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Sony Xperia Z Review
0. phoneArena 13 Feb 2013, 10:56 posted on
A new flagship model, a new Xperia phone is here to try and overpower the dominant species. Is that even possible? Why, we say nothing is impossible! Ladies and gents, we're giving you the Sony Xperia Z!
This is a discussion for a review. To read the whole review, click here
1. zuckerboy (banned) (Posts: 898; Member since: 22 Dec 2011)
only 8.5 ? I though buy xperia z but xperia death for me now
9. boosook (Posts: 1437; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
LOL! Do you really base your choiche of what to buy or not to buy on a rating on a single website? Go and try the product yourself, or at least check and compare reviews on multiple websites, youtube and forums from users that you know are reliable.
What can disappoint someone can be positive for others, for example I like sharp edges and hate rounded phones...
42. jroc74 (Posts: 6006; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Exactly...lol. If I based what buy on 1 website's review, I would have neve got the Droid X.
Consumer Reports is the exception when it comes to cars, and maybe cameras...lol. For everything else I go to many sources.
In fact....I and probably all of us would probably have an iPhone if I, we based it off of reviews....
106. Emily1985 (Posts: 127; Member since: 08 Nov 2012)
Nokia Lumia 920 Review score: 9.0
Sony Xperia Z Review score : 8.5
Nokia Lumia 920 Win !!!!!
260. zuckerboy (banned) (Posts: 898; Member since: 22 Dec 2011)
920 can only win brick of the year 2012 :P
304. giri555 (Posts: 111; Member since: 15 Mar 2012)
wow..you are so intelligent :)
303. giri555 (Posts: 111; Member since: 15 Mar 2012)
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Hope you have learnt a lesson??
Don't underestimate the knowledge of the visitors of this site, visitors will not buyin to whatever garbage you throw...why am I even coming back to this filthy site...damn I wasted my time typing this...
75. danny_a2005 (Posts: 165; Member since: 06 Oct 2011)
Ray S just gives 9.0 and up to apple devices even though they are all the same, if Joooooohn V had this review done it would have at least 9.0. I think this phone is perfect... And I'm buying it even if it had a 1.0 review
80. Ray.S (Posts: 331; Member since: 19 Jul 2011)
Actually, I haven't done a single review of an Apple device, so you don't know how much I would give it. :P
86. MartyK (Posts: 819; Member since: 11 Apr 2012)
He got you confuse with Alan F. , now that person loves some Apples...hahaha
94. ahmed_ali_yossef2010 (Posts: 164; Member since: 26 Jul 2012)
gsmarena preview said the camera is excellent and the video is awesome and you said that the video failed to impress ? explain
145. hung2900 (Posts: 956; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
Don't make the fake quote, man.
GsmArena just told us a little bit about camera user interface and some functions without evaluating the quality , so where could you find the words"excellent" or "awesome"?
264. ahmed_ali_yossef2010 (Posts: 164; Member since: 26 Jul 2012)
Videos come up with excellent detail and a solid 30fps framerate
this from the preview and I won't keep the whole review in my mind with the very words
119. AshishRomea (Posts: 145; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)
your biased ! this needs atleast 9.0 , common whats even wrong with the phone ?
155. chaosnightmare (Posts: 165; Member since: 20 May 2010)
the brand i guess, sony sucks so much
138. Birds (Posts: 1157; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
Mmmmmm... Feisty....
192. schinnak (Posts: 92; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
It was a good review. S3 was top of the cream when it was launched in terms of specs and new features on touchwiz. It fully deserved the score.
Now you have droid DNA, galaxy note 2 etc with similar specs which came before xperia Z. Apart from the dust proof and water proof thingy - what else sets this phone apart and on the top???
The score and review is fully justifiable.8.5/10 is a good score for this phone.
214. ravearamashi (Posts: 11; Member since: 11 Feb 2013)
Absolutely true. It's all about software features, benchmarks and processor power doesn't matter anymore as long as the device is running on Jelly Bean, any dual core and above phone would be able to run it lag-free in theory. It goes the same to Droid DNA and Optimus G and Note II. DNA and Optimus G specs and benchmarks blows Note II out of the water, but in terms of software features such as the Multiwindows while on Optimus G and DNA, you don't have lots of features compared to Note II, and that's why Note II overall just wins because Samsung took the device potential to the max
273. XperiaFanZone (Posts: 2115; Member since: 21 Sep 2012)
Better design, NFC support, thinner, better construction, better build, better functions (ie, battery stamina mode) expandable storage, higher resolution camera (better detail), thinner, lighter,Jelly Bean out of the box,
272. XperiaFanZone (Posts: 2115; Member since: 21 Sep 2012)
Indeed :D
271. XperiaFanZone (Posts: 2115; Member since: 21 Sep 2012)
Lol :D
194. kclgphilsbsa (Posts: 765; Member since: 21 Jan 2013)
galaxy s3 got 9.3
galaxy s4 might got 9.5 above or else that wud be very disappointing haha
22. Wiki_jaan (Posts: 704; Member since: 24 Jun 2012)
now wait coz beast is coming soon..............S
312. PunyPoop (Posts: 752; Member since: 18 Jan 2013)
S? Sucker?
48. SonyXperiaNexus (Posts: 374; Member since: 01 Oct 2012)
oh please, 8.5 isn't bad at all. by the looks of your comment it looks like you never had any interest in the z in the first place and just need smthing bad to point out. anyway lets look at the con shall we. disappointing camera? i agree it isn't what it was hyped up to be but it still isn't 'dissappointing'. its not the best but it isn't bad and is still an excellent camera. plus, rating is different for every site and anyway what did the note 2 score? a 9, which is just a point 5 away and is also due to the extra functionality of the S pen. also many of the things are subjective so you have to choose what you like rather than what other people like.
77. mansoor (Posts: 4; Member since: 13 Feb 2013)
8.5 is bad because it deserves a lot higher score than that.
193. SonyXperiaNexus (Posts: 374; Member since: 01 Oct 2012)
but you are forgetting that phonearena, or at least the author was never known to be too optimistic of sony. it surely deserves higher scores but for phonearena, well you should get used to this sort of stuff. you know what i do? i add 1 or at least a 0.5 to their score if its sony and -1 if its apple.
148. DerryAhmad (Posts: 278; Member since: 05 May 2012)
The Xpera Z got 8.5 while the iPhone5 go 9.0 just doesn't seem right.
Also It'd also be nicer if we get to see the camera comparison between the Z and iPhone5/Galaxy S3/Lumia920 in the review to see where it stand in the competition.
262. gboo2565 (Posts: 10; Member since: 29 Feb 2012)
I have a feeling you wouldn't like the result of that camera comparison Derry..Does seem a bit strange though that Sony can't get their camera quality up..
274. XperiaFanZone (Posts: 2115; Member since: 21 Sep 2012)
I know, the Iphone doesn't even have a 720p HD screen, and many phones made in the same year did! -_-
57. RiseAgainst94 (Posts: 281; Member since: 03 Mar 2012)
Sad that the emerging leader in almost every class of camera can only come up with "mediocre" image quality for their flagship device.
67. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4837; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
The camera was like I always said average. It's actually disappointing as per Ray S. My HTC Droid DNA has a better camera, it has the 1080p HD screen & the Qualcomm Krait S4 Pro. Also I have had all that tech since Nov. of 2012.
People should skip this phone & get the new HTC M7/One or the Samsung Galaxy S IV, because those 2 phones will be out weeks after the Xperia Z if not sooner.
71. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Another reason (for me at least) to skip the Z - no VZW service. The GS IV will certainly be available on VZW. And maybe the HTC will be available on VZW as well.
Sony should have learned from Nokia about not releasing a phone on VZW. It tends to hurt your U.S. sales.
74. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4837; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
That is a GREAT point.
I like the Sony Xperia Z but my problem is that it's too similar to last years HTC Droid DNA/Butterfly J.
The Xperia Z is 2012 tech not 2013 tech like the new HTC M7/One or the Samsung Galaxy S IV.
79. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
The M7 is going to be even more outdated than the DNA. the Qualcomm 600 isn't ready yet and the Tegra 4 will probably suck, so the M7 will be a 4.7 inch S4 pro phone that is the same size as the DNA and bigger than the Xperia Z. Talk about fail.
89. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
You say that like it's a fact. The S600 is sampling right now, and it's going to be available in Q2. So that mean HTC could announce it in late February, and have it launched a little bit more than a month later when Q2 starts.
Also, the Tegra 4 will definitely not suck. With 28nm true A15 cores, and they're buffed up GPU which might be up to par with the PowerVR SGX554MP4 in the iPad 4, I think the Tegra 4 would be a pretty big improvement from the S4 Pro.
162. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
Not according to what I read. The Qualcomm 600 is still a ways away and in that same article he said that the Tegra 4 was no competition and similar to the S4 pro. So yeah...
112. HDShatter (Posts: 1021; Member since: 17 Jan 2013)
@SuperAndroidEvo this phone competes with the HTC One specs, the HTC One is a droid DNA with some monior upgrades like 13mp camera. The s4 pro is still the best processor in phones in 2013 right now this isn't outdated till a phone gets a Tegra 4, snapdragon 800 or exynos 5 quad core which won't happen till this summer.
104. gescalona (Posts: 9; Member since: 04 Apr 2011)
Ray S. gave 8 to the HTC Desire C and 8.9 to the Samsung Galaxy S III mini. So, the Sony Xperia Z is just a bit better than the HTC Desire C, and worse than the Samsung Galaxy S III mini. really Ray S.?
108. feres13 (Posts: 306; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
Dude it's like comparing an audi Q5 to a Porsche cayenne, they're not in the same class, compare the audi to the bmw x3 and the porsche to the x5, the S3 mini is a midrange phone and the xperia z is a high end phone.
137. gescalona (Posts: 9; Member since: 04 Apr 2011)
8.9 for a midrange phone and 8.5 for a highend phone ? is that make any sense to you? I wasn't compare the phones, i just saying that Ray S. believe that the S3 mini is better than the Xperia Z. according to his reviews
141. Birds (Posts: 1157; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
He doesn't think the SIII is better, Ray S. just isn't 100% satisfied with the handset considering that is is supposed to be high end and only performs "well" in some areas and not "spectacular".....
For the SIII mini, it is the most pleasing handset with the particular hardware limitations it was built with. Do you get my point now?
176. PhoneArena Team (Posts: 258; Member since: 27 Jun 2006)
Below the rating, there is a link to the page explaining it:
If you want to compare the rating and judge "which is better", you should compare the Z with recently reviewed high-end smartphones. However, to get an objective information, we suggest reading the whole review text (not only the rating!) and get all the facts. Also, we do VS articles, comparing two phones directly.
190. mansoor (Posts: 4; Member since: 13 Feb 2013)
"Release date: A phone released a year ago and rated as excellent should not be compared to a device that has just came out and has received the same rating. As the technology evolves, it is logical that the new models should meet higher expectations."
What kind of expectations are we talking about here? It seems unclear to me that the fact that it is a high end phone with high IP rating, first phone with HDR, Bravia Engine 2, Glass back and front, very sexy design, 2.2Mpix front face camera (/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9y55J3jyWME), good battery life.
"8.5-10 - Excellent : the performance and the features offered by the device are superb."
Given that the XZ only got 8.5 score, it just got the minimum grade to have it categorized as an Excellent phone which is annoying that a great phone like XZ to receive only this much.
236. jackhammeR (Posts: 1548; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
you clearly don't understand the way how PA scores
160. soshi (Posts: 154; Member since: 08 Mar 2012)
If this xperia Z consider as midrange phone with same price as sIII mini it will score 15/10. It is going to be weird if low end phone score 1/10 because the comparison also with high end phone.
Score should showing us not about what feature it has but how good is that feature qulity. For example, Sony xperia A with single core processor but optimize it speed at max will score better than Sony xperia B with quad core but perform only slightly better than dual core phone.
We can read all the feature in specification sheet, so score review need to tell us how this feature work in reality
275. XperiaFanZone (Posts: 2115; Member since: 21 Sep 2012)
You can't compare phones with release dates that has big gap.
323. rey514 (Posts: 3; Member since: 06 Mar 2013)
hahaha.. what is that? samsung galaxy s3 mini with a dual core processor 1ghz, 5 mp camera and with a screen that isnt a gorilla glass beats sony xperia z, a quad core 1.7 ghz monster, water resistant, scratch resistant and a camera that boast a 13 mp... instead of informing the people, we try to confuse them...
166. mickaahmed (Posts: 1; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
dnt blv in phonearena they r the most worst mobile review site :S they r anoyning people cuz 1 of my frnd living in japan he bought a xperia z he told me that its most beautiful set in current market and its camera is 1 of the best in mobile he compares its camera with other populer divices only nokia pure view's camera is little bit good otherwise this divece is far batter than any other like galaxy s3 note 2 iphn 5 and some htc im really dispointed with phonearena :P in beanchmark tests xperia z is far ahead to any other divics
248. Birds (Posts: 1157; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
The simple fact of the matter is that the 13 megapixel camera on the Xperia Z isn't better then the competition. I wouldn't mind if they put a larger sensor on these phone because this whole dumbass thing about I have to have the thinest and lightest phone urks my nerves... I wouldn't mind a few extra ounces on a phone so it can have an above average camera.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the camera is bad. The camera is well above average and can perform just as well as other flagships, but it doesn't out shoot them which is why Ray S. says the photos aren't anything to write home about. I would go deep in depth about the photos but keep in mind these photos are taken under overcast conditions.
197. SleepingOz (unregistered)
This is the best android flagship atm, but I doubt it'll stand a chance against the upcoming flagships of HTC, LG and ofc, Samsung.
Not to forget the Motorola X as well.
270. XperiaFanZone (Posts: 2115; Member since: 21 Sep 2012)
Don't judge a phone by its rating
292. nanotechnos (Posts: 1; Member since: 15 Feb 2013)
Yes it's my first post, so what ? um um
Just got my Sony Xperia Z in pre-pre-pre sale (ok 4 day is like a pre sale no ? :D)
Slick and beautiful device, in comparaison my Note 2 seems to be a plastic toy (but wait ! It's in plastic :D)
Screen is really sharp, but the contrast is... disappointing to be fair. Color aren(t as vibrant as the Bravia Engine 2 was expecting to do.
The ip57-55 certification is really fun, it might fzeel awkward to wash you phone the first time, but it indeed seems "logical" after a few wash.
Comparing my Note 2 in term of screen, both has their pros and cons, the Xperia z seems tiny in comparaison of the Note 2.
But, the image is really sharper, although it seems lavish.
Comparing to my good old iPhone 4s, the quality of the iPhone regardless the tiny/minuscule/ size of the screen looks and feel superior. Contrast and colors especially.
When the 3 phone face off, they all fit a certain usage.
Note 2 for the autonomy and the AWESOME stylus (no more "Where is that godamn f*cking pen ?!" when you receive a call). 1 full day with CONTINOUS HSPDA/call/internet mail.
Xperia Z to get the feeling of an iPhone and the quality of android. Did I say it's washable ? Really good device, but regarding the price, I might end up to sell him and keep Note2+iphone 4S.
iPhone 4S, for an all in one device (that audio and apps) with miserable autonomy... (but I will never get rid of it :D)
307. LDnb6 (Posts: 6; Member since: 05 Feb 2013)
you know nothing about phone dude.
339. X55526622233 (Posts: 17; Member since: 14 Apr 2013)
just buy gs4 xperia z htc one That is how I will compare these phones. right now I have xperia z. waiting for htc one. One word for xperia Z "AWESOME"
2. hung2900 (Posts: 956; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
One more time the gimmicky 13 MP camera is proved to be pointless, when the details are only marginally better but have to trading off the noise reduction and color reproduction. The last year Exmor R of Xperia S is not very good, this one is better but still compromising.
I checked a lot of Xperia Z reviews , and most of them say the camera is just OK.
HDR video cam is the only good point here.
43. Feanor (Posts: 713; Member since: 20 Jun 2012)
I agree that if you don't implement correctly a novel technology, you will not get the results you were hoping for, but so many comparisons in the web demonstrated the camera of the Z as a clear winner over iPhone 5, Samsung GS3 and Note 2 and many others. Until I bumped on this review I was quite impressed with this camera. And honestly speaking the way that this review explains the camera doesn't sound like a very accurate way to judge. You need proper comparisons with the competition for this and in those cases the Z really shone. Maybe Phone Arena was hoping that the Exmor RS sensor will offer DSLR levels of shooting quality, but for me anything that is marginally better than the already very good iPhone 5 and GS3 is already a great achievement.
135. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
The photo quality is a bit shocker, Sony uses so much noise reduction that results look like upconverted 8MP pictures. Even more interesting how Oppo manages to produce SIGNIFICANTLY SHARPER images with better color reproduction and compression method, I read somewhere it features the 2nd version of the Exmor RS, but is it possible that Oppo got one technology newer than Sony's own flagship?
Check the details up close, these are genuine 13MP shots with proper pixel sharpness, and dynamic range is also top notch as advertized. Not bad during the night or up close either.
Now someone tell me how Oppo makes this much better pictures with the same Sony sensor...
220. ubuntu (Posts: 40; Member since: 11 Jan 2013)
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Why do u always talk about oppo gangnam style!
i see you everywhere lol
3. REYNER (Posts: 187; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
shut the F**k up and take my money!!


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Artistic wise and in terms of their technical abilities..If he is worse than her in your opinion, then who could be her equal? Is there such skater?
Artistic wise and in terms of their technical abilities..If he is worse than her in your opinion, then who could be her equal? Is there such skater?
He is obviously an excellent skater and a better skater than Tatiana's husband. Just compare what he and Tatiana have achieved vs Tatiana and her husband as a team. However I would still say yes Tatiana is overall the better skater. Just like when Maxim was with his former partner Maria Mukhortova, he was the superior skater, both in technical ability and overall style and presentation. Now with Tatiana the reverse is true.
Maybe glaring is a strong/wrong word. It's just that sometimes his posture irks me. He sometimes doesn't really get into his knees and seem smooth, but then again maybe the problem is the height difference between him and Tatiana. You see I'm still in love with Sergei and Anton, so I'm having a hard time warming up to Maxim. That's it, his style just irks
Not necessarily in terms of raw technical abilities but in terms of things that should be important to GOE and PCS, yes. He also does have the nasty habit of falling or dropping her at times.
It's not glaring. Max has an intensity on the ice that covers a lot of his flaws. If you know what to look for, you see it, but it's not incredibly obvious.
I think Maxim does have powerful presence, even though Tatiana is a better skater. Usually in pairs the point is to showcase the woman and have the man facilitate the elements. It's not like ice dance where both partners need similar skating ability (exception being Margaglio being glaringly worse than Fusar-Poli). There's more refinement in Tatiana's skating, but it's not like Maxim is "keeping up".
I don't think he is worse than her. I think they are pretty equal. Each of them have different strengths, but both of them have also weaknesses. So I wouldn't claim that Tatiana is stronger.
What has Tatiana shown that people think she's a stronger skater? She hasn't had any decent program in her entire life. She's not musical, can't interpret anything that well. She hasn't shown she's capable of doing something great. If you put her side by side with Gordeeva or Mishkutenok, she's just an average skater with no remarkable skill.
The way this thread started, you'd think she's Carolina Kostner, full of potential, but being held back by inconsistency or in her case, Trankov. Give me a break, this girl is lucky to partner up with him, and with Russia pushing relentlessly for a pair to win Gold, they suddenly become top tier. They are not top tier skaters, she's not top tier skater.
Their TES aren't as explosive and impressive as the Zhangs. Their PCS are atrocious. It's amazing they became unbeatable with the right push.
LOL no Stanislav is not her husbond, just her ex-skating partner! Theyre dating each other
Speaking of the Zhangs if there was a team overscored for many years it is them. I liked them and had a soft spot for them, despite their rivalry with my favorite team, and the annoyance at the pushing of the federation for them over my favorite team for awhile. However people have short memories, and forget there was far more howling over their marks and results than there have ever been or ever will be over V/T's. They even got huge PCS despite having virtually no skating skills and being on of the SLOWEST teams in history between their big tricks. Despite that V/T have already surpassed their career achievements.
I don't think it's glaring. Like other posters have said, Maxim is better than Stanislav was. I'm not sure if Maxim was really THAT much better than Maria though.
In purely cosmetic terms, Tatiana's posture and line is glaringly better than Trankov. Trankov may be powerful and fast but posture isn't one of his strengths. This kind of thing mattered a great deal pre-COP, especially well-exemplified by Russians, but it's merely a bonus these days.


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on January 10, 2013 - 12:31 PM
A high school science teacher in Cheektowaga is accusing school officials of censoring her speech by ordering the removal of religious items from her classroom.
Joelle Silver, 29, complained in federal court papers that Cheektowaga Central School District officials threatened to fire her if she didn't take down posters with religious messages, notes with Bible quotes and a "prayer request" box for the school's Bible Study Club.
Silver, who teaches biology and anatomy and has been with the district for seven years, got rid of the material.
She then charged district officials with violating her First Amendment rights and acting hostile because she is Christian, in a complaint filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York,
But a national organization that complained to the district twice about Silver last June said the classroom postings were unconstitutional and needed to be removed.
"Public employees, including teachers, have to act neutrally with regard to religion. They cannot push any religion," said Rebecca Markert, staff attorney for the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a nonprofit membership organization based in Madison, Wis., that promotes separation of faith and government.
Silver, who lives in Amherst, is being represented by the American Freedom Law Center, a nonprofit law firm that focuses on religious liberty cases.
Attorney Robert J. Muise maintained that constitutional violations occurred when district officials forced Silver to remove the religious materials. "They essentially want her to cease being a Christian once she enters school district property," said Muise.
Superintendent Dennis Kane said the district was caught in the middle of a dispute between "two big special-interest groups" and was likely to be sued regardless of what it did or didn't do.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation in September sued a Pittsburgh-area school district for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument at a junior high school.
"There's rulings that favor both perspectives on this," said Kane. "More than anything else on this, each side wants an example."
After consulting with a district lawyer and an attorney for the district's insurance carrier, district officials issued an eight-page "counseling letter" to Silver, said Kane, who is named personally in the suit along with School Board President Brian J. Gould.
The lawsuit mentions the letter several times, but because of the litigation and privacy restrictions in personnel matters, Kane said he was not able to comment on its contents.
The case dates back to last June, when a student alerted the Freedom From Religion Foundation to a poster with a biblical verse in Silver's class and a drawing of three crosses on a wall near her desk.
The student also reported to the organization that a guest speaker discussing genetic defects in Silver's anatomy class had used Bible passages in his presentation and that Silver herself had referred to Adam and Eve in a discussion about the human rib cage.
The student felt uncomfortable and alienated by the religious references and materials, said Markert, who wrote a letter to Kane on June 7 asking the district to investigate and direct Silver to take down the postings.
A week later, on June 14, Markert wrote another letter informing Kane of additional religious postings in Silver's classroom, including four posters with Bible quotes from the Book of Psalms.
The student also said that Silver told students in the anatomy class that whoever had reported her to the Freedom From Religion Foundation lacked integrity and character and was akin to someone who had cheated on the final exam, Markert wrote in her follow-up letter.
"This student should be lauded for standing up for constitutional rights, not made to feel like an outsider and defamed by being compared to someone who cheats on exams," Markert wrote, encouraging Kane to further investigate and discipline Silver.
Silver denied that she questioned the integrity or character whoever reported her. In a talk to her class on the final day of the school year, she said she apologized if she had offended anyone and explained that she wanted people to work together to solve their conflicts.
Muise said that Silver wasn't pushing her faith on students.
The original poster she was told to take down contained a quote from Paul's first letter to the Corinthians: "Be on guard. Stand true to what you believe. Be courageous. Be strong. And everything you do must be done in love."
The quote was superimposed over a picture of an American flag and school books.
"Is that proselytizing?" asked Muise.
The district demanded that Silver take down a posted quote from Ronald Reagan, in which the former president declares "without God democracy will not and cannot endure" and "If ever we forget that we are One nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under."
The district ordered Silver to remove even the small personal sticky notes with Bible quotes she kept on her desk and to keep any Bible verses in a private folder.
Muise called it "one of the most egregious examples of religious hostility I have witnessed in a public school." Any religious reference in schools is "treated almost as if it's some disease that has to be eradicated," he added.
The lawsuit states that Silver's Christian faith defines her as a person, and passages from the Bible guide her actions, including those as a public school teacher.
District policy allows teachers to display personal messages and other items that reflect their individual personalities, opinions and values, as well as messages that are not part of the curriculum but relate to political and social concerns, the lawsuit also states.
"As a result of the defendants' draconian restrictions, plaintiff must keep her faith hidden at all times," the lawsuit said.
But Markert said the district did the right thing.
"There's a lot of case law that supports the district's decision," she said. "I don't think the school district is forcing her not to be a Christian."
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New Riegel grabs hold of second in MAL
NEW RIEGEL - New Riegel broke a tie for second place with Calvert in the Midland Athletic League by beating the Senecas in three games, 25-21, 25-12, 25-13.
Lauren Ladd and Kara Scherger shared the team-high for New Riegel with 12 kills. Taylor Arbogast chipped in 10 kills. All three completed double-doubles by hitting double figures in digs. Scherger picked up 15, Arbogast 12 and Ladd 11.
Also for New Riegel (20-1, 9-1 MAL), Cassandra Acree dished out 27 assists and Morgan Noftz sent out nine. Alexis Kieffer had seven kills and Brittany Gillig picked up 11 digs.
For Calvert (13-7, 8-2), Meridith Lucius led with seven kills and 15 digs. Jordan Gase had four kills and 17 digs.
Mohawk clinches share
SYCAMORE - Mohawk clinched a share of the Midland Athletic League title by dropping Old Fort, 25-8, 25-14, 25-9. Mohawk (18-2, 10-0 MAL) holds a one-game lead over New Riegel with one game left in league play. Mohawk hosts North Baltimore Thursday while New Riegel travels to Old Fort.
In their match against the Stockaders, Kasey Adelsperger paced the Warriors with 13 kills. Julie Adelsperger and Sarah Parker each slammed eight while Aubrie Flood chipped in six. Ashley Parker handed out 35 assists.
On the defensive end, Lynsey Trusty led with 11 digs. Julie Adelsperger picked up nine and also served five aces.
Old Fort (3-18, 2-8) was led by Kristin Bender with five kills, seven digs and two blocks. Krista Ward had 10 assists and nine digs. Shelby Bigler led with 12 digs.
Mohawks cage Tigers
ATTICA - St. Wendelin topped Seneca East 25-17, 25-16, 25-14.
Colleen Fondessy slammed 12 kills to pace the Mohawks. Allie Rutter dished out 14 assists while Olivia Zimmerman served five aces.
Defensively for St. Wendelin (10-11, 3-7 MAL), Becca Starn had nine blocks. Georgia Kitchen led with 11 digs.
Kristin Bowerman's 13 kills topped Seneca East (6-14, 3-7 MAL). Rachel Bauman and Cameil Ruffing each added five kills. Samantha Miller had 14 assists.
BC inches closer to NCC crown
LUCAS - Buckeye Central is one win away from an outright North Central Conference title after sweeping Lucas, 25-14, 25-11, 25-14.
Sammi Marcum smashed 14 kills for the Buckettes, who improved to 18-2, 12-0 in the North Central Conference. Kendra Schultz aided the Buckettes' cause with 10 kills and three blocks, while Brooke Karl added 18 digs. Kilee Kimmel tossed up 16 assists to go along with three aces, while Emily Weithman added 18 assists and four aces.
Jenna Delarber and Natalie Dentinger added five kills each for BC. Sierra Hanes also had five kills for the Buckettes.
BC has a chance to wrap up the NCC Thursday, when it hosts Wynford. They Royals have one conference loss. Buckeye Central will be going for its fifth-consecutive league title, something the program has never accomplished.
Carey shuts down Tigers
NORTH BALTIMORE - Hannah Tong practically did it all for Carey Tuesday night as Carey thumped North Baltimore, 25-14, 25-10, 25-5.
Tong served seven aces, had seven digs, four blocks and 13 kills for the Blue Devils, who improved to 13-7, 7-3 Midland Athletic League.
Shelby Kin smashed six kills for Carey, while Sydney Wentling served three aces and dished out 25 assists. Logan Johnson served two aces and registered seven digs, while Monique Altvater added eight digs.
TC throttles Sandusky
SANDUSKY - Two Columbian players combined for 26 kills Tuesday in a 25-8, 25-6, 25-7 Northern Ohio League domination of Sandusky.
Haley Sendelbach slammed 16 kills for the Tornadoes (5-13, 2-7 NOL) and Sara Berecz belted 10.
St. Joe takes out H-L
FREMONT - Fremont St. Joe posted a four-game win Tuesday, despite a triple-double by one Hopewell-Loudon player and double-doubles by two others.
The Crimson Streaks won 23-25, 25-16, 25-21, 25-18.
Courtney Burns did her best to keep that from happening, registering 15 kills, 15 digs, 10 assists, four block assists and two solo blocks for H-L (8-13, 5-5 MAL).
Logan Frank (2 aces) chipped in 20 digs, 10 kills and three assists, and Shelby Sauber tallied 18 assists, 10 digs and six kills.
Kassie Welly (2 assists) came up with 16 digs, Kassie Shaver (2 aces) had 15 digs and four kills, Tiana Opp lined two block assists and Bri Schinder belted two solo blocks and two kills.
Lakota holds on
BETTSVILLE - Lakota took its first two games against Bettsville convincingly, then edged out the Bobcats in the third for a 25-15, 25-14, 25-23 win.
Katie Park slammed 13 kills to led the Raiders. Destiny Long-Meyer added seven and Khilee Baltz had six. Stephanie Miller finished with a double-double, dishing out 21 assists to go along with 16 digs.
Also for Lakota (8-10, 5-5), Alaina Bickford had 17 digs and three aces. Aubrey Bickford had three aces.
Snyder sets milestone
UPPER SANDUSKY - Allison Snyder has re-written the record books at Upper Sandusky when it comes to setters. Tuesday night she picked up yet another milestone, picking up her 2,000 career assist as the Rams rolled Bucyrus 25-12, 25-5, 25-13. Snyder had 20 assists in the match, Emma Smith chipped in 14.
Taylor Graboski was on the receiving end of a good number of those assists, slamming 24 kills. Madison Bianchi led the defense with nine digs.


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Government duty
Why do organizations such as "Wounded Warrior" exist?
The brave young men and women of our all-volunteer military get severely wounded in battles fighting for this nation.
Why doesn't this nation take care of them?
It's obvious that this is not happening, or there would be no use for the "Wounded Warrior" and other such projects.
Doesn't this country owe them more than what these young people are getting?
Everything they need to return to the civilian world should be taken care of by the military.
We cannot tell them "thanks for the loss of your arm or leg, but this is all we are going to do for you," kick them aside and let them wait and hope that some organization comes along to help.
Very few of these young people come from families who can afford the cost of helping them return to the civilian world.
It's great that organizations such as "Wounded Warrior" are there, but there should be no need for them.
The government sent them into the situation that got them hurt. Shouldn't the government bear the cost of fully restoring them?
Robbin Street
Moncks Corner
Student loans
In a July 17 letter to the editor titled "Student loans," a writer complained about the interest rate on Stafford student loans.
He lamented "the increase in the student loan interest rate from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent."
In a July 18 article, Philip Elliott of The Associated Press wrote that an agreement is being completed "to undo a rate hike that took hold for subsidized Stafford loans on July 1. Rates for new subsidized Stafford loans doubled from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent."
Neither of these statements is true. There is no "rate hike." There is no increase in student loan rates. The loan rates are 6.8 percent — period.
In 2007, in spite of tremendous national debt, Congress passed a law temporarily allowing students to pay a lower rate. Students had already agreed to pay 6.8 percent.
For the last six years, students have been receiving this financial benefit.
It's time for this government "giveaway" program to end.
Terry L. Watkins
Wildwood Landing
North Charleston
Racial healing
I am a white member of the NAACP. I subscribe to "Your Black World," published on-line by Dr. Boyce Watkins.
In his July 13 response to the George Zimmerman acquittal, Dr. Boyce states, "I need to spend the night calming myself down while remembering that we live in a country that wants black men, black families, and black communities in the grave."
Perhaps a statement such as this would have had some validity after the 1992 Rodney King beating verdict.
But there has been considerable racial healing in the past 21 years. A black president has been elected for two terms.
Further, my readings suggest that the Zimmerman trial jury did not have the same inherent bias as did the jury in the Rodney King beating case.
Although I respect the writings and issues brought forward by Dr. Boyce, I am very disappointed in his statement. His statement, as a highly regarded black opinion leader, does not acknowledge the interracial progress of the past 21 years and does not promote the cause of further racial healing.
Sig Schildcrout
Appling Drive
Mount Pleasant
New traffic lights
On my way to work from Moncks Corner to Charleston I was surprised to see new traffic lights on Highway 52 between Moncks Corner and Goose Creek.
Unfortunately, the lights were out of sequence. When one was red the next traffic light was green. This caused a lot of stop-and-go traffic and congestion.
The lights should be set to blink on when a train is coming. The traffic was backed up, and we still had to stop at every other light.
If you cannot turn left because of the train, the lights should have been set to caution and blinking. The traffic could continue to move and motorists would be happy.
Are they trying to slow traffic to avoid accidents? An angry motorist stuck in traffic could surely cause an accident.
Brian Cawood
Saint Thomas Drive
Moncks Corner
But once is enough
I can live, this time, with Mark Sanford showing up for an important Defense Department roll call vote in the U.S. House with "knees quaking in the breeze" rather than "not" showing up at all.
His dedication to us, the voters he represents, is admirable; fully realizing he was in for a hazing for violating the dress code.
Terrill Leff
Apollo Road


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The older I get - the better I was
and yes - I hate the Cardinals (Reds fan since 1958)
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Votto talks more at 1B than Casey did??????
I like my home plate umps to give quick calls.
This guy didn't get the memo.
Reynolds not interested in making this a stress-free night. 1st and 3rd, no outs.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
padres tie it
With the day off, I'd have Reynolds on the shortest of short leashes.
MillerTime58 (09-18-2013),Tom Servo (09-18-2013)
I've got a bad feeling about the outcome of this one.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
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A protein associated with neuron damage in Alzheimer's disease—apolipoprotein E-4 (apoE4)—may actually promote neuron growth in the lab, according to researchers at Brown University. Currently, laminin is considered the gold standard for growing mammalian neurons in the lab, but the study found that central nervous system (CNS) neurons from rats cultured in apoE4 grew better than neurons cultured in laminin. These findings suggest a better method of growing neurons outside the body that might then be implanted to treat people with neurodegenerative diseases.
The researchers say their results are surprising partly because of the association of apoE4 with Alzheimer's. Apolipoproteins are responsible for distributing and depositing cholesterols and other lipids in the brain. They come in three forms: apoE2, apoE3, and apoE4. People with the gene that produces apoE4 are at higher risk for amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. But exactly how the protein itself contributes to Alzheimer's is not known.
This study suggests that outside the body, where the protein can be separated from the cholesterols it normally carries, apoE4 is actually beneficial in promoting neuron growth.
In the body, neurons grow in the extracellular matrix (ECM). To grow neurons in the lab, scientists try to mimic the ECM present in the body. Laminin is a common protein in the body's ECM, and studies have shown that laminin aids the growth of neurons from the peripheral nervous system. It was largely assumed that because laminin was good for growing peripheral nerve cells, it would also be good for growing central nerve cells, says Kwang-Min Kim, a biomedical engineering graduate student at Brown and lead author of the study. But, he notes, that turns out not to be the case.
Kim was inspired to test the effects of apoE4 by a previous study that found that a mixture of apoE4 and laminin promoted CNS cell growth better than laminin alone. "The previous work hadn't tested the effects apoE4 by itself," Kim said. "So we started working on a side-by-side comparison of apoE4 and laminin."
Kim and his colleagues cultured rat hippocampal cells—a model for mammalian CNS neurons—in four different treatments: laminin, laminin and apoE4 mixed, apoE4 alone, and bare glass. They found that cells cultured in apoE4 alone performed substantially better than any other treatment. The apoE4 cells were more likely to adhere to the protein scaffold, which is necessary for proper growth. They also showed more robust growth of axons and dendrites, the wire-like appendages that enable neurons to send and receive nerve signals.
Laminin doesn't seem to be of much benefit at all for culturing CNS cells, according to the study. Cells cultured on laminin alone did not perform any better than cells cultured on bare glass. That was another big surprise, Kim said, because laminin is so widely used in all kinds of neuron cultures.
A second part of the research looked at the chemical pathways through which proteins may enhance neuron growth. Previous work had found two neuron receptors, the gateways through which neurons interact with the outside world, that play a role in how external proteins trigger cell growth. However, when Kim blocked these two receptors, integrin and HSPG, he found that apoE4 still enhanced neuron growth. That finding suggests that neurons use an as yet unknown pathway to interact with apoE4.
"This discovery opens up a new target for researchers who are interested in identifying receptors that are important for spurring neural growth," says Tayhas Palmore, Ph.D., professor of engineering and medical science.
This study is available online from the journal Biomaterials, in a paper titled "The potential of apolipoprotein E4 to act as a substrate for primary cultures of hippocampal neurons".
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June 3 through 6th, Saints Constantine and Helen's Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Richmond is hosting the
34th Annual Greek festival with amazing food, dancing, music and fun. Not sure what Greek food you might like? Check out this Greek Festival culinary guide to learn the difference between moussaka and souvlaki or tiropita and dolmades. This year you'll find two levels of red and white wine: red and white table wine from the Sokos Winery in Greece and premium 2006 Douros Merlot and 2009 Epilinois white also from the Sokos Winery. OPA!
Festivities include demonstrations of some of the more than 200 Greek dances representing each region, village or island by the Byzantio Hellanic Dance Troupe to the live music of Achilleas. Guided tours will be available of the sanctuary which also includes tales of the history of the Greek Orthodox Church, which traces its beginning to the day of Pentecost. Souvenirs will be available at the Agora, or market, set up by vendors of Greek jewelry, leather, knick-knacks, videos, music, embroideries, t-shirts, folk art and icons.
Hours vary each day, Thursday 11AM – 9:30 PM, Friday June 4 11AM – 10 PM, Saturday June 5 11 AM – 10 PM, and the last day is Sunday June 6 12 PM to 7 PM. The first weekend in June is lining up full of fun, food, art and adventure in Richmond, Virginia. There's so much to do and so little time! You might even want to place a note in your tickler file for the first weekend in June 2011 to make sure you can reserve a room for the weekend at our Fan District bed and breakfast so you can be in the middle of it all!
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For Muppet Devotees, Fan Sites Are the Most Sensational, Inspirational
The muppets may be puppets, but their appeal extends beyond youngsters to older devotees dedicated to fan sites, meet-ups, trivia nights and memorabilia collecting.
"I realized there were other people here who appreciated it," said Joe Hennes, Brooklyn-based co-owner of ToughPigs.com, a website for 'Muppet fans who grew up' whose name is inspired by Miss Piggy. "We could talk about the deeper meanings of Kermit the Frog."
Launched in 2001, the website is one of several created by older fans to celebrate the Muppets and their capers. While co-owners Mr. Hennes and Ryan Roe normally post fresh content several times a week, they have been updating with red carpet interviews and TV appearances several times a day in anticipation of March 21 release of Disney's "Muppets Most Wanted" movie, starring Tina Fey and Ricky Gervais.
The site has an active forum and Messrs. Roe and Hennes host monthly "Muppet Vault" meet-ups where they screen a compilation of Muppets video clips. Through the site, fan screenings of the upcoming movie are being organized in a dozen cities, and Messrs. Roe and Hennes have contributed to a Muppets-themed trivia event with the Big Quiz Thing taking place Wednesday night at Littlefield in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
The Muppets lend themselves to trivia, said Mr. Roe, 33 years old, pointing to a recently published "Muppets Character Encyclopedia" in his apartment in Crown Heights. They inspire "a certain kind of deep fandom, somewhat like comic books or animation, because there are so many things to know," he said.
Other pieces of memorabilia owned by Mr. Roe, an office administrator at an audiovisual company in Queens, include a late 1970's Fisher Price Kermit the Frog hand puppet, an edition of Muppets Monopoly, a Ms. Piggy bobble head and limited edition action figures.
Mr. Roe, originally from Texas, met Mr. Hennes, 32, on the ToughPigs forum, and they became roommates in Brooklyn in 2006. They took over ToughPigs from its original founder in 2007, when he found his time taken up with managing a comprehensive Muppet Wiki.
ToughPigs posts original commentary, reviews and interviews with Muppet puppeteers, as well as quick updates of the latest Muppet news, such as a recent appearance by the curved-nose Gonzo on Jimmy Kimmel's late night show.
Two years ago, Mr. Hennes, who has a background in children's television, found his experience running the site useful when he interviewed for a job at Sesame Workshop.
"I had a lot of relevant work experience," he said. He now works for the educational non-profit as an administrative assistant and "resident Muppets fan."
Originally from Ohio, Mr. Hennes said he didn't realize how many other Muppets fans there were until he encountered ToughPigs and its forum. A shared love of the Muppets was also how Mr. Roe met his girlfriend in 2010, after she used the word "Muppets" as search criteria on dating site OkCupid and came across his profile.
In addition to ToughPigs and the Muppets Wiki, there's also Muppet Central, launched in 1998, the MuppetCast podcast and the Muppet Mindset, run by Ryan Dosier, a 23-year-old account manager at an advertising agency in Carbondale, Ill.
Mr. Dosier said his site, which is driven by fan-submitted content, gets almost 2,000 visitors a day and has almost 12,000 followers on Twitter. He most admires the Muppets for their perseverance in the face of constant failure.
"They're all struggling to be the best at what they do and none of them are," laughed Mr. Dosier. "Fozzie Bear wants to be the world's best comedian but he's terrible. [Gonzo is] trying to show the world that his art is unbelievably great and everybody thinks he's insane. But he never lets it get him down."
As for their continuing appeal almost 40 years after the first episode of the Muppet Show, Mr. Dosier said the crew's most famous green character, Kermit the Frog, said it best in their feature film debut in 1979. "He says his dream is about singing and dancing and making people happy," Mr. Dosier said. "I think that's all the Muppets have ever tried to do, and I think that's all they've ever needed to do."


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on April 29, 2013 - 11:27 PM
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Buffalo Sabres president Ted Black was caught in the crossfire at the team's bizarre postseason news conference Monday in First Niagara Center.
While much of the talk Monday and through the final days of a disappointing season centered around the status of General Manager Darcy Regier, the Sabres have also been taken to task by fans for a 4 percent increase in season tickets – which was announced in a letter most ticket holders received on Friday, mere hours before the team's Fan Appreciation Night finale against the New York Islanders.
Among several contentious exchanges with reporters, Black defended the team's decision as a necessity caused by the NHL's new collective bargaining agreement and said the team needed to continue to qualify for the NHL's revenue sharing program.
For the first time, Black also pointedly detailed the team's management structure by insisting he is equal to Regier and not his boss. That's unusual in pro sports for a team president.
After several questions and answers, Black did apologize to fans for the timing of the ticket hike.
"If the timing was insulting? Absolutely," Black said, when asked if an apology was warranted. "Fan Appreciation Night was a wonderful night, wonderful game. We enjoy what the fans provide to us and vice versa. The suggestion we timed it that way is completely untrue.
"The fact of the matter is as soon as we made the decision we sent it out. It could have arrived on somebody's birthday and they could have said how callous it was. It would be disingenuous to wait to Memorial Day weekend to send it or any time else. As soon as we made the decision, we sent it out."
Black said the revenue sharing money is a necessity for the Sabres even though the salary cap is going down roughly $6 million next season and the owners' share of hockey-related revenues has increased from 43 percent to 50 percent under terms of the new CBA. The New York Post took the Sabres to task Sunday, giving the team a "Chutzpah Award" for their awkward reasoning for the increase.
"The scale of audacity just doesn't register any higher than it does in Buffalo," wrote veteran hockey writer Larry Brooks, "where after just a couple of seasons in which, by the way, the Sabres have failed to qualify for the playoffs, Terry Pegula has gone from the Peoples' Owner to, well, the Owner of the People."
Black said the team is following a league mandate.
"It is important. We're the smallest U.S.-based market in the NHL. Revenue sharing exists for a market just like Buffalo. … The obligation to grow as a league as a whole still exists. It's not a written obligation but that's what we're trying to do – grow league revenues," he said.
Still, revenue-sharing would seem to not be needed for owner Terry Pegula. He was listed as No. 132 on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans last fall with a net worth of $3 billion. He was four spots behind a notable like Donald Trump.
And he famously said at his introductory news conference in February 2011 that "If I want to make some money, I'll go drill a gas well."
"If you look out front with all the rigs and everything else, it probably looks like we're drilling wells out front," joked Black, referring to the construction cranes rising on the HarborCenter site. "… I can assure you what Terry said is completely true. He's not operating this team to make money."
Black said the gas well quote isn't a burr in the franchise's side.
"I think it was pretty funny," he said. "It was addressed at this time last year. We did the exact same thing. The ability to have a snarky comment to something like that is going to live forever. I thought it was a great line Terry had and it's out there."
Pegula was not at the news conference and has spoken to the media on hockey matters just once in the last two seasons, when he announced Regier's contract extension in January.
Black insisted Pegula is available for interviews until it was pointed out the owner refused to speak on hockey matters at the groundbreaking for HarborCenter last month.
"Terry is not going to speak on the day-to-day operations of the franchise," Black said. "He's not going to speak on the business operations. He hired me to do that."
Black said costs of HarborCenter would not bleed into the hockey operations and said the organization hasn't been distracted by the buildup to start construction of the $172 million project.
"We should never let that happen," he said. "The reality is a lot of the work with the architects and designers gave us a lot of work to do during the lockout."
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This model computes the fundamental eigenfrequency and eigenmode for a tuning fork that is synchronized from Solid Edge via the LiveLink interface. The length of the fork is then optimized so that the tuning fork sounds the note A, 440 Hz.
This application was built using the following:LiveLink™ for Solid Edge®
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The root cause of school violence needs to be addressed. Not including the Sandy Hook tragedy, consider what has happened in the last two years.
Dec. 14, 2012: 23 primary school children and a woman wounded.
Sept. 14, 2011: A young girl and three adults taking their children to nursery school were killed, another child and adult seriously wounded.
Aug. 29, 2011: Eight children, ages 4 or 5, injured at a child-care center.
Aug. 4, 2010: Three kindergarten children and one teacher killed; three other children and four teachers injured.
May 18, 2010: nine vocational college students injured.
May 12, 2010: Seven kindergarten children and two adults killed; 11 other 3 to 6-year-olds injured.
April 30, 2010: Five kindergarten children and one teacher injured.
April 29, 2010: 28 kindergarten children, two teachers and one security guard wounded.
April 28, 2010: 16 primary school students and a teacher wounded.
March 23, 2010: Eight elementary school children killed.
There are two common denominators in these 10 horrific incidents. First, they occurred in China, a country where gun ownership is nearly impossible unless you are a policeman, in the military, or a security guard protecting individuals or businesses of national interest. Second, none of these incidents involved a firearm.
China's solution: Greater awareness of mental health issues, the treatment of individuals with mental health problems and armed guards in schools. Chinese officials are being proactive and reactive focusing on the individual using a weapon to kill and injure innocent children and adults, not the weapon itself. The United States should do the same focusing on the perpetrator and not the weapon of choice
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Information Bulletin 59: Urban Design & Urban Design Overlay Districts
Baton Rouge, like most communities in America, coordinates development through zoning regulations which separate uses of land into separate zones with specific activities permitted within each zone.
These local laws grew out of the social reform and public health movements at the turn of the 20th century with the intention of protecting public health and safety from unsafe and overcrowded
living conditions common at the time. By defining allowable property uses and thus constraining the intrusion of incompatible activities into residential and other areas, zoning laws have also
proven useful as a means of protecting private property investment.
However, simply zoning individual parcels has proven to be inadequate for building livable communities and many communities have adopted plans to coordinate growth and development in their areas.
The citizens of East Baton Rouge Parish recognized this inadequacy and in 1992, adopted the Horizon Plan as the comprehensive land use and development plan of the City-Parish.
The Horizon Plan has been replaced by FUTUREBR following its unanimous adoption in the fall of 2011. FUTUREBR reflects our community's consensus of goals and objectives that maintain and promote a high quality of life for its citizens.
In particular, specific goals and objectives in FUTUREBR provide for protection and enhancement of the character of existing business, commercial and residential areas, as well as the visual
and aesthetic character of the Parish. Neighborhoods are recognized building blocks of the community and many Action Items in FUTUREBR call for citizen participation in order
to maintain or establish neighborhood identity.
In recent years, many communities have looked at ways to address quality of life issues which together create a viable and livable community. Urban design has great potential for enhancing the
visual image and quality of neighborhoods. Urban design standards promoting excellence in development through architectural design and landscaping can create or renew a sense of local pride and
identity. Urban design enhances the economic and physical characteristics of a neighborhood. Baton Rouge, through the implementation of the
Comprehensive Plan has taken some bold steps to preserve and
enhance the appearance of the community. These steps include the adoption of sign and landscape ordinances, for example.
FUTUREBR acknowledges that public and private development can improve the character of existing neighborhoods and enhance the sense of neighborhood identity. This has been recognized as an issue of such paramount importance that a new Element of the Plan, Urban Design and Neighborhoods, was created to address design of development. The policies in this
Element complement and support those of the Land Use Element, with four Goals containing 35 Action Items. This Element also addresses the creation of Small Area Plans, and how they can be utilized to protect and enhance the fabric of neighborhoods. Not only are there many Action Items in FUTUREBR, but the FUTUREBR Strategic Implementation Plan identifies the need to create design guidelines as a primary implementation action that should occur in the first one to three years following adoption of the Plan.
Neighborhoods, districts, corridors, and special use areas are, in part, defined by their identifiable and memorable centers and edges. The image of gateways, natural and physical features, and
transportation corridors can define the perception of a place. Physical design can help establish vitality in centers of activity by grouping public services, retail establishments and other
amenities around a neighborhood focal point with a distinguishable identity.
An Urban Design Program providing guidelines for development activity in clearly defined special design areas, or design districts, can strengthen the physical and economic character of each
neighborhood by mitigating or avoiding functional and architectural incompatibility of buildings or services. These design districts include growth centers, major transportation corridors, historic
districts and other unique community areas as identified in the Horizon Plan.
Design guidelines are a voluntary supplement to general
zoning regulations, designed to provide a framework for the protection and
enhancement of the aesthetic, economic and environmental quality of the Parish
by addressing development issues as related to neighborhood character and
economic diversity. FUTUREBR places special emphasis upon the implementation of a Small
Planning Process, as a means of encouraging citizen participation in the planning of their neighborhoods including the identification and enhancement of quality of life issues and aesthetics that
create a sense of place.
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Urban Design Districts include
design guidelines and also regulate permitted land uses in the district. This
type of design district can be utilized when properties are in transition,
usually from a residential use to an office or neighborhood commercial use.
Urban Design Overlay Districts
An Urban Design Overlay District is similar to the Urban Design
District, as it pertains to design guidelines in a specific area. However, the Urban Design Overlay District does not change existing
zoning of a property, rather it pertains to design elements of existing property within the Urban Design Overlay District.
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Genuine Volvo parts and copies can look very similar. It may seem that price is the only difference.
In reality, exactly the opposite is true - price is the smallest difference. Genuine Volvo parts may sometimes be a bit more expensive than a copy, but they always have a guaranteed highest quality.
Let's be honest: copies simply don't live up to our quality standards and our knowledge of manufacturing parts that work optimally with the machine as a whole.
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on November 29, 2012 - 6:22 PM
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An official with a local transportation union pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzling $39,000 in union funds.
Joseph Grygorcewicz, 63, of Amherst, former secretary-treasurer of United Transportation Union Local 1566, admitted stealing the money between late 2009 and early 2011.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Russell T. Ippolito Jr. said Grygorcewicz had check-writing authorization – the union required two signatures on every check – and used it to cash checks with his signature and the forged signature of the union president.
Ippolito said Grygorcewicz had paid back about $14,000 of the $39,000 he stole by the time union officials discovered the missing money. He faces a sentence of between six and 12 months in prison.
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quote: You''re leaving out the fact that he put a war on the books that wasn't being accounted for previously.
quote: You're also forgetting that no government official is going to cut off cheap foreign labor... which means the U.S. economy would never have rebounded in four years. This country's economy will rebound when wages in these poor areas normalize. Prices did not decrease when products were moved overseas, the profit margin did. When that profit margin is affected, the screaming chorus has been to cut regulation and taxes. Making a healthy profit is one thing... expecting to make an obscene profit at the expense of the common good is really a bad thing. Excess is detrimental in most things.
quote: You definately are forgetting that the conservative base has consistently refused to work with the current administration. There has never been any compromise on their part. That's a shame, since Republicans used to be for minimal government before they were hijacked by these wack-a-loon religious types. These new religious conservatives have no understanding of government, citizenship or the concept of the common good of this nation. We have nut jobs gutting our education over 'teach the controversy' when none exists and driving qualified people from the teaching profession by killing the pay and benefits. They clamour for the government to 'honor' the bonus contracts of the bankers that led the financial meltdown and yet call for cuts to the negotiated contracts with union workers.


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According to the Associated Press, the deal links the 29-year-old Alabama crooner with 19 Recordings Unlimited, the label managed by Idol creator Simon Fuller, and music mogul Clive Davis, who will oversee Hicks's first album.
Hicks's versions of the original song "Do I Make You Proud?" and the Doobie Brothers' "Takin' It to the Streets" will be released on June 13, with a full-length album due later this year.
Hicks's edge, Davis tells PEOPLE in its new issue, "is that he is charismatic and soulful at the same time."


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Two people did hit the powerball last Saturday @mwn3d and @jasonpirkle. Email us to claim the $
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Running Twitter contest for the rest of the season. We will be raising the pot every game.
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Following the heartache that inspired her first two albums, Adele has found happiness with a new guy.
The Grammy-nominated singer, 23, has been seeing fellow Brit Simon Konecki, 36, after they reportedly met in the U.K. last summer. She even addressed their relationship (for the first and only time, she writes!) on a recent blog post: "Everyone in our lives separately and together wish us nothing but the best, and vice versa."
Here are five things to know about her bearded beau:
1. He's a good guy
Konecki is a former financier who co-founded U.K. bottled water company Life Water. He also heads the company's charity, Drop4Drop, which brings clean water to developing countries. The most rewarding part of his job? "Definitely seeing the smile on a kid's face when they try clean water for the first time," he told U.K. food and drink publication The Grocer last month.
2. He likes the outdoors
Konecki was spotted golfing in Florida, and on Jan. 2, he and Adele kissed and cuddled before going on a airboat ride together in the Florida Everglades. The couple was reportedly in The States visiting some of Konecki's family members who live in Boca Raton, Fla., where they also enjoyed crab cakes, salmon and lettuce wraps at one local restaurant.
3. He's got silly nicknames
"I get called 'The Waterboy,' " he told The Grocer in December. "When I was in the city they used to call me 'Swampy' ... probably due to my long hair and leftie views."
4. He's been married before
Konecki's stylist ex filed for divorce in 2008 after four years of marriage, according to the U.K.'s Now magazine. A fact Adele also addressed on her blog, writing, "Contrary to reports and headlines in the press today, Simon is divorced and has been for 4 years."
5. He's a Snoop Dogg fan
When The Grocer asked Konecki which celeb he'd hire if a famous person were to join his staff, he chose two: the CEO of PepsiCo because she [Indra K. Nooyi] "knows how to get things done," he said. And Tha Doggfather, who Konecki said would "answer the phones with his dulcet tones."
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I love the days that my kids get along for the entire day. No one is making faces across the dinner table, no one is talking back, no one is causing the other to cry because they got called "big head" and no one is annoying the other by spelling E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G out.
Days like these go by so smoothly, not just for Mommy, but for everyone. It's days like these that I can see the big picture and know that I must be doing something right.
But I have plenty of days (when the kids are not getting along) where I question everything I do as a mom. I get easily worn out and when I'm not giving 100 percent, my kids follow suit as well. It's on these days that I feel as though I am constantly saying, "Tell your sister you're sorry," "Go tell your brother you didn't mean that," and my favorite around this time of year, "Guess who's watching you...he sees you when you're sleeping..." and then I make them give each other a hug, whether they want to or not.
It's relatively easy for kids to face each other, say I'm sorry, give a hug and then continue their everyday life of playing together.
But as adults, the words seem to come much, much harder and we tend to become a little stubborn and sometimes bitter.
For me, when I have been wronged by someone, I have to remind myself that my kids are watching and learning. They see how I react to everything, so it's up to me to teach them.
Forgiveness: One word alone can hold so much power and meaning. For some, it might mean that they are waiting for someone to forgive them for the wrongs they have done...and for others it might mean that they are the ones who need to search their hearts for the forgiveness. At some point in our lives we have all been on either side of this word. Either way, it tends to make you feel like you're being held captive.
Right now, I feel as if I have been the one that has been trying to do the forgiving, and I feel as though I'm there. I have forgiven, and I feel like such a weight has been lifted. Yes, I still allow myself to get upset, or cry and all of the stuff that comes along with this process, just like my kids do. But it's OK because I know that I am not going to allow my heart to harden. My kids have been a witness to this, and it's amazing to see them grow, love and show grace knowing that we all make mistakes.
So, I would like to just encourage you all, especially with the holidays surrounding us, to search your heart. Whether it's forgiving the person who called you "big head," the person who cut you off on the way to Wal-Mart or the person who broke your heart, search yours and try to forgive before your heart hardens and becomes bitter. It just might be what you need to make your season bright.
Caiti Mondragon is married with three children. Read her Tuesdays on Greeley Moms.
I have plenty of days where I question everything I do as a mom.