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How do you propose the Legislature closes Maine's budget gap?
Maine's budget gap is the result of a long string of poor decisions by the Legislature, stretching through Democratic, Independent and Republican administrations. We have a system which taxes the lowest income Mainers at nearly the same rate as our highest income residents, which discourages growth by taking much needed money out of the pockets of working and middle class Mainers who will spend it immediately. We also have a system which gives subsidies to corporations which do not need such largesse in order to operate in Maine. By raising taxes on the wealthiest Mainers and closing subsidies which do not create jobs, we can quickly create a budget surplus to pay for important programs, and lower income taxes for those who will drive growth: working and middle class Maine residents.
Do you think same-sex marriage should be legal in Maine?
I am excited to support same-sex marriage again in 2012, as I did in 2009. All Mainers deserve equal treatment before the law and have made support for same-sex marriage a key portion of my platform.
Do you support school choice?
School choice can allow parents to make the best decision for their children if run properly and, if improperly run, it can lead to the undermining of the public school system. I support choice across public schools in the same district, as Portland currently allows, but not for private or parochial schools and not across school districts. We should be emphasizing the community nature of schools, not undermining the importance of our neighborhoods and towns.
Do you think Maine's school consolidation program has been successful?
School consolidation has had some success, but it has come at the price of alienating some towns and in some cases, inhibiting local control. It is difficult to speak broadly on the success of the program due to the local specifics of each district.
Do you think Maine should expand MaineCare as proposed by the president under the Affordable Care Act?
We should expand MaineCare to cover every resident of our state regardless of income and pay for it through taxation. Maine can be a leader in healthcare reform and follow the growing movement to declare healthcare a human right, not a privilege.
What is the biggest thing Maine can do to attract more jobs to the state?
Around the country and the world, governments which invest in their constituents in terms of health care, education and other essential services produce stronger and more innovative economies, many of which have proven to be stronger during economic recessions than Maine and the United States. I support making higher education in Maine fully funded, as we currently do for grades K-12. I also support shifting the tax breaks we currently give to large corporations such as Wal-Mart, to support job growth from local businesses which will create more net wealth locally.
Do you support lowering the state income tax? What state spending would you cut to make up for the loss of revenue?
Low and middle income tax payers pay a large share of the state income tax, while the wealthiest are not paying their fair share. I support creating a significantly more progressive income tax structure which will place the largest tax bill on those who have the greatest ability to pay.
Are Maine's public assistance benefits too generous? How should they be changed?
Maine's public assistance benefits are inconsistent but incredibly important to all Mainers who use them. During an era of economic uncertainty, we must be ensuring all people have access to the basic essentials of food, water, housing and health care, not decreasing assistance.
What should the state do to lower energy costs?
Maine's energy costs will drop if we take the initiative to weatherize our structures without forcing homeowners to take on more debt. We will significantly decrease the amount of fossil fuel dependency and increase our ability to move to clean, renewable energy.
Should Maine place more restrictions on abortion?
Abortion should be safe, legal and available to all women who need it.


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Matthew Morrison Hits the 2011 Billboard Music Awards
Among the star power on-hand for this year's ceremony, Matthew Morrison made a grand arrival to the 2011 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday evening (May 22).
Held at the MGM Grand, the "Glee" hunk was all suited up while working the red carpet before heading inside to prep for his presenter duties.
As for the show, the Ken Jeong hosted Billboard Music Awards feature performances by big names including Ke$ha, Nicki Minaj, the Black Eyed Peas, Lil Wayne and numerous other top acts.
With other presenters aside from Mr Morrison including Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, Joe Jonas and Justin Bieber, award hopefuls include a pack-leading Rihanna with 18 nominations followed by Eminem (16), Lady Gaga (12) and Justin Bieber and Bruno Mars with 11 each.
Enjoy the pictures of Matthew Morrison at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards (May 22).
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Japanese "Beauty Cushion" Helps You Lose Weight While You Sleep
And now for the latest in crazy Japanese products: the Beauty Waist Cushion, an ergonomically designed pillow which will give you a rockin' bod just by sleeping on it. The Beauty Waist is "designed to enforce healthy posture and the tightening of key muscles, which in turn encourages an ideal body shape." Wow, and to think all this time you were killing yourself with crunches when you could have just been dreaming yourself to rock-hard abs. But that's not all! There's also the Beauty Bottom Cushion, which will make your butt "taut enough to bounce a 100 yen coin off of." So would this mean you could literally sit on your ass all day and get some benefit from it?
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The notorious Gambino crime family, one of New York's five big "La Cosa Nostra" mafia clans, was dealt a severe blow today with the arrest of its top two acting leaders and the arrest or indictment of 30 others associated with the group.
New York district attorney David Kelley announced the arrests following a three year FBI-led investigation that included tapping conversations on Gambino operations at a geriatric convalescent home, an operation which evoked a scene from the hit television drama The Sopranos.
The 32 alleged Gambino family members and associates were charged under the tough anti-racketeering RICO laws with 53 counts of assault, extortion, loansharking, embezzlement, gambling, mail fraud, and stolen and counterfeit goods trafficking.
The government's indictment named Gambino acting boss Arnold Squitieri, acting underboss Anthony "Machiavelli" Megale, and captains Gregory DePalma and Alphonse Sisca along with a number of family soldiers in the crimes spanning more than a decade.
All four were arrested today, the district attorney said.
The indictment cited the Gambino family, working at times with other groups of "La Cosa Nostra", the traditional Sicilian mafia designation, for running an illegal gambling operation and defrauding businesses and unions in the New York region.
The illegal gambling operations alone earned the group $US20 million ($25.09 million), according to the prosecutor.
The arrests were the biggest blow against the Gambinos since lieutenant Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano cooperated with justice officials to bring down notorious Gambino head John J. Gotti in 1992.
Squitieri was promoted acting boss of the Gambino family after the 2002 arrest of boss Peter Gotti, sentenced to 91 years in a Brooklyn jail, brother of late boss John Gotti who died in jail.
Squitieri faces up to 385 years in prison if found guilty, according to the indictment.
Megale, the acting underboss, faces a sentence of up to 425 years' jail.
The operation paralleled an early episode of the award-winning television mafia drama "The Sopranos," in which the lead character's mother, convalescing in a geriatric home, was taped by the FBI plotting her son's murder.
The US government claims proceeds from the illegal operations were at least $US30 million ($37.64 million) and is seeking forfeiture of the sum from the defendants.
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They are attracted to the soft, radiant heat as well as the cooking features, making it a popular gathering space. Most of all, they look forward to waking up warm.
Juuka, Finland (PRWEB) June 25, 2012
Tulikivi, the world's largest manufacturer of heat-retaining fireplaces, announced today that the popular Harmaja (har my ah) model soapstone fireplace is now available throughout North America and Canada.
The product extension of Tulikivi's soapstone fireplace line was introduced to its distributors and dealers at the Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association Expo earlier this year in Atlanta. Tulikivi won a Vesta Award in the Wood Products category for the Harmaja unit, honoring the company for innovation in product design and technology. The fireplace has an attractive price point and combines convection with radiant heat.
"The Harmaja provides the quick-release heat of a wood stove, with the long-lasting radiant warmth only a masonry heater can provide," said Jeremy Johnson, Tulikivi's marketing and sales manager for North America. "Tulikivis are the only masonry stoves in North America tested and listed to UL and ULC standards. Plus, it is eco-friendly because the coals burn hot and complete, ensuring low emissions," he explained.
Tulikivi distributors are hearing rave reviews from their customers as well. "Tulikivi masonry heaters solve the problem of managing heat from a wood fire by capturing, storing and radiating heat through the soapstone. It provides beautiful comfort that is wonderfully warm to the touch," explained Peter Solac, owner of Woodland Stoves and Fireplaces in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Harmaja radiates steady warmth for up to 16 hours after the fire has gone out. "Even efficient woodstoves often overheat a space. They are too hot to touch when heating and then leave the room cold when they go out," he added. In addition, home chefs can cook with the Harmaja. "The rack in the firebox can be used for high heat flame broiling or the thermal mass heat can be used for slow roasting and stews," he said. "Overall, this is an affordable, practical, more efficient, and easier to control option for wood heating," he concluded.
Ron Pihl, owner of Warmstone Fireplaces & Designs in Livingston, Montana, heard responses from his customers that mirror those across the county. "They are really pleased with how the Harmaja fits with their everyday life," says Pihl. "They are attracted to the soft, radiant heat as well as the cooking features, making it a popular gathering space. Most of all, they look forward to waking up warm," he continued. Pihl explained that The Harmaja is crafted with the renowned Tulikivi reputation for elegance, sustainability and unparalleled quality in design and materials. It comes with a five-year warranty, and is made of hand-cut Finnish soapstone and features durable doors and finishes.
The Tulikivi Group comprises the Tulikivi Corporation, which is a listed family enterprise, and its subsidiaries. The Tulikivi Group is the world's largest manufacturer of heat-retaining fireplaces. Tulikivi has three product groups: Fireplaces, Saunas and Interior & Design. Tulikivi and its customers value wellbeing, interior design and the benefits of bioenergy. Tulikivi's net sales are roughly EUR 60 million, of which exports account for about half. Tulikivi employs over 400 people. For more information about Tulikivi, please visit http://www.tulikivi.com. For the nearest distributor, call 800-843-3473. Or, follow them on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/Tulikivi, Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/TulikiviOyj, or Pinterest http://pinterest.com/tulikivi/.
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text: Sherlock voted best show of 2012 by Radio Times critics Series two of smash-hit BBC1 drama "easily" wins annual poll of RT experts Comments Written By Jack Seale 12:02 AM, 28 December 2012 Sherlock, the immensely popular BBC1 drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, has been voted the best TV programme of 2012 in a poll of Radio Times critics. Series two of the Holmes reboot, created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss and shown in January this year, saw off the challenge of US drama Homeland and Olympic-themed comedy Twenty Twelve to top the list, which was headed last year by Danish drama The Killing and is compiled from votes cast by the writing teams at RadioTimes.com and Radio Times magazine. "Sherlock delivered the TV event of the year with three perfect episodes," said RadioTimes.com editor Tim Glanfield. "Nothing got people talking more than that cliffhanger series finale - and that was as true here at Radio Times as it was in offices and school playgrounds around the country. "Despite being shown 11 months ago, Sherlock won the vote quite easily," Glanfield added. "Virtually all of us had it in our personal top fives. It was simply staggeringly good TV - and best of all it's British!" American terrorist thriller Homeland came second in this year's poll, with Twenty Twelve third, political satire The Thick of It in fourth and C4 student comedy Fresh Meat completing the top five. Also in the critics' top ten shows were Borgen, The Great British Bake Off, Downton Abbey, The Bridge and Girls. See the full top 40 here. Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Tate Forcier threw four interceptions and fumbled in his end zone, and No. 9 Ohio State took advantage to beat Michigan 21-10 Saturday for its sixth straight win in the series.
The Buckeyes (10-2, 7-1) clinched an outright Big Ten championship and will play in the Rose Bowl with a five-game winning streak.
The Wolverines started the season 4-0 and ended it 5-7. The flop came after a school-record nine-loss season in Rich Rodriguez's debut year with college football's winningest program


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SC-HTB15 Sound Bar Home Theater System
Details http://shop.panasonic.com/support-only/SC-HTB15.html
•Flexible Room Placement or Installation
•Powerful Down-Firing Subwoofer
•Two HDMI Inputs/One HDMI Output
SpecificationsExpand All
- Output Channel 2.1ch
- Power Output .
- Home Theater Mode (RMS) .
- Total Power 240W
- Front 60W x2 (1kHz, 6ohms, 10% THD)
- Subwoofer 120W (100Hz, 3ohms, 10% THD)
- Power Output (FTC) .
- Home Theater Mode (FTC) .
- Total Power (FTC) 90W
- Front (FTC) 25W x2 (1kHz, 6ohms, 10% THD)
- Subwoofer (FTC) 40W (100Hz, 3ohms, 10% THD)
- Dolby® Digital Yes
- DTS™ Yes
- FULL HD 3D Compatible Yes
- 1080p Output (x.v.Color™, Deep Color) Yes
- Up to 7.1ch Linear PCM Input via HDMI Yes
- Dolby® Pro Logic® II / Dolby® Virtual Speaker Yes
- Clear-mode Dialog Yes
- VIERA Link (HDAVI Control 5) Yes
- ARC (Audio Return Channel) Yes
- Auto Lip Synchronization Function Yes
- Wireless Subwoofer -
- Wall-Mountable Yes
- Bar Docking and Detachable Yes
- Front .
- Configuration 2 way 2 speaker, Bass-reflex
- Speaker Unit [Approx.] Tweeter: 1" (2.5cm) Semi-dome Type x2
- Subwoofer .
- Configuration (Subwoofer) 1 way 1 speaker, Bass-reflex (Down Firing)
- Speaker Unit [Approx.] (Subwoofer) Woofer: 6-1/2" (16cm) Cone Type
- HDMI Out Yes (TV)
- IR Blaster terminal -
- HDMI In Yes ( 2) (BD/DVD, AUX)
- Optical In Yes (TV)
- Wireless Terminal (for Wireless Subwoofer) -
- Power Supply [Approx.] AC 120V, 60Hz
- Power Consumption .
- Total .
- Normal Use 40W
- Standby 0.05W
- Main Unit .
- Normal Use (Main Unit) -
- Standby (Main Unit) -
- Subwoofer Power Consumption .
- Normal Use (Subwoofer) -
- Standby (Subwoofer) -
- Front - Bar Style .
- Dimensions (W x H x D) [Approx.] (Front) 31-1/2 x 1-59/64 x 2-9/32" (800 x 49 x 58 mm)
- Weight [Approx.] (Front) 3.0lbs( 1.36kg )
- - 2.1ch Separated Style .
- Dimensions (W x H x D) [Approx.] (Separated) 5-5/6x 15-43/64 x 5-2-5/16" (135 x 398 x 135 mm) *2
- Weight [Approx.] (Separated) 1.4lb(0.64kg)
- Subwoofer Dimensions .
- Dimensions (W x H x D) [Approx.] (Subwoofer) 7-3/32 x 16-1/16 x 12-1/64" (180 x 408 x 305 mm)
- Weight [Approx.] (Subwoofer) 12.3 lbs(5.6 kg)
- Dimensions (H x W x D) 14.25'' x 18.56'' x 14.69''
- Weight 20.28
SC-HTB15 is rated out of 5 by 2.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Anonymous from Amazing Sound!! When i purchased this sound bar i knew i wasnt going to get 1,000 dollar quality sound but for a sounbar it really blew me away. the nice powerful subwoof provides a big boom to movies and games,i even sometimes have to turn down the bass!!.The clear dialog mode makes it nice when u want it. Because i have a panasonic lcd tv i can sync it with viera link so i can controll the bar with a single tv remote. Thanks to the vertical placement of the bar it makes it easier to setup or hang. With just 4 screws you can hang the two speakers with ease . I am very satisfied with this product!!
Date published: 2011-12-30
Rated 5 out of 5 by Anonymous from very nice home theater system. i was very pleased with this product i did not know what to expect when i got it i hooked it up and it was easy to do that and easy to use it has very good sound im completely happy with this sound system i hope this review helps if you are looking to buy a home theater system.
Date published: 2011-12-24
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Owner's Manuals
What do I do in the unit has no power?If the unit is not powering on, remove the power cord plug from any power strip it may be connected to and plug directly into the wall outlet.
How do I connect a Panasonic home theater system to my TV?Panasonic recommends that you use an HDMI cable to connect the HDMI output of your Blu-ray disc player to the HDMI input on your TV. Then place your TV on the correct HDMI input using your TV remote control.
What should I do if I am not getting any sound from the center or the right speaker?Center Speaker
Check the speaker wire connection on the back of the unit. Unplug the speaker wire from the back of the unit, and then reinsert it into the center speaker slot on the back of the unit. Next, go to the unit's audio settings and perform a speaker test. If you are using a stereo channel source or the unit has no center channel encoded, turn on the "Super Surround" option.
Right Speaker
The right speaker of the center channel is a "Super Tweeter" it along with the full range speaker produce a more natural sound even though you may not hear audio coming from the super tweeter. Super tweeters produce high frequencies which may not be heard at all times.
How do I use the ARC feature with my home theater system?ARC is an abbreviation for Audio Return Channel. To use this feature the HDMI cable you are using must be compliant to HDMI v1.3 spec or later. Older cables may not work correctly.
VIERA Link can work with either the HDMI- ARC feature of a compatible TV.
For ARC usage make sure that the systems HDMI ARC port is connected to the TVs ARC port.
1. Press [HOME].
2. Select "Others" icon and press [OK].
3. Select "Setup" and press [OK].
4. Select "Audio" and press [OK].
5. Select "TV Audio Input" and press [OK]. Then select the "ARC" option.
Afterwards the TV's ARC feature will control the home theater system and the sound from the TV will be heard through the systems speakers.
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Little Eye Labs, an Android app performance analysis startup, announced that it has been acquired by Facebook. This happens to be Facebook's first acquisition of an Indian company.
The team will move to Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, and will take advantage of the company's infrastructure to improve Facebook's apps.
"Little Eye Labs was founded about a year ago by a bunch of program analysis geeks who wanted to build better tools for Mobile developers and were later backed by GSF and VenturEast Tenet Fund," the Little Eye Labs team says in a message on its site. "We released our official version of Little Eye for Android in early April of this year, and since then we have had many Android developers and testers using Little Eye Labs to measure, analyze, and optimize their app's performance. We're thankful for the opportunity we've had to make an impact in the development of some of the best apps out there."
"For us, this is an opportunity to make an impact on the more than 1 billion people who use Facebook," they say.
The startup is telling its customers that they plan to offer a free version of Little Eye until the end of June to "treat its customers well" during the transition.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but TechCrunch is reporting that it was somewhere between $10 million and $15 million.
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We currently have 10 AOA approved positions with 7 positions funded. We will be accepting two residents for the 2015 year which will be funded by Beaumont, Farmington Hills and Henry Ford. McLaren Macomb currently funds two positions in the consortium which are filled at this time.
The residency is 5 years with the OGME-1 being the surgical internship year with OGME-2–5 urology. All applications are via the osteopathic match.
Medical student rotations can be scheduled via any of the consortium Medical Education Departments.
Educational meetings are every Wednesday and Thursday combined with the St. John residency and DMC residency. We have equal exposure and rotations at the consortium hospital with affiliated rotations at Beaumont for pediatrics.
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King's video was posted earlier this week on the social media site TellDC.com.
"We have a president that's lawless," King says. "A president who refuses to enforce the law. He refuses to be bound by the law, he refuses even to be bound by the law that his name on it called ObamaCare - that has his signature on it - Barack Obama. So I don't have high hopes that Congress can pass a law that the president will respect."
In the video King calls measures the House passed last month to rein in IRS spending "messaging".
"A lot of this is messaging. Messaging to the Obama administration, to the American people, to the IRS," King says.
"We have to keep messaging. But in the end, we have to join with the American people to defend our Constitution."
Last month the House passed a measure preventing the IRS from spending any money in the next year on bonuses for IRS officials. The House also passed several amendments removing over $1 billion from the IRS's enforcement budget.
The White House issued a veto threat on the legislation, saying it shortchanges the IRS and impedes implementation of ObamaCare.


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December 30 2011 at 2:45 PM
I had the Skan chrono out this afternoon and put a few of the old BSA's through it out of interest. This was just a really quick couple of shots to see roughly what they are doing. All .177 and all with light flat head pellets (7grain)
1906 Lincoln Jeffries Standard 640 fps / 6.4 ft/lb
Improved Mod D Light Pattern 630 fps /6.2 ft/lb
Improved Model D Standard 700 fps / 7.7 ft/lb
1930's Light Pattern 640 fps/ 6.4 ft/lb
1930's Breakdown Pattern 720 fps / 8 ft/lb
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The Cavendish hotel resembles a big Parisian theatre. This boutique hotel provides a warm welcome and an irreproachable level of service: it's really one of the best hotels in Cannes. Be it for a romantic stay or a family holiday, you'll really feel at home here.
A little withdrawn from the city centre, the Cavendish is relatively close to the Palais des Festivals, the Croisette, and the historical Suquet neighbourhood. The train station is a few minutes away on foot, and the city's main shopping street, Rue d'Antibes, is a few dozen metres from the hotel.
A parking valet will take care of your car as you arrive (secure parking). With their large balconies and particular charm, the Rotonde rooms are incredibly pleasant.
The Cavendish is hard to miss as you walk down Boulevard Carnot. This towering Belle Epoque building cuts an impressive figure between two streets. With its columns, rounded balconies, statues, and red sign, the architectural qualities of the Cavendish will take you to another place and time.
It's all the more impressive as you face the hotel's entrance. The wrought iron canopy from which hang two red drapes, along with the visible stonework, will make you feel as if you're entering one of the great historic theatres of Paris.
Once inside, the theatrical magic is enhanced with the mix of red fabric used for the sofas, the armchairs, the curtains, and even the reception desk, and the gold tones of the frames, the mirrors, and the cushions.
The classical style is particularly well highlighted in the reception area. It's neither over nor underdone, thanks to the bright colours that warm up the area and give it an air of dynamic elegance.
A former residence for aristocrats of the Belle Epoque, the Cavendish has happily preserved its original Carrara marble floors.
Before retiring to your room (via the stairway or the 1910 lift, both remarkable features that are highly representative of the Belle Epoque era), follow the red thread through the common areas, also done in red tones, all the way to the incredible breakfast room and lounge bar. Entirely decorated in shades of red and gold, this huge room delicately mixes the classy style of the beginning of the 20th century with modern furniture. White walls, large sofas, modern and comfortable bronze-coloured benches, red glossy tables, thick curtains, and a red ceiling rimmed with gold all contribute to create a hushed and cosy setting, which proves ideal for a relaxing evening.
The red thread disappears as you move up to one of the 4 storeys, to give way to a less vibrant and more soothing setting. Light brown wall-to-wall carpeting, pastel green paint for the doors, and off-white for the walls; getting to the rooms is a pleasant experience.
This boutique hotel has 34 guest rooms, 22 of which are in the superior category (equivalent to a standard room), with an area of 25m². There is a Rotonde room on every floor (circular 30m² room with original parquet flooring, high ceilings, a winter garden-style bathroom, and a huge terrace) as well as two Deluxe rooms (with an area of 30m²).
All of the rooms at the Cavendish are decorated in one of four colours (purple, Provence blue, olive green, or gold), which the hotel's interior designer chose for their Provençal feel. These colours add a pleasant touch to the beige walls of the rooms and the grey furniture, not to mention the curtains, wall-to-wall carpeting, and wall draping. Tastefully scattered about the room, they contribute to the elegant and refined setting. The furniture by 'Mis en Demeure' adds a genuine touch of a modern classical style for added charm.
All of the rooms come with a flat-screen TV with an integrated video system, a safe, a minibar, adjustable air-conditioning, and free Wi-Fi.
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The breakfast room becomes a lounge bar in the evenings. From 6:00pm to 9:00pm, guests are invited to enjoy the exclusive and free open bar - the pinnacle of hospitality. It's a good way to mingle with the other hotel guests in a relaxed and cosy atmosphere.
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Justice for Farah Strikers Committee Records:
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Emileo Molleda, a member of the United Auto Workers, served as Farah strike boycott coordinator and head of the Justice for Farah Strikers Committee for the Dallas area. The Committee was disbanded in 1974 when the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America won the Farah Strike in El Paso.
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Correspondence, newspaper clippings, legal documents, photographs, membership lists, printed material, and strikers' materials. Includes boycott and strike materials; correspondence to state representatives and churches; National Labor Relations Board proceedings and decision; the history of the Farah Company; letter from William Farah; and materials from supporting organizations. Includes the strikers' newsletter, Viva la Huelga, nos.9, 14-16, 19-27, 29-31.
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His friends call him Yeti. A feral big-footed creature living mysteriously out in the wild — a fair description of Dave Rastovich. As a surfer, as an activist, as a human being, Rasta's never been afraid to get dirty, go feral or live his own mythology. Over the past few years he's led one of our sport's most impactful environmental groups, starred in an eclectic array of film projects and discovered at least three world-class surf spots that remain entirely uncharted. For all his visceral physicality and animalistic activities, one might expect Rasta to be some idealist wild man. But in person he is humble, humorous and entirely human-like. —Nathan Myers
RASTA: Can we just drop the stupid colonist idea of naming something that's already been named by the locals? At this wave we just surfed in the Mentawais, it was really cool to surf a new world-class wave for a few days and then leave it with no name.
George Greenough lives up the road from me and I've heard him say a million times, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained." For me, the experience of surfing a wave that's never been surfed is unrivaled in surfing. So I'm willing to put a little risk into the situation if there's that potential.
My dad comes from an island between Italy and Croatia called Vis. It's a group of tiny islands and virtually everything's done by boat, so they're real water-people there. I've heard Croatia has one of the highest rates of professional athletes per capita in the world, and something like that about super-models as well. I have a sister that's 6'0" and another who's 5'10," but when we went there everyone was pretty much our size or bigger.
With my land on the Gold Coast, I've set it up here with such a humble situation — literally just a 10 x 12 foot cabin and a little tepee out back — I can easily walk away from it and it looks after itself. I lived on a farm when I was little, so it feels like a return to my roots.
I think regardless of your area of expertise — even something as abstract as being a paid freesurfer — you can use that for a purpose that you're passionate about. I didn't go to university. I barely scraped through school. But it hasn't stopped me from meeting some pretty amazing humans and taking part in some amazing projects. Like at the Al Gore Summit I attended a few years ago, I was meeting politicians and environmental ministers from around the world, just blown away.
I've weathered a lot of different stuff over the last five years and I think that's turned me into a man rather than this little boy that gets paid to go surfing and thinks only of himself.
If you listen to any great artwork, you see that there's light and there's shadow. Any great song, you have a bit of space between the notes to make it a piece that you appreciate. So for me, doing environmental work that often keeps me away from surfing has been amazing, because when I finally get back to the beach it's fresh and exciting.
I don't have this scheduled, linear year like the tour does, with 10 set stops and all this machinery driving it along. So I've got to come up with things in my own world that are exciting and adventurous and purposeful.
You go to any World Tour event, and it's all about exclusivity. Fencing off the supposedly better people and putting them in these special boxes with security guards. To me, the whole energy of that isn't very cool. But with this film tour — and all our Surfers for Cetaceans trips, really — one of the core values is that it's inclusive. When we're out at sea or doing something on the beach, we want people to come and join in with the activity. If too many people show up and it gets out of hand, wow, that would be the best thing ever.


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"I'm the bad guy?" asks a perplexed Michael Douglas in his role as William "D-Fens" Foster in the 1993 film, "Falling Down."
"How did that happen?" he wonders.
How does that happen? We're all wondering.
How does a straight arrow, a guy who has done everything right his whole life, suddenly take a turn so dark, so malignant, he becomes the most dangerous man in America?
Ex-LAPD officer Christopher Jordan Dorner is a real-life William Foster. He grew up among us to realize his childhood dream of joining the Thin Blue Line; first as an explorer scout, then as an LAPD recruit. He was an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve and finally a member of the post-consent decree Los Angeles Police Department, the finest in the land. Everything about Christopher Dorner pointed to the highest principles men and women can aspire to.
Along the way Dorner suffered his share of slights and setbacks. We all do. But in Dorner's case the slings and arrows of disappointments and casual meanness and institutional indifferences that can be unjust and dehumanizing metastasized into a hateful rage that finally exploded in a monstrously evil plot to avenge his perceived injustices by murdering those he considers his oppressors along with their wives and children.
"I'm the bad guy?" Yes, you're the bad guy.
Hopefully, by the time you read this column, Christopher Dorner will have been caught with no further loss of life.
Unfortunately he has the training, means and willingness to inflict much more damage before he is stopped.
And he's undoubtedly enjoying all the attention.
The 24/7 media coverage is both inevitable and necessary given the gravity of the threat. But it's also intoxicating for a guy who feels his "legitimate" grievances against the LAPD were silenced by a system designed to shut down its critics. He wants a column like this. I feel bad for obliging.
And now we see Dorner attracting admirers on Facebook and Twitter and ask how could that be as well? But we shouldn't be surprised.
We have a long history of romanticizing villains -- from the gunslingers of the Old West, to Bonnie & Clyde, to the spectacle of crowds chanting, "The Juice is Loose!" during O.J. Simpson's low speed chase, the ignorant, the angry and the alienated often identify with a sociopath who sticks it to The Man.
Charles Manson and Timothy McVeigh still have their fans. So too, Osama Bin Laden and yes, Hitler and Stalin as well.
But this misguided and morally debased hero worship is made possible by corrupt systems that circle the wagons around scandal and make a mockery of justice.
We've seen it too many times -- the Rampart scandals, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles sexual predator cover-up, unpunished dirty Wall Street deals and countless political crimes that would send you or I to jail in a heartbeat but somehow always seem to get swept under the rug.
Sadly, dead or alive Christopher Dorner will join the fraternity of evil men whose perverted sense of justice is celebrated around the margins as a martyr rather than the murderer he is.
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You could restring the guitar and wrap the strings as if the tuners were standard tuners, if this works and the guitar stays in tune then I would say its locking mechanics on the tuners are bad.
overtightening the locking on tuners can ruin the mechanics that lock the strings, I don't belive this can be fixed, but a new set of gotoh magnum locking tuners would be around $70.
I would make shure its not catching at the nut first.
You can't overtighten Gotoh's, they lock themselves as you wind the string, there is not a thumbwheel like you'd find on other types.. I'm thinking its a nut issue.


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In moving verse, Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis gives new voice to seventeen heroes of civil rights. This commanding collection of poems invites the listener to hear in each verse the thunder that lies in every voice, no matter how small. Featuring civil rights luminaries Coretta Scott King, Harvey Milk, Mohandas Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Sylvia Mendez, Aung San Suu Kyi, Mamie Carthan Till, Helen Zia, Josh Gibson, Dennis James Banks, Mitsuye Endo, Ellison Onizuka, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Yunus, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner.
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Oct 31 Posted 5 years ago
Since a while, Klout was used by people willing to be visible.
Having a high klout score was a way to get more visibility (they though).
So they used Klout daily and tried any action that would have made this score higher and found some ways to do so artificially.
I could myself get one of my score raise by 2 point in 2 days by retweeting hundreds my posts with another account of mine (one of the basic think that a lot of people did)
This was clearly making KLOUT irrelevant and inaccurate, but popular !!
Klout was a sort of game and people were comparing their Klout like children.
Question: Is it what Klout team is trying to change ?
If YES, then Klout popularity may decrease, but relevance & accuracy increase.
If YES, Klout may become what they pretend to be : a real online influence measurement tool that rate how you really influence people.
… until some will find the way around …
Oct 28 Posted 5 years ago
I heard it was coming but I think it is bogus since they have other bugs to work out first - such as enabling people with self-hosted Wordpress blogs to link to Klout. Wordpress hosted users can and it seems 'unbalanced'. (If you don't know what I am talking about, you can read my post about it: http://www.charlenechronicles.com/social-toast/klout-selfhosted-wordpress-blogs/. So to change the scores without options for some users, and without fixes on other areas first, makes me agree with many of the previous posters.
Oct 28 Posted 5 years ago
It goes further than that. I was "adjusted" from 74 to 61. And while I don't hold a massive amount of faith in it's accurancy (especially now) it does give our industry a barameter. Even more aggrevating is it doesn show my past month as falling from 74 to 61 but that I've been in the 60's the whole time. It's one thing to have your chart drop you from your previous number and adjust you and it's something else when they now show that you've always been here. That's not transparent at all, that's sloppy.
They'll find their way though this debacle until something comes along that will be better and adjusts them right out of usage. Count on it. We have no choice but to accept it at this point but to have Beiber at 100 and his brand protection mavens not having even signed him up seems skewed. No question Justin is the world social stream but WTF? This will all be comical in six months anyhow.
Oct 28 Posted 5 years ago
If you don't like a bubble getting smaller, don't live in a bubble.
Oct 28 Posted 5 years ago
I used to think highly of Klout until this happpened. They didn't warn us this was coming and when my score dropped 12 points in one day I thought something was wrong with the site. They should have explained it better before and after it happened.
I actually now don't even think the scoring is accurate, as they also say I'm influential about two subjects which I am not influential about at all. I maybe have mentioned them in a few tweets, but that's it.
Klout has definitely lost credibility after that drop.
Oct 28 Posted 5 years ago
Klout began by rating twitter users. Then it went to Linkedin and Facebook. And now it's ranking everything. So a big question is: are there different types of rating systems for each type of social media...and how do they then get joined and rated? My score dropped from 17 points in about an hour. How can I rely on such a serendipitous resource? It's kind of like a random massacre - or something!
Oct 28 Posted 5 years ago
To be fair, this is a score...I repeat a score. Not an aggregation of your life's work on the internet. It's merely to show direction of influence... and as most of you know: Most data reports, need regression testing and continued analysis to ensure accuracy. It can't be right for everyone. It just needs to show direction. If you're down today, continue working at it...It can only continue to get better.
I don't think I can agree that they pulled a "Netflix"...For those who are say they are out? You have a tool that finally, maybe even artificially justifies your "social media" title and you're complaining. What's your alternative?
Oct 28 Posted 5 years ago
My score went up a bit.. so I am fine with the changes.
Oct 28 Posted 5 years ago
Alll they did was move the bell curve a little, essentially. Why are we all so upset about it? Get off the computer and get back to the real world.
Oct 27 Posted 5 years ago
there are some things, i don´t understand:
- the change of the algorithm came out of a sudden, without any warning.
- klout is telling us, that they have a reliable score today. but didn´t they tell us the same thing yesterday?
- the "trending" within the last month showed a slow, but steady rising - after the change it pointed straight down (and not only with my account). but since yesterday, my network raised about +200 people.
strange, don´t you think?
generally, for me, this is no problem at all, because i´m not "into social media because of trying to reach a high klout". i´m trying to get connected with people. for private and business reasons.
but especially in the US, lot of people have to "rely" on that score, because of it´s semi-standard (remember? klout say, that you can believe in it). but it´s getting meaningles, if they change the algorithm from one day to the other.
yes, i think it had to be changed (i was ranked to high for my opinion).
fine, but why that way?
Oct 27 Posted 5 years ago
My scores have dropped by 10.. Is deflating - I had questioned Klout's ability to recognise true stats previously having tweeted one tweet about Jeremy kyle and for 3 months according to Klout I am an expert on the famous talk show host.. mmm not what I would like to be known as expert at in any form or way.. SO KLOUT YOU ARE OUT
Oct 26 Posted 5 years ago
They definitely need to explain how the system works. There is an explanation page but it it hard for anyone to understand what the algorithms actually mean, particularly when there are random changes like this. It probably won't harm them too much as the service is said to be beta and even then is quite good; but some transparancy is definitely a must.
Oct 26 Posted 5 years ago
I don't take my Klout scores too seriously, but a 5 point drop overnight is ridiculous, especially with a lousy justification. So, I'm out!
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There is an interesting video on Climate Central about the amount of carbon dioxide produced when ethanol is made from corn grown in the mid-West of the US. Hard to tell who is right in this debate (if any one is) the different premises are all important and few people seem to try and compare […]
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The corn-ethanol carbon balance argument again
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Biofuel, climate change and poverty: three sides of a triangle
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In an interview with Reuters, UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis, who runsa development network covering 166 countries, called for coordinationto cope with spikes in food prices and an integrated strategy fordevelopment and climate change.He makes a number of good points.
A problem of mis-attribution, Climate Progress
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A couple of days ago I linked to Climate Progress a blog which I mistakenly attributed to David B. Benson who regularly comments on this blog. Climate Progress is in fact Joseph Romm's blog. Apologies to both.
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Microsoft kicked off E3 today with its annual Press Conference. With no new hardware to talk about (they'd said in advance that they wouldn't be talking about Xbox 720) I was wondering what they'd do to keep excitement levels high.
It turns out that with one exception, Microsoft seems to have rolled back the clock a few years. Today's event felt targeted almost exclusively to the 16-25 male demographic, with established shooter franchises (Halo 4, Splinter Cell, Gears of War, Call of Duty) and sports titles (Madden and FIFA) getting the majority of screen time.
I counted exactly one family-friendly game; a Kinect enabled game called Wreckateer that had you flinging rocks at castles to knock them down. Think of it like a first person Angry Birds powered by Kinect hand-gestures.
Kinect was actually downplayed in terms of gaming. The titles that were announcing Kinect enabled features all focused on voice commands. Fable: The Journey, a Kinect controlled game first teased last year, was shown in trailer form but not being played. There was a distinct lack of hand-waving and certainly no little girl playing with her virtual cat "Skittles."
Overall from a gaming point of view I found the conference pretty meh, but I'm not a shooter fan. If you enjoy shooters then, well, you're going to have a good year of gaming.
They did also show a new clip from the new Tomb Raider game which continues to look intense. In this game a young Lara is continually getting the crap knocked out of her by enemies and environment but keeps bouncing back for more. In some ways this game reminds me of the Uncharted series a little bit, only Lara's on-going injuries leave marks. It'll be interesting to see public reaction to this game; culturally I just don't think we're used to seeing a female protagonist put through such hell and showing the results. At least not in games.
Anyway, what was really interesting aside from the gaming parts of the conference was the announcement of Microsoft Smartglass, a way of connecting your Xbox 360 to your smart device so that the two systems can share data back and forth. In a lot of ways Microsoft just stole Nintendo's thunder, because in theory, Smartglass lets you do on your existing tablet or smart phone a lot of the things Nintendo is promising to bring to the Wii U Gamepad.
Microsoft says Smartglass will work on iOS, Android and Windows 8. One game-play example of the technology at work showed someone 'drawing' a Madden play on their tablet and then sending it into the game on their TV. For video, a nifty example was watching A Game of Thrones on the Xbox 360 via HBO Go and seeing an interactive map of where the action on-screen was taking place, on your tablet. Of course this was probably a unique example since HBO offers an 'enhanced' Game of Thrones experience on the HBO iPad app already. A simpler example was watching a movie on a tablet, then sending it to the TV and having the tablet automagically switch to meta-data about the movie being watched (synopsis, cast, director, etc.).
Along with Smartglass Microsoft confirmed IE's pending arrival on the Xbox 360, and the two work together in an interesting way. Essentially you can use your phone/tablet like a giant trackpad for your TV display. Rather than try to browse around using an Xbox controller you just touch your device and you'll see a pointer on the TV. Drag around and tap to navigate. It was a pretty impressive demo.
Microsoft is also still pushing its platform as the new media hub for your living room. They say they're adding 35 new partners for streaming content this year. Specifically called out was NBA Live and NHL. Once those get on the Xbox the NFL will be the only major league that Microsoft isn't offering, and via ESPN we'll even get some NFL content.
Microsoft's long-rumored new music service, or re-branding of Zune (depending on how you want to look at it) was announced but not a lot of time was spent on it. It wasn't at all clear how it'll differentiate itself from other digital music offerings.
As much as the Smartglass stuff looks interesting, I didn't come away from the conference all that excited about the Xbox 360 as a gaming console. It seems like Microsoft was really playing it safe this year, rolling out new iterations of established franchises and not doing very much more. We all know Xbox 720 is on its way and I guess Microsoft is holding back its really innovative new franchises to launch on the new hardware.
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In the 2012-2013 academic year, we had more than 85 international students pursuing their degrees at one of our three locations. These students represent more than 20 countries from around the world. Some of our students bring their entire family to the U.S. while studying at Palmer.
International scholarships are available at Palmer College of Chiropractic's main campus in Davenport, Iowa, and Palmer College of Chiropractic West, in San Jose, Calif. Palmer College of Chiropractic Florida, in Port Orange, Fla. does not offer specific international scholarship for incoming students.
When you apply to the Palmer campus of your choice, if scholarships are available, the Admissions office will tell you when to apply as part of our international admissions process.
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Rodolpho Parigi has dedicated himself to creating energetic, vividly colorful paintings and meticulously constructed drawings. "I realized that the color I wanted to use had to be powerful and it had to confer unity to his whole image, this whole repertoire of figuration that I was developing," he has said. Working primarily with acrylic in explosive colors, Parigi weaves flat, geometric forms with distorted figures culled from record covers, pop culture, and botanical drawings into compositions that evoke fragmented, semi-abstract urban landscapes.
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Volume 1: No. 3, July 2004
|"Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance: United States, 2001."
|"Overweight Among U.S. Children and Adolescents." National Center for Health Statistics, 2002.
|"Guidelines for Schools and Community Programs to Promote Lifelong Physical Activity Among Young People." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1997.
|"CDC's Guidelines for School and Community Programs: Promoting Lifelong Physical Activity." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2000.
Target Audience
Students in grades 4 and 5
Program Objectives
Teacher Object
To convey to students and parents the benefits of being active: improved health; self-expression, aspirations for the future and fun; enhanced sense of well-being and social belonging; enhanced self-esteem and confidence.
These materials address components of the National Education Standards for Level II: Health
- Standard 7 — Knows how to maintain and promote personal health.
Physical Education
- Standard 3 — Understands the benefits and costs associated with participation in physical activity.
- Standard 4 — Understands how to monitor and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
- Standard 5 — Understands the social and personal responsibility associated with participation in physical activity.
Program Components
Getting Started
Show your class the five-minute video, Keep Moving, that shows kids how to be active throughout their day, have fun finding out what they like to do, and enjoy those things with their friends. Ask your students if they identify themselves with any of the kids seen in the video.
Prior to distributing the activity sheets to your students, discuss with them what kinds of activities they like to do. Take a tally to see which activities are the most popular. Ask students how often they do these activities, and with whom they do them.
It is important that all students participate, all ideas are welcome and students are encouraged to name more than sedentary behaviors like watching TV and playing video games.
VERB. Why you do it.
Background and Objective
This first student page focuses on the benefits of participating in physical activities such as sports and dance. Physical activities can be prosocial: in a club, group or on a team. This first lesson serves as a motivator for kids to get active. Some reasons for them to be active are:
Review with your class the reasons for getting active. Brainstorm what they do that is active and fun, who they do it with, what new things they have discovered that they like doing and how these things express who they are and what interests they have.
*Note: Competitive activities aren't for everyone — as a matter of fact, competition can take the fun out of being active. Try to encourage a full range of activities so all children can have fun.
Encourage your students to get active — get their bodies and their minds moving. Children should be spending at least 60 minutes a day, at least five days a week, participating in a variety of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity individually, with friends or in an organized group. They should also consider participating in organized (or prosocial) activities such as painting, volunteering, playing in a marching band or singing. Organized (or prosocial) activities will help them build alliances with family, organized peer groups and conventional institutions, and will help to displace unhealthy, risky behavior.
*Note: Be supportive of your students' efforts to get moving. If they find enjoyment from being active, it is more likely that they will incorporate activity into their lifestyle for the long-term.
What's your VERB?
Background and Objective
This page helps students develop a plan to discuss their VERBs.
It entails
After discussing the page as a class, talk about each student's plan for getting active. Ask your students their main reasons for being active. How do they plan on reaching their goals? For example, if their goal is to do more things with their peers, they might join a local soccer team or take an after-school dance class.
Talk about the ideas for getting active found at the bottom of the activity page. Remind students that being active and finding their VERB doesn't necessarily mean joining a sports team or paying to use an ice skating rink. Being active is about getting up and doing something fun — it can be as simple as volunteering, helping to clean up a park, taking a walk or jog with a parent or dancing in the living room with a friend.
Divide your students into groups and give each group some equipment (i.e., a basketball and 10 cones, a Frisbee® and a hula hoop, a football and two jump ropes, etc.). Ask students to develop a game using all of their equipment. Have groups demonstrate their games for the class.
*Note: Students with disabilities can also be active. Recognize their physical abilities and be creative. Visit www.americasathletes.org* or www.dsusa.org* for more information.
Some Resources
Student Sites
Parent Sites
Teacher and Professional Sites
VERB. Where you do it.
Background and Objective
This page asks students to find information about where they can do the VERBs they like to do.
Students should look for community events and local organizations, including team sports, volunteer organizations, religious groups and after-school programs in their neighborhood. Give them time in class to find this information. Provide students access to conduct this research, such as the Internet, phone books, local newspapers and the library. After students have compiled their research, discuss the information as a class so that as many local organizations and facilities as possible are talked about and explored.
*Note: Consider inviting a representative from a local organization, such as Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCA, or Parks & Recreation, to talk to the class about activity options, and/or demonstrate activities in which students showed an interest.
Make a class chart, or have each student make their own chart, to keep track of how many times a week each student is active. When they are active twice a week, give each student a VERB sticker to keep them motivated. Other rewards for being active can include:
Parent Letter
On the back of the teacher's guide there is a reproducible letter for you to share with your students' parents and guardians. It is very important to convey to parents the importance of activity in their child's life, as well as the need for their support and encouragement. At the same time, we want to ensure that activity remains fun for kids. Therefore, we request that you distribute these letters to parents and guardians directly by mailing the letter home, sending it in a PTA distribution or with report cards or saving it for parent-teacher conferences.
To encourage parents to engage their children in positive activities, try these ideas.
VERB. It's what I do.
Background and Objective
This activity page will give your students the opportunity to think about the things they like to do and write about them.
Ask your students to list activities they like to do, new things that they've tried recently, new things they'd like to try and five active things that they've done this week. This activity page can serve as a template that can be used multiple times, so the students are constantly encouraged to try new things and keep active throughout the week.
You can also have students make their own VERB poster. Ask them to cut out magazine and newspaper clippings of their favorite ways to get active. Tell them to use verbs, or action words, associated with those activities to create a poster encouraging other people to get active. Display the posters in the hallways, gym and cafeteria.
Ask students to keep a journal of their activities. Hold weekly discussions on how many times a week your students are active, what new positive activities they are trying, where they are going to be active, etc. When a new activity or location is mentioned, ask that student to write it on a large index card and then decorate the card. Post these on a bulletin board as a reminder of all the possible activities that are out there for them to try.
Extension Ideas Curricula Links
Teachers and schools can also incorporate activity into learning.
Look for ideas to integrate activity and movement into your everyday lesson plans. It makes learning more fun, and will grab students' attention. Try these fun ideas to get you started. They can be adapted across multiple areas of the curricula.
Go Fly A Kite
Teach your students about gravity, aerodynamics and wind by making and flying a kite. Visit the Australian Kite Association at www.aka.org.au* for more information on lesson links and instructions.
Energize Yourself
Convey the difference between Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy by giving students directives, such as march in place, take five steps forward, etc.
Give students, or groups of students, a verb such as twist, run, fly or groove, and ask them to list and demonstrate all of the activities and games that come to mind.
VERBs I Do
Ask each student to write his or her first name vertically down the page. For each letter, ask them to write a verb that relates to them.
Geography Movement
Give each group of students a region of the United States. For each state in their region, they should list the kinds of activities that can be done given the state's topography, climate, location, etc. As a class, discuss what the students came up with. For example: In how many states can you ski? Go swimming in the ocean? Take a dip in a lake?
Freeze Facts
Make index cards with questions and answers to any topic you are studying. Now, play freeze tag outside or in the gym. Start by asking three-quarters of your class to skip, hop, jog or leap around. The other quarter (wearing different colored shapes taped to their shirts for distinction) tags them frozen. In order to be released, they must answer a question asked by any tagger correctly. Switch the taggers every couple of minutes to give everyone a turn.5
5 Adapted from an activity on PE Central, www.pecentral.com.*
Media Literacy
Have children count how many media messages (TV, radio, billboards, magazines, etc.) that they see in one day encouraging inactivity (promoting video games, marathon blocks of a TV show, etc.) compared to how many they see encouraging activity.
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Many adults and children alike can benefit from regular physical activity. How many hours a week does your child spend in front of the TV or computer screen? The answer is probably too much. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has created the VERB.™ campaign to encourage children ages 9–13 to get active in an exciting and safe way. It is also about getting involved with family and organizations like clubs, community groups and religious organizations.
Your child has been working on an in-school activity called VERB.™ It's what you do. In School. In Action. as part of the VERB.™ It's what you do. media campaign. Developed by Weekly Reader Custom Publishing in support of VERB, it encourages your child to discover new activities and new ways to have fun. By fitting positive activity into your child's life you may help him or her stay out of unsafe or troublesome situations. You will also bring a special bond and element of fun to your family.
Children who are active often have higher self-esteem and confidence.1 This can help them as they grow older and start to make important decisions on their own. By being active, children also have better overall health and have less stress and anxiety.2 Children should try to be physically active for at least 60 minutes a day, five days a week, preferably every day.3
With your help and enthusiasm, your child and your family can become more active and healthier. Some ways to add positive activities to your child's life include:
Try these ideas to get your family moving:
For more fun activity ideas and tips, check out these Web sites:
Don't forget to check out the Web for community groups, parks and recreation, and religious groups for activities and ideas. A few Web sites that may be helpful are the YMCA (www.ymca.net*) and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (www.bgca.org*).
|"Guidelines for Schools and Community Programs to Promote Lifelong Physical Activity Among Young People." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1997.
|"Guidelines for Schools and Community Programs to Promote Lifelong Physical Activity Among Young People." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1997.
|"CDC's Guidelines for School and Community Programs: Promoting Lifelong Physical Activity." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2000.
©2003 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Created by Weekly Reader Corporation.
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A great tribute. Especially heading towards Memorial Day.
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Fire investigation will continue tomorrow
Fire investigation will continue tomorrow
The body of a man who died in a house fire in Tokoroa last night has now been removed from the address and a post mortem will be carried out in Auckland tomorrow.
A second man who was taken to Waikato Hospital with serious burns was transferred to Middlemore Hospital today and remains in a critical condition.
A scene examination has been ongoing throughout today and that will continue into tomorrow. Until that examination is complete it is not possible to confirm whether or not the fire is suspicious.
Police expect to be in a position to release the identity of the man who died some time tomorrow.
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Freeport grad gets dirty filming episode of 'Wipeout'
While watching an episode of ABC's "Wipeout," South Buffalo native Rudee Dilick had a thought many people watching reality TV have.
"I though it'd be really cool to do," said Dilick, a 2005 graduate of Freeport Area High School who now lives in Murrieta, Calif. "I was honestly just watching it with a couple of girls from down the street who I baby-sit.
"I decided to start looking around and found a way to apply."
Dilick hopes to appear Thursday on the show's "Dirty Jobs" episode.
Dilick thought she was perfect for the spot given that she's a mortician by trade.
ABC's website described the episode this way: "Contestants who have made careers out of their own dirty jobs get messy on the course; obstacles include Pooper Scooper, Bustodian and Roach Poacher."
"I applied the first time they called me, I called them back and I never heard back," she said. "So I applied again and I kept calling them back until they called me. It just so happened they were doing a dirty jobs episode.
"I really played up the whole mortician angle."
Dilick, who graduated from Georgetown University in 2009 and moved to California in 2011, can't say how she did on the show, which features contestants competing on extreme obstacle courses for $50,000.
The show isn't as glamorous as it seems, she said.
"There were 20 of us that went through the first round that day," she said. "I was No. 7. I kept thinking, 'This is going to be so fun.'
"People are coming back and they're covered in mud and foam. And I'm like, 'How was it?' and they were like, 'It sucks.'
"But I was just so hyped up I didn't believe them," she said. "They were right: 'Suck' doesn't even begin to describe how bad it was."
Dilick said she wouldn't go through the competition again even if she was paid $50,000.
"The mud pits — they mix water with sand. When you get out, you just have sand in your eyes," she said. "After I fell in, I really couldn't see anything.
"It wasn't fun."
Still, Dilick called it a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
"It was cool to see how TV works and everything that goes into making a show," she said. "The people I was on with were great.
"It was just a cool group of people who do a job that a lot of people don't want to do," she said. "It was neat to see a lot of people who are excited to go to work every morning just like I am."
Dilick's older sister, Ashley DiMond, said it came as no shock to her or the rest of the family when they found out she was on the show.
"She's the ambitious one in the family," DiMond said. "When she graduated from Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, she said to our mom, 'I'm moving to California.'
"So they piled into a car, and she moved to California to do her externship, and she got a job there."
DiMond said "Wipeout" is something the family has always watched. "We used to watch it with my grandma when we were younger," she said. "That was her show."
Dilick said ABC stressed to contestants that not everyone would get to be on TV, but she said she thinks she has a good shot at being on Thursday's episode.
"I got hit in the head pretty good," she said with a laugh. "So, I think there might be a few cuts where they'll actually show me."
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In your professional life, you strive to be the absolute best. You're a natural leader, you innovate constantly and you have a quantifiable track record for generating high-value results. In your world, a 40-hour workweek is a myth, but somehow, sunrise-to-sunset will always fly by and you'll be smiling the whole time. Some people call you a workaholic, but you prefer the term "passionate".
Hey hustler, when was the last time you called your best friend?
"Later" is a less than ideal answer. Beyond money and professional success, your friends and family are invaluable assets that need attention and nurturing to remain strong. In your toughest moments, they'll be your biggest fans. In your happiest moments, they'll be the people who share your joy.
Eventually, they'll be the people who will save your life. Here are the main reasons why:
1. Your friends are invaluable to your health
Despite your professional success and talents, you're nothing without your health. No matter how busy life gets, you need to maintain your physical and mental well-being. While a fast-paced life is less than accommodating to relaxation, your friendships will keep you on track (sometimes subconsciously). Consider the following studies.
- In 2009, researchers at the State University of New York at Buffalo found, among female adult patients of an urban free medical clinic, that there is a correlation between cardiovascular health and perceived social support.
- A UCLA study cites another study in which researchers found that people with the most friends over a 9-year period cut their mortality rate by more than 60%.
- A 2008 Harvard study suggests that friends promote brain health for aging adults.
- A longitudinal Australian study discovered, among older adults, people with a large circle of friends are less likely to die than people with fewer friends.
- In a 6-year study of 736 Swedish men, researchers found a relationship between strong social networks and longer life expectancy.
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No matter how busy things get at work, make sure that your social network remains strong. It's good for you, and it's good for your friends too. Eat together. Exercise together. Take breaks together. It'll do your body good.
2. Your friends make life happier, so keep them as close as you can
Remember your childhood friend who made you laugh more than anyone else you've ever met? How about your college roommates who kept you motivated and smiling (and sometimes dancing) through your grueling all-nighters? And your grad school buddy who cracked jokes with you so that you could power through the most boring lecture ever? The laughter that you enjoyed with these people was so much more fulfilling than even the funniest moments that you experience at work.
What happened?
On the job, your top goal is to provide utility and value. Any jokes or fun moments that happen are secondary. Therefore, it's important to create social situations where the fun stuff is #1 and the work is secondary. It's your friendships that keep this balance strong.
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Over the last five years, it's likely that the geography of your friend circles has changed dramatically. Keep each other close by writing letters, video chatting, talking on the phone during commutes and scheduling times to see each other as often as you can.
Find opportunities to integrate the people nearby with your daily routine too. Take a class together. Take walks together. With your busy life, planning and prioritizing will be essential.
3. Your friends want to help you succeed professionally
No matter what your field or specialty is, robust networks are invaluable for building professional success. Chances are that your career path is very different from what your friends have pursued. However, you never know how industries will evolve, how your career path will change or how your friends' professional lives will grow.
Your friends also have other friends who might be great professional contacts for you. This is especially powerful during a time of need when you feel like you're just circling rock bottom (like when you're unemployed).
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Beyond jobs, careers, and what you're doing, your friends can help you learn about something new and different. Professional networks shouldn't be narrow and limited to your field, and it's your friends who keep them diverse.
4. Think quality, not quantity
Before venturing out to meet hoards of new people, think about the friends who are already so important in your life. When was the last time you had a long conversation or meaningful moment with your college friends? Moving forward, keep an open mind because you never know who you'll meet and when you'll click. Friendship is truly something beyond borders, but it's also very much an investment – one that's way more important than money.Tags: friends, relationships


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Latest Harry Potter a half-blooded bore
Reviewer Jim Schembri
IT WAS a dark and stormy night, perfect weather for yesterday's low-key Melbourne premiere at Camberwell's Rivoli cinemas of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth and most talkative film in the historically popular fantasy film series.
Security was tight as people had to surrender their phones and cameras to a team of black-suited folk before entering the cinema, where there were yet more black-suited folk charged with making sure nobody had somehow sneaked in a camera to make a pirate copy of the $200 million sure-to-be blockbuster.
They needn't have bothered. Anybody attempting such a thing would likely have nodded off as the most boring Harry Potter film to date unspooled to a decidedly underwhelmed audience.
After the dazzling pyrotechnics and good-v-evil mind games of the previous film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince is a much longer, much slower, much yappier film with hardly enough story to sustain its massive 150-minute running time.
The film's plodding story chiefly concerns Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) trying to identify the secret weakness of his mortal enemy, Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes, who appears in the film for approximately three frames).
This he does by exploring Voldemort's memories, which are contained in vials in the ornate office of Harry's mentor and friend, Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon).
Providing some much-needed humour is the frustrated romance between Harry's franchise-long friends Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson).
Despite the battalions of special effects artists listed in the credits, the film contains the least amount of action and special effects in the series thus far.
Most of the film is confined to the endless hallways, classrooms and towers of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, with the one game of Quidditch apparently inserted to keep people from falling asleep.
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