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A company involved in educating people on real estate investing and then acting as they're buying agent to locate properties that have the greatest chance for long-term sustained growth.
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We'd like to take this opportunity to point out that although the neck shows signs of aging that are different from those on the face (and often at different times), it doesn't require special products to improve them. Although skin on the neck is thinner and has less underlying support than skin on other parts of the body, there are no skin-care ingredients that are unique for the neck but of no use when applied to the face and vice versa. It's for this reason that you can and should apply any well-formulated facial moisturizer (or serum) to the neck, too—including daily sun protection products (most neck products leave out this important need for skin anywhere on the body).
In light of the above, Age Reverse Neck Cream cannot reverse signs of age on the neck, or anywhere else, but it is a good, though rather basic moisturizer for dry skin. Exuviance claims it is a potent firming and exfoliating treatment, but it's short on firming and exfoliating ingredients. It does contain acetyl glucosamine which has some skin retexturizing benefit but not in comparison with how AHAs or BHA work on skin (Source: Journal of Cosmetic Science, July-August 2009, pages 423–428).
This moisturizer isn't rated higher because it's packaged in a jar—a decision that won't keep the beneficial ingredients stable after it is opened. See More Info to learn why jar packaging and anti-aging skin care don't go hand-in-hand.
Jar packaging: The fact that it's packaged in a jar means the beneficial ingredients won't remain stable once it is opened. All plant extracts, vitamins, antioxidants, and other state-of-the-art ingredients break down in the presence of air, so once a jar is opened and lets the air in, these important ingredients begin to deteriorate. Jars also are unsanitary because you're dipping your fingers into them with each use, adding bacteria, which further deteriorate the beneficial ingredients (Sources: Free Radical Biology and Medicine, September 2007, pages 818–829; Ageing Research Reviews, December 2007, pages 271–288; Dermatologic Therapy, September-October 2007, pages 314–321; International Journal of Pharmaceutics, June 12, 2005, pages 197–203; Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, January 2002, pages 1–32; International Society for Horticultural Science, www.actahort.org/members/showpdf?booknrarnr=778_5; Beautypackaging.com, and www.beautypackaging.com/articles/2007/03/airless-packaging.php).
Products claiming to lift sagging skin: Many skin-care products claim they can firm and lift skin, but none of them work, at least not to the extent claimed. A face-lift-in-a-bottle isn't possible, but with the right mix of products, you will see firmer skin that has a more lifted appearance—and that's exciting! To gain these youthful benefits, you must protect your skin from any and all sun damage every day, use an AHA (glycolic acid or lactic acid) or BHA (salicylic acid) exfoliant, and use products that have a wide range of antioxidants and skin-repairing ingredients. Remember, no single product can do it all; it's the combination of products that has extensive research showing it can significantly improve many of the signs of aging, such as firming skin, reducing wrinkles and brown spots, and eliminating dullness. You'll find them on our list of Best Anti-Aging/Anti-Wrinkle Products.
Developed exclusively for the fragile neck and décolletage, this potent firming and exfoliating treatment helps correct the telltale signs of premature aging and UV overexposure. This luxurious fast absorbing cream creates a strong, supportive network to lift away years, restoring youthful tone and definition to the neckline.
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NeoStrata At-A-Glance
Strengths: Huge assortment of AHA and PHA exfoliants; a couple good cleansers; some excellent moisturizers; several fragrance-free products.
Weaknesses: No BHA products (better for blemish-prone skin or for those who can't tolerate AHAs or PHA); use of jar packaging compromises some of the formulas; irritating ingredients make an appearance in several products.
Exfoliation is the name of the game for this line! The original NeoStrata and Exuviance brands were created by Drs. Eugene Van Scott and Ruey Yu, the two researchers who own the original patent (actually, they hold over 80 patents) for the use of glycolic acid (AHA) in relation to its ability to diminish wrinkles, among other capabilities. Few lines offer reliable and effective formulations for exfoliation, so those that do deserve your attention. Well-formulated AHA products are those that have an effective concentration of AHAs and a base with an acidic pH that allows them to have maximum benefit. The exfoliation that AHAs provide reduces the thickness of the skin's outer layer, helping skin to quickly look smoother and feel softer, which in turn can solve many skin problems, including dryness, blemishes, sun damage, and skin discolorations. A good deal of research also shows that AHAs can help increase the thickness of the underlying layers of skin, improve skin structure, increase collagen production, and allow penetration of other skin-care ingredients. Moreover, NeoStrata is one of the only companies to sell a range of reliable sunscreens that also contain effective AHA formulations.
Both the Exuviance (Exuviance products are reviewed separately), NeoCeuticals and NeoStrata lines contain glycolic acid (AHA), but even more of these products contain a polyhydroxy acid (PHA) called gluconolactone (also patented by Scott and Yu), and for which similar claims are made. Gluconolactone is supposed to be gentler and longer acting than glycolic acid, and its delayed penetration is attributed to its larger molecular size. However, according to an article in Cosmetic Dermatology (July 1998), the skin can't tell the difference between the various effective AHAs, and the possibility of gluconolactone staying on the surface of skin longer than other AHAs did not prove out. So in terms of exfoliation and potential side effects, PHA ends up being as good as AHA. Gluconolactone may be slightly less irritating for some skin types, but this isn't quite the magic bullet for exfoliation NeoStrata claims, though it does indeed work when properly formulated (but so do glycolic and lactic acids). Another PHA NeoStrata uses is lactobionic acid. However, there is no definitive, published research establishing it as an effective alternative to (or partner for) other AHAs or BHA.
Beyond the numerous products that exfoliate (which is NeoStrata's main selling point) there's not much to get excited about, especially for what the company is charging. And it's upsetting that a dermatologist-driven, physician-sold line still has weak spots such as the occasional inclusion of irritating ingredients with no established benefit for skin and, believe it or not, a sunscreen that leaves skin vulnerable to UVA damage. NeoStrata has their act together when it comes to AHAs and PHA, but that tunnel vision has, in some respects, kept them from branching out to offer a better assortment of state-of-the-art products.
For more information about NeoStrata, call (800) 225-9411 or visit www.neostrata.com.
Note: NeoStrata's range of products is advertised as being available only through physicians. However, the entire selection is available for purchase online. The Exuviance brand is sold in select department stores and specialty beauty boutiques such as Ulta.
Caution: Keep in mind that skin needs only one reliable exfoliant at a time. NeoStrata sells so many good ones, you may be tempted to double (or triple) up, but doing so can backfire and be more irritating than helpful.
The Beautypedia and Paula's Choice Research teams have one mission: To help you find the best products for your skin, whether they're from Paula's Choice or another brand. By combining efforts, we're able to share scientific research and remain committed to the highest standards based on our decades of experience objectively reviewing thousands upon thousands of skincare and makeup formularies in all price ranges.
Beautypedia cuts through the hype to bring you product insights and recommendations you won't find anywhere else!

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Should district attorneys be compelled to conduct DNA testing requested by convicts who claim it will exculpate them?
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Yes, district attorneys should be compelled to conduct such tests, but only when ordered to do so by an independent panel.
It would be ridiculous to require district attorneys to conduct tests every time a convicted criminal requests one. So many of the tests would be frivolous that it would be a huge waste of resources.
Equally, however, district attorneys should not have the power to decide which cases they will test. They will often tend to be biased against convicts, believing that their office could not have made a mistake. Therefore, requests should be submitted to an independent panel with authority to decide when such tests are warranted.
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With but two hours to the deadline, here I am finally finishing my submission to the Halifax Food Bloggers' FARM-MARKET-TABLE recipe contest, in which all ingredients must be sourced from the Halifax Seaport Market. Life's been busy and, believe me when I say, it was an even busier weekend. Like birthday party, chili judging, baby shower, anniversary dinner kind of weekend. I even met up with Christine, a Montreal food blogger, who accompanied me on my shopping trip to the market. I felt so proud showing her our incredible love of local here in the city.
Speaking of anniversary, this past Friday marked eight years since Brent and I started dating. Eight long years ago, he got off that 2 am train in Hornepayne, ON, thinking he was in for a summer of treeplanting adventure with his best friend. Little did he know that mere days later he would embark on what would become the summer of love. You see, relationships in the planting world, where your home is a tent and your community is but 80 strong, become accelerated. What would normally be a month long courtship is accomplished in days. Needless to say, we left that season madly in love and haven't looked back.
There isn't a day that goes by that I am not grateful for everything he does for me, for everything he is. So, when deciding what to make for this challenge my mind wasn't concerned with what market products to use. That would be the easy part. Instead, I wanted to make something special, something for us.
Every couple or family has their go to meal whether it's that spaghetti recipe handed down from your pops or a quick casserole. For us, that go to has always been pizza. Brent throws together the dough while I prep the toppings. It may not sound fast, but after eight years of practice, we can be eating scratch pizza sometimes within half an hour. Because, honestly, anything can go on pizza when you open your mind. The trick though is finding that one quick and easy dough recipe. We found ours and I ain't sharing. (Also, the flour, salt, olive oil and yeast that went into the dough were not purchased at the market though they were exceptions. The oil, however, was purchased from Liquid Gold, a local oil and vinegar tasting bar.)
A quick visit to some of my market favourites and I had what I needed. Cheese, bacon, garlic, check. But with fiddlehead season in full effect here in NS, I knew they'd make their way into my recipe somehow. And fiddleheads on pizza? Why not. Lucky for me, the fiddlehead man himself, Jason Pelley, was at the market. Score.
fiddlehead + bacon pizza
1 large pizza crust
olive oil | Liquid Gold
2 cups fiddleheads | Fiddle Hop Farm
1 cup chopped belly bacon ends | Getaway Meat Mongers
3 cloves garlic | Noggins Corner Farm
100 g quark | Fox Hill Cheesehouse
shaved Old Growler | That Dutchman's Farm
Preheat oven to 425.
In a frying pan, start cooking that bacon. Cook about 5 min then add the fiddleheads. Sauté until tender, about 10 min, adding the garlic in the last few minutes. One word about that belly bacon from Meat Mongers. The ends are thick cut slabs of smokey goodness perfect for chopping into just about anything. Plus, it's half the price of belly bacon. Yup, half. There's a reason Ben and the boys at Meat Mongers were voted best market stall in this year's Best of Food. I can't help but visit them weekly.
Spread the dough with olive oil. Cover with the fiddleheads, bacon & garlic. Drop teaspoons of quark over the pizza.
Bake until dough is cooked through and browned, depending of course on your dough. Finish with shaved Old Growler and fresh cracked black pepper.
That is some straight up farm to market to table. And I can't think of a better way to express my love than by letting local do the talking.
Happy Anniversary baby.
Happy Anniversary baby.


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Rain from Above, the Side and even Underneath
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Walking around town for most of the day in the drizzle, we were like two drowned rats. We were both soaked completely through - our rain jackets saturated and Meg's pants were completely wet. It reminded us of the scene from the movie Forrest Gump where he says "We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin' rain...and big ol' fat rain. Rain that flew in sideways. And sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath. Shoot, it even rained at night." Back at the hotel we had a hot shower and got into some dry clothes before walking around the corner, still in the rain, to a pasta place for dinner. Our first impression of Hue was it was pretty wet. How did they fight a war in a place like this?


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Concordia Mission and Service Trips provide the opportunity for students to show God's loving mercy to people around the world. These trips typically take place in the summer and vary in both location and purpose. CUI students have served on every continent (except Antarctica!) and have helped to bring relief to those in need. Students are also able to use these opportunities to see the world, step into new experiences, and to share the Gospel with people from other nations.
Missions teams have collaborated with the Office of Global Programs to provide numerous opportunities for students seeking to go to all peoples and serve in foreign countries this past year.
Dr. Christine Lawton, Associate Professor of Christian Education, led a team of students to Vietnam. The team served for two weeks, from May 6th to May 20th. The team supported the Lutheran Church in Vietnam, witnessed about their faith, and learned from the Vietnamese culture. They tutored university students in English, taught Vacation Bible School (VBS), and toured some of Vietnam's more popular destinations.
Pastor Steven Borst, Immanuel Lutheran Church in Riverside, CA, led a team of students to Hungary. The team served for three weeks, from June 20th to July 10th. Traveling to one of Europe's leaders in Lutheran Christianity, the main objectives for this journey were to lead VBS for the Hungarian children and to help the people there learn English by practicing with native speakers. Ben Helge, graduate student, and Pastor Quinton Anderson traveled with Borst as Concordia leaders.
Pastor S.T. Williams, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Los Angeles, led a team of students to Haiti. The team served for two weeks, from May 17th to May 31st. The team was involved with teaching VBS to the local children and schools as well as helping rebuild homes that were destroyed due to recent natural disasters.
Professor Adam Lee, from the English Department, led a team of students to Kenya and Zambia. The team served for two months, from May 8th to July 4th. They were working with Concordia alumnus Sam Bretzmann in Kenya and his non-profit organization: FIKISHA, as well as alumnus Kristen Turner on her projects in Zambia with the Peace Corps.


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Date of Stay: July, 2012
A little windy but very clean. Bring your own shade and firewood. Great drinking water with hookups between sites and no electric. Fishing was good this year on the Green River. Vault toilets, no showers.
Date of Stay: October, 2011
Nice area with multiple hosts available. Clean and quiet.
Date of Stay: September, 2011
This was a great campground with area to walk the dogs on a trail. Just off the interstate and a restaurant as well. Very friendly and quiet.
Date of Stay: June, 2011
We had a great view of the mountains and could hear the river running near the campsite. There were antelope across the river and a moose in camp. Great hosts with coffee hour in the mornings. We'll go back next year.


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Orlando Bloom Gets Ready To Play Romeo After Australian Vacation With The Family [PHOTOS]
Qualia resort in Hamilton Island, Australia, Miranda Kerr, Orlando Bloom and their son Flynn landed in Sydney today. Kerr took a few pictures and posted them to her Twitter page, which would make anyone bummed to leave such a picturesque place.After staying at the
Flynn, just over a year-and-a-half old now, wore an animal hat with little ears while being carried by dad through the airport. Kerr trailed behind in a chambray shirt and white jeans.
Bloom is set to play Romeo in a Broadway adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, according to the Sun. This keeps the actor in New York City for at least one year. "Both Orlando and Miranda's jobs take them all over the world, so it'll be nice for him to be in one place for a bit," a source said. "There has been a lot of speculation recently after Miranda was pictured without her wedding ring, but this is a true commitment to spending some quality time together as a family."


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Mark Twain to Carthage to Nauvoo
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We left Springfield Illinois this morning and then after crossing the Mississippi river our first stop was Hannibal, a town most commonly known for the birth place of one of the worlds most beloved authors Mark Twain. We toured around the town and went in some of the houses that inspired Mark Twain's books. Later that afternoon we went on a paddle wheeler boat down the Mississippi river, and we listened to the steamboat captain over the intercom tell about long ago legends related to that area. It was a beautiful day so we all really enjoyed the ride.
After leaving Hannibal we went to Carthage Illinois, the place were the Prophet Joseph smith and his brother Hyrum were martyred. We went straight to the jail when we arrived.
From Carthage jail we went straight to Nauvoo. We entered the city around 5:30 so all the main sites were closed. We stopped by the visitors center and we watched another movie, this time about the saints trek west from nauvoo to salt lake city. It talked about what the saints must have been feeling leaving there beautiful Nauvoo.
That same night we went to a beautiful musical poduction put on by the senior missionaries called Rendezvous in old nauvoo. It was about the saints in nauvoo at the time of the exodus. It was a very funny, amazing show. We all really enjoyed it.
We started the next day by going on a horse and buggy ride and then a carriage ride
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A Matamata truck driver was looking for a dog on the side of a road when he came across a young girl thought to be the victim of a hit-and-run overnight.
Eagle Transport truckie Colin Jenkins was driving along SH24 near Matamata around 5am when he received the warning from another truckie.
Instead what he found was a young lifeless body.
"I pulled up to have a look and there was this young girl lying there," Mr Jenkins said.
Mr Jenkins said it was likely the girl had been there for some time.
He checked her pulse but thought she had serious head injuries.
"She was absolutely gone. She was cold."
Mr Jenkins believed the girl was a teenager and thought it was unusual she wasn't wearing any shoes.
Police arrived shortly after and, in a statement, said she appeared to be the victim of a possible hit-and-run.
Detective Sergeant Rod Carpinter said the body of a Maori woman was found on the roadside verge near the intersection of SH24 and Garland St, on the outskirts of the Waikato town around 5.30am today.
Police are currently trying to identify the woman.
Mr Carpinter said police were seeking information about any vehicles that were in the area of SH24 and Garland St last night. Police are also keen to hear about any vehicles that had sustained recent damage since last night, or had required a new windscreen or panel repairs.
"It's important that we speak to anyone who knows anything about a vehicle, or any incident involving the deceased woman," Mr Carpinter said.
A woman was seen walking south along SH24, the main route to Tauranga from Matamata at around 1.30am this morning, he said.
Police are also keen to hear from anyone who may have seen the woman walking in the area early this morning.


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It was all a dream
[Refrain: Faith Evans]
Last night I had a dream
Thoughts was racin through my head, it was all a dream
Felt so real to me
This is what was said
[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
Had a dream I said
Bout who he said
Bout B.I.G. I said
That's big he said
Dig what he said, proceed he said
Indeed I said, so
Breathe I did
Don't repeat what I say I said, he said nothing
He agreed with his head
He just nodded like this
What I believe to be a yes I repeated what was said
It came to me like a whisper last evening I said
What's the deal playboy, was the greeting he said
First thing I wanted to know, what's the reason he was dead?
More money, more problems, better believe it he said
Careful what you wish for you might receive it he said
"I see" I said, "jealousy" I said
Got the whole industry mad at me I said
Then B.I. said, Hov remind yourself
Nobody built like you, you designed yourself
I agree I said, my one of a kind self
Getting stoned every day like Jesus did
What he said, I said, has been said before
Just keep doin your thing he said, say no more
[Faith Evans]
Was it all a dream - tell me
Was it all a dream, was it a dream
Was it all a dre-eeee-eeeee-eeam
I gotta know {*"It was all a dream"*}
Was it all a dream - was it a dream
Was it all a dream, a dream
Was it all a dre-eeee-eeeee-eeam
[Verse 2: Notorious B.I.G.]
It was all a dream
I used to read Word Up! magazine
Salt-n-Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine
Hanging pictures on my wall
Every Saturday, Rap Attack, Mr. Magic, Marley Marl
I let my tape rock til my tape popped
Smoking weed and bamboo, sipping on private stock
Way back, when I had the red and black lumberjack
With the hat to match
Remember Rapping Duke, duh-ha, duh-ha
You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far
Now I'm in the limelight cause I rhyme tight
Time to get paid, blow up like the ........
Born sinner, the opposite of a winner
Remember when I used to eat sardines for dinner
Peace to Ron G, Brucey B, Kid Capri
Funkmaster Flex, Lovebug Starsky
I'm blowing up like you thought I would
Call the crib, same number same hood, it's all good
And if you don't know, now you know, nigga
[Verse 3: Jay-Z, acapella]
I see I said, jealousy I said
Got the whole industry mad at me I said
Then B.I. said, Hov remind yourself
Nobody built like you, you designed yourself
I agree I said, my one of a kind self
Get stoned every day like Jesus did
What he said, I said, has been said before
Just keep doin your thing he said, say no more
Jay-Z and Faith Evans pay a tribute to The Notorious B.I.G. on the Kanye West-produced opening track to Jay's 2002 album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse.
The song samples Blackjack's "Stay", The 5th Dimension's "The Rainmaker", and the opening verse to Biggie Small's "Juicy", in-which "A Dream" is dedicated to.
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Jay took his inspiration from Big's first line from "Juicy." That line was in reference to both Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech and Big's dreams of rap stardom.
The theme of this record is the Gift, and Jay plays off Big's dreams of being a rapper by deepening the meaning; he's also referring to a dream he had that involved telling Big all of the ways the "rap dream" is dangerous and unfulfilling.
Jay has always revered Notorious B.I.G., and there's copious examples of him either interpolating the late rappers lyrics or simply lifting them wholesale. The opening bars to "City Is Mine" point to his desire to keep B.I.G. in the collective consciousness.
It must also be remember Nas dissed him on "Ether" for using B.I.G.'s lyrics, saying:
How much of Biggie's rhymes is gonna come out your fat lips?
It's possible Jay included this verse from "Juicy" simply to prove Nas wrong while still maintaining Biggie's presence in his song.


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Penderyn Sherrywood Finish Single Malt Welsh Whisky
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$84.95, 95 points, LCBO #270611
From one of the few UK distillers in private hands, this single malt whisky was aged first in ex-bourbon casks, then in former oloroso sherry barrels. Deep, full, elegant and complex with spiced vanilla and fruity flavors it has subtle overtones of toffee, hazelnuts, ginger and sultanas. Absolutely delicious. Margaret Swaine, National Post


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4 six-ounce Black Cod filletsSea salt and freshly ground pepper½ cup flour7 tablespoons unsalted butter1 tablespoon lemon juice3 tablespoons capers1 tablespoon parsley, finely chopped
Season the fish with salt and pepper, then dredge the fillets in the flour, patting off any excess. Heat 3 tablespoons of butter in a sauté pan over medium-high heat. Sauté the fillets for approximately 3 to 4 minutes on each side, depending on their thickness. The fish should be deep golden in color and firm to the touch. Remove the fillets to heated plates, and sprinkle each with lemon juice and parsley. Discard the butter in the sauté pan, wiping out the pan. Then, melt the remaining 4 tablespoons of butter over high heat. Stir in the capers, and spoon the butter sauce over the fish. Serve immediately.
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September 13, 2014 6:35 PMBATON ROUGE - The LSU Tigers extended their record of consecutive non-conference wins to 48 in a row, beating Lousiana Monroe 31-0 Saturday night. LSU freshmen scored three touchdowns on the ground, including a 24 yard touchdown run from Leonard Fournette to make the score 24-0 over ULM in... more »
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Tuesday, June 23, 1998 Published at 16:29 GMT 17:29 UK
Victim of bullying takes local authority to court
Teenage victims of bullying face the prospect of compensation
A woman who says she was victimised by school bullies almost a decade ago is suing her local authority in a case which may have widespread ramifications.
If successful, the case raises the prospect of other bullying victims in Scotland seeking redress against their former education authorities.
Deborah Scott's case, which is being heard in the Court of Session in Edinburgh, claims damages against Lothian Regional Council for failing to stop the physical and mental bullying that she endured while a pupil at the Royal High School, Edinburgh.
The bullying, Miss Scott told the court, began when she was 13 years old and included constant taunts and attacks. On her birthday, Miss Scott said that she was stripped to the waist by other pupils and dragged along the ground, an experience that led her to need psychiatric treatment.
After this bullying incident, Miss Scott did not attend the school for eight months and was then transferred to another school. She told the court that such was her distress over the bullying that she took an overdose.
Victim's parent complained to MP
The claim against the Lothian Regional Council (which has itself disappeared in a local government re-organisation) contends that despite Miss Scott's complaints about bullying, the school did not respond. She says that there was no system of support for victims of bullying and pupils were not encouraged to alert staff to problems with bullies.
The case against the council argues that the authorities were fully aware of what was happening to the schoolgirl. As well as the pupil's reporting of the bullying to teachers, the girl's mother contacted her MP and the girl's grandmother informed the police about the alleged assaults.
Miss Scott's solicitor said that the case was also being pursued on behalf of other victims of bullying. "She is hoping her case will be successful, but more than that she has said many times she hopes to help others in the same situation that she found herself in."
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text: First responders from throughout the state responded to Augusta Tuesday for the Fifth Annual Maine Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference.Visiting police from Connecticut shared their thoughts on an emergency situation they'll never forget.Speakers from the Newtown Police Department talked about their experience during the tragic day at Sandy Hook Elementary School.It was the first time they have spoken in a forum like this since the morning 20 students were killed.The men are recalling a day at work that they never want anyone else to go through."If you we're listening to them, that would have been the only sound that you heard in a room full of six hundred people," said Rob McAleer, the Director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency.The Augusta Civic Center was packed with Maine first responders to hear from these two members of the Newtown Police Department, and what it was like on December 14th, when they responded to gun shots at Sandy Hook Elementary School."I think each and every one of them probably was trying to correlate what they were hearing, with what their role would be how they would react, how well are we prepared, have we thought about these things in our own communities," said McAleer. McAleer says it's a privilege to have them speak to so many from maine that could potentially be in a similar situation."Something like Sandy Hook is just unimaginable for anybody, I think, but for those of us that would have to respond to something like that, it takes your breath away when you start to think about it and knowing that, here's Maine. Something like that could happen here in Maine as well," said McAleer.Different aspects of the day were talked about, including how important it is for all emergency responders to take care of themselves mentally."Fortunately in Maine, first responders have learned that fire, police, and the EMS, all have crisis intervention teams they use," said Maine State Police Chief Colonel Robert Williams, .Taking time to prepare for the unexpected is what organizers say is the ultimate goal of the conference."I think we're going to take away that we're as prepared as we can be, we've had good training, the different disciples work together well, we've had table talks, we've worked together a lot on other things, we all contribute to something if this magnitude if we have to respond," Williams.The two-day conference includes workshops and information sessions on all types of emergency tactics.The conference continues Wednesday with keynote speakers from Maine who responded to Superstorm Sandy.


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TEMECULA -- Not even the best score posted by a Notre Dame girls' golf team at the Southern Section final was enough to qualify for the CIF/WSCGA regional tournament for the first time in program history.
The Knights had produced the lowest team score in 10 consecutive rounds since a sixth-place finish Sept. 21 at San Clemente's Lady Triton Invitational, including a program record Oct. 22 at Soule Park Golf Course in Ojai to repeat as Northern Divisional champion.
Despite five golfers shooting 80 or better Monday at The Legends Golf Course, it wasn't enough for Notre Dame, which placed seventh with 388, missing the cutoff by seven strokes.
Harvard-Westlake, making its first appearance at the final since 2001, was led by Jessica Wibawa's 80 and shot 441 to place 16th. Amanda Aizuss posted an 85, with Maddy Abrahams and Kate Kushi both carding 88s for the Wolverines.
Vista Murrieta shot 376, Mater Dei posted a 378, Palm Desert carded a 379 and Diamond Bar secured the final qualifying berth with a 381, edging Palos Verdes by a stroke.
"Sure, we're upset, but this doesn't define our season," said Notre Dame senior Tina Nagai, who overcame illness to post a 4-over 76.
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Katelyn Reynolds shot 75 and Sammy Winchester carded a 77 to keep the Knights in contention to qualify. Although 80s from Arielle Valdez and Janet Yeo helped Notre Dame lower its score by 18 strokes from last year's CIF/WSCGA regional qualifier at River Course at the Alisal in Solvang, they weren't enough for the Knights to secure a berth to compete Nov. 8 at Rancho California in Murrieta.
"One thing I made a point of is that we couldn't control other teams' scores," said Notre Dame coach Ann McClung, who guided the Knights to their third consecutive top-eight finish at the final and fourth in program history.
"You can't fault them for wanting it badly."
Vista Murrieta was edged on a sixth-golfer tiebreaker Oct. 22 by Diamond Bar after tying for first place at the Eastern Divisional, but the Broncos had five golfers shoot in the 70s to win in Monday's rematch, led by a 72 from Alexia Gariepy and a 73 from Carolane Gariepy.
Marcella Pranovia had the low round with a 5-under 67 for Mater Dei, which captured the Southern Divisional title. Palm Desert, led by Caroline Ordian's 70 and Jiyoon Jang's 71, regrouped following a fourth-place finish at the Eastern Divisional to return to the regional along with Diamond Bar, led by Bethany Wu's 68.
Despite a 68 from Elizabeth Doty, Palos Verdes couldn't secure another regional appearance. Torrance, which had won five section titles and produced two runner-up finishes in the past seven seasons, was 10th with 398, despite Anne Cheng shooting 69, Diana Kim posting a 70 and Nina Novilla carding a 71.
Nagai, Reynolds, Valdez and Winchester are scheduled to compete Thursday at the section's individual final at Western Hills Country Club in Chino Hills.
"We'll get over it and find a way to move on (Thursday)," Nagai said. "I know next year's team will do even better and hopefully they'll finally be able to (advance)."


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Dinner: Dinner tonight will be a catered buffet in our hotel.
Evening: Participant Introductions and introductory lecture. Colorado Springs history stretches back many hundreds of years. The area's first inhabitants were the Ute, Cheyenne, Arapaho and other tribes who gathered at the base of Pikes Peak, near its abundant springs and in what is now called Garden of the Gods Park. During the 1700s both French and Spanish flags flew over the region. But with the Louisiana Purchase more Anglo-American explorers and settlers began to venture west. In November 1806, American explorer Zebulon Pike traveled through the area and is credited for "discovering" Pikes Peak. He and his group attempted to reach the summit, but they were neither dressed nor equipped to climb the mountain that ultimately came to bear his name. In 1859, Colorado Springs history is marked with the founding of Colorado City which became the first settlement in the Pikes Peak region. It was the territorial capitol for a short period and served as a supply camp for miners traveling to the mining camps west of Denver. General William Jackson Palmer, a Civil War hero from Pennsylvania, ushered in a new era in Colorado Springs history in 1869. During his first visit to the area, he fell in love with its "most enticing scenery." He predicted that there would soon be a great resort town at the base of Pikes Peak. One year later, he founded the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and purchased land to create Colorado Springs along its route. In 1871, the Victorian spa resort town Palmer envisioned became a reality.
Breakfast: Breakfast buffet in hotel featuring hot and cold items, coffee, tea, assorted juices plus cooked to order eggs.
Morning: Following Breakfast,depart on our day long guided exploration of Colorado Springs with a Local Historian. Sites to be visited include the Air Force Academy, Olympic Training Center, Old Colorado City and Manitou Springs. The United States Air Force Academy was established April 1, 1954, the culmination of an idea that had been years in the making. Airpower leaders, long before the Air Force was a separate service, had argued that they needed a school, dedicated to war in the air, at which to train the country's future Airmen. After September 1947, when the Air Force was established as a separate service, this idea finally had the legitimacy of the new service behind it. The current Campus was dedicated August 29, 1958. The current enrollment is 4,000 cadets with women first enrolling in June of 1976. The Academy celebrated it's 50th Anniversary in 2004. We travel on to the US Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs, home to training athletes and coaches as they prepare for the next Olympic Games. The facility is the former home of ENT Air Force Base and the headquarters of the North American Defense Command, officially became USOC administrative headquarters in July 1978. The Training Center is able to provide housing, dining, recreational facilities and other services for up to 557 coaches and athletes at one time on the complex.
Lunch: Lunch at a favorite and historic local "creekside" restaurant in Manitou Springs.
Afternoon: Free time in Manitou Springs to explore the village. "Manitou", a Native American word for "spirit", describes this beautiful mountain community. Eleven naturally carbonated mineral spring fountains, located throughout this Historic town, run free for all who wish to enjoy the healing benefits. The Ute, Cheyenne and other Native Americans considered this area sacred for the healing springs and clean mountain air. Following the founding of Colorado Springs, Manitou became a popular tourist health resort. By the 1890's, the resort boasted of seven grand hotels, including the Cliff House, Barker House, and the Grandview, which still stand today. Smaller hotels, boarding houses and summer rental cottages were also available for the thousands of visitors who came each season.
Dinner: We have a treat in store for us tonight. We will be visiting the beautiful Glen Eyrie Castle, one of the most stunning properties in Colorado Springs. Glen Eyrie is a 67-room English Tudor-style castle built by Civil War General William Jackson Palmer, the founder of Colorado Springs. We will top the evening off with dinner in the music room. The estate's name refers to the eagle's nest that overlooks the canyon of which the name "Queen" was the nickname of General Palmer's wife.
Evening: Free to relax after a busy day!
Breakfast: Breakfast buffet in hotel featuring hot and cold items, coffee, tea, assorted juices plus cooked to order eggs. After breakfast we depart for Canon City and the Royal Gorge historic railway and bridge.
Morning: We ride the Royal Gorge Train. Climb aboard Colorado's most scenic train for a journey through the spectacular Royal Gorge. Since 1879, these tracks have followed the winding, tumbling Arkansas River deep within the soaring, 1,000-foot granite cliffs of Colorado's Royal Gorge. In the late 1870s miners descended on the upper Arkansas valley of Colorado in search of carbonate ores rich in lead and silver. The feverish mining activity in what would become the Leadville district attracted the attention of the Denver & Rio Grande and the Santa Fe railroads, each already having tracks in the Arkansas valley. The Santa Fe was at Pueblo, and the D&RG near Canon City some 35 miles west. Leadville was over 100 miles away. For two railroads to occupy a river valley ordinarily was not a problem, but west of Canon City was an incredible obstacle - an obstacle that would result in a war between the railroads in the race to the new bonanza ultimately won after two years by the Rio Grande Railroad. Look for the engineering marvel, the "hanging bridge" at a point where the gorge narrows to 30 feet. Here the railroad had to be suspended over the river along the north side of the gorge as shear rock walls go right down into the river on both sides. C. Shallor Smith, a Kansas engineer, designed a 175-ft plate girder suspended on one side by "A" frame girders spanning the river and anchored to the rock walls. The bridge cost $11,759 in 1879, a princely sum in those days. Although it has been strengthened over the years, this unique structure has served on a main rail line for over 118 years.
Lunch: On the return trip, the train will stop under the Royal Gorge Bridge and then return to Canon City. We board our coach for a drive to the Royal Gorge Park. We will enjoy a box lunch at the park.
Afternoon: After lunch we visit the Royal Gorge Park. Walk across the engineering marvel suspension bridge looking into the canyon where we just rode the railway, a breathtaking drop of 1,000 feet, one of the deepest chasms in Colorado. Then return via the gondola for a perspective of both the amazing gorge and bridge. The Visitor Center features a film about the history of the area.
Dinner: Dinner tonight will be at a local restaurant with several menu choices.
Evening: Free for reflection and relaxation
Breakfast: Breakfast buffet in hotel featuring hot and cold items, coffee, tea, assorted juices plus cooked to order eggs. After breakfast we depart for our all day tour to the historic mining towns Cripple Creek and Victor.
Morning: Today we experience the "Old West" as it was for hard rock gold miners of "The World's Greatest Gold Camp", Cripple Creek, Colorado. In the late 1800s, thousands of fortune-seekers made their way to Pikes Peak for the country's last great gold rush. We begin our day descending underground as you partake in the only 1,000 foot vertical shaft gold mine tour in the USA, the Molly Kathleen Mine. At an elevation of 9,494 feet and just below tree line, for many years, Cripple Creek's high valley was considered no more important than a cattle pasture. Many prospectors avoided the area after the misnamed Mount Pisgah hoax, a mini gold rush caused by salting (adding gold to worthless rock). On October 20, 1890, however, Robert Miller "Bob" Womack discovered a rich ore and the last great Colorado gold rush began. Thousands of prospectors flocked to the region, and before long W. S. Stratton located the famous Independence lode, one of the largest gold strikes in history. In three years, the population increased from 500 to 10,000 by 1893. Though $500,000,000 worth of gold ore was dug from Cripple Creek, Womack himself would die, penniless, on August 10, 1909.
Lunch: We dine for lunch in a local Cripple Creek restaurant with several menu choices.
Afternoon: After lunch and time to explore the Cripple Creek Heritage Museum and the town's Victorian architecture. We drive to the mining town of Victor, boyhood home of Lowell Thomas, then return via a scenic drive to Colorado Springs.
Dinner: Tonight we explore "old" Colorado City, the original and historic part of Colorado Springs. You will have free time to browse and have dinner on your own at one of the local restaurants.
Evening: Free for reflection and relaxation
Breakfast: Breakfast buffet in hotel featuring hot and cold items, coffee, tea, assorted juices plus cooked to order eggs. After breakfast we take the Cog Railway to Pikes Peak Summit. "America's Mountain" at over 14,100 feet elevation. Standing at the summit inspired Katharine Lee Bates to write her famous poem, "America the Beautiful". Drive through the Garden of the Gods where we will have lunch and see the vivid movie on the creation of the Rockies. We conclude with a special guided tour of Glen Eyrie home of Civil War hero and founder of Colorado Springs, General Wm. Palmer.
Morning: Conventional railroads use the friction of wheels upon the rails, called "adhesion", to provide locomotive power. The Pikes Peak Cog, or rack, railroad uses a gear, "cog wheel", meshing into a special rack rail (mounted in the middle between the outer rails) to climb much steeper grades up to 25% than those possible with a standard adhesion railroad. The Pikes Peak Cog Railway's history began with one of the tourists who visited the Pikes Peak region in the late-1880's, Zalmon Simmons, inventor and founder of the Simmons Beautyrest Mattress Company. Mr. Simmons rode to the summit of Pike's Peak on a mule, partly to enjoy the view and partly to check upon one of his inventions: an insulator for the telegraph wires which ran to the Army Signal Station on the summit. The arduous, two day trip on a mule was the only way to reach the top in those days. Mr. Simmons was awed by the scenery but determined that the views should be experienced in a more civilized and comfortable manner. He was relaxing in one of Manitou Springs' mineral baths after his return, when the owner of his Hotel mentioned the idea of a railway to the top. Mr. Simmons agreed with the concept and set about providing the capital needed to fund such a venture. On the afternoon of June 30th, 1891, the first passenger train, carrying a church choir from Denver, made it to the summit.
Lunch: After our thrilling railway ride up Pikes Peak, we eat lunch at the Garden of the Gods Visitor Center.
Afternoon: Continue field trip to the Broadmoor and other attractions. In the 1890s, gold was discovered on the western slope of Pikes Peak, one of the richest gold strikes in American history. Almost overnight, the Cripple Creek Mining District grew from an isolated cattle pasture to the home of more than 50,000 people. As a result, by the turn of the 19th century, Colorado Springs was called "the city of millionaires." One of these millionaires was Spencer Penrose, who made his first fortune in Cripple Creek. He used his vast resources to build the Pikes Peak and Cheyenne Mountain Highways and to establish the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Will Rogers Shrine and The Broadmoor Hotel. He and his wife, Julie, created the El Pomar Foundation, which still supports many worthy causes in the Pikes Peak region and across Colorado.
Dinner: Our dinner tonight is catered at our hotel.
Evening: Free for farewells and packing
Breakfast: Breakfast buffet in hotel featuring hot and cold items, coffee, tea, assorted juices plus cooked to order eggs.


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Hot air balloons and mountain scenery provided a relaxing backdrop for Sarah Walker as she settled into her pace during Sunday's Mountain Madness Half Marathon.
And then she hit the climb.
The climb, otherwise known as the steep, ongoing ascent through Dakota Ridge, dominated much of the post-race talk for the participants who competed in the 26th annual event that began and ended near the base of Howelsen Hill.
For Walker, the female winner of the half marathon, the happy distractions of a sky full of balloons and rolling mountain ridges were quickly swept away by the uphill mount.
"Everything past that uphill was a little foggy," Walker said, referring to her memory. "I was pretty tired after that. It was brutal."
Still, the 23-year-old from Greeley was able to capture the women's division, finishing in a time of 1 hour, 35 minutes and four seconds. Abby Reichley finished second in a time of 1 hour, 42 minutes and 20 seconds, and Karen Nelson finished third in a time of 1 hour, 42 minutes and 27 seconds.
Mike Knutson claimed his second victory in the Steamboat Springs Running Series this year, finishing the half marathon in a time of 1 hour, 19 minutes and 53 seconds. He won the Spring Creek Memorial in late June.
Knutson said he also struggled with the extended climb.
"The run through Dakota Ridge is a bit challenging," said the 24-year-old part-time resident of Steamboat. "The climb is very long. It's just relentless."
But like other runners Sunday, Knutson said he enjoyed the course -- and the scenery.
"The course is great," he said. Knutson called the running series "a great opportunity for the running community here in Steamboat. It also gives visitors a feel for what it's like to run in the Yampa Valley."
Sunday's event also featured a 10K and a two-mile fun run.
Melissa Short, Knutson's fiancee, claimed victory in the women's 10K race with a time of 44 minutes and seven seconds. The male winner was 16-year-old Mike Maugans of Estes Park.
Christy Sports, the race organizer, plans to donate all race proceeds to Humble Ranch, a Steamboat therapeutic and educational ranch specialized for adults and children with mental, physical and emotional disabilities.
"None of the races make a ton of money," said Dave Krats, manager of Christy Sports' Central Park Plaza store. "If we're able to give them $250 to $500 it would be a huge success."
More important than the money, Krats said, is giving Humble Ranch recognition for the services it provides to the community.
More than 120 racers competed in Sunday's events. The race was the seventh in the 14-event running series.
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The Lightest Park / Groomer Setup Possible
Hey I am looking for a extremely light setup, and I am talking board bindings. Thinking of buying last years sandchez but not sure which bindings. The reason I am looking for the lightest setup is I hurt my knee and it would make things much easier to maneuver with it being lighter. Any suggestions?
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The lightest set up is not going to make all that much difference than something a little heavier. We're talking ounces here. As long as you don't pick stuff that is characteristically heavy, you'll be fine.
Sanchez is so stupid basic. Bump up to the Drift Rocker. Equalizer will make a difference.
For bindings more important than weight is going to be canting and dampening. Look into K2 Nationals if you want something to match with the Drift. Harshmellow and Canting. Another option is the new Rome Mob Boss. Not quite as good of dampening compared to the K2, but a bit stiffer highback and they might be a tad lighter (like a few ounces, like 3 maybe).
More important than both of those for a bad knee is a good set of boots with after market insoles. Stock insoles in snowboard boots are seriously worthless. Check out Remind. I believe the Big Hit in Breck carries them. Sling on over and grab a pair.
The Sanchez is basic you are right, with the drift are you inferring that the Equalizer will make a difference with my knee and its stability? Reason for the sanchez is because its $150 across the street from me and I am not looking to pay full price for a board.
-Also thanks for the suggestion on the insoles, I WILL get them, I will take anything to add some stability to my very loose feeling knee.
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Get some sort of knee brace too. Even just a neoprene compression thing will help.
I would dump the money into physical therapy... with regularly strengthening and conditioning - you should be able to double the strength of your knee stabilizers... but if you were to buy the lightest board and bindings... at most you would probably drop the weight be 10-15%. I say this after having an ACL tear (someone crashed into my knee in ice hockey and 2 MCL tears (binding broke on a landing, crashed riding a chute and hit my knee on a rock spire).
I am using proper technique, just sucks I cant go 100% anymore. Looking for some suggestions on making it easier.
Currently i am rocking a 158 Wide Ride Kink with some big bulky union bindings. Time for a change i think.
Most of the stress on your knees in snowboarding comes from your speed and the associated acceleration changes that come with that speed (like stomping landings, catching your edge, carving hard), not the weight of your gear. What can't you do know that you could do before?
You might consider looking for a board with more dampening (instead of lighter weight) to soak up the jolts and vibrations shooting up your legs. Anyways good luck!
Have you thought about trying canted footbeds? They'd help a lot by putting your knee in a more neutral position.
1) consider weight of the boot as well
2) I have a light board and bindings and a heavier board and bindings and I do notice it on the lift. I wouldn't sacrifice physio or gym membership for a lighter board but if you're not going to change your spending on those items a lighter board will at least make a difference on the chair, might mean an extra run or two per day. I doubt board weight will matter from a riding perspective in terms of strain on your leg, other than a light board might convince you to act like superman and thus hurt yourself.
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James Franco hooked up with photographer Terry Richardson to pose for a few photos for posting on Richardson's official website. As you may know, Terry shoots photos of lots of celebs and many of those photos are, at the very least, kinda sorta interesting. These photos of James are, IMHO, pretty meh … but if you're a Franco fan, you'll prolly get a kick out of them. Check 'em out below.
The photos are cute cuz James is cute but … there really isn't anything all that interesting about the shoot overall. The photo of James as Terry is frightening because the size of James's open mouth is, well, frightening. Hopefully the next time that Franco poses for Richardson the resulting photos will be a bit more fun.


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Ward Connerly's Anti-Equal Opportunity Efforts
Ward Connerly, a California businessman and former University of California regent, has tried to enact ballot initiatives in various states to eliminate equal opportunity initiatives in higher education, employment, and contracting. Connerly is president of the anti-equal opportunity American Civil Rights Institute.
DECODING CONNERLY: Ward Connerly Research Fact Sheet
2008 Initiatives (Colorado, Nebraska, Arizona, Oklahoma, Missouri)
Connerly tried to pass anti-equal opportunity ballot initiatives in five states in 2008 – Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.
In November 2008, voters in Colorado rejected Amendment 46 (49 percent - 51 percent), becoming the first state to vote down a Connerly anti-equal opportunity ballot initiative. Connerly's initiatives failed to make the ballot in Arizona, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
However, Nebraska voters passed Initiative 424 (58 percent - 42 percent), making Nebraska the fourth state to ban equal opportunity.
- Victory on Equal Opportunity - Feature Story - 11/6/08
- Coloradans Uphold Equal Opportunity - Press Release - 11/6/08
- Colorado Initiative 82: A Ballot Initiative to Ensure Equal Opportunity - Feature Story - 10/30/08
- Connerly Anti-Equal Opportunity Initiative Fails to Make Ballot in Arizona; Initiatives in Remaining States Face Strong Opposition - Feature Story - 8/25/08
- Arizona Foils Ward Connerly's Anti-Equal Opportunity Initiative - Press Release - 8/22/08
- Connerly Suffers Setbacks as Civil Rights Groups Claim Victories in the Fight to Protect Equal Opportunity - Feature Story - 5/29/08
- Another Connerly Ballot Initiative Scuttled - Press Release - 5/5/2008
- Setbacks for Connerly - Feature Story - 4/16/08
Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (Proposal 2)
The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI), also called Proposal 2, was a ballot initiative that passed on November 7, 2006. The proposal became law on December 22, 2006. Proposal 2 bans "the use of affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment" in state contracting, employment, and higher education.
University of California
- UC Regents Reject Ward Connerly's 'Multiracial' Checkbox - 11/18/04
- Students, Organizations Testify Against Ward Connerly's 'Multiracial' Checkbox - 11/17/04
Colorado Civil Rights Act
On March 26, 2004, the Colorado Senate defeated legislation --18 to 17 -- that would have eradicated equal opportunity programs in the state.
California Proposition 54
On October 7, 2003, residents in California defeated ballot initiative Proposition 54 — otherwise known as the Classification on Race, Ethnicity, Color, and National Origin (CRECNO) initiative.
California Proposition 209
On November 5, 1996 California voters approved an initiative amending the State Constitution's Article 1, Sec. 31, to prohibit "preferential treatment" based on "race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin" by the State or any of its subdivisions or in strumentalities in employment, education or contracting programs.


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Ive never felt the re-map I had has been that satisfactory and i'm thinking of having my 320D E46 de-mapped but before I do this i'd like some feedback.
Three things have made me think a de-map may be the best way to go.
1)After having the remap the engine sounds different. Maybe this is just diesel knock, however, it doesnt purr as it used to.
2)Yes, there is improved acceleration etc.,but it not as good as it was when I used a tuning box. The acceleration is patchy or bitty with a big whoosh when the turbo kicks in. With the tuning box it was very smooth through the gears, the improvement in acceleration was down the line, and better.
3)The final reason I am considering a demap is that my fuel consumption has gone up substantially. I was averaging about 43.8 mpg but its now gone down to about 39.8 mpg (despite driving economically). This is a reduction in fuel economy of about 10%
I spoke with the people who did the re-map. Theyve got a good reputation. They double-checked the remap to see if it had loaded amiss which it hadnt. Im thinking about going back to the tuning box.


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DeMarcus' double doubles
Double double toil and trouble.
It sounds like a witch's spell. But in basketball, a double double is a good thing. It means a player scored at least ten points and grabbed 10 or more rebounds.
Tonight while watching the Sacramento Kings lose 85-69 to the Memphis Grizzlies, the announcers were making a big deal out of the fact that the Kings' starting center, DeMarcus Cousins has had a number of games where he has achieved a double double. His season averages are approximately 17 points and 10 rebounds per game. He got 22 and 12 tonight.
But if you are a starting center in the NBA, shouldn't you be expected to achieve a double double? You've made it to the upper echelon of your sport. You are among the best of the best. Even if the NBA has become more of a shooting guard/power forward league, I would still think your squad would be able to count on the tallest guy on the team to get into double digits in both points and rebounds every game.
I like Cousins. I don't like his tattoos, as I've written about before, but I think he is a decent player. I just don't think his double doubles should be a reason for celebration. They should be the norm.
For Cousins, if there's no double double, then there should be trouble.


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'The next parish is America,' says Prannie Rhatigan, gazing out across a sea more redolent of Antigua than the storm-lashed coast of County Sligo in autumn. Under candyfloss clouds, her five-year-old daughter Kate stands on the broad sands of Streedagh Bay with her cousins and a school friend. Behind them, a trio of racehorses canters by and a surfer scans the horizon for breakers.
'It is unusual weather,' Prannie confirms, telling me how her phone line was ripped down by a storm last week. 'The waves were 70ft high and it was like an incredible drama out at sea - the white horses, the foam, the changing colours.'
It strikes me as incongruous that this demure, softly spoken Irish GP is such an authority on the rhythms of the ocean. She shows me a dog-eared copy of the Donegal Bay 2006 Tide Tables. 'We've one in the car, one pinned to the fridge, one in my notes,' she says, flicking pages until she finds a date ringed in pencil. 'That was the harvest moon, there were marvellous tides then,' she beams, explaining the dynamics of springs, neaps, equinoxes and the winter solstice.
Though she sounds like a druid, Prannie is a harvester of seaweed and an expert in its culinary use. Since the summer, she has taken a sabbatical from her work as a doctor and public health strategist, notably in the crusade against smoking, to write a book: Cooking Up A Storm with Seaweeds from Irish Shores.
'We want the tide to be going out to a really low level,' she says, 'because that's when we can harvest the big kelps and the alaria, or wakame, not just the seaweeds that grow at the top of the shore, such as channel wrack, dillisk [Gaelic for dulse, a red ribbon seaweed] and sleabhac [pronounced slough-ac] - the seaweed that the Japanese call nori and the Welsh use in their laverbread.'
When the tide rolls out, exposing vast areas of rock, Prannie and her husband, Johnny Waters - the skipper of a 90ft trawler based in nearby Kellybegs - set out on foot to harvest the seaweed sustainably. 'We cut it above the growing tips, leaving a fair amount to continue to grow,' she says, 'which is vital to make sure this resource lasts. If you yank up seaweed by its holdfast, that is the end of it.'
The couple harvest no more than a bushel (about the size of a log basket) at a time, enough for themselves, their neighbours and friends. 'I'll put nori in my ginger biscotti,' says Prannie, 'or I'll add carrageen, Irish moss seaweed, to lemon and honey biscuits. A small amount of a variety of seaweeds, on a daily basis, is my mantra. Dillisk has a salty, peppery flavour and can be eaten raw - and all the seaweeds melt away in a stock, enhancing it but not taking it over.'
On the day of our photo shoot, Prannie and Johnny (a saltier, Gaelic version of the Cradocks) are preparing two seaweed feasts: first, a teddy bear's picnic for the children, using sea vegetables as a baking condiment; then, as evening draws in, a clam bake in the grounds of Streedagh House, their 200-year-old home. This will feature not just clams but creamy mussels, succulent lobsters and vegetables - all steam-cooked underground, with bladderwrack seaweed crackling and popping around them, infusing them with the flavour of the bay.
First it is the children's turn to feast on what Prannie calls 'these powerhouses of nutrients'. Seaweed, she says, is a rich source of vitamins, minerals and trace elements as well as protein. 'The Haida indians, who live in the Queen Charlotte Islands of Canada, have a saying,' she reveals. '"When the tide goes out, the table is laid." It's a lovely saying because, nutritionally, everything is there.'
The children, who don't seem to know this yet, readily eat up their sea greens. Laoise (pronounced Lee-sha) Conaty, aged five, is a blur of flame-red hair and fishing net as she grabs a slice of carrot cake sweetened with sugar kelp, en-route to the water's edge. Kate and her cousins - Rheanna, 10, Isabelle, six, Andrew and Anna, both aged four - tuck in to jam biscuits made with crushed nori, totally unfazed by the food's slimey associations and marine provenance.
'The yuck factor would be there with some of Kate's friends,' Prannie admits, 'but most of them love the gingerbread cookies, which they know are full of seaweed. They'll ask me to give their mums seaweed for a seaweed bath, too.'
It's part of the culture here, Prannie explains, especially in seaside places. 'You see open bags of dillisk in delicatessens, and people take what they want, weigh it and go off with it. There's hardly a person in Ireland who doesn't know you can make a pudding from carrageen. Their grandmother would probably have flavoured it with chocolate, raisins or lemons, or made it into a blancmange.'
Indeed, Prannie's passion for seaweed was inspired by an older generation - her parents, who brought up their family in nearby Cliffoney. Prannie's father, also a medic who practised as a dentist, not only used seaweed as a fertiliser on his garden but ate it as as a health food. 'People believed sleabhac cleansed the blood after the excesses of Christmas,' says Prannie, 'so we helped harvest it as kids. We'd nibble away on it - our hands would be falling off with the cold, the first frost after Christmas. It's like melted chocolate over a rock, black and shiny.'
Prannie's father knew Johnny's father, who lived on Innishmurray Island - the site of (consecutively) a prehistoric settlement, monastery and whiskey distillery. 'Johnny's great grandfather was king of the island,' Prannie says proudly, 'solving disputes and making the big decisions.' Streedagh House, now her home, was bequeathed to one of Johnny's ancestors, a nurse in Dublin, by a grateful patient.
Once part of a grand estate, it lies in a dip protected from the Atlantic storms. 'As you turn into the mainway,' says Prannie, 'peace descends because the walls are so high.' Set in eight acres, the stone property has a military square and niches where cannon once protruded, testimony to its role as a fortress.
'It has its moments,' Prannie laughs, when I ask about the walled garden. 'We're proud of our garlic, which we grow in seaweed; it's huge and pungent, like Mediterranean garlic, which isn't bad for the north-west of Ireland. Our cherry tomatoes are sweet and wonderful, taking people back to their childhood.'
Returning from the picnic, she discovers some eggs left in a flowerpot by a neighbour. 'People will hang a side of salmon on our door,' she says, 'and we'll leave people veggies from the polytunnel. Then Johnny will go out and catch some fish. Pairing mackerel with those fresh produce, it's easy for us to share.'
Certainly, the ensuing clam bake couldn't be more generous. 'People gasp when we unpeel it all,' says Prannie, 'because there's lots of steam and everything is stained purple by the iodine in the seaweed; it looks like it's been tie-dyed. Everything has to be eaten hot, dipped in little bowls of garlic butter.'
Prannie would be the first to admit that Johnny, not she, is the 'clam bake operator'. It was he who watched the process years ago in Boston, and copied it.
Right now, when the weather is less clement, he is just as happy cooking indoors for up to 25 people. 'We always celebrate the winter solstice,' says Prannie. 'Johnny's trick is his venison. He'll do it with spaghetti de la mer [a thread-like seaweed, himantalia elongata], figs and port - rib-sticking food. He does organic beef as well, as a curry.'
Every year, there is music. 'My sisters play harps and I play bodhran, a traditional Irish drum,' says Prannie, 'and Johnny's relations are great musicians. We're not precious about the house, we're not precious about the kitchen floor. We do sean-nós, old-style dancing, with lots of stamping and cockroach-killing.'
To me, it really does sound like the longest night of the year - but I'm not Irish. I'd prefer to be the RP, or Responsible Person, watching over the clam bake, glass in hand, making sure no child falls into the smouldering pit while gazing out across Streedagh Bay and imagining the thin grey ribbon of the Boston shoreline.


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Celtics head coach, Doc Rivers, joins D&C to preview the 2011-2012 season and talk about Rajon Rondo's future with the C's
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Welcome back Dennis and Callahan well basketball's up and running again Doc Rivers joins us all talk or -- haven't seen you guys and well long long time I've never seen. And -- Polly Harris is I saw you would the us Celtics golf tournament boy you're swinging the good thing. We know what you've been doing since last and so I have played a lot there's no doubt about that. -- well. But I -- -- -- -- well thought out theories finals of the question you know a thousand times of what the 66 game compressed schedule means to your particular team. Don't know are really -- I don't think we were gone and now. No listen the last four years we started out great you know I think -- we could have stopped the season that thirty day -- we would have won four titles in the room unfortunately. We don't and so. The first thought going into indices for us we have to finish the season you know and obviously what's happened is injury we get into a season them injuries. And -- we can't finish the year last year was a great example that we just didn't finish the year. So with 66 games only thought going into it as you're gonna need more guys. To polite and you're gonna have to go deeper into your rotation. In the that I think every single coach is gonna have to be a master manager. -- in time and in time use like normal days. Do you practice over half the practice that you would come watch more film do you walk through more stuff. I don't think any it was really know yet I think we're planning for all of us. The vagaries of the compressed. Camp going up to the ship be careful in that situation as well. -- -- -- now that we just -- as far as I'm concerned yesterday. Because the first two days were wasted time. We're not -- bodies we we -- -- guys one day in nine -- and so we had no scrimmage is no no up and down. Our first date we did scrimmage you know the third day and you can see we need to scrimmage more guys are not in breach in my opinion. They are in shape as far as if they -- walk to streets in the good. But tonight in basketball. And so I'm gonna guess most teams are like that. It's our hope that because we sure are there's no doubt about it. Are you expecting Rondo to be your point guard on Christmas Day. Oh yeah yeah he'll be our point guard and probably longer for a lot of years. You know it's been a lot of rumors in the you know this is part of the business and you guys know that. It makes my job tougher. At times especially I was. You could. Talk about trees and stuff without anyone knowing that's unrealistic. When that stuff happens. You know the good news is that you talked about. We're still players if you never mentioned in their trade in you pretty much you know entered into editor. I'm guessing Doc Rivers the player and that OK when you need to came up there and a lot of these guys probably handle okay but isn't Rondo a little different. He's not much more -- he's he's stubborn emotional just like. Most players are. And most great players. Though most great players. Are stubborn because that's what made a great. They're -- because that's what made -- great and you have to do that at times you know on this list who -- on the because of the youth part of the book. Overall listen. There was aware. We forget his youth. And I think we really do because he's so good. And we forget that he walked into every -- combustible situation in my opinion there -- -- second year player on certain you have to manage. Three pretty high it hurt our profiles and and he's done. AB agent Paul Pierce was just. Talk animal Rondo he called them our best player not because he's your best player. I don't know he's our best player but he's our most important -- You know I don't know who our best players are always there where format. Because with this team there's guys on a given night. -- going to be Everest Puerto on certain nights and so is -- doing so was great and so was Kevin. But run Lumix at all go. The EU as the guy that allows those other three guys to be great steal if you Nordson. And Diaz. So when asked who the smartest player and in view us. And without hesitation. I guess I'm buys. But wrongdoers that there's -- no doubt to me about that I would. I would love to have it tests where we can bring in all the point guards and all the guards all the players and talk about other teams. And call -- lazy and I guarantee you Rondo. Would lead the pack as far as knowing the other -- sets he could probably to go. Where everybody else should the only other teams were some of those guys on the. It's probably with no vertigo who's the dumbest player and then go into what I don't Miss America. It was basketball's march we're talking about yeah coaching material in the future he wanted to make him an economy. This idea I hope we go a step because we don't know how frustrated I am we would Smart god yeah because sometimes the smartest instrument trouble. You know they're pitching sometimes -- play. Do you think for the overall the NBA has a public relations dilemma here coming off block out -- didn't happen trees aren't gonna happen I mean there's there's some PR. I'm not okay legendary part as a nightmare I I think we think the -- covered itself in glory of well -- I or if you truly are. Is no that's been all right this is beyond doesn't look awful then it is awful way and we hope that it gets solved. Having said that we're talking about the -- then so PR wise you know that partisan -- that baton you know the work stoppage is always a nightmare ended. Business you know that matter sports in the it's been proven. In any business or sports that when you have work stoppage. It takes time to bring back the clients and you know the good news for us is that what you're on the good news for us is that there's a lot of compelling stories. I don't know we've had. You know who last year with Miami and in this year -- all the other moves it's a pretty interesting year and so that'll bring guys. You know you mentioned Miami and I spent the better part of half the season trying to get their stuff together -- -- each other and you know work in progress all that sort of stuff. Will there be a lot more of this football new new people in new places and shortens situation -- think that would give you guys an advantage future -- is is intact. -- it was an advantage except for. It's just a split front to back up right you know all the other guys did you think about we have eight Newport -- that's a lot of -- and and -- in the year where those players. Are going to be extremely. Important our -- to me the is going to be so. Important that -- -- Warner garbage mountain we play it by attendees at times in games and there were times we had an entire bench on the floor. In crunch time in games we get three in war guys from the bit on the floor at times and if we're gonna do registered that would be sensors sitting in one year window -- sit. I look at it is that I want my players who look different Weathers to your wins or not we'll find out. But in my mind this is when your when the for a so it's close. There's no doubt about it we knew we got team to what it was close award got the Dow up forty years ago. Let's hope we didn't think you'd be here we have we set up. He signed a five year deal looks like you go one year -- -- and then you gonna be rebuilding. Efforts in the arm from the -- generous you know when you state. You know I'm not a mover. And that's honestly. Unloaded here I didn't know I would like to -- several years ago and I can tell you those first two years that was so not a whole bunch of plug. But not even in those years that I've said it many times. It's still was in the could be a part of this the pins here are unbelievable even when they're tough. They're yours you know because they wanted to know where. You. You just can't get this and I really believe I'm not trying to be Corning or anything like that. And I loved working with -- we have a good relationship. We agree. 67%. Of the time and we disagree the other thirty it would it would go golf. We'll go have -- And I have to drinks could stand it and do it so it's -- -- woman every night you can envision where you actually sit. A starter down until -- and might liken it in the three in a row or is -- bringing us some minutes at some point you're giving guy a night off. Yeah I would I hope I don't have to -- but I'm gonna do. Whatever it takes. Two. If that means and not only winning but winning now and Lleyton in the same -- The problem is we don't know again we just we have no idea we don't -- I don't know what that's going to be I don't know Kevin real Pall on the right when the average I'm hoping now one of the things I do believe is that. I think mental toughness. Is going to be so important this year because all we're gonna talk about is the amount of -- and that's what we should do. Every time we doing an interview yet. Just think every team goes through the three in a room. All this can be such rights hall right and you know emergency teams going into it they can. We got to get through this instead of win every gesture and we somehow have to get our guys they -- OK we have 66 day. And 124 days and we have to win all. So I guess you subscribe to the Parcells theory to -- give a team an excuse to lose more often than not they'll take Celtics. And I do don't I -- that's going to be debate. Where every team it's ours and -- -- being the old energy right it's going to be talked about it. -- before you go we know you know Tim Tebow and that's all that matters in the world right now is Tim Tebow. Deep disease surprise even you. Yeah yeah I mean like this you know this it would give them embarrassment ultimate outside -- I heard the comment. Duo looked nervous and reluctant to vote this week there and that -- weren't so. But. It wouldn't surprise me as a person I've madam and he -- -- he's legit. Whether you like that or not I don't care but he has a leader he's legit. Whether he's a good player or not. He's just surprising. -- is resilience. To me is just unglued. This week -- it -- Tebow against the Brady now that the Richards and now I can guarantee -- pitchers will not do Tebow I'm. I'm positive of final question Austin to the ground running at -- and play company that bears must coach K loves atmosphere. I've never been in the Cameron. And 20. The first Austin watching them play. And I got it to use -- -- -- because of this and know there -- rooms and the conference -- who got to go into considerations the best basketball experience that you can possibly the less than a year from now -- going to be coaching against him. Well my -- that no I'm not. Because we're her file him that's a button up. Doc good to see if they've done a great student got Doc Rivers with Dennis and Callahan.