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A team of curators, facilities and restoration staff, and a fine art specialist worked late into the evening hours on September 17—Constitution Day—to install thirty-four of the thirty-seven prints and engravings listed on an 1836 document entitled "Engravings in the dining room."
Montpelier's Constitution Day celebration is just two weeks away. The 225th anniversary of the Constitution's signing wouldn't be complete without a visit from the first couple!
Have you thought about how you will travel to Constitution Day 2012? This week in our continuing series on Montpelier's September 22 Constitution Day celebration, we will talk about an interesting way to travel to the festivities: the Liberty Ride.
Perhaps the principle highlight of James Madison's presidency was the aptly named War of 1812. Often referred to as "America's Second War for Independence," the war was the new nation's struggle for sovereignty. Locked in a long and difficult clash with Napoleon, the British attempted to hinder the growth and prosperity of their former colony, and prevent the United States from colluding against them with the French.
Here at the home of the Father of the Constitution a countdown to a highly anticipated anniversary is underway. One month from today, Montpelier will celebrate the Constitution's 225th birthday!
You survived the first three days of the week and are taking on Thursday with full force. As noon approaches, your mind begins to drift. Suddenly you realize the weekend is coming. You get a burst of energy and conquer one more task on your list, relishing the prospect of two days away from the grind. Your mind goes into planning mode. What will you do this weekend?
Montpelier is excited to announce our exhibit of a significant chair with James and Nelly Madison Sr. provenance. This rare ca. 1773 Cockburn side chair is on loan from the James Madison Museum in Orange.
What's the hottest download at the Apple App Store? The James Madison's Montpelier Tour App of course! From the more than 500,000 mobile apps available, Apple Computer each week chooses just a few of the most interesting and intriguing to feature in the iPhone App Store. This week, Apple has chosen the newly launched "James Madison's Montpelier" tour app as one of the featured apps.
One hundred and sixty-three years ago today, Dolley Madison died at approximately 10:15 in the evening, "at peace with the world & it with her." According to James Madison Cutts, Dolley's nephew, America's first First Lady "expired without an effort & without apparent pain."1 Dolley was the last surviving member of the founding generation, living as a widow for thirteen years after the passing of James Madison.
On the services of this illustrious man it is unnecessary to dwell; for what American does not know the parts which James Madison acted in the public Councils of his Country? And what Virginian needs to be reminded of the unrivalled force of his tongue and his pen in defending her most cherished principles?1
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By Candy Tai from mommypalooza
Another summer break has flown by and my kids are off to start yet another fantastic school year full of learning, personal growth, friendships, and fun! I'd be lying if I said that this new season and the transition it brings didn't scare me a little. It does. Not only is it a change in routine for the kids, but for me as a mom as well. I've sorta gotten used to sleeping in a tad bit later and relaxing by the pool as the kids practice for their someday trips to the Olympics. And, after talking with several other moms, I've realized that there are a few things that I could do to help start us all of on the right foot. I'm committed to making the start of my children's new school year a great one, and here's how I'm doing it:
1. Get organized – This may seem like a no-brainer but there are specific areas of my home and life that I struggle to keep organized and on-task. One of the things that always seems to stress me out is how to handle the paperwork, forms, worksheets, and artwork that come home each day. Multiply that by my two school-aged kids and that is A LOT of "paper chaos" to deal with! So, getting organized with my little "clutter counter" {i.e., the counter space in my kitchen that seems to be a catchall for papers} is imperative! I plan on using a similar system to what I used last year. I have a little "inbox" that I keep on the counter. It is designated for school papers that are coming home to stay ONLY! Not bills, not my own personal papers or documents, but schoolwork. Each day, I go through my kids' backpacks and take out their work that they are bringing home and I date the back of it and add their initials. This then goes into the inbox for filing down in the basement later. I try and get these filed at least every other day or when the inbox seems to be filling up.
I also have a file folder that hangs from the side of my refrigerator {next to my clutter counter} that holds school forms that need to be returned. I put everything from Scholastic book order forms to field trip permission forms, to flyers about upcoming school events into this file folder. It makes it easy to know that all the papers are in one central place and easy to get to. Knowing what you need to get organized and how you want the flow of paperwork to go for you and your family will help make you feel in control of it all. I encourage you to evaluate what you think you need and try it out for a few days to see if it's a system that will work. Getting yourself organized is key to your kids having a successful school year.
2. Take care of mom {i.e., YOU!} – This is one I struggle with. I am a person who tends to accomplish the most at night after the kids go to bed. But, if I'm going to be at all successful in getting my kids ready for a busy school day ahead, it is imperative that I am well rested and taking care of myself. This means eating properly, getting enough rest, exercising, and some "me" time on occasion. As a mom, it is impossible to take care of your kids if you're not taking care of yourself first. It's a hard pill to swallow, but I know you know what I mean. Trying to set reasonable goals for myself each day/night will be key and sticking to a decent bedtime will have to become a priority. I hate mornings when I'm cranky and trying to make breakfast and prepare lunches for my kids – all while being in zombie mode! So get some sleep and take care of yourself so that you can send those kids off on the right foot! The upside to that is that if your kids see and know you are taking care of yourself, they will want to emulate and take care of themselves!
3. Praise the process – This is key to any child's success! I believe in praising children for their effort and process rather than their outcome. For example, my 1st grader sometimes gets really upset and disappointed when he feels that artwork and coloring is less than perfect. He is rather hard on himself! When this happens I share with him what wonderful colors he picked for his artwork or how bright and cheery his picture is. I try to praise the process of his work rather than the outcome or the result. This is especially crucial when it comes to sports because of the whole winning and losing thing. Sticking with something and persevering is more important than if you came in first place or not. So when your kids head back to school this season, keep in mind the process of their learning and make an effort to praise that process and not focus so much on the outcome. My kids feel empowered when they are praised and I am hoping they realize the process is sometimes even more important than how things turn out as a whole.
There's no doubt that a new school year can be an exciting and stressful time for kids and parents. I hope that some of these points will help you as you look to create a successful and positive environment as your kids head back this season!
What tips do you have for creating a smooth transition from summer schedules to school schedules?

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Of all the notable public figures you expect to have beef with one another, CNN anchor Don Lemon and Superbad star Jonah Hill are likely dead last on the list.
That is just one of the things that makes this impromptu Twitter quarrel so delightful.
Lemon is due to "set the record straight on the @jonahhill incident" on CNN this morning, so, thankfully, we haven't experienced the last of this high school drama.
UPDATE: As promised, Don Lemon went on Starting Point to elaborate on his feud with Jonah Hill, only to come off much more petulant and childish. Can't we all just get along?


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West Alabama women's tennis team falls at Tampa
Published: Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 11:31 p.m.
TAMPA, Fla. | No. 15 Tampa flexed its muscles Saturday, beating the University of West Alabama women's tennis team 9-0.
Tampa improved its record to 13-3. UWA dropped to 12-6 on an overcast and windy day.
The Spartans opened the match by sweeping doubles play 8-0, 8-5 and 8-3 before having little trouble winning all six singles matches.
West Alabama remains on its spring break road trip to Florida, playing a pair of matches in Orlando on Monday. The Tigers will meet West Virginia State, ranked third in the ITA Atlantic Region, at 8:30 a.m. before closing the day against Rollins, ranked fifth in the ITA South Region, at 2:30 p.m.
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Shoei is working hard to help make Supercross safer! Learn more about the ImPact program here.
After a brief hiatus, Shoei will once again protect the entire Geico Honda team as it has done for most of the past decade. Already long time sponsor of team captain, Kevin Windham, Shoei will now be outfitting the Lites team with their often copied (but never duplicated) Transworld Motorcross Magazine Product of the Year winning VFX-W helmet.
How do the team riders feel about the partnership with Shoei? Just ask team veteran, Wil Hahn. "I'm so happy to be back in a Shoei. I've worn Shoei whenever I've had the option since I was an amateur. It's really reassuring to know I'll be protected by the VFX-W this year."
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Look for Kevin Windham and the rest of the Geico Honda team to be bringing their helmets to the podium all year long starting on January 7th in Anaheim, California. Learn more about the VFX-W and all the other 2012 Shoei helmets at your local dealer or visit us on the web at www.shoei-helmets.com. Be sure to check out the Shoei North America facebook page for constantly updated content featuring the Geico Honda team and all other Shoei supported athletes.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. -- The Pac-12's hottest team escaped with another narrow win on Saturday.
After needing a last-second shot from Justin Cobbs to take down No. 23 Oregon on Thursday, California extended its win streak to five games with a 60-59 victory over Oregon State at Gill Coliseum.
This time, it was the Beavers who had the final shot.
With Cal clinging to a one-point lead with 4.3 seconds to play, OSU inbounded the ball to Ahmad Starks.
The 5-foot-9 guard dribbled up court, and under tight defensive pressure, cut loose with a deep three-pointer from the left wing as time expired.
The shot barely drew iron.
"Pretty much a dominant weekend, that's the way I look at it," joked Cal coach Mike Montgomery. "The guys are hanging together and finding ways to win. OSU did a good job. They're playing hard and they haven't given in. (OSU coach) Craig (Robinson) has kept that group together. By all rights, they could have had that one."
With the win, the Golden Bears completed a difficult road sweep of the Oregon schools to improve their overall record to 18-9 and, most important, 10-5 in the Pac-12 to remain within one game of the conference leaders.
They've won seven of their past eight games.
"We got out of Oregon with two wins and that's huge for us," Montgomery said. "It keeps us on track, and gives us a chance, with three games left at home, to maybe take a look at trying to win this league."
This one looked like a Cal runaway early in the contest.
The Bears used a 15-0 run to build a 22-8 lead at the 9:25 mark of the first half. Although OSU cut the margin to nine at the break, 29-20, it was the fewest points scored by the Beavers in any half this season.
Still, Montgomery wanted more.
"In the first half, I thought we had numerous opportunities to be up big," he said. "We had a lot of point-blank stuff inside and we didn't get it. That's been an issue for us all along. We've got to finish at the basket."
Those misses nearly came back to haunt Cal, which shot 40.4 percent from the field (23-of-57) and survived a 43-33 deficit on the boards.
With 6-6 junior Allen Crabbe struggling to find his shot -- the Pac-12's leading scorer was held to a season-low six points -- the Bears saw a double-digit lead in the second half shrink to just three points, 45-42, with 8:32 to play.
At that point, Brandon Smith stepped up and drained a three, and Cobbs, who finished with a game-high 18 points, followed with a tough drive to the basket to push the margin back to eight, 50-42.
"It's difficult when your primary guys are struggling," Montgomery said. "Allen was struggling. He missed some shots early that you would expect him to make, and he forced a couple shots late that you just as soon he didn't. He was very frustrated. It's unusual for us to get a win when he's not doing well."
While the Beavers (13-15, 3-12) refused to go away, Cobbs gave Cal a 60-55 lead with a 12-foot fadeaway jumper at the 1:22 mark. OSU answered with four straight free throws from junior Devon Collier.
With 42.3 seconds left, Cal worked the clock down as far as it could, and Cobbs missed from the top of the key.
OSU's Joe Burton, a 6-7, 295-pound senior, who paced the Beavers with 15 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and five steals, grabbed the rebound and OSU called time out to set up the final shot.
"We tried to wait to take the last shot," Montgomery said. "We didn't want them to have a bunch of time, and 4.3 seconds is not a lot of time ... and it ended up with them not getting a very good shot."
And, with three home games to close out the regular season, Cal has a shot to take aim at the Pac-12 title.


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Stretch Your Food Dollar, Not Your Belt
Americans at all income levels have responded to the economic downturn of the last year by reducing consumer spending. And spending on food is no exception, as cost conscious food shoppers are always sensitive to prices. In fact, the cost of food hit record prices in 2007 and 2008 as a result of the record prices of energy and agricultural commodities-putting further pressure on American consumers when it comes to shopping for food. (more ...)
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I live in Washington DC, up on Capitol Hill. It's really a wonderful area for middle distance running - the run from my house down along the National Mall to the Lincoln Memorial and back is 6 miles. Simply inspiring...
However, DC is a city and most of my routes (well currently ALL my routes) are on pavement or the Mall's loose gravel. I'm in the midst of marathon training and looking for some trails to mix it up and get back to the woods a little bit. I was raised in CT so I love a nice long trail run and miss the opportunity to do them frequently.
Anyone from the DC area know of some trails where I could do some mileage and take in some nature? I have a car and could drive to get there.....
I have the same question. I'm doing a trail half-marathon in December and, since I'm a newcomer to DC, I don't know where to go for good trail running. Any help is appreciated.
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I'm not from the DC area, but my Google-fu turns up a couple of resources that provide what appear to be helpful suggestions:
1) A post from the I Run Far blog: http://www.irunfar.com/2010/03/trail-running-washington-dc.html
2) A brief article from the Virginia Happy Trails Running Club: https://www.vhtrc.org/files/trail-run.htm
Good luck finding some good trails!
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Head up to American University on the corner of Mass. Ave & Nebraska. Two blocks south of Ward Circle (next to Foxhall Apt) and you can pick up the Glover Park trail. If you want to start at the beginning of the trail, head down Nebraska towards Tenleytown, turn right on Van Ness. Behind the McDonald's on Wisconsin is the trail head (across the street from Johnsons Garden Center). It's 3 miles of beautiful trail (rocks, hard pack) down to Canal Road (Georgetown, Potomac River), all downhill, in the woods, turn around and back for a great 10k run (400 foot elevation change). You only cross 4 roads. Deer and owl sightings.
About 1/4 mi. on the trail, on the Mass. Ave side, you can hang a right and pick up a .5 mi feeder trail that takes you over to Battery Kimble park. From there, hang a left down to MacArthur Blvd., run maybe a little over a 1.5 mile to pick back up the Glover Park Trail on your left.
Or, from AU, head north on Mass. Ave thru Westmoreland Circle into Maryland, pick up the Little Falls Trail on your left, run on it for 1 mi. and connect with Capital Cresent Trail, take it down to the C&O Canal into Georgetown, turn left and pick back up the Glover Park Trail for a 10 mi. run.
I run one of these routes 3 days a week before work. Kinda dark now if you're out before 7am or, when I was training for Marine Corps Marathon, after 6pm, but lights and reflective tape worked great.
I'm not from the DC area but I talk to a lot of people who are, and they're always talking about running on various trails. Go to a running store in your area and ask. I'm sure they will have info. Or do a google search for "running trails" "washington dc".
My favorites within an hour and a half from you. Appalachian Trail from C and O Canal to War corespondants memorial, there is water at the memorial so you can reload before heading back, 13 miles. Be sure to stop at the Weaverton overlook. The Maryland Heights Trail to the Old Stone Fort, then down to the heights overlook, and back to the bottom. East on C and O Canal to the bridge to Harpers Ferry, pick up Appalavhian Trail in West Virginia, cross into Va and pick up the Loudon Heights Trail (left). After dropping down off the mountain follow the road across the bridge to MD (right) there is a gas station just before crossing the bridge where you can refuel. Afetr crossing the bridge go left under bridge and cross railroad tracks to pick up C and O canal again (right) and run back to your car. 17 miles. Shoot me an email if you need more info, these runs are epic.
There is so much good running in your area! I'm up at Fort Meade, and I drive down there for the trails -- you can run along the rock creek park trail, or if you're up for a short drive (about 5-10 min from capitol hill), go west on K street, take the middle ramp down to water street -- park anywhere along the storefronts there and start running west along the C&O trail! I've run 20+ miles along the trail... this is the same trail (much further west) that the JFK 50 miler is run on. I really like the C&O for the scenery -- you've got the river on your one side and the old canal on your other. The path that you run along is the old towpath the oxen would use to tow barges upriver... lots of history around there. also, you can stop at the lock houses and see some sights on your run. Love it!
Also, Rock creek park trail runs along... Rock creek/Potomac Parkway, the road you drive under (by taking the middle ramp from K street) to get to the C&O. You say you run along the mall -- if you run west past the monument along the trails there, past the WW2 memorial, go around the north side of the Lincoln memorial, and you can cross over to the parkway. Here it is in google maps, which is pretty accurate:
Hope that helps!
if you're up for a real hoot, try this ~12 mile loop on the Appalachian Trail; its a bit closer than Harper's Ferry WV:
1. Drive West on Route 7, beyond Leesburg to "Bluemont" (LINK)
2. Park at Bears Den Park ($3 cash in drop-box) http://www.bearsdencenter.org/
3. Run the trail to first gravel road (~7 miles)
4. Up the gravel road (very steep) to Mount Weather Emergency Ops Center (LINK)
5. A few miles back to your car on Blueridge Mountain Road.
I have a Google Earth layer that I can post tonight, if you're interested......just make sure you bring water & some power bars!!
Another one that no one is really mentioning is the Potomac Heritage/Blue Blaze Trail. If you park at Roosevelt Island, going northbound on George Washington Memorial Pkwy. Take the trail out of the north end of the parking lot instead of going up the ramp to the key bridge. If you follow that trail you can go all the way past 495 outer loop and beyond along the potomac river. Has a few technical sections and a nice climb or two thrown in here and there. VHTRC puts on a 50k in the fall using around 80% of this trail as the course.
Hey Nudelbomber. I'm from the DC area (NOVA) and trained for my first 2 marathons mostly in the Manassas battlefield area. Miles for days when it comes to covered trails. Route 29 will get you straight there and parking is readily available by the Stone House, which will be on your right side. Your run will start off on a 45-degree slope for about 70 yards and from there, the woods is about 1/3 of a mile or so in front of you. Great trails, a few Civil War markers along the way, well worth the trip out from the city.
There is also another covered field in the Fairfax-Centreville area that goes around a large lake yet you may have to inquire with some of the personal training folks who plan running events at the Lifestyle Family Fitness Gym, which is a 24-hour facility on the left side of I-66 heading into Centreville and 10 minutes from Manassas. Hope that this helps a bit.
Races Completed:
2000 St. Patrick's Day 10K, Washington, DC
2000 Motorola 10K, Ft. Bragg, NC
2000 Fort Bragg 10-Miler
2000 Mother's Day 10K, Ft. Bragg, NC
2001 St. Patrick's Day 10K, Washington, DC
2001 Lynchburg Half-Marathon, Lynchburg, VA
2001 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon
2011 Firecracker 5K, Huntsville, AL
Check out Great Falls Park, tons of trails to play in. Also, Difficult Run is good fun too. Enjoy!
I lived in Maryland, just outside the district, for a lot of years and did a lot of hiking in the area. Most of the hiking trails are good for running as well. Check out the PATC guide on circuit hikes in VA, WV, MD and PA for some ideas, or the Fifty Hikes Within 50 Miles of DC book. If you want to get a lot of easy miles, try the C&O Canal - it's over 200 miles long, and starts in Georgetown. It's surprisingly pretty, especially in the off season. Seneca Creek Trail is about 20 miles long has some rolling hills. You can do loops from 3 - 12 or more miles down in Prince William Forest Park. That's a beautiful area. Cedarville State Park has a 7 mile loop. Rosaryville SP has a hilly 9 mile loop - but there are a lot of bikes on the weekends. Frederick, about 1 1/2 north of the city, has the Catoctin Trail - about 30 miles long.
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BERKELEY -- New Cal offensive coordinator Tony Franklin was the man behind the curtain last fall when Sonny Dykes' Louisiana Tech team led the nation in scoring and total yards.
Now he'll run the offense for Dykes at Cal, where spring practice begins Monday afternoon.
Franklin's spread option system worked at Kentucky, Troy and Middle Tennessee State before Louisiana Tech, although he jokes it worked well enough in his one season at Auburn to get the entire staff fired.
Before becoming a college football coach, Franklin, 55, spent 16 years teaching high school history and political science. Beginning Monday, spring football will be all about teaching Cal's players an entirely new way to practice and play football.
Here's our conversation with Franklin:
FRANKLIN: "Job One is to build a belief system and teach them how to practice. The offense will be installed in three days. They'll have everything, basically. Then it's just a matter of the details. That's the hard thing for a lot of guys. Coaches are different. Some guys are scheme coaches -- everything's about me having the chalkboard and drawing a better play.
"Our deal is going to run a few plays and try to get really good at doing those little things right. We've got to get these guys to understand the importance of every rep, that the drills that we do, there's a reason we do things, and there's a reason we're a stickler for doing it right. If we do it right, you'll play. If you don't, you won't. There's not much gray area in what we do."
FRANKLIN: "We're not a huge formation team, either. When I was at Middle Tennessee, we had a really productive offense. We were one back (and four wideouts) all the time. I say that because our quarterback was a special runner. We had a need to be very simple. It made us faster. Last year at LaTech we used more formation stuff. Last two years got more into the power formations. Mainly I did it to have something for the defense they hadn't seen.
"The other reason is I try to get people on the field if they're good players -- it builds camaraderie. Our offensive line at LaTech was real good -- we had about seven good O-linemen. Most line coaches don't like playing more than five. What I would do is create formations to get those guys on the field. We played a senior who had played maybe five snaps his entire career. We put him at one of the running back slots with a 99 number and had him go hit people in the mouth. That was a formation where he got to play 15 to 20 snaps a game.
"And we had other formations we had a tackle who was almost as good as the starters, so we created a formation to get him on the field."
FRANKLIN: "Sometimes it's ugly early while you're trying to figure it out. It's not unusual for it to be halfway through the season and all of a sudden it's, 'OK, we've got it now.' And it starts to click."
FRANKLIN: "Everything we do in practice is fast. There's a lot of people who try to play fast on Saturdays and they can't because they don't practice fast. Our whole deal is we're going to practice extremely fast and get a lot of reps. We're going to coach on film and we're going to coach a whole lot of how we're going to play on Saturday. So if you're at practice you're going to see a lot of team drill stuff where there's no coaches on the field. The first few days there might be, but there won't be after that."
FRANKLIN: "That's how people fail because they don't practice that way. You've got to commit to it. That's the hard part for (coaches) who think they want to do this. They're used to talking in practice, stopping and coaching. We don't stop. If we're coaching, we're coaching on the run. Our coaches have got to coach. That's why I like young people around -- they can run better than me."
FRANKLIN: "There's not really a timetable because I'm hoping somebody just jumps off the screen and says, 'I'm phenomenal. Play me.' That makes it easy. I had a deal at Troy where two days into spring practice I named a starter, and he just got there. But he was far and above better than the rest of the guys. He was player of the year in that conference for two years, so that was easy. I've had other places, like Auburn, where we couldn't figure it out and nobody was good enough. We coached 'em good enough to get fired."
FRANKLIN: "To me, they're all the same. Doesn't matter if they're a walk-on or scholarship. I'm going to watch them and once I decide this guy's not ready or may never be ready, we'll have that conversation and those need to go away."
FRANKLIN: "Find a way to win. We've done it throwing and we've done it with a guy who was a phenomenal thrower in Tim Couch (at Kentucky), a phenomenal runner in Dwight Dasher (at Middle Tennessee State), combination of really good at both in Omar Haugabook (at Troy). And last year Colby Cameron (at Louisiana Tech) was just one of the most accurate throwers in the history of college football.
"We want a really competitive, smart, loyal good kid. Which one of these guys can win? Who takes you down and scores touchdowns."
FRANKLIN: "You want to be able -- if you drop back on third-and-5 and they ignore him -- he can take off and get the first down."
What are the other attributes you need from him?
"Accuracy and don't turn it over. You turn it over we lose. You don't we usually win. You go back and look at our season, we don't turn it over for 10 weeks and we're pretty darned good. The last two weeks we turn it over and we're not very good. We score 40-something points both games and we lose."
FRANKLIN: "I could care less how we get there. Just so happens the numbers tend to be balanced, and not really by design. Because I'll throw it 70 times if I think we have to to win. But I'll run it 90 to win, too, Usually it balances itself out."
FRANKLIN: "Nobody gets fired for losing the spring football game. It'll be ugly at times, no doubt. It'll be a great feeling-out process. Plus we get to look at some other guys."
FRANKLIN: "I watched film of the ones we played and there's some intriguing characters who are going to be fun to play with. The biggest issue is there's not a lot of depth. There's only five guys on scholarship. Normally we would have probably 12. We added three. It's hard to do it all in one year. It'll be fun because there's some different body types who can do different stuff."
FRANKLIN: "My whole deal with tight ends, I'd love to have a good tight end. But the key word is 'good.' I don't need a body just to be on the field to occupy the space. They need to be able to run. If I'm going to put somebody in the box to bring another defender in the box, they need to be able to block. If they can't block, why did I bring them into the box to bring another defender to have the guy get his butt whipped."
FRANKLIN: "I like what I see watching the agility drills and early-morning stuff we can do. I love their attitude and their look and their intelligence. I watch the film from last year and they're a well-coached football team. Jim (Michalczik) did a good job with them. I think they'll be a strength of our program. We were thrilled with the class we're bringing in."
FRANKLIN: "The neat thing so far about this group is they're smart and they're eager. They're listening. I haven't seen resistance. You've got guys that look hungry and they want to. Their belief system should be good because we're walking in with an offense that was one of the best in the history of college football last year.
"So we have their attention: Here's what we do. It always works, How fast it works depends on you. Now if you want to be slow and fight it and say I haven't done it that way before, then three years from now you can watch us play in the Rose Bowl. Or you can make it happen now. This thing can happen immediately overnight. It's up to you. If you buy in immediately, then we can be good immediately."
FRANKLIN: "The league and level, that's all (baloney). We played Texas A&M last year and scored 57 points against a team that I think Alabama, Florida and Arkansas combined didn't score that many against them (actually, a combined 59 points). It doesn't matter. There's good football all over the country."
For more on Cal sports, see the Bear Talk blog at ibabuzz.com/beartalk. Follow Jeff Faraudo on Twitter at Twitter.com/CalBearsBANG.


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FRENCH CAMP - Detectives spent hours on a rural San Joaquin County road Friday night investigating the shooting death of a woman who died moments after someone called authorities to report a disturbance at her home.
The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office dispatched deputies to the 10200 block of South Janet Road in French Camp after someone at the woman's home called 911 about 4:20 p.m. to report a disturbance, Lt. Jim Cannon said. While deputies were en route, the woman was shot and killed, Cannon said.
Authorities ruled the case a homicide late Friday and arrested the woman's longtime boyfriend, 37-year-old Juan Navarette Valdez, on suspicion of murder, Cannon said.
The woman's name was not released pending notification of relatives, Cannon said, but neighbors said a woman lived at the home with a man and three children, including a newborn baby. Cannon said witnesses told investigators they saw two children running from the home after the shooting. No one else inside the home was injured, Cannon said.
One neighbor said she often heard the man yelling at the woman and the sound of gunfire on the property.
"Just two days ago, I heard the baby crying very loud, and the man was screaming at him," Alicia Bolanos said. "We used to hear a lot of shooting in the backyard, but we never said anything, because he looks like a person who's very aggressive."
Bolanos said the man and woman moved into the house less than a year ago. She said her daughter used to play with the couple's children, but she instructed her daughter to stop going to the couple's home.
"I didn't like it," Bolanos said. "I told her not to go over there, because there were a lot of arguments and there was a lot of shooting."
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Tuscaloosa District Attorney Tommy Smith retires; Lyn Head sworn in
Published: Friday, November 1, 2013 at 9:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 1, 2013 at 12:33 p.m.
Tuscaloosa County District Attorney Tommy Smith has retired from the position he has held for more than 14 years. Friday was his last day. Gov. Robert Bentley appointed Assistant District Attorney Lyn Head to fill the position. Smith, 64, announced the retirement to his staff last week and to the public on Friday. "It has been an honor and a privilege to be given the opportunity to serve the people of Tuscaloosa County," he wrote in a release sent at noon. The governor appointed Smith to serve as a supernumerary district attorney, a position for retired prosecutors that allows him to prosecute special cases across the state. Head was sworn in as district attorney Friday afternoon. Tuscaloosa voters have elected Smith to three six-year terms. He took office in 1999 after serving in the office for most of his career. Smith started in the District Attorney's Office as a law clerk in 1973. "While I have been the district attorney, we have partnered with many other agencies and entities to treat drug addictions and reduce recidivism. I am very proud of the great strides forward that have been made," he said. Smith has served on the executive board of the Alabama District Attorneys Association and was elected president of the association in 2010.
New district attorney Lyn HeadSmith said he is proud of partnerships his office formed with city and county school systems and law enforcement agencies. Together, the groups created the HELP and IMPACT programs, designed to create intervention with at-risk children and their families. Children who have participated in the programs have shown improved academic performance and higher graduation rates, he said. "The goal is to address the issues that are causing the children to act out and get suspended," he said. "We know that if those issues are not addressed, these children are far more likely to drop out of school and commit crimes." Smith is also proud of the CLEAN program, a pre-trial diversion program created by members of the courts, local attorneys and substance abuse treatment professionals. First-time, non-violent drug and alcohol offenders participate in the program. Graduates are less likely to offend, Smith said, and are more likely to kick their drug addictions. The office's Child Support Unit has collected more than $100 million in child support for the county's children. Smith praised the unit and the Special Services Division, which includes the Worthless Check Unit and the Restitution Recovery Unit. Staff members have worked hard, he said, to enforce court- ordered restitution owed to victims and delinquent court costs. Smith said he is also proud that his office has increased the number of Victim Service Officers who act as liaisons between the office and the victims and witnesses involved in cases. "Finally, but certainly not least, I want to make sure and say what an honor it has been for me to serve with all the men and women on staff," he said. "They are all true public servants who are dedicated to the profession and to serving the people of Tuscaloosa County." Head has worked as an assistant Tuscaloosa County District Attorney since 1999. "I am thankful for the opportunity to have served under Tommy and appreciate all that I have learned from him," she said. "I look forward to continuing to serve our community in this capacity." She previously worked in the District Attorney's Office for the 10th Judicial Circuit in Bessemer, for the private Tuscaloosa firm Rosen, Harwood, Cook and Sledge (now Rosen Harwood PC) and Webb & Eley in Montgomery. She earned her law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1990.
I am announcing my retirement from the office of District Attorney for the Sixth judicial Circuit, Tuscaloosa County, effective November 1, 2013. Under Alabama law, I am assuming the status of Supernumerary District Attorney as appointed by Governor Robert Bentley.
I was first elected District Attorney in November, 1998, and took office in January, 1999. I have since won reelection in 2004 and again in 2010. Prior to my election, I served as an assistant district attorney under Charley Freeman, Sam Russell, Wayne Williams and Lou Lackey, from 1974 until 1998. Prior to that I first started in the Tuscaloosa office as a law clerk in February, 1973, over 40 years ago. During my tenure, I have served on the Executive Board of the Alabama District Attorneys Association and was elected by the district attorneys of Alabama to serve as President of the Association in 2010.
It has been an honor and a privilege to be given the opportunity to serve the people of Tuscaloosa County. While I have been the District Attorney, we have partnered with many other agencies and entities to treat drug addictions and reduce recidivism. I am very proud of the great strides forward that have been made.
We have partnered with the Tuscaloosa City School System, Tuscaloosa County School System, the Tuscaloosa Police Department and the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Department to create the HELP and IMPACT programs. Those programs are designed to create intervention with at risk children and their families, who have been suspended from school. The goal is to address the issues that are causing the children to act out and get suspended. We know that if those issues are not addressed these children are far more likely to drop out of school and commit crimes. Both programs are very successful and the students who complete the programs do better in school with better graduation rates than those students who have been suspended but do not complete the programs.
We have worked with the courts, local attorneys and treatment professionals to create the CLEAN pretrial diversion program which is designed to work with nonviolent drug and first offender type defendants who have criminal cases. The CLEAN program is an expansion of the original Drug Court which was created while Charley Freeman was the District Attorney. The Drug Court would not have been created without the commitment and leadership of Charley Freeman. CLEAN has been very successful in that the graduates are far less likely to commit other crimes than defendants who do not go through the program and are better able to kick their drug addictions and lead productive successful lives.
Our Child Support Unit under Executive Director Mary Lewis has worked tirelessly for the benefit of children and their parents to enforce court ordered support and also to work with parents to help them be better able to work and meet their obligations. The unit has collected well over $100,000,000 for the benefit of Tuscaloosa County's children during my tenure by establishing relationships with other community agencies to promote better parenting practices and a keener focus on fatherhood, both of which are vital to a successful child support program. In addition to her accomplishments for Tuscaloosa County, Mrs. Lewis has been a leader for the entire state and has served the state as the President of the Alabama Child Support Association and is currently on the association's Board of Directors.
Our Special Services Division includes both the Worthless Check Unit and the Restitution Recovery Unit. Brian Barnett is the Executive Director of the Division and has worked hard to enforce court ordered restitution owed to victims and court costs from defendants which are delinquent. He has been recognized statewide for his expertise and excellence and the policies and procedures he has implemented have been used as models for the state.
I am also proud to have been able to increase the number of Victim Service Officers who serve the public. They are the liaisons between the office and the victims and witness in the cases we are prosecuting. They provide professional assistance to victims and work directly with victims to help them while their cases are being handled. They provide vital services such as helping to get restitution orders and coordinating court appearances.
Finally, but certainly not least, I want to make sure and say what an honor it has been for me to serve with all the men and women on staff. They are all true public servants who are dedicated to the profession and to serving the people of Tuscaloosa County. The trial and juvenile divisions of the office successfully handle several thousand cases every year of every type, including homicides, child victim crimes, white collar crimes, and traffic tickets. They work tirelessly under trying circumstances and I will always appreciate them.
New district attorney Lyn Head
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Oklahoma City police have arrested eight students following a series of fights at Oklahoma Centennial Mid-High School in Oklahoma City.
School district spokeswoman Tierney Tinnin says the fights began throughout the school about 11 a.m. Thursday and that all students involved were arrested.
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OAKLAND -- Police Chief Howard Jordan quickly retracted comments made Monday that two East Oakland-based gangs were responsible for about 90 percent of the city's shootings, homicides and murders since summer.
Jordan said the 90 percent figure originated last summer when police had identified 14 criminal groups operating in East Oakland -- not two.
"I got confused," Jordan said Tuesday.
Jordan said Tuesday that he did not have figures on how much crime the two groups have committed in recent months, specifying only that they are involved in "a high percentage."
Just last week, Jordan said that 15 violent crime groups were responsible for 60 percent of the shootings in East Oakland.
That conflicted with his statement Monday that two gangs warring over the murder of a teenage girl in August were responsible for nearly all of the violent crime over the past half-year.
The chief initially stood by that claim, made in response to a question, when pressed by reporters.
Jordan's estimates would have meant that the two gangs were responsible for a staggering 51 homicides and 1,980 robberies since mid-August.
Department statistics do show a bump in violent crime after the Aug. 8 slaying of 16-year-old Taiteanna Turner outside a liquor store. Homicides jumped 50 percent citywide and robberies increased 20 percent in the six weeks following the shooting.
Police have made the two groups singled out by Jordan a key focus of its Ceasefire program that offers gang leaders a chance to give up crime and threatens them with increased enforcement actions if they refuse.
Jordan's misstatement mirrored a statistical error by Mayor Jean Quan last year that also made Oakland's crime problem appear much more concentrated, and consequently easier to solve.
Quan had to retract a key underpinning of her "100 Blocks" crime-fighting plan, which incorrectly held that 90 percent of homicides and shootings had been occurring within a highly concentrated 100 blocks of the city. The actual figure was only 17 percent.
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Upscaling shouldn't be a huge problem, I mean I have this running on an AMD E-350 without any problems.
The thing is - if you want to do this for different resolutions, you would need to find those "uneven" resolutions to make it work for every "possible" resolution. If you want to do this - you're welcome Upscaling to 720 is absolutly no problem on my system which of course has only small CPU power. And - upscaling should not create bad quality videos - if my TV is upscaling or mencoder shouldn't make any difference, should it?
Downscaling from 1080 to 720 might be an issue of course but I have no 1080 video so not much I could test here.
"-aspect 4:3" which is recommended and used so often (and I used it too in the past) can not be suggested as it cuts quite a lot of pixels away on the left and right side of the video. And videos with an aspect of already 4:3 get stretched to the complete screen.... Believe my I tried to find a solution that works for all aspects for more than 12 hours and this is what really works for every aspect without croping, stretching or other not acceptable problems.


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The Best Skin Care Routine for Your Age
Still using that oil-free cleanser your mom gave you when you were 13? Then it's time to re-think how you treat your skin
Your ideal regimen:
Step 1: Use a gentle foaming cleanser that will remove makeup and excess oil, but won't dry out your skin.
Step 2: For day, use a light moisturizer that contains sunscreen, and provides UVA and UVB protection. Look for a product that contains either zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, avobenzone, or Mexoryl.
Step 3: If you get mild breakouts (not serious acne -- your dermatologist should recommend the ideal treatment for that) use a spot treatment containing salicylic acid or benzoyl peroxide. And whatever you do, don't pick -- it can lead to long-lasting scars.
Step 4: If you are one to stay up all hours drinking, smoking, etc. you might want to kick start your anti-aging program now by applying a serum at night that contains Vitamin C. It'll help fight the free radical damage your lifestyle is causing.
Step 5: At night, choose a basic light moisturizer if you need it. "You don't want to play too much or you'll over do it and your skin will get out of wack," says Lorencin.
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very good basic article , remember also that powders and foundations do age the skin , try minimizing the makeup you wear let your skin have as much fresh air and exercise
by SaraS Friday, April 19, 2013 at 09:07AM Report as inappropriate
As a mother of two I am in a constant battle between what I want and what our family budget says I can actually afford. I am always looking for a good bargain but there are some things, like my skin care, that I cannot compromise on! I've been a huge fan of Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare products for years; especially their Alpha Beta pads, but they can be pricey so thankfully one of my favorite sites, Skinterra, is having a great sale right now! Right now they are having a sale for 22% off their entire store (not just iS Clinical!) PLUS for a limited time if you spend $75 or more they will give you a deluxe size of iS Reparative Moisturizer- for free! Everyone is raving about this moisturizer, so I can't wait to try it. I'm telling everyone I know so you had better hurry to take advantage before they run out!
by egbrock Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 11:53AM Report as inappropriate
thanks for the info
by LittleBunny Friday, March 1, 2013 at 06:35PM Report as inappropriate
I wish that they would give some examples. I've been trying to find a good spot treatment but sadly none has worked.
by juli_hutcheson Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 12:57PM Report as inappropriate
I'm 32 and I have fairly good skin and I don't want to use Botox or fillers, so I've been using YOUTH2Skin which gives my skin what it needs to be healthy and maintain. I've been using the bee venom mask for targeted wrinkles and spots.
by danceprometheus Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 11:48AM Report as inappropriate
Good article.
by nicky22 Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 08:24AM Report as inappropriate
Thank you for this post! I definitely needed to hear this laid out so clearly!
by schien Monday, February 18, 2013 at 04:38PM Report as inappropriate
it is important to adjust skin regimen based not just on age, but on individual needs as well. Some people use the same products, and look great, others are constantly in search of things that work.
by venenumletalis Monday, February 18, 2013 at 12:35PM Report as inappropriate
@TheDivaRose and @kimber314, you are both so right. Some of my friends are in their early forties and some of them are so worried about reaching 50 (as if the alternative were better. LOL).
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Why do they act like when you reach your 50's, you are a lost cause? You are basically saying it's too late, we're old, too bad, deal with it. And Hades will freeze over before I put a petro product on my face. I'm 53, use the 40's regimen and am told often I look 10 yrs younger or more. Come on 50's ladies, keep up the good work. It does too pay off!
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The National Natural Landmarks (NNL) Program marks a milestone in 2012, celebrating 50 years of supporting conservation of America's natural heritage.
Former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall—who left an impressive legacy as a protector of America's landscapes—established the National Natural Landmarks Program on May 18, 1962. Former National Park Service Director Conrad Wirth articulated, "These natural geological and ecological exhibits or sites worthy of national landmark status are important for the illustration of the basic geological and ecological story of America."
Since 1962, 593 National Natural Landmarks have been designated in 48 states, 3 territories, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Bergen-Byron Swamp in New York and Buzzardroost Rock-Lynx Prairie in Ohio were among the earliest NNLs designated by Secretary Udall during the 1960's. Ice Mountain in West Virginia and Lake Shasta Caverns in California, designated by Secretary Ken Salazar in April of
2012, are the most recent additions to the roster of elite natural
areas having earned NNL designation.
For the past 50 years, it has been the mission of the NNL Program to support and encourage the conservation of outstanding examples of the nation's natural landscape. "This program not only encourages preservation of our nation's natural heritage, it works to expand our scientific understanding of these unique places," said National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis. "Some of the landmarks are the best remaining examples of a type of feature in our nation—sometimes in the world—and we should continue to recognize and support conservation of these important natural features."
As the National Park Service prepares to enter its second century, the National Natural Landmarks Program will continue its work to extend the benefits of conservation through voluntary partnerships across public and private lands, and to help communities protect their special places.
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AIKEN, S.C. – The nationally fifth-ranked University of South Carolina Aiken women's basketball team led from start-to-finish in its season-opening 72-51 victory over Florida Southern on Saturday at the Convocation Center.
USC Aiken (1-0) finished the 21-point win over Florida Southern shooting 49.2 percent (30-for-61) as a team. Florida Southern (0-1) shot 42.1 percent (16-for-38) in its loss to the Pacers.
USC Aiken concluded the game connecting on 76.9 percent (10-for-13) of its free throw attempts. Florida Southern hit upon 60.7 percent (17-for-28) of its attempts from the charity stripe in the contest.
The Pacers dominated the Mocs in every statistical category. USC Aiken held a 44-22 point advantage in points in the paint.
USC Aiken forced Florida Southern into 30 turnovers in the game. USC Aiken was able to score 35 points off the Mocs' miscues.
USC Aiken opened Saturday's season-opening win by scoring the first 10 points of the game. The Pacers would eventually go ahead by as many as 11 in the first stanza.
The two teams entered the halftime break with the Pacers clinging to a six-point 32-26 lead.
The second half would be all Pacers with USC Aiken going ahead by as many as 31 at 71-40 with 4:14 left in the game.
Kayla Harris (Raleigh, N.C./Wakefield HS) led a trio of Pacers in double figures with 23 points. The preseason All-American claimed a double-double in the game as she had 10 rebounds. She also had five assists and three steals.
Porsha Martin (Douglasville, Ga./South Paulding HS) finished USC Aiken's season opener with 16 points, three steals and two assists. She was 8-for-9 from the field in the game.
Daniela Tarailo (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point HS) was the final Pacer in double figures in the game with 10 points. She also had a team-best five steals.
The Pacers as a team finished with 21 assists. Three Pacers including Harris acquired a team-best five assists in the game with Brittany Hill (Mechanicsville, Va./Quinnipiac) and Mia Antoine (Stone Mountain, Ga./Dominion Christian HS) both also dishing out five assists.
Florida Southern was led by Taylor Maldonado in its loss to the Pacers. She finished the loss with a team-best 18 points.
USC Aiken will next play the second game of its season-opening five-game homestand against 2012 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional finalist Wingate on Wednesday, Nov. 14. Tip-off from the Convocation Center is slated for 7 p.m.
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am i an asshole for thinking this is an empty gesture? its just like veteran's day, mothers day, valentines day, kids with cancer etc.... they are people your supposed to support anyway. but if you are that concerned do something that actually helps like become a social worker, donate money, write to politicians. this is just like any fad that will last for a couple weeks then fade away without anything really changing at all.
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Cynical much?
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cynical or the truth?
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i dunno why i posted this. guess i was in a bad mod. i do believe it, but its dumb to bring up.
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i dont think its ment to help anybody, at the very least it puts the thought in the front of peoples minds.
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yeah, this seems more like an effort to bring the topic into conversation than offering any tangible assistance to victims of violence.
as far as groups offering tangible assistance to victims of violence goes, my wife just received a letter from the Partnership of Violence Prevention, a local anti-violence non-profit, that says that they will be closing their doors at the end of the year due to funding issues. here is a group that has been operating for over a decade, providing support and education to the victims of violence and the community that is forced to end their mission because of financial problems. sad.
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I'm with you, Majawala. This is just dumb. It doesn't do anything for kids at all. I'm willing to bet that thousands of people who abuse their kids have changed their profile picture. It's easily as worthless as posting your bra color to somehow spread awareness about something other than your undergarments.
The problem with shit like this is that it's completely worthless for the cause and psychologically it fills the role of donating to a real charity or other useful actions. People do stupid shit like this and then when you ask them to donate to a similar cause they feel like they've already done something, like their profile picture or their status was enough. They make a hollow gesture and then write it off as a good deed done.
It's similar to how announcing your goals gives you a sense of accomplishment that, depending on other psychological factors, can prevent you from achieving those goals.
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IT's all actually been very traumatic for me. My father used to dress up as optimus prime before viciously beating me nightly.
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Given what I know about your father that is a believable story.
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there should be a movement to support people or stereotypes that society is supposed to reject. Like sluts. I'd be on board.
afterthought - or gigalo's. :)
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redball is on the money. This is just stupid. Reminds me of those "send 10 friends this message or you DIE OF EBOLA WHILST GARY GLITTER URINATES ON YOU" chain mail shits
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i doubt i'd be aware that breast cancer exists if it wasn't for the color pink.
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i changed mine to a picture of homer strangling bart.
no one really got what i was going for though.
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holy shit this cartoon thing blew up. i guess its cause you don't have to do anything for it. all these university kids say they support kids but will go blow lots of money on drinks at a bar. shit ridiculus.
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Published: Monday, March 4, 2013 at 2:14 p.m.
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I am tired. I'm a Louisiana public school teacher, and enough is enough.
Just when my wonderful local school board member explains new rules to me, two months later, the rules change again.
I can't keep up with all the changes.
Neither can she.
I am tired. St. Tammany was fine. Leave us alone, Bobby, and give us back the money taken from us.
We had a great system, and we, the teachers of this fine district, do not want you to mess with us. (Don't mess with Texas, either. I will remind Gov. Perry to not look at the Louisiana school system reforms for guidance. But he could look at St. Tammany schools.)
I am tired of having kids in my classroom who can explode at any time. One elementary-age student beat up a teacher last week. The teacher returned the next day, and the kid is in her classroom again.
Are you kidding me? Evaluate that.
I am tired of the schools' role in social services more than education ... feeding (free breakfast), clothing, teaching manners, feeding again (free lunch) — in other words raising the children of today.
Where are their parents? I have sent home several notes to some of my students' parents, thanking them for raising their kids with high expectations. They actually thank me for setting high standards in my class.
Manners matter. Won't be evaluated on that.
I am tired. Thanks to the new evaluation, if I do everything to perfection, have a master's degree, teach at a great school, perform a dog and pony show, wear the right clothes, say the right things and tell kids they are wonderful, then, and only then, I may get that tremendous pay increase of $400 maximum a year. (That's before taxes and then split into 12 months.)
Then with my raise, I would be able to buy my favorite sorority sister a soda during happy hour.
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The cool thing is, it can use EXIF shooting date and time from image files as input for renaming those files!
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to bitnix, I think it's supposed to illustrate the same thing as the eyedropper in indesign and it's just as confusing. it stands for taking an attribute from one item and applying it to another, in this case a name.
Been using this for years now, and the latest version (8.0) is just perfect. All issues I had with 7.0 are completely addressed.
Never had much use for this until I began dealing with imported photos. Now it's a life saver. (also for changing the extensions to a website full of pages)
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Good application. I'm not a huge fan of the interface philosophy, but when it comes to option for renaming, there is nothing better out there.
Even though it shouldn't matter, for me, it does.
I have to say, despite the fact that I believe A Better Finder Rename's functionality is great, the one major thing holding me back from this product is the application icon. I could never figure out what it's meant to illustrate...
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My dad knows a kid who really wants some lego, and he'll probably buy it (AKA, make his dad buy it) for a bargain priceBen-Jammin wrote:samuelzz10 wrote:I never trusted E-bay, not after waiting 6 months to get battlefront 2 in the mail. I have been thinking of selling a little bit of lego, or something though. I'm pre-ordering this: http://www.gamestop.com/xbox-360/consoles/xbox-360-320gb-limited-edition-halo-4-console/103352 and say what you want, but halo is a damn fine game. I can't really work enough to get it, because at the shop I work at the store is WAY over staffed.
I can't wait for Halo 4 either. I think this one has a lot of potential seeing as to how it has a completely new storyline and enemies and weapons and whatnot. Hopefully it won't be too bad. If you're wanting to sell lego, you could always try Bricklink.
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11.10.2012 - French chromatography specialist Novasep will create the world's largest chromatography plant for the pharmaceutical industry.
French bio-chromatography provider Novasep S.A. is set to build the world's largest chromatography plant in Europe at its Mourenx site, for purification of pharmaceuticals. The company, which combined its technologies in large scale chromatography with German stationary phase provider instrAction two years ago, said the plant will be operational and validated within 18 months. Both the development of an advanced purification process and the plant expansion within the challenging timescale are results of the sharp increase in the projected demand for a large volume, highly purified API. New analyses from Frost & Sullivan predict the monoclonal antibody market in Europe to grow from US$19bn in 2011 to US$42.4bn in 2018 alone.
The €30m investment follows two other significant global investments in 2012: the opening of a new 2,000sqm facility in Shanghai and a €3m investment to expand the Highly Potent API (HPAPI) manufacturing capabilities in Le Mans. "Demand for Novasep's advanced, purification-based manufacturing capabilities in the life science industries continues to increase as drugs in development and reaching the market become more complex and specific. This necessitates our third, and largest global plant expansion in 2012," said Patrick Glaser, President and CEO of Novasep. The investment was supported by contributions of local authorities of Lacq, the General Council of Pyrénées Atlantiques, the Regional Council of Aquitaine, the Economic Development Bureau, DIRECCTE Aquitaine, the Prefecture of Pyrénées Atlantiques, the Total Group, and OSEO, France's innovation agency.
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House Speaker John Boehner talks and complains about President Barack Obama and Sen. Harry Reid. "I need this job like I need a hole in the head," he tells Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal editorial page. [WSJ]
The Weekly Standard keeps up its drumbeat of opposition to the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel as defense secretary with an editorial by William Kristol. It argues that, even if one weren't turned off by Mr. Hagel's policy views on Iran and Israel (and the Standard clearly is), his lack of achievement or stature in the Senate would argue that he is still an "extraordinarily weak" choice. [Weekly Standard]
Expect to hear more of this kind of argument in coming weeks. Eric Posner argues that President Obama has the ability to raise the debt ceiling all on his own, without seeking congressional permission, because he has a constitutional responsibility to spend money on programs Congress has authorized but no constitutional power to raise money on his own. Given conflicting demands by lawmakers, the president has to do something to reconcile them. [Slate]
@NickKristof predicts that China's new chief Xi Jingping will prove to be a consequential reformer, a contrast to Hu Jintao whom Mr. Kristof says is widely regarded as a failure in China. [New York Times]
Frank Partnoy and Jesse Eisinger, using Wells Fargo as a case study, say that investors still can't tell what sort of risks America's big banks are taking despite all the post-crisis repentance–and argue that's potentially a big problem. This is an absolute must-read article on the rot inside America's big banks. [The Atlantic]
The gender of a male CEO's first-born child can significantly affect the raises his employees get, economists studying Danish companies say. Workers are better off if the baby is a girl. [WSJ]
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At year end, 17.1% of U.S. office space was vacant, down a bit but still well above pre-recession level of 12.5%. [WSJ]
Seven in 10 employed adults describe themselves as middle class; only 3% consider themselves wealthy, and 8% as the working poor. [Rasmussen Reports]
Bluefin tuna sells for record-busting $1.8 million in Tokyo, three times previous high. [Telegraph]
@MikeBloomberg: In 2012, New York City recorded the lowest number of fire-related deaths (58) since record-keeping began in 1916. [mikebloomberg.com]
Last dry town in Maryland (Damascus) plans to sell alcohol for the first time in 132 years. [Washington Post]
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2814 La. 70 South in Pierre Part is in violation.
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The ability of Assumption Parish property owners to buy national flood insurance could be in jeopardy unless corrections are made to a noncompliant property, a flood insurance program coordinator has warned.
The structure in question is a metal building at 2814 La. 70 South in Pierre Part, which doesn't meet federal flood insurance elevation requirements, said Cindy O'Neal, state National Flood Insurance Program coordinator.
"You can't put everybody's flood insurance in jeopardy," O'Neal told the Assumption Parish Police Jury at its meeting last week.
The building needs to be six feet above sea level, parish officials later said. The Assumption Parish Permitting Department would not release the property owner's name.
"There is a violation out there that we have been made aware of. The state has made us aware," said John Boudreaux, director of the Assumption Parish Permitting Department. He added the permitting office is in the process of trying to remedy the situation.
Asked what the property owner can do to fix the situation, O'Neal said the person can submit a hydraulic study to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. And the person can request removal from the flood zone to bypass the elevation requirement after the study is completed.
The parish does not have a building inspector. South Central Planning Commission oversees all on-site inspections, but parish officials said it didn't inspect the property in question.
Kayte Landry, special assistant in the Permitting Department, said a permit for building the structure was never applied for, so parish officials don't know what other infractions could be involved in the construction.
"The entire purpose of Cindy O'Neal was to stress the importance to the residents of the parish and to the jurors the importance of everything being in compliance with the law," Kim Torres, Police Jury secretary/treasurer said.
The parish has over 1,640 flood insurance policies covering $695 million in property.
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The Crossings at Marshalls Creek, which has Price Chopper supermarket as its anchor store, is on schedule for a planned late June grand opening.
"Progress is being made. Right now the building is up but not fully enclosed, but the project is coming nicely to be open by the summer," said Price Chopper spokeswoman Mona Golub.
Handled by CBL Properties, which also developed Stroud Mall, the Crossings currently has under contract Rite Aid, STS Tires, Subway, Family Dollar, Asian Buffet, Tobacco Shop, The Salon, an urgent care facility and PA Nails, which is under the same owner as Nail Trix in Stroud Mall. The Salon has the same owner as at Robert Jillian Salon in Pocono Square.
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Giant 'corpse flower' blooms next to US Capitol
Published: Monday, July 22, 2013 at 7:30 a.m.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The long wait is finally over for visitors who have been yearning for a whiff of a giant flower that smells oddly like rotting flesh.
The giant rainforest plant known as a "corpse flower" for its terrible smell began blooming Sunday afternoon at the U.S. Botanic Garden next to the Capitol. Experts had been anticipating its bloom for more than a week and have extended the garden's hours for visitors.
Garden officials expect the flower to hit "peak smell" early Monday, and remain open for one or two days.
The flower is officially known as the titan arum. It is native to the tropical rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia, and was discovered in 1878.
Scientists say the flower's odor attracts insects that are normally drawn to rotting flesh
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Set 1: Another Door, Sound, What Things Seem, Spiral, Crumblin' Bones[1], Weekly Time[1], Swamp Music[1]
Set 2: Radar Blip, Peggy-O[2], Sugar Shack, River Niger, Still Water, Can't Stand Still, La La La, Traveled Too Far
Encore: She Said She Said
[1] Guthrie Trapp on guitar.
[2] Mike Gordon debut with Tara Nevins on fiddle and vocals.
Notes: "Crumblin' Bones," "Weekly Time" and "Swamp Music" featured Guthrie Trapp on guitar. The Mike Gordon debut of "Peggy-O" featured Tara Nevins on fiddle and vocals.
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The purpose of this modification is to change the submission deadline for Full Applications from 02/14/2014 to 02/18/2014.
The purpose of this modification is to change the submittal date for Replies to Reviewer Comments from 03/24/2014 to 03/18/2014.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) supports research and development efforts to address critical challenges and barriers for hydrogen delivery technology development. The long-term goal of production and delivery research and development (R&D) is a high-volume hydrogen cost goal of $2-$4 per gallon gasoline equivalent (gge) (produced, delivered and dispensed, but untaxed) to allow fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) to be competitive on a dollar per mile basis with gasoline in hybrid electric vehicles. More specifically, the portion of the cost goal apportioned to delivery is <$2/gge hydrogen. Innovative materials, components, and systems are needed to establish the technical and cost feasibility for hydrogen delivery. With this FOA, the DOE through the Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) seeks to fund hydrogen delivery research and development projects in order to move technologies towards reaching the hydrogen delivery cost goal of <$2/gge by addressing the cost of hydrogen compression, storage, and dispensing at the fueling station. The FOA includes the following topics: (1) forecourt hydrogen compressors for 700 bar gaseous dispensing, (2) integrated Intelligent Hydrogen Dispensers for 700 bar Gaseous Refueling of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles and (3) forecourt hydrogen storage at 875 bar or greater.
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