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How to use Views 3 and Panels to create a RSS feed for comments for each node
Here is my way of creating a RSS feed that displays for each page or node for the comments on that specific page. The use case for such a senario would be replicate the functionality provided by Comment RSS module that doesnot have a Drupal 7 version.
1. Views 3
2. Panels styling the node (use the node template provided with panels).
Step 1 : Goto Administration > Structure > Views and create a new view. Label the view what you want (I called mine Comment Feeds). In Show, select Comments from the drop down, and let the sort order be latest comment;
Step 2: Check the checkbox include an RSS feed;
Step 3: Click on Continue and Edit.
In the new view created, check the feeds display to check if the feed is appearing in the preview area. This should display all the comments that have been made for all content in your site. In order to restrict the comment feed to display only comments related to a particular node, click on contextual filters, and select Content: Content nid from the list and click on save. You can also change the comment feed path to content/%/feed which essentially means that the url for the feed will be modified according to the content being viewed. Click on Save. Make sure your feed is attached to the page.
In the page display, change the Format to Unformatted Fields, and, in show, change comments to fields. We just want that feeds to display, so what I did was change this page. Since you cannot have the feed without at least one field displaying, I chose to display the comment count. Click on fields, and select Content: Comment Count. Make sure you have overridden the display style for only the page; you don't want the feed to change its display settings. Remove the title field to display only the comment count. In the pager section, change from paged display to restrict display to a single item.
Go to the panel variant for the content type you want the RSS feed to appear on. Go to the content section and decide which region you want to add this view to. I choose to display this below comments section and above the comment form. Click on the small gear icon on the left at the top of the region and select views. Choose the view you want to include which would be the Comment Feed View in my case.
Choose the page as the display type and click on submit. The next dialog that appears make sure you choose in the context drop down Content Id in order to restrict the view to display items for the specific node. You can choose the title for this (if you want no extra title type in ).
Click on save and update, and each and every node of that particular type will now have a nice orange RSS icon attached to page.

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GAU is a financially independent research and consultancy unit operating at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS), which is involved in diverse aspects of pure and applied research, radioanalytical services, consultancy and training in radioactivity.
Formed in 1988 and headed by Dr Ian Croudace and Dr Phillip Warwick, GAU has a workforce of PhD qualified staff. It is an internationally recognised centre of expertise in environmental radioactivity and analytical radiochemistry.
It focuses on providing high-level expertise to its various clients in the nuclear industry but it also delivers a significant teaching and research function, which is integrated with its commercial activities. Undergraduates and postgraduates from NOCS benefit from advanced level courses and masters and PhD research projects. Since 1996, seven industrially-funded, nuclear-related PhD projects have been completed and the qualified individuals have remained in the Unit or found work in the nuclear sector.
GAU also provides expertise in radiochronological dating (lake and estuarine sediments), geochemical analysis and X-radiography to academia and other organisations in the petroleum, marine and geotechnical sectors. Publication of numerous papers in the international literature, often derived from the findings of its contract research, are also an important function of the Unit's staff.
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Alpharetta, Ga. -- McAlister's Deli announced plans to develop 17 restaurants in Indiana, South Carolina, and Georgia as part of new multi-unit development agreements with two existing franchise groups.
"We are pleased that our existing franchisees are continuing to expand with McAlister's Deli," said McAlister's Deli president and CEO Frank Paci. "Their commitment to develop demonstrates their confidence in the brand's strength and its ability to provide franchisees with an attractive investment."
McIndy Ventures a current McAlister's franchisee with 16 restaurants will develop 14 new restaurants in Indiana with the first location scheduled to open in the last quarter of 2014.
DMAC81 an existing franchisee with 10 McAlister's restaurants, plans to open three restaurants in Georgia and South Carolina with the first location slated to open in second quarter 2014 in Georgia.


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Overheating processors may have caused Apple to delay the iPhone 5
The rumor says that Apple will be launching a slightly upgraded iPhone 4S this year because of the issue. This is something that we have all heard in the past. However, this is where things get a little sketchy. Sohu.com said that the iPhone 4S would have a dual-core processor. The A5, which they claim was overheating, is the dual-core processor that would power a supposed iPhone 4S.
It is possible that a hardware redesign for an iPhone 5 would have a different effect on the processor than the iPhone 4 body style that is said to only contain some minor upgrades, like a better camera. It was also stated that Apple may be holding out on production for a dual-core A6 processor to be ready. But still, this is a rumor and should be regarded as such.
Recent reports are suggesting a major upgrade to the iPhone will hit the shelves as early as August. Until Apple makes a new iPhone official (or if one of their employees leaves it in a bar), nobody really knows what is going to happen at this point. Tell us what you think in the comments.
source: Sohu.com via BGR
38 Comments
1. Leyjee (Posts: 47; Member since: 25 Feb 2011)
who really gives a s**t! I'm not an iPhone hater, but i cant help thinking droid and wp7 will rule :)
2. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
I disagree with the Android statement, but you know for sure you're a hater when you say Windows Mobile 7 will rule.
23. Shafeer (Posts: 79; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Do you not think your a Fanboy for saying that though? Any platform can rule whether its iOS, Android or WP7
34. corps1089 (Posts: 492; Member since: 20 Jan 2010)
I guess its a good sign for Apple to come out on top when your product is so popular you are struggling to find capable suppliers and reliable parts.
But c'mon Apple, you should not have have dipped into the bin of overheating Playstation parts...
3. android_hitman (unregistered)
iphone 5 delayed, apple loosing in court!! aaaa it's the end of the world....
4. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
*shrugs* just another reminder that no phone company is perfect. At least Motorola can get a dual core processor right. So can Samsung. But ooh, too bad, Apple. You kinda burnt those bridges, didn't you?
Yes, I'm aware that Nvidia and TI designed the Motorola processors. But they still had to make the processors work with the rest of the phone.
5. me144 (unregistered)
you do know that apple only makes the processors the rest of the phone is made by LG and Samsung and some other small company
10. ph00ny (Posts: 1509; Member since: 26 May 2011)
You do know that apple only designs their SOC based on the ARM design and it's actually fabricated by samsung. Rest of the phone is put together by the parts supplied by many companies including samsung and LG
35. Laurynas (unregistered)
"You do know that apple only designs their SOC based on the ARM design..."
1. Apple's A5 SoC is designed by Apple.
2. CPU is designet by ARM (which is inside Apple's A5 SoC).
3. Apple's A5 SoC is manufacture by Samsung.
+ Some more info:
All it is about a Apple's A5 SoC (System-on-a-chip) and it contains not only CPU inside. That's mean SoC heat is produced NOT ONLY by CPU (of course it is mostly, but not only). Also heat level depends not only on clock speed of CPU, it also depends on architecture of CPU. Also we can't forget about a casing.
So, heat can be generated drop by drop not only by CPU, remember that we are talking about a whole SoC not only about CPU (+casing).
13. 530gemini (Posts: 2198; Member since: 09 Sep 2010)
So sniggly. You're taking this rumor as a fact then? Lol. I bet if this was something positive about the next iphone, you'll take it as a major rumor, right? Lol.
17. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Not necessarily. The rumor could still be false. But the rumors about the iphone coming to Verizon were true, the rumors about the iPhone being delayed were true, etc. So there's a good chance that this rumor is true too.
30. 530gemini (Posts: 2198; Member since: 09 Sep 2010)
Just like the rumor since 2008 of an iphone nano, an iphone with a keyboard, etc. There are more rumors about the iphone that turned out to be false. So there's a bigger chance that this rumor will be false as well :)
6. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
The iphone doesn't even need a dual core processor. Why on earth would you put a dual core processor on a feature phone anyway?
7. android_hitman (unregistered)
8. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
9. android_hitman (unregistered)
because we can :)
37. ivanprskalo (Posts: 123; Member since: 09 Dec 2010)
We??? Who exactly you are? Some kid who owns iPhone which was bought by his dads money?
11. ph00ny (Posts: 1509; Member since: 26 May 2011)
iphone doesn't because it doesn't multitask properly....
31. box (unregistered)
Well said.
But as for why, so that it's at least up to date - in specifications alone - to the top-tier phones from its competetition
33. shayan (Posts: 159; Member since: 09 Sep 2010)
wow this was the best " screw apple" comment I've read in this site.
36. ivanprskalo (Posts: 123; Member since: 09 Dec 2010)
Very nice!!!
12. BoogieEJ (unregistered)
REMEMBER EVERYONE........... Apple revolutionized the Smartphone industry with the iPhone and THEY did revolutionized again with the invention of the App Store,,,,,, and thats why alll this Android and WP7 got cool Apps........... REMEMBER dont forget the CREATOR :D
18. NeXoS (Posts: 292; Member since: 03 May 2011)
Ford revolutionized transportation, when everyone was using horses and buggies, Ford created assembly line automobiles.
But today, I drive a BMW. You can live in the past with your Ford, I'll take my BMW any day.
21. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Aw, don't pick on Ford. They make awesome cars again.
But your point stands.
14. 530gemini (Posts: 2198; Member since: 09 Sep 2010)
And of course once again all the fandroids rush in treating this rumor to be a known fact. But when the next iphone comes out proving the rumors false, fandroids pretend that they never said anything and totally forgets all the s**t they post on here :)
15. Laurynas (unregistered)
Souds like a:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Or maybe like a:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
16. jroc74 (Posts: 6019; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Ok....whats the difference between the chip in the iPad 2 and the chip going in the iPhone 5? Unless it something to do with the phone radio causing problems? Or is the iPhone 5 too thin?
If this is true...
19. NeXoS (Posts: 292; Member since: 03 May 2011)
It's the antenna problem again! Lulz!
20. ztedac (Posts: 69; Member since: 17 May 2010)
so happy that samsung does not have the same problem ^^
22. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Sniggly how long has the bionic been delayed? When the iPhone 5 comes out it will be the best phone by customer satisfaction and sales and bionic will be a failure just like all of Motorolas phones.


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American Music Awards 2012: Ke$ha Tones it Down (PHOTOS)
After arriving to the 2010 American Music Awards in a mohawk and glittered eyebrows, Ke$ha decided to take a much more subdued, one might say glamorous, route this time around in a classic light pink dress.
The 25-year-old singer, who performed her hit single "Die Young" during the show, looked straight out of a 1940s movie on the red carpet, matching her dress with a vampy, wavy blonde hairdo. Veronica Lake, eat your heart out.
Do you prefer Ke$ha toned down or all glittered out?
Have a look at her outfit in the gallery, above, then sound off in the comments.


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JUDY WOODRUFF: And to the analysis of Shields and Ponnuru. That's syndicated columnist Mark Shields and National Review senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru. David Brooks is away.
We want to turn first to comments that Barack Obama made yesterday in Fargo, North Dakota. At a news conference shortly after his arrival, Obama discussed his upcoming trip to Iraq. He said he could re-evaluate his thinking on the war based on what he hears from military commanders.
SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D), Illinois: I've always said that the pace of withdrawal would be dictated by the safety and security of our troops and the need to maintain stability. That assessment has not changed.
And when I go to Iraq, and I have a chance to talk to some of the commanders on the ground, I'm sure I'll have more information and will continue to refine my policies.
JUDY WOODRUFF: But later in the day, Obama called another press conference to clarify his position. He again pledged to bring home the troops.
SEN. BARACK OBAMA: My first day in office, I will bring the Joint Chiefs of Staff in, and I will give them a new mission, and that is to end this war, responsibly, deliberately, but decisively.
And I have seen no information that contradicts the notion that we can bring our troops out safely at a pace of one to two brigades per month. And, again, that pace translates into having our combat troops out in 16 months' time.
JUDY WOODRUFF: So, Mark Shields, what's behind what Barack Obama said yesterday? Is he seriously thinking about changing his position on withdrawing American troops?
MARK SHIELDS, Syndicated Columnist: Well, I think he's taking what I guess his supporters would say is a realistic position. The situation has changed.
As far as being longer, stronger against the United States invasion, occupation of Iraq, Barack Obama owns that distinction in both parties in 2008. But now the question is — and the American voters are very practical — they say, "OK, what now?"
He's already made that pledge that he would be out in 16 months, but he's going to Iraq. And the reality has changed in Iraq, that more Americans died in Afghanistan this past two months than died in Iraq. The Taliban is resurgent, as al-Qaida is, outside of Iraq.
So I think it reflects that changed reality. He would look like a hopeless ideologue if he didn't, Judy. But the charge is about flip-flop because it fits in both the narrative that the Republicans are using against him and some other changes, including on public financing, that Obama did change.
JUDY WOODRUFF: But on this question of Iraq withdrawal, Ramesh, do you see a material shift or a potential material shift here?
RAMESH PONNURU, National Review Senior Editor: Well, Judy, remember, in his initial statement, he did say he was going to refine his position. He just didn't say that he was going to refine it a few hours later.
I think what is happening is — or he wants to create the impression that he wants to get out of Iraq, but he also wants to create the impression he doesn't want to leave recklessly.
This is all, I think, part of a sort of sprint to the center that Obama is undertaking right now. And he, I think, understands he needs to reposition himself after the primaries, but he can't do it so fast that he looks not only like an unprincipled opportunist, but I think even more damagingly like he's weak and indecisive.
Obama shifts, garners criticism
JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, he is taking a lot of flak, Mark, as you're suggesting right now, for what are perceived as at least shifts in his thinking on the so-called FISA bill, the warrantless wiretap, his comments he made on some Supreme Court decisions last week, campaign financing. Is he vulnerable on all this?
MARK SHIELDS: I think he's more vulnerable, Judy, not on the flip-flop charge nearly as much as the sense that his differentness is being compromised, his differentness.
He prided himself on being a candidate who was authentic and different and transparent and open, would say things to groups that they didn't want to hear, much like John McCain did in an earlier incarnation, and less so now.
And the perception that does get some traction, that he's calibrating and calculating his positions to offend the smallest number of voters, I think that's a bigger risk than the charge of flip-flop. The flip-flop, I don't think, it really takes nearly as much damage, inflicts as much damage upon him.
RAMESH PONNURU: Let me defend Obama here. I think actually that this is a very shrewd decision on Obama's part. He doesn't need to be a new and different kind of politician to win this election. He needs to be an acceptable Democrat.
And I think the calculation his campaign has clearly made -- and correctly made -- is that they can take a lot of criticism for being just another politician, if they realign themselves with public opinion, they'll be all right.
MARK SHIELDS: The place I'd take an exception to that is that he has excited voters, especially younger voters, and people who haven't voted before by the fact that he's made the case that he is different, both on the war and in other issues, as well.
If they sense that that differentness -- the enthusiasm factor has been an enormous advantage for him and for the Democrats in this campaign against John McCain and the Republicans. Democrats are far more enthusiastic about voting. And if that's sapped or if that's enervated by the perception that he's just being calculating and calibrating every phrase, I think that could be a problem.
JUDY WOODRUFF: But you're saying you don't see that as something, for example, that the McCain camp is going to gear up and go after him?
RAMESH PONNURU: Well, I think the Democrats are going to be energized by the fact that Barack Obama is not a Republican more than they are by his differentness.
And I think the differentness is actually somewhat off-putting to some of the swing voters that Obama needs now. I think that tamping down some of that enthusiasm is a price worth paying for Barack Obama.
MARK SHIELDS: Just one thing. I think this election is going to be about Barack Obama. Voters have already made up their mind about the Republicans and their record. I mean, 80 percent think the country is headed in the wrong direction, and George Bush, few of them -- 1 of 4 voters think he's doing a good job.
So the question is, it's like 1980 with Ronald Reagan. The question is -- and to some degree, Bill Clinton in 1992. They've made their judgment on the party that's in power: They don't want them to continue.
But the question is, are they going to feel safe? And are his prescriptions for improving the nation considered wise and helpful to voters? I think that's what he has to resolve, and I think that's the concern that his campaign has to have.
JUDY WOODRUFF: So this tour last week, among other things, Ramesh, talking about patriotism, why he loves America, where he's coming from, is that all a part of this?
RAMESH PONNURU: That is all part of becoming an acceptable Democrat, meeting those threshold conditions. There was a lot of ammunition given to the Republicans over the last few years, with Obama's ties to the Reverend Wright, with Michelle Obama's comments about being proud of the United States for the first time in her adult life, and I think that Obama is trying to undo that damage by saying, "Look, I'm a patriot. Nobody can question that."
McCain's strengths and weaknesses
JUDY WOODRUFF: Let's talk about the McCain campaign, Ramesh, a shake-up, changes at the top. How big a deal is this? How important?
RAMESH PONNURU: Well, I think that if you talk to campaign insiders, you get the impression that Steve Schmidt, who's been elevated, and Mark Salter, McCain's long-time aide, have really been in charge of setting the themes and message of the campaign, and Rick Davis, who looks as though he was demoted, has really already been in the mode of sort of just executing those decisions for a good long time now.
So I think a lot of the change is more apparent than real. But I think it is a response to a lot of Republican concerns that this campaign has been disorganized.
MARK SHIELDS: There have been. There's been really open and rather sustained Republican criticism of John McCain's campaign.
You can make the case, given the landscape they're dealing with, that John McCain has done very well in the campaign that he's even competitive with Barack Obama at this point. I mean, it's just a terrible, terrible political environment for Republicans.
But the knock that I hear more than any other is that McCain has laid out the case against Obama -- that's all that they do -- that they haven't made the case for McCain, how a McCain presidency would be different, how McCain would be different from Bush, as well as different from Obama, and change the country for the better.
JUDY WOODRUFF: But that's part of the message. And, Ramesh, you're saying the people who've crafted that message are the ones who are now in charge?
RAMESH PONNURU: That's right, and they're very intelligent people, but I wonder whether the message that they seem to in recent days have hit upon, which is country first -- McCain puts the country ahead of his personal ambitions, and Obama has never done, you know, never put his own interests aside -- I wonder if that's really going to work, because what they're doing is saying Obama is just a typical politician. And as I was trying to say earlier, I think that Obama can survive being a typical politician.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Smart for McCain, Mark, to go to Colombia, Mexico, over the last couple of days?
MARK SHIELDS: Well, you could say the case for doing it is that John McCain went down there as an advocate and champion of free trade at a time when free trade and free trade agreements are enormously unpopular in the country by a 2-to-1 margin.
The Wall Street Journal-NBC poll voters feel that trade policies have hurt the country; 3 million manufacturing jobs lost while George Bush has been president. So that, you could say, he -- it's hard to translate it, Judy, really into where it trends in this country.
I will say this, that McCain's greatest strength is when he has appeared to be a politician of conviction. You know, is he taking on his own party and his own interests?
Obama attempts to reassure voters
MARK SHIELDS: I think Obama did that this week on the faith-based, by taking on strong interests in his own party, especially the liberal left of the party that is against that, by endorsing a policy that was initially supported by George Bush...
JUDY WOODRUFF: Basically saying he would pick up some of President Bush's faith-based organizations...
MARK SHIELDS: .. picking it up, and that people who live on the outskirts of hope in the shadows of American life, that church-based, faith-based institutions are the ones that feed them and take care of their children.
JUDY WOODRUFF: How does McCain counter that, Ramesh?
RAMESH PONNURU: Well, I'll tell you one thing that he probably shouldn't be doing, and that is taking the July 4th week to travel abroad to make the case for a policy which, while eminently defensible in its own terms, is not all that popular. If ever there were...
JUDY WOODRUFF: You're talking about trade?
RAMESH PONNURU: That's right. If ever there were a Fourth of July candidate, it's John McCain. And he cedes the field this whole week, where Barack Obama has been the one who's been -- it's been God-and-country week for Barack Obama. And John McCain has been in Colombia and Mexico talking about trade deals.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Do those kinds of things really matter in a campaign, do you think, those pictures? I mean, we just showed pictures of Barack Obama, you know, at the Fourth of July parade in Butte, Montana, and that's another whole question, in sort of a red state, Republican state.
RAMESH PONNURU: I think they matter more than people would like to think that they matter.
MARK SHIELDS: Yes, I think that it's made sense for Obama to try and reassure people that he shares their values this week. And I think Ramesh is absolutely right: That's what this week has been about. It's been a week of reassurance.
Jesse Helms' legacy
JUDY WOODRUFF: Let's talk, finally, about really a giant figure in the Republican Party and the conservative movement. Jesse Helms, Ramesh, died today at the age of 86. I guess his nickname was "Senator No" for a long time.
RAMESH PONNURU: That's right, because he was willing to stop a lot of things that had a lot of bipartisan support. For, you know, just one small example of that, William Weld, the Republican governor of Massachusetts, had been nominated late in the Clinton administration to be ambassador to Mexico, had huge bipartisan support. He was a Republican, after all. Jesse Helms said no and single-handedly blocked it.
JUDY WOODRUFF: You were telling us a story about that. I don't know if you can -- maybe you don't...
MARK SHIELDS: No, Jesse Helms did something quite historical. He saved Ronald Reagan's political career. Ronald Reagan would not have been president of the United States, I think, but for Jesse Helms.
In 1976, Reagan had lost a series of primaries to President Ford. He was dispirited and without funds. And in North Carolina, he took on the Panama Canal, proposed Panama Canal treaty of President Carter, and really crystallized support behind him, became the conservative champion and popular at that point, and kept him alive to run in 1980.
But I think it's important to remember, as well, about Jesse Helms, that he called the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which ended official-sanctioned segregation in lodging, and restaurants, and movie theaters in this country, the single most dangerous legislation ever introduced in the United States Congress.
And I think that's -- you know, that's a part of Jesse Helms. He was an anti-communist who embraced every dictator, regardless of how ruthless that dictator happened to be, as long as he had anti-communist credentials, whether it was Pinochet in Chile, or Marcos in the Philippines.
But he was a phenomenal influence, and he was incredibly effective in the United States Senate for the simple reason that, even though he was courtly and pleasant in all his dealings, he did not care, ultimately, what his colleagues thought of him. He was willing to risk their dislike and displeasure in order to take a position and to stop an action that he found objectionable.
RAMESH PONNURU: And he was also to work with people, like Paul Wellstone and Madeleine Albright, who actually became quite...
JUDY WOODRUFF: Wellstone, the late senator from Minnesota, Democrat.
MARK SHIELDS: Late senator, that's right.
RAMESH PONNURU: That's right. He was a throw-back to an older era of conservatism, a much more combative type of conservatism than you have today.
And there's no question. You're right, Mark: He was wrong on civil rights.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Ramesh Ponnuru, thank you for being with us. Mark Shields, happy Fourth of July to both of you.
MARK SHIELDS: Happy Fourth to you, Judy.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Thank you.


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Marion Students Make Pledge To Fight Drugs
The Marion County sheriff's office is getting drug enforcement help from some proactive students. CrimeTracker 10's Jeff Hogan visited Harding High School. At Harding, their testing involves more than just math and science.
Harding High School senior Kier Scott is leading by example. Scott is taking a stance to help fight the war on drugs.
"This is what I want to do, I want to be a leader", said Scott. Achievement for Scott is getting other people to sign an old pact, but with a new twist. Scott explained, "Leading people to make good, positive decisions that's, what I'm all about. "
The Marion-Crawford Prevention Program is a voluntary program that offers new ideas to keep kids off drugs.
The program is overseen by Jodi Galloway who is backed with 20 years of experience with county prevention program.
The program described their purpose as, "This is called prevention…not punishment. There are teachable moments at every turn in high school but this particular drug prevention program is more than just a pledge, it's a promise to take consequences to the next level."
The students who sign up agree to be randomly drug tested for free by the public health department. No one at the school will know which students are tested so nobody will be getting kicked off teams or out of clubs. The results then go straight home to the parents, putting enforcement in their court.
"I think for me it gives the parent the awareness. Because some parents aren't aware", said parent Natalie Abrams If a student signs up but then refuses a test, the parents will be notified. Natalie Abrams says their community has seen the dangers of drug abuse. She believes programs like this can encourage positive peer pressure.
Abrams closed by saying," I don't want to see any of these kids hurt or dead."
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Going to Coach Carter's fundraising gala speech for Dakota Collegiate tonight?
Be wary -- talk while he's talking, and you'll be down on the floor doing pushups.
Ken Carter, the entrepreneurial inspirational speaker wowed the students at Dakota Collegiate this morning with a rousing and often hilarious work-to-succeed talk.
Portrayed in the movie of the same name by Samuel L. Jackson, Coach Carter gained fame when he insisted academics were more important than winning basketball games when he coached at an inner city high school.
Tonight he headlines a fundraising dinner at the Polo Park CanadInn to kick off Dakota's $2.2-million campaign for an artificial turf and lighted athletic field.
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Major League Baseball is set to announce an agreement for random, unannounced in-season HGH blood testing, reports Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. Baseball will be the first major sport in the United States to test for human growth hormone.
The announcement will come from commissioner Bud Selig at the owners meetings in Arizona on Thursday.
Last offseason, when the new collective bargaining agreement was made, the league began offseason HGH testing. However, with the new agreement, the league will be conducting random HGH tests during the season. Minor league baseball has been using HGH blood testing since July of 2010.
This news comes just one day after the league announced that no players were inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame. This was the first time in 16 years and only the eighth time ever that no players were inducted, largely due to the controversy surrounding the "steroid era" players who were on the ballot.
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Will BT do a story to update everyone on when the Lynyrd Skynyrd show at Honey Horn Plantation will be rescheduled? You might recall that High Tide Entertainment had such a show scheduled for last September but then cancelled it. At that time they promised to reschedule the show for the Spring of 2009. That is now just a couple of months away. I had 2nd row seat tickets and chose to keep my tickets for the rescheduled show. That option was given in leui of obtaining a refund. Surely High Tide doesn't intend to back off their promise for a rescheduled show. It sure would be nice to learn what their intentions are.


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MEXICO CITY – Mexican soldiers captured a man believed to be a top leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel as he drove through one of the capital's most elegant neighborhoods, police and soldiers said yesterday.
The man, Vicente Zambada Niebla, is the son of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. Ismael Zambada, along with Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, allegedly run the Sinaloa cartel, considered Mexico's most powerful drug-smuggling organization.
Mexican officials said Vicente Zambada had taken over operations, logistics and security for the Sinaloa cartel. He was arrested Wednesday with five of his bodyguards after neighbors in Jardines del Pedregal reported seeing armed men in cars. He didn't put up any resistance.
The capture was welcome news for the government. President Felipe Calderón has railed against what he called a media campaign against Mexico after Forbes magazine put Guzmán, Mexico's most-wanted drug trafficker, on its billionaire list.
Some critics say the government has largely avoided going after the Sinaloa cartel, an allegation the government denies. "We are equal-opportunity crime fighters," Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora said in a recent interview.
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Holland America? Dutch courage not needed.: Volendam Cruise Review by John Ross-Barnard JP
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Holland America? Dutch courage not needed.
Destination: South Pacific
Embarkation: Other
Sydney to Vancouver on the Holland America line ship Volendam in April & May 2010 was a part of our 'gap year' world cruise, Southampton UK to Southampton UK, but it was a world tour including cruising that we researched, saved for at least three years plus, booked and enjoyed more than words can express - but I'll try.
We were away from home for nearly six months and missed the worst British winter since 1947. It involved P&O, Holland America, Canadian Railways and Cunard and just one short airflight - the least we could get away with. But this section, reviewed here, was through the Pacific Ocean visiting many islands and it was the the cruising highlight of the whole trip.
Why? In a word - the people. The crew and passengers.
The welcome at Sydney, on arrival on board, was exceptional. My wife uses a wheeled 'walker' to assist her (she has spine problems) and on More spotting this a member of staff was assigned to take us to our cabin, an unprepossessing 'ocean view' with no balcony but certainly 25% larger in length and width than similar cruise ships. We might have expected this level of service if we had been travelling in a suite but we were travelling with the hoi polloi and this extra welcoming support was greatly appreciated. The cabins on HA ships are apparently all larger than you might expect from other shipping lines and we were made to feel not just welcome but valued guests. This was our first HA ship so we knew we did not have a confidential record in the purser's office that some regular travellers have - and even unworthily boast about over dinner. Despite that, flowers decorated the cabin, chocolates snuggled up to the ice bucket to prevent them melting and a bottle or two of sparklers wrapped in Irish linen napkins begged us to open them. Our cabin attendants, one male, one female paid us a visit without any implication that we should offer them a tip. In fact they already knew that we had opted for the per diem rate and thanked us in advance for our kindness.
The ship's departure was scheduled for two days hence so we had the luxurious delight of having a waterfront cabin overlooking the iconic Sydney harbour bridge and two days of refined service without any sea-movement beneath our feet. We made the most of it taking harbour trips and a visit to Sydney zoo where a baby elephant had just been born to worldwide media acclaim.
Earlier we had sailed from the Panama Canal down through many pacific islands but had to miss some that had been planned due to the Captain running ahead of a tropical storm. The journey northwards to Vancouver however was less threatening and more relaxing.
We have come to expect gently falling standards of service and food on long cruises as particular food items run out, some with unexpected irony. For example we ran out of oranges in Floridian waters, bananas in the Caribbean and fish in the largest ocean in the world but that's cruising for you. On the Volendam however excellence persisted throughout.
We visited Noumea after 3 days at sea, a very French culture with "15 colours and creeds", we were told. We went ashore under own steam to save funds and found the protestant cathedral at the top of a hill that was well worth a visit. Next came Ils Des Pins' french Polynesian culture. We only had two hours ashore but beautiful beaches and warm seas cried out for a longer stay. Port Vila Vanuatu was interesting but the town was 5 Kms from the port and the humidity drove us back to the ship early in a taxi without air conditioning. Two days at sea and Lautaka followed. There the policemen wore national Fijian uniforms of white skirts with pointed hems - and that was only the men - oddly the women officers wore trousers. Such a friendly and colourful place with seemingly everyone smiling. We sent parcels and cards from the tiny post office and they ALL arrived safely. Dravinu Island came and went as the weather prevented safe tendering ashore and we sailed onto Suva where the greeting on everyone's lips was 'BULA' or even BULA BULA to add emphasis. Certainly a place to return to ... one day!
After crossing the international date line we arrived at Apea in Samoa. We visited author Robert Louis Stevenson's house organised by HA. It cost $US59 each and was very good value. We left the ship at 8.20am in gaily decorated buses with wooden slatted seats that played havoc with less upholstered bums. Fresh coconut drinks were served and the tour guides gave thoughtful and well researched information in the house and about his many books. We returned in time for one of Volendam's finest afternoon teas.
Five days at sea found us in Ohau in the Hawaiian Islands docked at the fine port of Honolulu. We have previously visited the island and the Pearl Harbor experience so we indulged in some retail therapy.
The oldest inhabited island in the archipelago is Kauai and its capital Nawiliwili which produced many a snigger from those who had that turn of mind. It's a beautiful island with no high rise building and a real sense of what Hawaii must have been like when the settlers first arrived. Maui came next and the town of Lahaina, so beautiful but suffering economically as the demand for sugar cane is decreasing. A remarkably large banyan tree, the world's largest, covers the whole of the town square and free buses, with guides, transfer you to beaches and resorts.
Hilo is the place to share a taxi with friends for a tour that is half the price charged by HA if you don't want to do the live volcano. It's the insurance costs that pump the price up apparently. We saw the botanical gardens, a coffee roasting plant and the Rainbow Falls - who needs to see a volcano? Another five days at sea and we landed at Vancouver.
The sea days some people dread in case there's nothing to do, but on the Volendam we were spoilt for choice. Uniquely in my experience we had creative writing and daily play readings with a group of cruising thespians led by arguably the most professional and enthusiastic cruise director and entertainments manager, Anthony Choice. Inevitably he has been promoted to bigger ships in the line now. The musicians on board were excellent, particularly the dance trio whose bass player hailed from a village just a couple of miles from where we live in the British midlands. It's a small world.
As with all artists the stage shows were like the proverbial curate's egg, good in parts. An English singer and impressionist er 'doing' Neil Diamond should never have left British shores and an appalling American comedian with arguably the bluest and most lavatorial repertoire deserved to be put ashore earlier than he was. But the group of touring players and dancers were wonderful. The highlight of the entertainment was, in our view, the presentations by the staff from the Philippines and Indonesia. They got and deserved their standing ovations.
The Volendam is a very pretty ship and will be even prettier after its scheduled refit later this year. The crew were impressive and a particular tribute must be paid to the First Officer who hosted a question and answer session about the ship in a determined effort to improve an already excellent level of cruising service. The email systems were just as bad as the Queen Mary's but we all have an unrealistic expectation of what can be delivered mid-ocean but technology will improve but probably not fast enough for our Internet appetites. Shopping aboard was an improvement upon the British run franchises if only because there was less 'tat' on offer but perhaps this was a reflection of a well-heeled clientele.
Entry into US territory has become a punishment rather than a pleasure when dealing with their immigration service. We felt sorry both for the officers themselves with their unsmiling rituals to perform and the passengers.
Disembarkation is always a poignant experience but we found ourselves assisted to the gangways and the shores of Vancouver with a generosity of spirit that made us really want to return to be served by our splendid Volendam dining room stewards who seemed to work 24 hours a day every day. They even made our departing breakfast a meal to remember. Oh happy Volendam days. Less
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Cabin review: G1914 Large Ocean-View Stateroom
Our ocean view cabin 1914 was better than we expected. Ample closet space. But no one told us about a deeply disappointing usurious charge of $2 per day ($52 per trip) for a fridge. I needed it for storing medecines. It annoyed many on board although stewards did renew ice buckets twice daily. Just the hassle of going to the front desk to order a fridge and then the subsequent wait was an imposition. CRT TVs will be replaced shortly in a refit. The beds were supremely comfortable with plenty of room to stow luggage underneath. [Unlike the Queen Victoria - nicknamed "The Queen with no draw(er)s."] We were located close by a D deck engine room access door which when opened emitted an alarm to ensure its closure. It was awful and went off at all hours for the first three days of our 26 day cruise. Appeals to the front office were ignored until I took a recording of it and demonstrated it on my ipod speakers and suggested that a visit to the Captain's corridor might occur - then the alarm was disconnected within ten minutes and a note of apology given.Read All Large Ocean-View Stateroom (G) Reviews >>
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Motorola RAZR V3m User ReviewsPost new review
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posted on 08 Jul 2007, 12:24
i have verizon wireless. great service..horrible phone!
GOOD: features, camera, sound quality, design
BAD: it freezes up all the time, when youre texting sumtimes is sends sumtimes it doesnt, battery life is horrible!!! like 10 minutes into a call and the battery goes from a full charge to almost dead.
basically, every phone has some pros and cons to them, but with the razr, the cons outweigh the pros. its a good phone if you dont use it that often. its bad for me becase my life is on this thing. i REALLY want a new phone. my mom works for verizon and she said there is nothing she can do about it. so now im stuck with this peice of junk for another 9 months. we are gonna take the phone to a store and see if they can fix it..but unfortunatly, they will give me a temp. replacement for it. and guess what the replacement will be..yeah, the razr!! life with this phone sucks!!!!!!!!!!
dont waste youre time or money on this phone. there are a lot of phones out there and trust me, they are ALL better than the razr.Design 9/10Features 10/10Sound Quality 9/10Signal Strength 9/10Value for money 5/10
posted on 02 Jul 2007, 23:57
Better than all the other RAZRs
I think this is the best RAZR out there. This phone has what other RAZRs don't have ex. 3G EV-DO (Better than Cingular's 3G data) microSD card slot, Voice command, GPS (VZ Navigator), mobile email (Wireless Sync Email) Download music (Vcast Music), and watch videos (Vcast Video). I think VZW's interface is easier to navigate than MOTO's interface. I think everybody knows the downside to this phone which is it has bad battery life, sound not loud enough, and many people has this phone.Design 8/10Features 7/10Sound Quality 4/10Signal Strength 7/10Value for money 8/10
posted on 19 Jun 2007, 12:54
so far the V3m has been a good phone, ive noticed that the sprint version seems to suffer from a really bad lag and poor signal, Ive had really good liuck with my alltel phone getting good signal when others dontDesign 10/10Features 8/10Sound Quality 9/10Signal Strength 10/10Value for money 7/10
posted on 21 Feb 2007, 11:25
Great Phone
This is the best cell phone I have ever had. The design is what brought me into the phone as well as Bluetooth, but once I had the phone, I found out that there were many more reasons to like it. Anybody who is getting a new phone, GET A RAZR!!!!!!!Design 10/10Features 10/10Sound Quality 10/10Signal Strength 8/10Value for money 10/10
posted on 19 Feb 2007, 22:29
Everybody has one... unfortunately.
Even my parent's have RAZRS. Do people not realize how terrible and outdated these phones are? Please, everyone go trade it in for a KRZR K1m or and LG 8600. You'll be glad you did.Design 4/10Features 1/10Sound Quality 1/10Signal Strength 10/10Value for money 1/10
posted on 14 Feb 2007, 21:46
Just wondering if anyone could help me. I just got the Motorola Razor V3m and I figured out how to use Bluetooth to get music onto my phone. But I was wondering if there was another free way to get music on there that wasn't quite as time consuming, and didn't need a special cord or anything like that.Design 9/10Features 9/10Sound Quality 10/10Signal Strength 8/10Value for money 7/10
posted on 25 Jan 2007, 02:25
A great PHONE with great style
PROS: Outstanding earpeice quality, Excellent reception, sleek slim style, sturdy metal housing, cool looking evenly lit keypad, Large screen
CONS: Main screen could be 262k colors, Verizon's version could have a more attractive/customizable interface.
All in all, this is not the phone for one who wants cutting edge technology. However, if you want a slim, stylish phone that is great for making calls, and has a few bells and whistles, this is the phone for you. With bluetooth and a 1.3 MP camera, it's definitely good enough for most people.Design 9/10Features 7/10Sound Quality 10/10Signal Strength 9/10Value for money 10/10
posted on 17 Jan 2007, 23:53
Razr V3m-my new best friend!
Great phone
Pros-signal strength is great for rural area, camera takes great pics, sound quality is awesome, attractive phone (I get tons of compliments), love everything about it
Cons-I have found none
In general I really love this phone-I think it may be my new best friend, I don't go anywhere without it. I am glad I have this phone, Motorola in general is a great phone!Design 9/10Features 9/10Sound Quality 9/10Signal Strength 9/10Value for money 10/10
posted on 16 Jan 2007, 03:54
good phone but slow responce to commands.. I have a sprint v3m razor and I unlocked most of the feature of the razor eith some software I made . If you need help email me ...QuavoDesign 8/10Features 7/10Sound Quality 6/10Signal Strength 9/10Value for money 8/10
posted on 13 Jan 2007, 12:30
Personally I really enjoy the phone and i like all of the features! The only problem that I have encountered is that it tends to be rather slow in reacting! I can push a button and there is about a 3 second delay its sort of annoying! Other than that I really ejoy the V3m. Much better than the V3c. Thumbs up!Design 9/10Features 8/10Sound Quality 8/10Signal Strength 8/10Value for money 9/10
posted on 27 Dec 2006, 15:06
Razr V3m .. great phone .. but want all the features
Like one of the previous users mentioned, it seems that features vary from carrier to carrier. I heard that there is some way to open up all the features on a RAZR .. and have been looking for a way to do that but have not found any way yet. If anyone reading this has a clue, please leave a note here.Design 9/10Features 6/10Sound Quality 8/10Signal Strength 8/10Value for money 8/10
posted on 26 Jun 2006, 22:00
Carrier kills the functionality
My brother and a friend both have the V3c with cingular. This is a great phone. But when I got the V3m from verizon there is a lot missing that I really wish was there. Verizons software kills some of the cool stuff about the phone and makes transfering pictures and music a pain.Design 8/10Features 6/10Sound Quality 9/10Signal Strength 10/10Value for money 6/10
posted on 22 Jun 2006, 17:32
V3M review
Traded the V-Cast Samsung for the Motorola V3M. The physical construction of the phone is great. The only draw back is the memory card is stored under the battery and the 1.3 mega camera does not have a flash.
The V-cast tunes are wave files that can be downloaded from windows media player 10 with a USB cable. They are not MP3 but that is not a problem since my entire music collection in on windows. With a 1 gig card have 14 albums stored with room to spare.
The phone has Verizon based software similar to other Verizon phones so if you like Motorola functions then you are in for an unhappy suprise. The calender and other office functions on the phone suck.
Bluetooth and playing music really kills the battery. The V3M needs to be charged about twice as often when compared to the V3C because of the two reasons above.
It is a good phone with a few setbacks that are software based.Design 8/10Features 4/10Sound Quality 9/10Signal Strength 8/10Value for money 6/10


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Before going to Floor Expo,we had looked around the Home Depot and Lowes but nothing could compare to the service we received at Floor Expo. Eric & Sabina were very helpful and extremely patient. They did a wonderful job helping pick out the right floor for our home and family. The flooring arrived before my scheduled time slot which was great and Andrew was very helpful when bringing the flooring in to the house and answered all my questions. I've already recommended them to my family and friends and I will be back to the Floor Expo for our next project. The service they provide is excellent and I highly recommend them.
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I found Floor Expo by accident when driving back from Lumber Liquidators last year to pick up hardwood samples. From the start I knew I would use Floor Expo when I was ready to install my hardwood floors. Stephanie was kind and patient as I took my time to select my floor. Tony came to measure and answered any questions about the project. There were a few areas of unevenness in my subfloor and loft balcony that concerned me. In the end I selected solid natural hickory with lots of variation from Mohawk. Balthazar installed 440 square feet in two days and the results were fantastic! I can be somewhat fastidious, but I tried my best to leave him alone to install the floor (he's an in-house contractor and has lots of experience) and in the end I was very pleased. He handled some tricky areas very well and patiently answered any questions I had. From selecting my hardwood to the installation and competitive price, Floor Expo was amazing. Update: I loved my floors installed in June, 2014 so much that I had my stairs and bedroom done just 6 weeks later (August, 2014.) Another great job! I look forward to having my living room and dining room done in the future.
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Floor Expo has a great big selection of choices for your floors… I was searching for a rug. Something simple, something durable and also something stain resistance since my home has a high traffic of people coming in and out. I was very happy to find what I was looking for. Also, I was very pleased with their service too. I would highly recommend to anyone to go and check out their selection of goods.
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Our in-store experience was fine. The tile we initially chose turned out to be discontinued and we have a large floor, so the warehouse couldn't supply enough of the tiles for our job. Our second choice worked out well and looks great. Installers are not independent contractors, they work for the company, so they are directly responsible for the customer's satisfaction.
Kitchen floor: installer (Balthazar) was meticulous, so the job took a little longer than we'd expected, but his work was excellent.
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Stephanie at Floor Expo is a true gem. She was incredibly patient, had wonderful suggestions, and went above and beyond to help me pick and decide which flooring would work best in our new home. I am so pleased with the end result and give my highest recommendation to the entire staff at Floor Expo, especially Stephanie.Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, Montclair, NJ
It is such a great experience to work with a company that stands behind their work 100% and goes out of their way to correct a mistake. We all know that mistakes happen, and can happen to anyone, but when a company steps up and goes above and beyond to correct it, it is so refreshing! Thank you to Sabina and the team — at Floor Expo.Donna Chelel, Kinnelon, NJ
Great Job from Floor Expo! When we decided to change old carpet in our living and dining rooms for hardwood floor we did a lot of research. We went to Home Depot, Worldwide, and several other flooring companies. Also we checked online what people are writing in their reviews. Floor Expo proved that they have the best quality hardwood and very professional installers. They go above and beyond to satisfy customers. Stephanie at the front desk was very patient with us showing samples of different type of flooring material, sharing her professional opinion, and not being pushy. Eric gave us the best price we could expect. The delivery of material and installation was done according to schedule. Installer Balthazar is highly professional and very easy going person. He did excellent job in very short period of time. Besides, when we found couple of spots on our floor, company send him without any delays and he cleaned up these spots. We are very happy with the result. We are getting a lot of compliments from the people who come to our house and are amazed with our floor. We would definitely recommend Floor Expo to other people.Igor Malostovker, New Jersey
Before going to Floor Expo,we had looked around the Home Depot and Lowes but nothing could compare to the service we received at Floor Expo. Eric & Sabina were very helpful and extremely patient. They did a wonderful job helping pick out the right floor for our home and family. The flooring arrived before my scheduled time slot which was great and Andrew was very helpful when bringing the flooring in to the house and answered all my questions. I've already recommended them to my family and friends and I will be back to the Floor Expo for our next project. The service they provide is excellent and I highly recommend them.Donna Chelel, NJ, Morristown
Our experience with Floor Expo in Fairfield was excellent from the first walk into the store through the finished job. Stephanie was the first person we met. She helped us to choose what we wanted and gave very helpful suggestions and possibilities while laying out all the different samples that would help us decide. She consulted with Tony on pricing and scheduling and he answered all of our questions while we were there and in subsequent phone calls was always available. The price agreed upon was the price we paid. No hidden costs. The work commenced on the day promised and each morning the men who had to come to apply each coat of polyurethane were there exactly on time which was of the utmost importance to us since we had to be out of the house for several days and needed to know exactly when to come to let the technicians in. The installer, Balthazar, did a gorgeous job including the creation of beautiful transitions to other rooms and the finishers informed us of the color and shine options to make sure we would be pleased. We had a question about floor care which was answered in person by Tony. Service doesn't get better than that. The new floor is beautiful and the old floor in an adjoining room which they refinished, looks like new and is a perfect match to the new floor, thanks to the skillful work. All in all we are very pleased with our experience and highly recommend Floor Expo. We will be using them for other rooms in our home.Martha G., Cedar Grove, NJ
I can't say enough good things about Floor Expo. They are totally professional and helpful in every way. Someone came out to my house to measure and brought several samples to match what I needed. They did an excellent job putting the floor down, and some months passed and I had a problem that had nothing to do with Floor Expo, it was the floor that I had put down that was underneath my new floor. Someone came out to fix the problem and did such a great job. I would recommend Floor Expo to anyone who is looking to put in any kind of flooring or carpeting in their home or office, etc. They went above and beyond for me, and the price was reasonable, compared to others. Thanks Floor Expo for everything.Nancy A., Cedar Grove, NJ


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The second night of the Democratic National Convention beat the Republicans in television ratings and, perhaps more impressively, beat pro football.
An estimated 25.1 million people watched the convention between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Wednesday, when former President Bill Clinton delivered an impassioned nomination speech for President Barack Obama, the Nielsen ratings company said.
During that hour, just over 20 million people were watching the second half of the Dallas Cowboys' season-opening victory over the New York Giants. Faced with competition from Clinton, ratings for football's first game were down from the past two years.
Democratic Convention Beats Football In Ratings : NPR
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- I play Bryce Dallas Howard's eager BFF Linda in 1960s comedy Pant Suits!
- Supporting Role on Masters of Sex (SHOWTIME) playing Shirley, a sassy woman of the night
- Sold out performances of new solo show Facebook with Mom at Second City, the Fringe and the PIT in NYC
- The Openers (a film I co-wrote and starred in) won Best Short at the Broad Humor Comedy Festival
- Just wrapped shooting on Inner Child playing offbeat and childlike Suzyn
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"There is an intimacy that develops between Heaney and the audience... She is over the top and incredibly imaginative. She is naive and unforgivingly sweet. And by all accounts, she is honest... audiences will be hard pressed to leave "Mop-oholic" feeling anything other than fondness and positive wishes for Heaney."
"Mop-oholic is a hilarious account of Susan-Kate's unique relationship with what the average person sees as a mere cleaning product... Susan-Kate has a wonderfully unique story to be told that brings out the strange little five year old in all of us."
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Berlin (Nov. 30)
The Jews in the camps for displaced persons in##estern Germany and Berlin, who have been tense and irritable during the recent weeks of negotiations over Palestine in the United Nations, reacted today with wild ex##laration to the news that they had been granted the Palestinian homeland which had been their goal, in most cases, since the war ended.Spontaneous all-night celebrations took place late Saturday night when the report of the U.N. vote on Palestine was first broadcast in the camps. These have now given way to organized festivity which is expected to continue through the early part of this week.
All the year's despair and hopelessness seemed to have been wiped out of the hearts of the Jewish remnant. A visitor to the DP camps was almost irresistibly infected with the exultation of the Jews as they sang, shouted, cried, paraded, laughed, cheered, prayed, in round-the-clock observances.
Even as the ceremonies were taking place, responsible officials of Jewish organizations here, as well as underground spokesmen, expressed the certainty that there would be a virtually complete halt to the present illegal movement of Jews from the occupation zones toward Palestine. It is now felt in Germany that any further illegal movement of the Jews from the DP camps would antagonize world opinion and could serve no useful purpose, especially since the hope is voiced here that the legal exodus from Germany, Austria and castern Europe can get under way by Feb. 1, 1948.
Jewish Agency officials told the writer that they were already making plans to systematize immigration into partitioned Palestine. They said they would strongly oppose unorganized movements which might prematurely crowd the migrants into areas which were temporarily unprepared to receive them or to offer them food or any kind of housing. They expressed the conviction that the Jews would wait patiently in Germany until their individual turns came for immigration, now that Palestine was no longer a promise but a real guarantee for them.


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Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar has roped in Nargis Fakhri for "Madras Cafe" and says that he is re-launching her in filmdom with his movie on terrorism.
She made her Bollywood debut with hit musical romance "Rockstar!" as a college going student. While her co-star Ranbir Kapoor was praised for his performance in the film, the actress managed to impress with her looks.
Now Sircar is presenting her as a journalist in "Madras Cafe", a political-thriller, which deals with terrorism and civil war and was reportedly shot in Sri Lanka and India.
"This is Nargis's debut film. I introduced Nargis in a commercial and then she did 'Rockstar'," Shoojit told reporters in a group interview. Showing confidence in the actress's acting skills, he further said: "I can assure you, she will surprise everybody with the film. This is the reason I am telling you Nargis is debuting with 'Madras Cafe'."
With three films in his kitty and a National Award, Sircar, the man behind "Yahaan", "Vicky Donor" and "Shoebite", says that he is "particular about my actors".
"I don't let them go till I get the best out of them. Nargis will be re-launched with the film," he reiterated. "Madras Cafe" features John Abraham in the lead and the actor is also co-producing the film.


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LIVERMORE, Ca. - The California Water Environment Association's Pretreatment, Pollution Prevention and Stormwater (P3S) committee has presented its "Facility of the Year" award to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) Sewer Monitoring Team in the LLNL Environmental Protection Department. The team operates the Laboratory's sewer monitoring complex, which monitors and controls sewage effluent from both LLNL and Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore.
The Lab team was nominated for the award by the city of Livermore's Water Resources Division. The award recognizes facilities or processes that exemplify excellence throughout the state.
"The city's Water Resources Division nominated the Laboratory team for the CWEA Facility of the Year Award in appreciation for its dedication to sewer monitoring and the maintenance of its extensive monitoring network facilities," said Lynna Grijalva, source control coordinator for the city of Livermore. "The WRD recognizes and values the team's efforts. The team plays a vital role in protecting the Livermore Water Reclamation Plant and the community."
The award was presented Feb. 25 at the annual P3S Conference in Long Beach. LLNL sewer monitoring team members include Allen Grayson, Henry Jones, Bob Williams, Karl Brunckhorst, Crystal Foster, Jennifer Montgomery, Duane Rueppel and Priya Basu.
"I congratulate the team on this singular honor," said Allen Macenski, head of LLNL's Environment, Safety, Health & Quality organization. "It's a reflection of both the excellent work of our dedicated team members and the strong relationship the Lab enjoys with the City of Livermore. It's another example of the Lab striving to be the best possible neighbor it can be."
"The Sewer Monitoring Team does an outstanding job of protecting the environment through its dedication and diligence," said Susi Jackson, head of the LLNL Environmental Protection Department. "Their commitment and responsiveness at all hours of the day exemplifies the environmental stewardship undertaken at the Laboratory."
The Laboratory's sophisticated sewer monitoring complex incorporates online, real-time, automated monitoring of sewage outflow from the LLNL and Sandia national laboratories. It monitors for radionuclides, metals, flow and pH levels, with the ability to divert flow to holding tanks if constituents of concern in the effluent rise above pre-set levels. Were something to get past the monitoring system and into the city's sewage system before it could be diverted to Lab holding tanks, the Lab would alert the city so it could divert the flow when it reaches the city's Water Reclamation Plant.
"We are proud of our aggressive monitoring system, and our local municipal partner appreciates our pollution prevention and control measures," said Allen Grayson.
Founded in 1952, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has a mission to ensure national security and to apply science and technology to the important issues of our time. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is managed by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (LLNS) for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.


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SARASOTA-- Eight million Floridians are now signed up for an initiative started by two Suncoast women. That's 50% of all state residents with a driver's license.
The TIFF Initiative (To Inform Families First) was started by two mothers who lost their daughters in separate car accidents. In both cases, it took authorities up to seven hours to inform the families that their loved ones had died. Karen Mahlios of Siesta key and Christine Olson of Bradenton are those two mothers.
The TIFF Initiative allows Floridian's to list an emergency contact when getting their driver's license. If there is an emergency situation, a law enforcement officer will take the drivers license, scan it using special equipment, and ultimately find out the emergency contact.
Eight other states throughout the country have followed Florida's lead on the initiative.
Even if you have your driver's license, you can still register, by visiting: http://www.toinformfamiliesfirst.org/contact.php


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Florida education news: Teachers, privatization, dual enrollment and more
TEACHERS MATTER: Florida education commissioner Tony Bennett says having well trained and dedicated teachers plays a pivotal role in school and student success.
PRIVATIZATION: An Escambia charter school that earned two straight F grades decides to go private, the Pensacola News-Journal reports. • The financially struggling Pembroke Pines charter school system prepares to hire Charter Schools USA for management, the Sun-Sentinel reports.
REPRIMAND: The mayor of Daytona Beach is reprimanded by the Department of Education for failing to follow through on an misconduct settlement he received while a high school assistant principal, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports.
FOLLOW THROUGH: Florida Atlantic University hires more faculty and advisers among steps to improve its poor graduation rate, the Sun-Sentinel reports.
LABOR NEWS: Brevard teacher contract negotiations stall, prompting the district to declare impasse, Florida Today reports.
DUAL ENROLLMENT: Brevard Community College and the School Board hammer out a deal to keep dual enrollment participation available despite state changes to the funding, Florida Today reports.
FEE FEUD: The Palm Beach school district sues the city of West Palm Beach over stormwater fees, the Palm Beach Post reports.
ARRESTED: A Santa Rosa middle school teacher is arrested after allegedly attempting to seduce a former student over Facebook, the Northwest Florida Daily News reports.
EVALUATIONS: The Flagler school district investigates programs to help administrators better evaluate teachers, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports.
ONE-YEAR DEAL: The Lee School Board considers contract terms for its new interim superintendent, the Fort Myers News-Press reports.
BUSING OPTIONS: The Lake School Board looks into changing school start times and eliminating courtesy bus rides as cost-saving measures, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
EXPANSION: The University of Florida will open a satellite campus for architecture students in Sarasota, the Herald-Tribune reports.


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The use of criminal background checks by employers is being closely watched.
Concerns that convictions among African Americans and Hispanics were causing hiring discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Council has issued new guidelines regarding employer use of criminal records under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to the Pew Center on the States 2010 study, while one in every 87 white men in America have been incarcerated, among Hispanics it is 1-in-36 and blacks it is 1-in-12.
Some experts say that abiding by the updated guidelines can be tricky for retailers. Thomas L. McCally, a labor attorney at Carr Maloney in Washington, D.C, described the 57-page document as "clear as mud" in a presentation during the National Retail Federation Convention's 102nd Convention & Expo in New York City.
McCally stressed that the new guidelines present suggestions, and not rules or regulations. But if the EEOC detects hiring activities that arguably violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — which bars discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin — it intends to pursue legal action. In the EEOC's Strategic Enforcement Plan for 2013-2016, it presents a litigation agenda regarding the misuse of criminal background checks.
"Retailers," McCally said, "are in direct target because of their large numbers of hires." The EEOC has indicated it is on the lookout for individual cases that could be broadened to class actions or systemic violations.
Under the new guidelines, arrest inquiries are generally not allowed.
"In most cases, employers cannot consider the arrest record of a job applicant," McCally said.
As the EEOC points out — being arrested does not make one guilty. However, there are exceptions that retailers could use as a defense, such as the underlying behavior that caused the arrest. It must be considered in the context of the events that occurred and how that behavior would impact qualifications for the specific job. An example, according to McCally, would be if the arrest was for sexual misconduct and the job was for a daycare center.
Conviction records must be weighed with caution.
"You cannot say, 'If you have a criminal conviction we won't hire you.' There is no longer a blanket exception," McCally said.
In fact, in the guidelines, the EEOC recommends "that employers not ask about convictions on job applications and that, if and when they make such inquiries, the inquiries be limited to convictions for which exclusion would be job-related for the position in question and consistent with business necessity."
As a best practice, the EEOC says employers should conduct individualized assessments. Three things to be considered are: the nature and gravity of the offense or conduct, the time that has passed and conduct since the offense, and how it applies to the nature of job sought.
"This gives the individual an opportunity to explain and an opportunity to go deeper into the matter," McCally explained.
McCally advised retailers to stay tuned to their state and local 'Ban the Box' laws, which prohibit conviction questions on applications. Federal legislation has also been introduced in the Congress — H.R. 6220 — to eliminate questions about criminal history on applications.
To stay in accord with the laws, McCally emphasized, "The burden is on you, the employer."
Laura Klepacki is a contributing editor to Chain Store Age.
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Robinho's move from AC Milan to Santos stalls after failure to agree a transfer fee
Robinho's move from AC Milan to Santos has stalled after the two clubs failed to agree a transfer fee.
By Simone Bargellini
Last Updated: 05/01/13 3:34pm
The former Manchester City forward is widely expected to leave the San Siro this month after expressing a desire to return to his homeland.
His former club Santos have held a long-standing interest in the 28-year-old and Milan vice president Adriano Galliani flew out to Brazil this week to discuss a deal with the club.
However, reports in the Italian media suggest those talks have reached deadlock, with Santos only prepared to offer €7million (£5.7million) - still €3million (£2.44million) short of Milan's valuation.
Galliani now looks set to return to Italy, casting doubt on whether any move can be completed before the end of the January transfer window.
Speaking at a press conference, Milan boss Massimiliano Allegri confirmed that Robinho may now stay in Italy until at least the summer.
"For what I know Robinho will be an AC Milan player until the end of the season," said Allegri.
"I'm glad he stays, but he hasn't trained for 20 days so it will take a little time to put him back into shape.
"He is happy to stay, even though he had a desire to return to Brazil."
Robinho moved to distance himself from any blame for the transfer stalling, insisting he is prepared to take a pay-cut in order to force through a deal.
"We have not done anything," Robinho told globoesporte.com. "I would also reduce my wages to return to Santos.
"But the agreement with AC Milan was difficult."