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|Growth model is complex, but valuable
|Written by Brenda Johnson Brandt
Colorado Department of Education has adopted a growth model for evaluating Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) scores to chart the progress each school has made over time.
Holyoke Supt. Bret Miles presented the local district's data at the Sept. 1 meeting of the Board of Education.
He emphasized this is a learning year for everyone as the growth model is introduced for the state. His report presented facts and little interpretation, as he noted the Standard of Excellence team will move this work forward in a meaningful way.
"We will, without question, be using this as a way to evaluate our progress," said Miles. "We just have to determine which way relates it best to our public."
Growth data is very different from status data, according to Supt. Miles. The growth model finally involves a measurement that can be controled by teachers: growth during the year.
Status measures are still important. However, the growth model looks at where each individual student has come and where the student is currently headed.
Individual student growth rates are calculated by comparing their CSAP scores in reading, writing and math over consecutive years. The median percentile of each group is used to describe the overall growth of any one group.
Within the growth model, comparisons to state median growth are reported. A multiple-year report will show if there's a trend in the growth statistics.
In some cases it may be useful to compare one group with another to see if a gap exists in growth rates for different sub-populations. Growth details are reported for minority students, free and reduced lunch eligible students, English Language Learners whose first language is not English and by gender.
What is growth?
Miles explained growth as follows: Determine all students who scored at the same level in year one, see where they scored in year two and distribute all the students into the following three categories:
—Low growth, 1-34 percentile.
—Typical growth, 35-65 percentile.
—High growth, 66-100 percentile.
Everything is measured against a median, not an average, Miles emphasized.
The growth model also shows how much improvement is needed for each student to reach postsecondary readiness.
This model becomes the state's accountability system, replacing the reports that rated schools from excellent to unsatisfactory using CSAP scores. It will also be a tool for accreditation.
A new website allows the public to look at how well each school, district and the state are doing with regard to achievement and growth. This information can be accessed at www.schoolview.org.
Summarizing the proficiency level reports for Holyoke schools, Miles noted there are some things which are not good and need improvement districtwide. He cited the need to establish better baselines than one year.
In general summary, Miles noted Holyoke's unsatisfactory readers and writers tend to outgrow their contemporaries across the state. He also pointed out the partially proficient readers and writers have the lowest growth of any group.
Math is the only subject area without at least one group above the state median in growth, said Miles. Math continues to be a subject area the district wants to understand, he added.
Looking at demographics, Miles summarized there are smaller achievement gaps in growth data than in status data. He cited the best growth is with the gifted and talented (GT) students, compared to classmates. Additionally, he again noted reading and writing are stronger than math.
Catch Up, Keep Up, Move Up are growth monitor buzzwords
In further evaluation from the new growth model, percentages of students in each district are cited in whether they're at a sufficient rate to catch up, keep up or move up.
Miles defined those three areas as follows:
—Catching Up—A student scoring in the Unsatisfactory or Partially Proficient range who demonstrated enough growth to be Proficient or Advanced in three years or by 10th grade.
—Keeping Up—A student scoring in the Proficient or Advanced range who demonstrated enough growth to be Proficient or Advanced in three years or by 10th grade.
—Moving Up—A student scoring in the Proficient range who demonstrated enough growth to be Advanced in three years or by 10th grade.
Summarizing these statistics for Holyoke in the past year, Supt. Miles noted the district was even with or exceeded the state in eight of 24 growth measures. The data also showed there were fewer achievement gaps in growth data than in status data.
As a whole, Miles acknowledged 2009 was not a great year for growth in Holyoke Schools. The district's strength was in keeping proficient kids proficient.
As local educators evaluate and review the new growth data, ideas for use of the measurement tools will be assessed.


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Testimony :: Patrick Merloe
Director of Programs on Election Processes - National Democratic Institute
Mr. Chairman and Distinguished Members of the Commission:
Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the troubled conditions in Belarus during the run-up to its March 19 presidential election. Belarus has yet to organize an election that meets international standards and the country's commitments through the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The run-up to the March 19 presidential poll, unfortunately, is marked by a large number of problems reported in respected news media, noted in OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) election observation mission reports and findings of nonpartisan Belarusian election monitors. Among the documented violations are: the beating and arrest of a presidential candidate; arresting and detention of a number of opposition supporters; charging opposition activists with violating the law simply for passing out campaign flyers; and more.
Mr. Chairman, these and additional violations of civil and political rights are covered by the testimony of others in this hearing. While NDI has been involved in Belarus since 2000, assisting citizens who want to build democratic political processes and ensure the integrity of elections, today I will focus my comments on one critical subject: the importance of the free exercise of the right of citizens to participate in government and public affairs through nonpartisan election observation by domestic nongovernmental organizations.
On February 21, 2006, several civic activists were arrested; their offices and homes were raided, and their computers and other effects were confiscated. These persons, who are leaders in the efforts of Belarusian citizens to monitor their presidential election, remain in detention, accused by the KGB of "slandering the president and illegally running an unregistered organization". Slandering the president is a criminal offense in Belarus that could result in multiple years in jail.
Belarusian authorities have thwarted in other ways the efforts of citizens to observe their election process. NDI, as well as the OSCE, provided assistance to a coalition of nonpartisan domestic election monitors who observed Belarus' 2001 election, and NDI assisted the efforts of more than 3,000 Belarusian nonpartisan observers for the 2004 parliamentary elections. A year later, many of the civic activists involved with these efforts once again sought to register a citizen initiative called Partnership in order to observe the present election. Their good-faith request for registration was denied.
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that Partnership signed the Zagreb Declaration and Commitments (attached to this testimony) adopted on June 29, 2003, at the European Domestic Observer Forum, sponsored by the European Commission and the OSCE and organized in cooperation with NDI. The Declaration and Commitments, among other things, commit the signatories to act in an impartial, nonpartisan manner and to observe the highest ethical standards when observing elections. The commitment of Partnership to these standards establishes its bonafides regarding election observation.
The bad-faith denial of registration is being used by Belarusian authorities as a basis of charging individuals with running an "illegal organization". In addition, in an ongoing propaganda campaign, Belarusian authorities falsely accused Partnership of organizing fraudulent exit polls to be released after the election in order to draw protesters to the street, where explosions would be detonated to create "blood and sacrifices" to mobilize the population and attempt to seize governmental power. This false, outlandish accusation also fallaciously tied NDI to the KGB's fiction.
Mr. Chairman: The attempts by Belarusian authorities to foil nonpartisan election observation by its citizens violate rights guaranteed by Belarus' constitution, election law and international obligations. Article 13 of the Belarus electoral code recognizes the right of citizens to observe elections, just as the Constitution of Belarus recognizes the right of association and guarantees free and open elections (Articles 36 and 66). Yet, the authorities have created unreasonable obstacles to the effective exercise of these rights. The denial of genuine opportunities to exercise such civil and political rights also violates Belarus' obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and its OSCE commitments.
Through its membership in the United Nations and accession to the ICCPR, Belarus is obligated to ensure every citizen's right and opportunity, without any unreasonable restriction, to participate in government and public affairs, directly and through freely chosen representatives. Through its participation in the OSCE, Belarus commits to this principle (e.g., 1990 Copenhagen Document, paragraph 6) and explicitly commits to invite domestic (and foreign) election observers from any appropriate private organization that wishes to observe the course of national elections (Copenhagen Document, paragraph 8). Like all OSCE participating States, Belarus is obligated to ensure that its laws, regulations, practices and policies conform with obligations under international law and be in harmony with OSCE commitments (Copenhagen Document, paragraphs 4 and 24), and that they not be designed to frustrate the exercise of rights.
Belarus and other OSCE participating States are further committed to ensure that individuals are permitted to exercise their right to association by forming and joining organizations in order to study (i.e., monitor) the observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms – including the right to genuine democratic elections. Participating States are also to ensure that such organizations are permitted to develop and advance ideas for improved protection of human rights and for ensuring better compliance with international human rights standards – including standards for democratic elections. (See Copenhagen Document, paragraphs 10.3 and 10.3.) This extends to having unhindered access to and communication with similar bodies within and outside Belarus, to engage in exchanges, contacts, cooperation and even to solicit and receive funds from such other groups for the purposes of promoting and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms (Copenhagen Document, paragraph 10.4). Beyond this, domestic nonpartisan election monitoring organizations are a subset of "human rights defenders" that have gained protection under United Nations instruments.
Despite these clear obligations, Belarusian authorities have blocked legal recognition of appropriate groups that seek to engage in nonpartisan election observation, prohibited assistance from outside sources and are detaining individuals for nothing more than seeking to promote the right of citizens to free, open and genuinely democratic elections.
Mr. Chairman: We all believe that sovereignty belongs to and flows from the people of a country and that the legitimacy and authority to govern derives from the will of the people expressed in periodic and genuine democratic elections. It is from these precepts that citizens organize themselves to observe and help ensure the integrity of election processes. There is no more basic exercise of the right of association and no more important act by citizens to protect and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Around the world, citizens have organized in a nonpartisan manner to monitor elections as a means of building public confidence, promoting citizen participation in elections and safeguarding electoral integrity. NDI is proud to have worked with over 160 citizen groups and coalitions in more than 65 countries over the last 20 years to aid domestic nonpartisan election observation. Honoring citizens' rights to monitor their election processes is an established and growing state practice, which is a recognized component of standards for democratic elections.
NDI is deeply concerned that Belarusian authorities are taking overt actions to deny this and other human rights and fundamental freedoms in the present electoral period. NDI Chairman Madeleine Albright, in a statement released by the Institute on March 6 and attached to this testimony, deplored attempts to deny citizens the right to peacefully monitor the March 19 presidential election and condemned the recent arrest of citizen activists, as well as the false accusations against Partnership. In her statement, we called on the government of Belarus to immediately release those detained and to allow them to continue their rightful monitoring effort without interference. We hope that you will join in this call.
Mr. Chairman: NDI appreciates the efforts of Congress to support efforts of the people of Belarus to establish a full democracy, the rule of law, and respect for human rights and Congress's call on the Government of Belarus to conduct a free and fair presidential election, as stated in House Resolution 673. We greatly appreciate the role of this Commission in defending and promoting human rights and respect for all elements of the Helsinki process. The CSCE is a strong voice of Congress and the American people.
NDI also would like to highlight the efforts of the OSCE concerning the electoral situation in Belarus, and in particular for the efforts of the OSCE/ODIHR. The March 3 statement of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed concern and drew attention to the plight of four prominent domestic observers in Belarus, as well as the physical aggression of authorities against and detention of a presidential candidate who was later released. The Chairman-in-Office called on Belarusian authorities to stop such acts. The OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission in Belarus also drew attention to these developments in its first Interim Report and in a March 2 press release. These and other actions by the OSCE are valuable and are consistent with mandates to follow the compliance of participating States with their OSCE commitments.
It is NDI's hope that the government of Belarus will meet its obligations and conduct itself in accordance with its international commitments and its constitutional requirements in this electoral context. Ensuring civil and political rights and guaranteeing a free, open and genuinely democratic election are crucial for developing democracy in Belarus, as in all other countries.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Commission.

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|Soon to be Mr & Mrs!
|baby's breath. certainly has a place in heaven. hoping!
|Billy telling the engagement story to the boys!
|AMAZING ring!!
|lovely personalized card by SKCOUCH
Congrats to them! Looks like a great little party.
That ring is SO gorgeous. wow.
It's basically exactly what I want!
And Happy Birthday to JB!
Amazing Sarah! Love every single detail, as always! You are too sweet (thanks for the kindest words on the blog) Wish I was there to celebrate with you lovelies!
Happy Birthday to JB! Have a great day of celebrating him!!
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I LOVE the ring and the party and the baby's breath! It looks like everyone had a wonderful time! :)
Congrats B&H!
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This looks amazing!!
And that ring is breath-taking!!
Happy birthday to JB, hope you two are having a great time celebrating :)
looks UH-mazing! Well done!! wanna plan my party? It doesnt have a purpose yet...but im sure we can make something up...ReplyDelete
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That Babies breath looks so perfect and what a great inexpensive way to decorate with flowers! I totally think I am stealing this for my best friend's wedding shower at my house. I love all the candid pics of you and your girls-too fun!ReplyDelete
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love all the details sarah! looks like a great party!ReplyDelete
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GORGEOUS ring!ReplyDelete
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Beautiful engagement party! Just stumbled upon your blog and found myself reading post after post! Love it! xoxoReplyDelete
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What a killer shindig...and that ring...GORGeous!ReplyDelete
awwwww such sweet photos! and OH my goodness your ring :D
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loving the posts
stop by some time xx
such great photos!!ReplyDelete
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i maybe already saw these since we're fb friends :) but it looks like a blast.ReplyDelete
The party looks like it was a success & very beautiful decorations.......I am sure that the bride & groom loved everything!ReplyDelete
Congrats to them! And those pictures look SO FUN!!! I can't even begin to tell you how happy they made me feel!ReplyDelete
oh, this is beautiful! I LOVE the cheese and wine idea! her ring is amazing!ReplyDelete
a BIG congratulations to HVH!! So happy for her and completely drooling over that ringReplyDelete
perfection. and i'd really like some of that cheese right now.ReplyDelete


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Some of us meet the love of our lives and get married. The rest of us spend years dating assholes, idiots and emotionally unavailable bastards.
Of course, it often takes years to weed through the rejects until you find the right person to be with. But with years comes wisdom about who you are as a person! You can also read this slideshow and watch Clueless. Or just the one.
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Anyone going to jump off the bridge??? I mean, it is possible.
How high is the bridge?
Originally Posted by cyradio
Anyone going to jump off the bridge??? I mean, it is possible.
No, I'm saving that option for Barnes.
Then we'll live. But unless someone jumps off the bridge this weekend--and lands on him--I'm not terribly worried.
You've been a Cyclone fan too long to believe in a commitment haven't you.
Exaggeration is a BILLION times worse than understating.
I will wish him well and move on. Don't get me wrong, I would love to have all the talented players we can get, but one player does not make or break a program.
Why are you all worried about this when he's in town for his visit?!!!
Until he has another place to go, I'm not to worried. I hope he gets eligible because he looks to be a kid that could add some nice depth to our WR corps.
If Money didn't come here that would be a huge loss. All you people who don't think one guy in football can make a huge difference are crazy.
See Seneca Wallace. Funny the year after he leaves ISU returns 40 of their top 48, yet goes 2-10 and wasn't even compeitive in about 8-9 of those games.
We need guys like Money desperately. He has size, speed, and playmaking ability. Really looking forward to him next fall.
Originally Posted by Aclone
What makes you think he has nowhere else to go--or isn't eligible?!!!
Or that you have some need to insult a recruit when he's in town? Are you related to ISUFan22?
Both of their screen names do begin with an I.... Coincidence??
Just playin'. It's Friday, I'm having fun.
How many people are jumping off said bridge?
Are any of said people really cool?
Will jumping off said bridge make said really cool people like me?
Originally Posted by Istate
Until he has another place to go, I'm not to worried. I hope he gets eligible because he looks to be a kid that could add some nice depth to our WR corps.
He isn't eligible? I expect he is....we wouldn't be bringing him in for a visit otherwise, would we?
Gene Smith, 1993-2000. 7 years, 6 NCAA's, 1 bowl game. Revenue sports postseason participation 50%. Good.
Bruce Vandevelde, 2000-20005. 5 years, 4 bowl games, 2 NCAA's, 2 NIT's. Postseason participation 80%. Better.
Jamie Pollard, 2005-. 4 years. 1 bowl game, 0 NCAA's, 0 NIT's. Postseason participation: 13%. The next big step.
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There's no such thing as a dumb thread, only dumb people...
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Port Tracker report points to expected volume gains in September and October
September 20, 2011
Import cargo volumes at major United States-based container ports are slowly beginning to see annual monthly gains as retailers prepare for the holiday shopping season, according to the monthly Port Tracker report by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates.
Port Tracker stated that total volume for 2011 is expected to hit 15.4 million TEU (Twenty-foot equivalent units), which would represent a 4.3 percent gain over 2010. In 2010, imports hit 14.7 million TEU, which was up 16 percent compared to a dismal 2009. The 12.7 million TEU shipped in 2009 was the lowest annual tally since 2003.
The ports surveyed in the report include: Los Angeles/Long Beach, Oakland, Tacoma, Seattle, New York/New Jersey, Hampton Roads, Charleston, and Savannah.
The most recent month for which data is available in the report is July at 1.32 million TEU, which was 6 percent better than June and 4 percent below July 2010. June was down 5 percent annually at 1.25 million TEU, snapping a streak of 18th straight months of annual gains after a 28-month stretch of declines that ended in December 2009. While June and July are both down compared to 2010, the report said August is estimated at 1.42 million TEU, which would be flat compared to August 2010.
"With the most crucial spending period of the year just weeks away, retailers have made careful decisions on the amount of merchandise they need to properly stock their stores during the holidays," NRF Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold said in a statement. "This year, retailers have the luxury of importing holiday goods later than last year, which better ensures their inventory levels will accurately meet consumer demand."
With signs of some type of Peak Season shaping up, the projections for monthly growth are somewhat modest albeit encouraging.
Ben Hackett, president of Hackett Associates, told LM in a recent interview he is keeping a close eye on the inventory-to-sales ratio, which measures the percentage of inventories a company has on hand to support the current amount of sales, when gauging current and projected volume growth.
"The ratio right now is pretty low, which means that one of the reasons shipment volume is somewhat down is that retailers and wholesalers are running on low levels of stock," he said. "What that means is any uptick in consumer demand will be affected in an increase of flows and imports because there is not enough stock available to meet that. As a result, we will see the normal seasonal pickup coming at a more normal or traditional time, rather than coming early like it did last year."
The Port Tracker report is calling for September to come in at 1.5 million TEU for an 11.8 percent annual increase. October is expected to reach 1.48 million TEU for a 9.5 percent increase. November is projected to hit 1.33 million TEU for an 8 percent increase. December is expected to hit 1.2 million TEU for a 4.5 percent increase, and January is pegged at 1.19 million TEU for a 1 percent decrease.
When asked about this year's Peak Season prospects, Hackett said it is already taking form in the U.S. in the form of slightly improved freight rates and carriers implementing Peak Season surcharges.
And with the amount of inventory that was being held, Hackett said a Peak Season of some sort is in effect although it will not be as strong as other ones due to a lack of strong demand.
"No matter what happens, Peak Season in the U.S. is likely to be over by the end of September or early October," said Hackett. "It will come later in Europe, because the sales occur later, with the Peak Season starting later in September and October and ending around the first week of November."
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Lady Vivien wins her second straight in Sunday's feature race
AUBURN, Wash. (August 26, 2012) – Lady Vivien edged Talk to My Lawyer in a driving finish for a three-quarter-length victory Sunday in the $19,950 feature race for 3-year-old fillies at Emerald Downs.
With Leslie Mawing riding, Lady Vivien ran six furlongs in 1:09.36 and paid $12.20, $5.40 and $2.60.
In the $0.50 Pick 5, which included a $4,351 carryover, one winning ticket paid a track record $20,957.40 for the 6-3-3-2-6 combination. The sequence included four double-digit winners topped by $75.20 knockout Cheeza Kay in the seventh race.
The previous Pick 5 record, $14,057.55, was set almost exactly a year ago, August 27, 2011, featuring a victory by Chu and I in the WTBOA Lads Stakes.
In Sunday's feature, Lady Vivien rallied from last in the six-horse field and had to run down early leader Lady Hokulea while out finishing Talk to My Lawyer for the victory.
A Kentucky-bred by Posse out of 1998 Emerald Downs' Top Washington-bred Guinevere, Lady Vivien has won two straight and is 2-2-2 in 10 starts overall with earnings of $38,611. Larry Ross is the trainer for owner-breeder Oak Crest Farm (Jack and Theresa Hodge).
Talk to My Lawyer, ridden by Jennifer Whitaker, stumbled at the start, but recovered to finish in virtual tandem with the winner. Talk to My Lawyer paid $3.60 and $2.20.
Lady Hokulea, ridden by Juan Gutierrez, led to the sixteenth pole but was out finished by the top two and settled for third place. Lady Hokulea paid $2.80.
She's a Time Bomb, the slight 8-5 betting choice, finished fourth, followed by Lady Dakota and Jewel S.
Whitaker rode two winners Sunday, and her victory on Rhinghals in race two made her the first woman rider with 400 wins at Emerald Downs. Debbie Hoonan remains right on her heels as she notched her 399th Emerald Downs win a race later on Sweet Sara Brown.
NOTES: Leonel Camacho-Flores rode three winners including a 37-to-1 victory on Cheeza Kay in the seventh race…Fifth race winner All the Way In was disqualified and placed fifth for impeding De la Luna in the upper stretch of the one-mile race. Grab the Goods was promoted from second to first, paying $17.20, $6 and $13.40, while runner-up Get Well paid $6.40 and $15.40. The big show pays resulted from the DQ of All the Way In, as the 3-year-old filly had $11,871 of $14,876 wagered in the show pool…Cheeza Kay at $75.20 produced the meet's second biggest $2 win pay with a nose victory in race seven. The $1 Pick 3 from Grab the Goods, Don't Be Coy Roy and Cheeza Kay paid a meet-high $2,423.20…Live racing resumes Friday with first post 6:15 p.m.


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I'd like to use the zimbra LDAP server to authenticate our users in our other applications, maybe using php or some other scripting language.
Looking through the Zimbra LDAP Schema, I see that the objectclass zimbraAccount has a uid and the userPassword and the userPassword is hashed with something that ends up like:
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QUESTION: what kind of hash is that?
To list all the users I can run this command:
/opt/zimbra/openldap/bin/ldapsearch -D "uid=zimbra,cn=admins,cn=zimbra" -x -w "[password]" |grep "dc=[ourdomain]"
where [password] came from:
zmlocalconfig -s zimbra_ldap_password
and [ourdomain] is, well, our domain (e.g. the example part of example.com)
QUESTION: anyone have tips on how I can query the zimbra ldap server with a username and password and return whether they are a valid user or not?


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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (KSDK) - The Madison County State's Attorney's Office charged a 51-year-old Granite City for allegedly attacking his handicapped roommate.
According to Captain T. Mike Dixon, spokesman for the Madison County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to a residence in the 5400 block of Maryville Road on Monday, January 21 in response to a domestic disturbance.
Upon their arrival at the scene, deputies met with a handicapped occupant of the home, who reported being attacked by his housemate, identified as Ecker Matthews.
Dixon said the victim told deputies that Matthews told him he couldn't live in the home anymore. The victim said he was knocked out of his wheelchair during the attack, but managed to get back in his wheelchair and leave the residence.
The victim went to a nearby business, where he contacted the sheriff's office, Dixon said.
Matthews was arrested at the scene and charged with a felony count of aggravated battery, due to the fact that the victim was physically handicapped.
Ecker Matthews remains jailed on $50,000 bond.


text: I would like someone to create a few maps for me for a D&D campaign that I am setting up. I am thinking a just slightly preVictorian setting with elements of sci-fi and horror. The City will be under the ocean because the surface in uninhabitable, and it has just gone through a Spanish civil war type conflict. The end result is the establishment of a government that is a cross between the British Protectorate, and WW2 era fascism. So there should be an older part of the city, that looks like a traditional European city, all winding avenues and what not, but there should also be large parts of the city that have been destroyed in the conflict, as well as parts that have been rebuilt and would reflect very strict city planning. None of this is set in stone though, and if the artist wants to add or change anything, go ahead, and the style is not important, but the preferred file type would be jpeg (although anything that can be opened in gimp would work). I only want to use this map for my personal writings, and perhaps as a handout in a game, so I think that that means that the artist can keep all rights (but I have no clue). My eternal gratitude to whomever makes this map because my own attempts are abysmal.


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- Hey guys, I'm Impo.
If you're reading this, ...that's just plain weird, there are plenty of more exciting people to stalk here. I'm writing this because it makes my Bio look more detailed, so there is really no point in reading it. I'm just going to rant on about absolutely nothing in particular until I feel that it's a suitable length.
I almost swallowed a marble the other day. I was eating Malteasers and there were these marbles, and I accidentally got them confused. The sad thing was I just thought the chocolate was hard, so I almost broke my teeth. Not even two year olds try eating marbles, then take five minutes to realize, "Hey! I'm trying to eat glass!".
Crap, that only makes about six lines on my Bio. Seriously, it looked about twelve lines long when I was typing this, but the minute I save it it just shrinks or something, I don't know. Maybe there's some dark magic preventing me from writing lengthy paragraphs? I sure hope not, because I never really had the skill to drone on and on and on, so that would just be wasting dark magic. I'm pretty sure there are a lot of other more important things dark magic should be doing. Like taking candy from babies, and making old people trip over. Hehe, that always makes me laugh. I don't know why, but imagining an old lady with a stroller tumbling over on the sidewalk gives me the giggles. I know, I'm horrible, get over it. I can tell you're laughing too, so you have the same sick, twisted humor as me. Congratulations, I'm so proud!
Okay, so that's longer, but not long enough. Now I look semi-smart, which isn't good enough. I need to look over-the-top genius, so people think "Why the hell would someone bother to write so much about themselves on a Pokemon Forum?". I want people to think that. I will make them think that. Damn, now I'm thinking about it. Ha! Now you're thinking about it too, aren't you? It worked! It actually worked! Okay, okay, calm down. I have a speech prepared to commemorate this glorious moment.
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"I'd like to thank all those idio- Ummm, those wonderful friends of mine for wasting about five minutes of their obviously invaluable life to read this sad excuse for a Bio.
I'd also like to thank God, for helping me with support from above the heavens.
Mum, thanks for everything, but I'm still going to send you to a nursing home.
To those annoying idiots who annoy me at school, look at me now, you twats!
I'd also like to-"
Wait? What! There's a character limit for my speech? That's not fair, I wasn't finished. I didn't have much more to say, either. I never ever talk for too long, I'm the human equivalent of a mouse. I'm small, I have a tail and I can make elephants run in the other direction.
Okay, that's about enough now. I think I can fool those who just skim across this page, those skimmer-ers, those. Let's just hope to God they don't actually read this, or they'll realize that I'm actually an idiot. Crap, let's just keep quiet and hope that no one notices this, got it? I'm serious, Bio. Squeal and I'll delete you. I don't care about you're family, they'll get used to a dead Bio. So you better pray no one reads this.
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Well, I made a to-do list and quite frankly didn't really focus on completing much of it.
But, in a way I have pretty much paved the way for all my fitness goals, now that I exercise regularly.
I wanna summarize my achievements just so I can see how they add up.
But, in a way I have pretty much paved the way for all my fitness goals, now that I exercise regularly.
I wanna summarize my achievements just so I can see how they add up.
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So, everyone remember how I wanted to get abs?
Just a quick update:
They may look the same, but now the beers taped to my stomach are empty
Just a quick update:
They may look the same, but now the beers taped to my stomach are empty
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
Ethics and the Death Penalty
That's the sound of John Stuart Mill turning in his grave....
Sometimes it's damn hard to resist the thought that although David Horowitz is a loudmouth fraud and a fool with an idiotic proposal, there's some room for complaint about ideological biases of the contemporary academy.
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Exactly. Kant and Hegel have no ethics at all.
- August 21, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Evidently, neither do Augustine or Aquinas.
- August 21, 2008 at 3:15 PM
"people with no training or qualifications in philosophy who nonetheless take themselves to be philosophers"
At first I was thinking English or Comp Lit, but would they really teach an "ethics" course? But then who else would it be? I'm stumped.
- August 21, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Maybe it's the same people who teach "Business Ethics" but know nothing of either.
- August 21, 2008 at 4:39 PM
I'm betting it's social science/public policy? What do I win?
- August 21, 2008 at 4:49 PM
- 729 said...
I've got my money on Political Science.
- August 21, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Is it the philosophy dept.?
- August 22, 2008 at 10:39 AM
- Spiros said...
Anon at 10:39:
First Prize: One Zizek book of your choice.
(Second Price is two Zizek books of your choice.)
- August 22, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Love that prizes. Thanks for the laugh this morning.
- August 22, 2008 at 11:52 AM
- Spiros said...
Any suggestions for a third prize?
- August 22, 2008 at 12:37 PM
3rd place: copy of said course's syllabus
- August 22, 2008 at 2:11 PM
- Spiros said...
Third place: copy of syllabus, *three* Zizek books, and an autographed photograph of Derrida.
- August 22, 2008 at 3:17 PM
So what department was it?
- August 22, 2008 at 3:41 PM
Third Prize? The death penalty which is less painful than the first two prizes
- August 22, 2008 at 4:23 PM
- English Jerk said...
Surely the problem here is not ideological bias, but incompetence. For example, a course in the philosophy of science focused on evolution is not obligated to include an extended discussion of intelligent design, since the latter does not meet the minimal conditions of scholarship. This exclusion of intelligent design, although it certainly isn't neutral, does not constitute ideological bias, but rather follows from fundamental principles of academic discourse. Correspondingly here, the neglect of legitimate and relevant scholarship on the course's topic is inconsistent with academic standards, especially given the extent to which philosophy's capacity to provide consequential insights depends on the use of conflicting arguments as a means of inquiry. This is incompetence, and the sad truth is that all departments have their fair share of twits, regardless of whether they're partisans of Big Business Party #1 or Big Business Party #2.
- August 22, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Is it fucked up for an educational institution, not to ask for a balanced curriculum when teaching about the ethics of whatever view point?
My mistake, modern colleges aren't educational institutions.
- August 23, 2008 at 1:37 PM
- 729 said...
Damn, it's *the philosophy department*! I suppose I'm glad I lost that bet.
English Jerk: I like your analysis of the incompetence involved with the pedagogical problem, especially since it addresses the Horowitz line of criticism pretty nicely. Yet, in certain cases it does seem to me that an instructor's ideological concerns drive or even cause this incompetence (not presenting differing and opposing points of views to students). I've heard it declared explicitly that the classroom is a "site of radicalization," for example. Pedagogical incompetence in such cases seems to be a result of holding particular ideological views that include perspectives on what teaching and learning ought to be. The resulting incompetence is of a piece with the ideology.
And the notion of "fair and balanced" pedagogy can also be put to ideological work. "Intelligent design" advocates seem to me to fall into this category, as they misapply the notion of "fair and balanced" pedagogical practice in order to incorporate non-scientific material into science classes. Scientists will explain in clear, certain terms that this non-scientific material does not belong in science classes, but argue against folks whose ideology doesn't acknowledge scientific explanation as having any special status. Their demand for "fair and balanced" pedagogy expresses that ideological commitment.
While I'd like to diminish the role of ideology in determining competent/incompetent pedagogy, it doesn't seem so easily diminished.
- August 23, 2008 at 4:04 PM
- English Jerk said...
729: Your worry that it might be difficult to pry incompetence away from ideology is a reasonable one, but I still think that's what we should be trying to do. I agree that the "site of radicalization" discourse is just plain stupid, and if it issues in incompetence (e.g., teaching only anti-capital punishment readings) then it's culpable as well as stupid. But we could easily imagine someone only teaching one side of the issue out of ignorance (i.e., without an ideological motive), and it seems to me that that case would be exactly equally bad for exactly the same reason (it fails to meet an academic, not an ideological, standard). And it seems to me perfectly possible that someone who believed in that "site of radicalization" twaddle might (in spite of themselves) be a perfectly competent teacher. So if competence or incompetence has no necessary connection with ideology, then regulating the latter will in itself have no effect on the former. This, I think, is the line we should take against the Horowitz clan, since it has us saying "We apply academic standards, not political standards—it's you fuckers who are trying to politicize our classrooms," instead of saying something like "Yes we humanists tend to be on the Left, but that's because we're smarter and more informed than all of you squares." As you say, the Horowitzers can always just deny the legitimacy of academic standards (e.g., the intelligent designer who doesn't believe in the basic principles of naturalistic inquiry), but, having framed things in this way, we can simply say what they are: not people who want to reform rational inquiry, but people who are opposed to rational inquiry. The more we put them in the position of explicitly defending ignorance and superstition, the harder they'll find it to hawk their wares to ordinary people, who are rational by nature.
- August 23, 2008 at 7:46 PM
- Spiros said...
English Jerk:
Good point about ideological bias v. incompetence. I realize that I had been presuming that the colleague had a competent command of the opposing arguments, but, finding them uncompelling, chose to not include them. But perhaps you're right that this is a straight-forward case of incompetence: the colleague does not have a competent command of the opposing side.
- August 24, 2008 at 5:06 PM
- The Brooks Blog said...
Huh?! This is incredible. I may also oppose the death penalty, but I'd never argue that those favouring a death sentence for Adolf Hitler (if he had been captured and put on trial) somehow lacked ethics....even if I am deeply against their position.
In any event, I am immediately struck by the thought that your colleague probably knows incredibly little about the subject (of punishment, perhaps in addition to philosophy). Ernest van den Haag and Tom Sorrell are nobody's fool. See also Cass Sunstein's recently co-authored piece that raises new questions on the old line that capital punishment is unjustified because it does not deter (with some interesting stats). Moreover, major figures in the field of punishment, not least Antony Duff, may oppose the death penalty, but all are very quick (including Duff) to note that their views often do not preclude the justifiability of capital punishment in particular circumstances.
Anyone who thinks that a course on capital punishment has no need to look at those who favour it (to follow Mill) may well overlook why they hold a conviction against it. What is more, this spin not only breeds ignorance about a position defended by many able people, but also a jaded view of what "ethics" consists in.
- August 26, 2008 at 5:20 AM
- August 26, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Drat! the link did not seem to work. I was joking that it should be the "Philosophy and 24" title from the blackwell series.
- August 26, 2008 at 4:58 PM


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Elk Knob State Park, New River and the Todd community
For the inexperienced hiker, it can seem quite daunting to trek up the 1.8-mile summit trail at Elk Knob State Park off Meat Camp Road in Todd. But the wide gravel trails at the bottom and the switchbacks higher up reduce it to a moderately challenging hike through the dense woods.
You can stop and rest on stone benches and delight in the wintergreen smell from the yellow birch trees. More than halfway up, you see mounds of green moss on rocks and ferns scattered throughout the forest.
It takes about an hour to reach the 5,520-foot summit. To the north, you see White Top Mountain in Virginia and Pilot Mountain in Surry County. To the south, are Mt. Mitchell — the highest mountain east of the Mississippi — Roan Mountain, Grandfather Mountain and Beech Mountain.
"This is my first time up here," says Katie Gray, chief naturalist at Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation. "The views are incredible. You can get a 360-degree view up here."
Besides the beautiful vista and new summit trail that was completed in September 2011, Elk Knob Park — which is part of the Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation service area — has a unique ecosystem.
"We are at the headwaters of the North Fork of the New River," says Elk Knob State Park superintendent Larry Trivette. "This is a high elevation park with northern hardwood forest. There are a lot of beech and birch trees. At the top, the beech trees are stunted because of the extreme weather and only reach 10 to 12 feet."
Elk Knob park's bedrock is predominantly amphibolite, a dark metamorphic rock that breaks down into a sweet soil that supports rare plants like Gray's lily and large purple fringed orchid. "You don't see rhododendron, white pine and hemlock in this park like in other mountainous areas of North Carolina," says Trivette.
The forest and rock outcrops also support a number of neotropical songbirds such as the chestnut-sided warbler and a variety of wildlife, including the black bear, bobcat, wild turkey and white-tailed deer.
Besides hiking the park's new trail, visitors can cross-country ski and snowshoe on trails that head down into the cove. Contact the park office to get directions before heading out in the snow, says Elk Knob park ranger Kelly Safley.
This spring, new backpack campsites will open. "You can hike [in] from one to two miles," says Trivette. "We will have two group camps and six additional camps for four to six people."
The Todd community
After leaving the park, follow NC 194 to Todd. When you see the sign, go down a steep hill to the peaceful community that is on the South Fork of the New River and straddles both Ashe and Watauga counties.
Originally called Elk X Roads, the tiny village reached its heyday during the early part of the 20th century when it was at the end of the Virginia-Carolina railroad.
Seventeen historical buildings are nestled in the valley, including the restored Elkland Depot that now houses RiverGirl Fishing Co.
Not far from the depot is the Todd General Store with its wide front porch and pressed tin siding. "Many of the buildings in Todd are covered in pressed tin because of a fire in 1920 that burned the depot and two stores," says Jim Lewis, president of the Todd Community Preservation Organization.
Inside the store, which was established in 1914, a variety of memorabilia is displayed on the counters and walls, including a bronze 1914 National cash register. On the back wall, advertisements for Green's Muscadine Punch and Old Fashioned Root Beer bring you back to a simpler time.
"I come down here twice a year and always come to the Todd General Store," says Shawn Seim of Rochester, Mass. "I love the old feel of the store, the old floors and old history."
Folks also frequent the store for the antiques and food. "We come for the great grilled cheese and Reuben sandwiches and the bottled drinks that remind me of my childhood," says Dan Hassig, a Blue Electric co-op member in Fleetwood.
During the spring, summer and fall, the store comes alive with the sweet sounds of bluegrass music, as well as storytelling and book signings. "All of the store's activities are related to Appalachian culture," says Virginia Mann, who owns the store along with her husband Robert Mann.
If you have a sweet tooth, head over to the Todd Mercantile & Bakery where an old wood stove sits in the middle of the downstairs. New owners Helen Barnes Rielly and Jack Rielly will be selling staples for local customers, as well as artists' work. The couple is also hoping to build a stage upstairs for performers.
When visiting Todd, you can indulge in a variety of outdoors activities. Rent a bike and pedal past old farmhouses along a paved, railroad grade road that runs for 10 miles along the tea-colored New River and northward into Fleetwood. You also can kayak and go tubing in the river and fly fish in nearby creeks.
"We have more trout than we know what to do with," says fisheries biologist Kelly McCoy, the owner of RiverGirl Fishing Co. "You can fish for trout with a regular spinning rod. However, fly fishing is a more passionate and intricate way to catch fish."
Throughout the year, the community hosts concerts and other special events at the Walter and Annie Cook Memorial Park overlooking the river.
On July 4th, the Elkland Art Center Liberty Parade features hand-made puppets related to an environmental theme. Last year, participants carried a giant 10-person puppet shaped like a mountain through the community.
"You learn about the environment by becoming the environment," says Martha Enzmann, founder of the Elkland Art Center in Todd. "The parade is about good, clean fun. It shows the real community that we have in Todd."
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When the song came out, I didnt really enjoy it. I still dont, but you know what, i heard "I almost told you that i loved you" and it was the bomb, and i just went crazy for it! Papa Roach rulesss!
Oh damn, haha. I can never pick a favorite. I truly love them all in their own way. But since I'm sure you get that a lot, there are a few I just cannot go through the day without listening to at least once... To Be Loved, Getting Away With Murder, Scars, and Hollywood Whore. Lately I've been really into their old stuff from one of their first albums, Old Friends From Young Years. My favorites on that one are Shut Up 'N Die, and My Bad Side... I also like a few others on that record. I just get into different moods, so I listen to different PR songs, because there's one for every occasion and then some < 3 That's what I love so much about them. Anyway... After my spill.. Lol. What's your favorite tune?


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- Remaining clothing budget from February: +$84.67
- YesStyle Chain Purse - $93.00 ($5 coupon thanks to Jean) (buy)
- Urban Outfitters Pins and Needles Basic Straw Floppy Hat (perfect for my Africa honeymoon!) - $25.11 (buy)
- Insolia Insoles - $34.55 (20% coupon code thanks to Tracey) (buy) -- review to come!
- A'gaci Chiffon Pleated Skirt (S) - $18.35 (buy)
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- Michael Kors 'Small Runway' Chronograph Bracelet Watch (Style MK5430) - $127.20 (used remaining $143.43 on gift card provided by future step mother-in-law) (buy)
- Yarn Plus Yarn cowl scarf - (won from giveaway) (buy)
The following items were not purchased by me but were additions to my closet this month:
- Budget: $50
- Remaining makeup budget from February: -196.85
- Shiseido Tsubaki Shining Shampoo - $16.23 (buy)
Yes, I'm pretty much in no-spending mode for the rest of the month. So even though this is an in-progress budget report, let's hope my end-of-month recap isn't much different!
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4 men convicted in Somali terror case
San Diego A San Diego federal jury on Friday convicted four men, all immigrants from Somalia, of conspiring to raise money and send it back to their war-torn country to fund the terrorist group al-Shabaab.
The verdict ended a three-week long trial and came after 2½ days of deliberations by the panel.
Charged in the case were Basaaly Saeed Moalin, a cabdriver in San Diego; Issa Doreh, a worker at a money remittance business that was the conduit for transferring the funds; Mohamed Mohamed Mohamud, the imam at a City Heights mosque frequented by the city's immigrant Somali community; and Ahmed Nasiri Taalil Mohamud, a cabdriver from Anaheim.
They were convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and to a foreign terrorist organization, and money laundering conspiracy. They face potentially long prison sentences: 15 years on the terrorism charges and a maximum of 20 years on the money laundering charges. Sentencing is set for May 16.
The men showed no reaction as the verdicts were read in the courtroom of U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey Miller. About a dozen members of the Somali community seated in the audience also looked on silently.
During the trial, the gallery seats were filled each day with about two dozen members of the local community, many who attend the mosque where Mohamud served.
Abdi Mohamoud, executive director of the Horn of Africa organization that provides services for the Somali community in City Heights, said the verdicts will resonate in the tight-knit community.
"Many people know these men, they know their families, their children," he said. "It's very tough when someone you know is involved in anything like this."
While some will be displeased, Mohamoud said that the verdicts should serve as a "wake-up call" for the community. "If there are individuals who are involved in or have connections with groups like al-Shabaab, this should encourage people to stay away from them," he said.
The investigation by the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force began more than five years ago and involved extensive FBI wiretaps of telephone calls between them and alleged al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia.
The conversations formed the core of the case presented to jurors. Assistant U.S. Attorneys William Cole and Caroline Han contended that the calls revealed the defendants' efforts — spearheaded by Moalin — to raise money for the fighters, then transfer it using fake names and phone numbers to the fighters in Somali via a City Heights money transfer business.
Al-Shabaab was designated a terrorist group by the U.S. government in February 2008, two months after the wiretaps of the men began. The groups engaged in attacks on peacekeeping and government forces in Somalia at the time, and conducted a campaign of beheadings and bombings, the government said.
While Moalin is featured on most of the calls, Cole told jurors that Mohamud was a "power broker" who used his position as an imam of a City Heights mosque to raise money.
Defense lawyers had a far different take on the conversations. They argued the government had taken snippets of longer conversations and edited them to make the talk appear far more sinister than it was. They said that the men were motivated by charity and trying to raise money for humanitarian purposes back in their home country.
U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy said in a statement that she was gratified to see the jury rejected these arguments.
"The jury clearly did not accept defense claims that months of intercepted conversations about bullets, bombings and Jihad were actually conversations about their charitable efforts for orphans and schools," she said.
"This case proves that our efforts to detect and disrupt terrorist financing — and prevent the violence that goes along with it — has paid off."


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May 24, 2016
A Bay County jury convicted Clifford Washburn Jr. on Wednesday of burglary of a structure and possessing burglary tools.
Assistant State Attorney Dana Morris told jurors in his opening statement that 42 year old Washburn forced his way into Shuckums Oyster Bar and Seafood Grill on Front Beach Road the morning of May 25th, 2011.
On his way in, Washburn severed several electrical lines going into the building, including the one for the alarm.
Instead of deactivating the alarm, it was triggered and police arrived while Washburn was still in the building.
The charges are both third-degree felonies, punishable by up to five years in prison each, but Washburn also has a lengthy criminal record and may face enhancements that could double his sentence.
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Video: Shopping Center Food Dangers Caught On Camera
ROCKVILLE, Md. (WUSA) -- Food dangers resulting in closures at a major grocery store and eateries in shopping centers and malls range from sewage to mice to no hot water.
Our Food Alert Camera recorded footage of mice droppings at an Aspen Hill Quizno's, 2281 Bel Pre Rd., that had just reopened after a closure for a rodent infestation.
The manager of the Quizno's said after inspectors shut him down, the store brought in exterminators and took extra steps to keep clean.
He pledged to work harder upon seeing the pictures of the feces we found and a worker swept away the evidence while our cameras were still there.
Two kiosks suspended at Westfield Wheaton Mall
auditors closed Ice Ice Baby at Westfield Wheaton Mall, citing it for
workers not washing hands, an ice cream cone container stored on top of
open garbage, a toothbrush in the food sink.
Our cameras recorded
eyeglasses stored next to the napkins, which is another violation
inspectors had cited in the closure report.
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Wheaton Mall, inspectors suspended Aunt Anne's saying there was no hot
water and the worker serving the famous pretzels wasn't washing hands.
Woman flees Rockville restaurant when our cameras arrive
At Szechuan Palace, 12349 Georgia Ave in Rockville, they advertise "healthy fresh Chinese food," but inspectors reported roach and mice evidence all over the kitchen.
One woman fled her table and food upon seeing our cameras enter the restaurant.
Inspectors also say Szechuan Palace's General Tso chicken and fried rice were at potentially dangerous temperatures.
Silver Spring strip mall eateries suspended for mice
In a Silver Spring strip mall, inspectors suspended Yo-Yo café on Outlet Drive citing a heavy mouse infestation resulting in contamination.
Bowie Town Center Mall kiosk had repeat violations
At the Bowie Town Center Hibachi Japan, workers said the manager didn't want to discuss repeat violations resulting in a suspension there and security told us we weren't welcome.
Inspectors cited the kiosk for multiple infractions including cooked chicken stored at room temperature, other food at potentially sickening temperatures, and general dirty conditions.
Inspectors say Safeway may have disputed worker health warning
In Rockville, inside a Safeway at 14939 Shady Grove Rd., when inspectors walked in the deli, they found sewage underneath the rotisserie oven.
Safeway described the sewage as "water and grease," saying it contained no human waste.
"At no time was any food safety compromised," said Safeway spokesman Gregory Ten Eyck in a statement. "It was a backed up floor drain."
Inspectors say a worker reported an apparent dispute with Safeway management about whether it was safe for the deli to remain open with the sewage in the kitchen.
Montgomery County officials say the deli continued operating until officials ordered it closed.
"The store followed proper procedure," said Ten Eyck. "They identified the problem, made an emergency call to a plumber to fix the issue, and cordoned off the area."
Roaches reported all over Langley Park buffet, restaurant, and kitchen
At Langley Park's Tabeer Restaurant, 1401 University Boulevard, the front counter was clean, but they wouldn't allow us in the kitchen, and reneged after agreeing to an interview.
The report cited Tabeer's Royal Buffet of Pakistani delights with live cockroaches.
Inspectors reported even more roaches in the restaurant's restrooms, the dishwasher, on walls, storage, the kitchen sink - even in a roach in soap dispenser.
Doughnut store closed for sewage
At Delight Donut, 6027 Marlboro Pike in District Heights, inspectors cited overflowing sewage on the kitchen floor, food stored on the floor of the freezer, and operating without a food safety manager.
All the eateries passed re-inspections and are back in business.
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Massive Music, Concert Library Filed Under Chicago Home's Automation System
10-zone audio system and various control options make owner's music listening wishes a reality
For some, music is just background noise. For others, it's a passion and a way of life. For this Chicago homeowner, thanks to a multizone audio and home automation system, that passion — and his huge music library — can now be tapped into just about anytime he wants, anywhere he wants whether it's simply to play in the background or rock out at concert-level decibels.
His extensive music collection, which includes a boatload of classic rock concert recordings, was meant to be unleashed. But not as a digital pile of flattened MP3s; he wanted a way to enjoy the tunes throughout the house, with little compromise to their original CD quality. So that wish would become part of a much larger, all-encompassing home technology project for which the husband and wife enlisted local custom electronics firm Procom Enterprises.
Under the overall guidance of a Control4 home automation system, Procom provided this gem in the city's Gold Coast neighborhood with a wealth of tech systems, including a robust security and surveillance system, automated lighting and shading, HVAC controls and 10 zones of audio.
"The owner loves music and desired a good quality, balanced, full-range reproduction," says Procom president Jacek Zaworski. "His music collection contains over 2,000 CDs and a huge library of rare, recorded live performances. His wife best described his passion for classic rock as, 'the louder, the better.' That's why the goal of our project was to be able to individually control the treble and bass of every zone — to make the house feel like his own personally recorded life show."
In order to maintain the fidelity of the music collection, Procom outsourced the ripping of the CDs but made sure they were not compressed MP3s. Instead the discs were ripped onto network-attached storage drives in the FLAC (free lossless audio codec) format to then be routed throughout the home under the Control4′s mesh-networked automation platform. FLAC is a lossless file compression format — it's compressed but without losing quality, as the information bits are maintained during playback (think of a zip file for a similar compression scheme), as opposed to MP3s that suffer from data loss.
(Click here to view a slideshow of this home tech project)
To give him the sound quality throughout the house to match, Procom went with Bowers and Wilkins speakers, which are mainly architectural (in-wall/in-ceiling) models with the exception of the media room, which has a full complement of B&W freestanding speakers up front (surrounds are in-ceiling) powered by an Integra DTR-40.4 A/V receiver so the owner can crank up music or TV shows and movies. In some cases, Procom had to get creative with the speaker installation — like the living room, whose ceilings are incredibly high and obviously ruled out in-ceiling speakers; instead the in-walls are low and at seating level, to the point where depending on how you look at the room they would be concealed behind chairs.
Video distribution was not on the must-have checklist, but Procom did make sure that surveillance camera feeds would be displayed on all of the home's six TVs. A GE burglar alarm system was installed, with four vandal/weatherproof dome cameras strategically placed around the home.
"This project challenged our team to meet the high standards of the homeowners. Space was an issue so we ended with two [equipment] headends where we were able to accommodate all required equipment. The property is a beautiful residence with minimal integration of technology, but with all the features our clients wanted," says Zaworski, whose company worked with Chicago-based interior designer J.P. Regas & Associates on the home. "Custom modes including lighting, climate, security and entertainment settings were created based on the couple's daily routine and a sophisticated security system allows monitoring of the alarm system and CCTV cameras via mobile devices. All of the home's control functions are available remotely as well."
Indeed, there's a plethora of ways the owners can control all of the tech systems in and out of the home. Commands for the security, A/V, lights, shades (the home features several tall window panes, so motorized Lutron Sivoia shades are especially helpful) and what not can be made through the universal Control4 interface on iPhones, iPads, a 7-inch in-wall touchscreen, a 7-inch wireless touchscreen, computer or one of four hand-held remotes. It makes for a very simplified operation that even the decidedly not-so-tech-savvy wife is comfortable with.
"At the end, she said the things she did not care for initially she likes and uses the most," Zaworski notes. "Especially, all remote features of the system which she can control via iPad or iPhone. Every night before going to bed she takes one last glance at the cameras and turns the lights off from her cell phone. She loves her new iPhone and forgot her quest to avoid technology."
Also check out these great home installations from Procom:
A Home So Smart It Talks
New Setup Lets Owners Jam to 2TBs of Tunes
Smart Home Helps Owners Observe Shabbat
Systems Design & Installation
Procom Enterprises
Elk Grove Village, Ill.
Interior Design
J.P. Regas & Associates
Chicago, Ill.
Equipment List
Control4 Master System Controller HC1000 (1)
Control4 System Controller HC300 (3)
Control4 7″ In-Wall Touchscreen C4-TSWMC7-EG (1)
Control4 7″ Wireless Touchscreen C4-TSMC7-EN-BL (1)
Control4 MyHome Site License (1)
Control4 Universal LCD Remote SR250 (4)
Sony A/V ES Series Receiver STR-DA3700ES (2)
Integra A/V Receiver DTR-40.4 (1)
Control4 4 Zone Audio Amplifier C4-8AMP1-B (2)
Bowers & Wilkins Speakers
Binary HDMI Baluns B-200-1CAT-HDIR (4)
Apple TV (3)
Samsung Blu-Ray Player (2)
Cisco 4 Port Wireless Router w/VPN (1)
Wirepath Digital Video Recorder H.264 – 9 Channel WPS-300-DVR-9CH (1)
Vandal/Water Proof, Day/Night SENS Technology Dome Camera (4)
GE Security Burglary Alarm System NX8-E (1)
Lutron RadioRA2 Main Repeater (1)
Lutron RadioRA2 Auxiliary Repeater (1)
Lutron RadioRA2 600W Dimmer Switch (9)
Lutron RadioRA2 1000W Dimmer Switch (10)
Lutron RadioRA2 Remote Dimmers (10)
Lutron RadioRA2 600W Adaptive Dimmer Switch (2)
Lutron RadioRA2 6 Button Hybrid Keypad (4)
Strong 42U Equipment Rack System w/ side panels (1)
Strong 21U Equipment Rack System w/ side panels (1)
Samsung LED televisions (6)
Lutron Shades:
Lutron Sivoia QS Wireless shades (4)
Lutron Sivoia manual shades (4)
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Aqib Talib has announced he is going pro... That hurts KU, but that guy is a freakin stud, he will make some big $$ in the NFL.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775
He should make some $$$ just because he has a cool name
Not surprised...and it's good news for us!
Not that it'll matter though...
good news for a team who has to play them, I believe in the first big 12 game if I am correct: Iowa State.
He is a stud, he was beat by blythe a couple times this year bad and Aqib had his jersey held two other times all the way down the field.
But he is a very good player, quick, good hands, tall, and will be making some serious bank in the league.
Good news!
Lockdown corners like Talib are needed in the nfl. Good move on his part, his stock cannot be much higher than it is right now.
That is great -Mangino has another schollie to offer.
Let Prohm's Posse Ride: Hallice, Brady, Stu, Lard, Naz, Deonte, Monte, Matt, Simeon, Jordan, and Babb.
Plus, the entire crop for this year's draft does not seem all that great - from the little I've read about it.
Good year for some of these younger guys to skate. There are going to be some above average guys (especially at QB) getting big pay-days when they normally wouldn't.
Who's your number one pick if you're the 'fins?
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Who's your number one pick if you're the 'fins?
a trade
Don't confuse hope for a plan.
Yup...I agree. They aught to trade out of it - they need a lot of pieces. Parcells has never hesitated much to trade down in the first round and he's done well with it - notably with Dallas.
I am guessing a lot of undeserving quarterbacks end up on teams next year. There truly are some terrible qb's starting in the nfl this year and I can't wait for it to be over.
The top picks can be really hard to trade because all of the money that a top pick costs, and they are not guaranteed success.....calling Mr. Gallery...
Originally Posted by timc243
I am guessing a lot of undeserving quarterbacks end up on teams next year. There truly are some terrible qb's starting in the nfl this year and I can't wait for it to be over.
i have noticed this too, there is some terrible QB play some places. Lots of discrepancy from the top guys and bottom guys at that position in the NFL.
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well the bad news came and our idaho rifle elk spot is prety burnd up..i was hoping that some elk hunters with some experience could let me know how much this will affect the elk,how long till they return to the burn ? how far away from the fire will they go ? would hunting the edge of the new fresh burn be productive ? or should i just plan on hunting many miles away from my stomping grounds ? also how will the fire affect the rut ? will elk tend to stay away from the smell of smoke ?
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Video: Southwest jet slides off taxiway at DIA
Flight 1905 departed from Oakland and was attempting to land amid light snowfall and freezing temperatures at around 5 p.m. Saturday.
There were 125 passengers and five crew members on board.
Passengers were taken to the British Airways lounge.
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(USA TODAY) -- Seth MacFarlane earned some praise, but more scorn for his first Oscars hosting gig Sunday, though ratings for the show were up.
Would he do it again if asked?
"No way," he tweeted to a fan. "Lotta fun to have done it, though."
MacFarlane predicted in an interview with USA TODAY before the Oscars that it would be a one-off hosting gig due to his schedule with shows such as American Dad, Family Guy and the sequel to his hit movie Ted.
"I will have put five months of work into this show," he said of the Oscars. "It's been a monster of a schedule with everything else I have to deal with. Which is why I don't think I can do it again. I think it's a one-time thing. But it's been a lot of fun.'
The Oscars drew 40.4 million viewers, its biggest total since 2010, and part of the credit goes to a big increase in young men who are fans of MacFarlane's Family Guy and Ted but who are also least likely to watch film's top awards show.
Guess it's back to the drawing board for the Academy and ABC. Though some fans have been lobbying for this year's Golden Globes hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to get a turn.


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I have entered the pop email setup for my Earthlink email account. Zimbra Desktop is reporting "server not found" with the port 587 Earthlink provides. When I do not enter a port, Zimbra finds a certificate it says cannot be verified. Are there known issues with Earthlink mail setup? I will also contact Earthlink but just wanted to check if anyone else had this problem. :confused:
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