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Aliens Land!
Why do people go to the zoo?
Not to probe the animals' asses. Also, if the zoo were 142 light years away, I think people especially wouldn't travel all that way just to probe some zebra butt.
You're assuming they are our intellectual equals.
Well, they will be as soon as they learn all that our brown starfish have to tell them. :)
I don't think they would want to probe Snert. He'd probably gross them out.
There are people who still believe that we are the crowning glory of Darwinian evolution in the universe. Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell come to mind. Oh and of course, some babbler named Snert, too. You're in good company, Snert.
Quote:Why do people go to the zoo?
Not to probe the animals' asses. Also, if the zoo were 142 light years away, I think people especially wouldn't travel all that way just to probe some zebra butt.
The Kids in the Hall raised a similar point. Why would aliens go to all that trouble just for a few anal probes? All they learned was that one subject in ten didn't seem to mind.
Robertson Advocates Stoning for UFO Enthusiasts
Armchair UFO debunkers have quite a few things in common with creationists. They are rarely if ever objective when preaching their armchair debunkery.
Shoot Them Down! - The Flying Saucer Air Wars Of 1952
"Wull, why don't they land on the White House lawn, billy bob?
Germany and Japan, presumably without the benefit of shitty alien drivers, managed to keep pace and/or outpace the US in technological development since the end of WWII.
You're assuming that the US couldn't compete with Japan and Germany without advanced technology from the heavens. Apparently it's not so hard to compete with ordinary earthlings using technology developed using Keynesian-socialist methods right there in the US. TVs and radios computers, US satellite tech, GPS, modern oil well drilling technology, metallurgical and medical advances etc in the US were a result of basic research and much of it subsidized by US taxpayers and handed off to a few hundred rich families, private enterprise and "the market."
They would have looked really stupid not being able to compete in markets which they themselves created. And still they had stiff competition from Japan and Germany. But there is another reason why Japan's economy spiraled after 1987, and it had nothing to do with not being able to compete with American industries and technology and everything to do with the Plaza Accord.
Alas, the armchair debunkery is easily reverse debunked using ordinary grey matter.
Where is all the cool shit we're presuming comes from capturing a priceless alien technology?
If you were to give a library of the most informative science and technology texts to some chimps at the zoo, how long would it take them to invent something useful for them and all of their friends? And would they share it with working class slob-monkeys? What would their motivation be if the rest of the chimps are already pacified with ordinary useless widgets and are servile and obedient?
There is a long history of governments recovering crashed air vehicles of their enemies and studying them in secret to gain military insight and advantage. The problem with revealing super-duper advanced technology to the world is that your enemies would probably use the advanced tech in a military way against you at some point. And there goes your top secret superduper advantage. Best keep it under heavily armed guard at Wright Patterson afb, area 51 or wherever, and create a national security oriented military dictatorship beginning in 1947.
1947? Whoomp there it is! And...
Scientists will be discovering new laws of nature within the next ten or 20 years at CERN lab in Switzerland. Every time a new law of nature has been discovered, there were revolutionary technologies developed as a result. We are actually on the verge of a new age in scientific discovery and technological advancement. New laws of nature? Coincidence?
Pseudo-Science of Anti-Ufology
For more than 60 years the primary approach by the media and scientific communities to the subject of UFOs and Flying Saucers has been based on pseudo-science. Proclamations and attacks, often given the appearance of being scientific, have been launched at every aspect of the phenomena. Despite an enormous array of real evidence and data, we have been treated to false claims, false reasoning, bias and ignorance. The basic rules of pseudo-science have been followed, including especially that there are no good reasons to present solid scientific information, that absence of evidence in the hands of the writers and proclaimers is proof of absence of such evidence, that everything claimed by a debunker must be true, that everything claimed by a believer is false, that one must denigrate "believers" and "buffs", but accept all attacks as legitimate. [...]
The common features of these attacks include:
A. A failure to look at the literature that is available about all of these.
B. An unwillingness to recognize that the "specific details of how something is to be done" are very much more important than broad general notions about the laws of physics.
C. An enormous arrogance in thinking that if certain things were true or certain technologies were real, these all-wise pseudo-scientists would know about them. They don't, so the notions must not be true. None of this is to say that there hasn't been a lot of pro-UFO garbage published as well. But Ufologists tend to be critical of their own kind. The pseudo-scientific anti-Ufologists never seem to want to critique another debunker no matter how false the claims. They repeat the claims rather than pointing out the fallacies.
Fidel do you watch coast to coast?
Anyway all will be known on december 21 12 and i'm not joking either, I take the mayan prophesies as well as terrence mckenna's modern update of the iching-timewave zero-very seriously.
At some point modern states along with law and order will be rubble and a post civilized hominid will be able to walk into area 51 and get the final answers or interesting questions
Ah! The ol' December 21st, 2012 schtick. I AM aware of that important date for sure. I've read a little about it, and I'm not so sure now that the Mayan prophets have actually predicted an end of the world scenario. They seemed to be concerned about the white people and mankind in general being faced with two different paths of human development at some point in the present time. Duality seems to be a recurring theme for a number of old cultures around the world. I don't know,. Interesting for sure.
Art Bell Hosted Russell Targ(audio only) recently on Coast to Coast AM. Targ is another one who's "out there" so to speak.
Ah! More of the why?
ufo ALIEN abduction interview with Betty Hill(youtube) 1961
Taken at face value, the evidence for this abduction is remarkable. There is eye witness testimony. There is corroborating RADAR evidence from the US Military. And Carl Sagan's former class mate, Canadian Stanton Friedman, says that the star map created by Betty and Barney Hill is remarkable evidence in itself. Betty says it was not fantasy or illusion. She said it happened.
As far as I can tell, the two people in this famous story fully believed they were telling the truth.
Pattern Recognition & Zeta Reticuli
by Carl Sagan & Steven Soter
"The Zeta Reticuli Incident" is very provocative. It claims that a map, allegedly shown on board a landed extraterrestrial spacecraft to Betty Hill in 1961, later drawn by her from memory and published in 1966, corresponds well to similar maps of the closest stars resembling the sun based on stellar positions in the 1969 Gliese Catalog of Nearby Stars. The comparison maps were made by Marjorie Fish using a three dimensional physical model and later by a group of Ohio State University students using a presumably more accurate (i.e., less subjective) computer generated projection. The argument rests on how well the maps agree and on the statistical significance of the comparison. ...
Recent announcements from scientific community boost search for extraterrestrial life
Findings published in the December 1st advanced online publication of Nature show that astronomers are now estimating there to be three times the number of stars in the universe as previously thought. The new estimate of approximately 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (300 sextillion) stars is based on the observation of red dwarf stars, which have previously been difficult to detect because of their faint signatures. ... "There are possibly trillions of Earths orbiting these stars." The discovered red dwarf stars are typically more than 10 billion years old, and according to van Dokkum, have existed long enough for complex life to evolve.
Possibly trillions. The universe is bigger than we knew.
Interesting, but in relation to the topic, these extra stars don't really add into the numbers in close proximity to Earth.
I think it's too early to tell. SETI has been searching for 50 years and only really advanced the state of telescope technology in recent years.
One of the parameters of the Drake equation is rate of star formation in the galaxy and the percentage of stars thought to have planets. Based on previous calculations, it was expected that they would find ET within 25 years. I think...?
I think they may have found something already and are keeping mum about it. Just my wild speculation. Keep in mind that they've only just now discovered life forms on this planet that are different from our own.
First 'earth-like' planet discovered, with liquid water, in the 'Goldilocks' zone (not too hot, not too cold).
First 'earth-like' planet discovered, with liquid water, in the 'Goldilocks' zone (not too hot, not too cold).
Knowing that there may be life on Gliese 581g will certainly help me sleep sounder. Thank you LTJ. BTW: I still think The Great Gazoo, at the top of the thread, looks like Steven Harper..maybe we can send him there? Perhaps he's really an alien?!
Alien Rock: The Rock 'n' Roll Extraterrestrial Connection
Haven't read it, but Luckman was on Coast to Coast am. Apparently Luckman is a long time UFO enthusiast and director of the New York Center for Extraterrestrial Research and founder of the Cosmic Majority, an organization that seeks to advance the views of the majority of people living on planet Earth who believe in UFOs. He's very into the late Zecharia Sitchin's writings on ancient astronaut-Earth connection, which I am not very high on myself. Then again who am I to say either way? Apparently the royal family are UFO enthusiasts including Prince William. Apparently Willy, an RAF pilot himself, was seen carrying a copy of Luckman's Alien Rock.
Will Wikileaks reveal anything about UFOs? Assange says there are cables that mention UFOs. I think gradual disclosure has been happening for some time.
'Cosmic masters' call for Govt investigation into UFOs
Alien worshippers are urging the Government to admit extraterrestrial life is out there after the release of thousands of secret files on UFO sightings.
The Defence Force released thousands of documents detailing alleged UFO sightings between 1952 and 2009 on Wednesday.
NZ Defence Force releases records concerning the world wide "swamp gas" and even "ball lightning" phenomenon.
With these three things, we can now ask:
1. If aliens have the ability to travel vast distances, then why only land on a restricted US military base...
Okay, they didn't land at a restricted military base - they crashed. As the story goes, U.S. Military officials reported, and in this order,
1. that they'd recovered a crashed saucer at Roswell
2. then the crashed disc wasn't a disc but a project Mogul balloon. Balloons, crashed saucers, whatever. It's really easy for US Air Force officers to confuse weather balloons with crashed UFOs. Happens all the time.
3. and then many years later the balloon story was updated with crash test dummies to explain away the fact that witnesses reported seeing bodies, and one of which was alive after the crash in 1947. But the US Military was not using crash test dummies in 1947 according to various officials. They don't launch crash test dummies with weather balloons very much today, either.
So, who was telling the truth about Roswell? in your opinion, would the accounts of eye witnesses to the event be less credible than U.S. Military reports that changed over the years?
Here is a person who says he knew the pilot who shot down a UFO at Roswell in 1947.
What possible technological advantage has a crashed interstellar spacecraft provide the US that allows them to maintain such a stranglehold on the planet; Tang or Velcro?
I don't know the answer to that. I think we have to consider the country's politics and past record for cover-ups.
The U.S.A. is a militarized country since 1947 and signing of the National Security Act. The Republic was overthrown with the creation of the NSA and CIA, black budget operations and characterized by an overall lack of accountability and transparency to the American public in general. And they have used fear as a propaganda tool to control American citizens throughout the cold war. Even today Americans live in fear of their government. Americans will tell you that they are lied to all the time by their Government.
What if you are one of a number of high-ranking military generals who basically operate below the radar of Congress, and perhaps one of the mythical "Majestic 12" group alleged to have formed in 1947? Youre thinking along the lines of defense and all things military. The cold war is basically on at that point, and you are ultra-paranoid like the rest of the hawks.
And then you have this "die Glock" silver bullet technology dropped in your lap. It's advanced technology by not just a few decades but perhaps centuries, thousands, or even millions of years more advanced than 1947 technology. What use is it to you at that point in time?
You probably don't want it falling in the hands of the enemy, and in those days it was the Russians and Chinese and communists in general. It's kept under wraps for decades and protected by even more secrecy that the Corona spy satellite, which was well kept secret for over 30 years. There are communist spies everywhere in and out of U.S. Government. That the U.S. military is extremely secretive goes without saying with its 38 levels of security clearance.
9. Dr. Josef Allen Hynek
Josef Hynek, a respected astronomer, was initially a UFO skeptic. The U.S. Air Force appointed him science consultant to the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book to be their official UFO debunker. After serving in that capacity from 1952 to 1969 and personally investigating hundreds of phenomena for which he could find no scientific explanation, Hynek's skepticism eroded. In a Nov. 27, 1978, speech before a U.N. committee Hynek stated, "It is my considered opinion, as a scientist who has devoted many years to its study, that the UFO phenomenon is real and not the creation of disturbed minds." Hynek's greatest contribution is the Center for UFO Studies that he established and which is now a major scientific repository for UFO reports.
I place alien visitations to Earth in the same category as stories and arguments relating to the creation of life and the universe from the design of a supernatural omnipotent being.
Well, sure, because there is a direct connection between shamans and the first religionists of the distant past and what the living have reported witnessing today. It goes without saying.
I do not believe in UFOs.
I do not disbelieve in UFOs.
Like you, SJ, I believe in UFO stories. And some of these stories today are told by some incredibly credible people from the low to higher echelons of society. And like those stories handed down through the ages from stone age people through the Orient and India, and North American aboriginals, the modern day equivalents read like the best science fiction has to offer. Chicken and egg? Like the X-files, there is still no hard physical proof, or no smoking gun in our faces proof positive of visitations from another world. But there is plenty of evidence apparently. I would like to believe, yes I would. Because if true, it would have to be the story of the millenium.
Oh you're definitely wrong about that. It may be circumstantial evidence, but there is: eye witness evidence - physical photographs dating back to the 19th century before there was photoshop and which are not explained away by the experts - there are paintings depicting unknown objects in the sky dating back centuries - there is video taped evidence - and last but not least there is physical radar evidence corroborating certain eye witness testimonials.
People have been executed by the state based on circumstantial evidence and court cases in general won on the circumstantial for lack of evidence supporting the contrary. These people are entirely serious about their claims, SJ.
If you've never been to Tokyo or Kuala Lumpur, or the South Pole, then how do you know they are real places?
It's fantastic...Fidel. There's a great claim being made with an impact far and wide, including on our existence and our entire knowledge. Greater claims require a greater body of proof. This is the reason we shouldn't have faith for very long in any system that executes people on circumstantial evidence. We don't keep 'a little' faith with this practice...we completely reject it and say that such a system needs replacing. With UFO theories, alien visitations and what not, before long we should similarly find ourselves without faith, and in desperate need to change the conversation to something else, simply as a result of matching the important consequences being discussed against the quality, or absurdity as it were, of the evidence.


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How to Save Hundreds
The feature I was most excited about when I upgraded iOS7 is FaceTime Audio. It lets you place a call over the Internet to other iPhone users instead of going through your phone service — which means you don't have to pay international fees (perfect for calling my family in Europe, Asia and Australia) or eat up your monthly minutes if you're running low. (Of course, the same is true for regular FaceTime, but sometimes you just don't feel like chatting face to face.)
Over the past few years, I've also cut the cord with cable, nabbed an amazing deal on a top-of-the-line refurbished Vitamix to indulge my smoothie addiction and paid half-price for massages, which I figure means I can get twice as many! Want in on money-saving tricks like these? Read on.
Cable TV
More and more people are breaking up with their pricey cable service and opting for inexpensive alternatives. According to a Harris Interactive survey done in conjunction with CouponCabin.com, 11 percent of Americans used to subscribe to cable or satellite TV but don't anymore, and 45 percent of people think cable is a waste of money.
Ready to go box-free? Swap in a device like Apple TV or Roku that streams content from the Internet. They cost about $100 (that's a one-time fee), are simple to set up and let you watch movies and shows from Netflix ($7.99 a month), Amazon Prime ($79 a year), iTunes, Hulu Plus ($7.99 a month), NBA ($119 for the season), etc. Since one-third of Americans report paying more than $100 per month on their cable bill, you could subscribe to each of those services and still practically afford a trip to Europe just by making the switch.
Cell Phone
Long considered a second-tier phone service compared to the biggies like AT&T and Verizon, T-Mobile has been rolling out seductive new ways to entice customers — dropping the two-year contract stipulation, no longer overcharging for the cost of subsidizing a new phone and ditching overseas roaming fees. T-Mobile's middle-of-the-road plan is $60 a month, while a similar plan from Verizon runs $100 monthly.
Another interesting option: "Republic Wireless offers one of the most compelling price points for a smart phone service," says Clark Howard, author of "Clark Howard's Living Large for the Long Haul." After buying a $299 Moto X — it runs Android software and has a camera and 16GB of memory — you get unlimited calling, texting and data each month for $25. Talk and text, with no data, is only — wait for it — $10 a month. They're able to charge such low prices because everything is routed over Wi-Fi if possible (when you're not online, the phone taps into the Sprint network).
Electronics & Appliances
Buying a refurbished product costs significantly less than a new model — but comes with the same warranty and goes through even more rigorous inspection and testing. Some stuff is gently used; in many cases the packaging has just been opened before the item was returned. Before you shell out for a big purchase, it's worth doing some Internet research. By Googling "refurbished [insert item name]," I found an iPad 4 for $379 (24 percent off the retail price), a Dyson vacuum for $275 (31 percent off) and a $129 Kindle Fire (44 percent below retail).
How annoying is it to fill up your tank and then pass another gas station a couple of blocks away with a cheaper price? The app GasBuddy has your back: It highlights the cheapest place to refuel in your area.
Another easy way to save on gas? Properly maintaining your car. "Keeping your tires filled with air and cleaning your air filter could improve your gas mileage by up to about 10 percent," says Catey Hill, author of "Shoo, Jimmy Choo: The Modern Girl's Guide to Spending Less and Saving More." Since the average household spent nearly $3,000 last year on gas, it's well worth the investment.
A couple of easy downloads could save you from fashion-victim status. "PriceBlink (a free browser add-on) automatically compares prices while you online shop," says Hill. "It stays hidden unless it can find the item for less or track down a special deal, like coupons or free shipping." If you're shopping old-school style at the mall, make the Retail Me Not app your best friend. "It's synced up with hundreds of malls and will send you store coupons when you're nearby," she says.
Hill also urges women to pick the right moment to shop for new clothes: Go once the season is winding down, six to eight weeks after merchandise has hit stores (that's when the retailer is likely to slash prices) and shop on Thursday evenings — you can often take advantage of weekend sales, but you'll still get good stuff to choose from because the crowds haven't yet hit.
All pharmacies are not created equal. "A pharmaceutical company may have a deal with a particular pharmacy based on volume that could make your script a lot cheaper at one place versus another," says Howard. To make sure you score the best price, download an app like GoodRx or LowestMed, enter in the name of the medication and it'll tell you which drugstore has the best price nearby. You could end up paying up to 80 percent less — some app reviewers report having saved hundreds of dollars on a single Rx.
The next time you get a mind-blowing rubdown at a spa with head-spinning prices, ask the masseuse if she does house calls. Many do and charge about half as much (around $1 a minute). It's a win-win all around: You pay less to get a blissful massage without stepping foot outside your home; she earns more by circumventing the steep service cut that spas take.
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Senior Club News
50-Plus Seniors
COLLINS – For those who need to renew their driver's license in March, the first AARP Driving Course for 2013 has been scheduled for Tuesday, March 5, in the Community Room of the L. K. Painter Community Center, Main Street, Collins. The one-day, six-hour class will start at 9 a.m.
Pre-registration is required and can only be made by calling 532-2507. Course cost is $17 for those with valid AARP membership cards and $19 without. Payment must be made within five days of telephone confirmation and can only be made by check or money order payable to AARP. Cash is not accepted. Payment is to be sent to Collins Town Hall, Attention AARP, P.O. Box 240, Collins NY 14034.
There will be a 45-minute lunch break and a homemade lunch costing $2.50 will be offered by the 50-Plus Senior Program, or participants can bring their own lunch. Lunch reservations must be made when making course telephone reservations with payment to be collected the morning of the class.
The next good news is that a trip to the Seneca Niagara Casino has been scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 21. The cost is $13 for residents of the towns of Collins, Perrysburg and Persia and $14 for all others, which includes motor coach transportation and $25 Seneca Slot Dollars. There is no food voucher given on this trip. There must be 40 paid passengers to go.
Check or money order made payable to Town of Collins must be received at Collins Town Hall within five days after making reservation. Send to Collins Town Hall, Attention Joan Byrne, P.O. Box 420, Collins NY 14034. Reservations can be made by calling 532-2507 or on the sign up sheet located in the Senior Room during regular program hours.
Departure time is 10:45 a.m. from the center's front parking lot, Main Street, Collins. Return time is approximately 5:30 p.m.
Allison and Don Girod will not be able to provide Free Income Tax assistance at the Painter Center, and for the second year, the senior center has been unable to obtain anyone from Erie County who is certified to do the job.
The Girods will again be doing taxes at the Cattaraugus Free Library starting on Wednesday, Feb. 6. Appointments are required and must be made by calling them at 257-3285. As soon as further information is received from Allison and Don, it will be shared with readers.
The monthly Euchre and Pinochle Card Party is on Sunday, Jan. 20 at 1:30 p.m. in the center's gymnasium. Cost is $5.
The center is closed Monday for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and all senior programs are canceled but will resume next Monday.
The rest of the weekly programs will be held as scheduled for Tuesday through Friday.
A Tuesday Soup and Sandwich Luncheon will be held at noon in the Senior Room. The menu consists of bean soup, grilled cheese sandwich, dessert and beverages. Cost is $2.50. Reservations are required and must be made by calling 532-2507 no later than Monday at noon.
On Friday, the Community Service program begins at 1 p.m. in the Senior Room. Easter will be early this year so many volunteers are needed to assist in making items for this holiday.
Dunkirk Senior Citizen Board of Directors
The Dunkirk Senior Citizen Board of Directors met recently at the Senior Center with Barb Bajdas presiding. She led the officers in the recital of the Pledge of Allegiance.
Communications were received from Marcia Henderson, Julian Niedbalski, the Forestville Food Pantry, the Rainbow Inn, Fr. Julio of the Fatima Shrine and the Rural Ministry. A motion to send a monetary donation to the Rural Ministry was made and seconded.
Carol Kozlowski reported on the monthly galas noting that reservations were being accepted for the February gala. The menu will include punch, hors d'oeuvres, salad, spaghetti, bread and butter, dessert and beverages. Also the chairman of the house committee reported a heating unit located on the roof was repaired, all exterior lightbulbs have been replaced, two carpet runners donated by Janet Kasprzyk were placed at each doorway and construction in the Office of the Aging office began on Jan. 14.
Stella Michalak reported that there are 350 members registered to date for 2013.
Nancy Crandall invites anyone interested to join the seniors to play Pinochle on Monday afternoons at the center. Crandall also noted that Big Bingo will be held on Feb. 20, March 20, April 17 and May 15. A complimentary lunch will be served at 4:30 p.m. followed by Bingo at 5 p.m. A special Big Bingo game will be held on Friday, Feb. 1 at noon following the complimentary Super Bowl luncheon.
Delphine Woloszyn reported that the Craft Committee is working on Valentine favors for the Dunkirk-Fredonia Meals on Wheels patrons.
Crandall and Woloszyn reported that the daily exercise programs are doing well. New members are always welcome, and interested parties may call the center for more information.
Bajdas reported that the January trip to Presque Isle and the February trip to Sprague's Farms and Salamanca Casino are sold out. A March 25 trip will have stops at the Broadway Market, Ilio De Paulo's Restaurant and the McKinley Mall. She also reminded travelers going to Atlantic City in August that their next payment is due Feb. 22.
Bajdas also announced that RSVP would be doing free income tax beginning in February on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the center. Call the center to schedule an appointment.
New office hours at the center will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Tuesdays 9 a.m. to noon; and Thursday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Mary Jo Siragusa will be the new senior aide in charge of the Dunkirk Lunch Site. Lunch will be served on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. New diners are welcome.
The next meeting will be held on Feb. 7. Anyone in Dunkirk or the surrounding communities is invited to join the Dunkirk Senior Center. Call 366-7530 with any questions.
Grape Belt Seniors
The Grape Belt Seniors were pleased with the turnout for the first yoga class at the center, which met on Friday, Jan. 11. The class will continue to meet the next two Fridays in January at 10:45 a.m. The class will also be offered every Friday in February. Participants should bring their own yoga mat and bands.
The other new group started in January was the knitting/crocheting circle, which met on Wednesday, Jan. 9. They will meet again on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 10:30 a.m. Anyone interested in participating in either of these groups is encouraged to come to the next scheduled meeting and be welcomed by a friendly group of people.
The Grape Belt Seniors recently received a large donation of books from The Thrifty Reader Book Shop on West Main Road. Many of the books are in large print and are available to be checked out by any senior in the area.
Seniors from other centers are also welcome to join the Grape Belt Seniors on their various bus trips. More and more people are signing up for the four-day Pennsylvania Rail Adventure as they are learning about the specific details of that trip. On the first day there will be a visit to Frank Lloyd Wright's magnificently designed home called Fallingwater, which was built for the family of the department store owner Edgar Kaufmann. Two of the highlights of the second day are a train ride around Horseshoe Curve and attendance at a dinner theatre to see Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats." Call 672-5274 for more details on this trip.
Lakeshore Senior Citizens
The Lakeshore Senior Citizens met at the Dunkirk Senior Center on Wednesday. President Stella Michalak led the members in saying the Pledge of Allegiance and singing "God Bless America."
A reading entitled "Brightening Light" was given by Josie Wierczynski. The minutes from the previous meeting were read by Wierczynski, the temporary secretary. They were accepted as read by Charlie Hallmark with a second by Jean Kubera. The treasurer's report was read by Treasurer Betty Korzeniewski. It was accepted as read by Sophia Kubasik with a second by Marion Genovese.
Attendance prizes were won by Korzeniewski, Kubera and Florence Marut. Helper of the day was Michalak, and others assisted.
The kitchen committee for Jan. 30 is Michalak and Mary Musso.
A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Agnes Warner and seconded by Jean Szot.
There will be no meeting Jan. 23. Wednesday will be Big Bingo at 4 p.m. at the Dunkirk Senior Center. The next meeting will be Jan. 30 at 1:15 p.m.
Carol Kozlowski sent a card of thanks for the gift card she received. Dorothy Cooper sent her new address.
"Happy Birthday" was sung to Antoinette Arnone, Barbara Barberich, Korzeniewski, Sandy Tapasto, Warner and Dorothy Kornacki.
Mt. Carmel Seniors
SILVER CREEK – The Mt. Carmel Seniors met at the Parish Hall and enjoyed a traditional soup and bread luncheon. Several types of soups were featured and created by chefs Carm Morabito, Janet Lasker, Virginia Chesbro and Nancy Greco as well as a variety of desserts.
The refreshment committee included Joe and Teresa Ark, Angie Logan and Nancy Greco. An official meeting followed with President Carm Tampio leading a pledge to the flag, followed by a prayer by Chaplain Carm Morabito. Roll call by Vice President Josie Crino indicated 32 members present.
Past meeting minutes were read by Secretary Sue Borowski and accepted as read. A financial report on expenditures was presented by Jeanette Mula. President Carm Tampio read a thank you note from Father Daniel Fiebelkorn related to the club's generosity.
A discussion was led by Crino to poll members on future speakers. The next club meeting is scheduled for Feb. 6. The assigned refreshment committee is Melanie Bates, Rose Falcone, and Sue and Dennis Borowski.
Memberships are open and newcomers are welcome to attend meetings which are held the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 12:30 p.m.
Sinclairville Senior Citizens
SINCLAIRVILLE – The Sinclairville Senior Citizens met recently at the Sinclairville Firehall Dining Room for their first meeting for the new year. The first order of business was the passing of the gavel from the outgoing President Elaine Palmer-Titus to the new president, Margie McIntyre. Titus remarked that it seemed like she had been the president "for a hundred years" with a tear in her eye. Titus has served the senior group in the leadership role as president and vice president for more than a decade, and served as the tour guide on special bus tours. Appreciation is extended to Titus for her many years of dedicated leadership for the group.
The Sinclairville Senior Citizens meet once a month on the second Tuesday for a luncheon and program, and with many happy moments. At the recent meeting, a tureen dinner was served whereby members brought a dish of food to pass, and ample amounts of a variety of food were available to all. The blessing was given prior to the meal, and those standing in need were remembered. The Pledge of the Allegiance to the flag was led by McIntyre.
Other officers installed were Vice President Linda Parmenter, Secretary Bill Wittenbrook, and Treasurer Claudia Wittenbrook. Betty Wielgasz will continue to serve as the sunshine chairman.
Drawings were conducted, and recipients of prizes included McIntyre, Titus, Parmenter, Jim Odell, Fran Odell, Irene Moll, Dimon Smith, Louisa Smith, Martha Harmon, Pearl Sitterly and Wielgasz.
McIntyre said that a committee is setting plans for the programs for the year, and a printed program will be provided for all. Each meeting will include a tureen meal, and members are asked to bring a dish of food to pass and their own table settings. Dimon Smith will provide table coverings and have the coffee ready for each meeting. The annual summer picnic will be held in July. Plans are being made for bus tours later in the year.
At the next meeting at the Sinclairville Firehall dining room on Tuesday, Feb. 12, Jim and Fran Odell will provide the table decorations. All luncheons begin promptly at noon. New members are always welcome.


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Season 1 sucked.
Season 2 is amazing. Craps on the best of the office, IMO. I meant to take it off of my DVR this summer and just left it on for accidently, really glad I did. Takse a couple of episodes to really take off but right now is clicking on all cylinders.
Anyone who has missed it thus far should catch up On Demand or online (again, season 1 was so Meh it hurts). LIke old school office, but w/ real comics running the show.
Prominent guest stars have included Louis C.K. and the dude from Arrested Development.
Only comedy on TV really worth watching at the moment that isn't a cartoon on FX called Archer (which is sheer genius).


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skatingtripods wrote:I've started, erased, and re-started this post about 12 times trying to figure out how to word all of this. Ubaldo's season is something that couldn't even be drawn up by the most insane sabermetrician.His BB/9 is an astounding 6.58, a full 2.5 BB/9 above his career average and almost double his 2011 number of 3.73. His BABip against is .268, which is unbelievably close to his .254 AVG against. Consider that for his career, Ubaldo's AVG against is .231 and BABip against is .285. His K% is 8.5% off his career of 21%. His 72.3% LOB% (left on base %) is almost right at his career average of 71.2%. His 5.81 FIP is a full two runs above his career and a full two runs above his 2011 FIP.His velo is down and he's thrown more curve balls this year than he did in the previous 5 seasons. Yet, he's thrown more first pitch strikes this season than he ever has (except 2006's small sample size of 2 games). His GB% is the lowest it has ever been.What we're seeing here, and this really isn't all that shocking, is a guy who has the chance to get progressively worse as the season goes on. Hard to believe he could get any worse, but the numbers definitely point to it. You would think that such drastic outliers to his career numbers would mean that he should get better and start to move closer to his mean, but that really doesn't look plausible.
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justmebd wrote:More to the point, is there any way you can blame this on Johnny Damon?
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bookelly wrote:He does throw strikes when he has to.
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rebelwithoutaclue wrote:The only saving grace is that both Pomeranz and White have been pretty shitty too. The Indians may have blown their biggest trade chips.... but it looks like so did the Rockies. Both White/Pomeranz had questions about 3rd pitches when they were with the Indians, and it doesn't look like they've answered them. White/Pomeranz combined career numbers:110 innings in 22 starts: 73 earned runs, 174 baserunners, 83:50 K:BB ratio
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- 1 (5-pound) pork shoulder, bone-in ,untrimmed and not tied
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup Creole seasoning
- 1/2 cup olive oil
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Season all sides of the pork with salt and pepper. Combine the Creole seasoning and olive oil in a small bowl to make a paste. Rub the paste all over the pork. Place the pork, fat side up on a rack in a roasting pan. Roast the pork for 30 minutes. Reduce the heat to 250 degrees F and continue to cook for 6 1/2 hours. Remove from the oven and cool completely. Remove the meat from the pan and using two forks, shred all of the meat.
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How Not To Roll Out New Programs
The Affordable Care Act and the Common Core State Standards are a lesson in how not to roll out new programs.
The Common Core websites work, which is nearly the single item New York got right in its implementation of Common Core. Anna Geronimo, regional staff director of New York State United Teachers' regional office in Jamestown, hits the nail on the head when it comes to Common Core.
"From the NYSUT perspective, the goal of the Common Core to get students engaged in higher order critical thinking is an excellent one, and we support it completely," Geronimo recently told The Post-Journal. "The issues we've seen arising are the implementation and the development of these standards. We remain concerned over the schedule of implementing the standards, which has not allowed enough time for absorption of the process by teachers."
The early implementation of the Common Core has been abysmal. There have been so many moving parts it is difficult for the public to adequately grasp all that has happened in such a short time. Part of the problem is the Common Core is tied in to several other programs, like the federal Race to the Top that provides hundreds of thousands of dollars to many area school districts, and recently enacted teacher evaluations. The public doesn't know enough about the Common Core's curriculum modules to know if the static they're hearing publicly is right or wrong.
Common Core is far from perfect, but few would argue the fact that too few children in New York graduate from high school with the skills they need to succeed in college or in the workplace. It would behoove John King, state education commissioner, to admit the rollout has been poorly handled and that perhaps the state should slow down just a bit. King will be in Jamestown on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. in the Jamestown High School auditorium. It will be a wonderful opportunity for concerned residents to have their questions answered, but we think the session would be more productive had King been more responsive early on to the obvious problems associated with the Common Core's rollout. King's reluctance to take such a small step does nothing but fan the flames surrounding Common Core and keep the focus on the bungled rollout.
Focusing on the bungled rollout directs attention away from the real questions that King should be answering at these sessions – are the underpinnings of Common Core sound and, if they aren't, are there a set of standards by which we should educate our children?
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As part of my Lenten Rehabilitation, as it were, I've also taken up walking. I live about a mile from a well-known run/hike/bike trail. It's an old railroad bed that travels through almost 50 miles of urban/suburban/rural terrain in Northern Virginia, from Arlington to Purcellville. Both Union and Confederate troops commandeered this route toward the beginning of its more than 100-year tenure as one of the preeminent rail lines in the region.
So, this is the routine, should I choose to pursue it: Stroll down to the trail; meander about two miles at a quasi-urgent, heartbeat-raising rate to the "downtown" area of my DC 'Burb. Stop for coffee, then stroll back home through town, taking a more circuitous route.
Supporters of my new regimen are taking bets: Will she give up on the queso or the walking first? Only time will tell. I do know one thing, though. I'll probably be noshing on nachos long before I ever walk those 50 historic miles on my neighborhood trail.


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Kolkata, India, credit: Radiokafta
In this context, a new report launched jointly today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Cities Alliance at the 2014 World Urban Forum finds that the rapid pace of urbanization represents an opportunity to build more sustainable, innovative and equitable towns and cities, and to use the world's natural resources more efficiently.
The report, entitled, Integrating the Environment in Urban Planning and Management: Key Principles and Approaches for Cities in the 21st Century, offers strategies for decision-makers to introduce measures that can spur inclusive economic growth and reduce poverty, while ensuring sustainable levels of consumption and production.
"It is clear that the decisions and actions needed to move society towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production will need to focus on, and be delivered in, cities," said UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner.
"Cities are well-placed to play a major role in decoupling economic development from resource use and environmental impacts, while finding a better balance between social, environmental and economic objectives," he added.
Urban areas occupy just 2 per cent of the world's terrestrial surface but consume up to 75 per cent of its natural resources. In addition, estimates indicate that cities are responsible for 75 per cent of global CO2 emissions, with transport and buildings being among the largest contributors.
"It is essential that national governments create the space for cities to play a much larger role in transforming unsustainable patterns of human development," said William Cobbett, Director of Cities Alliance.
"As we have witnessed in Medellin, local actions which directly engage and benefit communities can be truly transformative. However, cities need to integrate the environment into their planning before, and not after, urbanisation."
The report notes that negative environmental impacts from cities occur both directly - through the consumption of resources and the emission of greenhouse gases in cities themselves - and indirectly, through the use of raw materials and energy in distant locations to produce goods and services.
Some of the world's wealthiest and superficially cleanest cities may therefore concentrate the consumption of goods whose production may be elsewhere, but which entails both pollution and resource depletion.
Nevertheless, the report finds that urban areas, by their very nature, provide a range of "sustainability multipliers" that can be tapped to address social and environmental burdens. These include lower costs per capita for providing services in densely populated areas, greater options for recycling, and better opportunities for the use of public transport.
At the same time, city leaders can take a variety of proactive measures to help to improve resource efficiency and reduce negative environmental impacts. These include:
The report also examines practical mechanisms for funding urban environmental activities, noting that financial limitations have frequently impeded meaningful environmental activities in the past.
Notes to Editors:
About Cities Alliance
UNEP has been a member of the Cities Alliance, a global partnership for urban poverty reduction promoting and strengthening the role of cities in sustainable development, since 2003. Cities Alliance members include local authorities, national governments, non-governmental organizations and other multilateral organizations.
The Cities Alliance's overall strategic objectives are to support cities in providing effective local government, an active citizenship and an economy characterized by both public and private investment. The Cities Alliance seeks to realize this goal by: developing and/or enhancing national policy frameworks to address urban development needs; developing and implementing local inclusive strategies and plans; strengthening the capacity of cities to provide improved services to the urban poor; and developing mechanisms to engage citizens in city or urban governance.
About This Report:
Integrating the Environment in Urban Planning and Management: Key Principles and Approaches for Cities in the 21st Century is a follow-up from a 2007 joint effort between UNEP and Cities Alliance that culminated in a publication entitled Livable Cities: the Benefits of Urban Environment Planning.
The 2007 report brought together concrete case studies from cities around the world where specific tools, metrics, and measures for strategic urban planning were used. Today's report goes a step further by analyzing the principles and approaches that made the different tools accessible and useful to cities. Through closer examination of the City Development Strategy as a planning tool, the authors of the publication successfully describe what improves efficiency in city planning processes.
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Hm.. too much cartoony stuff in there
It's a bit far away, but I'm excited!
Why would they use a Japanese song on their Korean repackage? I guess they could release it in two languages.
Been looking at the time between album and repackage release. The Korean albums range from 1.5-3 months. The first Japanese album got a repackage 7 months later. Last 2 albums haven't had a repackage yet.
That appears to be correct, there was a 7 month gap though between the Japanese single and Korean re-release.
Well then, time to wait 3-4 months for a repackage
When it comes to japanese or japanese-> korean I completely lose track of what's happening (about snsd). Releasing a single here, an album there, doing other stuff, repackage with a single from another language.. they're jumping between so many things that I can't keep up. Although, I haven't been to soshified in ages, and lately I don't see anything from them on my FB feed. A while ago all they did was share things SM/SNSD posted, so I saw things thrice. No idea what happened there, maybe they're focusing more on other social sites now :/
The second song on the single has a very peculiar name.. I'm intrigued.
It's in my basket already. Gives me a reason to finally buy a J Rabbit album
Damnit why isn't there a full version of the beep beep MV! D:
I want one so bad!
And yay for more SNSD stuff but a bit disappointing they're going straight back to Japan for their next release :<
I'll change it next time Taeyeon instagrams an awesome pic xD
It's only a matter of time!
Lots of nice performances, I especially love SHINee's and Sistar's
I have some more to add.
[MV] PURE(퓨어) _ I still love you(난 *직* 널)
AllenKibum -그*움 MV
M.I.B - 끄덕여줘! (Nod along!) MV
윤하 (Younha) - *니* (Unacceptable) MV
서*국 (Seo In Guk) - 웃*울* (I smiled and then I cried)
^ is a teaser btw.
Yaaaay, new CD's
The pictures in the Korean The Boys case are amazing <3
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Carne Asada
(Courtesy National Cattleman's Beef Association)
2 boneless beef top loin (strip) steaks, cut 1 inch thick (about 10 ounces each)
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 large cloves garlic, minced
2 lime wedges
1/2 to 1 cup prepared guacamole
Additional lime wedges (optional)
1. Combine cumin and garlic; press evenly onto beef steaks.
2. Place steaks on grid over medium, ash-covered coals. Grill, uncovered, 15 to 18 minutes for medium rare to medium doneness, turning occasionally.
3. Squeeze juice from 1 lime wedge over each steak. Carve steaks into thin slices. Serve with guacamole; garnish with lime wedges, if desired.
Makes 2 to 4 servings.
Italian Beef Kebabs
Source: American Meat Institute
Serves: 4 entrée portions
- 1 pound top round steak, no more than ¾-inch thick, trimmed of all fat
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh garlic
- 1 tablespoon dried Italian herb seasonings
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- ½ teaspoon each salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 large green bell pepper, seeded and cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 small sweet (Vidalia) onion, cut into 1-inch wedges
- ¾ cup grape or cherry tomatoes, washed
- Cut beef into ½-inch cubes.
- Mix oil, vinegar, water, garlic, herbs and seasonings together in a food-safe plastic bag or an 11 x 9 inch non-reactive glass or stainless steel dish. Add beef, coating all surfaces with liquid.
- Cover and marinate, in refrigerator, a minimum of 10 hours but no more than 20 hours. (Marinating longer than 24 hours may result in a mushy texture.) Turn the beef several times to ensure even exposure to the marinade.
- Thread beef and vegetables on five 15-inch metal or bamboo skewers (if using bamboo, soak skewers in cold water for 30 minutes). Brush each kebab with marinade then discard remaining marinade.
- Grill kebabs over direct medium heat about 4 inches from heat source. Grill for 7-8 minutes turning skewers every 2 minutes. Or cook in a preheated broiler, 4 inches from heat.
- Cook until beef reaches an internal temperature of 145°F and vegetables are tender.
Mediterranean Eye Round Steaks
(Courtesy National Cattleman's Beef Association)
Marinating time: 6 hours or overnight
2 beef eye round steaks (about 8 ounces each)
1 jar (6 ounces) marinated quartered artichoke hearts
1/4 cup chopped roasted red pepper
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
3 tablespoons Dijon-style mustard
Salt and pepper
1. Drain artichokes, reserving liquid. Chop artichokes and combine with roasted red pepper and basil in small bowl; cover and refrigerate.
2. Combine reserved artichoke liquid and Dijon mustard in small bowl. Place beef steaks and mustard mixture in food-safe plastic bag; turn steaks to coat. Close bag securely and marinate in refrigerator 6 hours or as long as overnight.
3. Remove steaks from marinade; discard marinade. Place steaks on grid over medium, ash-covered coals. Grill, uncovered, 19 to 23 minutes for medium rare doneness, turning occasionally. (Do not overcook.)
4. Carve steaks into thin slices. Season with salt and pepper, as desired.
Serve with artichoke mixture.
Makes 2 to 4 servings.
Ribeye Steaks with Fresh Tomato Tapenade
(Courtesy National Cattleman's Beef Association)
2 beef ribeye steaks, cut 1-inch thick (about 12 ounces each)
2 teaspoons course ground black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
Fresh Tomato Tapenade
1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, cut in half
1 can (2-1/4 ounces) sliced ripe olives, drained
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
3 tablespoons shredded Parmesan cheese
1. Press pepper evenly onto beef steaks.
2. Place steaks on grid over medium, ash-covered coals. Grill, uncovered, 11 to 14 minutes for medium rare to medium doneness, turning occasionally.
3. Meanwhile combine Fresh Tomato Tapenade ingredients in small bowl.
4. Season steaks with salt, as desired. Top each steak evenly with Fresh Tomato Tapenade.
Makes 2 to 4 servings.
Spicy Lemon Pesto Flat Iron Steaks
(Courtesy National Cattleman's Beef Association)
4 beef shoulder top blade (flat iron) steaks (6 to 8 ounces each)
Spicy Lemon Pesto
1/3 cup prepared basil pesto sauce
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon peel
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
3 large cloves garlic, minced
Freshly grated lemon peel (optional)
1. Combine Spicy Lemon Pesto ingredients in small bowl. Set aside.
2. Press garlic evenly onto beef steaks. Place steaks on grid over medium, ash-covered coals. Grill, covered, 10 to 14 minutes for medium rare to medium doneness, turning once. Season with salt, as desired.
3. Top steaks with pesto. Garnish with lemon peel, if desired.
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University or Organization: Gunma Prefectural Women's University, Japan Department: International Communication Rank of Job: Professor, Associate Professor or Assistant Prof. Specialty Areas: Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Communication, TESL Required Language(s): English (Code = ENG); Japanese (Code = JPN) Description: Gunma Prefectural Women's University, Japan, invites applications for a tenure-track faculty appointment as Professor, Associate Professor or Assistant Professor in Communication, effective 1 April 2005, for a new faculty (Faculty of International Communication) which will be open on 1 April 2005. Applicants should have a solid background in intercultural communication, interpersonal communication or mass communication, and preferably have experience in teaching English as a foreign language at the university level. Duties will include teaching undergraduate in communication studies and English language (a total of five or six 90-minutes classes a week, 30 weeks a year), and BA thesis supervision. (The faculty will not have yet started a graduate course on 1 April 2005, but probably will start it at April 2009, and then teaching graduates may be included.) Collaborative, interdisciplinary research and teaching are encouraged. As a member of a Japanese university, applicants are expected to have an excellent command of Japanese, (if applicants are native speakers of Japanese, academic experience in an English-speaking country is preferred) and to contribute to various aspects of the development of the faculty. Candidates must have an MA or equivalent (preferably a PhD) in the relevant area, a demonstrated record of research achievement, and a strong commitment to excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching. The deadline for applications is 21 February 2004. Please submit to the address below a cover letter, curriculum vitae, three samples of published work, a summary of research experience and plan (A4, 2 pages), an essay on your teaching plans and strategies for English and content (i.e. communication studies) classes and your ideas regarding curriculum development (A4, 2 pages). If possible, please email your cover letter and curriculum vitae to swkbysgpwu.ac.jp When candidates are short-listed, they will be invited to come to the University for interview. Unfortunately, we are unable to pay for travel or accommodation expenses incurred by the interviewee. Dr. Shigenori Wakabayashi The Committee of the New Faculty, Gunma Prefectural Women's University 1395-1 Kaminote, Tamamura, Gunma 370-1193 Japan email address: swkbysgpwu.ac.jp Phone: +81 (0) 270 65 8511 Fax: +81 (0) 270 65 9538 Web site: http://www.gpwu.ac.jp/ Around half of the members of the new faculty will be new to the university. We intend to establish a strong institute both in English language teaching and research. Address for Applications: Attn: Dr. Shigenori Wakabayashi GPWU 1395-1 Kaminote Tamamura Sawa, Gunma 370-1193 Japan Applications are due by 21-Feb-2004 Contact Information: Dr. Shigenori Wakabayashi Email: swkbysgpwu.ac.jp Tel: +81(0)270 65 8511 Fax: +81(0)270 65 9538 Website: http://www.gpwu.ac.jp/Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue


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AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron men's soccer team suffered a 1-0 defeat to the Columbus Crew and a familiar face in front of 1,662 fans Sunday at Lee Jackson Field.
Former UA star Matt Tutich, who was a four-time, first-team all-league midfielder for the Zips, banged home a header in the 48th minute for the game's only score.
Tutich and a couple other former local college standouts, including defender Ossie Michalsen, who also called Lee Jackson Field home for four seasons, were asked to help fill out the Crew's traveling roster, which was composed of veterans, starters and developmental players. The Crew are the defending champions of Major League Soccer.
Tutich received a pass from Alex Grendi, who crossed the ball from the left side of the box, and punched it into the back left corner of the net early in the second half.
The Crew controlled the action for much of the first half, owning a shots advantage of 5-2. The MLS squad was physical and aggressive with their attack and held UA to just one scoring opportunity when forward Teal Bunbury took the ball from a defender and uncorked a medium-ranged shot over the net.
The UA defense handled the attack well, however, with freshman goal keeper David Meves keeping the Crew off the board with a pair of saves. Meves logged all 90 minutes between the pipes and finished with three saves in another strong effort by the highly-touted recruit.
While the Crew dictated the flow in the first half, Akron turned the tables following Tutich's header. In fact, the Zips out-shot Columbus, 6-5, in the second half and had a number opportunities to score but couldn't cash it, including a pair of key series midway through the period.
Bunbury, who led the Zips with five shots on the night, was involved in both. The first presented itself when midfielder Darlington Nagbe, who was exceptional on the ball all night, split a pair of defenders with a perfect ball to a streaking Bunbury, whose shot went wide.
Just a few minutes later, Crew 'keeper Ben Dragavon went to his right to deflect a blast from Bunbury only to have the ball settle in front of an open net. But Akron newcomer Yoram Mwila, who finished with a pair of shots on the evening, couldn't corral the ball before a Columbus defender kicked it out of bounds for an Akron corner.
For the second straight exhibition game, the Zips were forced to play without five key players. Freshman All-American Kofi Sarkodie, Chad Barson and Scott Caldwell are currently training with the U.S. Under-18 national team while veteran midfielders Anthony Ampaipitakwong and Michael Nanchoff were held out due to injuries.
In all, the Crew held a slight 10-8 edge in shots while drawing six corners to UA's three. Columbus also committed 15 fouls on the day, including the game's only yellow card, to Akron's seven.
Sunday's exhibition concluded an impressive spring season for the Zips, who finished with a 3-2-1 mark. In doing so, Akron posted wins over Oakland, Michigan and Wake Forest, while earning a tie at North Carolina.
2009 UA Men's Soccer Spring Results
Mar. 28 vs. Oakland, W, 2-0
Mar. 28 vs. Michigan, W, 4-0
Apr. 3 vs. Wake Forest, W, 3-0
Apr. 5 vs. North Carolina, T, 1-1
Apr. 18 vs. Indiana, L, 0-2
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Topic: Route and controller in subdirectory
I've put all my admin controller in the a subdirectory admin :
and my controller definition are
class Admin::CategoryController < ApplicationController
class Admin::ForumController < ApplicationController
I've also an admin controller in the controllers directory in order to achieve authentification :
class AdminController < ApplicationController
It work nice but I've been obliged to add these lines to my routes.rb file :
map.connect 'admin/category/:action/:id', :controller => 'admin/category'
map.connect 'admin/forum/:action/:id', :controller => 'admin/forum'
and if I use
<%= link_to "My account", :controller => "account", :action => "edit" %>
my link didn't work when I'am in the admin part (link displayed is /admin/account/edit and it should be /account/edit).
So what is wrong ? My routes.rb file ? My usage of link_to ?
Thanks a lot for your help !


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This isnt just some whack job fringe guy, it is Michael Mann who is right at the heart of this, the lead author of the paper that developed the "hockey stick graph".
I got ripped by some on here when I suggested that GW scientists could change and alter their data to fit their beliefs.
Manipulation of evidence:
I've just completed Mike's Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from 1961 for Keith's to hide the decline.
but then was assured that it didnt happen because it was peer reviewed.
how best to squeeze dissenting scientists out of the peer review process. How, in other words, to create a scientific climate in which anyone who disagrees with AGW can be written off as a crank, whose views do not have a scrap of authority.
"This was the danger of always criticising the skeptics for not publishing in the "peer-reviewed literature". Obviously, they found a solution to that–take over a journal! So what do we do about this? I think we have to stop considering "Climate Research" as a legitimate peer-reviewed journal. Perhaps we should encourage our colleagues in the climate research community to no longer submit to, or cite papers in, this journal. We would also need to consider what we tell or request of our more reasonable colleagues who currently sit on the editorial board…What do others think?"
"I will be emailing the journal to tell them I'm having nothing more to do with it until they rid themselves of this troublesome editor.""It results from this journal having a number of editors. The responsible one for this is a well-known skeptic in NZ. He has let a few papers through by Michaels and Gray in the past. I've had words with Hans von Storch about this, but got nowhere. Another thing to discuss in Nice !"
I am not in the mood to get in to a big discussion over this, I just wanted to hear opinions on it.... mainly aoxo and erie because you guys are the ones I have gotten in to it with about this in the past.


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Streets foreman refutes report
SILVER CREEK – Ralph Crawford, Silver Creek streets foreman, had a bone to pick with what was said in a commentary printed in the March 3 OBSERVER.
The commentary written by Silver Creek resident Anna Frederickson referenced an accident with a "sewer truck" which resulted in thousands of dollars in damage to the vehicle.
Crawford said the cost of the damage was misquoted and said accidents happen in every department.
"First of all, the (commentary) in the (OBSERVER) stating that there was an accident with the sewer vehicle, it was actually the sewer vac truck from the highway department. It did not cost $8,900. The actual price was $7,800 and the village had insurance on it so it was only a $500 deductible. So, it only cost the village like $500. We are not the only department to have accidents, (Police Chief) Tim (Roche) can explain as well as I can, people have accidents in every department. Also, if you want to inquire more on how the accident happened, just contact the Dunkirk Police Department because they took the accident report," he said.
The OBSERVER obtained the accident report from Dunkirk Police through a Freedom of Information Law request. The report stated the accident occurred on April 12, 2011 at Valley Tire on Lake Shore Drive. The report stated the vehicle operated by Ralph Crawford and Gary Glover Jr. struck a steel post on the property and damaged the rear and side of the vehicle.
In an interview, Anna Frederickson said she was not refuting that the police would report the incident as an accident, but was trying to point out the village employees' carelessness.
"The police will tell you it was an accident, but they won't say that the other guy didn't back him up. They won't add it was irresponsible of him not to help," she said.
She also said even if the village only had to pay the deductible, the village would have to pay increased premiums if the insurance went up because of the accident.
"It was a waste because the employees didn't do their job properly," Frederickson added.
Crawford also addressed comments posted on the Internet about a personal vehicle.
"Also, the response in the comments, someone has the idea in their head that I have a $35,000 pickup truck that I personally only drive. That's wrong because we have a plow and a sander on it and both the first shift and second shift use it as well as the water department uses it to salt and sand and do what they have to do. It is not a personal vehicle, it's a village-owned vehicle and we use it wherever we need it … I may be the major driver of it but it's not my personal vehicle," he said.
Later, several residents also asked about the cost of the police vehicle the village purchased last year. Chief Timothy Roche explained the sticker price was $30,000 and the village received a $7,500 trade, but these costs do not include the addition of police equipment onto the vehicle. Treasurer Janet St. George said the village will pay three $8,100 lease payments for the vehicle, which includes interest.
The village board also voted to deny the bid for garbage bags. Trustee Amy Romanik said it is because the village only received one bid and hopes to get more competitive bids.
The board tabled a resolution to amend the board's rules of procedure for meetings policy. Attorney Dan Gard is working to update the board's policy.
The board approved a Lexis Advance Subscription Agreement, an online legal system for Gard, at a cost of $60 per month out of the contingency fund.
Court Clerk Carol Waugh reported the new court clerk is nearly trained and she should be retiring fully in about a month's time.
The board entered into executive session at the end of the meeting for personnel and contractual matters.
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Twitterverse says Byron Scott is gone when the season ends. Don't know who to cite as many are saying it. Rotoworld.com credits FSO.
If so, that means Dan Gilbert gets his way. Word I hear from the inside says Gilbert is sick of the lack of defense and wants Mike Malone as coach. Grant was in Scott's corner. Don't know if he's changed his mind due to the late season swoon or Gilbert simply gets what he wants b/c he is owner.
I also understand that Grant convinced Gilbert to give Scott the extension as soon as last season ended. It wasn't publicized until much later. Grant's argument was that Scott couldn't go into the season as a lame-duck head coach. I'm sure Gilbert is thinking that sure didn't matter.


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Many owners may purchase a dog with the intent of breeding it, especially if they have formed a special bond with the animal. Unfortunately, breeding dogs carries with it numerous problems that an owner needs to bear in mind before they decide to do it. In the end, a better decision is to spay your dog and consider adoption if you want a new puppy.
There are several considerations owners must take into account before breeding dogs. The first is simply that dogs are overpopulated in the United States. Millions of animals are put into shelters each year, and many of these are puppies who can't find a home after they're born. Pet owners with breeding in mind may envision having one, two or even three puppies, but litters can consist of more than twelve puppies.
Thus, successfully breeding dogs means finding a home for all of these animals - keeping in mind that the people you give them to may not end up keeping the puppy themselves. Bringing multiple dogs into the world with the intent of keeping just one is likely to contribute to our current pet overpopulation problem, so consider this carefully.
In addition, it's important for owners to note their puppies may not end up exactly like their parent. Some traits are genetic and passed down, but the animal will also be shaped by its experiences. It may also receive undesirable genetic traits, like aggression, that weren't present in the previous dog. Assuming the puppy will be just like the previous dog is simply incorrect - it's just as likely the animal will be entirely different.
According to VCA Animal Hospitals, five to ten million pets are euthanized each year due to overpopulation, and excessive dog breeding plays a major role in this. If you want another dog once your current one has passed away, visit your local animal shelter. It likely will not be difficult to find a new dog with the traits you desire in a companion.
VCA also recommends dog neutering or spaying all animals to prevent unintended breeding. Dog spaying helps combat overpopulation and can also reduce the negative effects of living with dogs in heat.


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What if there were no airlines? It may sound crazy, but now-retired rogue aeronautical engineer Burt Rutan once speculated that, someday, people might look back and say, "For a short period in history, people traveled en masse in giant airplanes called 'airliners.' They only used a very few crowded runways, and traveling to and from the airports often took longer than the flight itself." In Rutan's version of the future, we would further develop the general aviation infrastructure such that people could fly on light airplanes to and from the thousands of small airports near their homes and destinations.
So what would an air-transportation system look like without big airlines? And could it be more cost effective?
The recent brouhaha over user fees is the latest spat in the ongoing sibling rivalry between airlines and business aviation. Airlines contribute to the FAA coffers through ticket taxes; general aviation chips in through a fuel tax. But every passenger in a business jet has to be viewed by the airlines as one more unsold business-class ticket–and that high-margin "fare-market value" (yes, it's a pun) represents the butter and jam on the bread of the airlines' ledger sheet.
So the airline trade groups lobby to promote the logic that anyone not subject to the ticket tax is not only clogging up the airways but also not paying a fair share. They maintain that each airplane exacts the same "cost" in air-traffic services and that general aviation gets off easy with the fuel tax as opposed to the airlines' per-passenger ticket tax.
Business aviation's tax amounts to about 21 cents per gallon of jet fuel. The general aviation trade associations have statistics suggesting that this rate of taxation fits nicely with the demand general aviation places on the system. The airlines tend to disagree, sometimes loudly.
So who's right? How different would our airport and air-traffic infrastructure be if airlines disappeared? Would it really cost less? And if so, how much less?
Approximately 45,000 to 50,000 flights per day in the U.S. use air-traffic-control services, according to Mark Duell, vice president of operations at flight-tracking company FlightAware.com. Roughly 60 percent of those flights–airliners plus cargo carriers such as UPS and FedEx–operate under Federal Aiation Regulations Part 125. The rest are private and charter flights (not including a smattering of military and municipal operations).
But it's the airliners that generate the vast majority of the FAA's work, because the flow of airline traffic differs greatly from that of general aviation. Airlines fly to the major airports, and their massive amounts of traffic must be sorted and funneled to and from those airports via specific routes. Much of the air-traffic-control computing power goes toward predicting and sorting that traffic flow. If those air-traffic bottlenecks didn't exist–if most flights fanned out to the smaller airports more convenient to the final destination–the air-traffic infrastructure would look a lot different.
There's no way to know just what it costs to funnel most of that airline traffic through the relatively few hub airports, then back out along the spokes of a structure that has evolved since Congress deregulated the airlines in 1978. Conversely, it would be difficult to speculate how much less it would cost if that requirement were to go away.
But practical–and affordable–navigation technology now exists for small aircraft to be able to use small airports in what used to be impossible weather, increasing their utility. Maybe we are a few steps closer to the day when "airliners" will be part of a bygone era, like ocean liners or wagon trains.
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The Saline County Business Expo, March 21 is looking like it will be a success according to Amy Daugherty, executive assistant for the Saline County Chamber of Commerce which sponsors the event.
"Last year we had 200-300 people at the event with 60 booths. We expect the same this year or better," she said.
"We are hoping to inform people of what Saline County has to offer in the way of services to their community."
The event will be held at Southeastern Illinois College Foundation Center, 540 N. Commercial St., Harrisburg from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., March 21 and will include exhibitors both outside and indoors.
Exhibitors are encouraged to sign up by Feb. 22 to secure the same booth they had last year. The final deadline for signups is March 11.
Booth space is free to food exhibitors providing free food samples.
No product sales are allowed.
Set up begins at 3 p.m.
"Booth space is filling up quickly," said Daugherty.
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- Release: Jul 11, 2008
If you are stuck on Super Monkey Ball level 6-7 you came to the right place. Below you will find a video walkthrough and some written tips that will guide you through that level. Have fun and enjoy this great game.
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Hello all! It's been awhile since my last post but new things are in the works so stay tuned!
This post will be one of several in collaboration with talented wedding photographer and friend Eileen Marie Roche. You can(and should!) check out more of her work on her wedding photography site. Eileen took all the photos for this bread as well as several other breads that will be appearing here soon. So get ready, she has a knack for making me look good!
Now, picking up right where I left off, I present to you a rye bread. Usually I'm all about meticulously crafting breads with many add-ins and preferments to create interesting flavors and complexity but with this bread I stripped it down to it's basics in the name of time and effort.
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Mrs. Flinger: A work in progress
UPDATE TO Mrs. Flinger October 16, 2015
Because the Universe has a wicked sense of humor, after this delcaration, my blog threw up all over my last upgrade.
So I'm starting over using Craft. Turning 40 and kid entering Jr High next year, sometimes it's just time for a change. These archives will still exist in the way the last child goes off to college and their room is the same for 20 years, but it's just time to move forward.
Not-so-trashy book club: Book #2 and other questions… Jul 16, 2005
It's out, y'all! Are you ready? I haven't purchased my copy yet, but we're ready to read Harry Potter book #6.
I can't remember who all said they want to join so comment here and I'll add you to the list on the menu——>
And.. I have a question about our last book that everyone can participate in (not just those that read it)...
I'm not a doctor Jul 15, 2005
I'm so freakin' tired. LB's teeth are coming in and I'm tired and emotional and a wreck. My great friend Traci asked if I really think I'm pregnant. "Honestly?" I said, "I always think I'm pregnant."
So do I think I'm over thinking everything? Of course. Will I stop? No. All I know is that people try for months and months when they're ovulating and don't get pregnant. Why would one or two tries in a couple of days clinch the deal? Ya know? I'm a fool to think I'm just *that* easy. Or, I'm a fool to think I'm not.
At any rate, I've been having fantastic tired bitch fests with Rbelle. And, I'd tell you all about it, but she did a much better job. Go read for yourself. And yea, that's exactly how I feel, too. It's so nice to find people who get it. (And who can say it much better than *I* could.)
Super Quick Question Jul 14, 2005
Were you super dizzy ever when you were pregnant? Like at first? Anyone?
A topic to ponder.. not really, but I am.. Jul 13, 2005
So, I was chatting with Mrs. Belle and Yankeebelle about tattoos. And as we're talking, even though I don't have one, I realize how fun it is to hear the story behind why/when/where people got theirs. Yankebelle has a great story. I, on the other hand, am trying to drink all the beer before the "frisbeefetus" (named by Rbelle) implants. I think i have a week, no?
So.. tattoos, you in or out? Got 'em? Want 'em? If so what are they? (this is one of those "let your panties fly in the wind" type posts. You know.. let it all out, y'all.)
Baby Weight and Baby Waiting Jul 12, 2005
Yey me! I'm officially only 6 pounds away from pre-prego! I even put away all my maternity clothes yesterday. (I've been wearing them 'cause they're comfy and all.) Of course you know what this means, don't you?
I'm waiting for updates from Mama-C-Ta and Suess who are both having their babies right now.
You know, I had PPD pretty dang bad. I did. It was ugly, dark, and horrible. I would go to bed bawling. "I hate my life," I used to tell Mr. Flinger. Lately I can barely remember those days. My girl makes me laugh more than she makes me cry and thankyouverymuch Celexa, but mommy amnesia is *so* bad I don't even mind if I do "happen" to get pregnant now. Worse things could happen.
(I mean, I could get a chain letter in my email box. Now THAT would suck. ::ahem:: )
I remember now why we never have sex Jul 11, 2005
It's 1:14 am. Have been awake now for 4 hours AFTER going to bed "on time."
And.. this is going to be WAY TMI.. but.. I'm ovulating. AND. we.. uh.. didn't "worry" about that fact.
Only, I sorda kinda am now.
You know how I wonder if I'm pregnant EVERY STINKIN' MONTH even if it's not really possible? I wonder what I'll do this month? Probably pee on a positive pregnancy test or something totally brilliant like that.
Spank my Funky Ass Music CD Jul 10, 2005
What would you put on a mix titled, "Spank my Funky Ass"?
So far I have Hollaback girl. And. that's. it.
Apparently, I'm lacking in the "Spank my Funky Ass" kind of music.
On a side note, how many times in one post can I say "Spank my Funky Ass"?
Trashy Summer Book Club: First meeting Jul 10, 2005
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Yeah, I'm going through "Mack's" clone withdraw here.
Norma,I do recall the discussion about the Cracker Barrel cheddar cheese but I didn't realize at the time that its quality was so highly rated. I have eaten the Cracker Barrel sharp white cheddar cheese before, most likely with wine, but not on a pizza. For pizza, I used a New York sharp white cheddar cheese from Lucerne (a Safeway house brand). However, I mixed it with mozzarella to soften the sharpness. Peter
I've used the Cracker Barrel cheddar cheese on a few pizza's....good product, a 'lil pricy though in those grocery store mini blocks. Come's out to around $8.50 a lb. I believe..
Today's special at Mack's, SALT WATER PIZZA!!!
Jeepers Norma. I hate to even think it but after today, you might be the only one making "Mack's" pizza!
Steve,I hope I am not the only one trying to make a Mack's pizza after today. I am almost sure Mack's will rebuild if there is damage. I saw today on channel 10 a video of North Wildwood and the water was on top of the boardwalk. You know how long the beaches are at Wildwood and how high the boardwalk is. I also saw in Altantic City Sandy wiped out a big part of the boarwalk there.Norma
Has this situation ever happened before up there....this is a real drag.
Bob,There have been hurricanes before in Wildwood, but I don't know if this will be the worst one or not. Wildwood is very flat and is an island surrounded by water on all sides. Norma
I wonder if there still a Sandy Hook...
Norma,I have been reading media reports that some people have been engaging in dumpster diving looking for food. You might want to take a trip to Mack's and do some dumpster diving there. If you are stopped or questioned, you can put on a sad face and say that you are looking for food. You might want to dress appropriately for the occasion. Peter