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Written by Patrick Andersen on 11.10.2012 at 00:46
In my opinion Simone has a strong vocal performance on this album. I'm not blown away and frankly I do think she is slightly overrated, but her voice is not the definite highlight of this album. Vocally I'd give it maybe an 8, which is very good. But the real highlights for me are all the details in the developed arrangements, the intelligence of the thought-provoking lyrics and the sophisticated strong sense of melody that only grows with time as each new listening reveal more of what this masterpiece has to offer. Bear in mind, I have not heard any previous Epica album. But I am totally blown away by this one!
Written by Unhealer on 11.10.2012 at 01:20
You should check the previous one. Many agree that it's very similar to this one but better.
Written by Patrick Andersen on 11.10.2012 at 04:20
Thanks for the recommendation! Yes, I've noticed this here and there, very curious about their back-catalogue for sure! Would you say Requiem For The Indifferent is the weakest of the two? What's the major difference if there is any in particular?
Written by Unhealer on 11.10.2012 at 05:42
I think Epica keeps progressing each album and this is no exception, but that is on a more objective point of view since I like the previous one over this one. Thing is the last one saw a notable change in the sound of Epica with a evident progressive approach, the change of lead guitar player (and with it, sweet-ass guitar solos) and the whole sound getting rawer.
Aside from that, I just like the songs from DYU a bit more beside of all the artistic development from album to album.
Written by annodomini on 16.12.2013 at 09:56
In the last few weeks this album somehow managed to amaze me. Yes, it's different, but despite fails in mastering, musically it's one of the best of Epica's. Fresh, progressive and very interesting. I'm even a bit disappointed, that it didn't get the recognition it deserves, and now Epica are returning to the old sound, which was also good, but I would like to see where could they go naturally after "Requiem". Nevertheless, a great album to enjoy.
Written by Erik M. on 03.05.2014 at 17:31
Their worst effort by far. Plain mediocre run-of-the-mill symphonic metal that's quite boring to be honest.
Written by Kylin on 03.08.2014 at 00:53
Couldn't agree more. Really wanted to like it when it was released, because I love Epica, but I think we should all just forget this album happened.


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Originally Posted By: marek0086Im looking for the word that DESCRIBES "unquestioning/unconditional loyalty/favoritism" itself. And its a NEGATIVE connotation.
Not one word but... 'Extreme Patriotism' has this negative behaviour!
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Following that line, "Jingoism" is a word used in the UK to express that._________________________
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'Jingoism' a wonderful word. I just LIU
A very British word. Of course I had heard the oath 'by jingo' but had not connected it. And its link to the French word 'Chauvinism'
.... that of malice to a particular group.
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Originally Posted By: AvyCan I sneak in another "what's the word" question? I read a single word that means "people's hatred", which I have now forgotten. The context was "Politicians have to be able to have a high degree of acceptance of *people's hatred*."
I had posted this a while ago. Well I found the word I was looking for. I thought I would share it. The quote is "To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power. Seneca"
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Good of you to come back with this word. Odium. I think I will make it a loan word, unless the owners of English will only lend it against a high interest rate. (such are the days)
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How about an even trade, Lowlander? You take our word "odium" and we take your word "hatelijk"?
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A fair and generous exchange.
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PEAR as a framework for building web applications is itself built on top of a base of standard classes. These classes support basic error-handling routines, needed variables, and constants to the classes that inherit them. That is, most PEAR libraries and packages are themselves subclasses of the standard base PEAR classes.
The PEAR development team has gone to great effort to create a standard error-handling class and emulation for destructors that is extremely expandable so it can be used by all the other derived classes of the PEAR Repository. This emulation for destructors on PEAR classes is very important to programmers, as PHP itself still does not support destructors on classes.
What this means is that you need a homegrown workaround to emulate destructors on new PEAR classes. This is important to programmers that need to run specific functions when objects are to be destroyed, or when they are not needed anymore and can be removed from PHP's memory allocation.
PEAR classes should use the
PEAR_Error class to handle error routines, as
implemented on the database abstraction package
PEAR::DB. This class is
used statically using the new feature of PHP 4.0, which lets
normal PHP scripts to call methods of classes without having to instantiate
an object for that class. The example below shows this feature in action:
class Test
function printMsg()
echo "This is a message from Test::printMsg()!";
function getValue()
$var = "PEAR is a standard!";
return $var;
// this next line prints the message above
// this next line gets the string from the specified method
$msg = Test::getValue();
echo $msg;
PEAR packages do the same thing with other important PEAR classes. They usually call
raiseError() to create an error object that has several pieces of information on what went wrong at the time of the error. An example from the
PEAR::DB MySQL driver is as follows:
@ini_set('track_errors', true);
if ($dbhost && $user && $pw) {
$conn = @$connect_function($dbhost, $user, $pw);
} elseif ($dbhost && $user) {
$conn = @$connect_function($dbhost, $user);
} elseif ($dbhost) {
$conn = @$connect_function($dbhost);
} else {
$conn = false;
if (empty($conn)) {
if (mysql_error() != '') {
return $this->raiseError(DB_ERROR_CONNECT_FAILED,
null, null, mysql_error());
} elseif (empty($php_errormsg)) {
return $this->raiseError(DB_ERROR_CONNECT_FAILED);
} else {
return $this->raiseError(DB_ERROR_CONNECT_FAILED,
null, null, null, $php_errormsg);
Related article:
An Introduction to PEAR -- Find yourself wishing PHP had an easy way to manage additional modules? Joao Prado Maia explains PEAR and shows how it fills this role.
The code actually checks if the connection to the MySQL database server was
successful. The line that uses
ini_set() turns on the PHP feature to track errors and to save these errors in a special variable called
This variable will then be checked on the next conditional statement to
determine why the connection to MySQL was not established.
One of the nicest things about PEAR is its error-handling routines. Because PHP is an interpreted language, errors are often only discovered when users try to load your page in ways you didn't think of before. It's quite common for a developer with too little time to test his personal site to get e-mail from users saying that the site has a bug.
In some cases, the problem might be the database server that crashed, or some other reason besides his code. One good thing about PEAR error handling is that you can catch simple errors like that and use a special function to show a "Sorry, we are experiencing technical difficulties" page.
When you combine PEAR's error handling with PHP's new output buffering functions, you can even cache the page already created and show only the error message page, as follows:
// start output buffering
// set the error reporting level
error_reporting(E_USER_ERROR | E_USER_WARNING
function my_handle_error()
// so any error in the PHP code itself (E_USER_ERROR,
// E_USER_WARNING or E_USER_NOTICE) will be handled
// by the function above
$dsn = array(
'phptype' => "mysql",
'hostspec' => "localhost",
'database' => "test_db",
'username' => "scott",
'password' => "wrong_password"
// now any errors on the PEAR code will be
//handled by the same function above
$dbh = DB::connect($dsn);
// flush the buffered page if no errors happened
Note: you will need the output buffering functions from PHP version 4.0 and up to make the above snippet work.
That is just an example of what can be done with PEAR and PHP's error-handling functions and routines. Considering PHP is a 5-year-old scripting language, this technique is quite powerful for logging errors.
If you ever tried to open PEAR's DB package to see how it works, you probably got confused at the way that it handles the classes and subclasses of all the database drivers and error routines. I hope that I helped you understand the standard
PEAR_Error class and how PEAR libraries call
PEAR_Error to create a special object with information about the error. Now we are going to study the "factory" method of
PEAR::DB to use the appropriate database driver that is specified at runtime from the caller script.
This "factory" method is quite simple once you get used to the way it works. Example code showing
PEAR::DB works follows:
$dsn = array(
'phptype' => "mysql",
'hostspec' => "localhost",
'database' => "test_db",
'username' => "scott",
'password' => "tiger"
$dbh = DB::connect($dsn);
It works by sending an array with all the specifications of host, type of database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or whatnot), database name, and other information to the
connect() method of the DB class. Once again, we are using static method calls to connect to the appropriate server.
connect() method of DB is what people call a "factory" method. It includes the appropriate PHP file from the
DB subdirectory and instantiates an object from that class definition. It works like this:
class DB
function connect($dsn)
$type = $dsn["phptype"];
$classname = "DB_${type}";
@$obj =& new $classname;
return $obj;
This includes a file and connects to the database server using its own
connect() method. It will return a database handler, which is just an object with the methods from the
DB_${type} class, which in our case is just the
DB_mysql class.
This way of handling the drivers is much cleaner and more professional than by forcing the user know the correct class and functions in order to connect to a database server. In this case, this would be the PHP developer using the
PEAR::DB package. It serves as an abstraction library, which generalizes as much as possible the way the database works and how it is accessed.
The structure and general design of
PEAR::DB is why everything works so well and why it is so expandable. Creating a new driver for
PEAR::DB is not a hard task -- all one must do is to create the new driver and store it under the
DB subdirectory of PEAR. The main DB class should be able to use it correctly by just changing one line of the PHP code, the front-end script that calls the package:
$dsn = array(
'phptype' => "NEW_DATADASE_NAME_HERE",
'hostspec' => "localhost",
'database' => "test_db",
'username' => "scott",
'password' => "tiger"
The library is also very well designed to make the drivers share important
functionality, by storing the utility functions in
DB/common.php. This file contains the
DB_common class, which is inherited by all other database classes from the
DB directory, as follows:
require_once "DB/common.php";
class DB_mysql extends DB_common
// ...
This makes it easier to re-use code among the drivers, and most of the functions and methods found on this utility class are standard methods such as
numRows(), and
I hope this article helped shed some light into some of the advanced coding techniques of PEAR, and made reading the PEAR source code a little bit easier.
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With or without justification, many adolescents consider themselves to be adults, capable of choosing their own paths and making their own choices. However, when it comes to adolescent healthcare, parents should continue to be actively involved in the choice of providers and settings.
Some families wonder who their adolescent should see for primary care. A pediatrician? Family doctor? Internist? The truth is, there is no single right answer.
Most pediatricians will continue to see children throughout their adolescence, and sometimes even through college. Family doctors see patients at all stages of life, from babyhood to old age. Internists are primarily doctors for adults and may be a good choice for older adolescents without a pre-existing pediatrician or family doctor.
Remember that the personal and professional qualities of a doctor, and their skills in working with both of you are far more important than their title.
Adolescents should visit their primary care physician on a regular basis. The American Academy of Pediatrics and other organizations recommend annual visits. When you make the visit, you can expect:
As children get older and move into adulthood, the doctor visits will start to include:
Although young children need their parents in the room for reassurance and to provide good medical history information, adolescents need some private time alone with their doctor. Some parents feel concerned about this private time, imagining that this time is being used to divulge secrets of the teen's sexuality or drug use. In the end, teenagers have to begin developing their own relationship and rapport with their doctor, separate from the relationship that may exist between their parents and the doctor. Empowering a child with health responsibility may also encourage them to adopt healthier behaviors.
Furthermore, while some parents do not like to imagine that their children have secret or private aspects to their lives, it is important that the teenager has some time to ask questions or discuss concerns that might be hard to talk about in front of a parent.
Laws about an adolescent's right to obtain healthcare without parental consent are set by individual states. Most adolescents receive this right, though only for certain medical concerns or conditions, between the ages of 12 and 15. They are then able to obtain healthcare without parental consent for sexually transmitted disease, pregnancy, substance abuse, and mental health.
Although state laws address the rights of adolescents to confidential healthcare, some doctors—like some parents—do not feel comfortable maintaining the confidentiality of their adolescent patients. It is important to ascertain whether your adolescent's doctor feels certain that they can effectively and confidentially care for your adolescent.
Numerous studies have shown that, if the ultimate goal of both the parent and the doctor is the good health and safety of the adolescent patient, then assurance of confidentiality is crucial to the vast majority of adolescent patients. On the other hand, the doctor should be candid and truthful about the need to break confidentiality if the teenager discloses information that suggests danger.
If your doctor cannot assure basic confidential healthcare for your adolescent, ask for information about an adolescent health clinic or other source of reliable, good, confidential healthcare.
Adolescence is a crucial time for good healthcare. Because both the temptations and the obligations of the larger world are increasingly available to these young people, every adolescent can benefit from supportive adult relationships to help guide them through this exciting, but tumultuous period. A supportive doctor can be an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Providers monitor the health your teen's growing and changing body and mind, lend a listening ear while your teen navigates the stormy seas of adolescence, and encourage your teen to make safe and healthy choices.
Healthy Children—American Academy of Pediatrics
Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Canadian Family Physician
Public Health Agency of Canada
Adolescence 11 to 21 years. Bright Futures—American Academy of Pediatrics website. Available at: http://brightfutures.aap.org/pdfs/Guidelines_PDF/18-Adolescence.pdf. Accessed December 31, 2014.
Adolescent confidentiality and electronic health records. American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists website. Available at: http://www.acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Committee-Opinions/Committee-on-Adolescent-Health-Care/Adolescent-Confidentiality-and-Electronic-Health-Records. Published May 2014. Accessed December 31, 2014.
Finding the right pediatrician for your teen. Healthy Children—American Academy of Pediatricians website. Available at: http://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/health-management/Pages/Finding-the-Right-Pediatrician-for-Your-Teen.aspx. Updated August 7, 2013. Accessed December 31, 2014.
Hardoff D. Legal and Ethical Issues in Adolescents' Health Care. Georgian med News. 2012;(210):18-23.
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Tebb K, Hernandez, LK, Shafer MA, et al. Understanding the attitudes of latino parents toward confidential health services for teens. J Adolesc Health. 2012;50(6):572-577.
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Solange A. GagnonFebruary 11,2013
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WEBSTERVILLE Solange A. Gagnon, 71, of Websterville Road, took her final journey on Friday, February 8, 2013, after losing her battle with Alzheimers. Her family provided unconditional care, comfort and support, and was able to keep her at home.
Born on April 12, 1941, in Dixville, Quebec, Solange was one of 12 children of Arthur and Medora (Fontaine) Ouimette.
On July 11, 1959, she married Adrien B. Gagnon. In 1960, they moved from Canada to the Barre, Vt., area. They later moved to their present home in Websterville in 1969.
Solange was previously employed at Country House Restaurant, Green Mountain Diner, McDonalds and at the Barre Town School cafeteria where she retired after 20 years of service. She so adored all of the students and is remembered by many as the lunch lady.
Her greatest achievement was her family, which provided her with much pride and joy. She was a doting wife, mother, mimi and great-mimi (or The Greatest).
Solange loved family gatherings, holiday celebrations, music, dancing, gardening, wild birds and Fridays. Every Friday was a holiday for her and it is very fitting that her final journey took place on this day of the week. She loved being the core of her family and provided each and every one of them everlasting memories.
Survivors include her husband of 53 years, Adrien. She leaves four daughters, S. Francine Beede and her husband Charles Chuck of Williamstown, Colette Gagnon and her companion Claude Ayotte of Lac de Plage, Quebec, Nancy Dutil and her husband Mike of Barre, and Tina Morrison and her husband Kevin of Barnet.
She also leaves her precious grandchildren, Rachel Laggner and her husband Daniel of Williamstown, Renee Beede and her companion Justin Holbrook of Barre, Danielle Thompson of Frederick, Md., Lizette Dutil of Williamstown, and Aaron Morrison and Ally Morrison of Barnet. In addition, there are four great-grandsons with another one on the way, Riley and Colby Laggner and Donovan and Jonathan Sicard.
Of course, there is her Pug Bud (her son) who provided her endless companionship, protection, and gave Solange eyesight when hers had failed.
In addition, she leaves behind three brothers, Lucien Ouimette of Coaticook, Quebec, and Rachel (Theresa) Ouimette and Albert Ouimette of Willimantic, Conn.; and three sisters, Marie-Jeanne (Arthur) Bissonette of Coaticook, Quebec, Lucille (Roger) Lafond of Manchester, N.H., and Cecile Roy of Coaticook, Quebec.
She leaves her brothers/sisters-in-law, Nil and Yvette (her best friend) Gagnon of Elmore, Bertrand Gagnon, Fernande Lehoux, Marie-Marte Lafond, Louisette Gagnon and Laurier Gagnon, all of Coaticook, Quebec, Armand and Theresa Gagnon of Willimantic, Conn., Lorraine Isabelle of Montpelier, Bernadette Gadbois of Plattsburgh, N.Y., Edith Ouimette and Antoinette Ouimette of North Windham, Conn., and Carole Ouimette of Virginia.
Solange was predeceased by her exceptional parents; her brothers, Leonard, Martial, Andre and Laurent Ouimette; her sister, Georgette Dubriel; her brothers/sisters-in-law, Conrad Gadbois, Therese Ouimette, Hector Roy, Anita Gagnon, Maurice Lehoux, Arthur Isabelle, Leo Lafond, Real Lavoie and Muriel Lavoie. Ma Tante Solange leaves many, many nieces and nephews.
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October is Bullying Prevention Awareness Month. Bullying can be verbal, physical, or online (cyber-bullying) and it can severely affect a child's school performance, often leading to insecurity, lack of self-esteem and depression. California legislation enacted in July of 2012, known as "Seth's Law", requires California public schools to have a strong anti-bullying policy as well as a process to evaluate reports of bullying. The law also requires that schools publicize the anti-bullying policy and include anti-bullying resources on the school website. Mill Valley's Tamalpais High School has begun a new initiative to fight bullying at Tam, starting with a survey distributed to students during tutorial in January. The survey asked students to supply names of anyone they considered a bully and questioned students on their exposure to bullying. While the survey results are not yet available, action will only be taken on "statistically significant date", said Tam High Assistant Principal Brian Lynch. Lynch also stated that Redwood High School passed out a nearly identical survey earlier this school year. Lynch said the survey is a step in the right direction: "We all play a roll in bullying. It's not just the victim and the bully, there are the bystanders. And the bystanders are where we need to focus our energy at this school – it's the people who just sit there and allow it".
The End of Bullying Begins with Me is the message presented by the PACER Organization's National Bullying Prevention Center. PACER created this anti-bullying campaign in 2006 with a one-week event that has evolved into a month-long effort to encourage everyone to take an active role in the bullying prevention movement. For a variety of resources for October and throughout the year, please access: http://www.pacer.org/bullying/.
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Not the best chapter. ( -__-)
Garbage and wuts with Shikaku nara knowing Obito and Madara weakness wtf
Please Sasuke save this manga. That shit was horrible!
I'd say the chapter was average at best.
worse chapter ever . fukkk u kishi !
Despite being a little bit boring, i liked how the alliance cooperates. But it seems that the Juubi has not reached its full potential yet. I really hope Kiski will switch to Sasuke soon or maybe Sasuke joins the battlefield and we see what happened with Oro through a flashback.
Originally Posted by Lilvic92
Please Sasuke save this manga. That shit was horrible!
THIS . sasuke we need you bro
And of course people are still giving this shit chapter a 5...fckin idiots.
i gave it a 3 it was a good chapter but i was expecting a fast paste battle, i guess its just building up i guess
At least the Juubi is nearing its perfect form! :D
IT'S OFFICIAL!!! Either Gai OR Lee (maybe even both in eight gate form) will go up against Madara, nice to see that the 10Tails will reach it's perfect form soon as well. But overrall was it one of the worst chapters from Naruto...
I loved it. I don't understand what was bad about it.
People who keep saying "cant believe Ino's dad wasnt suprised it was obito" you read it wrong he stated that
"I didnt even have time to be suprised that the masked man is obito uchiha"
ummmmm why are ppl rating it a 5 -.-
And Ino's dad says that he didn't even have time to be surprised from Tobi being Obito...not that he wasn't surpised at all
Originally Posted by Noobastank
Ino's dad not suprised about obito. how? when he has a GRAVE SIGHT in your village!!!!!!! meaning he is presumed by all of the villagers as DEAD!!!!!!!!
WORST chapter ever
he said he didnt have time to be surprised meaning he had to concentrate on battle strategies and he couldn't spend time wrapping his head around it
Sigh, stop whinging. The chapter was a build up. The entire shinobi alliance only JUST arrived in one frame last chapter, and jumped RIGHT into the action. Whenever theres talk no jutsu : ERMEHGERD, Y U NO ACTION
Whenever theres action: ERMEHGERD, Y U NO MOVE PLOT FOWARD.
Seriously, stop *****ing.
1. the chapter was shorter than usual (normally i wouldnt be complaining about this)
2. most of the chap was the alliance using elements in combination, imo lots of wasted panels and also the reason why im complaining about the short chap (short, fast paced combinations..meh)
3. reading this chap makes me think that we wont be seeing sasuke for a while and im really disappointed with that because i like most really wanted to see what was going on with him and this was a perfect opportunity
all in all, not so great chap **
Ino's dad didn't say he was surprised it was Obito. He said he didn't have time to be which is totally different. Unless the translation was wrong.
Shikaku said he doesn't have time to be surprised that tobi turned out to be Obito, he didn't say that he wasn't surprised.
Still a very terrible chapter though
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PLAINFIELD Goddard College President Barbara Vacarr has announced she will step down in December due to family reasons.
Vacarr, who began her tenure as president in 2010, announced her resignation in a joint statement with the board of trustees released Thursday. Per the statement, Vacarr will stay on as president until Dec. 31.
Tino OBrien, vice chairman of the board of trustees, said Vacarr, who was unavailable for comment, made the decision this week because of health concerns within her family.
In a statement, Vacarr said, In this challenging time of national economic and enrollment concerns for higher education, I remain focused on the issues paramount to Goddards mission. However, I have concluded that I must also pay more attention to the personal challenges facing close family members. Therefore, I look forward to working with the board in leaving the college moving ahead. I am grateful for the opportunity to lead such a wonderful institution.
OBrien said Vacarrs daughter recently had a baby by cesarean section and developed an infection. OBrien said the daughter has been fighting the infection for more than two weeks and has recently returned home to meet her baby for the first time.
On top of her daughters health issues, OBrien said, Vacarrs stepmother was recently hospitalized due to early dementia and increasing physical ailments. This has caused Vacarr to take in her 92-year-old father.
OBrien said he was sad and disappointed that Vacarr, who was under contract until 2015, is leaving.
Shes a very energetic, committed, hardworking person, he said. Shes the reason I came on the board (in 2011). ... Golly, its a shame that shes leaving.
Now that the school has to find a replacement for Vacarr, OBrien said it has to figure out whether to hire an interim president to take over in January or go into a full-scale search to have the schools next president ready to go by the start of the year.
Faculty and staff at the school declined to comment on Vacarrs resignation, saying the news had come too soon and they werent prepared to talk about it.
Over the past year, Vacarr has had a rough go in her position at the school. The school is in the middle of union negotiations with the staff and new contracts for the faculty. In the days and weeks leading up to the staff voting to unionize in January, some staff members felt the administration was discouraging them from joining UAW Local 2322 with the faculty.
The union also looked into the firing of one of its members and whether it was related to an anonymous letter that was published and circulated that highlighted employees issues with Vacarr, including appointments she made to her administration.
A biomass heating plant the school is planning to build has also been a bone of contention with some in Plainfield who do not want the plant built in the planned location and have taken the issue to the states Environmental Court to keep the plant from being built.
As recently as last month, Vacarr sat down with The Times Argus to explain that the school was facing a deficit and would have to impose pay cuts to some faculty and staff.
Plainfield Select Board Chairman David Strong wished Vacarr well and said the board has enjoyed working with (Vacarr) and has been impressed with her commitment to bridging the gap between the college and the community.
Strong said that since Vacarr took over, she has made sure to have a representative at the boards meetings regularly, which showed to him a willingness for communication and collaboration and a sign of respect.
He said under Vacarrs tenure, the school has offered unused space on the campus for an arts organization for the community and given money to causes like the Town Hall renovations and the fire and rescue squad. All of those things, Strong said, were not happening before Vacarr arrived.
Hopefully, her successor will continue on that path, he said.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — With his apparent suicide in an Alaska jailhouse, a man who confessed to killing a barista in Anchorage and a couple in Vermont leaves behind one big question: Who else did he kill?
Israel Keyes had told authorities he had traveled around the country for more than a decade, claiming that he killed at least four other people in Washington state and another in New York. Eight victims in all that authorities heard about.
And he was still talking, as late as last week. And on Sunday morning, he was dead. Authorities wouldn't say how he killed himself, only that he was alone in his cell. They also did not say whether he left a note.
For now, authorities are trying to find out exactly who it was the one-man construction contractor killed.
So far, "there's no indication that he was lying," FBI spokesman Eric Gonzalez said, adding that Keyes' DNA has been put in an FBI database available for other law enforcement agencies to use in their own investigations.
Officials believe there are more victims in other states, but acknowledge that they may never know who they were.
"We're going to continue to run down leads and continue our efforts to identify his victims so we can bring some closure to the families," said Mary Rook, the FBI supervisor in Alaska.
While under arrest in connection with the disappearance of 18-year-old barista Samantha Koenig, Keyes confessed to the deaths of Bill and Lorraine Currier, of Essex, Vt., who disappeared in June 2011, authorities said.
On Monday, officials confirmed at a news conference in Vermont that he was responsible for the Curriers' deaths, saying Keyes described details that had not been released publicly.
Keyes previously lived in Washington state before moving to Alaska in 2007 to start a construction business. He also owned property in upstate New York, near the Canadian border.
Ayn Dietrich, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Seattle, said agents are reviewing unsolved murders across the state to determine whether Keyes might have been responsible for any of them.
The FBI has consulted with behavior specialists to develop insight into Keyes' personality. Their analysis is incomplete.
But they know he was a loner who didn't have a clear pattern in selecting victims. They varied in gender and age, from Koenig to the Curriers. Money didn't seem to be a driving concern.
Authorities described Keyes as methodical, in the Currier case taking days to find the perfect victim. He was also thorough in disposing of victims' bodies. Only Koenig's body has been recovered.
As he talked to police, Keyes apparently was concerned about his reputation. Keyes told investigators he would stop talking to police if his name was released publicly in the Currier case.
"He was very, very, very sensitive to his reputation, as odd at that sounds," Anchorage Police Chief Mark Mew said. "We had to keep things extra quiet in order to keep him talking with us."
When he did, he did so with only a little information at a time.
Money appeared to be just a partial motive, authorities said. In the Vermont case, Bill Currier's wallet had been left behind at their home, but Lorraine Currier's purse was missing.
The FBI contends Keyes killed Koenig less than a day after she was kidnapped. Her body was recovered April 2 from an ice-covered lake north of Anchorage. Her disappearance gripped the city for weeks.
A surveillance camera showed an apparently armed man in a hooded sweat shirt leading her away from the coffee stand. Koenig's friends and relatives set up a reward fund and plastered the city with fliers.
Prosecutors said Keyes stole the debit card from a vehicle she shared that was parked near her home, obtained the personal identification number and scratched the number into the card.
After killing Koenig, Keyes used her phone to send text messages to conceal the abduction. He flew to Texas and returned Feb. 17 to Anchorage, where he sent another text message demanding ransom and directing it to the account connected to the stolen debit card, according to prosecutors.
Keyes made withdrawals from automated teller machines in Alaska, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas before his arrest in Texas, according to prosecutors. He was charged with kidnapping resulting in Koenig's death. Keyes could have faced the death penalty in her case.
Koenig's family said there was no apparent previous connection between the teenager and Keyes. Reached by phone Sunday, Koenig's father, James Koenig, declined to comment on Keyes' death.
Marilyn Chates, Bill Currier's mother, said police contacted her some time ago to tell her about Keyes' confession and to tell her that they believed the couple's killing was random. Authorities called Chates on Sunday to tell her of Keyes' suicide.
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Cinema and literature can change our lives in noble and profound ways. They can, but usually don't. For every Uncle Tom's Cabin that can take credit for a net benefit to the human race, you have a Jaws, which made a generation of Americans afraid to even climb into their swimming pools for fear a great white was hiding in there.
Think we're exaggerating? Trust us, some of Hollywood's effects on the world are far stupider than that. Such as....
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Seen in: CSI
Impact on real life: Murderers are being set loose on the streets.
To put it simply, some experts believe that the growing popularity of the CSI franchise has created unrealistic expectations among juries, who see on TV that a single skin cell is all you need to create a 3D hologram of the suspect's face, and assume that if you don't have that, then he must not have done it, right? Therefore you have jurors who think they need to vote "not guilty" in every case that doesn't have 100 percent indisputable DNA evidence (which it turns out is pretty much all of them all of them).
Take Robert Blake, a man accused of murdering his wife: Over 70 witnesses testified against him, including a few Blake had approached and offered money to kill his wife. The only thing the prosecution didn't have was forensic evidence, but there was no way a jury would acquit a man based on such stupid reasons like "there was no black-light semen."
Poor girl: Raped by an entire circus.
But of course, because we here at Cracked don't tell you about reasonable reactions and logical responses, that is exactly what they did. Robert Blake walked free, probably ticking off a mental note: You can get away with murder as long as you don't jerk off all over it.
Similar fuckery occurred in the case of Robert Durst, whose lawyer got him acquitted by convincing the jury that Durst dismembered his neighbor in self-defense. Forensic evidence on the head would totally prove it, too. If only somebody could find it...
"Me? No, no I don't remember what I did with it. I was too busy bathing in his bl- uh... defending myself."
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Seen in: Finding Nemo, 101 Dalmations, Babe, basically any movie starring an adorable animal
Impact on real life: Roving packs of neglected, occasionally furious predators.
Whenever a movie with a bunch of cute critters hits the theaters, there is an immediate, sharp spike of adoptions for that breed... because some people impulse buy Slim Jims because the display stand has titties on it, and some people impulse buy baby elephants because Operation Dumbo Drop: The Origin was freakin' awesome! Different strokes for different folks and all that.
Do not dismiss them lightly, for it takes Diff'rent Strokes to rule the world...
It happened when 101 Dalmatians premiered, it happened after Beverly Hills Chihuahua, it even happened during the Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles craze (although only one of those trends resulted in hilarious impromptu turtle-dojos).
Of course, when the realization inevitably hit that your new pup actually requires work and can neither spout cutting one-liners nor surf, they usually end up in the pound or on the streets. That's depressing and all; that adorable animals have to pay because you can't tell the difference between fiction and reality or your head and your asshole. But still, can you imagine how much more nightmarish this scenario would be if the dogs could fly and had razor sharp claws they could sink deep into the throats of their oppressors?
That seems like an oddly specific hypothetical scenario, doesn't it? Well, that's because it actually happened in England. They wound up with huge flocks of abandoned and starving snow owls after kids saw Harry Potter use one instead of e-mail. An entire wildlife sanctuary had to be built to contain these forsaken flying ninjas, allowing them to congregate and probably plot against us.
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I started with the traditional Shaolin and Wing Chun in 1984 and I had the opportunity to practice Pa Kua Chang and Yang style Tai Chi Chuan that I studied and then taught until 1996.
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Since 1984 I have dedicated my life to Kung Fu studies and researches, practicing in the morning alone and with other and teaching in the afternoon and evening, six days a week. I taught all styles of Kung Fu mentioned above from 1986 to 1996 in Rome, Genoa and Milan, where we had the three main important centers of our first traditional Kung Fu association guided in that time by Sifu Paolo Cangelosi.
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Originally Posted by Chatte
I actually have none since here they aren't for Sale.
But I was thinking to buy them from the English Jump site.
Though dunno if they are shipping in my country.
You can buy it on amazon
Originally Posted by Chatte
I actually have none since here they aren't for Sale.
But I was thinking to buy them from the English Jump site.
Though dunno if they are shipping in my country.
I would suggest buying them used on ebay or amazon anyway. It's way cheaper, and generally IME they are in good condition anyway. I bought them just to collect and read though. They probably wont ever be worth a lot of money considering how many are in circulation, so them being in 100% pristine condition shouldn't be an issue.
I'll read it and post on a forum about it. That's enough.
I pay for Shonen Jump Alpha to support Kishi, but I read the manga here because they're so far behind.
^I've considered picking up the shonen jump alpha subscription. Exactly how far behind are they right now? It would be nice to have excellent translations of recent manga.
I have 12 volumes
Honestly None, but only because in my country they arent on sales thus i cannot buy them either.
1 volume is literally 5 bucks.
I can buy some volumes for three or four bucks. Literally less than a bus pass or my favorite coffee at Starbucks.
I have vol 1-49 going to get more soon though.
I used to have all of them to the last translated/release (up to 41 at the time) but I sold them.
I probably would buy a few if they sold them in the UK with English subs and all but won't happen so...
why is there no option for none?
They sell it on Amazon anyone can get it from any country lol
Originally Posted by Derp Obito
why is there no option for none?
Because I have no idea that a bunch of people on NarutoBase have 0 copies of Naruto manga.
I grossly miscalculated.
geez, this forum's full of bums. 0? How the hell do you expect kishi to eat like that?
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all those translated so up to 59
i have all the volume up to the Pain Invasion Arc, but i decided to stop buying the Volume cause i don't think it worth the money and i don't enjoy reading it anymore.......
and then i get rid all of the Volume(cause it takes to much place) and gave to my 9 years old nephew
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"The Time Has Come To Test Thy Courage"
"The time has come to test thy courage," said the Great Deku Tree to Link. Link, just a little boy, did what he had to do to try and save the Deku Tree in what is arguably the greatest video game ever made, "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time." He may have been frightened, but he was in no place to worry. Link just put aside whatever worries he may have had, and walked right into the tree into a mess of enemies. He didn't sit there for days worrying or trying to hypothesize what would happen – he just did what he had to do.
Oh, if ONLY I was more like Link…
In these few days before the Yankees and Twins go at it in the ALDS, I have been a mess. I've been trying to predict who will pitch well, who will hit well, who will WIN, everything. It's driving me insane. I wish I could just sit back, relax, and let what happens happen. But I just CAN'T.
One thing my mind has been wrestling over the past few days has been the Yankee pitching. CC Sabathia is going up against Francisco Liriano in game 1. Then it's Andy Pettitte for game 2, and Phil Hughes for game 3. The Yanks are going with the 3-man rotation like last season…or is it.
I'm going to be honest: I had WAY more confidence in the Yankee pitching last year. This year? Not so much…especially down the stretch. I'm just so worried about these three guys the Yankees are sending out there. Phil Hughes, on paper, has had a nice season, but he has been pretty darn bad in the second half. Andy Pettitte has had just three starts since his long DL stint. He was good in the first game, but the last two were hard to watch. Then there is CC…Oh, CC…C"Cy,"….my sweet Hefty-Lefty. CC has been the best pitcher in baseball since he joined the Yankees…why should I worry about him?
And because the pressure is on him! Okay it was on him last year when he was the ace, but there is more pressure this year because EVERYONE ELSE SUCKS!!! Last year Burnett was a beast, and Pettitte was healthy and successful….This year is SO different and I really don't like it.
Okay that's a little unfair – everyone else doesn't suck. I'm sorry guys…I'm just a little stressed out here…you know I didn't mean that.
And who am I kidding? Pressure…CC Sabathia…Pshhh…yeah right. Hello! Earth to Virginia! You call him C"Cy" for a reason!
I'm not really worried about the offense…I'm more worried about Joe Girardi. He tends to do things his way…which backfires more often than one would think. He handles the bullpen well, but not so much the lineups. I saw that Austin Kearns is on the postseason roster…I can't help but to worry if Girardi is going to utilize his lefty-pitcher-righty-hitters lineup, which would feature the strikeout king himself, Austin Kearns. I just wish Girardi will use his best players. I hope he listens to me. Just because the opposing team has a lefty pitcher doesn't mean the Yankees had to send out subpar righties. It's stupid.
Girardi, all I ask of you is to send out the Yankees best troops, no matter what the situation.
Well, tomorrow's the big night. There is nothing I can do about it. I mustn't worry, for what good will that do now? The performance of my Yankees is out of my control. I must accept this, and I must be brave.
-Deep breath, sigh-
Indeed, the time has come to test thy courage, MY courage, in this 2010 postseason.
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Maybe Link can lock up the number two starter spot and blow everyone away with his magic. Is Link a Yankee? LOL.
This first match-up of C C Sabathia and Francisco Lariano will set the tone for the ALDS series.
Going to be fun to see who wants it more, the speedy Twins or the resilient Yankees.
Do not look towards the 2009 Playoffs as an easy case or judgment in this one. Both these teams got better and worse in 2010….Wonder who will blink first?
Is it game time yet?
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You're up two games now. WooHoo! After game one I thought the Twins played their kind of game. They incorporated everything they do well and still lost. That was their best chance to get two wins out of Liriano. How deflating! After game two, now they're just doomed. No more Baseball for Minneapolis.
By far, your blog is the most heartfelt & interesting I've had the pleasure to fall across! I look forward to updates always! From one Yankee girl to another, I salute you!
Many thanks!


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Wanting the chance to voteApril 21,2014
Wanting the chance to vote
This letter is in response to Peter Kelleys letter to the editor about Dont sign the petition.
The bottom line of this entire discussion is that I and other voters of the town of Berlin are asking for one simple thing from our Select Board:The right to vote on the charter that establishes a Regional Public Safety Authority.
I trust the voters of Berlin to make the right decision for them and the town. Let us vote. Voters of Barre City and Montpelier have already spoken and voted yes for the authority. I know that there are those in Barre Town who are eager to having this same discussion with their newly constituted Select Board after their town meeting. Why are we being deprived the right to vote?
There is no cost to the town to participate in the authority and to have the opportunity to shape its future direction. Only when the authority issues its Memorandum of Understanding outlining the details of their first public service initiative which is presumed to be dispatching will there be any cost involved to Berlin residents. At that time the Select Board, or the voters of Berlin, should the Select Board decide to bring it forward for a town vote, will have the opportunity to vote on whether they want to continue with the Authority and participate in its first public service initiative. The MOU will provide answers to all our current questions and costs.
It puzzles me why members of our Board have decided that this decision is theirs to make and not the voters of the Town of Berlin? We know how members of the Board think about this issue. It makes sense that as our elected officials would want to know how we, the voters, think. Yes, there will be a petition circulating around Berlin, asking the Select Board to honor our request to bring the charter to the town for a vote. By no means does voting for the charter mean that the Berlin Select Board or the residents of Berlin are obligated to pay for anything. It simply allows representatives of Berlin to be at the table to develop the CVRPSA.
I would encourage all Berlin voters to sign the petition, once it is ready for signature and help bring the issue to the people. Any Berlin resident interested in helping with the petition can contact me at 802-371-7080 or at email@example.com.
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Best Practices in Culturally Appropriate Education Approaches." Ethnicity,Health, and Well-Being . 2013."
Build it, and will they come? Unexpected findings from a study on a Web-based intervention to improve colorectal cancer screening." J Health Commun. 2012;17(1):41-53."
Comparison of teen and adult driver crash scenarios in a nationally representative sample of serious crashes." Accident Analysis and Prevention. 2014;Volume 72, November 2014:302-308."
Emergency Braking in Adults Versus Novice Teen Drivers: Response to Simulated Driving Events." Transp Res Rec. 2015;2516:8-14."
Evaluation of a Risk Awareness Perception Training Program on Novice Teen Driver Behavior at Left-Turn Intersections." Transp Res Rec. 2015;2516:15-21."
Experience and Skill Predict Failure to Brake Errors: Further Validation of the Simulated Driving Assessment.". In: SAE World Congress and Exhibition.; 2014."
Exploring the potential of Web 2.0 to address health disparities." J Health Commun. 2011;16 Suppl 1:77-89."
Implementation of a Theory-based, Non-clinical Patient Navigator Program to Address Barriers in an Urban Cancer Center Setting." Journal of Oncology Navigation and Survivorship. 2012;3(3)."
LiveMetrics: Providing Individualized Feedback on Driving Performance.". In: SAE.; 2015."
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CINCINNATI — The Bengals scored nearly as many touchdowns on defense in their victory yesterday as the opposing Minnesota Vikings did on offense.
Linebacker Vincent Rey scored on a 25-yard interception return that gave the Bengals a 14-point cushion five minutes into the second quarter, and Minnesota never threatened after that, losing 42-14.
"It was a huge play in the game," Cincinnati coach Marvin Lewis said. "It changed the momentum of the game back in our favor."
Shortly before the play, Rey frantically made a motion to signal a certain defensive coverage, and he then cut forward to pick off the short pass thrown by Matt Cassel.
"I had an idea of what they were going to do just because of film study," Rey said.
Defensive end Carlos Dunlap thought he knew what he was going to do less than two minutes into the game, when he picked up a fumble by Cassel.
With open field in front of him, Dunlap anticipated scoring a touchdown.
Instead, after gaining 42 yards, Dunlap was tackled at Minnesota's 4-yard line by running back Toby Gerhart.
"I started celebrating too soon," Dunlap said. "That's what happened. I wasn't running the whole time. I'll never let that happen again."
Two plays later, the Bengals capitalized on the turnover with a 4-yard touchdown run by BenJarvus Green-Ellis.
So instead of two defensive scores, Cincinnati settled for one, which left Dunlap hearing good-natured ribbing from his teammates. "I got a lot of it," he said, "because I'm always talking crap to them."
Disaster free
Unlike the previous week in a 30-20 loss at Pittsburgh, the Bengals didn't suffer any mishaps on punt plays yesterday despite having to use a punter they had signed only five days earlier.
Free agent Shawn Powell, 25, was signed by Cincinnati as emergency punter and holder in place of an injured Kevin Huber.
Powell had been out of the NFL and home in Knoxville, Tenn. The second-year player out of Florida State had been cut by the Buffalo Bills following a poor performance in a game at Cleveland on Oct. 3.
Powell punted four times yesterday for a net average of 34.5 yards.
"Shawn did what he needed to do today," Lewis said.
Huber's net punting average of 40.5 yards was eighth-best in the NFL when he was lost for the season after suffering a broken jaw and broken bone in his neck on a hit by Pittsburgh's Terence Garvin. The NFL fined Garvin, a rookie linebacker, $25,000 for an illegal helmet hit on a defenseless player.
The injury to Huber occurred on a block as Antonio Brown returned a punt 67 yards for a Pittsburgh touchdown.
Vikings cornerback Marcus Sherels entered yesterday's game with the NFL's third-best punt return average. He returned only one of Powell's punts and gained 22 yards.
Cincinnati's kickoff coverage proved to be poor yesterday, allowing 26.3 yards on six returns. Minnesota's Cordarrelle Patterson took the game's opening kick for 48 yards and averaged 35.8 yards on his four returns.
"We've definitely got to play better on special teams," said Adam Jones, a member of Cincinnati's coverage units. "They had too many yards this game."
By the numbers
The four touchdown passes thrown by Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton gave him a career-high 31 this season. He's one short of Carson Palmer's team record, set in 2005. … Receiver A. J. Green enters the regular-season finale with 1,365 receiving . He is 75 yards short of Chad Johnson's team record, set in the 2007 season. … Lewis is 16-7 at home in December, including 12-3 since 2007. … Dalton is 9-5 in December games. … Cincinnati is 4-0 this season when playing at home following a road loss.


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PITTSBURGH, PA (September 28, 2009) – AirTran Airways, Southwest Airlines, Midwest and Myrtle Beach Direct Air all reported an increase in traffic at Pittsburgh International Airport (www.FlyPittsburgh.com) in August 2009 compared to August 2008 according to the August 2009 Scheduled Airline Traffic Report prepared by the Allegheny County Airport Authority (ACAA).
The busy summer travel season and value-priced airfares were two of the leading factors in the reported increase. Additionally, August marked the launch of nonstop flights from Pittsburgh to San Francisco and Pittsburgh to Los Angeles on United Airlines.
"The fares at Pittsburgh International Airport are lower everyday. If you are on the lookout for a low fare, you need to sign up for the Discount Fares Newsletter at www.FlyPittsburgh.com. The Airport Authority researches all the fares from Pittsburgh and sends them out via email every Wednesday," said JoAnn Jenny, Director, Communications, Allegheny County Airport Authority.
More than 714,000 scheduled passengers were enplaned and deplaned at the airport in August 2009, bringing the yearly total to 5,388,910. Passenger traffic is down 9.0 percent for August 2009 compared to August 2008 (714,587 in August 2009 compared to 785,148 in August 2008) and is down 10.0 percent year-to-date compared to 2008 (5,388,910/5,989,083; 10.0 percent).
Four airlines reported increases in traffic for the month led by Southwest, which showed a 7.7 percent increase in traffic August 2009 compared to August 2008 (135,750/126,021; 7.7 percent). The other three airlines that reported increases for the month were: AirTran (48,660/43,223; 12.6 percent), Midwest (8,727/6,308; 38.3 percent), and Myrtle Beach Direct Air (6,527/4,895; 33.3 percent). For AirTran, it is the airline's 32nd consecutive month of increased traffic at Pittsburgh International Airport.
Airlines that reported decreases in passenger traffic for August 2009 compared to August 2008 include: US Airways (201,657/261,525; 22.9 percent decrease), Delta (80,025/86,813; 7.8 percent); United (74,479/76,853; 3.1); Continental (47,864/51,218; 6.5 percent); Northwest (42,604/46,089; 7.6 percent), American (35,823/40,693; 12.0 percent); JetBlue (18,033/21,347; 15.5 percent); USA3000 (11,305/15,676; 27.9 percent); Air Canada (3,133/4,487; 30.2).


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University Student and Employee Computer Use Policy
1. Introduction
1.1 Purpose of Policy
To govern the use of University computer systems, which includes hardware, data, software and communications networks.
1.2 Person(s) with Primary Responsibility
Chief Information Officer
2. Policy Outline
This policy applies to all university students and employees whether full time, part time, temporary, or volunteer, but excludes faculty who are governed by the Academic Computer Use Policy.
Freedom of expression is limited to no greater degree in electronic formats than in printed or oral communication. Individual employees or students are entitled to full freedom in research and in the publication of those results to include freedom of speech and freedom of artistic expression through electronic means as well as in familiar and traditional media. Electronic means of freedom includes the respect for open forum communications free of harassment and discrimination. Intellectual property in electronic form is as fully protected as are those properties in other forms. It is important for all users to behave in a responsible, ethical and legal manner. In general, appropriate use means respecting the rights of other computer users, the integrity of the physical facilities and all pertinent license and contractual agreements.
The University provides academic access to a functioning system of electronic communication on a nondiscriminatory basis, without regard to the perceived merit of a particular content or subject matter or the views of users. Equality of access is assured without regard to race, gender, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.
Freedom of expression is limited to no greater degree in electronic formats than in printed or oral communication. Individual employees or students are entitled to full freedom in research and in the publication of those results to include freedom of speech and freedom of artistic expression through electronic means as well as in familiar and traditional media. Electronic means of freedom includes the respect for open forum communications free of harassment and discrimination. Intellectual property in electronic form is as fully protected as are those properties in other forms. It is important for all users to behave in a responsible, ethical and legal manner. In general, appropriate use means respecting the rights of other computer users, the integrity of the physical facilities and all pertinent license and contractual agreements.
This policy applies to all University procured and managed computer systems including hardware, data, software, and the communication networks associated with these computers. In addition, this policy applies to all non-university owned computers connected to the University's network and to all users of computing resources owned or managed by the University, including, but not limited to, University employees, students, guests of the administration, external individuals or organizations and individuals accessing University computing resources through external network services, such as the Internet.
Individual employees and students shall make every effort to show that they are not speaking for the University when they are not. Special care shall be taken in posting or distributing digital material, on a web page or site created and accessed through the University computing system. Individual employees and student members must avoid or dispel any inference that the speaker represents the views of the Individual employees and students are responsible for following federal, state, University of North Carolina Board of Governors, and University laws and policies.
3. Regulatory Limitations
The University reserves the right to limit employee and student computing resource access when federal or state laws or University policies are violated or when University contractual obligations or University operations may be impeded.
The University may authorize confidential passwords or other secure entry identification; however, employees and students have no expectation of privacy in the material sent or received by them over University computing systems or networks. While general content review will not be undertaken, monitoring of this material may occur for the reasons specified above.
The University has the right to monitor network traffic, including electronic mail (e-mail), to and from privately owned machines connected to the University network within the limitations described above. The University generally does not monitor or restrict material residing on University computers housed within a private domicile or on non-University computers, whether or not such computers are attached or able to connect to campus networks. However, if University Administration is informed of inappropriate employee or student conduct as associated with computing resource use, it is obligated to investigate and to enforce applicable federal, state, University of North Carolina Board of Governors, and University laws and policies.
All material prepared and utilized for work purposes and posted to or sent over University computing and other telecommunication equipment, systems or networks must be accurate and must correctly identify the creator of such.
The University may monitor access to the equipment and networking structures and systems to insure the security and operating performance of its systems and networks and to enforce University policies. Monitoring or otherwise accessing of individual employee and student computers to enforce University policies requires specific approval of the Chancellor.
4. Permissible Uses
Employees and students are expected to follow this policy and any related University rules, regulations and procedures for University work produced on computing equipment, systems and networks.
Employees and students may access these technologies for personal uses if the following restrictions are followed:
The use is lawful under federal or state law.
The use is not prohibited by Board of Governors, University or institutional policies. The use does not overload the University computer equipment or systems, or otherwise harm or negatively impact the system's performance i.e. excess use of computing resources as in multiple copies of printouts, email-chain letters, personal 'announcements', general advertisement postings, etc.
The use does not result in commercial gain or private profit (other than allowable under University intellectual property policies).
The use does not violate federal or state laws or University policies on copyright and trademark.
The use does not state or imply University sponsorship or endorsement.
The use does not violate state or federal laws or University policies against race or sex discrimination, including sexual harassment.
The use does not involve unauthorized passwords or identifying data that attempts to circumvent system security or in any way attempts to gain unauthorized access.
The use, when performed for non-work related activity, does not conflict with regular work assignments and does not represent more than incidental use for non-faculty employees.
The use of campus labs does not violate the rules and regulations set forth by the individual lab coordinators and departmental policies.
The use does not conflict with appropriate standards of civility and common courtesy or respect for the rights and privacy of others. Access to computing resources is a privilege that is granted on the presumption that every member of the University community will act responsibly. The University endorses the following statement on software and intellectual rights distributed by EDUCAUSE, the non-profit consortium of colleges and universities committed to the use and management of information technology in higher education and the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), leading industry trade group for information technology companies.
"Respect for intellectual labor and creativity is vital to academic discourse and enterprise. This principal applies to work of all authors and publishers in all media. It encompasses respect for the right to acknowledgment, right to privacy and right to determine the form, manner and terms of publication and distribution.
Because electronic information is volatile and easily reproduced, respect for the work and personal expression of others is especially critical in computer environments. Violations of authorial integrity, including plagiarism, invasion of privacy, unauthorized access and trade secret and copyright violations, may be grounds for sanctions against members of the academic community."
5. Other Computer Use Guidelines
Users are to have valid authorized accounts and may only use those computer resources, which are specifically authorized. Users are responsible for taking reasonable precautions to safeguard their own computer account. Users should treat computing resources and electronic information as a valuable University resource.
Users who publish home pages on the World Wide Web must identify themselves as the author. In addition, they must include the disclaimer that follows, or a similar disclaimer stating that any personal home page content reflects their own views and not necessarily that of the University. This disclaimer must appear on the main page and any subsequent page where the users' (author's) name appears on the users' web site.
East Carolina University is not responsible for either the contents of this web page or any other page that can be linked from this web page and that the material is not endorsed, sponsored or provided by or on behalf of the University.
In addition, any links to other web resources must be clearly identified.
Users may not change copy, delete, read or otherwise access files or software owned by other parties without permission of the custodian of the files or the system administrator. Users may not bypass accounting or security mechanisms to circumvent data protection schemes. Users may not attempt to modify software except when intended to be user customized.
Users shall assume that any software they did not create is copyrighted. They may neither distribute copyrighted proprietary material without the written consent of the copyright holder nor violate copyright or patent laws concerning computer software, documentation or other tangible assets.
Employees must not use the computer systems to violate any rules in the East Carolina University Business Manual, North Carolina State Personnel Manual, departmental rules, University policies or procedures, or any local, state or federal laws.
Students must not use the computer systems to violate any rules in the East Carolina University Student Code of Conduct, departmental rules, or any local, state or federal laws.
6. State and Federal Statutes
North Carolina statutes of which individual employees and students should be aware of that may bear on computer use includes:
14-190-1 Obscene Literature and Exhibitions
144-456 Denial of Computer Services to an Authorized User
114-15.1 Department Heads to Report Possible Violations of Criminal Statues
Federal statutes of which individual employees and students should be aware of that may bear on computer use include:
Title 18, Section 1030, Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers
7. Violation of Policy by University
Any violation of this policy is "misconduct" under EHRA policies (EHRA non-faculty) and "unacceptable personal conduct" under SHRA policies.
Sanctions for violation of this policy may include one or more of the following: a revocation of access privileges; a written warning or written reprimand; demotion; suspension without pay; or dismissal.
Violations of law may also be referred for criminal or civil prosecution.
Violations of this policy should be reported immediately to:
The employee's unit administrator
Upon verification reported by the unit administrator to Employee Relations in the
Department of Human Resources
In consideration of violation severity, Employee Relations will notify the University Attorney and the Chief Information Officer. (Upon notification, the Chief Information Officer may terminate computing resource access privileges pending investigation of the violation).
8. Application of Public Records Law
All information created or received for work purposes and contained in University computing equipment files, servers or electronic mail (e-mail) depositories are public records and are available to the public unless an exception to the Public Records Law applies. This information may be purged or destroyed only in accordance with the University records retention schedule and State Division of Archives regulations.
9. Violation of Policy by Students
Any violation of this policy is "misconduct" under the University's student conduct code. Violations should be reported as provided in that code.
Sanctions for violation of this policy may include revocation or suspension of access privileges in addition to any other sanction permitted under the student conduct code.
Violations of law may also be referred for criminal or civil prosecution.
10. Policy Questions
Employees' questions or concerns about this policy should be directed to the office of Employee Relations, Office of Human Resources.
Students' questions or concerns about this policy should be directed to the office of the Dean of Students, Student Life.


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The IT-Girls
The iconic beauty of the It girl has always been a reflection of the young woman's generational mindset. Those we deem It, represent the culture and values of the society of the time. In the 1920's, it was the Flapper, boyish and athletic, a woman of progress and youthful exuberance. In the 60's it was Marilyn, soft and sensual.
Most recently, it was Sex and the City which represented the epoch of glamour and feminine aspiration. Every young girl dreamed of cavorting around the Upper East Side in diamond encrusted Manolo Blahniks and a pink peplum dress similar to Carrie Bradshaw. Those young girls went out and bought Vogue and sipped Cosmopolitans. They had bank accounts to match the Clinton era boom. Times were prosperous and there was no war.
The look now can be described as beauty with an edge. Instagram is the new Vogue. The coolest girls are not only models, but also great photographers, DJ's and artists. It's not uncommon for one person, such as Tune darling Blanda Eggenschwiler, to do all these things. Today's It Girl is a creator, as well as a subject, and muse. She comes from everywhere. As It Girls like Robyn Lawley prove, there is not one ideal body type. Some of our favorite It girls, like Andrej Pejic used to be boys. It's a more open and inclusive world. The publication Galore exists to celebrate this world, and the It girls in it.
So who are these girls? They are DJ's and musicians like Icona Pop or Nanga Niang or models like Chanel Iman or Ashley Smith. Some are just making their way onto the scene like 50's era throwback Gia Genevieve and some iconic in their own right, such as Omahyra Mota. What they have in common is they are smart, talented, beautiful, and most importantly fearless.
The collaboration of Galore and Absolut Tune, through the Tune Darling program is committed to inspiring young women everywhere to change the world through their own strength and femininity.
Founded in 2013, Galore has cultivated a community of fascinating It girls that are the life of parties across NYC, Miami and LA. The collaboration fosters the inner spirit of a new generation of independent thinkers that aren't afraid to try things in a new way. To follow along the fun, follow them on Instagram at @KittenGalore.
This is a new generation, and the world better get ready for it.
Text: Amanda Lang Photo: Jacob Dekat


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Re: Anyone watching the new SURVIVOR Fans vs Favorites?
Shamar just continues to bother me more and more, each show. I liked that Reynold made the comment "He makes himself seem like a hero for staying in the game, when so many thousands of people would love to take his place." His crappy attitude has sucked all the "thanks for your service" out of me! LOL
A 3 way tie @ Tribal. Haven't seen that for YEARS! Looks like the Fan women are calling the shots.
Sh*t happens... but don't worry, it usually happens to me.