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1. Kim, you homeschooled for 15 years. Can you share a little about your own homeschooling journey and family?
We began homeschooling in 1988 when our girls were entering 2nd and 5th grades. They were "traditional" learners in that they could work fairly independently, and most subjects—including reading and writing—came easily.
With our youngest, not so much. Ben struggled at every turn. He couldn't sit still. Skills such as reading and writing developed at an excruciatingly slow rate. I was so grateful to be homeschooling him, as he would surely have fallen through the cracks in the public system.
As a family, we did lots of unit studies, which met the girls' academic needs while providing plenty of kinesthetic and verbal outlets to meet Ben's learning style. Over time, and with much prayer, patience, and trial and error, he blossomed!
To our surprise, Ben became strongly academic in later high school, and is actually now working on a Ph.D. in England, where he lives with his wife. Our daughters are stay-at-home wives and moms, and they've blessed us with seven grandchildren.
2. On your website, I found the quote, "Teaching writing has never been easier." Why do you think parents find it so hard to teach writing?
Teaching writing can be downright painful. Many parents feel insecure and unequipped. Honestly, most of us would rather have a root canal! We know it's important to teach our kids to write, but we're too busy wallowing in our own inadequacies.
Sometime we dream about how nice it would be just to plunk a workbook down if front of our kids and watch clear, organized stories and essays spill from their pens. But the truth is that writing needs to be taught. Yes, a handful of us have children who will figure it out all on their own, but most need modeling, teaching, and feedback to in order to learn and improve as writers.
So what do you do if you're that insecure parent? Find a curriculum that spells everything out—not just what to teach, but how. From brainstorming to final draft, you'll benefit from a program that clearly defines your role in the writing process. Look for features such as schedules, lesson plans, step-by-step instructions, editing tips, and writing samples. Tools like these build "mom-fidence"!
3. If a terribly frustrated parent is reading this interview right now, what is your first piece of advice?
Beyond your own self-doubt, you may be struggling to help your kids overcome issues like writer's block, laziness, or perfectionism. Most students want to scribble out a paper and call it done. Then they want you to rave over it!
But should you give even the teeniest hint of a suggestion, they melt down and bitterly complain that you never like anything they write.
This causes tremendous frustration for you because you can't seem to figure out how to make this whole writing thing work. Your kid is a mess, and you feel like a failure.
First, try isolating the source of your frustration. Does your child complain that he can't think of what to write? Does he dawdle? Does he have learning challenges that require special attention? Is he unwilling to take correction or accept feedback?
And how about you? Do you feel overwhelmed? Are you trying to teach many children at different levels? Are you disorganized and flying by the seat of your pants? Are you unpredictable in your editing and grading?
Alone or in combination, these factors can contribute to incredible stress, irritation, and discouragement.
You can take small steps toward reducing the level of frustration in your home. For starters, keep writing assignments short and specific. Use brainstorming worksheets and graphic organizers to help your child think his ideas through before beginning to write. And break the assignment into bite-sized chunks, giving mini deadlines along the way. These ideas work wonders with all ages and types of learners.
In addition, choose writing materials that are flexible enough to use with several children at once. Have a plan: Know what you want to teach and when, and then schedule writing into your week. And use objective, lesson-specific editing and grading tools to help you evaluate your children's writing fairly. Small successes will usher frustration right out the door, leaving encouragement and accomplishment in its wake.
3. How can a parent build confidence in her reluctant writer?
It's a challenge to capture a fleeting thought and pin it to the paper. We think it sounds so easy to "just write what's in your head," but many children simply aren't mature enough to put all the pieces together. It's a big deal for a thought to form in your child's mind and travel all the way down his arm to the pencil. By the time he starts wondering how to spell this or punctuate that, his wonderful idea has been reduced to three dull words—or worse, vanished completely.
We underestimate how much help children need with writing. Shouldn't they be able to think of an idea on their own and then write about it?
In a perfect world, maybe.
But kids do have trouble coming up with topics. They forget what they want to say. Perfectionism can overwhelm them. Fear of making mistakes paralyzes them. Their hand hurts. That's just the way it is.
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In Southern California, arid air and drought conditions make keeping water where your potted plants need them becomes a constant challenge. Not to mention to trying to keep your deck or patio from becoming stained or warped from pooled water and dissolved minerals and fertilizers! The simple answer is Planter Saucers to create a reservoir of water, protect your deck, and add a little penash to your mobile landscaping layout.
But have you seen the prices of new Terracotta saucers recently? A 15" saucer at the local home improvement store is $20, and you still need to seal it when you get home (as Terracotta is known to "breathe" to let water out of a pot- not really what you want it you are trying to create a water reservoir). Most people don't want to go the cheap plastic saucer route, as the UV rays from sun exposure greatly shorten its life expectancy, and it can simply crack under the weight of your vessel.
Even if you got your Terracotta pot (and possibly even the plant inside it) from Freecycle.org, ever notice that they frequently don't have saucers with them? It's because Terracotta saucers, as they are simply fired clay, break easily with temperature changes, pressure from incorrect carrying and storage, and husbands who hastily move pots when they are power washing the deck.
What's a cost and eco-conscious SoCal gardener to do? Take a quick trip to your local Goodwill, Salvation Army or other second hand store. You'll be able to stack up the savings, and lower your life-cycle cost, by purchasing pre-loved platters and mismatched plates (yes, like from the cupboard.) Your garden will still look lovely with a common theme of white plates as saucers, and for once you'll be able to find a saucer that fits that oddly sized pot that you got with the Dragon Fruit plant in it as a gift. You can also simply request cast-off dish sets on Freecycle- especially around the Holidays when people are trying to upgrade their sets before their in-laws come to town.
So, to serve up some penash for your mobile landscaping, save the planet and save your wallet, try dishes to replace your purchased plant pot saucers. You'll eat up the benefits!

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Orange Poached Apple
Quick Apple Crisp
Williamsburg Apple Cream Cheese Torte
Virginia Apple Joy Cake
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Honey-Baked Apples
6 large Rome or Fuji
6 tsp. honey
1/4 cup orange juice
1 tsp. sugar
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Friends, I have been looking for an alternative sequencer design (to what's currently available) to interface some microwave transverters and VHF/UHF power amps to my 2 meter and 70 cm rigs. The sequencer's I have been using have two problems that have plagued me over the years (1) the inability to directly control surplus, 28 volt, coaxial T/R relays (without driving an external relay) and (2) no sequencing when the IF or driver rig accidentally gets put into transmit. I've repaired preamps and transverters many times because of this foopaa. I found a sequencing circuit in the Microwave Projects Manual #2 that, although complex and more than I need, would solve both of these problems. I sent an email to the designer, Paul Wade, W1MHZ, for more information and to see if PC boards were available. Paul responded back that he had a newer, less complex, design on his web site: http://www.w1ghz.org/small_proj/small_proj.htm. The new design is simple and meets all of my needs. It uses FET's for all of the output switching functions (and will handle 28 volt relays) and has a fail safe, RF sensed, circuit that activates the sequencers if the rig is accidentally put into transmit mode. Paul is going to order some PC boards soon for this new design. Boards in small quantities will be around $12 each but with a larger quantity the cost could come down to below $5 each. I am committed for 5 boards. If any of you are interested in the design (take a look on his web page), send Paul an email showing your interest. Maybe we can get a terrific little sequencer at a great price. Incidentally, Paul says the additional parts are around $6.50 if purchased new. Paul's e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com. For clarification, this is for the boards only! You must add the external components, etc. Thanks for your time and interest. Dave Smith / W6TE ---- Sent via email@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to email@example.com
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Scrabble word: PLANNING
In which Scrabble dictionary does PLANNING exist?
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Definitions of PLANNING in dictionaries:
- noun - an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action
- noun - the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise
- noun - the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening
- verb - have the will and intention to carry out some action
- verb - make plans for something
- verb - make or work out a plan for
- verb - make a design of
- noun - the establishment of goals or policies
There are 8 letters in PLANNING: A G I L N N N P
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Opening Date:
April 1, 1954
Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith, Lee Marvin, Jay C. Flippen, Peggy Maley, Hugh Sanders, Ray Teal, John Brown, Will Wright
Laslo Benedek
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1 hr. 19 min.
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Johnny and his vicious biker gang invade a small, sleepy 1950s California town. The leather-jacketed young biker seems hell-bent for destruction until he falls for Kathie, a good girl whose father happens to be a cop. Unfortunately for Johnny, his one shot at redemption is threatened by a psychotic rival, Chino, plus the hostility and prejudice of the townspeople. All their smoldering passions explode in an electrifying climax!
The Wild One (1953) (NR)
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There were a total of four boys' and girls' basketball teams that reached last Saturday's Southern California Regional Championships in Ontario with one of them, Bishop Montgomery High's boys from Torrance, making the California state final.
The Knights advanced in Division IV after eliminating Cantwell-Sacred Heart High from Montebello, 66-56, at Colony High.
Bishop Montgomery led throughout most of the game, although a taller Cardinal squad, that featured two 6-foot-10 players in juniors Balsa Dragovic and Gligorije Rakocevic, were able to tie the Knights at 33 early in the third quarter.
That's when the quicker Bishop Montgomery squad went on a 15-4 run to lead, 48-37.
The Knights, who increased their record to 27-6, continued to be ahead by double digits throughout the remainder of the contest.
Long Beach State University-bound senior guard Justin Bibbins sparked Bishop Montgomery with a game-high 26 points, 17 of those in the second half and 10 in the 15-4 run. Junior Stephen Thompson, Jr. added 14 points.
The Knights continued to excel from the perimeter with eight three-point baskets, six of those in the second half.
Bishop Montgomery, which is in the state final for the first time since 2009, will face Moreau Catholic on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento.
In the boys' Open Division final, Westchester, which came off impressive victories over Riverside J.W. North (79-61 on March 14) and Redondo (76-67 on March 18) on the road, gave the United States' No. 1 ranked team Santa Ana Mater Dei all it could handle but fell short, 59-54, at the Citizens Business Bank Arena.
The Comets, who ended their season at 30-7, started out slow trailing 26-8 and 35-17, but rallied back and eventually took a six-point lead at 53-47 on a three-point basket by Elijah Stewart with 2:34 left in the game.
The Monarchs (35-0), though, finished the game with a 12-1 run behind three-time all-American Stanley Johnson, who had 19 points, including making 11 of 12 from the free throw line. Johnson is already headed to PAC 12 and NCAA Division I power University of Arizona.
Stewart, who will be playing basketball at nearby Loyola-Marymount University, led Westchester with 19 points, followed by Cameron Young with 10. Myles Stewart chipped in eight points.
Mater Dei goes on to face Oakland Bishop O' Dowd for the state crown Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Sleep Train Arena.
In girls' basketball action, Gardena Serra and West Torrance both lost their regional final. In the Division II, the Southern Section Divison IIA champion Warriors could not keep up with a very physical West Hills Chaminade in a 67-50 loss at the Citizens Bank Arena. The injury riddled Cavaliers fell to Chatsworth Sierra Canyon, 59-52, at Colony High.
West trailed the Eagles by as many as 23 points (46-23) miedway in the third quarter, but cut Chaminade's lead to six (53-47) with 3:55 remaining in the game behind two free throws by junior guard Kayla Sato.
Forced fouls, however, plagued the Warriors as the Eagles pulled away, closing the contest with a 14-3 run.
West, which ended its best season ever at 33-5 with a roster that included only two seniors, was led by freshman Jasmine Jones with 19 points and 13 rebounds. Sato contributed 18 points, six rebounds and three steals. Amie Nelson finished with six points, those on two three-pointers.
The Warriors advanced with a 60-54 overtime win over Placentia El Dorado in a rematch of the March 8 Southern Section Division II final at Azusa-Pacific University, in the semifinal on March 18 at West.
An earlier injury to University of Southern California-bound senior Chyanne Butler already put her in doubt of playing in last Saturday's final against Chaminade. Butler played but lasted just 2:44 after a hard foul injured her ankle and she was out the remainder of the game.
Already with the injured ankle and foot in Serra's 55-40 semifinal victory over Junipero Serra High from San Juan Capistrano on March 18 at Serra, things only got worse for Butler.
Late in the third period, the Cavavliers also lost Chyann Richard to a concussion.
The Cavaliers, though, managed to stay close with the Trailblazers, including a 34-32 lead behind two free throws from Caila Hailey with 5:14 to go in the third quarter, and being tied at 38 after the period.
Fouls and missed layups against a physical Sierra Canyon squad, led by 6-foot-2 junior center-forward Kennedy Burke, plagued Serra in the fourth quarter as it was outscored 21-14.
For the Trailblazers, 14 of those points came from free throws, 10 of those by Cheyanne Wallace, who put in 12 points.
The Cavaliers, who ended their season at 25-5 after tying rival Bishop Montgomery for the Del Rey League championship and making the quarterfinals of the Southern Section Open Division playoffs before losing at eventual regional Open Division runner-up Etiwanda (losing 56-46 to Long Beach Poly in the final Saturday at the Citizens Bank Arena), were led by Cydney Bolton with 11 points, three assists and three steals, and Kayla Bibb with 10 points and four steals. Caila Hailey tallied nine points, six rebounds and three steals.
Sierra Canyon was led by Burke with 15 points, 15 rebounds and six blocked shots. Alexis Griggsby totaled 15 points and five rebounds.
Hailey led Serra with 16 points and 15 rebounds in its win over San Juan Capistrano Serra.


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Come fish the beautiful High Sierras in and around the Truckee-LakeTahoe region. C & R Guide Service offers guided fly-fishing excursions to the North Fork Yuba River, Truckee River, and The Feather River Country for wild rainbows, browns, and brook trout. For those of you who are small stream and creek anglers, the area contains numerous "Secret Spots" hosting unselective, but wary brooks, browns, and rainbows. We also guide on the Lower Yuba for steelhead and shad.
The High Sierra is a world renowned family play ground with diversified recreational activities. This area is steeped in history. The regions both north and south of Lake Tahoe were the centers of the California Gold Rush during the latter half of this century. Today, little remains of the once flourishing miners camps but names and dredger piles. Although a few hobbyists still pan and dredge the waters for "color" , most of those who walk the rivers and streams nowadays are looking for the golden flash of brown trout or the silver glint of the rainbow.
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A jewel among small luxury cruise lines, Silversea, is bringing bling on board the Silver Cloud this October 13 when Luca Buccellati of the iconic jewellery empire, will preside over a rare exhibition of one-of-a-kind pieces.
Silversea shares a rich Italian heritage with the Buccellati family, who opened their first boutique in Milan nearly a century ago. "We're delighted to be able to share this collection with our guests, and also have an actual member of the Buccellati family on board to reveal the history of his family and this remarkable brand," said Cristina Levis, Silversea's head of business development. "Buccellati creations have been exhibited at such prestigious galleries as the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and Washington's Smithsonian Institution National Museum, so it's truly a special honor for us."
Passengers on board the nine-day Mediterranean cruise, will be able to attend intriguing lectures and view displays of rare jewelry pieces. But the crowning jewel is a chance to score a custom designed piece from Buccellati—an opportunity which Silversea's well-heeled clientele will undoubtedly take advantage of.
The cruise sails roundtrip from Istanbul and calls in Kavala, Thessaloniki, Volos (gateway to the famous rock towers and monasteries of Meteora), Athens (Piraeus), Izmir, Constanza, and Nessebur, and includes passage through the historic Dardanelles and Bosphorus. Special Silver Privilege fares start at $4,650 per person and include gratuities and all beverages and spirits.
Silversea Cruises, which is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale and chaired by Milan, Italy's Manfredi Lefebvre d'Ovidio, holds the rank of one of the most innovative cruise lines in the industry that set the bar for luxury at sea. Its fleet of intimate, personalized all-suite vessels includes Silver Cloud, Silver Wind, Silver Shadow, Silver Whisper and Silver Spirit – all offering a refined, casual chic ambiance.
More adventureous seafarers who enjoy exploring waters less travelled have a choice of Silversea expedition ships such as Silver Explorer, Silver Galapagos, and Silver Discoverer—that make their way around seven continents and feature worldwide luxury cruises to the Mediterranean, Caribbean, both polar regions and over 700 fascinating destinations in between.


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I have been married to my best friend, Todd, for 20 years in May. I have 2 beautiful children, Rhett and Amanda. They each have blessed me with 2 grandsons ranging in age from 3 to 10. Life is interesting with 4 grandsons, lots of dirt and rough housing, wouldn't change it for the world. I am currently working on the second of a series of inspirational books featuring some great photography,look for upcoming releases. Some of my work has been featured in "Modern Bride" magazine. I write mostly love poems because to me there is no greater feeling than to love and be loved. I express my love for others better through poetry because it allows me to say exactly what my heart feels without inhibitions.
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Thank you so much for the comment. I am glad that my words have found a way to give you joy and hopefully some sort of serenity. I am trying to find the time to begin Volume II. I am excited about getting started. Once again, thank you so much for your kind words.
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State Law Forbids Employers From Requesting Social Media Passwords From Job Applicants
This month, Maryland became the first state to pass a law that prohibits an employer from requesting or requiring job applicants to hand over username and passwords for social media websites, such as Facebook and Twitter.
Maryland passed Senate Bill 433 and House Bill 964, which forbid employers from 1) requesting or requiring a job applicant to disclose user names or passwords for a personal electronic service; 2) refusing to hire an applicant for not providing access to such information; and 3) terminating or disciplining an employee for refusing to provide this information. However, the law also protects employers by prohibiting employees from downloading employer proprietary information to personal accounts and allowing employers to require that employees provide password and login information for company email accounts.
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Naturally, everyone has a suggestion to change his nickname: "Not-so Big City," "Smaller City," "The Town." Bailey himself even offers "Slim City."
Still Big City, but taking up less real estate
The difference is impossible to miss.
Hashim "Big City" Bailey lost weight. A lot of it.
The University of Massachusetts senior center was listed at 6-foot-10, 275-pounds last year, but college heights and weights are notoriously unreliable. They're often outdated, estimated or simply made up. Bailey was considerably heavier than 275 pounds.
But not anymore.
It's not just his waistline. He's thinner in his belly, his backside, even his face. Everywhere.
Naturally, everyone has a suggestion to change his nickname: "Not-so Big City," "Smaller City," "The Town."
Bailey himself even offers "Slim City."
But what the Minuteman big man accomplished is trivialized by just altering his moniker.
Losing weight isn't easy. Not even for a college athlete. But while Bailey contributed last year, especially as a rebounder, his weight, and more significantly his lack of stamina, limited his effectiveness and ability to stay on the floor.
At the end of last season, UMass coach Derek Kellogg challenged Bailey, who followed him from Memphis to Amherst. The coach set 265 pounds as the desired weight and laid out a nutrition and conditioning plan to make it achievable.
"I told him, if you want to be doing things with the team you have to get to a certain weight," Kellogg said.
During the spring and the fall, when the rest of the team was participating in preseason practice, Bailey was doing conditioning, more running than he'd ever done. He embraced the challenge.
"He did a lot of conditioning, a lot of it on his own. He did extra," Kellogg said.
As the regular season is about to begin, Bailey smiled when asked what the scale was reporting.
"Two-sixty three," he said in his deep baritone voice.
His weight, previously a source of frustration, is a happy topic now.
"Everyone tells me I'm doing good on my weight. I'm proud of that," he said. "It wasn't easy. Coach was telling me all summer: Get this weight down and it will be better for you. I knew I could do it. I feel way better running the floor. I'm moving better on defense. I think it's going to be a big year for me. Everything feels better. I feel great. I'm even walking faster."
He even smiles at his reflection.
"I look in the mirror sometimes with my shirt off and think, 'Damn this is how I used to look in high school,'" Bailey said.
Junior big man Sean Carter, who often guards Bailey in practice, has noticed the difference.
"He's a whole lot different. He's in great shape. He's graduating this year," Carter said. "Everything is paying off for him."
Bailey likes to test drive his new found athleticism. In a layup line in practice last week, Bailey leapt up and did a one-handed dunk, getting his feet higher off the ground than he was capable of last year. He landed in a crouch and bounced back up.
"My hops are coming back," he said. "I'm jumping higher because of the weight loss."
Watching the dunk, Kellogg smiled.
"It's helped his self-esteem. He's walking around with his chin up high," Kellogg said. "I'm happy that he feels good about himself. Having self esteem and feeling confident are a major hurdle in his own life to get him to where he needs to be. He's done well in school. He's really become an integral part of this campus and this program. It's going to help him basketball-wise, but as a person, even more so."
Bailey said he's putting the same dedication toward helping the Minutemen than he did to losing weight.
"I'm seeing the big picture. This is my last year. I'm pushing myself to the limit," Bailey said. "I just want to win. Anything I can do to help my team win. That's what I lost this weight for."


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College Hockey:Former Northeastern Player Kenny Killed in Automobile Accident
Rob Kenny, a three-year letterwinner and former assistant captain for Northeastern from 1989 to 1992, was killed in an automobile accident early Wednesday morning on Interstate 75 in Weston, Fla. He was 41.
The Vienna, Va., native joined the Huskies as a walk-on for the 1989-90 season. In his three seasons, he quickly became one of the top players for the Huskies, leading the team in scoring his final year with 19 goals and 33 points. After graduating from Northeastern, he had a successful minor league professional career, playing for the Binghamton Rangers of the AHL and a number of IHL and ECHL teams as well.
Current Northeastern assistant coach, Sebastian Laplante, played with Kenny.
"Rob was one of the best teammates I have ever had," said current Northeastern assistant coach Sebastian Laplante, who played with Kenny. "He was as good a teammate as you could find, on and off the ice. He became a leader on our team with a very short amount of time."
For the last several years, Kenny ran a successful hockey program in southern Florida and was an avid supporter of the Northeastern hockey program. Kenny was constantly reaching out to the Huskies staff to recommend talent he knew of in the area.
Kenny is survived by his wife, Janelle, and their three children: Ryan, Sean and Ella.
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So Disney made a movie about the making of a Disney movie – this might seem like a bit of a cheat to other cinematic chronicles of the same nature, especially those made in a an unflattering light…except that the Disney corporation pretty much owns everything. As bright and sweet as director John Lee Hancock's Saving Mr. Banks is, there definitely a lot of discomfort to be had in the story itself; its about the making of the Mary Poppins novel into a movie back in 1961, and the unstoppable force that was Walt Disney, played with gallant charm by Tom Hanks, warring against the immovable object Poppins creator and author P.L. Travers, played with fervent and hilarious vitriol by Emma Thompson. The heart of the story takes place during the two weeks of brainstorming sessions in Burbank, CA after Travers, whose coffers are nearly empty, relents to hearing Disney's ideas for a big screen adaptation. Disney, his screenwriter Don DaGradi (Bradley Whitford), and songwriting Sherman brothers Robert (B.J. Novak) and Richard (Jason Schwartzman) are put through Travers' meat-grinder, bullying them every step of the way with off-handed personal attacks and outrageous demands like "No color red in the film – at all!" – a lot of which was recorded and used as reference for the film. But the audience soon finds there's a lot more to her picky nature than being an old English curmudgeon.
The film goes into all to frequent flashbacks of Travers' childhood in rural Australia, back when her name was Helen Goff, where her mother struggled to stay sane while her father, played by Colin Farrell, struggled with alcoholism and holding a steady job. Things get harder for the Goff family as the father's health turns for the worst, and we see poor Helen stuck in the middle trying desperately to keep everyone together while still clinging to childlike hopefulness. Screenwriters Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith seem to make a point to revert to these flashbacks to offer explanations for everything that happens to Travers at the Disney studio which, save for the introduction of Helen's Aunt Ellie who was the real-life inspiration for the Poppins novels, all feels belabored and preachy. It's a shame the movie is so overwrought in this way especially since there are so many lovely moments that are so exposition heavy – like Hank's Disney confiding to Travers his own rough childhood story, or Thompson playing the spectrum of emotion as her Travers watches the finished Mary Poppins film for the first time.
Saving Mr. Banks had high hopes for itself going into 2014 awards season, but alas there were too many other far better movies to contend with for it to get more than one nomination – for Thomas Newman for his Original Score. Newman is like the Scorsese of film composers: a singular genius to is constantly passed over for awards that are rightfully his. He lost to John Corigliano's The Red Violin score in 1999 over his American Beauty soundtrack and lost again in 2009 to A.R. Rahman's Slumdog Millionaire score versus his score for WALL-E. (Including this year's nomination, he has eleven career nods for Original Score). Granted Saving Mr. Banks isn't as soaring as some of his other work, but I pray that someone throw this awesome guy a bone.


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Back in 2000 a man named Bob Smith created a sensation. This sensation is known as Jesus Dress Up, and shortly after moving to New York City, he made an idea turn to reality. Jesus Dress Up is just what it sounds like, it's a magnet game which allows you to dress up Jesus in various different costumes. The game quickly became a hit, and was even featured in Urban Outfitters in 2004 until media outcry caused the product to be pulled from shelves. Normal Bob Smith, as he is known, has put in the hard work and has since been featured in many places, and has sold many sets of the iconic magnet game. But now, he's looking for even more stores to take on the humorous dress up game.
Jesus Dress Up has received much attention, and has even been endorsed by many celebrities such as Sarah Silverman and John Waters among many more. Comedy Central has also featured his product in many videos. However, to keep Jesus Dress Up as popular as ever, Bob needs more stores to take on his product. Normal Bob Smith has said that he would one day love to see the game being sold in a chain retailer, and strives to find more outlets for his product. With sales doing quite well online, it's easy to see that there's profit to be made for any store who decides to carry the humorous and harmless game.
There are various different sets of the game, including a BDSM version which sold out during Christmas time. There is also a Star Wars version, original version, villains and much more. Bob stated that he hopes more stores will take on his product, as it will allow him to expand the game and to also restock the popular BDSM version which has completely sold out. It's no secret that the game has become sort of a life blood for Normal Bob, as his hard work has paid off, while there is still much more hard work to do.
It's understandable for many people to read this and think of Normal Bob Smith as some sort of heathen devil, which really is only half true. Normal Bob Smith is well, relatively normal. When he's not busy with Jesus Dress Up he runs two websites, one being Amazing Strangers which chronicles all the different types of souls he encounters while spending time in Union Square Park. Bob also enjoys art, and considers Andy Warhol as one of his heroes.
Though sales are doing well, they're not doing well enough for Bob, which is why the call for more stores is out. Normal Bob Smith has created a product which has been loved and enjoyed by many, but needs help to take it even further than he already has. So, any business men, women, entrepreneurs, companies and more, are you smart enough to put Jesus Dress Up on your shelves, as many have already done?
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Justice Scalia On the O.J. Simpson Case
Law Blog colleague Jess Bravin, the WSJ's intrepid Supreme Court reporter, filed this dispatch with the Law Blog.
Though the Supreme Court sometimes reverses criminal convictions, it's never reversed an acquittal. On Tuesday, however, Justice Antonin Scalia seemed to come awfully close during an argument in a death-penalty case.
The issue was whether racial bias had tainted the death sentence imposed on Allen Snyder, a black man from Kenner, La., for a 1995 knife attack on his estranged wife and her male companion, killing the latter. After removing every black in the jury pool, the Jefferson Parish prosecutor compared the defendant to O.J. Simpson, the former football star who 10 months earlier had been tried for a similar crime in Los Angeles.
Atlanta lawyer Stephen Bright, a prominent opponent of the death penalty who represented Snyder, argued that it was improper for the prosecutor to bring in the most racially polarizing case in the country and to say that Simpson was trying to get away with it.
Justice Scalia suggested that maybe the analogy wasn't a pure racial appeal. While the Simpson trial may have been a "racially polarizing," he said, "it is also a case in which a man killed his wife with a knife."
Bright agreed that there were some factual similarities. Scalia then pointed out another. "And then feigned a mental illness by his — his great-escape escapade, and that is — that is what the prosecutor said he was trying to bring before the jury."
No one seemed to mind the fact that O.J. had been acquitted. (Of course, Scalia isn't the only one to raise doubts about the verdict in the Simpson murder trial. In a 1997 lawsuit brought by the victims' families, a Santa Monica, Calif., jury found the former football star liable for money damages for "willfully and wrongfully" causing death.)
No word from Scalia on whether O.J. also is guilty of kidnapping and armed robbery, crimes for which he currently awaits trial in Las Vegas.


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At sometime around 11:30 AM last Friday, Teddy Atlas was preparing to go out for a jog at the Menominee Bingo casino, when he ran into Craig Hamilton and Jim Thomas, managers of Michael Grant.
"They told me, 'We have a problem'," says Atlas.
A problem indeed. Hamilton and Thomas explained the substance of
Chapter 28 of "Operation Cleanup"
to Atlas, something the veteran trainer was unaware of (Atlas later read the piece).
Atlas had immediate concerns, but he also understood the premise of our story.
"You're right," he told us later. "What's good for the goose is good for the gander. I've got to be accountable for the same standards I'd want everyone else to uphold. I can't just do it when it's convenient."
Atlas says that his initial ESPN report regarding Thomas Williams' alleged fight fix against Richie Melito, which took place in August of 2000, was long enough ago that he pretty much forgot about it.
"I honestly didn't make the connection," he said. "Believe me, I wouldn't have trained Grant for a whole month, and left my family on the Fourth of July to come all the way up here if I knew it was going to be a situation like this, with an opponent under indictment. I wouldn't have wasted my time."
At any rate, Atlas realized something had to be done about the situation, while there was still a chance.
"I told them to find another opponent," he says. "I wasn't going to go into the ring with this guy."
Grant's management team agreed, and told him the wheels were already in motion.
Matchmaker Eric Bottjer was on the phone. And for his first option, he looked westward.
A week or so before the fight was to take place, Bottjer had indeed contacted a Minnesota heavyweight named Brian Sargent to be ready as a possible "standby" opponent, just in case of emergency. When Thomas Williams showed up at the casino for the fight, Sargent "stood down", so to speak.
Well, if ever there was an emergency, this was it. But as Bottjer reached out for Sargent at about noon, he was informed that the heavyweight, who lived some 500 miles away, had started to "imbibe", thereby rendering him unavailable to fight.
So while no one knew exactly who was going to be fighting Michael Grant, one thing seemed certain - if Atlas and his colleagues had their way, it was NOT going to be Thomas Williams.
And a little anxiety was setting in.
Of course, Atlas didn't want to ruin the show for the casino, if at all possible. He came up with an alternative idea - that if Williams absolutely had to be the opponent, he would force the fighter, and his representative (Mittleman) to sign affidavits testifying that they would put forth an honest effort. "I would make them sign it in front of everybody, including the commission," Atlas said. "But that was clearly a secondary option. What I really wanted was a new opponent."
At some point along the way, Craig Hamilton ran into Williams' agent, Robert Mittleman, in the parking lot. Realizing that the issue of the status of Williams' legal problems was at the crux of the current controversy, Hamilton asked Mittleman, straight-out, whether Williams was under indictment or not.
"He (Mittleman) said, 'Well, yes - he's under indictment....but he's not under suspension'," Hamilton says.
At long last, some truth.
A call was finally placed to Jack Cowan, a booking agent from Chicago who has dealt, at one time or another, with almost every fighter coming out of the Windy City. Cowan came up with a possibility - Ken Murphy, a former cruiserweight with a respectable 21-7-1 record.
Murphy's line-by-line mark was one of the more curious you're likely to find. In going unbeaten in his first 22 pro fights, he had faced opponents with an aggregate record (using Boxrec.com as the source) of 70-385-10 (15% wins), while in the process of losing his last seven fights in a row, his opponents took a record of 198-6 into the ring. And included on that list were capable fighters like Juan Carlos Gomez, Fabrice Tiozzo, Brian Nielsen, Clifford Etienne, and Lawrence Clay-Bey.
The 39-year-old Murphy, whose brother Lee Roy had once held the IBF cruiserweight title, was ready to take the fight on short notice - no doubt at a premium rate.
Of course, Murphy was not in Wisconsin; he was in Chicago, which was about 250 miles away from the casino. So it would be quite a while before his arrival. And when he got there, by the time he got his medical exam done, it was going to be cutting things somewhat close. The show was scheduled to start at 6 PM, because there were a whole slew of international amateur bouts on the undercard, and the casino didn't necessarily want to keep the crowd waiting.
Or had we mentioned - no one had bothered to notify the casino that there was a problem?
Logistical difficulties having nothing to do with Murphy himself also came into play. One of those involved what the reaction on the part of Mittleman and Williams would be.
The Mittleman "problem" was an especially delicate matter. He may be a charlatan, and often blind with greed, but Mittleman was no dummy either. He had a contract for a fight, and a payday that was going to come along with it, and he was not going to go away quietly, if at all.
Furthermore, Mittleman had previously booked Murphy into a couple of losing fights in Denmark, so he most likely knew how to contact him. It was probably feared that if he had knowledge of the Chicago fighter's imminent arrival, he might take some steps to "encourage" Murphy not to leave, even going so far as to offer him a side deal not to show up.
And perhaps most importantly, if Williams was told to get lost and Murphy, for whatever reason, didn't get there on time, no one wanted to be stuck without an opponent.
It was finally decided that Mittleman would not be informed of any new developments. He was not to know, for the time being, that another opponent was on his way in, and casino security was alerted to be on hand and ready, because if Mittleman and Williams caused a scene when Murphy showed up, they would have to be escorted from the premises.
But to say the least, time was of the essence. And the drive from Chicago to Keshena would be a long one. Murphy was to take off at 3 PM, and had a cell phone in tow.
At that juncture, it was just a matter of waiting.
And waiting.
And waiting.
And waiting.
NEXT: Part 3 - Some Enchanted Evening
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April 18, 2013
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is once again requesting that the Departments of Defense and Energy review the B61 nuclear bomb program in Europe. Last year POGO wrote to then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta regarding the ever increasing costs of the life extension program for these bombs, but did not receive a substantive response. As costs continue to climb, we are hopeful that current Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will finally put this pricey Cold War-era program to bed.
There are approximately 200 B61 bombs deployed and stored at six bases in five European countries as part of NATO's defense. Given the magnitude of U.S. fiscal concerns, the taxpayer can no longer afford the skyrocketing costs of this program:
Since POGO first raised the issue, the total cost estimate for extending the life (called a life extension program, or LEP) of B61s has grown from approximately $4 billion to $10 billion total, according to the Pentagon. Approximately half of the U.S.'s B61s are deployed in Europe, thus the cost to complete the LEP for our NATO allies is approximately $5 billion. Furthermore, the annual budget for the B61 LEP is set to increase by over 300 percent from $126 million in FY2012 to $537 million in FY2014, according to the latest numbers from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The funding increase "reflects the continued ramp-up" of engineering and testing, according to the budget.
But cost overruns are just the beginning in this troubled program. Questions have also been raised over the military effectiveness of the deployment of these nuclear bombs in Europe. For example:
Currently, ranges to potential adversary targets outside NATO-friendly territories are such that multiple, in-flight refueling would be required. The concern is that these aircraft would run out of gas while engaged in the mission over adversary territory.
Furthermore there are significant security issues at the bases where these nuclear bombs are kept, and complex agreements between the U.S. and host counties place limitations on operating areas and weapons that can be used in response to an attack:
A 2008 report by a U.S. Air Force Blue Ribbon Review states that security at the host-nation locations is varied and often does not meet U.S. nuclear weapons protection standards. Physical facilities such as structures, fences, lights, and alarm systems are not well maintained.
Many of the security vulnerabilities raised in this 2008 report have yet to be fixed, and to competently and completely address them will only add to the cost of this already bloated program.
These details show that the B61 program is a relic of the Cold War and is no longer effective or relevant in a modern nuclear strategy. The U.S. taxpayer should no longer be responsible for the majority of the costs of maintaining a nuclear weapons capability in Europe, particularly in light of recent budget constraints. It is our hope that Secretary Hagel will follow through on his talk of changing existing programs and practices to ones that better suit twenty-first century realities and challenges and cut funding to the B61 bomb program in Europe.
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Although it's still rather cheap by Western standards, Hong Kong is one of the most expensive destinations in Asia. This is understandable: given how densely populated its tiny urban area is, space comes at a premium. Naturally, high rents mean higher prices on just about everything - except for electronics, which we'll discuss at greater length another time.
Unless you're rich enough to afford a private car and driver, location is probably near the top of your list while searching for travel accommodations. Likewise, the issue of cost hangs in the balance - you're not going to be spending your whole holiday cooped up in a hotel room, I hope. Why pay big bucks for a primo place to be unconscious?
Thankfully for people like yourself, Hong Kong boasts a menagerie of low-priced accommodation in one of its most central neighborhoods, Tsim Sha Tsui. Located at the southern tip of the Kowloon peninsula just a five-minute walk from the Star Ferry to Hong Kong Island and amid some of the world's best shopping, the guest houses and hostels within the so-called Chungking Mansions are doubly attractive to backpackers, budget travelers and people who have better things on which to spend their hard-earned money - which can be exchanged into Hong Kong dollars in the lobby! In addition to being dirt-cheap (doubles with private bathrooms can easily be had for under 15 USD per person, per night), these lodgings all happen to be located within the same mid-rise.
For some travelers, this is precisely where the trouble begins.
The building's 16 floors, for instance, are served by only two elevators - one for even numbers, one for odd. Worse is that word has gotten out about where travelers are getting their cash converted, which has caused an overgrowth of fake watch sellers, drug pushers and hustlers paid to get you shacked up in a hostel other than the one you've already booked. The aforementioned elevators are narrow and have strict weight limits, which results in queues sometimes approaching half an hour. Want to take the stairs? Too bad. They're not accessible from the ground floor. For better or for worse, the majority of non-Western guests in the building hail from developing countries throughout Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
If you choose to pay attention to the incredible perfumes and ornate gowns the women wear instead of the dozens of suitcases with which their husbands press you against the back of the elevator shaft, you might find that the rest of your experience will follow suit. The rooms at establishments like New Peking Guest House are far from roomy, anything but elegant and not for light sleepers. They are however clean, functional, convenient and staffed by incredibly friendly people, who will be more than happy to help you plan any excursions on which you might want to embark. Once they begin to recognize you, the desperate salespeople at its base will start greeting you as you depart and enter instead of trying to take advantage of you.
Most importantly, the Chungking Mansions are the perfect place to start any Hong Kong urban safari, shopping trip or excursion to any nearby islands - but we'll be posting all about that tomorrow. For now, just get some rest.
- Check out the photo gallery we posted yesterday
- Read an amusing Hong Kong travelogue on Leave Your Daily Hell
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The Christian Kids
Continually Try
To Convert Me Back
We were forced to rewrite this letter for readability. Thus the entire letter is a paraphrase. Nevertheless, each of the thoughts contained therein have been transferred to the paraphrased version.
From: [unsigned]
To: "Positive Atheism" <email@example.com>
Sent: December 10, 2002 6:56 PM
Subject: Thanks a lot!
I read this book called Grass (I don't recall the author). It's basically a good book even though one belief expressed in it distracts from its overall quality. The book basically says that there is a God, but He doesn't meddle with or care about individual human beings, even though He created the Earth and the other crazy planet where the book is set, I thought it was a pretty good book. It was worth reading despite the talk about whether there is a God or whether or not He cares about His creation. Still the people are too stubborn to disregard the religion on which they had been raised.
(Sorry for all the grammar errors.)
I love the site! It's been so helpful because some of the Christians continually try to convert me back. At first it was very hard for me to hold up my side of the argument because I had so little on which to draw. (High school can be rough when you have different views!)
But spending time on your web site has helped me to form the various ideas around which my atheism is based.
I only recently deconverted to atheism, so until I came here and read some of the things you've posted (the things you and the others wrote specifically to help people who face tough situations like this), I had never had a chance against them.
Thanks a lot!
From: "Positive Atheism" <email@example.com>
To: [unsigned]
Subject: Re: Thanks a lot!
Date: December 11, 2002 6:47 AM
Christians have continually tried to convert me back
Some kinds of Christian tend to do this, don't they!? Many of them just cannot stand to watch other people figure it our for themselves. I don't think it's as much of an emotional need to be in control of your life as it is to have more and more people on their side, making their side look like "The Winner" in whatever contest it is that most of them seem to think we're all in.
Most of all, though, I think most of them realize, deep down, that when someone dies, the person is gone, period, and the body rots. They know that we all take good care of our bodies, and they know that there is a reason why we do this without even being told (most of us, anyway). We protect the body from danger and mourn the death of someone close. Why? That person is gone, that's why! and they know this! They realize that the body is the source of life; the body is life itself, They can see, if only from a dark and blurry angle, that if there were something going on in addition to the body, then there would have been no need to go through the whole rigmarole of creating and inhabiting a body.
They see that we are all whistling in the dark, that we make-believe with one another all is well, pretending that we will live again in Heaven. They know that when they reassure their loved ones of the reality of Heaven, they are doing this because they have to, because they know all too well that nobody in their right mind believes that rot!
I could go on, but I've already more than made my point.
If I believe this way, strongly suspecting that it is silly, erroneous, foolish, or dangerous, it is hard to maintain "faith" in the belief for very long. If others are there with me, the discomfort that comes from acting in disregard of my innate sense of wisdom seems to dissipate -- somewhat. But when someone leaves the "fold," I stand out all the more as an individual who believes poppycock and balderdash, having fewer and fewer behind which to hide, having a smaller and smaller group into which I can assimilate, bleaching my individuality, if you will, so as not to stand out amid the group.
It's not unlike being naked, in a way. (This is as close as I can come to a similar experience to which some might relate. It's an experience, to which I can relate, at least.) If go to a beach, even one that's not very crowded, and take off my clothes, then I will feel very awkward, especially if I'm the only one there who is naked. But if we're all at the nude beach, romping around together and playing volleyball and such, then being naked doesn't feel awkward at all. I have taken advantage of the power behind assimilating into a group. Even if it is still legitimate to be naked, if everybody put on their clothes and I remained naked, then I would again feel a bit awkward, if not wholly so. I've known some to feel awkward when even a few people (out of hundreds there) keep their clothes on.
Incidentally, the church teaches that the feeling of nakedness is the feeling of shamefulness. Hmmm! I find this coincidence most enlightening (even though there is nothing substantial behind it)! The church instills upon us, from a very early age, that nakedness is not a natural feeling at all. What they don't tell you is that being in the church produces a very similar feeling, particularly if one has had any experience at all with living free from of the church's grip on the moral values of one's family and friends.
Why are they so desperate to get us to join the fold? Do they really want to save us from the unrelenting wrath of The Ever-Merciful God of Love? Is that it? I just can't see most of the Christians I have known being that compassionate! If they really believed in the Christian Hell, they would drop everything and dedicate the remainder of their lives avoiding that fate, not bothering to marry, work, save for the future, or any such thing. They would most certainly not bring more kids into this world, providing even more individual opportunities to spend eternity enduring more collective pain than will be endured by all the combined sentient organisms that will ever live in this entire Universe. This is not what we see more than a handful of Christians doing, but they sure want us to believe what they don't give much of an indication of themselves believing!
Any Christian who is as sensitive as I was who has pondered the concept of everlasting punishment for not performing the correct religious expression, who hasn't at least once lost control of all emotions, going crazy with grief in empathy and compassion for those humans supposedly doomed to this fate, probably hasn't spent any time at all pondered that concept. While many I've talked with think they have pondered that awful mess, their actions (or lack thereof) and their attitudes toward life betray otherwise.
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In honor of the late Davy Jones, a playlist of Monkees and Monkees-related songs for your weekend listening pleasure.
Featuring songs from our favorite films, just in time for The Academy Awards.
A special playlist, in memory of Whitney Houston.
Ten Grammy-nominated songs you might not have heard before to prepare you for this Sunday's festivities.
January's latest playlist! Mostly new tracks, with a few old sprinkled in….
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This week's Popdust Weekend Playlist, featuring all ten of our Artists of the Year!
The Weekend Playlist returns with songs old and new, some holiday and some mundane!
Ten songs with high-awesomeness concentration to snuggle your mind, body and spirit this weekend.
Rihanna, Thanksgiving, and more tracks themed and not for your weekend listening..
Drake, U2, and of course, one more jam from Heavy D as we get you started on your weekend jamming all proper-like.
Tracks new and old for the first weekend of November. Use them well.
Ten ams to get you appropriately pumped and terrified for going out tonight.
The perfect selection of tunes to warm you up, whether that involves curling up on the couch or dancing the night away.
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California Chrome's trainer Art Sherman may be heading back to the west coast today, but the colt will remain at Churchill Downs for the next 4-5 days before being sent up to Maryland in preparation of the Preakness, where he will face a whole new crop of colts as he vies for the second jewel in Thoroughbred Racing's Triple Crown. In fact, California Chrome is the only horse from the 140th Kentucky Derby, other than runner-up Commanding Curve, expected to compete at Pimlico on May 17th. New challengers may include Hopportunity (scratched from the Derby due to a foot ailment) Bayern (also trained by Bob Baffert), Illinois Derby winner Dynamic Impact, Pablo Del Monte, Social Inclusion (third in the Wood Memorial behind Wicked Storm), Friendswith K Mill, Twenty Percent, Kid Cruz and Ring Weekend.
California Chrome, is a dream come true for co-owners Steve Coburn and Perry Martin, who bred him for a mere $10,500, so much so that they turned down an offer of $6 million for 51% of the colt.
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text: Nov 6, 2012 01:02 Vitter slams Interior report Vitter slams Interior report Washington Bureau writer Jordan Blum Jordan Blum| Advocate Washington bureau Comments S.en. David Vitter, R-La., seized on the 2012 inspector general annual survey report in the Interior Department as evidence of bias in the department. The survey involved the 2010 Gulf of Mexico drilling moratorium after the BP oil leak. Vitter, Sens. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, and the House Natural Resources Committee have all attacked President Barack Obama and the Interior Department for allegations that a draft report was improperly modified to justify the drilling moratorium. The Interior Department has maintained that the error suggesting a panel of experts backed the moratorium was a typo that was quickly corrected in the final report. Vitter and the Natural Resources Committee have specifically targeted the acting inspector general for the Interior Department, Mary Kendall, who investigated the matter and deemed it was an accidental mistake in the draft report. The Republican politicians have argued Kendall did not properly pursue the matter and that she was biased in favor of the White House. The 2012 inspector general survey shows the employees' beliefs that the office acts independently of the Interior Department has dipped from a mean score of 3.76 — out of a possible 5.0 — in 2011 down to 3.60 in 2012. Out of the employees who responded confidentially, 19.65 percent "strongly agree" the office acts independently, 39.3 percent "agree" and 26.2 percent "neither agree nor disagree." On the other hand, 10.92 percent said they "disagree" and 3.93 percent said they "strongly disagree." "The moratorium crushed thousands of jobs — many of which left Louisiana still suffering — and it's pretty outrageous and offensive to know that politics were more of an influence than sound science," Vitter said in a prepared statement. "When there is widespread distrust within the organization in charge of investigating inappropriate political influence, we're looking at a huge problem. It's my hope that the ongoing investigation can help us get to the bottom of this political cover-up." Lafayette radio offers time Incumbent Reps. Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, and Jeff Landry, R-New Iberia, held a final debate on Wednesday for the 3rd Congressional District race. But left out of the KPEL 96.5 FM radio debate in Lafayette were the other three candidates for the congressional seat — Democrat Ron Richard, Republican Bryan Barrilleaux and Libertarian Jim Stark, all of whom are from Lake Charles. Richard objected to his not being invited to debate, and wrote to KPEL asking for equal airtime in the name of fairness. Now, Richard will get that time at 9 a.m. Monday on KPEL. "My intent all along was to ensure that everyone's voices in this campaign got heard," Richard said in a prepared statement. "KPEL's original decision to confine participation in the debate to the two Republican incumbents created a cloud of bias about the station. The campaign is happy to accept their offer to correct that initial error." KPEL General Manager Mike Grimsley said the station also will interview Stark and Barrilleaux, if they request airtime. Two incumbent congressmen are running against each other to represent southwestern Louisiana because of congressional redistricting. The state is losing a seat in Congress because of a lack of population growth. The open primary election is Tuesday. Lake Charles port expansion U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., praised the announcement this past week from Lake Charles Clean Energy that it has secured long-term contracts with several energy companies to buy products from its project at the Port of Lake Charles. The project will produce clean industrial products— including methanol, argon and hydrogen — and capture its carbon dioxide to be sold for use in oil production. The project represents an investment of more than $2.5 billion and is expected to provide up to 1,500 construction jobs over three to four years. "This is a smart project that is expected to create 1,500 construction jobs and is showing tremendous potential for Louisiana's energy sector," Landrieu stated. Under the long-term contracts announced today, BP Products North America Inc. will purchase the majority of the methanol production and Air Products will purchase all of the hydrogen and argon. Denbury Onshore will buy the carbon dioxide. Compiled by Jordan Blum, chief of The Advocate Washington bureau. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com. Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


text: Meta Battle Subway PokeBase - Pokemon Q&A Login Register All Activity Questions Unanswered Tags Users Ask a Question Rules Chat Can Dragalge learn Dragon Pulse by Leveling up, Move tutor or TM in Pokemon XY? 0 votes Can Dragalge learn Dragon Pulse by Leveling up, Move tutor or TM in Pokemon XY? moves level-up tms move-tutor xy asked Oct 14, 2013 by ryu_nato15 Please log in or register to add a comment. Please log in or register to answer this question. 1 Answer 0 votes Best answer It learns it by Level Up at level 53. If there is a Move Tutor or a TM that teaches Dragon Pulse it can learn it that way too. answered Oct 14, 2013 by Aura Warrior selected Nov 12, 2013 by Mewderator Please log in or register to add a comment. Related questions What Pokemon learns the least moves in the games by level up, TM, HM, egg moves, and move tutor? What happens if I have a Pokemon that I teach a TM move that it knows leveling up? What are all the moves Sylveon can learn as it levels up and by TM? What Pokémon can learn the most attacks by leveling up in XY? What is the move that the most amount of Pokemon can learn by leveling up? What is the rarest Pokemon move that Pokemon learn by leveling up ? Is there a Pokemon that can only learn a HM or TM move through leveling up? In ORAS which is the strongest move that Kyogre or Groundon has in TM's or HM's or Lv up??? Useful Meta Posts How to change your username How to add a user avatar Why was my post hidden? The points system Question etiquette Flags vs Downvotes Anime FAQ


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By Matt WinkeljohnSting DailyPJ Daniels graduated from Georgia Tech Saturday, yet if you had the astoundingly good fortune of chatting with the erstwhile Yellow Jacket and NFL running back, chances are you would NOT be left with the feeling that was an ending of any sort.Daniels, whose wondrous 1,447-yard sophomore season in 2003 culminated with a NCAA bowl game-record 307-yard/four touchdown rushing effort against Tulsa in the Humanitarian Bowl, seems ever in continuum.This will jump around, much like Phillips – who despite fits and starts always sorts matters as if pushing bubbles through a line rather than being interrupted by them.There was the time when a former Tech assistant coach told Daniels that he was washed up. He responded like Forrest Gump, taking off on a cross-campus run straight into a workout routine that fetched a greater status.And when, after his NFL career was scuttled by injuries and the combination of Daniels' short-sighted decision to close out his family circle of advisors, he found his way again.That wasn't a standard path; Daniels went back and forth from his native Texas to the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas intermittently for about a year to find direction – with the help of an un-named guru discovered by his uncles (one of whom lives in a monastery).That led to him starting a Houston fitness business.Again, not a stopping point, but rather a launching pad. A friend whom Daniels had met years earlier called from San Diego and said, 'Hey, you should come out here and we can run a fitness business together.' So, that is what Daniels is doing now.Nope. Prince Ahadzie Daniels, Jr., son of Ghana's Prince Daniels and Jo-Ann Keys, is not standard.That explains how, in the midst of a lengthy phone conversation Sunday he didn't seem put off when the guy on the other end had to check an emergency call waiting. "It's good," Daniels said. "I'm at peace. Call me back."Prince's peace seems picturesque from here.San Diego's Carter-Prince Evolutionary Fitness Training has been up and running since early last fall, and it goes beyond lifting weights and cardio.Named after co-founders Daniels and Jason Carter, the former Texas A&M player whom he met while training for the 2006 NFL combine, CPE Fitness goes deep like Daniels.He talks about it, in fact, in his side job as an inspirational speaker at home and abroad."My primary talking points are about balancing mind, body and spirit," Daniels said. "If you can cultivate these three things every day . . . at least 15 minutes reading every day, at least 30 minutes of physical exercise, and the spiritual is just sit and do nothing for five minutes. It works."I started to do that after I had to make the transition from the NFL to everyday life. It became a habitual thing for me because I was trying to figure out what direction I wanted to go."Daniels' NFL career ended, beset by injuries after he was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round in 2006. After that super sophomore season in '03 at Tech, in fact, injuries were a recurring issue.He might've lasted longer as a pro had he kept the counsel of family close – as he had years earlier through dark days at Tech. Instead, Daniels took too seriously advice received at the NFL Rookie Symposium."What they told us that stuck with me was, 'Don't give your money to your family, don't spend your money, and . . . be a professonal,'" he recalled. "At that point in time, I kind of tried to figure out everything on my own. I took [the advice] so literally that I isolated my family."Frustrated by both injury and the Baltimore Ravens' decision to end his 2007 season by putting him on injured reserve with a labrum tear, Daniels left the game in '08."I had a rap sheet for injuries," he said. "I was distraught, mentally bruised, and emotionally bruised, and it was kind of hard for me to come to terms with myself because my reality was that I'm always getting hurt."But the truth was that the injuries were small injuries, and I think if I had a mentor to tell me to push through it, I would have pushed through it."The fact that he was in the NFL, in fact, was testament to his family's support because the fact that he first made it big at Tech – that he even made it to Tech – those were nearly miraculous facts.Daniels was a walk-on for the Jackets. His grades were good in high school, but he had problems with standardized tests.One day, former Tech assistant Lance Thompson was circling Houston's Elsik High School and the topic of a talented, 5-foot-10, 214-pound running back came up between Elsik coaches and Thompson – a member of George O'Leary's staff.He liked what he saw on Daniels' tape, and struck up conversation."I was offered a number of scholarships, but after I didn't pass the SAT score by Signing Day, everyone retracted. Georgia Tech . . . asked if my parents could afford to pay for school my first year," Daniels said. "I applied to Tech, wrote an essay, passed the SAT."I had to prove myself the first year and a half. In that process . . . I was in a whirlwind, and I stayed calm. My mother, uncles, dad . . . they all made sure I stayed there. That was my first time facing real adversity. High school was not as coarse."Tech was rough. Not long after the spring game in 2002, as Daniels was finishing his redshirt year, former offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Bill O'Brien – now head coach at Penn State – played the role of heavy-handed motivator."Bill O'Brien, he actually . . . threw some insults at me and told me that I wouldn't amount to anything. I guess you need that from coaches," Daniels said. "When I look at it spiritually, I thank him. He said that I sucked, and I'd never play at Georgia Tech. I was No. 7 on the depth chart."I took that as fuel. One tear came out of my eye. By the time I got outside the AA . . . I took off running. I ran all the way to my Sixth Street dorm, threw my bag down and worked out until I passed out. I did it again next day. I was determined to prove them wrong."Daniels pitched in 255 rushing yards as a redshirt freshman in '02, earning a scholarship under new coach Chan Gailey.While he continued building himself up, Tech suffered several running back injuries, washouts and the earlier-than-anticipated departure to the NFL of Tony Hollings.In the fall of '03, Daniels didn't really bust out in the first two games against Brigham Young or Auburn, but he popped 113 rushing yards on Florida State in the Jackets' 14-13 loss in Tallahassee.A few weeks later, he rushed for 175 yards against Vanderbilt, and when Daniels went for 240 yards against North Carolina, it was the second-highest single-game total in Tech history (Eddie Lee Ivery, 356 vs. Air Force in 1978).He bettered that in the Humanitarian Bowl.His pro career was a disappointment, but from its ashes Daniels re-designed himself yet again. He had help."I took a sabbatical for about a year after I left the NFL, and that helped. I went to the mountains, the Ozarks, and meditated. The longest I was there was a month, but I would go back and forth, and talk to my guru. He is in the Ozarks."He sees the bigger picture. He keeps me on the track with the mental and spiritual. I take care of the physical. We're on an infinite journey; if you stay true to your inner self, you'll be able to fulfill your purpose on Earth."Daniels sounds as if he's being true to himself.His trip back to Atlanta was quick. He made it worthwhile beyond picking up the degree he earned by petitioning Tech officials to allow him to attend the University of San Diego for his final three classes."I landed around 4 p.m. Friday and took MARTA because I wanted to get a lasting experience of Georgia Tech," he said. "I got off at North Ave., and walked to the AA. From there, I attended a small ceremony for athletes who were graduating, talked to athletic director, and some alums. I enjoyed myself."I could've talked to P.J. for hours, and written more. One thing kind of drove me nuts in our conversation, though. I didn't get the notion that a young man (30) on a path like his could be an international inspirational speaker. How did he jump-start that part of his life?I asked; he answered. "To be honest, you just say that you are an international public speaker, and people start to believe. Whenever I have been speaking in America, when I go outside the country and let other people know what I'm doing, it's word of mouth." Comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Publisher Ubisoft has unveiled a bundle that includes free copies of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag and Assassin's Creed 3 for gamers who purchase The Elder Scrolls Online through uPlay, according to a report today from MCV-UK.
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Those who order the digital edition of The Elder Scrolls Online, rather than buying the physical copy at a retailer, will receive the Explorer and Imperial DLC packs and five-days of early access to the game.
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ROEL, Antonia Railda and VENDRAMIM, José Djair. Residual effect of ethyl acetate extract of Trichilia pallida Swartz (Meliaceae) for Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae of diferents ages. Cienc. Rural [online]. 2006, vol.36, n.4, pp.1049-1054. ISSN 0103-8478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-84782006000400002.
Botanical pesticides have limited persistence in field conditions because are degraded by temperature, ultraviolet light and other environmental factors. Corn plants cultivated in greenhouse were sprayed with ethyl acetate extract of Trichilia pallida at the concentration of 2%, and their leaves were offered to Spodoptera frugiperda larvae in order to evaluate the residual effect of the extract. The larval feeding began at 1, 3 and 7 days after the treatment with the extract. Two groups of larvae were evaluated: neonate and 10-day old ones. The leaves were daily replaced and after 10 days the mortality, the head capsules and the weight of larvae were evaluated. Independently of the residue age, all treatments affected larval survivorship and delayed larval development, but these effects were more pronounced for larvae fed one day treated leaves. The extract was more effective against neonate larvae than to 10 days old day larvae.
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text: May 21, 2014 08:52 Football recruiting cycle never ends for LSU's Frank Wilson Football recruiting cycle never ends for LSU's Frank Wilson Advocate Photo by KYLE ENCAR --LSU assistant coach, Frank Wilson(right), meets with LSU fan, Michael Nelms during the 2014 LSU Tiger Tour held at the Riverside Hilton on Sunday, May 18, 2014. Ted Lewis| email@example.com May 18, 2014; 11:13 p.m. Comments Count LSU recruiting coordinator Frank Wilson among those who liked seeing the NFL draft moved into May. The later date falls right in the middle of the spring evaluation period for colleges, giving Wilson even more ammunition for selling prospects on the Tigers. Especially when for the second straight year LSU had a school-record nine players selected, five of them early entries. The four seniors plus the five juniors from last year represent the first full class for Wilson, who became recruiting coordinator 2010. "To get them to begin with is rewarding," Wilson said Sunday as the Tiger Tour made its annual stop in his hometown of New Orleans. "When those guys get their due is so gratifying in the draft because that's a big part of what we sell them on when we're recruiting them." LSU has been a recruiting powerhouse during its decade under Les Miles. It's something offensive coordinator Cam Cameron, who also spoke to the group Sunday, got to witness up close during his first year at the school after spending the previous 12 years in the NFL. "It starts with Les," Cameron said. "He loves people, which makes him a great recruiter. "And then Frank is the best recruiting coordinator I've ever been around. He's so organized and knows exactly what Les is looking for. Then he goes out and builds the relationships with the high schools that make the work for the other assistants easy." Of course, it helps to be in a state rich in football talent far outsizing its population. LSU is coming off a year when its class was ranked second nationally thanks to the Tigers landing home-grown talent such as running back Leonard Fournette of St. Augustine, the national player of the year, and five-star wide receiver Malachi Dupre of John Curtis. The 2014 Louisiana class was so loaded that the Tigers could lose top prospects such as tackle Cameron Robinson of West Monroe (to Alabama), wide receiver Speedy Noil of Karr (to Texas A&M) and linebacker Kenny Young of Curtis (to UCLA) and still have one of the country's best classes. "We always recruit from the inside out," Wilson said. "And then, if we aren't able to fill our needs at a position, we'll go outside and look nationally." This year, the Tigers may have to do more national recruiting. The in-state group for 2015 is not as deep as 2014's, although players whom LSU is after, such as wide receiver Tyron Johnson of Warren Easton and safety Xavier Lewis of East St. John, should receive four-star ratings. "Last year's group in Louisiana was unprecedented," Wilson said. "This one may have cooled off a little bit. But then in 2016, it's going to be off the charts." LSU has 11 commitments for 2015, good enough for an early No. 6 ranking from Rivals. More players should be added during the school's invitation-only Bayou Picnic on May 31, with others coming on board during elite camps in June and July. It's all part of feeding the beast that is LSU football. That means a nonstop recruiting cycle although, as the team's running backs coach, Wilson said he devotes 100 percent of his time during the season toward those duties. Recruiting still gets anything beyond that, even if that sounds impossible. And, given the standards LSU sets for the players it targets, many stay for only three years instead of the full four or five. "The draft shows that we're recruiting the right guys," Wilson said. "It means that they knew that, in coming to LSU, they would be motivated, developed and coached in the right way. Athletes around the country are told that they will get the preparation and training to get to the National Football League. I think at LSU, we're doing as good a job as anybody in the country." Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe