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The new U.S. Secretary of Education on Friday said the federal government has a moral obligation to reform Detroit's failing city schools, which he said will be a "huge focus" of his tenure.
"Without getting into too many details, I am extraordinarily concerned about the poor quality of education, quite frankly, the children of Detroit are receiving," Secretary Arne Duncan told reporters during comments on the federal stimulus package. "I lose sleep over that one. And I think the dropout rate there is devastating."
Detroit must work to improve the education system, he said. In the meantime, the federal government is keeping an eye on the district, where as many as two-thirds of the students may be dropping out.
"That's a city I have a huge focus on," Duncan said. "And I think we have a moral obligation to get dramatically better there to really challenge the status quo."
Detroit district officials would not comment.
Duncan's comments could place added pressure on the beleaguered district, which is facing increasing scrutiny from Lansing for its mounting fiscal problems and dismal test scores. The governor recently appointed a fiscal consultant to take over control of the district's finances next month.
It's also not the first time the Detroit schools have garnered national attention. In 2007, Republican Newt Gingrich, a former speaker of the house, derided Detroit's schools as a failure for its high dropout rate. He said the district should be "fundamentally replace(d)" with a series of experiments.
The Detroit schools are beset by daunting problems: troubles with funding, a poverty rate among the highest in the state and students who perform poorly. Detroit Public Schools' students have typically posted some of the worst scores in the state while its high schools are graduating just over half its students.
Independent researchers have estimated a far worse rate, saying from two-thirds to three-quarters of incoming ninth-graders don't earn a diploma.
Compounding the problems is a shrinking enrollment tied to both simple demographics -- there are fewer school-age children in the district -- and performance. Many parents opt for nearby charter schools or move out of the city because of the quality of the schools. That takes more state money out of the district and has forced the closure of dozens of schools.
But Detroit is far from the only district facing similar problems. Locally, Highland Park, Inkster, Ecorse, River Rouge, Pontiac and Oak Park have recorded poor test scores and low graduation rates. All have higher poverty rates than most school districts and each is expected to fare well from the federal stimulus package passed Friday. Some districts will get millions in new federal education money while Detroit may get several hundred million.
"We know our school districts are going to benefit under this plan," said Liz Boyd, a spokesperson for Gov. Jennifer Granholm, whose latest budget calls for a modest cut in K-12 spending.
Boyd said the governor, whose staff is analyzing the stimulus package to see what it means for Michigan, shares Duncan's concern for the students in Detroit. "Certainly everyone is focused that the Detroit Public Schools are providing students and parents with the education they deserve," she said.
Detroiter Joseph P. Williams, who has a daughter in the 11th grade at Henry Ford High School, said the lack of safety in the schools is a major impediment to learning. A Henry Ford student was shot to death this school year as he was walking home from school. Henry Ford and other schools are reportedly plagued by gangs and fights.
"If we cannot get them in the classroom because they're scared, it's hard to learn," Williams said, adding that he loves Detroit Public Schools but is disappointed in the system.
Keith Johnson, president of the Detroit Federation of Teachers, agrees with Duncan, but he blames the board of education and district leadership -- not teachers.
"They continue to mismanage money, have outstanding debt to vendors and cannot supply the books and supplies needed for children's education," he said. "They spend more time bickering among themselves than on education."
The school system, which amassed a nearly $140 million deficit for fiscal year 2008, is in such dire financial straits that Mike Flanagan, state superintendent of public instruction, declared the system to have a financial emergency, leading to the appointment of a financial manager.
Robert Bobb, a financial consultant and former Washington, D.C., school board member, is expected to take control of the system's finances in early March. The district is also considered a federal high-risk district -- only the second ever to receive that designation -- because it has a history of unsatisfactory performance and is not financially stable.
Duncan also criticized the area's leaders for putting politics ahead of kids.
"There have been lots of adult issues and politics that I think have really done our children of Detroit a great disservice," he said.
Martin Ackley, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Education, said Duncan and Flanagan have discussed the problems in Detroit Public Schools during a forum with superintendents, and Duncan invited Flanagan to have private conversations on how to address the district's challenges.
Ackley said the federal spotlight on Detroit could spur change in the struggling system.
"There's a realization that from crisis comes opportunity," he said.
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Well, the Solstice and July 4th have come and gone, but there is still ample opportunity for you to head out to the beach and take some hot selfies this summer! With the advent of Instagram, everyone thought that they were taking better photos just by throwing on a few filters. But the scene has changed on Instagram, as bloggers have been posting better, more professional looking photos by using the simple app. Don't be just another filter-filled consumer: use these tips to make your Instagram photos stand out and look more professional than all the rest.
1. Always Seek the Light
Good photography is all about lighting and the same applies for Instagram pics. If you take a photo facing the sun, then you will have whiter skies in your photo. If the sun is behind you, then you will have a bluer sky in your photo. It's all up to your aesthetical choice, but the biggest no-no is shooting with the sun directly in your subject's face. Not only does it cause your subject to squint, but it creates harsh shadows on their face and that is not pretty.
2. Using Snapseed or a Font App Before Instagram
This is one of the newest secrets that Instagram users do: they import their photo into Snapseed (which is free) and add all sorts of other fun filters on to the photo before importing the photo into Instagram. Snapseed offers more choices like changing perspective, sharpening the photos or add fun grunge filters. Then, you can get a free app like Photolettering and add a word or two. People love seeing a single word here or there… it adds a more magazine-type feeling to the photo and not many people use it, so you will definitely stand out with the on-photo caption.
Using Snapseed for: a "drama" filter and a tilted perspective (P.S. – he's wearing cool glasses!)
Using Snapseed to enhance the night lighting and Photolettering for the "Nightlife" type:
3. Composition: The Secret Rule of Great Portraits
What makes everyone's Instagram photos look alike is the use of taking a photo of someone dead center. When you use the rule of thirds, your subject is moved a little more to the side and emulates the composition of how your actual eye is viewing the subject. How does the rule of thirds work? When you frame the photo, imagine a grid of 9 boxes. Make sure your subject's face is in the area where the top left or top right box intersects with the middle box. Voila! You have a better photo because you have established a look that seems like you're actually looking at the subject with the human eye. All great photographers use this technique.
These faces are within the rule of thirds.
4. To Contrast or Not to Contrast
Instagram has many filters that are all about contrast. Again, it's a great place to play with your aesthetical choices. Do you want a lighter more airy look, or a crisper colored edge? You can get both by using Instagram. Check out these 2 photos with filters used only in Instagram. P.S The latest trend I've noticed used most lately is the use of the light airy feel, as shown on the left.
5. When All Else Fails: DSLR – It's a Cheat, but People Use Them
I have definitely noticed that many photos are actually taken with DSLR cameras before being imported into Instagram. DSLRs are the Digital Single Lens Reflex cameras. That means that they are taking the photograph with a lens that has a specific focal length (the mechanics of this gets complicated, but basically it's not as straightforward as a point and shoot camera and unlike the point and shoot, the DSLR cameras can use interchangeable lenses.) I have noticed an online debate about this "cheat." After all, Instagram was built to make phone camera photos more fun to edit and share. When you use a DSLR photo, there's definitely a more professional look to it, such as richer color, more pixel information and if you shoot with the right lens, you will already have a shallow depth of field (there is more to depth of field than just blurring the background with a filter.) But hey, DSLR pictures allow for a more professional feel on the platform and the more serious bloggers use them. Personally, I see no harm in sharing your best photos, no matter where they originate.
Do you have any tips that you can share? If so, please share them in the comments below. And happy shooting this summer!

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D is for Delta Vega.
E is for Eminiar VII.
F is for Ferenginar.
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L is for L-374 III. It's not there anymore. Along with the crew of the USS Constellation.
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Google announced at its I/O event in May that a Glass Developer Kit is on the way so devs can build more advanced apps for its headset than the Mirror API supports, but it's still not quite ready. In a post on Google+, team member Alain Vongsouvanh encouraged developers to use the current Android SDK (API level 15) to try out ideas. The team has also posted code samples with examples like a stopwatch, compass and level, and says devs can access the device's accelerometer and play media. If you're ready to get to work all the necessary info is linked in the post, we hope to see the fruits of such labor in the Play store very soon.
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According to The Tallahassee Democrat, officials say such plans are far from final.
The training may never be allowed if it will harm the environment or compromise forest management plans. A draft environmental impact statement is in the works.
Some people who use the forest for recreation oppose the militarys plans, saying the training will restrict public access to the forest, damage the ecosystem and intrude on wilderness areas.
An Eglin spokesman says the military wants to be just another user of the forest.
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On Aug. 15, the Iowa Electrical Licensing Board voted 8-3 to reject proposed rules that would treat farmers differently than any other Iowan and exempt them from having electrical work they installed be inspected by a trained professional. These rules were offered by Farm Bureau, the governor's office and championed by the state fire marshal.
I am pleased the majority of the board recognized the intent of the legislation, passed in 2007, to inspect non-residential farm installations, and the importance of public safety.
Several fellow board members stated that no one should be put in harm's way so one group of Iowans can save a few dollars. We recognize our work is not done, and the board will work with all interested parties to resolve this issue. In the meantime, the board made a clear statement that public safety is the first priority for Iowans and this program, which is supported by the industry as a whole.
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Shuttle Atlantis rolled into retirement on Friday, November 2, taking a slow 10-mile (16 km) ride atop a massive platform from the Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building to the Visitor Center.
Atlantis, which ended the 30-year-old space shuttle program with a final flight last year, will be the star attraction of a new $100 million exhibit at the privately operated Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex adjacent to the NASA spaceport.
Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, which operates the visitors' center, plans to suspend the 154,000-pound (69,853-kg) spaceship from the ceiling with its cargo bay doors open to simulate the vehicle in orbit.
Atlantis, which flew 33 missions, is the third and last operational space shuttle to become a museum piece.
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Kindly expose Richa asap.. REunite Kunal Siddhi and the kids.. And keep them together.. they are the heart of this show.. we watch the show to enjoy thwm together.. as husband and wife .. and not a separated couple.. plz get them together soon
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Sameer and Keerti. Once again the two of you look great. Great Video . Look super good as usual. We love all the SINAL scenes but really want to see Kunal exposing Richa soon as this track is getting long overdue and seriously am getting impatient as want Richa to exit ASAP and finally be reunited with Siddhi and Sons to continue the next track. Story need new tracks. Time to end Richa and start new tracks with new villains to hold attention. Hence should start Richa expose and parents track next week . Repeat scenes are too boring to watch. We watch Parichay first and foremost for Samir Soni and last for not least Keerti Nagpure who complements Samir in Parichay. Both are the heart and soul of parichay. CVs to captialize on Samir Soni's experience and Keerti's freshness!
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Organizers are hoping that tonight's NAIAS Charity Preview will raise nearly $4.5 million for nine southeast Michigan children's charities.
The event has already sold nearly 13,000 tickets at $350 a piece. Of that, $340 is deductible on federal taxes.
Ticket prices are $50 more than last year, but that doesn't seem to be stopping anyone.
A Charity Preview ticket will also get you into "An Evening with Sheryl Crow" at 9:15 p.m. on the Atrium stage.
This year's event will also feature an on-site afterglow party, called Club 25, which you will need a separate ticket for. Tickets for Club 25 are an additional $150, and are not tax-deductible.
The name "Club 25" has special meaning behind it. It's been 25 years since the old Detroit Auto Show became the NAIAS.
Club 25 will be held in the new Grand Riverview Ballroom, and is sponsored by Rock Venture's Opportunity Detroit.
The ballroom will offer 23 private lounge areas, most of which have already been reserved by private companies.
"We have this gorgeous new facility with the atrium and ballroom, so we wanted to keep the party going and have people stay," says NAIAS spokesman Joe Rohatynski.
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Amanda Seyfried isn't often compared to Lindsay Lohan, her co-star in the 2004 comedy "Mean Girls" -- but that's exactly what happened to the starlet on March 28. "I just got mistaken for a Ms. Lohan at Newark Airport," the 27-year-old "Les Misérables" actress told her Twitter followers.
The "Lovelace" star strolled through the New Jersey airport wearing ripped jeans, red sunglasses and a black sweater. That same night, 26-year-old Lohan attended a John John denim photo call at Rua Oscar Freire in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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When movie exec Sarah Schechter jokingly told Seyfried, "I do that all the time when I see you," the actress replied, "I get it." Schechter then said the "bigger mistake" was flying out of Newark airport; Seyfried wrote, "I couldn't agree with you more at this moment."
Seyfried and Lohan haven't exactly kept in touch since sharing the screen alongside Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert and Tina Fey. "Lindsay was great on 'Mean Girls.' I think that was before she got a little nuts," Seyfried told Teen Vogue in 2008. "I've met some people who are just so freaking distraught and who don't know how to handle it. ... I kind of don't expect some of these girls who've been working since they were two to be sane. This business is just weird when you're young."
Despite her feelings for Lohan, in a January 2012 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Seyfried said she still views "Mean Girls" as "my best work."
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Blarney's Blog
Welcome to Blarney's Blog
Who is Blarney, you might ask?
I am Blarney Killarney from the grand clan of Killarney Leprechauns.
A wee bit of Irish magic an' grand ol' fashioned Irish luck landed me in the Liverpool Public Library. Why might a leprechaun end up so far from Ireland? 'Tis a true tale that I tell. I was out for a stroll among the heather, when I happened along a couple of tourists. Now I have a little hobby of climbing into the backpacks of tourists because you never know what kind of interesting reading materials they might have, and I love to read. 'Twas so nice and warm inside the backpack that I found meself drifting off to sleep. Now, leprechauns do not sleep often, but when they gets their mind set to sleeping they can sleep for days. One minute I was reading snug in the tourist's backpack, and next thing I know I'm tucked away inside the pages of a book on a sale shelf inside a library lobby. To awake surrounded by books! What glorious fortune! 'Twas no small bit o' magic there. I no longer have to sneak into the backpacks of tourists. I have many lifetimes of reading materials here. I looked around for the best place to build my home, and noticed several nice young lassies above me, new friends, books from floor to ceiling-- what better place to call home?!
I'm a wee bit shy, so you will never see me, but you can write to me or visit my house located in the Children's Room of the Library.
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Thank ye to all me fri'nds who left me lett'rs in me mailbox. 'tis always grand to hear from ye. Me hopes ye all are enjoyin' your vacation week.
Thank ye Amy, Audrey, 'n Jason fo' the Valentine's Day wishes. Me hopes ye all had a grand day.
Cheers! Carli
Claire, I be very glad ye liked me 'ome. I take great pride in it.
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Greetings ev'ryone! I hope ye all are well.
Thomas, me 'ouse has 6 rooms, that be why ye see six windows.
'ello Lily. Ye will not see me when I visit ye 'ouse, but if ye shoes are untied, then ye know it 'twas me.
Thank ye to all that have left me pencil drawings. Thay are much appr'ciated.
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'ello all! I hope ye all are havin' a good week. I sat in on a couple of storytimes 'n had a grand time.
Chloe, thank ye fo' ye nice note.
Allison, I still be a youngster, so I do not have any childr'n.
Katie, thank ye fo' ye picture.
Lailia, Happy St. Patrick's Day to ye too!
Cheers! Vera, 'n Mary.
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'ello everyone! I hope ye are all doin' well and enjoyin' this fine wint'r.
Brooke, I will be 133 years old this April. How old do ye be?
Happy New Year to ye too, Jana! What are ye cats names? I do not have any pets but I do have a lot of forest fri'nds.
'ello Anthony!
Ryan, thank ye fo' ye picture.
Taylor, the gumball machine was a gift from a fri'nd. I be glad ye liked it.
Audrey, thank ye for the colored bookmark. 'twas lov'ly.
Jayson, ye be a good fri'nd. I be glad ye enjoy me 'ouse.
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ASPEN, Colo. (AP) A deal has been made to pay off the outstanding $34 million construction debt on Ruedi Reservoir and keep the last of the un-contracted water for Western Slope users.
The Colorado River District announced Tuesday the water that is being purchased will serve primarily as a backup supply for very dry years.
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The programme for the Stakeholders' Forum to be held during the ninth TPP negotiating round in Lima has been released.
Stakeholders from Peru, Chile, and the United States will give presentations on issues relating to TPP throughout the day on 23 October.
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The Way Back is a film only Peter Weir could have made.
The epic new travel adventure by the famed Australian director of, among others, Master and Commander, The Truman Show, Witness, Gallipoli, and Picnic at Hanging Rock, is a story of escaped Soviet Gulag prisoners who trudge thousands of kilometres over some of the most challenging terrain on Earth in a desperate yearlong walk to freedom.
It is, he agrees, an "insanely ambitious" undertaking, but nothing more or less than we would expect from one of the last-standing artists who believes in the power of movies to lift us out of our daily drudgery.
Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Saoirse Ronan and Colin Farrell star in an old-fashioned survival movie based on actual events told in Slavomir Rawicz's novel The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom. The film is in local theatres today (see review below).
The 66-year-old Weir is on the stump for The Way Back, his first effort since 2003's acclaimed sea yarn Master and Commander. He was in Palm Springs, Calif., last weekend for the film festival there and then on the sunny West Coast, when he got on the phone.
"The length of time between my projects is not by choice," says the unassuming perennial Oscar nominee. "The part of me talking to you would like to go and start another film tomorrow morning. But the other Peter Weir, whoever he is, is the one who decides what I do and what I don't do. My time is largely taken up with finding something that will satisfy both Peters.
"Sometimes my agent, too, will say, 'Why are you turning this down? You find this is a good script.' And I find myself saying, 'Well, yes, but I think anybody could do it. I don't think I'll bring anything special to it.' "
Only Weir, it transpires, can bring a major 2009 project in on a 65-day shooting schedule in three countries with a minimalist $29-million budget and military attention to detail.
The Way Back begins in the vastness of the frozen Siberian forests that serve as an effective deterrent for any who would attempt to slip away from inhuman conditions in the Gulag prison camps.
From there we endure countless hardships to arrive in the Mongolian plains, where the pain really begins. Next up is the empty Gobi Desert, followed by the Himalayas, a decent mountain range, before descending into the lush tea plantations of high-country India, and refuge for the survivors.
Long-suffering producers of The Way Back, who had spent a decade trying to bring the project to life, had deemed the original locations impractical from a logistical, technical or political perspective. They finally settled on Bulgaria, Morocco and India, where conditions would be marginally less harrowing.
Enter Weir, in 2007, who would eventually co-write and co-produce the film, as well as helm it.
"I read the book and immediately started studying up on the Gulag, of which I knew very little. I was attracted to the wonderful combination of prison story and survival tale."
Asked about his fascination with pitiable human beings dropped into outsized situations, he says: "Most of us live urban lives with a lot of dullness and occasional flashes of fun. To be in the middle of one of these big cities and walk into a theatre and the lights go down and you're whisked off to exotic places, I love that sense of being on an adventure.
"I'm a product of my time, as all creative people are. I remember my eyes were on stalks as I watched David Lean and Lawrence of Arabia and the whole big screen filled with another world of breathtaking images.
"My interest is what kind of atmosphere can be created in the theatre. There can be something mesmerizing about your relationship to the screen when you're watching it. I like it when it happens with me. It's a sort of forgetting.
"We walk around all the time thinking about ourselves – it's the way we're built. We're always thinking about something in the future or regretting something in the past. With the best film, or any art form for that matter, you get a holiday from yourself. When it works, it's something money can't buy."


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At a rally with Mitt Romney Wednesday evening, South Carolina governor Nikki Haley hit back at Romney's GOP rivals for attacking the frontrunner's work at Bain Capital. "I am proud of all our Republican candidates," Haley said. "But we have a real problem when we have Republicans talking like dang Democrats against the free market."
The governor, who endorsed Romney in December, went on to link the Bain attacks to efforts by the National Labor Relations Board to keep Boeing from opening up a plant in the Palmetto state. "We don't ever want people to come in and say Boeing can hire and fire," she said. "We don't ever want people to go into Michelin and say they can make profits or they can't. We want companies to be able to do what is best for companies. And during tough times you downsize and make hard decisions and during good times you expand."
"He fixed broken businesses," Haley said of Romney. "We've got a broken Washington that needs to be fixed."
Haley didn't mention them by name, but Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry were the Republicans she was criticizing. In recent days, the Newt Gingrich super PAC cut an ad calling Romney a "corporate raider" and Perry accused Romney of practicing "vulture capitalism." Haley's pushback against the Bain attacks was tame when compared to that of Rush Limbaugh, who likened Perry to Fidel Castro.


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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Jill Duggar Interviews Russian Native
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- Anonymous said...
Does this girl think we don't have freedom unless R. Santorum gets elected????? Or that the other candidates will take our freedom away????? She sounds very confused to me.
- March 22, 2012 at 9:59 AM Add Reply
- Janice said...
Anonymous, she isn't confused. She has just had a different point of view, having lived in Russia. Everyone chooses the candidate that he or she believes will be the best leader for the country. Doesn't make her, or anyone else, wrong. Just different.
- March 22, 2012 at 12:31 PM Add Reply
- Anonymous said...
I live in MA and experienced life under Romney during his 1 failed term as govenor....so....Go Rick!! I dread it if Romney wins. I wonder if Jill will be doing more interviews like this? With the girls writing a book now it would be nice if they started to host a tv series for young woman to encourage other young woman, discuss issues, share ideas.
- March 22, 2012 at 3:37 PM Add Reply
- Anonymous said...
"She hopes Rick Santorum wins because without freedom...." This is just adding fuel to the belief that the Duggars are brain-washers. Now the second generation is brain-washing innocent people. The United States of America has been a free country for well over 200 years! With or without Rick Santorum! And will continue to be a free country if Rick Santorum doesn't win!
- March 22, 2012 at 7:22 PM Add Reply
- Kathryn Lucy said...
To Anonymous,
She's referring to freedom of religion. That's part of the campaign that Santorum is running on (in reference to the HHS mandate regarding Catholics and contraception). To him (Santorum) and his supporters, the HHS mandate is an attack on religious freedom by forcing those who oppose contraception on religious grounds to cover contraception and abortifacients for their employees. So that's why Zoya is referring to freedom and it being taken away (because under Obama/other candidates it will be taken away).
- March 23, 2012 at 1:35 PM Add Reply
- Kathryn said...
what is a delgatee?
- March 23, 2012 at 3:19 PM Add Reply
- Anonymous said...
Kathryn Lucy: Please refer to the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. Freedom of Religion has already been settled in 1917.
- March 24, 2012 at 12:48 AM Add Reply
- Anonymous said...
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
- March 24, 2012 at 12:56 AM Add Reply
- Janice said...
A delegate is a representative. Zoya will go on to the Missouri state convention to cast her vote for Santorum.
- March 24, 2012 at 8:45 PM Add Reply
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WILLOW, Alaska — The woman who tipped Mat-Su authorities to the out-of-control puppy mill near Talkeetna is sharing why she turned the breeder in.
On Monday night in sub-zero weather, Mat-Su Borough Animal Control helped rescue more than 150 dogs near talkeetna.
"I'm appalled, it just makes me sick," said Nancy Crowden, a recreational musher who reported the owner to animal control.
"I am so happy that this time the man went to jail. None of the others that I know of have ever been arrested for this," she said.
Frank Rich, 53, faces 50 counts of animal cruelty.
But this isn't the first case of cruelty seen in the Mat-Su.
In 2005, Willow musher David Straub was found guilty of failing to provide his dog team with enough food, water or veterinary care.
In October 2004, borough animal control seized 28 of Straub's dogs. He was originally charged with 17 counts of animal cruelty, but the borough dropped the charges down to just one count.
Straub's final penalty: a $300 fine.
In May of 2008, another musher, Doug Bartko, was accused of animal abuse. Animal care investigators found 12 malnourished dogs, and one that was already dead.
Bartko was also cited for animal cruelty just two years earlier.
"These people just go on like nothing happened like they did absolutely nothing wrong and then they get more dogs, get a kennel license and everything's OK," Crowden said.
This recent case of alleged cruelty is different; Frank Rich is not a musher.
He ran a breeding operation, selling the husky-malamute mix puppies for hundreds of dollars.
Crowden says because of that, Rich should have been watched more closely.
"Why isn't the state in on that? Why isn't the state stepping in and saying 'if you're going to be making money off these puppies then you need to follow more stringent rules than anyone'?" Crowden said.
Alaska law states that animal cruelty cases like this one are considered a misdemeanor. It would be a felony if the person had been previously convicted on two or more separate occasions within 10 years.
Crowden says the law needs to change.
"There need to be stricter penalties and fines for people who do it, and once they've been convicted on animal cruelty, they shouldn't be able to just go and get dogs again and start all over again. It should be made a felony and not a misdemeanor," Crowden said.
She plans to work toward convincing local lawmakers to amend the state statute, but Crowden says she realizes it will take the support of others, as well.
"I hope that a lot of people now will stand up for the dogs out here in the Valley that get abused like this and make charges stick on these people. Make 'em pay for the crime that they've done, because it is a crime, it's torture," she said.
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… just six months after 9/11, Bush suggested in a press conference that Bin Laden was not a top priority for his administration. Asked whether Bush thought capturing Bin Laden was important, Bush scolded those who cared about Bin Laden for not "understand[ing] the scope of the mission" because Bin Laden was just "one person," whom Bush said:
Who knows if he's hiding in some cave or not. We haven't heard from him in a long time. The idea of focusing on one person really indicates to me people don't understand the scope of the mission. Terror is bigger than one person. He's just a person who's been marginalized. … I don't know where he is. I really just don't spend that much time on him, to be honest with you.


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I grew up in Seattle and as a result, I spent a lot of time playing in the rain. Parents, you can probably see where this is going: before my muddy feet could even touch the doorstep, my mother would send me directly to the shower.
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Time to complete: 20 minutesMake a candy butterfly on a cupcake.
What you need:pre-made cupcakes , green frosting (you can use a few drops of food coloring in vanilla frosting) , a variety of candies (gumdrops , licorice , etc) , mini pretzels
Instructions:1. Frost cupcake with green frosting. 2. Use candies to make a body, eyes and antennae for your butterfly. 3. Use two pretzels to create wings.
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I love knitting for holidays and couldn't find a pattern I was excited about for Valentine's Day, so, I made one up! These Love Monsters are easy and fun to knit. They are multiplying around my house and now we have a whole family.
They don't take much yarn so I've been using up my stash of pinks and reds.
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Company: Gates Rubber, plant in Siloam Springs, Ark., 675 employees
Program creator and director: Burt Hoefs, plant manager
The program: Every job applicant goes through a four-stage screening-and-interviewing process. The first step is a general interview with the personnel department. Three days later there's a second interview with someone else from personnel to verify information and impressions from the first meeting. The third stage consists of a panel interview with three people (including Hoefs) from different parts of the plant. "We're evaluating communications skills, work attitudes, and general confidence levels," says Hoefs. "Since all the work of the plant is done in teams, we're also focusing on an applicant's ability to respond well in a group setting." If the panel approves the candidate, the personnel department goes into intensive reference checking, after which the candidate is invited back for a fourth, and final, meeting. It usually takes place on a Friday evening, lasts two hours, and includes spouses or significant others -- of the candidate as well as those of the three plant people, including Hoefs. From 7 to 9 p.m. the candidate and his or her spouse watch a 20-minute video on the history of Gates Rubber, get a rundown of benefits, and discuss what it means to be part of a self-directed work team. "This is the most revealing part of the process," says Hoefs. "We're looking at the interaction between the candidate and his spouse. Did he tell her about working on the night shift? Did he explain the level of commitment we require? How do they react when we explain why we don't think unions are needed here? Any sign of trouble and we pass on the candidate." The process, Hoefs explains, is designed to bring to light the kinds of problems that usually surface only after someone is hired.
The payoff: 8% annual turnover, versus 100% turnover at a comparable plant owned by another company in town. "Our biggest expense was bad hiring," says Hoefs. "Now, it's not a line item, but when you add up the cost of quality mistakes, injuries, work slowdowns as a result of incompetence or just plain newness on the job, and overtime costs -- well, there's no doubt that our investment in hiring pays off."


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Physics and Astronomy 2013-2014
Application Process
Following are the simple steps to apply for graduate study in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Denver. If you have any questions about the process, please contact the Office of Graduate Studies.
Apply Online / Application Deadlines
- Applications for graduate study in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Denver must be submitted online.
- Start an online application.
- All online materials must be submitted, and all supplemental materials must be postmarked, by the program's priority deadline: February 1, for the fall quarter.
- A $65 non-refundable application fee is required for an application to be processed. Application fee waivers are available for McNair Scholars.
Course and Degree Prerequisites and Requirements
- Proof of a bachelor's, and, if applicable, a master's degree is required from a regionally accredited college or university.
- An undergraduate physics and mathematics background equivalent to a BS degree in physics is required.
- Applicants are required to submit an official transcript from each post-secondary institution they have attended, or are presently attending, where two quarter hours (or one semester hour) or more were completed including study abroad and college coursework completed in high school.
- The applicant is responsible for obtaining all transcripts. DU students and alumni do not need to provide DU transcripts. Applicants who have earned a degree outside the U.S. must submit transcripts accompanied by certified English translations, if not normally issued in English.
- Official study abroad transcripts are required unless the course titles, grades and credit earned abroad appear on another transcript. Transcripts from outside of the U.S. are evaluated by the Office of International Student Admission. This process can take three to four weeks and must be complete by the program's stated deadline. Therefore, applicants with a degree from outside of the U.S. are encouraged to apply early. Applicants educated outside the U.S. are encouraged to contact the Office of Graduate Studies for assistance regarding transcript-related materials.
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- The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) with a minimum of 146 on the quantitative section is required. Admission preference will be given to those submitting strong advanced physics scores on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) subject test. Scores must be received directly from the appropriate testing agency by the program's stated deadline. The institution code for the University of Denver is 4842.
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- Official scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS) are required of all graduate applicants, regardless of citizenship status, whose native language is not English or who have been educated in countries where English is not the native language. Applications will not be processed until the required TOEFL or IELTS score is received. The TOEFL and IELTS scores are valid for two years from the test date. The minimum TOEFL score accepted by the University is 80 (iBT) or 550 (paper-based). The institution code for the University of Denver is 4842. The minimum IELTS score accepted by the University is 6.0. Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) must demonstrate fluency in spoken English by scoring a 26 on the TOEFL speaking section or 8.0 on the IELTS speaking section. Please see the Graduate Policy Manual for complete English language proficiency requirements.
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Personal Statement
- Your application should include a short statement in your own words, describing why you are interested in attending graduate school and why you chose our department. In your essay, specify your particular physics area of interest and discuss your future career plans.
Recommendation Letters
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Financial Support
- To be considered for financial support, domestic applicants should apply early and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by the priority deadline, February 15.
- Information about financial aid can be found on the Office of Financial Aid website. International students are not eligible for federal financial aid.
- The Department of Physics and Astronomy offers graduate teaching assistantships, graduate research assistantships, and graduate studies doctoral fellowships.
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Analyzing CATHERINE's Symbolism, Themes and Social Commentary
Categories: Culture, Video Games - Humor
Be warned, though! The following discussion will be loaded with end-game spoilers of Catherine's fantastic story. Reader discretion is advised.
The story in Atlus' Catherine isn't like any typical video game. Vincent Brooks, the protagonist of this tale, isn't out to save the world or rescue any princess. He's just a poor, drunken 30-something-year-old who has to handle the pressures of his girlfriend Katherine wanting to move forward in their relationship. However, Vincent feels as if he's not ready to take the next step. He can barely take care of himself with the amount of money he's earning, much less take care of the family his lady eventually would want. He doesn't want to lose Katherine, but he also wants things to remain the way they are.
He meets and ultimately has an affair with a younger girl named Catherine who is just as laid-back as he is. She is in no rush to marry; she's happy with the way her life is now and simply wants to enjoy it. This begins the troubles that Vincent must face. Night after night he has nightmares that involve climbing up towers of blocks that continue to collapse below him and fall into the abyss. If he doesn't make the correct decisions and move the blocks the right way, he'll ultimately end up falling to his death. And you know what they say, if you die in your dreams, you'll die in real life. At the end of each night, he's chased by a demonized embodiment of a dilemma that he is forced to face--whether it be Katherine in a wedding dress or a creepy baby with a chainsaw. The strange thing is that the men from the town in which he lives all appear to have the same dream. Some of them don't survive the nightmares and wake up dead.
The Analogy of Maturity and Climbing Blocks
The blocks that Vincent rearranges form stairs, and stairs are common symbols of progression. As one character says in the game, these blocks can be viewed as symbols of Vincent's progression through adulthood. The doors at the top of each tower also represent progression. Doors require initiative to open, and will lead to opportunities.
|After Katherine brings up the topic of marriage, Vincent has a night terror of her in a wedding dress...and a butcher knife.
The necessity to make tough decisions, commit to them and progress along a path is essential to surviving each stage, just like it is essential to get through life's most difficult problems. Tension and urgency intensify the pressure through the time limits imposed by the blocks falling below you and creepy night terrors trying to downright annihilate you.
Catherine's Social Commentary on Japan's Aging Population
It is revealed at the end of the game that the game's bartender, Thomas "Boss" Mutton, is the one cursing indecisive men such as Vincent to endure these nightmares. Men like Vincent, who refuse to grow up and start families are preventing "fertile" women such as Katherine from finding more capable men who are willing to raise children and support the population. Mutton (who turns out to be a god that is sent to protect a given population) has the objective to separate these fertile women from men who won't contribute to the future of the country's population.
There are numerous factors that contribute to Japan's aging population; higher education, later marriages, an increased number of women in the workforce and small living spaces. One out of every four people in Japan are considered elderly, and this has been a high level of concern for the country. With a man-child like Vincent not moving forward in life and raising a family, Japan's aging population will continue to be a problem.
The Thin Line Between What's "Right" and "Wrong"
|The game constantly presents the player with questions that ultimately determines your ending.
As the mysterious voice behind the confessional says at one point, "There is no wrong way to climb these staircases, so long as you manage to reach the top."
Check out other video game posts by Peter Mai here:
- Ten Things You Didn't Know About Super Mario Bros.
- Ten Signs You're An Aging Gamer
- "Sorry, I'm Dead": 30 Most Memorable Video Game Quotes
- Vaporware: 5 Video Games That Should Be Released By Now
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Even though modern mining in Ethiopia is recent, gold has traditionally been mined from alluvial and, to a lesser extent, primary free gold since ancient times. Modern gold mining methods have only been used since the 1930's in the Bedakesa Valley of the Adola area in Southern Ethiopia. Later exploration has resulted in the discovery of the Lega Dembi deposit and other minerals. The Ethiopian rift valley has tremendous potential for industrial minerals resources which are demonstrated by the presence of potash, diatomite, kaolin, bentonite, sulphur, common salt, zeolite, soda ash, pumice, scoria and other various construction raw materials.
Current mining activities also include the production of tantalite and soda ash. The only formal tantalum mining operation is the Kenticha Mine, operated by Ethiopian Mines Development Share Company. Mining of kaolin, dimension stones (limestone, marble and granite) and small scale and artisanal mining of precious metals, gemstone, salt, industrial minerals and construction materials are the main mining activities in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has located some coal reserves in three separate areas in Ethiopia estimated at containing 61 Mt of coal (all lignite). Additional reserves have apparently been located in the Western part of the country.
According to studies, there are diverse mineral deposits in various parts of the country that can meet export standards. Minerals currently being exported include gold, platinum, marble, granite and tantalum. Export of these minerals is on a very limited scale relative to their immense export potential. Other metallic and non-metallic substances that have also been identified in the country include copper, lead, zinc, silver, gypsum, limestone, quartz and pyrite. Most Ethiopian mineral products are exportable to markets in East and Southern Africa and in Asia and Oceania. Due to freight costs, Ethiopian exports have an advantage in these regions of the world over established exports from Europe and North America. Ethiopia has also recently entered into the export of high quality dimensional stones (i.e., different types of unprocessed blocks, as well as processed marble, granite and limestone suitable for both internal and external uses.
Ethiopian opal is quite unique and different from more common Australian and Mexican opal. Ethiopian opals have taken the market by storm since they were first mined in the mid-nineties.
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SPARK! 9th Annual Visions and Voices Multimedia Kickoff
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Don't miss Visions and Voices's annual kickoff event—an arts extravaganza featuring music, dance, theatre and spoken word! The event will also include a welcome by USC Provost Elizabeth Garrett. Attendees will receive free Visions and Voices T-shirts and bags!
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- Thursday, August 21, 2014 08/21/2014 17:30:00 08/21/2014 18:30:59 6 SPARK! 9th Annual Visions and Voices Multimedia KickoffDon't miss Visions and Voices's annual kickoff event—an arts extravaganza featuring music, dance, theatre and spoken word! The event will also include a welcome by USC Provost Elizabeth Garrett. Attendees will receive free Visions and Voices T-shirts and bags!University Park Campus
- 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
- University Park Campus
- Bovard Auditorium (ADM)
Admission is free and open to USC students only. Line up and get a wristband at the event check-in on Trousdale Parkway in front of Bovard Auditorium. Wristbands, shirts and bags will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 4:45 p.m. Arrive early! Reception to follow.
USC Visions and Voices's annual arts extravaganza will kick off the new season with music, dance, theatre and spoken word. World-renowned DJs Urban Assault (aka Faust and Shortee) will amp up the crowd with an electrifying pre-show. The high-energy evening continues with Lula Washington Dance Theatre, whose blend of African, ballet and street dance is irresistibly inspiring. Consider life afresh via socially conscious spoken word by Rudy Francisco, Javon Johnson and Terisa Tinei Siagatonu. The virtuosic playing of classical guitarist Vladimir Gorbach will find a fascinating counterpoint in an uproarious performance by the insightful theatre artist Adelina Anthony. And don't miss the catchy alternative pop of Carlton at a lively post-show reception. The event will also include a welcome by USC Provost Elizabeth Garrett and a presentation by USC cinematic arts professor Tara McPherson. Plus, attendees will receive free Visions and Voices T-shirts and bags!
About the Artists:
Adelina Anthony is a critically acclaimed two-spirited Xicana lesbian writer, actor, director, producer and artist-teacher. In a career spanning two decades and counting, she has twice been nominated for the prestigious Alpert Award in the Arts. Her solo tryptich, Las Hociconas: Three Locas with Big Mouths and Even Bigger Brains, was a 2014 Lambda Literary Award finalist. Her play The Beast of Times premiered at the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center last year, and has just been published by Kórima Press. She is also a filmmaker and a co-founder of AdeRisa productions. For SPARK!, Anthony will perform from Mama's Boi, part of her in-progress La Malcriada series. In Mama's Boi, a boi from South Central confronts what it means to survive the things your graduate-student girlfriend happens to be learning about race, gender, class, sexuality and immigration in school. (Official website, Facebook, Twitter)
Carlton is a three-piece alternative-pop trio known for catchy pop songs and energetic live performances. Originally from Washington, D.C., they are now based in the Los Angeles area. Their debut EP, Stretching, is available now on iTunes. (Facebook, iTunes)
Rudy Francisco is quickly becoming one of the most recognizable names in spoken-word poetry. Combining social critique, introspection, honesty and humor, he uses personal narratives to discuss race, class, gender and religion. The 2009 National Underground Poetry Slam Champion, the 2010 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and an NAACP Image Award nominee, Francisco is as committed to his community as he is to his own poetry, cultivating young poets through coaching and workshops, and co-hosting the largest poetry venue in San Diego. (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube)
Internationally acclaimed classical guitarist Vladimir Gorbach has captivated audiences and won competitions across Europe, Australia, the United States and his native country of Russia. He is the first international artist fellow in music at the USC Thornton School of Music. (Official website, Facebook)
The Los Angeles Times said of poet Javon Johnson, "From subject matter to wordplay to delivery, he is working it out! It's hard not to have good times while watching him have a good time on stage." An award-winning spoken-word/slam poet, Johnson merges race and gender theory with comedy, lyricism and rhyme schemes. He has appeared on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, BET's Lyric Café and TV One's Verses and Flow. Johnson co-wrote Showtime's basketball documentary, Crossover, in collaboration with the NBA and Nike. He tours with Fiveology, a collective of spoken-word poets; blogs for the Huffington Post; and serves on the board of Say Word, an organization that mentors teenagers and promotes creative self-expression through spoken-word poetry in Los Angeles. Johnson was formerly a postdoctoral fellow in the department of American studies and ethnicity at USC, and a program manager at the California African American Museum. He is currently an assistant professor of performance and communication studies at San Francisco State University. (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube)
Terisa Tinei Siagatonu is a queer Samoan poet, spoken-word artist and arts educator. She has performed in venues ranging from San Francisco's Herbst Theatre to the White House, and is a member of the Da Poetry Lounge/Hollywood Slam Team. In addition to performing, she is a community activist and organizer, working with groups such as One Love Oceana, Youth Speaks Inc., the Samoan Community Development Center of San Francisco and EPIC. Siagatonu was a proud recipient of President Obama's Champions of Change Award. (Twitter)
Urban Assault (aka Faust and Shortee) have been a powerhouse in the DJ/production world for almost twenty years, electrifying audiences on a global scale. Specializing in the grimy beats and filthy bass lines of dubstep, drum and bass, drumstep, glitch hop and electro house, this dynamic duo awes crowds with live four-turntable DJ trick sets scratched to perfection. Ranked as one of the top five turntablists in the world by SPIN magazine, Faust released the first turntablist album in history, the critically lauded Man or Myth, and continues to push the boundaries of production today. Shortee is one of the most diverse, technically skilled female DJs in the world, described as "The World's Premier Female DJ" by the Grammy Foundation and named "Queen of the Scratch World" by DJ Times. Faust and Shortee were both featured in the award-winning documentary Scratch. (Official Website, Facebook, Twitter)
Founded in 1980 in South Los Angeles to provide a creative outlet for inner-city dance artists, the Lula Washington Dance Theatre is known for powerful, high-energy choreography that blends contemporary dance with African dance, ballet, street dance and Katherine Dunham technique. The company has danced in major theatres across America and in Russia, China, Brazil, Germany, Mexico and Spain. They have a passionate commitment to education and community outreach, and founder Lula Washington, who choreographed the films Avatar and The Little Mermaid, won the National Education Association's Carter G. Woodson Civil Rights Award for her school program, Reflections in Black. For SPARK!, the Lula Washington Dance Theatre will perform Love Is, a three-part dance that looks at the many sides of romantic love. Prepare to be lifted from your seat by a company the New York Times calls "rousing" and "infectiously enthusiastic"! (Official website, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube)
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The incident began about 9:30 a.m. when officers attempted to serve several warrants to Christoper R. Creighton at a home in the 1200 block of Sanibel Lane in Gulf Breeze.
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