club foot. Now experts aren't so sure
Cops on the trail of crimes that haven't happened
News > Field Notesp11
Software being tested by the Santa Cruz police department uses the locations of crimes that have already occurred to flag up the scenes of future incidents
Bumpy nipple smells guide babies to milk
News > This Weekp12
Secretions from bumps around the nipple help infants find their way to the breast and increase mouth movements
Monkeys 'feel' texture of virtual objects
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Rhesus macaques have learned to feel the texture of virtual objects on a computer screen without touching a thing
Zoned-out rats may give clue to consciousness
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The mind-wandering brain network that people use to introspect has been identified in lower animals, suggesting that "zoning out" might have a key function
Brain tweak turns wimpy mice into dominant leaders
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Strengthening or weakening electrical signals in the brain sends mice up or down the social ladder
Corals might learn to adapt to warmer seas
News > In Briefp16
Coral could adapt to rising sea temperatures without switching their symbiotic algae and bacteria – but survival might be short-lived
Sexually harassed female guppies bait their friends
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Female guppies are more aggressive to other females if they have been harassed by males
Terminal buzz gives bats their hunting edge
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Bats home in on their prey with a rapid sequence of calls, made by some of the fastest-moving muscles in the world
A little excess weight affects IVF success
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Having a BMI above the healthy weight range can increase the chances of miscarriage after fertility treatment
Bright 'hollows' on Mercury are unique in solar system
News > In Briefp17
Newly discovered pits change our view of the innermost planet's early history
Cool light to bring quantum magic into the real world
News > In Briefp17
A laser has cooled a microscopic silicon strip to a point where it should start exhibiting quantum behaviour
Too much booze blunts your immune system
News > In Briefp17
Alcohol suppresses immune cells, making heavy drinkers more vulnerable to infection
Phone tech transforms African business and healthcare
Technology > Newspp21-22
Apps and cheap smartphones are giving everything from farm-produce market prices to medical advice to the swelling ranks of African users
Paper patterns and smartphones foil forgers
Technology > Newspp21-22
A relatively cheap way of authenticating paper documents could help cut forgery in developing countries
Nanotubes help cloak objects in a mirage
Technology > Newsp24
Underwater cloaking devices could be a step closer thanks to heated sheets of carbon nanotubes that deflect light just like a mirage
Pay as you go solar power makes energy cheaper
Technology > Newsp24
Solar firm Eight19 is trialling a system in Kenya which lets families pay for solar power via text message
Studio portrait of big, brainy octopus
To show its true colours, a huge North Pacific giant octopus was photographed in a tank using strobe lighting
Geology will survive creationist undermining
Comment and Analysispp30-31
Creationist infiltration of scientific conferences seems outrageous, but banning them would do more harm than good, says Steven Newton
Anthropologist: I slept up a tree to understand chimps
Opinion > Interviewp31
Spending the night in a chimpanzee nest taught me why ancient humans may have preferred to sleep on the ground, says Fiona Stewart
Evolutionary guru: Don't believe everything you think
Opinion > Interviewpp32-33
Do we kid ourselves to have more kids? Robert Trivers explains the evolutionary benefits of self-deception
A case in point?
Barbara Oakley and Guruprasad Madhavan rebrand gullibility as pathological altruism in order to avoid stigmatising people whose support of others is misguided and has negative...
Faith and Fukushima
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For the record
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No sign yet
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Origins of music
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Stand up for science
Bravo for Royal Society president Paul Nurse's stand against anti-science (17 September, p 5). I was wondering when respected members of the scientific...
Sugar rush
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Enigma Number 1667
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About time: What is it?
Features > Special Reportpp38-39
Is time a river, a block, or a figment of our imagination? The essential nature of time remains the universe's greatest mystery
About time: Why does time's arrow fly only one way?
Features > Special Reportpp39-41
We can move through space in any direction we like – but time is a strictly one-way street, and physicists still can't tell us why
About time: Countdown to the theory of everything
Features > Special Reportpp41-42
General relativity and quantum mechanics explain time in drastically different ways – reconciling them is the key to a theory that will encompass both
About time: The body's metronome
Features > Special Reportpp42-44
Time rules our lives, but take away clocks, schedules and calendars, and our bodies still march to the beat of internal timekeepers. Linda Geddes reports
About time: Does it really fly when you're having fun?
Features > Special Reportpp44-46
Time seems to slow down when you're frightened and speed up when you're having fun – so what happens when you fall off a tower? Linda Geddes has the answer
About time: Everyday time warps
Features > Special Reportp46
Einstein's theories of relativity describe the time-warping effects of gravity – here's how they affect Earthlings
About time: The tribe without time
Features > Special Reportp47
The Amondawa tribe has no concept of abstract time, no clocks and no calendars
About time: Finding the age of everything
Features > Special Reportp48
From distant stars to ancient rocks to Roman boots, we have ways to date just about anything in the universe. Richard Webb reports
About time: Life on the time-zone borderline
Features > Special Reportpp49-50
Life can be strange when you straddle two time zones – just ask the clock-shifting citizens of the Pacific and Indiana, says Sally Adee
About time: Is time travel possible?
Features > Special Reportpp50-51
It's not only possible, we've already made it happen. But your grandfather has nothing to worry about, says Marcus Chown
About time: The world's most accurate clock
Features > Special Reportpp52-53
The latest atomic clocks are fine-tuned to lose only a few seconds within the lifespan of the universe, says Richard Webb
About time: Will time end?
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What is your place in nature?
Opinion > CultureLabp56
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Glimpses of Einstein's personal life through travel
Opinion > CultureLabp57
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Postdoc dramas on film
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Since the Democratic Party won control of both the House and the Senate, the media have focused on such issues as Pelosi's choice of attire and whether being female will affect her ability to lead. MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer wondered if Pelosi's "personal feelings [were] getting in the way of effective leadership" -- a problem she suggested would not surface in "men-run leadership posts" -- and whether men were "more capable of taking personality clashes."
Democratic strategist and Fox News political analyst Kirsten Powers wrote: "In a low point in Democratic Party history, Pennsylvania Gov. Bob Casey was banned from speaking at the 1992 Democratic Convention for being opposed to abortion rights." However, as Media Matters has noted, several opponents of abortion rights were given speaking slots at that Democratic convention.
Reporting on President Bush's announcement of Donald Rumsfeld's resignation, media outlets, with few exceptions, have avoided characterizing Bush's assertion the previous week that he wanted Rumsfeld to stay on as a "lie" or intentional misrepresentation -- this, despite Bush's own admission of a deliberate deception. Some outlets even failed to acknowledge Bush's previous statement that Rumsfeld would stay on as defense secretary until the end of his presidency.
Despite the significance of President Bush's November 1 pronouncement that Donald Rumsfeld will remain defense secretary until the end of his presidency, multiple media outlets have devoted much greater attention to the controversy over Sen. John Kerry's "botched joke."
Numerous news outlets have failed to provide the full context for Kerry's recent remarks on Iraq, instead presenting the issue of whether Kerry intended to criticize the troops as a he-said/she-said conflict. These outlets have also ignored comments by several prominent Republicans acknowledging that Kerry did not intend to disparage American soldiers.
Numerous media outlets reported without challenge President Bush's assertion that the "ultimate accountability" for the Iraq war "rests with me" -- some even asserting that he "took full responsibility for the war." But these reports ignored Bush's consistent pattern of deflecting questions regarding his judgments on Iraq by stating that he defers to others, including top generals, the intelligence community, and the Iraqi government, in making such decisions.
In an editorial, USA Today asserted that the Democrats may not take control of the House and/or the Senate in November because they have "failed to put together a platform as effective as the Contract with America was in bringing Republicans to power in 1994." In fact, polls from 1994 show that only a small percentage of voters said they were influenced by the contract -- and that most had not even heard of it.
While many other media outlets carried the story, ABC's World News and USA Today made no mention of a British army commander's October 12 claim that the presence of British troops in Iraq is fueling violence, and that British military forces should be withdrawn from the country.
A USA Today editorial suggested that voters view Democrats just as negatively as they do Republicans on the issue of corruption, but recent polls indicate that Americans, by wide margins, think Democrats would do a better job handling the issue.
In reporting on the scandal surrounding former Rep. Mark Foley, a number of media outlets have reported simply that the House Republican leadership claims to have been aware only of "over friendly" emails Foley sent in 2005, without noting that House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert appeared to have made no effort to determine the actual content of the emails -- including one in which Foley wrote of an underage male page: "[H]es [sic] in really great shape."
Despite initially hyping Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer's and Rep. Curt Weldon's claims that the military intelligence unit Able Danger identified Mohamed Atta prior to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, CNN and other media outlets have completely ignored the Defense Department inspector general's September 21 conclusion that "prior to September 11, 2001, Able Danger team members did not identify Mohammed Atta or any other 9/11 hijacker."
USA Today and the Associated Press reported that Bush had "highlight[ed] rebuilding efforts" following Hurricane Katrina and "praised the region's rebirth," but neither outlet noted any criticism of the Bush administration's handling of the reconstruction process, despite two reports by congressional Democrats in the past week detailing the "failed Republican response."


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LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Senior guard Kevin Hamilton (Queens Village, N.Y.) totaled 18 points, nine rebounds and three steals, but it was not enough as the Holy Cross men's basketball team lost a 56-42 decision to Bucknell at Sojka Pavilion. The Crusaders fall to 9-8 overall and 2-1 in the Patriot League with the loss, while the Bison improve to 12-3 overall and 3-0 in the conference.
The score was tied at 6-6 after four minutes of play, before Bucknell used a 14-1 run to build a 13-point lead. The Crusaders struggled shooting the ball throughout the first half, making only three shots before the break, and the Bison took a 34-14 advantage into the locker room.
Holy Cross came out hot at the start of the second half, using a using a 17-6 run to cut Bucknell's lead to single digits. Hamilton scored 12 of his points during that spurt, while junior guard Keith Simmons (Kingston, N.Y.) accounted for the other five points. The Crusaders would eventually get as close as eight points (43-35 with nine minutes left), but were unable to overcome the 20-point halftime deficit. Holy Cross held the Bison to just five of 19 shooting from the floor in the second half, but Bucknell made 12 of 18 free throws after the break to account for the final margin.
Simmons finished the game with 12 points and three steals, while junior guard Torey Thomas (White Plains, N.Y.) added 10 points, six rebounds and four assists. Chris McNaughton led Bucknell with 15 points, while Charles Lee totaled 12 points, nine rebounds, four assists and three steals.
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