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I've had an opportunity to reflect a bit on my own engaged practice and Global Day of Service activities. In the course of doing so, as we enter the New Year, I started rereading Uchiyama's Opening the Hand of Thought - this is my third time through, and it is like rediscovering an old and new friend at the same time. Reading the book has helped frame my thoughts, and I thought I'd share my observations with you.
One of the objectives we had as a group in designing the Global Day of Service was the hope and expectation that periodic commitments of service to others and/or in the community would gradually blend seamlessly into practice - i.e., that the boundary between the two-week service periods and the "rest of the year" would melt. I've certainly had to commit myself to periods of service to others, often "holding my nose" in the process. Giving an hour (much less a full day) to a food bank was a big deal for me, with my 'busy and important life.' In my practice of Buddhism, I have struggled with the relationship of my small (competitive) self to my large (universal) self.... and still do. The boundaries between self and other seem to be natural terrain features of our personalities.... but so are the seeds of universal, or original self. For me, these seeds lay (very) dormant for a long time.
Uchiyama has helped me frame a couple of observations. As my Zen practice has progressed, I no longer look to my teacher as a "father" figure, or someone who is going to tell me what to do, or give me something to lean on. I have discovered instead the notion that teachers are all around us, and that we practice with "good friends" who help us along the way. We learn from one another, and as Uchiyama's student, Shohaku Okumura observed, Uchiyama
...said that he never faces his disciples: he faces the Buddha and walks in that direction as his own practice. And if I want to practice with him as his disciple, I should also face the Buddha and go in the same direction with my own feet.
Big revelation for me who always saw priests as authoritarian figures - taking responsibility for my own practice. The notion of a good friend sharing the path, its ups and downs, is exhilarating and scary... sometimes we go "off the grid" existentially. That's where groundlessness comes in. So far so good. I still fall into the trap of thinking my practice is better than so-and-so's practice, etc. So the ego still rears its ugly head, more than I care to admit.
Three years after taking the precepts, I am only beginning to understand the vow I have taken to save all sentient beings. It's one of these mission impossible type directives: we could never possibly save all beings. But Uchiyama helped me out with this too...
As Buddhists, this is our vow or life direction. We vow to save all sentient beings so that this self may become even more itself. This is the direction we continuously face.
So in our practice, there is a transformation in the direction we face, from facing the Buddha, to facing ourselves and others - all sentient beings. Well, I faced the Buddha because I needed something to focus on, before I realized there was nothing to face but ourselves.... soon the boundaries between ourselves and others dissolve (they were never there but our minds made it so)... and indeed in facing the Buddha we face all beings. In committing myself to service I am no longer serving others but taking care of life itself... of the universal life force, and that in turn is caring for myself. Service is no longer something I view as separate from my existence, or small self. It is a barometer of the extent to which I am living my vows. When I care for others I am caring for myself. The satisfaction and contentment I have gained from this journey far exceeds any pleasure I derived from a big salary, new car, or big house (and I have none of these any longer). I do however, take my place in the stream of life as it is. No more and no less. What a gift.
And I come back to Uchiyama:
Only when you thoroughly understand this will everything in the world settle as the self pervading all things. As Buddhists, this is our vow or life direction.
I don't pretend to even thoroughly understand just a little bit. But I have had a glance.


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…notbecause its a stunner that he won the Favorite Male TV star…but rather here's the deal…when Teri Hatcher announced his award it sees that THE AUDIENCE STOOD UP. It was a moment of reverence I tell you. thyre not getting up for anyone else. Oh maybe they will be they haven't yet. No this is a nice testament to Hugh's rather elegant stature. Like I said, stunning.
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Me and my brother started this argument over if 24 was best or House when they came on back to back hours.we are still arguring about it and when they mention hugh laurie as a nominee and then kifer sutherling we yelled and said are shows was the best and are family stood at the tv waiting for them to say the winner. then they said "Hugh Laurie". I yelled" yes, I told you". and he said" that's bullcrap, we need a recount".
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Someone once said that when Hugh Laurie speaks, an angel gets it's wings. I almost believe that.
The man is a marvel of a human being.
Stunner indeed!!
And, YES, I certainly would give him a standing ovation.
When I see him win on TV I am so happy that I get all teary.
He is an AMAZING actor and deserves every award that there is.
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I love the House, too! Hugh is so talented and SOOO sexy, can you BELIEVE he hasn't won the Emmy yet?? The Emmys suck more than the Oscars!!
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Hugh Laurie as Dr. House is simply the very BEST thing on TV! In addition to being an extremely talented actor, he is also an author (The Gun Seller) and the pianist for "Band From TV" (with Greg Grunberg from HEROES and James Denton from DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES among others). Check out their DVD/CD "Hoggin' All the Covers" exclusively at Amazon.com. Profits are contributed to several charities.
Congratulations, Hugh! The best show and and the best actor won…and I couldn't be happier!
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I simply love Hugh Laurie, everything he does seems to turn to gold. CONGRATULATIONS Hugh on your People's Choice Award, you deserve it!!!!!
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Hugh Laurie is the best. Congratulations to him and to House for best Drama.
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I'm so glad Hugh Laurie won. He is an amazing actor and the work he does on House is just brilliant. House would not be a sucess without Hugh!
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Hugh truly deserves that award! I'm so glad he won. That man is amazing at everything he does. Go Hugh!!! Congrats =)
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I'm so happy Hugh won tonight. He is so good at what he is doing. I wish him and his family the best and hopefully they can celebrate this moment together.
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Well-done, Hugh. He deserves the Golden Globe, SAG, and Emmy awards too. Simply the best actor on TV.
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Hugh Laurie = ❤
I think I cried a little when he won. lol.
The man is amazing at everything he does.
congrats Hugh! :]
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Did he make a funny speech? Every time he wins an award, he always makes very funny speeches. I had to go out today 😦 so I missed the award show, if anyone has the clip of him winning, please put it on youtube.
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Hugh Laurie is brilliant! I started watching House and then I went back to his old stuff, and… damn, he's amazing! I'm glad he won 🙂
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Love watching House, Hugh Laurie is the best!!!
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"House" is the best medical show on TV! Way to go
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Hugh deserves it for is amazing performance on House.He is an amazing actor and he deserves every award that his awarded to him 🙂
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I love "House" its an awesome show and Hugh Laurie is a great actor congrats Hugh.
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Hugh is the best doctor on TV and in the House

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Arsène Wenger says his team must be able to tell themselves they have done everything they can by the time the season ends.
Arsenal have endured a difficult start to their Premier League campaign but have begun to show signs of improvement in recent weeks with five victories in their last six matches.
Wenger believes the team have shown great character through their difficult period and says the future looks positive for the Gunners - on all fronts.
"It is still too far [to talk about the title]," he said. "We have to be realistic and first come back to a stronger position.
"I believe that the team is getting stronger, so let's focus on just that and be humble enough to make sure we have no regrets. Are we good enough or not? We will see in May.
"What has happened in the last few months is that Arsenal qualified for the 14th time in the Champions League," he added.
"It is a club respected all over the world and one of the few that lives with a realyl healthy financial situation. At the moment when the whole world is bankrupt there is nothing to be ashamed of that we have not done well enough.
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I'm planing on building a observation hive this spring but have been told it's hard to get thim to live,(2 deeps & 1 shallow).I want to keep them in the house that's kept at about the same temp year around.have anyone have any info that may help?
I'm planing on building a observation hive this spring but have been told it's hard to get thim to live,(2 deeps & 1 shallow).I want to keep them in the house that's kept at about the same temp year around.have anyone have any info that may help?
I have one that is three deeps, but I started it late and it was only 1 deep frame of bees. It hasn't done too well, but they are still there. I think if it was three full frames they would have done fine.
Also, since you haven't built it yet, I would suggest you make it all the same kind of frame you use for brood in your hives. The queen is going to lay on all of them. The hive will get overcrowded and you will have to pull frames of brood out of the hive and combine with your hives and I think it's much easier if they are all the same.
Mine came with two deeps and two shallows, and I converted it to three deeps and a home made feeder.
Thanks michael,I did'nt think about it but it would be better so I can just swap frames,do you have a problem when it's cold outside with them trying to work.& the temp inside being warm /. I'm planing on building a feeder inside.
I haven't noticed them trying to fly when it's cold. The tube going out is long enough, I'd think they'd figure it out before they got out the entrance. The population has dropped considerably since the queen stopped laying. I think a lot of them moved into one of the other hives in the yard. But, as I said, it was only one frame and not that strong, so they may have looked for a happier home.
I took a 2 x and cut out a frame size feeder by making a dugout with a skill saw and a chisel. It wasn't that hard. Most of the plans I see show a Boardman. This will work if the hole is covered with 1/8" hardware cloth so the bees can't get out when you fill it.
I made mine 2 deeps and a shallow, by 2. So I have 4 deep frames and 2 shallow ones. Overcrowding is not a problem, if you use nucs. Personally, I like to keep 3 nucs around. I use them for lots of things, and its always nice to have a "proven" queen around. But as stated, try keeping things as standard as possible. I made a mini miller feeder for mine. I don't like the boardman types, or anything with a jar sticking out of it. An observation hive should look as professional as possible in my opinion.
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When I designed the hive, the intent was for
"show and tell". I use it to educate the public, at fairs, schools, etc.
I never intended the hive to overwinter.
The boardman type feeder on the side makes
it convient for me when I have to move the hive to the next demostration. The jar is replaced with an empty jar. I suppose that if the intent was for personal, non-moving use, then a miller type feeder would also be welcomed by the bees.
Every one wants to see the queen.
Having a hive several frames thick, the queen stays mostly in the dark, although you will see her on the outer frames once in awhile.
Like mentioned before it's nice to have proven queens available.
Dave Verville
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Hello Everyone,
Observation hives are a great source of enjoyment for me. I like to come home from work on a summer evening, sit on the patio next to the hive and just relax. Sometimes I close my eyes and just listen to the hum or watch the bees disappear in the sky.
I build a new ob hive every couple of years and have tried almost every combination of sizes, widths, etc.
Here's another idea for an observation hive. A cover could be constructed that would sit on a super or maybe a nuc box. The queen and a frame of bees could be isolated above the cover in typical observation type hive. The super below would provide extra room for bees, food, etc. When the seasons over the queen and frame could be moved below and the whole hive overwintered. It would probably best be set on a patio and not in the living room.
Just another idea I haven't tried, yet:> )
My current ob hive can hold four deeps wide and is used with a follower board which allows a degree of expansion.


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(Feb. 15, 2006)--Mark G. Yudof, chancellor of the University of Texas System, was appointed Monday, Feb. 13) by President George W. Bush to serve as a member of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. The two-year appointment to the presidential council - an initiative of the Corporation for National and Community Service - is effective immediately.
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The President's Council on Service and Civic Participation encourages volunteer service and civic participation by individuals, organizations and schools. The council's key initiative is the President's Volunteer Service Award, which recognizes America's outstanding volunteers who have generously given their time and talent to notable causes.
Yudof also serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the National Institute for Literacy at the U.S. Department of Education.
Yudof became the ninth chancellor of the UT System on Aug. 1, 2002. He came to the chancellor's office from the University of Minnesota, where he had served as president since July 1997. He was a faculty member and administrator at UT Austin for 26 years, serving as dean of the School of Law from 1984 to 1994 and as the university's executive vice president and provost from 1994 to 1997. Yudof is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Law Institute.
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[/quote]was wondering about Oklahoma's DE FRANK ALEXANDER I read he's picking up steam and his game against FLA ST was pretty good U got any tape on em?[/quote]Actually i dont.I always meant to do the Nebraska game from last year and i just never got to do it. I started looking at The Oklahoma D vs the FSU O. I will see whats up.At the worst ill scribe his plays for a compilation vid if there isnt enough for a single game one. I was mainly working on R Lewis and T Lewis first and then i was going to do Bradham and Jenkins. I can only really watch 1 or 2 guys at a time or it gets kind of overwhelming. Like when I watch Alabama its so hard because I know theres like 8 guys I have to look at and I have to rewind the game and watch the same play like 5 times to see every individual match up, it takes forever. I have so many guys I want to profileand its like where the hell do I start. I actually was thinking about looking at Greg Scruggs but maybe i will work the Oklahoma FSUtape.
Anyway here is 3 new vids
Josh Chichester vs FIU 2011 This is a very intriguing TE prospect. He has a huge frame 6'8" 240but he is very raw and needs to add some weight, He has a very high ceiling though
T.Y. Hilton vs Louisville Same game could be an explosive slot receiver KR. A lot of these guys coming through College football these days
Jermaine Kearse vs Nebraska 2011 A WR I havent profiled yet and took the opportunity while working the Nebraska defense. Not his most productive game but still scored a couple TD's
Jenkins is a heck of a player, but FSU has been using him in a slightly more versatile capacity this year as I think you will see if the OKLA game. Last year Jenkins was almost purely a edge rusher. This year they have him as a LB/DE hybrid and he plays in space sometimes.
Whats interesting is why they did this considering he was 1 of the nations top passrushers in 2010. The Answer, as I am sure you will see in the OK video, is Sophomore Bjorn Werner. Werner is a monster, he is only a sophomore but we will hear a lot of his name in the next 2 years.
Werner is a guy I will get back to when I start the 2013 guys. I will probably focus a lot more on the 2012 guys this yearand start the 2013 guys after the draft. Most people will find all the 2010 film i did worthless in there evaluating so I sorta wasted my team me thinks.
Anyway I didnt do this vid its by Marioclp but there in the same vein as mine and he wanted to dothis game.
Harrison Smith vs. Michigan State (2011)
I like Harrison Smithbut what do U guys think. Is he a better prospect then Tyler Sash? I think he is


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The bodily ailment that causes a person to reflect a much younger age than their actual numbers of years shows.
Examples of DFS, "Michael Cera has got the worst case of Dakota Fanning Syndrome that I've ever seen.", "Hasn't Dakota Fanning been six for like, 10 years?"
by DGAFalot June 22, 2010
Suffering from being the less attractive older sibling
Person 1: Whoah Jenn is so much hotter than her older sister..what happened?
Person 2: Dakota Fanning Syndrome bro..
Person 2: Dakota Fanning Syndrome bro..
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I own, or have owned several Kahr pistols, with excellent results. I recently swapped for a K-40, even though I have avoided .40s previously, believing that 9mm and .45 ACP are both more sensible rounds. I still think that, but I have warmed up to the .40 S&W a bit, since acquiring the K-40.
Make no mistake...the K-40 is a handful with 180 grain self defense ammo, but very manageable with a proper grip. I would only recommend it to folks who are experienced handgun shooters, because I think a novice would find it unpleasant enough that they would anticipate recoil and likely not want to practice much. Personally, I enjoy shooting it, but 50 rounds is plenty for me, in one session. Mine shoots 2" low at 10 yards, but groups tightly, so I will likely replace the sights with three-dot night sights. Also, I may, at some point remove the Crimson Trace laser grips from my K-9 and put them on this one. I will shoot it a few more times before deciding about the sights. Meanwhile, I'm good with aiming a little high to hit the bulls-eye.
As for a carry gun, I think it is a perfect IWB handgun. It is fairly heavy, but less so than a 1911 clone or most double-stack polymer framed guns. Most importantly, it is a powerful gun, suitable for self-defense against human predators. I am a large guy and have no problems at all with the weight of the gun, with a good belt and a comfortable home-made leather holster. I've been carrying mine in the Texas heat for about a week, now, and far from being comfortable, it is bearable...which is about the best that can ever be said about carrying a legitimate personal defense handgun, concealed, during hot and humid weather.
My bottom line for recommending the K-40 is this: Most folks would be happier with the 9mm, and loaded with hot 147 grain hollow points, it's just as good as the .40 S&W, for all practical purposes, loaded with a similar bullet. One mm ain't much difference, so to gain an advantage by going .40 caliber, you need to jump up to 180 grain bullets. It is not a 'newbie gun,' but not bad for an experienced shooter.


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QB - East Mississippi C.C. - JUCO clips
Peavey, Qualls, Woods & Tucker at SW Elite
2013 Fayetteville (Ark.) QB Austin Allen
#7, QB, City College of San Francisco, JUCO HL
#9, QB, Harriton HS, Senior Highlights
Husker walk-on prospect highlights
#12, QB, East Mississippi CC player is JUCO Top 50
#12, QB, University School
2012 Army Bowl Highlights
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Re: Finally took the plunge, started 08/05/12
cd1zz wrote:I also think the reason you don't find many negative reviews is that most people review the course when they are done and have passed the exam challenge. Usually they're riding a big time high and they've already forgot about all the minutia that drove them crazy during the journey.
"Many"? I have yet to find one!
But I totally agree with the idea that the overwhelmingly positive reviews are attributable to the exam "high". That is why I started a journal similar to sternone's. I want to remember these issues if/when I write a review because they need to be stated. Hopefully Offsec will take steps to improve the quality of their manual.
Anyway, thanks for the words of encouragement. Regardless if I pass or not, I have learned a ton through the course (and on my own).
azmatt wrote:Giving incorrect information causing some people to lose an entire day is far from cool. Even a very vague errata would be a nice place to check for future students.
Most are quality control issues:
You can control the Apache server by using either the apachectl2 start / stop
It's actually "apache2ctl"
And here's a code example:
print "Fuzzing " + command + " with length:" +str(len(string))
And on the next page, its output:
Fuzzing MKD:1
Fuzzing MKD:20
Doesn't take a programming guru to see one doesn't match the other. Again, very benign examples which hardly caused a hiccup.


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Hey guys, This has been something I have been wondering about for a while now, and I figure you guys would know better than anyone:"What is the longest running name for a car model?"I know Mustang must be up there. The Deville is gone now, but that must have been around for a while.... the Phantom? F series? Yaris? (just kidding)Anyway, I figured that it's an intersting topic, and I'd love to know if you guys had any info about it...Devan Jones
Corvette is way up there, 52 years or so.... the Volkswgen Beetle, especially if you consider that Mexico was producing the original until rather recently...man I know there are more....
Chevy's been using Suburban since the mid 30's.
I did a quick search, and it revealed that the Suburban, is indeed the longest running model name in automotive history. Good catch.
Suburban has been jumping around GM brands for decades and decades. as soon as i saw this topic i was like "suburban" becuase i saw it in a GMC ad once.
1950 Suburban looked like what HHR looks like now.
Here's an excerpt from wikipedia: The VW Type 1, which was called the Beetle or Bug or Käfer (in German), is a small family car, the best known car of Volkswagen, one of the best known cars from Germany, and one of the most recognisable and distinctive cars in the world. Thanks to its distinctive shape and sound, and its reliability, it now enjoys a "cult" status. The Beetle was in production from 1938 until 2003 , interrupted only by the Second World War. Over 21 million Beetles were produced.The neat thing is, the beetle stayed virtually the same.1938
"If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself" Ferdinand Porsche
rolls has been using the phantom name since the first concept was rolled out in 1925.
isnt Crown Victoria up there too?
I would consider Suburban the longest running "truck" name, and would reserve "automotive" for cars. I remember reading once that in the USA, the longest running continuous use automotive name was the New Yorker by Chrysler...58 years! The name was introduced in 1938 as the New York Special, Series C-19. It was concocted to replace the Airflow as a senior Chrysler and was built on the Imperial's 125" wheelbase. In 1939, the New York Special simply became the New Yorker as that is how everyone was referring to the vehicle anyway. According to the allpar.com website: When the New Yorker nameplate was finally retired at the end of the 1996 model year, along with the model it was attached to (because most extended-LH sales went to the LHS), it was the oldest nameplate in continuous use in America. Here's a pic of a 39 Chrysler and a 96....the last.
The Oldest car nameplate still in production is the Chevrolet Suburban, it came out in 1937. The oldest car was created in the 1880s or the 1890s made by Mercedes.
The oldest name tag still produced is the Chevrolet Suburban:First version (1937): https://img.mecum.com/auctions/CA0812/CA0812-133970/images/CA0812-133970_1.jpgLatest version (2015): https://file.kbb.com/kbb/images/content/editorial/slideshow/2015-chevy-suburban-quick-take/suburban2-600-600-001.jpg
kickapoo21:The oldest name tag still produced is the Chevrolet Suburban:First version (1937): https://img.mecum.com/auctions/CA0812/CA0812-133970/images/CA0812-133970_1.jpgLatest version (2015): https://file.kbb.com/kbb/images/content/editorial/slideshow/2015-chevy-suburban-quick-take/suburban2-600-600-001.jpgWelcome to the forum!


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It's time to get those feet moving! Tickets are now on sale for the national tour of Flashdance in Seattle. The musical, based on the 1983 movie, will begin performances on April 16 at the Paramount Theatre and run through April 21.
Flashdance tells the story of Alex Owens, a working-class girl from Pittsburgh striving to make her dreams of becoming a professional dancer a reality. She works by day at a steel mill, where she catches the eye of her boss Nick Hurley. By night she works as a "flashdancer" at a local bar, but longs to become a student at the prestigious Shipley Dance Academy. The musical features hits from the film's Grammy-winning soundtrack, including "Flashdance—What a Feeling," "Maniac," "Gloria" and 10 original songs.
Flashdance is directed and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys, Memphis). Emily Padgett stars as Alex and is joined by Matthew Hydzik as Nick and Rachelle Rak as Tess. The show, which premiered in London in 2010, features a score by Robbie Roth and Robert Cary and a book by Cary and Tom Hedley.
Don't miss your chance to see this film favorite dance to life on the stage; get your tickets today!


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We all have our Awkward moments (hey, there's an entire Twitt
How to Survive Back-to-School Dating Drama
"I was in a really dark room with my guy. I leaned down to kiss him, but little did I know I was actually making out with his nose! I realized this at the same time that he said, 'That's my nose.' I was mortified, but instead I just laughed it off and leaned back in."—Jessica, 20, IL
"I went to take a picture with my crush and instead of putting my hand on his back I accidentally put it on his butt! He turned to me and said, 'That's my butt you're touching.' I turned bright red and started laughing hysterically. I used humor to avoid the awkwardness and said, "I'm sorry! You're just hard to resist!" —Rachel, 16, IL
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Grateful La Pine family: 'They gave us a Christmas'
Home ravaged by fire brings spirit of holiday in action
La PINE, Ore. - Christmas decorations are all that's left after a devastating fire struck a La Pine family's home on Christmas Eve -- but the family was away sledding, and they are grateful for the community's response, which brings home what the holiday is really all about.
"I was just in total shock, seeing the house in that condition," contractor Shawn Dunne said Tuesday. "We'd just left there. Everything was perfect."
It was the beginning of a beautiful white Christmas. Dunne took his family and some neighbors sledding on Christmas Eve. They had presents under the tree, turkey cooking in the oven, when on their family outing, they got an unimaginable phone call: The place they had called home for just a year was in flames.
"What broke my heart was my two boys," he said. "You know, it took a lot of work to get here to La Pine -- to start our life over, to get that home. I mean, it was our everything -- that home was everything to us. But to see the look on the boys' face when they heard the news, it was just devastating."
Dunne had completely remodeled the home, complete with a special game room, cherished by the family, "where we'd play pool and hang out," he said. "I got a stage, me and the kids would play in our band."
Now staying in a motel, they left the charred ruins of their home with little more than each other -- and an outpouring of community support that shows what Christmas is all about.
"These clothes that I'm wearing were from them," Dunne said. "They gave us clothes. They gave my sons presents to open up, I mean -- they gave us a Christmas. And the Salvation Army was right there. This town, La Pine -- it stepped up for us."
In the day since the fire, the Dunnes' phone has been ringing off the hook with people wanting to help. The love and generosity brought Dunne to tears. And even after losing it all, he hopes to use this support to give to others.
"We feel that we have enough to get by, that maybe there's other people more in need (than) us," he said. "That maybe we can direct these funds to go to somebody that needs a blanket this winter. Or maybe there's another child out there that doesn't have a present.
"We would sure like to just kind of direct everything in that (direction). Because I tell ya, our spirits are high."
Despite losing everything, the Dunne family say they are grateful that everyone is safe, and happy to be spending Christmas with loved ones.
Though the best news was that no one was hurt in Monday afternoon's fire – even their dogs were along on the trip – the tragedy quickly prompted neighbors to join Deschutes County sheriff's deputies and the American Red Cross in stepping in to help save the family's Christmas.
La Pine Rural Fire District crews were called shortly before 3 p.m. to the home at 15781 Lava Drive, said sheriff's Lt. Tim Leak.
La Pine fire Capt. Fred Franklin said the 1,500-square-foot manufactured home had two rooms added on, an attached garage and a composition roof with about a foot of snow on it. Yellow smoke was pouring from the eaves and roof vents.
Just as the first of a dozen firefighters prepared to enter the burning home, "the entire roof of the addition collapsed inward and crews were ordered to defensive operations," Franklin said in a news release.
After evaluating the structure, they found the rest of the structure was more stable, so they entered the garage and center of the home to make sure no one was inside, then began extinguishing the blaze, Franklin said.
No other structures or surrounding areas burned, Leak said.La Pine house fire
Franklin said they stopped forward progress on the fire by 3:22 p.m. but still had to overhaul the structure, as flames persisted in the center ridge beam area of the home's roof and in the insulation in the void spaces of the vaulted ceiling.
The fire was declared out around 6 p.m., Franklin said, adding that there were no injuries.
While Leak said the sheriff's office was helping investigate the cause of the fire, Sgt. Troy Gotchy said, "We don't think there's anything suspicious."
Instead, officials said the fire apparently in the area of the home's Christmas tree. Franklin said the family had left home around 11:30 a.m., and that they left a turkey baking in the oven and the Christmas tree plugged in.
The heaviest fire damage occurred in the family/dining room area where the Christmas tree was located, Franklin said.
The Red Cross was called in and was providing shelter for the family of four at a local hotel, Leak said. Meanwhile, the sheriff's office provided them with food vouchers to a local grocery store, and through the generosity of the Shop With a Cop program, clothing and toys also were provided.
"We have some people who are shopping at Wal-Mart right now," Gotchy said.
Family friend Fred Elsnau told The Bulletin Deane Caveness and Shawn Dunne and their boys were sledding at Rosland Park.
Elsnau said he took in the family's four dogs -- A Chihuahua, who retrievers and a Shi Tzu. Another neighbor, Glenn Costello, said they had lost "clothes, bedding, food, furniture, everything!"
The teen wears 32x30 in pants and large shirts, he said, and the 12-year-old wears clothes a bit smaller than most his age. And their dogs need food, toys, beds, etc., Costello wrote in an e-mail.
"Also, I'm sure cash would be greatly appreciated," Costello added.
Those wishing to help were asked to call Paulette Lockwood at 541-536-9684 for more information, or bring donations to 15809 Lava Drive.
"God bless and please check your trees tonight!" Costello concluded.
Dunne wanted to give the sheriff's office and the Salvation Army special thanks for their response.
Friends and family are setting up an account at U.S. Bank for donations to help the family recover, under the name "Cavaness family."


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With the touch of a finger, iPhone users can now get the latest surf report or snow conditions, find a skate park, and listen to free streaming music. Launched today, the Skullcandy iPhone app is an extension of the Skullcandy lifestyle. The first iPhone app to give board sport fanatics faster access to everything they crave. By forming partnerships with Surfline.com, OnTheSnow.com, trueAnthem, and Episodic, the Skullcandy iPhone app has the following features:
- Surf reports so you know when and where to rip
- Up to the minute snow reports plus a 5 day forecast
- A skate park finder for nomads who have to try them all
- Free music player chock full of Skullcandy-approved tracks
- Video from Skullcandy TV loaded with shorts featuring Skullcandy athletes and musicians
- For those who want it all, a dealer locator feature will find the nearest shop for instant gratification
- A mobile Skullcandy store that allows you to buy new headphones, backpacks or other Skullcandy gear
- A fresh selection of continually updated wallpapers designed by Skullcandy fans
- Access to all Skullcandy happenings through the Skullcandy blog
A download for the application can be found here.


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The U.S. Coast Guard in New Orleans confirms there is an offshore platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico. A spokesman says the Coast Guard just activated a "command center" to investigate the incident. There is not much information available yet as to the location or size of the rig. The Coast Guard is expected to release additional details later this morning.
The Coast Guard says that 9 people have been airlifted out and two are missing after an explosion at a platform in the Gulf of Mexico south of Grand Isle Friday morning.
Ed Cubanski, a spokesman for the Coast Guard said that despite earlier reports there are no confirmed deaths in the incident. He said an active search is ongoing for two crew members.
The four people airlifted to West Jefferson Medical Center were said by a spokesperson Taslin Alfonso to be in critical condition. They were being treated in anticipation of being shipped to the Burn Center in Baton Rouge.
Grand Isle officials said two others who were on the platform were being treated by EMS in Grand Isle and considered to be "walking wounded." There conditions were not known.
Plaquemines Parish and Grand Isle officials said the fire was under control though a handful of people were still on the platform battling the fire as of 11 a.m. According to the Coast Guard the structure of platform is "intact with no structural damage. There was believed to be no oil leaking into the Gulf.
There were 28 people were on the platform at the time of the explosion and nine people were involved in the incident, according to officials from Plaquemines Parish. CBS News reported that two jumped into the water and they were believed to be the ones missing.
Captain Peter Gautier of the Coast Guard said the platform, run by Black Elk Energy, was not producing oil and no enviromental threat is anticipated. A federal official says a team of environmental enforcement inspectors is flying to the scene.
The United State Coast Guard confirms to KATC that it is working a rig explosion at this hour in West Cote Blanche. The explosion took place at 9:00 on a rig in West Delta Block 32. The Coast Guard could not confirm any other information at this time. Once we receive more information, we will pass it along.
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text: I have a 2012 crew cab z71 5" rcx lift factory 20's and currently running 295/60/20 trail grapplers with factory 3.42 gears, hypertech max energy on 87 tune, and magnaflow exhaust. I do not off road and very rarely will i tow anything. I have noticed with these tires my 6th gear is pretty much useless, so i have been just putting the truck in M5 and driving. I am avg. about 16 mpg right now. Is it really worth the $1500.00 to regear to 4.56 gears? Would my mpg really go up much? I have also been debating on going down in tire to help instead of gears and maybe this would allow me to use 6th gear with my 3.42s, looking at a 275/65/20 toyo open country at2 since truck is never off road. Thanks for your help!


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This from Joe Waggle (who does an amazing job of tracking this stuff down):
In accordance with reporting every colony collapse as CCD, we must include
the following die-offs as CCD events. Especially the 1794 instance in
Edinburgh which IMO is highly symptomatic of CCD.
950, 992 and 1443 Ireland In Ireland, there was a "great mortality of
bees" (Flemming G (1871)
1794 Edinburgh, Midlothian
"The following extraordinary instance of the industry of Bees, happened
this season in a bee hive the property of Mr. John Scotland, Merchant,
...What is very remarkable, when
the hive was smoked, there were not above 200 bees in it..
1872 Wisconsin Janesville,
"—A gentleman, in Fond du Lac, who usually keeps a great many bees, states
that at least two-thirds of his bees died last winter. He thinks that from
two-thirds to three-quarters of the bees in the county have died this
1879 Illinois
"Extraordinary Mortality among Bees… One large bee raiser in this State
who had 220 swarms of bees has now only eighteen, and the other who had
over 800 swarms has now not a single healthy hive of bees. It has been
ascertained by correspondence that in New York and the New England States
over 60 per cent, of the bees have died,.."
1885 United States
"The season of 1884-85 stands out in the history of American beekeeping as
one of terrible devastation" (BEEKEEPING (1915) By E.F. Phillips Pg. 343)
1885 Iowa
"…with great unanimity they denounce the honey dew as the cause of the
unexampled and ruinous losses of bees during the past winter. One bee-
keeper loses fifty-one out of fifty-three colonies, and the two left, are
miserably weak. Others have lost ninety-five per cent…"
1904 United States
"During the winter of 1903-04 probably seventy percent of the bees in New
England died." (BEEKEEPING (1915) By E.F. Phillips Pg. 343)
1904 Wisconsin
"Hard on the Bees. Bee keepers report that the present winter has been an
exceptionally hard one on the swarms, and that as a consequence there will
be a great loss to keepers…."
1905 Texas
"…Hard Winter and Too Much Rain Curtails Industry.…. …Phillips, president
of the Nueces Valley Beekeepers' Association, states … Last winter the
beekeepers suffered a loss, of probably 50 percent of their stock, and the
rains during the spring have been detrimental to the honey flow in the
flowers up to this time."
1910 United States
"....in 1909-10 the loss was probably fifty per cent in the northeastern
United States." (BEEKEEPING (1915) By E.F. Phillips Pg. 343)
1910 Nebraska
"… The News learns that all, or nearly all, of the bees in this part of
the state were killed by the severe winter. The owners of a large number
of hives on examination find that the bees died In the early part of
winter. This means a shortage in the honey crop. There is now and then a
hive where there are a few live bees and in some instances a hive or two,
out of many, escape, but the slaughter was the worst known in this section
for years."
1912 United States
"The winter of 1911-12 was also one of heavy mortality, the actual death
of colonies costing the beekeepers in the eastern United States millions
of dollars." (BEEKEEPING (1915) By E.F. Phillips Pg. 343)
1912 Illinois
"The honey crop In central Illinois, will be light this season, due to the
fact that many of the Insects were killed by the severe temperature of
last winter. "
1917 California
"…Winter losses of bees range from 10 to 15 per cent, and in some states
the loss was almost 50 per cent during the winter of 1916-17,…"
1996 New York
"Two ferocious mites are decimating a bee population already weakened by
two straight harsh New York winters…." "It's devastating." Just ask
commercial beekeeper John Earle of Locke, who lost 70 percent of his 900
hives to the mites…"


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BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana has the highest rate of gun violence in the nation and the weakest gun safety laws, according to a recent national study, and state lawmakers are moving to expand the already permissive statutes.
According to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a nonprofit group that tracks gun regulations around the nation, Louisiana's push is contrary to a national trend toward strengthening firearm laws after the recent Connecticut mass school shooting.
"It puts Louisiana in the same category as a minority of states that spend time on largely symbolic measures," said Laura Cutilletta, senior staff attorney for the Law Center. "These laws clearly are not going to be upheld. It's something the courts will have to decide, not the states."
The most far-reaching gun proposals in the Louisiana Legislature seek to preempt federal law, as a states' rights issue. They have been easily approved in the House and await action in the Senate.
One measure, by Rep. Jim Morris, R-Oil City, would prohibit enforcement of any federal restrictions on semi-automatic weapons. After opponents of the bill repeatedly questioned the legality of the proposal, the Senate delayed a vote, but supporters vowed to return for another attempt to get it passed.
Another proposal, by Rep. Joe Lopinto, R-Metairie, would create the Louisiana Manufactured Firearms and Ammunition Act, to allow gun buyers to circumvent any federal gun law if the weapon was manufactured in the state and remained there. It awaits a hearing in the Senate's budget committee.
Similar efforts have been tried in other states.
A Montana federal appeals court is considering the merits of a state law after a lower court rejected that state's Firearms Freedom Act as unconstitutional. Montana was the first state to create such a law in 2009 that would prohibit federal oversight of state-made firearms.
In April, Kansas lawmakers passed a bill later signed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback that prohibits federal enforcement of any national firearm laws if the guns are state-made. That prompted a warning letter to Brownback from U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder stating that the law violated the U.S. Constitution.
Around the nation, 1,152 bills were filed related to gun regulations this year. Of those, 603 sought to strengthen laws and 549 would weaken them, Cutilletta said.
The trend toward boosting restrictions on guns can be attributed to the December school shooting in Newtown, Conn. that left 20 elementary school students and six educators dead. They were shot with a semi-automatic weapon.
"I think that resonated with people and gave legislators a lot more courage because they knew they had the voices of the people behind them," Cutilletta said.
But in Louisiana, bills aimed at toughening regulations on weapons never made it past the first debate, including one that would have required owners to secure their weapons in a locked box or with some type of safety trigger when stored in a home.
Supporters of proposals to loosen gun restrictions have brushed aside colleagues' arguments that gun access should not be expanded in a state where a study reports the number of per capital gun deaths is nearly three times higher than the national average.
"It's important that we don't govern by crisis," said Sen. Elbert Guillory, D-Opelousas.
Guillory and many other Democrats have voted with Republicans this session to advance pro-gun legislation, like a proposal by Rep. Jeff Thompson, R-Bossier City, that would make it a misdemeanor to release or publish the names and addresses of people who own or have applied for concealed handgun permits.
The bill has been backed by both the House and Senate and awaits approval of a final version before heading to Gov. Bobby Jindal's desk. It would carry a $10,000 fine for anyone who publishes the information, like reporters or bloggers.
According to a study by the left-leaning Center for American Progress, Louisiana had more deaths per capita from guns than any other state from 2001 to 2010. The study indicated that Louisiana has the highest gun-homicide rate among residents 19 years old and younger.
Cutilletta's organization gave the state an "F," ranking it 45th out of 50 states in terms of gun safety. She said there appears to be a correlation between "weak" state gun laws and the slew of bills filed in those states that seek to override or nullify federal laws.
Lawmakers in 30 states, including Louisiana, introduced some type of legislation this year to restrict federal oversight of gun regulations, according to data collected by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Although the sense of urgency for restricting possible federal gun control laws has waned since a bill to expand background checks didn't make it out of the U.S. Senate earlier this year, gun advocates say laws that limit federal enforcement are needed on the books.
"It doesn't mean they won't come back in the future," Lopinto said.
Posted By: Mike Langley On: 5/25/2013
Title: Really ?
Articles such as this are precisely what fuels the feeding frenzy on firearms. I can't believe the American Press would publish such blantantly slanted mis-information. DC is far worse than Louisiana and they have stricter laws. But anyone can manipulate data to persuade the sheep. People should check the stats for themselves at . . http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=4616


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Originally Posted by NYGfanSTRICK
nothing wrong with a 40. Just did Edward 40 hands Friday night lol
When I'm in the mood for a 40, I go for a Big Bear, lol.
Originally Posted by giantyankee1976
holy nikes a pro-beer drinker....
Yeah. I didn't start drinking until I was 19 or so. The friends I was hanging with at that time had already graduated from Bud to the newly booming micro-brew scene (it was the mid-to-late '90s), so I skipped the whole cheap, domestic beer phase. I came up on Guinness and micro's like Saranac, Brooklyn, and Red Hook. It's kinda skewed my taste, like to me, Yuengling is a cheap beer.
I drank 5 22's of coors banquet at practice wednesday. Fell backwards off a drum stool on my rear end. Everyone and 2 of their girlfriends had a good laugh
Then I did the "boats & hos" rap from stepbrothers
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May 31 @ 10:15 AM, Jun 7 @ 10:15 AM, Jun 14 @ 10:15 AM, Jun 21 @ 10:15 AM, Jun 28 @ 10:15 AM
Make your resume the best it can be in this workshop! Participants will learn about types of resumes, how to get started, what to include and not include, and tips for making a resume stronger. For further information call 718-634-4784. Class code JR130
Jun 1 @ 12:00 PM
So, you've landed an interview for a wonderful job…now what? It takes practice to perfect your interviewing skills. In this workshop, you will learn how to prepare for your interview, successfully deal with difficult questions and follow up properly afterwards. For more information call 718-634-4784. Class code JR170.
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Beginning a job search can be overwhelming. Prepare yourself for success! In this workshop you will learn about general and career-specific websites and how to find and apply for jobs online safely, create an account at a major job search website, post your resume online, and email a resume. Call 718-634-4784 for more information. Class code ...
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Are you ready to apply for jobs? Does your cover letter stand out from the crowd? Make it the best possible by learning how to get started, what to include and not include, tips for making it stronger. For further information, please call 718-634-4784. Class code JR150
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Adults are invited to join us for our movie screening of "Underworld: Blood Wars "
Jun 5 @ 5:00 PM
This class provides an overview of the dynamic world of entrepreneurship. It helps participants assess their skills and aptitudes, allows participants to explore the right type of business for them based on aptitude and interest, and generally charts a path to success. Preregister online at jobmap.queenslibrary.org. Call 718-634-4784 for ...
Jun 9 @ 12:00 PM
Join us to kick off Summer Reading 2017 "Build a Better World" with facepainting, Build It! with Arch for Kids, Karaoke, the Animal Show with Jason Reilly, and more!
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Jun 12 @ 2:00 PM
Adults are invited to join us for our movie screening of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story".
Jun 12 @ 5:00 PM
After this workshop, you will have the skills needed to begin to navigate the Internet. Topics covered include terminology, how to search and use a web browser, the basic structure of a website and Internet safety. Please call 718-634-4784 for more information. While this is an introductory class, it is recommended that you have basic mouse ...
Jun 13 @ 11:00 AM
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Not really hacking related, but kind of urgent!
So I said about an hour. "No problem, thanks very much", they said. I get there, and it's a physical therapy office; they have weight machines, exercise balls, etc.
SO the application runs on the server, the two client machines run off that. This is an XP HOME environment.
The server runs the application, "VPTOS", and the clients run "CPTOS". The pyhsical therapy software runs FoxPro databases, seems in the server crash, the main db was corrupted. They SAID they backed up the good database onto a USB drive. Sure hope so.
There are Shared drives, Network drive is M:, and there is a network drive Y: that appears to be non-existent.
I discovered that the one client computer I was working on (I haven't touched the second client computer yet) was not in the same workgroup. I fixed that.
Admin password is the same as the user name. So is each user password, the same as uname.
Tech support from PTOS says the key to the clients seeing the server is the access rights. The clients have to have full access rights.
So I rebooted into safe mode, ran msconfig, and checked the perms. They all said "Full Control", but I want to make sure I'm not confusing access rights with NTFS permissions.
When you run the app from the client, it comes up asking for the Foxpro database, says the Run1 file has to be updated. It'ss supposed to find the DATAPT.DBF file, and I tried pathing to it, but it didn't work.
I have to go back there tomorrow;I recommended that we just re-install the whole software package and then just update it. They have it installed in several locations, on the server C: drive, and on the M:drive.
What's the best way for me to optimize this? Application website: http://www.ptos.com
I've never worked with this software before, never worked with FoxPro before. But this is how you learn. I've kinda been pre-occupied elsewhere, know what I mean? This is the first place I come to for help. Haven't had to monkey around with access rights under XP Home, all my machines at home are XP Pro.
I question the use of XP Home in a business, but the business owner set it up, and she's a physical therapist, not a computer person. I hate going in and cleaning up after someone else has been in there. They told me today they were thinking of calling in Geek Squad from Best Buy. I doubt they could handle it. I doubt that I can handle it. They originally offered me $35.00/hr, I'm going to have to go down on that. The app they had running on the server stopped working yesterday after I did a sytem restore back to July 3rd. I plan on going back there today to undo that system restore.
Any suggestions?
Thanks a lot, guys!!
"hackers are like jedi, crackers are like the sith: do not fall prey to the dark side".
From 1337 h4x0r h4ndb00k: "the ten laws of geek", law x


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A CITY that still bears the all too visible scars - two years on, on Friday - of a disastrous earthquake that claimed 185 lives may not instantly present itself as the most obvious dream holiday destination. But, for the increasing number of Australians returning to Christchurch for a visit, there is at least no problem posed in finding a parking spot for the rental car.
Since the earthquake of February 22, 2011, 1400 buildings have been fully or partially demolished, leaving behind ubiquitous and expansive vacant lots.
They have provided a noticeable and temporary boom for opportunistic car park operators in Christchurch's devastated central business district, where locals and visitors have been drifting back.
But, now that work has intensified on the $NZ30 billion ($24.4 billion) reconstruction of the city and the Canterbury region, one by one those makeshift open-air car parks will gradually disappear, with such facilities being incorporated into new quake-proofed buildings.
This year represents the first "big year of pouring concrete" as the city shifts from a demolition phase to one of construction. Already there is $NZ602 million worth of building work, funded largely by insurance payouts, under way.
A workforce of 5000 to 10,000, consisting of New Zealand labour and workers drawn from economically depressed Britain and Ireland, has already been assembled, the numbers expected to grow to as many as 30,000 at the height of the rebuild, posing a potential accommodation challenge.
The chief executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, Roger Sutton, isn't ruling out the need for a "tent city" to be built for the works, though thousands of residents of the city have chosen to leave. And the rebuild will not be quick, taking as long as 15 to 20 years to fully complete.
Mr Sutton predicts that a greener, more people-friendly city with a more compact central business district, focused on the Avon River, will emerge from the reconstruction.
"What we're hoping is to build the best little city in the world, where people will want to come, work and play. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to recreate the city," he said.
"Everything still works. We've had a bloody big event here but the hotels are reopening, there are new bars and restaurants and the airport is unaffected."
The tourism dependent city of about 500,000 has had a nearly 2.5 per cent increase in visitors from Australia for the four months to December, compared with the corresponding period the year before, despite a 25 per cent reduction in airline capacity. There are more than 4500 hotel rooms across the city, nearly 60 per cent of the pre-quake capacity, with another 610 to be added this year, according to Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism.
Christchurch will gain a much-needed tourist attraction when the Japanese-designed Cardboard Cathedral - an innovative temporary replacement for the 19th century Christchurch Cathedral - opens in April. The popular gondola in the Port Hills is expected to reopen in May while work on the new Avon River Park Precinct is expected to begin in June. At that rate, Christchurch could end up with a parking problem.
The writer visited Christchurch as a guest of Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism and Air New Zealand.


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Race by Hill for Capitol Hill
State Senator Owen Hill says he's still on track for Congress
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo - ***Update to Story is at Bottom of Text ***
State Senator Owen Hill from Colorado Springs says he is not going to be bullied by backroom politics. Hill who represents the eastern side of the community in District 10 says he's been pressured to drop out of the race for the U.S. Senate.
It's to let fellow Republican challenger, Congressman Corey Gardner have a clear and easy path to the GOP nomination. Both want the job of incumbent Democrat, Senator Mark Udall.
On the phone, in between meetings at the state capitol on Thursday, Senator Hill told me, "It's my duty to offer a choice within the Republican party as opposed to the heir apparent that insiders who want to have a coronation." Senator Hill said Congressman Corey Gardner approached him a few weeks ago about bowing out.
I went to the El Paso County Republican Headquarters to get a take on this apparent infighting behind closed doors that's made it out to the public. Daniel Cole is Executive Director. He told me he doesn't think there are any backroom dealings, "I don't think any choices are being denied. Corey Gardner decided he would have a good shot at the Senate race. Obviously, Senator Hill is free to run and if he decides to continue his run we are going to have a couple of good choices in Corey Gardner and Owen Hill."
Two other Republican hopefuls just bowed out of the race for U.S. Senate. They are State Representative Amy Stephens and Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck. Both favor Corey Gardner in the race for the Senate.
On Thursday, I contacted Congressman Corey Gardener's office to get a comment from him about statements made by Senator Hill. I didn't hear from the office on Thursday.
On Friday, I received a call from Congressman Gardener's office about his re-election campaign. His Press Secretary told me that the Congressman was not skirting the issues brought up by Senator Hill. Congressman Gardner won't officially announce until Saturday his intentions to run for U.S. Senate. He is willing to talk with KRDO, NewsChannel 13 about the concerns made by Senator Hill and will in a one on one interview.


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Friday, March 4, 2011
Facebook, Farcebook, and Fakebook
So we have a spankin new iMac computer lab in our building and I'm really chuffed! (British for freakin excited!) 30 brilliant new iMacs all lined up & shiny...ready to do some cool stuff with the kids! (and yes, throughout this post I'll be showing off the pics - your hard-earned tax money at work - please notice the Think Different Apple posters laminated & stapled to the wall - don't hate! Thanks RiptideF for the link)
Facebook, Farcebook, and Fakebook Templates
Miss Wallen - one of our coolest teachers is using the iMac lab with her kids to do a mock Facebook page for Latin American Historical figures like Pizarro, Cortes, Bolivar, and Hidalgo with her 7th grade Social Studies kids!
downloadable template I shared from our favourite NerdyTeacher none other than Nick Provenzano the kids are using our databases and links Miss Wallen found to do their research and then become the character filling in the Facebook template.
What's so cool is they can write on their walls as if they or another historic character left a message such as: "I Founded a city...I'm calling it Ciudad de los Reyes, which means "City of the Kings" It's royally AWEsome...I'm a Winner!" Even though in real life Pizarro never learned to read or write... with this template kids can really get a different glimpse into his life, political struggles, adventures, and accomplishments!
My teacher librarian friend, Barbara Randolph, passed along a cool link to a Teacher's Discovery resources Blank Farcebook Poster Set of 30 for $19.99 - which can be laminated & written on with dry erase markers for when the computer lab is being used for month long standardized testing (starting next week!). Taking that idea...I've got it in me heid to create a comic life version - making several changes - I'm gonna call it Fakebook and post it to my Comic Tutorial gallery & ya'll can print em out for free! Stay tuned for that!
But I AM gonna buy from that company a really cool set of NOVEL CHARACTERS FARCEBOOK (TM) POSTERS SET OF 8 for...[gulp!] $39.99! Described as: "Characters from your favorite novels come to life on these Farcebook posters. Learn what book Ponyboy Curtis likes to read and what Frankenstein's monster's favorite song is. Does Scout Finch really belong to the group "the Maycomb Legal Defense Fund"? Is Odysseus really interested in spelunking? Find out these fun facts and more. Your students will recognize this format and will love finding all the hidden information. 11 x 17 inches each, printed on glossy card stock, middle school/high school. "
Check out that cool chick Juliet & her page...has she friended you yet?
Read, Write, Think! Profile Publisher
Another suggestion from Barb Randolph, Profile Publisher, which is a Flash driven site that creates profiles that look a lot like old skool MySpace pages! Black and white PDF's are easy on the toner but still
"Students can use the Profile Publisher to mock up or draft online social networking profiles, yearbook profiles, and newspaper or magazine profiles for themselves, other real people (including historical figures), or fictional characters. The tool could also be used for profiles of nonhuman living creatures, inanimate objects or abstract concepts (e.g., profile of an amoeba, an historical monument, or friendship). See a completed sample Profile for a fictional character based on Christopher Myers' Wings to see what a student profile might look like."
So, when our 7th grade social studies kids finish the unit & we check out all their pages we'll be posting some of them on our learning wiki! I love the idea of these Fake Facebook pages for historical or fictional characters - it get's the kids excited about research - it creates a dynamite disposition to learning with total student engagement and is also relatable!
What do you think? Do you have any other resources or sites like these that use Social Media to tie into student projects? Please comment! Loves me some comments!
iMac lab photos by Gwyneth Jones
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The lab looks beautiful and I will admit we are envious. Those sort of funds just aren't available but we are getting 15 refurbished mac books so we can have a portable lab in the next two years. What a shame the lab has to be booked for standardized testing. Shame.ReplyDelete
I have similar Facebook projects for Shakespeare plays. They really help students apply their learning and stretch their thinking. Thanks for some more great ideas.
Mmmm, iMacs :-)ReplyDelete
Myfakewall.com is an easy to use Facebook-style page building tool. Also, I recently saw FamousInboxes.com which is a similar fun idea, except with this all you see is the subject line of messages in the inbox of your character/historic figure.
Myfakewall.com is a dead easy way to build a fake Facebook page.ReplyDelete
Also, I came across FamousInboxes.com recently - a similar idea although not with a tool/template, you'd have to make it yourself - where you just see the subject line of messages in a famous character or historic figure's inbox. Funny stuff.
The mock facebook pages are such a clever idea! I'm teaching a French History course to high schoolers this summer, and I'll definitely be using that! Can't wait for your Fakebook version, though, as many of the templates out there are a little clunky. Thanks for posting these awesome ideas!ReplyDelete
Thank you thank you thank you Gwyneth! This type of thing is exactly what we've been looking for. Rather than actually building pages on Facebook itself (tangential story: a police officer came to chat with the gr 7/8 kids and asked in a conversational tone, "so who here has Facebook?" and when tons of hands went up, she changed her voice to stern and said "don't you know you have to be [whatever the age is, I can't recall] to be on there?" - the looks on their faces was funny - okay, I'm seriously digressing, where was I?), using the templates and putting them on the wiki we have would be so incredibly awesome as well as the other options you listed. I am so sending a link to my intermediate teachers!!!ReplyDelete
Wow, Gwyneth! So many good ideas in just one post! I am going to order some of the Farcebook posters - just pondering which ones to get! As always, both your text and your images are inspiring. Thank you!ReplyDelete
Hi Gwyneth-ReplyDelete
I am trying to get Macs as part of our library renovation, but our IT dept. tells me there are issues with Macs and our Enterprise servers with Active Directory. Do you happen to know how the Macs are networked? Any info you can give me would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks for all the great comments & suggestions dear readers & friends! We are stronger when we share for sure!ReplyDelete
Sorry hon, I'm a software apps grrl not hardware. But I daily fight the Abominable No Man ..people who spend more time telling me how they can't do something for the good of the kids rather than finding a way to do it! But then again, each server cluster is diff. We have Mac servers in our schools!
I found that facebook template last year and had my students do different things with it. The template is awesome, but I can't take all of the credit. I did something similar with Myspace a few years ago. Remember Myspace? Lol! My kids really enjoyed creating character facebook pages. It was a great way to connect with them.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 7, 2011 at 3:17 PM
Teacher's Discovery has just launched an online blank Farcebook creator. Check out www.farcebook.us. Also, they have profiles for over 50 historical people. http://www.teachersdiscovery-socialstudies.com/item_details.php?item=142+1100+P0001528&SBJ=SocialStudiesReplyDelete
Great blog!
Wow. What an informative post for me to stumble into. Thanks so much - I am really interested in simulating social media for novel studies as I think ti really teaches and demonstrates the interactivity of characters beyond the page =)ReplyDelete