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Our Best Days Are Ahead: Why I'm Optimistic Even Though Times Are Tough
Remarks of Sen. Al Franken to the St. Paul Rotary Club
Thank you, Dick [Zhering], for that introduction - and thank you to John Andrews and Sherry Howe for your leadership and for inviting me here today.
This year, we're commemorating the 100th anniversary of the St. Paul Rotary Club - and it's an honor to help you celebrate a century of service and civic participation.
The Rotary Club embodies one simple but important principle: We're all in this together.
Everyone honors the notion of giving back to the community, but it's not just about giving; it's about participating, about being part of something.
You've each worked hard to climb the mountain in your business lives. But you recognize that the role of successful businessmen and women isn't just to sit at the top of the mountain and enjoy the view, but to help pull your neighbors up with you. We're all in this together. And if you fall, your neighbors will help you get right back up.
That spirit has long been part of the great tradition of small businesses and middle class families in Minnesota, and in America.
I grew up in that tradition.
When I was four years old, my dad moved our family from New Jersey to Albert Lea to open a small business.
My dad had never had a career as such - didn't even graduate from high school, his dad died when he was 16. But my grandfather - my mom's dad - had a quilting factory out East (quilting's the material that's used for the lining of winter coats), and he wanted to open one in the Midwest.
And my dad, despite having no experience as an entrepreneur, saw an opportunity and decided to go for it.
So the Frankens moved to Albert Lea to see if Mid-Continent Quilting would be their ticket to the top.
Now, you will notice that I was not introduced as "Al Franken, heir to the Mid-Continent Quilting fortune." So you might guess that things didn't quite work out the way my dad had hoped.
And, indeed, it took about two years before the factory failed.
Years later, I asked my dad, "Why Albert Lea?"
He said, "Well your grandfather wanted a factory in the Midwest and the railroad went through Albert Lea."
I asked, "So why did the factory fail?"
He said, "Well, it went through Albert Lea - but it wouldn't stop."
My dad was not a great businessman. He was a great guy. But he was not a great businessman.
We moved up to the Twin Cities. My dad became a printing salesman. When my brother Owen and I were able to look after ourselves, my mom got a job selling real estate. They put together enough to buy a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park.
My brother and I went to school, we studied math so we could beat the Soviets, and we watched a lot of TV. My dad and I especially liked Buddy Hackett.
Mid-Continent Quilting didn't make us rich. But Owen and I grew up happy and hopeful, with the same sense of boundless possibility and optimism that led my dad to take a shot on opening a small business - the same one that defines our middle class to this day, the same one that brought America out from some of its darkest hours and into some of its best days in the 20th century.
As I said, my dad was 16 when his dad died. He was 21 when the Great Depression started. He was 33 when we entered World War II. And he was 49 when his business fell apart in Albert Lea. But he and my mom built a good life for us, providing us with opportunities they never had.
Owen and I were the first in our family to go to college. He went to MIT...and became a photographer. I went to Harvard...and became a comedian. You can blame Buddy Hackett. At least, my parents did.
That's the middle class tradition. Work hard, dream big, get right back up when you fall. And even when times are tough, remember that we're all in this together.
Well, right now, times are really tough for middle class families. And we're all in that together, too. When your neighbor loses his home, the value of yours goes down. When your customers lose their income, your bottom line suffers. And, unfortunately, even though none of us in this room caused the financial crisis, we're all suffering in its wake.
I spend as much time as I possibly can talking with members of Minnesota's business community, and what I hear is a lot of anxiety - not just about how things are now, but about our prospects for getting back on track going forward.
I recently had a long conversation with the owner of a small manufacturing firm right here in St. Paul. This is a family-owned company that has provided good-paying jobs for 60 years, the exact sort of small business that will get us out of this recession. But the owner told me that she simply cannot find the credit she needs to keep the lights on, never mind expand. And so, they may have to shut their doors.
It's incredibly frustrating. These Wall Street bankers didn't offer to share the profits when they gambled with our economic security, but we're all sharing in the consequences.
Meanwhile, we're facing huge deficits and fighting two wars.
But despite all the frustration and the anxiety, I am still optimistic. I'm optimistic about the potential for incredible innovation and real growth right here in St. Paul. I'm optimistic about the prospects for economic recovery in Minnesota. And I'm optimistic about the future of the American middle class tradition.
After all, we've been in worse spots before. I think about all my dad's generation went through - the Depression, World War II, the threat of nuclear annihilation. And, by the way, we had worse debt relative to GDP after World War II than we have today.
And every time we've been in a jam, we've found a way to rise to the challenge with creativity and determination. And we've prospered by doing so.
I remember how terrified we all were when the Soviets launched Sputnik. But we rose to that challenge. My brother and I were just two in a generation of American kids who focused on math and science education.
And not only did we end up winning the race to the moon, we got a wave of innovations as a result - everything from transistors to hard plastics. And those innovations spawned industries, many of which are still creating jobs today.
The interstate highway system was originally built as a defense project. So was the Internet. Today, they sustain our commerce.
And the things that allowed us to turn crisis into opportunity when I was a kid are still true today.
We still have one of the most productive workforces in the world. And half of the world's skilled immigrants come here to add to that workforce, and to build businesses of their own.
We still lead the world in exploration and discovery, spending more on research and development than anyone else.
And we still lead the world in taking advantage of what we learn, filing 350,000 patent applications a year.
I think the smart money is still on us.
That's why I believe that, when we invest in ourselves, those are smart investments.
I meet with a lot of people as a Senator, and because I work for everybody, when I meet folks around the state, I usually don't know whether they're Democrats or Republicans or Independents - and, frankly, I don't care.
In fact, we almost never talk about politics. We talk about what works and what doesn't work. And one thing I hear a lot is, "Thank you for the Recovery Act."
Now, to be fair, I wasn't in the Senate yet when that passed. You might remember: I got there a little late. But I supported it. Because every day, we see examples of how it's working right here in Minnesota.
Veeco Instruments received $800,000 to help bring its renewable energy technology to market faster. Highway 61 from Hastings is going to be resurfaced and rehabilitated - ahead of schedule. And here in St. Paul - where Mayor Coleman recently announced a new budget with no tax increases - they're hiring 28 new cops.
And as frightening as it can be to contemplate our dependence on foreign oil or the statistics regarding what's happening to our planet, it's hard to look at the climate change issue and not see it as another Sputnik moment.
There is an incredible amount of potential here - not just to address this challenge, but to use it as an opportunity to create new jobs and even entire new industries. For instance, I really believe that Minnesota could be the Silicon Valley of windows, with Marvin Windows, and Andersen Windows, and SAGE Electrochromics all employing thousands of people.
Or look at District Energy here in St. Paul. People outside of Minnesota can't believe it when I tell them how well it's working to meet the energy needs of this community. And I recently teamed up with your member of Congress, Betty McCollum, and Senator Bond, a Republican from Missouri, to introduce legislation that would offer incentives for programs in other cities that use District Energy as a model.
So, how do we unlock all this potential?
One thing we need to do is to make sure you've got good people to hire. There's a reason why Minnesota is home to more Fortune 500 companies per capita than any other state in the country - it's our great university system and the talented graduates it produces.
When I talk to business owners, I always ask what kind of employees they're looking for, and I always get the same answers: We want employees who think critically, who can work in teams, who can be creative.
Unfortunately, the No Child Left Behind assessments, as presently constructed, don't measure that stuff.
And if our education system isn't preparing today's kids to be tomorrow' workforce, it's just not working.
One of the next big items on the Senate's agenda is the reauthorization of the "No Child Left Behind" law. I serve on the Senate committee that will work on that bill, and I see this as an opportunity to ensure that our schools are graduating people into the workforce with the right skills to be good employees.
The stakes are high for our state: Minnesota is second in the nation in our need for workers with post-high-school education.
I went to the State Fair on Opening Day, and it was "STEM day," organized by the Minnesota Center for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence. "STEM" refers to science, technology, engineering, and math education, and I visited the exhibits, which had hands-on experiments and displays for kids and adults. The jobs of the future will be in STEM fields - and we need to do a better job of making sure our kids graduate from high school with STEM skills.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans are out of work right now and lack the skills to take available jobs. I know that those of you who work in manufacturing would love nothing more than to hire from this community. But we have a skilled worker shortage in manufacturing.
I met with folks at a medium-sized manufacturing company in Norwood Young America. They're looking for a Production & Installation Manager. It's a good job; it pays $60,000 a year. And they can't find qualified applicants.
And the Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association told me that, this year, they're short an estimated 200,000 workers in manufacturing.
That's a tragedy at a time of such high unemployment. Worse, machining programs at technical colleges are closing.
We have to decide if we're going to continue to be a country that makes things. And if we are, we have to invest in our workforce.
Which is why we're working to reauthorize the appropriately named Workforce Investment Act, legislation that will fund job-training centers across the country.
One more thing we can do is to make it easier for you to afford those new employees.
I've proposed a bill in coalition with the Minnesota Workforce Council Association that would encourage hiring by effectively subsidizing half of a new employee's wages for a year.
Because it uses the existing workforce system infrastructure like the Ramsey County Workforce Council instead of creating a new bureaucracy, my plan would create jobs more efficiently than a lot of other proposals.
This isn't a tax credit where you pay up front and then wait for months; this is money you get right away.
Now, look. This bill isn't law yet. In fact, it'll be an uphill battle to make it law. And I know that there's a lot of cynicism about whether Washington can do what it should be doing to help small businesses.
When we come back from recess, we're going to work on - and, I am optimistic that we'll pass - a bill providing incentives for small business owners and investors. It includes a lending fund to help business owners access capital, as well as tax credits to spur growth and hiring.
Now, we could have passed this bill in July. I wish we had. But it got blocked.
Republicans blamed Democrats. Democrats blamed Republicans.
Small business owners don't care who gets the blame or credit; they just want results. And, like I said, I'm optimistic that we'll get this done next time around.
But it's fair to ask why I'm optimistic about getting anything done in that kind of political environment.
Well, here's my strategy. It's called being a Minnesotan.
We have a long and proud tradition of our own, and it's called common sense.
Sure, we elect some colorful characters, and, sure, we elect people who know how to raise a ruckus when it's called for.
But the effective legislators in our state's history - the Humphreys and Durenbergers and, yes, the Wellstones - they all knew that it's not about how loud you can yell but what you can get done for people.
Like everyone else, I had strong feelings about the health care bill. So did my friend Dick Lugar, a Republican from Indiana. And, on the final bill, we disagreed.
But that didn't stop us from working together on a diabetes prevention program that was included in the final law.
Orrin Hatch is a conservative Republican from Utah. I'm...me. And we probably don't agree on a lot. But we do agree that you need good principals in high-need schools. So we got together and wrote a bill that would help high-need schools recruit and train effective principals by providing them with training programs and mentorships with principals who had been successful in similar situations. The idea is to create a pipeline of good administrators who can turn around even the most badly struggling schools. And our bill made it into President Obama's blueprint for the No Child Left Behind re-authorization.
Minnesotans who have come before me set a pretty good example for how to make a difference even in our highly-charged political environment, and I try to follow it every day.
But Minnesotans also set good examples for how to solve problems.
For instance, when I make my argument for my wage subsidy bill, I'm not just going to talk about how well it could work. I'm going to talk about how well it already has.
You see, my bill is a national version of something that Minnesota put in place back in the mid-80s. It was called the Minnesota Emergency Employment Development program, or MEED, and it got 7,400 workers back on the job in its first six months. It went on to create 15,000 permanent long-term jobs.
I'm going to talk about Jim Glowacki. In the mid 1980s, after he lost his job, Jim decided to start his own business-but he had few resources and little ability to borrow money. He used Minnesota's MEED program to hire his first two employees-and now, a quarter of a century later, his company, the JPG Group, employs 17 full time people and has an annual payroll of $800,000.
Here's another example. I've served on the board of the Congressional Hunger Center for 16 years. Hunger isn't an issue that gets its fair share of attention, but it is simply unconscionable that there are 49 million people in this country who don't have enough to eat, including nearly one in four children.
Many parents struggle to pay even the reduced prices for meals at school. And so you see kids skipping breakfast and lunch and then, not surprisingly, having more trouble in school.
But in Minneapolis, they found a way to expand free school meals to students whose parents only qualified for the reduced price.
And that was the inspiration for the Expand School Meals Act, legislation that Keith Ellison is working on in the House and I'm working on in the Senate. It would expand eligibility for free school meals to low-income families in the reduced price category nationwide.
I bring up hunger because I know it's one of many issues on which you've made a big difference, working with Feed My Starving Children to provide nearly 40 million meals to severely malnourished children in 56 countries around the world.
Alexis de Tocqueville said, "The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens."
And whether it's helping visitors learn more about this great city with your walking tour maps (some of which we have in our office), bringing area students together to learn leadership skills, or simply helping to connect St. Paul with cities around the world through your exchange programs, the Rotary Club provides example after example of reasons to feel good about the health of our democratic society.
By sustaining this tradition, you've given a remarkable gift to the next generation. Statistics show that more and more of our young people are participating in programs like City Year and Teach for America. That spirit of civic participation will sustain the Rotary here in St. Paul and across the country for another century and beyond.
And, I believe, it gives us reason to hope that even as we struggle to deal with this recession in a difficult political environment, the traditions that have made us great will endure.
My son, Joe, is named for his grandfather. He's in graduate school for engineering and business, because he wants to build things in this country again. I know he's just as great a guy as my dad was. I do hope he's a better businessman.
But I know that he's going to live in an America in which it's still possible to work hard, dream big, and get up when you fall. He's going to live in an America in which you can provide a better life for your kids.
We have hard work to do in the weeks and months and years ahead to rebuild our economic prosperity, address our deficits, change our energy policy, and keep our country safe.
But the things that have made our country so resilient, time and time again, those things are still with us.
And that's why, even on the days when I hear a depressing statistic or a heartbreaking stories of struggle, even on the days when I find myself frustrated with the political system, even on the days when we fall short, I am optimistic.
And when I look at all of you, the work you're doing, and the commitment to the community you're showing - and the partnership I hope we're building - I'm even more confident.
We're all in this together, and if you ask me, that means we're all on the right course.
Thank you.


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Here are a couple of sites I found that may help--I don't personally know anything about them, so check them out carefully: Transgender.org and Transgender Support Site .
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Lotto-Belisol's German rider Andre Greipel won the People's Choice Classic, a prelude to the Santos Tour Down Under.
It was Greipel's third win of the Classic, a 30-lap, 51km criterium around Rymill Park in Adelaide.
Australia's Matthew Goss, riding for Orica-GreenEDGE, was second in the sprint finish.
It was literally on for young and old from the beginning when UniSA's Zak Dempster and Radioshack Leopard Trek veteran Jens Voigt formed a two-man breakaway on the first lap. Their lead was 20 seconds by the sixth lap of 30.
The Lotto-Belisol and Argos-Shimano teams went to the head of the peloton to drive the chase, hoping to set the finish up for Greipel and Marcel Kittel.
Dempster won all four prime sprints on laps five, 10, 15 and 20 with Voigt unselfishly letting his younger opponent take the points without a duel.
By lap 16 the main field had Dempster and Voigt in its sights as the tempo quickened and the pair was reeled in on lap 21.
With six laps to go the FDJ and Garmin-Sharp teams moved to the front to gain good position for their sprinters William Bonnet and Tyler Farrar.
Astana's Andrey Kashechkin almost took out Goss at high speed on lap 27 but apologised for his scrappy move.
At the end of the penultimate lap Lotto-Belisol drove to the front with Australian Adam Hansen preparing to lead out for Greipel.
The big German, who won the Classic last year, put his head down going around the final bend and rode to victory over Goss.
"It's always good to start with a win," Greipel said.
"We tried it in training over the past days and we stuck to our plan. Everyone in the team did his job, it was a nice victory.
"We're realistic. It's the opening criterium and we just have to prove ourselves on the first stage."
The six-stage Santos Tour Down under begins on Tuesday with Stage 1 a 135km ride from Prospect to Lobethal.


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FOSDEM: Fennec Beta Scheduled for End of February
Mozilla employee Marc Finkle used the two day open source conference in Brussels, Belgium, to reveal details of Mozilla's mobile browser, Fennec.
He gave an insight into changes the Mozilla Foundation has made to Firefox to make the browser suitable for mobile service. For example, the use of panels proved too slow for the mobile browser, so the Fennec project incorporated a vbox which vastly increased display speed. 100 milliseconds has also been cut from the URL bar. As Finkle explained, Firefox takes 10 milliseconds just to check if a file actually exists before opening it.
Designed very much with touchscreen technology in mind, Fennec uses a JavaScript helper object called WidgetStack to coordinate the panning of individual UI elements and to determine viewport size. Developers it seems, are so keen on the JavaScripts, they have included the JavaScript compiler Tracemonkey in the beta version, which according to Finkle, is scheduled for the end of February.
Writing extensions for the mini-browser could be problematic. Its big brother Firefox has no problem dealing with extensions starting simultaneously. Yet these multiple "load" events could lead to performance issues for Fennec. A fact not always considered by extension developers, so Finkle. To save resources, a lot of Fennec's processes run unseen in the background.
Mozilla first announced its plans for a mini browser in October 2007. The current download is a second alpha version from December 2008.
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By becoming trained in CERT, you will have the skills to help emergency responders save lives and property. Under the direction of local emergency responders, CERT teams help provide critical support by giving immediate assistance to victims, providing damage assessment information, and organizing other volunteers at a disaster site. The role of a CERT volunteer is to help others until emergency personnel arrive.
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Three months ago I created a comic called Non-Regulation Poké Balls where I created my take on eight non-regulation Poké Balls. One month later, I created another comic called Non-Regulation Poké Balls where I took eight of my favorite suggestions supplied by readers and turned them into non-regulation Poké Balls. At the end of that comic I asked the readers for any additional suggestions of non-regulation Poké Balls. These are eight of my favorite suggestions from the second time around.
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Opportunities for veterans, servicemembers and their spouses to find meaningful employment are abound in August.
The American Legion and its partners will sponsor 25 veterans career fairs next month through the national Hiring Our Heroes [2] (HOH) program and initiatives at the post and department level. Through HOH, a military employment program created by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, fairs will reach rural areas, such as North Platte, Neb. [3], and also extend to metropolitan areas, such as Tampa, Fla. [4]
The American Legion has been an official strateic partner of HOH since its launch in 2010, often providing Legion posts as hosting sites for the fairs. The U.S. Chamber reports that, as of March 31, 255,000 hires have been made at their career fairs. The organization's goal is to hire 500,000.
This month, HOH will also host two career fairs exclusively for military spouses, welcoming them to Camp Lejeune, N.C. [5], on Aug. 19 and Fort Polk, La. [6], on Aug. 26-27. Other notable venues include Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii [7], on Aug. 28, and a two-day "jobs summit" at Fort Bragg [8] on Aug. 12-13 which will feature employment workshops and opportunities to network with senior officials from companies and government agencies.
The month will cap off with the Legion's signature organizational job fair on Aug. 26 in Charlotte, N.C. - the site of its national convention. Last year, at the Legion's 95th National Convention, 80 employers were on hand, looking to hire veterans, servicemembers and their spouses.
Prior to attending an HOH career fair, attendees are encouraged to pre-register through the job fair's page on the U.S. Chamber's website and upload their resumes to allow easy access for employers on hand. Attendees are also encouraged to take advantage of the employment workshops usually held before the career fairs, which often include personal resume reviews, interview exercises and general job-search help.
Veterans, servicemembers and their spouses are invited to attend all HOH job fairs. For a complete listing of this month's Legion-sponsored job fairs, visit the Legion's job fair calendar [9] on Legion.org.
[1] http://www.legion.org/print/223612
[2] http://www.uschamberfoundation.org/hiring-our-heroes
[3] http://www.uschamberfoundation.org/event/north-platte-ne
[4] http://www.uschamberfoundation.org/event/tampa-fl-5
[5] http://www.uschamberfoundation.org/event/camp-lejeune-nc-military-spouse-networking-reception
[6] http://www.uschamberfoundation.org/event/ft-polk-la-military-spouse-networking-reception
[7] http://www.uschamberfoundation.org/event/kaneohe-bay-hi
[8] http://www.uschamberfoundation.org/event/fort-bragg-veterans-jobs-summit
[9] http://www.legion.org/careers/jobfairs


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The first Beta version of OpenMandriva Lx 2014, a fully-featured Linux desktop and server sponsored by the OpenMandriva Association, has been released and can now be tested by users.
The declared goal of OpenMandriva is to facilitate the creation, improvement, promotion, and distribution of free software and open source in general and the OpenMandriva Lx is the perfect tool to do just that.
You mustn't confuse the former Mandriva community and operating system with OpenMandriva, as they are completely separate entities. The company behind Madriva still exists, but it hasn't released anything since 2011. OpenMandriva shares some of the original values of Mandriva, but the developers have been a lot more active and they managed to release quite a few new versions until now.
"First of all, we want to thank our devoted testers and bughunters – without their support we would not have been able to accomplish this release. Great thanks and we are very much looking forward to the final result of our common work on this shiny release. So what has changed since the second 2014.0 alpha?"
"We've been mainly focusing on fixing the most crucial bugs for this release. That includes fixing some of the booting issues that people have been having, as well as updating some of the software," said the developers in the announcement.
A lot of the major packages in OpenMandriva Lx have received newer versions. Linux kernel has been updated to version 3.13.6, which is part of the most recent branch released so far. It's very likely that the final build of OpenMandriva Lx will feature an even newer version.
Also, KDE has been updated to version 4.12.3, which is the latest stable release and the one with the most features, systemd has been updated to version 208, initscripts has been updated to version 9.52, megaglest has been updated to version 3.9.1, the 0 A.D. game has been updated to version 0.0.15, and the icedtea-web java plugin is now working on Mozilla Firefox.
Numerous smaller applications and other packages have been updated as well. For example, mariadb has been updated to version 10.0.9, LibreOffice 4.2.3 is finally working again, and php is now at version 5.5.10.
A complete list of changes and new features can be found in the official announcement. You can download OpenMandriva Lx 2014.0 Beta right now from Softpedia.
Remember that this is a development version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.


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Astorlite J50 Wax
This product will be discontinued once stock runs out.
J50 is a one pour container wax that gives a soft and creamy look and adheres well to container walls, all with no top off!
Note: Cases contain 6 slabs of wax packaged together in a reinforced cardboard box.
66 lb. Case Size: 19.75" x 12.25" x 10"Due to unprecedented prices on paraffin candle wax, we are offering pallet pricing on all case orders. Therefore, there are no additional price breaks.
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This wax is amazing. Wonderful hot and cold throw. I could not give enough praise to Candle Science for their processing and shipping turn around time!


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Seat Belts on School Buses
The use of seat belts on large school buses is an issue that has been thoroughly studied and debated for many years.
National School Bus Safety Month
National Association of Pupil Transporters
California Association of School Transportation Officials
Transportation Services
The Kern County Superintendent of Schools Department of Transportation Services
was developed in 1981. In addition to providing pupil transportation, the department
offers a school bus driver training program and vehicle maintenance and repair
Pupil Transportation
KCSOS Transportation Services contracts out its pupil transportation services to several Kern County school districts and agencies. Each day they transport 1150 students at over 75 different school sites. In all, 65 bus and private transporter routes are covered totalling over 8000 miles every day or 1.8 million miles each year.
Driver Training Program
The School Bus Driver Training Program exists to provide cost-effective, quality training that promotes student safety and reduces school bus accidents. Our commitment is to provide you school bus drivers who are safe, competent and well-trained.
Vehicle Maintenance
KCSOS Transportation Services provides vehicle maintenance and repair on thousands of vehicles used by schools and other public agencies for many counties. We have an excellent reputation for service and work daily to build on it.


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A single canine bite can cost a dog owner several thousands of dollars in medical bills, and even worse, hundreds of thousands of dollars in lawsuits. Having canine liability insurance can help you keep your home, and protect your personal assets if your dog bites, injures, or in the worst case scenario, kills someone. Depending on the type of canine attack, you could even be arrested and go to jail.
Canine Liability Facts
You may not want to think that your dog would hurt anyone, but there are many reasons to take the step of getting insurance against this possibility. The Insurance Information Institute has stated that in 2007 over 1/3 of all insurance claims made against homeowner liability policies were instigated due to dog bites. In the United States in 2007 almost five million people were bitten by dogs, over thirty people were killed by dogs, and the average cost of a dog bite claim was over $24,000.
Depending on the state that you live in there are different legal standards for dog owner liability. Most states will hold the owner liable for any damage an animal does, regardless if there is a prior history. Besides medical and property damage, the awards can also be made for mental anguish, even if the dog is aggressive but doesn't bite. Some of the states will limit this liability if it is the first time the dog has attacked or been hostile.
Rare in the past, criminal charges are on the rise if the owner is found to be negligent, or if the canine assault is particularly brutal.
Homeowners Insurance versus Canine Liability Insurance
It is important that you know what type of coverage you have on your homeowner's policy if you have a dog or are taking care of a dog and that dog attacks someone. Check if the policy is only good for attacks that happen on your site, or if you have taken the dog somewhere else, like for a walk.
There are many homeowner insurance policies that exclude paying for a canine attack if you are working out of your home. It is important to contact your insurance company and determine the extent of your coverage.
Because dog-bite claims are on the rise, there are many insurance companies that will have exclusions, conditions, or limits on a typical homeowner's policy. There are some canine breeds that have even been blacklisted when it comes to liability coverage of any type. If you have one of these breeds you may need to get a specific policy that covers these dog breeds. The blacklist often includes the following breeds:
- Akita
- Chow
- Doberman
- Pit bull
- Rottweiler
- Wolf hybrid
The insurance company may also elect to cover the above breeds, with a change in coverage if the dog bites or attacks someone. At this point they could drop the coverage, charge a higher premium, or demand that in order to keep the homeowner insurance in place the owner must agree to exclude the dog from coverage. This waiver of coverage would mean the dog owner would have to pay for any future lawsuit or claim on their own unless they got separate canine liability insurance.
Canine Liability Insurance Protection
Having canine liability insurance does more than pay for medical bills and protect you from lawsuits if your dog bites someone. This type of insurance can also cover any damage done by the animal to property, whether it is yours or someone else's. The protection also can extend to your business and any dog that is deemed to be under your control, whether it is your animal or one you are taking care of.
If you are renting a home and have a pet, you are responsible for any damage done by the animal to the property or anyone that comes on the property. If you don't have canine liability insurance, the owner's policy is not going to pay for the problems caused by your animal.
Canine Liability Insurance Costs
There are many factors that go into determining the cost of this type of policy. These factors would include if you have some type of protection under your homeowner's policy and just need to extend this coverage, what type of dog breed you own, and whether or not this is just for your home or you need to cover a business.
Stand alone canine liability insurance policies can start at a couple hundred dollars a year, and increase dramatically depending on the plan limits, the state you live in, plan deductibles and more. Above all, the type of breed and the history of your particular animal will be taken into account when you apply for canine liability insurance.


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ZANESVILLE -- With money in the bank and city departments spending less of it, Zanesville appears to be on good financial footing heading into the second half of the year.
Budget & Finance Director Rhonda Heskett said Wednesday she is "cautiously optimistic" the city's departments will meet or beat budget figures by the end of the year.
It helps there is a $300,000 contingency fund and possible federal reimbursement for storm damage cleanup in the offing. ...


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Restore imported Catalog from Different server
I need to be able to restore data from my tapes using a different server. Our primary backup server died and we had to built another one. It is the same specs, running Windows 2003 server with NetBackup 6. I was able to config the new server (new name) with our tape backup and find all the tapes. I was able initialize Import of the catalogs that were on the tapes. I found the one I need and did an import. It was successful. Now my question is what is my next step to be able to restore this data. When I try to use the Backup/archive/restore it does not find anything.
If anyone could guide me here that would be great.
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Did you import a catalog tape or a normal backup tape?
If normal backup tape, please show us the text in the Results tab of the phase 2 Import.
Supporting Storage Foundation and VCS on Unix and Windows as well as NetBackup on Unix and Windows
Handy NBU Links
The imports was from catalog, but It does seem to be failing on us. here is what are getting and not sure when it is not letting us access that file since it was a successful backup. Is there any other way to get the data from the tape?
3/21/2013 5:41:53 PM - begin Import
3/21/2013 5:41:56 PM - started process bptm (2672)
3/21/2013 5:41:56 PM - started process bptm (3372)
3/21/2013 5:41:59 PM - started process bptm (2672)
3/21/2013 5:41:59 PM - mounting A00008
3/21/2013 5:41:56 PM - requesting resource A00008
3/21/2013 5:41:57 PM - granted resource A00008
3/21/2013 5:41:57 PM - granted resource HP.ULTRIUM3-SCSI.000
3/21/2013 5:43:06 PM - mounted; mount time: 00:01:07
3/21/2013 5:43:06 PM - positioning A00008 to file 6
3/21/2013 5:44:34 PM - positioned A00008; position time: 00:01:28
3/21/2013 5:44:34 PM - begin reading
3/21/2013 7:40:51 PM - end reading; read time: 01:56:17
3/21/2013 7:40:56 PM - Error bpimport(pid=1904) Import of policy Home_Drives, schedule Full_Backup (napa_1362409019) failed, tar did not find all the files to be restored.
3/21/2013 7:40:57 PM - Error bpimport(pid=1904) Status = no images were successfully processed.
3/21/2013 7:40:57 PM - end Import; elapsed time: 01:59:04
no images were successfully processed(191)
Does this backup span tapes? Could there be a second tape that needs a to have a phase 1 import run as well before the phase 2 can be run?
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I believe you are importing tapes for nomal backup as policy name Home_Drives sounds like so.
And, looking job detailes you posted, I also believe you have never finished phase I for tape that contains fragment 2 of backup id napa_1362409019. Please complete phase I(Initiate Import) for all the tapes in same volume pool, and try phase II(Import) again.
BTW, why don't you install new server with same name? If configured with same name, you can recover the master server from catalog backup. Import is time consuming process for disaster recovery.
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If I were you, dig logs on existing server to find out trailing tapes.
But if old server is completely lost, I have no idea other than importing all the tapes in the volume pool.
I recommend you to reinstall this new server with same name and recover from catalog backup(if you have).
Authorized Symantec Consultant(ASC) Data Protection in Tokyo, Japan
As long as NetBackup is the same version and patch level and installed to the same directory (drive letter or location) then you just need the catalog tape (and preferably the catalog DR file if you did a hot catalog backup)
See the Troubleshooting Guide for full steps for the recovery - should be in the DOCS folder of your installation media - or download it from the support site
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Confused here...
Your opening post:
I was able to config the new server (new name)...
Your last post:
The new server was named the same.
If the server name is really the same, you can recover from catatolg backup.
The steps to perform depends on whether you've done hot or cold catalog backup.
See chapter 7 of NBU 6 Troubleshooting Guide: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH43974
Supporting Storage Foundation and VCS on Unix and Windows as well as NetBackup on Unix and Windows
Handy NBU Links
A catalog backup will automatically backup ALL parts of NBU catalogs.
NBU 6 provides 2 catalog backup methods: Hot and cold catalog.
Best to get used to hot catalog backups as NBU 7.x only supports hot catalog backup.
Never try to manually backup catalog folders using normal filesystem backups - you won't be able to restore the EMM database.
Please see chapter 4 of NBU Admin Guide I: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH43931
Supporting Storage Foundation and VCS on Unix and Windows as well as NetBackup on Unix and Windows
Handy NBU Links
Thank you and also found this http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO34460


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Sample Lesson/Unit Plans
Elementary School
Grade(s): 4
Unit: Adaptations of Animals
Additional Content Possibilities: Reading, Language Arts
Title: Science Through Children's Literature
Author: C. Butzow & J. Butzow
Publishing Company: Teacher Ideas Press
Copyright Date: 1989
Lessons Included?: Yes
Process Skills Emphasized: Cognative, Affective, Learning-How-to-Learn, Communication
|During our unit on animals, we will spend time focusing on adaptations. This resource has a chapter on animal adaptations that provides 18 activities (complete with probing questions). The activities range from simulation and modeling to field research and graph making. The lessons on adaptation will begin with story-reading, according to the suggestion in this resource. Linking literature to our study of adaptation will provide increased opportunities for students to trigger curiosity, for learning to link arts and sciences outside the classroom and for heightened awareness of the amazing science all around us. The activities will focus on developing various individual skills and will help students increase retention of the concepts.
In particular for this unit, students will begin with activity #1 (p.102), in which they will build imaginary critters, hide them around the room and have a class scavenger hunt to find them. This will get students thinking about what factors affect survival and will lead into a discussion about adaptation. Once they understand the purpose behind adaptation, students will apply those survival concepts to predator-prey relationships. Students will participate in "building" a model of a food web (activity #3, p. 103). Once we have discussed eating patterns, we will proceed into a specific example, using activities #9 and 10 (p.104). In these activities, we will focus on how adaptations of plants (food for animals) allow or prohibit predation. Finally, we will consider adaptations that are more physiological or behavioral and discuss how those adaptations help organisms survive; we will utilize activities #14 - 18 (p.104-105) in order to do this.
Social Studies
Grade(s): 2
Unit: Diversity
Title: The Kid's Multicultural Art Book: Art & Craft Experiences From Around the World
Author: A. Terzian
Publishing Company: Williamson Publishing
Copyright Date: 1993
Price: $12.95
Lessons Included?: Yes
Process Skills Emphasized: Affective, Communication
|Students can learn about different cultures and geographical regions through arts and crafts. This Parents' Choice Award book joins clear directions for cultural arts and crafts with information about the arts' and crafts' history and role in the respective cultures. Kids will love learning about the Hispanic culture (from Aztecs to folk art to weaving) as they participate in activities that teach concepts as well as tradition and aesthetics. Other cultures addressed in this book include African, Asian, and American Indian. With this fun and engaging book, students will more memorably appreciate the ever-important issue of diversity.
Middle School/Junior High School
Language Arts
Grade(s): 6
Unit: Integrated into entire curriculum
Additional Content Possibilities: Social Studies, English/Creative Writing, Art, Communication, Public Speech
Title: TalentEd: Strategies for Developing the Talent in Every Learner
Author: Jerry Flack
Publishing Company: Teacher Ideas Press
Copyright Date: 1993
Price: $24.00
Lessons Included?: Yes
Process Skills Emphasized: Cognitive, Affective, Learning-How-To-Learn, Reference/Research, Communication
|TalentEd is so rich with creative ideas that can easily (if not directly) be integrated into any middle school language arts program, that I would utilize the challenging references and unique exercises throughout my course. The content of this book will enliven my language arts class as it brings unique, creative challenges and scenarios relevant to the daily lives of my students into their school studies. This resource is fashioned around the concept of developing talent in all students. The format of the book makes it easy to follow and address various components from the Type II matrix. For these reasons, I am confident that infusing my standard language arts curriculum with lessons from this resource will not only maximize challenge and opportunity for all my students but will also cover many of the skills they will need to build in preparation for independent and advanced work.
TalentEd provides a quick and easy reference point from which I can integrate creative problem-solving, thinking skills and communication skills into the curricular goals I must focus on in language arts. For example, I can use this resource to teach about biographies through the chapter, "O is for Olympics." I could use, "Q is for Questions" during creative writing and poetry units. And during our unit of persuasive essays, I could use, "G is for Garbage." This resource provides endless opportunities for making language arts more challenging, personal and exciting for both my students and myself.
Grade(s): 7
Unit: Probability and Statistics (per Connecticut Standards)
Additional Content Possibilities: Social Studies, Science
Title: Chi Square, Pie Charts and Me
Author: S. Baum, R. Gable, & K. List
Publishing Company: Trillium Press
Copyright Date: 1987 (new edition coming)
Price: $14.95
Lessons Included?: No
Process Skills Emphasized: Cognitive, Learning-How-To-Learn, Reference/Research
|Chapter IV, "Statistical Techniques," will supplement our lessons about probability, estimation, graph-making and statistics. During this unit, students will be assigned a long-term original research project (research process -design and execution- steps are provided in earlier chapters of this resource) in which they demonstrate their abilities to correctly utilize statistics and graphic representations of data to answer meaningful, real-world questions. This resource is especially useful because it goes beyond formula presentation and discussion to walk students through original research. From identifying problems to hypothesizing and data collecting, this book provides plenty of clear guidelines for independent work.
The book (Chapter IV) will be directly utilized during our Probability and Statistics unit, but will serve as a reference for the original research assignment once we have overviewed the research design and data collection processes as a class (1-2 class periods, maximum). Students will increase their understanding of probability and statistics through use of this book because they will be applying knowledge to real-world problem solving. As we include the research guidelines and steps into our curriculum, students will enhance their research and communication skills while they learn school/district/state-mandated standards.
High School
Advanced Placement Environmental Science
Grade(s): 11, 12
Unit: Urban Development
Additional Content Possibilities: Art, Environmental Science, Physics, Computers
Title: Why Design? Activites and Projects From National Building Museum
Author: A. Slafer & K. Cahill
Publishing Company: Chicago Review Press
Copyright Date: 1995
Price: $19.95
Lessons Included?: Yes
Process Skills Emphasized: Cognitive, Affective, Learning-How-To-Learn, Reference/Research, Communication
|I will weave the design process presented in Chapter 4 of this book (p112-142) throughout our unit on Urban Development. Students will implement problem-finding strategies in local or regional urban areas. Utilizing the step-by-step process (and corresponding forms) outlined in this book, students will design a solution(s) to their individual problems. Completed forms and journals used for documentation of the process will be turned in on the day of the unit evaluation. Step 9 of the design process is self-evaluation. This step will be done during the unit evaluation. Points for this design project will contribute to the total unit evaluation grade.
The final step (#10) is implementation of the solution(s). This will be an optional step for students. While students will be encouraged to follow-through with making their ideas realities, failure to do so will not effect their grades negatively. However, students who do follow-through with implementation will earn volunteer hours (arranged with the Volunteer Coordinator) as well as limited extra credit and may be eligible (depending on the quality and success of the project) for exemption from one substantial homework assignment or non-mandatory project later in the year. In order to gain eligibility for exemption, students will have to document what they learned and how that knowledge fits into the goals of AP Environmental Science.
Students will learn the design process through authentic application to a real-world, content-relevant situation. Students' understanding of the complexities of the design process as well as the disciplined thought behind creation of a design will increase their appreciation for the challenges facing environmental policy-makers from the grass-roots to the federal level. Furthermore, because the content will pertain to an authentic project (the problem-solving, solution-design process), students' grasp and retention of the content will increase.
Heightened student interest, maximizing challenge and applicability of learning, and nurturing lifelong learning skills are significant and would be sufficient reasons to do this in and of themselves. However, an additional bonus comes from the research supporting Type II Enrichment in the Schoolwide Enrichment Model. That is, students who work with and through this design process will have developed and honed problem-finding and problem-solving skills which are essential to advanced research or independent projects (Type IIIs, in SEM-language).
U.S. History
Grade(s): 10
Unit: The First Amendment - How have issues pertaining to freedom of speech helped shape U.S. history?
Additional Content Possibilities: Sociology, Debate, Legal Studies, Philosophy
Title: You Decide! Applying the Bill of Rights to Real Cases
Author: G. A. Smith & A. L. Smith
Publishing Company: Critical Thinking Books and Software
Copyright Date: 1992
Price: $18.95/21.95
Lessons Included?: Yes
Process Skills Emphasized: Cognitive, Affective, Learning-How-To-Learn, Communication
|Students will discover, through discussion, guided questions and real-case investigation (book above) what the First Amendment means, how it has been challenged and why it has been so integral in many social changes over time. Students will brainstorm lists of how freedom of speech may have guided/enabled social evolution. After reading several examples of real cases from the book, students will check their brainstorming lists to see which ideas the real cases addressed. Groups of students will be asked to develop arguments (after evaluating point of view and perspective) for individuals from teacher- or self-assigned roles; the culmination of this analysis of real cases will be a "government think tank meeting." The entire class will, from their respective assumed identities, discuss and debate issues and questions posed by the teacher or moderator.
Finally, students will select a method of expressing their understanding of the First Amendment (particularly free speech) with regard to how it has been integral in shaping United States History. These final projects may take any form from dramatic interpretation to written report or multimedia presentation, per teacher approval.


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Vilnius is Europe's most quiet capital. The curfew begins at 6PM. The city is neat and tidy, and the streets are clean. Visiting the churches will take at least two days. When you're walking down the streets, take time to see the courtyards of old buildings. The city is located at the Vilnia River, which is always covered with ice in the winter.
Even though in 2009 Vilnius held the title of the European Capital of Culture, it is difficult to find abundance cultural life there, especially if you seek only LGBT events. Why go to Vilnius then? The food is tasty, healthy and cheap, all the sightseeing may be done on foot, and in the winter you can wear a warm coat and fur hat. But there are more reasons to visit this Lithuanian city.
- Author: Outvoyager
- Lithuania, Vilnius
Vilnius is Europe's most quiet capital. The curfew begins at 6PM. The city is neat and tidy, and the streets are clean. Visiting the churches will take at least two days. When you're walking down the streets, take time to see the courtyards of old buildings. The city is located at the Vilnia River, which is always covered with ice in the winter.
Legal situation
Legal situation is very difficult. Homosexuality was illegal until 1993. According to Lithuanian law, homosexuality is a very dangerous pathology.
In 2009, a ban was introduced on so-called "promotion of homosexuality", in other words – a ban on providing any information on the situation of gays and lesbians.
Homophobia is present in media and in the streets. According to research conducted by the Lithuanian Gay League, over half of the population would rather have a neighbour who is a drug dealer than one who is homosexual.
Weather and climate
It is best to visit Vilnius from May to August when the weather is warm but not scorching (temperatures reach about 20°C). Temperatures fall rather drastically in September. Springs and summers are usually very rainy. In winter temperatures drop to a few degree below zero but the city looks very pretty covered in snow.
Transport and moving about
Vilnius International Airportis the biggest airport in Lithuania and it is located only 6 km away from the city (a 15 minutes ride). Bus number 1 leaves every 10-15 minutes and it arrives at the railway station in Vilnius. You can also get to the airport by railway but trains are less frequent than buses.
If your shoes are comfortable, you'll be able to do all of your sightseeing on foot. There are two types of transport in the city – public and private. Public trolleybuses and buses are cheaper (2 litas per ride) but they are usually in bad condition. Private transport which runs on the same routes costs 3 litas per ride.
There is no metro service in the city but the double means of transport make commuting easy. Taxis aren't expensive but it's best to watch out for dishonest taxi drivers that will drive you around town to earn more money.
Local tips
Lithuanian cuisine is famous first and foremost for cold borscht serves with eggs and potatoes. Another traditional dish is chicken soup with kalduny (dumplings stuffed with three types of meat). Lithuanians are also known for pierogi with various stuffing – mushroom, cottage cheese, fruit jam, meat, chicken, cabbage, etc.
You may try all of these dishes in various bars located in such principal spots as the railway station. The meals are cheap and tasty.
There are many restaurants in Pilies Street which runs from the cathedral to the Gate of Dawn. The prices are reasonable and the food is really tasty. Chilli Pica is worth recommending if you like pizza, pasta and if you want to try local specialties such as cold borscht or chicken broth with kalduny.
Things to do
You could begin your sightseeing by looking at the skyline of Vilnius from the Television Tower (22 litas per person). It is higher than the Eiffel Tower and on top of it there is a restaurant called Milky Way. The observation platform slowly rotates on its axis – in an hour it rotates by 360°. Despite the official ban on photography, all the tourists take pictures of the splendid skylines.
Gediman's Tower of the Upper Castle offers another wonderful view. The castle is on a gentle hill so you may either stroll up the slope on foot or take a train ride (2 litas for a one way ticket; 3 litas for a return ticket). Nearby there is the hills of Three Crosses. The slope is gentle but be careful on the top as the rails are low.
Take a walk down Pilies Street which runs from the cathedral, towards the Town Hall square(where you could have a cup of coffee or a beer in one of the many cafés) and ends at the Gate of Dawn.
If you're up for a romantic yet slightly eerie experience, you could take a stroll down the steep alleyways of the Rosos Cemetery. There, you'll find an impressive monument of a black angel. Near the cemetery there is Užupis, a district compared to the Parisian Montmartre, where the Lithuanian bohemians had lived.
Though the district has been renovated not long ago, you may still encounter squatters and other free spirited individuals.
The district is also known as the Republic of Užupis – it has its own constitution and once a year it declares independence.
About 30 km away from Vilnius there is a small town called Trakai. One of its main attractions is a the Island Castle – the only such building in Eastern Europe. A guided tour of the town costs around 100 litas but the truth is, the tours are not necessary at all. There is a bus and railway connection to Trakai (6-7 litas for a one way ticket) and the entry to the castle costs around 14 litas. Entry to the courtyard is free of charge but if you want to see the museums you'll have to buy a ticket. The castle is surrounded by many cafés, restaurants and souvenir stalls but the prices are higher than in Vilnius.
The LGBT scene can't be lively in a homophobic country. There are no queer festivals and events, and you'll only find a couple of gay-friendly bars. Men's Factory (T.Ševčenkos gatvė 16i) is the first gay bar in the city. Although the place welcomes lesbians as well, the interiors appeal mainly to the men. On Wednesdays and Thursdays women are banned from entry. Nevertheless, every single day drag queens and soldiers in uniforms may enter free of charge. Soho (Švitrigailos gatvė 7) is a recently opened place but it quickly gets more and more popular.
September – the Days of Vilnius – concerts and plays in different parts of the city.
September/October – Sirenos – an international theatre festival. Theatre troupes from all over Europe come to Vilnius to present the most interesting and most current plays.
Beginning of October - Kaunas International Film Festival – the biggest film festival in Lithuania. Most movies have subtitles in English or German.
Watch out
Although traffic in Vilnius isn't as terrible as in Moscow, Vilniusians drive with a similar mixture of spontaneity, jumpiness and bad manners so be extra careful when you cross the street. Comparable adventures are to be expected when you're on the bus.
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This salad is adapted from Pierre Franey's 60-Minute Gourmet - a favorite for summer lunches, like the tuna and cannelini bean salad. Quick to prepare with ingredients on hand.
Ingredients1 15-16 ounce can chick peas drained
1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
1/2 cup finely chopped celery
4 tbsp chopped Italian parsley
2 tsp dried dill weed
1 clove garlic crushed
1/2 cup chopped seeded grape tomatoes
2 tbsp red wine vinegar (or 1-1/2 tbsp white & 1/2 tbsp balsamic)
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
Salt & pepper to taste
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However when Les Paul decided to electrify his guitar in 1931 he could only imagine how things have developed over the 80 years.
To illustrate my point, and to give you a glimpse into my world, here (right) is a wiring schedule from a typical electric guitar using single coil pickups.
The following is a wiring schedule for an electric guitar with humbucker pickups.
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A group of New York City baywatchers are charged with smoking pot on duty at Rockaway Beach on a rainy Fourth of July, police and parks officials said.
Six teenage lifeguards - at least two of whom were on the clock - lit up inside a car parked on Seagirt Boulevard near Beach Ninth Street at around 2:20 p.m., police sources said.
Cops found two joints, two bags of weed and a pipe inside the 2002 Suburban and charged all six with possession of marijuana, authorities said.
"It's completely unacceptable that lifeguards are getting high. [It] could clearly impact the public-safety job that they are required to do," said Geoffrey Croft of NYC Park Advocates.
Two of the teens have since resigned, a Parks Department spokesman said.
Even regulars who say they love the friendly beach watchdogs admitted they sometimes catch them slacking off - especially on sleepy, bad-weather days.
"Two weeks ago, I noticed a young group of lifeguards sunbathing . . . One guard was on duty, but the rest were just sunbathing and hanging around," said Ramona Heeraman, a community-health educator from nearby Inwood, LI.
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Other songs recommend solidarity: ''I was confused/ And I let it all out to find/ that I'm not the only person with these things in mind,'' Linkin Park's Chester Bennington sings on the band's hit single ''Somewhere I Belong.''
In 1967 the Beatles sang ''Getting Better All the Time,'' whose lyrics now read like a gentler version of the prototypical therapy rock song. (Sure enough, Smashmouth covers the song on ''The Cat in the Hat'' soundtrack.) Four years later the Who famously sang, ''Don't cry, don't brace your eye/ It's only teenage wasteland'' on the classic rock staple ''Baba O'Riley.'' Heavy metal and industrial rock have profiled psychological imbalance for decades, and many current bands worship the 80's mope-rockers the Cure. (Robert Smith of the Cure even sings a tune on the new Blink-182 album.)
But therapy rock has its most direct roots in the genesis of American punk rock, a movement founded by a tiny coterie of troubled misfits and outcasts. The pioneering Southern California punk band Black Flag's landmark 1978 debut EP was called ''Nervous Breakdown'' and themes of insanity, alienation and depression have been a hallmark of punk lyrics ever since.
The first stirrings of therapy rock's introduction to a mass audience came in the early 90's, when alternative rock, inspired by punk music and led by Nirvana, apotheosized a generation of disaffected and confused latchkey kids. ''Lots of music now comes from Nirvana, and a lot of people identify with what Kurt Cobain was saying,'' said William, 16, of New York City. In what many interpreted as the defining event of a generation, Cobain killed himself with a shotgun blast in April 1994.
The tuneful punk revivalists Green Day picked up the ball of teen angst in the mid 90's, and thereafter various pop-punk bands ran with it all the way to commercial glory. American youth welcomed songs about the emotional difficulties of being a teenager. The audience for therapy rock was always there, it was just waiting for punk rock's popularity to catch up with it.
Since commercial success and punk credibility are virtually antithetical, the new pop-punk bands embrace themes of emotional distress as a way of asserting their authenticity and musical lineage. (They cleave to punk orthodoxy musically as well, having progressed remarkably little from early Southern California punk bands like the Descendents and Bad Religion.)
As a result therapy rockers fetishize depression like gangsta rappers fetishize the thug life, publicizing their plight while asserting their credibility. Just as the group Public Enemy once called rap the ''CNN of the streets,'' therapy rock claims to report from the front lines of suburbia. In other words, it's cool to be bummed out. And it sure sells records.
The popularity of therapy rock may in part be a reaction to the shallow kiddie-pop and testosterone-addled ''nu metal'' of recent years, making sincerity and relentless introspection the new rebellion. But even considering the adolescent penchant for magnifying ordinary personal woes into downright apocalyptic melodrama, therapy rock addresses some sober realities. According to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, the adolescent suicide rate has about tripled since the 1950's, and suicide is the third-leading cause of death for people 15 to 24 (behind accidents and homicide). Each year about 5,000 young people kill themselves, and several times that number try. The numbers have tailed off somewhat in recent years but only, some experts say, because of the rise in antidepressant prescription drugs.
''If all the bands are singing about this, I can't see how you can't see it as a voice for what the youth are thinking,'' says the Blink-182 singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge.
It may be the very fact of pop success that's spurring bands to write these songs. With huge sales figures comes a deluge of needy fans, some of whom say they literally owe their lives to the band. ''Every day we read letters from fans saying that the stress of life, the pressure with family and losing love is too much to bear,'' Mr. Madden of Good Charlotte noted in a recent news release.
''Once you actually start selling records, and you actually figure out that people are listening to you,'' says Mr. DeLonge, who recently became a father, ''then you start thinking about it, going, 'Wow, you don't want to influence them in a bad way.' ''
Performers like Marilyn Manson, Ozzy Osbourne and Judas Priest have faced public condemnation and even legal action after accusations of influencing kids' behavior adversely, so rock musicians know that, whether it's appropriate to do so or not, the public holds them accountable.
But these musicians' motivations run deeper than that. Punk is a vast support group for misfits, a community united by alienation. That strong sense of community is the same impulse that leads even the most hardened body-slammers to help up those who have fallen in the mosh pit. Likewise, punk bands -- and even bands who merely grew up on punk -- look out for their fans. The difference now is that they enjoy a vastly bigger community than ever, and that the bands have cast themselves more directly as trusted peers.