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WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday that the United States opposes ''in the strongest terms'' a Mexican commission's plan to publish maps of the Arizona desert and distribute them to people illegally crossing the border into the United States.
The National Human Rights Commission, a Mexican government-funded agency with independent powers, has said it would distribute at least 70,000 maps showing highways, rescue beacons and water tanks in the Arizona desert.
''It is a bad idea to encourage migrants to undertake this highly dangerous and ultimately futile effort,'' Chertoff said. ''This effort will entice more people to cross, leading to more migrant deaths and the further enrichment of the criminal human trafficking rings that prey on the suffering of others.''
The Mexican human rights panel, however, denies the maps will encourage illegal immigration. The commission said this week the maps would help guide those in trouble to find rescue beacons and areas with cell phone reception. The maps will also show the distance a person can walk in the desert in a single day.
Rafael Laveaga, spokesman for the Mexican Embassy in Washington, said it is not the policy of the Mexican government to encourage undocumented immigration ''in any way.'' He also emphasized that the commission is an independent agency.
The administration of Mexico President Vicente Fox has tried to establish mechanisms for migration that are ''legal, safe and respectful of human rights,'' Laveaga said.
''Let's face it, we and the United States have not been able to establish those mechanisms,'' he said.
The commission will begin putting up the poster-size maps in March in places where migrants will see them.
Mexico was criticized last year for distributing a similar comic-style guide booklet. It warned of the perils of crossing illegally into the United States, while offering tips to stay safe.
Illegal immigration has become a big issue in the United States and is certain to become more volatile during the midterm elections.
President Bush has been pushing since he took office for a temporary worker plan as a way to control illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border, but he has been opposed by some who consider the plan amnesty.
The House passed a ''border security'' bill late last month that includes proposals to build fences in five cities along the U.S.-Mexico border and to enlist the military and local law enforcement to stop illegal entrants. The House legislation did not include Bush's guest worker proposal.
The Senate has not yet passed an immigration bill. Once it does, senators will meet with members of the House to hash out differences in their legislation. Many immigration advocates don't expect the Senate to include many of the House measures.


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-16343-x=-343 Find x
Jacob opens a savings account on January 1 with a deposit of $350. He has "direct deposit," in which $25 is deposited every other week. The bank also charges a $3 monthly processing fee. How much money will he have at the end of the year?
If you are flying to a city 800 miles away, what will be the difference in flight times between flying into a 40-mph headwind and flying with a 40-mph tailwind if the plane's maximum speed with no wind is 160 mph?
Alex came home after school one day and found that his mother had left a plate of cookies. Alex ate 1/4 of the cookies. When his sister Bernice came home, she ate 1/3 of the remaining cookies, and when Carla came home, she ate 1/2 of the cookies on the plate. When their mother...
Below are the median prices of homes sold in 2009, by region of the country. South 158,300 Northeast 248,800 Midwest 139,500 West 243,200 U.S. 180,100 The median selling price of a home in the South was approximately what fraction of the median selling price of a home in the ...
Name three factors of 100,000,000 that are not multiples of 10.
If 72 divides m, what other numbers must divide m? If 55 divides m, what other numbers must divide m? (Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.)
The factors of a number include 9, 12, and 20. What is the smallest number this could be? List all the factors of this number
The GCF of two numbers is 15. Their LCM is 450. What are the two numbers? (Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.)
A child has a large supply of dominoes, each of which measures 16 millimeters by 88 millimeters. She wants to lay them out to form a solid square, and she wants them all to be laid out horizontally. What will be the dimensions of the smallest square that she can form, and how ...
George vacuums the rugs every 18 days, mows the grass every 9 days, and pays the bills every 15 days. Today he did all three. How long will it be before he has another day like today?
Ann and Bob are cycling on a track. Ann completes one lap every 15 seconds, and Bob completes one lap every 18 seconds. When will Ann lap Bob, assuming that they started together?
I am thinking of a two-digit number in which the sum of the digits is 9 and the number is even. These clues alone do not create one answer. Add one more clue so that there is only one answer. Both digits are divisible by 2. The difference of the digits is 2. Both digits are ...
A manufacturer sells widgets, each of which is packaged in a box whose dimensions are 8 centimeters by 8 centimeters by 8 centimeters. Design the dimensions of a box to ship widgets. Your box must hold at least 1000 widgets. (Enter your answer in the form length, width, height...
Suppose the U.S. federal debt was $9,400,000,000,000. Let's say that the decision was made to reduce the debt by $10 million per day. How long would it take to pay off the debt at this rate? (Round your answer to the nearest year.)
In order to make the most accurate calendar, the following system was devised. Leap years occur every 4 years except for years ending in 00, but years divisible by 400 are leap years. In this case, the year is a leap year if it is divisible by 400. Which of the following years...
This problem from China is almost 2000 years old: Find a number that when divided by 3 gives a remainder of 1, when divided by 5 gives a remainder of 4, and when divided by 7 gives a remainder of 2.
When items in a box are put in groups of 3 or 5 or 6, there is always 1 item left over. How many items are in the box if there are fewer than 50?
A STUDENT STUDYING THE FE+3- HSCN equilibrium put into a test tube 10.00ml of 2.00 x 10-3 M Fe(NO3)3 with 10.0 mL of 2.00 x 10-3 M HSCN.THE H+ in the resulting solution was manteined at 0.500.By spectrophotometric analysis of the equilibrium solution, the equilibrium ...
Discuss the conclusions of Margaret Mead concerning temperament, and explain how she arrived at her conclusions.
You pull a 18 kg sled across the floor with a strap that is at an angle of 40° above the horizontal with a force 86 N. Find the magnitude of the acceleration of the sled, given that the coefficient of kinetic friction between the sled and the floor is 0.23.
Office administration
Why are files reduce in an organisation?
A dolphin wants to swim directly back to its home bay, which is 0.85 km due west. It can swim at a speed of 4.30 m/s relative to the water, but a uniform water current flows with speed 2.83 m/s in the southeast direction. (a) What direction should the dolphin head? (b) How ...
Sheena can row a boat at 2.90 mi/h in still water. She needs to cross a river that is 1.22 mi wide with a current flowing at 1.55 mi/h. Not having her calculator ready, she guesses that to go straight across, she should head 60.0° upstream. (a) What is her speed with ...
limit as x-->4- (from the left) of (3[[x]]-5) [[absolute value.]]
find the limit(if it exists), if not explain why. lim x--> 4- (3[[x]]-5)
world geography
Where on Earth? which of the 12 northern eurasian cities will be the home of your company's newest restaurant? hint: use information from an atlas and al almanac to eliminate all but one city
What is a compound sentence for abnegation?
World Geogrpahy
what does the cartogram tell you about japan?
A school bus takes 0.92 h to reach the school from your house. If the average velocity of the bus is 18.3 km/h to the east, what is the displacement?
Solve. (x-4)=18
Solve by using the square root property. (x+7)^2=-11
Algebra 1
what are the length and width of a rectangle if the area is 13.5 square units and the length of one side is .5 the measure of the perimeter?
I posted this question before but accidentally typed in the wrong values! Please help, I just need to know the basic formula my book didn't provide any examples. For the function y = -2sin(x-(pi/3)) between x = 0 and x = 2pi : (6 marks) For what value(s) of x does y have ...
A motel clerk counts his $1 and $10 bills at the end of the day. He finds that hes has total of 64 bills having combined monetary value of $217. Find the number of each denomination that he has.
It would cost $79.59 to buy three tickets in Japan plus two tickets in Switzerland. Three tickets in Switzerland plus two tickets in Japan would cost $75.31. How much does an average movie ticket cost in each of these countries?
A store mixes Brazilian coffee worth $11 per kilogram and Venezuelan coffee worth $15 per kilogram. The mixture is to sell for $14 per kilogram. Find how much of each is needed to to make a 216-kilogram mixture. Brazilian coffee needed- Venezuelan coffee needed-
Solve by using the elimination method. 9x-y=72 x+4y=45
Solve by using the elimination method. 7x-8y=-20 8x+7y=74
Solve by using the elimination method. 2x=2+4y -3/2x+y=-31/2
What are the coordinates for each equation. 3x-2y=-18 -3x-y=0
Solve by the substitution method. 2x+7y=16 x=22-7y
Solve the system of equations by graphing. -3x-2y=18 3x-y=0
Solve by the elimination method. 2x-7y=-36 7x+2y=33
Construct the equations of the following trigonometric functions: A)A sine function with amplitude 2, period , phase shift /3 right B)A tangent function with a reflection in the y-axis, period ¾, translation up 5 units C)A cosine function with period 270°, ...
For the function -2sin(x-(pi/3)) between x = 0 and x = 2 : (6 marks) For what value(s) of x does y have its maximum value? For what value(s) of x does y have its minimum value? For what value(s) of x does y=1?
What is the maximum number of nonoverlapping squares with sides of length 3 that will fit inside of a square with sides of length 6?
parking in a student lot cost $1 for the first half hour and $1.75 for each hour thereafter. A partial hour is charged the same as a full hour. What is the longest time that a student can park in this lot for $9 what is the answer
Complete the factoring. 3x^3+9x^2+6x
Calculate. 7[6+(8)^3]
Factor by grouping. 7z^2+21z-az-3a
Factor by grouping. 20s^3+65s^2-60s
Factor the trinomial. 5c^c-70c+200
Factor. 125r^2-245
Why don't you do your own homework without using someone else to do it for you?
Physics question
1.) If the curling stone was initially sliding at 2.97 m/s and stopped precisely 10.8 meters from its launch point, then the coefficient of friction (the ratio between the magnitude of the frictional force and the magnitude of the normal force) was? 3.) Two curling contestants...
Forces of 86 N east, 23 N north, 46 N south, 55 N west are simultaneously applied to a box of mass 13.8 kg. Find the magnitude of the box's acceleration?
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John and Joan walk in opposite directions around a circular path, starting from the same point. The path has a radius of 50.0 meters. John walks at 1.00 m/s, Joan at 1.25 m/s. How long will it take for them to meet? Can someone please explain this to me?! I keep getting it ...
Physics PLEASE HELP
Nitrogen gas molecules, which have mass 4.65×10−26 kg, are striking a vertical container wall at a horizontal velocity of positive 440 m/s. 5.00×1021 molecules strike the wall each second. Assume the collisions are perfectly elastic, so each particle rebounds...
A net force of 30 N is applied to a 10 kg object, which starts at rest. What is the magnitude of its momentum after 3.0 seconds? Can someone please explain this as you go through the steps? I already know the equation is p=mv and I know that mass is 10kg and I just need v...
Find the volume or the solid generated by revolving around the region bounded by the graphs of the equations about line x=6. xy=6, y=2, y=6, and x=6
math (please double check my answers)
4. Prove: 2^n + 2^n = 2^n+1
6. Determine the domain and range for each function given. Explain where any restrictions come from. a. f(x)= sqrt x + 5 4 b. f(x) = 1/2x^2 32 c. f(x) = 4/x^2 + 1
College Algebra
Solve the equation. If necessary, round to the nearest thousandth. 5(2x-1)=10
Suppose the spring in this spring-powered rifle has a spring constant of k = 1,000 N/m. How much work can it do in accelerating the projectile, if it is compressed by x = 0.10 m?
Overpopulation. Increase population=decrease of natural resources.
I know that I am close to the answer using this formula with plugged in information: ln p2/760= 40500/8.314(1/273-1/351.1) Just not sure what I am doing wrong. Is someone could assist me that would be greatly appreciated! thanks :)
The boiling point of ethanol is 78.5C and delta H vap = 40.5kJ/mol. Calculate the vapor pressure (in torr) of ethanol at 0.0C ?
Write an exponential function to model the situation. Then predict the value of the function after 5 years (to the nearest whole number). A population of 210 animals that increases at an annual rae of 19% Can you explain your answer please?
b.) 8P3 = 336
Algebra II
If F(x)=x^2-x+1 and g(x)=-3x+6, what is the product of f(-1) and g(3)? Help please.
Chidren,Families,and Society
I believe the answer is D
how do you find the derivative of f(x)=2x/(x^2+x+1)^1/2 HELP A.S.A.P.?
Algebra 2
(x-4)^3/2 = -6 In the end I got .69, but that's wrong. Please help. I don't really understand. My work. x-4 = -6^2/3 x=4-6^2/3 x=.6980727511
A stuntman sitting on a tree limb wishes to drop vertically onto a horse galloping under the tree. The constant speed of the horse is 10.0 m/s, and the man is initially 2.75 m above the level of the saddle. (a) What must be the horizontal distance between the saddle and limb ...
The final math grades for all 6th graders were A: 125, B: 200, C: 350, D: 95, and F: 25. Make a bar graph to display this data. In the box below, write a description of your bar graph.
Algebra 2
Solve each equation by graphing. Where necessary, round to the nearest hundredth -x^3+2x^2+1=0
Algebra 2
Solve each equation by graphing. Where necessary, round to the nearest hundredth x^4+2x-3= 0
Algebra 2
Solve each equation by graphing. Where necessary, round to the nearest hundredth -x^3+3x+4=0
CxHyCz compound weighs 132 amu, what is the molecular formula?
greek philosophy and history
Greek philosophers
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So would it be (x-1)(x+1)?
Factor x^2-1=0 How do you factor when there is no B in this equation?
It says to complete the square for x^2-4x-2=0 How do you do this? Please help.
what is the correct way to write, (A characteristic I dislike is someone who is weak).
A 2 kg ball is dropped from a height of 433 mm. Calculate the height (above the ground) at which KE is one third of PE.
In order to predict the percentage of males and females three assumptions must be considered: 1. The X carrying sperm and Y carrying sperm have an equal chance of fetilization: 2. The egg and sperm combine at random: 3. the XX and XY zygotes have equal chance of development at...
Reaction with the presence of sunlight would be: CH4 + Br2 --> CH3Br + HBr
Sam drives his car 23,040 miles per year. Find this rate in the number of miles driven per month, to the nearest mile
Suppose f(pi/3) = 3 and f '(pi/3) = −7, and let g(x) = f(x) sin x and h(x) = (cos x)/f(x). Find the following. a. g'(pi/3) b. h'(pi/3)
How do I rond three decimal places?
Use slopes and intercepts to determine if the following system is consistent, inconsistent, or dependent. -4x - 5y = 20 -12x - 30y = 60
x/4 - y/2 = -11/4 x/4 + y/2 = 1/4 solve the system
The number N of US cellular phone subscribers (in millions) is shown in the table. (Midyear estimates are given.) t 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 N 44 69 109 141 182 233 (a) Find the average rate of cell phone growth between the following years. In each case, include the units...
An employee has two hourly wage options for positions in a large corporation. One position pays $11.00 plus additional unit rate of $0.50 unit produced. The other pays $7.25 plus a unit rate of $1.25. W(x)=11+0.5x M(x)=7.25+1.25x I need to find the solution for the systems by ...
Physics 3
Since F = -(dU/dx)i -(dU/dx)j -(dU/dx) = - (9x^2y - 7)i -(dU/dy) = - (3x^3) F = -(dU/dx)i -(dU/dy)j = (-9x^2y+7)i - 3x^3j

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Tue. January 25, 2011 | Jeff Solochek
Shaun Wiemer was allowed to return to Gulf High School on Tuesday after being on paid leave amid an investigation into accusations that he choked one of his physical education students.
"In general, we felt it was appropriate to return him to work," Pasco school district employee relations director Kevin Shibley said, explaining that he discussed the situation with law enforcement officials who did not press charges against Wiemer.
Wiemer will not continue as Gulf's head baseball coach, though, assistant principal Doug Elias said.
"He had resigned his head coaching position" even before the investigation, Elias said. "He wanted to spend more time with his children."
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It was a comfortably sized room. Pretty decent location. Check in staff spoke English and check in and check out was a breeze. There are plenty of restaurants near by and the Fresh Mart at the end of the block was great. It was a little hard to find at first.
Stayed at 2 Mystays this trip, Tokyo & Kyoto. Good wired/wifi speed, ok bfast, cramp rooms. Equate Mystays to Starbucks, reliable but better bang for the Yen is nearby w/ a bit of research. Richmond in Yokohama was great and 4 star Tokyo deals abound.
localization in city center, nice view over the city, lots of restaurants around, friendly staff, large room maybe only the common bath was missing...
Very good location in town; excellent quality of room for the price. Reception on 1st floor and although all lifts stop briefly there, people not registered at hotel can enter it by lift, bypassing reception. In London, say, this would be a fatal flaw (I once had my room in London entered by burglars in just such a situation). In Kyoto, however, no particular risk is incurred and the door locks were very good. Information about location was not enough to reach the hotel without asking for directions.
Very helpful staff
Good location, comfortable room, clean and elegant. no wi-fi internet (cable only)
It is modern,spacious,clean room and very good bathroom. Bed and pillows were excellent. They give me free coffee and free use of internet. I will definitely stay again.
Very easy access, very nice streets to walk around Kyoto I liked all, it was a very good deal
close to kyoto station, clean, helpfull staff can speaking english such a expensive room rate but doesn't include breakfast or dinner ?
This hotel is part of the JR hotel group the hotel has very helpful staff who speak English well. The location can't be beat. It is central and easy to go any where from this location. Rooms are quiet and well serviced.
Good location. Convenient to train station. Very comfortable and relaxing. Good restaurants (although a bit pricey).
The hotel is perfectly located within the train station. Hotel staff could not be more helpful in checking in and out.
Great location Rooms are old and over-rated, furniture and carpet is dirty. This is a 3 - 3.5 star hotel, not a 4 star.
Great location next to station - a short walk to bus & metro. Very helpful & polite staff. Hotel decor is a little dated.
Very comfy beds and the staff were extremely helpful. The only reason I've rated the comfort as "fair" is because it was excessively hot and therefore difficult to sleep. The air-conditioning, although being able to be turned down to 18 degrees was on heat mode throughout the entire hotel. Then, when it was off in your room, the air was extremely dry. Made the stay a little uncomfortable.
breakfast expancive, hoor and unteasty
Location Room size English speaking staff Very clean 3rd bed for a 3rd person is pull out couch & very hard. Although, I was very happy they even had a 3 person room, so it's not that much of a negative.
Had Public Bath Had Washing Machine Helpful Staff 2nd floor was loud when activities were going on. Our room was on the 2nd floor. Staff tried to help but couldn't move us as it was booked that night, but was helpful in calming down the residents a little.
Everything in this hotel were excelent. Excelent hotel
Nice lobby and facade We had booked a room for two. The bed was what is called "full" in U.S.- adequate for 1 adult to sleep comfortably. Room and bathroom were tiny (even by Japanese standards) - looks nice outside in pictures. For the price, sure there are better hotels in Kyot
The first day, they give us a room in the 5 floor, wich is for smoking people. Wen we make a complain, were change for other room in the same floor. Fortuny the nex day we change to the 8 flor, no smoking and with a beautiful japan is stile
The staff, cleanliness, location to the train station. Nothing noted
Fantastic hotel located within an easy 10min walk of Kyoto station. Very foreigner friendly with good dinning options. Ideal hotel for tourists. Our toddler was dissapointed that he couldnt go swimming, as the minimum age is 3 years. However this is an understandable safety concern. Just keep it in mind if you have a little one that enjoys the water.
Good location near the central Kyoto St. The room was comfortable and clean. They asigned us in smoking floor, and the smoking smells was terrible. We asked for a change and they assigned a room two doors beside. Next day they changed yo a better room in other floor.
Overall the Hotel was clean and the staff was polite and professional. It's located close to Kyoto station, a restaurant, and was fairly quiet. There were cafes near the station and Eco Trip Bikes was just around the corner. My room was perfect for just being a tourist. They only had one laundry machine and dryer so you usually have to wait. My room was a little stuffy before turning on the air con unit, not sure why they don't leave a window open to circulate air. My bedroom view was basically the wall of the next building. These are all minor complaints though and if your a tourist your going to be outside anyway.
Location is good, very close to Kyoto station. The staff is not willing to help you. We wanted to make a reservation at a restaurant and the staff was not willing to call the restaurant on our behalf. The first room was tiny, you couldn't even move. We had to upgrade and we got just a little more space. Very claustrophobic. Mold in the tiny bathroom.
It was hard to find the entrance
The fantastic architecture with its central atrium around the lobby made it such a tranquil place to return to every day. The gift shop was excellent too, with higher quality souvenirs than most other shops. The mattresses were a bit too firm for us, however this seems to be the case for all the hotels we stayed in. The location is not too bad, however there was nothing of interest close to the hotel, such as restaurants or shops to walk to. The hotel did offer a shuttle bus to the station where there are a few restaurants and shops though.
Favorite hotel we stayed at in Japan. Staff was really nice and helpful. The japenese style room was great, set up so nicely. Did not feel like a hotel, very comfortable. Clean room, bathroom was nice, mini fridge in the room, vending machines and coin laundry in the hallway. Public baths were a fun experience. Location is good, lots of shopping near by. Finding the hotel entrance was a little tricky, you need to go down the alley.
Good location between Kyoto station and city centre Gion street, clean room
the public transportation connection was very good. You could reach all interesting spots within a short time. Inside the room it was too hot and a regulation of the heat was not really possible.
Appearance of the hotel, comfortable rooms, beautiful view from the window, dobrozhilatelny staff, not very delicious Breakfast is served. What, if anything, didn't you like during your stay at Aranvert Hotel Kyoto?
Got upgraded to a bigger room, very friendly staff, close to gojo station, good value Location is a bit boring but close to subway
Location and cleanliness. Cramped room for a semi double.
Very close to Kyoto Station and easy to find The price
western breakfast buffet was a bit poor
Very nice hotel located close to the railway station. The room is quite small (but the size is normal in Japan) but well equipped.
Good service. Limited space to put my luggage. It would be better if the room can be enlarge....
Seems much more comfy and maybe newer than Dormy Inn in Tokyo, very conveniently located near the JR station, nice noodle soop The spa should have been better decorated and arranged
excellent location, close proximity to railway station and bus stops allowing to get to most interesting sites very easily. It would be good to be able to get English language newspaper
The hotel was extremely convenient to the Kyoto train station, so you don't have to drag your luggage very far, and you can catch a bus to anywhere in Kyoto from right outside the front door. Location is this hotel's best feature. It's not a terribly affordable hotel, but location makes up for it, especially if you're only in town a short time.
located very well and can get free to go on the kyoto tower!!! no public computers....
the location 1. Given cable but internet unable to connect 2. asked for doubel bed size but twin given.
It is very convenient for transport as it is just to the north of Kyoto JR Station and the bus terminal. The reception staff spoke English well and were helpful whenever we had questions. The rooms were almost too warm, which made it difficult to get to sleep. The breakfast was far too expensive for what was included.
Free pass to visit Tower
Conveniently close to the Railway station. Staff very helpful. Quiet room considering location
Since we travelled with some heavy luggage,the location so close to the station and public transport was excellent. There were no negative points.
The location was great for a travel and sightseeing base. Great for accessing public transport. Staff were helpful. The beds were not particularly comfortable and the aircon was stuffy and too hot/drying even when turned off.


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Six hundred parcels containing the ashes of murdered Jews have been received by families in Lodz, Nazi Poland, it was reported from Copenhagen today by the Polish Press Bureau.
The dispatch said that the Nazi authorities in Lodz have arrested 12,000 Jews, including all rabbis, all members of the executive board of the Jewish Communal Organization and all the more important manufacturers.
Many of the arrested Jews, the bureau reported, were sent to the dread Nazi concentration camps in Dachau, Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen, whence the parcels of ashes were delivered to Lodz.


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Did Lange's Personality Explain Why He Didn't Confide?
Did Lange's Personality Explain Why He Didn't Confide in his Cabinet
Did David Lange avoid confrontation and does this explain why he didn't confide in his Cabinet over the nuclear ships row?
The former Head of the PM's Department, Gerald Hensley, suggests this in his book, "Friendly Fire".
And Former Foreign Minister in the Lange Government, Russell Marshall, speaking on "The Nation" agreed that was the case.
"He wouldn't have a conversation, said Mr Marshall.
" He couldn't converse, he couldn't exchange and negotiate.
" I think that was why, although he had papers from Foreign Affairs, he was probably apprehensive about what would happen if he went to Cabinet.
"Foreign Affairs thought that he would say one thing to them and genuinely I think, but then he'd go out and appeal to the public.
"So that people did get a bit confused about that, and Cabinet was sometimes confused too."
But Mr Lange's widow and his former speechwriter, Margaret Pope disagrees.
"He wouldn't have been a Member of Parliament, he wouldn't have been Prime Minister if he was actually afraid of an argument," she said.
"He didn't like disappointing people, he didn't like letting people down, and but he was always up for a fight.
Former Prime Minister David Lange did not tell his deputy, Geoffrey Palmer, that he was talking to The Americans about admitting a naval vessel, the USS Buchanan, into New Zealand in early 1985.
Speaking on TV3's "The Nation" Sir Geoffrey said s that though he knew Mr Lange was working on the ship issue with the Americans, Mr Lange left for the Tokelau Islands in January 1985 without telling him anything.
"I knew that he was working on this issue, but I had no knowledge of the detail and he hadn't talked to me about it at any length because he only got the request I think the day before he left to go to the Tokelau," said Sir Geoffrey.
News of the visit leaked while Mr Lange was away and Mr Palmer was left to manage the situation.
He also found that here was a bundle of Cabinet papers from various Government departments discussing the visit.
Sir Geoffrey sent the papers and a note he typed himself with one of Mr Lange's staff on an Air Force plane to meet him when he arrived in Samoa from the Tokelau Islands.
The note contained details of growing concern in the Labour Party and within the Peace movement that the Government might admit the ship.
The head of David Lange's office during the ANZUS crisis in 1984 – 85 claims the prime Minister played a double game with the Americans and his own colleagues over the nuclear ship row with the USA.
Gerald Hensley has made the claims in a new book, "Friendly Fire." >
"The Labour Party conference in September was very strong about the need, no ifs no buts, no nuclear weapons, and David Lange in public kept giving that message," said Mr Hensley.
"That alarmed the Americans because they had understood from his private discussions that he was going to try to change things, and when they saw over September October a steady repetition of the fact that the policy was non-negotiable, there could be no compromise whatsoever, they began to doubt whether he was really serious about trying to find a way through."
Sir Geoffrey though has contested claims in the book that he refused officials' advice when he went to America to try and negotiate a settlement and also denies he said New Zealanders were a uniquely spiritual people.
Mr Hensley claims he has been told this by two Foreign Affairs officials who sat in on Sir Geoffrey's meetings there in 1985.
But Sir Geoffrey told "The Nation" the account was garbled.
"The whole of Gerald's account of this is garbled I'm afraid because he wasn't there," he said.
"The trouble with Gerald's book is that it is a narrative of an extremely good diplomatic history put together from diplomatic sources, many many sources.
"The difficulty with it comes with an angle of narration. It is the angle of narration of someone who is opposed to the policy, that is to say who thought that we should have stayed in ANZUS and if we had to sacrifice the anti-nuclear policy we should have done so. "
Mr Hensley says Mr Lange asked the Chief of Defence Staff, Sir Euan Jamieson, to go to Hawaii in late 1984 to find a suitable US naval vessel to come to New Zealand.
"It was Lange's decision," he said.
"Nothing ever went to Cabinet on this.
"At this stage when Jamieson was going to Honolulu Merv Norrish the Secretary of Foreign Affairs offered the Prime Minister a draft Cabinet paper to brief Cabinet on where the negotiations were going, and David Lange waved it away and said I'll brief them myself, but he never did."
The affair came to head after news that a ship visit was planned was leaked and Mr Lange eventually agreed in 1985 to stop the visit.


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Easy Rider Film Screening (35mm Print)
Thursday, April 4, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
The HeArt Project Advocates are proud to present an exclusive screening of EASY RIDER, the last of this year's four-part film screening series. Each film relates to our 2012-13 programs and EASY RIDER compliments "Making Choices: The Butterfly Effect" in partnership with UCLA Department of Art and Global Health. All proceeds raised from the film screening benefit The HeArt Project.
EASY RIDER is a 1969 American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two counterculture bikers who travel from Los Angeles to New Orleans in search of America. The success of EASY RIDER helped spark the New Hollywood phase of filmmaking during the 1970s. The film was added to the Library of Congress National Registry in 1998.
A landmark counterculture film and a "touchstone for a generation," EASY RIDER explores the societal landscape, issues and tensions in the United States during the 1960s such as the rise and fall of the hippie movement, drug use and communal lifestyle.
Film run time: 95 minutes; Film will start at approximately 7:30 pm.
Parking: Enter on Camden Drive. Validation is included. Light refreshments will be served.
The HeArt Project thanks WME for hosting the 2012-2013 Advocates Film Screening Series. WME's 80 seat screening room was designed by Neil M Denari Architects and is not open to the public. Thanks also to Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Paramount Studios for providing 35mm prints of these classic films.
When & Where
William Morris Endeavor Screening Room
9601 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills,
Thursday, April 4, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PDT)
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artworxLA, formerly The HeArt Project, combats L.A.'s epidemic high school dropout crisis with a long-term, sequential arts program.
artworxLA envisions a world where all students graduate from high school, thrive into adulthood, and contribute to society with their unique creativity. artworxLA aims to connect teens with art and the community that inspires them to stay in school and use creativity to rise from difficult circumstances.
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artworxLA, formally The HeArt Project, is a 501(c)(3) public charity that combats the high school drop out crisis with a long-term, sequential arts program. artworxLA provides educational resources, connects students to a supportive network of mentors and cultural partners, and invests human and financial resources to ensure their success. Our goal is to engage LA's most vulnerable students with rigorous art programs.
Founded in 1992, artworxLA is a Non-profit Organization dedicated to reengaging LA's most vulnerable students through comprehensive and continual art programs.
The Hollywood Media Arts Academy (HMAA) is representative of artworxLA's commitment to building a future for L.A. youth. Completing its third academic year, the Academy gives students access to artworxLA's "ladder" as well as an additional eight hours a week of arts programming. Nine students graduated in June 2013 and another five students by December 2013. HMAA's enrollment is the highest it has ever been and the school is at capacity (50 students), with a waiting list. HMAA is now a designated Career Technical Education school, adhering to rigorous state guidelines for media arts.
artworxLA / The Hollywood Media Arts Academy (HMAA) is proud to be part of California's "Linked Learning" – a high school improvement approach that combines academics, career technical education, and real world experience in industry-themed pathways.
In January 2013, the Los Angeles County Office of Education received a grant to become one of 20 Linked Learning Pilot Districts in the state, and HMAA was selected as one of two community day schools to implement the program. Focused on providing students with the relevant tools and skills to contribute in a society rich in new media, the program provides a career track for young people aspiring toward art and design-related careers.
General Information:
Cynthia Campoy Brophy founded The HeArt Project in 1992 as a response to the lack of arts education programs available for LA teens. After more than two decades, extensive program expansion, and a name change (now artworxLA), we continue to bring art to teenagers at the highest risk of dropping out. The top reason students give for dropping out of high school is lack of engagement. A key engager to reinvigorating students in their education is the arts. We have seen the impact it has had on so many students, and we know art works. 15 full time staff members along with several volunteer artists work together to inspire these teens.


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'Real Housewives of Atlanta' Star Kim Zolciak Drops 'Love Me First'
'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star Kim Zolciak is back at the mic, this time with a new ballad called 'Love Me First,' which arrives just in time for her new Bravo spin-off 'Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding.'
The new tune is quite the departure from her 2009 'Tardy for the Party' single, offering a sentimental take on the changes she's been making in her life. She sings: "Now i'm learning every day / There ain't no other way / Before I love somebody else, gotta love me first."
While the country-influenced song itself isn't half bad, the real housewife's voice leaves a lot to be desired. With all her riches, we'd think Zolciak would have splurged on some Auto-Tune for this record, but perhaps those funds were being used on her lavish wedding.
Speaking of her nuptials, a new preview of 'Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding' shows Zolciak in all of her unfiltered glory, complete with a big ol' side helping of drama. Aside from her latest tune, fans of the TV star will have plenty to balk over when the show premieres this spring.
Listen to a snippet of 'Love Me First' below, and get your hands on your own copy of the song when it arrives on iTunes in a few weeks.
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|Lesson Plans for BREEDS OF DOGS level P
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Text Summary
Breeds of Dogs introduces the reader to eight different dog breeds. These include working and sporting breeds and companion dogs. Even the beloved family mutt is included. Special features of various dogs are highlighted, and photos show the range of size, shape, and hair quality.
Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategies
Children should use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning and comprehend text. The targeted strategy for this lesson is: Rereading and reading ahead to compare and contrast information about different breeds of dogs.
By using anticipatory questions, children can search for specific information, such as features and qualities for each breed. Then, by rereading and reading ahead, they can compare and contrast the similarities and differences in different breeds of dogs.
Word and Print Skills
long e digraph ee
breed, feeding, see, feet, freezes, keep, sheep, needs, weeks
Word Work
Superlatives and comparatives
Children will write sentences to demonstrate comparison.
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as children work to understand the text. The targeted comprehension strategy for this lesson is: Comparing and contrasting.
Using the two decoding skills of reading ahead and rereading, children can compare and contrast sets of information about dogs, such as size, appearance, skills, and abilities. Children and teacher should develop a set of questions prior to reading a section. How will A compare to B? What does B have in common with C? Reading ahead encourages children to make certain assumptions. A is _____ and therefore B is _____. Rereading encourages them to self-validate.
Group work is useful in extending the comparing and contrasting skill. Children can compare their own ideas to those of peers.
Visual Learning
Use the pictures in the text and on the bulletin display to encourage the comparison of breeds and special features. Children should be encouraged to look back and forth to make a visual comparison of images.
Targeted Vocabulary Words
Content Words
breed, bred, purebred, mixed breed, sporting dogs, hounds, working dogs, herding dogs, terriers, toy dogs, non-sporting dogs
Word Work Words
tall, small, big, long, short, fast, smart
Before Reading
Building Background
Ask children to bring pictures of dogs, such as family pets, pets of friends, or pictures from magazines. Use the pictures to create a bulletin board. Ask children to suggest ways to arrange the pictures that allow them to compare features (e.g., shorter dogs, older dogs, hairy dogs, bigger dogs).
Have children collect more pictures of dogs during the reading period. Suggest that they may add new categories (e.g., breeds of dogs from the book) and rearrange the pictures according to the new categories and different opinions. Stress the idea that moving pictures is allowed, and all opinions are equally valid. To encourage participation in this project, consider giving small prizes for the picture of the fattest dog, funniest looking, longest ears, shortest tail, etc.
A pre-reading activity that will prime children for comparing sets of information is the "Find the Differences" cartoons found in the Sunday paper. Or check this website for samples: http://www.gospelcom.net/cartoonworks/puzzle.html
Introducing the Book
Show the front and back covers, and the title page.
Ask: What do you see on the covers? What do you think the book will be about? What does breeds mean? What kind of information can we get from the title page?
Book Walk
Reading Strategies
Have children look at the table of contents and section headings. Brainstorm for a set of general questions that children should be using while they read the book. For example;
The following questions can be asked about the different kinds of dogs listed above. Modify the questions as necessary.
What do sporting dogs do?
What is an example of a sporting dog?
How are sporting dogs and hounds similar?
How are herding dogs different from toy dogs?
What could we do to help us remember and keep track of information about different kinds of dogs?
Suggest that children use Post-it notes or a small notebook.
Think Aloud
When we are comparing things, forexample, two pictureswe might have to look back and forth to make sure that we see similarities and differences. Today, while we read this book, we may have to read a section and then go back and reread a section that we have already read to compare information. We can also look ahead to see if we can find similarities or differences.
During Reading
Student Reading
This book is long and may require several reading sessions.
Have children read pages 57.
Ask: What do you see in the picture on page 4? Why are there so many different kinds of dogs? What is the difference between a purebred and a mixed breed? Why does the book mention wolves?
Have children read pages 89.
Ask: What do sporting dogs do? What are two examples of sporting dogs?
Have children read pages 1011.
Ask: What kind of dog is in the picture on page 11? What did we learn about this dog?
Have children read pages 1213.
Ask: What do working dogs do?
Have children read pages 1415.
Ask: How do working dogs compare to herding dogs?
Have children read pages 1617.
Ask: How do hounds compare to terriers? What kind of dog is in the picture on page 17? What did we learn about this dog?
Have children read pages 1820.
Ask: What is special about toy dogs? Why do people like toy dogs?
Have children read pages 2021.
Ask: What is a Shar-pei? Why does a Shar-pei have so many wrinkles?
Have children read pages 2223.
Ask: What advice can we give to people who want to choose a dog?
After Reading
Comprehending the Text
Ask children to give opinions about the book. Ask: Did the book include your favorite kind of dog? After reading the book, what do you think about sporting dogs? Herding dogs? etc. Did the reading make you think of other questions?
Think Aloud
Reading should make us think about many questions. Some of the answers will be in the book, and some wont.
What can we do with those questions? Sometimes we will stop and try to find the answer. Sometimes we can write the question down and look for the answer later. Ask: How do we make the decision to stop or look later?
If time allows, go around the classroom and have everyone say one new thing that they learned. Model the following statement. Say: One thing I learned is that Welsh corgis have short legs. (You may have to remind children to limit themselves to one or two sentences.)
Have them complete worksheet 1.
Visual Learning
Compare and contrast several of the pictures of dogs (compare front cover to back cover, and pages 17 to 18). Ask: Do these dogs have any similarities? What is different about these dogs? What do you think makes each dog special?
Encourage children to update the class bulletin board about dogs. Have them identify the breeds of dogs among the pictures as they progress through the book.
Building Skills
long e digraph ee
Review digraph ee words from the text: breed (pages 5, 7, 18, 20), feeding (page 6), see (page 8), freezes (page 8), feet (pages 9, 10, 19), keep (pages 9, 12, 13, 14, 22), sheep (pages 14, 15), needs (pages 17, 19), weeks (page 21). Read several of these sentences out loud.
Have the class brainstorm for other ee words.
Play EE Scrabble. Divide the class into teams with 4 or 5 people on each team. You will need a set of block letters that are large enough to be seen from a distance. Give each team a set of EE and then have them randomly draw 8 other letters from the bone pile. Each team takes a turn attempting to spell out an ee word. Teams must display their word by holding up the letters so that the rest of the class can easily read the word. If a team is unable to spell a word, they pass their turn and discard one of their letters and draw a new one from the bone pile.
Word Work
Use common examples of superlatives and comparatives from the text (tall, small, big, long, short, fast, smart, strong) for writing sentences to demonstrate comparison.
Model the example for each form of tall, taller, tallest. Then, have children identify the forms for other words from the text. Ask them to give additional examples (e.g., old, fat, good).
A fundamental way to write comparisons is to use the superlative form. For example: She is the tallest (amongst her peers). On the blackboard, write: She is the tallest. Think aloud: This sentence is okay, but it could be better. More information is needed. She is tallest compared to whom? Ask: How can we improve this sentence? Write several examples on the board. She is the tallest girl in the class. She is the tallest person in the school. She is the tallest person in the world! Use another simple sentence, and ask children to complete the sentence. (Bob is the fastest runner.)
To use the comparative form, introduce children to than. She is taller (than the other girls in her class). She is taller than any person in the school. She is taller than any person in the world! Have children complete this sentence: Bob is faster than ______.
Use several samples from the text. For example: A Welsh corgi is shorter than a ________.
An Irish wolfhound is faster than _________.
Have them complete worksheet 2.
Expand the Reading
Writing Connection
Have children think about a person that they know (a parent, grandparent, sibling, cousin, friend) and ask them to choose the breed of dog that would be most suitable for that personality. They can write several paragraphs about why the selected dog is the best match for that person.
Social Studies Connection
Select a country or have children choose a country, and see what role dogs play in that society and if there are breeds specific to that area.
Reading Independently
Have children read the book independently or with a partner. You can also encourage them to read other books of their choice at the appropriate level. Have children bring a favorite book about a dog and share it with several partners.
Home Connection
Send the book home to be read to or with family members. Families may watch any of the various classics, such as Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, Dog of Flanders, or All Dogs Go to Heaven. They can then discuss the film and identify the breed and the characteristics. Families may attend a dog show to see different breeds of dogs. These occur several times a year in larger cities.
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Hangar 18 [Blu-Ray]
- Director(s):James L. Conway
- Actors:Robert Vaughn, James Hampton, Gary Collins, Darren McGavin
- Rated:NR (Not Rated)
- Languages:English
- Regional Code:Region 1
- Screen:Color, 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen
- Length:97 minutes
- Year Filmed:1980
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A shocking story of government cover-up in space! What would happen is a UFO was to crash-land on Earth? What the government let us know? Or would they fear nationwide panic and keep it under cover? This intense thriller opens as two astronauts (Gary Collins and James Hampton) are deploying a satellite from a space shuttle when it collides with an unidentified object. The object makes a crippled but safe landing in the remote southwestern desert where it is quickly carted off by government agencies to a secret Air Force base. Meanwhile, the two astronauts are back on earth and are anxious to know what happened, but no one is talking. When they begin to investigate they learn that the government will stop at nothing to keep them from discovering the truth! The stellar cast includes Darren McGavin (A Christmas Story), Robert Vaughn (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) and Pamela Bellwood (Dynasty). Stylishly directed by James L. Conway (The Boogens) who also co-wrote the story.
SPECIAL FEATURES: Feature length Audio Commentary with Director James L. Conway and writer David OMalley


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Do States Need Permission to Enforce their Rights?
The Tenth Amendment Center shared this WSJ Blog on Facebook recently. It was a pretty short piece that may be summed up in one paragraph. On its face, it certainly sounds like an amendment that's worth being mindful of (which one isn't?). Thing is, however, that any new application or enforcement of the 10th amendment…Details


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when i setup the exchange account on the 4s iphone the message cannot connect to the server comes up, this works perfectly on my ipad which is the same level of software and worked fine on my 3gs iphone with the same version of operating system
Please note I have checked all the details and they are 100% correct I have also deleted the account and set it up again checking everything twice over the exact message is "Cannot Get Mail the connection to the server failed"
It is important to note it works perfectly on my ipad 2 with the same revision of software and in the same enviroment.
Thank you for your question. I'll do my best to help out.
Can you please try removing the account and add it back again? Can you still connect to the internet? Kindly Reset the network settings aswell. We can do so by following these steps:
If you have any follow-up questions, please post your comments below this answer.
Thanks again.
I have done all you suggested above previously and none of these actions make any difference so for clarification I have reset the network settings, in fact I have reset the whole phone as well, I have also removed the account and set it up again from scratch, the error message is still the same.
Please advise another course of action.
I still have not had a working response from you, please note that unless I get a response that works then as per your web site you will not charge my credit card with the charge as you state in your advertsing.
I will happily pay if you give me a working solution?
Thank you for you question.
I have seen the "Cannot Get Mail - The conneciton to the server failed" error on my iPhone when syncing e-mail with an Exchange server.
After many troubleshooting steps I found the problem was the size of the inbox (9K messages). After archiving older messages into folders the iPhone could again sync.
Check the size of your inbox and try moving mail out of your inbox.
This has not worked either I have tried it with an empty mailbox to make sure and the same message comes up. However I have tried sending an email from the phone and this works so it is communicating outbound but will not sync and accept inbound communications on email or the calendar so have you any thoughts given this set of circumstances as it the message is still the same message everytime I try and sync the phone.
I must get this working as I go abroad next week
I wait to hear from you
Can you kindly turn off SSL and re-check by sending an email to yourself?
We can turn off SSL by tapping the name of your existing email account under the Accounts section, and tap "Account Info" at the top of the screen. Tap Advanced and slide your finger over the ON switch on the Use SSL tab to turn it off.
We always work with SSL off already so that action you suggest is already in place.
I wait your other comments.
Since we tried Resetting the device to factory default and re-adding the email information back in but still no go then we can just copy the information using itunes.
We can copy the information from your iPhone 3 since you are telling me that you can send/receive emails just fine on your iphone 3. We just need to Backup your iPhone 3 and then perform a Restore from Backup to your iPhone 4S.
Kindly backup your iPhone 3 by connecting it into your PC. Once iTunes detect the device, right click your name on the left side, there should be an option that says Backup.
Once you are done with the backup, unplug your iPhone 3 then connect your iPhone 4S. Once iTunes detect the device, right click your name on the left side, there should be an option that says Restore from Backup.
Kindly re-check by sending an email to yourself?
If you have any follow-up questions, please post your comments below this answer.
any updates?
Carried out what you have said with backing up and restoring from itunes no change. Can send from the account but it will not receive emails or sync the calendars so no change from before exactly the same message "Cannot get Mail" the connection to the server failed.
As say I can still send from the account so there must be some sort of connection but definitely no incoming mails or calendar sync. This is very important to me as I am going abroad soon and need this working. I have seen other posts of a similar nature on the apple blog site.
Any other ideas?
David Hayes
Backing up the iPhone 3G and restoring the information to the iPhone 4S should work as this will get the exact information from the iPhone 3G to the new device.
Can you send/ receive emails using your iPad? Can you try backing up the iPad and then restoring the information to the new iPhone?
Hi Chris
My Ipad works perfectly so how would I back up the ipad and then restore the ipad settings to the iphone without removing the differences in there settings on other items?
We can transfer the information by connecting your ipad to your computer using the usb cable then run iTunes. Wait for iTunes to detect the iPad usually your name will show up on the left side in iTunes. Right-click your name and there should be an Option there that says Back-up. Kindly click the Backup option.
Backing up the iPad saves your settings, Messages, Camera Roll, documents, saved games, and other data.
Once you are done with the backup, unplug your iPad then connect your iPhone 4S. Once iTunes detect the device, right click your name on the left side, there should be an option that says Restore from Backup. Wait for the phone to restart and re-check again.
Performing the restore from backup, kindly select the backup file for your iPad, lets say the backup file for your iPad shows david 03/09/2012 then select david 03/09/2012.
Hi Chris
Where do I find the backup files you suggested I have looked all round itunes and I cant find them, where would they be on itunes or on what file on my computer?
Once you are done with the backup, unplug your iPad then connect your iPhone 4S. Once iTunes detect the device, right click your name on the left side, there should be an option that says Restore from Backup. A pop-up box will appear, you will see a drop down box there displaying all your backup files arranged recent backup first. Kindly click on the first backup file you see there.
Hi Chris
Unfortunately this did not work so although the ipad still works the iphone even after being restored from the ipad it does not work.
Any other ideas
Have you any more ideas as this still has not worked and I have done everything you have asked.
Please let me know
David Hayes


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Tony Bennett's First-Ever Recording After WWII
"The first record I ever made was 'St. James Infirmary Blues' with a great Army orchestra in Germany right after WWII. It's one of my favorites."
At 85, the legendary singer reflects on his 60-year career while recording his latest duets collection in the documentary, The Zen of Bennett.
Continue Reading here: http://www.parade.com/celebrity/personality-parade/2012/05/27/tony-bennett-army-orchestra-recording.html
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Mailbox for April 9
April 12, 2013
Democrats, reps don't champion socialist agenda
In response to Betty White's March 27 letter: Although we have very different political ideologies, I was encouraged to read that you and I share our love of country and our beliefs in liberty, equality and justice. I was delighted to read about our similar goals, even though the methods to reach those goals differ considerably. What bothered me was twofold: the misinformation you portrayed as fact regarding the core beliefs of the Democratic Party and your final statement "… but I don't believe in taking money from the rich to give to people with their hands out who think they deserve it."
First, I can state with confidence that Democrats and their representatives do not champion a socialist agenda. Socialism is a system of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state. Second, I don't know what you would define as "deserving." Are you saying that anyone in need of assistance is not "deserving," regardless of their age, medical condition, veteran status, or need? Or are you recommending the selection process be some sort of lottery? If there were selection criteria for "deserving" individuals, what would it be based upon and who would be in charge of defining levels of "deserving?" According to your statement, the poor, needy, disadvantaged, sick, elderly and downtrodden must just have their hands out and are not deserving of assistance, which flies in the face of most mainstream religions and certainly casts a dark shadow across America.
Mahatma Ghandi once said: "A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." I want the citizens of our nation to be measured by their compassion and ability to reach out and help those most in need, for this will elevate each and every one of us.
Patti Bennett, Fort Collins
Changes on the horizon for Fort Lupton library
The local control of our Fort Lupton library is about to expire. The latest inter-governmental agreement (IGA) dated Sept. 17, 2007, to Sept. 17, 2012, was extended until April 17, but will not be extended any longer.
A task force consisting of two people representing Fort Lupton, the school district, High Plains Library District and the local library's board of trustees has been meeting to revise and or adopt a new IGA. The groups of Fort Lupton prefer to keep the member status the library has always had since joining with High Plains (formerly Weld County Library District), but High Plains is proposing to change it to a branch, which means the library would be completely controlled by High Plains in Greeley.
Being a member as opposed to being a branch means that High Plains will keep all tax dollars (instead of currently High Plains being in control of one third and designating the other two thirds to the Fort Lupton area), also there will be no local governing board, and there will be no local decisions about programming or staffing.
Many questions still need to be asked. Why hasn't the public been represented, informed and educated when this first started, and why wasn't the public allowed to sit in on the task force meetings to represent the citizens and the taxpayers? Some of the people at these meetings have assumed that the public knows about these issues but don't care, or that it doesn't really matter to the citizens as long as they have a library. It does matter to me, because if we stay as a member library, two-thirds of the mill-levy monies stay here and we have local control of the future of our library.
Call the library at (303) 857-7180 for meeting dates and updates.
Janice A Wilkin, Fort Lupton
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[VIDEO] Former NYC Teacher Confronts Anthony Weiner Over Scandal
Anthony Weiner is having a rough couple weeks. First there was the revelation of Weiner's latest sexually explicit photos and messages sent to 23-year-old Sydney Leathers. Then Weiner plummeted down the polls in the race for mayor. Finally, while out on a campaign stop last week, Weiner was confronted over his sexting scandal in an animated exchange with a former NYC teacher.
Peg Brunda, a former NYC teacher and assistant principal, told Weiner that if she conducted herself the way he has in the past, she would have lost her job. "Had I conducted myself in the manner in which you conducted yours, my job would have been gone," Brunda said. Weiner looked a bit flustered as CNN caught the exchange on camera. Brunda at one point even called Weiner out for not being considerate.
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Columbia Pictures has pick up the rights to Judith Viorst's best-selling book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" to turn it into a big screen feature.
More children movies are coming underway. Following DreamWorks' decision to make "Camp Creepy Time", Columbia Pictures will also develop one titled "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day", which is an adaptation from Judith Viorst's children's book of the same name, The Hollywood Reported has revealed.
In bringing up the project to the surface, the studio has already appointed Mike Bender to write the screenplay with Neal Moritz producing through his Original Film. As for the premise, the movie will likely to stay close to the book's story which tells about a young boy's trials and tribulations as he is experiencing one of his worst days ever.
The original version, published in 1972, was a best-selling work and has collected a number of awards while kicking off a series of "Alexander" titles that Viorst wrote, such as "Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday" and "Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move."


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Paul is dead (idea)
See all of Paul is dead, no other writeups in this node.
|Teenagers, take off your clothes
|The Walrus was Paul
|Strawberry Fields Forever
|Webster and the case of the Missing Walrus
|Revolution 9
|Paul McCartney
|Russ Gibb
|The good musicians play music that idiots listen to
|John Lennon
|Linda McCartney
|Red Dwarf insulted me
|Doo-Wop Secret Decoder
|Six Degrees of Everything
|Helen Hunt
|The Beatles (The White Album)
|Eleanor Rigby
|Yo La Tengo
|Woodstock (the film)
|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
|cranberry sauce
|backwards masking


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According to Dictionary.com "one size fits all" is an adjective that means "acceptable or used for a wide variety of purposes or circumstances; appealing or suitable to a variety of tastes." In IT, we have used this approach for how we deliver client systems to users. We pick a few key hardware platforms and create OS builds that meet security requirements and contain a base level of software applications. Users take delivery of new systems and then customize from there with various configuration settings and specific software needed for their jobs. The "one size fits all" model has worked pretty well over the years. It has been a highly successful way for IT to mass produce systems and support users in a standard way.
The world is changing. The number of available choices in hardware platforms is significantly increasing, ranging from desktops to portables to blade client to smart phones. Users are becoming increasingly aware of the choices and want to participate in the decision over what devices are best suited to their work style. In some cases, they want to use different devices simultaneously (for example, a smartphone and a laptop). In terms of software applications, new computing models are emerging to respond to the complexity. IT does not want to create new applications for each kind of device introduced in the environment. A major challenge will be to consolidate backend infrastructure and provide a common user experience across the spectrum of client hardware platforms, not to mention all of the issues related to security and IT governance. We must embrace these challenges because the days of "one size fits all" client hardware are numbered.


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What about co-location in a hipster coffee bar near the High Line?
And if we were busted sipping something that mainstream and obvious, well we might get our hipster cards revoked.
This of course is the self-prescribed social disposition of a hipster, an aloof—but meaningless—swagger.
In fact, her sense of style and humor almost make me wish I were a hipster.
In the blink of an eye, the hipster has turned into a catch-all scapegoat, guilty for everything from expensive beer to bad music.
When the doors open at York Street, hipster Armwarmers yells out, "Last applause before Manhattan!"
During the last 18 months, the word "hipster" has taken on a new, sinister meaning.
An increasingly vocal group of hipster parents say smoking pot makes them better, more engaged parents.
"Absolutely not," says Fedoseyev, who professses himself an expert on the Moscow hipster world.
The hipster stores have been getting faster and faster, of course.
1941, "one who is hip;" from hip (adj.) + -ster. Meaning "low-rise" in reference to pants or skirt is from 1962; so called because they ride on the hips rather than the waist (cf. hiphuggers). Related: Hipsters.


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Real Housewife Brandi Glanville Felled By Evil Hoverboard
Real Housewife Brandi Glanville (of Beverly Hills) has been defeated by the same monster that brought down Mike Tyson: The hoverboard.
Glanville has been posting IG's of herself doing Beyonce-inspired choreography on her hoverboard recently:
But it turns out that hoverboards are meaning to take down the human race, because last night, Glanville posted a picture of a fractured wrist resulting from a hoverboard accident.
Swollen paw 6 stitches I'm officially done with iWalk slash hover board :( 💔 pic.twitter.com/aPS3rpj6ZK — Brandi Glanville (@BrandiGlanville) January 9, 2016
Glanville then shared a photo of the on her wrist, noting that she can't drink or take painkillers to deal with the fracture and stitches:
Antibiotics equals no alcohol, allergy to pain meds equals pain, 6 stitches & a hairline fracture #priceless pic.twitter.com/UkLHXqXpgO
— Brandi Glanville (@BrandiGlanville) January 11, 2016
I'm telling you guys, hoverboards don't play! They're out to get us! Chemtrails! Illuminati! HoVeRbOaRdS!!
Well, I wish Glanville a speedy recovery, and I'm going to keep one eye on hoverboards at all times.
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Pakistan apex court cites Indian Supreme Court to justify order
The ongoing tension between South Asia's two big neighbours has not deterred the supreme court of Pakistan from relying heavily on judgments delivered by India's apex court to justify its verdict ordering Raja Pervez Ashraf's arrest. Nagendar Sharma reports.delhi Updated: Jan 17, 2013 01:30 IST
The ongoing tension between South Asia's two big neighbours has not deterred the supreme court of Pakistan from relying heavily on judgments delivered by India's apex court to justify its verdict ordering the arrest of Pakistan PM Raja Pervez Ashraf on graft charges.
The Pakistan government, however, said on Wednesday that it would serve full term and hold polls by May 15.
The two judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Supreme Court, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, in its 90-page verdict delivered on Tuesday, has cited 10 judgements from India's Supreme Court to drive home its point that courts have the power to judicially review government policies in exceptional circumstances.
"It is well settled that normally in exercise of powers of judicial review courts do not scrutinize policy decisions as was also decided by India's Supreme Court in 2002 in the case of BALCO Employees Vs Union of India, which made it clear that this will apply only in cases where government decisions are bonafide and not for any other consideration," the Pakistan's top court stated.
In rejecting Pakistan premier Ashraf's argument that the Supreme Court cannot adjudicate in the matter of contracts awarded by him in his capacity as the country's minister for water and power, the Supreme Court again relied on four judgments of India's apex court and also cited a verdict delivered by Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2009.
"As far as transparency in the process of awarding a contract is concerned, it squarely falls within the jurisdiction of this court's available power of judicial review. Reference may be made to the case of Ramana Dayaram Shetty v. International Airport Authority of India [Supreme Court (1979) SCC 489], three other related judgments and judgment dated 24.08.2009 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Nokia Siemens Networks Pvt Ltd v Union of India," the Pakistan Supreme Court stated.
Chief Justice Chaudhary and his colleague, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain have referred to a wide range of judgments by India's Supreme Court delivered between 1979 till date to strengthen their point that corruption in high places cannot be ignored merely by "hiding behind technical points in a desperate bid to defend the indefensible acts by those occupying responsible positions."


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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City now available on PSN
The 1980s return to the PlayStation 3 today with the launch of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on PSN. The PlayStation 2 Classic is available for $9.99 and will once again put players in the shoes of up-and-coming criminal Tommy Vercetti, following him as he rises through Miami's underworld. A series favorite of many, Vice City features one of gaming's best soundtracks and a love of pastels that remains unrivaled.
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories launches on PSN
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories is now available on PSN. The $9.99 PlayStation 2 Classic has many features that will be familiar to fans of the later releases, such as geo effects and the Item World. Newcomers, however, will find it much more manageable than its successors, making it a nice entry point for those who have been curious about but also intimidated by the game's many modes and modifiers.


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In order to become a registered patent attorney in Australia, a candidate must first have a tertiary qualification in a scientific or engineering discipline. The candidate must then pass an accredited course of study that satisfies the requirements of registration, be an ordinary resident of Australia, and have worked with a registered patent attorney or been employed practicing patent matters on behalf of a company, or been an examiner of patents for at least one year.
The most common method of qualification is to work with a firm of patent attorneys as a Technical Assistant (or TA) while studying to pass the examinations set by the Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys. Watermark employs a number of TAs at various stages in the qualification process. TAs work directly with Principals and qualified attorneys taking an increased responsibility with clients under supervision, receiving training in patent attorney practice and keeping their skills up to date through constant exposure to the latest developments in technology.
Further details on the requirements for registration set out by the Professional Standards Board are on their website.
For further information please go to the website of the Institute of Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia, or IP Australia.
Other general services a patent attorney would normally provide to his or her clients may include advice to clients on the management of their intellectual property portfolio, or advice as to the validity of patents or registrations held by others. These skills arise through familiarity with administrative practices and relevant laws.
On an international level, patent attorneys operate within an extensive network of associates in other countries, and have extensive experience in advising clients in filing overseas.
A patent attorney is usually a person with a unique combination of talents, having skills in understanding a broad range of science and technology, and also being capable of analysing technical matters from a legal standpoint. A patent attorney needs a capacity for good personal communication and detailed analysis of complex matters, and is able to write with both clarity and precision.


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Ahead of the 1995-96 season, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson shocked the football world by selling Mark Hughes, Andrei Kanchelskis and Paul Ince, three men who had done as much as anyone to help the club win its first league title since 1967. Dismantling that team was a bold and controversial move, especially as he filled the international-shaped gaps with callow kids. Ferguson then calmly guided his wet-lugged new charges through an end-of-season run of 13 wins from 15, nicking the title from under the nose of a superlative Newcastle United side. Apart from the time he clanked a boot off the top of David Beckham's confused head, it was arguably the greatest single achievement of his managerial career.
Sadly, all anybody remembers about that season these days is Kevin Keegan popping up on live telly to display the early signs of severe stress disorder. So Fergie's bravery and foresight is all but forgotten; instead, the whole thing is put down to his amazing magical ability to induce episodes of psychotic paranoia in opposing managers simply by raising one eyebrow and muttering snippy asides about Leeds. Since then, every title race involving Fergie – i.e. every title race – has had an incredibly tedious Mind Games sub-plot grafted onto it. Every little thing the old boy says or does is afforded genius motive. He can't even attend to a light itch on his bawbag without some cod psychologist suggesting he's deliberately manipulating chaos theory in order to rupture the space-time continuum and knock a title rival's neurotransmitters out of whack.
And now he's supposedly got Patrick Vieira so flustered that the Manchester City suit has been drawn into an ill-advised war of words, apparently, it says here. Last week, Vieira cheekily suggested United's reintroduction of Paul Scholes smacked of "weakness". Bad move. Ferguson readjusted his front tail, at which point we were told Vieira's synapses started snapping, causing him to jabber about referees favouring United at Old Trafford in the wake of Fulham's ghost penalty on Monday night. It was a sure sign that City are cracking up under the pressure applied by the master mind manipulator. Heeee! Well done, Fergie!
Except Vieira wasn't exactly jabbering. In fact, it seems he was quietly responding under extreme duress to repeated questions from the floor about the Fulham incident, which he freely admitted he hadn't seen, and had pointedly said he didn't want to criticise United, although he did make the bland and surely incontestable observation that big, successful clubs "like United, Madrid, Barcelona or Milan" often get a wee bit of extra leeway from the man in the middle. "This is the way it is," ran his eminently reasonable argument. "It's something the teams who are used to winning get all the time. We need to win games so we have this advantage in the future."
With the self-awareness skirted over, and the bits about not wanting to criticise United completely removed, Vieira's response was presented to the world as an elongated whine. City, perhaps unsurprisingly fed up with folk writing up perfectly rational musings as a War Of Words brought on by Mind Games and then dancing around as though they'd just uncovered the next Watergate scandal, have banned the journalist responsible, hoping that Fergie won't respond and we will all be spared a month of needlessly escalating nonsense. But sadly, it was too late. "Every club gets breaks here and there, you get good ones and bad ones, it evens itself out over the season," Fergie said today, before getting the hobnails on and delivering one quick hoof to the City swingers. "Maybe smaller clubs feel that decisions go against them." It's not Mind Games, now, it's just common-or-garden abuse. But, like the construction of title-winning teams, it's something he's damn good at.
"My hope is you'll have a bit of common sense" - Kenny Dalglish unleashes another one of those zingers for which his name has long been a byword upon being asked by reporters about his hopes for 17-year-old winger Raheem Sterling.
The Fiver has lived its life by the old maxim that if something looks like a duck and walks like a duck then it must be a duck. Unfortunately, from our vantage point cowering under a soggy cardboard box next to the rubbish bins at the back of King's Cross station, it is rare that we come across an actual duck and so have limited knowledge of what they look like, let alone how they walk.
But Stuart Pearce, it would seem, lives his life by the same maxim as the Fiver – a worrying state of affairs, you would have to think, for someone whose job it is to get the best out of people. FA intern Pearce has come up with a move that would win the admiration of George Costanza from Seinfeld, and in the total absence of anyone else pretending to look busy as England manager he's figured he may as well pretend to look busy as England manager in the hope that the FA decides it could do without the hassle of going through the appointment process and so may as well just give it to the guy over there with the clipboard.
Pearce's Chauncey Gardiner impersonation will now see him travel to the Premier League clubs to check on the fitness of players who might be involved this summer, which is the kind of function you might expect the England manager to do ... except there is no England manager, because the FA continues its blinking contest with their preferred target, a situation that is all well and good except that their opponents in this feat of strength have long since left the room and got on with their lives. Meanwhile David Bernstein sits there with his eyelids propped open with tooth-picks screaming "I knew I would win" - again, a situation our old friend George Costanza would approve of.
All this puts Pearce in pole position to lead England in Euro 2012, in his own head, if nowhere else. And with a long history on and off the field of penalty shoot-out defeats and under-achievement at international tournaments behind him, you would have to think that he is more than qualified for the gig.
"It was nice to see exit doors getting a rare mention in yesterday's Fiver (yesterday's Fiver). I thought they were on the way out" - Andy Korman.
"If Everton do beat Liverpool for the first time in over a century in an FA Cup dual, could Gary Naylor (Fiver letters passim) improve on this headline: 'Liverpool's Moyesy Neighbours are through!', which would also work if Everton lose ... come to think of it" – Graham Lee.
"Thanks for the mention of Brian 'Killer' Kilcline in yesterday's Fiver, which brought the memories flooding back. Fondest of all is the breathtaking own-goal he scored from the halfway line, while captaining Notts County in a league game against Arsenal; had the TV cameras been there, it would rightly have secured him a place among football's immortals" - Andy Fawcett.
"Is it really 25 years since Brian Kilcline strode the Wembley Turf like a colossus. And helped put Spurs to the sword
If he's still ambulant , I suggest City get him registered now" - Richard Samwell.
"FYI: I received two copies of Tuesday's Fiver" - Graham G Martin, Esq.
"FYI: I received two copies of Tuesday's's Fiver" - Graham G Martin, Esq.
"Re: Keaton's hilarious comments about England Brave John Terry's goalkeeping ability (yesterday's Fiver letters). Surely a better demonstration of his ability as a goalkeeper was when he, er, actually played as a goalkeeper against Reading after Hunt had done his best to remove Cech's head back in 2006?" - James Mosely (and 1,056 others).
Send your letters to email@example.com. And if you've nothing better to do you can also tweet the Fiver.
Despite being on a self-imposed Twitter sabbatical Joey Barton has found a way to get his message out to his people. "People's livelihoods are on the line," he told the QPR website of the club's relegation struggle, frantically checking his £80,000-per-week contract for a relegation clause.
Determined to shed their reputation as choir boys and cry-babies, Barcelona have made an official complaint to Uefa about the state of the San Siro pitch on which they got bogged down during last night's goalless draw with Meeelan.
Newcastle's assistant coach John Carver has stopped laughing at the question for long enough to say, no, the club has no regrets about selling Andy Carroll to Liverpool for £35m.
Former Pope's O'Rangers chief executive Martin Bain has dropped a claim for £90,000 against the club for alleged breach of contract, presumably on the grounds that even if he'd won his chances of trousering any actual money from the cash-knacked pope ... sorry, paupers were negligible.
And Queen's Celtic defender Cha Du-ri will have to sit out his side's coronation as Euro Disney League champions against St Johnstone on the naughty step after losing his appeal against the red card waved in his general direction by referee Calum Murray at Ibrox on Sunday.
Nearly 16 years ago, Kevin Keegan had a series of thundering nervous breakdowns live on Sky Sports. One of the best – when he slumped over the hoardings at Anfield after his team conspired to lose 4-3 to a team containing a 38-stone Neil Ruddock – is featured in this week's Classic YouTube.
Das Bayernchampionßleagueblog, mit Herr McCarra
Here's Richard Williams with some hope for desperate Chelsea fans; Milan have given themselves a chance of knocking Barcelona out of Big Cup.
Racism in football still lingers, says Proper Journalist David Conn. It's difficult to write a flippant trail to that, so we won't bother.
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