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Christmas is the season of the paradox. There's the historical - celebrating the birth of Jesus on a day plucked from the pagan calendar; the logistical - Santa's omniscient catalogue of naughty-or-nice; and the theological - that whole virgin birth-slash-son of God thing.
And then you have Christmas TV, which abandons viewers at the time of year they most desperately need it. One symptom of the seasonal malaise is the Christmas special. It's the broadcast equivalent of gifting socks and jocks. It's stocking-stuffer TV. It's cheap to make, it's expedient, it's made on the understanding that no matter how flimsy the premise there will be people driven to desperation between the 50th re-run of the punkin-chunkin' episode of Modern Family and Carols in the Domain to watch it.
And yet to every rule there is an exception. And this year the exception is called The Agony of Christmas.
Former journo Adam Zwar was really on to something with Agony Uncles and Agony Aunts, followed by the spin-off The Agony of Life. It's a simple premise - famous, semi-famous and vaguely famous Australians riff on matters of the heart and hearth - but its powers of time suckage are great. One minute you're giving it another 10 seconds to see what new piece of outrageousness John Elliott is going to come out with, then you emerge blinking half an hour later when the credits start to roll.
It's lightweight yet entertaining; the working definition of a great TV concept.
The Agony treatment is preternaturally suited to the Christmas special. If Christmas makes people feel slightly bilious, thanks to the rift between religious belief and secular society, The Agony of Christmas is well poised to investigate the cracks. The family problems that intensify at this time of year (Yumi Stynes appears to press ''detonate'' on relations with her in-laws); the fierce grudge matches of backyard cricket; even the very meta touch of best Christmas movies. It's not deep, but it can be touchingly sweet.
The talking heads can loosely be corralled into the pro- and anti-Christmas camps but there's plenty of ambivalence on both sides. Mirka Mora has a sweet Frenchy grumble about the imposition of the day; everyone complains about the endless driving between competing relatives' houses. There's even some impromptu caroling - and yes, John Elliott has a surprisingly decent baritone.


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How old were you when you had your kids and what were your situations in life?
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And although they weren't planned they ALL were the best thing that ever happened to me :) I looke back now and see the people I grew up w/ and I'm glad I had kids young, I grew up fast and I wouldn't be where I am today!!
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My 1st and 3rd were from bc fails, too.
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My oldest is 12, a year out of high school, the year my husband graduated...bc failed, Alyssa 9 I was 21, bc failed. I still went to college and we got married at 23. 29 with by 2 yr old and 31 w/ my 5 mon old. Last two were a surprise, we weren't trying but weren't preventing either!
I was 24 and had been dating my BF for 6 months. My boyfriend and I had split up because he got a little freaked out upon realizing he loved me. Finding out that we were going to be parents sped up our recovery process and, after considering ALL our options, decided that we didn't want what had become "typical" for so many women in my situation. I didn't want to be a single mom and he didn't want that either. He would never have skipped on child support (because he's a stand up guy) but we didn't want so much of what comes with being raised with just one parent. My situation wasn't the best, I was struggling to just support myself and didn't know what I would have done with a baby to support. Even with welfare and other "safety nets" it would have been a struggle. I have no family that would have helped so it was pretty daunting.
In the end we decided marriage was the best option. We complimented one another and we loved each other. Even if we hadn't had love we probably would have married anyway. Caring about each other and being pretty issue free was enough. At the point when we found out about our son, it stopped being about us and what was going to be in his best interest. We're both a little old fashioned when it comes to certain things.
We've been married for 11 years and have three kids together. Ours is the "traditional" unit. He works, I stay home with the kids (at least until the littlest is in Kindergarten), house, minivan and a dog. :) The love we have now has grown and matured as the years passed. I'm happy with the choices we made back then because my life feels a lot fuller and more satisfacotry than I ever thought I deserved 13 years ago.

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TV URBAN LEGEND: Did Wheel of Fortune's Vanna White win a lawsuit over a commercial featuring a robot with a blond wig turning letters?
One of the most interesting "new" legal rights to develop over the past 30 years or so has been the California common law to publicity (also known as "personality rights"). California passed a law in 1985 known as the Celebrity Rights Act, which gives celebrities control over the use of their likeness, voice and signature during their life, with control then granted to their estate for 70 years following the celebrity's death. That statute is why Fred Astaire's estate can follow the strange stipulation in his will that he never be depicted in a film (you can read more about that odd decision in this old Legends Revealed here). However, while California has specifically codified this law, courts have also granted a certain amount of protection beyond that law to celebrities and their publicity rights. This protection has gotten more and more protective over the past 30 years. Perhaps the most dramatic example of this right came in 1988, when Wheel of Fortune's Vanna White sued Samsung Electronics over an ad depicting a robot in a blond wig turning letters … and essentially won!
Read on to see how it all went down …
Debuting as part of NBC's daytime lineup in 1975, Wheel of Fortune features contestants essentially playing Hangman and spinning a large wheel to determine how much money they would receive for correctly guessing a consonant from a large word puzzle placed before them. A female hostess would reveal the correctly guessed letters. In 1980, original host Chuck Woolery left the game show and was replaced by Pat Sajak. Two years later, original hostess Susan Stafford left and was replaced by a few aspiring fill-in hostesses. In December 1982, one of those hostesses, Vanna White, won the job. White's timing was impeccable, as in 1983 the show was picked up for syndication. From 1983 to 1991, Wheel of Fortune aired in the daytime on NBC and then at nighttime on syndication (where any local network could purchase the rights). The show exploded in popularity, and to this very day, it remains the most popular original program in syndication (beat only by syndicated reruns of The Big Bang Theory). Sajak and White remain the hosts.
In 1988, Samsung Electronics began a series of print advertisements created by David Deutsch Associates that were set in the future, where outlandish things would take place but Samsung would still be there. One of the ads suggested that in 2010, steak would be considered a "health food," but Samsung microwaves would still be there to heat up the meat. In 2008, controversial talk-show host Morton Downey Jr. would be a presidential candidate, and Samsung TVs would still be around for you to view his speeches. Finally, one ad showed a robot wearing a blonde wig and a dress turning a letter on a game board. The ad noted that in 2012, this would be the longest-running game show and you would still be using a Samsung VCR to record it. White sued over the ads, and originally, the California district court ruled against her and threw the case out. However, in 1992, after White appealed the lower court's ruling, the Ninth Circuit reversed the original decision on two of the three grounds White used.
White sued based on the aforementioned Celebrity Rights Act, but also based on the California common law to publicity (personality rights) and a trademark violation! The appeals court agreed that the suit did not fit the parameters of the Celebrity Rights Act, as the ads had not depicted her likeness, her voice or her signature. However, on the matter of her personality rights, they determined that White had an actionable claim. The judges ruled that it was "not important how the defendant has appropriated the plaintiff's identity, but whether the defendant has done so," and in this instance, they felt Samsung had, indeed, appropriated White's identity, noting, "Advertisers use celebrities to promote their products. The more popular the celebrity, the greater the number of people who recognize her, and the greater the visibility for the product. The identities of the most popular celebrities are not only the most attractive for advertisers, but also the easiest to evoke without resorting to obvious means such as name, likeness, or voice." They also found that even the defendants themselves referred to the ads as "the Vanna White ad." Essentially, Samsung was using everyone's familiarity with Vanna White to sell its product, only it was neither compensating Vanna White to do so nor did it ask for White's permission to do so. Downey Jr., for instance, was compensated for appearing in his ad. As the court wrote:
Viewed separately, the individual aspects of the advertisement in the present case say little. Viewed together, they leave little doubt about the celebrity the ad is meant to depict. The female-shaped robot is wearing a long gown, blond wig, and large jewelry. Vanna White dresses exactly like this at times, but so do many other women. The robot is in the process of turning a block letter on a game-board. Vanna White dresses like this while turning letters on a game-board but perhaps similarly attired Scrabble-playing women do this as well. The robot is standing on what looks to be the Wheel of Fortune game show set. Vanna White dresses like this, turns letters, and does this on the Wheel of Fortune game show. She is the only one.
Similarly, Ninth Circuit determined that White could at least make a legitimate claim the ads would confuse consumers into believing that White was endorsing Samsung products:
Looking at the series of advertisements as a whole, a jury could reasonably conclude that beneath the surface humor of the series lay an intent to persuade consumers that celebrity Vanna White, like celebrity Downey, was endorsing Samsung products.
They, of course, noted the jury could disagree with White's claims, as it could disagree with her claims on the matter of her above cited personality rights, but White at least had an actionable case that the court would allow get to a jury to allow the jury to decide. Samsung tried to get the Ninth Circuit to rehear the case the following year (under a different panel of judges) but the claim was denied. That denial did lead to a famous dissent by Judge Alex Kozinski, where he colorfully ripped into the case. Samsung eventually settled with White in 1993 after the United State Supreme Court denied hearing the case. White was paid more than $400,000.
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The blocks will be 6" when finished. Right now on the design wall I have 6 blocks across and 9 down. Are the proportions right? Should I make it wider? Shorter?
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The newest internet meme to pick up steam on Reddit, "Business Baby" has skyrocketed in popularity, and landed itself a place in our hearts — well, until the next adorable baby or animal meme comes along.
It wasn't long after Reddit user, C0LDBLUERIBBON posted a photo of the infamous baby, the son of one of his friends, that the meme became a sensation.
In the photo, Business Baby looks like he's deep in thought over a bowl of, well, something, while he holds a very important phone call, with what we can only assume is a business partner or a henchman.
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The aid agency described the debt relief package which the World Bank and International Monetary Fund are offering Zambia, one of the most impoverished countries in Africa, as a "fraud".
Confidential papers from the IMF obtained by Oxfam show that Zambia's interest payments are set to rise from $136m (£91m) in 1999 to $235m in 2002, even though it is expected to enter the west's official debt relief programme in October this year. The increase is due to payments falling due on a large IMF loan.
Oxfam has called for the fund to write off all the money owed to it by Zambia over the next few years, instead of offering the country limited debt relief. "The ultimate yardstick for measuring debt sustainability must be human need, rather than abstract financial indicators during creditor horse trading," David Bryer, Oxfam's director, said.
The agency's plea came as it was revealed that Horst Köhler, the new head of the IMF, and Jim Wolfensohn, the president of the World Bank, are to hold an urgent meeting this week to discuss debt, after the failure of last month's summit in Okinawa of the group of eight industrialised countries to agree a more generous relief package.
Leaders from five indebted countries are also meeting this week in London for a debt relief summit, convened by the Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo. Announcing the meeting Mr Obasanjo, the leader of the group of 77 developing nations, said poor countries were disappointed by the G8's inaction at Okinawa.
Debt campaigners have slammed the slow progress of the World Bank and IMF's heavily indebted poor countries initiative since western leaders promised in June last year that 25 countries would benefit from debt relief by the end of 2000, and that $100bn in third world debt would eventually be written off. With four months to go to the deadline, only nine countries have formally qualified for debt relief and none has received any debt cancellation.
Oxfam said the Zambian case showed that the initiative was failing, not just because it was too slow but because the amount of relief on offer was inadequate, leaving most countries still spending more on interest payments than on health or education.
Zambia has one of the world's worst health records - life expectancy is falling and child malnutrition rising - but by 2002 it will be spending twice as much paying back western creditors as it will on basic health care.
"For a country whose human development indicators are deteriorating as rapidly as Zambia's, this is devastating," said Kevin Watkins, senior policy adviser at Oxfam.
Oxfam's figures show that in six African countries - Mali, Burkino Faso, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia and Malawi - debt payments will outstrip spending on basic education even after the countries have graduated from the debt relief programme.
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We've lost our appetite.
Lana Del Rey has a song on her new album that contains the dubious affirmation "My pussy tastes like Pepsi-Cola." People are (understandably) talking about this. But what they're not talking about is the rich history of conflating vaginas and food in song. Thankfully, we are here to help.
1. Pepsi-Cola
"My pussy tastes like Pepsi-Cola." — "Cola (Pussy)," Lana Del Rey
2. Peaches
"Peaches and cream / I need it cause you know that I'm a fiend / Gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine / It's even better when it's with ice cream / Know what I mean?" — "Peaches 'N' Cream," 112
3. Sugar
"Let me take you somewhere you've never been / I could show you things you've never seen / I could make you never wanna fall in love again / Come spend the night inside my sugar walls." — "Sugar Walls," Sheena Easton
4. Sauerkraut
"Put a bratwurst in your sauerkraut!" — "Pussy," Rammstein
5. Unspecified "flavors"
"Designer pussy, my shit come in flavors / High-class taste niggaz got to spend paper" — "How Many Licks," Lil' Kim
6. A Skittle
"Wanna play me like a fiddle? I'm not so brittle / Come diddle my skittle, 'cause there's only one peach with the hole in the middle." — "Diddle My Skittle," Peaches
7. Cocoa Puffs
"Mix your milk with my cocoa puff, milky milky cocoa, mix your milk with my cocoa puff, milky milky, right?" — "My Humps," Black Eyed Peas
8. Rice cake
"If you still wanna kiss it / Come, come, come and get it / Sweeter than a rice cake, cake worth sipping / Kill it, tip it / Cake, fill it." — "Birthday Cake (Remix)," Rihanna & Chris Brown
9. Regular cake
"The boys think it's cake when they taste my (Woohoo) / You don't even need a plate, just your face, ha! (Woohoo)" — "Woohoo," Christina Aguilera
10. Stew
"You heard of salt 'n peppa, well girl, you food. Girl, you hot like a bowl of hot stew." — "Pussy Monster," Lil' Wayne
11. Pudding
"Everybody's talking 'bout chicken an' rice / All of those dishes are mighty nice / Gather 'round you girls and listen to me / I wanna tell you about my baby's recipe / I like my baby's pudding, I like it best of all." — "I Like My Baby's Pudding," Wynonie Harris
12. Cherry pie
"She's my cherry pie / Cool drink of water / Such a sweet surprise / Tastes so good make a grown man cry / Sweet cherry pie." — "Cherry Pie," Warrant
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Many federal employees got an extra day off Friday as hundreds of thousands of U.S. employees face ongoing unpaid furloughs.
But closed Internal Revenue Service, Environmental Protection Agency and Housing and Urban Development offices didn't seem to faze people who usually do business with those agencies.
They didn't show up, either.
The furloughs are part of mandatory spending cuts that went into effect this year when Congress couldn't reach a compromise on federal spending. The cuts led many government agencies to furlough employees across the board, reducing their income and saving the federal government money.
Up to $2.1 billion will have been saved through furloughs during the budget year, according to reports.
More are set for as early as July 22 and Aug. 2. About 85 percent of the federal workplace will be furloughed during the year, according to the government.
The usually busy IRS office in the Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas was much quieter than usual Friday.
IRS spokesman Richard Sanford said no tax returns were processed and no compliance-related activities took place Friday.
"On the other hand, the agency will give taxpayers extra time to comply with a request to provide documents to the IRS," he said in a statement. "This includes administrative summonses, requests for records in connection with a return examination, review or compliance check, or document requests related to a collection matter."
At the EPA office at the Fountain Place building downtown on Ross Avenue, a sign on the door said the office was closed until Monday. Lights were dimmed and hallways quiet. Friday's Wall Street Journal lay untouched by the doorway.
On Wednesday, Eric Adidas, who works at the Dallas EPA office, said he has learned to live with the furloughs.
"I'm just complying," Adidas said. "I'm losing income, money that is necessary, but I guess it's better than not having a job. You just have to live with it. There's no formula."
But Phillip Aguirri, HUD's southwest regional union president said "furloughs are not justified; they destroy morale."
"We have bills to pay," Aguirri said. "Some people lose their homes, get behind on their payments and even accumulate debt and late fees. That's when checks start bouncing and people need to make a choice: eat or pay bills?"
Each federal agency has its own schedule. On July 8, the Defense Department will begin issuing furloughs for 650,000 civilian workers. Only select groups of workers, such as Navy shipyard workers, will not be required to stay home.
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Capitol Heights, Md. (WNEW/AP) — Police in Prince George's County are investigating after a police-involved shooting in which an armed man died.
The police department says it happened Saturday just before 4 a.m. on Marlboro Pike at Lee Jay Drive.
Police say after officers and witnesses heard a shot fired in the area, officers responded and saw a man leaving the area on foot and grabbing his side.
Police say two officers approached the man and one noticed the man reaching for a handgun in his waistband. The officer fired multiple times, striking the man. He was pronounced dead at Prince George's Hospital Center.
The suspect who later died is identified as 24-year-old Robert Antonio Jones, of the 2700 block of Lorring Drive in Forestville.
Police say they recovered the man's gun from the scene. The officer who fired his weapon is on routine administrative leave while the investigation is ongoing.
Officials identified the officer on Sunday as Officer Brian Newcomer, a nine-year law enforcement veteran, who works in patrol in the third district.
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Reading sub-par Christian devotional literature is like receiving a penny from a millionaire; its like getting wrapping paper for a Christmas present or even a blind man putting on a pair of glasses. These types of popular level books with little substance can often be detrimental to the Christian walk, even harmful to a new believer. Consider the false prophets of the Old Testament who only spoke to what the crown wanted to hear. But go beyond the sub-par. Strive for excellence in all truth. Don't settle for anything less than what brings glory to God and the Truth found in his Word.
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Dec 5, 2013
click here to view full editorial By Editorial Board, Standard-Examiner Score one for U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop in a battle with the feds. Our local U.S. House member took the National Park Service to task for its attempt to rely on an opinion piece, rather than scientific data, as evidence for alleged ... More
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BY Lindsey Burke, Heritage Foundation On Thursday, lawmakers in both the House and the Senate introduced a conservative alternative to No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act (A-PLUS) would allow states to completely opt out of the programs that fall under NCLB ... More
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By Michael Carnuccio The Liberty Foundation of Oklahoma Libertyfound.org People thrive on competition. We should apply the relevant adjective "competitive" to the abiding concept "federalism" to illuminate the inherent advantage of a truly federal system of government. Like so many of the ideas ensh... More
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By CHRISTINA CORIER, Wall Street Journal [read online here] As the battle over Medicaid expansion rages in the states, supporters of expansion have dusted off an age-old favorite in making the case for taking federal dollars. They say: If our state doesn't take the money, those dollars will go to so... More
State Forests Management Superior to Federal Forests for Job Creation, Revenue Production, Local Economies and Fire Prevention
Feb 26, 2013
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IN THE NEWS: Utah's Bishop warns against a presidential designation for N.M.'s Rio Grande
Dec 18, 2012
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North Korea is nearly finished work needed to restart a mothballed nuclear reactor used to produce weapons-grade plutonium, according to a U.S. institute that monitors the totalitarian country.
Commercial satellite images show North Korea "is making important progress" at the Yongbyon site, the U.S.-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies said yesterday in a report on its 38 North website. The 5-megawatt graphite-rod reactor "may be 1-2 months from start up but the availability of fresh fuel rods to power the reactor remains uncertain."
Satellite photos taken as recently as May 22 show a new secondary cooling system for the reactor appears almost finished and two tanks next to the building housing spent fuel have been buried to ensure water is available to store used rods, according to the institute's analysis.
South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min Seok today told reporters in Seoul that the one-to-two month forecast for restarting the reactor was "a bit too early," adding the military continued to monitor the Yongbyon site with help from the U.S.
Kim Jong Un's regime announced in April it would restart the reactor, following threats it would carry out preemptive nuclear strikes on South Korea and the U.S. While those threats have moderated, North Korea has resisted pressure from China, its biggest ally, to return to nuclear disarmament talks.
Tensions on the Korean peninsula rose after Kim's government defied United Nations sanctions with a rocket launch in December, then detonated an atomic bomb in February. The Obama administration has said that North Korea must pledge to abandon its nuclear ambitions as a condition to resuming six-nation talks that were abandoned in 2008.


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I recently bought a Wii after spending a lot of time in older consoles (PS1/2, Saturn, SNES...) and wasn't much interested in this gaming generation. Got a nice deal, though, and I've always had a soft spot for the Wii. Hope I'll get used to it soon!
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FAYETTEVILLE � The mayor Fayetteville wants a citywide curfew for youth.
Mayor Nat Robertson also wants an ordinance to ban loitering around schools, The Fayetteville Observer reported.
Robertson said Thursday he has asked city staff to research the legal and practical issues of implementing a curfew for children under 16.
Cumberland County has had such a curfew since 1997 that is in effect from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.
"I think that's what we need to get our young people off the streets after midnight," Robertson said at a luncheon of the Fayetteville Republican Women's Club.
Robertson says it would be a good idea to follow Cumberland County in making loitering near school property a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $500 fine.
Robertson says such an ordinance could stop drug dealing and gang activity near schools. He says the school system has requested such an ordinance.
He says city council could consider the idea next month.
Police Chief Harold Medlock, who also spoke at the luncheon, said he supported both initiatives.
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Northrop Grumman Corporation announced Tuesday that it has signed a cooperative agreement with Kockums AB and its parent company, Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft AG (HDW), under which Kockums will join a team assembled by Northrop Grumman's Ship Systems sector to compete for the U.S. Navy's Focused Mission Vessel Study.
This study is expected to result in the development and construction of a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), one element of the DD(X) family of surface combatants planned for construction by the Navy during the next quarter century.
The cooperative agreement between Northrop Grumman, Kockums and HDW covers business opportunities for the design, development, construction and sale of Visby-class ships and/or derivative technology to the U.S. government for the LCS and other U.S. programs, and for sales to friendly international governments through the Foreign Military Sales program.
This is an exclusive agreement between the parties that, subject to Swedish government approval, allows Northrop Grumman and the U.S. government to take full advantage of more than seven years of Swedish investment in developing an all-composite, corvette-sized, monohull ship.
This leading-edge vessel technology combines unique stealth, speed, modularity and survivability characteristics in a way that will revolutionize the effectiveness of small ships in littoral warfare and on other missions. Kockums has designed and built the first Visby-class corvette, which is presently undergoing combat systems installation and sea trials. Early indications are that the ship will meet or exceed expectations in every area.
"Northrop Grumman is pleased and fortunate to bring Kockums' experience into our preparation for these major competitions and programs," said Dr. Philip A. Dur, Northrop Grumman corporate vice president and president of the company's Ship Systems sector.
"Their proven experience in design and production of composite hull combatants is a perfect complement to our own surface combatant experience, which includes production of composite ship sections as well."
Northrop Grumman plans to use the Visby as the baseline for development of Ship Systems' proposal for the Navy's LCS program.
Combining the proven hull and composite technology developed by Kockums with Northrop Grumman's composite and overall ship integration experience will allow the Navy to rely upon a proven, full-service shipbuilder, with access to state-of-the-art fielded technology, for the LCS program.
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems leads an international industrial team that won a competition for a $2.9 billion (U.S.) program in April 2002 to complete the system design for the Navy's advanced, 21st century surface combatant, DD(X).
This family of ships includes destroyers, cruisers and littoral combat ships, as well as technology to be backfitted into the Navy's existing fleets of Aegis-equipped destroyers and cruisers.
In June 2002, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, partnered with Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems sector, won an $11 billion (U.S.) contract to recapitalize and modernize the U.S. Coast Guard's Deepwater surface, air and shore assets. This program includes two classes of new cutters to be produced by Ship Systems, as well as the modernization of existing vessels.
"Both of these vital programs stand to benefit from Northrop Grumman's ground-breaking partnership with Kockums," Dur said.
Kockums will contribute its experience in the design and construction of stealth-optimized naval vessels utilizing carbon fiber composite technology. In the past few years, Kockums and HDW have engaged in developing a vessel of this type for the export market.
Kockums' role as a member of the Northrop Grumman team will be to share its experience in building composite-hull vessels.
"It is a great achievement to be included in the Northrop Grumman team, and it demonstrates that we are a frontrunner in the field of stealth and composite technology. I am convinced that we can offer Northrop Grumman Ship Systems considerable experience and know-how," noted Kockums' Chief Executive Officer Martin Hagbyhn.
In Sweden, Kockums has received an order for five Visby-class composite hull surface combatants, with an option on a sixth vessel.
These corvettes are stealthy, multimission vessels equipped to handle mine clearance, ASW, surface combat, marine surveillance and vessel protection duties, and to provide civil support in connection with marine accidents and international operations.
They are constructed of carbon fiber, the first of the series having been released to the Swedish Defence Material Administration, and which has already completed a number of trials with excellent results. The advantages this stealth technology brings to littoral-type surface combatant ships are significant.
Kockums stands for leading-edge, world-class naval technology - above and below the surface. Kockums designs, builds and maintains submarines and naval systems that incorporate the most advanced stealth technology.
Other successful products include the Stirling Air Independent Propulsion system, submarine rescue systems and mine clearance systems. The Submarine Division is based in Malm� and the Surface Vessel Division, including all production facilities, in Karlskrona. Kockums has 1,200 employees in Sweden, and is part of the German HDW Group.
Northrop Grumman's Ship Systems sector includes primary operations in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss.; New Orleans and Tallulah, La.; and in a network of fleet support offices in the U.S. and Japan.
The sector, which currently employs more than 17,000 shipbuilding professionals, primarily in Mississippi and Louisiana, is one of the nation's leading full service systems companies for the design, engineering, construction, and life cycle support of major surface ships for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and international navies, and for commercial vessels of all types.
Building upon its long history of new construction work for the Navy, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems is also a participant in the international shipbuilding and ship overhaul markets, including the production of a series of vessels for the Israeli navy. This program, to design and build three 1,320-tonne corvette size ships, resulted in the world's first surface combatant to be totally designed in three-dimensional Computer-Aided Design. All three ships are now successfully deployed and operational.
Today, Ship Systems' family of international combatant ship designs includes a 62m Multimission Fast Missile Craft, a 62m Customs Patrol Ship, an 85m Customs Patrol Ship, an 85m/88m Corvette, a 130m Frigate, and a 150m/180m Multipurpose Amphibian.
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You'll shift to relaxation mode the minute you arrive at the enchanting Turtleback Farm Inn, set on 80 acres of gentle green pasture to rival any in Ireland. The only sounds are the wind through trees and the bleating of sheep. The main inn is beautifully and meticulously restored to its original Folk National design, painted a handsome hunter green with pale-yellow trim, and clearly the work of fine craftsmen. Guestrooms are elegant, with comfortable couches and rocking chairs, all decorated gracefully in tones of taupe, rose, and green. Bathrooms are immaculate: polished fir floors with matching wainscoting, claw-foot tubs with sunflower shower heads, pedestal sinks, and some pull-chain toilets. The newer Orchard House is built of cedar to resemble a barn, and sits some distance from the main house. Its four, lovely rooms are very private, self-sufficient suites. As an option in these rooms, breakfast is delivered through "trap" doors, like those in a dumbwaiter, so you don't have to venture out of your room. Turtleback is a working farm, where breakfast eggs are gathered from resident chickens, bed comforters are lined with the wool of resident sheep, and fruit comes from the farm and orchard. Be sure to explore the adjacent Turtleback Mountain preserve.


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News Google Drops Scanlation Site from Search Results
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The Google website has removed a site with unauthorized, translated scans of dōjinshi from its search results due to a complaint that the scanlation site "contained child pornography." When a search query is run on Google for the scanlation site's name or domain, a notice at the bottom of the search results states that Google has removed some of the search results "in response to a legal request submitted to Google." Neither Google nor the Chilling Effects Clearinghouse legal resource gives information on who submitted the legal request. Google also reported the website to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, an action that is required by U.S. federal law when an electronic communication service provider becomes aware of alleged child pornography.
In the United States under Title 18 U.S.C. Section 2256, the legal definition of child pornography does not apply to "drawings, cartoons, sculptures, or paintings depicting minors or adults." However, the Protect Act of 2003 amended a separate section, Title 18 U.S.C. Section 1466A, to state that it is illegal to produce, distribute, receive or possess drawings or cartoons containing sexually explicit depictions of minors if it is also "obscene." This is the same section of law under which Christopher Handley was sentenced for possessing "obscene" manga in February.
According to the scanlation site, it is currently in discussion with Google to clear up the situation.
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RYANAIR chief executive Michael O'Leary has promised to stop annoying customers as the airline is rocked by another report of terrible customer service.
O'Leary told shareholders at an annual meeting that the airline has finally got the message: Customers like the European airline's cheap ticket prices and huge selection of destinations, but loathe how they're treated from start to finish.
He arrived to the meeting in Dublin to headlines of how Ryanair charged grieving doctor Muhammad Taufiq Sattar 188 euros ($270) to reschedule his flight to England.
The change was made because his wife and three children had just died in a house fire there.
"I don't want to make a big deal about it but it did shock me. I really did not expect them to charge me," Dr Sattar told the Daily Mail. "I thought, given the circumstances, they might just let me transfer flights, as I had already paid for a return fare."
"The staff were implementing our policy but you have to make exceptions in cases like that," O'Leary said, noting that Ryanair had refunded "the money that we regret having taken from him in such tragic circumstances".
O'Leary announced that his airline must improve how it treats passengers and handles complaints so that customers don't feel pushed around by staff and unfairly imposed charges - and potentially take business to other airlines offering more than Ryanair's budget model.
"We should try to eliminate things that unnecessarily piss people off," O'Leary said at the meeting, during which Ryanair's chief faced questions on why the airline seemingly went out of its way to be rude and dismissive of criticism.
O'Leary's concession came a day after Britain's consumer magazine Which? published a survey of more than 3300 readers that placed Ryanair dead last among 100 top brands in quality of customer service.
Ryanair, typically, initially ridiculed the criticism in its official response, claiming to have surveyed 3 million customers and finding that only one had ever read Which? magazine.
But O'Leary sounded a more thoughtful note to investors and reporters as he fielded complaints that Ryanair under his leadership was tone-deaf to legitimate criticism.
Ryanair has grown from a single Ireland-England service in 1985 to the biggest short-haul airline in Europe today, carrying more than 80 million customers annually. It has performed better than any other airline through Europe's long recession as customers seek the lowest possible prices despite Ryanair's reputation for sharp practice.
But as other airlines adjust to compete on price, Ryanair's weaknesses are standing out in some consumers' minds.
O'Leary said Ryanair planned in the coming year to improve its website because it was harder to use than the site of easyJet, its biggest budget rival. He said Ryanair would create a communications unit that responds to customer complaints "hopefully quickly" using Twitter and telephone texts.
And he said Ryanair would review its inflexible enforcement of rules that, if violated, trigger punitive charges on customers. Money-making mistakes include not preprinting your own boarding card, arriving with a bag that exceeds Ryanair's weight or size rules, or needing to reschedule a booking regardless of the reason.
"Some of our policies are implemented with a degree of robustness that isn't warranted," he told reporters. "Somebody who shows up with a bag 1 millimetre bigger than the (official) baggage size (limit) - as long as it fits in the baggage sizer, it goes on."
"We do need to improve and to soften some of the harder edges in our service and in our image," he said.


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In a state Republican Party straw poll released last week, Texas Congressman Ron Paul took a plurality of votes, with businessman Herman Cain placing second. The results were announced Dec. 5, the same day that Cain, who by then had already suspended his presidential campaign, appeared at a Republican rally and fundraiser in Oklahoma City.
The nonscientific poll, which had been on the state GOP website and cost a minimum donation of $5 to the state party, saw Paul handily win with 46 percent of the vote. Cain (pictured) received 25 percent, with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, now the front-runner in most national polls, getting 17 percent. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney drew 6 percent, Texas Gov. Rick Perry received 3 percent and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann got 2 percent. Ex-Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson combined for the remaining 1 percent.
Cain's appearance here came two days after he had suspended his campaign amid accusations of sexual harassment and adultery. The former Godfather's Pizza CEO said he had asked state GOP Chairman Matt Pinnell if he was still wanted to headline the fundraiser, and Pinnell replied that he did.
The event drew about 250 people.
Because Cain suspended his campaign shortly before the straw poll closed, his name remained on the ballot. Pinnell said he suspects many of those supporters may now go to Gingrich.
"The question is where do Cain's people go?" Pinnell said.
"I think Newt would have been much higher."
But that might be tricky. Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, arguably the state's most popular Republican officeholder, has assailed Gingrich on several occasions. Coburn, who served under the former House speaker for four years in the 1990s, has called Gingrich's leadership "lacking."
What about Paul?
Paul, a staunch libertarian who also ran for president in 2008, has performed well in many states' straw polls. "He was this organized four years ago, so I'm not surprised that he's this organized four years later," Pinnell (pictured) said.
"He does the ground game; that's what we do 24/7. When I see a good ground game, I appreciate it, and that's what he has done well."
While Paul's grassroots organization here is strong, it's the Perry camp that has the Oklahoma money. According to the nonpar tisan Center for Responsive Politics, the Texas governor has received $456,650 from in-state contributors as of Dec. 5. Romney trailed with $52,070 and Paul with $50,251.
But Perry's campaign has floundered in the wake of less-than-stellar debate performances.
Cain was the latest speaker in the state GOP's speaker series. Romney participated during a visit to Oklahoma City in October.
Pinnell said state Republicans are hoping to get Gingrich to be the next speaker, although it would likely be after the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 10. Pinnell said he is also in talks with the Paul camp to bring their candidate to the state.


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Using Pogo Pins to Shrink 6-Pin ISP Connectors
As of late I've been making smaller and smaller circuit boards, fighting for every mm² of space. The typical 6pin ISP connector used for programming a lot of the AVR micro-controllers has been getting in the way more and more.
As the images might show, it was quite a task to assemble this tiny tiny thing. Pin alignment is crucial and it is really hard to do it just by hand. I had to make a little jig to hold the pins in place while soldering.
Pogo pins are little spring-loaded contacts, very handy for making jigs, or making momentary (but electrically solid) contacts. We use them by the dozen for making programming and testing jigs but they're handy also if say you want to JTAG program a board that you cant solder headers to – just shove these thin contacts into the programming cable and press it onto the contacts.
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The battle between Pratyusha Banerjee's long-time boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh and Kamya Punjabi has taken yet another turn. Now, Rahul's rakhi sister Sahila Chaddha has accused Kamya of causing troubles in her marriage.
Sahila, who is married to Nimai Bali, a popular actor in films and TV have reportedly been living separately at her residence in Aaram Nagar, Versova with their teenage daughter, Princess.
On the other hand, Nima has moved out of the family home and is living with a friend, according to a source.
According to Sportboye, Rahul had moved in with Sahila which is why Nimai moved out of the place.
In an interview withIndia Forums, Sahila said, "A man is someone who cares about his family first, but in my marriage, the case was completely different. The truth is that my husband is a womanizer and is doing all this drama to please Kamya Punjabi. Nimai and I have not separated because of Rahul, but because of Nimai's philandering ways, violent behaviour, drinking and smoking."
It should be noted that Nimai and Kamya were in a relationship in 2007, two months after Kamya separated from her businessman husband, Bunty Negi. However, the relationship did not last long with Nimai returning to his wife and daughter.
In the interview, Sahila further said, "When Nimai and I separated earlier, Nimai had begged to me for a chance and promised me that he would change. But as soon as he came back, he became worse than the person that he was before. It's really shameful. I compromised on my marriage for so long, only because I wanted my daughter to know her father".
"My marriage with Nimai was troubled since the time my daughter was 5 years old, thanks to Kamya Punjabi. She taught Nimai how to smoke and drink and look where that has gotten my marriage into. I am speaking publicly now, only because it has been affecting my daughter Princess, who is giving her SSC board exams", she added.


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I saw an interesting post on Facebook about the Gender of Peppers. The post went on about how three lobed peppers were male and 4 lobed peppers are female and that there is a difference in taste, use and number of seeds. I wondered if this were true. Something seemed to be wrong about this. Could it possibly be true or was this another case of someone uncritically reposting some bit of folklore or outright untruth?
Once I tried to correct a Facebook post that repeated one of those bits of folklore about food – the one about how cut onions are poisonous. I was ignored even though I pointed out that Snopes had brought out its falsity. And since the onion story was tied in the post with another subject (religion!) which muddied the thoughts being expressed, there were a number of comments after mine that loudly agreed with the poster. Which were they agreeing with, the cut onion thing or the religious sentiments? I have no idea. But, I learned my lesson. From time to time these posts about food folklore may show up here, instead of my trying to directly debunk them. Then at least, if people ignore me it won't be so obvious!
To tell you the truth I have never noticed any difference in the taste of any pepper, except according to ripeness and that difference being very slight. Most peppers I have bought or raised seemed to be four-lobed as far as I can remember. I think the taste thing seemed to be what clued me that something was amiss with this statement.
I looked up agricultural extensions for a couple of states and found no mention of bell pepper gender. I would think something that important about plant biology would have been mentioned. But they did not address the issue outright.
Finally on a site called helium.com "Where knowledge rules" (!!!) I found an article by Megan Stoddard on bell peppers that seems to tie the whole matter up. You can read the whole thing at: http://www.helium.com/items/1996863-the-difference-between-three-bottomed-bell-peppers-and-four-bottomed-bell-peppers The most significant part of the article I quote here:
"If there is any such thing as male and female bell peppers, the designation is culinary, not biological, and if it is a culinary designation, it does not appear to be a widespread one. Fruits (bell peppers are biologically fruits, being the seed bearing part of the plant) have no gender. They are not the plant's sexual parts, but the vehicles for its offspring, formed only after the plant has been pollinated and fertilized. On most flowering plants, including bell peppers, the flowers that become the fruit have both male and female parts, making them androgynous. All bell peppers, then, are hermaphrodites."
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It seems to me that the Timesplitters series gets better with every game. Free Radical did a superb job keeping with the Timesplitters style, in fact, they really improved it. The storyline is still a little, well, odd. But hey, that's never bothered me in the past. The addition of the wormholes and past/future Cortez' is certainly entertaining.
Again, the weapons are great. Although I've never really liked how the flamethrower doesn't do absolute damage, only fire damage, it certainly looks better now. Sadly, the grenade launcher is gone But the harpoon gun is a cool new addition. The baseball bat was an interesting touch. I have to say I'm a sucker for the guilty pleasure of taking a character with huge reach such as the Deerhaunter (The MOOSE IS LOOSE) or the Stone Golem, and bludgeoning the smaller characters.
Again, this game is suprisingly funny.
|Cortez - Time to SPLIT!
Anya - Riiiiiight....Whatever
|Cortez - Time to Sp-
Harry Tipper - No! Just...don't
|Jo-Beth - If I'd known this was going to happen, I would've worn pants
And some of the things the characters say in Arcade/Challenge when you select them are just, well, crazy. One character, a scientist, shouts "TIME TO UNLEASH THE ASSKICKULATOR" and then proceeds to "breakdance" while going "Whoop whoop whoop". Seriously.


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About Community Partnerships
Opera Atelier partners with several organizations across the GTA, both on an ongoing and per-project basis. Organizations with whom we have recently partnered on outreach initiatives include First Canadian Place, the Aga Khan Museum, Amnesty International, the ROM and Doors Open Toronto.
Opera Atelier continually seeks out new ways to interact with and engage our community at large. If you are interested in showcasing Opera Atelier, or know of an outreach opportunity that would benefit from an Opera Atelier performance, please email Opera Atelier.
A Sample of Past Events:
April 26, 2016 – Toronto Reference Library Event
7:00 p.m. at the Toronto Reference Library Bram & Bluma Appel Salon
Join founding artistic directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg for an evening of conversation, music and dance. With former Toronto Star theatre critic Richard Ouzounian.
February 14, 2016 – Family Day at the ROM
Opera Atelier will present two short family-friendly performances on February 14 at 1:00pm and 2:15pm.
The presentations will celebrate love, and include a pair of Baroque dancers in a romantic pas de deux, as well as a singer performing love songs by Mozart. Co-Artistic Director Marshall Pynkoski will introduce the artists.
Opera Atelier's first performance was at the ROM in 1985, and we are thrilled to return to celebrate our 30th Anniversary Season. A great celebration of music and love for Family Day!
Join us in the Rotunda of the Royal Ontario Museum this Sunday. Performances are free with museum admission.
March 3, 2016 – Evening with Marshall and Gerard
6:30 p.m. at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, 496 Huron St., Toronto
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura will host a special free, open-to-the-public lecture by Co-Artistic Director Marshall Pynkoski and Set Designer Gerard Gauci. The lecture will focus on Opera Atelier's spring production Lucio Silla (April 7-16 at the Elgin Theatre), a marvelous early Mozart opera with glorious music and a libretto by Giovanni de Gamerra. It premiered in Milan in 1772. Our co-artistic directors, Marshall and Jeannette, brought their vision for Lucio Silla to La Scala in Milan last March, so with a story set in ancient Rome, an Italian librettist, and a Milanese production history, we have a true Italian connection! Please join us at the Istituto to learn more about Mozart's Lucio Silla.
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March 7, 2014 – 6-9pm, The Gardiner Museum
The Gardiner Museum and Chef Simon Kattar of à la Carte Kitchen Inc present the Bistro Music Series, an exciting new food and music series featuring a sumptuous culinary experience and a musical program with performances by some of Toronto's best musicians.
Beloved Toronto-based Opera Atelier presented highlights from their spring 2014 production of Lully's Persée.
February 17, 2014 – Family Day
Thank you for joining us in celebrating Family Day! Students from Opera Atelier's School of Atelier Ballet presented Dance Through Time (a FREE special performance) at 2pm in the Great Hall.
In partnership with the historic St. Lawrence Hall (157 King St. E.), students in period costume performed historical dances ranging from Renaissance and Baroque to 19th Century Waltzes, Tarantellas, and excerpts from the Romantic ballet. The performance was directed by School of Atelier Ballet Director and Opera Atelier Founding Co-Artistic Director Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, and featured entertaining and educational commentary from Opera Atelier Founding Co-Artistic Director Marshall Pynkoski.
December 4, 2013 – Bata Shoe Museum
A special Persée themed evening with The Bata Shoe Museum. Wednesday, December 4 at 6pm. Performances from the cast and corps de ballet of Persée, including Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg and Christopher Enns, with commentary by Marshall Pynkoski.
Footwear from Opera Atelier's collection was on display during the event.
November 15, 2013 – Royal Ontario Museum, Friday Night Live
Dazzling dancing by Opera Atelier's Artists of Atelier Ballet in costumes from Opera Atelier's vault, and stunning vocals in the Baroque tradition by soprano Meghan Lindsay. Accompaniment performed by James Bourne on a legendary Bösendorfer concert grand piano, provided by Robert Lowrey Piano Experts.
October 7, 2013 – The Elgin & Wintergarden Chandelier Gala
Opera Atelier artists from our fall production Abduction from the Seraglio join the Ontario Heritage Trust for a special evening in celebration of the 100th birthday of the Elgin and Winter Garden theatres.
May 26, 2013 – Doors Open Toronto
Thank you, Toronto, for joining us in celebrating the annual Doors Open event! Students from Opera Atelier's School of Atelier Ballet presented Dance Through Time (a FREE special performance) for a full house on Sunday, May 26th.
In the historic St. Lawrence Hall (157 King St. E.), students in period costume performed historical dances ranging from Renaissance to Baroque, plus 19th Century Waltzes, Mazurkas, Tarantellas and excerpts from the Romantic ballet. The performance is choreographed by Opera Atelier Founding Co-Artistic Director Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, and features entertaining and educational commentary from Opera Atelier Founding Co-Artistic Director Marshall Pynkoski.


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In our news snippets last week we mentioned the unfortunate deaths of two British citizens Winnie Ottaway and Barbara Seager of Tuzla Mah, Fethiye who were involved in a car crash near Denizli.
Our press scanners have picked up an article in the Eastbourne Herald that identifies that the two ladies were sisters and Winnie was a town councillor in Hailsham.
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City Link's intrepid music columnist, Bob Weinberg, should be all over the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra's bankruptcy announcement. You'd think his single-genre, twice-monthly column would zero in on the fact that 84 musicians -- all of 'em orchestra members who were finally given notice last week that the organization has officially run out of green -- are singing the blues.
"We are without anything -- just unemployment," says violinist Mariusz Wojtowicz, whose wife stays at home with their 18-month-old baby. "She will have to go back to work to be able to make ends meet. We have a new house and a mortgage to pay. You cannot survive summer if you are a musician -- there is nothing here." Holding out hope that the Phil can pull it together during the summer downtime, he continues: "Maybe something good will happen over the vacation if they have more time to collect some money. I hope that maybe at the last moment somebody will be able to turn a profit. It will be very easy to close, but to reopen is not so easy. It's very sad -- what else can I tell you?"
Fellow violinist and friend Marion Myszko isn't as confident. "It's just so sad," he says, "so stupid. It's like murdering in the daylight. I thought this career would be different -- in South Florida, especially. But it proved me wrong. I was an optimist." What is Myszko's backup plan? "I don't really know," he sighs. "I can try to teach, but that's all I can do. This is all I've done all my life. I'm too old for auditioning because they won't take the people who are 40-something, approaching 50. It's impossible."
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Yet as our esteemed calendar editor, Dan Sweeney, put it, "Symphony of the Americas hops on the FPO's death like sharks on a warm bucket of chum." He was referring to the SOA's announcement ("South Florida still has great classical music!") that it'll offer half-price ticket discounts and $105 season subscriptions when its season opens in the fall at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. However, that won't be enough to turn the tide; as state legislatures cut funding down to the bristles and orchestras disappear, schools will have even fewer kids who consider classical music anything more than an anachronism. A demoralizing week for the arts in South Florida.
"If Memorial Day is a day of remembrance," says Spy-Fi Records boss Ed Artigas, "then this is a justifiably fond blackout." Artigas is babbling about the Sunday, May 25, show at the Billabong Pub in Hallandale that he and fellow local promoter J.C. Moya have put together. Moya's going to be "performing his personal songs of love and melancholy," explains Artigas, who will present his Zira side project ("two electric guitars, no rhythm section, really bad jokes") as well. I'd recommend not missing Weston's own Scott Nixon (formerly with A Kite Is a Victim, Ed Matus' Struggle, and Disconnect). Artigas calls him "South Florida's answer to the Red House Painters," and the last several shows I've seen Nixon perform have been spellbinding, mostly acoustic affairs. Also intriguing is a rare, unplugged set from the Stop Motion, whose excellent Spy-Fi release, Crushed, remains near the top of the heap of recent local releases. Guitarist Alex Garcia is making a pilgrimage Down Under, so his remaining 'mates -- Juan Lopez (guitar/vocals), Gaston De La Vega (bass), and Ari Dimitriou (drums) -- will perform as a trio.
Artigas, who seems to turn up anywhere along the tricounty strip whenever something cool and indie is going down, gives Spy-Fi's motto as Muy conocido en mi casa, which roughly translates to "known only to my homies." To this end, he's bringing down David Dondero to headline the show. "His music is pure Americana storytelling with a Violent Femmes-type swagger," Artigas explains, calling Dondero "the legendary train-hop flop." Dondero -- who isn't exactly a household name -- sounds like a hard-nosed country-folker in the mold of Woody Guthrie or Townes Van Zandt, but he has fans in the alt-rock playground. Conor Oberst, the boy wonder from Bright Eyes, and Ted Stevens, who plays with Mayday, Cursive, and Lullaby for the Working Class, are in love with Dondero albums like Shooting at the Sun with a Water Gun. One of those true troubadours who has lived all over the United States -- probably in his car -- and writes confessional tales like "Analysis of a 1970s Divorce," Dondero doesn't appear to have a permanent home. The Billabong sure beats a boxcar. And it will cost only $5 to check out all the above bands at the 'bong. Show starts at 8 p.m.


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KABUL, Afghanistan, April 9 (UPI) -- Two coalition service members were killed Tuesday in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force said.
The cause of the crash was being investigated but initial reports indicated there was no enemy activity in the area when the crash occurred, the ISAF said in a release.
Local authorities in eastern Nangarhar province said the helicopter crashed in Pechigram district, Khaama Press reported.
The official said Afghan police forces were dispatched to the scene.
Taliban militants claimed responsibility for the crash, saying the chopper was shot down by Taliban fighters, Khaama Press said.
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At last week's American Enterprise Institute-Fordham conference on the No Child Left Behind Act's "remedies" for low-performing schools, paper after paper reported how little use is being made of that law's "public school choice" option for kids whose present schools have been rated "in need of improvement." A galaxy of snafus, late data, inadequate capacity, constrained choices, bad information, and perverse incentives has made this remedy one of NCLB's least used and least effective--and that's saying something.
Milton Friedman wouldn't have been surprised. He would have said that's the sort of thing that happens when government tries to control markets. Still, it's a big disappointment on multiple fronts. NCLB's authors correctly understood that children stuck in persistently failing schools should be able to leave them for better schools. They sought to craft such an exit visa. But we now know they set it up in such a way that it's accomplishing very little and amounts to an unkept promise.
Yet several of the same papers also reported that large amounts of school choice are occurring under a host of other programs and policies, particularly in urban areas, including many of the same cities that NCLB has shown to have scads of schools worth fleeing (see here, here, and here). We're talking 20 to 30 percent of the kids in major cities, where they are making extensive use of intra- and inter-district choice programs authorized by state or local policy; charter schools; and private schools, access to which is publicly assisted in some places and for some categories of children. Such programs now benefit far more kids than NCLB-mandated choice.
These findings are underscored by a valuable new report from the National Center for Education Statistics, Trends in the Use of School Choice 1993 to 2003, released last month (though foreshadowed in the 2006 Condition of Education report). It's flawed in some ways, but it also offers a trove of information on the extent to which American families are already exercising school choice--and how that pattern has intensified as more options have become available.
The traditional way of measuring school choice was to show the fraction of all kids attending charter or private schools, or being home schooled, versus those enrolled in district-operated public schools. That generally yields a figure in the vicinity of 15 percent nationwide.
A more interesting, fruitful, and comprehensive approach, employed by NCES in the "National Household Education Surveys Program," is to ask families such questions as whether their child is attending an assigned school or a school of choice; are they aware of choices available to them; did they consider other schools; is their child in their first-choice school; did they move to their present neighborhood because of the schools; and how satisfied are they with their child's schools.
Presented this way, the data show a very different pattern. In 2003 (the latest), 74 percent of U.S. school kids in grades 1-12 attended "assigned public schools"-down from 80 percent a decade earlier. The other 26 percent were enrolled in public and private schools that their parents acknowledged having chosen. Ten percent were in private schools, and 15 percent attended "chosen" public schools. (For various reasons the numbers don't quite add.)
You may not be bowled over by a 6 percent shift from assigned schools to schools of choice over the course of ten years, but that's some 3 million more kids. Moreover, it's not the end of the story. A whopping 28 percent of kids attending "assigned" public schools have parents who say they moved to their current neighborhood because of the schools. And a quarter of kids in "assigned" schools have parents who said they considered other schools. This suggests that a lot of children who wind up in "assigned" district public schools, which in most cases are their neighborhood schools, are actually there as a result of exercising choice via the very important act of a family selecting its residence because of the schools there.
It's risky simply to add up these numbers, but it looks to me as if about half of U.S. kids are enrolled in schools as a result of choices made by their parents.
That's a very big deal indeed. This glass may actually be half full.
Are these opportunities equitably distributed? Of course not, but the gaps are less dramatic than you might suppose.
Yes, white families and wealthy families are more apt to send their kids to private schools and to move homes in pursuit of particular public schools than are black and poor families. Yet black families are more apt to send their kids to a "chosen" public school. In 2003, that was the case with 24 percent of African-American school kids versus 13 percent of whites. (Hispanics were at 15 percent.)
Poor families, too, are making reasonably decent use of public-school choice: 18 percent of those below the poverty line and 17 percent of the near-poor, versus 14 percent of kids from more prosperous families.
No, it's not a sea change, and there remain far too many children and families with no choices or without the means of exploiting them. The choice glass is still half empty. Indeed, half of all parents responding to the 2003 NCES survey were unaware of any available public-school choices (and this awareness was nearly uniform across races, income levels, and levels of parental education). Perhaps they had choices that they didn't know about. Still, choice is playing little or no role in the education of tens of millions of American school kids.
We need to worry about those children, far too many of whom are attending bad schools and have no exit visas. That's why the various battles underway to widen (and improve) the choice options are worth fighting. That's why Monday's Supreme Court hearing was important--because it may lead to the removal of race-based impediments to the exercise of more choice.
Each year, NCLB identifies hundreds more schools "in need of improvement" than the year before. Then another set of "remedies" is supposed to kick in, intended to solve the problem by improving or eventually "restructuring" the schools. Alas, those elements of NCLB also amount to little--another important finding of last week's conference papers. The result: millions of kids stuck in ineffective schools.
That's immoral. It's also educationally unjustifiable.
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