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Dept. of English & Comparative Literature
San Jose State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
2008 Results
Theirs was a New York love, a checkered taxi ride burning rubber, and like the city their passion was open 24/7, steam rising from their bodies like slick streets exhaling warm, moist, white breath through manhole covers stamped "Forged by DeLaney Bros., Piscataway, N.J."
Garrison Spik
Washington, D.C.
The winner of 2008 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is Garrison Spik (pronounced "speak"), a 41-year-old communications director and writer from Washington, D.C. Hailing from Moon Township, Pennsylvania, he has worked in Tokyo, Bucharest, and Nitro, West Virginia, and cites DEVO, Nathaniel Hawthorne, B horror films, and historiography as major life influences.
Garrison Spik is the 26th grand prize winner of the contest that began at San Jose State University in 1982.
An international literary parody contest, the competition honors the memory (if not the reputation) of Victorian novelist Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873). The goal of the contest is childishly simple: entrants are challenged to submit bad opening sentences to imaginary novels. Although best known for "The Last Days of Pompeii" (1834), which has been made into a movie three times, originating the expression "the pen is mightier than the sword," and phrases like "the great unwashed" and "the almighty dollar," Bulwer-Lytton opened his novel Paul Clifford (1830) with the immortal words that the "Peanuts" beagle Snoopy plagiarized for years, "It was a dark and stormy night."
Most entries are submitted electronically through the Contest's Web site: http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/. A new collection of previous winners was published in August 2007 by The Friday Project. It is available through Amazon.com.uk.
"Hmm . . ." thought Abigail as she gazed languidly from the veranda past the bright white patio to the cerulean sea beyond, where dolphins played and seagulls sang, where splashing surf sounded like the tintinnabulation of a thousand tiny bells, where great gray whales bellowed and the sunlight sparkled off the myriad of sequins on the flyfish's bow ties, "time to get my meds checked."
Andrew Bowers
Winner: Adventure
Leopold looked up at the arrow piercing the skin of the dirigible with a sort of wondrous dismay -- the wheezy shriek was just the sort of sound he always imagined a baby moose being beaten with a pair of accordions might make.
Shannon Wedge
New Hampshire
"Die, commie pigs!" grunted Sergeant "Rocky" Steele through his cigar stub as he machine-gunned the North Korean farm animals.
Dave Ranson
Calgary, Alberta
Dishonorable Mentions
Winner: Children's Literature
Joanne watched her fellow passengers - a wizened man reading about alchemy; an oversized bearded man-child; a haunted, bespectacled young man with a scar; and a gaggle of private school children who chatted ceaselessly about Latin and flying around the hockey pitch and the two-faced teacher who they thought was a witch - there was a story here, she decided.
Tim Ellis
Haslemere, U.K.
Dorothy had reasons to be nervous: a young girl alone in a strange land, traveling with three weird, insecure males badly in need of psychiatric help; she tucked her feet under her skirt to keep the night's chill (and lewd stares) away and made sure one more time that the gun was secured in her yet-to-develop bosom.
Domingo Pestano
Alto Prado, Caracas, Venezuela
Dishonorable Mention
I'm convinced that the Doc is dealing drugs to most of the mining crew because they either can't stay awake, constantly sneeze, grin like maniacs, or won't look you straight in the eye (not to mention behaving like a moron) and they wonder why a dwarf gets grumpy!
Neil Prowd
Charnwood, ACT, Australia
Winner: Detective
Mike Hummer had been a private detective so long he could remember Preparation A, his hair reminded everyone of a rat who'd bitten into an electrical cord, but he could still run faster than greased owl snot when he was on a bad guy's trail, and they said his friskings were a lot like getting a vasectomy at Sears.
Robert B. Robeson
Lincoln, Nebraska
The hardened detective glanced at his rookie partner and mused that who ever had coined the term "white as a sheet" had never envisioned a bed accessorized with a set of Hazelnut, 500-count Egyptian cotton linens from Ralph Lauren complimented by matching shams and a duvet cover nor the dismembered body of its current occupant.
Russ Winter
Janesville, MN
Winner: Fantasy Fiction
"Toads of glory, slugs of joy," sang Groin the dwarf as he trotted jovially down the path before a great dragon ate him because the author knew that this story was a train wreck after he typed the first few words.
Alex Hall
Greeley, CO
Winner: Historical Fiction
As she watched the small form swing backwards and forth from the crystal chandelier - hands on hips, sniffing the air and squeaking inaudibly - it suddenly became clear to Madame de Pompomme that she had done the wrong thing asking Jacques to find and bring back her long-lost sister: for, whilst her coterie would doubtless be enchanted for a short while, the novelty of Janine having been raised by bats since the age of two in caves of the North-west Congo would soon wear off in seventeenth-century France.
Simon Terry
Broadfield, Crawley, West Sussex, U.K.
Our tale takes place one century before the reign of Alboin, the Lombard king who would one day conquer most of Italy and who would end up being murdered by his own wife (quite rightfully, I'd say, since Alboin made a drinking cup out of her daddy's skull and forced her to drink from it), when our little Sonnebert was seven years old.
Edo Steinberg
Beer-Sheva, Israel
Winner: Purple Prose
The mongrel dog began to lick her cheek voraciously with his sopping wet tongue, so wide and flat and soft, a miniature pink fleshy cape soaked through and oozing with liquid salivary gratitude; after all, she had rescued him from the clutches of Bernard, the curmudgeonly one-eyed dogcatcher, whose own tongue -- she remembered vividly the tongues of all her lovers -- was coarse and lethargic, like a slug in a sandpaper trenchcoat.
Christopher Wey
Pittsburgh, PA
The complementary crepuscularities of earth and sky shrank away from one another as the roseate effulgence of a new dawn burst forth, not unlike a reclining pneumatic beauty's black silk stocking splitting apart at the seam to reveal the glowing radiance of an angrily sun-burned leg.
Graham Thomas
St Albans, Hertfordshire, U.K.
Dishonorable Mention
The pancake batter looked almost perfect, like the morning sun shining on the cream-colored bare shoulder of a gorgeous young blonde driving 30 miles over the speed limit down a rural Nebraska highway with the rental car's sunroof open, except it had a few lumps.
Jim Thomas
Gilbert, AZ
Winner: Romance
Bill swore the affair had ended, but Louise knew he was lying, after discovering Tupperware containers under the seat of his car, which were not the off-brand containers that she bought to save money, but authentic, burpable, lidded Tupperware; and she knew he would see that woman again, because unlike the flimsy, fake containers that should always be recycled responsibly, real Tupperware must be returned to its rightful owner.
Jeanne Villa
Novato, CA
Like a mechanic who forgets to wipe his hands on a shop rag and then goes home, hugs his wife, and gets a grease stain on her favorite sweater - love touches you, and marks you forever.
Beth Fand Incollingo
Haddon Heights, N.J.
Dishonorable Mentions
He was a dark and stormy knight, and this excited Gwendolyn, but admittedly not as much as last night when he was Antonio Banderas in drag, or the night before that when he was a French Legionnaire who blindfolded her and fed her pommes frites from his kepi.
Leslie Muir
Atlanta, GA
Carmen's romance with Broderick had thus far been like a train ride, not the kind that slowly leaves the station, builds momentum, and then races across the countryside at breathtaking speed, but rather the one that spends all day moving freight cars around at the local steel mill.
Bruce Portzer
Seattle, WA
Winner: Science Fiction
Timothy Hanson, Commander of the 43rd Space Regiment in the 52nd Battalion on board the USAOPAC (United Space Alliance Of Planets Attack Carrier) and second in command to Admiral L. R. Morris of the USAOP Space Command, awoke early for breakfast.
Joe Schulman
Cartersville, GA
Lightning flashed from the blue-black sky of this alien world and shattered the engines of the spaceship, destroying Reninger's last chance of escaping and reminding him of the time his sister returned from New York with the tips of her hair dyed blue, except for the part about the lightning and the spaceship.
Mark Murata
Kirkland, WA
Dishonorable Mention
The dual-headed Zhiltoids from Beta Quadrant in the Crab Nebula, who lived entirely on a diet of steaming hot asphalt, thought they had died and gone to heaven upon landing in the Midtown Mall of Fresno, California on the planet Earth during the month they called 'July'.
Gregory Homer
Winner: Spy Fiction
Special agent Mark Park's strong chin and firm mouth showed that he was a man to be reckoned with, while his twinkling blue eyes revealed surprising depths of kindness and humor, the scar on his cheek a past filled with violence and danger, and his left ear a fondness for M and Ms, but only the red ones.
John R. Cooper
Portland, Oregon
The KGB agent known only as the Spider, milk solids oozing from his mouth and nose, surveyed the spreading wound in his abdomen caused by the crushing blow of the low but deadly hassock and begged of his attacker to explain why she gone to the trouble of feeding him tainted milk products before effecting his assassination with such an inferior object as this ottoman, only to hear in his dying moments an escaping Miss Muffet of the MI-5 whisper, "it is my whey."
David Potter
Nagoya, Japan
Winner: Vile Puns
Vowing revenge on his English teacher for making him memorize Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality," Warren decided to pour sugar in her gas tank, but he inadvertently grabbed a sugar substitute so it was actually Splenda in the gas.
Becky Mushko
Penhook, VA
The Jones family held their annual family reunion on Easter going through over six dozen spiral-cut, hickory-smoked hams and several bottles of a fine Australian shiraz, before Farmer Jones, the head of the family, took the leavings back to Manor Farm to slop Napoleon and his other champion hogs but the seventy-six ham bones fed the pig's tirade.
Michael L. VanBlaricum
Santa Barbara, CA
Dishonorable Mentions
Jan Svenson, having changed his fortune in the annual "Scandinavian King of the Beach" in Santa Cruz with a bottle of black hair coloring and thus standing out in a sea of fair-haired rivals to win the coveted title, realized the ironic truth of the old adage "That in the kingdom of the blonde, the one dyed man is king."
Matthew Chambers
Parsons, WV
Dimwitted and flushed, Sgt. John Head was frustrated by his constipated attempts to arrest the so-called "Bathroom Burglar" until, while wiping his brow, he realized that each victim had been robbed in a men's room, thereby focusing his attention on the janitor, whose cleaning habits clearly established a commodus operandi.
Jay Dardenne
Baton Rouge, LA
Nell Gwynn, a descendant of the famous English actress and friend of King Charles II, decided she would help French aristocrats, who were being decimated by the guillotine during the French Revolution, cross to safety in England by hiding them under her voluminous skirts and putting off French customs inspectors by confronting them with a face and arms covered with angry red pimples, earning for her the sobriquet of Scarlet Pimple Nell.
Alec Kitroeff
Psychico, Greece
Grand Panjandrum's Special Award
Upon discovering that Miles Black, the famous phrenologist from Yorkshire was going to take up yodeling to lonely goats in Bali, James White decided to balance four planks of wood on a beer keg and call it an abstract work of art in the style of a famous fourteenth-century architect, just going to prove that people will read any old garbage if they think there will be a good pun at the end of it.
Stefan Croker
Bury, Greater Manchester, UK
Winner: Western
Nobody knew just who the steely-eyed stranger was, where he came from, where he was headed, or what his intentions were while he was in Dodge City; but he wasn't an hombre you'd want to stick your tongue out at or flip off, and any man who tried to tickle him would be asking for a long stay in a pine box, if you know what I mean.
David McKenzie
Federal Way, WA
Bryson the Plainsman seldom spoke a discouraging word but he did when he filed for divorce after discovering his dear and an interloper played.
Maree Lubran
Saratoga, CA
Miscellaneous Dishonorable Mentions
Behind his pearly white smile lay a Bible black heart, not like the Psalms with its, "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord," but like Revelations where God just smites people.
Elaine Deans
San Jose, CA
She had the kind of body that made a man want to have sex with her.
Barry J. Drucker
Bentonville, AR
As Kevin thumbed through the thick pages of the ancient manuscript lately found deep in the bowels of the Enzo family library in Castellino, with its depictions and detailed woodcuts of the morbid crimes committed during the Spanish Inquisition, he couldn't help but marvel at the serene faces of the Florentine martyrs (Italians are so much tougher than they look!) and thought that his own expression would differ slightly if he were being sawn in half using the crack of his butt as a straight-line.
Camille Barigar & Jeff Blick
Twin Falls, ID
There are certain people in the world who emanate an aura of well being -- they radiate sunshine, light up a room, bring out the best in others, and fill your half empty glass to overflowing - yes it was these very people thought Karl, as he sharpened his mirror-finished guthook knife, who were top of his list.
Jason Garbett
London, U.K.
Creeping slowly over the hill, the sun seemed to catch the small village nestled in the valley by surprise, which is a bit unusual really, as you'd think that something with a diameter of 865,000 miles and a surface temperature of 5780 degrees Kelvin, and which is more normally seen from 93,000,000 miles away, wouldn't be able to creep anywhere, let alone catch anything by surprise.
Malcolm Booth
Brinsworth, Rotherham, U.K.
"Let's see what this baby can do, Virgil," said Wyatt, as he floored the Charger, brushing a Dart out of the way, sideswiping an oncoming Lancer, rear-ending a Diplomat, and demolishing a row of Rams before catapulting head-on into the sheriff's Viper -- realizing that we'd indeed missed the turn-off to Abilene and ended up instead, in Dodge City.
Paul Curtis
Randburg, South Africa
Though her beloved Roger had departed hours ago, Lila remained in their rumpled bed, daydreaming about his strong arms, soulful eyes, and how, when he first fell asleep, his snoring sounded not unlike two grizzly bears fighting over a picnic basket full of sandwiches, but as he drifted off into deeper slumber, his snoring became softer, perhaps as if the bears decided just to rock-paper-scissors for it instead.
Lili R. Lillie
Alamo, CA
I hadn't fallen in love with Monique because of her intellectual level--she referred to the 6th grade as her "senior" year--or her habit of eating popcorn off the floor of theaters during movies--okay, so maybe love is a bad archer with a low IQ--but you couldn't carve a finer or shapelier figure out of a hedge.
Robert B. Robeson
Lincoln, Nebraska
Emerging from the dark and dusty wine cellar of Lord Parker after a year of fattening up on wine, truffles, and caviar, head butler Hastings, sans his servility and his tan, was well larded and ready to slip into the Lord's slippers after pickling Parker in a punt of port.
Jay Solmonson
Orinda, CA
The day started out as uneventfully as any other, and continued thus to midday and from there it was nothing at all to ease into an evening of numbing, undiluted monotony that survived unmarred by even the least act of momentary peculiarity-in fact, let's skip that day altogether and start with the day after.
Jon Starr
Rumford, ME
As usual, Mr. Riddle came home from work, and, as usual, took the toy poodle, Fluffy, out for her walk, and, as usual, Fluffy "did her business" at the usual places, first at the bush, second, on the sidewalk, and third, in the grass, so that there, on the pavement, was evidence of Fluffy's evening sojourn: Mr. Riddle's little poodle's middle piddlle puddle.
Dr. Ford Sutherland
Venice, Florida
Watching Felicia walk into the bar was like watching two fat Rottweilers in yellow spandex and spike heels that had treed a scrawny bleach blond cat at the top of a skinny flagpole that for some reason had decided to sprout casaba melons.
Melissa Alliston
Coraopolis, PA
Her name was Mauve, like the color of paint, which was apt: not only was she "pretty as a painting," she was also "smart as paint," and certainly as thin (assuming sufficient solvents had been added); she was, however, Arnold discovered when she stepped from the shower, a lot more fun to watch dry.
Steven W Alloway
Granada Hills, CA
When he concentrated, his thick black eyebrows furrowed, looking not unlike a pair of Hypercompe scribonia caterpillars on a collision course over the bridge of his nose, but unlike them, his eyebrows would never evolve into giant leopard moths, and would find better places to hover after nightfall than around her 40-watt backporch light.
Jane Auerbach
Los Angeles CA
Earthy ochre and russet hues in the lifeless leaves which rustle under his feet, and spiral down from the majestic trees above, signal that October has now arrived, but of course he knew this already because he has a calendar above his breakfast bar in the kitchen.
Roz Black
Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
As she skipped past the giant mushroom Alice was not surprised -- because, after all, she had always suspected it was opium and not simply hookah, as many Lewis Carroll defenders had claimed, and tar heroin had since become a much cheaper and more available alternative -- to see the track marks up and down the Caterpillar's abdomen.
Chris Carlos
City of Industry, CA
Ted feared that the line between his jobs as plastic surgeon and butcher was blurring when he found himself injecting Botox into a rump roast he was preparing for his wife and mother-in-law, who was a decent person except for the hideous wart on her nose that begged to be removed -- a simple task for his boning knife.
Wayne Carmichael
Tyler, TX
The homicide detective was an aging woman with a crusty and somewhat ill-tempered personality, an individual who reminded me of the kind of woman my mother, a Sunday-school teacher, would have been if she had been a crusty and somewhat ill-tempered homicide detective.
Bill Crumpler
McKinney, TX
Lonely as I might like to feel - the helplessness of loneliness, and its simulation, is so responsibility-relieving it fills me with relief of the sort we feel after using the urinal after a long funeral of an elderly relative we had never met - I write this, dear reader, because a writer talks to a word processor because he does not trust a real person.
Surit Das, BR
New Delhi, India
Her lips were full and wanting in the kind of way that your tongue anticipates the happy burn of Hunan beef followed by the cooling swill of cheap beer, but never a malt liquor, as that would bruise the delicate tang of monosodium glutamate, the kind that only Sue Hong uses, that probably exacerbates her water retention, causing her lips to be unnaturally full and plump and always thirsty.
Larry Davick
San Francisco, California
I heard her husky breathing as she came up the stairs, breathing exactly the way a sled dog breathes after competing in the Iditatrod as she sauntered into the room her hips swiveling from side to side like a Sherman M-4 tank with a 75mm gun forcing its way through the hedgerows of Normandy after D-Day in 1944.
Bruce Hannem
Citrus Heights CA
It was a dark and stormy night, except when the lightning flashed, because then it wasn't dark; it sort of turned the windows into a giant disco ball for a moment, but eventually the thunder and lightning stopped and it settled down to a steady light rain, so then it really was dark, but it would probably be a stretch to call it stormy.
Laura Loomis
Pittsburg, CA
Tom and Kelly's relationship had hit a dead end, like that road in your neighborhood when you were little that everyone used to throw their old chairs away at, and then the kids would use them to build forts.
Diana Maloney
Northampton, MA
Fittingly for a butcher, Carl resembled a fresh turkey - pale, knobby, and large through the middle with spindly appendages - and as he was wont to do on slow days, he had nearly finished reassembling the hams, loins, and chops into something approaching a pig when she walked in - long, flat, and lean, like a flank steak, radiating a heat that would cause him to flush, then darken, and, eventually, to crisp up deliciously.
David K. Mullen
Batesville, IN
Vito watched as Robert squirmed in his life vest while the Great White brushed against his chum-soaked and shackled body, but it wasn't until the terrible fish circled back, finally ending Robert's evening, that Vito, with the vision of the legless torso undulating up and down in the Farallon current had his epiphany, and uncovered one of life's truly great mysteries: when you shorten Robert you really do get bob.
Paul Olson
San Jose, CA
Carey, unnerved by an affair that had suffered through weeks of volatility, walked unsteadily, her dress etching complex runes in the fine patina of dust along the antiquated floor, to a rose-scented box of love letters in a vain attempt to find solace, like a security fund struggling to find liquidity in the US sub-prime mortgage market.
Ray Pasimio
Chicago, Illinois
As a cold winter sun was just rising above the lonely French village of Vicres-le-Buffeur, the forlorn figure of a man dressed in rich Arabian silks could be seen crouching in the center of the market square, crying softly and cradling in his arms the limp and lifeless body of what appeared to be a large hamster.
Arndt Pawelczik
Hennef, Germany
The band had stopped almost two hours ago, the musicians had packed up their horns and strings and were halfway to Biloxi, but the lone couple on the dance floor moved to their own silent music as they clung to each other like barnacles on the rusty hull of an old oil tanker with a belly full of sweet crude hoping to drop their hook at the Big Easy before the dancing stopped.
James Macdonald
Vancouver B.C.
Like almost every other post-Hegelian neo-hipster angst monkey at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Rene flatly rejected the labels society placed upon him.
Bob Salsbury
Spokane Valley, WA
It was common knowledge around town that Bill drank like a fish, the kind of fish that consumes large quantities of cheap scotch on a daily basis.
Brent Sheppard
Morganton, NC
The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day -- though the Little Leaguers themselves, who all attended Mudville's famed Albert Einstein School for Science and Technology, were certainly very, very smart.
Stephen A. Silver
San Francisco, CA
The penguin stood on the iceberg, cutting a striking black-on-white profile, much like the silhouette produced by a person standing behind a screen in front of a bright light while holding up a Twinkie to represent the penguin and placing it atop a Yorkshire terrier to represent the iceberg.
Sarah Totton
Owen Sound, Ontario
Although the family resemblance was almost palpable, there was no glint of recognition in the eyes of the separated-at-birth-but-nearly-identical quintuplets--Pixie, Trixie, Moxie, Gertie, and Howard--as they reached for the same size-10 champagne-colored lace Teddy in Filene's basement that fateful Thursday morning.
Julia Tryk
Shaker Heights, OH
Sandy applied a fresh coat of lipstick, snapped her gum and pulled the specially-made thigh-high waders on for one last time before the New Year rang in; Anchorage didn't hold much for a girl from the Bronx, but Catherine the Great, in a snowdrift, had become her specialty.
Jane Louise Thalken
Shenandoah, IA
The tiny boat got tossed around on the ocean like a pinball in a pinball game played by a player who was really good at hitting all of those bumper things to get a really high score.
Maile Valentine
Lakeland, FL
Rudy's feline senses tingled as he watched Minerva pour a glass of milk, thrusting his tongue outward involuntarily, urging him to inexplicably lick his hand and smooth his cowlick, but he could not let Minerva know about the vampire kitten that had sucked his neck--attacking him with a feral ferocity that belied its adorable whiskered face--and how the meowing and purring that had become an integral part of their lovemaking was really just an injection of half-dead Calico.
Tara Lazar
Basking Ridge, NJ
Town mayor Alvaredo Sanchez, in defense of Carmelita's indubitable honor, cracked the very expensive ocean-mist smoky-blue bottle of worm-in-bottom tequila over the badly balding head of his political opponent senior Montaya Gonzales, who runs the Toyota factory in town.
Randy R. Wise
Paradise, TX
Gripping his terrified victim by her sensual slender neck with his foul piercing talons like a lawnspiker, Igor the Terrible bellowed, "How do you want to die? over the coals? with a plastic bag over your head? with your blond hair seeped in red blood? in agony? today? tomorrow? -- hurry up, please, my fingers are getting sore."
Edward Vincent Tennant
Edgemead, Cape Town, South Africa
Surveying his shattered and splintered ship, Baskin pronounced it wrecked, glanced at his first mate, Robbins, and began a careful assessment of his new surroundings: sand as white as whipped cream, lush greenery layered like a cake against the fruit-filled treeline, a vanilla sky blended into an evening as dark as chocolate with a pie-shaped moon, prompting him to wonder aloud, "what's so unappetizing about being stranded on a desserted island?"
Jay Dardenne
Baton Rouge, LA
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Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
I liked this one
I think we'll be seeing it under Skinny's moniker in the Pun times section before long.
Vowing revenge on his English teacher for making him memorize Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality," Warren decided to pour sugar in her gas tank, but he inadvertently grabbed a sugar substitute so it was actually Splenda in the gas.
I think we'll be seeing it under Skinny's moniker in the Pun times section before long.
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MEMBERS of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) will be taking part in yet more industrial action over proposed changes to firefighters' pensions.
Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service has been informed that members of the union plan to strike from 9am on June 12 to 9am on June 13 - the unions first 24-hour strike.
Then again, from 10amon Saturday, June 21 to 5pm the same day.
The national trade dispute between the FBU and the Government relates to proposed changes to pensions.
A ballot result last year provided the FBU with a mandate to take industrial action.
It affects all operational staff who are members of the FBU and are eligible to join a firefighters pension scheme.
If strike action takes place on these dates it will result in a significant reduction of the service's available resources.
However, plans are in place to continue to provide appropriate emergency fire cover which will provide a basic service and will aim to prioritise the most urgent calls ahead of other responses.
Area commander Keith Chance, from Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service, said: "While the industrial action is on-going we will still be responding to 999 calls, but we will be asking members of the public to take extra steps to reduce the risk of a fire breaking out in their home.
"This is the first 24-hour strike being taken by the FBU during this dispute and we appreciate that members of the public may be concerned by this, however, I would like to reassure them that we will have plans in place to cover this strike period.
"We would ask people to ensure they have working smoke alarms in their homes as this can provide them with an early warning if a fire should break out in their home.
"We have lots of fire safety advice for residents and businesses on our website hwfire.org.uk Above all else please remain vigilant."


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RESIDENTS of Norton Road in Comberton, Kidderminster, were evacuated by police after a bomb was discovered.
The explosive device was found in a pile of metal brought onto the estate by a scrap merchant.
Officers from West Mercia Police cordoned off the road and surrounding areas, while bomb disposal experts removed the item and made the neighbourhood safe.
Members of the public were taken to St Chad's Church community hall where they were given drinks and kept up-to-date.
After two hours members of the public were allowed back to their homes.
Superintendent Kevin Purcell, who is responsible for North Worcestershire, tweeted: "Norton Road, Comberton, Kidderminster this afternoon. Evacuation as device considered a potential threat. Military to remove. Not terrorism."
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DANCERS from Chandler's Ford have been selected to take part in an international dance showcase.
On November 2 students from the SJ Academy of Dance will take part at the fourth annual Dance Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.
They will perform with 23 other acts in front of a wide-ranged audience, including such revered dance experts as Strictly Come Dancing judge Darcey Bussell, Kimberly Wyatt and Wayne Sleep OBE.
Sally O'Rourke, principal of SJ Academy of Dance, said: "We are especially thrilled to be able to perform at the Royal Albert Hall. It is an experience they will never forget. It gives the children the opportunity to perform to a really high standard and we know they will enjoy every minute.
"We are so lucky to have such a great teacher, Donna Claffey, who choreographed our chosen tap routine."
Darcey Bussell CBE, patron of Dance Proms and president of the Royal Academy of Dance, said: "Dance Proms is an important event because it promotes and champions the very best young dance talent. It also reflects the pure enjoyment that is gained by dancing, especially in groups. Every year I am amazed at the young dancers who wow us with their skill, creativity and extraordinary talent.
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I enjoyed the camaraderie at UCF and the abundant amount of resources that was available to me. UCF really does promote itself on diversity and I definitely felt that I was apart of the family here. Fortunately, UCF also has a plentiful amount of connections, which could be used by students to find a future job prospect via internship opportunities. This is due to the fact that UCF is a partnership university, forming contracts with fortune 500 companies, thus fostering many careers. Although I expected this, I really did not appreciate the large class sizes that UCF had to offer, it was quite difficult to get one on one interactions with the professor. Furthermore, it was difficult to make meaningful connections with colleagues in class due to its interpersonal atmosphere created in auditorium style classes, thus I made most of my friends through work and clubs. Overall, UCF was a great University and I do not regret attending this great school. Go Knights!
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I've got myself all confused with transferring over my partners site to a different host! Ill try to explain the best I can.
We had our hosting account and domain through Justhost (bluebelle-beauty.com)
We stopped the hosting with JustHost and moved to 1and1 - (not the best choice ever!!!)
Account is created at 1and1 (beautyatbluebelle.co.uk) and website is moved over.
Here is the problem......
The bluebelle-beauty (justhost) is redirecting to beautyatbluebelle (1and1), is this best practise? I dont even want the beautyatbluebelle domain it just came with the package - all our clients are aware of the old website address and all our marketing is based around this one. This is also top in google searches.
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Of course not. JustHost will stop as soon as your account runs out. Go to the registrar for your domain and update the pointers to 1&1. Better yet, find a good host and transfer there now as, once you redirect, you'll not be allowed to redirect again for 60 days (at least I had that problem in the past).
Thanks for the reply DK - I dont think I have made myself clear above. I have already pointed my domain to 1AND1 from Justhost. My hosting is now with 1and1 for 12 months.
The problem I am having is the Justhost domain I want as my main domain but all it is doing is redirecting to the 1and1 domain
Okay, I'm still confused. Are you leaving any domains active at JustHost? Which domain was the account's main domain (typically, all "add-on" domains are subdomains of the main domain)? The answers to these questions are critical.
If the old domain is owned by JustHost (typical of "free domains"), they may not be willing to release it to you for use at another host. For the remainder of that account's life, you'll need to use a redirection (at JustHost) to 301 redirect to the new domain at 1&1.
# Redirect all requests to the new domain at 1&1
Redirect 301 / http://beautyatbluebelle.co.uk
Obviously, it becomes much more complicated if there are other domains involved (and if you've CLOSED the JustHost account).
Your domain came with the hosting package of Justhost.
Did you transfer your domain also to 1-and-1?It appears that you bought hosting from 1-and-1 but your domain is still with Justhost. If so then please transfer domain also.Good luck
bluebelle-beauty.com is registered until 20th December 2012, according to the WhoIs. (It appears to be registered through JustHost, rather than to JustHost.) You should therefore be able to log into the account for the domain name at JustHost and change the nameservers to point to the new hosting account at 1 and 1.
The DNS name server change should do the trick. Make sure the old account (hosting) is fully closed and all deleted.
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From Our 2010 Archives
Are 2 Tasks the Limit of Multitasking?
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Study Shows the Brain May Be Able to Do 2 Demanding Tasks at Once
Denise Mann
Reviewed By Laura J. Martin, MD
April 15, 2010 -- Multitasking may seem like the only way to get ahead in today's fast-paced, 24/7 society, but new research shows that we can really only handle two complicated tasks at a time. The findings appear online in the April 15 issue of the journal Science.
Sylvain Charron, PhD, and Etienne Koechlin, PhD, of Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale in Paris, used functional magnetic resonance imaging to monitor changes in the brains of 31 volunteers who completed one complex task at a time, and then again when they completed two tasks simultaneously. The tasks involved letter sequencing.
When the volunteers completed one task, sections of the frontal cortex on both sides of the brain lit up. However, when they were asked to temporarily stop one task and start another, the activity in the regions on the left lobe corresponded to the first task and the activity on the right lobe corresponded to the second task. This suggests that when we try to do two complex things at once, our brain divides, with each half devoting itself to one task. When researchers introduced a third task to their experiment, participants made even more errors.
As a result of these findings, we are "limited to driving the pursuit of two concurrent goals simultaneously," the researchers write.
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"This was a fairly demanding task," points out Mark Mapstone, PhD, an assistant professor of cognitive behavioral neurology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, N.Y.
"A lot of things that we do during the day don't demand that much," he says. For example, "walking and chewing gum is not cognitively demanding."
That said, the findings "suggest that there are limitations and we can't handle an infinite number of things at once," he says. "It is not a good idea to drive and talk on cell phone at the same time."
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Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall
delivered a dire warning in her 10th Annual Address to the Legal
Community: "Justice is in jeopardy in Massachusetts," she told
nearly 200 people at the John Adams Courthouse on Oct. 21.
Marshall, who was recognized with the Massachusetts Bar
Association's Chief Justice Edward F. Hennessey Award on her tenth
anniversary as chief justice, used the annual speech to convey how
serious the situation is, rather than chart how much progress the
courts have made, as she has done in past years.
"By year's end, Trial Court staffing levels will be slightly more
than two-thirds of the appropriate - the necessary - levels
identified for us by an independent, objective model developed by
the National Center for State Courts, the nation's expert on that
subject," she said.
Several district courts have been relocated, she noted, and leases
for rented spaces have been terminated. "The closure of court
sessions, the closure of more courthouses, is inevitable -
inevitable - if the already decimated Trial Court budget is further
reduced," she said.
Marshall expressed frustration that the courts have been hit
harder than other departments of state government.
"The judicial branch is being asked to absorb a disproportionate
amount of the necessary reductions in government spending," she
said, noting that the judicial branch accounts for just 2.1 percent
of state spending. The court department has reduced its workforce
7.5 percent, she said, greater than other departments.
"Are we now prepared to tell a woman who seeks a protective order
for herself and her children to come back next week because budget
cuts have forced the court to close for a day or more?
State leaders are saying the situation is even worse than they'd
anticipated a year ago, and more cuts will be needed.
"Here is the truly dismal news: the bleeding has just begun,"
Marshall told the audience. "The budgetary forecasts for fiscal
year 2011 and fiscal year 2012 presage more fiscal pain. Who will
bear the brunt of this pain? Everyone who seeks access to our
"I do not point fingers," she said. "As chief justice, however,
as one who has labored long and hard to bring lasting
reform to the administration of justice in the commonwealth, and to
broaden access to justice, as one who is passionate about the
importance of courts to a free people, I cannot, I shall not,
ignore that our courts are at a moment of peril."
She concluded by urging lawyers and court staff to speak up and
contact the Legislature and governor.
For more information on the MBA's Fourth Annual Bench-Bar
Symposium and additional information about Marshall's award, look
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7 financial lies people tell their spouses
January 13, 2012
Communication is a cornerstone of a successful marriage, and nothing undermines communication like deception. Unfortunately, money is one of the most common things people lie about, and mistruths on that topic can pose a serious threat to any marriage.
Habitual lies on things such as income, spending, gambling and debt can test the fabric of any union and ultimately erode the level of trust -- a vital part of any relationship.
A recent MoneyRates.com/MSN.com poll, conducted between Jan. 16-20, asked respondents which of the financial lies below they were most likely to tell their spouses. Review the results below to see whether you're likely to tell any of these lies to your husband or wife:
1. "We're not made of money!"
Claiming you can't afford something you just didn't want to buy: 39 percent (3,764 votes)
Sharing the resources that go into a household budget is a matter of compromise. Even if you are the sole or primary bread-winner, there needs to be some consensus on financial matters, including major purchases. If you reflexively use the excuse "we can't afford it" to shoot down requests that you don't like, you face a conflict the next time you want to buy something that is equally discretionary.
This kind of discussion comes up frequently when the needs of children are involved, and unless you and your spouse reach a thoughtful consensus, you risk always being the "bad cop" in the eyes of your kids.
2. "I can't remember the exact price."
Downplaying how much you spent on something: 27 percent (2,594 votes)
People often feel guilty when they overspend, and they tend to sound guilty as well. How much did that cost? "Oh, it was on sale" or "I don't know exactly -- it wasn't much." If these answers sound deceptive, it's because they are. This kind of deception can create suspicions that may be worse than the reality.
Perhaps worst of all, you may also be reinforcing your own bad spending habits. If you won't be accountable to your spouse, chances are that you won't be accountable to yourself for how much you spend.
3. "What credit card bill?"
Concealing how much debt you have: 9 percent (876 votes)
People come into relationships with all sorts of baggage: health problems, childhood traumas, emotional scars from past relationships and so on. Financially, a common form of baggage people bring to a relationship is a debt burden. The instinct to lie about it comes from the fear that a potential spouse won't want to share in your financial problems.
However, since debt doesn't go away easily, it is almost inevitable that you will eventually be caught in this kind of lie. If that happens, it's anyone's guess whether your spouse will be more upset by the credit card bill itself or the fact that you didn't feel comfortable disclosing it earlier.
4. "I broke even."
Not admitting the extent of gambling losses: 9 percent (818 votes)
According to the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, 75 percent of problem gamblers are in debt because of their habit, and 25 percent have committed crimes as a result. Given such damaging consequences, perhaps it is inevitable that some people would lie about gambling losses, but this deception only compounds the problem.
Lying about gambling can delay the decisions necessary to address financial difficulties, and stand in the way of getting help for someone with a serious addiction. And perhaps most damagingly, lying about gambling can ultimately demonstrate that the habit is coming between you and your spouse.
5. "My paycheck was a little lean this time."
Understating how much you earn: 8 percent (769 votes)
You might think people would be more likely to overstate what they earn rather than understate it, but the latter is exactly what some people do. Obviously, the objective here isn't to impress; instead, it's more about control. By understating income, a person may seek to retain exclusive control over a portion of that income -- a sort of "slush fund" that is withheld from the household budget.
Remember, though, if you file your taxes jointly, your spouse also has to sign the return. There's a good chance he or she will spot the unexpectedly high income number on that return, and you'll have to explain why you've been selfish and untrustworthy.
6. "Of course you can get it."
Acting as if you can afford something you really can't: 7 percent (652 votes)
The opposite side of the coin from refusing to spend money on anyone but yourself is being too eager to please others. Being generous is admirable to a degree, but if it reaches the point of buying things you can't afford, it becomes a from of enabling. It allows your spouse to ignore the realities of a household budget, which can put all of your finances in jeopardy.
Remember, you can only stretch debt so far, and if you create the expectation that you can always meet every financial request, the disappointment will be all the greater when, inevitably, you can't.
7. "I do pretty well for myself."
Overstating how much you earn: 1 percent (134 votes)
This type of lie might begin during the dating phase of a relationship. After all, you want to demonstrate that you are successful in your work, so maybe you create the impression that you earn more than you really do. The problem is, it's hard to walk back from this kind of lie once you start telling it.
Certainly, if the relationship turns serious, you'll be expected to provide that inflated income for the household budget, which could lead to an embarrassing situation. Better to be truthful from the start: Establish yourself as someone savvy enough to live within your means, whatever those means happen to be.
Finally, here's a tip: Just because you see other people lie to their spouses about money, that's no excuse for you to do it. If you want a happier-than-average marriage, start by being more truthful than average with your spouse on money matters.
Have something you'd like to share about financial deception in relationships? Share it below in the comments section.
Your responses to '7 financial lies people tell their spouses'
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20 August 2013 at 6:07 am
I've probably committed all of the lies except the gambling one. I have the numbers to show we can afford much more than we spend. We are well within budget. Part of the problem is the fact that the spouse won't spend money on many essentials. e.g. she won't have the locks on her care fixed because she can live with only being able to unlock her car by remote control. When her battery on the remote went, I had to rescue her. I also like to eat out now and then which I can never get her to do. So I skim a little money off the paycheck to get a Big Mac not and then. Two people are rarely in agreement on exactly where to spend their monies. I think the key here is to never be in debt. Pay all your bills when you get them and make sure there is enough to handle emergencies. If you are currently living from paycheck to paycheck it is time to reevaluate the household budget. That is the time not to eat out, and avoid fixing things you can work around.


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Nested at the end of one of the secondary derbs (dead-end) leading to the main street of the charming Medina of Essaouira, the riad jemalhi mogador is both well situated and easily accessible. Built on the classical plan of the traditional 'Souiri' houses, we access immediately after the entrance to the patio of the house, real heart of it, in which you will find a garden with fountain. Two Moroccan lounges, one with a fire place, also open on the patio, as well as the kitchen from where escape the delicious and exquisite smells of a various flavours cuisine. Set on two floors, each room is equipped with a private bathroom and toilets. From the top floor, you will be able to admire the magnificent sky of Essaouira, listen to the seagulls singing, and discretely observe the surrounding terraces. Being currently built, it will be soon possible to relax in a outside lounge under a pergola, and to enjoy the hot or cool hours, according to the season,
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The Tall Man, NITV, 8.30pm
IN 2004, Cameron Doomadgee was arrested on the streets of his native Palm Island. He was allegedly drunk, and swearing at the policeman earned him a trip in the divvy van to the lock-up. Less than one hour later, the robust, 36-year-old island man was found dead in his cell. Numerous inquiries and inquests were held to establish the cause of his unnatural death, which focused on the white copper, Christopher Hurley, the tall man of the title, who took him into custody. It is through the prism of Doomadgee's death and Hurley's consistent pleas of innocence that Tony Krawitz's multi-award-winning film looks at the disturbing topic of Aboriginal deaths in custody. Via the testimonies of Hurley and another man who witnessed the events, the film pieces together a strong-yet-inconclusive case for what happened after Doomadgee entered the station. We may never know what actually happened, which is, in part, the question The Tall Man addresses. Based on Chloe Hooper's book of the same name, the film has a far larger scope than Hurley's innocence or guilt. What emerges is a revealing portrait of Palm Island, its dark history and equally dark present, and the deeply entrenched culture of distrust and conflict between indigenous and non-indigenous Australia. But it's the quietly measured tone and slow-burning narrative that lends this artful documentary its considerable power and unsettling insights into a sad chapter of Australian life and history.
Under Fire: Journalists in Combat, SBS One, 9.30pm
MANY times during this gruelling, firsthand account of what journalists have witnessed in war zones, you find yourself thinking you would rather not see or hear what is about to unfold. Which is perhaps precisely the point Martyn Burke's interview-based documentary wants to make about those rare individuals who report on wars and genocides straight from the front line. Delving into the motivations and high personal costs paid by cameramen and reporters in the hell zones of Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone and Bosnia, it's a confronting investigation that leaves the viewer mulling the risks, responsibilities, wounds and guilt these reporters bear, not to mention the horrific human tragedies to which they bear witness. Among the quarry are Jon Steele, Paul Watson, Finbarr O'Reilly and Tim Hetherington, who was killed only weeks after missing out on an Academy Award for his documentary Restrepo.
The Cult, Channel Seven, 10.30pm
NEW Zealand has exported some quality items to Australia - wine, cheese, Russell Crowe - but regrettably, this 2009 TV series isn't one of them. The premise of The Cult is that over the years, various people have disappeared. One day, their families are alerted to their existences, in an enclave deep in the bush where they are under the control of a charismatic cult leader, who, despite looking like an extra from a Duran Duran video and speaking like a New Age charlatan, exerts total control over them. Their families have set up camp in a nearby log cabin, from where they hatch a plan to rescue their loved ones. The twist, if that's what you can call it, is that the liberators have their own dirty secrets and pasts, which come back to haunt them. It's supposed to be creepy and suspenseful, but the two-dimensional characterisations, hammy acting and soap-opera contrivances leave those ambitions dead in their tracks.


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Adventure Time, Mickey Mouse And TRON Artists Win Outstanding Individual Achievement Emmys
A few of our favorite animated projects and their creators were recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences this week with awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. Unsurprisingly Adventure Time's Andy Ristaino won for character design while the new Mickey Mouse short, "Croissant de Triomphe," earned artists Jenny Gase-Baker and Joseph Holt prizes in background paint and art direction, respectively. Of course the superlative work of Alberto Mielgo on TRON: Uprising was honored with an art direction trophy, which just makes the cancelation of that most impressive new adventure series sting all the more.


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SCAD to host annual SCADDY awards Feb. 15
/The 7th Annual SCADDY Awards ceremony, to be held Feb. 15, celebrates the best in student advertising and related creative disciplines./
The Savannah College of Art and Design will honor student achievement in the advertising arts and related creative disciplines at its 7th Annual SCADDY Awards ceremony, scheduled for Friday, Feb. 15, at 6 p.m., at Arnold Hall, 1810 Bull St.
SCAD students from advertising, graphic design, illustration, photography, animation, motion media, visual effects, writing, and film and television entered more than 2,000 pieces into this year's competition.
A judging panel of respected industry professionals has reviewed the student submissions and decided the winners. Winners of Gold SCADDY Awards will be forwarded to the National ADDY Award Competition, the advertising industry's awards competition for professionals, and can from there advance from local to regional and national-level competitions.
SCADDY Award sponsors will also present awards honoring student work. For the second consecutive year, Draftfcb, one of the largest global advertising agency networks, will present the Draftfcb Award Show Grant, a $5,000 prize to the student whose project is named best-in-show. Razorfish, one of the world's largest interactive agencies, will present a $3,000 prize to the winning entry in the online category, and B&H Photography will award a $200 gift card.
Admission to the 7th Annual SCADDY Awards ceremony is free and open to the public, however seating is limited. Award-winning student video, including animation, television commercials and on-screen graphics will be shown during the ceremony.
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OTTAWA -- A scientist discovers one of the biggest holes in the ozone layer ever found is sitting over the Arctic, but after his report is published in a respected scientific journal, the Canadian government won't let him speak and writes his responses to media questions for him.
Scientists at an international conference in Montreal are shadowed by government communications staff to make sure they comply with an order not to speak publicly on the issue of polar science.
A reporter can't get information from Canada about a scientific research experiment but gets the information from an American agency in mere minutes.
It may seem like part of a paranoid 1984-like dreamland, but these are all things that actually have happened in Canada in the last few years.
The Environmental Law Centre at the University of Victoria and the national lobby group Democracy Watch say it has to stop.
The two last week wrote jointly to federal information commissioner Suzanne Legault, asking her to investigate whether the government is violating the Access to Information Act by enacting policies that make it difficult, if not impossible, for the public to even know what kind of scientific research is being done and therefore unable to know what records to request.
"There are few issues more fundamental to democracy than the ability of the public to access scientific information produced by government scientists -- information that their tax dollars have paid for," the groups wrote in their letter Feb. 20. "We as a society cannot make informed choices about critical issues if we are not fully informed of the facts."
A 128-page report, Muzzling Civil Servants: A Threat to Democracy, was attached to the letter. It was the result of research done by law student Clayton Greenwood. It lists numerous examples of scientists being muzzled or forced to deliver certain responses and specifics from government communications policies that clearly lean toward not telling the public much about anything, ever.
The fundamental disagreement is over who owns the information. Is it the politicians who run the government of the day or the taxpayers who actually paid for it and whom the government is supposed to serve?
The answer should be obvious. But then there is politics.
The concern of the government seems pretty clear. According to the muzzling report, Environment Canada in 2007, for example, enacted its first-ever formal media relations policy that includes requiring approval from the Privy Council Office before anyone can answer questions from the national press gallery or major media outlets.
The policy says the department should speak with one voice, have co-ordinated messages and even notes "interviews sometimes result in surprises to ministers and senior management."
Oh, the horror.
So it's all about controlling the message. But it also leaves open huge leeway to simply not report to the public the findings of scientific research or to report in such a way it doesn't conflict with government policies or ideology.
If there is a project that has leaked toxic substances into the water supply or the soil, wouldn't you want to know about it up front, not through some rainbows-and-unicorns version that lets the government downplay the problem, or worse, not tell you at all?
If there is a scientist who can explain why salmon are disappearing in a B.C. river, why can't she be allowed to speak to the public about her research?
Some may think this is the media whining about not getting information, but the media, be they mainstream outlets or independent bloggers or even a private citizen tweeting or posting information on Facebook, are the main way most Canadians get information about what the government is doing.
It's all well and good to have a communications strategy -- in fact, it's a necessity in the era of the 24-hour news cycle. But the strategy should be about facilitating the government's ability to respond, not about facilitating ways not to.
It will be very interesting to see how Legault responds to this latest request. She already doesn't think the government is that open. Just two weeks ago, she said the government's response to access-to-information requests has hit an all-time low. Legault even said Canadians should be "angry" about it.
But if Legault finds the government is in fact muzzling civil servants and violating its access to information law, there isn't much she can do about it. Unlike her counterparts in Britain and Australia, Legault can't order the government to do anything. All she can do is recommend changes.


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A MOTORIST suffered head injuries in a car crash in Burnley.
The man was involved in a collision on Long Causeway in Cliviger at 8.20pm on Thursday.
He managed to escape from his car following the accident, which did not involve any other vehicles.
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How to apply test scores to teacher evaluations
In response to "No 'badge of honor' for backing status quo" (Editorial, Jan. 9): There has been much discussion about whether or not to include standardized testing into teachers' evaluations. Much of the reluctance comes from teachers' fears that if their particular classes have students who speak English as a second language or students who have learning difficulties, comparisons with teachers who don't would be unfair.
I am a retired teacher and principal. There is a fairly simple way to address this at least in the elementary grades. When I was a principal, I took all the standardized test scores and figured out each individual teacher's API (Academic Performance Index) score. One can look at how much progress the students made compared to the year before. Of course it can't be done in the first year of testing (now second grade) but after that, it works quite well. How much did the students improve (or not improve) compared their scores the year before? It becomes quite obvious after a few years that some teachers' scores often do not improve while other teachers almost always show growth.
No one argues that testing should be the sole criteria for evaluations, but it can be done fairly and should be included. There are also well defined standards in place which principals should be using to evaluate teachers. I found, however, the best way to judge a teachers competence is for the principal to be in the classrooms every day … just observing. I tried to look for positive things going on in each class and leave notes for the teacher to encourage him of her. I could also mention maybe one area that might need a little improvement. Rather than wait for an end of the year or every other year evaluation, these ongoing interactions give the principal much more credibility when having to make difficult decisions about teachers. – Stewart Thornton, San Marcos
Your editorial on California education meant well, but missed the mark.
Michelle Rhee and Alan Bersin had no management training to run a large public school system and it showed. They looked for simplistic solutions and erroneously blamed teachers and their union. Their autocratic blame game was uninformed and harmful. Their castigation of teachers was not based on educational research. Their plans were not true education reform. Yes, evaluating teachers will always be an important part of education. However, this is not educational reform.
True education reform must be based on quality, replicated educational research. We know preschool makes a difference, but this would mean that we must figure out how to fund preschool for every child of poverty. That would be a great crusade for your newspaper. Research has also proven that career academies dramatically increase the high school graduation rate and provide every graduate with an employable skill. This would be another good crusade to undertake.
However, before serious education reform can begin, school funding must be stabilized and class size must be substantially reduced. Education reform is complex and solutions require multiple levels of effort by highly trained educational administrators. – James C. Wilson, Ed.D., Scripps Ranch
In response to "U.S. may leave no Afghanistan force" (Jan. 9): Why is the president shoving us out of Afghanistan, in essence negating 11 years of civil-military effort to defeat the Taliban's murderous hold on the country that sprouted terrorism against the West in general? The negotiating tactics over status of forces – legal jurisdiction over American and allied troops –is merely an excuse to cover an earlier pullout. American military leaders believe 10,000 troops will be necessary to contain a resurgent Taliban; the administration thinks 2,500 is about right. Many Americans think zero is the right number.
What is the president's strategy in Afghanistan? What's the foreign policy for the Middle East? Asia, Europe, Latin America? The past four years has been a continuation of a Bush foreign policy. What will be left after we leave Afghanistan? What's left over in Benghazi other than a shelf spot next to Fast and Furious?
The only "policy" facts are higher taxes and sequestration, which will doom any "Asia Pivot" strategy. – G.R. Worthington, Chula Vista
In response to "S.D. Unified considers reversing staffing cuts" (Local reports, Jan. 8) and "S.D. schools add 5 HR managers; cost $600k" (Local reports, Jan. 9): Said the politician to the voter: "Trust me! Just pass Proposition 30. We'll have smaller classrooms and more teachers. It'll solve all our problems; it's a panacea for education!" Said the voter to the politician: "Well, OK. But, remember, you promised!"
Two months later, Jan. 8, San Diego Unified works to restore administrative cuts made in the past few years because of the fiscal crisis. Two vacant positions and three human resources director positions will be filled. Then on Jan. 9, the San Diego School Board adds five management jobs to its human resources department. The school year remains reduced by five days; and nothing is said about classroom size or more teachers.
"How many times am I going to fall for that line?" said the voter, sadly shaking his head. "I never seem to learn." – Marilyn Prine, San Diego
In response to "Filner unveils mayoral staff" (Local, Jan. 8): As I read in the U-T, the mayor has appointed Donna Frye to be his new director of open government. Sounds good! I am certainly for open government.
But let's look a little deeper. What would we expect a person in this position to do? I guess that such person would be expected to spend 40 to 50 hours per week checking up on all of the people in City Hall to determine if there is anything of importance being kept from the public.
Is this really something that requires a director with a salary of $100,000 and a total cost likely to be in the range of $170,000 per year. Frankly, it does not sound like a position that would inspire an ambitious and talented person looking for major challenge.
I see this as just one of many examples that depicts the current era where government seeks to "sound righteous" and "look good." The establishment of open government is not a complex concept requiring "rocket science." I suggest to the mayor that he can achieve the goal of open government without the appointment of Ms. Frye, but rather based solely on the manner in which he conducts himself. He is the chief executive of our city and if he sets the right tone through his actions, the rest of the people at City Hall will follow.
We have a very precarious budget and a mountain of potholes to fill. Let's challenge the mayor to step up to the task of leading by example. – Charles Bohle, La Jolla
The local news Jan. 8 dramatically demonstrates two branches of local government going in very different directions.
On the positive side, Mayor Filner releases the names and salaries of his top 24 people to deal with the issues of the city of San Diego. And, we learn that salary is 6 percent greater than their actual salary will be, because the staff will take pay cuts to match other city employees.
On the negative side, San Diego Unified wants to add five senior personnel staff at salaries much higher than many members of Mayor Filner's staff. Money needs to be spent in the schools and classrooms of the districts for teachers, aides, nurses, custodians and others who directly contribute to children's' education and well-being. The same dollars spent on central office staff would translate into eight to 10 new teachers or nurses or about 30 aides and custodians. Of course, this is the same administration that wouldn't give their chief financial officer a raise. And instead the board needed to hire a headhunter to find a replacement at a salary that was greater than the chief financial officer who left.
The U-T's continuing coverage of the school bonds without early call provisions has been excellent. But, perhaps, it is time, given both the allegations in the South Bay and the plans of San Diego Unified, to focus some additional attention of more routine actions of boards of education that don't appear to maximize the amount of money spent at the school site and in the classrooms. – Alan C. Burye Sr., La Mesa
In response to "A president in need of an intervention" (Editorial, Jan. 8), implying Obama should stop out-of-control spending that resulted in a 50 percent increase in inflation-adjusted dollars since 2001 (without Medicare and Medicaid): Amazing to blame him for this increase since he has been responsible for only three of the 11 years since 2001. How about the first eight years of Bush budgets, with two unfunded wars and tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans? Not to mention the collapse of our financial institutions and a world economy in the gutter.
We need an intervention and reassurance; we also need Republican leadership to step up to working with long-term solutions that mitigate long-range problems, not reward special interests. I also believe in the tooth fairy and Santa Claus. – James Southerland, Point Loma
Your deep concern for our president's need for a fiscal policy intervention had me wondering where was your same concern for George W. Bush, who inherited a $236 billion surplus and left America with a $459 billion deficit. Could you direct us to that editorial? – Jack Flynn, La Mesa
So John Boehner spilled the beans on his conversations with the president during the fiscal cliff negotiations. Doesn't that say more about the speaker than it does the president?
Political negotiations are about give and take and discussions about ideas and philosophies as well as numbers. Going public with what may have been said in those negotiations when another round of difficult choices have to be discussed in the upcoming debt ceiling talks sounds more like posturing and dirt shoveling than a constructive attempt to resolve the nation's problems. The speaker's comments show a lack of seriousness and affects his credibility as someone who will negotiate in good faith. – Rob Cohen, San Diego
Thank you for your concern. However, "the family" of the United States did hold an intervention and billions of dollars were spent, much was discussed and the family took a democratic vote and decided said president will remain the head of "the family" for the next four years.
Thank you again for your concern and to use another popular analogy, physician heal thyself. – Daniel Logan, Chula Vista
In "Issa says he'll persist in role as watchdog" (Dec. 27), Darrell Issa, our representative, is listed as the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Let us give him and other members of Congress a few suggestions.
Eliminate all subsidies – yes, including milk. All products and businesses stand on their own.
Stop propping up the post office. It can cut delivery to three days a week, Monday-Wednesday-Friday for half of the city and Tuesday-thursday-Saturday the remainder.
Sell off unused /obsolete buildings as started previously. Employees resign or go on half-time.
Close the Department of Education. We have a state Department of Education that takes care of its own.
Do we need both Fannie and Freddie? Cut their funding in half.
Did the president and Congress recently get a raise? Cut their pay and staff in half.
I have many other suggestions but will leave others to submit theirs. – Ruth Sewell, San Diego
Now that the state has taken away the pot of gold for San Diego politicians to play with [redevelopment], it is probably not a good time to suggest some self-help ideas as we are not weaned from sucking on the public teat. However, it may be time to start getting serious about pooling the collective will and investing what meager resources which might remain into some projects that have gone begging because we were too busy spending the state giveaway on high-flying white elephants.
Two simple, really good ideas come to mind: a second entrance to San Diego Bay and development of the neglected southern shore of South Bay. I understand that there are several entities that believe or know that they have a commanding presence on both these enterprises, but the fact that none of these entities have recognized or energized ANY industry to address either issue in any way is a clear testimonial that none of these entities exercise any command or presence whatsoever.
We are at the point where if anything is to get done then the people must organize, assume command prepare and execute a plan that will produce a second entrance and develop the southern shore of the South Bay. – Charles Sanders, San Diego
Even though I've been a Sierra Club member for over 30 years, I am adamantly opposed to those miserable seals which have taken over the Children's Pool.
What would Mrs. Ellen Scripps say? She had the jetty built specifically to provide a safe place for young children to swim and play. My parents took me and my two sisters to the Children's Pool in the '40s and '50s. How wonderful it was. Mrs. Scripps did not have the jetty built to provide a place for seals to breed, foul the water and prevent children and adults from enjoying the beautiful cove which she created.
Where else is there a safe and secure place for tiny children to enjoy the water in safe, peaceful, beautiful surroundings? La Jolla Shores? Boomer Beach? I don't think so. This is the last bastion. We must take a stand to safeguard the integrity of the Children's Pool (which the seal lovers call "Casa Beach," pretending that the "Children's" portion of the name is irrelevant.)
The seals are a noisy nuisance. More importantly, they are also a great snack for sharks which at some point are going to gobble up either a seal or a swimmer brave enough to enter the polluted water. – Myrna Wosk, La Jolla


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After decades of whining and worry, America's dependence on foreign energy is undergoing a radical about-face.
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Former Astronaut and NASA Official to Speak at Michigan Tech Commencement May 3
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Leland D. Melvin, former astronaut and associate administrator for education at NASA, will be the featured speaker at Michigan Technological University's Spring Commencement on Saturday, May 3.
At commencement, the University will honor the achievements of nearly 1,000 graduates, including 747 students receiving bachelor's degrees, 203 master's degree candidates and 38 PhD graduates.
Melvin was responsible for NASA's education programs, strengthening awareness of the agency's scientific goals and missions. He traveled across the country talking about space exploration with teachers and students, using NASA's unique mission to promote interest in STEM education.
Melvin began his NASA career in 1989 as an aerospace research engineer and entered NASA's astronaut corps in 1998, operating the robotic arm on two space shuttle missions to the International Space Station.
He serves on the White House National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education, or CoSTEM. CoSTEM coordinates STEM education and programs for all federal agencies, encourages the teaching of innovation and entrepreneurship, and develops and implements a five-year STEM education strategy for all federal agencies. He was the US representative on the International Space Education Board, a collaboration among NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, the European Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and the Centre National d'Études Spatiales.
Melvin earned a BS in Chemistry from the University of Richmond, where he excelled as a wide receiver. He was an NCAA Division I Academic All-American and was inducted into the university's Athletic Hall of Fame. Injuries sidelined his professional football career, and he went on to earn his MS in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.


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From what I have read so far, I think S.A. are a little more settled, experienced, and stronger overall than the Aussies. We have question marks over a couple of our players, the No. 3 batting spot is a merry go round, and I don't think either Aussie opener is "reliable" in the Tubby Taylor mould. Should be a good series.
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