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So when is it "officially" okay to give your LO raw apples? DD eats them just fine at 14 months...She's very good she scrapes little bits off with her teeth. She's got 8 of them with 2 more coming in (incl molars). She is usually okay with raw foods. But of course my mil always has to undermine me and say "won't she choke on it?" Because I told her to just peel the apple (dd has a hard time with the skin - she usually spits it out anyway). All the ammo I had was "she eats it just fine" I feel that it would be a bigger choking hazard if it were cut up into little peices like she wants to do. Then DD would not be able to control the bites she takes? Make sense?
She also says to me "won't you roll over on her when your sleeping?" ugh!


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I remember that air ball , Woodson and melo wanted a foul. He got hit on the arm.
Melo has been getting his plays, as Woodson said in the post game, but just hasn't been delivering with even a shred of consistency. In those opening plays VS Detroit he converted on a couple, but went cold - even from the block where he's most comfortable - including shooting an air ball that Breen and Clyde were miffed by.
Since D'Antoni's departure he's shot 21.7% from behind the arc, too.
This **** needs to get sorted out because, as STAT mentioned after beating the Pistons, the team has set its sights on the Atlantic crown and as favorable a seed as possible.
Lin has had very little to do with Anthony's lack of shots and rhythm.
Whatever the problem - mental, IMO - Melo's tiptoeing the line of media scrutiny again regardless of whether or not he's been doing better defensively/being unselfish. We know how he deals with negativity, and the Knicks can't afford for that to happen.
I remember that air ball , Woodson and melo wanted a foul. He got hit on the arm.
eh, Melo will hopefully get back to being Melo, if not then it was fun when he was a Knick
Melo is horrible.
That is all.
You guys sound like a broken record last week it was Stoudmire, this week it is Melo, who's next Lin?
Breen mentioned it later.
As well, Woodson talking to the ref Touching his elbow showing how melo was fouled.
Having said that, I don't know if we can put all the blame on Lin for Melo's lack of scoring. As a former PF, I know I need to move with my PG to get into good scoring position. Melo rarely moves without the ball. Woody needs to draw up some plays for Melo to swing around the baseline off a pick and flash into a lowpost position.
It will take time for Lin to figure out where Melo likes to get the ball. It should be a no-brainer for Lin to realize that Melo's success will translate into team success. After all, he did go to Harvard.
Lin does have this tendency to dribble too deep into the paint looking for a pass. He shouldn't force the ball inside when the defense is zooming in on his dribble. He has to run more pick and pop. Melo and Stat are both good mid-range shooters.
Lastly, Lin does make the team better.
Melo is horrible when he is forcing up contested shots/trying to be the man (which is most of the year). He is playing better now but his shots selection are still awful sometime.
Melo needs to step up now that Stat is out. He needs to play like a 20Mil a year player, not an avg joe.
^ agreed that he needs to step up. his shot selection needs to be much better and he needs to see the basket a lot better. his groin issue is not good either. if he loses some lift because of it it means defenders effect his shot more. the knicks need to keep up good ball movement and get quality looks and make them. and that means guys like fields and shump and lin and davis need to hit at a good clip.
But the offense needs to be melo-centric, especially with STAT out. Look forward to even more iso melo. which may not be a bad thing as that is where melo is more comfortable, especially on the low block... he needs to get to the rim and, more importantly, to the charity stripe.


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UPPER DELAWARE VALLEY — It's becoming fairly clear that local zoning laws are going to play a role in whether gas drilling is going to occur in any given town or village.
In an interview with National Public Radio in early July, Governor Andrew Cuomo said, "I think it's inarguable that one should take into consideration home rule, and if you have communities that have an expressed desire to proceed, I think that should be taken into consideration if you decide to go down this road at all. Obviously, if a community says that they oppose it, that should be taken into consideration."
With that as background, several New York communities have passed resolutions recently that affirm the rights of residents to exploit any natural gas that may exist beneath their properties. In two of those towns, residents charged the resolutions were passed in violation of Open Meetings Law.
On July 10, the Town of Hancock passed a resolution that was described by a resident who attended the meeting as a "detailed affirmation of fracking." The resolution was not posted on the website in advance of the meeting, as required by NYS Open Meetings Law, which was updated in February, but the language of the law leaves a bit of room for wiggle. It says the posting must be done if "practicable."
However, Robert Freeman, executive director of the NY Committee on Open Government (COOG) and widely considered to be the foremost expert on the law, said that, these days, if a municipality has a website, it's not going to be very difficult to update it, and if it does not, the municipality has the obligation to provide copies of the resolution to people who request it.
He said that the Open Meeting Law was updated to provide the public with the opportunity to become familiar with resolutions before they come up at a meeting and to avoid surprises.
Town of Hancock Supervisor Sam Rowe said, in an email, "I've been supervisor for 11 years, and we have never posted any of our resolutions on our website or in printed form."
He added, "The resolution was the result of having several residents request that we have a moratorium and several residents for resolution in favor. Basically, it says that we are in favor if it can be done safely. Also it says that the town doesn't have the financial resources for a legal battle that towns are facing because of bans. Our hope was to have something that would please both anti- and pro-gas parties."
Another complaint was that the resolution did not appear on the agenda. Freeman said the law makes no mention of agendas, and if a town has one, it can choose to follow it or not.
There was also a complaint that the meeting was changed without posting the change on the website. The COOG website says, "If a meeting is scheduled at least a week in advance, notice must be given to the public and the news media not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting. When a meeting is scheduled less than a week in advance, notice must be given to the public and the news media 'to the extent practicable' at a reasonable time prior to the meeting. Notice to the public must be accomplished by posting in one or more designated public locations, and posting online."
At the meeting in the Town of Fremont, in which a similar resolution was passed on July 12, again the resolution was not made available to members of the public before the vote was taken, but was handed to some people on the board afterward.
Resident Kate Bowers said that, in her view, some residents in favor of drilling were informed of the vote in advance, while those opposed were not.
She said in a statement, "No matter how anyone feels about drilling, this was not the way to bring forth a resolution or conduct the business of a town meeting. Obviously, many knew about this resolution besides Paul Kellam (the council member who introduced it). Otherwise, why did they attend this particular meeting and never any others? I am truly disappointed that they used our town meeting to put forth their own agenda. When other towns in Sullivan County worked on their bans, they held many open comment periods, collected several comments, and the public was heard. Even if you disagreed with it, you had your chance to air your opinions and facts. We, in Fremont, had that taken from us."
Supervisor George Conklin could not immediately be reached for comment.
Some 40 municipalities in the state have passed or are considering preemptive laws that essentially favor gas drilling. Some of them are based on the premise that passing any sort of ban on high-impact hydraulic fracturing would be a premature use of a town's resources given that the final rules covering the process have not yet been released by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, though that is expected to happen soon.
On the other side of the ledger, about 110 municipalities have passed bans or moratoria on drilling, while there are movements for bans in about 70 other communities.


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Nuggets are really a deceptively strong team. And they've been doing really well as of late. Knicks, however, have been struggling and we're without our stars. Expect the least and prepare for the worst.
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Kingdoms Of Amalur MMO "Project Copernicus" Wasn't Fun; Take-Two Could Have Been Reckoning 2 Publisher
The Kingdoms of Amalur MMO, also known as Project Copernicus, was being developed by 38 Studios before the studio went bankrupt earlier this year. In a recent interview with Boston Magazine, 38 Studios head Curt Schilling voiced his concerns about Project Copernicus, explaining how the game "wasn't fun," even after years of...
Curt Schilling "Tapped Out" After 38 Studios Collapse
In his first interview since his development company 38 Studios declared bankruptcy, baseball-great-turned-gaming-executive Curt Schilling says he is "tapped out." Schilling told a Boston radio audience that he put "everything in his name" in the company. Schilling said he invested more than $50 million in the company, and ...
Feedback Law & Order Edition: 38 Studios And Infinity Ward vs Activision
Feedback is about to get serious, Law & Order serious. Like an episode of everyone's favorite crime drama, this episode is ripped from the headlines. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning developers, 38 Studios, failed to make a payment on their 75 million dollar loan to the state of Rhode Island. This resulted in the layoffs of nearly 400...
Kingdoms Of Amalur Sequel Was In Pre-Production; Schilling Stands To Lose $50 Million
More news on the swiftly unfolding drama surrounding Curt Schilling's beleagured development house 38 Studios: According to Schilling, a sequel to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was in pre-production, and the State of Rhode Island scared potential investors away from 38 by implying the company was in danger of insolvency. Schilling said that he...
38 Studios Fallout Continues: R.A. Salvatore Comments
The soap opera around the seeming death of 38 Studios continues. Get your popcorn ready for this one. Yesterday, liberal website DailyKos posted a story about the death of the studio. It took a political slant, lobbing a bomb at Republican founder of 38 Studios,Curt Schilling with these words: "So a lesson for future Republican...
Rhode Island Governor On Kingdoms of Amalur: "The Game Failed"
In a press conference held earlier today in Rhode Island, the governor of the state discussed gaming for a bit. At issue: the fate of now-defunct development house 38 Studios and its subsidiary Big Huge Games. The studio, founded by baseball great Curt Schilling, laid off all of its workers today. When asked why the company had such disastrous...
38 Studios Closes; CEO And Vice President Jump Ship
According to a report on The Verge, Curt Schilling's 38 Studios, the company that developed Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. has closed. The company laid off all of its employees, according to a source. Company CEO Jen MacLean and senior vice president of product development, John Blakely, both updated their Linkedin resumes and put 38 in the...
Project Copernicus Trailer Released By 38 Studios
Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning creator and co-developer 38 Studios has quietly released the first trailer for its in-development MMORPG, known as Project Copernicus, that is set in the Amalur universe. The video arrives only days after Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee outed the game's projected...
38 Studios Back In Business; Amalur MMO Release Window Outed By Rhode Island Governor
If you've been following the financial soap-opera that is 38 Studios, you know that yesterday the company basically bounced a check for $1.1 million. Today, things are looking brighter. Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee announced at a press conference that the development company responsible for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has paid the...
38 Studios In Money Trouble With The State Of Rhode Island Over $1.125 Million Missed Loan Payment
Curt Schillings' 38 Studios, developers of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, have reportedly bounced a check for $1.125 million to the state of Rhode Island. The money was meant to payoff the overdue part of a loan given to 38 from the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. Earlier in May, the company defaulted on the $75 million loan...
Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning DLC Trailer -- "The Legend of Dead Kel"
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning DLC "The Legend of Dead Kel" now has a fancy new trailer. The DLC takes place at the edge of the frostbreak sea on the island of Gallows End. The isle may appear to filled with mist and stone, but something sinister lies within. If you want to know more, check out our KoA: Reckoning DLC "The Legend of...
Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning, Darkness 2: Artificial Intelligence Post-Mortem At GDC 2012
Artificial intelligence in games is a bit of a misnomer. Yes, it's artificial, but no, it's not intelligent. It's still a program, following a decision gate and making choices based on pre-determined outcomes and priorities. But when these become complex enough, they can appear to make something sentient. That's something important in every...
Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning's First DLC Pack "The Legend Of Dead Kel" Hands-On Preview
The first DLC pack for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is on its way in the form of The Legend of Dead Kel. The pack will be available on March 20 and it takes place on the island of Gallows End, a new area for players to explore and call home. We got to test out the pack, and our own Adam "Swashbuckler" Rosenberg had this to say about...
Reckoning DLC 'The Legend Of Dead Kel' Coming On March 20
Have you run out of new territory to explore in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning? EA's got you covered. A morning press release from the publisher confirms that 38 Studios and Big Huge Games will be bringing some new content to the game on March 20 in the form of a DLC expansion pack, The Legend of Dead Kel. Dead Kel introduces Reckoning players...
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Trainer Locations And Backpack Upgrade Guide
If you need help finding the locations of trainers in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning we've got you covered with this Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Trainer Locations And Backpack Upgrade Guide. That's right, we also have backpack upgrade locations. Leveling up your skills in vital to KoA: Reckoning, as it is in any RPG. You can power through...
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The City of Stockholm has announced big plans to celebrate the royal wedding of Crown Princess Victoria to Mr. Daniel Westling next summer. City planners have put together a dynamic two-week festival leading up to the couple's June 19, 2010, wedding in Stockholm, Sweden.
"Love Stockholm 2010" will run June 6-20, and commences on Sweden's National Day, June 6. The festival intertwines the joys of love with the Swedish capital's engaging culture. For a fortnight Stockholm's streets and squares will bustle with music, art, culture, food, fashion, design, and history. Happenings at "Love Stockholm 2010" will include concerts and singing performances at Kungsträdgården, a special children's program, poetic love celebrations with art and culture along Strandvägen, a Stockholm of the future exhibit, and much more. It is a venue for Stockholmers and visiting tourists to celebrate together.
Princess Victoria and Daniel's wedding and the preceding festival are expected to attract approximately 2 million visitors and television viewers – comparable to the Olympic Games or World Championships – to Stockholm. Retail revenue for the combined events is estimated to be exceed SEK 2.5 billion.
"The royal wedding is an opportunity to show the entire world just how beautiful – and environmentally inclusive – our city is," says Stockholm Mayor Sten Nordin. "The City of Stockholm strives to combine a sustainable and good urban environment with growth." In recognition of this successful endeavor Stockholm earned the European Commission's "Europe's Green Capital 2010" award, the first of its kind; and Stockholm was recently named the "Best Municipality for Quality" in Sweden.
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Written by Mega-Slayer on 23.05.2006 at 21:16
I totally agree with what you said.I just heard it the other day and now I cant believe what I was missing out on.This is a true classic and a must own for anyone.The best tracks are "Burning In Hell","Exorcist" and "Pentagram".
extract from Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield. (Of course, the music to Tubular Bells was used in the soundtrack to the movie The Exorcist)
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Great album from one of the pioneers of death metal! I like the riffing a lot although i would like it a bit heavier. Good review also!!!
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I think I'll buy this soon...
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^ HA! My post was from 5 years ago, and I still haven't bought it lmao


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Skip to comments.NASA Scientists gather in Santa Clara to ponder life beyond Earth (SETIcon)
Posted on 06/23/2012 8:13:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
We may not be alone.
But our cosmic companions might be moist creatures in watery worlds -- lacking, of course, E.T.'s impulse, or ability, to phone home.
The growing evidence of wet planets -- and its implications in our search for extraterrestrial life -- is among the marvels shared this weekend at a Santa Clara gathering of astronomers, astronauts and science fiction fans.
The theme of the three-day SETIcon event: the exploration of universe and the quest to find life beyond Earth.
Scientists agreed that the neighborhood is looking a lot friendlier.
What began as a trickle of new planet discoveries a decade ago has turned into a torrent -- and not all places are rocky, gaseous or just plain weird.
Of the 3,000 or so candidate planets found so far by Kepler -- a NASA mission designed to find Earth-size planets around other stars -- several hundred of them share one special characteristic: a density of nearly 1 gram per cubic centimeter.
That's the density of water.
And, it could be prime real estate, said longtime planet hunter Geoff Marcy of University of California-Berkeley, speculating that these planets are composed of 30 to 70 percent water. "They're not pure rock," he said. "They're not pure gas. These are planets that are composed almost certainly of water."
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LOL! Not without some help.
NASA scientists ponder how many aliens can dance on the head of a pin?
And just WHO is to say that 'alien life' is, somehow MORE intelligent?
The theory goes something like:
Any alien life that comes to earth has to be more intelligent than ours because they have mastered interstellar travel where we have not.
I don't think they apply that line of reasoning to finding any kinds of life on other planets. I mean, no one is saying that some bacteria on a planet 300 million billion miles from here is more intelligent than us.
More intelligent than the liberals, maybe...but not us.
And just WHO is to say they have mastered interstellar travel????
Just the same , old, eugenics philosophy.
Headline: Scientists Gather To Make Sure Humans Are Irrelevant And must Be Killed For The Good Of The Planet.....Because We Say So
I have been a great proponent of the SETI radio program
(listening for radio signals from ET).
There was mention of listening as far back as the late 50s.
The theory was that high power VHF TV signals, started in the late 30s, and not reflected by the ionosphere, could have reached a distant star system and a reply directed back our way.
I am, however, quite skeptical that Earth has been visited, or that any intelligent life lives within 20, or more, light years of earth, despite all the chattering on Kook to Kook AM.
Within the rest of my lifetime, I would like to be proven wrong.
If "they" come "here" and are not from a planet in our system they have interstellar travel.
Has nothing to do with eugenics - and very likely nothing to do with reality at all.
I'm just wondering how long until we get a picture of the ancient alien guy from history channel posted on this thread?
I was just at that place for a business convention. This sounds much more interesting!
We need to find intelligent life in Washington D.C. first!
Well, if the Darwinists and the Big Bang theorists are right, then there must be life out there on countless planets, and some would be less intelligent, some more intelligent. By that reasoning, though, we should have seen some sign of it by now. Instead, we've got zip, zilch, nada.
I think their fundamental hypotheses are flawed, so I'm not holding my breath for an alien transmission or UFO landing.
space ping
That would be microbiology.
Have you actually MET an Obama voter? (If you had, you'd know the answer to your question is a resounding YES, they are!)
Intergalactic voyeurism just doesn't work for me. Wake me up when they can put people on Mars.
Visiting aliens wouldn't have to be any more intelligent than humans to have mastered interstellar travel. Their cultures would simply have to be older. We'll likely master interstellar travel ourselves (provided we don't kill ourselves off first) within another hundred years.
You're assuming that they'd even want to contact a violent, insane species like us.
Looking at us from a technologically superior extraterrestrial's viewpoint, we might well be worth studying or keeping an eye on, but open contact would probably be out of the question. Wouldn't want to risk being contaminated with whatever's infected us, you know?
If they were technologically advanced enough to get here, I doubt we would be any threat to them, no matter how violent or insane we were. The Aztecs were violent and insane, but the Spanish had no problem subduing them and putting them to work for them.
Point taken, but we're just having an intellectual exercise here.
What would be the upside in making open contact with earthlings for an advanced extraterrestrial race? I can't think of any off the top of my head.
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"What would be the upside in making open contact with earthlings for an advanced extraterrestrial race?"
Pets? Slaves? Inter-species concubines?
I don't know and I don't really care much, since I don't think there are any alien races out there. I think we're it.
Not to belittle you, but do you have any inkling of the astronomical odds against that being the case?
Try to wrap your head around this....there are around 100 billion stars in the average galaxy. Scientists are now finding that nearly all stars have planets of one type or another - many with the same density as ours (which indicates the presence of water).
There are more galaxies in the known universe than all the grains of sand on every beach on earth.
I know it's an impossible task, but just try to conceptualize 100 billion stars for every last grain of sand on this planet. EACH of them with planetary systems.
Heck, just try thinking with the fact that there are 100 billion suns in our own galaxy, MOST of them with planetary systems. That's 100 billion chances for life to develop in some place other than here. Look at the sheer numbers involved with this for a while, and you'll realize why the scientific community no longer asks the question "if" there's life beyond our planet, but "where" it is.
Yet, the entire argument rests on believing that life can spontaneously arise and organize itself out of non-life. If that is not possible, then you can have 100 billion, 100 trillion, or 100 zillion chances and it doesn't matter one bit.
No one's ever proved that life spontaneously arose and organized itself on this planet. I'm afraid that's not the basis for the entire argument that life exists elsewhere in the universe.
In fact, the question of 'how' life arises, is completely irrelevant and non-sequitur to the conversation about life elsewhere in the universe. The sheer scale of the numbers involved with the question, argue for a 100% certainty that life exists, and is even abundant, throughout the universe.
We don't need to know how life arises to examine the question of extraterrestrial life. Our planet is proof that life can and does arise.
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View our complete coverage of the 2012 UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Koksijde, Belgium on our Full Coverage page.
by Chris Bagg and Christine Vardaros
KOKSIJDE, BELGIUM—Winning on the same historic course on which his father, Adri, took home a victory 16 years ago, Mathieu van der Poel won the Junior Cyclocross World Championship in Koksijde today in fine style, riding away from a group of Belgians motivated to defend their home turf. For Van der Poel, the win continued a remarkable 2011-2012 season, during which he finished lower than first place exactly once, at Ruddervoorde. "I had really bad legs early," the newly crowned champion said after the race, "and I had stomach cramps. But at the end I was able to ride better and come back."
Mathieu van der Poel's (Netherlands) win is significant for two reasons – in addition to the obvious. He is the first Junior ever that can wear the jersey for a full year following his win as he is a first-year Junior. "It's a special feeling to be able to wear the Junior jersey all year long. I hope next year I have a season like this year and I can renew my title again."
Van der Poel was never far from the front, leading onto the legendary sand dunes after a start that removed American Cypress Gorry from contention. Gorry tangled with another rider a few meters after the start line, went down, and then had to chase. The front of the race, however, was already gone. Van der Poel, Wout van Aert (Belgium), and Gioele Bertolini (Italy) made the early selection before Van Aert gapped the other two riders. Van der Poel dropped back to the chase group, nursing those bad legs and stomach cramps, and Bertolini slipped steadily through the field.
As Van Aert rode gamely alone, a chase group of six riders formed: Van der Poel, Daan Soete (Belgium), Yorben Van Tilchelt (Belgium), Quinten Hermans (Belgium), Quinten Jauregui (France), and Silvio Herklotz (Germany). Going into the long sand dune at the beginning of lap two, Soete rode cleanly, making it up to Van Aert's wheel. The sand, as expected, would be decisive all day, rewarding those who could ride and punishing those who had to dismount. Van der Poel, coming back into good legs, rode the second stretch of sand almost perfectly, displaying a Sven Nys-like mastery of his machine and rejoining the lead riders. Looking around, Van der Poel found himself surrounded by four sky-blue skinsuits and realized that, to win, he would have to find a way to limit the Belgians' tactical advantage. Using the sand to his advantage, he did just that, attacking where numbers gave no assistance. Soon Van der Poel was alone, with Van Aert seven seconds back, Hermans and Van Tilchelt four seconds further afield, Soete 20 seconds behind, and the resilient Jauregui almost half-a-minute in arrears.
On the last lap Van der Poel maintained his lead, but "it was never more than 10 seconds, so I couldn't raise the arms very early," the winner said shortly after the race, referring to Van Aert, the only racer able to stay close to the leader. If the Dutch rider had slipped, bobbled or fallen, Van Aert had put himself in a great position, and he was clearly happy to cross the line in second.
When asked if he felt that the Belgians in his race weren't creating a unified front, Van Aert said, "From the beginning, I created a small gap and continued to ride my own tempo. It is difficult when racing in your own land so I find it normal in the beginning for my own countrymates to chase me down as they are not sure if that person – me – up the road can win. It was a very special feeling for so many supporters to yell to me and maybe that gave me too much of a boost and I lost a few places. I find that a pity, but I knew that I could keep second place though."
Behind Van Aert, Quentin Jauregui had miraculously found the group racing for third, and beat out two Belgians in a sprint for the bronze medal. He told Cyclocross Magazine, "I had to come back from far because I had a bad start. I tried to pass the Belgians ahead but fell back a bit from my effort. I was lucky to catch back to them by the fourth lap, I think. I saw Mathieu [van der Poel] had some problems, but by the time I was back up to the front, he was already so far up the road."
American Drew Dillman, getting some revenge against his compatriot Logan Owen for Owen's National Championship earlier this month in Madison, took 14th place, two spots ahead of the dominant Redline racer.
"I haven't felt like this all year. The last couple of weeks I've just been having a hard time, like at Nationals. I just wasn't feeling good. I was shooting for a top-ten or top-fifteen, and to get 14th I'm really happy with that. I was really proud to hit my goal. I raced [Koksijde] ]in November, so I was kind of used to all the sand, but this time was different. A lot of it was more ride-able. The past couple of days I was just getting better and better at it as I practiced. I tried to just ride most of the sections and save [energy] for the flat parts where it's not sandy. That last little bit on the course, I was with a group of riders. I knew I had to get in front of them on that last technical sandy bit because I felt like I was better on that stuff, so I probably hit that the best I did the whole race. When I looked back and they weren't there I was like Yes! and I just sprinted to the finish."
Owen told Cyclocross Magazine, "I just didn't have good luck today. I was taken out a couple of times. I moved back pretty far and had to catch back up. With two laps to go, I caught back to Drew [Dillman – who patted him on the back]. We were working well together and going pretty hard to drop the kids behind us. We dropped them all except for one who took me out on the last sand downhill section before the finish. Then all those guys passed me. Good thing I could help Drew get a better placing than I did."
In other notable results, Swiss racer Andri Frischknecht, son of the great Thomas, grandson of legend Peter, came in 20th.
Cyclocross Magazine also caught up with Curtis White, the fourth American racer who took the 34th spot today.
"It was not as good as I expected, but it's been a long season. I was hoping for a top 20. Overall I've had a very good season, but my ride here at Worlds was a little bit disappointing … But it's alright. I came here for the EuroCrossCamp earlier this season. I had a few top 10s, so I was feeling really good. Then on this trip I came here for the World Cup last weekend [in Hoogerheide].
"This is the last race of my season, then I am taking some time off before gearing up for the road season with Hot Tubes. Then I will be back for cyclocross, something I find a little bit more enjoyable than the road. I've been doing cyclocross since I started bike racing at 10 years old."
Back to the winner, when asked about following in father Adri's footsteps, Van der Poel quipped, "It's a very good feeling… but my dad had to wait a bit longer than me though to win the jersey!" Although Van der Poel had a good road season last summer, he remains committed to racing cyclocross at the moment: It's what he loves to do most.
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Rank Name Nat. Age* Result
1 Mathieu VAN DER POEL NED 17 43:36:00
2 Wout VAN AERT BEL 18 43:44:00
3 Quentin JAUREGUI FRA 18 43:57:00
4 Quinten HERMANS BEL 17 43:57:00
5 Daan SOETE BEL 18 43:57:00
6 Yorben VAN TICHELT BEL 18 44:24:00
7 Silvio HERKLOTZ GER 18 44:36:00
8 Daan HOEYBERGHS BEL 18 45:01:00
9 Romain SEIGLE FRA 18 45:08:00
10 Victor KORETZKY FRA 18 45:47:00
11 Anthony TURGIS FRA 18 45:59:00
12 Dominic ZUMSTEIN SUI 18 46:00:00
13 Gioele BERTOLINI ITA 17 46:16:00
14 Andrew DILLMAN USA 18 46:44:00
15 Felix DRUMM GER 18 46:47:00
16 Tim ARIESEN NED 18 46:48:00
17 Logan OWEN USA 17 46:51:00
18 Martijn BUDDING NED 17 46:52:00
19 Toki SAWADA JPN 18 46:52:00
20 Marco K
21 Andri FRISCHKNECHT SUI 18 47:41:00
23 Dylan KOWALSKI FRA 18 47:43:00
24 Jan BREZNA CZE 18 47:43:00
25 Pjotr VAN BEEK NED 18 48:07:00
26 Michal PALUTA POL 17 48:19:00
27 Jan VASTL CZE 17 48:20:00
28 Karel POKORNY CZE 17 48:21:00
29 Emil LINDE SWE 18 48:33:00
30 Dominic GRAB SUI 17 48:42:00
31 Koen WEIJERS NED 18 49:10:00
32 Jose Manuel RIBERA ESP 18 49:13:00
33 Kevin SUAREZ FERNANDEZ ESP 18 49:19:00
34 Curtis WHITE USA 17 49:21:00
35 Piotr KONWA POL 17 49:35:00
36 Nadir COLLEDANI ITA 17 49:35:00
37 Dennis WAHLQVIST SWE 18 49:35:00
38 Steffen MLLER GER 18 50:04:00
39 Joseph MOSES GBR 18 50:11:00
40 Yohan PATRY CAN 18 50:26:00
41 Kota YOKOYAMA JPN 17 50:28:00
42 Michimasa NAKAI JPN 18 50:44:00
43 Luca DE NICOLA ITA 18 50:46:00
44 Johannes SIEMERMANN GER 18 50:51:00
45 Patryk STOSZ POL 18 46 Simon VOZAR SVK 17 47 Riccardo REDAELLI ITA 18 48 Tobin ORTENBLAD USA 18 49 Jaime CAMPO PERNIA ESP 18 50 Samuel BEAUDOIN CAN 17 51 Ondrej GLAJZA SVK 18 52 Sven FRITSCH LUX 18 53 Mateusz GRABIS POL 18 54 Francesco PEDANTE ITA 18 55 Richard Cypress GORRY USA 18 56 Tobiasz LIS POL 17 57 Zygimantas BAIKSTYS LTU 17
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Moments later he appeared to abandon open-mindedness and objectivity altogether when he said, "I just personally think if somebody… says that there's no [economic] benefit [from fracking], personally I don't want to waste my time. There's gonna be a definite economic advantage—how can there not be?" Isn't this exactly the kind of question that the commission, not supervisor Sykes, was supposed to answer?
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In light of the recently adopted rules for public participation at meetings of the Delaware Town Board, which severely restrict and limit input from the public on important matters such as fracking, I urge all concerned citizens to attend the next drilling commission meeting on Monday, October 29, at 5:30 p.m. at the Hortonville firehouse. You can submit your concerns, questions and opinions to the commission at email@example.com [1].
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Who is coming this year, What are you bringing , which armor, any new weapons and where are you staying info goes here
Who is coming this year, What are you bringing , which armor, any new weapons and where are you staying info goes here
hey guys as long as i can get the days off ill be there.
Ill be in Reach Armor with jet pack and Jorges BFG
right now a kat, carter, jun and a grunt. might bring striped chief and snow chief. still working out the weapons. staying at the holiday inn capitol conference center.
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The foam-be-willing... I will have a custom Mk V(B), along with customized weapons... and if I have the time, a little secret project as well...
staying at home and driving in each day. (only live like 45 min away)
I will be there with a friend. We will be bringing Spartan II, Carter and ODST with an AR, dmr, reach pistol, mauler and sniper. With a slight chance of hammer. should be staying at the hyatt.
I'll be in the Marriot. Not sure what all I'll be bringing yet but there will be some Star Wars and BSG for sure. Spartan or ODST just depends on what I've finished or fixed.
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Already have my tix! prolly wearing my mark 6
i want to go REAL BAD...i wonder if I could do a road trip from Miami... :\ I still have to help my brother make his suit...he is still deciding between Baird or his Halo 3 Spartan which here is a pic: http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3Us...leid=122009564
so...i'm going to save up for it, how much is entrance usually?
what do the tickets allow you to do? just shows/signings/parade? or are they for general addmission?
I will be coming back this last year was a blast. Going for Jun but will atleast be in Reach gear and maybe have a sniper rifle. Will be staying at the Hyatt don't want to walk 2mile back to my hotel like last year.
"Dragon*Con membership covers all four days, all panels, events, demonstrations, concerts, performances, contests, snacks and munchies in our Consuite (as available) and a host of other activities.
The Following are NOT covered in your membership fee:
The Guest of Honor Banquet
Most Tournament Gaming sessions
Materials costs for a few workshops
Certain autographs (at the sole discretion of the autographer; mostly screen stars)"
I'll be there. This year, I think I will finally be able to march with the 405th in the parade, if we do it. The past 2 years I've been asked to do Spider-man with a group of friends, but I think this year I should be free. Halo: COmbat Evovled Mark V, regulation Blue, aka Caboose.
I'll be there as Cortana. I think the people I'm staying with are in the Sheraton.
won't be able to go becasue of the kami con in town this coming apirl so yeah hope some of you guy's can come to it
My wife and I will be attending. I plan on showing in COG (Baird-ish) armor. I'm currently purchasing all the necessary accessories needed for the outfit. All that's left is finalizing the armor. My wife is still debating what she's wearing.
pick one of the ONI guy's like dare, of a spartan or something like that.
Im going as Carter have a few friends going as Kat, Jorge, and Noble 6.
Hopefully this isnt a big necro but I couldnt find another Dragon con 2011 thread. Is the 405th gonna be a part of the parade this year?
Well if there is a distinct lack of a Green Chief I'll go as that. Or maybe I'll do a foam Emile. This is all assumig I can buy tickets in time and get a hotel. I want to go, but I'm not finalized yet.
Is anybody headed there that is passing near the Camp Lejeune, NC area? I'm interested in going, but need to arrange transportation and billeting.
Would also like to know if anyone might be willing to split a hotel room (if I can find a ride first) and possibly pick me up from the airport if I can't get a carpool.
No costume unfortunately (everything is in Cali)
Jen and I will be there, Thursday through Monday and me on the round trip from PAX and HaloFest. O.O It's going to be an adventure.
It's very possible that I'll only be there in my ODST with a few last minute extras. Doing work for others has taken over my schedule this year, I haven't had enough time to make new stuff for myself yet. Once I finish the suits for Halo: HellJumper I'll have 2-3 weeks to prepare myself before leaving for PAX and no time in between. I had expectations of getting a lot more done this season, but when the opportunity came to outfit a fan film I wanted to contribute as much as I could. I still have a few cards up my sleeve, but the hopes I had of debuting a new costume at D*con are pretty well dashed. I'll shoot for Nov 15th for that instead I guess.
Are we going to walk in the parade this year? It seems like we should get on top of that ASAP if those are the intentions. I'd love to walk for my 4th year in the parade, but I can't personally take charge of the parade for us, with doing both events, it wouldn't be possible for me. We would probably need a D*con veteran to lead the parade organization efforts. Any thoughts guys?
And either myself or Todd will be leading us for the parade. we are alregestered and ready to go for the parade aswell.


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Wherever theres strife, and these days theres plenty of it, the origins usually can be traced to bitter rivalries some of them centuries old between ethnic, tribal, religious or nationalist extremists.
Yet some of the oldest and most intense quarrels those among fiercely combative Scottish clans of yore come to mind have faded into the mists of history, and that fact should offer us reassurance that others may some day follow a similar path.
One such success story, unfortunately, has yet to be fully settled but still it is more positive than negative. The struggle in Northern Ireland between Protestants, who are rigorously loyal to the United Kingdom, and Catholics, who desperately seek reunion with the Republic of Ireland, only occasionally erupts into ugly violence.
Around the globe theres still reason for both optimism, faint or otherwise, despite the abundance of contrary evidence (including the seemingly intractable issues between Israel and her neighbors that had so much of President Obamas attention lately). But things are looking up for Turkey.
Yesterday, a deep rift between Turkey and Israel ended when Israels leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, made a personal phone call to apologize to Turkeys prime minister for a deadly (there were nine deaths) commando raid on a Turkish vessel in 2010. This sudden reconciliation including restoration of diplomatic relations between Israel and Turkey was partly brokered by Obama, all sides acknowledged.
Earlier this week Turkey had other good news: Abdullah Ocalan, the longtime Kurdish rebel leader serving a long prison sentence in Turkey, surprisingly called for a cease-fire and for all Kurdish fighters to leave Turkish soil. Ocalans speech was a significant breakthrough, although it remains to be seen if it will have the desired effect.
The struggle that has pitted the Turks against the Kurds or at least the militant Kurds of Ocalans Kurdistan Workers Party has cost nearly 45,000 lives and has deeply scarred Turkeys political landscape since 1984. Previous cease-fire bids lacked the high-level support of Ocalans.
Meanwhile, 10 years after the United States invaded Iraq, bloody strife between the Sunni and Shia Muslims continues to destabilize the country on an almost daily basis. Also, the brutal two-year-old civil war raging relentless in Syria has one branch of Islam trying to oust another. The government led by President Bashar al-Assad (and his father before him) has ruled for decades, leaving rivals to suffer as second-class citizens.
In Myanmar, where recently there were hopeful signs that an emerging democracy has a chance to prevail over the long-standing military dictatorship, it was reported Friday that Buddhist monks had rampaged through the Muslim sector of the city of Meiktila, seeking to avenge the death of a monk the day before.
The area was like a killing field, a photographer who witnessed the rampage told reporters. Even the police told me that they could not handle what they witnessed. Children were among the victims.
And since World War II ended, there have been at least 56 separate conflicts in Africa, including the horrible Rwandan genocide of 1994. There have been the dire situations in Sudan, Uganda and, most recently, bloody fighting in Nigeria, Mali and elsewhere in Africa. Most of it stems from deep tribal and religious differences rather than merely political priorities. And theres always the presence of militant jihadists, eager to spread unrest wherever the opportunity arises.
If Turks and Kurds can live peacefully together, maybe theres still hope for peace on this earth. Maybe, as with the Scottish clans, its just a matter of time. Patience, world.MORE IN EditorialsProtesters converged on a bank in Montpelier early this week to show their solidarity with the... Full StoryPhil Scott will take office next month after winning with a margin of 51.11 percent to 43. Full StoryIdeologues and partisans work from the outcome backward. Full Story
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Behr requested Superintendent Dr. Sue Thomas to canvass other school districts to learn what measures they are taking.
He made the request at the end of a routine meeting March 19 under new business, the last agenda item before adjournment.
"I believe we are having continued and substantial use of illegal substances on our school campuses. I'm basing this on information I have received from parents, information I have received as a peace officer.
In addition to his holding a Coastal Bend College division chair in professional and public services, Behr also is a sergeant with the sheriff's office.
"I also have information I get from my own daughters," he adds.
Among his concerns about school use of marijuana and cocaine is something relatively new, a synthetic marijuana known as K2.
"It's worse than marijuana," Behr says. "At least, marijuana is organic. This stuff is chemical. It's having adverse effects on people: anger, addiction. And it's really expensive. You can buy marijuana cheaper."
What then is its popularity?
"It can't be picked up on a drug test," Behr explains, "which is why it also is so popular among the oilfield workers."
Until recently, K2 was sold over the counter as an incense, as aromatherapy. "It looks like a bunch of chopped-up leaves," Behr says, "but it is sprayed with a substance that mimics the effects of marijuana."
Police attribute increases in burglaries and robberies to K2's higher cost.
Behr says he knows some of the measures that Thomas' research will reveal, including:
•Establishing a zero tolerance drug policy at the schools.
•Using drug-sniffing dogs more frequently.
•Creating a crime stoppers program at the school, in which students can anonymously tip off authorities on school-ground drug use.
•Increasing drug testing.
•Utilizing undercover officers at the high school.
•The presence of uniformed police officers on campus via a School Resource Office program, by which the officers' salaries are divided between the district and police department.
An additional advantage of on-campus police officers is in case of a live-shooter incident.
Still, the law restricts the use of some stringent measures.
"Students have rights," says Dr. Thomas. "We can't use drug-sniffing dogs on people, only on objects, such as backpacks — unless we have a student's permission.
And, Behr adds, "we can't strip search them either. It's not feasible and there are legal and liability issues involved."
Behr — who believes he has board backing on his proposal after talking with Thomas and other members before he made his official request — admits that every school district has drug problems. "For me, it's a matter of quantity."
What he fears most is the reports of drug use at the middle school.
"That really scares me — kids of that age getting hold of illicit drugs such as pharmaceuticals, cocaine, meth, marijuana and this pseudo-marijuana stuff."
Still, he is not surprised.
"Drugs are very pervasive in this community. We're near the Mexico border; we have a major thoroughfare that runs straight through town from Larado. There's thousands of pounds of illegal drugs on that highway every day. A lot of them are stopping here. We have gang activity and we're a prison town. All of that contributes."
Thomas expects to report her findings from other school districts at the regular meeting of the BISD board in May.
Bill Clough is a reporter at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 122, or at email@example.com.


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I was delighted to be invited to speak at a Brookings Institute event last Friday, November 4, 2011, along with UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang. I owe a great deal of thanks to Ted Piccone and Brookings for their insightful and intelligent reports, which we use often at the Human Rights Council. And it was a pleasure to share the stage with Deputy Kang, whom I consider a colleague, a partner, and friend.
The United States just completed the first two years as a member of the Human Rights Council (HRC). When I first started this job, we were all hopeful that U.S. engagement would make a constructive difference. But even the most optimistic among us could never have dreamed that the HRC would live up to its potential to the extent it has in the past two years, and the Arab Awakening was big part of that. I was asked to speak on what the HRC has done during the Arab Awakening, but it's also interesting to note what the Arab Awakening brought to the HRC. People say that every crisis brings opportunity, and the Arab Awakening was a true testing ground to see if the HRC would step up to the plate.
When I first arrived in Geneva, I wanted to change the agenda of the Council. What has been interesting is that Council has also served as a vehicle for many countries to show new leadership. For most of its short history, the HRC had been dominated by countries working from a block or ideological mentality -- North vs. South, developed vs. developing. These countries were set in their comfortable block positions, but the events of Arab Awakening made people think about which side of history they wanted to be on and consider breaking out of their ideological position.
President Obama said earlier this year in May that "The United States supports a set of universal rights. And these rights include free speech, the freedom of peaceful assembly, the freedom of religion, equality for men and women under the rule of law, and the right to choose your own leaders -- whether you live in Baghdad or Damascus, Sana'a or Tehran."
I feel that the Arab Awakening legitimized desires for these rights. Those rights facilitate all human rights. It's not about West vs. non-West. There were activists and regular people saying "no" to the establishment; they were saying these are our rights. This was positive for the HRC, and it definitely shifted the dynamics.
Moving now to the specifics of where the HRC has taken concrete actions in response to the tumult of the Arab Awakening. In Tunisia, there's a new UN human rights field office working closely with the transitional government. In Yemen, the situation remains fluid but the Council passed resolutions in June and September that will keep a human rights focus on the ongoing change there. We need to keep the dialogue open and encourage a smooth transition.
But the first real test case of the HRC's reaction to the Arab Awakening was in Libya.
On Friday, February 25, 2011, within days of Qadhafi's appalling declaration that he would hunt down opposition fighters "like rats," the Human Rights Council met for an emergency session in Geneva. It was a remarkable day. A sense of purpose, energy, and resolve was palpable as delegates worked with one another and with their respective capitals to respond to the crisis. In an emotional moment, we listened as the Libyan envoy stated publicly that he no longer represented the Qadhafi regime, but instead spoke for the people of Libya. It was clear we had entered a moment of profound historic change, and that as diplomats, delegates and governments we needed to summon the best within ourselves to rise to this challenge.
Confronted with the gross and systematic human rights violations of the Qadhafi regime, Council members turned to the strongest options available to them. The Council ordered the dispatch of an independent commission of inquiry to investigate the situation on the ground, recommended the UN General Assembly suspend Libyan membership in the HRC, and demanded an end to attacks against civilians and the arbitrary arrest and torture of peaceful demonstrators.
The Council's action that Friday sent a powerful signal of the international community's unity and was instrumental in forging the resolve demonstrated in the days to come. The following day, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution imposing an arms embargo on Libya, freezing the assets of key human rights violators and members of the Qadhafi family, and referring the Libyan case to the International Criminal Court. That Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined foreign ministers from around the world at the Human Rights Council to urge Qadhafi to step down and end the bloodshed. On Tuesday, the General Assembly stripped Libya's membership rights in the Council, the first time this had happened to a sitting member due to gross violations of human rights.
As the Council was responding to the situation in Libya, uprisings across Syria presented a distinct set of challenges in a different geopolitical context. Protests in Damascus, Dara'a and elsewhere were met with a wave of killings, violence, torture and persecution by the Asad regime. In late April, Council members met for a separate special session to condemn the violence there and send to Syria a fact finding mission from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
In August, responding to a new spike in government-orchestrated violence against the Syrian people, the Council held a second urgent session to express the international community's outrage and to establish a new independent commission of inquiry to investigate allegations of violations of international human rights law and establish facts to hold perpetrators accountable, which will report to the HRC later this month and again in March. The Council has not finished its work on Syria.
Despite focused action, Syria's story remains unfinished. We will continue to pressure the Syrian authorities to stop the brutal repression of its people, and we will continue to shine a sharp spotlight on the Syrian regime's flagrant human rights violations.
Both the cases of Libya and Syria show the HRC's new maturity and resolve. It has become an important platform from which the international community directly confronts human rights crises and stands up for the universal human rights of all. The Arab Awakening captured the imagination of people across the world. It also jolted the HRC into action. While the world watched in awe as ordinary people struggled for basic freedom and dignity, the Council responded by gathering essential facts, condemning atrocities, and pressuring the Qadhafi and Asad regimes to halt the violence.
The Human Rights Council is not and will never be a perfect institution, but the Arab Awakening provided it an opportunity to grow and to have a real impact. Going forward, our job is to ensure the Council continues to improve, and to live up to its responsibility to support the aspirations for freedom and dignity of people throughout the world.
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Sanctions against Iran, with China and Russia are opposed for other reasons. In contrast, Russia and China promised a fixed stake, and from inside Iran
Even if the consumption of luxury goods in China and Russia, rather than the entire nation's consumption, the consumption of a particular layer, We may be described, paradoxically, they still have the ability to consume a lot of remains, but the share of black market real estate costs, the rise of the hype hamgwa such as internal problems and issues for the export of manufactured products -
On this occasion Iranian reform of the participating sikyeoseo to them, certain equity guarantees and - we need-production capacity to some extent restored, but - purchasing power parity with the population in the continent of Europe and the USA for a period of time, purchasing power likely to rise than the activation of the overall economic think that should put as much effort.
Iran sanctions for a moment forgetting their needs by embracing a fully open economy, for the gradual efforts, China and Russia to the people the direct benefits to be delivered to, and their purchasing power to strengthen Let's take?
Chinese and Russian influence in the Middle East have been enhanced, if the experience of capitalism and democracy - free to people if you experience economic, to return to the dictatorship of the past, expressed a strong reluctance to believe that outside.
If you convince Israel, Israel once again with the technology, I see this as an opportunity to export to the world. China and Russia that they want, in the Middle East, fearing that they would decrease the influence of Israel in the Middle East and Islamic forces in conjunction with Israel's security is threatened to be afraid to think. However, the Islamic Revolution of experience of the war, will oppose a little while, China and Russia, rather than the war on underground resources and products for export markets will think you want.
The war is too trite to believe in.
Political compromise, but to solve economic problems I think it's possible to compromise.
China while solving the problem, industry, and wants to flexibly handle changes in quality (the problem of corruption and the fate of the Communist Party, Beijing's housing problems and the like), Russia's trade with China and other countries, by strengthening, that rely on underground resources in the economy to get out and think.
What they want, offering new products to market, what about Pioneer? Iran, Russia, the new production and consumption of Chinese people to become hierarchical.
Mexico and Iran to be a lot of interest is expected to crave.
For now, we need to find a new consumer market timing I think.
When throwing the dice I think.
Anna in Washington, D.C. writes:
Thank you for telling us about the work going on at the Human Rights Council, a body of the UN I wasn't really familiar with. I am amazed at how often other concerns trump human rights in the international system. One would think that human rights are basic, but I guess they are not. I hope you are able to further your goals of making the Council a better institution. It sounds as if that will be in all of our interests.


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Glenn W. McGee has appointed Dr. Christopher A. Koch (cook)
to be Acting Deputy Superintendent for Special Education
for the State Board of Education.
Koch, who
has worked for ISBE since 1994, previously
served the agency as Division Administrator of the LRE
(Least Restrictive Environment) Division
of the Special Education Center, where he was responsible
for special education compliance and monitoring of Chicago
School District 299 and implementation for the Corey H.
Settlement Agreement.
Koch has demonstrated a wealth of knowledge of the needs of students
in special education programs and he has skillfully handled two
previous leadership positions in the agency," McGee said. "I
am delighted that he has accepted this position of increased
responsibility for serving the special education community.
seven years experience as a special educator includes teaching
in four states in various settings - an Outward Bound program,
a college preparatory school, a youth detention center, a psychiatric
hospital and a church-sponsored day school. He
also served with the U. S. Education Department's Office of Vocational
and Technical Education where he administered programs in correctional
education and School-to-Work (STW) transition.
a former policy advisor for ISBE, he helped secure STW funding
for Illinois and the City of Chicago and provided leadership
in developing partnerships within and outside the agency.
is a graduate of Brown County High
School in Mt. Sterling and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. He
holds master's and doctorate degrees in special Education from
George Washington University in Washington, DC.
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