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There's a long-life argument about whether online mixes should come complete with tracklists. Some people swear by it whilst others are a little disgusted by the mere suggestion. It's something we've discussed before and whilst there's something to be said for being meticulous and being able to pinpoint and or timestamp exactly what song is playing when, when you stumble across a tune you've been unsuccessfully lusting after for a while it makes the discovery all the sweeter.
Such is life this happened not ten minutes ago when Belgian label Silverback sent through their 10th release by Polish producer, The Phantom. His SR mix (#63) is a great and ready interpretation of his musical direction (which is a little scruffy but very much dancefloor ready) but it was his track 'Voyeur' with its sudden powerful flush of synth chops over a clipped, proto-funky, Scratcha-esque drum line that really stuck out from the listening sessions that went into research him. The fact that it wasn't on his mix is inconsequential, it's one of those jams that still sounds polished and potent even now, after it's main riff was lodged deep in the subconscious months and months ago.
The rest of the EP is a little less instant. The classic house piano of 'Ceremony' does feel a touch obvious and a little out of place considering that 'Gothic' is more of The Phantom in palatable eski mode, serving up weird synthesized gloops around sparse drum lines and Guido channelling lead swirls. But when you listen to the boogie tones of 'Colossus' and 'Voyeur' alongside them, you get the undeniable feeling that this EP is not, or never was going to be, the same trick repeated four times; it's more a peacock like display of electronic diversity and cocksure intention.
To mark the release we've been granted the opportunity to giveaway a non EP track called 'Late Night Sex' – an exercise in melodic syncopation and a short but welcome blast of The Phantom's restraint.
The Phantom's EP2 is out on 16th January 2012 through Silverback.


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A Poultice
Poetry: "Turmeric, rosemary, and rum: / my love and I are rocked in time."
Poetry: "Turmeric, rosemary, and rum: / my love and I are rocked in time."
My visiting tall son
I bend to the open notebook; distracted, turn my head.
Blue January light, cold, scoured, clear. From the Sandia foothills looking down and back to where I came from, and the town spread out below,…
As months and years accumulate, I miss you more and more. Forgetting where I put the key, I sometimes find a door and other times…
Stumbling along a sidewalk clogged with snow,
My bird, oh my beloved,
I've always loved the autumn. Trees bleed amber,
Speechless, considering, feet well apart:
It started before Christmas. Now our son
Lemons on damask (one).
Malevich painted you. Can I come in?

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A group of four people wrestled one of two teenage boys to the ground, after the couple's failed attempted robbery using what looked to be a firearm, at a Napier suburban shop yesterday afternoon.
Sunrise Superette owner Sue Elliott and her friend Daphne Heathcote were working in the Hastings St shop when the two young men came through the door about 5.30pm.
The two women had been tending to a customer and Mrs Elliott had been holding her five-month-old son when the attempted robbery took place.
"The two guys that came in had masks or scarfs on so we couldn't see their faces. One with a red bandanna had a gun. They went straight for the customer at the end of the shop and pushed him with the gun.
"I remember the customer saying, 'no way'."
The two women reacted immediately and escaped via the rear of the shop to raise the alarm.
They remembered seeing one of the would-be robbers trying to access the till but was unable to get it open.
"When we got out on to the street and looked around we could see that they had panicked and left the shop, obviously things didn't go to plan for them," Mrs Elliott said.
A friend was across the road at another shop and saw the drama unfold.
"Our friend, he raced after one of the boys and marched him back to the shop to wait for the police. He had the young guy in a head lock and told him to sit and wait.
"In fact there were about four people out there who helped keep the guy down until police got here."
It was believed the second offender managed to escape on a black BMX bike to Marine Parade.
Mrs Elliott said the customer she had been tending to before the attempted robbery, had left the shop before police arrived.
"We hope that he is OK and he comes back as the police may want to speak to him.
"He was right up close to the guy with the gun."
It was the first major incident at the shop in about 10 years and Mrs Elliott thanked the people who had come to her aid yesterday.
"They were fantastic. We are part of this community and we have made lots of friends and met lots of good people who come into our shop. And we just feel like we have been stepped on.
"It's just disgusting. We are trying to make a living and we will be opening the shop as usual."
A police spokesperson confirmed the incident and said the two teenage boys had used what was described as a firearm or pistol, but whether it was genuine or not had yet to be confirmed.
"We are speaking to one person who is being co-operative with us and the inquiry is continuing."


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Commentary: How Real Is The "Wealth Effect"?Rich Miller
A simmering debate within the Federal Reserve about the importance of the "wealth effect" could have a big impact on what the Fed does about interest rates in the months ahead. On one side is Chairman Alan Greenspan, who believes that the surging stock market overheated the economy by inducing consumers to spend newfound paper wealth. On the other side are wealth-effect skeptics, including William J. McDonough, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. They believe that what really matters for spending is the "income effect": low unemployment and rising pay.
The recent cooling on Wall Street has brought their disagreement closer to the surface. Greenspan and fellow believers in the wealth effect are gaining confidence that a slowdown in the stock market will make it easier for the Fed to rein in the economy without severe increases in interest rates. But McDonough and others may be more likely to push for big rate rises even if the market remains well off its earlier high. "A fall in share prices is not the same as a slowdown in demand," says Sanwa Bank Ltd. economist Takanobu Igarashi in explaining the reasoning of the McDonough camp.
SPENDING MOOD. Wealth-effect skeptics have a point. And they gained some ammunition on May 30 from news that consumer confidence jumped sharply in May--despite a bad month for the stock market. That indicated that people can be in a spending mood even when Wall Street is in the pits. "With unemployment at a 30-year lowvolatile financial markets are not expected to have a significant impact on consumers' spirits," says Conference Board Director Lynn Franco.
The intellectual underpinning for wealth-effect skeptics is a paper written last year by New York Fed staffers Sydney Ludvigson and Charles Steindel. While not denying that rising stock prices can boost consumption, economist Ludvigson and Senior Vice-President Steindel argue that the correlation is weak. "Forecasts of future consumption growth are not typically improved by taking changes in existing wealth into account," they wrote.
What's important, the two Fed researchers argue, is whether investors perceive a shift in stock prices as temporary or permanent. If a market move is seen as transitory, it's unlikely to have much impact on consumption. Case in point: Despite widespread expectations that the 1987 stock market crash would hurt consumption and choke off the economy, nothing of the sort happened.
Associates say New York Fed President McDonough's skepticism about the potency of the wealth effect is one reason he was more cautious than some colleagues about raising rates last fall, when stocks were soaring and the economic outlook was uncertain. But since then, the economy has taken off and unemployment has fallen. And McDonough has sounded tougher, even as stocks stalled. "There is no question that the U.S. economy is beginning to exhibit signs of imbalance and strain," he said in a speech on May 3.
SECRET FEAR. McDonough is not alone in his concern about the stock market's role in the Fed's monetary deliberations. Some of his fellow central bankers at the Fed's regional branches have privately voiced dismay at Greenspan's seeming obsession with Wall Street. Their secret fear: The Fed will end up with the blame if stock prices collapse.
Greenspan is not amused by the second-guessing. He believes the wealth effect has added a percentage point of growth to gross domestic product each year over the past four years. He has also privately faulted the New York Fed study for failing to fully capture the stock market's impact on the economy. The report's main findings don't include consumer spending on durables such as cars and computers, whose sales are affected by the ups and downs of Wall Street. Steindel says the results are the same with consumer durables included.
So far, differences over the wealth effect have not caused splits in monetary-policy decisions. But that could change if the market's retreat turns into a rout while unemployment declines and inflation heats up. In that case, what seems like a dry debate over economic arcana could turn into something more: a full-fledged dispute over interest rates.


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Sevastopol – the city of federal significance in the west of Crimea. The most important tourist center on the peninsula, the second largest city of the Republic of Crimea (350,000 people). It is located 78 km from Simferopol, 75 km from Yalta, 1,500 km from Moscow. Sevastopol is a major trading port and the main military base for the Russian Black Sea Fleet, all this does not interfere with (and even to some extent helps) city have a huge hit with tourists. Year by year, here comes more and more visitors from all over Russia and other countries. Sevastopol – a bottomless pantry attractions, scenic spots, wild and well-equipped beaches.
Rest in Sevastopol. For every inhabitant of Sevastopol in the first place, it is a city of great valor. During its long history it has repeatedly become an arena for fierce battles, during which largely decided the fate of Russia. Attractions Sebastopol related to the Crimean and Great Patriotic War are known all over the country: Panorama "Defense of Sevastopol", the memorial complex on Mount Sapun, and Malakhov Hill, 35th Coastal Battery. Just to see these legendary places in Sevastopol come annually tens of thousands of visitors. Educational tour of the city is required to complement a visit to the best resort areas of Sevastopol: villages Kacha, Lyubimovka, Uchkuevka, capes and Fiolent Hersonissos. In these wonderful places you expect a variety of picturesque beaches with clean sea water, a range of small hotels and entertainment. Rest in Sevastopol fraught with a lot of all pleasant: it's the local restaurant with very decent sea food, and boat trips around the bay of Sevastopol inspection flagships of the Russian fleet, and active tours on bikes or quad bikes in the surrounding mountains, and, finally, just Live chat with the locals, which differ inexhaustible optimism and sincere love for the Fatherland.
Hersonissos TavricheskiyOtdyhat in Sevastopol is possible at any time of the year. In late autumn, winter and spring can be given a maximum time of excursions and trips to the city itself and in the Crimea. From mid-May to October, there is a steady sunny weather with temperatures of 25 – 30 degrees, at which time the guests are ready to accept the many beaches of Sevastopol and its surroundings (the sea in the area of Crimea is unique in its color and transparency). The city has a developed infrastructure for living and recreation: the airport, railway station, numerous routes of intra and intercity public transport, a representative trading network, a variety of enterprises of public catering, entertainment centers. Sevastopol can safely recommend any age group: there are interesting activities for young people, families with children and respectable audience.


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Touchscreens Are SENSITIVE!
Oily Fingers And Scratches Can Spell Disaster!
You Can't Read Through Smudges...
And You CANNOT Remove Scratches!
The Solution: A Stylus Pen!
This Thing Is The Most BRILLIANT One Out There!
Use It With iPhones, Tablets, Smart Phones Too!
The Right Touch!
Everything has a touchscreen now! At least, it certainly feels like it. Your phone, your computer, even home appliances!
The great thing is how EASY they are to use...
But you know what else is easy? SMUDGING AND SCRATCHING THEM!
Heck, you could turn a pristine phone screen into a globby mess of smudges and fingerprints in 2 seconds flat! Then you gotta clean them but OH NO! Cleaning the smudges left SCRATCHES!
NOW whaddaya do?
You know what they say: "Prevention is the best medicine." So here's the 'vaccine' for a clean screen!
Smart Pen = Smart User (that's you!)
This does so much, but let's start with the important one: the capacitive stylus! It makes using touchscreen devices a breeze!
Obviously, using a stylus means no more oily fingers smudging your screen. And while it also prevents scratches, it serves a WAY better purpose too: making those tiny buttons easier to press!
How many times have you struggled with your dialer or selecting a button because those tiny phone screens make the buttons practically invisible?
A stylus pen gives you a PRECISE tool to select exactly what you're aiming for!
"Okay... so what else does it do?"
If for some reason you aren't ALREADY as excited as I am... there's an LED FLASHLIGHT and LASER POINTER built right in!
I don't need to tell ya how great an LED flashlight is, right? They last FOREVER, they're bright as heck, and they're really energy efficient! Now we've got a laser on there too? YES!!!
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With an innovative dual functionality, this Smart Stylus effortlessly transitions on the touchscreen as an electronic stylus writing instrument so you don't need to use your fingers to construct a message. The soft touch tip provides precise touch and control while protecting your touch screen, and is compatible with smartphones and devices with a touchscreen. With the laser pointer and LED flashlight functions, this is one Smart Stylus.
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- Gentle Glide Tip will protect your screen and increase accuracy
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What does it mean when there is a listing that says "looking for back up"? My realtor has indicated that these properties aren't available, but why would the listing still be up?
When a listing says " looking for back up" it means that the seller has accepted an offer from someone, but that they want additional offers on the back burner in case the contract they have pending falls apart.
In this market, where so many deals are falling apart because not as many people qualify for mortgages as before, it's not to hard to understand why a seller's wish list would include a fall-back position in case their offer fell apart. On the other hand, given the oversupply of property on the market (especially new construction), it would be hard for me to say that it is a realistic expectation. Unless the property was especially unique or had attributes which made it a must-have, I wouldn't bother waiting to see if the seller's current deal fell through — It's too much of a buyer's market.


text: About Texas Children's HospitalTexas Children's Hospital, a not-for-profit organization, is committed to creating a community of healthy children through excellence in patient care, education and research. Consistently ranked among the top children's hospitals in the nation, Texas Children's has recognized Centers of Excellence in multiple pediatric subspecialties including the Cancer and Heart Centers, and operates the largest primary pediatric care network in the country. Texas Children's has completed a $1.5 billion expansion, which includes the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute; Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; and Texas Children's Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston. For more information on Texas Children's, go to www.texaschildrens.org. Get the latest news from Texas Children's by visiting the online newsroom and on Twitter at twitter.com/texaschildrens. SOURCE Texas Children's Hospital


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Silly rabbit, where'd you go?
Posted By Adam Monacelli On December 1, 2012 @ 10:05 am In Funny, Bizarre Stuff | No Comments
Here's a pic that only took me 3 hours to figure out what I was looking at. If you figured it out quicker than you're probably a genius or the person that snapped the original photo, in which case I apologies for
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Hailing from an extreme sports background themselves, designers Marc Daniels and Ricky Hendry channeled their fondness for ski and snowboard culture in creating the Isaora line. Merging high performance detailing with the lounginess of casual apres-ski gear more suited for those who prefer to do their socializing off the hill and with a drink in hand, their clothes combine the best of both worlds.
The pullover anorak features a water resistant, 100% nylon lining and shell. Available for $415 USD from Roden Gray's online shop.


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Watsonville police make arrest in 1986 Salinas attempted homicide
WATSONVILLE, Calif. - Watsonville police officer Eddie Santana was dispatched to reports of an attempted burglary Thursday and ended up making an arrest in a 28-year-old attempted homicide out of Salinas.
Santana said the victim of the attempted burglary gave him the name of a possible suspect - Raul Riojas.
While checking police records, Santana determined a man by that name was living at Second Street and using a number of other aliases. With help from regional 911 dispatchers, Santana determined Riojas was actually Paul Riojas, who was wanted on a warrant out of Monterey County for trying to kill his girlfriend.
Riojas was arrested around 10 p.m. without incident for the 1986 kidnapping and attempted murder of his girlfriend. Earlier Friday, Watsonville police reported that it was a murder case before later rescinding that statement and sending out a correction stating that Rios was wanted on a warrant for attempted murder.
Police officials believe Riojas was able to acquire a California DMV driver's license using an assumed name - which was much easier to do back in the 1980s than it is today.
Salinas police officers traveled to Watsonville and brought Riojas to Monterey County Jail for booking, Sgt. Michael Ridgway said.


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Cambodian Rattan - The Sculptures of Sopheap Pich - Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ages: All
1000 Fifth Ave. - 212-535-7710
New York, NY
Description: This exhibition presents ten works by the contemporary Cambodian artist Sopheap Pich (born 1971), who lives and works in Phnom Penh. Pich works principally in rattan and bamboo, constructing organic open-weave forms that are solid and ethereal, representational and abstract. Much of his work is inspired by elements of the human anatomy or plant life. His constructions combine his training as a painter with the spatial conceptualization of a sculptor, creating three-dimensional objects that are largely defined by their graphic character. Pich's art consciously embodies his memories of culture and place. The exhibition will be installed in three spaces in the Asian galleries, including an integration into historical displays, and is part of the Museum's contribution to the New York-wide Season of Cambodia.


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Virus killing millions of pigs expected to drive up pork price
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has killed an estimated 6.5 million baby pigs
WEST SALEM, Wis. (WKBT) - A virus, new to the US, has killed an estimated 6.5 million pigs over the last year and experts expect it will drive the price of pork products up this summer.
The virus is called porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). It's affecting baby pigs because their immune systems aren't strong enough to fight off the disease.
The National Council of Pork Producers estimates 1.3 million pigs died from PED in January, which is about 12 percent of the pigs that would have been sent to market in July. With no known cure, bringing home the bacon might cost a lot more this summer.
West Salem farmer Michael Gilster feels fortunate the PED virus hasn't visited his farm. Because if it does, the virus can spread quickly.
"If you get it in your barn it's 100 percent mortality rate for all your little babies. So you do not want to get it," Gilster said.
PED can spread in many different ways.
"It can be moved by contact through the manure and feces from animal-to-animal, through the milk, or possibly just being tracked from place to place by us as humans," Steve Huntzicker, La Crosse County UW-Extension Agriculture Expert, said.
Which is why Gilster said he's taking extra precautions to keep the virus away from his pigs.
"Bio-security is very important. If you go to any other farms you do not want to be wearing those clothes back to your farm. Being clean is very important," Gilder said.
Cases of the PED virus have been found in 27 states including Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Because it's so contagious, precautions need to be taken at events like county fairs.
"There was a recommendation to have terminal show at the fair this year, which will happen in this county and many others. We won't be returning those animals once they've been co-mingled back to those operations or those farms," Huntzicker said.
But rest assured, PED does not effect the product.
"The good news here is to still remember that it's not transmissible to us as humans, there is no affect to the meat products that are there. As far as the consumer end is concerned there's really no concern of safety with this virus," Huntzicker said.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a pound of bacon averaged $5.46 in February, which is a 13 percent jump from a year ago. They estimate consumers will pay about 3 percent more overall for pork this year.
It is not known how the virus got to the United States or where exactly it came from.
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text: STATEMENT IN SUPPORT: In the wrong hands, guns are weapons of untold destruction and heartbreak: family and community members are taken from us in an instant; mass shootings shatter our sense of safety in public spaces; street crimes plague our neighborhoods. Nationwide, gun violence claims over 30,000 lives annually. While the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms, the Supreme Court has said that that right is "not unlimited." District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 595, 626 (2008). In the Heller case, the Supreme Court explained, "nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms." 554 U.S. at 626-27. The Court also recognized there is a "historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of 'dangerous and unusual' weapons." Id. This piece of legislation heeds the guidance of the Supreme Court by refining and improving the assault weapon ban and increasing the safety of New Yorkers while observing the protections of the Second Amendment. Some weapons are so dangerous and some ammunition devices so lethal that we simply cannot afford to continue selling them in our state. Assault weapons that have military-style features unnecessary for hunting and sporting purposes are this kind of weapon. The test adopted in this legislation is intended to bring a simplicity of definition focusing on the lethality of the weapon, amplified by the particular features. Given the difficulty of maintaining a list of guns that keeps pace with changes in weapon design, the one-feature test is a more comprehensive means for addressing these dangerous weapons.The Heller decision made a point to mention weapons "in common use at the time", the 2nd amendment is not about sporting and hunting, and these "military-style features" don't make the guns any deadlier.


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Mount Carmel Park and Campground
Mount Carmel Park and Campground – Located in the Old Ninety-Six Tourism area in South Carolina, Mt. Carmel Campground is remote and quiet. Many of the campground's sites are a stone's throw from the shoreline at Clarks Hill Lake. 21 of the sites are equipped with electric (30-amp) and water. The remaining 22 sites are for tent camping. Two boat launching ramps are near by, one just outside and one inside the campground for campers only. Locally known as Hesters Bottom, Mt. Carmel provides a perfect place for campers who truly want to get-away-from-it-all. Some sites equipped with 30-amp electric and water. The remaining 22 sites are for tent camping. Two boat launching ramps are near by. Pets are allowed if penned or leased.
Site fees range from $16-$18 per night. Public use of alcohol is prohibited. Gates open at 7 am and close at 10 pm. Sites accommodate two tents or a RV and a tent.
Directions From I-85, take Exit 11 near Hartwell Lake, and take Savannah River Scenic Highway (Hwy 24, to Hwy 187, to Highway 81) south approximately 51 miles. The campground is approximately nine miles south of Calhoun Falls, SC. Turn left at campground sign.
From I-20, take exit 200 to River Watch Parkway. Turn right; drive 2 miles to Furys Ferry Road (Hwy. 28 West). Turn right; drive 13 miles to Clarks Hill, SC. Continue northwest on Hwy 28/221 to McCormick, SC. Go northwest 15 miles on Hwy 28, turning on to Hwy 81 five miles north of McCormick. Campground sign is in Mt. Carmel, SC. Follow road to campground.
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Storm hits power supply
MORE than 30,000 Sydney homes were left without power after a severe thunderstorm yesterday evening. Lightning strikes and fallen branches caused many of the power cuts.
The Bureau of Meteorology issued a thunderstorm warning for Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle.
Rossmore, in south-western Sydney, had received 35 millimetres before 8pm, of which 20 millimetres fell in 15 minutes. Eastern Creek had received 29 millimetres and Horsely Park had 19 millimetres.
A State Emergency Services spokesman, Steve Delaney, said it had received 230 calls in the early evening, mostly about flash flooding in the Blacktown and Mount Druitt areas. He said 40 of the complaints came from people still living under tarpaulins after hail storms pelted the area last month.
An Integral Energy spokeswoman said 30,000 homes and businesses were left without power across western Sydney - from the south-west through Blacktown, Seven Hills, Rooty Hill and up to Wisemans Ferry and St Albans.
"The problems started just after 5pm," she said. By about 7.30pm 14,0000 homes were still without power. "We have fallen power lines at Rooty Hill and a tree leaning on power lines at Mount Druitt."
A spokesman for Energy Australia said 2500 homes were without power in the Turramurra area for half an hour from about 5.20pm.
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How About a Look at the Good and Bad of School Choice Now?
RALEIGH — A decision by a Superior Court judge last week to block a new school voucher law was met with howls of disapproval from school choice advocates.
One of the sponsors of the law, Wake County Republican state Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam, called it disappointing.
A lawyer defending the law spoke about the decision being an insult to parents who want to get their kids out of failing public schools.
More howls of outrage may be on the way before all is settled regarding the law, which would allow some low-income parents to receive taxpayer-provided vouchers to send their children to private schools.
Before complaining too loudly, the advocates might want to consider that other part of the school choice movement, charter schools, to see what choice is or isn't accomplishing in North Carolina.
The state's experience with charters schools now goes back more than decade, with legislators approving of the schools in 1996. In 2011, lawmakers allowed for their expansion by lifting a cap on the number of charters, which are taxpayer-supported, receive some state oversight, but are set up independently of the state.
When charter schools were first established, the argument was that they would bring innovation to public education, becoming laboratories freed from the constraints placed on public schools.
In the years since, even as the charter school cap was lifted and the voucher law passed, there has been very little examination here about whether that has happened.
One exception was a study performed in 2012 that looked at 10 charter schools where students excelled, trying to identify why they performed so well. The study was pretty limited, mostly focusing on surveys of school officials. It failed to delve into how differences might relate to organizational structure or how schools spend their money.
The state, though, is collecting extensive data on the charter schools, as well as the public schools. (It can be found at www.ncschoolreportcard.org/src/.)
You don't need to be a sociologist to look at the data and identify trends
One compelling trend is that many charters with majority minority populations are seeing students perform poorer than their public school counterparts. Four schools with high minority populations defying the trend, all identified in that 2012 report, appear to have one thing in common based on their spending patterns: They haven't farmed out their management to national, for-profit firms that specialize in that kind of thing.
In other words, they are what charters schools were envisioned as, grassroots community schools that grew out of a locally-identified need.
As the fight over school choice continues in North Carolina, policymakers would do well to start looking at the data to see what works.
Failing to do that may mean waking up in another decade and discovering that a full-throttle embrace of school choice has left a lot of students worse off than before.
The data suggests that is already happening to some.


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GO Launcher v2.83209
March 15, 2012 by admin
V2.83 is available on Market now!
1. (New) A "News" center in Menu for update information
2. (New) New GO Store interface and a 4×1 widget
3. (Improve) Change default options for gesture settings (You can use gesture to active Menu now!)
4. (Improve) Rearrange the buttons of "More" tab of Menu
5. (Fix) Unable uninstall problem caused by gesture settings (Requires switch widget because of permission issue)
6. (Fix) Crash issue of GO Store
Download v2.83: please click here
Here is the beta version of GO Launcher v2.82. I need you guys to help us test it and tell me what you feel about the new features.
1. (New) A "News" center in Menu for update information
This "News" center is used for GO Launcher update message, and we put it in the "more" tab of menu. We will send you some messages during the beta period.
2. (New) New GO Store interface and a 1×4 widget
We change the whole interface of GO Store and now we use "tab" style to show entrance of theme, widget and also locker. Tell me what do you think about the new GO Store. We add a new 1×4 widget for it, have a try please.
3. (Improve) Change default options for gesture settings (You can use gesture to active Menu now!)
This is for new users who just install GO Launcher. The "glide up action" is set to active "Menu" and the other one is for notification. We will not change it if you have set these two options.
4. (Improve) Rearrange the buttons of "More" tab of Menu
As what we said, the buttons are rearranged. What do you think about the change?
5. (Fix) Unable uninstallation problem caused by gesture settings (You should install switch widget to )
We fixed the bug in v2.82.1, for this time, you should download the switch widget to use this feature. And you needn't to deactivate GO Launcher via menu-> settings-> security-> select device administrators before uninstallation.
Download v2.83 beta1: please click here
Download v2.83 beta2: please click here
Download v2.83 beta3: please click here
Download v2.83 beta4: please click here
If you have any bugs or problem, use the feedback button in "menu-> more" to tell us.
Category Updates | Tags: GO Launcher, Update
209 comments
Верните возможность блокировки экрана ярлыком без всяких виджетов !!!
Who should that s… understand?
This is good launcher and all, but could you please make an update for some useful fixes? Like better operation experience and less lag? It ls ridiculous.
Powerfull and wonderfull launcher. I just can't use another one
But, please, is it possible to make it less laggy on galaxy note ? (problem present under each firmware)
This problem concerns every galaxy notes, not just mine… so … around 2 million units;)
Maybe allow more memory use, it might be usefull
thanks in advance for any answer:-)
you may find that is actually partially a firmware issue too.
No switch pluging for lock screen gesture please…its slow. Thanks!
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The new go store looks nice next update I would like to see ICS style text only app drawer tabs just add option to hide the icons on the tabs and make them thinner we would all love this!
I'm waiting that "folder improvement". And hope it will be really soon(
Hi guys, you will introduce a ics's layout in GO launcher?
Unable to make a folder and add bookmarks. Ridiculous!
NOT using beta and have the latest version
Have you ever considered the idea to make go launcher "ics friendly"? I made a mockup:
Please change the launcher UI like ICS and the things like GO launcher EX notification bring them in same apk which is of go launcher and also go locker in same apk file. we have to download them sepratly then install its iritating please make them in a same package.
but I don't need go locker, no need to ma
…sorry, I meant to write: no need to bring them together.
no need to bring them together. Adding all the components is too much for some phones.
very laggy. Bring new folder interface, wen I add apps in odd numbers in a folder e.g. 3 apps in a folder then it shows one free space for an app, plz make it like adw launcher or ics.
4 icon dock for the next update!!! PLZ!!!
Agree! Let us customize the dock. When there are five apps in the dock, they are too small. I'd like to have four apps there or no dock at all.
I am waiting for that New app drawer…..
Please add a Market link in app drawer like in ICS and please add ICS-like menu for the launcher. Also, some performance improvements are needed. It gets laggy from time to time, especially after the last few updates.
I for example don't use Market, so I don't need a link to it.
smooth transition on my galaxy mini (gingerbread 2.3.4)
Same here
Launcher reset every time enter preferences.
I just upgraded rom and after restore part of icons show – can not load.
How I can know which app/shortcut/widget was in that place on screen? is there are way to see with root broswer in db files?
please,return an opportunity
lock screen shortcut
without any widgets!!!
The new gesture to lock screen is horrible! Why change something that worked to well without the widget?
Now, when I press the home button and swipe up or down to lock screen there is a 5 second lag before the screen is locked. Will this be fixed soon? If not, I may need to start looking for other options.
Its not working anymore for me , you have lucky about 5 second lag
Does GO Launcher EX drain battery fast?
quite and it wakes our phone from deep sleep as well
I currently have 2.62.
I have many customizations already applied and don't want to lose any of them or have to go reset up my folders, settings, screens, etc.
If I install 2.8.3, will it retain whatever I have already setup?
I think yes, also you may save your settings somewhere in preferences.
please add or apply deaful animation efect at open and close app(opening transition)…I don't like zoom efect
I just need four icons in the dock.
Please, consider to give the option of disable the search box in the app drawer because the are users of cm7 as me that uses the search button of the device for launching other aplications. For example I have linked the search button with the app Taskswitcher and every time I use this button while I'm in the app drawer the search option appears. Think that the search box is useful more for users that dont have their apps well organized, but for the ones that uses folders is not very useful. Thank you.
I forgot to say that when I use the search button pressing it with a simple touch and long pressed for launching another app, maybe could consider too to disable the search option long pressing the search button. Thank you.
Your launcher is good, but… (always is some but It would be good to separate it from GO Store and make some performance improvements. It starts other applications rather slowly, if we compare it with Zeam or LauncherPro. Probably, it can be good to has two version of launcher – one with all crazy effects, and one lightweight with all basic functionalty but less bulky and more quick and efficient.
funny, i tried zeam. Despite running faster + using less RAM it seems to eat my battery.
1. Do not remain in memory.
2. I use the Clee2 theme for icons, but after their large menu icons do not change their size …
Please add :
- Localisation for all widgets
- icon's shadows like miui
Thanks for this great launcher
I am alwasy waiting launcher.
because I your user software
can I download louncher themes from PC?
Hello first thank you for this awesome launcher, its my first option no doubt…
i have a question, since yesterday go launcher ex appears as not compatible with my device, a samsung galaxy ace, but it runs smoothly on it, why appears as not compatible??? thanks in advance…
hi would like to report that the launcher is still laggy. i love your launcher but the lag is killing me! i have to wait for 1-2 mins (sometimes 3, if i get impatient then touch the screen & it freezes and force stop) for my widgets to load after unlocking. i even had to remove a few widgets so as to make things faster. i dont wanna change launcher because yours is the best but please fix the lag issue soonest possible. thank you!!~
hi.why i cant install go locker for my galaxy mini?
Yes, I've been using it since the first version without any problem.
The news doesn't have a clear bottobutton any more please add that feature back it was a good design!
News performed better in beta 2 messages don't edit no more after touch and no option to clear
2.83 beta4 is fast enough than the previous versions..the transition also works smoothly..but still use 14mb ram..i have samsung galaxy mini (gb 2.3.4)
Testing v2.82.1 and icons(apps) labels in homescreens doesn´t display right, the text is not formated correctly. Inside app drawer the same labels display just fine.
That is the only problem that i see.
For a suggestion the folders when open in homescreen, look strange coming from the top.
Great launcher indeed, been using stock Touchwiz, but i´m considering change to go launcher.
Please, try fix general performance bugs and laggs in home screen transitions.
- Need performance improvement
- Fix lagg bugs in homescreen
- Fix the random speeds in homescreen transitions (sometime are fast and sometime are so slow)
I am using v 2.82.1 and I hope the nex version will have improvements in general. SAMSUNG GALAXY SL, 2.3.6 GB, XXKPQ.
Just wanted to say the bug I had where icons would disappear on homescreen rotation until screen tapped is now resolved with 2.83. Homescreen seems a bit more responsive in general. Thanks GO team!
Please give back the glide down lock screen option like in v.2.82. I use it always, so I had to downgrade the new version. Thanks.
Please fix scrolling widgets issue on ICS
could you add other gestures, not only up and down, maybe custom gestures?
please make rotating icons for main screen
like spinboard/springboard of iphone
make icons rotate (animated) IN PLACE, but also with the name of the icon…
for widgets invert X and Y of their dimensions (like calendar widget stay firm but all the symbols and texts will rotate, just like the icons when u turn the phone in camera mode)
and do it for the 4 directions top, bottom, left, right
dont do anything else! this would be awensome!!!
in future obviously some or all launcher will do it… just make go launcher achieve this for first!
hi, the golauncher twitter widget keeps directing me to the web browser whenever I clicked on someone's profile. it used to bring me to my twitter app which is really convenient. can something be done about this? thanks
when will i get the option for a 4row dock icons! will be back using go launcher instead of my recent launcher that have the options for a 4 row dock icon which now i am using. .initial of the launcher is adw ex ! lol
please what can be so hard GO! 4 ICON ON DOCK AND BIG ICON ONLY FOR THE DOCK ICONS!! IS BECAUSE I LOVE MIUI STYLE YOU KNOW. . . .PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR ME AND THE REST OF US! thank you. . (◦ˆ⌣ˆ◦)•.♥.•
v 2.83 is very nice..but use 17mb of ram..keep optimizing performance with use less ram.. thanks 2 go dev team..
I found a new problem during I used this version.I would use the shortcut "Lock screen" of Go Launcher,but every times I tapped the shortcut the screen would be delayed seconds then locked it off.I test it over and over again between two Android phones wit Go Launcher v2.83,the same as them.I turn it into version 2.80 now,I can use the shortcut in normal.
I turn it into version 2.82 now,I can use the shortcut in normal.
[...] It's good, but not as smooth as LauncherPro. Icons are big, drawer has better graphic effects. Go Launcher: The last ver I tried on my tablet was not smooth as the two above. SPB Shell 3D: Doesn't run as [...]
I just wish that the devolopers don't ignore the practicability of apps which are being devoloped.It may take some bad experience to the user.And that's all of my advice.
Just a quick question but this new update adds the news icon to the "More" tab and I was wondering how we can theme this to a different icon please
I.E. under desk.xml what can we type to change the icon? (or somewhere else we can change it)
Some themes look wrong now because the new icon isn't changed!
[...] It's good, but not as smooth as LauncherPro. Icons are big, drawer has better graphic effects. Go Launcher: The last ver I tried on my tablet was not smooth as the two above. SPB Shell 3D: Doesn't run as [...]
first of all I really appreciate your work.
But there is one thing I miss in GO Launcher. In Samsungs TouchWiz appdrawer it is possible to create new pages without having one page filled with apps. So you can for example have 6 apps on one page, 10 apps on the next and 3 on another page.
It would be pretty nice if you could manage to implement an option, that allows to sort apps like that. Either way, I like Go Launcher and will continue using it, but that option would make it nearly perfect in my opinion.
Best launcher!! thanks!!
Can you please tell me the path where I can find the Go Launcher Backgrounds? Because when using the native android lock screen method you are not able to select a go launcher background as locking background.
Hi there, I recently installed the Go Launcher. I like it. It's cool!! But I found I couldn't add the official HTC Music widget on the Go Launcher screen. Please help. Thanks
FYI, I'm using HTC Vivid.
Unloaded constantly from RAM, though he respective item preferences marked …
Hi, with the last update is very cool but the response of slide (up) of menu (settings) is slow and the menu it opens in late (after 1-2 second) that i slide in up, please fix this problem, instead the response of slide down of notification bar is perfect, for fix i suggest to your of copy the response of notification bar that is perfect and replace the current response of slide up of menu with the same response of slide down of notification bar, and also the response of widget go in late, when i keep press one widget for move the icon or other the widget is selected in late, instead the response of apps is perfect and the apps is selected in 2-3 second instead the widget is selected in late respect to apps and is selected in 3-3,5 second, please fix also this problem, use the response of apps that is perfect and replace the response of widgets with the same response of apps, please fix this problems on next update, thanks in advance.
any way to disable the "News" feature?
Good morning
First of all that are doing a great job, I do not change this launcher for all the gold in the world.
I would like to make transparent the status bar. I know you can hide, but just want to see the icons.
Would it be possible to do in future versions?
Thank you
the launcher was smoother in the 2.82 but now the transition are slower, even if i change the speed in the settings. please make it faster and smoother. galaxy s i9000. android 2.3.4. thanks
based on the hardware acceleration you can make this launcher better and faster. (like opera mini next does)
Using go launcher for a long time. I think it is the best, but i miss the tablet transition and the cards transition as in ics, it would be great if we could have this transitions in the next version.
Thanks and keep the hard work
Hello developers, WTF. Please focus on the core value of this already beautiful launcher:- 1st Performance, 2nd Performance 3rd Performance!!!
Stop wasting your efforts doing all these non-sense changes. Most of these changes we hardly or never use!!!
I am still use the ver2.80 because the Lock screen delay of Go Launcer Pro.I hope that the developers have been in busy correction for the problem.All the, best.
Hello guys,
I have two questions:
1. Are we ever going to see 4 icons in dock for Go Launcher?
2. Can we make the icons bigger than the 85 limit allowed by the custom size(maybe a 100 limit)?
Thank you!
not a question or a suggestion, just a big thanks for a great work! and really, it just feels good seeing that you answer every single post. Thanks to all on your team.
Hello developers, WTF. Please focus on the core value of this already beautiful launcher:- 1st Performance, 2nd Performance 3rd Performance!!!
Stop wasting your efforts doing all these non-sense changes. Most of these changes we hardly or never use!!!
Agree ! Less use of RAM, more responsivity, performance, performance and performance … ! Please make this great launcher the best ever !
还有,滑动时希望增加类似Android 4.0启动器的"卡片堆叠"特效
Best launcher on android ever see, but very.. VERY laggy on Galaxy Note, when I slide desktop it has around 2 ms. freez. And wrong formation of graphical elements on HD display, please improve performance and fix bugs of displaying shortcuts on HD displays.
Absolutely love this launcher and works great on my Samsung Fascinate. Only thing I noticed is there isn't any haptic feedback or vibration when I touch the menu button? Is that normal or do I have a setting off? Thanks!
Pliss can u make ICON SIZE more than 85, 150pt should be good.
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nice work…but can you put 7 icons on dock??? And please enable custom colour on lock icon and time and date in go locker?!
Hi, I was using go launcher for a while and have requested a new feature. my request has never been responded too and i moved on.
So i'm asking again, can you add more icons on the dock?
it seems to be common with at least two other launchers and it's a feature i cant live without.
i love to have 7 icons on the dock.
Please, please, at least respond so i know if the feature might be looked at and maybe added.
hi again, im waiting to see if any mods or admins respond to my request. even if it's to say we will never add this feature. at least then i will know.
I'll keep waiting.
Funny i have been asking for this for over a year now! and not once has anyone mentioned it. my first requests we're on the xda thread.
Should i just give up?
Can I have ICS's card transition effect on Go launcher please?? I love the ICS transition so much that I am using apex / nova now, but I like to go back to GO
i am on galaxy s2 ICS leak build
this is what i mean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lraMMY15aEI&feature=youtu.be&t=25s
[...] optimus does not have access to market so any direct DL will be apreciated You can download Go Launcher from their portal. Then you can increase the font [...]
I really like this app, but I really want to have options of
1. Disable dock/bar in homescreen and app drawer, like adw launcher. In app drawer, I can use home or back button to get back to home screen, the home icon is not needed.
2. Lock home screen, so the icon position, size, will not be changed, when I use 1 home screen only. I use galaxy note, so don't need so much screen. All the effect can be disabled.
Ah, when I choose vertical scroll in app drawer, the top have a white space (it is the position of app drawer indicator), can you remove the space in vertical mode?
htc desire cyanogen 7.2 rc1
on 2.85 release, no possibilty to add more than 9 screens
message "upper limit" appears
my comment is still awaiting moderation…
Do you need any further feedback from me?
Can you tell me wether this is due to Launcher?
Nobody else having this problem?
hi again, im waiting to see if any mods or admins respond to my request. even if it's to say we will never add this feature. at least then i will know.
I'll keep waiting.
Funny i have been asking for this for over a year now! and not once has anyone mentioned it. my first requests we're on the xda thread.
Should i just give up?
So can't wait to have 7 icons on the dock. thanks
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Cadde wrote:I concur with the previous poster. If RailDriver.dll isn't there anymore and/or the game has changed so significantly that this method doesn't work anymore then you need to use other methods.
Cadde wrote:Ah right, well. It all started with my checking the signatures of the DLL. Someone could do that again and beat this app.
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This article presents a method of reconciling the assets in a project. The process improves product quality by eliminating wildcards and reducing bloat. It is a flexible process that can be used in limited resource environments and is easily adaptable to almost any type of software.
During testing we use requirements to guide our activities. We check to see that the program is doing what it is supposed to be doing. But how often do we stop and wonder how much more it is doing? Why does the install process take longer and longer every week? Why is build 210 three times larger than build 209? Why does issue 3197 reference a component of the product I've never even heard of?
Checking requirements doesn't answer these questions. Instead we need a way to work backwards from what we have, to what we thought we should have. This is the realm of asset management, and our part of this is asset reconciliation. Here, I provide a simple version that helps remove some of the unknown variables, or the wildcards of product quality, and also prevents unnecessary product bloat.
There is no magic in this technique--it is a simple four-step process: 1) locate all the assets, or parts, of the application package; 2) identify what each part could be used for, or what its immediate purpose is; 3) determine if this part is actually needed by the application; and finally 4) ensure these parts are being tested.
Remember, the goal is not merely to catalog assets. The goal is to track down and eliminate unneeded bloat and make sure all remaining assets have been properly tested. The accounting need only be as rigorous as your project necessitates.
Step 1: Locate the assets
Your first step is to locate all of the parts of the application. Note that you are interested primarily in the final version--what comes out of a ZIP file or an installation package. You want to identify initially all of the directories and files that the product comprises. This is a simple starting point that consists of a few "dir" commands at a shell prompt.
But don't stop there. Often, additional assets are hiding inside compressed, or archive files (some of the usual suspects end with ZIP, JAR, TAR, and CAB). You should also understand the manner in which UI resources are stored. Something as simple as a single DLL file can contain numerous dialogs, hundreds of images, strings, and other nondescript data items. Be sure to track down all the shared libraries the install program put in or the directories. And never forget about the final tidbits stored in the registry or placed in a file in the directory.
Now that you have a big list of assets you are ready to move on, but don't be afraid to come back to this list and add more items or further detail the contents of a file you later learn is an archive, such as ZIP. Also don't be afraid to move on before exploring every compressed file or configuration item. This can be treated as an iterative process: with each pass, you can further explore one area of the assets, or go one detail level deeper in the analysis.
Step 2: Identify their purpose
For each item you have in your list you need to determine what it is. Is this an image file? Is this a library component? Is this a help reference?
Focus on identifying the general purpose of the item, rather than obtaining a detailed description of its use. You are interested, at this stage, in understanding what each of the items could be used for, where it could be used, or how it could be referenced. Don't yet concern yourself with whether the item is actually necessary for the program to operate--that is the next step.
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One Eleven Town Center makes progress, hurts neighbors
PALM DESERT, Calif. - A Nordstrom Rack and a Whole Foods Market are set to open at the One Eleven Town Center in Palm Desert in 2014, but the construction is hurting some of the neighboring businesses. These are stores Mayor Jan Harnik says people have been asking about for some time. "It's exciting and again, bringing the jobs and bringing something that people want is really important," said Harnik.
Harnik says the additions will create more than 150 full-time jobs for the valley. The construction plans don't only call for the two new stores, but also a revamp for the whole area. "The whole shopping mall is going to be getting a new facelift from new towers, to new awnings to stone, to the parking lot," said construction foreman, Rick Roberts from S.D. Deacon Construction.
Right now though, the parking lot is the root of some problems. A handful of businesses rely on it to stay open and draw customers. Places like Towne Center Cafe. The Greek restaurant's suffered since construction started. "It does not have a good effect right now," said George Argyros, the owner of Towne Center Cafe. "Our business is down especially since we closed the parking lot."
Harnik responds with this, " "Hang in there with us, because we know when they're done with construction, when they open, there'll be a tremendous pay off for them."
Snookie's Footsies is another store in the mall feeling the pain. The slow down comes at an already tough summer season for the shoe and bag store. Despite the struggles, Nancy Ratigan trusts the promise of long-term benefits. "It's going to be worth it because it's going to build up the business around here, plus they're also doing highway work," said Ratigan. "That'll give easy access to this shopping center."
As for Argyros, he will believe it, when he sees it. "It's hard to tell yet this time. I cannot predict the future."
Here is a statement from Whole Foods:
"We are looking forward to opening our Palm Desert store sometime in 2014 at One Eleven Town Center. Our store will not only create 150 new jobs for the local community but will be a place for shopping, education, information and social gathering. The love of community, health, wellness and great food that is abundant in the desert is a perfect match for Whole Foods Market. We look forward to being part of this amazing and interesting culture and community."
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A recent study of divorced fathers revealed that conflict with their ex-wives can have a profound effect on reducing fathers' involvement in their children's lives.
The researchers found that lower levels of involvement between non-custodial fathers and their children were related to ongoing conflict with the children's mothers. In addition, lower involvement was connected to greater geographical distance from their children and a lack of clarity concerning what the role of the father should be after divorce.
"I think we need to encourage more couples to use mediation during divorce and afterwards to help resolve some of the conflicts," said Patrick McKenry, professor of human development and family science at Ohio State University's College of Human Ecology. "That will help each parent feel that they're being treated fairly and reduce the chances of ongoing conflict."
McKenry co-authored the study with Randall W. Leite of Bowling Green State University. Their results were published in a recent issue of the Journal of Family Issues.
The issue is important because children whose fathers maintain strong involvement with them have a better sense of well-being, the researchers said. Also, involved fathers are also more likely to continue paying child support.
Fathers in general often get a bad rap after divorce, McKenry said, sometimes labeled as "deadbeat dads" on one hand or "Disneyland dads" on the other. Also, society tends to assume that if a father cares about his children, he will maintain contact -- but that assumption ignores how difficult it can be to maintain a relationship when fathers and children live apart, the researchers said.
To study the issue, the researchers examined data from the National Survey of Families and Households. The first wave of data was collected in 1987-88, in which 426 of the respondents were men who lived separately from the children due to divorce
Of those fathers, 117 who still had children under age 18 were included in the second wave of data collected in 1993-94. The researchers also included responses from 86 fathers who were divorced in the intervening years.
The researchers examined responses from the fathers regarding frequency of contact with their children; the influence fathers felt they had in their children's lives; the satisfaction fathers felt in their role as parents and how important they felt that role was; how well-defined the father's role was established in legal agreements ("role clarity"); and their geographic distance from their children.
The fathers were also asked how much conflict they had with their ex-wives over issues such as where the child lived, how the child was raised, money spent on the child, the father's visits with the child, and the father's contribution to child support. They rated their levels of disagreement from "no conflict" to "a great deal of conflict."
In examining the data, the researchers found that the level of parental conflict directly affected the amount of involvement fathers had with their children, and indirectly affected the level of satisfaction these men had in their roles as fathers. It appeared that the less decision-making ability the fathers had in relation to their children's lives, the more dissatisfied the fathers were.
"Our results suggest that conflict with a child's mother not only directly influences the father's involvement with the child but also is an important factor in the degree of satisfaction he experiences in his role as a father," McKenry said.
Part of the problem is that many men have no idea how to be fathers when their children live in another household, McKenry said. "Some men need a wife playing a 'gatekeeper' role in their involvement with children," he said. Others see the role of "father" as defined as a residential parent and simply aren't sure how the role changes when they no longer live with their children.
"I think it's clear we really haven't done a good job in preparing men for the father role," McKenry said. He would like to see more family life education geared to boys and men to help them learn more about parenthood. He also would like to see more elaborate parent education courses offered during and after divorce to help men learn how to parent on their own.
Contact: Patrick McKenry, (614) 292-5616; firstname.lastname@example.com


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this guide is for real gamers. not noobs that need me to hold there hand through self explanatory achievements. only certain achievements like winning 75 events on hard need a short cut and/or strategy. if you seriously need me to explain in further detail on how to host a room and invite someone to boost with, or how to turn correctly on every corner to master them. then you seriously are a horrible gamer.
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On Interstate 81 down through New York State and Pennsylvania everything seemed to get greener and warmer. By the time we reached Maryland we were greeted with broad golden swathes of forsythia and carpets of gilded daffodils. Washington welcomed us with dogwood and cherry blossom in glorious profusion. No, we weren't in DC to consult with Barack or Hillary, and this time we even gave most of the museums a miss. We spent the week revelling in just being able to wander the parks and gardens in our shirtsleeves, soaking up the warmth and sunshine, and enjoying the final week of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Snowy Ottawa seemed a million miles away
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The years never felt bad, I swear it,
I hear the birds singing, not always at fall.
I dont think that I was ready for a crash landing
But Im here now, not turning back at all.
The sun is smiling down on my baby,
My eyes on the fresh eye, the brightest day.
Im certain, this is where Im standing, oh baby,
So bombs away, bombs away.
Bombs away, bombs away.
I know life, it seems hard
But just know how good my God is
I did so many shameful things
I didnt want to show my face to sin.
It was bad, but God came around and showed me love again.
Now I know exactly where I wanna be
Forever in his grace until eternity.
So bombs away, bombs away.
Bombs away, bombs away.
I love you,
Before this Im fixing to drop a bomb
Carries children like sucker moms.
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One gets the feeling that changes are impending when a hockey coach says his team is "soft on the puck", and that's exactly what seems to be in store for the B's tonight. Speedy Bruins winger Marco Sturm and centerman Patrice Bergeron have been broken apart, andthe streaky Sturm was paired with cerebral center David Krejci and rookie winger Blake Wheeler on the third line.
Sturm has only one single goal and four assists in the team's first 11 games and hasn't been nearly enough of an offensive force for a team that's languishing in the lowest third of the NHL in terms of scoring — the B's are 21st overall in the NHL with 2.64 goals per game. One year ago today, Sturm had 4 goals and 6 assists in the B's first 10 games and was much closer to the player that potted 27 goals in each of the last two seasons and has been a work of German ingenuity on the man advantage. He did later go on to have an 11 game stretch in late November/early December without notching a lamp-lighter, and likely dipped into some of the bad habits and soft play that's currently causing his offensive game to sag.
In coach Claude Julien's estimation, Sturm hasn't been fully involved physically and shown his typical steely determination over the first 11 games of the season and that's played out statistically in his last handful of hockey contests. The 30-year-old from Dingolfing, Germany did register six shots against Edmonton in 15:51 of ice time on the first night of the Western Canada road swing, but mustered a pitiful grand total of one shot on goal in the games against Calgary, Vancouver and Atlanta. Sturm averaged close to 18 minutes of ice time through the first seven games of the season, but that's been slashed by 2-3 minutes during his last spell of puck struggle.
What can Sturm do to get out of his funk?
"Everything," said Julien. "He needs to get involved more. When he's determined and when he's involved, he wins races, he wins battles and when he's determined he can play a physical game. That's the thing that right now has to improve, his whole involvement. Once he gets that figured out and on track, the goals will follow.
"There's some guys right now that still can be much better, besides [Sturm], there's a few more," added Julien. "Those are things that, in a way, you can only imagine how good they can be if we get all our guys playing the way they can. I guess this is a challenge that coaches have every year, trying to get everybody going."
Sturm himself seems to understand this little bit of puck wisdom and when the 6-foot, 194-pound winger has both the speed and power packed together in a tight hockey bundle, he can be a handful in the offensive zone. He was saying all the right things in the pre-game skate prior to the game, and perhaps a pairing with the playmaking Krejci can fire up the spark inside of him and bring the unique post-goal "Sturm face" back to the Black and Gold lexicon.
"I'm just trying to get more pucks to the net and go to the net more," said the struggling Sturm. "That's where thing usually happen. It might have to be an ugly one — that first one — so I've just got to keep it simple, go to the net more and just get some stuff done around the net.
"Of course it's in your head to try to do better and score more," added Sturm. "That's just the way it is. You've got to work at it and hopefully you get one or two and things start to open up."
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Over the next 16 days, we're going to be ranking the Thunder roster, 1-15. Each day we'll reveal a new ranking and a player. We'd enjoy your feedback by using the hashtag "#ThunderRank" on Facebook or Twitter. Alright, alright, you're all waiting.. here it is! PS: Grant Jerrett is ineligible for the list due to he remains unsigned with the Thunder.
#7 – Jeremy Lamb
A lot of excitement surrounds Jeremy Lamb this year. The 21-year-old Thunder guard is coming into his second year in the league, and fans are expecting a much bigger role for Lamb during the upcoming season. Many look for Lamb to assume the position of sixth man for the Thunder.
There's a lot to like about Lamb's game. His silky smooth jumper, with a fairly high and quick release, is his biggest weapon as a scorer. Able to get shots on the move or spotting up off the ball, Lamb will be a capable scorer off the bench.
While it's hard to rank a player that we haven't really seen play a lot, Lamb's numbers in Tulsa last year were solid. In 21 games for the 66'ers, Lamb shot 49 percent from the field and averaged 21 points per game. His three-ball isn't bad, but after shooting 35.2 percent from beyond the arc, there's obviously room for improvement. Lamb is also terrific at creating his own shot, something Kevin Martin struggled with at times.
Lamb is something we are used to in O.K.C.: a young body with a lot of talent. But like most players, Lamb has a lot to improve on, and new wrinkles to add to his game. As a fantastic free throw shooter (nearly 90 percent), Lamb needs to attack the rim more often. There's no reason for Lamb to not translate his natural athleticism into some easy points for O.K.C..
Also, on a team that preaches defense, Lamb is going to need to improve defensively if he's to get important minutes for the Thunder. It's not just the "dazed and bored" look in his eyes, Jeremy Lamb has the tendency to lose focus on defense. If he can give consistent effort and get a bit stronger, Lamb will be more than capable of crunch time minutes at some point during the season.
Unlike Perry Jones III in our previous rankings, the Thunder are actually counting on Jeremy Lamb to give them a boost this season. The Thunder's lack of free agency activity is a sign that they're ready to trust Lamb. While I don't think there's a ton of pressure on Lamb this season, a lot of the Thunder's success may ride on his development.
Here's a recap of the #ThunderRank to this point:
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- #9 – Derek Fisher
- #10 – Perry Jones III
- #11 – Hasheem Thabeet
- #12 – Steven Adams
- #13 – Ryan Gomes
- #14 – Daniel Orton
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