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The National Hockey League (NHL) and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) inched closer to an agreement on Monday that would free players to take part in the next year's Sochi Winter Olympics.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, IIHF chief Rene Fasel and NHL players' association boss Donald Fehr met for five hours at the league's New York offices and left expressing confidence an agreement was nearly in place.
"There are still some 'I's to dot and 'T's to cross," Bettman told reporters. "We are on track and things are moving along, I think it is fair to say we are not quite ready to announce it's done.
"There's still a little bit of work to do but on most issues, not all issues, there is a pretty good understanding of where we need to be.
"We're on a compact schedule and everybody is working hard and we seem to be pulling the oars in the same direction."
NHL owners and officials have long been unhappy with what they perceive as second class treatment by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and are seeking some form of compensation for shutting down for two weeks in the middle of the season and releasing the players.
The key issues standing in the way of an agreement center around travel, insurance and hospitality for players' and owners' families.
The NHL also wants to be treated more like a rights holder or top sponsor and to trade on the Olympic brand to help sell and promote the league.
All sides will now report back to their members but the clock is ticking to get the agreement done with the start of the 2014 Winter Games a little over seven months away.
"We had a very constructive meeting," said Fasel. "I am very happy and pleased.
"I have to go back also to my federation and to other national federations, especially back to the IOC, to make a report.
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For several years, scientists had used mass spectrometers and high-speed DNA dispensers to find "point mutations" – misspellings in a single letter of genetic code – in people with an inherited risk for various kinds of cancer. One advantage of the technique is that it can read DNA in tissue preserved in formalin and paraffin, a commonly used storage method that renders DNA invisible to most scanning devices.
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To determine whether the approach could deliver on its promise, Garraway, Meyerson, and their colleagues used the technology to probe cancer DNA for 238 known mutations in 17 cancer-causing genes. "We observed mutations in tumor types that we would never have expected at the start," Garraway says.
Word quickly spread that OncoMap could help cancer researchers identify different patterns of gene mutations within particular types of cancer, or enable them to discover which of nearly 1,000 known mutations are in a set of tumor tissue samples. Such research would go hand-in-hand with personalized medicine, which matches therapy to the unique set of genetic abnormalities in patients' tumors.
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NEW YORK (AP) – The Mets have put outfielder Jason Bay on the 15-day disabled list with a concussion.
Today's move was made retroactive to July 26, the day after the end of a series at Dodger Stadium in which Bay was injured.
Bay got hurt Friday night when he crashed into the bullpen gate while catching Jamey Carroll's drive. Bay then played Saturday and Sunday, going 2 for 9 with four strikeouts.
New York said Bay had been bothered by headaches. To fill his roster spot, the Mets recalled outfielder Jesus Feliciano from Triple-A Buffalo of the International League.
The move should give Jeff Francoeur all the playing time he needs, at least for the next two weeks, and keep him off the trading block.
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Authorities have identified a 12-year-old girl who died after a massive pileup on a highway near a Cincinnati suburb.
At least 86 vehicles were involved in Monday's crash on Interstate 275 near Colerain Township. Hamilton County sheriff's spokesman Jim Knapp said 12-year-old Samantha Reagan was killed. She was from South Lebanon, north of Cincinnati.
Authorities say she had gotten out of a car and apparently was hit by a median barrier cable that was struck by vehicles and snapped. At least 20 people were taken to hospitals. None of those injuries is expected to be life-threatening.
It took authorities about seven hours to clear the vehicles and wreckage.
The pileup was one of at least four that snared dozens of vehicles Monday, when it snowed in various parts of the state.
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People campaigning against a decision not to replace a diving board in a rebuilt sports centre said they hope the plans will be thoroughly scrutinised by a planning committee next week.
A decision on a £23million proposal to demolish and replace facilities at Waltham Forest Pool & Track in Chingford Road will be made on Tuesday.
Parents of children who used the popular, existing high-diving facilities have criticised a plan to not replace a 5m board, saying it will be sorely missed as its vital to training and development.
Ian Capes, whose daughter used the boards, said parents and users had been ignored.
"I hope that now that the plans are going to the committee they will come under some proper scrutiny," he said.
"It is the long term users of this pool that have had no say in the plans whatsoever.
A petition set up by Suzanne Mason, whose two daughters are members of the centre's diving club, has attracted 641 signatures.
Chingford MP Iain Duncan Smith and Olympic diver Pete Waterfield have both spoken out against plans.
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In her second full column on the job, New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan this weekend jumped into the newsroom debate over false balance and looked into how far reporters should go to provide evenhanded views, even when balance isn't justified.
"Particularly in this intensely political season, readers and media critics are calling for journalists to take more responsibility for what is true and what is not," Sullivan wrote.
The habit of false balance, or false equivalency, has been gaining momentum in recent years, and so has the pushback from news consumers (including President Obama) and media watchers who suggest reporters shouldn't be in the business of transcribing he-said-she-said debates when one side of the debate isn't supported by the facts.
As Sullivan mentioned in her welcomed column, the debate swirls around the old line from Daniel Patrick Moynihan that you're entitled to your opinion but not your own set of facts. Today, more and more Republican partisans insist they are entitled, and want the mainstream media to confirm that privilege.
Sullivan's piece serves as a reminder that readers are in search of the truth. But here's what was missing from Sullivan's exploration: The specific acknowledgement that the false balance conundrum journalists face stems from the conservative movement, and especially the conservative media, which have embraced misinformation as a central tenet.
In other words, false balance is the intended byproduct of the Right-Wing Noise Machine, which was built to misinform followers and to intimidate the press into accepting, or legitimizing, that partisan misinformation. This is not a liberal-conservative or Republican-Democratic problem that journalists must wrestle with. It is without question a problem hoisted on the press by the far right. And that point is salient to this media debate.
Look at the examples Sullivan cites where questions of false balance have arisen at the Times in recent years: Rep. Paul Ryan's convention speech, climate change, voter fraud and intelligent design.
All of those topics germinated from the conservative movement and the conservative media, which have aggressively moved in recent years to construct their own parallel universe (or echo chamber) where their distinct set of 'facts' rule. Those so-called facts are then endlessly reinforced on right-wing blogs, AM talk radio and, of course, Fox News. (Voter fraud is rampant!)
Reporters are under no obligation to treat bogus 'facts' as legitimate, though. As Sullivan wrote:
Journalists need to make every effort to get beyond the spin and help readers know what to believe, to help them make their way through complicated and contentious subjects.
The more news organizations can state established truths and stand by them, the better off the readership -- and the democracy -- will be.
Well said. But journalists shouldn't shy away from pointing out that the truth is being habitually, and purposefully, bent by conservatives for partisan gain. And by conservatives banking on reporters not having the nerve to say so.
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Almost drowned out amid the hoopla over the sometimes troublesome opening days of the new Terminal C at John Wayne Airport was big news about a shift in the fortunes of the airport's sun-and-fun destinations.
Mexico is in, Maui is out.
First came the news that Orange County would be saying "bienvenido," or "welcome," to service from John Wayne Airport to Cabo San Lucas and Mexico City. Target date: June.
But it was only a couple of days later that it was announced that as of Jan. 2, John Wayne Airport would say "aloha" to its nonstop service to Maui. In Hawaiian, "aloha" means "hello" and "goodbye." The airport said aloha (hello) to Orange County-Maui service in March 2010 and is now saying aloha (goodbye) 21 months later.
That it's a little unclear which airlines are actually doing these things is part of the story – decisions on destinations are part of the upheaval and consolidation of the airline industry during a time of economic distress. I'll try to explain without going too deep down the regulatory rabbit hole.
First, Mexico. The flights were announced by Southwest, which has purchased AirTran, an airline that doesn't currently fly from John Wayne Airport. Southwest doesn't fly outside the United States and doesn't have some needed certifications to do so. AirTran does. So in June, AirTran will start flying out of John Wayne (new airline) to Cabo and Mexico City (new routes).
Southwest/AirTran jumped in after the county offered a sweetener. The new Terminal C was built with Customs and Border Protection facilities to handle flights from Mexico. But about a month before the new terminal was to open, there were still no airlines signed up to use the place. The county swiftly approved $300,000 in rent breaks for any airline that flies a new route. Southwest took up the offer, announced two routes, and will get a $600,000 break.
The first two Mexico choices were good. No place has the draw for Orange County like Cabo San Lucas, plus it takes about as much time to drive to LAX from Orange County as it does to fly from there to the resort at the tip of Baja California. Mexico City is a hub airport, and Southwest already has a partnership with Mexican carrier Volaris. I expect some sort of joint marketing so that one ticket will get you from Orange County to pretty much anywhere in Mexico and maybe even the northern end of Latin America, with just a stop to change planes in Mexico City.
There's still one Mexico slot available. I've heard some talk of Guadalajara as another destination, but we'll have to wait and see.
Hawaii has its own intrigues. Continental launched its service to Oahu and Maui last year with high expectations. The flights on Aloha Airlines to Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island had been popular, and only interisland competition had forced the airline to shut down and declare bankruptcy in 2008. But as Alaska Airlines stepped in to gobble up Aloha routes from other cities like Oakland and San Diego, it stayed away from Orange County.
It took Continental to make the move. Honolulu always has a lot of business and leisure travel, and Maui, if I read my mail correctly, is by far the most popular outer island (Maui's nice, but Kauai's my favorite). I flew the first Continental flight to Honolulu and, despite the small 737 aircraft, it was great going over without making the trip to LAX.
But I knew the Maui portion was in trouble from the beginning. Continental announced that its single flight would leave Orange County at dinner time and arrive in Maui in time for passengers to drive to their hotel and watch "The Tonight Show." The flight back was around midnight. For my first trip, I had taken an interisland flight from Honolulu to Maui first. Kahului is on the north side of the island, far from the resort areas of Kaanapali and Kihei. I had a late dinner, then went to Borders, which closed at 10 p.m. The only other thing to do was wander the aisle of the local Walmart until it was time to go to airport for the redeye home. The plane was far less than halfway full.
I think the Maui service would have been a hit with departure and arrival times that made sense. Continental has toyed with the service, moving it from daily to a few days a week and sometimes having no flights at all. It's hard to build customer loyalty that way. With Maui, I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did. Continental says it is committed to Orange County-Honolulu service, but the airline is merging with United and there will be more consolidations of services and schedules in months to come. The airline is called United, but has most of Continental's color scheme and much of its management.
Right now, the airport for Orange County – home to 3 million people – has as many flights to Hawaii as Bellingham, Wash., (population 81,070): one.
John Wayne Airport goosed the free market a bit to get flights to and from Mexico. I just wish they could do the same for Hawaii. But it will probably take an adrenaline rush to the whole economy for us to nose ahead of Bellingham.


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Framestore, Razorbill to collaborate on transmedia novel
Robert Paul Weston's The Creature Department is set for release later this year.
Academy Award-winning special effects group Framestore has announced it will collaborate with Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, on a transmedia novel.
The Creature Department is written by award-winning author Robert Paul Weston, who has worked with Framestore since the project's inception to create a series of visual assets that will be used across multiple platforms.
Among these will be a Creature Department app, which will animate the characters from the book, and a chance for fans of the book to speak directly with one of its creatures at New York's Book Expo American and San Diego Comic Con.
Ben Schrank, president and publisher of Razorbill, commented: "Framestore is an astonishing special effects group that will lend their brilliance to a story written by one of our most gifted young writers, Robert Paul Weston. We cannot wait to see what they invent."
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Bad Nigger Attitude (BNA) is a fascinating genetic aberration that quite possibly came into existence when genes harvested from a belligerent caveman's tooth were sexually crossed with the DNA of a sloth. Before the resulting anomaly could be studied, however, it was spirited deep into the African jungle by mad scientists hell-bent on creating a new brand of annoyance. These careless lunatics transmutated the hybrid gene into a form which they christened BNA (having simply replaced "D" with "B")[1]. Subsequently their experiments were considered a success in the fields of intermittent explosive disorder, chronic languor syndrome, and professional sports, music & dance. However, such genetic fandango was not without the side-effect of playing into the hands of the feckless fate - because soon this highly contagious BNA infected many of the local natives who, through forced immigration in the guise of overseas job placement, led to an American phenomena which persists even now.
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edit Over View
BNA is not a racial gene any more than Polio is a Polish gene or insanity is an insane gene, and it is not confined to Melanin-excessive individuals. But because BNA originated in Africa, people brought from Africa to America originally carried the BNA Gene. While most other blacks transformed from sold slaves into free super-human African-American basketball players, crack dealers, pimps, musicians, entertainers, Secretaries of State, and President, still, those with BNA have only devolved[2].
edit Roots
When God created Adam and Eve, He also created King Kong and Fay Wray. God first put Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden, and then put King Kong and Fay Wray into the Garden of Africa. He named these creatures as Man/Woman and Homeboy/Bitch respectively. In turn, Adam was tempted by an apple, and Homeboy was tempted by a papaya. Life was good and all was well until madmen, desirous of creating a new genre of humor, developed and introduced BNA into the jungle[Citation not needed at all; thank you very much].
edit Discovery
Discovered accidentally by Dr. Jane Watts-Compton, these infected savages led by Tarzan, were soon ruthlessly subdued, tamed, taught to walk upright, ghetto-trained, and shipped to America as slaves. But because slavery was illegal in America, Jane and Tarzan were arrested for 'Human Trafficking', and the infected slaves were freed immediately upon arrival in the USA. Little did medical science know that this thoughtless immigration would eventually infect vulnerable people throughout the United States with BNA, spreading orally like Ear Herpes.
edit Freedom
Although the infected slaves were freed, they had no way home, nowhere to go, and nothing to do. They had nothing to do because slaves don't work for money. It's a Catch 22 because by law businesses must pay the Africans minimum wage, but slaves only labor for free. And they couldn't be deported back to Africa because they had become African-American nationals. Thus taking full advantage of this legal predicament the BNA infected natives became their own burden. Running around idle, these unwitting carriers spread the gene far and wide.
edit Bad Nigger Attitude is opposite of African American Attitude
African American Attitude is white when compared to Bad Nigger Attitude. Examples: Colin Powell, Sammy Davis Jr., and Barak Obama have an African-American attitude that's white as Angel-food cake; but Eminem, Charles Manson, and OJ Simpson are examples of BNA that's black as Devil's Food Cake.
edit Example of Good Attitude
"Yaosir, Mista Benny!"
Rochester is at the top of the good attitude list, followed by every other equal or lesser person, who cooperates with society without grabbing their crotch and exclaiming, Suck my dick, masta![3]
edit Example of Bad Attitude
"I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children!"
Mike Tyson was once upon a time a professional at the top of the BNA list. Although at present Iron Mike has found a new calling as speech coach to former President Dubya Bush. At the very bottom of the BNA list is Tyrone. Tyrone has a Bad Nigger Attitude no one wants to deal with, especially African Americans.
edit GNA (BNA cure)
In a 50 year study made on one black man who originally tested positive for BNA, Dr. Abraham Washington Jefferson has demonstrated that simply changing the atomic structure of BNA, by replacing B with G, thus creating GNA, the result was an African-American with such good attitude and demeanor to be able to mesmerize the entire planet, receive the Nobel Prize in advance, trick the anti-war left into being pro-war, openly codify and exceed all the excesses of the Bush era dystopian doctrine, help over-throw secular Middle East countries on behalf of hard-line Islamic dictatorships, grant infinite potential to the FED, pardon Wall Street banksters, raise over a $1,000,000,000 in renewable special interest campaign bribes, and further the United Nation's collectivist Agenda 21.


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The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things is based on JT Leroy's critically acclaimed novel of the same name. The story is about Jeremiah, a child who is pulled from his foster home and thrown into a troubled life on the road with his teenage mother, Sarah. Asia Argento's bold cinematic adaptation of "JT's" controversial story stars Peter Fonda, Michael Pitt (The Village, Silk), Kip Pardue (Remember the Titans, The Rules of Attraction), Marilyn Manson, and Ben Foster (X-Men 3, Alpha Dog). The DVD was released last week and contains a limited edition photography book "Exposing a Hoax: Exclusives, Rarities and Fabrications", featuring pictures by legendary rock 'n roll photographer Mick Rock. Watch the trailer below! More pictures in the gallery!
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By Capt. Bill Pike
Manatee Madness
Gentle giant or giant problem? The controversy over Florida's
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It was a scorcher of a day. I was standing in the wheelhouse of the Scrumpy Vixen, one hand on the engine control and the other on the wheel, blithely cruising the Shell River, one of the many tea-color streams that crisscross the North Florida wilderness I live next to. As the Scrump rounded a bend, a charming little stern-drive runabout hove into view, its bow shoved into a sandy little spot of shade beneath a palm tree. There was a guy onboard drinking a soda, and a young woman was sitting next to him. Both were watching two little kids playing in the shallows nearby. Not wanting to disturb or endanger anybody, I pulled the Scrump's throttle back to dead idle, the responsible thing to do, although the swamps and bayous hereabouts are pretty much devoid of idle-speed, no-wake, or manatee zones. The family waved appreciatively. I waved back, and so did my lone passenger.
"We saw a manatee not too long ago," the guy said as we came abreast. He pointed toward a stretch of water that lay a few hundred yards ahead. The blonde-headed kids stopped playing with their brightly colored toy floats long enough to grin and point, too. "Manatee," they confirmed enthusiastically.
"Thanks," I replied, squinting into the glare through my polarized sunglasses, little suspecting that the peace of mind I usually enjoy while piloting a boat would shortly flee as if before a thousand demons. The trouble started as soon as I asked myself a couple of questions. First, was there indeed a manatee ahead, hanging out in a highly trafficked, unregulated section of river where I'd never seen or heard of manatees hanging out before? Or had the family merely misidentified a fair-size dolphin, a mammal common in the Shell River? And second, exactly how long should I reasonably and responsibly continue to maintain idle speed in the broiling airlessness, considering that my passenger on this afternoon's excursion was a 79-year-old retired fishing guide sitting in the Scrump's open cockpit? I glanced back at Mr. John. Intent on having a short, relatively comfortable, nostalgic boat ride to take the edge off a grave illness, he couldn't easily move or be moved from his deck chair into the shade and comparative coolness of the wheelhouse. And the duration of the trip back home, even if I did a 180 on the spot, was going to stretch considerably if I stuck to idle speed all the way. Did I want to expose an old man to a couple of hours of intense, slo-mo heat, when I could give him the short, breezy ride he said he wanted?
Life's personal dilemmas have a habit of mirroring larger issues. The fate of the manatee is a hot topic these days, and not just in the Sunshine State. National as well as regional magazines and newspapers are publishing scores of stories about the beleaguered sea cow. The subject of most of them's the same: Is the mammal really endangered and therefore worthy of current or even amplified protection efforts? Environmentalists, including the Sierra Club and the Humane Society, say yes. They're suing both the state of Florida and the federal government, asserting that neither entity is doing enough to protect a mammal that may be headed for extinction due to habitat destruction, propeller strikes, and other banes of 21st century existence. Recreational marine interests say no. They accuse environmentalists of using the manatee and related concerns as tools to broadly and arrogantly curtail coastal development in Florida and the increasing number of docks, boats, and marinas that go with it. Far from teetering on the brink of extinction, they contend, the manatee is actually growing in numbers, with 2,400 to 2,500 individuals in existence today, way more than the 600 that were on the books in 1967, when the manatee was first added to the endangered species list.
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This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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My 12 year old daughter is extremely afraid of the dentist and she requires valium on the way to the appointment, gas and novocaine. She still had a lot of pain with her treatment. Is it possible that she just doesn't get numb? He stuck her about 5 times. I have to take her back next week. I am horrified that she is feeling it. What can I do?
It is not uncommon for children (and adults for that matter) to have significant fear and anxiety for dental work, especially if local anesthesia is not completely effective.
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If you daughter is very anxious, and it sounds like she is, then this tends to magnify all sensations and even some non-painful sensations may be interpreted as painful.
This is not to say they are not real. They are to your daughter and should be taken at face value. Good sedation can help a great deal, but she may not have enough with what the dentist is doing.
Intravenous sedation may be a very good option or even having a dentist anesthesiologist come to your dentist's office to do general anesthesia in the office. These are dentists who have completed accredited anesthesiology residencies specifically for patients like your daughter. You may contact one at the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists.
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Current welterweight champion and politician Manny Pacquiao caught some heat for his comments in a recent interview with the Examiner questioning President Obama's stance on same-sex marriage. Here's a snippet of Pacquiao's comments: "God's words first … obey God's law first before considering the laws of man." "God only expects man and woman to be together and [...]
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what ever happen to freedom of speech....
Freedom of speech and freedom of religion have to take a back seat to political correctness. After all what is the big deal about constitutional rights? America is all about being liberally correct and looking good. If your not in step with the current trend, you need to be put back in the closet. The only thing Paquino could have done that would be any more offensive would have been to wear something unfashionable.
Wonderful! Satire is good. So is speaking your mind.
It is so incredible to see time after time the people commenting are as a huge majority the opposite of what the article's intentions were.
All these public places and celebrities can kiss my grits if they don't like what the majority believes.
Too bad!
What's next? Being banned, exiled, shunned for not liking a man marrying a sheep?
don't laugh. You think that isn't coming?
Look how far off any even reasonable path of decency America has sunk the last 20-30 years.
Great point! Very sad where we are headed and last time I checked we still have freedon of speech in the USA. I don't think China has taken us over or have they. Have a good day.
. I do not support the decision of "The Grove" in LA. I have never been there and at this point BOYCOT THEM until they retract their decision in regards to Pacquiao. If you (the readers) believe that "The Grove" was wrong in their actions let your voice be heard. Let "The Grove" in LA know how you feel! You have taken the time to read all these comments, take an extra few minutes and send "The Grove" your feelings at firstname.lastname@example.com . Let's help them understand what the word intolerance really means!
Pacquiao can say whatever he wants. His free-speech rights are secure. The Grove ownes "The Grove" and is well within its rights to not allow Pacquiao to say what he want - at The Grove.
Pacquiao should take his free-speech rights to church with him.
Wrong! if the place service the public and has over 25 people employed , they cannot descriminate based upon religious beliefs. If you look at what he stated, it is right out our religious text....sounds like The Grove is the bigots
If they believe he will cause violence they can. If he believes his bible he needs to have his tatoos removed. You dont get to choose what you want from your book.
I don't recall the mall manager stating it was based on religous belief and who cares anyway. Manny has his right to speak his mind, but he REALLY should be a bit more careful as a public servant and all. This is one area I'm getting more and more ticked about - people thinking that because they claim they're 'Christian' they can dictate to me what I can and can't do, believe - that they're right because they read the bible - blah blah.
Of course it's their right but telling Pacquiao he is not welcome because of his religious beliefs is the very definition of the intollerance they claim to disallow. The term "tollerance is not exclusive the LGBT community. This is pretty much the definition of hypocracy as well.
E-mail sent. Thanks for web site.
I remember as a young man, I would stand up for Gay people, and could not understand, why anyone would perecute people that were simply different? Now that I'm 67, and Gays are readily accepted by most in the Country, I cannot beleive how intolerant, and vindictive the Gay movement has become. Unlike the President, I have not evolved, and won't, unlike the President, I realize, it isn't about me, but about the Religious Doctrine, that I follow in the Bible as a Christian, and I don't beleive the President has the right to change the teachings of the Bible! He doesn't, but I'm sure he will understand that better after the election is over! Manny Pacquiao, was misqouted by the Mall Manager who banned him, and that individuual, is simply an intolerant Bigot! Why should I respect Gays who bash Christians, I don't, and I'm sick and tired of the political correctness at play in the Country. The only reason that Mall Manager, banned Manny was to get attention for him or herself! They should apoligize for their Bigotry, and intolerance. I for one am getting tired of hearing about men, and women crying to be married to the same sex. In the beginning Gays just wanted equal rights like everyone else, as they should have. Marriage, hell no, get over it, two men, or two women, cannot reproduce! Take the equal standing under the law, and just shut your intolerant mouths, and leave that Great Man Manny Pacquaio alone. He's not banning anyone from coming to his fights, or anything else, so whats the beef, by this intolerant Mall Manager? There is no legitimate beef here that I can see, just an intolerant hating Mall Manager! Thank you,
I'm with you here Boogerman. I have seen the gay community more and more lash out a anyone and everyone that refuses to accept gay marriage. The Grove should be charged for what they are doing, they are being intollerant, not Pacquiao. He stated he is against gay marriage, but not against gay people. I am the same way, you are gay, well then that is you fine. But don't ask to get married, that is offencive in a nation that is still prodominantly Christian. Pacquiao now has a new fan in me. I support him fully and sure he might have lost a few fans but he gained a whole lot more for standing up for what he believes (and is) right.
How tolerant would you be of people who claim that you should be killed? Pretty drastic, don't you think?
Congressman Pacquiao has the right to say what he thinks and it is covered by Freedom of Speech. I agree with Congressman Pacquiao, Same sex marriage is againts God's will. The interviewer is the one who quoted the verse in Leviticus and was not the Congressman. In the New Testament in Romans 1:26-27, it states,"That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.
I applauded Congressman Pacquiao for speaking up, I know God is calling him to be an Evangelist not a boxer, not a Congressman and not a Governor. Praise God and thank God for the courage he has given him.
He doesn't need to go back. There are plenty of monkey brained people like yourself right there in Miami. He made something big out of himself from one of the poorest corners of the planet and with nothing but hard work and determination. Let us take a close look at your life, shall we?
Well said and to the point. I think you covered it all!
Excuse me, check your spelling first, Filipino not Philippino. Unless you've seen the Philippines you have no right to say about this country. Congressman Pacquiao lives in a Mansion, his Mansion is much bigger and better than the White House. He has a house in Beverly Hills, He owns a lot of properties and business. When was the last time you gave a dollar to a homeless man standing on the street in America. Congressman Pacquiao gives away money to the poor, help all those poor students accomplished their goals to finish college. He feeds the hungry, pray for the sick. he gives jobs to the jobless. He created a lot of good things for people who is in need of jobs, money, pay for medical expenses for those who can't afford. And he built a Gymn for Boxers who cannot afford to pay for the training. He opens his heart, his mind, his home, his everything and doing everything to help the poor. He even has a game show which gives house, lot, money every week called Manny many prizes. If the contestant won $30,000 he doubled it some times triples the prize. The old man who lost everything he had, he was supposed to pick a lower pri ze but out of sympathy to the old man Manny gave him the house and lot. So before you criticize him, stop and think first, because it is a Terrible Thing to Fall On the Hands of the Living God. Bless and you will be bless, curse and the curse will be given to you. Watch out it is coming to you.
haha shows what you know... isn't there a nick blog about justin you should be commenting on?
did you forget your meds?????
No, a man marrying a sheep is not the next thing. Unless a sheep can agree to a marriage, it is not going to happen. Is it impossible for you to argue a point without being stupid?
Maybe you are the stupid, if the gay community can re-define marriage to include same sex, whats to stop people from claiming they intrpret sheeps Bahhhh for yes....50 yeas ago defining a marriage between same sex was considered less likely than sheep talking
no but in that same period of time many states had to add interracial marriages to their constitutions - what's the difference now?
The man is just quoting from the book and it is true. Did not make it up so, what is the big deal.
There is no big deal the Liberals just enjoy hearing their own opinions and expect us conservatives to bend over and take it in the ass. Well thats not my way of life or beleif and if they enjoy taking it in the ass so be it but dont try to exile another individual with the opposite opinion. I mean they are doing exactly what they are suppose to be against am I not right.
most filipinos, other islanders and asians including hispanics and most of the planet do not believe in the gay lifestyle or marriage religious or not! Gay militants and their supporters are dictators!
No, you idiot, I don't think marrying sheep is coming.
Wait, why didn't I think of this before? People will marry sheep so that they can have them on their health insurance. They'll marry them so they can inherit the estate left behind by the loved one. They'll marry them so the sheep will have all the legal rights that are due to the spouse of the dearly departed.
That is about as stupid as anything I've ever heard.
wake up. havent you seen or read of people giving all their wealth to a dog or cat! while their are greater needs in our world. granted, they have that right, but goes to show peoples lost values and confusion.
helooooo!!! havent you seen news here ? on earth? how this is all going to blow up soon because of the insanity people is having lately ?? dont you think that marrying sheeps and even dogs arent going to come after all the things we've seeing in the world? the crazyness of people this past years ? what a naive you are ,wake up my friend cause you are not living in this planet.
Now this is scary. A true Christian who can not support all Americans. Find your truth and be saved from the Hell you are damning your self to. Christians at one time was burnt at the stake. What I see now with all theses BIBLE people, they will burn in HELL. Repent and be saved.
Could you explain what you mean by "A true Christian cannot support all Americans"?
lyinching racist black people who attack a filipno like paquiao is a good thing! He reprsents most of us asians worldwide who don't want that gay crap in our society!
Maybe your parents were siblings MikoNMiami and that's why you can't make 2 posts that don't contradict each other. Your first post said the Pacquiao isn't american and should go home because he's Philipino, clearly a biggoted, anti "immigrant" statement. It really sounds like a lot of the KKK and neo-nazzi propaganda. Then all your posts are anti- "redneck" or "hillbilly" which is the main source of the new KKK and neo nazi movement. Then you post here a pro minority statement against lynching black people. Then you are telling someone else who posted their opinion to kill themselves, once again a very biggoted "redneck" behavior. You don't seem to have any clue what you are talking about and are very ignorant yourself. All your posts are about how you can't seem to make up your mind if you hate "redneck hillbillies" or want to join them. None of your posts are even about the event highlighted by this article.
in case you all missed it cuz the system replaces stars over the words. Below, I say F-U-C-K THAT and everywhere else i say F-A-G-S. And those of you who don't like it, and can't stand that intolerance then you can kiss my ass too and all those intolerant of F-A-G-S like us.
What the hell is this country coming to. Only these gay people have full freedom of speech now?? Freedom to speak your mind is no longer provided to those who are against f-a-g-i-s-m. Yes I made that a word. You gay people and those of you who defend them think you're the only ones that can get offended? hurt? Bunch of double-standard hypocrites. Don't talk about constitutional rights when you're the first ones to violate them.
The sooner we get rid of you Hypocritical bible thumpers the sooner we can get this country in a good place.
Your a bigger moron then he is. Shouldnt believe everything you see on Fox News.
so true, america needs to get back to God. this country is getting weaker and will be destroyed like sodom and gommorah, only worse.
perhaps it would behoove this young man to read just a few of the 341 admonitions regarding straight people..it is interesting that people suddenly get religion and immediately they are biblical experts..
The Grove states, "The Grove is a gathering place for all Angelenos and not a place for intolerance." If that is the case then the Grove broke it's own rule by not allowing Pacquiao in...Am I correct!? You have to enforce and follow rules fairly and evenly if tolerance is the goal, then they need to not be intolerant as well.
You are absolutly right.This is what troubles me about homosexual"MARRIAGE" I know the word Homosexual is not PC . So when it is law does that mean everyone must accept it? Why of course it does. Will this legality require Religions to "marry" Homosexuals in churches who believe it is a sin? Will the law over rule the religion? Will the courts be clogged with lawsuits trying to force the issue?
I think you misunderstand. The churches do not need to accept same sex marriage. It is a state thing. Homosexuals want equal rights in the eyes of the state or fed. Churches will not be required to accept same sex marriage - part of the church's protection in the separation of church and state. Also, homosexual is the pc word for it. Gay or other slang is not.
Tell that to the boy scouts who have been shunned by government organizations, schools and many other institutions for their beliefs, no they can;t make churches do it, but they can make them wish they had...is that really respecting their opinions like you would like gays to be respected?
Not sure what this has to do with my post, but um, I think it's an uphill battle trying to get the church and homosexual community to try to respect one another. I really don't care if they do or don't, actually. I just care about equality.
It's about money.If your not married family can step in and take your partners estate and finances.Screw that, your equal get off your fat ass and get your own money.Greedy assholes
No. Everyone does not have to accept gay marriage. You just shouldn't be able to deny the right to someone else. No. Churches will not be required to marry anyone they do not wish to. Churches can deny marriage to anyone. This is a civil issue, not a religious one.
I don't believe in marriage gay or straight everyone out for themselves.I just read an article on the computer that there's 30 million single people in this country.So if everybody is so happy why are they single.When AIDS and sex are free why get married!That's 30 million in America.Besides it's cheaper and less stressful to masturbate.I don't pay for sex and thats all marriage is now. Whores
Yeah MR> MANNY!!!!, Don't waiver on GOD"S word, because heaven and Earth shall pass away BUT God's words shall NEVER pass away, even til the end of this age....Don't Waiver Mr. Manny,God will supply your needs by another means if necessary, believe that, I'm a witness!!! Stand Strong, don't FEAR their faces!!! Only God has your destiny in his hands!!! In Christ Jesus name..when man says no God says yes....
the only good gays like you are in the hands of IRAN or north korea!
what the hell does that mean?
Don't knock it till you've tried it!
then explain to me the species in nature that can change their sex or that tend to be homosexual? don't recall seeing anything like that in the bible and just how much of what is in the bible was misinterpreted by man? 1400 years went by before the bible was put in print lots of time to be confuddled and another 700 years between then and now - lots of time from drunks, dopers and pissed off kings to change things to their own way of thinking.
and what about divorce?Did God make that up or did man.From my understanding divorce is only right if your spouse has sex out of the marriage.
By the power of Gray Skull, you shall be smited so sayeth He-Man. Heed his words mortal!
Well done!
LOL is this an Austin POwers moment?
'' We will not tolerate the intolerant''
The Grove is not or ever will be a body to make judgement call like they did. People need to smarten up and avoid this place. Not give them any money or consideration for the actions they have acted on.
. I do not support the decision of "The Grove" in LA. I have never been there and at this point BOYCOT THEM until they retract their decision in regards to Pacquiao. If you (the readers) believe that "The Grove" was wrong in their actions let your voice be heard. Let "The Grove" in LA know how you feel! You have taken the time to read all these comments, take an extra few minutes and send "The Grove" your feelings at email@example.com . Let's help them understand what the word intolerance really means!
I support Grove...not the Bigots
Definition of BIGOT
" a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially: one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance "
Does this not also go the same for the Grove they are the ones that acted on simple words and made it public that Pacquiao was not welcome on their property.
someone on "The Grove Board of Director's" may have not liked what was being said so they did what did. Sad that they would do this but I agree we should avoid the place.
Are they going to place signs at the entrance(s) saying those who believe the same are now banned from entering the area?
I support Pacquiao on his strength to voice his opinion on God and Country. I do not support the decision of "The Grove" in LA. I have never been there and at this point BOYCOT THEM until they retract their decision in regards to Pacquiao. If you (the readers) believe that "The Grove" was wrong in their actions let your voice be heard. Let "The Grove" in LA know how you feel! You have taken the time to read all these comments, take an extra few minutes and send "The Grove" your feelings at firstname.lastname@example.com . Let's help them understand what the word intolerance really means!
Great Comment!
I firmly believe the manager of the grove is more afraid of a confrontation between gay and anti-gay - nothing more - nothing less. I don't recall reading anywhere in the article that it is religously motivated.
Freedom of speech only applies to the government not impeding on your speech. I can't think of a single company or corporation that wouldn't fire a person if they vehemently disagreed with that that person said. As for the banning, I think it was stupid and I'm a liberal. But, the Grove has a right to do it.
correct me if I'm wrong please but would it be any different if it was a gay man lashing out at the government for banning same sex marriage? I think if any cooperation banned that man for that reason, that would illegal, so why is this different?
If they banned a gay person for voicing their gay views and being pro marriage without hurting the Grove in the least there would be an uproar or at least a lawsuit in the works. But since this guy is not gay and voiced pro God views its ok to ban him.
That said everyone who agrees with the Congressman can leave the Grove to those who agree.
the only people being deprived of constitutional rights are the gays.
I disagree with Pacquiao. I think he's an idiot, actually, and should not be preaching morals to anyone. I also think he's a hypocrite.
However, by punishing intolerance with intolerance, the Grove is missing the entire point of trying to stand up against intolerance. They should have said something like, "While we are saddened by Mr. Pacquiao's intolerant views on same-sex relationships, we recognize that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. As such we will open our doors to him in a measure of good faith and tolerance. blah blah blah and so on and so forth."
Freedom of speech is one thing. Bullying a whole group of people is something else. A shopping mall would not tolerate having someone there harassing and bullying a certain race and it would make sense that it would not tolerate their gay customers to be bullied whether in person or making comments that are demeaning. Every single gay person I have met have had such a wonderful heart and so deep. I am not interested in knowing shallow people who are cruel to others and feel that it is ok to bully others.
Very True! and I agree! you know the real issue is NOT same sex marriage! the real issue IS: changing the constitution by redifining what a marriage is. And it is truly about this people! If we do begin to change the constitution or treat it as an old document not "hip with the times" then we remove the values and landmarks that made America great! first of all that we believe in God (one God)and that he we recognize His moral laws as well as social laws to guide us as a nation. And as humans we are all equal and have inaliable rights endowed by "God" not the popular trend or philosophy of the time. So, if we leave the founding fathers and what they invisioned and believed, what will we replace it with? the politically correct? the Truth is that all our human nature is against God, and cannot submit to him. Thats why Christ came to deliver us from our sinful nature and placing His nature in us, when we acknowlegde His Truth and our dire need of His deliverance. Till then there will always be the battle of good and evil. Till then you will be in the dark and blinded from the Truth that truly sets people free! (by the way, truth is not subjective, a mere persuasion, but rather, truth is a person - God! We hurt ourselves when we resist Him and refute His laws without knowing Him! He loves the sinner, but does not love our deeds if they disagree with His revealed truth, and therefore calls us all to repentance! from unbelief and from wicked deeds as hate, lying, cheating, fighting, immoral sins (homosexuality), and all the like! If we are all honest, we all have sinned and fallen short of the grace (measure) of God! God calls the homosexual to repent as he does the liar, cheater, drunkard, wife beater.
all ya'all are f-tards. any person who gives a care , and posts any comment beyond this is of no consequence.there is no issue . one side is religious- the other is statute. and there is no compromise needed or accepable.
Freedom of speech and religion need to take a back seat to political correctness? I can not believe I just read that...it is one of our most basic rights and should NEVER take a back seat...if you don't like what he has to say then don't listen...and I strongly hope that everyone that feels like him also consider themselves banned from that place and take their business elsewhere until they wake up or go out of business.
While WE are speaking on the subject of Freedom of speech and freedom of religion, and the CONSTITUTION. lets talk a minute about the Seperation of CHURCH and State... And the R E A L, meaning thereof. We left ENGLAND and Came to the new country to insure that the STATE, Would Not dictate and Dominate the CHURCH and religious freedoms.
The CORRCT meaning of Seperaration of Church and State. Was intended to keep the STATE, and GOVERNMENT Out of the Churches and the Christians business.. Their DESIGN was ONLY to keep the State O U T, of the CHURCH.. It was never meant to keep the CHURCH out of the State.. The Country was founded By Christians on Christian Principles and beliefs.
The early schools were founded by and RUN by the CHURCH,ETC..
The liberals and Marxists and the devils crowd is where THAT got Twisted and Changed. Slowly but surely and more and more Corrupt state, Took Over not only The schools but everything..
Boycott Rick Caruso and the Grove I did they just lost my business. Caruso an Italian disgrace he thinks hes tough with all his money and mocking God I got news for you the back lash just begun the grove will lose business!!!
hes a loser and a coward!! We should band the Grove and boycott them!!!I wish we had more people like Manny Pacquiao who is willing to stand up for what is right. As they say, if you won't stand for what is right, you will fall for anything. Society has fallen into the lie that gay marriage is acceptable. God designed marriage to be between a man and a woman
No ones being Judgmental they just banned Manny for freedom of speech it only applies for "speech" The Grove agrees with. I wonder how exactly one makes a case against intolerance by practicing intolerance.Start worrying about your self then Manny!!! Wake up we did!
Dear teapartybaby
Manny is citizen of the Philippines were intolerence is the rule.
Christianity is the same on this matter.
Manny is right.
Dear Ehaze,
Get your facts straight. Intolerance there comes from some sectors of the government. Has nothing to do with Manny Pacquiao. And if you want to get technical, it is not intolerance that you'll find in those sectors, it is communism and dictatorship which really are different things altogether in which their people are victims, not practitioners of it. So, dear ehaze, go elsewhere and preach your intolerance of intolerance when you first understand what you are preaching
Freedom of Speech does not include there are no consequences to your speech or actions. The Grove can practice Freedom of Speech by not allowing an intolerant jerk from its premises. They have every right. Manny said what he somehow concocted from the fictional book he beleives in, The Grove showed they disagreed with his interpretation and intolerance. What is confusing?
Chismosito: Lay off that DEMOCRACK its shows Kid,the only intolerant jerk is You!! Manny speaks truth from a Book of Life... you can't comprehend it becuase you are pervertedand blinded by Ignorance!! The Grove is a joke and is spreading their Ideology!!!
Intolerance? You're spewing it.
Almost everybody here is spewing it! I think the Grove is wrong. You think the Grove is right. I think in the Bible God destroyed those 2 towns full of gay people and you think whatever you like. However you cannot ban someone stating it is for his intolerance because that in itself is intolerance and you are taking a side. I dont hate gays. I think what they do is wrong but that is their choice to be wrong. I dont gay bash or ban them from my stores either.
I support Pacquiao on his strength to voice his opinion on God and Country. I do not support the decision of "The Grove" in LA. I have never been there and at this point BOYCOT THEM until they retract their decision in regards to Pacquiao. If you (the readers) believe that "The Grove" was wrong in their actions let your voice be heard. Let "The Grove" in LA know how you feel! You have taken the time to read all these comments, take an extra few minutes and send "The Grove" your feelings at firstname.lastname@example.com . Let's help them understand what the word intolerance really means!
God destroys two towns because gay people live in them??? What Bible are you reading?
They were destroyed because the people of Sodom did not perform the rites of hospitality. Their crime is actually paranoia. The people of Sodom, wanted to messengers of God raped, probably as means of torturing them for information. When Lot, Abraham's nephew gives them shelter - he offers his two virgin daughters to be raped in their place. Why? because he had granted the two hospitality.
well you read what he said or listen to what he said in the first interview and then read what he is saying now and i really get hes back peddling cause there is a change of tone all a sudden he has gay family wow i guess we forgive him?? and then goes on to correct himself by saying he was only talking about marriage.???
you moron.. he said he is against same sex marriage not gays. idiot!
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Updating time again. Over the last couple of months we've added a whole lot of new zines, and I've just about updated all of the descriptions for them. I have, blessed be, a whole week off work so It shouldn't be too long before the whole site's once again up to date. Not that that will mean much, because in a few weeks we'll no doubt have a million more zines to add and everything will be in disarray, again.
I assume that, anyway, because we have decided, after a bit of umming and ahhing that we are going to go to the TINA zine fair this year. Some of you may have been privy to the saga that, finally, resulted in tables at the fair being offered to zinesters for free this year. If not, the gist of things can be found in various threads on the Zines Aus list, but basically, if you want a table get in touch with Eloise Quinlivan (quinlivan.e [at] gmail [dot] com) to reserve a spot.
In addition to having a stall at the fair I've got some work in an exhibition at TINA called Secret Newcastle, more details of that will be on my blog when as they come to hand.
Speaking of my blog, I've just put a post up about giving away part of my zine collection. I have too many zines to cope with so they're free to whoever is willing to pay for the postage. Check out my blog for details, and please pass on to anyone that might be interested. Thanks!


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Hack the Future
Sunday, January 13, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PST)
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San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Are you a 5th-12th grade student who wants to learn about building stuff with computers and electronics than they teach you in school? Then it's time to start teaching yourself!
Hack the Future is an all-day party / hackathon to show you what it's like to be a hacker and see if it's for you. We won't tell you what to do. You'll be free to work on whatever you want. We'll try to keep you from getting stuck, and we'll give you a place to start (if you want one). This is a unique opportunity to learn the state of the art in software and hardware design and engineering from mentors in Bay Area Startups and companies like Facebook and Microsoft.
Parents, don't reserve a ticket for yourself. Once you've signed the waiver, we encourage you to let your children learn on their own!
Bring a laptop for programming and signed waiver and medical information sheet. The waiver and required medical information sheet are available on hackthefuture.org.
Suggested donation: $15
All the funds we raise go directly into our programs. If you support our work, won't you please consider making a one-time donation or becoming a monthly supporter? Visit our Rally page.
To learn more or sign up for our mailing lists, find out about more Hack the Future events, or see pictures from the first Hack the Future, visit hackthefuture.org or Like us on Facebook and Twitter!
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Franklin Regional hires Piraino as superintendent
A new superintendent will take the helm at Franklin Regional this spring.
The school board hired Gennaro "Jamie" Piraino, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction at the Greater Latrobe School District, Monday evening. Piraino will take over for outgoing superintendent Emery D'Arcangelo in April.
"Franklin Regional has an outstanding reputation in terms of what they do for students," Piraino said. "Philosophically and dynamically, they're similar to Greater Latrobe. I looked at the district and the vision they have established here, and I wanted to be a part of it."
The board approved Piraino's hiring by a 7-0 vote. Board President Herb Yingling and board member Roberta Cook were absent.
Piraino, 39, lives in Latrobe with his wife and their five children. His starting salary will be $135,000.
The district began the search for a new superintendent through the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit this summer after D'Arcangelo announced in June that he planned to retire. Officials wouldn't say how many candidates applied for the position; however, Piraino was one of three finalists.
Board Vice President Joe Seymour said Piraino was an impressive candidate.
"He has a love of education – that's one thing we were looking for," Seymour said. "He wants to continue what has been started here."
Piraino said he plans to meet individually with board members and the administrative team during the coming months. Among the programs that drew him to the district, he said, were its bring your own device policy, its approach to student activities and its dedication to professional learning communities.Board member Jane Tower said Piraino's interest in the professional learning communities – a method of staff support and development that the district implemented several years ago – was a major draw.
"To me, he embodied what we need – a fresh, youthful person to lead us," Tower said. "It seemed to me to be a no-brainer."
Tower said Piraino's outgoing personality will be an asset when dealing with the diversity of the district.
"He will appeal to a broad swatch of people," Tower said. "With his personality, he will make people feel comfortable, no matter what."
Piraino is the latest in a series of new administrative hires for the district. Brad Schrechengost replaced supervisor of technology Frank Muto during the summer; Marlena Buterbaugh began as director of human resources in September, and Rob Buffone was hired as principal at Heritage Elementary in August.
Piraino said he will wait to decide whether to ask the school board to add to the administrative team until after meeting with district officials.
"I want to get a sense for the organizational structure here," he said. "I want to meet with the community at large and establish goals and build relationships with our stakeholders."
Seymour credited D'Arcangelo with helping the district find stable footing during the past seven years.
"As we are turning the page from one chapter to another, we should note that Dr. D. has provided stability and guidance to our district," Seymour said. "We hope the next chapter is just as long, if not longer."
Piraino has spent the majority of his career at Greater Latrobe, first as a learning-support teacher at the junior high before becoming an administrator in 2001. He worked as an assistant principal, principal and director of elementary education before becoming assistant superintendent in 2010.
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A GROUP of veteran volunteers from North Yorkshire have been honoured after they clocked up almost four centuries of helping others between them.
The eight selfless residents were each awarded the British Empire Medal in the New Year's Honours list, receiving their gongs at a ceremony at County Hall in Northallerton from the Queen's representative Lord Crathorne, the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire.
The medals are awarded to those who have made a "sustained and notable contribution to the local community", among them Sheila Bruce for her services to Wistow and Selby. This includes her involvement with the Save The Children Fund, Meals On Wheels, the Heritage Appeal Fund for repairs to a local Norman church, and her roles as a magistrate and the committee working on Wistow's village design statement.
June Denby, who chairs the Selby and Ainsty Conservative Association and is a local parish councillor, was rewarded for 63 years of work for the Conservative Party. Gordon Eastham's gong stemmed from his services to higher education as grounds maintenance manager at the University of York, where he has turned parkland into a centre for learning and leisure, created an oasis for wildflowers and rare birds on its Heslington East campus and been recognised by the Woodland Trust for his work on Kimberlow Hill.
Medals also went to Terence Frazier, whose 39 years of volunteering for the National Trust at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal are a record, who organised the Prince of Wales' 1997 visit and who mentors new volunteer speakers, Dr Alistair Sutcliffe for his services to the medical profession in Whitby which have seen him climb the world's seven highest mountains to support St Catherine's Hospice in Scarborough, and Robert Tibbits for his voluntary service to the National Railway Museum in York and railway heritage - including a role in restoring iconic locomotive Duchess of Hamilton - and his contribution to Easingwold School, junior cricket and running a ski trip to Austria.
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This year Halloween falls on a Monday, which means we have a full week of outrageous costumes, extraordinary parties, sinful cocktails and sweet treats. If you thought Halloween was contained to one night of innocent trick-or-treating, you obviously haven't partied with the devilishly determined ghouls and goblins of San Diego nightlife.
Side Bar kicked off the fearless festivities with the Asylum Industry Halloween Party on Wednesday, October 26th. These party pros turned up the volume on the always-rowdy Industry Wednesday bash with terrifyingly chic club décor, a Halloween dress code and a sexy costume contest for a $500 grand prize. When a high price tag is involved, the party people never disappoint. Local ladies dressed up as promiscuous maids, flirty flappers, dirty pirate wenches, and delicate peacocks. And local guys raised our expectations with legit astronaut attire and head-to-toe monster invasion. As superheroes and vampires partied in harmony, DJ Chris Cutz spun hard-hitting dance jams and guest bartenders Brian Fish and Katie Silva poured strong 'n' spooky spirits.
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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
While the economy went to bust, business ethics are on their way to boom. The Ethics Resource Center's National Business Ethics Survey found that the strength of ethical culture in the workplace increased to 62 percent this year, reflecting improvements in employee perceptions in measures of ethical culture, misconduct observed, willingness to report and pressures to cut corners.

 The 9 percent increase from 53 percent in 2007 shows an inverse correlation to the economic state, per the report.

 One clue to the stronger ethical culture is the reduced amount of misconduct observed, which dropped from 56 percent in 2007 to 49 percent this year. Additionally, when employees saw ethics violations, they were more willing to report them (63 percent), including an increase in reporting sexual harassment (2 percent), discrimination (9 percent), and improper hiring practices (4 percent).

 Only 8 percent of employees noted a perceived pressure to act unethically, down from 10 percent in 2007.

 ERC noted that the largely positive findings are most likely temporary. A similar pattern of business ethics gain was seen during economic decline between 2000 and 2003, only to be followed by decreases in ethical behaviors once the economy regained momentum.

 ERC President Patricia J. Harned noted that "what employees experience their leaders doing has a huge influence on how they will actually behave at work. If they see a CEO taking bigger risks because the economy is good, employees take more risks too. When an employer says, 'We must uphold high standards,' employees also follow."

 Yet, there is also a dark side, as there was an increase (3 percent) in the number of staffers who experienced retaliation--for example, verbal abuse--for reporting ethics violations. Harned said that this could be caused by the pressures supervisors feel to avoid problems and attention.

 She added though, that companies are more likely to be supportive of their employees in encouraging diligence because of the desire to keep the company out of trouble. "Right now is actually the time to trust business."


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Do yourself a solid today and follow my lead -- and look at these currently popular investment themes -- ones that have seemingly flown to me from Mars:
● A well-detailed "fiscal cliff" deal is in the cards in two weeks' time. It will be a great holiday gift to families giving presents funded with money taxed at lower rates.
● Smart money is fearful of being underinvested into an impending fiscal-cliff deal, and is willing to absorb a hypothetical future beating should December offer no political love fest.
● Balance-sheet expansion by the Federal Reserve, which is the complete opposite of Operation Twist, will indeed wipe away any prospects of a first half 2013 "cliff"-borne recession. (You know, a cliff deal does mean fundamental changes to the economy -- but who cares, right?)
● No outward war of words in Washington means behind-the-scenes progress that will lead to a grand announcement on the Friday or Sunday before Christmas, planned so that both parties can talk about how they saved the world from imminent disaster.
Then, at this juncture, is where things will become super fun. Über-bullishness feeds directly into how data points and corporate news are interpreted. Note that, given comments from Texas Instruments (TXN), DuPont (DD) and Cummins (CMI), I do believe early indications of fourth-quarter earnings estimates -- which have been sliced since October -- are too pessimistic. But I keep returning to whether any of this is relevant in a newly constructed U.S. age of austerity, and a European Union that is not as structurally tame as peripheral bond yields would suggest. Now consider the following.
● Cummins and DuPont apparently believe a wise use of shareholder dollars is shelling out $1 billion on share-repurchases to pad earnings growth (and executive year-end bonuses), rather than using it toward a transformative acquisition or material investment boost in capital expenditures. Why am I upset? Well, isn't fiscal-cliff certainty supposed to unlock a renewal in long-term fixed investment? Nonetheless, the Street has modeled for very little in the way of a share-repurchase cushion from companies, as analysts have been overly focused on special dividends. So, in the near-term, the market has another reason to fly around in la-la land.
● DuPont's guidance comments fit squarely with those of Texas Instruments: A worst-case scenario did not materialize in the fourth quarter -- and, in fact, this underscores the hidden earnings power of companies in a low-growth environment. Imagine if we see a modest U.S. economic upswing in 2013 vs. 2012. Again, I'm talking market perception here -- we really have to be careful on thinking any of this stuff will unfold in line with current market expectations.
● Key areas of the market appear oh-so-alluring. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) shrugged off the Texas Instruments mediocrity; oil rose; and comments from the short-term sheriff, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), went ignored. Everything is working on the surface, right? Not necessarily. If everything had been so wonderful, I venture that railroads and specialty apparel stocks would have been higher Tuesday amid the drugged-up sentiment.
Personally, I think this total air of invincibility in the market is despicable. I fully understand how the mythical "wall of worry" operates; stocks will climb it until the actual worry smacks investors in the face. We are experiencing a true wall-of-worry move in stocks, predicated on irrational expectations of a fiscal-cliff deal and utter ignorance on the nitty-gritty aspects of new fiscal policy that will permeate real life. In turn, that reality will feed back into corporate earnings in 2013, or so one would think in any sane investing backdrop -- one not based in speculation.
I continue to advise high selectivity on stocks, or to sit on the sidelines entirely. Believe me, when a fiscal cliff deal is delivered, there is unlikely to be an immediate sell-the-news moment. In my opinion, a deal will bring out the ability of Mr. Market to properly dish out multiples and projected future earnings assumptions, and that adjustment process is not being reflected today.


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Road remains unkind to Phils in loss to Bucs
Series defeat in Pittsburgh brings record on current trip to 1-4
PITTSBURGH -- Ruben Amaro Jr. will not announce to the world when the Phillies plan to sell before the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline, but he said Tuesday in Miami that "these next 10 games leading into the All-Star break are going to tell us a lot about where we're going to go."
They lost Saturday evening to the Pirates at PNC Park, 3-2, to fall a season-low 13 games under .500 at 37-50. No Phillies team has had a worse record through 87 games since 1997, when they were 25-62.
They are now 1-4 at the halfway point of their trip through Miami, Pittsburgh and Milwaukee.
If there is a light at the end of the tunnel, it must be difficult to see it.
"When you're working every day, you know it's there, regardless if it's there or not," Phillies right fielder Marlon Byrd said. "It's working hard every single day, coming in here, preparing for a game, no matter who's on the mound, who's in the bullpen, and preparing for whatever team you're playing and having an approach. You have to do that every single day."
Byrd homered to right field in the ninth inning to cut the deficit to one. He has 17 home runs, which is tied for ninth in baseball among right-handed hitters. He certainly has value in a power-starved game, so he is certainly a strong candidate to be dealt before the Deadline.
Byrd said he wasn't thinking much about it.
"No, I went through that last year," he said, referring to an August 2013 trade that sent him from the Mets to the Pirates. "You think about it a little bit the first time you go through it. The second time now, you keep playing and try to win games for the Phillies. You stay, that's a good thing. You go somewhere else, hopefully this organization gets a great piece and you make it a better [team] than before you were here. You know Ruben is going to do the right thing. You just don't know what that is."
The Phillies managed just two hits in Friday's 8-2 loss to the Pirates. They picked up five Saturday.
The offense is the biggest culprit in the 3-12 slide since a June 20 victory over St. Louis pushed the Phillies to 34-38 and 3 1/2 games out of first place in the National League East. They have hit .210 with a .556 OPS and have averaged just 2.6 runs a game since then as the team has fallen into last place in the division.
They have hit .142 (15-for-106) with runners in scoring position in that stretch.
"Hard work," said Byrd, asked how the Phillies could get out of this funk. "You've got to keep at it every single day. Don't get your head down. Prepare to play every single day. No giving up. We're not hitting the ball like we want to; we know that. We have to keep working, keep figuring something out. Every single day it's baby steps, keep getting better. If it's not there, the next day you've got to figure out why it wasn't there and try to fix that."
It isn't like the Phillies are missing the heart of the lineup because of injuries, either. The only everyday player not healthy is Carlos Ruiz, who has been on the seven-day concussion disabled list since June 27.
Cody Asche hit his sixth home run of the season in the fourth inning to make it a 3-1 game, but the Phillies wasted some opportunities to score early. Pirates right-hander Edinson Volquez had runners on first and second with one out in the first, but Ryan Howard hit into a fielder's choice, and Byrd flied out to deep center field to end the threat.
The Phillies had the bases loaded with two outs in the third, but Byrd struck out swinging.
"I have to do a better job," Byrd said. "I've got to make sure I'm driving in runs. That's my job, to produce. Producing in the ninth inning is not going to work. You've got to do it earlier in the game."
Phillies right-hander David Buchanan put the Phillies in a 2-0 hole in the first inning when he allowed a two-run home run on a first-pitch fastball to Andrew McCutchen. Buchanan allowed another run in the second to make it 3-0.
Buchanan allowed six hits, three runs and a walk with three strikeouts in six innings.
"Threw a two-seamer right over the plate," Buchanan said. "Caught too much of the zone, and that's what happened. He was sitting on it and caught a lot of the bat."
"It was a dead fastball down the middle," McCutchen said. "I do a pretty good job of hitting those, and all around the league, everyone does a pretty good job of hitting fastballs down the middle. I was able to get that first pitch, and I was ready to hit it."
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.