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Chevrolet enters the 1998 model year with the ability to satisfy the vast tastes of the auto market. For 1998, vehicles connected to the recently closed GEO brand provides Chevrolet with the Metro, Prizm and Tracker to win over younger, budget conscious buyers. The 1998 Chevrolet Camaro gains a facelifted appearance, an all-aluminum V-8 engine and a SS model. Introduced last year, the Chevrolet Venture minivan delivers an expanded level of optional equipment for 1998 that includes Versatrak all-wheel drive. Following the introduction of fifth-generation 1998 Chevrolet Corvette coupe, a convertible version is now offered. For the first time since 1962, the Chevrolet Corvette convertible is equipped with a proper trunk.
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1998 Chevrolet Astro Cargo Van
A mid-size work van, the 1998 Chevrolet Astro Cargo Van seats two passengers, has a V6 which produces 250 lb-ft of torque, and is available with RWD or AWD.
1998 Chevrolet Astro Passenger
The 1998 Chevrolet Astro Passenger is a minivan with seating for up to seven passengers and it is available with RWD or AWD.
1998 Chevrolet Blazer
The 1998 Chevrolet Blazer is a mid-size, five-passenger SUV available with a choice between a two or four-door body style.
1998 Chevrolet C/K 1500
A full-size pickup truck with seating for up to six passengers, the 1998 Chevrolet C/K 1500 is available with either a regular or extended cab and a choice between RWD and 4WD.
1998 Chevrolet C/K 1500 Work
The 1998 Chevrolet C/K 1500 Work is a full-size pickup truck that is a stripped-down version of the standard C/K 1500.
1998 Chevrolet C/K 2500
The 1998 Chevrolet C/K 2500 is a full-size, heavy-duty pickup truck that comes standard with a 5.0L V8 engine and is available with a regular or extended cab.
1998 Chevrolet C/K 3500
The 1998 Chevrolet C/K 3500 is a heavy-duty full-size pickup truck which is available with a single or dual rear-wheel setup.
1998 Chevrolet C/K 3500 Crew Cab
A full-size, four-door, heavy-duty pickup truck, the 1998 Chevrolet C/K 3500 Crew Cab seats six passengers comfortably and is available with dual or single rear wheels.
1998 Chevrolet Camaro
The 1998 Chevrolet Camaro is a two-door sports car which is available as a coupe or convertible, with seating for four, and a choice between V6 or V8 power.
1998 Chevrolet Cavalier
The 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier is an affordable and efficient compact car which is available as a coupe, sedan, or two-door convertible, all of which achieve over 30 mpg on the highway.
1998 Chevrolet Corvette
A two-passenger high-performance sports car, the 340 hp 1998 Chevrolet Corvette is available as a hardtop coupe or a convertible.
1998 Chevrolet Express Van
A full-size passenger van, the 1998 Chevrolet Express Van offers seating arrangements for anywhere from eight passengers up to 12.
1998 Chevrolet Lumina
The 1998 Chevrolet Lumina is a full-size sporty sedan which seats five passengers and achieves around 30 mpg on the highway across all three trims; the base, LS, and LTZ.
1998 Chevrolet Malibu
A sporty mid-size sedan that seats five, the 1998 Chevrolet Malibu is available with a four or six-cylinder engine, both of which produce 150 hp and earn around 30 mpg on the highway
1998 Chevrolet Metro
The 1998 Chevrolet Metro is an extremely fuel-efficient and affordable four-passenger subcompact car which is available as a hatchback or sedan, and gets over 40 mpg.
1998 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
A sporty full-size coupe, the 1998 Chevrolet Monte Carlo is capable of seating up to six passengers in the LS version; however there is only room for five in the Z34 trim.
1998 Chevrolet Prizm
The 1998 Chevrolet Prizm is a compact, five-passenger sedan which is powered by a 120 hp four-cylinder engine that achieves excellent fuel economy ratings in the city and on the highway.
1998 Chevrolet S-10
A sporty compact pickup truck, the 1998 Chevrolet S-10 is available with RWD or 4WD and a choice between a four or six-cylinder engine.
1998 Chevrolet Suburban
A full-size SUV with seating for up to nine passengers, the 1998 Chevrolet Suburban is available with RWD or 4WD.
1998 Chevrolet Tahoe
The 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe is a full-size SUV that can seat up to six passengers and is available as a two-door or a four-door.
1998 Chevrolet Tracker
A compact SUV with seating for four, the 1998 Chevrolet Tracker is fit with a 1.6L engine which achieves over 20 mpg in the city and on the highway.
1998 Chevrolet Venture
The 1998 Chevrolet Venture is a seven-passenger minivan which boasts a 25 mpg highway fuel economy and the option of single or dual-sliding side doors.
1998 Chevrolet Venture Cargo Van
A mid-size work van that seats two passengers, the 1998 Chevrolet Venture Cargo Van offers plenty of interior cargo space for whatever work-related tasks apply.
1998 Chevrolet Tahoe Police Special
Capable of 17 mpg highway, the 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe Police comes in two different packages; a 4WD trim and a RWD trim, and offers upgraded equipment to enable high speed performance with minimal wear.


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Three young adults allegedly found too much joy during the season -- joyriding in stolen cars.
At 2:30 a.m. Dec. 25, police responded to a reported stolen car in the 1800 block of West Third. The victim said he left his 2006 Hyundai Tiberon warming up outside, unlocked with the engine running, and looked out to see it leaving their driveway.
The car belonged to Charles Lynch, according to court records. Police were called immediately and within minutes an officer on patrol passed a similar car, if not the same one, on a street near the North Platte High School. As the officer turned around to get a closer look, the stolen car sped up, driving recklessly on the slick streets, police information officer John Deal said.
Deal said the policeman did not give chase to avoid more danger. However, the police were able to generally follow tire tracks in the fresh snow, and found the car in the Red Cedars trailer court on the west side of town, unoccupied.
Second car
The next morning, police received a call about another stolen car in the 900 block of East Third, not far from the high school.
A woman said she left her 2001 Lexus running in the street in front of the house around 6:30 a.m., to warm up. She looked out to see it gone.
Police didn't find that car until afternoon.
At 1:37 p.m., an officer saw it near 1200 Burlington, Deal said. The officer tried to stop the car but it sped up. This time, the cop pursued to near Fifth and Poplar, where the pursuit ended because the suspect was driving recklessly, street conditions were poor and there was traffic, Deal said.
A short time later, an officer saw the stolen car near Fourth and Sycamore, driving westbound at more than 40 miles per hour. Again, police decided not to chase due to the dangers. However, the driver lost control and hit a stop sign on the corner of Fourth and Garfield, Deal said.
Police lost sight of the car near Second and Custer, but soon received a report of an abandoned vehicle at the Red Cedars trailer court. Police found the car still running but unoccupied. Footprints in the snow led to a mobile home where they found and questioned Jesse Belland, 26, of North Platte.
Under questioning, Belland admitted he was driving the Lexus when the officers were chasing it. And, police determined that Belland had a hand in both stolen vehicles.
Deal said the investigation also led to the arrests of Katelyn McWain, 19, of Brady and Chance Ragle, 23, of North Platte.
Scott Lucas, who owned the Lexus, said the car was banged up, the radio-CD player was damaged as well as his CD collection.
Belland was charged with several crimes -- two counts of theft by taking and with flight to avoid arrest, willful reckless driving, driving under suspension (a prior charge from June) and criminal mischief (damage to stop sign and vehicle) during the chase.
Ragle was also charged with two counts of theft by taking for both motor vehicles.
McWain was charged with one count of theft by taking for her role in the theft of the Hyundai. She is thought to have driven the first car.
In court, Lincoln County Judge Kent Turnbull set bonds for each suspect at $25,000. And, Turnbull set four bonds for Balland, $25,000 each, one for each charge.
Belland asked for a court appointed attorney and Turnbull assigned Stephen Potter to the case, as long as Potter does not have conflicts of interest with other clients.
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NVIDIA Announces AMD Integrated Graphicsby Wesley Fink on 9/20/2005 1:08 PM EST
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mja28 - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - linkhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82...">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82... Reply
Visual - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - linkon page 2 you mention that "the most feature-laden combination" has a tv tuner.
i can see in the table above it has something called "tv encoder", i thought its something to do with tv-out though, certainly not a tuner.
i'd really like a cheap mobo with integrated tuner or atleast a video-in option, but i very much doubt anyone would release such a thing soon. Reply
Wesley Fink - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - linkI have changed "Tuner" to "Encoder" so there is no potential for misunderstanding. Thank you for pointing this out. Reply
Questar - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - linkProof reader on vacation again? Reply
Wesley Fink - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - linkProffreaders don't catch errors like Tuner instead of Encoder ot 2 instead of 4. These two were all me. Reply
Leper Messiah - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - linkSeems like a good board for a HTPC or a DC computer, as long as its cheap and OC's okay. Don't need L33t video for F@H. Reply
toyota - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - linkwhy does it sat Nvidia has 2 pipelines and ATI has 4????????? the following is from the article about the ATI chipsets here on Anandtech a few months ago:"Radeon Express 200G adds ATI's first DirectX 9 integrated graphics, which can be supported by both DVI (digital) and VGA (analog) outputs. The graphics core is a modified version of the discrete Radeon X300 core with only two rendering pipelines instead of four." so am i lost or does the ATI also just have 2? why has nobody else noticed this? Reply
Wesley Fink - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - linkWe have corrected the review to reflect the fact that BOTH the new nVidia 6100 and the ATI Radeon Xpress 200 use 2 pixel pipelines. We apologize for any confusion we created, but the article now reflects the fact that both chipsets use 2 pipelines. Reply
Johnmcl7 - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - linkNice one Wes, reads perfectly now, I agree four pipelines would have been a good move from Nvidia but I guess price is of the highest importance here...I remember with the RS300 with the IGP Radeon 9000, the whole motherboard was the same cost as a discrete GF4MX440/R9000.
Let's see if this gets rid of bold...
John Reply
Phiro - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - linkAnd we're still in bold! Reply
Johnmcl7 - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - linkThat was exactly what I was thinking, as far as I'm aware the Xpress200 integrated graphics card is only a two pipeline solution.
John Reply
toyota - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - linkare we the only ones that noticed?? i wish they would correct this then. anandtech made the 2 pipeline nvidia sound inferior to the ati. everthing that i have seen says 2 pipelines for the ati too. i would like a correction or explanation. Reply
Johnmcl7 - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - linkLooks like it, even though we seem to be stuck in bold now!
It's a fairly large mistake, as it means the nvidia chip is likely to offer similar performance or better, rather significantly inferior.
John Reply
TrogdorJW - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - linkWow... we need to add editing to posts. At least for some of the admins/writers....
Here, let's try to kill the bold.
Did it work? (I think there were two stray bold tags.) Reply
TrogdorJW - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - linkHooray! :D Reply
xsilver - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkTo those naysayers thinking that nvidia is going to stumble under the 90nm process, it doesnt look good. Granted this chip is much simpler than the r520
Or could it be the reason it is only 2 pixel pipelines due to yield issues with the low nm? interesting.... Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkI think there's about 50 to 100 million transistors in the typical chipset already, so adding ~25 million for a two pixel pipeline GPU isn't insignificant. (Just guessing on numbers - I could be off.) Certainly, we're not talking 300 million transistors like G70 or R520, but chipsets have a lot of other stuff without adding a GPU core. 475 MHz on the GPU sounds at least somewhat promising. Reply
tfranzese - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - linkBut, don't forget they split it into a two chip solution now. This isn't simply adding the transistor counts of the GPU to the previous chipset's. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - linkTrue. Of course, GPU manufacturers want to protect their discrete graphics markets. You also won't get discrete GPU performance without adding on-board (or on-chip) RAM, as the shared memory doesn't offer nearly enough bandwidth for a high-powered GPU. If ATI or NVIDIA could develop a board with high-powered IGP - like say 8 pipelines or more - but that chipset cost $100 instead of $50, board manufacturers and end users wouldn't buy it. They try to add as much power to the IGP as possible without increasing costs much, which leads to things like shared RAM and 2 pipelines. At least, that's my take. Reply
Doormat - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkNEXT. No HDMI out = no hi-def video replay under windows Vista. Good thinkin' nVidia. Reply
tanekaha - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkI`m glad some1 mentioned windows vista
I`ll bet that this chipset all ya need for vista`s eye candy.
In that case it`ll be good for business users.
Maybe gateway will do well with this chipset ;)
tanekaha Reply
DeathByDuke - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkonly two pipelines while the X300/9600 integrated in ATis boards retain the 4 pipelines of their namesakes?
dont expect fantastic performance.. definitely worser than a Turbocache 4 pipeline card
they had an opportunity to offer a good 4 pipelined, DX9 Shader 3 solution that would give a lot of people good performance for cheap. (475Mhz core 4 pipes would make a nice fast 6200) Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkIt depends on clockspeeds and features as well. 2x475 (for the 6150) may compare well with the 4x[whatever] of RS480. All I know for certain is that Xpress 200 is hardly capable of playing any 3D games, so I expect similar performance from 6100/6150. For the all-in-one boards, though, hopefully the 6100 series has better overclocking support than RS480. (If you can go stably above a 205 MHz FSB, that would beat the RS480 testing I've done. LOL!) Not that overclocking is required for the market, but the ability to OC often says something about the quality of the design. Reply
bob661 - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkIf a mobo with this chipset is around $80-90 US, I could use it a "cheap" machine. Reply
mja28 - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - linkhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82...">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82... Reply
bob661 - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkWesley,
Does Azalia support DDL encoding on this chipset? Reply
Tanclearas - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkIt would be nice for Nvidia to do one of two things.
1) Acknowledge there is a problem with ActiveArmor and that they are working on it.
2) Stop advertising a broken function as a selling feature.
As I've said before, there are WAY too many people experiencing problems with NAM/AA for it to be coincidence. Even when it's working, it normally breaks once a driver upgrade is attempted, and the only option is a rollback.
Wes, can you not get us any answers? Reply
Myrandex - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkI have problems with my activearmor as well. Stupid 6.66 drivers don't let me download anything without corrupting the download, and it seems any version isnt' letting Norton Antivirus 2005 liveupdate to connect. If I disable activearmor, then it is all good, but I don't want to use a software firewall, due to the software implementation, so it definitely needs to be fixed.
Another point, is that other websites are advertising 10 USB ports, but AT is saying 8 USB ports. Current nForce4 solutions offer 10USB ports, so with imagining Nvidia taking their current design and adding a graphics core, I would imagine the total should be 10 and not 8.
Jason Reply
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkJason -
nVidia specifications say EIGHT USB ports, not 10, on GeForce 6100 family. The chipset graphic in this review is a direct capture from Intel's release presentation and it also states EIGHT USB ports. Since no one received a board for review, the only info available is from nVidia, and I read my Press Release Kit. Reply
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkI have had no problems with Active Armor in my testing on a clean install, but I have relayed comments from many users to nVidia. nVidia said they were not aware of any current issues with ActiveArmor, but they agreed to look into the issue further. If readers can email me links to Forum discussions of the ActiveArmor problems (any website) I will make sure they get to nVidia. Reply
R3MF - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linknor me, AA works fine with the 5.10's. Reply
Live - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - linkCant say nothing about your situation. But start stressing the system with long multiple downloads and updating drivers seem to cause a lot of problems for a lot of people. So many as to cast serious doubt about the condition of AA and NAM. Reply
Live - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkAnandtech forums are full of posts about Active Armor not working.
Tons more but I think you get the picture. Something is broken with it. Or there is some non obvious way to set it up that only Nvidia and you know about :) Reply
Tanclearas - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - linkGreat links!
Further to that, a simple experiment is to simply install one of the previous nForce Platform driver sets (6.39, 6.53) and get the firewall up and running. Once you're comfortable, install any newer driver and activate AA/NAM. Chances are very good that you'll encounter instabilities and BSOD's before too long.
Just to head off people with "helpful" suggestions, I have uninstalled previous drivers, used Driver Cleaner Pro, etc all to no avail. I had 6.39 up and running without any problems, but every attempt to upgrade (using any method, to any newer driver set) results in BSOD's. I don't think it's reasonable to expect people to do a fresh install of Windows every time there is a new driver. I would have stayed with 6.39, but I was trying to resolve crashing issues in BF2, and part of their resolution steps include updating drivers. I can't really bitch about BF2 if I don't at least attempt their solutions. Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkThis is essentially nForce5 then? Or still using nForce4 for the southbridge chip? Reply
Josh7289 - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - link
This is essentially nForce5 then? Or still using nForce4 for the southbridge chip?
No, not at all. This is like nForce4 for the mainstream/integrated GPU market, with no SLI support and the like.
This Nvidia integrated GPU platform does definitely look much better than ATI's Radeon Xpress 200 (RS480), which I have and use for gaming on integrated video. I'm getting a 6600 GT soon, though.
Man, Nvidia is absolutey crushing ATI in almost every department these days. Reply
segagenesis - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkArticle summary says it all... this has potential for being the all inclusive HTPC mainboard of choice. Anyone have info on what the HD audio will offer? Dolby Digital Live yes/no? If the integrated video has as good HDTV support as ATI (in my experience, nvidia cards on HDTV = suckage) then im sold on one. Reply
tayhimself - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - linkNo soudnstorm or Dolby Digital Encoding support. I hope nforce5 has it. :( Reply
R3MF - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkabout time nVidia implemented HD audio. :)
two questions:
> "mATX only"?
> will there be triple screen support like the Xpress200 + ATI GPU combination? Reply
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linknVidia says that installing a PCIe video card will NOT automatically disable on-board video. That sounds like the 3 monitor setup is an available option. Reply
R3MF - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkfantastic news. :D Reply
R3MF - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linknow lets see who produces a board with a DVI vga output................ Reply
Brunnis - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkLooks great! Nice that Nvidia seem dedicated to the AMD platform. Stuff like this make for great budget systems and HTPCs. :) Reply
rqle - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - linkyeah, i really wish they took out those printer ports and even the keyboard/mice PS/2 ports. The DVI port is great but the other ports I can do without. If it really necessary to have those PS/2 ports ill pay an extra $3-5 bux for those add-on USB to PS/2 ports. Actually i preferred ALL future boards to go this route. Dont see why they cant make legacy ports an addon based either by charging a little more or making it a separate add-on to buy separately. Both works for me. Reply


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LSU has about 30 candidates on the short list to become the university's next president, but the public should not expect to learn who any of them are until a finalist is chosen, university officials said Friday.
Presidential Search Committee Chairman Blake Chatelain said the panel is working to narrow the candidate pool down to about 10 applicants with hopes of having a new president chosen by June.
Chatelain, on Friday, reiterated the board's position of keeping candidate names confidential, in hopes of attracting the brightest talent.
LSU has a history of conducting secretive hiring practices including past searches of top executives no longer with the university, such as, John Lombardi, when he has hired as LSU System president, and both Sean O'Keefe and Michael Martin when they were tapped as chancellor of the Baton Rouge campus.
Friday's search committee meeting stayed true to form. Committee members heard a short presentation from a consultant before going into a roughly 90-minute long closed-door session to discuss the candidates.
After the meeting, Chatelain said some of the best candidates already have jobs and don't want to let their current employers know they are looking elsewhere.
"If we don't keep this confidential, we'll limit our candidate field," Chatelain said. "This is not uncommon at all."
LSU Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope called the process "backward" and said "truly excellent universities require the list of candidates to be released months before a selection is made to give the public a chance to weigh in."
A secret search, Cope said, won't lead to a "courageous or bold leader, but rather someone who is timid and likely afraid to stand his or her ground."
Chatelain, however, said "the committee is very pleased with the quality of candidates." Many of them, he said, "are interested in the position because of the changes that have been made to restructure this university."
LSU leadership is currently undergoing a top-to-bottom reorganization of the system's $3.5 billion network of four university campuses, a law school, two medical schools, 10 hospitals and dozens of outpatient medical clinics across Louisiana.
LSU Board of Supervisors Chairman Hank Danos called the restructuring necessary to create a more streamlined university positioned to compete over the next several decades. "We're determined to get it right," Danos said.
One of the first streamlining actions taken by the board was a surprise vote in October to combine the system president and Baton Rouge chancellor positions.
A week after the vote, Dallas-based search consultant Bill Funk said merging the positions would make LSU more attractive in a climate, in which other major research universities are also looking for new presidents.
On Friday, Funk said the LSU job has attracted significant interest around the country even as schools like Princeton University, the University of Alabama and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are also conducting searches.
Funk said LSU has attracted "a surprising number of sitting presidents and chancellors," former administrators and "a sprinkling of nontraditional candidates."
"The pool is diverse in ethnicity and gender," he said, with interest coming from all corners of the country, "from coast to coast, and from border to border."
Funk said although he is happy with the diversity of the candidates, the search has been targeted toward sitting chancellors and presidents. "Because this is not a position for a beginner," Funk said.
LSU has been without a permanent president since late April when the board dismissed Lombardi, saying his brash behavior hurt its standing with legislators and Gov. Bobby Jindal. Former Baton Rouge Chancellor Martin left LSU in August to become head of the Colorado State University System.
Former president and chancellor William Jenkins was lured out of retirement in April and has been filling both roles since August.


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Kenneth Casstevens and Anna Mae Williams
Kenneth Rodgers Casstevens and his bride, the former Miss Annie Mae Williams of Arlington, are on a wedding trip following their marriage Saturday in the First Presbyterian Church in Tyler.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Willliams of Tyler and a graduate of Tyler Junior College and East Texas State College.
The bridegroom, also a graduate of ETSC, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Stanley Casstevens of Greenville.
After the ceremony, at which Dr. Cecil Lang officiated, a reception was held in the church parlors.
The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a floor length gown of Chantilly lace over satin. A pearl tiara held the fingertip veil.
Miss Mary Lou Williams of Tyler served her sister as maid of honor. William Roddy of Wolfe City was best man, and Jerrell Casstevens and J. M. Casstevens, the bridegroom's brother's, served as ushers.
Mrs. Ted Chilcote and Elwyn Hamilton presented the music.
The Dallas Morning News -- Dallas, Dallas County, Texas -- June 9, 1961 -- Friday -- Section #3, Page #6.
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25 Facts About Cracker Jon and 2Late – You Can Take the Cracker out of Croydon
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This is the second 25 Facts article we've posted from High Focus Records, and this time we've got some insight into Cracker Jon and 2Late's collaborative album "You Can Take the Cracker out of Croydon" which fans can download from the iTunes link listed above.
1. 2Late was illin throughout the whole album.
2. Cracker Jon happened to be tripping on the space time continuum when he met 2Late, and they decided to create a funked out experiment.
3. 2Late didn't know who Cracker Jon was.
4. Refer to the Redman 1995 interview.
5. Cracker Jon spent all his money as per usual.
6. The first track Cracker Jon & 2Late created was under the influence of Woo Woo and Mary Jane.
7. We prefer the skits to the tracks on the album. YO JAKE!!!
8. 2Late Dislikes all his tracks, thus bearing the nickname, 2Hate.
9. we feel fine……
10. Follow the 10 cracker commandments
11. Most of this album was created in the most intense circumstances.
12. Shoutouts to the squad
13. There's too many facts to mention.
15. 2 Late passed out over 95 times on whiskey in the creation of this album. However, he held his funk master status.
16. Cracker Jon took unknown substances in the recording of this album.
17. Its been 3 years in the making.
18. 2 Late was rockin Air Jordan 11s while freaking the funk.
19. Cracker Jon only reps air max 90s.
20. 2 Lates T Shirt company is going to blow the fak uppppppp.
21. Cracker Jon & 2Late are very hurt by opinions of certain people who dont understand a good time, let alone good music.
22. Cracker Jon doesn't agree with tight jeans or shirts that don't cover your arms.
23. Our most favourite track on the album is the answer phone skit at the end of the album.
24. 2 Late designed the album cover after he thought that cracker jon had smoked his J.
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Cracker Jon and 2Late – No Need
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As we celebrate the release of Cracker Jon and 2Late's new album "You Can Take the Cracker out of Croydon" I wanted the share the latest video for the single "No Need". Cracker Jon and 2Late release the album and video via UK record label High Focus Records, and have collaborations on the album with label mates Fliptrix, Dirty Dike, Leaf Dog and more. Look out for an exclusive "25 Facts About Cracker Jon and 2Late – You Can Take the Cracker out of Croydon" article coming in the next few days. In the meantime you can watch Cracker Jon and 2Late – No Need on the YouTube player below.
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I have developed website and now this ready website i need to view in mobile devices properly. That means all mobile devices show my website properly. For this what should i do or necessary script i have to write??
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Hi,I'm a python beginner.i'd like to know how to get the inputs from user to this simple question
Write a program to find the distance, d, between points A and B
where the positions of A and B are specified by the Cartesian coordination of (x1, y1) and (x2, y2), respectively.
Enter the first point: 1 1
Enter the second point: 5 5
The distance between (1, 1) and (5, 5) is 5.66.
actually the calculation is easy but i don't know how to get the inputs from user
is there anyway to get multiple inputs in one line ?
any one please help, thanks


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- BSO Case Number: 07-1308-001482
- PIO Number: 13-8-22a
- Date: August 15, 2013
- Time: 6:44 a.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 6401 W. Commercial Blvd., Tamarac
- Jurisdiction: Tamarac
- Walgreens
- Lisa Sue Shope, female, 48, 4/26/65, 2605 N.W. 53 St., Tamarac (IN CUSTODY)
Description of Incident:
An eagle-eyed Broward Sheriff's Office sergeant spotted an older, white SUV Sunday driven by a woman who recently robbed employees at two businesses at gunpoint.
Lisa Sue Shope, 48, was arrested and charged with two counts of armed robbery. Detectives say she is responsible for robbing the Walgreens at 6401 W. Commercial Blvd. in Tamarac on Aug. 15, and the Dollar Tree at 4191 W. Commercial Blvd. in Tamarac on Aug. 17. When deputies stopped her, she was driving the 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee that was captured by surveillance cameras at the Walgreens. The gun she used and the clothing she wore during the crime were in the Jeep.
Shope, who was seen on surveillance video wearing a red, hooded sweatshirt during the Walgreens robbery, was dubbed the "Red Riding Hood Robber." She walked into the store around 6:44 a.m. and approached the cashier. She pointed a handgun at him, handed him a bag and demanded money from the register. The crime did not take long, and she appeared calm throughout.
She had no criminal history before the Sunday morning arrest.
Media note: The surveillance video is available at www.sheriff.org. Shope's mug shot is attached to this release.
- INVESTIGATORS: Robbery Det. Peterson, Sgt. McCardle, CID; Tamarac
- THIS REPORT BY: Dani Moschella 08/19/13 1445
Posted At: 08/19/2013 02:36 PM
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Hai folks,
in below code the refresh(); , an ajax function does not invoke
but this works
Now it works . Strange trick is it :rofl:
So whats the problem really?
Is there a way for us to experience (and thus troubleshoot) the same problem?
Without knowing more about your particular situation, the standard technique is to pass a callback to the ajax function, so that the data on a successful request can be passed to the callback.
Hai paul,
its not possible to generate the problem simply. coz it a whole lot of coding.in summary i can tell like this
so add_emp() will be executed in the following order: button click > ajax call > php ad record
problem is , this loading does not occur if i use only 1 refresh().
oops, i fogot,
if i put an alert(); in the refresh ajax function as follows even works!!
function refresh(){
var xmlhttp;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest){
// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
// code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
The load part shouldn't occur after the ajax call, because data is still being transferred.Instead, the load part needs to occur only when the the success event occurs for the ajax command.
Thanks paul for the valuable info.
so i think i could use the readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200 in the first ajax file to handle this situation ...
There's a book called Bulletproof Ajax that gives all the details on how to do that well.They provide code and examples from the book on their website too, from which much learning can be done.
sure,ill consider about this book . thanks a lot.


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The Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association called Wednesday for Chief Michael McGrath's resignation.
The chief referred requests for comment Wednesday to Mayor Frank Jackson, who gave McGrath a renewed vote of confidence.
The report Tuesday from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said the Nov. 29 chase involving more than 60 officers resulted from police leadership and communications failures. No weapon was found in the fleeing car.
WEWS-TV (http://bit.ly/UAzmyt ) says union president Jeff Follmer places police morale at an all-time low amid multiple investigations into the chase.
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Tstotsi, the South African feature film awarded the Academy Award for Best Film in a Foreign Language in 2006, was based on the Athol Fugard novel.
South Africa has a prolific theatre scene, with more than 100 active spaces around the country offering everything from indigenous drama, music, dance, cabaret and satire to West End and Broadway hits, classical opera and ballet. South African theatre tends to be very interactive, with actors sometimes directly addressing audiences.
The country has a long and rich history of storytelling, from the oral narratives and shamanistic dances of the San, to the fables told around the fire by South Africa's indigenous peoples, to the modern and youthful productions of today.
South African theatre came into its own during the apartheid years, partly due to the cultural boycott of the country by British and American actors. Without any external influences, South African theatre flourished with its own unique and local feel, particularly the protest theatre of the 1970s and 1980s.
However, the formal South African theatre tradition dates back as far back as the 1830s, when Andrew Geddes Bains's Kaatje Kekkelbek, or Life Among the Hottentots, was performed in 1838 by the Grahamstown Amateur Company.
Over the years, playwrights such as Athol Fugard and Gibson Kente would form the backbone of South African theatre. And through their plays, actors such as John Kani and Winston Ntshona became a few of the early participants of a form of theatre that sought to challenge the apartheid system and question racial attitudes of the time.
With mainstream venues like the National Theatre barring black people from creative participation, the Market Theatre in Johannesburg and The Space in Cape Town were just two of many theatres established to give black artists a stage and multiracial audience.
Theatre venues were desegregated in 1978.
Some of the more well-known venues include the Market Theatre, Joburg Theatre and Soweto Theatre in Johannesburg; the Baxter and Artscape theatres in Cape Town; and the Playhouse in Durban.
Many of the casinos and malls in South Africa are also home to theatres. The Montecasino Theatre and Studio has hosted major productions such as Dream Girls and Phantom of the Opera.
Add to that the multitude of festivals that take place across the country, the most well-known of which is the Grahamstown National Arts Festival – the largest festival of its kind in Africa. Over the years, the festival has showcased some of South Africa's best-performing arts talent, including up-and-coming artists. It has also spawned a multitude of similar festivals such as the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees in Oudshoorn, and the Mangaung African Cultural Festival (Macufe) in Bloemfontein.
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Any reputable tour company will be able to advise on 'must-see' theatre shows in all the country's main cities.
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Taxi cabs will be able to collect you and drop you at the theatre door.
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The cost of shows differs from theatre complex to theatre complex, and sometimes are even free! Consult each theatre's website, or check with national ticket-seller Computicket.
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Bank on an evening, and throw in a dinner and post-show cappuccino too.
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As states across the nation have taken steps to crack down on predatory payday lending practices, the lenders have forged alliances with what might at first seem like unlikely allies.
Some of the nation's largest banks have become a critical link between payday lenders and borrowers, enabling lenders to skirt state laws that put caps on interest rates, according to The New York Times.
It's time for federal lawmakers to take steps to ensure lenders cannot use the Internet and enlist the cooperation of big banks - which stand to make a tidy profit off fees - to get around state regulatory efforts.
Lawmakers in many states have passed restrictions intended to curb outlandish interest rates and terms that trap borrowers, many of them living paycheck to paycheck, in a debt spiral.
Payday loans are a convenient, short-term option for people who want to quickly raise cash. However, that convenience comes with a price, in terms of interest rates that can reach 300 percent or more when calculated on an annual basis.
About 12 million people annually get payday loans, according to a survey by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Almost a quarter borrow online.
A story Sunday in The Times spelled out how banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, allow lenders to make electronic withdrawals from borrower accounts even in states where payday loans are banned, and sometimes even after borrowers have pleaded to stop the withdrawals. Federal law gives borrowers the ability to stop automatic withdrawals when they want.
Several U.S. senators, including Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., recently introduced a bill that would force all lenders that conduct their business online to follow the rules of the state where the borrower resides. The measure also would give the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau authority to shut down lenders who violate state and other consumer laws via the Internet.
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Pam Oakley, Parade Marshall & Eileen Senecal Co-Parade Marshal
Jim Wilcox, judge the Floats and Decorated Boats,
1st Place Crab Crew… They won $50.00 and have donated the money
to Cedar Key cheerleaders
2nd Place Cedar Key cheerleaders
3rd Place Coconuts
Cindy Leiner, judge Vehicles and Undecorated Boats,
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By Toni C. Collins
Levy County will be putting its dragline
up for sale, preferring to use another piece of
equipment to mine and load limestone from
the Gulf Hammock Pit for road construction.
The Board of Commissioners on Tuesday
approved the sale at the request of Road
Department Administrative Superintendent
Bruce Greenlee. who said the dragline is no
longer needed for the county's limerock mining
operation. "We can only mine to 30 feet
and we need to get rid of this," he said.
Although there was no official count,
the cars that lined the streets up to
Whiddon Avenue, the pedestrians carrying
their purchases and the half dozen tour
buses parked at the school were a testament
to the crowd of thousands that
swarmed Cedar Key this past weekend.
Saturday's parade included everything
from pirate wenches and a marching
band to politicians and pageant queens.
The vehicles were as diverse — from fire
trucks and clam boats to horse trailers and
Trash and Recyling
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Yard Waste
2nd Tuesday of the month
Bulk Items
Four Cedar Key residents and a man from Lake City were
arrested on Tuesday after a three-month investigation of drug
sales in Cedar Key by the Levy County Sheriff's Office.
Those arrested on drug charges are Richard Lee
Cantlebarry 45, Geneva F. Harris, 58, Jonathan N.
Thompson, 30, and Shannon Lynn Random, 41, all of Cedar
Drug agents simultaneously served two search warrantsin the early morning operation that began with a complaint
to officers that the suspects were selling pills from a
About a dozen audience members attended a short, efficient
meeting Tuesday evening. The format was slightly different
— with Interim City Administrator Greg Lang taking
the lead presenting agenda items. Commissioner Gene
Hodges was absent due to a scheduling conflict.
In the good news category, the Governor's Office has
finally signed the Energy Efficiency Conservation Block
Grant, allowing the city to move forward with upgrading
several city-owned buildings. Police Chief Virgil Sandlin
Remember this summer's mosquito infestation? How about the hatching after the heavy rains and flooding in September?
Learn how to battle the blodsucking invasion at two presentations on creating havens for bats.
Ranger Pam Darty of the U.S. Fish Service at Lower Suwannee Wildlife Refuge will give a presentation on Florida Bats and Bat Houses at the Ellie Schiller Education Center in the Withlacoochee Gulf Preserve (WGP) at 1001 Old Rock Road, Yankeetown, Friday, Oct. 22, at 10 a.m.. Admission is free.
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"Why of course the people don't want war…. But, after all… it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
Granted, but they are inside a pair of soaking wet through wellington boots!
I wish I could go back in time
edit:damnit, beaten to it!
I wish I didn't have to heal baleroc so often.
EDIT: DAMN double beaten!
... I wish I didn't have to heal baleroc so often.
This explains a lot.Originally Posted by Henry Ford
Granted, but the Cloverfield monster appears.
I wish I was a wizard.
Granted, but that person will hate you in 24 hours.
I wish I could have school spirit.
granted but now its impossible for you to sit down.
i wish my limo didnt explode a few pages back.
my friend code...
5241-1925-7760 name toasty
up for battles ...after 10/18/2013
Granted, now your chauffeur murders you by driving it into a river.
I wish I could eat and eat and eat and never get fat or full or bored of food or cancer or lose my sense of taste or anything.
Granted, but due to that you eat all the food on the planet until there is nothing left.
I wish I had a mansion.
Granted, but the mansion burns down.
I wish I had a new computer.
granted but its too old and only has dial up.
i wish my limo driver also didnt murder me.
my friend code...
5241-1925-7760 name toasty
up for battles ...after 10/18/2013
Granted, but the guilt drives you into being an alcoholic and you soon die of liver cirrhosis.
I wish I had 99 red balloons.
Granted, but the balloons lift you extremely high and eventually you fall and die.
I wish I could be a Poke Master
granted but you poke too much and you poked the wrong person and you are not on the run for your life from the hell angel gang.
i wish i knew what the person under me was gonna wsh for.
my friend code...
5241-1925-7760 name toasty
up for battles ...after 10/18/2013
Granted, but only sub-consiously
I wish that my wish couldn't be corrupted.
Granted since you made no real wish to corrupt. It's like multiplying by 0 no matter what the number the answer will still be 0.
I wish it was the weekend.
Granted but you have to go to work/school anyway.
I wish for Skyrim


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By Gretchen Mensink Lovejoy
Thursday, September 27, 2012 3:35 AM
Donovan Frank
His Honor learned justice from an entry box.
"It was while working at my father's store that I had my first exposure to justice. My father, like a number of businesses on the main street of Spring Valley, would have holiday drawings for merchandise, turkeys, hams, and sometimes cash. When it came time for the drawing, it would not be a random drawing," recalled Spring Valley High School alum, United States federal judge and 2012 Kingsland Wall of Honor inductee Donovan Frank.
"My father would take the entry box back to his little office - usually in the presence of Russell Hancock - a good friend, father figure to me, and appliance service man - and tell me to dump the names out on the desk. Then he would select a person based upon economic need and the fact that they may have been too proud to ask for assistance from others or the government."
Frank is being recognized by the Kingsland School District and the Kingsland community for his outstanding achievements and contributions to the good of humankind, a chain of paying it forward that began when he was born in 1951 to Donald Frank and Elaine (Frank) Stadelman, who worked to instill lessons of integrity and earnestness in their children.
His father is no longer living, and his mother remarried and is now living in Rochester. He has two sisters, Donnis Lassig, who lives in Stewartville, and Debbie Smith, who lives in Spring Valley.
The family lived "for a time in Ostrander, near the family farms" of both of his sets of grandparents, where his parents had grown up. "Later, my father started a small television and appliance store in Ostrander, and then moved it to Spring Valley where it was known for years as Spring Valley TV and Appliance."
Growing up, he spent summers working on family farms for his uncles and aunts. "I worked at the farm of my father's oldest brother, Clayton Frank. I would stay at Clayton and Beatrice Frank's home, along with their children - my cousins, Charles, Mike, Paul and Wayne - and I would help with everything from the dairy cattle to baling hay."
Frank also rode a milk route with Lyle Clark, his father's youngest sister, Clarice's, husband. "I also stayed with my father's oldest sister, Nora Vrieze, who was married to Wendell Vrieze, out by Cherry Grove, and helped on Lyle and Mavis Frank's farm, which was closer to Preston. Lyle was my father's older brother. It was in all of these environments that I was taught a very strong work ethic and how to treat people... people cared for one another and would extend a helping hand or an act of kindness to those in need."
Businessman Donald Frank exemplified his values for his children to see, and the entire family welcomed a "man named Dutch who had a developmental disability."
"My parents insisted that Dutch participate in activities with our family - going to church and helping out at my father's television and appliance store. I did not realize it at the time, but as I left Spring Valley to go to college, I had been taught that people with disabilities, like Dutch, had the same hopes and dreams that we all do and that they should all be treated with respect and dignity."
Frank was the first person in his extended family to attend college, as his father wished for his children to do so. "I chose Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, because I played the trombone in the Spring Valley High School band, and I had visited Luther College on a band trip.
"I will be forever grateful to my parents because even though my father was a very smart and kind man, he had to quit school in the eighth grade to work the family farm with his brothers and sisters, yet my mother and father encouraged me to leave the family business and Spring Valley and follow my dreams by going off to college. So, off I went, with their full support and encouragement."
He did so thanks to how he was raised by his parents, "understanding that I had a responsibility to give back to my community and help those most in need."
"I watched my parents and their friends and relatives do the same, day in and day out. The message each day was, 'You are fortunate - based upon hard work, some luck along the way for most of us, and the support of family and friends - to have a successful life.' With that came the responsibility to give back to the community in which you live and to extend a caring hand to those most vulnerable in your community and those in need."
Frank came of age in a time when the nation was testing its boundaries, and that, he stated, was partly why he began a career in law and justice.
"I believe it was some time as a college freshman at Luther College that I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. Given the mood of the country at that time and all of the protesting going on, many people felt that if they became a lawyer, they could 'help save the world.' Whether that was realistic or not, early on in my freshman year in college, I knew I wanted to be a lawyer, even though I did not know much about the law, except that lawyers were known as kind of the equalizers in our society who made promises to treat everyone with equal justice and give people access to justice."
His career as a lawyer in the courts led him to prosecute landmark cases that eventually earned him distinction as a candidate for the judge's bench.
"I did not particularly 'aspire' to become a judge, but, rather, I think my name came to the forefront more so because of the work that I was doing."
After graduating from law school, Frank moved north to Minnesota's Iron Range and served as a prosecuting attorney for the St. Louis County Attorney's Office in Virginia. He initially worked on child neglect, abuse, and commitment cases. During his last five years there, he handled primarily civil cases and felony criminal cases. As an assistant attorney for St. Louis County, he tried a case before a jury that involved the first felony child sexual abuse case in the state of Minnesota in which "expert testimony was allowed to explain why young children do not report sexual abuse and why mothers often support the father or the boyfriend who is accused of the abuse."
He continued, "The expert was allowed to testify that the child's behavior was consistent with that of other child sexual abuse victims with whom the expert had worked. I also handled the appeal of the case to the Minnesota Supreme Court. In State v. Myers, 359 N.W.2d 604 (Minn. 1984), the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the receipt of such testimony for the first time. The decision remains the law to this day."
In 1985, eight years after he began his legal career, Frank was appointed to the state district court bench and served as chief judge of Minnesota's Sixth Judicial District from 1991 to 1996.
"As a state court judge, I had many opportunities to work with Sheila Wellstone on domestic violence issues. I believe that it was through this relationship with Sheila that I was brought to the attention of Senator Paul Wellstone when the opening for a federal judgeship came along, and I was nominated by President William Jefferson Clinton and confirmed by Congress in 1998.
"I was sworn in as a United States district judge on Nov. 2, 1998. The lessons drawn from my path to both the state and federal benches are more about hard work and involvement with the community around me, rather than political connections."
Frank enjoys his occupation for the rewards it affords him. "It is truly a privilege to have a job where your guiding principles each day are serving the interests of justice and doing your very best to act in the public's interest in trying to make the world and the community within which you live and work a better place for all citizens."
Frank said as a judge, one has a responsibility to set an example for those around them - in and out of the courtroom. "The oath you take as a judge is a constitutional promise to provide fair and equal treatment, as well as equal justice, to everyone who appears before you."
He stated, "In many cases, without endangering the public's safety, you can give hope to certain individuals who appear in front of you in trying to make the fair and right decisions, so that regardless of how poor someone is, how rich they are, their station in life, or no matter what their background is, people leave your courtroom feeling they have received equal treatment."
That said, Frank explained why he makes an effort to engage students from small town school districts in various opportunities, such as when Kingsland students participated in the Open Doors to Federal Courts program that he has hosted for the past 13 years, a program that includes a mock trial and career showcase that allows students to learn about the justice system, and discover their potential.
Frank added, "Living in the Twin Cities metro area, I see the vast number of opportunities offered to students here. Having both grown up in a small town in the out-state area, I feel it is important to offer some of these same opportunities to out-state students.
"It is important for each student to be allowed the opportunity to follow their dreams and to be exposed to and explore opportunities beyond their own community - the program opens with an emphasis on achieving your dreams, because for some of the students, this may be the first time they have seen a person sharing their background who is an attorney, a DEA agent, a probation officer, or even a judge. The message is an important one: 'If we can do it, you can do it.'"
The small town boy who grew up to be a federal judge is humbled by the honor being bestowed upon him. "I feel that it is a privilege to be honored by the Kingsland School Board and administration. It is important, however, to state that no one does these things on their own. In my case, I owe so very much to my mother and father who not only sent me off to college with a strong set of values and strong work ethic, but taught me how to treat people, while encouraging me to follow my dreams."
Frank lives in the Twin Cities area and is, according to his family, very devoted to his work. "My wife Kathy and I are the parents of five grown daughters, including two sets of twins, and we reside in the Twin Cities metro area. If you asked my wife, children, or close friends what I do in my spare time, they will probably say that I work too much and that it is not normal to enjoy going to work as much as I do.
"I spend time with my children, even though my youngest set of twins is now 23. I do volunteer work in the disability community and serve on the Board for Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers."
When he's truly not at work, he catches up on the news. "I like to read newspapers. My parents taught me how to play 500, and I still play 500 with friends, family members - including my mother and her husband, and others when time permits."
Frank concluded, "I am an average guy who has been lucky along the way and, with a lot of hard work and family support from the time I was born, I have enjoyed a great life with a great family.
"These are difficult times we live in. It is important to use our gifts and talents to give back to our community and to do our best to treat each other with compassion and to lend a helping hand to those most in need. I try to do my part to make the world a better place to live."
The Kingsland School Board and administration will recognize Frank this Friday, Sept. 29, during a homecoming Wall of Honor celebration meal and program. The meal is slated to begin at 5 p.m. in the Kingsland Café at Kingsland High and Elementary School, with a presentation to Frank and his comments to follow at 6 p.m.
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The CFL is expected to announce Friday afternoon in Vancouver that the 2014 Grey Cup — a game many were expecting would be held at Winnipeg's new Investors Group Field — will instead be held at BC Place.
The Vancouver Sun reported on Thursday that B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Michael Copeland, the chief operating officer of the CFL, will both be in attendance on Friday to formally announce Vancouver will host its second Grey Cup game in four seasons.
The Lions also hosted the 2011 Grey Cup, which they won 34-23 over Winnipeg.
The 2014 game was originally supposed to be held in Ottawa, but delays in both renovations to Frank Clair Stadium and the readmission of the Ottawa franchise into the league made that unviable.
Once Ottawa was out of the mix, the Bombers were considered the leading candidate — and had the backing of CFL commissioner Marc Cohon — to christen their new stadium with a Grey Cup game in 2014. But it was revealed last month the Bombers pulled themselves out of the running, although the club denied reports it was because of cost overruns in the construction of Investors Group Field.
"I can tell you from the Winnipeg Blue Bomber perspective that any reports that suggest we wouldn't be able to host the 2014 Grey Cup due to financial restrictions are incorrect," club spokesman Darren Cameron said in a statement Feb. 22.
"What is factual is that it is sometimes better for the overall status of the organization when you are dealing with a brand-new facility, to work out the kinks and get fully acclimated to the new facility before hosting a major event such as the Grey Cup. But financial drawbacks on us possibly hosting in 2014 were not and are not a concern whatsoever. We are in a great financial position to host this event whenever it is appropriate for us to do so."
The Bombers are now expected to make a bid for the 2015 or 2016 Grey Cup game. This year's Grey Cup game is in Regina.
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For nearly 70 years, Western nations have enjoyed the benefits of relative social and political stability, secure borders and affluence. Generations have grown accustomed to the consistency of these circumstances, which has allowed us to believe that this is the norm for countries like ours and that it is natural for these conditions to continue indefinitely. Intellectually of course, thoughtful adults know this is not the case. The intransigent global economic crisis, the global warming debate, on-going tensions in the middle east, desperate refugees arriving at our boarders – these things remind us of the fragility of our good fortune. But we look around us and life seems to go on much as it always has. So we replace our blinders and settle back into comforting patterns of thought and continue as if we are immune to the currents that are reshaping our world.
I used only sepia and silver tones to make these paintings in order to emphasize the stark contrasts that are revealed when we distinguish between what is actually happening and our assorted personal and collective constructed realities. The expression "consensus reality" is beginning to be bandied about by media types and other social commentators to describe the collective version of this phenomenon. Often, buying into a particular consensus reality is a prerequisite for acceptance into a favoured social or political group. We reflexively deny validity to the other group's perspective, while we self-censure to avoid confronting weaknesses in our own. To critique the truth claims of our own peer group is seditious and likely to invite banishment. On an individual level, we may dissociate from qualities that we deny are ours, then project this shadow material onto others and condemn them. We may even block out new revelations and insights by stubbornly and habitually clinging to unproductive attachments and beliefs.
We do these things grounded in certainty that our justifications are unimpeachable;
that all that is delivered to the tabula rasa of our awareness is unmediated, objective truth; that the solution to my conflict with you is for you to privilege my perspective over your own; and that "group-think" is a virtue.
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text: Dr Nicola Rollock In 'Staff' Academic StaffAssociated StaffProfessional Services Staff Back to 'The School of Education' School of EducationSenior Lecturer Deputy Director, Centre for Research in Race & Education Contact details Telephone+44 (0)121 414 email@example.com@NicolaRollock AddressSchool of EducationUniversity of BirminghamEdgbaston, BirminghamB15 2TT, United Kingdom Nicola is a Senior Lecturer within the School of Education and Deputy Director of the Centre for Research in Race & Education. She is interested in practices that enable and challenge the continued manifestation of race inequity in contemporary societies. Understanding the role of privilege and power which are often overlooked in race debates is a key aspect of her work. She is especially interested in the ways in which racially minoritised groups survive, strategise and work to create legitimate, meaningful modes of existence, belonging and notions of self within mainly white spaces. Her work therefore engages with the concept of education in its very broadest sense to include both formal and informal sites of learning and social reproduction. Critical Race Theory is central to her analyses and to facilitating an understanding of the ways in which intersecting forms of identity such as social class and gender work alongside race. Nicola has found the counternarrative (storytelling) aspect of CRT to be a particularly powerful tool for helping to highlight the damaging impact of more subtle forms of racism and has used storytelling in several publications. Qualifications PhD Education, University of London 2006 Awarded a Wingate Scholarship for work of 'exceptional excellence and creativity and which has the potential to make a significant contribution to society' BA Hons Psychology, University of Liverpool 1994 Biography Nicola previously led the Education Programme at the Runnymede Trust where she produced the teaching resource 'Complementing Teachers: A practical guide to promoting race equality in schools'. She also designed and delivered the teacher training programme 'Achieving race equality in schools' to newly qualified and established teachers across England and was commissioned by the Ministry of Defence to train British teachers working at their bases in Germany and Cyprus. Her report reviewing the government's progress in implementing the recommendations from the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry was debated in Parliament and, more recently she was called to give evidence to the Liberal Democrats Race Equality Taskforce. Nicola has written for both academic and lay audiences and her work has appeared across several print media including The Observer, The Guardian, The Evening Standard and The Voice newspaper. Teaching Dr Rollock teaches on the BA Hons in Education covering themes around social justice and educational policy, educational attainment, the school experiences of Black students and their parents; the Black middle classes and education; academic success and teacher training. She is module lead for Educational Policy & Social Justice and co-module lead for Debating Matters and also teaches on the Equality & Diversity module. Postgraduate supervision Nicola supervises a number of students including Karen Graham (EdD) who is researching How school prepares men for prison and April-Louise Pennant who is researching The educational journeys and experiences of Black females within the English education system Research Current research Parents' Strategies into Education & Employment (SEE project) This project was developed as a direct result of the Black middle classes project (see below) which found that Black parents were working in relative isolation as they sought to get their children through school. Designed as action research, the SEE project works with Black parents (from all social backgrounds) through a series of informal 'Conversation Groups' to capture their challenges and successes in engaging with the education system and to share tips on transitioning their children into FE, HE and work. The aim is to develop networks of support to which Black parents can turn for advice on a range of issues including racism, low teacher expectations, assessment and work experience opportunities. This project is being run in collaboration with the Runnymede Trust. Funders: John Lyon's Charity, British Foreign Schools' Society Duration: 2012-2014 Race, Racism and Education 2013 marks 20 years since the racist murder of Black teenager Stephen Lawrence. This 2 year research project considers how much has changed in education as a result of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry (threeof the recommendations focused specifically on education) and related debates. In particular it will consider, through both qualitative and quantitative methods, how race and racism have been understood by policymakers and how this has shaped educational policy. Further information on Race, Racism and Education Funder: Society for Educational Studies Duration: 2013-2015 Previous research (selected) The Educational Strategies of the Black middle classes This project explores the perspectives and experiences of professional Black Caribbean heritage families in relation to education. In particular it examines whether these families use particular strategies to get their children through the education system successfully. This was a qualitative study involving over 70 semi-structured interviews with parents from across England. Further information on The Educational Strategies of the Black Middle Classes Funder: Economic & Social Research Council The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry 10 Years On This project examines the government's progress in meeting the recommendations of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry ten years after its publication in 1999. The report 'The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: 10 Years On' (see Publications) produced as a result of the project provides a detailed analysis of government, academic and voluntary sector research and data. It makes five recommendations which speak to advances made since 1999 and, areas (namely stop and search and the recruitment and retention of Black and minority ethnic officers) requiring further improvement. Funder: StoneAshdown Trust Further information on the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry 10 year on report Other activities Dr Rollock, is featured in the 2014 Powerlist of Britain's most influential Black people. She has been recognised for her research about the Black community, notably, the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry and the Black middle classes both of which attracted considerable media and policy interest. She recently gave the keynote Address for the highly prestigious National Union of Journalists' 12th Annual Claudia Jones' Lecture at Thomson Reuters in London in October 2013. Her speech considered the relevance of the term 'post-racial' in the UK context and whether genuine progress had been made in key areas of employment for Black and minority ethnic groups. Listen to the lecture on Race And Racism in a Post-Racial Age Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA) Associate Editor (Europe) Race Ethnicity & Education Journal Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Racial Justice Committee Dr Rollock has been a member of the JRCT Racial Justice Committee since 2009. The role involves reviewing grant applications, supporting the Trust in making decisions about the allocation of funds and, providing support and advice during strategic reviews. Liberal Democrats Race Equality Taskforce Dr Rollock was called to give evidence to the Taskforce during 2012 and provided details of her research into the experiences and attainment of Black students. Her contributions can be read in the report 'Towards Race Equality – a Liberal Democrat Approach' Publications Selected publications Books Rollock, N., Gillborn, D., Vincent, C. & Ball, S. (2015) The Colour of Class: the educational strategies of the Black middle classes. Abingdon, Oxon & New York: Routledge www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415809825/ Refereed Journal Articles Rollock, N. (2014) Race, Class and the 'Harmony of Dispositions', Sociology, 48(3) pp.445-451. http://soc.sagepub.com/content/48/3/445.abstract?rss=1 Rollock, N. (2013) A political investment: revisiting race and racism in the research process. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 34 (4), 492-509 DOI:10.1080/01596306.2013.822617 Rollock, N., Vincent, C., Gillborn, D. & Ball, S. (2013) 'Middle class by profession': Class status and identification amongst the Black middle classes, Ethnicities, 13 (3) pp. 253 - 275. DOI: 10.1177/1468796812467743 Rollock, N. (2012) The Invisibility of race: intersectional reflections on the liminal space of alterity. Special issue: Critical race theory in England, Race Ethnicity & Education,15 (1), pp 65-84 DOI:10.1080/13613324.2012.638864 Rollock, N., Gillborn, D., Ball, S. & Vincent, C. (2011) The Public Identities of the Black middle classes: managing race in public spaces. Sociology, 45 (6), pp1078-1093. DOI:10.1177/0038038511416167 Rollock, N. (2011) Unspoken rules of engagement: navigating racial microaggressions in the academic terrain. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 25 (5), pp 517-532 DOI:10.1080/09518398.2010.543433 Chapters, Reports Rollock, N. (2016) Letter to my Unborn Daughter, My career in the academy – reasons for my mental breakdown, in G. Ladson-Billings & W. Tate (Eds) Covenant Keeper: Derrick Bell's Enduring Education Legacy, New York: Peter Lang Gillborn, D. & Rollock, N (2010) 'Education' A. Bloch & J.Solomos (Eds.) Race and Ethnicity in the 21st Century. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan Rollock, N. (2009) 'Educational Policy and the impact of the Lawrence Inquiry: the view from another sector.' N. Hall, J. Grieve & S. P. Savage (Eds) Policing and the Legacy of Lawrence. Cullompton, Devon: Willan Publishing. Rollock, N. (2009) The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: 10 Years On. London; Runnymede Trust. Download the report for the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry 10 year on The 'Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: 10 Years On' report was debated in Parliament during 2009. The Home Office issued a formal Written Ministerial Statement, responding to each of the report's recommendations. Read the Government's response to the inquiry (PDF, 245KB) Online Media Rollock, N. (2015) Why is it so hard to talk about race in UK universities? The Conversation, 9 February https://theconversation.com/why-is-it-so-hard-to-talk-about-race-in-uk-universities-37299 Rollock, N. (2014) The racism talk: how Black middle class parents are warning their children, The Conversation, 27 October, https://theconversation.com/the-racism-talk-how-black-middle-class-parents-are-warning-their-children-33221 Education Resources Rollock, N. (2013) Ethnicity, Gender & Education Association online resource. Available at: www.genderandeducation.com/resources/inclusion/ethnicity/ Rollock, N. & Gillborn, D. (2011) Critical Race Theory (CRT), British Educational Research Association online resource. Available at: www.bera.ac.uk/category/keywords/critical-race-theory Full publication list for Dr Nicola Rollock


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Family move into their new Habitat home
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Taylor, 11, Jamie 5, and Kaden, 3, show appreciation for the family's Habitat for Humanity home.
Rob and Brandi Perry and their children Jamie, 5, and Kaden, 3, enjoy the large living room-kitchen space in their Habitat for Humanity home on Elm Street in Carroll.
January 27, 2014
For Rob Perry, first came the sweat from countless hours of labor - the "sweat equity" he agreed to invest when his family was selected to receive a new home from the West Central Iowa Affiliate of Habitat for Humanity.
Perry participated in almost every possible build day. In fact, he says, he can remember almost piece by piece how the home on the southeast side of a cul de sac on South Elm Street in Carroll came together.
After the sweat, now comes the reward. Perry, his wife, Brandi, daughters Taylor, 11, and Jamie, 5, and son, Kaden, 3, received the keys to the home in a dedication ceremony on Dec. 1.
The Perrys have lived in the home at 216 S. Elm nearly two months, but Rob said every time he steps into the front door he's in awe that his family has been so blessed.
"I sit here sometimes after the kids have gone to bed, I look around and really play close attention to the ceiling," Rob says, pointing to a corner in the kitchen, "because I can remember the order in which the different pieces went in. That was the actual first piece of drywall we hung, that ceiling piece right there. I can remember it very specifically."
He recalls working alongside Carroll physician John Evans, going beyond the evening's build time to complete the roof on an upstairs bathroom area.
"We wanted to get that bathroom ceiling finished, and we stayed past the build hours to get it done."
At the time, Perry didn't know the volunteer he was working next to that evening was a physician until someone addressed Evans as "Doc."
"I didn't know at the time that he was a doctor," Perry said, "because he was up there roofing, just being one of the guys. To think that a physician, whose hands are so trained and skilled, would be up there roofing a house, is mind-baffling. I'm so appreciative. All the volunteers who were here were just awesome."
Indeed, Perry says the entire building experience - the more than 3,000 hours of work by approximately 275 to 300 volunteers from June to December, the food made for volunteers by church groups, the gifts from vacation Bible school students and others - followed by the dedication ceremony was awesome.
"I still have communication with some of them frequently," Perry says of volunteers, "because they're almost like second family."
Many of the volunteers, building-project leaders, Habitat officials along with Rob and Brandi's family and friends, were on hand for the dedication, led by St. John Lutheran Church Pastor Cindy Johnson, wishing the Perrys many years of blessedness in their new home.
"Wow! It was very emotional," Rob says. "You could feel the sincerity, that the people who were here for the ceremony were thrilled to be a part of it."
At the ceremony, Rob said he was very thankful to all the people who played a part in the project.
"It was finally reality. We put in all this sweat, all this time and all this energy," he says.
Rob says he and his family already felt very blessed, but one of the gifts they received at the ceremony reinforced for them how special this project was.
The Perrys received a shadow box displaying tree roots that had taken the shape of a cross. The roots were found during the ground work for the home, built on the former site of a tree nursery.
"There was definitely a plan that was put into place here," Rob says. "I don't think it was any one particular person's actions. But it really made sense that God was the meaning behind all of it. Since then, my wife and I have been debating where we're going to attend church. It's really opened up our eyes. The whole experience has been phenomenal."
Pastor Johnson said at the dedication that the home was obviously built with love, Rob says.
He adds, "And you can see it with everybody who had a hand in it - a lot of time, energy and effort put into the design of the home and the care that was put into it."
The new home is a big move for the Perrys, who had lived in an apartment and then a rental home since they moved to Carroll in February 2011. This is the first time they've owned a home.
Rob is a native of Altoona, graduated from Southeast Polk High School in 1997 and received an education degree from Drake University in Des Moines in 2001. After college, he taught junior-high math five years at St. Anthony Catholic School in Des Moines; served as operations manager for Blue Beacon, a multi-chain semi-truck wash service; and then taught intellectually and developmentally challenged children at ChildServe in Johnston.
"I just loved that field," he says of ChildServe position.
He became a residential supervisor at New Hope in Carroll in October 2010.
Brandi, a daughter of Corey Stout of Rockwell City and Kandie Stout of Grand Junction, graduated from Rockwell City-Lytton High School in 2006 and then took courses at Kaplan University in Des Moines. She works at New Hope in direct support staff.
The Perrys' children are Jamie, 5, who attends preschool at Fairview Elementary and Head Start at New Opportunities; and Kaden, 3, who attends Head Start preschool. Rob is also dad and Brandi stepmom to 11-year-old Taylor, 11, a sixth-grader in Des Moines.
The kids expressed their excitement throughout the build.
"They were saying, 'I want to see my room' even before there was any drywall up, there were just boards on the roof, the trusses were up but there was no plywood on the roof,," Rob says. "They've had ownership in it from day one. We all have."
To make their new home feel even more special, Jamie and Kaden both had the opportunity to select an accent-color wall for their bedrooms. Jamie's is magenta hot pink, since she wanted a "princess room." And Kaden's is deep blue, resembling his favorite character, Lightning McQueen, from the Disney animated movie "Cars."
The single-level home has a sandstone beige vinyl exterior. Upstairs in the approximately 1,020-square-foot home there's a large open living room/kitchen area, three bedrooms and a bathroom. The walls, ceiling, carpet, kitchen tile and countertops all feature neutral colors, such as eggshell white walls and bright white ceiling; gray, brown and tan kitchen tile, and brown and granite kitchen countertop.
During a tour of the home, the Perrys point out the numerous closets and the convenience of a light switch in each clothes closet. On Kaden's bed is a quilt given to the family by the St. John Lutheran Church summer vacation Bible school, who made Habitat for Humanity a focus of their study and activities last year. The class decorated the quilt by students placing a handprint on each square.
"(Kaden) calls it his hand blanket" and sleeps with it every night, Rob says.
The home's full basement has a finished bathroom with shower, laundry room and large unfinished room that the children use as their "art room" and where Kaden drives his small battery-powered 4-wheeler.
The high-quality workmanship, insulation and heat-pump system make the home highly energy-efficient, Rob says, noting, "The energy bills are nothing compared with everywhere we've lived so far."
The home's spacious lot gives the kids plenty of room to run, along with the family's nearly 1-year-old boxer dog, Sophie.
"The kids love it here," Rob says. "It's quiet. And right now it's as windy as all-get-out, but it's nice and quiet in here. It's great. And the neighborhood is ideal."
Habitat for Humanity says it's a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian ministry founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a decent, safe and affordable place to live. Habitat homes are built by volunteers under trained supervision. Site supervisor for the Perrys' home was Ken Ahrenholtz of Manilla, who was also instrumental in a Habitat project in Manning in 2012.
Habitat families receive interest-free loans, however, they must put "sweat equity" into the construction.
Habitat West Central Iowa affiliate treasurer Diane Renneke of Carroll says Rob Perry's dedication to this build was outstanding.
"The part that made it the best," she says, "is that was Rob always right there next to the volunteers. That means so much to the volunteers when they see the homeowner there working alongside them and appreciating the time the volunteers are putting into the home. I don't think Rob missed more than four or five days of the whole build. He always wanted to be there."
The West Central Iowa Habitat affiliate, which serves Carroll, Audubon, Crawford and Shelby counties, now has built 15 homes - five in Carroll, four in Harlan, two each in Manning and Denison, and one each in Glidden and Audubon.
Rob and Brandi say their home is a work-in-progress. They hope to install an automatic dishwasher and finish the basement with a family room and guest bedroom. One of the first improvements will be construction of a swing set donated by First United Methodist Church in Carroll.
"It's awesome. There's tons of room to grow into," Rob says of the home.
The Perrys celebrated Christmas in their new home and have welcomed visits by family and friends.
"There are so many memories already with this home," Rob says, "I can only imagine what future memories there will be."
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