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The Contemporary and European Collections have a new home showcased within a French Industrial inspired loft. All of the existing walls were removed, clearing the way for new vendors and views of 5th avenue. Rich wood flooring unites all of the spaces and textured brick walls provide the backdrop for the most luxurious of men's sportswear.
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In October 2007, Raymond School District staff began meeting to gain better insight into the process and philosophy of transitioning from a traditional report card to a standards-based report card. This group of 10-12 people researched, listened, pondered and learned all they could about standards-based grading. The results of that work is summarized in this Standards-based Brochure; you may download it by clicking on it.
One of the major strengths of this type of reporting is that it is considered "best practice" and is supported by research. The purpose of this page is to share some of the research that supports the principles and guidelines of a standards-based reporting system. The research is categorized by the topic(s) covered; some research addresses more than one topic, so some items are repeated. Where possible, there is Internet link to the article. We will continue to update this research page as studies and papers become available.
Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (1998). Inside the black box: Raising standards through classroom assessment. Phi Delta Kappan, 80(2), 139.
Black, P., Harrison, C., Lee, C., Marshall, B., & Wiliam, D. (2004). Working inside the black box: Assessment for learning in the classroom. Phi Delta Kappan, 86(1), 8-21. http://datause.cse.ucla.edu/DOCS/pb_wor_2004.pdf
Kohn, A. (1999). Grading is degrading. Education Digest, 65(1), 59-64.
Formative/Summative Assessment
Black, P., Harrison, C., Lee, C., Marshall, B., & Wiliam, D. (2004). Working inside the black box: Assessment for learning in the classroom. Phi Delta Kappan, 86(1), 8-21. http://datause.cse.ucla.edu/DOCS/pb_wor_2004.pdf
Chappuis, S. & Chappuis, J. (2007/8). The best value in formative assessment. Educational, Leadership, 65(4), 14-18.
Marzano, R. J. (2006). Classroom assessment and grading that work. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Marzano, R. J. (2008). Making Standards Useful in the Classroom.
Popham, J. W. (2009). Instruction that Measures Up: Successful Teaching in the Age of Accountability.
Popham, J. W. (2008). Transformative Assessment.
Stiggins, Rick. (2007). Assessment through the student's eyes. Educational Leadership, 64(8), 22-26.
Wiliam, D. (2007, December/2008, January). Changing classroom practice. Educational Leadership, 65(4), 36-41.
Wormeli, R. (2006a). Accountability: Teaching through assessment and feedback, not grading. American Secondary Education, 34(3), 14-27.
The Effects of Zeros
Guskey, T.R. (2004). Are zeros your ultimate weapon? The Education Digest, 70(3), 31-35.
McMillan, J.H. (1999). The devastating effect of zeros on grades: What can be done?
Reeves, D.B. (2004). The case against the zero. Phi Delta Kappan, 86(4), 324-325.
Aidman, B.J., Gates, J.M., & Deterra Sims, E.A. (2001). Building a better report card. Education Digest, 66(5), 49-53.
Allen, J.D. (2005). Grades as valid measures of academic achievement of classroom learning. Clearing House, 78(5), 218-223.
Friedman, S.J. & Frisbie, D.A. (2000). Making report cards measure up. Education Digest, 65(5), 45-50.
Guskey, T. R. & Bailey, J. M. (2001). Developing Grading and Reporting Systems for Student Learning.
Guskey, T. R. (2001, September). Helping Standards make the grade. Educational Leadership, 59(1), 20-28.
Guskey, T.R. & Jung, L.A. (2006). The challenges of standards-based grading. Leadership Compass, 4(2).
Guskey, T.R. (2001). Fixing grading policies that undermine standards. Education Digest, 66(7), 16-21.
Guskey, T.R. (2000). Grading policies that work against standards . . . and how to fix them. NASSP Bulletin, 84(620), p. 20-29. http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/academics/gradingandreporting/Documents/GradingarticleGUSKEY.pdf
Guskey, T. R. (2001, September). Helping Standards make the grade. Educational Leadership, 59(1), 20-28.
Hu, Winnie. (2009, March 25). Report cards give up A's and B's for 4s and 3s. The New York Times.
Kohn, A. (1999). Grading is degrading. Education Digest, 65(1), 59-64.
Krumboltz, J.D. & Yeh, C.H. (1996). Competitive grading sabotages good teaching. Phi Delta Kappan, 78(4), 324-326.
Munk, D.D. & Bursuck, W.D. (2001). What report card grades should and do communicate. Remedial & Special Education, 22(5), 280-287.
O'Connor, K. (2002). How to grade for learning: Linking grades to standards. Glenview, IL: LessonLab.
Wiggins, G. (1994, October). Toward better report cards. Educational Leadership, 52(2), 28-38.
Kohn, Alfie. (2007). Rethinking homework. Principal, 86(3), 35-38.
Checkley, K. (2003). When homework works. Classroom Leadership, 7(1), 1-2.
Christopher, S. (2007/8). Homework: A few practice arrows. Educational Leadership, 65(4), 74-75.
Marzano, R.J. & Pickering, D.J. (2007). The case for and against homework. Educational Leadership, 64(6), 74-79.
Vatterot, C. (2008). What is effective homework? ASCD Express, 3(7), 1.
Levy, H.M. (2008). Meeting the needs of all students through differentiated instruction: Helping every child reach and exceed standards. The Clearing House, 81(4), 161-164.
Tomlinson, C.A. (2005). Grading and differentiation: Paradox or good practice? Theory Into Practice, 44(3), 262-269.
Wormeli, R. (2006b). Fair isn't always equal: Assessing & grading in the differentiated classroom. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.

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Friday, December 5, 2008
Activision Blizzard Cutting Jobs in Los Angeles, According to Filings
Computer game maker Activision Blizzard is apparently cutting jobs in El Segundo and Los Angeles, according to a filing with the California Employment Development Department. According to layoff filings, required in California of certain companies, Activision Blizzard is looking to lay off 4 employees in El Segudno, and 23 employees in Los Angeles on December 19th. California requires companies to give employees at least 60 day notice of mass layoffs. A spokesperson for Activision Blizzard did not respond to requests for comment on the public filings. Fellow computer game makers Electronic Arts and THQ have both announced layoffs in recent months as the industry has felt the effects of a slowing economy.


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Rocket Science (2007)
Plot Summary
Coming of age in Plainsboro, New Jersey. High school student Hal Hefner stutters. On the evening his parents stop arguing and separate, 43 miles away at the state tournament, his school's legendary debater, Ben Wekselbaum, goes blank mid-sentence, Ben's teammate Ginny Ryerson doesn't get a first-place trophy, and the world changes. That fall, to Hal's amazement, Ginny recruits him for the debate team, mentors him, and will be his partner. He still has his stutter, but he works hard and he falls in love with Ginny. On the day of the first debate of the season, the world changes again. From then until the day of the state tournament, Hal has a lot to sort out. Is love rocket science?- Written by <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Looking for answers to life's big questions, a stuttering boy joins his high school debate team.- Written by Picturehouse
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Peter, Eric and I have chatted some about this...
We also have a cycling kit option.
I know where we can get some matching knee socks. What color would you want?
Also, at the Hincapie Warehouse sale back in September I got tri shorts and a tri shirt for $10 each. Bike gloves for $5. A bike jersery for $10, and a bike jacket for $10. Major deals at that thing. Put it on your calendar and look for the next one in September.
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Earlier today we reported a booking for UFC on FUEL TV 5 between Rich Attonito and Gunnar Nelson.
This afternoon BJPENN.COM has learned that the vacancy left by the injured Pascal Krauss will now be filled by the always tough DaMarques Johnson.
Johnson last saw action when he welcomed back Mike Swick to the UFC at UFC on FOX: Shogun vs. Vera this past August. The defeat marked his third in four-fights and puts him in a must win situation in this latest booking.
DaMarques now faces Nelson, who makes his UFC debut while sporting an undefeated record. After going to a draw in his mma debut, Nelson has now won nine consecutive fights, all by way of stoppage. The Renzo Gracie jiu-jitsu black belt, who also holds a karate black belt, has been fighting in the European fight circuit, but has fought just once since late 2010.
UFC on FUEL TV 5 is set for September 29 at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England. The main card airs live on FUEL TV following the prelims on Facebook. The event is headlined by a heavyweight bout between Stipe Miocic and Stefan Struve.Tags: featured, mma, MMA NEWS, ufc, ufc news


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From bumper bangs to victory rolls, achieving a vintage pin-up look isn't necessarily easy. But that's what makes the final result so pleasing, and such a contrast to the effortless styles we're used to seeing on the street.
After the break we take a look at 5 hair tutorials for retro / pin-up inspired hair, channeling styles of the 1940s and '50s. Some are fairly simple, some more difficult to achieve, but if it's a look you want to nail they're all well worth a try.
'40s inspired half-up / half-down hairstyle.
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Christmas Pudding- Gluten-Free
Recipe by Jubes
A recipe from Dr Sue Shepherd's cookbook "The Gluten-free Kitchen". Just lover her recipes. SUe Shepherd is an Advanced Accredited Practicing Dietician who herslef has Coeliac/Celiac Disease. She is recognised and works with the Australian Coeliac Society. I think you could swap a bean flour with the soy flour if you need to Preparation time does not include overnight maceration of the dried fruits
Top Review by Sunshine_Celine
Love Love Love!! I hadn't had a Christmas pudding since being diagnosed and I had to use all my self resrained not to eat the whole pud! Even my non GF friends I ate it with said it was better than the 'real' stuff as lighter. I didn't have brandy so made a cocktail of bourbon and cointreau and I could swear I put more than 1/2 cup of it in the fruits ;-) Turned out yummy! Thank you for posting!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 cup sultana
- 3⁄4 cup raisins
- 1⁄2 cup craisins
- 1 cup glace cherries, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup brandy
- 65 g fine rice flour
- 35 g cornstarch
- 20 g debittered soy flour or 20 g bean flour
- 60 g butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 cups fresh gluten-free breadcrumbs
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice or 1 teaspoon pumpkin spice
- 3 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup low-fat milk
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- Grease and line a 1 litre pudding basin with baking paper.
- Add the dried fruits and brandy to a large mixing bowl. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Add the three flours to a mixing bowl and mix with a whisk to ensure they are well combined. Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the soaked fruits, sugar, breadcrumbs and spice. Mix well to combine.
- In a small bowl, lightly beat the eggs and milk. Add to the fruit mixture and mix to combine.
- Pour the mixture into the pudding basin. Place the pudding basin in a large stockpot. Pour in enough water to the pot to come 3/4 of the way up the side of the pudding basin.
- Bring the water to the boil, then reduce heat to a gentle simmer and cook the pudding for 2 to 3 hours. Check the water regularly to ensure it does not run dry.
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Name an NPC in the new Legend of Zelda game after Robin Williams
Today, Robin Williams passed away. There aren't enough words to describe this worldwide icon's impact on comedy or cinema, though many people, including the President of the United States, have tried.
Robin was an avid player of video games, with a love for all things Nintendo, and a particular love of all things Legend of Zelda. It is well-known that he named his daughter after the series' titular princess. Nintendo of America itself only recently hired him and his daughter to promote the franchise in a series of ads.
So, in a day where there aren't many words, what can we do? Well, there's a new Zelda game on the horizon. A bold reinvention, a fresh new open world adventure for Wii U. I would like to suggest that when the game is localised to English, Nintendo of America and the Treehouse name one of the characters "Robin" in his memory.
He won't get to play it, but he'll live on forever in a universe he always loved.
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Indoor air quality is the most under-reported public health problem anywhere. The blog for Air.. Purifier Nation is all about the causes of poor indoor air quality and the ways to fix it.
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When it comes to the salary cap, the Steelers are pushing it … to say the least.
Less than a week before the Steelers get to play with the $5.5 million worth of cap space made available by the June 1 designation of Willie Colon's release, the bank account is getting low.
As of May 28, the Steelers are $90,098 underneath the NFL-mandated $123 million salary cap for the 2013 season.
That might sound scarily low, but actually, the Steelers are in pretty good shape for this time of the year.
The Steelers already signed five of the nine draft picks signed with their the big ones still being left unsigned — first- and second-round picks Jarvis Jones and Le'Veon Bell.
After the Steelers ink those two along with Landry Jones and Nick Williams and hold back a million or so dollars like they do every year in case of an emergency, they will have enough money to entertain the thoughts of bringing in a mid-level free agent that very well might be a receiver or an offensive lineman.
Here is how the rest of the AFC North is at in terms of the salary cap:
Cleveland — $31 million
Cincinnati — $20 million
Baltimore — $1.7 million
Here are some notables:
Jacksonville — $26 million
Philadelphia — $22.6 million
San Diego — $145,000
Oakland — $142,000 (will get $8 million with June 1 designation of Michael Huff)
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Pilot Study of Laparoscopic Gastric Plication in Adolescents With Severe Obesity
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified July 2017 by Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Children's Hospital of Richmond
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 26, 2013
Last updated: July 20, 2017
Last verified: July 2017
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The proposed study aims to investigate the effects of laparoscopic gastric plication (LGP) on excess body weight, body mass index, and weight-related medical and psychological co-morbidities in obese adolescents. Additionally, we will evaluate the safety and efficacy of this procedure (implemented within a multidisciplinary comprehensive lifestyle modification program) on changes in the patients' medical status, psychosocial and psychological functioning, physical fitness, and health-related quality of life.
Study hypothesis:
- Laparoscopic gastric plication performed on carefully selected obese adolescents within a multidisciplinary treatment program providing pre and post-surgical behavioral and psychological support and education will result in: a) initial and sustained reductions in excess body weight and body mass index, b) improvements in psychological functioning, physical fitness, and health-related quality of life, and c) reduction in weight-related comorbidities.
- LGP will be a safe procedure, with complication rates that are comparable to or lower than what has been found in other published reports of surgical weight loss procedures used in obese adolescents.
|Procedure: Laparoscopic Gastric Plication
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Pilot Study of Laparoscopic Gastric Plication in Adolescents With Severe Obesity
Further study details as provided by Virginia Commonwealth University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Reduction of Excess Body Weight [ Time Frame: 6 months post-surgery ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Reduction in comorbidities to obesity [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- Changes in lifestyle choices [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Improvement in quality of life [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2013
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|October 2019
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|September 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Surgery
Laparoscopic Gastric Plication
Procedure: Laparoscopic Gastric Plication
The study will examine the effects of a type of weight loss surgery on obese adolescents age 14-19. ) The study protocol includes pre-treatment assessments followed by a 2-month education and lifestyle modification treatment program. Following surgery, comprehensive follow-up care will be provided over a 3 year period.
Detailed Description:
The complete study protocol, which is described in detail below, spans 3 years and includes 11 research assessment points (Pre-1, Pre-2, T0, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, and T8). Please refer to Figure 2. Study Protocol from Enrollment to Post-Surgical Assessments. Select pre-treatment assessments will be conducted initially (Pre-1), followed by a 2-month pre-surgical education and lifestyle modification treatment program, consisting of four visits with psychology, nutrition, exercise, and surgery. After successful completion of this pre-surgical education program, a more comprehensive pre-surgical assessment by a surgeon (Pre-2) will be conducted. If patients decide to pursue the study, in the two weeks prior to surgery, participants will be asked to adhere to a pre-surgical diet, exclusion and inclusion criteria will be reviewed again by the study team, and verbal consent/assent will be re-confirmed with adolescents and parent(s). Following surgery (T0), comprehensive follow-up care will be provided via the multidisciplinary team at the Healthy Lifestyles Center (HLC) at Children's Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University (CHoR at VCU). The follow-up period will be divided into three phases: 1) Early Post-Operative Phase (0-5 months), 2) Late Post-Operative phase (6-12 months), and 3) Long-term Follow-up Phase (13-36 months). In conjunction with clinical follow-up, repeat standardized research assessments will be conducted post-operatively at 1-2 weeks (T1), 6 weeks (T2), 3 months (T3), 6 months (T4), 12 months (T5), 18 months (T6), 24 months (T7), and 36 months (T8). Specific screening, pre-surgical, perioperative, and post-surgical study procedures at each time point are described fully below and outlined in Figure 2 and Table 1. Additionally, all research measures are described in detail in the Measures Section. If any participant requires any additional visit during the time of this study, data from these visits will also be collected for this study. Care directly related to the surgery and study will not be billed but other medical issues such as hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia and depression may require management outside of the scope of the study and will be billed accordingly
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|14 Years to 19 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 14 - 19.
- At physical maturity.
- BMI of greater than or equal to 35 kg/m2 with major comorbidities, or BMI of greater than 40 kg/m2 with other weight related comorbidities.
- Must have undergone comprehensive pre-surgical assessments by a multi-disciplinary team.
- Must have at least 6 months of medically observed and attempted non-surgical weight loss.
- Must have demonstrated suboptimal weight loss following participation in a lifestyle intervention.
- Must have parents involved in all phases of recruitment and intervention.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Underlying genetic or endocrine disorder, which would preclude weight loss through behavioral and surgical techniques.
- Less than six months of participation in a medically-supervised weight management efforts.
- Active untreated, unstable psychopathology (to include active psychosis, severe depression, or significant eating pathology), as determined by psychological evaluation.
- Active suicidal ideation, as determined by psychological evaluation.
- Inadequate social support, as determined by psychological evaluation.
- Inability to provide informed consent/assent, as evidenced by clinical interview and cognitive assessments.
- Severe mental retardation, as evidenced by clinical interview and cognitive assessments.
- Demonstrated pattern of poor adherence to medical regimen and lifestyle modification.
- Active substance abuse, including tobacco use, as demonstrated by clinical interview and psychological evaluation. Inadequate knowledge of risks and patient responsibilities, as determined by clinical interview and knowledge quiz.
- Reported pregnancy within the past year, current pregnancy, or planning to become pregnant in the next three years.
- History or clinical symptoms of severe gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD)
- Person is not deemed for medical reasons to be a surgical candidate.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01980758
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01980758
|Contact: Janet D Delorme, MS
|United States, Virginia
|Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
|Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298
|Contact: Janet D Delorme, MS 804-527-4756 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: David Lanning, MD, PhD
|Sub-Investigator: Melanie Bean, PhD
|Sub-Investigator: Edmond Wickham, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Claudio Oiticica, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Ronald K Evans, PhD
Sponsors and Collaborators
Virginia Commonwealth University
Children's Hospital of Richmond
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|David Lanning, MD, PhD
|Virginia Commonwealth University
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 23, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Virginia Commonwealth University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01980758 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 26, 2013
|Last Updated:
|July 20, 2017
Keywords provided by Virginia Commonwealth University:
obesity, pediatric obesity, bariatric, bariatric surgery
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Obesity, Morbid
Nutrition Disorders
Body Weight
Signs and Symptoms
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Learning & Development Manager
Mike Rognlien oversees Manager Awesomeness at Facebook, driving content strategy and delivery of learning programs for people managers globally. As the company tripled in size in his first two years, he also drove Facebook's new hire onboarding and professional development programs and was the non-technical learning liaison for Facebook's Engineering and Infrastructure organizations. He and his team are based in Facebook's Menlo Park HQ, Chicago, Illinois and Austin, Texas.
Prior to joining Facebook, Mike was the Director of Microsoft Client Services for Intrepid Learning Solutions, where he managed a global team of 27 facilitators charged with delivering all of Microsoft's elective Employee & Manager Development programs. In addition to managing the team, he delivered dozens of sessions per year of popular programs like Crucial Conversations™, Situational Leadership II, Influencer and Egonomics. He has held similar senior L&D positions at Washington Mutual Bank and Intel Corporation.
Mike grew up in California and holds a Bachelor's in Organizational Communication from California State University, Sacramento, and a Master's in HR and Organization Development from the University of San Francisco. He has been PHR certified by the Human Resources Certification Institute since November, 2004. Mike resides in Chicago and is an avid Bears/Cubs fan.


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South Side City Block For SalePosted on April 7th, 2010 15 comments
Gravois Avenue & Meramec Street
South St. Louis, MO
This is a rather rundown intersection in the Bevo Mill neighborhood, but if you look through the grime, there's some interesting visual history of when St. Louis (like other Rust Belt cities) actually produced goods, and those industries dictated the transportation, housing and society of the neighborhoods they resided in.
While stuck at this stop light contemplating these fanciful thoughts, I noticed the two buildings above had Hiliker For Sale signs. The building on the left is a 2-family flat from 1915, and next door is a 4-family from 1915.
And the one-story industrial building next to it, from 1918, is also for sale by the same company.
Even around the corner, on Meramec, the 4-family from 1915 is also for sale.
Which means the entire block bound by pink in the above aerial map (courtesy of bing.com) is for sale by the same agent, though info about these buildings are not on the Hiliker site. Included in this full city block is the jewel of the lot…
…the 9-story-total factory from 1928 which was formerly the Graham Paper Company. It sits majestically at the top of the viaduct, and in the late 20th century it served as a storage warehouse. I remember idle talk in the early 20s of it becoming loft apartments, but obviously that never happened.
All of these properties currently for sale are listed in city records as being owned by 4230 Gravois LLC, c/o Imagine Schools, which begs the question: did this organization buy all these properties with the intent of creating a campus, then changed their mind?
The Graham Paper Company building is a gorgeous example of dignified industry, which was par for the course for the 19th-into-20th century, and I admire how they tucked this large complex into a block already populated with multi-family housing.
What will become of this block? Must the buildings be purchased as a whole, or will "the whole" turn off any but the deepest pockets? It's easy (but not desirable) for potential developers to dismiss the residential and remuddled one-story warehouse as demolition fodder, but the Graham complex cannot be denied. It's a strange and intriguing plot of land, and the possibilities for a new use are plentiful…and worrisome.
If anyone has information on what's happening with this block (including – and most especially – history of Graham Paper Company), please do share.adaptive reuse, historic architecture, south st. louis bevo mill, graham paper company, gravois avenue, hiliker, meramec street
15 Responses to "South Side City Block For Sale"
The Graham Paper Company building was built as a factory by the National Candy Company, hence the polychromatic terra cotta panel depicting candies over the entrance. In 2009, the National Park Service listed the building in the National register of Historic Places. At the time, Imagine was planning to convert the building into a charter school, but those plans have fallen through.
To add to what Michael said:
The National Candy Company, including this factory in St. Louis, and 2 in Chicago was sold to Chase Candy in 1946. An executive at the company was the father of actor Vincent Price, who grew up at 6320 Forsyth (across the street from Givens Hall at WashU). This location is also interesting for the subterranean galleries in the underpass that originally allowed factory workers access to the Gravois streetcar via a stairway.
I'm impressed by all three of you. Jeez…
samizdat April 8th, 2010 at 8:38 AM
That parcel has been for sale for about 3 years. I keep fearing that some jerk will come along and raze everything to the ground and put in a Walgreens, CVS, or a QT. It seems the City can't see beyond those three in terms of development. Although, I'm glad that the charter school planned for the National Candy building fell through. My personal opinion is that charter schools are part of a concerted effort to dismantle our public schools, both in the City and nationwide. But I digress…Oh, BTB, I think that one of the last Lamella roof structures in STL is currently being demolished down the street. The old Ford dealership and its service shop are being destroyed for a…CVS. The service shop's arcing roof has/had, if my eyes don't deceive me, a Lamella structure. Pity. If ya' want to take a gander, you better hurry. It's almost gone.
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David Schroth April 9th, 2010 at 11:21 AM
The National Candy Co. building sits at the western boundary of the Dutchtown West neighborhood. As a boy, actor Vincent Price was known as "The Candy Kid"; his father was president of the National Candy Co.
I lived in that area from 1962-1965. It was a clean, safe, civilized, functioning city neighbohood. Houses did not stand vacant for years and factory buildings were not vandalized, as they are today. Western Bowl was two blocks east of that building. Its opening in July 1962 was marked by a stagecoach parade through South St. Louis with a four-horse team and Western Bowl cowgirls. Ceremonies that day featured popular TV personality Charlotte Peters. For years afterward, Western Bowl teemed with activity and patrons at its bowling lanes and restaurants.
Bailey Farm Dairy — with its popular ice cream fountain — was one block north on Keokuk St. at Meramec St. The Colonial Baking Company was one block south on Gravois Ave. Factory buildings that are now silent were operating along Gustine Ave. south of Bingham Ave. My mother's cousin grew up in a frame house in the 3900 block of Meramec St. She remembered seeing a farm near Bingham and Gustine Aves. when she was a girl. Aerial photographs taken for the Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. in the 1940s-1950s show large areas of vacant land around Bingham and Gustine Aves. and on the site where Resurrection Catholic Church was built.
*gasp!* I LOVE this factory building!!! i discovered it a few years ago driving around south city. I wish i could buy it and turn it back into a chocolate factory and sell candy with gold tickets so i could give tours!!!
Patrick April 15th, 2010 at 12:07 PM
Is that train line still operating next to the factory?
I ask bc it appears the line cuts through some very visible areas of South City and could be used for light rail possibly?
Any details on this?
Brian W March 11th, 2011 at 10:44 AM
stumbled on this site looking for Bailey Farm Dairy items.. I lived in Bevo, and it was always a big treat to go to BFD with the grandparents for frozen custard.
I remember playing CYC soccer and baseball games at the field across from the old Paper Factory, which we called "Chaddeyson" or something like that… I was never sure what that building with the athletic fields was- seemed to be some sort of union hall or something?
Deanna B January 21st, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Writing this in January, 2012…….the entire block is now such an eyesore. It has become a dumping area & is in such disrepair with homeless &wildlife taking over the interior which is totally trashed. It is a great location for industrial businesses -I wish someone would buy it to bring jobs to the city.
Imagine school owns it now but doesn't take care of the property – a real shame for the neighborhood.
Oh and Western Bowl is now a Post Office sorting faciltity and Bailey Farm Dairy is now a Bosnian restaurant – Grbics….Great food.
A shame the writer had to start off with "This is a rather rundown intersection in the Bevo Mill neighborhood, but if you look through the grime"…….
Writing this in October 2012
And Deanna said its been badly trashed on the outside and in side too. I have a few photos of it in my scraps on my Web page but I dare not go into the darkness as I do not know what lurks there.
I may go into the darker areas when I am geared for it and bring friends I know I can relie on in a pinch incase of danger.
shaugse October 27th, 2012 at 11:38 PM
I just went into the factory today. Not too scary. No one around. Interesting graffiti in some places. Didn't get to look at all floors (flashlight died) but still would be great if something was done with the building.
I grew up in this neighborhood in the forties and fifties. For us, the building was the Chase Candy Company, and we'd ride down Bingham on our bikes and hang out in the parking lot. Occasionally, some of the workers would throw candy out the windows to us. We took care to catch the bags cleanly so there'd be no tell-tale splatter left on the lot. The Chase Candy company was one of the old industrial monuments on Bingham, along with the Koppers Mfg. Co. (antedating the Brown Shoe Company) and, further east, the Pomona Pump Company. Bingham was the boundary line street between areas zoned industrial and areas zoned residential.
This building and lot of buildings will be restored and transformed into a U-Haul Moving and Storage facility. This will be a similar restoration as the old Globe Drug Store building downtown off Tucker Blvd is receiving. This process will certainly help to clean up the appearance of the entire block.
"If anyone has information on what's happening with this block (including – and most especially – history of Graham Paper Company), please do share." ~Toby Weiss
If still interested, a Wikipedia article has recently been posted on the Graham Paper Company. Some of the history of the company has is available:
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My wife and I are going to both take our US-based cell phones to Europe. I understand all the cost issues. That's not my question. What I don't understand is what numbers get dialed. My understanding is that if someone in the US wants to call me, they simply dial as if I were sitting back in Des Moines. Correct? How about if someone in another country wants to call me, say Germany?
Then there are the questions about what I dial to make calls. How about if I want to call the US? How about if I want to call my wife while we are both in France? How about if I am in France and want to call my friends in Germany? How about if I am in France and want to call a local French number?
I know there is someone out there who has figured all this out, and I thank you in advance for your help.
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My wife and I are going to both take our US-based cell phones to Europe. I understand all the cost issues. That's not my question. What I don't understand is what numbers get dialed. My understanding is that if someone in the US wants to call me, they simply dial as if I were sitting back in Des Moines. Correct? How about if someone in another country wants to call me, say Germany?
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I have been doing quite a bit of research on cell phone use in Europe and it seems the best advice is to talk directly with YOUR cell phone company. There is no one answer for every phone or every carrier -- it's quite confusing. I think to avoid problems while you're there, bite the bullet and call the customer service folks for your cell phone carrier. I know, I know -- that's gonna be 2 hours of your life you never get back, but it could save you a lot of grief if you're really counting on using your phones in Europe.
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Anyone (except your wife, see below) wanting to call you will dial as if you were in Des Moines. This includes you friends in Germany.
To call a local number you just dial the number. Your phone will be registered on a local network.
To call back to the States dial +1, area code, phone number. To get the + symbol press and briefly hold the zero key until the + appears on the screen. You will use this routine to call your wife, and she to call you, when you are both in France.
To call Germany or any other country outside the one you are in you dial +(country code), area or city code and phone number, just as you would if you were dialing from the States.
What kind of phone do you have and who is your US carrier?
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The above is almost perfect...the only thing is the location of the + key...on many Nokia models to get + you have to hit the * key twice.....
The + functions as an indication of a gsm phone that it is an international call instead of +, you can prefix a call with 00 so to call NYC from wherever in Europe you could dial 001 212 555 1212...to call Germany you could prefix with 0039,,,
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Seamus, our phones are Motokrzrs from Motorola, and the carrier is T-Mobile.
This has been very helpful. One additional question: Do I include the area code in dialing to call my wife since our phones have the same area code and I would not dial the area code when making that call back in the States.
Thanks for the help.
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Yes, you must include the +1 and area code when calling your wife. You are calling her as if she were still in the States. To save time, you can edit her info in your phone's contacts list to add the +1 and area code (and likewise she for you.)
Also, in looking at the T-mobile site it appears the info I gave you about local calls is inaccurate; I apologize. For all calls that you make you will have to dial + (or 001) plus country code plus area/city code if required plus the phone number. This is a bit simpler, actually, as you will dial all calls the same way.
Thanks for the correction, xyz. Haven't used a Nokia in so long I forgot they were different. Have found that when using my BB or Motorola dialing 00 + country code usually automatically shows up onscreen as + country code - e.g., dial 001 and +1 shows onscreen.
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>to call Germany you could prefix with 0039
And you would end up somewhere in Italy. If you dialed 0049 you could reach Germany
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Yup...mea culpa!
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I'd also suggest using the SMS texting instead of voice calls--much cheaper communications and if you're providing directions they'll be written down already. Don't know why you're not getting a local cell phone (I got a French phone for under 30 euro, and topped it up with additonal minutes as needed. Cell to cell calls are the most expensive, cell to land phone (even in US) very much less.
You can buy a French cell phone on ebay, ready to go, complete with number so maybe you can get a German sim card for it--easy just to pop the new chip in and go. Don't have experience with German phone systems but I'm sure it's well organized.
The budget traveller in me rebels against the idea of the cost of using a US carrier when there are other options...
just saying...
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If you're in France, looking for a SIM card, a German www.solomo.de would be a cheap option, if you indended to call abroad. They ship to France. But you phone has to be unlocked.
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It's good to make sure your numbers are saved with + when you are "roaming". The international access codes vary, most Europeans use 00, I think US & Canada use 001. When you use the + instead, it solves any confusion. As USA/Canada is so large many Canadians & Americans never leave it, but we Europeans are more used to roaming. If you decide to buy local sim cards you should make sure your phone is "unlocked" first or you won't be able to recognise it. You phone company may do this for you (maybe for free) or there are websites & shops that will help you (for a fee)
Also, US uses different frequency to Europe. Make sure your phone has the correct frequency or you won't get any signal at all. I think we in Europe use 900/1800, but across the Atlantic you use 850/1900.
If you plan to visit many countries in Europe, you could get a specialised sim card such as from Lebara.
Your phone details are on www.gsmarena.com
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I guess it depends on how many calls you think you might make whether it is actually worth buying a European SIM, and possibly an unlocked phone.
Texting is the cheapest way to talk to your wife - if you have split up you can send a quick text to establish a meeting point.
If people in the US phone you on a US phone you will pay the cost of the call from the US to Europe, so you should discourage people from calling you if you can. Ask them to text. Switch off your voice mail too - listening to that will cost a fortune.
When we go to the States we use our Dutch mobiles. They are switched off during the day and checked for texts at the end of every day. Obviously if we need to make a call in the US we use one or other, but mostly we don't call. We always have a computer with us and use internet and e-mail to find and book hotels ahead of time whilst travelling. Same with places to eat.
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I enter all the numbers I thought I might call into my cell phone before leaving home (including appropriate country code, etc). I include all emergency numbers for the country(s) I planned to visit as well.
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Check your phone.
I have a setting on my phone that "knows" what to do. Best way I can describe it. When I call from France to the US, I just hit the normal speed dial number and it adds the country prefix etc. for me.
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sfgirl142, barring emergencies if I don't expect more than one or two calls, I like my approach better.
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Eastern Michigan's Silver Field, UNLV Bowl Eligible Plus Other NCAA Football News
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In April, UNLV's appeal was denied over a postseason ban due to low academic scores. Due to the bowl ban they lost two players, senior running back Adonis Smith who transferred to Arizona and senior offensive lineman Cameron Jefferson, who went to Arkansas. That was allowed because any player who eligibility left during a ban that would run out, were allowed to transfer to another school without sitting out.
UNLV was very unhappy about this because they finally played in their first bowl game since the 2000 Las Vegas Bowl. They lost to North Texas in the Heart of Dallas Bowl 36-14. After three straight two win seasons Bobby Hauk got them to seven wins last season and rewarded him with a three-year contract extension through the 2016 season.
Thinking they would not be able to play in a bowl game, on May 30th they added a 13th game to their schedule at Houston on Sept, 20th. NCAA bylaws allowed them do that because any team that plays a road game at Hawaii can. UNLV will also collect $400,000 for that game.
On June 26tUNLV got some great news! It was announced they would be bowl eligible this season due to miscalculations in the academic scores. It's a major relief for a team that is starting to turn the corner and be competitive in the Mountain West Conference. UNLV is thrilled they will be compete this season to play in the Mountain West Conference Championship and will be bowl eligible if they go 7-6, since they added a 13th game. If UNLV is capable of pulling off an upset week one August 29th at Arizona, with the game being shown on nationally ESPN, that would be a great start for them.
Eastern Michigan decides to be creative and will install a silver football turf this season. After taking a look at, it looks a lot like the silver turf the Los Angeles KISS of the Arena Football League have.
It looks like this turf is just something else for fans to talk about besides all the losing they have suffered through. Eastern Michigan has not been to a bowl game since the 1987 season and they have not had a winning season since 1995, when they went 6-5.
Ron English who was a solid defensive coordinator at Michigan and Louisville was supposed to be able to turn this team around. He was not able to at all, going 12-48 in five seasons and was fired after the season. Chris Creighton was named the new head coach.
Eastern Michigan claims they are putting down silver turf to help build a championship. I think it's just a way for fans to be distracted when the losing this season continues.
UMASS football team will be leaving the Mid-American Conference after the 2015 season. The move is not that big of a surprise because they would have had to move its college basketball program from the Atlantic 10 to the MAC and that was not going happen.
In two seasons in the MAC, UMASS went 2-22 and have a 2-14 conference record. Right now have no other options to get a conference for their college football team to play at. The American Athletic Conference will have Navy as a 12th team in 2015 and they have no interest in adding more teams. The Sun Belt Conference wants a 12th team but having UMASS for them would make no sense travel wise.
I don't see Conference USA as a good fit either. Unless there is more conference realignment, UMASS will have to be an independent and may have the tough task of finding 12 opponents for them to play every season. They may have to consider moving back to FCS if they program finds it to challenging to remain a FBS team.
The FCS is doing a wise thing starting their season early with a marquee match-up against two top 25 teams when Sam Houston State plays at Eastern Washington Saturday afternoon August 23rd being nationally televised by ESPN.
Eastern Washington won the 2010 FCS Championship defeating Delaware 20-19. They finished last season ranked 3rd in The Sports Network FCS Final Poll.
Sam Houston State played in the FCS Championship in 2011 and 2012, losing both times to North Dakota State. They finished ranked 14th in the final FCS Poll.
Fans who are hungry for college football will tune in and it gives the FCS great exposure with nothing else going on sports wise that afternoon besides baseball games.
Yes some fans do watch the FCS Championship in January, but in general that's a day people are more focused on watching NFL playoff games. Hopefully the FCS continues to have games like this a week before the regular college football season starts. Also with this game being played at Eastern Washington, who plays on a red football field, people flipping channels will see that and it may catch their attention.
Four new bowl games will be added this season. Some consider it five with a new bowl game in Detroit replacing the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, but I don't. The Camellia Bowl in Montgomery Alabama that will have the Mid-American Conference vs. the Sun Belt Conference. The Miami Beach Bowl, a bowl eligible BYU team against the American Athletic Conference. The Boca Raton Bowl, Conference USA vs. Mid-American Conference and Bahamas Bow, Conference USA vs. Mid-American Conference. In 2015 another Bowl game will be added in Orlando called the Cure Bowl, American Athletic Conference vs. Sun Belt Conference.
These games had to be added because the smaller conferences were getting locked out of other bowl games and they needed one for their teams to have. I have no problem for more bowl games. It's an outstanding award for players to go to and for fans to attend.
As long as team is has a 6-6 record they should be able to play in a bowl game. If it gets to the point where 5-7 teams gets then we know games have to be cut. No way should a team be playing in a road game with a losing . During bowl season I try to watch at least a part of every game that is played so I'm fine with more bowl games being added.
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ROBBINSDALE — The Stillwater adapted soccer team snapped a three-game losing streak on Tuesday while knocking off Robbinsdale/Hopkins/Mound-Westonka 8-2 at Cooper High School.
The Ponies (2-3) jumped out to a 3-1 halftime lead and poured it on with five goals in the second half.
"The team's mood was upbeat because they had a feeling that they could do this, they were just optimistic," Stillwater coach Rob Hollerbach said. "The kids said we could do this and the results showed their enthusiasm. It's midseason for us and it's a good way to go into the break."
Austin Harjes delivered four goals to lead the Ponies, who also received three goals from Wesley Dahle. Dan Pehrson added one goal and three assists while Riley Cludy threaded the assists on two of Dahle's three goals after drawing the attention of opposing defenders.
"Everybody participated and they're gelling like a team," Hollerbach said. "They were setting up passes in front of the net and both Riley and Austin had a lot of shots on goal, but would hit the post or the goalie. Both Austin and Riley also split the goalie duties, which seems to be working really well."


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She held up a sign and her American passport.
The room has comfy chairs, magazines, TV, a massage chair and a stocked fridge.
Fluorescent-lit cubicles suck your soul dry, so these alternatives will bring new life to work.
Taking steps in the right direction.
"Cambridge University... Still active."
The aim of the vivid painting is to prevent pedestrians from jaywalking.
This might be worth the trip to China.
Sadly, some tourists have made a mess of the park already.
Homosexuality was decriminalised in China in 1997, but conservative attitudes towards LGBTs still remain.
An exclusive look into a plant where Apple addressed claims of excess overtime.
It's the company's sixth park worldwide, and Chief Executive Robert Iger called it the company's greatest business opportunity since founder Walt Disney bought land in central Florida in the 1960s.
It promises to take visitors on a "rebirth" to gain a new perspective on life.
The show was originally billed to last three hours, and some paid up to $1,500 per ticket.
The $5.5 billion park could break even within a year, analysts estimate.
It's planning an online booking system so couples can register their split ahead of time.
It's China's tallest building, and the second tallest in the world.
She took the first train out of there after she saw the meal they served.
Self-praising shirts are the new black.
It's called the 'TRON' Lightcycle Power Run.
The unveiling was made days ahead of the 60th anniversary of the opening of Disneyland, the company's first theme park.
This Shanghai video will give you a new view of the city.
The 35-year-old driver, who was slightly injured, was confused and spoke incoherently, police said.
Relatives of those who died said authorities told them nothing about their loved ones for hours, and others said authorities misinformed them.
The initial cause of the stampede remains a mystery, but some witnesses report fake money was thrown from a balcony during the event.
Mozilla has announced plans to bring its low-cost $25 smartphone to India and Indonesia later this year.
People in China's most populated city can no longer use apps to get cabs during rush hour. The city government in Shanghai recently followed in Beijing's footsteps by banning taxi-hailing apps from7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. local time be...
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breaking news.. harden traded to houston 4 kevin martin…
I wonder why Thunders lose the finals. i mean, in defense they got sefalosha and ibaka. in offense they got durant, harden, and westbrook. their team is perfect.
The refs !
Can somebody answer me this question: Watching the top 10 and many other games, how could OKC lose the championship against Heat?
westbrook is a boss
i freakin love watching westbrook dunk hes vicious
0:36 Kevin Durant can barely complete a lay up vs someone who is way smaller then him way hahahha lol
Durant is the clutchest in the NBA. yes, i have heard of kobe and ray allen…
Ready for a new season to watch more great Thunder plays happen!
I never get tired of seeing some get ripped a new one on YouTube.
If they keep this team for a couple more years they'll win championships, no doubt.
How can you say never? Yeah, he's not as good right now, but the man is only 23 years old. Give him some time.
defense wise maybe but he'll never be able to compete with bosh on offence
more like ibaka top 10 plays
Ibaka is soooooo important to this team
Trying to grow a Harden beard, but I'm not man enough to do it.
Ibaka traveled on his dunk o;
Im Heat fan but i think Ibaka is already a better player than Bosh
half was durant~!
I can't understand what's SO good of #2 play that is also in the top 10 dunks and alley oops. I don't find it so nasty?
half of them is ibaka


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Seniors Outdoors! announces events
Seniors Outdoors! will host these upcoming activities:
A challenging three-day backpack trip to climb South and Middle Twilight peaks (13,158 feet) will meet at 7:30 a.m. Saturday. There will be steep ascents and exposure. For more information and to RSVP, call Bob Thompson at 382-9271.
The Wednesday Wanderers will meet at 8 a.m. Wednesday for an easy hike on the Red Creek Trail. Dogs are OK. Nonmembers must RSVP to Chris Wiehage at 259-0882.
A hard exploratory hike/climb from Ophir Pass to Lookout Peak above Columbine Lake will meet at 6:30 a.m. Thursday. To RSVP, call Rich Butler at 403-3185 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
A moderate hike along West Lime Creek will meet at 7 a.m. July 6. To RSVP, call Susan Beck-Brown at 375-0948 or email email@example.com.
Campers reminded about fire restrictions
Hikers, backpackers and campers are reminded that current fire restrictions ban open fires in all backcountry areas and most campgrounds in the region.
The only places in the San Juan National Forest and BLM Tres Rios Field Office area where open fires are permitted are inside permanent fire grates at the higher-elevation Sig Creek, South Mineral, Little Molas, Cayton, Burro Bridge, West Dolores and Mavreeso campgrounds, the Durango Interagency Fire Dispatch reported this week.
Petroleum-fuled stoves are permissible in the backcountry and other campgrounds, but campers still should use caution.
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Murli Manohar Joshi, federal human resources minister, had offered to resign when the lower court ruled against him earlier this month.
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee asked him to return to work following Tuesday's ruling.
The destruction of the Babri mosque led to nationwide religious riots in which more than 2,000 people were killed.
Mr Joshi was among seven leading Hindus charged on 19 September by a special court in the town of Rae Bareilly in connection with the tearing down of the mosque.
An eighth defendant, Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani, was told he would not be tried.
Mr Joshi challenged the charges, saying they were politically motivated and that his case was no different from Mr Advani's.
The High Court ruled that the lower court could not bring charges against Mr Joshi at its next hearing, expected on 10 October.
The judge hearing the case also summoned records from the Rae Bareilly court.
Mr Joshi said he had never considered himself guilty.
"I tendered my resignation to honour the court ruling," he said in a statement on hearing of his reprieve.
"The cases filed against me and others in this connection by the then government were motivated by political expediency and vendetta."
Muslims and Hindus have fought a bitter campaign over ownership of the site at Ayodhya since 1992.
Both sides want to rebuild places of worship there.
Hindus claim the Babri mosque was built on the site of an ancient Hindu temple to Lord Ram.
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Tonya if you do something like this again - could I join? Depending on how many/how long to create?
Kim was telling me about this on the phone tonight. I was so excited but yet scared. I would love to trade cards or at least card toppers. I am pretty particular on which card brand I use, I dont like sending out cheap cards which is why I asked about the topper?!?!


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IncrediMail, Action Against Hunger Join Forces for Christmas Charity Campaign
IncrediMail (NASDAQ: MAIL), a software company specializing in consumer products and services on the Internet, has joined forces with Action Against Hunger | ACF International, an international hunger relief and development organization, to create awareness for social issues through a viral, word-of-mouth email campaign this Christmas season. As a leading innovator of email communications and personalization, IncrediMail has created a philanthropic partnership with ACF to use the powerful reach of email to drive a donation campaign for the organization.
"We believe in the power of the internet to connect people and want to use it to spread Action Against Hunger's mission and inspiration this holiday season," said Yaron Adler, Chief Executive Officer of IncrediMail. "We teamed with ACF because of the strength of its organization and the importance of its mission. Email communications have united the world's people and made it possible to communicate without the barriers of time, space and, in some cases, language. We want to use this powerful vehicle and our unique product to spread the ACF message, unite our users and responsibly contribute to those less fortunate."
IncrediMail has created email backgrounds that feature ACF images and messages for use by its 10 million active users. IncrediMail will make a $15,000 minimum donation to ACF and will donate an additional $0.10 for every email sent using the ACF backgrounds, for a maximum donation of $30,000, between now and midnight (EDT) on December 26, 2006.
IncrediMail has revolutionized how people personalize and use email to communicate through its suite of images and graphics that resonate with consumers' interests and values. Its products have reached a staggering 70 million downloads since 1999 through viral outreach alone and are available in nine languages and in more than 100 countries. IncrediMail has taken its platform of personalization a step further with the ACF global campaign, which allows consumers to further customize their emails for use as a vehicle of giving.
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Circumcision isn't going to stop a kid getting teased.
LOL, thing is though, if I had got breast implants, I suspect I woulda got a lotta crap from other girls for having implants lol!
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Background : My building has three floors and a basement. Typically people take the freight elevator from the 2nd or 3rd floor to go to the 1st floor cafe. If someone gets on at the 3rd floor, there's no reason to go anywhere else usually.
So I get on the elevator on the 2nd floor. I push the 1st floor. It goes up to the 3rd floor. I see a woman, she pauses for a moment like she's uncertain what to do. I already know there's a guy around the corner.
I quip, "Going Down" — which is plainly obvious anyway but it's just automatic.
She pauses, gets on goes to the back, guy pauses, follows. They don't ask for me to push any other floor. Door closes, I'm at the front facing the front, putzing on my phone.
I hear a slight thump followed by some fairly unmistakable noises. To top it off, I then hear some giggling and the woman muttering "ow… laugh.. ow"
Doors open, I leave… they don't follow.
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ORGANISERS of the the Housman Society's annual Poetry Reading Competition believe the standard of competing pupils was the best yet.
The Artrix hosted the competition last Thursday, November 15 and Bromsgrove District Council Civic Head Janice Boswell, in giving away the prizes, was glowing in her praise of all participants.
George Freeman won the sixth form prize with a brilliantly assured performance of Housman's Grenadier and Spoz's "I can't Rap", but it was not enough to win him the Housman Cup which was awarded to Emily Collie for her moving interpretation of Housman's "The laws of God, the laws of man".


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The next Marketing Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 20th at 6:00 p.m. in the Triangle office — located in the trailer at 4th and Eye Streets, NW. Please come to learn about the progress of the 5-Eye Asian Film Series in August, the Taste of the Triangle, and the market at 5th and Eye.
Mount Vernon Square Neighborhood Association
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By Amanda Kim Stairrett
Killeen Daily Herald
NORTH FORT HOOD - The sounds of video games, pool balls clacking and laughing soldiers filled the room Wednesday as USO Fort Hood's newest location celebrated its grand opening.
After almost two years of planning and work, a USO center was opened at North Fort Hood. North Fort Hood is home to National Guard and Reserve units who are training for upcoming deployments.
"It really, really means a lot," Col. Gary Brito said of the center.
Brito leads First Army Division West's 120th Infantry Brigade, which oversees much of the training at North Fort Hood. Other Division West training brigades that operate at Fort Hood include the 479th Field Artillery Brigade and the 166th Aviation Brigade.
National Guard and Reserve units mobilize and deploy to Fort Hood, Brito said, and from there they go on to Kuwait, Iraq or Afghanistan. Any type of comfort or hospitality Fort Hood can show them is good, he added.
The new center, located on the first floor of Building 56480 on Headquarters Avenue, opened its doors three weeks ago, but hosted its grand opening Wednesday.
The facility has a snack bar, pool tables and areas for playing video games and watching movies. Much of what fills the center was donated by businesses and organizations that have long supported USO Fort Hood. Those include USA Discounters, Dominos Pizza, PepsiCo Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Mars Inc.
Spc. Adams Holzhaus arrived at Fort Hood more than a month ago with the 1729th Maintenance Supply Company, a Maryland Army National Guard unit. He said he visited the North Fort Hood USO to watch movies about four times a week.
Providing a second USO at Fort Hood was important because soldiers are soldiers regardless of the units in which they serve, said Robin Crouse, USO Fort Hood director.
These troops mobilize and train at North Fort Hood, she said, and the new location fits with the USO's goal of giving those in uniform a home away from home.
Visitors to USO North Fort Hood will continue to see improvements to the center. Crouse said officials plan to continue adding features and services to make the location even homier than the entertainment centers, coffee tables and comfortable couches it already has.
Current hours are from 2 to 10 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays, though Crouse has already received requests from soldiers to open earlier. She said open hours would increase as more volunteers come forward.
Those interested in volunteering must register at www.usovolunteer.org. The next volunteer orientation is March 30 at North Fort Hood.
To hear what other soldiers at North Fort Hood has to say about the new USO center, read next week's Fort Hood Herald.
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Mercury Records artist George Stanford, is set to conquer music industry with 'The EP'.
It will be soon before long when a new act under the name George Stanford will rock the music industry. The singer from Philadelphia has just released an EP simply titled 'The EP' where he played all sorts of instruments except from drums.
'The EP' came out all strong even in the beginning of it. The opening track 'My Own Worst Enemy' is a statement of how music has become a deep part of him.
"It's given me the greatest things. It's about the struggle of trying to make a life out of it," Stanford said. "When I was struggling, I'd start to think about my options and I really couldn't think of any so it always came back to music for me."
The new singer has been noted as the next John Mayer and Jack Johnson although he claimed that the influence came from the legends Paul Simon and Tom Petty. He started off playing trombone while a kid and went on grabbing other instruments upon growing up. He is currently signed to Smash/Mercury Records.
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IT'S NO joke – some people have fridges bigger than my kitchen.
In fact, I recently came across a walk-in appliance that wasn't much smaller than my house. Even for families, these American-style monsters are far too large. Do we really need four-door fridges that spout Swiss mountain stream water from special taps, chill enough food to feed 19 families for a month and have a built-in delicatessen?
Yet more and more people think that bigger is better, and a giant fridge will add to the many other status symbols they have collected like the mammoth TV and massive car.
A Government-commissioned report has suggested that middle-class families should stop buying large fridges in order to save energy and tackle climate change.
Too right – costing several thousand pounds, many have their own ice-making machines that could be put to better use in solving the melt problem in Greenland.
Yet, sadly, this advice will fall on millions of deaf ears. Most people, I believe, couldn't care less about saving energy and climate change. If they did, homes would not be bursting at the seams with these trappings – most of which they could easily manage without.
We manage perfectly well with a TV the size of a cereal box, and a small car, yet I know of only one family who have the same. Most people I know own two cars – one of which tends to be gas-guzzling, tank-sized – and a TV to rival IMAX.
When people shop their purchase is dictated primarily by cost, not energy. How many people take account of the colour-coded energy rating sticker when buying fridges? Very few, I suspect.
The report also suggests drying clothes outside as much as possible rather than using a tumble drier. This is something I also struggle to understand – why people who have outside space don't use washing lines. Sheets, towels and clothing dried in the breeze feel far crisper and fresher than laundry dried in a steel tube.
But yet again, if there's a device for it, people will use it. Look at all the stuff people have in their kitchens – juicers, ice-cream makers, yoghurt makers, bread makers, coffee machines.
People could also save money by replacing large appliances such as huge televisions, the report says.
But, however hard up people are, I can't see them trading in their 84inch, high-definition cinema screens for an A4 alternative.
Nowadays, huge TVs are the centrepiece of the living room, replacing the picture over the fireplace.
Even when the planet is on its last legs, cavernous fridge-freezers will still be flying off the shelves. They may even be the norm.
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In regards to atheism and suicide, although there are recent studies relating to atheism being a causal factor for suicide in some individuals, an early proponent of atheism being a causal factor for suicide in some individuals was the Reverend Dr. Robert S. MacArthur.[1][2][3]
In 1894, the New York Times stated the following in relation to atheism and suicide:
|Dr. Martin urged that a great cause of suicide was atheism. It was, he said, a remarkable fact that where atheism prevailed most, there suicides were most numerous. In Paris, a recent census showed one suicide to every 2,700 of the population. After the publication of Paine's "Age of Reason" suicides increased.[4]
The same New York Times article quotes the Reverend Dr. MacArthur describing suicide in the following manner:
|It is mean and not manly; it is dastardly and not daring. A man who involves his innocent wife and children in financial disaster and disgrace and takes his life and leaves them to bear the burden he was unwilling to bear, is a coward.[5]
In 2004, the American Journal of Psychiatry reported the following:
|Religiously unaffiliated subjects had significantly more lifetime suicide attempts and more first-degree relatives who committed suicide than subjects who endorsed a religious affiliation. Unaffiliated subjects were younger, less often married, less often had children, and had less contact with family members. Furthermore, subjects with no religious affiliation perceived fewer reasons for living, particularly fewer moral objections to suicide. In terms of clinical characteristics, religiously unaffiliated subjects had more lifetime impulsivity, aggression, and past substance use disorder. No differences in the level of subjective and objective depression, hopelessness, or stressful life events were found.[6]
The website Adherents.com reported the following in respect to atheism and suicide:
| Pitzer College sociologist Phil Zuckerman compiled country-by-country survey, polling and census numbers relating to atheism, agnosticism, disbelief in God and people who state they are non-religious or have no religious preference. These data were published in the chapter titled "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns" in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005). In examining various indicators of societal health, Zuckerman concludes about suicide:
"Concerning suicide rates, this is the one indicator of societal health in which religious nations fare much better than secular nations. According to the 2003 World Health Organization's report on international male suicides rates (which compared 100 countries), of the top ten nations with the highest male suicide rates, all but one (Sri Lanka) are strongly irreligious nations with high levels of atheism. It is interesting to note, however, that of the top remaining nine nations leading the world in male suicide rates, all are former Soviet/Communist nations, such as Belarus, Ukraine, and Latvia. Of the bottom ten nations with the lowest male suicide rates, all are highly religious nations with statistically insignificant levels of organic atheism."[7]
Australian online opinion writer and lecturer in ethics and philosophy at several Melbourne theological colleges, Bill Muehlenberg, in his essay The Unbearable Heaviness of Being (In a World Without God) states the following:
|Announcing, and believing, that God is dead has consequences. And it is we who suffer the most for it. We cannot bear the whole universe on our shoulders. We were not meant to. We must let God be God. Only then can men be men. Only then can we find the way forward to be possible, and the burdens not insurmountable.[8]
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- ↑ http://www.adherents.com/misc/religion_suicide.html
- ↑ http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/161/12/2303
- ↑ NY Times, September 17, 1894, ATHEISM A CAUSE OF SUICIDE.; Dr. MacArthur Preaches on the Sin and Cowardice of Self-Destruction
- ↑ NY Times, September 17, 1894, Atheism a Cause of Suicide.; Dr. MacArthur Preaches on the Sin and Cowardice of Self-Destruction
- ↑ NY Times, September 17, 1894, ATHEISM A CAUSE OF SUICIDE.; Dr. MacArthur Preaches on the Sin and Cowardice of Self-Destruction
- ↑ http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/161/12/2303
- ↑ http://www.adherents.com/misc/religion_suicide.html
- ↑ http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2008/05/26/the-unbearable-heaviness-of-being-in-a-world-without-god/
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I booked my vacation right through next week, somewhere without televisions. It's going to be the first All-Star Game I've missed for as long as I can remember. I think the players didn't do a good job of voting in other players, but then, has anyone ever been completely happy with the way players are selected? I don't care about the home-field advantage issue--we'll see if this new incentive overpowers the instinct to play everyone on the roster. If a change had to be made, I'd have preferred to see home-field advantage determined by overall record in interleague play...except that I'm opposed to anything that keeps interleague play alive.
It's that I just don't find All-Star festivities exciting at all. I'd rather take a break from attending and watching baseball for a week in the same way the players like to get back to their families (which, incidentally, is why you get to see all those touchy-feely stories about how the stork's visiting your home team each April).
It's part of the larger problem with baseball. The whole "This time it counts" thing is exactly the kind of solution Commissioner Selig comes up with. If you have a problem, and you want to solve it, here's a good way to do it:
When you have time to consider things, almost everyone goes through something like that to make the best decision they can.
Selig never, ever does this. The clich� is that every problem looks like a nail if all you have is a hammer. Selig went to Costco and stocked up on bandages and duct tape, and he's determined to use them. Embarrassed by a tie in the All-Star Game, tie it to home field advantage. Not sure what to do, expand the playoffs again. I'm seriously afraid of what might happen during this off-season: I'd buy Selig the NFL Sunday Ticket package if I didn't think it'd result in yearly schedule strength adjustments and halftime shows in MLB. I suspect Selig's out there reading the wackiest print columnists he can find, clipping sarcastic articles and highlighting lines suggesting 'designated runner,' then writing "hmmm...pretty good idea" on a note he clips to the paper before sending it to an annoyed Sandy Alderson. If you don't think baseball's broken, you just haven't given it enough thought.
Take the Home Run Derby. I've been to one, and it was OK, but now it's 12 hours long and seems to feature seven, eight home runs total. Fewer hitters want to do it because swinging for the fences that hard over and over messes up their swing, or makes them too sore. And it features Chris "Borinator" Berman, who wore his nickname thing out years ago and no one's had the heart to tell him for fear that he'll lose the will to live ("I can't announce...I can't analyze...all I had was the nicknames, Dr. Bobby-Bo-Bo"). And baseball's solution every year has been to make the Derby slower, more boring, and harder to endure.
It's like the Olympics: as the ratings drop, they pack the events with more advertising to keep the revenue up, which causes people to tune out. People get fed up with personal profiles of athletes overcoming obstacles, so they get more profiles...and so on. It's the same way with the All-Star Game. As All-Star week has become bloated and boring from start to finish, baseball's response has been to drag out the Home Run Derby, add more side events, and make voting even more multi-staged and confusing. What are we up to now, 40 players a team, not including the selected-but-not-going? That's a college football team, not a baseball lineup.
The one-player-per-team is good: when I was a fan of the bad Mariners, I took a lot of joy in seeing the team send a representative every year, and if it keeps the fans of bad teams involved in the game, that's worth the marginal sacrifice.
I've never bought into second-guessing the fan voting. The All-Star Game is (was) about seeing the players you wanted to see in an exhibition game, and if that meant you as a fan wanted to see Cal Oncegreatveteran take the field alongside the current greats, well, that's what you want to see. I wish people would go see the movies I like, too, so that more of my kind of movies would get made. But voting allows everyone to pick who they want, and complain about everyone else's vote.
If baseball really wants to make All-Star festivities entertaining though, they should split it up. I was going to suggest an Anti-Stars game, with the worst players at each position playing each other, but I realized what's the point? You can just go see a Detroit-Tampa Bay game and get the same effect.
I'd like to see the All-Star game with fan elections and then some way of filling out the rosters, and then a Dim Star game with good players who don't get any recognition (though there's going to be a lot of competition as everyone's got their pet 'most underrated' player). Though that then raises the question--if everyone recognizes a player's not getting recognition, doesn't that defeat the point? No matter.
Baseball should have a celebrity villain game, sponsored by America's Farmers, where all the most-hated players try to play while fans hurl rotten fruit and vegetables at them.
What I really want is a "put up or shut up" game in which a team of random players--no stars, this would be a great place to play an all-rookie game, for instance, or give some exposure to the best bench players in the league--face off against fans who say that pro players are overpaid and pampered, and if the fans win, they get a Wily Mo Pena contract and $1 million in a giant novelty check, but if they lose, they have to stop acting stupid for a year.
I love this idea, but it should be even more humiliating. When you start out, the players will score a zillion runs, as the fans go hitless, unable to hit a breaking pitch. So then you offer to reset the score and spot them a pitcher: someone decent from Triple-A, maybe, but it's double the stakes: the fans have to shut up for two years or, if they win, get $2 million and a spot on a 25-man roster as a pinch-runner. Now it's interesting: against major league pitching, a replacement-level pitcher's going to give up five, six runs...with an ordinary defense, and the fans aren't ordinary. The players bunt down the lines mercilessly and score over and over. Offer to reset the score again, and stop bunting, even spot the fans 20 runs in a four-inning game, but it's for four times the money and if the fans lose, they can't say a bad word about player salaries, lifestyles, or anything related for the rest of their lives.
Then the players that get on steal every base on the weak-armed catcher throwing to the slow-and-poor-fielding infielders (balls likely flying into the outfield), scoring from first on every fly ball to the outfielders�
If there's anything that televises better than humiliation, I'd like to know what it is. This is the kind of great innovative entertainment baseball needs to reach out to the average fan and get them involved, and at the same time inspire appreciation for how hard it is to play baseball at the highest levels. In future years, there'll be all kinds of variants they can use, like playing with a three-man infield (P/SS/2B/1B) and one-man outfield against a full fan team, forcing the players to run the bases sack-race style, and so on.
Every year, the players could come up with cool ideas to handicap themselves and still show how much better they are then the people who claim that anyone could be a baseball player for minimum wage. Anyone can perform surgery for minimum wage, too, but that doesn't mean you'd want that, either.
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