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As Thursday afternoon wore on, the spring sun stretched long over the field outside West Kildonan Collegiate, glinting off the grass and the goalposts.
It was, in other words, a perfect day for a couple of high school field lacrosse games.
"I'm sure the boys had something to do with that," said West Kildonan coach Lorne Sanders, who smiled and pointed skyward to the sun. To the memory of those now gone, the memory of two young lacrosse stars lost too soon, too young.
'It feels good to be here' — Cory Henkewich
JD Lysack. Kelly Clay. The KC-JD Field Lacrosse Classic that played out at West Kildonan on Thursday bore their names, and it will happen every year. It opened with a tilt between Glenlawn and River East, but the main event was a match between two rival north Winnipeg teams. On one side were the West Kildonan Wolverines Clay played for until shortly before he died in 2010. On the other was the Garden City squad that Lysack helped build and was coaching at the time of his death in 2012.
On this beautiful Thursday, the Wolverines won the match 4-1, and will add their name to the KC-JD Classic's shiny trophy.
But the Classic wasn't really about the final score. It was a chance for a tight-knit lacrosse community to get together and just... remember.
"We really felt it would help the whole community in the healing process," Sanders said. "Kelly and JD would have wanted this. I think they'd be really proud."
You see, Lysack and the vivacious Clay were friends as well as lacrosse rivals, and above all else they loved the game. Lysack was a Garden City grad, who along with lifelong friend Cory Henkewich helped start the field lacrosse team there. When Clay died in April 2010, felled in a bar fight at just 18 years old, the community was stunned. In tribute, the Wolverines organized the first Kelly Clay Classic in May 2012, looking to draw something special from a tragedy so senseless.
Lysack helped coach Garden City in that inaugural event named after his friend. Later that month, he collapsed during a game, and didn't recover. He was just 20 years old.
"It's surreal to be here without him," said Henkewich, coach of the Garden City team. "I remember when he was here, we would talk about Kelly like this. It's really bizarre to think about... but in a good way. It's nice that everybody can get together, and spread the word, and come out and support it."
As he said this, Henkewich adjusted the bright yellow bandana wrapped around his head. The whole Garden City team was wearing them, a nod to the way they remember Lysack best: A kid with a bright bandanna and a great big grin, with a Slurpee in his hand. A guy who'd always answer his phone if someone needed a ride, or a friend.
"We had each other's backs," Henkewich said. "It feels good to be here. It's nice that he's not forgotten. For me, I know I'll never forget. I think about him every day. But it's nice to know that they recognize JD and Kelly, and it's two north Winnipeg schools battling it out for our respective schools, and also for who came before us and who helped our sport get to where it is today."
It is in part their legacy, perhaps, that field lacrosse in Manitoba is growing, up to over 200 players at the high school level this year.
In that growth, Sanders can see the influence of the two kids he once coached.
"Both those boys touched a lot of people," Sanders said. "They put lots back in the game. They were great players. But you know what? They were great kids. They were just awesome kids."


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Five more Jews will be put on trial on June 3rd. on charges of participation in the disturbances which took place in Vilna last November, the Vilna district court has decided.
One of the accused is a woman named Sarah Krisowska, the only woman who has so far been put on trial in connection with the November disturbances. She is accused of having together with several Jews armed with iron cudgels attacked Christians in the streets on the day of the disturbances.

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Attached to what looks like a go-kart, the vehicle is similar to a camouflaged Tumbler in the design and color departments.
A brand new picture taken from Pittsburgh, where "The Dark Knight" is currently shooting, has just landed online. The image features a never-before-seen vehicle which is rumored to be a new elaborate version of Batwing.
The mobile indeed is attached to some sort of go-kart to make it look like a flying car. It has a design and color in similar vein to a camouflaged Tumbler which was spotted numerous times during the filming in the city since the past few weeks.
Along with the picture of a new vehicle, an on-set footage of the movie hit the web. It features Joseph Gordon-Levitt filming a scene in snow-covered set. Wearing a warm coat, the depicter of John Blake is seen walking across the street after Tumbler drives away.
Rumor that Batman has a new vehicle has circled around the web for quite some time. At first, it was reported that the superhero would fly a plane, but a Batcopter was later mentioned as his new ride. Back then, it's said the vehicle was built from two attack helicopters in the same design as the Bat Mobile.
A sequel to 2008's "The Dark Knight", this movie is planned for summer 2012 release. Christian Bale reprises his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman, and Christopher Nolan returns to directing seat. Tom Hardy is booked to tackle villainous Bane, and Anne Hathaway is added to portray Selina Kyle/Catwoman.
How Anne looks like as Catwoman in the movie has been revealed in an official still which shows her wearing a skintight black jumpsuit and googles. The new look at the thief feline drew mixed reactions from fans, but the actress shrugged it off.
"I was not going to admit it: I asked someone to send me a few reactions [to the photo], and I happen to know that MTV's reaction was 'meh'," she shared. "What I am happy to say is, if you didn't like the photo, you only see about a 10th of what that suit can do. And if you did like the photo, you have excellent taste."
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Russian Strawberry Dumplings – Vareniki s Klubnikoy
Easy and delicious Russian-Ukrainian dish. We love to eat it in any form and any fillings.
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/2 cup cold water
2 cups fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
1/2 cup sugar
2-3 tbsp butter
1 cup sour cream
Combine flour, salt, egg and water in the bowl of a electric mixer with the dough hook in place. Mix for 1-2 minute at low speed, then raise the speed to moderate and beat for 5 minutes; the dough should be smooth and elastic. Form dough into ball, completely cover with plastic wrap, and allow to rest for 30 minutes or more.
Roll out dough about 1/8 inch thick and cut into 3-inch circles a cookie cutter (or you can use a glass). Fill each with a teaspoon of sliced strawberries and little sugar (about 1/2 tsp). Fold it and seal.
Cook vareniki (5-7 at a time) in pot of salted boiling water 3-5 minutes, remove from pot with a slotted spoon, serve hot with butter and sour cream.
2 Responses to "Russian Strawberry Dumplings – Vareniki s Klubnikoy"
These look so good. I have to try your recipe. I grew up on vareniki and just recently made my first batch! My kids were all over them. I did healthify the original recipe. If you want to check it out, here is a link. http://cuceesprouts.com/2010/09/vareniki/ Looking forward reading more of your recipes 🙂


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07 April 2013
Introduction to the Neoreaction
Generally, when I'm asked to explain "What is a neoreactionary?" (perhaps using alternative terms such as nu-reaction or the Dark Enlightenment), my response is to point elsewhere, at Moldbug or at Nick Land, or even at Scott Alexander's outsider's view.
However, good sources though they are, they're not always appropriate. They're all extremely verbose. Moldbug and Alexander are really writing for very politically aware progressives, and Land is even more abstruse. Moldbug is the Jeremy Clarkson of political philosophy: while I find his style of presentation highly enjoyable, there's no doubt that many others find it unbearable.
So maybe we need a more concise introduction.
The Concise Introduction
For five hundred years, there have been attempt to reorder human society on the basis that hereditary privilege, and many other kinds of inequality between humans, are unjust. Reformers have attempted to alter systems of government and other institutions of society with the goal of reducing or eliminating these injustices.
These reformers have consistently underestimated the difficulty of getting people to cooperate in a society. The intellectual techniques of science and engineering that produced miracles in terms of manipulating the natural world, have, time after time, failed catastrophically to improve the lives of humans through changing government and society.
There are a number of reasons for this: For one thing, humans are much more complex than any of the parts and tools with which engineers have made machines. They will not fit in where they are put. Attempts to persuade or compel them to fit into the machine have to be built into the machine themselves, and end up changing the functioning of the machine so much that it no longer achieves its intended goal.
Most importantly, humans have evolved to compete for influence and power, by violence and by deceit. Any reform which attempts to limit or remove the power of the holders of power creates a competition for that power, which will lead to spectacular efforts by everybody else to win it. The innovations that will be produced by such high-stakes competition are impossible to predict or plan for.
Meanwhile, developments in technology have improved people's lives so much that the calamitous decline in quality of government has been disguised. All mainstream political factions are intellectual descendants of the original reformers, and none have any interest in fairly comparing present-day government with traditional government. Those that are called "conservatives" are only reformers who oppose the most recently enacted or proposed reforms: none of them question the principle or the intellectual basis of progressivism.
Most neoreactionary writing consists of detailed criticism of particular progressive reforms, with particular emphasis on the flaws in one specific idea — democracy.
Ultimately, however, if after all these centuries of trying to improve society based on abstract ideas of justice have only made life worse than it would have been under pre-Enlightenment social systems, the time has come to simply give up the whole project and revert to traditional forms whose basis we might not be able to establish rationally, but which have the evidence of history to support them.
Neoreaction for Reactionaries
Some of the inquiries I spoke of at the beginning have come from old-fashioned reactionaries. The short answer for them is that it doesn't matter. Neoreaction is not a new, better form of reaction that you should be upgrading to — rather, you've found a short-cut past what for us has generally been a long and laborious journey, one that has mostly passed through libertarianism or other forms of liberalism. A lot of our discussion will seem wrong-headed to you, and your theology is mostly irrelevant to us, but when the subject is more immediately practical, we are likely to be closer together.
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- Miklos Hollender said...
One question, mostly about democracy and competition to power. Do I understand it right? That in a monarchical rule for example if the ruler really sucks, there will be a revolution anyway. Of course in the case of typical modern tyrants who arm and pay their own armies it is hard, but in more traditional systems where the army of a state is basically a militia of armed citizens it is fairly easy to revolt. So lack of competition for power does not mean the ruler may be a tyrant and do anything. Similarly, democracy is not the only chance to stop tyrants.
Now, do I get that right that democracy basically makes revolution constant? Instead of a revolution being a special, rare thing for cases when the ruler is really bad, once every ten generations, it becomes a constant stage of living in?
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- Anomaly UK said...
The hope is for a ruler who is hard to overthrow, and which will thus be able to concentrate on ruling effectively (in his own interest) rather than securing power and persecuting dissidents.
"Tyranny" is generally a smaller problem for Monarchy than incompetence is. There is some level of incompetence that will make revolution possible, but you would hope to live your whole life without ever experiencing that. People who remember other forms of government, like democracy, would put up with a bad King rather than damage the system just to get rid of him.
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- Miklos Hollender said...
But... many people are content with democracy. I mean the core issue is human quality. The average person wants nothing but the treacherous freedom to pursue his own petty subjective desires + the a leg up from government, preferebly in a form of free money. Democracy is happy to deliver that.
So either we find a way to improve human quality first, or we will have to wait until it collapses and then the argument will not be that there is something better than democracy, but rather than democracy is inherently unstable.
- 11:35 am UTC
I can understand the concept of a social structure with a single individual holding ultimate authority and responsibility. Nothing new there. If the monarchy mechanism is so much better than the alternatives, then why aren't the world's most powerful countries ruled by monarchs? It seems to me that Darwinism would have sorted this out already.
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- Anomaly UK said...
@TomA — that's a good first question. The answer is that the ideology of democracy got so popular that even Kings started to believe it.
* Recap of the fall of Monarchism
* Failure modes of monarchy
* Blame the devil
Weakened by the bad ideology, the final destruction of monarchy in the developed world was at Versailles. (I see the first world war as largely an ideological war against monarchy by the democratic countries, though geopolitical rivalries put the Russian Empire on the wrong side. That's debatable, but that the settlement at Versailles was deliberately meant to eliminate monarchy isn't).
The obvious next question after that is why the better-functioning governments in the world today are democracies. That's also covered in the blog, e.g. Two Kinds of Democracy . The brief view: successful democracies are not as democratic as they look, though they get more democratic, and less effective, over time. Britain has only been what people today would call a democracy for a hundred years.
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I cannot fathom the full depths of thought and wisdom spewed forth by you, MM, NL and your ilk, such as you are. I do get your points, and cannot, even as devil's advocate, effectively refute the ideas you put forth. In other words, yeah, my little noggin see a bit of sense in your thoughts.
Howver, in the case of just one geopolitical entity, the USA, if you could roll back the clock to, say 1780, and you could influence the writing of the constitution,but knew that you wouldn't 'win' the argument for a non-republican system, what would you have tried to change in the constitution to stave off, if not eliminate, the democratic virus that plagues the USA today?
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hey hey hey AUK......
do you not have an answer to my previous question about the USA and tweaking it's Constitution? Thanks.
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Former Morehead State star and current Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried has been named to the roster of the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge at All-Star Weekend in Houston on Feb. 15th.
This season, Faried has averaged 11.8 points, 9.7 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.04 steals in 46 games (all starts). He is tied for 12th in the NBA in rebounds per game, eighth in offensive rebounds per game (3.6) and 11th in field goal percentage (.547). He also ranks 15th in the NBA with 19 double-doubles.
"I definitely think he's earned it," Nuggets Head Coach George Karl said. "His last 82 games, since last year and this year, I think he's one of the top five players in that class. He's also a guy that continues to improve and is a pivotal part of our success, so I'm glad he's being rewarded and I hope he has a great weekend."
Additionally, the sophomore forward was named the Western Conference Player of the Week for games ending Nov. 11, with averages of 16.8 points, 12.8 rebounds and 1.75 blocks while helping Denver to a 4-0 record for the week.
Faried becomes the ninth Nugget (Rose, McDyess, Fortson, B. Jackson, LaFrentz, Posey, Nene, Anthony) to be selected to play in the game.


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The next-gen console war continues to go poorly for the Xbox One while the Playstation 4 is doing exceedingly well. Sony released its financial report for the quarter ending June 30, 2014 which revealed that the PS4 and PS3 old three times as many consoles as the Xbox One and Xbox 360. It actually could be much worse than that.
According to a Sony document, the PS4 and PS3 sold 3.5 million consoles worldwide between the months of April and June 2014. Meanwhile, a Microsoft earnings report released last week revealed that the Xbox One and Xbox 360 pushed 1.1 million units during the same time period.
Why do both companies combine different console numbers into a single sales figure? It's never been officially explained, but it serves to obfuscate the real sales numbers of the consoles since the NPD decision in 2014 to stopping sharing actual sales numbers with the general public. The result is new ways to spin sales numbers from publishers.
With that out of the way, the 3-to-1 sales ratio could actually be better or worse depending on your console perspective. The Playstation 3 likely sold in the neighborhood of around 500,000 for those months based on previous sales performance, which puts the sales of the PS4 at approximately 3 million.
Meanwhile, the Xbox 360 sold approximately 800,000 units between January and March 2014 per Microsoft's financial earnings. If we conjecture that the downward sales trend of the console also puts it around 500,000 units sold between April and June 2014, then that means the Xbox One sold only around 600,000 consoles.
That's a huge change in the landscape looking at just the next-gen consoles. The ratio suddenly tilts from the PS4 and PS3 outselling the Xbox One and 360 by a 3-to-1 margin to the PS4 outselling the Xbox One by a 6-to-1 margin.
It's important to remember that all of these numbers are what is shipped to retailers. Part of the reason for this sudden trend is due to retail channels being stuffed with Xbox One with Kinect consoles during the holidays and the first quarter of the year. Consumers, especially in Europe, have generally balked at paying $500 for the Kinect bundle. By the time the Kinect-less Xbox One was released in June, retail channels were still trying to clear out older bundles.
Microsoft has worked hard to turn around its image following the E3 2013 Xbox One reveal debacle that saw the scrapping of several policies that were seen as anti-consumer and focused on entertainment over games. New Xbox head Phil Spencer has openly communicated with fans over Twitter, Microsoft announced the closure of the Xbox Entertainment Division, and Microsoft's E3 2014 presentation was a steady stream of games and only games.
These changes, plus the new $399.99 Xbox One, have not yet had time to take effect. The second half of 2014 will be the most telling in the PS4 and Xbox One as big releases from Destiny to Halo: The Master Chief Collection to Driveclub to Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare begin hitting. We'll see then if the Xbox One is able to keep up with the PS4 or if we have already begun to the beginning of a preference cascade towards Sony's latest console, which still has the advantage in hardware power.
What do you think of these console sales numbers? Is Playstation the king once again and the Xbox One doomed or is there still a chance at a close console race? Sound off in the comments below.
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Here's a quiz: What four-letter noun is a "sheared, poisoned, monotonous, sterile landscape," created by human acts that are "immoral," "evil" and "flagrantly wasteful of drinking water and our non-renewable resources?" Hint: You won't find that definition in the dictionary. Those are descriptions offered over the years by naturalist Lorrie Otto, godmother of the movement known as natural landscaping. And the answer lies in that patch of green that Americans spend more than $25 billion a year to create and maintain: the lawn.
For more than four decades, Otto has waged a campaign to conserve natural habitat and its wildlife—starting with her own yard in Bayside, Wisconsin, and ranging as far afield as the national debate in the 1960s over banning the pesticide DDT. "More than anyone else, Lorrie Otto brought the whole idea of natural landscaping to the public's view," says naturalist Craig Tufts, manager of NWF's Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program.
As one might imagine after reading her incendiary words, Otto's goal has never been to make herself popular—but she has perfected an art of diplomacy with which she always seems to make her point in the long run. She started her habitat advocacy in the 1950s by encouraging native plants to grow in her front yard. Her aim then was simply to give her two children an interesting place to play and learn. Soon, the profusion of goldenrods, asters, blackcap raspberries and other plants not normally seen in Bayside yards brought objections.
Then, one day while Otto was home folding laundry in the basement, village workers showed up and mowed down the little bit of wilderness, without notice and without permission. That's when Otto the diplomat emerged. She persuaded village officials to accompany her on a tour of her yard, during which she described the wonders of everything that had been chopped. The authorities then paid her a settlement.
Otto's next big test took her out of the garden. She learned in the late 1950s of plans to develop a nearby 20-acre woodland known as Fairy Chasm. Otto worked for a decade to conserve this native wildlife habitat and its wildflowers, alerting and educating botanists, reporters and neighbors. She finally triumphed in 1969, when the Nature Conservancy purchased Fairy Chasm.
During her fight to save that woodland, Otto began noticing a terrible phenomenon: dead birds. The culprit was DDT, which communities across the country sprayed to control mosquitoes and the beetle that causes Dutch Elm disease. Otto worked hard to raise awareness of DDT's effects, and was even known to carry dead birds to pull out when she wanted to make the point that the pesticide was killing wildlife. In the late 1960s, she was a prime mover behind state hearings that led to the banning of DDT in Wisconsin, and her work helped bring about the national ban in 1972.
Next, Otto turned her attention to natural landscapers who ran afoul of local weed and lawn-height ordinances, assembling a team of experts to help defend the gardeners in court. In a landmark case in 1976, the team successfully helped defend U.S. Forest Service biologist Donald Hagar, who was charged with violating the weed ordinance in New Berlin, Wisconsin. By the time the trial was over, the defense had shown that Hagar's wild yard did not create a fire hazard, was not a health menace and did not depreciate local property values. The case helped set a precedent for similar cases around the country, with Otto often helping the defense.
But most of all, Otto's influence has altered the way legions of Americans see their yards. First, she makes people see carpets of grass as unnatural, sterile places that require several types of killing—of weeds, insects, fungus and competing plants—usually with poisons. And she points out that lawns consume both the oil that fuels mowers and far more water than would local native plants. Most of all, Otto helps people appreciate the alternative to lawns—beautiful natural environments that provide habitat for all manner of wildlife. "People should be forced to have natural plants, not grass," she has said.
Today, Otto, at 77, seems untiring. Her yard is a nationally recognized showpiece, with hundreds of wildflower and grass species, in bloom from early spring to late fall. She is active in the Wild Ones, a national group of natural landscapers, hosts cable television shows and lectures around the country. And if you're lucky enough to get a tour of her yard, she's apt to dig up a plant for your own garden.


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Have you ever been confused about the proper pair of gloves to wear while attending a formal luncheon? Would you like to definitively settle the debate about the proper volume at which to carry on conversations with your dining companions? If so, The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette should top your reading queue. It offers an interesting look at the manners and conventions of a bygone era, as well as many surprisingly timeless tips for comporting oneself with dignity and grace in all situations.
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After having a issue with whether or not my filter was cleaned on their last visit the company sent back out Josh to dig the area up and clean the filter to my septic. He was very nice and informative. They did this at no charge and were very willing to make it right and have a happy customer. I would rate their customer service excellent in regards to Josh who came out and did the work and Ricky the owner who wanted to make sure I was completely satisfied.
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Olde Freehold Day to Make a Return
There are 74 comments on the Patch.com story from Apr 5, 2011, titled Olde Freehold Day to Make a Return. In it, Patch.com reports that:
Showers. Breezy with highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds around 20 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
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#1 Apr 5, 2011
Get your sheets out and get ready for a good ole boys rally at the lake.
#2 Apr 6, 2011
Ted, you relly are a sick f*ck. Get some help, dude!
#3 Apr 6, 2011
You mean like the time you punched your own jeep window out because you were pissed that a Mexican guy had a parking spot? I think you should put YOUR sheet on. It belongs well with the FV crowd.
#4 Apr 6, 2011
i am against the name "olde freehold day" because it suggests a time when freehold practised segregation and bigotry openly.. do we really want to be reminded of this awful time in freehold's history.. that is what this name olde freehold day reminds me of.. why cant it be named just "old freehold day or something else that is not so negative.. if we celebrate "olde freehold day" i have no other recourse but to picket and to remind how freehold was and perhaps still is.. i wish that freehold would come into the 21st century and get past the ideas of segregation, bigotry and harassment..........
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#5 Apr 6, 2011
Tom is right. Old Freehold is not a good thing and there is still racist attitudes running the town. How much of Freehold will really be represented at the festival? Latino's are now the largest group. Will that festival rightly show that?
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#6 Apr 13, 2011
Tom is right. This puts Freehold in poor light and sends the wrong message.
#7 Apr 13, 2011
thanks to all of the folks that agree with me.. i also respect the opinions of the people that do not agree with me.. i just wish that there are more people like shelly and new freehold in this community that are fair minded and wish to leave a shameful time in our community where it is, in the past.. i only hope that someday people like councilman kane and others like him wake up and face the fact that segregation and bigotry are ugly and yes, illegal.. celebrating "olde freehold day" is something that should not be done......
#8 Apr 20, 2011
i went to the council meeting this past monday.. i again brought up my objections regarding celebrating olde freehold day.. i also questioned why the boro residents are receiving a tax hike when the budget is supposedly staying flat.. it is interesting the surronding cities are not having their real estate taxes increased.. mayor wilson told me he would not dignify my questions with any type of answer and advised all of the council members not to answer me also.. i feel that these are legitimate concerns and should have received some sort of answer.. this is typical "bring it on" wilson.. i am so very glad that this arrogant man is not running for reelection..... jan. l cannot come fast enough for me...
#9 Apr 21, 2011
Mr. Baldwin I was at the council meeting. Your statement that other towns not having tax increses is false. Most Monmouth Co. towns are seeing increses in taxes thanks to Christy's cutbacks of state aid over the last two years. I also listened to your hateful, racist bigoted comments regarding Freehold and Old Freehold Day. I applaud the Mayor stating that your'e questions were not worthy of an answer. Keep up thegood work!
#10 Apr 22, 2011
was there
thank you for your comments, at least you had the courage to comment. about the tax increases, i repeat that the towns in our area have not increased taxes.. about my "hateful, racist and bigoted" remarks.. apparently, you do not know or deny the history of freehold.. all of the remarks i have said about freehold's old history and recent history are true, no matter how you and people like you deny it or want to hide it.. as late as 2004, this city tried to deny some of our residents their civil rights, and the people that tried to help them were harassed by the police dept and code enforcement. i was one of them and so was my wife.. i can back up every statement that i made.. my remarks may not be popular, but they are true.. i realize that the past cannot be changed.. i just want this town to move ahead and not celebrate the ugly past.. unless you have experienced segregation, hate and bigotry, you are not qualified to judge me and my thought processes.. continue to keep your head in the sand
#11 Apr 22, 2011
Mr Baldwin,
With all due respect, I appreciate your thoughts and respect them. I do agree unless you have lived through harassment or hatred you can not understand it. With all that being said, almost all RACES in America have dealt with these situations. Not only African Americans but Irish, Italian, Spanish, the list goes on and on!
I agree that Olde Freehold wasn't a perfect place, yet either was Olde America. Sadly, we must reflect on our past with pride and sadness! Anyone who has been oppressed is sad! Freehold has and probably will always be a Melting pot! I think we as a town, have made great strides forward. We have had elected officials from all walks of life, religious and ethnic. Sure Freehold isnt perfect but we had a council president last year and a re-elected official that is African American.
With all that being said, instead of putting Freehold down like you often do, why not praise it for its growth. Sure, we still need to fix some areas but we have come a long way! Racism is NEVER ok, and shouldn't be forgotten, but how do we move forward if you cant let it go. Your oppressing people for acts that they had nothing to do with, these people are long gone, dead!
Lets embrace Freehold, wither the day is called olde or new, stop the hate and move forward sir!
#12 Apr 23, 2011
come on now
i thank you also for your comments, which i feel were well thought out and concilitiory. i do agree that the past should be forgotten, and i also agree that many groups of people have suffered in this country before being fully accepted. that is exactly my point. i cannot understand why my comments are considered hateful or otherwise. they are certainly not intended to be so. i do not agree also that freehold has made great strides.. my group had to sue the town government in federal court for violating civil rights and harassment in 2004. as far as electing a afro american to the town council, that was a giant step, but i have also to add that when the mayor had a chance to appoint a councilman, he chose a man that founded the "people group" and who also was criticized and had to apologize publicy for remarks he made about the latino population.. this is what i mean by the term, "olde freehold days" which to me is a reminder of a very sad time in freehold history.. this is what i want left in the past.
i thank you again for your remarks.. they sound like a voice of reason.. i wish i could agree with everything you said, but i feel that there is room for us to meet in the middle......tom baldwin
#13 Apr 24, 2011
Mr Baldwin, with all due respect, you shouldn't be too proud of you having to "sue the town government in federal court." Your actions took away money from hardworking citizens in town, who now have to pay higher taxes, because of the lawsuit. If anyone should have to publicly apologize, it should be you. You are certainly no hero. And after all, you are a traitor for defending people who don't have the right to live here over hardworking, tax-paying Freehold residents. You should be ashamed.
#14 Apr 24, 2011
I agree with Bernice. You should be ashamed. Freehold will be a better place when you pass on, sorry to say. Your time has come.
The people you constantly bash, such as the mayor and councilman levine, have done wonderful things in town. Name one thing you've done sir. And you're older than the both of them. You seem to waste all of your energy on pointing out problems and criticizing others, instead of helping with solutions. No one needs that. We need positivity in this town.
#15 Apr 25, 2011
Jimmy that is a horrible statement. You should be ashamed and embarrassed by your remarks. You are typical freehold trash!
Mr Baldwin, i agree with the "comments" made by the founder of the "people" group, were wrong and after his last election, the people of Freehold spoke and knocked him right off his high horse!!
Mr baldwin, i have alot of respect for your views. Thank you for sharing them and I hope they change the name of olde freehold day!
#16 Apr 25, 2011
i am sorry to have had to be a part of the lawsuit that sued the city, i am not sorry that i was a part of the lawsuit that sued the town government for violating civil rights.. of course, i am not any kind of hero and never claimed to be.. your call me a traitor.. i reject that..a traitor does not volunteer to go to war to try to help protect his country and citizens like yourself that will attack someone that has tried to help people less fortunate then myself.. i guess you would call me a traitor because i violated the laws of segregation and bigotry..i will never ever apologize to someone like you.. who the ---- do you think you are?
#17 Apr 25, 2011
thank you for your hateful remarks. keep them coming, so other people in this town understands that there are many other people like yourself here that have a lot of hatred.. as far as levine and wilson are concerned, true they have done things that have benefitted the city and especially in mr. levine's case, however, sad to say both mr. levine and mayor wilson have done many things which are well documented to hurt a lot of people in this city, including myself and my family.. i will continue to voice my opinions concerning anything i feel like.. i have earned this right and no one like will ever stop me.. i do not have to put up with the hatred and bigotry that a lot of people show in this city. what have i done for this city??? i pay my taxes
#18 Apr 25, 2011
thank you for your kind words of encouragement.. you know, sometimes i feel like i am swimming against the current all the time and sometimes, i get very discouraged.. i cannot understand why there are so many people in this world that are ready to embrace hatered for other people that are not in their inner circle and are willing to bash people for expressing views that do not agree with theirs.. words of encouragement are very helpful and keeps me going.. i just hope that one day before i die that i do not have to oppose the hateful views of others. i wish i could ignore these views, but my dna wont allow me to........
#19 Apr 25, 2011
why has this become a bash Mr Baldwin session? He is speaking his mind, backing it up with proof and facts and still there is so much hate!
Mr Baldwin, hats off to you! Your right, Jimmy is the exact kind of person that makes me sad to be a member of the Freehold Community. I embrace people based on there actions and character, not color or religous belief!
#20 Apr 25, 2011
Really now this has gone far enough. Tom, I understand your feelings and am really sorry you had to endure such evil acts of hate just because of your skin color. What's done in town was done let's all move on. Any day can be our last
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State appeals Raucci pension ruling
The state Attorney General's office is appealing a ruling that appears to put convicted arsonist Steven Raucci's pension off-limits to his victims.
In the ruling, state Supreme Court Justice Roger D. McDonough sided with Raucci's wife, Shelley, finding Raucci's more than $5,700 per month pension payout is protected under state pension law.
The Attorney General's office, representing the state Office of Victims Services, filed its notice of appeal last week.
If the ruling stands, Shelley Raucci's attorney, Frank Putorti, said Monday, it would keep Raucci's pension off-limits, even if his victims won their lawsuits against him. Putorti also said that they are hopeful that the ruling will stand on appeal.
Despite that, attorneys for Raucci victims the Capitummino family, of Rotterdam, appear to be pressing forward with their suit, as though the pension money will be available, referencing them in a lawsuit filed last month in state Supreme Court in Schenectady County. The Capitummino suit was filed four weeks after Justice McDonough's pension ruling.
In his ruling, filed in January, Justice McDonough found Raucci's pension is protected, even under the route in which the attorney general tried to have it frozen: The Son of Sam Law.
The Son of Sam Law aims to help victims get access to "funds of a convicted person."
Changes in 2001 were aimed at ensuring that victims knew when convicted criminals came into money and allowing them to sue related to the crimes. Lawmakers identified gifts, inheritances, lottery winnings, judgments in civil lawsuits or investment income as areas where money could be sought.
Two of Raucci's victims last August asked a judge to freeze much of Raucci's pension payments under The Sun of Sam Law.
The Office of Victim Services initially filed the action on behalf of Raucci victims Laura Balogh and Stephen Capitummino, both of whom responded to the office's official notification of the funds.
Raucci is currently housed at the maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, serving 23 years to life.
He was convicted nearly a year ago of 18 of 22 counts lodged against him. Raucci was convicted of numerous criminal acts, including placing bombs on homes or cars, in a series of incidents intended to intimidate people he perceived as enemies or enemies of his friends. No one was injured in any of the incidents.
Raucci served as the city school district's facilities manager and also led the union unit representing the workers he supervised.
Among the crimes Raucci was convicted of was attacking Balogh's Schodack home in January 2007, covering it with red paint and planting an explosive device on her door. The attack, prosecutors argued, came in an effort by Raucci to solidify his position in his public service union.
It is for the crime against the Capitummino family, first-degree arson, that Raucci is serving the most time — up to life.
Raucci was convicted of exploding a device on the family's door, believing that his intended target lived there. Steve Capitummino was 15 feet away, on the other side of the door, when the blast went off. His wife, Colleen Capitummino, testified that the experience was terrifying. Steve Capitummino testified that it had a lasting effect on their children.
The Office of Victim Services acts to freeze the assets of convicts so the funds are available, if victims prevail in lawsuits. A victim services spokesman Monday noted, in general, that lawsuits can proceed with or without the assets frozen. The spokesman, however, couldn't comment on the pension issue itself.
It was unclear if Balogh has filed her suit.
The Capitumminos are suing for intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault and battery, trespass and negligence/willful misconduct.
They are represented by attorney John B. Casey. Casey could not be reached for comment. An attorney for Balogh also could not be reached.
Raucci is paid $6,588 each month. According to the Office of Victims Services court filing, his "take-home" pay is $5,789. He retired shortly after his arrest and now collects a pension of more than $79,000 annually.
Raucci's pension has received special scrutiny from the public after testimony at his criminal trial suggested that Raucci had subordinates do the jobs he got credit for through overtime.
Questions were also raised about Raucci's steep salary spike, from $69,000 in 2003 to more than $104,000 when he became the district's energy manager in 2004. Changes could be made to his pension payout, officials have said, but only through the employer correcting payroll records.
Raucci's pension, and the state pension of anyone else convicted of a crime, has always been protected under state law, the state comptroller's office has said.
The Office of Victim Services accepted that argument, but instead asked the judge to seize a large portion of Raucci's pension money after it was paid, essentially skirting the pension protections.
Justice McDonough denied that request.
McDonough wrote the court recognized the "strong public policy arguments" supporting the victims, and the Legislature's efforts to protect crime victims.
"Nevertheless, the Court finds that the Legislature and the Court of Appeals have clearly immunized 'retirement allowances' from the relief sought herein," McDonough wrote. "Therefore, any remedy for this apparently inequitable result can only emanate from the Legislature of this State."


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By Kristyne E. Demske
Posted September 11, 2013
ST. CLAIR SHORES — After 27 years with the city, Deputy Police Chief Glenn Bowlin will say goodbye to the St. Clair Shores Police Department Sept. 12.
Bowlin, who has been deputy chief since July 2010, will retire after serving time as the commander of the special investigations bureau, a road patrol lieutenant, shift commander, detective sergeant in criminal investigations and as a road patrol sergeant.
As the first person hired in 1987 after a nearly seven-year hiring freeze, he began as a road patrol officer — a position he held for 13 years before he was first promoted.
"The department has changed a lot since then," he said. "We didn't have the best equipment. There was a lot of dissention among the troops."
In his decades on the force, however, Bowlin said he has seen better leadership and better-educated commanders lead to improvements in the department. He himself was able to attend the FBI National Academy — which only 1 percent of all sworn law enforcement officers in the world are able to do — where he learned leadership and media-relations skills, as well as interrogation and interview techniques.
"I was able to bring that back to some of the new guys over here," he said. "It was the best training I've ever had, by far."
In the 1980s, he said, he and Police Chief Michael Walleman were scout car partners.
"I've been really blessed to work with him because he treats me as a second chief," Bowlin said. "I have nothing but good things to say about the administration that's here now. I expect nothing but great things from this place in the future."
Walleman said Bowlin actually began on the force a few years before he did; Walleman said he felt lucky when the two were paired together.
"Glenn and I seemed to hit it off right from the beginning, and we became fast friends, not only as police partners but as friends after work," Walleman said.
He said, as partners at the head of the department and on the road, they have had a chemistry that allowed them to work well together.
"We knew exactly what each other was going to do and that kept us both safe," he said. "It's a camaraderie that is between him and I (that) was very special, and our careers took different paths as we advanced through the ranks and things, but that never diminished our friendship."
Walleman called Bowlin's advancement through the ranks of the St. Clair Shores Police Department "stellar" and attributed 50 percent of everything they have accomplished together to Bowlin.
"We're of like minds and work in unison and help each other out, and when you have that working ability with somebody, things get accomplished more quickly and with greater ease," he said.
A case that stands out in Bowlin's mind is the 2003 murder of Shirley Perry in the apartments at Nine Mile Road and Jefferson Avenue.
"We worked that continually for two weeks, nonstop," he said. They were able to "find a couple suspects and arrest them, and now they're serving life in jail, so it was a good case we all worked together."
Bowlin, now 52, said working in St. Clair Shores since he was 26 years old led to some wonderful opportunities, but he knew it was time to move on.
"The city is in a different direction with their command staff," he said. "I just decided it's time to go after that decision."
In July, City Council approved changes to Administrative Regulation 4, which covers non-union employees, including the police and fire chiefs, deputy police chief, community development director, assistant city manager, city clerk, finance director and the executive assistant to the city manager. That change altered the group's pension provision, which now reads that "anyone moving into a position covered by this regulation shall not be eligible for participation in either of the city's defined benefit pension programs."
That change was made to give the city more flexibility in hiring for those positions, allowing it to consider outside candidates if no internal candidates wanted to "freeze" their defined benefit pension and enter the defined contribution system for the position.
As to what will happen with the position now, Walleman said that is largely in the hands of the city manager. Because St. Clair Shores is still a community governed by Act 78, which contains guidelines as to how a police agency conducts its business with regards to promotions, prior vacancies in leadership roles have been filled from within.
"We both went through the process," he said of he and Bowlin. "We were first and second on the list, and that's how the chief and deputy chief's positions were filled. That may be in question now.
"I'm not sure how that will play out."
City Manager Phillip Ludos said he still expects the position will be posted internally, as usual, and qualified applicants will be able to test for the spot.
"Having been in Chief Walleman's position, I appreciate that position. It has to be the most highly qualified person to fill that position," he said.
The only way the search would be filled by an external candidate, he said, would be if no one in the St. Clair Shores Police Department applied to take, or passed, the test. He doesn't think there should be a lack of qualified candidates, though.
"I've met several of the lieutenants over there, and the ones I've met, I've been impressed with their level of competence," Ludos said.
Walleman said until the spot is filled, it will be difficult for him as chief because he will be losing his "right-hand man."
"Just because he's retiring doesn't mean that stuff doesn't have to get accomplished."
For the first few months of retirement, Bowlin said, he'll be playing "Mr. Mom" to his 9-year-old daughter, but he doesn't expect that to last. His wife works as a police officer for the Fraser Department of Public Safety.
"I will not stay retired," he said.
About the author
Staff Writer Kristyne E. Demske covers St. Clair Shores and the Lake Shore, Lakeview and South Lake public schools for the Sentinel. Kristyne has worked for C & G Newspapers since 2004 and attended Michigan State University and Chippewa Valley High School.
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India [Harvard Medical-Affiliated & USA Joint Commission-Accredited Hospitals]
Brachial plexus surgery in India is a very affordable surgery with the same quality of medical care, as available in the US, UK, Canada, or any other developed country.
The brachial plexus is a group of nerves originating from the spinal cord. These nerves are mainly responsible for movement and sensation of the arm and hand. Brachial plexus injuries are very serious and can cause partial or complete loss of function or sensation of the involved upper extremity. Brachial plexus injuries can happen either because of trauma (accident) or obstetric causes.According to the book Skeletal Injury in the Child by John Anthony Ogden, R. N. Hensinger, N. McCullough, it was earlier believed that brachial plexus injuries were more common in large neonates, but, the complication has been reported even in normal size neonates."
According to the book Skeletal Injury in the Child by John Anthony Ogden, R. N. Hensinger, N. McCollough, "(Although it was earlier believed that brachial plexus injuries were more common in large neonates) the complication has been reported even in normal size neonates."
Brachial plexus injury complicates 0.6-2.6 per 1,000 live births, according to the paper 'A Systematic Review of Brachial Plexus Surgery for Birth-Related Brachial Plexus Injury' by P. Daniel McNeely, and James M. Drake.
In adults, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, industrial accidents and gunshot wounds are usually responsible for injury of the brachial plexus. Sportspersons are also susceptible to brachial plexus injury.
What Happens During Brachial Plexus Surgery?
First, the surgeon will fully explore the nerve network. If there is scar tissue (neuroma) present, it will need to be cleared. The surgery is deemed to be over if the nerve works well once this is completed. This is called a neurolysis.
Nerve grafts may be required on some children. Nerves are then transplanted, usually from the leg (sural nerve) to reconnect the damaged nerves. After the surgery, an immobilizer is put on the arm, so that it does not shift out more than 45 degrees. This allows the surgery site to heal. The wrap must be worn for four weeks.
Brachial plexus surgery needs the involvement of a neurosurgeon, pediatric plastic surgeon, and a pediatric neurologist performing intra-operative EMG.
History of Brachial Plexus Surgery
Brachial plexus surgery has a long history. At the beginning of the 20th century, some pioneering surgeons like Kennedy, Thorburn, Fairbank, Gilmour, Lange, Spitzy, Tuttle and Taylor took on the highly difficult task of repairing the damaged brachial plexus in infants and also adults.
In the 1960s, micro-surgical methods were introduced. This made the whole approach more aggressive: it changed from a 'wait and see' stand to 'see and repair'. Current developments like cervical myelography, CT-myelography, and MRI have hugely improved the amount of knowledge we can get regarding the extent and severity of brachial plexus damage.
Who Qualifies for Brachial Plexus Surgery?
A baby or an adult who has suffered extensive damage to the brachial plexus, is in need of the surgery. Some patients do recover without surgery. Qualifying patients will demonstrate the following symptoms:
- Good or moderate use of their fingers, but little or no control over the muscles of shoulder and elbow.
- Can use their arm, but have little or no control of the fingers.
- Completely flaccid limb with no sensory or motor functions.
How to Prepare for Brachial Plexus Surgery?
You may want to set up appointments with your pediatrician and specialists one month prior to surgery to discuss specific pre-surgery, intra-operative and post-surgery needs. Here are some facts that will help you to mentally gear up for the surgery:
- A nerve conduction study (EMG or electromyography test) may be required before the surgery.
- The surgery will take from 4 to 12 hours.
- If your child needs to have an EMG, (possibly a difficult test) you might want to plan something fun and distractive for immediately afterwards.
- The MRI scanning is non-invasive. It is an upright scan done without anesthesia.
- Your child must not take any aspirin, aspirin products, Vitamin E or herbal products three weeks before surgery.
- One week prior to surgery, if your child has a fever, congestion, sore throat, cough, rash, allergic reaction, exposure to chicken pox or other childhood disease, you will need to report it to the surgeon and take the steps recommended.
Preparations at home after Brachial Plexus Surgery
- Have these things ready: incision dressing changes, alcohol gel for disinfection, sterile gauze pads, easy-to-remove medical tape, Tylenol, etc.
- The first few sponge-bathing sessions can be a bit challenging. It would be good if you can arrange for someone to help you through them.
- Check your child's sleep area. Try to see if he/she will be ok at home in his/her crib or bed, as he/she will have a large splint after the operation. Some children sleep well after surgery and some don't. Keeping extra pillows ready may help.
Advantages of Brachial Plexus Surgery
The advantages of brachial plexus surgery are, of course, that the normal functions are restored, which will in the future contribute to your child's self-confidence and social acceptance.
Disadvantages of Brachial Plexus Surgery
Some disadvantages or possible risks of brachial plexus surgery include:
- Infection, additional paralysis, diaphragm paralysis, fluid in the lung, artery damage, and reactions to anesthesia. These risks are quite rare, but do occur. Your surgeon will talk about all these to you in detail well ahead of the surgery. The risks depend on the nerve operated and the method of repair. If only a nerve transfer is performed, these risks are much reduced.
- Weakness in strength associated with adduction (a gravity-assisted motion) and internal rotation.
- The scar will gradually fade, but will remain visible.
You must call your doctor if any of the following symptoms are observed:
- Fever
- Warmth, redness, or swelling around the incision
- Drainage from the incision
Post-operative care for Brachial Plexus Surgery
Recovery is slow after brachial plexus surgery. Results of the surgery are seen in six to eight months and strength continues to improve over the next two to three years. Another EMG is sometimes required if the recovery is slower than expected to confirm that the nerves are growing in the right direction and are restoring function.
- After the surgery, the patient will stay in the hospital for a couple of days.
- As the recovery process is usually painless or involves little pain for adults, the same is usually expected for children. However, pain medication is given if there is any pain.
- The patient's arm will be in a sling after surgery to prevent movement. This helps to manage the pain as well.
- While your child is in the hospital after the surgery, one parent must stay with the child at all times. Usually, a daybed is provided so the parent can stay overnight.
- Adult patients are encouraged to engage in light activity at home. They can get back to routine activities such as showering, driving, walking up stairs, and work within a few days after surgery. If you are taking narcotic medications for pain, you should not drive.
- Physical therapy is a must and begins about two weeks after surgery.
Affordable Brachial Plexus Surgery in India
Brachial plexus surgery is a very complex procedure and requires expert surgeons. Hence, it can be very expensive. But there are cheaper alternatives available in India. The cost of brachial plexus surgery in India is 60-70% lesser than that in the US. Even when you add other costs like accommodation, the price still remains attractive.
Apart from the huge savings, the other benefits to be got from brachial plexus surgery in India are specialized service and high standards of medical care. The tourist hospitals in India have cutting edge technology, that is required for this complex procedure.
Brachial plexus surgery in India can make a huge difference to the patient's lifestyle and comfort in doing his daily activities.
Brachial Plexus Surgeons in India
Dr Sajan Hegde: Dr Hegde was the first Indian to receive the prestigious Cotrel Spine Fellowship. He has pioneered the use of many modern instrumentation systems, for example, the Cotrel-Dubousset, the Moss Miami, and the Ray cages (PLIF), BAK cages and the Harms Mesh Systems in India.
Dr. D V Rajakumar: Dr Rajakumar is a leading neurosurgeon with more than twenty years experience in complex spine procedures. Minimal access surgical approaches to neurological diseases are his forte.
Dr. K.N. Krishnan: His specialty is complex spine surgeries from cranio-vertebral junction to lumbo sacral region including global (anterior & posterior) decompressions, fusions and internal stabilization procedures for spinal trauma, tumors and infections.
Dr Yash Gulati: Educated in India and the UK, Dr Gulati performs various types of spine surgery including minimally invasive spine surgery like micro discectomies, and spine stabilization.
Medical Tourism Corporation facilitates low cost brachial plexus surgery at world class hospitals in India. Use the estimate form on this page to request a free quote and more information.


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4th Gr. Assignment #46Posted in Uncategorized on May 13, 2011 by littclass4thgrade
3.Read this AND the next direction before going to the website. Then, go to the website for the coffee shop game by clicking on the link. CAREFULLY READ THE TUTORIAL AS THE GAME STARTS DO NOT SKIP IT. Coffee Shop Website click here.
6th Gr. Assignment #8 and 4th Gr #45Posted in Uncategorized on May 5, 2011 by littclass4thgrade
Learning Goal:
Learn to turn numbers to currency form on a spreadsheet.
Learn to put a multiplication formula into a spreadsheet.
Today we are going to continue to help Jonathan decide which candy will help his club make money. (Listen to podcast on previous entry for the story)
1. Download the spreadsheet from the site link that follows. Save it, open it then minimize it so it is ready. Spreadsheet click here.
2. Download the guide here and follow instructions on it one at a time carefully. Switch back and forth between the guide and the spreadsheet by using the window list. Guide click here.
6th Grade Assignment #7 and 4th Grade #44Posted in Uncategorized on May 1, 2011 by littclass4thgrade
Learning Goal:
Make a chart from a spreadsheet.
Understand why visual representations of numbers are made.
1. Get the story first! You are going to listen to a podcast story while looking at the image the is posted on this blog entry. Go to the link where the podcast is,start it, then go back to the blog tab and click on the image of the spreadsheet so you can see it. Podcast click here.
2. Go to a NEW spreadsheet. you do that by going to Applications>Office>Open Office.Org Spreadsheet. Make a spreadsheet yourself with the data that is given to you about the candy sales on the podcast and the image on this blog entry. Use the image to get the numbers for the spreadsheet or use the podcast.
3. Using the guide posted here, make a simple graph of the candy sales. Guide Click here.
4. Get your journal and write a reflection on what you did. Answer these specifically:
a.) Make a list of the steps you did to make a graph. Try to remember on your own, but look at the guide if you need to, or to check your answer.
b.) How does a graph help show Jonathan's older brother easily which candy should not be bought anymore for their sales?
6th Gr. #6 and 4th Gr. #43Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2011 by littclass4thgrade
Learning Goals: Introduction to Spreadsheets:
I know wha t a workbook is.
I know what a formula is.
I know where to locate the formula bar.
1. Have the worksheet in hand. I will give you a printed one.
2. You are going to an online tutorial. You will answer questions on the worksheet from this tutorial. Read one question ahead of time and be ready. Website click here.
digital version of worksheet arcived here
4th Gr. Assignment #42Posted in Uncategorized on April 26, 2011 by littclass4thgrade
Follow directions step by step carefully today.
1. Download a spreadsheet from this site called "number clue story.xls". The link to download the file is small and says "download". Click on it when you find it, make sure you save the file, then open it.Spreadsheet click here.
2. Listen to a podcast for a story and directions.The podcast is called"5th Grade Spreadsheet addition podcast story". Podcast site click here.
3. Put the numbers in the right cells from the podcast story. Select the answer cell and make an addition formula using the guide.
Guide for spreadsheet addition click here.
4. Go to the worksheet and answer the questions, when you are done show Mr. Litt the spreadsheet.
Worksheet click here
5. Keyboard at your level if there is time.
These files do not download, you have paper versions.
4th Grade Assignment #41Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2011 by littclass4thgrade
Learning Goals:
Practice using an online dictionary.
Learn to make a presentation slide readable from far away
Activity One:
Use the paper version of the worksheet I give you. Read it before you start, get clear on what you are supposed to do; ask questions. Go to the dictionary website and finish the worksheet. Dictionary Website click here.
Digital version just in case, click here.
Activity Two
1. Open a new, blank presentation.
2. Put these words below, that are smaller, on the slide.
You do that by inserting a text box first. Then copy the words here and paste them into a text box on your presentation.
More than 80% of the gold in the Mother Lode is still yet to be found, today. If you pan for gold, you might find some.


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UC Merced's Wolfgang Rogge has been to the bottom of the Earth and back in the name of science.
Rogge, an associate professor in the School of Engineering and air pollution specialist, recently returned from Antarctica where he and UC Merced doctoral student Sylvain Masclin spent more than two months.
Rogge, together with his co-investigators, Sierra Nevada Research Institute Director Roger Bales and Markus Frey of the British Antarctic Society, are part of a group of scientists involved in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide Ice Core Project.
Funded by the National Science Foundation, the WAIS Project's main objectives include:
• Developing a detailed record of greenhouse gases for the last 100,000 years
• Determining whether global climate changes that have occurred during that time period were prompted by changes in the northern or southern hemisphere
• Investigating the past and future stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
For the UC Merced-based research project, Rogge and Masclin are interested in the current and past oxidative state of the Antarctic atmosphere controlled mainly by atmospheric radicals, of which the hydrogen radical is the most important. A major driving force for the oxidative power of the atmosphere during the Antarctic summer is the photochemistry occurring in the atmosphere and also in the top snow layer.
The hydroxyl radical and other ambient radicals, Rogge explained, are extremely reactive and are able to eventually break down most of the pollutants found in the atmosphere, and therefore extremely important, especially when we pollute the air massively with pollutants from many sources, Rogge explained.
In Antarctica, he and Masclin were measuring during this first field season several ambient trace gases such as formaldehyde, organic and hydrogen peroxides, ozone, and others. They also took snow samples for chemical analysis.
"The idea is that if we can figure out the transfer of key components involved in photochemistry in the atmosphere to the snow and ultimately into the ice, we may be able to determine the past oxidative state of the Antarctic atmosphere by drilling ice cores and analyzing them," Rogge said. "If successful, we could go back in time and see what the oxidative state of the atmosphere has been in the Antarctic and if it changed in the past to investigate the possible causes of this change."
This trip was Rogge's first to Antarctica and getting there was an adventure in itself. He and Masclin arrived at the McMurdo Station on Ross Island, an Antarctic research center on Nov. 11. Before making the trek to WAIS Divide, the duo had to complete some basic training to help them endure the harsh, cold conditions. During their time at WAIS-Divide, the temperature got as cold as -30 degrees Fahrenheit.
"We were sleeping in tents and learning what not to do," he said.
One of the first lessons: Dress in layers. "We were wearing so many layers of clothes that it actually did not feel so cold," he said.
They also learned to flag their path out in the no man's land with flagpoles that helped prevent them from getting lost when weather conditions changed suddenly and visibility dropped drastically. Goggles were another necessity.
"The sun is just intense down there," he said. "There was daylight 24 hours."


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Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Justin Long, and Ginnifer Goodwin are involved in negotiations to star in Ken Kwapis-directed "He's Just Not That Into You."
Looks like well-known faces are going to dominate scenes in "He's Just Not That Into You" if everything really goes as expected.
Yes, names like Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Justin Long, and Ginnifer Goodwin are all reported to be in talks to take parts in the comedy, which has already got Drew Barrymore to both topline and produce through her Flower Films.
Should deals are finally made, Connelly will likely be billed as a woman stuck in a tired marriage with Cooper's character while Connolly as a man pining after a woman who is having an affair with Cooper.
As for Goodwin, the actress is prepared for the role of a young woman obsessed with Connolly's character who tries to set up accidental meetings with him only to run across his friend, a starring part that Long is negotiating for. Barrymore, in the meantime, is set to portray a woman perpetually confused by dating, now more than ever in a culture that is more obsessed with technology than actual human contact.
Filming is said to start early September this year under the direction of Ken Kwapis, who will helm from script penned by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, the writing team behind Barrymore's 1999 vehicle "Never Been Kissed." Kwapis, also a TV producer, most recently received harsh criticisms for his effort in "License to Wed", which earned only 7 percent 'Fresh' rating from Rotten Tomatoes, but let's hope that this movie can mend his failure with the help of the promising lineup, if, once again, everything turns out as expected.


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And the Lord came to Moses in a dream and said, "You shall circumcise all of the sandwiches among the people, cutting the crusts off all the sandwiches you shall consume. And this circumsandwich shall be a covenant with me and the people until the end of the age.
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Bedrooms 3
Bathrooms 3
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"An excellent property, well ..."An excellent property, well appointed and a high standard of accommodation. Good location for coastal walks in a very quiet part of the village. It had everything we needed. Highly recommended!An excellent property, well appointed and a high standard of accommodation. Good location for coastal walks in a very quiet part of the village. It had everything we needed. Highly recommended!
- Off road parking
- Ground floor accommodation
- Ground floor bedroom
- Open fire
- Smoke-free
- Garden / Patio
- Pub/shop < 1 mile
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Seaside
- Broadband / WiFi
The property
This immaculately-presented, detached bungalow is located in the sleepy seaside village of Nolton Haven, a perfect location from which to enjoy this superb part of Wales.
This Nolton Haven cottage is ideal for families looking for a superb coastal break, with a gentle stroll taking you to the sheltered sandy beach right on the famous Pembrokeshire Coast Path, voted as the world's second best coastal destination by National Geographic magazine in 2010.
Throughout this delightful Nolton Haven cottage you will appreciate the loving way the owners have created a perfect haven for your holiday.
With en-suite facilities in two of the three bedrooms, a well-equipped kitchen leading into a beautifully light and airy sitting room, and the added bonus of a charming conservatory for leisurely dining, this Pembrokeshire cottage is a real home-from-home.
The large, enclosed lawned gardens outside your Nolton Haven cottage offer a quiet retreat in which to relax and enjoy alfresco dining or perhaps a quiet evening drink while the sun sets.
From this beautiful Nolton Haven cottage you can enjoy the delights of the village with its beach and country pub, or be a little more adventurous with a horse riding experience through scenic countryside or on the beach.
There is also a lovely pub, restaurant and cafe within walking distance of your holiday cottage called The Druidstone, which offers wonderful sea views from its cliff-side location.
Venture anywhere in this wonderful county of Pembrokeshire and you will be spoilt for choice for days out.
Explore the historic castles, museums and mills; take boat trips to bird islands or the peaceful, monastic Caldey Island; stroll along the most unspoilt beaches in Wales or enjoy the array of theme parks dotted all around.
You will have long-lasting memories of your enjoyable holiday at this wonderful Nolton Haven cottage.
All ground floor. Three bedrooms: 1 x double with patio doors to private wooden veranda with lovely views, 1 x double with en-suite shower, basin and WC, 1 x twin (2 x 2'6 bed) with en-suite shower, basin and WC. Bathroom with bath, separate shower, basin and WC. Fitted kitchen leading into sitting room with log burner. Conservatory with dining area.
- Gas central heating with log burner in sitting room
- Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, washing machine, dishwasher, TV with Sky, DVD, CD/radio, WiFi, telephone (for emergency calls only), small selection of books, games and DVDs
- Fuel and power inc. in rent
- Fuel for log burner available to purchase locally
- Bed linen and towels inc. in rent
- Please bring own beach towels
- Off road parking for 3 cars
- Enclosed lawned garden with patio, garden furniture and BBQ
- Sorry, no pets and no smoking
- Shop 3 miles, pub 5 mins walk
- Note: Although this is a no pet property, the owners occasionally stay at the property with their dog, which has been specially bred not to moult
- Note: No hen/stag parties.Note: Check-in at this property is at 4pm
- Note: No mobile reception at the property, but there is signal normally a couple of mins walk in either direction depending on mobile provider
About the location
Haverfordwest 8 miles; St Davids 10 miles.
Nolton Haven is a wonderful seaside village, located on the renowned Pembrokeshire Coast Path and within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. This sleepy little village has a sheltered sandy beach where you can sit and relax, explore rock pools, or join the spectacular coastal path for beautiful scenic walking. A country pub serving food overlooks the bay, and you have the opportunity of horse riding via the local village riding school. From this delightful village you can enjoy all Pembrokeshire has to offer: sandy beaches, historic castles, churches and houses, wonderful wildlife both on and off shore with boat trips to the bird island of Skomer and Ramsay, and for something more exhilarating, whitewater rides. The smallest city in the UK, St. Davids, is nearby, with its majestic cathedral, Bishop's Palace, National Park visitor centre/art gallery and array of unique little shops, tea rooms and eating places, while the bustling but quaint seaside resort of Tenby can be reached in about forty minutes, offering painted Georgian properties set along the bay, and a variety of restaurants. Also well worth a visit are Barafundle Beach, Porthgain, the fossil beach of Marloe Sands and Newgale Beach, great for surfing and water sports, while cycling, fishing, rock climbing and coasteering can also be enjoyed in the area. From the height of summer to a cool winter's day, you will love your stay in this delightful part of Wales.
This property offers the following short breaks:
- Winter
- Off-season
- Last minute