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MANSFIELD - This year's spring clean-up days, set for April 14 and 21, will feature a new attraction for Richmond Township residents, it was announced during the supervisors Tuesday meeting.
A shredder from Keystone Mobile Shredding will be on site from 10 a.m. to noon April 21 to offer free paper shredding for residents, said township secretary Deb Kotulka.
Regular hours for residents to bring in their items for the Dumpster will be from 8 a.m. to noon both days. A fee will be charged depending on the amount and type of items brought in for disposal.
Kotulka also discussed the idea of participating in the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful initiative this year which is held each year between March and May, to pick up litter along roads.
"If we register with them (Keep PA Beautiful), Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority will supply a Dumpster for $200 and no trash fee," she said.
In addition, she added, the state Department of Transportation would supply bags, vests and gloves for participants.
"If we reach out to the people of the township who want to collect trash along their roads on a certain day and bring it to the township building, it will be free to leave it in the Dumpster," she said.
Though he thought it was a good idea, Chairman Chuck Neal voiced his concern for the safety of those doing the work, especially youth groups like Scouts or high school students doing it as a community service project.
"The state police would keep the roads patrolled for those days," Kotulka said, and if it was done on Earth Day, April 22, which is the day following the township's second spring clean-up day, participants could pick up their supplies then.
"Each organization could police their own people and PennDOT will also supply water," Kotulka said.
Neal eventually moved to table the idea until the April 3 meeting.
In other business, supervisors:
Approved a resolution authorizing application to Pennsylvania Municipal Assistance Program, with the borough of Mansfield and Covington Township to redo the multi-municipal comprehensive plan. The township's share would be $16,667 and if the township gets a grant of $4,167 from the Betterment Organization Of Mansfield, it will be $12,500.
Accepted a bid from Mobo Services to purchase a 1997 Freightliner 4,000-gallon-tank water truck for dust control for $26,500.
Set a public hearing to be held at 6:30 p.m. April 3 to adopt a new ordinance, including RV park language, set backs, new building height restrictions and a commercial zone extension along South Main Street.

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Know Your Rights: Don't Succumb to Unfair Debt Collection Practices
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Earlier this month, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau vowed to crack down on unfair debt collection practices. The announcement followed on the heels of a fine levied by the FTC against a debt collection agency for its unfair and illegal practices. Between the record fine of $3.2 million, and the announcement that the CFPB is about to get really serious about cracking down, it's even more important than ever that consumers know their rights as debtors.
While the argument can be made that those in debt should repay what they owe, it also doesn't seem right that those in debt should be subjected to harassment. In some cases, debtors are trying to put together a plan to pay down debt, and the constant nagging from debt collectors doesn't help.
If you are in debt, and collectors are starting to hound you, know your rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).
Your Rights under the FDCPA
First of all, it's important to note that, for the most part, the FDCPA applies to third party debt collectors. First part debt collectors (your creditors) can bend some of the rules a bit when it comes to trying to get back what they owe. However, once the account is turned over to collections, things change a little bit. A collection agency is restricted in what it can do in the quest to encourage you to make good. Here are some of the things you should know about your protections:
- Debt collectors cannot call before 8 am local time or after 9 pm local time — unless you give them permission. This means no early morning or late night calls.
- Your debt should not be discussed with others; only you or your designated representative should be in the conversation about your debt. While debt collectors can ask others for information about your whereabouts and how to reach you, they can't talk about your debt to them.
- If you tell debt collectors that personal calls are not allowed at work, they have to refrain from contacting you at your place of employment.
- You can ask debt collectors to stop contacting you. You have to do it in writing. Once you do, they have to stop trying to get you to pay your debt in this way. Send the request certified mail so you know the agency received it. After getting this notice, the collection agency can contact you only when ready for legal action.
- You have the right to tell debt collectors to work with your representative/attorney rather than contact you.
- Debt collectors shouldn't lie about who they are to get you to come to the phone, or lie and say you can be arrested for debt (you can't be).
- Debt collectors are't supposed to threaten you or use profanity when talking to you. They can't threaten to use legal measures to collect the debt unless they are actually preparing to initiate these methods.
- You have the right to receive a validation notice detailing what you owe, and who you owe it to. You can write a dispute letter if you feel the debt is not yours.
You have rights under the law. The CFPB is cracking down, and so is the FTC. You can report violations to both of those agencies, and even sue debt collectors who violate the law.
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just noticed that you used a Zippy 2650 45c.
I have the same and I am not real impressed about its current delivery capability.
Mark(ExtremeRC) is right, we need volts as well just to see if the batteries are not the issue.
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Well this statement:
"4S, 42-45 Amps @ 692-716 Watts w/ a Zippy 2650mAh/45C & a G-Force 3300mAh/35C respectively.".... with the battery pair and 'respectively' on the end, means he got 42A @ 692 W on the 2650, and 45A @ 716W on the 3300
Mark reverse engineered the volts of the 2650 case..... showing it must have been right near the peak numbers.
The 3300 shows it was later on, below peak... because it (both really) should have cruised in the currrent draw needs. So its peak volts would have been more into the 16's.
But anyway, the main issue is the 40's Amps..... that is too low - not due to voltage, but most likely due to a lack of load. And it is pretty well impossible that lip and no lip are the same, so something is looking likely to be amiss with that aspect.
A lip that does nothing.....? lol, But seeing they supply the lip, so in the CS10 that is generally a constant across all testers.
Maybe the lip was put onto the wrong end of the fan, hehe... or the wrong way around (as hard as that would be to do!).. (joke).
But something is not right there.....
or maybe the rotor is slipping on the shaft.....
One of the reasons I like ExtremeRC shaft adapters so much is that they can be held in place with a screwdriver through the hole and the nut tightened properly...
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The chances of fluking the same current, due to a rotor slipping just enough in the lip case, and not in the no lip case, across 4 tests, is pretty slim.
I would expect this is caused by something a lot more "solid", thus consistency.
How come my 1W40 sounds better at the recomended 18º advance rather than at zero timing? Same thing with my little CP 480 3300. At zero timing both have this growel at low and hoooo at full rpm but when I set the recomended timing to 18º on the HET and 15º on the CP they both sound way more smooth .
and also this site which sells bulk now but they can sell single items for $28.
I am getting a 2300kv from my LHS to test....
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Again, something I have not read anything about.... but an ESC would really have to have a 'dynamic' advance process in its programming. eg It senses the motor position and more importantly speed, and thus knows its needs to have more advance as the speed increases.
Our "Timing" setting figure would be the advance "offset" that they append to that base timing curve.
This would be because any static programmed timing curve would not suit all motors optimally, thus it allows you to adjust and fine tune the advance more towards its optimal.
Hopefully readers know a bit about how a motor works, or even to think how it would work.....
The winding/stator gets powered to build a magnetic field that "pulls" the magnet towards it. Thus the motor rotates, at least that bit for a start. And by cycling the pattern of which windings/stators are powered at what time, the cycle keeps the motor turning. Speed up that cycle and the motor ends up turning faster....
Hopefully you can understand that the timing of WHEN the winding/stator is powered (thus builds its magnetic field) will need to be done sooner and sooner as the speed of the motor (RPM) rises. This is because of the TIME it takes to get the magnetic field built to its optimal, to be at the right time (timing) for that motor speed.
If the timing is too 'slow', late, then the pull that the magnetic field has will be less optimal.... occurring too late - not totally too late, just later than optimal. And as the magnet passes the stator, the magnetic field will still be there and thus pulling BACKWARDS on the direction of travel for X amount of time.
Thus not having the optimal timing means wasteful things happen.
Too late, or too soon (too advanced) both have issues. Too advanced will begin building the magnetic field before the last magnet to pass is clear enough to not be affected by that. So it will have some reverse direction 'drag' on it.
The result a user will see/hear are things like stuttering.... pulsing - shock pulses.... different sound.... in more extreme cases of timing issue you will hear some pretty extreme 'terrible' sounds! LOL
And because the whole system is not an overly precise one anyway (and better ESC's do it all 'better') you are not likely to have an ESC running a motor optimally from low RPM right through to high RPM. It will 'excel' at some point in the range, due to the Timing chosen, and be X amount non-optimal either side of that. Some lousy ESC's notably amiss in areas, good ones would do a good job all the way (still not optimal all the way though).
And all we get to do is TRY what we can adjust... the Timing setting (and PWM). And see how that works across the motors RPM range.
"Hmmmm, that works pretty good... sounds pretty good... the testing numbers measured are pretty good".... not overly technical/precise but it is all we can do, and good enough for our purposes really.
If a user has a power meter, RPM meter (electronic preferably) and a way to measure thrust, and wants to get the best from their plane/setup, I would advise them to go through a complete testing process of their motor/setup via timings. See what YOU get in your setup, and optimise that. Start from the lowest timing and build up. And RECORD every test and all its numbers/results.
At very least, you can go by what someone else tells you (or posts), but everything in the whole world needs to be taken with a grain of salt.... there are many reasons that information given is not necessarily truly correct... so the only way to be truly assured of things is do it yourself! LOL. (use other information as a guide, or if it is all you can go by).
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That was mentioned in the first paragraph, first sentence.... but that sense information isn't enough, and accurate enough, for them to get everything truly optimal. Thus why they give extra settings ability.
However I do like how Tams shafts are chamfered on the female end of the shaft.
I'm going to retest the same 2W-25 /CS-10 fan in the CS housing instead of the Delta-V housing and see if that changes the numbers!
So this is a variable that is different from the other 2W-25 tests and would be my guess as to why the numbers are lower. And as I stated earlier the test using the V-15 intake lip were at the end of my PVC test stand instead of inside it(since the increased diameter of the lip wouldn't allow the EDF to go completely inside the stand) so that my be why the #'s are less even with the lip installed.
I'm going to retest the same 2W-25 /CS-10 fan in the CS housing instead of the Delta-V housing tomorrow and see if that changes the numbers! This is the Only variable that I know of that is different than the other 2w-25 testers, it's just hard to believe that the E-flight housing would drop numbers by that much compared to the CS-70 housing. But we'll soon see!
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I know is hard to hold the part to tight.
The batch is done. Cut the slot for screw driver to hold the shaft to tight the nut is next batch.
But I had easy fix with locking washer and now order are ship with it.
I use on all my fan TJ70, TJ80 and TJ90 over last week.
Is work very good and you only need to tight the enough to lock it.
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Project Gotham Racing 3 is a stunning game and a truly next-gen package. The fact that there will be better to come is very exciting indeed.
Forza Motorsport 2
Forza 2 is the premier Xbox 360 racer and the new king of the genre. If you love cars and own an Xbox 360, this absolutely must be in your collection.
Project Gotham Racing 4
Whoever steps into Bizarre's shoes for PGR5 has an almost impossible task as PGR4 could well be the best racer you'll play this gen.
Burnout Paradise
For true next-gen arcade racing thrills Burnout Paradise is most definitely your best option. Criterion has delivered a game that every gamer should have in their collection.
Race Driver: GRID
With a new found freedom to take risks GRID sits up there with the mighty Project Gotham Racing 4 as a leader in the arcade-style racing genre.
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Midnight Club L.A. is slick, well designed and gives a more real sense of being in a crowded city. Even with Burnout Paradise on the market, you shouldn't miss Rockstar's latest.
Trials HD
Trials HD is a game that seems tailor made for Xbox LIVE Arcade and we can't recommend it highly enough.
Colin McRae: DiRT 2
Wrap up an enjoyable rally experience with the best racing game visuals we've ever seen and DIRT 2 becomes a must-buy game.
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Before I dive in to the article, I just want to welcome you all to the new and improved Seahawk Addicts! The folks over at Bloguin have been slaving away on this overhaul to their blog network for months, and the result is a leaner, meaner site designed to load faster and run better than ever before. If you should run into any glitches or errors, please don't hesitate to message me at firstname.lastname@example.com (please include the names of the browser and device you were using at the time the error occurred) and I'll forward the information on to Bloguin so that it can be fixed as soon as possible. Thanks, and enjoy the new digs!
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Super Bowl XLVIII, aside from being the single greatest game in Seahawks history1, was also a fascinating matchup of polar opposites – or at least that's how the media portrayed it. On one side, you had Peyton Manning, an aging future Hall-of-Famer who had led the Broncos to their seventh Super Bowl in franchise history on the strength of a passing attack so incredibly prolific that it almost seemed to make the uneven play of the team's defense seem almost irrelevant. In the other corner sat Russell Wilson, a second-year upstart who helmed a run-heavy offense that seemed content to play second fiddle to one of the most aggressive, dominating defensive units in recent memory.
Hell, the articles practically wrote themselves. Cutting edge air attack versus old school smash-mouth! Finesse versus physicality! Former first overall pick and four-time MVP versus runty third-round game manager! Blameless reporters with hearts of gold versus the evil silence of Beast Mode! Exclamation point!
But while all that stuff made for great headlines and sound bites, they offered only a shallow, distorted view of the game that was to take place. For starters, how skewed toward running plays would an offense have to be before you called it run-heavy? Denver was roughly 60-40 in favor of passing during the regular season (60.12% pass to 39.88% run, to be exact), so it would make sense that the Hawks were similarly inclined in favor of running, right?
Wrong. During the regular season, Seattle's run-pass percentages were 52.31% to 47.69%. There's a word for an offense like that, and it isn't run-heavy – it's balanced. (The next time you hit a sports bar, feel free to use these numbers to win a cash bet against one of those loudmouth jackasses you've been dying to shut up.) The problem here, as near as I can tell, isn't that the media didn't do their homework2, it's that the NFL has increasingly become such a pass-happy league over the decades that most peoples' perspectives have been skewed to the point that a near 50-50 split seems off-kilter by comparison.
In 2013, the average NFL offense had a play call ratio of 58.35% pass, 41.65% run. By that standard, the Broncos' near 60-40 split differed from the norm by just 3.55%, while the Seahawks' more balanced attack differed from the norm by a whopping 21.32%.
And judging by history, calling more run plays than the league average puts the Seahawks in pretty good company. Of the 48 teams who have won the Super Bowl, 31 have differed from the NFL play call average for that season by 5% or more in favor of running plays, while only two teams, the 1970 Colts and 2011 Giants, have similarly differed in favor of passing plays by 5% or more.
That doesn't mean that running the ball more often during the regular season automatically makes you more likely to take home a Lombardi; more likely than not, most of those teams ran the ball more than the NFL norm because they spent more time using the run to grind out the clock at the end of games more often than most teams did (to quote the folks over at Football Outsiders, you run when you win, not win when you run). It does, however, suggest the possibility that the Broncos, not the Seahawks, were the team less likely to win the Super Bowl.
I'd like to spend some time in my next article exploring one of the more irritating assumptions that arose from all the talk surrounding the big game (namely, that Russell Wilson is just a game manager), but first I've got to figure out how best to present data tables using the new blog software. Until then, here's a link to a Google spreadsheet I've filled with basic play call data for every team that's won the Super Bowl, including league averages for each year. Y'know, should such a thing interest you in the meantime.
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1 To my mind, the previous tenant of the number one spot is a toss-up between the 2005 NFC Championship game when Holmgren's well-oiled machine annihilated a feisty Panthers team, and the 1983 playoffs in which Chuck Knox's upstart Hawks defeated hotshot rookie QBs John Elway and Dan Marino in back-to-back weeks. Good times.
2 Although I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that it only took me about thirty seconds' worth of web-browsing and basic math to work out those percentages.


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Blueshirts Host "Show Kids New York" Event
Featuring an Interactive Field Day at Chelsea Piers
New York, January 2, 2013 – On Friday, January 4, New York Rangers Alumni Nick Fotiu, Brian Mullen and Ron Greschner, will host a special "Show Kids New York" event that will give 100 children from the Garden of Dreams Foundation's partner organizations, Children's Village and Life Center, the chance to experience a New York City staple, Chelsea Piers. The Garden of Dreams Foundation has teamed up with Chelsea Piers to create an afternoon the kids will never forget.
The event will kick off with the children meeting Fotiu, Mullen and Greschner at Chelsea Piers. The children will then have the opportunity to participate in field games, basketball, gymnastics and rock climbing activities, followed by a pizza party with photo opps and an autograph session with the former Rangers.
New York Rangers Alumni Nick Fotiu, Brian Mullen and Ron Greschner
Interactive Field Day at Chelsea Piers
Friday, January 4th
4:00 PM Arrival at Chelsea Piers/Media & Photo Opps
4:15-6:15 PM Interactive Field Day
6:15 – 7:15 PM Pizza Party/Autograph & Photo Session
Chelsea Piers – The Field House, Pier 62, New York, NY 10011
The Garden of Dreams Foundation is a 501 3C non-profit charitable organization that works with all areas of The Madison Square Garden Company, including the Knicks, the Rangers, the Liberty, MSG Entertainment, MSG Networks and Fuse to make dreams come true for children facing obstacles. Since its inception in September 2006, Garden of Dreams has created thousands of once-in-a-lifetime experiences that have brought joy and happiness to more than 215,000 children and their families. These unique and unforgettable on-going events and programs – often involving unprecedented access to Madison Square Garden celebrities, events and venues – have brightened the lives of children battling everything from homelessness and extreme poverty, to illness, to foster care.


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Nu Shooz
It has taken a long time for this Portland, Oreg. group to produce an album to follow up the hit single I Can't Wait. It took so long, in fact, it was tempting to think Nu Shooz was experiencing problems finding material. But Poolside proves the crackerjack synthesizer ditty that made this band popular was no fluke. From the first track, this album snaps into gear, and it never comes close to idling. Vocalist Valerie Day and guitarist John Smith are joined by keyboardist Jeff Lorber in creating such frisky dance tracks as Lost Your Number. Poolside doesn't belong in a time capsule with great achievements of our civilization. It may not even be the best dance music to come out of a rainy climate this year. But if the Miami Sound Machine established slick and energetic as the musical flavors of the season, Nu Shooz has served up a heaping helping. (Atlantic)
Picks and Pans Review: Poolside
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text: Courtney East Rochester, New York 12/19/2013 10:47:33 AM Good idea, but I don't know if I'll use it right now. My all-white dog only EVER goes out of the house to "use the tree". She's 14 and has no sign of anything cancerous. My mottled dog, who IS outside for most of the day in the summer, is middle aged and DOES have polyps. It's winter now. so I'd have to remember the sunscreen in the summer. Now you'll say it's important in the winter too, and I get that, but she'd still drip it everywhere with the melting snow.


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Can you have different versions of the same library??
64studio came pre-installed with wxWidgets 2.63. Unfortunately, one of the apps that I installed later required version 2.8. Synaptic (rightly or wrongly) uninstalled a few apps that apparently had wxWidgets 2.63 as a dependency. I didn't notice what they all were - but one of them was Audacity. Since I installed wxWidgets 2.8 I've tried to re-install Audacity - but Synaptic keeps telling me that this will re-install wxWidgets 2.63 (even though I'm already running 2.8). Should I go ahead with this? I don't want wxWidgets to be overwritten by an older version - but then again, I don't know what the ramifications are for having two different versions of the same library present. Any advice please?
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You have to make sure that the packages you install have been packaged for etch, or at least back ported for etch. That means is uses packages that are available in etch. When you start mixing the different Debian releases, you can start getting trouble, like above. Look for an etch version of that application, and all should be well. You'll then have to downgrade the widgets package again. If you feel this package should be included in 64studio, let Free know, and perhaps he could back port it for you to test in 64studio (if not available elsewhere) Search the net... you may be surprised at what you may find.
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Justin McFadden started punting last season.
Now, he regularly unleashes 45-yarders that change field position for the Delran football team.
McFadden started placekicking this season.
Now, he is 10 for 12 on extra points, and he made his the first and only field-goal attempt of his career, a 40-yarder.
"He's just a natural," Delran coach Pete Miles said.
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The Flying Cardinals, losers of five of their last six games, were without quarterback-defensive back Russell Holmes for two of those games and wide receiver-placekicker Scott White for three, all because of injuries.
But the pair returned just in time for Upper Dublin's Suburban One American Conference Freedom Division game against visiting Upper Moreland on Friday night. And they appeared to breathe new life into the Cardinals, who looked like a different team in beating the Golden Bears by 28-7.


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The company make a point of sharing the vision behind their success, wishing to maintain their position as a world class organisation which provides both a successful and energy efficient service. The company also takes pains to ensure its actions are always ethical, both towards its workers and anyone along the path of the package being delivered.
The company stand firm on aiming to behave with integrity, striving to be honest and transparent with customers and staff, so that promises and commitments are always honoured. This means that customers will put their trust in the company and rest assured that the service they pay for is what they get.
The company also wish to create a dynamic and creative working environment in the mentality that a well looked worker is a happy worker, with the same going for how customers should be treated. The company aim to nurture their employees in order to motivate them to feel and work like leaders rather than just pawns carrying out tasks.
With this clear ethos, creating a strong positive staff and an equally as positive and trusting customer base, Elite hopes to support its many courier services and ventures.
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Elite Worldwide have a huge network meaning a full range of delivery and services can take place almost anywhere. The International Express Parcel Delivery service run by Elite ensures their parcels are tracked in order that the service is reliable, transparent and accountable for its actions and anything which may befall your goods.
Elite also provide a Time Sensitive Parcel Delivery service and Air Freight Delivery service, offering specific times by which the parcel is to be delivered, such as before noon, before 9am and so forth. This can be particularly important in the business world if papers are needed urgently by a certain time or the beginning of the working day. Out of hours delivers or collections can also be arranged with Elite.
Not only this, but Elite also have an International Express Air Freight Delivery service, and a specialist branch of this also. The company only uses the most reputable and reliable agents, with the specialist branch catering to time sensitive packages.
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Toyota recalls pickups; spare tires can come loose
Toyota is recalling about 150,000 Tacoma midsize pickups because the spare tires can fall from beneath the trucks.
The trucks from the 2001 to 2004 model years were sold or registered in 20 cold-weather states and Washington, D.C.
Toyota says the plate used to hold the spare tire under the truck bed can rust after long exposure to road salt. In some cases, the plate can break and the tire can fall.
Toyota says it has complaints of two minor accidents caused by the problem, but there were no injuries. In each case a tire fell and struck a vehicle behind the pickups.
Dealers will inspect and may replace the plates at no cost to the owners. The company will start notifying owners by mail in December.
Facebook puts privacy policy to a vote
Facebook is proposing to end its practice of letting users vote on changes to its privacy policies, though it will continue to let users comment on proposed updates.
The world's biggest social media company said in a blog post Wednesday that its voting mechanism, which is triggered only if enough people comment on proposed changes, has become a system that emphasizes quantity of responses over quality of discussion. Users tend to leave one or two-word comments objecting to changes instead of more in-depth responses.
Facebook said it will continue to inform users of "significant changes" to its privacy policy, called its data use policy, and to its statement of user rights and responsibilities. The company will keep its seven-day comment period and take users' feedback into consideration.
"We will also provide additional notification mechanisms, including e-mail, for informing you of those changes," wrote Elliot Schrage, Facebook's vice president of communications, public policy and marketing, in the post.
Facebook began letting users vote on privacy changes in 2009.
As part of the 2009 policy, users' votes only count if more than 30 percent of all Facebook's active users partake. That did not happen during the two times users voted and it's unlikely that it will now, given that more than 300 million people would have to participate.
What YOUR children really want for Christmas
What do kids want to find under the tree? A new Nielsen survey says 48 percent of children age 6 to 12 will ask Santa for an iPad.
Each year Nielsen conducts two surveys, one of children 6 to 12, the other of teens 13 and older to find out what they really want for Christmas (or Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa). On Tuesday, the company released the results of its 2012 survey of 3,000 kids. It found that the answer this year is no different from it was in 2011 and 2010: Kids want Apple products. Specifically, the iPad.
The iPad craving starts young. This year, 48 percent of kids age 6 to 12 said they were interested in getting an iPad in the next six months. That's up from 44 percent who said they wanted an iPad in 2011. A full-sized iPad starts at $499.
Kids surveyed were not limited to picking just one gadget, and the next most popular item, for 39 percent of kids 6 to 12, was the Nintendo Wii U, which launched last weekend. The price for the Wii U is $350 to $400.
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Jessica Alba wants the world to know her body after baby secret – and it has nothing to do with celery sticks or crunches at the gym.
"I wore a girdle," the actress, 28, tells the March issue of Elle. "Eight weeks after my girlfriend had her baby, you could see her six-pack. She told me to put an elastic band around my waist – any kind of band or girdle works."
Adds Alba, "I didn't recover as fast as she did. I don't have a six-pack – that's just not my body at all."
The actress confesses that she tried working out to get in shape for a calendar shoot, but quickly gave it up.
"[The workouts] were horrible," she tells the magazine. "I cried. And I haven't worked out since."
What wasn't so tough for the Fantastic Four star? Surprisingly, childbirth itself.
"Contractions aren't that bad," she says. "If you've ever had bad cramps? That's what they're like. But that moment when they put the baby on your chest – that's deep. It's a deep experience."
Actually, tears have been a somewhat common occurrence for the new mother, especially when she is away from daughter, Honor.
"This is the first time I've been away from her," Alba tells Elle. "It's been six days. It sucks; it's the worst thing ever. But we Skype, so I can see her on video. The worst is when you can see her little chubby hands grab the screen, and I'm not there."
The magazine reported that the actress began welling up at the memory.
"That's a new thing – I never cried before," she says. "Just being a mother is making me a big, weepy mess."
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Rayne High School's 2008 Homecoming Week will be held Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, with a full schedule of activities slated as announced by RHS principal Bobby Hamlin and faculty sponsor Beth Goins.
This year's Homecoming will honor the classes of 1918, '28, '38, '48, '58, '68, '78, '88, and 1998.
Mayor Jim Petitjean will be joined at City Hall by members of the soon to be announced Homecoming Court on Tuesday, Sept. 23, when he will sign the official proclamation proclaiming "Rayne High School Homecoming Week 2008."
In addition to daily activities planned for the students and alumni, the annual Homecoming Parade will be held on Thursday, Oct 2, beginning at 6 p.m. at Rayne Central Kindergraten and concluding at the school.
The annual Friday morning Homecoming Day Alumni Reception will begin at 9:30 a.m. with registration for RHS alumni. The Alumni Reception will begin at 10 a.m. in the school library.
Later that afternoon beginning at 2 p.m., students and guests will enjoy the Homecoming Pep Rally in the school's north gym.
During the 2008 Homecoming Game, the Wolves will host the Kaplan Pirates during a 7 p.m. contest. During halftime activities, the Homecoming Court will be introduced and the new queen crowned.
For more information, contact Beth J. Goins at 334-6278 in the school library during school hours.


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PC Softball Coaches Named Staff of the Year
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) has named Phoenix College head coach Heinz Mueller and assistants Cassie Cresswell-Miller, Christa Pfeninger and Hank Schrader national coaching staff of the year for NJCAA Division II.
The Bears finished the 2012 campaign with a record of 57-16 and picked up the Region 1 title en route to its eighth national championship under Mueller and ninth overall.
The Lady Bears came out of the elimination bracket to win three games on the final day, May 19, including beating defending champion LSU-Eunice twice to win the crown.
During the course of the tournament, Phoenix set two new championship records, both for home runs. The Bears set a new team mark for long balls in the three-day event with 12, while Rachel Meyer set the individual mark with six.
Helping lead the Bears to a national championship this season were first team NFCA All-Americans Desirea Gil and Krystal Garcia. Gil, a catcher, was third in the nation in home runs in 2012 with 27, while Garcia, an infielder, batted .401 to go along with 74 RBIs and 73 runs. Gina VanArsdall was also named as an All-American this season for Phoenix, earning second team honor as a pitcher. VanArsdall completed her 2012 campaign with an ERA of 2.05 and 140 strikeouts.


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First up was Under Armour (NYSE: UA ) , which, despite having a great quarter, saw shares go down today. Sean believes that may be due to growth already being baked into the company's share price; in fact, he thinks that the company may be overvalued.
Then, Mike has been watching Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI ) for a little while now, and was impressed by what he saw in the company's earnings report. He takes viewers through three metrics that he considers especially important, and how the company did in all three areas.
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ALBANY, N.Y. — The National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) has released details on a scholarship that benefits school bus driver trainers, and a grant that will enable NAPT members to help bring learning to life for students in their community and enhance their classroom studies.
Peter Lawrence, director of transportation at Fairport (N.Y.) Central School District, and his wife, Linda, an art teacher at Greece (N.Y.) Central School District, created the Peter and Linda Lawrence Training Scholarships. The Lawrences have again endowed four scholarships that will help four bus driver trainers or front line supervisors who work for a school district or bus company attend the NAPT Summit this year in Grand Rapids, Mich., from Oct. 19 to 24. The scholarships cover the registration fees for the Summit.
"We have created this endowment to give back to an industry that does noble work for students across our great nation," Peter Lawrence said. "We hope driver trainers take advantage of the opportunity, and we are looking forward to reviewing their applications."
Candidates must have held an industry position for at least three years, and applicants must submit a cover letter that contains a brief statement of financial need and two letters of recommendation. The letters of recommendation must be from the applicant's immediate supervisor and/or school district or company administrator.
The letter should detail how the candidate's professional capabilities and personal integrity justify receiving the scholarship. A description of why he or she would like to receive the scholarship, what the applicant hopes to achieve by attending and how the training will further enhance the candidate's effectiveness as a trainer is also required.
A downloadable application is available here. The deadline to submit an application to NAPT is Sept. 13, and officials said a formal announcement declaring the winners will be made on Sept. 20.
In other news, NAPT Past President Dr. Linda F. Bluth and her partner, Betsy Eisman, a nurse, have endowed their annual grant to help NAPT members provide an enhanced learning experience for students.
In 2009, Bluth and Eisman committed $500 a year for 10 years to cover the cost of transportation, entry fees, supplies and classroom resource materials so that teachers may continue using the experiential learning gained from math and science, language, social studies and arts-focused field trips.
"We intend for this grant to provide children who might not otherwise have the opportunity with a special field trip experience," Bluth and Eisman said. "We are also pleased to acknowledge the importance of the yellow school bus as a means of accessing invaluable learning opportunities."
Bluth-Eisman Field Trip Grant recipients will be selected based on the following criteria: the description of the field trip and its objectives; benefits to students; tie-in to the school curriculum; the number of students who would be impacted; and proposed use of funds.
In 2013, preference for one field trip will be given to children with disabilities in the Baltimore Public School System in honor of Dr. Caselia Scott Burgess. Field trips for preschool children attending Head Start and Infants and Toddlers Programs will receive the highest priority. The applicant must be an NAPT member and employed by an accredited K-12 public, private or charter school in the U.S., having a 501(c)(3) or 509(a)(1) tax-exempt status.
Officials said a downloadable application for the Bluth-Eisman Field Trip Grant will be available on the NAPT website on or before Aug. 30, 2013. NAPT members can apply for the 2013-14 Bluth-Eisman Field Trip Grant from Aug. 30 to Oct. 1. A formal announcement declaring the winner will be made during this year's NAPT Summit in Grand Rapids.
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When: April 6, 2010
Where: Van Andel Arena.
Tickets: On sale at 10 a.m. Dec. 14 at the Van Andel Arena and DeVos Place box offices and all Ticketmaster locations. Prices are $42.50 and $69.50.
More information: Call (800)745-3000 or go to ticketmaster.com.
GRAND RAPIDS -- Celtic Woman, the Irish music phenomenon, returns to the Van Andel Arena in April as part of their 2010 North American tour opening Feb. 9.
Celtic Woman is touring in support of the group's new CD/DVD release, "Songs from the Heart," which goes on sale Jan. 26 through Manhattan Records.
Singers Lisa Kelley, Chloe Agnew, Lynn Hilary and Alex Sharpe, plus violinist Mairead Nesbitt, appear April 6 in the Van Andel Arena, followed by a show the next day in Detroit's Fox Theater.
Celtic Woman last played the Van Andel Arena in February and was in Kalamazoo's Miller Auditorium only last month, both as part of the group's "Isle of Hope" Tour.
The group's all new "Songs from the Heart" tour features renditions of "Amazing Grace," Jimmy Webb's "The Moon's a Harsh Mistress," Andrew Lloyd Weber's "Pie Jesu," Billy Joel's "Goodnight My Angel," and Irish classics "My Lagan Love," "Galway Bay," as well as a new favorite "Níl Sé'n Lá."
The CD features studio recorded versions of songs performed during their PBS TV special, "Songs from the Heart- Live at Powerscourt House & Gardens," which was filmed live in HD in the Irish country setting of the Powerscourt House & Gardens.
The TV special can be seen on the companion live DVD. PBS-TV stations on Nov. 28 began airing the show as part of the network's quarterly pledge drive.
The 60-city tour opens Feb. 9 in Roanoke, Va., and continues through May 22 in Salt Lake City.
"Songs from the Heart" is the group's fifth PBS-TV special. Celtic Woman's last four PBS shows have aired close to 14,000 times on 685 PBS stations.
Celtic Woman last Thursday performed at the National Christmas Tree Lighting in Washington D.C. joining entertainers like Sheryl Crow, Common, Jordin Sparks and Ray LaMontagne.
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At Axium Healthcare Pharmacy, Inc., we believe in a better quality of life for patients and their healthcare partners when treating and managing the most complex conditions such as cystic fibrosis. Through the provision of specialty products combined with personalized guidance and support from clinical experts, our patients, providers and partners have the best chance of achieving successful therapy management. With information and a helping hand, we make the path to better healthcare a little easier to navigate for everyone.
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What causes Cystic Fibrosis?
Cystic Fibrosis is caused by a defective gene that causes the body to produce abnormally thick and sticky fluid, called mucus. This mucus builds up in the breathing passages of the lungs and in the pancreas, the organ that helps to break down and absorb food. This collection of sticky mucus results in lung infections and serious digestion problems. The disease may also affect the sweat glands and the male reproductive system.
Who is affected?
Millions of Americans carry the defective Cystic Fibrosis gene, but do not have any symptoms. That's because a person with Cystic Fibrosis must inherit two defective Cystic Fibrosis genes—one from each parent. Most children with CF are diagnosed by age 2. A small number, however, are not diagnosed until age 18 or older. These patients usually have a milder form of the disease.
How is Cystic Fibrosis diagnosed?
A blood test is available to help detect Cystic Fibrosis. The test looks for variations in a gene known to cause the disease.
Other tests used to diagnose Cystic Fibrosis include:
- Immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT) test is a standard newborn screening test for CF.
- A high level of IRT suggests possible Cystic Fibrosis and requires further testing.
- Sweat chloride test is the standard diagnostic test for CF.
- A high salt level in the patient's sweat is a potential indicator of the disease.
Other tests that identify problems that can be related to cystic fibrosis include:
- Chest x-ray or CT scan
- Fecal fat test
- Lung function tests
- Measurement of pancreatic function
- Secretin stimulation test
- Trypsin and chymotrypsin in stool
- Upper GI and small bowel series
What about Cystic Fibrosis treatment?
An early diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis and a comprehensive treatment plan can improve both survival rates and quality of life. Follow-up and monitoring are very important. If possible, patients should be cared for at cystic fibrosis specialty clinics that focus specifically on the diagnosis, treatment and support of the condition. When children reach adulthood, they should transfer to a cystic fibrosis specialty center for adults.
Treatment for lung problems includes:
- Antibiotics to prevent and treat lung and sinus infections. They may be taken by mouth, or given in the veins or by breathing treatments. People with cystic fibrosis may take antibiotics only when needed, or all the time. Doses are usually higher than normal.
- Inhaled medicines to help open the airways.
- DNAse enzyme therapy to thin mucus and make it easier to cough up.
- High concentrations of salt solutions (hypertonic saline).
- Flu vaccine and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV) yearly (ask your health care provider).
- Lung transplant is an option in some cases.
- Oxygen therapy may be needed as lung disease progresses.
Lung problems are also treated with aerobic exercise or other therapies to thin the mucus and make it easier to cough up out of the lungs.
Treatment for bowel and nutritional problems may include:
- A special diet high in protein and calories for older children and adults (see: Cystic fibrosis nutritional considerations).
- Pancreatic enzymes to help absorb fats and protein.
- Vitamin supplements, especially vitamins A, D, E, and K.
- Your doctor can suggest other treatments if you have very hard stools.
Care and monitoring at home should include:
- Avoiding smoke, dust, dirt, fumes, household chemicals, fireplace smoke, and mold or mildew.
- Clearing or bringing up mucus or secretions from the airways.
- Drinking plenty of fluids.
- Exercising two or three times each week.
What to expect?
Thanks to advances in therapies and patient care, more people with cystic fibrosis are surviving into their adult years than ever before. To help enhance the quality of life when treating Cystic Fibrosis, patients, families and caregivers can expect to maintain a close and collaborative care relationship with their healthcare team to determine and understand treatment options at every stage of the condition; learn and practice ways to stay healthy and limit exposure to germs; create and abide by a consistent treatment routine; and manage diet and exercise, among other activities.
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Democrats Against Democracy
What does Mitt Romney think of this disturbing new trend?
The left has had it with democracy, the New York Times reports:
From South Asia to the heartland of Europe and now even to Wall Street, these protesters share something else: wariness, even contempt, toward traditional politicians and the democratic political process they preside over.
They are taking to the streets, in part, because they have little faith in the ballot box.
"Our parents are grateful because they're voting," said Marta Solanas, 27, referring to older Spaniards' decades spent under the Franco dictatorship. "We're the first generation to say that voting is worthless."
The same theme is increasingly heard here in America--not from street protesters but from traditional politicians, especially Democrats, and their supporters in the liberal elite media.
"I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won't hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover. I really hope that someone can agree with me on that," North Carolina's Gov. Beverly Perdue said yesterday. "You want people who don't worry about the next election."
This was reported by the website of Raleigh's News & Observer under the headline "Perdue Jokes About Suspending Congressional Elections for Two Years," but according to the story, there was no reason to think she was kidding: "It's unclear whether Perdue, a Democrat, is serious--but her tone was level and she asked others to support her on the idea."
Anyway, where is the humor here? Perdue's remark is reminiscent of Bertolt Brecht's poem "Die Lösung" ("The Solution"):
After the uprising of the 17th of June
The Secretary of the Writers' Union
Had leaflets distributed in the Stalinallee
Stating that the people
Had forfeited the confidence of the government
And could win it back only
By redoubled efforts. Would it not be easier
In that case for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another?
This is a mordant joke at the expense of East Germany's totalitarian regime, which, with Soviet help, had crushed an uprising in 1953. But America's circumstances in 2011 are in no way analogous to those of the Captive Nations during the Cold War. It's true that what Perdue said cannot really be taken seriously, since there is no prospect of suspending elections. But if it is humor, it is at the expense of voters, not politicians. And it seems to us it would more accurately be described as a wish than a joke.
The wish for less democracy is increasingly heard on the liberal left these days. Peter Orszag, in a much-discussed new essay for The New Republic, explains "why we need less democracy," as the subheadline puts it:
To solve the serious problems facing our country, we need to minimize the harm from legislative inertia by relying more on automatic policies and depoliticized commissions for certain policy decisions. In other words, radical as it sounds, we need to counter the gridlock of our political institutions by making them a bit less democratic. . . .
Perhaps the most dramatic example of this idea is the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), created as part of the recent health care reform legislation. The IPAB will be an independent panel of medical experts tasked with devising changes to Medicare's payment system. In each year that Medicare's per capita costs exceed a certain threshold, the IPAB is responsible for making proposals to reduce projected cost growth. The proposals take effect automatically unless Congress specifically passes legislation blocking them and the president signs that legislation.
IPAB, colloquially known as "death panels," is the perfect synecdoche for the authoritarian attitude reflected in Gov. Perdue's musings. It was part of a law enacted in the face of overwhelming popular opposition. It gives "experts," selected by politicians but insulated from democratic accountability, the power of life and death. Barack Obama and Peter Orszag know what's good for you, and they'll give it to you if it kills you--literally.
Another fan of government by experts, albeit one who is more silly than sanguinary, is Thomas Friedman, the worst writer in the English language. Friedman, who often expresses admiration for the "enlightened" rulers of Red China, offers this breezy advice:
We know what to do--a Grand Bargain: short-term stimulus to ease us through this deleveraging process, debt restructuring in the housing market and long-term budget-cutting to put our fiscal house in order. . . .
If the president really wants to lead from the front, he should summon the Democratic and Republican leadership, along with all 12 members of the House-Senate deficit "supercommittee," to join him at Camp David and tell the world that they are not coming back without a Grand Bargain--one that offers some short-term jobs stimulus, a credible long-term debt reduction plan with entitlement cuts and tax reform that increases revenues.
Putting aside the merits of his simple-minded policy proposal, Friedman's idea is about as realistic as Perdue's. If the president issued such a summons, we suspect all the Republicans and not a few of the Democrats would balk, if not laugh in his face. Even Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker scoffs at Friedman: "For Obama, a Grand Bargain, which is to say a Grand Compromise, is not currently an option."
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Yet Hertzberg takes the left's authoritarianism a step further toward totalitarianism. He characterizes the two parties as "a side that is insane and unwilling to compromise" (Republicans) and "a side that is sane and willing to compromise" (Democrats). The Soviets and their puppets in places like East Germany couldn't actually "dissolve the people and elect another," as Brecht put it. But like Hertzberg, they could and did label their opponents insane.
Fortunately, in America this is only speech. Hertzberg can call you insane, but he can't commit you to a mental institution. As he acknowledges, he can't even stop you from voting.
Why are Democrats suddenly so undemocratic? Probably because they fear that this observation, from Nile Gardiner in a blog post for London's Daily Telegraph, will turn out to be accurate:
The United States is undergoing one of the biggest political revolutions in its post-war history, and perhaps the most important since Ronald Reagan, with an emphatic rejection of the idea that government knows best when it comes to handling key domestic issues, especially relating to the economy. . . .
Barack Obama could well end up being the last big government president of the United States, a nation that simply cannot afford the lavish excesses of an imperious presidency that drains the pay-checks of hard-working Americans with impunity and reckless abandon. The historic loss of faith in the federal government under Obama has combined with growing support across America for a return to the limited government ideals of the Founding Fathers.
From your keyboard to God's browser, Mr. Gardiner. But of course what comes after Obama will depend on who comes after Obama. and all of this raises a question about Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney.
The technocratic approach to government Orszag describes--in which panels of experts make decisions insulated from democratic politics--has been central to progressivism in its various iterations for about a century. It has a parallel in the business world in the culture of management consulting. That is the culture that produced Mitt Romney.
But the purpose of a business is to make a profit. Sometimes the best way to do this, especially when the enterprise is faltering and needs to be turned around, is to concentrate power in the hands of experts. The purpose of the government, by contrast, is to preserve freedom.
Thus in the political realm, one should always be suspicious of concentrations of power. Is Romney?
A Rip-Off at Half the Price
How much of a waste is the president's Stimulus Jr. plan? Bloomberg tots up the numbers:
Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs plan would help avoid a return to recession by maintaining growth and pushing down the unemployment rate next year, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.
The legislation, submitted to Congress this month, would increase gross domestic product by 0.6 percent next year and add or keep 275,000 workers on payrolls, the median estimates in the survey of 34 economists showed. The program would also lower the jobless rate by 0.2 percentage point in 2012, economists said.
Two hundred seventy-five thousand jobs for $447 billion comes to a bit more than $1.6 million a job. A Harvard economist somehow manages to cut this by seven-eighths, to $200,000 a job, which still doesn't sound like much of a bargain.
ABC News reports that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner "didn't dispute" the lowball Harvard estimate "but said the pricetag is the wrong way to measure the bill's worth":
"If the alternative plan is for Washington to do nothing, that's unacceptable," Geithner said. "If the alternative plan is to sit there and say we're going to cut our way out of this by just cutting spending, that would make the economy weaker. Or we're going to sit here and just complain about regulation. . . . That will not do anything to help the average family now still suffering so much from the crisis."
At the same time as Geithner is trying to help spur the U.S. economy, he is pushing European leaders to act quickly in the face of a looming crisis.
After a generation of high government spending, Greece is on the brink of bankruptcy and if it collapses it could take down other European economies and leave American banks with $41 billion in losses.
Good thing America isn't on the brink of bankruptcy after a generation of high government spending. Oh wait . . .
Two Papers in One!
- "Mr. Obama has done more for the country than many voters realize. . . . The huge benefits of his health care reform, which Republicans have vowed to repeal, will become clearer to Americans in the years ahead."--editorial, New York Times, Sept. 18
- "Health Insurance Costs Rising Sharply This Year, Study Shows"--headline, news story , New York Times, Sept. 28
That Explains the Egg on His Face
- " 'Being the consummate Washington insider is not where you want to be in a year when people want change,' says Barack Obama's chief strategist, David Axelrod."--Time.com, May 8, 2008
- "David Axelrod spoke to business leaders gathered for a 'Politics and Eggs' breakfast in Manchester [N.H.]. 'We don't have the wind at our backs this election,' the former White House senior adviser said. 'We have the wind in our face because the American people have the wind in their faces. . . .' "--C-Span.org, Sept. 27, 2011
Homer Nods
The Wye River Conference Center, site of a 1996 meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat, is in Maryland, not West Virginia. A 1998 Netanyahu-Arafat meeting occurred at the Erez Crossing, on the Israel-Gaza border, not in Gaza. Netanyahu and Arafat met several other times during Bill Clinton's presidency. Other than that, yesterday's correction (since corrected) was correct.
Out on a Limb
"Overweight Mothers 'Give Birth to Fat Babies,' Study Finds"--headline, Daily Telegraph (London), Sept. 26
We Blame Global W-A-R-Ming
"J-E-T-S Feeling the Usual H-E-A-T"--headline, Baltimore Sun website, Sept. 27
Life Imitates the Onion
- "9/11 Conspiracy Theories 'Ridiculous,' al Qaeda Says"--video title, Onion, April 1, 2008
- "Al-Qaida Calls on Ahmadinejad to End 9/11 Conspiracy Theories"--headline, Guardian (London), Sept. 28, 2011
Who Says the Koch Brothers Are Right-Wing?
"Koch Endorses Obama in 2012"--headline, New York Times website, Sept. 27
With DNC in Mind, City Bans Carrying Urine, Feces
"President Obama Pitches His Unemployment Plan in Colorado"--headline, Denver Post, Sept. 27
First Emanuel Cleaver, Now This
"Obama Within Spitting Distance of Carter"--headline, Commentary website, Sept. 26
The Intercontinental Railroad
"Building a Bridge Between China and the U.S."--headline, Chronicle of Higher Education website, Sept. 27
At the Republican Women's Club, There's Never a Dull Moment
"Russia Hooker Gets 3-Week Ban for Headbutt at RWC"--headline, Associated Press, Sept. 28
Herbert Hoover Would've Given Them a Chicken, Too
"4 Americans Get Pot From US Government"--headline, Associated Press, Sept. 28
'In What Country Do They Not Celebrate Thanksgiving?'
"In Riddle of Mideast Upheaval, Turkey Offers Itself as an Answer"--headline, New York Times, Sept. 27
To Serve Man
"Top City Aide Grilled"--headline, The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 28
He Was One of Those Guys Who Would Walk In and Just Light Up a Room
"Mysterious Death Ruled Spontaneous Combustion"--headline, Discovery.com, Sept. 26
Who's on First?
"Abbott Must Stick to Values: Costello"--headline, Sydney Morning Herald, Sept. 28
Now They Just Make You Sick
"Fluorescing Bacteria Used to Encode Secret Messages"--headline, BBC website, Sept. 27
Hey, Kids! What Time Is It?
"It's Time to Ignore the Paralyzing Cynicism and Get Engaged"--headline, Puffington Host, Sept. 27
Questions Nobody Is Asking
"Jon Stewart to Ron Paul: Can't you just be a typical Washington politician?"--headline, Christian Science Monitor,Sept. 27
Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking
"RON PAUL: Here's Why Everyone Ignores Me and Thinks I'm a Wack-Job"--headline, BusinessInsider.com, Sept. 27
It's Always in the Last Place You Look
" 'Post' Poll Finds Surge in Obama Popularity in Israel"--headline, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 28
News of the Tautological
- "Ethanol Advocacy Groups Want More Ethanol"--headline, GlobalWarming.org, Sept. 26
- "Patient Dies Outside Calif. Hospital After Release"--headline, Associated Press, Sept. 27
Breaking News From 1993
"A Political Wife's Influence on an Issue"--headline, New York Times, Sept. 28
News You Can Use
"Easy to Overlook Importance of Fungi to Alaskans"--headline, AlaskaDispatch.com, Sept. 26
Bottom Stories of the Day
- "In Message to Students, Obama Encourages Learning"--headline, Associated Press, Sept. 28
- "Hollywood Stars, Execs Turn Out for Obama"--headline, Associated Press, Sept. 27
Don't Believe Everything You Read in the Paper
KTVI, St. Louis's Fox affiliate, reports on a hate-crime report in southern Illinois:
The Effingham Bomb Squad was called to [Central] City Illinois because of a bomb scare at an Islamic center. The used [sic] a water jet to open the box and found that the box only contained newspaper clippings. The clippings were full of anti-Islamic hate speech. The FBI is investigating.
Have you ever tried to read a newspaper that's been rained on, much less one that's been water-jetted on? And what newspaper is this that is "full of anti-Islamic hate speech"? This whole story strikes us as, if you'll pardon the expression, un-Effing-believable.
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Heartbreak SeasonDecember 12, 2006 – 8:51 pm by McD
This week's Top 5 is all about teams getting hot for the playoffs and teams on their way out in the first round or of the playoffs altogether. At this point it's clear now who is good and who isn't. Now it's all about momentum heading into January. It's also trap-game season, where teams whose playoff spots are assured drop games they should win comfortably. In short, heartbreak season starts on Sunday and ends in February.
1. San Diego Chargers (11-2)
We're not even mentioning the touchdown record anymore. Except to say this: greatest running back ever.
It's so weird for those of us who are Chargers fans because we have no idea how to act when our team is good. And it's especially strange when our team is now the flavor of the week for the sports-talk hacks and they keep saying we're now the favorite to win Super Bowl XLI. It's so weird that we've started to ignore all the NFL analysis shows on television, the segments of sports radio shows discussing football and even people on the street. That's how afraid we are to screw up this season for the Chargers.
In any case, they are, in fact, the best team in the NFL at the moment. But that is only a week to week thing. The Chargers have a doozy of a home game against the Chiefs this week. San Diego has already clinched a playoff berth by winning the AFC West, so this is a classic letdown/trap game. The only thing the Chargers have to worry about now is playoff seeding. We couldn't think of a more lose-able game for them. Except for the whole "at Seattle" thing next week. This season is not over for the Chargers. Momentum and avoiding injury are everything now. Just don't ask us about it, we're pretending it's not happening.
2. New Orleans Saints (9-4)
We'd be much angrier about Drew Brees turning into Joe Montana and John Elway combined, but San Diego has Phillip Rivers, so we're kind of happy for the guy. Still, WHERE THE HELL WAS THIS WHEN HE WAS A CHARGER!?!?!
There, we said it. Reggie Bush seems to have come into his own finally. That, or the Saints have finally figured out how to use him correctly. Either way, the Saints are bordering on "juggernaut" status on offense now. That beatdown of the Cowboys on Sunday was a huge win for a team that needed one. They're getting hot at the right time of the year, so they could be dangerous. Bad news for the Bears, who really don't need more teams that could beat them in Chicago in January.
3. Baltimore Ravens (10-3)
The Ravens, for all the talk about them, are still something of an unknown quantity in terms of how they'll fare in the playoffs. Many comparisons have been made between this year's team and the 2000 Super Bowl Championship team. That would be a good comparison, except that it's ludicrous. The 2000 team's defense was light years better. Frankly, so was the offense. Jamal Lewis still had life in his legs back then. Trent Dilfer also knew his role in the offense and played it perfectly. This year, people expect Steve McNair to make some plays, but not too many since he's taken quite a beating in his career and no one is sure if he can be the same guy he was five years ago. It's a fine line they're walking this year. They could win it all or lose their first round game. Or Jamal Lewis's re-animated corpse could go on a rampage and turn the rest of the team into brain-eating zombies. Whatever works.
4. Chicago Bears (11-2)
Good job Rex. You overcame adversity, played within yourself, did your best to help the team, blah blah blah blah. He's still a bad quarterback. Everyone is just so surprised that he didn't make as many egregious mistakes that they're giving him a break. Until the next time he screws up, that is. The real bad news for the Bears is that defensive tackle Tommie Harris is now out for the year. Things have to be interesting in the Chicago locker room these days. Everyone is surprised when Grossman doesn't screw up and key defensive starters are dropping like flies every few weeks. Still, only a great team will beat them in January at Soldier Field. Problem is, several great teams are emerging in the NFC now.
5. Indianapolis Colts (11-3)
Wow was that a bad loss to Jacksonville. The only reason this wasn't the second time the Jaguars trampled the Colts this season is because Jack Del Rio is incompetent. This was definitely an "everyone saw it coming" loss. Maybe no one expected it to be as embarrassing as it was for the Colts, but still. They're hanging by a thread at this point because every team they'll play from now on will do exactly what the Jaguars did: play playoff-style football against them. We've said it before and we'll say it again, the biggest crime the Colts have committed in the Peyton Manning-era isn't getting rid of Edgerrin James. It never was. It was failing to assemble any talent whatsoever on defense. Manning is probably the best quarterback of his generation and the Colts have never built a defense that can keep the team from needing him to play perfectly every game. It's a shame and no one seems to be saying anything about it.
Honorable Mention: Dallas Cowboys (8-5), New England Patriots (9-4), Seattle Seahawks (8-5)
For Dallas that loss against New Orleans was bad. Really bad. Not because they got blown out or because it was a particularly important game. Instead, it's becaus it's now clear that T.O. wasn't the only guy not listening to Parcells' "Super Bowl" speech on Monday. It was also the first game where Tony Romo didn't look like Brett Favre (circa 1995). The Cowboys are on a precipice here. Every game they play from now on is a statement on how the team thinks it'll do. They win, they're a danger to win it all, but if they tank like they did on Sunday, this is not the team to take down the Bears in January.
It's sad the Patriots are so fatally flawed this year. It was bound to happen sooner or later, but it's still sad. At this point, it's hard to even remember that this team was a juggernaut for years before this. Tom Brady is still as good as he ever was, but there's no one else on the team to pick up any of the burden for him. Until there is, they'll be good enough to win their division, but not good enough to win more than one game in January.
Finally, we're not giving up on the "don't sleep on the Seahawks" bandwagon. Mostly because we're the only people on it at this point and it's kind of roomy and comfortable. Every week they're closer and closer to getting it together for the playoffs because they've basically got their division wrapped up. Still, we're excited because the NFC is becoming more and more wide open as we get closer to the playoffs. They may flame out in the first round, but could also be a real force too. Hey Jessica, call me.


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Harold Camping is not the first cult leader to forecast the end of the world. It's fortunate that Camping and followers of Family Radio International are not at the stage of fanaticism that had Marshall Applegate persuading Heaven's Gate followers to commit mass suicide when his prediction of the Rapture proved false.
While millions scoff at the gullibility of Camping's adherents, cultish responses to charismatic speakers are a norm in human behavior. There is an instinctual acceptance of the supernatural, often labeled religion.
Science writer Michael Brooks offers that people are primed to accept religion as explaining the world. It's the default setting for the mind ("Natural born believers," New Scientist, Feb. 7, 2009).
"The ability to conceive of gods, however, is not sufficient to give rise to religion. The mind has another essential attribute: an overdeveloped sense of cause and effect, which primes us to see purpose and design everywhere, even when there is none," Brooks says.
He cites a study by Jennifer Whitson (University of Texas) and Austin and Adam Galinsky (Northwestern University) published in Science (vol 322, p 1115) that found: "The subjects who sensed a loss of control were more likely to see patterns where there were none . . . when we feel a lack of control we fall back on superstitious ways of thinking. That would explain why religion enjoys a revival during hard times."
Psychologist David Pizarro discusses the phenomenon of "apophenia," a tendency of the brain to find relationships based on superstition - such as an athlete wearing the same socks while winning ("Everyday apophenia," Edge world question 2011, www.edge.org).
"The human brain is an amazing pattern-detecting machine. We possess a variety of mechanisms that allow us to uncover hidden relationships between objects, events and people. Without these, the sea of data hitting our senses would surely appear random and chaotic. But when our pattern-detecting systems misfire, they tend to err in the direction of perceiving patterns where none exist," Pizarro notes.
In the same Edge collection, New York University psychology and linguistics professor Gary Marcus suggests misfires result because the mind is sensitive to context; it remembers better when the subject is in a familiar setting such as the name of a classmate on campus ("Cognitive humility," Edge world question 2011).
"Perhaps the most dire consequence is that human beings tend almost invariably to be better at remembering evidence that is consistent with their beliefs than evidence that might disconfirm them. When two people disagree, it is often because their prior beliefs lead them to remember (or focus on) different bits of evidence."
Confirmation bias results because people are prone to not consider alternatives to their beliefs, Marcus says.
Combining philosophy with psychology, Hugo Mercier (University of Pennsylvania) and Dan Sperber (Central European University) offer "argumentative theory" as explaining why people "distort evaluations and attitudes and allow erroneous beliefs to persist" ("Why do humans reason? Arguments for an Argumentative Theory," Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 34, June 26, 2010).
"People who have an opinion to defend don't really evaluate the arguments of their interlocutors in a search for genuine information, but rather consider them from the start as counterarguments to be rebutted," Mercier/Sperber say.
With proliferation of ideologically driven media, factions in society are more easily cultivated into cultish movements of individuals unwilling to objectively evaluate opposing views. As labor philosopher Eric Hoffer noted: "All active mass movements strive, therefore, to interpose a fact-proof screen between the faithful and the realities of the world. They do this by claiming that the ultimate and absolute truth is already embodied in their doctrine and there is no truth or certitude outside it" ("The True Believer," 1951, Harper & Brothers).
As holders of absolute truth, there is only a little difference between Family Radio International and al-Qaida.
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The Mount Pleasant Planning Commission voted unanimously to deny approval to a proposed development off Long Point Road after residents came out strongly against it.
"I'm trying to figure out how the people in those apartments are going to get to their parking on the other side of the road with cars making U-turns to get to the fast-food restaurant," said resident Mary Beth Bennett. She was one of many Wednesday waiting to speak in a line that extended to the back of Town Council chambers.
Developers had proposed building a new grocery store, several fast-food restaurants and nearly 200 apartments next door to a vacant Food Lion.
Everyone who spoke at the hearing was opposed, and most said the area could not support the extra traffic or parking.
"I understand that it develops revenue," said Foster Hardie, who lives nearby. "But what is it that you see is good stewardship for Mount Pleasant?" he asked the commissioners.
Resident Rob Durbin said the already densely trafficked Paul Foster Road near the proposed development would get much worse if it were approved. "That road was made specifically for the fire station, to get those big trucks through," he said.
The development site includes a former cement manufacturing plant, truck terminal, and natural gas business, located on both sides of Belle Point Drive between Long Point Road and Paul Foster Road.
"It's not about a development. That's going to happen," said Brian Bolchoz, who drives by the site frequently. "I work in corrections, and this would be like me dumping 300 inmates in a big yard without a building. You can't put things where they can't be accommodated."
The commission's decision will be given to the Town Council, which will review the plan in August.
Developers proposed building a new grocery store in Mount Pleasant along with fast-food restaurants and nearly 200 apartments on this site where a cement manufacturing plant, truck terminal, and natural gas business once operated along Long Point Road. It was unanimously denied Wednesday by the towns planning commission.×
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