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About 10 minutes into the Anaheim Union High School District's Jan. 18 meeting, the school board paused for a less-than-dramatic agenda item: the expulsion of 11 students. With no debate and no explanation, the board swiftly and unanimously voted to kick out students 00-41, 00-42, 00-44, 00-46, 00-47, 00-51, 00-52, 00-53, 00-54, 00-55 and 00-56.
The vote was just another symptom of the Anaheim district's decline. More obvious examples include rotting buildings, more portables than an Arkansas trailer park, overcrowding, lack of books and filthy bathrooms. Only a third of Anaheim's high school graduates go on to college.
Board president Katherine Smith doesn't like what she sees.
"In this country, there is a generation that came after me—I grew up during the war—that doesn't realize how things used to be when this country was a caring, civilized country," Smith told a standing-room-only audience.
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Smith's solution to the depressing conditions imposed on Anaheim's 21st-century students? Old-fashioned etiquette!
"I believe that teaching our children about decorum will keep them heads above their peers," she said. "Those who learn to stand up and greet an adult in a polite way will be the ones who get the job."
Smith dubbed her idea "Stand and Respect" when she proposed the Miss Manners-style program last month. Since then, Smith and her idea have been highlighted by television interviewers from local stations to the BBC and CNN. According to Smith, 60 percent of callers to a CNN nationwide poll favored her idea.
"About 98 percent of the e-mail we get at the school district is also positive," Smith asserted at the meeting. "The only concern people have is the interruption of classroom activity caused by having students stand up when an adult enters the room. . . . But I see this as a tributary on the road to the education of our students. It's all a part of our children being the most they can be."
Seconds after Smith made her pitch official at the school board meeting, however, a string of speakers denounced it—and not just because they were worried about the interruption of students' class work.
"Our school board should pay attention to the real issues confronting our district: overcrowding, lack of books and filthy bathrooms," argued Jessica Castro, the mother of a student in the district. "'Stand and Respect' is a wonderful idea—for 1940. Whatever happened to reading, writing and arithmetic? Students have to come out of this district able to meet challenges with their ability to think, to articulate, to comprehend—not by standing up and saying, 'Yes, sir!'"
When the audience finished clapping, Marla Hamblin, a public defender, stepped to the podium and said she was offended by Smith's assertion that things were better two generations ago. "I want to tell the board president that our country is still a caring, civilized place," she said. "You can't legislate respect."
Hamblin argued that "having students stand up when the 'massa' enters the room" has nothing to do with respect. "Why do you think teachers should be stood up to automatically?" she continued. "Why don't they earn it like everybody else? If you adopt this policy, I will do whatever I can to oppose this legislation, which reminds me of Nazi Germany."
At that point, board member Harald Martin—an Anaheim police officer who has gained notoriety for his attempts to bring federal immigration officers into the city's schools to investigate students' citizenship status—jumped in to defend Smith.
"I think people are taking this way out of context," Martin asserted. "Every person deserves respect instantaneously. They don't have to earn it. They deserve it. . . .It's frustrating to see that folks don't understand that Mrs. Smith isn't trying to change the world—and certainly isn't trying to change it to Nazi Germany."
Martin's attempt to downplay the fascistic aspects of "Stand and Respect" didn't sway Buena Park teacher Margina Berg. She recalled how, as a Cypress High School student in 1979, she was sent to Argentina as part of a student exchange. Three years earlier, the Latin American country fell under the grip of the military dictators who launched what has become known as the Dirty War.
"The whole country was under military control, and everybody did what they were told," Berg explained. "In school, we were forced to stand up whenever a teacher or adult entered the room. Wow! I really learned a lot of respect by being forced to do that 22 times a day. Does the board also plan to re-institute corporal punishment? Leave that to the military, where it belongs!"
Because of the angry reaction—and the absence of two board members—Smith's proposal was shelved. Smith promised to meet with parents, teachers and students before resubmitting her plan.
But Scott Akamine, the school board's student representative, told the board that the opinion of most high school students runs against "Stand and Respect,'' which is perceived as an "extreme" idea. Akamine said students don't object to being taught respect, but they believe that respect is already a strong part of the district's curriculum. He pointed out that students begin every school day with a moment of silence—during which they are supposed to focus on positive character traits.
The moment of silence, as it turns out, follows another ritual the school district has adopted thanks to Smith's urging: the so-called "Golden Rule." That's when a teacher or principal reads an inspiring quotation over the school's PA system—in a soothing voice reminiscent of Saturday Night Live's "Deep Thoughts With Jack Handy."
A day before the board meeting, a KABC-TV news crew interviewed Smith about "Stand and Respect." As the reporter explained Smith's role in implementing the "Golden Rule," the camera focused on a classroom loudspeaker, which blared the following deep thought for Anaheim's high school students: "You can make a big difference in this world if you just choose to be a good person."
From there, the camera pulled back to show a classroom full of bored-looking students who—like the brainwashed GI automatons from The Manchurian Candidate—were practicing how to stand in unison and mutter the words "Yes, sir" and "Yes, ma'am."
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NASCAR Sprint Cup teams will be at work early Friday morning. Before the cars can get on the track at Texas Motor Speedway, they must pass the first of multiple inspections in less than 72 hours.
This is not a rubber-stamp process. NASCAR, increasingly reliant on technology, continues to shrink the box within which Cup teams operate. Before the season-opening Daytona 500, Jimmie Johnson's team spent 41/2 hours getting the car just the way the inspectors wanted.
Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano ran into problems during inspection before the NRA 500 at TMS in April. Logano had to start from the rear of the field because he reported late to the starting grid. Both teams received penalties that included the loss of 25 driver's points. Keselowski, the defending Cup champion, missed the Chase by 21 points.
"We're very cautious about what we bring to the track now," Logano said. "We have to be cautious. We learned a lot from that day."
A look at the inspection process:
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NASCAR came into the 1990s following the credo of "King Richard" Petty: "If you ain't cheatin' a little, you ain't competitive."
NASCAR had inspectors, but they tended to be several steps behind the teams. There was an atmosphere of "that's close enough" during inspections. Consider this offering from NASCAR on Fox analyst and former crew chief Larry McReynolds
His driver, Davey Allison, finished second to Geoff Bodine in an October race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Bodine was driving for the Junior Johnson-Tim Brewer pairing, known for being loose with the rules.
In the postrace inspection, the fuel tank is filled to get an accurate weight of the car. The fuel-cell limit was 22 gallons.
"They got to 22 gallons, and that arrow was still spinning like a top," McReynolds said. "They had a much bigger fuel cell."
Why not complain? McReynolds cited what he learned from team owner Robert Yates, currently an engine-builder.
"If you complained to NASCAR that they have a bigger fuel cell than we have, what you're telling NASCAR is they're not doing their job on inspections," McReynolds said. "That made them as mad as anything."
The playing field changed in 1992, when NASCAR brought in Gary Nelson as competition director for the Cup series. Nelson was a former crew chief who knew all the tricks to stretching the rules beyond recognition.
"They let the fox in the henhouse," said Jeff Hammond, an analyst with NASCAR on Fox and a former crew chief for Cup champions Cale Yarborough and Darrel Waltrip.
Nelson brought a more technical approach to inspections. His crew no longer used tape measures and made guesses if a car met requirements and installed go-no go gauges that eliminated wiggle room.
Penalties became more common. In 1995, Hammond received a $5,000 fine for having 18 pounds of loose metal in the driver's compartment.
"We've seen a huge evolution in the process," McReynolds said. "Coming into the early '90s, the inspection process was not very extensive. You could get away with a lot. You knew if you were not, somebody else probably would.
"Gary Nelson really cleaned it up. You could not get by with things."
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The inspection operation has grown to a massive proportion with the technology to rival Formula One racing.
NASCAR used six tractor trailers to bring the inspection equipment to Texas Motor Speedway. Another truck arrived empty. It will be used to transport cars confiscated at the end of the AAA Texas 500 on Sunday for an extensive inspection at the research-and-development center in Concord, N.C. NASCAR takes seven cars: the top five finishers, the first car out not involved in an accident and one random car.
About 45 officials will work the Cup race. The officials, many of whom have a background in grass-roots racing, will cruise the garage area and monitor the pits on race day in addition to performing the inspections.
There will be three main inspections for all Cup cars: before the opening practice, before qualifying and before the race. The first inspection is the most extensive and thorough, Cup competition director John Darby said, because all parts are inspected. NASCAR tries to avoid making teams put together their cars more than once per weekend.
The inspection involves six inspection stations. Name a part of the car, and it is checked with a state-of-the-art fine-toothed comb.
"The Claw" is the biggest step in the process. The Claw is a collection of 19 templates used to determine if a car's body meets specifications. If The Claw fits, the car is good. If The Claw finds a discrepancy, the car goes back to the garage.
During the ill-fated "Car of Tomorrow" era, NASCAR used a one-size-fits-all template. With the move to the Gen-06 car this season, there are different claws for different manufacturers.
"When I took over, my biggest goal was to develop an inspection system in the garage that was very consistent and very accurate," Darby said. "I won't use the word 'routine,' because we want to keep enough randomness about the inspections so that teams cannot predict what we're going to do.
"But in today's world, we're going to inspect the whole car top to bottom, front and rear, inside and out."
NASCAR also introduced this season a laser platform that measures about 60 points on the Gen-06 ride. The laser platform represents NASCAR's biggest step yet into the realm of high technology.
"What we have today is a direct result of us playing the cat-and-mouse game with them," Hammond said. "They built the ultimate mouse trap — the laser platform — and have a zero tolerance policy. You don't get an eighth of an inch. I'd dare say we're the strictest auto racing in the world."
Strict, but equal
McReynolds talked with Jimmy Fenning, crew chief for Carl Edwards, during Cup qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway this month. McReynolds and Fenning talked about what NASCAR wants from teams.
"Jimmy said every time NASCAR doesn't like something that goes on, they put in a new rule," McReynolds said. "And every time they put in a new rule, it costs the owners money.
" He said we live in a comfort level. Nobody is getting everything. You don't lay awake at night, wonder about what you have or what you have and somebody else doesn't have. You know that as far as the rules, everybody is on the up and up and playing on a level field."
That is NASCAR's goal. The rogue crew chief is a vanishing breed. So are tricks such as filling a water container with metal to get extra weight. NASCAR wants teams to compete against each other, not the rule book.
"I'd probably prefer to have a little bit of wiggle room," Hammond said. "We have true geniuses on race teams. It's mind-boggling, because you have engineers that could work for the most prominent Defense Department contractors.
"We used to do some things that I'd call in the category of Harry Houdini. There was sleight of hand. If they caught you, you'd laugh and take your penalty and go on. Today, it's a bigger business. You don't get a slap on the hands. You're busted, and you have to go home for six weeks to think about it."
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2013 violations
A look at significant violations uncovered by NASCAR inspectors at the Sprint Cup level this season:
Texas Motor Speedway, April 13: Cars of Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano failed a prerace inspection, and parts from rear suspensions were confiscated. After appeals, Keselowski and Logano lost 25 points apiece, and each crew chief was fined $100,000.
Texas Motor Speedway, April 13: Martin Truex Jr. kept a second-place finish but lost six points because his car did not meet a minimum height in postrace inspection.
Kansas Speedway, April 21: Matt Kenseth won the race but lost the postrace inspection when a connecting rod was found to be 2.7 grams light. After appeals, Kenseth lost 12 points, and crew chief Jason Ratliff was fined $200,000.
Dover International Speedway, June 2: Paul Wolfe, Keselowski's crew chief, returned from suspension and got into more hot water. Wolfe received a $25,000 fine because Keselowski's car was too low in postrace inspection. Keselowski lost six points.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway, July 12: After going through prequalifying inspection twice, Jimmie Johnson appeared to have earned a spot on the front row. Not so fast. He was sent to the back of the field after the car failed postqualifying inspection for being too low on both sides.
Pocono Raceway, Aug. 2: Johnson failed prequalifying suspension because, he said, the left rear measurement was "1-1,000 of an inch" off requirement. Johnson's team fixed the problem, and he earned the pole in delayed run that took place in better conditions for speed.
All-time violations
A look at all-time major rules violations uncovered by NASCAR inspectors:
Ontario Motor Speedway, Nov. 24, 1974: Bobby Allison kept the victory but was fined $9,100 for having a roller camshaft in his AMC Matador.
Charlotte Motor Speedway, Nov. 9, 1983: "King Richard" Petty got career win No. 198 but was fined a record $35,000 and lost 104 points because his Pontiac Grand Prix had left-side tires on the right side, and the engine was 24 cubic inches too big.
Texas Motor Speedway, March 28, 2003: NASCAR impounded Tony Stewart's Chevrolet Monte Carlo before qualifying because of concerns over the back of the body. Stewart finished 34th in a backup ride but was not penalized.
Daytona International Speedway, Feb.18, 2007: Michael Waltrip Racing had a disastrous Cup debut. In prequalifying inspection, NASCAR found an unapproved fuel additive within the intake manifold of Waltrip's Toyota Camry. NASCAR removed crew chief David Hyder and competition director Bobby Kennedy from the track. Hyder also received a $100,000 fine. Waltrip lost 100 points.
Charlotte Motor Speedway, May 15, 2009: Carl Long's engine failed during practice. Inspectors determined the defective engine was .17 of a cubic inch too large. Long was suspended for 12 races and fined $200,000. Long has participated in lower-level series but has not returned to the Cup level because he has not paid the fine.
The inspection process
Sprint Cup cars go through six inspection stations to ensure a level playing field before they are cleared to race. Here's a quick look at three of those stations:
Aluminum templates are fitted over the vehicle to measure aerodynamic profile
A collection of 19 templates welded together — nicknamed "The Claw" — are lowered onto the surface of the car
Each manufacture has unique templates
Each car is rolled onto a scale in race-ready condition, with all gasoline, oil, water and other fluids in place
Cars must weigh at least 3,600 pounds, including the driver
The right side of the car must weigh at least 1,700 pounds
The laser platform was introduced this season and represents NASCAR's biggest technological leap
About 60 points of the underside of the car — such as front and rear wheel cambers, wheel base and rear axle location — are scanned
Measurements must be as precise as 1/1,000th of an inch in some cases


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He is an Obama fundraiser though
He is a casino kingpin and Obama fundraiser so that's alright.
As The Point discussed previously, Ray Halbritter is being misrepresented as an Oneida Chief in his attacks on the Washington Redskins, but he isn't actually a chief.
In 1993, the Grand Council of Chiefs removed Mr. Halbritter as the Oneida wolf clan representative and notified the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) that he no longer represented the Oneida people.
Halbritter heads up Oneida Indian Nation Enterprises whose prize is a casino built on land obtained through a lawsuit to "recover" Oneida land. But it turns out that not only isn't Ray Halbritter an Oneida chief, he may not even be Oneida.
The American Indian leader spearheading the campaign to change the name of the Washington Redskins is not a legitimate member of the tribe he leads, according to a New York State Assemblywoman, but rather an Obama crony who is raking in casino money and paying back only small stipends to his tribe members.
A microcopy of 1885-1940 Indian Census Rolls from the National Archives of the United States, obtained by The Daily Caller, disputes Halbritter's claim to have one-fourth Oneida blood on his mother's side. The Oneida Indian Nation of New York determines membership by matrilineal descent and requires "a blood quantum of 1/4 degree," according to its constitution, submitted to a former official of the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1994.
The document lists Lucy Carpenter, Halbitter's great-great grandmother on the "Census of Indians residing upon the Oneida Reservation who do not belong to the Six Nations."
"He has no ancestry in the Six Nations but he has a lot of powerful friends in D.C.," Tenney said.
Halbritter attended a January 27, 2012 fundraiser with President Obama in Washington, D.C. with 70 Indian leaders.
Previously Halbritter had flown under the radar. Some liberals attacked him, but most didn't even know he existed. Now with a rather problematic legal position, he decided to push himself forward as a political activist. That probably wasn't the smartest idea ever.
The Oneida Nation turned a $115 million profit in 2006, according to a report by University of Rochester professor Gregg Jarrell. Tenney claimed that Oneida annual revenue is now "really closer to $300 million." The tribe directly takes in "$8 to 9 million" per year in taxpayer money from federal and state governments for health care, according to Tenney.
But Oneida tribe members, who number between 450 and approximately 1,000 according to competing estimates, are only getting paid $4,000 per quarter, or $16,000 per year, according to a source.
And how much of that money ended up in Obama's pockets?


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Tony Schumacher can claim another milestone on Sunday.
BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Seven-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion Tony Schumacher can claim another milestone on Sunday at the Circle K Winternationals at Pomona, Calif.
"Just being tied with Garlits for anything is a career highlight," said Schumacher, 44, who owns nearly every Top Fuel record including most career titles (72) and wins in one season (15 in 2008).
The popular driver hopes his U.S. Army team will match last year's start when it won two of the first four event titles but continue that run throughout the year.
"We had a good start to the year but ended up seventh in the final standings. We knew we had a winning car that probably could have won the championship. We were winning races and had the points lead. But (crew chief Mike Green and assistant Neal Strausbaugh) didn't feel the car was doing what it was supposed to do. It was going out and going fast but it was detonating the engine, blowing itself up.
"They made the correct call and made changes they had to do. The reason NHRA was started was to keep drag racing safe. Mike and Neal made a responsible call to make the right changes that got the Army dragster running safe and without blowing up engines and putting oil on the track.
"We're not used to that, but we are specialists in adversity. We've always been that way. We always get through those things. This year will be a great example of proving that.
"We didn't fail last year; failing would be showing up completely unprepared. A failure is when you walk into a business meeting without putting the numbers together, knowing what the projections should be and are not prepared. Not getting the sale isn't a failure if you were prepared and lost out because there are other good people out there with other good products. You're not going to get them all."
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" Brand: Pineapple / Ladies Watch "
* Prices may differ from that shown
Personally I have never been a fan of jewellery/watches around my wrists I just don't feel comfortable when wearing them. For a Christmas present I was given another watch (most of mine are still in there boxes) but I did like the look of it and have been wearing this one on and off since Christmas.
I had never heard of Pineapple until Pineapple dance studios came out on TV and it's not normally a show I would watch but it got me hooked. Louie Spence really makes that show!
Pineapple Black Strap Watch - Analogue:
My Findings:
Looking at other pineapple watches you really wouldn't be able to guess this is by them as there is no bright pink.
This watch comes in a gift box and in true pineapple style is bright pink, once you open your box you are met with this gorgeous watch that sits wrapped on its protective cushion. When lifting the watch out I also found guarantee and instruction booklet. - All very neatly presented.
The first thing that got my attention was the super sparkly looking diamante gems surrounding the watch face and on its black back ground they really do stand out. Also instead of having numbers there are again some sparkly gems and us ladies do enjoy the sparkles. The middle back ground of the watch carries on with its black theme but has a light purple letter P with some white detail coming from it. Personally I think the P just looks like a pattern on the watch and you have to look close to see that it is actually a letter P!
When putting the watch on it does fit very comfortable on my wrist which is great for me as like I said I don't normally like the feel of anything around my wrists. It's a soft leather strap which fastens by a simple buckle, under the strap you have the pineapple logo; also if you look close on the buckle you can see an engraved heart along with a small clear gem. - A very nice finishing touch.
To put the watch to the right time is extremely simple, just pull the crown out of the side of the watch and twist until you get it to the right time, then just push the crown back in and you're done. One thing it does not tell me on the internet or in the booklet is if this watch is waterproof or not and guessing it doesn't say either way I'm taking it as it is not waterproof. I did get a few drops of water on the watch last week however I just wiped it off and it was fine.
Price and Availability:
As this watch was a gift I don't know the original price that was paid the RRP is £29.99 but searching the internet the average price seems be around the £12.99 mark which is great value for this neat looking watch.
Really pleased I received this watch as it is one of the nicest and most comfortable ones I have ever own, and I own a few! It has had a little wear now as I do keep taking it on and off, the strap still looks like new and if I get any marks on the glass I just use one of my wipes for my glasses and it comes up shiny and new again.
Five out of five stars from me!
Thanks for reading :o)
Additional Information:
* Display Type: Analogue
* Clasp: Buckle
* Colour: Black
* Movement: Quartz
The Pineapple logo have a range of fun accessories including bags, hats, purses, jewellery and clothes.
Debbie Moore founded the internationally renowned Pineapple Dance Studios in the location of an old pineapple warehouse in Covent Garden, central London, in 1979.
- www.pineapple.uk.com


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The U.S. economy grew at a lackluster 1.5 percent annual pace from April through June. The economy's other vital signs aren't looking very healthy, either:
Job growth has slowed sharply — to an average of 75,000 a month in the April-June quarter from a robust 226,000 a month in the first three months of 2012. Unemployment has been stuck at 8.2 percent for two straight months. The economy isn't growing fast enough to generate stronger hiring.
Consumers have been holding back, one reason economic growth was so slow in the April-June quarter. Once you adjust for inflation, consumer spending barely grew from March to April — and didn't grow at all from April to May. Spending on autos and other big-ticket durable goods actually fell in May. All this is worrisome because consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity.
The recovery of the housing market has lost some momentum. Most economists think housing is improving but slowly and unevenly. Sales of new and previously occupied homes both fell from May to June. They had been rising, or at least flat, in May and April. The National Association of Realtors' index of sales agreements fell 1.4 percent last month to below a reading considered healthy. But the index is higher than it was a year ago. Builders are more confident and are breaking ground on more homes. Construction of single-family homes rose to a two-year high last month. Mortgage rates are at record lows.
Manufacturing shrank nationwide in June for the first time in three years, the Institute for Supply Management said this month. The group's April and May surveys both showed expansion, but it slowed from April to May. Europe's financial crisis and slower growth in emerging markets such as China and India have reduced demand for U.S. goods.
Business orders that signal investment plans have declined in three of the past four months. So-called core capital goods fell 1.4 percent from May to June. Such goods include computers, equipment and heavy machinery. Orders rose from April to May but declined in the previous two months. The downward trend suggests that businesses are less confident in the economy.
After adjusting for inflation, wages in the private sector grew 0.8 percent from March through June. That was the fastest three-month pace since early 2009. But inflation-adjusted wages are still below where they were when the recession ended in June 2009. Employers haven't had to offer healthy wage increases: In this weak job market, many workers haven't had anywhere else to go.
The stock market has declined slightly, largely because of signs that the economy remains weak and worries about Europe's struggles with government debt, weak banks and stagnant economies. The Dow Jones industrial average has dropped about 1 percent since March 31.


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Walking dead question: how come sometimes there are people in cars or stores or whatever that are dead but didn't turn?
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Shaul Kushinsky, 18, started Cub Scouts in the fall 1998 as a Tiger Scout in Pack 54. Now a Stoughton High School senior, Kushinsky is in Troop 54, which is sponsored by the South Area Solomon Schechter Day School in Norwood. His Scoutmaster is Stephen Woogmaster.
Shaul Kushinsky, 18, started Cub Scouts in the fall 1998 as a Tiger Scout in Pack 54. Now a Stoughton High School senior, Kushinsky is in Troop 54, which is sponsored by the South Area Solomon Schechter Day School in Norwood. His Scoutmaster is Stephen Woogmaster.
He will be presented the rank of Eagle Scout in an Eagle Court of Honor Sunday, April 25, at 3:30 p.m., at Ahavath Torah Congregation, 1179 Central St.
He answers a few questions about his Eagle Scout project:
What is your project?
My project took place in room E204 of Stoughton High School (also known as the band room). I first emptied the closet of equipment and storage units. I then inventoried and alphabetized all of the music and built new storage units for the closet. This consisted of shelves for the corner and along the wall, and two carts on wheels to hold guitars. All of it was built out of plywood and nails, and was painted white.
How did you come up with the idea?
I came up with the idea by talking to Mr. Davey, the band director at the High School. I saw the effects of Zach Schwartz's Eagle Project and since the music department had done so much for me, I wanted to do something for it. I knew how badly disorganized the closet was, so I talked to Mr. Davey about building new storage units and then developed the idea.
How much can it hold?
I do not have a definite amount that it can hold but everything that was there originally was put back into place and there is still some space left.
How long did it take?
I put in over 75 hours of my own time and other people put in over 191 hours combined. The total amount of time came out to about 267 hours of work.
What was the reaction of school personnel about your project?
The school personnel have been thankful for it. The closet is better organized and there is more room to move around. It is easily customizable, much of the sound equipment is off the floors, and all of the guitars can now be easily pulled out of the closet.
Were there other projects you considered and rejected?
There were other projects I considered. I was thinking about projects for different organizations, for example my temple, New England Sinai Hospital, and the Helen H. Hansen Elementary School, but I decided in the end that I wanted to work on a project for the group that had some of the greatest effect on me in my teenage years.
What's the most important thing working toward an Eagle taught you?
I have learned so much in working towards attaining the rank of Eagle.
Probably the most important thing I learned was the Heimlich Maneuver.
This is because there was an occurrence in March of 2009 where I had to utilize that knowledge to help save a life. For my self development, the most important thing I learned was the knowledge of how to be a leader.
With this knowledge I was able to complete my project, and also to be a better leader in my other extra-curricular activities and in school. I know that this knowledge will help me all throughout my life.


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Ask.com has developed a set of browser-based search services for US mobile devices that lets users find websites, directions, images, maps, business listings and weather information.
People will also be able to find area codes, check time zones and call up horoscope entries, as well as convert currencies. The company will increase this initial set of services to include others it currently offers only to PC users.
The move is the latest by a major internet search provider to extend its services to mobile phones and other mobile devices. Google, Yahoo and others also offer such services.
People's desire to use search engines from cell phones is growing rapidly, as handsets and wireless internet connections become cheaper and more powerful.
The convenience of accessing search services via mobile devices is an obvious one, even if the technical barriers are only recently starting to fall. It's clearly useful for people to call up a search engine to seek product information if they are at a store or to obtain driving directions while on the road.
The mobile market is nascent and, as such, represents a new frontier and opportunity, as opposed to the PC-based search market dominated by Google. In August, Google handled 44 percent of all US queries, according to comScore Networks. Yahoo came in a distant second place with almost 29 percent. Ask.com ranked fifth with only 5.5 percent.
Ask.com's mobile search services are expected to go live today and should be accessible from any device in the US with a mobile browser and with unrestricted access to the web, said Doug Leeds, Ask.com's vice president of product management.
Ask.com reformats all the web pages it links to from its results so that they will be rendered properly on a mobile screen, Leeds said.
The Ask.com mobile services include advanced features such as automatically generated alternate queries to narrow or expand the scope of the search. Ask.com also delivers along with the results a list of names related by topic to the query.
Ask.com is also providing its "smart answers" feature, which consolidates information from various sources in a single entry at the top of the results list.
The services are free and don't include ads, but carriers may apply charges related to the internet connection and data transmission, he said.
One mobile search area in which Ask.com still lacks representation is in the text message space. For example, Google allows users to tap into some of its search engines by sending a text query to the company from a mobile device.
Ask.com may consider providing text-message searching if it determines there is enough demand for it, Leeds said. For now, people need a device with a mobile browser to access the Ask.com search engines.
People who visit Ask.com's mobile search page will also find a link to its Bloglines syndicated feed reader, which has had a mobile version for a while.


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A Movie About a Man Who Wishes His Penis Away...and it Becomes a Person
In the movie Bad Johnson, Cam Gigandet is at the utter mercy of his dick — imagine his surprise when he manages to wish it away. And then his penis turns into a separate person. There are so many things wrong with this, we can't even.


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Drew Chapman
King of Fear (SIMON & SCHUSTER)
Saturday • February 20 • 5pm
Bellevue Store
Reading & Book Signing
A bond trader turned antihero, numbers savant Garrett Reilly saved the world from global conflict in The Ascendent. In the thrilling sequel, Reilly and the Ascendant team are pulled back into the game when he spots something strange in the country's financial ledgerjust before banks begin to fail, stocks start to crash, and the president of the Federal Reserve is murdered. Pegged as the primary suspect, Reilly is hunted by both his own country and other mysterious individuals. And as things worsen, it's up to him to stop the ticking economic time bomb before it's too late for himself and his country. As the complete King of Fear saga comes out in print, we're excited to welcome Drew Chapman to explore its thrilling story at this reading and signing.
Drew Chapman was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in History. His early work history included: bike messenger, newspaper reporter, bootleg T-shirt salesman and knish vendor at Yankee Stadium. He wrote his first novel in fourth grade. It remains unpublished.
After college Drew moved to Los Angeles and began working in film production. He got an agent and took a position as a staff writer for Disney Animation. He has since written on projects for studios including Disney, Fox, Universal, Warner Brothers and Sony. He wrote and directed a feature film, Stand Off, starring Dennis Haysbert and Robert Sean Leonard.
Drew works extensively in television, where he writes under the name Andrew Chapman. He has sold pilots to ABC, Fox, Amazon, ABC Family, and Sony. In 2014 Drew wrote and produced an eight part limited series for ABC called The Assets, and this year wrote on and co-executive produced the second season of the spy show Legends for TNT.
His first novel, The Ascendant, was released by Simon & Schuster in 2014. The sequel, The King of Fear, will be published as an eBook series starting November 3, 2015, and will be released in paperback February 16, 2016.
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Eric Wall
Affiliation: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Country: USA
Detail Information
- Novel radiographic feature classification of knee osteochondritis dissecans: a multicenter reliability studyEric J Wall
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Am J Sports Med 43:303-9. 2015..Several features on plain radiographs have been identified as predictors of healing, but the reliability of their measurement has not been established...
- Growth plate fractures of the distal femurEric J Wall
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cincinnati Children s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
J Pediatr Orthop 32:S40-6. 2012..There are many pitfalls that have to be avoided in the treatment of these fractures to prevent malunion, growth arrest, and posttraumatic arthritis...
- Juvenile osteochondritis dissecansEric Wall
Children s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
Orthop Clin North Am 34:341-53. 2003..There are no controlled prospective studies on this condition to accurately gauge the effect of different treatments, or even if treatment affects the natural history of JOCD...
- Juvenile osteochondritis dissecans of the talusVenkat Perumal
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
J Pediatr Orthop 27:821-5. 2007..We determined the healing rate after 6 months of nonoperative treatment of OCDT in skeletally immature patients...


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Ask a Mechanic Online and Get Answers to Your Car Questions
All new except pcm. No voltage
All injectors are getting 12 volts but the ground side is not pulsing on 1, 3, and 4. It runs fine until 160 degrees then only number 2 injector sprays.
I have changed the computer using a used computer. I still don't understand why it runs till it gets warm and then acts up. Does the coolant have some computer or injector shut off? Also the only codes showing are 12, 43, and 55. I'm at a loss??
Those are the codes you have. Nothing there concerns me. Did the car do the same thing before the new computer or was the computer replaced for a different reason?
Also found this on a forum.
We changed the computer because the timing belt went out and bent the valves. When we did this the problem started.


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AP govt making foolproof arrangements for Krishna Pushkaralu - 10 Tv
Mon, May 30, 2016, 10:14 AM
The AP government is making foolproof arrangements for Krishna Pushkaralu for avoiding incidents like stampede at Rajahmundry. The government is focusing on setting up medical camps and keeping ambulances and fire fighters ready for avoiding untoward incidents. Police officials are planning to install 1,200 CCTV cameras in and around Vijayawada city. The Krishna Pushkaralu will be for 12 days beginning from August 12.


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Taiwan's young democracy still has a long road to travel
The China Post news staff Friday, May 9, 2014, 12:01 am TWN
Nearly six months have passed this year, and Taiwan has already experienced numerous street activities that have shaken society in various ways. The Legislative Yuan, Ketagalan Boulevard and other streets of Taipei City have all become platforms for people who would like to express their opinions and stand for what they believe in. Groups of protesters fought against the Cross-Strait Trade in Services Agreement and nuclear power plants while others took to the streets to support the police and the government.
It might seem like people know what they have been doing the past months, but when we look closer at the arguments and disputes displayed in those street movements, the truth slowly comes to light.
When the government carries out policy to attract international investors to come to Taiwan, especially Chinese ones, some people call it selling Taiwan out. When the investors leave Taiwan to put their money to work in other countries, some people blame the government for bringing about an economic downturn.
Protesters slammed the government for failing to shut down all the nuclear power plants, but also for hiking electricity prices. Students rushed into the Legislative Yuan and occupied parliament, vowing to protect Taiwan from the Cross-Strait Trade in Services Agreement with their lives. Yet the government is facing delays in its planned voluntary military service system because enrolment rate among the youth is very low.
The truth is that most people in Taiwan hold double standards when it comes to the issues that they care about. They choose the part of the issue that supports their arguments and are then extremely vocal about it. When they are faced with opinions that challenge their arguments or ideas they attack these dissenting opinions in a bid to mute them.


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Would Judge Give Psychopath With Genetic Defect Lighter Sentence?
In 1991, a man named Stephen Mobley robbed a Domino's pizza in Hall County, Ga., and shot the restaurant manager dead.
Crimes like this happen all the time, but this particular case became a national story, in part because Mobley seemed so proud of his crime. After the robbery, he bragged about the killing and had the Domino's logo tattooed on his back.
But there was another reason Mobley's case became famous.
Right around the time Mobley went to trial, a study was published in a scientific journal about an extremely interesting gene called MAOA: monoamine oxidase A.
A Troubled Dutch Family
A geneticist named Han Brunner had been looking into MAOA — specifically what happens where there's a mutation in it — and, for his research, had decided to study a very unusual Dutch family.
Read the whole story: NPR


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Gary Shteyngart by Nathan Gelgud, 2014.
Scroll down for Nathan Gelgud's main illustration inspired by Shteyngart's new book.
In his new memoir Little Failure, a twenty-something Gary Shteyngart visits the (now closed) Strand Book Store Annex in downtown Manhattan on his two-hour lunch breaks. "In 1996," he points out, "people still read books and the city could support an extra branch of the legendary Strand in the Financial District, which is to say that stockbrokers, secretaries, government functionaries -- everybody back then was expected to have some kind of inner life."
This sounds a bit cynical or nostalgic, but it's fair: the Strand Annex was a fun place to visit, in large part because its presence on that street always felt surprising, no matter how many times you visited. At the Annex, Shteyngart encounters a panic-attack inducing image of the Chesme Church, which stands in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was built in 1780 to honor the Russian victory in the Battle of Chesma of 1770, an important naval battle fought against the Ottoman Empire. It's built in the Gothic Revival style, and it looks like a large, elaborate pink and white cake that would stand unwanted but occasionally admired in the window of an eager bakery.
Twenty-something Shteyngart is taking lunch breaks in the Financial District because he's working at an immigrant resettlement agency job which his mom procured for him upon "realizing that I was never going to amount to much." The title of the book comes from his mother's nickname for him, which might have something to do with Shteyngart's self-deprecating humor and his years in intense therapy.
Young Shteyngart harbors dreams of becoming a writer, which is why he's in the Strand Annex, sorting through discounted titles "looking for someone just like me on the back cover: a young goateed boulevardier, a desperately urban person, obsessed with the Orwells and Dos Passoses." When he comes upon the book St. Petersburg: Architecture of the Tsars, he's driven to panic -- the sensation that his "nervous, twitching body will never find rest, or maybe that it will find eternal rest all too soon, that is to say pass out and die." In his acclaimed novels, and in this memoir, Shteyngart is good at writing about a lot of different things, but especially discomfort.
His Russian roots and the memories attached to the St. Petersburg church play a big part in Shteyngart's unease, and the scene in the Strand is a perfect cross-section of Little Failure in many ways. It encompasses his Russian childhood, his hope that the woman he loves would be impressed if he owned the architecture book, his aspirations as a writer, and his parents' expectations. Throughout the memoir, he weaves in and out of these themes, using anecdotes in ways that are masterful and discomfiting, structured and frenetic. His funny jokes about maladjustment should ensure that copies of Little Failure won't someday end up in a dusty remainder bin at a used bookstore. But if they did, he would write about it with insight.


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Bush announces intention to let positive men and women enter U.S without special waiver
In an announcement made public on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, the Bush administration has declared its intention to issue an executive order allowing people who are HIV-positive to enter the U.S. on short-term visas without seeking a special waiver.
The order has yet to appear on the White House Web site and there is no indication when it might.
U.S. law allows the exclusion of foreigners who pose a public health risk. That was interpreted to exclude a HIV-positive Dutch visitor traveling to speak in the U.S. in 1989. It sparked a protest at the International AIDS Conference in San Francisco in 1990, and the conference has not returned to the U.S. in protest of the policy.
Congress codified that exclusion in 1993 by passing a law that prohibits foreigners from becoming citizens or obtaining a visa to visit the U.S. if they are HIV-positive. However, the provision may be waived on an individual basis if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the country to do so.
Blanket waivers have been issued for particular events, most recently the Gay Games in Chicago.
Those who have objected to the policy say it is demeaning, further stigmatizes the disease and contributes nothing to public health.
Furthermore, having notice of such an exemption stamped in their passport may subject the person to discrimination and possibly violence in their home country.
Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, called the proposed change "a vast improvement over current law," though he would prefer to see a change in the law itself and not just an easing of the waiver process.
Gay pundit Andrew Sullivan has long advocated for eliminating the travel ban. In a recent blog, he noted, "When the First Lady recently sat down with African women dealing with HIV for a photo-op, the press did not tell you that the White House had first to secure that waiver to even allow those women into the country, let alone the White House," wrote gay pundit Andrew Sullivan on his blog.
Sullivan called Bush's move a "tiny, if welcome gesture" that should be followed by support for a legislative effort to remove HIV as a barrier to American residence and citizenship.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition, December 8, 2006.


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Hi, I tried making something like the following script (simplified). The idea is that T1 and T2 are BaseT's, but T2's have components (T2Comp) made up of T1's. I want the names of T1's and T2's to be unique. I'm not sure I'm using inheritance properly. 1) The unique and primary key constraints on BaseT were not enforced on T1 or T2. 2) If I copy the three constraint lines below name to T1 and T2, then indeed, T1 and T2 enforce those constraints. 3) However, it still does not enforce uniqueness I want in BaseT. In other words adding the name 'fred' to T1 puts a 'fred' in BaseT, adding 'fred' in T2 adds another 'fred' to BaseT. How can I make sure that a 'fred' in T1 prevents a 'fred' in T2? I was GUESSING that INHERITANCE would behave like old-fashioned 'automatic masters' only better! Any help would be appreciated in explaining INHERITANCE, or just in how to do what I want to do. I know another way, but it requires that every time you INSERT a T1 OR T2 you first need to INSERT into BaseT. Maybe I need to write functions that ON INSERT or ON UPDATE (on T1 and T2) make sure that BaseT is updated first (not use inheritance, but use BaseT as a common name repository)... Thanks in advance. -- mike =================================== CREATE TABLE BaseT ( mbid SERIAL, name VARCHAR(64), UNIQUE (mbid), UNIQUE (name), PRIMARY KEY (mbid) ); CREATE TABLE T1 ( v1 DOUBLE PRECISION DEFAULT 0.0, v2 DOUBLE PRECISION DEFAULT 0.0, v3 DOUBLE PRECISION DEFAULT 0.0 ) INHERITS BaseT ; CREATE TABLE T2 ( v4 INT DEFAULT 0 ) INHERITS BaseT ; CREATE TABLE T2Comp ( mcbid INT, mbid INT, v5 INT PRIMARY KEY (mcbid, mbid), FOREIGN KEY (mcbid) REFERENCES BaseT(mbid), FOREIGN KEY (mbid) REFERENCES BaseT(mbid), CHECK ((aProportion > 0 OR fractionMass > 0) AND (aProportion = 0 OR fractionMass = 0)), CHECK (cmbid != mbid) ); -- Michael E. Case UC Davis case(at)ucdhep(dot)ucdavis(dot)edu (530) 754-7226
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The retailer has cut its earnings targets for its fiscal fourth quarter – but the company's chief executive Daniel Dematteo says that core gamers are not to blame for this, according to Associated Press.
Instead, Dematteo said the reduced outlook reflects GameStop's uncertainty in the business during the seasonal period, given the nature of the customer base, which usually shifts to families looking for gifts at this time of year. The current economy makes this shift more unpredictable this year.
In a conference call with analysts, the GameStop exec pointed to the success of Call Of Duty: World At War, Gears Of War 2 and World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King over the last month, all of which are targeted at core gamers.
GameStop chairman R. Richard Fontaine said during the call: "If the core gamers and the avid gamers are with us through these very unpredictable times, that's a very, very good sign for us."


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Rainbow Jackson: The Crucial Cut Interview
Bo Jackson was great at two things — three if you count selling sneakers. The first and only athlete to make the all-star team in two major American sports (football and baseball), Jackson was one of the most famous athletes of the early '90s. According to TV spots popular at the time, "Bo knows" how to do just about everything. It's from this multi-talented running back and outfielder that Rainbow Jackson get their name, and while this L.A. foursome may only excel one thing — playing "scuzzed-up power-pop," as their bio puts it — it's a skill that won them Diffuser.fm's latest Crucial Cut of the Month contest.
More than 39 percent of voters picked the band's tune 'Flamingo Starr' as the best free MP3 we gave away in April 2013, and it's easy to see why. Rainbow Jackson deliver perky, punky '60s-inspired rock 'n' roll, and on tunes like 'Flamingo Starr,' they even throw in some smart, inspirational lyrics. In that sense, these West Coast transplants are good at two things — words and music — and responding via email to questions for this piece, Chad Carlisle (vocals, guitar, bass), Sam Dagger (lead guitar), Laith Khalaf (vocals, guitar, bass) and Andy Ford (drums) also proved our favorite type of interview subjects: witty, insightful and not at all miffed that a Diffuser.fm profile is the only real Crucial Cut prize.
Read on to find out when the Rainbow Jackson formed, how they fit into the local scene, why they like living in a rowdy house overrun with animals and fellow musicians and where they see themselves in five years. And if you like 'em half as much as we do, why not surf on over to Near Mess Records and order up a copy of 'Freckles,' their brand-new split 7-inch with pals the Hindu Pirates?
How'd you all end up in L.A.? Why there instead of, say, NYC?
Chad Carlisle: We are from all over. Sam is from Portland, Laith is from Hawaii and Andy is from Illinois. At least that's where we spent most of our time growing up. We've all lived a handful of places.
Sam Dagger: I ended up following a couple of friends from college to L.A. because I was bored. Then I found myself in a rock and roll band.
CC: I was living in Memphis, Tennessee, and had never been out to the West Coast, so I pretty much loaded my car with gear and set out on a surprisingly well-scheduled solo tour. A lot of people told me I would hate L.A., but once I got here, I got a really warm reception from strangers and met a lot of cool people. It took me two years to make the move though. As for NYC, the weather. Definitely the weather.
Laith Khalaf: I was going to school in Maryland to study journalism. Before long (not too long) I got bored and decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue music. I figured it would be best to do something I love, since being bored your whole life isn't any fun. I spent most of my life growing up in California and Hawaii. New York didn't even cross my mind as a place to live. I prefer to visit.
Andy Ford: Moving to LA was a choice I made to pay my bills via recording songs, skateboarding and playing my SJC drums for as many people as I met. L.A. weather over NY weather any day.
What was the attraction to Bo Jackson? Nostalgia for the early '90s? Those "Bo Knows" ads inspired us to buy at least one pair of brightly colored sneakers back in 1992…
CC: I grew up going to Kansas City Royals games with my family. I don't recall whether I actually got to go to a game while Bo was still playing for the Royals, but my older brother and dad were definitely fans of Bo. And as a kid who watched way too much TV, I'm sure the "Bo Knows" ads got through to me.
LK: Aside from [the Nintendo game] Tecmo Superbowl, I didn't have much to attract me to Bo Jackson. I just know he was an extraordinary athlete, and that I like puns, so when Chad suggested the name Rainbow Jackson, I was all for it.
The house you share with Vanaprasta sounds like a pretty crazy place. Does the raucous environment inspire the music? How long do you see yourselves living like that?
CC: The house is actually thinning out a bit. Cam from Vanaprasta moved out, but we still share a rehearsal studio with them. Having another band around gives us a rad opportunity to explore a lot of different musical possibilities. And we all like to jam out and have a good time (see: Knuckle Tat's). As far as the house is concerned, its a constant flow of creativity, and it does get pretty crazy, and we'll probably be living like this until we can't anymore.
SD: I also play in a side project with Cam that has had a big influence on my overall guitar style (see: FACIAL).
LK: The living situation does inspire the music to a degree, in the sense that we keep each other moving. There is always something going on, so being stagnant is never a problem. I imagine we will stop living the way we do when we make money and find a bigger place to support our antics on a larger scale.
Have your families come to visit? What do they think?
CC: Sam's parents are coming down to see a show soon. The rest of our parents have seen us, and we get a lot of good support from them. They're all sweethearts.
LK: My parents still love me, so I don't let them near the house. My mom has been to a couple shows, and she said they were really good. I suppose that's what mothers are for.
What's the scene like in L.A.? Do you feel like you're part of a community of likeminded garage bands? If so, what are some other artists we should look out for?
SD: We've really fallen into an incredible community of bands here. Instead of being competitive, we've found everybody to be really supportive. We got our start by being given shows by our friends bands who were just excited to help us out. The three bands, whose new material I'm most excited about, are Vanaprasta, TS & the Past Haunt's and Summer Darling.
CC: We're as excited about a lot of our friends bands as they are about us. It's really nice to be able to play shows with bands that actually are some of our favorite bands. We just played a show with the Hindu Pirates, the Blank Tapes and Beach Party. All bands I really love seeing. I do think the L.A. scene has too many synthesizers.
LK: The scene in L.A. is very wonderful. As far as I can tell, the bands are all supportive of each other, and everyone loves to have a good time. I have met some very talented musicians and songwriters out here. I wouldn't know where to start or finish telling you who you should look out for, so I will just leave it at that.
AF: L.A.'s music scene is weird and talented, my favorite breed. I'd watch out for John Wayne Bro, Burning Jet Black and James Supercave — sharing the stage with these bands absolutely makes me and anyone at the show feel a part of the community.
What's the most "L.A." thing about you guys? The least?
CC: The most: living in a house packed like a sardine can. The least: enjoying living in a house packed like a sardine can.
In terms of songwriting, tunes like 'Freckles' and 'Leave It to Me,' both on the new EP, are fairly light and poppy, while 'Flamingo Starr' deals with somewhat weightier topics. Is that dichotomy something you strive for?
CC: All of the songs typically reflect whatever mood we were in while we were writing them. Sometimes, it seems like the songs pop out of thin air and we don't even know what they're about yet.
LK: I wouldn't say we are striving for anything as far as the dichotomy of our songs is concerned. It is all more a spur-of-the-moment-type thing. It depends on the mood or the situations we are in. I don't like to think much when I play guitar or write a song, so whatever happens is just the way it is; aside from some grand scheme one of us is striving for.
Describing 'Flamingo Starr,' you said the message is, "If you have something to offer, get off your ass and make it happen." Is that a fair summation of the band's ethos?
CC: Because we enjoy most of what we're doing, it never seems that hard to get off our asses and make it happen. We work a lot harder than it feels like, but we play pretty hard too.
SD: If I have something to offer I'll get off my ass. Some days I just don't, so I prefer not to.
What's next for you guys? At the risk of sounding like a potential employer or high school guidance counselor, where do you see yourself in five years?
CC: We've got a lot of fun shows coming up this summer. We're hitting San Diego and San Francisco for the first times with Quiet Company. Five years from now? Hopefully a house with a pool.
AF: Playing shows and traveling, mostly. Five years from now, I'll most likely be an astronaut.


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I've seen a lot of these posts where people pick out so many things to do by their birthday or while they are a certain age. At first, I wasn't sure about them, but the more I think about it, the more I like it. I am a firm believer in lists, and I like to cross off everything on my lists, so I decided to write my 31 things to do while I am 31.
(Yes, the above picture is from my 31st birthday party with my family. My mouth is open as I pretend to sing to myself. The adorable little boy next to me is my 5 year old cousin Peyton. That's my dad sitting behind him-his birthday was this week too!)
Things to Cook:
-Lamb (I have never made lamb in my life)
-Baba Ganoush
-Beer Crab Chips with Vinegar Aioli
-5 recipes I have saved on my Foodbuzz account
Things to Can:
-Bread and Butter Pickles
-Dill Pickle Spears
-Tomato Sauce
-Apple Butter
Things to Bake:
-Monkey Bread
-Pull apart Cinnamon Bread
-Apple donuts
-Filled Cupcakes
-2 new types of bread (I currently only bake white bread)
-Finish my cruise scrapbook
-Scrapbook our honeymoon (from last summer!)
-Read at least 2 books in my work field (Education)
-Read at least 3 books out of normal reading genres
-Take my husband to Niagara Falls
-Take my husband to 2 new restaurants in Pittsburgh
-Go to Vermont
Health and Fitness:
-Take an aqua zumba class (I've been dying to try this!)
-Get certified as a Zumba instructor
-Get at least 4 pedicures this year
-Get at least 2 full body massages


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[I&W] Samproidz, We Choose You!!!
Konrad Neumann
The party voted and we choose Samproidz as our candidate. The vote started 3 days ago between Samproidz, van Spijck, and remain neutral (support no one). 11 percent supported van Spijck. 11 percent also support to remain neutral. 77 percent of our members support Samproidz and I will follow the party's desires and now officially declare Samproidz as the I&W's CP candidate for July of 2012.
I wish the candidates well and I encourage all I&W to talk with Samproidz and support him on election day.
My thoughts on Samproidz
Samproidz is a young and passionate member that is highly energetic. He is the perfect symbol of what I&W is really about. Despite or untrue reputation that I&W is an old fart elitist party where only old farts rule etc, Samproidz is the real personification of who we are. We are very international, active, and experienced. Samproidz while he is young, serviced in offices in countries like Japan, Germany, and eNL. He has a lot of contacts around the eWorld and is highly active in alliance politics. He is an asset to both the party and our great country and I know he will serve and lead us well. I have perfect confidence in him and he will do us proud.
Vote Samproidz on election day.
Join our team!
Be part of making eNL history
Be bold
Be I&W today![/b[
And a little off-topic: nice tattoo pic, but the shirt the guy is wearing is seriously hideous. XD
Qui Studet optatem cursu contingere metum,
Multa tulit fecit que, sudavit et alsit
Circumdedit ferro et vino.
hm, ik zat nog te dubben om kandidaat te worden...
dus dat is niet meer nodig... 😛
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If you invoke any of the SQL/MED CREATE or ALTER commands, the validator function is only called if an option list was given. That means that you cannot enforce required options at object creation time, because the validator function is not always called. I consider that unexpected an undesirable behaviour. Example: CREATE EXTENSION file_fdw; CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER file HANDLER file_fdw_handler VALIDATOR file_fdw_validator; CREATE SERVER file FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER file; CREATE FOREIGN TABLE flat (id integer) SERVER file OPTIONS (format 'csv'); SELECT * FROM flat; ERROR: filename is required for file_fdw foreign tables Now file_fdw does not try to enforce the "filename" option, but it would be nice to be able to do so. The attached patch would change the behaviour so that the validator function is always called. If that change meets with approval, should file_fdw be changed so that it requires "filename" at table creation time? Yours, Laurenz Albe
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IGN: We're included a few soundtrack samples in today's article. Tell us about the music for the game.
David: We want to engulf players in the atmosphere and music is one of the biggest ways to drive a players emotion. The game soundtrack is filled with epic orchestral tracks that are designed to be as much of an integral part of the game experience as the fighting mechanics themselves. We are taking music very seriously in this game. So much so, that we hired Emmy winning composer Jeff Beal to create our music. Jeff is the musical genius behind the music of the HBO epic drama series Rome.
Eric: Jeff's authentic take on Rome and his use of exotic instruments brings the blood and sweat to life in the sands of the grand coliseum.
Kerry: I find the music exotic and captivating. Noah Jurcin, one of our sound designers, is working diligently to put the action together with the music to make it dynamic and adaptive.
IGN: We figure a multiplayer mode has to be in for a Gladiator game. How's it going to work?
Eric: We are implementing a split-screen mode for multiplayer. We currently have it running in either horizontal or vertical configuration for player customization.
David: We do have a full two-player mode like traditional fighting games. Each player chooses a combatant and the fight ensues. We have a ton of unique ways to beef up the experience, but unfortunately we cannot talk about those yet.
IGN: Is there online play mode? If so, how's that work?
Kerry: That certainly would be cool. [Smiles] Seriously though, we are still solidifying our Wii network solution.
IGN: Will you have online leaderboards, etc.? Any other Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection support? What about WiiSpeak support?
David: Now I am not confirming online play, but if we were to offer it we would certainly have some great ground work in place that was generated during the development of The Conduit.
IGN: How far along is the game in development and when do you hope to release it for Wii?
David: We are seven months into full production. We have nearly every environment complete and many of our fighters have been modeled, rigged, and animated. As to the specific release date, we are not announcing anything yet but we are very excited and eager to get the games into the hands of the gamers.
Kerry: The game is a lot of fun to play and our current timetable places us at a Q1 2010 release.
IGN: Any final words for Wii owners seeing the title for the first time?
Kerry: The team has been working very hard on making Gladiator A.D. a fun, brutal and beautiful game.
David: Gladiator A.D. is going to redefine the fighting game genre on the Wii. The game features an unmatched graphic fidelity, enthralling musical score, and strategic combat. This coupled with the familiar setting and intuitive controls are what sets it apart from anything ever released.
Eric: Just like with the Conduit, we want to hear what you have to say about Gladiator A.D. Feel free to drop us a note at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Live from Russia: scenes from election day
Michael Petrou is in Moscow to cover the celebrations and/or protests
Michael Petrou is in Russia to cover Sunday's election, which Vladimir Putin is widely expected to win. He'll be posting all the latest from the celebrations and/or protests below. Follow him on Twitter: @michaelpetrou.


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Clark Richard Saunders, 90, of Turlock and formerly of Lodi, died April 5 at a Stockton rehabilitation center. He was born Aug. 18, 1912 in Minneapolis, and lived in Turlock for 25 years.
Mr. Saunders lived in Lodi from 1976 to 1978 and was past president of the Civitan Club of Lodi.
He was a petroleum distributor for Richfield Oil Co. for 61 years and attended the University of Illinois.
Mr. Saunders was a member of St. Francis Episcopal Church in Turlock and past president of the Turlock Kiwanis Club, where he had 27 years of perfect attendance. He coached Little League and Babe Ruth League baseball programs and played semi-pro baseball for several years.
He is survived by his son, Jack C. Saunders of Stockton; daughter, Marcia Austin Zacharias of Oregon; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Betty Austin Saunders, his second wife, Barbara Young Saunders, and a brother, Paul Saunders.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 915 E. Main St., Turlock. Burial will be at Odd Fellows Cemetery-Mausoleum in Santa Cruz.
Please contact our newsroom assistant to report errors or omissions in obituaries or funeral notices, or for information about our obituary policies.
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The faltering economy of the recent past served as something of a wellspring of new or repurposed concepts. Notions such as delayed retirements, young adults coming back to live with parents and keeping the old car for another year were among the less-than-pleasant results of the economic slowdown.
One of the new concepts, however, was not altogether bad. The staycation allowed families to rediscover the long-forgotten attractions and amenities of their local area. At the same time, cities and towns were given the chance to showcase themselves to one of their most important, if perhaps overlooked, audiences.
The popularity of the staycation offered us the opportunity to show Little Elm residents, and the rest of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, what we mean when we say our town has a lake attitude. Having a lake attitude gives us the confidence to see ourselves as the principal arbiters of fun and enjoyment on Lake Lewisville. Little Elm Park, after all, hugs the shoreline of the lake, providing access to a beach, swimming area, boat launch, pier and a walking trail within easy reach of the lake. Picnickers and day-at-the-park folks can enjoy covered pavilions, an amphitheater, sand volleyball courts, open spaces, softball fields, horseshoe pitching lanes and lots of clean, fresh air.
For the more adventurous, a wakeboard lake with thrilling rides and ramps is easily available, fishing enthusiasts have little trouble finding a lucky spot and boats, large and small, can make use of an award-winning marina.
And there's more to come. In addition to the coming Lakefront District, Beard Park, known to many longtime Little Elm residents as a lonely little plot off FM 720, will burst onto the scene in the near future with a new look and lots of new opportunities for family gatherings. The wildly successful farmers market that just concluded its initial run will move to the park next season, and Beard Park's new look promises to set a new standard for lakeside fun.
And our special events staff is working hard to develop and present more festivals, carnivals, seasonal parties, concerts, family entertainment, and lots of fun and exciting programs at Little Elm Park and elsewhere around town. Among these are Dive In Movies, car and truck shows, Autumnfest, Pumpkin Hollow, Santa Land, Eggspedition, July Jubilee and, in partnership with the Little Elm Chamber, Summer Rhythms.
The much-maligned economic sluggishness of a few years ago is still fresh in our memories, but we can be grateful for at least one of the resulting features. The staycation helps us show off our lake attitude.
Matt Mueller is the town manager of Little Elm.


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Florida does not get Race to the Top grant
The U.S. Department of Education has announced on Twitter that the only two winners of the federal Race to the Top grants in the first round are Delaware and Tennessee.
Florida, considered the leading candidate, is not in the mix.
More explanation as we get it.
Follow our continuing coverage here.
"We received many strong proposals from states all across America, but two applications stood out above all others: Delaware and Tennessee," Education Secretary Arne Duncan said in a release announcing the winners. "Both states have statewide buy-in for comprehensive plans to reform their schools. They have written new laws to support their policies. And they have demonstrated the courage, capacity, and commitment to turn their ideas into practices that can improve outcomes for students."
See the USDOE 1 p.m. press release for more insights.


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Luxembourg's F91 Dudelange have landed the toughest of second qualifying round tasks as they face FC Salzburg but general sporting director Guy Hellers tells UEFA.com how the club are growing.
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