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In Their Own Words – Public vs. Private School Debate: Do the Math
This "In Their Own Words," is written by Glen Finland. She is the author of "Next Stop," a memoir about raising her autistic son to adulthood and learning to let go.
Last year my autistic adult son David wrapped up twenty years of education, ten of them spent in private school, the other half in public school. And, hindsight being 20-20, here's what educating a high functioning autistic son like David taught me. It's simple mathematics: Send your kid to public school and keep your money in your wallet. You're going to need it for what happens next—because what happens next is the rest of his life.
Parents of a young adult with special needs face an unending management of another person's life over the decades ahead: housing, transportation, insurance, clothing, food, job coaching, medical expenses, and, of course, quality of life expenses like entertainment, vacations, and even pets. Think of how far the tuition fee of a single year of private school could go toward taking care of some of these expenses down the road. Now multiply that figure by twenty. The numbers will tell you if it's a wise investment.
In public school with a good IEP, the services are free. They should be; you've already paid for them with your taxes. Your child will also learn in less of an isolated bubble—and yes—be forced to toughen up a bit by facing the real world struggles of life in the quicker moving mainstream. Don't expect runaway success there. In fact, be prepared for regular bouts of failure. But no matter how painful the lesson, down the road your child will be that much better equipped for the the daily slights he's sure to incur—those careless, casual assaults on his spirit that he will face simply for being differently abled.
For example, it has come to my attention that my 23-year old son is now a heavy tipper. These days he drives a 54-mile roundtrip each day to his job as a custodian at a federal office building outside the nation's capital. He's a good driver, but when he stops off for coffee along the way, he might pull out a $20 bill to pay for a single cup of java, then walk away. His generosity is not because he's got such deep pockets; it's because he wants to avoid the impossible math involved in the exchange and, even more, the eye contact that goes along with it. Whose pocket that leftover chunk of change ends up in is totally dependent upon the scruples of the particular cashier. It took me months to figure out where all his change was going and how to remedy the situation with a few five dollar bills, but these are the kind of real world surprises that continue to sneak up on us every day. This reminds me to be careful about who I allow to "keep the change" when it comes to planning ahead for my son's future.
You know, it's true what mothers have always said about the time with our children: "The days go by like years, and the years go by like days." So go ahead and let your child ride the big yellow public school bus for now. It'll do him no harm. And that way he can count on your really being there for him once school lets out for good.
"In Their Own Words" is a series within the Autism Speaks blog which shares the voices of people who have autism, as well as their loved ones. If you have a story you wish to share about your personal experience with autism, please send it to firstname.lastname@example.com. Autism Speaks reserves the right to edit contributions for space, style and content. Because of the volume of submissions, not all can be published on the site.
Autism Speaks Participates in FasterCures "Crossing the Valley of Death" Forum
As more and more is learned about the biology of autism, the development of novel medicines to treat its core symptoms is no longer just a hope. Therefore Autism Speaks was pleased to be invited to participate in the 5th annual FasterCures-Esquire Leadership Forum, devoted this year to the topic of translational research, that is, how to translate knowledge gained from basic research into products that can provide real healthcare benefits for patients.
FasterCures, a Washington D.C. think tank focused on accelerating medical solutions, is based on the founding principle that saving time saves lives. Since 2005 they have brought together a cross-disciplinary group of innovative thinkers to explore novel approaches that hold the potential to accelerate the search for new treatments and cures for diseases. With representatives of biotechnology, pharmaceutical and patient advocacy organizations in attendance, the theme for this year's small workshop was to determine action items to achieve innovation in drug development. Attendees agreed that in order for this to happen as fast as possible, there needs to be better integration between all stakeholders – patients, financiers, academic researchers and for-profit companies alike. The meeting participants called for the identification of new business models and research paradigms to achieve this integration.
Full of buzz words such as "open innovation," "collaboration," and "entrepreneurship," the discussions focused on identifying the organizational and cultural barriers that influence the interface between traditional academic research and industry-related drug development. This interface has long been called the "Valley of Death" because of the enormous difficulty in translating research discoveries into viable medical solutions. While the government has begun several initiatives to push biomedical research forward across the Valley of Death, for-profit organizations such as pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are beginning to unite to address the challenges that make it inefficient and, at times, impossible, to carry forward such risky and costly research on their own. Some of the challenges identified at the meeting include the many knowledge gaps that remain in our basic understanding of human biology, the lack of financial incentives to work in some disease areas, and the constraints created by business policies that are meant to provide competitive advantages but instead often hinder progress.
The short meeting highlighted lessons learned from other industries and several new models of collaboration. At its conclusion the participants agreed that streamlining the drug development process will involve not just procedural improvements but much more partnering than has ever been attempted before, including between individual pharmaceutical companies and between pharmaceutical companies and academia. This opens a role for non-profit advocacy organizations such as Autism Speaks in bringing together the many diverse players, each with their own motivations and incentives. Towards this end, Autism Speaks has recently formed a Translational Research Initiative that aims to enhance communication between academic scientists and industry representatives and nurture our renewed hopes for successful translational research in autism and new healthcare solutions.
Read more about translational research from our Chief Science Officer, Dr. Geri Dawson.
Autism in the News – 09.23.10
Study follows new siblings of kids with autism (Baltimore Sun)
Autism is a collection of related neurobiological conditions that is being reported more often. Researchers are now exploring genetic and environmental factors that may contribute to the disorders that affect social interactions and communication. M. Daniele Fallin, an associate professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is the principal investigator of a multistate study, called the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation, or EARLI, that is looking at siblings of those with the disorders. Read more.
Autistic Icelandic Boy Inspires Winslet to Start Fund (Iceland)
English actress Kate Winslet announced yesterday that she has established a fund to support people with autism in cooperation with Margrét Dagmar Ericsdóttir, the mother of autistic Icelandic boy Keli, the star of the documentary A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism (original title: Sólskinsdrengurinn, or "The Sunshine Boy") by director Fridrik Thór Fridriksson, for which Winslet did the English narration. Read more.
Delight as Avenue School earns outstanding praise (UK)
Pupils and staff at The Avenue School in Tilehurst are celebrating after the school become one of the first in the country to be ranked 'outstanding' by a disability charity. Read more.
This show means more than most to the artists (Westerville, Ohio)
"Disability" and "creativity" are not mutually exclusive attributes. That's one lesson viewers can take away from "The ADDvantages of Art," an exhibition that opens Saturday at Gallery 202 in Westerville. Read more.
Donor covers full cost of guide dog (Canada)
The offer of assistance came right out of the blue. Members of the Merritton Lioness service club had been planning on putting a little bit of their fundraising proceeds aside each year to eventually pay for a guide dog for someone in need. Read more.
Decoding Autism
This is a guest post by Sara Lee Kessler, the reporter, producer, and writer of "Decoding Autism" on NJN Public Television. "Decoding Autism" will premier on Monday, September 27 at 9pm EDT on NJN1. Viewers can also watch online here.
I have been NJ Public Television's Health & Medical Correspondent for nearly 15 years, and have done stories on every medical condition imaginable. Autism is the most heartbreaking topic. It's heartbreaking both because it wreaks havoc with parents' emotions and dreams for their children and because it frustrates the child who can not express his needs. Autism spectrum disorder is a devastating diagnosis, especially because there is no known cause and no cure.
When I first started reporting on autism, in 1997, it was rare. Few people had heard of it. Today, it's unusual to meet someone who doesn't know a family that's impacted by autism. Some people are calling it an epidemic because the numbers keep going up. One in 110 children is now being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Here in New Jersey, the rates are one in 94, which has the highest prevalence rate in the nation. While there's disagreement on whether the ever-rising autism prevalence rate constitutes an epidemic, I think we can all agree that, at the very least, it's a major public health crisis!
That's the reason, even after doing at least 30 "Healthwatch" reports on autism, that I decided to delve deeper into the topic and produce a documentary. Over the last eighteen-months, I have interviewed autism experts, educators and dozens of parents, children, and scientists for this project. But, ultimately, I decided that "Decoding Autism," should focus on what doctors know, what scientists are finding out, and how the flurry of autism research across the nation is starting to shed light on this mysterious disorder.
What I'd like to share with you, and what's most encouraging to me, is that some of the best minds in the nation are working on autism. They are researchers who are looking for and who have discovered gene variants involved in autism. They are psychologists or neuroscientists who are conducting infant-sibling studies on "at risk" children, meaning infants who have an older brother or sister on the autism spectrum. It was amazing to learn that infants who go on to develop autism spectrum disorders tend to look at a mother's mouth, rather than her eyes, missing important social cues. So, that's why so many children with autism tend to be mind-blind! Everyone I interviewed shed so much light on the subject of autism.
I was particularly fascinated by what researchers told me about the brains of children with autism. I learned that, at core, autism is a brain connectivity disorder that causes signaling delays. No wonder children with ASD have trouble communicating! One expert told me that the brain of a child with autism has a tangled web of abnormal neural connections that fail to prune at critical stages and that the brain of such a child tends to be larger.
I also learned that we should be talking about the "autisms," with an "s," rather than autism, because, just like cancer, there are many different types of autism. Scientists say it's critical that they find biomarkers, so they can develop treatment targets. As you'll surmise when you watch "Decoding Autism," I'm optimistic that today's research will lead to tomorrow's prevention strategies, earlier intervention, better therapies and, even cures. That's critical because parents of children with autism deserve answers.
Third Annual World Focus on Autism
For the third year in a row at the start of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, first spouses and dignitaries from around the globe assembled today for the Third Annual World Focus on Autism, hosted by Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism research and advocacy organization. Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, wife of the U.N. Secretary-General and Hosts Suzanne and Bob Wright of Autism Speaks, were joined by Co-hosts Dee and Tommy Hilfiger and more than 10 first spouses to discuss solutions to combat the global crisis of autism.
The international coalition in attendance represented a wide array of countries. The participation of the first spouses demonstrated a striking endorsement of global efforts to raise autism awareness. The group joined together for a Q & A session with world-class experts from the scientific community and discussed international solutions to raise global awareness and promote research into this non-discriminative disorder.
Fashion magnate, Tommy Hilfiger, expressed support for Autism Speaks by saying, "My wife Dee and I are delighted to be participating and lending our support to this cause. Autism prevalence is rising here and around the globe at an alarming rate. We will do whatever we can to help with this fight."
In her opening remarks, Mrs. Ban Soon-taek welcomed the international group on behalf of her husband U.N. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon stating, "Autism is so personal but also so global. The United Nations is proud to be part of the international response… Last April, we marked World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD). I was privileged to take part in this massive social movement for solidarity."
In the wake of Autism Speaks' wildly successful autism awareness effort in celebration of WAAD, "Light It Up Blue," in which more than 200 iconic landmarks, airports, bridges, sports arenas, museums around the world were illuminated in blue lights on the evenings of April 1 and 2, 2010, Suzanne Wright, Autism Speaks Co-founder, said "the world can expect to be bathed in blue" in 2011 as all of the attending first spouses agreed to participate and expand the program in their countries.
Other speakers at the World Focus on Autism included Geri Dawson, Ph.D., Autism Speaks' Chief Science Officer, Andy Shih, Ph.D., Autism Speaks' Vice President of Scientific Affairs, Dr. Liri Berisha, President of the Albanian Children's Foundation and wife of the Albanian Prime Minister. Other prominent attendees included Mrs. Chantal Biya, First Lady of Cameroon; Mrs. Elsie Christofias, First Lady of Cyprus; Mrs. Rosa Elena de Lobo, First Lady of Honduras; Mrs. Eloise Gonsalves, Spouse of the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and Grenadines; Mrs. Maja Ivanova, First Lady of the Republic of Macedonia; Mrs. Mathato Mosisili, First Lady of Lesotho; Mrs. Rosella Nestor King, First Lady of St. Lucia; Mrs. Valeria Toribiong, First Lady of Palau; and Mrs. Lilita Zatlere, First Lady of Latvia.
Autism Speaks Fall Classic
On Monday, September 20, 2010- which was arguably one of the best days of weather we have enjoyed this year- Autism Speaks proudly kicked off its Inaugural Autism Speaks Fall Classic. Joining us was our title sponsor, Shop Rite, and together we hosted an exciting day of golf at the illustrious Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, NJ. It was a wonderful day that included an afternoon shotgun start on Baltusrol's famed Lower Course. The tournament included several course contests and culminated with a Hole in One by Dr. Peter Kapsimalis who will take away a lease provided by Ray Catena Lexus of Freehold. We are thrilled to announce that the Fall Classic raised over $200,000 for Autism Speaks!
Evening cocktails included a silent and a live auction that offered an opportunity to help fund family services initiatives for adults with autism. Honorary Co-Chair and Autism Speaks Co-Founder Bob Wright rolled highlights from the first annual and highly successful "Light It Up Blue" initiative on World Autism Awareness Day, on April 2. Event Co-Chair and President of The Bachman Company, Scott Carpenter hosted the evening program which included a "Thank You" video with a personal message from himself and fellow event Co-Chairs, Anne & Dave St.Clair. The video was a touching piece that provided the Baltusrol audience with an overview of what autism is and why their support is so crucial to our cause.
Autism in the News – 09.22.10
Gravel pit rejected (Canada)
Pat Hanson dreaded the prospect of a gravel pit operating a stone's throw from her backyard. Read more.
Staten Island officials focus energies on autism (Staten Island, N.Y.)
With 5,000 children and adults suffering from autism on Staten Island, and the numbers climbing, Borough President James P. Molinaro is joining with community groups and others here to launch a boroughwide initiative aimed at getting families the help they need in dealing with the disease. Read more.
This weekend's made for walking (Waltham, Mass.)
As the weather turns from oppressively hot to mild and crisp, area residents are lacing up sneakers and hitting the pavement for good causes throughout the state. This weekend is no exception. Read more.
Victoria committed to helping all children with autism (Canada)
I recognize that changes announced to autism programs last fall have not been easy on families who were previously enrolled in the Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention (EIBI) programs. However, there is a balance we have to strike between available funding and our ability to serve as many children and youth as possible. Read more.
Dedication is served at Starpoint (Pendleton, N.Y.)
Sometimes in sports the game means so much more than the final score. For Starpoint's boys volleyball team, this past Friday was one of those nights. With Starpoint up two games to none against Maryvale and leading 21-14, coach Kirk Spitler made three substitutions. Read more.


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Cell phones and other electronic devices won't be allowed in the Guilford County Courthouse starting in February.
The ban will start Feb. 3 and also includes computers, cameras and other devices that are capable of recording or taking pictures.
The resident superior court judge and the chief superior court judge decided on the ban to prevent unauthorized recording of proceedings.
Exemptions include people responding to a jury summons, law enforcement officials, county officials with proper ID and people who have prior written permission from a judge.

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Kenya Kids Herding
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Photo and caption by Anthony Hogan
I had a couple of seconds to seize the opportunity for this photograph. During a visit to Kenya in August (four of us traveling), we were staying outside a small community by the name of Ewuaso. It's not an unusual scene to see young boys looking after some cows, but their surroundings created a very distant back drop to the upbringing I have experienced. Once again, it seemed like time just stood still.
Location: Ewuaso, Kenya
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What: Shares of mailing equipment maker Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI ) jumped as much as 14% today before settling to a 9% gain after reporting earnings.
So what: Third-quarter revenue was down 1% from a year ago, to $939 million, but adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations rose from $0.44 a year ago to $0.49 last quarter. Analysts expected $972.3 million in revenue, so the top line was disappointing, but they only predicted $0.40 in earnings per share, so the clear focus is on the bottom line beat today.
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U.S. Cellular Community Park will host to the ASA Western National Tournament for 14-and-under girls fastpitch softball teams beginning July 28.
The tournament, coordinated by the Medford Parks and Recreation Department, will feature 29 teams, including the Crater Comets and squads from as far away as Ellensburg, Wash., and San Diego.
The event was awarded to Medford after a bidding process in 2012.
The week-long tournament begins July 28 with a 6 p.m. opening ceremony at U.S. Cellular. Pool play games begin at 9 a.m. July 29 and double-elimination bracket play starts July 31.
The championship game is at 1 p.m. Aug. 3.
The tournament field features six Oregon teams, including the state champion Oregon Silver Bullets from Portland, state runner-up Grants Pass and Roseburg.
Nineteen teams are traveling to Medford from California and three from Washington, including Southern California ASA champion Escondido Extreme and Washington ASA champion Ellensburg Synergy.
For more information, visit sportsmedford.com.
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Description: Ernest Hemingway with his arm around Mary Hemingway while hunting during his second African safari.
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Oxford, MS (CNN) - A noose was hung around the neck of a statue of a famous civil rights figure at the University of Mississippi.
Racial slurs were hurled at a black student as she walked near the campus.
These two recent racially charged incidents have some wondering if the school affectionately called Ole Miss is still stuck in the old days.
Police and federal authorities are investigating the alleged incidents. And on Friday, the university's police chief said his officers were looking to arrest three freshmen in connection with the placing of a noose on the statue of James Meredith.
University police deferred all questions to the university administration, which has said it wants arrests in the case.
On Friday, the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity said it was "embarrassed" to learn the three suspects were members of its organization.
Not only would it expel the three students, the fraternity said, it was going to indefinitely suspend the whole Ole Miss chapter.
"For this to occur in 2014 is an insult to the legacy of James Meredith, The University of Mississippi community, and the SigEp alumni who fought for racial equality in the late 1950s," the fraternity said in a statement.
Tuohy: Isolated "stupidity" is to blame
A few well-known university alums weighed in on the furor. NFL star Michael Oher, who played for the Ole Miss Rebels and was made famous after his story inspired the movie "The Blind Side," took to Twitter on Monday to share his feelings.
"Can't believe they are still doing stuff like that at Ole Miss," he tweeted. "Really a shame!!"
Leigh Anne Tuohy, the Ole Miss alumna who adopted Oher after she and her husband took him into their home at the age of 16, said of the statue's defacing, "I tell people all the time, I wish there was a cure for cancer (and) heart disease, but more so stupidity."
However, she said, the university "has gotten pigeonholed ... as being a racist school, and that is anything but the truth."
"The truth of the matter is I had a black child at Ole Miss and a white child at Ole Miss," Tuohy said, "and it was a wonderful experience."
Shay Hodge, a former Rebels wide receiver and teammate of Oher, said "every school" has its racists. But Hodge, who also is African-American says he "always felt welcomed" at Ole Miss.
Racism "happens in every campus, in every high school, in every community," Hodge said. "Because it is not just white people towards blacks, it is blacks towards whites, whites towards Mexicans ..."
Seeking arrests
Lee Tyner, the general counsel for Ole Miss, told CNN in a phone interview, "We believe the three folks we've identified and provided information to prosecutors about were involved" in the desecration of the statue,
The three 19-year-olds, whose identities have not been released by police, are from Georgia and are freshmen at Ole Miss, according to a prepared statement from the university chief of police, Calvin Sellers.
They are accused placing a noose around the bronze statue this week, and leaving behind a flag that included a Confederate symbol.
"Sellers said the University Police Department (UPD) had gathered enough evidence by late Wednesday to bring charges through the student judicial process against two of the students, and both state and federal authorities were working in close coordination to determine whether criminal charges were applicable," the statement said.
The students were set to appear for questioning with university police Thursday but never showed up, according to the statement.
"No arrest warrants have so far been issued, to our knowledge," Danny Blanton, director of public relations for Ole Miss, told CNN.
Not surprised
James Meredith became the first black student admitted to Ole Miss in 1962. And it took a Supreme Court ruling and federal police presence to ensure his admittance.
Meredith, 80, would not speak to CNN about the noose incident. But his wife said she was not surprised that it happened.
"I'm shocked but not surprised by what happened," said Judy Meredith. "I'm surprised something didn't happen to the statue earlier."
In a strange twist, Meredith has not been a fan of the statue, He has said he disapproves of it on biblical grounds, and believes it should be removed from campus.
"It's a false idol, and it's an insult not only to God, it's an insult to me," he said in an interview with The New York Times about his commemorative statue.
The university's alumni association had offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the suspects.
Racial slurs alleged
In another race-related incident, Kiesha Reeves, an African-American student who is a third-year senior at the school, reported to police that someone threw alcohol at her from a moving car while also shouting racial slurs on Monday.
On Friday, Reeves told CNN that she was still emotionally affected by what happened.
Police are investigating the incident, which occurred a few miles off campus at a residential complex that houses mostly Ole Miss students.
"It's unclear at this time if the incident is related to the incident last Sunday on campus," Oxford Deputy Police Chief James Owens told CNN. "This is pretty unusual. This is a college town. This doesn't usually happen here."
The racial episodes this week drew renewed concerns about race relations on campus.
Students who spoke with CNN affiliate WMC shared similar feelings:
"I just feel like whoever did that had to be completely ignorant to the impact that he had on this campus to deface school property and such a monumental statue like that," sophomore Raven Lyles said.
"I think it's absolutely terrible what they did," freshman John Choat said. "I think they should pay for it."
"To be honest, we haven't come as far as we think we've come," said another student, Bryston Tucker.
"Obviously there is a little bit of work left to do in terms of our social fabric," Meredith's son John told CNN. "My father always has said it's not a matter of civil rights, it is a matter of citizenship."
CNN's Lateef Mungin and Elwyn Lopez contributed to this report.


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TOWN OF WALLKILL — A local man was hurt in a motorcycle accident at the intersection of Maples Road and Highland Avenue extension a little before noon Wednesday, said town police.
Ian Brennan, 54, was headed south on his Harley Davidson on Maples Road when he lost control and slid off the road, police said. A Stat Flight Helicopter took him to Westchester County Medical Center in Valhalla, where he was in stable condition as of Wednesday afternoon.
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Anyone here done rag wool socks? My SIL is a hunter and while they live in NC it still gets cold when sitting in a deer blind in the winter. He wears a size 12 shoe so not sure how to make a pattern big enough to fit his feet! Most sock patterns I've seen don't go that large. Maybe my DD can measure a hunting sock that fits him well and I can go from there. Would make a pair for him for Christmas if I can find something easy to do as I've not done socks before.


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Congressional panel investigates stimulus funds after TX hospital boss indicted
A congressional panel is looking into how the government is safeguarding stimulus funds after millions were plowed into a now-defunct Texas hospital chain whose former administrator faces charges of bilking nearly $800,000 of the payout.
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, who sits on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sought the inquiry Friday following my story on Joe White, the former chief financial officer of the scandal-plagued rural chain owned by Dr. Tariq Mahmood.
White is accused of falsely attesting to the feds that a hospital met requirements for stimulus "rewards" intended to help health facilities computerize medical records.
The stakes, however, are much bigger – and broader. Nearly $18 million was shelled out to the chain, we reported last August. And employees told us that little if any of the federal funds were used to modernize health records. The White indictment said an electronic platform was used "only minimally" and that the administrator took steps to disguise that failure.
At the time of our August report, Burgess, a Lewisville Republican and physician, said the issues raised serious doubts about the entire program's integrity. He then sent questions to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and its inspector general office to understand what actions were being taken to prevent abuses.
But the agency was mum, citing ongoing federal investigations of Mahmood and his operations, he said.
"Now that an indictment has been issued involving the program," Burgess said, his committee is seeking "formal answers to the bigger questions." The public, he said, needs to know whether the Mahmood case is just a "one-off situation" as well as what internal controls have been put in place or pursued to prevent further abuses.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the stimulus payouts under the program could total as much as $20 billion nationally over the next few years.
A spokesman for the HHS inspector general told me Friday that the agency is finalizing its "work plan" for this year, which includes audits of some stimulus recipients. But he provided no details. An excerpt from the work plan he sent me says it will review data from 2011 "to identify payments to providers that should not have received incentive payments."


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With the help of Colorado State University, Summit County children get to be the first in the state to take part in a new science, technology, engineering and math program.
The 4-H STEMasters program will take place for elementary students at each school after the regular day is over. Children will have the opportunity to participate in four different focuses, which could grow in the future: Robotics - computer programming of Lego robots and team competition; energy - wind, solar, biofuels and electricity; environment - forestry, gardening, geology and butterflies - and science 101, which consists of physical, earth and life.
CSU is providing all materials, curriculum and training for volunteers, who do not need a science background to participate. The local 4-H program is a partnership between the United States Department of Agriculture, Colorado State University and Summit County government.
"We realized this was a way to bring something to students without bringing it into the school day," said Laura Johnson, member of Summit County STEM, a group focused on bringing more STEM opportunities to the area. Looking at Colorado Student Assessment Program scores, Summit students are lacking in science, and bringing in STEMasters locally would better help prepare children for the future, Johnson said.
Summit County was picked as the first experience of the program because of a high level of interest in expanding STEM opportunities.
"There's definitely a community and parent desire for it," Johnson said. "We're really hoping it's going to take off here."
Right now, the program is planned for all Summit elementary schools, but eventually, a version of the classes could make their way to Summit Middle School and Summit High School. Johnson doesn't have an exact date as to when it will start, but imagines it'll get going before the end of the school year. Kids can enroll for $40, which covers them for the whole year and allows them to participate in numerous 4-H project clubs.


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by Mark Malinowski - May 29, 2010 9:25 AM UTC
The 20-year NHL veteran answers questions about his time as a professional hockey player both on and off the ice.
Status: NHL right winger played from 1982-2002 with New Jersey, Hartford, New York Rangers, Dallas and Detroit. Currently works as a pro scout for Detroit.
by Mark Malinowski - May 22, 2010 10:05 AM UTC
The five-time Stanley Cup winner talks about some of his favorite moments and best friends during his 14-year career.
Status: NHL left winger played from 1985-1999 with the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers and Washington Capitals.
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The 1,000-point scorer and longtime Flyer dishes about interesting moments in his career on and off the ice.
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More online Doctor Who content, promises Steven Moffat
Doctor Who show-runner Steven Moffat reveals his plan for more online mini-episodes…
Extra online content is on Steven Moffat's Doctor Who agenda, we've learned.
"I think we now have to accept that online stuff isn't a spin-off anymore," he told SFX. "We used to treat it as a spin-off that maybe some people would watch."
Admitting that he often used online content as a way to bolster budgets, Moffat explained that "they'd give me some money to do an online thing and I'd say, 'Right, what crew do we already have, what actors do we already have, what set do we already have?' So we'd spend no money on it at all, whack it out in a day, pump the money into the episode and off you go."
The turning point wasn't The Night Of The Doctor as you might expect though, but comedy series 7 tie-in Pond Life. Moffat noted that Pond Life had "an audience of over six million," and added that "you think, 'Oh wait, that's a TV show!' That's just a TV show and a lot of our audience make no distinction between that and the TV show."
"Same with The Night Of The Doctor," he elaborated. "What I think is quite exciting about all that stuff is you're allowed to do a six-minute episode. I actually think The Night Of The Doctor is one of the best ones we've done, and I don't think it would be improved by being 45 minutes long. What more storytelling do we need?"
The man's got a point, The Night Of The Doctor is undoubtedly a Whovian highlight of the last few years, regardless of its length. If new online content is of a similar standard, we certainly wont complaining.
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Definición de currency en inglés:
sustantivo (plural currencies)
1A system of money in general use in a particular country: the dollar was a strong currency travelers checks in foreign currency figurative he was rich in the currency of love
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money, legal tender, cash, banknotes, bills, notes, coins, coinage, specie
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by E.M. Forster
Howards End Men and Masculinity Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"Somehow, when that kind of man looks frightened it is too awful. It is all right for us to be frightened, or for men of another sort--Father, for instance; but for men like that! When I saw all the others so placid, and Paul mad with terror in case I said the wrong thing, I felt for a moment that the whole Wilcox family was a fraud, just a wall of newspapers and motor-cars and golf-clubs, and that if it fell I should find nothing behind it but panic and emptiness." (4.6)
Here, Helen proposes one of the problems of the novel – what makes a man a real man? The Wilcoxes, she suggests, are different from the sort of men they know, like their father or poor Tibby. There's something about the Wilcoxes that set them up as paragons of masculinity, and when that façade is cracked (by Paul's fear), it all breaks down.
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Tibby was sensitive to beauty, the experience was new, and he gave a description of his visit that was almost glowing. The august and mellow University, soaked with the richness of the western counties that it has served for a thousand years, appealed at once to the boy's taste: it was the kind of thing he could understand, and he understood it all the better because it was empty. Oxford is--Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another: such at all events was to be its effect on Tibby. His sisters sent him there that he might make friends, for they knew that his education had been cranky, and had severed him from other boys and men. He made no friends. His Oxford remained Oxford empty, and he took into life with him, not the memory of a radiance, but the memory of a colour scheme. (12.9)
This image of Tibby and his very special Tibby-ness is quite at odds with the other men – namely, the Wilcox men – that we encounter in the novel. Tibby provides a kind of foil to the image of strong, pragmatic, active manliness we see elsewhere; he's disconnected from everyday life to the umpteenth degree, and it renders him unmanly and oddly asexual.
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I believe that in the last century men have developed the desire for work, and they must not starve it. It's a new desire. It goes with a great deal that's bad, but in itself it's good, and I hope that for women, too, 'not to work' will soon become as shocking as 'not to be married' was a hundred years ago. (13.7)
The speaker here is Margaret, and she's addressing the recalcitrant Tibby, who just doesn't want to have a job. Her comment makes clear her stance on men and their proper pursuits (work), but also on what she hopes women will become sometime soon – hardworking members of society.


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While I didn't know about President-elect Obama's promise to get his daughters a dog until his speech last night, there have been over 42,000 people involved in the important decision of what breed of dog he should get. The American Kennel Club (AKC) created an online poll to obtain the public's views on what breed is best for Barack and his family.
The AKC launched its poll to find a breed for Obama (www.presidentialpup.com) after reports that – win or lose – the Obamas promised their two daughters a dog after the presidential election. More than 42,000 people cast their vote over the seven week campaign. The Poodle clinched the nomination after the breed battled it out with the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier in a race almost as tight as Clinton and Obama's run for the Democratic nomination for president. The Poodle won by a (dog) hair, with just a few hundred votes separating the top two contenders.
The Miniature Schnauzer, Bichon Frise, and Chinese Crested were also nominated, due to their distinct characteristics that made them uniquely suited for the Obama family – hypoallergenic coat, child friendly, moderate energy level, and stable and social temperament.
If the Obamas follow America's advice and choose a Poodle, the AKC will assist them in responsibly acquiring a puppy or adult rescue dog.
Also – Huff Post coverage.
But this is only a recommendation — Obama is clearly free to choose whatever dog he wishes, as he wasn't affiliated with the AKC poll.
An October 10 LA Times article reports that the First Dog will be a rescue dog instead of a purebred.
Michelle Obama told Entertainment Tonight recently that the family would adopt a rescue dog after the election was over. Michelle and her Democratic presidential candidate husband, Barack, made the promise to their two pre-teen daughters (Malia and Sasha). The couple told the girls (and the press) that their campaign lifestyle wouldn't allow the family to properly train and care for a dog until after Nov. 4.
The announcement comes after summerlong campaigns to persuade the family not to get a goldendoodle, which the Obamas considered because the breed is hypoallergenic. The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to the Obamas saying getting a purebred would be elitist and a petition by the Best Friends Animal Society garnered over 50,000 signatures to persuade the Obamas to adopt a dog instead of having one bred or buying one.
Oh yeah, and I hear some other things will change too.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Steve Spurrier has finally made it official -- South Carolina senior Blake Mitchell will return to his starting quarterback spot against Number Eleven Georgia this weekend.
Spurrier made the announcement after today's practice.
Mitchell, who's in his fifth season with the Gamecocks (1-0), would be back under center at Sanford Stadium on Saturday evening. Mitchell missed South Carolina's 28-14 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette last week because of a one-game academic suspension he got for missing too many classes during summer school.
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In Defense of the Double Headers
Between the drivers, media, bloggers, Indycar message boards, team owners, and crews, there seems to be almost universal agreement that that three doubleheader weekends on this year's schedule are a bad idea. The twin bills are already being mentioned as 'one and dones' for this year only and labeled as Randy Bernard's lame duck leftover idea. So, I wanted to speak up just to let people know that there is at least one fan (me) that likes the idea of Indycar doubleheader weekends.
I have heard the arguments that it will take too much of a physical toll on the drivers and crews, etc. Personally, I don't buy that argument. Practice and Qualifying will be on Friday with race one on Saturday and race two on Sunday. Now I know that driving an Indycar is very physically demanding (especially on road and street courses) and that the mental challenge of staying sharp and focused is very real as well. However on a typical non doubleheader weekend, the drivers have quite a bit of seat time Friday – Sunday with practice sessions, qualifying sessions, morning warm-ups, and the race. I know you can't make an apples to apples comparison of practice sessions and advancing to the Firestone Fast 6 while participating in Thee Ten Minute qualifying sessions as being equivalent to a two hour race. But at the same time, I think based on how much seat time a drive has in a typical race weekend (especially if he or she advances to the fast six) that it is a bit of a reach to say that the double header format is unreasonable.
I know you can make the argument that doubleheader weekends increase the likelihood that crews will have to thrash late into the night on Saturday to repair crash damage in time for Sunday's event. However that could be the case on any race weekend if a car is involved in an incident during practice or qualifying. So, again that is predicting carnage before the race even happens. Last year, there were a couple of races that went from green to checkers without a caution.
I also think that for fans attending the weekend, this is considerable 'bang for the buck'. I'd much prefer to watch an Indycar race on both Saturday and Sunday then to watch the support series races on Saturday and Indycar qualifying only. Ditto for fans at home watching on TV. I'm a hardcore fan so I always watch Saturday qualifying (when televised or even delayed televised), but I'm excited about being able to watch two full races in one weekend. Each with the potential to have different storylines, etc.
Anyhow, I'm in the minority on this one, but I wanted to throw it out there that I am actually looking forward to the doubleheader weekends. I actually wish Mid-Ohio was a doubleheader this year, especially since they won't have the ALMS race this year. I hope the hardcore fans will go into Detroit, Houston, and Toronto weekends with open minds and at least experience a double header weekend before declaring it a bad idea.
In other thoughts, I can't wait for this weekend's Alabama Grand Prix! It will be interesting to see how AJ Allmendinger fares in his debut race with Team Penske. If there was ever a driver that needed a breakout weekend, I think JR Hildebrand deserves one. I also hope to see Josef Newgarden and Simona in the top 6.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — The Incline Village General Improvement District board of trustees will not change a policy granting the district's general manager oversight on various personnel matters.
Resolution 1480 defines the GM's role as the person who puts board-ordered guidelines into the day-to-day practice of hiring, firing, motivating, promoting, demoting, compensating and training individual employees.
In May, current IVGID GM Bill Horn included $106,000 in pay raises for seven senior staff members in the 2013-14 budget, with trustees approved in a 3-2 vote.
A committee of trustees Jim Hammerel and Joe Wolfe and various staff convened in early June to discuss the policy and possibly come back to the board with changes.
At the June 12 board meeting, trustees tabled discussion on any changes, opting to perhaps review the issue later in the year.
"… The consensus … is that no more raises be given out during (Horn's) tenure, the exception being to continue negotiations with the unions," Wolfe said. "When the new general manager gets here, we can address these issues."
Horn's last day as GM is Dec. 31, 2013.
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New Milk Duct Test May Detect Breast Cancer Earlier
April 26, 2001 -- A new breast cancer test that examines breast cells taken from the milk ducts sometimes can detect the disease earlier than mammography, the gold standard screening tool.
Though mammography is the most widely used screening tool for breast cancer, it does not detect all early breast cancer and is especially likely to miss small tumors in young women with dense breasts. Thus, researchers are looking for other screening tools to use alongside mammography.
The milk duct test, described in the April 28 issue of The Lancet,may be such a tool. That's because breast cancer often starts in the cells that line the milk ducts, study author Saraswati Sukumar, PhD tells WebMD.
In the milk duct test, called ductal lavage, the ducts are washed out with a saline solution that is injected through the nipple. The flushing loosens breast cells that are then withdrawn out again with the solution. The cells are then examined under the microscope. Women who have undergone ductal lavage say the procedure is uncomfortable but not painful.
Sukumar is senior investigator of a research project examining a new way to evaluate the cells obtained via ductal lavage as well as an associate professor of oncology and pathology and director of basic research at the Breast Cancer Program of the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center in Baltimore.
In the study, Sukumar and colleagues report that by looking for genetic abnormalities in the cells collected via ductal lavage, they were able to identify breast cancer in its very early stages with remarkable accuracy. They also were able to detect when cancer was not present.
Breast cancer specialist David Euhus, MD, says ductal lavage will not be a good method of screening all women for breast cancer -- the way mammography is used. One reason is that the lavage method only collects cells from a few of the 30 or so ducts in the breast, so it is easy to miss cancer. Another problem is that the procedure takes time and is quite expensive to perform. According to Euhus, who runs a high-risk clinic for breast cancer at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, the milk duct test will be most helpful in detecting disease in women known to be at high risk for breast cancer because of other factors, such as family history.


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SIKESTON - The first bale of cotton reported brought to a local gin this season arrived in Sikeston Wednesday. The bale of seed cotton was brought to the gin by Joe Baker and was from his land near Salcedo.
SIKESTON - Ten drivers of the public school buses were awarded certificates for driving safely during the 1965-66 school year without an accident. They are: Gene Johnson, Sherman Butler, Walter Crowell, Floyd Tanner, C.W. Estes, Leonard Overbey, Dan Limbaugh and Billy Butler.
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I'm asked to review a lot of business books, but will only endorse those that I feel have some real value to share and ones that take a unique and practical approach to business. Braden Kelley's Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire, is one of those books. Plus, Braden is a really great guy, and the most knowledgeable person I know on the subject of innovation.
Braden forgoes all the hype and quickly hones in on those really useful nuggets of pertinent information. If you haven't already, you should also check out Braden's website Blogging Innovation, which carries an absolute wealth of information from many of the world's best innovation thinkers.
There are a lot of great points in Braden's book, but my favorite is his focus on the importance of insight and execution in the realm of innovation. It's one thing to have a great idea, but quite another to know what to do with it and how best to exploit it for the benefit of your customers and shareholders.
Another of my favorite parts is his clear and very powerful explanation of the nine innovation roles. The idea being that there are many aspects to innovation and your aperture should be fairly wide when discussing the topic inside your organization. You're much more likely to be successful if everyone feels they have a role that relates to your company's innovation vision and strategy.
- Revolutionary
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Other exceptional points that Braden addresses, which makes his book unique and extremely usable in my opinion, are the following:
- Your measurement criteria may actually be restricting the flow of the very best ideas
- Use cross-functional teams to evaluate ideas, so that good ideas don't get killed just because someone lacks the ability to explain them well.
- There is a big difference between useful and valuable – know what it is
- Slow innovation isn't bad innovation (iPod's took 3 years to really catch on, and the digital audio player 25 years!)
- The underlying business model of your organization will play a big role in your company's ability to experience innovation success – don't underestimate it!
And my absolute favorite concept in Braden's book, which he sprinkles among the pages, is the notion that having courage and a culture aligned to innovation are key ingredients in any venture into the world of new ideas and insights. So, if you or your organization lacks adequate courage, or has a hard-line culture, disruptive or breakthrough innovation are probably not in your future.


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The Meitetsu Line is operated by the privately owned company "Meitetsu" and runs services between Toyohashi and Gifu.
The Meitetsu line rivals the JR lines in the area, often running almost identical routes between stations, although prices are generally a little steeper. One example is traveling between Gifu and Nagoya where the JR ticket would cost you 480 yen compared to 540 yen on the Meitesu line.
Many of the Meitetsu services run to or from the Nagoya. Toyokawa, Nishio, Tokoname (which has its through services with Airport, Kōwa, Chita), and Inuyama lines all have through services bound for Meitetsu Nagoya, making the segment around the station extremely busy. Between Biwajima Junction and Kanayama, 26 trains go through per hour, even during the less busy daytime services.
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Black was unveiled on Thursday as a key part of the team that will take the sport through the next Olympic cycle and beyond, to a home World Championships in London in 2017.
One of Black's first duties will be overseeing the appointment of a new Olympic head coach to succeed the outgoing Charles van Commenee.
Black has been a pivotal figure in the success of Britain's top athletes for 20 years, initially as a physiotherapist and, since 2009, as the man in charge of performance support services, science and medicine.
He managed the support programmes for Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah and has already worked closely alongside Van Commenee and Paralympic head coach Peter Eriksson under the leadership of chief executive Niels de Vos.
Black said: "It is an honour to be given the chance to lead the Olympic and Paralympic Task Force and be asked to lead colleagues with whom I have worked hand in glove for the last four years.
"The performance team has worked hard to change the structures and cultures of our sport and I very much look forward to working in partnership with colleagues to build on the success of the last four years as we continue on our journey to 2017."
De Vos said: "Neil Black assuming the role of performance director is the culmination of succession planning we began when Charles first signed up as Olympic head coach on a four year deal in Beijing.
"Moving him from head physiotherapist into a general leadership role four years ago was done very much with this outcome in mind.
"He has been the 'glue' in the Olympic Task Force system I created, ensuring the right people, places and performance culture was in place to support the head coaches of the Olympic and Paralympic teams."
Van Commenee added: "If I were ever CEO of a national athletics federation or even Olympic Association, Neil Black is the first guy I would call and try to hire.
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Two many Gods.
(Yes, it's a joke.)
Hamas, the Sunni terrorist organization that runs the Gaza strip, has a lot to teach the atheist movement.
No, it's not that atheists need to have an armed militia like Hamas.
No, it's not shooting sub par rockets into enemy territory. (Though the idea of lobbing a few missiles at the Creation Museum while everyone is at church does seem appealing.)
Hamas does charity work, a lot of charity work. I was reading through this week's Economist (August 27th-
September 2nd 2011) and came across a book review on Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza: engaging the Islamist Social Sector.
Few would expect an Islamic charity to offer workshops on sexuality and ways for disabled people to improve their sex lives. But the al-Wafa hospital in Gaza has been providing this service for years, and it is hardly atypical. Many assume that Islamic charities are "merely a guise for promoting terrorism", writes Sara Roy, a Middle East scholar at Harvard. In her new book about social services in Gaza, based on trips to the strip over the past 15 years, she argues that the reality is more complex.
We atheists typically pride ourselves on being a rational lot. However, if we were going to be judged by the often clumsy attempts to act as a group one walks away with the realization that we are anything but rational. What use is it to understand Occam's Razor or Russell's teapot if radical Christians take over all three branches of the federal government? Sure, you may be very popular on the Secularized Ghetto Talking Tour but that will be cold comfort, to say the least. Hamas has certainly used its armed militia (just ask Fatah, who Hamas kicked out of Gaza), but it has won many Palestinian hearts and minds through a soft touch.
The social work that Hamas does has certainly empowered the organisation. But Ms Roy argues that this indirect appeal for votes "is very different from mobilising people into collective action in support of an activist Islamist agenda". It is not as if Hamas uses its social institutions to launch political or military activities, she adds.
This is the pay off from localized charity work. People like you. They support you because you help feed, clothe and educate them.
Now, many atheists may wring their hands and say Atheism has nothing to do with helping people! It is simply not believing in God(s). Once again Hamas has something to teach us.
When Ms Roy began conducting research in Gaza 25 years ago, she found little popular support for a political agenda built on Islam. A determined secular streak runs through Palestinian society, she maintains. Rather than Palestinians becoming more Islamist, "Hamas has had to broaden its definition of Islam and 'Muslimness' in order to claim and maintain as large a number of adherents as possible." As a movement that is political at heart, not religious, Hamas has been forced to "de-ideologise" Islam and appeal to more practical needs to ensure its political survival.
Hamas acted pragmatically and they reaped the rewards -- voters at the polls. We too need to broaden what atheism means culturally in order not to get rolled over by the Christo-fascists.
Learning from our enemies is the rational thing to do.
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One interesting note about the foundation stitches: I've read that they were first seen in books from the 1950s; however, in looking through antique crochet books, I found it in books from the early 1900s. It probably originated long before that, though!
Isn't it fun to be a part of such a long history--a history where there's nothing new under the sun, and yet, everything about it is still new and exciting?
I know! And to think men knitted and crocheted before women did. I read about it in a Canadian knitting book. When men made knitting machines women took up the craft of hand knitting so it wouldn't die out. wtg women!
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I have read that the fsc and fdc are used in filet crochet and some of that is done with very thin thread. That's been around a long time so it may have originated with filet crochet then crossed over to other uses. I dunno. Interesting to think about. Being knotty can be so much fun.
Ah... just the thing I was thinking about. The toilet tank thing isn't going very well. I keep messing up the count between the back row dc twisties. Not easy. 12 solid hours yesterday and never got past the first 15 rows. Very sad and frustrating. I'm about ready to go plain but... I really would love to do a filet crocheted rose for it. That would be ornate! I looked up on youtube and the filet crochet looks worse than rocket science.
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Here are three videos by Teresa on the single, half double, and double crochet foundation stitches. This gives your work a more flexible edge. It also saves time by doing the chain and first crochet row in one step.
This is so awesome! I can't believe I have been crocheting for all these years and have never learned these stitches
Think of all the time & unraveling I could have saved when doing afghans!
Thank you so much for sharing the links!
My problem is I can't see any links.
Have I gone blind or just stupid from crochet fever? I want to do that casting on/first row operation. But thanks a million for the links. Soon as I find them I'm going!
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Dwight Anthony Boyd, 51, of 695 Hugh St., was charged with criminal domestic violence, according to online jail records.
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Competing script for The Mummy reboot ordered
It's The Hunger Games' Billy Ray versus Prometheus' Jon Spaihts, in the race to get a Mummy reboot script together...
This is a bit of an odd one. It's been known for some time that Universal was keen to reboot The Mummy franchise, and that director Len Wiseman was attached to the project. Also, one of the writers of Prometheus, Jon Spaihts, had been hired to put a screenplay together.
However, it seems as though Universal is on something of a timetable here, with a summer 2014 release targeted (to be fair, launching anything into the summer of 2015 is looking increasingly difficult). As such, it's now ordered a second screenplay to be produced, in tandem with the first.
Billy Ray, who adapted The Hunger Games, is starting from scratch on a new screenplay, while presumably Spaihts will continue to press ahead with this. Universal will then either chose one or the other, or seek to combine them both. Hmmm.
Both are set in the present day, Vulture reports. But it seems a strange way to motivate a pair of writers, to effectively have them outright competing with each other. We'll find out if it works next year, presumably...
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WSJ is reporting that Apple's Asian suppliers have already started mass production of the smaller version of Apple's iPad tablet aka Apple iPad mini.Two sources claim that the iPad mini — as it may or may not be called — will have a 7.85-inch screen with a lower resolution than the current iPad model.The device's screen is made ... Continue Reading →
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Center for Women in Law Founding Member Linda Addison has been named one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in New York by Crain's New York Business. The list recognizes the top women with commercial and civic clout in New York's business community. She is one of only three practicing lawyers on the list, credited both for her new role as Norton Rose Fulbright's Global Head of Dispute Resolution and Litigation, and for her law practice. Linda was also recognized as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in New York in 2011, when she was Partner-in-Charge at the New York office of Fulbright & Jaworski.
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Don't bring $3000 worth of wine to Melbourne's Tullmarine airport packed in your carry-on luggage, because they are hardcore. [News.com.au via Fark]
I am both saddened and relieved. Relieved that this didn't happen in the US and that the rest of the world is, in fact, as ridiculous as we are about this shit.
Mental note: bring a glass bottle with 99ML of gasoline in it, some rags soaked in kerosene and a lighter as a carry on instead of a bottle of wine.
"I offered to open it there and then and let everyone have some, but they said 'No sir, you can't do that here'."
Well, um, I can sympathize with his frustration and think it's ridiculous that they didn't try harder to help him out and let him check it, but really… at this point who DOESN'T know about those (stupid) rules?
He's a stupid ass. It's his mistake.
For wine worth that much, why not package and mail the wine to his home, then catch the next flight?
"I'm sorry sir, I don't know who this Da Vinci guy was but you look like a terrorist, so I'm going to have to confiscate these elaborate sketchbooks and destroy them immediately. It's policy."
I guess that conference was more important than the $3000 dollar bottles of wine he was going to share there. I hope his sacrifice was worthwhile.
@pureobscure: From what the story says it seems like they wouldn't let him do anything other than lose it.
What Buran said, it seems like the baggage folk were absolutely willing to help him but the lady wouldn't let them.
Im actually flabbergasted that someone would even waste $3000 on wine. I like wine as much as the next person but I can see how that wine could be any better than a $45 bottle of wine
Too bad he probably had only 10 minutes left to catch the flight. He could have gone out and put the wine in a locker for when he returned. Shows you really should be early for your flight.
Still, he sounds like an ass who got his just deserts:
I was worried that they'd just go downstairs and someone would open the bin and there's two bottles of Grange, so I smashed them.
"I thought if I'm not going to be able to drink them, nobody is.
However 'stupid' this fellow was in thinking he could just waltz on with a couple of bottles of wine, I feel much safer now that that wine has been destroyed. Now I wonder if those fine Melbourne security folks checked any of the cargo the plane was carrying.
Why couldn't they allow him to contact a currier service? Most, if not all airports deal with or have their own currier service, they should have offered him the option of paying to have the two wine bottles shipped home. Instead they tell him they have to 'confiscate it', as in 'destroy it'? It's an irreplaceable possession, yet they would not offer him any alternatives, that disturbs me and makes me question their real motives.
@iamme99: The airport where I live removed all the lockers. Just like they built a new parking garage close to the terminal and then roped off half of it to make it unusable. Just like how they put in mailboxes and then welded the drop slots shut so that you can't use them anymore.
And people wonder why our airport has such a crappy reputation? They put in services people might want to actually use and then shut them down!
So their idea of making people happy again is, wait for it … A CELL PHONE LOT.
Yeah. If it has something to do with cell phones, that'll work!
… not. The airport still gets as many complaints as ever. The decaying 70s-era terminals probably have a lot to do with that.
@shades_of_blue: How about an Ives service, too? Honestly, wine isn't an irreplaceable possession. The guy forgot about the rule, or thought he'd be exempt. He can just buy some wine when he gets to his destination. I'd rather not carry large glass bottles of liquid in my suitcase anyway.
He screwed up. Too bad for him.
@Buran: Which airport is this?
@Buran: To me it's an irreplaceable item because once that particular time period is consumed there are no more replacements. And even if there is a replacement of that particular vintage in existence the price steadily increases as it drifts into obscurity. It's certainly not as irreplaceable as a 200+ year old bottle, but it's still a time piece so it should follow the same guide lines. Anyway, it's more of an interpretation.
Yes, the guy forgot about the rule. Just like some people occasionally forget about other undesirables, such as packing a nail clipper in your suit case. Sure, it was a stupid mistake and there's no doubting that, but there was no need to 'destroy it' when there are alternative options. Options he clearly was not offered.
@theblackdog: Sounds like New Orleans.
I'm just relieved that this is not my father in law. He would do this.
I had no idea that TSA workers manned airport checkpoints in Australia!