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Smith, who died Sunday at 45, was the executive director for facilities planning, which is a fancy way of saying he figured out how the district would use its buildings and directed the design and construction of new ones.
Superintendents come and go, especially in urban systems. Educational trends last for a few years before they are replaced with new ideas.
But buildings outlast them all. They remain, often with minimal changes, for generations.
It's a safe bet that in 50 years students still will be walking the halls of the new Sibley Elementary and the historically renovated Harrison Park Elementary and Middle School.
When No Child Left Behind is a footnote in history, students still will be in classes at the Alger and Gerald R. Ford middle schools and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Academy.
Think of the sheer magnitude of the projects Smith was worked on. In addition to the schools mentioned above, the historically renovated Burton and new Dickinson Elementary open in the fall. Plans are underway for a new Hall Elementary. Kent Hills Elementary, like Palmer Elementary, is getting a dramatic renovation.
Add to the list Coit Elementary and the Southwest Community Campus, major projects completed during the Patricia Newby era.
Smith wasn't just the guy collecting the bids and setting the timeline. An architect by training, he had a say in what these buildings look like inside and out.
He favored a flexibility that should allow the schools to be used in a variety of ways -- to meet those educational trends as they come and go without requiring expensive changes to the bricks and mortar.
People in the district speak reverently of former Superintendent Phillip Runkel, and rightly so. But Runkel left in 1978 and 30 years later, I'm not sure what, if anything, he created in Grand Rapids remains.
But 30 years from today Dave Smith's fingerprints will continue to be visible all over the district. That's a legacy.
John Helmholdt, the district's spokesman, sent me a photo of Smith at Sibley that I want to share. "This truly captures him in his element," Helmholdt said. "Here he is glowing with excitement, surrounded by children, on a beautiful sunny day, with ground-breaking dirt and shovels in the background."


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Badgers fail to get to Dalton
TCU quarterback gets rid of ball quickly
Pasadena, Calif. — There were several times in Wisconsin's loss to TCU where the Badgers' defensive linemen felt they were going to have a shot at Horned Frogs quarterback Andy Dalton.
One problem: Once they got even near Dalton, the ball was already out of the quarterback's hands.
In fact, Dalton could have loaded up on cologne and Wisconsin defenders barely would have gotten a sniff of it. Dalton never was hit on a pass play - and UW didn't even come close to getting a sack.
"The best thing about their quarterback is he got the ball out very, very quick," said defensive lineman J.J. Watt, who finished with just three tackles, two of them solos. "I was on him clean a few times and the ball was already gone. A lot of our defensive linemen had success, but the ball was already gone. You're not going to get many sacks when the guy is getting the ball out in two seconds."
This wasn't totally out of character for TCU, which allowed just nine sacks all year. Noting this, Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema said his team tried to instead play coverage and force Dalton to make reads to his second and third options.
The plan didn't exactly work, as Dalton completed 15 of 23 passes for 219 yards and a touchdown, an average of 14.6 yards per completion. The Badgers came into the game allowing an average of 11.9 yards per catch.
"Dalton impressed me all year long on film and he didn't disappoint the TCU fans tonight. He's a very, very good quarterback," Bielema said.
The Badgers also got caught on some play-fakes, accounting for passes of 44, 33 and 23 yards, the latter a touchdown to Bart Johnson.
Dalton had success on third-and-long plays, too. In the first quarter, he completed passes for first downs twice on third and 10, and in the fourth quarter got 13 yards on a third and 8.
"I think if we could have gotten a little pressure on him the outcome might have been different, who knows," said defensive tackle Patrick Butrym.
On a third-and-goal play from the 4 in the first quarter, Watt had a chance at Dalton but bit on a fake, moving to his left as Dalton sprinted in the other direction to the corner of the end zone for a touchdown and a 14-10 lead. TCU would never trail again.
"He's a good football player and you give your best football player the ball," Watt said. "We didn't stop him and that's how you lose a football game."
Watt did knock down one pass, as did Louis Nzegwu, but, according to Watt, UW's linemen didn't do a good enough job getting their hands up.
The same couldn't be said about the speed in which Dalton got the ball out of his hand.
"We had some very good pass moves going on and we felt we beat their O-line a little bit, but at the end of the day he got the ball out quick enough to beat us and obviously they won the game because of it," Watt said.
About the only time Dalton got dirty was when he didn't mind - taking a knee at the end of the game to finish off TCU's victory.

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The women told police they were demonstrating on the Steve Reynolds Boulevard overpass in Gwinnett County on Saturday, when a man pulled up beside them. They said he pointed a gun at one of them and splashed another with an unknown liquid.
Marge Moore tells WSB Radio that she felt the liquid burning on her foot and thinks it was a household chemical. She says a couple in a car had driven by moments before the incident and threatened to kill them.
No arrests have been made.
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"Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling." What happens at "High Noon?"
Cinema history often claims that The Great Train Robbery is the first American story- driven film. Since that time Western movies have become an important genre. From hundreds of silent Western films (with Bronco Billy Anderson, William S. Hart, Tom Mix and Iowa's Raymond Hatton) to talkies, color films, Cinemascope, Cinerama, 3-D films and Imax movies, Westerns have continued to be a part of the American cultural scene.
Many Western superstars, television stars, and "B" movie stars have Iowa connections. Everyone knows John Wayne was born in Winterset, Raymond Hatton (over 330 films to his name) was born in Red Oak, Bob Baker was from Forest City, Neville Brand from Griswold, Jimmy Ellison was born in Guthrie Center, MacDonald Carey in Sioux City and many more. Some female Western stars with an Iowa connection are Julie Adams, born in Waterloo, Peggy Moran and Beth Marion from Clinton, Donna Reed from Denison, Iris Meredith born in Sioux City and several more. All of these stars have been part of the Western genre in films.
This week's film at the Orpheum stars Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. Cooper also has an Iowa connection. He once came from his home state of Montana to attend Iowa College in Grinnell. Both Cooper and Kelly were big stars in Hollywood at the time "High Noon" was filmed. The film won Gary Cooper one of three Academy Awards. Two awards were for Best Actor (High Noon and Sergeant York) and his second award was for Lifetime Achievement. Cooper also won a Golden Globe for his "High Noon" role.
Grace Kelly was a beautiful Irish-American actress who oozed style and class. Her role in "High Noon" was a departure from her best-known films. She really became a household name under the tutelage of Alfred Hitchcock in "Rear Window," "Dial M for Murder" and "To Catch a Thief." Cooper was almost 20 years older than Kelly at the time of the filming, but that's Hollywood. Kelly later married Prince Rainier, of Monaco, and left show business.
"High Noon" is considered the first of the "adult" Westerns. That doesn't mean it has adult content, like today's films. It simply means it was different from the typical "shoot'um up" of the Saturday matinee. "High Noon" dealt more honestly with courage, commitment and bravery than any film before it. It reflects on the some of the best and worst of early America.
Strap on your six-gun and check out "High Noon" this weekend at the Orpheum.
Show times are 7 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Visit the theater for tours and check out the gallery and exhibit hall that features Iowa stage and film memorabilia and information. Call the Orpheum Theater Center movie hotline at 641-844-5907 or visit www.orpheumcenter.com
Tom LaVille is a retired Marshalltown drama and literature teacher. LaVille's Critic's Corner column appears Friday in the Times-Republican.


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The discounts on distress sales are critical for investors. Discounts? the price differences between "normal," full value properties and a distress sales like foreclosures or short sales?set the parameters for capital gains when a property is sold, especially in markets with modest price appreciation. All things being equal, the greater the discount the greater the potential gain.
Discounts for foreclosures versus short sales have been undergoing some fascinating and unanticipated changes in recent months, making short sales, which may equal or overtake REO sales this year, more attractive to investors than they once were.
The Ten Percent Gap
When they were rarely used, before the housing bust, short sales typically sold at a discount around 10 percent or so, which was about 10 percent less than the discounts enjoyed by the average REO. In about 2009, as foreclosures flooded markets in the "sand states," the discounts for foreclosures and short sales both jumped 10 percent, to about 30 percent for foreclosures and 20 percent for short sales.
The reasoning behind the difference between short sales and REOs relates to condition. The thinking was that homeowners undertaking short sales were motivated to do so to protect their credit to the extent possible and therefore it was in their interests to maintain their properties in better condition than properties that had suffered foreclosure. Unlike foreclosures, short sales are not repossessed and original owners often remain in place until the sale is closed. Foreclosures, on the other hand, often suffer ill treatment at their hands of their defaulting owners and may languish in Neverland for years and slowly deteriorate, especially in recent years, in the wake of the Robo-signing scandal.
No longer are short sales unusual; today they are nearly as common as foreclosures. Lengthy delays in processing foreclosures in the wake of Robogate scandal, new federal rules designed to speed up the short sale process, the prevalence of software platforms for short sales and a gradual acceptance of short sales by lenders has made the process of selling homes for less than their mortgage principal easier and more popular. Bank of America is even offering some struggling homeowners payments of up to $30,000 if they sell their homes in a short sale and avoid ending up in foreclosure.
Short Sales Catch up to REOs
Beginning in 2010, as short sales became more prevalent, the difference between the two forms of distress sales began to shrink. In April 2010 short sales were averaging a 21 percent discount nationwide, REOs a 27 percent discount. By January 2012, when Lender Processing Services began reporting foreclosure and short sale discounts on a monthly basis, the difference had shrunk to 3 percent: 21 percent discount for short sales, 24 percent for foreclosures. In March and April, the latest data available, discounts were at 25 percent for foreclosures and 22 percent for short sales.
Short sale discounts are greater in markets with a heavier saturation of distress sales and less in those that are stabilizing. RealtyTrac recently found that although big discounts are still available with short sales, those discounts may be dwindling in some local markets as rock-bottom home prices draw in buyer demand, finally forming a solid market bottom, such as Detroit and Washington, D.C., although it's likely that Richmond, Va., Grand Rapids, Mich., Birmingham, Ala., and possibly Oklahoma City and Des Moines fall into this category.
Another reason for the convergence of discounts is simply that the task of managing the large number of distressed properties in the market today is immense, which may, in some cases, contribute to suboptimal pricing of some distressed properties. Moreover, banks don't want to compete with themselves. "Banks are getting about the same price on short sales and foreclosure sales in areas that have high levels of distressed transactions," said Raj Dosaj of LPS. "Clearly the mortgage industry has made significant efforts to put distressed properties through the short sale process as an alternative to foreclosure."
Finally, another factor affecting the changing difference between short sale and foreclosure discounts may be the scarcity of move-in ready REOs today. Though inventories of both foreclosures and short sales are generally low, move-in ready properties, which sell at the least discount from normal listings, are the most difficult to find today. The LPS numbers may reflect a greater percentage of deeply discounted damaged properties among foreclosures that require significant expenditures to restore to move-in conditions and therefore, higher discounts to sell. Thus, the difference between short sale and REO discounts may actually be less than LPS calculations.
Best Banks for Short Sale Bargains
Just as short sale discounts vary by market, they also vary by lender. Last week RealtyTrac released a fascinating and useful analysis of the seven best banks for short sale bargains.
1. PNC Financial Group
Avg. Pre-Foreclosure Sales Price: $133,015
Avg. Percent Discount: 40%
Avg. Days to Sell: 151
2. Government Entities (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and HUD)
Avg. Pre-Foreclosure Sales Price: $127,618
Avg. Percent Discount: 42%
Avg. Days to Sell: 154
3. Ally Financial (Formerly GMAC)
Avg. Pre-Foreclosure Sales Price: $143,410
Avg. Percent Discount: 35%
Avg. Days to Sell: 188
4. Ocwen Financial
Avg. Pre-Foreclosure Sales Price: $126,071
Avg. Percent Discount: 43%
Avg. Days to Sell: 168
5. Sun Trust Banks
Avg. Pre-Foreclosure Sales Price: $151,308
Avg. Percent Discount: 32%
Avg. Days to Sell: 207
6. Bank of New York Mellon
Avg. Pre-Foreclosure Sales Price: $155,488
Avg. Percent Discount: 30%
Avg. Days to Sell: 283
7. Bank of America
Avg. Pre-Foreclosure Sales Price: $166,389
Avg. Percent Discount: 25%
Avg. Days to Sell: 223
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There seems to be a popular belief that the Java programming language is unsuitable for video game development, often citing either the runtime speed or the "power" of the language.
Today, I'm going to take a stab at putting this myth to bed; it's not true, and those who tell you otherwise are misinformed and should be listened to only with a healthy grain of salt.
I'm a believer in the concept of "putting up or shutting up" — that is, you should be willing to back up what you say with solid evidence or you should stop saying it — and so I'll start by providing some evidence to support my claims. We'll then take a look at why people might believe this particular myth, and examine some of the reasons Java might still not be suitable for your specific game.
The proof: Java is suitable for video games:
A simple case of proof by contradiction: if there are good quality games programmed using Java, then Java must be suitable for games. Let's look at a few notable games created with Java:
- RuneScape is a popular Java-based MMORPG which can be played in a web-browser window. According to Wikipedia the game "has approximately 10 million active accounts, [and] over 200 million accounts created", whilst this Java.com page lists "over 135 million users who have already discovered RuneScape". This is a very successful and popular game.
- Puzzle Pirates offers both single player-puzzles as well as a MMO puzzle-solving experience, and has over 4 million registered users. The game is free to play, but offers premium content and subscription-only "oceans" (servers) as in-game purchases. The game was originally released in 2003 and is still going strong today. Again, this is a very successful title.
- Minecraft is "a game about placing blocks to build anything you can imagine". At the time of my writing, according to the official website "36,456,346 people have registered and 6,873,118 people bought the game". A stats page is provided on the website. This game is fairly recent, and is a pretty well known smash-hit success.
- Spiral Knights is a newer MMOPRG with attractive graphics which opened to the general public in 2011 and reached 1 million user accounts within 3 months of launch, and has since exceeded 3 million. The game is free-to-play but offers premium features including the ability to start a guild.
- Wurm Online is yet another Java-based MMORPG featuring dynamic, player-constructed worlds, and has been going strong since a beta release in 2003. This game presents a different experience than more mainstream MMO titles, but has a loyal player-base and is usually able to count the number of online players at any given time in the low thousands. At the time of my writing there were a little over 3000 paying players currently active, and whilst this is lower than popular commercial MMOs it's certainly nothing for an indie to scoff at.
Given these examples, it seems blindingly obvious that Java is suitable for at least some games. There's nothing about the language or platform that prevented these games from being very successful. So…
Why do some people think Java is unsuitable?
There are a couple of reasons this particular myth came to be commonly believed.
The first is historical. Java used to be pretty terrible for creating any non-trivial game. The code was interpreted (newer versions benefit from JIT compilation) and there were therefore serious performance concerns. There also weren't as many libraries for would-be game creators as more popular choices such as C and C++ provided.
Secondly because Java — like any programming language — isn't suitable for all games and some people unfortunately take that a little too far and decide that Java must not be suitable for any games. There aren't a lot of professional games (excluding the more recently popular Android platform) written in Java, and so many falsely conclude that hobbyist and indie developers should not use it either.
Thirdly Java is taught as an introductory programming language at many colleges and universities, often poorly, or well but not to a great extent, and so there are many bad or mediocre would-be programmers out in the world creating bad examples of software written in Java. Any programming language will look bad if you examine poorly written software created with it, and unfortunately there is a highly visible wealth of such examples available for Java. This should not reflect on what can be achieved if the language is used well, as in the examples given above.
Is Java suitable for your game?
Personal preference plays a huge part in the smart selection of tools and programming languages. Many people — myself included — simply don't really like Java, and if you are one of those people then Java will not likely be a good choice for your next project.
Assuming you don't have a dislike for the language you should next examine the libraries available to help achieve your goal. What sort of game are you making, and are there libraries available to a Java programmer which will help make your life easier? If there are, then you can consider Java as a good potential candidate for your project; if not, you may wish to look elsewhere.
Hopefully this helps to clear up some misconceptions about the suitability of Java. Like any programming language, it isn't for everyone, and it certainly isn't suitable for all projects, but in the majority of cases it simply doesn't deserve the bad reputation. Be on the lookout for follow-up articles over the next week or two on why I personally prefer to avoid Java, and a look at some of the resources available to those who want to create their next game using the language.


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One has to ask these questions and serioulsy ponder over the realities of such conclusions.
Interpolating and Extrapolating:
Markets crash
US Gov't bails out banks with US Citizen TRILLIONS
Millions unemployed
Tens of Millions speaking about DESTROYING current political structure
Goldman Sachs finally convicted and fined, pennies on the dollar
Libor scandal breaks, no one is arressted or executed
Congress and insider trading is a mainstay
Jon Corzine loses $1.6B, a former Senator, Congressmen and Goldman Sachs CEO
Black man is elected president to curtail the contempt the US Citizen has for its political leaders..so called leaders
Unemployment is down less then 8%, reality is it is at 23%, borderline catalyst numbers for a Revolution
Trillions are spent for WMD, no WMD found, Corporations make record profits
Notice the propaganda media blitzes the airwaves and screen with terrorist movies after this latest blast in Boston, another diversion from allowing the US Citizen from cleaning up the Dirty WHITE HOUSE and CONGRESS?
not to hard to believe.
We don't trust Wall St. (they call stealing our money "the game")
We don't trust our political leaders (Jon Corzine god know what he did in office, keep printing new money and devaluing our saved money,They shoved it deep to Ollie North.)
We don't trust Big Banks (too big to fail but the banks have only gotten bigger now more then ever_
We don't trust Corporations (Cogwells Spencer Inc. past 2 CEO set up their company to be taken over, GSK baby drug testing murdering dozens and pays $29K a babie?, tobacco companies deep shelf reports cigarettes cause cancer for over 70 years)
Are we turly suppose to trust these people? Not be looking for rope to treat them how they would have been treated in Ole Dodge City, with a sign this is what we do to rustlers around here. Putting a black man in office or next perhaps a woman shouldn't quell your thirst for justice and the truth.
The list and points can go on foreve
Please share such topics of conversation at the dinner table and feel free to email this post to friends, families and patriots who have tired of being their futures negatively pushed out another 15 years.


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No you can't redeem US point cards on a foreign Wii.
I discovered the delights of the online Wii stuff over the weekend (after finally connecting it to my Orange Livebox) and my wife wasted no time downloading Super Mario Bros. for the VC.
I'm not too happy about the price of Wii Points, though. You can buy 1000 points off the Wii for £7. I went into Virgin Megastore and they had 2000 points for £20, and then Gamestation were selling 2000 points for £15. Why the difference?
My real question is this - can I buy Wii Points any cheaper in the US with the exchange rate being so good and still use them on my UK Wii - I suppose I would have to get the cards sent across mail order, but will US points cards still be redeemable on a UK Wii?
No you can't redeem US point cards on a foreign Wii.
Brawl Code: 3866-7670-3577 Name: Ali
Tell me if you added me if you haven't already!
I love WiiChat!
I agree, Wii points are WAY too expensive.
I think around 2-3 quid per game is reasonable (less for NES games etc)
£7 is a rip off for N64 games. There are plenty of good emulators available for PC that will allow you to play all these games for free. We are only paying for the novelty of playing these games on our Wii...
Still, it is pretty cool having the option to do so!
There must be a cheaper way of getting hold of them?
I agree with all said above..... Why can't we use us points over here? On ebay there are cheap points but for us only!! PLus they get them sent through email!! Can we get that?
Because Virgin Megastores grossly overprice all electronic goods. In my opinion, stick to shopping at Gamestation and HMV, and that's only if you really have to shop in the high street. Personally I always prefer to buy stuff online where you can rely on it being cheaper.Originally Posted by wyska
Hey, I know just what you guys are talking about.
I hate paying so much for Wii points that give me
so few games per points. 500 for NES?!?! Come on...
I finally found a way around this problem...
I found a website, called Gaming Lagoon,
where you can get Free Wii Points, virtual console controlers,
and other wii accessories and they will ship it to you free.
Go to http://www.gamnglagoon.com/?ref=65246
at Gaming Lagoon all you have to do is sign up, complete short surveys,
and soon enough you will have free Wii points coming in your mail.
I have recieved a few cards already, and it's great not to have to pay
for so many wii points any more!
Take my advice and visit http://www.gamnglagoon.com/?ref=65246
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wb9124 I've reported you to the moderators. Your very first post on the board is spam? Not cool
he didnt even spell his own referral link correctly....(and its for USA only)
Well guys i heard a lot of people don't have access to wii points, but i got a solution for this. I for one wanted try play the original super mario brothers so i did this and got it from the wii shop channel.
This site is useful because it is worldwide and everyone can use it. Unlike that annoying gaming lagoon which is just for US!!!
Once u go there, signup, complete surveys and ull be awarded with points. Then you can spend these points to buy wii points, or other stuff. My bro also got a white psp and i got 2 classic controllers as well as 4000 wii points
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johnsmith555: Ass. Stop spamming the threads. Both of your posts are the same.


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Californian Pop band The Morning Benders change their name through fear of offending gay fans
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I'd be a lot more interested in seeing the if they were called the morning benders!!
Political correctness gone mad!
Context, my friends. Context. They didn't mean any insult so I take none… its a shame they felt the need to change their name but I can understand and appreciate the respect given to us a community by doing so.
And the massive publicity boost they have received on the back of it :)
I agree. I'd go and see the Morning Benders. Pop ETC sounds bland. Were the Queers actually gay? I'm not sure they were. But they were calling themselves that name for the right reasons so it's not important.
If they hadn't have changed their name they could have changed their music and started playing queecore! What does a morning bender mean to an American? Is it like going on a bender in the morning?
What a shame. A pretty cool name; morning bender. If I hadn't read this; as a 'bender' myself…I would have equated 'morning bender', with some kind of drinking reference – not an attempt to upset gay people.
I also think, many Americans are very wary of upsetting/offending gay people, in the context of discrimination and bigotry that exists in many sections of American society; particularly mainstream politics.
We occasionally moan about your rights being occasionally curtailed (gay marriage is fully legal here; full legal equality with breeders – in all but name – and that's about to change). Spare a thought for American cousins; who may well endup with a President who makes the Pope look like a moderate liberal.
how about correcting that headline?
morning Benders are "Californian".. not "Canadian". We understand that to you Brits, Canada, US, it's all one big blob on the other side of the blue part of the map. But California is not in Canada.
Canada is a country.
California is a State in the U.S.
The U.S. is a different country.
Wow. Talk about rage from a mistake. Its nice to know how low your opinion of the British people is.
Come on PN. How hard is it to proof read these stories.
Of course if Canadians and north americans in general were not so lazy with language then Canada would be Canadia and Florida; Floridia. After all it is Caledonia and not Caledona :)
An American lecturing Brits on geography….please!
Most Americans couldn't find their own arses with both hands! x
The band are from California, which is in the U.S, yet the author says they're Canadian in the heading. Great job:P
Good job mates for changing your name. Many of you know that the Christian movement in the US is trying to push their anti-gay agenda by using black propaganda to make LGBT people look bad and name calling is what the Christians teach their children to do to attack LGBT people. Proof the Christians are using psychological warfare and operations to try to destroy gays, young and old.
How is that relevant? (even though true…)
Using the original name gives them a chance (if they have the bottle….(balls)…) to stand up to that
But to do that means they have to be very sure of their own sexuality and understand the issues – something which, if they're all str8 (or ostensibly str8) they may not be up to doing…
i quite like the name The morning benders. makes them sound hardcore party goers. maybe binge eating croissants lol. i never took offense at the name but can understand why they changed it. respect to them for thining of others :)
In America a bender is when one goes on a drinking rampage. For example I know a few alcoholics who have gone on week long benders. I'm assuming that that the members in this band party so late into the evening that it becomes morning.
It also means that in the UK too…
Personally I find the name "The Morning Benders" a very good name and have no confusion as to its meaning or intent , don't see the problem with it at all , how sad they changed a good name .
I really think you should change the name back! The Morning Benders is a FAR ore interesting name than Pop Etc – which sounds like some crap 90's girl group as envisaged by Louis Walsch…
I think the band is being daft…
They need to spend some time in London around other UK indie bands to understand how shock is often used both in names and lyrics to promote response and stimulate ideas…
Aside from anything else, if they really care about the LGBT community they should keep the original name and use it to stir debate…!
Long live The Morning Benders!
Of course this also all stems from US 'ewwness' about the word 'fag' (which of course means nothing to UK people at all aside from a slang term for a cigarette)…
Bender really doesn't have the same sting it did say 20 years ago…
Of course 'going on a bender' also means going out to get drunk…
This stems more from their inability to navigate the questions (as yet) than it does about the (supposed) offensiveness of the name…
Its called 'Say it loud Say it proud', boys…
If they were a British band then of course they should have a name which is not *insulting* to a group of people in Britian.
Since I am a DJ in America and I have never heard of them…….I don't think it matters what their name is here in America. If they have dreams of being big in England, then more power to their name change.
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VINELAND -- A used van was reported stolen from A. Estates Inc., a South Delsea Drive car dealership, on Wednesday.
The dealer told police the white, 15-seat 1996 Ford E-350 XL van was stolen off the lot's north end. He last saw the van around noon on Sunday.
The van is valued at $4,995. It has 132,867 miles on it.
The dealer told police a man claiming to be from Staten Island, New York, visited his dealership and inquired about the van last Friday. The man, who was accompanied by a friend, told him the van was useless to him without a third seat, which allows for seating of up to 15 people.
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Ever have one of those days where everything spirals out of control?
Brad Mannie certainly has.
October 27, 2008: Associated Press: Earlier that day, the Inkster man had been laid off from his production and maintenance job at Stress-Con Industries Inc.
With his final paycheck in hand, Mannie decided to cash it at a CVS while purchasing a notebook for his son.
October 26, 2008: Click on Detroit: " Mannie was cashing his last paycheck Friday night at a CVS store at Telegraph Road and Grand River Avenue in Detroit with his 12-year-old son, D'Vonte.
When they returned to their car, police said a man was hiding in the back. The man took Mannie's money and shot him.
Mannie was shot in the hip. He was released Saturday but doctors told him he has a long recovery ahead.
"Everything we had ... I don't know what to do," said Mannie.
Mannie was still in the frame of mind where he could follow the man who shot him in his car and give a description to the police.
The police tracked the car down to a house where a gun was recovered, but the man who shot Mannie was not present.
But at least these people had a home.
October 27, 2008: Free Press: Mannie, 37, his fiancee, Catrina Watson, and their two children have to be out of the Inkster home they rent by Nov. 1 because the landlord has fallen into foreclosure. "I don't know where we're going to go," Mannie said Sunday.
"I never thought something like this would happen to me."
Now Mannie's facing unemployment, disability and homelessness all within a day.
But at least D'Vonte learned a lesson from all this.
October 26, 2008: Click on Detroit: Mannie's son said he's learned a lesson, "Do good in school so you ain't got to deal with this stuff no more," he said.


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An Owego family is left homeless after fire sweeps through their apartment building.
Investigators say the building had smoke detectors, but they're unsure if they alerted the family.
But as Action News Reporter Julianne Sweeney tells us, everyone's just thankful no one was harmed.
This is what's left of 7 East Avenue in the Village of Owego.
Flames swept through the 2-story apartment building early Tuesday morning around 4:30 am...
Destroying everything in its path.
"We had heavy fire on the first floor in the front room, which extended all the way up to the second story." said Village of Owego 1st Assistant Fire Chief Dan Gavin.
Rachael Klug was asleep in one apartment with her 2 children.
Her mother and brother were in the other.
Her apartment had a smoke detector, but she does not recall hearing any alarm.
"I don't know how I woke up. I just woke up, and it was just black smoke." said Klug.
Tioga County Fire Investigators confirm the building had smoke detectors, but they're unsure if the devices were working properly.
The fire also shook neighbors from the sleep.
"Flames were shooting out and hitting my building at least 30 feet touching the top of my building." said Anthony Van Gorden of Owego.
Klug grabbed her 2 children, and they escaped through a second floor window.
Her mother and brother were able to get out safely.
"Right now I feel grateful that me and the kids are out and that we're safe." said Klug.
Tioga Investigators say a 1st floor space heater is to blame.
The building is considered a loss.
Still, Klug says her family is able to recover some of their belongings.
A local Realtor wants to help those left homeless after the fire.
Team Rein in Vestal says it's working with the American Red Cross of the Southern Tier to find housing.
It owns property in the Owego area that is ready to rent.
It plans to waive application fees and speed up the rental process.


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RICHMOND HEIGHTS Richmond Heights Schools Superintendent Dr. Linda Hardwick has been released from her duties effective Nov. 4 pending an investigation into the firing of a district employee.
After an executive session held Nov. 3, the board voted, 3-2, in favor of the decision to put her on a paid release, which stems from an investigation into the Oct. 27 firing of school clerk Peggy Parker.
According to school treasurer Brenda Brcak, Parker was fired for insubordination and misappropriation of confidential district documents. Additionally, she said Parker was dishonest during the course of the board's investigation.
Board member Aaron Burko said during that investigation, some information came to light that possibly involved wrong-doing by Hardwick and needed to be further investigated.
Brcak said the official reason for Hardwick's leave is misappropriation of district records and documents and said it likely coincides with Parker's firing.
"She will be on leave until the board finishes its investigation or drops the charges," said Brcak.
District attorney and former board member Charles Tyler will be conducting the investigation on behalf of the district, as he did with the Parker investigation.
In a statement, Tyler said Hardwick is entitled to a fair investigation and her privacy and due process rights will not be violated. He said Nov. 8 the investigation has just begun and it is too early to tell how long it will take to conclude.
Board President Josh Kaye said the board anticipates a decision will be coming close to the time of the next regularly scheduled board meeting Nov. 21, but could not be certain.
"It's outside of our control. We're not investigating it personally," said Kaye, who referred any further questions to Tyler.
Elementary school principal Dr. Robert Moore will serve as interim superintendent during the investigation, the board announced Nov. 7. He acted in the same capacity in January when Hardwick took a personal leave.
Board members Linda Pliodzinskas and Bobby Jordan both voted no in the decision to place Hardwick on leave, as well as being the two to vote no on a 3-2 vote to fire Parker.
Attempts by The Sun Messenger to reach Hardwick by phone have been unsuccessful.
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City may have dedicated cycle lanes
The City may soon get dedicated cycle tracks if the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) implements the State Transport Departments proposal.
Announcing this at the 'Breathe Easy' campaign launched by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on Wednesday the Principal Secretary to the Transport Department M K Shankarlinge Gowda said a proposal to the effect has been forwarded to BBMP.
"There are close to 40 lakh vehicles plying on City's roads today, while in 1996 it was a mere six lakh vehicles. Of the manifold increase in vehicles, 24 lakh are two-wheelers and 80,000 are autos. Everyday there is an estimated addition of 1,350 vehicles. Thus, there is a dire need to have dedicated cycle lanes to reduce burgeoning increase in vehicles," said Shankarlinge Gowda.
A visible change can be brought about if a large number of motorists switch over to cycles, as a mode of transport, he added. Also speaking, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) Chairman A S Sadashiva said air pollution monitoring equipment have been installed at 15 places in the City. "We have also suggested to the Transport Department not to issue fitness certificates (FC) to commercial vehicles that are 15 years and above. As this will reduce emission," he said.
'Breathe Easy' bus
A Volvo (Airavata) bus on the Bangalore-Mysore route carrying the message 'One bus means 40 less cars on roads' was flagged off on the occasion. KSRTC Managing Director Gaurav Gupta said the bus with special graphics aims to promote use of public transport leading to reduced air pollution and less vehicles.


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The Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association will honor their Coaches of the Year Sunday in Randolph.
Western Mass. winners for cross country are Westfield High School boys coach Dana Geis and Amherst Regional girls coach Eric Nazar.
For indoor track, they are Chicopee Comprehensive's Andrew Lamothe (boys) and Mahar Regional's Sara Woodward (girls).
For outdoor track & field, Central's Chris Zguro (boys) and East Longmeadow's Michael Budd (girls) will be honored. Ludlow's Michael Gauvin was chosen as the region's top assistant.
Selection criteria for the award include being an exemplary role model, being respected by peers and contributing to the sport beyond your own team.
'CANES CRUISING: Amherst was well represented Saturday at the MSTCA Coaches' Invitational meet.
The Hurricanes brought back three champions from boys competition. Taj-Amir Torres continued his dominance in the 100-meter dash. The sophomore won with a time of 10.79 seconds. He has held the top time in the state all season, but last weekend's performance was 0.10 seconds better than his previous best and ranks third in New England.
Dylan Owens took home the 200 title in 22.91 and Thomas Jeffries won the pole vault (11 feet, 6 inches).
Mahar's Sabrina Silva competed on the girls side, and to no one's surprise, won the shot put with a toss of 40-7. That puts the senior back up to No. 1 in New England, a spot she'd held until last week when Newton North's Michaela Smith threw 40-6. Silva also finished third in the discus.
Amherst had several girls turn in good performances, with Emma Biggs finishing third in the 200, Mel Devoney third in the two-mile run and Anna Kaplan fourth in the mile.
Northampton's Khaila Ramirez finished fourth in the 400.
UPCOMING: The postseason has officially arrived. Friday, Mohawk Trail Regional will host the Pioneer Valley Interscholastic Athletic Conference Division II championships at 4:30 p.m.
Division I schools will take the stage Saturday when Holyoke hosts at 9:30 a.m.
The Western & Central Mass. championships are May 25. Division I will compete at Fitchburg State University and Division II at Westfield State.
Those meets will serve as qualifiers for the All-State championships June 1 at Westfield State.


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It is with great dismay that I recently learned that the county's Veterans Affairs Officer, Michael Smith, will be leaving that position.
I congratulate Michael on passing the civil service examination and support his decision to join the Salem County Sheriff's Office. I am very disappointed that an Iraqi war veteran who served three tours of duty will no longer be our advocate for Salem County veterans.
But based on the recent unauthorized attempt by the Republican freeholder majority to reduce Michael's position to part-time, without benefits, I understand Michael's decision. As a young family man with a new baby, Michael's foremost concern should be his family.
The misguided actions by the majority party undermined the excellent job Michael was doing as the Veterans Affairs Officer, and I am sure created doubt in his mind with regard to the stability of his position.
I am extremely disheartened that the actions of the majority party have resulted in the loss of a dedicated veteran who was doing an outstanding job in this position.
Perhaps the majority party should use this situation to understand that rash, ill-advised decisions never produce positive results.
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I often get asked if I think SMS is on its way out, dying as a channel. People cite the growth of smartphones, mobile email, mobile IM and applications that mimic the feel of text-messaging and even enhance it by allowing more characters and embedding images. At the same time mobile marketers seem confounded by the simplicity of SMS, turned off by its text-only format and gravitate toward the shiny objects of apps and QR codes. Layer in the increasing incidence of spam and there you have it: the perfect storm for sinking the SMS boat, right?
I don't think so.
According to Pew Research
- Cell owners between the ages of 18 and 24 exchange an average of 109.5 messages on a normal day – a majority of whom (55%) prefer a text message over a voice call.
- Smartphone owners also send and receive a significantly larger number of texts per day on average (52) than owners of more basic phones (30).
Push Marketing
SMS is really the only push-style mobile medium available to marketers. It's the only one where a targeted recipient can be going about their day and, bam, a message arrives – one which will almost assuredly be read in the next 15 minutes. Sure, you can argue that there are push notifications available to users of your downloaded application; assuming you've programmed it that way. But there is a list of caveats to heap onto that notion:
- Doesn't work for non-smartphone owners
- The person must have discovered your app (not a small feat)
- The person must have downloaded your app (hope it has good reviews)
- The person must have allowed your app to send notifications
- The person must not have deleted your app
- The notifications better be related to the app, or else (picture the first time you get a notification in the form of an offer and is not directly related to the app. This is encroachment and won't be tolerated. Your app will be deleted in a heartbeat.).
Bottom line? SMS is the ONLY medium for you to reach out and engage your fans, 1+s, followers, etc. where they don't have to DO anything (such as open your app or pull up your web site or scan your QR code). The content just arrives. And it WILL arrive.
It is, however, up to the marketer to make sure that content is timely, relevant and valuable. Mobile phones are, first and foremost, a means of personal communication (you text with and talk to real people in a two-way fashion typically). As soon as your SMS recipients feel like you're just blasting them with your random thought or promo of the day they will desert your list in droves. You need to keep it conversational.
Familiarity and Ubiquity
SMS is one of the only applications that is installed on all today's mobile phones. Every one of them. There are smartphone apps like Ping Chat that allow you to 'text' but only with other users of that application. Apps like this are a closed network. SMS is for all intents and purposes the only 'open' network.
It is also the most familiar. Nearly three quarters of American adults use text-messaging. Among Millenials it is nearly 100% according to Pew Research. Other than a voice call there is no other mobile phone activity that is more familiar or prolific.
Mobile operators are invested heavily
Finally, the mobile operators make too much money on SMS to let it get pushed aside. They will acknowledge the services that go around the SMS network, such as Ping Chat, but they will keep their eye on text-messaging in terms of pricing and promoting its use (e.g., free to any other user on that carrier's network) to make sure there are ongoing reasons for people to keep texting.
SMS is not going away. Ever. In fact, if SMS isn't playing a role in how you stay connected with your customers you should contact us about how it should.


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For Gay Men, Cutting Off Your Foreskin Still Not As Good As Condoms To Keep The HIV At Bay
As the on-going scientific battle over whether circumcision actually inhibits HIV transmission rages on (it does! it doesn't!), here's the newest entry from the world of science, via Retuers: "While circumcision has been shown to lower a man's risk of contracting HIV through heterosexual sex, a new study indicates that the value of circumcision for gay and bisexual men remains questionable. In a study of more than 1,800 men from the U.S. and Peru, researchers found that overall, the risk of contracting HIV over 18 months did not significantly differ between circumcised and uncircumcised men. Over the study period, 5 percent of the 1,365 uncircumcised men became HIV-positive, as did 4 percent of the 457 circumcised men, according to findings published in the journal AIDS."
Pair that with a study back in March, also reported by Retuers, that compared other Western MSM against African MSW and found similarly unimpressive results: snipping the foreskin just doesn't do much for The Gays.
The vast majority of guys here in Britain are uncut (notwithstanding the usual honourable exceptions). I'm told this diferent in the U.S. No? Or is it a generation thing?
Personally i love me some cavalier, alas i'm a roundhead. :(
Why are so many Americans circumcised? It can't be because of faith.
Circumcision in the USA is big business. Doctors continue to make money off of ignorant parents at the expense of pain to newborn baby boys. This is done mostly at the request of the mother who was led to believe that a circumcised penis has the right look. This infant mutilation should be totally outlawed. It serves no purpose. It started in the USA to try to stop Victorian era boys from masturbating. Did it do so? No. If anything similar was done to infant girls, women would be taking to the streets in protest. If a man wants this done, it should be at his request in adulthood.
@Andrew: It was supposedly a hygiene issue. That's a load of bs though.
I don't usually care if Mr Peen sports a turtleneck sweater or not. However I think it gots to do with personal hygeine. If ya don't stay on top of the daily cleaning the folds can become a breeding grounds for lots of nasty little pathogens….. Once upon a time when I peeled back the skin to get to the fruit, I honestly thought I was going to pass out from the absolute stench that hit me in the face like a hard smack.
The (unfortunately totally hott) guy could not understand why my phone that did not ring delivered a call of utmost importance which forced me to get dressed and out the door in a freakin nanosecond……… :p
"How exactly does circumcision reduce HIV transmission? Is it like a surface area thing?"
The inner surface of the foreskin has more of a particular kind of skin cell, that HIV is particularly good at penetrating. If regular skin cells are like a security door keeping germs out, these particular cells are more like a screen door with a few rips.
@cassandra: thanks for science nugget. Fascinating. Like totally win.
@playswithothers: thanks for nuthin' dude — like totally ruined my meal. Its now in the bin. You owe me a replacement; nothing with cheese.
@divkid: Damm, guess I shudda posted a potential lunch spoiler :p
I got circumcised because my parents are Catholics, is what I was told. I'm glad I did though! No head cheese issues, plus my cock head isn't deformed and discolored like so many uncut guys is.
It was originally begun in the U.S. to make it harder for little boys to masturbate (thanks, Puritains). After that, it was continued for a number of reasons including daddies wanting junior to "look like them," women being culturally conditioned to think of the natural male anatomy as "disgusting," and doctors making lots of money selling baby foreskins to pharmaceutical companies.
It's more hygienic in the same way that cutting off your nose keeps you from having boogers, and pulling all your teeth keeps you from getting cavities. It's a permanent genital mutilation and I wish it would stop.
@Henry Holland, I'm from a catholic family never heard of that…
"…deformed and discoloured like so many uncut guys… " never heard/seen that (thank merciful christ)!
That cant be true because the foreskin serves to protect the glans from damage or…err…?accidental stimulation? …like clitoris hood?!
Help!…Out of my depth… Brain overboard!
@divkid: He has it backwards. What he thinks of as discoloration is actually the normal appearance of penile tissue. Circumcised penises appear dull and calloused-over and this is probably what he thinks of as 'normal.'
My dad was born in 1958 and says that in the era almost *every* male got circumscised. Moms and dads weren't even informed it was "optional". I don't know if that was true across the US.
For those of us born in the 1980s it wasn't automatically done in my section of the lower Midwest. Maybe 40% of guys in my h.s, were uncut?
All of my European mates/bfs were/are uncut except those with Jewish parents.
Personally i love me some cavalier, alas i'm a roundhead. :(
Huh? I've been around, divkid, but I don't know what this means. I thought Cavaliers, and Roundheads were soldiers. How does it apply to cut and uncut? Is it a UK slang?
Why is Queerty comparing getting circumcised to using a condom during sex?
@enemabag jones:
alludes to the cavaliers indulgence of all things baroque and ruffully … cascading plumes adorning exuberant headwear:
whereas the roundheads rude bare helmet refers to…ah,.never mind
Citation: urban dictionary.
Roundhead: A circumcised male sex organ.
Comes from the historic term of round heads and cavaliers.
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See I didn't make it up. It iS slang. And yet still somehow rather refined.,dont ya' know
*sips supercilliosly from a bone china tea cup extending pinky*
Ah…I understand now. I was a bit confused, what with the Pet Shop Boys lyrics:
I didn't want to compete, or play out on the street/
For in a secret life I was a round head general/
*sips supercilliosly from a bone china tea cup extending pinky*
Damn right! You get that pinky in the air, good and high!
As far as circumcision in the UK, you wrote:
The vast majority of guys here in Britain are uncut
That was what I thought, until a friendly Londoner stated it was more like 50% each way. He claimed "Northerners" rarely are, and "Southerners" always are. But he didn't say north, or south of where.
Oddly the vast majority of UK men I've "known" have not been circumcised, yet here you are. So, are you northern, or southern?
Am I getting too personal here?
The reason circumcision doesn't cut HIV transmission among gay men is because so many practice anal intercourse. If you compared cut and uncut gay men who are 100% tops, you'd see the same reduction that is seen among cut and uncut straight men. The cells in the foreskin act like a vacuum cleaner.
If you compared cut and uncut gay men who are 100% tops, you'd see the same reduction that is seen among cut and uncut straight men.
Uh…Actually, no. A study was conducted that showed less a 2% difference in seroconversion between exclusive tops who are circumcised, and exclusive tops who were not.
GET as personal as you want matey–go on snuggle riiiight-in there –coz it's universally acknowledged, us northern lads are as friendly 'n' welcoming a lot as ya' ever likely to meet.<AVOID direct eye contact. <NEVER kiss on lips. <Keep credit cards HIDDEN.
FIRST the lyrics.That same reference struck me too — so neither of us is gettin' out much then, eh? ;dirty minds stinking alike. Pure coincidence, Neil's writing,bless, is never as clever, nor as witty as yours or mine. We are special. Remember that. Charming mental-image non the less (and, yes hark-at-you wich'ya 80's electro-pop-cultural references)-Tick.
AND SO to the meat of the issue: but first an excursion: YOUR EXCURSION: ..Have to say, when YOU go-a-travlin, you **REALLY** like to do your research. Tick. And,.. ahem,.. TICK.
UNLIKE YOU it would appear, I'M barely making a dent in the WHOLE uk male population — (but ya'know, I'm puttin' in the hours, and punching in that clock) — and until that official gvmnt peen-inspectors' job comes on stream, I aint gonna lie to ya, circumcision satistics: i aint got jack. But themz is still 100% more accurate than those which your cock-en-ney chums are bring'n…Oh yesss speakin' of those…
*screws up up eyes, affects best, what-would-Alexis-Carrington-Colby-do expression*
////////make me stop some-body this is waaay more camp than im comfortable with. people can i get an intervention\\\\\\\\
..YES…Hmm…"friendly Londoner" (oxymoron) — oh and why be coy, were amongst friends you can say "trick". The Oracle He say 50/50 cut and uncut…And as statisticians say: Bat. Shit. Crazy. Muthafuka!
…AND the OTHER ONE, help me out here I'm losing track…Sooo many. Seriously shame on you…He would be: (roughtrade. No?). Anyhow, HE MAD. The, If-you-gave-out- your-address-to-him-you-need-to-move-states-NOW, type of CRAZY-mad!
LET ME TELL YOU Ive seem more frilly neck. **DOWN SOUTH**, err, well, down south, than at a frikin' reptile house, gathering for a convention of frill-neck lizard apprieciators, vIewing plenty of lizard neck appreciatively.
/////just say FORESKIN will ya, he's alluding to FORESKIN people. jeeez////////
[ frill lizard, frilly-neck lizard, frilly lizard, frilly dragon; latin name Chlamydosaurus kingii] since you were wondering and i know you were…. Seriously you should google them. Or, like go see them. Just Adorable..And their neck-frills..eh..they kinda remind me of something,. .no its gone…….What were we talkin' about…
praying no psychological profiler ever gets to see this. praying
I have to admit, divkid, I had to read your reply three times before I got most of it. However, it's one of the funniest comments I've read on Queerty in five years.
That said, hiding your credit cards? That's just common sense, what with Elliot Castro running around, a free man.
As far as my friendly Londoner, he wasn't a trick. He's always been straight as a dyke. Not including Eton. But he's straight, I swear! I won't tell his name, but he was named Upper Class Twit Of The Year, 1993.
I was in Westminster for five weeks to spy on him. It was thought he was stealing from the company. He wasn't; his secretary was.
I was in London for a short period of time, and as they say, so many men, so little time. I won't go into specifics, but needless to say, the proprietor of Prowler Soho paid off his mortgage with the amount of condoms and lube I bought there. You might remember reading about the great latex shortage of 2000. That was me!
From what I saw, most UK men are intact, and I'm damned glad of it.
@Bob: Bob, I Agree Fully With All You Said, COMPLETELY!!! I was circumcised at birth and i feel as though i'm missing a huge part of my sexuality all because someone else made the decision to cut off my foreskin. I want a foreskin so bad that i have even thought about surger., But, surgery doesn't have a good result and could actually end up being a bad thing to do if something happens during healing, or the new foreskin didn't take and you lost that too. I know about restoration, stretching, but that takes so long and i don't feel that i could keep up all that work and putting on and keeping a TLC Tugger for several years. I want a long foreskin, one that stays covered even when you're hard. Guess i'm impatient, i want it now and i want the real thing like it should be, not something similiar. I know, if i want it i will have to work at it and i may not be able to wait and work too. I just feel as though i lost a special part of me that should still be there. It's just not fair!!! Guys should make decisions about what is done to their bodies. Like yourself, if women were made to cut the skin covering their clit male circumcision would STOP immediately. Why don't doctors start doing that? Also, foreskin is a big business cause it's used to make new skin for burn patients. Doctors, hospitals, and burn centers make huge profits off of American males that never have a chance to say NO! It's not fair, it's just not fair to us guys that want to keep our skin. If you talk to guys that aren't cut they will tell you quickly that they would not want to loose their foreskins. Not fair! Just not right to take a part of someone's body without being able have a say about it. Thanks for letting me vent at least. Norm, Georgia


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According to Saleun's wife and partner, Paige Saleun, Chateau du Lac Warehouse Bistro will open in mid-summer in the former La Boca space at 857 Fulton St. In a Facebook message, she said the menu will closely resemble the other Chateau de Lac's – "very French!" – with a few tweaks dictated by the taste of downtown clientele.
Jacques Saleun is one of the few French born chefs still working in New Orleans restaurants. He was trained in Brittany and worked in Paris and New York City before coming to Louisiana. The Metairie Chateau de Lac received Three Beans when it was last reviewed in 2008.
La Boca moved to a larger Warehouse District space – the old a Mano address – last month. Check back to Nola.com/eat-drink this week for a preview of how it looks.
See also: French restaurants in New Orleans