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Norma,Based on the numbers you have provided, I calculated that the weight of your latest Buddy's clone pizza was 9.81 ounces (dough) + 8 ounces (brick cheese) + 3.8 ounces (pizza sauce) = 21.61 ounces. There was perhaps a small amount of oil in the dough also but I suspect it would be minor. You indicated that the baked pizza weighed 568 grams. That is 20.04 ounces. That means that the losses during baking were 21.61-20.04 = 1.57 ounces, or 7.3%. Interestingly, when I was speculating what the losses might be for the Buddy's pizza that dicepackage wrote about, I used 7% as the loss figure. In dicepackage's case, his Buddy's pizza was a pepperoni pizza but I do not believe that there would have been any material losses in the weight of the pepperoni slices because they were beneath the cheese and captured there for the entire bake time. If you are able to get the Nutrition Facts for the thick Margherita pepperoni slices, that should help with the analysis of dicepackage's data. Peter
Thanks you for doing the calculations for baking weight losses in my recent attempt. 7.3% loss in weight doesnt seem like a lot for a pizza that is baked that long.
Norma,I did wonder whether you forgot to tare the pizza screen while you were weighing the baked pizza on your scale but it seems to me that a pan with sides and with the cheese pressed tightly up against the sides does a better job of containing the pizza during baking and possibly limiting the weight losses. Peter
Norma,Today, I decided to reread a good part of the Buddy's thread to see if I could come up with any forgotten information or leads or clues that might help you perfect your Buddy's clone pizzas. While I was at it, I decided to update Reply 126 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3783.msg81436.html#msg81436, which contains just about everything I know or have found about the Buddy's dough and pizzas, to reflect the latest information we have on the Buddy's dough and pizzas. As you know, for my reverse engineering and cloning projects, I try to stay as close to the target product as possible, and to rely as much as possible on information that the target company puts out or information from current or former employees. Even then, information can sometimes turn out to be incorrect or inaccurate. As an example of where I have seen confusion about the Buddy's pizza is the cheese that Buddy's uses. There has been a lot of speculation that Buddy's uses cheddar cheese and other cheese blends that might include cheddar as well as other cheeses. However, from all of my research, I have seen nothing that suggests that Buddy's is using anything other than brick cheese as its main pizza cheese. Buddy's itself has said that it uses brick cheese, on several occasions. Moreover, if you look at a typical Buddy's menu, such as the one at http://www.buddyspizza.com/documents/Carryout101.pdf, you will note that two of the "Veggies & More" topping options for its square pizzas include Extra Cheese and Cheddar cheese. If the main cheese was cheddar cheese, why would you list Cheddar cheese as an option? If the main cheese were cheddar cheese, you would most likely list Extra Cheese and Brick Cheese.On the matter of the dough making protocol that Buddy's may be using, I refer you to Reply 95 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3783.msg73765.html#msg73765. It's possible that over the years Buddy's may have change its dough making protocol, but what is reported in Reply 95 would reflect a workable way of making dough in batches so that orders can be filled throughout the day, even if the last of the dough may be a bit long in the tooth.As I was rereading the Buddy's thread, I also found the post that first discussed the "double kneading" technique. That post is Reply 5 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3805.msg31842.html#msg31842. You will also note that in Reply 318 referenced above, a former employee of Buddy's (lufty) made the following statement that I excerpted from a post that he made at the Reddit website: The balls are weighed and placed in the pans loosely stretched and stacked up criss-cross to rise. A few hours later they are stretched out properly, using your thumb to press the corners into the pan a midway up the edge. I believe that statement reflects the "double stretching" technique, even more accurately than what I had been told by the Buddy's Conant employee. You will also note in the video you referenced at http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/19042572/how-to-make-buddys-lake-huron-pizza, starting at 1:47, that the pizza maker discusses what appears to be the double kneading technique. Of course, in actual practice it may be necessary to press or punch the dough down a bit or else accomplish the same result by the way that the cheese and toppings are applied. In Reply 318, I also excerpted another statement from lufty about the Buddy's pizza sauce, specifically, The sauce is tomato paste, water, and seasoning whisked together ahead of time. Elsewhere, we learned that Buddy's uses Stanislaus products. As is shown at http://www.stanislausfoodproducts.com/products/nutrition-facts, Stanislaus has a Full Red Tomato Paste product. If lufty was loose with the term "paste", Stanislaus also offers basic "super heavy" products under the Saporito brand. I also found another post by dicepackage, at Reply 287 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3783.msg125814.html#msg125814, that shows a typical Buddy's dough ball that he purchased. He noted that the dough ball felt very wet. However, that might have been because the dough had undergone an extended fermentation. Regrettably, dicepackage forgot to weigh the dough ball. So close but yet so far. I thought that you would also get a kick out of this post: Reply 281 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3783.msg121334.html#msg121334. Peter
Norma,I specifically remembered the material at http://web.archive.org/web/20041010231355/http://www.buddyspizza.com/secret.htm since that is what was formerly on the Buddy's website. I pretty much memorized that information by heart although I forgot to mention the Margherita pepperoni a few posts ago. I also remember the article about Bob Jacobs--when he had hair. I did not do any Wayback searches since I had done a fair amount of research as the Buddy's thread evolved. Do you think Buddy's is hiding something about the cheese they are using on their square pizzas and that they are really using a "secret blend"?Peter
I am still looking at pictures of Buddys pizzas to see if I can see how thick they might be.This article shows some of Buddys Motor City Pizzas back in 2011. http://www.detroitmoxie.com/home/2011/6/24/my-first-food-love-buddys-pizza-announces-new-pies.html I dont think those pies look very thick.
Norma,You might check out this radio interview with Wes Pikula of Buddy's: http://www.pizzaradio.com/podcasts/ask042908.mp3. The impression I got from the interview is that the specialty pizzas with the multi-cheese blends are thinner than the regular Buddy's square pizzas. Peter
I dont know why the rim crust got higher this time. I dont know if it was from the flour, or how I tempered the dough in the oven, or something else, but it can be seen on the ruler the side crust did get higher.
I did enjoyed the radio interview with Wes Pikula very much that you posted at Reply 139 http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,21559.msg221274.html#msg221274 Did you know that Buddys changed over to trans fat free oil? I wonder what kind of oil that is. I listened over and over, but couldnt hear what Wes said when he stated how much Buddys pays for a 50 lb. bag of flour. I just had my hearing checked a few months ago and the ear/nose/throat specialist said my was hearing was like a teenager, so I dont know why I could not catch that. Did you catch what he said about the flour price? Edit: Never mind the flour price question, I listened some more without backround noises, and I hear Wes say they went from 8-9 dollars for a 50 lb. bag up to something in the low thirties. 8-9 dollars for a 50 lb. bag of flour sure was cheap.


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On Divorce: Traveling Menorahs and Christmas Eve Eve Cookies
You don't begin the year hoping for coal in your stocking and you don't begin a marriage hoping for divorce. ~ Caurie Putnam
This holiday season was a huge marker in my eight years of motherhood – the first as a single Mom.
I will be completely honest, I was terrified.
How would Brice, 8, and Brady, 4, handle their first Hanukkah and Christmas in two separate homes? Would they grieve for the holidays of years past with their parents together (albeit not happy)? And how would I cope with Christmas Eve without my two little loves to tuck in with "The Night Before Christmas?"
Two days post Christmas and on the last night of Hanukkah, I can say with confidence that this year was indeed different, but absolutely special and by far the best holiday season I've ever had with my boys.
Brice even said, on Christmas afternoon, "This was the best Christmas ever Mom." And I know it was not a gift-induced comment.
Why? How? I wish I had a template to share with other Moms out there who knowing, or unknowing right now, will face their first holiday season alone next year. I don't. But, I do want to share that I feel what worked for us was keeping tradition without a fear of bending it a bit.
I tried as hard as I could to continue the holiday traditions my boys have grown up with. This is so critical to a positive first "different" holiday season I believe.
My boys have always "known" Christmas and Hanukkah. I am Christian and their father is Jewish so we always celebrated both with them. This year it would have been easy for me to dismiss Hanukkah in my home and let their father do it with them.
However, the boys are with me the majority of the week, so it would not be practical being an eight night celebration. And, I felt it would not be right. We lit the menorahs here during the week and they traveled with them this weekend. Whereas their father used to light them, Brice lit them this year – a rite of passage that came at just the right time.
We also continued a tradition from my family of giving out new pajammas on Christmas Eve. My mother started this great tradition and still does it – sending the pjs in the mail. Even though the boys were not with me on Christmas Eve I told them I had the pajamas and gave them the choice of taking them to their father's house or opening them with me before they left. They chose to open them with me and the tradition continued – a little differently, yes, but still special. Likewise, the boys and I baked our traditional cookies for Santa this year, not on Christmas Eve like usual, but on Christmas Eve Eve.
You don't begin the year hoping for coal in your stocking and you don't begin a marriage hoping for divorce. These holiday deviations are not things any Mom wants to have to do, but when faced with the realities of life, these deviations helped me help my children through a potentially tough season. And me too.

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BEIJING (AP) At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were rounded up and taken to a police station, amid ramped up efforts Thursday by activists to use the games to spotlight their causes.
Zhang Wei and Ma Xiulan, who have been vocal about the pain of losing their traditional family compounds near Tiananmen Square, were rounded up late Wednesday and early Thursday morning, according to Ma.
Also Thursday, a Hong Kong lawmaker said immigration officials deported three U.S.-based Chinese pro-democracy activists after denying them entry to the territory, which is hosting the Olympic equestrian events.
The efforts are part of wide-ranging security measures for the games by Chinese communist authorities determined that the Olympics should showcase the country as a modern global power.
With the world's eyes turned on Beijing in anticipation of the games, which start Friday, activists have stepped up their protests to publicize their causes.
The protest groups so far have been small and police have acted with relative restraint. No arrests have been reported, although the Beijing Olympics organizing committee has condemned the demonstrations.
Ma said officers came to her door at 2 a.m. and bruised her arm while grabbing her. Reached by the AP on her cell phone, she said she was at a local police station with Zhang and a number of other residents but could not give any other details.
"The police are watching me and are restricting my phone use," Ma said. "They are not letting me talk to reporters, especially the foreign media. I'm here because I talked to the foreign media before."
She then quickly hung up the phone.
A woman who answered Zhang's cell phone said Zhang had been taken away a little before midnight by two police officers and one plainclothes security agent. She refused to give her name for fear of official retribution and would only say she was a family member.
Two officers who answered the telephone at the police station where Ma said she was being held said no one had been detained and refused to give any more information because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Qianmen, the historic area where the homes of Zhang and Ma were located, is south of Tiananmen Square and has undergone a huge makeover to make way for a commercial strip housing businesses such as Nike and Starbucks that opened Thursday.
Thousands of people have been forced from courtyard homes that have been passed down for generations to make way for the redevelopment, part of larger relocations throughout Beijing as a property boom transforms the city's landscape.
Meanwhile, a second protest by three Americans in Tiananmen Square was stopped by security agents who blocked the group from view with umbrellas before grabbing their arms and leading them away.
"Let's go, let's go, let's go," the men said as they surrounded the demonstrators, who knelt on the ground but were dragged up to their feet. The agents also blocked reporters from filming the incident.
A day earlier, the trio, including anti-abortion activist Rev. Patrick Mahoney, spent almost an hour in the square criticizing the government's handling of issues ranging from forced abortions to pro-democracy demonstrations, in 1989. They also unfurled a banner that said "Christ is King."
Another group of foreign activists was deported after putting up "Free Tibet" banners on lamp poles outside the Beijing National Stadium on Wednesday.
Two from Britain were sent to Frankfurt, Germany, said Matt Whitticase, a spokesman for the protesters' group, Students for a Free Tibet. The other two, Americans Phill Bartell from Denver, Colorado, and Tirian Mink from Portland, Oregon, were en route to San Francisco on Thursday, he said.
Foreigners who protest Beijing's human rights record or official policy of atheism on Chinese soil normally face deportation. Chinese who demonstrate face detention and hours of questioning by police, at the very least.
The government also has used its visa rules to try to keep out foreigners who might want to protest. Former Olympic speedskater and Darfur campaigner Joey Cheek had his visa pulled Wednesday, hours before he was to travel to Beijing.
Jill Savitt, executive director of Dream for Darfur, an initiative that has sought to pressure China to use its influence as a major trading partner of Sudan to improve security in the ravaged region, was also denied a visa.
Savitt works with American actress Mia Farrow, who will be broadcasting from a Sudanese refugee camp in neighboring Chad during the first week of the Beijing Olympics to highlight China's involvement in the region.
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court accuse Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir of carrying out genocide in Darfur, where up to 300,000 people have been killed and more than 2.5 million chased from their homes in fighting since early 2003.
China is widely believed to be Sudan's chief provider of small arms and, through its state-owned companies, Beijing controls nearly all of Sudan's oil potential.
"The tragedies could not continue without the ongoing support of Beijing," Farrow said Thursday during a teleconference from Chad. "Shame on them and shame on the Olympics committee for choosing Beijing and putting the athletes in this untenable position."
In the Chinese territory of Hong Kong, immigration officials denied Yang Jianli, Wang Min and Zhou Jian entry when they arrived on Wednesday, but did not give a reason, opposition lawmaker Albert Ho told The Associated Press.
Ho said he wasn't sure if the activists, who had been allowed to enter Hong Kong in the past, had planned to protest.
Associated Press writers Jeremiah Marquez and Min Lee in Hong Kong contributed to this report.


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Peppard: Cheney, Rove, Bush twins hanging at Katy Trail Ice House
As White House chiefs of staff for George W. Bush, Andy Card and Josh Bolten controlled access to the Oval Office. Wednesday night, it was the same kinda deal at the party for Bush 43 alums, which they hosted at the Katy Trail Ice House.
For an hour, Card and Bolten manned the check-in tables so they could greet every guest as they arrived. Joining them at the third table was former Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove.
"They wanted to see everybody, so they were there to check them in," explains Ice House managing partner Buddy Cramer.
The presence of twin sisters Barbara Bush and Jenna Bush Hager classified it as an A-list event.
But around 10:45 p.m., the people watching got dialed up to 11 when former VP Dick Cheney strolled in looking like a shorter, quieter version of Lyndon Johnson with a short-brimmed cowboy hat.
No longer moving the levers of government, the Bushies enjoyed a more carefree evening in Dallas than President Barack Obama and his staff.
The support network that follows the president of the United States moved in its Secret Service bubble from Dallas Love Field to the Strait Lane home of Naomi Aberly and Larry Lebowitz and finally to the Omni Hotel where Michelle and Barack Obama spent the night with the nuclear launch codes just outside their door.
The 43 alums?
Well, they were throwing back some brews at the Ice House at a party.
Even the smile-averse former White House counsel Harriet Miers appeared to be enjoying herself as did former West Wing insider Karen Hughes and Sen. Ted Cruz.


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Topic: How to use a parent class method with same name
Hi, I have a controller class which extends a cms controller.
I'd like to add some extra functionality to the "destroy" method in the child controller class (delete associated files as well).
I'm aiming for something like this:
def destroy
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(it's definitely defined, confirmed by "raise Admin::CmsController.public_instance_methods(false).inspect")
I'm tempted to just paste the code from the parent controller there (it's only a few lines) but I'd really like to know the DRY way of achieving this. Anyone know? Thanks


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by John MacArthur
The apostle Peter was a worrier. He worried about drowning when he was walking on water, even though Jesus was right there with him (Matthew 14:29-31). He worried about what was going to happen to Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, so he pulled out his sword and tried to take on a battalion of Roman soldiers (John 18:2-3, 10). And when he worried about Jesus being crucified, Peter ordered God Himself not to go to the cross (Matthew 16:22).
Nevertheless, although Peter had ongoing trouble with anxiety, he learned how to deal with it, and he passed on the lesson to us—a lesson that shows the connection between our humility and our ability to conquer anxiety.
Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you (1 Peter 5:5-7, emphasis added).
Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you (1 Peter 5:5-7, emphasis added).
When Peter said "clothe yourselves with humility toward one another" (1 Peter 5:5), he had a specific image in mind. He used a Greek term that means to tie something on yourself with a knot or a bow. It came to refer especially to a work apron. A slave would put on an apron over his or her clothes to keep them clean, just like you might before you start a messy chore. The word became a synonym for humble service.
Humility is the attitude that you are not too good to serve others, and you are not too great to stoop. It was not considered a virtue in the ancient world. Sadly, we have reverted to those times in that regard. Humble people today are mocked and trampled on. The world calls them wimps and instead exalts pride, arrogance, and runaway egos. Although society was no different in Peter's day, he called his readers to be different.
To support his exhortation to clothe ourselves in humility toward one another, Peter cites the Old Testament: "God is opposed to the proud, but give grace to the humble" (1 Peter 5:5, cf. Proverbs 3:34). Those verses provide keen motivation for displaying humility. In simple terms, we will be blessed if we are humble and chastised if we are not. And one of the blessings of humility is the ability to deal with anxiety.
On the other hand, pride only compounds your problems when you give in to worry. Pride usurps God's preeminent position, leaving you no one to rely on when anxiety creeps in. You can't rest in the sovereignty of God when you arrogantly exalt your desires, opinions, and will to the same level—or above—the Lord's.
Humility keeps priorities in proper order. It keeps you from being overwhelmed by your own circumstances and instead focuses your attention on God's plans and purposes in those circumstances. It takes your focus off the immediate situation and helps you appreciate what the Lord is accomplishing behind the scenes.
Humility also puts us on God's timetable and not our own. As Peter says, "He may exalt you at the proper time" (1 Peter 5:6). What's the proper time? His time, not ours. When will it be? When He has accomplished His purpose.
Now that might seem a little vague, but there's no cause for concern—God has perfect timing. Indeed, our salvation depended on His perfect timing. Paul specified that the hope of eternal life was "at the proper time manifested" through Jesus Christ (Titus 1:1-3). Trusting in God's timing is no light or peripheral matter to the Christian faith.
We can, and should, rest assured that God will exalt us according to His perfect timing. But what kind of exaltation should we anticipate? Paul used a Greek term that speaks of lifting us out of our present trouble. For the Christian, even the worst trial is only temporary. Remember that truth, as you will be tempted to conclude that because there's no end in sight, there is no end at all. Don't believe it for a minute; God promises to lift you out.
How are we to conduct ourselves until the promised time of deliverance? Peter said "Humble yourselves . . . casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He cares for you" (1 Peter 5:6-7).
That's where we'll pick it up next time.
(Adapted from Anxious for Nothing.)
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Thankyou, Pastor MacArthur for this message. My husband and I have been agonizing recently, that we cannot find a suitable church in our area. We have been looking for years. A new one started up a few years ago and, because we had heard its pastors had attended the Shepherd's Conference, we have been attending for a few months now. The preaching is biblical and accurate, verse by verse, and the pastor uses Scripture to explain Scripture.
However, unfortunately, this church has adopted a casual trend, with its leaders in very informal, relaxed dress, and the worship team as well, (with its adherance to 7-11 songs and rarely a hymn sung). We have found this to be extremely distracting in our worship and deem it ultimately dishonoring to God.
I admit that I had come to the conclusion, sadly, that there was no end in sight, and that we would never find a church and might be forced to give up altogether and stay home. When this morning while venting this frustration before the Lord and reading through 1Peter chapters 3-4, I came to 3:4-5, wherein women are exhorted to have a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious to God, and to assume the responsibility of submission. This was humbling to read yet again and actually calming to the spirit. Humility is a tool to deal with anxiety.
And then, as God would have it, today I read your message above and its scriptural centerpiece, 1Peter 5:5-7, highlighting the fact that God will lift our suffering when we allow the humbling of ourselves, casting all our anxiety upon Him. I can't wait to read that chapter tomorrow.
Thankyou, again, Pastor MacArthur, for reinforcing this integral message of Scripture, and for pointing out the fact that the depth of our spirituality and blessing from God is directly based upon our humility. And without a good measure of it, worry and despair will reign supreme, dishonoring God. I look forward to Part 2 of, "Casting Your Cares On God." May God bless you!
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (322 votes).
In short: Excellent course, professionally organised, good goody bag and very lucky with the weatherDate of review: October 16, 2007
In short: Great fun and a PB - what more could you ask.In full: My first time at Carlisle but no problems with any aspect of the race for me. Parking before the race was no problem. Collection of race numbers went smoothly. Followed the crowd to the start, as I didn't know the way. There were plenty of toilets, but they were dotted around the site so took a bit of finding. The race itself was very enjoyable and I liked the out and back route. See you next year.Date of review: October 16, 2007
In short: great race well organised friendly atmosphereDate of review: October 16, 2007
In short: Gorgeous scenery, plenty of support, very well organisedDate of review: October 16, 2007
In short: As friendly as ever and sunny third year in a row!!!In full: Great run if a bit crowded at the start, but apparently they're going to change the course (again) for next year. PS if anyone is feeling generous I'm running the Snowdonia for Cancer Research on the 27th Oct www.justgiving.com/chrislockley.Date of review: October 16, 2007
In short: Interesting fast courseIn full: Find the start time of 12 o'clock a little late in the day - when do you eat! Start was confusing as could see runners 300 yards ahead and I hadn't started yet. One gent said to me that there goes his chances of crossing the line first. Once away from start - great run over varied surfaces. It was good to get to the park and go straight to the stadium rather than running around the outside of it as in previuos years. Overall a very friendly atmoshere. My wife enjoys watching this one much more than the bigger events.Date of review: October 15, 2007
In short: A pretty fair race.In full: Quite a fair run. Out and back course which is 60% rural, 15% round town, and the remainder next to busy roads. It would have been nicer if more of the road had been closed to traffic. Plenty of water on the course. I've done it twice now, and got a PB both times. So certainly worth considering. Be careful though if you are looking for a quick start as it is quitre crowded for the first mile or two.Very fair organisation, and the tartan track feels like carpet at the finish.Date of review: October 15, 2007
In short: My 1st race and really enjoyed it. Definitely be back next year.Date of review: October 15, 2007
In short: Start was a joke, I had to stop and ask a marshall which way to go. Traffic control poor.Date of review: October 15, 2007
In short: Friendly, well run race through lovely, scenic Cumbria - nice glass ornament !Date of review: October 15, 2007
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Statement by African American Ministers in Action Chair Rev. Tim McDonald
In the days following President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court, the right-wing has hurled false, partisan-fueled attacks of incompetence and "reverse racism," as they strategize on how to oppose a nominee with more federal judicial experience than anyone currently serving on the Court. In response to President Obama's nomination of Judge Sotomayor, and the false right-wing attacks, Rev. Timothy McDonald, chair of African American Ministers in Action and pastor of First Iconium BaptistChurch in Atlanta, issued the following statement:
"President Obama has made a superb choice by nominating Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his first nominee to the Supreme Court. Judge Sotomayor is a qualified and fair-minded jurist who would bring to the Court nearly two decades of federal judiciary experience — she'll bring more experience on the federal bench to the Supreme Court than anyone confirmed to the job in the last hundred years. She has an inspiring personal story, and she'll bring an important new perspective to our highest court.
"It is hardly surprising that the right-wing would cherry pick comments to paint Judge Sotomayor to be a 'racist' — an outrageous charge by the GOP's leaders, Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh. Yet we know that those false attacks will do nothing to diminish Judge Sotomayor's fine record on the bench. Judge Sotomayor is a first-rate nominee for the Supreme Court, and we hope that the full Senate moves forward to confirm her well before the start of the next term."
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Intel Corp. has notified its partners about its decision to introduce of its next-generation code-named Ivy Bridge processors in the second quarter of 2012. Previously the company planned to release the Core i 3000-series central processing units (CPUs) for desktops in March - April timeframe, which left a possibility to unveil the chips in the first quarter.
The reasons why Intel decided to postpone the launch of the world's first desktop microprocessors made using 22nm transistors presumably to April from March are unclear. Perhaps, the company wants to ensure that there is no internal competition between existing Core i "Sandy Bridge" 2000 and future Core i "Ivy Bridge" 3000 chips. Maybe, the ramp up of brand new CPUs is taking longer than expected and Intel needs additional time to deliver enough products to the market.
Intel has also disclosed specifications of its next-gen Ivy Bridge chips for desktops to its partners. The initial family to be released in Q2 2012 will not include Core i3-3200-series chips and will consist of Core i7-3700 and Core i5-3500/3400 families. The inexpensive Core i3-3200 will be made available later in Q2 2011.
Ivy Bridge will generally inherit Sandy Bridge micro-architecture and will sport a rather significant number of improvements. Firstly, it will have certain improvements that will boost its performance in general applications by around 20% compared to Core i "Sandy Bridge" chips (e.g., enhanced AVX acceleration). Secondly, the forthcoming chip will have a new graphics core with DirectX 11 and OpenCL 1.1 support, 30% higher performance compared to the predecessor as well as new video processor and display controllers. Thirdly, Ivy Bridge will feature PCI Express 3.0 x16 interconnection as well as PCIe 2.0 x4 controller. In fourth, the processor will support a number of power management innovations. The CPU is made using 22nm process technology.
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At age 23, Jennifer Lawrence has achieved two levels of acclaim that aren't easily balanced.
As the reigning Oscar winner for best actress, she is recognized as one of the finest actresses of her generation. And, as the star of The Hunger Games and the upcoming sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, she ranks among that generation's biggest movie stars.
The combined status of an actress and a movie star is challenging: The glamour of stardom might get in the way of the ability to submerge oneself in a part, and the hunger for new and different roles might interfere with the chemistry of celebrity.
Some men and women never quite solve the puzzle.
If the effort to do so is wearing on Lawrence, though, she doesn't show it.
Arriving recently at a Los Angeles hotel to promote Catching Fire, she seemed buoyant as she stopped to joke with co-stars Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson before settling down to discuss her fans' two favorite subjects: Jennifer Lawrence and Katniss Everdeen, her Hunger Games character.
The original Hunger Games (2012), made for $78 million, grossed more than $680 million worldwide.
Lawrence was already a rising star in Hollywood, given her best-actress Oscar nomination for Winter's Bone (2010). But her performance as Katniss — the resourceful young woman who, in a dystopian future, enters and wins a kill-or-be-killed tournament for young people — made her a household name.
Her next film, Silver Linings Playbook (2012), earned her the Oscar; and, since then, she has had to juggle the dual aspects of her career.
Lawrence dismisses any concerns. The Hunger Games movies, she said, continue to offer her substantial acting challenges, including some that are more physical than those posed by other roles.
Like the original, the sequel — opening nationally on Friday — is based on a best-selling novel by Suzanne Collins.
Katniss and Peeta Mellark (Hutcherson) don't get long to celebrate their victory in the 74th Hunger Games before the evil President Snow (Donald Sutherland) decides to pit past winners of the games against one another for a special 75th-anniversary game called the Quarter Quell.
Despite having been promised she would never have to fight again, Katniss finds herself stranded in a jungle landscape where the dangers include flesh-eating fog and birds that would make Alfred Hitchcock cringe. Soon, she and other games veterans are plotting the overthrow of the totalitarian government.
"There's a scene where we're hanging onto a spinning clock in the middle of a river," Lawrence said. "It was hard because this wheel was going 30 mph in freezing-cold water. I had morning sickness."
Realizing what she had said, the actress gasped and slapped a hand to her mouth.
"Motion sickness," she corrected herself, laughing.
The second Hunger Games story, Lawrence said, carries a vital lesson.
"It's a wonderful message to show how important one voice can be. You can follow the feet in front of you, or be that one voice. It definitively shows young people how important they are in shaping our society — which is important during a time when young people might feel as if they have no voice.
"I think, as a society, unfortunately, people feel entitled to certain things," she continued. " We've been desensitized when it comes to our shock value, too. I think these movies and the books are about what happens when you desensitize a society that feels entitled."
In the first movie, Katniss and her friends are helplessly forced into a game in which most of them won't survive.
In Catching Fire, the shoe lands on the other foot.
"These teenagers are beginning to say: 'We don't need to play this game. We won't play this game. We don't have to follow the rules,' " Lawrence said. "Even if a few people say those words, it's progress."
In an interview with Reuters, director Francis Lawrence talked about the film's larger issues of social discord.
"Suzanne Collins has written these stories that are really about something important," he said. " And somehow they've transcended and become a really commercial, pop-cultural thing."
In the same interview, Sutherland said he hopes the film's message that society needs to change spreads, especially to a young audience.
"I asked to be a part of (the film)," Sutherland said, "because I believe that it could catalyze and energize a movement — that it could create a revolution."
In taking on the role of Katniss, Lawrence said, she knowingly accepted the risk of being typecast.
"I knew the deal," she said. "When I signed on to do Hunger Games, we already had Harry Potter and Twilight. I knew what to expect to a certain extent.
"And if I'm going to be identified with a character for the rest of my life, it's fine," she added. "I love this character."
Still, Lawrence doesn't plan a career in action-adventure films.
"It's crucial for me to mix it up. I want audiences to see that I can still do smaller roles. I started out doing indies; I'll end this career doing indies."
Next up for her is a reunion with David O. Russell, the writer-director of Silver Linings Playbook. American Hustle, to open on Dec. 18, centers on a con man, Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), working with the FBI to infiltrate the New Jersey mob.
Lawrence plays Rosenfeld's loose-cannon wife; Bradley Cooper and Amy Adams, who have also worked with Russell, co-star.
Unlike actors who retreat from their fame, Lawrence embraces hers.
There are so many wonderful things that can come when you have a voice," she said. "It's so easy to raise money for charity. It takes me 10 minutes to sign 100 posters that raise a lot of money for charity.
And some personal moments, she said, prove priceless.
"One day on Catching Fire, I met an extra who was covered in real-life scars. She was burned. This girl told me that she was too self-conscious to go to school. Then she read Hunger Games and went to school, calling herself 'the Girl Who Caught on Fire.' She was suddenly proud of her scars."
Tears began running down Lawrence's cheeks.
"I still can't tell the story. But it puts it all into perspective."


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In honor of Danielle HallPosted Thursday, October 21, 2010, at 1:15 PM
I am friends with the families that lost the little baby girl, Danielle Lorraine. The gut wrenching feeling that immediately hits is unexplainable, and immediate. I relate with parents and grand parents that lose the precious perfection that is a baby/child. Years ago, I lost a daughter of my own, and I know that you never really get over a life changing loss such as that. Now as a Grandparent of so many children, I feel it even more. Those of you that know me personally, know that I don't choke up about much, but I lose the ability to speak over little things with the kids. I'm beyond excited the first time they walk, talk, smile, burp..... their first ride on a pony..... the first time they trot or lope...and see their little faces light up at how big they feel. The first time they take a rope into their eensy little hands and throw a loop and catch a dummy head, or a bush...or even trip me, cuz they caught my ankle. I've been roped so many times by ropes handled by those little hands.... and had those same ropes hit me in the head. You just can't get mad, (even though it hurts sometimes) cuz they're sooo darn excited! "I caught you Grandma!" and then the laughter..... that only a kid can do..... or the squeals of delite for other reasons.... maybe I'm gonna rope them back.... and they run fast, but keep looking back.
These are the things that little Danni grew up doing.... and her wonderful little giggle will never be forgotten. Those memories will be so painful, among others. I never want to forget the most painful memories.... because I don't want to weaken the strength of the good memories either. They all go together. I still miss my daughter, and cry for myself. I don't cry for her..... She's an Angel that watches over my family..... And she's in the arms of my Sister who is now also watching over family. She has a large family to watch over her, and hold her forever safe. I just cry for me. I cry now for Danni, from the day that I heard,....during the funeral service, and now as I write this letter.
Please everyone, take a moment and send a Heart Felt Prayer to her loving family. They are tormented.... and they are pulling together for one another. They cry for themselves..... Danielle is watching over them, trying her best to make them feel better. And they will....in time.
I would love and appreciate if any of you could come to this Benefit Roping to help the family thru this time.
For those of you that don't rope, there is still a way to participate by bidding on the Wonderful Auction Items and buying tickets for the raffle.
I hope to see you there, it'll be a great day to Honor the Memory of a beautiful little baby girl. She'd love to see you there!
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Words can not express of how sorry I am at the loss that this family is going through. I also know first hand what it is like to lose a child....My heart goes out to them....I am just thankful to see so much support from friends....I would not have made it through the first year of my childs passing without mine. God's Peace Be On Your Hearts.
-- Posted by gfhorses on Thu, Oct 21, 2010, at 4:11 PM
Thanks so much Jessie for being so candid and for loving them enough to share with everyone. I hope people will come out and support because that is what "cowboys and cowgirls" do they stand with their own through the good and the bad. Tragedies like this remind us of the best and worst parts of the lifestyle we live.
-- Posted by bruneaucowgirl on Thu, Oct 21, 2010, at 4:45 PM
My heart breaks for this family and all their friends. It is not easy to see a baby leave so suddenly without a notice. I have never lost a child, however I lost my 3 year old sister many many many years ago when I was only 12 years old and it had a lasting affect on me.
-- Posted by MsMarylin on Thu, Oct 21, 2010, at 8:14 PM
gfhorses...I know you have those moments of despair still... you are doing great!
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Thu, Oct 21, 2010, at 8:53 PM
Bruneaucowgirl, At times like this, it can help others to know that others have felt the hopelessness, and the "I can't go on" feeling that they are surely dealing with. Then to realize that they CAN go on....
It's worth sharing something that pain, to possibly help them see the tiniest fleck of hope and know they can make it. To know that they have other belowed children to help thru this, will help them carry on.... at night though, they will suffer in the dark while they have so many thoughts whirling in their heads.....
Thanks for your love too
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Thu, Oct 21, 2010, at 8:58 PM
Thank you MsM for sharing your story also....
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Thu, Oct 21, 2010, at 8:59 PM
My thoughts and prayers are with this family who have lost such a precious child.
-- Posted by Snoshu2000 on Mon, Nov 22, 2010, at 11:01 AM
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Medical students who volunteer at student-run free clinics in the Northeast converged on Einstein's Jack and Pearl Resnick campus on Sunday, December 8, to take part in the Society of Student-Run Free Clinics (SSFC) New England Regional Conference. Co-hosted by the Einstein Community Health Outreach (ECHO) Free Clinic – along with six other New York area student-run free clinics – the event drew nearly 150 attendees representing 11 clinics in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. It was the first time that the event has been held at Einstein.
Keynote speaker Dr. Daniel Ehlke, assistant professor at SUNY-Downstate School of Public Health and an expert on the politics of healthcare reform, opened the conference with an address on a topic that has been looming since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law in 2010: the potential impact of the ACA on student-run free clinics, which serve the uninsured.
Students from Columbia, Mount Sinai, NYU, Stony Brook, SUNY-Downstate and Weill Cornell medical schools worked with Einstein's ECHO volunteers to develop the conference program and joined them in serving as workshop leaders.
A workshop on the Affordable Care Act attracted the biggest crowd. Workshop participants discussed anticipated changes, such as the role that student-run free clinics will play in helping patients make the transition to the ACA, or "Obamacare."
Other workshops and panels focused on topics including emergency response and preparedness, women's health free clinics, engaging community partners, targeted patient education and fundraising.
"The conference was a rare opportunity for us to meet our peers from other clinics, to share ideas and insights, and learn from each other," said Kimberly Ashayeri, a second-year Einstein student who serves as ECHO project director, and one of the conference coordinators.
She added, "It was exciting and inspiring to share in each other's successes and to work together to brainstorm new solutions for how to provide better care to patients."
A joint project of Einstein and the Institute for Family Health, the ECHO clinic is based at the Walton Family Health Centerin the South Bronx. Clinic staff members, who all are volunteers, provide free, high-quality, comprehensive care to uninsured community residents. Working alongside licensed physicians, each year more than 200 Einstein students serve approximately 1,000 patients. Einstein faculty members Dr. Amarilys Cortijo and Dr. Sarah Nosal serve as ECHO medical director and assistant medical director respectively, while second-year students Jordan Elman and Lauren Tannenbaum are the clinic's weekly coordinators.
The ECHO Clinic will mark its 15th anniversary with a special celebration on Thursday evening, February 13, 2014, at the Salon de Lafayette in Manhattan. Proceeds from the event will help pay for patient referrals for specialty appointments and screenings. All Einstein students, faculty, alumni and friends are invited to attend.
For more information on the ECHO Clinic or its 15th anniversary celebration, please visit the ECHO Clinic website or contact Kim Ashayeri at email@example.com. You also may register for the event at the website.
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It can be heart-wrenching to watch your baby get an immunization shot (and it's certainly no fun for the little patient) but immunizations are one of the most important parts of your child's well-baby check-ups, protecting him or her from some of the most dangerous childhood diseases.
Immunizations have saved countless lives and millions of dollars in treatment and hospitalization costs. Vaccines are now available for 15 life-threatening diseases, including diphtheria, measles, mumps, and pertussis (whooping cough), making them virtually obsolete. Before immunizations were implemented, hundreds of thousands of U.S. children were infected each year and thousands died from these diseases. Today, in under-immunized populations of the world, 600,000 children still die each year from whooping cough alone.
Even though these diseases have been effectively wiped out in the U.S., children still need to be immunized because a new outbreak can erupt as easily as an infected person walking off an airplane. A measles outbreak in the U.S. between 1989 and 1991 sickened thousands and killed hundreds of children.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control recommend that your child receive seven different vaccines during the first 18 months - many of them are given more than once. Recommended immunizations include:
Hepatits B (HBV) - Given at birth or shortly after, then again between 1 and 4 months, and again between 6 and 18 months. Hepatitis B can cause liver damage, liver cancer, and death.
DTaP - Administered at 2, 4, and 6 months; again between 15 and 18 months; and then again between 4 and 6 years old. This protects against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis. Diphtheria can cause paralysis, breathing and heart problems, and death. Tetanus (also called lockjaw) can cause muscle spasms, breathing and heart problems, and death. Pertussis causes very long spells of coughing that make it hard to eat, drink, or even breathe, and can lead to lung problems, seizures, brain damage, and death.
Hib - Given at 2, 4, and 6 months, and then again between 12 and 15 months. This immunization protects against Haemophilus influenza type B, which can lead to meningitis, pneumonia, and epiglottitis (a dangerous infection of the flap of tissue that closes off the larynx when you swallow).
Polio (IPV) - Given at 2 and 4 months, again between 6 and 18 months, and a fourth shot between 4 and 6 years old. Polio causes high fever and may progress to meningitis and cause paralysis or death.
MMR - Given between 12 and 15 months, and again between 4 and 6 years old, to protect against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles). Measles causes a high fever, rash, and cold-like symptoms. It can lead to hearing loss, pneumonia, brain damage, and death. Mumps cause headache, fever, swelling of the glands of the jaw and neck, and swelling in the testicles of adolescent and adult males. It can lead to hearing loss, meningitis, and brain damage. Rubella causes fever and rash on the face and neck.
Varicella - Administered between 12 and 18 months to protect against varicella, or chicken pox. Varicella is extremely contagious and causes a rash and fever. It can lead to serious complications including inflammation of the brain, pneumonia, and rarely, a flesh-eating bacterial infection or death.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Bryan Goldberg is a rich man. He's hardly shy about it, headlining a recent pandodaily piece, "I'm starting another content company and I plan to make a fortune." In that article, Goldberg said it's not a matter of if, but when and he can't wait until launch because this next venture is "going to make me rich(er)."
Goldberg will follow up the success of Bleacher Report, recently sold to Time Warner
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He wouldn't say much beyond that. Goldberg continues to build a team that he thinks will produce content that resonates with the ladies. The big names -- Glamour, Cosmo, Playgirl (I threw that last one in) -- just aren't cutting it.
The conversation with Goldberg says it all. Lots of people don't like the guy. Many are simply jealous. Others have legitimate gripes. However, at day's end, you can't argue with his success. Let's see if he can duplicate it. I wouldn't bet against him.
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Who are the global 1 per cent? What companies do they run? How do they escape accountability? Check out the Transnational Institute's powerful exposure of the social and environmental costs of global corporate power .
The economic, social and ecological crises humanity face are no accident, but a result of policies pursued by a small corporate elite that has systematically hijacked political and economic policy throughout the world.
This global elite – best known as the Davos class – meets annually in the Swiss skiing resort in the last week of January to reaffirm their faith in the orthodoxy of pro-corporate economic policies. They continue to do so, even as the costs become ever more clear in debt crises that are never resolved, rising unemployment and inequality, and an ever-pressing ecological crisis.
TNI, as part of its new Corporate Power project, is producing a series of infographics over 2012 that expose the reality of corporate power, and our need to fundamentally change direction. Please download and share these infographics, and watch out for new ones over the coming months.
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TUPPER LAKE – Joanne Boushie-Lanthier, 75, was called to eternal life on Jan. 9, 2013, with her family at her side following a long illness.
She was born April 26, 1937, in Tupper Lake, the oldest child of Willard and Francis (Hough) Boushie.
On May 24, 1953, Joanne married the love of her life, Donald Lanthier, at St. Alphonsus Church. During their 59-year marriage they raised seven children and were always a big part of their grandchildren's and great-grandchildren's lives.
Joanne was a hard-working woman, a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was employed at various local restaurants, most memorably the Altamont Dairy and Mason's Restaurant. In the late 1980s Joanne was employed by Sunmount DDSO as a developmental aide. She retired in the spring of 2002.
Throughout Joanne's life she enjoyed spending time with her family. She especially loved family gatherings. Anyone who knew Joanne was always touched by her wonderful sense of humor. Joanne always made people smile and laugh.
Joanne is survived by her loving husband Donald, her son Garry and his wife Louise, her son Laurence "Larry," her daughter Karen Bennett and her husband Donald, her son Kevin and his wife Paula of Saranac Lake, her daughter Kathy Christy and her husband Walt, her daughter Darcy Varden and her husband Mark, and her daughter Kristy Muncil and her husband Ben of Bloomingdale. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Joanne is also survived by her sister Janet Davies and her husband James, her brother Raymond and his wife Mary – who all reside in Florida – her sister Nancy DeGrace and her husband Robert, and her brother Peter Matthews of Texas.
Joanne is predeceased by both her parents Willard and Francis, her stepmother Gloria, and her grandson Laurence Donald Lanthier Jr.
The Lanthier family would like to extend their thanks and gratitude towards the compassionate care Joanne received during her illness from her sister-in-law Sue Gillis, longtime friend Helen Besaw and her new friend Abby Amer. Your love and generosity given to Joanne during this time was a blessing to our family. Thank you for all you have done for Joanne.
The family would also like to extend their gratitude to the Franklin County nursing services, staff at Adirondack Medical Center and Dr. Schwartzberg.
Calling hours for Joanne will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, at Stuart-Fortune-Keough Funeral Home, 24 Cliff Ave., Tupper Lake. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 14 at St. Alphonsus Church.
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New poll says Senate race still a blowout for Nelson
Polling firms from both parties give the incumbent a 26-point lead.
By WES ALLISON
Published October 28, 2006
Hispanics prefer her. So do voters in southwest Florida. But working women shun her. And independents. And even if she won over every undecided voter in Florida, U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris would still be down by double digits.
With the election a little more than a week away, the U.S. Senate race still appears a blowout, with Sen. Bill Nelson holding a 26-point lead over Harris, a Republican, according to a new poll by the St. Petersburg Times.
"Anybody leading two to one at this stage is going to win," said pollster Rob Schroth.
"I think the voters of Florida have already decided. I think this one is over. Bill Nelson will be the U.S. senator from Florida."
The statewide telephone survey of 800 voters was conducted for the Times from Oct. 22-25 by Schroth/Eldon & Associates, which works with Democrats, and the Polling Co., which works with Republicans.
The poll found Nelson with 56 percent, compared with 30 percent for Harris and 14 percent undecided. The margin of error is 3.5 percentage points.
Kellyanne Conway of the Polling Co. concurred with Schroth. Given the determined snubs from national and state Republican Party leaders, who openly tried to recruit others to replace Harris on the ticket, "she ought to hold her head high" if she gets 40 percent.
Nelson, who styles himself as a centrist, has strong crossover appeal, compared with virtually none for Harris, the poll found: Just 20 percent of independents say they plan to vote for Harris, compared with 59 percent for Nelson. And while just 6 percent of Democrats plan to vote for Harris, 22 percent of Republicans plan to choose Nelson.
Theresa Meola, 43, an office manager in West Palm Beach, is an independent voter who is voting for Nelson, partly because of her strong feelings against Harris. She feels Harris improperly helped George W. Bush win the 2000 presidential election and does not believe she is ready for the Senate.
"There could be a cow running against her," she said, "and I would vote for the cow."
Donald Rene Nadeau, 53, a semiretired massage therapist from West Palm Beach, is a registered Republican who plans to vote for Republican Charlie Crist for governor. But he also will be voting for Nelson.
"Nelson is just a down-to-earth guy. You can just look at his face and see that he does what he says," Nadeau said. At last week's televised debate, "he came through so much simpler, so much better, and he didn't seem to hide anything."
Several Harris supporters said she earned their devotion during the 2000 presidential election, when as Florida secretary of state she halted a recount that ultimately led to victory for Bush.
Cesar Montalvo, 78, of Hollywood, a retired estate investor, plans to vote for Harris because she did a good job as elections chief and has become a celebrity, which he thinks is necessary in politics. He admits he knows little about Nelson.
For Nelson, the bigger question now becomes a matter of legacy, margin and money. If he cracks 60 percent, he'll enter the realm of Florida's most popular recent politician, former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham.
But Tom Eldon of Schroth/Eldon said that national Democrats "would be a lot more impressed by him showing his coattails and helping" other candidates and that he should use his money on getting out votes instead of "the relatively weak air effort he has now."
Times staff writers Bill Adair and Anita Kumar contributed to this story. Wes Allison can be reached at email@example.com.


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By JAMAL THALJI
Published May 29, 2007
ZEPHYRHILLS - The end of the school year means graduation for Pasco County's seniors.
And for Pasco's principals, graduation means senior pranks.
"You just don't know what is going on in their wonderful little minds, " said Zephyrhills High School principal Gerri Painter.
It's that time of the year, the principal said, when seniors ask themselves: "What can we do to leave our mark?"
Doing just that led to the arrests of four students in a three-day span at Zephyrhills High, the epicenter of senior pranks.
This year's tools of choice: plastic forks in once case and a strong adhesive called Gorilla Glue in another.
The school district reported no other pranks this year. The Times is withholding the accused students' identities because of their ages.
The first alleged prank took two months to pull off. That's how long the plastic engraved name plates in teachers' classrooms had been disappearing.
They all reappeared same time, same place: On May 15 at the Bulldog Inn, a cafeteria and patio area for upperclassmen.
There were 68 name plates glued to five picnic tables, four metal poles and elsewhere around the school. The prank was pulled off at night, during adult education classes, when there were fewer witnesses around.
The accused student was arrested Wednesday on a felony charge of criminal mischief. Total damage: $1, 000.
Building the case wasn't hard, according to a police report. There were pictures of the stolen name plates on his cell phone.
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The student was mad, he told Zephyrhills police, because he had to serve a suspension.
"I don't think that he stopped to think that this isn't a prank any longer, " Painter said. "This is vandalism."
Zephyrhills police also stopped a more innocuous prank: sticking plastic forks, prongs up, in the school's lawn to spell "07." It was after midnight Monday when 11 seniors tried to enter the school with an unknown number of plastic utensils.
Three were arrested: two on misdemeanor trespassing charges, one on a misdemeanor loitering charge.
In order to walk in Friday night's commencement, they agreed to a plea deal: they had to get the school ready for commencement.
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As part of this assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting more than 144 field hospitals, medical clinics, and medical points across Syria. The doctors, nurses, and other medical staff working in these facilities are on the front lines of the brutal conflict in Syria, and every day they are risking their lives to save lives.
Last week alone, a doctor and two medical staff were killed and a nurse and three medical staff were injured when mortars were dropped near their clinics in Homs and Rif Damascus. The week before, the medical staff who survived the clashes in Al Qusayr -- which killed one nurse, injured two staff, and left several others unaccounted for -- had divided up supplies from their destroyed clinics and were already treating patients in nearby towns.
Along with widespread destruction and violence in Syria, health facilities are being destroyed, and medical staff are being targeted. And yet doctors, nurses, and medical staff -- tireless heroes in this conflict -- have been quietly working at USAID-funded health facilities across Syria since February 2012. To date, USAID-supported medical teams have performed over 85,000 surgeries, treated hundreds of thousands of patients, and saved countless lives.
The teams who help provide medical supplies to health facilities continue their heroic efforts as well. In the midst of some of the heaviest fighting in Al Qusayr, an international non-governmental organization (NGO) working with USAID had to wait nearby for a week before they were able to deliver of life-saving medical supplies to a clinic on the front lines of the battle.
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