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Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 4:08 PM
To: STATESUP
Subject: Weekly Message from State Superintendent Robert Schiller 5-7-04
It was busy week in
I am sure that every single one of you has had a beef
or knows someone who has had one with the certification process in
On Tuesday, the House Secondary and Elementary Committee took testimony on Senate Bill 3001. The legislation would transfer the school construction program over to the Capital Development Board. Everyone appeared to agree that the school construction program is a great program, but many people opposed the transfer to CDB and the creation of another layer of bureaucracy. The legislation would create new priorities for the program, including mixed use facilities, and also would allow the CDB to control the construction, engineering, surveying of projects. While not specifically included in the bill ISBE believes that CDB is proposing to nullify all school construction applications submitted since FY 2002 and Capital Development Board testified to that effect. While ISBE supports the $2.2 billion in school construction bonding, ISBE opposed the remainder of the bill because we do not think that CDB should control locally raised funds. For audio of this hearing can be found at http://video.isbe.net/ramgen/testimony/testimony_05-04-04.rm
On Wednesday, House Speaker Michael Madigan and Chairman Calvin Giles of the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee held a hearing on the constitutionality of the Governor's Education Plan. Two delegates from the 1970 constitutional convention appeared and testified that they believed that the Governor's plan was wrong and contradicted the intent of the people to keep education free from direct control by the Governor. Later in the day the Speaker issued a statement that he agreed with the delegates and offered a compromise, which does not create a new Department of Education and keeps the State Board intact, while offering the Governor unprecedented control through a majority of appointments at the beginning of his term as well as limiting the term of the CSEO to no longer than the term of the Governor. Audio of this hearing can be found at http://video.isbe.net/ramgen/testimony/testimony_05-05-04.rm
On Thursday the House Republicans offered an alternative to the Governor's plan and we could see another plan offered by Senator Miguel DelValle as early as next week.
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Robert Schiller
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Certification Funds Restored
The Illinois State Board of Education today had praise for Governor Rod Blagojevich for restoring $1.2 million to the area of Teacher Certification, giving ISBE the authority to rehire personnel critical to support teachers awaiting issuance of certificates.
Governor Blagojevich signed Senate Bill 1271 Friday, part of which included a request by the General Assembly, brought forth by Senate President Emil Jones and House Speaker Michael Madigan to re-appropriate $1.2 million from the Teacher Certification Revolving Fund. For more on the press release please go to:
Budget/Joint Agreement Budget Forms
For Fiscal Year 2005, ISBE is providing the
Select Budget Form for FY05 (
Requirements Include:
If you have any questions or need assistance in requesting/completing any of these documents, please contact the School Business and Support Services Division at 217/785-8779.
Legislative Update
The Senate and House hearings on the Spring 2004 Waiver Report will both be held this Wednesday, May 12. Should you wish to attend these hearings, the time, date and location of each hearing are as follows:
· The Senate hearing on waivers has been scheduled for May 12 at in Room 212 at the Capitol.
· The House hearing on waivers has been scheduled for May 12 at in Room 118 at the Capitol.
The following education related bills were passed out of the opposite chamber last week and will be forwarded to the Governor:
SB2135 creates a K-3 class size reduction grant program to be implemented and administered by the State Board of Education, subject to appropriation, for only those schools that are on the early academic warning list or academic watch list. The grants would be used help defray costs related to keeping class size under 20 students.
SB2444 provides that if, at the time of enrollment,
dependents of United States military personnel are housed in temporary housing
located outside of a school district, but will be living within that school
district within 60 days after the time of initial enrollment, the dependents
shall be enrolled upon a sufficient showing of proof, and shall not be charged
non-resident tuition. It also provides that non-resident dependents of
Department of Special Education Parent/Guardian Survey
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is pleased to announce the development and dissemination of the first statewide data collection effort to assess parent involvement in the education of students with disabilities. The Parent/Guardian Survey (ISBE form 34-68) can be completed online at http://www.isbe.net/spec-ed/survey.htm and is available in English and Spanish. The survey is being disseminated to parent leaders, directors of special education, superintendents and others in an effort to outreach to families across the State. Printed copies are available for families who do not have access to the web.
The purpose of this survey is to collect information from parents and guardians of students with disabilities in order to measure their participation, involvement, satisfaction, knowledge and awareness of the special education services delivery system. Survey data for this year will be collected from May 6, 2004 through August 1, 2004 and every two years thereafter. By collecting data over time, ISBE will create a solid foundation of information for improving policy and programs for students with disabilities.
In 2002, ISBE finalized the Illinois Continuous Improvement Plan (ICIP). The ICIP is a critical component of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process. Annual receipt of grant funding through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is dependent upon compliance with the requirements covered by the federal monitoring process. The ICIP includes a goal to increase the meaningful, effective involvement of families in the educational process of children with disabilities as measured by analyses of survey data and progress from baselines. Stakeholders identified the development and implementation of a survey instrument as a priority activity. Based on that priority, ISBE developed the Parent/Guardian Survey (ISBE form 34-68), incorporating questions from two national studies, the Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS) and the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2 (NLTS2).
The Parent/Guardian Survey results will be used as data for future planning to inform decision-making and to improve practice. In addition, the results of the survey will be widely disseminated across the State and reported to the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in the annual update of the ICIP activities.
E-Grants Approval Groups Setup
By the close of business Friday, May 7, 2004, ISBE will add a new system in
IWAS under the "Grants" category named "NCLB Consolidated
Application" for which staff in your local education agency can request
sign-up authorization. This will
allow each staff person to be approved into their appropriate IWAS approval
roles prior to the release of the new Electronic Grant Management System (e-GMS).
The NCLB Consolidated Application
will be available through the e-GMS very soon as final testing is being completed.
Local IWAS Administrators (primarily
district superintendents) will have automatic approval access to this system.
If other staff already have an
IWAS account, they can sign up for the new system by logging into IWAS from
the ISBE homepage, clicking on "System Listing" and then at the
bottom of that page, click on "Want to Signup for Other Systems?"
link. The "NCLB Consolidated
Application" will be available in the "Other Systems" list
under the category of "Grants."
To sign up for the system, they can click on the "Sign Up
Now" button and follow the instructions.
If you have questions regarding IWAS approval setup, please contact
OTIS, Highly-Qualified, and Other Certification Matters
The State Board is creating a data base that will eventually show, on OTIS, the areas for which each teacher is highly qualified. Within the next two weeks, we will provide you with additional information about this initiative. Shortly thereafter, we plan to send each teacher a letter regarding how they can submit relevant information to the State Board. That letter will also include other critical information about changes to the certification rules (already adopted by the Board and now under review JCAR) and potential changes to the requirements for moving from Initial-to-Standard certification and certificate renewal, which are under consideration in the General Assembly.
You can help by encouraging your teachers to immediately establish a personal account on OTIS, the Online Teacher Information System. The instructions for doing this are at www.isbe.net/otis; the procedures are very easy and without cost. Once the teacher has an account, he or she will be able to view the information we have about his or her credentials and, with the creation of the proposed system, we will be able to work together to fill in the information gaps. The teacher will also be able to correct any personal information, such as his or her current mailing address; this is a critical step to assuring that each teacher receives the information letter about new requirements.
Watch for additional information in future messages, but please urge your teachers to "Go OTIS!" as soon as possible.
Bridges Extended Learning Opportunities
The Bridges Extended Learning Opportunities program, formerly known as Summer Bridges, is a cooperative effort of the Governor's Office and the Illinois State Board of Education. This program offers students who are performing below standards in reading an extended learning experience. In anticipation of a favorable outcome from the legislature, we want potential participants to submit their plans to this office by May 17, 2004. Eligible districts have already been notified. For additional information please visit http://www.isbe.net/sos/htmls/summerbridges.htm.
FOCUS 2004: Beyond Education & Training…Leading Economic Growth
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July 6, 2011 —
MILFORD, PA — More Pike County residents will be able to use the county buses now that the transportation group will be spun off the Area Agencies on Aging and be made an independent county department.
The headquarters for the new department will be moved from Blooming Grove to the administration building in Milford.
The director of the program, Keith Raser, has been in office since April. "We will continue to offer transportation to the shared ride program, the medical assistance program and people with disabilities as in the past," Raser said. "What's new is that we signed a contract just today with the Center for Independent Living and will transport any of their clients and will be paid by the center."
Riders from the center, from age 18 to 64, include people who are blind, wheelchair-bound individuals and anyone who is not income-eligible for the medical transportation program, he said.
"Members of the general public can use the buses but will be charged at a much higher rate that the others," he said. "It's rather expensive if you have no subsidy."
Applications must be submitted by anyone wishing to use the program. These are available at the two senior centers and can be downloaded from the county's website.
"Go to www.pikepa.org, click on offices, and scroll down to the transportation department and the application is available there," Raser said. (http://www.pikepa.org/transportation.html).
The department has purchased a new minivan and a 10-passenger bus, raising the total number of busses to 16. All repairs to the vehicles are done locally, he said. The funding sources for the program are the PA Lottery, PennDOT, the Medical Assistance Program and the PA Department of Aging.
Some examples of the fees are: in-county ride less than 15 miles one way is $1 for seniors, and $2.25 for people with disabilities. In-county rides between 16-21 miles is $1.50 for seniors and $2.55 for disabled.
Trip destinations include Stroudsburg, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Clarks Summit, Dunmore, Hamlin, Middletown, NY and Newton and Sparta in New Jersey.
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Rosie O'Donnell & Wife Welcome Baby Daughter Dakota
Rosie O'Donnell and her wife Michelle Rounds have welcomed their first child together - a baby girl named Dakota.
The entertainer announced the happy news on Instagram, posting an image of the three of them and writing: "we r thrilled to announce the arrival of r daughter Dakota - #withloveandthanks - AMEN."
It's unclear if the infant was adopted or born via surrogate.
It's been a rough year health wise for the couple. In June, Rounds had surgery for desmoid tumors, and in August O'Donnell suffered a heart attack. The couple secretly wed in a private ceremony before Rounds' medical procedure.
O'Donnell was previously married to Kelli Carpenter. Their marriage lasted four years before their divorce in 2008. They have three adopted children and one daughter, who was born to Carpenter in 2002.


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Hank the Brewers' dog has a new chew toy.
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No argument here, and that's one reason I headed south to see the outstanding production of "Gypsy" that's on stage at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. The second is director Gary Griffin, who has now directed six Sondheim musicals at Chicago Shakes and who understands Sondheim as well as any living director. »Read Full Article
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Five ways to bond with your children
We're with our kids every day.
We wake them up, feed them breakfast, send them off to school, help with homework, give them dinner and put them to bed every day. We know them and they know us – but have we really bonded with them?
Being your child's friend doesn't mean you have to shirk discipline and allow them to do whatever they want to do. As your child's first friend, they crave attention from you and want to share the things they enjoy. In you, they have the person who knows them best. This makes them feel safe enough to be wrong about something – it allows them the right to be imperfect. This friendship will grow over the years and blossom into a close relationship with a bond that is secure.
Bonding with your kids takes effort, but not necessarily more time. Here are five ways to bond with your children using activities you probably already do:
Children love to cook! Finding out what happens if you stir ingredients together is part of their investigative nature. Making something for their family to eat fills kids with a sense of pride, not only because they made something yummy, but because they helped. Give them age-appropriate tasks to do and talk about what you're doing while you are all in the kitchen. It'll be a little messy, but that's part of the fun.
Want to help your little one recognize colors? Does your preschooler need to work on identifying numbers? Accomplish both by playing a game together. Many of the games on the market for children under 6 emphasize number, color and letter recognition and can be used as teaching tools while you are playing. They'll never know they were learning their colors while playing Uno – they'll only know they were having fun!
If you have five minutes, you can do this. The memories you'll make for you and the children alike will be priceless. Put on a family favorite song or, if you don't have one, just put on the radio. Then get up and dance with them. Let it all go. Swing your hair, break out some air guitar, show some old school moves. Make them laugh and know they are laughing AT you, embarrass them – they'll cherish it forever.
Reading to your child is very important for their developmental skills. It helps with reading comprehension, deductive reasoning, identifying context clues and a host of other aspects of learning. Here's a way to liven it up every once in a while. Read a story that gets them moving. Have them act out the story, doing the actions and making the sounds that the book calls for. You won't be able to stop yourself from doing it too.
Work in a little snuggle time every day. Grab an oversized blanket and curl up on the sofa with your kids. It can serve as downtime right before bed or during TV time. This connection will become something everyone looks forward to.
Bonding does require effort, but it's one of the best things you can do as a family unit. It doesn't take much – just a little creativity.
– Lisa Wood is many things – psychological horror author, adjunct professor and freelance writer among them. She lives in Martinsburg.


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Spoon full of Goop. In the fantasy scenario, I would have an Oscar and tell them the first one to tap out doesn't get it. Then I would throw human decency out the window.ReplyCancel
Ireland Baldwin gets invited to fashion week and we are supposed to take it seriously?ReplyCancel
Cool runway model.ReplyCancel
Try it again.
Count, if you're going to do Ireland Baldwin, and can't say I blame you, then here's your target.ReplyCancel
Ireland sweetie if you're gonna do a spray with a short dress you need to go all the way up the legs…also you're hair is too light for your complexion…stop bleaching the hell out of it…you'll end up having to get it all cut off in a few monthsReplyCancel
Katie's dress is fugly.
Oh, Ireland, you're a pretty lass, leave your locks alone.
Hello, Wolverine & Sherlock!
Yay for the runway model!
You know Goop has custom Instagram filters.ReplyCancel
Damn, Ireland looks like her mother in this photo.ReplyCancel
Politically correct: person with a disability.ReplyCancel
^^^Low class fat shamer talking political correctness. LOL!ReplyCancel
@luvgossip: 18y/o.ReplyCancel
Fuck off Count. You calling me low class is priceless. And I never called you fat, that was someone else who finds you obnoxious.ReplyCancel
You talked about my fat fingers after that other poster called me a pig. You are a revolting person.ReplyCancel
And, grayhare, you had to resort to coarse language when replying to me.
@msgirl, the disabled lady on the runway is a clinical psychologist. She's modeling for a new line by Carrie Hamilton, who said, "I made the decision to cast role models, not runway models". It's a really interesting story about how her line "makes dresses to fit women. We don't make dresses that women need to fit into".
First ever wheelchair user takes to the catwalk of New York Fashion WeekReplyCancel
Oh Count. Someone DID hurt your little feelers, didn't they? Cheer up, I know there are probably a lot of women that like little chubby guys with tiny wieners.
*wait. no, no they don't really*
What no snide comments about blake being let out of the house. Disappointed!ReplyCancel
@Rosie Da Pig: Shaddap, hucklepig, I'm trolling the other twunce in this post.ReplyCancel
ok tinypenisCount. ya got me. I don't think I can emotionally handle being called a pig today. Its just so….so..
Oh who am I kidding? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA hahahahahaha oh man youre awesome. did you break into your mommys email to log on here? really, what middle aged man even uses some of these words youre choosing? Its like you stopped maturing at 12. Haterz gona Hate, eh? hahahaha What about this one: TWUNCE hahahaha
wheres that cute little grape you call a boner? you got that lil guy out in yer chubby lil fingers? *yerp, ima real man right here ya lil cunt bim cum get yer fill of daddies lil snausage*ReplyCancel
Lmao…. As if we needed to have it made clear that Diane Kruger just happened to be sitting next to Reese and Goop. They cut her out of the pics!ReplyCancel
Rosie Da Pig: You personify the term "twunce". Who else combines being a twat and a dunce better than you?
Just like you are a perfect combo between a huckleberry and a pig.
Thank god you hate men enough that you will never reproduce. We can only hope you don't adopt either.
You look better in the MySpace Angle , than you do in the NSFW body shot.
Do yer girlfriends get bugged out when you start OINKing while you dine at the Y?ReplyCancel
Blake is so pretty – no wonder she's getting snapped up by so many cosmetics / fragrance companies.
Reese and Gwyneth are two little peas in a pod. A sour, shrivelled up pod.
I wonder what Gerard Butler thinks of Brandi Glanville's new bookReplyCancel
This was removed, so I'll re post it.
Nice Harry, thanks.
Didja see the yoga pants pic from the other day?ReplyCancel
do you really think people clicky clicky on your little NSFW and other bullshit links? Nope. Tell you what. Ill click on as soon as you post a link to a pic of your sexy self. come on man, you show me yours and ill show you mine.
*spoiler alert* Im so much more attractive than you.
come on lil sweetie, post us a shot of yer hot lil bod
First, I'll never post a pic of myself on here. Second, it don't matter what you look like on the outside, yer an ugly pig on the inside. #OINK
Third, I know exactly how many people click on the photos I post and how much bandwidth is used by viewing the photo, Stupid Rosie pig. Imgur shows you all the stats, views, bandwidth usage and graphs it by date and time.
I thought they always said pigs were smart animals? Guess you prove that theory wrong. You can go ahead and pretend you didn't click it though, as long as me and those images pop into your head everytime you hear the word "pig" I OK with your denial.ReplyCancel
I think Katie Holmes looks GREAT. I LOVE HER HERE, go Katie!!!!ReplyCancel
Reese looks really really good. She has not aged since Cruel Intentions.ReplyCancel
UhOH..got the lil pedo mad..ReplyCancel
U mad bro?ReplyCancel
Just the fact that you are so easily able to find such disgusting photos as the nude woman with your family members shows how disgusting you are. Normal guys who have enjoyable sex lives don't have to have thousands of filthy photos at their fat little fingertips. They have real women. And yes Rosie, I think you got loserboy mad.ReplyCancel
LOL. Your arguing game is so painfully week, Rosie Da Pig. I long for the days when someone with intelligence, like Lola, would come at me with thought out retorts and facts. Rosie Pig hurls baseless insults, like "pedo" thinking I'm getting mad.
This is my hobby, I love it, I don't get mad. When the arguing gets good, the adrenaline is great.
Have you gotten any stage work recently, Rosie Pig? SFWReplyCancel
@Grayhare: You continue on with the fat shaming, showing you are trash. Not surprising, usually the ones with the least amount of class are the ones who demand class from everyone else. Just like yer pal Rosie Da Pig proclaims misogyny at the drop of the hat, because she tries to mask the fact that she hates men.
Oh, and since your IQ is in the toilet, like your class level, I won't bother to explain Google Image Search.ReplyCancel
Its not cuz youre fat count. Its because you are ugly. ok, yourefat.
wow, Grayhare, look whos giving us lessons on class. A chain smoking, methhead with pedophilia tendencies.
Uh. Er. Oh-Kay count *side eye*
Let me guess, youre not a meth head, right? I bet your the type who says "Ya, but I only do it occasionally"
Guess which category that falls under? #totally classy I kid, I kid…its said by addicts you idiot. hahahaha Go grab the meth pipe classy. some of us have contributions to make to society
Lol Rosie da Pig can't even make a concise comment. She's resorted to spamming. Dance, Pig, Dance.ReplyCancel
Hey, LowKey, you around? I found some Parmesan popcorn and Hiddles gifs.ReplyCancel
This aint a shitstorm. It is just AnotherClasslessHare and the HucklePig attempting to fat shame and dick shame me.
Trash and pigs make good bedfellows. Pigs like to eat trash, so I guess AnotherClasslessHair will enjoy that. Tell us if she is any good.ReplyCancel
uh Rosie—I recall you saying that you have tried Meth yourself. So those that live in Glass Meth houses should not throw their pipes.
Lowkey— No one needs your "help" and no one ever asked for it.
Count—Best to stay away from Rosie or you will catch Swine Flu.ReplyCancel
Don't worry Derek, I wouldn't touch her. I'm into Fuck Pigs, not Fucking Pigs.ReplyCancel
I was referring to other situations. duh. (Not so) Lowkey.ReplyCancel
Fine then. Goodnight. I am just glad its not my turn ; )ReplyCancel
Jesus Christtttt. I am burnt out on all this fighting.
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@teresa crane I'm with you on that. One minute everyone's enjoying an afternoon of debating Katie Holmes' RBF and the next this place dissolves into an episode of "Rock of Love."ReplyCancel
If it is Rock of Love I wanna be Ashley!ReplyCancel
Gwyenth and Reese seem like they'd be the best of frenemies.ReplyCancel
Also, get the fuck out of here with those hashtags. No one can read what hell you typed when it's all mushed together like that and it just comes across as incredibly juvenile, put some damn spaces in your text you lazy ass! Casual use of hashtags just makes me question your sanity. Then again…look where I am commenting…ReplyCancel
How come Michael Douglas got cut out of the shot of Blake Boring and the group? He was sitting right next to Rose Byrne.
I can't even imagine kissing that ashtray mouth Dipp! There was a kid in my beginning comp class today whose breathe smelled like something out of dump, and I nearly barfed on him. The kid is a major coffee and cigs guy.ReplyCancel
@JSierra Very good point. This Ashley or this Ashley ?ReplyCancel
@JSierra: If you mean we are both assholes, I'd have to agree. If you mean we are the same person, no.ReplyCancel
I'm glad you said this because as a non-disabled person, I was thinking the same thing but assumed I'd be absolutely flamed for it and didn't want to step into the political muck.
It's understandable that disabled people push to be recognised more in society (no wheelchair pun intended), but going after fashion is an interesting choice. As far as I can see, fashion (models &designers) exclude about 95% of the world population anyway.ReplyCancel


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Over Memorial Day weekend, a Florida man (who was profoundly disturbed) stripped off all of his clothes, pounced on a sleeping homeless man and spent 18 minutes trying to eat his face completely off.
Then on Tuesday, May 29, Cracked.com, a (sort of) popular comedy website that publishes silly, informative list articles (garnished with dick jokes), had one of its best traffic days of all time.
I'm not just bringing up two random stories. These two seemingly disparate things are directly related, and I'm going to explain to you how.
4The Internet's Terrible at Reporting on Things
So here's what happened first: Twitter is stupid.
The least we can do is buy it a helmet.
Or, wait, no. That didn't happen first. What happened first was that a man ate another man's face, and then Twitter was stupid. When a man's brain broke and voices in his head or chemicals in his body or spirits in his soul convinced him that he needed to take off all of his clothes and attack a stranger until he was tragically gunned down by police officers who had no other choice, "zombie apocalypse" became trending on social networking site Twitter.
I didn't have that reaction, personally, even though this website has written about zombies more than a few times (and even though I've personally written about them [and even though we've wedged "ZOMBIES" into our book to draw more attention to it]). I read a news report about a crazy man on a drug called bath salt that news reports are calling "the new LSD," and I thought, "Holy shit, that man's brain must have been profoundly diseased to make him do that. Also, I feel terrible for that poor guy who woke up to getting his face eaten by a stranger; that must have been terrible. Also everyone was naked, and that probably means something. And hang on, they're calling a drug that makes you violent and aggressive and face-hungry 'the new LSD'? Either I've been taking the wrong kinds of acid or these news reporters don't actually know what LSD does, because people on actual acid NEVER try to eat each other's faces. I wonder if I should write to someone about how we're really irresponsible in tossing around labels, and that we're giving LSD a bad name. Anyway, there's a lot of information here, but mainly, this whole thing is horrible and tragic." That's how I processed the situation. And that's why it was strange when I saw that Twitter and Tumblr and bloggers were all throwing around zombie jokes immediately.
"A tragedy! Quick, to the Meme Vault!"
That was everyone's instant response? Should I feel like the crazy one because I DIDN'T immediately think of zombies when I read that story?
But it doesn't matter if I'm crazy. What matters is this dude in Florida was, and the Internet decided to put that craziness in the framework of a zombie apocalypse. And that's fine. That's just what the Internet does.
That and add cats to every-damn-thing.
3Suddenly, Similar Stories Started to Surface!
After the face-eating in Miami was reported, a bunch of other stories popped up on the Internet, stories that were similar only in that they also featured disturbed people doing awful things with human body parts. There was the man in New Jersey who cut his stomach open and tried to throw his intestines at the police officers who entered his home. The man in Baltimore who ate the brain and heart of a missing person. The chef in Japan who fed his cooked genitals to the people in his restaurant. These stories and others like them (enough that one blog has started diligently collecting all of them in one place) all started showing up on the Internet and adding to this mystery.
Why are all of these horribly gruesome and violent (but otherwise unrelated) events happening right now, of all times? Why has it only been happening in the last month?
Bath salts again?
The boring truth is probably that they haven't been. I'm not saying these stories didn't happen -- they all did -- I'm saying that stuff like this almost definitely happens all over the world, all the time. Remember last year, when everyone thought the world was ending because birds kept dying? Five thousand birds dropped out of the sky in Arkansas, and then thousands of dead fish washed up on the shores of the Arkansas River, and then 500 birds died suddenly in Louisiana, and then a bunch of other birds died in a bunch of other places all over the world, all within the same two-month span.
At the time, we all freaked out, because it was similar to a lot of end-of-the-world prophecies, which would have been terrible for us, and it was also similar to the plot of The Core, which was even worse. The truth, we later learned, was that some weird bird epidemic was killing all of these birds; this was just how life goes. Birds die in bunches, all of the time, all over the world, for what looks like no reason. The difference is that we're never looking for these stories, but last year, we were. And boooooy, did we find them.
"Multiple birds found dead from gunshot wounds. Suicide or apocalypse to blame."
That, I imagine, is what's happening now. One insane news story catches everyone's attention with an impossible to ignore headline ("Man Shot to Death by Police While Attempting to Eat Another Man's Face"). Once that happens, any online journalist hungry for traffic is going to look for similar stories around the world (of which there are always plenty, because there will always be disturbed people in the world), and try to find a link between their story and the crazy popular Miami story. Because then they're not just running a story about "a man in Maryland who ate another man's heart and brains," they're writing a story titled "Another Trend in the Bizarre ZOMBIE EPIDEMIC THAT'S SWEEPING AMERICA!"
That's just smart journalism. You hitch your story to a more popular story and try to connect them. This doesn't mean that people weren't murdering and/or eating people in horrific ways two years ago; it just means we weren't looking for that kind of story back then.
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#105326 - 06/10/03 07:55 PM p. 128 reducted from Dr Bill
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Often heared in embryology courses: Ontongeny recapitulates Phylogeny.
From a review of an S.J. Gould book:
The idea that the development of individuals is a progression through adult ancestral forms, epitomised in the saying "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny", has played an important part in the history of biology.
At one stage the human embryo has structures resembling gills. Are you listening, WW
5prec. + 3GENY6 the life cycle of a single organism; biological development of the individual: distinguished from PHYLOGENY: also on[to[gen[e[sis 79n#tb jen4! sis8
on#to[ge[net4ic 73j! net4ik8 or on#to[gen$ic
pl. 3nies 5Ger phylogenie, coined (1866) by HAECKEL: see prec. & 3GENY6
1 the lines of descent or evolutionary development of any plant or animal species
2 the origin and evolution of a division, group, or race of animals or plants: distinguished from ONTOGENY
3 the historical development of a nonliving thing, as a group of languages Also phy[lo[gen[e[sis 7fj#lb jen4! sis8
phy#lo[ge[net4ic 73lb j! net4ik8 or phy#lo[gen$ic 73jen4ik8
n. nature worship. physiolater, n. physiolatrous, a.
phytocidal - capable of killing plants
phytopathogen - an agent capable of causing disease in plants
picacho -- Found in many place names. Online Spanish dictionary found no match.
A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring.
Alexander Pope
5< Gr piezein, to press < IE *pised3, to sit on, press < base *epi3, on + *sed3, SIT6 combining form pressure !piezom
pileiform - shaped like an umbrella
Pilpulist - one who engages in pilpul:
A method of Talmudic study. The word is derived from the verb "pilpel" (lit. "to spice," "to season," and in a metaphorical sense, "to dispute violently
5PIN(E) 1 + 3ACEOUS6 of the pine family of trees
pinacotheca - a picture gallery
pince-nez pronounced pance nay
5Fr < pincer, to pinch + nez, nose6 pl. pince#-nez$ 73naz$; 3na$8 eyeglasses without temples, kept in place by a spring gripping the bridge of the nose
pineal body
a small, grayish, cone-shaped, glandular outgrowth from the brain of all vertebrates that produces the hormone melatonin: in lower vertebrates, often visible as an external median eye
<XPAGE=1088Pink"ing, n.
1. The act of piercing or stabbing.
2. The act or method of decorating fabrics or garments with a pinking iron; also, the style of decoration; scallops made with a pinking iron. Pinking iron. (a) An instrument for scalloping the edges of ribbons, flounces, etc. (b) A sword. [Colloq.]
Pinnate, Pinnated
<XPAGE=1088Pin"nate (?), Pin"na*ted (?), a. [L. pinnatus feathered, fr. pinna a feather. See Pin a peg, Pen feather.]
1. (Bot.) Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly.
2. (Zoöl.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck. Pinnated grouse (Zoöl.), the prairie chicken.
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5AmSp, spotted < obs. Sp < VL *pinctus: see PINTADO6 marked with patches of white and black or another dark color; piebald or skewbald
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5? dim. of PIPE, n. 116
1 a small earthenware pot
2 dial. var. of PIGGIN
#105327 - 06/10/03 09:54 PM Pinking
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I've heard of pinking shears (in fact, my mother has a pair), never a pinking iron.
#105328 - 06/11/03 04:56 AM Re: Pinking
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I'll bet of troy knows more about this pinking iron business. I, too, have heard of and seen pinking shears. My grandmother, a seamstress, used them sometimes to keep fabric she was going to sew from raveling at the edges.
But this pinking iron above that makes scallops? How interesting. I hope of troy can tell us more about it.
Wonder how pink relates to stab? wwh has unraveled the mystery about the pinky and five, so there's obviously no connection there... Faldage? wwh? You have a take there? of troy, too? Do you know the connection between pink and stab?
Tangent: I read about thirty years ago about a study on the effects of color on people's emotions, and pink was very, very bad for people who tended toward depression. Pink rooms worsened their emotional problems. 'Course we all know that you can get a study to show just about anything you want it to show--and all studies should be held in suspicion... Take the space shuttle Columbia, for instance. Preliminary flight safety studies showed go, go, go! But they hadn't run the right studies.
#105329 - 06/11/03 06:54 AM Re: Pinking
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pinking irons were very popular in the beginning of the industrial revolution.. as new techniquies evolved for casting iron, there were a many
they constisted of 2 blocks of iron (6 to 10 inches long, 4 to 6 inches wide)a base and a top (sometimes hinged, sometimes seperate) the 'sandwich layer', was corrigated. and the fabric was layed in there. the top layer was lowered and fabric was ironed into ruffles or pinks.
Think of a 'waffle iron' (only the design was different.)
the Blocks were heated on a stove (an other early industrial revolution device!). you can sometimes see pinking irons in restoration villages. Shelburne Museum (VT) village has a collection._________________________
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#105330 - 06/11/03 09:17 AM Re: Pinking
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And then there's prinking - needed to check what it was and found this gem:
"And on the subject of theater dress it might be tentatively remarked that prinking and making up in public are all part of an age which can not see fun in a farce without bedroom scenes and actors in pajamas, and actresses running about in negligés with their hair down. An audience which night after night watches people dressing and undressing probably gets into an unconscious habit of dressing or prinking itself. In other days it was always thought that so much as to adjust a hat-pin or glance in a glass was lack of breeding. Every well brought up young woman was taught that she must finish dressing in her bedchamber. But to-day young women in theaters, restaurants, and other public places, are continually studying their reflection in little mirrors and patting their hair and powdering their noses and fixing this or adjusting that in a way that in Mrs. Oldnames girlhood would have absolutely barred them from good society; nor can Mrs. Worldly or Mrs. Oldname be imagined preening and prinking anywhere. They dress as carefully and as beautifully as possible, but when they turn away from the mirrors in their dressing rooms they never look in a glass or take note of their appearance until they dress again. And it must be granted that Lucy Gilding, Constance Style, Celia Lovejoy, Mary Smartlington and the other well-bred members of the younger set do not put finishing touches on their faces in publicas yet!"
#105331 - 06/11/03 09:32 AM Re: Pinking
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I've always heard "primping"...?_________________________
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#105332 - 06/11/03 12:16 PM Re: Pinking
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It's not only females who preen in public. I remember something written by George Washington, advising young men that the should not "discover their private parts" in public. Meaning no checking effectiveness of jockey shorts.
#105333 - 06/11/03 12:29 PM Re: Pinking
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should not discover their private parts
I hope that dis- is being used in the negating sense and not the intensive sense.
#105334 - 06/11/03 07:50 PM Re: Pinking
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No caressing the codpiece.
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Someone should tell the NFL.
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Students at Rutgers University are standing behind a popular bus driver who claims he was fired after praying to heal a wheelchair-bound passenger.
Stan McNeil says he was forced to resign recently because he put his hands on a disabled student and prayed for her.
He took to YouTube earlier this week to defend his actions in a nearly nine-minute video.
"I prayed for the lady, I put my hand on her and I prayed," McNeil said. "They said we don't need your services anymore. They said we don't do that here."
In a statement, a First Transit bus company spokeswoman said the company respects McNeil's faith and that the driver was given the chance to resign over an unspecified safety violation.
"A full internal review revealed that Mr. McNeil had failed to follow a critical safety protocol that was cause for immediate termination. When advised of his violation, Mr. McNeil chose to resign," the statement said.
Students who ride the Livingston Campus Express told New York City radio station WCBS 880 that the route just isn't the same without McNeil, who is known for doling out encouragement and inspiration to passengers.
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#175636 - 04/06/08 07:13 PM Re: And to begin a sentence [Re: Bigwig Rabbit]
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Originally Posted By: Bigwig RabbitThe word "and" is a conjunction and therefore should not begin a sentence.
The unspoken assumption here is that conjunctions can only be used to conjoin two things that are in the same sentence. Since good writers have been using them to conjoin things in separate sentences I can only assume that this is not a rule that applies to the language we use on a daily basis. But then the prescriptivist's basic rule seems to be: If it works in practice but not in theory something must be wrong with the practice.
#175637 - 04/06/08 07:25 PM Re: And to begin a sentence [Re: zmjezhd]
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Originally Posted By: zmjezhdOh, big sigh. Good writers have been using and and but to begin sentences since Old English. (Just take a gander at how many sentences begin with and in the King James version of the Bible (starting with Genesis)....
Thirty-eight of them begin with the word and.
I've always thought that particles like this were a kind of punctuation in non-metrical oral literature. Beginning a sentence with and or but indicates that one sentences has stopped: sort of a rhetorical version of a period (or full stop).
In translations of the bible it is simply reflecting the cadence and flow and structure of the original languages and/or authors. This is particularly true of the King James version, whose authors actually changed some of the grammatical habits of English usage by ignoring English grammar in favour of an over-literal rendering of the Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek of the Old and New Testaments.
As far as 'And' goes, this is especially true of Mark's Gospel. The KJV's formulaic translation of Mark's kai egeneto is the familiar "And it came to pass...". Greek often starts sentences with kai, and Mark even more than your average Greek writer. Mark's favourite expression seems to be kai euthus, which is usually translated "And immediately..."
As zmjezhd notes, in cases like this 'And' at the start of a sentence is almost a kind of punctuation mark - and not just in 'oral literature' - remember that originally uncial manuscripts had no punctuation marks or spaces between words, so this was more necessary than later when those things were invented.
#175642 - 04/06/08 08:06 PM Re: And to begin a sentence [Re: The Pook]
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Originally Posted By: The Pookremember that originally uncial manuscripts had no punctuation marks or spaces between words, so this was more necessary than later when those things were invented.
Which makes it kind of hard to tell where sentences begin or end.
#175643 - 04/06/08 09:41 PM Re: And to begin a sentence [Re: zmjezhd]
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And as the first word of a sentence, especially when followed by a comma, seems to me to often serve as well as moreovernot that I'd easily give moreover up.
#175658 - 04/07/08 10:41 AM Re: And to begin a sentence [Re: The Pook]
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I think the deprecation of sentence-initial and is due to something very much like the etymological fallacy. Because one traditional term for and is conjunction, the grammaticules think that it must conjoin two words, phrases, or sentences. Greek has a whole passel of little words called particles. The British Classical scholar J D Denniston wrote, in just over 650 pages, a book about them. One interesting thing about Greek particles (e.g., δε (de) 'on the other hand', γαρ (gar) 'in fact, indeed, for') is they typically come after the first word in a sentence. The word και (kai) 'and' can be analyzed as a conjunction or as a sentence-initial particle: cf. Smyth Greek Grammar §2868 "και is both a copulative conjunctive (and) connecting words, clauses, or sentences; and an adverb meaning also, even". I feel most of the time we forget that a word's lexical class (aka lexical category or part of speech) is not an inherent property of the word, but an indication of how it is used in sentences. (Also, in Hebrew, ו (w-) 'and' is a proclitic adhering to the word it precedes.)
As The Pook implies above, punctuation (including the almost-as-important-as-zero space) is a rather modern invention in regards to the rest of written language, but many of our punctuation terms come from Greek rhetorical terms: e.g., period 'circuit; sentence, period', comma 'bit cut off; short clause', apostrophe a turning away from; digression', parenthesis 'a placing around; a parenthetical clause', ellipsis 'a falling short; an omitted word, clause'. Not all Greek or Roman MSS lack word separation, but the space (and the interpunct ·) were not mandatory as they are today. And there are clues other than just punctuation that one can use to determine what constituted words or sentences, e.g., prosody, morphology, syntax._________________________
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#175689 - 04/08/08 08:21 AM Re: And to begin a sentence [Re: zmjezhd]
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Originally Posted By: zmjezhdI feel most of the time we forget that a word's lexical class (aka lexical category or part of speech) is not an inherent property of the word, but an indication of how it is used in sentences.
As indeed grammar itself is not an inherent property of a particular language but an indication of how that language is used.
The use of 'and' in Greek is a fascinating study, thanks for the above post. Kai is a more versatile word than our English 'and,' nevertheless, even our English 'and' is not just a conjunction.
Even when used as a conjunction, 'and' can combine words into something more than just the sum of their parts. It can be used to form a hendiadys for instance - where 'x and y' isn't just a list of two separate nouns, but is more like adjective-noun in meaning - a 'y-ish x.' For example, "The Power and Glory of Rome" means effectively the glorious power of Rome. In cases like this 'and' is operating more like a particle, even though it is doing its normal job of conjoining words. This can happen in English, but not so often as it does in Greek, and usually in poetry rather than prose.
In both Greek and English (and other languages) initial 'and' can be used as a storytelling device, like in the Uncle Remus stories, or for emphasis or other reasons mentioned above. It has a wide variety of functions that change according to times and customs and dialects.
I don't think you can end a sentence with and.
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Ticks are closely related to scorpions, spiders and mites. They are not insects. They are external parasites that need a blood meal to survive and reproduce. Ticks can feed on humans and other mammals, reptiles, birds or even frogs. All life stages of ticks feed on blood. Ticks can transmit several diseases, such as Lyme disease, rocky mountain spotted fever, tick paralysis, and others, but most tick bites do not result in illness.
Ticks have a simple life cycle. Eggs hatch into six-legged larvae, an immature stage. Depending on the kind of tick, the larva can be extremely active or lay in wait for a host to come. Once on the host, the larva will begin feeding. After the tick is full of blood, it will either fall off the host or stay on, depending on the type of tick. The next step for the tick is to turn into a nymph. From this point on, the tick will have eight legs. Some ticks go through many nymphal stages, while some only have one. The nymph will have a blood meal at every stage. After the nymph goes through all of its stages, it will turn into an adult. The adult will either stay on the original host, or find a new one if the nymph dropped off after feeding.
There are about 80 different kinds of ticks in the United States. Most of them are not associated with humans or their pets. The information presented here will help you understand what to do if you encounter one of the wood ticks or the brown dog tick in or around your home.
Wood ticks
The name wood tick is used for many ticks including the blacklegged or deer tick, lone star tick and American dog tick. These are usually found in woodland areas. If a home is built in an area that was recently a field or forest, there is a higher chance that these ticks will be close-by. They crawl around for several hours often before attaching themselves to a host, so they may be accidentally brought into a home on pets or clothing. Wood ticks do not establish populations indoors.
Brown dog tick
The brown dog tick can be a nuisance in the home. It is one of only a few ticks that will infest a structure. The brown dog tick prefers to feed on dogs, but will occasionally feed on other hosts, such as humans.
They usually are found only where dogs occur. They can be picked up in such common places as infested homes, kennels, veterinarian's office, or outdoor areas frequented by an infested animal. On the animal, the larval and nymphal stages of the tick are normally found in the long hair along the back of a dog. The adult stage is found in the ear or between the toes. When an infestation occurs indoors, ticks will be found in cracks, crevices, behind baseboards and in other protected places close to the floor. Since the brown dog tick and adult female can lay as many as 5,000 eggs, the infestation can be very large.
The best way to avoid tick bites and the diseases they may carry is to avoid ticks. The best way to do that is to avoid places where ticks live, such as wooded areas. That is not always possible, but precautions can be taken. Long-sleeved shirts, long pants and hats should be worn when in tick-infested areas. Ticks are easier to detect when you wear light-colored clothes. To prevent ticks from getting under plants, you should tuck cuffs into the socks or shoes. Tuck long hair under a hat. Also, tick repellant can be applied to the outside of clothes, especially the pants.
Do visual inspection of your clothes and body twice a day when in tick-infested areas. The larvae and nymphs of ticks are quite small and can be easily mistaken for freckles or dirt. Ticks like to feed on the back of the head at the base of the skull. It is a good idea to have another person check for ticks in places you cannot easily see. All clothing should be washed in warm water and detergent. If your pets accompany you to the woods, check them too.
If you are having problems with rodents or other wild animals, such as raccoons or opossums, take measures to exclude them from your house or yard. Also, keep shrubs trimmed along the paths near your home. Keep grass mowed, and remove weeds, brush and leaf litter close to your house to reduce tick problems.
Indoor chemical control of ticks is usually not recommended except for brown dog tick. Other ticks will not establish inside. In the case of the brown dog tick, applications should be limited to crack and crevice treatments, and areas where the animal spends the most time. Animal bedding or sleeping areas should receive special attention. Brown dog ticks will not be found in high places. Think about the brown dog tick as being at the level of the dog. You can use many of the same spray or dust products you would use for cockroach control to control brown dog ticks. Check the label for product that can be used in the same sites as those you need to treat. Always read and follow label instructions. At the same time that the home is treated for brown dog tick, also treat the animal with an approved product.
Outdoor treatments for any type of tick should be limited to those areas where pets spend the most time. Crawlspaces, outdoor walls, cracks and crevices should only be treated if ticks are observed in these places. General treatments for ticks are not recommended because they often are not very effective. Removal of tick habitats is much more helpful.
If you have a severe infestation in or around your home you may want to hire a professional pest control company to control your tick problem. Professionals can safely use products that are not available to consumers.
As mentioned earlier, some ticks may transmit diseases. If a tick bites you, there are a few things that you should do. First, carefully remove the tick by grasping it with a pair of tweezers at the point closest to the skin. Pull it out slowly and steadily. After the tick is removed, disinfect the bite area. Also, make sure that you don't crush the tick because if the tick is infected, crushing it could introduce the disease into your body. Save the tick by placing it in a small container with rubbing alcohol. This way if you suspect a tick-related problem later on, the tick can be identified. Although, keep in mind, that to test the tick for disease, it must be kept alive. Finally, record the date on your calendar that you were bitten just in case symptoms appear later.


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Some kids are real shutterbugs!
So when Consumer Reports wanted to check out cameras made specifically for kids, they brought in pint-sized experts.
Jed, "Cause it's a fun thing to do. Like I can look back on everything."
Izzie, "I feel as if I just see it. I don't think. I capture the moment."
Consumer Reports gave 30 fun-loving photographers five made-for-kids cameras to try out. They included ones from Fisher-Price, Crayola, and Lego. They cost between 35 and 60 dollars. For comparison, testers had the kids use a regular camera as well. Things got more scientific in the lab. Testers evaluated battery life, which turned out to be pretty good on all the cameras. They also calculated shutter delay - that's how much time you need to wait between pictures. Most had short delays. Testers also assessed picture quality.
"All the kids cameras were two to three megapixels, and they use plastic lenses instead of glass, so the picture quality wasn't good. But that's not a top priority for kids anyway."
Most of the tiny testers thought the cameras were easy to use.
Lawrence, "This button, it's really easy."
Tess, "You just press it and then it takes the picture."
Some have special features, like graphics, you can add to photos on this 50-dollar one from Disney. The 60-dollar Lego camera lets you build onto it for added fun.
Carol Mangis, "There was really no clear winner because each of the cameras had at least a few fans."
But this 40-dollar V-Tech Kidizoom camera did produce slightly better photos, and it also has games and built-in graphics that you can add to the pictures.


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This Dancing With The Stars pro who never lasts very long might want to worry about why
. One of the reasons might be all of the booze and coke she consumed while on vacation this past weekend.
cheryl burkeReplyCancel
Cheryl has won twiceReplyCancel
There's your DWTS post to make fun of, sandy!ReplyCancel
I chose her because she's the only one I ever heard of besides Julianne Ho and she doesn't work there anymore. I also know Maks. Thank you Enties for that!ReplyCancel
Peseta made it to the top three this year..I thinkReplyCancel
Derek won 3 Cheryl 2 julienne 2 max 1 karina 1 peeeta 00 mark 3ReplyCancel
Sounds like my kind of broad. What are her rates? In dollars and in blow.ReplyCancel
Kym JohnsonReplyCancel
nvrmd… she's off the show now.ReplyCancel
Hiya @S! Yes, Hough has won many many times.ReplyCancel
Whitney Carson and another of the newer blonde pros were written about in DM – they were shown swimming on vacation. "Showing off their bodies". Lol
So that's my guess.
But I think the one that danced with Bill Engalk and either Drew Carey or Billy D Williams would get eliminated early regardless of using blow – it's her partners. They are not going to win.
What about Lacey? She never did too well did she?ReplyCancel
Don't feel bad, @IceQueen. That was my first thought too!ReplyCancel
If this was an older blind I would say Edyta Sliwinska – she always just shimmied up and down her partners. Kym Johnson is another possibility, but both haven't been on the show in a while.
And, Derek has won 5 times, not 3 (Brooke Burke, Nicole Scherzinger, Jennifer Grey, Kellie Pickler, Amber Riley).ReplyCancel
Peta has won before and she made it to the final 4 this year. I would say Karina because she looks a hot mess, but she has also won and made it to the finals last year. I'm a bit stumped.ReplyCancel
Anna Trebunsk-Idon'tknowtherest.ReplyCancel


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Dynamic Hyundai concept hints at future design, technology
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With its massive grille, short greenhouse and rear-hinged rear doors, Hyundai says the HCD-14 Genesis is more about conceptual design than practical production.
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The brush heads on these toothbrushes are a small size- which I wasn't sure I'd be a fan of, but having used this for several weeks, I'm sold. I love the small, round brushes, I think the bristles are soft enough to be gentle to the gums but strong enough to give a good clean. The pulsating reminders that you are either brushing too hard (the pulsating stops) or need to change to a new section of your mouth are great for those of us who are brushing while doing 25 other tasks in the morning and don't always remember to do that.
The toothbrush itself comes with a very small charging station- which comes in extra handy in our holy-moly-we-need-a-bigger-bathroom full bathroom…small charging station means valuable counter space is not compromised by toothbrush chargers. We each have our own, too. They charge side by side, like little dental soldiers waiting for battle.
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There's a rebate available on the Oral-B site, but it won't last long, so be sure to print it out ASAP. Each of the toothbrushes we received, and my friends I have asked who also own an Oral-B toothbrush, all come with money saving coupons inside for brush heads. I love that Oral-B remembers little details like that!!
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One more thing- if you (like me) often brush your teeth whilst chatting on the phone– that won't happen anymore. This is a power toothbrush, remember. It's not super loud, but it also isn't conducive to a phone chat.
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Astronaut, senator John Glenn dies at age 95.
Many helped with walk
To the editor:
On behalf of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, thank you to the generous people of the Ohio Valley for helping make the 13th-annual Ohio Valley Light the Night Walk a success. The walk was held April 17 at Wheeling Jesuit University. There were nearly 670 registered walkers (almost double from last year), 47 teams and we raised nearly $53,000 for blood cancer research and local patient and family support programs.
The society's mission is to support research projects and clinical trials and provide local patients and families financial aid and co-pay assistance, free of charge. Last year, the LLS supported research in the U.S., Canada and seven other countries with a total disbursement of approximately $68.4 million. In 2012, 30,603 patients received patient financial aid (204 were from West Virginia) and 13,971 patients received LLS co-pay assistance. These funds allowed 1,205 family support groups to help 12,113 patients – our local family support group meets monthly at Wheeling Hospital on the second Wednesday of every month. All funds raised at the walk directly support these missions.
Wheeling Hospital's support of the walk proved invaluable. CEO Ron Violi served as the walk chair. Wheeling Hospital contributed 17 teams and raised more than $13,000 for the walk.
We also had the help of great sponsors, including Altmeyer Funeral Home; BathFitter; Belmont Savings Bank; Carenbauer Wholesale Corp.; Chapman Co.; Christian Fellowship Foundation; Coleman's Fish Market; Cumberland Pointe Care Center; Dave and Judy Nemeti; Daveco Landscaping; Dr. David Bowman; DiCarlo's Pizza; Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston; Donald Lough Jr.; Dr. Philip High; First Choice America Credit Union; Harris Real Estate Co.; Highmark Blue Cross-Blue Shield West Virginia; Interim Healthcare; Iron Workers Local Union 549; Kepner Funeral Homes; MedExpress; Ohio Valley Community Credit Union; Ohio Valley Mall; Our Lady of Peace School; Panhandle Cleaning and Restoration; Progressive Bank; Riesbeck's Food Markets; Select Home Support, Stantec Consulting; Stratuswave Communications; Warwood Armature Repair Co.; Wells Fargo Insurance Services of West Virginia; WesBanco; Wheeling Island Gaming; and Ye Olde Alpha.
Special thanks to Casa di Vino; Children's Museum of the Ohio Valley; Comcast; Coca-Cola; Dominos Pizza; Eat 'n Park; Figaretti's; Fox Ohio Valley; WYJK-FM and WUKL-FM; Jazzercise; Jebbia's; Kohl's A-Team; Marquee Cinemas; Panera Bread; Pepsi; Sheetz; the Linsly School; Wheeling Fire Department; Wheeling Jesuit University; WJU Student Government Association; Wheeling Nailers "Spike;" and WTRF-TV.
Thanks to our photographers, Kathy Howell and Jim Amato; our patient hero, Sandy Milovac; and the volunteers who helped set up, tear down and made sure the event ran smoothly. We also thank The Times Leader, the Herald-Star and the Intelligencer for their coverage.
Finally, thanks to committee members Kelly Amato, Valerie Fabbro and Jodi Zusack, who helped with planning, advertising, securing sponsors, forming teams and logistics. Their hard work and dedication to the cause was unsurpassed.
Thank you, Ohio Valley, for helping us further our mission: cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma and improve the quality of life of local patients and their families. Together, we are all "champions for a cure."
Shaunna Dunder Hershberger
Light the Night Walk
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5-6-10 PNC Park
I wasn't even supposed to be at this game. Thanks to a tree that fell during a storm last night, my place of work didn't have power all day, thereby freeing me up for the afternoon and relieving me of my coaching duties for a day.
I spent the about 30-40 minutes on the riverwalk before the gates would open. Unfortunately, this is the most interesting to happen down there:
Game: 10 balls (5 hit, 1 thrown, 1 device, 3 found)
Season: 87 balls (53 hit, 16 thrown, 9 device, 10 found)
Games: 12 games
Average: 7.25 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 3
Career: 665 balls
Streak: 108 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 11,085
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I like the ducks. They are interesting enough. Do you ever get bored at BP? I find myself becoming more bored lately. I think I need to go on a road trip.


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David A. Mulholland On Saturday, June 9, Peace Corps Volunteer David Mulholland died of a liver ailment at Clark Air Force Base in Manila, the Philippines. David, 23, was from Quincy, Massachusetts. A 1961 graduate of Tufts University in Boston, anda former reporter on the Worcester (Mass.) Gazelle,he was one of the very first to apply for service in the Peace Corps. Since last fall, David was working as an elementary teacher's aide in Ilog, Negros Occidental, a small village some 350 miles from Manila. His work at the school was exemplary. He was loved by his students and he had already made an out-standing contribution to the community of ilog.When school closed in March for summer vacation, David and seventeen other Volunteers organized Camp Brotherhood, the first free camp for children in the Philippines. David helped raise the funds, obtain supplies, erect buildings and tents,and organize the various activities of the camp for the 600 Filipino boys who enrolled. The people of Negros Occidental, from the governor of the province to the poorest worker, had already ex-pressed their enthusiasm for the project. Sargent Shiver, in paying tribute to David said, "He reflected great credit upon himself, the Peace Corps, and the United States. His work in Ilog and at Camp Brotherhood exemplified the finest spirit of the Peace Corps and the American people."
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text: I am a first time mom an 8 week old. I recently realized I have an overactive letdown with over supply. I have been feeding from one side only at each feeding, and pumping from only one side every 3 hours while i'm at work for almost a week now. My letdown does appear to be less forcefull and i find I only have to express prior to the night time feeding and the first morning feeding. The amount i am pumping off at work has also decreased. How do I know I have corrected the over supply issue? Should i feel fullness in my breasts at all? When it is corrected to do i continue to only pump from one side while at work?


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"I have been a fan of Catholic Answers from its beginnings. Keep up this great apostolate, as it does help many of our Catholics appreciate their faith, especially in the military. Blessings and prayers for your continued success."
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Search continues for missing Proctor woman; resumes for Fair Haven manBy Darren Marcy
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Maryann FosterPROCTOR — Authorities continued their search for a missing Proctor woman and renewed their search for a missing Fair Haven man in the Pawlet area Friday.
The two searches are unrelated.
In Proctor, the ground search for Maryann Foster, 59, who was last seen Monday night, did not turn up any clues, said Rutland County Sheriff Stephen Benard.
"Today will probably be the last day of the ground search," Benard said. "We've covered the areas of highest probability very, very well. The continuance of the ground search would probably be for naught."
Benard said searchers have now combed the areas in all directions from Foster's Meadow Street home.
The sheriff said the search has extended north almost to Pittsford Village, south into the Proctor village, east to Otter Creek and west to the side of the mountain.
Searchers also checked every garage, shed and other building they could find with no luck.
A team from New England K-9 Search and Rescue assisted in Friday's search, without turning up anything.
In addition to the ground search, investigators have continued to comb through financial records, telephone records, bus routes, taxis, hospitals and every other avenue that might lead to a clue as to how Foster might have disappeared or where she might have gone.
So far, the ground search and other investigation has not turned up a single clue.
"In 35 years I've been doing this, it is very, very, rare you get a case that has no leads," Benard said. "We're batting zero."
Moving forward, detectives will continue to look for a clue that points them in the right direction.
"We're going to continue the investigative side," Benard said. "We've got a half-dozen guys searching. We have detectives from the sheriff's department and the state police. We'll keep working it and we'll see where the leads go from there."
Also Friday, the search for Jonathan Schaff, 23, of Fair Haven, restarted along the Mettawee River on the Vermont/New York state line near Pawlet.
Members of the state police Search and Rescue Team, the state police Scuba Team, the state police Crime Scene Search Team and the Granville (N.Y.) Police Department, searched the river for any sign of Schaff.
Schaff disappeared in the early morning hours of Jan. 18 after he was involved in an altercation at the Riverside Pub in Granville.
He was reported to have started walking with a couple along Route 149 toward a vehicle parked just across the state line. Police said Schaff was going to catch a ride with the couple.
They stopped for a minute while Schaff continued walking and when they arrived at the parking lot, police said, he was not there.
His cellphone was found in an abandoned vehicle in the parking lot a few days later. That area along the Mettawee River is where searchers focused their efforts Friday.
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Wise decision, AIG. Sometimes salvaging one's reputation is more important than trying to prove a point in court.
In case you missed it, insurance giant American International Group Inc. decided last week not to sue the federal government over the $182 billion bailout it received.
You might recall that AIG in 2008 became the poster child for all that was wrong with corporate America. The insurer had been making huge bets on mortgage investments that went south.
The bailout came because regulators worried that the company's failure would further hurt a financial system already teetering as Lehman Brothers collapsed.
The government received a nearly 80 percent stake in the company as part of the bailout.
The Treasury Department said last month that it had sold all of its remaining shares in AIG, winding up with $22.7 billion more than what it put into the company.
Now, of course, we could argue over whether the federal government should have been taking over companies in the first place.
That is, after all, the basis of the lawsuit that was filed in November 2011 by Starr International Co. Inc., the investment firm of former AIG CEO Maurice Greenberg.
It was filed on behalf of the firm and AIG shareholders, claiming that the terms of the bailout were onerous and did not properly compensate them. And it required the AIG board to consider whether it would join in the lawsuit.
Of course, the timing couldn't have been worse.
AIG has been running an ad campaign called "Thank You America."
One ad opens with the words "AIG, we said we were going to turn it around, and we did."
It touts the $144 million it has paid out in claims to the victims of the tornado in Joplin, Mo., and its current efforts to help the East Coast recover from Hurricane Sandy.
"We're leaner and focused on what we do best," the ad continues.
A restructuring has cut the company to half its former size. The Associated Press reports that AIG spun off Asian life insurer AIA Group in 2010, raising $20 billion. That money was used to pay the bailout debt.
"We repaid every dollar that America lent us," the ad continues. "Everything, plus a profit of more than $22 billion."
AIG even seems to acknowledge that the company's survival was on the line.
"When we make guarantees for people's lifetimes, we have to act as a company that will make sure that we are here for their lifetimes," it states.
Gratitude and a little humble pie can go a long way.
Too bad the talk of suing the American people took a little of the luster off what just might have been a public relations coup for the company.
The question now is whether the board's decision to take a pass on that lawsuit is enough to keep the good will flowing.
• Joan Oliver is the assistant news editor for the Northwest Herald. She can be reached at 815-526-4552 or by email at email@example.com.


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Alum returns to Special Collections…as a Librarian
Lucy Saxon ('06) is pleased to return to the Haverford College Special & Quaker Collections this summer for an internship culminating her library school experience. She will graduate in August from San Jose State University with a Masters in Library and Information Science. Lucy was a Comparative Literature Major, and is interested in archives and special collections, language, literature, history, and quakerism.
This summer, she is assisting Digital Collections Librarian David Conners in cleaning up and standardizing records from many databases as they are combined into the new Collections Manager system. She is thrilled to be working on the Fine Arts Collection, doing cataloging, and helping to make part of the collection available online. She will also help to write cataloging documentation for future catalogers. She is delighted to be back in the Special Collections where her undergraduate work inspired her decision to pursue a career in librarianship, and is enjoying another beautiful summer on campus.
Tags: Alumni, Art, Cataloging, Library School, Lucy Saxon