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The Perfect President
Subjects: Social Studies/Language Arts
Estimated Time of Completion: four to six fifty minute class periods
- I. Summary
- II. Objectives
- III. Materials Needed
- IV. Procedure
- V. Classroom Assessment
- VI. Extensions and Adaptations
- VII. Relevant Standards
I. Summary
After researching about the U.S. president's duties, students will brainstorm criteria for the "perfect president." The information will then be used to create a job description and newspaper article to advertise the presidency.
II. Objectives
- Students will understand that certain character traits will enhance the president's ability to fulfill his responsibilities.
- Students will show a considerable comprehension of the president's role in office.
- Students will analyze and critique media to gather details of the president's role, and create a written job description synthesizing information from different sources.
III. Materials Needed
- For bulletin board: poster board for puzzle pieces, magazines and newspapers for pictures, glue, paper and pencil, stapler
- For completing written assignment: computers with Internet access, software word processing program
IV. Procedure
- Ask for a show of hands: how many students would want to be president when they reached adulthood? What would be the best part of being president? What would be the worst part? Explain to students that they're about to learn more about the daily duties of the President of the United States.
- The first thing students will do is to visit the online game, "President for the Day." Here students can gather information about the responsibilities and daily life of the president.
- Cut poster board to make puzzle pieces. Cut the same amount of puzzle pieces as you have students. Be sure to mark the wrong side for ease in putting the puzzle together. Give students a puzzle piece and instructions to draw or paste pictures on it that represent the presidency. When everyone is finished, the students will put the puzzle together and staple their pieces in the correct position on the bulletin board. The bulletin board might be entitled "Fitting Together Presidential Pieces."
- The students will create a job description for a president. Students will outline legal requirements, personality traits and preferred previous job experience. Begin by reviewing the legal requirements for the presidency contained in the Constitution. Then, brainstorm traits and skills that would help a presidential candidate succeed in office. What previous work experience might help him or her? What personality traits are important? Sample job description formats may be obtained from human resources departments in local businesses.
- Students will create a newspaper article detailing the perfect president. Students could do this with or without the use of a computer. The articles could then form the border of the bulletin board, be displayed on a school hallway bulletin board or be displayed at a local city business. Students could possibly visit and read these aloud at a local civic organization meeting.
- Students will take a look at some past presidents and compare them to the students' job description and newspaper article to see how they measures up. Helpful Web sites include:
- White House Historical Association
- The American President
- The White House
- American Presidents: Life Portraits
IV. Classroom Assessment
Excellent:Research has been completed and contains complete sentences in a very well-developed way. There is substantial information. The brochure is very organized, contains accurate facts and cleverly presented insightful opinions. All work is neat, original and completed on time.
Good:Research has been completed. It may lack some development, but contains accurate information that is presented in a fairly logical manner. The brochure is organized, contains facts and presents some clever opinions. All work is completed on time.
Poor:Some research has been completed. Information presented is fair. Information may be lacking clarity or may not be accurate. The brochure is not organized, contains inaccurate facts, or lacks some opinions. Work is either poor quality or not completed on time.
V. Extensions and Adaptations
- Once someone decides they want to be president, how does he or she get there? It's not as simple as interviewing for another job. Visit the following Web site and discuss the steps of a presidential election with students. Students will then briefly outline, web or number the steps in sequence of how the president is elected: ""How A President Gets Elected."
- Have students think about the president's job in 100 years and determine if and how the job description will change.
- Older students could work in groups as small newspaper teams. The entire newspaper could be about the "perfect president." One member could be the Editor in Chief, another a proofreader, one member could be an illustrator, and still another could be the political humorist. Students could publish a newspaper dedicated to providing information about the president's job, lifestyle, personality traits, legal requirements, etc. Political cartoons and lifestyle could be sections of the newspaper. Each member of the team would have responsibilities. Working together they would complete and share this newspaper of presidential facts and opinions with the other students.
VII. Relevant National Standards
These are established by McREL:
Social Studies
- Understands ideas about civic life, politics and government
- Knows that the United States is one nation and that it interacts with every other nation in the world
- Knows what political leaders do and why leadership is necessary in a democracy
- Knows the major duties, powers, privileges and limitations of a position of leadership (e.g., class president, mayor, state senator, tribal chairperson, president of the United States); and knows how to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of candidates in terms of the qualifications required for a particular leadership role
- Understands how certain character traits enhance citizens' ability to fulfill personal and civic responsibilities
- Understands the importance of political leadership, public service and a knowledgeable citizenry in American constitutional democracy responsibilities
Language Arts
- Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the writing process
- Gathers and uses information for research purposes
- Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the reading process
- Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for reading a variety of informational texts
- Demonstrates competence in speaking and listening as tools for learning
- Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions


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After I had the water turned on in my own name, the toilets overflowed with brown water, the shower water was never clean and my kids started to get sick - they wouldn't pay to have the work done. I spent $1300 to have it done myself. I liked the neighborhood and they told me I could buy the house after paying on time for 6 moths !
There was semi new carpet on the floors, but the odors and stains from the pad that was never replaced started to come through. Would they do anything about it - NO!!
The dishwasher wasn't hooked-up and didn't work right after it was - Would they do anything about it - NO!!
The City Inspector from Mesquite was called. He came over and gave a list of code violations that had to be fixed. York Street Properties said "we don't have to follow that list, these people are buying the house" So nothing of any significance was done.
After 6 months of paying on time, they kept giving me the run around about buying it. One person who answered the phone when I called said "we don't have anybody that knows how to do that" CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT !!!!!
After 11 months of paying rent on time and with more problems starting with the house, I decided to move.
After I moved, I asked for my deposit back plus the $1300 I spent on the plumbing - 6 months later they still haven't given my money back -----------------
Post here and keep other from making the same mistake is all I can think of. Do you have any ideas? Help Please - I need the money !!!!
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A GREAT many people have
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Lance Puig and companies operate in an unconscionable manner that violates the principals of law and decency.
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WAKE-UP LANCE PUIG: There are over 900 readers on [just 1 webpage] of complaints already. These complaints will not stop so long as you continue to have unpaid obligations, deal with people dishonorably and seek out more people and companies to do the same to. Take care of your obligations and treat people with fairness according to the law & principals of fairness and these complaints will go away. This is not the work of a single person - you have many skeletons in your closet that have remained silent until now.
York Street Properties has 1 official employee, its "CEO", Lance Puig. It's obvious he would rather continue his practices of deceit, cover-up and harm rather than taking the path of honesty and good faith.
Everything in the report filed on RipOffReport is true and the advice given is sound and honest - do your homework before doing business with Lance Puig and Companies! The facts are; Federal charges have already been filed by one Investor and more are on the way. State and County prosecuting attorneys are investigating and receiving information. BBB has revoked York Street Properties accreditation to prevent others from being duped. Local media is gathering information for an investigative report. Tenant organizations are advised that renting from York Street Properties is dangerous and rent-to-own promises are historically fraudulent.
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SAN JOSE -- Police have publicly identified a 19-year-old woman who was shot and killed by an officer last week during a confrontation in which she claimed to have a gun but was actually carrying a black cordless drill.
According to San Jose police, Diana Showman, of San Jose, died Thursday morning from a single bullet fired by Officer Wakana Okuma following a sequence of events that started with Showman reportedly calling 911 and threatening her family with an Uzi, a kind of submachine gun.
Officers, including Okuma, who has crisis intervention training, responded to the call at the home at Blossom Hill Road and Playa del Rey in South San Jose.
After police called out to her, Showman emerged from the home with an object in each hand and at some point dropped one, authorities said.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that fuel shortages in the state should begin to ease soon as tankers begin to make their way into the New York harbor, which was partially reopened Thursday.
The harbor had been closed because storm-blown debris made navigation dangerous, Cuomo said at a news briefing in Manhattan on Friday. Now that parts have opened, ships carrying millions of gallons of fuel are making their way through and beginning to dock at terminals throughout the region.
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At Friday morning's briefing in Manhattan, Cuomo also said that Consolidated Edison could begin restoring power to parts of Lower Manhattan on Friday, paving the way for further restorations of subway service.
"That does not mean that every light will work in downtown Manhattan," he said. "Then there's a second question of the local networks, the building equipment that needs to be checked also."
Power restorations elsewhere could take longer, the governor said. He said roughly half of the state's 2 million utility customers who lost power in the storm had had their lights turned back on.
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Cuomo also said that state legislative leaders had agreed to steer $100 million in state money to a fund for hurricane victims and property repairs.
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Police were called out the the Debutante Apartments in the 1400 block of Bennett Avenue about 4:20 a.m., Hardeman said.
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Music is important to me when designing as it helps inspire, keeps me
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"The only lasting solution is for Iraqis to come together and form an inclusive government," Obama told reporters in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., where he is vacationing.
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Iran is, of course, backing the Shia in this gang fight. And Russia (and maybe China) are backing Iran.
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Those who'd welcome harder trust-busters in Washington may get their wish.
The Obama administration has nominated Christine Varney, a former FTC member and Internet-law expert, as Justice Department antitrust chief. Varney (SUNY Albany, Georgetown Law) is a partner at Hogan & Hartson. A decade ago, as a lawyer Netscape, Varney, 53, helped persuade Justice officials to launch a successful antitrust case against Microsoft, notes the Journal. Here's the WSJ story.
Jon Leibowitz, a current FTC member, is the leading candidate to head the commission but the decision isn't final, people briefed on the deliberations told the Journal.
At the FTC, Leibowitz (U. of Wisconsin, NYU Law), 50, has reportedly supported its tough stance against alleged "pay for delay" tactics of brand-name and generic-drug makers. Such tactics involve a branded company paying a generic firm to delay a drug's market entry. The practice has the effect of raising prescription drug prices.
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The Troll Slayer's Motto:
Ignore the idiots. Cage the trolls. Never Accept Abuse.
It's hard to read "tone" into a tweet or even an extended comment on a blog. But it's easy to spot when a contributor has nothing but vitriol to spit out online. These folks are the reason so many web users are lurkers rather than participants. They are the reason Twitter is drowning under a flurry of spam and hate and mlm-marketing.
I am no Avenger for Right, but I do know a troll when I see one. And occasionally I take them on. It could be one of several reasons that I take up opposition to a troll:
1. I really hate what they are saying (mostly Faux News regurgitation)
2. Someone is just being plain mean. There's no point in their name calling. There is no logic to discourage them. Ignoring isn't working.
3. For fun. Clearly a jerk is pontificating but when asked to point to sources or links that confirm their "truths" they can't cite one. Okay, maybe the Drudge Report. But hey, I don't lead with HuffPo.
4. They've attacked me personally or professionally.
Do you remember the early days of "the net" when we used .alt boards to do FLAMES. alt.austin.flame.us (I don't have the exact address) was a pretty fun place to get your smack talk on. It was harmless. There was very little bleed into our professional lives. And there was no linkedin or twitter to track stuff like this. So, we flamed. And it was a game. And it was fun. And it was a war of words and wit. And it was all in good fun. Contained within the FLAME board there was very little chance that your remarks and retorts were going to be taken out of context.
And there were some good flamers. People that could write circles around my arguments, even if I thought I was right. Mostly it was just playful hyperbole and name calling. But it was really some smart people letting off steam.
Then came Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, blogs, and all the rest. And Trolls became a nuisance.
And occasionally I would lock horns, or tweets, with someone who really didn't know how to flame or argue or play by any rules of logic or fairplay. It's okay, cause it was a troll, but you'd at least expect a fair fight, a descent argument, a reasonable participant on the other end. Often you got a troll. Still, even rolling a troll off a bridge of his own making is fun. And as you can guess, it's not hard to get under their skin. Obviously something was prickling them already.
Facebook, in recent past, has been the most fun arena for troll hunting. Mostly in the political stances of the WAY RIGHT, TEA Party, and Fox News drones.
Here are the ground rules I set for myself when attempting a takedown.
1. Never be rude. Be firm. Ask for substantiation of facts. Refrain from emotional responses or retaliatory attacks.
2. Always have the facts on your side. Links, backup material, knowledge, first hand experience. If they can't show the truth they will have a hard time telling you that what they are saying is the truth.
3. Abusive or threatening behavior should be reported. (Most social networks have reporting mechanisms. If someone starts getting ugly, or vicious, don't hesitate to alert the network of their unacceptable behavior.
4. Attempt to listen. (Sometimes it's hard. You want to go in for the kill, before paying attention to the heart of the other person's argument. If it's truly a troll, there is no heart it's all bear.)
5. Caging a troll is better than slaying one. If you can keep the troll in the discussion long enough for them to be bested (intellectually or verbally) it makes for a more satisfying experience.
6. When things escalate to name calling or threatening behavior, it's time to either go for the kill or remove yourself from the fray. It can be honorable to walk away from the fight, when the opponent is in the process of self-abuse.
The Troll Slayer's Motto:
Ignore the idiots. Cage the trolls. Never Accept Abuse.
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The curriculum unit The Cuban Missile Crisis: Considering its Place in Cold War History probes the complex relationship between the United States, Russia, and Cuba, and examines the crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
Videos for Readings: The videos below follow the outline of the printed curriculum unit. The headings correspond to the headings in the student readings.
Videos for Lessons accompany lessons in the teacher's guide of the printed curriculum unit.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis: Considering its Place in Cold War History
Jim Blight
Brown University
janet Lang
Brown University
Sergei Khrushchev
Brown University
Joseph Cirincione
Center for American Progress
Philip Brenner
American University
Adrián López Denis
Brown University
Mark Garrison
Brown University
Michael Bustamante
Council on Foreign Relations
Introduction: October 16, 1962
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? [Joseph Cirincione - 1:57]
Part I: From Colonialism to Statehood
What was the relationship between Cuba and the United States in the 19th century? [Philip Brenner - 1:29]
An American Empire
Why have the United States and Cuba had such a close relationship historically? [Adrián López Denis - 1:38]
How did the 1895 war for independence change Cuba's relationship with the United States? [Philip Brenner - 3:10]
Part II: Cold War Tension
What was the Cold War? [Mark Garrison - 2:07]
The Cold War in the Western Hemisphere
How did many Cubans view U.S. influence in Cuba in the 1950s? [Blight/Lang - 1:24]
The Castro Era
How did Cuba become an ally of the Soviet Union? [Philip Brenner - 1:44]
What were U.S.-Cuban relations like leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis? [Blight/Lang - 1:42]
What was the Bay of Pigs invasion and why was it significant? [Blight/Lang - 2:11]
What did Kennedy learn from the Bay of Pigs invasion? [Blight/Lang - 1:44]
Why did Cuba align itself with the Soviet Union? [Blight/Lang - 2:42]
What did the Soviet people think of Fidel Castro? [Sergei Khrushchev - 0:58]
Did Khrushchev think he could manipulate Kennedy? [Sergei Khrushchev - 2:08]
What was Nikita Khrushchev like as a person? [Sergei Khrushchev - 1:23]
October 1962: The Moment of Decision
How did different national perspectives lead to three different names for the crisis? [Philip Brenner - 1:53]
How did different national perspectives lead to three names for the crisis? [Blight/Lang - 1:26]
Epilogue: On the Brink
What advice did General Curtis LeMay give Kennedy? [Blight/Lang - 1:25]
How did Kennedy's thinking change during the crisis? [Blight/Lang - 3:04]
How did Kennedy react to Khrushchev's letters of October 26 and 27? [Blight/Lang - 2:44]
How did Khrushchev react to Castro's letter of October 26? [Blight/Lang - 2:10]
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis like from the Soviet perspective? [Sergei Khrushchev - 3:08]
How did Americans, Soviets, and Cubans react to the crisis? [Blight/Lang - 2:40]
Castro's Crisis
What lessons did Cubans takes from the crisis? [Blight/Lang - 1:15]
What We Know Now: "One Hell of a Gamble"
What could have happened if the United States had attacked Cuba? [Blight/Lang - 2:27]
How did Soviet submarines increase the chance of nuclear war? [Blight/Lang - 3:30]
Optional Reading: Forty Years of U.S.-Cuban Relations
What do Cubans on the island think about the Cuban government? [3:20]
What is U.S. policy towards Cuba? [Michael Bustamante - 1:53]
What is the rationale for U.S. policy towards Cuba? [Michael Bustamante - 3:01]


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(Reuters) - Rhode Island was set to become the 10th U.S. state to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples after the state Senate approved a gay marriage bill on Wednesday, in a major victory for gay rights activists.
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At the risk of sounding ungrateful, I'm trying to separate the feeling of being pregnant for the 4th time and having a 4th baby, because I know in my head they are totally different things.
But in my heart, the pain and tiredness and raging hormones and discomfort (already, good God) of pregnancy is becoming intermixed with the actual baby part and I don't want to send those kind of messages to my unborn fetus.
When I joked about having another kid way back when I could just joke about it because "ha ha! a 4th kid!," I said I'd happily accept one if he or she (as it stands) was dropped off at my doorstep.
Don't get me wrong. I have easy pregnancies compared to many.
But I'm hardly basking in the glory my gihugo-ness, which lately has been slowing me down and rendering me almost catatonic on the couch by 3pm every day and in bed by 10pm.
This does not bode well when you have three other children and that you use naptimes and evenings to work and that things in the marriage department, particularly when you're pregnant, are challenging.
This also does not bode well when you realize that you will soon have four children, and then if you're me, the self-loathing, self-doubting, all other negative "self" type things start flowing through your mind until you realize that you're an ungrateful bitch, which, surprise!, is not the most productive thing.
So I'm doing my best to myself that it's not the baby part that I dread. For once, anyway.
Scared out of my mind? Yes.
But imagining that the baby will be coming out fully potty trained, equipped with a personal chef, and practically perfect in every way helps.
I'm pregnant with Mary Poppins!
But I admit that it's the next 16 weeks, or at least being upright for most of the next 16 weeks, that I dread.
Well, that and actually having to get this baby out of me. But I'll wait a few more weeks to start dreading that part.


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I tried to come up with specific race day goals. But I don't have much race experience and I don't have anything to base my goals on. So...I picked times that I thought sounded good...an eight minute mile? I would love to run an eight-minute mile!
Gale says this is not a healthy way to approach goal setting as, more than likely, the trainee will not be setting realistic goals. So we decided to start at the beginning. She set me up with a 12-week base training plan that will lead into a 12-week triathlon training plan. This will give me a chance to 1) build my endurance and 2) get used to building workouts into my everyday.
Once I get a better idea of what my times actually are, then I can decide what to push for during the race.
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Slovaks hail an old soldier
The son of a late Woodside Park Synagogue member who served in the Czech Army during the war addressed an HMD ceremony at the Slovak Embassy in London.
Otto Wasserberg escaped from Slovakia with his mother and two brothers in July 1939. Many of his relatives died in Auschwitz.
He was called up by the Czech Army in 1944 and crossed to France after D-Day. He took part in the siege of Dunkirk from September 1944 to May 1945 and witnessed the surrender of the German garrison. After demob in 1946 he established the Mount Fur company in the City of London.
Honoured by the Slovak government for his wartime service, his life will be remembered in an upcoming edition of the Slovak defence forces journal.
His son Jonathan took up an invitation from the embassy to speak about Mr Wasserberg - who belonged to the Woodside Park congregation for many years - at Wednesday's event.
Otto Wasserberg was called up to the Czech Army
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A rescue effort is underway in the tragic abuse of over a dozen horses. While many are being rescued, others never had a chance. This female Arabian horse arrived in Tallahassee Thursday afternoon, with no name and no meat on her bones. She came from a farm near Marianna, FL where more than two dozen horses were removed because they were not been fed. Some of the horses have already died from starvation.
"Some of the horses. A few of them were just bones, literally. Very little flesh and I don't how they're going to make it for the next week, so uh, sad situation." said Bill Houmere. He and his wife Pam volunteered to take two of the abused horses.
Pam Houmere said, "If you saw the condition of them, you would too. I mean, if you had the facility to keep them, it was just despicable what was done to them."
The man supposedly responsible for the cruelty is former owner Tom James who has been arrested, accused of neglecting 28 horses. Authorities say James claims he fell on hard times and could not afford to feed the animals, even though neighbors say they offered help. Before long, it was the horses who had to endure the hard times.
"They're grazing animals and when there's nothing for them to eat, they go down hill very very quickly." said Pam.
So far--six more horses will be in the care of benevolent Tallahassee residents. The rest will be given care near Marianna and for the others it might already be too late.
The Houmere's say nursing these horses back to health and giving them medical treatment can be very expensive. They and others are encouraging people to donate feed, you can do so by purchasing some or donating money at Florida Farm and Feed on Weems Road near Tom Brown Park.


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PE-backed Amtek Auto sells 5% stake in subsidiary to foreign investor for $4.1M
Auto component maker Amtek Auto Ltd has sold 5 per cent stake in its subsidiary Amtek Crankshafts (India) Ltd to an unnamed foreign investor for Rs 22.38 crore ($4.1 million), according to a BSE filing. The deal values the unit at Rs 447.6 crore or $83 million.
Set up in 1997, Gurgaon-based Amtek Crankshaft manufactures automotive components including crankshafts for two-wheelers, tractors, passenger cars and stationary engines. It was formerly known as Amtek Siccardi India Ltd, but was re-name in September 2007.
As on March 2011, the subsidiary reported a turnover of over Rs 477 crore and profit after tax of 38.7 crore.
Amtek Auto shares last traded at Rs 79.45 a unit, down 2.87 per cent on the BSE in a strong Mumbai market on Wednesday.
Amtek Auto is backed by private equity firms Warburg Pincus and ChrysCapital. Both the PE firms had earlier invested in Amtek India but exited the firm following a group restructuring when the promoters, led by Arvind Dham, sold their stake in Amtek India to Amtek Auto in a consolidation exercise.
The Amtek Auto Group is an integrated component manufacturer with 43 manufacturing facilities located in India (39) and Europe (4).
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Gingrich Casts Himself as the Most Electable
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.—Newt Gingrich is telling Florida's voters that he is a better bet than Mitt Romney to win the White House, as he tries to answer charges by fellow Republicans that he is an electoral liability.
"We ran a moderate in 1996 and we lost. We ran a moderate in 2008 and we lost," Mr. Gingrich on Saturday told a small crowd gathered on the golf course at the PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance. "I think the only way to defeat Barack Obama is to run a solid, conservative, make-the-case [campaign] for our values, our beliefs, our programs."
Mr. Gingrich has faced a barrage of criticism from GOP lawmakers that he is too erratic to be the party's presidential nominee and that he could hurt its chances in other races in November.
For his part, Mr. Gingrich told reporters Saturday that the attacks were a sign of "desperation" from Mr. Romney's campaign and vowed that he wouldn't halt his campaign if he loses in Florida.
"I will go all the way to the convention," he said. "I expect to win the nomination." Asked what his plan was to get there, Mr. Gingrich replied only: "State by state."
In two morning speeches, Mr. Gingrich used the 26th anniversary of the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle to talk about his support for space exploration and the legacy of President Ronald Reagan, with whom he has aligned himself, as a Republican "who wanted to lead us to dream big dreams."
Rep. Charlie Bass (R., N.H.) was the latest Romney supporter to show up at one of Mr. Gingrich's events, saying that his former colleague's ideas were "like swimming in a bowl of warm soup, because you get all this great stuff but it's not relevant to America."


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Definition of absurd in English:
1Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate: the allegations are patently absurd
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- By the end of the programme, it was athletes and fans who hung themselves in public with their own illogical justifications and absurd piety.
- It is absurd to blame current difficulties on any state's governor, Republican or Democrat.
- When that happens heads are going to roll even if it happens in such a way so that placing blame is absurd.
preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, farcical, laughable, risible;
idiotic, stupid, foolish, silly, inane, imbecilic, insane, hare-brained;
unreasonable, irrational, illogical, nonsensical, pointless, senseless;
outrageous, shocking, astonishing, monstrous, fantastic, incongruous, grotesque;
unbelievable, incredible, unthinkable, implausible
informal crazy
British informal barmy, daft
1.1Arousing amusement or derision; ridiculous: short skirts and knee socks looked absurd on such a tall girl
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- In my endless pursuit of funny stories about Eskimo words for snow, I've found friends who will send me absurd comics about it, too.
- The result is a mixed platter: Hilariously absurd one minute, farcically annoying the next, and damn surreal all of the time.
- It has become overpriced, overrated and overrun with ridiculous people who live absurd lives.
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An absurd state of affairs: the incidents that followed bordered on the absurd
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- When I think of the present it appears to be a drama of the absurd.
Mid 16th century: from Latin absurdus 'out of tune', hence 'irrational'; related to surdus 'deaf, dull'.
One sense of the Latin word absurdus was 'out of tune', and in the past absurd was occasionally used with this meaning. From this Latin sense it developed the meaning 'out of harmony with reason, irrational'. The term Theatre of the Absurd, describing drama by writers such as Samuel Beckett (1906–1989), Eugène Ionesco (1904–1994), and Harold Pinter (1930–2008), was coined by the critic Martin Esslin (1918–2002) in 1961.
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March 2012
March 2012 ended up as the hottest March on record for most locations in eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. More information about the record-breaking March can be found at
March 2012 was the
RECORD warmest
(61.5°F; since 1905) and the
9th wettest
(6.24"; since 1888) March on record.
Daily records set or tied this month include a
record daily rainfall
, five
record warm min temperatures
, and four
record warm mean temperatures
Tulsa did not break any record high temperatures this month and still recorded the hottest March on record!
March 2012
was 61.5°F, which is 10.2°F above normal. This is also warmer than 60% of all
on record (records began in 1905)! The previous record was 61.3°F in 1910 (records began in 1905).
Fort Smith:
March 2012 was the
RECORD warmest
(63.6°F; previous record was 61.3°F in 1910; since 1883) and the
7th wettest
(8.06"; since 1883) March on record.
Fort Smith:
Daily records set or tied this month include two
daily rainfall records
, two
record max temperatures
, six
record warm min temperatures
, and four
record warm mean temperatures
Fort Smith:
March 2012
was 63.6°F, which is 10.7°F above normal. This is also warmer than 76% of all
on record (records began in 1883)! The previous record was 62.6°F in 1907 (records began in 1905).
McAlester: March 2012 was the RECORD warmest March since records began in 1954 (with 2 years missing). March 2012 was 62.6°F, which is 9.4°F above normal. The previous record was 60.9°F in 2007.
McAlester: Daily records set or tied this month include two
record max temperatures
, four
record warm min temperatures
, and six
record warm mean temperatures
Fayetteville: March 2012 was the RECORD warmest March since records began in 1950. March 2012 was 57.9°F, which is 9.8°F above normal. The previous record was 56.2°F in 2007.
Fayetteville: Daily records set or tied this month include five
record max temperatures
, five
record warm min temperatures
, and five
record warm mean temperatures
Bartlesville: March 2012 tied 1921 as the RECORD warmest March since records began in 1920 (with 3 years missing). March 2012 was 59.1°F, which is 10.3°F above normal.
Rainfall totals for March 2012 ranged from 3"-12" across eastern OK and northwest AR, with a large portion of eastern OK and west central AR receiving 5"-9" of rain this month. The only area that reported below normal rainfall this month was Washington County AR, where the rainfall total was 75%-90% of normal for March. The remainder of the region had near or above normal rainfall this month, with much of the area getting 150%-300% of the normal March rainfall.
widespread heavy rain and flood event affected eastern OK and northwest AR March 19-22
. Widespread rainfall totals of 3"-5" affected a large portion of eastern OK and western AR from March 19-20. The highest totals of 6" to 8" affected most of Mayes County and portions of Ottawa, Delaware, Rogers, Wagoner, Cherokee, Muskogee, McIntosh, Pushmataha, and Choctaw Counties. This amount of rain led to widespread flash flooding and many street closures (including state highways). Moderate to Minor river flooding also occurred due to all of the rain. Interestingly, the highest rainfall totals occurred over the Grand Neosho River Basin, including the Grand, Hudson, and Ft. Gibson Lakes. These lakes rose 7-18 feet due to the heavy rain and run-off, and greatly helped to reduce the flooding impact over this area. If the rain had occurred just 20 miles further south, significant flooding would have likely occurred along the Illinois River. With an additional 0.25"-1.75" of rain falling March 21-22, the highest storm total rainfall was 6" to 9", with localized higher amounts
Four river forecast points exceeded moderate flood stage this month, and five river forecast points reached minor flood stage. See the detailed report for more information.
According to the
Drought Monitor
from from March 27, 2012, abnormally Dry (D0) conditions affected portions of Osage and Pawnee Counties. These abnormally dry conditions are a result of long-term indicators, including lake levels at Birch and Skiatook Lakes. There was a significant improvement in the drought conditions this month due to the heavy rain from March 19-22, combined with the rainfall totals over the last few months.
According to the Oklahoma Climatological Survey (
for March 2012, northeast OK ranked as the 9th wettest
, east central OK ranked as the 12th wettest, and
southeast OK ranked as the 8th wettest March since records began in 1921.
The Climate Prediction Center
outlook for for April 2012 (issued March 31, 2012) indicates an enhanced chance for above normal temperatures and equal chances for above, near, and below median precipitation for the entire area. This outlook was based primarily on short-term dynamic computer models with
La Niña
impacts considered.
For the 3-month period April-May-June 2012,
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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
June 15, 2011
Five Million Smart Meters are Installed Nationwide
Smart meters are helping to make the electric grid more efficient in distributing power.
More than five million smart meters have been installed nationwide as part of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-funded efforts to accelerate modernization of the U.S. electric grid, DOE reported on June 13. Smart meters provide utility companies with greater information about how much electricity is being used throughout their service areas. The meters also give consumers access to real-time information about their energy consumption, allowing them to make informed decisions about how they use their electricity.
Transforming the current electric grid into a more intelligent system involves a wide range of advanced technologies, including smart meters, which will improve the reliability and security of the grid. Such meters will allow for the integration of renewable energy sources and help prevent blackouts and restore power more quickly when outages occur. Nearly 90% of the meters installed to date are in Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Nevada, Oklahoma, and Texas.
In one project being implemented to help consumers manage their electricity, Florida Power & Light Company is deploying an advanced metering infrastructure; as of April 30, the company had installed 1.8 million smart meters. A project of CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric involves deploying a fully integrated advanced metering system and Web portal access to over 2.2 million customers; the company has installed 1.3 million smart meters.
DOE also announced a plan to create a data map that will allow consumers to contribute data and information about their electricity provided by their utility companies. The map will show where quality information is available nationwide based on voluntary consumer input. DOE will work with stakeholders during the summer to design the website that will launch in the fall. See the DOE press release and the SmartGrid.gov website.


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Phil wrote:
> When I play games ZAP keeps bringing me to the desktop but I'm not sure why
> because I have "manual update" switched on. I say this because I'm sure that
> it's still updating. Would there be any other reason it brings me there? If
> so, is there a way to stop it?
> Thanks all
The games are possibly trying to connect to the Internet using a port
that you have blocked. ZAP could be asking you if you want to allow the
port that the game is trying to use but not seeing the pop-up on your
Just a possibility. The games could be looking for updates or things
like that. Check and see if the games do have such capabilities and if
so what ports they use. Then forward those ports accordingly.
I haven't used Z personally but for about a week when I tried it. I
can't remember but if it has a setting to allow programs try putting
your games in there to allow access if you can't find what ports they
may use.
Here is the soft firewall I use. It is totally free and keeps up with
the top "pay for" firewalls.
I haven't had any problems yet. And it is program specific.


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Several students suffer minor injuries after an early morning school bus crash in south Louisville.
It happened around 8 a.m. on Dixie Highway at Dixie Garden Drive.
JCPS officials said Depot bus # 9919 had 10 students on board when it was hit by a driver who ran a red light.
Some of the students were complaining of headaches following the crash.
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Carla in town for de Gaulle anniversary
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On June 18, 1940, Charles de Gaulle made a radio broadcast from the UK, to where he had fled the day before. De Gaulle declared himself leader of the 'Free French', spawning the French Resistance. Seventy years on, the French president and his wife visited London to commemorate de Gaulle. Photo: Carl Court
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New Puksta Scholars Selected at CU-Boulder For Civic EngagementMay 3, 2005
The Puksta Scholars Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder has selected eight new students to receive a scholarship on the basis of their civic responsibility, high ethical standards and strong academic goals.
Adam Gibbons, Courtni Frank, Regan Walton, Kovi Bessoff, Evan Thomas, Caitlin Merrell, Michelle Stavros and Victoria Van Antwerp each will receive a $4,500 scholarship in recognition of their commitment to civic engagement. The recipients join nine scholars already involved in the program. Puksta Scholars are required to be actively involved in an intensive, yearlong civic project that will serve the community.
Some of the 2004-05 projects included:
- Improving health care for Latino immigrants and addressing the quality and availability of language and translation services.
- Mentoring and providing education assistance for at-risk youth,
including creative arts workshops focusing on equity and diversity.
- Analyzing the impact of domestic violence as it relates to
emergency, transitional and affordable housing.
The Puksta Scholars Program is funded by the Puksta Educational Foundation of Denver. It was established by the late Harry and Eva Puksta and the University of Colorado Parent Fund. CU-Boulder is one of two universities that benefit from the fund, in addition to the University of Denver.
For more information visit the Web site at
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|Reddy, Umesh - ALCORN STATE UNIV
|Padmavathi, N - ALCORN STATE UNIV
|Saha, Surya - ALCORN STATE UNIV
|Besong, Samuel - ALCORN STATE UNIV
|Bates, George - ALCORN STATE UNIV
|Katam, Ramesh - MISS STATE UNIV
|Saha, Sukumar
|Jenkins, Johnie
|Stommel, John
|Quirin, Edmund - CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: January 11, 2003
Publication Date: January 11, 2003
Citation: Reddy, U.K., Padmavathi, N., Saha, S., Besong, S., Bates, G.T., Katam, R., Saha, S., Jenkins, J.N., Stommel, J.R., Quirin, E. 2003. Allelic plasticity of simple sequence repeats among domesticated and wild species of capsicum. Plant and Animal Genome Conference Proceedings. p. 523. Interpretive Summary: None required.
Technical Abstract: The genus Capsicum comprises >30 species, among which, five major cultivated species (C. annuum, C. chinense, C. frutescens, C. baccatum and C. pubescens) are well known. In the present study we used 25 SSRs known to be polymorphic between annuum, frutescens and chinense types. The objective of the study is to understand the extent of gene flow within the domesticated forms and to further understand the genetic bottlenecks to improve the commonly cultivated species for different purposes such as food and ornamental uses. Our study identified distinct diagnostic SSR alleles to identify various cultivated and wild taxa. The average number of alleles per microsatellite being 5 (range 2-9 alleles per locus), this class of markers appears to be highly polymorphic. We further observed a high degree of convergence in allele sharing rather than the conserved motifs.