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Bloomington had a summer to remember. 2014 consistently served up temperatures here with lows in the mid 50s and highs in the upper 70s. But the return of IU students seems to have also brought the warm weather, so Voices in the Street hit the streets to ask your friends and neighbors how they stay cool when the heat is on.
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Voices in the Street – Bloomington's Flag: A Thought Experiment
We're taking a bit of a departure this week on Voices and coming at you with a brain storming session. Bloomington has the good fortune of being populated with lots of folks proud to be here—whether they're true townies, townies by choice, or just here for school or another temporary stay. We thought it would be interesting to hear what your friends and neighbors would say if they were charged with designing a city flag. So Bloomington, what scene scapes would you create if you were charged with this task?
Voices in the Street – Mideast Violence Spirals Out of Control
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Recently, Israeli President, Benjamin Netanyahu said that the goal of Israel's Operation Protective Edge is to bring about "sustainable quiet" for the people of Israel by de-militarizing Gaza and Hamas. But Palestinian sympathizers argue that before any talk of demilitarization can commence, Israel must commit to the end of the Palestinian blockade and occupation. With spiraling violence marked by short-lived cease fires, Voices in the Street asked your friends and neighbors what, if anything, can be done to curb violence and tensions in the Mideast.
Voices in the Street – Gay people of Indiana Rejoice!
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This week on the Voices in the Street: "Gay people of Indiana Rejoice! The ban on gay marriage has been struck down."
The law that made it illegal for same sex couples to marry in Indiana was ruled unconstitutional yesterday in federal court. The permanent injunction on the marriage ban meant that same sex couples could marry effective immediately, and statewide couples young and old took advantage of their new right to marry. Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has asked for a "stay" on the ruling, but Voices in the Street wanted to get reaction from your friends and neighbors on this historic ruling.
Voices in the Street – Speaking from Experience: Advice Post Pomp and Circumstance
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This time of year, our community's youth find themselves on the cusp of big change. In the midst of graduations at IU, Ivy Tech, as well as local high schools, we asked YOU for advice and words of wisdom for our local graduating seniors.
Voices in the Street – Little Five: Hosting the World's Greatest College Weekend
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The Little 500 is utterly unique and also the largest collegiate cycling event in the world. This year's race saw the team from Kappa Alpha Theta win the women's race by twelve-one-hundredths of a second, and the Black Key Bulls scored the victory in the men's division. Voices in the Street hit the streets, or track, rather, to speak with participants in the 64th annual Little 500 and ask them, about the nature of the event. Is the Little 500 more about the race or the socializing that accompanies it?
Voices in the Street – Earth Day 2014: Celebrating Our Planet
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Earth Day 2014 was this past Tuesday. We are fortunate to live in an area where so many conscientious people work hard to ensure a sustainable and thriving community and environment. Whether it was planting trees, enjoying the outdoors, or being unable to wrest ourselves from our workaday world, Voices in the Streets wanted to hear about how our friends and neighbors celebrated the earth. And if you weren't able to celebrate Tuesday, what practices do you put in place to help ensure a sustainable environment?
Voices in the Street – Springtime Observance: Bloomington's Holiday Traditions
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Tomorrow is Good Friday, Sunday is Easter and passover is the 14th through the 22nd. Whether you're Jewish, Christian, Muslim or secular, the blooming of flowers always seems to accompany spiritual gratitude for the gifts we have. Voices in the Street hit the Streets to ask Bloomington residents about their springtime holiday traditions and impressions.
Voices in the Street – Support Your Voice, Voice Your Support
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This week is Pledge Drive Week here at WFHB, your chance to support our award-winning news department. In a rare toot of our own horn, we hit the streets to get testimonials from your friends and neighbors about public radio and community radio in general and WFHB in particular. What IS it about this little people-powered station that resonates with YOU?
Voices in the Street – No Shelter for the Homeless
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On Tuesday, hundreds of people participated in a rally, march and candlelight vigil at the Monroe County Courthouse Square in support of Bloomington's
homeless population who have no safe, legal, low-barrier place to rest until the Interfaith Winter Shelter opens up in November. Voices in the Street has a three part segment to ask your friends and neighbors if they think Bloomington has a problem with the number of people experiencing homelessness, if arrests are warranted for sleeping overnight in public places, and with whom, ultimately, the problem of dealing with homelessness lies. In part one, we ask if Bloomington has a homelessness problem. In part two, we ask if people experiencing homelessness should be arrested for sleeping in public places. And in part three, we ask who should ultimately be responsible for providing for/or dealing with people experiencing homelessness.


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This 1987 Porsche Carrera is finished in Cassis Red Metallic with Burgundy leather and has less than 41k miles. This car's history is not known... More
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1962 Alfa Romeo 2000 Touring Spider '62 Alfa Romeo 2000 Touring Spider with matching numbers chassis#AR1020402150 engine#AR0020402852 in black with burgundy interior and comes with... More
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1986 Mercedes Benz 560SL '86 Mercedes Benz 560SL with 2 tops and a very low 24,857 miles on the odometer. Shown here in color code#147G... More
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
This is at first surprising for a couple of reasons. First, the Waltons tend to be Republican. Second, the conventional wisdom is that megacorps like Wal-Mart are a Republican thing.
But Sam Walton gave the maximum $30,800 to the Obama Victory Fund in 2008, and $40,000 to the OVF this election.
Policy-wise, there's plenty of reason for the Waltons to like Barack Obama:
So, yes, Mitt Romney is cozy with Big Business and big donors. But don't pretend Obama is any different.
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Leopoldstadt ("Leopold-Town") is Vienna's second district. There are 90,914 inhabitants (census 2001) over 19.27 km². It is situated in the heart of the city and, together with Brigittenau (20th district), forms a large island surrounded by the Danube Canal and, to the north, the Danube. It is named after Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I (1640–1705). Due to its relatively high percentage of Jewish inhabitants (38.5 per cent in 1923, i.e. before the Holocaust), Leopoldstadt gained the nickname Mazzesinsel ("Matzoh Island"). This context was a significant aspect for the district twinning with the New York City borough Brooklyn in 2007.
Places of interest include the Wiener Prater (from Latin pratum "meadow"), former imperial hunting grounds to which the public was denied access until 1766. The area of the Prater closest to the city centre contains a large amusement park, known as the Volksprater ("People's Prater") or Wurstelprater (after the Harlequin-type figure of Hanswurst), and at its entrance there is the giant Ferris wheel ("Riesenrad") opened in 1897 which features prominently in the movie The Third Man and which has become one of Vienna's trademarks. There is also a miniature steam railway ("Liliputbahn") which, on its track through the woodland parallel to the Hauptallee, passes Vienna's Ernst-Happel-Stadion. The Schweizerhaus ("Swiss Hut"), an establishment boasting a huge beer garden, sells the original Czech Budweiser draught beer. The owners claim that, back in the 1920s, the potato crisp was invented there. Nearby you can find the "Republic of Kugelmugel", a micronation proclaimed in 1984 that became a landmark of the area.
Another, smaller, park in Leopoldstadt is the topiary-type Augarten, which is the home of the Vienna Boys' Choir and of a porcelain manufactory ("Augarten-Porzellan"). Sadly, its distinguishing marks are two disused Flak towers built towards the end of the Second World War. For features of this versatile district not listed here, see the bottom-linked Leopoldstadt Category page.
None of the synagogues escaped the destruction during the Kristallnacht pogroms of November 1938 following the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany. The Jewish population was increasingly isolated, terrorised and finally deported and murdered in the concentration camps such as Auschwitz. The once thriving communal life was completely destroyed. Only a handful of survivors were able to hide until the end of the war, from an original population of several thousands.
With the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 and renewed immigration from Eastern Europe, especially the former Soviet Union, was the Jewish population able to stabilise itself and new life arose. Today, many members of Vienna's Jewish community live there again, and there are a number of shops selling kosher food. Several parts of the old residential areas have been gentrified, resulting in a gentle shift from Leopoldstadt's predominantly working class population towards a somewhat wealthier clientele.
Currently a new extension of the U2 metro line is being built which will connect the city centre with the stadium and the outskirts of the city which are situated across the Danube in Donaustadt.
In the year 2007 Brooklyn entered into a district partnership with the Viennese district Leopoldstadt.


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Burying dollars in the dirtResidents are excited to develop ideas about soil health with the help of federal money and now they can get started.
By: Beth Wischmeyer, The Dickinson Press
Residents are excited to develop ideas about soil health with the help of federal money and now they can get started.
The North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program recently awarded money to grant
The Southwest North Dakota Soil Health Demonstration received $175,000 for an ongoing project.
The project, comprised of Western, Central Stark and Dunn County Soil Conservation Districts, the Dickinson Research Extension Center and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, was created in 2008 to discover the components of healthy soil in a plot near Manning.
The project is expected to last 10 years, and will feature an eight-year rotation implementing a no-till cover crop plan to test soil health improvement methods.
Marcus Lewton, a South Heart High School ag instructor, received $2,000 for soil health education.
"We're going to build a soil health kit," Lewton said. "Basically there are all these different methods of testing soil health.
"There will be five or six different labs that teachers can take with them and show the class to teach about soil health."
About 150 boxes, both wooden and cardboard, will be constructed through the grant money, and then distributed to about 90 ag instructors throughout the state as well as about 60 in Minnesota, he added.
These boxes include sponges, beakers, paper cups and sewing needles, among other items.
"It's basically a bunch of garbage, but you can make a bunch of soil tests out of them," Lewton said. "We're making 150 kits with only $2,000 so it's not going to be very expensive stuff, but that's basically what teaching is."
For Letwon's Youth Educator grant, $2,000 was the maximum.
Lewton's ag and FFA students will help fill kits, likely at the beginning of May.
Pat Frank, a farmer who resides six miles North of South Heart, will also receive grant money to build organic soil with green manure.
"I'm excited about it," Frank said. "Pat Carr at the experiment station has been doing some work with organic farming, and what a lot of organic guys will do is seed sweet clover and work it down as a green manure crop."
Instead of using a disc to work down the clover, he hopes to use a roller to terminate the crop, which the DREC owns and Frank hopes to utilize. He added he hopes to team up with Carr, who is just as interested in the concept.
"All the money has to be spent in this project," Frank said. "The sweet clover I seeded last year, and I'm hoping being it was so dry and cold this winter it didn't winter kill on me."
Several tests will be done on the ground, Frank said, which will utilize various methods.
Carr, an agronomist with the center was also a grant recipient. Money will go toward the use of cover crops in no-till organic farming.
SARE funding is available in many differernt forms, ranging from research and education grants to on the farm research and partnerships.
For more information on SARE grants, visit www.sare.org.
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text: I have an oldsmobile cutlass supreme 94 3.4L v6. The problem is that when I turn on the low beam headlight the voltage meter goes down almost to 8 volts but the thing is that when I switch to the hig beam the voltage goes up and turning other things also makes voltage change but sometimes it goes down. So I think that the alternator was bad and I made this test. With the car turn off I switch the lights on and nothing happend the voltage was good about 10 volts but suddenly when I change to low beam voltage drops and lights and everything almost went of. So I turn off the lights and the voltage went up again. I ve tried this several times and sometimes it happens and sometimes not. I think theres something wrong when I switch the headlamps because when they are off the voltage is good over 13 volts with the car on. I don t know what could cause such drain in the battery without blowing a fuse or something. What can I do? Thanks


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Pull-Ups: One Feminist's Take on the Controversy
Filed under: Nonfiction, Opinion, Politics, Starring Local Feminists, Women's Health
photo by Stephen Morton for The New York Times
As a feminist, I was interested in the Marine Corps's January decision to delay the implementation of its testing standards when 55 percent of women failed to complete at least three pull-ups, a required component of the combat fitness test. This issue stirred up a lot of attention in military and feminist circles alike, as both groups wrestled–and continue to wrestle–with what it means that so many women failed in this endeavor.
The figure that is still on my mind, though, is the 45 percent of women who did accomplish the pull-up requirements. By focusing our attention on the women who failed, we have failed the women who succeeded in rising to the standard. Literally, by pulling themselves up to where they needed to be the required number of times, they thereby demonstrated their capability to serve alongside men in a war zone, where "scaling a wall, climbing up a rope, or lifting and carrying heavy munitions" are life-dependent tasks. That's something to celebrate, but instead, the Marine Corps will deny them the chance to be considered equals to the men with whom they have in fact demonstrated physical equality.
I'm a feminist in the most basic sense: I believe in equal rights and equal opportunities for men and women alike. In short, I believe in equality for all people, period. As such, I support the presence of qualified women in the military, and I think barring women from service in combat zones is to ignore the long history of women who have always done so, with or without formal recognition of their contributions.
However, I do not support the idea that we should have women in a combat zone simply for the sake of having women in a combat zone. Just as the military screens for the strongest and most physically capable men, so also do I expect the military to screen for the strongest and most physically capable women. Actually, scratch that: What I expect is for the military to screen for the strongest and most physically capable people. Period.
The Marine Corps is in a particularly awkward position regarding the social and political push for a certain quota of women to be maintained in its ranks, because the Marine Corps is unique among military branches in its requirement that all Marines meet core infantry standards, not just those assigned to serve in the infantry. The Corps seems to hope it can achieve this socially and politically demanded quota by "equalizing physical standards to integrate women into combat jobs."
But I worry that the quest for equality in the military is becoming more about achieving the appearance of equality, through socially and politically imposed quotas, than about upholding true equality of opportunity for everyone—male or female—to serve his or her country if he or she is qualified to do so. I think it is a mistake to hold back the women who have demonstrated their ability to meet the physical standards for serving in the Marine Corps simply because there aren't enough of them (yet) to meet these superficial quotas.
Lowering the physical standards for women in a euphemistic effort to "equalize" the Corps' gender distribution is no more equitable than banning women from combat zones. All infantry training programs in the military have a long history of high attrition rates; in fact, many would argue that, for the Marine Corps especially, these high attrition rates are a point of pride, a bragging right, a means of establishing the Corps' image as physical and mental elites. They're not known as the Few and the Proud for nothing.
Military service is not something men or women are entitled to. Even in times of conscription, physical requirements still limited eligibility to serve. For example, we did not let blind men fly airplanes in World War II, and I hope we would not have let blind women do so, either. Upper body strength is as important to infantry service as vision is to flight, and we do no one, male or female, any favors by diminishing the importance of physical standards for military service.
The issue, then, is not whether or not we have an appropriately equitable number of women serving in the military, but whether we are granting women equality in the opportunity to prove their qualifications for military service. And prove it many did. As 45 percent of recruits demonstrated in their successful execution of the combat fitness test, and as has been pointed out in reportage of this issue, it's not impossible for women to do several pull ups.
By fixating on men and women as separate categories, we're forgetting that first and foremost we are all people. Gender is just one of many factors that plays into an individual's ability to serve successfully in the military. If sticking to its guns means the Marine Corps can't attain whatever socially and politically desirable quota of women society would prefer, well, tough nuggets. As for those 45 percent of women who did achieve the physical standard, who can do three or more pull-ups, to those women I say: Ooh-rah. Get some, ladies. Get some.
Liz is fiction editor at So to Speak and a third-year fiction candidate in the MFA program at George Mason University, where she also teaches in the English department and serves as the assistant director in the Writing Center. Liz lives and writes in Annapolis, Maryland.
2 Comments on Pull-Ups: One Feminist's Take on the Controversy
Daniel Watkins on
Sun, 2nd Feb 2014 10:45 am
Anonymous on
Tue, 3rd Jun 2014 5:59 pm
When it comes to war, it's a shame that some women now feel they need to be as good at it as men. Why do some women feel they need to be more like men in order to be 'equal', particularly when it comes to preparing for acts of violence? There are differences between males and females to be celebrated. We'll only know when there's a genuine free flow of mutual respect going on when men feel they can and maybe should look to examples set by women. Women have traditionally and generally not cared to bear arms. If only more men had followed them.
Rather than lowering the standard, shouldn't they raise it? Like 10 pull ups should be the required standard for both men a women in my opinion.


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Sachse, Texas
|Sachse, Texas
Location in Dallas County and the state of Texas
|Coordinates: 32°58′35″N 96°35′10″W / 32.97639°N 96.58611°WCoordinates: 32°58′35″N 96°35′10″W / 32.97639°N 96.58611°W
|United States
|Dallas, Collin
|• Type
|• City Council
|Mayor Mike Felix
Mayor Pro-Tem Brett Franks
Jeff Bickerstaff
Bill Adams
Cullen King
Charlie Ross
Paul Watkins
|• City Manager
|Gina Nash
|• Total
|9.9 sq mi (25.6 km2)
|• Land
|9.7 sq mi (25.2 km2)
|• Water
|0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2) 1.62%
|548 ft (167 m)
|Population (2010)
|• Total
|• Density
|2,100/sq mi (790/km2)
|Time zone
|Central (UTC-6)
|• Summer (DST)
|Central (UTC-5)
|ZIP code
|Area code(s)
|972, 214, 469
|FIPS code
|GNIS feature ID
Sachse is a city in Collin and Dallas counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a northeastern suburb of Dallas. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 20,329.[3]
Northeast of Dallas, Sachse is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the President George Bush Turnpike (Texas State Highway 190) and Firewheel Town Center.
Sachse was founded by William Sachse, a Prussian immigrant, in 1845. Purchasing 640 acres (2.6 km2) from Collin County, Sachse erected the first cotton mills and gins in the county. There is currently a major historical revivalist movement, intending to restore several old buildings as well as create a local history museum.
Sachse is located at 32°58′35″N 96°35′10″W / 32.976433°N 96.586138°W (32.976433, -96.586138).[4]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 25.6 square kilometers (9.9 sq mi). 25.2 km2 (9.7 sq mi) of it is land and 0.4 km2 (0.2 sq mi) of it (1.62%) is water.
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 9,751 people, 3,224 households, and 2,746 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,001.8 people per square mile (386.9/km2). There were 3,350 housing units at an average density of 344.2 per square mile (132.9/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 87.34% White, 4.63% African American, 0.65% Native American, 2.15% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 3.37% from other races, and 1.85% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.21% of the population.
There were 3,224 households out of which 51.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.3% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.8% were non-families. 11.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.28.
In the city the population was spread out with 32.7% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 39.3% from 25 to 44, 17.9% from 45 to 64, and 4.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $70,333, and the median income for a family was $71,918. Males had a median income of $50,582 versus $35,174 for females. The per capita income for the city was $25,530. About 3.4% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.5% of those under age 18 and 11.1% of those age 65 or over.
Sachse residents who live in Dallas County are zoned to schools in Garland Independent School District. Sachse residents who live in Collin County are zoned to school in Wylie Independent School District.
Armstrong Elementary School, Sewell Elementary School, Hudson Middle School, and Sachse High School are the schools within the Sachse city limits that serve the GISD portion. Garland ISD has a "choice-of-school" system that allows any student in the district to attend any school.
Local government[edit]
Sachse is a home-rule city, located within the North Central Texas Council of Governments. The city is served by a full-time police and fire department.
Fire-Rescue Department[edit]
Residents and visitors of the City of Sachse are served by 18 paid professional Firefighter/Paramedics and a handful part-time Firefighter/Paramedics. The Sachse Fire Department has two fire stations. Fire Station No. 1 has 5 members and is located at 5805 Bryan Street, Sachse, TX 75048 and Fire Station No. 2 has 2 sometimes 3 members and is located at 3812 Ranch Road, Sachse, TX 75048. The Sachse Fire Departments operates a single Fire Engine company out of Fire Station No. 1. Each Fire Station has a Mobile Intensive Care Unit staffed by two Firefighter/Paramedics.
In 2014, the Sachse Fire Department responded to 1,455 emergency calls.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Sachse city, Texas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
External links[edit]
- City of Sachse official website
- Sachse Chamber of Commerce
- Sachse Economic Development Corporation
- Friends of Sachse Parks and Recreation
- Sachse Historical Society


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Actress Malaika Arora Khan, whose popular dance numbers like 'Chaiyya Chaiyya', 'Munni Badnam Hui' have raised the bar for her contemporaries to match her style, finds the item girl tag "derogatory and silly".
"I don't like the term 'item girl'… Why not look at it (item song) as a special song?…A song that is creating a hype and entertainment. I find it derogatory and silly," Malaika told PTI in an interview.
Unlike in the past, currently mainstream actresses like Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif and others are also doing special songs in different films.
When asked if the leading ladies are intruding the space, Malaika said she did not think so.
"There is enough work for everyone. Everybody has a role or part to play, if somebody fits the bill that is what matters," she added.
Malaika, whose song 'Munni Badnam Hui' in Bollywood film 'Dabangg' (2010) was a hit, says nothing interesting has come up in terms of special dance numbers.
The actress is back to judge yet another season of television series of reality show, 'India's Got Talent'.
"Last time, I was there for half the season. This time I am getting the feel of everything as I am there from beginning. Previously, I was there from elimination part and it was tough. This time it is insane amount of work. In a day we have 20-25 acts minimum," Malaika said.
On the talent pool at 'India's Got Talent', she said some of the acts pulled off by contestants in the current fifth season are breathtaking.
"Some of the acts this season are hysterical, beyond anyone's comprehension. The acts are breathtaking, mind blowing, death defying and amazing. I don't think there is any show which provides you a platform to showcase varied kind of talent from all over the country," she said.
Malaika says disqualifying contestants is a tough call.
"Everybody comes with a background… A story. We try to dwell into their personal lives, we ask them where they come from, interact with them… It brings out the real aspect of the show.
"Despite the kind of conditions that they have been living in they still pursue their talent, something that they want to show to the world. It is difficult to say no but we have no choice but to follow the format," Malaika said.
Besides Malaika, filmmaker Karan Johar and actress Kirron Kher are other judges for the show to be aired on Colors.
Though Malaika has proved herself as a dancer on screen, but one format she wants to learn is belly dancing.
"I would love to learn popping, locking and robotics, gymnastics and acrobatics, it is amazing to learn these things. I know basic thing about belly dancing but not the technicalities, I want to learn it. I want to learn belly dancing. I wish to learn more of dancing. I have been …continued »


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Will Lansley be "taken out and shot"? [1]
Speculation about the Health Secretary's future continues to grow.
Speculation about the Health Secretary's future continues to grow.
by George Eaton [2] Published
Speculation that Andrew Lansley will be sacked has been growing for weeks and this morning's papers will do nothing to diminish it.
In her Times column [3] (£), entitled "Is Lansley the exception to the no-sacking policy?", Rachel Sylvester quotes one Downing Street source as saying that the Health Secretary "should be taken out and shot. He's messed up both the communication and the substance of the policy."
Sylvester reports on an "intriguing idea" circulating in No 10: that Alan Milburn should be offered a seat in the Lords and his old job as Health Secretary. It's not hard to see why Cameron, who, by his account, picked up the baton of reform from Blair, might be tempted by this option.
But as Sylvester notes in a less conspicuous passage:
Both Mr Cameron and George Osborne are remarkably loyal to Mr Lansley, who was their boss at the Conservative Research Department.
Elsewhere, today's Daily Mirror [4] reports on comments by James O'Shaughnessy, formerly one of David Cameron's No 10 advisers and now a lobbyist. "Actually, if you look at where we got to on the Health Bill, the fundamentals of what we were trying to do are still there," he said. This isn't news. Indeed, Lansley himself has boasted that the "fundamental principles" of the bill remain. But more damaging is O'Shaughnessy's admission that last summer's legislative "pause" was merely a "tactic" to get the bill through.
However, it's precisely because the "fundamentals" of the bill remain that it's hard to see Cameron either sacking Lansley or abandoning the reforms. He missed his chance to do that last summer. As the bill re-enters the Lords, the likelihood is that Lansley will live to fight another day.


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Everybody's talking Big Data, but Echelon gets to the point
Quick take: Everybody's talking about Big Data today, but far too often in a general sense. What are the real-world, fast-payback applications of Big Data? I think two of the best places to start are 1) asset health and management and 2) theft and tamper detection. And here's Echelon with news of ready-to-run applications in those very domains. - Jesse Berst
Echelon announced a new set of software applications that enable network operators to monitor the health of distribution transformers, rapidly detect and respond to outages, and identify technical and commercial losses in the low voltage network.
The three new Control Operating System (COS) software apps run on Echelon control nodes in the field and are managed at the utility's data center. Here's how Echelon describes them:
· The Transformer Protection App enables operators to remotely monitor electrical parameters such as energy and maximum current per phase along with physical parameters relevant to the transformer's health such as temperature, moisture level and door open/close status.
· The Service Quality Assurance App can continuously pull and analyze power quality and other status information from all smart meters on the distribution network. Alternately, in order to reduce data deluge, the app could instead pull and analyze data from a subset of meters that are strategically located at the middle or at the end of feeder lines.
· The Revenue Assurance App identifies areas of loss on the distribution network by tracking energy usage at distribution transformers and comparing it with usage at the meters attached to that transformer.
"These apps provide unparalleled visibility into the stress points that grid operators face at the edge on a daily basis," noted Varun Nagaraj, senior vice president of product management and marketing at Echelon.
Echelon's COS apps, which the company will demonstrate at Metering Billing/CRM Europe in Amsterdam next month, are now available for beta testing through the end of 2012. Interested utilities can get more information about participating in the beta trial by contacting Echelon at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Jesse Berst is the founder and chief analyst of Smart Grid News.com, the industry's oldest and largest smart grid site. A frequent keynoter at industry events in the U.S. and abroad, he also serves on advisory committees for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the Institute for Electric Efficiency. He often provides strategic consulting to large corporations and venture-backed startups. He is a member of the advisory boards of GridGlo and Calico Energy Services.


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FILE - An employee works at the Tawke oil fields in the semiautonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)
Iraq jumped two places to No. 2 in OPEC's rankings this year, cementing its position among the world's leading oil producers. Neighboring Iran dropped three spots to 5th as international sanctions took hold.
Second only to Saudi Arabia within the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Iraq's output rose by 24 percent this year as the BP Plc-led Rumaila field increased supply. Iranian production shrank by the same percentage to the lowest level since 1988, data compiled by Bloomberg shows, and its exports will continue to drop into 2013, according to the International Energy Agency.
"Iraq will continue to produce as much crude as it can because oil is and will remain its main source of income in the next few years," said Anas Alhajji, chief economist for NGP Energy Capital Management LLC in Irving, Texas, which oversees $13 billion in funds. "Iraq wants every penny it can get."
The turnaround illustrates the nations' contrasting geopolitical fortunes. Iraq has become the region's second-fastest growing economy, attracting investment from Royal Dutch Shell Plc and OAO Lukoil in the nine years since the ouster of Saddam Hussein. Iran, stymied by a European Union and U.S. ban on oil exports, will suffer a decline in gross domestic product this year, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Iraq's crude production averaged 3.35 million barrels a day last month, Bloomberg data shows Iran's daily output slumped to 2.7 million, less than Venezuela and Kuwait, OPEC's third- and fourth-largest producers.
The reliability of Iraqi exports is still at risk as the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government fail to agree on crude revenue and contract terms. Exxon Mobil Corp. wants to sell its stake in the West Qurna-1 field in southern Iraq, Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Al-Luaibi said Nov. 11.
"Constraints on export pipelines, government bureaucracy, and the continuing dispute with the autonomous Kurdish region will keep the country short of its ambitious goals," Robin Mills, the head of consulting at Dubai-based Manaar Energy Consulting and Project Management and a former Middle East specialist at Shell, said in a Dec. 26 email.
Global oil supply has risen this year, led by the U.S., where producers are using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to unlock deposits in shale formations from North Dakota to Texas and Oklahoma. Production worldwide averaged 90.8 million barrels a day in the third quarter, up 2.7 percent on 2011, the Paris-based IEA said in its monthly report on Dec. 12.
Output among OPEC members rose to a four-year high in August, a month after the EU banned imports of Iranian crude, as members sought to benefit from Brent prices at more than $100 a barrel.
Brent, the benchmark for more than half the world's crude, is poised for a fourth annual gain after averaging a record $111.66 a barrel this year on the ICE Futures Europe exchange. West Texas Intermediate futures, the most-traded U.S. grade, is set to drop this year for the first time since 2008 in New York after rising domestic output bolstered inventories at Cushing, Oklahoma, the nation's biggest storage hub. WTI averaged $94.19 a barrel this year.
"Everyone is high maintenance these days," said Mehdi Varzi, a former Iranian diplomat and director of Varzi Energy Ltd., an energy-consulting company. "The major players all need high oil prices for their own reasons."
Libya's production more than doubled in 2012 as operators including Total SA returned to the North African nation after last year's rebellion against Moammar Gadhafi, lifting the nation's position among OPEC's 12 members to 9th from 11th.
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If you are using Linux Mint and are new to Linux then you can use the Software Manager to manage your applications. If you are using a recent version of Ubuntu then you will find the Ubuntu Software Centre does a similar job.
Each Linux distribution should provide documentation to help you get started. I've included a couple of links below if you use Linux Mint or Ubuntu.
Linux Mint documentation can be found here - http://www.linuxmint.com/documentation.php
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columnBy Fortious Nhambura
The draft Constitution is expected to sail through Parliament before being taken to a referendum. As anticipated, the process will be without much hustle as the three political parties represented in the August House have already agreed to the draft constitution.
Among the highlights of the agreed draft Constitution is a clause that will make it mandatory that 60 female Parliamentarians be elected from the country's provinces on proportional representation.
What a plus for women in politics in the country! It means women, after the passing of the constitution, will have a larger representation in the Parliament and the Senate. This alone means nothing if the women themselves do not take the offer and use it for their emancipation. Although various clauses that touch on women empowerment, Chapter 2, Section 17 is critical as it compels the State to ensure full gender balance in Zimbabwe.
Part of the draft Constitution reads: "State must promote the full participation of women in all spheres of Zimbabwean society on the basis of equality with men; the State must take all measures, including legislative measures, needed to ensure that both genders are equally represented in all institutions and agencies of Government at every level." In this case, equality means equal representation of men and women in all sectors of the socio-political economy.
There is also the beauty of the proposed establishment of a "Gender Commission" which will, among other functions, monitor issues concerning gender equality to ensure gender equality, investigate possible violations of rights relating to gender; to receive and consider complaints from the public and to take such action in regard to the complaints as the Commission considers appropriate.
It will also conduct research on issues relating to gender and social justice, and to recommend changes to laws and practices which lead to discrimination based on gender; to advise public and private institutions on steps to be taken to ensure gender equality; to recommend affirmative action programmes to achieve gender equality and to recommend prosecution for criminal violations of rights relating to gender.
That is what gender activists have been crying for.
The tenets of the new Constitution will, however, mean nothing if they are not followed up with policies that promote gender equality.
The lobbying must now intensify to ensure that this clause is not just a mere line in the Constitution that will not have an effect on society. Men should see the importance of supporting the gender agenda otherwise this will be a shot in the dark.
If Zimbabwe is to realise gender equality, it is critical that gender activists, men and women in the country put their heads together to ensure that this goal is realised.
In fact, analysts say the inclusion of the clause is a good start for women who have been fighting for 50-50 representation in the country's economic and political system. They were, however, quick to underline that the new clause also mean more work for women who need to measure up to the demands of their position.
They should be prepared to offer themselves for the posts to ensure that the quality in women is exhibited and that men do not use the representatives to fight equality. It is important for women to move with zeal and seek to advance themselves so that they can attain the positions not on based on the quarter system but on the merit.
It is time to show the world that Zimbabwean women have the mental capacity to challenge men and inspire the country to development. If they are not vigilant this 50-50 percent representation, to come with the new constitution if approved, will be used to uplift women.
The women should never use this achievement as a way to fight men.
Equality requires the support of both sexes. In the same manner, the clause on the inclusion of women should never be seen as a way of trying to harness the women vote in the referendum and the upcoming elections. If motive of increasing women's participation in the constitution was to buy the female vote, then it is misplaced and should removed from people's minds soonest.
Unfortunately there are sentiments to suggest the clause was used as bait to capture the women vote but this is a retrogressive idea that requires the condemnation of all those who respect gender equality.
In fact gender activist should grab the opportunity to ensure that the draft constitution helps improve the welfare of the Zimbabwean woman.
Though Government has also been making efforts to ensure gender balance and has since come up with the National Gender Policy (2002), that is providing guidelines and institutional framework to engender all sectoral policies and activities at all levels, the society has not been eager to advance these noble ideas.
This means the efforts of the Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development established in 1995 require the support of the women themselves if Government is to succeed in uplifting the status of the ordinary woman.


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After Bonita finished her stew she got on her laptop as Mrs. Hutcherson napped in her chair. She logged onto her website and checked the comments on her latest letter. She knew it was weird but, she wrote letters to her brother Eric. It was her way of dealing with missing him. After she checked comments she opened up a new page and dated it Monday, June Fifth:
Hi Eric,
Hope things are good where you are today? Today was the first day of school. I'm officially a high school freshman. Thankfully so is Mackenzie. I of course forgot my keys so I'm at Mrs. H's until Mom comes home. Mrs. H is so sweet. I know you would love her if you had the chance to meet her. I miss you so much Eric.
Love you!
Just as she made the page public her cell phone buzzed. It was a text from her mom letting her know she would be getting home late and would call when she was on her way home. Bonita shut down her computer and put it back in her bag. She quietly tiptoed into the kitchen to search for a snack. She spotted a plate of huge chocolate chip cookies. She took a small plate out of the light brown wood cabinet and placed one of the gigantic cookies on it. Then she grabbed a cup from the dish rack on the counter and poured some milk. She silently flipped the channels on the TV while she ate her cookie. When she finished her snack she cleaned up her dishes and snuggled up in a blanket that Mrs. Hutcherson made for her and fell asleep as she watched television. Elyssa helped Eithon set the table as her aunt put the finishing touches on her home made veggie pizza. "Sure hope she made a pepperoni pizza for me" Eithon said.
"She always does" Elyssa said as finished up the table by sitting out the glasses. As they sat and ate Elyssa told her aunt about the fashion glass Glory High had. "Sounds like you're gonna fit right in Honey" Daisy said.
"I'm trying out for the soccer team" Eithon said.
"Wow, I always thought you hated jocks" Elyssa said.
"I do but, I won't be like the others" Eithon said.
After dinner Elyssa helped her aunt clean up the dishes and put left overs away. She headed back upstairs when Eithon came out of the bathroom. "Hey E" he called.
"Yeah?" she answered walking over to him.
"Did Mackenzie say anything about me today?" he asked. Elyssa could see that hope for a yes in his eyes. "I'm sorry cuz, but, we just talked about school mainly"
"Oh ok" he said and went downstairs. She could see Eithon loved Mackenzie but, it was a love that wasn't returned and she hoped he would get over her soon. Eithon was sweet but, had so much trouble letting go of people he shouldn't romantically love either anymore or ever. At dinner Sigourney and her mother ate in silence for a bit. "So what's your friend like?" her mom asked.
"She's really nice and she still has an amazing voice" Sigourney said.
"thats good" her mom said, "does she seem healthy?"
"I guess, why?" Sigourney asked giving her mom a weird look.
"I just wanna know about your new friend" her mom said.
"Do you think she could spend the night this weekend?" Sigourney asked.
"I'll think about it" her mom said. Mackenzie was in her room trying to figure what to wear to school the next day when her mom came in. "Hey sweety" she said sitting on her bed, "Whatcha doin?"
"Trying to pick out what to wear tomorrow" Mackenzie said holding a white tank top with a black beaded bow design on it. "Thats pretty" her mom said.
"It would look good with my new white jeans" Mackenzie said. "So anything new?" her mom asked.
"Mom, I don't know what Jason is planning" Mackenzie said.
"Ok ok" her mom said, "Bed time in a few" Mackenzie sat at her desk and opened her journal. She turned to the page she was working on and finished it up.
With her mom's wedding approaching all she heard was she hoped her daughter found the perfect guy some day. What she wanted to say is her future spouse if she has one will be a girl but, she didn't know how her mom would react.
Charlotte was in her room painting when Mercedes walked in. "Hey that's really pretty" she said looking at her painting of a pink pastel rose. "Really?" Charlotte asked.
"Yeah" Mercedes said.
"I wanna make sure my skills are good enough to impress Mr. Flusher" Charlotte said.
"Yeah he's pretty tough to impress" Mercedes said, "I remember we had a project based on nature and when I painted this tree and added green glitter he said it was third gradish"
"I hope I can atleast be in my grade as far as art goes" Charlotte said.
"I think you're way better then seventh grade art" Mercedes said, "Well time to get the young ones ready for bed" Audrielle was sitting on her bed brushing her long red hair when her mother knocked on the door. "Hey sweety, its bed time"
"I know" she said, "Mom can I ask you something?"
"Sure' her mom said sitting down next to her. "Do you remember Sigourney? Audrielle asked.
"No why?" her mom asked.
"You seemed surprised to meet her" Audrielle said getting up and laying her brush on her night stand. "Well it was just you made a friend so quickly and I always thought it took longer making friends at a new school" her mom explained. "Oh well I better get to bed" Audrielle said, "Night Mom" She hugged her mother and crawled under her cover. Her mom kissed her good night and left the room. The next day at school everyone was buzzing around like school never ended. Mercedes went to her locker. She opened it and out popped a white envelope with a golden rose on it. She grabbed the envelope and her gym bag and headed to the nearest girls rest room. She went into one of the dull grey stalls and opened the envelope.
Meeting tonight on the little gazebo bridge in Rosebay Garden.
Mackenzie got to the school just as Eithon did. 'Hey Kenzie" he said blocking her path to the doors. "Hi Eithon" she greeted.
"i wanted to to know if you wanted to hang out at lunch time?" Eithon asked.
"Actually I always eat with my friends" Mackenzie said spotting Bonita walking up to them, "talk to you later Eithon" She walked to their lockers with Bonita. "I see Eithon still isn't moving on" Bonita said grabbing her gym bag out of her locker.
"Nope" Mackenzie said.
"So are you gonna come with me after school today?" Bonita asked.
"To where?" Mackenzie asked grabbing her homework agenda from her locker.
"I'm trying out for the step team today" Bonita said as the tardy bell rang.
"I'll be there" Mackenzie said heading to her computer arts class.


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To advance research on matters relevant to intellectual property, entrepreneurism, and innovation, the Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) releases datasets to allow for study of the economics of patents and trademarks--an element in the USPTO economics research agenda. OCE presents these data for the first time in forms convenient for public use and academic research, consistent with the agency's responsibility to make patent and trademark information open and transparent. Furthermore, it supports White House policy championing transparency and access to government under the "data.gov" umbrella of initiatives. Since these data have not been commonly used in the research community, OCE has developed supplementary documentation providing a comprehensive description of datasets and offering initial findings.
The following datasets and accompanying documentation are available for download.
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The USPTO allows parties to record assignments of trademark applications and registrations to maintain a complete history of claimed interests in a mark. The Trademark Assignment Dataset contains detailed information on 786,931 assignments and other transactions recorded at the USPTO between 1952 and 2013 and involving 1,491,485 million unique trademark properties. The Trademark Assignment Dataset is updated annually.
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Southampton Village has a long history as (arguably) the oldest English settlement in New York. This summer the Southampton Historical Museum will be offering a series of walking tours throughout the village. Coming up next will be a tour this Sunday, August 3, of one of the oldest village thoroughfares, Ox Pasture Road, which has witnessed the affluence and affairs of some of the country's wealthiest families.
Southampton Main Street, Southampton c. 1910
Rick Stott of AIA Peconic is leading the mile-long walk, during which attendees will get the chance to peak behind the hedges of Southampton's history.
Ox Pasture Road, formerly known as Captains Neck Lane, houses such luxurious homes as the Linden Estate and the Williston House. The latter was built in 1893 for Judge Horace Russell, who acted as judge of the Superior Court of New York during the late 19th century. The all-white, Beaux-Art-designed home has a grand semi-circular front porch, stately columns, a guesthouse, a stable and a porte-cochère.
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At the CFDAs, model/heiress Lydia Hearst was upholding 2009's new tradition of working a hairstyle suited to someone triple her age.
I'm not saying that Hearst's wavy, sculpted updo wasn't beautifully executed, I just felt it lacked the joie de vivre that I'd imagine a hot, rich, 24-year-old socialite might want to emote. Instead, the hair -- and consequentially, her entire look -- felt a bit stiff, safe, and dare I say it, staid.
But maybe I'm missing the point here. After all, this year, we've seen quite a few bright young things show up to fancy events with even fancier, by-the-books hairstyles (that my grandmother would be all over).
Drew Barrymore kick-started the whole thing at the Golden Globes, when she and her hair looked threateningly retro, spanning wider than any other style on the red carpet (or on the West Coast). Kate Winslet followed suit at the Oscars, doing her best Grace Kelly impression with that wavy helmet. And just weeks before Hearst's appearance, Agyness Deyn hit the Royal Academy of Arts Expo with a stiff, Marilyn Monroe-inspired swirl of hair.
I've always felt that the best hairstyles have an ease about them, and unfortunately, these kinds of überglamorous looks just leave me feeling a bit cold -- even a little intimidated. But hey, maybe that's what some people think glamour is all about.
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Born in Iceland in November 1973, Gunnar arrived at the zoo in 1979 from the Naval Oceans Systems Center in San Diego.
Gunnar is the father of two pups, Kara and Kjia, who were born in 1983 and 1990, at the National Zoo. They currently live at Adventure Aquarium in New Jersey but will return to the National Zoo.
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Early Christian church in the Iraqi desert
No-one celebrated Christmas in Al-Aqiser church on Tuesday, for what many consider to be the oldest eastern Christian house of worship lies in ruins in a windswept Iraqi desert.Full article here, with pictures.
Armed bandits and looters rule in the region and no one can visit the southern desert around Ain Tamur unescorted, local officials say.
But 1,500 years ago, the first eastern Christians knelt and prayed in this barren land, their faces turned towards Jerusalem.
The remains of Al-Aqiser church lie in the windswept sand dunes of Ain Tamur, around 70 kilometres (40 miles) southwest of the Shiite shrine city of Karbala, forgotten by most.
Posted by David on January 12, 2008 11:33 AM
It is difficult to fathom what has been lost in Iraq, or what will be lost before the madness ends. I recall that weeks before the invasion began, in my own modest way, I attempted to reach and work through normative routes to planners in the Defense Department as well as the Smithsonian to urge that planning for the obvious invasion that was to occur factor in securing scientific collections, significant sites and libraries. It took no great imagination to realize that so much of the heritage of that wrecked nation was so portable and likely to find markets in the underworld of life, or be victims to mindless looting. Apart from collections in museums, I expressed concerns for noteworthy sites, geologic, archeology sites and paleolithic sites, etc., as well as any zoos. The DOD was completely unresposive but I recall a terse message from the Smithsonian that a "committee" was in place and was dealing with the issues.
War has priorities to be sure, and the conduct of the mission may not place national treaures as high on any lists as securing the immediate objectives of the mission. But to ignore until too late, the need for securing collections, sites, and repositories is very shortsighted and absurd. Indeed, only a return to some sense of peace in Iraq will anable a review of the situation, but one can only fear that it is too late for so much.
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SAN ANGELO -- The Eldorado High School football team did a lot of things right this season on the way to a district title and a trip to the playoffs.
One thing the Eagles did wrong was out of their control -- drawing Roscoe in the first round of the postseason.
Eldorado was overwhelmed by the state's No. 2-ranked Class A team Saturday at San Angelo Stadium, falling into an early 28-0 hole on the way to a 69-18 season-ending loss.
Afterward, the Eagles weren't focusing on the game they just lost. They were reflecting on a memorable season that saw them finish with a 7-4 record one year after going 1-9.
"It was a big turnaround," said Eldorado senior quarterback Manny Gonzalez. "We came out and won six games straight...and going to the playoffs was something that hadn't been done here in a while. It's just awesome to have that feeling."
Eldorado's six-game winning streak came to an abrupt halt against Roscoe, which lit up the scoreboard with 60 or more points for the fifth time this year.
Junior quarterback Jacob Villanueva threw for 280 yards and three touchdowns -- on only 13 completions -- and ran for two more scores to lead the Plowboys.
Roscoe finished with 506 yards of total offense in its wide-open attack.
"We don't see that spread offense that much in our league. It's completely different to what we're used to," said Eldorado head coach Johnny Burleson. "Our defense had four days to get ready and I don't think you can do that. You could have four weeks and you might not be ready for them.
"They have big guys up front, good skill players, and a pretty good defense too. They're a complete team."
After Roscoe bolted to a 28-0 first-quarter lead, Eldorado came back and outscored the Plowboys 12-6 in the second quarter to trail 34-12 at halftime.
The Eagles' second touchdown drive was especially impressive as they marched 78 yards in 13 plays.
"We knew from watching Eldorado on film that they were gonna play hard and get after it and play for four quarters, and that's a credit to Coach Burleson and his staff," said Roscoe head coach Wes Williams.
"They execute well on offense, and I thought we got a little sloppy in the second quarter."
Roscoe put the game away in the third quarter with three straight touchdown drives to take a 55-12 lead.
Eldorado's Pedro Garcia returned the ensuing kickoff all the way to the 6-yard line and Rance Cathey punched it in from the 1 for the Eagles' final score of the season.
With just seven seniors departing, Eldorado could be loaded for another run to the playoffs next year.
"It started in the offseason," said Burleson of this year's turnaround. "They worked really hard and a lot of its attitude. We had good senior leadership. I can't say enough about our seniors.
"I think the kids have figured it out, and I think our program's on the move."
Roscoe (11-0) will now advance to play Meridian on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Cisco.
Eldorado sophomore Wes Brown ran for 50 yards and had 50 more receiving, including a 35-yard touchdown catch on a beautifully designed screen pass.
Plowboys' tailback Adam Munoz ran for 91 yards and three touchdowns, while Jared Villanueva had four catches for 99 yards and two scores.
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