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Take a story's temperature by studying its tone. Is it hopeful? Cynical? Snarky? Playful?
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"The Killers" is presented to us rather nakedly. Here's what happens, judge for yourself. The author's attitude towards the work, then, is basically neutral. If the reader feels sympathetic, it's because the reader is compassionate, not because the tone encourages sympathy. This really fits the bill as far as the story goes; if "The Killers" is about an encounter with unadulterated evil, then it should be presented to us in an unadulterated manner. Or, to put it another way, we as readers encounter "The Killers" the same way Nick Adams encounters the killers.

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Fans of Harry Potter will be able to cast spells, visit wizards' shopping street Diagon Alley and try out the infamous Sorting Hat as part of a new interactive website launched today.
Author of the fantasy series J K Rowling said she wanted to "give something back" to the loyal readers of her series of seven books by launching the site, called Pottermore.
Other interactive elements, which will follow the plot of the books from the first, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, will include a Wand Chooser, which will find the right wand for each user from over 33,000 possible options. Elements from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets will go live early next year.
Users will be able to upload their own comments and pictures too, and Rowling has written exclusive material for the site, although she has ruled out another novel.
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Rowling said: "I wanted to give something back to the fans that have followed Harry so devotedly over the years, and to bring the stories to a new digital generation. I hope fans and those new to Harry will have as much fun helping to shape Pottermore as I have."
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Some high school students have egregious choices such as what to wear, or which mobile phone to ask for. Akintunde Ahmad has more constructive choices, such as which ivy league educational institution to attend after high school.
The humble 17 year-old Oakland, CA high school student has done well his entire school career. He has done so well that he has earned a 5.0 GPA and a 2100 SAT score to boot. These are no small accomplishments, in a society where it seems that youth is only concerned with social status in cyberspace.
Akintunde's parents are happily humble about their son's educational milestones. His mother is the principal at Piedmont Elementary School in Oakland. When she asked her son about his SAT score, he humbly told her 2100; she exuberantly asked "why didn't you tell me, that's wonderful!" His father has been a mechanic in the same area for over 20 years and is equally proud and happy for his son.
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I am in the process of identifying the most active databases on the server and will be moving the databases off the current server to alleviate the load.
The reason to do it is that our servers are hosting databases for out clients (per client 3 databases - 1 Main, 1 Archive and 1 for Login authentication).
I need to find out what databases are used most interms of CPU, Memory and Disk I/O.
What is the best efficient way of doing it ?
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Look at the buffer pool usage :
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- Find databases experiencing disk latency.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
For those that read my last post and maybe wondered: I'm still alive. I'm still dealing with the salvaging effort. Sometimes I feel I was the only hurt party; I've been instantly turned into a clingy, needy, insecure creature that needs near constant positive reinforcement just to keep functioning. Okay: not THAT bad, but close enough. I'm trying to balance out; chaos is NOT a norm in my life. I'm drama free, peaceful, laid back, loving, caring, giving. Sometimes I'm good for a fully day, sometimes a few full days... but then the clingy, needy, insecurity hits, and I'm a mess.
All parties involved are picking up the pieces as they can, helping one another along as they can, healing and repairing what can be fixed. No serious intense discussions yet, as I know my heart isn't healed enough yet to bear it. (I'm also struggling with occasional feelings of wanting revenge, and damn the consequences, but mature, sensible adult tendencies take over).
And I just realized yesterday... the "best friend" of whom I thought for so many years: "I love him as a friend, I'm not IN love with him"... it turns out I AM in love with him. Even now.
Umm.... That wasn't what I was intending to write. But I'm leaving it as is.
When cleaning house the past few weeks, I was drinking lots of water due to working so hard and sweating like crazy. And for some reason I got into a sauteed spinach kick. But this week I've fallen back to "let's grab something outside, and not cook." I've also realized a LOT of that is caused by my emotions. Well... what I've discovered is that, when I get emotional, I don't eat. Which eventually gives me a headache. But also, makes it more difficult to deal with my emotions. Which ... since I'm then more emotional, I may recognize that my belly is growling but... I don't want to cook. I don't want to eat. Throw "tired" on top of it? Not eating and lack of sleep make my emotions wild and uncontrollable. Half of my "clingy, needy, insecure" feelings go away after I eat and take a nap. Or maybe the feelings are still there, but they are manageable. Hungry, sleepy and emotional ... I just can't handle it.
My new Mantra for my life is: "Eat. Rest. Be well of heart. Breathe." I think it's a good one. I need to keep remembering it. Working at it. And re-set my mind from "Jack in the Box is only 3 blocks away... I really need food" to... "Make myself cook and eat healthy so I can deal with life." And, with a little luck, lose a lot of weight so I can "win" the free cruise I talked my Female Best Friend into giving me if I reach my goals.
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CLWALDRO: I have plenty of healthy food in the fridge. It's just due to emotional turmoil, I don't feel like cooking or eating, so I put it off until I've got a raging headache and nearly sick to my stomach hungry and I still just don't want to cook. But I'll get working on it again. I mean, really... sauteeing up 1/4 of an onion, a few handfuls of spinach, and egg or two and a bit of cheese only takes minutes and mostly just "grab and toss".
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I am sure you can be successful in getting the cruise but more importantly getting healthy.
I would suggest if not having something healthy on hand to go to the meal planning section and have them help you make some food choices for a few weeks. I also recommend on the week-end you try to do some big batch cooking so you can portion it out for the week and this should help with the not having healthy food on hand and going for jack in the box or something not healthy.
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Personal: Daughter of Judith and Michael Lee ... father and mother are both retired ... has three younger brothers, Edward (18), Evan (14) and Eah (12).
I chose Washington because: Because the campus is beautiful.
The best thing about Seattle is: The location. You can ski and have the sea.
My best race was: The 2005 NCAA Finals. As a member of the Varsity Four we took third.
After I graduate, I plan to: Work with a publishing company.
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Great Way to Get a Good Night's Sleep
When you have insomnia, your troubles don't begin when you lay your head on your pillow, says Ramadevi Gourineni, MD, director of the insomnia program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. People who can't sleep typically suffer from too much arousal—where their mind races and their body pumps out excess adrenaline—all day long. Gourineni wondered if relaxing the mind during the day might help chronic insomniacs sleep better later. So she and her colleagues taught a handful of insomniacs to meditate (by focusing intently on the parts of their body, on light and sound, and on their breath). They were instructed to practice this twice a day for about 15 minutes each time. After two months, the group was compared with another that learned about improving general health and lifestyle habits. Although both groups boosted their total sleep time, the meditators spent less time tossing and turning in the middle of the night.
Make it work: People in this study practiced a type of meditation known as "kriya yoga" (the kind featured in the classic Autobiography of a Yogi), but Gourineni believes that any regular relaxation process, including yoga, tai chi or deep relaxation, can unwind you enough to get those perfect zzzzs at night.
Quell Nausea the Asian Way
Nausea and vomiting after abdominal surgery are about the toughest types of queasiness to counter. Experts estimate that up to 70 percent of patients succumb after having an operation. Amazingly, something as simple as stimulating acupuncture points on the ear proved so effective that not a single woman undergoing major gallbladder surgery in an Iranian study threw up afterwards, and only 6 percent said they'd felt nauseated (compared with 66 percent and 74 percent, respectively, for a control group). In the study, needles were inserted during the surgery into acupuncture points on the ear, and were stimulated for two minutes at a time while the patients rested in the recovery room.
Make it work: If you get nauseated regularly for any reason, you might want to consult a trained acupuncturist. You can also try do-it-yourself acupressure when a more minor urge to upchuck strikes: place your index and middle fingers across your wrist at the base of the palm to find the point most used for nausea, known as P6. It's located in the groove in the center between the two large tendons. Press on that point for a few minutes until the sensation passes.
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Everyone touts yoga as a great stress reducer, but does it work in women who are plagued with anxiety? Yes, found Iranian researchers. They gave 65 women an anxiety questionnaire, then had half of them take two 90-minute hatha yoga classes a week. After two months, anxiety levels were tested again. Before starting the yoga, 41 percent of the women said life had them feeling anxious, but after the classes the percentage was slashed in half. The researchers believe yoga makes you aware of the tension you're holding in various parts of your body and teaches you how to release it.
Make it work: It's easy to find a yoga classes in gyms and studios. If you prefer to downward dog in the privacy of your home, great DVDs include Rodney Yee's "Yoga for Beginners" and Sara Ivanhoe's beachfront workout, "Yoga on the Edge."


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College Hockey:2006-07 Elmira Preview
Teams win championships in hockey. Hobart proved it three years ago when the Statesmen swept to the ECAC championship in thrilling style. Last year, Elmira used the same formula to turn what looked like a rebuilding year into a league title and a run to the NCAA semifinals.
"Last year was kind of special," said Elmira coach Tim Ceglarski. "Out of the 29 games, 20 of them were decided by two goals or less. The way the second half of the season went was very exciting. The only way to top it is to go a little bit further, but I would settle for getting off to a better start. Last year we struggled early."
The Soaring Eagles were up and down during the first two-thirds of the season last season, only amassing a 7-7-2 record by the middle of January. Then the team came together and went on an 11-2 streak to make the season special.
Looking at this year's roster, Elmira returns 90 percent of its scoring punch, but the Soaring Eagles are trying to be careful not to fall into a familiar trap.
"Two years ago, we didn't graduate a whole heck of a lot and had most of our scoring returning," said Ceglarski. "Our expectations were very high and we didn't meet those expectations. This year is an entirely new group. One of the things last year was that we had unbelievable team chemistry. Our graduating senior class was as special of a senior class as we have ever had here. The talent might have been different from other years, but the camaraderie and the way they battled for each other is going to be really hard to replace. We have our work cut out for us with a lot of new faces on our team."
Elmira will look to five new faces amongst the forwards to help get the team off to a quick start. Four freshmen will put on the Purple and Gold sweaters up front this season: Rusty Masters, Jason Fransky, Noel Lortie, and Darin Pandovski.
"We think what we have is a talented group of forwards," said Ceglarski. "All these guys had very high numbers offensively. Last year we finished with the third lowest goal totals in the history of our program, so we thought that we needed to add something there."
Rounding out the new batch of forwards will be Jan Velich, who sat out all of last season because he played an exhibition in the Quebec juniors two years ago.
"At the end last year, [Jan] was perhaps our best player in practice, so will get right into the mix this year," said Ceglarski.
Another big hole to fill will be in net after steady goaltender Greg Fargo graduated last May. Junior Raphael Cundari is expected to step into that void, with sophomore Kevin Fitzpatrick and freshman Casey Tuttle nipping at his heals.
"Raphael Cundari didn't get the opportunity the last two years to start just because he played behind one of the best goaltenders to ever play here," said Ceglarski. "We are confident in him to be able to step into that role this year."
Heading into this season, the expectations are higher around the Thunderdomes, but whether the Soaring Eagles can rise to the challenge may very well come down to teamwork again.
"The biggest reason that we enjoyed the success last season was the team chemistry and camaraderie, and that had a lot to do with the seniors on our team last year," said Ceglarski. "It is going to be important for us to develop that with so many new faces, form our own team identity and not rely on last year's identity."
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Houston said the federal law officer fired his weapon. And The Associated Press reports Hurry was charged with assault on a federal officer following the shooting.
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The shooting and traffic accident occurred around 12:30 p.m. near exit 181 off Interstate 65. The exit as well as parts of Highway 14 were closed for several hours.


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Boulder bike commuters help reduce 722,000 pounds of CO2 from the air
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Driven to Drive to Less, a city campaign that challenges residents to ditch their car at least once a week, has crunched its first-year numbers. Here are some of the highlights:
- Boulder residents, employees and students reduced car miles travel by 803,816;
- Single-occupant vehicle trips to/from work or school decreased by 38 percent;
- Bike commuting increased by 44 percent;
- Transit use increased by 27 percent.
Numbers are based on before and after survey data collected about participants trips to and from work or school.
The campaign uses a game-style participation model, where the color of one's car dictates the day they do not drive. More than 1000 participants took the Driven to Drive Less pledge. One year after the pledge, the average participant reduced his or her weekly vehicle miles of travel (VMT) by 15.5 miles or approximately 800 miles for the year.
The total annual reduction of 803,816 VMT equates to 722,000 pounds of CO2 not being emitted.
A Driven to Drive Less celebration and award ceremony will be held at Alfalfa's Market as part of 2012 Winter Bike to Work Day.
The campaign will recognize participants at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Alfalfa's breakfast station. The grand prize, an electric bicycle from Pete's Electric Bikes, will be awarded to one of three finalists based on essays written about how the campaign impacted their lives and how they got around town. Second and third place prizes will also be given out.
The Driven to Drive Less Campaign was supported in part by a federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality grant, the City of Boulder and local sponsors, which included Noodles & Company, Backpacker Magazine, Full Cycle, The Sink, Pete's Electric Bikes, Eco Products, The Onion, eGo Car Share, Community Cycles and Downtown Boulder Inc.


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Producer Butch Vig and Dave Grohl go back a long ways, back to the Nirvana "Nevermind" days when Vig produced the raging album. Vig also produced the Foo Fighters previous album, "Wasting Light," which was recorded in Grohl's garage and revealed this new record will have some similarities to the 2011 album.
Since the Foo Fighters announced last year that they were working on material for a new album we've been hearing that it was going to be different, the band teasing us that they were "going to make this album in a way that no-one's ever done before." Grohl adding hints, "The entire concept is really going to take people by surprise and it sounds nuts," further peaking our curiosity to the point of no return, would the new album be recorded on the moon?
Whether in space, Grohl's garage, or in a studio, Vig spilled to Kerrang Magazine in a recent interview that the band is toying with a range of different recording techniques, "We've been recording at some different locations, but we're almost halfway done with the recording and it's going well," Vig said. "It sounds different — we've thrown a few things into the mix, in the recording process, that are going to give the record a different sound and a different feel. It's been a challenge, but it's also been exciting."
The Foo Fighters played their first gig since 2012, after announcing their hiatus, in Mexico City in December 2013 and are scheduled to play the Firefly Festival in Delaware on June 20. If the new record is indeed "almost halfway done," then no doubt the band has touring on the brain which means pop-up secret shows are most likely to ensue. Keep your eyes and ears open and let's make a pack to keep each other in the loop as much as possible.


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Hillsborough cop to retire
West Yorkshire Police chief constable Sir Norman Bettison is to retire in the aftermath of the report into the Hillsborough disaster. The police watchdog has received a referral from his police authority over his briefing after the tragedy.
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PM: Hillsborough apology spelt out 'scale of injustice'
David Cameron has explained why he went so far and deep with his apology over Hillsborough.
Speaking about the disaster for the first time since saying sorry, the Prime Minister told ITV Granada it was a simple case of reading the facts of the report and ensuring people living outside Liverpool fully understood the scale of injustice. Watch the interview in full here.
Liverpool Mayor brands Bettison a 'coward'
Police authority: Bettison was successful leader
Bettison retirement is 'right decision'
Sir Norman Bettison's police authority chairman has backed the chief constable's decision to retire in the wake of Hillsborough Independent Panel report.
"In all the circumstances and after due consideration, we think this is the right decision for retirement in March 2013," said West Yorkshire Police Authority chairman Mark Burns-Williamson.
High-flying career of Hillsborough cop Bettison
Once touted as a frontrunner to become Britain's most senior police officer, Sir Norman Bettison's career has been dogged by the Hillsborough disaster.
He resigned in the wake of last month's Hillsborough Independent Panel's report, which renewed allegations he was involved in the police's "black propaganda" campaign over the disaster.
- A member of South Yorkshire Police's internal review group on Hillsborough, in 1993 he became Assistant Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police
- Made Chief Constable of Merseyside Police in 1998, prompting anger from families of Hillsborough victims and resignations in Merseyside Police Authority
- Named an honorary fellow of Liverpool's John Moores University and retired in 2004
- Knighted for services to policing in 2006, before returning to become West Yorkshire Police's chief constable in January 2007
- Tipped by media in 2008 to succeed ousted Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair, but ruled himself out of race
- Denies wrongdoing over Hillsborough disaster, but retired after being faced with an Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation
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Hillsborough families welcome Bettison retirement
Campaigner: Bettison should 'leave with nothing'
Trevor Hicks, who lost two daughters in the Hillsborough disaster, said he was "glad" Sir Norman Bettison was retiring, but that it was not enough.
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Campaigner: Hillsborough report 'played role' in Bettison's retirement
Hillsborough campaigner Anne Williams said Sir Norman Bettison had no choice but to retire after the findings of the recent report.
Ms Williams, whose 15-year-old son Kevin died on the Leppings Lane terrace, said:
Hillsborough victim's mum 'delighted' over Bettison's retirement
Margaret Aspinall, whose 18-year-old son James died during the Hillsborough disaster, said she was "absolutely delighted" to hear Sir Norman Bettison is retiring.
The chairwoman of the Hillsborough Families Support Group said: "Obviously I'm very very pleased. I'm absolutely delighted that he's going. But then, he'll be going on his full pension, and I'd like to know the full reasons why he's choosing to retire as soon as this".
The chief constable of West Yorkshire has announced he will retire on 31 March 2013.
Ms Aspinall continued: "Why didn't he stay then, until the IPCC came out with their investigation?"
"But he's decided to leave. I'm not arguing against it, because I'm thrilled that he is going, but if he's got nothing to hide, why is he retiring? The man has got something to worry about".
ACPO head hails Hillsborough cop's 'outstanding contribution'
President of the Association of Chief Police Officers Sir Hugh Orde has hailed retiring West Yorkshire chief constable Sir Norman Bettison's "outstanding contribution" to the police service.
Sir Hugh said in a statement:
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A rather self-righteous friend called me into question because of my government job, saying that I was part of the System and not really against it. In some liberal and progressive minds and nonconformist minds there actually exists a chasm passed which the true at heart have not crossed. The line of this chasm is arbitrary, depending upon where one's leftistism is, but it holds certain occupations up to strict scrutiny and places others on the Right Side.
I schooled my self-righteous friend that while it was important to have personal tastes as to what profession you are suited to, and to be aware of the consequences of one's moral actions, the idea that certain jobs lay outside scrutiny while others are reproachable is not of the real world we live in: and I mean the state capitalist world of wage-slavery - where we are all wage-slaves.
Every enterprise that involves the exchange of the official currency - from drug dealing, online porn, and prostituting to public school teacher, faux counselor at the "community" nonprofit to police officer on the beat to the soldier in the foreign field - is part of the same universe that is our moral conundrum. It is part of the same moral conundrum for the simple reason it involves the exchanging of the official currency.
Don't be misled by the ragings of the left and right on the Congressional floor or your local pulpit that certain things in our universe are beyond the pale. Look closer.
The problem is that many on the left or right look at the official currency only as an economic tool, much like a means of bartering, without any moral weight to it. It might me. The official currency is viewed simply a means to pay rent, buy underwear, pay your utilities.
But the official currency of the state is also a political tool to shape public choices and form a public consciousness. This is the point missing from a lot of analyses and my friend's unexamined moralizing.
The official currency is not only a means to purchase things. Currency is much more than that. An official currency is also a means to construct choices, to narrow those choices, to limit our liberty. It is a system of reward for falling in line as it is a punishment for those who do not.
To illustrate with two examples: how the West created Strategic Hamlets in its imperial conquests.
The British classically took over territory in Africa during what is ominously called in our modern textbooks as "The Age of Exploration" by creating these strategic hamlets to get the natives to work.
Because the native African population wouldn't willingly work for their aspiring conquerors, Britain used its military might and expropriated the best lands. They told the natives they were welcome to stay on expropriated lands if they paid rent. Rent had to be paid in the official currency of Britain. The only way to get this currency would be to earn it by working for Britain. That work was strictly defined not to benefit the local communities but rather for the British Crown: the Empire. We know the history: mines, fields, etc., all commodities for export. Naturally and intentionally, this altered these African societies, the fallout of which we still see today.
The US acted no better in its attempt to stop dominoes from falling in Southeast Asia.
When rural workers in Vietnam tended to support the nationalist, insurgent Viet Cong, the US response was for the Kennedy administration - to the silence of the US population [unimaginable today] - to launch a bombing, napalming, and crop eradicating campaign on the peasantry. This had the desired effect of not only slaughtering many men, women, and children civilians but also driving the survivors into the cities, into strategic hamlets, where they became dependent on the US puppet regime for their every need.
We all live in strategic hamlets where through an employment system and a propaganda model we are strictly tamed into certain behaviors. Better if our views fall in line, but this is not important: sit home and admonish the government all you like as long as you display obedience to the System.
The strategic hamlet of our urban centers are tools of an equally onerous class war, and our choices may seem broad but they are actually very narrow.
Who has access to greater amounts of currency and who has access to none is a political decision. Our urban centers - even the great ones, like New York City, Seattle, and San Francisco - liberal they may seem, are not immune. They are highly designed, highly disciplined machines, and we are no more than factory workers.
In fact, these urban metropolises are more critically disciplined than the rural Wyoming prarie, which might be why one sees a different kind of insurgence from outside the urban centers than from within.
So my self-righteous friend who labors at an urban nonprofit, to put it coarsely, may be doing good work. But he is not working for the Taliban or Weather Underground or the Black Panthers or the Revolutionary Communist Party, and this is not an error. Whether my friend knows it or not, that nonprofit is proscribed from certain behaviors and encouraged in others. It's part of the same moral conundrum.
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A Small School District Rises Up Against Albany
By JANE GROSS
Published: April 13, 2003
FAIRPORT, N.Y., April 9— At school district headquarters here, Superintendent William Cala's desk is strewn with congratulatory phone messages, letters and e-mail messages. Hundreds in all, they praise him and the Fairport Board of Education for taking a stand against a state government that has not passed a timely budget in 19 years and that they see as dysfunctional.
Editorials and op-ed articles have praised the courage of Fairport's school officials for telling Albany that they are fed up with late state budgets that make a mess of local spending plans and state regulations that force districts to spend money on things they do not think they need.
Fairport's rebellious resolution, unanimously passed last month, cast the school administration as David taking on the state's Goliath.
When Dr. Cala arrives at McArdle's restaurant, one of his regular lunch spots in this prosperous Rochester suburb bisected by the Erie Canal, the hostess bows deeply from the waist, as if greeting royalty. Strangers and friends crowd around his table, offering high-fives or picking up his tab.
Maureen N. Nupp, the board president, meets similar acclaim. At a funeral Mass she attended this week, the priest clapped her on the back with a hearty ''Go get 'em.'' So, too, did a fellow board member, Joyce Kostyk. Her postman recently backed up his truck and said, ''Give 'em hell.''
''John Q. Public gets it,'' Dr. Cala said. ''It's the bureaucrats who don't.''
The State Education Department, for sure, has not taken kindly to Fairport's civil disobedience, detailed in a three-part resolution. First, the district has postponed a vote on its school budget, required by state law on the third Tuesday in May, until the state approves its own budget. Second, it has asked for relief from costly state requirements that must be paid for locally -- unfunded mandates, as they are called. And third, it has announced plans to send ungraded assessment tests to the Education Department because correcting them would cost $30,000 that the district would rather spend elsewhere.
The department, in a letter from its legal counsel, warned that flouting state education law is ''grounds for removal'' of the board and the superintendent. Only one such housecleaning has ever happened in New York, State Education Department officials say -- in Roosevelt, on Long Island, after decades of fiscal mismanagement.
The Education Department distributed the ''threat letter,'' as it is known in Fairport, to the 700-odd school districts. Not tit-for-tat, a department spokesman, Tom Dunn, explained, although Fairport had earlier sent out 700 letters of its own ''encouraging other districts to break the law.'' It was only fair, Mr. Dunn said, to inform them of the sanctions they would face as law-breakers.
In all the nasty back-and-forth between Fairport and the Education Department, New York's education commissioner, Richard P. Mills, has been silent. ''The law is clear,'' Mr. Dunn said, so Mr. Mills ''had no option'' but to inform Fairport it was out of line. The commissioner and his counsel would not comment. ''I don't think they're required to speak here,'' Mr. Dunn said.
The distribution of the department's warning letter dashed Fairport's hopes that other districts would step forward and adopt its resolution. Many individual school board members from other districts have communicated their support to Dr. Cala but have said they were unwilling to join Fairport's risky rebellion. Several districts put the resolution on their agendas, then removed it.
Robert DeStefano, a school board member in Liberty, N.Y., sent a blunt letter to the department, with a copy to Ms. Nupp. ''You are clearly out of your mind,'' it began, characterizing Fairport's action as ''the equivalent of the American Revolution as it pertains to school economics.'' Mr. DeStefano asked ''if our board and all the boards in the state follow suit will you dismiss us all?'' Liberty's board has taken no action thus far.
Words of support have also come from superintendents, among them Michael McGill in Scarsdale. ''I share their frustration and anger at the state's inaction,'' said Dr. McGill, a comrade of Dr. Cala in their dislike of standardized testing. ''It's more than a little hypocritical that Fairport has to obey the law while the state gets to disregard'' its April 1 budget deadline. But ''for me it doesn't rise to a level of moral injustice that justifies breaking the law,'' Dr. McGill said.
Dr. Cala and board members are disappointed, to put it mildly, at the cold shoulder from other districts since they say they doubt that Mr. Mills could withstand the public outcry if he started dismissing boards and superintendents all over the state. ''I'm stunned that other districts won't do it,'' Ms. Kostyk said. ''We never thought that there would be none, especially when the e-mails started rolling in.''
But they are heartened by other developments.
Tom Golisano, a failed third party candidate for governor and a local business tycoon, says he will pay the legal bills for Dr. Cala and his board if the state makes good on its threat to remove them and they want to challenge the dismissals. Assemblyman Steve Sanders of Manhattan, who is chairman of the education committee, told The Times Union of Albany that it was ''not out of the question'' to amend the budget schedule for districts, although he proposed no legislation.


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iPhone Tour
By tonybeckham on Jun 22, 2007
I'm counting down to my wedding day, June 30th, while the rest of the world is counting down to the iPhone launch on June 29th (not a bad wedding gift wink-wink-nod-nod).
Apple has released a nice 20 minute video demonstrating the iPhones features and usage. It's like a visual quick start guide and not just a rehash of Job's Keynote. As if we needed more hype.
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Parsons and Beaven see off Wiltshire
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Tom Parsons and Luke Beaven took three wickets apiece as Western Division leaders Berkshire comfortably beat Wiltshire by 130 runs in their Minor Counties Championship match at Falkland Cricket Club.
Requiring 455 to win, Wiltshire started well as Ed Kilbee and Jayden Levitt shared an opening partnership of 62 but lost wickets at regular intervals and, when Levitt was dismissed for 61, the visitors were bowled out for 324 with Beaven claiming 3-45 and Parsons taking 3-61.
Berkshire won the toss and elected to bat, starting well with an opening stand of 79 between Michael Roberts, who made 53, and David Barnes before Wiltshire struck back with three quick wickets.
Craig Crowe, Steven Naylor and Bjorn Mordt all hit half-centuries as Berkshire posted 370 for eight with Tahir Afridi claiming 5-90 off 31 overs.
In reply, Wiltshire slipped to 52 for five before Levitt struck an unbeaten 115 to propel Wiltshire to 211, still 159 adrift.
Berkshire decided against enforcing the follow-on and, after losing an early wicket, Jono McLean made an unbeaten 139 as the hosts declared on 295 for three to set Wiltshire a mammoth victory total.
Despite contributions from Joe Breet, Henry Langford and Owen Alsop, Wiltshire fell short with impressive bowling from Parsons and Beaven sealing Berkshire's third successive win.
Berkshire (24pts) beat Wiltshire (4pts) by 130 runs


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Saints at San Francisco 49ers scouting report
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The 49ers were expected to become a serious contender in the NFC because of a strong defense and an offense that couldn't help but improve in a weak division. But their first effort of 2010 was a disaster -- a 31-6 loss at Seattle on Sunday.
San Francisco quarterback Alex Smith showed no signs of the expected growth heading into his sixth season, throwing for 225 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions -- one of which was returned for a touchdown by the Seahawks. And that highly touted defense wasn't impressive against a Seattle team that was expected to struggle.
It's still early, and the 49ers will be motivated to try and turn their season around against the Saints, the reigning Super Bowl champions, on national television. This will serve as a great reminder for what New Orleans will be up against all season: Every week will be the "Game of the Year" for the opposing team.
If San Francisco's offense was an ice cream flavor, it would be sugar-free vanilla.
Led by defensive-minded coach Mike Singletary and old-school offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye, the 49ers are a run-first and run-second team. They do have the right player for the job in workhorse tailback Frank Gore, who has run for more than 1,000 yards the past four seasons.
The 49ers were hoping to create more balance, with Smith building off a decent comeback season last year. Tight end Vernon Davis had a breakout Pro Bowl season in 2009 and could cause matchup issues for the Saints. Second-year receiver Michael Crabtree is a superb talent with a chance to become a special player, but he missed the entire preseason with a neck injury. Crabtree and Smith clearly weren't on the same page against the Seahawks. Both interceptions came on attempts to find Crabtree, who caught two passes for 12 yards.
The 49ers also had communication problems, with the play calls taking too long to be relayed from the coaches to Smith, sometimes getting cut off before the 15-second deadline. In other words, they need to clean up a lot between Week 1 and Week 2.
San Francisco poses a legitimate threat, with a dynamic 3-4 defensive front led by three-time Pro Bowl middle linebacker Patrick Willis.
The 49ers don't have any particular standout pass rushers, but they've got good balance at the end and outside linebacker spots.
The Saints have had some trouble with 3-4 fronts, though they usually find a way to score against any defense -- and they should be able to attack a thin San Francisco secondary. The 49ers have question marks and some injury concerns behind starting cornerbacks Nate Clements and Shawntae Spencer and could struggle to match up against New Orleans' three- and four-receiver sets.
This is not a particular area of strength for the 49ers.
San Francisco ranked last in the NFL in punt return yardage last season -- the only team ranked below the Saints. The 49ers ranked 23rd in kickoff return yardage, and to make matters worse, their top return man -- Ted Ginn Jr. -- sprained his medial-collateral knee ligament against Seattle.
San Francisco's coverage units ranked 19th and 10th against punt and kickoff returns in 2009.
Sept. 28, 2008
The Saints cruised to a 31-17 victory at the Superdome, led by a swan-song performance for tailback Deuce McAllister (73 yards and a touchdown) and a breakout performance by receiver Lance Moore (seven catches, 101 yards, two touchdowns).
New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees threw for 363 yards, including a 47-yard touchdown pass to Robert Meachem and an 81-yard pass to Devery Henderson.
The Saints sacked the 49ers' J.T. O'Sullivan six times, including a forced fumble by defensive end Will Smith.
"The most important thing was that we stay together as coaches and players, " Singletary said, explaining why he called a team meeting late Sunday night to clarify his postgame comments. "I felt that after the game, some of the comments I made were very hard comments, very honest comments. I wanted to make sure everybody was on the same page and didn't leave here having conversations in the parking lot and having conversations in the bathroom, and not fully understanding what I was saying."


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Welcome to this month's FusionForge news batch.
I did a presentation of FusionForge at the Libre Software Meeting (Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre, in French) earlier this month, to explain where we come from and where we hope to go. Many people attended despite the talk being early on the morning following the formal dinner, and the questions showed interest, which is encouraging for the project as a whole. I don't think the talk has been recorded, but the summary and slides are available on the RMLL website.
The big news, though, is that I'm currently at the Debian Conference, Debconf, and that I also attended Debcamp before that. Debcamp is a very productive get-together of developers from all across Debian, and I took the opportunity to get help from them. I spent the first few days refactoring some of the code that was duplicated between the CVS and Subversion plugins, and the result is that version control plugins are now much easier to implement. Case in point: I managed to get the attention of a few users of other tools, and since they only had to implement small specific parts, we now have almost complete plugins for Bazaar, Darcs and Git, and Mercurial will probably follow. CPOLD was done too, but mostly as a proof of concept. If you're around, come and see me, we'll finish the support for your favourite tool together. Or even start it (I haven't started on Arch and Monotone for lack of perceived interest, but I'm quite open to these tools too). In both cases, I promise it won't take long.
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First place will be on the line in group A in women's hockey on Wednesday at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, as team Canada will face team United States (CBC, 5:30 a.m.).
The Canadians lost four consecutive games to the United States leading up to the Olympic Winter Games, and there is no question that the Canadians will experience their biggest test in Sochi to date. One area where Canada has played well in their first two games against Switzerland and Finland is their defensive zone coverage. Jayna Hefford meanwhile is showing no signs of slowing down at the age of 36. She was Canada's best forward in their 3-0 shutout win over Finland on Monday.
In curling, Canada (1-2) is all of a sudden in a must win situation against Russia in men's play (8:00 a.m., TSN2), who will have the home crowd on their side. Canadian skip Brad Jacobs actually played extremely well in a 7-6 loss to Sweden on Tuesday, but second E.J. Harnden and third Ryan Fry struggled. In women's play Canada (2-0) will face Great Britain (3:00 a.m., TSN), the 2013 women's world curling champions, and Denmark (10:00 p.m., CBC). Jennifer Jones is playing like the dominant skip the world saw in 2008. Her team was excellent in a 9-2 victory over China and a 9-3 victory over Sweden.
In pairs figure skating, there are two Canadian pairs teams who are in contention for a medal, but have work to do. Meagan Duhamel of Lively, Ontario and Eric Radford of Toronto sit in fifth place after the short program, while Kirsten Moore-Towers of St. Catharines, Ontario and Dylan Moscovitch of Toronto, Ontario are in sixth place. The Canadian teams will have to catch the Russian pair of Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov (currently third) and the Chinese pair of Qing Pang and Jian Tong (currently fourth) if they have medal aspirations.
Here are my pre-Olympic predictions for events that will be decided on Wednesday:
Women's alpine skiing downhill (12:00 a.m., CBC)
Gold--Maria Hoefl-Riesch--Germany
Silver--Tina Weirather--Liechtenstein
Bronze--Tina Maze--Slovenia
Normal Hill nordic combined (ski jumping--2:30 a.m., CBC; cross-country skiing--5:30 a.m., TSN2)
Gold--Eric Frenzel--Germany
Silver--Haavard Klemetsen--Norway
Bronze--Magnus Moan--Norway
Men's 1000m speed skating (7:00 a.m., TSN)
Gold--Shani Davis--United States
Silver--Michel Mulder--Netherlands
Bronze--Denis Kuzin--Kazakhstan
Men's Doubles luge (7:00 a.m., TSN)
Gold--Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt--Germany
Silver--Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken--Germany
Bronze-Peter Penz/Georg Fischler--Austria
Pairs Figure Skating (9:00 a.m., TSN)
Gold--Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov--Russia
Silver--Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy--Germany
Bronze--Qing Pang/Jian Tong--China
Women's halfpipe snowboarding (10:30 a.m., Sportsnet)
Gold--Kelly Clark--United States
Silver--Arielle Gold--United States
Bronze--Kaitlyn Farrington--United States


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President Susan Scrimshaw appeared with Dr. Alan Chartock for an in-depth interview on WAMC Northeast Public Radios the Speakers Corner on Friday, November 27, at 1:00 p.m. on WAMC at 90.3 FM and 1400 AM. Listeners will also be able to download the interview at: www.wamc.org
Alan Chartock's program, In Conversation with Dr. Susan Scrimshaw, offers listeners a revealing glimpse into President Scrimshaws extraordinary path on the road to her present position as The Sage Colleges president.
This fascinating interview provides an intimate portrait of Dr. Scrimshaws life experiences as a young girl growing up in Guatemala and traces Dr. Scrimshaws personal and professional journey to The Sage Colleges. Dr. Scrimshaw shares some heartwarming, life-shaping personal experiences as well as her views on her experiences and expectations as The Sage Colleges' 9th president, and her hopes and vision for the future.
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The Mirage's Aces of Comedy series will be welcoming a new face to its star-studded lineup Dec. 29 and 30: Cedric the Entertainer.
Best known for his performances in The Original Kings of Comedy, "The Steve Harvey Show" and TV Land's hit series "The Soul Man," Cedric the Entertainer, whose real name is Cedric Antonio Kyles, promises to live up to his stage name during his Aces of Comedy debut.
"There will be dancing, singing, stand-up, a little lighting—people will be quite surprised by the well-roundedness of the show," Cedric told Examiner.com. "I've been doing this for 20 years, so there will be some solid jokes; I'll actually be retiring a lot of the material (following the Vegas dates) so I can work on my upcoming special. We're going to have a good time."
Although Cedric may be making his Aces of Comedy debut, the observational comedian is no stranger to Las Vegas. When asked if he had any favorite restaurants in town, Cedric immediately noted Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab inside The Forum Shops at Caesars as one of his favorite spots to eat.
"I'm interested to see what's new in town, though," he remarked. "There are a couple places inside Wynn I've heard about, and one that's more out by Red Rock."
When asked if he had any guilty food pleasures, the funnyman replied that he's "a sucker for truffle anything."
"If there's a baked biscuit with truffle butter on it, I'm getting it," he replied. "I don't care if it's a Hungry Jack biscuit for $8,000, I'll pull out my Black Card."
Since the advent of camera phones, though, Cedric admitted that sometimes it's a bit difficult to enjoy a meal out in public.
"The thing that gets me the most is when your meal comes and someone comes up to you and says, 'I know you're eating, and I hate to bother you, but I can I get a picture?' It's like they know that what they're doing is rude, yet they're doing it anyway—so I can't let them off the hook," Cedric said. "Wait until I'm done eating. I also don't like when people stop me when I'm with my kids or take a picture of my kids without asking me first. It's like, 'Oh—click!—is this your son?'"
While there's no doubt Cedric has become a household name for a variety of reasons—stand-up comedy, television, movies—the versatile comedian added yet another title to his diverse resume this past fall: game show host. Joining a long list of comedians-turned-game show hosts (Howie Mandel, Bob Saget, Drew Carey, Wayne Brady, Jeff Foxworthy), Cedric took over as host of the popular game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" during its 12th season in national syndication. When asked what makes being a game show host such a natural stepping stone for comics, Cedric noted the "unique skill set" it takes to work with a live audience.
"The comedic mind just works well to take the tension out of the situation at hand," he replied. "You've got this contest going on and someone trying to win money—that's a pretty serious situation, and things can get a little tense and mundane. We put a twist on things to help people relax."
Cedric noted that the hardest part for him becoming a game show host wasn't learning how to work the crowd, but trying not to steer the contestants in the wrong direction.
"There are times where you just think you're smarter than the contestant and you want to be like, 'A? Really, that's your final answer?' There probably have been three times where if someone had listened to me, I would have ruined their life 'cause I was wrong, so I'm so thankful they didn't listen to me," he stated with a laugh.
Given all the success Cedric has had, it's only natural to wonder what he spent his first million on when he became a millionaire.
"I was actually pretty conservative," Cedric said. "I bought a couple of houses to live in: one in St. Louis and one in California. They were good investments. Before I was a millionaire, though, back when I was just a thousand-aire, that's when I went crazy. I'd go to a fish fry shack and get a sandwich so good I'd buy the restaurant—and I don't even cook! I'm ashamed of the number of diamond watches I have—rapper watches, and I'm not even a rapper! I have Seikos with diamonds on them!"
Considering most Aces of Comedy performers turn their Las Vegas engagements into recurring gigs, Examiner.com had to ask if Cedric had any plans to return to the A-list comedy lineup in the near future.
"It's something we're discussing," Cedric admitted. "I'd love having a little residency like all the cool DJs; I think it would be great to help develop a brand. Since I like music and dancing so much, I can put on more of a show in Las Vegas. The city allows me that [luxury] because people are expecting to see all kinds of stuff here with Cirque du Soleil and all the Broadway shows—anything can happen."
For now, Cedric is just grateful to be in such great company.
"All the people (performing as part of the Aces of Comedy series) are people I respect and who have great comedic brands," Cedric commented. "They're all professionals and they're all known for putting out a quality product. It's like when you purchase a Mercedes or something from Sony, you know you're getting a good buy, so to be a part of a group like that, that's something I've always strived for."
As for what else Cedric is striving for in the New Year, the funnyman said he doesn't make a lot of resolutions, but does have one for 2014.
"I want to get healthier," he replied. "As I get older, that's becoming a top priority. But it's really not so much a New Year's resolution as it is a life mantra. So I guess I'll be eating less truffle butter in the New Year—unless it's truffle lite!"
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Shir Joy Chorus of Massachusetts (SJCM) is dedicated to learning, sharing and performing Jewish music. Founded in 2011, we are an Independent 501 (c) 3 organization. We are over 30 members strong, representing a dozen Massachusetts towns and cities. The chorus is non-auditioned and is open to all people regardless of ethnicity or religious background. If you are interested in learning and performing music from the rich and varied Judaic cultures of Israel and the Jewish Diaspora, we're interested in you. SJCM envisions a musical organization dedicated to raising awareness and appreciation of the breadth and beauty of Jewish culture through performances and related activities.
Who are we? Our chorus members are a diverse group. We're young and not so young. We're working and retired, professionals and non-professionals. Some of have both religious and secular backgrounds, while some of us have little or no Jewish education. Our musical backgrounds are varied too. Some of our members have extensive musical knowledge, others have no previous choral experience. What we have in common is our love of Jewish music and interest in building strong bonds of friendship as we hone our musical skills.
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Neither picture is a realistic vision.
One shows all the negative aspects of modern life in the western world without going into detail about all the things that make life far, far more livable for us today than it was for our ancestors: Easy access to food without having to worry overly much about food poisoning or spoilage; warm (or cool,) dry, safe shelter from all the elements, as well as from attacks from predators; clean water in huge quantities; proper sanitation; almost universal near instantaneous access to medical facilities; immunisations for many common diseases, and the ability to treat parasitic infestations; instantaneous access to the entire knowledge of the human species... and so on.
The other shows an overly romanticised ideal of what life would be like away from civilization. Living for survival is difficult, unpleasant work. I doubt most of us who have grown up in a technological society would last for very long. All it would take is a single serious injury that leads to infection... if we didn't get sick and die from starvation and/or malnutrition and/or unsanitary conditions first.
And we have evolved to be a social species... total isolation from all other human beings would drive any and all of us insane, no matter how much of a loner we might like to think we are.
I'm also starting to wonder what the purpose of all of the original poster's abuse directed towards us over this is? Are we all supposed to say "OMG
, I've never thought of it that way before! I'm taking off today, leaving all I've ever known and abandoning all my loved ones to live in isolation in the middle of nowhere. That's such a great idea!"
Well, that thought just doesn't appeal to me. Sorry, but our ancestors worked long and hard to get the world to this point, and I for one am going to enjoy it for what it is, and celebrate the fruits of their lifetimes of sacrifice and long labor.
If it's really such a great idea, you go first, and let us know how it is after a couple of years.
Secondly: If we all rush off to live on uninhabited tropical islands, that's gonna leave less islands that are uninhabited. There are a finite number of uninhabited tropical islands that are capable of supporting any life at all... let alone human life. If we all run off to live the "good life" on one of these, chances are you are going to find one of us already there when you decide to step out on your own and do it for yourself.
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