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Published: Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.
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Garrett Isgettes face is one of complete concentration moments before he runs full throttle toward the end of the diving board, his feet leaving the board as he splashes into the water at Patton Park pool.
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Patton Park Pool Hours: Lap Swim/10 a.m.1 p.m. Monday through Saturday; Public Swim/noon8 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 16 p.m., Sunday. Cost is $4 for adults, $3 for seniors and anyone age 17 and under.
Enjoying the warm weather Sunday afternoon under cloudy skies, the 8-year-old beams as he climbs out of the water.
That was fun, he said. I like to come because of the diving boards.
Hendersonville residents and visitors alike have a place to go for water recreation and to beat the heat this summer now that the pool is open. Located off U.S. 25 in Hendersonville, the pool has been fairly busy since it opened over Memorial Day weekend, said Many Martin, pool assistant manager.
The economy hasnt seemed to affect attendance as much as Mother Nature, she added.
Its been on-and-off because of the weather, but overall attendance has been good, Martin said.
Collecting admission fees at the ticket office, Becky Havener said business has picked up over the last several days.
Were busy as heck now, she said.
Soaking up some rays sunbathing next to the pool, Hendersonville resident Rhonda Capps said she is probably one of the pools best customers.
Im out here just about every day," she laughed, as she enjoyed the pool with her friends. We just walk down from Park Residences apartments and if its pretty, were going to be down here.
As usual, the pool offers swimming lessons along with lap swim and public swim, but a new aspect this year is that the pools concession stand is open to pool visitors and people using the citys new skateboard park, Martin said.
Skateboards are not allowed in the pool area, so skateboarders usually do not use the pool.
They can come swim if they are wearing swimsuits, but not their board shorts, Martin said. They usually keep to themselves. A few have come (to swim), but theyre kind of separate entities now. If they dont have anywhere to put their skateboards, they dont come and swim because they are worried their boards will be stolen.
She added that pool personnel have been instructed by the city to call 911 if they see injuries or suspicious activity at the skateboard park, but they cannot administer first aid. Pool lifeguards said they have noticed injuries happening at the skateboard park and a Taser incident was reported last week.
Yeah, there was a guy walking around with a Taser and a police officer happened to be driving by and I waved him over to tell him about it and they (the police) took care of it, the assistant manager said.
Lack of supervision at the skateboard park is the problem, said pool visitor Thad Capps. He added that he's not against having the facility, but there should be an attendant on duty.
Its a liability that every resident in Hendersonville has to take on by running the risk of being sued when the city gets sued (due to injuries), and no one asked the residents of Hendersonville if they wanted to be on the hook every time some kid gets their arm broken, he said.
A state statute regarding safety in a skate park reads: Effective Oct. 1, 2003, the state of North Carolina mandates public skateboard parks in North Carolina to require all skaters to use proper safety equipment.
By placing the sign at the park, the city is not liable for injuries that occur while skateboarding, officials said.
The pool is open to the public from noon to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and from 1 to 6 p.m. on Sunday.
A parent with one or more children can enjoy the pool during Family Fridays with admission only $4 for the entire family, Martin said.
For more information including costs and time for swim lessons and water aerobics, visit the Web site at www.cityofhendersonville.org
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PARRISH, Ala. (AP) - Authorities are investigating a car bomb explosion that seriously injured a man outside a home in Parrish.
Walker County Sheriff John Mark Tirey says the bomb went off Wednesday night, but was confined inside the pickup truck where it was placed. Tirey says investigators are unsure what the device was and how it was detonated.
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MICHELLE Payne will make her latest - and last - comeback in Tasmania on Sunday.
Payne, who fractured her T5 and T6 vertebrae in a race fall at Ararat four months ago, will ride her "good mate" Fieldmaster for her brother Patrick in the Summer Cup in Hobart.
Fieldmaster won last week's Devonport Cup and is en route to the Hobart and Launceston cups.
Payne has promised this return to the saddle will be her last. "I'm probably looking at another year, we'll see," the 27-year-old said.
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To The Editor: The Economist (Dec. 12-18) contains a briefing on Britain's National Health Service that should be required reading for every Senator and Congressman. The lead: "The NHS must clamp down on costs and become more efficient. Really."
A few highlights: "... (Waiting times) have been drastically reduced." Hospitalization for treatment after referral is now generally less than 18 weeks. Almost all emergency care patients are seen within four hours of arrival. They have poured a ton of money into the system to get to that level.
The President has often talked about the efficiency and cost savings implicit in digitized health records. Their program is four years behind schedule. It's still implicit if they don't bankrupt Britain trying.
Don't assume British incompetence, that these changes, although complex, are readily solvable tasks for American ingenuity. I spent five years working and living in Europe, the last two and a half in the health care industry. We had major family events in both Germany and Switzerland. I worked with many English physicians, all were capable, knowledgeable medics.
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Continuing a strong year for the solar industry in Maryland, 15 megawatts (MW) of new capacity were added last quarter, nearly double the previous quarter and nearly triple the same period last year, according to the new quarterly report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
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Vivint Solar plans to continue expansion in 2015, announces 20 new offices
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Japan Next-Generation Farmers Cultivate Crops and Solar Energy
Farmers in Japan can now generate solar electricity while growing crops on the same farmland. In April, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) approved the installation of PV systems on existing crop-producing farmland. Previously solar generation on farmland, productive or idle, was prohibited under the Agricultural Land Act.
This co-existence or double-generation is known as "Solar Sharing" in Japan. The concept was originally developed by Akira Nagashima in 2004, who was a retired agricultural machinery engineer who later studied biology and learned the "light saturation point." The rate of photosynthesis increases as the irradiance level is increased; however at one point, any further increase in the amount of light that strikes the plant does not cause any increase to the rate of photosynthesis.
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Ralph Lauren unveils Team USA 2014 Winter Olympics apparel
The countdown to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia is on!
Once again, American designer Ralph Lauren is the official outfitter for Team USA and has designed apparel athletes will wear during the closing ceremony parade. The uniforms will embody the pride of America with a red, white and navy color palette and other patriotic references.
Ralph Lauren also created a line of village wear for athletes that will be available to the public. It includes graphic tees, polos, gloves, hats, sweaters and more.
This time around, Team USA's parade uniforms are made in America. The designer drew harsh criticism in 2012 when it was discovered that parade outfits for the Olympics in London had been made in China.
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With classical music's popularity thriving in Asia (as millions of youngsters in China in particular are studying piano and violin from early age), and with the financial difficulties facing classical music in the West, opera houses in particular (as the New York City Opera bankruptcy, the present negotiations at the Metropolitan Opera, the last minute rescue of this year's season at the Rome opera house, and the constant strikes at classical music venues in France suggest), the question is: can classical music be financed without significant government subsidies?
Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, falls on Nov. 13
For about a billion revelers around the world, that means it's time to start thinking about sweets -- specifically the South Asian confections called mithai. […] "Sweets are a sign of positive things, that life is good," said Arvind Sharma, a professor of religion at McGill University. "When you offer something to god and then give it to someone to eat, it becomes sacred." Read more at Wall Street Journal (Asia)
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Last week, a Globe article outlined the challenges that Canada faces in establishing itself as a trading power in the Asian region. As I read along, I suddenly thought of a scene from the movie Shrek, where the donkey character jumps in and out of view, shouting: "Oh, oh, pick me . . . oh, pick me . . . oh me . . . me, me, meeeee (donkey falls out of view)". -Article by William Polushin


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Easy way to create mock Request objects for testing views
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The testing framework currently encourages hooking up a view function using a URLconf and then using the TestClient to run tests against the view.
It would be nice if there was an easy way to bypass URLconf entirely in testing and just create a mock object representing a GET / POST / etc request, then pass that directly to the view function.
See this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/db86050095ebe5db
And this snippet: http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/963/
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comment:1 follow-ups: ↓ 2 ↓ 3 Changed 8 years ago by zellyn
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I'd suggest creating new methods (preferably on the existing Client class - it's just a refactoring of the initial code from the existing methods), so that it would be easy to intermix use of the normal get() and post() methods and the new variations while sharing the same session data.
comment:2 in reply to: ↑ 1 Changed 8 years ago by zellyn
After more experimentation it appears that a more complicated refactoring is necessary if this is to work with sessions, etc. The request middleware needs to run.
comment:3 in reply to: ↑ 1 Changed 8 years ago by zellyn
ps. it appears I accidentally messed with the needs_better_patch, needs_tests, and needs_docs settings - how do I tell what they were originally?
comment:4 Changed 7 years ago by anonymous
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comment:5 Changed 7 years ago by jacob
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comment:6 Changed 7 years ago by kkubasik
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comment:7 follow-up: ↓ 8 Changed 7 years ago by kkubasik
I have added support in django.test.mocks based on the snippet. Still needs docs and tests.
comment:8 in reply to: ↑ 7 Changed 7 years ago by peterbe
Replying to kkubasik:
I have added support in django.test.mocks based on the snippet. Still needs docs and tests.
Where? In a branch? I can't find anything in the trunk.
Changed 6 years ago by russellm
Implemenation of RequestFactory as base class for Client
comment:9 Changed 6 years ago by russellm
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from new to closed
comment:10 Changed 5 years ago by anonymous
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SAN FRANCISCO - A blister problem on Tim Lincecum's pitching hand has resurfaced, calling into question how often he might be able to pitch in the National League Championship Series, the San Jose Mercury News reported.
"It's not a big deal, and we're taking care of it," Lincecum told the newspaper.
Lincecum has had extensive treatment. The blister came back during his complete game against the Braves in Game 1 of the division series. Lincecum had 14 strikeouts.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy is not ruling out that Lincecum could pitch three times if the series went seven games, but conceded the blister issue could "come in play" when he makes his decision.


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Arrest made in sugarhouse burglariesDecember 09,2012Police: Man robbed
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Vermont State Police have arrested a Poultney man for a string of burglaries atlocal sugarhouses over the past two months.
Bryan Parker, 29, will be arraigned on burglary charges on Jan. 7, police said. A large amount of unidentified stolen property is being returned to the owners of the four sugarhouses, police said.
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Business groups challenge EPA on greenhouse gases
Published: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 6:50 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 6:50 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Several prominent business groups have joined a growing list of organizations and states challenging the federal government's finding that climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories is dangerous to people.
The Environmental Protection Agency said in December that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger human health, setting the stage for future rules restricting such emissions.
At least three states — Texas, Virginia and Alabama — have challenged the EPA finding, claiming it is based on flawed science. The National Association of Manufacturers filed a challenge this week, joined by groups including the American Petroleum Institute, National Association of Home Builders and the Corn Refiners Association.
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Publication: Billboard
Author: Mitchell Peters
Date: October 16, 2010
In June 2009, New Orleans' Marsalis family of jazz musicians - father Ellis (piano) and sons Branford (saxophone), Wynton (trumpet), Delfeayo (trombone) and Jason (drums) - gathered for a rare, sold-out performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
During the evening, Ellis received the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition, the National Endowment for the Arts honored the Marsalis family with a 2011 Jazz Masters Award.
Since the family performs together so infrequently, the artists decided to record the June concert. Months later, Branford listened to the recording and was pleased with what he heard. "I said, 'Wow, this is pretty good, actually,' he says. "It was a lot of fun too. Read more »


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Prep 20 mins
Cook 1 hr
I love this recipe for Arroz con Pollo as does my family. It is lower in fat than most you'll run across. I'll be looking forward to your feedback. Enjoy another of our favorites. NOTE: pitted and stuffed green olives can be used in place of the black olives.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 8 ounces sausage links, brown and serve links
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 lbs skinless chicken pieces (breasts, thighs, drumsticks)
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup onion, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup celery, chopped
- 1 cup long grain rice
- 1 (7 1/2 ounce) can tomatoes, cut up
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1⁄4 cup olive, ripe, sliced & pitted
- Cut the sausages into 1/2 inch pieces; brown sausages in a kettle. Remove sausages. Set aside.
- Place the flour, salt, and pepper in a plastic bag. Add chicken, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat.
- In the kettle, heat oil over medium heat. Add chicken and cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes, turning to brown evenly. Add the water, onion, and celery to chicken in kettle.
- Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.
- Add uncooked rice, undrained tomatoes, and sausages. Simmer, covered, about 20 minutes more or until rice is tender. Add peas and olives; cook and stir until heated through.
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Super easy one dish meal!!! I am used to a bit more flavor in the Arroz con Pollo I am familiar with from Miami, but this was a total family pleaser! I used kielbasa instead of sausage because DH2B cannot handle sausage. (He had three helpings!) The only thing I would do different next time is to add some red and green bell pepper along with some garlic and cumin. It is great the way it is... don't get me wrong.... I would just love it if it were kicked up a notch. We will be making this one again! *Zaar World Tour 3*


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Are you following Amazon Black Friday Deals attentively?
Some of the lightning deals are selling out quickly.. and instead of working, I am checking Amazon
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I have been following them today, but looking ahead at the upcoming ones and then just checking when the ones that sounds interesting become available. In fact, there is one coming up shortly that I think I will try to grab!
I am in the process of combing through the ad scans on bfads.net to see whether I am going to try to take advantage of any deals. It looks like I am going to be, so now I am concentrating on all the stores in a sing;e shopping center to see what all I want from these geographically co-located deals. Sadly, the thing I want most is at Best Buy, aka Holiday Hell. I am going to have to cut my Thanksgiving socializing short if I am going to go do this, as some of the stores are opening at 10pm. I am thinking though that we could make a kind of party out of it and take all the Thanksgiving guests to stand in line and jostle over deals together.
Is the Pope Catholic?
I am, but I'm following Kohl's more attentively. They're discounting the last minute "easy" stuff I need right now.
Umm...I haven't even started shopping yet. I still have a few weeks, right?
YES. I am addicted to the damn lightning deals.
@moondrake, I'm in the same boat--I'm desperately hoping Amazon will price-match Best Buy's Black Friday sale on the Nikon S8100 so I don't have to battle the crowds.
I would never have guessed DVDs and Blu-rays were on sale @ Amazon judging by the first two popular pages.
nope, but I definitely had to snag pulp fiction for 4 bucks.
Yeah, I went nuts last year ordering things left and right. But being broke this year, not going to be able to buy much. Yet some how I am transfixed by those countdown timers and seeing what the price is going to be. It is addicting!
I'm not holiday shopping with Amazon.com for the first time. Why? because they are mistreating their warehouse workers. Try searching amazon.com +warehouse for details, and decide for yourself if you want to participate in the holiday boycott.


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Grand Caillou Elementary committee to meet this afternoon
Published: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 9:09 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 9:21 a.m.
DULAC Grand Caillou community members concerned about the future of their elementary school can attend this afternoon's meeting of a committee to discuss the school's fate.
Terrebonne schools Superintendent Philip Martin will try to answer questions raised at last week's meeting, when the committee discussed plans for next school year.
Today the committee may also discuss long-range plans in greater detail.
At its Jan. 20 meeting, the School Board formed the committee to resolve chronic flooding problems at the school. The committee is led by Martin and includes parish school administrators, school faculty and parents of Grand Caillou Elementary students.
The meeting begins at 2 p.m. today in the Terrebonne Parish Parks and Recreation Gym, 106 Recreation Drive in Dulac, across the street from Grand Caillou Elementary. The meeting is free and open to the public.
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Informative Writing and Bat FreebiesSunday, October 7, 2012
25 comments
I totally did the 600 mosquitos last year! :) the kids loved it!ReplyDelete
I love the bat pack!ReplyDelete
First Grade Blue SKies
I am doing bats this week, thank you.ReplyDelete
I love these posters and the bat stuff! Thanks:)ReplyDelete
Sarah's First Grade Snippets
This is a great unit for October. I wonder if I could get a pet bat to take care of the mosquitoes around here.. haha!ReplyDelete
Alicia @ Today's Objective
I did these activities with my class last year, and I already did them again with my class this year! They love it :)ReplyDelete
Kindergarten Smiles
Thank you times 3! I love the anchor charts on writing! You're a peach!ReplyDelete
Thank you for the bat freebies, and the anchor charts. This is my second yr and 1st and thanks to blogs like yours my instruction has improved. Thanks for helping improve instruction for students across America!ReplyDelete
First Grade Journal
Thanks so much, Jodi!!! I must say I'm not so much in love with bats after we had more than 40 living in our fascia after getting a new roof. There were FOUR bats flying INSIDE our house at the SAME time. Two flew out (the adults) the open doors and the two babies didn't. One of them climbed through a tiny vent in the back of the stove and got petrified when I made brownies. The other one stuck around for a few nights...there's a whole story behind getting that one back outside.ReplyDelete
However - I am sooo glad they love mosquitoes!!!
Growing Firsties
Thank you so much for the freebies! I am loving your ideas!ReplyDelete
Thank you SO much! Love this freebie! Check out my new blog-ReplyDelete
Jodi--you are always so generous in sharing your hard work!! Thank you so much!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for putting this together! I used your mosquito activity last year and the kids LOVED it!! The visual is amazing! Once we finish up with spiders this week, we're moving on to bats. Thanks again!ReplyDelete
Primarily Speaking
WOW!! I HEART THIS AND AM GOING BATTY WITH PATS ON THE BACK FOR YOU!ReplyDelete
I found you through the freebielicious blog and am your newest follower. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
I love the posters. I have the narrative ones hanging in my room:) Thanks for always being so generous!ReplyDelete
The Resourceful Apple
Thank you so much for this wonderful freebie! My kiddos loved it and I just blogged about it for my Fantabulous Friday Freebie! :)ReplyDelete
600 mosquitos? Oh my! Thanks for the freebies!ReplyDelete
Mrs. Lirette's Learning Detectives
Hi, Jodi!ReplyDelete
What a great freebie! I featured it on my blog today as part of "Fistful of Friday Freebies".
Thanks so much for sharing!
Linda Nelson
Thanks so much for your freebies ... the Informative Writing posters and Narrative Writing posters. What a great way to help kids learn/remember the difference.ReplyDelete
My only thought was this: On the 2nd page of your Informative pack (Informative writing is nonfiction.) there was one clip art that just jumped out at me--the Indian with the feather head dress. Having lived/worked on a Native American reservation for the last 20 years it just seems a bit too stereotypical.
It's your choice as to whether you change out the picture or not. But I thought you at least deserved another viewpoint.
Thanks so very much for providing these resources.
(P.S. I tried sending this message to the email address listed on the last page, but my email provider said it was an invalid address.)
Perfect! We just started bats today. Thank you!ReplyDelete
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New Candlewood Suites Opens In Manhattan
Posted: 03/15/2013 - A new hotel is now open for business in the Little Apple, part of Manhattan's massive downtown redevelopment efforts.
Posted: 03/15/2013 - A new hotel is now open for business in the Little Apple, part of Manhattan's massive downtown redevelopment efforts.
Updated: 03/11/2013 - This year, officials say the massive "Fake Patty's Day" party was a "very managed event" thanks to local authorities and the numbers of incidents and arrests were comparable to last year's event.
Posted: 03/11/2013 - Eleven Washburn University students were recently inducted into Psi Chi, the national psychology honor society, at an event on April 3.
Updated: 03/08/2013 - Fort Riley senior leaders talked about budget cuts Friday and revealed the impact sequestration is having on employees, training and services.
Updated: 03/07/2013 - Another group of Fort Riley soldiers is home with their families, reuniting with their loved ones Wednesday after a year-long deployment to Afghanistan.
Updated: 03/06/2013 - Fake Patty's Day will occur in Manhattan on March 9, 2013. In past years, the event has been associated with many negative issues including overcrowding, public intoxication, traffic congestion, illegal parking, acts of violence, and trash nuisances.
Posted: 03/05/2013 - Kansas State University students are spending hours on their feet this week to help bring awareness to the issue of human trafficking.
Posted: 03/05/2013 - The public is invited to an informational open house from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 37th and Wanamaker, regarding the reconstruction of SW 37th Street from Wanamaker Road to Fairlawn Road and north on Fairlawn Road to 33rd Terrace.
Posted: 03/05/2013 - City of Topeka officials are excited to announce the hiring of the City's first-ever Bikeways Planner. Julie Anderson joined the City's team this week as a Planner I, to lead the charge on multi-modal transportation planning.
Posted: 03/05/2013 - Local Topeka McDonald's Restaurants along with other McDonald's Restaurants throughout Northeast Kansas hope to boost local education budgets tonight during the popular McTeacher's Night.
Posted: 03/04/2013 - The City of Manhattan is pleased to announce four finalists for the position of Director of the Flint Hills Discovery Center. The finalists were selected following a nationwide search.
Posted: 03/04/2013 - Greg Hoyt has been named the principal of Manhattan High School. Hoyt currently serves as the principal at Eisenhower Middle School in Manhattan.
Updated: 03/01/2013 - After decades spent serving and protecting the community, Manhattan Fire Chief Jerry Snyder is retiring.
Updated: 03/01/2013 - A group of elementary students got a rare opportunity to visit Fort Riley for an inside look at what soldiers do on a daily basis at the installation as they train for combat.
Posted: 02/28/2013 - Investigators continue working to determine what caused last week's devastating fire at the historic Kirby House in Abilene.
Posted: 02/27/2013 - An organization of thousands of soldiers and veterans now has a new home base near Fort Riley, uniting those who have served in the 1st Infantry Division.
Updated: 03/01/2013 - Massive federal budget cuts slated to take effect Friday could result in nearly 800,000 people losing their jobs and a blow to the nation's economy. WIBW explores what the sequester could mean for Fort Riley.
Posted: 02/25/2013 - Officials in the Manhattan/Ogden and Geary County school districts say another snow day will probably have an effect on the calendar to make up for the lost time. Also, road crews continue to deal with some of the problems this weather has created.
Posted: 02/22/2013 - Road crews in Manhattan continued working Friday, clearing streets in the aftermath of this week's snowfall.
Updated: 02/21/2013 - Residents in Junction City and Manhattan are shoveling out from under the snow. Meanwhile, authorities are looking ahead and expressing concern about area roadways and the safety of drivers.
Posted: 02/21/2013 - Riley County firefighters had their work cut out for them as flames tore through a home early Thursday morning. The homeowner believes the fire started near the propane furnace.
Updated: 02/20/2013 - Preparations have been in full swing in Manhattan and Junction City as well as at Fort Riley as crews gear up for the major snowfall.
Updated: 02/19/2013 - With their mission accomplished, thousands of Fort Riley soldiers are settling back into like here at home, fresh off their most recent deployment to Afghanistan. Their return is helping boost the local economy.
Updated: 02/18/2013 - Authorities and volunteers spent hours Monday searching for an 84-year-old man with dementia who walked away from his Geary County farm.The search finally came to end before 5 PM when Wayne Rogers, 84, was located.
Posted: 02/15/2013 - Midwest Veterinary Services has announced that it is building a Veterinary and Biomedical Research Center in Pottawatomie County.


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Break-In Suspect Caught On Surveillance
Posted: 07/29/2011 - A suspected burglar is captured very clearly on security cameras and now police need to know his identity.
Posted: 07/29/2011 - A suspected burglar is captured very clearly on security cameras and now police need to know his identity.
Posted: 07/29/2011 - The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld a first-degree murder conviction in a 2007 killing and dismemberment in Manhattan.
Posted: 07/28/2011 - A federal grand jury has returned indictments against two men charged in connection with a marijuana raid last month in Osage County.
Updated: 07/28/2011 - Riley County Police say a burglary suspect was caught on the run.
Posted: 07/27/2011 - Police are investigating a late night shooting that happened near Topeka High School Wednesday.
Posted: 07/27/2011 - The remains of Maria Ridulph, dead since 1957, were exhumed for tests as the 71-year-old suspect in her killing was headed back to Illinois from Seattle.
Updated: 07/27/2011 - Temporary insanity could be the case defense attorneys make to spare James Kraig Kahler from guilt in the quadruple murder case in Osage County.
Posted: 07/26/2011 - A manhunt ended with one arrested and one still on the run in Yates Center.
Updated: 07/26/2011 - After shutting down part of I-70 for hours on Monday because of a threat called in by an Arkansas man, officials are revealing that nothing dangerous was found in his car or hotel room.
Posted: 07/26/2011 - A Texas resident who broke into three Kansas homes and kidnapped people to collect on a drug debt says methamphetamine destroyed his judgment.
Posted: 07/25/2011 - The experts poked holes in DNA evidence from a knife and victim's bra clasp. Knox, her former boyfriend and another man were convicted and sentenced
Updated: 07/25/2011 - Attorneys began questioning potential jurors Monday, July 25, preparing for the trial in a quadruple murder case in Osage County.(VIDEO INCLUDED)
Updated: 07/26/2011 - Dana Chandler was arrested in Duncan, OK Monday for the 2002 murders of Topekans Karen Harkness and Michael Sisco. Chandler is Sisco's ex-wife.
Posted: 07/22/2011 - Investigators found the first of 11 remains inside his home in October 2009. Most of the victims, whose bodies were in various states of decay, had been strangled
Posted: 07/22/2011 - An Article 32 Investigation involving a U.S. Disciplinary Barracks (USDB) inmate accused in the death of a fellow inmate will begin July 25 at 7 a.m. at Fort Leavenworth.
Posted: 07/21/2011 - If the arrests of the two men bear out some solid leads, the first suspect arrested could be set free.
Posted: 07/21/2011 - Andrew Grant DeYoung is executed by lethal injection. He was convicted of killing his parents and sister. His Georgia execution was videotaped.
Posted: 07/20/2011 - South Georgia authorities say two men became so high on drugs they began hallucinating and called 911 when they thought intruders had broken into a home.
Updated: 07/18/2011 - Authorities in Riley County are cracking down on local child pornographers. Police say they've already raided one Manhattan man's home and found hundreds of illegal photos and videos.
Posted: 07/18/2011 - A Manhattan business owner says one of his trusted employees has been stealing from him for years.
Posted: 07/18/2011 - Police say a 17-year-old murdered his parents and the bodies remained inside the house while he threw a party.
Updated: 07/18/2011 - Authorities say a 19-year-old Kansan disappeared after jumping from a boat into Beaver Lake in northwestern Arkansas.
Posted: 07/18/2011 - Three Hutchinson Correctional Facility officers treated and released at a hospital after a fight with inmates.
Posted: 07/17/2011 - A 36-year-old man is arrested in connection with theft from a Yates Center funeral home.
Posted: 07/16/2011 - Prosecutors are seeking to amend charges against the man accused of killing a 14-year-old Great Bend girl whose burned body was found at an asphalt plant.


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After a crazy noontime rush Tuesday, Beef Burger Barrel closed for 30 minutes to replenish its supplies.
That didn't deter longtime customer Jennie Hill, who patiently waited in her car to place her order.
"I've been coming twice a week for many years," Hill said. "I'm not sure what I'll do when they're gone."
Owners of the longtime drive-up eatery on Plains Boulevard posted a sign last week saying high energy costs, rising grocery prices and fast-food competition were forcing them to close.
Media coverage alerted loyal customers like Hill, who have been arriving in droves for burgers, fries or chicken-fried steak, employee Stanton Bray said.
"Our business has quadrupled - no, quintupled," Bray said as he sliced tomatoes. "It's been really hectic."
He's heard rumors of petitions being signed to "Save the Barrel," but he wasn't sure who's heading up the effort.
"I've been too busy to ask," he said. "But all the business has been wonderful. We're so gratified to see so many loyal people coming back to see us."
And some new ones.
One man waiting in his truck said he'd never heard of Burger Barrel until last week. "We wanted to come try it," he said.
Stanton hopes the increase in business will allow the restaurant to stay open a little longer.
"Part of the problem is that our equipment is dying, one piece at a time," he said, pointing to a crack in the grill. "I don't know if the owners are willing to invest up to $8,000 to replace everything."
Vicki Fischer, who took over the Barrel when her father, F.E. Waller, died last year, said she still plans to close Saturday.
"But that's not set in concrete," she said, lugging a package of Tater Tots. "If we can get things fixed and running - well, maybe."
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Top 5 American Whale-Watching ToursYou don't have to travel the world to enjoy fabulous whale watching. Here are five of the best U.S. whale watching tours.
Police In Pot-Legal States Being Sued To Get Their Seized Marijuana Plants BackPolice in some medical marijuana states who once routinely seized illegal pot plants by ripping them out by their roots and stashing them away in musty evidence rooms to die are now thinking twice about the practice.
#Trending In Entertainment: George Clooney For Governor, Casey Kasem Passes Away, And Kanye's RantThis week one of Hollywood's most dashing men may have a new gig (hint: it's not in entertainment), a legend passes away, and hip-hop's biggest bad boy wants to redesign the Internet.
Google Building Car With No Steering WheelGoogle will build a car without a steering wheel with hopes of having 100 prototypes on public roads in a year.
Casey Kasem's Wife Served With Guardianship PapersJean Kasem has been given a California court order that temporarily suspends her powers to determine her husband's medical care.
The 25 Best Beaches In The WorldAfter months of polar vortexes it's finally almost time to lay out in the sun and sand. To help get the ball rolling, we rounded up the 25 best beaches in the world.
Police: Man Who Killed Deputy Suspect In 2nd Case Police in Oregon say a man who killed a California deputy is also a suspect in the slaying of a retired Oregon educator.
Washington State Faces Familiar Foe In CaliforniaThe matchup with the Cal Bears reunites WSU head coach Mike Leach with a former assistant in Sonny Dykes, now the head coach at Cal. Dykes was a graduate assistant alongside Leach at Kentucky, followed him to Texas Tech where he ascended to offensive coordinator. It's safe to say there are commonalities between the two offenses.
Rare Fin Whale Found Dead On Northern Calif. Beach A rare fin whale that washed ashore has died despite attempts from marine mammal experts to save it, and now the beach has been closed after a shark sighting.
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Original Report
Maternal use of antibiotics and the risk of orofacial clefts: a nationwide cohort study
Version of Record online: 28 NOV 2011
DOI: 10.1002/pds.2179
Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Volume 21, Issue 3, pages 246–253, March 2012
Additional Information
How to Cite
Mølgaard-Nielsen, D. and Hviid, A. (2012), Maternal use of antibiotics and the risk of orofacial clefts: a nationwide cohort study. Pharmacoepidem. Drug Safe., 21: 246–253. doi: 10.1002/pds.2179
Publication History
- Issue online: 8 MAR 2012
- Version of Record online: 28 NOV 2011
- Manuscript Accepted: 3 MAY 2011
- Manuscript Revised: 28 APR 2011
- Manuscript Received: 12 JAN 2011
Funded by
- Danish Medical Research Council and the Lundbeck Foundation
- Augustinus Foundation
- Torben og Alice Frimodts Foundation
- Sygekassernes Helsefond
- antibiotics during pregnancy;
- drug safety;
- birth defects
To study the association between antibiotic use in early pregnancy and the risk of isolated orofacial clefts.
We conducted a cohort study of 806 011 live births in Denmark from 1996 through September 2008. Individual-level information on prescribed antibiotics during pregnancy, orofacial cleft diagnosis, and possible confounders were ascertained from nationwide health registries. The main outcome measure was prevalence odds ratios (PORs) of orofacial clefts by exposure to antibiotics.
Maternal use of any antibiotics in early pregnancy was not associated with an increased risk of cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) (POR, 1.08; 95%CI, 0.89–1.30) or cleft palate alone (CP) (POR, 1.14; 95%CI, 0.86–1.51). Further analyses of specific classes showed an increased risk of CL/P associated with 2nd month use of doxycycline/tetracycline (2 exposed cases; POR, 7.30; 95%CI, 1.81–29.46) and sulfamethizole (18 exposed cases; POR, 1.76; 95%CI, 1.10–2.81). An increased risk of CP was seen for first trimester use of trimethoprim (2 exposed cases; POR, 14.29; 95%CI, 3.46–59.05) and 3rd month use of pivmecillinam (9 exposed cases; POR, 2.34; 95%CI, 1.20–4.54).
Antibiotic use in early pregnancy was not a major risk factor for isolated orofacial clefts in our study. Some classes of antibiotics used in the critical period for development of CL/P and CP may increase the risk; however, other factors such as indications for use and chance may explain these findings. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


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Tuxton BWX-0452 DuraTux White 4.5 oz. Fluted Ramekin - 12/Pack
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The Potentiality of Authenticity in Becoming a Teacher
Version of Record online: 19 JAN 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2008.00474.x
© 2009 The Author. Journal compilation © 2009 Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia
Educational Philosophy and Theory
Volume 41, Issue 1, pages 46–59, February 2009
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Brook, A. (2009), The Potentiality of Authenticity in Becoming a Teacher. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 41: 46–59. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2008.00474.x
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- Issue online: 19 JAN 2009
- Version of Record online: 19 JAN 2009
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- Heidegger;
- phenomenology;
- authenticity;
- formation
This paper arises out of the transition from a PhD thesis on Heidegger's phenomenology to my attempts to come to terms with 'becoming a teacher'. The paper will provide a phenomenological interpretation of being a teacher in relation to the question of an 'authentic' interpretation of teaching/learning and the possibility of an authentic interpretative praxis. I will argue that being a teacher is a phenomenon of human existence which can be interpreted as a possible way of being with authentic and inauthentic potentialities. This way of being is intrinsically linked to that of learning; of becoming human or becoming the authentic possibilities of being-human. As such, the problem of being a teacher is primarily an ethical question (or a question of ɛτηοσ—dwelling); of who we are as humans and of how being a teacher engages with the in-formation of the becoming of students as authentic human beings. This then leads to the problem of how a phenomenological interpretation of education can be applied or lived; of authenticity in teaching/learning and the possibilities of authentic learning environments (educational dwelling).


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Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pie
Total Time
Prep 20 mins
Cook 12 mins
I found this on the web, and since they're the absolute favorite of my grandson, I made them for him. We couldn't tell the difference! The only thing is-these are a lot fresher!
Ingredients Nutrition
- 236.59 ml margarine
- 177.44 ml dark brown sugar
- 118.29 ml sugar
- 14.79 ml molasses
- 4.92 ml vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 354.88 ml flour
- 2.46 ml salt
- 4.92 ml baking soda
- 0.59 ml cinnamon
- 354.88 ml quick oats
Cream Filling
- 9.85 ml very hot water
- 1.23 ml salt
- 198.44 g jar marshmallow cream
- 118.29 ml shortening
- 78.07 ml powdered sugar
- 2.46 ml vanilla
- In large bowl, cream margarine, sugars, molasses, vanilla, and eggs.
- Combine flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon.
- Add to the creamed mixture; mix in the oats.
- Drop dough by TBSP on ungreased sheets.
- Bake at 350°F.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes,or until just starting to brown around the edges.
- They will look moist; don't overcook.
- While the cookies bake prepare the filling.
- In small bowl, dissolve the salt in the hot water.
- Allow this to cool.
- Combine marshmallow cream, shortening, powdered sugar, and vanilla in med bowl; mix on hi until fluffy.
- Add the cooled salt water and mix well.
- Spread filling on flat side of one cookie, press 2nd cookie on top.
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Dangerously wonderful. Not exact, but so darn close you won't be able to leave them alone! Tips: 1. make on parchment paper 2. make smaller than the TBSP recommended a TSP woud be much better, as the tbsp spreads to about 4in. 3. let cool on cookie sheet completely, they'll be easier to handle. 4. Double the filling. 5. Be very careful with your molasses, if you go overboard, it wil be overpowering. You could probably get away with leaving it out especially if using DARK brown sugar. YUM!
I tried this recipe tonight it was better than Little Debbie. I think it was because they were fresh and so wonderful to eat them while they were still warm. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe.
These are incredibly close to the original! We can't get marshmallow cream here so I subbed 7 oz. of marshmallows, rinsed them to get rid of the cornstarch and melted them in the microwave before adding the other ingredients - the filling was a bit rubbery, so I would recommend using the real stuff if possible. I think I will leave the salt out of the filling next time though, as they seemed a bit salty to us. Had trouble getting the cookies off of my airbake pan, but no problem with my jelly roll pan - not sure why.


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Lindsay Leon West, 59, St. Augustine, died Dec. 16, 2001, at his home. He was born in Devonia, Tenn., and he had resided here for the past 27 years. He was a machinist and of the Protestant faith.
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Survivors include his wife, Ardella West; a daughter, Suzie Williams; two sons, Steve and Larry West, all of St. Augustine; one sister, Maria Reynolds, Andersonville, Tenn.; two brothers, David Reynolds, Norris, Tenn., Dennis Hallcox, Clinton, Tenn.; and nine grandchildren.
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The Supreme Court will consider the limits of government-sanctioned prayer on Wednesday, as the justices wade into an area of American history and law that one expert called ōa mess.ö
The case ¢ Town of Greece v. Galloway ¢ began as a challenge against the practices of Greece, N.Y., a small town outside Rochester, where official city government meetings included a prayer. For a time, that prayer was exclusively Christian, a specific practice that the townÆs opponents said violated the constitutional ban on government-sanctioned prayer. A lower federal court agreed.
But in reaching the Supreme Court, the case has since turned into a potential opening for a broader ruling on government-backed prayer.
While government meetings and practices of all kinds ¢ including sessions in state legislatures, the U.S. Congress and indeed the Supreme Court itself ¢ often include prayers or invocations of God of some kind, the limits for what could and could not pass constitutional muster have been vague for years.
ōItÆs one of those things that there are endless variations of what can happen on the ground,ö said Jessie Hill, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University, who wrote aĀpreviewĀof the courtÆs arguments on the influential website SCOTUSblog. ōThe court has really struggled with what to do with government speech that is religious in nature.ö
ōAnyone will tell you that the law in this area is just a mess,ö she added.
The U.S. Constitution bans the establishment of an official state religion. Yet over the years, some kinds of religious speech and symbolism have been allowed to permeate certain practices ¢ from the use of ōGodö in the Pledge of Allegiance and U.S. currency to opening prayers before government meetings.
There are limits ¢ but the problem is in defining what those are.
In most cases, lower courts have found the Supreme CourtÆs 1983 ruling in Marsh v. Chambers to generally allow prayer before government hearings. In that ruling, the court cited the historical prayer practice of legislative bodies as trumping the ConstitutionÆs ban on government-sanctioned religion, allowing the practice to continue.
But there was no test or limit laid out, and since then, countless government bodies have used the ruling to employ nondenominational, multi-faith and even sectarian prayers, mostly without running afoul of the courts. Courts have found some practices overly sectarian or said they aligned a government too closely with one religion, but the limits were never clearly defined.
Over the years, courts also adopted the ōendorsement testö to limit government prayer, a stronger approach which critics often called too restrictive. The test says government-sanctioned prayer violates the Constitution when it signals official sanction or disapproval of certain faiths, or even makes those not of a given faith feel like outsiders.
It was the endorsement test that the 2ndĀCircuit Federal Court cited in ruling against the New York town in the case now before the justices, rather than a narrow ruling citing the Marsh precedent.
That means that, in a sense, the test itself is at issue before the court. And in choosing to review that ruling, the Supreme Court has given an opening to those who have argued for a more permissive approach, one that would allow prayer as long as itÆs not ōcoerciveö or proselytizing, for example, rather than sectarian. ThatÆs the argumentĀadopted by the Obama administration, which weighed in with a brief of its own in the case.
Thanks to the lower courtÆs use of the endorsement test, the Supreme Court justices now have an opportunity to revisit ¢ and potentially end ¢ the endorsement testÆs limit on prayer once and for all. While it might seem like a slight change in the legal landscape, Hill said such a ruling would be a ōbombshell.ö
ōA lot of folks have thought for a long time there are five votes to replace that,ö she said, referring to the conservative justices on the court. ōPeople have expecting that for seven years since [Justice Sandra Day] OÆConnor left the court.ö
Whether the court will go that far is unclear. There are many other options, Hill and others say, including some that would rule against the town and still save the endorsement test. The justices could order the lower court to take another look at the case under the Marsh precedent, for example.
The facts of the case also leave some room for a narrow ruling. The fact that the town featured exclusively Christian prayer could bolster the argument that the town went too far, even by more permissive standards, and therefore isnÆt a case that should involve the broader issue of government prayer.
Others have said because itÆs a municipal government ¢ where citizens could be required to appear for permitting or other issues, unlike a legislative floor session ¢ the case is a special test of prayer allowance.
The fact that the U.S. Supreme Court took the case at all has left some to predict an interest among some justices for a more sweeping ruling, one that would clear up ambiguities in the law and, potentially, open the door for more prayer in government.
But how far to open that door could be a difficult question.
ōThis case is just another example of the difficulty we get into when the court starts sanctioning government religious speech,ö Hill said. ō[This case is] clearly that problem coming home to roost.ö


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An Amarillo attorney said Friday he is representing an eyewitness who contradicts the police version of a downtown shootout two weeks ago that left a man dead.
In a letter to Amarillo police Chief Robert Taylor, attorney Jesse Quackenbush said his client, Tobin Tortella, was in the back seat of a police car and watched the officer-involved shooting that killed Claudio Trujillo, 24, of Amarillo.
"He (Tortella) was in the police car and the bullets were flying all over in front of him," Quackenbush said.
Quackenbush's letter says Tortella charges that police beat him, that officers did not tell Trujillo to stop the sport utility vehicle he was driving before they opened fire and that the vehicle never traveled faster than 5 mph.
Amarillo police spokesman Sgt. Brent Barbee declined to respond, referring comment to the Potter-Randall Special Crimes Unit and Taylor's office. Neither could be reached for comment Friday night.
Police said the confrontation that led to the shootout began about 2 a.m. Jan. 30 when Trujillo, a parolee, and two friends got into a fist fight with other men in a parking lot in the 800 block of South Polk Street. Witnesses reported hearing gunfire during the fight.
As Trujillo and his friends fled, Michael Aleer Manyuon, 28, opened fire on a Chevy Tahoe driven by Trujillo, police said.
Police said an officer stunned Manyuon with a Taser and arrested him after he tried to flee. Authorities said they recovered a handgun Manyuon used to fire on Trujillo's SUV.
Witnesses told officers gunfire came from the Tahoe, police said. Trujillo backed the vehicle onto the street, then failed to heed officers' demands that he stop, instead driving toward officers, including one who had his hand on the hood of the vehicle.
Four officers fired a total of 40 shots at the Tahoe, which crashed into a nearby building. Police said they found 10 shell casings from two firearms in the parking lot. Those shells did not come from officers' weapons, police said.
Trujillo was shot five times, a passenger was shot in the arm and another was unharmed.
Tortella said in a recorded statement that police severely beat him moments before shootout, Quackenbush said. No shots were fired from the SUV Trujillo was driving, according to Quackenbush. He also said an officer neither stepped in front of the vehicle nor placed his hands on the hood.
Tortella said Trujillo never made aggressive maneuvers toward any officer, Quackenbush said. The officer from the patrol car Tortella was in started shooting from about three car lengths away from the SUV, Quackenbush said.
Quackenbush said he'd repeatedly called the police department's Internal Affairs Division to file a brutality claim on behalf of Tortella but authorities had ignored his calls. Quackenbush said he's been hired to represent Trujillo's estate and Santino Bretado and Martin Guillen — the two men who were riding inside the SUV when Trujillo was shot.
Bretado, through a woman who answered his front door, on two different days declined to speak with reporters.
Tortella's background includes several misdemeanor convictions, according to state records.


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Trevor Loudon has something to think about for those young students who sign up so casually to the politicial cause de jour, specifically those dozens of young people at Victoria, Auckland and Canterbury Universities who sign up to the Workers Party.
Do you really know what you're supporting?
LINK: Open letter to young Workers Party members - Trevor Loudon, New Zeal
RELATED: Politics, World Politics, Socialism
Wednesday, 21 March 2007
Message to students
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- Falafulu Fisi21 Mar 2007, 22:24:00
I can see a lot of Pacific Islanders marching in support of the Workers Party, and I think that they just want to receive more handouts without trying to work hard to earn a living independently. This is the sort of attitude that perhaps Malcolm X had quoted, where people imprison themselves in their own minds thinking they were destine to be poor therefore, they need to share someone else's wealth (society's producers) by demanding or else expect to receive handouts (government).ReplyDelete
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"A 2010 Finalist for the Berry-AMA Book Prize for the Best Book in Marketing"--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Social Media.
Social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter are fundamentally changing the way businesses and consumers behave, connecting hundreds of millions of people to each other via instant communication. This is a massive socio-economic shift that is fundamentally changing the way consumers and companies communicate and interact with each other.
Welcome to the world of Socialnomics—where consumers and the societies they create online have a profound influence on our economy and the businesses that operate within it. Online word of mouth and the powerful influence of peer groups have already made many traditional marketing strategies obsolete. Today's best businesses and marketers are learning to profitably navigate this new landscape.
Brands can now be strengthened or destroyed by the use of social media. Advertising is less effective at influencing consumers than are the opinions of their peers, making direct-to-consumer marketing messages less valuable each day. But savvy companies are using online networking sites as massive focus groups and as an efficient means of communication with consumers. If social media isn't a part of your business strategy, you've already fallen behind the curve—and your competition.
In Socialnomics, Erik Qualman offers a fascinating look at the impact of social media on business to reveal what the future holds and how businesses can best take advantage of it. He explores how social media is changing the way businesses produce, market, and sell products; how it eliminates inefficient marketing tactics and middlemen; and how businesses are connecting directly with their customers through popular social media platforms.
Social media will continue to change the way businesses market products and how consumers and businesses interact with each other. If you're a marketer or business owner, the big question is whether you'll keep up with those changes. Socialnomics is an essential resource for anyone who wants to understand the implications of social media, and how to tap its power to increase sales, cut marketing costs, and communicate directly with consumers.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Product Description
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I have discovered more about the power of social media while reading this book. Social media is here to stay. Plain and simple. We need to learn to live with it and be willing to expand our experience with it. More than three years ago, I didn't know anything about the world of social media. Then I got introduced to blogging, facebooking, twittering and so on... This year, I have expanded my knowledge with delicious, linkedIn and many more venues in the social media world. I suspect that I will continue to learn about it as this are of marketing is continuing to grow by leaps and bounds.
I have already applied some information that I have gleaned in this book already. For example, in chapter seven, the author strongly suggest that you applied the You Follow, I Follow rule on twitter. I was wondering how this could change my twitter account - @canadianladybug. So in the past two weeks, I am more dedicated in applying this formula and guess what... my followers are climbing slowly and steadily since then. Interesting isn't it?Read more ›
The book is about social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and to a lesser extent, Youtube, and how they are impacting the way we live and do business.
It's a pretty interesting book, and Qualman brings up some pretty solid points about the social and economic effects of social media sites. He uses a lot of hypothetical stories, which to me come off as lazy. I feel like if he'd dug a little bit, he could have come up with real accounts of interesting people who have benefited from sites like Youtube and Facebook. Instead, we get News Site A vs Blog Site B, home to Jane the Blogger. Surely Qualman could have found a similar example that actually happened, done a bit of research, a couple of interviews, and then recounted the story. Maybe he felt he could better illustrate his points with picture-perfect hypothetical examples, but to me it just seems lazy. Speaking of lazy, I'm not going to spend my time doing research to find a case that would have worked, and will move on.
Despite the nitpicking, there are a lot of insights to be had here. Qualman equates Social media to braggadocian behaviour, which he argues is a positive thing for society as it allows us to take collective stock of our lives and to monitor the social lives of our friends and colleagues more efficiently than we have in the past. He has another chapter on the Obama campaign, and how he used social media sites such as Facebook in order to build a grassroots campaign.Read more ›
Qualman provides a very readable, and insightful book. Socialnomics lays out the extreme importance to business folk that you cannot let your eye off the Social ball, individual careerists that you have to watch what you put out there, and to the next generation Y and Z. For the younger generations, we need to ensure they understand that their words, photos, thoughts and works on the Social Media front - will be out there for all to see forever.
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Grows stale quickly but was good for it's time. Used it as a course text for four years in a row.Published 18 months ago by Robert Westdale
If you are living social media then you already know most of what is in this book. It is nice that someone wrote it down for those that aren't living it. Read morePublished on Dec 19 2010 by Kevin Leflar
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Anthony, the hermit saint also known as Anthony the Great, was born in Upper Egypt. On the death of his parents he distributed his property among the poor and retired into the Egyptian desert where he remained in solitude for many years. Thus he is generally regarded as the founder of monasticism. Like other hermits, he was subject to vivid hallucinations resulting from his austere lifestyle. These visions assume two forms in art, assault by evil spirits or erotic temptation. Roberts's painting focuses on Anthony's temptation by lust. Usually Anthony protects himself with a crucifix or by prayer, but here is seen shielding himself with his arms alone, his prayer books by his side.
August 2004