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From industrious high-schoolers to unstoppable golden retrievers, this year's Making a Difference crew had many heartening stories to tell, and the magic kept happening long after their stories ran in this space.
Indie Landrum and Holly Hatfield helped the Critical Voice LGBT group throw one heck of a Gay Pride weekend dance. Craig McClain and the Boys to Men Mentoring Network started a new program at Monte Vista High School and netted $113,000 during its 100 Wave Challenge surfing fundraiser. Pieces made by developmentally disabled students in the Sophie's Gallery jewelry-making class led by Barbie Bates made it into the Mingei International Museum's gift store.
San Diegans can't drive in the rain or deal with the Children's Pool seal problem, but as I discovered while writing this column, we are very good at making a difference. Here are more uplifting updates from the volunteers who keep our region's heart in the right place.
Sean Sheppard, founder of Embrace: Since June, Embrace's high-school and college volunteers have delivered food, water, clothes and blankets to thousands of homeless people through their twice-weekly "Embrace the Streets" visits to the East Village. Volunteers for Embrace's "Healing Our Heroes' Homes" program just began restoration work on a disabled veteran's house in El Cajon. Both programs got a boost from the $31,000 raised during the group's "Ex for Vets" exercise marathon on the USS Midway Museum.
Sheppard plans to restore at least six more homes next year, and he will be unveiling a new Embrace program that could have national impact. He says it will be a blockbuster.
Ricochet the surfing therapy dog: Where to start with this busy, four-legged philanthropist and owner Judy Fridono? In the past five months, Ricochet has met animal-lover Betty White at an American Humane Association fundraiser, received her therapy-dog certification from the American Kennel Club and raised enough money ($65,000) to equip every fire station in Colorado with a pet oxygen mask.
Fridono and her ebullient golden retriever still work with military personnel suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, and Ricochet is learning to take voice commands from an iPad, the better to assist people with verbal disabilities. This month, Ricochet mobilized her more than 113,000 Facebook followers to help buy 700 Guardian Angel teddy bears for the children of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., after the shooting massacre there.
Katarina Stapleford, Del Norte High dynamo: The Do Something Del Norte service club that Stapleford founded last year is doing plenty. The group's recently completed "Operation Fuzzy Feet" drive collected more than 100 pairs of socks and slippers for homeless children, and despite losing their matching-funds sponsor, Stapleford and her fellow club members still plan to assemble more than 20,000 high-protein meals for hungry children during next April's food-packing event.
Stapleford aims to travel to Haiti in March, where she will help build an orphanage. The Del Norte senior has been accepted into Point Loma Nazarene University starting in fall 2013, and she is waiting to hear from the University of San Diego. She still makes time for cheerleading and shopping; average human beings still wonder how she does it all.
Pat Taylor, literacy volunteer: The book-nut they call Miss Pat now leads four Independent Readers' clubs at McKinley Elementary School, where students can't wait to give her the lowdown on "the best book ever!" Taylor and her husband, Don, are reading to eight classes at Logan Elementary, and the garden they helped plant there last spring yielded a cornucopia of vegetables, including peppers, tomatoes, beans, eggplant and pumpkins.
"We're set to plant winter crops at Logan," Taylor said in an email, "Prepare to watch the kids' eyes pop out when the plants come up."


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1940: Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded "Tuxedo Junction" for RCA Victor's Bluebird label.
1972: Paul Simon released his first solo single following his breakup with Art Garfunkel. The song, "Mother and Child Reunion," became a top five hit.
1996: Actress Elizabeth Taylor filed for divorce from her seventh husband, Larry Fortensky, citing irreconcilable differences.
2001: Actor Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman announced their separation after 11 years of marriage.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Stuart Damon is 77. Singer-songwriter Barrett Strong is 73. Actor David Selby ("Dark Shadows," "Falcon Crest") is 73. Singer Cory Wells of Three Dog Night is 72. Singer Al Kooper is 70. Actress Charlotte Rampling is 68. Actress Barbara Hershey is 66. Actor-director-comedian Christopher Guest is 66. Actor-comedian Tim Meadows ("Saturday Night Live") is 53. Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh is 52. Actress Laura Linney ("Love Actually," "The Truman Show") is 50. Bassist Duff McKagan of Velvet Revolver (and Guns N' Roses) is 50. Actor Chris Parnell is 47. Singer Chris Barron of the Spin Doctors is 46. Singer Bobby Brown is 45. Country singer Sara Evans is 43. Actor Darren Criss ("Glee") is 27. Actor Jeremy Sumpter ("Friday Night Lights," "Peter Pan") is 25.
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WASHINGTON – As the hurricane raged toward shore Monday, a number of incredible photos created a storm of response on social media. But as some may have wondered, many of them were too incredible to be real.
One photo out of D.C., picked up and passed around Monday wasn't what it seemed.
The photo shows the Old Guard standing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington as rain pours around them.
Unfortunately, the photo isn't related to Hurricane Sandy. It wasn't even taken in October.
The photo is from a changing-of-the-guard ceremony at the tomb in September, photographed by Karin Merkert, a military spouse. Many news organizations and social media users thought it was taken during Hurricane Sandy.
While Merkert says it was unexpected that her older photo was picked up and shared Monday, she is happy it brought deserved attention to the Old Guard, who were working through the storm.
"It was nice to recognize not only were the guard in the Tomb yesterday, they were also participating in funerals at Arlington National Cemetary, filling thousands of sandbags, prepositioning sandbags … They were very busy yesterday," Merkert says.
In response to the photo's popularity, the Old Guard responded to multiple re- tweets of the doctored photo, and released new photos ahead of the storm.
@tjortenzi Thanks for posting the pic about @the_old_guard, but that is not from today.This one is goo.gl/OC5lz
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As misleading photos go, it wasn't the only one. As Hurricane Sandy approached the East Coast, more doctored photos began making their own waves on social media. The Atlantic did some digging and discovered which were real and which were fake.
As the Atlantic reports, the fake photos come in three types: Real photos taken long before the storm that were re-released in anticipation of Sandy, Photoshopped photos that are not real and a combination of old photos that are Photoshopped pictures being sent out again.
That said, there are plenty of real photos of storm damage. There is the photo of a facade that fell off a New York apartment building, leaving it looking like a dollhouse; the photo of flood waters rushing into the Hoboken, N.J. PATH station and another photo of water spilling into the construction site at Ground Zero. Those are all real.
The photos of sharks swimming in New Jersey's flood waters are not.
For more storm photo confusion, check out Buzzfeed's story featuring the notorious images often sent circulating onto social media during bad weather.
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A Umatilla man arrested in May on a count of felony sexual battery has been released from jail after the state decided not to file charges.
A 22-year-old woman told Marion County Sheriff's Inspector Mike Mongeluzzo that she was at Waylon Wimberly's residence on Mother's Day with her husband when she and her husband began arguing. She said her husband left and she remained at Wimberly's home, where she began arguing with the defendant.
The woman told authorities she fell asleep until the next morning when, she alleged, Wimberly fondled her and then raped her, according to reports of the incident.
The defendant denied the allegations. He told authorities the contact was consensual.
After reviewing the case, Assistant State Attorney Brad Robinson decided not to file charges, though he did say probable cause existed for the arrest.
"I'm just glad an innocent man is out," Wimberly said via phone Friday afternoon.
After spending more than a month in jail, Wimberly was released on June 22, three days before his 40th birthday.
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2009 Man of the Year: Phil McSorley of Cobalt
Phil McSorley isn't on anyone's time schedule when it comes to making Cobalt music. One part of that is because he and bandmate Erik Wunder want to put out the best record possible, but perhaps the bigger part of that is because he's on the time schedule of someone else: the United States Army. In fact, most of the people at his other, more heroic job don't even know about his second life as a black metal vocalist.
"If anyone asks me what I do, I tell them I'm in the Army," McSorley reveals via telephone. "I don't promote Cobalt. I don't go around talking about it to people. People know me in the Army for a good two years before they even know I'm in a band because I don't fucking talk about it."
Whether he wants people to know about Cobalt or not, it appears that they're going to learn. With the year coming to a close, accolades for the band's latest LP, Gin, have been crashing into McSorley like a tidal wave, despite the relative dearth of acclaim upon the album's initial release in March. The venerable frontman takes the disparity in stride.
"I think our album grows on people as time goes on, so it's not anything I really care about if someone has a negative opinion on our album right away."
Gin can certainly be described as a grower. It's not easy to take in the dense musical, lyrical, and conceptual layers of the album on a first listen. Once the listener has time to really delve into the record, though, the epiphanies can begin, the first being Holy shit, this could be one of the best metal albums of all time. Though Cobalt started in a more primal black metal idiom with recordings like Hammerfight and War Metal, the last three releases – Eater of Birds, Landfill Breastmilk Beast, and especially Gin – have taken them down a more experimental and nuanced road. The core essence of their black metal sound is still there, mostly in the dead-summoning screams of McSorley and the tremolo-picked riffs of Wunder, but the sound palette has expanded to include the likes of Tool, Neurosis, and Jarboe, the latter of whom even lent her patented vocals to the last two full-lengths.
The new and expansive sound of the band is what allows tracks like "Gin" – a furious black metal maelstrom that successfully fuses a clean guitar intro with a strangled Darkthrone-esque climax – and "Dry Body" – a subtle and dark acoustic piece that notably contains the album's only totally clean vocal performance from McSorley – to sit comfortably next to each other on an album. And despite the sense of playfulness and expansion, one gets the sense that Cobalt know exactly what a Cobalt song should sound like and would never betray the ethic of the band. McSorley concurs.
"I think me and Erik have been playing music together since we were fifteen. We both know what Cobalt should sound like. We both know what the basic premise of our music is going to be."
Of course, the basic premise of Cobalt goes far beyond just what comes out of your speakers when you drop the needle; the band has forged a very specific visual, lyrical and ethical identity as well. Gin represents the culmination of all these elements. The album is dedicated to Ernest Hemingway and Hunter S. Thompson. The cover depicts a young Hemingway in his World War I uniform; the back, an elderly Hemingway holding the shotgun that he used to take his own life. The centerfold of the booklet shows Thompson shooting his typewriter. The rest of the booklet is filled with blurred images of Wunder, McSorley and fire. The back page offers few words, but more than any past albums have offered: "This album is a springboard to fuck the universe. Let's aim our arrows at the new sun." That's it. McSorley speaks eloquently on the subject of the non-musical elements of Cobalt, so it's best to let him take it from here:
"Me and Erik will meet up a couple times a year or maybe just twice or once or whatever but when we do, it's usually something that we talk about. I've never wanted to have artwork for our cover be something that looks like it was drawn by a fucking cartoonist. The cover with Hemingway [in his WWI uniform] is pretty significant to us. Before the United States Army was actually involved in World War I, he volunteered and went over there, with really no moral obligation to do so, he just did it because he just felt like he was a lion and that's where he belonged. That's significant for my life because I really don't have any political convictions as far as me being in the military or anything like that. I just relate with Hemingway in feeling that that's just the natural state for man and that's where we belong as people; individuals. And then the counterbalance to that being the back where Hemingway is standing in his underwear, holding the shotgun that he ended up taking his own life with, out of his mind, he had been in two plane crashes, he survived tons of illnesses, he'd been in six conflicts, and he got to the point where he just thought he was useless. He couldn't write anymore, he couldn't perform any of the essential parts of his life anymore, and he took his own life. And with that to relate to the inner artwork on the inside with Hunter shooting his own typewriter just says that sometimes the most beautiful thing is to destroy your own art. Hemingway killing himself, Hunter S. Thompson destroying his typewriter. Most people don't know this, I don't think we've ever told anyone about this, but the picture on the inside of all the fire, that's actually a pile of Landfill Breastmilk Beast EPs that Profound Lore sent us earlier that week and me and Erik made a bonfire out of them, just burned a shitload of them out in his yard, and that's where those pictures came from, so that artwork all ties in together without us even saying anything about it. We don't like putting our lyrics in there, we don't like putting a bunch of fucking words, we don't like thanking anyone. It's an album, it's not a fucking plea for someone out in the scene to understand us and feel like they know us because they got their name in the fucking thank you list. What's important is the art."
What's important is the art. Five words from the horse's mouth sum up the Cobalt experience as well as any article or analysis ever could. But those words come from Cobalt Phil McSorley, and Cobalt Phil McSorley and Army Phil McSorley aren't exactly the same person. True, that same primal rage comes out in many of the same ways in a recording studio and on a battlefield, but in a recording studio, no one is shooting at you. As he mentioned, the two spheres of his life rarely intersect. What was the impetus for this iconoclastic black metal singer to go put his life on the line without any political convictions to speak of? Again, this is best told by the man himself:
"Well, what happened was I was married for awhile and in 2003 I got divorced and basically that's what the whole fuel for the lyrics on what Eater of Birds was all about. After a while, I was just living a chicken-shit life, working in a factory, just totally fucking unsatisfied as a human being and I decided that I wanted to join the Army. I had no moral qualms with it, but I've never been a fucking supporter of whatever goes on in the government; I'm no mouthpiece for the United States Army or the United States government for that matter, but I definitely just felt that I had no problems with it and decided that I wouldn't mind taking off. So what I did was I took everything that I fucking owned and I gave it all away. I gave away my fucking t-shirts, I gave away my fucking bed, I gave away every single thing that I owned so there was no way for me to turn back. And I went and joined the Army, went to Fort Knox, Kentucky for basic training as a scout which is kind of like an advanced kind of infantry, I guess, and after that was done I went to Korea for a couple of years. After that, I got out, went to airborne school, got promoted to sergeant, went to Iraq for a year, was out in Baghdad for that time, then got out of there and I'm a staff sergeant now, and I definitely plan on making a career out of it. I think that this is just the one place in life where I can excel with the type of attitude that I have because I'm too high-strung for the civilian world I think now. I think before I joined the Army I was okay, but I don't think I could make it out there now because the way that the civilian world works, just the way that everything is on the outside of what's going on in my life bothers me too much, and I couldn't see myself as a part of that anymore."
That type of attitude that McSorley describes comes out pretty clearly on Cobalt albums, and it's a testament to his own self-awareness that he can't go back to the civilian world after doing what he's been doing. Fortunately, his constant globetrotting doesn't really affect the songwriting or recording process for Cobalt. Again, his working relationship with Erik Wunder is so close spiritually that it needn't be close in proximity.
"I put a lot of trust in him and he puts a lot of trust in me as far as not coming up with anything that's going to alter the course of Cobalt in a derogatory way," McSorley says. The improbability of the band's situation makes the greatness they regularly produce even more impressive.
But Phil McSorley isn't one to put himself on a pedestal, even when he's on top of a mountain. His lyric-writing is unparalleled, his vocal performances are nothing short of awe-inspiring, and when he's not fronting one of the most creatively vital bands in America right now, he's fighting to defend her on faraway battlefields. Since he's unlikely to sing his own praises (a less ubiquitous character trait than you'd think in the me-first metal scene of today), a few of his closest non-Army associates stepped forward to give him a fair appraisal.
Chris Bruni, the head of Profound Lore Records, one of the best and most important labels in underground metal today, had this to say about McSorley: "Phil is the real deal, the embodiment of impulse and excess, and in a scene where most people do a lot of talking but can never back their words up with action, Phil is a man who puts his money where his mouth is; a very special individual. Kvlt black metal/war metal basement/internet-dwelling warriors, or all these black metal bands who sing about war, death, and violence wouldn't even last a week if they were to live Phil's life and would probably shit their pants if they were to spend a day in his shoes. Not only that, Phil is one of the best vocalists in extreme metal and pretty much the best lyricist in metal today."
His bandmate Erik Wunder has similarly glowing remarks: "Growing up together, he was a serious reprobate. His hate for authority, in a very constructive way, is an extremely pure shout towards the real meaning of mankind. He is one of the most relentless friends I've ever had. That's why we've been friends for so long."
Even as this article cracks the 2000 word mark, so much has been left unsaid about the greatness of Cobalt's Gin album and the merits of its busiest creator. Words can only do so much in situations like these. Actually listening to Gin is the only way to properly appreciate it, and actually talking to Phil McSorley is the only way to really get into his head – and I'm still not even halfway there on either count despite having done both. Once again, no one can articulate McSorley's situation like the man himself, and when asked how to sum up what his life is all about, he had some unsurprisingly profound words to offer.
"I'm not a mouthpiece for the government, I'm not a poster child for the Army, and I'm definitely not fucking Rambo. I'm not trying to act like I'm the baddest motherfucker around, but I put my money where my mouth was when I said that we were playing war metal, and even though we've changed our style over the years, I'm still here, and I'm still doing what the fuck I want to do with my life. I appreciate all of our fans. I appreciate all the people who write us all the time and stuff. It's important to us to thank the few people out there who really understand what we're trying to do."
(Full transcript of interview with SSgt McSorley available upon request)
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Great interview, dude.
Again Brad excellent stuff. Thanks for taking the time and effort to do this.
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Seriously, bro - that is one of the most badass posts on this board. Nicely done, and thanks for posting it (FINALLY!).
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A completely fucked up mentality, that personally goes against everything I believe. But hey, more power to him for doing what he wants to do. Good music, but I can't endorse his beliefs anymore than I can Varg.
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So as I have said before in a previous question, I am taking a first course in Mathematical Analysis, and I'm quite excited. I just found out though that unlike the other professors at my university, my professor is using Real Mathematical Analysis by Pugh. I thought it was rather strange because I have read from so many places that Rudin's text on the topic is "the bible" of mathematical analysis, and also he is the only professor who doesn't use it. So I was wondering what some of you experienced mathemeticians thought of choosing this book over Rudin? Is this book a little easier to use then Rudin's? I have heard the Rudin is quite rigorous.
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Every great book on a particular topic will have things another great book omits. Having seen both Rudin and Pugh, I would say they are both excellent choices for a rigorous course in mathematical analysis. Pugh's book may be easier to understand as Rudin is very terse.
Often what we call the bible is just what has been used for many years by many people, but newer alternatives exist and can be equally awesome too.
Seconding Giuseppe Negro's comment that there are no "bibles" in mathematics: what is true is that there are some sources that do accomplish a certain difficult goal, without too many bad side effects, and earn a place in the "pantheon" for this attribute. Sometimes, however, a place is earned for "being impressive" rather than for "being helpful". Or for "being tough" rather than "being clear". One person's "rigor" is another's "tediousness", etc.
Pugh is a genuine mathematician, so the choices he made in putting together his book are surely reasonable. I have the impression that he chose to emphasize intuitive/pictorial things, rather than Cauchy-Weierstrassian, as would be Rudin's wont.
Most days, I agree (with D'Alembert, I think it was?, who said) "After belief, proof will follow".
EDIT: in fact, as Michael Harris observed, it is "Allez en avant, et la foi vous viendra": "Go forward, and faith will follow"... conceivably even more radical? Or is it less so...? :)
Although years ago I scoffed at this potentially seemingly frivolous unrigorous remark, by now I understand it in a different way. E.g., if one has a "physical intuition" that a thing is true, this often suggests "proof". And, from the other side, if a given question is "purely formal", sometimes meaning "of no genuine interest to anyone", then the "formal" (in a derisive sense) approach we find ourselves taking is indicative of lack-of-sense.
My advice would be to look at many sources, encompassing a range of viewpoints. One can argue that some sources are too fussy over small things, and that others are negligent. In the end, I think a professional mathematician wants to have experienced a certain amount of fussing-over-details, but in as many cases as possible seeing, in hindsight, that many of those details were effectively fore-ordained to be ok, ... rather than conceding that "the universe is hostile, and things tend to be false rather than true..."
That is, while many naive notions are, of course, incorrect, I claim that the good news (about elementary analysis, as of many other things) is that things turn out pretty well. That is, although it is entirely reasonable, and perhaps intellectually responsible, to be worried about details, it turns out that things are not as bad as they might have been. (One may argue that if this were not so we wouldn't be doing this at all.)
One minor-but-important disclaimer is that essentially all "introductory analysis" sources do limit their technical outlook, so that some questions which can be asked in relatively elementary terms, but which admit no real coherent answer in the same terms, are ... nevertheless... answered in sometimes-ghastly terms. My own pet case is about differentiation in a parameter inside an integral... :)
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MCLEAN, Va. (WUSA9) -- Fairfax County police are investigating a fatal crash in McLean that left one person dead.
Police have identified the deceased as 103-year-old Katie Grosse of McLean, Virginia.
It happened in the area of Old Dominion Drive and Dolley Madison Boulevard on October 28 around 3 p.m.
Police say that an 81-year-old Falls Church woman was travelling north on Dolley Madison, with Grosse in the passenger seat, when she lost control of the car while trying to turn right onto Old Dominion.
The car jumped the center median on Old Dominion and hit an Audi and a Camry in the westbound left turn lanes.
Both occupants of the Sienna were transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital where Grosse was pronounced dead at approximately 6:15 p.m., officials said.
Alcohol was not a factor in this crash. Detectives are still attempting to determine if speed was a factor.


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Improving Environmental Justice for the Rural Poor in Sri Lanka
To develop an integrated framework for sustainable natural resource management that improves well-being, equity and participation rooted in customary rights and people's ability to exercise them
Background and activities
Sri Lanka provides a good example of the challenges facing governance structures as a result of newly liberalised economies and devolution of power. The private sector, rather than the state, is now significantly responsible for the production and delivery of services and provinces are in charge of establishing tiers of government and introducing multi-level governance.
This sub-project works to improve accountability for service delivery at the local level and to promote sub-national government transparency and standardised application of policies across the country. It is based in four sites in Sri Lanka: Ratnapura Administrative District, the Nilgala Forest Reserve in the Monaragala Administrative District, near the Puttalam Lagoon on the Puttalam Administrative District and the Periyakalapu Lagooon in Tirukkovil in Ampara District.
It is developing a framework for an integrated assessment of relationships between poverty and livelihoods, sustainable natural resource stewardship and peoples' ability to exercise statutory and customary rights.
Partners are developing provisions and strategies to promote natural resource rights for effective community management. They are providing information on these rights in local languages and are using various participatory methods, such as workshops and interviews, to raise awareness about environmental justice and governance issues. There is a specific focus on community rights in the context of ecosystem services.
This sub-project will increase stakeholder knowledge of the relationship between local communities and natural resource management. There will also be better understanding and engagement between actors on environmental justice and legal matters.
Thanks to the affirmation of resource rights and reduction of socio-economic inequities due to ethnicity and gender issues, there will be improved livelihoods options for poor resource-dependent rural people.
It is hoped that, through this work, public participation, accountability, transparency and justice in processes and institutions will be ensured for communities.
IUCN-Sri Lanka is responsible for monitoring and evaluation of the project but many other partners are involved:
The Public Interest Law Foundation and The Centre for Environmental Justice are responsible for implementation of this sub-project at the site-level.
Other partners include: Sabaragamuwa Janatha Padanama and Ratanapura, Nilgala Mithuro Sanvidhanaya, Bulupitiya, Nilgala and Bibila, Socio Environment Education Development Association (SEEDA) Thirukkovil, and other community-based and non-governmental organisations.


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Birth Name: Atom Egoyan
Born: 07/19/1960
Birth Place: Egypt
Born: 07/19/1960
Birth Place: Egypt
Born on July 19, 1960 in Cairo, Egypt, Egoyan was raised by his parents, Joseph and Shushan, two Armenian refugees who settled in Egypt and then Canada, and operated a furniture store. For most of his youth, Egoyan ran away from his Armenian heritage while struggling to adapt to his Canadian environs. But while attending the University of Toronto, he was shown the language and ethnicity of his heritage by one of the chaplains at the university's Trinity College, leading him to finally embrace his culture. Though a political science major, Egoyan - who had been interested in plays since high school - began directing short films like "Howard in Particular" (1979), "After Grad with Dad" (1980),... Continue Bio >>
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The John Murray Show
A lively mix of topical stories, human interest and lifestyle features with Neil Delamere.
A lively mix of topical stories, human interest and lifestyle features with Neil Delamere.
Well the headline in today's Irish Independent says it all: fathers takes bull by horns in bid to save daughter's school. We have the man who owns that bull, Des Joyce from Glinsk Co Galway, on the line to Neil, to explain all!
Great news emerged yesterday that mother Candice Gannon, after seven long months, has been reunited with her daughter Ellie yesterday. We are joined by Candice, on the line this morning, telling us of her daughter's safe return.
This morning we hear some beautiful melodies, that come from the earliest ever collection of Irish Music, which will be performed live in studio by the country's best known musician, pianist Micheal O'Suilleabhain.
Today marks National No Smoking Day where people are encouraged to kick the habit - once & for all! Neil's next guest did just that, but not the way we would recommend anyone else to give them up. Labour TD Ann Phelan joins us from our Waterford studio.
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iCandy attend Mother and Baby Big Hearts Awards, supported by Bliss
iCandy attended the Mother & Baby Big Heart Awards on the 12th January at Park Lane Hilton, London. The awards were presented by Mother & Baby acting Editor Kathryn Blundell and Apprentice finalist Saira Khan.
iCandy sponsored the Amazing Dad Award which was won by Michael Gent from Cheshire after his wife Katie nominated him for the award. Here is their touching story:-
The amazing dad award, sponsored by iCandy goes to Michael Gent from Cheshire. Michael is dad to Edward, who is 23 months old, and was nominated by his wife Katie.
Katie wrote and told us that: "It is almost impossible for me to say what a truly brilliant dad Michael is."
"It hasn't been easy for us to have a family. I miscarried our first baby at nine weeks, but got pregnant for a second time in 2007. "
"However, at 21 weeks I started to bleed. Efforts to stop my labour failed, and a week later our daughter, Isabella, was born, weighing just 1lb. Michael held her for a few moments before she passed away. This was something I couldn't bring myself to do, and I will be eternally grateful that he found the strength to hold her for those precious moments."
"We went through some difficult times after losing Isabella, but with Michael's love and support I got pregnant again."
"However, at 16 weeks, a scan showed that our baby had a condition which would cause his bowel and stomach to grow outside his body. However, we were reassured that this could be dealt with via a relatively simple operation shortly after his birth."
"Baby Edward arrived prematurely at 29 weeks and six days. He came home after three months and has not been able to have his operations yet due to his prematurity. They will be more complex that we had hoped, and we may lose him, but Michael does everything he can to make sure every day is fun for Edward. He recently offered to change jobs so that we could move to be nearer my family, allowing me to give up work to look after Edward full-time."
"Despite Edward's difficult start, I know that he idolises his daddy – his eyes light up whenever he hears Michael's voice. And I love them both more than I can ever say."
Edward is currently in hospital, and so we will be sending his dad his award – and our love.
iCandy would like to say Congratulations and send their best wishes to the Katie, Michael and Edward.
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REGIONALREPORT TriangleMartin Marietta seeks a rocky relationship
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. sold 14 billion tons of rock for $1.6 billion in 2010, but the Raleigh-based companys most lucrative haul may have come last May, when it dug into the financial records of Vulcan Materials Co., its largest competitor. Martin Marietta then launched an unsolicited bid in December for Birmingham, Ala.-based Vulcan, which is suing Martin Marietta, contending that its use of confidential information in an unfriendly takeover bid was the pits.
Both CEOs agree the road to impasse was paved with good intentions when talks began last May about a merger of the nations two largest construction-materials companies. Vulcan opened its books the contents of which Martin Marietta agreed to keep confidential but rejected the resulting offer, which CEO Donald James called low-ball. He believes both companies are rebounding from the recession but that Vulcan, which has more employees, quarries and rock reserves, is better positioned. Martin Marietta CEO Ward Nye says his company has a higher stock price and lower debt.
Martin Marietta is offering Vulcan shareholders half a share of its stock for each of theirs a roughly 15% premium in early December valuing Vulcan at about $4.7 billion based on recent stock prices. Some Vulcan shareholders sued the company because it wont agree to the deal. Vulcan sued Martin Marietta, claiming its using confidential information in its takeover bid. Martin Marietta sued Vulcan, contending that a confidentiality agreement cant block a hostile takeover, and is asking shareholders to elect five of its nominees to Vulcans board. Theres also a chance the U.S. Justice Department could squash the merger before it starts.
The coming months will determine if the companies are really at odds or just performing the ritual sparring that public companies often engage in before merging one trying to drive its price up and the other, down. Both hint at a possible quick resolution. If that happens, shareholders shouldnt fret that the current nastiness means an acrimonious match. People might say, Oh, thats like a forced marriage, and its going to be an awful relationship, says Steve Jones, professor of organizational behavior at UNC Chapel Hills Kenan-Flagler Business School. But either the deal happens or it doesnt. If it does, everybody becomes very pragmatic.
Rank of Durham-based G Data Software Inc.s InternetSecurity 2012 in PCWorld magazines listing of the top 10 Web-protection suites.
RALEIGH Triangle Capital raised roughly $77 million in a secondary stock offering. The finance company plans to use the proceeds to invest in companies with annual revenue between $20 million and $100 million.
RALEIGH The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted priority review to Salix Pharmaceuticals drug crofelemer, which treats chronic diarrhea in HIV/AIDS patients. The review will be complete by June 5.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences sold its offices and lab here for about $20 million to an affiliate of Pasadena, Calif.-based Alexandria Real Estate Equities. The nonprofit, which studies the safety of chemicals, will lease back the property.
CARY Professional-services information provider Reed Elsevier will hire 350 workers and invest $1.8 million in its Cary operations within five years. The Parent of LexisNexis, which has headquarters in London, Amsterdam and New York, employs more than 300 here and in Charlotte. The average annual wage will be $91,644, higher than Wake Countys average of $44,980.
RALEIGH Gov. Beverly Perdue nominated Chief Deputy Commissioner of Banks Ray Grace to take over as state commissioner of banks after Joseph Smith Jr. stepped down to monitor the $25 billion foreclosure settlement between the state and federal authorities and the nations five largest mortgage-loan servicers.
CARY Convenience-store operator The Pantry named Dennis G. Hatchell, 62, president and CEO. He had been vice chairman of Hickory-based Alex Lee, the holding company for Lowes Food Stores, Merchants Distributors and Institution Food House. Former CEO Terrance Marks resigned in October.
CLAYTON Oven manufacturer Turkington USA closed its local plant, laying off 101 workers. The company, a subsidiary of United Kingdom-based Turkington Industries, relocated the plant from Goldsboro in 2009. Turkington did not provide a reason for the closure.


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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- These pint-size summer campers are learning what it takes to repair shoes from a legend of the craft.
"What would you call this stuff here?," he says.
John "Peter Bug" Matthews normally uses cement to bring dozens of worn out soles, back to life.
But he and his super agents agree to try out a new product called UGlu that makes some big promises.
We'll see if, like UGlu says, it creates an instant bond, the strength of super glue, and the convenience of tape. It claims all you need to do is just peel and paste.
"I'm cutting it," he says.
Peter applies the strips of glue to this gym shoe and seals it back together.
"Everybody just try to take that off," he says to the campers.
We ask the kids if it's hard to take off, and they say, "Yeah!"
The UGlu appears to work, until they put the shoe into some water.
"The water is like pulling, pulling it off," says Peter Bug.
Next, the shoe guru shows me how UGlu works on a different shoe.
"Got to line it up," he says.
Then he adds, "I'm on the job. I wanna make sure that someone doesn't see me with my shoe all messed up."
The Bug says if you don't apply enough UGlu it will be tough to make it to your next meeting. The instructions say you should apply the glue with some pressure.
"We're gonna hammer it down," the professional shoe cobbler says.
How did this heel hold up? Let's just say there wasn't an instant bond.
But the shoe-smith finally gets the product to work.
"I think it works better for the inner soles than the outer soles," he says.
Peter Bug says this one size fits all glue needs some backup to really get the job done.
His advice, "You get a donut on your car, get to the tire shop. You got the UGlu on your shoe, get to the Peter Bug Shoe Academy!"
Peter Bug says there's no chance he'd try this again.
But, he says if you decide to use it, you might want to have a spare pair of shoes at your desk, just in case.
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I have 1 BES server in trial, talking to one ZCS NE server which hosts many domains.
It seems I can only activate / provision / see accounts from the same domain that the manager account was created in, thus I am not able to let users from other domains connect via BES ?


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Opening lines of interest for tomorrow's games.
Drake -1.5
iowa -2.0
Kansas -13.0
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I dont think Drake is that good. I think we should be them pretty easily even without Dendy.
Go Cubs Go!
Lets Play Two-Ernie Banks
ISU wins by double digits. Take it to the bank.
"Karl Malone love making up jokes. Karl Malone always say, 'laughter is the best Mexican.' "
-Jimmy Kimmel impersonating Karl Malone
Drake has killed us on the 3 ball. I dont think that will happen this time around.
On one hand, I'm surprised. On the other hand, Drake has beat us the last three years in a row.
I wish we had Dendy, but I think we will still be able to take care of business. Our guards won't be rattled by playing on a foreign court.
Opportunity to fund a bowl trip?????
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On one hand, I'm surprised. On the other hand, Drake has beat us the last three years in a row.
I wish we had Dendy, but I think we will still be able to take care of business. Our guards won't be rattled by playing on a foreign court.
They will be playing without Josh Young... horrible loss for them.
Wow, I don't see us as dogs to Drake, even with Josh Young healthy. Granted, it is our first road test, but I just think we have more depth and talent.
I also think Duquesne will give Iowa problems. Last year, they were quite the run and gun team. It will be interesting to see which style wins out between theirs and the Hawks'.
Ill bet my life savings on that line.
omg, im going all in on this. dont see us losing a 4th in a row. Also, they either will not have Josh Young or will have him at half strength.
wow, did las vegas look to see if Drake beat IUPUI???
we need a cybookie event with that line
Excessive intake of alcohol, we all know, kills brain cells, but naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.
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Ill bet my life savings on that line.
all $2 of it?
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we need a cybookie event with that line
Screw CyBookie...bet it and win some $$$
*calling bookie now
Kansas wears Adidas.
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Stalk Bamboo Bicycles: Organic. Locally Grown. Bikes.
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- Website: stalkbicycles.com
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- Founded: 2009
- Founded by: Zack Jiang, Lars Jacobsen, Nick Chan
- Headquarters: Oakland, CA
Stalk Bicycles is a team of passionate dudes dedicated to the lifestyle of two-wheeled transportation. In our pursuit of the perfect bike, we choose to build with bamboo – a material that is sustainable, surprisingly versatile, and can be sculpted to beautiful proportions. Whether rolling down a San Francisco alleyway, parked at a cafe in The Mission, or hanging from a Muni bike rack, Stalk bikes stand out for their attention to detail, craftsmanship, and unforgettable aesthetic.
It's one thing to buy a bike; it's another thing to buy a bike that's hand-crafted in Oakland, California from locally-grown bamboo. Stalk Bicycles is "a team of passionate dudes dedicated to the lifestyle of two-wheeled transportation." Their 4-6 lb bike frames are made of bamboo finished with a weather sealer to protect against moisture and UV damage, while the bike joints are made of natural hemp and carbon fibers embedded in a non-petroleum based resin.
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When you strip it all down, it's a bike. It's a frame with two wheels, a seat and handlebar. But god how we love how this thing can encapsulate what inspires us. We love how every bamboo bike we make is a rolling work of art, each as individual as the rider in the saddle. We love how our customers geek-out over the components that make their bikes unique. And we're inspired by the statement our bikes make when we roll around town. A stare of bug-eyed disbelief, tapping, poking and a slew of questions usually ensues. People just want to ride them.
Bikes are currently custom made with a lead time of 4-8 weeks, but standard-sized frames are coming in May 2011. Prices for a custom frame start at $800, but can be outfitted with any extras you want.
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What is your favorite word?
"snowiest", also ... "dingo"
I'm also fond of perspicacious.
Forever trying to find a cure for the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
or something like that.
Mine is arduous
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Mine is arduous
Main Entry: arduous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: difficult
Synonyms: backbreaking, ball-buster, burdensome, exhausting, fatiguing, formidable, gruelling, harsh, heavy, labored, laborious, murder, onerous, painful, punishing, rigorous, rough, severe, strenuous, taxing, tiring, toilsome, tough, troublesome, trying, uphill
Antonyms: easy, facile, painless, simple
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Or the D part of Dbag
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.
donkey, remorseless, pontificate
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.
Thomas Jefferson, 1802
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on·o·mato·poe·ia Listen to the pronunciation of onomatopoeia
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Late Latin, from Greek onomatopoiia, from onomat-, onoma name + poiein to make — more at poet
circa 1577
1 : the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss) 2 : the use of words whose sound suggests the sense
— on·o·mato·poe·ic Listen to the pronunciation of onomatopoeic \-ˈpē-ik\ or on·o·mato·po·et·ic Listen to the pronunciation of onomatopoetic \-pō-ˈe-tik\ adjective
— on·o·mato·poe·i·cal·ly Listen to the pronunciation of onomatopoeically \-ˈpē-ə-k(ə-)lē\ or on·o·mato·po·et·i·cal·ly Listen to the pronunciation of onomatopoetically \-pō-ˈe-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy is scheduled to sign the nation's most far-reaching gun control bill in Hartford at noon Thursday, concluding several emotional weeks of debate and compromise since the state was rocked and the world stunned by a mass murder at an elementary school here.
The state House voted early Thursday in favor of the 139-page bill crafted by leaders from both major parties in the Democratic-controlled General Assembly. It passed the Senate in a 26-10 vote Wednesday.
The bill adds more than 100 weapons to the state's ban on assault weapons, limits the capacity of ammo magazines and requires background checks for all weapon sales, including at gun shows.
It would also establish the nation's first statewide registry for people convicted of crimes involving dangerous weapons. Access to the registry would be available only to law enforcement.
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The bill drew angry protests at the Capitol, with some gun-rights supporters booing leading advocates of the bill. But not in Newtown, where the bill and the bipartisan effort involved in its passage were warmly received. Here the healing is continuing process almost four months after Adam Lanza's horrifying one-man assault at Sandy Hook Elementary School left 20 schoolchildren and six staff members dead.
In a written statement, Nicole Hockley, whose 6-year-old son Dylan was killed at Sandy Hook, said she appreciated the "bipartisan path" the state took in crafting the gun measure.
"I particularly appreciate that the Legislature listened to us and strengthened the provision on large capacity magazine sale. As someone who is new to the process and here only out of necessity, I am pleased with what we accomplished without rancor, with love," Hockley said.
Newtown First Selectman Pa Llodra, the town's chief executive officer and a Republican, said she is "pleased for the most part" with the bill.
"It includes action on some of the most critical elements in gun control and certainly signifies to the rest of the country - and maybe the world - that significant, meaningful change can come about through the political process," Llodra said.
The bill was drawn up by a bipartisan task force assembled after the Dec. 14 Newtown massacre.
"The tragedy in Newtown demands a powerful response, demands a response that transcends politics," said Senate President Donald Williams.
While Republican state Sen. John Kissel of Enfield acknowledged that "you just can't have a heart at all if you don't feel for the families and friends and neighbors of the victims of that Newtown massacre," he expressed concern that the bill is ultimately harmful to lawful gun owners.
"When it comes to further regulations on guns and ammunition in one of the states that's touted as having, right now, some of the most tough gun laws in the United States of America, I think it goes one step too far," said Kissel, who opposed the bill.
Sen. Scott Franz, a Republican from Greenwich, another opponent, said there was "too much emphasis on gun regulations."
Among its provisions are a requirement of eligibility certificates for the purchase of any rifle, shotgun or ammunition. Penalties for illegal possession and firearms trafficking would also be significantly increased.
In addition to the controls on guns and ammunition, the law would set safety standards for school buildings, allow mental health training for teachers and expand mental health research in the state.
The bill would not ban large-capacity magazines outright, but would grandfather them in from Jan. 1, 2014. The magazines could be loaded only with 10 or fewer rounds, except in the owner's home or at a shooting range. Owners would have to register the magazines by year's end.
The likely passage of the bill has spurred gun sales across the state, particularly on the purchase of large-capacity magazines, The (Danbury) News-Times reports.
Gun rights advocates question whether the legislation would have done anything to stop 20-year-old Lanza's rampage. Police say he fired 154 shots from a Bushmaster .223-caliber rifle within five minutes, before killing himself.
"If it (the legislation) did something to prevent this incident, where the fault lies with the individual and the mother, not with the legitimate gun owners in this state, then we could probably support something," said Robert Crook, executive director of the Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen.
Thursday would have been the 7th birthday of Ana Marquez-Greene, who died at Sandy Hook. In an op-ed column appearing Thursday in USA TODAY, her parents, Jimmy Greene and Nelba Marquez-Greene, write:
"We don't need new laws to begin strengthening the bonds of family and community. We can be more giving, loving parents, friends and neighbors. We can offer love to those who are outcasts or alone. We can look to God and form an eternal relationship built from nothing but love.
"But we must do more. Today (Thursday), the governor of our home state of Connecticut will sign historic bipartisan legislation designed by legislators to make our communities safer. Their cooperative spirit should be a model for Congress, when the Senate considers legislation next week to reduce gun violence."
Contributing: John Bacon; The Associated Press


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Preventing Gas Pipeline Disasters
June 13, 2013
It was something of a miracle that no one was injured seriously when a 20-inch natural gas pipeline exploded near Sissonville, W.Va. in December....
I'm just curious how WVUGEO proposes we transport all that methane he keeps telling us we need to be making from CO2. Should we transport it through one of those astonishingly dangerous pipelines you loons are always complaining about? Or maybe in those heavy road-destroying trucks you loons are always complaining about? Or perhaps by those water-polluting barges you loons are always complaining about?
Maybe converting CO2 to an astonishingly dangerous gas isn't such a good idea after all...
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I then went to the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration - National Gas Transmission: Significant Incidents Summary Statistics: 1993-2012.
Pretty nice summary there! The 20 Year Average (1993-2012) is 61 events per year, 2 fatalities, 10 injuries and $84,616,960 property damage per year.
That's about 1 incident every 5,000 miles of pipeline per year and approx $285 in property damage for every mile of line.
It's certainly not the cleanest of industries, but I found the numbers far from astonishing.
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WVU, You're topics do interest me so I checked out the NTSB site and found 32 accident reports over the last 20 years. So I went next to the U.S. Energy Information Administration website and found the following;
The natural gas pipeline grid comprises: More than 210 natural gas pipeline systems.
305,000 miles of interstate and intrastate transmission pipelines (see mileage table).
More than 1,400 compressor stations that maintain pressure on the natural gas pipeline network and assure continuous forward movement of supplies (see map).
More than 11,000 delivery points, 5,000 receipt points, and 1,400 interconnection points that provide for the transfer of natural gas throughout the United States. 24 hubs or market centers that provide additional interconnections (see map). 400 underground natural gas storage facilities (see map).
49 locations where natural gas can be imported/exported via pipelines (see map).
8 LNG (liquefied natural gas) import facilities
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The actual number of gas transmission pipeline ruptures and accidents that occur is astonishing. Go to the National Transportation Safety Board web site, and, in the upper right corner, enter "Pipeline Accident Reports" in the search/subject block. Or, go the Wikipedia and check out the articles: "List of pipeline accidents in the United States 1975 to 1999" and "List of pipeline accidents in the United States in the 21st century". Not all the ruptures documented in those resources involve gas transmission lines, but many of them do. There have been some in WV you've never heard of. For instance, on August 5, 2002: "a natural gas pipeline exploded and caught fire .. near Lanham, WV. Kanawha and Putnam Counties in the area were requested to Shelter-In-Place. Parts of the pipeline were thrown hundreds of yards away, around, and across Poca River".
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State's test-prep efforts get an F
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In the end, by rushing standards through without adequate preparation, and by systemizing our children's education according to these lifeless standards, devoid of all joy, the state is failing in its responsibility to develop lifelong learners.
We're all for higher standards. Today's children will someday seek work in an increasingly competitive world. But with new standards, there must be adequate preparation. In this regard, the State Education Department gets an F.
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This generation of children must be able to feel confident enough to take the test and pass it. The parents need to be able to help them prepare for it. I would love to see what these tests look like. Copies of these tests should be available for teachers and parents to view so they have a better uderstanding of what the children need to prepare for. The teachers need to know what areas the kids need help in so they can prepare them for future testing. My next question is, why are we subjecting our kids to these tests, without a better understanding of what these test scores really mean or prove. Who saya our kids are failing if they don't pass these exams? What does the state know when it comes to children. The teachers have a better understanding then anyone.
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I have been an educator for over 30 years. Teaching has become dull and all I see are stressed out teachers and students. I am glad my own children are at the end of their school careers and I am ready to retire. The curriculum as I see it is moving too quickly for little brains to absorb. When kindergarteners don't have time to play, we are doing our children a great disservice. I also question the integrity of a test that students can opt out from. How is any of this helpful to our children and how does it affect the accountability of our teachers? I doubt there are educators making decisions on how to educate our children but I am certain professional testing companies are the only ones to benefit.
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I made a big mistake and bought the Eberlestock J34, Just One. I thought it would suffice for my needs. I just spent 4 days in the backcountry and I need the Blue Widow. This pack rode nice with 60 pounds, I just could not fit all my stuff.
If anyone made the mistake I did and bought the Blue Widow (JP9) and wants to trade for my J34 Just One, let me know.
Otherwise I want to sell this one for $250 ($299 retail). I only used it on this 4 day trip and did no damage to it.


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Obama Should Allow Keystone XL
February 20, 2013
Perhaps President Barack Obama should worry more about the American people than about radical environmentalists who have bullied him during his first four years, never satisfied with his own......
Clean" Your belligerent writing style is annoying but I accept who you are."
I'll promise to act nicer if YOU promise to be SMARTER!
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Your toxic battery will be a massive landfill problem in 15 years just like the idiotic Compact Fluorescent bulbs will be.
Green technology is not so GREEN when you have knowledge of the Product Life Cycle.
Which getting back to the Keystone is the big joke. There are 25,000 miles of pipeline crossing the Olagawa Acquifer NOW in year 2013 with 40+ years of history.
What is the BFD of another 100 miles??
NOTHING, of course.
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Dawrath, my Prius does not plug in. The toxic battery charges from braking. I disagree with your idea of a moderate. I take the time and want to hear both sides and decide either way depending on the subject. Obviously I disagree with you a lot, but not all the time. Your belligerent writing style is annoying but I accept who you are.
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A moderate is somebody who doesn't have the BAWLZ to make a decision.
Moderates, like skunks, are found in the middle of the road: dead with tire tracks running over them.
Some of the Prius and the Volt are Plug In Hybrids. You have an original?
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2012 US Govt added 6,000 new regulations to the ones already on the books..2013 another 6,000 new Govt. regulations are to be added...How does this help to grow an economy?
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I am 100% for clean air water and not destroying the land...but at what cost? well maybe it doesn't matter waht cost in dollars? Well the problem is dealing with the real world. If our Govt. controlled money supply keeps expanding with nothing behind it...at some point in the near future, we shall have no Federal Govt..it's being spent into bankruptcy...
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gasoline consumption in the USA is at a 16 year low...Consumer prices are heading for an all time High...the Free markets are being crushed right now...Govt. regulation along with endless QE over printing of money ( devaluation) is the cause....Fed Govt and some State Govt. are joining with Big Corps. to rape the public...example Facebook 1 1/2 billion in profits...No Federal income taxes...the Republic is being killed
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I'm a moderate. We differ from liberals and right-wingers because, well, you figure it out. Everyone on all sides should participate in environmental stewardship. It doesn't sound like you give a hoot. You're part of the problem. For strip mining tar sands, like mountaintop removal coal, one should consider the benefits vs. impacts from cradle to grave. What societal benefit is there after accounting for loss other ecological goods and services? Water usage and waste products like heavy metals, mutagenic carcinogens, fish deformities are a result. As long as it's not on my property? Really? Someone lives downstream and downwind. Would you permit your neighbor to say, burn a tire next door and say it's ok to let the smoke flow into you house because they have the right as long as it was on THEIR property? Oh, you would just close your window and smile.
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OBAMA the Destroyer...blows things up with a single pen stroke...makes Bush look like a kiddy cop..using drones to kill more people around the world with a pen stroke.but sir, there are women and children there...OBAMA" They should know better than be in their homes when my Drones are coming""The american people don't care what I do, as long as I keep overspending and send them a check"..is in CHARGE of spending more than anyone who ever lived...taking more constitutional rights away than all previous presitents...OBAMA, OSAMA OBAMA the Great...The GREAT and powerful Oz...Welcome to the Twilight Zone...to bad it's for real
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obama "you didn't build that" he,he,he...see,I told them nothing can be built with my approval and more taxes from them to me...OBAMA the Destroyer
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CleanWater, are they extracting that tar sand on YOUR property? No? No. They're extracting it on THEIR property. Which makes it THEIR business.
Why are liberals ALWAYS telling everyone else what they should be allowed to do with THEIR property?
As to your ridiculous claim "Tar sand oil is unsustainable in that it takes more energy to produce the oil than the energy returned," let's think about that. Big oil companies, with expertise at successfully extracting oil for decades, have invested BILLION$ in private money in the belief that they can make money from tar sands. Commenter CleanWater, who thinks Sally Kohn is an unbiased Fox News source and thinks his Prius gets 78 mpg because that's what the gauge occasionally says, says they can't. Who should we believe?....
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It's a hybrid, not a plug-in. Every lit bit helps. Everyone should pitch in and conserve. I still stick by my main point: Tar sand oil and its extraction is dirtier, more destructive, and plain idiotic compared to conventional drilling.
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Cleanwater is deceived by Prius bulls**t.
It tries to run on electric power when fully charged, so it may show 70 99, whatever. Of course, YOU CHARGED your car using electricity produced BY COAL fired power plants.
Studies show the OVERALL carbon footprint of a hybrid or pure electric car is WORSE than an internal combustion engine high mpg car.
The batteries are HUGE and very TOXIC and it takes ELECTRICITY from a plug to CHARGE THEM UP.
The Chevy Volt, which is rate higher mpg than the Prius, actually gets about 35 mpg overall in daily driving that EXCEEDS THE RANGE of the charged battery. Only get 100 mpg if you can stay on the battery for quick trips.
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CleanWater "Your [sic] one of those."
"Those" who laugh at libbies who squeeze into little Priuses because they've convinced themselves they're saving money and saving the Earth? Yep, that's me. LOL
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Oh, your one of those. Your part of the problem. No wonder.
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I only get about 20 mpg. But my vehicle only cost about $20,000. And over the 100,000 miles I plan to own it, at $4 Obamabucks per gallon, I'll spend another $20,000 on gas. So my cost of ownership (vehicle plus gas) is about $40,000. How much in total will you pay for your Prius and gas for $100,000 miles?
By the way, my vehicle comfortably seats six and can carry a full-size refrigerator in the back. How about your Prius?
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By no means did I intentionally lie. Sorry. My 15 min drive to work records 78 mpg on the data read out. Some trips it's 99 mpg ! I love it. My drive home is 48. What gas mileage do you get? typically speaking.
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CleanWater, question for you. When you posted that "My Prius gets 78 mpg" lie, which of course you knew was a lie as you typed it, did it even cross your mind that it might be wrong, in some esoteric way, to lie?
Or did you say to yourself, "CleanWater, I know saying my Prius gets 78 mpg is a lie, but it's so important to get these ignorant conservatives to adopt the green agenda that lying is ok if it can sway the opinion of even one of them"?
Or did you say to yourself, "CleanWater, since my Prius DOES get 78 mpg sometimes, like when coasting downhill, it's not REALLY a lie to say that it gets 78 mpg. I mean, just because the reader didn't know I meant in a downhill coast isn't my fault."
I'm just trying to understand the liberal mindset when it comes to lying. Because you liberals do a lot of it, and it never seems to phase you. Must be peaceful not having any moral values.
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Good for you!! You go girl!
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You realize there are solar cells and windmills you can buy for your home. Buy some, have them installed, disconnect that evil coal-fired power grid, and show us how it's done.
Wonder why AEP dropped the program? Keep cipherin' Jethro. You'll get it eventually.
And I was right. "78 mpg"? Just more bull for the buck. Oh yeah, you're typical. LOL
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Ha, I new you would ask that lol. 45 up the hill. It's all about knowing when to coast. I'd say long term average is closer to 60 for me. I don't trust manufacturer or EPA ratings. That's by averaging typical driver? I'm not typical. Yeh, I hate using dirty energy. Give the people better choices. I signed up for AEP green pricing, added 10 bucks per month based on my usage. they said they bought equivalent off the grid from most likely source--ready--- a wind farm near Chicago. Lol. But then AEP dropped the program, why?
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So you're STILL using gasoline and STILL using coal-fired electricity? Shame shame shame...
By the way, that's quite an impressive Prius you have there, considering it's EPA advertised highway mileage is 51 mpg. Maybe you're using that new Obama-fuel, with more bull for the buck. Now what mileage do you get back up the hill?
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I try Trollslayer, getting kids to turn off the lights, etc. is harder than you'd think. My Prius gets 78 mpg on my trips to town. I like it. It charges my cell phone so I don't need a computer to read the news...every little bit helps right?
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And obviously all those "moderates" have stopped using "dirty" oil-fueled vehicles and "dirty"coal-fired electricity and are putting their money where their mouths are by using only "clean, green" energy. Because you just know they're not hypocrites. LOL
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By MIKE MATHISON
For the News-Register
STEUBENVILLE - The Linsly boys and Morgantown girls swim teams dominated Saturday at the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference championships at Steubenville High School's natatorium.
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The Cadets finished with 357 points to easily outdistance second-place Brooke (254) for the overall title.
''Our kids had an excellent day,'' Cadets coach Bill Brubaker said. ''This is one meet we point toward since we can't go any further with most of them, although we will have kids going to the Eastern Interscholastic Swim Championships in February.
''We set goals at the beginning of the season seeing where we can improve and we did that.''
That they did.
Linsly won five of the 11 events and junior Zach Hamm had a hand in four of them.
He won the 100 fly (55.81) and 100 back (57.99) and teamed with senior Michael Joseph, junior Chris Reardon and freshman Drew Bastian to capture the 200 medley relay (1:48.67) and the 200 free relay (1:36.20).
Freshman Cameron Thompson won the 200 free (1:55.61) by more than 6 seconds.
''We had some really great swims by a lot of kids,'' Brubaker said. ''I have to give a special mention to senior Adam Uraco, who's had a great year for us. Unfortunately, he was the bridesmaid today, getting fourth in three events (200 free, 500 free, 400 free relay). He's worked really hard since he started as a freshman. He had never swam before and has progressed every year.''
Rounding out the top 10 were: Parkersburg South (208), St. Clairsville (193), Wheeling Park (160), Steubenville (145), Beaver Local (140), Cambridge (133) and Wheeling Central and University (130).
The Maroon Knights finished second to Linsly in the small school division.
Brooke won the large school division for the third year in a row.
''It's a dynasty now,'' Bruins head coach Gina Reitter said with a smile, minutes before being dunked in the pool for the third straight year.
''Our kids swam well. This is a stepping stone for us as we get ready for regionals in two weeks. It's always an honor to win an OVAC championship.''
Brooke's Kevin Rowland, Brad Wilcox, Jordan Harlan and Alex Salakovich touched the wall first in the 400 free relay in 3:41.58, nearly four seconds in front of Big Red's Dominic DiCarlo, Zach Moustaader, Alex Nagy and Cliff Larsen.
It was Brooke's only victory in 11 races.
Josh Harrick finished second in the 100 free (51.25) to St. Clairsville's Michael Eaton (50.93) and second in the 100 back (58.59) to Hamm.
''Sometimes it's not your day individually, but it was our day as a team and it feels great,'' Reitter said. ''I was happy with the way everybody performed (Saturday)."
Morgantown swam away with the girls competition with its 358 points, 104 more than Wheeling Park.
Rounding out the top 10 were: Linsly (185), Parkersburg South (166), Steubenville Catholic (153.5), Weir (146), Brooke (129), John Marshall (124.5), Wheeling Central (124) and University (109).
The Cadets won the small school title and the Crusaders were runners-up.
The Patriots' Cecelia Jebbia grabbed the 200 free (2:00.39) and the 500 free (5:22.63). Teammate Kaitlyn Curnes won the 100 breaststroke (1:11.61). The pair teamed with Madie Friday and Stacy Chaplin to win the 200 medley relay (2:00.01).
Weir senior Kelsey Ferguson closed her OVAC career with a victory in the 200 IM and teamed with Alexis Virtue, Dominique Gilbert and Allyson Martin to place second in the 200 medley relay (2:01.18) and third in the 200 free relay (1:51.21) and 400 free relay (4:05.36). School records were set in the 200 medley and 400 free relays.
''I love swimming with my team,'' said Ferguson, whose 2:11.06 in the IM broke her school record. ''Swimming with my team is a lot more fun than swimming my individual events.
''I knew we had a good chance to podium in all three. I would much rather have a third place with them than a first place by myself. It worked out perfectly. It's a great thing to share with each other.''
Parkersburg South's Audrey Sweeney won the 50 free (25.46) and 100 free (55.35).
Linsly's Zoe Scarpone won the 100 fly (1:01.59).
Morgantown's Ileana Ille, Olivia Holehouse, Jenna Pierce and Katie Murto captured the 200 free relay in 1:46.43, which set a meet and pool record.
Pierce, Holehouse, Murto and Rachel Adams won the 400 free relay in 3:53.01, which set a meet, pool and open record.