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jerry3 | 04. kesäkuu 2012
Tesla announced that they would do Bluestar before they did a new Roadster.
Timo | 05. kesäkuu 2012
My guess is that they do them at the pretty much same time like Model S and then Model X. Bluestar as platform and Roadster based on that.
My guess for "when" is somewhere in last quarter of 2013 (as in actual concept, not as information that they do them which will come sooner).


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The 9 Best Games for Challenging Your iPad 4's Processor
When we reviewed the fourth-generation iPad last month, we judged its A6X processor to be a workhorse. Compared to the A5X in the previous iPad (which has the same retina display), the iPad 4 ran more than twice as fast — making it easily the best-performing mobile product Apple has ever built.
Too bad there aren't many apps that can take advantage of all that processing power. As with most platforms, the apps that tax your iPad's system the most are graphic-intensive games — precisely why the A6X has a quad-core design for its GPU (the main difference between it and the iPhone 5's A6 chip).
All existing retina games were designed to run on the iPad 3, so seriously taxing your iPad 4's chip is hard to do. Still, even if actual gameplay is relatively unaffected, other aspects of the experience (bootup and transition times, for example) will improve.
SEE ALSO: The 20 Angriest iPad 3 Owners
Your iPad 4 will also use less power, and thus be less inclined to get warm than an iPad 3 performing the same tasks. That lets you play longer in more comfort. The first game titles since the release of iPad 4 are beginning to launch (such as this week's Modern Combat, and some may even start to give the A6X a serious workout.
Keeping all that in mind, we've assembled this list of the most processor-challenging games for your brand new iPad 4. We've included the prices so you can budget your App Store gift card accordingly.
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A former spokesman for al-Qaida and son-in-law of Osama bin Laden pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court in Manhattan to a charge that he plotted to kill Americans.
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, wearing a dark blue prison uniform and handcuffed behind his back, was brought into U.S. District Court, only blocks from the site of the World Trade Center.
Bald, with a full gray beard, Abu Ghaith, 47, did not say much during the 20-minute arraignment other than to reply, through an Arabic interpreter, yes or no to questions from Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.
Assistant U.S. Attorney John P. Cronan said Abu Ghaith, accused of being part of al-Qaida's inner circle, was arrested overseas on Feb. 28 and brought to New York on March 1. The prosecutor said the suspect gave an "extensive post-arrest statement" to authorities, totaling 22 pages.
Cronan, who said Abu Ghaith also made statements to foreign authorities, which were recorded, provided no details about what was said.
Kaplan read aloud excerpts from the indictment, which accuses Abu Ghaith, a preacher, of appearing with bin Laden, and bin Laden's then-deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, the day after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The government alleges that Abu Ghaith, speaking on behalf of al-Qaida, warned the United States and its allies that a "great army is gathering against you" and called upon "the Nation of Islam" to do battle against "the Jews, the Christians and the Americans."
Under tight security by U.S. marshals, Abu Ghaith was arraigned on one count of conspiracy to kill United States nationals, a crime that carries a maximum punishment of life in prison.
In court, Kaplan asked Abu Ghaith if he understood his rights.
"Yes," Abu Ghaith answered, through the interpreter.
The government asked Kaplan to detain Abu Ghaith, who is being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, a move that was not challenged by his court-appointed attorneys. Bail was not requested.
The decision to bring Abu Ghaith to New York reignited the debate about the disposition of al-Qaida suspects, with senior Republicans in Congress denouncing the decision to try him in a civil criminal court rather than a military tribunal at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
In 2009, the Obama administration wanted to try five alleged terrorists, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, in Manhattan, but the move was widely criticized. The defendants are instead being tried at Guantánamo Bay.
The decision to put Abu Ghaith on trial here, however, has drawn little local opposition.
Prosecutors will need about three weeks to present their case at trial, Cronan told the judge. He asked that matter be postponed for a month to allow the government to review classified material in the case.
Defense attorney Philip Weinstein said he will have a better idea how much time the defense needs to present its case on April 8, when the judge said he intends to set a trial date.
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As someone who loves to read mysteries and is always on the hunt for another series to start, I stumbled upon the Bailey Weggins mystery series by Kate White and just finished If Looks Could Kill, the first book in the series. Bailey Weggins is a freelance writer of crime and human interest stories for the monthly fashion and lifestyle magazine Gloss. Early one Sunday morning Bailey is roused out of bed by her boss and the editor of Gloss, Cat Jones, who can't get her live-in nanny, Heidi, to answer the door of her basement suite. Bailey springs to action to help her boss figure out where Heidi has gone – and it isn't far – when Bailey discovers the nanny dead in her suite. Cat pleads with Bailey to use her sleuthing skills to try and figure out why Heidi was murdered. Bailey, who puts her investigative skills right to the test, dives into the case.
The mystery heats up when it is determined that Heidi died from eating poisonous chocolate truffles that were an intended hostess gift for Cat. Who was the intended victim – Cat or Heidi? Bailey uncovers evidence that points to someone trying to poison the editors of high profile magazines and she puts her life at risk with her unofficial investigation.
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The tightening of the global economy has forced organizations to scramble and reshape their operations to maximize existing processes in the face of slowing sales. Todays CIOs are tasked with cutting costs, reducing spending on non-essential projects and, yet again, doing less with more. Legacy infrastructure upgrades have been slowed and the check book is closed on many web services computing projects.
However, smart businesses also understand they have a strategic assettheir corporate data. Data can be used to drive the business forward, make better decisions and positively impact profitability. The chaotic dynamic of data management presents a real challenge. Data is now collected and saved from every conceivable sourceInternet applications, front-office and back-office systems, customers, partners and suppliers, social mediaand this complexity requires companies to have a sophisticated, deliberate process for managing this vital information.
After all, data holds the key to sales, marketing, customer support, production and other initiatives. Companies that fail to build accurate data sets about their customers, products, materials, locations and assets will struggle to compete in todays marketplace.
As with any corporate initiative, the best starting point is to set measurable business goals. After all, no one has ever managed, moved or standardized data for the pleasure of it. There must be a business reason to conduct any data management initiative. At the highest level, there are three primary reasons why organizations perform any business function: to stay out of trouble, to make money or to spend less money. Or in business terms: manage governance, risk and compliance (GRC), better business performance and for cost control.
The key for data management professionals is to tie data management efforts to each of these business objectives. Already, far-sighted corporations are appointing data stewards and data guardians who are tasked with ensuring the business gets the trusted information it needs to succeed.
However, there is another strategic goal that businesses and IT leaders can aim forto create a single, accurate and unified view of corporate data so the data will be accessible to the entire organization. The technical phrase that acts as the umbrella for this approach is master data management, or MDM. By freeing application data from their silos of information and establishing a centralized repository hubor a single source of trusted databusiness users are able to access the right data and be productive in their decisions and analysis.
Many enterprises have built complex IT environments, resulting in the creation of disparate information systems across the organization. By going down the MDM route, companies achieve a single version of the data, which is cleansed and validated using data quality software tools.
Whether the business is running CRM, ERP or even a call center application, it should look to consolidate the single source of that data into a master repository that can be accessed quickly by sales or other stakeholders.
The advantages of master data management can be seen in both the business and IT sides of an organization. When considering migrating data from applications prior to an MDM initiative, there are some important things to consider:
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The historic move – which will allow same-sex couples to wed in church – has been hailed by gay rights campaigners and is seen as a litmus test of David Cameron's efforts to modernise the Conservative Party.
But the move has angered Tory traditionalists who have warned that many activists will no longer be prepared to go out and campaign for the party if it goes through. The Prime Minister on Monday sought to defuse tensions within the party, assuring Conservative MPs that they will have a free vote on the issue.
With both Labour and the Liberal Democrats backing change, the legislation – to be unveiled in the Commons by Culture Secretary Maria Miller – is expected to pass by a comfortable majority. But it is thought that as many as 130 Tory MPs could vote against, underlining the deep divisions in the Conservative ranks.
Mr Cameron on Monday acknowledged that equal marriage was not seen as a priority at a time when the Government was preoccupied with deficit reduction and public sector reform, but said he believed the time had now come for change.
"Civil partnerships were a great step forward, but I think marriage is a great institution, so why close it off to people who happen to be gay? So we should have marriage equality," he told a Westminster lunch.
"There are those in the Conservative Party who disagree. I have always said it is going to be a free vote and that free vote applies to everybody, so I won't be whipping people or pressurising people.
"This is a matter for Parliament. I think we just have to be grown up and accept that in a modern party, sometimes we will have issues of conscience where people will vote in different ways."
The measures will grant religious groups which want to stage same-sex civil marriages in places of worship the right to do so, but will offer a guarantee that no institution will be forced to do so. Mrs Miller has told MPs the plans had been drafted so there was a "negligible" chance of a successful legal challenge to religions which refuse to open their doors to gay weddings.
But senior Conservative backbencher Edward Leigh, who used an urgent question to force the Culture Secretary to come to the despatch box, said the state had "no right" to redefine marriage in this way. He called for a new consultation, arguing that the current plan "greatly increases the chance of human rights litigation to force churches, against their will, to have same-sex marriages".
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Permanent vows: What's a widower to do?
I was perusing the obituaries over coffee the other morning, looking for the odd limerick or letter addressed to the deceased. I do this often. It gives me great comfort to know that communication with the other side is as easy as a paid announcement in the newspaper. It's not only a convenient way to keep the departed abreast of current events; it's a way for the departed to maintain a place at the table, so to speak.
Years ago, I had to have my wisdom teeth out. Under the influence of whatever narcotic was pumping agreeably through my veins, I admitted to the oral surgeon that I was afraid of dying during the procedure. He "there-there'd" me until I clarified. I wasn't frightened of the dying part– just the possibility of my husband remarrying and everyone liking my replacement more than me.
This was probably not the best place to "share." When I returned for my follow-up visit, the doctor regaled the office with my drug-induced admission. (Smirky laughter following me into the exam room triggered an almost irrepressible urge to bite the man as he examined his handiwork.)
The truth is that I don't buy into that whole myth of the deceased wanting the spouse to go on with life. In fact, I see nothing wrong with insurmountable grief. I'm actually quite partial to that widower on the funeral pyre thing. What greater way to prove one's devotion? It's even mapped out in wedding vows. Partners are asked to commit to each other as long as they both shall live. Not much room for interpretation in my opinion.
My husband, however, has a different read on the edict. He (incorrectly) believes that the "both" actually means "either." In other words, he's just a heartbeat (mine) away from a singles' bar.
We've had more than a few conversations about the subject, arguing semantics deep into the night. While I'm sure there are couples who discuss possible second acts following the unthinkable, whenever my spouse says things like, "If anything were to happen to me, I'd want you to be happy again," I respond by saying only, "That's very generous of you."
Once or twice I've been tricked into grudgingly giving my pre-mortem blessing– but it's been in that vague half-conscious state before deep sleep. And I've quickly come awake, retracted, and provided detailed accounts of unrelenting marital hauntings.
The entire separation by death thing is problematic. There's the burial issue, for instance. Who gets the side-by-side graves? Is Spouse #1 left to spend eternity like someone being stood up at a restaurant? ("No, no I'm not going to order just yet– I'm sure he'll be here any minute!") Or does the family plot end up looking like post-mortem polygamy? An old-fashioned Mormon mortuary? "Here Lies X, Beloved Husband of A, B, & C"?
If I were ever to grant permission for a remarriage, it would be contingent upon my stand-in finding her own permanent resting place. Any subsequent union would be more of a short-term thing– something along the lines of a matronly place-holder in a grocery store line. Helpful but temporary.
A friend of mine says that after she goes she'd be satisfied with a shrine. But why think small? I believe a familial push to rename a public building (or two) in my honor would be in order.
One thing I know for sure is that on the anniversary of my passing, I will be stopping in at the Heaven-11 for a copy of my daily newspaper. I'll want to scan the obits to ensure an appropriate bereavement announcement has been penned and purchased for my special day.
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Nobby hurried in through the double swinging doors which led from the back room, wiping ink from his fingers on an ink-stained cloth. He looked a little harried and his waistcoat looked as if it had been used for a similar purpose, though probably inadvertently.
He reached across the old wooden counter of Ye Olde Pony Express and The Daily Chronicle to take the wad of papers from old Tobold Bracegirdle, his good-natured face smiling sheepishly at his gaffer's grumbles. Old Toby peered over his spectacles, watching to make sure the young hobbit pinned the new notices neatly on the pinboard. He was very insistent on order and neatness and was doing his best to instill the same values in his grandson.
The late afternoon sun highlighted the very large billboards that dominated the walls of Ye Olde Pony Express office, all neatly covered with printed advertisements seeking bards, mercenaries, villains, heroes and assorted oddbods. Several bold souls shamelessly lauded their own skills in these very professions, hoping thereby to be taken on in RP threads. Prominently displayed above the billboards, two helpful signs declared in bold red script:
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Advertisements accepted here from all Roleplayers and Threadleaders
All customers seeking an RP to join with, or seeking other writers to enter into their story ? either already in the telling or in planning stage - should ensure that they remain In Character at all times when meeting other Roleplayers in this here Pony Express and Daily Chronicle office.
Roleplayers seeking positions in a story should have ready to hand a goodly example of their writing skills.
Threadleaders seeking others to join them should provide compelling brief summaries of their story and requirements to entice writers who may be interested.
Providing links (to demonstrate your writing prowess or the sterling qualities of your story) and contact details (so that interested parties can contact you) will enhance your chances of success.
Please note: notices which do not uphold the rules of acceptable grammar and coherence WILL NOT BE POSTED!
Notices for special events, such as festivals, balls, and other sundry celebrations to which the whole RP community are invited will also be prominently accommodated in The Daily Chronicle.
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Nobby was engaged in removing some of the out of date notices from the billboard which had advertised vacant positions in a number of Roleplays. There had been several writers who had come through Ye Olde Pony Express office recently looking for amenable Roleplays to join and quite a few positions had been filled so Nobby was now replacing them with new advertisements. Some of these his gaffer had received by pigeon-mail and expertly prepared the advertising notices now in his grandson's hand; others had been placed in person by the advertisers, who came in to laboriously write out their notices by hand.
Nobby loved working in Ye Olde Pony Express, despite the daily hen-pecking he endured from his granddad. There was no place else in the Shire where one could meet such a variety of people! Not just the dwarves and occasional elves and odd southerners everyone could come across in The Ivy Bush, having a pint. The Pony Express office also saw Orcs, Balrogs, Ringwraiths, wizards and other occasional maiar, as well as some completely unrecognisable individuals who made Nobby's jaw drop. Even old Toby had been known to be rendered speechless when faced with a Nazgul. Of course, they all observed the rules, the All Alliance Truce, because the service offered by the Express was unique and valuable to every single RPer, no matter their alliance.
It was an amazing and sobering thing, Nobby reflected, standing across the counter from a Ringwraith and knowing you were perfectly safe. O' course, you still felt your marrow freeze and the hair prickle on the back of your neck, but they couldn't really be held responsible for the shivers they caused just by standin' there. Speakin' of which...
"Gran'dad," he called, his voice a little muffled as he was holding the pinboard pins firmly between his teeth, "I think I saw some glints o' light moving in that ol' glass ball you keep in the back room. I've got a feelin' that some of 'em Dark folk are lookin' for some players too."
Toby looked up from his ledger, his brown eyes thoughtful beneath his bushy white brows.
"Is that so, Nobby? Well, well...I'm not surprised. Ever since I put that silly orc to rights for misspelling and Netspeak, them Dark folk are a mite more careful to abide by the All Alliance Truce when they come in 'ere. Like I always says, blood on the counter is very bad for business. If they can't keep their hands off'n their swords 'n' axes in 'ere, they can't use 'em for writin' their notices with."
When he'd finished putting up the new notices, adjusting carefully to line them up neatly so he wouldn't catch it from his gaffer, Nobby took the old notices back behind the counter to file carefully in the timber filing cabinets. All the drawers were filled with neatly cross-catalogued notices so that any RP could be found using the "Search" function. Old Toby prided himself on always keeping the Classifieds in The Chronicle up-to-date, to avoid disappointment amongst his customers.
"Right, then, grandad! I'm done." Nobby smiled over his shoulder at his gaffer as he shrugged on his old coat, already licking his lips at the thought of his first mug of beer down at The Ivy Bush.
"Ye've re-filled all the inkpots, have ye?" Old Toby queried.
"Yes, I filled 'em earlier," Nobby confirmed cheerfully. Toby's sharp eyes looked over the counter, checking for himself.
"And ye've put out the fresh paper so folk can write out their 'vertisements when they come in for business?"
"Did that, too," Nobby's very voice was smiling now. Toby grunted, seeing the little baskets along the well-scrubbed counter-top neatly filled with paper, ready for new advertisements.
"And what about the discarded paper baskets, eh? Have you emptied 'em out back?"
Nobby's shoulders sagged.
"I'll just do that now, then, shall I?" Nobby's voice sounded a little deflated now. The corners of Old Toby's mouth twitched with amusement, but he merely grunted again at Nobby as he bent back over the ledger. The discarded paper baskets were large and always overflowed. it was amazing to him how much paper these Roleplayers went through writing, rewriting, editing and tweaking the drafts of their advertisements.
"That's it, my boy; never shirk a job today that will halve the burden for tomorrow, as I always say."
Nobby picked up the first of the six, big baskets, opened the creaking front door to the store, causing the little bell on the spring above it to tinkle, and carried it out the back, where it was to be washed, pulped and recycled.
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What's On the Back Bar at The French Laundry?
For more than 18 years, Thomas Keller's acclaimed French Laundry in Yountville, CA did just fine without a spirits program. (It's hard for people to be disappointed by Champagne in the garden and a cornet of salmon tartare.) But after a quiet launch in February, this May they officially announced their first forays into hard alcohol, focusing on a library of super-rare bottles.
The list includes rare sherry-oak aged Scotch from The Macallan, pre-embargo Cuban rum bottled in 1950, and a 100-year old Cognac from Hennessey. For lovers of amari, there's a rare bottle of high-quinine Cizano "Elixir China' bottled in the 1960s. We chatted with Master Sommelier Dennis Kelly, who put together the list with Chef Keller to find out a bit more about the French Laundry's impressive booze collection.
What was the guiding force when you were putting together the spirits program at The French Laundry? Chef Keller's vision was the guiding force of The French Laundry spirits program. His visit to The Macallan distillery helped to finalize his decision to acquire a liquor license for the restaurant after more than 18 years. The Macallan and Pappy Van Winkle have long been the favorite scotch and bourbon of Chef Keller, and we initially built the collection around those two producers.
What are some of the spirit categories you've focused on? Besides Scotch and Bourbon, we put some emphasis on the Cognac and Chartreuse categories. Produced by Carthusian Monks using a secret formula including 130 medicinal and aromatic plants and flowers, Chartreuse offers incredible complexity with just enough sweetness to make it a wonderful nightcap. [In addition to VEP (extra-aged) Green and Yellow Chartreuse, the French Laundry list includes two extremely rare vintage bottlings from 1940 and 1944.]
Got any personal favorites on the French Laundry list? Some favorites include the two Hennessy cognacs, one bottled in 1953 to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, and the other is a 100 year-old Cognac bottled to celebrate her Silver Jubilee.
What is the most expensive spirit you're pouring? The Macallan "Millenium," a 50 year-old Scotch bottled to commemorate the turn of the century, is offered for $2,500 per pour. The bottle was acquired recently and the seal has not yet been broken.
What is the most rare spirit you're pouring? What does it taste like? The 1911 Jim Beam, bottled for the historic Pendennis Club and acquired by Soutirage as part of the William A.M. Burden collection, may now be the rarest bottle of the collection. The concentration is mind-blowing and the finish goes on for minutes. Come dine with us at The French Laundry and you can enjoy it with a pre-embargo Cuban cigar in our courtyard after your meal.
What kind of ice are you using? We create 3-inch ice spheres from 4-inch ice cubes, which fit perfectly into our Baccarat crystal glassware.
What are your personal spirit preferences? What do you drink when you're not working? Over the years bourbon has been my personal spirit of choice, although recently I have gravitated toward Vieillissement Exceptionnel Prolongé (VEP) Chartreuse. Sometimes I enjoy the hint of sweetness and slightly lower alcohol content of Chartreuse. VEP is aged for an additional 12 years before bottling to add complexity and soften the character of the spirit.
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The Fairfield Prep hockey team scored early and scored late in its Division I state semifinal contest Wednesday.
And because of that, the Jesuits are headed back to the state final.
The top-seeded Jesuits scored two goals in the first period and two in the third, knocking off No. 5 Ridgefield 4-1 on Wednesday night at Ingalls Rink in New Haven.
"I think for large stretches of the game we got outplayed," Prep coach Matt Sather said.
Dean Lockery scored a goal and added an assist, and Chris Gutierrez stopped 25 shots.
Prep improves to 22-1 and advances to its third state title game in four years -- Prep's fifth in seven years. The Jesuits will meet No. 2 ND West Haven -- their fourth meeting this year -- Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Ingalls Rink.
"It could be anyone's game," Lockery said.
Ridgefield's Dusty Rausa stopped 22 shots as the Tigers finished their season 20-6.
"They're a great team," Ridgefield coach Sean Gallagher said of Prep. "I think that first period we had nerves."
Prep's second line -- Lockery, Matt Wikman and Kenny Kochiss -- combined for four points and two goals. Lockery got the only assist on Billy D'Amore's goal at 1:15 of the first which gave the Jesuits a 1-0 lead.
"We're just scoring the dirty goals," Lockery said. "That's why we're scoring right now."
Brendan Killoy's goal just 2:36 later put the Jesuits up 2-0. Killoy stole the puck at the Prep blue line and snapped a shot past Rausa at 3:51.
"The two goals were hard-working goals," Sather said. "That happened because we're forechecking the right way."
After a Ridgefield-dictated second period, the Tigers cut Prep's lead in half at 0:42 on Alex Rowella's goal. The sophomore forward fielded a bouncing puck at the netmouth and beat Gutierrez.
"As soon as they scored, we said `all right guys, now we've got to start,'" Lockery said. "Right after they scored we said `two's just not enough.'"
The Tigers outshot Prep 20-15 after the first intermission, and Ridgefield surged after the goal but could not beat Gutierrez.
"We outshot them," Gallagher said. "But our shot quality wasn't necessarily enough to generate good offense."
"(Gutierrez) kept us in the game," Sather said.
Wikman deposited Prep's third goal at 6:54. Rausa stopped two shots, but the puck came to Wikman at the top of the circle and he pumped a shot into the vacant net.
Just 42 seconds later, Lockery banked a shot off Rausa and into the net.
"I saw (Wikman) in front of the net, and I just tried to pass it to him," Lockery said. "It kind of popped up, hit off a kid's chest, went off the goalie's head and went in. It was lucky."
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Records: Ridgefield 20-6, Fairfield Prep 22-1. Goals: R--Alex Rowella; FP--Billy D'Amore, Brendan Killoy, Matt Wikman, Dean Lockery. Assists: R--Ian Bell; FP--Lockery, David White, Connor Henry, Kenny Kochiss. Goalies: R--Dusty Rausa (22 saves); FP--Chris Gutierrez (25. Shots: R--26; FP--26.


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Maryland state troopers trek to New Jersey to support Sandy relief efforts
Troopers from throughout Maryland to help with police duties
A convoy of Maryland state troopers left the state Saturday to help New Jersey residents impacted by Superstorm Sandy.
From state police barracks across the state, troopers arrived in the Seaside Heights area of New Jersey on Saturday evening. They comprise part of a group of 25 Maryland state troopers providing support 120 miles away from home.
"I think seeing the destruction on TV kind of helped prepare a little bit, but until you see it in real life, that's something that's going to hit hard," Maryland State Police Cpl. Douglas Reiner said.
The troopers were sent to Ocean County to help their law enforcement brethren try to repair a shore in shambles.
"Calls for service are up, and other police officers have also been affected, where they've lost their homes. So, we're up there supplementing the local police departments and the New Jersey State Police," said Maryland State Police Maj. Scott Wayne, who administers the department's Special Operations and Transportation Safety Command and serves as an assistant bureau chief in the Bureau of Special Operations.
Upon arrival, the troopers were sworn in as New Jersey State Police troopers for the next week. They'll have police powers and assist with anything from extra patrolling, to property recovery, to helping utility companies turn the power back on.
It's another example since Sandy hit of Maryland pitching in to help its northern neighbors. Good Samaritans from Howard County are trying to fill a truck with donated supplies with a plan to hit the road Monday.
"You see the pictures on the news; people have lost everything, and so, you (have) to do something," said Vicki Thurston, who helped collect supplies.
It's the same sentiment that inspired 14 Maryland state troopers who have already been in New Jersey this past week to stay there and assist the latest convoy of 11 headed there Saturday. (continued, next page)
"It's touched them to where they really wanted to stay and help out the police departments and the people that lost a lot and are devastated over the storm," Wayne said.
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Maryland adopts new science education standards
Curriculum to involve hands-on learning
Maryland has adopted a new set of standards to give science education a major overhaul starting in kindergarten.
Maryland is one of five states on board with this new set of international science standards called Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), a new set of voluntary, but rigorous benchmarks for science education.
It's all part of a larger push for more science, technology, engineering and math education.
The Maryland State Board of Education approved the science changes during its monthly meeting, paving the way for Maryland schools to give students a foundation based on scientific principles.
"It's what we want them to know and be able to do in the science piece -- gathering evidence, making arguments from the evidence, proving what they think they've found," said Mary Thurlow, coordinator for the science curriculum at the Maryland State Department of Education.
That's what the board's student member, Ebehireme Inegbenebor, said has been lacking for too long.
"I remember in high school, you don't look forward to it because you know you'll be just memorizing facts, teachers are going to be talking, but now you can actually become involved and engaged," Inegbenebor said.
The new science standards have been in the works for the past few years but will not officially go online until 2017.
"The expectation is that students will be up and moving and exploring and doing problem-based, inquiry-based learning that is just a part of the standard," state schools Superintendent Lillian Lowery said.
It's a science standard that will take into account technology, engineering and math.
"We are trying to reconstruct education so that Americans can have access to American dream because the jobs that we see in the future look like they are going to be the kinds that the skills that you get in STEM training," said S. James Gates, member of the Maryland Board of Education.
A handful of Maryland school districts are already giving these standards a test run. The state hopes the training will help lay the groundwork for college and the real world.
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Following the hourlong episode of Dateline NBC that followed the therapy techniques of Dr. David Schnarch in counselling couples on the problem of their sexless marriage, viewers were invited to submit questions on the matter by e-mail through the Dateline Web site.
The resulting avalanche of mail was organized into themes and presented to Dr. Schnarch over the phone.
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Board of Regents' Annual Meeting
December 12-13, 2013
Butrovich Building Room 109
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska
PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE HEARD AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30 A.M. ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013 AND AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 A.M. ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013. Sign-up sheets will be available prior to the meeting. The chair will determine when public testimony is closed.
Comments are limited to three minutes per individual or as determined by the chair. Written comments are accepted and will be distributed to the Board of Regents and President Gamble following the meeting.
Live Stream Online during open session at:
Video streaming will be unavailable during executive session.
Table of Contents
Agenda - One Document
Meeting Schedule
Full Board Agenda
Academic and Student Affairs Agenda
Audit Agenda
Facilities and Land Management Agenda
Reference 1 - Consolidated Endowment Fund Policy
Reference 2 - Sectional Summary of Revisions to the Consolidated Endowment Fund Policy
Reference 3 - Consolidated Endowment Fund Policy Redline Revisions
Reference 4 - Regents' Policy Revisions 10.02.040
Reference 5 - Regents' Policy Revisions 10.02.060
Reference 6 - UAF Graduate Certificate in Science Teaching and Outreach
Reference 7 - UAS Master of Education in Science Education, K-8
Reference 8 - UAA FPA Wells Fargo Sport Center Near Term Renewal and Repurposing
Reference 9 - UAA SDA Consortium Library Old Core Mechanical Upgrades Project, Phase 1
Reference 10 - UAA PCR Kenai Peninsula College Career and Technical Education Center
Reference 11 - UAF FPA Heat and Power Plant Major Upgrade
Reference 12 - UAS FPA Technical Education Center Renewal
Reference 13 - UAF SDA Road Improvements Fairbanks Metropolitan Area Transportation System Street Light Conversion
Addendum 1 - Academic Freedom Presentation
Addendum 1A - AGB Academic Freedom Primer
Addendum 1B - Aurora Magazine Article on Academic Freedom
Addendum 1C - Regents' Policy on Academic Freedom
Addendum 1D - NWCCU Standards on Academic Freedom
Addendum 1E - United Academics CBA Article 6 on Academic Freedom and Responsibility
Addendum 2 - 2013 Annual Risk Services Report
Addendum 3 - Piano e-Competition Presentation
Addendum 4 - Minimum Baccalaureate Admission Standards
Addendum 5 - Undergraduate Research Presentation
Addendum 6 - Academic and Student Affairs Calendar of Reports
Addendum 7 - High School Student Enrollment Policies and Practices at UAA, UAF and UAS
Addendum 8 - Report on e-Learning
Addendum 8A - E-Learning Presentation
Addendum 9 - Technical Vocational Education Program Renewal Authorization
Addendum 10 - Report on SB241
Addendum 11 - UAA Alaska Airlines Center Information Item
Addendum 12 - UAA Engineering and Industry Building Information Item
Addendum 13 - UAF Engineering Facility Information Item
Addendum 14 - UAF P3 Student Dining Development Information Item
Addendum 15 - UAF Toolik Field Station Lease Information Item
Addendum 16 - FY13 and FY14 Deferred Maintenance and Renewal Distribution Changes
Addendum 17 - Deferred Maintenance Spending Report
Addendum 18 - Construction in Progress
Addendum 19 - IT Security Update
Addendum 20 - Polar Fiber Update
Addendum 21 - OIT Organizational Change Process
Addendum 22 - UAF Combined Heat and Power Plant Presentation
Addendum 23 - Audit Status Report
Addendum 24 - External Auditor Presentation by Moss Adams
Addendum 25 - FY13 UA Financial Presentation
Addendum 26 - FY13 Education Trust of Alaska Presentation
Addendum 27 - FY13 UA Foundation Financial Presentation
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One of my all-time favorites, the Thumbprint Cookie. I loved to make these as a child. I loved to press my thumb down into the middle of the cookie. Filling a warm cookie with jelly or jam and a glass of ice cold milk made the best bedtime snack.
This year I am adding a healthy twist to the Thumbprint Cookies – I am replacing the walnuts (not that they aren't healthy) with flaxseed meal. I saw a recipe on Eating Well called "Fig & Flax Thumbprint Cookies", so I decided to add the flax twist to my own.
Here is my traditional recipe:
Thumbprint Cookies
1/2 cup softened butter or margarine
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
2 eggs, separated
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour (gluten-free flour mix – Bette Hagman's)
1 or 2 tsps xanthan gum
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups finely chopped nuts
Your favorite jellies / jams
Heat oven to 350. Mix thoroughly butter, shortening, sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla. Work in flour, xanthan gum, and salt until dough holds together. Shape dough by teaspoonfuls into 1 inch balls.
Beat egg whites slightly. Dip each ball into egg white, then roll in chopped nuts. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet. Press thumb deeply into center of each. Bake about 10 minutes or until light brown. Immediately remove from baking sheet; cool. Fill thumbprints with jelly / jam before serving.
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Chace Crawford cast Shauna Sand as his more-than-just-gossip girl back when he was just a teenager, the former Playmate has revealed.
The ex-wife of Lorenzo Lamas and Playboy's Miss May 1996 tells Star Magazine she and Crawford shared a steamy romance four years before he would go on to star in CW's hit series "Gossip Girl."
Sand was 32 when she met the then-18-year-old college freshman at a party.
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"He was so incredibly beautiful — I immediately fell in love with him!" she tells Star. "I even gave him a key to my apartment."
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The end of Mark Sanchez's tenure as the starting quarterback for the Jets has been hotly discussed since the moment the team traded for Tim Tebow.
In a twist befitting this soap opera of a Jets season, Sanchez has finally been benched but Tebow, inactive with broken ribs, isn't the man who took over. Greg McElroy, the second-year player from Alabama, was the guy who did and he threw a touchdown pass to bring the Jets to a 7-6 win over the Cardinals.
Sanchez earned his benching with three interceptions in the first half. They were the latest unneeded reminders about how much Sanchez is struggling with the basic tenets of the quarterback position right now.
The crowd was not shy about making their displeasure with Sanchez known and the roar that greeted McElroy when he entered the game in the third quarter was like something you'd normally reserve for a bright moment in the history of a franchise. Benching the quarterback of your 4-7 team while trailing 3-0 against a team with seven straight losses is not a moment for glee.
But McElroy inspired a little bit of it anyway by leading the team 69 yards in 10 plays for the game's only touchdown. He threw a one-yarder to Jeff Cumberland for the score, launching another mighty roar from the stands for a guy who might have stumbled into a starting job on Sunday.
The offense, which had been horrendous to that point in the game, picked up on the ground with McElroy in the game. How much of this can really be attributed to him is hard to know, but the Jets were able to get that touchdown and then grind out the game behind Bilal Powell and Shonn Greene on the ground.
McElroy didn't do anything particularly amazing over the course of his time on the field, but he didn't screw up and that's significant. The Jets can't win with turnovers like they had on Sunday and McElroy didn't make any.
It helped that the Cardinals committed a pair of penalties to push the drive along. It helped even more that the Cardinals offense was so awful that it made the Jets actually seem somewhat competent when Sanchez wasn't throwing the ball to the opposition.
But the fact that they beat a team quarterbacked by Ryan Lindley by only one point can't be ignored. Lindley, facing no pass rush most of the afternoon, missed passes by wide enough margins that they seemed to occasionally sail into the stands.
It's a win and, mercifully, the end of Sanchez. Whether or not McElroy is the answer, Sanchez wasn't and the Jets have finally admitted what everyone else has been saying for years.
Josh Alper is also a writer for Pro Football Talk. You can follow him on Twitter.


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Courtesy post for Sheri:
Hi Everyone,
Sissy, Porky, and Mugsy are three sweet Pugs with *very* sad stories... see below under "Passengers" for more info. You will definitely earn karma points for 2011 and start your new year off right by helping these poor kids get to rescue!!
All three have a ride from OH to Buffalo, NY this Friday 12/31, and I don't want them to miss this ride!! I was thankfully able to secure an overnight in Buffalo, so they can start out bright & early on transport to VT on Saturday 1/1. Each will be traveling with leash/collar and their own small crate for transport. Please see below for what's needed and let me know if you can help - please provide your transport/reference info privately, even if you think I have it! This transport will be fully monitored, and permission is granted to crosspost (just not to craigslist please).
Thank you!!
Sheri Skinner
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SATURDAY 1/1/11 (15 mins. added to each leg for transfers/traffic)
Leg 1: Buffalo, NY to Rochester, NY - NEED
START: 8:00 a.m., arrive 9:15 a.m. 74 miles, 1.25 hours
Leg 2: Rochester, NY to Syracuse, NY - NEED
START: 9:30 a.m., arrive 10:45 a.m. 89 miles, 1.25 hours
Leg 3: Syracuse, NY to Herkimer, NY - NEED
START: 11:00 p.m., arrive 12:00 p.m. 56 miles, 1.00 hour
Leg 4: Herkimer, NY to Schenectady, NY- NEED
START: 12:15 p.m., arrive 1:15 p.m. 64 miles, 1.00 hour
Leg 5: Schenectady, NY to Bennington, VT - NEED
START: 1:30 p.m., arrive 2:30 p.m. 50 miles, 1.00 hour
Leg 6: Bennington, VT to Brattleboro, VT - NEED
START: 2:45 p.m., arrive 3:45 p.m. 41 miles, 1.00 hour
(extra time allowed - secondary road)
Leg 7: Brattleboro, VT to White River Jct. VT - NEED
START: 4:00 p.m., arrive 5:15 p.m. 63 miles, 1.25 hours
(extra time allowed - secondary road)
PASSENGERS: (traveling with leash/collar or harness, id on collar or harness, vet paperwork, H/C, each with their own sm. transport crate)
1. MUGSY, 2 y/o fawn male Pug, to be altered upon arrival with rescue. Has gone through a lot of changes lately, and he's a sad little guy - he was 'rescued' off craigslist 2 weeks ago from an elderly woman who made him live outside, and the 2 Pugs in his new home don't like him... all these changes plus the crappy food he was eating have made him sad & his stomach very sensitive
2. SISSY, 5 y/o fawn female Pug, spayed. Sweet girl, needs eyedrops for cataracts, crate-trained. Mom to Porky. They lost their home due to foreclosure, and their distraught owner placed them with relatives who didn't end up caring for them very well (keeping them crated for many hours at a time without much attention, after having free run and lots of love/attention with their mom) so they're coming to rescue.
3. PORKY, 4 y/o fawn male Pug, neutered. Good boy, traveling with seizure meds, crate-trained but hates it. Son of Sissy. He and Sissy lost their home due to foreclosure, and their distraught owner placed them with relatives who didn't end up caring for them very well (keeping them crated for many hours at a time without much attention, after having free run and lots of love/attention with their mom) so they're coming to rescue.
TO: Green Mt. Pug Rescue, Lyndonville, VT
Web: http://www.gmpr.org Contact: Karen, email@example.com
FROM: Owner surrenders in Ohio - Pugs will be transported on Friday from OH to Buffalo, NY where they'll overnight, and join transport Saturday morning 1/1
COORDINATOR: Sheri Skinner ~ Livonia, MI firstname.lastname@example.com


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TERRELL, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas prosecutor gunned down by an unknown assailant outside Dallas last month was remembered as a tenacious advocate for justice at a memorial service on Saturday attended by hundreds of former colleagues and law enforcement officials.
Mark Hasse, 57, relished putting criminals away and despite the threats he faced as a prosecutor, enjoyed his walk to work from a parking lot a block from his courthouse, said Justin Lewis, an investigator for the Kaufman County District Attorney's Office where Hasse served as a prosecutor.
"He definitely didn't allow fear to rule his life," Lewis said at the service attended by about 300 people in a school auditorium.
Hasse was shot multiple times by a masked gunman on January 31 near the Kaufman County Courthouse in Kaufman, east of Dallas. A reward for information leading to an arrest for his killing has reached $80,000 and is growing.
With the attacker still at large, police from nearby cities provided extra security for the memorial in Terrell, 12 miles north of Kaufman. Police officers could be seen scanning the area with binoculars before the service.
Investigators have been examining Hasse's court cases to determine if someone he may have prosecuted played a role in his killing, but they have few leads.
"There are many unanswered questions right now," Lewis said. "Those answers will eventually come. We must remain vigilant."
Hasse was killed the same day the U.S. Department of Justice released a statement that said the Kaufman County District Attorney's Office was among the agencies involved in a racketeering case against the Aryan Brotherhood white supremacist group.
Hasse had participated in organized crime prosecutions in Kaufman and Dallas counties and had been a criminal defense attorney in Dallas. He worked for the Dallas County District Attorney's Office from 1982 to 1988, before going into private practice.
"Mark was ruthless when it came to fighting evil," said Janice Warder, a former colleague in the Dallas office.
Friends and colleagues recalled Hasse's fearlessness both in his professional and personal lives. Hasse, who was a pilot, was nearly killed in the mid-1990s in a plane crash, his friend and former law partner Marcus Busch said.
The crash of the World War Two-era plane left Hasse in a coma for several days. He returned to his defense practice after a long recovery, then became a Kaufman County prosecutor.
"That's what his calling was. It brought him the greatest happiness to be a prosecutor," Busch said. "He wanted to fight for justice. He wanted to be there for all of us. He gave his life for what he believed in."
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A seemingly well-connected gaming executive claims to have discovered that Nintendo will launch its long-rumoured HD Wii next year, in addition to a Netflix-for-Wii film and TV streaming service.
Dan Rayburn – self-styled "voice for the streaming and online video industry" and Executive VP of streamingmedia.com – said on his blog that "Nintendo is also considering holding off on the Netflix service until the release their next generation Wii HD unit in early 2010".
Rayburn hasn't revealed his source, but analysts have long predicted the possibility of an HD Wii.
For example, Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Morgan, predicted back in May that Nintendo will launch the Wii HD at some point in 2010.
Nintendo has never confirmed the HD Wii's existence, of course, but "multiple sources in the game development and publishing community" claimed in October last year that the firm had already begun showing off a second-generation Wii.
As far as a Netflix-for-Wii service goes, Rayburn added that "someone involved in the project has confirmed that Nintendo is currently in testing stages with Netflix to bring their streaming service to the Wii very soon".
Sony has already signed a deal with Netflix to bring its film and TV show streaming service to the PlayStation 3 across North America, so a similar deal with Nintendo wouldn't be entirely unexpected. ®
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The federal government actually displayed a little common sense last week.
Volunteer firefighters and other first responders will not be defined as full-time personnel under the Affordable Care Act, according to a statement released by the U.S. Department of Treasury on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service.
In an inexplicable move, the Affordable Care Act had a provision that would allow for fire companies to be fined if they did not provide insurance for their volunteers.
We were simply at a loss as to how the federal government determined 'volunteers' were full-time employees.
And apparently so were a lot of other folks, including U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, Congressman Pat Meehan and state Sen. John Rafferty, just to name a few. Toomey and Meehan are part of a congressional coalition that endorses the Protect Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act. The three joined together last month to point out the ridiculousness of the legislation, that, if enforced, could possibly have put fire companies across the nation out of business, and nowhere more so than right here in Pennsylvania.
The Treasury Department and the IRS expect final resolutions that will define how various volunteers are treated under the employer shared responsibility provision of the Affordable Care Act, which initially determined that an employer with 50 or more 'full-time employees' must offer affordable and adequate health care coverage to its employees.
We put the quote marks around full-time employees to once again make the case that even a modicum of common sense would tell most people that a volunteer position is not the same as an employee that punches a clock every day.
While we certainly hate to think the worst about anyone, especially those running our federal government, but the idea the IRS had to refer to the 'volunteer hours of bona fide volunteer firefighters,' does give us the sneaky suspicion the Internal Revenue Service might have though local fire companies were trying to get over on them by not counting all of the full time employees honestly.
The very idea of not having volunteer firefighters around should strike fear in the heart of every taxpaying citizen. Imagine what your local tax bill would look like if you had to tack on paying for a fully staffed fire department.
We appreciate the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service seeing the error of their ways before any action was taken against a fire company. We not sure how the federal government could have, or if it would have, backed off once legal action was set into motion, and thankfully, we won't have to find out.


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Tracy Morrissette: "Something I built with old materials. I've always wanted a 12-foot wall covered in windows and stained glass."
Marcus Mills: "My dream house will be as long as the entire Downtown Mall. I will have my own basketball court, dirt track for my collection of 4-wheelers, and a swimming pool in every section of the house."
Jaime Sisley: "It's in San Diego, California. Doesn't matter how big or small as long as long as it's right on the beach."


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I was hired in March of 2001 with the Rockford Fire Department. I received my Paramedic license in 2006. In January of 2012 I was appointed to the Division of Fire Prevention as a Fire Inspector. In October of 2012 I became a Fire Investigator. I also work as an EMS Instructor for SwedishAmerican Hospital. I have been there for 7 years.
I graduated from UW-Madison School of Farm and Industry with an Associate degree in Crop and Soil Science. I worked as an agronomist for 5 years before becoming a firefighter. I recently completed my Associate degree in Fire Science at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
I went to one of the first meetings at Jefferson High School for the formation of the AST [Academy Support Team.] I became the chairperson for the committee. I saw the excitement from the Academy Coach and felt this could be something that I should be involved with. The school system wanted to change and there was a vehicle to provide that change, but it needed committed individuals and businesses from the community to make that happen. I was not going to be the one that quit and watched it fail. I wanted to be a part of the solution.
As an Academy Support Team (AST) member since the Academies' inception, what has been the most rewarding and how has the High School redesign into Academies impacted students and community?
With the Academies, the large high school is broken into 4 smaller high schools. This allows the teachers to work more closely with the students. It also allows the teachers to work together and collaborate on ideas and projects. No subject stands alone, now teachers can work together on a project and show the students how each subject works with one another.
Another major advantage to the students is the community involvement the Rockford community has given. Students now get to visit different businesses, talk with industry experts, and learn about all the different types of jobs that are out there for them. They also learn the path to get to those jobs. They can develop their own roadmap, with the help and advice from people that are actually working in the field they want. I think this all makes their high school experience more customizable to the student.
Can you share some of the activities within the High Schools that you and/or the Fire Department have been involved in?
The Rockford Fire Department along with the City of Rockford is a big supporter of the Academies. The fire department has been very involved in a number of projects. We have participated in two Mock Epidemics at Guilford High School; three mock accidents at Auburn, Guilford, and Jefferson High Schools; hosted teacher site visits; hosted sophomore site visits; participated in all of the Academy Expos to assist students in selecting their career pathway; and participated in mock interviews within the High Schools. Additionally, we have assisted in Jefferson High School's Tiny Homes Project as well as Relay for Life. We have also been in Math, Freshman Academy, Driver's Education, Physical Education, and Crime Scene Investigation classrooms. Those visits show how each subject matter is used by firefighters to perform their job. We also had a student at Guilford design some banners for us. We use them for recruiting and public education. [Click here to see pictures!]
The Rockford Fire Department also offers a Fire Explorer program open to High school students interested in becoming fire fighters. This program works well with the college and career readiness initiative. We teach high school students how to become firefighters. They learn how to pull hose, put fire out, do search and rescue. This is a just a very short list of the activities that they learn. We also teach skills like leadership, communication, how to do an interview for promotion or hiring, and report writing. These skills all work in with the soft skills and 21st Century skills that are being taught in the school system. This is a great program for those interested or curious about firefighting as a career.
Any spoiler alerts you can share about ideas for the upcoming school year?
Only one spoiler for now - We are looking at doing a cross curriculum project involving some crime scene investigation at Guilford High School. This is very early in the process but I am confident that we will make something come of it that will be both fun and educational for the students.
In your opinion why should community members and organizations continue to get involved with the High School Academies?
The [school] district has been very successful to this point in the Academies model. Now is the time to really ramp up everything that we are doing and bring it to the next level. The community members are the key to making the Academies a sustainable way to teach our students. This has been one of the most rewarding projects that I have ever been involved with. We are making positive changes in the school system, which means we are making positive changes in the lives of our students.


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HONOLULU — Honolulu Community College (HCC) student Twylah Evans is the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from the Coca-Cola Two-Year Colleges Scholarship Program. Evans, a Liberal Arts major, hopes to work on both her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Nursing after graduating from HCC next Spring.
Nominees for Coca-Cola scholarships must demonstrate both academic success and a commitment to community service. Students are then required to pen two 500-word essays describing the history of their community service, the impact on those served, the impact on their life, evidence of leadership and give a description of their present employment and future career goals.
A non-traditional student who is married and raising two children, Evans has served as HCC student government president and is currently Pacific Region President of Phi Theta Kappa, International Honor Society of the Two-Year College. Evans is also finds time to be involved in the local African-American community, has organized blood drives for the troops and volunteers at various local homeless shelters. In 2007, Evans was also the recipient of the first Alice Augusta Ball Scholarship, honoring the first female professor of chemistry at UH Mānoa who pioneered the treatment of Hansen's disease and was of African-American heritage.
"The Coca-Cola Two-Year Colleges Scholarship Program gives support and encouragement to an under-served population of college students," said J. Mark Davis, President of the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. "This program is an extension of our long-standing commitment to college education throughout the United States. These fine students, who often juggle school, work and family, continue to give back to their communities through volunteer service."
The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation and The Coca-Cola Foundation award a total of 400 scholarships each year to students at higher-education institutions granting two-year degrees. One scholar from each state receives a $2,000 scholarship and an additional 350 students are awarded $1,000 scholarships. Evans is the seventh Coca-Cola Scholarship recipient from Honolulu Community College, since its inception in 1999.
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by: Shani Chabansky on November 15th, 2012 | 2 Comments »
This week, the daily grind is getting in the way of my life. I am frantic, obsessively sifting through the mainstream and alternative media sites for the most up-to-date on-the-ground facts. Three lives, four lives, ten lives, fifteen, twenty. The numbers keep rising, and my pulse keeps racing. The only thing keeping me going through this election war is checking facebook statuses to know that the friends and relatives I care about deeply are safe.
These same friends and relatives are pressuring me to limit my concerns for my family and the Israeli lives that are at risk. Yet I refuse to bow to the pressures of ethnocentrism. I condone no violence whatsoever, nor do I condone a "put the family above all others" attitude. All lives are vital. All lives are sacred.
A recent text message conversation with a close friend was extremely helpful:
Me: Hey what do u say to the [people] who ask you what the israeli govt should do instead
Friend: I say they should try not occupying other people's land, not putting them under siege, and not bombing the shit out of them.
Me: Word, and then when ppl condemn those who launch attacks from populated areas: there are no unpopulated areas in gaza. It is a completely packed prison.
Friend: Yeah, you could also point out that the IDF headquarters and bases are in Tel Aviv and other populated areas.
Me: Thanks. I am also sick of being made to feel guilty when i ask my "progressive" friends to stop limiting their concerns to israeli lives.
Friend: Don't feel guilty, you're not the one who is racist
Now is the time to turn to each other for moral support. Although it is against my nature, now is the time when rethinking good intentions and assumptions must momentarily cease in favor of taking action. Go call your local representative. Speak truth to power.
As my best friend once said, this is the moment when our emotions become logistical and our logistics become emotional.
Shani Chabansky is an editorial intern at Tikkun and former editor of Leviathan Jewish Journal. She recently graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in both Anthropology and the first inaugural class of Jewish Studies.


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You may have thought that the biggest thing riding on the opening playoff series between the Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Crapt...er, Raptors...was a trip to the second round to face the Miami Heat, but you would be wrong.
In a long-standing tradition between mayors and other elected officials representing cities and states with competing sports teams, Borough President Eric Adams and Toronto Mayor Rob Ford made a friendly wager on the series.
Adams was willing to put up a Jay-Z CD and a six-pack of Brooklyn Brewery beer on the series, but the hard-partying, crack-smoking mayor of T-dot suggested dropping the sixer for fear that the evil media would spin it in an effort to once again put the spotlight on his past troubles with substance abuse. (Please! Drinking a six-pack of beer hardly even rates in light of the other substances Ford prefers, but whatever.)
So Adams dropped the six-pack of brew and put up the Jay-Z CD, while Ford offered to give Adams a CD from Canadian singer Drake should the Nets win. Well, the Nets won in thrilling fashion on Sunday afternoon, and we're sure that Adams was anticipating playing that CD at ridiculous volumes in his new office so that everyone on Cadman Plaza could hear it.
But there was one slight problem. Ford couldn't send him that CD because between the time he had made the bet with Adams and the conclusion of Game 7, he had checked himself into rehab after new photos of him smoking crack were published in The Globe and Mail.
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Matlow has been a vocal critic of Ford and called on him to resign.
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After waiting for GOP gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman to deliver her speech, Fiorina took the stage at her election night headquarters to the song "Jump" by Van Halen. She immediately turned her sights on the incumbent.
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Fiorina received endorsements from Sarah Palin and other national figures. She also received backing from the National Organization for Marriage, which attacked Campbell. The National Rifle Association also contacted members and asked them not to vote for Campbell.
In a preview of what might come this November, The Washington Post called the potential Fiorina-Boxer matchup "one of the more compelling Senate races in the country." The LA Times also published its take this week on a Fiorina-Boxer duel.
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Put it this way: in the 2004 presidential election, Charlottesville had 21,000 registered voters. Yesterday morning, there were 27,595 registered voters in city limits–- an increase of more than 30 percent–- and according to Charlottesville City Registrar Sheri Iachetta, there are about 1,300 applications left to process.
"We expect to top 28,000," says Iachetta, who calls the increase "unbelievable," even more so because she estimates there are only 36,000 residents over age 18, including felons and non-citizens. That number, she says, is based on the 2000 census, and the Charlottesville population has remained relatively stable.
Albemarle has also seen an unusual rise in voter registrations, says County Registrar Jake Washburne, even relative to growth. In the 2004 presidential election, the County had 58,479 registered voters in an adult population of about 70,000 (the most recent census estimate in 2005 put the County's over-18 population at 70,642). Currently, says Washburne, the county has 66,305 registered voters, and he expects "we'll probably get close to 67,000."
To what– or to whom– are these leaps due? As anyone who visited a convenience store in recent days may have noticed, the Barack Obama campaign has aggressively signed up new voters. According to Kristin Szakos, the campaign didn't keep track of how many applications they processed, but one volunteer said yesterday that she'd taken 17 applications in just two days.
The McCain campaign hasn't been quite so active in voter registration tactics, says the chairman of the Albemarle County GOP, Christian Schoenewald. The McCain/Palin campaign opened a "victory office" in September in the Republican headquarters on Seminole Trail and has made registration applications available, but Schoenewald says they are using a "targeted" method of signing up voters.
"Democrats take a shotgun approach," says Schoenewald in a metaphor sure to please lovers of the Second Amendment. "Republicans take a rifle approach."
The next challenge for the two campaigns: voter turnout. While the Obama campaign is aggressively seeking people to offer rides to the disadvantaged, Republicans are focusing on reminding the base through direct mailings and some canvassing of the need to vote.
"There's interest in both sides this year, so it's hard to predict," says Schoenewald. "We could see 80 percent voter turnout."
That percentage could be even higher in Charlottesville, says Iachetta, who thinks it will reach 85 percent– particularly after a challenge issued by Mayor Dave Norris at last night's City Council meeting: to make Charlottesville the highest-voter-turnout locality in the state. The City is making all City bus rides free that day.
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I suspect there's interest in the independents, too. Frankly, I'm surprised that more people in central VA do not vote for the Socialist Party's candidate.
75% registration?
Sounds like an audit is due. In fact as small as C-ville is it should be easy to find any fraud.
Not that ACORN or the democrats would ever do anything like that.
I would be interested in the independents, but why throw your vote away? Without an organized change of the two party system, any vote for a third-party candidate is worthless.
Yes, as is any vote for the person who loses.
"Yes, as is any vote for the person who loses."
That is like someone tossing a coin in the air and stating "heads or tails" and you holler out "ralph nader"
At least by choosing heads or tails you have a chance of winning.
No wonder the socialist party is so screwed up, they can't even figure that out.
"At least by choosing heads or tails you have a chance of winning." Unfortunately, your line of reasoning does not include that elections are not won by chance, but by electoral college votes. Thanks for reminding me that Nader is running. I think the Socialist and Libertarians don't see much difference between the Democrats and Republicans to worry themselves to figure out if there's a fundamental difference. I mean $700B is $700B after all.
You can expect the Republican party to challenge each and every voter registration. It's what they do - they've become the party of voter suppression. This will be this year's hanging chad. Fortunately, it's starting to look like the election isn't going to be remotely close and it won't come down to a precinct in Ohio or Florida.
It's going to be a rowdy time. I've read where they questioned some registrations because the applicants were promised free drinks at the bar where they registered. It may take years to swear somebody in. I won't have to worry about it because I'm sure whomever I vote for will lose.
Anyone shopping at that dump of a store (where employees can often be found smoking inside the store) will most likely be voting for someone other than Obama.
Note: In the photo caption it calls the Lucky 7 a "convenience story."
Why would only the Republican party challenge voters... perhaps it is because of the MASSIVE voter fraud from groups like ACORN who got BUSTED in Las Vegas yesterday??(you will remember them Obama was their lawyer for awhile)
ââ?¬Å?Democrats take a shotgun approach," says Schoenewald in a metaphor sure to please lovers of the Second Amendment. ââ?¬Å?Republicans take a rifle approach."
Well, that certainly is candid. Mr. Schoenewald is saying that local Democrats register people to vote, while local Republicans register Republicans to vote. Democrats' interest is democracy, while Republicans' interest is dominance. Though I've long believed as much, it's refreshing (I suppose) to see the Republican party chair confess to it.


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I love afternoon tea, the cute sandwiches, the adorable cakes, and I am a sucker for gorgeous bone china tea cups, so when Stylight *a new fashion community that you need to check out* asked me to join them and a few bloggers at The Berkeley I couldn't say no.
Nearly all the major hotels in London offer afternoon tea but The Berkeley have combined my two loves fashion and cake with their Fashionista's Prêt-à-Portea, which puts a new twist on the traditional English afternoon tea. So out with the scones and clotted cream, which I have to admit I missed a little, and in with cakes and biscuits that resemble catwalk designs from the likes of Marc Jacobs, DvF, Prada, Burberry Prorsum and Giambattista Valli.
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If the cakes weren't enough I fell in love with the Paul Smith tea set featuring a gold trim and his signature stripes, I would love to add this to my collection. Plus this hotel has one great florist, the foyer was decked out in gorgeous orange and pink dipped roses, which looked perfect against the backdrop of the fire place. This is a hotel I would love to stay at for a stay-cation.
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