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An email has surfaced that links Altoona Area school board candidate Jesse Ickes to impersonating a school director two years ago while he was a 16-year-old high school student.
Ickes confirmed he sent the email in December 2011 and that he posed as a school board member to get information.
"I was naive, and I wanted information," Ickes said.
In the email to an executive of Scholastic Corp., the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, Ickes claimed he was a school board director and was seeking information about an all-expenses-paid trip for Superintendent Dennis Murray and former Assistant Superintendent Norm Miller to Naples, Fla., for a Scholastic Education function.
"I admit I was foolish about obtaining information that I thought should be public," he said. He said he had tried to reach Scholastic several times and tried to search the event on the Internet.
School district administrators reprimanded Ickes within days for the email. Ickes said he doesn't understand why the incident two years ago didn't remain confidential.
"I accepted the consequences then, and since that time I have been dedicated to excellence at the Altoona Area School District, mostly through attending board meetings and talking with students," he said. "I'm disappointed this didn't remain a student-administrator matter."
District spokeswoman Paula Foreman confirmed that district administrators received the email in 2011 from Scholastic. Ickes was subsequently called into the principal's office for his actions.
"There was no disciplinary action because it did not involve school - it did not happen on school grounds," Foreman said. "They [high school principal Patricia Burlingame and former assistant high school Principal Ben Brenneman] questioned why he did it and expressed disappointment. I don't have any information on any potential [email] leak."
The message, addressed to Scholastic Account Executive Joseph Belotti, begins: "Hello, my name is Jesse Ickes and I am a current Board of Director for the Altoona Area School District. I am e-mailing you today in regards to the event of a Scholastic Education function being held in Naples, Florida. Currently this trip is about to be voted on this evening by the Board of Directors, however, I have some last minute questions. What I would like to do would be to call you once I am finished with school and yes, I am only 18 years of age and I am a school board director! If it is not a problem, I'll call you around 1:10 in order to ask about the last minute questions...Thanks, Jesse Ickes, Altoona Area School District Board of Director."
A copy of the 2011 email was printed out and left in board candidate John Klingeman's mailbox three or four weeks ago. "I was shocked when I received it in my mailbox," Klingeman said. He said he suspects it came from the school.
"I'm not interested in persecuting this young man," Klingeman said. "No one is trying to keep him out of the political arena. Voters need an opportunity to consider questions about whether he is mature enough to serve on the school board at this point in his life."
Board member Sharon Bream, one of Ickes' supporters maintains her support.
"He was young. He is still young. He learned from it. That is the type of kid Jesse is," Bream said. "He never denied it. He admitted it."
Ickes said wanted information because, "I wasn't sure if it [the trip] was legitimate," Ickes said.
Ickes said that he had spoken with people who told him someone should look into what the trip was about because the district had not given details, he said.
"About four to six national events supporting literacy and mathematics instruction are held per year," Belotti said. School administrators across the country attend.
"These events are educational, there is no selling [Scholastic products] that goes on. Their primary goal is to bring educators together ... as an opportunity for educators from across public sectors to come together in collegial environment and learn about challenges each other faces, share information and learn about current research in mathematics and literacy," Belotti said. "It's an opportunity for them to grow."
The board had approved Miller and Murray to attend the Scholastic conference from Feb 8-10, 2012. Foreman said meeting minutes state Scholastic covered air travel, lodging and major meals for Miller and Murray. The district was to cover incidental charges, she said. The district could not immediately provide that amount.
Ickes was not disciplined, so there is no record of the incident on his educational record, he thinks.
"The only people who had that email were administrators and me," Ickes said. Belotti may have also had the email. Belotti told the Mirror he did not leak the email and has no ties to the district other than serving as its Scholastic account executive.
Mirror Staff Writer Russ O'Reilly is at 946-7435.


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The Trail Blazers have cemented their broadcast schedule for the upcoming season and the organization says all 82 regular season games will be aired in high definition. Here's a release from the team with more information:
The Portland Trail Blazers revealed plans to broadcast all 2009-10 games in high definition, highlighting the 75-game local broadcast schedule announced by the team today.
The Trail Blazers will air 60 games on Comcast SportsNet Northwest (CSNNW) and 15 on KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8. All KGW games will also be broadcast throughout the state on the Trail Blazers Television Network.
The seven games not included in the local schedule will air exclusively with NBA broadcast partners TNT and ABC, ensuring that all 82 games are slated to be televised.
The Trail Blazers have increased the number of high definition broadcasts each season, up from 40 last season, 34 in 2007-08 and 10 in 2006-07.
Mike Barrett, a 10-year veteran of the Trail Blazers broadcast team, enters his seventh season handling television play-by-play duties. For the fifth straight season, he will be joined on the broadcast by color analyst Mike Rice, who begins his 20th overall season behind the microphone for the Trail Blazers. Sideline reporter Rebecca Haarlow returns for a third season.
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I don't have enough time to polish the whole handout and it's just translated Japanese to English sentence by sentence, sorry for any lack of smoothness.
4 years ago, Olympics is still only a dreamland referring to Yuzuru Hanyu, whom made a clean sweep of winning every junior title while he was a grade three junior high student.It's been 3 years passed since the senior debut, Yuzuru Hanyu(18,ANA) is already World Championships (March 2012) bronze medalist and Japanese champions (December 2012).Now he trains in Toronto,Canada towards to the Olympics which wasn't expected by Hanyu to face to in rush.
E-Learning and 3 stage practice in the afternoon.
In 30 minutes of taking bus and subway from the central Toronto City, there's Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club where Hanyu trains since last season, a private club covered in green plants and attached to different facilities, such as tennis court, gym and alfresco cafe.
Hanyu was accepted by Waseda University in spring. Now he wakes up at 8:00am to start his E-learning produced by university, returns home after 3 stages of skating training in the afternoon,specifically finishing on-ice practice twice a day, 90 minutes respectively, and goes to bed around 12pm.
To Hanyu, a daily routine before sleep is to draw on last year GPF experience that taking in the same stadium where Sochi Olympics will be held next year for his image training of imagining himself standing in a real Olympic competition. Moreover, Hanyu is satisfied with his enriching life from home to ice rink every day, he even felt 'eating out is waste of time.'
The program music selection with priority of skater's intention
Hanyu was focus on basic skating practice until August and getting used to the program by music run through excluded complicated steps and jumps. Jump practice's only trained under routine times, particularly 4 rotations.
Brian Orser, whom is coaching Hanyu now, said 'Frankly I tell him every technique he needs to pay attention to. Enhancing his motivation is a principal factor during this period because of the huge amount of work that Olympics requires, I hope he can enjoy the whole process as it would be more fun if he could be keen to it (Olympic).'
Because of this, coaches seek advises from skater while some decisions need to be made,in particular, giving priority to skater of program music selection. Skaters will enjoy daily practice if they are able to skater the music they love. Following discussion, Hanyu will stick to the short program he skated last season to Parisienne Walkways. Orser explained, 'Yuzuru wanted something new as sharing similar atmosphere to last season short program music but it always went back to Parisienne Walkways. Then we decided to keep the short program since it's been succeed in gaining huge score last season. I used to adopt same program during two consecutive seasons and Patrick Chan (Canada) is doing the same thing now.'
Orser explained the music choice of free program, 'Romeo and Juliet composed by Nino Rota is a classical choice in figure skating world. There were also other various plans but I respect his strong emotional attachment to the story of Romeo and Juliet which he used to skate a different version at previous season during Tohoku Earthquake times.'
Three coaches in one voice 'stamina challenging'
One year passed since Hanyu's been training under the three-coaches system, Brian Orser, Tracy Wilson and the choreographer David Wilson, all three coaches pointed out in one voice the main challenging Hanyu facing to is his stamina. In spite of 18 years old Hanyu just growing up to the body shape in adult he's aware of that mistakes occurred when appearance of fatigue and mental tiredness shows up by the time about to end the program.
Hanyu has been regarded as 'most hardworking skater on ice'. Hence, it's not a quite honorable title as you may think it was. He was burned out in the middle of last season and raising a risk of suffering injury by forcing himself too hard, in fact, Hanyu was injured left knee during his training in March.
Tracy explained, 'The formation of a skater is as same as horse racing, injury caused by too much forcing. It's necessary for Hanyu to build up the enough foundation of stamina.'. Tributing to stamina enhancement, Hanyu's requested by coach Tracy to take advantages of dumbbell and balance ball during on-ice training, which would remind Hanyu to skate efficiently with a clear notice of more weight on his skating blade.
Coach Tracy, a bronze medalist in ice dancing at the Calgary Olympics in 1988, whom seems a nice, easy-going lady but Hanyu shared his opinion 'she always asks me with a smile to do most difficult training that designed to increase my stamina, understandable.'
At the end of practice of the day that interviewing was taken, Tracy advised to Hanyu 'Cool down' while adopting a special training of using left and right foot alternately moving forward as two foot bending at same time, which made Hanyu was sighing 'it's as hard as physical(muscle) training!'.
4 Toe loops, almost without failure now
The accuracy of jumps that Hanyu naturally attaches importance to is profit from the improvement of skating techniques. He addressed, '4T almost won't fail under Brain's advices but 4S is still difficult for me because of the different jumping methodology fundamentally.' Hanyu can't execute 4s successfully at all when not in his form, but two types of quads are absolutely planned into the program this season.
Brain Orser speaks frankly, burning with an ambition, 'It's all because of targeting a higher score. Despite including two quads in the program, two different types of quads will be given score by judges in consideration of the higher techniques and risk. Finally it will be reflected in the score.'
Three coach works perfectly and efficiently as a whole team, even they don't allocate time categorically. Javier Fernandez(Spain), bronze medalist in Men's single of Worlds Championships 2013 last season, is also another main skater they've been working with. The coaches can show up in front of different skaters subsequently afterwards, giving one-on-one guidance with efficiency.
Receiving guidance one coach after another
After giving Hanyu some jumping advises in the centre of ice rink, Orser got back to the rink side. Following by several times of jumping practice by Hanyu, three coaches applauded with a shout loud 'Bravo!', that atmosphere feels like where's taking some fun college student activities. Soon afterwards, it's time for Tracy to make guidance for Hanyu.
Tracy explained, 'I take responsibility of transitions and steps, those difficult transitions before entering into jumps that wouldn't make any difference in score previously but nowadays payback is arrived, finally. In order to adapting to this change, the skaters, a generation since last four years were keeping occupied much more, no time to rest and hard to save mistakes perhaps irretrievably lost.'
How to present difficult transitions beautifully? While the music's on, David Wilson went up instead of Tracy, 'See, Juliet is on the balcony! You can't reach to her if don't look up!.'
Sometimes Hanyu's confused about different words coming from each coach one followed by another, but he said positively, 'They are specialists in the respective fields. I feel great satisfaction if I could completely understand what they were explaining and accomplish what they require me to do. '
A cohesive long-term relationship between three coaches
As far as Brian Orser concerned, three coaches seems to talk to skaters randomly, but in fact, Orser said, 'We do mind the timing, that is very crucial, but an incredible tacit understanding growing on us leads to that we could feel the moment of 'you're up' without saying a word.' Orser and Tracy, whom leading up whole Canadian Figure Skating world back to 80s that they were not retired yet at that times, have known each other for almost 40 years since their teen ages. Contemporary with Orser and Tracy, David Wilson contributed in program choreography for both of Orser and Tracy. It feels like developing coaching career as a team lining up with three of them is the way of sustaining their green days.
They started to work with Yuna Kim 7 years ago and helped her to gain gold medal at Vancouver Olympics in 2010. Back to that times, Yuna Kim was under huge expectation by the whole South Korea's attention and the tension of media attention worldwide reached to the level of even making Mao Asada, whom's under similar media situation in the shade comparing with Yuna's case.
Protecting Yuna Kim from crazy media attention
Orser, silver medalist of Men's single at the Sarajevo Olympics in 1984, was flag bearer of Canadian National Olympic team in 1988 Calgary Olympic Games which was held in Canada, his home country. He received crazy support from exciting Canadians which brought huge pressure on his shoulder. At final a minor gap dropped him into 2rd place. Orser recalled of his memories with a regret, 'Much effort was expended to deal with huge pressure. I think what I achieved (at Olympics) was good specially under massive pressures. But it would be great if I could concentrate more on challenging and improving the level of my skating at that time.'
Orser became Yuna Kim's 'PR Manger' in order to avoid media overheated. Orser stated 'It's also one of our jobs to protect Yuzuru (from crazy media) and let him live his normal life continually.' Another thing is they don't meddle too much in what happens on ice because while music begun, skater is the only one whom needs to take full responsibility while standing on the ice alone.
Yuzuru commented on his coach Orser, 'Brian didn't ask too much things of me, he just adjust himself to follow my pace. It's easy for me to concentrate but hard to control emotions which he could help me to relax by making me laugh.'
Magic Moment at Olympics
Sochi Olympics, which will be held in February 2014 is gradually coming on its way. It will be a severe challenging in Men's single figure skating competition. Coach Orser, whom never make a prediction of competition, wishes his young skaters could enjoy full joys of Olympics first, 'Because it's a big fascinating competition, the excitement driven from expectation probably will be the key of bringing out magic moment.'
Top skaters, however excellent they are, cannot delivery good performance every time, not to mention the magic moment that greatly engaged and excited audiences and judges to completely change the atmosphere in stadium, such great moment only comes once a year at most. Orser explained, 'In order to make this special moment alive at Olympics, I'll pack him with tools and show him the right direction. Moving forward step by step in setting and accomplishing a small goal every week. Next big challenge is Japanese Figure Skating Championships, must be a tough fight.'
One way of Hanyu increasing his attentions and ambitions is to watch his rivals' performances online with a thought of 'I cannot be sloppy anymore'. Coach Orser laughed and said, 'Better staying away from social media. If you fall into something except your own, it brings a mess to your mind.'
wxunxx , I'm very grateful for your effort. It's really interesting article. Glad to know that all three coaches want to improve Yuzuru's stamina and keep him away from overworking himself.
ser22, that music is just perfect! Can't wait to see Yuzuru's new LP!
He is a good place in Toronto. The result of the hard work will be reflected in the next season. I'm looking forward!
Thanks wxunxx!
Thank you very much for your great work, wxunxx!!
I sincerely hope that we fans will see "the magic moment" in Sochi!! (...and the Japanese Nationals)
wxunxx, thank you so much for your hard work and beautiful translation!
Finlandia Trophy is almost 20 days away. His season will be starting soon! I wish him all the best for the Olympic season and hopefully 4S will go successful at FT. I think that's what he wants most at the moment.
I tried to translate Sportiva article on 31 August 2013. (Sorry for my poor English)
Yuzuru Hanyu aims for the stage of dream, what is his strategy for the Olympic season?
Yuzuru Hanyu, who aims at the medal at Sochi Olympics in 2014, held a public practice at the ice rink in Sendai, which was his home rink up to two years ago, on August 30.
Seeing almost 100 crew members of media, he showed a bitter smile. "Im surprised since I didnt expect it becomes large-scaled like this, so I wasnt concentrated at first," But, he showed practice on the music of this seasons free programs (FP) Romeo and Juliet and the short program (SP) Parisian walkways, also practiced quad toeloop(4T) and quad salcow (4S).
"I came back temporally from Canada, but the camp will be starting in Canada soon, there are only these days (to hold a public practice) as timing. Ill Return to Canada on September 3, after that, I participate Finlandia Trophy, Skate Canada, and Cup of France(Trophy Eric Bompard), it will be Grand Prix Final (Fukuoka, early December) when I come back to Japan next (if participating in GPF)." He says.
But he had some fatigue remained, since it was a temporary homecoming while practice in Canada was shifting into high gear. His movement itself slightly lacks sharpness, seemed struggling with some falls in 4S.
Still, he landed beautiful 4T. "The probability of 4T is improving year by year, now Im coming to be able to land it without worming-up. But salcow is a jump with completely different edgework, it was quite tough today. I worked hard (on 4S) just like when I was struggling with 4T at this rink years ago, so I felt some nostalgic feeling. In past days, I used to work only on 4T for more than an hour, I enjoyed working recalling those days."
Hanyu talks Sochi Olympics as "one of the culmination from his childhood when he dreamed of the Olympics". Although its the first challenge to Olympics for him, it has been his dream to get the gold medal in the Olympics since he was little.
Hanyu moved to senior level in the following season of Vancouver Olympics ( 2010-2011 season) and challenged Grand Prix Series competitions(for the first time). He won the silver medal at the Four Continents Championship in 2011. After that, he won the bronze medal in the World Championship in March 2012, and winning the National Championship for the first time December 2012, he has built up results steadily.
For this important season, he chose Romeo and Juliet", the same themed music as the free program two seasons ago, for the music of FS. The music he performed previously was composed by Craig Armstrong, but the music he uses this season is by Nino Rota.
"Romeo and Juliet is the music that I wanted to try since I was little, and also its the music which I performed in the season after the earthquake, moving about all over the country in many ice shows, so the program two years ago is something special for me. The melody is different this time, so the program will have different atmosphere. Throughout the season, I want to perform the best Romeo and Juliet which cannot be done other than now."
Hanyu transposed the last seasons order of 4T and 4S, made the layout putting 4S first and 4T second. He thought "The easiest layout for me is 4S, 4T", because last season he landed 4T well but hardly landed 4S, and he had decided to change it. He had made the decision after the Four Continents Championship in February, but because of knee injury and flu, he couldnt execute that decision in the World Championship in March.
"I come to have more elbowroom from 4T, I can put more focus on Salcow in practice So I didnt think of twice 4T and putting the salcow out. Also as for the score, if I execute 4S, it will be possible to put 3T in the second half, putting 3T in the combination jump from 3A, and I can also put 3S (in the layout). There are many skaters who execute 2 quads (in FS) but few skaters have 4S, and I have 4S, so Ill make use of that competitive advantage."
"In my case, I dont think I can get the better of Patrick (Chan) and Daisuke Takahashi in PCS so, Im going to calculate the expected score methodically, and I think I need to execute the jumps with good quality. Im willing to polish my expression, but I think landing the jumps solidly is (what is important about) my skating."
This year, he trained to build up the trunk of the upper body, and his body is getting slightly bigger. His training seems to be well-working, but he knows the severity to win the spot for the Olympics.
"If I acquire the ability to win the Japan Nationals, I think I naturally get a good result at Olympics. To that end, I want to make good results in GPS, which is one of the criteria of the selection(to Olympics), and I want to bring myself in the Japanese National Championship with some leeway in my mind. I think it is important to perform with my all might throughout every competition. Watching the video of Takahashis public practice and Kozukas performance in ice shows, I have an impression that they are getting ready for the competition earlier (than usual). As Ive not made myself in the top shape yet, so I need to work more and more. What I think are necessary in the competitions are fighting spirit and timing, luck will be also involved. To heighten the luck more, and to make it even a part of my own ability, Ill practice as best I can."
On the other hand as for the SP, he was going to change the music at first, but as a result of pondering over decision considering a lot of things, after all he decided to use "Parisian walkways" the same music as last season. This is the program which he has succeeded in setting 95-points of world records twice. There is also an aim to enhance the level of the program from last year in order to aim even higher score, but also at the same time, "There is a large advantage of being able to focus more on completeness of the FS by having leeway in the SP" he said.
As for the SP, despite performing with high completeness in the first half in the last season, "It was very frustrating to have fallen into a slump in the World Championship because of injury" Hanyu says. That's why he skated in this year's ice shows thinking "that program is not really finished yet".
"I didnt attempt quads at that time (in the DOI shows), but I was really conscious of being watched by the audience in that program. In practice, it helps me to be able to soften the expression while focusing on the jumps at the same time"
This season, he seems to be able to show the fruitage of polishing his SP by not changing the music, it would be one of the important points that how he can archive high completeness in the "Romeo and Juliet" FS. Weve come to look forward to see the evolution of Yuzuru Hanyu in the Olympic season.
Yes indeed. Yuzu is so lucky to have such great fans who do hard work for him. I wonder if he is aware of that. I got IFS magazine and read Orser advises Yuzu not to read what is written about him on the Internet. So, maybe he isn't?
Javi is sweet.
My heart is already pounding fast. When will he enter Barona?
Finlandia Trophy's practice and competition schedule.
Result page is up!
Good luck to Yuzuru!


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After getting her nose pierced in 2009 with a tiny little jewel that she seemingly took out shortly thereafter, the LOL star, 19, was recently spotted rocking a much more noticeable piece of jewelry.
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HARTSVILLE — Firefighters racing to stamp out a mobile home fire Wednesday met with flames shooting from windows as a woman and others looking on pleaded for them to save four young children inside, witnesses told investigators.
All four children, including twin girls, perished. It took firefighters less than 10 minutes to put out the fire once they arrived, and after entering the charred, singlewide home they found the bodies of the twin 1-year-old girls and their brothers ages 3 and 4, authorities said.
The mother was so distraught that it took hours to calm her. Investigators still aren't sure where she was when the fire started, Darlington County Sheriff Wayne Byrd said.
"Right now we can't say whether she was inside or not," Byrd said.
Authorities were keeping everyone but investigators far from the home Wednesday evening near Hartsville, a city of some 8,000 people in the Pee Dee, about 60 miles east of Columbia.
"Our hearts are heavy for these four young children. God have mercy on their souls. We did everything possible to save them," Hartsville Mayor Mel Pennington said in a statement.
A photograph tweeted by the sheriff showed the outside of the home seemingly relatively undamaged, while the inside looked charred. A tricycle and another children's toy could be seen in the yard. Smoke could still be seen wafting from an open front door, fire hoses snaking inside.
The burned-out home was just outside the Hartsville city limits, but city firefighters fought the blaze.
Arson investigators planned to work through the night trying to figure out what started the fire. The S.C. State Law Enforcement Division was called in, which that is standard in any fatal fire, the sheriff said.
Autopsies are planned for today to determine the cause of death and confirm the identities of the children, Darlington County Coroner Todd Hardee said. Their names were not released Wednesday.
Bernitha McCrea lived a block away from the family and said she knew the mother well. McCrea wasn't home when the fire trucks raced down her street. Hours after the fire, deputies weren't letting her past the crime-scene tape.
"She was a good parent. She would have tried to save them. She loved those babies," McCrea said.
Roxie McDonald lived next door to the children and their family. She didn't see the flames over her tall hedges, but knew something was wrong when she heard the sirens.
She didn't know the mother, but she saw the children frequently playing in the yard. Her house was roped inside crime tape afterward, so she asked deputies if she would be able to get back if she left to go to her church. They told her she could.
"I talked to my pastor," McDonald said. "We're not going to have our normal Wednesday night service. We're just going to pray for the family."
Authorities responded at the scene of a mobile home fire Wednesday just outside Hartsville. Four children died in the fire, their bodies discovered by firefighters shortly after they put out the flames, an official said.×
Four children, including a set of 1-year-old twin girls, were killed Wednesday when a fire broke out inside this mobile home just outside of Hartsville. The other two children killed were boys ages 3 and 4.×


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stretched out and saggy vaginal lips. It is also refered to as a "shotgun blast" or an "exploded bubble gum bubble"
When I got one look at her beef curtain, I pulled up my pants.
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derogatory term used to describe the female genitalia.
"Tell your sister to open up the beef curtains, I'm coming over!"
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A suprise hidden beneath a layer of pants that startles most men into jizzing out of sheer suprise. The wing of a vagina that sag as if they have given up on defying gravity
Tanner says that Braedon had a beef curtain, obviously, he jizzed as soon as he saw it!
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the prominent lips or labia minora of a woman's vulva especially the kind which protrude beyond the outer lips such as to form a set of fleshy window curtains around her vagina. Also called batwings after the style of old fashioned Western Saloon doors seen in cowboy movies.
The porn starlet spread her beefcurtains to take on the well-hung stud.
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Editor's note: Journal Junction offers the public a forum to applaud successes, discuss issues, point out problems and review the events of the day in a constructive manner. Journal Junction comments should be limited to two to four sentences. Longer comments should be submitted as "Letters to the Editor," which is a separate forum. The Journal's classified ads section offers help to those with lost or found items.
From Martinsburg:
In reference to the man-hating female caller about women not being able to vote and all the other things women couldn't do: Please don't forget that while women couldn't vote and were held captive in their homes, 2 million men died for our freedom. Two million men. They are certainly getting back at the men or the women sure are recovering very nicely. They are controlling our court systems, the family protection order system, men's jobs in this country and most of the money.
From Eastern Regional Jail:
Well the mail personnel at the ERJ is at it again. First the mail was running a day behind, now it is up to a week behind, if not more. Two weeks ago I had mail sent in that I still haven't received. The punishment is to be sent to jail, not be treated like garbage while you're here.
From Berkeley County:
I see where John Overington is on his kick for a big tree again. I've got news for him. I'm on my kick for a big, big homestead increase - and the sooner the better. I couldn't care less about the trees. I'm more concerned about my medicine, shelter over my head and food to eat.
From Bunker Hill:
Football season is upon us. Any parent considering allowing their children to play, given the information now known about the long-term and lasting effects of head injuries and CTE, would be acting in the best interest of their children by NOT allowing them to play. Is your children's long-term health really worth it? Read about it!
From Harpers Ferry:
It's nice that Kaitlynn Weller hit a home run in the Martinsburg Little League Baseball Major Division, but the point is she should not be allowed to play with boys in the first place.
From Martinsburg:
Almost every utterance of President Obama and his henchmen should be considered an insult to one's intelligence, but I guess that's just too much to expect of the average Democrat. On another subject, I had to laugh at the former "ardent conservative" from from Kearneysville who intends to vote Democrat in November. There is simply no way a true conservative could approve of the Democrat agenda or deem Democrats not "ruthless" or "vindictive." They wrote the book on both of those characteristics.
From Kearneysville:
To all you people out there in "Junction" land who talk down and speak against the Bible, I have only one thing to say to you all: I really feel sorry for all of you in the way you think. It is apparent that none of you were brought up or taught very well as a child.
From Charles Town:
I would like to let everyone who supports our sheriff know that there is a Facebook group set up to share words of encouragement and support for Bobby and it is call "Support Sheriff Shirley." If you want to voice positive remarks you are welcome to join, but any negative remarks will be deleted along with the person making them. I also just want know what's next for the people who are calling the robber the victim. Are you going to support the hijackers of 9-11 and say they were the victims? Maybe we need to be like third-world countries and treat our criminals the way they do!
From Martinsburg:
The building being remodeled at the corner of Rock Cliff Drive and Tavern Road mentioned in Tuesday's Journal Junction was once an attractive, successful Nash dealership in the '40s and '50s owned by Noel Way. The family lived upstairs over the dealership at the time.
From Berkeley County:
The caller from Shepherdstown is ignorant of the fact that Planned Parenthood does not make judgments about why women might want to pursue abortions. What I rarely hear pro-life advocates talk about is who is going to fill the medical care gap once Planned Parenthood is out of the picture. I rarely see that because the issue of abortions that Planned Parenthood provides is purposely conflated in order to procure extreme emotional responses, instead of having a reasonable discussion about what is to be done to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Now you're using sex-selected abortions, when there is NO evidence for this in the United States and in fact the gender ratio for boys to girls is COMPLETELY within normal parameters?
From Charles Town:
Freedom - Noun: 1.The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. 2. Absence of subjection to foreign domination or despotic government. Dems are ruling our freedoms away.
From Gerrardstown:
To those who say the Bible is fiction: I feel sorry for you. But be happy myself and others will pray for you and your lost soul. May God Bless you! Gay individuals are also in my prayers! Yes, I know it was gay individuals who wrote the disbelief about the Bible, I know you wanted others to quit talking about you because they were making sense and your guilt was too hard to live with.
From Charles Town:
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From Harpers Ferry:
In response to the 18-year-old first-time voter from Harpers Ferry: If you are indeed 18 and wrote these words, you were either raised by or listened to your grandmother but you are no doubt a Democrat. Do you know what the definition of "is" is?
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The family of William F. Jordan Sr. would like to extend their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all who supported us during our difficult time. A special thanks to the Charles Town Baptist Church, the military honor guard, Eackles-Spencer & Norton funeral service, Dr. Henry Christie, Bob O'Connor and those who provided food, floral arrangements and other support.
From Martinsburg:
The Fellowship Church of the Brethren will hold a chicken barbecue at 11 a.m. Saturday to benefit the Martinsburg Rescue Mission. This will be a great meal, so come out and enjoy the time together.
From Kearneysville:
Thank goodness my parents insisted that I be allowed to think for myself and gave me many opportunities, without statements of good or bad, with different cultures and religions to do just that. Brainwashing is a crime. To do it to children is child abuse. Our children are individual human beings with certain unalienable rights. They just happen to be little and need feeding, but forcing them to think a certain way before they are old enough to balance and understand the facts must be wrong.
From Shepherdstown:
Our current young generation has the spine of jellyfish. They don't work, and it's always about me, me, me. We have lost control of our country to the politicians, and for them, it's always about me, me, me, as well as the next election and money for it. They even make their own rules, have special laws just for them such as special health care, no Social Security, overstuffed lifetime pensions and it seems every road and building in the country has their name on it.
From Leetown:
People do have a terribly short memory. I can't seem to find the video from 2010 when Boehner looked into the camera and said the American people have given the GOP a mandate to fix the economy and create jobs, crying the whole time. Since that moment, teachers, public workers, science and education have taken a beating. Where are the jobs? It's an absolute disgrace.
From Ijamsville:
I love how conservatives here like to talk about family values. Which state do you think has the lowest divorce rate? It's Massachusetts, the center of the gay marriage universe. Yes, that's right, the state the right loves to tie around the neck of anyone to the left of Strom Thurmond has the lowest divorce rate in the nation.
From Charles Town:
To the caller from Inwood who wants us all to put our political differences aside and go and celebrate "Flag Day" at War Memorial Park: Will there be any Confederate flags there?
From Berkeley Springs:
Crude oil has fallen to $81 a barrel and we're still paying $3.50 a gallon for gas. What an absolute ripoff. Looking at historical price charts on the Internet, gas should be around $2.50 a gallon. Instead of investigating this gouging the media only reports "relief at the pumps." And most consumers say they're sure glad the price of gas is down, but if you're still paying $3.50 a gallon with crude at $81, what do you think is going to happen when crude goes back up to $150 like it did in the summer of 2008?
From Falling Waters:
Once again we hear the old cry of "America, love it or leave it" from the conservative caller from Hedgesville defending the flight of drones over our country. The right wing has long tried to paint dissent as disloyal. What next from the caller from Hedgesville? "My country, right or wrong?" Never mind that government dissent is what created America. So much for taking personal responsibility.
From Bunker Hill:
To Martinsburg officials: Perhaps you can learn something from Charles Town. The Jefferson County library does not have bums hanging around inside and outside the library. Don't we have loitering laws in Martinsburg? Our library is a disgrace.
From Hedgesville:
"There are certain people that are just so well-known that you've just got to use your common sense and not go to excessive measures," said Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Transportation Subcommittee, after hearing reports that the TSA patted down recognizable passengers such as former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. First of all, the people of various and sundry other nations from Cambodia to Iraq might strongly dispute whether Rumsfeld or Kissinger are dangerous. Together they've killed a load more innocent civilians than all of al-Qaida put together.
From Falling Waters:
Isn't it interesting that a country founded to allow freedom from religious persecution is now using religion to persecute freedoms?
From Berkeley County:
Why are street people allowed to play chess and laugh in the Martinsburg library?I have seen this several times. It's a library, not a recreation center. Wake up, Martinsburg!
From Charles Town:
I, too, would like to Thank the Meals on Wheels delivery of lunches to all those who need them. Home-Health Care workers see this on a day-to-day basis, and believe me when I say that this lunch is pretty much of all they get per day. It's a balanced, nutritious meal that is seriously needed in this area. The need here is also increasing at a rapid rate. Why is it that even the working people have to stand in line at DHHR for food stamps? ...Without Meals on Wheels, hundreds of people would go hungry. Thank you for being there.
From Martinsburg:
I, too, agree with the karma comment. Everyone will eventually get what's coming to them. Don't steal from someone who has fed you, welcomed you to their home and has been kind to you. It takes a low kind of person to do something so selfish.
From Hedgesville:
I used to be an ardent liberal, swallowing all the Democratic talking points without thought or investigation. I felt good about getting the evil corporations. It seemed generous to provide welfare, unemployment benefits and health care. Of course, unions are great! Then one day I received a blow to the head and I started thinking! Should we drive corporations out of the country with the highest corp tax rate? Corporations provide jobs and more than 50 percent of Americans hold investment in them! Can the government keep spending more than its income? Liberals, knock yourselves out - start thinking!
From Gerrardstown:
All the chatter about the president creating jobs leads me to thinking that most large companies are run by overpaid CEOs who are, for the most part, Republicans. Why would those companies do something to help the country when as Republicans their sole goal is to defeat President Obama, laying the blame for not hiring at his feet, when it is the Republican CEOs whose feet stand on the job creation. Ratios of small to large businesses notwithstanding, the large companies set the general patterns of the job market. If the (over) wealthy create jobs, why are not the eight- and nine-figure income CEOs doing anything?
From Charles Town:
The only way for West Virginia to get the same "Stand Your Ground" and "Clean and Sober For Social Endowment" laws that Florida has is for everyone to contact your local legislator. That is what they are there for. Let's take back America.
From Charles Town:
To the Jefferson County caller: Why should we support a sheriff who is accused of brutally beating a man who, when after the chase in fact, stopped his truck and didn't restrain arrest? He was robbing a bank for god sakes, not committing murder. There was no reason for the brutality the man received. It's wrong. I do not agree with it and I refuse to support him.
From Hedgesville:
"No. You can't deny women their basic rights and pretend it's about your 'religious freedom'. If you don't like birth control, don't use it. Religious freedom doesn't mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs." Well said, Mr. President Barack Obama. Thank you.
From Martinsburg:
I do not understand some of the American people. Yes someone with a joystick is dropping bombs on targets thousands of miles away completing missions. Then you call our American soldiers cowards? How dare you! If these same troops were involved in hand-to-hand combat you would be complaining that our government is killing U.S. citizens and we need to fix it. Well I respect every man and woman who is out here protecting my civil rights and the U.S. Constitution. They are the reason we are able to have the freedoms we enjoy.
From Jefferson County:
The Bunker Hill caller who made this statement; "With more and more evidence now indicating 9/11 was an inside job" must be a member of the "Flat Earth Society." I have never seen such a level of ignorance and stupidity.
From Charles Town:
With the financial condition this country is in, one would think that our do-nothing excuse for a president would work to create jobs instead of jetting all over the country attending fundraisers. Also an FYI for all you fantasyland loons: Obama will never carry West Virginia.


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Example: I LOVE football! I didn't always drink during games, but I would frequently pop a Mike's hard for the game. DH pretty much only watches football because I do. I don't care if he drinks normally, but he had a beer during the game week one, and it really bothered me, so I asked if he would mind not drinking during the game (any other time is fine). I mentioned it to a friend at work, and he thinks I'm being totally unreasonable by denying DH his Wisconsin born right of a beer during the Packer game (even though DH doesn't care).
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A quick update here as we near completion of Bluebird Man.
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Adobe Updates: Illustrator 16.0.4, Plus a Passel of InDesign Tweaks
You are the summation of the tools you use and the priests skilled in the dark arts of Illustator and InDesign need to know that Adobe updates are available, and more than just a few. Though details are sparse, it behooves you to at least have a look.
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I won't get a chance to watch tape on the Packers 24-21 win over the Colts, but here are my observations from my perch at the 50 yard line:
- Don't buy the hype on Painter. He was better than he has been, but he wasn't good. Tons of wayward passes. The pass to Wayne was a comically blown coverage and the pass to Garcon was underthrown. It should have been a touchdown. His second touchdown pass off his back foot was ugly. He's easily the #3 quarterback, but should Manning not be able to go, Collins is still a vastly superior choice.
- Having said that, there is something to be said for Reggie Wayne's devotion to him. Wayne played an incredible game and acted as if he was trying to will Painter into the starting job. It's impossible not to love 87. He played crazy hard.
- For the most part the offensive line played well. Castonzo was strong. There were moments of weak protection, but I doubt Peyton Manning would have been sacked tonight, let's put it like that.
- Addai was amazing. Don Brown brought me out of my seat with some great blitz pickups, but looked like he was running in wet sand. I can't see how he doesn't slide down behind Carter soon.
- The Colts may have the best defensive line they've had in years. Moala, Nevis, and Harris all made plays. Hughes filled in for Mathis, and I spent most of my time watching him. He got more pressure than you may realize. No stats to speak of, but I thought he played ok. Dwight Freeney is a beast.
- Sims and Anderson both acquitted themselves well. The Colts look like they went 3-3 on free agent pickups.
- The Colts biggest worry spot is still safety. There were some badly aligned zones leading to big gains in the passing game. Lacey didn't play well, but he wasn't nearly the problem he seemed. It looked to me like there were plays where linebackers were just flat out of position.
- The Colts had few penalties and played hard. The difference between last week and this week was stark. Caldwell had the team ready to play.
- The defense missed Bethea and Bracket. I think had they played, the unit might have looked dramatically better.
- Watching Painter and Orlovsky, you understand the greatness of Manning. There are openings to throw the ball that they just can't hit. There are short windows to avoid a sack, but they don't feel the pressure. It's like watching The Godfather starring Pauley Shore. "Make him an offer he can't refuse, buuuudiiiie."
- The Colts went with a ton of two TE sets. Tamme or Clark were often split wide, but it was a relief to see. That may have just been because of injuries to Collie and Gonzo, but it's the best offensive set for the QBs they have out there.
- I tried to track Ijalana, and was pleased for the most part with what I saw. He's definitely no where near where Castonzo is.
- The crowd was bigger and better tonight, even with the Cheeseheads. How bad is preseason football? I struggled to even give way extra tickets to the game. Sad.
All in all, it was a good night. The Colts might be a little better than I gave them credit for, especially on defense. They are THIN however. If Manning recovers to be Manning, the season may well rise or fall on the ability of the young linebackers to make the leap, especially in coverage. Indy is deep at DT (I can't believe I just said that), but thin at safety. A few injuries on defense, and the whole thing could come unglued.
Considering it's a mortal sin to make too much out of a preseason game, just be content with mild encouragement. If Manning is 100%, there is a path to dominance for this team. It might be a narrow one, hard to hold, but it is there.
The 2011 Colts may not be a great team, but they could be a great team. It's at least metaphysically possible, if unlikely.
That's more than I believed 12 hours ago.


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Every Tuesday, Domenic Lanciano, 60, and his daughter, Nicole, 34, go to dance class. Their goal isn't to dazzle relatives at the next family wedding or sharpen their skills for a spin on Dancing With the Stars.
Domenic has Parkinson's disease, and doctors have suggested the rhythms of dance may help keep him loose and limber. He and Nicole have been going to classes for the last five months, joining 25 or so Parkinson's patients who every week shimmy and sway in Studio A at West Chester's Rock School West. Some come with walkers or canes, a few use wheelchairs, but most can walk. Spouses or caregivers can join in. Nicole and Dominic are the only father-daughter pair.


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Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette
August 4, 2014 - Diane Laney Fitzpatrick
For the record, I was never a smoker. My lungs should be as pink and soft as the inside of a baby kitten's mouth, minus the sandpaper tongue and hairballs. And if they're not, I blame not the second-hand smoke of my mom from birth to 18 or the second-hand smoke from most of my college dorm-mates or the second-hand smoke of my husband from our first date to the 1990s when he finally quit. No, I'm blaming the handful of times I smoked a real cigarette when I was a teenager.
I was in middle school to be exact. And I got this idea in my head that I would look as sophisticated as Holly Golightly if I had a cigarette in my mouth. I used the hour between the time I got home from school and my mom got home from work. If ever there was a case for stay-at-home parenting, it's that blasted hour.
I found her cigs, which were basically sprinkled all over the house. A pack of cigarettes with at least one or two was never more than a few steps away from wherever my mom might be at any given time.
I found matches, lit one, and stood in front of the floor-length mirror on the inside of the coat closet in the living room and admired the sight of me, an eighth grader, looking not at all like Audrey Hepburn. And yet I persevered. I held it provocatively and acted out a pretend conversation, which was humorous (I laughed, my mirror image laughed back) and flirtatious (I made eyes at myself as I took another drag - cough cough.) My goodness, I would have impressed some boy with my cosmopolitan badassery if the whole thing had been real.
Those cigarettes were the worst things in the world. They tasted like the inside of a toilet at a biker bar that had been clogged for years. I thought that maybe in some weird flukey way, I had just happened to get the cigarette that was made with the tobacco that had been scraped off the bottom of someone's shoe. They can't all taste like this, can they? After I got done smoking the first cigarette, I drowned the butt in water and tore it up into little pieces in the garbage. Then I brushed my teeth, gargled with Listerine (the brown, arsenic-flavored kind), and ate a bunch of Wise potato chips. To no avail. I had the taste of tobacco-flavored floor debris in my mouth for three days. Forty years later, on a humid day I swear I can still taste it.
That didn't stop me from repeating the whole ridiculous charade again a few more times. I came to my senses just short of starring in my own after-school special.
I credit my mom's choice of smoking non-filter Chesterfields for my lifelong non-smoking status. Later, she would switch to Chesterfield Kings, which I believe had a filter. And then Virginia Slims, where she earned points and got free datebooks with feminist quotes and pictures of Victorian era women on every page. If she had been smoking either of those when I dipped my toe into the smoker's world - if there had been a single pleasant thing about the whole experience - I might be a smoker today. At the very least I would have finished the conversation with myself in the mirror.
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Diane Laney Fitzpatrick is the author of Home Sweet Homes: How Bundt Cakes, Bubble Wrap, and My Accent Helped Me Survive Nine Moves. Her Just Humor Me column runs here on her website at www.DianeLaneyFitzpatrick.com.
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Every residence hall room has a direct connection to the SAU ethernet, as well as wireless. You will not use a modem for this connection. Simply contact Information Technology to make an appointment to have your computer set up for ethernet access. Ethernet cards are available through the University Bookstore.
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Final examinations are administered at the conclusion of each academic semester. All students are asked to leave the residence halls within 24 hours of their last final exam or by the close of the residence halls. Exceptions apply only in the case of students graduating or those directly involved in the graduation ceremonies.
The university residence halls are open during Thanksgiving and Spring Break recesses. The residence halls will be closed during winter vacation. All students are encouraged to make other living arrangements during the winter break period. Only residents with valid reasons to stay and who submit a written request will be approved to stay on campus. Students are encouraged to take valued items home during vacation periods. While security coverage is in force, the university does not accept responsibility for lost, stolen, or damaged property.
The university does reserve the right to charge students for housing over the semester break.
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The staff of Sodexo, the SAU food service, works hard to meet the dietary needs and preferences of our students. They provide a wonderful and wide selection of hot and cold items for every meal. Each student living on-campus is required to participate in one of four meal plans offered by Sodexo. In addition, students have flex dollars that they may spend in the Rogalski Center Food Court to purchase a variety of food items or to bring a friend to the cafeteria. Special diets are accommodated when requested.
Students may change their meal plans during the first two weeks of the semester at the Residence Life office. For more information on options and costs, click here. The daily menu can be obtained by calling x4950, or by visiting the Campus Dining website.
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The University provides regular housekeeping services for all public areas in the residence halls. All bathrooms (including those in residents' rooms or suites) are cleaned at least once a week. Every student is responsible for cleaning his/her personal living space. Vacuums are available from the RA staff.
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For students' protection, students are advised to consult with home and health insurance agents prior to the beginning of the academic year. Parents may need to adjust their homeowner's policy to cover their Ambrose student while school is in session. Students who are not covered by their parents' homeowner's policies are encouraged to purchase renter's insurance. SAU assumes no liability for any loss or damage of personal property.
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Coin-operated laundry facilities are located in each residence hall. Soap, bleach and fabric softener will need to be provided by the student. Washers and dryers cost $1.00 per load. Change machines are located in the Cosgrove basement and the first floor Hagen Hall laundry room. Bringing a few rolls of quarters with you is often helpful.
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Residence hall rooms contain extra-long beds (36" x 80") which require extra long linens to comfortably fit the mattresses. Student Services has an agreement with an outside vendor to provide these linens through Residence Hall Linens and Bedding. During the summer, students will receive in the mail a letter and order form that describes the products and special packages available. Make sure to order by the deadline to ensure linens arrive at home before departing for campus.
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Several banks are located near campus for students who wish to open local personal checking accounts. The Student Accounts office will cash personal checks (up to $30 per day) for students. A US Bank ATM is located on the first floor of the Rogalski Center.
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Learn about parking policies and designated parking areas for students
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Traditional rooms: 11' x 29'
Phone jacks and local phone service is available for students who wish to use a landline phone; there is a $25/per year set-up fee. Students must provide their own phones. Students may request a long distance calling code from the Student Accounts Services office. Any student using a code supplied by St. Ambrose is responsible for prompt payment of all long-distance charges. Unauthorized use of the telephone and the long distance calling code will result in a $50 fine plus the cost of the telephone calls. Repeat offenders will lose their telephone privileges.
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A great time was had by all at the January Trapper's Rendezvous campout near Newton, Kansas. Approximately 4,500 Boy Scouts attended.
This was one of the more humorous videos I took during the weekend. This scout (not from our troop) had traded up from a crocodile tooth and a pocket knife to a laptop, and was hoping to eventually trade for a Nintendo DS.
Lots more photos and videos of the weekend are available on Flickr!
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The Government's push to return to surplus by 2014-15 should help exporters by easing upward pressure on the New Zealand dollar, Finance Minister Bill English says.
Speaking to reporters this morning after giving a speech at a conference on contemporary China this morning in Wellington, English said the local currency was being kept at elevated levels against the US dollar by "our need for debt".
"As we get closer to surplus the rate of increase (in debt) will slow down. When we get to surplus we will stop growing our debt and that will help with the dollar."
The strength of the New Zealand dollar against the greenback - this morning it was trading at just over US81c - has been a constant headache for many exporters in recent years.
"It is a continual challenge for our exporters to be profitable at 80c to the US dollar", English said.
"They need to be profitable so they can reinvest in export growth."
The NZ dollar's level was driven by a lot of different forces which changed from week to week.
"Some weeks we are seen as a safe haven other weeks we are seen as a risky investment. The markets can't quite make up their minds but in general the Government can take some pressure off the dollar by getting into the position where it doesn't need a whole lot more debt."
That would help but it didn't guarantee the dollar at any particular level, he said.
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Companies taking part in the survey were highly competitive enterprises for which innovation development should be a common goal. They include the Siam Cement and Charoen Pokphand groups, PTT and member companies of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) and the Association of Thai Software Industry.
The survey - part of the Thailand Innovation Capability Index 2007 - was conducted by the National Innovation Agency (NIA) together with the FTI, Chulalongkorn University and Microsoft Thailand.
Although it showed a wide expectation of innovation development, the survey also showed that Thai enterprises were not fully confident of their capability when it comes to competing with others on the world stage.
The survey was conducted from March to September this year. It questioned 100 chief executives and 1,000 enterprises on innovation development during the past year. It covered seven key industries - biotechnology,
medical and healthcare, environment, branding and design, nanotechnology, software and agricultural electronics.
The survey found that executives had 68.2-per-cent confidence in their innovative capability, showing a fair rate of innovation development among Thai enterprises.
However, it found that the surveyed companies were still putting only about 0.5 per cent of total income into research and development. It is commonly believed that full benefits from R&D will be realised only when spending amounts to at least 5 per cent of income.
NIA director Supachai Lorlowhakarn said that in terms of policy, the government should consider means of increasing expenditure on R&D to reach at least 5 per cent of income, so that innovation development can offer real benefits to the country.
However, he admitted it was very difficult for the country to increase its R&D spending from the current national level of 0.26 per cent of total income to 5 per cent in the short term.
He said that to help increase competitiveness, the government should consider licensing technology to help local enterprises develop innovations, along with a gradual increase in R&D expenditure. This would push more local innovation development.
"The government should create networks with research institutes, both inside and outside the country, to find proper technologies and licence them to help local business develop new innovations," he said.
Licensing technology, Supachai said, was a short cut to transfer know-how to local people, especially at a time when the country's R&D spending was inadequate.
He also urged the government to develop a national innovation plan as a guideline for further innovative development.
The NIA's survey was the first investigation of innovation development in Thailand's private sector. The agency plans to conduct a similar survey every year to keep abreast of the country's overall innovation development capability.
"We hope to use it as a baseline to compare Thailand's innovation capability with that of other countries. This will show us how to develop innovations to increase our competitiveness in the future," Supachai said.
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The Flag of Wallonia (or Walloon Flag) is called the bold rooster (French: coq hardi) or Walloon Rooster (Walloon: cok walon). It is the emblem of Wallonia and of the French Community of Belgium. It features a red bold rooster, bold meaning its right leg is lifted and its mouth is closed, on a yellow background. Those colors come from the city of Liège. The flag is also used by the Walloon Movement.
The flag was created in 1913, based on a painting by Pierre Paulus[1]
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On 3 July 1991, the French Community adopted by decree the Walloon Flag as its symbol, confirming an older decree from the former French Cultural Community of Belgium on 20 July 1975.
On 15 July 1998, the Walloon Flag was officially recognised as the Flag of Wallonia by the Walloon Region.
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External links[edit]
- Notice on the Walloon Flag based on the online Encyclopedia of the Walloon Movement.
- The official flag of the French Community of Belgium on its website.
- Anthem & flag on the official website of the Walloon Parliament.