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PHOENIXVILLE Ś The Phoenixville Area School Board will vote to approve a $79,021,839 proposed budget for the 2013-14 school year which will include a 1.88 percent tax increase.
The budget is not an absolutely final one but will set a ōbaselineö for amendments and further discussion when the completely finalized budget is voted on June 6.
ōThis is not a final budget vote,ö said Board President Joshua Gould. ōThis is basically setting the baseline and starting our process to move toward the amendments we normally do.ö
By Pennsylvania Department of Education standards, a proposed final budget had to be approved in May, which will likely occur at the boardÆs next public meeting, May 16.
An increase from 2012-13Æs approved budget of $77,743,531, the 2013-14 proposed final budget set to be voted on next week would increase the mill rate from 28.24 to 28.77 mills.
In that case, the owner of a property in the district assessed at the median value of $133,540 would see their annual taxes increase by $70.77.
A tax increase of 1.88 percent would fall within range allowed by the state for the Phoenixville Area School District.
For the 2013-14 school year, the Act 1 index, the state-mandated maximum allowable tax increase without an exception, was 1.7 percent for the district, but the district will take a small fraction of its approved exception for Public School EmployeesÆ Retirement System (PSERS).
For the 2012-13 budget, taxes increased by 1.66 percent.
One variable not currently factored into the budget is the possibility of an additional $636,000 in state revenue on top of what the district normally gets.
Although Gov. Tom CorbettÆs current budget projects such an increase but there are no guarantees it would remain unchanged.
ōPersonally, I donÆt think we will hear from the governor in time,ö to properly adjust the budget, said Superintendent Alan Fegley.
If CorbettÆs budget does go through with the extra state revenue money, the additional cash would be used to balance the 2014-15 budget, according to Gould and Fegley.
If the district were to factor in the full $636,000 from CorbettÆs budget, as well as the possibility of a savings of roughly $322,000 due to a PSERS rate cap, factored in with whether the district wants to provide extra funding to the public library and the administrative costs of pay to play, a tax increase of just 0.14 percent is possible.
Board member Irfan Khan said a small increase like that is very attractive and discussed taking a ōleap of faithö and factoring in at least a small amount of additional revenue from the governorÆs budget.
ōWe increase taxes then wind up with surpluses,ö he said. ōIÆd like to get away from that.ö
Gould disagreed.
ōI think weÆre going to get all of it or we get nothing,ö Gould said of the proposed extra revenue.
The board informally decided to keep the budget where it is and change the baseline through an amendment at next weekÆs meeting if enough board members so desired.
When the preliminary budget was approved, it stood at $81,754,535 and carried a 3.1 percent tax increase. In monthly budget meetings, the board worked that number down.
2013-14Æs budget accounts for full-day kindergarten programming but also calls for a reduction of two teachers from full-time to part-time.
Originally, seven teachers, mostly in physical education and language areas, were slated for reduction in hours from full to part-time. That number apparently included Phoenixville Area High School head football coach Bill Furlong, according to Lisa McLemore, who spoke at an April 18 board meeting against the reductions.
According to Fegley Thursday night, the reductions in the proposed final budget only affect a Latin teacher and another general classroom teacher.
The district used some of its fund balance money, $500,000, to help balance the technology budget, but cuts to that budget beyond what have already been agreed upon are unlikely.
ōWe have pushed off on the technology the last couple of years and the life cycle is coming where things have to be replaced,ö said Khan, who said he and fellow board member David Ziev took a hard look in that area for additional cuts.
The proposed final budget would also carry an unassigned fund balance of $6,171,426, which accounts for 7.9 percent of the total budgeted expenditures. That falls under the 8 percent allowable fund reserve with a tax increase, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
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"I do not know why, but it seems strange to eat a paroquet," said the chevalier.
Its head was as large as that of an infant, and its beak four times the size of a paroquet.
Carrington from that day could get no more passengers for his paroquet boat.
That could be a paroquet, or a syringe (ou un serin), but this no is nothing of such, it not is but a frog.
The paroquet and heron attain the goodly age of sixty years.
They also suspend in the headdress an entire skin of the paroquet.
A word should be added as to the distribution of the paroquet.
The tiles are representations of six varieties of humming-birds, a paroquet, a sun-bird, and several other feathered beauties.
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text: > Nancy White writes > I'm wondering about the distinction between "Flame Wars" and the ongoing > occurrence of conflict in online group interactions. Heck, conflict > happens. Sometimes it escalates to what would be an argument F2F. Is that a > flame war? Or is that a relic of previous time. When I wrote my master thesis on communicative norms in german mailing-lists, I came across flame wars quite frequently. When going through my data, I got the impression that it was quite easy to distinguish between flames and "normal" conflicts. Flame wars in my data normally included, as mentioned before, comments about the attacked person which are totally unrelated with the content of the disagreement. Characteristics of flames can be categorized as follows: - name-calling - detailed "discussion" of previous mails of the victim in relation to orthographical, syntactical or other language offences - systematic research on traces the victim left on the internet in other forums, homepages etc. In many cases flame-wars originated in somebody not observing netiquette or specific mailing-list rules, mostly new people to the list. > One more thought. I also believe that conflict (which is the source of some > flames -- not all is baiting for fun!) plays an important role in groups. How a community, such as a mailing-list, handles these conflicts, is a sign of its quality as a interactional community. If a community is able to sort out these kinds of conflicts, is able to find solutions and formulate problem-solving strategies for the future, conflicts can turn out to be very supportive in community-building. Mirjam Weder


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Ambitions of empire
So Sunday night I thought I'd start on the harder dress: the empire knit that I need to draft a pattern for. This is actually my second attempt at drafting an empire-line knit dress. The last one failed both for structural reasons (never use 4-way stretch knit for a dress!) and for design reasons (I think I was too timid in adding fullness for the gathers). Here's what I want to end up with— a loose dress with gathers at the sleeves, bust, and the top of the skirt:
Seems simple, no? I decided to start from the Burda 7759 bodice that I'd muslined back in January. Fortunately I still had the bodice muslin lying around. Unfortunately it no longer fits. Now, on the one hand the muslin is woven and the dress is going to be a stretch knit, so the fact that the bodice fits…er…snugly might mean it's just right for the knit. On the other hand the look I'm going for is more loose than fitted. At the moment I decided to enlarge the pattern by one size and see how that looks, but I'm open to suggestions.
Here's what I've done so far. First, I rotated the front dart to the bottom and smoothed out the curve where the gathers will go:
Next, I added fulness to the sleeve base by slashing and spreading (as described in Adele):
Then I drafted a simple A-line skirt and slashed and spread for the skirt gathers. I have no idea if this is too much or too little spreading:
I have to say I really like working on this. There's a particular joy I feel when I don't really know what I'm doing but am blazing ahead anyway in the hopes that it will all work out. Or at least that I will learn something. What I'm wondering about at the moment is whether and how to muslin this. In principle it seems like a good idea but I don't have another knit with the same weight and stretch. And if I use a very different knit will what I learn transfer? So I'm thinking I might just cut the bodice pieces a little big and see how it looks as it comes together. I think I have enough fabric to cut a second bodice if I screw the first one up too badly. And if the skirt is too wide I can always cut it down. What do you think? Advice? Suggestions?


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Subject: Return to active participation
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:49:58 -0600
After a 4 month hiatus, I am returning to active participation in the Crockett DNA project and on these lists. I apologize for dropping out and in and then back out and now back in. Family, church and work took over the past 4 months but I am getting back on track so I will be returning to my research. If you have lines that need to be added or corrected on the Crockett DNA project Patriarch pages, send them to me again, as they are buried in 4 months of emails that will take a long time to wade through.
For those of you with databases on my line, James Fredrick Fenton was born May 23, 1937, Chillicothe, Wapello, IA, USA. He died October 12, 2005 in Cherokee Village, Sharp, Arkansas, USA. He was the son of Joshua Parker Fenton and Ellanore Sarrah Mathes. Joshua was the son of James Michael Fenton and Mary Elizabeth McMurtrey. Mary Elizabeth McMurtrey Fenton was the daughter of Nancy L Crockett wife of Joshua McMurtrey. Nancy L Crockett was the daughter of William J Crockett (Crochet) and Nancy Robinson. James Michael Fenton was the son of Samuel Fenton and Harriet Frisby.
Thank you all for your patience. I look forward to returning to an active role.
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Who dat feeling sports pride?
I never wear clothing with sports logos. Ever. Well, until this week, in New Orleans, I wore a "Geaux Saints" T-shirt, and you know what? It was so fun to wear.
I love gabbing briefly with strangers, making connections with passersby, having a shared moment with a new smiling face – and there were so many of those moments – just because of the silly shirt.
Some of these high points included a huge grin and an "a'right?!" from an elderly gentleman in a Santa hat, a high-five from a server at a Royal Street cafe and a "dem Saints!" from my hotel's bellman.
On a side note, New Orleans has a unique source for their team pride. The Saints' 2009 Superbowl win gave residents a distraction from the lingering aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the chance to rally together in "Who Dat" glory. The city needed that win.
And this week, while I had the pleasure of celebrating Christmas in the French Quarter, it was just so interesting for me to get a taste of the deep-rooted NOLA unity among residents as well as the camaraderie that goes along with supporting a sports team in general.
Don't get me wrong: I am always pulling for Milwaukee teams in a somewhat deeper way. I always want them to fare well because it makes people around me so dang happy and because it's good for the city. Plus, my father was a huge Brewers fan and I have many, many fond memories of County Stadium and Miller Park.
I've just never been a diehard or enough of a diehard to adorn my body with a sports logo.
And despite my positive Saints-related interactions this week, I don't plan to run out and buy Packers or Brewers garb. I was, however, genuinely happy to experience a sliver of fandom that y'all have told me about for decades.


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About the Book: Two States: The Story of My Marriage
From the best-selling Author of Five Point Someone and One night @ the Call Center, the hilarious tale of what ensues when a Punjabi boy decides to wed a Tamilian girl
Krish and Ananya fell in love at business school and decide to marry after graduation. They don't realize what lies ahead of them is the biggest hurdle: they are from two states that are utterly wrong for each other. An Indian wedding marries the families of both partners as much as it does the bridge and groom-and both sides will brook no compromise.
The traditional Southies want a son-in-law who will read The Hindu and attend Chennai's fin season of music concerts; the Punjabis want a soni kudi who will match the exuberance of their particular culture. The Madrasis are too sober for the Punjabis, the Punjabis too loud for the Madrasis. Rice versus roti, Carnatic music versus bhangra, the battle lines are slowly drawn.
Who will surrender first, and will there be a marriage, at this rate? From the master of commercial fiction comes the story of love in India when it crosses that most important of boundaries-and a tale for rapidly changing modern India.
About the Author: Chetan Bhagat
Chetan Bhagat is a graduate from IIT in New Delhi and a post graduate from IIM Ahmedabad. He is the best-selling Author of five blockbuster novels, some of which have been adapted into major Bollywood films. The New York Times called him 'the biggest selling English language novelist in India's history'.
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I would love to get an answer at just one question: WHY are there annoying twilighthaters on this Wiki telling everybody that they have to stop watching Twilight?? Please, if you don't like Twilight just go away and search for a hobby... or a life. Just don't try to mess up this Wiki, 'cause WE DON'T LIKE YOU for doing that. Please, go and search for someone else to bother.
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In goal: Devils' Martin Brodeur vs. Mighty Ducks' Jean-Sebastien Giguere
Lean on me: Devils —D Scott Stevens: Look for him to make a statement with a big hit early in this series. Even at this stage of his career, Stevens is the Devils' flag carrier. They can feed off his energy. Mighty Ducks — LW Paul Kariya: The Ducks have played so well that they haven't needed Kariya to be dominant. But he's a $10 million player, and franchise players are supposed to be able to take over series. If he could be the best forward in this series, the Ducks' chances improve significantly.
Who's hot: Devils — C John Madden. We can no longer call him a checking center. Mighty Ducks —Giguere. He has turned in the best performance by a first-time playoff goalie since Patrick Roy in 1986.
Who's not: Devils C Scott Gomez. Don't you expect more from him?
Injuries: Devils C Joe Nieuwendyk (hip) is day-to-day.
What Devils want to do: 1. Put the Ducks in a hole by winning Game 1. No one knows how the Ducks will handle adversity. 2. Make Giguere's crease area seem like Times Square on New Year's Eve. He can't stop what he can't see. 3. Use Stevens' physical presence against the smallish Ducks. He can play the role of a greeter at the blue line, and he's not as pleasant about it as the Wal-Mart greeters. 4. Play more consistently on defense than they did against the Ottawa Senators. They surrendered too many chances. 5. Hope Patrik Elias has a strong series. He should have more than two goals.
What Ducks want to do: 1. Win the races for the puck and hang on to the puck when they get to it. 2. Make their shots count. Get the puck on the net. You have to be opportunistic to win the Stanley Cup Finals. 3. Keep the road clear in front of Giguere. D Keith Carney might have to be a traffic cop in this series. 4. Be patient. This team is comfortable in one-goal games — and in overtime. 5. Win Game 1. The Ducks won the first game in their first three series, and that clearly gave them confidence.
How the Ducks pull an upset: Giguere continues his Conn Smythe Trophy performance and the Ducks get their power play squared away.
Forecast: This has the feel of a tossup series. Look for the Devils' experience to be worth a six-game triumph.


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More jobs fit the bill
It is heartening to hear that global telecommunications billing software player Convergys has launched new Australian and New Zealand headquarters in Melbourne. The office, which has 22 staff, will be a regional centre of expertise for the development and support of telecommunications billing systems. New country manager Henrik Thomsen and Singapore-based Asia Pacific president Francois Lancon were present at the launch last week, as was Victorian IT Minister Marsha Thompson.
There are no prizes for guessing why Convergys chose Melbourne to set up shop. The company, which has 44,000 staff around the world, was previously represented in Australia by a handful of employees working on site at its largest Australian customer, Telstra. The new Australian boss, Thomsen, says the proximity of Telstra and a reasonably low-cost base were major factors behind the decision to open an office in Melbourne. He says: "We expect to have 30-plus staff in the office by the end of the year."
Perhaps the best news, however, is that a high proportion of the jobs are technology based rather than administrative. Lancon says: "We are building a centre of expertise for cable and broadband (billing) technologies. The staff will include programmers with specific skills. Application development will be a large part and customisation of systems for customers."
Is our naivety showing?
Last week, Chatroom was happy to give AMP Banking a plug because it had decided not to outsource its back office operations. This week we see that National Australia Bank has taken a stake in AMP and is positioning itself for a takeover. A Chatroom reader close to the companies suggests that AMP's decision not to outsource had in fact nothing to do with the pros and cons of keeping staff in-house but everything to do with NAB's looming presence on the AMP share registry.
"Proceeding with any sort of major back office outsourcing deal at this point in time would in all likelihood be stopped at AMP board level. NAB would not want this sort of deal to proceed when they can simply roll in their own back office processes when they take over AMP," our source says. The source went on to suggest that AMP technology alliances director Lou Pagano had his tongue firmly planted in his cheek when he told us that AMP will consider outsourcing again in two or three years. "By then NAB will have taken over AMP, and the back office system migration to NAB will be under way, and the AMP management team will be sitting on the beach somewhere," the source says.
The official position of AMP, provided to Chatroom by media officer Jillian Maxwell, is that AMP management had no more knowledge than the public about NAB's takeover intentions when it issued the release.
Often we're accused of being too cynical. On this occasion, however, we were probably a little naive.
Is the future in the acronym?
The way ahead for Australia is as a systems integrator - a developer of value-added products and services through smart combinations of technology. That's the scenario painted last week by the chairwoman of the CSIRO board, Catherine Livingstone (pictured), in a lecture called "Australia as a Technology Integrator" that was held at the University of Technology, Sydney. Livingstone, a former chief executive of listed medical technology company Cochlear Ltd, believes that Australia cannot be a broad-based technology developer like the US. We have no argument with that. What caught our eye, however, was the subtitle of the lecture: "People, Institutions and Structural Serendipity". Needless to say, an interesting acronym springs to mind.
Moving heads
Global telecommunications company AT&T has appointed Jeyan Jeevaratnam as managing director, AT&T Australia and New Zealand. Jeevaratnam replaces Steve Lowe, recently promoted to vice-president of AT&T Business Asia-Pacific.
Jeevaratnam was previously global product director for next generation VPN products of AT&T Business, based in Britain. He joined AT&T in 2000 when the company bought the IBM Global Network Services business unit. At the time Jeevaratnam was based in
Singapore working as a client solutions manager in the Asia-Pacific region. Jeevaratnam also held various positions within IBM Australia over the period from 1985 to 1996.
Storage vendor EMC Corporation has appointed Maggie Pernet to head its Technology Services Group for Australia and New Zealand. Pernet was previously services and support director at Hitachi Data Systems. Before HDS, Pernet held general management and managing director roles with Mincom Limited, DMR Consulting, Systems Union Pty Ltd, Computer Power and ICL Australia.
Mid-market enterprise applications vendor Epicor Software Corporation has promoted Jason du Preez to the position of director, Asia-Pacific. He was previously sales and marketing director, Australia and New Zealand. His area of responsibility now includes the management of regional Epicor teams in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, and the company's value-added reseller channel partners in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand. Du Preez joined Epicor in a Sydney-based technical sales role in 1993. He later spent three years in Britain as the company's channel manager for mainland Europe and the Middle East before returning to Australia in 2000.
Yahoo commercial search services subsidiary Overture Services has appointed Marcelo Silva and former Olympic sprinter Dean Capobianco to its Australian operations. Silva will move into the role of marketing manager and Capobianco will take up the position of sales director. Before joining Overture, Silva worked for three years at ING Direct as internet marketing manager and, before that, at TMP Worldwide as internet marketing director. Capobianco has worked with News Interactive as national sales manager for the past three years. He represented Australia at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games but was banned from competition for four years after he tested positive for the steroid stanozolol at a meeting in May 1996 at Hengelo, in the Netherlands.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute has assembled the fourth-fastest supercomputer in the world at a cost of $US5 million ($A7 million), by linking 1100 off-the-shelf Apple Macintosh computers. The supercomputer, which was assembled in little more than a month by volunteer students who were paid with free pizzas, was benchmarked at 7.41 trillion operations a second. (New York Times)


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Ski Utah's latest marketing push a pass good for one day next season at each of the state's 14 resorts reflects the growing importance of social networking to the industry.
The $495, limited-edition Yeti Pass on sale now is named after the abominable snowman mascot who, in the five years since its inception, has become Ski Utah's face on Facebook.
Because the Yeti has 7,631 followers there, Ski Utah is offering a day of helicopter skiing to the first purchaser who uses the pass at all 14 resorts and proves it with pictures posted on Facebook from a ticket window at each ski area.
"This is the year of the Yeti," said Jessica Kunzer, spokeswoman for Ski Utah, marketing arm of the state's $1.2-billion industry. "Our mascot embodies the ultimate mountain enthusiast. We're sharing his passion for snowsports through a couple of products and social media outlets."
Ski Utah also is trying to entice Wasatch Front residents to investigate the diversity of the state's ski offerings.
"If you've never ventured out of the Cottonwood canyons or Park City and wondered about the rest of the state, this is the opportunity to do so," Kunzer said, citing the appeal of Beaver Mountain above Logan, Eagle Point outside of Beaver and Brian Head near Parowan.
"I would call those resorts our hidden gems … fantastic family resorts," she said. "Visiting them would give a skier or boarder a greater appreciation for the magnificent ski industry Utah has."
Ski Utah is making 100 Yeti Passes available this season to test the enthusiasm of locals. Future adjustments may be made, depending on the pass's popularity, Kunzer said.
She thinks the pass will be popular with parents of next winter's fifth- and sixth-grade passport holders. Those passports, also Ski Utah products, provide three days of free skiing at each resort to fifth-graders, one day for sixth-graders.
"This way, parents can more affordably join their [children] and, hopefully, give some Utahns a chance to explore different resorts," Kunzer added.
Besides the Facebook photo-posting enticement, good for a day of heliskiing with Wasatch Powderbird Guides (Kunzer estimated its value at $1,200), Ski Utah is promoting the pass with races Sept. 3at the Downtown Farmers Market in Salt Lake City.
The Yeti Pass Skootch'n Dash will challenge participants to race either in ski boots or with a snowboard.
Half of the proceeds from the $5 entry fee will go to the Utah Avalanche Center, which provides daily avalanche forecasts in winter for the Wasatch and Uinta mountains.
The fastest racers in several divisions will win prizes from Rossignol or Smith Optics. Whoever wears the best costume will receive a Yeti Pass for the 2011-12 season.
"We're trying to get locals excited for a wonderful season," Kunzer said, noting the Yeti promotion was timed to build interest in resorts' season pass sales and retailers' equipment sales that begin around Labor Day weekend.
"We don't deny skiing is an expensive sport," she said. "But if you plan ahead, you can make it more affordable."
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|Guide to this Module
|Unit 1: Introduction
|1.1 What is the Biosphere? What is Biogeography?
|1.2 The Human Dimensions of Global Change
|1.3 How does Biogeography Relate to Human Dimensions of Global Change Research?
|1.4 Some Basic Concepts of Ecology and Science
|Activity "Introduction" Guide for Instructors
|Unit 2: Production
|Unit 3: Pattern
|Unit 4: Diversity
|References | Glossary | Notes on Active Pedagogy | Supporting Materials | Appendix: Readings


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COPENHAGEN (Sep. 4)
Leopold Trepper has been trying to obtain an exit visa to emigrate to Israel since January without success. Now, because of an urgently needed operation, which cannot be performed in Poland, the former chief of the Soviet spy network, the "Red Orchestra," may yet succeed in leaving.
According to a medical document given to Trepper's son, Michael Brojde, a few days ago by an English tourist and just translated into English, only an operation can save Trepper's leg. The document, signed by a specialist in surgery. Dr. Wesolowski, a non-Jew from the official medical clinic in Warsaw, said the veins are nearly blocked, stopping the flow of blood to the end of the leg.
According to international medical law, a patient can ask for a specialist anywhere in the world if the treatment cannot be performed in his own country. Brojde said the "Save Trepper Committee" in London is prepared to pay the expenses connected with the operation.


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210,000 Marijuana Possession Arrests in Colorado, 1986 - 2010
October 25, 2012
This report reveals that more than 200,000 people have been arrested for marijuana possession in Colorado since 1986. Police made more than half of those possession arrests in just the last 10 years.
Other key findings include:
- Police made 108,000 marijuana possession arrests in just the last ten years.
- African Americans and Latinos are less than a quarter (23%) of Colorado's residents, they made up more than a third (35%) of the people arrested for marijuana possession.


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Posted by: Christian Wimmer in: JEDI Windows API Headers, JWA Downloads
What is that? MSDN say's: A Winlogon Notification Package is a DLL that exports functions that handle Winlogon events. For example, when a user logs onto the system, Winlogon calls each notification package's logon event handler function to provide information about the event.


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Published: May 17, 2010 at 1:14 PMI can vouche for that Robert. I'm statused at Tower of Terror but I'm also trained at all Sunset Blvd. attractions including Tower, Rock N' Roller Coaster, Beauty and the Beast, Fantasmic! Parade, and High School Musical.
So in my car I have 3 different costumes just in case.
What really gets me is keeping my spiels straight bcecause I have end up saying "Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to the Hollywood Tower Hotel where we turn the music industry up side down!" guest just look at me Im crazy! Which I'am a little when I do 4 different attractions in one day!
Published: May 17, 2010 at 2:22 PMI am suprised you were not in the Hall of Presidents since I am guessing it probably was very similar to Country Bear Jamboree. While I understand the way cast members are trained based on lands, I felt that perhaps it should be by type
Examples of grouping:
Thunder Mountain, Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Barnstormer
Tiki Room, Country Bears, Philharmagic, Presidents, Stitch, Monsters Inc, Carosel of Progress
Swiss Family, Character's House
Dumbo, Teacups
Pirates, Its a Small World
Haunted Mansion, Buzz
etc, etc, etc
Published: May 18, 2010 at 12:42 AMRobert, you're famous (for 15 minutes, anyway) as you've made the Bing main landing page...!
Published: May 18, 2010 at 5:11 AMI had heard about cast members working different rides before, but after this weekend I found the same to be true for cashiers, but on a broader scale. I was at the Star Wars shop in Hollywood Studios, and asked where an item was in the store. The cashier said "I'm sorry, I'm not sure where it would be. I'm from the Magic Kingdom, just here helping out today."
Definitely did not know they rotated parks as well as locations.
Published: May 19, 2010 at 11:19 AMFor quick serve restaurant and outdoor food locations and as well as merchandise its all standard training and everyone that works in those departments gets. So if you want to pick up shifts or somewhere is heavily under staffed then they can pull from other areas.
But this is not true with park operations which has more specific training and such.
Published: May 19, 2010 at 1:59 PMWhen I worked at Disneyland in Merchandising (store clerk for non-Disney types) in the late 80s/early 90s, we were assigned to a specific land (Main Street, Tomorrowland, Adventure/Frontier, New Orleans/Critter Co and my land, Fantasyland). However since Main St and especially Tomorrowland couldn't keep their people, we ended up in those lands often times. One night 75% of the cast members in the Star Trader were from Fantasyland.


text: Religion Wichitans To Gather For 'Dinner Dialogues' Over Race, Religion By Nadya Faulx • Feb 27, 2017 AxsDeny / flickr Creative Commons Wichitans of different faiths, races and cultures will meet Tuesday night over dinners hosted at homes across the city. As KMUW's Nadya Faulx reports, the Dinner Dialogues are designed to start conversations between people from diverse backgrounds. This is the second year the Wichita-based group Beyond Tolerance is hosting the Dinner Dialogues. Eight to 10 people will be at each dinner, and a trained facilitator will lead a conversation about issues related to race and religion. For Wichita Musician Steven Jones, Organ Is A 'Prayer Ground' By Carla Eckels • Sep 2, 2016 Courtesy Steven L. Jones is known for demonstrating his sheer joy in playing the Hammond B-3 organ. He's been playing at numerous church services across the city for more than four decades. A local chapter of the Gospel Music Workshop of America decided it was time to recognize many years of musical service with a tribute coming up this weekend. KMUW's Carla Eckels talks to Steven about his music and his impact on the community. Listen Listening... / 7:08 New Exhibition Uses Art To Build Bridges Between Muslim, Non-Muslim Communities By Nadya Faulx • Aug 1, 2016 Courtesy Wichita Common Humanity, artist A new art exhibition opens today in Wichita that will showcase the work of Middle Eastern artists displaced by war. The Building Bridges exhibit includes 80 paintings, most of them from Iraqi refugee artists. The work was brought here by the nonprofit Wichita Common Humanity, a collaboration of different religious and interfaith groups. Coordinator Jan Swartzendruber says the goal of the project is to challenge stereotypes about the Muslim and Arab worlds and help the Wichita community better understand its Muslim neighbors. Kansas House Bill Would Allow State To Bar Refugees By Stephen Koranda • Feb 19, 2016 Stephen Koranda / KPR/File photo A committee in the Kansas Legislature is considering a bill aimed at giving the state the power to block refugees. It says the governor can suspend refugee resettlement if it's warranted. The bill would allow local governments in Kansas to request that no refugees be settled in their area because of a lack of available services for refugees or questions about security. Republican Rep. Peggy Mast says she has security concerns related to Muslim refugees. Global Violence And Its Religious Dimensions: An Interview With Dr. James K. Wellman, Jr. By Aileen LeBlanc • Sep 5, 2014 http://faculty.washington.edu/ With the recent developments in Syria and Iraq--and the power of ISIS increasing--more and more questions about extremist religious-based violence arise. KMUW's Aileen LeBlanc discussed some of the issues with a scholar who will be in Wichita to present a program on the subject this weekend. Biblical Justification For Same-Sex Relationships? By Sarah Bagby • Apr 21, 2014 Wichita native Matthew Vines has good news for gay Christians, especially those who are theologically conservative, in his groundbreaking book God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same Sex Relationships. While in his second year at Harvard, Vines determined the correct answer when he asked himself, "Am I gay?" His affirmation inspired four years of meticulous research of the most common uses of Scripture in admonishing same-sex relationships as sinful. Religious Freedom Preservation Act Signed By Associated Press • Apr 10, 2013 Listen Listening... / 0:37 Gov. Sam Brownback has signed legislation that supporters say will shield Kansas residents from government infringement on religious liberties. Election Of New Pope A Special Lesson At Wichita Catholic School By Carla Eckels • Mar 12, 2013 Carla Eckels / KMUW The Roman Catholic cardinal electors begin their conclave Tuesday to decide on a successor to Pope Benedict XVI who resigned last month. At Holy Savior Catholic Church and Academy in Wichita, students and staff are also weighing in on the process. Middle school social studies teacher Mike Meyer hands out paper for an assignment. "If you were a voting cardinal, what qualities, what characteristics are you looking for as the new pope?" he asks. Thirteen year old, Kyree Straughter says he should be a strong leader, trustworthy and nice. Kansas House Considers Allowing Religious Symbols In Public Lands And Schools By Associated Press • Feb 1, 2013 www.hutchnews.com The Kansas House is considering a bill that would allow religious symbols on public land. According to the bill, religious symbols would be allowed if they are part of the community's history or heritage. This bill was introduced in response to an incident last summer when the community of Buhler was threatened with a lawsuit because its city symbol contained a cross. The Freedom From Religion Foundation said the city's official design violated the U.S. Constitution by favoring Christianity over other religions. The town replaced it with similar signs on private land.


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An 80-year-old former Victorian teacher and school principal has been jailed for molesting three primary school girls in 1978.
A magistrate told Trevor Crocker on Monday he had taken advantage of his position and the trust the girls put in him "in a vile way".
Magistrate Johanna Metcalf said Crocker's conduct was a "gross" breach of trust which had had a "lasting and damaging effect" on his victims.
Two of the women read their victim impact statements aloud in Melbourne Magistrates Court – with Crocker seated metres away – while the husband of the third read his wife's.
The first described becoming an "angry and introverted young girl who learnt to suffer the feelings of guilt and shame alone and keep quiet about it".
"I am so sorry for having become the person I am today because of the path of guilt and shame I was put on as a young girl by a person in a position of trust," she said.
The second woman's husband read how "not a day goes past that I don't think about the year I spent in Mr Crocker's classroom" as an eight-year-old "innocent little girl with her whole future ahead".
"My parents would drop me off at school not knowing about the ugly, disgusting acts that were being forced upon me", she said, and how later her relationships suffered, trusting people was very difficult and she underwent serious insecurities and anxieties.
"I wish I could know what it would have been like to be a normal little girl ... and live a life of freedom and not scarring and bad memories, live life normally and trust people ..." she wrote.
Fighting tears, the last victim said "something horrible did happen to me", but also felt it had not impacted on her.
She wrote that her biggest concern writing the statement was that it may "take away from the pain and suffering that the other girls have endured".
What scared her most, she said, was that her family would learn about what happened to her.
"I want to protect them from this awful incident with all my strength", she wrote. "I don't want them to feel sorry for me or see me any different."
During her sentencing remarks, Ms Metcalf told the women they should not feel any guilt or responsibility because they were "not in a position to defend themselves and were entirely blameless".
Crocker pleaded guilty to four charges of indecent assault.
While he has no prior convictions, Crocker in 2005 received a suspended sentence for six identical charges from incidents in 1975.
He was jailed by Ms Metcalf for two years and ordered to serve four months with the balance suspended for 24 months.
Prosecutor Michelle Zammit told the court Crocker taught for more than 42 years at 17 schools in a career that began in 1957 and in roles that included head teacher and principal.
Ms Zammit said the girls were assaulted during "show and tell" in the classroom, while one was also molested as he piggy backed her and later in a storeroom.
Defence counsel Ian Hill, QC, said the father of four, supported in court by his wife of 42 years, understood, but "far too late, perhaps", the great distress he had caused.
Mr Hill said Crocker, who retired in 1997 and is a father of four, had, by pleading guilty, spared his victims the "distress and ordeal" of giving evidence and being crossexamined.
A forensic psychologist reported Crocker was a low risk of reoffending, while Mr Hill urged the court to accept that he had demonstrated shame and remorse for the offences.
Prison time for Crocker, he argued, with his health issues and advanced age, and the concern he would have being unable to care for his mother, would be more difficult than for someone younger.
In her sentencing submissions, Mr Zammit accepted that jail may be more burdensome for Crocker, but she also noted the girls had been "very vulnerable", the effect of such serious offending on them and his breach of trust.
In her sentencing, Ms Metcalf noted that Crocker had digitally penetrated one girl, which was an extremely serious example of the offence, and had fondled the other girls' vaginas.
Ms Metcalf said his conviction in 2005 was only relevant in sentencing him as a serious sexual offender and in having him put on the sex offenders registrar.
She reduced his sentence because of his early guilty pleas, which "shows an element of genuine remorse", that he had spared the victims the trauma of giving evidence and noted that he had expressed to the psychologist shame and regret for behaviour that had "caused great distress to people".
Mr Hill asked that documents relating to his client's current medical condition and treatment be taken into custody with him and that it was the defence's "strong preference" that Crocker not be held at a suburban police station or the Custody Centre.


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This is the conclusion of Janet Landfried's series on a trip to Greece, Turkey and Finland.
By Janet Landfried
After two weeks in Greece and Turkey, I was ready for Finland.
Why Finland? When my friend from Phoenix, Jeff Abuhl, and I went to the North Pole in 2002 on the Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker Yamal, we befriended an electrical engineer, Vadim Rusanov, who lived in St. Petersburg. I told him I had always wanted to go to St. Petersburg and he invited us to visit.
When he was home after a shift in the cold north, we made arrangements to visit. We stayed in a hotel, but we ate most of our meals in his apartment and he drove us all over the city. What an adventure! He then put us on the overnight train to Moscow. That was in September 2003.
It had been 11 years since we saw him, but with email we kept up our friendship. Now he, his wife Olga, her son Vitaliy and their friend Yana were going to holiday at a cottage in Finland.
If we went back to Russia, the visa for Americans is expensive and time consuming. We did not need a visa for Finland.
The start of their holiday coincided with the end of my trip to Greece and Istanbul. That was great timing, and I made reservations to fly to Finland. I would return to Istanbul because the return of my round-trip ticket to Los Angeles was on Turkish Air.
I managed to catch an airport shuttle right near the hotel in Istanbul, get through check-in and find my gate. I didn't ask, but I got upgraded to business class on Turkish Air to Helsinki — what a treat.
Jeff sailed on NCL Epic from Miami, with disembarkation in Barcelona, Spain, on May 8. He was there to meet me in Helsinki. We caught a city bus to the train station and bought our tickets for Mantyharju, about 150 miles north of the capital. I texted Vadim our arrival time. An American texting from an iPhone to a Russian in Finland. It worked!
There was Vadim waiting on the train platform when we arrived in Mantyharju. What a thrill to see a friend we had waved goodbye to all those years ago in a different time and place. It was as if 11 years melted away.
We drove in Vadim's car to the rustic cabin they had rented, about 10 miles from town, partly on a dirt road. The Rusanovs drive from St. Petersburg to stay here, saying it is very safe here, and peaceful and tranquil. It is refreshing for the soul. That it is.
Perched on a bluff overlooking a small lake, the log cabin cottage was snug and warm. Complete the requisite sauna, the cabin could sleep eight.
We talked into the night. The Russians speak a whole lot better English than our Russian, which is nil. Olga prepared us a beautiful dinner (and breakfast the next morning) with food they buy here. We exchanged gifts and just enjoyed our time together. The guys used the sauna and took a dive in the lake.
The next morning their friend and cabin owner, Reijo Nuponnen, picked us up to show us the central feature of the town — their old, very large, Lutheran church. It is the second largest wooden church in Finland and was started in 1819.
The first church built in this parish was constructed in 1595. The current church has a seating capacity of 1,700 which I think is just about the population of the town.
In the front of the church were 319 granite crosses, one for each soldier from the area who was killed in World War II. He proudly showed us the cross for his uncle, his father's only brother.
Across the street was the bell tower or campanile. Up, up we climbed to marvel at the wood structure more than 150 years old and to view the surrounding countryside. We later gathered his wife and went to the town square for pastry and coffee.
On the way back to the cabin, Yana excitedly told Vadim that we should visit the toilet museum.
There, in the forest among the trees, was a unique outhouse and then another and another. Each was different and as we wandered along the path checking each one, a woman came to greet us. She runs a local resort, open only in the summer, and said the outhouses are creations of individual architects. Give a look around, she said, enjoy the gardens and use an outhouse or two if you need to.
In the evening we joined Reijo again, to visit the war museum of the small town. It was housed underground to simulate the trenches the Finns used to defend themselves. It contained an impressive array of articles and artifacts, but I don't think it is opened often as many of the flat areas were covered with dust. Reijo had the keys and had us sign the guestbook.
Dinner was in a small log house on the lake behind the Nuponnens' home where we feasted on Rejio's own berry wine, cold smoked salmon and other delicacies. The vodka came out, but only Vadim and Rejio shared.
Here we were, from three different countries sharing English and toasting to our mutual friendship and hopes for further visits. It was a long twilight at this northern latitude, the same as the southern tip of Greenland. In the quiet broken only by twittering birds, we watched a single kayaker glide across the lake.
The topics of conversation ranged from Putin and Ukraine to travels and geography and what was going on in our lives. Reijo asked if we knew any Finns. He was pleased that I knew of Jean Sibelius, the composer of "Finlandia," and Esa-Pekka Salonen, the conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
On the way back to the cabin we witnessed a most spectacular sunset, the red glow reflected into one of the many lakes, a fitting send-off from a wonderful weekend.
I'm sure there will be more visits now with Vadim and his family as they do travel to Europe.
We loved our visit; it was very special. Vadim, Olga and Vitaliy brought us to the train station and saw us off, much like Vadim did all those years ago in St. Petersburg.
At the Helsinki train station, a much-scaled-down version but similar in appearance to Los Angeles Union Station, one wing housed the ticket offices and the other was an incongruously placed Burger King. The ordering stations were beneath a mural of the Finnish forests.
From Helsinki I returned to Istanbul to fly home. Jeff made his way to Paris and home to Phoenix.
No matter how interesting and exciting a voyage, it is always wonderful to start for home. The flight from Helsinki to Istanbul was uneventful, as was my overnight hotel stay. I negotiated the IST airport with its three security checks and four passport checks. Coming into the United States from overseas, especially from a Muslim country, you easily note the heightened security.
I still do marvel at the ease one can travel around most of the world. Do some research, ask questions, smile, be very patient and alert, be able to walk and walk, read signs, ask questions and you will be all right.
Travel opens the world and takes the traveler to new sights, new experiences and new friends.
Janet Landfried taught social studies at Redlands High School and Redlands East Valley High School for many years and retired in 2001.


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Update: The only Knoxville teenager who's representing our region in this week's Scripps National Spelling Bee is not advancing to the semi-finals.
Naama Friedman made it to round three Wednesday afternoon after correctly spelling the words "asphyxiate" and "schnauzer", but she was not one of 46 finalists to move on to the semi-finals.
We'd like to wish Naama congratulations on her accomplishments.
Update: Naama made it through the preliminary and first two rounds of the National Spelling Bee on Wednesday.
She successfully spelled the words schnauzer and asphyxiate to move on.
You can keep up with her progress here.
The competition will continue on Thursday. Naama will find out if she will move on this evening, when a computer-based test will be combined with their first and second round results to narrow the field to 50.
The spelling champ will be crowned Thursday and will take home $30,000 in cash, a trophy and other prizes.
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A Knoxville teenager is the only student representing this part of East Tennessee at the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week.
Naama Friedman just finished eighth grade at Bearden Middle, and will attend West High School this fall. The 13-year-old earned her chance to go to the national bee after a few successful rounds at the local level.
"I'm not sure it's quite sunk in yet," Friedman said by phone Monday. "I'm just doing the same thing I've been doing the past couple of months -- studying. And I'll go up there and see what happens!"
Friedman prepared for the spelling bee by studying the Webster's New International Dictionary, 3rd edition. She said she flips between different letters, chooses a word, then studies it and other related words.
"I try to focus on different letters on different days," she said.
Occasionally, she'll be thrown a new word during competition. During the regional spelling bee, Friedman tripped on "infinitesimal."
"I had no clue what that word meant when I went up there," she said. She later learned the word's definition: extremely small, or tiny.
"If you come across a word you don't know there's a minute of panic like -- oh goodness! Then you just have to think about it and see if there are any word parts, if the language of origin can help you at all."
And despite her mastery of the English language, Friedman says her favorite subject is math.
"It feels like it's not at all repetitive and you're always learning new things, and you're always adding to your knowledge," she said. "Also because I probably understand it the best out of any subjects."
Friedman's talents extend beyond the classroom. She ran track and cross country for BMS, performed in several different theater productions, and has played piano for more than eight years. This winter she even started violin lessons.
Now, her latest competition could land the teen on ESPN.
"I'm ready to go up there and see how I do!"
ESPN will broadcast several rounds of the competition. To find out when those will air, visit the Scripps National Spelling Bee website.


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Lamar Odom Hates Being Called 'LeBron' and Other News
- Lamar Odom tells a pap to "watch his mouth" after being called LeBron. [After the Jump]
- Jennifer Aniston is Barbra Streisand now. [Popeater]
- Nicolas Cage remembers he owes the IRS $85 trillion. [Lainey Gossip]
- Eddie Cibrian might be cheating on LeAnn Rimes with his ex-wife. [Dlisted]
- Kim Kardashian reveals the mystery behind her mammoth ass. [Hollywood Tuna]
- Leelee Sobieski's breasts are still out there. [DrunkenStepfather: Site is NSFW]
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt is banging Lucy Liu. [IDLYITW]
- Charisma Carpenter gets invited to premieres? Okay, sure. [Popoholic]
- Jessica Alba: What used to be… [Egotastic]
- Jennifer Hudson wants to shave her head. [The Fab Life]
- The Official Amy Winehouse Aging Timeline [BuzzFeed]
- Those are NOT Lindsay Lohan's boobs in the new Marc Ekco ad. [Just Jared]
- Sophie Turner should probably have a spotter. I'll be right there. [Celebslam]
- Eric Dane's drug-fueled threesome will no longer be seen on the Internet. [StarPulse]
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Princeton University researchers have announced the development of a low-cost, nontoxic coating that can preserve iconic stone structures from decay. Comprised of hydroxyapatite, a calcium compound that can be found in bones and teeth, the solution seeps into the stone's surface, binding cracks... View full entry
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Explaining his move, he said that, while it was 'unorthodox in an academic setting', the citations were removed to give the publication more relevance to the general public and less of an academic tone. [...]
In a letter to Princeton University, Koolhaas defended Zaera-Polo, saying that the publication was intended as a 'polemic, not an academic document'. — architectsjournal.co.uk
Alejandro Zaera-Polo resigned from his deanship at Princeton Universitys School of Architecture back in October, amidst rumors of plagiarism in texts supplied to Rem Koolhaas 2014 Venice Biennale. Now, in a letter published on his website, Zaera-Polo clarifies the rumors, and addresses the... View full entry
Michael Graves, the renowned architect and founder of Michael Graves Architecture & Design (MGA&D), died peacefully of natural causes in his home in Princeton, New Jersey on Thursday. He was 80 years old.Born in Indianapolis on July 9, 1934, Michael Graves is regarded as bringing... View full entry
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Princeton University's campus is, in Rick Joy's words, "a beautiful sculpture garden of famous architects' buildings." Now Joy, the Tucson-based architect, has added his own sculpture to that garden, in the form of a train station made of blackened stainless steel and precast concrete. — Architectural Record
Renown critic and photographer Fred Bernstein and Jeff Goldberg tag-team a first look at Rick Joys built foray into public architecture and its a real treat. View full entry
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Friday, October 3:Eisenhower Memorial clears key hurdle on Gehry design: In a positive step for the Memorials Approving Process Odyssey, the National Capital Planning Commission has OKd the Commission on Fine Arts (the other federal body that must approve the design) to vote on the... View full entry
This year's Venice Architecture Biennale, an international showcase of trends and research, showcases the work of a number of Princeton faculty and students. It marks the greatest number of invitations Princeton has received to participate in the Biennale, reflecting the University's strength in pioneering research.
"Much like other art biennales, its purpose is to present the current panorama of the discipline," said Alejandro Zaera-Polo, dean of Princeton's School of Architecture. — princeton.edu
Archinects Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2014Archinects Get Lectured is up and running again for the Winter/Spring 14 term! As a refresher from our Fall 2013 guide, every week well feature a schools lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current season. If... View full entry
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Converting a standard shipping container into a sustainable source of energy for remote or disaster-torn regions, a team of Princeton University students took top honors in an 18-month national competition that culminated April 21 and 22 on the Washington, D.C., Mall. — princeton.edu
Alejandro Zaera-Polo has been a visiting lecturer in architecture at Princeton since 2008. His appointment as dean, which requires approval of the University's Board of Trustees, will be effective July 1. He will succeed Stan Allen, the school's dean since 2002, who will step down at the end of this academic year to return to full-time teaching and architectural design. — princeton.edu
Ralph Lerner, architect and former dean of the School of Architecture at Princeton University, died in Princeton on Saturday, May 7, following a long battle with brain cancer.
A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Lerner resigned as dean at the University of Hong Kong Department of Architecture for health reasons and returned to the United States earlier this year. — blog.archpaper.com
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Omar Jean Kampschmidt
17 September 1944 — Nijmegen, Holland
Enlisted as a Private in the Army Air Corps during WW II. Completed primary flight training and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. Underwent C-47 aircraft transition and operational training at Alliance Army Air Field, Nebraska. In March 1944, he deployed from Baer Army Air Field, Indiana to the European Theatre of Operations at RAF Fulbeck, England and was assigned to IXth Troop Carrier Command, 50th Troop Carrier Wing, 442nd Troop Carrier Group, 304th Troop Carrier Squadron. As part of Operation "MARKET GARDEN" on 17 September 1944, he flew from RAF Chilbolton as the co-pilot of a Douglas C-47A Skytrain nicknamed "Sonya" (serial # 43-15111) with nose fuselage code V4. While on a 101st Airborne paratroop drop mission over Nijmegen, Holland his aircraft was struck by flak from anti-aircraft fire. He was killed when his aircraft crashed in flames after the drop.


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Jon Bon Jovi
Obama get out the vote in Iowa City 10/5/12
Obama get out the vote in Iowa City 10/5/12
I love that man sigh…..
Awesome just awesome
John Shanks is a Grammy Award winning producer. He is playing guitar next to Jon here. He's produced 4 Bon Jovi records: "Have a nice day" (2005), "Lost Highway" (2007), "The Circle" (2009) and the band's new album that is gonna be released in March 2013 and still doesn't have a name. Bon Jovi will start a new world tour in February 2013. The band will announce tour dates in December.
The song is Wanted Dead Or Alive – Bon Jovi!


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The FBI is currently in the process of trying to amend the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act to cover Web companies as well as telecommunications providers. The bureau is hoping to work with companies including Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Facebook in order to incorporate backdoors for wiretapping their services.
In the past, the FBI has worked to develop independent solutions for these firms, but, as Michael Donahue, a partner at Marashlian & Donahue, LLC, explained to us, the shrinking government budget poses a barrier going forward. The FBI has openly stated that this move wouldn't allow it to expand its authority, but instead, it would give it the resources it needs to do its job more effectively, given the advancing technologies.
Although the FBI has yet to release a proposal, privacy and security advocates are already voicing concerns. With the reactions to both SOPA and CISPA, tech companies are likely to oppose the move as well.
However, Donahue told us that both sides are aware of the issues that exist. Furthermore, he believes they will take this understanding and develop a balanced framework as a result. He went on to say that he doubted any action would take place this year, since it is an election year, but he said we could likely expect some adjustments in the future.


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I`m using
Views + CCK + Image field +Image cache + Lightbox2
I need LightBox showing the original images of the node when you use the "Next" and "Previous" links. Actually it jumps to the first image of other nodes. Which I understand is that it groups the images in a way I don't want, actually LightBox is grouping them by "field", and I tried to group them by "node id" and "group field and node id", but then just one image appear with no "Next" and "Previous" buttons.
Now the LightBox slide works like this: Node1 Image1 -> Node2 Image1 -> Node3 Image1 -> ...
I need this: NodeX Image1 -> NodeX Image2 -> NodeX Image 3 -> ...
any suggestions?
Comment #1wyocrook CreditAttribution: wyocrook commented
I posted this in forum, I think I am having a similar issue. It seems you understand it better than I:
"Its really two questions.
Here is a link to the page in question:
As you can see there are two columns of images. Clicking on an image will open it in lightbox.
This page is a path created from views. It consists of two nodes(each column is a node) I uploaded three images per node.
I want to do two things. First of all, for each node of three images, I only want to display one thumbnail. I want to hide the other two associated with each node, and only have them display in lightbox with the next and prev buttons.
You will notice that on any image opened in lightbox the image registers as "1 of 6" or "2 of 6" and so on. The second thing I want to do is isolate the lightbox slide show to only show images of one node. So for this, if I clicked on the left column, only left column images would appear with a "1 of 3," and the same with the right column.
My goal is to create a gallery with many images, where each image is a node but only one image displays. So far in the Views module, I have not figured out a way to separate the nodes so that lightbox doesn't stream all the photos into the same slide show. I know that lightbox has a rel="xyz" feature to it, but I am not sure how to impliment that as it would seam that I would need a header to put the script in, and the node html box does not allow that.
What is the best way to go about this? I would be very grateful for any ideas. I have been stuck on this problem for several weeks."
I want to separate the albums with views, but the only way I understand to separate node albums is to add javascript code somewhere in the module files, and I am reluctant to open that can of worms.
Post if you find a solution. I will likewise do so if I find one.
Comment #2wmad CreditAttribution: wmad commented
See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2805013/drupal-use-lightbox-with-view...
As of today, the lightbox trigger has not been committed to the drupal7 version of lightbox2. You need to apply the patch in http://drupal.org/node/1271456#comment-5286454
Comment #3wmad CreditAttribution: wmad commented
Actually, for dupal 7 at least, all you need to do is update the lightbox2 "group display settings" at /admin/config/user-interface/lightbox2 and select "group by nid".


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And give "probationary legal status" to the 11 million — not on the day the bill is signed but on the day the fence is completed.
The probationary status would be good for six years and could then be renewed after payment of another $500 penalty.
The imported horse, it was discovered, needed a long and probationary period to make him at home on the South African veldt.
In 1756 there were 48 pastors at work, with 22 probationary preachers and students.
It can well be fancied that Seth did not neglect his duties after having been admitted to the probationary class.
And with Mr. O'Donnell it would be probationary for the first fortnight or month.
During two years, the congregation at Daventry was supplied by neighbouring ministers and probationary candidates.
Father Paul meantime had had his share in the probationary action.
He was successful in gaining an Oriel fellowship, but at the close of the probationary year was judged to have forfeited it.
The first or probationary degree of the Order is intended for the masses.
early 15c., "trial, experiment, test," from Old French probacion "proof, evidence" (14c., Modern French probation) and directly from Latin probationem (nominative probatio) "approval, assent; a proving, trial, inspection, examination," noun of action from past participle stem of probare "to test" (see prove). Meaning "testing of a person's conduct" (especially as a trial period for membership) is from early 15c.; theological sense first recorded 1520s; criminal justice sense is recorded by 1866. As a verb from 1640s. Related: Probationer; probationary.