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A plurality of Republicans want Mitt Romney to choose Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as his running mate, according to a new CNN/ORC International poll conducted as the buzz over Romney's choice continues to build.
But Romney makes his choice facing an overall 7-point deficit, the poll shows, with President Obama once again cracking the all-important 50 percent threshold. Most of the possible "veepstakes" candidates do not have the profile to alter the race immediately, with the possible exception of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is well-known and well-liked, according to the poll.
Twenty-eight percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they would most like to see Romney choose Rubio. Next on the list of contenders are Christie and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, each of whom earn the support of 16 percent of Republicans.
No other candidate scores in double-digits. Eight percent want Romney to pick Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, while Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio are each supported by 6 percent. Four percent would like to see Romney pick former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who ran for president but dropped out before votes were cast in the nominating process.
Many inside-the-Beltway insiders consider Portman and Pawlenty to be cofavorites, yet they rank lowest among the rank-and-file. And when asked which contender Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, is most likely to choose, the two inch only a tick higher: 8 percent think Romney will pick Portman, while 6 percent think he is most likely to tap Pawlenty.
Rubio leads on this measure as well, as fully three in 10 Republicans think Romney is most likely to pick him. Fifteen percent think he will choose Christie, while 13 percent predict Ryan will get the nod. Equal numbers, 5 percent, are putting their money on Jindal and McDonnell.
Christie is the best-known, and most popular, among the contenders. A majority, 55 percent, of Republicans have a favorable opinion of him, while just 8 percent view him unfavorably. Only 23 percent say they have never heard of Christie. Rubio is viewed favorably by half of Republicans, and Ryan by 46 percent, with between a quarter and a third saying they have never heard of them.
But the other likely candidates are less-known, even among Republicans. Though Pawlenty sought his party's presidential nomination, 33 percent of Republicans say they have never heard of him. Portman struggles even more when it comes to name identification: 44 percent have never heard of him, and an additional 22 percent have no opinion of him.
Among all adults, Christie initially looks like Romney's most valuable asset. Thirty-seven percent have a favorable opinion of Christie, while only 21 percent view him unfavorably, and 42 percent say they have no opinion or have never heard of him. Rubio has similar negatives (22 percent), but his favorable rating is a tick lower (32 percent), and 46 percent have no opinion or are unfamiliar with him.
Only 28 percent of Americans know enough about Portman to form an opinion, which breaks down to 17 percent favorable, and 11 percent unfavorable. A majority, 52 percent, have never heard of him. Opinions of Pawlenty are more divided: 22 percent favorable, 20 percent unfavorable.
Meanwhile, as he considers his choices, Romney trails Obama among all registered voters, with the incumbent at 52 percent, compared with 45 percent for Romney. That is despite a yawning generation gap: Obama leads by 48 percentage points among voters aged 18-34, while Romney wins voters 65 and older, who constitute a significantly larger percentage of the electorate, by 18 points.
The poll was conducted Aug. 7-8, surveying 1,010 adults, for an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. For the subsample of 911 registered voters, the margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. There were 419 interviews with Republicans and Republican-leaning independents regarding Romney's running-mate choice; those results carry a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.


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I am in the process of making a 100% whole grain (wheat and rye) starter. So far we are at day 12 or 13 and I am getting lots of bubbles and rising in the first few hours. Like it will be doubled in 6 hours! And then.... it falls and is all hoochy and not bubbly. Should I feed it every 8ish hours instead of every 24?
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Hello Cleanmommy,
Unless you have a good reason for not doing so, I would be putting it in the fridge after you feed it . That will slow the activity right down. Then you can easily feed it only once a week. I have left mine in the fridge for a month while on holidays and after a couple of feeds it is back at full tilt.
The other thing is, it is not going to die. It just becomes dormant until some fresh food arrives. You could probably leave it for a couple of days or more on the bench without ill effect.
Make some Bread and enjoy the fruits of your labour.
. . . . Feed it, make a loaf and put some in the fridge! Nothing like giving it a go to see how the land lies!? Once it's in the fridge it will only need feeding once a week or so like Farinam says (or just before you want to make a loaf). Be sure and let us know how you go with the baking!
Happiness is making bread!
Last night I began the process of making sourdough buns and this morning they look wonderful! Just came out of the oven! I also made some sourdough pancakes and they were instantly devoured by my family. :)
Thanks for all the tips! I will take your advice!
If you want to make sure it's as resilient as it can be, you could keep it out of the fridge for a couple more weeks... but you probably will need to feed it more often. When it starts to form hooch on top, it's starving (even if it's in the fridge). You don't say where you are, but it also depends on the ambient temperature - it will run out of more more quickly at higher temperatures. Once you're making loaves that behave reliably you can be confident of keeping it in the fridge and feeding it once a week or so.

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Playing the Game Dead Space 2 in Stereo 3D Mode with 3D Vision
I should start with the fact that the game Dead Space 2 does not yet have an official 3D Vision profile and it has some annoying issues with the default settings if you try to play it in stereo 3D mode with 3D Vision. It is an UE3-based game and thus has the typical trouble with halos around the character due to the use of FogVolumes and unfortunately there is no option for the user to disable these. Apparently Nvidia has some way of forcing this to be disabled or using some sort of a workaround trough their 3D Vision profiles, so renaming the game executable to 'prototypef.exe' (without the quotes) for example can kind of deal with this issue, however not perfectly enough in the case of Dead Space as there are some blinking artifacts visible from time to time (different in each eye or just in one of the views ' left/right). But even with that the game is much more playable then with the halo around your characterâ?¦
Shadows and lights are also troublesome, as they are being rendered in 2D. With shadows you can deal easily by disabling them ' set Shadow Quality to off in the in-game menu, however with lights the situation is more problematic. The workaround you can get for the lights is to stay at the lowest possible depth level and use my custom convergence settings to get some depth with the lights not being displaced. The custom convergence settings you will find below are going to work only if you have renamed the default 'deadspace2.exe' executable file of the game to 'prototypef.exe'. Have in mind that you should not try to play the game Prototype during that time, as with these custom settings it might no work that well.
Other things that I've noticed, for example there is a frame limiter of 30 fps in place, so you can safely assume that Dead Space 2 is most likely not so good console port for the PC gamers. The games has a lot of dark scenes and that also makes it hard to distinguish details in stereo 3D mode when using 3D Vision due to the reduced brightness because of the use of shutter glasses in S3D mode. So in the end it might be better to just play the game in plain 3D mode than to try to deal up with the issues in stereo 3D mode. Maybe if Nvidia releases an official profile for the game, some of the issues it has could be resolved, but that is not certain and it may take some time. Of course you are welcome you use the advice above to try and play the game in stereo 3D mode and if you do so, then you can also share your experience belowâ?¦ and also if you've discovered some other useful tips for better experience.
- Download the custom convergence settings for the game Dead Space 2 (32/64-bit)â?¦
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Women's Tennis | Saturday, April 16, 2005
PLU Hangs On to Defeat Bearcat Women for Third Place in NWC Championships
YAKIMA, WA — Seedings held true to form as No. 3 Pacific Lutheran defeated the No. 4 Willamette University women's tennis team, 5-4, for third place in the Northwest Conference tennis championships held Saturday in Yakima.
After Alaine Anderson and Ashley Layton gave the Bearcats a 1-0 lead at No. 1 doubles, PLU swept through the remaining doubles matches, then won the first three singles matches to take third place in the NWC. The Bearcats finished fourth.
At No. 2 doubles, Susan Butler and Hannah Johnson lost in a tie-breaker, 8-8 (7-4), and the Lutes pulled away from there. Buter also lost a 3-set match at No. 1 singles, falling 7-5 in the third set to Megan Proffitt.
Hannah Johnson, Tiffany Kam and Ashley Layton won the final three singles matches, all in two set matches.
Third Place Match: #3 PLU vs #4 Willamette
#1 WU Anderson/Layton def PLU Smith/Currey 9-7
#2 PLU Feltus/Petrzelka def WU Johnson/Butler 8-8 (7-4)
#3 PLU Proffitt/Besett def WU Kerber/Nunamaker 8-6
#1 PLU Megan Proffitt def WU Susan Butler 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
#2 PLU Nicole Petrzelka def WU Alison Nunamaker 6-1, 6-3
#3 PLU Liz Currey def WU Melody Kerber 6-0, 6-1
#4 WU Hannah Johnson def PLU Erika Feltus 6-1, 6-2
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Record: 34-48, Finished 5th in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mike Montgomery (34-48)
PTS/G: 98.7 (13th of 30) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 100.9 (24th of 30)
SRS: -1.74 (19th of 30) ▪ Pace: 93.3 (7th of 30)
Off Rtg: 104.7 (23rd of 30) ▪ Def Rtg: 106.9 (16th of 30)
Expected W-L: 35-47 (21st of 30)
Arena: Oakland Arena ▪ Attendance: 670,368 (22nd of 30)
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July 16, 2004
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July 20, 2004
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August 24, 2004
Traded Erick Dampier, Dan Dickau, Evan Eschmeyer and Steve Logan to the Dallas Mavericks for Luis Flores, Christian Laettner, Eduardo Najera, cash, Mladen Sekularac, a 2007 1st round draft pick (Petteri Koponen was later selected) and a future 1st round draft pick. Golden State also received a trade exception from Dallas.
September 3, 2004
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September 9, 2004
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October 4, 2004
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October 28, 2004
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January 3, 2005
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February 14, 2005
Traded Clifford Robinson to the New Jersey Nets for a 2005 2nd round draft pick (Chris Taft was later selected) and a 2007 2nd round draft pick (Stephane Lasme was later selected).
February 24, 2005
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The late Wendy Bishop was an internationally recognized figure in the fields of creative writing instruction, rhetoric and composition, as well as a widely published poet and literary author. She passed away in late 2003, before finishing work on Keywords in Creative Writing.
David Starkey is the author of Poetry Writing: Theme and Variations and several collections of poems, most recently David Starkey's Greatest Hits, and coeditor with Wendy Bishop, of In Praise of Pedagogy, and of other collections. He teaches at Santa Barbara City College and in the MFA program at Antioch University-Los Angeles. He is also a playwright whose work has been produced in New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle.
Keywords in Creative Writing
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Wendy Bishop and David Starkey have created a remarkable resource volume for creative writing students and other writers just getting started. In two- to ten-page discussions, these authors introduce forty-one central concepts in the fields of creative writing and writing instruction, with discussions that are accessible yet grounded in scholarship and years of experience.
Keywords in Creative Writing provides a brief but comprehensive introduction to the field of creative writing through its landmark terms, exploring concerns as abstract as postmodernism and identity politics alongside very practical interests of beginning writers, like contests, agents, and royalties. This approach makes the book ideal for the college classroom, and unique in the field, combining the pragmatic accessibility of popular writer's handbooks, with a wider, more scholarly vision of theory and research.
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What Raymond Williams's Keywords: A Vocabulary for Culture and Society did for cultural studies and M.H. Abrams's A Glossary of Literary Terms did for literary criticism, Keywords in Creative Writing will do for its field. David Starkey and the late Wendy Bishop have created a portable classic. Keywords in Creative Writing concisely explains crucial terms and concepts related to the writing process, types of writing, theory, teaching, creative writing as an academic subject, and the business of publishing. The book is both practical and inspired.
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Jack Dempsey White, 87, of Danville, journeyed home to be with the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, April 13, 2013. He left his earthly body quietly, surrounded by his family.
Jack was born April 22, 1925, in Huntington, to the late Theora and John D. White.
On February 16, 1948, he married Doris Ray Hall of Six Mile. They celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in February. She survives.
Also surviving are his two sons, William (Sandra) of Minster, Ohio, and Bruce (Sheila) of Madison. He was blessed with three grandchildren, Tammy (Dan) Bock of Scott Depot, Scott White of Hurricane and Mary Beth (Scott) Deck of Madison, and six great-grandsons. His extended family consists of six step-grandchildren and 18 step-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his sister Mamie "Sally" Koehn; brothers, Theron and Seybert White; and a great-grandson, Luke Bock.
Jack was a lifelong member of Danville Church of Christ. Jack was the last of the 13 founding members of Danville Fire Department. He served with the unit department from 1945 to 1972. He was also a member of O'Dell No. 115 Lodge, a 32nd degree Scottish Mason and a member of the Beni Kedem Shrine.
Service was at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 17, at Handley Funeral Home, Danville, with Richard Runyon officiating. Burial followed in Boone Memorial Park, Madison.
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On a Friday night in January Boston Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck is a very happy guy. Courtside against the Indiana Pacers he greets a group of college students down the row and escorts them to midcourt for a pregame photo. Big smile. A young soldier wants his picture taken with Grousbeck, who obliges instantly. No problem. Maybe it's the courtside guests. Maybe it's the intensity of a crowd that seems set on snapping the funk that's gotten the Celtics off to a rocky 14-17 start. Whatever it is, he's in a hell of a good mood.
Most likely, it's this:
"I just turned down a ridiculous number for this team," Grousbeck says before we head down to our seats, unable to contain himself. How ridiculous? He's a dealmaker, a longtime private equity guy, and he knows we're in the middle of doing FORBES' annual valuations of NBA teams, so of course he'll whisper it but won't say on the record and won't disclose who made the offer. But if it had worked out, he insists, it would have dwarfed the $360 million he and a group of investors, including fellow private equity pal Steve Pagliuca, paid for the team back in 2002. Pushed, Grousbeck offers this: "There are franchises in the NBA that will be worth a billion dollars," he says. "If there aren't already."
For the record, there are two teams in the NBA worth more than $1 billion this year, and the Celtics aren't one of them–at least according to us–but they are getting closer. This year FORBES values the team at $730 million, number four in the league behind the New York Knicks ($1.1 billion), Los Angeles Lakers ($1 billion) and Chicago Bulls ($800 million). That's a 51% increase in the Celtics' value over last year, thanks to a new television deal that will double cash flow.
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Sound crazy? It shouldn't, not in an era when the Memphis Grizzlies fetch $377 million or the Sacramento Kings–should their prospective sale go through–get over $500 million. In an era of ballooning television contracts fueling leaps in sports franchise values across every league, it's easy to see why someone would–allegedly, mind you–offer up a ridiculous number for a team based in Boston, perhaps the most rabid sports market in the Western Hemisphere and home to a legacy that includes 17 NBA world championships. After ten years and hundreds of millions in added value under Grousbeck, the Celtics are primed to be flipped. You can't blame someone for asking.
"It speaks to how valuable teams are becoming because of media rights," he says. "Sports deliver the most valuable demographic to advertisers."
Yet lead investors Grousbeck, 51, a former partner at Highland Capital, and Pagliuca, 58, a veteran of Bain Capital, insist that their team isn't for sale. At least not yet. Grousbeck, who grew up in nearby Weston, Mass., is clearly a fan, one who discusses draft picks and all-star selections as easily as his latest cable deal with Comcast. He delights in marketing the team, a powerhouse brand that he snapped up during a dormant period, to his fellow New Englanders. Pagliuca, who has largely concentrated on the media business during his 30 years at Bain, where he still works, also likes tying himself to community affairs. Raised in Framingham, Mass., some 20 miles west of Boston, he's made a play for the struggling Boston Globe and a run for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat. Also a committed hoops junkie, Pagliuca once played as a walk-on at Duke University.
But they're doing more than having a good time. They're making a bundle, generating an estimated $19 million in operating profit on revenues of some $143 million last year versus the league averages of $12 million and $123 million. And they're doing it without owning the building they play in, one of the toughest tricks in pro sports.
TD Garden is controlled by Delaware North Cos., run by Boston Bruins' owner Jeremy Jacobs. When Grousbeck and Pagliuca bought the team from Paul Gaston they extended a deal to play rent free in Jacobs' then seven-year-old facility, which had replaced the storied Boston Garden. Their leverage was simple: What would the building (then called the Fleet Center, after a local bank) be without the Celtics? Not much. In addition, Grousbeck and Pagliuca secured agreements for basketball-only suite sales at their games. Their sponsorship people–the partners doubled the size of the sales staff shortly after taking over–got creative, too, convincing companies to pony up for Celtics sponsorships even if their competitors already had a broader deal with TD Garden. Example: Both Sprint and AT&T are in the house during Celtics games.
In the quest for dollars they tossed reporters and scouts out of premium seats that now sell for over $1,000 a game. They shortened the midcourt scorer's table and moved some of the underlying ads to the corners, where they're on TV more, adding to their value. And yes, the once tradition-laden Celtics have a dance team, a 21st-century staple that the partners added shortly after the passing of old-school patriarch Red Auerbach in 2006. Toiling around the middle of the NBA pack in sponsorship revenue a decade ago, the Celtics now rank in the league's top five (an improvement that mirrors their rise in FORBES' annual valuations). They struck equally lucrative television deals. An agreement with Comcast gives the Celtics a 20% equity stake in the regional sports network CSN New England, while roughly doubling the club's local TV revenue to $40 million annually, with provisions for steep increases over the next 20 years.
"These are sophisticated financial guys," says Marc Ganis, a sports business consultant who has worked with many NBA teams. With myriad investments and business relationships, he notes, they're able to tap their personal business networks for sponsorships, suite dollars and other support. Good thing. When you don't own your building, "you're far more dependent on how you run your basketball team," he says.
That made it all the more painful when the team went 57-107 between 2005 and 2007, and fans cried for the heads of basketball operations chief Danny Ainge and head coach Glenn "Doc" Rivers. Neither was fired. "We took the long view," says Pagliuca.
Ainge, the onetime shooting guard from the Celtics' 1980s glory days, repaid that faith by spending a first-round draft pick in 2006 on Rajon Rondo, a less-than-heralded point guard out of the University of Kentucky who has since developed into one of the NBA's top players. They cleared enough salary cap space during the losing years to acquire veteran stars Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen for the 2007-08 season. Teamed with Paul Pierce, the Big Three led Boston to the 2008 title. Runs to the 2010 finals and 2012 conference finals followed. Rivers, 395-283 in his eight-plus seasons in Boston, is now one of the league's most respected coaches.
The boldest move was Garnett, who came in a trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves (with Ainge practically swindling his former teammate Kevin McHale, Minnesota's GM) with two years remaining on a six-year, $126 million deal. After two subsequent extensions Boston will wind up paying the big man $140 million for eight seasons, until he's 39. It's risky. The club's full executive committee reviewed the deal, seeing it as a make-or-break moment.
"If it works, it's a championship. If it doesn't, it's a financial burden," Grousbeck says. "Every single guy said, 'I'm in, and if anyone wants to be out I'll do their piece'.'" Given Garnett's central role in returning the Celtics to NBA glory and four years of consistent sellouts, it is working so far. "Winning after taking a risk makes it all the more fun," he says.
Whether or not they ever decide to sell for that ridiculous number, Grousbeck and Pagliuca have already left their footprints on the NBA. The Miami Heat copied their Big Three strategy and quickly shot to the top of the league. And more private equity dealmakers are joining the NBA ownership ranks–Tom Gores in Detroit, Joshua Harris in Philadelphia and Joe Lacob (a former Celtics minority partner) at Golden State.
Maybe the whole point of getting rich flipping properties is to buy that one property you don't want to flip. Maybe . "This asset is like a diamond ring," says Pagliuca. "Everyone loves the Celtics."
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FREEHOLD, N.J. — A family is suing the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District and its superintendent, seeking to have the phrase "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance that students recite every day.
A lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Monmouth County on behalf of the family, who wish to remain unidentified, and the American Humanist Association claims that the practice of acknowledging God in the pledge of allegiance discriminates against atheists, in violation of New Jersey's constitution.
But the school district's attorney says the district is simply following a state law that requires pupils to recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily.
"All we are doing is abiding by requirements of state law, we and approximately 590 other school districts in the state," said the attorney, David Rubin, to whom Schools Superintendent David M. Healy referred questions about the lawsuit.
"If the group who's brought this lawsuit questions the wisdom of that policy or the legality of it, we believe their arguments are much better directed to the state Legislature who's imposed this requirement on us, rather than suing an individual school district on this matter," Rubin said.
The American Humanist Association is a Washington, D.C.-based, nonprofit organization that works to protect the rights of atheists, humanists and other nonreligious Americans.
While atheism addresses only the issue of the existence of a deity, humanists take a broader view that, in addition to rejection of the existence of deities, includes "values that are grounded in the philosophy of the Enlightenment, informed by scientific knowledge, and driven by a desire to meet the needs of people in the here and now," according to the lawsuit.
The American Humanist Association has more than 24,800 members and 180 chapters and affiliates nationwide, including seven in New Jersey, the suit said
"Among these members and supporters are numerous parents of children who are, or will be, attending New Jersey public schools, including some who attend or will be attending the public schools of the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District," it said.
The prekindergarten through 12th-grade district has five elementary schools, a middle school and a high school. Rubin said that although the law requires recitation in schools of the Pledge of Allegiance, students within the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District are not required to recite it if they object. And federal courts determined years ago that students cannot be forced to do so, he added.
But the lawsuit alleges that the daily recitation of the pledge in the school district "publicly disparages plaintiffs' religious beliefs, calls plaintiffs' patriotism into question, portrays plaintiffs as outsiders and second-class citizens, and forces (the child) to choose between nonparticipation in a patriotic exercise or participation in a patriotic exercise that is invidious to him and his religious class."
The daily affirmation of God in public schools reinforces a prejudice against atheists and Humanists, the suit said. The suit claims that studies show atheists are the most disliked and distrusted minority group in the country, ranking below recent immigrants, Muslims and gays.
"While plaintiffs recognize that (the child) has the right to refuse participation in the flag-salute exercise and pledge recitation, the child does not wish to be excluded from it, and in fact wants to be able to participate in an exercise that does not portray other religious groups as first-class citizens and his own as second-class," the suit said.
The suit does not name the child or the parents of the child, referring to them and John and Jane Doe and Doechild.
David Niose, an attorney for the American Humanist Association, declined to provide any specific information about the family, including what school the child attends and what grade he or she is in.
"Anonymity is very important," he said, explaining that families involved in these types of lawsuits often are exposed to "great hostility."
In fact, the suit alleges that the child in question "has been personally confronted and shouted at in response to his openly identifying as an atheist." When questioned, Niose would not say whether the child was actually confronted in school or by whom the child was confronted.
The lawsuit claims the practice of using the words "under God" is in violation of the equal protection clause of the New Jersey constitution, which states: "No person shall be denied the enjoyment of any civil or military right, nor be discriminated against in the exercise of any civil or military right, nor be segregated in the militia or in the public schools, because of religious principles, race, color, ancestry or national origin."
Niose said the suit seeks a declaration from the court that reciting the words "under God" as part of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools is discriminatory and unconstitutional. He said if that happens, the court could either order that the Pledge of Allegiance not be recited in the schools, or that the words "under God" be excluded from it. He said those words were only added to the pledge in 1954, although it was originally written in 1892.
"The language 'under God' was added to the pledge at the height of the McCarthy era and the Red Scare, after strong lobbying by religious groups at a time when many felt it would help to distinguish America from the communist Soviet Union," the lawsuit said. "The Soviet Union fell in 1991, and the need, if there ever was any, to distinguish America in this manner from communist adversaries no longer exists."
The Massachusetts Supreme Court is considering a similar issue in a suit against the Acton-Boxborough Regional School District, according to a news release issued by the American Humanist Association.
"It's not the place of state governments to take a position on God-belief," Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the association, said in the news release. "The current pledge practice marginalizes atheist and humanist kids as something less than ideal patriots, merely because they don't believe the nation is under God."
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It's interesting to see the way some of the news media is reporting this story. A sample:
The Garden State has apparently become "ground zero" for devout, angry atheists intent on imposing their beliefs on Americans of all religious stripes. On Monday, the American Humanist Association announced that it has filed a lawsuit in state court challenging the famous phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance on the premise that those two words discriminate against atheist children. - Eric Owens, "Education" Editor, Daily Caller
The usual disparaging stereotypes and misinformation (if slightly modified) are being systematically repeated in several reports and editorials about the same story. It goes like this.
Those... angry... complaining... militant... attacking... threatening... atheists are trying to... go after the popular recitation... ban the pledge... impose their beliefs on others... make God illegal... by filing a lawsuit in New Jersey state court against the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District.
Some of the reputable news outlets are using more neutral language. The negative comments that many people are posting on those articles about non-believers are much less neutral.
I wrote a response last night (under the name Gallup's Mirror) on NJ.com to a disparaging comment someone had posted about atheists in the comments section. This morning I found the remarks I had posted were gone, presumably deleted.
The site asked for my email address before I posted, so if this is the case, they offered no explanation for the deletion, not even a form letter. I'm in the dark as to what happened.
The language of the story they published is neutral enough, but muzzling me while giving a platform to crackpots spreading hatred and misinformation is sufficient to include NJ.com among the list of less-than-reputable news outlets.
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Post it again and ask why it is being removed.
Reg and Bell: The original comment is still there.
Ed: I sent an email to the newspaper and asked why they removed my post.
Left to take a wild guess, I can think of just two possibilities.
1.) I had included a link to an article here on think atheist. This should not have been an issue since the comment I responded to (and many others) included links. I know from previous experiences at work and in coffee shops that some reputation service filters have blocked thinkatheist.com. WebSense, for instance, had previously blacklisted us under a category named 'Satanism and Atheism'. I can no longer verify this because my account with them has expired. I suppose this is possible.
2.) Discrimination against atheists. (Although, in truth, reason 1 is the same as reason 2.)
As a first line of attack I would be questioning why the state is requiring children to recite a loyalty oath in the first place, and asking what are the types of governments that do such a thing.
Why is government requiring children to pledge allegiance?
The US Supreme Court, in its 1940 Minersville School District v. Gobitis ruling, said the purpose is to bring children into the political culture.
I have found and read that ruling, and the 1943 ruling in which they reversed their 1940 ruling, by searching on
SCOTUS Gobitis
SCOTUS Barnette
Be prepared to read legal prose.
"Why is government requiring children to pledge allegiance" okay, I can see that the government doing that, once and when the kids are old enough to know what it means. But not over and over and over. Once is enough, and get "God" out of there, government should not and is not allowed to promote it.
bring children into the political culture.
sounds like a cute way to say politically indoctrinate them while they're young. I'm wondering if School House Rock style courses on how the government works, how bills are passed, etc. might be a better way to bring children into the political culture.
Loyalty oaths just smack of half-assed indoctrination to me.
A newspaper article about two years ago told of a historian at Princeton who's writing a book on the subject. The article told of what he found about how under god was added.
In the early years of the 1930s Depression, several very wealthy folk feared that common folk would lose their faith in capitalism. They began an effort to join that faith with religious faith and hired a number of prominent ministers to sermonize on the subject.
WW2 delayed them but the Cold War with the atheistic Soviet Union brought the issue to importance again. In 1954 Congress gave capitalism and religion what they both wanted.
About a year ago I googled that historian's name and saw no mention of the book. I will try again ...when I find the article in my piles of paper.


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During his speech at the National Defense University on May 23, President Obama sought to reassure Americans that they are "safer" because of the administration's "efforts" to fight terrorism. The controversy over the administration's handling of the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, had been swirling for months. And on April 15, two jihadists set off bombs at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 250 others.
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"Now, make no mistake, our nation is still threatened by terrorists," Obama conceded. "From Benghazi to Boston, we have been tragically reminded of that truth." Nonetheless, the president continued, "we have to recognize that the threat has shifted and evolved from the one that came to our shores on 9/11. With a decade of experience now to draw from, this is the moment to ask ourselves hard questions—about the nature of today's threats and how we should confront them."
The rest of his speech was devoted to trumpeting the Obama administration's handling of the fight against al Qaeda, while arguing that the threat to Americans has receded. Obama also addressed the controversial drone program, saying it was "effective." As proof, he cited a document written by Osama bin Laden. "Don't take my word for it," the president said, listen to bin Laden himself, who wrote: "We could lose the reserves to enemy's airstrikes. We cannot fight airstrikes with explosives."
Certainly, the drone strikes have been effective in killing al Qaeda terrorists. But it was a curious citation to say the least. The two lines selected by the president were ripped out of context, and the full passage does not actually support the president's point. Bin Laden's words make it clear that, as one might expect, al Qaeda has moved its "reserves" out of the drones' kill box in northern Pakistan. In the full passage, bin Laden speaks as if he represents the entire Muslim community (the Ummah), which of course he did not:
The rest of the 27-page document undermines the president's case. "We still have a powerful force which we can organize and prepare for deployment," bin Laden wrote. This cuts against the president's claim that al Qaeda is mostly a spent force. And bin Laden emphasized that al Qaeda needs to "concentrate" its "jihad efforts in areas where the conditions are ideal for us to fight." Bin Laden surmised that "Iraq and Afghanistan are two good examples." Yet much of President Obama's speech was devoted to proclaiming the "end" of the post-9/11 wars in both countries.
The president cited just one of the 17 bin Laden documents declassified and released to the American public. And those 17 documents are just a tiny fraction of the hundreds of thousands of documents and files captured during the May 2011 raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan, hardly sufficient for any robust analysis of the al Qaeda network.
Still, the president's selective citation of bin Laden's files is illustrative of a larger point: When it comes to fighting al Qaeda and its affiliates, the president and his advisers see only what they want to see.
Throughout his speech, Obama used the word "define" in its various forms. Why? Because the president seeks to define the threat from al Qaeda and its affiliates in such a way that there is no longer any need for America to deploy large numbers of troops abroad.
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Java lovers continue to patronize coffee shops in hard economic times; they just savor it a little bit more.
The customers are buying smaller cups of coffee, said Kristine El Gamel, owner of Brewed Awakenings, 2636 W. Central Ave. She said corporate competitors make it challenging for Brewed Awakenings, too, which tries to attract customers with its free Wi-Fi and 25 varieties of coffee.
"We are a coffeehouse … not a mass production. It's like a community here."
El Gamel and her husband, Sabry, bought the coffeehouse two and half years ago, although it has been open for 13 years.
"This is a homey atmosphere here where people feel comfortable," El Gamel said. "We know them on a first-name basis."
The coffeehouse has three employees, in addition to El Gamel and her husband.
"Smaller staff is actually an asset," said employee Caroline Gauger. "Each person who works here gets to know each aspect of what they're doing and ensure the quality of service, and people respond to this. I love the work, knowing people, seeing friendly faces and being able to make food and make the drinks."
On the second and fourth Wednesday of every month, poetry readings are from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. On the first and third Wednesday of every month, Patrick McGee hosts an open mic.
Every Monday night, a psychic comes to the coffeehouse from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. The cost is $5 for a five-minute read and $10 for 15 minutes. Monday mornings from 9:30 to 10:30, moms and their babies are invited to play music, stretch, watch puppet shows and face paint with Risa Cohen, a children's educator and entertainer. The price is $5.
The coffeehouse also features a photo gallery every few weeks. Gary Mayberry's nature photography is on sale now.
Although many come to the coffeehouse to hang out, others come in to study, read or get work done, El Gamel said. The coffeehouse offers continental breakfast items like bagels, croissants and cereals, although people are buying less food these days because of the economy, she said. For lunch and dinner, the coffeehouse features sandwiches, salads, grape leaves and homemade hummus. Sandwiches are usually $5.25; salads start at $5.25, and grape leaves and hummus range in price from $5.59 to $7.89. Coffee, decaf, skim or iced drinks are $1.35 to $3.49. Tea, lattes, hot chocolate and smoothies are also on the menu, starting at $1.89.
The most popular items are the hot chicken sub sandwiches, café mochas and hot caramel cream and Snickers coffees, El Gamel said. Keith Agdanowski comes to the coffeehouse when he's in the area because of the coffee.
"It's a lovely owned business," he said. "One thing is the access to Wi-Fi, the environment, friendly staff and good coffee."
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The 'Cases' Somerset Rebels have confirmed that the home leg of the League Cup semi-final against Newcastle will take place at the Oaktree Arena on Wednesday, September 19, at 7.30pm.
The second leg will be staged at Newcastle's Brough Park on Sunday September 30, and for those fans attending next Wednesday's home leg there is a special offer on admission to the Somerset's first home meeting in the up-coming play-offs that will decide the 2012 Premier League Champions.
"With the backlog of fixtures that some teams find themselves in, and with the play-offs looming on the horizon, next Wednesday was the only viable date open to us to stage the first leg ," explained Rebels promoter Debbie Hancock.
"Obviously we would have preferred it if we could have held the match on our usual Friday race night, but Newcastle are at Plymouth that night in a league fixture which could not be re-arranged in order for it to be staged prior to the cut-off date ahead of the play-offs.
"We obviously appreciate that a Wednesday night is not necessarily ideal for some of our fans, so those fans that do come along to support the Rebels that night will each receive a voucher entitling them to £2 off the normal adult and concession admission prices for when we stage our first home meeting in the Championship-deciding play-offs."
Season tickets will be valid for the home leg in the semi-final of the League Cup and for both of Somerset's home matches in the play-offs
"It is our way of saying 'thank you' to our loyal season ticket holders in what has been a difficult season weather-wise but one that has seen the Rebels reach the latter stages of the season still in with the chance of winning two major trophies, " added Hancock.
Somerset play host to Workington Comets this Friday (14th) in what will be their final home league match of the regular season.
The Rebels stormed to their biggest home win of the season with a 63-28 defeat of Sheffield Tigers on Friday night.
Such was Somerset's dominance that even when James Wright was forced to start off a 15 metre handicap for delaying the start of heat nine, it took only a lap to catch and pass Chris Schramm, Ricky Wells suffering the same fate with more than a lap to go.
The second half of the meeting was a complete rout, the Rebels registering five maximum race wins in the last seven heats.
Jason Doyle, riding through the pain of a badly bruised jaw, Alex Davies and Jesper B Monberg all completed paid maximums.
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2. Because I am a product of the Illinois Public School system, every time I see fog I think of the Carl Sandburg poem, "The fog comes on little cat feet." Do other school children learn about Carl Sandburg every year, or is it just in Illinois? I realize he won Pulitzers and all, but I have a feeling when it comes to "famous Illinois poets," pickings are slim.
3. Illinois school children also learn about Lincoln every year. I know lots of Lincoln facts. I was quite surprised when I moved to Missouri and learned that here Truman's birthday is a state holiday, but Lincoln's is not. We never had a special unit on Harry Truman during my school years.
4. In other news, what do you think of our Christmas tree? We do not have our tree up yet, as we haven't decided how to rearrange our new-to-us furniture in order for it to fit. That's this weekend's project.
5. Speaking of Christmas, I loved Lisa's post today at Out of the Ordinary. Besides confirming that Lisa and I are kindred spirits, both in dusting and iPhone photography (among other things), it reminded me of the realness of Jesus' birth. We tend to imagine the nativity as something warm and fuzzy, but it wasn't. It was very real, just like our sin.


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Since their soft opening last week, the restaurant has been packed with regulars of the former downtown business.
"We were full with familiar faces Wednesday (Nov. 27) night. There are some people we're not going to see as often, understandably so," said co-owner Jess Ray. "We're hoping that, we know everybody's gonna come out here at least once. I hope the ones that come out here and see what we can offer now, and the vibe that we're able to create here, will keep coming back."
Jess said that she and her husband Matt loved the time they spent in their downtown location, but the business needed to grow, and the space they were in simply wouldn't allow for that growth. They looked for another city location, but when the opportunity to move into the Bear Swamp Road location came up, it was a perfect fit for them.
"We hit a ceiling where we were, and we really couldn't do any more than what we did," said Jess. "My husband likes to say if a business isn't growing it's dying."
The main place where they are planning on growing is to brew their own beer, and have a brew-pub along with the restaurant. Construction on the brewery will be starting this week, all the brewing equipment has been ordered, and Jess said they expect to be turning out beer in April.
It's been a whirlwind of activity for the Rays since summer, closing one restaurant and opening another. Their new landlord closed on the building in July, and they were under renovation by August.
"We do have an extremely dedicated and hard-working staff here. I don't know what we would've done; we did the move, we pulled it off within three to four weeks. The core group of our staff just stepped up, and we couldn't have pulled it off without them. We just can't thank them enough for helping us make it happen."
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I love the fried green tomatoes at Dinosaur BBQ
I am a grad student in the NYU Food Studies program. I am a proponent of sustainable food production and distribution. I am also a vegetarian.
I love the fried green tomatoes at Dinosaur BBQ
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It is terrible for you, and it doesn't even look good. If you hate yourself, just ask the cashier to stab you in the heart. No need to kill yourself slowly with gross, deadly food.
reading about this offending my eyes. and made me nauseous.
I have come back to this recipe time and again to recommend it to friends. Simple, satisfying and yet with a great depth of flavor. Thanks for sharing!
I think you forgot about a major event, the Greenpoint food market
I don't like these slideshows- the way they open in another window, you have to come back here to comment, they take a long time to load.
also, i disagree. i still vote for dessert club as #1!
The potato pizza there is amazing. $14.
@brownie you said it!
imagining the taste of lemonade concentrate, ketchup, and brown sugar makes me want to puke.
@katie maybe you could get your mom a husband who cooks!
Nigella Lawson's linguini with mushrooms, lemon and thyme. Healthy, delicious, 5 ingredients and ready in 20 minutes.
Well, I did appreciate your post on the polenta budino at Otto (which was amazing) but didn't you already write about Panya?
yum. sounds so good.
the joy of life still exists when you eat a well balanced meal. In fact, they are some of the tastiest around. Whereas I call this concoction (barely a recipe by the way) a lazy, uninventive sugar high.
Of course moderation and indulgence are important. But you know what? I am sick of recipes like this, nevemind those from Paula Deen, and the accompanying war cry that we should all just give in and eat what is easy to make and simple on the palate. Meals can include butter and take less than half an hour to prepare and still have 1) nutrients and 2) taste.
Can we talk about the lack of nutrition in this dish? It might taste good but white pasta with butter and a sprinkle of cheese is going to be low in protein, fiber and devoid of most vitamins and minerals. Get a vegetable in there somewhere.
@mcebacal there is a waitlist of 700 people who are ready to join. (including me!)
Molasses cookies with a frosting i got from epicurious- its made with rum, butter, sugar and evaporated milk.
told you so (re: dessert club). too bad those cookies used to be 3 for $2. now that they are $1 each, i have no excuse to eat 3 :(
I love the organic wines at Madonna in Carneros. They make a great moscato
Last year I made the perfect vegetarian Thanksgiving meal, all in my tiny kitchen. As I was stuffing myself and finally relaxing from all the work, a burning smell starting to fill the apartment. I left the biscuits in the oven :( Losing them wasn't as bad as the scorched smell which we couldnt get rid of.
For downtown, I urge you to try Chikalicious Dessert Club. If you don't, you will be sorry, in that I will eat all of their cookies. If you do, I may be sorry when you tell everyone how great they are and I have to share.
real strawberry shortcake is made with -shock- shortcake. Its almost biscuit like- quite dense and only vaguely sweet. under no circumstances is a traditional strawberry shortcake light and airy. In fact, they should really be served with clotted cream, not whipped cream. Yum.
@redfish that sounds pretty deplorable.
Has anyone found the temporary M&M flavors here in NYC? I have been everywhere I can think of and I haven't seen them. They are strawberried peanut butter and coconut.
I need a simple, summer appropriate recipe for green cabbage. I would rather not just make a slaw or salad. I don't have much experience doing anything to cabbage other than boiling it. Your advice would be appreciated.
Hi Serious Eaters.
I just spent a month an Italy and am now totally addicted to pork. My question is, where can you go in NYC (or online) to get authentic Italian salumi? Or good ham for that matter? I am willing to leave Manhattan.
thanks in advance for your advice~!
I am a vegetarian and I am dying to try ramps. I can pick them up fresh from Union Square tomorrow. What is an easy way to prepare them and show off all their goodness?
Thanks to airline sales,I will soon be luck enough to visit Milan, Genoa, and Cinque Terre!
So what say ye, serious eaters- where are the best places to eat?
I am trying to reduce the amount of fat in my diet, but I am a fiend for all things fried — my favorite is a nice salty potato chip. I have tried a few baked varieties, and these new Pop Chips. Anyone have recommendations for their favorites?
I am feeding about four people xmas brunch tomorrow and of course I have not yet chosen what to make, or gone shopping. Luckily I live in NYC, so shopping shouldn't be difficult, but some of the guests are vegetarian, so the food should be accessible to them.
Ideas that will take me less than an hour to prepare tomorrow morning? Some prep time tonight is fine.
What do you think of President Elect Obama's choice of Tom Vilsack, Governor of Iowa, for the next Secretary of Agriculture?
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Anyone can champion the cause. Whether you're speaking out to improve education, financial stability and health, reaching out to members of Congress, or wearing the LIVE UNITED shirt to show your support, you can help inspire hope and create opportunities for a better tomorrow. So go ahead and advocate in a LIVE UNITED world. Do it in public. Be visible. Be loud.
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United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra (UWNNS) has completed its historic direction-setting effort to identify and concentrate on the most important social issues affecting the people in our region. On May 21, 2014, after extensive research and input from all 13 Nevada counties we serve, our board of directors adopted the very critical issue of "children reading at grade level" as its focus area moving forward. This adopted issue will allow us to better prioritize resources to address key issues in order to make the greatest impact and create lasting change.
In the process of selecting the issue of "children reading at grade level," we gathered input from residents in the communities we serve, in order to help identify what issues were most important to them. This was completed via two methods: an online survey distributed to more than 4,000 donors and residents (and made available to hundreds more on the website and through viral distribution) and a number of in-person meetings with groups identified by the UWNNS direction-setting team and our board of directors.
"Children reading at grade level" was an issue that was identified within all 13 Nevada counties as an issue that needed to be a priority. Survey results show 75 percent of respondents indicated the top "social issue" in their community was "education."
Nevada's high school graduation rate continues to rank as one of the lowest in the nation and the cost to both the "drop-out" and the entire community is staggering. Statistics show students that do not graduate from high school are more likely to be unemployed, have a child as a teenager, and rely on government cash assistance, food stamps and housing assistance. Every "drop-out" costs the community an estimated $260,000 in lost earnings, taxes and productivity. The impact of the low graduation rate directly affects Nevada's economy by contributing to the lack of an educated, skilled workforce.
There is a proven, direct relationship between early grade-level reading skills and students receiving a high school diploma. Research has shown that third-grade reading scores are a predictor of who will graduate from high school. Studies also have shown that low-income fourth grade students who cannot read proficiently are likely to become our lowest-income, least-skilled, least-productive and most costly citizens of tomorrow. Currently, 75 percent of Nevada children are not reading at grade level. The region can address this critical issue, preventing the later problems, by rallying around the initiative to get our children reading at grade level.
We are in the process of creating a "Transformation Council" composed of board members and other community leaders that will take the issue of "children reading at grade level" and develop a strategic plan for the implementation by UWNNS and potential partners, which will serve as a roadmap for us on how to best address this newly selected issue.
As the issue of "children reading at grade level" takes priority, it will be inter-related to the three United Way "building blocks" of education, financial stability, and health. All of these issues are intertwined and some initiatives addressing aspects of financial stability and health may be added to help achieve the goal of children reading at grade level.
We have a rich history in working with our community's parents and children on similar issues:
- Our Born Learning program is a long-standing initiative designed to support early learning and school readiness. The program provides early child development tools, curriculum and training to parents, early learning teachers and caregivers.
- UWNNS' pilot work of 2011-13 in providing reading intervention to help raise grade level reading scores.
- Our participation in the national effort, Campaign for Grade Level Reading, geared towards tackling school readiness, chronic absence and summer learning loss.
- We also partnered with the Washoe County School District in 2013 to combat "summer learning loss" with its Summer Literacy Project. The program provided parent trainings on how parents could support their children at home in learning despite not being in school during the summer months.
- Our support of Big Brothers Big Sisters allowing them to expand its mentoring and prevention programs to at-risk youth.
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ALBANY -- A city man faces a charge of child endangerment after leading patrol officers on a brief car case with his 2-year-old son in the back seat early Wednesday morning, according to Albany police.
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Once the cops arrived on the scene, Owens, 23, hopped into his car and sped off with the tot with police in tow. The chase went for a few blocks with Owens driving increasingly faster. Just as a patrol supervisor was about to call it off, the man pulled over at Henry Johnson Boulevard and Sheridan Avenue, police said. He was taken into custody and the child was returned to his mother. Owens was arraigned in Albany City Criminal Court later Wednesday morning.
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It was only a matter of time before Michael Jackson's estate started hyping unreleased material in the wake of the singer's death.
And sure enough, 109 days after the King of Pop's passing, his new song "This Is It" appeared online.
Were Jackson still alive, "This Is It" — the song, not the movie that screens tonight — would be a B-side at best. With throwback vocals by Jackson's brothers and a soul guitar reminiscent of Jackson's hit "Human Nature," the catchy "This Is It" relies more on nostalgia than musicality. Jackson was a notorious control freak when it came to his music, and it's hard to imagine this subpar ballad making his final cut.
The same is likely true of the movie, which captures Jackson preparing the music and moves for a series of planned concerts in London, a comeback of sorts, cut short by his unexpected death June 25. Even if it pleases Jackson fans, they'll still be asking themselves: Would Michael approve? Would it be good enough for him?
But given the tragicomic fallout that followed the singer's death, from father Joe Jackson's self-promotional moves to the family's odd craving for mourning en masse, it's impossible to be surprised at the song's, or the movie's, speedy arrival.
Especially because this isn't it. "This Is It" is a mediocre beacon signaling the inevitable onslaught of "new" Jackson material we'll see over the next decade.
It's hardly a new trend. Beatles die-hards and Elvis fans can attest to the lengths a label, estate or corporation will go to in search of another million records sold. (As historic as the recent Beatles stereo and mono rereleases were, they are an extension of corporate greed.) And it's the same with their fallen modern companions, from Nirvana to Tupac Shakur.
Some groups are more cruel than others. Kurt Cobain died in 1994, but the main releases that have followed are the ones you would expect: Live discs, rereleases, a box set. Shakur died in 1996 as his double-album masterpiece, "All Eyes on Me," was reigning on the charts — and yet his discography contains nearly 20 authorized and unauthorized CD releases that followed.
Adding insult to injury, some of the recent Shakur titles include "Resurrection" and "The Way He Wanted It."
Really? If we've learned anything, we'll expect the Jackson camp to pull out the same stops — in the name of the fans, of course. And some fans will live for this new material. "This Is It" will become their new mantra, and the low-key demos on the two-CD set "This Is It" — of "She's Out of My Life" and "Beat It" — will enrich their lives.
But this façade of servicing the fans is a cheap charade, and hopefully record buyers will catch on.
When the Jacksons dug around their departed brother's studio and found an unfinished demo called "This Is It," they hurried it into production as a tribute. But is it really a tribute when the act is more self-serving than memorializing?
Some fans cheered when the Jacksons were forced, in a very public forum, to give co-writing credit to Canadian singer Paul Anka a couple of weeks ago. Not only did Anka co-write the song with Jackson in 1983, but it had also previously been recorded and released by R&B artist Safire in 1991 — under a different name, "I Never Heard," a track that is enjoying something of a renaissance on YouTube.
The Jackson camp took a step back after realizing its blunder, and then came out crediting Anka and promising him royalties on the song. That's hardly a tribute to a pop star who had retreated into a shroud of self-dictated privacy in the last decade of his life. But it's what we've come to expect.
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New State Champion Tree Discovered In Gunpowder Falls State Park
Harford County, Md. (February 16, 2012) - Gunpowder Falls State Park can now boast a new Maryland State Champion tree. Dan Wilson, a volunteer with the Maryland Big Tree Program, recently discovered a massive sweet birch, or Betula lenta, hidden deep within the Harford County portion of the Park.
Wilson discovered the record tree approximately 100 yards north of the blue trail in the Sweet Air region of the Park. He measured the tree in at 115 feet tall, 10 feet 1 inch around and with a crown spread of 45 feet, equaling a total point value of 247. According to American Forests this is the tallest tree of its species on record. The previous sweet birch State Champion, with a point value of 237, is located in Cecil County.
The United States Champion is located in New Hampshire at 266 points. The Maryland champion appears healthy and could seize the national title in future years. The tree is also the largest of its species ever recorded in Maryland (dating back to 1925). The public is welcome to visit the tree, which is located at GPS coordinates N39 32 093 W76 29 955.
The sweet birch is native to all of Maryland north and west of I-95, the tree can be found in counties south and east of that area but usually only sporadically and in small groups. The name sweet birch comes from the sweet wintergreen flavor of its bark and twigs. The tree is also referred to as black birch because of its dark bark, which serves as a key identification tool in the winter. Many people may be familiar with this tree from experiences in scouting and 4-H programs.
The Big Tree Program originated in Maryland in 1925, went national in 1940, and is run by American Forests, www.americanforests.org. Each state has a State Coordinator who collects data, measures trees, and biannually submits certain trees to American Forests as potential National Champions. For more information, visit dnr.state.md.us/forests/trees/bigtree.asp.
The universal point system was developed by Marylands first State Forester, Fred Besley. The formula is: circumference in inches + height in feet + one fourth of the average crown spread in feet. If you think you may have a State Big Tree or if you wish to have a copy of the State Big Tree List, contact John Bennett at firstname.lastname@example.com or 410-287-5980.
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Iron Supplementation In Babies and Children
What Is Iron?
What Happens When the Body Has Low Iron?
- Decreased energy
- Pale skin color
- Headache
- Problems with concentration
- Lightheadedness
- Fatigue
- Shortness of breath
- Cold feet and hands
- Chest pain and rapid heartbeat
Are Some Children at Higher Risk for Anemia?
How Can I Make Sure My Child Is Getting Enough Iron?
- Liver, beef, poultry, pork, lamb
- Tuna, salmon
- Iron-fortified cereals and breads
- Dried beans such as limas, soybeans, pinto and kidney beans, split peas, black-eyed peas
- Whole grains, including wheat, millet, oats, and brown rice
- Dried fruits such as apricots, raisins, prunes, dates, peaches
- Dark green vegetables, including leafy greens like spinach, kale, and collards, as well as broccoli and asparagus
- Blackstrap molasses
Should My Child Be Tested for Anemia?
How Much Iron Does My Child Need?
Age of Child
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|11 mg
|1-3 years
|7 mg
|7 mg
|4-8 years
|10 mg
|10 mg
|9-13 years
|8 mg
|8 mg
|14-18 years
|15 mg
|11 mg
What Should I Do if My Child Is Anemic?
How Can I Safely Store My Child's Iron Supplements?
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United States Department of Agriculture http://www.usda.gov
About Kids Health http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca
Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca
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Recommendations to prevent and control iron deficiency in the United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr4703.pdf. Published April 3, 1998. Accessed January 30, 2014.
Screening tests for infants. Lab Tests Online website. Available at: http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/wellness/ab-infant-1/ab-infant-2/. Updated November 18, 2013. Accessed January 30, 2014.
What are the signs and symptoms of iron-deficiency anemia? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website. Available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/ida/signs.html. Updated April 1, 2011. Accessed January 30, 2014.
10/12/2010 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed: Baker R, Greer F, the Committee on Nutrition. Clinical report—diagnosis and prevention of iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia in infants and young children (0-3 years of age). American Academy of Pediatrics website. Available at: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/peds.2010-2576v1. Published October 5, 2010. Accessed January 30, 2014.
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