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With costs ballooning to replace two Bronx parks that were bulldozed for the new Yankee Stadium — the latest estimate is almost $195 million — the city's Independent Budget Office said on Tuesday that more than $16 million of the higher expense "remains to be explained."
The latest cost is almost $79 million over the 2005 estimate of $116 million, which itself was considerably more than the $96 million figure based on "conceptual designs" in an environmental impact statement using 2004 dollars.
The Yankees will be using their new $1.3 billion ballpark for opening day in April, but Little Leaguers, tennis players and picnickers are unlikely to have access to all eight replacement parks until the end of 2011, a year later than promised, the budget office said in a report.
"Since the plans were announced, the costs of these projects have risen significantly," said the budget office, a publicly funded agency that provides nonpartisan information about city finances.
Part of the increase, the budget office said, was caused by expansion of the project and unanticipated cleanup costs. But, it said, since the parks department is withholding some figures until bidding is complete, "more than a fifth of the increase, $16.3 million, remains to be explained."Continue reading the main story
The Department of Parks and Recreation called the findings old news. "It's consistent with what we've been saying all along," said Jama Adams, a spokeswoman. "None of these numbers are new. There have been cost increases just like every other construction project."
Ms. Adams attributed the increases in part to the costs of removing buried oil barrels and other toxic waste. But she said some new parks would be available long before 2011.
A spokeswoman for the Yankees, Alice McGillion at Rubenstein Associates, said the team, which is paying for the stadium with the help of city incentives such as tax-exempt bonds, had put up $10 million for the new parks but had no control over the scheduling of their construction.
Building the new stadium one block north of the old one at East 161st Street and River Avenue required demolition of Macombs Dam Park and a portion of John Mullaly Park, totaling more than 22 acres. Because state law requires replacement of lost parkland, the city agreed to create eight smaller parks totaling more than 32 acres.
The largest is to be Waterfront Park, nearly 10 acres near the Harlem River and the Major Deegan Expressway, with 16 tennis courts (replacing the 16 lost at Macombs Dam Park), a beach, a seasonal ice rink, and a tennis and skating house in the former powerhouse building of the Bronx Terminal Market.
Also at nearly 10 acres, the new Heritage Field at the site of the old stadium is set to include ball fields and a promenade to the new Macombs Dam Park, more than seven acres atop a new Yankee Stadium garage. Smaller pocket parks are to be interspersed nearby.
In its report, the budget office said $30 million of the increased parkland cost was due to an expansion of the program, to more than 32 acres from an original conception of fewer than 25. Costs have risen 42 percent since 2005 just for the projects in the original plan, it said. In its expanded form, the project is 67 percent more expensive than estimated. Demolishing the old stadium and building Heritage Field and the promenade would end up costing more than $72 million, more than what was anticipated, the report said.
Before the economic downturn, construction costs outpaced inflation, it said. And there was another factor, it added: "Published reports also indicate that to the extent that New York City, as well as other public-sector entities, is perceived as a difficult client, potential bidders are reluctant to bid on city contracts, and many observers believe that those who do bid include a premium for working with the city."Continue reading the main story


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I hate the new dashboard.December 5, 2008 at 11:15 am | Posted in Rants | 23 Comments
Tags: interweb, WTF!?
(God this image is cute. Chibi angry god ftw!)
(Image swearing is too much trouble to censor, so deal.)
I usually never talk about stuff that's not even slightly related to anime in this blog. Well, I guess except when I'm talking about a hiatus. But I'm so pissed off…or perhaps agitated is a better word to use, that I had to say something.
So, wordpress.com changed the dashboard recently and while it's really cluttered and…different, I thought I could get used to it, but there's just no way. I can deal with changes once I get used to them (even if I find them unnecessary) but specifically the layout for when you're editing a post pisses me off…a lot. (Oh excuse me, it agitates me…or whatever)
Feel free to ignore the following rant like usual. Especially this one since it's so off-topic.
Shugo Chara!! Doki – Episode 55October 25, 2008 at 12:29 pm | Posted in Shugo Chara! | 30 Comments
Tags: fangirling, meh, WTF!?
You know, Doki isn't that bad if you watch it with really low expectations and make fun of everything. I actually had quite a bit of fun this week. There's nothing really new to be pissed about (except for the preview, which I'll get to later).
But then they kind of threw a plot twist at us in the end of the episode which manga fans should recognize, but that's sort of troublesome as well. Makes me wonder what anyone's really supposed to expect.
Shugo Chara!! Doki – Episode 52October 4, 2008 at 2:00 pm | Posted in Shugo Chara! | 35 Comments
Tags: meh, rage, WTF!?
If that's how they want to do it with the episode count, I'll play along. Though it's stupid. Make it Doki or make it episode 52. Don't do both!!!
That aside…are they serious!? It's another damn recap. And it's more recap than ever before! *pissed* They recapped the entire series so far! From the beginning!
WTF? Plagiarism.September 11, 2008 at 2:11 am | Posted in Rants | 53 Comments
Tags: GTFO, rage, WTF!?
I swore I was done ranting about any immature Shugo Chara fans, but this time it's not even about Shugo Chara specifically. It's hit a new low. And I am pissed off. Unlike before where it was just exhausting, this time…I'm actually angry and completely offended by this. There's few things on the internet that I would take so seriously, but she's found one.
I was plagiarized. My summary for episode 39 was copied with many of my little "(lol comments)" and only edited to take out the ones where I made fun of Tadase and changed to support Tadamu.
That's right. Same annoying flamer. At first she amused me, but now congratulations you lazy-ass Tadamu fan. You've pissed me off. But hey, I'll give give you what you want anyway. Have some traffic from my blog and learn to deal with the consequences of what you say.
Grudge Demons Released!August 3, 2008 at 1:20 pm | Posted in Rants | 10 Comments
Tags: rage, WTF!?
Yeah…this is just a nice ranting way of letting everyone know that ANN got it wrong.
How does ANN have their anime page info edited anyway? Is it a system remotely similair to wikipedia? Please tell me so I can just know to never trust either website on seiyuu info again. If it's not airing anyway. I can usually confirm while it's airing because there are so few seiyuu I don't recognize.
My rage has kind of subsided a little since I like the new seiyuu better anyway (though still no Miki Nagasawa…aww…), but I'm still ticked at ANN. I mean, they're bound to make mistakes, but it seems like they've just been ticking me off lately.
OMG! They Got Stupider!July 2, 2008 at 6:24 pm | Posted in Rants | 20 Comments
Tags: GTFO, interweb, noob, WTF!?
I am…in shock. Absolute shock.
Readers who have followed me from my LiveJournal may remember that rant way back when about the Shugo Chara! forums on CrunchyRoll. Just you know…all the freakin' (false) spoilers being thrown around.
It got worse…oh so much worse. I stopped going to CrunchyRoll for anything a while ago, but I decided to check some things out since I might be hanging around watching Strike Witches on CrunchyRoll for a while…but really. Wow.
*sigh* Stupid Manga Site…May 22, 2008 at 11:00 am | Posted in Rants | 17 Comments
Tags: Arina Tanemura, noob, WTF!?
I really didn't intend to have a rant on this blog so soon, but…*sigh* What can you do? You can't control when things will piss you off after all. I debated about whether or not to even post this, but…well my blog is so plain and boring right now anyway. A rant is still a post, right? Heh.
For some quick background. I'm a really big Arina Tanemura fan. She is my favorite manga-ka. I adore her and her works. 3/4 of her manga are in my top ten list. I have never, ever disliked anything she's done…ever. Admittedly, I am probably blinded by pure fangirl love, but that is just how it is.
Readers from my livejournal are probably already very well-aware of this. However, things need to be established when you start something new.

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Monday, October 29, 2012
check my swagger, fool
Thought so...
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Best vlog ever. How many of your vlogs will I say that about? Maybe all of them. I love you! Congrats on a great score!!!ReplyDelete
I knew you'd be one of 'those' people who frets about failing and then comes out with an A. My husband is one of those people too AND he also talks to himself. I've heard it is a sign of high intelligence and this post / comment kind of proves it (in my mind at least)ReplyDelete
You had me with the gesturing at your chest....ReplyDelete
Love it!I would see Pitch Perfect again too!ReplyDelete
- Rae AnneOctober 29, 2012
With scores like that, you'll be able to Vlog in Italian in no time.ReplyDelete
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So I laughed out loud. Lots. I love your hair cut BTW, and I wish I was brave enough to VLOG. Now I can't wait to go see Pitch Perfect. But not with my kids.ReplyDelete
Yeehaw! I'm so proud of you!ReplyDelete
Last week, I saw REAL crazy people talking to themselves...and they were not conjugating verbs.
Way to go lady!
I have a huge widescreen monitor so if I put your vlog on full screen it's like you are sitting in my basement talking to me...how cool is that?ReplyDelete
Love this vlog! You are very funny and make me laugh pretty much everytime I come to your blog.ReplyDelete
And congrats on the test.
WooHoo!! Good job!! Also cracking up, Vlog Monday should totally be a thing.ReplyDelete


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Continuing Missions Episode 14: Acts of Contrition
We're back at it with the novels… and taking no prisoners.
Posted by Sareki on Nov 29, 2016 | 2 comments
We're back at it with the novels… and taking no prisoners.
M'Elanna! That's a great name! I want to try and work that into something, but right now I can't think of anything. Maybe many years down the line Tom dies and some as yet unknown character gets a wonderful mother/daughter threesome.
Or, you know, another Tuvix style story. It doesn't always have to be about sex. Apparently.
Okay, to the book that I've not read but I seem to have a few opinions on anyway. I've probably said this before, but it really is a ringing endorsement of how good this podcast is that I can go on for ages about something I really know nothing about!
Be'lanna having trouble with her dress uniform is just a Star Trek trope. We saw it in TNG with Worf, and especially Riker teasing him about looking good in a dress. And yes, she could just replicate one, but where's the fun in that? A pregnancy dress uniform should be fine to make, you'd think, although they never looked that comfortable in TNG. The Insurrection style one definitely looked much better.
But then I think Be'lanna struggling with hers is just a way to frame what's to come with the confederacy and all their pregant women issues. And wow they have some serious issues! Did I pick you up right? Are they basically wandering around the event with their pregnant bellies out for all to see?
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for "pregancy is beautiful" but this is more a case of "LOOK AT MY WIFE'S BUMP!!!! LOOK AT IT!!!!! I DID THAT!!!!!! ME!!!!!! I AM THE DADDY!!!!!!"
Less "pregnancy is beautiful", more "verility is beautiful".
The one problem I have is I can't remember what happened in the last book, it's been too long and I've been reading other things. So I've forgotten who the Confederacy even are! They seem pretty backwards though, like they've elected Trump and Pence or something.
Hey, political humour! Well, what else are we going to do other than laugh at this point?
Joke or no joke though, it really did come across as "we want your technology, make the confederacy great again, poor people are their own fault, women don't own their own bodies…"
Okay, moving on because I don't really have much else to say about the main storyline. This book is pretty evidentally the middle one on the series to the point that some things happen on top of things that have already happened but nothing gets resolved.
It does seem to lead to the unveiling of a big plot about being… what? Possessed? Controlled by a symbiont? Something like that? That seems to be happening a lot, the parasites from Conspiracy turned up as distant relatives and rivals to the Trill in the DS9 books I've been reading! At least someone went back to them!
Anyway, let's get on to the really annoying storyline. Tom's mother trying to take custody of Miral sounds tedious and needless and probably something I'd get really angry about.
Tom lied, yes. He lied when he was younger and an idiot, yes. But he lied for a good reason this time and that should be clear to literally everyone. As such, a mediation would last about five seconds. The mediator would point out that Tom's mother is letting her emotions cloud her judgement regardless of her clout and the case would be dropped like it's fifth period French.
In fact, if Tom's mother really has stacked the deck with friends, they'd probably pull her aside and say "you're being a dick, stop it" because they care for her!
But you're also right when you say that it's an arbitration and not a mediation in this case. For me, mediators keep it civil but let you decide for yourself whereas arbitrators will decide for you. That's my understanding anyway, I could be wrong, but it doesn't sound like it.
The nuclear family thing, from a pure numbers perspective, is the minimum average requirement to pepetuate the species. It takes two humans to procreate, they make two more humans and so when the first two die out the next generation is exactly the same size as the previous generation was. Or to put that another way, if everyone only ever had one child then the species would eventually die out.
But clearly it's more complex than that. It's only an average of two. Clearly individual families can have more than two, or won't be interesting in procreation whatsoever, or might have a sexuality that's not geared to biological procreation without a third party, or some individuals within one family will have a second family due to separation and moving on or just through bigamists… or basically any other number of things that skew this.
So really the nuclear family thing is just some ideal that doesn't fit reality and I don't see why it should be the big ideal that some people seem to think it is from that perspective.
However… I'm the guy with a wife and two kids! For me it probably is right, but then I've come to realise that it's quite common that one parent to one child is a good ratio as they often need dealt with at the same time! That's just me though, clearly Chris has a far better handle on this than I do!
Okay, back to B'Elanna, because I've a bone to pick with you now!
As much as I agree that what it would do for Tom's character development would be really interesting, but this is a bridge too far! I'd rather B'Elanna was just written better!
Well, that and I'm not sure about hooking Tom up with Harry a I prefer that as a bromance, but still I suppose it could have mileage.
But no, it's still not worth the price! Save Be'lanna! Write her better, but save her too!
Okay, that needed said. Let's get on to someone else that needs saved. Seven of Nine!
Ugh, not Axum. Is sending sexy dreams over the Borg dream network the 24th century version of "sliding into your DMs"?
Or to put it another way, he sent dick pics, didn't he?
Seven really needs to get better taste in men. Cambridge is definitely looking like the better option at this point. And yet, somehow, Axum's tactics worked. So what's the moral we take from that? Dick pics work?! I don't want that to be the moral!
Is it possible that this is just a young person thing though? Young men and women, and Seven is effectively a young women because she's still learning, seem to make bad decisions when it comes to relationships.
Or was that just my excuse for going through school without a girlfriend?!
I'm not sure it matters whether all of this happened in Seven's head or not. If she's making the decisions, she's still making the wrong decisions. She really should just hook up with the Doctor and then we can all be happy.
Yeah, I'm definitely shipping Seven and the Doctor. It's the only one that not only makes sense but one we'd actually like to see.
Looking forward to seeing how this series ends. Hopefully it's less silly in parts, Tom and his mother work things out amicably, Seven gets rescued and laid by someone who isn't creepy, and the Confederacy are rescued from… whatever it is they need rescued from.
Yes, you are correct. The pregnant women in the Confederacy are exposing their bellies. Although it's not clear if this is specifically when dressed up for fancy events or an all the time thing.
I think we would all prefer that B'Elanna were simply better written. That would be great! But I think some of us have gotten to the point that if doesn't seem possible. I mean, when Sareki, the world's biggest B'Elanna fan, starts calling for her to be killed off, you know it's bad.
But OMG, I love the idea that Axum is essentially sending Seven unsolicited dick pics. It's 100% perfect (as a way of understanding his actions, i'm in no way suggesting anyone send unsolicited dick pics!).
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Finger Picking Blues Guitar - Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me
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Sing and great fingerstyle at same time good...^^
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Absolutely great fingerstyle blues. Respect.
Greetz from Germany
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Wonderful song and playing! Very nice and traditional folkstyle! That's Blues and guitar playing! Congrats, 5* and best regards Karlheinz
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Let's say I have a module with
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Looking to Him–From Jaden's Perspective25th May 2016 | 0 Comments
When we moved to Wisconsin my kids really struggled with the transition. Leaving the stability of life in Florida was a real challenge. Everything they dreaded was every bit as hard as they had feared. And honestly it was harder. For three months of our life in Wisconsin the boys could not see Joel at […]
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I've dedicated into this Pentecostal research as led by The Holy Spirit for almost 1.5 years. There is an overwhelming amount of evidences, signs and confirmations pointing to the years 2015-2016 as being significantly Pentecostal. This book will walk you through a journey to understand about late August and late September significance, as the possible season of The First Call transformation and The Rapture, as known as the Barley Harvest and Wheat Harvest respectively.
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There will be 3 days of darkness in parts of the world that will run simultaneously with the 3 days of warning according to Exodus 24, and the 3 days of worldwide darkness will come after this according to Matthew 27. During these 3 days of warning, the brides will walk 3 days in her transformed bodies to help the people around her before the First Call. In the midst of this timeframe, the sixth seal will


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imagineNATIVE/Harold Greenberg Fund Indigenous Story Editing Mentorship
Application Deadline: Monday, March 27, 2017
imagineNATIVE and the Harold Greenberg Fund (HGF) announce the second Indigenous Story Editing Mentorship. This initiative aims to increase Indigenous expertise in feature film script development from all creative contributing points, by providing one selected Indigenous Canadian applicant a nine-month mentorship (April to December 2017) with established HGF Script Readers.
Starting in April 2016, the selected mentee will meet with HGF staff in a series of meetings to learn the behind-the-scenes processes of story development at the national funding organization that supports the development of Canadian dramatic feature films.
The mentee will be paired over two "reading cycles" with two different script reader mentors: HGF's Alan Bacchus, Manager, and the 2016 recipient of the mentorship, Eva Thomas (Walpole Island) a script reader for the Harold Greenberg Fund. Via one-on-one meetings, the scripts assigned to the HGF readers for the cycle will also be given to the mentee, who will learn first hand approaches to evaluating scripts, making notes and reports. The mentee will learn from the processes of both mentors, and get feedback on their own script evaluations.
A confidentiality contract will be signed between HGF and the mentee.
In the call for applications, applicant must submit:
- Name, address, country, Indigenous affiliation, email, phone
- Submit a Letter of Intent (speaking to interest in story editing, experience or interest in media art and writing/editing),
- Provide a short writing sample, preferably a critique or review of a feature film of their choosing, speaking to its story elements.
The deadline for applications is Monday, March 27th 2017. The selected recipient will be notified by April 3, 2017.
Application materials must be emailed to email@example.com by this deadline.
About The Harold Greenberg Fund
The Harold Greenberg Fund/Le Fonds Harold Greenberg is a national funding organization that supports the development of Canadian dramatic feature films. Since 1986, we have invested almost $84 million in the Canadian film and television industry.


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Video: Is this the weirdest sushi in Japan?
If you've ever wanted to try your hand at making sushi -- but just haven't had a decade of training with a top Tokyo chef -- pharmaceutical company Kracie may have an alternative for you in the form of DIY candy sushi.
Popin' Cookin' is a range of products for anyone with a sweet tooth who needs to improve their creative culinary skills. And, perhaps, fool their friends.
Surprisingly, the edibles in the "just add water" range of garish fake foods, which also includes ramen, bento lunchboxes and ice cream options, are all made using natural coloring.
It's the pH levels in the mix that create the food illusions, we're led to believe.
The first instant candies of this type were actually launched in 1978, though the latest range is a considerable step forward, with the ingenious salmon roe (ikura) perhaps the most impressive and lifelike.
Popin' Cookin' is aimed at kids as a way to build kitchen knowledge and -- who knows? -- give them a push toward the door to a real sushi career.
More on CNNGo: Art good enough to eat or food cute enough to display?


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Three years ago, the White House mandated a "cloud first" strategy for its IT spending in order to increase efficiency, reduce costs and improve the delivery of government services. Today, U.S. federal government cloud spending is on the rise as government agencies beat their own predictions for fiscal 2014.
While the federal 2014 IT budget was predicted to include $2.2 billion on cloud-related spending, the actual spend will be over $3 billion—a difference of almost $800 million, IDC reports.
Although this is the second year in a row that federal cloud spending has outpaced budget projections, the government is not necessarily over budget, said Shawn McCarthy, research director at IDC Government Insights. Instead, the government's IT planners are realizing that they can do things more cheaply in the cloud, and are redirecting their spending accordingly to create long-term savings, he added.
Back in 2011, the White House targeted $20 billion of the federal government's $80 billion in IT spending for cloud computing solutions. Although the government is projecting less than $3 billion in cloud spending for fiscal year (FY) 2015, it's highly likely that actual spending will increase again next year, said McCarthy.
"Federal cloud spending is very much on the rise, and we don't expect the trend to change for the next few years," he said. The percentage of IT spending that goes to cloud solutions could "creep up into the teens within the next four or five years."
So how is the federal government spending its cloud and IT dollars? The largest government project for FY 2014 was addressing data center needs for the Social Security Administration, at a cost of $547.8 million, McCarthy said.
But the majority of cloud spending is spread across hundreds of smaller government projects, he added. While the Social Security Administration was the top spender on government cloud and IT projects in FY 2014, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security also made the top five, reported IDC.
Across all agencies, the government is spending about half of its cloud budget to outsource its infrastructure to third-party providers, otherwise known as Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). IDC predicts that a need will also evolve for outsourced access control management.
Another hot spot for government spending is private cloud solutions, which offer more privacy and security than public cloud technologies. "Private cloud spending is by far the highest right now by a very large percentage," McCarthy said.
So far, early government projects have included moving email systems, storage systems, Web hosting, and some types of databases to the cloud, McCarthy said.
Where the government really starts to realize savings from cloud technologies, however, is in the standardization of certain types of functions—such as human resources management—across multiple agencies. "By consolidating and going from thousands of HR systems down to a few hundred, the business function greatly improves, and there are cost savings as well," McCarthy said.
As the government increasingly standardizes business functions and shares data across different agencies, it will continue to realize the promise of cloud technologies to transform the way it serves its citizens.


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Funniness Negates Wrongness
|10 July
I'm not going to feel too sorry for you when you die, retard…
|1 July
Over at Blogadilla, they have a nifty Swedish Furniture Name Generator. So I put in the name of this site and got this:
Go try it yourself here.
|22 February
|21 February
|8 June
So, I wandered out to my mailbox a couple of weeks back, anticipating bills, magazines and the usual crap I get these days. Imagine my surprise when I found an envelope from the United Kingdom, postmarked Tonbridge, Kent. Who knows me in the UK? Who would send me something? I tore open the envelope, only to find the following card:
That's it. No note. No explanation. What does it mean? Who sent it? Why was it sent to me? Why do the British send their post through the Royal Mail while we send our mail through the Post Office?
Anyone care to share some insight?
|23 March
Munich – December 1978
You and your incredibly ugly friends have gathered in a cafe to discuss ideas for the upcoming 1979 Eurovision song contest to be held–somewhat inexplicably–in Israel. The weight of 1972's massacre of the Israeli Olympic team right there in your very own hometown still hangs heavily and you're determined to impress the Israelis–to show them that Munich can be a fun and happy place.
Unfortunately, ideas for your entry are hard to come by. Perhaps you could sing a song about the ancient struggle of the Jews. Or maybe a somber ballad to the victims of the Holocaust. Or maybe something about the efficiency of the German people. Especially at how efficient they slaughtered 6 million Jews. No, that would probably not win any points with the Israelis.
You and your friends grow tired as the night wears on. Finally, inspiration strikes. You will create a fantasy group named after your favorite conquerer of peoples after Hitler–Genghis Khan. Of course, your German, so you'll spell it "Dschinghis Khan". And you'll inexplicably sing a song called "Moskau", after your favorite Soviet Bloc city. For the contest, you'll wear wacky outfits and dance crazily. It'll be a classic!
Click the picture to watch the wackiness
|6 September
The Doody (hehe) family of Wolverhampton, West Midlands have been chosen to be the Mr. Brains Faggot Family. In case you're not English, a faggot, despite describing most English men, is also a type of pork meatball.
Here's the story from the BBC:
A West Midlands family is playing a central role in the quest to raise the profile of a forgotten British dish – faggots.
The Doody family from Wolverhampton has been crowned The Faggot Family in a national competition, and to kick off their reign they will launch National Faggot Week.
The family will be touring the country extolling the virtues of the dish, which is best-known for its links with the Black Country.
The Doody family were chosen to front the campaign after impressing judges at the Savoy Hotel in London in November.
"The nation knows that the Cornish pasty, Yorkshire pudding, haggis and fish and chips are great British dishes, but all too often the faggot is left off that list," said Janet Doody.
Her husband Fred added: "It's unfair because faggots were a British delicacy long before any of the others.
"The great British faggot is full of flavour and a great belly warmer at this time of year."
The family, including Lewis, 13, and Grace, 7, eat faggots twice a week, with mashed potato and mushy peas, and will be launching the awareness campaign on Tuesday at Liverpool University, followed by visits this week to Nottingham, Leeds, Sheffield and Birmingham.
The competition was organised by faggot producer Mr Brain's Faggots.
|6 April
Some of you may remember FITB–the lame Fill-in-the-Blanks game on the now-dead Prodigy online service. Today, SSW presents David Beckham FITB. Our story so far: It seems David Beckham, who plays soccer, or "football", for Real Madrid (but, strangely, won't ride their trains) and former mid-fielder for Manchester United, has been caught cheating on his wife, Posh Spice (aka Victoria Adams) with his personal assistant, Rebecca Loos (or is that "Loose"?). Apparently, Beckham and Loos were exchanging SMS messages via cellphone discussing and talking about their "activities". Several papers have run a couple of their exchanges, but have redacted the juicier words. For today's game, fill in the blanks in the following (feel free to send in your answers to firstname.lastname@example.com. We'll post our best guesses in a few days):
On March 10, hours before he played in the Champions League clash with Bayern Munich, it is claimed that Beckham, said to be alone in his hotel – texted Miss Loss.
Here are the messages they exchanged:
David Beckham: When u start your job? (Miss Loos left SFX in November)
Rebecca Loos: Sign contract next week. Can't stop smiling jumping around
DB: Happy for you.If you have any jumping around to do come here
RL: Where?
DB: At the hotel?
RL: Which?
DB: Same one as last time – but a lot of press today mightnot be a good idea. Maybe next time
RL: OK will stop jumping and save it for when I see you and just keep smiling till then
DB: OK you need to save all that energy for ____.
RL: Is it ____?
DB: Very, very ____, thinking of your ____ and the ____.
RL: Remember the last time. I have never ____ so hard
DB: Now I am doing something, think about your ____.
RL: ____ your ____.
DB: Can't wait for that. When can we do this and where?
RL: It's difficult. You know best. Me always free.
DB: OK we have to try
RL: U made me so horny the other day had nightmare trying to focus. U playing tonight?
DB: Playing tonight. Glad I can still do that to you
RL: That and so much more
DB: What u doing now?
RL: Waiting for more, enjoying every second
DB: Shame I can't hear and see that. Would be nice to join in
RL: You can join in any time you want and any way u want
DB: Where are u, in your bedroom?
RL: Yes am home alone
DB: Can just imagine how ____ ____ ____ u are
RL: U should see me, naked with only a white cotton G-string
DB: Love the sound of that cotton
RL: Call me then you'll hear the real sound
It is claimed that Beckham rings then quickly hangs up after laughing on the line
RL: Did you hang up or was that me? Was just about to get started!
DB: Someone can in my room. ____ I was looking forward to that. Have u any of my stuff that you need to bring round
to me?
RL: What sort of stuff? Why uat hotel? What do u need?
DB: Any stuff u need to bring to the house one night. I am away right now. Just lay back and think of what I done to
you and ____ ____ ____
RL: Sorry for delay but just ____ so ____ and ____. Am sure I can find something to give u. R u still same house?
DB: Yes. And I'm sure u have something to give me
RL: Well just think about it and when safe etc let me know…just u and me in the dark alone…well candlelit dark.
DB: Not a problem, we will have fun
RL: It was nice to hear u laugh. When I see u I want to hear you groan and moan. I can't wait
DB: Don;t worry, you will and I want to hear you scream
Late-breaking news-SSW Exclusive!
It has just been learned that Rebecca Loos' cell phone is a Nokia 6600 with a built-in digital camera. Sources have supplied SSW with a picture taken with said phone by Ms. Loos that she apparently snapped just as David Beckham prepared to perform oral sex upon her:
|2 April
Wednesday. Hump day. Half way through the damn work week. Tonight, I'll be attending a performance of the Icelandic hippie peacenik band Sigur Ros. I'm not a huge fan, but the opportunity to see a bunch of Icelanders on stage isn't one to be passed up. I mentioned that I would be seeing an Icelandic band to a co-worker and he had many questions about Sigur Ros and Iceland in general, so I took it upon myself to compile a short FAQ.
Q: Where is Iceland?
A: Iceland is located in the North Atlantic Ocean, midway between the aptly-named, recently discovered Newfoundland and England, home of the Engs. It is near Fireland, Earthland and Windland.
Q: What are the people of Iceland like?
A: The peoples of Iceland, having been cut off from the rest of the world for thousands of years, have evolved many traits. The most interesting trait that the Icelanders display is the fact they are made of ice. Because of this, they are forced to wear special "cold suits" when venturing forth from their homeland. Their chief language is Icelandic, which is characterized by a preponderance of consonants, umlauts and multi-syllabic words.
Q: What are some of the major cities in Iceland?
A: Reykjavik and, well…uh…Reykjavik. There aren't any other cities, despite rumors to the contrary.
Q: What are some of the chief exports of Iceland?
A: Like Canada, Iceland is one of the world's largest suppliers of ice. Over 90% of North America's ice is harvested in the Icelandic ice mines. After harvesting it, it is loaded onto large refrigerated roll-on/roll-off container ships, which transport it to American ports such as New York, Houston and Los Angeles, where it is loaded onto trucks and trains to distribute to cities all over the nation. Late at night, gnomes employed by the ice companies sneak into our homes and refill our ice makers and ice trays.
Q: Are there any other Icelands in the world?
A: Disney World in Orlando, Florida features an Iceland near Tomorrowland. It features rides such as Mr. Yeti's Wild Ride and The Luge.
Q: What is Sigur Ros' music like?
A: It is atmospheric, much like the more mainstream bands Slantnipple and The Teething Hermaphrodites.
Q: What does Sigur Ros mean?
A: Loosely translated, it means "Pretentious Music".
Q: Where can I hear Sigur Ros?
A: Besides at the Grenada Theatre tonight, you can hear some of their music in Cameron Crowe's pretentious film "Vanilla Sky", starring Scientologist mouthpieces Tom Cruise and Jason Lee.
Q: Does Sigur Ros sing in English or Icelandic?
A: Neither. Instead they sing in a pretentious made-up language called Hopelandic. Hopelandic is the main language of the pretentious made-up country Hopeland.
So there you have it, a look at Iceland and Sigur Ros.
|1 April
Today's dispatch is going to be short, but I just had to say something about Benedict Arnett…uh…I mean Peter Arnett. As you may or may not know, Peter Arnett, late of CNN, has been in Baghdad covering the war for MSNBC and National Geographic. Over the weekend, Arnett, who's been criticized for being too cozy with the Iraqis, showed us exactly how cozy his is with them. He broadcast hardcore bukkake porn involving him and Uday Hussein. No, not really…Instead, he gave an interview with Iraqi TV. In this interview, he stated that the American's war effort had failed. Later, NBC fired him, as did National Geographic for what in earlier wars would have been considered "aiding the enemy", an offense that used to be punishable by death, but the US apparently doesn't enforce this, because if we did, Jane Fonda wouldn't be alive today. Her bones would be lost somewhere in the Vietnamese jungle. And we would have never been subjected to an endless stream of workout videos.
So, Monday morning, I flip on NBC's Today Show with the sickening Katie Couric and, lo and behold, there was Peter Arnett, trying to explain himself. His lame excuse was that it was a "misjudgment", which is kind of like saying the Kennedy assassination was an "accident". Suffice it to say, it was too little, too late and Arnett was fired. Two hours later, he's hired by the UK's Daily Mirror, a tabloid. How sad is it to go from CNN to MSNBC to a tabloid in a period of four years? Face it, Arnett, that 1966 Pulitzer is useless now…it might have got you good jobs in the past, but here you are, reporting on Fran Drescher's shopping spree at the Torrance K-Mart.
A lot of people have been wondering what the interview consisted of. Since DirecTV doesn't seem to carry The Iraqi Network, I had to do a little research, but I was able to find a partial transcript of the interview. While I am sure that this is the intellectual property of The Iraqi Network, I'm not too worried about violating their copyright by reprinting it here. After all, what are they going to do, put a jihad on me? (I hope so…then I can hang out with Salman Rushdie)
Interview with Peter Arnett
Recorded 3.29.03
Baghdad Studios
Abdul Fuqwad (addressing camera): Welcome back to Iraq Today. I hope, for your sake, you enjoyed that inspirational message from the great leader, President Saddam Hussein. We're here today with our good friend, Peter Arnett, of the infidel American television network, CNN. (Turns to Arnett). How are you doing, old friend?
Peter Arnett: I'm doing great. I want to extend my gratitude to Uncle Saddam for giving me a lovely guest room at his secret headquarters last night. It was nice to sleep under the protection of four feet of concrete, guarding me from the bombs of the pig-dog American military.
AF: I will personally ensure that President Hussein hears of your gratitude. Now, tell me, what is your view of the war? How do you feel both sides are doing?
PA: Well, it's obvious that the evil Americans are losing, grasping for straws if you will. They're taking pot shots at innocent civilians and I am sure that they are going to unleash chemical and biological weapons onto the brave Iraqi fighters, then blame it on your valiant army, saying that it was your defenseless innocent Fedayeen who unleashed these horrible weapons on your benevolent people, much like they continue to spread the laughable lies that the Iraqi army killed hundreds of thousands of Kurds and Shiites in the 1980s in similar ways. The stupid Americans are losing the war and it is an undeniable fact that the great Islamic republic of Iraq will triumph under the guidance of Allah and Mohammed, praise be unto his name, Allah's prophet.
AF: You have always been a welcome and honored guest of Iraq. What would you say that is the underlying reason for your closeness to the Iraqi people?
PA: Well, as you know, I am from New Zealand, which is a country of sheep. When I come to Iraq, I am reminded of home by all the sheep I see. I share a great love of sheep with the Iraqi people. In fact, like most Iraqi men, I lost my virginity to a sheep.
AF: Yes, there is nothing quite as wonderful as a sheep. Have you ever cornered one at a cliff?
PA: Of course. That's a favorite sheep-related sexual technique of mine, as they push back harder.
AF: What do you think of the esteemed President Saddam Hussein?
PA: Saddam is one of the kindest, most loving people I have ever met. He's just so cuddly–you want to wrap your arms around him and hug him for being a great leader, doing so much for his people. It is truly evil that the Americans and the British want him dead, but their piddly armies will not succeed. Only the great Arab armies of Iraq will succeed and the coalition is foolish to think that they can destroy Saddam.
End of partial transcript
That's all of the transcript that I could find. Oh well, the tabloids can have him. Maybe they'll bring back Arthur Kent now.


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Love at first Search
Labels: Search, Think Insights, Valentine's Day
(cross-posted on the Inside AdWords Blog)
More and more people are falling in love with Valentine's Day. According to a recent survey by ORC International, Valentine's Day is now the number two gift giving holiday, right behind Christmas, with 88% of Americans saying they plan on giving a present to their loved ones. This should be great news for businesses, but marketers still have trouble making a love connection with consumers based on charts that look more like dated EKG readings than real-time insights into the heart of the consumer.
Since getting the affections of one person is hard enough, below are some timely insights from Google's "database of intentions" to keep you ahead of the game as you create your Valentine's Day campaigns.
Search is where the heart is
Already we're seeing Google searches related to Valentine's Day increase 35% compared to last year. Not only are more people searching, they're searching earlier - last year people began looking for Valentine's Day ideas on January 9th. This year the upward trend began two days earlier, on January 7th.
Across categories, jewelry is seeing a 42% increase in mobile and desktop queries compared to January of last year; gifts jumped 27%, and flowers saw an 18% spike.
Girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice
The results from this graph show women look for gift ideas earlier and more often than their male significant others. Maybe men are more last minute about buying gifts than women, but it doesn't mean they're cheap about it! In 2011 the average man spent $158 for Valentine's Day, about $80 more than women.
Looking for a change of heart?
Valentine's Day is less than three weeks away, which means that this is this is the great opportunity for marketers to influence people with their products since consumers are still searching for ideas. If you look at the word cloud below (spoiler alert!), a good chunk of people are searching for "diy valentines gifts" and "valentines day baskets," which means there will be quite a few people unwrapping homemade gifts or pre-made gift baskets this year. The biggest cluster of phrases, "valentines day border," "valentines day drinks," and "valentines day meals," signal that people are also planning on celebrating in style. Now would be a good time to promote recipes and decoration ideas in your campaigns.
For more useful trends and tips for your campaign, download and review the 2012 Valentine's Day Consumer Intentions Deck on Think Insights. Hopefully it helps you steal away some hearts!
Posted by Christina Park, Product Marketing Manager, Think with Google


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The contents of ROD can be used in several different ways. Currently the main way is to browse the website. The contents of the database are also available for use as RSS, RDF and via XML-RPC. The purpose of this text is to give an introduction to how these technologies can be used to extract contents from ROD and overview what is available.
RDF and RSS are methods of distributing links to content from web sites for others to use. There are a wide-range of web sites that 'syndicate' their content in this way.
ROD offers several RSS and RDF feeds for syndication. This allows distributed users to display selected custom content from ROD in their own website or in an application such as an RSS newsreader. The data is available in a variety of formats. Choose your preferred format and import the data on your website or your Intranet. There are no restrictions on the use of these feeds.
Please let us know, so that we can let you know if we plan to change the service in any way. Please click on the title below to get the corresponding feed.
In the context of ROD, XML-RPC can be used to look up records in the database across the Internet. It is not an open door to query the whole of ROD as the procedures must have been anticipated and developed and made available for calling over XML-RPC. There are currently five procedures available to users:
Other XML RPC methods can be put in place for key stakeholders if they specify what they want returned from ROD. If the returned information resembles the underlying logic for showing similar information on a web page then this can be fairly easy to implement. Sometimes all that is required is to do is to declare an existing method accessible over XML-RPC.
To make use of the ROD XML RPC, it needs to be called from a program. The following is an example for the Python programming language:
import xmlrpclib
server = xmlrpclib.Server('http://rod.eionet.europa.eu/rpcrouter')
result = server.WebRODService.getActivities()
if not result:
print "No value returned"
print result
The ROD XML RPC Router is: http://rod.eionet.europa.eu/rpcrouter. The service name is: WebRODService.


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As most of you have probably heard by now, the new federal healthcare legislation (The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) includes a provision creating new baseline protections for working and pumping moms. Since there is still a great deal of confusion about what this law actually does and to whom it applies, Best for Babes asked me to write a quick overview of this law, similar to the piece I wrote for the current issue of Clinical Lactation.
Who is covered?
-The Reasonable Break Time for Nursing Mothers law amends the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), and therefore, only applies to those in FLSA non-exempt jobs. A worker can check her pay stub to determine her job's FLSA exempt or non-exempt status. As a general rule, most retail, restaurant, and other jobs that pay by the hour are not exempt from the FLSA and thus are subject to the law. Most salaried positions that do not
receive overtime pay are exempt from the FLSA, and thus mothers in these positions are not covered by the new law.
-Employers with fewer than 50 employees are not automatically exempt, but may be able to avoid compliance by arguing that the law creates an undue hardship. The undue hardship exemption is not available to employers with more than 50 employees, but fewer than 50 at a particular office.
-This law only covers mothers pumping for a baby under one year of age.
What are the protections?
-The Reasonable Break Time for Nursing Mothers law requires that employers give nursing mothers covered by this law reasonable time to express milk. It does not require that break time used for milk expression be paid break time. The law does not prescribe requirements as to the frequency or duration of pumping breaks, but instead looks to what is reasonable in a given situation. The Department of Labor's Wages and Hours
Division (WHD), which has been charged with interpretation and enforcement of the Reasonable Break Time for Nursing Mothers law "expects that nursing mothers typically will need breaks to express milk two to three times during an eight hour shift." (Request for information)
-The law requires that employers provide breastfeeding employees with a reasonable location to express milk. Employers do not have to provide a dedicated pumping room, but the location must be "a place, other than the bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public." The WHD is still trying to determine what accommodations are necessary for employees who work in more non-traditional settings that may not have private space available.
What is not included in this law?
-Break time used for milk expression does not have to be paid. However, when other employees are already provided with compensated breaks, this law does require that mothers who use their break time to express milk be compensated in the same way as other employees' breaks. An employee must be completely relieved from duty while taking a break covered by this law, or the employer must compensate the employee for her time.
-Nothing requires an employer to allow a mother to bring her baby to work. This law only covers milk expression and pumping, not direct breastfeeding.
-Employers do not have to provide a dedicated pumping room, pumping equipment, or a refrigerator for milk storage, but they must provide a place for the mother to store her equipment and cooler for expressed milk.
What about state laws?
-The Reasonable Break Time for Nursing Mothers law provides a baseline of coverage but does not preempt state laws. States may provide broader protections than this, and many do.
Where can working mothers learn more?
-More information about the Federal Reasonable Break Time for Nursing Mothers law can be found through the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee and the Department of Labor.
-A nursing mother who feels her rights under this law have been violated is urged to file a complaint through the WHD.
What has your experience with breastfeeding and work been like? Did it change when the law changed?
image credit: ACPL
Kori Martin, JD, LLLL lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and three breastfed children. In addition to leading a local La Leche League group, Kori serves as the Legal Professional Liaison for LLL of Texas, writes on topics related to breastfeeding and the law, and is a member of her state and local breastfeeding coalitions. A graduate with honors from The University of Texas School of Law, instead of practicing as an attorney, Kori works passionately to help mothers and babies overcome barriers to breastfeeding success.


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Record power export earnings / Lignite mine turns into wind farm
Fraunhofer ISE
"Germany's electricity export surplus brings record revenue of over two billion euros"
Net electricity exports earned Germany a record 2.07 billion euros last year, according to think tank Fraunhofer ISE. This power trade surplus exceeded the previous record of 1.94 billion euros from 2013. On average, Germany received the same price for power exports as it paid for electricity imports in 2015, according to the solar research institute. "The common argument that Germany is selling its surplus electricity to foreign countries at dumping prices cannot be confirmed according to these numbers," said Fraunhofer ISE researcher Bruno Burger.
Germany has generated over 13 billion euros in revenue from electricity exports over the last ten years, according to the analysis. In 2015, Germany exported 50 terawatt hours of electricity, a new record. During 8,074 of 8,760 total hours in the year, or 92 percent of the time, electricity exports exceeded imports. On average, the amount of power exported was 5.7 GW, which corresponds to about four nuclear power plants, according to Fraunhofer ISE.
Find the press release in English here.
The following graph illustrates the flow of electricity between Germany and its neighbours. Find an interactive version, which includes detailed data here.
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Green state premier warns Merkel on renewables
Germany's first and only Green state premier, Winfried Kretschmann, has warned Chancellor Angela Merkel that the government must not put the brakes on renewable growth, reports Michael Bauchmüller in Süddeutsche Zeitung. "It would be fatal to slow the growth rate of renewables, and the related cuts in greenhouse emissions, at this point", wrote Kretschmann in a letter to Merkel with reference to the Paris Agreement. Kretschmann is currently campaigning for his re-election in the Southern state of Baden-Württemberg, one of Germany's industrial powerhouses. The reason for Kretschmann's letter is a plan by economy minister Sigmar Gabriel to reform the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), which could strongly curtail the growth of onshore wind, writes Bauchmüller.
Read the article in German here.
Find a CLEW factsheet on the reform proposals for the Renewable Energy Act here.
Find a CLEW factsheet on the Renewable Energy Act's defining features here.
RWE / Die Welt
RWE inaugurates regional state's largest wind farm in former opencast mine
Struggling utility RWE has officially inaugurated a large wind farm in a former opencast mine. A capacity of some 67 megawatts makes it the largest wind farm in the Western German state of North-Rhine Westphalia, according to an article in Die Welt. The farm is located on a reclaimed site of the Garzweiler opencast mine. The investment volume of the joint venture project undertaken by the city of Bedburg (49%) and RWE (51%) totals some 110 million euros, according to a RWE press release.
Read RWE's press release in English here.
Find a Welt article on the project in German here.
"German nuclear exit plan fails to solve waste storage puzzle"
The issue of what to do with nuclear waste remains unresolved even after a government-appointed nuclear commission came up with ideas on how to ensure funding for shutting down all of the country's atomic reactors, reports Christoph Steitz for news agency Reuters. According to a draft proposal, utilities E.ON, RWE, EnBW and Vattenfall could be saddled with up to 56 billion euros ($61.6 billion) in costs to cover their share of the cost of the nuclear exit. But the final bill could climb even higher and the extra cost may have to be met by German taxpayers, writes Steitz.
Read the article in English here.
Süddeutsche Zeitung
"Profit and Responsibility"
Discussions at Germany's commission to secure the financing of the nuclear phase-out revolve around the question of how much the utilities will have to pay to evade their responsibilities, writes Michael Bauchmüller in a commentary in Süddeutsche Zeitung. The companies have earned billions with the technology for decades, writes Bauchmüller. Now the bill arrives and they suddenly moan about the terrible condition they are in. The tactic follows the well-known business strategy to 'privatise profits and socialise losses', argues Bauchmüller. "It seems that, for some, responsibility is allowed to end once the money has been raked in."
Read a CLEW factsheet on securing utility payments for the phase-out here.
"Renewable Energies contribute to grid stability"
Transmission grid operator TenneT started to use its first multi-megawatt battery in its transmission area. The battery with a capacity of 3 Megawatts will contribute to grid stability, according to TenneT. "The share of renewables in power generation is growing rapidly. This is why they have to take on more responsibility for system stabilisation. I am convinced we will see a considerable development in this area before the end of the year", said Urban Keussen, chairman of TenneT's managing board, in a press release.
Find the press release here.
Die Zeit
"Quickly charging would be nice"
Germany's charging infrastructure for e-cars is making slow progress, writes Christoph Schwarzer in Die Zeit. But US company Tesla shows how it works and has already installed 53 charging stations along German motorways. They are quick, easy, and free to use, reports Schwarzer. Competitors aim to install a similar network, but there is still confusion about technology and costs. "The Americans show with their 'just do it' mentality what is possible," writes Schwarzer.
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Chesterton Tribune
Going daily: Looking back on issues that shaped Duneland
By KEVIN NEVERS
In the Thursday, March 23, 1961, edition of the Chesterton Tribune—the
penultimate weekly edition before the paper went daily on Monday, April
3—publisher Warren R. Canright wrote this in an Editorially Speaking
headlined "A big step forward": "This is a milestone not only in the history
of the Tribune but for the community as well, because a newspaper is truly a
community institution. It is indeed sad when a community loses its voice."
How well has the Trib fulfilled its role as a community institution?
Ross Amundson—who came to North Porter County in 1974 originally to work at
Bethlehem Steel and is now with Indiana-American Water Company—has these
"We moved to Furnessville in 1974 and later Chesterton in 1977," he
remembers. "Our three years in Furnessville were in an Indiana Dunes
National Lakeshore lease-back, so the Trib's coverage of national and
state park news from a local perspective was of great interest. We were
active members in park activities and joined the Friends of the Dunes due to
reading about it in the Trib."
At the same time, Amundson says, "Our children were beginning in the
Duneland Schools and much of our life revolved around the schools. The
coverage that the Trib provided was invaluable to us as a family with
school-age children. Whether it was an article about School Board meetings
or the PTA or athletic teams or academic achievement or the great CHS bands
or the national championship speech and debate teams, we pridefully absorbed
every bit of it."
"I was not in the area in the late 60s when Duneland School consolidation
took place," Amundson adds, "but I think that event probably did much to
expand the readership of the Trib. The Trib became a must-read
for everyone, at least with school-age children, in that 95-square mile
school district."
Finally, as formerly a long-time member of the Duneland Chamber of Commerce
Executive Board and host of Porter County Uncovered—the well-regarded
local cable TV current-events program—Amundson has this to say about the
"I can't measure the importance of having the Chesterton Tribune
there reporting on local events. Not always agreeing on things, of course.
"Some of our most spirited discussions and debates, whether at the Chamber
or on television, with former reporter Jim Hale and (managing editor) David
Canright, helped yield constructive approaches to issues like expanding
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore or building a new Chesterton High School.
"Over the years the Trib has helped the community find consensus on
many issues through many forums."
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The Quad Cities Manufacturing Innovation Hub is seeking two more participants interested in learning techniques to grow their web-driven sales via the Internet Marketing Strategy Boot Camp facilitated by Iowa State University's Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) program. Valued at $4,000, the training will be provided at no cost as part of the Illinois Defense Industry Adjusment (DIA) Program, of which the Hub is a part.
The boot camp includes both one-on-one and group sessions totaling 50 hours. Participants develop and/or improve their actual websites, pay-per-click programs and/or social media efforts. Attendees learn, practice and apply techniques to:
- Optimize a site for Internet search engines
- Make it easier for customers to understand offerings and to take action
- Provide content that clients will find engaging and informative
- Understand how online and offline marketing strategies should work together
- Make social media work as a marketing tool for business
- Properly utilize search engine marketing (SEM/pay-per-click) if it is right for the business
- Measure efficacy of current and future internet marketing initiatives
Companies wishing to be considered for the training must:
- Be a Department of Defense supplier (either direct or as a supplier of a supplier).
- Not currently be receiving other government grant funds.
- Have management support/involvement.
- Provide one or more qualified personnel to attend the workshops (Aug. 21-24) and receive individual coaching.
- Complete an impact survey at the end of the project.
- Have a business located in either Scott, Clinton, Muscatine, Jackson, or Cedar Counties in Iowa or Rock Island, Whiteside, Henry, Mercer, or Knox Counties in Illinois.
To apply for participation in this or the ExporTech Training program, please contact Hub project manager Gary Grebner at firstname.lastname@example.com or 309-525-7014 no later than Monday, Aug. 14.
About the Quad Cities Chamber
The Quad Cities Chamber is a champion for business and community growth in the region. It proudly helps drive Q2030: A Regional Action Plan to increase talent, jobs and economic opportunity for all. The Quad Cities Manufacturing Innovation Hub is a program of the Chamber that supports the prosperity pillar of Q2030 by providing a network of resources and support for area manufacturers and others in the defense industry supply chain to connect, collaborate, and learn about the technological and digital changes that will transform the face of their industry.
About the Illinois DIA Program
The Illinois DIA Program supports the state's defense and manufacturing industries by delivering resources and providing new insights that help companies and communities grow, diversify, and become more resilient. The Illinois DIA Program covers five communities considered to be at high risk to market force changes due to their ties to the defense industry, a high concentration of manufacturers or both. Areas include the Quad Cities, Rockford, Northeastern Illinois, Peoria and Southwestern Illinois.
With funding from the U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA), the program is executed through a partnership between the University of Illinois System, the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce, and the Voorhees Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).


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Travel Guide for Reckless Hearts (Stories)
"N. M. Kelby has long been one of my favorite writers, and her new story collection, A Travel Guide for Reckless Hearts, is the sweet, pure, hilarious, sneakily profound essence of her. We ache and we laugh: this is the experience of reading N. M. Kelby just as it is the experience of living in the 21st century."
-Robert Olen Butler, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
A Travel Guide for Reckless Hearts is a collection of stories, rooted in the Midwest, for those of us who suddenly find ourselves displaced, tourists in our own lives.
Reminiscent of the work of Lorrie Moore and Jill McCorkle, this ten-story collection features the sweetly off-beat love story "Jubilation, FL," where two highly unlikeable people share dairy products, and "The Faithful," a funny yet tender story about a family torn apart by their beautiful mother Kitty, who will not give up her coyote fur or cat's-eye sunglasses for anything. We also meet landlocked mermaids and a twists Camp Fire Girl troupe who will do anything to sell the most P-Nuttles in history. The collection includes the riotous "The Last Rites," featuring Zimmer, a rock idol who "had always wanted to be buried in his 1953 Cadillac Eldorado convertible" and is not disappointed.
Kelby's stories have appeared on National Public Radio's "Selected Shorts," on NPR's CD Travel Tales, and in the prestigious New Stories from the South: Best of 2006.
Whimsical, surreal, touching, and often fiercely funny, this collection takes a clear-eyed look at what it means to be disconnected from our loved ones, our landscapes, and ultimately ourselves.
"This is a collection of love stories, each and every one of them true to what goes on between us when our hearts collide. Beautiful, sweet, and a little sad: love, exactly. N. M. Kelby knows a thing or two." -Daniel Wallace, author of four novels including Big Fish, which was also a film of the same name.
"Kelby peeks into the hidden places of the heart, the sweet spot where love dwells." -Patti Callahan Henry, author of six novels, including Between the Tides
"N.M. Kelby writes beautifully. Her characters are unforgettable, and her use of oddball details adds to the particular flavor of the story, which has moments of melancholy and tenderness among the fireworks."
–The Capital Times


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My baby has spasms. Could it be infantile spasms?
Infantile spasms (IS) is a very rare condition that affects around 2500 infants and children each year. Spasms, however, are just part of the symptoms. If you suspect your child has IS, consult your doctor as soon as possible.
My baby was diagnosed with infantile spasms. How may Acthar help?
Acthar is an FDA-approved treatment that can be used to treat all types of IS. It has been shown in clinical trials to meet the goals for successful treatment set by 2 major organizations of neurology professionals.
My child's doctor has prescribed Acthar for infantile spasms. What's next?
As soon as your doctor prescribed Acthar, a support team went into action, coordinating coverage and delivery. Make sure your mobile phone is on. They'll be calling you.
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The first few times you give your baby an Acthar injection at home, it's natural to have questions. You probably still have questions about IS too. Here's where the answers start.


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JUNE 4, 1925 Saturday, May 30.—This morning the weather has changedsomewhat, and the oppressive heat of yesterday has given way to a fresh breeze. The wind indicators on the hangarsstand out straight from their masts and the smoke from the fire which seems to be always kept burning in the middle ofthe aerodrome is blowing flat along the ground. A peculiarity of the Berlin aerodrome seems to be that the wind directionis constantly changing and one begins to realise that when the fabric cones of one hangar totally disagree with those of signifying that the machine has hit the ground, and, ofcourse, anxiety is felt for the occupants. A Red Cross ambulance rushes towards the spot where the machine wasseen to fall, and it is noted with a certain amount of relief that whatever has happened the machine has not caughtfire. It is not very long before news comes back that no one has been seriously injured. The pilot seems to haveeffected an extremely skilful " save," having decided to sideslip his machine to the ground, instead of attempting to o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o A Heinkel bi- plane coming in after a test flight. The machines in the foreground are Junkers com- mercial mono- planes. O O o ooooo ooo another only a couple of hundred yards away, there is surely good cause for having a smokv fire always going on the aero- drome itself, so as to assist the pilots in choosing their proper landing direction. By now the majority of the machines seem to have arrived, but several to which we had looked forward are still absent. Among those are the batch of Bahnbedarf monoplanes with Blackburne " Tomtit " engines and the Martens and Messerschmitt machines. Of the L.F.G. machines, only an old biplane of about 1914 or 1915 design has arrived from the Stralsund works, but of the modern L.F.G.'s there is still no sign. Later in the day a rumour is current to the effect that one of the Bahnbedarf mono- planes has crashed on the way to Berlin, and that the pilot is somewhat seriously injured. For the moment, however, official confirmation of this rumour is lacking. Towards noon, several commercial machines are leaving turn back into the aerodrome. Had he done so, there seemsto be little doubt that the result would have been a stall followed by a nose dive, and in that event the consequenceswould probably have been a great deal more serious. After lunch we took the opportunity to walk across to thetent camp, where several new aeroplanes were noted. Among the more interesting of these were the two Baumer machines,one a biplane and the other a low-wing cantilever mono- plane, both having American Wright three-cylinder air-cooled engines. The monoplane particularly is a very clean- looking machine, and is to be flown in the competition byHerr Baumer himself. The biplane is being piloted by H. v. Billow. The Wright engine looks a robust and simplejob, and the engine mounting is somewhat extraordinary, having the appearance of a three-point suspension with thetwo side higs of the engine carried by pressed-steel cantilever -7 Untenress yon Berlin naeti SdttWfW ^ ••? One of the scoring boards which are used to show the progress of machines in the competition on their lawful occasions. A Fokker monoplane of the F.3 type is taking off, but after nearly crossing the aerodrome, it does not appear able to climb, and is heading straight towards the buildings on the opposite side. It soon becomes evident that the machine is going to be in trouble, and one waits anxiously to see what the pilot will do. Suddenly, one wing is seen to dip, and the machine sideslips to the ground, where it disappears from view behind a rise in the middle of the aerodrome. A cloud of dust is seen to rise, arms with a third central support at the back of the engine. Herr Baumer formed his Company a couple of years ago and exhibited machines at the Gothenburg Aero Show. These were not of Baumer design, but the two machines entered for the Round-Germany flight are proprietary types and appear to promise well for the future of this young Hamburg company. We have not yet had an opportunity of seeing the machines fly, but the monoplane, at any rate, looks capable of a good turn of speed. 343
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LIV watches just launched their new "Breakthrough" campaign.
"Designing four new revolutionary models does not come easy, to achieve a breakthrough, one must be thoroughly entrenched. For the past 11 months, we have committed our lives to this project. Let's just say sleepless nights were the norm, but the final design is truly phenomenal."
I like the blue/titanium chronos (SW500, elabore).
"Crafted by the finest Swiss watchmakers, this pilot's utility is wrapped in titanium or steel with s ceramic bezel"
LIV Watches Titanium Ceramic Chrono, via @Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ch ... mic-chrono
What do you guys know or think of this micro?
Are they Swiss made or Chinese parts assembled in Switzerland?


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Andrew Lincoln has been a fan favorite of the hit show "The Walking Dead" since Season 1, but critics have failed to take notice of his performance as walker killer and leader, Rick Grimes. On Wednesday, May 22, nominations for The Critics' Choice Awards were announced and Andrew Lincoln is in it, finally!
"The Walking Dead" star is up for Best Actor in a Drama Series category, this would be his first ever nomination. Also nominated in the category is Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad," Damian Lewis for "Homeland," Timothy Olyphant for "Justified," Matthew Rhys for "The Americans," and Kevin Spacey for "House of Cards."
Andrew Lincoln's biggest competition is Bryan Cranston for his performance in "Breaking Bad," especially since the last season of the show is coming up. Cranston has won many awards before though, including Critics' Choice Awards, so it's time for a new winner.
The Critics' Choice Television Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, June 10. Check out the complete list of nominations at The Critics' Choice Awards page. Make sure to like us on Facebook at fb.com/sanysays and follow us on Twitter at @sany_says to see the latest TV spoilers and news on your newsfeed!


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Since 1972, Unesco's World Heritage Centre has identified 878 sites around the globe "considered to be of outstanding value to humanity." AAA Travel is a World Heritage Alliance member, and Postcard will feature a different one of these sites in each issue.
You've got to love a monument that comes with its own honorific. It's the Great Wall of China—and for good reason. The edifice is ancient: Construction began in 221 b.c. at the start of the Qin dynasty when walls between formerly warring states were replaced with a single perimeter. Inside: China. Outside: northern tribes eager to invade. The wall continued to expand over the next 1,500 years, with the epic version we know today built during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Roughly 4,000 miles in length—long enough that it could stretch from Beijing to Moscow—it snakes over mountain passes and across a river. No, you can't see it from the moon (a beloved myth), but you can climb one of its watchtowers and gaze out over an enduring empire. A great experience? Always.
Photography courtesy of Severin.stalder/Wikipedia
This article was first published in November 2008. Some facts may have aged gracelessly. Please call ahead to verify information.


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This school district in the Omaha area is arranging interviews for School Psychology candidates to fill their open job for the present school year. An ideal candidate must be able to communicate effectively with their co-workers and students. We are looking for someone with a strong sense of critical thinking, creative problem solving, and the ability to multi-task are all highly valued by employers. Applications are now being accepted for this full-time position.
For consideration, applicants should have a Master's degree in School Psychology along with the ability to become licensed in the state of Nebraska. Schools experience is preferred, but not required.
To gather more information for this open Special Education job, please contact 770.776.2104 and email your current resume to email@example.com.


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|Did it move? Did that just move or did I just move?
Look at the hands swooping down to steal the guy on the left's guitar, the other guy's coat, and tie them up to boot! This illustration refers to the Davenport Brothers, which, according to Wikipedia, "were American magicians in the late 19th century, sons of a Buffalo, New York policeman. The brothers presented illusions that they and others claimed to be supernatural." HECK YES THEY DID. This broadside is practically framable...if only I didn't fear breaking up the text:
The war between heaven and hell...see the angels, butterflies, pigs, people...
And tribesmen in ceremonial garb (not sure location) that you would hate to bump into on the way back to the campsite in the middle of the night. THESE BOOKS HAVE EVERYTHING. I got all of them for about nine bucks, so I'm wary to spend that amount on a single volume on Amazon, but I might have to buckle and try and slowly complete the set. IT'S TOO GOOD NOT TO.
Don't step there! No! There's some ancient zombie prospector! And a tiny frog! You will find no gold here, tenderfoot, best be on your way!
And there's TWENTY SEVEN more where that came from! Amazing. I'm thinking of replacing the Woody Allen Annie Hall wall in the kitchen with these creepsters for a time.
So! There you have it. My house is ghost-central right now, and ain't I proud of it! How about you? Found anything feeeearsome and friiiiightful at the estate sales or out at the thrift lately? If you like this kind of stuff, what is it that appeal to you about being spooked out of your wits? Do you collect anything a little off the beaten path? Let's talk!
That's all I got for today, but I'll be back tomorrow with more (probably non-terrifying, but I'm not making any promises) rants and raves. Have a great Tuesday! I'll see you tomorrow. :D


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A new toll road is now open from Hwy 48, the road from Port Isabel to Brownsville, to Hwy 77 in Brownsville. When traveling to Brownsville, you should try SH550 because it is fast and not crowded.
If you haven't seen the plans for other tolls roads in the valley, check out this link to the TollRoadsNews website:
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Over the next several weeks we're going to find out two things about Andy Groseta.
Groseta, the leader of the committee that has been pushing for a consolidation of the Mingus Union and Cottonwood-Oak Creek school districts, very well could be the best poker player in the Verde Valley.
See, Groseta isn't blinking as he awaits the final card to be dealt his way. That card involves the successful passage of Senate Bill 1254, a "striker bill" introduced late in this legislative session. If approved by lawmakers and signed into law by the governor, SB 1254 will revamp several key elements of existing school district consolidation law.
The alternative, of course, is that Groseta is holding aces and eights, the proverbial dead man's hand held by Old West gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok when he was murdered.
Either way, credit Groseta with being a bold gambler. He and his committee this past week launched their petition drive to have the hotly debated consolidation of Mingus and Cottonwood-Oak Creek decided by voters in the November general election.
The language on the petitions being circulated mirrors that of SB 1254, which is now making the rounds through the legislature. That bill, in essence, would allow for Cottonwood-Oak Creek to be absorbed into the existing Mingus Union boundaries and leave Clarkdale-Jerome unharmed in the process. Further, it eliminates the "division of assets" issues that would exist if consolidation occurred as the law currently is written.
For Groseta, should SB 1254 speed through the legislature and retroactively be signed into law, he has to be credited with being about the most astute political player to ever set foot in the Verde Valley.
He is gambling on a lot of "ifs."
And if SB 1254 does not pass muster with lawmakers or the governor, his entire consolidation petition drive will be null and void.
He'll be stuck with aces and eights.
-- Dan Engler
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- Groseta group 'very pleased' that Gov. Ducey signed off on SB 1254
- Mingus board to review consolidation materials, videos at SB 1254 hearings
- Movement underway to amend Arizona school district consolidation law
- School merger bill sent bill to Gov. Doug Ducey's desk
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The partnership between the Ministry of Education and Fundación Omar Dengo in Costa Rica is seen by many as a model for introducing, implementing and evaluating technology use in education. The Omar Dengo Foundation (ODF) is a private non-profit organization that has been managing and carrying out national and regional projects in the fields of human development, educational innovation and new technologies since 1987. Its different projects have benefitted more than 1.5 million Costa Ricans, including children and young people, students, educators, professionals, people from the community, and senior citizens, contributing to renovation of the national educational processes by introducing and taking advantage of digital technologies. A few programs of ODF are highlighted below.
Through Innov@ Institute, the unit responsible for creating proposals for programming and the products and services offered, the organization has gained expertise in 'education informatics', 'cognition, programming and learning', 'digital government', 'robotics and learning', 'entrepreneurship and digital productivity'.
"Labor@: Centers for entrepreneurial practice" teaches the high school students, office productivity software, logical reasoning and effective use of ICTs in business – by providing a simulation of working in a firm, a part from, business management and entrepreneurial skills.
"Explor@: Using digital technologies to foster youth talents" is collaboration of government with Walmart and Microsoft aimed to target 20,000 youth inspiring them to use ICTs for innovation. The project organizes workshops for electronic game design, digital newspaper editing, web-designing, disaster prevention, data processing packages and software.
The magazine Zon@ M is a digital newspaper distributed twice each year over the Internet, prepared by students in grades 7, 8, and 9 who participate in the Digital Journalism Club.
CADE program is an educational program designed to promote active citizenship. The program seeks to strengthen and develop deliberative capabilities in children and adolescents using digital technologies as didactical resources.
Robotica is an Educational Robotics Program providing a digital environment relying on digital technologies and inspiring innovation, creativity, thought, analysis, design and troubleshooting. The program also includes training for teachers and a discussion blog. The official website states the motive as:
"The purpose is to use the work done on projects to create a scientific-technological culture where the students prepare significant programming products, build prototypes related to industrial or technological process simulation, or recreate sites and events linked to their socio-cultural setting."
New Millennium is a digital magazine for students published on the Internet in two annual editions. This project seeks for Costa Rican students to be creative and active Internet users, using this medium to express themselves and share what they have learned with boys and girls from around the world. In addition, it is an attempt for students to be able to appropriate the technology, i.e, know how to use it and build significant products.
Edunov@ explores the use of mobile technology in education.
Reviews of Omar Dengo Foundation's project can be seen here, here and here.


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Discover where mistakes are most likely to happen in the screen-coating process and what your screenroom staff needs to do to avoid them.
Last month, we continued our journey through the often neglected but crucial stencilmaking area of the print shop. This month, we'll attempt to throw some light on the coating part of the equation. (Please excuse the pun.)
Some of you have done your research, bought a state-ofthe- art coating machine, purchased a new exposure unit at the most recent SGIA show, purpose-built your drying chamber with its own unique dehumidifying units, and sent your staff away for extensive training, furnished generously by your favorite emulsion supplier. If this sounds familiar, I suggest you take this time to read and enjoy your latest financial statement. You will see the savings and the profitability that result from all this time and effort. For the rest of us—and from my observations, we seem to be the majority—read on for a quick wake-up call that will spark new life into your entire screenproduction operation, remove frustration, add hours to your production day, and improve the quality and repeatability of the images you produce.
I am amazed by the number of people I meet who create stencils for a living and have little or no idea about exactly how the process works. You don't have to be a chemistry genius to create stencils, but I strongly believe that you do need to understand the basics of the stencilmaking process. Take the time to learn what is actually going on at the molecular level when you shine a UV light source on a photochemically coated piece of fabric. Ask your supplier to explain the theory. If it doesn't make sense to you, make him or her explain it again and again until it does make sense to you. Check back issues of Screen Printing magazine for some great articles written on this subject. Most importantly, don't assume that the information is too technical for you. It's actually very simple once you take the time to learn the basics. Let's move on to some basic truths and see if we can't make small changes in your stencil-prep area that will yield huge gains for your screenmaking process as a whole.
First basic truth: Never use a screen that is not fully prepared for coating
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