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We are supposed to believe that Fatima Abdallah, a Muslim woman in the Tampa area, killed herself by repeatedly banging her head against a coffee table. But even the most cursory examination of the crime scene photos reveals that Fatima Abdallah was almost certainly brutalized and murdered. So why did Tampa area law enforcement and medical examiner Laura Hair rule the death a suicide? Were they paid? Were they threatened?
Saturday, June 11, 2011
We are supposed to believe that Fatima Abdallah, a Muslim woman in the Tampa area, killed herself by repeatedly banging her head against a coffee table. But even the most cursory examination of the crime scene photos reveals that Fatima Abdallah was almost certainly brutalized and murdered. So why did Tampa area law enforcement and medical examiner Laura Hair rule the death a suicide? Were they paid? Were they threatened?
Is a mosque like a gym? Douglas Murray dissects Tariq Ramadan
From Jihad Watch:
Hamas is reporting record turnouts for its summer camps for children in 2011
14-year-old took her life because of group rape
A 14-year-old girl in Trondheim took his own life after being assaulted and raped by three teenage boys. Only four weeks after she reported the rape at Kristiansten fortress, ninth grader could not bear to live any longer.The girl's mother believes the group rape is the direct cause of why her daughter chose to take her life two weeks ago:- This shows how brutal consequences of such a serious crime can get, "said her mother through her daughter's counsel, Sigrun Dybvad.Her mother has consented to the Adresseavisen's mentioning the tragic incident, and she has provided information to the case. The incident has shaken many in Trondheim. Address newspaper has in recent days received emails and phone calls from desperate and upset parents. Over 1300 people have joined in a memorial group for 14-year-old online community Facebook. Tuesday this week met with 245 people up to say goodbye when she was buried in the Lutheran Free Church.Police in Trondheim is worried after five unsolved assault rapes or attempted on the same page 1 April. In three of the five cases , several perpetrators, all of which are described as African or Middle Eastern men. Police believe that the rapes have been planned in advance.The evening before 1 May facilitate the ninth grader for her friends when she was stopped by a young man of foreign origin. According to 14-year-old's explanation, he tried to stay around and kiss her. When she responded that she would meet a friend, he said he knew this friend. This thought ninth grader, and went with the man. Shortly after the assault began:SourceNinth graders noticed that two other teenage boys came walking, and thought at first that they came to help. Instead, they have helped to keep her down. The girl told that she tried to shout for help, but that there was so much noise that no one heard her.While peers attached very close, and while both the police and about 50 night owls patrolling the area, the 14-year-old testified that two of the perpetrators managed to rape her, before she got loose from the third. Then she ran from the scene, and away in the direction Nonnegata. There, she met a couple who should have immediately understood that something had happened and helped her home.The girl has described the perpetrators as teenage boys in 16-17-age of foreign origin.
From Will at The Other News, via AsiaNews:
In August 2009, ten people died, eight burnt alive. Four churches were destroyed. Threats against Christian witnesses force them to flee to avoid further violence. Lahore – Pakistan's fundamentalists are rejoicing following the acquittal verdict. The country's Christian minority is "under shock" because, this time as well, the massacre of innocent victims done in the name of the infamous blasphemy law will go unpunished.
The justice system also shows its powerlessness vis-à-vis extremists who can carry out heinous crimes with total impunity, whilst the government remains silent. Meanwhile, a Muslim religious leader publicly says that Christians "deserve" to be murdered.
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court acquitted 70 people who, in various roles, were involved in the Gojra massacre of August 2009 .
The anti-Christian violence broke out following blasphemy allegations. During a wedding, a group of Christians supposedly burnt pages of the Qur'an, a pretext used to strike at the religious minority.During the attack by hundreds of extremists (brought in by bus and trucks), ten people died, eight burnt alive. Four churches and various homes were also set on fire.
Following the Gojra attack, instead of arresting the culprits, police, twisting the facts, took into custody a number of Christians for attacking the "other group". The unjustly jailed Christians were eventually released but after several months.
According to the court, the acquittal last Tuesday was due to the absence of Christian witnesses in the courtroom and the lack of evidence against the accused.Sources close to the Catholic Church in Lahore, on condition of anonymity, said, "Christian witnesses were under constant threats meant to force them to withdraw their accusations".
Two of the 70 people acquitted were released the day before the sentence. The other 68 had already been released on bail some time ago. The main complainant, Phanias Masih, had to flee Pakistan last year along with his family, fearing more violence.Fr Yaqoob Yousaf, vicar at Gojra's Sacred Heart parish, told AsiaNews that "Masih and a couple of other key witnesses fled before February" when community leaders "reached a compromise to have the case withdrawn".
Fr Habib Xavier, from the Diocese of Lahore, the verdict is "shocking", similar to the Shanti Nagar affair in 1998 when a Muslim mob burnt 25,000 houses. At the time, the accused were also released on bail.
"Today, we see the people who burn homes and kill the innocent go free. It was supposed to be fair trial," he said. "Will minorities ever get justice?"However, to understand the madness and power of the extremists, it is sufficient to listen to the words of Maulana Kashmiri, a Muslim leader in Punjab.
"There are no witnesses because they [the Christians] know that they are wrong. We got justice. Even though none of us did it, Christians still deserve it [death], because they are blasphemers."
Read the full story here.
Nonie Darwish Speaks Out Against Honor Killings
It is suspected that that is not really the way she died. (Understatement of the year?)
Here former Muslim, Nonie Darwish, discusses "Honor Killing" in Islam.
The Only Time I Ever Hear the Phrase "World Jewry" It's Coming Out of the Mouth Of Racists
I love Jawa's title for this:
Mean Juice Arrest Poor "Jewish" American Pali Supporter...Inmates in Jail ExcitedStupid snot nosed kid is gonna find out what cornholing means, Palis like 'em young I hear.
Our pals in Pakistan earn our trust after the UBL raid (NOT)
Twice in recent weeks, the United States provided Pakistan with the specific locations of insurgent bomb-making factories, only to see the militants learn their cover had been blown and vacate the sites before military action could be taken, according to U.S. and Pakistani officials.
Overhead surveillance video and other information was given to Pakistani officials in mid-May, officials said, as part of a trust-building effort by the Obama administration after the killing of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. raid early last month. But Pakistani military units that arrived at the sites in the tribal areas of North and South Waziristan on June 4 found them abandoned.
TSA pats down special needs kid - takes toy hammer away
Friday, June 10, 2011
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood party authorised
Meanwhile, attacks on female journalists and Christians continue on the streets.
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Weirdness at The Edge of the Solar System
How a Teachers' Rally Made Me Anti-Education
I write this essay with a heavy heart.
I've always considered myself an ardent advocate for education. But a recent rally staged by teachers and students in favor of school funding forced me to reluctantly acknowledge an awful truth:
We have to destroy education in order to save it.
Let me explain how I came to this miserable conclusion.
The May 13 "State of Emergency" School Funding Protest
A few weeks ago (on Friday, May 13, to be precise) teachers up and down the state of California protested for more school funding. This mass multi-city "State of Emergency" protest was meant to be a Big Deal, a headline-grabbing statewide walkout, but you probably didn't even hear about it at the time, since I suppose the media and the public have grown weary of endless political demonstrations.
But not to worry — blogs to the rescue! Fellow photojournalist Ringo of Ringo's Pictures fully documented the Los Angeles protest, and I myself had camera duty at the San Francisco rally, the results of which you'll see here (along with a selection of L.A. pictures).
You may be wondering: if these protests happened back in May, why are we only seeing the pictures now? Very, very good question.
These photos have been languishing on my hard drive for three weeks because every time I got the notion to blog about them, something stopped me. I've been making fun of protesters for over eight years now, but this time, I felt conflicted. I mean, c'mon, what have you got against poor teachers and young kids pleading for a few more pennies to keep their schools open? What are you, some kind of cruel anti-education knowledge-hating sadist?
I had some serious cogitatin' to do. And each time I pushed this report to the back burner, unbidden thoughts kept percolating, simmering in the back of my mind. And it was not until today that I figured out why these otherwise unremarkable protests were so disturbing, and why I could only grumble under my breath at what ought to have been a legitimate social complaint.
I can't blame the adorable children; most of them probably only had the vaguest grasp what their adult-made signs even meant. [SF]
Go read the whole thing.
National Geographic: The secret world of the child bride: Heartbreaking pictures of the girls as young as FIVE who are married off to middle-aged men
When we bloggers expose this we're Islamophobic racists and bigots. But when National Geographic says it, it's shocking news.
From the Daily Mail, via Will at The Other News:
Wide-eyed and haunted, the heartbreaking expressions on these young girls' faces hint at an innocence cruelly snatched away.
They should be playing, learning and enjoying their childhood. But instead these youngsters, some as young as five, are being married off in secret weddings. It is estimated that every year this happens to ten to 12 million girls in the developing world.
In India, the girls will typically be attached to boys four or five years older, an investigation in the June issue of National Geographic magazine has found. But in Yemen, Afghanistan, Ethiopia and other countries with even higher rates of marriage at an early age, the husbands may be young men, middle-aged widowers or even abductors who rape first and claim their victims as wives afterwards.
'Whenever I saw him, I hid. I hated to see him': Tahani (in pink) was just six years old when she she married Majed, 25 (standing next to her). The young wife posed for this portrait with former classmate Ghada, also a child bride, outside their mountain home in Hajjah, YemenSome of these marriages are business transactions or to resolve a family feud.
Forced early marriage thrives in many regions, often in defiance of national laws. Whole communities often prescribe to the notion that it is as an appropriate way for a young woman to grow up when the alternative is the risk she loses her virginity to someone before she marries.
Wedding ceremonies are often held in the middle of the night, with the whole village keeping the secret for fear there might be a police raid.
In a project for National Geographic magazine, journalist Cynthia Gorney and photographer Stephanie Sinclair travelled to Yemen and Rajasthan in India to investigate the extent of this shocking practice.
In India girls may not legally marry before the age of 18 - but ceremonies involving girls in their teens may be overlooked. The younger daughters, some aged five, tend to be added on discreetly, their names kept off the invitations.
In one case in Rajasthan where her teenage sisters were also being married, a five-year-old bride named Rajani fell asleep before her wedding ceremony began.
Read and see the full story here.
Herman Cain on O'Reilly Last Night
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Then shut up and buy EURO's: China claims US already defaulting?
A Chinese ratings house has accused the United States of defaulting on its massive debt, state media said Friday, a day after Beijing urged Washington to put its fiscal house in order.
"In our opinion, the United States has already been defaulting," Guan Jianzhong, president of Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. Ltd., the only Chinese agency that gives sovereign ratings, was quoted by the Global Times saying.
Washington had already defaulted on its loans by allowing the dollar to weaken against other currencies — eroding the wealth of creditors including China, Guan said.
You must be kidding. That means if we stop spending, and the dollar itself appreciates, you will return that bonus? If you decide to hold ANY ASSET, dollars, shekel, ruble, yuan, EU, diamonds, cars, oil, water, you are holding risk. If you are worried about risk minimization, the dollar is the best bet on the planet. JUST LOOK AROUND THE WORLD. If you are worried about appreciation vs inflated depreciation, study up and become day traders, AND STOP WHINING about the nature of your business…managing investment wealth by rating risk.
Guan did not immediately respond to AFP requests for comment.
The US government will run out of room to spend more on August 2 unless Congress bumps up the borrowing limit beyond $14.29 trillion — but Republicans are refusing to support such a move until a deficit cutting deal is reached.
Ratings agency Fitch on Wednesday joined Moody's and Standard & Poor's to warn the United States could lose its first-class credit rating if it fails to raise its debt ceiling to avoid defaulting on loans.
A downgrade could sharply raise US borrowing costs, worsening the country's already dire fiscal position, and send shock waves through the financial world, which has long considered US debt a benchmark among safe-haven investments.
China is by far the top holder of US debt and has in the past raised worries that the massive US stimulus effort launched to revive the economy would lead to mushrooming debt that erodes the value of the dollar and its Treasury holdings.
Beijing cut its holdings of US Treasury securities for the fifth month in a row to $1.145 trillion in March, down $9.2 billion from February and 2.6 percent less than October's peak of $1.175 trillion, US data showed last month.
Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Thursday urged the United States to adopt "effective measures to improve its fiscal situation".
Dagong has made a name for itself by hitting out at its three Western rivals, saying they caused the financial crisis by failing to properly disclose risk.
The Chinese agency, which is trying to build an international profile, has given the United States and several other nations lower marks than they received from the the big three.
Leonard Nimoy really is from another planet
The Americans for Peace Now (APN) organization published Tuesday a letter written by actor Leonard Nimoy, best known for his role as Spock in the original Star Trek series and movies, in which the actor supports the establishment of a two-state solution.Clearly, he has been orbiting for a long time now, is uninformed, and clearly uninterested in the polls showing that %77 oppose withdrawals (Hat tip: One Jerusalem). He may not be lying, but he definitely is an uninformed space-head, and his statement is insulting to Americans too.
The 80-year-old actor called upon the American people to support the peace initiative.
"I reach out to you as someone who is troubled to see the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians continue apparently without an end in sight," Nimoy wrote.
"In fact, there is an end in sight. It's known as the two-state solution - a secure, democratic Israel as the Jewish State alongside an independent Palestinian state. Even Israel's nationalist Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, has come to see this as the shape of the future. The problem is how to reach that end point. It's something we should be concerned about - not only as world citizens, but as Americans."
He went on to write that he supports the division of Jerusalem, mentioning 50 other prominent Israelis, including former heads of the Mossad, the Shin Bet and the military who support a two-state solution.
"There is a sizable number of influential voices in Israel saying the same thing… a call for two states for two nations. Their plan includes a Palestinian state alongside Israel with agreed-upon land swaps. The Palestinian-populated areas of Jerusalem would become the capital of Palestine; the Jewish-populated areas the capital of Israel."
But then, I've long grown weary of Star Trek lore, and I began to notice how there are some awkward leftist notions in its theme - belief in one government, for example. No wonder as time went by, I lost interest in the whole franchise. And no wonder he seems to hold such a galling stance.
Scotty, beam him up to the sickbay, please! Captain, set warp drive for level 10 highest speed to somewhere we won't need to hear his boring blubbering again.
Anyone else see Herman Cain on O'Reilly? Are you as turned off as I am?
American Electric Power (WV) - will shut down five coal-fired power plants and spend billions of dollars to comply with a series of pending EPA regs
We won't have enough power, and when we get back to zero it will drag more income from our wallets than it did before just to do the same things, leaving less income for anything else, and this includes businesses as well.
Is this the time for that?
From THE HILL:
The company's dramatic plan to comply with the regulations could give Republicans and moderate Democrats ammunition in their ongoing fight against EPA's efforts to impose new regulations aimed at limiting greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants including mercury and arsenic.
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) immediately pounced on AEP's announcement.
"This is a perfect example of the EPA implementing rules and regulations without considering the devastating impact they may have on local economies and jobs," Capito said.
Capito said she will write a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson asking whether the agency took into account the economic impact of its regulations.
"Let me be clear, it's decisions like the one made by AEP today that demonstrate the urgent need to rein in government agencies like the EPA, preventing them from overstepping their bounds and imposing regulations that not only cost us good American jobs, but hurt our economy," said Manchin, an outspoken critic of the EPA.
But EPA defended its regulations Thursday, noting that the agency has worked closely with industry to ensure that its regulations are "reasonable, common-sense and achievable."
X-Lation - you bastards will comply or it will be the HOOOSEGAL.
You know, in the history of the western democracies, the INEVITABLE, result of high taxes used for venal and stupid purposes, compounded with heavy handed enforcement of them even in baronial days, had only one result.
Human nature remains the same.
This is no warning or threat.
It is an observation.
The EPA is NOW where unions are. They were once a necessary protection for individuals from large amoral businesses AND govt thoughtlessness. They are now a threat to our EXISTENCE.
The pendulum ALWAYS swings.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
From Will at The Other News:
Q. What's the current political situation in Iran, I realize that's a big question. Does Ayatollah Ali Khamenei still call the shots?
A. "Khamenei still calls the shots but it is much more complicated...there are several divisions within the leadership....the cracks are wider than they have ever been since the revolution...Khamenei is trying to undermine the capability of Ahmadinejad...the hard liners want Ahmadinejad out...it has become a very complex situation...there are many divisions within the Guard, there are some sympathizers with the Green Movement...Khamenei lacks...[the]...authority [of Khomeini]...nonetheless all of those running the country right now...are messianic people...this is a messianic regime..[which believes]...that the 12th Imam appears and kills all the infidels and establishes an Islamic caliphate worldwide...and pursues a nuclear bomb...you must differentiate between the Iranian people and the regime. Because the Iranian people are even more Westernized than when the Shah was there...right now they don't respect Islam anymore, they resent it...they now are truly of the opinion that Islam is a vicious religion, intolerant...I believe that when this regime is gone, the religion will be gone for many years to come..."
Q. So the theological precepts of Shia Islam, especially those concerning the 12th or the Hidden Imam, are driving this administration?
A. "Yes, absolutely..."
Q. Are they so devoted to this, to the point of being suicidal?
A. "...I have no doubt about that...these people are truly messianic they are suicidal...they believe with every cell in their body...[that]...the 12th Imam will appear..." .
Q. So under their theology, the destruction of Israel would the final event to make way for the Mahdi [the 12th Imam]?
A. "Yes, absolutely...[adding]...there are several key Hadiths which have to take place, one of them interestingly is the fall of Yemen, the Yemeni government...[therefore] Yemen is of significant importance to them...they are arming Shia rebels, training and arming them...inciting them..." He goes on to explain that in theory, after Yemen falls then the king of Saudi Arabia must die, then Jerusalem must be conquered in order to bring the prophecy of the Mahdi into reality. They take this literally.
Q. How much influence does Iran have in Syria?
A. A lot...Syria cannot fall...Ayatollah Khamenei has had several covert meetings with Hezbollah and Hamas...[the Ayatollah has given the]...order to kill those who oppose the Syrian government...calling them enemies of God...they've had bases ever since the Iranian Revolution...they do training, they harbor terrorist groups...they have a lot of influence..."
Q. Is there a differentiation between the Assad government and a government which might replace him?
A. "It depends what type of new government...right now...the conflict in the Middle East has turned into a proxy war between Iran the regime and the Saudis...the Iranians are inciting Bahrainis, [in] Saudi Arabia itself in Yemen, in Egypt...and the Saudis have gone on to an aggressive position believing that the U.S. is not doing its job and is not being protective of its assets, that the U.S. administration is very weak and somewhat delusional...they [the Saudis] are helping with the uprising in Syria, are protecting Bahrain's government.." Mr. Kahlili continues, stating that a non-Iranian compliant Syria coming to power would be a huge blow to Iran's plans for regional hegemony..
Q. What is the relationship between the IRG and Hamas?
A. The Revolutionary Guard is doing the same thing with Hamas that they did with Hezbollah, they do train their militias, they provide arms, they provide funds, they provide technologies, they provide rockets [and] rocket launchers...without Iran Hamas could not last..."
Q. Did the U.S. miss a huge opportunity by not speaking out more forcefully in support of the street demonstrations against Iran?
A. "I think that they have missed the biggest opportunity to bring this regime down with [the help of] the Iranian people...which would have changed the geo-politics of the region...a report came from Iran's intelligence apparatus about a year ago indicating that had the demonstrations continued for a couple more months the regime would have fallen...but...they are very smart, the leaders of Iran...they did negotiate over the nuclear issue...Obama sent a letter to Ayatollah Khamenei indicating that the United States does not intend to interfere in the internal matters...[the U.S. and Europe were drawn into negotiations with Iran]...not realizing they were being deceived and the Iranians used this time to suppress, torture, rape, put down the revolution...[and then rejected the results of the negotiations]...shocking the Obama administration...and that has been my message, that these people cannot be trusted..."
Q. What is the relationship between Hugo Chavez and Ahmadinejad?
A. "It is obviously very close...there are several Iranian facilities in Venezuela...they are being protected by the Venezuelan government...there is a no fly zone over several of them...Hezbollah cells have been sent there from there they infiltrate into Latin America...they've established close ties with the drug cartels and then they get into Mexico...and then into the U.S...there is a secret pact between the Iranian regime and Venezuela for a missile site...20 kilometers off the Columbian border...and it's going to be a direct threat to the U.S. and its national security because those missiles can reach American shores..."
Q. What kind of presence does the IRG and Hezbollah have within the borders of the United States; are there numerous cells; are there no cells?A. "...I'm going to quote to you Hassan Abbasi...he was the brains behind the strategy to bog the U.S. forces down in Iraq...he says...and he is very open about things...they have recognized about 800 sensitive sites within the U.S....when the time comes and the order comes their cells...will attack many of these sites...so basically they have agents here...they have a large network here through Islamic student associations...they collaborate with the Muslim Brotherhood...they do run a large network through the mosques in the U.S..."
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By James P. Wagner
May 19, 2010
The majority of students in most colleges, including those at Dowling, are usually aware of certain things they dont like about the world we live in. It is a common trait in this day and age for people to complain about what they perceive to be wrong. Few of these people, however, actually attempt to do something to make the changes they want to see in the world. One of those few people, a person who actually makes the effort needed for the change he wants, is a Dowling senior: Marc Rosen.
By Justin Murphy
May 17, 2010
Rude, crude, annoying, and at times hilarious, Hot Tub Time Machine certainly isnt at the level of time travel films such as Back to the Future, but it can hold its own.
By James Browning
May 13, 2010
Dowling College is undeniably what many would denote a commuter school. The majority of students enrolled in the college drive to classes each day and then drive back home. Still, it is impossible to ignore the studentsand there are almost five-hundred of themwho have come to think of Dowling College as their new home. Unlike at many other larger universities, the community of Dowling College residents is a close-knit group given the small capacity of the residence facilities. This means that almost everyone knows everyone, which tends to add to the intimacyand dramaof dorm life.
By Ramona Sav Nolan
May 6, 2010
Stephen Lamia is a Professor of Visual arts at Dowling College. The following interview will give its readers an insight into Dr. Lamia's interests and life experiences.
Favorite quote: "It looks done to me!"
By Erica DeAngelo
May 6, 2010
The Spoken Word Poetry Club has come a long way! The club has helped its members advance in their poetry and have the ability to freely express themselves through the art of words. The club has had 6 successful Open Mic Nights and the opportunity to attend some as well. During the holiday season the club helped raise money for the Make a Wish foundation, by having a fortune cookie sale. The members of the club had the opportunity to get published in the Examination Anthology.
By Dana Basile
May 6, 2010
Never before have I started to read a book and felt so inspired to write about it only a few pages in. Tuesdays with Morrie is the kind of book that truly changes you and the way you look at the world. Morrie Swartz is a professor at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. Mitch Albom is his student and, for a loss of a better word, his prodigy.For 4 years, the two got to know each other, and they formed a much more powerful relationship than just professor and student; they became very close friends.
By Agnieszka Ulinski
May 6, 2010
It was a cold, harsh, biting frost. The air could almost be touched. I remember seeing the vapors of my breath crystallizing like tiny stars on a clear night. And what a night it was
Black, yet the reflection from snow was lighting the pathway between the two fields of frozen dirt. It was as if I were looking at the winter version of the painting A landscape With Tobias by Jacek Malczewski.
By Arianna Johnson
May 5, 2010
If you ask me, the most universally liked food is pizza. People have different opinions on where best pizza comes from: some prefer the deep dish pizza from Chicago, while others are in favor of New Yorks thin crust pizza. Most people will name pizza as their favorite food. However, to me, the most appealing aspect of pizza is its versatility.
By Ramona Sav Nolan
May 4, 2010
Joshua Gidding is an English Professor at Dowling College. The following interview will give its readers an insight into Dr. Gidding's interests and life experiences.
Favorite quote: This book has parts that are both original and good. However, the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good. —Samuel Johnson.
By James Browning
May 3, 2010
Alpha Chi is one of the many honor societies at Dowling College. It is a national college honor society whose main criterion for acceptance is academic achievement (evaluated according to class rank). Thus, it is one of the few honor societies open to all academic disciplines. Undergraduate juniors and seniors and graduate students are admitted into the society if they comprise the top ten percent of their class.
By Justin Murphy
May 1, 2010
Improvisation class well, its certainly different from other classes, Ill say that. The basis of improvisation is to learn how to improvise in certain situations and this class helps with that a lot.


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Dallas ISD Opens Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School
(Dallas, TX) - Rogers-O'Brien Construction is pleased to announce the opening of Dallas ISD's Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School. Designed by Perkins+Will, this 205,000 SF, three-story facility embraces the true essence of a 21st century school.
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BREAKING: Lotief Resigns as Head Softball Coach, to be Unpaid Assistant
Stunner comes one day before season opener
Stunner comes one day before season opener
Maybe the experts didn't do their homework. Maybe they were simply playing to the larger market team from the bigger conference. Whatever the reason it really doesn't matter, because the Cajuns are now one step closer to their goal.
The no.6 team in the country, the UL Ragin Cajuns Softball Team, has won the 2012 NCAA Lafayette Regional Tournament before a record breaking crowd at Lamson Park. The Cajuns took the tournament with a 6-2 win over Stanford.


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Eric Hurley's return to full-strength from shoulder surgery is a work-in-progress––and it could be a rather lengthy process.
On the positive side, Hurley's velocity on Thursday was solid for his second outing. The right-hander's fastball sat between 89-92 mph, bumping 93 once in the third inning. But he also has command issues––as ESPN.com's Jason Grey tweeted––stemming from his trouble with repeating his delivery.
Grey also mentioned that Hurley's 82-84 mph slider lacked sharpness and was breaking too early. The former first-round pick threw six sliders and eight changeups.
After beginning the game with two scoreless innings, Hurley struggled and failed to finish the third. Still, due to Fall League rules, he earned the victory. The 25-year-old yielded three runs on five hits in 2.2 innings, walking three and striking out one. He threw 24 of his 48 pitches––exactly 50 percent––for strikes.
While Hurley's overall velocity on all three of his pitches is solid, he still has quite a bit of work to do mechanically and in terms of finding the feel for his breaking ball again.
The Rafters offense busted out for 11 runs on 16 hits, but centerfielder Engel Beltre wasn't able to get anything going. The 20-year-old leadoff hitter went without a knock in five official at-bats, striking out once. He stranded four runners.
Second baseman Davis Stoneburner, who was a mid-game substitution, continued his hot start by going 1-for-2 with an RBI triple. It was his second triple of the young season, and he is now 5-for-12 (.417) in six games.
Tall reliever Adalberto Flores permitted one run on three hits in two innings of work. He didn't walk a batter and didn't record a strikeout. According to pitch f/x, Flores' stuff was about the usual––he mostly relied on an 89-92 mph fastball and an upper-70s, low-80s changeup while mixing in the occasional slow curveball.
La Guaira's Max Ramirez played DH and batted cleanup for the second consecutive day. He had a single, a walk, and two runs scored in four plate appearances. Leadoff man and third baseman Renny Osuna singled once in five trips.
Outfielder David Paisano entered the contest late as a defensive replacement. He split time in center and right fields.
Minor league free agent shortstop Gregorio Petit, who played with Triple-A Oklahoma City this past season, was 1-for-3 with a double for Caracas on Thursday evening.
The circuit has begun its 2010 campaign, but there will be no Rangers players participating this season.
The Dominican Winter League will begin its season on October 22.
The season in Puerto Rico will also commence on October 22.
Rangers prospects listed on rosters in Puerto Rico include LHP Alexander Claudio (Ponce), LHP Kasey Kiker (Ponce), OF Miguel Velazquez (Ponce), and LHP Mike Ballard (Caguas).
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Hi ctuna: So you think the one in the ebay is good? Yes, physics gives me a headache. I tried to read the reviews on amazon of those solar panels. I would read them twice and still no idea what they were saying with those numbers. I intend to study them because I should really know more about this since I am the only one with this problem. OBD2 port? I don't think I have seen it but since like you said, it should be there. I will sure try to look for it tomorrow. It is winter and I don't even see that much sun here this week. Gloomy like in London. I am thinking during winter, I may just have to burn off some gas and get the battery charged every weekend. But of cos I will want to get the battery maintained during the day as much as possible. We get alot of sun during the spring, summer and early fall here in Atlanta.
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Hi i am in UK and have a hot tub control panel which is made in US.I want to wire it to our 240v mains but our system only has 3 wires earth neutral and live where as your system has earth ,neutral live1 and live2 not sure of the difference and how it would be connected ,anyone got any ideas?
Hi bud,to connect your hot tub up connect your earth and neutral to the respective terminals.
Link L1 and L2 together with your incoming live,make sure your cable feeding it is rated for the appliances current rating.
You need to run it through an RCD (gfci) for safety.
Was it built for the US or UK market? If built for the US market, it may have 120 volt components in the control panel so if connected to a UK 240V line it would damage them, best advice is to use a spa/hot tub made for the UK and proper approvals from a recognized testing agency plus have the electrical installed by a qualified electrician. Spas are cheap,lives are not.
Good advise BUT if you read the post the hot tub is already at his house only a complete knob would buy something like a hot tub that was configured for US market !
Get a local electrician to give you a estimate bud,he'll tell you if its possible to connect it to our mains.
An estimate should cost you nothing and you are under no obligation to have the work done.
Hi guys thanks for your help.The controller is one that will run either 110v or 220v and is from US ,it is a replacement controller for my hot tub which was made in US but company went bust so could not get a direct replacement but the old panel only needed a live in l1 this is why i am confused.
110 and 220 volts are not US voltages they are relics of the first half of the last century.:whistling2: Only way I can see for it to work is w/ a transformer having a 240X480 V primary and a 120/240 secondary and use it to transform 240 VAC to 120/240V, due to size,cost, and shipping, and other issues, it would be better to send it off to a landfill,IMO.
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The Canisius College synchronized swimming team swept each category at the 2012 ECAC Regional Championship en route to capturing its 15th consecutive title at the Koessler Athletic Center Pool on Sunday afternoon. The host Griffs secured their title with a final score of 89.875, including first-place performances in the solo, duet, trio, team, A-figures, and B-figures.
The Golden Griffins finished in the top spot in front of Wheaton (86.125) and Boston University (67.500).
"I couldn't be more proud of my team", said Canisius head coach Jill Wright. "They captured our 15th ECAC championship and continued the great tradition of Canisius Synchro! I'm excited to see what they can accomplish at nationals."
In the victory, Wright claimed her sixth ECAC Championship of her coaching career. As a student-athlete for the Griffs, the coach was a part of four championship teams, bringing her career total to 10 ECAC Championships.
Senior Jessica Grogan helped the Griffs defend their title, placing first in the solo event with a score of 85.625. Also, the senior led Canisius to a great first-place performance in the team portion.
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To most people, #140Cuse was a day long event filled with more than 40 speakers. To me, #140Cuse was a two-day event composed of numerous new friends, four skipped classes (Sorry, mom!), two unforgettable moments, and one life lesson learned: school can only take you so far. It was ironic, for being the first 140 event to happen on a college campus, but perhaps the most valuable lesson learned on a college campus.
Day One: The Speakers' Event
Day one started when I went to the speakers' event. I enjoyed meeting many of the people whom I have idolized and admired from afar on the Twitter stream. It was great to hear their stories, and how some of them got their start at Syracuse University, too. As I wandered the room and introduced myself, the most common question was, "Are you a student, or a speaker?" I was proud to be able to say both. As I explained my story, the conversations turned to what my next step after graduation should be. "I don't want to give you life advice," Alexis Ohanian said to me, "unless it works out, then I want all the credit." After conversations with the remaining speakers and some encouragement from Brad Rosen, the group consensus was to skip graduate school and work on my startup full-time.
Later that night, I was fortunate enough to be one of a handful of students who were able to sit down and have intimate conversation with Alexis (aka unforgettable moment #1). As a student-entrepreneur, it was interesting to finally take the emphasis off of the hyphen (hence the skipping classes) and have the opportunity to talk about what it is like to be an entrepreneur. Beyond the non-life-advice life advice, Alexis also shared some interesting stories about the early days of Reddit, lessons learned, and teaching himself the skills necessary to get Reddit off the ground. He described his journey from being a history major to running a tech company using funny anecdotes and lots of real talk. It inspired my talk about my journey during my panel and challenged me to think about my next steps. As someone who up until a few months ago dedicated their life to getting a great education and making the field of education better, it seems antithetical to follow their advice and drop out of school to go work on a startup, but as I learned through talking with the speakers that night, I still have a lot to learn in and outside of the classroom.
Day Two: The Real Event
Day two began in the early (for most college students) morning with hundreds of people filling Schine Underground and even into the overflow room. Over 600 students, staff, faculty, alumni, and guests attended the event on Thursday. Each presenter spoke for 10 minutes about how the real-time web is changing people's lives, their interactions with one another, and the world.
Rich Tehan, a senior Information Technology and Entrepreneurship dual major, attended the conference for most of the day. He said that the talks complimented his coursework nicely because his IST 443 class "talks about how technology affects people on an individual basis and social issues and politics in the U.S." and said, "It was good to have practical examples that went hand in hand with the theoretical examples from the class."
It was interesting to experience the same intersection of studies with real world examples, but what really resonated with me was when speakers like Kim Sivic, Eric Stoller, George Couros, and Isaac Budmen spoke about the effects of the education field on their experiences (and vice versa). It was interesting to hear from so many people about higher education in particular, especially because of the events of the previous night and since whole event was taking place at an institute of higher education.
But as it was clear in Hajj Flemings' talk, there's only so far that school can take you. Several students remarked about how hearing the speakers talk about what they really cared about with much sincerity and emotion was more thought-provoking, inspiring, and meaningful than time spent in class. The consistent message throughout the speakers was how important it is to be passionate about what you're doing, something that is often missing from students because their trapped in assignments and often unenthusiastic lectures. Walking through the rows of students leaving the conference, I overheard plenty of remarks about learning more in one day at #140Cuse than they learned inside of the classroom all semester, and that it was worth missing class or spending time at the conference instead of working on things for class.
In the end, we learned a lot about the real-time web, but what we learned most about was how important passion, compassion, and self-learning are. That $1.40 was the best "tuition" money we ever spent.
Did you attend #140Cuse, or follow along online? Share your takeaways from the conference in the comments below!


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When it comes to larding on extra fees, airlines and hotels have nothing on that other big travel provider: rental car companies.
They're quietly introducing a new one — a "no-show" fee — that stands out only because it makes some sense. More on that later.
Sometimes the charges are imposed by local and state governments or airports. Others defy explanation, except as a way to get consumers to pay a company's costs of doing business.
Check car rental websites and you'll find an energy recovery fee, a tire and battery fee and one just called "rental surcharge."
A two-day Ford Taurus rental at Tampa International Airport last weekend priced out at $73.41. Taxes and fees accounted for $17.43, nearly a quarter of the total bill. That didn't include the GPS navigation system ($23.90), child safety seats ($26 each) or vehicle insurance ($26.99 per day).
Suffice to say, it pays to check your rental contract carefully before signing.
Here are a few fees to look for:
• Additional driver: an extra $13 a day or so. Some companies charge the fee for your spouse to drive.
• Underage drivers: Expect to pay a lot more if you're younger than 25. Fees vary by company and location. Budget charges $27 per day for drivers ages 21 to 24, more in New York state and Michigan. Companies say their liability renting to young drivers justifies the fee.
• Fuel: They charge a reduced price per gallon to sell you a full tank with the rental. But they don't give a refund for any fuel you leave in the vehicle, so this option typically costs more than refilling the tank yourself.
• Airport concession fee: Usually about 10 percent of the rental price. Companies charge this to recover what airports charge them for operating on site. It's one reason prices usually are cheaper away from the airport.
• State and local tax: Added by politicians to pay for projects unrelated to your car rental, such as sport stadiums, performing arts centers and other pet projects. Don't blame the companies. They hate them, too.
• Tire and battery fee: To pay for Florida's tax on the sales of tires and batteries. Revenues go to clean up sites polluted by the materials. At least it's just 2 cents a day.
Back to the "no-show" fee.
Rental companies traditionally took car reservations without asking for a credit card.
The Big Three — Avis Budget, Enterprise Holdings and Hertz — now request card information in select markets and charge between $5 and $50 if a customer cancels or doesn't pick up the car. The fee usually applies to discounted or prepaid rentals.
Airlines are way ahead, with painful ticket-change fees up to $150. Car rental companies say as many as 30 percent of reservations are abandoned by no-shows. A reasonable fee isn't unreasonable.
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What most "gourmet" markets fail to understand is that the finest foods needn't be fancy; they just have to taste good. Laurenzo's Oceanside lets the competition focus on the fusion of multitudinous, multinational imports, instead carving a nice niche for itself as the best purveyors of old-world Italian specialties -- truth be told, the only store in South Florida to do as good a job is the original Laurenzo's in North Miami. It's not that there is anything wrong with pistachio-crusted meatloaf with wasabi mashed potatoes, but if you want a takeout dinner to lend the comfort of home cooking, might as well get the real thing. Like manicotti, stuffed shells, and lasagna prepared with Laurenzo's ricotta and mozzarella cheeses. Like Italian sausage and peppers, eggplant parmigiana, and meatballs that would make Tony Soprano cry. We're talking one-stop shopping too, as you can turn your main course into a full meal by picking up some antipasti from the prepared foods section, freshly baked Italian bread from a North Miami bakery, a bottle of appropriate wine from a well-priced selection, fruit and salad greens from the produce department, and freshly stuffed canolis for dessert. Yes, it's all a bit pricey but still a bargain compared to what you'd pay for the same dinner in a restaurant.
Top Ten Reasons Why Primavera Is Better Than the Italian Restaurant You Go To:
10. You can't fool all of the people all of the time -- Primavera's been around since 1985.
9. Wait staff isn't snobby, nor is it informal to the point of saying things like "Fuhgeddaboudit!"
8. Roasted pepper antipasto comes spiked with curry.
7. Do the owners of your favorite place have cool names like Primavera's husband-wife team of Giacomo and Melody?
6. Innovative culinary combinations like zucchini-crusted rack of lamb with Marsala date sauce; grilled salmon with pink grapefruit and merlot; pasta with fagioli.
5. Romantic ambiance can lead to amorous payoff that makes pricey bill seem a bargain.
4. Extensive wine list reasonably priced.
3. Two words: homemade pasta.
2. Frank Sinatra once ate here.
1. Because we say so, and we're experts.
It's no secret that Louie Louie's pizzas win awards all over the place. Wouldn't it be clever to be come up with someplace new? But that would be like dumping your life partner because you lost ten pounds. The secret of the success of these pies, which don't even headline the menu of this Las Olas classic (now also located across Las Olas and on Delray's Atlantic Avenue), is the way the kitchen makes so much go such a long way. Served piping hot, the homemade mozzarella and tomato sauce blend with the extra virgin olive oil on the delicate margheritas and heartier Neapolitans so authentically that you feel like you'll get smacked in the back of the head if you talk with your mouth full. Not that this is our local version of dinner at the Goombahs. The vegetarian toppings and healthy pies and the grilled rosemary chicken pizzas take the selections into new territory with great style -- much like Garbo tackling laughter in Ninotchka. Perfection on a platter.
The Olive Garden doesn't serve tripe. That's OK, but it also doesn't offer fresh pork or beef braciole, chicken scarparielo with homemade sausage and mushrooms in lemon sauce, pignoli-crusted snapper over spinach, and more than 40 types of pasta dishes -- and that's not OK, which is one reason why those seeking moderately priced, robust Southern Italian food are far better off at Zuccarelli's. Another reason is that the meatballs aren't made en masse but rather in the caring hands of the Zuccarelli family -- papa Ralph, mama Frances, and daughter Olimpia -- and Chef Buddy Kratz. They also make the sausages, mozzarella cheese, pastas, breads, and desserts and have been doing so for 23 years, much to the gratitude of a fiercely loyal clientele -- most of whom the staff here knows by name. This rustically attractive restaurant puts out some outrageously delicious pizzas too, and there's hardly an item on the absurdly extensive menu that costs more than $20.
As you eat your way through this maniacal world, exposing the recesses of your mind, you might condemn the budded tongue as a forgetful little muscle. Not so. It is a passionate appendage that betrays our animal lust for the simple things in life, and once it's introduced to the unfathomably delicious slice ($1.75) at Times Square Pizza, your heretofore complicated life will revolve around the corner of Oakland Park Boulevard and Federal Highway. Gold-chained, strong, silent types slave at the ovens in this 8-year-old New York-style eatery, then deliver your slice right to your table. No frills. No chatter. Just slice. What's their secret? Is it the perfectly heated ovens or the high-quality Grande mozzarella cheese? Don't pluck the mystery; just obey the buds. Oh, by the way: It's a sweet spot to hit on your way home from the beach.
More than 300,000 South Floridians describe their primary ancestry as non-Hispanic Caribbean or West Indian. That's a good thing, because it means there are plenty of places to get really good West Indian food. Heck, you could throw a rock almost anywhere within Broward and Palm Beach counties and it would probably fly through the window of a Caribbean restaurant. Well, wind up, Dontrelle, and cast your stone toward Caribbean Choice Restaurant and Bakery in West Palm Beach. Owner Don Smith brings his island flavor from Jamaica via the Bronx and serves up Caribbean favorites such as beef patties, jerked chicken and pork, and roti. And if you're in the mood for fish, escovitched snapper and steamed kingfish are on the menu as well. Add pigeon peas and rice and you've got good times. Whether dining in for a quick sitdown meal or eating on the run, every wanga gut (big eater) this side of Kingston can get his or her fill.


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If you're like me you often don't have enough time to work out. One solution to the problem is to walk while working. I personally am at my desk for 8 hours a day during the work week. With a treadmill desk near to my normal desk I can get a few hours of cardio a day while working.
A treadmill desk is very easy to make. Below is the guide.
First, The Treadmill
The first thing you will need to get when making a treadmill desk is, of course, a treadmill. I selected the
Since I made my desk, it looks like Gold's has updated their design, so you may have to find a different model.
What to look for in a treadmill
1. Book Lip: The 570 has a nice book lip that is just at the perfect height for a treadmill desk. When standing on the treadmill, that book lip is just below elbow height. Thus, the back of the desk can sit directly on the book lip without height adjustment.
2. Arms: This treadmill has arms long enough to hold the front of the treadmill desk.
3. Price: This treadmill was below $600, which is pretty cheap as far as I can tell.
4. Smooth Slow Speeds: One thing I wish the crosswalk 570 was better at is smooth slow speeds. If you are going to spend any hours working at your treadmill desk, then you will need to make sure the treadmill is smooth at slower speeds. The 570 slows some on each step, but it wasn't enough to make me want to get something more expensive.
Tools Needed
Screw Driver
Drill (Optional) – if you want to pre-drill holes for your screws (which I recommend).
Router (Optional) – if you want molding on the edges.
1 Piece of Plywood – You need to make the top surface big enough from side to side to encompass the arms of the treadmill plus the width of your vertical wood blocks plus the width of the L Brackets. I bought a piece of furniture grade 3/4″ birch plywood from home depot. The sell it in 4′x4′ cuts. I had them cut it to 4′x16″.
2 Short 2″x6″ Studs – I used 2×6 pieces of wood, but 2x4s would probably also work. These pieces don't have to be cut to a perfect length (mine are 16″ long), but they do need to be longer than the height from the lip on the desk to the treadmill arms. At both Home Depot and Lowes there is a scrap wood area, that you can probably find these pieces for free.
8 Corner Brackets – I used 4 inch, but 3 inch should work too.
4 hooks – You could probably get away with 2 hooks, but I went with 4 for more stability.
Adhesive Pads – These are to hold the desk in the treadmill book lip.
T Molding (Optional)- Putting molding around the edges will keep your wrists off of the wood corners.
Make Measurements
This Treadmill desk is pretty easy to assemble. The hardest part is just getting the measurements right.
1. Measure the distance from the center of one treadmill arm to the center of the other threadmill arm.
2. Measure the distance from the center of the hook to the edge of the hook.
3. Measure the distance from the center of the hook to the first screw hole.
4. Measure the distance vertically on your treadmill from book lip to the arms. These are not directly above each other, so you will have to eyeball it.
Now that you've got all of your measurements, it is time to build.
1a. (Optional) – If you are going to add molding to the edges, then go ahead and route a t-slot around the edge of the plywood.
1b. Attach the 2″x6″ vertical blocks to the plywood surface with the inside corner brackets. In this step we will not attach the outside brackets yet, in-case we have to move the brackets later. The distance between the two vertical blocks should be the distance between the treadmill arms plus the 2x the distance from the center of the hook to the edge of the hook.
2. Attach the hooks to the vertical 2″x6″ blocks with screws. The hooks should be attached with the top hole at a distance of the height of the treadmill arms to the book lip minus the height of the hook to the first hole. I would only put on one of the hooks on each side, and only the top screw until you have verified everything lines up later on the treadmill.
3. Double Check your measurements. Now that you have your hooks attached you should be able to put it on your treadmill, and verify everything lines up. If it doesn't, then make marks of how much everything needs to be moved to line up.
4. Finish putting in screws. If everything checks out on the last step, then add the outside brackets, and rest of screws.
5a. (Optional) Add T Molding. This is pretty easy to add, but at the corners you will have to cut the edges of the molding and cut out the T.
5b. Add Pads. Attach the pads such that they will go in the treadmill book lip when on the treadmill.
6. Enjoy!
That's it. You're new treadmill desk is ready.
Add a screen
Now that you have your treadmill desk set up, you need some way to do some work while you are walking. I hooked up a Vizio 37″ LCD TV to use as a monitor for my computer. It can be used for the computer or tv. Because I like to have the monitor further back when just watching TV I got a mount that allows a 25″ extension from the wall. VideoSecu Articulating Full Motion TV Wall Mount
Before you get this one however, make sure that your studs are the right space in your wall for this mount. For me, this was the only wall I could mount to.


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