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Ridley Park Police Department History
The police department was formed shortly after the borough was organized. Originally police were watchmen who were paid about $1.25 a day. Oil lamps were used as street lights at that time and police were required to keep the lamps cleaned and filled. They were required to light the lamps at dusk and turn them off before daybreak. By 1897, the job of cleaning and filling of the oil lamps was given to a separate man. Police were required to be on duty from 7:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. during the months from May to October, and November thru March, 7:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. Usually two policemen were on duty and they were allowed to meet each other 3 times a night. They were required to file weekly reports of any problems. Police were also on call during their time off. In 1902, Police were issued uniforms, equipment and firearms by the borough. In 1917 a motorcycle was purchased for police use, their first piece of motorized equipment. Shortly afterward a Ford car was purchased. The car was used for the chief only and police officers still patrolled the borough on foot. Foot patrol might sound easy, but in the days before stop signs and red lights it could be very dangerous. In the mid 30s, police officers could use their own cars, but in late 1937 the borough supplied 2 cars for police use. At this time, police cars were equipped with radios, using Sharon Hill radio room. Today Ridley Park uses the County Radio System.
The department now consists of 10 full-time officers and 4 part-time officers. The department is located in a modern 5500 sq.ft. building at 230 W. Chester Pike a huge step from the 600 sq. ft. room we occupied until 2008.
Police Chief George T. Smith served as a police officer for 40 years from 1929 to 1969. Smith became chief in 1950 and was succeeded in 1969 by Charles Miller who retired in 1990, to be succeeded by Bob Marks, who served as Chief until 2002. Our current Chief is Thomas J. Byrne.
Off. James Stewart. Only Ridley Park Police Officer to die in the line of duty. DOD August 26th, 1931
James E. Stewart was appointed a police officer in February 1930, and he was also constable for the borough. About 3:30 a.m. on August 26, 1931, Stewart was on foot patrol at Ladomus Avenue and Chester Pike. He stopped a Maryland car for littering and while talking to the driver, a second car struck the Maryland car and also hit Stewart. Stewart was taken to Taylor Hospital where he died six days later. The striking driver who was drunk was charged with manslaughter. James E. Stewart, a Rodger Street resident, was 27 years old when he died. Stewart is the only police officer in Ridley Park to die in the line of duty.
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Computer science and engineering professor Travis Doom has pioneered a new classroom environment that enables active learning.
There is no front or back to this classroom. And the seats are not in rows.
Instead, the room is honeycombed with large circular desks outfitted with computer stations. Fist-gripping the walls are whiteboards and video screens. And the action is fast and furious.
The instructor projects a problem on the screens, and teams of students huddle at the desks, discussing, arguing, analyzing, tearing into it with an intensity not normally seen in conventional passive-learning classrooms.Welcome to the Russ Engineering Center, where for the past 18 months computer science students have been swimming in a Student Centered Active Learning Environment, or SCALE-UP.
"It's an environment that enables active learning to take place on a larger scale and in a more effective manner," said Travis Doom, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science and engineering." And when students have their Aha! moments, they can share in exactly the right way with the other students. It's more effective."
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Since the program was instituted at the College of Engineering and Computer Science in the fall of 2012, the number of students who have advanced from Computer Science I to Computer Science II has doubled.
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Historically, the conventional method of teaching stemmed from the need for a professor to disseminate information to students face to face because books were expensive. Then textbooks were developed to supplement teaching, but learning was still done in a passive way.
With the advent of the Internet, online publications and YouTube, students have better access to current information that prepares them for class discussion. That frees up class time for interaction with the professor and leads to more active learning.
"The future is in active learning; there is no doubt about it," Doom said.
The idea for the SCALE-UP classes at Wright State sprang from the University of North Carolina physics department, which was using hands-on, lab-like exercises in classroom lectures. It seemed like a natural way to teach engineering.
Doom said many students are initially uncomfortable in the SCALE-UP environment because it is not what they are accustomed to. Once they get used to it, he said, the vast majority love it.
The teaching method has raised up the bottom third of the class "those students who would get lost in lecture, be afraid to ask questions of the instructor and fall behind. These students are now able to pose questions to their teammates and gain an understanding of the material, enabling the entire team to move forward to the next idea. There is peer pressure to learn.
"But what surprised me is that this method has the most impact on the upper third of the class because they become teachers," Doom said. "Not only do they learn it, but as they learn it they have to explain it to someone else, which just crystallizes the infrastructure in their mind."
Doom said he hopes this method not only gives students a stronger set of technical skills, but also soft skills so valued by employers such as communication and social skills as well as teamwork and leadership ability.
And he said there is anecdotal evidence that students with autism spectrum disabilities are well served by SCALE-UP.
"Their technical prowess makes them leaders oftentimes, and they are not used to that," he said.
Currently, SCALE-UP is being used in every computer science and engineering class students take in their first two years. It is also being experimented with in some history, anthropology and other non-engineering courses.
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It would have been hard to predict that Doom would be a pioneer of cutting-edge teaching techniques in higher education. He grew up in Detroit in a family of autoworkers, was the product of Detroit public schools and became the first member of his family to attend college.
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Doom obtained his master's and Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from Michigan State University and in 1998 joined the faculty at Wright State despite receiving offers from Intel Corp., Argonne National Laboratory and two other universities.
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We swapped the lead photo with another one that shows him laughing.
The photo was taken by the health department and displayed during a presentation at the forum. Health officials said it showed an unsafe walking trail along a railroad track.
They provided it to us as a courtesy.
I think cause and symptoms can be intertwined. A growing poverty rate means more kids are growing up without adequate food, safe neighborhoods and health care. And that can be reflected in disruptive behavior in school, tardiness, homework issues etc. And that leads to poverty.
Thanks for your comment. Poverty clearly does relate to a host of issues. I think the data shows pretty bluntly the effect it has on a person's life expectancy.
Interesting point! Everyone else involved is compensated for his/her time and effort.
I think that has been one of the concerns about providing compensation -- that it could take advantage of people of low-income.
But I don't think a system of compensation would necessarily mean people would "buy" organs. The compensation doesn't have to come from the person receiving the organ. If it were in the form of tax credits or tuition credits, it would essentially be from the government.
I have interviewed a number of people who have received donor organs, and I am guessing they would be very happy to see the donor receive some form of payment or compensation. But on the other hand, the donors I have met just wanted to help someone out.
Congratulations on losing over 100 pounds -- and for keeping it off. Neither is easy. I think it's interesting you are part of a weight-loss study. Does that help you stay on track?
As to BPA -- I agree that it raises a whole different issue of safety when it comes to plastic cups, bottles etc.
Thanks, belvary70! I don't see anything wrong in taking steps to keep kids safe -- particularly when it's something as simple as the steps recommended by the researchers.
You're right that they had a lot of extra help -- few people can devote themselves full-time to getting in shape.
But to make such a drastic life change still took work -- physical and mental. No one could do it for them. That's why I thought it would be interesting to hear what they learned in the process.
In another note, I never thought about music being a dangerous distraction while working out. If a song is so good it makes you forget what you're doing -- and you end up running into traffic -- I suppose that would not be a good thing!
Jeremy and Conda made another good point: how much music helps when you exercise. If you listen to music, you work 20 percent harder they said; if it's music you like, you work 40 percent harder.
You can consider that the 11th tip.
Readers, feel free to share what works for you.
You may have missed the part about the dose being much higher than you can get sipping wine and eating chocolate. If so, I am sure you are not the only one...
I think many of us would welcome news about health benefits of red wine and chocolate (not to mention grapes and tomatoes and peanuts).
Thanks for sharing your inspiring story, Ashley! I admire your strength and determination -- as well as your willingness to reach out and help others.
I'm all for babyproofing a home -- thought I agree it doesn't take the place of supervision and teaching kids what to avoid.
The report I saw doesn't say the extent of the injuries, so it's hard to say whether the trip to the ER was overreaction, or whether it could have been treated with a call to a doctor or a visit to an urgent care center.
But I do sympathize with "panicky" first-time moms. I once brought my toddler to the ER convinced he had broken his foot when he leaped from his crib rail to the floor. By the time we got to see a doctor, he was running around the waiting room on two perfectly good feet.
Thanks for commenting, CSGM. I agree that "be nice" is a good message at all levels.
I think the goal with this program is to involve not only the schools but the students themselves in curbing bullying. The reaction of bystanders can be quite powerful in discouraging bullying -- or spurring it on.
Yes, I think it's clear in the article -- and the researchers' comments -- that most of the injuries occur with falls.
But it was surprising to me how many falls with sippy cups and baby bottles resulted in injuries. And because of that, the researchers are advising parents to consider reducing how often kids should walk around holding onto them.
Thanks for your note, Jen! Your story is heartwarming. I am very happy for you and Scott and little Lilly -- it was clear you are head over heels with happiness.
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Circa on Chestnut, SF—Epic Groupon fail
Watch out for the Circa Groupon, which judging from their business last (Thursday) nite was the vast majority of their customers. They offer a "half price meal for two" ($60 for $118 worth), then hand you a special, limited-choice Groupon prix fixe menu with a three-course meal plus a bottle of wine whose price on their regular menu adds up to an average of under $30 apiece, maxing at $36. Unless you think their Rock & Vine 2011 Three Ranches cab (only red you can get with the groupon deal, not on wine list, didn't see what the chard they were offering was) is worth $60 (retail $11.99-$14.99), you need to know that you're getting maybe $60 retail worth of food, plus a medium-cheap bottle of wine, for your $60. (And paying tax, which it turned out wasn't included, on $118). At least, that probably explains how they got their name. The food ranged from mediocre down to a massively and miserably oversweet wet chocolate cake concoction (might have been flourless, but they didn't call it that) with an unidentifiably mocha-looking (but not tasting, actually mintlike) and even-sweeter scoop of ice cream; in sum, food as genuine as their Groupon offer.
We did tip, but on $60. Failed to mention high point of meal, when we inquired after the mushrooms used in their "wild mushroom fettuccine"; waitperson didn't know, and came back with the information that they were "button mushrooms, Portobellos, and some others". Another nice moment: waitperson uncorked the wine and poured me a taste, then filled our glasses when I put mine down, while I was still swishing and had neither said nor nodded a thing.
re: dave94703
Food and service aside, the Groupon page at http://www.groupon.com/deals/circa-sa... mentions that it's a prix fixe in two different places and links to the prix fixe menu...
i have never seen a groupon for a restaurant with GOOD food and GOOD service
Groupon, to me, screams "WE HAVE PROBLEMS"
re: dave94703
I took a quick look at the prix fixe menu and the regular menu items listed on the website.
The calamari app = $9
pork chop = $16
chocolate cake dessert = $8
Total for 1 person = $33. For two people = $66.
Retail bottle of wine is $15, could sell for $30 or more at a restaurant considering markup. From the website Circa has bottle service with Jack Daniels selling for $200 so the markups are considerable.
So $66 worth of food and a bottle of wine with a markup comparable to other inflated bottle markups offered. I think you walked out with a reasonable discount to the regular menu.
re: Scott M
So $60 for $66 worth of food plus a bottle of wine that retails for around $12.99. At least it shows you that the restaurant is smart enough not to lose too much money on the deal. However, you could argue that it's misleading to claim that it's a $118 value, something that would imply that they would normally mark up the wine to $52. There is no way that a restaurant that is desperate enough to do Groupon deals would have the guts to do that. The Veuve Clicquot on their bottle service is $99, which is about twice the retail price and a more normal markup (even though there are restaurants that will charge $59). On the other hand, I think it would be pretty naive to assume that a restaurant with a healthy business would sell you something actually worth $118 for merely $60 and then split the $60 with Groupon. Caveat emptor.
re: nocharge
$30+ for that wine after markup would put the entire meal around $100. So it's a squabble over the discount being 40% rather than 50%. Hardly worth the rant.
re: Scott M
I don't know. In my experience, there are plenty of people who would rant on the internet if they felt that a restaurant had cheated them out of 20 bucks. Plus we live in a city where the City Attorney recently gave a grand standing press conference about going after restaurants for consumer fraud based on how a 4 percent surcharge may or may not have been worded on the menus.
To add injury to injury, they have a caveat on the groupon that, should you fail to utilize it within the 3-month window, the $60 is only applicable to the prix fixe menu. So you actually have to fork out the $118 plus tax. And for anyone who thinks that that menu is not too much of a ripoff, remember that the point of a prix fixe menu is to DISCOUNT regular prices (or to offer a special meal not available à la carte, not the case here). When you come in the door the maitre 'D says, "Groupon?" and hands you the "prix fixe" menu. Regular patrons never see it.
Circa's markup for the Moet & Chandon White Star NV is 2.5 times retail. The Rock & Vine is $22, with the same markup it would be $55. $66 + $55 = $121.
re: Robert Lauriston
So you are telling us that by the same standards of retail price, a bottle of Rock & Vine would be $22 and a bottle of Moet & Chandon White Star would be $39.60? Well, good luck with that theory! But seriously, I challenge you to find a single person with a more than a single digit IQ who would pay $22 for the Rock & Vine bottle retail or $55 for the luxury of hanging out with the discount coupon crowd at a Marina restaurant. It's a $12 bottle of wine.
re: nocharge
The Moet is one of a few wines I find prices for on Circa's web site. They're charging $99 and it's $40 retail so that's 2.5X retail.
According to the Nine North web site, the 2011 Rock & Vine is available only at restaurants and at the winery, where it's $22. So with the same 2.5X retail markup as the Moet & Chandon, it would be $55.
It may be no better than a wine you could get for $12 retail, but strictly speaking it's a $22 bottle, so Circa's "$118 worth" is at least mathematically defensible.
re: Robert Lauriston
Could you point me to a place that sells the Moet for 40 bucks?
Googling Rock & Vine there seems to be no shortage of places that sell it for $12-14.
re: nocharge
The Jug Shop and Bevmo among others have the Moet & Chandon for $40 / 750ml.
The only California retail source wine-searcher pro turns up for Rock & Vine 2011 is the winery. There are a few retailers out of state but I'm skeptical they actually have that vintage given that the winery says they sell it only to restaurants.
It may not be worth $22, and the Circa Groupon offer may be a terrible ripoff, but so far as I can see they're not downright lying about $60 for $118.
re: Robert Lauriston
So you are comparing the winery recommended list price (which everyone knows nobody is paying except for starry-eyed first time visitors to Napa Valley wineries) to prices for Champagne from major discounters? Seems a little unfair. No?
I'm not suggesting that Circa did anything criminally fraudulent, but at the same time, I can sympathize with the idea that the Groupon description was somewhat misleading. But as usual, if you are naive enough to believe that Groupon will give you a deal where you get immense value for virtually nothing, good luck in life!
re: nocharge
I agree, Groupon offers are the Jim Belushi of dining.
Lowball price for the Moet is $30.47 so I figured $40 is undiscounted, which is what you want to use to estimate the restaurant's markup.
Per the winery's web site, $22 is the actual retail price for the Rock & Vine, since it "is being offered exclusively to restaurants only and is not available for sale to off-premise retailers."
re: Robert Lauriston
Regardless of what the Nine North web site says, if you Google Rock and Vine 2011 cab you'll find lots of places that sell it online for about $12. That's probably a better comp because it reflects what you can buy it for today.
re: calumin
You can't buy it retail anywhere in California except at the winery for $22.
re: Robert Lauriston
I just found it here for $10.99 and they ship to CA.
Actually my point is something different - it's about what is a reasonable comp to start from when applying your 2.5x markup. The $40 seemed reasonable for the Moet, but places that sell the Moet for $40 are also selling the Rock & Vine for about $12. That's not related to what may or may not be available in physical retail outlets in CA.
re: calumin
Even if you go with your $12 price, let's assume you buy it and then bring it to the restaurant (BYOB). Corkage likely runs $20 (not sure what Circa charges). Then you are in for $32 right there. Consider it is usually cheaper to BYOB than to buy off the winelist and I doubt anyone would think Circa should sell the wine cheaper than if you brought it in yourself.
re: Scott M
$32 isn't enough, to reach to the stated total value of $120, the wine needs to cost about $55. Honest or not, it seems like they had to be calculating 2.5 x the $22 retail price at the winery.
re: Robert Lauriston
I understand $32 isn't enough I was just making the point that even using the cheapest web price and adding corkage brings the meal to around $100. So valuing the meal at $118 or $120 doesn't appear to be completely out of line especially given your $22 winery price and markup.
One other thing to note. I doubt a restaurant uses Groupon to "get one over" on a customer. Ultimately the restaurant would like the Groupon user to have a good experience and then come back and pay non-discounted pricing. Either way you slice it the Groupon offer/experience was discounted from the standard pricing of dinner (for 2) and a bottle of wine. If you didn't enjoy it then don't go back; but to quibble over whether you agree with the extent of the discount especially since you would be hard pressed to have a similar experience at the restaurant for under $100 seems petty.
re: calumin
Standard markup for retail / MSRP is 1.5X wholesale. Around here standard markup for restaurants is 3X wholesale, or 2X undiscounted retail. (Drew Nieporent cited SF consumers' intolerance of the higher markups common in NYC as one reason he closed Rubicon.)
You can't judge a restaurant's markup by discounted retail prices. Retailers that discount heavily may buy by the pallet to get substantial discounts on the wholesale price. On closeout, retailers may sell at cost because they need to make space for shipments coming in.
The winery says the price is $22 and there's no other retailer in California selling it for less (or at all). I don't see that discount prices in New York are relevant. Michael Bauer used to get restaurant wine markups wrong all the time because the person he got his info from used Texas wholesale price lists.
re: Robert Lauriston
I think the larger issue is that if the offer is "half price meal for two" and there isn't another customer purchase scenario where someone would get the exact same experience for double the price, then it's a problem. The question of whether $55 is fair for a bottle of wine which you can buy for either $22 or $12 retail isn't that important by comparison.
If it's buy one get one free, then you know you're getting (roughly) half price. In this scenario, you're left having to figure out what the restaurant was thinking, but it's all fiction because there's no "regular price" scenario.
If they did offer this wine for $60 on their regular wine list, at least then you could calculate it yourself instead of having to estimate.
re: Robert Lauriston
Amazing. You know, I just came here to alert people who care about dining out about a deceptive offer, and Lauriston has managed to construct an argument whereby a restaurant clearly doing everything in their power to turn a hefty profit on what's supposed to be a discount offer could, conceivably, under certain hypothetical conditions, be seen as offering a highly constrained selection off of their regular menu at regular prices. Some of you think that coupons are, by their nature, a raw deal; I've actually had a perfectly good experience three other times with them. Now I urge Lauriston to visit Circa and take personal measure of what he has decided is such a respectable establishment; I have no doubt he'll be able to convince himself the food is good too. Everyone else, consider yourselves duly warned.
re: dave94703
I'm just saying that the inflated markup on a perhaps overpriced (by the winery) bottle of wine makes the numbers add up to $118. Sounds like a bad place at any price.
re: dave94703
Note that the restaurant gets only half of the $60, so there's no profit, let alone a hefty one.
re: dave94703
Dave, I appreciate your intent but I too had a problem with your approach. If you had stated that you went to Circa on a Groupon deal and described the experience and you conclued that you would not return because even at the Groupon price you were underwhelmed, then that would have been a better explanation. But to imply some scam where you were duped when I can't make the numbers work where you didn't have a discounted meal. Bottomline, the meal can be considered discounted 50% under the terms laid out by Robert but even if you don't agree with the retail pricing and markup then worst case it was a 40% discount. I think if you were a little more focused on the food and dining experience and less about whether you extracted maximum discount from the restaurant then the posting would have gone over better.


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Pine City Superintendent Fischer Applies For Similar Position In North Dakota
Pine City School Superintendent Dennis Fischer has applied for a similar position at a school in North Dakota. Late last week Mandan Public Schools announced that they have received three applications for a vacancy at superintendent, including that of Mr. Fischer, Jill Louters a professor at Minnesota State University-Mankato. and Jerri-Lynn Williams a former superintendent in Beecher, Mich. The Mandan School Board hopes to have a superintendent chosen by April 6.
Fischer became the superintendent in Pine City back in early 2009 and currently has one son enrolled at Pine City High School.
UPDATE: Mr. Fischer did not get hired for this position. Mike Bitz, who was serving as Mandan's assistant superintendent was hired for the job as of 3/24/12.


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Chimney Hill Estates Inn had the honor of hosting special guest, Lauren Zilberman. Super Star Lauren Zilberman from Brooklyn, NY is one of the eight multi-talanted young chefs chosen out of 4000 kids across the county to appear on the all new season of "Rachael vs. Guy:Kids Cook Off" that is airing this week. Eight talanted kids will take on challenges designed to test their culinary knowledge. By the end of the series, the kid-chef with the highest score will be awarded the grand prize of a web series on the foodnetwork.com.
Lauren and her mother Maria came to Chimney Hill Estates Inn because Lauren she "loves good food and alpacas". Her dream is having her own cooking show some day.
We here at Chimney Hill Estates Inn are all rooting for you Lauren, GOOD LUCK!
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Scholarly Publications
Kelley, S.J;, et al., Behavior problems in children raised by grandmothers: The role of caregiver distress, family resources, and the home environment, Children and Youth Services Review (2011), doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.06.021
Results of this study underscored the need for interventions that reduce child behavior problems and support the need for strategies to reduce stress in grandparent caregivers.
Kelley, S. J., & Whitley, D. (2003). Psychological distress and physical health problems in grandparents raising grandchildren: Development of an empirically based intervention model. In B. Hayslip & J. H. Patrick (Eds.), Working with custodial grandparents (pp. 127-144). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
A body of literature has emerged in the past decade that addresses the growing phenomenon of grandparents raising grandchildren. Much of what has been published relates to trends and demographics, reasons for becoming custodial grandparents, and the impact of this role on caregivers. This chapter describes findings from an ongoing research and community service project with grandparents raising grandchildren in the Atlanta area. The development of an empirically based, interdisciplinary intervention for grandparents raising grandchildren is described. The purpose of the chapter is to (1) compare the physical and psychological status of African-American grandparents who are raising grandchildren to national norms, (2) determine predictors of psychological distress among African-American grandparents who are raising grandchildren, and (3) describe an intervention to improve the well-being of grandparents raising grandchildren.
Kelley, S., Yorker, B., Whitley, D., & Sipe, T. (2001). A multimodal intervention for grandparents raising grandchildren: Results of an exploratory study. Child Welfare League of America, LXXX (1), 27-50.
This article describes the results of an exploratory study of a multi-modal, home-based intervention designed to reduce psychological stress, improve physical and mental health, and strengthen the social support and resources of grandparents raising grandchildren. The six-month intervention included home visits by registered nurses, social workers, and legal assistants; the services of an attorney; and monthly support group meetings. The intervention resulted in improved mental health scores, decreased psychological stress scores, and increased social support scores. Participants also experienced improvement in the level of public benefits received and in their legal relationships with their grandchildren. Implications of these findings for practice are highlighted.
Whitley, D., Kelley, S., & Sipe, T. (2001). Grandmothers raising grandchildren: Are they at increased risk of health problems? Health & Social Work, 26 (2), 105-114.
Many grandparents faced with the need to raise their grandchildren have health risks that could destabilize any family structure established for the child. This is especially problematic for grandparents of color who have higher health risk factors than their white counterparts. This article describes the physical and mental health status and behaviors of 100 African American grandmothers who are primary caretakers for their grandchildren. The findings suggest the physical functioning of the grandmothers is at a level that could jeopardize the quality of life with their grandchildren. In spite of their diminished physical capacity, the grandmothers reported that their emotional state is equal to or better than the general population. Suggestions for community practice are provided.
Kelley, S., Whitley, D., Sipe, T. & Yorker, B. (2000). Psychological distress in grandmother kinship care providers: The role of resources, social support, and physical health. Child Abuse & Neglect, 24 (3), 311-321.
The purpose of this study was to investigate predictors of psychological distress in grandmother kinship care providers. More specifically, it was hypothesized that social support, family resources, and physical health would predict psychological distress in grandmother's raising grandchildren. One hundred and two grandmothers raising grandchildren in parent-absent homes completed the Brief Symptom Inventory, Short Health Form-36, Family Resource Scale, Family Support Scale, and a questionnaire requesting background and demographic data. Results indicated that psychological distress was predicted by family resources, participants' physical health, and to a lesser extent, social support. Grandmothers who reported fewer resources, less social support, and poorer physical health tended to experience higher levels of psychological distress. This study suggests that greater attention be given to interventions aimed to decrease psychological distress and improve the financial resources and physical health of grandmothers raising grandchildren.
Whitley, D., White, K., Kelley, S., & Yorker, B. (1999). Strengths-based case management: The application to grandparents raising grandchildren. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services. 110-119.
Strengths-based case management is an alternative service modality for work with individuals and families. This method stresses building on the strengths of individuals that can be sued to resolve current problems and issues, countering more traditional approaches that focus almost exclusively on individuals' deficits or needs. This article expands the literature on the application of the strengths-based model by using a project that provides health and social services to grandparents raising their grandchildren. Based on anecdotal results, the strengths-based model appears to have value in fostering a sense of independence and self-assurance among grandparents, as well as enhancing their level of confidence to nurture and support their grandchildren. Suggested limitations and implications for family practice and future research are noted.
Yorker, B., Kelley, S., Whitley, D., Lewis, A., Magis, J., Bergeron, A., & Napier, C. (1998). Results of a home-based intervention study. Juvenile & Family Court Journal. Spring, 15-25.
The number of grandparents raising grandchildren has increased dramatically during the past decade. A growing body of literature indicates that grandparent caregivers experience increased psychological and physical health problems. The findings of this pilot study suggest that the intervention positively impacted mental health, psychological stress, select family services, and social support in grandparents raising grandchildren.
Kelley, S., Yorker, B., & Whitley, D. (1997). To grandmother's house we go … and stay: Children raised in intergenerational families. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 9, 12-20.
Current public policies are inadequate in addressing the issues confronted by intergenerational families. The cost of not supporting these families is enormous given that without grandparent caregivers, many of these children would become wards of the state and experience severe disruption in their primary attachments and socio-economic development. Project Healthy Grandparents was established in 1995 to determine the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary, community-based intervention to improve the social, psychological, physical, and economic well being of grandparent-headed intergenerational families.
Kelley, S. (1993). Caregiver stress in grandparents raising grandchildren. Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 25 (4), 331-338.
The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine caregiver stress in grandparents who are raising grandchildren as well as the antecedents to the child's placement with the grandparents. The sample was 41 grandparents, aged 40 to 78 years, with a mean of 55 years. Subjects reported increased psychological stress as measured by the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised inventory. Social Isolation and restriction of role, as measured by the Parenting Stress Index, were found to be predictors of increased psychological distress. Child maltreatment, often involving parental substance abuse, was found to be major antecedent the to children being raised by grandparents.


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After working as an attorney and as a marketing executive for Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta , I turned my attention to marketing luxury properties in San Antonio . Though I am pleased to list beautiful homes in all price ranges, I have been chosen frequently to list some of the finest and most expensive homes in the city. My family includes my wife, Kathryn, son, Alexander (6) and daughter, Sasha (4). You also can visit me on my Web site: JasonGlast.com.
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A story you won't find in generally doom and gloom national residential real estate numbers: San Antonio sales of $600,000 plus houses are up 25% vs. the same period in 2009. In 2009, from January 1 through Sept. 8, there were 212 sales at $600,000 or higher. The average sales price of these was $888,135. […] [Read More]


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When I first got these shoes, they seemed to run small and were very stiff. It took a while, maybe two weeks, for them to break now. Now they feel great. The honeycomb pattern on the sole is not flat, but a little convex, so they don't provide much (if any) support. I have found that they also pick up dirt or snow in the holes and basically lose all their traction when that happens. But they really are a casual, good-weather shoe so I'll give them four stars for look and comfort during travel (minimal walking) or in the office.
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Lavaboom builds encrypted webmail service to resist snooping
A new webmail service called Lavaboom promises to provide easy-to-use email encryption without ever learning its users' private encryption keys or message contents.
A new webmail service called Lavaboom promises to provide easy-to-use email encryption without ever learning its users' private encryption keys or message contents.
In an attempt to block email spoofing attacks on yahoo.com addresses, Yahoo began imposing a stricter email validation policy that unfortunately breaks the usual workflow on legitimate mailing lists.
In an attempt at clarity, Google has amended its terms of service to say that it analyzes private data, including emails, for purposes including the delivery of ads and customized search results.
Google recently trumpeted that it now encrypts Gmail messages while shuffling them among its data centers, an extra security layer aimed at thwarting government and criminal snoops, but didn't say if it applies this protection to its other applicatio...
Microsoft will no longer go through email messages and other personal data that users of its online services have stored on its servers, a decision taken after being sharply criticized for accessing a person's inbox as part of an internal investigati...
Security protections have been tightened at many of the major online services, as firms like Google and Microsoft pledge to protect their users against unwanted prying eyes. But while many people fret about unwarranted government access to their data...
Citing the need to protect users from government cyber-spying, Google has tightened Gmail's encryption screws by removing the option to turn off HTTPS.
A U.S. National Security Agency surveillance program focused on overseas telephone and email communications is targeted and narrow, and not the bulk collection portrayed in numerous news reports from recent months, U.S. officials told a privacy watch...
Unify has set a timetable for the launch of its Project Ansible unified communications product, with beta testing scheduled for May.
After about a week-and-a-half, Google finished unclogging a backlog of legitimate messages its Postini spam filter trapped by mistake at the end of February.
The latest version of the Gmail app for iOS cuts down on inbox refresh delays and simplifies the log-in process for users with multiple Google mobile apps, the company said Wednesday.
After testing a preview version of the Outlook.com-Skype integration for almost a year in some markets, Microsoft has now made it generally available to all users.
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The information management system known as the web turns 25 this year. Its birthday, however, may not be celebrated by everyone.
Delays affected the delivery of messages to Gmail users Tuesday morning, days after key Google Web apps, including Docs and Drive, were hit by a bug lasting more than five hours.
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.


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...Or you could make one yourself!
Step 1: What you'll need
Some scrap fabric (preferably lightweight nylon)
Sewing machine
Dental floss
Sewing needle
Needle-nose pliers (maybe)
Step 2: Cut the fabric for tail
I sewed various pieces of scrap fabric together so there were three separate sections, and then trimmed the whole thing to the right dimensions. (An easier way would be to just use one whole piece of fabric to begin with.)
Having sections in the tail with varying colors is nice if you plan to play a game like 500, because it allows for different point values based on where you catch the foxtail. For example, catching the ball itself is worth 25 points, the first section is worth 50, the second section is worth 75, and smallest tail section is worth 100. (I recommend this point value arrangement, as the farther from the ball you try to catch it, the more difficult it is.)
("500" is a game where one person throws (or bats) a ball to a group of people, and individuals try to catch the ball in order to get a specified amount of points. The first one to reach 500 points becomes the thrower, and everyone else's points go back to zero. That's the basics--there are lots of variations.)
Child-Proof / Safety-For-All version of Yard Darts!!
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I am also including it in a Christmas gift since our family agreed to hand make gifts for our Christmas gift exchange so keep an eye out for my Instructable on a huge toss game mash-up...
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I'd like to note that tennis balls are pressurized, so puncturing all the way to the center *could* be a bad thing, but in this case its just being used as 'weight' for foxtail games. If you want to retain a lot of the bounce of the tennis ball, make sure you only go partway into the rubber of the ball!
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There's a rare treat in the offing for Dublin's crime flick fans at the IFI this coming Saturday (October 6): not only is there a big-screen showing of the superb LA Confidential, but Captain Dudley Smith, aka James Cromwell (right), will be in attendance for a Q&A with the Irish Times' film critic, Donald 'Don the Mon' Clarke. Actually, truth be told, we're only uploading this piece as an excuse to show you Don's short movie, Pitch 'n' Putt With Joyce 'n' Beckett, which he wrote and directed and is without doubt the funniest film ever to come out of Ireland. Fact.
News, reviews and interviews from award-winning crime / mystery author Declan Burke
"Burke shows again that he's not just a comic genius, but also a fine dramatic writer and storyteller." – Booklist. "Prose both scabrous and poetic." – Publishers Weekly. "Proust meets Chandler over a pint of Guinness." – Spectator. "A sheer pleasure." – Tana French. "Among the most memorable books of the year, of any genre." – Sunday Times. "A hardboiled delight." – Guardian. "Imagine Donald Westlake and Richard Stark collaborating on a screwball noir." – Kirkus Reviews. "A cross between Raymond Chandler and Flann O'Brien." – John Banville. "The effortless cool of Elmore Leonard at his peak." – Ray Banks. "A fine writer at the top of his game." – Lee Child.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Actually, This Cromwell We Like
Posted by Declan Burke at 7:31 PM
Labels: Donald Clarke, IFI, James Cromwell, LA Confidential
3 comments:
- Fmouie said...
I remember Mr Cromwell from his first TV show; "Hot l Baltimore" in the early 70's. Great off-the-wall show.
- October 3, 2007 at 9:23 PM
- Ray said...
That film is pure genius. GEEEEENIUS.
- October 4, 2007 at 7:43 PM
- Peter said...
Nice to see Mr. Cromwell alive and well. His was only one more fine performance in a film in which every performance was fine, with the possible exception of the one that won an Oscar.
And that short is pretty good even with the sound off.
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13 Spooky Numbers To Listen To This Friday The 13th!
2. Pantera "13 Steps To Nowhere"
These Texas legends of bruising metal don't seem like the type to scare easy.
3. Black Label Society "13 Years of Grief"
One would certainly be unlucky to find themselves on the wrong end of grizzled Ozzy guitarist Zakk Wylde's good graces.


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Stocks close lower after weak retail reports
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stock indexes closed lower Thursday, a third straight decline, after U.S. retailers issued weak forecasts for earnings and more people filed claims for unemployment benefits.
Wal-Mart, Ross Stores and Limited Brands, the owner of Victoria's Secret, all fell after issuing forecasts that disappointed financial analysts. Wal-Mart fell $2.59, or 3.6 percent, to $68.72.
The Dow Jones industrial average wavered between small gains and losses shortly after the opening bell, then moved lower at midmorning. It closed down 28.57 points at 12,542.38.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 2.17 points to 1,353.32 and the Nasdaq composite finished 9.87 points lower at 2,836.94.
Stocks have fallen steadily since voters returned President Barack Obama and a divided Congress to power. The Dow has lost 5 percent from Election Day, Nov. 6.


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Housing Recovery Bodes Well for Retail Sector
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IRVINE, CA�The continued national housing recovery is having a positive effect on the retail sector, according to Peter Muoio, senior associate and economist with Auction.com. Muoio tells GlobeSt.com that the increased home sales lead to increased retail sales in a noticeable way.
�There�s a lot of retail spending in relation to the housing recovery,� says Muoio. He points out that when people buy homes, they tend to spend money on furnishings, household items and renovations, which directly boosts retail sales.
Also, greater home sales mean greater household wealth, he says. �US household wealth is coming back to above where it was before the financial crisis. Equities and financial assets have been doing well for some time now, but now it�s translating to a broader swath of the American public. We�re starting to see home prices rise, and the tailwind of that is a willingness to spend. Job growth is better, unemployment is down, and this is all suggestive of a firmer position for people to spend at retail.�
Since there�s not a lot of construction taking place in the retail segment at this time, construction companies can concentrate on the housing sector, he adds. But he expects retail to rebound from its current tepid pace. �The thing that�s working against retail is they�re really battling against e-retail. Yes, we see improved demand for retail and rents are beginning to increase in a stronger way, but the new normal is not the old normal. The erosion is coming from e-retail.�
Muoio acknowledges that e-commerce has virtually eliminated record stores and vastly impacted bookstores�possibly electronics stores are next since these items can easily be purchased online. �Changes in the footprints of stores is significant. Many are going to the showroom model, where they don�t have a lock of stock or inventory in the back. Instead, this is stored in warehouses and can be delivered to homes the next day in the color that consumers want. The bank industry has done the same, installing micro bank branches and cutting footprints or eliminating stores completely.�
Muoio adds that perhaps Congress will tip the scales in favor of brick-and-mortar stores by passing a sales tax on e-retailers, �but the reality is they�re already paying sales tax because companies like Amazon have a physical presence in most states. E-retailing is higher in the UK than in the US, and yet it�s not an issue for those retailers. People like the convenience, the delivery is instantaneous, the apps are easy to use, and people have other things to do with their time. Particularly as gas prices go up, people are not visiting stores.�
Still, as we�ve heard from many experts, some brick-and-mortar stores cannot be replaced with e-commerce. As GlobeSt.com reported last week, Alan Clifton, Passco Cos.� VP and newly�appointed Western divisional operations chair for ICSC, told us, �Everybody in retail talks about the experience. I�m pretty tech savvy and my friends, too, but if you were to ask them if they�d wait a day to get something 5% cheaper, they�d say no. If they can get it right now, why not? I�m not going to go buy a suit online and hope it fits right and is tailored properly.�
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:OK, the box crashed again, two times. For the first crash I don't have :a failure message neither a crash dump. The second crash is as follows: : :Jun 4 15:47:26 pc12909 kernel: HAMMER(ad10s2) Start Recovery :30000000006836c8 - 30000000006882a8 (19424 bytes of UNDO)(RW) :Jun 4 15:47:26 pc12909 kernel: HAMMER(ad10s2) End Recovery :Jun 4 15:50:03 pc12909 kernel: Debugger("CRC FAILED: DATA") called. :Jun 4 16:02:12 pc12909 syslogd: kernel boot file is /kernel :Jun 4 16:02:12 pc12909 kernel: Debugger("CRC FAILED: B-TREE NODE") :called. :Jun 4 16:02:12 pc12909 kernel: panic: node 0xc3f8b698 0000000000000000 :vs 8000000004c87400 :Jun 4 16:02:12 pc12909 kernel: Jun 4 16:02:12 pc12909 kernel: mp_lock :... : :Seems its somewhat related to HAMMER?!? The fs is not full, there is :plenty of space left ... just in case someone wants to know: : :ad10s2 9.8G 2.1G 7.7G 22% /hammer : :Regards : : Matthias Not related to HAMMER, other then HAMMER is detecting that the information on the disk has become corrupt. I see three possibilities. The most likely explanation is that your system memory has a hardware glitch and is becoming corrupt. A second possible explanation is that the disk driver's DMA is corrupting the data when it writes it to disk. The last possibility is software. It could be that a bug in the kernel is being exercised by the package build, but if you were only running buildworld tests after creating that HAMMER filesystem that isn't a likely scenario. In all my testing of HAMMER so far I have never actually gotten a real CRC mismatch. I've always had to go in and munge a few bytes on the disk image to get it to fail. I'll bet you have a system memory issue. Either something is overheating or one of your ram sticks is heading towards failure. There are a few things you can try before you start ripping the machine apart: * Go into the BIOS setup and see if it has options to adjust the dynamic ram timing, FSB (front side bus) frequency, and cpu frequency. If it does, slow them ALL down a little and see if the problem goes away. * Check the temperature on all major chips on the MB by touching the top of the chip. Also check the temperature of your ram sticks. * Check that the hard drive is not overheating. * Try replacing the ram. -Matt Matthew Dillon <firstname.lastname@example.com>


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Professor Profile: Jeffrey Fessler
What were your dreams as a kid?
I loved, and still do, both music and electronics. I dreamt of combining those two interests by doing some type of audio electronics or signal processing. My research ended up not being about audio, but getting to teach music signal processing in Engineering 100 brings me back to my first interests.
Some say electrical engineering students don't get any sleep due to their heavy workload. When you were a Ph. D. student at Stanford University, how erratic was your sleeping schedule?
As a doctoral student I worked very hard, sometimes shorting sleep, yes, but I also played hard. I hiked in the Sierras, and I played a lot of jazz gigs all over the Bay Area. I even got to play a couple times with Stan Getz, who was an artist in residence at Stanford then. Having something besides work to recharge your batteries, to use an EE metaphor, is really important.
You have recently been selected to receive the Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award. What has that been like?
Actually, I do not know that much about it except that one of my colleagues nominated me for it, and I was selected by Rackham. I do know that they get several confidential letters from my current and former graduate students, and apparently, they must have said nice things. I'm highly honored.
As a tenured professor, why do you choose to teach an introductory engineering class for freshmen?
In EECS, most of us think that teaching the introductory courses is the most challenging and also the most important because the fundamentals are so important for all the courses that follow. So we try to put experienced faculty who take teaching seriously in those courses. I love music and signal processing, so that section of Engineering 100 is one of my favorites to teach now. The difference between what students know leaving a course, compared to what they know coming into it, is especially dramatic in an introductory class, and that is particularly rewarding for an instructor.
What do you do outside of work?
I enjoy playing music — jazz vibes and piano — with friends and family members. We bought a green house a couple years ago and in my spare time, I finished the basement — using my EE skills for the electrical wiring, I guess.


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UT Property Purchase to Address Campus Needs
Published: Jun 8, 2009
Last week, The University of Tampa administration announced that it, and another company, completed the purchase of an important city block in Tampa adjacent to the University's campus.
The block, which is directly behind UT's ResCom residence hall and Thomas Parking Garage, is bordered by Kennedy Blvd. on the south, Brevard Ave. on the east, North A St. on the north and North Boulevard on the west.
UT President Ron Vaughn said the property, previously owned by Tampa's Agliano family, will ultimately be used to address University academic and other space needs both in the near term and future.
"Agliano family members have been good neighbors and friends for many years, and we are happy to reach an agreement with them on the sale," Vaughn said.
The University acquired approximately 57,760 square feet of the eastern portion of the tract, which includes a one-story office building. The other company acquired the remaining approximately 72,240 square feet, which includes two structures – a two-story office building and the former Valencia Garden restaurant.
Over time, title to the tract purchased by the other company is expected to revert to The University of Tampa. Although plans for the tract are not yet in place, UT administration said development would be consistent with UT's design and use standards that have already taken place on campus and along the Kennedy Blvd. corridor.
UT's buildings are strongly influenced by its centerpiece building, Plant Hall (the former Tampa Bay Hotel), which UT has carefully and thoughtfully helped to restore and maintain.
Vaughn said he was pleased this tract of land would be used for educational purposes, ultimately benefiting future students, as well as the City of Tampa and the state of Florida.
"Development of this tract will continue the transformation of UT's campus and further enrich the educational environment and experience," Vaughn said.
In the past decade, the University of Tampa has enjoyed unprecedented growth of its student population and its campus proper. In the past decade eight completely new buildings have been constructed on UT's campus, and the student body has nearly doubled.
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MONTREAL – A Filene-Amazon pilot shows credit unions must work harder to win consumers over.
LOS ANGELES – Consecutive sessions at the California and Nevada Leagues' REACH conference urge innovation.
See a round up of the latest credit unions and industry organizations to join the national ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
Managed IT services provider now a silver benefactor with Madison, Wis., credit union think tank.
CHICAGO — Credit union executives attending CO-OP Financial Services recent THINK 2013 Conference heard two teams of executives and a panel of experts debate whether the credit union industry needs to make measured changes to face future challenges or massive changes.


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- Britney Spears is looking into adopting an African baby now that her idol, Madonna, has. Now if only somebody could talk Madonna into jumping off a bridge… 2 birds with one stone.
- Madonna says her new adopted baby, David, is "just the best little baby ever." Rocco & Lourdes, meanwhile, have begun their inevitable search for a good therapist.
- Rapper Fabolous was shot in the leg early Tuesday morning. He's in stoble condotion.
- Rod Stewart said Paris Hilton would have been on the top of his list if she was around when he was a little bit younger. It's assumed he means his list of "People Who May Have Given Me That Uncomfortable Rash, You-Know-Where."
- The U.S. population officially hit the 300 million mark at 7:46 a.m. today. So thank you Kevin Federline– we couldn't have done it without you.
Best Night Ever: Monday, October 16th
It's Best Night Ever for Monday, October 16th! Brian Faas is here to walk you through the best of Monday night tv, including How I Met Your Mother, Two and A Half Men and The New Adventures of Old Christine!
- PERMANENT VACATION: Lindsay Lohan thinks it might be time to take a vacation from the vacation that is her life. (The Scoop)
- ANIMANIAC: Donald Trump continues his domination of the lucrative Masturbatory Self-Exploitation market, this time diversifying "The Donald" brand into an animated series. Now he'll be a cartoon both figuratively and literally. (TV Squad)
- SWEDISH 'MEATBALLS': Okay, so it was Norway, but you know the 22 year-old college girl who showed up to the late-night with Bill Murray was crowned Queen of the Party. (CNN)
- CASTING OUTRAGE: With all the controversey sorrouning Borat, Sascha Baron Cohen's addition to the cast of Sweeney Todd is sure to draw protest from the Serial Killing Barber/Baker community. (Production Weekly)
- SPELL CHECK: I'm partially responsible for several of "Yahoo's top 20 most misspelled web searches", but was surpised that "cristina agulera noodz" didn't make the list. (Pop Candy)
THE DAILY DOUCHE: Dirty Hippie-ocrite
I generally like Leonardo DiCaprio as an actor, and I'm certainly a supporter of environmental awareness, but there is simply no denying the glaring douchitude of producing a bleeding-heart choir-preaching documentary about global warming while simultaneously jet-setting yourself and your friends all over the planet you're trying to save in a fuel-guzzling private luxury plane that makes even the most jackassiest stretched-out Hummer look like a hippie's peace-sign-covered Prius. This kind of guilty-about-my-privileged-life "limousine liberalism" gives regular people who genuinely care about the environment a bad name, and gives Bill O'Reilly a smug sense of satisfaction. So even though I loved you in The Departed, Leo, your blatant hypocrisy has earned you the honor of being today's Daily Douche.
Show and Tell is a new daily feature here at BWE, where we take the day's most noteworthy and strange photographs, and put them in a spiffy and convenient digital player for your perusal, with our requisite snappy captions. Just click on the highly obvious yellow arrows to see the rest of the photos!
ICYMI: Pam Ups The Ante
Gawker directed us over to this video that has absolutely brightened up our day. It's Pam & Jim like you've never seen them before. If only they really spoke like this on The Office… (audio NSFW)
LISTEN UP: Pickin' Slim
- Langhorne Slim's drunk-on-rye brand of quick-pickin' neo-folk might sound like it was recorded during the Great Depression, but it still makes me – and Dirty Bronson – smile. If you're digging that, grab some live tracks over at Daytrotter.
- With CMJ just around the corner, rock jockeys everywhere are preparing for this year's big race to become the Next Big Thing, and based on what I'm hearing over at Metro Distortion, the boys in Oxford Collapse wouldn't be a bad horse to bet on.
- Cat Power might be the new face of Chanel, but Captain's Dead knows she'll always be the sound of tempestous soul princesses who'd whisper you a love song then punch you in the face.
- The indie rock world was shaken this past weekend in Houston when the folkies from Two Gallants were arrested by "The Man" during a performance. MOKB has all the breaking coverage – and a track from the two jailbirds.
- Out-of-nowhere newcomers Can Joann are burning their way through the blogosphere, and Faronheit has captured thier HEAT!
BORAT BEAT: Fun with Animals
Please check out this deleted scene from the upcoming Borat movie, featuring puppies. We're kind of worried all this Borat coverage might burn us out for the real movie, but how could is possibly? (Video from College Humor via Cityrag)
If you are a devout follower of Tyra Banks' talk show Tyra (as we are), you know that she often casually talks about bein' out with some man, some fine ass man, going to dinner, hangin' out, and each time the story ends the same way: "Girl, he didn't even call me!" We never understood what kind of man would not call Tyra. Sure, she's borderline re-re, and fine, she thinks pretty highly of herself, but let's face it: She's a supermodel. We always figured these mystery hunks were the figment of a heavily mistaken imagination.
But yesterday at Miami's Setai Hotel, Tyra was photographed with — gasp — a mystery man! Ohh… we love mysteries. Who is he? What's his name? Why are his breasts so large? What is her ring all about? IS TYRA GETTING MARRIED?!?! Breathe… just breathe. Anyone know who this dude is? We want to look up their registry. Although having to listen to her wedding plans for the next 10 months might be a silent killer, like carbon monoxide. More pics after the jump.
GAMES: Make Your Own Simpsons Promo Contest!
On November 5, The Simpsons will air their 17th Treehouse of Horror episode. To honor the occassion, they've created a creative contest for all you fans out there: Treehouse Of Horror XVII: Slice-Dice-and-Win, where you can make your own Simpsons promo. They give you a generous offering of clips, transitions, sound effects and your own text from which to create your genius. Plus, they're giving away limited edition prizes to the best entries. You have until Nov. 5, so shut the blinds, forget your loved ones, and get cracking.


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COLUMBIA - A Berkeley County legislator says blue catfish in the Lowcountry are being harvested to an excess, and a bill that would establish daily limits will be up for discussion in a Senate panel Wednesday.
Rep. Eddie Southard, R-Moncks Corner, is calling for people to stop taking blue catfish from Lakes Marion and Moultrie by the truckloads. Southard said the fish are being taken to the Upstate, where people pay to fish for the catfish.
"I think they should grow their own fish," Southard said. "But you can't stop them because there's no limit on it right now."
Southard's bill, which will go before the Senate's Fish, Game and Forestry Committee at 10 a.m., would change that.
It would make it illegal for anyone to take more than 10 blue catfish from Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie, the upper reach of the Santee River, and the Congaree and Wateree rivers. It also would make it illegal to keep more than one fish bigger than 32 inches long per day from the waterways listed.
Should the measure become law, anyone who gets convicted can be fined up to $300 or face jail time for no more than 30 days. But the bill faces some opposition in the Upstate, including from Sen. Tom Corbin, R-Travelers Rest, who opposes pieces of the measure.
Corbin said it makes sense for the fish to be driven to the Upstate, instead of having dozens of fishermen driving to the lakes, with how expensive gas is. He added he expects a compromise can be reached possibly by increasing the limit number.
"We've had some outcry from folks up our way," said Corbin of the bill. "It's just something we need to look at. We don't want to decimate our fish population."
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Twins have begun their annual winter caravan around the region.
This January ritual of reconnecting with fans over five states is designed to stir interest in the upcoming season. That's a harder sell for the Twins these days, coming off consecutive finishes of 99 and 96 losses.
Manager Ron Gardenhire was part of the first group that left from Minneapolis on Monday morning for southern Minnesota, with several stops also scheduled in South Dakota and Iowa this week before returning.
Gardenhire is in final year of his contract, with improvement by the team likely necessary for him to be retained. He says his excitement isn't deterred by a club that's currently in developmental mode.
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Thu, February 9, 2006 • 1:00 PM • Chicano Culture Room, Texas Union 4.206
Thanks to its geographical position, Caucasian Iberia, situated in modern-day eastern Georgia, has always been considered as a meeting-point of the cultures of the ancient West and East. It has proved more dif- ficult than was first thought to apply hard evidence to this cliche. In the Archaic and Classical periods, Iberia was part of the Achaemenid kingdom, most probably one of its satrapies. The Iberian kingdom, with its capital Mtskheta, was created in the early Hellenistic period and until the 5th century AD, when the capital was moved to Tbilisi, it was heavily influenced by ancient Persian culture and practices. This is visible especially in Mtskheta and in how the royal court was organised and displayed itself. At the same time, ancient Greek became the language of the elite and Greek architects were employed to construct royal residences. From the 1st century BC the Iberian kings developed a very close relationship with Rome. In epigraphic and literary sources, Mtskheta figures as a rich and important centre with wide political, cultural and trade relations with both East and West. Roman influences can be found in architecture, burial practices, etc.


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Water Missions International is reaching communities in Tanzania with sustainable, comprehensive safe water solutions by establishing a new country program called Water Missions International — Tanzania.
The program, headquartered in Dar es Salaam, serves as the field office for all safe water projects within Tanzania and potential projects in surrounding nations. Tanzania is Water Missions' 10th country program.
The Charleston-based nonprofit's country programs function as field offices with nongovernmental organization status in selected countries where native, full-time Water Missions staff members facilitate projects. Staff often travel to neighboring nations to implement additional projects and disaster responses.
Others served by country programs include Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Belize and Indonesia.
"Tanzania is a natural choice for Water Missions International to establish another country program," founder and CEO George Greene III said in a statement. "It connects the geographic gap between our existing country programs in Africa and presents a great need for sustainable safe drinking water solutions that we feel Water Missions International is positioned to address."
The move allows Water Missions to expand its TradeWater program, a management model designed for communities that lack capacity to maintain its community-managed safe water solution. Instead, this program focuses on solar-powered treatment systems.
Water Missions began work in Tanzania in 2002 with a community-based safe water project and has since provided engineering consultation.
The first shipment to Water Missions International — Tanzania will take place in December and will include solar panels, pumps, treatment equipment and supplies to stock the program for projects.
For more, go to www.watermissions.org/tanzania.
A child in Mlondwe, Tanzania, collects dirty water from an existing water source. This community is now in the installation phase of a Water Missions International safe water project.×
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50 years ago West Virginia's first public radio station signed on the air, broadcasting from the basement of the Marshall University Library.
WMUL-FM broadcasting live from the Southern Conference Basketball Tournament in 1995.
WMUL-FM, Marshall's student run radio station, was broadcasting at 10 watts of power on November 1, 1961, barely enough to cover campus. 50 years later, WMUL-FM has increased its power to 1,150 watts and its programming can be heard worldwide via WMUL-FM's web stream. When the station signed on 50 years ago, no one could imagine the progress and success future students would experience. WMUL-FM students have won more than 1,100 state, regional, national and international awards. Over a third of those are for first place.
"It's extraordinary. I can assure you from the 100 watt days to the present we have succeeded beyond anybody's dreams," said Marshall University Board of Governor's member Mike Farrell.
WMUL-FM has reached several technical milestones over the last five decades. The station has increased its power twice, to 176 watts in 1979 and 1,150 in 1989. WMUL-FM entered the digital age in 1998 as new digital equipment was installed and in 1999 WMUL-FM streamed its first live broadcast.
"To see the digital transition for WMUL to go from one simple one function editor, to a computer system, to the current automation system was an incredible change," explained Todd McCormick, who served as station manager during the digital transition.
Early programming featured jazz, Broadway, folk and classical music, serving a special niche in the community. Students continue to serve a special niche to this day, providing award winning Marshall University sports and news coverage.
WMUL-FM broadcast team from a 2006 Marshall vs. ECU football game. (Scott Hall, Dave Wilson, & Alex Reed
The FM 88 Sports Team has been at the call for Marshall's biggest games whether it was clinching a national title or a heart breaking loss.
In 1995, WMUL-FM was recognized by the Southern Conference for its "Asheville Experience." Students broadcast every game of the men's and women's Southern Conference Basketball Tournament over a ten year period.
Newscenter 88 has been honored by the West Virginia Associated Press Broadcasters Association for Outstanding News Operation multiple times covering everything from student activities to the movie premiere of "We Are… Marshall."
"It's had a very proud tradition and become an excellent laboratory and fed a large number of students in the workforce here in West Virginia and all across the country," boasted W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications Dean Corley Dennison.
And that's probably WMUL-FM's most crowning achievement. Students who put in the time and effort leave the program ready to join the broadcasting industry. Current Faculty Manager Dr. Charles G. Bailey often laments that by the time students figure out how to do things correctly it's time for them to leave, but says that's the way it's supposed to be.
"You can get the hands on experience you need to join the workforce after college," insisted former Station Manager Alex Reed. "The more you put into it the more you get out of it."
WMUL-FM's success shows no signs of slowing down. During the 2010-11 academic year, student broadcasters earned 131 awards shattering the old record of 99 set in 2009-2010. It looks as though the next 50 years will be just as bright as the past 50 years for WMUL-FM, the Cutting Edge of Your Radio Dial.


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From John Fay.
From John Fay.
Article's a bit bit fawning IMHO. The $151 million in new contracts is spread over multiple seasons. so it's not as if Bob doubled the Reds payroll. Reading the headline, I fully expected Fay to make reference to "The losing stops now."
As I was reading it and pondering the time it took Bob to "keep his promises," I was thinking that Bob might have opened his wallet sooner if he had trusted his early GMs more. I wonder if Krivsky and O'Brien would argue that they could have delivered more winning if they'd been given the latitude and $$$ that have been given to Walt.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Go sign Vlad Guerrero
The Sox traded Bullfrog the only player they've got for Shottenhoffen. Four-eyes Shottenhoffen a utility infielder. They've got a whole team of utility infielders.
"All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it." --BABE RUTH
Having better players makes "the right time" or "the big hit" happen a lot more often. PLUS PLUS
When Fay talks money, I just tune out.
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Am I the only one that noticed this:
Just a few days ago it was reported that it would be $27M for 4 years. But, only one source reported that and the most anyone else would say was that they were still working on a deal. Now this. I hope Fay has his info wrong.The Reds began by signing Bronson Arroyo to a three-year, $35 million extension. They followed that by signing Jay Bruce to a six-year, $51 million deal. Next was Joey Vottos three-year, $38 million deal. Johnny Cuetos three-year, $27 million deal should become official this week.
"Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that."
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By tully | "Boredom at Its Boredest" by Michael Tully January 15, 2008 at 1:58AM
So, I've dropped the ball a tiny bit on this, but for all of you out there who make even semi-real movies, I'm sure you heard last week's dramatic news about entertainment payroll company Axium unexpectedly shutting down. I don't know much about this 'real moviemaking' stuff, but sources close to Boredom at its Boredest confirm that this is a pretty big deal. So what is a filmmaker to do? How about try these guys:
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