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Actor Lorenzo Lamas, 38, took his fourth trip down the aisle on April 27 when he married model Shauna Sand, 24, at the Rockland County, N.Y., home of his mother, former film siren Arlene Dahl. Lamas, son of actor Fernando Lamas, met Sand last July when she was a bikini-clad extra in an episode of his syndicated TV series Renegade....
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Microsoft's latest release is a girl. Computer software titan Bill Gates, 40, and his wife, Melinda French Gates, 31, welcomed their first child, Jennifer Katharine (8 lbs. 6 ozs.) on April 26 at Overlake hospital in Bellevue, Wash. The couple married on New Year's Day 1994....
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Asus R9 290X DCII OC First Look
A Cool and Quiet 290X?
Published: 20th December 2013 | Source: RushKit |
When the R9 290X came out, we thought the performance was incredible for the price; it came very close to the GTX 780, which sparked Nvidia to release the new 780Ti, and the 290X maintained a very competitive price at the time of release. Overall, nothing bad could be said about the performance the card yielded.
However, it ran very hot for our liking. Despite AMD saying the 95 degrees Celsius temperatures were nothing to be afraid of on these cards, it still left many of us fearful about running a component that hot in our systems, as of course it heats everything else up with it! Along with running hot, the fan was rather loud too. Evidently, the R9 290X definitely had some serious potential, but it was let down by its cooler. Fortunately, the non-reference designed cards are now upon us. Will these be the savior of the 290X?
RushKit takes a look at the Asus R9 290X Direct CUII OC.
Model R9290X-DC2OC-4GD5
Graphics Engine AMD Radeon™ R9 290X
Bus Standard PCI Express® 3.0
Video Memory 4GB GDDR5
Engine Clock 1050 MHz
Memory Clock 5400 MHz (1350 MHz GDDR5)
Memory Interface 512 bit
DVI Output 2 x Native Dual-link DVI-D
HDMI Output 1 x Native
DisplayPort 1 x Native
HDCP Compliant YES
Dimension 11.3 x 5.8 x 1.6 inches
We really like the look of this. The R9 290X was on par with the much loved GTX 780 when it came out. However, in our tests, the GTX780 had the ability to overclock whilst staying in acceptable temperatures, meaning the 290X was left behind. Asus have put an end to that, with their factory overclocked card, which comes with one of the best GPU coolers on the market at this moment in time.
Like the standard R9 290X, the Asus DCII OC packs 4GB of vRAM, meaning regardless of whether you're running at 1920x1080, or 2560x1440, you should have no problems running your favourite game at maximum settings without being throttled by lack of vRAM. Asus have completely re-vamped the PCB on the DCII OC. They've added two extra power phases to the memory, and one extra to the GPU power delivery, meaning not only will the cooler aid in overclocking, but you'll have extra support and potential from the PCB as well.
Asus have put a lot of effort into manufacturing the completely custom PCB to ensure it performs better than the reference model. They've employed 'Super Alloy Power Technology' into their capacitors and VRMs, which they claim adds two and half times the lifespan against the reference model. They also have implemented their DIGI+ VRM system, which we find on most of the Asus motherboards. This reduces the power noise by 30%, meaning you'll get a cleaner power delivery to the parts which need it, and also should eliminate any electrical noise the card may produce. In turn, not only do these reduce the noise and increase the lifespan, but they should also enable you to attain higher overclocks, leading to a potentially significant increase in performance in games.
Our initial thoughts of the reference 290X's aesthetics weren't great. We thought the cooler looked a little on the flimsy side and we weren't a massive fan of the design either. However, we're very impressed with the Asus DCII model so far. If you don't have a red themed system, Asus include extra stickers to replace the standard red ones that come with it. It's great to see a company doing this since it adds a little more customisability and no longer limits your choice of components to parts with a red theme.
We look forward to the review of this card as our expectations are very high. We all know how much power the R9 290X core contains, and finally we see a card able to utilize everything the card has to give!
Thank you to Asus for the card. You can discuss your thoughts over on the OC3D Forums.
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We finally see a non-reference R9 290X. All the performance of the 290X with a lot more cooling, and a lot less noise!
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looks like a nice card, I hope it performs well on the OC3D Bench Suite.Quote
I have been waiting for the non ref 290s, but I have to wait till after Christmas before being able to buy a new card anyway, so these just happen to drop at the time i'm able to buy a new GPU
All being well and depending on whether or not the 780s drop in price again, a R9 290 Asus DCUII should be mine in the next couple of weeks.Quote
I have the 280x DCUII and well, I'd really like it if Asus could release the sticker pack as a separate thing as my blue rig is ruined with those red stickers (to some extent) .
every time i see these new DC2s i wish i had one of them. not a last generation 3 slot one Quote
GO AMD! You really are giving nvidia a run for their money! now that that terrible cooler has gone nvidia will be shaking again!Quote
Sure enough, reviews so-far have the non-reference 290X's competing quite effectively with the 780Ti, which gives them a large advantage considering they're quite a bit cheaper. That's assuming they're priced how they're reportedly going to be priced though.
|The ASUS card performed better than the GTX 780 Ti in Bioshock Infinite and Crysis 3 while the GTX 780 Ti's only definitive victory came in Battlefield 3. In the three other games tested, the cards were so close that I'll call it a performance tie.
The guys on the PcPer podcast were half joking if the debacle with the reference cooler on the 290 and 290X was deliberate on AMD's part just to mess with nVidia, since they kind of rushed out the 780Ti in response.
Sure enough, reviews so-far have the non-reference 290X's competing quite effectively with the 780Ti, which gives them a large advantage considering they're quite a bit cheaper. That's assuming they're priced how they're reportedly going to be priced though.
Makes me wonder how nVidia will respond, will we see a GTX 790 or GTX 780Ti Boost edition? I'm just loving the to and fro that's been going on since the 290/290X launched.
Asus is £499.....Quote
I tend to pay more attention to the price in dollars since we normally end up paying the same in euros here in euroland, even though the EURUSD is 1.37 at the time of writing. Quote
I think I'd leave the stickers off I like the clean look and I like ASUS DCU coolers
As much as it won't stop me buying a pair of 780Tis, I really hope that this gives it a solid run for its money - seeing Nvidia scared and having to drop prices would be rather nice :-)
Although it's probably not enough to force another set of price drops from nVidia.Quote
In the US the 780ti cost about $720 while the Asus card will cost about $650. It used to be about $600 flat but with litcoin becoming super popular the AMD camp has had a price increase. So as of now $70 plus with BF4 free equals a big win for AMD. I couldn't justify the price increase for no performance gain.
You forget that 780ti comes with Splinter Cell, AC 4 and Batman Origins. That makes up for any difference in price if there will be any in the first place. Also you say 720$ vs 650$, it will probably be 700$ vs 700$.
at 499 i think you might as well get the gtx780ti, used to love AMD for price v performance but i am now leaning towards Nvidia. AMD have shot themselves in the foot.
If you take a 290 (non X) which is only a couple of FPS below a 290X, as in 2-3 and is £100 cheaper. Then Nvidia are not value for money AMD are.
A non ref 780Ti is £650 ish a non ref 290 is £360 ish. The 780Ti is still the faster card but not that much faster that it's worth an extra £300.Quote
Does anyone (i.e. Tom) know if Asus will be doing a 290 version with this cooler?
Gigabyte, Asus, MSI, Saphire, HIS and XFX are all doing non ref 290 versions, some don't have custom PCBs though, the Saphire one uses a ref PCB anyway. You can pre order some of them on Overclockers.co.uk now but i'd wait till other retailers have them and prices drop a bit, Overclockers are usually more expensive than everywhere else.
Their prices can be more expensive, but I've found their service levels and support to be amongst the best in the past, so depending o nthe difference I don't mind pay a few £s more.
The main issue with the Asus though is that due to the custom PCB the waterblock selection will be limited.Quote
The main issue with the Asus though is that due to the custom PCB the waterblock selection will be limited.
I think the non x DCUII is mid Jan, I hope it is anyway because I want one.Quote
Good news on that I'm guessing it will fit the non X version as well.
I think the non x DCUII is mid Jan, I hope it is anyway because I want one.
I've already got a couple of reference 290s, but a couple more wont hurt!
Got the reference ones because they should be easy to watercool. I suspected EK would make a block for the Asus cards (they usually do), it's just not many others seem to so you're stuck with EK and their CSQ ****.Quote
wondering if to upgrade my two HD7970s or wait for the gtx800 series.

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Have owned a 1996 Saab 9000CS for about a year. Gets great mileage (averages around 28 mpg) and is plenty fast. Easy to mod engine to get it 200 hp. Nice car to work on with plenty of space under the hood. The interior is quality leather that looks fine after 13 years. Highly recommended. Only disadvantage--no cupholders!
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Best bang for the buck
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I had one for a year and a half before i sold it. It ran well but is not for the speed demon in you. It is a great to work car that you can depend on. My friend got in an accident and had a 97 saab and i can say that it was a very safe. He was alright even though he was hit by a drunk driver going 65!
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Like a lot of people on YouTube, Nick Reineke makes videos about games. And like a lot of people on YouTube, he wants to make money off those videos. But he can't. Last month, YouTube banned him from AdSense, the advertising service that most YouTubers use to make money.
It's not clear exactly why he was banned — YouTube hasn't explained — but Reineke thinks he knows what the problem was: an excited fan. A fan who clicked on one of Reineke's ads too many times.
A fan who might have inadvertently ruined Reineke's YouTube career.
Kotaku was first contacted by Reineke, who runs a channel dedicated to showing off indie games, a few weeks ago. He told us that he had received an e-mail from YouTube saying he was banned from AdSense for "invalid activity." And he said he knew why.
"I've come to find out that a fan of mine took it upon himself to "help" my page by clicking
my ad 20 or so times," he said in an e-mail. "I'd never condone this and never would have wanted anyone to do this as I am aware it is a flagrant violation of the AdSense Terms of Service. Unfortunately for me, my YouTube channel is tied to my AdSense account and because of this issue I am now blacklisted from becoming a YouTube partner and monetising my videos in the future."
The fan has admitted to clicking the ad, posting on Reineke's forums to apologize. "I thought, 'Hey, maybe I could give it a few clicks to see if Nick gets any money from it. Couldn't hurt to try, right?'" he wrote. "This was obviously [an] incredibly dumb decision and ended up getting Nick's AdSense blocked completely."
Reineke has reached out to other YouTube networks to try to strike a deal, but they won't partner with someone who can't support AdSense. He can't make a new account without making up a false identity. And when he appealed to YouTube, they denied his request.
Here's the letter they sent him:
Thanks for the additional information provided in your appeal, we appreciate your continued interest in the AdSense program. After thoroughly reviewing your account data and taking your feedback into consideration, our specialists have confirmed that we're unable to reinstate your AdSense account.
If you'd like more details on our invalid activity policies or review process, please visit http://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153. As a reminder, further participation in the AdSense program by publishers whose accounts have been disabled is not permitted.
Thanks for your understanding,
The Google AdSense Team
After an e-mail like that, Reineke says there isn't much else he can do.
"It is not possible to directly contact Google," he said. "No one will speak with you, and there are no other avenues unless you are friends with someone who works there. Once your appeal is rejected, they will not reply to your emails or speak with you further on the issue (they actually tell you that in the rejection letter). It is essentially a LIFETIME ban for your account. Seems fair, right?"
I reached out to YouTube for clarity, but they wouldn't comment on Reineke's specific situation. A YouTube representative sent me this statement:
If we determine that an AdSense account may pose a risk to our advertisers or the experience of individual users, we may disable that account to protect the health of the network. If a publisher feels that the decision to suspend their AdSense account was made in error, and if they can maintain in good faith that the invalid activity was not due to the actions or negligence of themselves or those for whom they are responsible, they can appeal the disabling of their account. Accounts will be reinstated on a case by case basis.
While it's certainly possible that Reineke was banned for another reason, he told me he has no idea what that might be, and YouTube isn't helping.
"The notification that they had disabled my AdSense account due to 'invalid activity' was sent just a few days after the person had told me they did the spam clicking on my ad," he said. "Since it was the only ad I had up, and it was the only thing tied to my AdSense account… it's really the only thing that could have caused this. I've also considered the possibility of a rogue spammer on my site or something random like that, but I've never seen any evidence of strange behaviour on the site before my account had already been disabled.
One of Nick Reineke's most recent videos, from his channel Indie Impressions.
"My YouTube and website editing and usage (with respect to my account standing) has been very much a repeated pattern of posting new content the same way day after day for months, so I can say in good conscience, other than the fan clicking the ad, there wasn't a deviation of any kind or anything I've done that would be misconstrued as malicious by Google."
So Reineke is frustrated. He's feeling helpless. And he doesn't know what to do next.
"My question is: what is there to stop someone who didn't like me from spamming any ad they know to be powered by AdSense to get it all taken down?" Reineke said. "There are no repercussions for the person doing the clicking, only the people who stand to lose everything. Seeing as how I did not condone this action by the individual who thought they were helping me, it's not really much different.
"So is there really justice here? Someone who has devoted thousands of hours to their site and channel is now barred from potentially ever making money from their work on this service because an over-zealous fan decided on their own to spam click my ad?"


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Greatly Effective Lube
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Girl in cockney pronunciation.
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March 30–June 24, 2012
Exploring ideas of threat and security in American society, artists Adam Ames and Andrew Bordwin, known collectively as Type A, present Guarded. The installation features an armed security guard stationed in the gallery monitoring twenty-one objects deemed potentially dangerous by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). To highlight the theatrical nature of security procedures, the prohibited objects will only be visible to museum visitors on a series of closed-circuit security monitors.
While already a topic of much frustration and suspicion, the TSA's "Prohibited Items" list and its screening process have become a microcosm for the actions that contemporary Americans have either willingly or begrudgingly submitted themselves to in order to remain safe from terrorist acts. Guarded probes the public's view of these security measures, from outrage to ambivalence to helplessness, by bringing the prohibited items into a museum for the sole purpose of having them guarded. The installation provocatively asks visitors to explore their own feelings about fear and safety in America.
Type A has repeatedly focused its attention on the boundaries that distinguish social and private spaces. This installation builds on the artists' previous works, such as Barrier, 2009, in which the artists placed reinforced concrete traffic barricades, the kind commonly used to secure urban sites from terrorist attacks, in the galleries of the Tang Teaching Museum. Guarded similarly calls attention to the borders and boundaries that are ubiquitous in our post-9/11 world.
The exhibition at MCA Denver is sponsored in part by MCA Denver's Director's Vision Society members and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The museum would like to further thank the citizens of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District.
image: Type A, Target (Red), 2012. Red neon, 23 x 36 in. Courtesy the artists.
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This was what abject hopeless despair felt like to Bill Fly. He spent Christmas Eve 2010 not unwrapping gifts, but alone with a loaded .357 Magnum in his mouth. This was going to be it. The post-traumatic stress from Iraq and Afghanistan, survivor's guilt, the loneliness, the loss of a close uncle and his mother, the fight with his stepdad, the alcohol, were too much.
"I was done," he said. "My daughters were the only thing that kept me from doing it. I didn't want them to know their dad had committed suicide. Plus it would be a helluva way to honor my friends who died by killing myself."
Less than two weeks ago, on this most recent Christmas Eve, Fly, 41, spent the evening celebrating with nine other veterans in the veterans house at Another Chance House, 207 S. Van Buren St.
"It was a 180 from the previous one," he said. "It was great. It felt like family again."
There was a ground-breaking ceremony Thursday at Another Chance House, 12 transitional houses for 55 adult men that fill South Jackson and South Harrison streets between Second and Third avenues. Another Chance, through tough love and hard and fast rules, seeks to help men overcome substance abuse and other issues to make them self-sufficient.
Fly was among about 120 in attendance — which included ACH residents, board members and city officials — for the formal announcement of the first home construction from the ground up in more than two decades. They are called "Victory Duplexes," two residences for homeless veterans that fill a need and a longtime dream of executive director Sandy Fenberg.
"Oh, man, it's been about eight years that we've been working on this," she said.
The two duplexes, each side 600 square feet, were funded by Ouida Wilson, a rancher and philanthropist from Perryton. They will be named for her late husband, Elrick Wilson, a veteran, and a brother, Pfc. George Pipkin, who was killed in April 1945 in the last days of World War II.
"It's been reported there are 105,000 homeless veterans that will be on the streets tonight in this country," said Amarillo Mayor Paul Harpole, a Vietnam veteran. "They say the best way to deal with coming home is family support, but unfortunately not all have that support. I was very, very fortunate, but not all veterans are."
Like Fly, who could not transition from what he had seen in war to life back in the U.S. A native of Kansas, he was in the Air Force from 1991 to 2003 where he was recruited for Special Operations. But what affected him more was afterward as a civilian, working in the combat areas of Iraq and Afghanistan first with the Department of Defense and later as Middle East general manager for Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper.
Fly was driving a vehicle behind three retired military soldiers, scheduled to return home in three days, when their vehicle was ambushed in a roadblock. All three died. Three more GIs walking across a street about 10 feet from Fly's vehicle were killed by a mortar, as was a friend who stepped out of a the gym at a base and was hit by a stray round. He had two days left on his tour.
When Fly returned in February 2010 to work at his uncle's ranch near Guymon, Okla., the nightmares and flashbacks began. He couldn't sleep. He had a panic attack triggered by the crowded aisles at the Guymon Walmart.
Things continued to spiral downward, from heavily drinking to considering suicide. When he was stopped for driving under the influence in Carson County, a deputy told him about the Amarillo Vet Center and the counseling for PTSD and substance abuse it offered.
"That saved my life," Fly said. "Honestly I would be dead right now if not for going to the VA. The toughest thing I ever did was walk up there and say I needed help."
Counselors told him about a house for veterans on the Another Chance House grounds. It sure beat the Alcohol and Recovery Center where he was temporarily staying during treatment.
"That's when everything started to mesh together," said Fly, who has lived there for six months. "The minute I walked through the doors, it was amazing. A lot of vets, they come home and don't have a family and they're a mess. Another Chance provides you hope, faith, direction, and you build a family and a bond here, especially with the veterans."
Fenberg hopes to one day have seven duplexes for veterans. Two duplexes for veterans in need may seem like a small thing to the general public, but not to those who will eventually occupy them.
"What the Wilsons have done is tremendous," Fly said. "These two duplexes will save a lot of people, literally save them."
Jon Mark Beilue is a columnist for the Amarillo Globe-News. He can be reached at email@example.com or 806-345-3318. His blog appears on amarillo.com.


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Thursday, November 15, 2012
As for effort, the Cane Bay Cobras gave it all they had in their Class AAAA playoff opener, coach Russell Zehr said.
The kids played hard, he added. They did the best they could.
The end result was a 45-7 loss to No. 2 seeded South Pointe on Friday night that brought down the curtain on Cane Bays first season at the Class AAAA level.
The kids came out and went 6-5 in the regular season, Zehr said. We didnt know what to expect when we started but the kids worked hard and played hard. Theres still a lot to be proud of.
The playoff loss marked the end of the road for 28 Cane Bay seniors, including many of the names in the starting lineup.
In addition to the few starters that will return in 2013, Zehr said his program will gain some players from the B-Team and JV squads that combined to go 14-6.
How good we can be next year all depends on how hard the kids are willing to work, Zehr said. We get started (Tuesday) on getting ready for next year. Well get into the weight room. Weve got some kids that if they work really hard this spring and over the summer theyre going to be able to help us.
Among the starters set to return on defense are sophomores Matt Rudy and Tracy Gilliard. Rudy is a linebacker that was a top tackler and Gilliard is a free safety. Key losses include two notable tacklers in linebackers Kealon Weldon and Jordan Newlin.
On offense, Cane Bay will return quarterback Devin Kilgore and running back Ramonte Frazier. Center Keith Anderson should be back too.
Fraziers 73-yard kickoff return in the second quarter against South Pointe led to Kilgores 19-yard touchdown scamper that was Cane Bays lone points against the Stallions.
Kilgores touchdown cut South Pointes lead to 28-7 but the Stallions outscored Cane Bay 17-0 the rest of the way.
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Mainly the Cobras dont figure to be as big and bulky as theyve been the last couple of years. It could mean a move to a more finesse attack on offense and a 3-4 on defense.
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is on a hot streak. Star-Ledger Statehouse reporter Matt Friedman reports a new Rutgers-Eagleton poll that shows the Governor's approval rating has jumped 19 points — to 67 percent — among registered voters. In addition, 90 percent of those polled say the Governor handled Hurricane Sandy "very well" or "somewhat well".
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Star-Ledger reporters David Giambusso and James Queally write that a behind-the-scenes political maneuver by Newark Mayor Cory Booker Tuesday night prompted a near-riot in city hall, with dozens of residents rushing the council stage and forcing police to respond with pepper-spray to control the mayhem. Booker sat in on the City Council meeting to vote for Shanique Davis Speight, his hand-picked candidate. Wonder what that will do for his approval rating...
Bencivengo resigns after conviction
Mike Davis from the Times of Trenton reports that Hamilton Township Mayor John Bencivengo will resign from his $108,000-a-year job today, 24 hours after he was convicted of taking bribes from a health insurance broker to help influence a school board contract.
Mack salary stands
The Trenton City Council failed in its second try to slash the salary of embattled Mayor Tony Mack. On Nov. 1, the board originally voted 4-3 to slash Mack's $126,460 salary, only to have the mayor veto it, prompting the second vote.
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The Paleo Solution diet is known by several names, including the Paleo diet, the Caveman diet or the Stone Age diet. Early humans subsisted as hunter-gatherers, eating only what they could hunt or forage. Human biology still functions best on a diet consisting primarily of these types of foods. Human history changed forever 10,000 years ago when ancestors planted grain crops and changed their diets, but 10,000 years isn't enough time for bodies to have evolved to adapt to the new way of eating, according to the Paleo Solution concept.
Gastroenterologist Walter Voegtlin first introduced the concept of eating like stone age ancestors in his 1975 book "The Stone Age Diet." His plan was mainly ignored for about a decade because it was contrary to nutrition beliefs of the day and eliminated any modern foods. In 1985, the "New England Journal of Medicine" published an article by Melvin Konner and Boyd Eaton of Emory University, who had modified Voegtlin's idea for more adaptability to include modern foods that are similar to what cavemen ate -- high in proteins and fats, but low in carbohydrates.
According to John Chatham, author of "The Paleo Diet Solution," the Paleo diet is beneficial for cardiovascular health, because it lowers bad cholesterol (LDL) levels. It also reduces hypertension, according to Loren Cordain, author of "AARP's The Paleo Diet Revised." Chatham states the Paleo Solution diet helps prevent Type 2 diabetes, promote weight loss and improve digestive issues. Voegtlin concurred that paleolithic eating plans improved gastroenterology issues. His patients suffering from Crohn's, colitis and irritable bowel syndrome saw improvement when they followed his Stone Age diet.
Some groups, like athletes or those with metabolic disorders, might require the guidance of a nutritionist or health professional before adopting the Paleo Solution diet. For example, athletes typically eat high-carbohydrate diets. This seems incompatible with the Paleo diet, but in "The Paleo Diet for Athletes," authors Cordain and Joe Friel offer a modified plan. Their eating plan is broken into five stages and considers glycemic load (how rapidly and how high different foods elevate blood sugar) of foods eaten in conjunction with the amount of exertion. There are several variations of the Paleo diet, so almost anyone can incorporate the main concepts of the Paleo Solution.
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The type of protein matters, according to Chatham. Lean proteins high in omega-3 fatty acids are closest to what our ancestors ate. Sources include grass-fed livestock, wild game and shellfish. In "The Paleo Diet Solution Cookbook," Chatham calls eggs a superfood, because they are high in protein and have essential vitamins and minerals. He suggests substituting lettuce wraps or omitting buns and breads altogether. Under his eating plan, you should avoid dairy, cereal grains, legumes and starchy vegetables. He also advises against eating overly processed salty foods, like lunch meats.
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Washington politics is mind boggling
June 9, 2013
DEAR EDITOR: Have you been paying attention to the politics coming out of Washington lately? It is mind boggling watching the Tea Party Republicans lead the way in inundating the public with all thi......
alfred, are you crazy?
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These scandals are being made up by Faux News and the NeoCon Republicans. You are correct, President Obama has done a fine job as President.
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how did the party of harry truman and jack kennedy become the party of misfits and screwballs?
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"None are so blind as those who will not see".
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No.1 Alfred is crazy.
No.2 Hilter's Germany would never allow a Fox News.
No.3--Obama's Propaganda News outlets.
A. ABC News ABC's Pres Ben Sherwood has a sister Elizabeth Sherwood--Special advisor to Obama.
B. CBS News CBS's Pres, Dave Rhodes, his brother is Top advisor to Obama.
C. CNN's News Pres is Virginia Mosely, her husband is Tom Nides Deputy Sec for Hillary Clinton
D. NBC was owned by Gen' Elec their CEO has Jeffery Immelt- Obama's top economic advisor.
E. msnbc news--They get stimulus tax money from Obama to run this propaganda machine.
Obama's plan is to control the News and then you control the thought process of the people.
His plan of government controlling all news would be complete if not for FOX NEWS.
There are good people that will follow Obama to Hell, just like their were good Jews with their women and children that marched to the Gas Chambers and they did it without a Whimper.. Don't ever lose sight of your weapons-buy more
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And I thought no president could be more inept than Jimmy Carter. Boy was I wrong.
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lee harvey oswald was a communist, sirhan sirhan a muslim and sqeaky fromme a radical feminist and all were assasins and would fit into the democrat party today. and they say the repubs moved right? c'mon.
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Pardon me Mr. Spencer?
" If the intent is to demean and discredit the Obama presidency, it's not working."
Yes sir, it is. He is doing it all by himself and his administration is helping him.
"In December of 2009, Joe Klein, columnist for the New York Times, said that the legacy and success of the Obama presidency would depend on the passage of the health care bill and troop withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan. The president has gone beyond that "
I quote from the New York times last week,,,,
"The administration has now lost all credibility,"
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Koooooool Aid Al
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In other words, these years will mark the inception of a new epoch: a span of time in which Americans began to think differently in reference to health coverage, immigration practices, gay rights, gun laws and, most importantly, how we deal with our friends and foes abroad.
I can sum it up in one word
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BTW, it's electoral college, not electorate college!
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how did the party of harry truman and jack kennedy become the party of misfits and screwballs?
Because its only about votes and money!
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The party of misfits and screwballs - I think that be the Republican Party & Tea Party!!! Even Ronald Reagan & Dwight Eisenhower are turning in their graves over their party today.
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Alfred, no one is trying to "demean" the President, he's doing a pretty good job of doing it himself.
Daniel, Republicans are not trying to "bring down" the President - we just want answers to the nefarious policies and scandals his administration exhibits. Benghazi is not going away and neither is the IRS scandal. Targeting reporters who work for networks they despise and the NSA retrieving data from every electronic device we use is not what a democracy is all about.
This administration uses the Constitution only when it benefits them.
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For answers: Watch Fox News- at least they look at all sides of each and every issue.
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Here's how I think the majority of Americans see this.
If it is backed by Obama, the GOP opposes it. If Obama claims the law of Gravity was inked and passed by Democrats, the GOP would float off the freaking planet just to prove him wrong.
The party of NO is going to have to answer to this eventually and they just don't have the base left to make up for all the groups they alienated with their unpopular positions. The ACA is going to be the final nail, when it's used as a measuring stick to compare states that embrace it, verses those who sabotage it.
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Exactly, mrright, but then they'd have to tear themselves away from "Morning Joe", and worst of all, "Chris Matthews". That's where they get their daily talking points, and sexual gratification.
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i see a screwball democrat commenting on president eisenhowers' liberal bent when compared to todays repubs. we need eisenhowers' "operation *******" program brought back. end of illegal alien and border problem.
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the tribune has determined that a word that a U.S. president used to describe his program is politiclly incorrect. sad time in U.S history. don't know how this will end but it won't be a happy ending.
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Hitler wanted and received control of Banks and Newspapers, schools and confiscated personal Guns. He took away the Germans ability to protect their families.
You only need to know that the opposition party-Republicans in this case, are the party of NO No new spending, No to a tyranical and unjust IRS, No to being taxed on global warming BS--Obama said NO to KeystoneXL-and the Republicans say NO to higher gasoline pricing. NO to giving illegals free college and medical. There is an orderly way to become a citizen. Obama says No to enforcing our borders, Obama says NO to enforcing our language. Obama says NO to America,
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MrR Great points: Also the Liberal NY Times publicly stated that ---Obama has lost all creditability---That means Obama is a liar--That's not Fox News saying it--That's the NY Times--they backed Obama--So when an Important friend calls you a Liar, You are a Liar---Obama is a Liar
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I am one that will readily admit that I have lost all respect that I once had for this president because of the way he handles or should I say doesn't handle difficult situations that he is faced with. His response to all the situations have been...I didn't know about it. Well, as he is so fond of telling the American public, the buck stops here. If he is truly not involved then why is he doing nothing...why is no one being held accountable. We are told time and time again that important information was not given to the President...would you as a world leader accept this from your cabinet members? It seems to me that President Obama's answer and reaction to all of these scandals is to pretend that it didn't happen and hope the American public will forget about it. You are right in only one thing you have said "Washington politics is mind boggling"
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mrright "For answers: Watch Fox News- at least they look at all sides of each and every issue." LOOOOOL!
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The Jets will employ organization-wide cost-cutting measures if there is no new collective bargaining agreement by March 4, and an NFL work stoppage thus begins, executive VP of business operations Matt Higgins confirmed today.
The organization's plan was first reported in the Sports Business Journal.
Each of the Jets' 96 business-side employees would be required to take one week of unpaid furlough in each month without a new labor deal, said Higgins, who would be included in that group.
Cuts of the "same magnitude" would be implemented on the football side, Higgins added — a budget slash of 25 percent, the SBJ article said. But the cuts would not necessarily be through furloughs initially, Higgins clarified, because football operations needs a full staff to prepare for April's draft. The details of those cuts are still being worked out, he said.
"While we believe an agreement will be reached, it just makes sense to plan for the worst," Higgins wrote in an e-mail. "This plan is about shared sacrifice across the organization to get through a period of uncertainty."
If a new labor agreement is reached before the season is scheduled to begin, and no games are missed, Higgins told the SBJ owner Woody Johnson plans to reimburse furloughed employees for their lost income. Until that point, they would be able to apply for unemployment during their missed time.
The NFL and NFL Players Association are meeting for the fourth straight day with a federal mediator today in Washington, D.C., in an effort to reach a new agreement. Jets fullback Tony Richardson, who is on the union's executive committee, has attended the recent sessions.
The Jets previously furloughed employees on the business side in the summer of 2009, when employees in the marketing, media relations, finance and business operations departments were asked to take two weeks of unpaid leave. Those furloughs were a measure to avoid cutting jobs as the economy slumped.
The NFL and NFL Players Association met for the fourth straight day with a federal mediator today in Washington, D.C.
Jets fullback Tony Richardson, who is on the union's executive committee, has attended some of the sessions.
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Ruth Marlys Russell Hickmott, 86, of Amarillo died Friday, Jan. 13, 2012.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors Ivy Chapel, 2800 Paramount Blvd., with the Rev. Kevin Deckard officiating.
Private family burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors.
Ruth was born in Panhandle
and moved to Amarillo in 1939. She went to school in Happy
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Ruth married Edward William Hickmott on Dec. 24, 1941, in Amarillo. Ed and Ruth volunteered for the Salvation Army and Meals
on Wheels. They raised their family at Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church.
Ruth served our country during World War II by working at Pantex. She served the city of Amarillo by driving the bookmobile. She served Potter County in the county clerk's office, where she retired from the position of chief deputy clerk after 23 years of service.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Elmo, Dale and Ross; two sisters, Clara and Nettie; and her husband, Ed.
Survivors include a son, Bill and his family; three daughters, Phyllis Shewbert and husband Gary, and Nancy Blades and husband Gary, all of Amarillo, and Gail Nelson and husband Glen of Owasso, Okla.; 10 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.
The family suggests memorials be to Salvation Army, 400 S. Harrison St., Amarillo, TX 79101; or Meals on Wheels, 219 W. Seventh Ave., Amarillo, TX 79101.
Sign the online guest book at www.boxwellbrothers.com.
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Award Winning & Best Selling Author and Feature Writer
About Gordon Kirkland
Gordon Kirkland has spent most of the last 40 years writing in one form or another. He got his start writing and performing comedy in the coffeehouses of Southern Ontario in the late 1960's and early 1970's.
Realizing that he wanted to write, but that he also enjoyed eating and having a roof over his head, he took a number of positions in the Canadian federal government, which afforded him the opportunity to write about exciting matters such as the catalogue descriptions of electronic resistors, the conversion to the metric system, and finally, responding to the letters of complaint sent to then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
After leaving the government for private industry, he continued writing about marketing and strategic planning, the aquaculture industry, energy production and conservation, and the entertainment industry. During this time he wrote a series of books with titles such as A Guide To Canada's Aquaculture Industry in Malaysia, which he says are "real page turners, and make darn fine doorstops."
In 1990 Kirkland suffered a serious spinal cord injury that left him partially paralyzed. He jokes that this was a golfing injury, because his car was rear-ended while he was on the way to a golf course, and it significantly changed his handicap.
In 1994, Kirkland started writing short humorous essays. They were picked up as a weekly newspaper feature column by the Moncton, New Brunswick Times & Transcript. In 1996, Kirkland began syndicating the column to newspapers in Canada and the United States, eventually appearing in dozens of newspapers. The column ran continuously until 2007.
Kirkland's first book, Justice Is Blind – And Her Dog Just Peed In My Cornflakes was published by Harbour Publishing in 1999. It received the 2000 Stephen Leacock Award of Merit For Humour, one of Canada's premier literary awards. His second book, Never Stand Behind A Loaded Horse, was published in 2004 by Thistledown Press. It too, received Stephen Leacock Award of Merit For Humour. In 2005, Kirkland realized that he needed to shorten the period between books, and joined the beginnings of the independent author/publisher movement. His first book published this was When My Mind Wanders It Brings Back Souvenirs. For the third time, he was awarded the Stephen Leacock Award of Merit For Humour. Subsequently he published I Think I'm Having One Of Those Decades in 2006, and I May Be Big But I Didn't Cause That Solar Eclipse in 2007. In 2009, he published Holly Jolly Frivolity, a collection of stories about the holiday season and a number of rewritten holiday songs, in conjunction with his stage appearances of the same name. His latest collection, My Slice Of Life Is Full Of Gristle was released in early 2012.
In 2007, Kirkland was cast for a role in the TV series, The 3 Day Novel. Twelve Canadian writers were locked in a big-box book store in Edmonton, Alberta for 72 hours, during which they each had to complete the first draft of a novel, After polishing and adding to the story he wrote during the taping of the show, he published it in early 2011 with the title, Crossbow. The story is a darkly comedic mystery along the lines of the movie Fargo, but without the wood chipper.
Kirkland's second novel, The Plight Before Christmas, was released In September of 2011. It follows a family as they experience a series of comedic calamities and disasters leading up to the holiday season in the early 1960's. It shows just what can happen when Murphy's Law takes over the holidays.
Kirkland has been a frequent keynote speaker and workshop leader at writer's conferences, festivals and university programs throughout Canada and the United States. He is also a regular guest on radio and TV talk shows.
He lives near Vancouver, BC with his wife, Diane and their Labrador Retriever. The Kirklands have two grown sons.
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"Gordon Kirkland is a very funny writer who is able to find humor in just about anything, because the only alternative would be for him to get a real job. As a fellow class clown suffering from maturity impairment, I salute him."
"Not only is Gordon accomplished in his field, but he is funny! I don't know if you have ever tried being funny on paper, but it is one of life's miracles. Gordon should probably be sainted. But don't take my word for it; just read him."
" . . . If life is a load then laugh at it. This is Gordon Kirkland's take on the stress of survival. His writing is an affirmation that we're all in the same boat — it just leaks in different places Nothing is safe from his crack-the-wit columns, which is why I love to read his stuff . . . I just wouldn't want to be married to him!"
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A set of seven 'planetary parks' have been proposed for the conservation of the martian environment by two European scientists. Each of the parks contain representative features of the landscape on Mars.
The Polar Park would protect the martian ice cap; Olympus Park would make the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, safe from commercialism and exploitation. Charles Cockell, a Britich microbiologist, and Gerda Horneck, a German astrobiologist, point out that many parks on Earth were established to protect their natural beauty, not just wildlife.
"It is the right of every person to stand and stare across the beautiful barrenness and desolation of the Martian surface without having to endure the eyesore of pieces of crashed spacecraft scattered across the landscape."
Among the many barriers to this proposal is the fact that while many nations, including the United States, Russia and China, have signed the UN Outer Space Treaty, few have ratified the 1979 Moon Agreement. This agreement specifically seeks to regulate the exploration and exploitation of natural resources found on the Moon and other celestial bodies; the U.S. has not ratified this agreement.
I'm not aware of any proposal in science fiction to create parks on other planets for the purpose of conservation. SF authors are aware of the potential problems of economic exploitation; here's a quote from Alfred Bester's novel The Computer Connection:
I'd been smart enough to be prepared; a huge wicker hamper with enough deli for months, clean linen and blankets. A freighter to Saturn is no luxury jet...
Saturn was quite a sight as it came looming up... Alas, only the two inner rings remain. Despite violent protests by ecologists and cosmologists, the Better Building Conglomerate had been permitted to harvest the third outer ring for some kind of better building aggregate. There was a housing crisis, and the [Conglomerate] paid enormous taxes. One infuriated astronomer had been euthanized for burning the chairman of the board.
Also, natural and manmade caves on the Moon were used for recreation in Robert Heinlein's The Menace From Earth; loonies used Bat's Wings to flap around and enjoy themselves.
Read more at Scientists propose conservation parks on Mars.
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Spring practice in the Southeastern Conference is a time for new coaches to get to know their teams, new coordinators to implement their schemes and players to create a name for themselves.
In this land of change and opportunity, it's no surprise that each year several players exceed expectations and, well, surprise their coaches.
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The great Treasury bond bear market of 2013 takes a break as the EU crisis makes the front pages...
The great Treasury bond bear market of 2013 takes a break as the EU crisis makes the front pages again and sequestration maybe beginning Friday in the U.S. threatens a tad more fiscal tightening. The 10-year yield falls 7 bps to 1.89%. TLT +1.2%, now down just 2.7% YTD.
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No ordinary middle class household or small business can borrow at rates in the low single digits but they interest they get on their savings is close to zero.
As always the FED has created a huge, repeat and riskless arbitrage for Inside Big Money at the expense of ordinary families and small and medium businesses
Treasury strengthening happened (in tandem with gold) during the last U.S. tussle with the debt ceiling/budget sequester, Aug. 2011. And yes, the EU troubles were also in the background. During the 2008 crisis, Treasury zeros were one of the best trades. Look at the chart. Vertical. Yes, doesn't happen often, and I suspect this may be a shallow flight.
So what do you think of Bersani? Are we going to get shades of Hollande? Tax and spend? Thus, more Italian debt, rich people leave, less tax revenue, bond rates begin to soar?
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My older sister is the main reason I became a Bills fan. She'd do anything I wanted as far as football went whether it was taking me to games or going to Toys "R" Us to get football cards. As a kid, I was an avid collector of cards and autographs. I mean, I wasn't Mike Schopp or anything, but as a 10-year-old, I thought I held my own in the racketeering business of memorabilia.
Bills autographs were always a tough get for me. You'd have to pay a pretty penny for them if you went to a card store and I don't remember players doing many autograph gatherings unless it was after one of the 10 local Bills TV shows. Maybe there were a ton, but I don't remember how word even got out about things like that without social media telling me that Fred Jackson would be at the mall to sign my card.
At that time, I think the best way to get an autograph was either at training camp or if you happened to run into a Bills player in public. Of course, those things can get a little awkward. I'm sure you don't have to go too far to hear a story about a player rejecting an autograph request or being put-off after being accosted in a public bathroom.
But my sister was not intimidated.
I remember waking up one morning and she said she had a gift for me. She told me that she had run into Andre Reed at a bar off Forest Street and she struck up a conversation with him. They talked for 20 minutes and she told him how her younger brother – that's me! – was such a big Bills fan.
As a kid, I always thought it was so cool when I knew anyone who ran into a Bills player and was able to tell a story about it. Yes, I even liked the stories that came back about how big of a dick they could be. However, Reed wasn't a douche to my sister at all. After she relayed the story, she opened her hand to show me the gift.
It was just a piece of paper, maybe as big as post-it, that had a signature on it. It was Andre Reed's name with a #83 below it. I was pretty thrilled.
It wasn't anything I could have sold to anyone, but the 1×1 inch paper loomed pretty large for me. For years, I hung that piece of paper on my mirror like Rocky hung up the picture of Drago in IV. However, I never ripped it up like Rocky did because it meant the world to me.
I'm telling you this story because that autograph is the epitome of Andre Reed. It obviously wasn't the flashiest autograph in the world, but it lasted. That's how Reed was as a player. The guy just did his job for so long and was a $2 steak tough SOB when he went over the middle.
He did it with class and didn't need to be self-serving. Oh, don't get me wrong, he did pout about not getting the ball, but that was more about his will and desire to help the team rather than wanting to pad his personal stats.
Andre did have confidence in himself, but he didn't go about breaking his hand by giving himself a pat on his back. He could get testy with the media at times, but it wasn't about having a bad attitude, it was about hating to lose.
I'll always remember a time toward the end of Reed's career here when he yelled at a group of reporters, saying that they took the '90s Bills for granted and that there would never EVER be another group of guys like them. He was obviously right.
Reed going to Canton pretty much signifies the end of an era. The only redeeming quality about Reed having to wait all these years was that we could keep reminiscing about the '90s Bills every time he didn't make it. Writers and fans would talk about how great Reed was in the neverending quest to get him in the HoF. Of course, we can still talk about it, but it won't really mean the same because our words will just be bar conversations instead of being defiant about his place in history. That's why so many people on Twitter switched their avatars in protest to get Reed in. That's not going to happen for Ruben Brown or Eric Moulds anytime soon.
So enjoy it. Andre Reed is finally Canton-bound. The path he paved to get there may have gone on a little longer than we thought, but like a simple autograph, his name is what is going to make it last forever.


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How come I forgot to post this photos. I forgot to mention that while being in Paris I went to this breathtaking expo in Musée des Arts Décoratifs. The exposition of contemporary fashion decade from 1990-2000 which was represented by such heritage brands as Martin Margiela, Balenciaga, Commes Des Garcons, Prada, Lanvin, Dries Van Noten, Dior, Azzedine Alaïa, Yohji Yamamoto, Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Helmut Lang, Chanel... The vibe was incredible. In silence I was spying with my camera and managed to make several shots. The excibition will terminate on 8 May 2011, so if you will be in Paris don't miss it.
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Greenwood School District 50
Office of Computing Services
SASIxp: Grade Reporting
February 10, 2001
In South Carolina, all high schools (and, in the future, possibly all schools) are required by law to use the Uniform Grading Scale (UGS) to report student course grades. The UGS is a numeric scale that assigns a specific "quality point" (QP) value to every grade between, and including, zero and 100. The scale discriminates in QP values for College Prep/Tech Prep courses, Honors courses, and Advance Placement courses. The UGS restricts the use of alphabetic grades for high school students because each grade must be converted to QP's in order to determine ranks-in-class and scholarship eligibility.
Additional restrictions on the use of alphabetic grades are imposed by SASIxp, the State's school management software. The documentation and trainers for SASIxp indicate that a school cannot use both numeric grades and alphabetic grades. The school must choose one or the other. This would seem the perfect match for grade reporting in South Carolina.
Many high schools, however, need to report grades other than the UGS numeric values. For example, students who fail a course because of excessive absences are not given a numeric grade; rather, an alphabetic grade ("FA" is used by Greenwood School District 50) is given. Additionally, there are times when students do not complete the course requirements by the end of the grading period; thus, an alphabetic grade of "I" is traditionally given until the course requirements are completed. Students who leave during a school year are traditionally graded with a "WP" (withdrew passing) or a "WF" (withdrew failing), each of which has no numeric value. Also, students who transfer into a school from out-of-state often bring "pass/fail" grades for specific courses. South Carolina schools have traditionally assigned "P" for those passing grades; yet, "P" has no value in the UGS scale.
The two high schools in Greenwood School District 50 have used, in the past, the alphabetic grades described above, as well as another for "no credit" (NC). During the conversion from Osiris to SASIxp, those grades were brought forward exactly as they were posted in the Osiris transcript file – that is, letter grades came across as letter grades and are part of the current SASIxp Course History file.
At the end of the first semester of the 2000-2001 school year, those grades were entered (through CLASSxp) into the Grade file for the appropriate courses for the appropriate students. Thus, the Course History file and the Grade file for both high schools contain letter grades for which there are no numeric equivalents – and, thus, no QP equivalent.
Each alphabetic grade does have an assigned value for credit attempted (and, thus, credit earned, if appropriate). Also, each of the above alphabetic grades – except "P" – is assigned a QP value of zero. Although still being discussed, a "P" has been assigned a numeric equivalent of "80" – which results in a QP value based on the academic tag of the course in which the "P" is assigned.
TESTING SASIxp FOR BOTH NUMERIC AND LETTER GRADES
In an effort to continue the use of its traditional alphabetic grades and to incorporate the State's UGS, Greenwood School District 50 experimented with using both in the determination of student grade point averages (GPA's). The tests were set up to check the status of alphabetic grades (1) in the Course History file following conversion from Osiris to SASIxp, (2) in the GPA value for each student after conversion from Osiris, (3) in the SASIxp Grade file after teacher entry of final grades, (4) in the GPA value for each student including the Grade file and the Course History file, (5) in the Course History file after transferring the Grade file, and (6) in the GPA value for each student after transferring the Grade file to Course History.
The first test (checking the converted Course History file) was not, at first, promising. There was no consistent pattern for the conversion of alphabetic grades. The value of the grade was there (that is, FA, I, etc.); however, the credits attempted for those alphabetic grades were hit-and-miss. Some had zero credits attempted, some (with the same letter grade) had one credit attempted although the course was a half-credit course, and some had the correct credit attempted values assigned (half, one, and two). There appeared to be no pattern to those assignments.
At both high schools, the registrars corrected the credits attempted for all the alphabetic grades; thus, those should calculate correctly into the student GPA's.
The next tests could not be completed until Grading Setup was completed and correct in SASIxp. The following data were used in the setup:
q Mark Definition atom: Numeric Grades 0-100 and alphabetic grades (FA, I, NC, WP, WF, P) were entered.
q GPA Definition atom: Numeric Grades 0-100 and alphabetic grades (FA, I, NC, WP, WF, P) were entered with the appropriate QP values. These values were entered for AP, CP, Honors, and CP/TP. Neither school offers IB courses.
q In the Course file, all 8th-grade for-credit courses had to be changed to 9th grade. 8th grade courses were not included in the GPA calculations for the school. This may be related to the school's grade span being defined as 9th – 12th.
q Also in the Course file, 4-by-4 block course duration must be set to SX instead of YR.
Test number two involved printing transcripts for selected students, several of which were near the top of the GPA ranking at the end of the 1999-2000 school year. Several other students were selected because their Course History records contained alphabetic grades of one kind or another. The transcript data were entered into an Excel spreadsheet where calculations were automatically made regarding QP's for each course and cumulative GPA's were calculated. In SASIxp, all students' GPA's were recalculated, for Course History records only, through the Update Course History atom. The resulting GPA's were the same in both cases for all the students checked.
In test three, the grades entered by teachers were checked to determine student records that contained alphabetic grades.
In test four, grades from the first semester of the 2000-2001 school year were added to the Excel spreadsheet and each student's GPA was calculated. Other transcripts were added to the spreadsheet for students who received alphabetic grades for the first semester. In SASIxp, all students' GPA's were recalculated, including current grades for the end of the semester. Those GPA's were displayed in each student's Course History record and matched those calculated in the Excel spreadsheet. (It should be noted, however, that printed transcripts following this recalculation included only the GPA's for courses currently in the Course History file, although the GPA's displayed on-screen included courses not yet transferred to the Course History file.)
In test five, current grades were transferred to the Course History file. A sample of student records containing alphabetic grades was reviewed to determine if letter grades were transferred accurately. Each record was checked for the letter grade, the credits attempted, and the credits earned for each course. In every case tested, the information transferred to the Course History file was correct. (It must be noted that the credits attempted and earned were correct only if the Transfer Weights – in the Credit Definition atom – were correct.)
Test five was re-run after editing the GPA Definition setup data. All the alphabetic grades were removed from the tables for TP, CP, Honors, and AP – before grades were transferred to the Course History file. When current grades were transferred through the Update Course History atom, the alphabetic grades appeared in each student's transcript; however, all credits attempted and earned were zero. Adding the letters back to the GPA Definition setup tables and recalculating GPA's did not correct the problem. It appears that the letter grades must be part of the GPA Definition tables prior to transferring grades if the attempts and credits are to be correct.
In test six, GPA's for all students were recalculated through Update Course History. Since all grades had been transferred, current grades were not included. The GPA's displayed in each student's Course History was correct and matched the GPA's printed on the transcripts. Those GPA's also matched those calculated in the Excel spreadsheet.
The tests described above would seem to indicate that SASIxp can manage numeric and alphabetic grades in the same school. Several caveats should be considered, however: (1) The letter grades do not overlap the range of numeric grades (with the exception of "P," which was not in the set of transferred grades at the end of the first semester); and (2) the tests were run only on one school's data. Replication at other schools is essential.
These tests were run on actual student data so that comparisons to known results could be made. Additional testing will be done at the end of the second semester in an effort to confirm the findings reported above.
The following pages include information that may be helpful in replicating these results and in managing a school's GPA calculation and reporting process.
In the Grading Setup atom, the following information is included in the Period tab:
Fall 1st Term 08/03/00 10/06/00 YR S1 Q1
Fall 2nd Term 10/09/00 12/15/00 YR S1 Q2
Spring 1st Term 01/03/01 03/09/01 YR S2 Q3
Spring 2nd Term 02/12/01 05/18/01 YR S2 Q4
On the Options tab, select the following items (other items do not affect GPA calculations):
GPA/QPA = Grade point average
Mark Conversion = Convert numeric marks to letter equivalent
Numeric Rounding = Round numeric grades
Also, set your Default GPA Type to the appropriate GPA calculation. This information comes from your GPA Definition tables.
On the Marks tab, set up the relationships among your grades and grading periods. For District 50, the following information is used:
1 Fall 1st 1 N 4 40 2
2 Fall 2nd 2 N 4 40 2
3 Fall Exam 2 N 4 20
4 Fnl Avg 2 N Yes
5 Spr 1st 3 N 8 40 2
6 Spr 2nd 4 N 8 40 2
7 Spr Exam 4 N 8 20
8 Fnl Avg 4 N Yes
On the Credits tab, District 50 used the following configuration because of its 4-by-4 block scheduling:
1 Fall 1st
2 Fall 2nd
3 Fall Exam YR S1 S2 Q1 Q2
4 Fnl Avg
5 Spr 1st
6 Spr 2nd
7 Spr Exam
8 Fnl Avg YR S1 S2 Q3 Q4
There are no data relating to GPA calculations on the Attendance, Rpt Cards, and Conduct tabs.
On the Advanced tab, set the GPA Credit Factor = Credit attempted.
There are no data relating to GPA calculations on the Progress tab.
The Mark Definitions atom, all the UGS values and the appropriate letter grades must be filled in the Mark column. The Scanner Mark column can contain the letter grade equivalents for the UGS values. The Credit column should contain "Yes" next to each grade for which credit is given (70-100 and the appropriate letter grades, such as "P"). The Mark Cutoff and Mark Value columns must contain the UGS values that match the Mark column. The letter grades do not have any value in these two columns.
The GPA Definitions atom requires that you enter the UGS values and the appropriate letter grades for each academic tag (course level) your school uses. You can create up to four different grading scales, each of which will let you define the appropriate academic tags (course levels).
In South Carolina, there are only three academic tags that can be used with UGS – TP/CP, Honors, and AP. In the GPA Definitions tables, you must set up CP and TP separately, although they will have exactly the same values.
In District 50, we set up only two grading scales (because we are converting all grade levels to UGS instead of staggering those starting with the ninth grade). We set up one scale named "UGS GPA" and another named "4.0 GPA." On the screen for each grading scale you define, you must give the following information:
q Weight GPA by Credit (if appropriate)
q Include in Transcript (if appropriate)
q GPA Decimal Place Accuracy (we calculate to 4 and show 3 – so we chose 3)
For the "UGS GPA" scales, we entered the appropriate UGS values and the letter grades, giving the appropriate mark and UGS grade point value for each.
For the "4.0 GPA" scales, we entered the appropriate UGS values and the letter grades, giving the appropriate mark and 4.0 grade point value for each (the equivalent of the 4-3-2-1-0 scale for A-B-C-D-F grades).
In the Credit Definitions atom, you must set the Credit Weights and the Transfer Weights. For District 50, both screens are exactly the same, based on our 4-by-4 block scheduling model. The values can be seen at left.
If these values are not set correctly, Course History credits and attempts will not be assigned properly when grades are transferred to the Course History file. As a result, GPA's will be calculated incorrectly.
The following queries can be used to find and correct inaccuracies in the Course, Course History, and Grade Detail files. Unless noted otherwise, each is a DISPLAY or PRINT query.
The following queries will locate Course records with missing information that is important to the calculations of GPA's and ranks-in-class. Print each list as a check sheet for correcting the problems.
Use the following query to find courses that do not have an Academic Tag (TP, CP, Honors, AP, etc.). All courses, inactive and active, must have an academic tag. Older courses must have a tag if those could possibly be in a students Course History record.
ACRS Course Title NonAcadem SubjArea1 CredValue IF NonAcadem =" "
(Show Inactive Records)
Use the following query to find courses that do not have credit assigned. All courses, inactive and active, must have an appropriate credit value. Older courses must have an assigned credit if those could possibly be in a students Course History record.
ACRS Course Title NonAcadem SubjArea1 CredValue IF CredValue =0
(Show Inactive Records)
Use the following query to find courses that do not have an assigned subject area. All courses, inactive and active, must have an appropriate subject area so that graduation requirements can be computed. Older courses must have an appropriate subject area if those could possibly be in a students Course History record.
ACRS Course Title NonAcadem SubjArea1 CredValue IF SubjArea1 =" "
(Show Inactive Records)
The following queries will locate Course History records with information related to the calculations of GPA's and ranks-in-class. Print each list as a check sheet for correcting identified problems.
List Standard Letter Grades in Course History File
After conversion of your Osiris transcript file to the SASIxp Course History file, you can search for standard letter grades with this query. Use this list to find records that must have letter grades converted to numeric values.
ASTU ACHS PermNum LastName FirstName MiddleName 1,Grade Course CrsTitle Mark 2,CredAtmpt 2,CredEarned IF Mark ="A" OR Mark ="B" OR Mark ="C" OR Mark ="D" OR Mark ="F"
(Show Inactive Records)
List Alphabetic Grades that Could Be in the Course History File
The following query will list all Course History records that contain a specific alphabetic grade. Change the alphabetic grade in the query to get lists of other possible letter grades. Use this query to make sure your acceptable letter grades have the correct attempts and credits earned.
ASTU ACHS PermNum LastName FirstName MiddleName 1,Grade Course CrsTitle Mark 2,CredAtmpt 2,CredEarned IF Mark ="FA"
List Alphabetic Grades that Could Be in the Grade Detail File
The following query will list all Grade Detail records that contain a specific alphabetic grade. Change the alphabetic grade in the query to get lists of other possible letter grades. Use this query to identify students whose Course History must be checked after transferring grades to the Course History file.
ASTU AGRL PermNum LastName FirstName MiddleName 1,Grade Mark IF Mark ="FA"


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Killer Homecoming
Sun Valley is the Locale of Authors' New Thriller
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Author Ridley Pearson
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As the turboprop makes its descent over the Valley and before it glides onto the landing at Friedman Airport, I take in the high-desert-to-alpine scenery below, the likes of which this Jersey-girl-turned-Californian has never seen before, and only one thing comes to mind: Ridley Pearson has come home to kill.
The truth is, Pearson, who has lived in the Valley at least part of the year for the past 27 years, has been plotting murder and mayhem here that whole time. Pearson first came to the Valley to live and work on his writing in 1980; over the years he has published more than 20 crime novels, a trilogy prequel of novels about Peter Pan with best friend Dave Barry, and several children's books on his own. In his new series, however, Pearson uses the real people and places of the Valley as the backdrop and some of the characters in his fiction.
I show the woman sitting across the plane's aisle my dog-eared copy of Killer Weekend, the first in Pearson's new series released last summer, and tell her I am making my first trip to Sun Valley to profile Pearson.
"Be careful," the attractive woman of about 50 with blonde hair and delicately made-up features tells me. "This place has a way of sucking people in." She doesn't offer her name and I don't ask, but she explains that she first came here from Seattle in the '90s to ski and eventually bought a condo in Ketchum. She only comes in on winter weekends.
I recognize the small airport from the description in one of the first chapters of Killer Weekend: "bland—like a one-story brown shoebox—when compared with its extraordinary backdrop." I wonder just how much the rest of the Valley will seem familiar to me having recently read about it.
The protagonist in the book, Sheriff Walt Fleming, is modeled after Walt Femling, who has been Blaine County Sheriff for more than 20 years. Femling and Pearson have known each other for just as long, and Femling willingly gave Pearson permission to model the sheriff in his fictional Sun Valley after the real one. Sheriff Fleming has his hands full in Killer Weekend. Local billionaire Patrick Cutter has brought together some of the world's top players in banking, entertainment and politics for his Cutter Communications Conference, "C3," and on the eve of the over-the-top luxurious event (where both Sumner Redstone and Bill Gates are among the attendees) he doesn't want the sheriff's caution about evidence indicating the presence of an assassin among them getting in the way of his three-day extravaganza. To make matters worse, Fleming's estranged father Jerry, a former special forces agent with the FBI, is in on the security detail around Attorney General Liz Shaler, the expected target of the assassin, who is set to announce her candidacy for president during her Sunday morning keynote.
All the action in the book happens in Pearson's beloved Valley and when the author picks me up at a hotel in Hailey the next morning for a tour, he clearly can't wait to show off the real people and places in his book. His long-time assistant Nancy Litzinger, a native of the Valley who lives in Boise, gets behind the wheel of a mid-size sedan and Pearson insists I sit in front to get the best view. >>>
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Butterfly Effect 2, The
A year after his girlfriend died in a car accident, Nick finds out that he can travel back in time and change things. However, by doing so, he doesn't only change the detail he wants to change, but the entire course of his life from that moment on until the present day and while things may seem great at first, they changes are almost always bigger then he had expected…
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The image and sound are pretty decent without being perfect. Clear picture without compression errors, grain or edge enhancement is what we get.
The surround track does its job without being all too impressive.
The Butterfly Effect 2 is the sequel to the 2004 movie that was original and did pretty well. However, while the first movie was compelling, had an original view and managed to keep you interested from the very first second to the last minute, this one is uninspired and even has some loopholes in the plot. The characters seem to be made from cardboard paper, there's no background info on their childhood (something that was really well-done in the original) and the overall acting is pretty average also. Everyone seems to be walking around like zombies and at no point will you ever feel any tension or a feeling of wanting to know what's coming next. Everything is just extremely predictable and overall this sequel seems to have just taken the main idea from the original without caring for any details that made the first one so good. Conclusion: a very average straight-to-dvd weekend movie that doesn't shine in any department.
Paradiso delivers the dvd with some decent image and sound quality but who cares about that if the movie itself isn't any good?
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Some in Taliban ready for ceasefire - report
SOME SENIOR Taliban figures are ready to negotiate a ceasefire and might be ready to accept a long-term US military presence in Afghanistan as part of a comprehensive peace deal, according to a report to be published today based on interviews with Taliban officials and negotiators.
The Royal United Services Institute report finds elements in the Taliban are determined to break with al-Qaeda as part of a settlement, and is open to negotiation on education for girls. It is adamantly opposed to the Afghan constitution, which it sees as a prop for President Hamid Karzai's government.
Taliban insurgents will not negotiate with the Karzai government, largely because of its record of corruption. They do not trust Kabul to run fair elections, which suggests that, even if the moderates interviewed in the study prevailed in the Taliban, serious obstacles to a peace deal would remain.
The institute's report is the product of interviews with four unnamed figures, two of whom were ministers in the former Taliban government and are still close to the inner circle of leadership.
One is described as "closely associated" with Mullah Mohammad Omar, the Taliban leader. Another is portrayed as "a senior former mujahideen commander and lead negotiator for the Taliban", although not part of the movement itself.
The report concludes: "The Taliban would be open to negotiating a ceasefire as part of a general settlement, and also as a bridge between confidence-building measures and the core issue of the distribution of political power in Afghanistan. A ceasefire would require strong Islamic justification, obscuring any hint of surrender."
Even more surprising, in view of the official Taliban propaganda portraying it as leading a struggle against foreign invaders, the report says the insurgents are "prepared to accept a long-term US military presence in Afghanistan".
According to one interviewee, described as a founder member of the Taliban, a settlement that left US troops operating out of five primary military bases – Kandahar, Herat, Jalalabad, Mazar-e-Sharif and Kabul – might be acceptable as long as the US presence "does not impinge on our independence and religion". In other words, the Taliban might accept continuing US counter-terrorist operations targeting their former ally, al-Qaeda, as long as the bases were not used as a launching pad for attacks on other countries or for interference in Afghan politics.
The report even suggests the Taliban would co-operate in tracking down al-Qaeda, noting the leadership and base "deeply regret" their past association with the global jihadist group.
Former EU envoy to Afghanistan and report co-author Michael Semple said the interviewees represented a significant but not yet dominant strand of Taliban views. – (Guardian service)


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Wordpress on Linux in the Amazon Cloud with Mac
In my previous article outlining how to setup an instance of Wordpress on Amazon's EC2 Cloud hosting a Linux server with Mac, I described a single website setup for the server. In an addendum to that article, I'm going to give short instructions on setting up multiple websites on that instance using apache's virtual hosts.
Had some problems making some changes to the server last night, as a result everything was down for quite a while. Amazon Cloud is awesome, but I knew next to nothing about server management when I got started, and literally nothing about Linux, so the learning curve has been steep. Still very happy with the service. Maybe someday I'll know enough about Linux to turn problems around in minutes vs hours :-).