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ALTOONA, Pa. — More than a decade ago, home schooling was considered alternative and students may have been stigmatized as living in a bubble.
But now, home schooling has grown from 5,000 students in 1990 to a stable 22,000 since about 1998. Nationally, there are about 2 million home-educated students, the National Home Education Research Institute said.
Whether the state's myriad of regulations protect or hamper home-school education, divides exist for those invested in the culture.
Some teachers have resigned to home-school their children.
"It's common knowledge a lot of districts are really tied to test results," said Kristy Wall of Hollidaysburg, a first-year home-school parent and former public school teacher for 17 years. Six of the parents in her weekly science meetings at the Hollidaysburg Public Library are former public school teachers, she said, adding that she would not have left teaching if her 7-year-old son had not asked to be home-schooled.
Certification is not required to home-school a child, but Wall, certified to teach up to middle school, said she will investigate cyber courses if her son continues home schooling during his high school years.
"Where we have taken education prior to No Child Left Behind (of 2001) compared to how mandated education is these days, there's been a great shift. I've seen a great difference in how I've been able to teach," she said.
The state is no longer bound by some federal NCLB requirements, but parents are now contending with curriculum shaped by new standardized state exams at their children's schools.
Pennsylvania is among the most-regulated states for home schooling, requiring meticulously maintained portfolios, fulfilled course requirements and standardized tests.
In Kansas, where Penn State student Neil Meyer spent a majority of his childhood, home schooling is unregulated.
Meyer, 26, recalled a time, while getting his hair cut as a child, when he was asked how school was going and what grade he was in.
"It was tough to respond to that, because I never knew what grade I was in," he said.
Speaking between classes at Penn State, Meyer struggled to reconcile his negative home-school experience with his thriving college career. He was careful when sharing his perception to be fair to his parents.
"They instilled in us a sense of pride," he said. Formal instruction after second grade, however, was absent, said Meyer, who's lived in Huntingdon for about eight years.
He commutes almost daily to Penn State. He's earned numerous research grants and entrance to the McNair's Scholar program providing financial and academic preparation for first-generation college students to pursue graduate school.
He was recently honored with the Penn State Outstanding Adult Student Award and is pursuing clinical psychology graduate school next year.
He said his home schooling is a sensitive and complex topic within his family. Meyer's mother did not return a phone call, but Meyer said he spoke about the story with her.
"She seemed a little disappointed, and she definitely had her own take on the situation. Prior to today, my mother was unaware that the extremities of my childhood have played a major part in my personal statements and past successes," he said.
He remembers his mother going to home-school conventions every two years to buy books for him and his brother until Meyer was age 15. Their parents took them on trips to the orchestra or the zoo for educational enrichment. At home, they hounded him to "Hit the books."
The highest mathematics book he possessed through his teenage years was fifth-grade level. When he reached high school age, doubts about his education caused emotional strain.
"I wanted to go to high school but thought I would do terribly. Once I was old enough to speak for myself, I was caught in a cycle of ambition and self-doubt."
A vast majority of home-school parents handpick their instructional materials, custom designing the curriculum to suit the needs of their children, the family's lifestyle and government regulations, states a past study of the home-school Legal Defense Association.
According to that study, home-educated students excel on nationally normed standardized achievement exams and outperforming their public school peers by 30 to 37 percentile points across all subjects. And the HLDA found the degree of governmental regulation from state to state has no significant effect on the academic performance of home-schoolers.
The Pennsylvania Home Educators Association advocates deregulating home schooling in the state.
"Paperwork does not educate the child," states research by PHEA Advisory Board member Maryalice Newborn.
Newborn has been home schooling for 20 years.
"Pennsylvania Home Education Law does not increase education. It only increases school district costs and paperwork for all," she said
"All of my children and son-in-law, (home-schooled in Michigan, an unregulated home-school state) graduated undergraduate with highest honors," she wrote in an email.
Her research states that of the 37 states with home-school laws, Pennsylvania has more requirements for home-schoolers and school districts.
"Twenty-two states have amended their laws to a less restrictive, less paperwork, less burdensome on the state and families," she states.
Pennsylvania annually requires a heavy stack of records for home schooling: A notarized affidavit attesting an appropriate education will be administered, an outline of proposed objectives, a portfolio of samples, a log of read materials, standardized testing and evaluations by a privately contracted third party to certify appropriate education is occurring. All of that information is to be sent to the district superintendent for further review.
"The reality is that government involvement in home education does not educate the children; it only costs taxpayers money," she said.
The Pennsylvania Homeschoolers Accreditation Agency is not in favor of changing the state's home-school law. Susan Richman, a course coordinator, parent of four home-schooled children and home-school portfolio evaluator, has seen home schooling from many angles.
"I think Pennsylvania law helps students not fall through the cracks," she said.
"A school district employee in charge of reviewing home-school portfolios once called me to vent: 'There are two types of home schooling families. Those who know what to do, nicely done portfolios including photos and drawings — we knew they were treasured family items." And there are the other types, he said, referencing one a dirty file folder with five pages torn out of a spiral notebook, no log of studies or standardized testing and a one-sentence statement from an unqualified evaluator. That child has since been enrolled in public school because of the school district's review.
"With some, you got to be honest that home schooling is not serving the child well," she said.
"As much as people grumble about government accountability, it can be a good thing," she said.
At Penn State, Meyer has impressed professors by showing a genuine love of learning.
"He approaches education more seriously because he didn't come through traditional K-12 system," said Teresa Tassotti, director of the McNair Scholars program at Penn State.
"A lot of people in his situation would not have made the decisions he made. In that way, he is a real model for people," Tassotti said. "Most students see it as, 'OK I gotta get this degree so I can move on.' He sees it as more of a gift than a commodity," Tassotti said.
A demographically wide variety of people home-school, said Brian D. Ray, president of the National Home Education Research Institute.
Meyer said his parents, especially his father, a pastor, insisted on home schooling because of religious reasons. Meyer's home schooling largely consisted of him muddling through a textbook on his own volition and conducting Internet searches and reading tutorials on topics that interested him, he said. He kept up on current events by watching Peter Jennings each night.
Because he declined to give a sermon at his father's church as a public-speaking assignment, he did not earn a diploma.
Meyer moved to Pennsylvania at age 18, where he worked at Wal-Mart and years later, took an adult education course to earn a GED, passing the test with a near perfect score.
Socially, Meyer adjusted quickly to the workforce and his life outside of his home. He made friends; and he met his partner who he's been in a relationship with for eight years now.
"In the workforce I realized I had skills I wasn't aware of. I learned I had interesting opinions and people liked them," he said.
Through his job at Wal-Mart, he discovered his interest in people and in psychology. Within two years of working there, he was an employee training coordinator.
"As a training coordinator, I developed an interpersonal skill. I loved hearing stories about other people. People would come to the office, and they would talk with me about workplace problems. I would talk to managers who were able to work out solutions. I liked helping people who were going through a crisis or difficulty," he said.
In Huntingdon County, dozens of home-schooled students attend Juniata College each year. But unlike Meyer, some home-school students accelerate through home schooling to enter college as early as age 16, said Juniata Director of Academic support Sarah May Clarkson.
She finds that most home-schooled students who come to Juniata are mostly home-schooled under Pennsylvania regulations. She said they tend to perform well academically, although they may deal with emotional strain.
"A lot of those students are socially awkward. They have anxiety and emotional issues. College is a huge emotional challenge," she said. "Public school, despite its flaws, prepares students for the world. There's not that same imperative when a child is sitting at home."
Meyer, however, showed little discomfort when he moved away from home. He initially pursued college by walking into Juniata College, a 19-year-old with no roots in Pennsylvania and no high school diploma.
"I gave my life story to the dean. I had a lot less confidence than I do now. They had me take a competency exam. Then they told me my parents would have to sign off on loans because I wouldn't be considered an independent until I was 23," Meyer said.
Meyer waited until he was considered financially independent at age 23 and earned his GED so that he could pursue a Penn State education.
"The desire to go to school never died in him," Ken Levy, Penn State associate professor of psychology, said.
As a freshman, Meyer obtained work in Levy's research lab. "Most freshman psychology majors aren't thinking of that," Levy said. "He's been doing research for the last four years."
Meyer has started applying to graduate schools.
Preparing for a home-school culture fair at the Hollidaysburg Area Public Library in October, Wall said she consented to her son's home schooling on the condition he be socially active. Having served as a home-school evaluator, she said students typically have activities in their portfolios.
"It is rare to look at a portfolio and not see sports, Scouting, music lessons, church activities," she said.
In Pennsylvania, school district activities are open to home-schoolers. She hopes her son participates.
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Posted July 17, 2015
Nashville, N.C. — Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone was responding to a breaking and entering call in the West Old Spring Hope area Tuesday night when he saw one of the suspects running toward an open field.
Stone ran after the man, David Earl Dickens, 33, of 1318 Tyler Lane, and was able to arrest him, according to the sheriff's office.
Deputies arrested another man, Deven Allen Ennis, 22, of the same address, as he sat in a vehicle in front of the house that was victimized, sheriff's officials said.
Dickens and Ennis were each charged with felony breaking/entering, attempted felony larceny, felony injury to real property and misdemeanor injury to personal property.
Dickens was also charged with resisting, delaying and/or obstructing a law enforcement officer. He was being held on a $30,000 bond, while Ennis was held on $25,000 in the Nash County Sheriff's Office Detention Center.
Dickens was previously charged with assault on a female, attempted breaking/entering, injury to real property and several driving related offenses.
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THE MARKETS: STOCKS & BONDS; Nasdaq Reaches 5-Year High in a Broad Market Rally
Published: March 30, 2006
Stocks staged a broad rebound yesterday, with gains in Google and Apple Computer leading a rally in tech shares that drove the Nasdaq to a five-year high.
All major industry sectors rose on the day.
Blue chips were lifted by Boeing, which received a $2 billion jet order.
Yesterday's gains helped the market recover from losses incurred Tuesday after the Fed increased interest rates and suggested that more could be needed to stem inflation.
''If the economy is as strong as the Fed is worried about, that's going to mean better corporate earnings,'' said John Augustine, chief investment strategist at Fifth Third Asset Management.
''The driver is rotating from front-end consumer to back-end business spending. And business spending is being driven by the need to continually improve productivity, which brings in tech spending.''
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 61.16 points, or 0.55 percent, to 11,215.70. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index gained 9.66 points, or 0.75 percent, to 1,302.89. The Nasdaq composite index was up 33.32 points, or 1.45 percent, at 2,337.78.
Shares of Apple Computer gained 6.2 percent as its rival, Microsoft, faced new pressure from the European Union's top antitrust body, which is raising concerns about the company's new Windows operating system, Vista. Apple rose $3.62, to $62.33.
Shares in Google rose 4.7 percent as index fund managers scrambled to buy shares before it joins the S.& P. 500 after the close of trading on Friday. Google closed at $394.98, up $17.78.
Shares of Qualcomm also helped the Nasdaq. Cowen & Company gave outperform ratings to Qualcomm and other wireless technology companies, including Motorola, and said this year's outlook for the global handset market was positive.
Qualcomm rose $1.36, or 2.8 percent, to $50.72, on Nasdaq, while Motorola gained 83 cents, or 3.8 percent, to $22.77, on the New York Stock Exchange.
Boeing led the Dow's advance, helped by news that GE Commercial Aviation Services, one of the world's largest aircraft lessors, had agreed to buy 30 of Boeing's 737 passenger jets in an order worth about $2 billion. Boeing's shares climbed $1.67, or 2.2 percent, to $79.18.
Shares of 3M rose $1.26, or 1.7 percent, to $77.56.
Shares of Maytag rose after antitrust authorities in the United States said they had approved its acquisition by Whirlpool. Maytag surged $4.73, or 27.7 percent, to $21.81, while Whirlpool gained $6.38, or 7.1 percent, to $95.95.
The yield of the 10-year Treasury bill rose to 4.80 percent, from 4.78 percent yesterday. The price, which moves in the opposite direction from the yield, declined 6/32, to 98 20/32.
Following are the results of yesterday's auction of five-year Treasury bills:
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|The five-year notes mature March 31, 2011.
Graph tracks the Dow Jones industrial average over the past year. (Sources by Associated Press; Bloomberg Financial Markets)
Tables: ''The Favorites'' lists stocks held by largest number of accounts at Merrill Lynch. (Sources by The Associated Press, Bloomberg Financial Markets)
Graph: ''Five-Year Treasury Notes'' shows high yields at auction, since 2004. (Source by Treasury Department)


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Hello all, here's my recap of my fews days in Boston on the week after July 4.
(FYI, I am a Cantabrigian that relocated to Seattle. My date's first time in Boston.)
Monday evening- Pre-red sox game drink at Eastern Standard.
My first time there. Very nice atmosphere, even though it's new it feels like it's been there for a long time. Even amongst the game madness, the service was great and the drinks, delish. We got a fried calamari, which was light and nice because they friend the cherry peppers right in the same batter. Nice touch.
My date had a sausage from the Sausage guy at Yawkey/Landsdowne. He was impressed.
Tuesday - lunch at the Daily Catch (North End). Impeccable, as always. No squid ink pasta available, which was a bummer, but we were in heaven with the littlenecks (raw), calamari salad, and the Aglio o'lio. Pasta was cooked to perfection and the flavor of the pasta itself was amazing... The sauce was light and garlicy, not too heavy which was good because it was a excruciatingly humid day. A mid-day Moretti or two didn't hurt, either :) My date was amazed at the quality and character of the Daily Catch - good Italian is hard to find on the West Coast and the Daily Catch/North End in general really was a treat for him. The son was working and he was as charming as ever. Then we trekked over to Regina and although the pizza was good in itself, I think it was just too hot that day to really enjoy a piping hot slice. I always seem to enjoy pizza in the winter months, I realized.
Dinner was at the Blue Room, Kendall Sq. I was thoroughly impressed. Service was very good, they sure knew their stuff. Our waiter made good recommendations and was generous with wine samples/tastings. Apps - we got a branzino carpaccio with watercress and citrus vinegar - delicious and summery, and grilled sardines - also delicious, nicely charred and not too 'fishy'. Dinners were the salt cod and the duck. Both proteins were prepared perfectly... the mashed potatoes accompanying the duck were way too watery/thin and looked unappetizing. The flavor was okay but again too thin. The salt cod plate was very good all-around, but kind of a bland presentation. Maybe a garnish of fresh herbs or lemon would have done the trick... but it needed something to please the eye. Dessert was a strawberry tart and espressos. We're used to awesome espresso (being from Seattle) so we were a little disappointed in the quality but we understood. The strawberry tart was a little unbalanced - fruit was too mushy and pie dough was a little too dry. Overall, a nice night. I would go back but probably skip dessert.
Wednesday - lunch at Moqueca in Inman. What a gem. It has always been a favorite hole-in-the-wall for me, and my date (never had Brazilian food) savored every bite. I recommend the traditional fish moquecas with the addition of the hot sauce - absolutely fantastic caramelization on the onions and fish. Fresh cilantro brightens it up, and the hot sauce has a unique flavor. Fabulous! Very reasonably priced and adorably friendly service. Peeked in Christina's for a quick post-lunch treat, but honestly none of the flavors really got us excited. I was expecting a lot of fresh summery choices but they seemed to have a lot more "fall" flavors - rum raisin, chai, cardamom, cinnamon, etc. I was looking for something llike their lavendar or even just a plain strawberry. Nothing really caught our eye, so we skipped it. Oh well.
We had a beer at Charlie's (Harvard Sq) and I was shocked at the patio they put in - wow! We decided to do it old-school and went upstairs to watch the Red Sox win over some Guiness pints. Yum.
Dinner we went to River Gods and got a solid, well-priced, well-prepared meal for excellent prices. Burgers and veggie sandwiches for most of the crew (4 of us), plates of frites, and two beers a person for $90 total. Can't beat it! It was good because it wasn't too crowded. My date said he finally found an excellent medium-rare burger there - he says in Seattle they always overcook them.
Drinks afterward at Green Street. Drinks were prepared with excellence - I was impressed at all the choices. Remember to ask for the full menu - because at the tables they just had the small one. The only off-putting thing was a weird "dishwasher-y" smell when we walked in... not sure if there was an issue or if that was the norm... anyway it was off-putting but not enough to ruin a good drink (or two or three...)
Thursday - a late breakfast at Bagel Rising in Allston, which was very good. I hadn't been there in years so I wasn't sure what to expect, but the bagels are still quite good. They had a crisp (but not too-crispy) exterior and a nice crumb that was not too doughy/chewy. A little bummed they didn't have tomatoes (isn't the tomato scare over yet?).
We got a little off-track for lunch and I couldn't come up with anything creative so we went to the Union Oyster house for the Boston basics. My date had never had a lobster roll before, so that was kinda fun to see someone lay eyes on it for the first time. I was a little disappointed they used a bulky sandwich roll and not a hot dog roll... it was too bready. But he didn't seem to mind and devoured it. I got some chowder - not the best chowder I've ever had but it hit the spot with the cold beers. Service was horrible - lobster roll came out first, beers up second, chowder up third? How hard is it to pour chowder in a bowl? It was strange and they were'nt apologetic at all. I guess I would be in a bad mood too if I had to deal with annoying tourists all day long, so I cut them some slack.
Dinner was planned for Chez Henri but my date begged to go back to the North End for more Italian. We went to Pomodoro (mostly because we didn't have a reservation anywhere, and it was already 8:00 and long waits), and were pleasantly surprised. The ambiance was a little stark but it had it's charm. Antipasto was delicious, especially the prosciutto and the white beans. We had a mixture of entrees (4 people) - from baked cod to zuppa de pesce, linguine and clams to shrimp scampi. Everyone was pleased and cleaned their plates. Wine was very good and reasonably priced. Service was attentive and sweet.
Tiramisu, wine, and espresso followed at Caffe Paradisio. A fun, lively place as always. THat place hasn't changed at all, has it? That's a good thing.
I wished to have made it to Chez Henri, Chinatown, No.9 Park, Oleana, Sel de la Terre, and a proper Irish pub, amongst MANY other places, but we just didn;t have enough time!
Now I just gotta find a way to move back to Boston...... :)


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This week saw a subtle shift in the recruiting practices of the Oregon staff, as two separate recruiting news items showed the Ducks are more willing to play hardball in the recruiting wars.
Used to be, the Duck coaches, particularly under Mike Bellotti and Chip Kelly, employed a "hands off" policy on prospects that were committed elsewhere. Oh, there were exceptions, but generally the coaching staff refrained from aggressively pursuing a player unless the student-athlete reopened his recruiting.
Not anymore, apparently. On Tuesday four-star quarterback Blake Barnett came to Eugene for an unofficial visit, and a day LATER Barnett announced via Twitter he was decommitting from Notre Dame.
On Friday, Top 50 junior college linebacker/defensive end Eddie Heard backed out of a May verbal commitment to Missouri and signed a financial aid agreement to come to UO. Several major Missouri newspapers, including the Kansas City Star and Columbia Daily Tribune had carried the story of his commitment to the Tigers on May 21st, announced by Heard, again on Twitter.
To read the rest of this story, visit my column at Duck Sports Authority.


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Date of birth: 18 May 1906 Big Sandy, Benton County, Tennessee
Date of death: 7 Jul 1991 Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana
Brown County Democrat, Nashville, Brown County, Indiana, July 17, 1991
TESSIE MILNES Tessie Fodge Milnes of Greenwood, died Sunday, July 7 at Greenwood Convalescent Center. She was 85. She belonged to Neighborhood Church of God on Peoga Ridge Road. She was born May 18, 1906 in Big Sandy, Tennessee to Robert and Mary Cherry. She was married to Roscoe Milnes who died in 1980. Survivors include a daughter, Bernese Henderson of Greenwood, and a son, Donald Fodge of Missouri. She also has seven grand- children, 11 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She had worked for Pete Steffey's restaurant in Greenwood as a cook and at Western Electric in Indianapolis. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens in White River Township.
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Last year a title nobody had ever heard of before started to show up on all of the Nintendo 64 release lists -- Tom & Jerry. The publisher, according to Electronics Boutique, was Mattel Interactive, but this could not be verified at the time. Though very few details regarding the title have surfaced still, Nintendo Power Magazine did unveil a handful of new goodies on the title and the first-ever screenshots. IGN64 summarizes below.
Tom & Jerry for Nintendo 64 is probably not what you think. The game, developed by NewKidCo, the maker of the Elmo's Letter Adventure and Elmo's Number Journey, is in fact not a 3D platformer, but rather a fighter of sorts. According to Nintendo Power, players can control Tom, Jerry, or one of the many characters in the T&J universe, and battle it out in 3D environments using whatever lie in their path -- everything from milk bottles to vases.
IGN64 has not yet had a chance to tinker with the title so we've no idea how it's all going to come together, but we're not blind to the fact that Nintendo 64 is in dire need of a decent fighter. Hopefully Tom & Jerry for N64 lives up the license it is based upon and delivers some truly over-the-top brawling fun.
We'll have more on the game soon, but in the meantime enjoy these first screens courtesy of Nintendo Power.


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Prayers, service celebrate King's legacy
Posted January 19, 2015
Durham, N.C. — The national holiday honoring the life of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has become a day for volunteer service across the country.
More than 2,200 people volunteered at events across the Triangle on Monday that were coordinated by the United Way of the Triangle.
At Saint Mary's School in Raleigh, a crowd of students, staff and volunteers spent about two hours assembling about 15,000 soup kits to stock food pantry shelves. Others created colorful fleece blankets and made flashcards for early childhood education programs.
"To me, it's just a great day of service that we can all be together and serve," said Bailey Ham, a senior at Saint Mary's who leads the school's community service efforts. "Our school's always serving the community, and it's just great. The community serves us a lot, being in the heart of downtown. So, just being able to give back just means a lot to us."
"People really want to contribute to their community, and when you just put the call out and say, 'Hey, we need some hands,' they show up, they bring their families," said Shena Thornton, who volunteered at the event along with her Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority chapter. "You see how many young people are here – groups, various groups – it's really a wonderful event."
A similar event took place at North Carolina Central University in Durham, where 950 volunteers assembled soup mixes for area food pantries and made blankets for area homeless shelters. At Saint Augustine's University, various events on campus, including a book drive, were held to honor King's legacy.
The United Way hopes to extend the giving spirit through the end of February with a program called 40 Days of Peace. Various food, clothing and book drives and other service events are scheduled.
"Forty Days of Peace is really a recognition that there's not just one day we can serve, that there's a need in the community 365 days," United Way spokeswoman Melanie Davis-Jones said. "People are committed to making a change in their community. So, we just wanted to give them some more tools to be able to do it. They can do it with their church groups or book clubs. Students can do it."
United Way will accept donations from 40 Days of Peace events at their offices and take them to the groups that need them most, Davis-Jones said.
MLK prayer breakfasts draw hundreds
In the Triangle, King Day is also a day of prayer.
People from different faiths gathered Monday morning for the 35th annual Triangle Interfaith Prayer Breakfast at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Durham. WRAL's parent company, Capitol Broadcasting Co., sponsored the event.
"Give us the mind, the will and the courage to wage a peace that can dismantle the networks of terrorism and the structures of injustice, wherever they may exist, that has a choke-hold on peace and a choke-hold on justice," Oliver Muhammad, senior imam at the As Salaam Islamic Center of Raleigh, told the crowd.
The program featured a musical performance by Jekalyn Carr and a keynote address by James H. Johnson Jr., the William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Johnson said King would find his dream for America remains elusive because America lacks a strategy to achieve it.
"Everybody would agree that our vision is for an America where everybody has equal opportunity for access, and everybody will say we're dealing with a problem. Ask how are you doing it, that's the strategy, ladies and gentlemen, the road map for change. We're short on that," Johnson said.
One of his recommendations was to enhance educational opportunities for at-risk youth, and he said the mission requires specific action from the faith community, philanthropic community, government and the private sector.
"This collaborative engagement is really about making sure everybody is on the bus in the right seats, headed in the right direction," he said. "If you don't belong on this bus, then go to another one because this is the one we're all about."
Crowds also were in Fayetteville for a breakfast and prayer in honor of King. The 22nd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Prayer Breakfast at the Crown Expo Center drew a standing-room only crowd, and speakers came from across the state to talk about King's work and what it means today to achieve unity in the community.
"I think it's imperative to remember, as long as we possibly can, the sacrifices that Dr. Martin Luther King made, as well as others," said Rev Floyd W Johnston Jr., past president of the Fayetteville/Cumberland County Ministerial Council.
Throughout the day, marches and speeches and even a poetry mixer were planned in memory of King's dream of a multiracial, colorblind society in which all people have equal opportunity. The day is capped with an evening musical celebration at Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts and a concert at Fayetteville State University.


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The identity of the person who hoaxed Keith Windschuttle has been revealed. Katherine Wilson had left many clues and several people figured that she was the hoaxer.
Meanwhile, Keith Windschuttle continues to deny that he was hoaxed, because:
A real hoax, like that of Alan Sokal and Ern Malley, is designed to expose editors who are pretentious, ignorant or at least over-enthusiastic about certain subjects.
Windschuttle says that the article was "only 10 to 15 per cent invented", and apparently this is not a high enough percentage to expose him as ignorant. He digs the hole a little deeper with this:
Moreover, Margaret Simons confirmed to me yesterday that only one of the 18 footnotes in the article was completely bogus and in another six cases the articles, books and footnotes cited all exist but do not contain some or all of the information 'Gould' claims. Eleven of the footnotes are genuine.
In other words, he didn't check the footnotes for accuracy at all and he still hasn't. Jeff Sparrow explains why this is a problem for Windschuttle.
More Windschuttle:
The critical issue on which I was allegedly hoaxed, the claims about inserting human genes into animal stock and crops to give immunity to human consumers of those products, is anything but nonsense. As Kelly Burke and Julie Robotham reported in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age (January 7):
… the projects cited by 'Gould' as having been dumped by the organisation [CSIRO] are not in themselves implausible, and similar technologies are in active development. Human vaccines against diseases including hepatitis B, respiratory syncytial virus and Norwalk virus have been genetically engineered into crops as diverse as lettuce, potato and corn, and shown to provoke an immune response in humans.
Gould also suggests the CSIRO abandoned research into the creation of dairy cattle capable of producing non-allergenic milk for lactose-intolerant infants and a genetically engineered mosquito that could stimulate antibodies against malaria in humans who were bitten, mitigating against the spread of the disease. Both ideas are under serious scientific study by research groups around the world.
At most, all that 'Gould' has done is misrepresent her own identity and the direct involvement of the CSIRO in some of the research projects she cites.
Well, the projects are similar, but the difference is that the real ones involving mosquitoes and milk don't involve inserting human genes into animals. Which Windschuttle thinks was the critical issue.
But you have to wonder if there really was any point to the hoax. The hoax wasn't even the second-most nuttiest article in this month's Quadrant. Besides the Tim Curtin piece, there was also an article repeating the discredited story about how Manning Clark was awarded the Order of Lenin:
Now Windschuttle has given Ryan the pages of Quadrant to finger Matthews for defending Clark against imputations "which (right or wrong) would in themselves not one bit have surprised many people who knew him well". Which means what? That the biographer should have endorsed the Order of Lenin claims right or wrong because they squared with malign suspicions?
If they want to save themselves from neverending rounds of cake, they should drop this story. Now and forever. The Courier-Mail scoured the old Soviet archives for any kind of proof and found nothing to back these claims. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing.
I'm starting to think that Quadrant is beyond hoaxing and beyond parody.
Update: Check out Quadrant's response to the criticism in the quote directly above. Truly beyond parody. And there's more.


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APRILE, Samuel Louis, who lived in San Leandro for 41 years, died in Manteca on Sunday, June 17, 2007, at age 48. Mr. Aprile was a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Carolina Panthers and enjoyed fishing. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Grace Aprile; children, Marty Duran, Melinda Duran, Samuel Aprile, Jr. and Joseph Aprile; grandchildren, Amaiyah Onate, Dominic Duran, Casey Campbell and Justin Campbell; his siblings, Vince Aprile and wife Marlene of Vacaville, Nancy Grenfell and husband Terry of Brisbane, and Australia and Ann Aprile of Rio Vista; and many other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held in Manteca on June 22.
MANTECA — A 48-year-old Manteca man was crushed to death when the truck he was working underneath slipped from its supporting jacks Sunday, June 17.
At 6:52 p.m., Manteca police received a call that Samuel Louis Aprile was trapped underneath the front engine of a truck in his driveway on the 2000 block of Buena Vista Drive.
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We all know it's a bad idea to leave a car running inside a garage, for reasons that should seem very evident, but sometimes people do it anyway. Especially at this time of year, when cold weather might provide an incentive to warm up the car inside before taking a drive.
In Seattle, that decision nearly proved fatal recently when two older gentlemen left a running car in their garage -- luckily, their neighbors noticed and dragged them out of the house, as their garage door was sealed tight, trapping all that carbon monoxide in the house. Seven people ended up being taken to the hospital for treatment.
As always, it's a good idea to make sure that anything known to produce carbon monoxide has a thorough ventilation system while it's running. In addition, consider installing carbon monoxide detectors if you haven't already, and if you have them, test them this weekend when the clocks change! For those with garages, consider asking your Portland garage door installer about safety options to help you prevent tragedies.View original post.


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Following are a further selection of readers' responses to the Zeit Gist articles on child custody and parental child abduction by Colin P. A. Jones (Oct. 20, Nov. 17, Nov. 24) and "Richard Cory" (Nov. 3):
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Your article "Fatally flawed math: betting a family on Japan" (Nov. 3) inspired in me scornful pity. This father is pathetic, and the ridiculous illustration at least correctly depicts him as a clown. Should I also add weak and masochistic?
Whether a marriage goes well or bad, it is the result of both spouses. While it is fully right to discuss the necessity to sign the Hague Convention, covering child abduction only from one side — the foreign husband's — gives a distorted debate.
A typical example is the coverage of Christopher Savoie's unsuccessful escapade. Mr. Savoie is skilled in manipulation: He had an affair with a person who has since become his wife, and that occurred around the same time he brought his Japanese ex-wife and kids to the USA. The situation of ex-Mrs. Savoie — betrayed by Mr. Savoie, then single but forced to live abroad nearby her remarried husband in order to keep close contact with her children — deserved compassion, and logically explains the action she took.
I appreciated the interesting testimonies from a Japanese father as well as from Debito Arudou on the subject, but the "Richard Cory" article is a nonevent and does not elevate your newspaper.
Abduction is always wrong
It is with sadness that I read about all these abduction cases in Japan. The case of Christopher Savoie is not unique. I wonder why no government in the world ever wants to do something about this.
I live in Spain. I have a friend in Barcelona who is coping with depression now because his Japanese wife took their two kids back to Aichi Prefecture, and will never let the kids even talk to their dad on the phone, let alone let him visit them.
The worst thing I witnessed was last October, when the man was in hospital and was going to have surgery. He was told that he must notify his family before the operation, so he called his family in Japan. The wife picked the phone and just hung up on hearing the man's voice. His mother-in-law, who he calls "mom," did the same thing. And yet he sends money there every month.
Abduction is wrong, whether it be to North Korea or Japan. No one has the right to cut off kids from their parents.
Same thing happened to me
It is really sad to hear that no satisfactory solution was found in the Christopher Savoie case.
I am a Korean citizen living in the States, married to a Japanese woman, with two kids. The same thing happened to me this year: As I was discussing divorce with my wife, she just returned back to Japan with the two kids, to her parents' house, registered for school there, and has stopped all communication with me, and will not let me see the kids.
This is really an impossible situation, and I am lost, not knowing what to do. It's also difficult financially, as we are not officially divorced, and I cannot even sell the house, close our bank account, etc.
It's really painful, and I understand the pain that Mr. Savoie must be going through.
Mountain View, Calif.
Consult your local mobster Mr. Cory, perhaps the time has come to consult with your local yakuza and discuss the price for handling a difficult situation.
Many times legal problems go awry and justice does not prevail. That is why we have an underworld and, if you are willing to pay, your problem might go away — permanently.
Laugh and dismiss my comments if you like, but debt collectors in Japan do indeed collect debts.
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|2012-04-08, 02:14
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Also, what's with that girl holding a staff? IIRC Saints are not allowed to use weapons other than the Libra saint. Then again that might apply to just the Gold Saints as Chameleon June, Andromeda Shun, Cerberus Dante and Auriga Capella all seemed to use weapons as well.
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|2012-04-08, 07:46
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Speculation is wrong.
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But I thought Seiya wasn't the Sagittarus saint ?
Mars called him Pegasus Seiya, Shaina told Koga that this cloth stone he's currently using belongs to Seiya... It was pretty clear to me that the Pegasus cloth was just promoted to the gold rank.
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Mars called him Pegasus because he's earned a reputation for himself when he was the Pegasus saint. I doubt he had a lot of opportunity to fight as Sagittarius before Mars appeared. The Pegasus cloth was still technically his since it looks like Athena didn't pass it on to anybody.
|2012-04-08, 08:20
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He is the Sagittarus saint in Omega (今シリーズは射手座の黄金聖闘士として登場。). It's a fact that's not debatable.
But the most likely reason is because it sounds better (especially to us old farts who's seen the old one), there's also some old baggage here they can't get rid of, and story wise they needed to make the connection that Seiya used to be the Pegasus saint for the benefit of the new viewers to establish the theme that "Kouga is walking in the footstep of his predecessor and the emotional baggage associated with it". We've already seen how Souma compares Kouga to Seiya etc.
|2012-04-08, 15:50
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I probably just wanted those wings (and lack of scarf!) on the Sagittarius cloth that much.
I should drop this series. I'm starting to become one of those purist people. This is just going to cause me more heartache.
|2012-04-08, 15:57
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Which seriously makes me wonder why Seiya didn't fight Mars with the Pegasus god cloth.
Then again this series is messing with the entire lore. The constellations (like Pegasus and Lionet having gems on their forms is all kinds of wtf) are probably going through a terribad reshuffle.
|2012-04-08, 20:32
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If you are so caught up with this canon thing, you should also question why Seiya inherited that crappy looking original Pegasus cloth instead of the Pegasus god cloth even if you take your beloved LC as "canon" before the Kurumada series because Tenma in LC obviously got his Pegasus cloth to god cloth too, the Pegasus cloth in LC was bathed in both a Gold saint's blood and Athena's blood in that era, but clearly doesn't fit with Kurumada's canon.
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Yay, Yuna is coming next episode ^^. Also i dont think that's wierd consider that there's some large time hole between Hades arc and this arc. I mean we missing Heaven arc here so many shit can happen there that explain why cloth have different look and Seiya wear new looking Sagitarus cloth that supposedly old one already get destroy during Hades arc.
|2012-04-12, 13:27
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he change from Cloth Boxes to Cloth Stones is an important plot point that will be explained in the show. Cloth Stones were created from extraterrestrial materials.
-Geki(Bear) from the original show is an instructor at Palaestra.
-Ichi(Hydra) from the original show is also at Palaestra... as a student.
-Shiryu got seriously beaten up by Mars; he lost ALL FIVE SENSES.
-Mars' attack 13 years ago wasn't limited to Athena/the Sanctuary.
-Elements have slight disadvantages towards each other. It goes like this: Wind > Lightning > Earth > Water > Fire > Wind. Light and Darkness have no advantage or disadvantages towards other elements.
-Ryuho's special move is Rozan Shô Ryû Ha; it is even more powerful that his father's was back in his youth. However, Ryuho can't use this move very frequently due to the strain it places in his body.
-Yuna has a liberal philosophy and hates being bound by old traditions and rules.
-According to the producer, Yuna was the character they spent the most character creating because they wanted to get her right. She is unlike any previous female in the franchise. "An all-new type of female Saint; Yuna's existence is the symbol of Saint Seiya Omega".
-Eden was deliberately based on Ikki/Phoenix; however, his motivation are completely different. Eden is a lot more morally ambiguous; Ikki always had good intentions, Eden, on the other hand... "
|2012-04-14, 20:22
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Episode 3 is out and few things are revealed.
So far there are only Two Gold-saints.
This Saint Seiya will be "Academy" themed.
There's also a cloth ranking up system apparently.
Kouga didnt have any proper fight this episode, but it seems like he will fight Shiryuu's son next episode.
|2012-04-14, 22:08
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So there you go, this episode answers it
There are only 2 gold saints. But we don't know if this number includes Seiya or not
I think Ikki is overall the strongest of the 5 bronze, but honestly, Phoenix Cloth is so awesome that even a Gold cloth would be a downgrade.
Shun strikes me as someone who would retire after being hijacked by Hades, but you never know.
If the leaks are true, then Shiryu is not in the best state to be a Saint
I guess Hyoga is possible.
It seems Marin was Yuna's teacher before Geki. Did she die/retire? Or did she make it to gold saint?
Every Silver except for Marin and Shaina were dead after Hades.
The rest are bronze saints, and I don't recall anyone impressive outside of the main 5 bronze.
It's also possible that the gold saints are new blood.
|2012-04-15, 03:27
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To be fair, the term '2 Gold Saints' needs clarification. Does it mean active Saints, or does it constitute circumstances similar to Aries, Gemini and Libra in the original series where the title is held claim by the wearer, but not fully doing Gold Saint jobs full-time.
The current story setting for Omega expects us to accept a situation where none of the original Bronzies are not part of Athena's guard, with only Shaina acting as her direct Saint guardian. It means that there's pretty much a strong likelihood that they were hit with plot hammer that prevents them from doing what they do best.
Seiya, Ikki and Shun (if they use the Hades angle) all have their own character stories that allow them to do exactly that without worries of it destroying their characterisation.
Shiryu and Hyoga, on the other hand, would require some sort of Omega-related explanation to justify their absence.
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: France
The episode 3 was badass, I loved it. Yuna is really cool, I really like this character.
I was a bit disappointed by the 2nd episode, but this 3rd episode is good indeed. But i prefer the first episode of Omega. Yeah the 2nd episode was a bit ugly, and the fight wasn't really cool.
I hope there will be better soundtrack, because the only very good theme is only the main theme (Pegasus fantasy remix).
Generally, the soundtrack isn't bad, but not really memorable. When you watched the original Saint Seiya, the best element is the soundtrack in my opinion.
Next episode looks cool too. The son of a legendary saint appears!
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Louisiana's state Legislature wrapped up its special session but before it moves too far into its regular session, we should look at what was accomplished during the special session.
Gov. Foster's main objective was incentive packages for the Saints and Hornets sports teams. The Hornets will get a $2.3 million tax break annually, and $10 million will be allocated to renovate locker rooms, build box suites and other physical improvements to accommodate the Hornets in the New Orleans Arena. The Saints will get a $6.75 million indoor practice center in Metairie.
While many residents may have preferred not spending any more money on sports teams, Lafourche Parish is a winner through an amendment stating that the Saints training camp will remain in Thibodaux, for an economic impact of about $3 million. At least, it was a winner - until Foster struck the measure down with a line-item veto Monday. Reportedly, a deal is being forged to keep the training camp in Thibodaux; we hope it becomes a reality.
The Quality Jobs Act (which gives companies tax rebates of up to 5 percent of the total payroll for creating jobs that pay employees more than $9 per hour and pays at least 85 percent of health insurance premiums) seems like a good measure for Louisiana's workers. Whether it yields any jobs remains to be seen.
The two resolutions concerning mailboxes appear to be on the taxpayers' side. They urge Congress to allow the state transportation department and the U.S. Postal Service to create standards for construction and placement of mailboxes -- or to scrap the program that replaces mailboxes with ones that break off upon impact if it costs taxpayers money.
Other measures, which should positively impact our local area, include:
A resolution urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review levee plans for the 72-mile Morganza-to-the-Gulf hurricane protection system. We want this system to benefit the most people possible while negatively impacting the fewest.
A resolution urging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a community-based outpatient clinic in Houma. After Sept. 11, this project was put on the back burner.
Dedication of part of the state sales tax on hotel occupancy in Lafourche to the parish's Association for Retarded Citizens.
Disappointments include:
Approval for Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District Commission to increase per diem and mileage payments to commissioners to $75 per meeting, not to exceed two compensated meetings per month or a maximum of $225 monthly. Serving on such boards should be a matter of civic pride and duty, not a money-making venture.
While its intent is positive, the anti-terrorism bill, which attempts to define terrorist acts and resulting punishment, is vague and troubling. It could lead to abuses.
Reports from Carla Dartez that she voted on House Bill 97, which would stop politicians on Capitol Hill from using federal fund raising to run for a statewide office, without knowing what was in it. She was quoted as saying, "I didn't know what I was voting on and I misunderstood it."
While some measures approved by the Legislature can be considered positive for our state, some others that arose during the session appeared to be things that could have been done at another time or possibly not at all. Some of those measures include the renaming of a bridge in Amelia and laws reiterating federal law protecting civil employment rights of people pressed into active military service).
That makes us wonder, considering the session will cost $1.25 million, did taxpayers got enough bang for their buck?
An editorial in Monday's Courier incorrectly reported the details of an award to be presented to the Terrebonne Parish School Volunteer of the Year. The award will be presented on June 11 at the Governor's Mansion by the Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana. Vera Crochet will represent Terrebonne Parish.


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Today's celeb birthdays
1963: John Stamos (48)
1965: Kevin Dillon (46)
1965: Kyra Sedgwick (46)
1969: Matthew Perry (42)
Partnerships come under favorable stars this morning and highlight shared understanding. It's a good time to make sensitive decisions and reach joint agreement. A little variety in your work routines will stir your imagination and an ambitious plan gets green lighted. Call me to hear when to watch out for a financial glitch.
Brighter prospects lie in store – not just because it's Friday, although that does help! More because you're finding it uplifting to mix business with pleasure in team projects. Financially, things are improving and an upward trend inspires you with new optimism. Call me to hear when your misgivings are unfounded.
Use this morning for tying up loose ends and finalizing private arrangements. That way, you'll be free to go when the lights turn green this afternoon. A change of plans this evening isn't such a bad thing. In fact, it brings fresh anticipation for a journey ahead. Call me to hear when a social plan fizzles to nothing.
Morning travel, meetings, outings or events open your eyes to wider possibilities. If you can take time off this afternoon a long, leisurely weekend awaits. Otherwise, spend the time quietly researching – you may be surprised what you turn up! Home life delights. Call me to hear when to be on the lookout for mistakes at work.
Whether you're involved in travel, legal, cultural or educational work, your words and ideas have far ranging influence this morning. Financial affairs look promising, too, and give your long-term plans a boost. A friendship is deepening and weekend plans put a smile in your heart. Call me to hear when you must double-check travel times.
Even the most routine tasks can be given a creative twist with a bit of imagination. So play around with ideas this morning and don't be afraid to experiment. Link up with people faraway later on in the day. Extend your vistas over the weekend. Call me to hear when you shouldn't sign that contract.
Feeling inspired, Libra? Put entertainment and the Arts at the top of your list today. Talk money, make investments or seek advice on property matters this afternoon. Romance (and plans for an intimate weekend) bring the working week to an end on a high note. Call me to hear when you must double-check the details.
Small changes to your working practices can make a big difference to your mood and well-being this morning – which in turn will have a positive effect on your relationship this afternoon. Venus, goddess of pleasure, turns her attention on your social life and brings romance. Call me to hear when you can't afford to trust your luck.
You have a lot of talking to do today, Sagittarius. Perhaps you're getting your message out to a wider audience. Whichever, you seem to be tapping into what people what to hear. You have a busier than usual afternoon and a lucky evening. At work, your popularity grows! Call me to hear when a domestic arrangement falls apart.
Get those jobs done and out of the way this morning, Capricorn, and free yourself up for a leisurely afternoon. Wide open spaces and faraway places are calling you. But if you can't travel just yet, at least spend some of the weekend making plans to get away sometime soon. Call me to hear when you can't trust what you're told.
Dreamy, romantic, imaginative: you have so many ideas to transform your property into the sort of sumptuous homes you read about in glossy magazines. So why don't you? Decide what look you want to achieve and get stuck in. A little effort this weekend can make a big difference! Call me to hear when a purchase won't be worth the money.
The good news, Pisces, is that Venus is about to grace your relationship zone with her presence. It means that you should find it easier to get cooperation and support. It also means that partners are more attentive. If you're single, romance is heading your way! Call me to hear when a promise comes unstuck.
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As 2014 rolls into its fourth week, it looks like 2016 presidential politics have already begun. But the biggest question in January 2014 has become who will self-destruct first in the hot seat as early front runners - Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton or Republican Governor Chris Christie? What started as a mystery over a monster traffic jam has erupted into a multifaceted scandal for Gov. Christie of New Jersey, who was sworn in for a second term Tuesday just as he's battling allegations of a pattern of political bullying.
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text: I am coming from a Wildfire, which has served me well, it has its lagging problems, but i get by. I feel the DX is a nice step up, and feeling excited about operating the new device. I see people have problems, but many dont. So i will just take my chance. I think most are user related anyway. I also have the HTC importer down the road, so i will load my problems on them if need be. I liked the ONE S, but it seems to have gone off the providers list. The DX is a nice upper tear phone, pocketable is what i like. I dont expect any marvelous things about the battery, as most last a day. I am not into gaming and stuff, down loading movies or much music , but sms, phone, and internet browsing is what i want. The next one on my list would be the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini, this is only if i cant get the DX or One S. But the phone is a bit bigger.. ORA


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Dozens of ballots tossed because of voter ID law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Election officials say two dozen ballots cast in Arkansas' most populous county weren't counted after voters failed to show identification at the polls under the state's new voter ID law.
Pulaski County election officials said that only one person out of 25 who cast a provisional ballot during last week's primary because of lack of identification showed up by Tuesday's deadline to show their ID. The other 24 ballots won't be counted.
Last week's primary was the first statewide enforcement of the new law requiring voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot. Under the law, voters who didn't show identification at the polls could cast a provisional ballot that wouldn't be counted unless they showed ID by noon Tuesday.Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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When Terrence Malick's To the Wonder premiered at Venice earlier this year, the reviews weren't particularly kind. Even fans of Malick's wildly divisive Tree of Life said that Malick had gone too far this time. Among the most common complaints: The movie only has 5-minutes-worth of dialogue, the entire thing consists of pretty pictures accompanied by a pretentiously written voice-over, the plot is non-existent, the characters are paper thin, Ben Affleck is supposedly the main character and yet he's only on screen for a few minutes, etc.
Pretty pictures and a pretentiously written voice-over may not be enough to sustain a two-hour-long feature, but they're certainly enough to sustain a two-minute-long trailer. Even if the movie turns out to be as bad as its critics allege, the trailer is a work of art in its own right. If Malick were to release it as a self-contained short film, it would easily rank among the year's best.
Hopefully an HD version will pop up soon. Until then, we'll just have to make do with this low-res, 360p version.
To the Wonder hits theatres April 11.


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Going up against a massive Internet empire like Google sounds like fun in theory. But in these United States, it rarely ends well for the underdog. And in the case of the small porn company vs. Goliath, the same is true.
A softcore porn site called Perfect 10 filed a lawsuit claiming Google is violating copyright in its use of images on the Perfect 10 website. Perfect 10 says Google is giving away for free what they usually make good money on. The company claims the thumbnails Google finds with its web crawling software and posts on the web for free has cost it at least $50 million from 1996 to 2007, forcing Perfect 10 near to bankruptcy.
Perfect 10's complaint didn't fly with the 9th Circuit Court, though.
"While being forced into bankruptcy qualifies as a form of irreparable harm, Perfect 10 has not established that the requested injunction would forestall that fate," Judge Sandra Ikuta wrote for the court. "Perfect 10 has not shown a sufficient causal connection between irreparable harm to Perfect 10's business and Google's operation of its search engine."
However, in Perfect 10's separate case against Megaupload, a file-sharing service, Chief Judge Irma Gonzalez of the Southern District of California refused to throw copyright infringement allegations out.
"Megaupload serves as more than a passive conduit and more than a mere 'file storage' company," Gonzalez wrote in her decision. "It has created distinct Web sites presumably in an effort to streamline users access to different types of media. It encourages and in some cases pays its users to upload vast amounts of popular media through its rewards programs. It disseminates URLs for various files throughout the Internet. It provides payouts to affiliate websites who maintain a catalogue of all available files and last at a minimum, it is plausibly aware of the ongoing rampant infringement taking place on its Web sites."


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The nomination of REI's Sally Jewell to serve as U.S. Secretary of Interior marks a sea change in President Obama's approach to public lands and conservation. Ken Salazar, the current Interior head, has been a seldom-seen profile in inertia. The do-little MO symbolized the department's low priority for a first-term Obama freighted by the Great Recession.
With Jewell, the president recruited a get-it-done executive with a visceral understanding of the environmental and economic value of America's National Parks. He's also tapped a cabinet member who sees our natural heritage through a Northwest lens, cognizant of the thread that binds wild places, people, outdoor recreation and the economy.
"Sally has walked our trails, paddled in the Sound and climbed our mountains," Rep. Rick Larsen said. "I have no doubt that she will be an outstanding advocate for the Pacific Northwest. I look forward to working with Sally on issues important to our economy and environment, starting with the designation of the San Juan Islands National Monument."
The San Juan Islands National Monument is a no-brainer and the first test of Jewell's arm-twisting savvy. For decades islanders have embraced the natural gems that comprise the San Juan Islands National Conservation Area proposal, elbowing for added protection of places such as Turn Point on Stuart Island along with Patos Island. These are unique, radiant landscapes, key habitat for nesting falcons, marine mammals, bald eagles and rare plants.
Gaining access to these natural areas is essential to the local community. The windfall from wildlife viewing, kayaking, and hiking ripples out to the regional economy, as visitors rent boats, shop, and frequent hotels. It's why 150 San Juan Island businesses and the local chamber signed a letter encouraging President Obama to exercise his authority under the 1906 Antiquities Act.
There's more. Jewell could elbow for action on a White Cloud Mountains National Monument in Idaho. She could work with a recalcitrant and wilderness-averse Congress, reminding them of the $289 billion outdoor-recreation industry which is the source of 6.5 million jobs. Jewell's business-centric rationale could move well-studied proposals such as the bipartisan effort to create a Pratt River Wilderness and the Wild Olympics Wilderness.
Presupposing that Jewell lasts all four years of Obama's second term, she will oversee the centennial of the National Park Service in 2016. Her role advancing America's Great Outdoors initiative will inform the anniversary. She understands rule one, to get young people and families outdoors and connected to wild places.
In an interview with the SeattlePI.com's Joel Connelly, former Idaho Governor and Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus said that the key is to think big. Perhaps everyone in public service should hang a sign in their office that reads, "memento mori, remember you will die." Time is short, and Jewell will hold sway on a range of key challenges from Northwest coal trains, to Indian affairs, to drilling in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve. She has the talent and hopefully the access and pull to leave a permanent legacy.


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Pistol shooting tip.
Found this good pistol shooting tip (I think).
1st video, about 1:37, I do not like how he racks the slide. This would encourage noobs to end up with the muzzle pointing to the left elbow in time (or someone else). Especially with a stout recoil spring.
I (a right hander) prefer to:
Hold handgun in right hand,
"Pinch" the slide near the rear sight with the left thumb and left index finger,
Pull slide back, release.
danf_fl, I'm with you 100%. keeps the muzzle down range at all times.
Great videos, Thank you for posting. I am going to try ther elbow lock next trip to the range.
Some great info here.!! :D
I don't think a new B could rack a slide in that manner. Takes practice and a smooth slide
Please watch the video again.
Not everyone has the strength in their hands to rack a large caliber handgun with just the thumb and fore finger. I had to teach the full grip method to rack the slide to my girlfriend on my 45. They just have to learn to do it safely, with the muzzle pointed down range. Having broken my left thumb when I was younger I seem to be getting early arthritis in that digit and some days it hurts enough that I also use the full grip to rack the slide. The video shows the proper way to do that maneuver and it is good to know if you ever find yourself with a hurt hand and a need to defend yourself.
Well to be fair, that is commonly referred to as a a "combat rack" of the slide in that first video. I too, do use it on frequent occasions, muzzle downrange, hand over slide, rack slide and proceed to fire on target. It is used very often in match shooting...and combat. :cool:
I find folks that have weak hands and arms find it more comfortable to grasp the slide and push the gun forward rather than trying to pull the slide rearward.
For me, it seems to help keep my focus primarily on my forward target, as I smoothly push my guns sights back into my POV and position, for return fire, while moving forward.
That "combat rack" is more of a gross motor skill than the "slingshot" or "pinch" method. One is for fighting and the other is for plinking.
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ASTON -- They started as whispers, but over time, they gradually got louder and louder until they had reached a level that made them impossible to ignore.
Rondae Jefferson had heard them all, seen them all on Twitter and had basically brushed them aside because he knew Chester's status as Pennsylvania's top dog wasn't ever really in question, especially in the 19013 zip code.
So he thought, anyway, until he heard he'd been betrayed by one of his own heading into Sunday night's marquee nonleague clash with three-time Class AAA state champion Neumann-Goretti at Neumann University.
"I heard a couple people bet against us," said Jefferson, the reigning Daily Times Player of the Year. "I took it real personal. I told the guy, 'don't speak to me.'"
Maybe, just maybe, it might be time to stop doubting the Clippers. Chester's convincing 58-41 rout of the Saints, its 69th straight win against in-state competition that locked up the No. 1 seed for the Clippers in the upcoming District One Class AAAA tournament, put the rest of the state on notice that there's little question as to who's the best team, regardless of class.
The Clippers (19-3) knocked off their second PIAA champion of the year after besting last year's Class AA champion Imhotep Charter, 63-61, in December. While the win over the Panthers had all the drama of a championship game, this one had no need for that. Not with Richard Granberry coming through with another monster effort.
Granberry bullied his way to a 14-point, 15-rebound, three-block effort, and it might as well have served as his official coming-out party. He's come a long way in this, his fifth year at Chester, from a kid who failed to make the grade as a freshman to a beast in the middle whose consistency has been something to marvel at. When he was a freshman, Granberry would skip school and put his academics on the backburner. But then, something clicked.
"My cousin kept telling me to come out and try out," said Granberry, whose improved play has helped him garner Division I interest. "I tried out and started playing JV. My coaches were coming to school to check on me to make sure that I'm in school every day and doing good in my classes. My grades started improving."
His basketball career took a similar path, too. He's worked his way up the Clippers' hierarchy. Last year, he averaged just shy of six points per game for maybe the best Chester team in history. This year, he's almost an automatic double-double on a nightly basis. Against the Saints (17-5), he left no doubt as to who was the best big man on the floor against a talented N-G team that featured Towson signee John Davis. Davis corralled 16 rebounds, but he was held to five points on 2-for-11 shooting, thanks in large part to Granberry's presence. On the other end, Granberry was controlling the paint for putbacks and layups en route to his ninth straight double-digit scoring game.
"Everybody thought John Davis was going to score a lot on me," Granberry said. "But I don't care who you are. I ain't trying to let you score over 10 on me. I don't care how you big you are. You can be seven feet, whatever."
Granberry had a lot of help in this rout, though. Jefferson garnered MVP honors with an all-too-familiar 20-point, 10-rebound, four-steal, three-assist game. Those types of efforts have become the norm for the five-star Arizona signee, but it was Chester's unsung heroes who rose to the occasion.
With sharpshooter Darius Robinson struggling from the field (two points on 1-for-6 shooting but with seven rebounds) and in foul trouble, Conrad Chambers shined with 11 points, including a breathtaking spin move that preceded a layup to elicit oohs and aahs from the sellout crowd.
"I had to set him up for it," the junior said with a big smile. "I had to get it."
�James Kirksey rang up nine points, but it was his defensive work on Ja'Quan Newton that held the Division I prospect to a mere eight points on 3-for-8 shooting.
"I told people I had something for him, so I had to prove it to him," said Kirksey, who also grabbed four rebounds, dished out three assists and swiped a pair of steals. "Everybody thought Ja'Quan Newton was the man, so I had to stop him."
Up 25-17 at the half, Chester did what it has done to so many teams that thought they had a chance to be the one to knock off the Clippers. Yarbray asked for increased pressure in the form of Chester's well-known press, and by the time he finally got what he wanted, the Clippers found themselves leading 44-22 after three quarters. Then Kirksey capped a 15-2 run with a bucket.
The Saints looked deflated after a third quarter in which they shot 2-for-14 from the field, and even though N-G added some window dressing in the fourth stanza, the message had been sent. Underestimate the two-time defending Class AAAA champs at your own risk and don't think they won't hear about it.
"I heard it a lot, man," Chambers admitted. "They were saying that we weren't the best in Pa., they were saying they were the best. We got people in our own city betting against us, saying (Neumann) was going to win, and I was like, 'um, OK, that's what we like.' We came out and we played hard. That's it."
Kirksey heard it all, too, and he's just fine with letting the scoreboard do all the talking.
"It's very rewarding," Kirksey said. "Because we proved the doubters wrong and that's always good in my book."
That's good in anyone's book, actually.
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