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Recently authorities in Vietnam discovered that tons of potatoes for sale in the open market in the town of Da Lat were contaminated with residues of a neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos — at levels 16 times higher than the level permitted. Yes, 16 times higher than residues considered 'safe' by Vietnamese authorities.
Imagine a Vietnamese child eating potatoes from this lot. My skin crawls as I think about it. These potatoes were imported from China, so that makes me think that there are similarly contaminated potatoes circulating in Chinese markets too. Asian children are not alone in facing exposure to chlorpyrifos, as U.S. children continue to be exposed to chlorpyrifos through the food they eat and — for rural children — through the air they breathe.
I have wonderful news to share. Delegates to the Stockholm Convention meeting in Geneva just agreed that the best alternative to the hazardous pesticide endosulfan is agroecology. This is a huge step that PAN and our allies have long pushed for.
The Stockholm Convention listed endosulfan for global phase out back in 2011. The pesticides officially suggested as alternatives were mostly hazardous as well, according to a careful PAN analysis. In an effort led by PAN scientist Dr. Meriel Watts, the Convention reviewed possible non-chemical alternatives, and found that a strong case could be made for ecosystem-based solutions. Late last week, the delegates officially endorsed this approach.
Did you know it was Poison Prevention Week last week? It is ironic that as we marked this week, we also grappled with the news that for the first time in nearly 20 years, a company went to court to challenge a decision by EPA to cancel one of their products — a pesticide that causes thousands of accidental poisonings each year.
Earlier this month Reckitt Benckiser — manufacturer of d-Con rat control products — filed a challenge against EPA's decision to cancel specific over-the-counter rodenticide products, which are hazardous for children, pets and wildlife. No hearing date has been set, but the appeal could potentially drag on for years. Meanwhile, the products remain on the market.
I have some very good news: EPA is banning a group of rat poisons known to be especially dangerous for children, pets and wildlife. Finally.
Apparently, the agency got tired of waiting for the manufacturer of d-CON mouse- and rat-killing products to voluntarily follow their safety guidelines. Instead, UK-based Reckitt Benckiser was spending its energy pushing back with an army of lawyers and lobbyists. This time, their tactics backfired.
A new study from neurologists at UCLA adds to the growing scientific evidence showing an ever stronger link between exposure to pesticides and development of Parkinson's disease.
This latest study documents how the fungicide benomyl triggers a cascade of events at the cellular level that increase the likelihood of developing Parkinson's. The researchers say the findings clarify the role of naturally occurring enzymes in the brain, and may help in efforts to slow progression of the disease — even among those not exposed to pesticides. The study also confirms that avoiding pesticide exposure can only help.
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After Sunday's The Walking Dead finale on AMC, all the water cooler talk the next morning (meaning me with a cup of water shouting at random people when they walked in) was about what Dr. Jenner, the lone CDC scientist, whispered to Rick Grimes right before Grimes left the building.
Numerous (spoilery!) theories emerged online, speculating that Jenner told Rick that his wife was pregnant, or that the wife was specifically pregnant with Shane's baby, or that the wife was a couple months pregnant and thus couldn't be his baby, or any number of unrelated things (my colleague Mark Graham suggested he just whispered the same thing Bill Murray whispered at the end of Lost In Translation).
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Anything can happen! I don't want to give anything away! Look, it could have been just like, "Hey, watch out for those zombies out there, dude!" But it wasn't. It'll probably be revealed in season two, what he said. And it's pretty monumental.
"Hey, watch out for those zombies out there, dude!" That HAD to be it, right? And Kirkman is just covering for his slip-up by saying it wasn't.
My theory: Jenner literally told Rick "Hey, watch out for those zombies out there," and when Frank Darabont saw the footage, he cut the audio out and immediately fired the entire writing staff. Also, Lori is pregnant. But Jenner was much more concerned about making sure Rick watched out for those zombies. It's good advice! He's a zombie doctor.


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When she was just 3 months old, Nadia was hit by a car and left for dead by the side of the road in California. A Good Samaritan helped get her to a vet who discovered that she was paralyzed from the waist down. Staff at the Pasado's Safe Haven in Sultan, Wash., took her in and made the difficult decision to do what was best for Nadia.
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The plucky pooch has never let her disability dictate how she lives her life. Within a few weeks of the operation she was walking around on her two front legs. Now she can run, hop and even go down stairs. "She's got an amazing spirit," says Chenoweth, adding that she loves being around people, other dogs and cats.
Nadia may use a wheelchair, but as far as she's concerned, she's just like any other dog. Even still, her new owner will have to meet a few requirements before they can bring this special needs pup home.
It's preferred that her next owner have veterinarian medical experience or hospice experience. They'll also need to have the time and funds to give Nadia the long-term care she needs, including regular acupuncture appointments and extra vet visits. Nadia's back pain comes and goes, so she needs to be monitored and given medication when needed.
People could learn a lot from this sweet soul. "Nadia clearly does not dwell on what has been lost," reads her sanctuary biography. "But more on what has been gained."
If Nadia's sounds like the inspirational pet you've been looking for, contact the Pasado's Safe Haven at (360) 793-9393.
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(ABC 6 NEWS) -- Believe it or not, Thanksgiving is already next week. And of course that means Black Friday is just around the corner as well.
It's that one day of the year that brings out the best and the worst of holiday shoppers.
"When I worked retail for many many years I loved working Black Friday. People come in, they're energized, they're excited," said shopper Judy Havelick.
With all of the big stores competing for business on Black Friday, there are always good deals on hot items. We wanted to see what that meant for smaller, locally owned stores. We checked in with Kirsten Dodds, the manager at ABC Toy Zone in Rochester.
"Black Friday here has never been as big of a deal as it is for other major retailers," said Dodds.
It's hard for them to compete with stores like Toys 'R Us, and Target.
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That, and a loyal customer base that likes to keep their money local.
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Rolls-Royce is celebrating their 10th anniversary of production in Goodwood by announcing plans to offer a variety of "Home of Rolls-Royce" editions.
Set to go on sale later this year, the Phantom and Ghost Home of Rolls-Royce editions will be created by the company's Bespoke vehicles team. They will feature "world-class leather, paint and wood" as well as "exquisite marquetry, embroidery and hand-painted coachlines."
In a statement, Rolls-Royce CEO Torsten Müller-Ötvös said "In 10 years, the Home of Rolls-Royce has established a reputation as the benchmark of craftsmanship excellence. These cars will celebrate the first of many decades in this extraordinary British manufacturing success story."
Additional information about the Home of Rolls-Royce editions will be released in the coming months, so stay tuned for details.
On 1 January 2013,Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrated 10 years of production at the Home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood, England.
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Hi there,
Its Atlantix.. i'm 30yrs old full-time gamer.. I play online games since 97.. Played high-end in every major MMO since Ultima online.. Cleared every major raid content created by different Devs in every major game, some of them regular kills, some of them World first, some of them server first, some of them EU first..
I am not a creative person, but I have come up with truly unique, original, never been done style MMORPG concept..
I would like to share this concept with a Publisher or Designer... I do not look for money, or i do not intend to sell this concept..
I will give this unique concept to a decent Publisher or Designer for totally free..
I prefer spending my time with gaming, its a major part of my life.. This concept i found can be the key to next-generation MMORPG.. It would be nice to play it.. In order to play it if i have to give this idea away, than so be it.. Because not only me, every MMO player would play something truly Original and Basic..
If there are any decent Publisher or Designer out there who are looking for fresh and unique ideas.. please contact me via e-mail: email@example.com
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The basic problem with this is that everyone in the entire world who is able and willing to create a game has ideas of his own that he likes better than your ideas. That's why his ideas are his ideas and your ideas are not his ideas. It doesn't mean that your ideas are bad; just that everyone likes his own ideas the best.
Ideas for the broad strokes of a game really don't have much value. The number of good ideas for a game exceed the number of games that can be made by an an enormous ratio. And that's even if we restrict to good ideas; if you're willing to include bad ideas, it's more lopsided yet.
What does have value is filling in the fine details for games that are going to be made anyway. Indeed, that's what professionals who create games are paid to do. Make a model for this character, for that building, or whatever. Write up quest text for this quest, or fill in the details of how many of which monsters or whatever you have to kill for it. But the key is that ideas have to fit into the particular game that they're already making.
But go ahead and post your ideas so that we can rip them to shreds. Or maybe even say that this or that sounds cool. That's what forums like this are for.
Originally posted by Quizzical
I didn't wrote i have the best idea in the World.. I announced that i have unique and never been done style mmorpg concept.. if anybody serious who is interested of listening, i might willing to share it.. thats all..
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Originally posted by psysention
They have it already, probably in a dozen different versions, each create by someone with experience in game design.
See, this is the actual test of your agenda and motive here. If you simply want to give it away for free and do want to see it made, post it to a website and regularly share a link to it on game forums, with members of your top tier guilds (several of which who probably already work in the industry) and get the word out there. The more developers that know about it and attempt to build on it, the better chance there is of you getting the game you want.
But that's not what you really want, is it? ;)
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Originally posted by Loktofeit
It could also plausibly be an issue of "I have these ideas in my head, but it's something of a hassle to write them all down if no one will care." Do note that the original poster has 10 posts as of this writing, not thousands.
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Also a good question is... Why has it not been done before.
the top five to that is usually
1: Too costly
2: To small consumer base
3: Underdeveloped proposal
4: To technically challenging
5: Nobody is doing it (ironic i know but fairly common... It is always risky to be nr one)
But i wish you the best of luck, after all kickstarter have proved that even crazy ideas can become something great.
When do the good fight turn bad, Smedley is a good example.
This have been a good conversation
Everybody has a right to think whatever they wish.. i can not prove my intentions virtually..
To be honest i don't want to share my ideas to public and some f2p mmo company gets this idea and make a greedy cash shop game out of it..
i want give it to a designer or publisher who can create a real sub based mmorpg..
i'm sorry if i cause any curiosity.. i didn't mean to do that..
Thx for your opinions..
Originally posted by tawess
6. its not been done. Because, maybe nobody thought about it yet?.
I have an original idea.. i do not wish to give to the public, but i want to give it to a person who can make something beautiful out of it.. This way i can keep in contact with the designer and develop the idea in to something further..
As i mentioned in the Original Post.. i'm not after money.. i organize www.pakawala.com .. i'm financially stable thank to god.. I have a unique idea and only in my supervision it can be something great..
And why would any game developer want to make your game when he has ideas of his own that he likes better than yours? Even if he loved your initial ideas and did start making your game, he'd surely soon run into many situations where he wanted to do something different from what you had in mind, and then he'd do what he wanted, not what you wanted.
If you want your game to ever be made, you have two options:
1) Make it yourself. This is only practical if both you're seriously talented and your game can be made on a shoestring budget.
2) Get rich and then hire other people to make it for you.
If you want anything remotely similar to your game to be made, then the best thing to do is to get your ideas in front of as many people as you can, whether game developers or otherwise. Maybe someone here will read it, like a few elements, and post them as his own ideas elsewhere. Maybe a few elements of your game will be included in some others as an eventual result. Or maybe not (okay, probably not), but that's the most that you can hope for if you're not involved in either creating or funding the game yourself. And no, sending a proposal to a game developer doesn't count as being involved in creating the game.
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Originally posted by psysention
...and now we get to what you really want.
There isn't a "right" or "wrong" way to play, if you want to use a screwdriver to put nails into wood, have at it, simply don't complain when the guy next to you with the hammer is doing it much better and easier. - Allein
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Deja vu.
Do you guys have canned answers for these type of threads?
I want a mmorpg where people have gone through misery, have gone through school stuff and actually have had sex even. -sagil
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Op, you should read this.
I did battle with ignorance today, and ignorance won.
To exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled - because a right is a kind of power but they are too lazy or too cowardly to exercise it. The virtues which cloak these faults are called patience and forbearance.
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Originally posted by WhiteLantern
No, but it's entirely possible that one side of my brain just starts farting out something I wrote once before just to quickly get something in the thread before the other side of my brain - the side saying "Really? You really feel the need to reply to this?" - makes me hit the Back button.
There isn't a "right" or "wrong" way to play, if you want to use a screwdriver to put nails into wood, have at it, simply don't complain when the guy next to you with the hammer is doing it much better and easier. - Allein
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The moment you realize you're already in a forum of people who would love to read through your idea.
EDIT: on a side note being a full time gamer is likely to only get you inbred ideas. The best ideas and the most original ones come from doing other things in RL.
Practice doesn't make perfect, practice makes permanent.
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Originally posted by jimdandy26
I read this article and took issue with one glaring flaw in the logic behind one of its core points: that the people most qualified to design games (gameplay concepts, mechanics, etc.) are necessarily the same people who are most qualified to code / produce assets (graphics, sound, etc.) for said games. This is simply not true in all cases, and we have absolutely no reason to think it is even true in the majority of cases (or in any cases for that matter).
When you build a home you hire an architect to design it, and a carpenter (and electrician, etc.) to construct it, based on the architect's designs. The architect themselves may have no idea how to use a planesaw properly or how to install combination drywall, just as the plumber probably knows nothing about weight distribution in a collonade.
The same is true for the engineers who designed the car you drive VS those who welded it together or installed the seats, and any number of other examples.
It is undoubtedly true that there are many not just good, but *superior* game ideas that are not being made / used simply because those with these superior ideas don't have the unrelated skills needed to produce them
Unfortunately it is also undoubtedly true that for every superior game idea that someone has, a hundred other people have inferior ones that are not being used for good reason, and because of this, all the ideas get lumped together and classified as "useless unless you make the game yourself."
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Make friends with people in a game company that want to make the same kinds of games that you want to play and then bring up your idea and see what they have to say.
Originally posted by RollieJoe
And what reason is there to believe that someone who doesn't have any of the skills involved in creating a game and doesn't care to get such skills would be any good at designing games?
Is there anyone in the world at all who is capable of filling in all of the details of how complex game mechanics ought to work, but not capable of writing the code or learning how to write it pretty quickly? If you can write down explicit formulas for how something ought to work, then you've often (but not always) done most of the work to code it right there. The hard part is typically going from vague, high level ideas to detailing exactly how it ought to work.
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Originally posted by jimdandy26
I want to back that article, but it's just so wrong. Let me tell you why,
Companies love bad game ideas.
Take a look at the top 10 games to be released soon. Terrible, generic ideas so poorly thought out that any idiot on these forums could put it together. I honestly was baffled for many years at how investors were backing some of these game developers. That was, until I realized the simple truth of the matter. They love crap. It seems the worse your idea is, the more money they will throw at it. If anything, the article title should be, "Why your game idea isn't bad enough".
I have no clue what the OP has in mind, but I can guarantee you it isn't as generic as the top 10 titles soon to be released. So people can go ahead and bash this guy for wanting to contribute, but the real bashing should be aimed at these terrible, terrible, terrible game developers who actually do produce this garbage.
God you people suck. God these games F'ing suck.
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Originally posted by Quizzical
Reflect on this for just a few moments and the answers should be readily apparent. First, let's be clear, we are talking about the skills needed to design a game (the gameplay mechanics, rules, etc.) VS those needed to code it (including art/sound assets, networking code, etc.)
Now let's pick one example (out of dozens or even hundreds) that addresses all the questions you ask. Take the card game "Magic: The Gathering" created by Richard Garfield. By his own admission, Mr. Garfield is neither a competent programmer, nor artist (despite having now been a part of several actual video game projects). So here we have someone who does not have the skills and doesn't care to get the skills needed to actually code/create a game, yet is clearly fantastic at designing games by any measure. Furthermore he is fully capable of filling in all the complex game mechanics including explicit formulas for a daunting set of rules.
Now in this case the game in question was well-suited to a non-digital format and so he was able to successfully create a game with Zero actual programming, and then use this success to hire programmers to create the also very successful Magic Online. But imagine if it had been an amazing, revolutionary idea for an MMO, rather than an amazing, revolutionary idea for a card game. Now being one of the world's greatest game designers means nothing, because he isn't a programmer his idea gets ignored.
As I said in my original post, due to the far higher volume of *bad* ideas from non-programmers, there is no easy solution to this problem. But that doesn't change the fact that it is both incorrect and completely irrational to think that a good programmer makes a good game designer, or that a good game designer *has* to be a competent programmer.
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I would happily work with a designer that has a published board, pen and paper, or cardgame. Essentially the margin for getting there is even smaller than it is for indy games(physical product, lower profit margins, and higher risk), this means the person is a combination of: really good, insanely persistent, amazingly connected, intouch with the business, or lottery-style lucky.
The design skill you're seeing with even new-style kids games like "King of Tokyo" tend to be leagues above of what you see in even most indy games.
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Gannon University will build a new indoor field house to allow its teams to practice year-round and renovate its current recreation center.
Erie City Council this morning authorized a $22 million bond issued by the City of Erie Higher Education Building Authority for the project, which also includes the demolition of the Crispo Hall residential building on West Third and Sassafras streets.
About $5.5 million of the bond will be used to refund an old bond.


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Richard Jones to Roger D. Farley, two parcels in Rome Township, $6,000.
Tracy T. Ruggles et al to Milford S. Slone, 1.64 acres in Aid Township, $12,000.
Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance to Tom D. McClain et al, a parcel in Perry Township, $10,000.
Federal National Mortgage Association to Harbour Portfolio, 5.75 acres in Union Township, $10,320.
Doris A. Grimm to Heather Dishman, a parcel in South Point, $57,500.
Wilma J. VanHoose to Roy and Melissa Adkins, a parcel in Mason Township, $15,000.
Sky Investment Properties to William and Tanya Sawyers, a parcel in Union Township, $56,000.
Nola and John P. Scott to Burceco Rental Properties, two parcels in Rome Township, $33,500.
The Murhahan Family Trust to William and Dorothy Robinson, 7.98 acres in Hamilton Township, $45,000.
Everett R. and Jodi R. Collins to Townsend Investments, a parcel in Ironton 4th Ward, $17,000.
Lydia L. Miller to Thomas B. and Elizabeth A. Johnson, a parcel in Rome Township, $190,000.
Bessie H. Bowen to Lucas Harbolt, three parcels in Ironton Annex, $55,000.
John S and Jennifer L. Duncan to Kerri L. Keyser-Napier, a parcel in Fayette Township, $103,000.
Sally F. Duncan to Christopher S. Duncan, two parcels in Rome Township, $70,000.
Douglas J. Freeman Jr. to Thomas Barry, 2.64 acres in Rome Township, $270,000.
Carroll and Rebecca Bragg et al to Nicholas R. and Victoria Trent, 40.79 acres in Union Township, $107,000.
Sheila Chapman to Kathy L. Brooks, four parcels in Athalia, $125,000.
Luke C. Anderson et al to Richard Collins, 1.3 acres in Elizabeth Township, $22,000.
Rether Marcum et al to Pamela and Chelsea Beacham, 2.85 acres in Symmes Township, $8,000.
Michael L. Moore to Nicholas A. Howard, a parcel in Perry Township, $77,500.
Brenda E. Dickess et al to Nicolas and Tonnette Hoffman, 38.3 acres in Lawrence Township, $160,000.
William R. and Dorothy J. Robinson to Larry and Teresa Collins, a parcel in Ironton 3rd Ward, $1,000.
Robert and Lori Calaway to James A. and Janet F. Mayo, 2.5 acres in Union Township, $30,000.
Pine Grove Development to Jeffrey and Lee Ann Cremeans, two parcels in Elizabeth Township, $11,000.
Robert A. Lovejoy to Jeremy D. Dillon, a parcel in Coal Grove, $97,000.
Gary L. and Linda Holschuh to Jacob A. Risner, a parcel in Upper Township, $88,000.
Benny F. Adams to Tammy L. Waddle, seven parcels in Upper Township, $73,000.
Randy L. and Janice G. Ratliff to John R. and Astrid M. Langley, a parcel in Perry Township, $14,000.
Betty Carte et al to Louis Martin III, two parcels in Ironton 1st Ward, $30,000.
Rachel L. and Joseph L. McGlone to A1 Properties, a parcel in Perry Township, $32,000.
Jane Lambert to Bobby Black et al, a parcel in Union Township, $12,000.
William F. and Daryln S. Malone, two parcels in Upper Township, $30,267.
Mary R. Payne to U.S. Bank National Association, a parcel in Ironton 1st Ward, $64,000.
Arthur Suiter et al to Pembrooke Properties, 129.09 acres in Union Township, $216,000.
Citizens Deposit Bank & Trust to Benjamin F. Moore II, a parcel in Ironton 4th Ward, $40,000.
David Greene to David Greene et al, three parcels in Fayette Township, property valued at $23,500.
Jeffery K. Patrick to Jesse L. Stover, a parcel in Fayette Township, $15,000.
Thomas R. Frecka et al to Alex Gillespie, a parcel in Ironton 3rd Ward, $40,000.
Suits filed
Lendmark Financial Services, 107 6th St., Ashland, vs. Scott E. Cecil, Ohio 93, Ironton, $4,203.90 plus interest and attorney fees allegedly due and for liens to be enforced.
Atlantic Credit & Finance, Columbus, vs. Gary E. Fields, South Point, $11,133.40 plus interest and costs allegedly due.
Rochelle Arthur, 504 N. 5th St., Ironton et al vs. Spare Time Recreation, for an unspecified amount of damages and costs allegedly due and for a jury trial.
Linda S. Herrell, Ohio 141, Kitts Hill, vs. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co., New York, N.Y., $2 million allegedly due and for a jury trial.
The Bank of New York Mellon, Jacksonville, Fla., vs. Brecka Hamlin, 934 County Road 36, Chesapeake, et al, $152,144.79 plus interest allegedly due, for lien and for property to be sold.
Capital One Bank, Columbus, vs. Alison Topping, 106 Township Road 1198, Chesapeake, $20,127.39 plus interest and costs allegedly due.
CACH, LLC., Denver, Colo., vs. Dwayne Allen, 121 Township Road 1389, Chesapeake, $2,551.13 plus interest allegedly due.


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Fined Over $650,000 for Selling Water
Volunteers Unknowingly Violated State Law
The Lignite Volunteer Fire Department recorded over $650,000 of profit over the past few years, and were recently assessed a penalty for a similar amount for illegally selling water to be used in the oil patch of North Dakota.
North Dakota law states that all waters within its borders are owned by the state, and a permit is required to sell the water.
The Fire Department, like many North Dakotans, was unaware what they were doing was in violation of the state law.
The North Dakota Water Commission knew there was going to be an issue because of the great demand for water in the oil industry, especially in the water-short area of western North Dakota.
Large amounts of water are used in the Bakken Formation for hydraulic fracturing (fracking), the process where huge amounts of water are pumped underground to break apart rock to extract the oil.
"We knew the potential for water-use violations was great," said Jon Patch, Water Appropriations Division Director at the State Water Commission.
Allison Voigt receives silver medal at 2015 National Leadership Conference
Above photo: Allison Voigt of MLS-Mohall received a silver place medal for her Job Interview at the National FCCLA STAR Event competition which was held in Washington, DC. from Sunday, July 5th to Thursday, July 9th.
Allison Voigt participated in STAR Events (Students Taking Action with Recognition) at Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America's (FCCLA) 2015 National Leadership Conference held in Washington, DC July 5th through the 9th. She was accompanied by her advisor, Valerie Aho.
Voigt, who will be a senior at MLS-Mohall this fall and is the daughter of Robby and LoAyne Voigt, received a Silver medal in the Job Interview category, one of 32 national STAR Events available to FCCLA students. Her medal was presented to her at a recognition session honoring all participants on Thursday, July 9, 2015.
More than 7,000 members, advisors, alumni, and guests from across the nation attended this meeting. Approximately 4,100 students advanced from the local, regional, and state level of STAR Events to the national meeting.
Allison Voigt was a participant in the Job Interview event. She used her Family and Consumer Sciences related occupation skills to develop a portfolio, participate in an interview, and communicate a personal understanding of job requirements and the ability to perform them.
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Opdahl Grocery, Kjelshus Take Top Prize in Chili Cook-off
By Ginny Heth
There was a 'hot time in the old town' on Saturday as Westhope Community Club hosted the First Annual Chili Cook-off!
May 10th was chosen as Community Day for Westhope with city-wide rummage sales happening throughout the day as well as the annual Presbyterian Women's fund raiser serving sloppy joes, pie and coffee. They also had basket- and purse-mania, a silent auction type activity that is fun for all. Included this year in the day's activities was the Trini Tree Frogs Youth Group detailing the insides of cars. They had a great turn-out for their fund raiser, even having to turn away a couple of cars that arrived after their time was up. Maybe they will have to plan another day of car cleaning since people were so happy to have someone to take on that task for them!
Meanwhile, all around town people's homes were beginning to smell a lot like a Mexican restaurant as pots of chili were started in anticipation for the Chili Cook-off. Around 3:00 p.m., the Gateway Community Room began buzzing with activity as the ten contestants brought their chili in for tasting......some contestants even brought their own Mexican ambience including table cloths, decorations (even some hung on the wall!) and music!!
Ten entirely different pots of chili were there for the tasting when it began at 4:30 p.m. coming from Westhope Farmers Union (Kevin Schroeder, cook); Westhope Fire Department (Ryan Ellsworth, cook); Double EE Service (Ben Cartwright, cook); John Gruenberg, M&D Pizza (Heather Lee, cook); Presbyterian Children (Lola & Randy Kimpland); Rachel Gruenberg; Kim & Lance Kjelshus; Opdahl's Grocery (Barb Opdahl, cook); and Westhope Ambulance (UB & Sylvia Schlieper, cooks). There were white chilis, red chilis, and no bean chilis. Some were quite spicy and some were just flavorful, with out the bite! Many contestants included 'add-ins' such as sour cream, onions, chips, crackers and cheese to make their offering more enticing. Community Club provided corn bread to make sure everyone had a way to 'cut the heat' between bowls of chili, coffee & water with the water being the most popular thing!
In all, nearly 100 people voted and there was a tie for first place! Opdahl's Grocery and Kim & Lance Kjelshus are the proud winners, sharing a traveling trophy for the year and prize money. Coming in a close third (only one vote separated the three chilis!) was Westhope Ambulance with UB's Road Kill Chili, who took home a small cash prize as well.
Plans are already in the works for the 2nd Annual Westhope Community Day Chili Cook-off, so get those recipes tweeked, plan on a few decorations for your table (Opdahl's & the Kjelshus' both had very nicely decorated tables -- whether that had anything to do with the winning or not.....) and take a chance at bragging rights for next year!!
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Notes for Aline Saarinen's book The proud possessors, 1957-1958
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Description: Saarinen lists various art collectors to be included in the book, down one side of a bar graph in red, blue, and green. Other notes and calculations on the sheet are in graphite and colored pencil.
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Try calling Rob Nygren at Cruisers Customer Support or Tim Perizzo in the Cruisers Parts Department, both guys are top notch to deal with. There is an 800 number on the Cruisers Web Page.
Rob has even helped me out with a couple things on my new boat which happens to be from another manufacturer. Tell Rob his old customer from Buffalo referred you.
Yike. I just dropped $5K on all new (OEM) canvas for our 3470. It was doing great (five years in the blazing Colorado Sunshine), until a nasty hail storm came through - 80mph winds and golf-ball sized hail. Looked like someone took a shotgun to it. I thought maybe I could get a whole set made by a local canvas place, but in Colorado they are pretty rare...PLUS the OEM stuff from Cruisers is very nicely done with nice thick strataglass and high-end Sunbrella.
Anyone have any tips to keeping it "like new"? Like how do you store it when you take it down? How do you keep the screens from rashing the strataglass? All tips are welcome!
During boating season, I stored them on the front bed with towels between them when ever they are down, for the winter, I put snaps on the rafters in my basement and hung everything up. After 3 seasons they were perfect.
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DOWNLOAD: The Books - A Cold Freezin' Night (MP3)
In addition to ATY NY, The Books will be playing a show at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall on Saturday, November 13th. Tickets go on sale Monday, August 30th at 8am. The show is part of the Signatures series, which also includes Cyro Baptista's Vira Loucos on October 13th, pianist Brad Mehldau on January 26th, and Ensemble ACJW on March 31st, all at Zankel Hall. The series package is on sale now.
The group just released, The Way Out, their first album in five years, on Temporary Residence Limited. The song "A Cold Freezin' Night" from that is posted above, with a collage-video for the song below. The duo have tour dates across North America scheduled through the fall.
Those and the video are below...
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Marc Ribot & Andrew W.K. answer your questions and other upcoming events (The Stone, Santos, LPR & more)
by Andrew Frisicano
"Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Marc Ribot (but were afraid to ask)" is the first of the Stone's new Monday night seminar series and, as previously mentioned, it happens tonight (1/4). The first 13 of those events, which the venue describes as "a special series of workshops, lectures, seminars and Q&As on a variety of fascinating subjects by some of the world's most unique, cutting edge musical thinkers," are laid out below and cover a huge spectrum of musicians and topics.
Ribot will be performing as part of the NY Guitar Festival on January 14th (doing a live improvised score to Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid") and playing with his stellar group Ceramic Dog on February 2nd at (Le) Poisson Rouge (with Skeletons, who played NYE and New Year's Day shows at Zebulon, opening). Tickets for the LPR show, which is also part of the NY Guitar Fest (more on that later), are on sale.
Another interesting, very different Q&A event is also coming up. On February 23rd, Santos Party House will host "Ask Andrew W.K. Anything: An intimate evening of unpredictable performance." Presumably the event is being held to further address the internet rumor that Andrew W.K. is an actor who plays the part of Andrew WK. Tickets are on sale. In other news, he's re-releasing his formerly-import-only-record Close Calls With Brick Walls with a new "lost" disc Mother of Mankind on February 23rd, and he's on this year's Warped Tour.
More info on the Andrew W.K. event and the Stone's seminar series are below...
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Tonic owner returns, joins City Winery's Michael Dorf to curate John Zorn's club The Stone in June - full lineup
Since the closing of LES spot Tonic in 2007, The Stone has been one of the venues that's attempted to fill the void left by the experimental-music-friendly space.
Like Tonic did, The Stone frequently brings on guest curators (not coincidentally Stone founder John Zorn was one of Tonic's most regular hosts and played at Tonic's final show). Now, with guitarist Grey Gersten's monthlong May curatorial run ending Sunday, May 31st, former Tonic co-owner Melissa Caruso Scott comes out of booking retirement to take the reigns in programing the first two weeks of June at The Stone.
Speaking about her choices Scott said, "These artists played some of my favorite Tonic shows and I can't wait to see them again." Her picks include Japanese musician Yuka Honda, who's also playing a Summerstage show with Mike Watt, guitarist Charlie Hunter, Elysian Fields, Vernon Reid, Joan as Polcewoman, cellist Erik Friedlander, and more. Her full schedule is posted below.
Speaking of Friendlander, he plays on Yoko Ono's new DON'T STOP ME! EP (out June 9th Via iTunes Exclusive Digital Download), and you can also catch him live on June 5th along with saxophone player Colin Stetson at the Abrons Art Space Recital Hall. The show is presented by The Manhattan New Music Project, and tickets are on sale.
Before the time of both Tonic and The Stone, the original Knitting Factory on Houston Street featured an ecclectic mix of avant and experimental music (frequently with Zorn and others). The co-founder of that venue, show promoter and current owner of City Winery Michael Dorf, will curate the second half of the June at The Stone.
Acts on his schedule include Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers (who have completed their Pianos residency and are also playing Citysol), Ethan Iverson (of the Bad Plus) with saxist Tim Berne, and Marc Ribot, the guitarist who's had considerable presence at each of the aforementioned venues -- gigging regularly at the Knit on Houston St, getting arrested for protesting the closure of Tonic, and hosting several nights of his 55th-birthday retrospective at The Stone in mid-May.
Check out the full June schedule for The Stone, below...
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NASQAN National Stream Quality Accounting Network
The spatial variability of a constituent in a stream cross-section is dependent upon a number of factors. If the constituent is in the dissolved phase its distribution in the stream cross-section depends on how well mixed the stream is and where the source of entry to the stream of the constituent is located. If the constituent is associated with the particulate phase, then in addition to the factors affecting constituents in the dissolved phase there is also the vertical distribution due to sinking of the particulate matter. This has implications for the calculation of flux (the mass of the constituent transported by the river in a given amount of time), for if the constituent concentration changes in the stream either horizontally or vertically or both, then where and how the sample is collected will affect the concentration used to calculate the flux.
For example the collection of a representative sample from the Ohio River near its confluence with the Mississippi River can be difficult (fig. 1). The concentration of constituents can vary quite considerably across the stream as the Cumberland and the Tennessee Rivers enter the Ohio from the south and the Wabash enters from the north above the sampling site. The water quality of the Wabash reflects its intensive agricultural landuse, whereas the Tennessee and the Cumberland have more mountainous and forest landuse. This can be seen in the concentration of the herbicide metolachlor in the Ohio River during July 1999 (fig. 2). The concentration of metolachlor in the stream nearly doubles from the south side of the river to the north side.
Figure 1. Schematic diagram illustrating contribution of tributary inflows to the Ohio River downstream of the Tennesee River confluence near Paducah, Kentucky (from Crain, A.S., 2002, The loads of selected herbicides in the Ohio River basin, 1997-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 089-02).
Figure 2. Concentration of metolacholor in individual sampling verticals in the Ohio River near Grand Chain, IL, July, 1999. (modified from Crain, A.S., 2002, The loads of selected herbicides in the Ohio River basin, 1997-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 089-02).
See the chapter Sampling the Big Rivers in USGS Circular 1133 or Strategies and Equipment for Sampling Suspended Sediment and Associated Toxic Chemicals in Large Rivers for more information on representative sampling of large rivers.


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Harriet Tubman Was 'Tough And Tender'
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Originally published on Wed March 6, 2013 2:31 pm
People are thinking of unique ways to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Harriet Tubman's death. Vanessa Garrison, co-founder of the fitness group GirlTrek, is organizing a walk inspired by the abolitionist's steps. Also, Jacquelyn Serwer of the National Museum of African American History and Culture talks about Tubman's legacy.


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Wilkes County advances to finals
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. -- Wilkes County, N.C., stopped Barboursville's run Sunday in the Little League Softball age 11-12 Southeast Regional Tournament semifinals, 6-2.
Wilkes County, the North Carolina state champion with a 4-0 record in the tournament, plays in the finals at 6 p.m., Monday, against the other semifinal winner, either Daniel Boone from Gray, Tenn., or Lake Wales, Fla.
Barboursville, the West Virginia state representative, advanced into the semifinals with a 2-1 record in pool play. Barboursville lost its tournament opener against Lake Wales, 10-0, before defeating North Myrtle Beach, S.C., 3-1, and McLean, Va., 9-6.
Wilkes County starting pitcher Emily Visnic allowed one hit in the first two innings and recorded the win. Olivia Canterbury went the distance for Barboursville, allowing six runs on six hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
Caitlin Shepherd had two of the six Wilkes County hits.
Barboursville collected five singles against four Wilkes County pitchers. Canterbury, Makla Bell, Hannah Villars, Bethany Koontz and Hannah Morgan had the hits. Bell and Koontz knocked in the runs.


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Bernie Fine was fired Sunday by Syracuse University after a third man accused the assistant basketball coach of molesting him nine years ago.
"At the direction of Chancellor Cantor, Bernie Fine's employment with Syracuse University has been terminated, effective immediately," Kevin Quinn, the school's senior vice president for public affairs, said in a statement.
The 65-year-old Fine was in his 36th season at his alma mater. He had the longest active streak of consecutive seasons at one school among assistant coaches in Division I.
Zach Tomaselli, 23, of Lewiston, Maine, said Sunday that he told police that Fine molested him in 2002 in a Pittsburgh hotel room. He said Fine touched him "multiple" times in that one incident.


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The Bears Beat (05.06.13): Bears DE Washington could be draft day steal
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Sixth-round draft pick Cornelius Washington could be a draft day steal for the Bears. Former coach Mike Ditka things that Tim Tebow can play quarterback in the NFL. And Phil Emery and Marc Trestman are […] Read the full article »


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Hendrik-Jan Grievink
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- Hendrik-Jan Grievink (1977) is a graphic designer, editor and researcher, living and working in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He holds a master's degree in design from the Sandberg Institute, the postgraduate course in design from the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. He teaches design research at the graphic design department of ArtEZ institute of the Arts in Arnhem, The Netherlands and has travelled extensively through China. Hendrik-Jan's design practice in the broadest sense is concerned with the impact of visual culture on our daily lives. Widely recognized is Fake For Real, a memory game about the tension between reality and simulation (BIS publishers, 2007) and Brand Memory, a memory game about logo's (BIS publishers, 2011). Hendrik-Jan is editor of NextNature.net and has been responsible for the art direction of most Next Nature related projects, like the NANO Supermarket. Together with Koert van Mensvoort, he co-edited and designed the book Next Nature: Nature Changes Along With Us (Actar, 2011), as well as the In Vitro Meat Cookbook (BIS publishers, 2014)


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POINT PLEASANT — The Mason County Commission has received six bids for exterior work on the old Point Pleasant Hardware building.
The bids are now being reviewed, with the commission scheduling a special meeting at 3:45 p.m., Nov. 1 to award the job.
The bids were discussed at this week's commission meeting with the following companies and their bids submitted for consideration: Shamblin Construction, $217,700; MIRC Construction, $493,200; Allegheny Restoration, $216,00; Mariani and Richards, $135,000; Keystone Waterproofing, $151,197; Trisco Systems, $102,092.
These bids are for exterior maintenance work only. This work will include the removal and replacement of brick above the building's windows on the side which faces the Iron Gate Grill. In addition, mortar joints will be repaired on the front of the building and the side of the building which faces the State Theater. The building will also need pressure washed so the new and existing brick will resemble one another more closely.
Bids have not been advertised for the interior work which will transform at least the first floor of the building into the new home of the Mason County Sheriff's Department.
Also at this week's meeting, Mason County Clerk Diana Cromley announced the first day of early voting set a record, with around 360 ballots cast. The most ballots ever cast during early voting was around 150. Cromley also announced there would be a pre-election test of the voting equipment at 4 p.m., Nov. 1 in the voting room. There is also a test which is ran on election day just prior to counting the ballots.
County Administrator John Gerlach reported the phone line and electrical work for the new ATM machine in the courthouse has been completed — installing the security camera still needs to be done. Ohio Valley Bank was the only bank which responded to the county's request for bids to place the machine on the second floor just outside the tax office.
Gerlach recently returned from training regarding county credit cards, saying he suggested the county go to fleet cards to track fuel purchases.
The commission reappointed Dr. Michael Corbin, Elaine Hunt and Kevin Durst to the board of the Mason County Ambulance Authority.
Heather Crum also addressed the commission about placing a display in the courthouse for Diabetes Awareness Month in November. The display will include an opportunity for people to sign up for a free glucose meter. She and her mother Marketta also reported all local Bob Evans Restaurants will donate 15 percent of their sales on Nov. 14 to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Nov. 14 is National Diabetes Awareness Day. The two women will travel to Clarksburg this weekend, representing Mason County at a symposium on diabetes research.
Commissioners Miles Epling, Rick Handley and Bob Baird were present for this week's meeting.


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it's pretty clear i didn't follow up my initial blogging enthusiasm. there's a number of reasons for it, none of which are particularly interesting.
today i twittered that i am "frustrated that the future isn't here yet… feeling it's partly my own fault." [1]. this was prompted by an article in the guardian describing the future of london's bus services [2]. i also watched the video introduction to nokia's conceptual design of 'morph' – a fascinating device which would interact with the environment around it in ways unimaginable using devices available to buy today [3].
so how to we get from where we are now via london bus to morph? not like this:
"The priority is to get all the buses equipped, then we can start thinking about what we want to do with the real-time passenger information."
knowing what products to build on the data so people can have the best possible experience is non trivial and i don't expect TFL (on their own) to get it right. however, knowing what to do with the data is a complete no brainer: set it free and let people help you create the right products.
the first thing london bus plan to do with the data is to have a spoken announcement every time the bus is approaching a stop. i hope they reconsider. why go with something so intrusive from the outset? why not start by putting the next stop on a scrolling LCD or TV screen only? why not allow people to decide the best way for them to access the data themselves?
personally i'd love an application that allows you to use a mobile device to select the stop you want to get off the bus, then it interrupts the song i'm listening to or beeps my mobile phone whenever i'm one stop away from the destination. i could also share with a friend that i'm meeting the unique identifier for the bus that i'm on so they track the bus and know when i'll arrive with them. that would be beautiful. for me. will TFL think of me and build that application? no. but by keeping the data to themselves they prevent me from building it for myself and sharing it with others.
a closed system distances a company from their own customers – who are the people that know best what direction and products they should be focusing on.
openness creates the potential to interact with services and our environment how we want to – which improves services and makes me a happier customer.
[1] http://twitter.com/colm/statuses/764540124
[2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/feb/28/research.transport
[3] http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/02/28/nokia_morph_phone_concept.html
living in london but being from northern ireland means i occasionally need to make use of those (terrible) flying machines. i guess it's an implicit decision i made back in the day.
i don't like queuing very much so if i'm traveling alone i love the fact that i can just ignore all that check in hassle by sauntering up to the closing desk at the last minute. very stress free.
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October 29, 2010
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) recently released a controversial political advertisement about government spending and the national debt. A CAGW press release posted on BusinessWire.com describes the ad as "a chilling look at one potential future scenario if we continue on our current destructive fiscal trajectory." Though the ad is currently running on FOX News, FOX Business News, CNN, CNBC, CNN Headline News, and NBC, other networks like the History Channel, A&E, and ABC have chosen not to air this advertisement. According to the CAGW press release, the History Channel deemed the content "too controversial."
The ad depicts a Chinese professor in the year 2030 discussing the fall of great nations. The professor contends that the United States of America fell because it tried to "spend and tax itself out of a great recession." The professor states that stimulus spending, health care reform, and government takeovers of private industries led to "crushing debt." He concludes his lecture by reminding his students, "We [the Chinese] owned most of their debt… so now they work for us."
As of the posting of this blog, the "Chinese Professor" ad has been viewed over 660,000 times on YouTube, in addition to the millions of potential viewers the ad has reached through its network airings. Students should critically analyze this commercial by exploring the claims made in the ad, the facts upon which those claims are based, and the reasons for the controversy surrounding this depiction.
Students should begin by exploring the professor's claim that the Chinese own "most" of the United States' debt. An earlier Understanding Fiscal Responsibility blog, "Foreign Owned Debt and the Economic Balance of Power," asked students to investigate this very topic. The blog cited US Treasury department statistics from December 2009, listing China as the largest foreign holder of United States debt. The statistics also show that China holds only slightly more US debt than the next highest nation, Japan, and that China's holdings represent less than 25% of all foreign held debt. While the numbers have changed slightly since the publication of that blog, a recent article at Bloomburg.com reports that in August 2010, China owned $860.1 billion in United States debt – a figure that represents roughly 10.5% of the $8.18 trillion of tradable US debt.
In light of this information, students should discuss the following questions: The Citizens Against Government Waste ad claimed that the Chinese owned most of the United States government debt, was this a fair statement? Why did CAGW choose to word their claim in this way? Could it have been worded another way to make it more accurate? What affect would this have had on the tone of the ad?
Students should also consider the ad's criticism of America's "enormous so-called 'stimulus' spending." The decision of CAGW to portray a Chinese professor critiquing the fiscal stimulus is interesting given China's successful use of government stimulus in its own economy. In an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao commented that China's stimulus package (10 times larger as a percentage of GDP than the US stimulus package), "has helped maintain the good momentum of China's economic development in the past 30 years and it has helped us avoid major fluctuations in the process of China's modernization because of a severe external shock." According to CNN, "China reported that last year it recorded an 8.7 percent GDP growth, defying global economic trends. That was largely achieved using a 4 trillion Yuan ($586 billion) stimulus plan that was allocated to boost government spending, create jobs and boost domestic demand."
Students should discuss whether or not this report from CNN changes their impression of the ad. Why did Citizens Against Government Waste choose not to include this information in the professor's lecture? In what ways would that have changed the message of the ad? Would the inclusion of Wen Jiabao's praise of China's stimulus have supported the message promoted by CAGW? Why or why not?
Ultimately, students should discuss the purpose of this commercial and debate the effectiveness of the commercial in reaching its goals. Does this commercial advance the debate about the appropriate course of action in solving our fiscal crisis? Why do many people consider this ad to be controversial? If you were in charge of a television network, would you run this ad? Why or why not?
As the largest foreign holder of US debt, China's role in the United States economy deserves our attention. This issue raises questions about power and influence that students should examine so they are prepared to participate in the national discourse about our troubled economy. This lesson will help students critically analyze political ads about the federal budget deficit and national debt.
There are multiple, competing ideas from across the political spectrum on how best to address this crisis. By critically analyzing the content of the ad, students can explore this issue in a logical and thoughtful manner, reaching conclusions (whatever those conclusions may be) based on factual evidence rather than emotional response.


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Hey Wizard, You sure ask a tough question. Is that chocolate on chocolate, or vanilla on vanilla? Or is it chocolate on vanilla, or vanilla on chocolate? Damn this is a tough question. Oh wait, the answer was provided by ray-ray. It is in almost always Chocolate on Chocolate because of a lack of conflict resoloution skills. Being dissed is not reason enough to murder someone. Been here (Gentilly) for 63 years and this town is slowly dieing. It breaks my heart because nothing is going to change.
To: Drunk Painter. A cab driver has to take a drug test every 2 years when he renews his permit. You also get hit with a random every know and again. On top of that if you have an accident and anyone is injured there you go to take a drug test. That does mean you chances of getting caught if you are dumb enough to use are fairly good. I know a couple of drivers who were fired because of MJ. Lets not talk about Painters, as we all know they are Gods children. However the incidence of drug use among strippers if very high. Not 100% but high. RIP for the two who died, but they probably lived a high risk lifestyle and had it comming.
Come on folks. You are not looking at the big picture. World War III started about 9 and 1/2 years ago , and this is the latest chapter of the begining of this war. Take a good look from afar and it is very sobering. I do not like the Prez because he is much too liberal for me, but in his defence he is just along for the ride. This is much bigger than America. This is my only advice, and I know you did not ask for it. Pray, Vote, and buy more Ammo!
The comment about state grocery stores shows just how stupid some of these posters are. Iam a landlord ( 5 doubles in Orleans parish). All ten units are rented through the section 8 program. Yes Iam taking the governments money each month, and yes I feel wrong doing it but you have to pay the notes each month. Before Katrina all were rented to cash tenents. Well heres the jist of what I wanted to say. I do not have proof but would believe most smoke weed and some are doing other drugs. Most just sit on there azzs and watch life go by. We are fools for puting up with this for generation after generation. Mean while I work two jobs, and do all of the matience on the rentals. DRUG TEST THEM ALL!!! I will get by. Of course most of my bumbs would rather die that work a full time job. Speaking of drug test I had my 17th random a month ago. Not bad passed 17 times in 12 years and not worried about any of them. Kind of crazy 17 test from one job and only one from the other which I have had longer. Drug test all of them.
Boosted4 You should be a judge!! The judges we have are far too easy on these repeat perps. Why can't the sentence be served? Has our desire to be fair gotten so twisted that we feel sorry for the very people who scare the hell out of us. Iam not a pot user, but think it should be legal. However his conviction for cocaine should be time done, and not probation. The justice system is not just to those of us who work, pay taxes, and stay out of trouble. RAISE my taxes to build more prisons if it will prevent these animals from getting suspended sentences.
Think for a minute! This is Louisiana, you car (cab) is an extension of your home. You do not need a permit to have a gun in your car. Also, most of us ( yes Iam a cab driver--12 years ) have a concealed carry permit and DO carry every day. This was an experienced driver who was street wise and was caught off guard. The article did not say, but he was probably shot from outside the car during an attempted robbery. Lets hope his family has help dealing with this terrible aspect of our jobs. RIP.
Will it ever end?? As long as it happens to someone elses family it is just a murder. When it touches your family then it is a tragedy. The Big Cheif is silent as usual ( if he is in town? ), and yes it is an unfortunate event. Oh, yes crime is also on the decline. If pot was made legal and taxed to high heaven we could cure so many problems. There would not be that many more pot smokers than we have now, but the tax revenue and emptying the jails of the non violent offenders would sure make a big difference. This would give the police time to deal with the hard drugs and the subsequent crime. This openion is from a non pot smoking WASP who thinks we need to make radical changes if we expect to get the crime problem under control. We all know this poor man and his family will have to endure this tragedy because of some connection to drugs. Born in Gentilly and never moving!!
t504 you are in the majority. Probably 95% of the blacks in the area agree with you. The problem is very few of the perps had a parent who took control. We have lost a generation ( or two ) because you can't spank your kids, and the high rate of single parent households.
You are right. Its not all black men! Many black men are good husbands, fathers, and citizens. BUT the men that are scaring the hell out of us are almost always Black. Guilt by association is not good, but can you blame a good citizen for being wary?
Gun control? Gun control? There are 18,000 laws on the books in the good old USA about gun control. Think for a minute. Only law abiding citizens follow the laws. The people mentioned in this article could care less about the law. I drive a taxi and go to the range 3 or 4 times a month. Its not because of people who follow the gun control laws. Its time for the judges to enforce the laws and give longer penalties. I would bet that everyone involved in this incident has a prior convictions.
Corsey died about 1000 feet from his motorcycle!!!!! Sounds like he was running too fast for his skill level. Why? and what was he hiding.
Jarvis, a wonderful article. You got most of it right. I know space is limited, but you could have been a lot harder on Nagan. I know, I know your intent was to inform and concur with 95% of the metro population, and not start another verbal war. My bigest fear is Nagan will run and win Cho's congressional seat. Then we will have to put up with him for decades more. No No No No!!!!
I drive for one of the cab companys on the east bank. Have been doing so for the last 12 years. Stopped working nights after Katrina because of the danger. I never go to work with out my .40 . God help Rickys family. The majority of the cab drivers is this city are locals who just want to provide for their familys
To Rodeo Bill Rides Again: Said backwards. It's not who we have had, BUT who has had US!!! Nagan has been a lame duck for the last 7 1/2 years.
Who is the police chief in Newark?? If we can not hire this person, then we need to at least find out what they are doing that works and apply it here.
To Sorisole: You sound just like the people who were aginst the construction of the Superdome. It will not be cost effective etc,etc.
Keep whining my friend because this will be great for this city long after we are gone. Try to see the big picture. Your rental property is not as important as the BIG PICTURE. I do not think there will be more than a few buildings moved, if any. Twenty years from now the vast majority will hail this as the start of the wonderful post Nagan era.
Well, the Nagan party continues. He must be sore from laughing at all of us. He is so arrogant that he thinks this is just great fun. I wonder how he is getting 'HIS' from all of this. Go Jim Letten GO!!!! We know if given the time he will get what he really deserves.
How many is this in Jefferson Parish since 01/01/2009? How many of them were residents of Orleans Parish before Katrina?????
Will the killing end---no not untill weed is legal. Not a weed user but it is obvious that is a big part of the problem.


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CINCINNATI — Andy Dalton fit a sideline throw between two defenders, dropping it just over the one in front for a completion. He made a pump-fake and hit A.J. Green for a 45-yard touchdown.
Virtually everything he did was right on the mark in the Cincinnati Bengals' season opener, an impressive showing that got overlooked in how it ended.
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The third-year quarterback completed a career-best 78.7 percent of his passes during a 24-21 loss at Chicago on Sept. 8, one that came down to turnovers and defensive gaffes. Dalton was 26 of 33 for 282 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions, one of which went off Green's hands.
It was as flawless a game as Dalton has played in the NFL.
"He threw the ball well," offensive coordinator Jay Gruden said. "He had a great game. This was one of his better games here. There's still room for improvement."
If Dalton plays near the level he did in the opener, the Bengals (0-1) will have a good chance of reaching the playoffs for the third season in a row, something that's never happened in franchise history. Dalton completed passes to seven different players, including rookie tight end Tyler Eifert and running back Giovani Bernard, blending the newcomers into a more diversified approach.
"I think we've just gotten better as a team, I think that's a big part of it," Dalton said. "I feel like I've improved, I feel like the offense has improved and (we're) finding ways to keep getting completions and moving the chains. I think that's a big part of it.
"Hopefully we can keep that up and keep completing a lot of balls and keep the percentage up."
He'll get a good gauge on that Monday night when the Steelers (0-1) throw their funky blitzes his way. He's 1-3 career against Pittsburgh, which has contained him most of the time.
In those four games, Dalton has completed only 52 percent of his throws for 688 yards and four touchdowns with five interceptions and nine sacks. He notched his first win against them last December, a 13-10 victory at Heinz Field that put the Bengals back in the playoffs and knocked out the Steelers.
It was a breakthrough win in many ways, and the Bengals want to show it wasn't a fluke.
"For us to go into Pittsburgh last year and win when there was a lot on the line, that was big for us as a team," Dalton said. "Obviously it's a new year, but we know the kind of games we play when we play the Steelers. They're always tough games. They're always close games.
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The Bengals look to be a lot better themselves with Eifert and Bernard. Eifert had five catches for 47 yards in Cincinnati's two-tight end alignment with Pro Bowler Jermaine Gresham. Bernard caught one pass for eight yards and forced the Bears' defense to account for him out of the backfield.
The Bengals had touchdown drives that covered 97, 91 and 80 yards against one of the NFL's top defenses.
"I felt good about a lot of things," coach Marvin Lewis said. "I'm excited about our guys."
Two turnovers undercut what they did. Green had a pass go off his hands for an interception inside the Bears' 20-yard line. And Mohamed Sanu fumbled inside the 20 after a catch, giving Chicago a chance to pull off its go-ahead touchdown drive.
Except for those two mistakes by the receivers, the offense was impressive.
"I just feel like there was a lot of positive we got out of that loss," said Green, who had nine catches for 162 yards and two touchdowns. "We want to carry the same momentum, minus the turnovers. That's the biggest thing."