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Contemporary monitors using LCD screens are pretty easy on the eyes, unlike the earlier CRT monitors. So if you want a monitor that's easy on your eyes, discard that CRT and get yourself an LCD or LED model.
Reviewgist only shows you LCD and LED monitors and among these, it's best to look for one that has an anti-glare (matte) screen. A matte screen reflects less light back to your eyes and consequently causes less strain on them. Additionally, it also serves to have a brighter screen, since a dull displays too tends to hurt the eyes.
For the best monitors catering to eyesight, we've limited our selection to the top rated monitors which have a brightness value of 200 cd/m2, where cd/m2 is a unit for the light measurement of a display device and is the maximum light output your monitor can give.

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"So what is it that you actually do, Dr. Rifkind?" (groan, groan) It didn't matter if the question was from my accountant, my dinner party companion or my cousin Minnie, I was never able to give an answer that satisfied either the questioner or me. That's why, when I retired from the laboratory bench five years ago, I decided to tackle the challenge of making biomedical research more transparent. Read more →


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Where is the 2nd Single?
Why is it taking so long? RCA need to release the 2nd single now or the album will suffer tremendously.
Seriously, WTF are they thinking?
In our back pockets apparently since people keep making threads about the exact same thing.
My wish would be that for every thread asking about another single, there would be 2 requests made for nmt. Find something to do, go listen to the record.
Whatever you do, please try and use one of the hundreds of threads with this topic next time.
Woohoo is on www.933flz.com playlist. I just requested it yesterday and today.
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In fact this is a civil and regional war at the same time.
On one side, the Sunni muslims, accounting for 70% at least of the Syrian population, supported by fundamentalist Wahhabi countries (mainly Saoudi Arabia and Quatar) ;
One the other side, the leading minority of Shia (Alawite mainly, Assad clique and supporters), accounting for something like 15% of the population, and very directly supported by Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah (itself supported by Iran, and very often crossing the border to help Assad). It seems that this minority is, ATM, supported by the other religious minorities of Syria (Mainly Christians and Druze), frightened by what is happening in Irak, for example.
Thus, it's no need of name calling or other "you brainwashed" kindergarten mottos, it is simply a religious war between Muslims (which "champions" are Saoudi Arabia and Iran), which is raging in Irak and will extend wherever it could in Middle-East.
The other non muslim "powers" are choosing their side (and their oil suppliers or weapon buyers) : Russia and in a lesser extent China have chosen Iran, and the USA and Western countries have more or less chosen Saudi Arabia. Strategic and economic interest of both sides are very obvious, so there is no good guys and bad guys here. But as supporting Saoudi Arabia and Pakistan is a very dangerous game for the US, supporting Iran for Russia and China may be very dangerous too.


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Trouble on the horizon for GM crops?
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Tabashnik said China is the world's top cotton producer, with about 16 billion pounds of cotton per year. India is number two, followed by the U.S., which produces about half as much cotton as China.
In 2011, farmers worldwide planted 160 million acres of Bt cotton and Bt corn. The percentage of cotton planted with Bt cotton reached 75 percent in the U.S. in 2011, but has exceeded 90 percent since 2004 in northern China, where most of China's cotton is grown.
The researchers report that resistance-conferring mutations in cotton bollworm were three times more common in northern China than in areas of northwestern China where less Bt cotton has been grown.
Even in northern China, however, growers haven't noticed the emerging resistance yet, Tabashnik said, because only about 2 percent of the cotton bollworms there are resistant.
"As a grower, if you're killing 98 percent of pests with Bt cotton, you wouldn't notice anything. But this study tells us there is trouble on the horizon."


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Sunday, December 19, 2010
Disgraceful petition tells Notre Dame to apologize for a rape that never occurred
A vile petition found on a major women's rights Web site urges readers to "Tell Notre Dame to Apologize for Rape Victim's Suicide and Revise Protocol." It states, among other things: "On August 31, freshman Elizabeth Seeberg was assaulted by a football player at the University of Notre Dame. Nine days later, she took her life."
First, there never was even an allegation of rape, so a "rape" could not have been committed. Second, while no one, aside from the accused young man, will ever know for certain, the only "victim" here appears to be accused football player.
Feminists frequently chide those of us who advocate for the forgotten men and boys falsely accused of rape by suggesting that our advocacy detracts from the supposedly far more more serious problem of rape.
They would do well to closely examine their own ill-advised advocacy before attacking ours. By taking an unfounded (and, based on the district attorney's findings, unlikely), claim that a presumptively innocent man touched a now-deceased witness' breasts, and transmogrifying it into a rape that certainly occurred, they trivialize actual rape with wild, and grossly unjust, exaggeration that seems motivated by a contempt for an entire gender. It is not difficult to dismiss out of hand whatever concerns are expressed by such a group.
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- highlander said...
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- Dec 20, 2010, 12:16:00 AM
- Human-Stupidity.com said...
Pretty amazing. An alleged touching of breasts (why does such a small thing become blown up out of proportion) becomes blown up into rape.
And then change.org sucks starts a petition drive which surely WILL impress politicians.
And what will men do? I already suggested before, that for every misandric petition at change.org sucks we should make a counter petition and find enough signatures for it.
Who is up for this? - Dec 20, 2010, 3:39:00 AM
- Arod99k said...
They dont bother to look deep into what happend.
- Dec 20, 2010, 7:50:00 AM
Gender / Raunch feminists gain "Empowerment" by attacking heterosexual males in any fashion they can.
- Dec 20, 2010, 8:07:00 AM
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- Dec 20, 2010, 8:29:00 AM
Speaking of an unfounded claims that make it easy to dismiss out of hand whatever concerns are expressed by such a group, this needs to stop:
Dec 20, 2010 8:23:00 AM
Dec 20, 2010 8:29:00 AM - Dec 20, 2010, 8:41:00 AM
"Both in the days following the attack and over the past three months, the University has failed to take the crime seriously, report it to police, or seek justice for the victim."
That's outright lying.
So is calling it "rape".
And why should Notre Dame "apologize for the death of Elizabeth Seeberg"? How are they in any way responsible for her death? - Dec 20, 2010, 8:48:00 AM
First they ignore you.
Then they fight you.
Then the truth becomes self evident. - Dec 20, 2010, 9:25:00 AM
I see what they're doing,calling breast-touching "rape" (I feel old, back in my day someone had to have some form of sexual INTERCOURSE perpetrated on them against their will to be "raped) and then trying to link the woman's suicide and the "rape" together in a causal chain,but what I don't see is any evidence for that assumption.
Is there any evidence to suggest this woman committed suicide over the breast-touching? Does anybody know? - Dec 20, 2010, 9:30:00 AM
Folks try to contain and counter the perversion (after the fact).
Why not attack the perversion at its roots?? - Dec 20, 2010, 9:35:00 AM
- CrackAddict said...
"Islamic misogyny".
Great. Again.
I'm a practicing Muslim,
and yes, I did the whole
'Madrasah' thing.
I'm sick and tired
of people accusing me of
hating women.
I'm sick and tired
of trying to explain
that Islam itself is NOT
Man it would be trying to
explain to a White supremacist
why Blacks should be considered
they always have a never-ending
stream of 'facts' to back their
shit up.
I'm sick and tired of it.
you mind actually enforcing the
comment policy to prevent
bigoted comments
like the one made
my Highlander?
I'm sick and tired of
feeling like I'm not welcome
here when I've been a victim myself. - Dec 20, 2010, 10:31:00 AM
- Archivist said...
CrackAddict, sorry, I missed it. "Islamic misogyny" is akin to saying "Catholic anti-semitism."
This site makes a big point about the injustice of broad-brush stereotyping of an entire group based on the bad things some members of the group do. We typically do this in the context of men, but the same holds true for women, Muslims, Catholics, and every other group.
If we judged everyone on their own merits instead of viewing them as representatives of the group they were born into, we wouldn't have rushed to judgment to charge three white boys at Duke; we wouldn't have convicted the Scottsboro Boys because they were black youths accused of rape by white women; and, in fact, we wouldn't routinely arrest and charge a man with rape just because a woman said he did it. - Dec 20, 2010, 10:55:00 AM
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- Archivist said...
I'm not going to link to anything that names the presumptively innocent young man.
- Dec 20, 2010, 12:18:00 PM
Glad you removed the link. Just showing what this story has turned into. Part of this story is what your blog covers but a lot has to do with Notre Dame. A lot of writers and bloggers are using this "story" as an agenda to attack Notre Dame and Notre Dame football, totally ignoring the facts.
- Dec 20, 2010, 1:20:00 PM
- CrackAddict said...
Thanks... and I apologise for derailing the thread by a bit. - Dec 21, 2010, 5:23:00 AM


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I bet they will put in a whole week.
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off again next week I think
Oh, Anthony was out here to see Penn & Teller. That is a great show.
O & A sure have alot of commercials.
didn`t hear todays show. Did Opie address the cake stomping video?
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Looking over his shoulder will be a thing of the past - at least at the start of the season - for Roberto Luongo as he leads the Vancouver Canucks into their 2013-14 opener against the host San Jose Sharks on Thursday. Last campaign, Luongo was hoping to be traded after coming out on the short end of a battle with Cory Schneider for Vancouver's starting goaltending job. The Canucks appeased the veteran on June 30, however, as they dealt Schneider to New Jersey, once again giving Luongo sole possession of top spot.
Luongo will need to perform in order to keep it, as new coach John Tortorella has proven to be impatient with players who don't produce. After another disappointing postseason, San Jose enters the campaign with essentially the same roster. The Sharks' lone offseason addition is Tyler Kennedy, who was acquired from Pittsburgh after scoring only six goals in 46 games for the Penguins last campaign.
TV: 10 p.m. ET, TSN, CSN California (San Jose)
ABOUT THE CANUCKS (2012-13: 26-15-7, 3rd West): Swede Eddie Lack will begin the season as Luongo's backup after spending the previous two campaigns with Chicago of the American Hockey League. Right wing Jannik Hansen received some security on Sunday as he was signed to a four-year contract extension. The 27-year-old Dane reached double digits in goals for the second straight season in 2012-13, netting 10 in 47 games after scoring a career-high 16 the previous campaign.
ABOUT THE SHARKS (2012-13: 25-16-7, 6th West): Injuries already are affecting San Jose, which will start the season without Raffi Torres (knee surgery). Adam Burish (lower body) and Martin Havlat (pelvis) also will miss the opener, while defenseman Brad Stuart (lower body) likely will be a game-time decision. Youngsters Tomas Hertl, Freddie Hamilton and Matt Nieto will be counted on to contribute while Alex Stalock begins the campaign as Antti Niemi's backup as Thomas Greiss signed with Phoenix over the summer.
1. The Sharks released RW Anthony Stewart from his tryout agreement. The 28-year-old, who scored a career-high 14 goals with Atlanta in 2010-11, spent last season in the AHL after being acquired from Carolina by Los Angeles.
2. San Jose and Vancouver are now division rivals, as the Canucks moved from the Northwest to the Pacific during the offseason.
3. The Canucks added blue-line depth Monday by claiming D Ryan Stanton off waivers from Chicago. The 24-year-old made his NHL debut with the Blackhawks last season, appearing in one game.
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Bottomline...there are no Conservative Messiah´s to fix this...Conservatives will have to fix this ourselves...one brain at a time...also we will HAVE TO GO to the uncool places...Colbert, Letterman, Leno etc and make our case to the dumbdown viewers...Ronald Reagan could do this as a former actor...future Conservatives must do this too..
Just look at the electorate and the results of November 6. That tells you everything you need to know about the American education.
I took Latin in high school. After I graduated from business college I got a job working for a lawyer. I took to the various Latin terms like a duck to water.I highly recommended Latin to my 3 children. The only one who took my advice says it has helped him with English and with ancient history.
It takes hard work and eternal vigilance to be smart and conservative. Anybody can be infantile and liberal - and it takes no work at all - just being lazy and never growing up.
Took Latin in HS and loved it and my teacher, Sister Seneca. I guess you can tell from her name that she was a rather big fan of a language that has had relevance all my life, including taking the SATs, learning French and Spanish in college, virtually anything language related, and what isn´t. So much for a "dead" language.As for dumbing down America, how can we expect intelligent adults when so many teachers are incompetent. I simply don´t grok incurious people.
Being liberal means you stand for everything , so you really stand for nothing
Anyone who doesn´t know at least a bit of Latin, missed out on a whole chunk of the Harry Potter books. Momentum Arresto, anyone?
As required by school system, I took Latin I, passed it on the second try, ditto Latin II. Learned enough to get 100% on the medical terminology component of a massive skills test given to entry-level legal secretaries back in the day.Agree that Latin should be a pre-requisite for learning English.
The extent of my knowledge of Latin comes from my days as an altar boy, which will give you an idea of how old I am. My second daughter took Latin in high school and loved it. She can pretty much understand most Western European languages because it is the basis for all of them. It also came in handy when she took the MCAT exams for medical school.
Somehow, I don´t think that studying Latin for four years is required to know that Bob Costas is a moron. (Maybe ´Marxist tool´ is a better phrase)
Another excellent rant from Alicia Colon, my by-far favorite Wise Latina. Wish she were on the Supreme Court.Veritas vos liberabit.
Latin is helpful, but Greek is a treat. Unfortunately, hoi polloi will never appreciate either...Alician was surely on a tear today.
If you haven´t already, watch the comedy movie "Idiocracy". It´s where we are headed as a nation and the democrats have a head start.
The whole world is upside down right now. Right is wrong, good is evil, rational is irrational. We are in a lot of trouble.
´´Many years ago I watched the Johnny Carson show when he had author Truman Capote as a guest. On that occasion he made the comment that actors were dumb. When challenged by Carson, he reiterated his comment and said that the better they were, the dumber.´´Watch a Robert DiNero interview to confirm this sad fact. OMG. He is a great character actor because he has none of his own and dons a character much like a winter coat...
I remember this column from Alicia about ididocracy, a term she uses frequentlyhttp://www.irishexaminerusa.com/mt/2011/04/05/on_the_road_to_an_idiocracy.html
Latin has little to do with the problem. Liberalism is the problem. We actually had a teacher in the 4th grade who read the Bible in the morning opening exercises! Oh the humanity! We had Christmas parties in school, said the pledge, even prayed in a public school. Oh the horror! Yet that generation did not crumble and unlike folks interviewed on the streets by Jay Leno, we knew in which country where the Panama Canal and Mississippi River were. I´m not even sure people coming out of most inner city schools or California schools know who George Washington is or how to put a condom on a banana correctly!
Both Latin and Greek put you through grammar and syntax which are given short shrift in English. After you chase down a verb in one of Cicero´s paragraph-long sentences, you´ll see the difference.
like Alicia said, it teaches you to think
She hit the nail on the head in every catagory. This should be a must read and a must read for every teacher in America. I love her thinking.
If you love Latin - you must get yourself two "fun" books: Latin for All Occasion (Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus) and Latin for Even More Occasions (Lingua Latina Multi Pluribus Occasionibus), by Henry Beard (Henricus Barbatus).
Perhaps more important than the fact that we don´t teach Latin is the fact that we don´t teach Logic. Students are taught ´how to think´ or ´what to think´ but not ´to think´. This is a national tragedy.
I think there is a downside to having studied two years of latin in high school. It makes one aware of language to the point of being painfully alert to bozos who don´t know the difference between lose and loose, or the correct past tense of plead.Without it, I too would have still been aware that bob costas is a moron.
This is a mess we shall not be able to vote ourselves out of. The tsunami of fuliginous voters will forever overwhelm those of European descent. The die has been cast. We can solve any problem save one: the destruction of our people. That, my friends, has been accomplished.
I used to know Costas pretty well. He´s a puffed up popinjay - an empty suit.
FTA: "Education is the only way to stop this dumbing down of Americans. Too bad there are no more Sister Frederickas around. " Thank God we still have Sister Alicia! Loved all four years of H.S. Latin, and it was a big help in a Bio major, and on the MCAT. Even helped me learning German. Although G. is an non-Romance language, the intense grammar of Latin paved the way for understanding German grammar.
I took German in school so please forgive me.What is Latin for: "you want fries with that?"
Problem is ... the uneducated and undereducated have no way to understand this reasoning.And they´re making more babies every day.Reminds me of Longshanks speaking about Scots who wouldn´t go along with his plan to subsume Scotland ..." ... we´ll breed them out ..."
She´s right but I am afraid it´s over. We lost. Thank God, He is eternal even as America is temporal. Capote was wrong about actors. They aren´t any smarter or any dumber than anyone else but that´s the problem. The great majority of people are incredibly dumb which is why we should have continued as a constitutional republic and not a democracy. But equality as swallowed liberty and....it´s over.
Latin even helped with German grammar. Thank you Sister Celeste and Mrs. Flagg.#22 Have them both. If they were used as an auxillary textbook, more students would opt for Latin.
#28, how would you say it in German?
Yes. I read Latin too.
I grew up Southern Baptist in a small town in Missouri. There was also a substantial Catholic congregation and due to the German heritage a sizeable Lutheran Congregation, but suffice it to say that Latin was not one of the foreign language options of my high school curriculum. I have over the years picked up a few useful phrases in Latin and Yiddish. Would I have benefited from a more formailzed study? Most certainly. However, my grandfather, with an 8th grade education was one of the most conservative individual you could have met. He was a dirt under the nails farmer his entire life. His source of reading pleasure consisted of technical manuals and livestock publications.Yet he could concisely explain the fallacy of any social welfare program. ´It wasn´t earned so it won´t be valued by the recipient. Since it was distributed rather than given, it is not cherished by the supplier. It is a waste of both resource and benefit and will lead to the ruin of all.´So I guess I am with the previous posters in that what is needed is good common sense. The formal education just stimulates the mind for additional activity.
It´s really sad to see so many intelligent people today misuse words like your and you´re, there and their, etc, etc. It´s sad because it´s not their fault. They simply did not get a decent education in our Government schools.It was different in my era. First the Sisters and Mother Superior pounded Latin, much of it in the form of Roman History, into me for 8 years. Then I had to take it in High School because the Latin teacher was a family friend. It was not a waste of time. It´s amazing how many times I find myself using what little I remember figuring out a phrase in Spanish, Italian or some other language. So many, many words in the Romance languages have Latin (or Greek) roots. Or I often recognize or am able to translate a Latin phrase on th fly.I only wish I had paid more attention to my English teachers. My English grammar and punctuation leave a lot to be desired. But then, as I once use to say in a lame attempt to excuse my ignorance, that´s what secretaries are for.
#35, Read Eats Shoots and Leaves. Small book, wealth of information on grammar and punctuation.
Just ordered it from Amazon, #36. Thanks.One more thing. Here is a quote from Cicero that seem very appropriate 2000 years later: "Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum." In English it is: "Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system."
#36, I will find the book you recommend. Even as a woman with an advanced degree, my grammar needs a brush up. I do find that having taken Latin all the way through my Catholic school years, misspelled words anywhere bug me!
#32 - It´s been 37 years but I think something like "Sie wollen Fries mit dem" would be enough to get by.
CAII JULII CAESARIS de GALLICO BELLO.Omnis Gallia est divisa in tres partes: Gaul is divided into three parts.Plainly, simply and directly written.The Romans knew who they were.
Latin is a mother language. It is the primer for grammar and parts of speech. We have been slowly introducing Latin to our son in homeschool. That and a solid foundation in the father of all science, math, will do more good when developing the brains of children than anything else in the lexicon of education.
"sentio democrat, ergo sum." FIFY.And that really is the sum of the average democrat´s contribution to the economy.
I have often wondered if those "man in the street" interviews showing giggling twenty-somethngs who were unable to answer even basic questions about news or government were cherry picked for shock value, or if the young folk were all just putting the reporter on. I am beginning to think that in fact the majority of twenty-somethings are in fact pig-ignorant airheads. This article pushes me further in that direction of thought. But as the younger generation would say, "whatever!"
I had 2 years of Latin in school and loved it. I never considered it a dead language since knowing Latin still helps me figure out the meaning of words without going to the dictionary.Also enjoyed English class; I was known for diagraming sentences for fun. Wonder if they still teach that? (What am I thinking??) To this day I can´t stand it when anyone ends a sentence in a preposition!OY!!
#44 - I also thought diagraming sentances was fun, and have the same aversion to sentances ending in a preposition.Our great education system was infested and overrun by the marxists pigs, and thinking was suppressed. Once again world events will overwhelm us, the social system will shatter, and the survivors will put the pieces back together some day. The "Dark Ages.2" are straight ahead.
Latin, shmatin. The self appointed heavy thinkers who happened to take latin and post on this site sure grabbed onto that tidibt of enlightenment. You can have the most sophisticated educational curricula available and still sit in the back row and throw spit balls. If parents don´t have control on their kids and what the teachers are providing you will end up with a liberal fool.
Brother Theophane can beat Sister Seneca any day!
Simply studying any language will help with grammar. I´ve studied Arabic for 14 years, much more useful than Latin. It´s a different way of looking at the world, like studying any foreign language is.A previous poster had it right: simply teach kids to think, to question what they are learning, to see if it makes sense.
#44... our homeschool grammar curriculum is heavy on diagramming sentences. We use a ton of memorization and repetitive learning. This type of learning is critical in the "Grammar Stage" of the Trivium, the way Western human civilization educated our young for thousands of years with much success. It has also been a great refresher for myself as well as this is how school was done when I was young. There is hope, but it will not be found in public schools.
I took Latin two years... then German two years.Then I studied some French to prepare for a couple of trips over there.The French call "French fries"...pomme frite... N´est ce pas... ?Now I study Hindi, Arabic and Spanish...in order to converse mit my convenience store clerks.Latin is a very good foundation for law, medicine, and learning any language.Latin would be a good requirement.Watch the lazy protest against it.Speaking of Latin humor... my fave phrase in Latin is..."Jesus Marcus Leviticus Rectus" ...punchline from the old joke about a longshot racehorse named Leviticus.
Silly Latin joke:Do you know the Pope´s phone number?Et cum spiritu tuo (you have to say it out loud to get it.)
LBJ, Ted Kennedy. The first created the great handout AND destroyed lower class families in the process. The odious Kennedy couldn´t get everything he wanted so he declared that he will simply overwhelm the system with proles from anywhere. He has won, because somehow the ´loyal opposition´ was too weak or corrupt to stop him. Now we have a culture of absolutely no shame. A feral world of obnoxious, political correct, maniacs who destroy anything that demands achieved standards. I see no leader, no movement that beat back the demonic forces that brainwash the masses into thinking they are ´special´ instead of failures. New Dark Ages is unfortunately, pretty accurate.
#23 hit the nail on the head!!People are not taught critical thinking anymore. I never took Latin, but I certainly can figure out most of it. My mother was the greatest influence in my life and from her I learned that the ability to think (and think critically) was the MOST important thing one could have in life. That is why those backwoods survivalists didn´t need to be educated to do well. Yes, formal education is good and necessary for a functioning modern society, but it´s even more important that people use their brains as more than just a tape recorder.
Agree with what was said above. Especially with #22´s recommendations. Hilarious.I studied German and French in school, then discovered Latin. If I´d taken Latin first, both French and German would have been much easier.I´d even be in favor of learning Latin as a requirement for graduating from high school. The language, just by its very structure, forces you to think.Heck, learning Latin would be a good thing for illegal aliens. Most of them (around CA anyway) don´t even know how to read Spanish. Learn to read and write Latin and reading and writing Spanish will come very easily.Finally, I agree that the most important thing to learn in school is critical thinking. If you know how to think critically, you´ll find it easy to separate the wheat from the chaff in all the "news" stories you read.For all the non-critical-thinkers out there, an Ambrose Bierce quote is very appropriate:"Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum""I think that I think, therefore I think that I am".
#32, Wünschen Sie Pommes Frites damit?or, if you want to be more familiar with your customerWünscht du ...?Iirc the Germans call french fries by their frenchified name. At least in Berlin, they do.
This is a good article from Alicia. Keep in mind that liberals thrive on shallow. They use slogans to shout down their opponents - the typical modus operandum of those who don´t want their views examined more closely.Liberalism is all in the saying and the pushing. Just say anything and push it. Push, push, push.
It is the extraordinary success of modern Western civilization and technology that make liberal fantasy ideology possible. The sharp and unyielding edges of reality -yes, Virginia, there IS such a thing as reality!- are seemingly suspended, leaving people without the traditional boundaries and navigational markers. Never in the history of the world have so many had it so good, so easy, so safe, and so convenient as modern Westerners have it today. But the lack of real adversity slows emotional maturation and stunts character. It is easier and more pleasant to feel and to fantasize than to learn and to think carefully. Liberalism is feel-good fantasy ideology. Sex, drugs and rock and roll. Make love not war. If it feels good, do(or think or say) it. Free love. Free health care. Free everything. What´s not to like about a deal like that?But it is all a dream. Modern liberals and those Americans who listen to them are like sleepwalkers. Alas, it seems that the sleep of reason does produce monsters. Yet if there is to be an awakening and a return to reason, it may just be that the monsters are the only thing to cause it. Their tread is still faint, but they are on their way. The dream cannot last forever.
My work involves the analyses of Roman literature, and it´s incredibly difficult to understand what its writers are saying if you stick to a lot of the printed translations. A lot of these are looked at in too much of a modern socio-political context, and, as such, are made to mean what today´s audience want to hear. Oh, that we could have their frankness in the modern political arena.
Alicia does a fine job exposing the manipulation of the dumb. Control is one thing but she fails to go the next step and reveal what motivates them to act. Hate.
Since I know Alicia Colon sometimes posts here, I´ll take this opportunity to thank her for another great column.I, too, studied Latin. I didn´t love it, but it was valuable knowledge that I´m glad to this day that I acquired.Consider, also, that it might not only be learning Latin that so helped all of us get an education. It was going to schools that thought it appropriate to include demanding subjects like Latin in the curriculum--and expecting all of us to learn it, no matter what socio-economic group we came from.
Public schools are so dumbed down they are working on a second generation. Getting them to speak English would be a miracle.
To sum up Obama: re vero ut ne sum. contendit nihil magis in quoquo cursus censuum.


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As the world turns its attention to the spreading fight between Russia and the Republic of Georgia, it's worth a reminder that war can have lasting effects on the soldiers who fight it and the citizens who get caught in it. The effects of post-traumatic stress disorder are well-known, and some populations are affected more than others. (Meanwhile, some armed forces are experimenting with ways to "juice" the brains of their soldiers, and Georgia is accusing Russia of a coordinated cyberattack on Georgian Web sites, according to ZDNet.)
Non-human primates probably won't fare very well either. According to Reuters, Sukhumi, Georgia's Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy "is now a shadow of the pioneering centre that helped defeat polio and saved countless thousands of lives in World War Two with penicillin treatments." The center, in the middle of the pro-Russia separatist enclave of Abkhazia, was at one time home to 2,500 monkeys. Today only 303 live there. "Staff still recall the dark days of the early 1990s when Georgian troops waging war with separatist and Georgian forces clashed in and around Sukhumi," Reuters notes. "Both sides engaged in looting, taking away monkeys."
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To this day we know Russia is the stronger country military wise, they have put their fear into Georgia by showing just that (entering the country with with an unnecessary abundant force, killing a vast amount civilians and then leaving again like nothing had happened)... hoping this fear will generate respect and future obedience to the Mother country. However and I quote... no, not from the Bible but from a known green midget source saying "Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering" I pray the latter will not come to be, for the the day will surely come when Russia has burned its own bridges across the world and when allies are running short.
As it is today what has happened will be forgotten in the stream of news from the Olympic Games, another thousand or so people have lost their lives due to Russians atempt to set the status que in balance. but in the end of the day we now that " Fear is the path to the dark side"!
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Where were we when South Ossetia held referendums in 1991 and 2006 to join Russia and voted overwhelmingly to do so? I dont remember CNN reporting on that or the fact that after the 1991 vote the Georgian troops went into South Ossetia and killed over ten thousand civilians to stop them from leaving Georgia. Where was CNN then, where was NATO?
And this time again when they went to join Russia after a democratic vote the Georgians started to bomb again. The only reason Russia went in is because Georgians started to kill civilians again and we in the west did not care.
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The team members, Johnathan Capps, 16, of North Wales, and brothers Issac Moyer, 15, and Darren Moyer, 18, of Chalfont, traveled with their parents to Anaheim, Calif. to take part in the event from April 16 to 21. Their robot finished in the middle of the pack after 10 rounds, they said.
The robot, designed, built and programmed by the students performed timed tasks, picking up objects and putting them in barrels. This was the second time too of the boys competed in the World Championships.
"It was a lot of fun," said Issac. "Last year we didn't do so well. The matches that we won went really well."
This was the first year for Darren, a senior, who plans to student computer science at Grove City in the fall.
"I like the programming and they needed a programmer," he said. Darren taught himself the program needed to put the robot through its paces. Getting involved in the robotics project "helped me decide what I wanted to do," he said.
"It really brings out the creative side," said Johnathan, who might go into mechanical engineering. "You get to work hands on and solve problems. This type of stuff intrigues me."
Issac may also go into mechanical engineering but said he likes to design things the best.
"We all have our separate contributions," Johnathan said.
There were 400 teams in the high school division and another 200 teams in the college and middle school division. The teams that competed in Anaheim were the top 12 percent of the 4,800 VEX teams in the world. The team qualified at a local league event in January, where they won an excellence award.
"This year it's about strategy and efficiency," said Johnathan.
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Some of their competitors didn't speak English, said Johnathan, but they managed to communicate.
"Doing robotics is sort of like a universal language," he said.
Sixteen students are involved in the Dock robotics club, said Gail Anderson, the club advisor and math teacher. This is the fourth year for the club, said Anderson, a former aerospace engineer. Club members have also taken part in science fairs and demonstrated robotics at Inglewood Elementary School, she said.
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by Marc Norton' Dec. 13' 2013
In 1937, Woolworth's was the Walmart of its day. The company had transformed the retail marketplace by creating a national chain of stores staffed by low-wage workers, mostly young women. The lunch counters in these stores, serving inexpensive food, were in some ways a precursor to today's fast food mega-corporations.
So the story of a successful sit-down strike at a Woolworth's in Detroit gives us some useful parallels for low-wage workers today. In the wake of the Walmart and fast food strikes on Black Friday and December 5, it's worth asking where the movement is going. What are its goals? How can they be achieved? Are workers getting organized for the long haul? Are we on a path to victory?
Peace Soldiers March Across America for Veterans' Rights
by Carol Harvey' Dec. 13' 2013
On Tues / November 19, 2013, two Occupy veterans, Stephen Michael Clift (Army) and James Cartmill, (Navy), radicalized and humanized by their military service and their Occupy experience, began a self-described 'epic' 'Trans-national mission to wage peace,' Code Name: March Across America. This two-man team represents Occupy Veterans San Francisco (OVSF), a working group of Occupy San Francisco. Their journey will be undertaken in the name of Veterans For Peace whose 81+ chapters they are determined to visit. They intend to advocate for "the establishment of a special [VFP] chapter for homeless veterans and other non-joiners," to honor the government's chosen goal of ending veterans' homelessness by 2015.
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Back in 2006, Chesky Records released "Electric", "a blistering set of jazz, blues and classic rock anthems as performed by the pioneer of jazz-rock, Larry Coryell, with veteran 'Return to Forever' drummer Lenny White and former 'Weather Report' bass player Victor Bailey". "Coryell and friends have an all-out blast working their way through a track listing of rock and blues tunes, bending and stretching covers of well-known cuts popularized by Led Zeppelin (Black Dog), and Sly and the Family Stone (Sex Machine), as well as Miles Davis' "So What" (from his seminal Kind of Blue album) and Wayne Shorter's "Footprints" into a rockin' musical adventure. "We tried to straddle the lines between 'jazz', 'rock', 'funk' and 'fusion' and whatever other names people want to put on music," comments Bailey…" This amazing trio would go on to record another album in 2006, "Traffic".
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SNOOPY: THE MUSICAL IS A STAGE-TO-SCREEN TRANSLATION, OR MAYBE IT'S A COMIC STRIP IN THE DAILIES. No matter what-I am thrilled with the musical. To me -- it's still an award winning prize. Heck - the evening is full of color and energy. How can you dislike it. And even though the music sounds like it was taken from other musicals -- who cares? I don't -- I loved Dave Dobrusky's playing on the Piano - he practically gave an opening production that was like being in the Opera house. He's a wiz.
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With New York City's election of progressive Bill de Blasio as mayor, I hear many ask: when will San Francisco get its own progressive mayor? The answer is that the city already has such a mayor in Ed Lee, whose progressive record de Blasio would be fortunate to match. This week, Lee announced support for raising the city's minimum wage. Previously, his leadership led to voter approval of a $1.5 billion affordable housing trust fund. Lee is the first San Francisco mayor to prioritize amending the state Ellis Act to reduce evictions, and his economic polices have greatly reduced unemployment. Progressives in NYC will cheer if de Blasio makes similar gains.
But for the primarily white "Bay Guardian progressives," Ed Lee will never be "their" guy. And the irony is that Bill de Blasio would not meet their standards either. After all, NYC's new progressive mayor backed the massive Atlantic Yards gentrification and displacement strategy for Brooklyn which bypassed public processes and used eminent domain to enrich wealthy developers. Compared to the sixteen highrises and sports arena (the Barclays Center) that comprises Atlantic Yards, 8 Washington's impact would have been akin to a one-hour change in a loading zone. The San Francisco progressives unhappy with Lee would also find Bill de Blasio wanting, as they would any politician capable of building the broad support necessary to be elected a big-city mayor.
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by Lisa Schiff' Dec. 12' 2013
Parent engagement, a significant factor in a child's education, was in the news again last week. Results of a survey conducted by
(an education research and awareness group) were released to the public last Thursday, reconfirming the validity of some long-standing, widely accepted ideas while bringing to the surface a few unspoken, somewhat uncomfortable truths.
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Unions dodged a bullet today when the Supreme Court took the unusual step of dismissing the strange and possibly disastrous case of Mulhall v. Unite Here Local 355 as "improvidently granted."
Though the dismissal leaves some bad law in place in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes Florida, Alabama and Georgia, labor should nonetheless breathe a sigh of relief.
In Mulhall, a Florida casino employee backed by the anti-union National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (NRTW) argued that neutrality agreements violate an anti-bribery provision in the Taft Hartley Act of 1947 and therefore constitute a federal crime.
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Mubarak faces death, prison or freedom
About 840 died, more than 6,000 others wounded in Egyptian uprising
Egypt's former president, Hosni Mubarak, was sentenced to life imprisonment Saturday in Cairo for his role in the killings of pro-democracy protesters last year, after a 10-month trial.
About 5,000 Egyptian police were predicted to be on hand for the verdict, which could send angry crowds into Cairo's streets in a violent replay of the popular revolution that led to Mubarak's downfall.
Mubarak was charged with corruption, misappropriation of funds and issuing orders to kill demonstrators calling for his ouster. About 840 people died and more than 6,000 others were wounded in the Egyptian uprising, according to Amnesty International.
Verdicts are also expected against Mubarak's two sons, former Interior Minister Habib El Adly and a handful of other regime officials. El Adly is also accused of ordering the killing of protesters, while Mubarak's sons -- Gamal and Alaa -- are charged with corruption and using their father's political power for profit.
El Adly was convicted in May of corruption and money laundering, and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Mubarak and his sons arrived Saturday morning at the Cairo Police Academy, where the trial is being held, under tight security. Police in riot gear lined up behind a barricade separating them from demonstrators.
As part of the security plan, access to the court will be restricted to those with special passes, assistant Justice Minister Mohamed Manea told state-run Egypt State Information Service.
"It includes unprecedented precautionary measures to ensure smooth proceedings during the trial," Manea said.
The anticipated verdict follows Friday's expiration of a notorious emergency law that ended 31 years of sweeping police powers. And it comes ahead of a polarizing mid-June runoff in the presidential election that pits the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi against the more secularist Ahmed Shafiq, a former official in Mubarak's regime.
Mubarak became president in October 1981, ruling Egypt with an iron hand as a staunch ally of the United States. But all those years in power were shattered by 18 days of uprising that ended on February 11, 2011, when Mubarak was forced to step down.
During the trial, prosecutor Mustafa Suleiman said Mubarak failed to "carry out his duty to stop the bloodshed and the acts of violence against the Egyptian people."
Mubarak has denied the charges.
When the trial opened, it was a spectacle few Egyptians thought they would ever see. Images broadcast around the world showed the 84-year-old former leader wheeled in to the court on a hospital gurney and locked in a defendant's cage.
The trial was marked by chaos inside and outside the heavily guarded courtroom, with confrontations between prosecutors and defense attorneys, and clashes between protesters and police.
Magdi Fouda is one such loyalist; he leads a group of Mubarak supporters.
Fouda collected 750,000 signatures on a petition calling for Mubarak's pardon. Others have set up a Facebook page called "Sorry, Mr President," which boasts more than 240,000 "likes."
"We believe President Mubarak has been terribly mistreated recently," Fouda said. "We will stand faithfully by him, to honor him for his 62 years of service to Egypt.
Lawyer Khalid Abu Bakr, who attended every session of the trial, represents some of the families of those killed in the uprising.
On the eve of the verdict, Bakr said the ailing Mubarak maintained a certain regal disdain for the proceedings.
Never did he show regret, Bakr said.
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By Nancy McCleary Staff writer
CARTHAGE - Moore County lawmen seized a cache of drugs valued at more than $14,000 Wednesday after searching a West End residence.
The drugs that were found at the house on the 100 block of McGoogan Lane, in the Eastwood community, included cocaine, crack cocaine, prescription drugs and more than 6 ounces of marijuana, said Charles Ritter, a narcotics investigator with the Moore County Sheriff's Office.
Two residents, Sedrick Raheem Belk, 19, and Lashonda Ruth Belk, 28, were arrested, as was Derrick Devontae Harris, 25, of the 400 block of Ridgewood Road in Southern Pines, according to a Sheriff's Office news release.
The Belks are cousins, Ritter said.
Complaints from residents about the number of people coming to and leaving the house prompted the investigation, Ritter said.
"This was a larger-scale operation than we normally see," Ritter said.
In addition to the marijuana, lawmen seized narcotic painkillers, including 100 doses of oxycodone, 69 Nucynta pills and 25 Opana pills; 69 doses of alprazolam, used to treat anxiety disorders; and nine Suboxone pills, a drug used to treat those who are addicted to opiate drugs, such as painkillers.
The search also turned up 3 1/2ounces of cocaine, 2 ounces of crack cocaine, one marijuana plant, two handguns, an assault shotgun, drug paraphernalia and $5,648, Ritter said.
The Belks and Harris are charged with trafficking cocaine, conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, trafficking in and conspiring to traffic in opium, possessing cocaine with intent to sell and deliver, possessing cocaine, possessing marijuana with intent to sell and deliver, possessing marijuana, five counts of possessing a controlled substance with intent to sell and deliver and maintaining a drug house.
Each also is charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, and Harris is charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.
Bail was set at $500,000 for Harris and $250,000 each for Sedrick and Lashonda Belk.
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Makes a snack, side or additional protein for two.
Approximate cooking time: 10 minutes
- 2 Tbs olive or coconut oil
- 1/2 lb raw shrimp; deveined and peeled
- 2 Tbs chili powder
- 1 Tbs garlic powder
- 1/2 Tbs parsley
- cayenne pepper, to taste
- freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Heat olive oil in a medium saute pan over medium-high heat.
- When pan is hot, add shrimp and cook for 1 minute.
- Stir in chili powder, garlic powder, parsley, and cayenne pepper, and saute for an additional 3-5 minutes or until shrimp are pink and fully cooked.
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the seasoning amounts seem out of proportion for just a 1/2 lb shrimp. Should it read teaspoon instead of tablespoon?
Please add!!! I made an awesome shrimp curry dinner tonight that I was hoping you could add to your recipe. I cooked about a pound of peeled shrimp in avocado oil in one pan as i was stir frying chopped veggies in another. I used red, yellow, and green bell peppers and celery. Cooked the shrimp and added in the sauteed vegetables. i added 1 Tbsp of organic cumin,1 Tbsp of organic curry powder and a little garlic powder. You can also add in some salt and chopped chicken or beef and whatever veggies you like. It was delicious and paleo friendly. Add as much cumin and curry as you like and enjoy. -Andrew
Used 1 lb of shrimp without doubling any seasonings. It came out yummy :) Husband and I will be making this one again!


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- Teachers Home
- Student Activities
- 3rd Grade, Oral L...
- Getting Along
Getting Along
3rd Grade Oral Language Resources
Content Objectives
Students will:
• Learn about the concept of getting along.• Access prior knowledge and build background about relationships and getting along.
• Explore and apply understanding of the concept of getting along.
Language Objectives
Students will:
• Demonstrate an understanding of getting along.• Orally use words that identify different ways to get along.
• Extend oral vocabulary by discussing different types of relationships.
• Use key concept words ["getting along", friend, basketball, share].
• Use the slideshow to review the key concept words.• Explain that students are going to learn about getting along:
• Getting along is a very important part of daily life.
• Friends are people with whom we get along and have fun.
• Getting along is important when teamwork is involved.
• It is important to share, to be respectful, and to treat others the way you would like to be treated.
• After the host introduces the slideshow, point to the photo on screen. Ask students: What do you see in this picture? (people, friends, talking or being together).• Ask students: Why do you like to be around your friends? (they are nice, share similar interests, friends talk, listen and share). • Say: Whether it be friends, classmates, or just people you meet during the day, it is important to know how to get along with others. How can you get along with others? (listening, showing respect, being polite, etc.)
Guided Practice
• Guide students through the next three slides, showing them situations in which getting along is important. Always have the students discuss why getting along is especially important when on a team.Apply
• Play the games that follow. Have them discuss with their partner the different topics that appear during the Talk About It feature.• After the first game, ask students to discuss a situation in which they had to get along with others. After the second game, have them discuss how they might go about getting along better with others.
• Ask students: What are some important things to remember about getting along with others?• Summarize for students that getting along is about treating each other with respect. Encourage them to think about how to get along with someone if they don't agree with them.


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Find your way with the help of a magnet
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Earth's poles
From National Science Education Standards: Ability to distinguish between natural and human-made objects
Have you ever wondered how a compass works? Traditional compasses (not the digital kind found in smart phones and other devices) are tools that take advantage of a natural feature of Earth: the planet's magnetic poles. With a compass, you can find out which way a magnetic pole is—and from that, you can approximate other directions such as where south, east and west are as well.
Compasses might seem complicated, and the magnetic poles of the Earth might seem very far away. But you can build a working compass at home! Below is an easy way to tap into the Earth's magnetic field—and help orient yourself in the process.
Earth has a magnetic field around it, which is called the magnetosphere. It is based around the two magnetic poles, located near the North and South Poles. People have been using this natural phenomenon for hundreds of years to help navigate. Just by slightly magnetizing a small metal object, such as a sewing needle, you can make it sensitive to this otherwise invisible force.
Handheld electronic devices, such as smart phones now often include GPS (global positioning systems) to display a digital compass. These work by finding your location and orientation relative to an imaginary "grid" and satellite positions, rather than sensing the Earth's magnetic field.
• Plastic bowl or wide plastic cup
• Sheet of blank paper
• Round cork from a bottle
• Scissors or sharp knife (to cut the cork)
• Sewing needle
• Magnet
• Water
• Cut your paper into four pieces, and label each one with a cardinal direction (North, South, East or West).
• Carefully cut off a circular piece of cork about half an inch thick.
• Fill the bowl or cup with water so that you can easily reach the surface.
• Carefully holding the sewing needle by the eye (with the point facing away from you), swipe it along one side of the magnet in the same direction 30 to 40 times (this action makes the needle magnetic).
• If you want to test the needle's magnetism, see if it will attract a straight pin. If the magnetized needle picks up the pin, it should be ready to be your compass needle.
• Carefully push the needle through the middle of the piece of cork lengthwise, so that the needle is parallel to the circle ends of the cork (rather than up and down, or perpendicularly).
• Before you put the finishing touch on your compass, predict which direction is north. Which way do you think the needle tip will point? Place your "North" label down on that side of the bowl.
• Place the cork on the top of the water with one of the circle sides down so that the needle is parallel to the surface of the water.
• Let go of the cork. What does the needle do? Which way does the tip point? You've found magnetic north!
• Which way is south? What about east and west? Place your labels accordingly.
Read on for observations, results and more resources.


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Israeli Killed, Two Injured in Bomb Blast in Gaza
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An Israeli was killed on Thursday and two others were injured in a bomb explosion in the Gaza Strip, said reports.
The blast took place in the vicinity of the Kisufim crossing point between Israel and Palestinian Authority autonomous areas, said the Jerusalem Post, citing Army Radio.
Medical crews at the scene are treating the wounded, reportedly civilians, who were working on the security fence, according to the radio.
In the meantime, Palestinian official were quoted by the TV channel as saying that Israeli troops had entered as deep as 200 meters in PA-controlled areas near the place where the bomb explosion took place - Albawaba.com
Top Headlines
- Two Israeli Soldiers Killed, Several Injured in Gaza Strip Explosions
- Two Palestinians killed in West Bank; Israel cuts off movement of Palestinians in Gaza Strip
- Israeli Army Orders Palestinians to Clear Liaison Offices, Security Posts in West Bank, Gaza
- Gaza Strip: Palestinian killed by Israeli fire
- Armed Confrontations Renew in Gaza


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as if in a dream
I lost count of the days
one golden moment
became my world
when I slept
I dreamed of him
I touched his
and lost myself
I was stubborn
I should have gone
she said through her tears
she was weeping
bitter out of guilt
impatient for the dawn
my dearest love
my wounded spirit
save me
he woke in the darkness
scared that he was lost
with no stories to tell
of love, the songs of birds,
and softly colored worlds
dreams encroached
upon the waking world
the richness of a vanished world
let's start over
You don't believe me.
I believe you.
I always believe you.
You have my whole heart.
to love
to distraction
as she once dreamed
without regret
in a
hypnotic spell
of a
secret dream
in a moment of distraction
she had disappeared
as suddenly as she'd appeared
he went backward,
without much hope
a desperate yearning
he had no answers
guarded this fragile dream
into the beginnings of
but she was
doomed from the first
blindsided by infatuation
their romance sped through winter
then, as the oleanders began to bloom
so too
the painful truths
I felt like I would
that maybe
he was no saint


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Belmont School expansion plans rejected
1:32pm Thursday 11th October 2012 in News By Bruce Thain
Controversial plans to expand a school have been rejected following an investigation by an independent adjudicator.
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator rejected proposals from Haringey Council to expand both Belmont Infant and Junior Schools.
The schools, in Rusper Road, Tottenham, were earmarked for an expansion which would see the school double in size for the start of the next school year.
The plans were met with fierce opposition from school governors, parents and MP for Tottenham David Lammy who sent a letter to the leader of the council calling for the plans to be reconsidered.
In his report by Schools Adjudicator David Lennard Jones, rejected the plans for a number of reasons and found the need for pupil places in the immediate area of the schools has not been established by the council.
Also he said: "There are significant concerns about the risks to standards resulting from the limitations of what can be achieved with the funding available and the constrictions of the site.
"And there is strongly expressed concern by the key stakeholders whose support will be essential in carrying this project through."
The council had put £2.2million aside for the expansion which would see the school go from a two-form entry to a three-term entry in September 2013.
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The Office of the Schools Adjudicator, and all those concerned on their side,
would have considered the matter carefully.
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There's a vast difference between history and historical fiction. I tend to prefer the latter, finding myself in awe of writers who can carry readers into a world that's both factual and imagined. Obviously, there's the underlying question of trust: How do we know when and whether we can trust an author who presents a mélange in which fact and fiction aren't easily teased apart? We don't.


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Girls adore the beauty and grace of ballerinas, and Barbie doll captures the dream as a prima ballerina in a beautiful, glittery ballet outfit with tutu and pretty ballet shoes. Dolls cannot stand alone or dance.Color/Style selected randomly at time of shipment based on availability.
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I really like the fact that the legs are purple, & the shoes and leotard don't come off. My daughter can't lose the clothes and I am not constantly putting them on for ...Read complete review
I really like the fact that the legs are purple, & the shoes and leotard don't come off. My daughter can't lose the clothes and I am not constantly putting them on for her. We have had this ballerina for over a year now, and I am going to buy another one for my 2 year old that is always wanting to play with it. Ours has not broke, if anything, there might be a scratch or two in the paint (being ours is over a year old and having a four year old as the owner) No problems what-so-ever!
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Gorgeous Barbie but poor quality
These ballerina Barbies are gorgeous dolls and my daughter absolutely loves hers however, they are very poor quality sadly. We have two of these, the brunette and the blonde version and BOTH broke. ...Read complete review
These ballerina Barbies are gorgeous dolls and my daughter absolutely loves hers however, they are very poor quality sadly. We have two of these, the brunette and the blonde version and BOTH broke. The first one's head broke off within about 20 minutes of it being out of the packaging!My daughter was so upset! We've got lots of Barbies and this has never happened with any other and she takes good care of her things. The other one has lasted longer and is much loved however, the arm has broken off just in the last day! Terrible quality and there is no way to just pop back on the arm or the head of the other one. I gave it 3 stars because its such a pretty doll and my daughter adores them but really it only deserves a 1 star for quality.
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Very Nice
By Dan
from Florida
Comments about Mattel 1001134 Barbie Ballerina Brunette - Theresa - Purple (Styles May Vary):
For my granddaughter
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Another Barbie
By Sam
from NY
About Me Parent of Two or More Children, Working Parent
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My daughter loves barbies right now, and this doll matches perfectly to the movie. She enjoys watching the movie with her doll. She does not like that she can not undress the Barbie. She has only a small skirt that is removable.
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Unhappy with the Style Variation
By Addie's Mom
from IL
About Me First Time Parent, Working Parent
My daughter REPEATEDLY asked Santa for a "purple Barbie" so I was thrilled when I found this online. While there's nothing wrong with the Barbie we received, and it's cute and good quality....it's NOT purple! I understand the description said "Styles May Vary", however it clearly says that it's purple...My daughter was more then a little upset with Santa for not knowing her favorite color and we ended up finding another one from a different store...
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Barbie for Morgan
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from Ocala, FL
Very nice. Perfect for my granddaughter.
The cute ballerina on the picture
By Mary
from Baltimore, MD
About Me grandmother, Parent of Two or More Children
The cute ballerina on the picture was not the one received. I received a glued/molded ballerina dress! nothing glittery. Very disappointed. I was looking for a dark hair ballerina. I received the dark hair doll, but certainly not the ballerina dress and style.
i never received it
By busy granny
from jacksonville fl
i never received this product
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By L.M.
About Me Daycare Provider/ Educator, Parent of Two or More Children
GREAT Barbie!!
By Miss BG
from Little Rock,Arkansas
About Me Parent of Two or More Children
My daughter really loves this doll.Barbie's ballet dress is painted on so she can't ever lose it or the painted on shoes. Seems to be holding up through bath time and play.The tutu is removable which is nice.Barbie can still put dresses on and they fit.lol So it's fine with the painted dress.We read the other reviewers comments.But that is why we like it so much,you can't lose the clothes.
Nice, I guess...
By lala
from TX
About Me Somebody
I am not a big fan of these ballerina dolls (not just this one in particular, but all the ones they've had over the years). But I think this one is actually worse than the ones they used to have. Not only are her legs permanently purple, but you can't take her dress off! I mean, I like the hair and the fact that she has pointed toes like a real ballerina, but did they really have to make her purple? It reminds me of some show I saw where this girl gets a spray tan but she leaves it on too long and then her skin turns all orange. Besides, dolls like these are usually under ten dollars because they're poor quality. I used to have one, but her head broke off a long time ago. Her legs were purple, too. But she was actually able to change clothes, although she didn't have pointed ballerina toes.
worth the money
By mom of twins
from long island, ny
About Me Parent of Multiples (Twins etc), Working Parent
legs and arms are not bendable - but it is worth the [$] - giving to my daughter for her ballet recital
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NEWS: DigiTech ships RP1000 Integrated Effects Switching System
Whoa, check out the new DigiTech RP1000, which was announced in November and has just started shipping. It's designed to do what a bunch of Boss GT-8 users stumbled upon a while ago, which is to integrate a floor effects processor within an amp rig so you can use the amp's own preamp sounds, and colour them with the effects unit, so you're not chained to the pedal's preamp. A similar feature is included in the smokin' hot TC Electronics G System, but that's mega expensive while the new RP1000 is a lot lighter on the wallet – with a street price of about five hundred bucks ($US).
In the case of the Boss GT-8, which I used for a while, you had to use all sorts of special cables and hum filters to get the amp's preamp into the effects loop of the GT-8 so it could be moved within patches. The GT-8 was never designed to be used this way, it was just a happy accident. But it seems that since the RP1000 is designed specifically to do this sort of stuff, they've tackled all the impedance mismatches and ground hum problems. It also takes things further by including separate loops for your amp's preamp and a stomp box.
My only beef is that there doesn't appear to be a way to switch amp channels, which would somewhat limit the usefulness of this unit – it would be a shame to have all your settings and effects stored on individual buttons for your clean, rhythm and lead sounds, but have to step on a separate amp channel switch as well. I could be wrong, perhaps the Looper Switch jack can be used for this purpose, but if so it's not very clearly spelled out on the website.
There's also a smaller version, the RP500, which you can get for $299.95 at Musician's Friend.
Here's the press release. DigiTech, a leading manufacturer of guitar, bass, and vocal processors, and a Harman International company (NYSE-HAR), is shipping it's newest, highly anticipated RP1000 Integrated Effects Switching System.
The RP1000 sets itself apart from traditional multi-effects products featuring switchable stompbox and external amplifier loops that allow the RP1000 to easily integrate with external gear. "Guitar players use different brands and pieces of gear to create their personal tone, the RP1000′s loops and transparency is the only piece of gear of its type and allows them to do just that. I personally use an assortment of external pedals and an amp that defines my tone. Everybody I know has a different taste in amps and pedals, the RP1000 allows them to use their current setup while offering them more tonal choices" says Jason Lamb, DigiTech Marketing Manager.
The RP1000 targets live guitar players with 14 metal switches that controls both program changes, effects on/off, stompbox loop in/out, bank up/down, and the built in 20 second looper. The RP1000 can be used in two different control modes to switch up to 10 presets (preset mode) or 5 presets and 5 effects on/off (pedalboard mode).
For the tone purists, the RP1000′s internal Amp/Cabinet Bypass switch removes the RP1000′s internal amplifiers and cabinet effects from the signal chain leaving only stompboxes and effects.
The RP1000 has over 160 internal stompboxes, effects, amps and cabinets for nearly unlimited tonal options, USB 2×2 audio streaming along with Cubase LE4 all at the US MSRP of $699.95
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