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Vashon should become weekend destination, report says
Vashon should market itself as an "events and activities-driven getaway," offering up quilting retreats, adult art camps and Valentines' packages to draw tourists to the Island in the fall and winter, a report commissioned by the Vashon Chamber of Commerce says.
The chamber and Island businesses should create at least two such weekend-oriented events a month during the off-season, touting them as getaways that will draw the "thoughtful tourist," according to the report, issued by Blonde Ambition, a Vashon-based marketing firm.
The 12-page summary, a digest of a 54-page report the firm gave to the chamber board last week, marks the culmination of Blonde Ambition's first phase of work.
The goal, the report says, was to develop a "cohesive, strategic, objective and goal-oriented plan to better Vashon's businesses and overall economy." Amy Herbig, president of Blonde Ambition, presented her findings to the chamber's board last week. She'll make another presentation to the chamber's general members on Thursday at Courthouse Square. The meeting is open to the public.
Herbig, at last week's chamber board meeting, said the plan does not call on the chamber or Island businesses to promote Vashon during the summer months, when the Island is already hopping.
Rather, she said, Island businesspeople should try to develop and promote more events like the recent reading by Berkeley Breathed, a holiday-inspired gathering that attracted several off-Islanders.
Tourists won't visit, she told the board, "if there isn't a solid reason for coming to Vashon."
Once here, she added, they need resources — information and education to point them towards a variety of Island amenities. To that end, she recommended a visitor-oriented Web site and visitor center in town.
"Residents can't sustain us year-round," she said, echoing what she said she heard from merchants, B&B owners and restaurateurs. The Island's commerce, she said, "must be enhanced."
Melinda Sontgerath, one of the chamber's board members and owner of The Hardware Store Restaurant, said the report is paving the way for the chamber's next efforts, which will include the Web site Herbig suggested. The chamber is currently seeking contractors who will design an identity for Vashon and create a tourist-oriented Web site.
"It's finally putting into words something we've never tried to put into words — and it's leading us to our first step, which is developing a visitor Web site ... that anyone can use, whether you live on Vashon or are visiting Vashon," she said.
Once that work is completed, Sontgerath said, "Then it falls back into the chamber's lap, creating events that the community can rally around."
But some chamber members questioned Herbig's report, saying they thought it was thin in light of how much money the chamber spent. The first phase cost $7,000.
"I was extremely disappointed in the final report," said Bettie Edwards, owner of The Little House and a chamber member. "There was no substantial plan."
The idea that Vashon should attract weekend visitors during the off-season, she added, is fairly obvious.
"All of us could have sat around and done this," she said.
Herbig said the next step is to design what she called the "brand identity" — the logo, colors, fonts and look that will inform the Web site and govern any future marketing. The Web site and brand identity, she said, could be launched in April.
Chamber meeting
The report issued by a Vashon marketing firm will be presented to chamber members at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Courthouse Square. The meeting is open to the public.
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Panthers at Penguins - 12-22-10
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Greetings from a chilly December night in Pittsburgh. It's cold, in the high 20s and windy. Perfect weather for a game outdoors. Speaking of which, take a look at what we spotted outside our offices:
-The Civic Arena:
-The current barn:
-The ice:
-Also, Brent Johnson is starting tonight. We got it wrong in our game preview. Apologies.
-Some jersey sightings. Jaromir Jagr:
-Paul Martin:
-Fans walking in off Centre Avenue:
-Eveni M _ _ _ _ _ Team Russia:
-This is an all-timer. Mark Kachowski:
-Petr Nedved:
-Eric Tangradi:
-Tomas Vokoun:
-A Mario Lemieux Eastern Conference All-Star jersey from the 2003 game in Florida:
(Note: Lemieux was unable to play due to injury.)
-A Jonathan Stewart Panthers jersey:
-We'll let any jersey fouls here slide on account of the offending party being so young.
-Alex Kovalev:
-George Laraque 2008 Winter Classic:
-Shawn McEachern:
-Jiri Slegr would be mad with this foul:
-Ron Francis:
-Darius Kasparaitis:
-Gilles Meloche California Golden Seals:
-Zbynek Michalek:
-Marc-Andre Fleury Team Canada from the 2004 World Junior Championships:
-Rob Scuderi:
-Former Penguins and Panthers forward Gary Roberts:
-Warm ups:
-The Penguins' starters are Sidney Crosby, Pascal Dupuis, Chris Kunitz, Kris Letang, Brooks Orpik and Brent Johnson.
-Their scratches are Deryk Engelland and Eric Godard. No Engelland? Interesting.
-The Panthers scratches are Chris Higgins, Bill Thomas, Stephen Weiss, Bryan Allen, Dennis Wideman and Tomas Vokoun.
-Classy move by Panthers coach Peter DeBoer to start Thomas in his home town against his former team.
-Their lone scratch is Keaton Ellerby.
-No Jimerson. No photo.
19:00: After some serious cycling down low by Evgeni Malkin, He deals a backhanded pass to Goligoski at the top of the left circle. Goligoski drops the hammer and puts a one-timer on net. Vokoun eats it up.
18:30: That' didn't take long. Tyler Kennedy moves the puck up the left wing. He gains the blue line. pulls up and deals a pass to Letestu in the slot Letestu moves in, jams up Vokoun a bit and is able to tuck the puck behind Vokoun's blocker and stick and into the net. Jason Garrison was completely useless on that play. He just stood in the slot like a statue.The "Woo-Hoo!" song is played. Kennedy and Chris Conner get assists. Penguins 1-0.
17:17: And that didn't take long either. Weiss takes a pass in the neutral zone, gains the blue line, faces a little bit of a challenge from Kris Letang and snaps off a wrister from the left circle which sneaks under Johnson's glove and into the cage. That's a tissue soft goal for Johnson to give up. Yeesh. Michael Frolik and Mike Weaver get assists. Weaver was cut from the Penguins' training camp a few years ago as a tryout... so.... Fire Ray Shero. Panthers 1, Penguins 1.
16:40: Mike Santorelli is nabbed interference against Crosby. That's two minutes. Crosby, Malkin, Kunitz, Paul Martin and Letang take the ice.
16:25: Crosby snaps off a wrister from the left circle. It hits a body or two before Vokoun covers to freeze play. Letang and Bryan Allen mix it up a bit. Nothing comes of it.
15:40: Crosby cracks a slapper from above the right circle. Vokoun is square to the shto and fights it off.
14:40: The Santorelli minor is killed. The Penguins had a few decent chances that two minutes.
13:20: Higgins gets loose a bit on the right wing and rockets a wrister over the cage on the near side.
12:16: And this game if off and running. Crosby picks up a puck in the neutral zone. He moves it into the offensive zone on the right wing. With Allen applying passive pressure, Crosby unleashes a hellacious slapper from the top of the left circle to the far side. The puck leaves a vapor trail as it sneaks under Vokoun's left arm pit on his blocker side. Wow! What a shot. That's 22 consecutive games with a point for Crosby now. Kunitz and Johnson get assists. Johnson makes up for his soft goal we guess. The "Woo-Hoo!" song is played. Penguins 2-1.
9:41: Arron Asham works his way up the right wing and pumps a slapper on net. Vokoun makes the save. Craig Adams and Mike Rupp battle down low for the rebound but no dice.
9:03: Malkin hustles his way up the right wing and puts a slapper on net from circle. Vokoun makes the save but fumbles the rebound. Malkin jostles it loose, moves behind the net and tosses it at the slot from the left wing. It appears to hit Maxime Talbot and deflects between the hash mark. Cooke picks it up and rips a wrister by Vokoun. A nice dirty goal. The Panthers pull Vokoun in place of Scott Clemmensen. Talbot and Malkin get assists. The "Woo-Hoo!" song is played. Penguins 3-1.
8:38: With Engelland out of the line, Ben Lovejoy takes on the seemingly obligatory duty of a sixth defenseman fighting. He drops the gloves with Shawn Matthias in the neutral zone. They mostly just chuck and duck a bunch. As the fight moves towards the penalty boxes, Matthias slips and falls with Lovejoy on top of him. Give that one to Lovejoy. And since Lovejoy told us yesterday he has read EN... IT WAS THE GREATEST FIGHT EVER BY A DARTMOUTH ALUM!!!!
8:27: David Booth snaps off a wrister from the top of the right circle. Johnson eats it up.
6:04: Booth rips a wrister from above the left circle. Michalek leans down and blocks it. He's smarting a bit after that.
5:55: Weiss cranks a loose puck on net from the right point with a slapper. Johnson boots it out.
4:11: Crosby and Pascal Dupuis each get denied down low by Clemmensen.
3:07: Letestu snaps off a wrister from the right wing. Clemmensen snags it as Martin crashes into the net and dislodges it.
1:53: Higgins jabs a wrister from above the left circle. Johnson boots it out with his left leg.
1:03: Tough time to take a penalty. Orpik is sent off for interference against Booth. Adams, Martin, Cooke and Michalek take the ice.
0:30: Wideman unloads a big slapper from tthe top of the slot. Adams squares up and blocks it.
0:16: Wideman fire another slapper which Cooke blocks in the slot.
0:03: Bryan McCabe sneaks a slapper on net from the left point. Johnson gets a piece of it with his left leg.
0:00: End of period. Penguins 3, Panthers 1.
-Well that was probably a prototypical period of Dan Bylsma hockey. The Penguins controlled play in the Panthers' zone for most part and they grinded those... uh... female canines - to paraphrase Bylsma in 24/7 - down.
-Vokoun just wasn't ready for this game. Normally, he's very strong against the Penguins. But tonight, he was out of it from the start.
-Cooke and Talbot are making their cases to be Malkin's regular linemates. They have kept up with him tonight.
-The Penguins control shots, 17-8.
-Crosby leads the game with four.
-Wideman and Higgins each lead the Panthers with two.
-Martin leads the game with 8:49 of ice time.
-Wideman leads the Panthers with 7:49.
-Faceoffs are even, 10-10.
-Crosby is 7 for 8 (88 percent).
-Reinprecht is 3 for 4 (75 percent).
-Michalek leads the game with two blocked shots.
20:00: The Panthers will have 57 seconds of power play time to work with on fresh ice. Talbot, Cooke, Michalek and Martin take the ice.
19:10: Santorelli snaps off a wrister from the left circle. Johnson makes the tough save.
19:03: The Orpik penalty is killed
17:50: Matthias cracks a slapper from the right circle. Johnson hold it out with a skate.
17:32: Adams tosses a wrister on net from the right half wall. Clemmensen sticks it away.
15:11: Kennedy challenges Garrison one-on-one off the left wing. Garrison takes the puck right off him.
14:28: Matthias zips around the back of the Penguins net, emerges on the right side, turns and whips a blind wrister on net. Johnson holds it out.
13:41: Crosby snaps off a wrister from the right circle. Clemmensen makes the save but gives up a reound. Wideman turns it over on the right wing boards. Lojveoy must ups on it and swats it on net from just outside the right circle. It appears to hit off a defender and beats Clemmenseon on the near side by his glove hand. GREATEST GOAL EVER BY A DARTMOUTH DEFENSEMAN. It's the first goal of his career. The goal is unassisted. The "Woo-Hoo!" song is played. Penguins 4, Panthers 1.
10:27: Off a turnover in the neutral zone, Evgeny Dadonov challenges Orpik one-on-one on the right wing. He releases a wrister from the circle. Johnson knocks it dead and covers.
7:56: Another fight breaks out in the left faceoff circle in the Penguins' zone between Darcy Hordichuk and Miek Rupp. Hordichuk lands a right immediately and Rupp pretty much just hangs on for dear life until he slips and falls. Hordichuk with a decided win in that.
7:08: Martin jabs a half slapper from the right point. Clemmensen kicks it out.
6:51: Higgins re-directs a pass on net. Johnson boots it out.
6:31: Weiss steals the puck off Martin at the Penguins' blue line and creates a two-on-one with Matthias against Michalek. Weiss deals to Matthias in the right circle. Matthias lifts a wrister which Johnson is able to rob with a glove save. BIIIIG save.
6:23: The Panthers are really turning on the pressure. Kulikov rips a big wrister from the slot. Johnson steaks it with another glove save.
6:10: Kulikov is nabbed for hooking Cooke behind the Florida net. You don't see Cooke drawing too many penalties. Crosby, Malkin, Kunitz, Letang and Martin take the ice.
4:10: The Kulikov minor is killed. Nothing going on there for the Penguins.
3:41: Kennedy gets tied up with Thomas behind the Penguins' net. Kennedy is called for interference. Dupuis, Adams, Michalek and Orpik take the ice.
3:05: McCabe tosses a wrister on net from the left circle. Johnson boots it away. Dupuis backhands it down ice to clear.
1:54: McCabe snaps off a wrister from the right half wall. Letang and Dadonov battle for the rebound. That's two minutes for interference. We'll have four on four for 12 seconds.
1:41: The Kennedy minor expires. The Penguins will have 1:48 of power play.
0:12: From the right point, Letang whacks a one-timer towards the net. It hits a body in front and deflects wide ont he far side.
0:00: End of period. Penguins 4, Panthers 1.
-Things kind of slowed down there a bit that period. In fact, the Panthers were probably the more aggressive team offensively. They put quite a few quality chances on net. They just couldn't figure out Johnson.
-The Penguins' penalty kill was strong that period.
-In honor of Ben Lovejoy:
-Lovejoy needs an assist for the Gordie Howe Hat Trick.
-The Penguins have a 22-21 edge in shots.
-The Panthers actually outshot the Penguins, 13-5, in the second.
-Crosby leads the game with five shots.
-Higgins and Reasoner each lead the Panthers with three.
-Wideman leads the game with 16:19 of ice time.
-Martin leads the Penguins with 16:16.
-Faceoffs are still even, 16-16 (50 percent).
-Crosby is 8 for 12 (67 percent).
-Reinprecht is 4 for 6 (67 percent).
-Michalek leads the game with two blocked shots.
20:00: Marc-Andre Fleury replaces Johnson in net. No official word yet on Johnson's status, but he appeared to be a little slow to recover to his feet following a scramble down low off a shot by Higgins with roughly seven minutes left in the second period.
18:55: Fleury is tested early as Frolik circles the net, emerges to the right of it, spins and whips a wrister. Fleury fights it off.
18:37: Malkin flies into the offensive zone, cuts across the slot and flicks a backhander on net from the right circle. He crashes feet first into the boards and is a little slow to recover to his feet. He appears fine.
17:32: Hordichuk moves a puck up ice and chips it up at his blue line. Just as that happens, Letang dumps him with a solid hip check. Hordichuk is slow to recover to his feet. Officials immediately direct Letang to the bench for tripping. Hordichuk and Letang exchange words. That seemed like a clean hit to us. Cooke, Talbot, Michalek and Orpik take the ice.
16:57: Fleury holds out a shot by xx from the right circle. As he covers a rebound, Steve Bernier is thrown over the top of Fleury on a hit by Orpik.
16:28: Off a sloppy turnover by Michalek behind the Penguins' net, Weiss rips a wrister from point blank range in the slot.
15:54: Santorelli grips and rips a wrister from the left circle. Fleury knocks it down with his blocker and covers to freeze play.
15:32: The Letang minor expires. The Panthers put some solid offensive pressure on Fleury.
14:34: Attendance is announced as 18, 238. It is the team's 185th consecutive sell-out.
12:55: Martin chops a slapper from the right point. His former Devils teammate Clemmensen makes the easy save.
12:00: A heads-up reader informs us Asham hasn't played since the second period. No official word on his status either.
11:37: Higgins tosses a wrister on net from the left wing. Fleury boots it out of play.
9:50: Bernier spins and whips a wrister on net from the slot. It hits a body in front.
9:12: Talbot and Wideman chase after a puck on the right wing in Florida's zone. Talbot taps it by Wideman, hops around him and pushes a low wrister on net. Clemmensen makes the save. A nice, nifty move by Talbot.
8:31: Officially, Johnson has a "lower-body" injury and will not return tonight.
8:19: HUUUUGE save. Orpik fumbles the puck at the red line. Higgins steaks it off him and is off on a breakaway. He moves in, goes to the backhand and attacks Fleury's five hole. Fleury closes the gates and holds it out. Wow. Orpik owes Fleury a beer.
7:43: Florid keeps attack.ing Frolik rips a wrister from the right circle. Fleury eats it up.
7:20: Steven Reinprecht recovers the rebound off a blocked shot and pumps a slapper on net from the left circle. Fleury eats it up.
7:01: This is the last thing the Panthers' needed. Weaver is sent off for high sticking Rupp. That's quite an accomplishment as Weaver is 5-foot-9 while Rupp is 6-foot-5. Crosby, Malkin, Kunitz, Martin and Letang take the ice.
6:42: Letang rips a wrister from the right circle to the far side. Clemmensen gloves it.
5:01: Weaver's minor is killed. The Penguins didn't really blow anyone away that period.
4:49: Kennedy snaps off a little wrister from the right circle. Clemmensen boots it out.
3:58: Thomas backhand chips a shot from the right circle. Fleury gloves it. During a television time out, "Cotton Eye Joe" is busted out:
3:46: McCabe cranks a slapper from the right point. It kidn of takes off on him and hits Lovejoy right in the side of hte face. Ouch. Lovjeoy goes down like a ton of bricks holding his face. Athletic trainer Chris Stewart rushes out. He preses a towel to Lovejoy's right cheek. Lovejoy eventually skates off under his own power to the locker room with the towel on his face. That could've been a lot worse. McCabe has a real cannon.
3:36: And the Panthers aren't going away. Thomas deals a pass to McCabe on the right point. McCabe chops a one-timer which beasts Fleury on the far side by his glove hand. Hordichuk had a nice screen on the play. This got a tad more interesting. Thomas and Hordichuk get assists. Fire Ray Shero. Penguins 4-2.
2:09: Matthias rips a wrister from the left circle. Fleury fights it off. Orpik clears the rebound.
1:58: Clemmensen is pulled for an extra attacker.
1:32: Kennedy air mails a shot from his own zone towards the empty net. He misses. The Panthers touch up for icing.
0:59: Fleury is still trying to get that goal. He control a dump in behind his net, turns and lifts it with a ... well... we guess you could call it a shot attempt. It trickles down ice wide of the cage. Florida touches up for another icing call. Fleury kind of slams his stick in frustration. Bylsma calls a time out to rest his team.
0:27: Dupuis chips a puck over Mccabe in the Penguins zone, chases it down in the neutral zone and air mails it on net from outside the Panthers' blue line for one of us:
Letang and Kunitz get assists. The "Woo-Hoo!" song is played. Penguins 5-2.
0:00: End of game. The "Woo-Hoo!" song is played. Mike Lange tells us about Elvis' whereabouts. Penguins 5, Panthers 2.
-First things first, the Penguins didn't escape this game unscathed.
-Brent Johnson is doubtful for tomorrow's game in Washington due to a "lower-body" injury. Dan Bylsma said the team would likely recall either John Curry or Brad Thiessen from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL. We assume Thiessen would get the nod.
-Arron Asham is questionable for tomorrow's game with a "lower-body" injury as well.
-Aside from some cosmetic damage, Ben Lovejoy is fine.
-Panthers coach Peter DeBoer said this game was "over in the first 10 minutes." The Penguins seemed to think that as well. The Panthers had the better of the play from roughly the second half on. The constantly pressured the Penguins offensively. They controlled the play in the Penguins' zone. The Penguins had this game in control early, but didn't look too hot, especially late.
-Perhaps they were looking forward to tomorrow's game in Washington, but regardless, they can't repeat this effort inside the Beltway. They need to play a complete game tomorrow.
-Fleury was strong coming in off the bench. He had to be. He made 15 saves in only one period. Yeesh.
-The Panthers got strong efforts, late at least, from Higgins, Matthias and McCabe. Those three appeared to spearhead the Panthers late push.
-The Panthers ended up with a 37-34 lead in shots.
-In the final two period, the outshot the Penguins, 29-17.
-Crosby led the game with eight shots.
-Higgins led the Panthers with five.
-Letang led the game with 24:35 of ice time.
-Wideman led the Panthers with 22:31.
-The Penguins led in faceoffs, 32-27.
-Letestu was 8 for 11 (73 percent).
-Reinprecht was 6 for 10 (60 percent).
-Orpik led the game with three blocked shots.
-Weaver led the Panthers with two.
-Fire Ray Shero.
-Letang moved ahead of Jim Johnson for 70th place on the team's all-time scoring list. Both players have 109 points, but Letang (27) has more goals than Johnson (14).
-Talbot moved ahead of Colby Armstrong and German Titov for 80th place. All three have 98 points, but Talbot (49) has more goals than Armstrong (37) and Titov (28).
-Cooke moved ahead of Goligoski for 98th place. Both players have 76 points, but Cooke (35) has more goals than Goligoski (20).


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T. Halpin and G. Owen
The Times, May 22nd 2003 p.1
At least 3,000 teachers are to lose their jobs as a result of the school funding crisis. The scale of the crisis calls into question the Government's ability to reform public services. Schools received a record 11.6 per cent increase in funding but many heads say they have seen little new money while costs have gone up.
C. Newman
Financial Times, May 27th 2003, p.2
A £650m campaign has failed to cut the number of children missing school. According to government statistics the number of children skipping class at least once a year has increased by 15 per cent since Labour came to power in 1997.
Education and Skills Committee
London: TSO, 2003 (House of Commons papers, session 2002/03; HC 153)
Concludes that the public outcry in summer 2002 over alleged manipulation of A-level results by examination boards to avoid accusations of grade inflation was largely unjustified. However there was confusion amongst students, teachers and examiners about standards required under the new Curriculum 2000. There was a lack of communication and understanding between the examination boards, the Qualifications and Curriculum Agency and the Department for Education and Skills. The Committee also found no evidence that standards had fallen. The increasing numbers of students passing A levels could be explained by changes to the examination system since 1983 and by improved teaching quality and resources.
G. Phillips and T. Pound
London: Kogan-Page, 2003
The issue of 14-19 education and training is the next great reform agenda in British education. Concerns about premature specialisation, the low status of vocational education and a divided, twin-track system have given rise to calls for a baccalaureate model. This book covers the existing international, French and Welsh models and assesses the value and feasibility of a baccalaureate - style system for England. Subjects covered include the breadth of the system, participation, social inclusion and progression to higher education and employment.
A. Hodgson and K. Spours
London: Kogan-Page; 2003
This book, the first published on Curriculum 2000, tries to explain why the reform of the advanced level qualification has been so controversial. It asks if, having been around for over 50 years, it is possible to move beyond A-levels? If so, have we moved beyond A levels with Curriculum 2000? Finally the book addresses the question of what lies beyond A levels. What kind of new system should be put in their place, and what features, if any, should be drawn from the past?
R. Garner and S. Cassidy
The Independent, 30th May 2003, p. 1
Nearly 1, 500 teachers and support staff have been issued with redundancy notices because of the schools budget crisis, according to a national survey by the Independent newspaper.
W. Woodward
The Guardian, May 22nd 2003, p.7
Reports that more than 100 children from Edenham High in Croydon were sent home early as their headmaster, the local council, the government and the Conservatives played a blame game over budgets.
(See also The Independent, May 22nd 2003, p.6; The Times, May 22nd 2003, p.8; Daily Telegraph, May 22nd 2003, p.10)
R. Garner
The Independent, May 15th 2003, p.10
Charles Clarke, the Education Secretary, will allow schools to spend £600m earmarked for building repairs on teachers' wages in an attempt to avoid redundancies this summer.
(See also The Guardian, May 16th 2003, p.9; Daily Telegraph, May 16th 2003, p.11)
N. Valios
Community Care, May 1st-7th 2003, p.28-31
In response to a decline in the educational attainment of children in care, government has lowered its targets. Poor results may be due to frequent changes of school arising from the disruption of family life.
A. Stables
Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003
Certain cultural and social changes have underpinned educational thinking in the twentieth century. These can be grouped under: individualisation, globalisation and the ecological challenge. This volume examines individualisation in relation to changing attitudes to childhood. It discusses globalisation for several perspectives, including the reduced sovereignty of the nation state. Finally the environmental crisis is considered in terms of the possibilities for education for sustainable development.
Department for Education and skills
London: 2003
The changes for primaries are:
N. Valios
Community Care, May 15th-21st 2003, p. 32-35
Presents a case study of "extended schools" in Brighton and Hove. These schools aim to work with children in a holistic way through the provision of health, social care, counselling and family support services on site.
J. Crace
Guardian Education, May 6th 2003, p.2-3
As schools and David Miliband clash over the cash crisis, the author believes it is the government that must act now to avert death by cash starvation.
W. Woodward
The Guardian, May 21st 2003, p.4
In a personal analysis of the changes to primary education the author argues that, without completely surrendering the standards agenda, the Education Secretary's new approach may represent the final acknowledgement that the days of Chris Woodhead and "sack the useless teachers" are over and show that the government has woken up to the idea that targets have limits.
R. Smithers
The Guardian, May 20th 2003, p.7
The government will today bow to teachers' demands by ditching the long-standing national targets for primary schools and urging heads to work to their own, more realistic goals. The U-turn amounts to be biggest shake-up of primary education since Labour came to power in 1997.
(See also The Times, May 26th 2003, p.1; Financial Times, May 20th 2003, p.4; Daily Telegraph, May 20th 2003, p.1)
R. Garner
The Independent, May 2nd 2003, p.10
Head teachers will back the National Union of Teachers in a campaign to get rid of the national curriculum tests for 600,000 seven-year-olds, their leader declared on the eve of the National Association of Head Teachers conference.
W. Woodward
The Guardian, May 8th 2003, p.5
Head teachers last might called on be Education Secretary, Charles Clark, to release some of his Departments £1bn underspend to plug the 'black hole' in school budgets this year. It has emerged that the Department of Education and Skills failed to spend £1bn of its allocation for 2002-03.
F. Hankinson and T Walsh
Working Brief, issue 144, May 2003, p.17-20
Argues that cuts to the 'Standards Funds' budgets allocated to Secondary Schools may damage efforts to provide an inclusive curriculum. Concentrates on the effects of cuts on Vocational Learning Centres. Presents examples of successful Vocational Learning Centres where schools, colleges and training providers work together to teach young people, including those at risk of disaffection. Schools pay for students to attend the centres. Cutting the 'Standards Funds' could damage this provision.
P. Revell
Guardian Education, May 27th 2003, p4-5
As the government prepares to publish a green paper on children's services this summer, article reports on a Manchester school that has already developed its own in-house support network of welfare services.
J. Kelly
Financial Times, May 13th 2003, p.6
Up to 50 poor quality London secondary schools could close in the biggest shake-up of the capital's education system since the Second World War. The schools with a record of chronic poor performance will have to agree to "tailor-made" improvement plans. If they fail to meet targets within a set deadline they will be closed.
S. Cassidy
The Independent, May 2nd 2003, p.10
Pearson, the media group that owns the Financial Times and Penguin Publishers, became a major player in the British education world with the announcement that it has taken over the country's second-largest exam board, Edexcel.
W. Woodward
The Guardian, May 30th 2003, p.1
Schools in England are to be guaranteed a real-terms increase in funding next year to prevent a repeat of this year's budget crisis. Under plans being developed by Charles Clarke, Education Secretary, each school will receive a minimum rise in funding per pupil next year which more than covers their costs.
J. Kelly
Financial Times, May 23rd 2003, p.2
The drive by the government to award specialist schools status to most secondaries in the country was questioned by the Commons Education Select Committee. MPs said the rapid expansion of the system was based on enthusiasm for the idea rather than real evidence.
R. Smithers
The Guardian, May 27th 2003, p.5
The government is urging England's top museums to build closer relationships with schools and possibly even get involved with the running of state secondary schools.
I. Lewis
Family Today, Winter 2003 p.18-19
The Education Minister describes the government's national behaviour and truancy strategy. Covers the Anti-Social Behaviour Bill, funding, exclusion policy, Learning Support units, support for parents and improving relationships between the police, schools and the local community.
J. Kelly
Financial Times, May 1st 2003, p.3
Private schools matched all-time records for growth in pupil numbers last year and predicted that, in spite of an average rise in fees of between 8 and 12 percent this year, the "bubble" was not about to burst.
S. Collins
Working Brief, issue 144, May 2003, p.23-25
Looks at the work of the charity School-Home Support (formerly East London Schools Fund). The charity recognises that home life has a huge impact on learning at school. It employs school-based workers who are trained to work with and support families. Examines the role they play and gives examples of some of the approaches taken to tackle various issues.
S. Cassidy
The Independent, May 28th 2003, p.6
Plans to make school science more popular and relevant to everyday life should be implemented by 2005. The changes mean the current science curriculum would be replaced with a tiny core of compulsory materials.
J. Kelly
Financial Times, May 16th 2000, p.5
The historic role of town halls in funding schools could be abolished in the wake of this year's national row over budgets. Ministers will be considering a system that would guarantee head teachers fixed revenues three years in advance.
M. Brown
Guardian Society, May 29th 2003, p. 10-11
The Positive Futures programme, which uses football and other activities to steer 'hard-to-reach' young people away from crime and social exclusion, is to be expanded.
R. Smithers
The Guardian, May 21st 2003, p.4
Wide-ranging changes to the national system of assessment were unveiled by the government, but were criticised by many teachers' leaders as not going far enough while the unions remain opposed to a strict tests regime. Schools will be asked to set their own, more realistic targets for the final year of primary school - so-called key stage two - while next year's national target for 85% of 11 years olds to achieve set standards in English and maths has been shelved until 2006. Main changes for primaries are:
(See also The Independent, May 21st 2003, p.6; The Times, May 21st 2003, p.7; The Daily Telegraph, May 21st 2003, p.1; Financial Times, May 21st 2003, p.6)
R. Garner
The Independent, May 6th 2003 p.6
Parents are becoming more violent and ill-behaved towards teachers although their children's conduct continues to improve, the leader of the country's largest head teachers' organisation, The National Association of Head Teachers, told the union's annual conference.
C. Ryan
Public Finance, May 9th-15th 2003 p.20-23
In spite of increased funding, schools are facing a financial crisis in 2003/04. In part this is due to increased payroll costs, and loss of specific project grants for lower class sizes, nursery education, teacher induction and school improvement. However the biggest problem is that government has introduced a new funding formula designed to shift cash to deprived areas, leading to the extra money being unevenly distributed. Ministers blame local education authorities for the crisis, alleging that they have withheld funding increases from schools.


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I've been following Santa Cruz's Fiends at Feast ever since they self-released the excellent Shadows of Extinction EP back in 2011. In that time, they've signed to up-and-coming metal label Horror Pain Gore Death Productions and released an impressive debut full-length in the form of Towards the Baphomet's Throne, an album that saw the band building upon their already considerable strengths, sharpening their songwriting and upping the musicianship factor. Continuing to capitalize on the momentum they've built for themselves over the past three years, the Fiends are back with what might be their most compelling set of songs yet on Purgatory Rites, a split with Madison, Wisconsin's previously unknown (to me) Tragic Death.
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Gloam – Vanquished (self-released, 2014)
I first encountered Santa Cruz's Gloam a while back thanks to the band sharing a guitarist with Fiends at Feast, another Santa Cruz-based outfit I've been shouting about for quite some time. But in spite of this connection, Gloam is assuredly a very different animal. The quartet's debut demo was a rather stunning piece of atmospheric black metal, but with Vanquished they have surely surpassed it, pushing their sound forward while at the same time adhering to black metal's time-honored traditions.
Fiends at Feast – Towards the Baphomet's Throne (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions, 2012)
Regular THKD readers may recall me championing the living shit out of Santa Cruz's Fiends at Feast last year after they sent me a copy of their stellar Shadows of Extinction EP (here and here). At the time, the band were self-releasing their material, which was only available at shows. A lot can change in just a year; Fiends at Feast now have label backing from the up-and-coming Horror Pain Gore Death Productions and as a result have released a brutalizing debut album in the form of Towards the Baphomet's Throne, a recording which sees the quintet pushing their music to even more malevolent extremes.
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Interview: FIENDS AT FEAST
California-based quintet Fiends at Feast came out of nowhere and impressed the hell out of me with their debut EP, Shadows of Extinction (see review). It remains one of the best metal releases I've heard so far in 2011 and the band's attention to craftsmanship and willingness to work hard to accomplish their goals make them a band to watch. I spoke with vocalist/lyricist Loki about the making of Shadows of Extinction and Fiends at Feast's plans for black/death metal domination.
THKD: For our readers who may not be familiar, can you give us a little background on how Fiends at Feast got started?
Loki: Fiends started sometime in the spring/summer of 2008 when David and Sammer met and started jamming some cover songs, then not long after that they met with Nathan and the original drummer (a girl who got replaced by impalor few months after). I was in another band, but I got an offer to audition for the band and I got asked to do vocals. From there Fiends have played some good shows and others not so good, but always with big visions of getting noticed locally and nationally.
THKD: Fiends at Feast's music strikes a good balance between black and death metal styles. Was this intentional or just a natural part of the band's evolution?
Loki: I think it comes naturally to us, we have diverse taste in music and what we do is just use some of the influences. We do try to keep the old school death metal, but I think black metal is a huge influence on us (especially for me) and what you hear on our EP is the result of everyone's creativity and obsession with music.
THKD: You recently released your debut EP, Shadows of Extinction. What were you looking to accomplish with this release and are you pleased with the results?
Loki: We are pleased with the results, definitely after having some experiences with other engineers I think this is so far the best. What we are trying to accomplish with this recording, I guess, just like a lot of bands, is to get signed to a record label and expose what we do and enjoy doing. Touring is one of Fiends' goals as well.
THKD: Let's talk a little about your lyrics. What are some of the themes you're singing about on Shadows of Extinction? What inspires you to come up with lyrics? Are the lyrics a collaborative effort?
Loki: I come up with lyrics at very random hours, sometimes when I'm waking up (hahaha). My inspiration comes from people forcing others to believe their crap. I have a very low tolerance for stupidity, ignorance and poor behavior, I think you can say a bit of a sociopath. Look around and you'll know what I mean, especially the ones who copy other bands to make a name for themselves and that is just one example. I also like to use metaphors to describe certain things which some people don't get and I don't care if they do or not.
THKD: What is your personal favorite song on Shadows of Extinction and why?
Loki: I think "pariah" is one of my favorite ones I guess because it has a piece of my life in it. It has the obsession with death, depression, hate, obscurity and hate for organized religion, although "scars in my soul" has a big attachment as well.
THKD: What can you tell us about your vocal technique? How do you prepare yourself to record vocals or perform in a live setting?
Loki: I don't like to think I use any special technique, all I do is try to sing from the stomach rather than with the throat. My inspiration started in the late 80's but it wasn't 'till I heard Chris Barnes that I said to myself "fuck I wanna do that shit like him" and make use of the vocals as another instrument. At this moment my inspiration has been black metal way more than any death metal singer and as always I try not to copy anyone but learn from them and do my own thing. I do warm up for the recording but when performing live I just let my demons take over (haha).
THKD: How were the songs for Shadows of Extinction written? Do you work on songs as a group?
Loki: All songs were and are written as a group (band), most of the time Sammer and David work on riffs in their spare time, then we all work with whatever they have and everyone gets involved to shape the songs.
THKD: The EP cover is very striking. What can you tell us about the artwork and how does it tie in with your music?
Loki: We had a hard time coming up with the artwork and at the end we came up with the idea of having a drawing of a landscape that represented the area where we live and gave some feeling of obscurity with the raven and the dead corpse in the fox hole. It doesn't have as much of a connection to the lyrics as we were hoping for but, I guess you can link it with the endless obsession with death in the lyrics.
THKD: Fiends at Feast hails from Santa Cruz, CA. What is the metal scene like there? Do you get much local support?
Loki: The metal scene is not so great but I guess it is just like any other place, and to be expected when you play this kind of music in an area where hip-hop, reggae and other genres are more predominant. We do appreciate the support from the handful of metal maniacs that come to our shows. As I say many times on stage "you fucking maniacs".
THKD: How does your environment/surroundings inspire Fiends at Feast? What is it about California that inspires dark and heavy music?
Loki: I don't think any climate gets us inspired, but we do get some sort of motivation when we see bands playing the same old shit that other bands have done or playing some commercial sound, a thing that Fiends is always trying to stay away from. We are trying to write a new blueprint with our style and our own way.
THKD: You recently played a record release show for Shadows of Extinction. How did it go? Do you enjoy playing live?
Loki: We had a good time and we would like to think that it was a success. We had people who came from San Francisco, Hayward, San Jose, Salinas, Sacramento and Alameda and it seemed like everyone got involved with our performance. I do enjoy performing live most of the time, sometimes I don't feel the energy I need to get in my zone although a lot of the times I wish to bite the head off.
THKD: What is the best way for fans to get a hold of Shadows of Extinction?
Loki: Our merchandise can be purchased at our gigs for now, we are currently working on setting up a Paypal account or indiemerchandise account, any suggestions? (hahaha). We have our EP in our local record store Streetlight and we hope Rasputin's agrees to sell our EP as well.
THKD: What are you listening to right now? What bands do you find inspiring/influential as far as what you do with Fiends at Feast?
Loki: At this moment the only genre I listen to is black metal. I think it has a lot more to offer on many levels and ways to be performed compared to death metal. On my list right now are Orcustus, Impiety, Sadistic Intent, Black Witchery and Endstille. I feel influenced by this and other bands in the way I perform with Fiends but I think my twist evolves from bands like Behexen, Immolation and Shining.
THKD: What does the rest of 2011 have in store for Fiends at Feast?
Loki: We are working on new material to possibly record as soon as we are ready, but for now a tour in California/Nevada is in our minds and exposing what we have worked so hard to accomplish.
THKD: Are there any final thoughts you'd like to add?
Loki: Stay dark and away from friends.
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Fiends at Feast – Shadows of Extinction (self released, 2011)
I often get frustrated listening to and writing about modern extreme metal. Where is the passion? Where is the vitality? Where are the songs? If Shadows of Extinction, the debut EP from Santa Cruz, CA-based Fiends at Feast is anything to go on, all these things and more are alive and well deep within the darkest recesses of the metal underground.
Striking a luciferian bargain between black and death metal, Fiends at Feast sound like the hellish, gruesome aftermath of a street fight between Deicide and Marduk. The commanding, vicious vocals are a hateful diatribe against the feeble Nazarene, while the razor-wire guitars slash at his wrists and the rhythm section smashes his skull to smithereens. This is not the monotonous, over-produced faux-extreme metal that gets shoved down our throats on a daily basis. This is the real shit, the shit that makes you remember what you liked about black/death metal in the first place. It's rough and hungry and reeks of a band putting their blood, sweat and even more blood into mastering their craft.
Ah yes, the craft. Above all, Fiends at Feast are craftsmen. They are a band with songs. Songs you can tell apart. Songs you can bang your head and raise your fist to. Songs that breathe unholy life back into the bloated, rotten corpse of extreme metal with time-honored tools; musicianship, catchiness and the goddamn almighty riff. Fiends at Feast believe in what they're doing, it's a palpable feeling that bleeds out of every second of Shadows of Extinction.
Fiends at Feast write great, dynamics songs, and they have the wherewithal to pepper those songs with minute details that set them even further apart from the hordes. The Spanish-sounding acoustic guitars in "Scars of My Soul", the haunting upright bass near the end of "Revelations of Chaos", the audible electric bass throughout the album, the brutal yet varied vocals; all of these subtle nuances add another exciting dimension to a sound rooted in tradition.
Any gripes to be found with the EP are relatively minor ones. The band would certainly benefit from a more forceful production scheme (think something along the lines of recent Marduk or Behemoth albums), and at only twenty-seven minutes, Shadows of Extinction leaves you craving more. Something tells me we haven't seen everything this promising band is capable of, and there is no telling what devastation awaits when these guys release a full length (hopefully w/ some label backing). I'm guessing the bodycount will be massive.
Shadows of Extinction is a snapshot of a young group of musicians beginning to realize their potential, and the best debut I've heard so far in 2011. It's refreshing to know that there are still bands like Fiends at Feast lurking out there in the underground, bucking the trends and upholding the sounds and values of real black/death metal, yet not afraid to make them their own. Ignore them at your own peril.
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Dozens of area people gathered at the Marshalltown Public Library Wednesday for an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech by Martin Luther King Jr.
The event featured a short video about the life of King, the sharing of memories of the speech and thoughts about race relations, and other ways to learn about the man who meant so much to the civil rights movement.
"This is just a very momentous day that it's been 50 years," said Joa LaVille of the library who organized the event.
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Area residents watch a short video on the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Wednesday at the Marshalltown Public Library. The event commemorated the 50th anniversary of King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
LaVille said the speech is still relevant today.
"I just think it's so relevant," she said. "It's as relevant as it was back then in a different way today."
Fred Wyngarden, of Marshalltown, said he was minister in Michigan on the day of speech, which was Aug. 28, 1963. He said a speech like that was long overdue at the time and it still has an impact.
"That's why we're here today," Wyngarden said.
He does feel more can be done in the way of race relations, even with so much progress made in the last 50 years.
"I still think there's a lot of things we need to do about prejudice and racial tension," Wyngarden said.
One of the youngest in attendance was David Alvarez, 12, a seventh grader at Miller Middle School. He has learned of the impact King and his speech had on the country.
"I think he was a great person who helped a lot of people," Alvarez said.
LaVille said libraries are more and more becoming places to build civil engagement and talk about these types of issues.


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New York City
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
Washington D.C.
Hard call for me between New York City and San Diego even though they are so different.
For me, it's San Francisco, by far.
Places like New York and Seattle are great to visit, but SF is the only big city I would want to live in.
In fairness, I have never been to Chicago or Boston, but I'm sure they both suck.
I loved living in Boston, it reminded me of an east coast SF. I'd call it a close race for 2nd between Boston, Chicago and Seattle. One not on the list is Miami, I was only there briefly but I dug the vibe.
How'd Houston and LA get on the list? I guess just size those places are dogs.
San Fran is pretty cool, but it seriously needs about 15 degrees of global warming. I love L.A. and San Diego weather because of the daily cycle. You start out with the sea breeze/marine layer then it tails off into a perfect day.
Spent a decent time in Brooklyn, and working in Manhattan. One of the best cities in the world.
"les grandes défaites forgent les grands hommes" - Rudy Gobert


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We Draman Group - MessiahPerformed in Cantonese
Theatre, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre15-16 June 2012 (Fri-Sat) 8pm16-17 June 2012 (Sat-Sun) 3pmTickets: $180, 120
"The messiah will never come, so we have to create one." - Steven Berkoff
Steven Berkoff, the British playwright known for his macabre humour, reconstructs a Jesus who is a revolutionary and a politician, capable of manipulating history and popular opinion to achieve his aims. To fulfill the hyped up prophecy, Jesus goes about staging his own resurrection as a stunt show with the support of his twelve disciples. We look up to him, we worship him, and we let ourselves be guided by him – yet, is it just because we are willing to be taken in?
* This programme contains coarse language.


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The New York Times spins Cablegate like a top: would you believe it - the whole world is distressed about Iran!
Yesterday The Drum published WikiLeaks: catalyst for transparency or lockdown?
Written by Craig McMurtrie, a journalist based at the Washington bureau of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, it gave an account of the latest Wikileaks story for Australian readers. This is a story about the third major release of 'secret' documents by Wikileaks – the most publicized so far, which has attracted the unimaginative title 'Cablegate'.
The Drum is the ABC's contribution to the blogosphere. Comments from the general public are encouraged. Mostly, in my experience, comments do get published. But not always…
Below is my (unpublished) comment to McMurtrie's summary of the latest Wikileaks data-dump.
I kept it brief:
It's amazing how Wikileaks' revelations are always chock-full of embarrassments for Israel.
Oh wait – they're not!
It's amazing how one country seems rather pleased with the latest 'Cablegate' revelations…
It's all quite amazing really. Too amazing by half, IMO.
130 comments were published in total beneath McMurtrie's article, but for reasons best known to themselves, the ABC staff decided the opinion I expressed should not be shared with the public. Perhaps they're right?
I could have made a different comment. I suspect my focus on the Israeli / Zionist angle was the deletable offense. I'll never know if a comment would have been published had I focused instead on rebutting MacMurtrie's laughable assertion that (my emphasis)"
"(Assange's) main target so far has been the pluralist though, of course, flawed US democracy. Is he so naive to hold Washington to a transparency standard unmatched anywhere else? Does that really make our world safer?"
Hello Craig?
Mate, the USA is a country that can't even investigate the murder of its own President in cold blood with anything remotely resembling honesty. It can't even deliver anything resembling transparency when nearly 3,000 of its own citizens are slaughtered in plain view on a sunny morning. It has the largest network of spooks in world history. It spends as much on its military as the rest of the world put together and can't even account for trillions of missing 'defense' expenditure. There are so many overseas US bases an accurate count seems to be difficult… I could continue, Craig, but really… are you SURE unmatched transparency is the term you want to use?!!
Does Mr MacMurtrie really believe piffle like this? Or does he have an agenda – an agenda matched, I suspect, by a disturbing preponderence of mainstream 'journalists' throughout the Anglospere?
Leaving that as an open question, I'll turn to another debate in the Australian media that's currently running hot.
Yesterday The Drum also published an interesting article yesterday on the #twitdef furore – a topic which I wrote about a few days ago: Murdoch editor threatens to sue tweeter for defamation.
The Drum's article – 140 characters of legal nightmare – was contributed by Media Watch presenter Jonathan Holmes who has been the presenter of the ABC's Media Watch since 2008. Although on holiday, he was good enough to share his thoughts with us.
Holmes' article was generally well-received, as indicated by the published comments beneath and twitter commentary using the #twitdef hashtag. Personally, I found his analysis betrayed a rather patronising attitude to the public – and delivered a somewhat oppressive take-home message. Here's how he began:
It's been one of those issues the Twitterati love – because it's all about them and their beloved medium.
But the story the Twitterverse has dubbed #twitdef and #posettigate raises a host of fascinating issues – ethical, legal and practical – as the most combative of Australia's old media outlets takes on one of the most fervent advocates of the new.
Patronizing? Just a tad, I think. But his scary take-home message is more significant. Holmes wrote: "live tweeting is such a dangerous journalistic endeavour…"That phrase was retweeted often. Admittedly, the repetition of his views wasn't Holmes' responsibility. But I do think his remark gave unmerited encouragement to The Australian's editor Chris Mitchell following his surreal dummy-spit.
Of course Mr Holmes is right, in a sense. A clever barrister can construe the current defamation laws in Australia to make a case for damn near anything being defamatory. But in this instance, in my opinion at least, editor Chris Mitchell chose a most unwise target on a most unwise occasion and a court case – if he does choose to proceed with defamation action – is very likely be most embassassing for him and his newspaper. If he sues – in the opinion of many – Mitchell would make himself and The Australian a laughing stock, worldwide – even in the unlikely event that he wins in court. If Mitchell can't see that, surely he answers to people who can?
Consequently I'm more in sympathy with other #twitdef commentators who tended to dwell on the silliness exhibited by Mitchell and some of his staff, who wrote a succession of supporting articles but don't seem able to maintain a consistent line. For instance, The Australian's media writer Sally Jackson reported the view that "planned defamation action by The Australian's editor-in-chief, Chris Mitchell over posts on Twitter is unremarkable"; on the other hand, The Australian's media diarist Caroline Overington reported it's the "Australia's first high-profile Twitter defamation case". Confused? They seem to be
Personally, I think the correct response to a tantrum by a powerful boss who has grossly over-reached is something less legalistic and less likely to play on his turf. Ridicule is a good start. Much #twitdef tweeting has been along those lines. Some comments make me uncomfortable. They're not all brilliant. But I'd be a lot more uncomfortable if most people felt too scared to chip in at all.
After reading Holmes' article, I was moved to tweet:
Reasonable free speech is not the gift of barristers, barons or bullies. It's an inherent right for the populace to seize & use #twitdef
A little strident, perhaps. But I do believe it. Needless to say, an oddball almost immediately chimed in on the #twitdef hashtag with imputations about the sexual orientation of various contributors. I guess it helped emphasise why I expended ten precious characters on the word 'reasonable'.
Then I posted a comment to Holmes' article on The Drum. I wondered if this would make it past the moderators, who as we've seen can be cautious souls. As it turned out, no problems. Here's my comment, as reproduced on The Drum:
Tweeting need not be a "dangerous journalistic endeavour" and the flow of information will be much the poorer if this kind of nonsensical case – threatened by a man with an almost unique ability to ensure records are corrected and his viewpoint is not overlooked – is not laughed out of court (ideally long before it gets there).
If Mr Mitchell felt he was misrepresnted, his first recourse should have been to approach the key players to (a) a request a transcript/recording/clarification and (b) seek an explanation or apology if he thought it merited. That's what fair-minded people do in such circumstances.
To threaten legal proceedings, before such basic process had been followed, seems to me akin to throwing a childish temper tantrum. I think that's how most folk following this issue see it too.
Not a pretty sight.
In a contest between Twitter and The Australian, the latter is likely to be the fly, not the windscreen. A lot of people such as myself, infuriated with a 'news' organsiation that has systematically purveyed falsehoods to massage public opinion in favour of sectarian wars, believe The Australian long since forfeited any right to public credibility. Controversies such as #twitdef are useful aids to help convert more people to the rather obvious need to break the power of the world's most odious 'news corporation'.
So there we have it…
On the publicly-owned ABC blog, Australians can apparently much say pretty what they like about this nation's largest private media empire. Fancy expressing the view that News Corp has systematically purveyed falsehoods to massage public opinion in favour of sectarian wars? No worries! Want to call for News Corp's power to be broken? That's OK too.
Oh, the joy of free speech!
But… to even suggest that Wikileaks might be not quite the full quid after all – and that the world's most duplicitous and murderous intelligence agencies might have a hand in this collosal global media spectacle…
Press TV on #Cablegate: Iranian media just being 'paranoid'?
No, no, no, no no NO! That is SHOCKING and cannot be said in polite company!!! Certainly not on The Drum! A bridge too far for the delicate Australian public! How disgraceful to even murmur scepticism about Wikileaks!
Judging by comments that were published, it's OK to say Wikileaks is very, very good. It's fine as well to say Wikileaks is very very bad. But to imply that Wikileaks might not be 100% genuine…
That's HERESY!
Well, excuse me. I beg to differ.
I don't claim certainty that President Ahmadinejad is correct in claims he made yesterday that elements within the US administration had "released" the material intentionally to create mischief and bolster the pro-Zionist agenda. I'm not sure if Cablegate is truly an exercise in "psychological warfare".
But I can see why the Iranians might view it that way – and I do consider the issue very much open for debate. There's nothing inherently implausible about the idea that Wikileaks is essentially a black op. Stranger things have happened… There's also the possibility that Mr Assange and his colleagues are being 'played', even without their knowledge. I think that's conceivable, although unlikely. Outsiders – including self-styled 'insiders' such as ABC journalists – can't really know for sure without a lot more information.
WTC Building 7 just before it collapsed at near free-fall acceleration, supposedly due to fire; in nine years, ABC TV hasn't got round to reporting on this unprecedented mystery!
I'd like to hear more of the sceptics perspective. I'd like more informed dialogue about the whole issue of Wikileaks and what's really going on here. I'd like sufficient open debate between contrasting views to make a more informed decision about the facts.
Apparently the Australian Broadcasting Corporation does not.
Like the Australian, the ABC has a public face and a private face, a 'open to all views' rhetoric and a 'some opinions not welcome' reality. In Australia, News Corp and the ABC are like peas in a pod really. There's a revolving door between them, with staff moving from one to the other and invitations extended for interviews, commentaries and the rest almost daily. If the ABC ever cancelled all News Corp appearances on its panels of talking heads, it would result in measurably less publicly-sponsored waffle.
There is, however, one quite crucial difference between them.
Like the BBC on which it was modelled, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is signficantly more credible than the widely-reviled Murdoch media – especially for the nation's intelligensia.
In my books, that makes the ABC somewhat more dangerous.
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December 31, 2012 at 6:26am
Latest report is that the AR-15 rifle taken to the Newtown school by the shooter was NEVER taken into the school or used in the shooting. It remained in the car he drove to the school.
July 2, 2012 at 11:07pm
I too had a garage sale for guys only. Not that I excluded women from buying anything but wanted to advertise the sale for 'GUYS ONLY' in order to attract more guys who didn't want to spend their time looking at grandma's dishes, quilts etc. We had guy stuff that girls couldn't even name, let alone buy.
So I wrote my copy for the local newspaper's garage sale column and they refused to accept it. Said that it was discriminatory and that the federal law prevents them from publishing such ads. I had to back down and change my copy eliminating any reference to 'guys only' before they would print my ad.
Welcome to Obomunism.
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May 29, 2012 at 9:51am
Find out who is paying her and where she maintains an office and that will explain what her real purpose is. Nobody works for free when they are 'organizing' for revolution.
May 28, 2012 at 9:49pm
Maybe Bonnie Fwank should wear a condom on his tongue so no boy can shoot down his throat.
May 28, 2012 at 9:13pm
If Chavez wants the smallest chance to repent for his sins against humanity, he will set the people of Venezuela FREE and allow them the freedom and liberty that Jesus wants for all people in the world. He can ask for his own life to be spared but his plea will fall on deaf ears of the Creator until he gives back the lives of the people he has opressed.
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Just wait until Facebook fully launches KARMA, the company they bought for billions. Want to send a gift to another FBer?—just give FB access to your entire personal contact list so they can send it for you. And by doing so, you allow FB to send in their Trojan Horses, keyloggers and all kinds of their own malware to mine all your data and your friend's data. Privacy???—what's that?
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May 8, 2012 at 7:53pm
No current school debt repayment–no classes. Bring proof of current payment to be allowed to be seated in class. Otherwise, go home and smoke another joint.
May 4, 2012 at 8:06pm
Yes, after the vast right-wing conspiricy destroyed Bill Clinton they then went after the OWS gang, enlisting rapists, druggies, window smashers and other criminals to make them look bad while the OWSers stood silently by as their movement was hijacted. Why didn't they throw the bums out?
Protecting your own society is a fundamental element of a successful society but OWS is a bunch of angry, ignorant, lazy idiots incapable of creating a society or existing in an established one. Ruts-of-ruck dudes.
May 4, 2012 at 7:23pm
Stark may no longer be qualified to be a Congressman, but the waddle of his neck certainly qualifies him to be a part of a turkey farm. In fact, his intelligence further qualifies him. Hope the flock down there includes him in the Thanksgiving ritual. See you on the table, PEETIE.
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April 30, 2012 at 10:09pm
Actuall the entire episode is stupid. Planes have been used in controlled crashes since the 1950s to test aircraft structural integrity and passenger survivability. Goto the FAA website and search aircraft crash safety programs and don't waste our time with yesterday's news.
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April 24, 2012 at 10:45am
I had a young (3 yr.) arabian who refused to cross a small wooden bridge over an irrigation ditch. After many repeated attempts to familiarize the horse with the bridge while riding him and leading him without success, I decided to pull him across with my pickup. a wide, elastic strap was positioned around his rump and around his belly behind his fore legs. To him, the rump strap would feel like someone pushing him and the belly strap woukd pull without interfering with his legs or head. I slowly pulled him toward the bridge against him trying to plant his fromt feet in the dirt leading up to it. He gave up once over the bridge and assumed a labored walk over the bridge but not without a few snorts to show his displeasure. We turned the truck and horse around on the other side ard repeated the round trip process twice. Took off his strapes, saddled and bridled him, then rode him over and back several times. He never again refused a bridge–even went over them with enthusiasm.
There is nothing wrong with using power over a horse's power when done safely. The old gent could use some horse training himself.
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You think that explosion was bad? Wail till we're forced to drive around with 200 gallon compressed natural gas (CNG) tanks in our back seats or even worse, hydrogen tanks of the same size.
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April 16, 2012 at 10:26pm
The only way the flavor of coffee can be released is by BOILING HOT water. Even poor beans can make a decent cup of coffee with boiling hot water. No home coffee maker ever gets water hot enough to make anything but crap. Also, watch for stale coffee beans, the ones that have been in glass jars for months with no buyers. Better to buy them at WalMart where there is a better turnover of stock.
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April 8, 2012 at 12:37pm
Egypt and its new imperialists, the Muslim Brotherhood, are not going to PROTECT the Sinai–they are going to take it over and use it to destroy Israel. Anyone who could not see this coming has their head up their arse while shooting up at the same time.
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April 5, 2012 at 8:39pm
I bought a '94Toyota Corolla for $150.00 before was on its way to the junkyard, put in $958 bucks for parts and help and am getting 22/35 mpg. Shove Prius,Leaf and Chevy Votes. I'm saving the planet gas so you 4-wheelers can have more fun. Wheeeee !!
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You should qualify for a home loan, lenders said.
With a leaking Gulf oil well plugged and interest rates hovering around 4 percent, lenders are seeing more activity and Realtors are showing property again, said Ken Cramton, branch manager of America's Mortgage Resource in Fairhope.
"People are getting prequalified, and the phones are ringing since they capped the well," he said. "It's all about people's confidence. It's encouraging, but the market is still not where it needs to be."
But greater down payments and more hurdles are required when buying a condo, Realtors said.
The average rate for 30-year fixed loans this week was 4.49 percent, down from 4.54 percent last week, according to Freddie Mac. That's the lowest since the federal lender began tracking rates in 1971. The average rate on the 15-year fixed loan dropped to 3.95 percent, down from 4 percent last week and the lowest on record.
To get a loan, a person should have worked in the same job for at least a year, consumer credit experts said. Typically, the better the credit score, the less down payment is required to get a conventional loan. For example, a buyer with a credit rating in the 660 range can get a 30-year conventional loan at 5 percent down, lenders said.
To buy a condominium unit, expect to pay 20 to 25 percent down, agents said.
A Federal Housing Administration loan requires a 3.5 percent down payment with a credit score of 620 or more, according to lenders. No down payment is required if a buyer qualifies for a USDA loan, and has a credit score of 620 or more.
"For those starting out with not a lot of credit, like first-time buyers, it might be a little harder," said Glynis Hyde, a vice president of Regions Bank Mortgage in Mobile. "I try to encourage the parents that I work with to have their college-age children start establishing credit so when they get out of school they can buy a house."
The problem for many first-time buyers is bad credit, said Elaine Sessions of Roberts Brothers in west Mobile.
"They have gotten lax and are not doing what they need to do to keep their credit good," she said. "We can show them how to fix it and increase their credit scores."
Sessions said that she has sold as many houses this year as she did in 2009, but at prices much lower than the prior year, she said. One reason is that the existing home market is competing with lower-priced foreclosures and short sales, she said.
These days, "if an existing home owner wants to sell, and all things being equal, he has to be the cheapest one on the block," said Claud Clark of Clark-Davis P.C., Real Estate Appraisers in Magnolia Springs.
For example, he said, if an appraiser is working on one property in a 100-unit condo complex where the units are all nice, one-bedrooms, but there are 15 foreclosures in the complex competing with other units for sale, then those foreclosures have to be considered.
Condominium buyers at the Gulf experience some of the biggest lending challenges, according to Realtors.
If a condo unit has a rental desk on the premises and full-time rental workers, the condo complex is usually considered a condotel and Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and most of the national investors will not lend on units there, lenders said. Loan underwriters also check to see how many units are rentals, how many are owner-occupied and how many are owned by investors, lenders said. There's also a check on the financial stability of the condo's property owners association.
Allen Johnson of Three Palms Real Estate said that he has a solid buyer with no real debt who wants to put more than 25 percent down on a $368,000 condo unit. The complex is not on the condotel list, said the Orange Beach broker. But the bank wants 45 to 60 days instead of 30 days to get back to him while they analyze a 2008 audit of the condo's owners association, he said.
"It's almost like they are looking for ways not to do loans," Johnson said. "How in the world is anything going to rebound when qualified people cannot borrow money to purchase these properties?"


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The Alabama men's golf team posted the best team score during each of the final two rounds at this weekend's NCAA Northeast Regional in New Jersey, winning the event and advancing with the top five teams to the May 26-30 NCAA championship in Toledo, Ohio.
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Alabama shot a 22-over 874 through the three days, topping qualifers Tennessee (26-over), Illinois (35-over), Virginia (37-over) and Wake Forest (38-over). It was the first tournament title since the fall for the rebuilding Crimson Tide, which has struggled to match the heroics of last year's senior-laden team. But a lineup with three freshmen now appears to be rounding into form at the right time.
"I think we really beat the field pretty badly the last two days," Alabama coach Jay Seawell said. "We're going to hang our hat on that, use all the positives that come with it and get ready to try to win a national championship here in a week or so."
Redshirt freshman Hunter Hamrick took medalist honors at the regional, carding a 1-under-par total that made him the lone player in the entire field to break par on a tough course. Fellow freshman Bud Cauley tied for third at 4-over-par.
"This is the first time all year I've felt comfortable with my team," Seawell said. "I thought everybody was peaking. Everybody was playing well. We're confident. We're not trying to find our way around. I felt really comfortable with the five that were playing this week. I'm really glad to see they did play well, because it makes we feel better for next week also."


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|Name: dwatch
|Distribution: Extras Packages for Enterprise Linux
|Version: 0.1.1
|Vendor: Fedora Project
|Release: 3.el5
|Build date: Fri Jun 1 03:08:36 2007
|Group: Applications/System
|Build host: hammer2.fedora.redhat.com
|Size: 26823
|Source RPM: dwatch-0.1.1-3.el5.src.rpm
|Packager: Fedora Project <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
|Url: http://siag.nu/dwatch/
|Summary: A program that watches over other programs
Dwatch (Daemon Watch) is a program that watches over other programs and performs actions based on conditions specified in a configuration file. See dwatch.conf for an example of what the file might look like. Dwatch is meant to be run from cron at regular intervals.
* Fri Jun 01 2007 Bernard Johnson <email@example.com> - 0.1.1-3 - take junk out of default config file and just reference man page - change man page from dwatch(5) to dwatch.conf(5) - give a more complex example in dwatch.conf(5) man page * Fri May 25 2007 Bernard Johnson <firstname.lastname@example.com> - 0.1.1-2 - fix dwatch.5 man page to use double quotes around argument * Thu May 24 2007 Bernard Johnson <email@example.com> - 0.1.1-1 - initial release
/etc/cron.d/dwatch /etc/dwatch.conf /usr/bin/dwatch /usr/share/doc/dwatch-0.1.1 /usr/share/doc/dwatch-0.1.1/COPYING /usr/share/doc/dwatch-0.1.1/ChangeLog /usr/share/doc/dwatch-0.1.1/README /usr/share/man/man1/dwatch.1.gz /usr/share/man/man5/dwatch.conf.5.gz
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