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It has come to my attention about something called Pocket caching. It seems that it is a custom down south to do this at cache events. As some of you know how it works from doing it at the last cache event. I dont think I agree with this pocket cache thing or if GC.com condones it. Let me explain how it works if some of you dont know and for those that know correct me if I am wrong.
You have an item in you pocket when you go to the cache event. Lets call the item a wooden nickel. At the event you go around and ask everyone do you have the wooden nickel. If you find the person with the wooden nickel then you log the cache event as another find (on the same event) with a note saying you found the wooden nickel. So in you are logging multiple caches on the same event. There were at least five of these pocket caches at the last cache event.
If you go to the last cache event we had here in Maine and look at the logs you may see what I mean. First off I dont consider this a cache find in my opinion. If they are doing this down south then this in my opinion is not right. It is just a way to increase your numbers. So it sounds like they are all about numbers down south. Maybe that is why the caches up here are so much better then down south. We have not fallen into the number game yet. I hope we dont start doing this at anymore cache events in Maine. I think I would get annoyed if people kept coming up to me at the event and asking me the same thing over and over. I am there to talk with friends and have a good time not to be bothered buy these silly games. But this is just my opinion.
If this is a way to get your numbers up and make it look good for you as a geocacher then I want no part in it. I can not believe that the people down south actually do this and feel good about it. But maybe I am looking at this all wrong.
What do others think of this? I would like to here more from others about there opinion on this or maybe set me straight if I am looking at this wrong.
Here is the last cache if you want to look at the log.

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The fish-shaped rocky island of Coll, with a population of around a hundred, lies less than seven miles off the coast of Mull. The CalMac ferry drops off at Coll's only real village, ARINAGOUR, whose whitewashed cottages dot the western shore of Loch Eatharna. Half the island's population lives here, where you'll find the hotel and pub, post office, churches and a couple of shops.
On the southwest coast there are two edifices, both confusingly known as Breachacha Castle. The older is a restored fifteenth-century tower house, and now a training centre for overseas aid volunteers. The less attractive "new castle", to the northwest, is made up of a central block built around 1750 and two side pavilions added a century later, and has been converted into holiday homes. Much of the area around the castles is now owned by the RSPB, with the aim of protecting the island's small corncrake population. A vast area of giant sand dunes lies to the west of the castles, with two glorious golden sandy bays stretching for more than a mile on either side.
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Spinach is John's favourite vegetable at the moment after watching Popeye The Sailor Man... tutt...tutt, he will pick up a pack of spinach every time we do grocery shopping without prompting. And, after every single bite of spinach he always asked all of us to squeeze his little arm muscle if it was hard enough.
This is not the style he likes though he prefers something plain, boiled then eat with ponzu. We usually have spinach as green vegetable for shabu-shabu so he can have his favourite vegetable and I can have mine.
- 200 g spinach
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- Rinse spinach to remove sand, if any, and drain well.
- Bring apot of water to a boil, cook whole spinach until its colour has changed. Drain and put under running tap water to cool down the spinach rapidly. Drain well and squeeze gently to remove excess water. Cut into bite size, discard root.
- In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, mayonnaise and pepper. Mix well. Add in spinach and stir to coat with dressing.
- Transfer into serving bowl(s) and garnish with sakura ebi.
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Boulder, CO, USA - GEOLOGY articles cover the minute to the grand, from calcite-producing earthworms, skeletal metazoans, and mineral discoveries, to Earth's highest coastal mountain range, a newly discovered extension of the Nile deep-sea fan, and a Canadian impact crater, and mark important events in time, from a 9-degree warming in Greenland only 14,700 years ago to Africa's Middle Stone Age. GSA TODAY goes farther back in time to analyze the formation and closure of the Rheic Ocean.
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Rapid exhumation of ice-covered rocks of the Chugach-St. Elias orogen, Southeast Alaska
Eva Enkelmann et al., Earth and Environmental Science Department, Lehigh University, 31 Williams Drive, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA. Pages 915-918.
The Chugach-St. Elias orogen in Southeast Alaska is the Earth's highest coastal mountain range, with peaks exceeding 5500 meters. Due to the high elevation, high latitude, and proximity to the Pacific Ocean, the mountain rage is mostly covered by ice. The thick ice cover hinders rock sampling at low-elevation areas, which are generally used for the study of the exhumation processes in mountain ranges. Enkelmann et al. studied the cooling ages of detrital zircons from glacial rivers to get information about the erosion processes underneath the ice. They present a new exhumation model for the Chugach-St. Elias orogen that starts about 30 million years ago.
South Atlantic interocean exchange as the trigger for the Bølling warm event
Cristiano M. Chiessi et al., MARUM-Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse, 28359 Bremen, Germany. Pages 919-922.
14,700 years ago, Greenland experienced a warming of 9 degrees Celsius within a couple of decades, the most striking temperature increase in the Northern Hemisphere high latitudes during the entire last deglaciation. The abrupt warming was probably linked to a sudden strengthening of the Atlantic Ocean circulation, but the ultimate mechanism responsible is not clearly understood. Chiessi et al. show new geochemical records from the South Atlantic that address this issue. According to the new records, the upper South Atlantic also underwent a strong increase in temperature and salinity synchronous to the temperature change in Greenland. While the warming in the South Atlantic is also a consequence of the strengthening of the Atlantic Ocean circulation, the increase in salinity points to a massive inflow of salty Indian Ocean waters into the Atlantic Ocean. High salinities in the upper Atlantic Ocean have been described as a key condition for a strong Atlantic circulation. Chiessi et al.'s records highlight the crucial role played by Indian-Atlantic interocean exchange as the trigger for the strengthening of the Atlantic circulation and the abrupt warming in the Northern Hemisphere high latitudes 14,700 years ago.
The eve of biomineralization: Controls on skeletal mineralogy
Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev and Rachel A. Wood, Area y Museo de Paleontologia, Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, c/Pedro Cerbuna, E-50009, Zaragoza, Spain. Pages 923-926.
In the first quantitative analysis of the onset of biomineralization -- from the late Precambrian to Ordovician -- Zhuravlev and Wood show that changing seawater chemistry and climate exerted considerable control over the mineralogy of emerging skeletal metazoans. The earliest skeletons known were composed exclusively of aragonite or high-magnesium calcite, but these were replaced by lineages with low-magnesium calcite mineralogies. These changes were controlled by the changing magnesium-calcium ratio of seawater, and probably also by increasing partial pressure of CO2 in the atmosphere as a result of the onset of greenhouse conditions.
Newly recognized eastern extension of the Nile deep-sea fan
Yehoshua Folkman and Yossi Mart, Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhei Yisrael St., Jerusalem 95501, Israel. Pages 939-942.
The Nile River deep-sea fan is currently a prime exploration objective in the Mediterranean Sea due to major gas discoveries in its channel complexes offshore Egypt. Folkman and Mart present a newly recognized easternmost segment of the Nile deep-sea fan that has been revealed recently in the deep Mediterranean Sea offshore Israel, based on high resolution, three-dimensional seismic imaging. This segment is vertically divided into two sequences: basal sand-rich sequence deposited in a basin floor setting, and an overlying younger mud-rich sequence, characterized by densely spaced seabed and sub-seabed distributary slope channel complexes.
Earthworms produce granules of intricately zoned calcite
Martin R. Lee et al., Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences, Gregory Building, Lilybank Gardens, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. Pages 943-946.
In the 19th century, Charles Darwin first found that common species of earthworms produce millimeter-sized clusters of the mineral calcite. Darwin was unable to explain how or why these calcite "granules" are formed, and this question has remained unanswered despite the fact that granules are very abundant in soils and so make an important, albeit poorly understood, contribution to the carbon cycle. Lee et al. have tackled this conundrum by analyzing the composition and internal structure of granules at very fine scales using several newly developed electron microscope techniques. Their results have revealed that the granules form in a complex sequence of events involving several episodes of crystallization of different minerals. What is more remarkable is that these reactions are all mediated by the earthworm and completed very quickly, probably in less than a day. These results illustrate very clearly how the granules form, but Darwin's other question of why they are produced, and in such numbers, can only be answered by further work.
Source of fluids forming distal Zn-Pb-Ag skarns: Evidence from laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry analysis of fluid inclusions from El Mochito, Honduras
Iain M. Samson et al., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada. Pages 947-950.
A significant proportion of the Earth's metal resources have been concentrated in the crust through the action of hot, saline (hydrothermal) fluids. In exploring for such metal resources, it is important to understand the processes that have led to metal concentration at particular locations. An issue that is especially important to address is the source of the fluids. Many zinc-lead-silver deposits are hosted by sedimentary rocks, yet the characteristics of some of these deposits point to the involvement of fluids derived from magmas. The chemical composition of the fluids responsible for metal deposits can reveal important information about the source of these fluids. This compositional data is only available from the analysis of the small aliquots of the fluids that are commonly trapped in minerals during their formation. Comprehensive chemical analysis of such fluid inclusions has recently been made feasible using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Samson et al. have analyzed fluid inclusions from the El Mochito Zn-Pb-Ag deposit in Honduras using this technique and demonstrated that, despite being hosted by sedimentary rocks, the fluids responsible for mineralization were magmatic. Such data are also valuable for interpreting ore genesis in that they provide information on the metal contents of paleo fluids, allowing more accurate modeling of hydrothermal mineralizing processes.
Anatomy of a young impact event in central Alberta, Canada: Prospects for the missing Holocene impact record
C.D.K. Herd et al., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada. Pages 955-958.
Based on the amount and frequency of meteorite falls and the formation of impact craters on the Earth, there should be over 20 impact craters in the < 100 m size range that formed within the past 10,000 years, yet only five such craters are known worldwide. Herd et al. report the discovery of a 36-m-diameter impact crater located in a forested area near the town of Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada. Although too overgrown to be seen in air photos or satellite images, the crater is revealed using a bare-Earth digital elevation model obtained through airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR). The crater formed in deglacial sediments, with impact ejecta burying a soil with a radiocarbon age of ~1100 years. Seventy-four iron meteorites (0.1-1196 g) have been recovered, most having an angular, shrapnel-like shape. These meteorites were buried at depths of < 25 cm and are interpreted to result from fragmentation of the original larger mass of the impactor, either at low altitude or during the impact event. Impact of the main mass formed the simple bowl-shaped impact structure associated with an ejecta blanket and crater fill. Herd et al. show that LiDAR may be a useful tool to look for additional small impact craters.
A landslide in Tertiary marine shale with superheated fumaroles, Coast Ranges, California
Robert H. Mariner et al., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 434, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA. Pages 959-962.
In August 2004, a National Forest fire crew extinguished a 1.2-ha fire in a wilderness area ~40 km northeast of Santa Barbara, California. Examination revealed that the fire originated on a landslide dotted with superheated fumaroles (gas vents). A temperature of 262 °C (504 °F) was measured in one of the superheated fumaroles. A temperature of 307 °C (645 °F) has been measured at a depth of about 3 meters (~10 feet) in a borehole near this fumarole. Temperatures in this borehole are decreasing by ~0.1 °C/day. Gas collected from the fumaroles and boreholes is mostly air with 3% to 8% carbon dioxide and trace amounts of carbon monoxide, methane, ethane, and propane. The chemical and isotopic composition of the gas show that it is not associated with volcanic activity, a geothermal system, an oil field fire, or spontaneous combustion of modern organic material incorporated in the slide. Pyrite (iron sulfide) and fine-grained carbonaceous matter (essentially small fragments of low-grade coal) typically occur disseminated in this early Tertiary sandstone-shale sequence. However, local concentrations of secondary minerals normally produced when pyrite oxidizes show that high concentrations of pyrite do occur in this formation. Mariner et al. speculate that pyrite in the jumbled blocks of the Juncal shale, involved in the landslide, oxidized rapidly when air was introduced during the initial landslide movement, and this heated the rock enough to ignite dispersed solid carbonaceous matter present in the shale.
Diachronous dawn of Africa's Middle Stone Age: New 40Ar/39Ar ages from the Ethiopian Rift
Leah E. Morgan and Paul R. Renne, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. Pages 967-970.
The Middle Stone Age (MSA) of Africa is thought to be a period wherein human ancestors experienced significant advancement of cognitive abilities and physical dexterity, but the nature and timing of these advances is not yet well understood. MSA archaeology at Gademotta, in the Main Ethiopian Rift Valley, is dated to older than 277 thousand years ago, over 40 thousand years older than previously believed. The workmanship and sophistication of tool making at Gademotta and nearby Kulkuletti are markedly advanced for the antiquity of the sites' ages, suggesting that more primitive MSA archaeology should be even older, and that the MSA evolved at different rates in different places. If the emergence of the MSA is linked to the evolutionary appearance of Homo sapiens, as has often been suggested, then by implication early forms of our species may be 100 thousand years older than previously believed. The ready availability of high-quality geological materials such as obsidian may have played a role in rapidly advancing technology in certain areas such as Gademotta/Kulkuletti. The results are based primarily on new 40Ar/39Ar dating of volcanic ashes by Morgan and Renne at the Berkeley Geochronology Center.
Sulfur isotopes in sediment-hosted orogenic gold deposits: Evidence for an early timing and a seawater sulfur source
Zhaoshan Chang et al., CODES ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 126, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia. Pages 971-974.
Chang et al. report sulfur isotopic compositions of sulfides of various paragenetic stages in the giant Sukhoi Log sediment-hosted orogenic gold deposit. The overall mean value and the significant variability in early pyrite indicates that the sulfur was from the reduction of seawater sulfate. The later generations of sulfide have 34S values in successively smaller ranges, coincident with the mode that is around the median value of the whole data set. Together with textural evidence, sulfide trace element data, and gold occurrence, the data demonstrate that metamorphism has gradually homogenized the early sulfur, accompanied by the segregation of quartz and the release of gold from the lattice of early pyrite and its re-precipitation as inclusions in later pyrite. The sulfur isotopic compositions of sulfides in Sukhoi Log, and many other major orogenic gold deposits hosted in sedimentary rocks of various ages, show a pattern generally parallel to the seawater sulfate curve through geologic time, indicating that the sulfur in most sediment-hosted orogenic gold deposits was probably also originally from the reduction of seawater sulfate. Chang et al. conclude that sulfidation and gold mineralization in many sediment-hosted orogenic gold deposits was early during basin evolution when seawater was the principal active fluid, rather than later during or after basin inversion, as proposed in current models.
Multiple sulfur isotopes reveal a magmatic origin for the Platreef platinum group element deposit, Bushveld Complex, South Africa
Sarah C. Penniston-Dorland et al., Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA. Pages 979-982.
Models for the formation of platinum group element (PGE) ore deposits commonly require that magma incorporate parts of the wall rock into that which they intrude to provide sulfur. This externally derived sulfur is thought to be necessary to concentrate PGEs into the high concentrations found in these ore deposits. Using a relatively new analytical tool, the analysis of multiple isotopes of sulfur (32S, 33S, and 34S), Penniston-Dorland et al. demonstrate that sulfur within the two-billion-year-old Platreef PGE ore horizon of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa was not derived from local wall rock, and instead must have been brought in by the intruding magma.
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The Rheic Ocean: Origin, Evolution, and Significance
R. Damian Nance, Department of Geological Sciences, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA; and Ulf Linnemann, Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum fur Mineralogie und Geologie, Konigsbruecker Landstrasse 159, D-01109 Dresden, Germany. Pages 4-12.
What was the most important ocean to adorn the face of the Earth over the past 500 million years? Damian Nance of Ohio University and Ulf Linnemann of Museum of Mineralogy and Geology in Dresden, Germany, would argue that it was the Rheic Ocean. The Rheic Ocean formed some 490 million years ago during a rifting event that tore apart the northern margin of the continents that together formed Gondwana, including Africa and South America. It was not the opening of the Rheic Ocean, but rather its demise that makes it so important. The closure of the Rheic Ocean at about 360 million years ago that gave rise to Earth's most recent supercontinent, Pangea. Ironically, the subsequent rifting of Pangea, giving rise to the Atlantic Ocean, tore apart the mountain systems that formed during the closure of the Rheic Ocean. Nance and Linnemann, based on careful correlation of structures and strata from the American Appalachians and the European Variscan mountain systems, have been able to reconstruct the tectonic life and death of the Rheic Ocean, and hence have provided us with insight into the processes that gave rise to and presaged the inevitable tectonic destruction of Pangea.
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New pictures from the Mars rover Curiosity include the first panoramic view of the Red Planet. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
The first pictures from the best cameras on NASA's Curiosity rover document a Martian landscape so Earthlike it reminds scientists of home.
"The first impression that you get is how Earthlike this seems, looking at that landscape," said Caltech's John Grotzinger, chief scientist for the $2.5 billion mission. "You would really be forgiven for thinking that NASA was trying to pull a fast one on you, and we actually put a rover out in the Mojave Desert and took a picture."
California's Mojave Desert is less than 100 miles away from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, where Grotzinger and his colleagues are poring over each batch of images sent back by the car-sized rover.
Mission manager Jennifer Trosper said 100 megabytes of data had been received from Curiosity as of today, and that figure is sure to grow rapidly once the spacecraft's high-gain antenna gets up to speed.
The day's biggest milestone was the raising of the rover's 3.6-foot-tall (1.1-meter-tall) camera mast on Curiosity's deck, which provides a vantage point 7 feet (2.1 meters) above the Martian surface. The mast houses Curiosity's high-resolution navigation camera system, also known as Navcam, as well as the two-camera Mastcam imaging system — and a laser-zapping rock analysis experiment known as ChemCam.
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Curiosity rover scientists Justin Maki, John Grotzinger and Michael Malin discuss Martian imagery showing a Mojave-like scene on Wednesday.
Justin Maki of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory guides you through the first images from the navigation cameras on the Mars Curiosity rover, including a low-resolution panorama.
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This Picassoesque self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover is based on images taken by the navigation cameras on the rover's mast. The camera snapped pictures all the way around the rover while pointing down at the rover deck, up and straight ahead. Those images are shown here in a polar projection.
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The first image taken by the navigation cameras on NASA's Curiosity rover shows the shadow of the rover's now-upright mast in the center, and the arm's shadow at left. The arm itself can be seen in the foreground. The position of the shadow helps confirm the sun's location. The rover's name and a simplified smartphone tag are emblazoned on a piece of hardware in the foreground.
One Navcam image shows the shadow of the mast against the gravelly ground surrounding the rover, with pieces of hardware in the foreground. The picture includes a pixelated rover logo that JPL plans to incorporate into an augmented-reality "Virtual Rover" smartphone app.
"Right now, [the logo] does not link to anything, as we will be working with it as Curiosity begins exploring," Michelle Viotti, Mars public engagement manager at JPL, said in an email. "It's a way to increase immersion for public audiences following the mission through 3-D modeling and other techniques — bringing supplemental info into a real environment in a way that's interactive."
Another black-and-white image documents Curiosity's environment at Gale Crater: There's an intriguing trench that was apparently scoured out during the rover's descent, just a few yards (meters) away; and there are what appear to be imposing peaks at the crater rim, more than 12 miles (20 kilometers) away.
Grotzinger said the trench could serve as a "freebie" for studying the Martian subsurface. "It's a bird in the hand right there," he said. When asked whether the blast of the thrusters on Curiosity's sky-crane descent stage might have exposed minerals worth analyzing, Grotzinger replied, "Sure, why not."
Rover is in for the long haul
Curiosity's prime mission is to study Martian rock and soil to find out whether the types of carbon compounds associated with organic processes might be present. Finding such compounds might lead scientists to conclude that the Red Planet was potentially habitable in ancient times, and provide pointers for future exploration. The big prize is a 3-mile-high (5-kilometer-high) mountain in the crater's interior, known as Aeolis Mons or Mount Sharp. The mountain's layers of rock are expected to document billions of years of Mars' geological history.
Grotzinger and his colleagues say they may devote the first Earth year of the mission to studying the ground between the landing site and the mountain, roughly 7.5 miles (12 kilometers) away. Curiosity's primary mission is due to last almost two Earth years, or one complete Mars year, but scientists hope that the nuclear-powered rover will last much longer than that.
Trosper said that the rover was in good shape, and that previously reported problems with Curiosity's REMS weather station have been cleared. "The instrument is completely healthy," she said.
Another scientific instrument, known as the Radiation Assessment Detector or RAD, took its first measurements of cosmic rays and solar radiation on the Martian surface over the past day, said Don Hassler, a researcher at the Southwest Research Institute who's in charge of the RAD experiment. He noted that the measurements were made 100 years after Austrian physicist Victor Hess made the first observations of cosmic rays from Earth.
"We've learned a lot in the last 100 years," Hassler said. The RAD instrument picked up multiple spikes of heavy-ion radiation that could be a concern for future human explorers, he said.
Sharper images
Michael Malin, a Curiosity team member as well as the head of San Diego-based Malin Space Science Systems, said that high-resolution color pictures taken by the rover during its descent on Sunday night were gradually being sent down to Earth. They'll soon be assembled into an animation with much more detail than the low-res version that was released earlier this week.
Mike Malin, a member of the Mars Curiosity rover science team, unveils imagery showing where the rover's ballasts hit the surface — as well as a high-resolution view of the rover's heat shield flying away during descent.
Malin also showed off before-and-after imagery from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, pointing out six disturbed spots where tungsten ballast weights fell after they were discarded by the descending spacecraft. Previous imagery from MRO showed where Curiosity's parachute and backshell, as well as its heat shield and descent stage, hit the dirt. There are currently no plans to visit any of those sites, primarily because they're low-priority scientific targets.
The Curiosity team is currently considering what route the rover should take in the short term, even as the instrument checkout continues. The next milestones on the time line include the return of high-resolution color pictures from the two Mastcam imagers, and the release of high-resolution, 360-degree panoramas. (A low-resolution all-around panorama from the navigation cameras was made available today.)
The six-wheeled rover is expected to take its first drive sometime during the next few weeks, depending on how the checkout goes.
Trosper cleared up one question that has bedeviled the clock-watchers covering the mission: Exactly when did Curiosity touch down? The official time, she said, was 10:17:57 p.m. PT on Sunday (1:17:57 a.m. ET or 05:17:57 GMT Monday). When the 14 minutes of light-travel time between Mars and Earth are added in, that suggests that first word of the landing was received at 10:31 p.m. PT, which is in line with the schedule that NASA announced in advance. It took at least a few seconds more for Curiosity's fans, in JPL's mission control room and around the world, to react to the alert.
More about Mars:
- Tour the Martian Mojave in 3-D
- Flying saucer spotted over Mars
- First 3-D pictures sent by Curiosity
- Orbital photo spots rover and its trash
- Curiosity sends color snapshot from Mars
- Rover video looks down on Mars during landing
- Mars orbiter spots rover in midair
- NASA's Mohawk Guy marvels at his fame
- Curiosity rover scores touchdown on Mars
- Mars probe provides radiation revelations
- Video: Highlights from rover's first two days on Mars
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Fact Sheet #17E:Exemption for Employees in Computer-Related Occupations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
This fact sheet provides general information on the exemption from minimum wage and overtime pay for employees in the computer field under Sections 13(a)(1) and 13(a)(17) of the FLSA and Regulations 29 CFR Part 541.
The FLSA requires that most employees in the United States be paid at least the Federal minimum wage for all hours worked and overtime pay at time and one-half the regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 hours in a workweek.
However, Section 13(a)(1) and Section 13(a)(17) of the FLSA provide an exemption from both minimum wage and overtime pay for computer systems analysts, computer programmers, software engineers, and other similarly skilled workers in the computer field who meet certain tests regarding their job duties and who are paid at least $455* per week on a salary basis or paid on an hourly basis, at a rate not less than $27.63 an hour.
Job titles do not determine exempt status. In order for this exemption to apply, an employee's specific job duties and compensation must meet all the requirements of the Department's regulations. The specific requirements for the computer employee exemption are summarized below.
See other fact sheets in this series for more information on the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, and outside sales employees, and for more information on the salary basis requirement.
Computer Employee Exemption
To qualify for the computer employee exemption, the following tests must be met:
- The employee must be compensated either on a salary or fee basis at a rate not less than $455* per week or, if compensated on an hourly basis, at a rate not less than $27.63 an hour;
- The employee must be employed as a computer systems analyst, computer programmer, software engineer or other similarly skilled worker in the computer field performing the duties described below;
- The employee's primary duty must consist of:
- The application of systems analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users, to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications;
- The design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing or modification of computer systems or programs, including prototypes, based on and related to user or system design specifications;
- The design, documentation, testing, creation or modification of computer programs related to machine operating systems; or
- A combination of the aforementioned duties, the performance of which requires the same level of skills.
The computer employee exemption does not include employees engaged in the manufacture or repair of computer hardware and related equipment. Employees whose work is highly dependent upon, or facilitated by, the use of computers and computer software programs (e.g., engineers, drafters and others skilled in computer-aided design software), but who are not primarily engaged in computer systems analysis and programming or other similarly skilled computer-related occupations identified in the primary duties test described above, are also not exempt under the computer employee exemption.
Primary Duty
"Primary duty" means the principal, main, major or most important duty that the employee performs. Determination of an employee's primary duty must be based on all the facts in a particular case, with the major emphasis on the character of the employee's job as a whole.
Where to Obtain Additional Information
For additional information, visit our Wage and Hour Division Website: http://www.wagehour.dol.gov and/or call our toll-free information and helpline, available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in your time zone, 1-866-4USWAGE (1-866-487-9243).
When the state laws differ from the federal FLSA, an employer must comply with the standard most protective to employees. Links to your state labor department can be found at www.dol.gov/contacts/state_of.htm.
This publication is for general information and is not to be considered in the same light as official statements of position contained in the regulations.
Note (added January 2018): *
The Department of Labor is undertaking rulemaking to revise the regulations located at 29 C.F.R. part 541, which govern the exemption of executive, administrative, and professional employees from the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage and overtime pay requirements. Until the Department issues its final rule, it will enforce the part 541 regulations in effect on November 30, 2016, including the $455 per week standard salary level. These regulations are available at: https://www.dol.gov/whd/overtime/regulations.pdf.


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text: Athletes charged with murderUpdated 10:38 AM ET, Wed April 19, 2017 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Photos: Athletes charged with murderConvicted murderer and former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was found hanged in his Massachusetts prison cell Wednesday morning, officials said, just days after his acquittal in a separate double murder case.Hide Caption 1 of 9 Photos: Athletes charged with murderSouth African sprinter Oscar Pistorius was charged with murdering his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, in February 2013. Pistorius, the first double-amputee runner to compete in the Olympics, was convicted of murder and sentenced to six years in prison.Hide Caption 2 of 9 Photos: Athletes charged with murderLawrence Phillips, a former NFL running back who was awaiting trial on charges of killing his prison cellmate last year, died in January after being found unresponsive in his prison cell, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. The death of Phillips, 40, was being investigated as a suicide, the department said. Phillips was sent to a California prison in 2008 after being convicted of domestic violence, false imprisonment and vehicle theft charges. While serving a 31-year sentence, authorities say, he killed his cellmate in April 2015. A trial was anticipated in Kern County, California.Hide Caption 3 of 9 Photos: Athletes charged with murderRae Carruth, who was a wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers, became the first active NFL player ever charged with first-degree murder. His pregnant girlfriend, Cherica Adams, was killed in December 1999, and prosecutors said he arranged for her to be killed in a drive-by shooting. Carruth was eventually convicted of conspiring in her murder, and he is now in prison. The unborn child, a boy, survived.Hide Caption 4 of 9 Photos: Athletes charged with murderMiddleweight boxer Rubin Carter, known as "Hurricane" in the ring, served 18 years in prison for a triple homicide in a bar in 1966. A federal judge overturned his sentence and that of his alleged accomplice, John Artis, in 1985, ruling that the conviction was based on "racial stereotypes, fears and prejudices."Hide Caption 5 of 9 Photos: Athletes charged with murderGroundbreaking skateboarder Mark "Gator" Rogowski confessed to beating and raping Jessica Bergsten, then choking her to death and burying her in the desert in 1991. Bergsten was a friend of Rogowski's former girlfriend, and Rogowski testified that he acted out of misplaced anger against his ex. Rogowski was denied parole in 2011 and will not be eligible for parole again until 2018.Hide Caption 6 of 9 Photos: Athletes charged with murderBaltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis and two others were charged with murder in 2000 after a fight in a popular Atlanta bar district left two men dead on the street. The murder charges against Lewis were dropped after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice and testified against his friends; they were later acquitted. Lewis announced his retirement before helping the Ravens win the Super Bowl in 2013.Hide Caption 7 of 9 Photos: Athletes charged with murderBruno Fernandes das Dores de Souza, a former goalie for the Brazilian soccer club Flamengo, was convicted in March 2013 for the murder of his ex-girlfriend. He was sentenced to 22 years and three months for the murder of Eliza Samudio, who disappeared in 2010. Souza, his current girlfriend and his ex-wife were among nine people charged with torturing and murdering Samudio, who had been trying to prove Souza had fathered her son.Hide Caption 8 of 9 Photos: Athletes charged with murderAlthough O.J. Simpson was found not guilty, the former football star's 1995 murder trial has kept him a household name. Simpson was acquitted in the death of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman. In October 2008, Simpson was sentenced to 33 years in prison on multiple counts, including armed robbery and kidnapping, in connection with a robbery at a Las Vegas hotel in 2007.Hide Caption 9 of 9A look at professional athletes who have been charged with murder. Some have been able to create new lives in the free world. Others are incarcerated.More from SportRoyal Ascot 2019: A summer spectacle with the royal seal of approvalAnthony Davis is joining forces with LeBron James, as Pelicans and Lakers reportedly agree to tradePeder Fredricson clinches home win at first Global Champions Tour in Stockholm Global Champions 2019: Schedule and resultsGary Woodland: How a Special Olympics golfer inspired new US Open champion


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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Premier Well Services, LLC, an El Dorado, Ark. company that provides services to oil and gas companies, will pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC's suit (Civil Action No. 4:10-cv-1419) filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Western Division, charged that Premier Well failed to hire an applicant because of his religious beliefs.
Premier Well denied that it engaged in any unlawful employment practices or that it otherwise violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and entered into this compromise agreement solely to avoid additional expense and the uncertainty of litigation.
Religious discrimination violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
In addition to the monetary relief, the consent decree settling the suit, approved by U. S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright:
enjoins Premier Well from discriminating against job applicants on the basis of religion;
requires Premier Well to create a religious discrimination policy and to distribute this policy to all employees;
requires Premier to provide training to its supervisory and management personnel on religious discrimination;
requires Premier Well to submit reports to EEOC during the two-year period that the consent decree is in effect; and
requires Premier Well to post a notice reinforcing the company's policies on Title VII and its procedures for reporting and preventing discrimination in the workplace.
"Because of the economy, job applicants face many obstacles in finding employment," Regional Attorney Faye Williams of EEOC's Memphis District Office said. "Their efforts should not be further hampered by an employer's religious bias. The EEOC remains vigilant in its mission to promote equality of opportunity in the workplace for both employees and applicants."
Premier Well Services, LLC is an Arkansas limited-liability company that provides services on a fee or contract basis to oil and gas companies. Services include the completion, servicing and maintaining of oil and gas wells.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Augustana Reports Record Number of International Students
More than 60 new students representing 30 countries and five continents are expected to begin their studies at Augustana this fall for the 2011-12 academic year. They represent Augustana's largest-ever incoming class of international students.
Hundreds Attend Memorial Service for Tracy Riddle
See images and videos and read the tributes from Tuesday's moving memorial service for Tracy Riddle, Augustana's long-time associate dean of students. Riddle died on Friday, July 22, after a two-year-long battle with cancer. She was 54.
In the News: Augustana Students Recall Attacks in Norway
Augustana Peace Prize Forum scholars Thad Titze (Watertown, S.D.) and Michael Seeley (Spencer, Iowa) were in Oslo, Norway, during last week's terror attacks. In an interview with KELO-TV, they recalled the experience and recounted what life has been like in the shaken city since.
Tracy Riddle, Associate Dean of Students, Dies at 54
"Today we mourn the loss of a dear friend and colleague who touched the lives of countless students, families, faculty and staff members with her passion for life, tenacious spirit and gentle compassion," said Rob Oliver, president. A memorial service and celebration of Riddle's life is planned for 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, at Augustana's Chapel of Reconciliation.
Augustana Announces Opportunities to Host International Students
As more than 60 new international students get set to start classes here in the fall, Augustana is seeking Sioux Falls-area families who are interested in learning about new cultures, languages, traditions, faiths and global perspectives to participate in a pair of welcome programs for students from other countries.
Alexander-Alton Article Published in National Physics Journal
An article authored by Belview, Minn., native Tom Alexander, class of 2011, and Dr. Drew Alton, assistant professor of physics, is featured in the June issue of Physical Review D, a national scientific publication.
Augustana's Northlanders Jazz Band to Perform at JazzFest
On Saturday, student performers in Augustana's Northlanders Jazz Band will take the stage before a projected crowd of some 75,000 fans at JazzFest 2011, Sioux Falls' annual jazz and music festival, held at Yankton Trail Park.
Tupper Honored by Campus Law Enforcement Association
Rick Tupper, director of campus safety, has received the President's Award by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, an honor bestowed on a member of campus law enforcement whose efforts go above and beyond the call of duty.
Forums to Discuss Energy, Vision, Confessions and Border Control
Three accomplished alumni and one iconic professor fill out the line-up for the Fall 2011 Augustana Thought Leader Forum series. First up, Doug Berven '91, POET's vice president of Corporate Affairs, will discuss "Revolutionizing Energy" on Thursday, Sept. 29.
Four Receive Sophomore Honors Awards
Rising juniors Kimberly Homan, Hannah Kuelbs, Brennan Olson, and Erika Zetterlund have been selected to receive the prestigious Sophomore Honors Award, an honor that recognizes outstanding achievement, scholarship and character.


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The Buccaneers have been through this before with Ronde Barber, but this year, the decision on how (or if) they should accommodate the veteran defensive back is dragging on.
According to Roy Cummings of the Tampa Tribune, the Bucs and Barber will meet soon (unless they snuck one in already) to determine his future. But in previous years, they've always known what's happening before the week leading into free agency.
Barber said after the season he needed time to think about his future, at that he was at peace if it was his final year.
But the lure of a 17th season has to be a strong one for him, and for a team that could use some leadership on defense.
Then again, he's been bumped from corner to safety, and they drafted Mark Barron seventh overall to do what he does.
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In a recent Reuters article, Jonathan Lipson discussed competing efforts to repay creditors in the contentious Tribune Company Bankruptcy.
In the Tribune case, Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey is weighing two plans for repaying creditors, one backed by Aurelius Capital Management and one backed by the company and its lenders. Aurelius is chaired by Mark Brodsky, a well-known figure in bankruptcy cases.
Brodsky wants to create a trust that would pursue all potential claims against billionaire developer Sam Zell, who orchestrated Tribune's buyout, plus bankers and others. Any money the trust collects would be distributed to creditors. The company argues that only some claims should be pursued and its plan would get bondholders some payment more quickly.
Some of the legal claims that Brodsky hopes to pursue in the Tribune case—in particular claims that the Tribune's leveraged buyout was a fraudulent conveyance—are rarely litigated in large bankruptcies.
"They are incredibly expensive and often ugly and uncertain and so it's usually quite rational to settle," said Jonathan Lipson. The management plan would, in effect, settle most of these claims, while the Aurelius plan would not.
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- Leonard A. Lauder will donate 33 works by Pablo Picasso
- Other works will include 17 by Georges Braques
- Lauder acquired his collection over nearly four decades
A leading philanthropist and cosmetics tycoon plans to donate 78 Cubist works to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, a gift described by the institution as "truly transformational."
Leonard A. Lauder will donate 33 works by Pablo Picasso and 17 by Georges Braques, two iconic artists considered pioneers of the Cubist movement.
He will also give the Met 14 pieces by Fernand Leger and 14 others by Juan Gris, according to the museum.
Lauder's collection, approved by the museum board Tuesday, was acquired over nearly four decades.
The four artists were on the cusp of the radical Cubist movement in the early 1900s, a period underrepresented in the Met's current exhibition encompassing more than 5,000 years of art history, according to museum officials.
In a news release, the museum said Lauder's collection, "unsurpassed in the number of masterpieces and iconic works critical to the development of Cubism," will fill the spaces where representations of modern art had been lacking.
Cubists focused on the two dimensional picture plane, attempting visual deception by combining geometric shapes to portray real objects, oft incorporating fragments of reproduced pop culture.
The Cubist movement annihilated the traditional illusionism style that triumphed in years prior. It provided a gateway to abstract expression, historians say, changing the very definition of art.
"This is an extraordinary gift to our museum and our city," Thomas P. Campbell, director of the museum, said in a news release.
Campbell said the Met has "long lacked this critical dimension in the story of modernism," noting that the pieces are transformational to the museum.
"Now, Cubism will be represented with some of its greatest masterpieces, demonstrating both its role as the groundbreaking movement of the 20th century and the foundation for an artistic dialogue that continues today," Campbell said.
Lauder said he hopes his gifts will draw more people to the museum.
"This is a gift to the people who live and work in New York, and those from around the world who come to visit our great arts institutions," Lauder said in a news release Tuesday.
Lauder has long been entwined with New York City's art institutions, serving as president and chairman of the Whitney Museum of American Art, as well as various committees at the Met since the 1980s.
He said he chose the Met because "it's essential that Cubism -- and the art that follows it for that matter -- be seen and studied within the collections of one of the greatest encyclopedic museums in the world."
The collection will be presented for the first time in an exhibit due to open in the fall of 2014, according to museum officials.
The highlights of the historical collection include Picasso's provocative "Woman in an Armchair (Eva)," (1913), an erotic image of Picasso's mistress Eva Gouel, according to the museum's review.
Lauder's collection includes early works believed to have been inspired at Cubism's inception.
Braque's "Terrace at the Hotel Mistral, L'Estaque" (1907) marks the icons transition from fauvism to Cubism, the museum said.
Braque's "Trees at L'Estaque"" is thought to have inaugurated Cubism, officials say.
Picasso's "The Oil Mill" (1909) is also historic among the landmark works. It was one of the first Cubist pictures printed in Italy in the Florentine journal La Voce, according the museum's overview of the collection.
It prompted modernization from Italian futurists who sought to rival their French peers.
Along with the collection, the Met announced the creation of the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art to serve as a mecca for scholars and curators studying Cubism.
Lauder is the chairman emeritus of the Estee Lauder Co. and son of the late cosmetics queen by the same name.


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Before that, some background.
Traditionally, MySQL has been using what is called statement-based replication. Statement-based replication replicates the changes to the slave by sending the actual statement that was executed on the master over to the slave, and the slave subsequently executes that statement. Of course, only statements that change something will be sent to the slave.
Sometimes, you don't want to send all changes to the slaves. So therefore it is possible to prevent the master from sending changes to some databases using the
--binlog-do-db and
--binlog-ignore-db switches, which will allow you to filter out statements that updates certain databases (this is not the whole story, more about that filtering later).
This works well for most queries, such as:
INSERT INTO products SET name='Gizmo2000', price='$2000'But suppose that we have two databases
db1 and
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UPDATE db1.foo, db2.foo SET db1.foo.a = db2.foo.a, db2.foo.b = db2.foo.b;The statement updates both
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db2, so shall we replicate it or shall we not? Since we need to handle even this situation in a consistent manner, the current database is used to decide if the statement shall be replicated or not. (I didn't actually write the code, since it pre-dates me beginning at MySQL, but after being immersed in the code for almost two years, I'm pretty sure this is the reason.) This works well for most users, since one usually work with one database only, and set the current database to that before actually starting doing changes. However, for some special cases, like the one mentioned by Todd, it starts to look strange.
Recently (that is, in 5.1), MySQL released something called row-based replication, where the master sends the actual rows that were inserted/deleted/updated to the slave, and the slave then subsequently insert/delete/update those rows from the database. For each row, the database and table that the row belongs to is known, so if you are using row-based replication (option
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SET GLOBAL BINLOG_FORMAT=ROW), the filtering will be done on the actual table being changed even if the statement updates several different tables in different databases.
I'll summarize with some general advice when using statement-based replication:
- Don't qualify your table names with a database name. If you do, you might have trouble with the replication, so this is something to look for.
- If you are going to make changes to tables in a database, always
USEthe database to set the current database correctly.
- Don't use multi-table updates (or other statements that manipulate several tables) unless the tables are all in the same database.
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DETROIT - The Local 4 Defenders are learning new information about the Bob Bashara case and one thing is for sure: the trial is going to be huge.
The case against Grosse Pointe Park father and businessman Bob Bashara will take center stage next year. The trial likely will begin in March.
"The volume of this case is one unprecedented, really, with the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office," said legal expert Todd Flood.
The Defenders have learned there is a mountain of evidence. This case has been ongoing for almost two years. Detectives are still hard at work putting it all together. The trial itself likely will last more than a month.
Complete coverage: Jane Bashara murder investigation
"The witness list is probably close to 300 witnesses, tens of thousands of pages. I think this will be between 10,000 and 20,000 pages of documents," said Flood.
The investigation and trial will have a focus on Bashara's alleged plot to have his wife, Jane Bashara, killed. It also will take a close look at Bob's secret S&M life.
"Then they'll back it up with all these different lifestyle moments in his life and his kind of dual life," said Flood.
There are a few housekeeping items to wrap up but if everything goes according to plan the trial could get underway in March.
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Wedge Partners Raises 2014 China 4G Smartphone Sales To 120 Million Units
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Wedge Partners analyst Jun Zhang raised his 2014 China 4G smartphone sales forecast from 80-100 million to 120 million.
That is a pretty big jump. What are the reasons? Zhang names four:
- China Telecom (CHA) announced a 35 million 4G smartphone procurement plan in addition to China Mobile's (CHL) 80 million 4G smartphone outlook for 2014. Although the target seems aggressive, we believe the competition for 4G smartphone offerings will increase overall 4G smartphone subsidies and sell-through.
- Recently, a couple of 4G smartphone launches in China gave us some hints that even 3G service subscribers want a 4G smartphone. ZTE (ZTCOY) and Coolpad (CHWTF) both recently launched a couple of 4G smartphone models, which are currently among the top selling smartphones in China. Additionally, China Telecom and China Unicom (CHU) users are buying the 4G version of iPhone 5s/5c instead of the 3G version, even as they continue to use the 3G network.
- MediaTek (MDTKF) chip-based smartphones will come earlier than expected and will dramatically drop the 4G smartphone pricing in Q2.
- Domestic players are setting up aggressive targets for 2014 4G smartphone shipments. Coolpad is targeting 40 million 4G smartphone shipments out of 60 million smartphones. (Coolpad uses both Marvell (MRVL) and MediaTek chipsets.) ZTE has established a 20-30 million 4G smartphone shipment target.


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Pondering life�s inconsistencies while waiting for the next snowfall this year.
Hopefully it�ll be a long, long wait.
By the way, did anybody hear that thundersnow the other night?
How about who didn�t hear it?
Who believes it�ll be followed by a major snowstorm in a week to 10 days? I can tell you my mom thinks it�ll happen.
The LabCorp aircraft that fell onto a ball field at Mayco Bigelow Community Center was an incident that could have been far, far worse.
Witnesses � and there were many of them at 6 a.m. on a working day � say the doomed pilot, 57-year-old David Gamble of Greensboro, should be thanked for doing all he could to avoid crashing the Priatus turbo-prop into nearby houses.
Nearly all who saw it agreed he intentionally put the aircraft in the one place it could do the least harm.
No �thank you� could be large enough to adequately cover the tab for that kind of heroism.
But thanks anyway Mr. Gamble, rest in peace and bless your family.
Public schools all over the nation are talking about campus security following the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn. before Christmas.
From where I sit, they can�t talk enough about safety at school these days.
More�s the pity.
A lot of North Carolina schools require that visitors receive ID tags and sign in whenever they visit a public school campus. Makes sense to me. Teachers or administrators would know right away if someone unauthorized is lurking around.
That way, any stranger on campus would set off two dozen alarm bells.
Speaking of security in public schools, when I was a high school student back during the Ford Administration we had absolutely no fear of guns on campus whatsoever. Never once thought about it.
Knives were another story.
Every scary kid in school was said to have a switchblade that varied in size from 6 inches to the length of a machete.
Which made that kid even scarier.
But a lot of kids had rifles in the trunks of their cars or the backs of pickup trucks and parked right in front of the school in plain sight.
Some went hunting before the first bell even started.
Not anymore.
Pet Peeve, Winter Storm Division: People too slack to scrape the snow and ice off their vehicles before venturing out onto the highway.
Nothing like having chunks of ice fly off their car and onto my windshield while driving on Church Street.
I�m not a big fan of snow, by the way.
Got on a mission Friday to find sugar-free ketchup.
Don�t ask.
I was sort of surprised the other day to read criticism on social media of a proposal to up the requirements for graduation from high school in the Alamance-Burlington School System.
Usually I read vociferous comments demanding that more be required from students today. After all, how are they going to compete in the world otherwise?
If approved, students would need 28 course credits, an increase from 25, to graduate starting with the 2013-14 school year. Guilford, Orange, Rockingham and Durham counties already require 28 credits.
Seems reasonable.
Personal Confession Department: When I was in high school back during the Ford Administration, I would�ve found this reasonable in the least.
The saga of Notre Dame�s All-America linebacker Manti Te�o and the hoax that involves an online girlfriend who never existed is one of the more bizarre college football stories this year.
Perhaps of all time.
Ultimately, we�ll know how large a part, if any, Te�o played in the hoax.
Or if he�s the innocent victim of a prank gone far awry, as Notre Dame suggests.
But at least we know two things:
There was a system failure by reporters in print, TV and online concerning how this story was pursued. And I fear it won�t be the last time.
And 2. Why Te�o played so horribly against Alabama in the national title game.
While I�m thinking about it: So long, Lance Armstrong.
By the way, Monday is the day devoted to remembering the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lots of people are off work that day. I�m not one of them.
Weather permitting, there will be a march from downtown Burlington to the Mayco Bigelow Community Center.
I plan to walk this year if I can get away from the office and to the Occasions parking lot at 11 a.m. Monday.
Hope to see you there.
Madison Taylor is editor of the Times-News. Contact him by email at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @tnmadisontaylor.


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Why do you hate it ?Life is good.
Yeah, it's good for you cause you're a kid. Imagine being trapped in a place so hellish that you come home crying at least once a week, spend the most the rest of your time on the verge of tears, and that all the spark and life has left your eyes and you're like a robot that's constantly being kicked around for no other reason than that the one in charge hates you for no reason. And it's destroying you, psychologically and physically, cause both your shoulders (especially the left one) are in pain every day and you're back hurts as do your hips. And you can't go away from it because there's no where else to go because everywhere else is full, closing down, or cutting hours. And you can't go away anyway because you need the money it gives you so you can continue to have a place to sleep and food to eat. But even this doesn't bring you much money and you're scraping by on almost nothing anyway. And then things at home break and cost a lot of money to fix, or the car keeps dying a little bit here and there and it's all you can do to keep it running. So next time you see your mom or dad give them a hug and say thank you.
........I'm not talking about "kid stuff" you know. I don't mean like, my mom won't give me 10 bucks for the movies waaa she's mean. I mean, REALLY bad stuff. And NO I am not going to talk about it. This is my very own private business between me, my boyfriend, and one particular friend.
I had a nice quiet New Year at home with my GF, and some of our family, a couple of beers, a couple glasses of red wine and a sip of champagne (just to toast at midnight)... not too bad.
Happy New Year to all.
Sorry, Cecilia, I meant Revan in my last post. I do hope things get better for you though.
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If you're a New York football coach, yesterday was the day for an endorsement from your bosses.
First Jets owner Woody Johnson said he was "happy with Rex" Ryan after the Jets are off to a surprising 4-3 start.
But even though their neighbors are 1-6, Giants co-owner Jonathan Tisch said they consider Tom Coughlin "one of the finest leaders in the NFL."
"There's nothing wrong with the New York Giants that a few more 'Ws' won't fix," Tisch said, via Bart Hubbuch of the New York Post. "Obviously, we've gotten off to a very disappointing start, but, . . . Tom Coughlin is one of the finest leaders in the NFL. We have two trophies in the lobby of our [practice facility] that we won in the last few years that attest to his leadership."
His business partners — more public co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch — have declined to comment about the future so far, but Jonathan Tisch indicated Coughlin has nothing to worry about.
"We know we've gotten off to a very disappointing start, but we know Coach Coughlin is working with the other coaches and the other players to really turn the season around," Tisch said. "We can still be there [in the playoffs]. . . .
"Sports are a metaphor for life, and sometimes things don't go the way you want them to. But we know that we have very good players who come to practice every single day, work their rear ends off and want to win as much as the fans want them to win."
While that's not an iron-clad vote of confidence (Lawrence Tisch is the team's treasurer), he also has a pretty good idea of what the others think.
And while there are bad coaches working, Coughlin's proven to be a good coach having a bad year, which is very different.


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Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai - Light Novel Discussion
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai is a light novel series written by HIRASAKA Yomi and illustrated by Buriki, with 4 volumes so far released, and the fifth one coming out at the end of November. B-T is currently translating the work under Teaser Projects, being almost done with the first volume.
This discussion thread is intended for the Light Novel series Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai.
There's also a manga adaptation currently serialized in Comic Alive. If you are interested, the discussion thread can be found here.
Remember to use Spoiler Tags when appropriate. And don't forget to indicate the content of your post (e.g. vol #, ch #).
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I have been thinking for a while about creating a discussion thread for the novel, seeing that there were quite a number of people interested in the work, and the current manga thread was no place to discuss it. In addition, the fifth volume is coming very soon (as reported here), which has a very lovely cover by the way, so I thought, why not have a thread for the novel readers.
|2010-11-09, 16:45
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Before any discussion continue from here, I must say this first as it is probably the most important thing on everybody's mind.
SHORT HAIR IS FINE TOOOO*echoes to infinity*~!
Spoiler for gianormous size:
Yozora does not have Eureka Syndrome =(.
|2010-11-09, 18:18
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Oh right, I need to read v4 before v5 comes out. Maybe I'll do that after Oreimo v7.
There needs to be more Kobato! An-chaaaaaaan~!
I don't have a preference for long or short hair, but I'm more of a Meat lover if I had to choose.
|2010-11-09, 18:50
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Spoiler for volume 3 spoiler iirc, but multiples hints very early on:
|2010-11-14, 06:30
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The war (over Kodaka) between Yozora and Sena:
After v1, Sena > Yozora
After v2, Sena >> Yozora
After v3, Sena < Yozora
After v4, Sena >>>>> Yozora
Yozora is in danger now. If she doesn't do anything, Kodaka will be in Sena's hand
I am also waiting for v5 right now
I have got some spoilers but...
Have anyone heard of someone who shares the same interest with Rika (aka Robot sex)?
|2010-11-14, 07:42
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|2010-11-15, 23:06
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Which part do you want to know? The novel is just like a collection of short stories that cover an event each chapter involving some, sometimes all, of the member of Neighbor club trying things that a Juujitsu(I don't know the translation to this, people who have a satisfying real life) do.
|2010-11-17, 09:20
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It has been confirmed.
このライトノベルがすごい!(This Light Novel is Amazing!) 2011, "Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai" is in the second place!
congratulation! Hirasaka sensei!
The first place is "Toaru Majutsu no Index"
And Sena is in the fourth place in female character.
|2010-11-18, 09:00
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Not to mention that she has more development with the hero which always helps.
|2010-11-18, 09:52
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It seems that she is afraid of large group of people in public (Agoraphobia, perhaps). The source of this reaction is unknown. Her popularity maybe increase if a good reason is given.
|2010-11-18, 10:33
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Some types attract and some do not.
And I think short hair really made her worse looks wise as well. Don't have anything against short hair - for some characters it suits better like Rinko from Loveplus or Ai from amagami, but for some it just doesnt look good on and Yozora is an example of it, specially when you can place the images before the haircut and after next to each other.
And looks are important. Not determing factor but important. And considering that Senna looks better in all other factors as well even if we learn about Yozora's past it won't change much. Senna will be still most likely be significantly more popular.
The only fields that author can try to catch up is screentime, development with hero and maybe change hair design to make it more appealing (like shoulder length or short but cut in a different manner or long again).
|2010-11-18, 15:16
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Mio... WAS? Isn't she anymore? Or was outclassed by Yuuno?
Back to the topic, hell yeah! BoToSu is in the Top 10 LN series and Senna is in the top 10 female characters!!
Yozora's hair cut doesn't fits her because the design of her head I think.
BTW, Senna is my fav character in the series.
|2010-11-19, 00:24
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Yeah I think it has to do with head design and shape - short hair doesnt seem to fit, specially cut in the way Yozora's.
Well I always liked Sena more and since she became the only good looking main girl with better personality it is a pretty easy choice.
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Ok. Tracy took off back to MN and Josh and I headed to Barcelona. We almost missed our flight because somebody (ok, it was me) ordered creme brulee before leaving. Ooops. We ran like maniacs through the airport, but made it. Thank God. I never would have lived that down.
We got there. And started having fun.
Beach front!
Barcelona had a bustling city center, with upscale shops, tapas restaurants and bright lights
Of course, there is an obligatory trip to the aquarium. Little did Josh know, I share his unyeilding love for all things aquatic. Met Flotsam or maybe Jetsam.
Josh had carried a 40 lb backback with all our junk through Paris. Now it was my turn. Oy my aching shoulder.
Holy lord. Paella. yum and yum. In Spain. Best thing ever.
Markets. I insisted. It was worth it. Fruit!!
Crazy seafood spread. All for sale. Sigh, no way to experiment with this selection
Spice heaven. Paella spices purchased for my mother. Which she has experimented with in my kitchen. As planned :)
Olive bar of the Gods
We trekked out to Sangrada Familia. Only to be interrupted by the most epic downpour ever. We ran into a souvenir shop and frantically helped the old owner save his post cards. He said he had never seen anything of the sort his entire life. Impresivo.
Look. Sunny skies. Off to tour the cathedral. Perpetually under construction it seems.
Inside was the perfect blend of classy and Gaudi....So much history :)
Organs and stained glass. I might die of happiness
There was also a fair amount of beach bumming. And running. Yes, that makes 3 countries Josh has endured jogging in. He is a keeper. I read gossipy novels, we drank OJ and rum, and tanned our butts off. It really is paradise.
Beach front dinner. Happy campers.
I'll leave you with paella. Sadly. We had to return to the land of lutefisk at some point...