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I have a 1976 Cal 27 with an Atomic 4. This season I noticed that when I start the engine for several minutes there is blue/gray smoke coming out of the exhaust. (I assume from oil pooling in cylinders.) After about three to five minutes it seems to subside, but will smoke again a little after starting up when I'm coming in after a day of sailing.
I also noticed this weekend where the lower quarter of the spark plug caps on the front three spark plug wires had melted a little. I've been having some problems with overheating, but not to the extent that would cause this. (The temperature runs about 180 degrees and never exceeds 200 degrees.) Can anyone offer any suggestions? Am I looking at pulling the engine and an overhaul or is there a less expensive/complex solution?Mark Matthews responds:Thanks for the question. Im not a certified mechanic, although I have done my fair share of engine dissections and reconstructions, so Ill take a stab at answering your question. For starters, the Atomic 4 brought thousands of boatowners plenty of usemy parents have one in their Catalina 30, and I have a friend that sailed a Peason Trident to Japan and back with one in his boat. However, at some junction down the road the switch to diesel is a prudent one.
The blue smoke is likely to come from oil being burned, especially when you start the boat. My guess is that the piston rings or valve stem seals are worn, allowing oil to burn when the engine is first started. Then, when everything gets good and hot the rings expand and the amount of oil being burned decreases. After sailing for the day, the engine cools a little, but the engine block still stays relatively warm, causing the engine to smoke a bit when starting up again until these critical seals once again expand. Depending on how much oil it burns, along with your mechanical aptitude and your tolerance for pain, this may or may not be something you want to try fixing yourself. Either way, consult with a mechanic before you get started. If you're able to get the pieces apart and get them fixed and put them back together again, youd save a lot in the labor department to do this yourselfproviding you dont lose any of the pieces, of course.As far as the spark plug wires go, Id recommend replacing the plugs and seeing if that symptoma potentially dangerous one given that you've got a gas-powered enginecontinues. If you're lucky, the wires simply vibrated, which caused them to touch something hot and melt.
Obviously if youve been having problems with overheating, youll want to address these. If your engine is raw-water cooled, you may want to take off the exhaust manifold and clean out any scale deposits that may be hindering the water flow. You may also want to consider installing a way to flush the engine with freshwater after each sail.
To query other sailors that have doubtlessly wrestled with some of the same problems you've got, Id recommend checking out one of our E-mail discussion lists. After you get to the index page, click on C for Cal. Good luck.
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Khloe Kardashian's Sporty LAX Arrival
Arriving back in her hometown, Khloe Kardashian was spotted at LAX airport in Los Angeles, CA with her mother Kris Jenner this afternoon (May 23).
The reality television star rocked a long black sweater with cute sneakers letting her luscious locks flow as she toted her rolling luggage and smiled for the awaiting paparazzi.
In other news, comedian Tracy Morgan joked on Conan O'Brien last night that he is the Khloe's father.
After rumors surfaced on the season finale of "Khloe and Lamar" that the youngest Kardashian sister may have a different father and Morgan took the opportunity to tease adding, ""Test results just came back. She's my daughter."
He claimed that the 27-year-old was the result of a "threesome" that also involved O.J. Simpson and that he met "the mom, Krissi" -- otherwise known as Kris Jenner -- after the Penn Relays in Philadelphia.
Enjoy the pictures of Khloe Kardashian at LAX Airport in Los Angeles, CA (May 23).
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text: SHENZHEN, China and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BGI-Shenzhen ("BGI"), a leading international genomics organization based in Shenzhen, China, today announced that through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Beta Acquisition Corporation, it has successfully completed the acquisition of Complete Genomics, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: GNOM) ("Complete"), an innovative leader in accurate whole human genomic sequencing. BGI accomplished the acquisition through a cash tender offer to purchase all of Complete's outstanding shares of common stock for $3.15 per share, followed by a short-form merger effective March 18, 2013. BGI will operate Complete as a separate wholly-owned subsidiary and offer a broad array of genomic research technology across a variety of platforms. Dr. Clifford Reid will remain as CEO of Complete. The company has retired its ticker symbol, GNOM. "We are delighted to now join forces with Complete," said Dr. Wang Jun, CEO of BGI. "We greatly value the employees and the work of Complete, which will benefit our genomic research by its complete and accurate whole human genome sequencing technology. We look forward to working together to support the advancement of innovative biotechnology, healthcare and other related fields." "Complete and BGI share a vision of how whole genome sequencing can revolutionize clinical medicine," Dr. Reid said. "Before the end of this decade, I expect people around the world to routinely receive medical advice and treatment based on their own unique genetic makeup." AdvisorsCiti served as financial advisor for the transaction to BGI and O'Melveny & Myers LLP was BGI's legal counsel. Complete was advised by Jefferies & Company, Inc. and its legal counsel Latham & Watkins LLP. About BGIBGI includes both private non-profit genomic research institutes and sequencing application commercial units that provide comprehensive sequencing and bioinformatics services for medical, agricultural and environmental applications. Our commercial activities help our customers achieve their research goals by delivering rapid, high-quality results using a broad array of cost-effective, cutting-edge technologies. Our customers also benefit from our scientific expertise and research experience that have generated over 250 publications in top-tier journals such as Nature and Science. BGI is recognized globally as an innovator for conducting international collaborative projects with leading research institutions to better mankind and our world. Additional information about BGI and its U.S. subsidiary, BGI Americas, can be found at www.genomics.cn/en and www.bgiamericas.com. About CompleteThrough its pioneering sequencing-as-a-service model, Complete provides the most accurate whole human genome sequencing available today. The ease of use and power of Complete's advanced informatics and analysis systems provide genomic information needed to better understand the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. Additional information can be found at http://www.completegenomics.com. Forward-Looking Statements


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Happy Earth Day!
It would have been completely ironic for the Valley publishing company to deliver these monolith-sized stacks of phone books on Earth Day but that didn't happen. They did make the trek from Fresno to doorsteps and sidewalks of San Francisco a couple of weeks ago. No doubt, many San Franciscans couldn't wait for the newest page-turner. Who can't live without their phone book these days?
We find humor in the fact that the 584 page of wasted paper states "This directory is 100% recyclable" in several places throughout the book. Of course it is, and so too are plastic bottles. Why even make this monstrosity at all? And speaking of plastic, we even enjoy receiving these phone books wrapped in plastic.
Maybe next time, the company can dip the phone books in oil before they deliver them to all of the customers who early await the next updated version.
And just a shout out to the Millions Against Monsanto event taking place in San Francisco Civic Center this Saturday April 23rd from 11 AM to 6 PM.
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I have noticed that when I smile, my jaw is very uneven and my smile is unacttractive for that reason. The picture I have posted is my natural smile... READ MORE
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Microsoft Corp. Tuesday disclosed that an "extremely serious" flaw in an extension included in Windows 2000 could allow a malicious hacker to gain complete control of any computer running the Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 software built into that operating system.
In a bulletin posted on its Web site, Microsoft said the vulnerability is caused by an unchecked buffer in an extension that provides native support for Internet printing capabilities within Windows 2000. The software vendor "strongly" urged all IIS 5.0 users to install a new patch that's supposed to fix the problem.
Scott Culp, a program manager at Microsoft's security response center, went even further in an interview, saying it's "imperative" that anyone running IIS 5.0 apply the patch. The hole is especially serious because it could enable an attacker to run code that would give him complete control of Windows 2000 on a vulnerable server. "There is literally nothing [an attacker] could not do," Culp said.
Information about the vulnerability has been distributed to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft users and business partners, he added.The hole was first reported to Microsoft 10 days ago by eEye Digital Security, an Aliso, Viejo, Calif.-based security software vendor that has posted its own advisory about the vulnerability.
While the new flaw is considered serious, Culp said it will affect only those users who have explicitly turned on IIS 5.0 and the Internet Printing Protocol feature offered as part of Windows 2000. The problematic extension that implements the protocol is installed by default on all Windows 2000-based servers, but it can be accessed only via IIS 5.0.
Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer at eEye, said the security vendor reported the hole to Microsoft almost two weeks ago. Microsoft confirmed the vulnerability and then created the patch that was released today. The problem affects systems running Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server.
According to eEye's advisory, a filter on the Internet Server Application Program Interface (ISAPI) extension that controls the Internet printing commands "does not do proper 'bounds checking' on user-inputted buffers." That makes it susceptible to buffer overflow attacks that could give hackers the keys they need to gain system-level access to servers.
Once that's accomplished, Maiffret said, an attacker could view all files on a penetrated server and execute any commands. He added that the vulnerability poses a potential threat to Windows 2000 servers running at "everything from mom-and-pop shops to Fortune 100 companies."
While the hole itself is somewhat obscure, security analysts said ways to exploit it are sure to be developed and shared among would-be attackers. Maiffret said eEye is posting "a proof-of-concept exploit that can't be used maliciously," but he and William Wall, a senior security engineer at Harris Corp.'s network security unit in Melbourne, Fla., agreed that instructions for taking advantage of the hole will be widespread within a few days.
As a result, systems administrators need to act quickly to ensure that their corporate servers don't get attacked, Maiffret said. "As soon as somebody learns about [the hole], they need to install the patch," he advised. "They shouldn't wait an hour or a day."
Computerworld's Jennifer DiSabatino co-authored this story.
This story, "Update: Microsoft warns of serious Windows 2000 hole" was originally published by Computerworld.


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Communication is a key component in human relationship and especially in dating. There are so many possibilities to sharpen your communication skills using online dating sites, dating chat rooms, social networks. Follow @wildbuddies don't miss dating news and gossip.
Another advantage of online dating services is their online chat rooms. You can talk with anyone you like anytime you want, it's like talking with friends in person but online. Dating chat rooms is a great opportunity to know the person better, to see if you are compatible, have common interests, lifestyles, goals etc.
When talking with someone in a chat room show interest, ask questions, joke, engage a person into an interesting chat, success guaranteed.
If you can't express your feelings or your thoughts you will never find common language with anyone and you will never get a girl of your dream. This is why, it is so crucial to improve your communication skills in terms to have your dream date.
Very often when guys are trying to get aquainted with a girl they like, they don't know what to say or they say some nonsense which they consider cool and witty. Calculate how many times guys got rejected because they didn't know how to approach the girl, which is sad.
How to have success in online dating
The first thing you'll have to do after registering at a dating site is to create a profile. The better you work on it the more success you'll have. A few tips:
– Be honest. Write only true facts about yourself, don't pretend someone you are not, because this will lead you you to a false path and you will meet the wrong people.
– Be positive. Always say good, positive things about yourself, no one will want to hear your complaints, this will ruin the first impression about you, and your potential date will run away from you.
– Don't make your profile too long, no one will want to read it. Be laconic, give the most important information about who you are and what are you looking for.
– Post a few nice pictures. Don't post old photos, your primary picture should be recent and all about you.
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– Be direct about who are you looking for. This is the most important thing in finding a dream date, determine they type of person you want to date with and be honest.
– Send engaging emails. The first email to someone new is very important. Always present yourself, if you use screen name instead of your real name, tell the person both, for example "Hello, it's west2059, my name is Richard…".
Online dating is a very powerful tool in terms of finding a date, new friends and having fun in cyber space.
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Zoe Saldana Adds Sexiness to the 2011 Spirit Awards
Always looking fabulous on the red carpet, Zoe Saldana looked stunning as she arrived at the 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday afternoon (February 26).
The "Avatar" actress turned heads in Dolce & Gabbana as she strutted her stuff at the Santa Monica beachfront venue while mingling with fellow guest Jane Lynch.
Along with taking in the Spirit Awards happenings, Miss Saldana will be taking the stage to dish out a trophy to one of the ceremony's lucky winners.
The 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards will air at 10:00 ET on IFC with Joel McHale handling the hosting duties.


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As you drive into the Boca Country Club, through the 24-hour manned guard house, Candlewood is the first subdivision on your right.
Many of its magnificent stand-alone homes line the 10th hole of the Championship Golf Course, with panoramic lake views. Others nestle in park-like settings.
Some of the courtyard homes have their own guest houses, separated from the main home by privacy pools.
The magnificent Candlewood subdivision is just a walk away from the Championship tennis courts, the clubhouse, the oversized Olympic pool, the exercise facilities, the driving range, and some of the finest food in Boca in the Grille Room and at the Country Club's Dining Room.
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While in Northern California for a wedding last weekend, my husband and I stopped by Williams Selyem winery in Healdsburg, Calif. Since 2010, the highly regarded company has inhabited a sparkling new facility, which happens to have been built by Custom Home's 2011 Custom Builder of the Year, Jim Murphy & Associates. (The architect was Alex Ceppi of the New York firm D.arc Group.)
In our snapshot of the front entry you can see wine barrels lining the glass walls. It's a nice touch that warms the modern, concrete-and-glass interiors. Better photos can be seen on both the builder's and the architect's websites.–M.D.


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The University of Memphis offers two programs of on-campus employment. Federal Work-Study is a need-based financial aid program. The regular student employment program is not need-based and is available to any student enrolled at least half-time. Job openings for both programs are posted in the Student Employment Office website.


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Hello everyone, my name's George and I'm really happy to be a part of this forum. My wife and I adopted our first ever German Shepherd puppy from the Redlands Animal Shelter this past Saturday and we are absolutely in love with her! We have a 7 year old daughter and are purchasing our first home soon so we thought that adopting a puppy now would be the best time to raise her as part of our family. Plus it was always a dream of us to have a German Shepherd and now we have finally have the resources to be able to do so. We currently live in Fontana but will be moving to Perris in a few weeks or months.
A few things we've noticed already that I am just finding out are pretty common but that I'd really like to start working with her to help us alleviate them:
1) She loves to jump up and nip at us. She does it the most with our 7 year old daughter and likes to just grab our clothes and leave little holes in them. We have a few small scratches in our arms and wrists from when she gets us. It's like we go to pet her on the side of the neck or her shoulder and she'll swing her head towards your hand to nip you. Or she'll jump at your hand and try to nip it as well. We tell her "no" in a firm voice and push her down or away and tell her to "Sit" or "Sit Down" and keep repeating that until she sits. If not then we'll tell her to sit and push down on her back so she gets the message and then when she sits down and calms down we'll praise her and pet her and scratch her and give her a small treat. She's a sweetheart when she calms down and just lets us show her some love. I hope we're doing okay there.
2) She acts aggressive towards our other small chihuahuas. I don't know how to address this issue. We have them separated right now, they're in the backyard and she is in the front yard and each day so far we've brought the male chihuahua outside to just say hi and we kept them away. I'd love some help there if possible.
So that's it in a nutshell. I'm going to start reading as much as I can from here to get all the advice I can. I'm looking into getting her signed up at Zoom Room in Claremont for the puppy classes and maybe the private lessons with her and our other smalls dogs. I'd love any info that would be beneficial to us. I can't take her to a dog park until she has all her shots but I really want her to be a lovable social dog like I know she can. Thanks everyone, hope to learn a lot while I'm here
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Just a reminder that we will not be having class this weekend as I will be out of the city until Sunday afternoon. I'm still working out some of the logistics with the Lyceum (insurance, equipment, etc.) however we should be resuming classes by Saturday, December 1. Stay posted for updates and possible schedule changes.
Also, I'll be ordering more equipment by the end of the week so please look forward to an expanding list of available exercises for the WODs.
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|Conservative Commentary - Maryland
Your budget states, "We must work with the
BOCC to consider paying off the mortgage
on the Moakley Street building. This will add
$500,000 to the base of the budget." How
much does St. Mary's County Public
Schools spend each year on any and all
travel and meals?
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To: Jerry Weast, Kate Harrison
From: Peyton Wolcott
Subject: MEDIA QUERY, 4th request (1st sent 01.09.08) -
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Jerry and Kate, this is my fourth
request for the following information.
Kate, having asked for over a month now, I will be happy to
hold this until COB Wednesday, February 13, 2008, for your
response and/or any questions you might have preparatory
to responding on behalf of Jerry and/or MCPS.
After that date, I will begin publishing on my site and in other
venues including my upcoming book, and will note that you
have been contacted on numerous occasions and declined to
As a friendly heads up, I would like to share with you both
that some folks in your school district who feel MCPS is
being less than forthcoming with information including public
information including but not limited to financials have
contacted me. Based on my having attempted so many
times to obtain responsive replies from Jerry, all with no luck,
I am beginning to see why these folks might feel as they do,
which makes any journalist all the more curious.
Wishing you both all the best.
Peyton Wolcott
(Prior email) Jerry, perhaps you've been busy. Looking
forward to hearing back from you as soon as possible.
Thank you, and wishing you all the best. Peyton Wolcott
(Prior email) Jerry, I'm preparing a commentary which will
touch on the above named product (for more information
please see press release below) and am hoping you can help
me with a couple of questions:
1. What is MCPS's legal standing for
participation in partnership ?
There appear to be a number of such partnerships around the
country between public schools and private businesses and
many of us are confused as to the legal standing for such,
especially when the selling of data regarding and specific to
MCPS students is involved.
2. Royalties ?
What is the dollar amount per annum of royalties received by
MCPS for its partnership? What is the dollar amount per
annum of royalties received by you for your participation in
the partnership?
3. Financial and/or other considerations ?
What if any financial and/or other considerations are/did you
and/or your former CIO John Q. Porter receive from the
vendor and/or any other sources for your and/or MCPS'
participation in this partnership?
Could you please fill me in at your earliest opportunity?
This will be published on my website and in Education
News; I will be noting that you have been contacted on this
date. As a friendly heads up to you, this email is being
Thank you, and wishing you all the best --
Peyton Wolcott
Press Release
Montgomery County Public Schools
Announces Partnership With Innovative
Technology Company Providing Handheld
Solutions for Teachers
School System Teams with Wireless Generation
to Develop Handheld Computer Assessment
that Saves Time and Informs Instruction
ROCKVILLE, MD, June 3, 2005 - Montgomery County
Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland, one of the nation's
highest performing school districts, and Wireless Generation,
the leading provider of handheld computer software used by
teachers to perform observational assessments, today
announced the release of mCLASS:Reading 3D software,
developed through a unique collaboration between the school
district and the education technology company.
This new product enables teachers to use a handheld
computer to administer two kinds of assessments commonly
relied upon to evaluate students' reading development
throughout grades K-3. One is the scientifically research-
based Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
(known as DIBELS). DIBELS has been adopted by many
states and districts since the passage of the No Child Left
Behind Act to identify students at risk for reading failure
who need additional support and monitoring to achieve
reading benchmark goals. The other is a set of measures
from the MCPS Assessment Program in Primary Reading
that is based in balanced literacy, an approach to reading
instruction that blends phonics instruction with more holistic
activities that emphasize understanding meaning through
The advantage to having these two kinds of assessments in
one product is that many educators use multiple approaches
in looking at children's reading progress during the year for
the greatest degree of diagnostic insight. The handheld
computer technology allows teachers to capture easily the
data from both assessments in one central place, for a full
picture of a student's reading development.
"The instant access to data from these handheld assessments
gives our teachers critical knowledge about their students in
real time. The teachers can immediately turn that knowledge
into action by adjusting their teaching strategies to fit their
students' needs. So far, we're seeing great results," said Dr.
Jerry D. Weast, superintendent of schools.
The mCLASS:Reading 3D software was developed with the
support of and in consultation with the DIBELS co-authors,
Roland Good, Ph.D., and Ruth Kaminski, Ph.D., of the
University of Oregon and Dynamic Measurement Group.
Leading educational publisher Harcourt Achieve is also a key
partner, providing a set of acclaimed Rigby books for
teachers to use in administering reading records. Teachers
use reading records to place students at appropriate reading
levels and identify patterns in errors students make when
reading aloud. Harcourt Achieve has worked closely with
MCPS for more than ten years and plans to support
mCLASS:Reading 3D software with supplemental reading
As a co-developer of the software, MCPS will benefit on
several fronts. The district will receive a discount on
subscription fees for the right to use the software to assess its
students. In addition, MCPS also will receive royalties on all
sales of the software to other school districts nationwide.
Wireless Generation software makes assessment easier and
more effective, helping teachers to use data to shape
instruction. Teachers turn on their handhelds, select a student'
s name and assessment activity, and follow along as the
student does reading tasks, recording the student's
performance with just a tap on the screen. Once the exercise
is finished, the teacher receives a student's results instantly
on the handheld, "syncs" the handheld to a computer to view
Web-based reports on the class and individual students, and
uses the information to tailor instruction to students' needs.
Teachers and administrators can access additional reports on
a school or district. Use of the software has played a key
role in bringing parents into the student achievement process
by providing easy-to-understand reports on student progress
that can be used in parent–teacher conferences.
Approximately 75,000 teachers in 43 states have switched
from paper to Wireless Generation's handheld computer
software to assess more than 1 million children.
"From its inception Wireless Generation has relied on the
feedback of the teachers and administrators who use our
software, so it was a natural progression to collaborate with a
top school district for our latest literacy tool. Superintendent
Jerry Weast and his team understood how our technology
and existing assessments could be brought together to create
one product that filled a void for educators, meeting the needs
of MCPS and many districts across the country," said Larry
Berger, co-founder and CEO of Wireless Generation.
"mCLASS:Reading 3D software puts a remarkable inventory
of reading assessment methods at teachers' fingertips."
Harcourt Achieve, publisher of comprehensive and
supplementary early reading programs participated in the
handheld reading assessment collaboration. "We've enjoyed
our long standing relationship with MCPS and support their
state-of-the art literacy program as a model for other districts
nationwide," said Lynn Harris, vice president, national sales
manager, Harcourt Achieve.
About Wireless Generation
Wireless Generation is the leading developer of preK-12
observational assessment software. With its suite of handheld
computer-based assessments for early reading and math, the
company has transformed the way educators collect and use
assessment data, helping to create a culture of continuous
feedback and improvement in classrooms. Wireless
Generation continues to develop new products based on its
mission of using technology to maximize the educational
value of every teacher -student interaction. More information
is available on the Web at www.wirelessgeneration.com.
About Montgomery County Public Schools
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS),
located in the Washington D.C. suburbs, is the 17th largest
school system in the United States. Nearly 140,000 students
from 167 countries and speaking 134 languages are enrolled
in 192 schools. Recognized as a national leader in early
childhood education, MCPS's Early Success initiative in
Kindergarten through Grade 2 has produced substantial gains
in reading skills among students learning English and those
most impacted by poverty-effectively narrowing the
achievement gap by race and ethnicity. Twenty-three MCPS
high schools have been recognized by Newsweek
magazine as among the best in America for the high number
of students taking Advanced Placement and International
Baccalaureate tests. The class of 2004 set a record high
average SAT score of 1102 with an 80 percent participation
rate. MCPS recently has been named the winner of
Maryland's most prestigious award for organizational
performance excellence-the U.S. Senate Productivity
Award. On the Web: www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org.
About Harcourt Achieve
Harcourt Achieve produces learning solutions and content
that fundamentally and positively change the lives of young
and adult learners. Published under the Rigby, Saxon and
Steck-Vaughn imprints, its products are based on a
developmental philosophy that assesses learners' skills,
matches them to appropriate content and accelerates them to
meet and exceed expectations. The Rigby imprint offers
progressive learning solutions for core reading and English
language learner instruction that provide differentiated
instruction to match each student's instructional level. The
Saxon imprint offers the nation's best selling and most
thoroughly researched skills-based mathematics program for
grades K-12, as well as popular phonics, K-3 spelling, and
early learning programs. The Steck-Vaughn imprint offers
easy-to-use, innovative learning solutions that accelerate
content-area knowledge, reading skills, and preparation for
standards-based tests, allowing learners to meet and exceed
expectations. For more information, please visit www.
About DIBELS
The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
(DIBELS®) are a set of standardized, individually
administered measures of early literacy development. The
measures assess skills that are consistent with the essential
early literacy domains discussed in both the National
Reading Panel (2000) and National Research Council (1998)
reports in areas of phonemic awareness, alphabetic
understanding, accuracy and fluency, vocabulary
development and comprehension. Each DIBELS® measure
has been thoroughly researched and demonstrated to be a
reliable and valid indicator of early literacy development and
predictive of later reading proficiency. When used as
recommended, the results can be used to evaluate individual
student development as well as provide grade-level feedback
toward validated instructional objectives. DIBELS has
been included in 45 state Reading
First plans. More information is available on the Web
at http://dibels.uoregon.edu, or www.dibels.org.
|STATUS: 4 emailed queries since Jan.
9, 2008 (plus telephone calls)
|STATUS: First emails sent 10.05.08
|Scroll down for
Reading First
|Sentencing date
Oct. 20, 2008
|John Q. Porter (R) with his
boss Jerry Weast at
Baltimore County Public
Schools (PHOTO--Scholastic)
|Former OKC
Schools superin-
tendent John Q.
Porter won't face
criminal charges
March 6, 2008
Former Oklahoma City
Schools superinten-
dent John Q. Porter
won't face criminal
charges as a result of
an investigation into
possible fraudulent
expense reports and
The resignation of...
Porter from the Oklaho-
ma City School Board
at the end of January
concluded with
Oklahoma County
District Attorney David
Prater saying Thursday
afternoon that Porter
had not committed any
criminal activity.
Prater said that Porter's
actions portrayed him
as a "bully," but that he
had not committed a
crime even though
there have been many
questions about
expense reports filed
by the former
Oklahoma City Schools
superintendent. Porter
resigned from his post
on Jan. 23 based on
accusations of
improper fiscal
A full 278-page report
detailing all of the
expense reports that
were included in this
investigation are
available as a PDF
download here.
|Porter left his Maryland
job as chief technology
officer for Jerry Weast
at Montomery County
Public Schools to
become Oklahoma
City's superintendent
last summer. Despite
having bought a
million-dollar house
(below) in OKC (there
aren't that many) he
was gone by January.
|More here
|More here from the
U.S. Dep't of the
Treasury re
Operation Blowfish
|Now, three years after he
resigned amid a federal
investigation, Hornsby, 54,
faces a substantial prison
sentence. Each of the
fraud counts on which he
was convicted carries up
to 20 years, and each of
the tampering and
obstruction counts carries
a maximum of 10 years.
Hornsby, who was
accused of steering
school system contracts
to his girlfriend and to a
longtime business
associate in exchange for
kickbacks, was convicted
of honest-services wire
fraud, attempted evidence
tampering and obstruction
of justice. He was
acquitted of one wire fraud
count and one attempted
witness tampering count.
In the hushed fourth-floor
courtroom where the trial
unfolded, Hornsby sat
attentive and almost still
as the jury foreman went
down the verdict form.
Next to Hornsby was his
attorney, Robert C.
Bonsib. Across the aisle
were the prosecutors,
Stuart A. Berman and
Michael R. Pauzé, and
one of the case agents
from the FBI, John M.
|Hornsby Convicted
On 6 Counts
By Henri E. Cauvin and Ruben
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thurs., July 24, 2008; Page A01
Andre J. Hornsby, the
former Prince George's
County public schools
chief whose first
corruption trial ended in a
hung jury last year, was
convicted yesterday on six
of the 22 federal charges
brought against him in his
|Andre Hornsby
|The jury, which had been
deliberating since July 15,
acquitted Hornsby of two
charges and deadlocked
on the rest.
The conviction caps an
extraordinary fall for
Hornsby, who arrived in
Upper Marlboro in 2003
with a reputation for
making waves and with a
mandate to turn around the
county's troubled school
|Siena Owens (PHOTO/Robert A.
Reader/Washington Post)
|Each of the first five counts, all wire fraud, came back
as deadlocked. It was not until the sixth count,
another wire fraud charge, that Hornsby heard the
word he was dreading: guilty. Five more guilty
verdicts followed, for additional counts of wire fraud,
attempted evidence tampering and obstruction of
All three wire fraud charges on which Hornsby was
convicted involved e-mail communications from his
ex-girlfriend Sienna Owens that were related to a
deal between her company, LeapFrog
SchoolHouse, and the school system.
U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte set Hornsby's
sentencing for Oct. 20 and, at the request of
prosecutors, ordered him to surrender his passport.
Leaving the federal courthouse in Greenbelt,
Hornsby said nothing, deferring to Bonsib to speak
for him. "We're obviously disappointed," Bonsib said.
The jury struggled with many of the charges, he said,
but not all of them. "Obviously the jury was
persuaded by some of the evidence. We disagree."
After not securing any guilty verdicts in the first trial,
the conviction of Hornsby was a welcome victory for
the U.S. attorney's office in Maryland and for the FBI.
"The evidence in this case demonstrated that Andre
Hornsby abused his power for private financial gain,
tampered with witnesses and obstructed a federal
investigation," U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said
in a statement. "Public officials must pursue the
public interest and not line their own pockets at
taxpayer expense."
In interviews outside the courthouse, jurors said the
complexity of the case against Hornsby, with 28
witnesses and hundreds of exhibits, made
deliberations difficult. They said it was particularly so
at the beginning, as they wrestled with how to
approach the evidence and the voluminous
"I don't think there was any unanimity at the outset,"
said Larry Boswell, a database systems manager
from Montgomery County. "It was a very complicated
Once they considered the evidence, however, at
least a few of the verdicts were clear, juror Audrey
Stewart said. "With some of the evidence that was
presented to us, we couldn't help but say guilty
because it was right there," said Stewart, who lives
in Bowie and works as a librarian for the federal
Stewart said that she did not think Hornsby set out to
commit crimes but that he let his ambitions get the
best of him. "I know what he was trying to do," she
said. "I know his number one concern were the kids
of Prince George's County."
The case involved Hornsby's role in negotiating two
contracts and the women with whom he negotiated,
Owens and longtime business associate Cynthia
Owens, a sales representative
for LeapFrog, an educational
technology company, testified
that she gave Hornsby half of
her $20,000 commission after the two
secretly negotiated a contract with the
school system worth almost a million
dollars. Joffrion, a consultant who
helped school systems obtain federal
technology grants, agreed to pay
Hornsby $145,000 after he arranged for
her to negotiate a consulting contract
with Prince George's schools,
prosecutors said.
One juror said testimony that Hornsby sent his
oldest daughter to Florida to speak to Owens was
crucial in the decision to convict him of evidence
tampering and obstruction.
"He had to know there was something wrong to go
and send her" to speak to Owens, said the juror,
who declined to provide his name or any other
background details, citing privacy concerns.
What was perhaps the most sensational piece of
evidence in the government's case, a video of
Hornsby pocketing what prosecutors said was a
$1,000 deposit on the $145,000 payoff, was not for
jurors the smoking gun it might have seemed.
On the recording, Hornsby is seen inside a Bowie
motel room taking cash from Joffrion, who was
secretly cooperating with the FBI.
The juror who declined to be identified derided it,
calling it a "setup."
Jury foreman Morgan Bantly was more diplomatic. "It
was another piece of evidence to consider," said
Bantly, 54, who works for the Department of
Veterans Affairs. "It didn't have the impact the public
probably assumed it would."
The jurors indicated Tuesday morning that although
they had reached verdicts on some of the 22 counts,
they were deadlocked on others. As is customary
when a jury first says it is at an impasse, the judge
instructed the jurors to continue deliberating.
The jurors deliberated the rest of the day Tuesday
and most of yesterday before reporting that they
were still deadlocked on some charges. Messitte,
who earlier rejected defense requests to have the
jurors announce whatever verdicts they had reached,
did take the verdicts after the final note, which came
in at 2:59 p.m.
Staff researcher Meg Smith contributed to this report.
|Maryland School
Official Charged
With Laundering
Drug Money
Feb. 10, 2005 in print edition A-17
Los Angeles Times
A school administrator
pleaded not guilty
Wednesday to charges
that she laundered profits
made by a multimillion-
dollar drug ring.
Court papers allege that
Pamela Y. Hoffler-Riddick,
43, a regional assistant
superintendent for Prince
George's County Public
Schools in Maryland,
deposited large sums of
money into banks and
credit unions for the drug
Hoffler-Riddick declined to
comment on the charges
as she left the courtroom
Hoffler-Riddick, who has a
doctorate from Virginia
Tech, was charged with
five counts of money
laundering, which carry a
maximum penalty of 20
years in prison and a
$500,000 fine for each
A trial was set for July.
Law enforcement officials
said Hoffler-Riddick had
an association with
another defendant, who
enlisted her to take out
loans for real estate and a
vehicle for a member of
the drug ring.
The loans were repaid
with drug proceeds, the
indictment said.
|certiorari -- a writ (order) of
a higher court to a lower court to
send all the documents in a case to
it so the higher court can review the
lower court's decision. Certiorari is
most commonly used by the U.S.
Supreme Court, which is selective
about which cases it will hear on
appeal. To appeal to the Supreme
Court one applies to the Supreme
Court for a writ of certiorari, which it
grants at its discretion and only
when at least three members
believe that the case involves a
sufficiently significant federal
question in the public interest. By
denying such a writ the Supreme
Court says it will let the lower court
decision stand, particularly if it
conforms to accepted precedents
(previously decided cases).
|Assistant Superin-
tendent Arrested In
Connection With
Drug Ring
Prince George's
School Official
Arrested For Money
POSTED: 6:30 pm EST January 25,
2005 - UPDATED: 7:06 pm EST
January 25, 2005
WASHINGTON -- An
assistant superintendent
with the Prince George's
County, Md., School
System is caught up in a
drug and money-
laundering ring.
Pamela Hoffler-Riddick
was arrested after a
two-year investigation. As
a regional assistant
superintendent for the
school system, she was
in charge of several
Authorities said
Hoffler-Riddick is a
member of a drug
ring that pumped
five tons of
marijuana as well as
hundreds of pounds
of crack and
cocaine into cities
from Texas to New
Hoffler-Riddick also
worked as an associate
superintendent for
Montgomery County, Md.,
Schools, and in 1996,
when the investigation
began, she worked and
taught in Virginia Beach
and Norfolk, Va.
"First of all, we're very
disturbed by it," said
Andre Hornsby, CEO of
Prince George's County
Schools. "Number one,
because you care about
the person and she has
children. We care about
all of those things.
Secondly, you have to wait
and let it run its course,
and administratively,
we've just placed her on
leave pending the
outcome of this external
According to court
documents, Hoffler-
Riddick's role was money
laundering. She allegedly
deposited large sums of
money into banks and
credit unions.
|in the financial dealings of a multi-state drug trafficking operation.
Each of the counts on which she was convicted carries a maximum prison term of 20 years, officials have said.
Prosecutors charged that she helped hide about $50,000 in proceeds from drug sales starting in the late 1990s. Hoffler-Riddick
denied the charges and any knowledge of what prosecutors called a $20 million ring that dealt marijuana and cocaine in Virginia,
Texas, Georgia and elsewhere.
Her attorney, Steven D. Goodwin, who is based in Richmond, could not be reached yesterday for comment. A message left on his
office voice mail and an e-mail message were not immediately returned.
The Virginian-Pilot newspaper, in the Hampton Roads area, reported that Hoffler-Riddick did not testify during the trial and that an
ex-boyfriend named John Cecil McBride testified against her.
The newspaper also reported that Hoffler-Riddick faces another trial next month, on a charge of witness tampering.
"Money laundering is an essential part of drug trafficking," U.S. Attorney Paul J. McNulty said yesterday in a statement relayed by
Shults. "Both money launderers and drug traffickers must be held accountable for their criminal conduct."
In Prince George's, Hoffler-Riddick was hired by then-schools chief Andre J. Hornsby in August 2003. Her region spanned Capitol
Heights, Suitland, Largo, Springdale and Forestville and included about 28,000 students -- more than are in entire school
systems in many smaller counties.
Her arrest shocked her peers in the school system, many of whom praised her as a passionate, engaged educator of
disadvantaged children. They also noted that she is a mother of two girls.
"We've been following the situation," Prince George's school spokesman John White said yesterday. "She served the system well.
This came as a surprise to us when the issue arose."
Before coming to Prince George's, Hoffler-Riddick held administrative posts in Baltimore briefly, in Montgomery from 2000 to 2003
and in the Norfolk area. She began her teaching career in Norfolk in 1984.
|Andre Hornsby in hotel room with Pam Joffrion discussing payoff
(SOURCE--FBI tape)
|Md. Ex-Educator
Guilty Of Money
By Nick Anderson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, October 17, 2005; B02
A former education
official in Prince George's
and Montgomery counties
has been convicted of
money laundering in
connection with a drug
ring based in Virginia, a
spokesman for federal
prosecutors said
Pamela Y. Hoffler-Riddick,
44, was found guilty of five
counts of money
laundering by a jury in
Norfolk, said Frank R.
Shults, chief of liaison for
the U.S. attorney's office
for the Eastern District of
Virginia. The verdict was
announced late Friday
afternoon after a
two-week trial.
Hoffler-Riddick oversaw
39 Prince George's
schools as a regional
assistant superintendent
at the time of her arrest in
January. Now she faces
imprisonment for her role
|NOTE: In Prince
George's County Public
Schools, Hoffler-
Riddick was hired by
then-schools chief
Andre J. Hornsby in
August 2003.
(SOURCE--Nick Anderson
/Washington Post) (more below)
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Mike, I am writing to you to learn more about
you and your school district including your
Ed.D. from Nova Southeastern University in
Florida. I'm hoping you can help me clear
up some questions raised by the
Washington Post last week plus some
others. What is the title of your
dissertation? If you substituted work
experience-based practicums, what were
their titles?
"My concentration was School Management
and Instructional Leadership in the
Program of Child and Youth Studies.... At the
time, I was employed by the Prince George'
s County Public School System as a
Teacher Specialist.... My practicum papers
and work focused on instructional
strategies and student assessments. The
title of my final practicum research paper
was 'Using Non Traditional Instructional
Strategies to Increase Performance and
Attitudes of 8th Grade Physical Science
Students.' "
Do you recall to the nearest $5,000 what
were your total fees and expenses paid to
Nova for obtaining your Ed.D.?
"I completed the program 14 years ago....
so...my memory of the actual cost is a little
foggy. My best guess is between $15,000
and $20,000."
What business accounting experience
have you had? I notice that in addition to
your Ed.D. you have also picked up a couple
of master's degrees, but neither of the
master's indicates any business concentra-
tion other than possibly the "Educational
Policy, Planning, and Administration." How
much detail did that go into regarding
spreadsheets and other nuts and bolts of
balancing your district's checkbook?
My theoretical experience came from my
course work in Educational Policy, Planning
and Administration. There were ongoing
discussions about budget development,
budget implications, and the political
implications of funding education.
Additionally, my school-based experiences
(high school principal and elementary
principal) and central office administrative
experiences immersed me fully into the
financial management and "nut and bolts" of
a school-based budget, a program budget
and an overall school system budget.
Speaking of which, have you ever
considered voluntarily posting your
district's check register online?
[No response]
Mike sent "Approved (Actuals) for FY 2009
What are your most recently reported actual
-- not projected -- total expenditures for all
funds including state and federal?
|FOLLOW UP: Please describe the research
paper. Do you recall how long it was, words
or pages? Is this available online?
|FOLLOW UP: Mike, I wrote you asking for
actuals, not projected; FY 2009 is in the
future. Likely your most recently reported
actuals are FY 2007 or FY 2006.
|FOLLOW UP: Mike, could you describe the
fraud prevention and detection training
you've had? Also, what has been your
training in internal controls?
Also, your resume states that you're a
"faculty member" at Johns Hopkins. What
is your exact title, such as "adjunct
professor," etc.? What are the names and
levels of the courses are you teaching at
Johns Hopkins, and when? Are you paid for
your work there and if so how much? A
search just now at JH's site using the
"people" function and your name yields "0
results." Also, your name does not appear
on JH's faculty homepages listing....
It appears from a casual look at your
district's website that you're in favor of online
learning -- would this be a correct
assumption? If it is correct, have you looked
into learning online and staying home rather
than incurring taxpayer-funded expenses for
your attendance at professional
development meetings and conferences?
Have you considered curtailing [all
discretionary] expenditures until the
mortgage is paid off?
[No response]
As for your question about the mortgage of
one of our buildings…..this was an idea that
was generated in one of our public budget
forums by staff, association members and
community members. As you know, school
systems are feeling the impact of the
challenging economic climate. This was a
way to look at generating recurring dollars
for our revenues....pay it off as soon as
possible. Although, a creative idea, it was
not executed.
|FOLLOW UP: Mike, while I appreciate this
information, you didn't answer whether you
have considered curtailing all discretionary
expenditures in order to pay off the
You ask about on-line professional
development and I am a supporter. Last
year, I placed a freeze on all conference
attendance…for all staff….including me (the
superintendent) and the Board. That said,
there is a requirement for occasional travel
to state-wide meetings sponsored by the
Maryland State Department of Education, the
Maryland Association of Boards of
Education, or other state organizations.
Because St. Mary's County is located in the
southernmost corner of the State, there is a
need for vehicular travel to such meetings
that are usually held in Baltimore (where the
State Department of Education is located) or
Annapolis (the State Capitol). This year, we
are monitoring the situation and keeping all
travel to a minimum. You are correct, on-line
training does save money and we are
utilizing it as well as providing the training
locally. It has helped save us dollars and
we are aggressively keeping this matter in
front of our thinking as we plan professional
Mike, what is your total salary including all
perqs? Here again, I looked on your
district's website and was unable to find this
information. Here in Texas many public
school superintendents have voluntarily
posted their entire employment contracts
online. If your salary is in the six-figure
range, wondering why you don't pay for all of
your own professional development
including travel and meals yourself and not
seek reimbursement. Wouldn't this help
with that mortgage pay-down?
You ask about my salary and perks. Thank
you for the idea about posting the contract on
my webpage. I have not thought about this
idea until you mentioned it. To address your
questions, the Washington Post did several
extensive articles on this topic a few months
ago. I have pasted the articles in this email.
You can see a comparison chart of the
superintendents in the Washington DC area.
My information is included in the chart and it
is listed below. I hope that it transmits
completely and clearly for your review.
|Per the Washington Post chart Mike sent, his
2007-08 total compensation was $ 230,124.
The correct title is "Faculty Associate." I will
be sure to change this to reflect the actual
title and dates. I have taught several
courses (Methods of Teaching in the
Elementary School, Introduction Seminar for
New Teachers, Special Topics in Elementary
Education, and Professional Seminar in
Teaching) for Johns Hopkins University,
since 2001, in the Graduate Department of
Teacher Preparation at the Columbia and
Montgomery Campus. I am only employed
there when I decide to teach a course and I
do not do this every semester. I leave this as
an active item on my resume to show the
work that I have done and the choice and
ability to do so during any future semester. I
evaluate this decision, annually, based upon
the demands of my superintendent position.
Any references to experience on my
webpage are in the past tense. I am not
teaching a course this year...that is why I
would not be listed in the directory or
catalogue. Additionally, I update my resume
on annual basis to make sure it is accurate
and reflects any changes from the previous
year. I have always try to stay connected to
my first passion of teaching by teaching a
course at a college campus. I love teaching
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Hi. I'm online and happy to answer your question today.
Having looked at my question, what would you advise me to do? I can see fine with just the occasional awareness when the "veil" passes over my eye.
Hi. Sorry. Had to start getting ready to go to the office.....I'm back.
It sounds like you have a couple of things going on. The floaters are, most likely, from a posterior vitreous detachment.
You are likely experiencing a PVD or posterior vitreous detachment, a common event that happens in many people. You have a thick gel material in the middle of your eyes called the vitreous. Over time as it liquefies, this gel material collapses on itself, forms little clumps that you can see as dots, lines or bugs. As these clumps form the vitreous pulls away from the wall of the eye. In the process it can stimulate the retina -- causing the flashes that you may see. It is recommended that you see your ophthalmologist to look at the retina to make sure there are no problems such as a retinal hole or tear. In most cases, there are no problems, but this exam is precautionary and allows for preventative treatment of any lesions that are found. If you notice a sudden increase in floaters, flashes of light (like a lightning storm), or a shadow/veil in the periphery of your vision, this can be worrisome for a retinal detachment. You would need to contact your ophthalmologist promptly in that case.
the veil that comes and goes may be related to your blepharitis and, possibly, some component of dry eyes. I'd continue to do the baby shampoo lid scrubs and natural tears. Here is some information on how I like to do the lid scrubs.....don't pay attention to all the diseases discussed, it is just part of the handout :o)
Well It sounds like you have a couple of things going on. First is allergies, second dry eyes and third blepharitis.
When it comes to allergies it is almost impossible to pin down the offending agent(s) and, therefore, treatment needs to focus on controlling the symptoms. Dry eyes are very common and can be improved by a stepwise series of therapies. First, the use of natural tears 4-6+ times/day to augment your natural tear production, if this doesn't work then you can try temporary punctal occlusion of the lower puncta, then, if needed, temporary occlusion of all 4 puncta then, if indicated, surgical ( non-reversible) closure of the puncta. The openings to your tear drainage system are called puncta and you have one opening on each lid, near your nose.
Blepharitis is a condition where glands in the eyelids are not functioning normally. They become plugged and instead of putting out their normal clear, oily secretions, they put out thick, toothpaste like gunk. You may not be able to see this "gunk" yourself, unless it is really bad, but it shows up clearly on slit lamp examination.
The best treatment for this condition daily lid scrubs combined with warm compresses. I like to use baby shampoo for lid scrubs. In the shower, place the shampoo on your index fingers, close your eyes, raise your eyebrows (to stretch the skin on your eyelids) and scrub back and forth along your eyelashes for 3 to 5 minutes. The hot water in the shower helps to soften the plugged oils in the glands while the mechanical scrubbing with your soapy fingers removes the oils.
Baby shampoo lid scrubs will also help to wash away allergens and stimulate tear production, thereby addressing all three of your issues. Remember, this is not an instant fix. While you are waiting for the lid scrubs to have affect you can use over the counter allergy pills such as Travist, dimetapp or Zyrtec.
Should your symptoms get worse, your vision become significantly affected or things just not get better in 3 weeks or so you should have a complete eye examination by your local ophthalmologist to look for other, less common, causes of your symptoms.
When you eyes are dry and the tear film is "messed up" it is like getting oil on your windshield in the rain -- a blurry view comes and goes, which sounds like what is happening to you. The above therapy will help with this....
I do not believe that these issues are due to your prior cataract surgery alone. I feel confident that you will get better with the above treatment.
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The Highline Community Symphonic Band will perform its spring concert Monday, May 7 at the Foster Performing Arts Center, 4242 S. 144th St. in Tukwila.
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When I was in High School, I'd go to the arcade every week while my brother went to music practice. It was a sort of home away from home for those that had a passion for video games. Fighting game secrets, pinball free games and co-op shooting made the minutes pass like seconds. Those good times vanished away though when arcades across the US closed, and left only Buck Hunting at bars, or a few family friendly titles surrounded by shitty pizza and toddlers. When I went to Tokyo the joy of the arcade revisited my life. Every subway exit led to a new arcade and often a few blocks away, even more arcades existed. I'm still envious of that sort of setup, but having a new arcade in NH certainly helps.
The Pinball Wizard Arcade opened January 12th in Pelham NH. To my friends and I, it was obvious that we had to go on opening week. I was excited, but I kept my expectations in check. Almost all of the arcades that I'd been to in recent years had a small selection, no games past the eighties, or saw nearly every machine broken. So more often than not, going to a modern arcade in the US was more a grim reminder of the state of arcade gaming in the US, then a happy reminder of how great an arcade truly can be.
That's why I was pleasantly surprised by how good The Pinball Wizard is, even in it's early days. As the name implies, they have tons of pinball machines under their roof ( over 70 in fact), but they also have hundreds of arcade machines. But all that is just numbers, what I liked about The Pinball Wizard was their range. They have units from every decade and even some imports. This is important to me, as US arcades never surprise in this era. The fact that I played a few machines that I've never seen before was seriously cool, and unexpected. I played a Korean mini-game cabinet that had you controlling babies, a moment later I was playing an excellent Sailor Moon brawler.
Don't worry though if you're a more casual arcade goer, The Pinball Wizard also has tons of classic games and at least one cabinet that represents every genre. This is good, since a good number of the crowd on the day I went were older customers that probably haven't been to an arcade in decades. But there were also lots of kids, so it's a smart move on the arcade owner's part to include more recent releases as well.
The arcade owner told me that another room and more machines will be up and running soon, so this is only the beginning. That's good news for me and real gamers, as the arcade is already a great gaming destination. I selfishly hope for more recent Japanese releases to be imported into the arcade and more brawlers and music games, but even if none of those desires come to pass, The Pinball Wizard will be a regular hang out for me and my friends, and I hope to see you there as well.


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There's some really funny stuff here involving poopy, prison sex and a goofy suicide attempt. Enjoy, or just vomit on your keyboard now.
There's some really funny stuff here involving poopy, prison sex and a goofy suicide attempt. Enjoy, or just vomit on your keyboard now.
Chaz proudly displayed his find from yesterdays hailstorm. We just can't get past this one picture though. Click through for the fun.
You can call it "petitioning the Lord with Prayer" , I call it "pandering". Read more after the break.
Here's three more ankle grabbin', motherlovin', chunks of Monday for you. We call it the threesome. Go ahead and click now!
Good Friday, heck it was a great Friday! Enjoy these tasty slices of homemade gigglepie! Audio after the jump!
Here's three things that happened to come up during the morning show. The fourth? Well, you don't want to know.
The term "photobomb" usually applies to someone sneaking into a picture and doing something silly in the background. With the Rock Show, any picture they put their ugly mugs in is a "photobomb". These are from the Avalanche Tour in Wichita Falls. The basic cast of characters are Heathen, Wes, Simon (Tres), and Lucious (Nubbins).
Here's a bundle of smiles for you. Click through and enjoy at your leisure.
Some are claiming that Calvin is putty a subliminal dirty word in it's latest billboard campaign. Can you see it? More after the jump.
Here's three audio bits of our morning show. We had them surgically removed just to please you. Learn, laugh and love our pain. Audio after the jump.
The Rock Show made it to the Avalanche Tour in Wichita Falls to party with our sister station 106.3 The Buzz. We have a ton of pics, here's some from the later, drunker part of the night.
The Rock Show recently took a road trip to see the Avalanche tour (because seeing it once just wasn't going to be enough). These pics are on the way to the Wichita Falls stop and include some of the scorched earth our firefighters have been battling. In the pics are Heathen, Wes, Simon, Wood, Lucious, Nubbins and "Crabs" Estabahn Diamatoceous Von Testiclees Junior-the Third. I guess you get to figure out who is who.


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1. What color is your collar? - black with pink sequence.
2. What kind of food do you eat? - Iams dog food
3. What are your favorite treats? - Authority skin and coat are the ones we use for training.
4. Do you have a Valentine or significant other? - Mommy says I'm too young LOL! :)
5. Do you get Table Scraps? – naw. But we get the raw stuff. one day mommy was making a dish with spinach and she dropped some and we ate it right up!
6. What is your favorite toy? – ok i have 2. The yellow tug toy (as seen on my page and (comming soon to my page) My new pink basketball
7. When is your Birthday? - Oct.18th
8. How many times a day do you get to eat? 2x's a day
9. Do you have a favorite color? – White. It is the color of my brothor wayne
10. Do you hope all your pals put this in their diary? - Absolutely!
ok. now I tag
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Have fun you dogs!
Yay! For a long time I had a green Basket ball and I got it last Oct. so it's all sun worn. But mommy came back today with a PINK BASKET BALL! I'm excited about it but mommy needs to pump the bull with the scary thing that blows air! (Yes I'm afraid of it) So I'll post pictures.
Have a good summer love,
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Whee!!! I've been tagged!
If ya come here to read what to do, it easy. Write 7 things about yourself others may not know, then tag 7 of your furriends by pmail and give them instructions too. Have fun! I got tagged by Ricky Roo so now I've tagged 7 of my friends!
So here r the 7 facts:
1) I have a real private trainer
2)New years eve we walked down the cannal and back again!
3)I've got 3 loofa dogs
4) we eat natural balance dog food
5)i'm not supposed to sleep on the bed but i do!
6)when u scratch me in a certain place my leg goes crazy!
7)I steel everything from my brother Wayne!
Here r the people i am going to tag:
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The next step is to attach the sub ring that I had cut out of an MDF board. I used hot glue to attach the dow rods and then glued it to the back of the sub box.
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Well posting here just to say whats up and show off my somewhat new car. So for starts she is a Crystal Grey Metallic 06 Wrx that I bought with 29.5k miles(Nearing 32k already). I have had the car for about 3 months now and have loved every minute of it. I was finally able to upgrade from my 1989 Mercedes Benz se 300 which was becoming an annoyance due too a few problems that started arising. So of course like many others on here, I caught the mod bug and made some minor changes. I look forward to owning and enjoying this car for years to come and have a lot of plans for her. But as of now this is what I have gotten around too.
1. 04/05 Tails
2. OEM V limited lip (Refinished)
3. Rally armor mud flaps
4. Rota Grids 17x7.5 w/ Michelin PSS (225/45/17)
5. Technafit SS Lines w/ ATE Super Blue
1. Cobb turbo back exhaust (Stage 2 OTS)
2. Avo drop in filter
3. Silencer delete elbow
4. Kartboy SS + bushings
1. Ebay Front strut tower bars
2. Ebay H-Brace
3. Whiteline 24mm rear adjustable sway bar
4. Whiteline 22mm fixed front sway bar
5. Group N Tranny mount
6. Kartboy front and rear shifter stay bushings
7. TiC cross memeber bushings
8. Kartboy subframe botox bolts
9. TiC Race Rear Diff bushings
10. Kartboy Race outrigger bushings
11. Jdm Sti cowl stays
12. Whiteline Group 4 coilovers (Revalved too TIC SST Spec)
13. Whiteline Com-C Front mounts
14. Group N rear top hats
15. Whiteline rear endlinks
16. Kartboy Front Endlinks
17. Carlabs X-Brace
18. Free Castor Mod
1. Black Sti floor mats
2. Sti 5 speed shift knob
3. OEM Rubber mats (for winter)
4. Red Hazard Button
5. Oem style dead pedal
6. Black HVAC knobs
7. Sti Shifter Trim
But thats just my little introduction to my new Subaru. Any questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to post or PM me. Look forward to hearing from you guys. Enjoy and thanks!
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In February of 2008, Jackie O's decided to start experimenting with wild yeast and bacteria. The first experiment was Grand Wazoo. Three glass carboys were filled with our Imperial Raspberry Vanilla Porter "Black Betty" and allowed to rest for six months on various sour cultures. Over the years Grand Wazoo has evolved and is now aged in bourbon barrels with more raspberries added during the aging period. Grand Wazoo was the catalyst for our sour project and what is now more than half of our barrel aging program. In three years, three carboys turned into 20 barrels and counting and those same sour cultures are still going. Cheers to the brew that got it started and is hands down the most extreme beer Jackie O's produces. Chill before serving, decant slowly to keep the raspberry sediment at bay, then allow to warm. Share with friends now or age in your cellar for future celebrations.
Brewer's note: In 2011 Black Betty (imperial raspberry vanilla porter) was racked into a bourbon barrel with Brett B. The beer rested for 18 months, with raspberries added toward the end, producing batch 4 of Grand Wazoo
This 2011 batch was also bottled, with a count of 210.
Brewer: Jackie O's Pub & Brewery
Style: Sour/Wild Ale
Alcohol Content: 11.5%
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Amy Morton's Broadway credits include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, August: Osage County and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (the latter co-starring with August playwright Tracy Letts. Morton's film and TV credits include Up In the Air, 8MM, Rookie of the Year and The Dilemma. She is a member of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
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On Friday's Real Time show on HBO, liberal comedian Bill Maher derided the Senate Republican health care plan as being like "a manifesto from the Zodiac killer," and trashed Republican Senator Ted Cruz as someone who does not believe the bill is "mean" enough, and who has experience at "making people sick." He ended the show with a commentary in which he encouraged his audience members to reproduce less and snidely portrayed children as "resource-sucking, waste-making human beings" who are bad for the environment.
The Sunday network morning shows were filled with discussion of the health care bill recently released by Senate Republicans on Thursday. That discussion was loaded with fake news about the bill drastically slashing Medicaid, which was being pushed by the program moderators. ABC's George Stephanopoulos actually yelled at Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway because she refuted it. Meanwhile, on the other networks, GOP Senators were embarrassing their hosts by educating them on what the bill actually did to Medicaid.
Have you ever had an old grand-uncle that you haven't seen in ages and that you have almost completely forgotten about suddenly show up from out of nowhere? His return quickly reminds you why you originally found him so annoying since he is still obsessed about the same grudges upon which he still continues expounding in an aimless manner.
In this case it is former liberal talk show host Phil Donahue who appeared with Brian Stelter on his CNN Reliable Sources show on June 25. Yes, it was the same old by the numbers predictable liberal Phil and, of course, he was obsessed over President Donald Trump. Donahue went into some bizarre places in order to express his hostility towards Trump, starting with his obsession with people taking cell phone pictures at Trump rallies as we shall see in the following clip:
It was Father-and-Son Left-Wing Paranoia Day in the New York Times Sunday Review, as James Risen and Tom Risen penned "Donald Trump Does His Best Joe McCarthy." Under the assuredly ominous date-line of Wheeling, West Virginia, the Risens ranted: "Trump supporters want to make America great again, to go back to what they believe were the halcyon days of the 1950s, which, ironically, was the decade of the fearmongering of Joe McCarthy."
After Senate Republicans unveiled their ObamaCare replacement on Thursday, ABC smeared the bill during World News Tonight with claims that people were going to pay more for less and that Medicaid was being cut. On Sunday, Clinton lackey George Stephanopoulos took to his show, This Week, to continue their smear campaign. "The President right there said no cuts in Medicaid … Why is the President going back on his promise," he rudely yelled at Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway.
Last this week, The Washington Post published an article saying that the Obama administration knew well in advance of Election Day 2016 that Russia was trying to meddle the U.S. election process but chose not to go public out of fear that many would think President Obama was swaying the election to Hillary Clinton. During NBC's Sunday Today, Chuck Todd let his true feelings show when equated Obama not putting his figure on the electoral scale to President Bush not acting on intelligence reports about Osama bin Laden before the 9/11 attacks.
This week, NewsBusters and other sides noticed that after the death of Otto Warmbier, The Huffington Post edited, but did not take down a controversial article entitled "North Korea Proves Your White Male Privilege Is Not Universal."
Washington Post media blogger Eric Wemple also grew interested in why the HuffPost would keep the Warmbier-bashing piece, when it unpublished a contributor arguing President Trump was right about the negatives of immigration in Sweden...as if that was more offensive. Here's what he found: the Huffington Post is terrible at returning phone calls from other media outlets.
NPR blatantly slanted a story against a Catholic bishop in Illinois who recently instructed his priests to deny the Eucharist, last rites, and funerals decree with quotes from four activists who dissent against the Catholic Church's teachings on sexuality. While the article included excerpts from the cleric's document, as well as from a statement from his diocese, they failed to interview anyone conservative or orthodox to provide more balance to the four dissenters.
The cover story of the July 3 edition of People magazine carries the theme "100 Reasons to Love America," and number one is Chip and Joanna Gaines, the stars of the HGTV show Fixer Upper. It's odd enough that the four-page article never mentions Buzzfeed's attempt to scald them for attending a church opposing same-sex marriage. Then came "99 More Reasons to Love America"…which largely skipped over the liberty-and-justice-for-all part and lunged into the typical liberal messaging,
What's a liberal newspaper to do when a member of one preferred identity group murders a member of another favored identity group? Answer? Ignore the first group completely. The other day the Washington Post headlined this sad story: "Funeral, vigil for Muslim teen killed in attack near mosque draw throngs."
Appearing as a panel member on Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher, MSNBC contributor and former talk radio host Charlie Sykes displayed the latest example of why he is the type of right-leaning figure that liberal outfits like MSNBC include who will join liberal analysts in bashing Republicans. Sykes took aim at Fox News supposedly not informing its Republican-leaning viewers on the nefarious activities of President Donald Trump, and likened conservatives to a "cult" that always supports "Dear Leader" and "Orange Deuce."
The basic subject matter of an article in the June edition of the Smithsonian Magazine was actually quite interesting. It was about the ongoing restoration of many videotapes of the old Joe Pyne television show. Unfortunately, the author, Kevin Cook, chose to use this restoration as a way to slam not only the generally conservative Joe Pyne but current conservatives in the media as well.
However, despite Cook's petty slams, his article does provide some interesting information about Joe Pyne who many consider the father of entertaining talk radio and television interviewing. The good news is that sometime in the near future the public will have access to many Joe Pyne interviews long thought to be lost.
Listen up, America! The feminist left wants you to know that the solution to the white supremacy plague, that began when the pilgrims hit Plymouth Rock, is more white abortions. In fact, "the white family unit must be destroyed." In an article published by Medusa Magazine, (a magazine whose website is headed by the slogan "Feminist Revolution Now!") columnist Nicole Valentine argued that the concept of abortion is something that is radically misunderstood. The pro-choice argument that abortion is a constitutional right inherently implies that it is an idea rooted in white supremacist thought. Why?
Ted Nugent said he wants the country's political rhetoric to soften in the wake of the June 14 shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise by a Bernie Sanders fan. And he'll do his part by shelving his own ugly comments regarding the modern Left. But what about angry liberal actor George Takei?
As Montel Williams appeared on Friday's CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin to discuss his recent USA Today article attacking Republican plans to repeal ObamaCare, the former talk show host accused congressional Republicans of not caring about their own family members and of supporting a plan that would send their relatives and 140 million other Americans to "death." Williams: "They are going to be looking for somebody to give them medication and health care. And what this bill does is sends them all to death. ... This Congress is the richest Congress we've ever had in history. They can afford premium health care. They don't care about even their own family members -- their cousins, their aunts or uncles or nieces who they all know have just been sentenced to death."